Title:	Lecturer
Office Location:	207 Trent Hall
Office Phone:	919-681-1591
Office Fax:	(919) 681-7871
Email Address:	pv2110@duke.edu
Web Page:	www.duke.edu/~pv2110

Office Hours:

Tues & Thur 11:30-12:30

Education

• Ph.D. in Hindi Literature, Rajasthan Vidyapeeth, 2003
• M.Phil. in Hindi Hindi Literature, M.L. Sukhadia University, 1999
• M.A. in Hindi, M.L. Sukhadia University, 1997
• M.A. in Public Affairs, M.L. Sukhadia University, 1995
• B.Sc. in Biology, M.L. Sukhadia University, 1993

Research Interests

Dr. Vaishnava’s interests include publishing collections of Indian literature, developing teaching materials for South Asian languages, and publishing her own poetry, stories and journal articles on diaspora and gender among South Asian women immigrants.

• hindi 1.001, Elementary hindi Synopsis

  Trent 039a, TuTh 08:30 AM-09:45 AM

• hindi 1.01d, Elementary hindi Synopsis

  Bell dorm east 110, MW 08:30 AM-09:20 AM

• hindi 1.02d, Elementary hindi Synopsis

  Bell dorm east 110, MW 10:05 AM-10:55 AM

• hindi 63.01, Intermediate hindi Synopsis

  Trent 039a, TuTh 10:05 AM-11:20 AM

• Ames 205.01, Asian/african lang/lit

  See instru, MW 10:05 AM-10:55 AM; See instru , TuTh 08:30 AM-09:45 AM

1. P. Vaishnava (with Matthew A. Cook), "Book Review of Todd Scudiere's Hindi-English/English-Hindi Dictionary and Phrasebook". In South Asian Review  (2004).
2. P. Vaishnava. "Diaspora Rachnakaar." Hindi Jagat: A Quarterly Publication of the World Hindi Foundation 4.1 (2003).
3. P. Vaishnava. Sahityik Premkathaien. 2003.
4. P. Vaishnava. Sahityik Geet. 2002.
5. P. Vaishnava. Shreshtha Hasya Kathaien. 2001.