Dr. Pankaj Parashar has mentored PhD students in addition to lecturing. His interests include literary criticism, modern poetry, Bhakti, and contemporary fiction. He teaches Bhakti literature, early Hindi poetry, contemporary literary conversation, and criticism. He also enjoys black literature, subaltern literature, Indian classical music, and politics in South Asia. He has attended several national and international seminars and conferences on pertinent topics. He served at Varanasi's Vasanta College for Women, which is a constituent college of Banaras Hindu University (BHU). Punarwachan, Rachna Ka Samajik Path, Kavita Ke Prashna Aur Pratiman, and Vivechana Key Rang are some of his previous writings.