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RAJKUMAR ELIGEDI

Rajkumar Eligedi (born June 19, 1986)is a research scholar in the department of Translation Studies at The English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad, India. For his PhD he is studying the Role of Translation in shaping a society through the introduction of new ideas with reference to Feminism in the Telugu Context. he presented research papers in NEMLA convention, USA and University of Stuttgart, Germany.

Early life and education

Rajkumar Eligedi was born in Karimnagar, Andhra Pradesh, India to Bagyalaxmi and Murali, who run a tea shop. he went to Government school in Karimnagar. he studied Graduation in Kakatiya University and Masters from Osmania University.

Career

As Researcher

As a Researcher Rajkumar's focus is mainly on Feminism, Translation and Gender and Caste. He Presented a research paper in the 11th annual ASNEL/GNEL conference, “Just Politics? Postcolonial Ecocriticism between Imagination and Occupation,” between September 2-6, 2013 at Potsdam University, Germany. It is sponsored by German Academic Exchange Programme (DAAD) and University of Potsdam. His paper is on “Translating Dalit Feminism in Andhra Pradesh”. It discusses the Telugu Dalit Feminism with a focus on Telugu Dalit Feminist writers.

He also Presented a research paper at an International Conference on “Intersection between History of Ideas and Translation Historiography: Feminism in Telugu Context” at 43rd Annual NeMLA Convention (North Eastern Modern Languages Association) between 14-18,March 2013, Rochester,New York and Presented another paper on Women Representation in India in Fridel, University of Stuttgart on May 18, 2012. He worked on his Ph.D project at Institute of English and American Studies, Technische Universität Dresden (TUD), Germany for one semester (from April – September 2012) under the Student Exchange Program between EFL-U and TUD Sponsored by Government of India and DAAD.