Professor
Department of English
Publications
Research Projects
Ph.D. Scholars
Honours & Awards
A concise academic overview, expertise and current areas of scholarly interest.
Banibrata Mahanta serves as Professor in the Department of English, contributing to teaching, research, student mentorship and academic initiatives.
Academic appointments, research roles, and administrative responsibilities.
No work experience entries recorded.
Research projects, funding agencies, roles and project timelines.
No research projects are currently listed.
Journal articles, conference papers, book chapters and other scholarly work.
Mahanta, Banibrata and Atul Kumar Singh
Zauqi, Musharraf Alam (introduced and translated by Vatsal Rohilla and Banibrata Mahanta)
Mahanta, Banibrata
Sati, Someshwar, Shilpa Das and Banibrata Mahanta
Sati, Someshwar, Shilpa Das and Banibrata Mahanta eds.
Mahanta, Banibrata
Mahanta, Banibrata
Khemani, Kusum (trans. Banibrata Mahanta)
Mahanta, Banibrata
Mahanta, Banibrata
Mahanta, Banibrata
Mahanta, Banibrata
Kumar, Saurav and Banibrata Mahanta
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Mahanta, Banibrata and Rajesh Babu Sharma ed.
Mahanta, Banibrata
Scholars and research students guided by the faculty member.
Scholar: Vatsal Rohilla · [ongoing]
Scholar: Tufan De · [ongoing]
Scholar: Piyali Patra · [ongoing]
Scholar: Shivam Raj · [ongoing]
Scholar: Samriddhi Singh · [ongoing]
Scholar: Aniket Ojha · [ongoing]
Scholar: Abhay Pratap Singh · [ongoing]
Scholar: Abanti Banerjee · BHU
Scholar: Shailesh Pratap Singh · BHU
Scholar: Saurav Kumar · BHU
Scholar: Partha Sarathi Nandi · BHU
Scholar: Sumana Mukherjee · BHU
Scholar: Santanu Niyogi · BHU
Scholar: Peter Voorlas · Fulbright Nehru Research Grant
Scholar: Harinath Bharti · BHU
Scholar: Amrita Banerjee · BHU
Courses and academic offerings associated with this faculty profile.
No courses are currently listed.
Consultancy engagements, technical advisory, and industry collaboration projects.
2025 to 2026
Jury Member, Shabdavali-Valley of Words Best English Translation Award, 2026
2025 to 2026
Jury Member, C D Narasimhaiah Best Paper Award, Annual Conference on “Food and Food Cultures in the Global South: Aesthetics, Intersections and Mediations", Department of English, Bangalore University, Bengaluru, 12-14 February 2026
2025 to 2028
Member, Board of the School of Humanities and Languages
2025 to 2026
External Expert, Postgraduate and Undergraduate Board of Studies
2024 to 2025
Jury Member, Sarojini Naidu Award for English Poetry and Ruskin Bond Award for English Fiction
2025 to 2026
Jury Member, IDSC Award for the Best Conference Paper, 5th IDSC International Conference, “Crip Encounters: Disability and Contemporary Conversations”, Department of English and Centre for Women’s Studies, Cotton University, Guwahati, 6-7 March 2025
2025 to 2026
External Member, Board of Studies (Arts), School of Liberal Arts and Science
2024 to 2027
External Member, Board of Postgraduate Studies, Department of English
2023 to 2025
Chief Editor, Transcript: An e-Journal of Literary and Cultural Studies, Department of English, www.thetranscript.in
2023 to 2025
External Expert, RDC, School of Studies in English
2023 — Present
Member, Editorial Board, Pragna: Journal of the Banaras Hindu University
2022 to 2023
Jury Member, C D Narasimhaiah Best Paper Award, Annual Conference 2023 on “Metropolis and the Margins: Shifting Perspectives in Literary and Language Studies, Jesus and MAry College, University of Delhi, 27-29 April 2023
2023 to 2026
VC Nominee, Board of Studies Department of Humanities and Social Sciences
2021 to 2023
VC Nominee, Board of Studies, Humanities and Management Science Department
2021 to 2022
Jury Member for Literary Awards and Panelist
2021 to 2025
External Expert, Academic Programme Committee, Centre for Media Studies
2020 to 2029
Member, Board of Studies and Research Degree Committee, Department of English
2020 to 2022
Member, Board of Studies, Department of English
2018 to 2027
Academic Council Nominee, Board of Studies, Department of English
Memberships in academic associations, professional societies and advisory councils.
Comparative Literature Association of India (CLAI)
Since 2026English Language Teachers Association of India (ELTAI)
Since 2025Caesurae Collective Society
Since 2024NID Kurukshetra
Since 2022Diversity Studies Network, Phillip J. Bowman Center for Scholarship to Practice, University of Michigan
Since 2022PG Department of English, Sambalpur University
Since 2021NID Ahmedabad
Since 2020Indian Disability Studies Collective, New Delhi
Since 2020Association for English Studies in India (AESI)
Since 2014Indian Association for Commonwealth Literature and Language Studies (IACLALS)
Since 2005Academic honours, distinctions, prizes and recognitions received by the faculty member.
Academic Recognition
Muse India
Academic Recognition
Valley of Words International Arts & Literature Festival
Academic Recognition
PEN America
Academic Recognition
Rotary Club, Varanasi Central
Academic Recognition
IIAS Shimla
Notable academic, professional, research and institutional achievements.
No achievements are currently listed.
Banaras Hindu University
For academic collaboration, teaching enquiries, research discussions or professional communication.
