Bijo N Mathew joined the Department of English in 2011. He received his Masters in English Language and Literature from St. Joseph’s College, Devagiri and completed B.Ed in English from P K M College of Education, Kannur University. He has more than 12 years of teaching experience. Currently he is pursuing PhD on “Transcending Banality: A Postcolonial Cultural Critique of Select Indian Novels.” He has completed a minor research project on “Altering Alterity: Speaking Subaltern Self in Theyyam.”