Dr. Prabhudutta Samal is an Assistant Professor of English and Associate Dean, Ph.D. Program, at SR University, Warangal. He holds a Ph.D. in English Literature from KIIT Deemed to be University, with research expertise in environmental humanities, postcolonialism, modernity, and energy humanities, particularly petroimperialism. His doctoral research examined representations of climate change, ecological crisis, and environmental consciousness in the selected works of Amitav Ghosh. His broader research interests include postcolonial ecocriticism, environmental justice, gender and ecology, petrofiction, and the cultural politics of energy and extraction. Dr. Samal has published research in Scopus-indexed journals and actively contributes to contemporary literary and interdisciplinary scholarship. Alongside research and teaching, he has extensive experience in academic administration, curriculum development, student mentoring, and professional communication. His current research explores the intersections of literature, oil, war, migration, ecological displacement, and speculative futures in contemporary fiction.