New Research in English Studies

Professor Samson Thomas is a Senior Professor at the Department of English Literature, School of Literary Studies, The English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad, India. He serves as Proctor, Dean of Academics, and has authored/co-authored ten course books on language and literature. As series editor for major publishers, he has published over fifty articles on literary theory, pedagogy, and film narratives and supervised twenty-three MPhil and PhD theses. He coordinates an ICSSR (Indian Council of Social Science Research) project on the "Reach and Impact of Beti Bachao Beti Padhao Scheme" and is involved in the Government of India's Glue Grant Project.Dr Eligedi Rajkumar, Assistant Professor at the same university, is the Deputy Dean of Students' Welfare and MA English Literature Programme Coordinator. A DAAD fellow, he contributed to Routledge's "Handbook on Translation, Feminism and Gender" and coordinates international conferences on English Studies. He also co-directs the ICSSR project on the Beti Bachao Beti Padhao Scheme.