Dr. Monali Chatterjee is a distinguished academic, writer, and cultural critic with nearly two decades of teaching and research experience in India and abroad. Her work spans South Asian literature, diaspora studies, Indian cinema, and communication studies, with over seventy publications and more than eighty conference presentations worldwide. She has delivered keynote lectures, conducted workshops, and moderated panels across global forums, making her an active voice in cross-cultural literary dialogues. A trained Bharatanatyam dancer and avid lover of films, music, and theatre, she brings a unique multidisciplinary sensibility that bridges aesthetics, politics, and pedagogy.