Dr. Kanu Priya is currently working as an Assistant Professor in the School of Liberal Education, Department of English. She is passionate about teaching and believes that a rigourous training in liberal education enables the students develop competent skills to fit in the corporate societal structure as well as face pressures in life with resilience and calmness. 

Qualifications 

• PhD in English from Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi (2019-2024) 
• MPhil in English from Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi (2016-2019) 
• Masters in English from University of Hyderabad (2014-2016), Gold Medalist. 
• Bachelors in English from Banaras Hindu University (2011-2014), Gold Medalist. 
• Qualified NET-JRF in 2018. 

Research Interests 

Children’s Literature, Postcolonial Literature, Tribal Literature. 

Research Publications: 

• Priya, Kanu. “Landscape as a Tool for Nation-Building: A Study of Sonia Mehta’s Discover India Series for Children.” Literary Voice, vol. 1, no. 2, 2024, pp. 162-170. (Web of Science) 
• Priya, Kanu. “Ecopedagogy in Children’s Literature: Review of the Environment and Sustainability Series from Pratham Books.” Jeunesse: Young People, Texts, Cultures, vol. 15, no. 1, June 2023, UTP, pp. 126-133. (Scopus) 
• Priya, Kanu. "The Many Shades of Life and Death". Review of The Prism of Life, written by Ivy Imogene Hansdak. The Book Review, vol XLVII, no. 3, 2023, p. 39. 
• Priya, Kanu. "Mythology for Children’s Education: A Study of Select Indian English Mythological Texts for Children.” Chetana: International Journal of Education, vol. 8, no. 4, 2023, pp. 1-6
• Priya, Kanu. "Witchcraft as a Form of Resistance in Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar’s The Mysterious Ailment of Rupi Baskey.” Shodh Dhara, 2023, pp. 479-494. 
• Priya, Kanu. “Theme of Displacement of Tribal Women in the Works of Nirmala Putul.” JUES: Jadavpur University Essays and Studies, vol. 35, 2021, pp. 243-255. 
• Priya, Kanu. Translator. “Where Are You Maya” by Nirmala Putul. The Johar Journal, vol. 2, 2022. 
• Priya, Kanu. “Impact of Covid-19 on the Adivasi Migrant Labourers of Jharkhand.” The Johar Journal, vol. 1, 2020. 

Conferences Attended: 

• “Mapping India: Psycho-Physical Travel Narratives of Children in Select Indian Diasporic Children’s Literature.” Presented in the International Conference titled “Spaces/Places of Growing Up: Mapping the Geographies of Childhood” organized by The Department of English, Ramakrishna Sarada Mission Vivekananda Vidyabhavan, Kolkata in collaboration with The Critical Childhoods and Youth Studies Collective on 15th and 16th September 2022. 
• “Representation of Covid-19 in Children’s Literature.” Presented in the three-day International Webinar on “Re-imagining the Real: Literary Response to Pandemics” organized by the Department of English, University of Kashmir from 23rd to 25th August, 2021. 
• “Adivasi Women’s Resistance for Survival: A Study of Nirmala Putul’s Poems.” Presented in the International Conference on “Resistance and Assimilation: Voices of the Subalterns” organized by the Department of English, Faculty of Media Studies and Humanities, Manav Rachna International Institute of Research and Studies in New Delhi on 30th January, 2020 

Awards and Achievements 

• Received Banaras Hindu University Gold Medal for securing first position in B.A. (Hons.) English Examination in 2014. 
• Received Late Dhirendra Nath Ghosh Memorial Gold Medal for securing highest CGPA in B.A. (Hons.) English Examination amongst the students of MMV, BHU in 2014. 
• Received Ms. Soumita Dutta Memorial Gold Medal for securing First Position in B.A. (Hons.) English Examination, 2014, BHU. 
• Received Shri Durga Dutt Iswari Prize for securing First Position in B.A. (Hons.) English Examination, 2014, BHU. 
• Received Sarojini Naidu Memorial Trust Medal for securing first position in M.A. English Examination, University of Hyderabad, 2016. 
• Received Professor CT Indra Prize for securing highest CGPA in M.A. English Examination, University of Hyderabad, 201