Dr. Aravinda Bhat

Aravinda Bhat is an Assistant Professor (Senior Scale) at the Department of Languages, Manipal Institute of Social Sciences Humanities and Arts (MISHA). He is also a PhD guide at MISHA. He began his career as a German teacher in August 2016 and went on to teach European literature in translation, intellectual history of Europe, critical thinking and research methods.

With nearly ten years’ teaching experience at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels, he is committed to teaching his students in such a way that they acquire the love of knowledge and develop the skill of thinking critically; and to pursuing research on topics that combine or lie at the intersection of literature, philosophy and disability studies. Apart from publishing a groundbreaking monograph (see below) and academic articles, he has delivered a number of invited lectures nationally and internationally. He can supervise PhD candidates in Literary studies; Philosophy and literature; Disability studies; Humanities; Linguistic and cultural mediation.

At MISHA, he is part of the Student Affairs Committee.