Auteur: Rositta Joseph Valiyamattam

Rositta Joseph Valiyamattam is presently Assistant Professor in English at GITAM Institute of Management, GITAM University, Visakhapatnam, India, where she teaches literature, language, business communication and soft skills. She completed her Masters in English language and literature from Andhra University, winning six awards and two gold medals including the prestigious Acharya K.R.S. Iyengar Memorial Gold Medal. A UGC Research Fellow, she was awarded a Doctorate in English by Andhra University for her thesis on the Indian English Novel. Formerly faculty at St. Joseph”s College for Women (Autonomous), Visakhapatnam, her areas of interest are post-colonial and Indian English literatures. A keen orator and theatre enthusiast, she has presented nineteen papers at national and international seminars and published over thirty articles in reputed literary journals and anthologies. She also freelances for popular national magazines such as Indian Currents and Youth Action, and also serves on the editorial boards of esteemed academic journals.