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ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS 

• Ph.D. (Central University of Hyderabad, 2022)
• M.Phil. (Central University of Hyderabad, 2016)
• M.A. (The English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad, 2014)
• B.A. (Bangalore University, 2012)
• D.Ed. (Sathish Chandra Memorial College, Bangalore Rural, 2009)

 

WORK EXPERIENCE

• Currently working as Assistant Professor in the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, National Institute of Technology Silchar, Assam, November 2023-present.

• Worked as Ad-hoc Faculty in the School of Humanities, Social Sciences and Management, National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathkal, January 2023-November 2023.

 

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AREAS OF INTEREST AND SPECIALIZATION 

• Literary and Translation Studies
• Colonialism and Colonial Modernity
• Literary Historiography
• Modern Kannada Language and Literature

 

TEACHING INTERESTS

• Professional Communication, Communicative English, Professional Ethics and Human Values, English Literature and Translation Studies.

• Leverhumle Network Funding by the University of Glasgow, United Kingdom, to participate and present a paper in an International Conference on Translating Feminism: Transfer, Transgression, and Transformation, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom, 13-15 June, 2018.

 

JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS

•  Fashioning the Social: The Position of Shakespearean Translations in the Kannada Literary Polysystem, in  an International Journal of Narrative and Language Studies (NALANS) [Special Issue on Global Folios: Books about Shakespeare from around the World] indexed in SCOPUS, ISSN: 2148-4066, (2023; forthcoming).

• Translation as Cultural Revitalization: Translation of a Classical Text Pygmalion into Kannada Language and Culture, in Translation Today [Special Issue on Translation, Nation and Knowledge Society] the biannual double-blind peer reviewed journal, indexed in UGC Care List, The National Translation Mission, Central Institute of Indian Languages. Mysore, Karnataka. ISSN: 0972-8740, e-ISSN: 0972-8090, Vol, 13: 1 (2019), pp. 176-185.

• English Life through Translation: The Vicar of Wakefield in Kannada Language and Literature, in Wesleyan International Journal indexed in UGC Care List, Bankura Christian College, West Bengal, India. ISSN: 0975-1386, Vol. 13: 47 (2019), pp. 132-137.

• Creating Spectacular: An Adaptation of English Play Pygmalion to Kannada Stage as Sevanti Prasanga (An Episode of Sevanti), in the UGC approved International Journal of English Language, Literature in Humanities, S. No: 43979, Vol. 3 (2018), pp. 466-472.

 

BOOK CHAPTER IN EDITED BOOKS (INTERNATIONAL)

• Translation as Cultural Transplantation: Translation of George Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion, in the book Indian Literature and Culture: Fiction, Feminism, Culture-Clash, Dalit Writing, Prestige Books International, New Delhi. ISBN: 978-93-82186-82-3, (2016), pp. 145-158.

 

CONFERENCE PAPERS PRESENTED

INTERNATIONAL

• International Conference on Multi-disciplinary Perspectives on Text, Place and Agency held on 13th -15th June 2018, organized by the Leverhumle International Network, Translating Feminism: Transfer, Transgression, and Transformation in Glasgow, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom.

• II Annual International Conference of Caesurae Collective Society on Translation across Borders: Genres and Geographies held on 9th -11th October 2018, organized by the Centre for Advanced Research and Training-Translation & Multilingualism, Osmania University, Hyderabad and Caesurae Collective Society in collaboration with Department of English, Maulana Azad National Urdu University, Hyderabad.

• International Conference on Translation and Knowledge Society held on 7th-9th March 2018, at National Translation Mission, Central Institute of Indian Languages, Mysuru, India.

• International Conference on “Theater and Other Performing Art: Aesthetics, Polity, Economy, History and Space” held on 29th- 31st March 2016 at Bangalore University.

 

NATIONAL:

• National Conference on Contextualizing Migration: Perspectives from Literature, Culture and Translation held on 6th-8th January 2020- at GITAM University, Hyderabad, India.

• National Conference on Shakespeare in the New Millennium held on 15th-16th April 2016- at Central University of Karnataka.

• National Literary Conference & Festival theme: Celebrating Indian Literature and Culture, 28th – 30th March 2016 – at Koneru Lakshmaiah University, India.

 

WORKSHOPS

• “National Research Methodology Workshop in Social Sciences for PhD Research Scholars” organized by the Indian Council of Social Science Research, Southern Regional Centre, (Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India), Hyderabad 15th – 21st December 2017.

 

SESSION CHAIR

• Invited to chair a session of Two-Day International Conference on Gender Studies organized by the School of Humanities, Social Sciences and Management, National Institute of Technology, Karnataka on 21st September 2023.

• Invited to chair a session of Two-Day International Conference on Gender Studies organized by the School of Humanities, Social Sciences and Management, National Institute of Technology, Karnataka on 22nd September 2023.

 

AWARDS AND GRANTS

•  Shikshana Rathna Award from Vishwajnani Seva Trust (NGO), Doddaballapur, Bangalore Rural Dist, Karnataka. The Award given for receiving the PhD Degree from one of India’s premier institutes, 19 March 2023.

• Leverhumle Network Funding by the University of Glasgow, United Kingdom, to participate and present a paper in an International Conference, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom, 13-15 June, 2018.

• ICSSR (Indian Council of Social Science Research) Short Term Doctoral Research Grant, ICSSR New Delhi, 2018-2019.