Susie Tharu

Prof.
Susie Tharu
Ph.D. (CIEFL) (1978)
Prof. Susie Tharu Ph.D. (CIEFL) (1978)
Born	August 13, 1943; Jinja, Uganda
Other names	Susie née Oommen; ; Susie J. Tharu
Citizenship	Indian
Occupation	English Language Teacher
Years active	1968-Present
Title	Professor
Board member of	Anveshi - Research Centre for Women's Studies, Hyderabad (General Secretary); BODHI Centre for Dalit Bahujan Initiatives (Advisor); Centre for Studies in Culture and Society, Bangalore (Trustee); India Foundation for the Arts, Bangalore (Trustee); Joint Committee for South Asia, Social Science Research Council, New York (SSRC-JCSA) (Member); National Book Trust, New Delhi (Advisory Committee Member on National Biography); Nehru Memorial Museum and Library, New Delhi (Governing Council Member); Stree Shakti Sanghatana, Hyderabad (Co-Founder); Subaltern Studies Editorial Collective (Member);
Spouse	Prof. Jacob Tharu
Parent(s)	Smt. Mary (Kuruvilla) Oommen and Sri Eapen Samuel Oommen
Awards	Uganda Government Merit Scholarship, Makerere College, Uganda (1962-65); Jawaharlal Nehru Fellowship (1994-96);
Academic background
Education	B.A. (Makerere); M.A. (Oxford); Ph.D. (EFLU);
Alma mater	Makerere University, Kampala (Uganda); Somerville College, Oxford (England); Central Institute of English and Foreign Languages, Hyderabad;
Thesis	The Sense of performance in the post artaud theatre (1978)
Doctoral advisor	Prof. Vaman Yeshwant Kantak
Academic work
Discipline	History of India, Literary Criticism and History, Women's studies, Feminism, Cultural theory, Dalit studies and cultural studies of health
School or tradition	English Literature
Institutions	Indian Institutes of Technology IIT Delhi (1968-1970); IIT Kanpur (1970-1973); ; Central Institute of English and Foreign Languages, Hyderabad (1973-2013); University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (United States) (2006-2007);
Notable students	Srivastava Mukesh (1993), Muraleedharan T. (1993), Deeptha Achar (1997), Madhuban Mitra (2006), Satyanarayana K. (2007), Margaret M. Swathy (2010)
Main interests	Feminism
Notable works	Tharu, Susie; K., Lalita (1991). Women Writing in India: 600 B.C to the Present. Volume 1: 600 B.C to the Early Twentieth Century.; Tharu, Susie; K., Lalita (1993). Women Writing in India: 600 B.C to the Present. Volume 2: The Twentieth Century.;

Susie Tharu (born 1943) is an Indian writer, publisher, professor, editor and women's activist. Throughout her career and the founding of several women's activist organizations, Tharu has helped to highlight those issues in India.

Prof. Susie Tharu Ph.D. (CIEFL) (1978)
Born	(1943-08-13) August 13, 1943 Jinja, Uganda
Other names	Susie née Oommen; Susie J. Tharu
Citizenship	Indian
Occupation	English Language Teacher
Years active	1968-Present
Title	Professor
Board member of	Anveshi - Research Centre for Women's Studies, Hyderabad (General Secretary) BODHI Centre for Dalit Bahujan Initiatives (Advisor) Centre for Studies in Culture and Society, Bangalore (Trustee) India Foundation for the Arts, Bangalore (Trustee) Joint Committee for South Asia, Social Science Research Council, New York (SSRC-JCSA) (Member) National Book Trust, New Delhi (Advisory Committee Member on National Biography) Nehru Memorial Museum and Library, New Delhi (Governing Council Member) Stree Shakti Sanghatana, Hyderabad (Co-Founder) Subaltern Studies Editorial Collective (Member)
Spouse	Prof. Jacob Tharu
Parent(s)	Smt. Mary (Kuruvilla) Oommen and Sri Eapen Samuel Oommen
Awards	Uganda Government Merit Scholarship, Makerere College, Uganda (1962-65) Jawaharlal Nehru Fellowship (1994-96)

Academic background
Education	B.A. (Makerere) M.A. (Oxford) Ph.D. (EFLU)
Alma mater	Makerere University, Kampala (Uganda) Somerville College, Oxford (England) Central Institute of English and Foreign Languages, Hyderabad
Thesis	The Sense of performance in the post artaud theatre (1978)
Doctoral advisor	Prof. Vaman Yeshwant Kantak
Academic work
Discipline	History of India, Literary Criticism and History, Women's studies, Feminism, Cultural theory, Dalit studies and cultural studies of health
School or tradition	English Literature
Institutions	Indian Institutes of Technology IIT Delhi (1968-1970) IIT Kanpur (1970-1973) Central Institute of English and Foreign Languages, Hyderabad (1973-2013) University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (United States) (2006-2007)
Notable students	Srivastava Mukesh (1993), Muraleedharan T. (1993), Deeptha Achar (1997), Madhuban Mitra (2006), Satyanarayana K. (2007), Margaret M. Swathy (2010)
Main interests	Feminism
Notable works	Tharu, Susie; K., Lalita (1991). Women Writing in India: 600 B.C to the Present. Volume 1: 600 B.C to the Early Twentieth Century. Tharu, Susie; K., Lalita (1993). Women Writing in India: 600 B.C to the Present. Volume 2: The Twentieth Century.