Dr Sudhir Nikam

Dr. Sudhir Nikam is a distinguished academician serving as Professor & Head of the PG Department of English and Vice Principal at BNN College, Bhiwandi. With over two decades of teaching experience, he has contributed significantly at UG and PG levels and is also a recognized PhD Research Guide at the University of Mumbai. He has held several prestigious positions, including Member of the Research and Recognition Committee, Chairperson of the Board of Studies in English, and Member of the Academic Council at the University of Mumbai. Dr. Nikam has been actively involved in academic development, introducing certificate, diploma, postgraduate, and doctoral programmes in English studies. he has supervised 19 PhD theses and published widely in reputed journals.

EDUCATION

MA, PhD

RESEARCH, TEACHING, or OTHER INTERESTS

Literature and Literary Theory, Multidisciplinary, Language and Linguistics, Philosophy

RECENT SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

Smart English Reading and Listening Device for Classrooms
S Nikam, BD Kumar, A Baskaran, K Priya, S Murugan, R Vidya, ...
GB Patent 6,504,339 , 2026
2026
Literature in the Age of Reason: The Dialogue Between Art and Science in the Enlightenment Period
S Der, A Udayabanu, VW Lobo, A Rajkhowa, KB Glory, S Nikam, H Kumar
Scientific Culture 12 (1), 607-615 , 2026
2026
English Pronunciation Feedback Device
S Nikam, M Nikam
IN Patent 481940-001 , 2026
2026
Literary Echoes: Exploring Themes, Voices and Cultural Narratives
S Nikam
Chyren Publication , 2025
2025
Citations: 17
AI Enabled Virtual Tutor for Teaching Critical Thinking in Humanities and Social Studies
S Nikam
IN Patent 20,251,102,825 , 2025
2025
Do You Speak the Tongue that India’s Legal System Understands? A Study on the Role of English Proficiency in India’s Legal System: Impact on Lawyers, Clients and Judicial …
S Bhanushali, S Nikam
Literary Enigma: The Journal of English Language, Literature and Culture 1 … , 2025
2025
Silence as a Metaphor for the Sri Lankan Civil War in Anuk Arudpragasam’s The Story of a Brief Marriage
S Nikam, S Patil
Anhad Lok: A UGC CARE Listed Journal 11, 378-381 , 2025
2025
Themes and Perspectives in Postcolonial Literature
S Nikam
2025
Analysis of Wordsworth’s Poetry from an Environmental Perspective
S Nikam, N Sonar
Strad Research 11 (11), 68-74 , 2024
2024
Nature Writing and Conservation with Special Reference to Romantic Poetry: A Study
S Nikam, N Sonar
Strad Research 11 (10), 137-144 , 2024
2024
Manifestation of Collective Consciousness in A Passage North
S Nikam, S Patil
Sanshodhak: UGC CARE listed journal 21, 194-197 , 2024
2024
Politics of Conspiracy: Ideology, Surveillance and the Cold War in Don De’Lillo Libra
S Nikam, U Bagal
Educational Administration 30 (11), 2925-2933 , 2024
2024
A Study of Symbiotic Relationship between Media Responsibility and Media Ethics
S Nikam, N Sonar
Xidian University 18 (3), 1-9 , 2024
2024
Citations: 12
Eco-consciousness in Selected Wordsworth’s Nature Poetry
S Nikam, N Sonar
Infokara Research 12 (4), 27-34 , 2023
2023
Environmental Consciousness in Wordsworth’s Selected Poems: An Eco-critical Approach
S Nikam, N Sonar
Infokara Research 12 (4), 18-26 , 2023
2023
A Study of Symbiotic Relationship Between Media Responsibility and Media Ethics." Let noble thoughts come to us from every side." Rigveda
SV Nikam, SND Sonar
2022
Echoes of Fear: Postmodern Anxiety and the Death Consciousness in Don DeLillo’s White Noise
S Nikam, U Bagal
Kurdish Studies 10 (1), 590-594 , 2022
2022
INSTITUTIONALIZED RACISM: REPRESENTATION IN AUGUST WILSON’S PLAYS FENCES AND MA RAINEY’S BLACK BOTTOM
SV Nikam
2021
Spirituality and Religion in August Wilson’s The Piano Lesson
K Pimplikar, S Nikam
Purva Mimansa: Refereed Peer Reviewed Journal 12 (6), 89-96 , 2021
2021
Institutionalized Racism: Representation in August Wilson’s Plays Gences and Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
K Pimplikar, S Nikam
Anvesak: UGC Care Group 1 Journal 51 (1), 159-162 , 2021
2021

MOST CITED SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

From Ritual to Ruin: Satish Alekar’s Deluge and the Postmodern Indian Consciousness
S Nikam, B Shelake
International Journal of Psychosocial Rehabilitation 23 (6), 3003-3010 , 2019
2019
Citations: 49
Literary Echoes: Exploring Themes, Voices and Cultural Narratives
S Nikam
Chyren Publication , 2025
2025
Citations: 17
A Critique of Religion and Reason in William Golding's The Spire.
PM Chavan, SV Nikam
Labyrinth: An International Refereed Journal of Postmodern Studies 5 (4) , 2014
2014
Citations: 13
A Study of Symbiotic Relationship between Media Responsibility and Media Ethics
S Nikam, N Sonar
Xidian University 18 (3), 1-9 , 2024
2024
Citations: 12
A Study of Strategic Deployment of Supernatural and Non-supernatural Elements in Stephen King’s “Salem’s Lot”,„
V Nikam Sudhir, J Biraje Rajkiran
Infokara Research 8 (11), 37-51 , 2019
2019
Citations: 11
A Critical Study of Stephen King and Horror Fiction
S Nikam, R Biraje
International Journal of English Language, Literature in Humanities 7 (5 … , 2019
2019
Citations: 7
ARAVIND ADIGA'S BETWEEN THE ASSASSINATIONS: CHRONICLES OF ASPIRATION AND DISILLUSIONMENT.
S Nikam, M Nikam
Journal of Literature, Culture & Media Studies 3 , 2011
2011
Citations: 7
Smart English Reading and Listening Device for Classrooms
S Nikam, BD Kumar, A Baskaran, K Priya, S Murugan, R Vidya, ...
GB Patent 6,504,339 , 2026
2026
Literature in the Age of Reason: The Dialogue Between Art and Science in the Enlightenment Period
S Der, A Udayabanu, VW Lobo, A Rajkhowa, KB Glory, S Nikam, H Kumar
Scientific Culture 12 (1), 607-615 , 2026
2026
English Pronunciation Feedback Device
S Nikam, M Nikam
IN Patent 481940-001 , 2026
2026
AI Enabled Virtual Tutor for Teaching Critical Thinking in Humanities and Social Studies
S Nikam
IN Patent 20,251,102,825 , 2025
2025
Do You Speak the Tongue that India’s Legal System Understands? A Study on the Role of English Proficiency in India’s Legal System: Impact on Lawyers, Clients and Judicial …
S Bhanushali, S Nikam
Literary Enigma: The Journal of English Language, Literature and Culture 1 … , 2025
2025
Silence as a Metaphor for the Sri Lankan Civil War in Anuk Arudpragasam’s The Story of a Brief Marriage
S Nikam, S Patil
Anhad Lok: A UGC CARE Listed Journal 11, 378-381 , 2025
2025
Themes and Perspectives in Postcolonial Literature
S Nikam
2025
Analysis of Wordsworth’s Poetry from an Environmental Perspective
S Nikam, N Sonar
Strad Research 11 (11), 68-74 , 2024
2024
Nature Writing and Conservation with Special Reference to Romantic Poetry: A Study
S Nikam, N Sonar
Strad Research 11 (10), 137-144 , 2024
2024
Manifestation of Collective Consciousness in A Passage North
S Nikam, S Patil
Sanshodhak: UGC CARE listed journal 21, 194-197 , 2024
2024
Politics of Conspiracy: Ideology, Surveillance and the Cold War in Don De’Lillo Libra
S Nikam, U Bagal
Educational Administration 30 (11), 2925-2933 , 2024
2024
Eco-consciousness in Selected Wordsworth’s Nature Poetry
S Nikam, N Sonar
Infokara Research 12 (4), 27-34 , 2023
2023
Environmental Consciousness in Wordsworth’s Selected Poems: An Eco-critical Approach
S Nikam, N Sonar
Infokara Research 12 (4), 18-26 , 2023
2023

Publications

SCOPUS / WEB OF SCIENCE JOURNALS:
1. Sudhir Nikam “New Historicism: A Cultural Poetics” published in Literary Voice, Vol. 1, 2009, ISSN 2277-4521, pp. 30-36
2. Sudhir Nikam & Balaji Shelke “From Ritual to Ruin: Satish Alekar’s Deluge and the Postmodern Indian Consciousness” published in International Journal of Psychosocial Rehabilitation, Vol 23, Issue 6, 2019 ISSN 1475-7192 pp. 3003-3010
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3. Pankajkumar Damodar Patil & Sudhir Nikam “Beyond the immortality Act: Rehumanization and the Taboo Relationship in Andre Brink’s Novel An Instant in the Wind” published in Journal of Critical Reviews, Vol 7 Issue 18, 2020, ISSN 2394-5125, pp. 5141-5145
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4. Sudhir Nikam “The Politics of Selfhood: A Cross Theoretical Investigation of Power, Language and Identity in the Works of Shakespeare, Eliot, Arundhati Roy and Salman Rushdie” published in Journal of Critical Reviews, Vol 7 Issue 19, 2020, ISSN 2394-5125, pp. 13431-13436
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5. Sudhir Nikam & Balaji Shelke “From Ancestral Burden to Existential Dilemma: The Theatre of Disillusion in Satish Alekar’s Dynasts” published in Elementary Education Online, Vol 20 Issue 5, 2021, ISSN 1305-3515, pp. 9639-9648
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6. Sudhir Nikam & Nandkishor Sonar “The Role of Positive Thinking and Self Discipline in A