Gokulam, Kadakkad, Pandalam

Major / Minor  Research Projects

• Minor Research Project financed by University Grants Commission during the XI plan
  Dialectics of Ecology and Literature: An Ecocritical and Ecofeministic Reading of Alice Walker’s The Color Purple and Arundhati Roys’s The God of Small Things

• Principal in Charge, (DDO) from 1.6.2022 to 28.2.2023
• Head of the Department
• Research Guide, University of Kerala
• Member, PG Board of Studies (English), University of Kerala
• PhD External Expert, Amrita Deemed to be  University
• PhD External Expert, Vellore Institute of technology
• Question Paper Setter (PG), University of Calicut, Mar-Athenesius College, Kothamangalam (Autonomous)
• Member, Panel of Peer Reviewers, International Journal of Literature and Aesthetics (UGC Carelisted)
• Member, Panel of Peer Reviewers, Kruthi, Multidisciplinary Research Journal
• Executive Member, College PTA
• Convenor, Women’s Studies Unit
• Convenor, Cultural Club
• Convenor, DLMC
• Convenor, College HRD Cell
• Coordinator, Debate Club
• Coordinator, PG Forum
• Member, Ethics committee
• Member, Sports Committee
• Member, WWS Monitoring Committee
• Convenor, Internal Complaints’ Committee
• Coordinator, Unnath Bharath Abhiyan (UBA)

• Orientation course for college teachers in Information Technology conducted by UGC Academic Staff College, University of Kerala from  21/02/2008 to 19/03/2008.
• STAT-2011, for college teachers held at The English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad from  7/3/2011-11/3/2011
• UGC sponsored SAM  workshop, organized by Women’s Studies Cell, SD College, Alapuzha from  6/2/2012  to  10/2/2012
• UGC sponsored TOT  workshop organized  by Department of Commerce, University of Kerala from 10/9/2012  to  15/9/2012
• UGCsponsored SAM  workshop, organized by Women’s Studies Cell, SD College, Alapuzha from  6/2/2012  to  10/2/2012
• UGCsponsored TOT  workshop organized  by Department of Commerce, University of Kerala from 10/9/2012  to  15/9/2012
• Refresher Course in English conducted by UGC Academic Staff College, University of Kerala from  1/8/2014  to  21/8/2014
• Refresher Course in English conducted by UGC Academic Staff College, University of Kerala from  1/07/2015 to 21/07/2015
• RUSA sponsored Short Term Course in Student counseling and Mentoring conducted by UGCHRDC, University of Kerala from 30/10/2017 to 4/11/2017
• IP Awareness/ Training Programme organized by Intellectual Property Office, Govt of India on 6 December, 2022.
• PG Syllabus Revision Workshop, Institute of English, University of Kerala, 18/3/2022
• One week Online National Level Faculty Development Program on Discovering Worlds Through Pages: Travel Literature Insights organized by Career Development Cell, Global Gokul University, Siddhpur, Gujarat from 25 September to 1 October 2023
• Five Day Faculty Development Programme "Tech Teach: Elevating Teaching with Digital Proficiency"; (Online, 19 Feb 2024 - 23 Feb 2024) Organized by the HRD Cell - IQAC, N. S.
  S.College, Pandalam
• Online Faculty Programme on Indian knowledge Systems organized by Bharat Vidya Prayojana Division of IGNCA, Ministry of Culture in collaboration with NSS College Pandalam ,11 to 15 March 2024.
• Online One Week Faculty Development Programme  on “ Echoes of Survival: Unveiling Life Narratives of Trauma and Resilience in Holocaust Studies” organized by PG Dept of English,Sri Guru Teg Bahdur Khalsa College, Sri Anandpur Sahib, Punjab in collaboration with Nucleus of Learning and Development, Gujarat from 23 May to 30 May 2024.

Seminars Organised

• Convenor,  UGC aided National Workshop on “ Innovations in Teaching and Evulauation” organized by the Internal Quality Assurance Cell of N.S.S. College in collaboration with N.S.S Training College, Pandalam on 26 March 2012
• Convenor, UGC Sponsored National Seminar on “Sustaining Indian Knowlegde Systems: Academic Representation Through English Studies” organized by the PG Department of English, N.S.S College, Pandalam on 5, 6 December, 2017.

Articles in Journals/ Books

• Redefining Politics: Aesthetic Experimentation in O.V. Vijayan’s The Saga of Dharmapuri. Journal of Literature and Aesthetics, Jan-Dec 2011. ISSN:2278-523X (included  in UGC Carelist I since July, 2019)
• Cartography of the Anthropocene: An Ecocritical Reading of Amitav Ghosh’s The Hungry Tide and Alice Walker’s The Colour Purple, 2013. Catholicate Journal of Studies and Research. ISSN 2249-149X
• N.S Madhavan’s Vanmarangal Veezhumbol and Nilavili: A Study in Political Milieu Malayalam Literary Survey. Kerala Sahitya Academy, June 2013, Registration No: 29431/77, (included in UGC Carelist I since July, 2019 with ISSN )
• “What is there in a Spelling that which we call a rose by any other spelling would smell as sweet”.  Humour, Texts and Contexts. 2015. ISBN: 978-81-8043-117-3
• Demythifying the Myth, Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research, ISSN: 2349-5162, 2017. (UGC Approved No: 63975) (Old List)
• Echoing Whispers: Role of Music and Nature in Haruki Murakami’s Norwegian Wood. Bodhi International Journal of Research in Humanities, Arts and Science. 2017 ISSN 2456-5571, UGC Approved Journal: 44274 (Old List)
• Antiquity, Modernity and Modernism: Evolutionary Metamorphoses of Poetry in Relation to Human Grasp of Reality, (Second Author) 2018. Transcending Borders and Culture: shifting Paradigms in Contemporary Poetry. ISBN: 978-93-85752-72-8
• Long Path to Selfhood in Jahnavi Barua’s Rebirth. Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research. March 2018. ISSN: 2349-5162. (UGC Approved No: 63975)
• Life, Leaf and Water in Arundhati Roy’s The God of Small Things. International Research Journal of Human Resource and Social Sciences. May 2018. ISSN 2394-4218. Peer Reviewed
• History-Fiction Nexus: A Study of Innovative Fictional Strategies in Rushdie’s Midnight’s Children and Tharoor’s The Great Indian Novel. International Journal of Research in Social Sciences.  November 2018. ISSN 2249-2496. UGC Approved (old list) No: 48887
• Dialectics of a Changing World: Market and Media. International Journal of Research in Economics and Social Sciences. January 2019.  ISSN 2249-7382. Peer Reviewed
• Quest for Identitiy: A Reading of Upamanyu Chatterjee’s English, August: An Indian Story. Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research. February 2019. ISSN: 2349-5162. UGC Approved (Old List) No: 63975
• Nature as an Omnipresent Character in Alice Walker’s The Color Purple. International Journal of Research in Social Sciences. December 2018. ISSN 2249-2496. UGC Approved (old list) No: 48887
• Polemically Political: A Reading of Arundhati Roy’s The Ministry of Utmost Happiness. Journal of Management Research and Analysis. March 2019. ISSN: 2394-2770.
• Impact of Science and Technology on Environment., 2019. People and Enviornment: Concerns and Challenges. Ed. Sudheer S.V.UGC-HRDC, University of Kerala. ISBN 978-81-908006-4-8
• Redefining Womanhood: Subverting the Constructed Feminity in Films. Journal of Critical Reviews., 20202. ISSN: 2394-5125, UGC Care II (Scopus Indexed)
• Satire at its Biting Best: Anusha Rizvi’s Peepli Live as a Socio-Political Document. Elementary Education Online. 2020. ISSN:1305-3515,  UGC Care II (Scopus Indexed)
• Post Modernism: A Critical Perspective on Literature. International Journal for Multidisciplinary Research. 2020. ISSN: 2582-2160.  Peer Reviewed
• Adventurers and Housekeepers in Enid Byton’s Five on a Treasure Land. (Second Author), Journal of Education, Rabindra Bharathi University,  ISSN: 0972-7175.  UGC Care List I
• Dialectics of Power Transformation: A Foucauldian Reading of Vaisakhan’s Railway Stories (Second Author). Journal of Literature and Aesthetics,  Jan-June 2022. ISSN 2278-523X. UGC Care List I
• “Re’ Searching the Goodness: Role of Performance in Mallika Sarabhai’s In Search of the Goodness. Dogo Rangsang Research Journal,  February 2022. ISSN 2347-7180. UGC Care List I
• Negotiating Space and Protest through Performance: An Analysis of Maya Rao’s Play Walk. (Second Author) Journal of Asiatic Society of Mumbai, September 2022. ISSN 0972-0766,  UGC Care List I
• Dismantling the Experience: The Impact of New Media on Rail Travel, (Second author) Journal of Asiatic Society of Mumbai, November 2022. ISSN 0972-0766.  UGC Care List I

Seminars, Conference, Workshops (papers presented/ attended)

• UGC Sponsored National Seminar on “Indian Languages Literatures and English Studies: Crossing the Boundaries” organised by the PG Department of English N. S. S. College, Pandalam on the 18th and 19th of January, 2005.
• National Seminar on “Imagining Cultures Beyond Disciplines: Cultural Studies in India  organised by Kerala University Institute of English, Thiruvananthapuram on 19th and 20th March, 2009.
• International Seminar on “Culture, Globalisation and the Ethics of the Humanities” organized by the Postgraduate and Research Department of English, St. Berchman’s College, Changanassery on 9th and 10th July 2009
• UGC Sponsored National Seminar on “Rasanubhava  and Contemporary Indian Theatre” organised by the Department of English, St. Cyril’s College, Adoor on the 2nd, 3rdand 4th December 2009.
• National Seminar on “Women and Mental Health” organised by the Centre for Women’s Studies, University of Kerala and the Women’s Studies Cell, Sanatana Dharma College, Allapuzha on 11th and 12th March, 2010.
• UGC sponsored National Seminar on “History and Politics in Contemporary Indian Literature” organized by the PG and Research Department of English, Sree Narayana college, Kollam on 23rd and 24th September 2010.
• UGC Sponsored National Seminar on “Deconstructing Foundations: Post Modern Perspectives in Writing” conducted by the Dept of English, Christian college, Chengannur on 1st and 2nd September, 2011.
• UGC Sponsored National Seminar on “Diasporic Discourses in Modern Indo-Anglian Fiction” conducted by The Department of English, T.K.M.M College, Nangiarkulangara on 22nd and 23rd August 2011. 
• National seminar on “ Violence Againt Women: Empowering Women Against Cyber Crimes” organized by Catholicate Center for Women’s Studies and Mahathma Gandhi University, Kottayam at Catholicate College, Pathanamthitta on 9th December 2011.
• UGC Sponsored National Seminar on “Appropriate Knowledge & Curriculum  for English Studies: Need for a New Epistemology” organized by the P.G. Dept of English N.S.S College, Pandalam on 4,5,and 6 August 2011.
• International Seminar on “Revisiting D.H Lawrence and Lawrence Durrell: New Perspectives” organized by Centre for Lawrene Durrell Studies and the PG Department of English,  SB College, Changanassery on 14,15,16 June 2011
• Annual Conference of  on “ Comparative Cultural Studies: Towards New Postcolonial Paradigms” organized by Indian Association for  Commonwealth Literature & Language Studies & Centre for Comparative Literature, University of Kerala on 27,28,29 January, 2011
•  UGC National Seminar on “Women and Cyber World- Imminent threats and Innovations “ organized by Women Study Unit, N.S.S College, Pandalam on 29, 30 September 2011. 
• UGC Sponsored National Seminar on “Charting New Territories: Cartographies of Popular Media and Culture” organized by the Department of English, All Saints’ College, Thiruvananthapuram on 18, 19 August 2011. 
• UGC sponsored International Seminar on “ Changing Worlds: Reviewing and Reinventing Literature and Culture” organized by the PG Department of English, Catholicate college, Pathanamthitta on 23, 24  January 2012.
• UGC Sponsored National Seminar  on “ The Resilient Indian Women: Pre and Post empowerment” organized by the Centre for Women’s Studies, Catholicate College, Pathanamthitta on 15, 16 February 2013
• UGC Sponsored National Seminar cum Workshop on “Re-‘tracking’ the Celluloid: History, Politics and Popular culture in films” organized by the PG Department of English, N.S.S college , Pandalam on 24, 25, 26 October 2013.
• International Conference on “Humour: Texts, Contexts” organized by the Department of Humanities, Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology in collaboration with Littcrit and UGC Area Study Centre for Canadian Studies, University of Kerala on 6,7,8 December 2013.
• UGC  Sponsored National Seminar on “Themes and Theories in Contemporary Literature in English” organized by the PG Department of English, M.S.M College, Kayamkulam on 20, 21 June 2013.
• UGC Sponsored National Seminar on “ Transculturation in contemporary British and American Poetry” organized by the Department of English, St. Cyril’s College, Adoor on 12, 13 August 2013
• UGC Sponsored National Seminar on “LUSUS NATURAE: Monsters in Film and Fiction” organized by PG Department of English, Christian College, Chengannur on 5, 7 September 2013.
•  UGC Sponsored National Seminar on “Cinema: Its Language and Grammar” organized by the Department of Malayalam, N.S.S College, Pandalam on 15,16,17 October, 2014
•  International Seminar on “Innovation and Best practices in Teaching and Learning” organized by Muslim College of Education, Kanyakumari Dist, Tamil Nadu on 24, 25 January 2014.
• International Conference on “Emerging Trends in Science, Engineering, Business and Disaster Management” organized by the Department of Human Resource Mangement in association with IEEE Madras Section ED Chapter and ISTE India on 28 February, 2014.
•  Director of Collegiate Education sponsored National Seminar on Film Studies on “Deciphering the Celluloid: Approaches and Perspectives” organized by the Department of English, Baby John Memorial govt. College, Kollam on 12, 13 January 2015.
• UGC Sponsored National Seminar on “ The Image of changing India in Contemporary Fiction and Travel Literature” organized by the PG and Reserch Department of English, Fatima Mata National college(autonomous0 kollam on 15,16 September 2015.
• International Seminar on “Decolonizing Theories of Emotions” organized by the The Centre for Women’s Studies, University of Kerala and SAMYUKTA: A Journal of Women’s Studies on 11, 12, 13 November 2015.
• UGC sponsored multidisciplinary National Seminar on  “Travails of Uprootment: A tribute to refugees, Exiles and Diasporic Communities organized by the Department of English, M.S.M College, Kayamkulam on 29, 30, 31 July 2015.
• National Seminar on  “Contemporary Shakespeare: Culture, Language and Politics” organized by the School of Distance Education, University of Kerala and the English Language Teachers Association of India and the British Council on 6, 7 September, 2016.
• One Day Seminar on “Cultural Studies” organized by PG Department of MG College, Trivandrum on 24 June 2016.
• UGC Sponsored National Seminar on “Transcending Borders and Cultures: Shifting Paradigms in Contemporary Poetry” organized by the PG Department of English, St. Cyril’s College, Adoor on 3,4 November, 2016.
• Lecture Series on Canadian Culture and Literature organized by UGC Area Study Centre for Canadian Studies, Institute of English, University of Kerala on 5,6 February 2016.
• UGC Sponsored National Seminar on Sanskrit and Indian Culture organized by the Department of Sanskrit N.S.S College, Pandalam on 10, 11 February 2016.
• International Conference on “ English Language, Literature and Linguistics” jointly organized by Research Department of English, American College, Madurai, Tamil Nadu  and L Ordine Nuovo Publication  on 26 July 2017 at American College, Madurai.
• Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute, New Delhi sponsored Multidisciplinary National Seminar on “ Canadian Kaleidoscope: A Fascinating Perspective for the Prospective Emigrant” organized by the Department of English, M.S.M College, Kayamkulam and UGC Area Study Centre for Canadian Studies, University of Kerala on 8 December, 2017 at M.S.M College, Kayamkulam .
• International Conference on Management, Technology and Social Sciences (ICMTS’ 18) jointly organized by Geneva Business School, Geneva, Switzerlan, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Annamalai University, Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu and Kalaingan Pathipagam Anuragam,  Chennai on 7 May, 2018 at Geneva, Switzerland.
• National Seminar on “Narrating Travel, Mapping Identities” organized by the Institute of English, University of Kerala on 5, 6, 7 March 2018.
• National Seminar cum Workshop on “ Teaching Learning Platforms for Digital Natives” jointly organized by UGC-HRDC, University of Kerala, Thiruvanthapuram and Society of Innovative Researchers and Academicians(SIRA) on 27,28 September at St. Thomas College of Teacher Education, Pala, Kerala.
• International Conference on “Gender Equity through the Strategy of Gender Mainstreaming” organized by the Presidency University, Bengaluru with support from United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and Empowerment of Women on 6,7 September 2018 at Presidency University, Bengaluru.
• International Conference on “Thrice Told Tales: Reconfiguring the Canon” organized by the PG and Research Department of English, All Saints’ College, Thiruvanathapuram on 10, 11 December 2018.
• International Conference on “Ecology and Culture” jointly organized by Department of English, Amrita Viswa Vidyapeetham and FSLE-India on 15, 16, 17 December, 2018 at Amrita Viswa Vidyapeetham, Amritapuri, Kerala.
• National Seminar on “Myth, Folklore and History: Revisiting Cultural and Literary Traditions” organized by the PG Department of English, Nirmala College, Muvattupuzha on 15 and 16 January 2020
• National Seminar on“Theory: Paradigms and Interfaces” organized by the PG and Research Department of English, St. Thomas Cllege, Kozhencherry on 20 and 21 January 2020.
• National Seminar on “ English and Multilingualism in India: Problems, Polemics and Perspectives sponsored by the Directorate of Collegiate Education, govt of Kerala and organized by the Dept. of English, B.J.M. Govt. College, Chavara on 27 and 28 January 2020.
• National Seminar on “Academic Research Practices in Higher Education: Multidisciplinary Perspectives in NEP jointly organized by SNM Training College, Moothakunnam and Society of Innovative Researchers and Academicians(SIRA) in collaboration with UGC-HRDC, University of Kerala on 20 and 21 October, 2022.
• International Lecture Series on Studies in Dissent and Protest organized by the Kerala State Higher Education Council and St. Thomas College (Autonomous),  Thrissur on 10.17.20 May 2022.
• National Symposium and Second International Scholars Meet, Marthoma College of Science and Technology, Ayur, Kollam, Kerala. 19-20 April, 2023.
• International Multi-Disciplinary conference on Arts, Science, Management, Engineering and Technology organized by BITS Pilani, Dubai Campus on 25 February 2024.