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Prof. Sharmistha Chatterjee Professor / ENGLISH

Email : sharmisthachatterjee.eng@aliah.ac.in

Address : Department of English, Park Circus Campus, 17, Gorachand Road, Kolkata-700014

Dr. Sharmistha Chatterjee is Professor at the Department of English, Aliah University, West Bengal and the chairperson of the Internal Complaints Committee. She has been the coordinator of the University Research Programmes in the year 2022 and a former Head of the Department. Her areas of interest include, South Asian Literature, Translation studies, Post-colonialism, Partition, Eco-criticism, Gender Studies, Modern Linguistics and English Language Teaching. Dr. Chatterjee has been the Trainer Associate from 2007-2013 in the UGC programme, Capacity Building for Women Managers in Higher education. She has authored and edited books on a Translations and Translation studies, Postcolonialism and Language Studies.She has been a trainer and resource person in many faculty development programmes and conferences. Recipient of U.G.C Travel Grant, Dr. Chatterjee has presented papers on the Partition of Bengal. She has also been an advisor, resource person and teacher researcher, in the Partition Repository Project under the aegis of CLTCS, School of Humanities, Netaji Subhas Open University since 2017. Her research articles and book chapters have been published internationally. Some of her publications are Language and Power ( A Study of the works of Amitav Ghosh). An edited anthology of translated short stories entitled, Missing Links: Stories from Bengal and Beyond. Travel Writing : Travel in Writing, co-edited with Dr. Tajuddin Ahmed published by Viswakosh Parishad. English Communication with Dr. Somak Mandal published by Cambridge, U.K. Revisiting Partition and Bangladesh Liberation War: Contemporary Perspectives edited with Prof. Himadri Lahiri, published by CLTCS, Netaji Subhas Open University & Akhand Publishing.She has also contributed a chapter on Bengal Partition and the role of wandering minstrels, in the anthology, Border and Bordering: Poetics, Politics, Precariousness ed. (Stuttgart and Hannover: Ibidem Press, ed. Jaydip Sarkar and Auritra Munshi). Her recent publications are translations of short stories in anthologies, The Bleeding Border: Stories of Bengal Partition, (Ed. Ghosh and Ali), Thornbird publication, New Delhi and Mahatma Gandhi in Bangla, (ed. Indranil Acharya), Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Mumbai. Dr. Chatterjee continues to enjoy teaching and pursuing research, reading and writing in cross-cutting academic areas.

Education

B.A., St. Xavier's College, Kolkata 1994

M.A. University of Kalyani, 1996

B.Ed University of Kalyani, 1998

Ph. D University of Kalyani, 2006

Professional Courses: Completed Post Graduate Certificate in Teaching of English (2003) and Post Graduate Diploma in the Teaching of English (2008) courses with A grade and Distinction from English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad, India (EFLU).

University Grants Commission, India, Programme : As a qualified Associate Trainer in the University Grants Commission, India, Scheme: Capacity Building for Women Managers in Higher Education (2007-2013)

University Grants Commission, India, Norms : Qualified the National Eligibility Test exam conducted by the University Grants Commission

Teaching Experience

Substantive posts:

Name of the Institution	Duration	Work Description
Professor in the Dept. of English, Park Circus Campus, Aliah University, Kolkata, West Bengal , INDIA.	Teaching Since August 2012 till date/ Associate from 20.6.2014 and Professor from 20.6.2017 onwards	Teaching 4 year B.A. Courses (NEP policy 2023onwards), 3 year B.A. courses (CBCS policy onwards), 2 year M.A. courses in English Literature & Language and Research Methodology to PhD Scholars. Supervising PhD Scholars, B.A and M.A. students for thesis , Research articles and dissertation . Head of the Department (2017-2019), Research Convenor at Departmental Level (2013- 2016, 2020-2022), University Research Programmes Coordinator (2021-2022), Presiding Officer, University Internal Complaints Committee (2021-2022, 2022 to the present)
Professor in the Dept. of English Language Teaching, Netaji Subhas Open University,West Bengal , INDIA.	From 02.11.2022 to 12.08.2023	Supervising& Coordinating composition of SLMs at the Post-graduate and Diploma Levels, Organizing PCPs. Teaching at the same, Organizing Seminars/ workshops, Collaborative projects/ Actively supervising and promoting Research in the field
Head of the Department of English & Assistant Professor in Rishi Bankim Chandra College for Women, Naihati. (Appointment given by West Bengal College Service Commission.)	06.04.2002 to 30.07.2012	Taught B.A. English Hons. & B.A. English Pass papers at undergraduate level.

Past additional (Part-time) engagements:

Academic Counselor of PGCTE & PGDTE Courses (Distance Mode) in EFLU – English & Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad.

From 2012 to 2022

Confidential

Visiting Faculty at Department of English, Calcutta University.

From June 2021 to June 2022

Taking classes at the Post-graduate and M Phil level.

Evaluator

Previous experience:

Part time Lecturer in English in Chakdah College, Nadia

05.11.97 to 18.05.98

Taught B.A. English Hons.

Classes at Undergraduate level

English Teacher in Don Bosco School, Liluah, Howrah.

15.06.98 to

31.07.2000

Taught I.C.S.E. & I.S.C. English Language & Literature at school level

Part time Lecturer in English in Hooghly Mohsin College, Hooghly.

Nov. 2000 to Aug. 2001

Taught B.A. English Hons., & B.A. English Pass

at Undergraduate & Higher Secondary level.

Substitute Lecturer in English

(UGC Teacher Fellow leave vacancy) in Serampore Girls College, Hooghly.

Nov. 2001

to March 2002

Taught B.A. English Hons. & B.A. English Pass

at Undergraduate level

Guest Lecturer in Kalyani University, Department of Education.

2006 to 2009

Taught English Method paper, in B.Ed. course

at the Undergraduate level.

Visiting Faculty at West Bengal State University, Barasat.

From November, 2010 to July 2012.

Taught Stylistics and ELT at Post Graduate level.

Resource Person in Rishi Bankim Chandra College, Naihati.

From August

2009 to July 2012.

Teaching Modern Linguistics, ELT, Postcolonial theory & literature. Gender/ Subaltern studies, at Post Graduate Level

Present Occasional Engagement:

Aviation English Trainer and Rater 2, at AELTO/TSP Kolkata. Nomination and Appointment by Airports Authority of India, Ministry of Aviation, Government of India.

Courses Taught/Teaching

Teaching 4 year B.A. Courses (NEP policy 2023onwards), 3 year B.A. courses (CBCS policy onwards), 2 year M.A. courses in English Literature & Language and Research Methodology to PhD Scholars. Supervising PhD Scholars, B.A and M.A. students for thesis , Research articles and dissertation .

Conference Papers Published

Paper	Seminar/Conference	Type	Place, organized by, date	ISBN No.
“Broken Bengal”: ‘Collective’ and ‘Post’ Memory in Selected texts by Women	Higher Education Department, Government of West Bengal and Jhargram Raj College	State Sponsored International Conference	Aajker Jodhan May- June 2018 Pages-358	ISSN 0871-5819
“The Art of Gentle Living: Ruskin Bond and his Ultra vision of Conserving Green”	Papers Home: Literature and the Socio-cultural Milieu ed. Seema Shekhar	U.G.C Sponsored National Conference	Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, St. Andrew’s College, 17 and 18 October 2014.	ISBN No 987-93-84734-00-8
“Feminine Absurdities or Veiled Subversions: Interrogating the Text & Criticism of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein”	Women & Literature: Different Faces, Different Voices.	UGC sponsored National seminar	Barasat Govt. College in collaboration with School of Women’s Studies, Jadavpur University. January 2012.	ISBN No. 978-93-80673-72-1
“Never Say Die: Voices of Women in Temsula Ao’s Short Stories.”	Modern Short Story: Text and Narrative.	UGC sponsored National seminar	Krishnanagar Women’s College, Nadia on 24^th & 25^th November 2011.	ISBN No. 978-81-924395-0-1
“Conception Of ‘Evil’ in Shakespeare’s The Tempest: Locating the canker within the Rose”	Evil and its Ramifications in Shakespeare: Macbeth & Other Plays	UGC sponsored State level Seminar	Chakdah College, Nadia. 06.08.2010
Towards The Making of a New Genre: Popular Fiction Of Chetan Bhagat - Mantra For the New Generation	Popular Fiction:Cultural Artefact or Commercial Product	UGC sponsored State level Seminar	GNSM Maha Vidyalay & American Center Library. March 2010

Journal Papers Published

Research articles in Peer reviewed journals: 17

	Chapter	Journal	Publisher, place	Volume details, year	ISSN No.
1	Reliving the Partition in Eastern India: Memories of and Memoirs by Women across the Borders	Rupkatha Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities		Vol.12.No.1, January-March, 2020	ISSN 0975-2935
2	Representing Violence in South Asian Literature: Prerequisite or an Aftermath?	The Atlantic Critical Review	Atlantic Publishers, New Delhi	Volume 16, Number 3, July-September 2017	ISSN 0972-6373
3	“Representing India to her Young Readers: A study of the Panchatantra and the Panther’s Moon”	International Journal of Culture Studies and Social Science ed. Tapu Biswas, Brian Reynold et al.	Tagore Gandhi Institute and Shakespeare Society, Kolkata	Vol.V. No. VIII January 2017	ISSN 2347-4777
4	“ Forms of Protest in Indian English Poetry”	The Atlantic Literary Review	Atlantic Publishers and Distributers (P) Ltd,	Volume 17 Number 3-4 (July- December 2016)	ISSN 0972-3269
5	“Listening to the Wild: Deep Ecology in David Malouf’s An Imaginary Life	The Atlantic Literary Review	Atlantic Publishers and Distributers (P) Ltd,	Volume 16 Number 3 (July- September 2015)	ISSN 0972-3269
6	“Stories and Poems by South Asian Women: Readings in Resistance and reconciliation”	The Atlantic Review of Feminist Studies	Atlantic Publishers and Distributers (P) Ltd,	Volume 3, Numbers 1-2, (January- June 2015)	ISSN 2320-5105
7	“Pilgrims in Progress: Identities and Quests in Indian Poetry in English.”	GJECS: Literary Confluence, A Global Journal of English and Cultural studies	AuthorsPress, New Delhi.	Vol.II, January-June 2014	ISSN 2349-6509
8	“Can Poetry be a Cure to the Ills of Life? Re-reading Eco-critically English Romantic Poetry.”	Thoughts & Expressions: Multi-disciplinary Annual Journal	Rishi Bankim Chandra College for Women, Naihati	Annual Journal,2014	ISSN 2321-7804
9	“Big and Small Reflections on a Great Event: Partition and its Narratives”	International Journal of Culture Studies and Social Science ed. Tapu Biswas, Brian Reynold et al.	Tagore Gandhi Institute and Shakespeare Society, Kolkata	Volume 1, No. 4, September 2014 Pages-98-105	ISSN 2347-4777
10	“Looking Inward: Reading Translated Personal Narratives of Dalit Women”	Journal of the Department of English	Vidyasagar University	2013-2014 2014	ISSN 0973-3671
11	“Songs from the hills: Living with and Loving Nature.”	Critical Imprints: Special Edition on Green Readings. National Journal.	Department of English, Loreto College, Kolkata	Volume II, 2014: 133-151.	ISSN. No. 2319-4774
12	Treatment Of Women in Robert Browning’s Poetry	Reyono Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies. International Journal.	St. Thomas College Kerala .	Vol. 2. (1) 3-16 (January 2013: 57-64	ISSN No. 2277-7652
13	We are Going: The Crisis of the Natural in North East Indian and Australian Poetry	Muse India. Literary E Journal. National.	Literary E Journal, Secunderabad, India.	Volume No. 51 (September-October 2013).	ISSN No. 0975-1815
14	Unearthing and Defining the Identity of Parvati: Study of the Shiv Purana.	Research in World Literature, Sankalp International Foundation of Education. National Journal	Sankalp International Foundation SIFE, New Delhi. L	December 2012. 105-110.	ISSN No. 2319-5266
15	Insular Patriotism and Struggle For National Identities in Shakespeare’s History Plays	Theatre International, East West Perspectives on Theatre. International Journal	Avant-Garde Press (Shakespeare Society of Eastern India), Kolkata.	Vol. V. 2012. 213-222	ISSN No. 2278-2036
16	Hungry Tide: An Eco-critical Reading.	Pegasus, A Kolkata based International refereed journal.	Pegasus Press, Kolkata.	Collection 6 October 2012. 9-17	ISSN No. 0975-8488
17	Nationalism and Immigration and Identity in Kiran Desai’s Inheritance of Loss.	Literature and Criticism: The Journal of The Literary Society of India. International Journal.	Literary Society of India. Kolkata	Vol. 7. 2008-10 .101-107	ISSN No. 0974-6021

Research articles in Non - Peer reviewed journals: 03

	Chapter	Journal	Publisher, place	Volume details, year
1	The Environmental Activist in William Wordsworth	Annual Journal 2004-2006 of Rishi Bankim Chandra College for Women, Naihati.	Mary Printers, Naihati.	2007
2	Martand : Individual vs Politics	INSIGHT - Journal of the Department of English for Serampore Girls College	Shilpayan Press, Serampore, Hooghly.	Volume I, 2009 16-17
3	A Journey into the Narrative Art of Hardy : Study of the Return of the Native	Pegasus - A Literary Journal,	Pegasus Press. Kolkata	Collection III. May 2008. 67-73

Book Reviews: 05

	Book	Journal	Publisher, place /year.
1.	Trauma and the Triumph Vol I ed Bagchi and Dasgupta	NSOU CLTCS website People’s Partition Project	September 2019
2.	Noakhalir durjoger dine- Ashoka Gupta	NSOU CLTCS website People’s Partition Project	September , 2018
3.	Coming out of Partition- Gargi Chakravartty	NSOU CLTCS website People’s Partition Project	August ,2018
4.	Scott L.Newstok, ed. Kenneth Burke on Shakespeare Ed. Indiana: Parlor Press: 2007.Pp Iv+308	International Journal Multicultural Shakespeare:Translation, Appropriation and Performance	Lodz University, Poland. Vol.6(21)/7(22) (2010) 150-155.
5.	The Tempest by William Shakespeare, ed. Sarbani Chaudhury, New Delhi: Pearson Longman Press, 2009. Pp. Liii+217.	International Journal Multicultural Shakespeare This Special Number Entitled: “Asia And Multicultural Shakespeare.”	Lodz University, Poland. Vol.9(24) (2012) 78-82.

Study Material for Distance Learning Published : 05

1.English Post Graduate Degree Programme. Part II. Paper 409 Indian Literature in English Translation. Module – 1. Poetry, Unit 2. “Ramunajan, Ananthamurthy, Pritam, Bachchan”. Published by Directorate of Open and Distance learning, University of Kalyani. West Bengal, India.

2.English Post Graduate Degree Programme. Part II. Paper 408 Indian Literature in English. Module – 1. Poetry, Unit 1. “Nissim Ezekiel”. Published by Directorate of Open and Distance learning, University of Kalyani. West Bengal, India.

3.Netaji Subhas Open University- Self Learning Material- Under Graduate Degree Programme- CBCS- HEG- CC-EG-02- European Classical Literature- Module 4 , Ovid: Selections from Metamorphoses, “Diana and Actaeon” (Book 3)- [Author]2023

4.Netaji Subhas Open University- Self Learning Material- Under Graduate Degree Programme- CBCS- Generic Elective Course in English-GE-EG-11- Reading, Writing and Comprehension Skills- Module 4- [author] (Course Editor of the entire)2022

5. Netaji Subhas Open University- Self Learning Material- Under Graduate Degree Programme- CBCS- CC-EG-14 (Postcolonial Literatures) Module 4 , Mamang Dai: Poems[Author] 2024.

Books Published

Books Authored/Edited: 06

	Book	Place	Publisher and year	ISBN No.
1	Revisiting Partition and Bangladesh Liberation War (Pages 134)(ed. With Prof Himadri Lahiri)	New Delhi	CLTCS , NSOU& Akhand publishing House 2020	ISBN 978-93-88998-93-2
2.	English Communication: A text book for AECC 2 (written with Dr. Somak Manadal)	United Kingdom	Cambridge, March 2019	ISBN 978-1-108-72455-5
3.	Travel Writing: Travel in Writing (ed with Dr. Tajuddin Ahmed )	Kolkata	Viswakos Parishad, January,2017	ISBN 81-86210-76-0
4	Missing Links:An Anthology of Short Stories from Bengal and Beyond (ed)	New Delhi	Authorspress, 2015	ISBN 978-93-5207-133-3
5.	Language & Power: A Study of Amitav Ghosh’s Works.	Germany	Lap-Lambert Academic Publishing, 2014	ISBN No. 978-3-659-46194-1
6.	Looking for the Centre: Self and Society in Indian English Poetry	Burdwan, West Bengal, India.	Avenel Publishers, November,2014	ISBN No. 978-93-80761-46-6

Chapters in Books: 20

	Chapter	Book	Place	Publisher and year and Page nos	ISBN No.
1	“Border” by Debiprosad Singha, translated as “Border”	The Bleeding Border: Stories of Bengal Partition in Translation		Niyogi Books (Thornbird) 2022 Pages 338-358	ISBN: 978-93-91125-01-1
2	“Sesh Katha” by Tarashankar Bandopadhyay translated as “Last Words”	Mahatma Gandhi in Bangla : Gandhi Inspired Creative and Critical writings in Translation ed.Acharya and G. N Devy & S. Pakhare	Mumbai	Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, 2022 Pages 104-114	ISBN 978-93-91622-09-1
3.	Baul and Marafati oral tradition and its impact on Partition of Bengal	(B)Order and (B)Ordering: An Interdisciplinary Companion	Germany	Ibidem,2021, Pages-141-157	ISBN-13:978-3-8382-1462-7
4.	Remedial English Language Teaching for Literature Students in Indian Classrooms: Possible Approaches and Methods	Recent trends in English Language teaching Ed: Prof. Julu Sen and Dr. Sumana Bandopadhyay	Delhi	School of Humanities , NSOU and Akhand Publishing House 2019 143-157	ISBN 978-93-88998-45-1
5.	The mad, the Prostitute, the Child and the Dog: Whose “Partition” is it Anyway?	The Partition of India Beyond Improbable Lines Editor(s):Daniela Rogobete, Elisabetta Marino	Cambridge, U.K	Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 01/06/2018 101-112	ISBN-13:978-1-5275-0846-0 ISBN-10:1-5275-0846-3
6.	“Reading Frankenstein and The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde in High School: The oscillating Worlds of ‘Beautiful’ and ‘ Ugly’”	Young Adult Fiction: Issues and Trends	New Delhi	Atlantic Publishers and Distributors (p) Ltd May 2018, 112-121	ISBN 978-81-269-2768-5
7.	“Some Approaches to Teaching ‘Ode to the West Wind’by P.B. Shelley: Practical Possibilities	Romanticism and Romantic Poetry	Kolkata	Avenel Press, November, 2016 178-187	ISBN 978-93-80736-29-7
8.	“Adaptation and Demystification: Treatment of Romeo and Juliet Theme in Deepa Mehta’s Water”	Adaptations: Some Journeys from Words to Visuals	Cambridge, New Castle,U.K	Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2015. 155-167	ISBN 978 14 4387 4663
9.	“Shakespeare's gendered subalterns - A comparative study of Desdemona & Miranda”	Shakespeare: A Reappraisal. Ed. Sunita Sinha, Carole Rozzonelli	New Delhi	Atlantic Publishers, 2015. 227-238	ISBN 978-81-269-1963-5
10.	“Public for the Private: Re-Reading Milton’s Prose” 51-59	Prose Writings of the Seventeenth Century England and New England”ed.Suparna Bhattacharya	Kolkata	Levant Books, 2014. 51-60	ISBN 978-93-84106-10-2
11.	“Bottom Lines: Class and Gender Wars in A Midsummer Night’s Dream”	Summer? Night? Or Dream? ed. Pradip Ranjan Sengupta.	Burdwan	Avenel Press, April, 2014 114-123	ISBN 978-93-80761-49-7
12	English Translation of Nirupama Devi’s Essay “ Bartaman samaje balikader shikshar antoray o taddurikaraner upay ki?”	Shaping Discourse: Women’s Writings in Bengali Periodicals (1865-1947)	Kolkata	Stree Publications. behest of Women’s Studies Department Jadavpur University. 2014.	ISBN 978-81-906760-5-2
13	“Because Stories are all there are to live in: Mixed Blessing of Memory in The Shadow Lines”	Amitav Ghosh’s The Shadow Lines: A Critical Anthology. Ed. Sandip Ain.	New Delhi	Worldview Press, National. 2011. 152-162	ISBN: 98 81 920651 2 0
14	“Multiculturalism and A.K. Ramanujan”	Critical Approaches to Multiculturalism Ed. P.C.Chakraborty	Kolkata	Booksway. 2010. 11-19	ISBN 978-93-80145-85-3
15	“Teaching Macbeth in Indian Classroom: Interactions in Understanding, Appreciating and Differing.”	Macbeth Re-Explored Ed. Pradip Ranjan Sengupta	Burdwan	Avenel Publishers.January 2011. 97-110	ISBN 978-93-80761-09-1
16	“Indian English Poetry in the wake of Post Colonialism: A New Perspective”	Anxieties, Influences and After: Critical Responses to Post Colonialism and Neo Colonialism Ed. Bakshi, Sengupta and Paul.	New Delhi	Worldview Press, 2009. 307-322	ISBN 81-86423-13-3
17	i. “Modes of Narrative in Pride and Prejudice” ii. “Irony in Pride and Prejudice” iii. “Charlotte Lucas: Marriage As Empowerment” (3 Chapters)	Pride and Prejudice : A Critical Appraisal Ed. S.B.Sarkar	Kolkata	Booksway.2008. 458-465 479-485 492-498	ISBN 81-89293-51-1
18,19	“Attipat Krishnaswami Ramanujan.” (2 chapters)	Studies In Indian English Poetry (Ed.) Prof Benoy Kumar Banerjee and Kaustav Bakshi	Kolkata	Booksway. 2008. 108-123	ISBN 81-89293—57-5
20	Translation Of Banaphool’s Short Story “Bhrastalagna” as “ The Missed Hour”	Avenel Selected Short Stories	Burdwan	Avenel Publishers.March. 2008. 422-427	ISBN 81-902529-4-1

Awards

General Proficiency Medal at High School Level.
Ranked 1^st in school in the Higher Secondary Exam.
Certificate awarded for 3^rd position in Intra University Poetry competition.
Ranked 1^st in Master’s Degree at University Level.
Ranked 1^st in English Method in Bachelor of Teaching at University Level.
Published as a case study in the article “Leadership for women's equality and empowerment in Higher Education” by Karuna Chanana in the India International Centre Quarterly, Winter 2012 - Spring 2013, Vol, 39, Issue No. 3-4, (2013) 81-94.
Trophy for the best paper presenter in the session at the International Conference on ‘Literature to Cinema: Appropriation, Adaptation, Adulteration’, 1 – 3 June 2013, organized by National Institute of Technology, Durgapur, West Bengal, India.
Recipient of U.G.C Travel Grant in 2012 to Istanbul, Turkey.

Featured as Women Manager in Strategies for Supporting Inclusion and Diversity in the Academy: Higher Education, Aspiration and Inequality published by Palgrave , Macmillan , August 2020, in a Chapter“Women and Leadership: Strategies of Gender Inclusion in Institutions of Higher Education in India “ by Prof Karuna Chanana.

Recipient of :Making India Employable Awards, “50 and under 50" Category, awarded by India Education Forum and India Employer Forum on 8 September 2023.

Ph.D. Thesis Guidance

Supervised 03 M.Phil. scholars in topics entitled: All awarded

(a) Imagination and Romanticism in the poetry of the First World War. – Degree awarded in December 2009.

(b) The Hunted Indians: Through the Eyes of Jim Corbett. - Degree awarded in December 2009.

ii) Currently supervising 03 Ph.D Scholars at Aliah University, Kolkata and Co-supervisor of 02 scholars at Amity University, Kolkata and Aliah University, Kolkata.

03 scholars awarded PhD degree . 02 submitted in December 2023.

Project Works

Submitted UGC Sponsored Minor Research titled - Reading Meaning into the Tower of Babel: A Semiotic Study of Language as a means of Socio Cultural and Gender Stratification in Amitav Ghosh’s novels, in 2013. (Published as a book, Language and Power: A Study of Amitav Ghosh’s Works. Saarbrücken, Germany: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing House, 2014. ISBN 978-3-659-46194-1. )
Was, Teacher Coordinator and Story Collector in 2^nd and 3^rd phase (2018-2019) of Bengal Partition Repository Project undertaken by CLTCS under the aegis of the School of Humanities of Netaji Subhas Open University, Kolkata.

Invited Lectures

Sl.	Occasion/ Scheme/	Organizer/Place	Date	Topic
1	Online YouTube Video Lecture Annual Shakespeare Anniversary Lecture 2024	The Shakespeare Society of India, (New Delhi): East Zone	3 May 2024	Of Mad Minds and Minds Made Mad: Reflecting on Authority, Politics and Madness in Shakespeare’s Plays
2	Plenary Lecture at Two-Day National Seminar titled: Transcendence and Transgression in Literature, Culture and Media: A Transdisciplinary Conference	Department of English,Sister Nivedita University, Kolkata, West Bengal	28 March 2024	From Transgression to Transcendence? Translating Folk and Culture
2	Online Presentation at Webinar on Research Methodology	The Department of English and Literary Studies of Brainware University, Barasat, Kolkata, WB	25 November 2023	Developing Perspectives with Method and Methodology: A Practical Guide to Reading Literary Texts
3	Extension Lecture	Serampore Girls’ College	11.05.2023 (forenoon)	Postcolonial Poetry: An Engagement with Perspectives
4	Seminar (College Level)	Serampore Girls’ College	11.05.2023 (afternoon)	Research Methodology and Research Ethics in English
5	8 weeks Online Short –Term Training Programme, Folklore Studies in the Digital Age	CLTCS, NSOU	04.02.2023	Translating Lores, Translating Cultures: Towards a Fine Balance
6	International Women’s Day	In House Seminar ICC, NSOU	29. 03.2023	Women for Women: Digital Equity for better Productivity in Higher Educational Institutions
7	One-Day National Seminar on Partition Literature	Pakuahat Degree College, Malda	19.11.2022	Freedom and Partition in the Indian Subcontinent: Context and Texts
8	UGC –HRDC Online faculty Development programme	Swami Vivekananda University and University of Calcutta	13.06.2022	Style and Language: The Freedom to Choose one’s idiom
9	International Conference on English Language and Literature in the Pedagogical Perspective	Department of Basic Science and Humanities (English ) of Narula Institute of Technology & iSPELL	28.05.2022	Language Teaching: Changing Perspectives in India
10	UGC –HRDC Refresher Course	HRDC, University of Calcutta	15.03.2022	Bea(ring) the burden: Tracing neo-learning and usage of English from ‘abrogation’ to ‘appropriation’ in a postcolonial context
11	Two –Day Literature Workshop	Students Islamic Organization of India, West Bengal Zone, Aliah University , Kolkata	13.11.2021	Style and Language for Fiction Writing
12	UGC –HRDC Orientation Programme	Faculty Development Centre, Iswar Saran PG College, Allahabad, UP	25.10.2021	Remembering Partition of the Indian Subcontinent: Alternative research methods to capture its impact on ordinary lives
13	Five Days Faculty Development Program on 'Exploring Globalised Space(s): Contemporary Trends in Literature and Language'	Amity Institute of English Studies and Research, Amity University, Kolkata	14.07.2021	The Ecogothic: Looking back afresh
14	State Level Webinar- Arts and Letters: Representations of Sickness	Bhangar Mahavidyalaya, West Bengal	22 August 2020	Of Sickness, Pestilence, Arts and Letters
15	Two day webinar on “Interdisciplinarity: (Re-) reading Literary Texts”	Barjora College, Bankura	July 23, 2020	Class Consciousness and Gender Trouble in Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream
16	Online Lecture Series	Midnapore College	16^th July 2020	Between the Sense of Home and Unhomeliness: Narratives of Indian Partition and Bangladesh Liberation War
17	Webinar (online 5day FDP during Lockdown due to Covid pandemic))	Amity University, Kolkata	29^th June 2020 (time 1.00p.m to 2.00p.m) 29^th June to 3^rd July 2020	The Why,What, How of Facilitating English Language Learning and Communication
18	Webinar (online learning during Lockdown due to Covid pandemic))	Nerula Institute of Technology	2^nd May 2020	Professional Communication: Present Perspectives and Future Challenges
19	Lecture for UGC-HRDC Short Term Course	Department of Language and Linguistics, Jadavpur University	21 February, 2020	Stylistics: An Approach to Connect Literature with Language
20	International Seminar on Bengal Partition: Memory, Narratives and Amnesia	Bangladesh Open University and Netaji Subhash Open University, Bangladesh	30 October 2019	Memory at Crossroads:Interrogating History, Fiction and oral Narratives of Bengal Partition
21	International Folklore Conference on Locating Folk Narratives in the Literary / Cultural Genres of Eastern India	Department of English , Vidyasagar University	19 March 2019	The Bongcher Oral Tradition: Reading a Biocentric Universe through Ethosemiotic Paradigm
22	Nirikh, 2^nd International Conference on Literature and Culture of Bengal	Rajshahi University, Bangladesh	23 &24 February, 2019	Searching Method (ology) in Madness: An attempt to situate writings of Indian Partition and the Bangladesh Liberation War in a Theoretical Framework
23	“Partition Lecture Series” under collaborative research project on Partition and the Liberation War of Bangladesh since September 2017	Centre for Language, Translation and Cultural Studies,Netaji Subhas Open University, Kolkata	23 June 2018	Listening to unknown voices from the past: Women and their engagement with Partition
24	Extension Lectures	Bhairab Ganguly College , Kolkata	29 March 2018	Research Methodology in English Studies
25	One Day National level Discourse on Vivekananda’s Man Making Education and New India	Jadavpur University	27 March 2018	Swami Vivekananda and the concept of Socialism
26	Invited Lecture Series 2018	Kalyani University	19 March 2018	Structure of Modern English and English Language Teaching
27	International Seminar on Women and Texts	Jhargram Raj College	15 March 2018	Kindred Souls:Collective Memory and Daughters of Partition in Eastern India
28	International Women’s Day, 2018	Aliah University	9 March 2018	Special Lecture on Women Empowerment
29	Annual Cultural Programme	Sherpur Model School	3 March 2018	Women and Education in Bengal
30	Seminar Lecture	Rishi Bankim Chandra College, Naihati	9 February, 2018	Classroom Interaction Teaching Practice- Tools and Techniques
31	Closing Ceremony of Centenary Celebration	Barala Ramdas Sen High School, Murshidabaad	6 January 2018	General, on education and schools
32	International Seminar on Renaissance	Mrinalini Dutta Mahavidyalaya, Birati, Kolkata.	15 Dec 2017	The Ideal and the Real: Representations of Women and Men in Visual Art of the European Renaissance
33	Panache2017, Language Fest,	B.P. Poddar Institute of Management and Technology, Kolkata	9 Nov 2017	Chief Guest, Keynote on ,Language and Games
34	Public Lecture	Lalan Academy, Naihati, 24 Parganas (North)	22 Oct 2017	Chief Guest, Keynote ‘meyeder lokachaar o bratakathar Gaan’
35	CONFELT,NCEMT 2017 National	Narula Institute of Technology and Management, Agarpara	28 February2017	‘English for Specific Purposes’
36	International Women’s Day	Bamanpukur Humayun Kabir Mahavidyalaya, North 24 Parganas	8 March 2016	“South Asian Women: Aspirations and Reality”
37	International Women’s Day Celebration& Cancer Awareness and Prevention Workshop	Berhampore Girls’ College, Murshidabad	15 March 2016	“ International Women’s Day 2016: Introduction, Issues and Possible Strategies”
38	One –Day Departmental Seminar	Sitananda College, Purba Medinipur	16 February 2016	“Violence in South Asian Literature: Then and Now”
39	State Level Seminar	organised by College and W.B. State Council of Higher Education & Sarojini Naidu College, Dumdum	14 October 2015	“ Stories and poems by South Asian Women: Readings in Resistance and Reconciliation”
40	College Seminar	Rishi Bankim Chandra Evening College, Naihati	17.01.15	“Beginnings, Development and Prospect of Indian Writing in English”
41	Seminar Lectures	Taki Government College, Taki.	26.11.2014& 05.12.2014	“Sociolinguistics”
42	Seminar Lectures	M.U.C. Women’s College, Burdwan.	25.04.2014 & 06.05.2014	“ Amitav Ghosh’s The Shadow Lines”
43	Invited Lecture on the occasion of 450 birthday anniversary of Shakespeare.	Behala College Kolkata	12.12.2013	“Shakespeare’s Stage, Actors, Audience and Costume”
44	3 days Faculty Development Programme on Communication & Management essentials.	Narula Institute of Technology, Agarpara	11.07.2013	“Use of Literature in Effective Communication”
45	Invited Lecture on the occasion of College’s Golden Jubilee Celebration	Department of English, by Behala College, Kolkata	03.12.2012	“Shelley’s Ode to The West Wind in an undergraduate class”
46	Invited Lecture on the occasion of Robert Browning’s birth Centenary.	English Studies Centre and British Council Library, Kolkata	12.10.2012	“Robert Browning and his Women”
47	Invited Lecture on the occasion of Teachers’ Day	Ramakrishna Sarada Mission Vivekanand Vidyabhavan, 33, Sri Maa Sarada Sarani, Dum Dum, Kolkata-700055	20.12.2011	“Teacher-Student Relationship”
48	UGC scheme of Extension Lectures	Serampore Girls College, Hooghly	22.12.2008	“Post-Colonial Indian Poetry in English”
49	UGCFaculty Exchange Programme	Gour Mohan Sachin Mandal Mahavidyalaya Bireswarpur	20.02.2007	“Shakespeare’s Sonnets”

Seminar/Conference/Workshop

Workshops/Seminars/ Events Attended/Organised, As Resource Person/Trainer/Local Coordinator/ Convenor At International/National/State Level : 21

1.Organised as Presiding Officer of the Internal Complaints Committee, Aliah University, an Art Contest for Students to Celebrate Women’s History Month, 2024, on 27 March 2024.

2.Convener of Two- Day, National Conference titled: (Re)Searching The Indian Culture, Languages and Literature: A Methodology of One’s Own, organized by Department of English Language Teaching, Netaji Subhas Open University in collaboration with Department of English, Kalyani University on 5-6 October,2023. Conference Partners: Gale, Cambridge and Sage.

3.Organised One-day Training Workshop for Counselors (NSOU) on 17 December 2022 at the Durgapur Regional Centre of Netaji Subhas Open University.

4.Organised as Chairperson of the Internal Complaints Committee, Aliah University, a One-Day Workshop on Awareness and Sensitization of Sexual Harassment and Ragging in Higher Educational Institutions, on 7 July 2022

5.Convener of 03 day, International Webinar on “Planetary Crisis and the Humanities: Prospects in Theory and Praxis” organized by Department of English, Aliah University, on 28,29 and 30 August 2020.

6.Resource person for 1 day workshop on “ How to write a Research Paper” organized by Department of English, Bhairab Ganguly College on 29.3.2019 Friday.

7. Resource person at International Workshop on Translation of Cultural Texts organized by Vidyasagar University on 20 March 2019

8.Resource Person in Seminar Lecture and ELT Workshop organised by PG Department of English, R.B.C. College, Naihati, on 15 February 2019.

9. Organized CBCS Workshop for teachers of Humanities, Languages, Sciences and Social Sciences on 26 November 2018, Park Circus Campus Auditorium, Aliah University.

10.Participated in a one-day Workshop on CBCS syllabus held on 29 November 2017, organized by the Department of English, West Bengal State University.

11.Resource Person at a one day –Faculty Workshop on New Compulsory English Syllabus, organized by West Bengal State University, Barasat, INDIA, on 30 August 2017.

12.Trainer Associate at UGC sponsored SAM workshop( under the scheme of Capacity Building of Women Managers in Higher Education) organized by Sarojini Naidu College for women, Dumdum, Kolkata on 30.12.2008.

13.Trainer Associate at UGC sponsored SAM workshop( under the scheme of Capacity Building of Women Managers in Higher Education) organized by Women’s College, Kolkata, on 17.12.2009.

14. Trainer Associate at UGC sponsored SAM workshop (under the scheme of Capacity Building of Women Managers in Higher Education) organized by Maulana Azad College, Kolkata on 25.03.2010.

15. Local Coordinator of the UGC sponsored SAM workshop (under the scheme of Capacity Building of Women Managers in Higher Education) organized by R.B.C. College for Women, Naihati from 20 December to 24 December 2010.

16. Trainer Associate, transacted a manual on Personal and Professional Roles in the workshop on “Gender Awareness” organized by the Equal Opportunity Cell of Barrackpore Rashtraguru Surendranath College on 24.02.2012.

17. Participated in a workshop for Undergraduate Revised syllabus held at West Bengal State University, Barasat, on 23^rd June 2010.

18. Participated in a Workshop for Academic Counselors (M.A) at English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad, from 23 to 25 October 2013.

19.Convener of Two-Day National Seminar, entitled: Placing The Space: Facets And Prospects Of Travel Writing, organized by the Department of English, Aliah University on 24 and 25 September 2014.

20. Resource Person in a Workshop entitled Capacity Building of Women Managers in Higher Education organized by Kalyani University , Nadia, West Bengal under the aegis of Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Youth Development, Sriperumbudur, Tamilnadu, INDIA from 17-22 February, 2015

21.Organizing Secretary of the State Level Seminar titled CULTURAL STUDIES: THEORY AND PRAXIS arranged at the Department of English,Aliah University on January 2016.

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Papers Presented at Seminars and Conferences: [Total number of Papers-27]

Sl.	Seminar	Place	Date	Paper presented/chaired	Organized by
1.	3 Day International Conference	Kolkata	29-31 January 2017	Is all fair in the ‘adaptation industry’ of Shakespeare? Mukherji’s Zulfiqar and the restive audience in Bengal ‘cinema halls’ Chaired 2 sessions	The Indian Council of Cultural Relations (ICCR)& Shakespeare Society of Eastern India
2	5 Day International Conference of ESSE	NUI, Galway, Ireland	22-26 August 2016	“Reliving Partition in Eastern India: Memories of and Memoirs by Women Across the Borders”	European Society for English Studies and National University of Ireland
3	3 Day International Seminar and Workshop on Translation Studies/ Comparative Literature & Shakespeare	Kolkata	29, 30 Nov & 1^st December 2015	“Exclusion of Childhood in Shakespearean Plays: Objectives and Strategies”.Also CHAIRED a session	Shakespeare Society of Eastern India, Kolkata and Tagore Gandhi Institute.
4	UGC sponsored National Seminar on Negotiating Tradition and (Post) Modernity:Recent Trends in Culture Studies	Kalyani, Nadia	28-29 January 2015	“Chutney Soca: Expression of New Identities in the Indo-Carribean context”, Also CHAIRED a session	Centre for Cultural Studies, University of Kalyani, Nadia.
5	UGC sponsored National Conference on Literature:The Socio-cultural Milieu	Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh	17-18 October, 2014	“The Art of Gentle Living: Ruskin Bond and his Ultra vision of Conserving Green”. Also CHAIRED a session	Department of English, St. Andrew’s College, Gorakhpur U.P.
6.	International Conference on Translation Studies:Theory and Praxis & Comparative Literature	Kolkata	18April to 20April 2014.	“Big and Small Reflections on a Great Event: Partition and its Narratives”	Shakespeare Society of Eastern India, Kolkata.
7.	UGC sponsored National Seminar on Writings from the Margins	Vidyasagar University, Midnapore	4^th and 5^th March 2014	“Looking Inward: Translated Personal Narratives of Dalit Women”. Also CHAIRED a session	Vidyasagar University, Midnapore
8.	Two day International conference on Literature,Language and Communication: ‘An Essential Trident’	Amity University, Lucknow campus.	9^th and 10^th December 2013	“From Social to Sexual Politics: Tracing a trajectory in Shakespeare’s Plays”	Amity University, Lucknow in collaboration with Shakespeare Society of Eastern India, Kolkata
9.	International Conference on African, Afro-American, Carribean and Australian Literatures	Nandan Government Arts Complex, Kolkata	24^th August 2013	“Listening to the Wild: Ovid and The Boy in David Malouf’s An Imaginary Life”	The Shakespeare Society of Eastern India, Kolkata
10.	International Conference on ‘Literature to Cinema: Appropriation, Adaptation, Adulteration’,	National Institute of Technology, Durgapur.	1 – 3 June 2013	“Adaptation and Demystification: Treatment of Romeo and Juliet Theme in Deepa Mehta’s Water”	National Institute of Technology, Durgapur.
11.	UGC SAP – III DRS - I National Seminar titled Folk Art and Literature: Text and Context	Dept. of English, Vidyasagar University, Midnapore	25 and 26 March 2013	“Woman’s Tales: Shifting and Visual Identities of ‘She’ in Thakumar Jhuli”	Dept. of English, Vidyasagar University, Midnapore
12	International seminar Greening The World: Literature Through Eco-Criticism	West Bengal State University, Barasat, West Bengal	19 August 2012	“Towards the Post Pastoral: Eco Poetry of the Present Times”	Department of English, West Bengal State University
13.	International Conference 11^th Conference of European Society for the Study of English	Bogazici University Istanbul, Turkey	4 – 8 September 2012	“Where have the children gone: Absent presence of children in Shakespeare’s Plays”	Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey
14.	UGC National level seminar Satobarsher Aloke Gitanjali	Department of Bengali, Rishi Bankim Chandra College for Women, Naihati	2 and 3 March 2012	“The Mythopoeic Vision of Tagore in Gitanjali: A Study in Myths and Folkloric Ingredients”	Department of Bengali, Rishi Bankim Chandra College for Women, Naihati
15	UGC sponsored State level seminar on Narrative, Narration & Quest for Identity in Indian Writing in English	Dept. of English, P.N.Das College, Palta	17 December, 2011	Presented a paper titled – “Pilgrims in Progress: Identities and Quests in Indian Poetry in English.” Also CHAIRED a session	Dept. of English, P.N.Das College, Palta
16.	International Seminar on Global Environmental Issues : Challenges to Industry, Ecology and Society	IRDF & SKAIL, Kalyani, Nadia	24-25 December, 2011	“Can Poetry be a cure to the ills of life? Re-Reading Eco-Critically English Romantic Poetry”	IRDF & SKAIL, Kalyani, Nadia
17.	UGC sponsored National seminar entitled Re-Reading Indian English Literature: Linguistic Perspectives i Colonial and Post-Colonial Writings	Dum Dum Motijheel College, Kolkata	5 and 6 December 2011	“Man and the Mileu: Symbolist – Surrealistic Mode in Jayanta Mahapatra’s Poetry”	Department of English, (Post Graduate Studies) Dum Dum Motijheel College, Kolkata
18.	UGC sponsored National seminar entitled Re-Reading 17^th Century Prose Writings	American Center, Kolkata	28 and 29 November 2011	“Public for the Private: Re-Reading Milton’s Prose”	Department of English, Calcutta Girls College.
19.	UGC sponsored National Level seminar entitled Modern Short Story: Text and Narrative	Department of English, Krishnanagar Women’s College, Nadia	24 and 25 November 2011	“Never Say Die: Voices of Women in Temsula Ao’s Short Stories”	Dept. of English, Krishnanagar Women’s College, Nadia
20.	UGC sponsored two days National Seminar on Rabindranath Tagore: Nationalism and Internationalism	Shimurali Sachinandan College of Education, Shimurali, Nadia	19 and 20 August 2011	“Reconciling Ambivalences: A Study of Tagore’s Conception of the East in Gitanjali and Nationalism in Gora”	Shimurali Sachinandan College of Education, Shimurali, Nadia
21.	Workshop on Rabindranath Tagore’s creations	The Asiatic Society, Kolkata	24 to 31 January, 2011	“Observations on Geetanjali: In search of Universal emotions through myriad Myths.”	The Asiatic Society, Kolkata
22.	World Shakespeare Conference	Kolkata	11-15 December, 2010	“Insular patriotism and struggle for National Identities in Shakespeare’s History Plays (Richard II and Henry V).”	Shakespeare Society of Eastern India with Shakespeare Center for Advanced Research, Rabindra Bharati University.
23.	UGC State level seminar on Popular Fiction: Cultural Artefact or Commercial Product	American Center Library, Kolkata	25 March 2010	“Towards the making of a new Genre: Popular Fiction of Chetan Bhagat – The mantra for the new generation”	Gour Mohan Sachin Mondal Mahavidyalaya and the American Center Library, Kolkata.
24.	World Shakespeare Conference 2008	Rabindra Bharati University, Jorashanko	14-17 December, 2008	“Shakespeare’s Gendered Subalterns: A Comparative Study of Desdemona and Miranda.”	Shakespeare Society of Eastern India
25.	UGC sponsored National level seminar on Interrogating the Nation: The Legacy of Rushdie in Indian English Novel.	Kurseong College,	10 and 11 August 2007	“Problems of Identity, Nationalism and Immigration in Kiran Desai’s The Inheritance of Loss”	Department of English, Kurseong College
26.	National level seminar on Women’s Day	Ranchi, Jharkhand	8, 9 and 10 March 2007	“Women Empowerment: Myth, Reality and Possibilities”	Women’s Studies Centre, Ranchi University
27.	State level Students’ Seminar on John Keats	Shantiniketan, West Bengal	13 and 14 January, 1996	“Keats and The Romantic Imagination”	Department of English, Viswa Bharati

Other Notable Activities

Contribution in Teaching-Learning and Curriculum, Administrative and Official Activities:

Head Examiner, Paper setter, Moderator, Examiner, Subject Expert, Peer Reviewer of (UGC care Journals and others), External Examiner, Head of the Department, External Expert at Research committees of other Universities.

NAAC Co-coordinator from 2005 to 2011 (R.B.C. College for Women).

Coordinator- University Research Programmes (Aliah University), till October 2022

Chairperson- Internal Complaints Committee (Aliah University)

Member-(Aliah University) IQAC, Anti-ragging committee, NAAC Core Committee, Convocation Committee, Library Committee, Time Table Committee, Foundation Day Committee (2024)

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