T Eswar RaoDr. T. Eswar Rao obtained his Ph.D. in English from Berhampur University in 2011 and has been serving as an Assistant Professor in the P.G. Department of English, Berhampur University, since 2012; earlier, from 1998 to 2012, he taught English at M.K.Degree College, Gurandi, District Gajapati, Odisha, with a focus on Indian, American, and British Literature. He has a total teaching experience of 28 years, including 14 years at the undergraduate level and 14 years at the postgraduate level. Under his supervision, three scholars have been awarded Ph.D. degrees and nine have completed M.Phil. degrees. Dr. Rao has participated in and presented papers at 132 international, national, and regional conferences, seminars, workshops, and Faculty Development Programmes (FDPs), and is actively associated with several professional bodies, contributing extensively to academic, administrative, and institutional activities at Berhampur University. He has authored and edited 11 books, published 41 research papers in reputed national and international journals, and written a critical book on the plays of Girish Karnad. His teaching interests include Indian Knowledge Systems, Drama, the American Dream, Renaissance and Neo-Classical Literature, and Modern Literary Theories, and his primary research area is Indian English Drama. Read More Read Less