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Research Areas

Research Areas:


  • Digital Humanities
  • Learning Analytics in Humanities Courses
  • Film and Literature Studies
  • Science Fiction

Sponsored Projects

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1. As Co-PI   (2021- 2022):
Project title:  Evaluation' as a teaching method: A new pedagogical model to improve knowledge and critical thinking among students
Funding Agency: NCERT, India ( Completed)
PI: Prof. Reena Cheruvalath, HSS Dept, BITS Pilani Goa Campus.
Sanctioned amount: Rs. 3,88,500/-
Project period: 12 months.
 
2. As Co-PI (2020- 2022)
Project title: LA-ReflecT: Modeling meta-cognitive processes in reflective reading and its open book assessments; 
Funding Agency: Kyoto University, Japan  under 'SPIRITS 2020 -the Program for Promoting the Enhancement of Research Universities'. This is an international collaboration project with researchers in Kyoto University, Japan,  IIT Bombay and BITS Pilani.   
Amount Sanctioned:  Total amount 58,30,000 Yen
The expenses for international travel to Japan for  attending conferences or interaction with the team, Honorarium, etc are supported under the program.  Any software/facility established in Kyoto university is available for use by the team members.
Project period:  April 2020-March 2022. (Completed)
 
.3. As  Co-PI (2019 - 2021)
Project title: Bioremediation and Digital Documentation towards the conservation of Cultural Heritage 
Funding agency: DST, India under science & heritage Research Initiative (SHRI).
PI: Prof. Srikanth Mutnuri, BioSciences dept, BITS Pilani Goa Campus. 
Sanctioned amount: Rs. 32,80,288/-
Project period: 2 years. (Completed)
 
Applied as PI:
1. Project submitted: ICSSR-JSPS Social Science Research Project FY 2023 
Title: LA4HD: Learning Analytics of Critical Thinking in the Humanities and Design Education; In collaboration with researchers from Kyoto University, Japan and IIT Gandhinagar, India; Amount applied: Rs. 14, 00,000/= ( from Indian side, similar amount from Japanese side)
(Result awaited)  
 
 Through Internal support from BITS Pilani (Completed):
 
2019: Impact of Different Pedagogical Approaches to Teaching Film and Literature in an Engineering Curriculum, Teaching & Learning Center (TLC) Rs. 50,000/-   
                                                                                                  
2013: A Digital Humanities Approach to Interpret the Visual Culture of Shekhawati Region; under the competitive Seed Grants scheme, BITS Pilani. Co- PI: Prof. Shan Balasubramanian, BITS Pilani. Amount: Rs.13,90,000/-
                                 
2010: Documentary film on the impact of various women empowerment programmes in Shekawati region of Rajasthan. Rs. 55,000/=,  U.G. C. Centre for Women Studies, BITS Pilani.

PhD/Dissertation/Thesis/project supervision

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PhD. Thesis awarded  (2):
 
As Supervisor (Singly):   
(i) Ms. Dolly Seehra, BITS Pilani, 2019
 
As Co-supervisor:
(i) Ms. Manju Sharma, Banasthali Univeristy, 2013
 
 
Ongoing (2):
 
1. As Supervior (singly): 
i. Ms. Tanna Shilpa Shirishkumar, BITS Pilani (2016-); Expected to complete in 2023.
ii. Mr. Shail Jha, BITS Pilani (2020 - ) (Ongoing- proposal accepted on 25. 04.  2022)
iii. Ms. Utsarjana Mutsuddi (2021-) (Ongoing- proposal accepted on 25. 04. 2022)
 
M.Phil. Dissertation Guided
 
i) Srishti. 2021.
Topic: Digital Literacy: Access, Performance, Perceived Parental Attitudes, and Gender among students of Secondary school in Delhi
ii)Manju Sharma, Banasthali University (2010)
Topic: Literary & Cinematic Expressions of Communal Violence as portrayed in Indian Writings in English and Indian Cinema
 

First Degree Thesis Guided

I have supervised the thesis of a few students of B.E. and and MSc.  at BITS Pilani, in the following areas:. 
 
  • A Study on the Postmodern Author
  • Yakshagana: The Folk Theater Form of Karnataka
  • Representations of Megacorporations in Science Fiction with Focus on William Gibson's Cyber Fiction
  • Exploratory Study on Media Entrepreneurship in India 
 

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