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SHRAWAN K. SHARMA Professor of English Director, Centre for Canadian Studies Dean, Faculty of Humanitiese-mail id: drshrawan@gkv.ac.inMob: +91-9412074666 (M)

Qualification: M. A. English, PGCTE, M. Phil., Ph. D., D. LittResearch Area:Aesthetics: Indian and WesternModern Literature in English (Indian and Canadian)British Poetry

Editor: The Vedic Path, A Quarterly Journal of Vedic. Indological and Scientific Research.Associate Editor: ANSU Journal of Arts and Humanities (AJAH), a publication of the Faculty of Arts, Anambra State University, Nigeria.

ForeignVisits/Fellowships: Visited the Simon Fraser University and the University of British Columbia, Canada As A Shastri Fellow under Faculty Enrichment Award for four weeks: Sept. 17 – Oct. 16, 1995.

Visited the York University & the University of Toronto, Canada As A Shastri Fellow under Faculty Enrichment Award for four weeks: May 17 – June 16, 2002 Visited Bangkok to present a paper in the 2nd Annual ACSA Conference ASIAN WAYS: TRADITIONS AND TRANSITIONS organised by Assumption University, Bangkok on 5th and 6th of August 2008..

Visited Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, UK to attend and make a presentation, “Prospectivising Theory: Thinking through Aesthetics of Literature” in a Summer Institute organized from 18th-23rd September 2011.

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Projects and Publications:

Encyclopedia ProjectsDirector & Chief Editor, Encyclopedia of Mahabharata, funded by the university(on going)

Consulting Editor. Sahitya Academy Encyclopedia on Indian Poetics (on going)

Subject General Associate Editor. The Encyclopedia of Hinduism (11 vols) published by Rupa &co. 2010.

CBSC ProjectMember, Production Team, Knowledge Traditions and Practices of India, Vol I&II New Delhi: CBSE.2011-13.

University Research ProjectsRelevance of Indian Aesthetics: Literature , Drama, Dance, Music, Architecture funded by Gurukul Kangri University Hardwar, 2001.

“Use of Landscape In Canadian Poetry” funded by by Gurukul Kangri UniversityHardwar,1998.

DFAIT Projects: “Interdisciplinary Approaches to Canadian Culture and Society”, funded by the Dept. of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Govt. of Canada, through SICI, New Delhi, 2002.

“Modern Canadian Poetry” funded by the Dept. of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Govt. of Canada, through SICI, New Delhi, 1995.

PublicationsCritical Books

Kuntaka’s ‘Vakrokti Siddhanta: Towards Appreciation of English Poetry :Towards Appreciation of English Poetry. Delhi & Meerut: Shalabh Publishing House, 2003.ISBN 81-88681-03-2.

Phases of Canadian Poetic Culture: From Confederation to Modernist Period. Delhi & Meerut: Shalabh Publishing House, 2002.

Alienation in the Poetry of Matthew Arnold New Delhi: K.K. Publications, 1996. ISBN 81-86572-83-x

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Published Papers in National and International Research Journals with ISSN

“Indian Literature in English: A Response to Women Empowerment” The Vedic Path, Quarterly English Journal nsLXXXXI , 1&2 (June, 2015) :180-192. Print.

“Anandavardhana and Kunataka: Dialectics of Their Theories”, Jodhpur Studies in English, Vol. XXII 2013-14: 1-27. Print.

“Art Category of Brahma in Poetry, Music and Architecture”, The Vedic Path, Quarterly English Journal nsLXXXVII , 1&2 (June, 2013-14) :176-191.

“Indian and Western Aesthetic Thinking: A Comparative Study”, Dialogue: A Journal Devoted to Literary Appreciation, Vol. VII, No.I (June 2011): 65-78.Print.

“Dhvani Siddhanata: Towards an Assessment of the Creative Use of Language”, Voices, Voices of Interdisciplinary Critical Explanations, (Launch Issue, January 2011):85-103.Print.

“Indian Literary Theories: Towards Understanding Translation”, Punjab University Research Journal (Arts), Vol XXXVII Nos 1&2 (April-October 2010-11)57-68.Print.

“Aesthetics of Dalit Literature: A Theory of Negation”, Jodhpur Studies in English, Vol.VIII, ( 2010-11): 22-41. Print.

“New Voices of Contemporary Indian English Literature”, The Vedic Path, Quarterly English Journal nsLXIII , 3&4 (December, 2009), 4-20. Print.

“Indian Intellectual Tradition: Aesthetics as Science and Philosophy of fine Arts, Literary Paritantra (Systems): An International Journal on Literature and Theory, Vol. 1,Nos 1&2 (Basanta (Spring) 2009):54-64. Print.

“Aesthetic Pleasure in Indian Critical Tradition”, , Asian Journal of Literature, Culture and Society.Vol. 3.2, 2009:109-119.

“Creative Use of Language in Literature,” Impression: An Annual Journal of English Studies, Vol. I, 2007:12-24. Print.

“Impact of History on Indian English Literature” The Vedic Path, Quarterly English Journal nsLXXX, no.2 (April--June2007): 56–70. Print.

“The World of Diasporic Poetry in Canada,” Research, A Journal of English Studies, Vol. 6, no.1 A Special Issue on Canadian Literature (Spring 2006): 26-45. Print.

“Samskar: A Rite for a Dead Man: A Rite for Birth of a New Person,” Dialogue, A Journal Devoted to Literary Appreciation, Vol. II, no.1 Special Issue on Indian Literature in Translation (June2006) :35-44. Print.

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“Literary Mode in Nature Poetry : A Study of Canada” The Vedic Path, Quarterly English Journal nsLXI,IV (Dec.2003): 56–70. Print.

“Poetry of Julius Caesar”, The Vedic Path, Quarterly English Journal nsLIX,1&2 (2002), 61–72. Print.

“Dialectics of Discord in the Poetry of Al Purdy”, Pagasus, Agra University Journal, vol. I, (2000):54-61. Print.

“Use of Landscape in Canadian Poetry”, The Vedic Path, A Special Issue on Canadian Studies, LVI(Dec.1999) : 73-84. Print.

“Lampman’s Poetry in Two Halves : A Mystical Experience” Meerut Journal of Comparative Literature and Language, nsV.1 (1992) : 95-104. Print.

“Quest for Identity in Miller” The Vedic Path; Quarterly Journal of Vedic, Indological and Scientific Research, ns 54. 1 (June -March,92) : 81-88. Print.

“Comte and Tagore : A Study in Influence” The Vedic Path: Quarterly Journal of Vedic, Indological & Scientific Research, ns 53. 2-4 (1990-90) : 28-33. Print.

“Villains of Parsad and Shakespeare” The Vedic Path : Quarterly Journal of Vedic, Indological & Scientific Research, ns LIII.1 (June,1990) : 37-45. Print.

“Mahavir Prasad Dwivedi & William Wordsworth : A Comparative Study of Their Views on Poetry” Prahalad (Quarterly Research Journal), (Jan. 1990): 76-85. Print.

“Hegelian Dialectic in Matthew Arnold’s Elegies”. Panjab University Research Bulletin (Arts), ns 20.2 (Oct.1989): 101-12.

“Inborn Deviants in R.K. Narayan : An Astrologier’s Day and other Stories”. The Vedic Path : Quarterly Journal of Vedic, Indological and Scientific Research, ns LII.2 (Sept.’89): 87-97. Print.

“The Vedic Sagacity in The Wasteland”, Gurukul Shodh Patrika( Research Journal), (April-June, 1989) : 14-22. Print.

“Tagore’s Adoloscent Minds”, M.D. University Research Journal (Arts), ns IV.1 (April,1989) : 14-18. Print.

“The Bhagavadgita and Matthew Arnold”. The Vedic Path Quarterly Journal of Vedic, Indological & Scientific Research, ns LI.4 (March,1989) 82-91. Print.

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“Huxley’s Theme of Non-attachment and The Bhagavadgita”, The Vedic Path: Quarterly Journal of Vedic, Indological and Scientific Research, ns LI. 2-3 (Dec.1988) : 57-66. Print.

‘Swami Dayanand Saraswati : A Rebel” M.D. University Research Journal (Arts), ns 3.2 (1988) : 87-90. Print.

“The Rig-Vedic Echo in Aurobindo’s Savitri” The Vedic Path : Quarterly Journal of Vedic indological and Scientific Research, ns LI.1 (June,1988) : 36-43. Print.

‘Social Realism in Kamala Markandaya”, Gurukula Shodh Patrika (Research Journal), (June-August, 1988): 36-43.

“Realism in Savitri”, The Vedic Path : Quarterly Journal of Vedic Indological & Scientific Research, ns XLVII.3 (Dec.1984) : 81-84. Print.

Papers/chapters Published in Books with ISBN: “Indian Literary Theories: Towards Understanding Translation” Translation Theory and

Practice. Rekha Sharma (Ed).New Delhi: Authors Press, 2015:33-49. Print.

“Shakespeare’s Oblique Use of Language”: A Study of Julius Caesar in the Light of Kuntaka’s Vakrokti Theory” Memorial Year 2014: Nehru, Shakespeare, Lermontov, Beckett.H C Gupta (Ed). Kolkata: Indian Society for East-West Literary Studies, 2015:31-48. Print.

“Vision India: A Progressive Conception of Indigenous Knowledge and Imagination” Vision India:An Interdisciplinary Approach. Amita Agarawal(Ed.). Meerut: Shalabh Publishing House, 2014:20-30.Print.

“Native Modernity in Indian Context: Reclaiming of Past and Eroding the Colonial Ideology.” Native Modernity: Indian English Fiction. J P Singh (Ed.), New Delhi: Radha Publications, 2014:12-22. Print.

“Dance in India”. Knowledge traditions and Practices of India. CBSC Course Book, 2013. cbseacademic.in/webmaterial/doc/ktpi

“Architecture in India”. Knowledge Traditions and Practices of India. CBSC Course Book, 2013. cbseacademic.in/webmaterial/doc/ktpi

“Theory and Practice of Theatre and Drama”, Proceedings of Conference on Socio-Cultural Paradigms in Post Independence Indian English Drama. Department of English, NAS College, Meerut, 2012:16-28. Print.

“Music in India”. Knowledge Traditions and Practices of India. CBSE Course Book, 2011. cbseacademic.in/webmaterial/doc/ktpi

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“Drama and Theatre in India”. Knowledge Traditions and Practices of India. CBSECourse Book, 2011. cbseacademic.in/webmaterial/doc/ktpi

“Women Empowerment: Past trends and Future Directions,” Perpective on Women Empowerment(Ed.) Satendra Kumar. Jaipur: Yking Books,2010: 18-27. Print.

“Anandvardhana’s Dhvani Siddhanta (Theory of Suggestion) : A Study in Poetic Individuations” Vedagauravam, A Felicitation Volume on Prof. Ved Kumari Ghai. Ed Ramanika Jalali & Kedarnath, Dept of English, Jammu University, Jammu, 2009:462-73.Print.

“Theory and Practice of Theatre and Drama”, Proceedings of Conference on Socio-Cultural Paradigms in Post Independence Indian English Drama. Department of English, NAS College, Meerut, 2012:16-28. Print.

“Women Empowerment: Past trends and Future Directions,” Perpective on Women Empowerment(Ed.) Satendra Kumar. Jaipur: Yking Books,2010.: 18-27. Print.

“Anandvardhana’s Dhvani Siddhanta (Theory of Suggestion) : A Study in Poetic Individuations” Vedagauravam, A Felicitation Volume on Prof. Ved Kumari Ghai. Ed Ramanika Jalali & Kedarnath, Dept of English, Jammu University, Jammu, 2009:462-73.Print

“Women Empowerment: Past Trends and Future Directions,” Perpective on Women Empowerment(Ed.) Satendra Kumar. Jaipur: Yking Books,2010-11: 18-27. Print.

“The World of Diasporic Poetry in Canada,” English Literature: Voices of Indian Diaspora(Ed.) Malti Agarawal. Delhi: Atlantic Publishers and Distributers(P) Lt.d.,2009: 13-26. Print.

”In Pursuit of Indian Model of Feminism” Sunita Agarawal (Ed.). Jaipur: Prestige, 2008 :176-188. Print.

“Cosmopolitan Nature of the Modernist Canadian Poetry”,Mapping Canadian Literature, R K Dhawan & D K Pabby(Eds.),. Delhi Prestige Books,2007:34-41. Print.

“Modern Indian Poetry in English: A Note”, Perspectives on Indian English Writings, Ed. Malati Aggrawal. Delhi : Atlantic Publishers & Distributors, 2007 : 07-15. Print.

“Samskar: A Rite for a Dead Man: Concept of ‘Karma’ and Theory of ‘Gunas’: An Interpretation. Ed. Rashmi Gaur. Delhi : Prestige, 2006 : 115-124. Print.

“Analysis of Canadian Poetry” India and Canada: Past Present and Future. Ed. Anil Dutt Mishra and Govind Prasad, Mittal Publications, New Delhi,2003: 15-322. Print.

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“Growth of Canadian Poetry and Jay Macpherson: A Note” Women Writers in the Twentieth Century Literature. Ed. Monika Gupta. Atlantic Publishers And Distributors, New Delhi, 2000: 71-87. Print.

“Twain Shall Never Meet: White Indian Encounter in The Burning Wood” Essays on David Williams. Ed. B.N Singh. Prakash Book Depot, Bareilly, 1999: 161- 177. Print.

“Vikram Seth’s Art of Narration in Travel Literature”, Recent Indian English Literature ed. S.D. Sharma, Natraj Pub. House, Karnal, 1998 :241-50. Print.

“Theme of Disillusionment in Nissim Ezekiel’s Poetry” Essays on Nissim Ezekiel. Ed. T.R. Sharma, Shalabh Prakashan, Meerut, 1994 : 69-76. Print.

“French Revolution and Byron” French Revolution. Ed. T.R. Sharma, Shalabh Prakashan, Meerut, 1992: 171-181. Print.

“A Quest for Spiritual Perfection in Resurrection”. Essays on Leo Tolstoy. Ed. T. R. Sharma, Shalabh Prakashan, Meerut, 1989, 206 - 18. Print.

“The World of D.H. Lawrence’s Relationship : A Collier’s Friday Night,” Essays on D.H. Lawrance, Ed. T.R. Sharma, Shalabh Prakashan, Meerut, 1986 : 162-67. Print.

Editorials“New Voices of Contemporary Indian English Literature”, The Vedic Path, Quarterly English Journal nsLXIII , 3&4 (December, 2009), 4-20.

“Aesthetic Pleasure”, The Vedic Path, Quarterly English Journal nsLXXXI ,3&4(December, 2008), 3-10.

“The One Dead and Another Powerless to be Born”, The Vedic Path, Quarterly English Journal nsLX,1 (March, 2003), 3-4.

“New Criticism and Sanskrit Poetics” The Vedic Path, Quarterly English Journal ns LXI, 2 (Jun.2003): 3-10.

“Secrets of Science in the Vedas” The Vedic Path, Quarterly English Journal ns LXI, 3 (Sep.2003): 3-6.

“Let Us Go Back to the Vedas” The Vedic Path, Quarterly English Journal ns LXI, 3 (Dec.2003): 3-4.

“Decolonization Teaching/ Studying English”, The Vedic Path, Quarterly English Journal nsLIX,1&2 (March & June, 2002) 3-6.

“Man Has Become an Island”, The Vedic Path, Quarterly English Journal nsLIX, III ( Sep.2002) 3-4

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“Globalization”, The Vedic Path, Quarterly English Journal nsLIX, IV ( Dec.2002), 3-4

Addresses, Lectures, delivered :

Kavyapurusha and Indian Literary Theories in the Pre Ph D Workshop, Department of English, MJP Rohelkhand University, Bareilly, UP. 31 June-1 July 2015.

Applying Theory and Producing Discourse in a UGC Refresher Course, Academic Staff College, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, UP 16 Sept. 2014-15

The language of Literature and its Meaning: Problematizing Literary Theories in a UGC Refresher Course, Academic Staff College, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra, Haryana, 19 Dec 2013-14

Meaning of the language of Literature in a UGC Refresher Course, Academic Staff College, Punjabi University, Patiala, 9 Nov 2013-14

The language of Literature in a UGC Refresher Course, Academic Staff College, Punjabi University, Patiala, 9 Nov 2013-14

Indianness in Indian Literture in English, in a UGC Refresher Course, Academic Staff College, Jammu University, Jammu, 6 August 2012-13

Protest and Deviation from Traditional Aesthetics in a UGC Refresher Course,Academic Staff College, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra, Haryana, 23 December2010-11

Translation and Aesthetics, in a UGC Refresher course, Academic Staff College Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, 19-20. 2010-11

Aesthetic as Science and Philosophy of Fine Arts, in a UGCRefresher course, Academic Staff College, BPS University University, Sonepat, Haryana, 2010-11

Aesthetics of Dalit Literatute and Dalit Movement National Seminar on ‘Indian Writing in English: Text and Context’ School of Studies in English, Vikram University, Ujjain, 2010-11.

Aspects, Issues, Attitudes and Concerns of Post-Colonial Women Writers in English,Department of English, R. G. Post-Graduate College, Meerut (U.P.) 2010-11

Feminism in Modern Indian English Literature: An Indian Approach in a National Seminar on Feminism in Indian English Literature, Dept of English Gurunanak Girls College, Yamuna Nagar, Haryana , 2010-11

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Interpretation of Literature, UGCRefresher course, Academic Staff College, Aligarh Muslim University, Nov2010-11

New Contexts in Young Indian English Writers, Dept of English Rajasthan Vidyapeeth, Udaipur, 2010-11

Aesthetics of Dalit Literature , in a UGCRefresher course, Academic Staff College, H P University, Simla, June 2009-10 Indian Aesthetics and Dalit Literature, in a UGCRefresher course, Academic Staff College, Sagar University, Sagar, May 2009-10 Dhvani Siddhanta (Theory of Suggestion): Putting to Work in a Classroom, in a UGCRefresher course, Academic Staff College, H P University, Simla, 2008-09 Riti Siddhanta(Theory of Style)): Putting to Work in a Classroom UGCRefresher course, Academic Staff College, Kumaon University, Nainital, 2009

Application Models of Indian Literary theories, in a UGCRefresher course, Academic Staff College, Kumaon University, Nainital, 2009

Exposition of Vakrokti Siddhanta(Theory of Obliquity) in a UGCRefresher course, Academic Staff College, Kurukshetra Univ. Kurukshetra, 2009 Exposition of Aucitya Siddhanta (Theory of Propriety) in a UGCRefresher course, Academic Staff College, Kurukshetra Univ. Kurukshetra, 2009 Indian Aesthetics: Problem of Technique, in a UGCRefresher course, Dept of English, Govt College Faridabad,2008

Indian Aesthetics: Philosophy of Fine Art in a UGCRefresher course, Dept of EnglishGovt College Faridabad, 2008

Indian and Western Aesthetic Thinking: A Comparative Overview as an extension lecture in the Dept of English, DAV College,Bulandshahr, UP.2007

Indian Writing in English: A Synthesis of East & West (A Keynote address) in a UGC Sponsored National Seminar Indian Writing in English:A Synthesis of East & West, M S College, Saharanpur, 2006

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Influence of History on Indian Literature National Symposium on Influence of History on Indian Literature, D. N. (PG) College, Meerut, 2006

Exposition of Theory of Alamkara Siddhanta in a UGC Refresher Course in CCS University, Meerut 2006

Indian Diaspora in Canada in a UGC Academic Staff College, Kurukshetra University,Kurukshetra, 2006

Expositions of Indian Theories as a Visiting Fellow in (U G C – SAP) Dept of English, Sardar Patel University, Vidya Vallabh nagar, Anand , Gujrat, 2006 Indian Literary Theories : Applicational Models to Western Text in a UGC Academic Staff College, Allahabad University, Allahabad, 2005

Kuntak’s Vakrokti Siddhanta and Western Literary Theories in a UGCAcademic Staff College, CCS University, Meerut, 2003

Art of Poetic Composition in Indian Literary Theories in a UGCAcademic Staff College, CCS University, Meerut, 2003

Poetic Experience of Indian Literary Theories in a UGC Refresher Course, Academic Staff College, H. P. University, Simla, 2003

Poetry of Julius Caesar : An Indian Approach in a UGC Refresher Course, Academic Staff College, Rani Durgavati Vishvavidyalaya, Jabalpur, 2001

Hamlet : An Indian Interpretation in UGCAcademic Staff College in a UGC Academic Staff College Kurukshetra University,Kurukshetra, 1999

Indian Response to Shakespeare in a UGC Academic Staff College Kurukshetra University,Kurukshetra, 1999

Papers presented /Key note address delivered /

Sessions presided in Seminars/ Conferences /

Workshops / Symposia

National Level

Women Empowerment: Indian and Western Contexts (Keynote address) in a seminar on Women Empowerment organized by Department of English, MJP Rohelkhand University, Bareilly, 26 March 2014-15.

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Tales in Mahabharata: An Approach towards Understanding Dharma in a seminar on Rethinking Mahabharata:Contemporary Contexts and Texts organized by ML Sukhadia University, Udaipur. Raj. 16 March 2014-15.

Delivered a lecture in a workshop on Enhancing Research Culture in Higher Institutions by SGRR Dehradun, May13, 2013-14.

Delivered an address on “Civilizational Crisis and Indian Thought” in a workshop organized by the Department of English, HNB Garhwal University, Srinagar.7 April 2013-14

delivered an address as resource person “Attitude to Environment and Woman: Literature and Performing Art in a National Seminar on Narrating Environment and Woman: Literature and Performing Art in JNV University, Jodhpur, Raj.2013-14

delivered an address as resource person “Vision India A Progressive Conception of Indigenous Knowledge and Imagination” in a U.G.C. sponsored Seminar on Vision Indiain Munna Lal Girls Degree College, Saharanpur, U.P. 26 Feb 2012-13.

delivered an address as resource person “ Native Modernity in Indian Context: Reclaiming of Past and Eroding the Colonial Ideology ” a U.G.C. sponsored Seminar Native Modernity in Indian English Fiction in Govt College, Gwalior. 16-17 March, 2012-13.

Delivered a keynote address “Indian Women Poets” in a National Conference on Indian Women Poets organized by Jain PG College Khatauli, an affiliated college of CCS University, Meerut( UP), Feb2011-12

delivered a valedictory address,” in a seminar on Translation Studies in Englishorganised by Khalsa PG College, Yamuna Nagar, Haryana, Dec 211-12.

delivered an address as resource person “Contemporary Indian English Literature as the Literature of Protest” in a seminar on Indian Literature in English organised by the School of English Studies, Vikram University, Ujjain, M.P. in Dec 2010-11.

delivered an address as resource person “An Indian Model of Feminism” in a seminar onFeminism in Indian Literature organised by Guru Nanak Girls College Yamuna Nagar, Haryana Dec 2010-11

delivered an address as a resource person on “Teaching of Literature: An Indian Approach” in a seminar on Teaching of Literature and Language in ODL organised by Mahavir Open UniversityKota, Rajasthan 2010-11.

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delivered a keynote address “Indian and Western Aesthetic Thinking”, in a UGC seminar on Indian and Western Aesthetic Thinking organized by the Dept of English, D.N. College (CCS Univ), Meerut, 2009-10. delivered a keynote address.“New Voices of Contemporary Indian English Literature”, in a UGC seminar on New Voices of Contemporary Indian English Literatureorganized by the Dept of English R.G. College, (CCS Univ) Meerut, 2009-10

delivered an address as resource person “Indian Literary Theories: Towards Understanding Translation” in a UGC seminar on Translation organized by the Dept of English, H P University, Simla, 2009-10.

delivered an address as resource person “Post Colonial Literature as Protest Literature” in a Seminar on Post Colonial Literature organized by the Dept of English, Institute of Advanced Studies, CCS University, Meerut, 2009-10.

delivered an address as resource person “Dalit Aesthetics: A Theory of Negation” in a UGC Seminar on Dalit Literature by Dept of English, DAV College, Dehradun, (HNB Garhwal Univ. Srinagar) 2009-10.delivered an address as resource person “Paradigms of Indian Poetics” in a seminar on Indian Poetics organized by Baba Saheb Ambedkar University, Ahemdabad, Gujrat, 2008-9.

delivered an address as a resource person “Indian and Western Aesthetics: A Comparative Overview” in a USEF National Conference on Comparative Literatureorganized by the Dept of English, Univ of Jodhpur,2007-8.

delivered an address as resource person, “Creative use of Language:A Study of Indian Poetics” a seminar on India Sanskrit Poetics: Its Application and Issues organized by the Dept of English , Gurukul Kangri University, Haridwar, 2007-8

delivered an address as a resource person “Kuntak’s Vakrokti Siddhanta & Western Literary Theories” in a seminar on Indian Sanskrit Poetics: Recent Trends & Future organized by the Dept. of English, Gurukula Kangri University, Haridwar, Mar.23-25 ,2003

delivered an address as a resource person “A Study of English Poetry in the light of Dhvani Siddhanta” in USEF l Conference on Comparative Literature organized by the Dept of English, Univ of Jodhpur, 2007

delevered a keynote address “Indian and Western Aesthetic Thinking” in a Literary Carnival organized by the Dept of English DAV (PG) College, Bulandshahr UP, 2007

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delivered a key-note address “Indian Writing in English: A Synthesis of East & West” in a UGC Sponsored seminar on East and West: Indian Writing in English organized by the Dept of English, M S College, Saharanpur, (CCS Univ., Meerut) 2006.

delivered an address as a resource person “Influence of History on Indian Literature” in a symposium on Influence of History on Indian Literature, organized the Dept of English, D. N. (PG) College, Meerut, 2006.

delivered an address as a resource person“Women Poets of Indian Diaspora in Canada: A Study in Experience of Reconciliation, Affirmation and Acceptance” in a UGC sponsored seminar on Women Indian Writers in English organized by the Dept of English, S D Arya Mahila College, Dinanagar, Gurudaspur Pb. 2006. delivered an address as a resource person, “Creative Use of Language in Literature: A Study in Indian and Western Aesthetic Thinking” in a seminar on Philosophy of Aesthetics and Aesthetic in Literature organized by the Dept of English, H.S. Gaur University, Sagar, M. P. Dec. 01-03, 2005 delivered an address as a resource person “Approaches to Canadian Culture and Society” in a seminar on Literature & Society : Canada and India organized by the Centre for Canadian Studies, Dept. of English, Gurukula Kangri University, Haridwar, Mar. 20-22,2004 delivered an address as a resource person “Indian and Western Literary Theories: A Comparative Study” in a seminar on Contemporary Literary Theories organised by the Dept. of English, CCS University, Meerut, Jan.05-08,2004

delivered an address as a resource person “Kuntak’s Vakrokti Siddhanta & Western Literary Theories” in a seminar on Indian Sanskrit Poetics: Recent Trends & Future organized by the Dept. of English, Gurukula Kangri University, Haridwar, Mar.23-25 ,2003 delivered an address as a resource person “Exposition of Kuntaka’s Theory of Vakrokti in a seminar on Decolonization: A Search For Alternatives organised by the Dept. of English, North Gujrat University, Patan, Dec. 27-29,2000

Presented a paper “Use of Landscape in Canadian Poetry”in a seminar on Contemporary English Literature organized by the Dept. of English, , Gurukula Kangri University, Haridwar, Dec.11-13,1999

Presented a paper, “Influence of the Bhagvadgita on Matthew Arnold” in a seminar on Influence of the Bhagvadgita: Literature written in English organised by the Dept. of English, Institute of Advanced Studies, Meerut University, Meerut in Nov.1718,1987

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INTERNATIONAL LEVEL:

delivered an address as resource person, “Philosophy of Indian Art Forms” in a conference on Indian Art Forms organised by Indira Sangeet Kala Vishwavidyalaya Kheragarh, (C. G.) in Jan 2012 delivered an address as resource person, “Canada’s Artistic Energy: Some Concerns of/for Environment and Sustainable development” in a conference on Climate Change and Environmental Sustainability in India and Canada: Approaches and Strategies,organised by the Dept of English, Madras University, Chennai, 2009 delivered an address “Aesthetic Pleasure: An Indian Approach” in a 2nd Annual ACSA conference on Asian Ways &Traditions &Transitions organized by Assumption University, Bangkok, Thailand,2008. delivered an address “Interplay of ‘Gunas’ in R K Narayan’s Guide” in R K Narayan Centenary Conference organised by the Dept of English, University of Mysore,Karnataka, 2007.

Participated as a discussant in the symposium on Indian Poetics organized by Sahitya Academi, New Delhi, 11-12 December 2007.

Presented a paper on “Canadian Culture and Future Challenges” in a conference on Canadian Studies : Challenges of Diversity: India and Canada organized by the Dept. of English, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, Feb.27-29,2004

Presented a paper “Shakespeare and Jaishankar Prasad : A Study of ThierVillains” in the World Shakespeare Conference organised by the Dept. of English, Ravindra Bharati University, Kolkata, Dec.03-06,2000

Presented a paper, “Indian and Western Literary Theories” in the 30thAnnual Conference of the Western Literature organized by University of British Columbia, British Columbia, Canada, Oct. 11-14, 1995 Research Guidance

Ph.D. Guided:

Scholars Topic Year of Award ________________________________________________________________________

Sadhna Gupta, Dalit Literature and Its Aesthetics : A Critique 2015-16

Satish Prabha Spiritual Evolution in the Novels of Arun Joshi: 2014-15 A Study in the Light of The Bhagavadgita

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Jyoti Laxmi A Journey of Self Actualization: A Study of Bani Vasu’s 20114-15 Novels in the Light of Theory of Rasa of Indian Poetics

Reena Verma Riti Siddhanta(Theory Of Style) and the Odes and 2014-15 Narrative Poetry of Keats:A Study Towards an Applicational ModelParul Jain Margin and Space: A Study of the Plays of Mahesh Dattani 2013-14

Neelam Bhatt The Plays of Girish Karnad: 2012-13 A Study in Discourse Analysis

Mukesh Kumar A Study of Wordsworth Poetry in the light of 2011-12 Alamkara Siddhanta of Indian Poetics

Deepa Agarwal Individual and Social Space: A Study of the Plays 2010-11 of Vijay Tendulkar Katherine Mesih A Psychoanalytical Study of the Plays of 2010-11 Girish Karnad

Bhumida Sharma A Study of the novels of Margaret Atwood in the 2010-11 Light of Aucitya Siddhanta of Indian Poetics

Saroj Sharma A Study of Rabindranath’s Short in the light of 2009-10 Rasa Siddhanta Manjit Uppal Emergence of New Woman in the Works of 2009-10 Selected Contemporary Indian Women Novelists

Rashi Saxena A Discourse Analysis of Arun Joshi’s in the 2009-10 Context of Speech Act Theory

Rachna Uppal Emergence of New Sensibilitiy in the 2009-10 Contemporary Representative Indian English Poets

Manasi Bhattacharya Quest for Roots in the Poetry of 2008-09 Jayanta Mahapatra Sita Rani A Study of A K Ramanujan’s Poetry: 2008-09 A Stylistic Approach Gurvir Singh Modernism in the Poetry of Nissim Ezekiel 2008-09

Nikunj Verma Evolution of Man in the Plays of Sri Aurobindo 2008-09

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Indu Arora Kuntaka’s Vakrokti Siddhanta and the Plays 2007-08 of Girish Karnad: A Study in Application

Kiran Bali Ethics and Aesthetics of Kamala Das: 2007-08

A Study of Her Poetry Manoj Kumar Rohinton Mistry’s Response to India: 2007-08

A Study of His Novels Ruchi Kumar The Quarrelling Self: 2006-07 A Study of the Poetry of Parthasarthy

Bharati Sharma A Study of R Parthasarthy’s Poetry 2006-07 in the Light of Dhvani Siddhanta of Sanskrit Poetics

Madhu Sharma A Study of India in the Novels of 2004 Ruth Prawer Jhabavala Sheelu Bhinder Canadian Writers of Indian Diaspora 2004 Identity and Canadian Consciousness Kamal Preet Kaur The Dynamics of Discord in the 2004 Poetry of A K Ramanujam Pooja Katare A Study of Aurobindo’s Savitri in the Light 2004 . of Integral Yoga

S K Mishra Search for Self in the Fiction of Arun Joshi” 2003

Archana Devi A Study of Shelley’s Poetry in the Light of 2002 the Aucitya Siddhanta

Kiran Dalal A Study of Coleridge’s Narrative Poetry in the Light 2002 . of the Doctrine of ‘Rasa’ of Indian Sanskrit Poetics

Daya Nand Dahiya The Philosophical Vision of Raja Rao 1999

Rukmani Sharma A Study of Keats’s Poetry in the Light 1996 of ‘Rasa Siddhanta

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Suraj Bhan Wordsworth and Sumitranandan Pant : 1995 . A Study in Comparison

S S Sundriyal The Bhagavadagita and the Poetry of 1994 W.B. Yeats : A Study in Influence”

Ph. D.being guided Vandana Bajaj, Use of Contexts and Episodes in the Plays of Mahesh Dattani:An Application of Prakaraṇa Vakratā of Vakrokti Siddhānta

Anita Arora, Dynamics of Discord in the Plays of Nissim Ezekiel

Rajni Singhal, Native Modernity in Select Contemporary Indian English Writers

Reshu Singh, Short Story Writer: Indian Aesthetic Approach (Co-guide) Tripti Joshi, Transformation of Consciousness: A Study of Wordsworth’s Poetry in the Light of Patanjali’s Yoga-Sutra (Co-guide) Nitin Malhotra, Tales in the Mahabharata: An Enquiry into the Issues of Dharma

Aparna Verma, Bharata’s Aesthetics of Rasa and Shakespeare’ Plays : A Study in Application

Jagbir Singh, Quest for Sattva in the Novels of Kamala Markandaya

Courses Designed: Name of the course Level Institution Indian Literary Theories (Post Graduate Level) Univ Dept

Dalit Aesthetics (Post Graduate Level) Univ Dept

Knowledge Tradition of India XI & XII CBSC, Delhi

Seminars/ Conferences organized:

Third Workshop of Encyclopedia of Mahabharata, Dept of English, Gurukul KangriVishwavidyalaya, Haridwar, June 18, 2015.

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Second Workshop of Encyclopedia of Mahabharata, Dept of English, Gurukul Kangri Vishwavidyalaya, Haridwar, Oct 6-8, 2014.

First Workshop of Encyclopedia of Mahabharata, Dept of English, Gurukula Kangri University, Haridwar, June 23-27 2014

National Seminar on “Indian Writings in English: Text and Context, Girls’ Campus Dehradun, Gurukula Kangri University, Haridwar Oct 13-14

Biodiversity and Environmental Governance in Canada and India: Safeguarding Ecosystems for Human Welfare sponsored by DFAIT under the aucpicies of the Centre for Canadian Studies, Gurukula Kangri University, Haridwar, Uttarakhand & the Department of Biology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada, 2010-11

India Sanskrit Poetics: Its Application and Issues organized by the Dept of English , Gurukul Kangri University, Haridwar, 2009-10

Culture, Environment and Technology: India and Canada sposored by DFAIT, Canada under the aucpicies of the Centre for Canadian Studies, Gurukul Kangri University, Haridwar, 2007-08. Literature & Society : Canada and India organized by the Centre for Canadian Studies, Dept. of English, Gurukula Kangri University, Haridwar, Mar. 20-22,2003-04

Indian Sanskrit Poetics: Recent Trends & Future organized by the Dept. of English,Gurukula Kangri University, Haridwar, Mar.23-25 ,2002-03.

Themes & Movements in Literature : India & Canada under the auspicies of Indian Association for Canadian Studies and the Centre for Canadian Studies, and, Gurukula Kangri University Haridwar, 1994-95.