Shashikantha Koudur
- Shashikanta Koudur is a professor in the School of Humanities, Social Sciences, and Management at the National Institute of Technology, Suratkal. He holds a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from the University of Hyderabad on “Reinventing Dasasahitya: Literature and Music in Twentieth Century Karnataka.” Koudur’s research areas of interest are comparative literature, communication, Indian classical music, translation, and literary cultures. He has published extensively in these areas. He has also composed music for several plays.