डॉ. बी. आर. अम्बेडकर विश्‍वविद्यालय दिल्ली
Dr. B. R. Ambedkar University Delhi
Established by The Government of NCT of Delhi

• PhD

• Teaching undergraduate and graduate courses in literary studies since 2011

Administrative/ Academic Positions held: 

• Oct 2022- Dec 2023: Deputy Dean, Student Services, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar University Delhi. 
• 2022-2023: University Convener, Co-Curricular Activities, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar University  Delhi. 
• 2022 onwards: Programme Coordinator, MA English, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar University Delhi. 
• 2018-2021: Programme Coordinator, BA English, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar University Delhi. 
• 2016-2018: University Convener, Co-Curricular Activities, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar University Delhi. 
• 2013-2015: Programme Coordinator, MA English, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar University Delhi.

• Drama Studies, Shakespeare Studies, Postcolonial Literatures, Indian Literature

SCHOLARSHIPS/FELLOWSHIPS AWARDED:

• Awarded UGC –Junior Research Fellowship (2006) and UGC –Senior Research Fellowship (2009) by the University Grants Commission, New Delhi, India.
• Awarded a three-month international scholarship for a short-term research project at Utrecht University, The Netherlands by Utrecht University (2009).
• Nominated for the British Commonwealth Split-site Fellowship, U.K. by University Grants Commission, India (2009).
• Offered [Not accepted] Erasmus Mundus (EM) Category A scholarship for MA in International Performance Research in (2011)

• Thakur, Vikram Singh. Shakespeare and Indian Theatre: The Politics of Indian Theatre. Delhi: Bloomsbury Academic, 2020. ISBN: 9789389351132.
• Thakur, Vikram Singh. Entry on “Rajagopal Parthasarthy”. The Encyclopaedia of Indian Writing in English, eds. Manju Jaidka and Tej N. Dhar. New Delhi: Routledge, 2024.
• Thakur, Vikram Singh. Entry on “Rough Passage”. The Encyclopaedia of Indian Writing in English, eds. Manju Jaidka and Tej N. Dhar. New Delhi: Routledge, 2024.
• Thakur, Vikram Singh. “King Lear on Urdu Stage: A Study of Agha ‘Hashr’ Kashmiri’s Sufaid Khuun (The Unfilial Blood)” Indian Literature 336 (July-August 2023) pp.170-182. (UGC Care Listed; ISSN- 0019-5804)
• Thakur, Vikram Singh. “Locating Violence in Kusum Kumar’s Suno Shefali (Listen Shefali)”. Alicante Journal of English Studies/Revista Alicantina de Estudios Ingleses No. 38 (2023) pp. 59-73. (SCOPUS and Web of Science indexed; ISSN – 0214-4808)
• Thakur, Vikram Singh. “Harishankar Parsai: The Master Satirist”. Dialog No. 40 (Autumn, 2022) pp. 284-300. (UGC-CARE Listed; ISSN – 0975-4881)
• Thakur, Vikram Singh. “Hamara (Our) Shakespeare: Shakespeare and the Hindi Theatre in India”, Muse India 58 (Nov-Dec 2014) ISSN – 0975-1815.
• Thakur, Vikram Singh. “Shakespeare Reception in India and the Netherlands until the Early Twentieth Century”, CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture 14.2 (2012) (SCOPUS indexed; ISSN-14814374; Purdue University Publication)
• Thakur, Vikram Singh. “From ‘Imitation’ to ‘Indigenization’: A Study of Shakespeare Performances in Colonial Calcutta”. Alicante Journal of English Studies/Revista Alicantina de Estudios Ingleses. No. 25 (2012), pp. 193-208. (SCOPUS and Web of Science indexed; University of Alicante Publication; ISSN 0214-4808)
• Thakur, Vikram Singh. “Parsi Shakespeare: The Precursor to “Bollywood Shakespeare.”” Eds. Craig Dionne and Parmita Kapadia, Bollywood Shakespeares. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2014. ISBN 978-1-349-48148-4, pp. 20-43.

PUBLICATIONS (IN POPULAR PRESS/MEDIA)

• Thakur, Vikram Singh. “Remembering Girish Karnad who Cultivated Reason in a Jingoistic World” News Click, 19 May 2023.
• Thakur, Vikram Singh. “Shahar” (a poem) in Hindustani Zubaan, a UGC-CARE listed literary magazine (ISSN- 18818/1969).
• Thakur, Vikram Singh. “Where are thou, Shakespeare?” The Hindu, 2 June 2019.
• Thakur, Vikram Singh. Hindustani poems published in Sahitya Kunj, Issue 94 (Nov 1st 2014): ISSN 2292-9754
• Thakur, Vikram Singh. Hindustani poems published in Sahitya Kunj, Issue 103 (Jan 2nd issue 2016): ISSN 2292-975

PAPERS PRESENTED IN CONFERENCES

• Presented a paper “Decolonizing English Literary Studies: A Case Study of Dr. B.R.Ambedkar University, Delhi” at a National Seminar Decolonizing Knowledge Systems in India organized by Bennett University and Sahitya Akedmi (24 July 2023)
• Presented a paper “Psychological Violence at the Intersection of Caste, Class and Gender in Suno Shefali” at an international conference Cartographies of Gender Based Violence: Literary Reflections from South Asia and Beyond organized by the Dept. of Scocial Sciences and Humanities, IIT Patna and Saint Mary’s University, Halifax, Canada (13 March 2022; online)
• Presented a paper “King Lear in India: A Study of Agha ‘Hashr’ Kashmiri’s Sufaid Khunn” at an international conference Comparative Literature: Frames, Methods & Practice organized by Dept. of English & Dept. of Marathi, Shreemati Nathibai Damodar Thackersey Women's University & Calcutta Comparatists 1919 (06 March 2022; online)
• Presented a paper, “Writing (in/the) Theatre” in a Webinar titled Writing the Visual: On Forms that are Best Seen organised by Centre for Writing Studies, Jindal Global University, India (2020; online)
• Presented a paper, “Shakespeare in Kashmir: A Study of M. K. Raina’s Badshah Pather (King Lear, 2010) at an international conference titled “Shakespeare Studies Today” organised by the British Shakespeare Association Conference at Queen's University Belfast, UK. (2018)
• Presented a paper, “The Politics of Performing Shakespeare in Contemporary India: A Study of Lokendra Arambam’s Macbeth: Stage of Blood and M. K. Raina’s Badshah Pather (King Lear)” at an international conference titled “Theatre and Democracy” organised by International Federation for Theatre Research (IFTR) at University of Hyderabad (2015)
• Presented a paper, “Shakespeare in Parsi Theatre and the Question of (Post)Colonial ‘Hybridity’” at an international conference titled “Colonial and Postcolonial in Indian Theatre” organized by Indian Society for Theatre Research (ISTR), Dept. of Theatre Arts, University of Hyderabad (2010)
• Presented a paper, “Whose Shakespeare: Western Bard in the Indian Traditions?” at the biennial international conference of Comparative Literature Association of India titled Diverse Harmonies: Literary and Cultural Confluences organised by Centre for Comparative Literature, University of Hyderabad and English and Foreign Languages University (2009)
• Presented a paper, “Certain Things One Should Avoid While Talking About Indian Theatre” at a National Seminar organized by Department of English, University of Hyderabad on Indian Theatre (2008)
• Presented a paper, “Socio-Drama as Pedagogy” at University of Hyderabad in a National Seminar organized by Centre for Comparative Literature, University of Hyderabad and Silchar University, Assam titled “Role of Humanities in Present Context” (2007)

TALKS/LECTURES/KEYNOTES DELIVERED

• Delivered a talk “The bard and the Indian Stage” at PGDAV College, University of Delhi (24 February 2024)
• Delivered a talk “Shakespeare and Indian Theatre” at Shaheed Bhagat Singh College, University of Delhi (11 October 2023)
• Delivered a keynote, “‘Barding’ the Bidesi Bard” at Christ University Delhi NCR campus (15 February 2023)
• Delivering a talk, “Decolonizing the Shakespeare Performance in Post-Colonial India” as part of The English Guild Lecture Series organized by the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, NIT Trichy (14 November 2022; online)
• Delivered a keynote “The Pleasure of Teaching Desi Shakespeare” at the Seshadripuram Evening Degree College, Bengaluru City University (8 September 2022; online)
• Delivered a talk “Bidesi Bard and Desi Drama: Agha Hashr Kashmiri’s Sufaid Khuun as Shakespeare’s King Lear” in the Distinguished Lecture Series of Jindal School of Languages and Literature, O.P. Jindal Global University, Sonepat (30 April 2022; online)
• Delivered a talk “Bard, Bardolatory, Bardistan” as a resource person for the Expert Conversation Series organized by Kumargaru College of Liberal Arts and Science, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu (26 April 2022; online)
• Delivered a keynote “‘Bastardizing’ the Bard? The Curious Case of Shakespeare in India” as a resource person at the Dept. of English, St. Thomas College, Thrissur, Kerala (25 February 2022; online)
• Delivered a talk “The Bard and the Indian Doppelgänger” at the Centre for Comparative Literature, University of Hyderabad (28 January 2022; online)
• Delivered a talk “Shakespearizing Indian Theatre/Indianizing Shakespearean Theatre?” at the Department of Studies in English and Ludere Theatre Club, Kannur University, Kerala (08 December 2021; online)
• Delivered a talk “Theatrical Traditions: Shakespeare and Indian Theatre” at the Department of English, Sharda University, NOIDA (3 February 2021; online)
• Delivered a talk “Decolonizing Indian Theatre” as a resource person at the Department of English, Salesian College, Siliguri, West Bengal (3 June 2020; online)

Workshop/ Seminar Organized:

• Member, Organizing Committee, Tenth Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Lecture at Ambedkar University Delhi delivered by Prof. Homi K Bhabha (the Anne F. Rothenberg Professor of the Humanities at Harvard University), “The Burdened Life: Ambedkar, Arendt and the Perplexity of Rights” (14 April 2018)
• Member, Organizing Committee, Young Researchers’ Conference “Beyond the Icon: Ambedkar’s Legacy for Our Times” organized at Ambedkar University Delhi (23 February 2018)
• Organizer, Baa-Ismat (With Ismat), a panel discussion around a performance celebrating the life and works of Urdu writer Ismat Chughtai (2016) at Ambedkar University Delhi
• Member, Organizing Committee, Manto Festival (2012) organized at Ambedkar University Delhi to commemorate the writings of Saadat Hasan Manto
• Member, Organizing Committee, “Colonial and Postcolonial in Indian Theatre” (2010) an international conference organized by the Indian Society for Theatre Research (ISTR), Dept. of Theatre Arts, University of Hyderabad, India
• Member, Organizing Committee, “Diverse Harmonies: Literary and Cultural Confluences” (2009), the biennial international conference of Comparative Literature Association of India, organized in association with Centre for Comparative Literature, University of Hyderabad and English and Foreign Languages University (EFLU), India

Participation in Orientation /Refresher Courses:

• Attended a 2-week Refresher Course in English, sponsored by the University Grants Commission, at North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong (1 September 2023 to 15 September 2023)
• Attended a 2-week Interdisciplinary Refresher Course on Gender Sensitization, sponsored by the University Grants Commission and organized by HRDC, Dr. Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar Marathwada University, Aurangabad (2 March 2022 to 15 March 2022)
• Attended a 3-week Summer School sponsored by the University Grants Commission and organised by Jamia Millia Islamia, Delhi (29 May 2017 to 17 June 2017)
• Attended a 4-week Academic Orientation Programme sponsored by the University Grants Commission and organised by Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi (07 April 2014 to 02 May 2014)