Anusha's doctoral thesis was in the domain of Assessment and Evaluation. She focused on Rater Differences in Assessment of Subjective Answers in Higher Education Institutions. 

She also has researched subaltern literatures. Her MPhil Thesis dealt with Rewritings of the Indian Classical text: The Mahabharata. She also has researched other Indian writings in the course of her career. 

As a research assistant, she has been involved in extensively researching Canadian Literatures and Culture. 

She has mentored and guided several student at the post graduate level in the domains of Literature studies, Langauge Teaching and Material Design and Development and Business Studies. Several of her students have won competitions, published articles and white papers and gone on to pursue doctoral studies based on the research they have done under her. 

She also has worked as a research assistant and explored Film Studies across genres and geographies. 

She has partaken in field trials and studies for the Connected Learning Initiative English modules, in Reflective Teaching with ICT pilot testing, and design improvements and such other activities for her Centre. 

She was a core team member for the Centrally Sponsored Scheme for Teacher Education Evaluation study conducted in 2018 and for the School Management Committee Report commissioned by Save the Children in 2019. She has led a teacher-evaluation study of English Language Teachers across four states - Chhattisgarh, Mizoram, Rajasthan and Telangana - with respect to the continuous professional development programme. 

She has guided students on varied topics from The Business of Art in the Informal Sector, The Scope for Critical Thinking based Education, Budgets in Zilla Parishad Schools, Teacher Preparedness for Constructive Language Classrooms, Enabling Action Research among Teachers, Textbook Evaluation and so on. 

She has been a part of the research and authoring teams of UNESCO State of Education Report - India 2021 - No Teacher, No Class. (See -https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000379115) 

She was Co-PI of Impact Evaluation and Content Review of Library Educator's Course run by Parag.

Her current work focuses her attention on researching Online and Distance Education, Teacher Professional Development, Language Teaching, Policy and Practice, Technology-enabled Learning and Assessment.

She is currently involved in: 

• Shala Granthalaya chi Ghosti (The Story of School Libraries in Maharashtra) a UNICEF funded study to assess the status of school libraries in government elementary schools in Maharashtra (PI)
• Assessment of National Initiatives for School Heads’ and Teachers’ Holistic Advancement (NISHTHA) Training in Telangana. (PI)
• UNESCO GEM 2023 - Background Research South Asia - Regional Trends in State-led Digital Content Efforts for School Education 
• LiSTEn - Longitudinal Study in Teacher Education - as part of the language pedagogy specific aspects. 
• CLIx Phase 2.0 minor research studies. (Co-PI)
• Critical Humanities and Liberal Arts (Co-PI)
• Literacies in varied ecological contexts in spaces of conflict in the northeast. 

SELECT PUBLICATIONS

Mulla, S., Thirumalai, B. & Ramanathan, A. (2023). State initiatives and innovations in technology enabled content for school education in South Asia: examining aspects of access, equity, inclusion and quality. Background paper prepared for the Global Education Monitoring Report: Technology in education. UNESCO. https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000386084.locale=en 

Ramanathan, A. (2022). Use of Artificial Intelligence in Education. Shiksha Parv - Digital technologies and Education, Special Issue. September-December 2022. ISSN: 2231-0509 Retrieved from https://itforchange.net/sites/default/files/2251/Shiksha%20Vimarsh%20Special%20Isue%20on%20Education%20and%20Technology%20-%20Digantar%20and%20ITfC%20.pdf 

Abrol, B & Ramanathan, A.(January 2022). "5 Points on Why We Need Robust Teacher Professional Development Programmes." BWEducation. Business World. 03 Janaury 2022. Retrieved from http://bweducation.businessworld.in/article/5-Points-On-Why-We-Need-Robust-Teacher-Professional-Development-Programmes/03-01-2022-416472/  

Sarangapani, P., Thirumalai, B., Ramanathan, A., Kumar, R. and Ramchand, M. (2021). No Teacher, No Class: UNESCO State of the Education Report—India, 2021. UNESCO. https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000379115

Jayendran, N., Ramanathan, A., and Nagpal, S. (2021). Language Education: Teaching English in India. Routledge. ISBN 9780367515492 https://www.routledge.com/Language-Education-Teaching-English-in-India/Jayendran-Ramanathan-Nagpal/p/book/9780367515492

Nawani, D., Ramanathan, A., Pandey, R. and Burman, P. (November 2021). Library Educator's Course: LEC Hindi Content Review and Impact Evaluation Report. TISS. 

Thirumalai, B., Ramanathan, A., Charania, A., and Stump, G. (2019). Designing for Technology-Enabled Reflective Practice: Teachers’ Voices on Participating in a Connected Learning Practice.' In Setty, R., Iyengar, R., Witenstein, M., Byker, E., Kidwai, H. (eds) Teaching and Teacher Education. South Asian Education Policy, Research, and Practice. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. Print ISBN: 978-3-030-26878-7. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-26879-4_11 

Singh, A.K., Jatin, G., Balli, O., Dhakulkar, A., Sharma, P., Rai,S. and Ramanathan, A. (September 2019). State of School Management Committees: A Study of SMCs in Four States of India. TISS.

Ramanathan, A. (2019).'Need for Intervention in Assessment: Rater Training', Journal of Emerging Technologies and Emerging Research. www.jetir.org. pp. 709-14. ISSN-2349-5162

Ramanathan, A. and Das, P. (2018). ‘Teaching Language through Literature’ in LangLit. Vol 5. Issue 1. www.langlit.org. (Aug 2018). pp 385-389. ISSN-2349-5189. Retrieved from http://langlit.org/langlit-current-issue/

Jayendran, N. and Ramanathan, A. (2018). ‘The Value of Stories in English Language Learning.’ “The Value of Story-Making Activities in the English Classroom”. Language and Language Teaching Vol 7, No 1, Issue 13. January 2018. pp 47-51. Retrieved from http://sgsmt.yojaks.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Language-and-Language-Teaching-Jan-2018-pdf.io-9.pdf 

Jayendran, N., Murali, L. Ramanathan, A., Thomas, J., Bhonsale, S., Nagpal, S. and Kulkarni, M. (2018). ‘Task Complexity, Peer Interaction and Learner Autonomy: A Case Study’. International Journal of Language, Literature, Culture and Education, Issue 1. (2018). Retrieved from http://icsai.org/ijllce/archive/2018/issue1/ijllce-068.html 

Co-author: Evaluation of Centrally Sponsored Scheme on Teacher Education in States and UTs: Report. Mumbai: Tata Institute of Social Sciences. (October 2017).

Ramanathan, A. Rosenheck, L. and Jayendran, N. (2016). ‘The CLIx English Open Story Tool: Reflections on Design.’ Paper presented in LINC 2016 7th Conference Proceedings, Digital Inclusion: Transforming Education through Technology. Cambridge: Office of Digital Learning, MIT. (2016) pp 199-208. Retrieved from: https://linc2016.mit.edu/files/2016/08/LINC-Proceedings-2016-1.pdf 

Ramanathan, A. (2014). ‘Map me (K)not: Do we really understand reality as it is, or do we construct as we are trained to?’ in General Semantics: A Critical Companion edited by Deepa Mishra. Delhi: Pencraft International (2014). pp 182-192.

DIGITAL RESOURCES

Co-designed and developed CLIx English Modules (https://clixoer.tiss.edu)

Co-designed, developed and facilitated MOOC and Blended Learning Courses for Reflective Teaching with ICT (RTICT) for in-service teachers (https://www.tissx.tiss.edu)

• C-01: Digital Competencies for School Education (English and Hindi) 
• S-01a: Communicative English Language Teaching (Strategies) 
• S-01b: Communicative English Language Teaching (Interplay of Materials and Learning)
• E-04: Designing Learning Experiences for the English Language Classroom     
• E-08: Mentoring for Teacher Professional Development

Co-designed and developed Blended Learning Courses for MA Education for Teacher Educators in Afghanistan (MA TEMP)

•     CC-5: Introduction to Assessment and Evaluation
•     OCP-1: First Language Pedagogy
•     OCP-10: Teaching of English (as a Second and Foreign Language)

Co-author of CLIx Guidebook  

https://clixguidebook.tiss.edu/books/clix-guidebook/page/index.

Awards and Achievements 

• Recipient of UGC-UKEIRI-India-to-UK Faculty Award 2015-16.
• Co-author of proposal, presentation and report sent to Open Education Consortium which won CLIx the Open Collaboration Award for Excellence 2019. 
• Judge, Key Note Speaker, Key Resource Person and/or Panelist at various events, seminars, conferences and workshops.

Membership

• Member, ELT@I: The English Language Teachers' Association of India (ELTAI) is the largest network of Teachers of English in India (An Associate of IATEFL, UK ) and provides for the continuous professional development of its members by periodically organizing seminars and workshops for them.

• Member, CESI: The Comparative Education Society of India was established in 1979 and admitted to the World Council of Comparative Education Societies (WCCES) in 1980.

 State Level Engagement

1. Member: State Ed-Tech Innovation Committee - Chhattisgarh
2. Member: State Focus Group: Position Paper on Teaching of English

 Member: Board of Studies (English)

1. SIES College of Commerce and Economics
2. SIES College of Arts, Commerce and Science
3. Mithibai College
4. KJ Somaiya College of Arts
5. RADV College
6. Bedekar College

Member: Syllabus Committee (Outside of TISS)

• Certificate and Diploma Courses: University of Mumbai

            (a) Functional Proficiency in English
            (b) Professional Profeciency in English
            (c) Understanding Literature and Cinematic Texts for Children upto 7 years
            (d) Understanding Literature and Cinematic Texts for Children from 8 to 15 years
            (e) Diploma in Digital Humanities
            (f) P.G.Diploma in Cyber Security Law and Forensics (PGDCSLF) (Special Executive Development Program)

• MA ELT: University of Mumbai

• MA English Research with Hons: University of Mumbai

• MA English: KJ Somaiya College of Arts

• PhD Applied Language Studies (English), University of Mumbai

Convenor Syllabus Committee (Outside of TISS)

• MA English - Teaching of English and Literature - Babasaheb Ambedkar University
• MA English - Linguistic and Stylistic Analysis - KJ Somaiya College of Arts

Design and Development 

• Co-design and deploy courses for Reflective Teaching with ICT programme (Focus Areas: Language Education, Mentoring, ICT in Education, Assessment). (since 2017)
• Co-designed and developed tools, lessons and modules for CLIx English. (2015-2017)
• Co-designed curriculum for BEd English Language Specialisation courses. (2016)
• Designing Staff Training Programmes at TISS (2014).
• Co-designed curriculum for Self-Financing Certificate Courses for Proficiency in English and Children’s Literature (2012)
• Designed and deployed ‘Language Enhancement Classes’ for post graduate, MPhil and PhD students at Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Deonar – 88 (2005 - 2016)

Coordination and Organisation 

• Coordinate academic aspects of TISSx, an Open edX based MOOC platform) 
• Co-coordinate TPD-Implementation for CLIx (since 2016)
• Coordinated Course on Assessments in English Language Teaching conducted by King's College, London under the UGC-UKEIRI collaboration between the Tata Institute of Social Sciences and KCL. (April-July 2017).
• Coordinated with PrathamBooks StoryWeaver Team for CLIx English Modules development materials. (2016 onwards)
• Coordinated and was instructor for ‘Language Enhancement Classes’ for post graduate, MPhil and PhD students at Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Deonar – 88 (2005-2016)
• Coordinated Self-Financing Certificate Courses for Proficiency in English, Department of English, University of Mumbai (2014-16)
• Coordinated Staff Training Programmes at TISS (2014).
• Coordinated BMM Department at Bunts Anna Leela College of Commerce and Economics, Kurla (2010-11)

Research 

• Lead TPD English Research into Teacher Beliefs and Practices.

• Worked as part of the Research and Authoring Team of State of Education Report - India, 2021 commissioned by UNESCO. (2021). 
• Co-designed and led study on Content Review and Impact Evaluation of Library Educators' Course (Hindi) run by Parag. The study was commissioned by Tata Trusts. 
• Co-designed and led study on Teacher Perspectives on Online Learning for Self and Professional Development. (March - May 2019)

• Worked as part of CEIAR Team on a national study of School Management Committees commissioned by Save the Children. (2019)

• Worked as part of CEIAR Team on a national evaluative report of the CSSTE (Centrally Sponsored Scheme for Teacher Education) scheme. I was part of the report writing team in generating a consolidated analysis of the findings of the functioning of TE institutes in 11 States and 2 UTs in India based on field survey conducted across 91 institutions from June-August 2017.

• Co-designed student baseline and midline tools for CLIx English. (2015-17)

• Co-designed and co-analysed teacher baseline, midline and endline tools for CLIx English. (2016-18)

• Co-designed, developed and deployed field trials for CLIx English tools and lessons (2015-16)

• Designed and conducted study and presented findings of a 2-month Research Project on ‘Effectiveness of Moodle and the evaluation of the Distance Period’, MA Education (Elementary), TISS, Deonar – 88. (Oct – Nov 2008)

Anusha has extensive teaching experience across a diverse range of cohorts. 

She currently teaches students of MA Education, BEd-MEd and MA Education for Teacher Educators at the postgraduate level. Her subjects include Language Education, Assessment and Academic Skils. She also teaches courses in the Short Term Programmes offered by CETE: Reflective Teaching with ICT and Contemporary Education Perspectives and Research. 

She has about two decades experience teaching English at the UG and PG Level and has taught English Language Teaching, Text Analysis, Literary Criticism, New Literatures, Indian Literature, Literary Criticism, Linguistic and Stylistic Analysis of Texts, Gender Studies, Research Methods, Translation Studies, American Literature, Communication Skills among others. In the domain of Mass Media, she has taught at both UG and PG levels a vast array of subjects including Creative Writing, Culture Studies, Film Studies, Journalism, Advertising in Contemporary Society, Public Relations and Ethics. In MBA programmes her expertise lies in  Business Perspectives in the Global Context, Business Ethics, Creative Writing and Appreciation of Creatives and Business Communication. 

In addition, Anusha teaches at the MPhil-PhD level.

She also guides/mentors students for research.

Anusha has been a teacher trainer since 2009 and has trained over 10,000 teachers in English Language and Literature and Technology-based Learning. 

She has also designed syllabi, developed materials, vetted and edited content for various institutions from primary to postgraduate curricula. 

She is regularly invited as an expert in workshops, seminars and webinars.