Sarala Krishnamurthy

Professor Sarala Krishnamurthy serves as Professor and Director in the Department of Communication and Languages at the Namibia University of Science and Technology (NUST). She is affiliated with the Faculty of Commerce, Human Sciences and Education, one of NUST's four main faculties.

Her educational background includes:

• PG. Dip in Teaching of English
• B.Sc.
• M.A. in English
• PhD in Stylistics & African Literature (Bangalore)
• OET (Institute of London)

Professor Krishnamurthy's research focuses on Post-colonial Literature, Genocide Studies, Gender Studies, Indigenous Language and Culture revitalization, and Stylistics. She has demonstrated significant expertise in preserving and promoting indigenous knowledge systems and addressing historical injustices through her research.

She has received funding for multiple significant research projects including the P3ICL project (Protect, preserve and promote Indigenous Culture and Language, EU funded), HGSN (Herero Genocide Survivor Narratives, funded by Basler Afrika Bibliographien, Switzerland), International Corpus of English: Namibia (funded by NCRST), SPEN project (Spoken English of Namibia, funded by IRPC, NUST), and the Nama Genocide Survivor Narratives project (2022-2023, funded by Basler Afrika).

Her scholarly contributions include three books and over 50 international peer-reviewed publications in journals and book chapters.

Professor Krishnamurthy has supervised 9 PhDs, 12 MPhils, 8 Masters, and 20 Honours students, demonstrating her commitment to academic mentorship.

She teaches Master's level courses including World Literature Written in English (WLWE 911S), Advanced Literary and Critical Theory (ALC 921S), and Popular Literature (PLT 911S) in the Masters of English and Applied Linguistics programme.

Her community engagement includes:

• Serving on the Editorial Boards of 2 International journals based in UK and USA
• Chairperson of the Literature Committee of the National Arts Council in the Ministry of Education
• Member of the Adjudication Panel for Namibian drama (National Theatre of Namibia for 18 years)
• Member of the Evaluation panel for disbursement of funding for the Arts (National Arts Council)