Vinod Balakrishnan
Associate Professor
Humanities and Social Sciences
National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli
India
Biography
Vinod Balakrishnan is an Associate Professor in English in the Department of Humanities at National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli. He earned his Ph.D in “Popular Fiction and the Use of History” from Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala. He was a Fellow at the School of Criticism and Theory at Cornell University, New York in 2008. He is a recipient of a Bronze Medal for poetry by the National Library of Poetry, USA. His poems have been archived and widely anthologized. He is the author of Indian Classics in English Translation and has coauthored a book on Literary Theory. His articles have appeared in The Quest, CIEFL Bulletin, Journal of English Language Teaching and Indian Express. His research concentrates on Pop Culture Studies, Cultural Studies, and Indian Poetics. His current research interests include East-West Peace Studies, Pop Fiction, Politics of Representation and History of Thought. Currently, he is working on “Networks and Mobility in Literature”.
Research Interest
Managerial Economics, Oraganisational Behaviour, Industrial Psychology, Sociology and Culture, Entrepreneurship Development, Personnel Management
Publications
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“Looking at the Woman in the Airport Novel.†CIEFL Bulletin. Vol.12. Nos. 1 and 2. Dec 2002. 71-81.
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“Drama as a Criticism of Life: Hayavadana.†The Plays of Girish Karnad: Critical Perspectives. Edited by Jayadipsingh Dodiya. New Delhi: Prestige, 1999. 218-225.
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A Time for Words: Further Thoughts on Newswatch.†The Journal of English Language Teaching (India). Vol XLV. No. 5. Sep-Oct 2007. 38-42.