Dalit Studies, Modern Indian Literature, Modern Indian Thought, Cultural Studies

• BA (Honours) English , 2003 , Hansraj College, University of Delhi
• MA (Eng) , 2005 , Hansraj College, University of Delhi
• MPhil (Eng) , 2007 , University of Delhi
• Ph.D (English , 2018 , University of Delhi

Dr. Mukesh Kumar Bairva completed his B.A (H) English and M.A (Eng.) at  Hansraj College, University of Delhi, M.Phil. (English) and Ph.D. at University of Delhi. The title of his Ph.D. thesis is “Dalit Discourse in Modern IndianLiterature: Reading the Dalit Novel as Counter-Discourse”. He has been teaching at the Department of English since 2006. His publications pertain to his academic and community engagement with issues of caste, subalternity, marginalization and representation. One of his remarkable papers titled as “Caste, Religion and Otherness:  Probing the Aporia of the Dalit-Muslim Question in Omprakash Valmiki’s Short Story ‘Salaam’ and Mohandas Naimishraya’s Autobiography Apne Apne Pinjare(Cages of Our Own), published in Scopus journal (Sage) Contemporary Voice of Dalit, explores the epistemological and ontological uncertainty about the marginal categories which entail the historical experience of violence, disenfranchisement and oppression. It problematizes the identity of the Dalit as an ‘Other’ vis-à-vis the Muslim subject and thus highlights the liminality of the subaltern subject. He has published papers in national and international journals. He has presented several papers in national and international conferences/seminars. His area of interest includes Dalit literature, Modern Indian Thought, Post- ColonialLiterature and Theory and Cultural Studies. Currently, he is a Professor in the Department of English, PGDAV College, University of Delhi.  He has  published papers  in UGC-Care Listed and Peer-Reviewed Journals, and presented papers in UGC-Sponsored Seminars and Conferences.

Dalit writing, Modern Indian literature, Postcolonial literature and theory and Soft Skills, Translation, 

ongoing

Served as Teacher-in-Charge of the English Department,  2011-2012, 2021-2022

The title of his  thesis is "Dalit Discourse in Modern Indian LIterature: Reading the Dalit Novel as Counter-Discourse. The inspiration to explore this field stemmed from his experiential-hermeneutical position.  Dalits occupy the lowest social position in the social hierarchy of  Indian society structured by caste.  His Ph.D. work delves into the representation and treatment of caste question in the mainstream Indian novels; it, moreover, investigates how Dalit novel delineates the life worlds of Dalits, their culture, traditions, knowledge systems, history, their struggle and strategies of survival. It articulates the complex interplay of the ideal and real; the political and the ethical; it puts forth the contradictions and challenges facing Dalit communities; it shows the moral and ethical conundrums of Dalits.

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1.⁠ ⁠Representation, Realism’s Other and the Novel: A Dalit Critique of Premchand’s Ranghbhoomi         Sangharsh/ Struggle: e-Journal of Dalit Literary Studies Oct.to Dec., 2013          Vol. 02, Issue 04           16-20   ISSN 2278-3067 NA       NA       Single   NA

2.⁠ ⁠A Subaltern Critique of the Brahmanic Discourse of Power in Jotirao Phule’s Gulamgiri          Sangharsh/ Struggle: e-Journal of Dalit Literary Studies April to Sept. 2014    Vol. 03 13-18   ISSN 2278-3067 NA       NA       Single   NA

3.⁠ ⁠Dalit Discourse in Popular Culture: Reading Bhimayana as a Counter-Discursive Narrative     Ruminations     Dec 2018          9 No.2  77-84   2229-6751            5.25     NA       Single   N/A

4.⁠ ⁠Alienation, Identity and the World: An Existentialist Reading of Anita Desai’s In Custody

            Studies in Indian Place Names  Feb.

2020     Vol. 40, Issue. 3 5305-

5312     2394-3114        N/A      NA       Single   348, 

UGC-Care, Group-1

5.         Towards a Conceptualization of a Nation: An Appraisal of Ambedkar’s Thoughts on Communities         Global Thought Oct 2022          Issue No. 26            73-79   2456-0898        NA       NA       Single   NA

6.⁠ ⁠Re-imagining National Identity: The Rejection of Racial Theory of Caste in B.R. Ambedkar’s Works    History Today   2022     No. 23  69-76   2249-748X            NA       NA       Single   130, 

UGC-Care, 

Group-1

7.⁠ ⁠Caste, Hegemony and Contestation: Reflecting on B.R. Ambedkar as an Organic Intellectual  Praxis International Journal of Social Science and Literature            Oct 2022          Vol. No. 5, Issue no. 10. 41-48   2581-6675        NA       NA       Single   NA

8.⁠ ⁠Dalit Memoir as Counter-History: Contesting History, Politics and Nation in Sujatha Gidla’s Ants Among Elephants    Naagfani          Oct-Dec 2022    Vol. no. 43, Part-3   51-53   2321-1504        NA       NA       Single   131

UGC-Care, Group-1

9.⁠ ⁠Myth of the Flying Africans as a Counter-Cultural Discourse in Toni Morrison’s The Song of Solomon Praxis International Journal of Social Science and Literature         Dec 2022          Vol. No.5, Issue No. 12  44-49   2581-6675        NA       NA       Single   NA

10        Engaging with the Voice of the Twice-Cursed: Self-Reflexive Narrative in P. Sivakami’s The Grip of Change        The Criterion    Feb 2023          Vol. 14        09-16   2278-9529        NA       NA       Single   NA

11        Making Sense of Dalit Fury in Tamil Cinema: Dalit Anger as a Moral Emotion in Asuran (2019)   Praxis International Journal of Social Science and Literature         March 2023      Vol. 5, Issue 3   6-13     2581-6675        NA       NA       Single   NA

12        Conceptualizing the Ambedkarian Ethic of Care: Pandemic, Prejudice and Otherness     Fortell: Journal of Teaching English Language and Literature            July

2021     Issue No. 43     7-17     Print2229-6557, Online-2394-9244        NA       NA       Single   102, 

UGC-Care, Group-1

13        Education for Liberation and Empowerment: Dr. B.R. Ambedkar’s Philosophy of Education       Creative Space: International Journal    Jan-March2022       Vol. No. X, No.1            114-121            2347-1689        4.006    NA       Single   NA

14        Caste, Dalit Novel and the Politics of Representation: Reading Akhila Nayak’s Bheda (2010)      Global Thought Jan 2023           Vol. 27 89-94            2456-0898        NA       NA       Single   NA

15. Caste, Religion and Otherness:  Probing the Aporia of the Dalit-Muslim Question in Omprakash Valmiki’s Short Story ‘Salaam’ and Mohandas Naimishraya’s Autobiography Apne Apne Pinjare(Cages of Our Own), published in Scopus journal (Sage) Contemporary Voice of Dalit,

1. UGC-Sponsored National Seminar on ‘Contemporary Narratives of Subversion’, held at Ramanujan College, Delhi University from 20-21 March, 2015.

Title of the Paper Presented: Novels of Subversion: Reading the Gujarati Dalit Novel Angaliyat (The Step Child) as Counter-Discourse.

2. UGC-Sponsored National Conference on ‘Imagining the Indian Popular: Globalization and its Discontents’, held during 3-4 March, 2016, at Zakir Hussain College (Evening), Delhi University.

Title of the Paper Presented: Caste, Culture and Power: A Study of Kalyan Rao’s Untouchable Spring.

3. UGC-Sponsored National Seminar on ‘Trauma: Memory and History in Literature’ held at Ramanujan College, University of Delhi, during 8-9 April, 2016.

Title of the Paper Presented: Memory, History and Power; A Study of Kalyan Rao’s Untouchable Spring

4. Students Seminar on Dalit Literature, organized by Ambedkar University, Delhi, commemorating 125th Birth Anniversary of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar on 11th March, 2016.
5. A Two-Day International Seminar on “The Relevance of Dr. Ambedkar’s Thought in Contemporary India” during 14-15 February, 2017 jointly organized by Department of Political Science, Shyam Lal College (Eve.) and Department of Buddhist Studies, Faculty of Arts, University of Delhi.

6. International Conference- Moving Beyond the Margins: The Politics of Exclusion and Assimilation, Organized by the Department of English, School of Humanities and Languages, Central University of Rajasthan, 15-16 November 2018.
7. 4th Interdisciplinary National Conference- Indian Popular Fiction: Redefining the Canon, Organized by the Department of English, Maharaja Agrasen College, University of Delhi, January 16 & 17, 2019.
8. Participated as a Chief Speaker in Dalit Literature Festival-2019, organized by Kirori Mal College, University of Delhi, 3-4 February, 2019.

Title of the Talk: Dalit Literature and Identity on Global Level

9. Presented Paper in International Conference- The 21st Century Indian Woman: Representations and Expressions, Organized the Department of English, PGDAV College, University of Delhi, held on 12-13 March 2019.

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