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Amit Sarwal

Also known as: A. Sarwal

The University of the South Pacific, Deakin University, Federation University Australia, Jawaharlal Nehru University, RMIT University, Sri Aurobindo College

ORCID iD 0000-0001-9100-3183
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Dr Amit Sarwal is Melbourne-based academic, writer, translator, and former radio broadcaster. He is the Founding Convenor of Australia-India Interdisciplinary Research Network (AIIRN), Co-founder of the Australia Today news network and Founder of Kula Press. He is also a member of the Contemporary Histories Research Group (CHRG) at Deakin University, Australia. He has a PhD (2010) from Jawaharlal Nehru University and in 2017 he received an MBA from Federation University Australia. For academic excellence, he was a finalist in the Victorian Government’s International Education Awards category. Dr Sarwal is the recipient of Endeavour Postdoctoral Research Fellowship (2016-17), Alfred Deakin Postdoctoral Research Fellowship (2013-15), Endeavour Asia Fellowship (2006-07), and the Junior Research Fellowship (2004-06). He has worked as Senior Lecturer and Deputy Head (Research, Innovation and Postgraduate Affairs) at the University of the South Pacific (2018-21), a Producer at SBS Radio Hindi (2016-17), Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Deakin University (2016-17 and 2013-15), Honorary Associate (Visiting) at RMIT University (2015-16), Assistant Professor at Delhi University (2007-12), and Visiting Researcher at Monash University (2006-07). From 2007-13, he was also the editor of Cinema, Literature and Culture Series and Australia-India Interdisciplinary Research Series for SSS Publications and Readworthy Publications respectively. He has also been featured as an expert in The Conversation, ABC Radio National, Sky News, SBS Radio, Times of India, The Saturday Paper and other Indian community media. Dr Sarwal is an interdisciplinary scholar whose research covers areas in literature, migration, culture, cinema, diplomacy, and business. His research papers have appeared in prominent international journals such as History of Education Review, Dance Chronicle, Dance Research, Antipodes, South Asian Popular Culture, South Asian Diaspora, Culture, Society & Masculinities, and Politics & Policy. He has many books to his credit, prominent being: Wanderings in India (2012), Bollywood and Its Other(s) (2014), Labels and Locations (2015), Salaam Bollywood (2016), South Asian Diaspora Narratives (2017), The Dancing God (2020), and The Celestial Dancers (2022).

Employment

  • The University of the South Pacific Senior Lecturer in Literature
    2018 - 2021
  • Deakin University Endeavour Postdoctoral Research Fellow
    2016 - 2017
  • RMIT University Honorary Associate Professor (Visiting)
    2015 - 2016
  • Deakin University Alfred Deakin Postdoctoral Research Fellow
    2013 - 2015
  • University of Delhi Assistant Professor
    2007 - 2012

Education

  • Federation University Australia Master of Business Administration
    2015 - 2017
  • Jawaharlal Nehru University Doctor of Philosophy
    2007 - 2010
  • Jawaharlal Nehru University Master of Philosophy (English)
    2004 - 2006
  • Jawaharlal Nehru University Master of Arts (English)
    2002 - 2004
  • Sri Aurobindo College BA (Hons) English
    1999 - 2002

Projects & Funding

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Publications (52)