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Angelie Multani | |
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| Born | June 17, 1970 Bombay, India |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Occupation | Professor |
| Employer | Indian Institute of Technology Delhi |
Angelie Multani (born 17 June 1970) is an Indian academic, professor, and researcher in literature and performance studies. She is currently a professor at the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi in the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences.[1] Her work engages with English-language theatre, postcolonial studies, and gender and sexuality in Indian literature.
Early life and education
[edit]Angelie Multani was born in Bombay (now Mumbai), India. She earned her Bachelor's degree in Literature from St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai. She pursued an MA at the Centre of Linguistics and English at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), Delhi.[1]
While at JNU, she co-founded the Gender Studies Forum and was instrumental in forming the Gender Sensitisation Committee Against Sexual Harassment (GSCASH), the first such committee in India.[2][3]
She earned her Ph.D. on the politics of English-language theatre production in the 1990s and held teaching positions at JNU and the University of Delhi before joining IIT Delhi in 2003.[1]
Career
[edit]Multani’s research focuses on modern Indian theatre, particularly the works of Mahesh Dattani, Girish Karnad, and Vijay Tendulkar. Her academic writing frequently addresses gender, sexuality, post colonialism, and the politics of the English language in India. She has supervised Ph.D. theses on fantasy literature, contemporary fiction, and science fiction poetry.
At IIT Delhi, she has served in various leadership roles including Associate Dean for Student Welfare, Head of the Humanities and Social Sciences Department, and is currently the first Dean of Diversity & Inclusion at the institute.[4][5][6]
Selected publications
[edit]Multani has authored and edited several scholarly books, book chapters, and journal articles.[7]
Books
[edit]- Centring the Margins: Critical Essays on the Plays of Mahesh Dattani – Pencraft International, 2018
Edited volumes
[edit]- Final Solutions – Text and Criticism – Pencraft International, 2009
- Critical Essays on the Work of Mahesh Dattani – Pencraft International, 2007
- Tess of the D’Urbervilles (Penguin Study Edition) – Penguin India, 2005
Co-edited volumes
[edit]- From Canon to Covid: Transforming English Literary Studies in India (with Arjun Ghosh et al.) – Routledge, 2023
- Child/hood and Trauma: No Child’s Play (with Dr. Kamayini Bhatnagar) – Routledge India, 2019
Book chapters
[edit]Notable chapters include:
- “Just Like a Woman” in Women in Asian Performance – Routledge, 2017
- “Appropriating Shakespeare on Campus” in Shakespeare on the University Stage – Cambridge University Press, 2015
- “The Absurd in Modern European Drama” in Modern European Drama: From Ibsen to Beckett – Pencraft International, 2012
Journal articles
[edit]- “Queer Citizens in the City” – Synergies Inde, 2022
- “Telling the Whole Story: The Role of the Bhagvata in Hayavadana” – MZU Journal of Literature and Cultural Studies, 2015
- “More Indian, Less English? Contemporary Indian Theatre in English” – Muse India, 2010
Other contributions
[edit]- Entry on Mahesh Dattani in the Routledge Encyclopedia of Postcolonial Literatures in English, 2005
- Numerous essays in academic anthologies and refereed journals
Contributions and recognition
[edit]Multani has played a pioneering role in shaping discourse around gender equity in Indian academia. Her appointment as the Dean of Diversity & Inclusion at IIT Delhi marks a landmark in Indian higher education.[6][8][4][3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Angelie Multani – Faculty Profile". Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Delhi. Retrieved 11 June 2025.
- ^ Ayesha Kidwai (2 December 2022). "The GSCASH Rules: A History in Documents". The JNU GSCASH Archive. Retrieved 11 June 2025.
- ^ a b Kavita Krishnan (26 September 2016). "JNU's GSCASH was a model committee. Why was it dismantled?". DailyO. Retrieved 11 June 2025.
- ^ a b "IIT-Delhi takes first baby steps on diversity". The Times of India. 9 August 2023. Retrieved 11 June 2025.
- ^ "IIT-Delhi inaugurates first lactation room to support nursing mothers". The Times of India. 7 March 2024. Retrieved 11 June 2025.
- ^ a b "Administration – IIT Delhi". Indian Institute of Technology Delhi. Retrieved 11 June 2025.
- ^ "List of Publications – Angelie Multani". Indian Institute of Technology Delhi. Retrieved 11 June 2025.
- ^ Rajlakshmi Ghosh (8 May 2023). "Why are fewer girls chasing the IIT dream". Education Times. Retrieved 11 June 2025.