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Dr Maheshwar Kumar

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Assistant Professor (Grade-II), Birla School of Management
Birla Global University

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  • Cultural studies

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Theatre and Performance Research Association

2025
Member

Performance Studies International

2024
Member

Association for Asian Studies

2024
Member

United Indian Anthropology Forum

2023
Member

Dance Studies Association

2023
Member

International Dance Council- CID UNESCO

2023
Member

International Federation for Theatre Research

2021
Member

Bio

Maheshwar Kumar holds a PhD from the National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER) Bhubaneswar, an Off-Centre Campus of Homi Bhabha National Institute (HBNI), under the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE), India. His PhD thesis is entitled- “Performance as Cultural Text: Defamiliarizing the Performing Art Tradition of Purulia Chhau.” His current research articles have been published in Performance Research (Taylor & Francis), The Oriental Anthropologist (Sage), and Asian Anthropolog

Personal Details

  • Male
  • Assistant Professor (Grade-II) , Birla Global University
  • Mahura, Odisha, India
Ph.D
Other Institute 2024
M.A.
Banaras Hindu University 2018
B.A. HONOURS
Other Institute 2016
Assistant Professor (Grade-II) Aug 2025 – Present
Birla Global University | Birla School of Management
Assistant Professor (Grade-II) Apr 2024 – Dec 2024
CV Raman College of Engineering (CVRCE), Bhubaneswar | Humanities and Social Sciences

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Scholarly Publications

Folk Drama and the Performing Art Tradition of Purulia Chhau

Open Access
book chapter
Authors: Kumar, Maheshwar

Ritual, Performance and Spirituality: Revisiting the Performative Cultures of Chaitra Parva and Purulia Chhau in West Bengal

Open Access
Article

Performance as cultural text: defamiliarizing the performing art tradition of Purulia Chhau

Open Access
article

New Normal, Cultural Shifting and Intellectual Property Rights: An Anthropological Appraisal of Purulia Chhau Dance

Open Access
article
Authors: Kumar, M., Nayak, A., & Swain, P. K.

Cultures of Orality and Performativity in the Performing Art Tradition of Purulia Chhau

Open Access
article

Habit as Restored Behaviour in Purulia Chhau: A vignette

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article