- Fan Studies (with a focus on Indian Fandom and its representations)
- Gender Studies
- Film Studies
Experience top of the world living and learning at SRM University-AP
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SRM University-AP, Neerukonda,
Mangalagiri Mandal, Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh - 522240
- June 2025 - Present - Assistant Professor - SRM University-AP
- February 2025 - May 2025 – Assistant Professor - Chinmaya Vishwa Vidyapeeth, Kerala
- July 2021 - December 2024 - Teaching Assistant - Indian Institute of Technology Patna
- August 2019 - July 2021 - Assistant Professor in English - Rajagiri School of Engineering & Technology, Kerala
Intersection of Fan culture in India and Gender, spcifically to engage with the diegetic representations of female (media) fans in Indian narratives and attempt to critically re-evaluate the gendered dynamics inherent in fandom spaces.
Representation of gender-based violence in Indian regional cinema
- 2021 - Institute Fellowship for PhD at IIT Patna
- 2019 - Ernakulam Karayogam Scholarship Endowment [Highest marks in MA English (Literature)-from Maharaja’s College, Ernakulam]-Ernakulam Karayogam, Kerala
Publications in Journals
- Initiating an Epistemic Rupture: Exploring Contraceptive Awareness in Janhit Mein Jaari (2022) and Chhatriwali (2023) - N. Parvathy, P. Tripathi. Journal of International Women's Studies 27, 1 (2025)(Bridgewater State University, Scopus)
- Breaking' the Silence and 'Fighting' Back: Changing Representations of Female Response to Gender-Based Violence in Select Malayalam Films - N. Parvathy, P. Tripathi. Gender Studies 23, 1 (2024)(De Gruyter, Scopus)
- Female Fandom and the Anxieties of Agency: A Feminist Reading of the Indian Female Fan in Guddi (1971) - N. Parvathy, P. Tripathi. Feminist Encounters: A Journal of Critical Studies in Culture and Politics 8, 1 (2024)(Lectito Publishing, Scopus)
- Narrator Matters: Consent and Date Rape in Satyaprem Ki Katha - N. Parvathy, P. Tripathi. Economic and Political Weekly 59, 8 (2024)(Scopus)
- Representation of Aged Female Fans in Select Malayalam Films: An Intersectional Feminist Perspective - N. Parvathy, P. Tripathi. Quarterly Review of Film and Video (2023)(Taylor & Francis, Scopus)
- Stardom and Media Trial: Review of the Film Selfiee - N. Parvathy, P. Tripathi. Media Asia 51, 356-360 (2023)(Taylor & Francis, Scopus)
- Locating Epistemic (Dis)Privilege of Female Fans in Select Indian Narratives - N. Parvathy, P. Tripathi. Feminist Media Studies 23, 4238-4251 (2023) (Taylor & Francis, Scopus)
- The Pilgrim's Progress: An Analysis of the Journey to Self-Discovery in Herman Hesse's Siddhartha - N. Parvathy, R. Rajkumar Avshamegh. Indian Journal of English Literature 4, 37 (2018)
- Deconstructing the Machine: A Study of the Conflicts in the Imitation Game - N. Parvathy, R. Rajkumar. ROOTS Interdisciplinary Journal of Multidisciplinary Researches 4, 3 (2018)
- Vikruti Evam Prakruti: An Analysis of the Identity Crisis in Devdutt Pattanaik's The Pregnant King - N. Parvathy, K. Varsha. International Journal of English Language, Literature 5, 4 (2017)
- The Reign of Deceit's: A Retrospection of the Real Antagonist - N. Parvathy, K. Jayan Ashvamegh. Indian Journal of English Literature 2, 20 (2016)
- E-mail id: parvathy.n@srmap.edu.in