Dr. Priteegandha Naik

Awards:

• Rank Holder in B.A in Mumbai University, 2015
• Qualified UGC NET with a JRF in May 2017
• Promoted to UGC-SRF in May 2020
• Awarded the Science Fiction Research Association Travel Grant to attend the 2022 Conference hosted by CoFUTURES at the University of Oslo, Norway

Achievements:

• Priteegandha Naik is an enthusiastic educator interested in teaching Humanities-centric subjects, related to Literature and Culture Studies. As an early career scholar, she has presented her work in various national and international conferences, and published in various journals and books. As an educator, she strives to encourage her students to think critically about the intersection of science, society, and technology.

Publications:

Journals

1. Naik, Priteegandha. “The Science-Fictionalisation of Globalisation and Image  Advertising in Harvest by Manjula Padmanabhan.” Fafnir – Nordic Journal of Science Fiction and Fantasy Research, 2020, pp. 14-26 (UGC Care List/ MLA Index).
2. Naik, Priteegandha (2021). Dalit-futurist Feminism: New Alliances through Dalit Feminism and Indian Science Fiction. Journal of International Women’s Studies, 22(10), 106-122 (Scopus-indexed, Q3).
3. Naik, Priteegandha. “Exploring Dalit-Futurism in caste-flavoured techno-scientific worlds,” SFRA Review, vol. 53 no. 1, Winter 2023. Available at: https://sfrareview.org/2023/01/25/exploring-dalit-futurism-in-caste-flavored-techno-scientific-worlds/
4. Priteegandha Naik (2023). “Science-fictionalizing the Partition of India to ‘re-narrate’ trauma,” Textual Practice, DOI: 10.1080/0950236X.2023.2210105 (SCOPUS Index, Q1)

Books Published:

1. Priteegandha Naik, “Caste Chronicles: Unveiling Hierarchies in Virus (2003) by Jayant Narlikar.” Critical Essays on Virus(2003), MIT Press, 2024. (In press)
2. Priteegandha Naik, “Bridges and Barriers: Caste Dynamics in Leila (2017) by Prayaag Akbar,” Dynamics of Social Changes Trajectory through Literary and Linguistic Studies, NMIMS University Press, 2024

Conferences:

1. Presented “The Science-fictionalization of the Partition of India” at the 22nd Annual International Conference of the English Department, University of Bucharest, June 2021
2. Presented “Exploring Dalit-Futurism in caste-flavored techno-scientific worlds” for presentation at “Futures from the Margins,” the 2022 Science Fiction Research Association Conference hosted by CoFUTURES at the University of Oslo, June 27 to July 1, 2022
3. Presented: “Check 1, 2, 3: Imagining New Worlds through Dalit Futurism” at the CoFUTURES 2023: Community Speculations and Technopolitics, hosted by the University of Oslo, June 15-17, 2023

Workshops and Events:

1. Effective Academic Writing Workshop 2021, arranged by the Kerala Council of Historical Research and the British Academy
2. Co-moderated Formations CADALFEST – Adivasi and Dalit Futurism – an online conversation with multimedia artists Subash Thebe and Osheen Shiva, in partnership with Bonington Gallery, UK, and Nottingham Trent University’s Postcolonial Studies Centre on 20th October 2022.
3. Co-organized Goa Chapter of “On Page and on Stage: Celebrating Dalit and Adivasi Literatures and Performing Arts” (2020-23) (part of the Arts and Humanities Research Council, formerly Arts and Humanities Research Board (UK) – Network Grant ‘Writing, Translating, Analysing Dalit Literature” (2014-16)) in November 2022
4. Effective Academic Writing Workshop (Volume 2) in December 2022, arranged by the British Academy