Dr.Shikha Bhatnagar was born in 1972 in Hyderabad,India.She was awarded a doctorate in English from Osmania University,Hyderabad in 2001.She is a recipient of the National Prize in 1987 for her meritorious academic performance.Her first book,"Narratology and the Modern Indian Novel", published in 2016 offers a critical negotiation of three important existing theoretical areas:Western Criticism,Indian narrative tradition and aesthetic practice and Translation Studies.
An Author,Poet,Teacher& Counsellor,She has more than sixteen years of teaching expertise.Her special interests include Narratology,Indian Writing in English,Translation Studies,Poetry,Feminist Studies,Structural Anthropology and Soft Skills.Dr.Bhatnagar has organised and actively participated in numerous workshops and seminars, designed and conducted special soft-skills courses and training programmes for enhancing employability skills for engineering under-graduates,and presented papers at various National and International Conferences.