Dr Anshima P Srivastava
- Associate Professor & Area Director
- Area: Humanities and Social Sciences
Dr Anshima P Srivastava is Associate Professor & Area Director in the Humanities and Social Sciences area at NIIT University (NU). She has been associated with NU since 2013 and specialises in Communications and English Literature. Dr Srivastava was the recipient of the University Scholarship for Doctoral Thesis from the University of Allahabad during her doctoral studies.
Dr Srivastava is passionately fond of theatre, and has acted in five plays with the Theatre for Peace Group, University of Allahabad, which were staged in Allahabad and Varanasi. She is the Coordinator of NU Rangmanch, NU’s theatre group, and has produced and directed around 8 stage plays and 15 street plays under the banner. She has also worked in professional theatre with Sukhmanch Theatre.
Qualifications
- PhD (Use of History, Myth and Folklore in the Plays of Brecht and Karnad: A Comparative Study) University of Allahabad, 2002
- MA (English Literature) University of Allahabad
- BA (English Literature, Ancient History and Political Science), University of Allahabad
Experience
- 16 years
Research Areas
- Theatre and Techniques
- The Language of Drama
- Gender and Language
- Theatre and Proxemics
- Performative Arts and the Non-Verbal Language
- Fiction and Times
- Literature and Society
- Social Activism and Communication
- Politics and Communication
- Audio-Visual Communication
Consulting Area
- Communication Competency and Performance
- The Importance of Body Language in Communication
- Communication through Proxemics, Chronemics, Haptics and Kinesics
- Communication and Culture
- Professional and Personal Communication
Selected Publications
- A Study of Karnad’s Play: The Fire and the Rain (2013) The International Journal of Culture, Literature and Criticism. ISSN: 0976-1608
- Contemporising Myths: Awakening a Nation’s Memory (2018) Re-Markings, a Biannual Journal of English Literature Volume 17; ISSN No. 09725611X
- Urban Catharsis: The Alternate Approach (2012) An Anthology of Catharsis; Conference Proceedings Edited by Dr Omna Antony; ISBN No. 978-81-909732-67; National Conference on Urban Catharsis- The Psycho-Moral Cleansing Effects of Literature.
Conference Papers
- Urban Catharsis: The Alternate Approach (2012) An Anthology of Catharsis; Conference Proceedings Edited by Dr Omna Antony ISBN No. 978-81-909732-67; National Conference on Urban Catharsis- The Psycho-Moral Cleansing Effects of Literature.
Other Interests
- Music, Oracle, Learning new skills