Research Scholars

Full Time (Institute Fellowship)

S.No.	Name, ID no. and email of the Scholar	Name of the Supervisor	Area of Research	Funding
1.	Sunny Saurabh 2022PHXP0033P p20220033@pilani.bits-pilani.ac.in	Prof. S Nandigama	Development Studies	Institute Fellowship
2.	Baiju P.A. 2021PHXP0467P p20210467@pilani.bits-pilani.ac.in	Dr. Anupam Yadav	Feminist Philosophy	Institute Fellowship
3.	Ruchi Ramesh Yadav 2021PHXP0437P p20210437@pilani.bits-pilani.ac.in	Dr. Vijaya Kumar	English Language Teaching	Institute Fellowship
4.	Avi Sharma 2021PHXP0436P p20210436@pilani.bits-pilani.ac.in	Prof. Sanjiv Kumar Choudhary	Tribal Literature	Institute Fellowship
5.	Ashwini Ramesh Sharma 2021PHXP0435P p20210435@pilani.bits-pilani.ac.in	Prof. Kumar Neeraj Sachdev	Existentialist Ethics	Institute Fellowship
6.	Dileesha 2021PHXP0033P P20210033@pilani.bits-pilani.ac.in	Prof. V.S. Nirban	Development Communication	Institute Fellowship
7.	Vibha 2021PHXP0032P p20210032@pilani.bits-pilani.ac.in	Prof. Sushila Shekhawat	Workings of minoritarian anti-statism, nationalisms, ethical violence and informal liaisons of cultural differences through structures and subjectivity in South Asian literary texts	Institute Fellowship
8.	Pooja Chatterjee 2021PHXP0031P p20210031@pilani.bits-pilani.ac.in	Prof. Sangeeta Sharma	Women and Media	Institute Fellowship
9.	Hari AS 2021PHXP0030P P20210030@pilani.bits-pilani.ac.in	Dr. Paul Mathew	Film Studies	Institute Fellowship
10.	Akash Dubey 2020PHXP0478P p20200478@pilani.bits-pilani.ac.in	Prof. Rajneesh Choubisa	Positive Psychology	Institute Fellowship
11.	Renu Kotwal 2020PHXP0467P p20200467@pilani.bits-pilani.ac.in	Prof. Gajendra Singh Chauhan	Development communication, Digital media, Media theory and Media psychology	Institute Fellowship
12.	Kirti Singh 2020PHXP0464P p20200464@pilani.bits-pilani.ac.in	Prof. Pushp Lata	English Language Teaching	Institute Fellowship
13.	Navya Bahl 2020PHXP0463P p20200463@pilani.bits-pilani.ac.in	Dr. Chintalapalli Vijayakumar	English Language Teaching	Institute Fellowship
14.	Aswathy Chandragiri 2020PHXP0036P p20200036@pilani.bits-pilani.ac.in	Dr. Madhurima Das	Borders, Migration, Masculinities and Nation State	Institute Fellowship
15.	Merylin Das 2020PHXP0033P p20200033@pilani.bits-pilani.ac.in	Prof. Hari Nair	History	Institute Fellowship
16.	Vishal Kumar 2020PHXP0030P p20200030@pilani.bits-pilani.ac.in	Prof. Sanjiv Kumar Choudhary	Science Education	Institute Fellowship
17.	Supriya 2019PHXF0450P p20190450@pilani.bits-pilani.ac.in	Dr. Sunita Raina	Science and Technology in Society (STS)	Institute Fellowship
18.	Ruchika Sharma 2019PHXF0426P p20190426@pilani.bits-pilani.ac.in	Dr. Sailaja Nandigama	Development Studies	Institute Fellowship
19.	Deepanjana Chakraborty 2019PHXP0416P p20190416@pilani.bits-pilani.ac.	Dr. Tanu Shukla	Educational Psychology	Institute Fellowship
20.	Virosh Singh Baghel 2019PHXP0066P p20190066@pilani.bits-pilani.ac.in	Dr. Anupam Yadav	Existential Philosophy	Institute Fellowship
21.	Abhijith Venugopal 2019PHXP0035P p20190035@pilani.bits-pilani.ac.in	Prof. Devika	Transversal Competencies in Engineering Education	Institute Fellowship
22.	Nikhil. R 2019PHXP0033P p20190033@pilani.bits-pilani.ac.in	Dr. Muhammed Afzal P	Literary and Cultural Studies	Institute Fellowship
23.	Mayuresh Vijay Bhise 2017PHXP0418P p20170418@pilani.bits-pilani.ac.in	Dr. Sailaja Nandigama	Development Studies	Institute Fellowship

Full Time (JRF)

S.No.	Name, ID no. and email of the Scholar	Name of the Supervisor	Area of Research	Funding
1.	Swati 2022PHXP0423P p20220423@pilani.bits-pilani.ac.in	Dr. Prateek	English Literature	Full Time (JRF)
2.	Agin K Varghese 2022PHXP0424P p20220424@pilani.bits-pilani.ac.in	Prof. S.Nandigama	Environmental Diplomacy	Full Time (JRF)
3.	Sanjukta Kullu 2022PHXP0425P p20220425@pilani.bits-pilani.ac.in	Prof. Kumar Sankar Bhattacharya, and Prof. Sailaja Nandigama	Development communication	Full Time (JRF)
4.	Apoorv Kumar 2022PHXP0426P p20220426@pilani.bits-pilani.ac.in	Prof. Pushp Lata	Pedagogy	Full Time (JRF)
5.	Sonika 2022PHXP0427P p20220427@pilani.bits-pilani.ac.in	Prof. Sushila Shekhawat	Film Studies	Full Time (JRF)
6.	Asita. A 2022PHXP0032P p20220032@pilani.bits-pilani.ac.in	Prof. Sangeeta Sharma	Media and Disability	Full Time (JRF)
7.	Suchandrima Das 2021PHXP0476P p20210476@pilani.bits-pilani.ac.in	Prof. Hari Nair	Partition History	Full Time (JRF)
8.	Salman Riyas 2021PHXP0474P p20210474@pilani.bits-pilani.ac.in	Prof. Sangeeta Sharma	Advertising & Masculinity	Full Time (JRF)
9.	Verma Ritu Banwarilal 2021PHXP0035P p20210035@pilani.bits-pilani.ac.in	Prof. Devika	Graphic Narratives	Full Time (JRF)
10.	Sugandha Bhatnagar 2021PHXP0034P P20210034@pilani.bits-pilani.ac.in	Prof. Pushp Lata	Lean Education	Full Time (JRF)
11.	Chandni Rauniyar 2020PHXP0468P p20200467@pilani.bits-pilani.ac.in	Dr. Muhammed Afzal P.	Literary and Cultural Studies	Full Time (JRF)
12.	Jerin V Philipose 2020PHXP0465P p20200465@pilani.bits-pilani.ac.i	Prof. Rajneesh Choubisa	Religion and Spirituality	Full Time (JRF)
13.	Shruti Majumdar 2020PHXP0462P p20200462@pilani.bits-pilani.ac.in	Dr. Sailaja Nandigama	Development Studies	Full Time (JRF)
14.	Swagata Ghosh 2020PHXP0461P p20200461@pilani.bits-pilani.ac.in	Dr. Gajendra Singh Chauhan	Development Communication, Media literacy, Digital and Social Media, Media theory	Full Time (JRF)
15.	Anjali Punia 2020PHXP0037P p20200037@pilani.bits-pilani.ac.in	Dr. Sailaja Nandigama	Development Communication	Full Time (JRF)
16.	Sakshi Yadav 2020PHXP0035P p20200035@pilani.bits-pilani.ac.in	Prof. Sushila Shekhawat	Film Studies	Full Time (JRF)
17.	Rajitha M 2020PHXP0032P p20200032@pilani.bits-pilani.ac.in	Prof. Devika	Indigenous/Minority Language Films and their Role in Language Revitalization	Full Time (JRF)
18.	Deepak Kaswan 2020PHXP0031P p20200031@pilani.bits-pilani.ac.in	Prof. Hari Nair	Politics	Full Time (JRF)
19.	Amit Kumar 2020PHXP0029P p20200029@pilani.bits-pilani.ac.in	Dr. Veena Ramchandra	China and International Relations	Full Time (JRF)
20.	Yeola Kalyani Rajendra 2019PHXP0429P p20190429@pilani.bits-pilani.ac.in	Dr. Veena Ramchandran	Political Science, Tibetan Refugees in India	Full Time (JRF)
21.	Aayushi Malhotra 2017PHPX0042P p20170042@pilani.bits-pilani.ac.in	Dr. Sailaja Nandigama	Development Studies	Full Time (JRF)

Full Time (Self Sponsored)

S.No.	Name, ID no. and email of the Scholar	Name of the Supervisor	Area of Research	Funding
1.	Deepanky Gupta 2020PHXP0034P p20200034@pilani.bits-pilani.ac.in	Prof. Virender Singh Nirban	Informatics and Education	Self Sponsored
2.	Tulika Bourai 2021PHXP0438P p20210438@pilani.bits-pilani.ac.in	Dr. Sailaja Nandigama	Development Studies	Self Sponsored

Part Time

S.No.	Name, ID no. and email of the Scholar	Name of the Supervisor	Area of Research
1.	Salmanul Faris K 2020PHXP0523P p20200523@pilani.bits-pilani.ac.in	Dr. Muhammed Afzal P.	Literary and Cultural Studies
2.	Tulika Bourai 2021PHXP0438P p20210438@pilani.bits-pilani.ac.in	Dr. Sailaja Nandigama	Development Studies
3.	Divya Gautam 2020PHXP0521P p20200521@pilani.bits-pilani.ac.in	Dr. Prateek	Regional Cinema
4.	Ankush Banerjee 2020PHXP0520P p20200520@pilani.bits-pilani.ac.in	Dr. Paul Mathew	Masculinity
5.	Pankaj Bharti 2020PHXP0114P p20200114@pilani.bits-pilani.ac.in	Prof. Sushila Shekhawat	Science Fiction Studies
6.	Karthik Ramesh 2020PHXP0113P p20200113@pilani.bits-pilani.ac.in	Dr. Anupam Yadav	Indian Philosophy and Culture
7.	Anjali Massey 2020PHXP0112P p20200112@pilani.bits-pilani.ac.in	Prof. Rajneesh Choubisa	Organizational Communication
8.	Neetika Mahajan 2020PHXP0111P p20200111@pilani.bits-pilani.ac.in	Dr. Sailaja Nandigama	Development Studies
9.	Chetna Gupta 2019PHXP0504P p20190504@pilani.bits-pilani.ac.in	Prof. Kumar Neeraj Sachdev	Applied Ethics
10.	Jayant Sarkar 2019PHXP0103P P20190103@pilani.bits-pilani.ac.in	Dr. Anil Rai	Appreciation of Music Musicology Music and Spirituality
11.	Umesh Mishra 2018PHXP0107P P20180107@pilani.bits-pilsni.ac.in	Prof. V.S Nirban	Technology Usage and Acceptance in Public Services
12.	Kanupriya Arya 2016PHXP504P p2016504@pilani.bits-pilani.ac.in	Prof. Devika	Literature Studies

Graduated

S.No.	Name, ID no. and email of the Scholar	Name of the Supervisor	Title of the Thesis	Year of Submission
1.	Punita Raj 2018PHXP0428P p20180428@pilani.bits-pilani.ac.in	Prof. Devika	Literary and Cultural Studies	2023
2.	V Mounika Prashanthi 2018PHXP0019P p20180019@pilani.bits-pilani.ac.in	Prof. Tanu Shukla	Learning Ecology and Student Well-being: Towards an Integrated Approach of School as a Learning Organisation	2022
3.	Shrija Srinivasan 2016PHXP411P p2016411@ pilani.bits-pilani.ac.in	Prof. Sushila Shekhawat	Space, Place and Landscape: a Geocritical Study of P.D. James' Police Procedurals	2022
4.	Abhay SD Rajput 2016PHXP102P P2016102@pilani.bits-pilani.ac.in	Prof. Sangeeta Sharma	Science Communication by ‘Scientists’: A Study in the Indian Context	2021
5.	Divya Dosaya 2016PHXP410P p2016410@pilani.bits-pilani.ac.in	Prof. Tanu Shukla	Teacher Professionalism and Student Achievement : An Empirical Study at Secondary School Level	2021
6.	Deepak Kumar 2013PHXP508P p2013508@pilani.bits-pilani.ac.in	Prof. Pushp Lata	An Evaluation of CBSE Secondary Grade English Syllabus and Exploring the Possibility of Inclusion of 2021 Multimodal Tools : Teachers’ Perspective	2021
7.	Nayan Jyoti Nath 2017PHXP0401P p20170401@pilani.bits-pilani.ac.in	Prof. Sangeeta Sharma	Communication for Health: Reckoning Health Settings in India’s Borderland	2021
8.	Shivangi Priya 2014PHXP007P p2014007@pilani.bits-pilani.ac.in	Prof. Pushp Lata	Language Maintenance and Shift of the Maithili Language after its Inclusion in the Eighth Schedule : A Case Study	2021
9.	Namita Ruparel 2017PHXP0005P	Prof. Rajneesh Choubisa	Re(Thinking) Positive Workplace/s: A Multisectoral Cross-sectional Investigation	2020
10.	Seema Sinha 2015PHXF0101P	Prof. K.S. Bhattacharya	Celebrating the Marginals : Reading the Selective Others in the Mahabharata	2020
11.	Vidhi Agarwal 2013PHXF431P	Prof. Hari Nair	Fostering Dialogical Governance : The Role of the Jan Sunwai in the People’s Movement towards Transparency (Rajasthan, circa 1993-2012)	2020
12.	Shubha Dubey 2013PHXF0012P	Prof. Rajneesh Choubisa	Role of Psychological Capital in Relation with Employees' Perceptions of Organizational Virtuousness of Employee Performance	2020
13.	Priyanka Kumari 2013PHXF0432P	Prof. Virendra Singh Nirban	Intercultural Communication Competence at Workplace : An Investigation of Employers’ Requirements and Employees’ Perception in Indian Information Technology Sector	2019
14.	Dolly Seehra 2012PHXF0421P	Prof. Geetha B	Tracking Narrative Patterns and Film Elements within the Selected Short Fictional of Mira Nair : An Empirical Study	2019
15.	Swarupa Deb 2012PHXF0407P	Prof. Hari Nair	Contesting the Gender Binary : A Study on the Changing Status of Transgender Communities in Tamilnadu, Karnatka, West Bengal and Tripura (circa 1990 and 2016)	2018
16.	Chasul 2012PHXF0001P	Prof. Virendra Singh Nirban	Internet Based Technology Acceptance among Students of Communication Skills Courses in Technical Higher Education	2018
17.	Mohit Sharma 2012PHXF003P	Prof. Umesh Dhyani & Prof. Kumar Neeraj Sachdeva	Understanding Managerial Perception of Corporate Social Responsibility Practices in a Public Sector Undertaking : An Empirical Study	2017
18.	Neerja Vyas 2012PHXF002P	Prof. Sushila Shekhawat	Narrative Forms of Selected Hindi Biopics : An Empirical Study of Style and Structure	2017
19.	Rajni Singh 2011PHXF406P	Prof. Sanjiv Kumar Choudhary	An Empirical Study on the Predictive Role of Socio-demographic and Socio-psychological Factors on Secondary School Students’ Achievement in Learning ESL	2017
20.	Piyush Gupta 2011PHXP046P	Prof. Devika	Dhananjaya’s Dasarupa : The Analysis of Plot, Character and Rasa in Shakespearean Hindi Film Adaptation (Omkara, Maqbool and Angoor)	2016
21.	Arun Kumar Poonia 2011PHXF031P	Prof. Gajendra Singh Chauhan	Communication Strategies for Promoting Tourism : Discursive Analysis of Television Campaign Khushboo Gujrat Ki	2016
22.	Geetika Shree 2010PHXF417	Prof. Kumar Neeraj Sachdev	An Empirical Study of Effects of Online Social Networking on Well being of Indian Users	2016
23.	Madhushmita Das 2009PHXF403P	Prof. Sangeeta Sharma	Portrayal of Women in Indian Television Advertisements : An Exploratory Study	2016
24.	Ruchika Sharma 2006PHXF406P	Prof. Sangeeta Sharma	Linguistic Deviations in Advertising Messages of Chocolates and Beverages : Its Impact Measurement on the Psychology of Children in India	2016
25.	Suman Luhach 2011PHXF032P	Prof. Pushp Lata	Scaffolding Writing Skills for Indian College Students through Collaborative Learning Tasks Using Online Forums	2015
26.	Poonam Vyas 2007PHXF001	Prof. Sangeeta Sharma	A Comparative Study of Traditional & Multimedia Supported Techniques for Imparting Communication Skills at the Tertiary Level	2014

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