Biography
Dr. Murali Krishna Mallepaku is Assistant Professor (Senior Scale) in the School of Educational Studies. Dr. Murali Krishna got his academic qualifications in Social Sciences, English Language Education, Literature and Interdisciplinary Studies. He teaches courses in the stream of Education for Bachelors, Masters and Research students. Dr. Murali Krishna developed the Centre for English Language and Development that offers customized non-credited short term and full term modular courses to nurture academic English competence and mentors students joining social science stream with diverse regional, social and educational experiences. He received his MA and M.Phil from CIEFL, Hyderabad. His M.Phil. research grounded in auto-ethnographic study of dalit education is a first of its kind to focus on schooling and higher education of working class first generation dalits. This study interrogates the educational theory from margins. He received his PhD from University of Hyderabad for his research on Dalit autobiography as historical document of emancipatory politics in India. He was an ICSSR-CSDS institutional doctoral fellow (2005-2008) at Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, Delhi. Murali Krishna works towards building responsive systems to deliver social justice through dialogue for enriching academic experiences and diversity in the arena of higher education. Murali Krishna served as the Chairperson, Social Protection Cell; Convener, SC, ST and Equal Opportunities Cell; Chairperson, Academic Programmes and Convener, Examination Cell, at TISS Hyderabad Campus. Before joining TISS, Murali Krishna taught at Delhi University and Ambedkar University, Delhi (AUD). Currently, he is involved in a series of research projects concerning migrant workers during the COVID-19 crisis.