Discussion before conclusion
A literature classroom works when students argue with the text and with each other. My job is to keep that argument rigorous — to insist on evidence from the page — rather than to deliver a reading for them to copy down.
Teaching
Twenty-one courses, four universities, eleven years
From Elizabethan poetry to technical writing for engineers — and, increasingly, the design of curriculum for students who study at a distance.
How I teach
Method is teachable
Research skill is not innate. Bibliographies, archives, digital tools, the shape of a good research question: these can be taught explicitly, and students who are taught them explicitly produce markedly better work.
Literature is not sealed off
The same critical attention that reads a Victorian poem reads a film, an advertisement, or a YouTube performance. Students who see that connection stop treating the syllabus as a museum.
Mentorship outlasts the semester
Much of the work that matters happens outside teaching hours — on dissertations, applications, and career decisions. That has always been part of the role, not an addition to it.
Courses taught
Postgraduate literature, undergraduate honours, and professional communication for STEM, management, nursing, and hospitality programmes.
| Course | Level | Code | Institution | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Literature | M.A. Final | ENL 558 | GNDU Amritsar | 2024–25 |
| Poetry-II (Victorian and Modern) | M.A. Final | ENL 552 | GNDU Amritsar | 2023–24 |
| English for Technical Professionals | B.E. CSE II | CL101 | Chitkara University | 2022–23 |
| Communication Skills (Theory & Practical) | B.Pharma | BP105T / BP111P | Chitkara University | 2022–23 |
| Communicative English | B.Sc. Nursing | ENGL101 | Chitkara University | 2022–23 |
| Soft Skills | B.C.A. | CL201 | Chitkara University | 2022–23 |
| Placement Module | M.C.A. & B.C.A. | EL401 | Chitkara University | 2021–22 |
| From Language to Literature | B.Sc. H&HA | BEGE-101 | Chitkara University | 2020–21 |
| Twentieth Century Prose and Fiction | M.A. Final | St. Xavier's College, Jaipur | 2018–19 | |
| Literary Theory | M.A. Final | St. Xavier's College, Jaipur | 2017–18 | |
| Victorian Literature | M.A. Previous | St. Xavier's College, Jaipur | 2015–16 | |
| Elizabethans and Augustans | M.A. Previous | St. Xavier's College, Jaipur | 2016–17 | |
| Modern English Usage, Phonetics and Language | M.A. Previous | St. Xavier's College, Jaipur | 2016–17 | |
| Pre-Romantics and Romantics | M.A. Previous | St. Xavier's College, Jaipur | 2017–18 | |
| Contemporary British Literature | B.A. (Hons.) III | St. Xavier's College, Jaipur | 2014–15 | |
| Nineteenth Century Prose and Fiction | B.A. (Hons.) III | St. Xavier's College, Jaipur | 2014–15 | |
| Nineteenth Century Poetry and Drama | B.A. (Hons.) III | St. Xavier's College, Jaipur | 2017–18 | |
| Elizabethan Age and Metaphysicals | B.A. (Hons.) I | St. Xavier's College, Jaipur | 2015–16 | |
| Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Literature | B.A. (Hons.) I | St. Xavier's College, Jaipur | 2016–17 | |
| Applied Language Skills and Literary Analysis | B.A. Eng. Hons. I | St. Xavier's College, Jaipur | 2016–17 | |
| Technical Writing and Communication Skills | B.C.A. | 107 | St. Xavier's College, Jaipur | 2014–17 |
Curriculum design & pedagogy
- Member, Board of Studies in English, IIS University (2015–17) — designed syllabi for UG, PG, M.Phil and PhD programmes
- Designed and revised ODL curriculum at GNDU, authoring six volumes of self-learning material
- Introduced CEFR-based language profiling using British Council EnglishScore
- Introduced AI-enabled language lab software (Princeton Hive) to assess industry readiness
- Introduced the Kindle reading device for undergraduate literature students, loaded with the University of Rajasthan syllabus
- Recorded video lectures for the Chitkara Shodh YouTube channel
Self-learning material
Six volumes written for Guru Nanak Dev University's open and distance learning programmes, where the text has to teach without a classroom around it.
2025
Professional Communication and Career Development
2024
English (Elective), ODBAG 413T — B.A. (ODL), Semester V
2024
English (Elective), ODBAG 413T — B.A. (ODL), Semester IV
2024
English (Elective), ODBAG 313T — B.A. (ODL), Semester III
2023
English (Elective), ODBAG 213T — B.A. (ODL), Semester II
2023
English (Elective), ODBAG 211T — B.A. (ODL), Semester II