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1 Dr. Urvashi Kaushal Assistant Professor of English Applied Mathematics and Humanities Department Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology Ichchanath Circle, Surat-Dumas Road, Surat- 395007, Gujarat, India Phones office: 0261+ 2201764 Mobile : 09998218126 Email:[email protected] , [email protected] Qualification: Ph.D (English), M.A.(English), B.A. (English, Political Science and Sociology) from Dayalbagh Educational Institute, Agra. Teaching Experience: 11 years at SVNIT SVNIT, Surat : March 2009 to present date SVNIT, Surat : 2006- 2009 on contract ICFAI National College, Surat Centre : 15 June 2005 to 30 Sept. 2005 B.M.A.S. Engineering College, Agra Jan. 2004 to Sept. 2004 Teaching Contribution: Course Class Subject Taught Duties UG B.Tech-I Semester I and II English and Communication Skills - ASE-III Subject Co-ordinator, Teacher, Paper Setter and Examiner PG M.Sc.- Semester III- Communication Skills-1 MG 201: Subject Co-ordinator, Teacher, Paper Setter and Examiner PG M.Sc. - Semester IV - Communication Skills-2 MG 202: Subject Co-ordinator, Teacher, Paper Setter and Examiner PG (Electives) M.Tech. I SemesterI Transportation and Planning Communication Skills CED MG 601: Subject Co-ordinator, Teacher, Paper Setter and Examiner PG M.Sc.- Semester I- English -1 MG 101: Subject Co-ordinator and Paper Setter PG M.Sc. - Semester II - English-2 MG 102: Subject Co-ordinator and Paper Setter PhD PhD Scholars English for Research and Academics Subject Co-ordinator and Paper Setter In- Charge of UG and PG teaching of English and Communication Studies at SVNIT since 20019. In- Charge of UG teaching of English and Communication Studies at IIIT Surat since 2017.

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Dr. Urvashi Kaushal

Assistant Professor of English

Applied Mathematics and Humanities Department

Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology

Ichchanath Circle, Surat-Dumas Road,

Surat- 395007, Gujarat, India

Phones office: 0261+ 2201764 Mobile : 09998218126

Email:[email protected],

[email protected]

Qualification: Ph.D (English), M.A.(English), B.A. (English, Political Science and Sociology)

from Dayalbagh Educational Institute, Agra.

Teaching Experience: 11 years at SVNIT

SVNIT, Surat : March 2009 – to present date

SVNIT, Surat : 2006- 2009 on contract

ICFAI National College, Surat Centre : 15 June 2005 to 30 Sept. 2005

B.M.A.S. Engineering College, Agra Jan. 2004 to Sept. 2004

Teaching Contribution:

Course Class Subject Taught Duties

UG B.Tech-I

Semester I and

II

English and

Communication Skills -

ASE-III

Subject Co-ordinator, Teacher, Paper

Setter and Examiner

PG M.Sc.-

Semester III-

Communication Skills-1

MG 201:

Subject Co-ordinator, Teacher, Paper

Setter and Examiner

PG M.Sc. -

Semester IV -

Communication Skills-2

MG 202:

Subject Co-ordinator, Teacher, Paper

Setter and Examiner

PG

(Electives)

M.Tech. I

SemesterI

Transportation

and Planning

Communication Skills

CED MG 601:

Subject Co-ordinator, Teacher, Paper

Setter and Examiner

PG M.Sc.-

Semester I-

English -1 MG 101: Subject Co-ordinator and Paper Setter

PG M.Sc. -

Semester II -

English-2 MG 102: Subject Co-ordinator and Paper Setter

PhD PhD Scholars English for Research and

Academics

Subject Co-ordinator and Paper Setter

In- Charge of UG and PG teaching of English and Communication Studies at SVNIT

since 20019.

In- Charge of UG teaching of English and Communication Studies at IIIT Surat since

2017.

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Research Contribution:

Area of Research: Indian English Fiction

Postcolonial Fiction

Communication Skills

Ph.D.Topic : Tradition, Revolt and Affirmation in the novels of Shashi Deshpande

Doctoral Theses Guided

1. Life on the Move: A Study of the Migratory Experiences of the Indo-Caribbean

Canadian Diaspora though the Selected works of Neil Bissoondath – Mr.

Ramchandra Joshi awarded in 2017.

2. Emergence of New Woman in the selected works of Shashi Deshpande and

Manju Kapur- Ms. Babita Kar awarded in 2015.

3. Quest for a place of One’s Own: Double Diaspora in the works of M. G. Vassanji-

Krupa Sophia Jeychandran thesis submitted on 24.12.19

Presently Guiding

1. Fiction of the South Asian Women Diaspora writers- Ms. Krupali Parekh

2. On Myth and its significance in life- Anila A. Pillai

3. Diaspora Literature - Rachna Nikam

4. Diaspora Literature- Mithun Vasava

Publications: 2020

1. With Krupa Sophia J. “Diasporic Displacement in M. G. Vassanji’s No New

Land” in Re-Markings A Biannual Refereed International Journal of

Research Vol. 19 No.1, March 2020.

2019 2. Urvashi Kaushal. (Re) Defining The Indian Woman: Indian English Fiction

Perspective. GAP Bodhi Taru - A Global Journal of Humanities (ISSN 2581-

5857) Volume II Issue III. PP- 16-21, Dec 2019.

3. Urvashi Kaushal, Krupa Sophia Jeychandran and J. David Livingston. Exploring

Formal Elements in M. G. Vassanji’s The Magic Of Saida in conference

proceedings “Recent Trends In Language, Literature and Linguistics of

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International Conference on Inter-Survival Dynamics of Language, Literature &

Translation organised by Post Graduate & Research Department of English

Thiruvalluvar Govt. Arts College, Rasipuram on 22nd

August 2019.

4. Babita Kar and Urvashi Kaushal. Negotiating Space, Identity and

Individuality: A study of the Protagonists in the selected works of Manju

Kapur Langlit : An International Peer reviewed open access journal

Vol. 5 Issue 4 May 2019, pp-725-730.

5. R.K. Singh, T.R. Singh and U. Kaushal. Review article Note on the crop yield

forecasting methods in Asian Journal of Agricultural Research.2019 1-5

a. DOI: 10.3923/ajar.2019.

6. Krupa Sophia J. and Urvashi Kaushal. “Negotiating ‘Place, Memory and

Identity” in M. G. Vassanji’s The Assassin’s Song: A humanistic

Geographical Perspective’” IUP Journal of English Studies Vol. XIX No. 1.

(2019)Pp-67-78.

2018

7. Urvashi Kaushal. Integrating Employability Skills in Engineering Education.

Journal of Advanced Research in Social Sciences and Humanities Volume 3,

Issue 5 2018, pp-179-185 DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.26500/JARSSH-03-

2018-0503.

8. Urvashi Kaushal. Non Verbal Communication and Intercultural

Communication: Complimentary or Contradictory? International Journal of

Communication. Vol 28 No.1-2 Jan-Dec 2018. Pp-169-178.

9. Krupali Parekh and Urvashi Kaushal “A Review of the Literature from

Bangladesh and Pakistan” in The Commonwealth Review Vol. XXVI No.1

(2018) pp- 105-120.

2017 10. Urvashi Kaushal. “Women as Metaphor in Anita Rau Badami “Can you

Hear the Night Bird Call and Shauna Singh Baldwin’s What the Body

Remembers” to Re-Markings. Vol. 16 no.2 March 2017. Pp 86-91.

2016

11. Urvashi Kaushal. “Understanding the Migrant experience through Neil

Bissoondath’s On the Eve of Uncertain Tomorrows, in IUP Journal of English

Studies Vol. XI No.3 September 2016. p 7-15.

12. Urvashi Kaushal. Book Review of Sleeping on Jupiter by Anuradha Roy in

Literati (A Peer- Reviewed Journal Devoted to English Language &Literature)

Summer &Winter (6.1&6.2) 2016. P- 126-128.

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13. Urvashi Kaushal. “Empowering Engineering Students through Employability

Skills” in Higher Learning Research Communications, Vol. 6, No. 4,

December 2016. Online /pdf.

14. Babita Kar and Urvashi Kaushal. “Defining the New Woman: With special

reference to the major works of Shashi Deshpande and Manju Kapur in

Forum on World Literature Studies Vol. 8 No. 1 March 2016 p 143-160.

15. Urvashi Kaushal. Book Review of “Contemporary Diasporic South Asian

Women's Fiction: Gender, Narration and Globalisation” by Ruvani Ranasinha,

Palgrave Macmillan 2016, ISBN 978-1-137-40305-6 published in

http://www.grfdt.com/PublicationDetails.aspx?Type=Book%20Review&Tab

Id=7056 publication date Saturday, Sep 17, 2016.

16. Ramchandra Joshi and Urvashi Kaushal. Book review of “Parsis in India and

the Diaspora” ed. John R. Hinnells and Alan Williams.

http://www.grfdt.com/PublicationDetails.aspx?Type=Book%20Review&Tab

Id=7049 Publication Date: Friday, Jul 08, 2016.

2015

17. Ramchandra Joshi and Urvashi Kaushal. “Migration; An inevitable

phenomenon in the diaspora study: A Theoretical perspective.” GNOSIS (An

International Journal of English Language and Literature) Vol. 4 issue 1, July

2015 issue ISSN: 2394-0131.

18. Ramchandra Joshi and Urvashi Kaushal. “Defining Diaspora: A theoretical

perspective on diaspora studies” Research Journal of English Language and

Literature. Vol. 3 Issue1 (April 2015) ISSN:2395-2636(P):2321 – 3108(E)

2014

19. Urvashi Kaushal “Teamwork and Communication” in International Journal of

Communication, Vol.24 No. 1 Jan-Jun2014. Pp-30-38.

20. Babita Kar and Urvashi Kaushal. “Quest for Self-Reliance: A study of Manju

Kapur’s Difficult Daughters and The Immigrant.” LangLit: An International

Peer-Reviewed Open Access Journal.

21. Urvashi Kaushal. “Inheritance of Crime in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The

House of the Seven Gables.” sent to International Journal of English Language

and Literature. Edition Aug 2014 http://www.tjprc.org/view-

archives.php?year=2014_48_2&id=40&jtype=2&page=3.pp- 33-36.

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22. Urvashi Kaushal “Homecoming and Displacement in Anita Nair’s Lessons in

Forgetting” in International Journal of Culture, Literature and Criticism Issue no.

9/ April- 2014.

23. Urvashi Kaushal and Babita Kar. “A Review of Indian English Fiction: Second

Innings” in Contemporary Discourse: A Peer Reviewed International Journal

(ISSN 0976-3686) (Vol- 5, Issue-1, and July 2014).pp.-65-69.

2013

24. Urvashi Kaushal. “Juxtaposed Paradoxes: Re:Interpreting Girish Karnad’s

Tughlaq” in Taking Action: Contemporary Indian Drama. Sarup Book

Publishers, New Delhi. 2013.

25. Urvashi Kaushal “Representing the Ethnic Life: Vishal Bhardwaj’s adaptation of

The Blue Umbrella” published in The Criterion in Vol. IV, Issue- V Oct. 2013.

26. Ramchandra Joshi and Urvashi Kaushal. “Indo-Caribbean Diaspora Literature:

(Dis)location and Mo(ve)ment” published in Journal of Indo- Caribbean

Research in Vol. 8, No. 1, 2013.

27. Urvashi Kaushal, “Implications of Technology in the Second Language Context”

in International Journal of Educational Science and Research (IJESR);

ISSN(Print):2249-6947 ; ISSN(Online): 2249-8052 ; Impact Factor(JCC):

2.5437, March 2013.

28. Babita Kar and Urvashi Kaushal, “Contemporary Indian Women Novelists: A

Review” in International Journal of English Literature (IJEL) Volume 3 issue

1 March 2013.

2012

29. Urvashi Kaushal, “Shashi Deshpande’s Growth as a writer” Creative Forum

(Vol. 12, No. 2, 2012 issue).

30. Ramchandra Joshi and Urvashi Kaushal. “Double Diaspora Double Identity: A

Thematic Study of the Indo- Caribbean Diaspora Writers.” in Conference

Proceedings of International Seminar on Ethnicity, Identity and Literature

at The Sibsagar College, Joysagar, Assam on 11-14 Oct. 2012.

31. Urvashi Kaushal, “Psychoanalytical traits in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet

Letter and Fyodor Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment” in International

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Journal of English Literature (IJEL) Oct- Nov- Dec 2012 ISSN(Print):2249-

6912; ISSN(Online): 2249-8028 ; Impact Factor(JCC): 2.6987

2011

32. Urvashi Kaushal, “Theme of Fear in Anita Rau Badami’s Can You Hear the

Nightbird Call” Contemporary Discourse: A Peer Reviewed International

Journal (ISSN 0976-3686) (Volume-2, Issue-2, and July 2011).

33. Urvashi Kaushal, “Theme of Double Displacement in Manju Kapur’s The

Immigrant” in E Women, an Online Journal http://the-indian-

subcontinent.org/content/double-displacement.

2010

34. Urvashi Kaushal, “Quest for Self-Actualisation in the novels of Shashi

Deshpande The Journal of Contemporary Literature (Volume 2, no.1 January

2010).

35. Urvashi Kaushal, “Life Beyond Relationships in Shashi Deshpande’s Moving On

in The Quest (July 2010).

2009- 2004

36. Urvashi Sinha and Gur Pyari Jandial, “Crime and Punishment in the novels of

Fyodor Dostoevsky and Nathaniel Hawthorne”, published in IJAS

(International Journal for Asian Studies) Indo-American Centre for

International Studies, Hyderabad (Winter and Summer 1999).

37. Urvashi Sinha and Gur Pyari Jandial, “Marriage and Sexuality in the novels of

Shashi Deshpande an anthology, Shashi Deshpande: A Critical Spectrum, Ed.

T.M.J. Indramohan, Atlantic Published and Distributors (2004).

38. Urvashi Sinha, “Shashi Deshpande’s Small Remedies: a Journey Towards

Selfhood” published in an anthology, Shashi Deshpande: A Critical Spectrum,

Ed. T.M.J. Indramohan, Atlantic Published and Distributors (2004).

39. Urvashi Sinha and Gur Pyari Jandial, “Breaking of the Silence: The Novels of

Shashi Deshpande”, published in The Atlantic Literary Review, Atlantic

Publisher and Distributors, New Delhi (Jan.- March& April – June 2004).

Under Review

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1. “An Exploration of the concepts of Place and Space in selected novels of M.

G. Vassanji” sent to Forum on World Literature Studies.

Conferences/ Seminar Attended / Papers Presented

Attended

1. Attended A Three Day International Workshop On ‘Post Colonialism Now’

from 21st Feb 2019- 23rd Feb 2019 in Auro University organised by The School

of Liberal Arts and Human Science, Auro University, Surat.

2. Attended a workshop on “Women In Higher Education: Roles And Challenges,”

24-25 March 2017, SVNIT.

3. Attended Outcome based teaching-Learning, Faculty Development Programme

on 3-5 June 2016, at SVNIT.

4. Attended a National Seminar on “Theory and Its Pedagogical Implications”

organised by The IIS University, Jaipur in collaboration with Forum On

Contemporary Theory, Baroda on 28-29 March 2014.

5. Attended National Workshop on “Innovative Pedagogies for Enhancing the

Employability Skills of Students” organized by Dept. of Humanities and

Management BITS- PILANI GOA Campus, during 4-6 Sept. 2013.

6. Attended National Seminar on Culture of Peace at IIT Gandhinagar on Thursday

2 Feb. 2012.

7. Attended II National Symposium jointly organized by Balvant Parekh Centre for

General Semantics and Other Human Sciences and Forum on Contemporary

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Theory on the theme "Human Sciences in the Time of Disciplinary

Decadence" during 10-12 February, 2011 at Baroda.

8. Attended the III Balvant Parekh Distinguished Lecture by Prof. Gayatri

Chakravorty Spivak, University Professor, Columbia University, “Teaching

Literature Today” at I. G. Patel Seminar Hall, Faculty of Social Work, M.S.

University, Baroda on 11-02-2011.

Papers Presented in Conferences/Seminar

National Seminar/ Conference

1. Presented a paper, "ELT in Engineering Classrooms: Barriers and Some

Solutions" in National seminar on ELT in India: Multiple readings, organized

by Dept of English, VNSGU, Surat on 12th Feb 2019.

2. Presented a paper (in absentia) with Anila A. Pillai, "Revamping women in

Mahabharta: a drive to the real forces; a probe to what led to action, that led

to perception" in National seminar on History, myth and orality cultural and

literary traditions in India, organized by Dept. of English, BHU, Varanasi on14-

15 Nov. 2018.

3. Presented a paper entitled, “Ethnicity represented in Vishal Bhardwaj’s

adaption of The Blue Umbrella” in UGC sponsored National Seminar on

Narrating Childhood: Indian Literary Contexts organized by Department of

English Veer Narmad South Gujarat University on 7- 8 Feb.2013.

4. Presented a paper with Babita Kar, “The Narayanpur Incident: Re-Telling the

Saga of Heroism and Bravery by Shashi Deshpande,” in UGC sponsored

National Seminar on Narrating Childhood: Indian Literary Contexts organized by

Department of English Veer Narmad South Gujarat University on 7- 8 Feb.2013.

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5. “Juxtaposed Paradoxes: Re:Interpreting Girish Karnad’s Tughlaq” in UGC

Sponsored National Seminar on Contemporary Indian Drama organised by

Department of English Veer Narmad South Gujarat University on 14-15Feb.2012.

6. “Use of Psychoanalysis in Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment and

Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter” in National Seminar on Revisiting Classics:

Text, Context and (Re) Interpretation organized by Nirma University, Ahmedabad

during March 25-26, 2011.

International Conference

1. Presented a paper with Krupali Parekh, “Remembering the Liberation War of

Bangladesh through Tahmima Anam’s Novel A Golden Age” in Two Day

International Conference On Role Of Language, Literature and Culture in Nation

Building Organised by Department Of Humanities & Social Sciences NIT,

Raipur, on Feb. 22-23, 2020.

2. Presented a paper with Anandita Chowdhary, Vasundhara Mahjan and Namrata

Jariwala. “Women, Society and Development” in International Conference on

Gender Equity: Challenges and Opportunities, SVNIT 19-20 Dec 2019.

3. Presented a paper in absentia with Krupa Sophia J, “Veni, Vidi, Vici:

Portrayal of Women in M. G. Vassanji’s No New Land” in International

Conference on Social Consciousness in Literature held on 3rd

October, 2019

jointly organised by Women’s Christian College, Nagercoil, T. N. and Bodhi

International Journal Research in Humanities, Arts and Science.

4. Presented a paper in absentia with Krupa Sophia J, “Exploring the impact of

migration in M.G. Vassanji’s The Gunny Sack”.in International conference on

“English Literature and Education”, St. Charles College of Education, Madurai,

TN 12 Oct. 2018.

5. Presented a paper in absentia with Krupa Sophia J, “Evaluating Memory and

identity in M.G. Vassanji’s The Gunny Sack” with Krupa Sophia J. in

International conference on “English Language, Literature and Linguistics” at

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Mangayarkarasi College of Arts and Science for Women, Madurai, T.N. on 13th

Oct. 2018.

6. Presented a paper, Integrating Employability Skills in Engineering Education

in 2nd International Conference On Growing Trends In Practical And Academic

Research at Dubai on 16-17 Nov. 2018.

7. Presented a paper, “Struggling with Precarity: Reading Short Stories of Neil

Bissoondath” in A three day International Seminar on ‘Challenging Precarity’

organized by The School Of Liberal Arts And Human Science, Auro University,

Surat 27-29 January 2019.

8. Presented a paper “Empowering Engineering Students through Employability

Skills” in 4th International Conference MAGIC - Methods Aesthetics and Genre

In English Communication - an initiative to Support Skill India on the10th and

11th of November 2016 organised by The Centre for Professional

Communication, College of Engineering Studies under the aegis of University of

Petroleum & Energy Studies, Dehradun, Uttarakhand.

9. Presented a Paper with Ramchandra Joshi, “Indo- Caribbean Canadian

Diaspora: Surviving Double Displacement.” in International Conference on

Migration, Diaspora and Transnationalism organised by GRFDT (Global

Research Forum on Diaspora and Transnationalism) in New Delhi on 20 and 21

Feb. 2016.

10. Presented a Paper entitled, “Presentation as a Tool for Developing

Communication Skills,” in the 2nd

International Conference on Language,

Education & Innovation, held on 11 &12 of June 2015 at Phuket, Thailand.

11. Presented a paper entitled, “Role of Non-Verbal Communication in

Intercultural Communication” in International Conference on Empowering

the English Language Classroom, organized by the Department of English.,

Malviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur on 18-19 Jan. 2013.

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12. “Implications of Technology in the Second Language Context” in

International Conference on Interactive Media in Pedagogy: Learning English In

and Beyond Classrooms held at H.M. Patel Institute of English Training and

Research, Vallabh Vidya Nagar during 08-10 January, 2010.

Expert Lectures Delivered

1. Delivered a lecture on 9th

March. 2018 on Learning the Language of Research

in “Life Long Researcher- III” from 5th

- 9th

March 2018 organised under TEQIP –

II.

2. Delivered a lecture on 21 March. 2017, Learning the Language of Research in

Learning Redefined: Time to un learn and re learn from 20- 24 March 2017

organised under TEQIP –II.

3. Delivered two lectures on 14th

Jan 2017 and 15th

Jan. 2017 on Developing

Writing Skills for Research and Academics and Effective Speaking: Informal

Conversation to Formal Presentation in Tools and Techniques For Effective

Teaching And Research organised under TEQIP –II from 13th To 17th

February 2017.

4. Delivered a lecture on 24 Jan. 2017, Role of English language in Technical

Writing in “Paper and Article Writing with latex” organised under TEQIP –II

from 19 to 23 Dec.2016.

5. Delivered a lecture on 21 Dec. 2016, Language of Research “Life Long

Researcher- II” organised under TEQIP –II from 19 to 23 Dec.2016.

6. Delivered a lecture on 7 Dec. 2016, Technical Writing and Academic Writing

in 2nd

two weeks short term training programme on “Hands On : Mathematical

Modelling and Software Simulation for Power System Engineering” organised

under TEQIP –II from 30th

Nov- 10th

Dec. 2016.

7. Delivered a lecture on 11 Feb. 2016, “Academic Writing” in one week short term

training programme “Life Long Researcher” organised under TEQIP –II from 8-

12 Feb. 2016.

8. Invited as subject Expert in the selection committee for recruitment of Faculty

at GIDC Degree Engineering College at Navsari on 26th

August 2014.

9. Conducted a session titled Effective Presentation = Effective Teaching” in the

Short Term Training Programme on Significant Role Of Mathematical Analysis

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In Applied Sciences And Engineering organised during 30 Sept. – 4 Oct. 2013

under TEQIP- II at SVNIT.

10. Conducted a session titled Presentation Matters in the Workshop on “Better

Speaking, Better Teaching,” organised by ELTAI Surat Chapter on 2 Feb. 2013.

Events Organized

1. Organised International Conference on Gender Equity: Challenges and

Opportunities, SVNIT 19-20 Dec 2019 under TEQIP –III.

2. Organised a Five Days Short term training programme on “Learning

Redefined: Time to Un (Learn) And Re (Learn)” from 20- 24 March 2017

Under TEQIP II with Dr. Vasundhara Mahajan.

3. Conducted two days’ workshop on Developing Soft Skills in Shri Ramakrishna

Mission College of Science and Technology, Sarvajinik Trust on 4-5 July

2016, on Group Discussion, Job Interview and Presentation Skills.

4. Organised a Five Day Short term training programme on Communication

Skills in English for Teachers from 25- 29 Nov 2013 Under TEQIP II.

5. Organised Two Days National Workshop on Developing Soft Skills on 20- 21

Jan. 2012 in Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology, Surat.

6. Organised Syllabus Revision Workshop for the course of English and

Communication Skills on 1 July 2011in the Dept of Applied Mathematics and

Humanities, SVNIT.

7. Organised Inaugural Function of the English Language Laboratory

established in SVNIT.

Professional Affiliation

1. Member of Research Selection Committee of English of Dept. of English, Veer

Narmad South Gujarat University since 2018.

2. Paper setter IIS University, Jaipur for B.A. final Year in 2020.

3. Member Organising Committee, XIIth International Conference on Emotions: A

Multidisciplinary Inquiry at St. Andrew's College Campus Bandra (West),

Mumbai - 400 050.Date 2-3 April -2020.

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4. Member of GRFDT (Global Research Forum on Diaspora and Transnationalism)

5. Life Member of (IACLALS)

6. Life Member of The Society for the Study of the Multi- Ethnic Literatures of the

world (MELUS)

7. Life Member of Balvant Parekh Centre for Semantics &Other Human Sciences

8. Life Member of Forum on Contemporary Theory

9. Life Member of ELT@I (English Language Teachers Association of India)

10. Life Member of South Asian Review Association, Pittsburgh University

11. Life Member of Indian association for Canadian studies

12. Life Member of Indian society for commonwealth studies

13. Life Member of Global Academic Portal

Editorial / Review committees and Other Assignments

1. Chairperson of Inauguration and Valedictory Committee in International

Conference on Gender Equity: Challenges and Opportunities, SVNIT 19-20 Dec

2019.

2. Wrote Editorial of Conference Proceedings of International Conference on

Gender Equity: Challenges and Opportunities, SVNIT 19-20 Dec 2019.

3. Member of the Editorial Team of GAP Bodhi Taru- A Global Journal Of

Humanities.

4. Reviewed a paper on “Shell Nouns on the Move: Expert and L2 student Abstract

in Applied Linguistics for Arab World English Journal (AWEJ) in 2009

5. Member of the Editorial Board of International Journal of English and Literature

(IJEL)

6. Member of the Editorial Board of Journal of English and Literature (JEL)

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7. Three times Book Reviewer for Oxford University Press

8. Paper setter for B.Tech.(IT, EC,CE) Professional communication I Semester

Theory Examination for Uka Tarsadia University in Jan2012.

9. Book Reviewer for the book Communication Skills authored by Sanjay Kumar

and Pushpa Lata Published by Oxford University Press.

Administrative Responsibilities

Department Level

1. In charge, UG and PG Course of English and Communication Skills

2. Secretary, Departmental Board of Studies and Meeting

3. Member, Purchase Committee

4. Member, Students’ Grievances Committee

5. Member, Scrutiny Committee for the Interview of Lecturer on Contract Basis in

English

6. Member, Scrutiny Committee for the Interview in Management

Institute Level Contribution

1. Institute Coordinator, Training and Placement Cell, SVNIT from Feb.2020-

till date.

2. Chief Warden, Mother Teresa Bhavan, Girls’ Hostel, SVNIT from June 2014-

April 2017

3. Secretary, Complaint Committee for Sexual Harassment of Woman at a workplace

from 2014- 2015.

4. Member Women’s Cell since 2015.

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5. Warden, Mother Teresa Bhavan, Girls’ Hostel, SVNIT from July 2012 to May

2014

6. In charge, UG and PG Course of English and Communication Skills

7. In-Charge, English Language Laboratory

8. Chairperson, Day Care Centre for Children, SVNIT Campus from 2009 to 2012

9. EB.

10. Member, Core Committee Convocation 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2017,

2018, 2019.

11. Member, Editorial Committee Renesa, Students’ Welfare

12. Member, SVP School Committee, 2018, 2019.

13. Member, Interview Committee for Selection of Teachers in SVP Secondary

School since 2009

14. Member Hostel Mess Verification Committee, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016

15. Member, Hostel Stock Verification of Narmad Bhavan, 2012,2013, 2014, 2015,

2016.

16. Faculty Advisor, Renesa Selection Team

17. Co-ordinator, Anchoring Committee, SPARSH, 2012

18. Judge, Poster Competition, Autumn Fest, 2010

19. Judge, Dance Competition, KASISH, 2010

20. Co-Coordinator, Fashion Night, SPARSH, 2011

21. Judge, Debate Competition on UN Security Council-2020, MINDBEND 2011

22. Member, Convocation Committee 2011

23. Member, Selection Committee for Selection of Class Representative, M.Sc.

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