Dr. Faizan Moquim
Assistant Professor, Vivekananda Institute of Professional Studies (VIPS), Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University
Dr. Faizan Moquim is Assistant Professor of English at Vivekananda School of English Studies, VIPS-TC, GGSIPU, New Delhi. He completed his Ph.D. in the Department of English at Jamia Millia Islamia, Delhi. His doctoral thesis titled “Aesthetics of Dissonance: A Study of Khalid Jawed’s Art of Fiction” is an existential inquiry into the novels of Khalid Jawed. He received his BA English from S.G.N.D. Khalsa College, University of Delhi; Master of Arts (MA) and Master of Philosophy (M.Phil.) in English Literature from Jamia Millia Islamia. In addition, he completed a Post-Graduate Diploma in Hindi-English translation from the Department of Hindi, University of Delhi.
He has previously taught English at Dr. B.R. Ambedkar University Delhi (AUD), Delhi Skill and Entrepreneurship University (DSEU), Indira Gandhi Technical University for Women (IGDTUW), and University of Delhi (DU). He has taught courses on popular literature, linguistics, English grammar, film studies, research methodologies, communication, and academic writing.
He works as a translator in three languages: Hindi, Urdu, and English.
Areas of Interest: Aesthetics, Existential Thought, Film Studies, Comparative Literature, English Language Teaching, and Pedagogy
Email: faizan[dot]moquim[at]vips[dot]edu
Publications:
- “Disease and Ageing: Corporeal Dissonance in Khalid Jawed’s Novel” in Cultural Conversations: Bridging Traditions, edited by Salonee Priya, Anshu Gagal and Meetu Bhatia Kapur, Bloomsbury India, 2025, pp. 135-142.
- “Relevance of Swami Vivekananda in Our Times.” The Book Review, vol. XLVIII, no. 10, pp. 42-43. UGC CARE Listed [Book review of Rajni Bakshi’s Vivekananda and Our Times: The Journey From Fear to Love]. 2024
- “Unforgettable Joys of Folktales.” The Book Review, vol. XLVII, no. 11, pp. 23-24. UGC CARE Listed [Book review of Nitin Kushalappa’s Dakshin: South Indian Myths and Fables Retold]. 2023
- “Beware of Children”: Representation of Childhood in Khalid Jawed’s (Nematkhana) The Paradise of Food. Urdu Studies, vol. 4, pp. 176-188. UGC CARE Listed. 2022
- “You comprehend my pain but don’t feel it”: A Critique of Rational Suicide in Abbas Kiarostami’s Taste of Cherry. Drishti: The Sight, vol. XI, no. 1, pp. 17- 20, UGC CARE Listed, 2022.
- “Khalid Jawed: A Cartographer of Human Existence.” The Book Review, vol. XLVI, no. 7, pp. 24-25, UGC CARE Listed. [Book review of Khalid Jawed’s The Paradise of Food]. 2022
- “Stories Unfold Through Objects: (Re)living the Memories of Partition.” The Book Review, vol. 46, no. 10, pp. 47-48. UGC CARE Listed. [Book review of Anchal Malhotra’s Yaadon Ke Bikhre Moti: Batwaare ki Kahaniya]. 2022.
- Book review of Khalid Jawed’s The Book of Death in Language Literature, and Interdisciplinary Studies, vol. 1, no. 2, 2018, https://doi.org/10.71106/NJCA5721.