Vasant Kumar M. Bhatt engages in advanced textual criticism in his work, `उच्चतर समीक्षा के आलोक में अभिज्ञानशकुन्तला नाटक के श्रद्धेय पाठ का पुनर्गठन` (Reconstitution of the Revered Text of the Play Abhijnana Shakuntala in the Light of Higher Reviews). His scholarly endeavor focuses on the reconstitution of the revered text of Kalidasa's classic Sanskrit play, `अभिज्ञानशाकुन्तलम्` (Abhijnana Shakuntala), published by Kavi Kulaguru Kalidas Sanskrit University.