Qualification(s)

MA, PhD, DipPhon, PGDTE

Areas of Interest

English Language (Diachronic and Synchronic Study), Novel

Courses Taught

History of the English Language, Structure of Modern English, Modern English Grammar and Usage, Phonetics and Spoken English, Introduction to Linguistics, English Language Teaching, Introduction to the Study of Language, Methods of Language Teaching, Phonetics and Phonology, Morphology and Syntax, Academic Writing, English Drama, Fiction and Non-Fictional Prose, American Literature, Commonwealth Literature, Comparative Literature, Indian Literature, Literary Criticism, Introduction to Literary Studies, Indian Writing in English

Teaching Experience

50 Years

Research Supervised

• PhD – 21
• MPhil – 30

Seminars/Conferences Organized

20

Plenary Talks

60

Academic Positions Held

• Member: Sri Krishnadevaraya University Academic Council; Sri Venkateswara University Academic Senate.
• Chairman, Board of Studies: Sri Krishnadevaraya University, Rayalaseema University.
• Member, Board of Studies: University of Mysore, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University (Anantapur), Sri Venkateswara University, Vikrama Simhapuri University, Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning, Dr Abdul Haq Urdu University, Central University of Andhra Pradesh, The English and Foreign Languages University, GITAM (Deemed to be University).
• External Faculty: School of Distance Education, The English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad.
• External Member: Faculty of Arts, Gulbarga University, Gulbarga.
• UGC Visiting Fellow: Sri Padmavati Mahila Viswavidyalayam (Women's University), Tirupati.

Administrative Positions Held

• Vice Chancellor: Sri Venkateswara University.
• Member: General Council, Damodaram Sanjivayya National Law University.
• Member: Sri Krishnadevaraya University Senate.
• Director: Research Studies, Rayalaseema University.
• Head: Department of English and Comparative Literature, Sri Krishnadevaraya University.

Email

vvnrprasad@cuap.edu.in