HSS - Students Ph.D.

Profile Picture	Name and Description	Discipline, Area and Research Topic	Supervisor/ Co-Supervisor
	Ashish Ranjan #15191002 ashish.rs.hss15@iitbhu.ac.in Ashish did his B.Tech in Computer Science and Engineering from UPTU, Lucknow and M.Tech in Computer Science and Engineering from NIT Patna.	Discipline: Linguistics Tentative Topic: Language Processing by Brain	Supervisor:  Dr. Anil Kumar Singh, Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering, IIT (BHU).  Co-supervisor: Dr. Anil Kumar Thakur , Dept. of Humanistic Studies,  IIT (BHU).
	Deepak Rathore #18191501 deepak.rathore.rs.hss18@itbhu.ac.in  Deepak did his BSC from Kanpur University, MSC from Banaras Hindu University and M. Tech from Delhi Technological University.	Discipline: Environmental Studies /Sociology Tentative Topic: Solid Waste Management	Supervisor:  Dr. Amrita Dwivedi, Dept. of Humanistic Studies,  IIT (BHU). Co-supervisor: Prof. Ram Sharan Singh (CHE)
	Prabhat Ranjan Rai #16191001 prrai.rs.hss16@itbhu.ac.in Prabhat did his MA in Philosophy from JNU.	Discipline: Philosophy Tentative Topic: An Inquiry into Rationality of Scientific Theories	Supervisor: Dr. Nirmalya Guha, Dept. of Humanistic Studies,  IIT (BHU).
	Pratik Kumar Mahant #18191503 pkumar.rs.hss.18@iitbhu.ac.in Pratik did his B.A. (Hons) and M.A. in Linguistics from Banaras Hindu University. He is a native speaker of Bhojpuri.	Discipline: Linguistics Tentative Topic: Drama in Education: Pedagogical Application in L2 Learning and Teaching	Supervisor: Dr. Sanjukta Ghosh, Dept. of Humanistic Studies,  IIT (BHU).
	Pratyusha Pramanik #18191001 pratyushapramanik.rs.hss18@iitbhu.ac.in Pratyusha did her graduation in English from  Bethune College, University of Calcutta and Master’s in English from Banaras Hindu University.	Discipline: English Tentative Topic: Textual Representations of Social Movements in post-independence Bengal.	Supervisor:  Dr. Ajit Kumar Mishra, Dept. of Humanistic Studies, IIT (BHU)
	Ravikant Dubey #18191002 ravikantdubey.rs.hss18@itbhu.ac.in Ravikant did his Bachelor’s Degree in Life Sciences from V.B.S Purvanchal University and Master’s Degree in Environmental Science & Technology from I.E.S.D., Banaras Hindu University.	Discipline: Environmental Studies / Sociology Tentative Topic:Prospects of Sanitation and Solid Waste Management in Heritage city, Varanasi.	Supervisor:  Dr. Amrita Dwivedi, Dept. of Humanistic Studies,  IIT (BHU). Co-supervisor:  Prof. Prabhat Kumar Singh,  Dept. of Civil Engineering, IIT (BHU).
	Samapika Roy #15191003 samapikar.rs.hss15@itbhu.ac.in Samapika did her B.A.Hons in English Literature from University of Burdwan and M.A. in Linguistics from Banaras Hindu University. She is a native of Asansol, West Bengal.	Discipline: Computational Linguistics Tentative Topic: Headline Parsing of Indian English News Domain.	Supervisor:  Dr. Sukhada,  Dept. of Humanistic Studies, IIT (BHU). Co-supervisor:  Dr. Anil Kumar Singh,  Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering, IIT BHU.
	Satyam Dwivedi #15191502 satyamd.rs.hss15@iitbhu.ac.in Satyam received degrees of BA and MA in Linguistics from Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi. He is a Senior Language Engineer at Amazon. You can follow him through https://www.satyamdwivedi.com	Discipline: Computational Linguistics Tentative Topic: Computational modelling of Abhāva for NLP application	Supervisor: Dr. Sanjukata Ghosh, Dept. of Humanistic Studies, IIT (BHU).
	Shivam Dwivedi #18191003 shivamdwivedi.rs.hss18@iitbhu.ac.in Shivam completed his graduation and masters in Linguistics from Banaras Hindu University.. You can follow him through https://www.shivamdwivedi.com	Discipline: Linguistics Tentative Topic: Annotation Assistant for SLP corpus	Supervisor:  Dr. Sanjukata Ghosh, Dept. of Humanistic Studies, IIT (BHU).
	Sooraj S.S # 18191004 soorajss.rs.hss18@itbhu.ac.in Sooraj did his BA in English from Fatima Mata National College, University of Kerala and MA in English from Central University of Karnataka.	Discipline: English Tentative Topic- Masculinity Studies in the Context of Contemporary Kerala.	Supervisor:  Dr. Kavya Krishna K.R.,  Dept. of Humanistic Studies, IIT (BHU) Co-Supervisor: Dr. Ajit Kumar Mishra Dept. of Humanistic Studies, IIT (BHU)
	Sumit Shekhar # 18191504 sshekhar.rs.hss18@itbhu.ac.in Sumit completed his B.A in English Literature from Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi; M.A in Social Work from Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi; and  Masters of Population Studies from International Institute for Population Sciences, Mumbai.	Discipline: Sociology of Development Tentative Topic: Innovation in Sanitation Sector: An Indian Scenario.  His research critically examines how innovation can play a major role in transition to sustainable development in the sanitation sector.	Supervisor:  Dr. Amrita Dwivedi, Dept. of Humanistic Studies, IIT (BHU)
	Vandana Dwivedi # 16191501 vandanadwivedi.rs.hss16@iitbhu.ac.in Vandana completed her BSC Mathematics from Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapeeth and MA in Linguistics from Banaras Hindu University. She is a native of Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh.	Discipline: Computational Linguistics Tentative Topic: Automatic extraction and interpretation of complex nominals for Hindi text.	Supervisor:  Dr. Sanjukta Ghosh, Dept.  of Humanistic Studies, IIT (BHU)
	Veeru Rajbhar # 15191001 veerur.rs.hss15@itbhu.ac.in Veeru completed his MA in English from Banaras Hindu University. He is a native of Uttar Pradesh	Discipline: English Tentative Topic: Kabir Seen Through the Eyes of the People: Reception, Adaptation and Transcreation.	Supervisor:  Dr. Ajit Kumar Mishra, Dept.  of Humanistic Studies, IIT (BHU) Co-supervisor: Prof. Sanjay Kumar, Dept. of English, Faculty of Arts, BHU
	Vibhanshu Verma # 18191005 vibhanshuverma.rs.hss18@itbhu.ac.in Vibhanshu did his graduation from University of Allahabad and Master’s from Delhi University. He is a native of Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh.	Discipline: Psychology Tentative Topic: Role of social identity in group participation in war conflict zones and among migrants. My interest also lies in studying the impact of artificial intelligence on individual’s emotional intelligence	Supervisor:  Dr. Shail Shankar,  Dept. of Humanistic Studies, IIT (BHU)
	Babita Chatterjee # 19191003 babitachatterjee.rs.hss19@itbhu.ac.in Babita did her masters in Geography from The University of Burdwan and graduation from Raja NL Khan womens' College, WB. She is a native of Medinipur, West Bengal	Discipline: Geography Tentative Topic: Women's Strategies for Challenges of Livelihood Crisis of Marginal Household and An Enquiry of Sustainable Way in Rural West Bengal Her research interest also lies in studying Womens’ role to improve social status.	Supervisor: Dr. Amrita Dwivedi, Dept. of Humanistic Studies, IIT (BHU)
	Elham Malik # 19191004 elhammalik.rs.hss19@itbhu.ac.in Elham did her bachelors degree in Mechanical Engineering with Honours from Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technical University, Lucknow (U.P.). Her area of interest is Macro Organizational Behaviour.	Discipline: Macro Organizational Behaviour Tentative topic: A mindful probation into the yardsticks of applicability and success of self-management in the organizations associated with diverse sectors in the Indian context: A benchmark study	Supervisor:  Dr. Shail Shankar,  Dept. of Humanistic Studies, IIT (BHU) Co-supervisor: Dr. Puneet Kumar Bindlish, Dept. of Humanistic Studies,  IIT (BHU).
	Akanksha Yadav # 19191001 akankshayadav.rs.hss19@itbhu.ac.in Akanksha graduated from Patna Women's College in 2016 with a degree in Sociology. She completed a master's in Sociology(Patna University) in 2018. She is a native of Sahibganj, Jharkhand.	Discipline- Sociology. Tentative Topic: Rights and Issues of Kinnars In India.  Her interest area lies in the life,language, culture and customs of the Hijra community in India. She is also interested in studying social problems, concerning second and third gender  in India.	Supervisor: Dr. Vinita Chandra, Dept. of Humanistic Studies,  IIT (BHU).
	Abhijeet Satsangi # 19191501 abhijeetsatsangi.rs.hss19@itbhu.ac.in Abhijeet has completed his graduation in English from C.M. College, Lalit Narayan Mithila University, Darbhanga, Bihar in 2017. He did his Master’s in Linguistics from Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi in 2019. He hails from Darbhanga, Bihar.	Discipline: Linguistics Tentative Topic: Yet to be finalized.	Supervisor: Dr. Sanjukta Ghosh, Dept.  of Humanistic Studies, IIT (BHU)
	Manoj Bhandari  # 19191502 manojbhandari.rs.hss19@itbhu.ac.in Manoj has completed his graduation in Sanskrit grammar ( Navya Vyakarana) from Paramananda Sanskrit Gurukulam , Nepal Sanskrit University. He did his Master's ( Acharya) from Nepali Sanskrit Mahavidyalaya, Sampurnanand Sanskrit University, Varanasi in 2019.	Discipline: Linguistics Tentative topic: Yet to be finalized.	Supervisor:Dr. Vishwanath Dhital, Dept. of Humanistic Studies,  IIT (BHU).
	Siddharth Chauhan # 19191505 siddharthchauhan.rs.hss19@itbhu.ac.in Siddharth completed his graduation in Linguistics from Banaras Hindu University in 2017, He did his Master’s in Linguistics from the University of Delhi in 2019. He hails from Chhapra, Bihar.	Discipline: Linguistics   Tentative Topic: Yet to be finalized.	Supervisor: Dr. Sanjukta Ghosh, Dept.  of Humanistic Studies, IIT (BHU)
	Shreya Katyayani. # 19191007 shreyakatyayani.rs.hss19@itbhu.ac.in Shreya did her B.A(honours) in Political science from Patna women’s college and completed her Post-Graduation from  The Department of political science,BHU.She hails from Buxar,Bihar.	Discipline: Political science Tentative topic: Yet to be decided. Her research interest lies in the History of indentured labourers from India(the girmitiya system)	Supervisor: Dr. K.V Cybil, Dept. of Humanistic Studies,  IIT (BHU).
	Milan Chauhan 19191008 milanchauhan.rs.hss19@itbhu.ac.in Milan completed his graduation and Masters from B.H.U in English Literature. He is a native of Varanasi.	Discipline: English Tentative Topic: Sociolinguistic study of Kajari folk songs. His interest lies in Postcolonial literature, folk literature, Sociolinguistics, and literary theories.	Supervisor: Dr. Swasti Mishra, Dept. of Humanistic Studies,  IIT (BHU). Co-supervisor: Dr. Anil Kumar Thakur , Dept. of Humanistic Studies,  IIT (BHU).
	Priyanka Saraswati # 19191005 priyankasaraswati.rs.hss19@itbhu.ac.in  Priyanka completed her graduation from Dev Sanskriti Vishwavidhyala and masters from Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University. She is native of  Haridwar.	Discipline: Yogic Science Tentative Topic: Cerebral hemodynamics mechanism of voluntary regulated breathing (pranayama) on sustained attention.	Supervisor: Dr. Satish Kanaujia, Dept. of Humanistic Studies,  IIT (BHU).
	Suman Rawat # 19191507 sumanrawat.rs.hss19@itbhu.ac.in Suman has completed her  graduation in science (Zoology, Botany, Anthropology) and Master’s in Anthropology from National Post Graduate College, University of Lucknow. She hails from Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh	Discipline: Anthropology Tentative Topic:  Yet to be finalized.	Supervisor: Dr. K.V Cybil, Dept. of Humanistic Studies,  IIT (BHU).
	Pursotam Kumar # 19191504 pursotamkumar.rs.hss19@iitbhu.ac.in Pursotam completed his BA (Hons.) in Functional English from Bihar National College, Patna University, Bihar and MA in Linguistics from Banaras Hindu University. He is a native speaker of Magahi.	Discipline: Linguistics Tentative Topic: Yet to be finalized.	Supervisor: Dr. Anil Kumar Thakur , Dept. of Humanistic Studies,  IIT (BHU).
	Abhitha Sj # 20191501 http://abhithasj.rs.hss20@itbhu.ac.in Abhitha graduated from Fatima Mata National College (Autonomous), Kollam, Kerala in 2015 with a degree in English Literature. Later in 2017, she received her masters in English Literature from the same institute. Currently, she is a Junior Research Fellow (UGC) in the Dept. of Humanistic Studies, IIT (BHU), Varanasi. She hails from Trivandrum, Kerala.	Discipline: English Tentative Topic: Mapping Narratives of Alternate Childhoods in India.	Supervisor: Dr. Kavya Krishna K.R.,  Dept. of Humanistic Studies, IIT (BHU) Co-supervisor: Dr. Ajit Kumar Mishra Dept. of Humanistic Studies, IIT (BHU)
	Ajeet Singh # 20191502 http://ajeetsingh.rs.hss20@itbhu.ac.in	Discipline: Tentative Topic: Yet to be finalized.	Supervisor: Dr. Anil Kumar Singh,  Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering, IIT BHU.
	Animesh Roy # 20191503 http://animeshroy.rs.hss20@itbhu.ac.in His interest areas are climate change, climate migration and post colonial ecocriticism.	Discipline: English Literature Tentative Topic: Bioregionalism and place Attachments in the selected novels of Amitav Ghosh.	Supervisor: Prof. P.K. Panda, Dept. of Humanistic Studies,  IIT (BHU).
	Anuja Jose # 20191504 http://anujajose.rs.hss20@itbhu.ac.in Anuja did her Masters in English from Mahatma Gandhi University and her M.Phil from the University of Madras. Thereafter, she worked as an Assistant Professor for a period of 3 years at a college affliated to the University of Madras.	Discipline: Gender Studies Tentative Topic: Cross-dressing in the Context of Rituals: A Study on the Chamayavilakku Festival of Kerala.	Supervisor: Dr. Vinita Chandra, Dept. of Humanistic Studies,  IIT (BHU).
	Jyoti Kumari # 20191505 http://jyotikumari.rs.hss20@itbhu.ac.in Jyoti has completed her graduation in English from AMPG (Banaras Hindu University) in 2017 and Master’s in Linguistics from Banaras Hindu University in 2019. She is a native speaker of Maithili.	Discipline: Linguistics Tentative Topic: Cross-cultural study of TV Advertisements.	Supervisor: Dr. Anil Kumar Thakur, Dept. of Humanistic Studies,  IIT (BHU). Co-supervisor: Dr. Sanjukta Ghosh, Dept. of Humanistic Studies,  IIT (BHU).
	Kuldeep Sharma # 20191506 http://kuldeepsharma.rs.hss20@itbhu.ac.in	Discipline: Tentative Topic: Yet to be finalized.	Supervisor: Dr. Manhar Charan, Dept. of Humanistic Studies,  IIT (BHU).
	Mahua Bhattacharya # 20191508 http://mahuabhattacharyya.rs.hss20@itbhu.ac.in	Discipline: Tentative Topic: Yet to be finalized.	Supervisor: Dr. Ajit Kumar Mishra Dept. of Humanistic Studies, IIT (BHU)
	Sanmay Sarkar # 20191510 http://sanmaysarkar.rs.hss20@itbhu.ac.in Sanmay has completed his B.A. in English from Banaras Hindu University & M.A. in English and Comparative Literature from Pondicherry University.	Discipline: English Tentative Topic: Tribal Trauma, Memory and Identity in Maheswata Devi and Gopinath Mohanty.	Supervisor:  Prof. Prasanta Kumar Panda, Dept. of Humanistic Studies,  IIT (BHU).
	Vivek Tripathi # 20191511 http://vivektripathi.rs.hss20@itbhu.ac.in My primary interests lie in exploring how formal mathematical and logical tools can able a machine to learn natural language, for eg. Hindi. My specific research topics so far have included Montague grammar based tense logic, modality, evidentiality (nominal and propositional), disjunction, and negative polarity items.	Discipline: Logic, Semantics Tentative Topic: Structural Analysis of the Hindi Language using Montague Grammar.	Supervisor: Dr. Nirmalya Guha, Dept. of Humanistic Studies,  IIT (BHU).
	Akash Kumar Srivastava # 21191001 http://akashkrsrivastava.rs.hss21@itbhu.ac.in	Discipline: Tentative Topic: Yet to be finalized.	Supervisor: Dr. Vinita Chandra, Dept. of Humanistic Studies,  IIT (BHU).
	Amit  Raj # 21191002 http://amitraj.rs.hss21@itbhu.ac.in	Discipline: Tentative Topic: Yet to be finalized.	Supervisor: Dr. Satish Kanaujia, Dept. of Humanistic Studies,  IIT (BHU).
	Manvi Pandey # 21191004 http://manvipandey.rs.hss21@itbhu.ac.in	Discipline: Tentative Topic: Yet to be finalized.	Supervisor: Dr. Ajit Kumar Mishra Dept. of Humanistic Studies, IIT (BHU)
	Nidhila S # 21191005 http://nidhilas.rs.hss21@itbhu.ac.in Nidhila did her BA and MA in English Language and Literature from University of Kerala.	Discipline: English Tentative Topic: Films of P Padmarajan	Supervisor: Dr. Kavya Krishna K.R.,  Dept. of Humanistic Studies, IIT (BHU)
	Piyush Kumar # 21191007 http://piyushkumar.rs.hss21@itbhu.ac.in	Discipline: Sociology Tentative Topic: Pride and prejudice in LGBTQIA community – Intersectional Study	Supervisor: Dr. K.V Cybil, Dept. of Humanistic Studies,  IIT (BHU).
	Samyamoy Khutia # 21191008 http://samyamoykhutia.rs.hss21@itbhu.ac.in Samyamoy has completed his Bachelor’s in English from Jhargram Raj College, Vidyasagar University and his Master’s in English from Ravenshaw University. He hails from Jhargram, West Bengal.	Discipline: English Tentative Topic: Queerness and Politics of Sexuality in the Bengali Cultural Sphere.	Supervisor: Dr. Kavya Krishna K.R.,  Dept. of Humanistic Studies, IIT (BHU)
	Soumyakanta Senapati # 21191009 http://soumyakantasenapati.rs.hss21@itbhu.ac.in Soumyakanta has completed his Graduation in English from Dhenkanal Autonomous College, Odisha and his Postgraduation in English from Ravenshaw University. He hails from Cuttack, Odisha. His interest lies in Postcolonial Studies, Tribal Literature, Odia Literature, and Film Studies.	Discipline: English Tentative Topic: Disintegration of Tribal life and Culture of Odisha.	Supervisor:  Dr. Ajit Kumar Mishra Dept. of Humanistic Studies, IIT (BHU)
	Uday Pratap Singh # 21191011 http://udaypratapsingh.rs.hss21@itbhu.ac.in I have completed my B.E. in Electronics Engineering from Mumbai University and M.A. in Political Science from JNU.	Discipline: Political Science Tentative Topic: Yet to be finalized.	Supervisor: Dr. Vinita Chandra, Dept. of Humanistic Studies,  IIT (BHU).
	Ved Prakash # 21191012 http://vedprakash.rs.hss21@itbhu.ac.in Ved did his B.A (Hons) and M.A in English from Banaras Hindu University. He is a native of Bahraich, Uttar Pradesh.	Discipline: English Tentative Topic: YDalit Masculinity and its representation in Indian cinema.	Supervisor: Dr. K.V Cybil, Dept. of Humanistic Studies,  IIT (BHU).
	Hok Chheangkhy # 21191013 http://hokchheangkhy.rs.hss21@itbhu.ac.in II am Hok Chheangkhy. I am Cambodian. I am currently doing Ph.D. research at IIT BHU in the field of linguistics.	Discipline: Tentative Topic: A study of Sanskrit and Pali elements to coin new words in modern Khmer language	Supervisor: Dr. Swasti Mishra, Dept. of Humanistic Studies,  IIT (BHU). Co-supervisor: Dr. Anil Kumar Singh,  Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering, IIT BHU.
	Ryno Settrisman # 21191014 http://rynosettrisman.rs.hss21@itbhu.ac.in Ryno Settrisman is an Indonesian student studying at IIT BHU under DIA fellowship programme.	Discipline: English Tentative Topic: Indian Writings in English	Supervisor:  Dr. Ajit Kumar Mishra Dept. of Humanistic Studies, IIT (BHU)
	Alok Mishra # 21191501 http://alokmishra.rs.hss21@itbhu.ac.in I received degrees of B.A.(hons.) and MA in Political Science from BHU, Varanasi and thereafter, I did MPhil programme in the Centre for Political Studies, JNU.	Discipline: Political Science Tentative Topic: Yet to be decided.	Supervisor: Dr. Vinita Chandra, Dept. of Humanistic Studies,  IIT (BHU).
	Anish Mazumder # 21191502 http://anishmazumder.rs.hss21@itbhu.ac.in	Discipline: Tentative Topic: Yet to be finalized.	Supervisor: Dr. K.V Cybil, Dept. of Humanistic Studies,  IIT (BHU).
	Namrata Paul # 21191503 http://namratapaul.rs.hss21@itbhu.ac.in Namrata has completed her B.A. (Hons.) in English Literature from Bethune College, Calcutta University in 2019 and Master’s degree in Linguistics from Jadavpur University, Kolkata in 2021. She hails from Alipurduar, West Bengal.	Discipline: Linguistics Tentative Topic: Comparing and Contrasting the Multiple Senses of V-V Constructions in Bangla: A Lexical Semantic Approach.	Supervisor: Dr. Anil Kumar Thakur , Dept. of Humanistic Studies,  IIT (BHU). Co-supervisor: Dr. Sanjukta Ghosh, Dept. of Humanistic Studies,  IIT (BHU).
	Rahul Anthwal #21191504 http://rahulanthwal.rs.hss21@itbhu.ac.in	Discipline: Tentative Topic: Yet to be finalized.	Supervisor:  Dr. Shail Shankar,  Dept. of Humanistic Studies, IIT (BHU) Co-supervisor: Dr. Binayak Shankar, Dept. of Humanistic Studies,  IIT (BHU).

                                                                      
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