A.S. Rao

Dr. A.S. Rao is working as a Selection Grade Lecturer in English in Reader Cadre at Govt. College for Women, Nalgonda, an affiliate of Osmania University, Hyderabad, A.P. He was born on 24th of November, 1945. He did his P.G. in English in 1974 from Osmania University, Hyderabad. He holds another P.G. in Philosophy (1972 from Osmania University). He secured M.Phil. from Osmania University, Hyderabad in 1992, under the supervision of Dr. C. Vijayasree of Osmania University. He obtained his Ph.D. from Osmania University, Hyderabad on Myth and History in the Contemporary Indian Novel in English : A Study of Amitav Ghosh’s The Circle of Reason, Shashi Tharoor’s The Great Indian Novel and Salman Rushdie’s Midnight’s Children, guided by Prof. Balakothandaraman of Osmania University, Hyderabad.

Dr. Rao is keenly interested in literary pursuits. He is an active functionary of Readers’ Forum Nalgonda. He is a member of IACLALS — Indian Association of Commonwealth Literature and Language Studies. The work on hand is his first publication A volume of poetry each in Telugu and English awaits publication shortly, besides one on post-modernism to be written in Telugu which he has taken up on the request of local friends.