Vahini Billu

To work with a reputed institution as an Assistant professor, that will provide me a good platform to utilize my teaching & research skills and will help me to grow my career. Passionate about fostering academic development and success for every student.

• English Language Teachers’ Interaction Forum (ELTIF)
• Folklore Association of South Indian Languages (FOSSILS)

• UGC-NET JRF (National Eligibility Test), 2015, Folk Culture Studies
• AP SET (Andhra Pradesh state eligibility test), 2012, English Literature

• Father's Name: Venkateswara Rao
• Mother's Name: Nagendra Mani
• Date of Birth: 06/06/89
• Gender: Female
• Nationality: Indian
• Marital Status: Married

• Oral Expressions and Ritual Process of the Fishermen Community: A Study of Kola Sambaram, Globalizing South Asian Regional Literature: Social and Cultural Perspectives, Centre for Comparative Literature, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, 09/14/2022, 09/16/2022
• Oral Narratives and the Cultural Identity of Fisher folk from Emic Perspective, Interdisciplinary Studies of Literature and Culture, Department of English, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, 03/14/2019, 03/16/2019
• Folk Songs of Fishermen Community from East Godavari district, Fossils 26th National conference, University of Calicut, Calicut, 02/22/2019, 02/24/2019
• Oral Folk Narratives in Enhancing The Pedagogy of Language Learning, National conference- Cum-Workshops, RIESI Bengaluru & ELTIF, Bengaluru, 12/28/2018, 12/30/2018
• The Tribal Self: ‘Ennela Navvu’ as Mirror of Yanadi Culture, National seminar on Exploring The Self: Autobiography in the Indian Context, Centre for Comparative Literature, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, 09/15/2016, 09/16/2016
• Social Deformity in Untouchable- Mulk Raj Anand, Seminar on Indian Writing in English, Department of English, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, 03/29/2010, 03/29/2010
• Katherine Anne Porter‘s “Symbol and Theme in Flowering Judas”, One day seminar on American Literature, Department of English, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, 03/22/2011, 03/22/2011

• Workshop, Research Methodology in Linguistics and Translation Studies, Centre for Applied Linguistics and Translation Studies, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, 02/10/2012, 02/11/2012
• Seminar, Andhra University Academic Exhibition-2011, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, 02/12/2011, 02/16/2011

• Oral Narratives As A Pedagogic Tool For Language Learning In Indian Context, Think India Journal, 22, 10, 2019, 7065-71, https://journals.eduindex.org/index.php/think-india/article/view/11936
• Oral Narratives and the Cultural Identity of Fisher Folk from Emic Perspective, Lokaratna, XV, 1, 2022, 74–85, http://www.oralliterature.org/collaborations/lokaratna/Lokaratna_15_2.pdf

• Reading
• Writing