DR. DEBDATTA CHAKRABORTY
GITAM University, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
Research areas: Arts and Humanities · Philosophy · South Asian Studies and Diaspora · Postcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies · South Asian Cinema and Culture
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About
Dr. Debdatta Chakraborty is an Assistant Professor in the Department of English and Other Languages at GITAM Deemed to be University, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh.
She has completed her PhD from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee, specializing in Bengali Dalit Studies. She holds both her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from Banaras Hindu University.
Her research focuses on the intersections of caste and gender, particularly examining the impact of trauma on the Bengali Dalit community, Subaltern Cinema, and Migration Studies. Her academic interests span Caste Studies, Partition Studies, Film Studies, and Gender Studies, with a strong emphasis on postcolonial critique. She has published her work in several reputed international journals, including the Journal of Postcolonial Writing, Media Asia, SARE: Southeast Asian Review of English, English Academy Review, CINEJ: Cinema Journal, Archiv Orientalni, AGATHOS: An International Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, and Literary Voice. She has presented numerous papers at national and international conferences, highlighting the lived experiences, suffering, and identity politics of the Bengali Dalit strata. She received the Best Paper Award for her paper presentation and was a recipient of the IAFOR PCAH 2025 grant.
She also contributes to teaching as a Teaching Assistant for NPTEL courses, including “Partition Literature” and “Refugee, Migration and Diaspora.”
Employment
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GITAM (Deemed to Be University) ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH2026 - Present
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Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee Research Scholar2021 - Present
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Publications (14)
- Decoding the Interlocking Factors of Caste-Gender Dynamism, Intersectionality and Suffering in the Web Series Dahaad Save
- Decoding Post-Partition Traumatic Suffering, Migration, and Testimony: Understanding Manoranjan Byapari’s Interrogating My Chandal Life: An Autobiography of a Dalit Save
- Review of Selected Writings of Shyamal Kumar Pramanik: Dalit Literature from Bangla, edited and translated by Sayantan Dasgupta Save
- Understanding the Caste-Gender Dichotomy, Suffering and “Rhetoric of Violence” Through Manju Bala’s Ups and Downs and The Conflict Save
- Post-partition Traumatic Suffering, Displacement, and Violence: An analysis of Kapil Krishna Thakur's "The Other Jew" Save
- Twice Cursed Lives: Revisiting Dalit Women’s Lives of Oppression and Subjugation Through the Narratives of ‘She-Dalits’ Save
- Caste and Media: Review of the film Vedaa Save
- “I am not anyone’s servant. I am my own master”: In conversation with Manoranjan Byapari Save
- Caste pride: Battles for equality in Hindu India Save
- Understanding Interlocking Factors of Oppression, Intersectionality and Subjugation of Dalit Women: Analyzing Manju Bala's “Conflict” Save
- “I am Chandalini, and I am Proud of that. You must Accept and Respect it”: In Conversation with Kalyani Thakur Charal Save
- Decoding the Migration, Rehabilitation, and the Impact of Caste in the Lives of Bengali Dalit Women Strata in the post-Partition Bengal: Revisiting Kalyani Thakur Charal’s Autobiographical Narrative Ami Keno Charal Likhi, and Novella Andhar Bil Save
- Representation of Trauma, Violence and Displacement in Nakul Mallik’s Pardon Not: Marichjhapi Massacre Save
- Understanding Migration, Displacement, and Rehabilitation in post-Partition Bengal: Revisiting Kalyani Thakur Charal’s Autobiography Ami Keno Charal Likhi Save