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About Us

Staff Profile

Staff Profile

Department of English
Ph. D, NET, M.Phil, M.A, B.A -English (All Degrees from DU).

Dr. Anavisha Banerjee

Assistant Professor

Educational Qualifications

Degree Institution Year
PhD Department of English, University of Delhi 2019

Career Profile

Teaching Experience- Bharati College- 15+ years - 3rd Dec 2008 till Present

Administrative Assignments

·        Accompanied students to IIT BHU (Banaras HinduUniversity), Kashiyatra (Annual Cultural Festival), 18-20 Jan 2019. 2ndSem English hons student (Aishwarya Jayan) secured 3rd position inextempore competition (Shipwreck) and was given honorary mention for her exemplary performance in debate (Battleground) on19th Jan 2019.


·        Faculty Member- Activity Period OrganizingCommittee, Film Club, Faculty Co-Coordinator - WDC (Women's Development Cell-“Jagriti”), (Faculty Member) – Monitoring Committee, Research Committee

Currently- Faculty member "Language Lab" Dec 2023 onwards, Faculty member-WDC, College Magazine, Prospectus Comittee, Convener-RLS (Eng Dept)- 2022 till date, Convener- Chintan (Debating Society) 2021 till date.

·        Participated in Admission and Evaluation work at college and university level (DU)

Invited as a Guest of Honour by "Nehru Yuva Kendra" for judging a District Level -South-West Delhi, Declamation Competition held in Bharati College on 9 Jan 2024.


·      Appointed as an external invigilator for VAC- Reading Indian Fiction in English, Hindu College (DU), 14th March 2023

Areas of Interest / Specialization

Colonial position of women, Gender studies, plays of Shakespeare

Subjects Taught

B.A (Hons) English(various semesters) and B.A and B.Com (Prog) Advanced English, Fluency inEnglish, Ability Enhancement Compulsory Course (English) to (hons and Prog),Generic English. Taught Eng hons- papers related to Romantic lit, Victorian lit, British Poetry and Drama.


NEP rel (UGCF)- DSC -European Classical Lit, British Poetry 14-17th century, British Drama 16-17th century, VAC-RIFE, Culture and Communication, GE- Women Empowerment

Research Guidance

Publications Profile

Publications:

·        Chapter in a Book (Single author)

o   Banerjee, Anavisha. “Classroom E- management and Assessment in the Digital World: Virtual versus Traditional Classroom Teaching.” Teaching and Learning Language and Literature in the Digital Era: Opportunities and Challenges. Ed. Dr.Santosh Dhar,Dr.Shinde, Dr.Jain and Dr.Solomon. New Delhi: Excellent Publishing House, 2020. ISBN No: 978-93-86238-99-3.

o   Banerjee, Anavisha. “Liminality of Women Entrepreneurs in the Indian Film Industry.” Role of Women Entrepreneurship in Socio-Economic Development of India. Ed. Dr.Saloni Gupta. New Delhi: NetShop18, 2019.ISBN No: 9789387633087.

o   Banerjee, Anavisha. “An Ecocritical Perspective: Tagore’s Gitanjali and Selected Verses.” Ecocriticism and Environment: Rethinking Literature and Culture.Ed. Debashree Dattaray and Sarita Sharma. Delhi: Primus Books, 2018. ISBN No:978-93-86552-75-4.

o   Banerjee, Anavisha. “Michael Madhusudan Dutt and his Dramatic Farces.” Indian English Theatre and Drama: Enriching Experiments. Ed. Sujatha Rao, Rajshree Trivedi, Jayashree Palit et al. New Delhi: Authorpress, 2014.ISBN No: 978-81-7273-864-8.

o   Banerjee, Anavisha. “Diversity of Perspectives: Migrant Women and Identity in the Novels of Bharati Mukherjee.” Indian Writing in English: Explorations in History, Myth, Literary Theory. Ed. Iqbal Judge. New Delhi: Creative Books, 2013. ISBN No: 81-8043-099-5.

·        Article published in journals:



o   Banerjee, Anavisha. "The Satirical Caricatures of Gaganendranath Tagore." Postscriptum: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Literary Studies. ISSN 2456-7507. Peer Reviewed. UGC Approved Journal. Volume III, Number ii, July 2018. pp 33-52. (https://postscriptum.co.in/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/pS3.iiAnavisa.pdf (my link to Postscriptum article).

 

·        International journal:


  • Banerjee, Anavisha. “Nature: Baul Singers and Tagore.” LangLit, vol. 10, no. 2, November 2023, pp. 16-22. Peer reviewed Journal.

o   Book Review: Namita Gokhale and Malashri Lal, Betrayed by Hope: A Play on the life of Michael Madhusudan Dutt (Noida, HarperCollins Publishers, 2020) Published in Nov 2022 in Volume 5, Issue number 1 (Summer Jan-July 2022) Bharati College, University of Delhi and Jan Kalyan Sansthan, Jaipur publication, The Research Post: Interdisciplinary Journal for Social Sciences and  Humanities. ISSN 2229-676X. pp 37- 40.


o  
Banerjee, Anavisha. “Colonialism: Feminist Utopia in Rokeya Hossain’s ‘Sultana’s Dream’ and the Present.” LangLit- An International Peer Reviewed Open Access Journal. ISSN 2349-5189. Vol 8, Issue 2, November 2021.pp 110-119. Impact Factor 5.61. http://www.langlit.org/volume-8-issue-2/

o   Banerjee, Anavisha. “Representation of Women in the movies Padman and Toilet: Ek Prem Katha.” IJELLS: International Journal of English: Literature, Language and Skills. Peer Reviewed. ISSN 2278-0742. Vol 9, Issue 3, October 2020. pp 10-20. Impact Factor 3.65. (https://images.app.goo.gl/zpwXUwJWFCkfp7T36 (my link to IJELLS Paper).

o   Banerjee, Anavisha. " Bankimchandra Chattopadhyay's Prachina ebong Nabina.GNOSIS: An International Refereed Journal of English Language and Literature. Peer Reviewed. ISSN 2394-0131. UGC Approved Journal. Volume 4, No. 4, July 2018. pp. 35-44.  

·        Book Review and Reports in a peer reviewed journal (Sole reviewer)

o   Report: “Three-day International Conference titled ‘Yeats and Kipling: Retrospectives, Perspectives,’ 10th, 11th   and 12th March 2015 at Bharati College (University of Delhi) in FORTELL. Issue No: 31, July 2015. ISSN No: 2229-6557.

o   Report“Interrogating English Studies in India” (A Conference organized by the Department of English, Bharati College- 5-7 Feb, 2014) in FORTELL. Issue No: 29, July 2014. ISSN No:2229-6557.

o   Book Review: The Inheritance of Loss, in FORTELL (Forum for Teachers of English Language and Literature), A Journal of Teaching English Language and Literature. Peer Reviewed. Issue no: 23, Jan 2012. ISSN No: 2229-6557. pg 28.


·      Chapter in a Book (Single author)

o   Banerjee, Anavisha. “Classroom E- management and Assessment in the Digital World: Virtual versus Traditional Classroom Teaching.” Teaching and Learning Language and Literature in the Digital Era: Opportunities and Challenges. Ed. Dr.Santosh Dhar,Dr.Shinde, Dr.Jain and Dr.Solomon. New Delhi: Excellent Publishing House, 2020. ISBN No: 978-93-86238-99-3.(online).

o   (https://mail.google.com/mail/u/1?ui=2&ik=277ea6cc33&attid=0.1&permmsgid=msg-f:1683964434770009906&th=175ea4bb3cdb9f32&view=att&disp=inline&realattid=f_khrjb3u30)

o   Banerjee, Anavisha. “Liminality of Women Entrepreneurs in the Indian Film Industry.” Role of Women Entrepreneurship in Socio-Economic Development of India. Ed. Dr.Saloni Gupta. New Delhi: NetShop18, 2019.ISBN No: 9789387633087.

o   Banerjee, Anavisha. “An Ecocritical Perspective: Tagore’s Gitanjali and Selected Verses.” Ecocriticism and Environment: Rethinking Literature and Culture.Ed. Debashree Dattaray and Sarita Sharma. Delhi: Primus Books, 2018. ISBN No:978-93-86552-75-4.

o   Banerjee, Anavisha. “Michael Madhusudan Dutt and his Dramatic Farces.” Indian English Theatre and Drama: Enriching Experiments. Ed. Sujatha Rao, Rajshree Trivedi, Jayashree Palit et al. New Delhi: Authorpress, 2014.ISBN No: 978-81-7273-864-8.

o   Banerjee, Anavisha. “Diversity of Perspectives: Migrant Women and Identity in the Novels of Bharati Mukherjee.” Indian Writing in English: Explorations in History, Myth, Literary Theory. Ed. Iqbal Judge. New Delhi: Creative Books, 2013. ISBN No: 81-8043-099-5.

Publications in the Last one year

Details mentioned earlier



Conference Organization / Presentations (in the last three years)



Resource Person

National Level Conference on “NEP 2020: Revamping of all Aspects of 20th century Education” (Hybrid mode) NEPRACE-2024) organized by Adarsh Mahavidyalaya Omerga affiliated to Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University, Chattrapati Sambhaji Nagar (Aurangabad) ON 16-17 Feb, 2024.



 Conferences organized/help in organizing and attended

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Member organizing Committee of Dept. of Slavonic and Fino-Ugrain Studies, North Campus, Dept. of English and Dept. of Sociology, Bharati College and Embassy of the Russian Federation in New Delhi hosted an International Practical and Scientific Conference on “The Growing role of the Russian Language in the BRICS and SCO countries: Education, Language and Culture” on March 12-13, 2024.

Participated in a 3 Day International Conference on the occasion of the Centenary Celebrations of the Department of English, University of Delhi – “English Studies in India: Centenary Perspectives” (28 Feb 2023 – 2nd March, 2023)


Certificate of Merit, Bharati College for “CommendableContribution in organising the National Seminar 'Migration and Diaspora:Theory, Cultures and Literatures' held on March 24th and 25th, 2017".

·        Chaired a session titled “Antagonists and TragicFigures” in “The Shakespeare and Marlowe Seminar,” 22 September 2014. It wasorganized by Literophile in collaboration with The Shakespeare Society of Indiaand LitLuminous, English Literary Society of Kamala Nehru College.  


Webinar

CPDHE (UGC-MMTTC), through CPDHE’s Website/ Zoom Form for the Webinar on National Education Policy 2020 on the theme “Fostering Social Responsibility and Community Engagement in Higher Education Institutions in India 2.0” scheduled to be held on 21st February 2024.

 

Seminar

The Women's Studies and Development Centre, University of Delhi, extends a formal invitation to you to our One-Day National Seminar on "Transcending Indian Feministic Thought," in lieu of International Women’s Day Celebrations which will be held on 7th March 2024 




Paper Presentations (all papers individually presented):


“Folk Tradition of Bengal and Tagore: The Russian Affinity”- Dept. of Slavonic and Fino-Ugrain Studies, North Campus, Dept. of English and Dept. of Sociology, Bharati College and Embassy of the Russian Federation in New Delhi hosted an International Practical and Scientific Conference on “The Growing role of the Russian Language in the BRICS and SCO countries: Education, Language and Culture” on March 12-13, 2024.

·      Paper Presentation on 1-3 Oct 2023 on “Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay’s Anandamath: Nationalist Sentiment and Bande Mataram” in an ICSSR sponsored National Seminar on “Epistemic (In) Justice and the shaping of Indian Society” organized by Department of English and Modern European Languages, University of Allahabad.

·      Paper  Presentation on 19th and 20th April, 2023 on “Baul Singers of Bengal” in a National Conference on “Trees and Literature: Varied Paradigms” organized by ARSD college (DU) and IQAC (and English Department)  in collaboration with ICSSR.

·      Paper Presentation titled: “Nonsense Rhyme and its Adaptability: The role of Ray family” in IACLALS (Indian Association for Commonwealth Literature and Language Studies) in collaboration with Janki Devi Memorial College- Annual International Conference titled- “Circulations, Mediations, Negotiation: New Perspectives on Translations from South Asia”(online)- 2-5 March, 2022.

·       Paper Presentation titled: “Colonialism:Feminist Utopia in Rokeya Hossain’s Sultana’s Dream and Beyond” in IACLALS(Indian Association for Commonwealth Literature and Language Studies)  in collaboration with Janki Devi MemorialCollege- Annual International Conference titled- Utopias and Dystopias in our Times (online)- 17-20 March, 2021.

·       Paper Presentation titled: “Classroom E-management and Assessment in the Digital World: Virtual versus TraditionalClassroom Teaching" in National Conference on teaching and learninglanguage and literature in the Digital Era: Opportunities and Challenges(online), 29 Oct,2020, Shri Vaishnav Vidyapeeth, Indore.

·       Paper Presentation titled: “Representation ofWomen in the movies Padman and Toilet:Ek Prem katha” in Shyam LalCollege (Delhi University)  at an International Conference on“Through a (new) Looking Glass: Challenges for Women in the 21stCentury” on 9 – 10 January, 2020. It was WDC and IQAC in collaboration withICSSR.

·       Paper Presentation titled: “Liminality of WomenEntrepreneurs in the Indian Film Industry” in Bharati College at a “NationalSeminar on Role of Women Entrepreneurs in Socio-Economic Development of India,”April 26-27, 2019. It was WDC (Jagriti) in collaboration with the CommerceDepartment (Bharati College).


Workshop/FDPs Attended/participated (including FIP and Refresher):


Completed a 4-Week Faculty Induction/Orientation Programme for “Faculty in Universities/Colleges/Institutes of Higher Education” from 25 Feb - 27 March, 2023 from Guru Angad Dev Teaching Learning Centre, SGBT Khalsa College, University of DelhiPMMMN MTT, Ministry of Education .


Completed a 4-Week Faculty Induction/Orientation Programme for “Faculty in Universities/Colleges/Institutes of Higher Education” from 22 November - 21 December, 2023 from  Teaching Learning Centre Ramanujan College, University of Delhi, PMMMN MTT, Ministry of Education .

 Successfully Completed online two - week Interdisciplinary Refresher Course in “ADVANCED RESEARCH METHODOLOGY” from 25 February - 09 March, 2024 from Teaching Learning Centre Ramanujan College, University of Delhi,  PMMMNMTT, Ministry of Education .An Online International Winter School Program, A Three-Day Immersive Online Certificate Training Course on “Gender and Mental Health” organized by IMPRI (Impact and Policy Research Institute, New Delhi) on  13-15 Feb 2024.

·      Participated in a Workshop organized by Value Addition Course Committee (DU) and Sri Aurobindo College (DU) on “Reading Indian Fiction in English” on 7th June 2023.

·      Participated in a Workshop organized by Value Addition Course Committee (DU) and Rajdhani College (DU) on “Ecology and Literature” on 2nd June 2023.

·      Participated in a Workshop organized by Value Addition Course Committee (DU) and Janki Devi Memorial College (DU) on “Ethics and Culture” on 20th May 2023.

·      Participated in a Workshop organized by Value Addition Course Committee on “Reading Indian Fiction in English” on 19th Oct, 2022. Mahatma Hansraj Faculty Development Centre (under PMMMNMTT scheme) Hansraj College (University of Delhi).

·      Participated in Faculty Development Programme on “Research Paper Writing and Publishing for Scopus and UGC Care Journal” (via online mode), 1-8 Feb, 2022. Organized by Bharati College (DU) in collaboration with UGC-HRD Centre, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Maharashtra (A centre of MHRD under  PMMMNMTT scheme).

·      Participated in a Workshop on “Role of IQAC in Enhancing Quality Standards.” Organized by IQAC, Bharati College, 3 Sep, 2021.

·      Participated in a Webinar on ‘ICT in Pedagogy.’ Organized by IQAC, Bharati College, 7 Aug, 2021. 

·      Participated in Faculty Development Programme on “Educational Leadership and Gender: The Current Face of Higher Education” (via online mode), 8-15 Feb, 2021. Organized by Bharati College (DU) in collaboration with UGC-HRD Centre, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Maharashtra (A centre of MHRD under  PMMMNMTT scheme).(online)

·      Participated in “One day Research Methods Workshop” by Professor Pradeep Krishnatray Director, Research and Strategic Planning ,Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (Baltimore), organised by Research Committee of Bharati College, University of Delhi on 25 September 2020. (online)

·      Participated in a Faculty Development Programme on “Managing Online Classes: Teaching Learning Tools and e-Content Generation” (via online mode), 17-22 Aug, 2020. Organized by IQAC Bharati College (DU) in collaboration with Mahatma Hansraj Faculty Development Centre (under PMMMNMTT scheme) Hansraj College (University of Delhi).

·      Participated in a Workshop on “Research Metric: Impact Factor, h-index and Citations,” organized by IQAC of Bharati College on 2nd March, 2020. 

·       Certificate of Appreciation, Bharati College and IQAC for “One-Day Outdoor Leadership and Team Building Programme,” November, 19, 2019.

·      Certificate of Participation in a Faculty Development Programme (FDP) on “API and Related Issues,” organized by the Research Committee of Bharati College, University of Delhi on 20th November, 2017.

·      Paper presentation in “Research in Progress” Workshop, Bharati College, 6 March, 2017.

·      Certificate of Participation, Department of English in collaboration with IQAC, Hansraj College (DU), Faculty Development Workshop on "Research Methodology: An Interdisciplinary Approach,” 20-21 Jan, 2017.

·      Participated in a week long workshop “Peace Education Programme” organized by “The Prem Rawat Foundation” hosted by Bharati College, 24 April, 2015.

·      Workshop on “Teaching Academic Writing” (organized by RELO and Bharati College), conducted by Ms.Jackie Van Tilburgh, May 4-6, 2015.

·      Workshop on “Cultural Diversity, Linguistic Plurality and Literary Traditions in India,” co-ordinator of workshop, Dr.Bodh Prakash, Department of English, Delhi University, 28 April, 2015.

·      PhD Research and Writing Workshop conducted by Dr. Rich Rice (Fulbright Affiliate, DU, TTU English Department,USA) and Dr.Kanika Batra, organized by Convenor, PhD Committee- Prof. Shormishtha Panja and Head, English Department, Delhi University, Prof.Sumanyu Satpathy: 3-4 Dec, 2014, Arts Faculty Building, Delhi University.

·      Workshop on “Academic Writing” conducted by Dr. Spencer Salas, English Language Specialist, University of North Carolina (organized by RELO and Bharati College): 12-14 May, 2014, Bharati College.

·      Workshop on “Streaming” led by Ms. Dee. Broughton (for B.A Prog level), 19-20 April, 2012.

·      Workshop on English Language Courses at B.A (Prog) Level , conducted by Ms.Dee Broughton (Senior English Language Fellow- RELO, Regional English Language Officer): 19th Jan, 2012, Bharati College.

·      Mahesh Dattani Workshop on playwriting and scriptwriting: 15-17 March, 2011.

·      ILLL Workshop –ICT Workshop for Capacity Building of DU Faculty – II Tier: 25-31 March, 2010.

Research Projects (Major Grants/Research Collaboration)

Awards and Distinctions

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Association With Professional Bodies

Membershipof Literary Bodies:

·        IACLALS (Indian Association of CommonwealthLiterature and Language Studies)- lifetime member

·        FORTELL (Forum for Teachers of English Languageand Literature).

·        Lifetime Member, SSI (Shakespeare Society ofIndia)

·        Treasurer:SSI (Shakespeare Society of India)- 23rd April 2014- 29th April 2017

                   

Membershipof other Organizations:

·        “PEHEL”- Delhi University Support Group forWomen.

Other Activities


Paper - Setting board member- DSC, Sem II English hons (core) - British Poetry 16th and 17th century English Drama(1 Apr 2024)Invited as a Guest of Honour by "Nehru Yuva Kendra" for judging a District Level -South-West Delhi, Declamation Competition held in Bharati College on 9 Jan 2024.

Assistant Editor (2021 till Present)- Bharati College, University of Delhi and Jan Kalyan Sansthan, Jaipur publication, The Research Post: Interdisciplinary Journal for Social Sciences and  Humanities. ISSN 2229-676X. (Peer Reviewed) (Reviewer of Article)