Ranjana Saxena

Ranjana Saxena has been engaged with teaching and research at the University of Delhi since 1989. Her doctoral thesis was on ‘Image of Women in Russian and Russian-Soviet Literature’. Russian literature, Russian women’s writing, Russian literature and issues in feminism and gender has been the thrust of her academic pursuit. She conducts Ph.D, Mphil, MA courses at the University of Delhi on contemporary Russian literature. She has served as member of the International Editorial Board of the Journal ‘Russian International Philology’. State University of Perm, Russian Federation and was nominated member, Advisory Board, Gender studies Center at Moscow State University, Russian Federation, 2007. She has supervised a number of MPhil and Ph.D  dissertations. She has also been nominated external supervisor by the Abai Kazakh National University, Kazakhastan 2012 and by the Al-Farabi Kazakh National University 2018 for Phd students. She has also been translating Russian literature into Hindi/English. She has been a Laureate of ‘PUSHKIN MEDAL’, the Highest State Award given by the President of the Russian Federation for Excellence in teaching of Russian and promotion of Russian Culture. 2008. Has been awarded the “Bene Merito” award (Republic of Poland) for strengthening the bilateral relationship between Poland and India, 2014. Dr. Saxena was the Laureate (first Round) of the 2nd International Competition ‘Best Teacher of Russian Outside Russia’ organized by the ROSSOTRUDNICHECTVO, Government of the Russian Federation, 2014. She has organized a number of national and international conferences. Edited books include: Window into Russia: Art & Society in the XXI century (jointly ed.); The Russian Discourse in the Contemporary Intercultural Context (ed.) Ranjana Saxena; Revisiting East Central Europe and Russia Society and Culture 20 Years After Edited by Ranjana Saxena She has presented papers in National/International conferences held in India and abroad. Presently, she is heading the Department of Slavonic & Finno-Ugrian Studies at the University of Delhi.