Dr VAIDYANATH NISHANT
MA, MPhil, PhD
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
MA, MPhil, PhD
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
Articles in Periodicals
| Sl.No. | Title | Name of Periodical | Periodicity | Date |
| 1 | Need of the Hour: A Transformation of Pedagogy | Live Wire | 21/05/2021 | |
| 2 | Who Killed the Elephant in Kerala? | The Wire | 04/06/2020 | |
| 3 | Godse's Children versus Midnight?s Children | 23/02/2016 |
Articles in Journals
| Sl.No. | Title | Name of Journal / Vol. No. / Issue No. / Page Nos | ISSN No. | Date Published |
| 1 | The Limbu?Tamang Communities of Sikkim: History and Future of Their Demand for Reservation | Economic and Political Weekly / 58 / 1 / 17 - 20 | 2349-8846 | 07-Jan-2023 |
| 2 | Therapeutic romanticism: Khalil Gibran?s journey from rebellion to spiritual healing | Journal of Poetry Therapy / / / 1 - 14 | 0889-3675 | 28-Oct-2025 |
Books/ Book Chapter/Case Study
| Sl.No. | Title | Author Names(s) | ISBN No. | Month Year |
| 1 | Encyclopedia of New Populism and Responses in the 21st Century | VAIDYANATH NISHANT,JOSEPH C C, MADHUMATI DESHPANDE,PAUL HONG | 978-981-16-9859-0 | / |
| 2 | Neocolonialism: Re- Presenting Narratives, Realities and Responses | VAIDYANATH NISHANT,BATOUL ALHASAN | 9781003725138 | / |
Participation in Seminars/Conferences/Symposium
| Sl.No. | Name of the Conference /Seminar /Symposium | Type of Program | Title of the Article | Role | Venue/Place | Date |
| 1 | Transformations and Changing Perspectives in Indian Higher Education | CONFERENCES | MODERATOR) | Bangalore | 21/09/2022 | |
| 2 | National Conference on Ecological Compositions: Indigenous Responses from India and Canada | CONFERENCES | The Anti-Dam Movement in Dzongu and its Limitations | PRESENTER) | Institute of English, Kerala UniversityTrivandrum, Kerala | 09/02/2023 |
| 3 | Beyond Borders and Boundaries: Indigenous Culture Now and Then | CONFERENCES | Neither Here, Nor There: The Anglo-Indian Community in Postcolonial India | PRESENTER) | Girijananda Chowdhury UniversityGuwahati, Assam | 23/01/2024 |
| 4 | International Seminar on 'Good Life' and Development: Exploring the Visual History and Culture of Sikkim and Beyond | SEMINARS | Environmental Justice, the Non-Negotiable Component of 'Good Life': A Case Study of Anti-Dam Movement in Sikkim | PRESENTER) | Sikkim UniversityGangtok, Sikkim | 14/03/2024 |
| 5 | Higher Education: Ethics in Academic, Administration, Community, Society Initiatives and Artificial Intelligence Impacts | CONFERENCES | MODERATOR) | 23/11/2023 | ||
| 6 | New Media and its Publics in India | SEMINARS | Skill Based ASMR Videos and Alienation in Urban Social Media Users: An Analysis | PRESENTER) | SRM University, APAmravati, Andhra Pradesh | 18/04/2024 |
| 7 | Mirroring Change: Literature and Social Transformation | CONFERENCES | Subaltern Women in Russian Literature and Nikolai Chernyshevsky: An Epistemological Break | PRESENTER) | Pondicherry UniversityPondicherry | 03/10/2024 |
| 8 | Entanglements of Philosophy and Poetry: Contemporary Positions | CONFERENCES | MODERATOR) | Bangalore | 19/12/2024 | |
| 9 | Melange 2025: Urban Contemplations | CONFERENCES | Melange 2025: Urban Contemplations | MODERATOR) | CHRIST (Deemed to be University)Bangalore | 20/01/2025 |
| 10 | International Conference Russian Language, Literature, Translation and Culture in the XXI Century: Reassessment and Prospects | CONFERENCES | Subaltern Women in Russian Literature: The Transition | PRESENTER) | Jawaharlal Nehru UniversityNew Delhi | 24/01/2025 |
| 11 | Northeast's Contribution to Indian English Literature | SEMINARS | A Study of Khasi Cultural Expression: Literary Adaptations and the Negotiation of Identity within Indian English Literature | PRESENTER) | NEHUNEHU, Meghalaya | 20/03/2025 |
| 12 | International Conference on Urban/Media Infrastructure | CONFERENCES | International Conference on Urban/Media Infrastructure | PANELIST) | CHRIST (Deemed to be University)Bangalore | 05/03/2026 |
| 13 | Two-Day International Seminar On “Reclaiming Indigenous Knowledge Systems: Global South in Focus” | SEMINARS | The Serpent and the Sacrifice: U Thlen as a Lens for Decolonial Ecology | CO_PRESENTER) | Bodoland UniversityKokrajhar, Assam | 16/10/2025 |
Invited Talks
| Sl.No. | Titel of the Program | Name of the Program | Date | Name of the Institution |
| 1 | Introduction to Ideas and Concepts of Antonio Gramsci | Special Lecture (Invited) | 28/04/2025 | Sikkim Manipal University |
| 2 | Introduction to Ideas and Concepts of Michel Foucault | Special Lecture (Invited) | 29/04/2025 | Sikkim Manipal University |
| 3 | Decolonial Environmentalism: An Indigenous Approach | Bridging Sacred Wisdom and Scientific Vision: Re-envisioning Knowledge Discourses from Global Perspe | 22/01/2026 | Girijananda Chowdhury University |
MPhil/PhD Guided/Adjudicated
| Sl.No. | Title | Name of Student | Institution | Role | Status | Month Year |
| 1 | Female Deification: An Ethnographic Study of the Bhadrakali Worship Culture in Kerala | SURYA SURESH KUMAR | Christ University | SUPERVISOR | Ongoing | September 2023 |
| 2 | THE MADMAN, THE PROPHET AND THE BOOK OF MIRDAD: EXPLORING THE INFLUENCE OF LITERARY, MYSTICAL, PHILOSOPHICAL AND SOCIAL THOUGHT ON KHALIL GIBRAN AND MIKHAIL NAIMY | BATOUL ALHASAN | Christ University | SUPERVISOR | Ongoing | March 2024 |
| 3 | DEMENTIA IN THE FILMIC IMAGINATION: EXPLORING NARRATIVE TROPES AND HEALTHSCAPES IN SELECT MALAYALAM FILMS | NADA SULAIMAN | Christ University | SUPERVISOR | Ongoing | August 2024 |
| 4 | A STUDY OF THE KHASI-JAINTIA INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE SYSTEM AND CULTURE THROUGH THE SELECT LITERATURE FROM MEGHALAYA | BYMONMIRALDA B LATO | Christ University | SUPERVISOR | Ongoing | September 2024 |
| 5 | Spaces and Narratives: An Analytical Study of Spatiality in the Select Novels of M T Vasudevan Nair | ANAGHA SIVASANKARAN | Christ University | SUPERVISOR | Ongoing | September 2023 |
Workshop/FDP/Training programme
| Sl.No. | Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training programme | Name of Organiser | Level | Role | Date |
| 1 | Faculty Development Programme 2025 | HRDC, | Institutional | Participant & Presenter | 19/05/2025 |
| 2 | Introduction to Sustainability | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Coursera | International | Participant | 01/02/2025 |
| 3 | Innovative Education: Integration of SDGs in Curriculum Framework | Kristu Jayanti College and United Nations Academic Impact Hub for Sustainable Development Goals, | National | Participant | 17/09/2024 |
| 4 | Training Workshop on Research Skills | Centre for Researcher Training and Administration and Department of Languages (English Division), Jain University, Jain University, Bangalore | Institutional | Invited Resource Person/Trainer | 27/07/2024 |
| 5 | Capacity Building Workshop on Enhancing Excellence | Department of English and Cultural Studies, CHRIST University, | Institutional | Participant | 03/07/2024 |
| 6 | Introduction to Generative AI | Google Cloud, Coursera | International | Participant | 31/05/2024 |
| 7 | Faculty Development Programme (FDP-1) | CEDBEC and SDC, | Institutional | Participant | 26/06/2023 |
| 8 | Design Thinking | HRDC, OIA, SDC and CAPS, | National | Participant | 12/12/2022 |
| 9 | Faculty Development Program on Curriculum Design and Revision with specific focus on OBE | Staff Development College, | Institutional | Participant | 05/12/2022 |
| 10 | Orientation Program | Staff Development College, | Participant | 11/10/2022 | |
| 11 | Induction Program | Staff Development College, | Institutional | Participant | 28/07/2022 |
| 12 | FDP on "Digital Tools for Communication and Social Research" | Amity University, Amity University | National | Participant | 27/01/2022 |
Awards/Achievements/Others
| Sl.No. | Name of the Awards/Achievements/Others | Description | Organisation | Month/ Year |
| 1 | Certificate of Recognition | Judge for QS Reimagine Education Awards 2023 | QS | 10 November 2023 |
| 2 | Best Documentary Short Film | International Award for Director of the Documentary | MEI International Film Festival | 01 September 2025 |