QUALIFICATION

• MA., M.Phil., Ph.D.
• Qualified NTA -NET in December 2018
• MA English Language & Literature, PSGR Krishnammal College for Women, Coimbatore ( 1999-2001)
• M.Phil – (The Motif of Violence in Joyce Carol Oates’ Them & Wonderland) PSGR Krishnammal College for Women, Coimbatore (2001-2002)
• Ph.D – (A Saga of Humanism as Depicted  in the Novels of Saul Bellow) PSGR Krishnammal College for Women, Coimbatore, Bharathiar University. Doctoral degree awarded in 2017.

COURSES ATTENDED

• Attended the UGC Sponsored Faculty Induction Programme conducted by the UGC – Human Resource Development Centre, the University of Calicut from 08.02.2023 – 09.03.2023.
• Completed online two -week Interdisciplinary Refresher Course in Advanced Research Methodology conducted by the Teaching Learning Centre, Ramanujan College, University of Delhi  from 22.09.2023 – 06.10.2023.
• Attended Faculty Development Programme on Empowering Educators : Translating NEP 2020 into Actionable Strategies for Higher Education organized by the Dept. of English, St. Joseph’s College (Autonomous),Devagiri in association with the University MMTC, University of Kerala and powered  by Littcrit: An Indian Response to Literature and Vallath Education Pvt. Ltd. From 12/05/2024 to 20/05/2024

PRESENTATIONS

• Presented a paper titled The Dichotomy of Labour and a Historical Perspective of Women in Manual Scavenging at Con -Texts 2024, International Seminar on Contesting Gender : Dynamics in Knowledge Production, the State and Labour organized by the Postgraduate and Research Department of English, Providence Women’s College on 28 February 2024
• Presented a paper on The Chorus of the Adivasies and the Cadence of the Deep Woods: A Reading of Mother Forest: The Unfinished Story of. C.K.Janu at the International Hybrid Conference on Sustainable Tribal Development conducted by the Departments of English, Economics and History, PSGR Krishnammal College for Women, Coimbatore, on 21st March 2023.
• Presented a paper on the Best Practices of St. Joseph’s College, Devagiri at the National Triennial Conference of Xavier Board of Higher Education in India at Goa on 23rd October 2023.
• Presented a paper entitled Decoding the Unconscious : A Re-reading  of Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Book at the International Virtual Seminar on Recent Trends in Children’s Literature  conducted by the Department of English, PSGR Krishnammal College for Women, Coimbatore, on 11^th October 2021.

PUBLICATIONS

• Published a chapter on “The  Dissection of  Phantasmagoria of Personality. A Study on Violence, Rape and Sex in Joyce Carol Oates’ Them” Theorizing Sexuality. Upanayan:New Delhi, December 2020. ISBN 978 -81-946799 -4-3.
• Published a chapter “Deromanticizing Slices of Life: Strands of Marginalization in Wizard of the Crow.” Marginalization in Literature. Authors Press: New Delhi,2021 ISBN 978-93-90155-26-2.
• Published a chapter “Romanticizing the Deromanticized: Emotions of Self Transcendence. A Subaltern Reading of C.K.Janu’s Mother Forest: The Unfinished Story.” Women in Literature: For the Women or By the Women. Authors Press: New Delhi, 2022. ISBN 978-93-5529-737-2
• Published an article on “The Chorus of the Adivasies and the Cadence of the Deep Woods : A Reading of Mother Forest : The Unfinished Story of C.K.Janu” Madhya Bharathi. Vol -84 No.11, 2023. ISSN 0974 – 0066 ( UGC Care Journal).
• Published an article on “ A Semiotics of Pandemics Deconstructed in Literature”,  JIJNASA.Vol XXXVIII,  2021. ISSN:0377-743-X ( UGC Care Journal).
• Published an article on “The Rise of a Class: Subaltern Consciousness in Arvind Adiga’s The White Tiger”, NIU International Journal of Human Rights. Vol 8(XV), 2021 ISSN 2394-0298 (UGC Care Journal).

BOOKS PUBLISHED

• Published a book on Transnational Feminism: New Voices and New Articulations. Upanyan Publications: New Delhi. ISBN 978-81-949267-3-3

MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL BODIES

Member, English Language Teachers' Association of India (2023-2026).

INVITED TALKS & LECTURES DELIVERED

• Served as a Resource Person and delivered a talk on Reconstruction of Nation and  Dialectics of Anthropocene in South Asian Literature in the National Seminar on Pluralism and Diversity in South Asian Literature organized by St. Mary’s College,  Thoothukudi on 11.10.2023.
• Served as Resource Person for a One day Workshop on ‘Translation – Advantages and Possibilities’ organized  by the Department of Malayalam, CHMKM Govt. Arts & Science College, Tanur on 24.07.2023.
• Served as a Resource Person and delivered a talk on ‘Saul Bellow’s Herzog’ in a National Webinar Series on American Literature organized by Providence College, Coonoor on 7^th January 2021.
• Served as a Resource Person and delivered a talk on ‘A Tyrst with Personal Identity in V.S.Naipaul’s  Half a Life and A House for Mr. Biswas’ in an International Faculty Development Programme on Global Humanity Endeavour in Literature organized by Holy Cross Home Science College, Tuticorn on 18^th November 2020.
• Served as a Resource Person and introduced the topic ‘Feminism without borders’ in a National Webinar organized by P.K.R Arts and Science College, Gobi on 23^rd September 2020.
• Served as a Resource Person and presented a talk on ‘Reflections on Pandemic through the lens of Literature’ in a National Faculty Development Programme organized by Bishop Cladwell College, Tuticorin,on  1^st August 2020.
• Chaired a session as a Moderator at the International Hybrid Conference on Sustainable Tribal Development conducted by the Departments of English, Economics and History, PSGR Krishnammal College for Women, Coimbatore, on 21st March 2023.
• Chaired a session as a Moderator in the Faculty Development Programme on Empowering Educators: Translating NEP into Actionable Strategies for Higher Education organized by the Department of English, St.Joseph's College (Autonomous), Devagiri in association with MMTC, University of Kerala & Littcrit on 19.05.2024.

Curricular & Extra – curricular Activities & Positions Held

• Served as a member of the team for Syllabus Design and Preparation of BA English Language & Literature, as a part of the implementation of Four Year UG Programme  2024, organized by the Board of Studies, the University of Calicut and received certificate for the same.
• Member, Board of Studies of English, P.S.G.R Krishnammal College  for Women(2021-2024).
• Networking Co -ordinator of the college at the Xavier Board of Higher Education in India.
• Served as the Faculty Co -ordinator of AICTE ATAL Online Faculty Development Programme on Stress Management from 06/12/ 2021 – 10/12/2021.
• Co-ordinator, Civil Service Coaching (2018 onwards)
• Member, Office of the Collaborations (Higher Education & Industries).
• Member, Staff Advisory Board, College Magazine (2022 onwards)
• Co-ordinator,Sustainable Development Goals Cell (2024 -2025)
• Member, Fine Arts Club (2022-2024)
• Faculty Co -ordinator, Young Communicators Club in association with the PRCI (2020 -2022)