Meet the dedicated researchers advancing our understanding of language and cognition.

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

(PhD in Progress)
Copula in Swahili: Pragmatic Functions and Grammaticalization Process

(PhD in Progress)
Patterns of Ergativity in Assamese, and Its Varieties

(IDRP Scholar (PhD in progress) - Co-guiding with Prof. Srinivasa Chakravarthy)
From pixels to prepositions: Linking Vision and Spatial Prepositions

(Graduated in 2025)
Code Alternation in Parsi Gujarati and English: An Interactional Linguistics Approach

(Graduated in 2025)
Syntactic Patterns of Non-Verbal Predication in Select Dravidian Languages

(Graduated in 2023)
On the Interaction of Honorification, Copula and Definiteness: A Variationist Approach

(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

(Graduated in 2019, Co-guided by Prof. Umakant Dash)
Persuasion in Public Service Advertising: Creating Changes Through Creative Strategies in the Print Media

(Field Investigator)

(Field Investigator)

(Research Assistant)

(Intern)

Co-scripted the nomenclature

Co-Conducted the first experiment in the lab

Co-designed the website
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