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Prof (retd) and former Dean, Shenoi Goembab School of Languages and Literature, Goa University

K Sripad Bhat was the Founder Dean of Shenoi Goembab School of Languages and Literature at Goa University. His areas of specialization are literary theory, critical theory, cultural studies and Indian modernity. He has published several research articles in various national and international journals. In 2012 Prof. Bhat was invited by New York University under Visiting Faculty Programme and delivered a talk on Gandhi’s Hind Swaraj. He was also a Visiting Professor at Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada in 2012. Prof. Bhat has delivered more than 25 Keynote speeches at national and international conferences across Universities and colleges in India.

Born and raised in Kateel, Karnataka Prof. K. Sripad Bhat completed his studies in Udupi and Mangalore. After a brief stint at Mangalore University as Lecturer in English, Prof. Bhat joined Goa University in 1988 and retired as Professor of English in February 2023.