A recognized research guide with more than 32 yrs experience in undergraduate teaching and 27 yrs experience in postgraduate teaching, Dr. Neelkanth Shere’s research interests include Dalit Literature, Marxist Literature, Modern Marathi Literatures and Criticism. He has worked on Dalit ideological literature, Dictionary of Dalit & Rural Literature, Criticism and has applied theories of Postcolonialism, Postmodernism, Marxism, Cultural theory to different texts.
His Ph.D. thesis was on the topic " Post-Ambedkar Dalit Ideological Literature". He has written books like Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar and Dalit ideological literature (डॉ. बाबासाहेब आंबेडकर आणि दलित वैचारिक साहित्य), Ambedkarism (आंबेडकरवाद), Agatik Vartman (अगतिक वर्तमान), Namdev Dhasal yanche chintan (नामदेव ढसाळ यांचे चिंतन).