Vachaspati Dwivedi
Dr. Vachaspati Dwivedi teaches English at Sant Vinoba P.G. College, Deoria since 2000. He got his PhD in English from B.H.U Varanasi in 2001. In addition to teaching undergraduate students in Rang-Frah Govt. College, Changang and Sant Vinoba P.G. College, Deoria he has also taught English in two Foreign Universities during his tenure at Haramaya Unversity, Ethiopia (2005-2007) and Al Fateh University, Tripoli (2008 -2009) Libya. He published a book entitled The Fictional Art of Arun Joshi with Atlantic Publishers New Delhi in 2004 and has more than 20 papers both international and national journals to his credit. His poems (www. Poemhunter.com) deal with the sad angle of human life which often puts humans in a complex situation. He completed a Minor Research funded by UGC New Delhi on Dalit Autobiographies in 2011and organised a national seminar on Dalit Literature in 2012. He edits a journal entitled Critical Paradigm (ISSN No.2249-5665) which is published annually. Recently he was invited to present a paper on Bhojpuri folk songs in Bangkok International Conference, Thailand (2014) on UGC’s travel grant. His research areas include Dalit literature, folk songs and Postcolonial literature.
