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).

                                                                      
                                                                                                                                   Alumni Details
 

Profile Picture                                         Name and Description    Discipline, Area and Research Topic Supervisor/ Co-  Supervisor
  Dhrub Kumar Singh
#17191001
singhdhrubkumar@gmail.com
Dhrub did his graduation in History Hons from IGNOU and, thereafter, completed his Masters and M.Phil programmes in Modern History from Centre for Historical Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi. He is an Assistant Professor of History at Faculty of Social Sciences, BHU 
Discipline: History
Tentative Topic: “Science and the Nation: The Quest for Self-Reliance, 1850s-1980s”. 
Supervisor:  Prof. Kamal Sheel  Adjunct Professor