Kiran Raveendran

Dr. Kiran Raveendran is an Assistant Professor of English at Yenepoya (Deemed to be University), Mangalore. He earned his Ph.D. in Literature and Cultural Studies from the National Institute of Technology Karnataka (NITK), Surathkal. His teaching and research interests lie at the intersections of cultural studies, film studies, regional cinema and gender studies. His scholarship particularly focuses on the representation of subaltern identities in cinema and media, with an emphasis on how these portrayals shape and reflect broader socio-cultural attitudes. More recently, his research has examined the cultural and social construction of marginalised identities in South Asia, exploring the ways in which popular media both reinforces and resists normative discourses. He has collaborated with various reputed international publication houses such as Routledge, Taylor and Francis, Emerald etc. and has published many research articles indexed in Scopus and Web of Science. Beyond academia, he actively engages with film and culture, volunteering and participating in platforms such as film festivals.