T. Kumar

T. Vijay Kumar has an MA and an MPhil in English from University of Hyderabad and he completed his PhD on Postcolonial African Fiction at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. He is Professor of English at Osmania University, Hyderabad and was also the Joint Director (2008-2012) of Osmania University Centre for International Programmes (OUCIP). He has been a Visiting Scholar at several American Universities and in Fall 2013, he was Exchange Professor at University of Utah. His research interests include postcolonial literatures and among his co-edited volumes is Focus India: Postcolonial Narratives of the Nation (2007, Pencraft). He is also a translator and among his major publications is the English translation of an early 20th century Telugu classic Kanyasulkam (‘Bride Price’). He is a founder-editor of Muse India: the literary ejournal, and the Co-Director of the annual Hyderabad Literary Festival.