An academician, nature-lover, eco-critic and a researcher, Dr Archana Kadiyan, is an M.A. in English Literature and has completed her doctorate in English from the Department of English and Foreign Languages, Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak, Haryana, India. Her PhD thesis entitled “Ecological Footprints in Literature: An Excursion through Selected Nature Writings and Nature Novels” is a well-oriented research in the field of eco-criticism. She is presently working as an Assistant Professor of English in the School of Sciences and Humanities, SRM University, Delhi-NCR, Sonepat, Haryana (India). Previously, she worked as an Assistant Professor of English in three institutions namely: Amity University, Gurugram, D.A.V. Centenary College, Faridabad and Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak (Haryana). She has contributed around seven research papers in various national/international journals. She has actively participated and presented papers in dozens of national/international seminars/conferences. Her areas of specialization are Eco-criticism, Nature studies, Sustainability Studies, environmental humanities, Post-colonial Literature, Critical Studies, American Literary Studies, Indian Literature in English, and British Literature. Since her childhood, she has been a close observer of Nature and is deeply inspired by its beauty and diversity. She has a keen interest in reading and analyzing books, poems and novels especially dedicated to nature. She is an aspiring poet, painter and writer. She loves to work for the conservation and preservation of precious natural resources.
Since her childhood, she has been a close observer of Nature and is deeply inspired by its beauty and diversity. She has a keen interest in reading and analyzing books, poems and novels especially dedicated to nature. She is an aspiring poet, painter and writer. She loves to work for the conservation and preservation of precious natural resources. She has been appointed as one of the Executive Council Members (ECM) of EFSLE of its Haryana Region.