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International 

• Participated in the International Seminar on Decolonizing Theories of the Emotions  organised by the Centre for Women’s Studies, University of Kerala and Samyukta: A  Journal of Women’s studies from 11-13 November 2015.
• Participated in the International Conference on Global Diaspora Studies: Contexts and  Configurations organised by UGC Area Study Centre for Canadian Studies in  association with World Association of Global Diaspora Studies (WAGDS) and State  University of New York, Binghamton from 21-22 March 2013.

National

• Participated in the 3-day National Seminar on Humour Traditions in Australia and  Canada organized by the Centre for Australian Studies and Centre for Canadian Studies  from 14-16 November 2019.
• Participated in the UGC sponsored National Seminar on Receding Boundaries:  Transnational Spaces, Nation and Representation in South Asian Diaspora organised  by Mar Ivanios College (Autonomous) from 10th 1o 11th December 2015.
• Participated in the National Seminar on ‘Narrating Travel, Mapping Identities’  organised by the Institute of English, University of Kerala from 5-7 March 2018. 4. Participated in the National Seminar on South Asian Diaspora in Australia organised  by Centre for Australian Studies, Institute of English, University of Kerala from 28-30  November 2018.
• 5. Participated in the National Conference on Converging Disciplines: Canada and India  organised by UGC Area Study Centre for Canadian Studies, University of Kerala from  12-13 July, 2012.
• 6. Participated in the UGC sponsored National Seminar on Paradigm Shifts in  Humanities: From Literature to Culture Studies organised by the PG Department of  English, Sree Narayana College, Chempazhanthy in collaboration with Centre for  Cultural Studies, University of Kerala on 30th September and 1st October, 2015.

Regional 

• One day workshop on Environmental Studies, Living Green organised by the  Department of English, Mar Ivanios College in association with Kerala State Higher  Education Council on December 8, 2016.
• Participated in the One-day Workshop on Literary Theory organized by by Institute of  English, University of Kerala on 31 August 2013.
• Participated in the Symposium on Kala Das and the Tradition of Bilingual Creativity  conducted by the Sahitya Academy in collaboration with the University of Kerala in  24th March, 2015.
• Participated in the Seminar Swami Vivekananda’s Philosophy: A Synthesis of  Tradition and Modernity sponsored by UGC from 18th– 19th March, 2015.

International 

• Presented a paper titled “Re-Working of Fairy Tales: Fay Weldon’s Fairy World” in  the International Seminar on Re-reading Classics in Children’s Literature organised by  the Department of English, Bharath Mata College, Thrikkakkara, in association with  Children’s Literature Association of India on 19-20 November 2010.
• Presented a paper titled “Facets of Motherhood: Patterns in the Colonial and Post Colonial Maternal Experience” in the UGC sponsored International Seminar on  Changing Worlds: Reviewing and Reinventing Literature and Culture organised by the  PG Department of English, Catholic College, Pathanamthitta in collaboration with  School of Letters, M. G. College, Kottayam on 23 and 24 January, 2012.
• Presented a paper titled “From Mississippi to Malgudi: A Perspective on Humour in  Mark Twain and R. K. Narayan organised by Litterit and UGC Area Study Centre for Canadian Studies, University of Kerala in the International Conference on Humour:  Texts, Contexts on 6-8 December, 2013.
• 4. Presented a paper on ‘Humour’ in the Humour Conference organised by the Department  of Humanities, Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST), Department  of Space, Government of India on 7th December, 2013.
• 5. Presented a paper titled “Anton Chekhov – The Eternal Storyteller” in the International  Seminar on Anton Chekhov and World Literature organised by the Honorary Consulate  of the Russian Federation in Trivandrum on 29th January, 2020.
• 6. Presented a paper titled “Possession, Repossession and Dispossession in David  Malouf’s Harland’s Half Acre” in the International Conference on Who Started the  Bushfires? Australian Culture, Economy and Polity in the Post-Truth Era organised by  the Research Department of English, University College, Trivandrum in collaboration  with Centre for Australian Studies, University of Kerala and IASA.

National 

• Presented a paper titled “Female Spaces in Male Narratives: The Feminine Psyche in  Anand’s Gauri and Narayan’s The Painter of Signs” organised by the Centre for  Women’s Studies, Catholicate College, Pathanamthitta on 15th and 16th February, 2013.
• Presented a paper titled “The Aboriginal Dilemma in Mudrooroo’s Wild Cat Falling”,  in the National Seminar on Cross Cultural paradigms: Australia and India organised  by the Centre for Cultural Studies and Centre for Australian Studies, Institute of  English on 25th and 26th March, 2013.
• Presented a paper titled ‘In Search of Roots: A Study of Yasmine Gooneratne’s Select  Poems’ in the National Seminar on South Asian Diaspora in Australia organised by  Centre for Australian Studies, University of Kerala from 28-30 November, 2018.
• Presented a paper titled “Torn Between Two Worlds: Race and Identity in Thomas  Keneally’s The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith”, in the National Seminar on  Understanding Aboriginal Australia organised by Centre for Australian Studies,  University of Kerala from 8-9 January, 2015.
• Presented a paper titled “Voice of the Voiceless: George Ryga’s The Ecstasy of Rita  Joe as a Play on Survival and Victimization” in the National Seminar on Centering the  Margins: Facets of New Literatures organised by the PG Department of English,  V.T.M.N.S.S. College, Dhanuvachapuram on 5th and 6th January, 2012.
• Presented a paper titled “Escape from Real Wolrd: The New Wave of Fanatsy” in the  National Seminar “Igniting the Imagination: Reading Literature Beyond Curricular  Confines”, organised by the Department of English, Govt. College, Kariavattom and sponsored by the Department of Collegiate Education, Kerala on 24th and 25th November, 2016.

State Level

• Presented a paper titled “The Victimized Adolescent Girl: Issues and Challenges” in  the UGC sponsored 3-day Seminar on Current Issues of Adolescent Girls in Kerala  organised by Women’s Study Cell, N.S.S. College for Women, Trivandrum in  association with Department of Psychology, M. G. College, Trivandrum from 6-8  February, 2013.

• Participated and chaired a session in the International Seminar ‘Predacious Emoticons  and Endangered Letters: Impact of Hegemonic Ideograms on Language in Social  Media’, organised by the Department of English, Govt. College for Women,  Trivandrum and sponsored by The Directorate of Collegiate Education, Kerala on 21st,  22nd and 23rd of November, 2019.
• Chaired a session titled “Humour in Representation”, in the National Seminar on  Humour Traditions in Australia and Canada on 14-16 November, 2019, organised by  Centre for Australian Studies and Centre for Canadian Studies, University of Kerala.
• Chaired a session in the International Seminar on Thrice Told Tales: Reconfiguring the  Canon organised by the Research Department of English, All Saints’ College,  Trivandrum on 10 and 11 December, 2018.
• Chaired a session in the National Seminar on South Asian Diaspora in Australia from  28-30 November, 2018.

• In the UGC sponsored National Seminar on Receding Boundaries: Transnational  Spaces, Nation and Representation in South Asian Diaspora organised by Mar Ivanios  College (Autonomous) from 10th and 11th December 2015.
• In the National Seminar “Igniting the Imagination: Reading Literature Beyond  Curricular Confines”, organised by the Department of English, Govt. College, Kariavattom and sponsored by the Department of Collegiate Education, Kerala on 24th and 25th November, 2016.
• In the National Workshop on ‘Research Methodology’ organised by the G Department  of Hindi and Research Centre, University College, Trivandrum on 22nd and 23rd November, 2018.
• In the National Workshop on Diaspora Studies on 22-23 November 2013 organised by  UGC – SAP, Institute of English, University of Kerala.
• In the Workshop on Syllabus Revision for B.A. English (Main) and B.A.  Communicative English organised by Board of Studies in English (Pass), University of  Kerala on 25, 26 and 27 September 2019. 

• “Torn Between Two Worlds: Race and Identity in Thomas Keneally’s The Chant of  Jimmie Blacksmith”. “Divergences” edited by Dr. Suja Kurup P.L and Shyama Sajeev:  Haryana Horizon Books, 2017, pp. 102-105. Print.
• “Anton Chekhov: The Eternal Storyteller”. Anton Chekhov, The Eternal Storyteller and  Other Articles. Compiled by Kavitha Nair. Russian Cultural Centre, Trivandrum. 2020,  pp. 14-16. Print.
• “Uprootedness and Related Concerns: The Palace of Illusions as a Feminist Re-reading  of the Mahabharata”. Indian Readings on Indian Writings in English. Edited by Kishore  Ram: USA, Lambert Academic Publishing, 2013, pp. 385-393. Print.
• “Waiting for Pain or Gain? Ha Jin’s ‘Waiting’ as a Tale of Love and Longing.  Imagin(in)g the Diaspora: Critical Responses to Asian Diasporic Art and Literature.  Edited by Dr. B. S. Jamuna. Chennai, Emerald Publishers, 2014, pp. 68-77. Print.
• “From Mississippi to Malgudi: A Perspective on Humour in Mark Twain and R. K.  Narayan”. Humour, Texts, Contexts. Edited by P. P. Ajayakumar, Lal C. A. New Delhi:  Creative Books, 2015, pp. 312-319. Print.

• “The Aboriginal Dilemma in Mudrooroo’s ‘Wild Cat Falling’”. Littcrit( UGC- Care  List) 1-77 (June 2014), pp. 62-65. Print.
• “From the Supernatural to the Uncanny: Defiance Through Macabre in Fay Weldon’s  ‘Remember Me’”. Rock Pebbles (UGC- Care List)XXIV.IV (December 2020) pp. 55- 58. Print.
• “Battle of Sexes: Fay Weldon’s ‘The Life and Loves of a She-Devil’ as a Saga of  Revenge and Retribution. Teresian Journal of English Studies XIII-IV (October – December 2021) pp. 71-75. Print.
• “Female Body as a Site of Power and Resistance: The Sexual Politics of Eating in Fay  Weldon’s ‘The Fat Woman’s Joke’ and Margaret Atwood’s ‘The Edible Woman’”.  Samyukta: A Journal of Gender and Culture 4.2 (July 2019). Print.
• “The Joys of Maternal Experience: Motherhood and Mothering in Buchi Emccheta, Fay  Weldon and R. K. Narayan. Assonance ( UGC- Care List) (January 2022), pp. 312-317.  Print.
• “Caught Between Two Worlds: George Ryga’s ‘The Ecstasy of Rita Joe’ as a Play on  Survival and Victimisation”. Tattva-Sindhu.( UGC- Care List) 9.2 (April 2022), pp. 61- 66. Print.
• “Efficacy of Suggestopedia in Teaching Vocabulary to Differently-Abled Students”.  International Journal of Early Childhood Special Education 14.3 (2022), pp. 450-454.  Online.
• “Confluence of Aesthetics and Rituals: Sociocultural Relevance of Padayani as an  Artform.” Journal of Sukrtindra Oruental Research Institute ( UGC-Care Listed) April  2024. pp 53-64.Print
• “Wives of Dasaratha: Different Facets of Motherhood as Portrayed in Adhyathma  Ramayana”. Malayalam Literary Survey- Journal of Kerala Sahithya Academy. ( UGC Care List)(Oct-Dec 2022) .pp 51-58 .Print
• “Different Ways of Searching Michelle de Kretser’s The Lost Dog.” Inclusive  Journal(UGC-Care List) (Dec2023-Jan 2024)
• Posession, Repossession and Dispossession in David Malouf”s Harland’s Half Acre.  Littcrit ( UGC-Care List) Dec 2022 .pp177-183. Print

• “Four One Act Plays” Ed. by S. Devika and Vidya Rajagopal. (Textbook prescribed  for Semester I, First Degree Programme (CBCS System) Language Course I: Listening,  Speaking and Reading (Common for B.A/BSc[EN1111.1], B.Com [EN1111.2] & 2(a)  [EN1111.3]), University of Kerala (2016 admission to 2018 admission).

• Member, Board of Studies in English (PG, University of Kerala)
• Member, Board of Studies in English, Mar Ivanios College, Trivandrum (Autonomous)
• Member of Editorial Board: Cape Comorin, An International Multidisciplinary Journal.

Research Supervisor in the Faculty of Arts, University of Kerala

• PhD Awarded - 3
• Presubmission - 2
• Ongoing - 3

• Awarded 3rd Rank by Kerala University in B.A. English Language and Literature  Examination, 1992.