Our Team
Meet the dedicated researchers advancing our understanding of language and cognition.
Principal Investigator
Dr. Anindita Sahoo
Assistant Professor, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Madras | Faculty PI at CeRAI, IIT Madras
Research Interests: Linguistic Typology, Syntax, Pragmatics, Language Processing, Eye-tracking, Cognition Studies
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IIT Madras
CeRAIPhD Scholars
Aziza Said Hussein
(PhD in Progress)
Copula in Swahili: Pragmatic Functions and Grammaticalization Process
Snigdha Medhi
(PhD in Progress)
Patterns of Ergativity in Assamese, and Its Varieties
Krishna Raj SR
(IDRP Scholar (PhD in progress) - Co-guiding with Prof. Srinivasa Chakravarthy)
From pixels to prepositions: Linking Vision and Spatial Prepositions
Scherezade Dastur
(Graduated in 2025)
Code Alternation in Parsi Gujarati and English: An Interactional Linguistics Approach
Gunti Prem Sagar
(Graduated in 2025)
Syntactic Patterns of Non-Verbal Predication in Select Dravidian Languages
Pratiti Palit
(Graduated in 2023)
On the Interaction of Honorification, Copula and Definiteness: A Variationist Approach
G L Vijayavani
(IDRP Scholar (PhD in progress) - Co-guiding with Prof. Preeti Aghalayam)
Identifying Gender Bias in Indian Academic Institutional Communication: A Dual Approach Using Text Analysis and Stakeholder Perception
Ruby George
(Graduated in 2019, Co-guided by Prof. Umakant Dash)
Persuasion in Public Service Advertising: Creating Changes Through Creative Strategies in the Print Media
Research Project Staff
Nayana Rajan
(Field Investigator)
Suchitra Chakrabarty
(Field Investigator)
Suguna SG
(Research Assistant)
Gadarla Ritesh Reddy
(Intern)
Friends of LC Lab
Madhav Mittal
Co-scripted the nomenclature
Shobhith Vadlamudi
Co-Conducted the first experiment in the lab
Gadarla Rohit Reddy
Co-designed the website
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We're always looking for passionate researchers to join our lab.