Dean Message & Profile

Academic Qualifications

• Ph.D in English from the University of Madras in 2007
• M.Phil with English as major in Pachaiyappa’s College, University of Madras
• M.A. with English from University of Madras

Professional Background: (Academic and Administrative)

Related Experience

• Appointed as Chief Superintendent for the examinations conducted by the University of Madras.
• Appointed by the University of Madras as External Additional Chief Superintendent.
• Appointed as Examiner by the University of Madras since 1995.
• Served as question paper setter and Examiner by various Universities in Tamilnadu.
• Appointed as Question Paper Setter and Examiner by various autonomous Colleges.
• Appointed as External Examiner for the Soft Skills Examinations by various Colleges.
• Appointed as External Examiner for the viva-voce of UG students of SDNBV College, Chennai.
• Appointed as one of the Members of Board of Studies for M.A. English by Shrimathi Devkunvar Nanalal Bhatt Vaishnav College for Women, Chennai.
• Served as a member of College Committee, College Council, Admission Committee, Disciplinary Committee, Examination Committee and Magazine Committee.
• One of the organizing committee members of the International Seminar conducted in Bharathi Women’s College in December 2014.
• One of the committee members for the visit of the NAAC Committee.

Research Experience

• Recognized as a Guide for Ph.D scholars by the University of Madras ( No. D2/Ph.D GUIDE Recogn./2011/3233 Dated 15th December 2011).At present FIVE candidates are undergoing part time Ph.D under my supervision.
• Recognized as a Guide for Ph.D scholars by the AMET University. At present one candidate is undergoing part time Ph.D under my supervision.
• Member of Doctoral Committee for a Ph.D scholar doing his research in AMET University
• Member of Doctoral Committee for a Ph.D scholar doing her research in Government Arts College, Thiruvannamalai.
• Appointed as External Examiner for the Ph.D Viva Voce Examination conducted by the AMET University, Chennai-603112.

Orientation / Refresher Courses

• Participated in the Orientation Course conducted by the Tamilnadu State Council for Higher Education and U.G.C-Academic Staff College, University of Madras from 09.07.2009 to 05.08.2009
• Participated in the Refresher Course in English Batch-XVIII conducted by the U.G.C. Academic Staff College, University of Madras from 28.08.2012 to 17.09.2012.

Publications Books Published

• A book entitled Teaching English published by Gangadhar Padhipagam, Chennai – 24, 2008. ISBN 819073225-0
• A book entitled The Portrayal of Men in the Novels of Wallace Stegner: An Analysis. LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2011. ISBN 978-3-8454-3870-2

Articles contributed to Anthologies

• An article entitled Marital Problems and Struggle for Identity in Katherine Anne Porter’s Select Short Stories in Parnassus: Focus on Women’s Issues edited by Jayasudha Thiagarajan, M. Pushpa and Anita Balakrishnan. Lap Lambert Academic Publishing, 2010(page no. 56-70) ISBN:978-3-8383-9268-4
• An article entitled The Hell Within: A Study of Shashi Deshpande’s ‘Come Up and Be Dead’ in Postmodern Indian English fiction: Some Perspectives edited by Abha Shukla Kaushik. Aadi Publications, Jaipur, 2012. (Page No. 279-287) ISBN 978-93-80902-81-4
• An article entitled Power of Relationship: A Study of Anita Nair’s ‘The Better Man’ in Transforming Spirit of Indian Women Writers edited by Anita Balakrishnan. Authorspress, New Delhi, 2012. (Page No. 205-220) ISBN 978-81-7273-640-8

Articles contributed to Journals

• An article entitled The Dying and the Living in Githa Hariharan’s ‘The Art of Dying and Other Stories’ in Impressions, A Bi-Annual Refereed e-Journal of English Studies, issue I January 2012 edited by Malti Agarwal and Abha Shukla Kaushik. ISSN: 0974-892X
• An article entitled A Study of Traditional Values in U.R. Ananthamurthy’s ‘Samskara’ in Virtuoso, A Refereed Transnational Bi-Annual Journal of Language and Literature in English, Volume I issue II February 2012 edited by T. Sai Chandra Mouli, (Page No.71-77) ISSN No:2249-6076
• An article entitled Marital Disharmony in Shashi Deshpande’s ‘If I Die Today’ in Knowledge Economy, A Peer Review Half Yearly Journal, Volume No.5 Issue No.9 March 2015 edited by Dr. S.T. Deepa. (Page No.42-47) ISSN 2231 - 2854

Papers Presented

• Multiple Intelligence in the Second International and Thirty eighth ELTAI Annual Conference on 10th February 2007.
• Indian Women! Past / Present / Future in the National Conference on Role of Women for India Ahead conducted by SRM University on 2nd and 3rd April 2007.
• Teaching Mixed Ability Classes in Third International and 39th Annual ELTAI Conference from 8th to 10th February 2008.
• Literature in Language Teaching in the National Seminar on Teaching of General and Technical English organized by Department of English, Anna University, Chennai, on 5th and 6th February 2010.
• Strategies to be adopted in dealing with students of rural Colleges in the National Seminar on Teaching Communication skills for Students in Rural Colleges conducted by the Department of English, Shree Raghavendra Arts and Science College, Chidhambaram on 29th March 2010.
• Teaching Grammar through Story telling in the Seminar on Nuances of English Language Teaching conducted by the Velammal Engineering College on 7th May 2010.
• Human Right Issues in the Novels of George Orwell in the UGC sponsored National Seminar on Writing on Rights is not a Rite But Realistic – A study on the Relationship Between Literature and Human Rights conducted by the National College, Tiruchirapalli on 16th and 17th September 2010.
• Resilience and Optimism in Bharathi Mukherjee’s Desirable Daughters in the UGC sponsored State Level Seminar on Indian Immigrant Writers in America organized by the Department of English, The Madhura College on 8th October 2010.
• Handling Mixed Ability Students in the one day National Conference on Materials, Methods and Classroom Management in English Language Teaching conducted by Velammal Engineering College, Chennai – 66 on 26th August 2011
• The Conflicts in Following Traditional Values in U.R. Ananthamurthy’s Samskara in the U.G.C. Sponsored Interdisciplinary National Conference on A Paradigm Shift in Socio Cultural Perspectives in 20th Century Historical and Literary Studies in Shrimathi Devkunvar Nanalal Bhatt Vaishnav College for Women, Chennai-44 on 28th January 2012.

Participation in Seminars, Workshops and Conferences

• National Seminar on Postmodernism- Trend and Theory conducted by Pachaiyappa’s College, Chennai-600 030 on 29th March 2003.
• National Conference on Indian Writing in English, Culture and Folk Theatre conducted by Shrimathi Devkunvar Nanalal Bhatt Vaishnav College for Women on 3rd September 2005.
• Teaching Methodology – a workshop by J, H. A. Agarsen College on 5th June 2006.
• Symposium on Legal Issues in Academic Administration on 28th April 2007.
• Seminar on Identifying English Language Standards for Employment and Achieving those Standards in Education conducted by the British Council on 19th September 2007.
• Principals’ Workshop on Soft Skills Development on 20th and 21st September 2007.
• Seminar cum Workshop for the Principals on Restructuring Higher Education on 17th and 18th December 2008.
• English Language Teaching Workshop- Listening / Speaking Skills Conducted by the British Council in February 2009.
• ‘e-Literacy’ conducted by the ICT Academy of Tamilnadu and University of Madras from 30.01.2010 to 02.02.2010.
• English Language Training for College Teachers at the 4th Zonal Workshop of the English Language Fellow Program in association with the US Department of State, Washington DC at Quaid-e-Milleth Government Arts College for Women (Autonomous) from 18th to 29th October 2010.
• One-day Regional Seminar on "Teaching English Language and Literature” on 8th December 2010 at Presidency College, Chennai-5.
• International Seminar on Humanistic Language and Literature Teaching conducted by the Department of English, Anna University, Chennai-25 on 18th and 19th February 2011.
• U.G.C. Sponsored National Workshop on Stories to Screen: Translation, Transformation and Trans-creation by Ethiraj College for Women on 9th and 10th March 2011.
• International Workshop on Outcomes-based Assessment: Prospects and Problems by JBAS College for Women, Chennai on 16th June 2011.
• Inter-Collegiate Seminar on Quality in Research conducted by Bharathi Women’s College, Chennai-108 on 10th January 2013.
• Workshop on Soft Skills Development by Vel Tech on 15th February 2013.
• One day workshop on Theatre and Performing Arts by Bharathi Women’s College, Chennai-108 on 6th March 2013.
• Workshop on “What’s Your Story” by Success Manthra, Chennai-35 on 12th September 2014.
• One day State Level Seminar on Logistics for Excellence in Research Organised by Internal Quality Assurance Cell, Bharathi women’s College, Chennai-108 on 20th February 2015.
• Seminar cum Workshop for Academic Administrators of Colleges organized by University of Madras on 9and 10th January 2018.

Participation as Chairperson

• Chaired the Session for the National seminar on ‘Children’s Literature in English’ conducted by Dr. MGR- Janaki College of Arts and Science for Women on 31st March 2010.
• Chaired the session for the State Level Conference on Dimensions in Translation Studies, (SLCODITS-2013) conducted by Government Arts College, Thiruvannamalai on 1st and 2nd April 2013.
• Inaugurated Soka English Association (SEA) at SOKA IKEDA College of Arts and Science for Women, Chennai-99 on 22nd August 2014.
• Chaired the session for the one day International Seminar on Emerging Trends in Literatures in English by Bharathi Women’s College, Chennai-108 on 11th December 2014.
• Inaugurated the English literary association of the Bharathi Women’s College, Chennai – 600 108 on 11th January 2016.
• Served as the Keynote Speaker in the one-day National Seminar on English Literature as the Manifestation of Human Life in Aiman College of Arts and Science for Women, Trichy on 13th February 2016.
• Inaugurated the English Literary Association of Gurunanak College, Chennai on 20th July 2017.
• Invited as Resource Person for the Faculty Development Programme on 11th June 2018 in Soka Ikeda College of Arts and Science for Women.

Experience as a Resource Person

• Worked as a language trainer

Extra Curricular Activities

• Presented a Short Story for children in All India Radio.