Research

My research interests include Theatre and Performance Studies, South Asian Studies, Victorian Studies, and Genre Fiction. My doctoral dissertation, using primary source information, studies modern Gujarati Theatre as it originated and developed in Colonial India. My postdoctoral project examines Historical Crime Fiction in South Asia, written by authors such as Vaseem Khan, Abir Mukherjee, and Sujata Massey. As part of research-creation, I am also working on a crime novel. 

I have a scholarly monograph forthcoming from Routledge, and my peer-reviewed articles have been published or are forthcoming in Studies in the Fantastic (University of Tampa Press) and a Routledge anthology on the South-Asian Crime Fiction. My academic reviews have been published or are forthcoming in journals such as Modern Drama, Crime Fiction Studies, and South Asian History and Culture.   

He has presented his research at the International Crime Fiction Association (ICFA), International Federation of Theatre Research (IFTR), British Crime Historians Conference, Comparative Drama Conference, South Asia conference, Canadian Association of Theatre Research, and Association of Canadian College and University Teachers of English (ACCUTE).

Academic Accolades and Honours

American Distinguished Dissertation Awards (Nomination) | 2023

Pradeep Khare Memorial Scholarship ( First Prize) | 2021

Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship (Nomination) | Government of Canada, 2020

Ontario Graduate Scholarship | Western University and the Government of Ontario, 2020

Mary Routledge Fellowship, Arts and Humanities | Western University, 2020

Graduate Research Thesis Award, Arts and Humanities | Western University, 2019

Sahapedia-UNESCO Fellowship | 2019