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Arun Kumar Gupta is a Reader in the Department of English at the Tribhuvan University. He also writes weekly columns under the pen name Arun Gupto. He is Academic Director at the Institute of Advanced Communication, Education and Research at M. A. and M. Phil. (English) programs at the Pokhara University. Dr. Gupto did his Ph. D. from the Tribhuvan University in 1998. He obtained an M.A. (Engl. Lit.) from Drew University, NJ., USA, in 1994 and M.A. (Engl. Lit) at Tribhuvan University in 1984. He holds a Post-Grad Diploma (French) from the University of Calcutta in India (1980).

Dr. Gupto has a number of publications to his credit. These include: Critical and Creative Thinking. Eds,  SP Lohani, R Adhikari, A Subedi, Arun Gupta, Kathmandu: Educational Enterprises, 1998;“Goddesses of Kathmandu Valley” Dhaka:Jamini: An International Art Quarterly. February, 2005; “The Poetics of Experience: Ibsen, Buddhism and Performance”Ibsen Commemoration 2006, CAT, Dhaka, 2006; Understanding Literary Theory.  Kathmandu: Orchid, 2008; Essays on Western Intellectual Tradition. Eds. Shreedhar Lohani, Krishna Chandra Sharma, Arun Gupta, Ananda Sharma. Kathmandu: MK Publishers and Distributors, 2008; and Discourses on Literature and Culture, Kathmandu: Educational Enterprises, 2008.

Dr. Gupto’s research project includes a documentary film Art of the Lake (2007 – ). His academic papers are, among others, “Trends in English Education at Tribhuvan University” Contemporary British Writing Seminar, Lonavala, Bombay, September 3-6, 1996; “Manyness of Religions in America” American Studies Conference, December 4-5, 1996, Dhaka; “Cha’s Dictee – Theorizing Woman’s Writing – Poiesis as Dance” September 25-26, 2003, Seminar on Women and American Society. Shantiniketan, India; “Poetics of Experience:  Ibsen, Buddhism and Performance” International Ibsen Conference.  Dhaka, 11-12 May, 2006; Rapporteur for “International Conference on SAARC fourteenth Summit and Beyond” May, 2007, New Delhi; “Concept paper on South Asian Studies/ Nepal Round Table I & II,” Kathmandu, April – May, 2008; “Tirtha Package and Trekking Baggage: Journeys into Natural Spaces through Maoist Check Posts” at the International conference on ‘On the Road: Writing Travel and Travellers’, the Centre for Advanced Studies, Department of English, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, November 8-9, 2008.

Dr. Gupto’s interest in interdisciplinary studies encompasses media and communications. His doctoral research related with the theories of communication and arts. He has taught media studies, cultural studies and human communication courses at Tribhuvan University and Pokhara University. He has remained engaged with various pedagogic orientation programs and syllabi design for interdisciplinary courses. His art documentary project is cross disciplinary in nature ranging from environmental, feminist to humanistic discourses.

Dr. Gupto speaks fluent English, Nepali, Bengali, Hindi, Awadhi and has working knowledge of Urdu and French.

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