NIT Warangal

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Room No: Ground Floor, School of Management +91-870-2464184 rvennela@nitw.ac.in Bio Sketch

Key Notes

Journal(s): 5
Conference(s): 9
Book Chapter(s): 1
Text Book(s): 1
PhD: Current - 3

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PUBLICATIONS

3

DOCTORAL STUDENTS

5

PROJECTS

Research Areas

Bilingual education in India

Gender and/in language

History of English language learning and teaching in India

Language planning and policy in India

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EDUCATION QUALIFICATION

Degree	Institute	Year
Doctor of Philosophy	University of Hyderabad	2018

COURSES HANDLED

Course	L-T-P	Credit	Degree Level
English for Technical Communication(HS1161)	2-0-2	3	UG
Practical and Communicative Writing(HS1M03)	3-0-0	3	UG
Functional English - I(HS2161)	2-0-2	3	UG
Globalization and World Englishes(HSM03)	3-0-0	3	UG
English for Technical Communication(HS132)	2-0-2	3	UG

RESEARCH IDs

PUBLICATIONS

Journal(s)

English-Telugu bilingual pedagogic dictionary student resource book for low resource ESL contexts, By R. Vennela; G. Shashikala, Zenodo, Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International, vol., pp., 2026

Enumerating hierarchies: census data and the invisible Architecture of India’s Three Language Policy, By K. M. C. Kandharaja & R. Vennela, Taylor & Francis, Current Issues in Language Planning, vol., pp.1-20, 2025

Alternative forms of bilingual education in colonial India–a prologue to the methods era (1811-1920), By R. Vennela and Sunita Mishra, Taylor and Francis, Language and History, vol.66 (3), pp.242-264, 2023

Agentive responses: a study of students’ language attitudes towards the use of English in India, By R. Vennela & K. M. C. Kandharaja, Taylor and Francis, Current Issues in Language Planning, vol.22 (1-2), pp.243-263, 2021

Bilingual English teaching in colonial India: the case of John Murdoch’s work in Madras Presidency, 1855–1875, By R. Vennela and Richard Smith, Taylor and Francis, Language and History, vol.62, pp.96-118, 2019

Conference(s)

Preparing a school dictionary resource for low resource contexts: steps and challenges By R. Vennela, XX EURALEX Conference, 2022

Women in the History of Language Learning and Teaching By R. Vennela, HoLLT.net Online Colloquium , 2021

Own-language use in colonial India By R. Vennela and Richard Smith, HoLLTnet international meeting: 'Bi- /Multilingualism and the History of Language Learning and Teaching', 2018

The role of Christian Vernacular Education Society (CVES) in colonial Indian English language pedagogy (1855-1875) By R. Vennela, PhD Research Colloquium, 2017

English as an Indian language: A study of tertiary level students’ attitudes towards English in India By R. Vennela and K.M.C.Kandharaja, ICMME 2017, Organized by MultiLingNet, 2017

Revisiting the Three-Language Formula in India: Towards sustainable multilingual educational manoeuvres in the 21st century By R. Vennela and K. M. C. Kandharaja, Sustainable Multilingualism Conference, 2017

Grammatical Aspects of Anglo-Telugu grammars in 19th century India By R. Vennela, Onomastics Conference by Henry Sweet Society, 2016

Using Methodology: Ethnohistory and its relevance in studying English Language Education (ELE) IN 19th century British India By R. Vennela, Historical Sociolinguistics and Socio-Cultural Change conference (HiSoN), 2016

Empire in Grammar Books: A Study of English Language Textbooks in 19th century India By R. Vennela, MetaGramma conference, 2016

Text Book(s)

B.A./B.Com./B.Sc. Skill Enhancement Elective Course (SEE-2) Communication Skills, Second Year, Semester V (pp. 75-86) By R. Vennela (Published by: B.R. Ambedkar Open University), Textbook, 2019

Book Chapter(s)

Existential Humanities in Digital Communication, Social Media and Online Discourse By R. Vennela in Teaching and Learning English Language and Literature in India, Springer, Print and Hardcopy, 2026

PROJECT / CONSULTANCY

Sociolinguistic Analysis of Maternity and Childcare Leave Policies in Indian Higher Education Institutions

Role: Principal Investigator
Type: Research
Sponsor: ICSSR
Project Cost (INR): 8.66
Date of Commencement: 01-04-2025 Date of Completion: 31-03-2026
Duration: 11 Months
Status: Completed

Phase-II: Textbooks in Historical times: Reviewing the Status of Historical Explorations

Role: Principal Investigator
Type: Research
Sponsor: Hornby Trust, United Kingdom
Project Cost (INR): 8
Date of Commencement: 04-08-2023 Date of Completion: 31-12-2024
Duration: 16 Months
Status: Completed

Developing a Pilot English-Telugu bilingual pedagogic picture dictionary resource and teacher resource book for low resource ESL contexts

Role: Principal Investigator
Type: Research
Sponsor: Hornby Trust, United Kingdom
Project Cost (INR): 5.16
Date of Commencement: 28-07-2021 Date of Completion: 28-12-2023
Duration: 29 Months
Status: Completed

Phase-I: Textbooks in Historical times: Reviewing the Status of Historical Explorations

Role: Co-Principal Investigator
Type: Research
Sponsor: Hornby Trust, United Kingdom
Project Cost (INR): 10
Date of Commencement: 01-05-2021 Date of Completion: 31-07-2023
Duration: 26 Months
Status: Completed

Bilingual Teacher Talk: A Study of Telugu-medium Schools

Role: Principal Investigator
Type: Research
Sponsor: British Council
Project Cost (INR): 1.62
Date of Commencement: 01-03-2019 Date of Completion: 18-05-2020
Duration: 14 Months
Status: Completed

RESEARCH FELLOWS / PhD STUDENTS

Current PhD Students

Garima Sukhwal

Area of Research: Critical Genre Analysis, Discourse studies, Critical Digital Literacy

K. S. Ahima

Area of Research: South East Asian Literatures, Cultural History, Bio-politics in Texts, Postcolonial Literary Imagination, War Memories in Fiction

Takhe Pasha

Area of Research: Parental Role in Language Learning, Motivational Factors in English Language Teaching/Learning

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Last updated on March 23, 2026

Prof. R Vennela

Assistant Professor Gr-I

Department of Humanities and Social Sciences

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