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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.