Dr. NIKITA ANAND

Assistant Professor, Associate Dean, Mentoring • Department of English

PhD from

NIT Jalandhar

Years of Experience

7 Years

Web Pages

Contact Details

nikita.anand@sru.edu.in

Availability

Mon-Fri, 1-3pm, 3018

I am Dr. Nikita Anand, Assistant Professor in the Department of English at S R University, Hanamkonda. I completed my Ph.D. from NIT Jalandhar in 2024 and have qualified the UGC-NET in English. My areas of research interest include postcolonial feminism, gender studies, and queer theory. With experience in teaching English language, communication, and life skills, I am passionate about academic research, teaching, mentoring and holistic student development.

Interests

Postcolonial Feminism Feminist Literary Theory Feminist Aesthetics Posthumanism

Research Areas

Postcolonial Feminist Studies Gender and Sexuality Studies

Student Supervision

PhD: 8 ongoing

Ph.D in English

2024

NIT Jalandhar

Assistant Professor

2015-2017

LPU

Assistant Professor

2025- Present

SR University

→ Technical Communication for Engineers
→ Life Skill
→ British Literature

Key Publications

Gummadi, I., & Anand, N. (2026). ‘How much beauty is enough?’: Indian video advertising navigating from bad feminism to mood disruptors. Australian Feminist Studies. https://doi.org/10.1080/08164649.2026.2704560
Anand, N., Parag, K., & Prakash, A. (2023). Touring the online matchmaking platform: A study of the “sado-ritual syndrome” with a special reading of Shashi Deshpande’s The Binding Vine. Asian Journal of Women’s Studies, 29(4), 465–483. https://doi.org/10.1080/12259276.2023.2284618
Anand, N., Parag, K., & Prakash, A. (2023). Heteronormative plots and African feminine powers in Buchi Emecheta’s The Rape of Shavi. Research in African Literatures, 53(4), 125–140. https://doi.org/10.2979/reseafrilite.53.4.09
“Your Bottom Power Is Easier and Surer”: Feminist Supervisions in Intercourse and Human Rights in Buchi Emecheta’s Double Yoke, The IUP Journal of English Studies, vol. 18, no. 2, June 2023, Scopus Indexed