Shashikantha Koudur

Designation:

Associate Professor

Date of Joining at NITK:

Friday, October 27, 2000

Professional Experience:

18 Years

Contact Details

E-mail:

sasikant [at] nitk.ac.in

sasikant75 [at] gmail.com

Telephone:

+91- 824 - 2474000 -3228 (Ext)

Mobile:

9448105458

Personal Website:

http://www.guhika.blogspot.com

Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/shashikantha.koudur

Academic Background

• Ph.D (University of Hyderabad in 2008)
• MPhil (University of Hyderabad in 2000)
• MA (University of Hyderabad in 1998)

Areas of Interest

Comparative Literature
Communication
Indian Classical Music
Translation
Studies in Literary Cultures

Significant Projects

Coordinated and completed an R&D Project “A Re-look into Efficiency: The Problem of Communication among Science and Technology Students of Lower Classes” sponsored by Ministry of Human Resource Development with the fund allocation of Rs. 6 lakh.

Supervision of Ph.D

2 awarded and 3 ongoing

Significant Publications

1. Priyanka and Shashikantha Koudur, “To Go or Not to Go: Palestinian Realities of Exile in the Works of Sahar Khalifeh”, in Pertanika: Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities, 26 (1), Mar. 2018, pp. 441-452

2. Koudur, Shashikantha. “Dāsa Sāhitya: Some Notes on Early Publications”, in Religions of South Asia, 10 (3), 2017, pp. 259-277

3. Priyanka and Shashikantha Koudur. “Exiled in the Homeland: Palestinian Experience as in Sahar Khalifeh”, in The IACLALS Journal, Vol 2, 2016, pp. 96-102

4. Koudur, Shashikantha, "Music and Nationalism", in Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. XLVIII (Nos. 26&27), June 29-July 6, 2013, pp. 82-83

5. Priyanka and Shashikantha Koudur. “The Multiple Resistance Strategies for Survival under Israeli Occupation in the Novels of Sahar Khalifeh”, in Khazar: Journal of Humanities Social Sciences (accepted and forthcoming)

Achievements

Awarded the Charles Wallace Short Research Grant to conduct short independent research in United Kingdom in the year 2014-15.
'B' grade artist at the All India Radio, Mangalore
Directed music for more than 5 plays staged across Karnataka and Hyderabad

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