Ms. Vijayashanthi K

Assistant Professor

Email : vijayashanthi@sjcc.edu.in

Vijayashanthi, with ten years of teaching experience, held positions as an Assistant Professor at St. Joseph's University and Jain Deemed to be University. She was a researcher in two projects at Khanaja Research Centre - Samvada. The major research project was on Young Dalit Women's Negotiations with Education, Career and Marriage and the minor research project was on Experiences of Young Women Journalists in Kannada Print and Electronic Media.

She is a co-editor of the book Women in Power: An Anthology of the Personal and the Political. She writes at Women's Web exploring gender and Dalit experiences. Her academic interests include Gender Studies, Dalit Studies, Indian Writing in Translation and Cultural Studies, She is inspired by the writers like Elif Shafak, Elena Ferrante, Perumal Murugan, Ambedkar, Periyar and Bama. Interested in street photography, she has an ongoing project titled Streets and Stories – an archival project of city space. Her photo story titled Nagaratin Neelam was exhibited in the Vaanam Art Festival – 2023 hosted by Neelam in Chennai.