Arun Gupto

Arun Gupto is the founding member and Academic Director of the Institute of Advanced Communication, Education and Research (IACER), Kathmandu, Nepal. He is the Director: Comparative South Asian Studies in South Asian Foundation for Academic Research (SAFAR). He was a permanent faculty at Central Department of English, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu.

He obtained a Ph. D. in English Literature from Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal, in 1998; an M.A. in English Literature from Drew University, NJ, USA, in 1994; an M.A. in English Literature from Tribhuvan University in 1984; a Post-Grad Diploma in French from University of Calcutta, India, in 1980, and a B.A. in English and Political Science from St. Andrew’s College, Gorakhpur, India, in 1976.

His areas of study are literary theory, postcolonial studies and South Asian studies.

Theory and Criticism: Recent Writings from South Asia (2022, Routledge) is his first document on South Asian Studies, which will be followed by Comparative South Asian Studies (CSAS) in 2027. He is coauthoring CSAS with his daughter Dr. Pallabi Gupta.

His maiden book in Nepali language is a non-fiction work called Sanskritik Chintan (Thinking on Culture), which was published in B. S. 2080 (Indigo Ink, Kathmandu).

Cracks in the Wind: Memoires from Lumbini, a collection of stories is published by Rupa in 2026. A duology Autumn Plays at the University: Racial Neck and The Elephant-God is ready to be published in 2027. He is working on a metafiction Cities of Indifference.

He speaks fluent English, Nepali, Bengali, Hindi, and Awadhi. French is Passive.

Selected Published Books:

Cracks in the Wind: Memoires from Lumbini. New Delhi, Rupa, 2026

Seasons of the Divine. New Delhi, Rupa, 2024

Sanskritik Chintan (Thinking on Culture) B. S. 2080. Kathmandu, Indigo Ink, B. S 2080

Literary Theory and Criticism: Recent Writings from South Asia. London: Routledge, 2022

Goddesses of Kathmandu Valley: Grace, Rage, Knowledge. 2nd Edition, London, Routledge, 2018