Our Faculty

• MA English, University of Calicut, 1983.
• MPhil English, Pondichery University, 1990.
• PG Diploma in Translation (Hindi), University of Calicut,1990.
• MA Politics, University of Calicut University, 1992.
• MA Linguistics, Annamalai University, 2008.
• Ph. D. English, University of Calicut, 2008.

Teaching Experience

• 30 Years of Teaching Experience and 8 years of administrative experience at the University of Calicut (1984-92)
• In 2016 Retired from Govt. Service as Head of the PG Department of English, NSS College Manjeri (2010 -16)

Research Experience

• Project Supervision for UG/ PG: from 2000: 30 Students.
• Thesis Advisor for MPhil/ PhD from 2016, 10 MPhil and 12 PhD Scholars.

3 Scholars have been Awarded PhD (in 2022):

1. Shona Smith- Women Write Back: Exploring the Structures of Feelingin Select Self Writing (2022)
2. Arsha Subbi- Analyzing Gender Non-conformity through the Effeminate andthe Femme Fatale Archetypes: A Study of Select Works (2022)
3. Bincy Mole Baby- The Cultural Implications of Non–normative FatFemale Bodies: A Study of Select Works with reference toBody Politics and Fat Studies (2022)

Membership in Academic Bodies

• Member, Board of Studies in Functional English, Univ. of Calicut, 2009- 12.
• Member of Faculty of Language and Literature, Univ. of Calicut Univ., 2012-15.
• Member, Curriculum Restructuring Committee for B.A Functional English, Univ. of Calicut, 2008-09.
• Resource Person, School of Distance Education, Univ. of Calicut, for
  UG/PG 1993- 2010.
• Member, UG/ PG Viva Board, Calicut Univ., 2000-2016.
• Member (Calicut University nominee), Board of Studies in Functional
  English, Christ College [Autonomous], Irinjalakuda, Thrissur, 2016-18.
• Chairman Board of Studies in English Language& Literature,
  Amrita Viswa Vidyapeetham, 2017-22.
• Research Coordinator, Dept. of English, Amrita School of Arts and Sciences, Kochi, 2017-20.

Membership in Review Panels of Journals

• International Journal of English Literature (IJEL)
• International Journal of Language and Culture (IJLC)
• African Journal of Politics and Culture (AJPC)
• African Journal of Business Management (AJBM)
• African Journal of History and Culture (AJHC)
• The Polish Journal of Aesthetics (PJA)
• Sage Journal of Human Values (JHV)
• African Journal of Political Science and International Relations (AJPSIR)
• ASSONANCE: A Journal of Russian & Comparative Literary Studies,
  [ISSN 2394-7853 – Listed in UGC CARE], University of Calicut.

• Human Resource Development & Soft Skills: Two Day Training Program at NSS College Manjeri, 2011.
• 150th Birth Anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore: One Day Seminar, at NSS College Manjeri, 2012.
• Three Day UGC Sponsored National Seminar on Discourses and Cultural Studies, at NSS College Manjeri, 2014.

• NSS College Manjeri: UGC National Seminar on Translation Studies 2011.
• KAHM Unity Women’s College Manjeri: UGC National Seminar on Human Rights 2011.
• NSS College Manjeri: UGC National Seminar on Megalithic Culture 2012.
• NSS College Manjeri: UGC National Seminar on Signatures of Eranad 2013.
• KAHM Unity Women’s College, Manjeri, Singularities International
  Conference on Power, Jan 2016.
• International Conference, on In Between: Critical Humanities in Context
  at Amrita School of Arts and Sciences, Amrita Viswa Vidyapeetham
  Kochi Campus, 21-22 October 2016.
• MESMAC International Conference, on Existence and Expressions: Science, Philosophy & Arts, Session “Linguistics” at MES Mampad College,
  (Autonomous) Malappuram, Kerala, 14-15 February, 2017.
• National Seminar on Singular Plural: Language and Culture in the Contemporary Context, at Amrita School of Arts & Sciences, Amrita Viswa Vidyapeetham, Kochi Campus, 25-26 Oct. 2018.
• International Conference on Cartographies of Understanding/Imagining:
  Explorations into Travel Narratives, at Amrita School of Arts & Sciences,
  Amrita Viswa Vidyapeetham, Kochi Campus, 24-25 January 2019.
• International Seminar on “(Re) Negotiating the Spectacle: Gender, Body and Discourse in Films” at Sacred Heart College, Kochi on 14 February 2020.
• International Conference on Reconnaissance of Pandemic Societies organized by the Department of English, Amrita Viswa Vidyapeetham, Kochi Campus, 4-5 May 2022.

Invited Talks

• Engaged a session on “Cultural Studies” at UGC Academic Staff College,
  University of Calicut, on 16 December 2015.
• Delivered a Talk on “Polyphonic and Translational Significance of Indian
  Literature: A Theoretical Perspective”, at the International Seminar on
  Comparative Literature and Indian Polyphony as Part of the Golden Jubilee of Calicut University, Dept. of Russian and Comparative Literature,
  University of Calicut, 25 January 2018.
• Delivered Key Note Address “The Levels of Stereotyping: A Theoreticl
  Perspective” at the National Seminar on “Redefining Stereotypes: Re-reading of Texts and Contexts”at NSS Hindu College, Changanachery, Kottayam on 13 January 2020.

Programs Attended

• International Colloquium on Theory and Pedagogy led by Prof. Bill Ashcroft (School of Arts and Media, Sydney, Australia), KAHM Unity Women’s College Manjeri, 12-13 January, 2016.
• Acting Workshop conducted by Cochin Film Society, led by Prof. Balachandran Nair (Rtd) IIFS Poone), at Chavara Cultural Center, Kochi, 19-20 November, 2016.
• International Colloquium on Creative Teaching and Learning led by
  Prof. Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak (Columbia University, USA), SAS College Areacode, Malappuram,12-12-2017.
• International Colloquium on Possible Worlds: Theory and Transformative Humanities led by Prof. Jonathan Culler (Cornell University, USA), Dept. of Studies in English, Kannur University, 31-01-2019.
• International Conference on Alternative Pedagogy led by Prof. Simon During, at Govt. Brennan College, Thalassery.

Webinar Presentation

• At the Webinar on “Advances in Interdisciplinary Research Methodology”, Session on “The Methods of Collecting Secondary Sources”, organized by Amrita School of Arts and Sciences, Kochi, 3 Nov.2020.

Webinars Attended

• International Webinar on “Environmental Theater and Teaching”, organized by Dept. of English,  Madras Christian College. Chennai, 24-26 Aug. 2020.
• International Webinar on “A Systemic Approach in Studying Food”, by Prof. Fabio Parasecoli, Amrita University, Kochi Campus, 17 Nov. 2020.
• Prof. K T Sebastian Scholar in Residence Program Lecture, on  “Nature, Value and Politics” by Prof. Akeel Bilgramy, SB College, Changanassery, 29-30 Nov.2020.
• “Cultural Studies in/of Keralam: Politics,Praxis,Methods”, A series of 24 Fortnightly Webinars, organized by Center for Cultural Studies, Kerala University,  from 17 Jan. 2021-19 Dec.2021.
• Ninth T.G. Naryanan Endowment Lecture, “Bridging Barriers through Literary Texts” delivered by Dr. Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, Madras Christian College, 30 Jan.2021.
• Prof. C.A. Sheppard Memorial Lecture,2021 on “Humanities in the Time of the Pandemic” by Prof. Homi. K. Bhabha, (Harvard Univ.), SB College Changanassery, 12 Jan. 2021.
• John Keats Bicentenary Lecture I, “John Keats (1821-2021): Remarks and a Reading” by Prof. David Bromwich (Sterling Prof. Yale Univ.), 23 Feb.2021 and Lecture II, “Keats’s Lyric Poetry” by Prof. Jonathan Culler (Emeritus Prof. Cornell University), 25 Feb.2021, organized by Dept. of English, SB. College Changanassery. 
• SB College Centenary Special Talk on “The Material Existence of Ideology” by Prof. Slavoj Zizek, organized by the Dept. of English, SB. College Changanassery, 18 May 2021.
• EIDOS: Reflections on Culture Plenary Session on “Flash Points: Cultural Production and its Histories in the Making of Kerala” by Prof. G. Arunima (JNU), organized by PG & Research Dept. of English, Sree Kerala Varma College, Thrissur & Kerala Sahitya Akademi, 2 August 2021.
• 33^rd Prof.CA, Sheppard Memorial Lecture, 2021 on “Speaking Code: Why Textualism is a Non-Starter?” by Prof. Stanley Fish (Florida International Univ.), SB College, Changanassery, 5 Aug.2021.
• International Webinar on “Introducing F1000 Research: An Open Access Publishing Platform”, by Taylor and Francis Group, 31 Aug.2021.
• 34^th Prof. C.A. Sheppard Memorial Lecture, 2021, on “Reflections on Language and Thought” by Prof. Noam Chomsky (Laureate Professor of Linguistics at the Univ. of Arizona and Emeritus Professor at MIT), organized by Dept. of English, SB. College Changanassery 6 Dec.2021.
• SB College Centenary Special Program, Prof. K T Sebastian Scholar in Residence Program Lecture, 2022, by Prof. Richard Schechner, on “Aesthetics and Performance” organized by Dept. of English, SB. College Changanassery, 24 March 2022.
• International Lecture Series on “Studies in Dissent and Protest” by Prof. Vinay Lal (Prof. of History &Asian American Studies, UCLA, Los Angeles), organized by St.Thomas College Thrissur & Kerala State Higher Education Council, 10,17,20 May 2022.
• Prof. K T Sebastian Scholar in Residence Program Lecture, 2022 (online) by Prof. Jacqueline Rose (Prof. of Humanities, Univ. of London), on “Freud and Death” and “On Living with the Pandemic” organized by Dept. of English, SB. College Ghanganassery, 7, 9 June 2022.
• Centenary Special Lecture, “After Rilke: Renderings, Parodies, Rejoinders, Animadversions,” by Christopher Norris (Emeritus Professor, Cardiff Univ.) organized by Dept. of English, SB. College Ghanganassery, 09 Nov. 2022.

• Functional English (UG)
• Indian Aesthetics (UG/ PG)
• Postcolonial Poetry(UG/ PG)
• Translation Studies (UG/ PG)
• Personality Development (UG)
• Indian Writing in English (UG/ PG)
• Theories of Learning/ELT (UG/ PG)
• Indian Literature in Translation (PG)
• Public Relations and Advertising (UG)
• Linguistics and History of English (UG/ PG)
• Shakespeare/ Shakespeare Studies (UG/ PG)
• Literary Criticism/Cultural Studies (UG/ PG)
• Modern Drama: British/ American/ Continental(UG/ PG)
• Contemporary Literature and Theory (PG/ M Phil/ PhD)
• Research Methodology (UG/ PG/ M. Phil/ PhD)
• Postcolonial Studies (PG/M. Phil/ PhD)
• Media and Cultural Theory (PhD)
• The Study of the Novel (PhD)