
Ms Saranya (肖兰雅 )
Visiting Faculty- Chinese Mandarin
Ms Saranya is a Visiting Faculty in the School of Languages, KIIT Deemed to be University, India for Chinese Language and Culture. She is pursuing her PhD at the Centre for Chinese and South-East Asian Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. She has completed her Bachelors and Masters in Chinese language from the same university. She was awarded a Confucius Institute Scholarship to pursue an Advanced Diploma in Teaching Chinese to Speakers of Other Languages at Tianjin University, China. Her research interests include domestic politics of China, Sino-Indian ties, Sino-US relations and Indo-Pacific.

Mr Rajesh Kumar (라제쉬)
Visiting Faculty- Korean
Mr. Rajesh Kumar is a Visiting Faculty in the School of Languages, KIIT Deemed to be University, India for Korean Language and Culture. He has completed his Bachelors and Masters from the Centre for Korean studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. He has completed his course work for the award of PhD in Korean Modern Literature from Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea. He is the recipient of the prestigious Global Korea Scholarship. He holds an advanced level-6 of Test of Proficiency in Korean (TOPIK). He has a vast experience of teaching, translation and interpretation for various national and International organizations including the Ministry of Justice, Republic of Korea.

Ms Tanwishree Patra
Visiting Faculty- Spanish
Ms. Tanwishree is a visiting faculty in the school of Languages, KIIT Deemed to be University, India for Spanish language, and Hispanic culture. She is finishing her PhD at the Centre for Spanish, Portuguese, Italian and Latin American Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi. She has completed her Bachelors in English from the English and Foreign Languages University (EFLU), Shillong and Masters & M.Phil. in Spanish from JNU. She holds NET-JRF in Spanish. She was awarded the ELE Asia Plus scholarship by the government of Colombia, to be trained in language and culture. She has been teaching Spanish for more than seven years. She has served as a Guest Faculty at Doon University and Delhi University. She has been a visiting faculty at Mumbai University. She also has served as a counsellor at IGNOU.

Ms Neetu Jain
Visiting Faculty- Japanese
Ms. Neetu Jain is a visiting faculty for the Japanese language at the School of Languages, KIIT, Deemed to be University. She is JLPT N3 qualified and is a certified Japanese language trainer by Japan Foundation, New Delhi and Embassy of Japan in India. She has recently completed an advanced N2 level course from NEC Japanese Language Academy, New Delhi. Besides, she actively participates in several teacher training courses organized by the Japan Foundation, the Embassy of Japan, and JNU, New Delhi. She is a recipient of the JENESYS award, which promotes Japanese cultural learning in East Asia. Ms. Jain is an MBA (IT & HRD) from Banasthali Vidyapith, Rajasthan.

Ms Amrita Chhotaroy
Visiting Faculty- English & Softskills
Ms Amrita Chhotaroy is a Visiting Faculty in the School of Languages, KIIT Deemed to be University for English Language Training and Soft Skills Development. She has more than 20 years of training experience in Corporate and University in preparing, designing and delivering course modules on Communicative English, Business English, Voice and Accent Training, Effective Communication Skills, Phonetics, ELT, TESOL, Phonetics, IELTS/TOEFL Training, Career Advisory, Personality Development, Train-the-Trainers etc. She is a British Council Certified IELTS Trainer. She has studied M.A. and M.Phil. in Linguistics and ELT and is currently pursuing Ph.D. in English.

Mr Asit Swarnakar
Visiting Faculty- Spanish
Mr Asit Swarnakar is a Visiting Faculty in the School of Languages, KIIT Deemed to be University for Spanish Language Training and Proficiency Development. He has over a decade long professional experience in corporate and academic institutions where he was involved in training, translation and interpretation activities in association HCL Technologies, IBM India, WIPRO, Amity University, KIIT International School. Mr Swarnakar has studied M. A. in Spanish from Department of Germanic and Romance Studies, Delhi University, New Delhi.

Ms Prajna De Nandi
Visiting Faculty- Japanese
Ms Prajna De Nandi is a Visiting Faculty in the School of Languages, KIIT Deemed to be University for Japanese Language Training and Proficiency Development. She has studied Japanese from the School of Languages, Ramkrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Kolkata. She has cleared the N5 & N4 levels of Japanese Language Proficiency Test (JLPT) of The Japan Foundation, New Delhi. She has done her M. A. ( Geography) from Viswa Bharti University. Presently, she teaches Japanese at KIIT International School.

Ms Sally Saleh
Visiting Faculty- Arabic
Ms Sally Saleh is a Visiting Faculty in the School of Languages, KIIT Deemed to be University for Arabic Language Training and Proficiency Development. She is a native Arabic speaker from Syria with more than five years of teaching experience. She has studied M.B.A. from KIIT School of Management, Bhubaneswar, India.

Ms Suchismita Bastia
Visiting Faculty- English & IELTS Preparatory
Ms Suchismita Bastia is a Visiting Faculty in the School of Languages, KIIT Deemed to be University for English Language Training and IELTS Preparatory Course. She has 16 years of experience in English Language Teaching, Corporate Training and Content development. She is a British Council Certified IELTS Trainer. She studied M.A. and M.Phil. in English with ‘Linguistics and English Language Teaching (ELT). Current she is pursuing Ph.D. in ELT.

Dr. Priyabrata Mishra
Guest Faculty (Sanskrit)
Dr. Priyabrata Mishra is the Guest Faculty (Sanskrit) at the KIIT School of Languages. He has over 11 years of experience in teaching Sanskrit at reputed Govt. Institutions. Currently, he is working as Associate Professor and HoD (Vyakarana) in Shree Jagannath Sanskrit University, Puri. Earlier he was associated with Adarsh Sanskrit Mahavidyalaya, Darbhanga (Bihar) as Assistant Professor in Sanskrit (Grammar) and also taught at K.J.Somaiya Sanskrit Vidyapeeth, Mumbai. He is Vyakaranacharya (M.A in Sanskrit), Ph.D (Sanskrit Vyakarana), B.Ed, NET-JRF (June 2009) qualified. He has published 40 Research Papers in National & International Journals along with 5 books with ISBN number. He is Editor of Pratna Kirti research journal (A peer-reviewed half yearly journal) and Associate editor of UGC care listed journal “Vyasa Sri”. He was awarded Gold Medal from Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan for securing 1st rank in Acharya (M.A) Examination 2009.

Mr Dupukuntla Rameshbhushan
Guest Faculty (Telugu)
Mr Rameshbhushan is the Guest Faculty (Telugu) at the KIIT School of Languages. He has over 20 years of experience in linguistic research, documentation and teaching of Telugu and tribal languages. He is associated with Central Institute of Indian Languages (CIIL), Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India, Mysuru for more than a decade now. At CIIL, he was initially involved with Southern Regional Language Centre in research and teaching Telugu as Second Language at Basic, Intermediate and Advanced levels with Telugu Phonetics and Phonology, Structure of Language, Texts & specially focusing on LSRW. Later on he started working as a Senior Resource Person for the project titled Scheme for Protection and Preservation of Endangered Languages (SPPEL) to document the endangered languages and cultures of India under the supervision of CIIL. He also worked at the Tribal Cultural Research and Training Institute and Directorate of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyaan, Government of Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad. He studied M.A. (Linguistics) from Osmania University, Hyderabad and currently under-going Ph.D. in Linguistics University of Mysore, Karnataka.

Dr. S. Tamilselvam
Guest Faculty (Tamil)
Dr. S. Tamilselvam is Guest Faculty (Tamil) at the KIIT School of Languages. He is teaching Tamil Language & Literature to Non-Native Speakers as Second Language at the Central Institute of Indian Languages (CIIL), Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Education, Government of India, located at Mysuru from 01st July 2009 to till date. He has completed his Ph.D and M.Phil in Tamil University, Thanjavur, Tamilnadu. He has completed his B.Ed at Tamilnadu Teachers Education University (TNTEU), Tamilnadu. He has trained more number of foreign trainees and IAS officers in Tamil Language. His area of interest is Tamil Language Teaching as Second Language (L2). He has Completed National Eligibility Test (NET) for Lectureship in 2007. He has good language proficiency in Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, English and manageable proficiency in Telugu & Hindi. He has made Malayalam-English-Tamil Dictionary (ISBN No.81-7342-014-9) and Tamil-English-Malayalam Dictionary(ISBN No.81-7342-015-7)