Personal Information
Dr. Devendra Rankawat
Assistant Professor
MA B.Ed.NET, SET, JRF, Ph.D. D.Litt. (pursuing)
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- Diaspora Studies, Postcolonial studies, Creative writing, Indian Aesthetics and Critical Theories
Education
- 2008 - 2015 Ph.D. on the topic ‘Diaspora and Identity Crisis in Select Works of M.G. Vassanji and Rohinton Mistry’ from Jai Narain Vyas University Jodhpur, Rajasthan
- 2009 NET, JRF
- 2009 SET
- 2006 - 2007 Bachelors in Education from Jai Narain Vyas University, Jodhpur
- 2004 - 2006 Masters of Arts (MA) English from Jai Narain Vyas University Jodhpur, Rajasthan (Gold Medalist)
- 2001 - 2004 Bachelors of Arts (BA) from M.D.S. University, Ajmer (College Topper in Arts Stream)
- 1999 - 2001 Senior Secondary Examination (Commerce) Rajasthan Board, Ajmer, Rajasthan (22nd Merit-holder at the state level)
- 1998 - 1999 Secondary School Examination Rajasthan Board, Ajmer, Rajasthan
Research Supervision Ph.D.
| S.NO | Scholar’s Name | Topic | Current Status |
| 1 | Padma Thinless | The Idea of Nation in Indian English Fiction: A Study of Select Pre- and Post- Independence Novels | Assistant Professor of English at EJM College, Leh, Ladakh |
| 2 |
Rince Raju | Adjustment Strategies among Contemporary Malayali Diaspora in and outside India: A Study of Select Fiction by Benyamin and M Mukundan | Assistant Professor in the Department of Culture and Media Studies at Christ University, Bengaluru |
| 3 |
Sheikh Suheel Meraj | Representation of Kashmir in Select Post- Insurgency Fiction: A Comparative Study of Shahnaz Bashir. Mirza Waheed and Nitasha Kaul |
Preparing for JKPSC |
| 4 | Meenal Choudhary | Adaptation of the Mahabharata: A Study of Select Screen and Comic-Book Versions | Assistant Professor of English at Swami Gopaldas Government Girls College, Churu |
| 5 | Joyeeta Kundu Basu | Narratologico-Structural Analysis of Indian Graphic Novels in English: Demystifying the Graphic Storytelling | Assistant Professor of English at Government College Simalwara, Dungarpur |
| 6 |
Amitabh Adarsh | Inter-semiotic Translation: Adaptation of Indian Narrative Patterns in Contemporary Multimodal Select Indian Cinema |
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| 7 | Kriti Verma | Ecology, Symbolism and The Sacred Psyche: A Hermeneutic Study of Ancient Indian Text |
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| 8 | Raj Deepak | The Empire Films Back: Institutional Constraint and the Politics of Strategic Hybridity and Erasure in South Asian Diasporic Cinema |
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| S.No | Session | Name of the Student | Enrolment No. | Title |
| 1 | 2023-2025 | Misna V | 2023MAEN014 | Narrative Innovations in Contemporary Indian English Novels: A Comparative Analysis of Salman Russidi's Midnight's Children and Amitav Ghosh's The Circle of Reason |
| 2 | 2023-2025 | Mushrat Bano | 2023MAEN015 | The Haunting Ghost of Caste in Indian Society: A Study of Anand's Untouchable and Guthlee, directed by Ishrat R Khan |
| 3 | 2023-2025 | Niloofar Sulthana cp | 2023MAEN017 | Tyranny of Relativity: A Conceptual Analysis of Its Socio-Cultural Spin-offs |
| 4 | 2023-2025 | Nancy Tirkey | 2023MAEN016 | Retellings of the Ramayana: A Comparative Analysis of Women's Narratives in Valmiki's Women by Anand Neelakantan and Women of Ramayana: The Untold Stories by Kunal Kaushal |
| 5 | 2022-2024 | Poonam Parmar | 2022MAEN017 | Men as Victims of Masculinity Discourse: A Study of Select Novels |
| 6 | 2022-2024 | Seba Joy | 2022MAEN018 | The post-Rushdie Narratological Innovation in Indian Novel in English: A Study of Select Novels |
| 7 | 2022-2024 | Padmasini Nayak | 2022MAEN016 | Bharata's Nātyaśāstra and Aristotle's Poetics: A Study in Comparative Aesthetics |
| 8 | 2021-2023 | Gali Teja | 2021MAEN011 | Influence of the Ramayana on Family Values in India: A Study of Ram's Sister: True Scion of Raghu |
| 9 | 2021-2023 | Devika S Praveen | 2021MAEN010 | Morphology of Graphic Novels: An Inquiry into Expressive Power and Readers' Cognition |
| 10 | 2021-2023 | Gayathri Rajan | 2021MAEN013 | Nature. Power And Culture: A Postcolonial Exploration of Environmental Consciousness in Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and Hungry Tide |
| 11 | 2020-2022 | Reena Dakhore | 2020MAEN028 | Essay on Criticism: An Exegesis |
| 12 | 2020-2022 | Ravindra Singh | 2020MAEN027 | A String of Experiences |
| 13 | 2020-2022 | Prince Kumar | 2020MAEN026 | Print versus Audio-Visual Advertisement: A Comparative Analysis of Impact and Reception |
| 14 | 2020-2022 | Nafisa Ahmed | 2020MAEN024 | Man's Slavery to Man in Independent India: An Analysis of Select Bollywood Films |
| 15 | 2020-2022 | Pragya Prasoon | 2020MAEN025 | Indian Peasants and their Representation in the Select Fiction of Premchand |
| 16 | 2019-2021 | Nikhila V. | 2019MAEN011 | Queer Lives in India: A Study on Authorship, Representation and Legitimacy |
| 17 | 2018 -2020 | Meghdeep Saha | 2018MAEN009 | Enhancing English Spoken Skills in Tertiary-Level Learners: An Analysis of Methods |
| S. No. | Authors | Title of Article | Journal/Conference Details | Journal/Conference | Publication Year |
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| 1 | Dr. Devendra Rankawat | Journal | 2025 |
- Recently, Dr. Rankawat has worked as culture expert with the American novelist and music-composer Dr. Matt Cook for his up-coming novel.
Attended
Papers Presented
- Presented a paper titled Tribal Life in Southern India: A note on 'When Arrows were Heated Up” in the XX Annual International Conference of RASE, on Geocentrism, Naturalism and Collectivism Through Indigenous Literatures, held from 26th to 28th December 2023, organized by the Department of English, Mohanlal Sukhadia University. Udaipur. Rajasthan & Rajasthan Association for Studies in English
- Presented a paper titled “Higher Education Through Indian Language Medium: Challenges and Opportunities” at Central Universities Of Rajasthan in collaboration with the Indian Language Committee Inter-relationship of Indian Environment. (10th -11th March 2023)
- Presented a paper titled “Disability in the Folklore: An Analysis Of Select Folklores of Rajasthan” at the Central University of Rajasthan in collaboration with IDSC in an International Conference on Interdisciplinary Perspectives. (8th – 9th February 2023)
- Presented a paper titled “Tribal life in Southern Rajasthan under Colonial Rule” at National Seminar Akhil Bhartiya Shikshak Mahasangh on Tribal Contribution to Freedom Struggle (14th -15th September, 2022)
- Presented a paper titled “The prison- house of Ideology: An Enquiry into
Capitalism-Post-Modernism Nexus” at Conference XVIII Annual International Conference of RASE, on “writing for freedom and freedom of writing. (20- 21 November 2021)
- Presented a paper titled “Love as Panacea: A study of Meera Bai’s Love poems” at the International Conference organized by Department of English, Government Lohia College, Churu Rajasthan on Negotiating Love, Combating Hatred: Exploring love in World Literature. (20 -21 November, 2021)
- Presented a paper titled “The Idea of India in the Poetry of Subrahmanya Bharathi” at a two-day multi-disciplinary National seminar ICSSR in collaboration with CURaj and Dayanand College Ajmeron “Unity in diversity in the work of a versatile national poet Subrahmanya Bharathi.(15- 16 February 2021)
- Presented a paper titled “Drama as an Instrument of Social Change: A note on Karnad”at National seminar at M.V. Shramjeevi College, Udaipur on Form, Technique and Concerns of Indian Drama in English. (1-2 March 2020)
- Presented a paper titled “Selective use of Gandhian World view in pseudo nationalism: A glimpse of Political Landscape” Presented at International Conference organised by S. P. C Government College, Ajmer on Gandhi: The Eternal Truth Relevance for Future Generations. (18-19 September,2019)
- Presented a paper titled “Truth and the State: An analysis of Rohinton Mistry’s A Fine Balance “Presented at Rajasthan Association of Studies in English organised in collaboration with Smt. Madi Bai Mirdha Govt. Girls college. 9-10 Nov. 2019.
- Presented a paper titled “Undoing Hierarchies: Kabir’s Vision of a Society without the Other” at Annual International conference of Rajasthan Association of Studies in English on Embracing the Other: Exploring New Literature (22-23 December, 2018)
- Presented a paper titled “Reversing Hierarchies: The Need for a Return to Humanistic Values” Presented at International Conference at Central University of Rajasthan on Moving Beyond The Margin: The Poetics of Exclusion and Assimilation. (14-16 November,2018)
- Presented a paper titled “Ideological Watermark of Gandhi in Anti-Colonial Writings” at Department of English, M. V. Shramjeevi College, Udaipur on Gandhi in Indian English Literature. (22-23 January ,2018)
- Presented a paper titled “Agony of injustice in Premchand of Aidan sigh Bhati: A Marxist Duo’” at XIV Annual International conference of Rajasthan Association of Studies in English on Contemporary Trends in English Language and Literature: Exploring Post 2000 A.D. Writings. (4-5 November, 2017)
- Presented a paper titled “Bollywood Films as a Resource for Teaching in MultiCultural Classroom” Presented at ELT@I RAJASTHAN: JAIPUR CHAPTER IV International Conference on English in Multicultural classrooms: Perspective, Prospect, Possibilities. (30-31 October,2017)
- Presented a paper titled “Social Structure and Cultural Context: An Analysis of Rajindra Singh Bedi’s I Take this Woman” at UGC sponsored International Conference organized by Department of Economics, Jai Narain Vyas University, Jodhpur on Women Empowerment: Issues and Challenges. (23-24 March, 2017)
- Presented a paper titled “Media as Voice of the ‘Subalterns’ in Bollywood Films: A Critical Analysis”. Presented at Central University of Rajasthan on National Seminar on Media and Subalterns in India. (16-17 March, 2017)
- Presented a paper titled “Shakespeare’s To be or not to be: Translated and Adapted in India at XIII Annual International conference of Rajasthan Association of Studies in English on William Shakespeare through the Ages. (5-6 November,2016)
- Presented a paper titled “The Idea of Human Self in Indian Philosophy s Its Implication In the Study of Diasporic Experience”. Presented at Indian Council Of Philosophical Research at the Central University of Rajasthan on Indian Philosophy in Modern Perspective. (28-29 July, 2016)
• Presented a paper entitled ‘The Role of Human Self in Indian Philosophy and Its Implication in the Study of Diasporic Experience” at a National Seminar organized by Indian Council of Philosophical Research at Central University of Rajasthan July, 2016.
- Presented a paper entitled “Adaptation versus Translation: A Conceptual Enquiry” at an International Conference organized by Department of English at Central University of Rajasthan, November, 2015.
- Presented a paper entitled “Shakespeare on Screen in India: From Macbeth to Maqbool” at an International Conference organized by Department of English Jai Narain Vyas University Jodhpur in collaboration with The Shakespeare Association India at Department of English, Jai Narain Vyas University Jodhpur, November 2015.
- Presented a paper entitled “Women in Cinema: Gulabgang and Mardani” at a National Seminar organized by P G Department of English Government College Mahendergarh, Haryana, 2014.
- Presented a paper entitled “Folklore and Adaptation: From Hamlet to Haider” at a National Conference organized by Department of English Jai Narain Vyas University of Jodhpur in collaboration with PG Mahavidyalaya Jodhpur, 2014.
- Presented a paper entitled “Loss of Equilibrium: Economics and Literature” at a National Conference organized by the Department of English, Central University of Rajasthan, 2014.
- Presented a paper entitled “Role of English in Higher Education” at a National Conference organized by Government P.G. College, Bilaspur Uttar Pradesh, 2014.
- Presented a paper entitled “Ideological Clash in Hanif Kureishi’s My Son the Fanatic” at a National Seminar organized by Department of English and Foreign Language at Central University of Haryana, Mahendergarh, Haryana, 2014.
- Presented a paper entitled “Dialectics of Over-Anglicisation and DeAnglicisation of English in India” at an International Conference organized by Department of English, Jain Vishva Bharati Institute, Ladnun, Rajasthan, 2013.
- Presented the paper titled “Belongingness and Dislocation: A Note on IndoCanadian Fiction” at International Conference organised by Department of English, Jai Narain Vyas University, Jodhpur and Indian Association for Canadian Studies on Multiculturalism and its discontent: Canada and India (29- 31 January 2012)
Invited Talks
- Delivered a lecture on English for Competitive Examination held at Dr. Ambedkar Centre of Excellence, Central University of Rajasthan on 07/10/2025
- Delivered a plenary lecture on 30 April, titled Diaspora: Some Conceptual Musings,' at the Two-Day National Seminar "Beyond Borders: The Narratives of Migration in the Digital Age," held on 29 and 30 April 2025
- Made 10 Video Lectures on "Business Communication" for BCA Semester I (04 credits). Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University. Kanpur commissioned the e-content so created July 2024.
- Delivered a lecture on Sources of Untranslatability on May 30, 2024, at the Translation Workshop held at Central University of Rajasthan from May 30, 2024, to June 3, 2024.
- Delivered plenary lecture in the XIX International Conference of Rajasthan Association for Studies in English on 21-22 November 2022 with Theme of ‘Negotiation Love, Combating Hatred: exploring Love in World
Literatures’ at Govt. Lohia College Churu.
- ‘Dynamic of Creative Writing’: An E-seminar organized by Indian society for the promotion of English Language and Literature ISPELL Rajasthan forum 31 08 2022 IST 07:00PM
- Delivered an Invited lecture on “Formalism as a Critical Theory” at the on-line FDP program, organised by the Department of English, Janardhan Rai Nagar, Rajasthan Vidyapeeth, Udaipur and Rajasthan Association of Studies in English, 19 December 2020.
- Delivered an Invited Lecture on “Teaching Poetry and Drama” at KV /All India in Service course, Jaipur, June 2019.
- Delivered a lecture on “On Teaching Literature” during the All-India In-Service Course of PGT English (Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan) at Kendriya Vidyalaya No. 2 Jaipur June 2018
- Resource Person. “English Phonology Lexical Chunks Using Rhymes and Poems for Better Communication” at the Equal Opportunity Cell of Central University of Rajasthan, India. (20th December 2017).
- Delivered an Invited lecture on “Harmony between Mind and Body for True Development” s “Rudyard Kipling’s ‘If’” at Jodhpur Institute of Engineering and Technology, Jodhpur, India. (16th September, 2017).
- Delivered a YDC lecture on “Job Opportunities in English” Government Girls’ College, Nagaur Rajasthan February, 2015
- Delivered a one-week “Lecture Series on Post-Colonial Studies”at PG Mahila Mahavidyalaya, Jodhpur March 2015
Sessions Chaired
- Chaired an online session in the two-day International E- Conference on the topic “Exploring Crisis in Literary and Cultural Studies” held on 19th & 20th October 2023, the event was organized by New Literaria- An International Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities, in collaboration with the Department of English, Central University of Rajasthan, India
- Chaired a session in the XX Annual International Conference of RASE, on Geocentrism, Naturalism and Collectivism Through Indigenous Literatures, held from26th to 28th December 2023, organized by the Department of English, Mohanlal Sukhadia University. Udaipur. Rajasthan & Rajasthan Association for Studies in English
- Chaired the session at the International Conference organized by Department of English, Govt. Lohia Colleg, Churu (Raj) on Negotiating Love, Combating Hatred: Exploring love in World Literature. (20 -21 November, 22)
- Chaired the session titled “Assaults on Plurality “ at XVII Annual International Conference organized by RASE on “Plurality in Unity Exploring Humanity and Celebrating Individual Identities through Literature in Translation” (28- 29 November, 2020)
- Chaired a session in the International Conference on “Moving Beyond the Margin: The Politics of Exclusion and Assimilation”, Department of English, Central University of Rajasthan,15-16 November, 2018
- Chaired a Session. “Contemporary Trends in English Language and Literature: Exploring Post 2000 A.D Writings” at XIV Annual International Conference of Rajasthan Association for Studies in English, Chartered Institute of Technology, Abu Road, India. (4-5th November, 2017)
Plenary and Keynote Delivered
- Delivered a plenary lecture on 30 April, titled Diaspora: Some Conceptual Musings,’ at the Two-Day National Seminar “Beyond Borders: The Narratives of Migration in the Digital Age,” held on 29 and 30 April 2025
- Delivered a Plenary Lecture on “Evoking Love or Provoking Hatred: A choice to make at XIX Annual Conference of Rajasthan Association for Studies in English (20- 21November 2022)
- Delivered a Keynote on “Dynamic of Creative Writing” at Indian Society for the Promotion of English Language and Literature iSPELL RAJASTHAN FORUM
(31st August, 2022)
Organized
Conferences/Seminars Organized
- Organized a three-day Workshop on Creative Writing “ ZEPHYR: Parwaaz -e- takhleeq" , Department of English, Central University of Rajasthan, 11 – 13 March, 2026
- Organized a three-day Workshop on Indian Aesthetics “ The Aesthetics of Bhakti Literature”, Department of English, Central University of Rajasthan, 7 – 9 March, 2024
- Organizing Secretary, CURAJ-IDSC International Conference on “Disability and the Everyday: Interdisciplinary Perspectives” organized by Department of English,
Central University of Rajasthan, Ajmer in collaboration with Indian Disability Society Collective (IDSC), New Delhi, 8-10 February, 2023
- Member of Organizing Committee for the two-day International Conference on “Higher Education Through Indian Language Medium: Challenges and Opportunities” at Central Universities Of Rajasthan in collaboration with the Indian Language Committee Inter relationship of Indian Environment. (10th 11th March 2023)
- Member of Organizing Committee, 2-day Workshop on “How to Publish in The Primary Teacher” (a UGC-Care listed journal from NCERT), 10-11 March, 2022
- Member of Organizing Committee for the two-day national workshop on “The idea of India in the poetry of Subramaniam Bharti” organised by ICSSR in collaboration with CURaj and Dayanand College Ajmer (15 – 16th February, 2022)
- Member of Organizing Committee, One-Day Workshop on “Linguistics and Language Sciences: A Quantifying Approach”, Department of Linguistics, Central University of Rajasthan,19th February, 2020
- Convenor of the two-day International Conference “Widening Canvas, Shrinking Space; Writer and Society” at Smt. Madi Bai Mirdha Government Girls’ College Nagaur (November 9-10th, 2019)
- Member of Organizing Committee, International Conference on “Moving Beyond the Margin: The Politics of Exclusion and Assimilation”, Department of English, Central University of Rajasthan,15-16 November, 2018
- Co-Convener of the two-day International Conference on “Evolving Facets of Translation: Comparative Perspectives, Adaptation and Popular Culture”, Department of English, Central University of Rajasthan, 23-24 November, 2015
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 cv (1) (6).pdf, RESUME (1).pdf |
