Faculty

The people who bring laurels to the centre

Centre for Folk Culture Studies

Professors

  • A. Sudhakar Reddy

    Ph.D. (I.I.T., Madras)

    Professor

    Head of the Centre
    Research Interests

    Socio-cultural and Economic History; Peasant Studies; Oral History; Performance Studies and Folk Culture

  • S. Kanaka Durga

    Ph.D. (Nagarjuna University)

    Professor

    Research Interests

    Cultural History; Ethnohistory; Epigraphy; Medieval Bhakti Literature; Folklife Studies; Folklore and Gender Studies

Centre for Folk Culture Studies

Associate Professors

  • Joly Puthussery

    Ph.D. (Hyderabad)

    Associate Professor

    Research Interests

    Folk Theatre, Performance Theory, Public Performance and Discourse, Religion and Theatrical Practices, and Material Culture

Centre for Folk Culture Studies

Assistant Professors

  • Naveen Kumar

    Ph.D. (Hyderabad)

    Assistant Professor

    Research Interests

    Folklore and Community Development, Folklore and Globalisation, Ritual Studies, and Field Methodology