Assistant Professor Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultural Studies
navami.kumar@jaipur.manipal.edu
8167525869
PHD, IIT, KHARAGPUR, PURSUING
MA, SACRED HEART COLLEGE AUTONOMOUS, KOCHI, 2017
BA, MAHATMA GANDHI UNIVERSITY, 2015
Literary Urban Studies
Social Theories of City and Space
Geocriticism
Indian Novels in English
Authorial Intention and Interpretation in Literary Criticism
Qualified UGC NET-JRF in 2016
Received three Scholarships organized by the English Department in Union Christian College, Aluva (2013-2015)
Co-created the documentary, Culture of Lakshadweep, based on the ethnography and cultural studies in Kavaratti, Lakshadweep, sponsored by the Ford Foundation and Higher Education Cell in Union Christian College, Aluva, Kerala (2013)
Departmental Exam Coordinator
Class Committee Meeting Coordinator (PG)
Academic Audit
IACLALS (Indian Association for Commonwealth Literature and Language Studies)
ALUS (Association of Literary Urban Studies)
T. S., Navami. "Living on the Edge: Interrogating Migrant Labourer Lives of Bengaluru/Bangalore." Rupkatha Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities, vol. 12, no. 5, 2020, pp. 1- 8, doi:10.21659/rupkatha.v12n5.rioc1s30n3. (SCOPUS Indexed)
Bhattacharya, Somdatta, and Navami T. S. "Challenging the Romance of the Techno/Metropolis: The Social Critique of the 'City' in Zac O'Yeah's Crime Trilogy." Society and Culture in South Asia, vol. 8, no. 2, 2022, pp. 240-262, doi: 10.1177/23938617221098315. (SAGE Publications, SCOPUS Indexed)
T. S., Navami, and Somdatta Bhattacharya. "Inspector Gowda's Divided City: Space, Inequality, and Crime in Anita Nair's Bangalore Novels." Zeitschrift für Anglistik und Amerikanistik, vol. 70, no. 4, 2022, pp. 433-448, doi: 10.1515/zaa-2022-2076. (De Gruyter Publications, SCOPUS Indexed)
T. S., Navami, and Sephora Jose. "The Machete of Religious Parochialism: A Perusal on the Obnoxious Scientificity of 'Mukto Mona'." Life: Resistance, Revolution, Resurgence, edited by Julie Dominic. A, Sooryagatha Publishers, 2016, pp. 15-30. ISBN: 978-81- 7255-076-9.