Ms. Snata Somendra Bagchi

Ms. Snata Somendra Bagchi completed her Bachelor's and Master's degrees from Hislop College, Nagpur University. She is currently pursuing her Ph.D. in English and Comic Studies at Alliance University, Bengaluru. Her doctoral research examines Indian queer zines as graphic narratives, with a particular focus on intersectionality, gender and sexuality, Indian and alternative publishing cultures. Her broader academic interests include alternative comics, graphic narratives, queer studies, disability studies, visual culture, and contemporary Indian literature.

Her Ph.D. research examines Indian queer zines as graphic narratives, exploring how they articulate intersectional identities and experiences through the interplay of text and image. The study investigates zines as alternative literary and publishing practices that challenge dominant representations of gender, sexuality, embodiment, and belonging.

Her research has been published in the Scopus Q1 journal Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics. Her article, explores the intersectional representation of gender, sex, sexuality, pleasure, and sex education in Agents of Ishq zines. She also has a forthcoming book chapter in the Palgrave Handbook for Disability and Comics, which examines the intersections of disability, sexuality, and reproductive justice in the illustrative zine A Trip to Abortion Clinic.

Publication

• Bagchi, S. S., & Kuriakose, L. J. (2025). Pleasure, ‘education’, and erotism: An intersectional reading of gender, sex, and sexuality in Agents of Ishq Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics, 16(1–2), 352–368. https://doi.org/10.1080/21504857.2024.2358062

Book Chapter

• Illustrating Access to Abortion Justice: Analyzing Disability and Sexuality in the Illustrative Zine A Trip to Abortion Clinic." Palgrave Handbook for Disability and Comics. Palgrave, (forthcoming)

Conferences

• Snata Somendra Bagchi and Dr. Liju Jacob Kuriakose, Visualizing and negotiating the ‘stickiness’ of emotions and female solidarity in the Indian graphic narrative Mumbai Local, in Proceedings of ADRIS 2024, pp. xxx–xxx, 2024. (Accepted).

Other Achievements

• Acted as a Resource Person for Tata Consultancy Services designed, Campus to Corporate Certificate Course
• Achieved DELF B1 Diploma in French Language