Hyderabad: Prof V. Bharathi Harishankar, a former student of the Department of English at the University of Hyderabad, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, one of the highest distinctions possible in the field.
The award recognizes significant contributions made in the arts, meaning the Royal Society of Arts (RSA) for social change.
Prof. Harishankar completed her PhD in English at the UoH department in 1989-93. She is currently chair of the Department of Women’s Studies and is director of IQAC at the University of Madras.
Prof Harishankar is also chair of the School of Social Sciences and coordinator, Rashtriya Uchha Shiksha Abhyan projects in Humanities and Social Sciences.
Bharathi is experienced in gender studies, postcolonial literature and currently online pedagogy and has written more than 100 publications, with three Oxford University Press textbooks in the field of literature and translation.
She is the co-editor of the anthology, Defining Feminisms and an established translator.
Prof Harishankar also set up the Gender Lab for Diversity and Inclusiveness Education (GLIDE), the first of its kind in the country, in collaboration with Sutherland Global Services.
“This election to the Royal Society of the Arts places Indian academics among the best in the world, and Prof Harishankar’s published work, transformational research and leadership richly deserve the recognition,” congratulated Prof Appa Rao Podile, Vice-Chancellor of the UOH, on prof. Harishankar’s election.
Source: The Siasat Daily