PhD Student
Anandha Lekshmi is a PhD student at The University of Texas at Austin in the Department of Radio-Television-Film. She completed her Bachelor’s and Master’s (Silver Medalist) in English Literature from St. Xavier’s College, Ahmedabad, India. Her research interests include animation studies with a special focus on the medium of Indian animation as well as fandoms in South Indian cinemas, especially Malayalam cinema. Anandha Lekshmi believes in democratizing access to higher education for everyone, especially individuals from marginalized communities in India, so feel free to email her for guidance and support on applying to MA and PhD programs. She also has a cat named Mani.