Dr. Parul Rani is an Assistant Professor in the Department of English at Kaveri University.
She holds a PhD in English Studies from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee,
where her doctoral research focused on representations of the animal in the narratives of
Jim Corbett. Her academic and research expertise spans Environmental Humanities, Human
Animal Studies, Shikar Literature, Postcolonial Studies, Visual Culture Studies, and Literary
Theory. Her interdisciplinary research engages with questions of animality, animal agency,
human–animal relationships, wildlife representation, power, identity, and the cultural and
ecological dimensions of human–nature interactions.
At Kaveri University, Dr. Rani is actively involved in teaching and academic activities in
English and communication-related areas. She currently engages with courses in
Communication Skills, Soft Skills, and Academic Writing, with a focus on developing
students’ language proficiency, communication competence, academic expression, and
professional skills. She has over nine years of teaching experience, with expertise in English
language, communication, and academic skills. She qualified the UGC-NET in English in 2014,
reflecting her academic specialization and professional competence in the discipline.
Dr. Rani is an internationally published researcher whose scholarship is situated at the
intersection of literature, culture, ecology, and human–animal studies. Her doctoral research,
titled Understanding the ‘Animal’: A Study of Jim Corbett’s Narratives, established her
sustained engagement with Environmental Humanities and Human-Animal Studies. Her
subsequent research extends this interdisciplinary focus to questions of animal agency,
animality and power, colonial and postcolonial representations of wildlife, visual culture,
human–animal relationships, and the representation of the non-human. Her research papers
have been published in journals of high academic standards indexed in Scopus, Web of
Science, and SSCI. She has also contributed chapters to edited academic volumes.
Dr. Rani is an annual member of the Association for the Study of Literature and
Environment–UK and Ireland (ASLE-UKI). She has presented her research at national and
international academic conferences and has participated in several scholarly programmes,
including GIAN courses, as well as faculty development programmes, workshops, seminars,
and training programmes related to critical theory, humanities, academic publishing,
teaching, and professional development.
