Dr. Amrit Raj

Amrit Raj is a Lecturer in Spanish Studies at the Manipal Institute of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts (MISHA), MAHE, Manipal. His research interests span ecocriticism, the coloniality of nature, political economy, and environmental history, with a specific focus on Latin America, Spain, and India. He completed his bachelor's and master's degrees in Spanish Philology at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi.

He also holds an M.Phil. in Spanish Literature from CSPILAS, Jawaharlal Nehru University, where he explored the works of Eduardo Galeano through the lens of the coloniality of nature. Furthermore, he earned his PhD from JNU, New Delhi. Additionally, he has undertaken a Teacher Training Course in Spanish as a Foreign Language at the Centro Internacional del Español (CIEUSAL), University of Salamanca, and a course on Introduction to Latin American Decoloniality at Universidad Centroamericana José Simeón Cañas in El Salvador.

He was the recipient of the Irene Paláez de Iruzubieta Award for exemplary performance during his master's studies in Spanish at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. From January 2022 to May 2024, he taught various modules on Latin American and Spanish literature to undergraduate and master's students at JNU, New Delhi. He also has over two years of experience teaching certificate courses in Spanish language and Hispanic linguistics to master's students at Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), New Delhi.