Associate Professor

Girish N has around 20 years of experience in teaching and teaches Film Studies, Science Fiction, Literary/Cultural Theories, Linguistics, and English Language Teaching. He obtained a PhD in “A Semiotic Study on the Science Fiction Films of James Cameron.” He has an MPhil degree, PGDELT, and passed UGCNET and KSET. He has attended short-term programmes in Theatre Appreciation, Play Writing, Film Appreciation, and Translation Studies from NSD, FTII and NTM (CIIL). He has edited the English section of Arebhashe Padakosha, Arebhashe-Kannada-English dictionary, published by the Karnataka Arebhashe Samskruti mathu Sahitya Akademi, Government of Karnataka. He has completed a Minor Research Project on “Using Popular Films as Text in English Language Teaching” funded by the UGC and currently pursuing a Major Research Project on the "Representation of Communities and Cultural Practices of "Tulu Nadu" in Transition: A Socio-Cultural Study through Select Kannada Films” funded by MJES. His goal in teaching is to provide the requisite knowledge, encourage critical thinking, and stimulate natural curiosity among students.

Department of Liberal Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences (DLHS) Bengaluru