Lalremruati
Hyderabad, Telangana| Grant Category: | Fulbright-Nehru Doctoral Research Fellowships |
| Project Title: | Interpreting and implementing policy: An ethnographic study of government high school teachers in Mizoram within the Connected Learning Initiative |
| Field of Study: | Educational Policy and Planning |
| Home Institution: | The English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad, Telangana |
| Host Institution: | Georgetown University , Washington, D.C. |
| Grant Start Month: | October 2025 |
| Duration of Grant: | Seven months |
Brief Bio:
Ms. Lalremruati is a PhD candidate at the School of English Language Education at The English and Foreign Languages University (EFLU), Hyderabad. She holds a bachelor’s degree in English and a master’s degree in linguistics, both from EFLU Hyderabad. Before her doctoral journey, she served as an assistant professor of English at the College of Horticulture, Central Agricultural University, Mizoram.
Her doctoral research is an ethnographic exploration of grassroots-level implementation of English language education policies in Mizoram. Her research focuses on the lived experiences of English teachers in government schools, examining how they navigate, negotiate, and recontextualize a technologically assisted program in their resource-challenged contexts.
As a Junior Research Fellow, Lalremruati has presented her work at several prestigious conferences in India and abroad on how teachers recontextualize policy measures. She is an active member of the History of English Language Education (HELE) Studies Society, India, where she disseminates the history of English language education in Mizoram through conferences and publications.
Through the Fulbright-Nehru Doctoral Fellowship, Lalremruati is acquiring a cross-cultural comparative perspective on how language education policies affect minority groups in low-resource contexts. Her goal is to contribute to equitable and inclusive education for marginalized communities. In her free time, she enjoys watching documentaries on pretty much anything. She also writes whimsical little poems on her Instagram account.