PROFLAXMAN KUMAR JAIN, BORN IN 1965 IN A SMALL VILLAGE OF RAJASTHAN, IS TEACHINGHISTORY AT ZHDC EVENING FOR 17 YEARS. HIS RESEARCH INTERESTS SPAN MODERN INDIANHISTORY WITH SPECIAL INTEREST IN AREAS LIKE HINDI AND URDU LITERATURE, SOCIALHISTORY OF ANTI-COLONIAL NATIONALISM, PEASANT RESISTANCE. PROF JAIN WAS AWARDEDPHD TITLED LITERARY REPRESENTATION AND HISTORICAL REALITY: A STUDY OFPREMCHAND’S WORK IN 2014 AT JNU. HE OBTAINED HIS DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF ARTSIN 1985 FROM RAJASTHAN UNIVERSITY, JAIPUR, MASTER OF ARTS IN 1988 FROM CHS, JNUAND MASTER OF PHILOSOPHY IN 1993 FROM UNIVERSITY OF DELHI. HIS RESEARCHCONTRIBUTION ALSO INCLUDES SEVERAL PAPER PUBLICATIONS AND DELIVERED LECTURESAND PRESENTATIONS WITH FOCUS ON PREMCHAND. PRIOR TO JOINING ZHDC IN JULY 2006JAIN HAS TAUGHT AT SATYAWATI COLLEGE (1998) AND DAYAL SINGH COLLEGE (1995-1996)ON ADHOC BASIS AS WELL. AFTER JOINING ZHDC IN 2006 ON PERMANENT BASIS ASASSISTANT PROFESSOR HE WAS PROMOTED TO ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR (2018) AND THEN TOPROFESSOR (2022).