DR. RAHEEL QURAISHI
Head Department of English

• Academic Qualifications :M.A. (Eng.), M.Phil. and Ph.D.
• P.G. Approved Teacher

Research & Publications

• Published 40+ research papers in national and international peer-reviewed and UGC-approved journals.
• Areas of research include:
  • Feminist and Gender Studies
  • Postcolonial and Diaspora Literature
  • Multiculturalism and Identity
  • Eco-criticism and Cultural Studies
  • Language Pedagogy and ICT in English Teaching
• Completed UGC-sponsored Minor Research Project on ‘Developing the Ability of Communicative Competence in written English among Secondary School Learners in Nagpur District: Problems and Issues – Towards Designing a strategy’

Research Guidance

• Recognized Ph.D. Supervisor of R.T.M. Nagpur University, Nagpur
• Successfully guided 5 doctoral scholars to completion.
• Examiner, referee, and viva-voce expert for Ph.D. theses at universities such as Sant Gadge Baba Amravati University, Amaravati and Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar.

Academic Leadership & Institutional Contribution

• Head, Department of English.
• Active involvement in:
  • IQAC and NAAC accreditation processes.
  • Curriculum development and syllabus framing. (R.T.M. Nagpur University)
  • Question paper setting, moderation, and evaluation. (R.T.M. Nagpur University)
  • Organization of national Seminars and Workshops.
• Played a key role in framing the syllabus of English for B.Com. programmes. (R.T.M. Nagpur University)

Books / Research Journals Edited

• UGC Sponsored National Seminar Proceedings entitled “Role of English Language in Travel & Tourism”, published by Sir Sahitya Kendra, Nagpur (ISBN: 978-93-80986-24-1).
  • The volume contains 63 research papers (411 pages).
  • Published on 16^th March 2012.
• VIBGYOR, Special Issue of the Bi-annual Multidisciplinary Research Journal, published by the Research Journal Publication Committee, Bhiwapur Mahavidyalaya, Bhiwapur, Dist. Nagpur (M.S.) (ISSN: 2277-4491).
  • Volume IV, No. 1, February 2015.
• AURA, an International Bi-annual Multidisciplinary Online Research Journal (ISSN: 2348-6449), published by the Research Journal Publication Committee, Bhiwapur Mahavidyalaya, Bhiwapur, Dist. Nagpur (M.S.).
• UGC Sponsored National Seminar Proceedings entitled “English Studies in a Transnational Environment: Society, Culture and Language”, published by Bhiwapur Mahavidyalaya, Bhiwapur (ISBN: 978-81-927767-9-8).
  • Published on 20^th April 2017.

Book Authored

Authored a book entitled ‘Unlocking English Literature: Essential History of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries (Vol.-I)’, published by ‘Vishwa Publishers and Distributors, Nagpur’, in February 2026 (ISBN: 819975129-3).

Awards and Recognitions

• Conferred with the Bharat Shiksha Ratan Award by the Global Society for Health & Educational Growth, New Delhi, in 2015, for contributions to academic excellence and social service.
• Received the Ambedkar Fellowship National Award (2015) from the Bharatiya Dalit Sahitya Akademi, Delhi, in recognition of literary, social, and cultural contributions toward the upliftment of marginalized communities.