Ph.D – English

The Department of Commerce at Baselius College plays a pivotal role in advancing the institution’s research mission. Academic institutions worldwide recognize that research, alongside education and knowledge dissemination, forms the foundation of higher learning. Reflecting this vision, the Department of Commerce has been actively nurturing a vibrant research culture among its faculty and students. It serves as an approved research centre, promoting scholarly inquiry, innovation, and evidence-based exploration in business, finance, and management. Supported by the Research Advisory Committee, the department continuously engages in research-related activities, identifies funding opportunities, and encourages the pursuit of impactful studies that contribute to both academia and industry. The department produced seven UGC sponsored minor research projects and convened various research workshops that benefitted students as well as teachers and scholars from other colleges and universities.

Research Guides in the Centre

Research Scholars

  • Ann Mary Raju
    Name of the Guide : Prof. Dr. Lata Marina Varghese
    University Order & Date : 1146/1/2017/Academic A II dated 28/02/2017
    Title : Mapping Subaltern Lives: A Comparative Study of Native American Literature and Malayalam Dalit Films
    Mode : Part-time
  • Jimmy James
    Name of the Guide : Prof. Dr. Lata Marina Varghese
    University Order & Date : 1146/1/2017/Academic A II dated 28/02/2017
    Title : Folk Tales of the Valley and the Hills: Rethinking Kashmiri and Naga Identities
    Mode : Part-time
  • Sheeba K. Jacob
    Name of the Guide : Prof. Dr. Lata Marina Varghese
    University Order & Date : 1146/1/2017/Academic A II dated 28/02/2017
    Title : Lifting the Invisibility Cloak: A Study of Queer Narratives from West and East
    Mode : Part-time
  • Sophia James
    Name of the Guide : Prof. Dr. Jyothimol P.
    University Order & Date : 7567(a)/2017/1/AII/Academic dated 29/12/2017
    Title : Post/Human Subjectivities: A Study of Select Science Fiction
    Mode : Part-time
  • Jithin John
    Name of the Guide : Prof. Dr. Jyothimol P.
    University Order & Date : 7567(a)/2017/1/AII/Academic dated 29/12/2017
    Title : Politics of Performance: A Study of Contemporary Alternative Theatres
    Mode : Part-time
  • Susanna Thomas
    Name of the Guide : Prof. Dr. Jyothimol P.
    University Order & Date : 7567(a)/2017/1/AII/Academic dated 29/12/2017
    Title : Negotiating Subjectivity in Queer Space: A Study on Select Works of Edmund White and Felice Picano
    Mode : Part-time
  • Ancy Cyriac
    Name of the Guide : Prof. Dr. Jyothimol P.
    University Order & Date : 6919/AC A 2/2023/MGU
    Title : Latitudes of Writing and Longitudes of Mapping: A Geocritical Reading of Select Works on Andaman and Nicobar Islands
    Mode : Part-time
  • Lisalias K. Nadiya
    Name of the Guide : Prof. Dr. Jyothimol P.
    University Order & Date : 438/AC A 2/2024 MGU dated 12/1/2024
    Title : Countering Ableist Eugenics: A Reading of Kazuo Ishiguro’s Select Novels
    Mode : Full-time
  • Seetha P.N.
    Name of the Guide : Dr. Surabhi Muthe S.
    University Order & Date : 438/AC A 2/2024 MGU dated 12/1/2024
    Title : Narratives of Strife: Children, Communal Discord and Ethnic Turmoil in South Asian Literature
    Mode : Full-time
  • Anju V Ashokan
    Name of the Guide : Dr. Surabhi Muthe S.
    University Order & Date : 438/AC A 2/2024 MGU dated 12/1/2024
    Title : Food as a Subversive Tool in Selected Diasporic Fictional Writings of Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
    Mode : Part-time
  • Harsha H Das
    Name of the Guide : Dr. Surabhi Muthe S.
    University Order & Date : 438/AC A 2/2024 MGU dated 12/1/2024
    Title : Critiquing the ‘Ladder of Nature’: An Analysis of Anthropocentrism in Posthuman Era
    Mode : Part-time
  • Anjali C. Nair
    Name of the Guide : Dr. Surabhi Muthe S.
    University Order & Date : 438/AC A 2/2024 MGU dated 12/1/2024
    Title : A Microhistorical Analysis of Multigenerational Village Sagas in Select Malayalam Novels
    Mode : Part-time
  • Indu K.S.
    Name of the Guide : Prof. Dr. Jyothimol P.
    University Order & Date : —
    Title : The Treatment of Myths in the Select Plays of Girish Karnad and Kavalam Narayana Panicker – A Comparative Study
    Mode : Part-time
  • Fathima Beegam
    Name of the Guide : Dr. Surabhi Muthe S.
    University Order & Date : 230/AC A 2/2026/MGU, 08.01.2026 MGUPHD250644
    Title : Portrayal of Motherhood: A Comparative Analysis of Select Children’s Fiction of Sudha Murthy and Jeff Kinney

Scholars Already Awarded PhD

  • Dr. Ranjana Sara Philip
    Name of the Guide : Dr. Annie Margaret
    Year : 2006
    Title : ‘Exile’ in the Novels of Bapsi Sidhwa
  • Dr. Armstrong Sebastian
    Name of the Guide : Dr. Annie Margaret
    Year : 2009
    Title : Kamala Das: the Ecofeminist Pioneer of Kerala
  • Dr. Bijimol Thomas
    Name of the Guide : Dr. Annie Margaret
    Year : 2009
    Title : A Comparative Study of the Search for Black Identity in the Selected Plays of Lorraine Hansberry and James Baldwin
  • Dr. Susan Thomas
    Name of the Guide : Dr. Annie Margaret
    Year : 2009
    Title : The Pepper Paper People: A Portrait of Syrian Christian Community as Reflected in the Works of Selected Authors
  • Dr. Laly Mathew
    Name of the Guide : Dr. Alexander Raju
    Year : 2009
    Title : Fantasy and Violence in the Selected Fiction of J.K. Rowling and J.R.R. Tolkien
  • Dr. Renju D.
    Name of the Guide : Dr. Annie Margaret
    Year : 2010
    Title : The Expatriate Family in the Poems of the Indian Diaspora in Canada: A Thematic Study of Select Women Poets
  • Dr. Jyothimol P.
    Name of the Guide : Dr. Alexander Raju
    Year : 2011
    Title : Texts, Countertexts and Intertexts: An Analysis of Jean Rhys’ Wide Sargasso Sea and J.M. Coetzee’s Foe
  • Dr. Jyothimol P.
    Name of the Guide : Dr. Alexander Raju
    Year : 2011
    Title : Texts, Countertexts and Intertexts: An Analysis of Jean Rhys’ Wide Sargasso Sea and J.M. Coetzee’s Foe
  • Dr. Jyothis P. Kuruvila
    Name of the Guide : Dr. Alexander Raju
    Year : 2012
    Title : Ecological Narratives and Tropes in the Book of Isaiah
  • Dr. Jani George
    Name of the Guide : Dr. Verghese Leena
    Year : 2014
    Title : Transnationalism, Hybridity and Alienation: The Expatriate’s Dilemma in Amitav Ghosh’s The Shadow Lines, In an Antique Land and Jhumpa Lahiri’s The Namesake