Dr. Rukmini. S is a Senior academic in the Department of English, School of Social Sciences and Languages, VIT University, Vellore, Tamil Nadu. She has more than twenty-five years of experience in Teaching and Research. She has been teaching in the areas of English Language and Literature, Indian Writing in English, ELT, Soft skills to undergraduates and Postgraduates of all streams of Arts, Science, Technology and Management Studies and Ph.Ds.in English Language and Literature. She has taught in Indian institutions and Abroad. She has taught English Language and Literature to Undergraduates of all streams in Nakhon Pathom Rajabhat University (NPRU), Nakhon Pathom, Thailand and as a visiting faculty delivered lectures in Postcolonial Literature in the International University of Sarajevo (IUS), and National University of Sarajevo, Bosnia &Herzegovina, Europe and presented a paper in the Bucharest University of Economic studies, Bucharest, Romania. Her areas of Research include Indian Writing in English, Postcolonial Literature, Scientific and Technical Writing, and Digital Humanities, Environmental humanities,etc. She has reviewed books,Journal Articles and published research papers extensively in peer-reviewed journals. She has presented more than 50 research papers in National and International Conferences and Seminars. Presently, She is working on Indic Knowledge Tradition and its application in the present curriculum of various school taught courses at the Higher Education level. She puts on a humble effort to indigenize ELT Methods, Techniques and Approaches for imparting Language Skills and Communication Skills in Arts, Technology and Management Studies .Three Scholars have been awarded Ph.D under her supervision.She is presently guiding five Ph. D scholars in the areas of Digital Humanities focusing on Digitizing IKT(Indian Knowledge Tradition), Travel Writing, Australian Literature, Gothic studies, Environmental humanities and Indian Knowledge Tradition. She has been conducting Training for Teachers and Management Professionals in Academic Research Writing, Scientific and Technical Writing and Applications of indigenizing novel Teaching Methods, Techniques and Approaches in Technology and Management Studies. Her passions are Reading, Writing and Contemplating on the exploration of Self and journeying from Self transformation to Unity Consciousness. Her hobbies include Listening to music and Reading books on Literature, Culture, Philosophy and Spirituality. Her interests include designing and developing novel curriculums for courses in the Higher Education that emphasizes on the need for a holistic approach to education. and learning new languages. She is a versatile in more than 5 languages and received certificate in Basic Thai Language from Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.
She is a lifetime member of EFSLE and also an Executive Council Member (ECM) of its North-Western Tamil Nadu Region of Tamil Nadu.