Experience
- Associate Professor of English, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, NIT Sikkim 2022 - Present
- Assistant Professor of English, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, NIT Sikkim (2015-2022)
- Assistant Professor, of English, (Ad hoc) Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, NIT Sikkim (2013-2015)
Teachings
HS11101 - ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE,
HS12001 - HUMAN VALUES AND EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION,
HS31101 - RESEARCH METHODOLOGY,
HS31102- LITERARY THEORY-I,
HS31104- GENDER AND LITERATURE,
HS31105- DOING GENDER AND WHY DOES IT MATTER?
Education
- DPhil. English: Department English and Modern European Languages, University of Allahabad
- MA. (English): Department English and Modern European Languages, University of Allahabad
- BA. English & Pol. Science: DDU Gorakhpur University
Relevant Academic Qualifications
- Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies, Oxford, UK
- Certificate Course on Bhagvad Gita (2025)
- Certificate Course on The Puranas (2019)
- Certificate Course on Mahabharata & Ramayana (2019)
- Certificate Course on Hinduism: History, Text, Philosophy (2018)
- English and Foreign Languages University Hyderabad
- Post Graduate Certificate in Teaching English (2014)
National /State Level Eligibility Qualifications
- University Grant Commission
- National Educational Test (2012)
- Uttarakhand State Eligibility Test (2012)
- North-East Region State Eligibility Test (2012)
- Rajasthan State Eligibility Test (2012)
Contact Address :
Dr. Dhananjay Tripathi
Associate Professor of English
Department of Humanities and Social Sciences
National Institute of Technology Sikkim
www.nitsikkim.ac.in
Contact Email:
dhananjaystripathi9@nitsikkim.ac.in
dhananjaystripathi9@gmail.com
Journals
- Barik, Ankita, Tripathi Dhananjay, and Mishra, Richa. (2025). ““We are a land obsessed with mythology, obsessed with history, obsessed with rituals and obsessed with symbolism.”: Mapping the Cultural Space in Ashwin Sanghi’s The Krishna Key.” Accepted at Interdisciplinary Literary Studies.
Link
- Chakraborty, Sanjana, and Tripathi, Dhananjay. (2025). “Masculinities at the Crossroads: Theoretical Insights into Gendered Violence and Social Class in Taslima Nasrin's Lajja.” Atlantis (46-2): 29-41.
https://doi.org/10.7202/1120018ar
- Barik, Ankita, and Tripathi Dhananjay. (2025) “Book Review: Geographical Imaginations: Literature and the ‘Spatial Turn’ by Indranil Acharya and Ujjwal Kumar Panda.” Accepted at Interdisciplinary Literary Studies.
https://doi.org/10.5325/intelitestud.28.1.0116
- Chakraborty, Sanjana, and Tripathi Dhananjay. (2024) “A Review of Queersapien. Sharif D. Rangnekar”. Interdisciplinary Literary Studies 26(3): 491-495.
https://doi.org/10.5325/intelitestud.26.3.0491
- Mishra, Richa and Tripathi Dhananjay. (2023) "Decoding Gerard Gennette's Narrative Codes in Mythical Retellings of Arun Kolatkar's Sarpa Satra and Girish Karnad's Yayati". Jordan Journal of Modern Languages and Literatures (Web of Science & SCOPUS). 15(3): 903-918.
https://doi.org/10.47012/jjmll.15.3.9
- Chakraborty, Sanjana and Tripathi Dhananjay. (2023) "Influenced Gender Identities: The Study of Masculinity and its intersectionality through The Carpet Weaver". Boyhood Studies (Web of Science), 16(1): 75-89. https://doi.org/10.3167/bhs.2023.160106
- Rai, Laxmi and Tripathi, Dhananjay. (2022) "From Text to Film: A Comparative Study of Macbeth and Maqbool". Cogito- Multidisciplinary Research Journal (Scopus), Vol. XIV, No. 1: 135-153. http://cogito.ucdc.ro/COGITO_MARTIE_2022.pdf
- Mishra, Richa and Tripathi, Dhananjay. (2022) "Decoding Gerard Gennette's Narrative Codes in Mythical Retellings of Arun Kolatkar's Sarpa Sutra and Girish Karnad's Yayati". (Web of Science), Accepted at Jordan Journal of Modern Languages and Literature (JJMLL).
- Sarmah, A., Saikia, B., & Tripathi, D. (2022). Does entrepreneur gender matter for entrepreneurial motivation: answers from micro small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) of Assam. Journal of International Women's Studies. (Scopus), 23(5), 20-40. https://vc.bridgew.edu/jiws/vol23/iss5/3
- Chettri, Bhaskar and Dhananjay Tripathi. (2021) "Multicultural Perspectives: Study of the Female Characters in the Select Raj Novels". Cogito - Multidisciplinary Research Journal (Scopus, 4th quartile), Vol. XIII, No. 1: 84-97. http://cogito.ucdc.ro/cogito_nr_1_2021.pdf
- Chettri, Bhaskar and Dhananjay Tripathi. (2021) "Envisioning Multiculturalism in Lakshmi Raj Sharma's The Tailor's Needle" Literary Voice (Web of Science), Vol.1,No.13,2021:138-142. http://www.literaryvoice.in/LV%20March%202021.pdf
- Sarmah, A., Saikia, B. and Tripathi, D. (2021), "Can unemployment be answered by Micro Small and Medium Enterprises? Evidence from Assam", Indian Growth and Development Review (Web of Science and Scopus), Vol. 14 No. 2, pp. 199-222. https://doi.org/10.1108/IGDR-09-2020-0140
- Tripathi, Dhananjay and Bhaskar Chettri. (2020) "Humour and anticolonial discourse in the early novels of R.K. Narayan". Agathos: An International Review of the Humanities and Social Sciences (Web of Science), Vol. 11, Issue 2 (21), 2020:151-160. https://www.agathos-international-review.com/issue11_2/21.Tripathi.pdf
- Chettri Bhaskar and Dhananjay Tripathi. (2019) "Multiculturalism in Raj Novel: Rereading Paul Scott's The Jewel in the Crown" Rupkatha Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities (Web of Science and Scopus), Vol. 11, No. 2, 1-19. https://rupkatha.com/v11n211/
- Sarmah, A., Saikia, B., and Tripathi, D. (2019). "Business Success Factors of Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs): Findings from Kamrup-Rural of Assam". Advances in Economics and Business Management, Vol.6, No.5, pp. 418-424.
- Tripathi, Dhananjay and Lekha Rai. (2018) "The Nepali Shamans, Unlettered Gift of Prophecy as Intermediaries between the Physical and Alternate Realities" Research Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, Vol. 9, Issue: 4. Doi: 10.5958/2321-5828.2018.00135.
Book Chapters
- Chakraborty, S. and Tripathi, D. (2025). Discipline or Abuse: Policing the Gender Narratives of Queer Identities and Body Image through The Funny Boy and The Carpet Weaver. In Queer Representation in Literature and Popular Culture, (Eds.) Pannikot, D. and Tanupriya, pp. 3-18. Vernon Press.
- Sarmah, A., Saikia, B., & Tripathi, D. (2020). "Micro Small & Medium Enterprises as a Strategy for Women Entrepreneurship: An Empirical Analysis of Kamrup-Metro District of Assam". In Gender and Development: A Global Perspective, (Eds.) Dinesh Das, pp. 143-148. New Delhi (India): Mittal Publications. (ISBN 81-8324-965-5).
- Sarmah, A., Saikia, B., & Tripathi, D. (2020). "Employment Creation & Growth Constraints of Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in Kamrup-Metro District of Assam: An Empirical Analysis". In Rural Development in India-Challenges and the Tasks Ahead, (Eds.) Bedabrat Saikia & Shrinibas Jena, Pg. 129-156. Guwahati (India): EBH Publishers. (ISBN 978-93-88881-29-6).
- Tripathi, Dhananjay and Richa Mishra. (2014) "Reflection of Social Changes and Literary Tastes in Cinematic Appropriation of Sharat Chandr's Devdas in Bollywood". In Literature and Cinema: Appropriation,Adaptation, Adultration, Eds. Sri Krishan Rai & Anugamini Rai. Germany: Lambert Publication House. (ISBN 9783848426034).
- Tripathi, Dhananjay. (2013) "Reflection of the Third Space in the Novels of R.K. Narayan". A Critical Study of the Fictional World of R.K. Narayan, Eds. Aman Rana. Pg 102-197. New Delhi, Atlantic Books, (ISBN 9788126918072).
Book
- Tripathi, Dhananjay. (2013). R.K. Narayan: Phenomenology and Consciousness. Germany: Scholars' Press. (ISBN 9783639518719)
Conferences
- Sarkar, Srijita, and Tripathi, Dhananjay. (2026) “Analog vs. Virtual: Studying Ontologies of Power in the Virtual in Lavanya Lakshminarayan's The Ten Percent Thief” in the conference titled Culture of Bodies, Bodies of Culture: Thinking Plurality Today, organized by Department of English, University of North Bengal, in collaboration with Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, National Institute of Technology Tiruchirapalli on 17th -18th January.
- Das, Ankita, and Tripathi, Dhananjay. (2026) ““Have you ever heard the expression ‘eat shit or die’?”: Towards Bios Philosophicus in Excremental Fiction of Ottessa Moshfegh” in the conference titled Culture of Bodies, Bodies of Culture: Thinking Plurality Today, organized by Department of English, University of North Bengal, in collaboration with Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, National Institute of Technology Tiruchirapalli on 17th -18th January.
- Barik, Ankita, Tripathi, Dhananjay, and Mishra, Richa. (2025) “Rerouting Dharma: A Transnational Religioscape in Ashwin Sanghi’s The Vault of Vishnu.” in the First Annual Dharma Studies Conference organised by School of Humanities, Social Science and Management, Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar in collaboration with Department of English, Banaras Hindu University, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Roorkee, Sammakka Sarakka Central Tribal University, and The India Centre, FLAME University on 05-07 December.
- Sarkar, Srijita, and Tripathi, Dhananjay. (2025) “Biocapitalism and Posthuman Bodies in Manjula Padmanabhan's Select Short Stories” in the conference titled International Conference on Ecocriticism and Environmental Studies organised by London Center for Interdisciplinary Studies on18-19th October: Birkbeck, London.
- Sarkar, Srijita, and Tripathi, Dhananjay. (2025) “Patchy Anthropocene in Space: Reading the Ecological Chronotope in Rivers Solomon’s ‘An Unkindness of Ghosts’” in the conference on "Imagining Futures: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Humanity, Crisis, and Change" organised by New Literaria, in collaboration with School of Languages and Literature and Indian Knowledge Systems (IKS) Cell, Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University, Jammu and Kashmir, India, and Department of History, Humanities and Society, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy on 25-26 September.
- Das, Ankita, and Tripathi, Dhananjay. (2024) “Narratives of Temporality: Continuities, Discontinuities, Ruptures” organised by London Center for Interdisciplinary Studies on 27th July: Birkbeck, London.
- Barik, Ankita, and Tripathi, Dhananjay. (2024) “From Sanctum Sanctorum to Cenotaph: An Architectural Journey in Ashwin Sanghi’s The Krishna Key”. International Conference “Space and Time in Literature and the Arts” organised by Faculty and Foreign Languages and Literature, University of Bucharest. On 14-16th June: Bucharest.
- Barik, Ankita, and Tripathi, Dhananjay. (2024) “Unveiling Cultural Heterochronotopia: Exploring Spatio-temporal Dialectics in The Vault of Vishnu”. International Conference “Spatiality & Temporality” organized by London Center for Interdisciplinary Studies on 10-11th February: Birkbeck, London.
- Das, Ankita, and Tripathi, Dhananjay. (2023) “The Profound Enigma of Boredom: Understanding its Nature, Impact, Potential in Ottessa Moshfegh’s Eileen”. International Conference "Beyond the Postmodern: Unravelling Culture and Identity" Organized by National Institute of Technology Agartala on 18-20th December: Agartala, India.
- Barik, Ankita, and Tripathi, Dhananjay. (2023) “Mapping the Cultural Space: Tracing Heterotopia in Ashwin Sanghi’s The Krishna Key”. International Conference "Beyond the Postmodern: Unravelling Culture and Identity" Organized by National Institute of Technology Agartala on 18-20th December: Agartala, India.
- Chakraborty, Sanjana, and Tripathi, Dhananjay. (2023) “Hidden identities: the Study of Class, Gender and Identity through Hansda Shekhar’s My Father’s Garden”. XVI Biennial International Conference “Interplay of Community, Textuality and Orality: Comparative Perspectives on History, Culture and Society”. Organized by Department of English, Sikkim University, in Collaboration with CLAI.
- Barik, Ankita, and Tripathi, Dhananjay. (2023) “Embodied Spaces: Examining the Riverine Identity of the Jator Community in West Bengal”. International Conference “Endangered Folk Literature and Culture of Jator and other Indigenous Communities: Documentation, Digitalization, and Translation in the Global Context”. Organized by The Department of English, Vidyasagar University, in collaboration with Loughborough University and The British Council, 17-18th January: West Bengal, India.
- Chakraborty, Sanjana., and Tripathi, Dhananjay. (2022) "Influenced Gender Identities: Analysis of Gender through the Spectacle of Culture in The Carpet Weaver". 2nd International Conference on Gender Studies and Sexuality, 29 - 31 July 2022: Dublin - Republic of Ireland. (Online presentation).
- Chakraborty, Sanjana., and Tripathi, Dhananjay. (2022) "Influenced Gender Identities: Analysis of Gender through the Spectacle of Culture in The Carpet Weaver". 2nd International Conference on Gender Studies and Sexuality, 29 - 31 July 2022: Dublin - Republic of Ireland. (Online presentation).
- Rai, Laxmi and Dhananjay Tripathi, (2021) "Tracing the Significance of the Prophecies of the Witches in Shakespeare's "Macbeth" and the Nepali Shamans in the Perspective of Folklore" 4th International conference on Research in Humanities & Social Sciences, 7-9 May: Milan, Italy, pp: 122-132
- Rai, Lekha and Dhananjay Tripathi, (2021) "Redemption of the Naga Historical Consciousness: An Analysis of Temsula Ao's These Hills Called Home - Stories from a War Zone" 4th International conference on Research in Humanities & Social Sciences, 7-9 May: Milan, Italy, pp: 133-141.
- Chettri, Bhaskar and Dhananjay Tripathi, (2018) "From Imperialism to Multiculturalism: A Study of Paul Scott's The Jewel in The Crown" International Conference on Cultural Studies '18 March 16-17, DAKAM (Eastern Mediterranean Academic Research Center), Turkey. pp: 59-65.
- Tripathi Dhananjay. (2016) "Humour as a Subliminal Strategy in R.K. Narayan's Anticolonial Discourse" at the International Conference on Humour organized by Inter-disciplinary.Net at Mansfield College, University of Oxford, Oxford, London during 2-4 June 2016.
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