Degree | Institution | Year |
---|---|---|
PhD | Jawaharlal Nehru University | 2008 |
PhD | Jawaharlal Nehru University | 2008 |
More than 25 years
IQAC Convener
TiC HDFE
Ph.D prog in Department of English, Registered Topic: From Traditions to Modernity: A Discourse on Disability in
Selected Indian Novels, Ongoing
BOOKS:
ARTICLES PUBLISHED IN INTERNATIONAL JOURNALS:
ARTICLES PUBLISHED IN INDIAN JOURNALS:
CHAIR IN SEMINARS/CONFERENCES
Chaired a Session titled
Ecological Crisis and LEGH Movement at the Association for Study of Literature and
Environment (ASLE) at the University of California, Davis USA on June 25-30 2019.
Chaired a Session titled “The New Heroine” at a National
Conference titled “The Female Voice/Gaze in the Indian Cinematic Imagination on
the 5th of April 2019.
Chaired a Session titled “Alternate Sexuality in Indian Cinema”
at a National Conference titled “The Female Voice/Gaze in the Indian Cinematic
Imagination” on the 5th of April 2019.
Chaired a Session at a National Conference titled “Indian Popular
Fiction: Redefining the Canon” at Maharaja Agrasen College on 16th January
2019.
Chaired a session titled “Environmental Models” in an
International Conference on Ecology and Culture at Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham,
Kerala on December 15th2018.
Chaired a session titled “Understanding Political Action in
Global Politics: New Actors, Strategies and Mobilizations at a Conference titled
Political Action in Global Politics: Ethics, Strategies and Methodological Concerns”
at the India International Centre, New Delhi on the 19th November 2018.
Chaired a session at the Book Launch of GRFDT at JNU on 15th September
2018.
Chaired a Session at the National Conference titled “Migration
and Diaspora: Theory, Cultures and Literature” held on the 24th of March
2017 at Bharati College,
Chaired a session titled “Migration and Diasporic Literature” at the
International Conference titled “Migration and Diaspora, Emerging
Diversities and Development Challenges” at IGNOU on the 23rd of March’17.
Chaired a session in an International Conference on Thoreau the Transcendentalist
in Bharati College on the 15th of March’18.
Chaired a
session at the student’s Seminar titled “Madness in Art: A Palindrome of
Reality and Fabrication” at Motilal Nehru College on the 17th of March’18.
Chaired a session at the National Conference titled “Migration
and Diasporas: Theory, Cultures and Literatures” on the 24th of March 2017
Chaired a session at the Second International Conference titled “Migration
and Diaspora: Emerging Diversities” at Indira Gandhi Open University on
23rd of March 2017.
PAPERS PRESENTED IN INTERNATIONAL CONFRERENCES:
Presented a
Paper titled “Women and War: A Study of Flora Nwapa, Buchi Emecheta and Chimamanda
Adichie” in an International Conference titled “Understanding Africa:
Continuity and Change” held at the India International Centre on the 11th
of February 2020.
Delivered the
Keynote address titled “Indian Feminism: An Overview” at TEQIP-III Sponsored
International Conference On “Gender Equity: Challenges And Opportunities”,
on 19 & 20 December 2019, Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of
Technology (SVNIT), Surat, Gujarat
Presented a Paper titled “Annihilation
and Massacre in Marichjhapi as seen in Amitav Ghosh’s The Hungry Tide” in
an International Conference titled Paradise on Fire on June 25th 2019
at the University of California, Davis, USA.
Presented a Paper titled Migration and Annihilation in Marichjhapi: A Reading of Amitav Ghosh’s The Hungry Tide at IGNCA on the 2ist of April 2017. It was an International Conference organized by ICCR titled “Centenary Commemoration of Abolition of Indentureship.”
PAPERS PRESENTED IN INDIAN CONFRERENCES:
Delivered a talk titled “An Overview of
Indian Writing in English” at the College of Vocational Studies, University of
Delhi on the 28th of February 2020.
Delivered A Lecture titled “The Nobel
Story: A Study of Olga Tokarczuk and Peter Handke” at the Nobel Symposium organized
by the Jamia Hamdard University on November 25th 2019.
Delivered a Lecture
titled “Culture and Education” at Bhagwan Mahavir College, Surat,
Gujarat on the 24th of September 2018.
Delivered a
Lecture titled “How to make a Classroom exciting” at Essar School,
Surat, Gujarat on the 24th of September 2018.
Delivered a Guest
Talk titled “Cultural Diversity and Linguistic Plurality in the Indian
Context” at Apeejay School of Management, Dwarka on 8th of March 2018.
Delivered a Lecture titled “Feminism and
Tsi Tsi Dangarembga” at the English Department, North Campus on 15th February
2018.
Delivered a lecture titled “Feminism: Theory, Practice and Lived
Realities” at Bharati College on the 25th of August 2017.
Delivered a Talk
titled “The Search for the Feminine: Reading Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall
Apart” on the 24th of January 2019 at SGBT Khalsa College, Delhi
University.
Keynote Speaker
at Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology Surat at TEQUIP 2. The
speech was titled “Myth, Motherhood and Nationalism in Contemporary India”
on the 25th of February 2017.
Was the Convener
of the National Conference titled “Migration and Diasporas: Theory, Cultures
and Literatures” held in Bharati College, University of Delhi on the 24th
and 25th of March 2017
Presented a Paper titled “The
Homeland via Bollywood: A Study of Indian Diaspora in Durban, South Africa” at
the National Conference on India – Africa Partnership in a Changing Global Order:
Priorities, Prospects and Challenges on 3rd September 2019. At Indian
Council for World Affairs, New Delhi.
Presented a Paper titled “Migration and annihilation in Marichjhapi: A Reading of Amitav Ghosh’s The Hungry Tide” at Conference titled Political Action in Global Politics: Ethics, Strategies and Methodological Concerns” at the India International Centre, New Delhi on the 20th November 2018.
S.No. |
Name
of Award/Honor* |
Name
of Awarding Body |
Level
(International /National) |
Date |
1 |
Ambassador
for Peace Prize |
United
Peace Foundation |
International |
2002-11-03 |
2 |
Top
10 Writers |
Times
of India |
National |
2016-05-17 |
3 |
Vashisht
Shiksha Samman |
Vashisht
Institute of Professional Study and Research |
National |
2015-12-05 |
4 |
Charles
Wallace Fellowship |
British
Council India Trust |
International |
2012-07-02 |
5 |
Charles
Wallace Fellowship |
British
Council India Trust |
International |
2011-04-05 |
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Editor, Research Post (Journal
of Social Sciences and Humanities)
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Member, African Studies
Association, India.
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Member, African Literature
Association, USA.
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Member, Indian Association for Commonwealth Literature
and Language Studies.
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Member of Global Research Forum
on Diaspora and Transnationalism (GRFDT)
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Executive Committee Member of Caesurae:
The literary Journal.
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Editorial Advisor to GNOSIS: An
International Refereed Journal of Language and Literature.
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Executive Member of Shakespeare
Society of India
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Editor, Research Post, A
Peer Reviewed Journal