Research, editing and publishing
More than 38 research papers, twelve books, two journals and a registered design.
Journals
Founder & Editor-in-Chief of two journals
The Criterion: An International Journal in English
ISSN 0976-8165 · Founder & Editor-in-Chief since 2010 · Published by RCELL
Galaxy: International Multidisciplinary Research Journal
ISSN 2278-9529 · Founder & Editor-in-Chief since 2012 · Published by RCELL
Submitting research?
English Studies papers go to The Criterion; papers from other disciplines go to Galaxy IMRJ. Publishing and academic programmes are run by RCELL, where Dr Bite is Academic Adviser.
Design Patent
Language Learning Device
Design No. 466916-001, Class 14-02, registered 23 July 2025. Dr Vishwanath Bite is a co-proprietor.
- Document
- Certificate of Registration of Design
- Issued by
- The Patent Office, Government of India
- Design No.
- 466916-001
- Article
- Language Learning Device
- Class
- 14-02
- Registered
- 23 July 2025
- Certificate issued
- 13 November 2025
- Under
- Designs Act, 2000 and Designs Rules, 2001
Research areas
Specialisations
Indian Writing in English
Fiction, drama, poetry and criticism by Indian writers in English, from the colonial period to the present.
Indian English Drama
Playwrights including Mahesh Dattani, Vijay Tendulkar and Girish Karnad; historical plays and stagecraft.
Postcolonial Literature
Diasporic identity, colonial legacies, national allegory and the subaltern in South Asian literature.
Women's Writing
Readings of Shashi Deshpande, Anita Desai, Kiran Desai, Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni and others.
Linguistics & ELT
Applied linguistics for Indian students, English language teaching and listening skills.
Educational Technology
Learning-app design, spaced repetition and NEP 2020 in English literature pedagogy.
Selected publications
Peer-reviewed research
A selection. The full list is on Google Scholar and ORCID.
- 2012Beyond National Allegory: Shashi Deshpande and Sunetra Gupta
Indian English Fiction: Postmodern Literary Sensibility, Authorspress - 2012Image of Goddess in Mahasveta Devi, Binapani Mohanty and Lakshmi Kannan's Short Stories
Shreelipi Journal - 2011The Theme of Woman's Search for Self-Identity in Shashi Deshpande's Selected Works
Indian Writing in English: Speculations and Observations - 2011Kiran Desai's The Inheritance of Loss: A Tale of Domestic Abuse
Booker Prize Winner Indian English Novels: A Kaleidoscopic Study - 2011Gender in Question: Vijay Tendulkar's Silence! The Court is in Session
Critical Essays on Indian English Poetry and Drama: Texts and Contexts - 2011Transcendentalism in Anita Desai's Fasting, Feasting
Anita Desai's Fiction: Themes and Techniques - 2009Treatment of History in Indian Drama in English
PhD dissertation, Shivaji University, Kolhapur - 2009History and Politics in Vikram Chandra's Red Earth and Pouring Rain
Cyber Literature Online Journal - 2009Bravely Fought the Queen: A Study of Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni's Queen of Dreams
Cyber Literature Online Journal - 2009Betrayal Motif in Indira Parthasarathy's Aurangzeb
Synthesis: Indian Journal of English Literature and Language