Professor
Avinash Jodha.
Professor and Head of the Department of English at Government College Gangashahar, Bikaner — bringing literary scholarship into conversation with cinema, translation and creative practice.
I am Professor and Head of the Department of English at Government College Gangashahar, Bikaner. My work brings literary scholarship into conversation with cinema, translation and creative practice. I am particularly interested in the ways texts and films represent belonging: how people remember places, negotiate identities and respond to displacement and change.
Across these fields, I examine the relationships between narrative, history, culture and the individual. My academic experience includes doctoral supervision, postgraduate research guidance, a UGC-funded Minor Research Project completed in 2006, and presentations at national and international events.
I produced You See in 2008 and directed a documentary on Central University of Rajasthan in 2011. I am Chief Editor of The Literary Compass series and currently developing InDie Shakespeare, a monograph on Vishal Bhardwaj's Shakespeare trilogy.
- Postcolonial Studies
- Diaspora Studies
- Literary Theory & Criticism
- Indian Writing in English
- Cinema & Adaptation Studies
University of Rajasthan, Jaipur
University of Rajasthan, Jaipur
Areas of work
Literary Scholarship
Postcolonial literature, diaspora narratives, and literary theory examined across South Asian and global contexts.
Cinema & Adaptation
How literature translates to screen — from Ondaatje's prose to Vishal Bhardwaj's Shakespeare trilogy.
Teaching & Mentorship
Doctoral supervision, postgraduate guidance, and close-reading pedagogy at Government College Gangashahar.
Creative Practice
Documentary filmmaking, translation of Rajasthani poetry and fiction into English, and scriptwriting.
Short biography
Professor Avinash Jodha is Professor and Head of the Department of English at Government College Gangashahar, Bikaner. His research interests include postcolonial literature, diaspora, literary theory, Indian Writing in English, and cinema and adaptation studies. He is the author of Michael Ondaatje's Fiction: Poetics of Exile and Chief Editor of The Literary Compass series. His work also includes documentary filmmaking, translation and scriptwriting. He is currently developing InDie Shakespeare, a monograph on Vishal Bhardwaj's Shakespeare trilogy.