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CURRICULUM VITAE
Name: Kotwal Deepsheekha
Educational Qualification: M.A., PhD
- M.A.: University of Jammu (1976)
* First position
- PhD.: University of Jammu (1994)
Date of Birth: February 28, 1954
Present Position: Professor, Department of English, University of
Jammu. (Superannuated 28th
February, 2014).
Experience: Teaching- 38 years
Undergraduate level-
6 months (June to October, 1976) at Government
College Bhaderwah.
Post-Graduate level-
38 years (October, 1976 onwards) in Department of
English, University of Jammu.
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Areas of Specialisation: (i) Gender and Women‘s Studies
(ii) Victorian Fiction
(iii) Comparative Writing
(iv) Indian English Writing and New Literature
Research Supervision: PhD Theses
Degree Awarded – 17
Presently Registered -8
MPhil
Degree Awarded – 28
Presently Registered –3
Research Experience: As Research Scholar (1987-1993)
Pursued Research Work in University of Jammu.
Title of Thesis: Feminism and Art in the Novels of
Charles Dickens (1993).
As Research Guide (1993-2015)
Titles of PhD Theses supervised.
Titles of MPhil Dissertations supervised.
(See Annexure I)
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Important Publications: Twenty one research papers in Books and Journals.
(See Annexure II)
As a Resource Person: (i) At UGC sponsored Refresher and Orientation
courses at GNDU (Amritsar), Osmania University
(Hyderabad), Punjab University (Chandigarh),
Punjabi University (Patiala) and Kurukshetra
University and University of Jammu.
(ii) At in-service training programme for teachers of
Sainik School (North Zone) at Sainik School
Nagrota.
(See Annexure IV B)
As a Thesis Examiner: Evaluated MPhil Dissertations and PhD Theses for
Central University (Hyderabad), Aligarh Muslim
University, Kurukshetra University, Kashmir
University, Punjab University (Chandigarh), GNDU
(Amritsar), Punjabi University (Patiala), Chaudhary
Charan Singh University (Meerut), Dr. Bhimrao
Ambedkar University (Agra), Bundelkhand
University (Jhansi).
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Seminars/Conferences: Several National and International conferences/
seminars in various Universities. Presented papers
and chair sessions.
(See Annexure III)
Lectures: (i) Delivered Extension Lectures in the various
departments within the University of Jammu.
(ii) In outside Institutions, Judicial Academy, Police
Academy, IMPA and SBI.
(See Annexure IV A)
Administrative Positions Held: (i) Head, Department of English, University of
Jammu (2006-09).
(ii) Director, The Law School, University of Jammu
(2012-13).
(iii) Director, Centre for Women‘s Studies,
University of Jammu (2013-14).
(iv) Director, Centre for Extension and Outreach
Programme (2006-08).
(v) Coordinator, MA English Programme, Distance
Education, University of Jammu.
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(vi) Coordinator, Post-Graduate Programme,
IGNOU.
(vii) Coordinates Distance Education MA English
programmes, University of Jammu. (2006-09)
(viii) Coordinator, MA English Programme,
Bhaderwah Campus, University of Jammu (2006-
09).
Member of Important Academic Bodies: (i) Syndicate, University of Jammu (2006-09).
(ii) Academic Council, University of Jammu (2006-
09)
(iii) Board of Research Studies, University of
Jammu. (1993 onwards).
(iv) Committee for Revision of English text Books
(BOSE). (2004-2007)
(v) BORS, University of Kashmir (2005-08).
(vi) Research Degree Committee, Guru Nanak Dev
University, Amritsar (2006).
(vii) BORS, SMVDU, Katra (2013).
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(viii) BORS, BGSBU, Rajouri (2014)
(ix) BORS, Central University of Jammu (2014-17).
(x) Coordinator, Refresher Course in English,
Department of English (2008)
(xi) Convener, Taskforce for the Establishment of
the Central Digital Library (IIT Kharagpur) (2011).
xii) Committe for Sexual Harassment at the Work
Place SMVDU, Katra
Other Positions Held: (i) Convener, Publication Cell, University of Jammu
(2004-08).
(ii) Chairperson, Campus Cultural Committee
(2005-06)
iii) Editor, Campus Update, CUJ
Membership of Committees: (i) Sexual Harassment Committee (GSCASH).
(ii) Advisory Committee, Centre for Women‘s
Studies (2006, 2009).
(iii) Advisory Committee, Yoga Centre (2006).
(iv) Advisory Committee, Gandhian Centre for
Peace and Conflict Studies (2005).
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(v) Project Advisory Committee for setting up of
University Campus at Bhaderwah (2006).
(vi) Convener, Disciplinary Committees.
(vii) Academic Audit Committee, University of
Jammu (2006).
(viii) Teachers‘ Welfare Fund Dispersement
Committee (2007-08)
(ix) Subject Committee, Directorate of Distance
Education.
(x) Observer/Reviewer Committee for Colleges of
Education (2010).
(xi) UGC Panel of Experts for English (2012).
(xii) UGC Committee for Women‘s Studies (2014).
(xiii) Subject Expert in Selection Committees for
appointment of Lecturers, Readers, Professors in
Universities of Kashmir, GNDU (Amritsar),
Punjabi University (Patiala), Himachal Pradesh,
various B.Ed Colleges under the aegis of University
of Jammu.
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Membership of Professional Associations and Societies: (i) Indian Association of Women‘s
Studies (Life).
(ii) MELUS-MELOW (Life).
(iii) Osmania University Centre for
International Programmes (OUCIP)
(Life).
(iv) Libraries and Research
Committee, J & K Govt. (SLACPC)
(2014).
(v) Editorial Board, Jammu Club
(2014-16).
(vi) Jammu Adventure Sports Club
(JASC).
Contribution to University and Extension Activities: (See Annexure V)
Broadcaster: Actively involved in programmes on language,
literature, politics and gender on radio and
television.
Projects: Translation Project, Sahitya Akademi.
ePG Pathshaala Project, UGC
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Annexure I
A. Titles of PhD Theses Supervised
1) A Room of their Own: The Form and Style of the Feminist Novel in Africa
1950-1990—Twinkle Suri (1999).
2) Multiple Level Engagement: A Study of the Mind and Art of Toni Morrison—
Aruna Gupta (2002).
3) Post Modernist Feminism Margaret Atwood and Anita Desai: Cross Cultural
Discourse—Vinita Nagpal (2003).
4) Restructuring the Sentence of her Life: A Study of Shashi Deshpande, Bharti
Mukherjee, Namita Gokhale and Shobha De—Geetanjali Rajput (2004).
5) Subversion and Contradictions: A Post Modernist Study of the novels of
Salman Rushdie—Gopal P. Sharma (2006).
6) Ideology and Narrative: The Fictional Dialectics of Nayantara Sahgal—Lt.
Col. Rohtas Singh (2006).
7) Womyn to Womyn: The Dialectics of Lesbian Politics—Shivani Suri (2007).
8) Fracture and Fission: Concept of the Family in Some Select Novels of Jospeh
Heller—Ashu Vashisht (2008).
9) Framing the Feminine: Indian Cinema as the Site of a Gendered Narrative—
Priyanka Gandotra (2008).
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10) The Poetry of Sylvia Plath: The Feminist Dialectics of Thanatos and Eros—
Manpreet Kour (2008).
11) Ideological Conflict in the Dramatic Works of Byron and Shelley—Ihsan-ur-
Rahim Malik (2009).
12) Of Mothers and Daughters: Matrilineage as a Leitmotif in the Novels of
Shashi Deshpande—Banpreet Kour (2011).
13) Bilingualism and Communicative Approach to Language Teaching: A Study
of English Language Teaching and Learning at Secondary Level in the
Jammu Region—Nancy Handoo (2011).
14) Chronicler of Contemporary Indian Society: A Study of Form and Content in
Khushwant Singh—Gopal Verma (2012).
15) Role of Gossip in the Novels of Jane Austen—Pamposh Ganjoo (2015).
16) Moving Forward or the Backlash: Generic Study of Chick Lit—Aditi Khajuria
(2015).
17) A Study of Marriage in the selected works of Maeve Binchy and Manju
Kapoor--Hina Goel (2016).
B. Titles of MPhil Theses Supervised
1) The "New Woman" in Charlotte Bronte's fiction—Anita Sharma (1993).
2) The Education of the Hero in the Early Fiction of Iris Murdoch—Archana
Bakshi (1994).
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3) The Exploration of the "Lone Individual" in the Fiction of Anita Desai—
Kamala Devi (1995).
4) Facets of Indian Identity: A Study of Salman Rushdie, Shashi Deshpande and
Gita Mehta—Gopal Parthasarthi Sharma (1999).
5) Twice Born: A Study of Cultural Schizophrenia in Bharati Mukherjee’s
Fiction—Menaka Thappa (2001).
6) Striptease of the Soul: The Confessional Mode in the Poetry of Kamala
Dass—Reena Bhagat (2001).
7) Straddling Two Worlds: Revisitation of India in the Fiction of Chitra B.
Divakaruni—Ashu Manhas (2002).
8) Microcosm of India: A Study of Malgudi in R.K. Narayan's Fiction—Sandeep
Chaudhary (2002).
9) A Study of Kamla Markandaya's fiction as a contact-zone of Biculturalism—
Vidya Dhar (2002).
10) India Seen through the Prism of R. K. Narayan’s Fiction—Irshad Hussain
(2002).
11) Nowhere Man: The Problematics of the Colonial Self in V. S. Naipaul's
Writings—Mohd. Saleem (2003).
12) Good Angel and Fallen Outcast: Women and Domestic Ideology in the
Victorian Novel—Tina Muthoo (2003).
13) "Ecriture Feminine" as a Site of Resistance in the novels of Kamala Das,
Namita Gokhale and Shobha De—Shivani Kotwal (2003).
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14) The Battle Within and Without: Feminine Sensibility in the Fiction of Bapsi
Sidhwa—Shakun Mahajan (2003).
15) Naipaul and India: A Progression from Darkness to Light—Rajiv Katoch
(2003).
16) Empowered in Purdah: Mukhtar Mai’s In the Name of Honour ahd Tehmina
Durrani’s My Feudal Lord and Blasphemy—Falak (2007).
18) Racism as a Leitmotif in Toni Morrison’s Beloved and J. M. Coetzee’s
Dusklands and In the Heart of the Country—Pooja Devi (2007).
19) A Study of Select Women Short Story Writers in India and Pakistan—Naz
Zargar (2007).
20) Revisiting the Holocaust: A Study of Inre Keatesz’s Fatelessness and Primo
Levi’s Survival in Auschwitz and Ele Wiesel’s Night—Raghunandan Roshni
(2007).
21) Representation of Women in Television Commercials—Tania Wazir (2008).
22) Representation of the Indian Middle Class in Chetan Bhagat’s The 3 Mistakes
of My Life, Aravind Adiga’s The White Tiger and Vikas Swarup’s Slumdog
Millionaire—Rajinder Singh (2008).
23) Female Bonding as the Leitmotif in the Novels of Jane Austen—Bhavna Gupta
(2008).
24) Her-Story: A Study of the Selected Works of Amrita Pritam—Manjinder
Wratch (2008).
25) The Conundrum of Identity: A Study of Select Kashmiri Pandit Women’s
Writing—Sony Pandita (2009).
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26) A Study of Contemporary Indian Women in Hindi Cinema—Sujata Sharma
(2009).
27) Speaking Silence: A Study of Selected Novels of Elif Shafak—Urfee (2010).
28) From Text to Screen: A Study of R. K. Narayan’s The Guide and Jhumpa
Lahiri’s The Namesake—Shikha Kak (2010).
29) Exploring the Half Mother Curfewed Night and Haider: A Biopolitical
Reading.—Jamiel Ahmad (2016)(CUJ)
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Annexure II
List of Publications
A. Books:
1) ―Love in the Poetry of Thomas Hardy‖. Thomas Hardy: A Collection of
Critical Essays. Ed. Subhash Chandra. New Delhi: Prestige, 1999. 158-64.
2) ―Portrait of a Perverse Marriage: A Comparative Study of Mohan Rakesh‘s
Halfway House and John Osborne‘s Look Back in Anger‖. Mohan Rakesh’s
Halfway House: Critical Perspectives. Ed. Subhash Chandra. New Delhi:
Asia Book Club, 2001. 56-65.
3) ―Medusa‘s Laugh: Radical Revisioning of Gender in Toni Morrison‘s Sula‖.
Politics of Location in the Multi-ethnic Literatures of the Americas. Eds. Anil
Raina and Manju Jaidka. Chandigarh: Arun Pub. House, 2003. 83-90.
4) ―Politics of Complexity: Mapping the Space of Multi-Ethnic Her Stories‖.
Ethnic Literatures of America: Diaspora and Intercultural Studies. Ed.
Somdatta Mandal and Himadri Lahiri. New Delhi: Prestige, 2003. 261-71.
5) ―Postmodernism as Feminine Text: A Study of Toni Morrison‘s Sula‖.
Aspects of Contemporary World Literature. Ed. P. Bayapa Reddy. New
Delhi: Atlantic, 2008. 126-37.
6) ―Postmodernism and its Implications for the Third World‖. Post Modernism
Language and Literature. Ed. A. H. Tak. New Delhi: Books Plus, 2008. 52-
58.
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7) ―A Room of One‘s Own: A Perspective on Indian English Women‘s
Writings‖. Trends in Indian English Literature. Eds. T. S. Anand and Shalini
Gupta. New Delhi: Creative Books, 2008. 79-97.
B. Articles:
30) ―The Patriarchal Ethos in Dombey and Son.‖ University Review. University of
Jammu, 1993, 93-97.
31) ―The Taming of Heliogabalus: A Perspective upon the Protagonist Situation in
Modern and Post-modern American Fiction.‖ Current Issues in Literary
Theory. Ed. Sukhdev Singh, 1995, 32-40.
32) ―The African Feminist Novel: A Voice of Protest.‖ The Literary Voice. Feb.,
1996, 59-62.
33) ―Point of View in Dickens: Poetic Justice vs Poetic Vision: Hard Times and
Little Dorrit.‖ PJES II, 1996, 89-103.
34) ―To be Black and Female: The Dialectics of Black Feminism.‖ English
Studies in India V. 1996, 20-26.
35) ―Afro-centric Analysis of Black Motherhood.‖ ESII VI. 1998, 158-164.
36) ―Gender and Sexual Identity in Shashi Deshpande‘s That Long Silence.‖
English Studies in India, VII. 1999, 38-44.
37) ―Female Subversion and Narrative Techniques: A Study of Ama Ata Aidoo‘s
Our Sister Killjoy.‖ ESII VII. 2000, 71-79.
38) ―Problematising Indian Feminism.‖ English Studies in India IX. 2001, 55-62.
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39) ―Post-modernism as Feminine Text: A Study of Toni Morrison‘s Sula.‖ ESII
X. 2002, 49-59.
40) ―Sita to Clytemnestra: Cultural Schzophrenia in Bharati Mukherjee‘s Wife.‖
Dialog No. 10. 2002, 29-35.
41) ―Women‘s Writing: A Challenge to ―Malestream determinism‖.‖ English
Studies in India XII. 2004, 62-67.
42) ―Gendered Subalternity: Feminine Sensibility in Bharati Mukherjee and
Jhumpa Lahiri.‖ ESII XII. 2005, 25-32.
43) ―Diasporic Woman and Feminine Sensibility‖. English Studies in India XIII.
2005, 25-32.
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Annexure III
Seminars/Conferences/Workshops
A. Seminars/Conferences:
(i) Organised by any other University/Institution:
(1) All India English Teachers Conference, Jan. 1976, Aligarh Muslim
University, (Aligarh).
(2) All India English Teachers Conference, 1984 Delhi.
(3) T. S. Eliot Centenary Seminar at Hyderabad, 1987-88.
(4) UGC Seminar on Women‘s Studies at Ludhiana, October, 1996. Presented
Paper: ―Subversion and Ideology in Afro American women’s writing‖.
(5) International Conference (MELUS) 7th
-11th
Jan. 2000: Hyderabad, Presented
Paper: ―Radical Revisioning of Gender‖.
(6) All India English Teachers‘s Conference Bhopal, Jan. 26th
-29th
, 2001.
Presented paper: ―Problematizing Indian Feminism‖.
(7) Seminar on Women and the New Millennium, 24th
February, 2001. Vishwa
Bharti College, Jammu. Presented Paper ―Indian woman in the new
millennium‖.
(8) National MELUS Conference, 4th
-5th
April 2003, Chandigarh. Presented
Paper: ―Gendered Subalternity in Indian /American fiction‖.
(9) International Conference (MELUS) 3rd
– 5th
Jan. 2004. At Indo American
Studies for International Studies, Hyderabad. Presented Paper: ―Mapping the
space of multi-ethnic Her Stories‖.
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(10) 3 Day National Seminar in Kashmir, Oct. 2004. Paper Presented: ―Post
modernism and its implications for the III world‖.
(11) National Seminar on Post-Colonial Studies: Issues and Challenges 26th
-
28th
Sept. 2005, University of Kashmir. Presented Paper: ―Straddling Two
Voices: The Post Colonial Writers’ Revisitation of India‖. Chaired a Session.
(12) National Seminar on Post-colonialism, 4th
-6th
August, 2006. Department
of English, University of Kashmir. ―A point of view from the margin: The
subaltern can speak”.
(13) National Seminar on ELT, 11th
-12th
January, 2006. SMVDU, Katra. (Panel
Discussion).
(14) One-Day Colloquium on Emerging Trends in ELT, 15th
Jan. 2007,
SMVDU, School of Languages, Katra. Keynote Address- ―Communicative
English and its Contemporary Context‖.
(15) National Seminar on Post-colonialism and its Aftermath, 26th
-27th
February, 2007. Punjabi University, Patiala. Chaired a session.
(16) Seminar on Women‘s Empowerment—Challenges and Future Strategies,
30th
March 2007 at centre for Women Studies MIER College of Education
Jammu, Jammu. Presentation and Chaired a Session.
(17) National Seminar on Cultural Studies and Literary Discourse 13th
-16th
Oct.
2008, Department of English, University of Kashmir. Presented Paper: ―The
Discourse of culture: Passing fad or a new public intellectualism‖. Chaired a
session.
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(18) National Seminar/ Workshop on Post Colonial Literature, 27th
-28th
March
2009, Department of English, Chaudhary Charan Singh University, Meerut.
Paper: ―Revisioning Women’s Text‖.
(19) National seminar on Post Colonialisms and Indian Literature: Experience,
Text and Theories, 18th
-19th
Nov 2010 at Department of English, A. S.
College Khanna. Chaired a session.
(20) Seminar on The Solution to Combating Crimes against Women is Capital
Punishment or Change in Mindset of Stakeholders (Presentation and Panel
Discussion), 28th
September, 2013. Sher-e-Kashmir Police Academy,
Udhampur.
(21) Seminar on People‘s Agenda: J&K vis-a-viz AAP Model, 5th
January,
2014. J&K People‘s Initiative for Change (JKPIC). Chaired a session.
(ii) Organised by University of Jammu:
(1) National Seminar on T. S. Eliot, 1987, Department of English University of
Jammu.
(2) National seminar on Canadian studies, Department of English, University of
Jammu, Jan. 1996. Presented Paper: ―Stubborn Angels: Quest for female
space in the fiction of Margaret Laurence‖.
(3) Round Table Conference on Women‘s Empowerment in Jammu and Kashmir:
Issues, Concerns and Challenges‖, 3rd
March, 2001. University of Jammu in
collaboration with British Council. Presented Paper: ―Politics of
marginalisation in J&K‖.
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(4) National Seminar on Families in Conflict Situations, 9th
-10th
May, 2003.
Department of Sociology. University of Jammu. Presented paper: ―Fractured
Families: Positioning of gendered lives in conflict zone‖.
(5) 8th North-West Sociological National Conference, 28
th-30
th Oct. 2004,
Department of Sociology, University of Jammu. Presented Paper: ―Radha or
Rukmani: the ambivalence at the heart of the women question in India‖.
(6) National Seminar for Scholars, January 2005. Department of English,
University of Jammu. Presentation.
(7) 31st All India Sociological Conference, 25
th-27
th October, 2005. Department
of Sociology, University of Jammu. Chaired session.
(8) Seminar on Women The Pillars of Society—Strengthen them, 12th
June, 2006.
Women Empowerment Forum (WEF) and Centre for Women‘s Studies,
University of Jammu.
(9) International Conference on ―Policy, People, Peace—Democratization of
Foreign Policy in parliamentary democracies: Canada, India and Beyond‖.
Dec. 14th
-16th
, 2009, Department of Political Science and centre for new
literature, culture and communication, University of Jammu.
(10) International Conference CESI 2012 on Education for a Changing World,
10th
-12th
October, 2012. Organised by University of Jammu in collaboration
with Comparative Education Society of India (CESI). Chaired a session.
(11) Seminar on Violence Against Women, 7th
February, 2013. Mahila Hinsa
Virodhi Manch (MHVM) and Department of Urdu. University of Jammu.
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(12) National Seminar on Higher Education in India—Role Playing Parameters
of Excellence, 15th
-16th
March, 2013. ICSSR, New Delhi and Sai Shyam
College, University of Jammu, (Panel Discussion).
(13) VIth International Seminar on ‗The Republic in Shakespeare‘, 16th
-18th
October, 2013. Department of English, University of Jammu and The
Shakespeare Association (India). Presented Paper titled ―Viola, Beatrice and
Rosalind Feminizing Shakespeare’s Republic‖, Plenary Speaker and Chaired a
session.
(14) XVII Conference of North West Indian Sociological Association
(NWISA), 22nd
-23rd
November, 2013. Department of Sociology. Presented
paper titled ―Marriage, Then and Now: A Feminist Critique‖ and chaired a
session.
(15) International MELUS Conference 21st -23
rd Feb. 2014, Department of
English, University of Jammu, delivered Prof Issac Sequeira Memorial lecture
on, ―Teaching Shakepear and G. B. Shah: The dilemma of English language
teaching‖ on 22nd
Feb. 2014.
iii) Organised by Central University of Jammu
Director National Seminar Organised by the Department of Mass
Communication and New Media, Central University of Jammu on 6th
-7th
May,
2016 on the topic ―Changing Dynamics of Media Landscape.”
B. Workshops:
(i) Organised by any other University/Institution:
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(1) Workshop on English Materials Revision/Development, 13th
-17th
January,
2000. BOSE and British Council at Jammu.
(2) 3 Days Workshop on Communicative Skills for Probationary Officers, State
Bank of India Sept. 2012.
(ii) Organised by University of Jammu:
(1) Workshop on Poetry Translation (Dogri-English) as Resource Person and
Translator, October 22-25, 2002. Sahitya Akademi and Dept. Of Dogri.
(2) UGC Workshop on Capacity Building for Women, February 10-15, 2005.
Centre for Women‘s Studies. Resource Person.
(3) 4 Days Workshop on Spoken English and Personality Development, 1st-2
nd
June, 5th
and 9th
June, 2006. Centre for Adult/Continuing Education and
Extension, University of Jammu. Resource person.
(4) Attended short-term course on ICT Skills for Senior Professors, 14th
-15th
March, 2011. Academic Staff College Computer Lab.
(5) Workshop on Communicative English and Body Language for Undergraduate
and Postgraduate Students of the Certificate Course in Communicative
English, 16th
-20th
October, 2011. Bhaderwah Campus. Resource Person.
(6) 2 Days Workshop on Writing Research Proposals 24th
-25th
January, 2013.
Department of English, University of Jammu. Resource Person and Panel
discussion, Delivered lecture on ―How to create a research proposal‖.
(7) Workshop on Research Methodology on, at Centre for Women‘s Studies,
University of Jammu. 9th
-13th
March, 2015 Lecture ―Writing MLA
handbook‖.
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(8) Workshop on Research Methodology at Department of Hindi, University of
Jammu. 16th
-22nd
March, 2015, Delivered two lectures on ―Hypothesis and
Documentation‖
(9) Research Methodology workshop Department of Punjabi, University of
Jammu. on 6th
April and 10th
April, Delivered two lectures on ―Choosing a
topic and Areas of research‖
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Annexure IV
Lectures/Refresher Courses
A. Extension Lectures:
(i) In other Universities/Institutions:
(1) 2 Extension lectures on Development of British Fiction from the beginning till
Victorian era, 19th
November, 2008. SMVDU, Katra.
(2) Extention lecture on Sexual Harrasement at the Work place, at SMVDU, Katra,on 8th
March 2009.
(3) Lecture on Perspectives on Feminism (Keynote Address), 8th
March, 2011. Centre for
Women‘s Studies, MAM College Jammu.
(4) Lecture on Homeland and exile for Kashmiri Pandits on 25th
April 2011 at Jammu
Club, Jammu.
(5) Lecture on Communicative Skills and Body Language, Dec. 2014, State Judicial
Academy, J & K High Court.
(6) Lecture on Humanisation of Male-dominated Police System and Gender Justice, 3rd
June 2014. Sher-e-Kashmir Police Academy, Udhampur.
(7) Lecture on Education and Women’s Empowerment, 24th
November 2014, Centre for
Women‘s Studies, MIER College of Education, Jammu.
(ii) Organised by University of Jammu:
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(1) Lecture on Prevention of Sexual Harassment at the Workplace, at Centre for
Adult/Continuing Education and Extension, 5th
October, 2005.
(2) Lecture on Images of Women in Literature and Language, 28th
November, 2006.
Department of Home Science.
(3) Extension Lectures on Women and Development Index, 9th
February, 2009.
Department of Home Science.
(4) Extension Lecture on Teaching Fiction and Drama, Sept. 2009, in Department of
English, Bhaderwah Campus,
(5) Topic Lecture on Sexism and language, 6th
Jan. 2010, Department of Law, University
of Jammu.
(6) 2 lectures Gender Debate Perspectives and Teaching of Literature—Areas of
Research. On 22nd
and 23rd
Jan. 2010, Department of Urdu.
(7) 2 lectures Feminism and its Aftermath and Gross National Happiness Leitmotif of
Human Development 15th
-16th
February, 2010, in Department of Home Science.
(8) 2 lectures on Feminism and Post-feminism, on 15th-19th
March 2010, Department of
Education.
(9) Extension Lecture on Professional Communication to MBA and MCA students, 20th
October, 2011. Bhaderwah Campus.
(10) 2 lectures on Multi disciplinary approach to Research Part I and II on 6th
-28th
August, 2012. Department of Hindi.
B. Refresher Courses:
(i) Organised by any Other University/Institution:
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(1) All India in service Refresher Course for Higher Secondary Teachers (North Zone) at
Sainik School Nagrota, 1st June - 21
st June 1995. Resource Person
(2) UGC sponsored Refresher Course at GNDU, Amritsar, 21st Oct. - 10
th Nov. 1999.
Resource Person.
(3) Orientation Course at GNDU, Amritsar, 2002. Resource Person.
(4) Refresher Course at GNDU, Amritsar, 4th
- 24th
July, 2003. Resource Person.
(5) Refresher Course at Punjab University, Chandigarh, 3rd
- 23rd
March, 2004. Resource
Person.
(6) Refresher Course at Punjab University, Chandigarh, 21st March - 10
th April, 2006.
Resource Person.
(ii) Organised by University of Jammu:
(1) UGC sponsored Refresher Course at Jammu University, December, 1994. Resource
Person.
(2) UGC sponsored Refresher Course at Jammu University, 17th
Feb. - 18th
March,
2001.Resource Person.
(3) UGC sponsored Refresher Courses on English Language and Literature in 2000,
2001, 2006 and 2008, Department of English.
(4) Multidisciplinary Refresher Course, 2009. Department of Hindi.
(5) Multi-lingual Refresher Course, 6th
- 28th
August, 2012. Department of Hindi.
(6) Lectures in Orientation and Refresher courses organised by Academic Staff College,
University of Jammu in the Departments of Law, Economis, Education, Environment
Science, Urdu, Hindi and Dogri between 2013-2015.
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Annexure V
Contribution to the University System and Extension Activities
As a teacher of English I have endeavoured through innovative active teaching to introduce
the students to subtleties of literature and the evolution of the English language into a variety of
english‘s, not just in its literary avatar but equally in the functional communicative one.
Unexplored research areas have been my forte with the objective of bringing academic research
in tune with its social relevance.
A. Contribution to Research:
Pioneering Research Areas:
(1) African Women‘s Writing
(2) Film and Media Studies
(3) Lesbian and Chick Lit Fiction
(4) Sufi Philosophy
(5) Muslim Women‘s writing in India and Pakistan.
(6) Kashmiri Pandit Writing
(7) Comparative Literature
B. Contribution to Curriculum and Teaching innovation:
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(1) Formulation of syllabi at Undergraduate and Postgraduate level according to UGC
guidelines.
(2) Formulated Syllabi and Statutes of BA Honours Course in English
(3) Preparation of LLB syllabus in Legal Language and General English.
(4) Preparation of syllabus for Certificate Course on Gender Issues for Centre of
Women‘s Studies.
(5) Preparation of MA English syllabus for Directorate of Distance Education, University
of Jammu.
(6) Preparation of MA English syllabus for, Bhaderwah Campus, University of Jammu.
(7) Preparation of MA English syllabus for PG course in Government Colleges,
University of Jammu.
(8) Prepared English Syllabus for post graduate course at Shri Mata Vaishno Devi
University, Katra and Baba Ghulam Shah Badshah University, Rajouri.
(9) As Convenor Committee for the Establishment of Digital Laboratory during XIth
Plan with the assistance of IIT Kharagpur.
(10) Lectured on spoken English in the Certificate course on ― Spoken English and
Personality Development‖ in the Centre for Adult/Continuing Education and
Extension, university of Jammu in June 2006.
(11) I have been counselling students under the aegis of IGNOU on varied topics like
writing about women, travel writing, TV and Radio plays, and development of
English language and literature.
(12) As guest faculty, Department of English Bhaderwah campus, University of
Jammu for the academic years 2009-2012.
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C. Conduct of Examination and Evaluation:
(1) Paper-setting of HP University, Indraprastha University, Punjab university
(Chandigarh), Punjabi University (Patiala), Kashmir Universit, Baba Ghulam Shah
Badshah University, Rajouri, Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University, Katra, Law
Department (Jammu University), The Law School (Jammu University).
(2) As observer/Reviewer of Managing Committee for inspection of B. Ed Colleges (20th
August, 2010).
(3) Conducted and evaluated NET Exams as Superintendent in June 2012.
(4) Observer of JUET conducted by University of Jammu 2012.
(5) Evaluation of UGC Workshop (12th
-17th
March, 2012).
(6) Evaluation of answer scripts for undergraduate and postgraduate classes of University
of Jammu, University of Amritsar and University of Kashmir.
(7) Convenor/member of flying squads for conduct of undergraduate and postgraduate
exams, University of Jammu.
D. Cultural Contribution:
(1) As Chairperson, Campus Cultural Committee, conducted ‗Umang‘, Inter-University
North-zone Youth Festival (15th
-29th
November, 2005) and ‗Harmony‘ International
SAARC Universities Youth Festival (12th
-16th
February, 2006).
E. Editorial Contribution:
(1) As Convener, Publication Cell, started publication of (i) Bi-annual newsletter Campus
Bytes (ii) multi-disciplinary journal Literati.
F. Projects:
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(1) Course material for Masters Degree in Population Studies under ePG Paathshaala
Project as content-writer.
(2) Translation of Dogri short-story book Chippi Kahaniyan into English, Sahitya
Akademi.
G. Extension Activities:
(1) Taught two courses on Elizabethan and Jacobean drama to MA English first semester
students of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University, Katra from Sept - Nov 2011.
Delivered 12 lectures.
(2) Jury Member for debating competitions at, Jodhamal Public School, Presentation
Convent, Delhi Public School, Alexander Memorial School.
(3) Jury member for the fifth annual Inter-State (North Zone) Declamation at GCW
Gandhi Nagar on12 December, 2014 and inter-college Maulana Azad Memorial
debate at MAM College on 11th
Nov. 2013.
(4) Preparation and presentation of English language and literature programmes for
school children conducted by the School Broadcast Section of Radio Kashmir,
Jammu. Two programmes were selected for broadcast at the National level, and were
highly appreciated.
(5) Prepared and conducted a series of programmes under the heading ―Pronounce it
Well‖ for the Yuv Vani Section of Radio Kashmir, Jammu.
(6) Delivered several talks in the ―English Talks‖ series of Radio Kashmir, Jammu.
(7) Participated in women-oriented chat shows aired on Doordarshan, Jammu.
(8) Outside the University I have conducted courses on Grammar and Spoken English in
the Institute of Journalism, Bhartiya Vidya Bhawan in 1977-78.
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H. Honours:
(1) Nominated for recognition in the Eighth Edition of ―International Who‘s Who of
Professional and Business Women‖, 2000.
(2) Nominated by The American Biographical Institute Board of International Research
for the award of ―Woman of the Year 2000‖ in recognition of my research work in
multi-ethnic literatures.
(3) Awarded Best Teacher in Language/ Literature by the ―Indian International
Friendship Society‖ for the year 2007.