Aarti Wani is Professor of English and Head, Department of English at the Symbiosis College of Arts and Commerce, Pune. She is the founding co-editor and currently lead editor of the international peer-reviewed journal Studies in South Asian Film and Media published by Intellect Books, Bristol. Her writings on cinema have featured in Film International, Economic and Political Weekly and online. Her book The Fantasy of Modernity: Romantic Love in Bombay Cinema of the 1950s (2016) has been published by the Cambridge University Press. Her research interests are in Hindi and Marathi cinema, literary criticism, culture studies, gender and modernity.

Dr. Hilda David is an Associate Professor of English. She has 26 years of teaching experience. She teaches for undergraduate, postgraduate, liberal arts and life skills (Honours). She teaches variety of subjects from drama to Indian Literature, Contemporary World Literature to Creative Writing. She is a recognized Ph.D. guide at Symbiosis International University. She has authored three novels and edited a book of essays - India Diversity with Francis Jarman (Germany). She has published papers in national and international journals. She is in-charge of Symbiosis Centre for Liberal Arts. She is an active member of SSIP, International Initiatives and Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat and her passion for theatre has made her direct several plays. Her interests are in creative writing, theatre and innovative thinking.

Mr Anil Adagale has more than 15 years of teaching experience. He teaches various courses in English for B. A. , B. Com. & M. A. He has been designated as Secretary, Academic Council. He has also been working as Co-ordinator, Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC). Mr. Adagale has completed a minor research project entitled “The Study of Dalit Women in Slums of Pune” under UGC. He has published various Research articles in national & international journals and presented research papers in various national and international conferences. At present, he is pursuing his Ph.D in the area Dalit Literature in Savitribai Phule Pune University.

Dr. Shweta K. Kapoor is an assistant professor in the department of English, Symbiosis College of Arts & Commerce, Pune. She was awarded PhD in 2018 for her thesis titled Staging “Terror” in Harold Pinter’s Plays: A Study Based on The Room, The Dumb Waiter, The Birthday Party, The Caretaker, and The Homecoming. She Qualified UGC NET in 2012. She has four years of teaching experience of both Graduate and Post graduate students. She is a theatre enthusiast specialising in absurd theatre and theatrical analysis of theatre. She is currently researching on Ritual Theatres of Maharashtra. She has attended several conferences and has even published her research work in International Journal. She is also a life member of Balwant Parekh Centre for General Semantics and other Human Sciences, Vadodara, Gujarat.

Dr. Subarna Bhattacharya is Assistant Professor in the Department of English, Symbiosis College of Arts and Commerce, Pune. She has more than 7 years of experience in undergraduate college teaching in the departments of English, in Calcutta and Pune. Her reading and research interests are English literary studies, travel literatures, travel writing studies, women’s writing, and feminist studies. Her doctoral dissertation was in the area of British travel writing of the 1930s. She also has teaching experience in the fields of English language skills, communication skills and soft skills. She conducts English communication skills courses in the Centre for Skill Development, SCAC.