Dr. Chander Shekhar is an Assistant Professor of English at the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Jaypee Institute of Information Technology, Noida (U.P.). He received his Ph.D. in American literature from Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India, in May 2023. Prior to joining Jaypee, he worked as an Assistant Professor of English at the Department of English and Foreign Languages, SRMIST, Ghaziabad. Dr. Shekhar completed his graduation—B.A. (Hons) English from Atma Ram Sanatan Dharma College of University of Delhi, and masters (MA in English) from Deshbandhu College of the same university. His research interests include Historical Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Memory Studies, Reader-response, the Role of Reader, Narrative Techniques, Utopian Studies, Dystopian Studies, Protopia, Violence, and Technology. He also has a keen interest in Future Studies, Dalit Studies, and Environmental Humanities.