Research Interests
English, Professional Communication, Culture and Gender theories, Mod. Fiction, Indian Writing
BioSketch
Allahabad University
1989
M.A., D.Phil., English
Advanced Diploma (B.A. Honors), Russian Language
Allahabad University
1982
Diploma (2 Yrs), Russian Language
Research
- The Poetic Strain in the novels of Virginia Woolf
By: Rashmi Gaur
Published by: Vimal Prakashan, Ghaziabad Page No: 193 (Vol 01) year: 1991
- Women's Writing:Some Facets
By: Rashmi Gaur
Published by: Sarup&Sons, New Delhi Page No: 151 (Vol 01) year: 2003
- Ice- Candy-Man:A Reader's Companion
By: Rashmi Gaur
Published by: asia book club.New Delhi Page No: 222 (Vol 01) year: 2004
- Anathamurthy's: Samaskara
By: Rashmi Gaur
Published by: Prestige,New Delhi Page No: 176 (Vol 01) year: 2006
- Kumawat, Vijayraj, and Rashmi Gaur. "(Il) legitimacy of Knowledge and Exclusion: A Study of Margaret Atwood's Select Novels." Journal of Exclusion Studies 7.1 ,February 2017 : 51-63.
- Gunwant, Suraj, and Rashmi Gaur. “Towards a Genealogy of Postmodern Masculine Subjectivities.” Spring Magazine on English Literature. 2.2 , 2017: 90-94.
- Mondal, Sukanya. "In Whose Voice Should A Subaltern Speak? Reading the Problem of Agency in Amitav Ghosh's The Hungry Tide". Transnational Literature, Syd Harrex Special Issue, December 2016.
- Mukhopadhyay, Averi and Rashmi Gaur. “Academy and Power at Crossroads: A Study of Philip Roth’s The Human Stain.” International Journal of Culture Studies and Social Sciences, vol. 4, no. 7, 2016: pp. 122-136.
- Gunwant, Suraj, and Rashmi Gaur. “Towards a Taxonomy of Masculinities: Mapping Hegemonic and Alternative Masculine Practices in Shashi Deshpande’s The Dark Holds No Terror and That Long Silence.” The Rupkatha Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in the Humanities 8.3, 2016: 193-201.
- Gunwant, Suraj, and Rashmi Gaur. “The Kite Runner: A New-Historicist Reading.” IUP Journal of English Studies 11.2, 2016: 57-65.
- Kumawat, Vijayraj, and Rashmi Gaur. "Spectral Past and Memory in Margaret Atwood's The Robber Bride." The Atlantic Critical Review 15.1-2 , 2016: 55-67.
- Kumawat, Vijayraj, and Rashmi Gaur. "Exploring Historical Space: Uncanny Liminality and Heterotopia in Margaret Atwood's The Blind Assassin." The Atlantic Literary Review 16.4, 2015: 48-63.
- Mukhopadhyay, Averi and Rashmi Gaur. “Power Relations Dynamics in the Academe: A Close Reading of Srividya Natarajan'sNo Onions Nor Garlic.” The Atlantic Critical Review, vol. 14, no. 1-2, 2015, pp. 41-58.
- Chauhan, Reena & Rashmi Gaur. Nuances of Gendered Education and Selfhood in the Novels of Manju Kapur, Points of View, XX(2), 2013: 170-187.
- Irshaad, Shaista, Gaur, Rashmi. Construction of Sex, Gender and Class in Margaret Atwood’s Alias Grace, International Journal of English and Literature, 3(2), 2013:117-126.
- Shrivastava, Richa & Rashmi Gaur. Matriarchal Lineage in Gloria Naylor's Mama Day, Points of View, XX(2), 2013: 105-117.
- Shrivastava, Richa & Rashmi Gaur. Silence of Women in Naylor’s Linden Hills, The Vedic Path, LXXXV11 (1&2), 2013: 132-142.
- Gaur, Rashmi. Edifice of Sexuality in the Short Stories of Sa’adat Hasan Manto. Points of View, X1V(2),2012: 92-97.
- Gaur, Rashmi and Chakravarti, Urjani. Applying Relevance Theory for Valuing Environment Constructs: A Study of The Hungry Tide and Sea of Poppies. Points of View, XIX(1), 2012: 81-88.
- Gaur, Rashmi. . A Post-colonial Appraisal of Tagore’s Gora. Indian Ethos, 1(2), 2011:106-118.
- Gaur, Rashmi. Magic Realism as a Literary Device in Queen of Dreams. Indian Ethos, 1(1), 2011:106-118.
- Irshaad, Shaista and Rashmi Gaur . Gender as Constructed: Men in The Blind Assassin of Margaret Atwood, Indian Journal of World Literature and Culture, Vol. 7, 2011: 93 - 108.
- Rashmi Gaur . Incarcerated Motherhood in Toni Morrison’s A Mercy. Points of View, XVIII(1),2011: 110-119.
- Chakravarti, Urjani and Rashmi Gaur .“Environment Constructs as a Communication Tool”. Atlantic Literary Review, Vol.X11, no 2, April-June, 2011:pp 86-95.
- Chakravarti, Urjani and Rashmi Gaur. “Environment Constructs as a Communication Tool”. Atlantic Literary Review, Vol.X11, no 2, April-June 2011, pp 86-95.
- Gaur, Rashmi. “Context and Text: Technology of Gender in the Fiction of Shashi Deshpande”, The Commonwealth Review, Vol.XVII, No. 2, Winter 2009, pp.177- 187.
- Gaur, Rashmi, “Ecology and Gender: An Eco-feminist Appraisal of Amitav Ghosh’s The Hungry Tide”, Points of View, Vol XVII No 1 (Summer 2010), pp 84-91.
- Rashmi Gaur and Vallari Gaur, “Scripting the Gender: Margaret Laurence’s The Diviners”. LITTCRIT, Issue 70, Vol. 36, No.2, 2010, pp.86-95.
- Gaur, Rashmi and Vallari, “English Language Teaching: Towards Developing an Interdisciplinary Approach”, The Vedic Path, Vol.LXXXIII, no 3&4, July-December 2009, pp 102-08.
- Gaur, Rashmi.“Context and Text: Technology of Gender in the Fiction of Shashi Deshpande”, The Commonwealth Review, Vol.XVII, No. 2, 2009, pp.177- 187.
- Gaur, Rashmi.Report on the Proceedings of the International Workshop on Sustaining Global Pressures : Women in Science and Engineering, International Journal for Women and Gender Research, Vol.1, no.1, Jan-June 2007, pp.106-08.
- Gaur, Rashmi.“Polemics of Gender Construction: Bharati Mukerjee’s A Tiger’s Daughter and Desirable Daughters” Impressions, Bi-annual e- Journal released on January 31, 2008
- Gaur, Rashmi.“Mutilated Identities: Partition in the Stories of Sa’dat Hasan Manto” The SPIEL Journal of English Studiews, Vol.II, no.2, 2006, pp.25-36.
- Gaur, Rashmi and Rano Ringo. “Deconstructing Gender : A Liberating Approach Toward Man-Woman Relationship in Margaret Laurence’s A Jest of God”, Points of View, Vol. XIII, no. 1, 2006, pp 43-50.
- Gaur, Rashmi and Rano Ringo. “Finding a Voice: A Post-feminist Study of Margaret Laurence’s The Diviners”, Indian Journal of World Literature and Culture, Vol II, July-Dec 2006, pp 41-51.
- Gaur, Rashmi. “Etchings of Partition: Bapsi Sidhwa’s Ice-Candy-Man”, Mind and Heart, Vol.I, no.1, 2006, pp 15-23.
- Gaur, Rashmi. “What is Not There: Side-Tracked Gender in Narayan’s The Financial Expert,” The Atlantic Critical Review, Vol. IV no1, 2005, pp 81-87.
- Gaur, Rashmi. “Gordimer’s The Late Bourgeois World: Revolutionary Veneer over Conventional Gender Roles”, The Commonwealth Review, Vol. XV, no 1, 2005, pp121-131.
- Gaur, Rashmi. “Ethnic Diversities and Pessimistic Determinism in Rohinton Mistry’s A Fine Balance”, Research, Vol.V, no1, Spring 2005, pp.70-80.
- Gaur, Rashmi. “Female sexuality and Introspection in Shashi Deshpande’s Moving On”, The Indian Journal of English Studies, Vol. XLII, 2004-05, pp 31-37.
- Gaur, Rashmi and Rano Ringo, Towards a Woman’s World : A Post-Feminist Reading of The Stone Angel”, Creative Forum, Vol. XVII, no 2, Dec 2004, pp 5-19.
- Gaur, Rashmi. “Kaleidoscopic Cultural Multiplicity and Identity Crisis in Jhumpa Lahiri’s Namesake”, Points of View, Vol. XI, no 2, Winter 2004, pp 85-92.
- Gaur, Rashmi. “Motifs of Dissipated Protest in the Post-War British Drama”, Creative Writing and Criticism, Vol. II, no 1, October 2004, pp 25-33.
- Gaur, Rashmi.“The River Churning: Mapping the Socio-Feminine Consciousness”, The Quest, June 2004, Vol. XVIII, no 1, pp18-27.
- Gaur, Rashmi. “Gender Relations and Cross-Cultural Transactions in Bharati Mukherji’s Desirable Daughters”, The Indian Journal of English Studies, Vol. XLI, 2003-2004, pp 204-211.
- Gaur, Rashmi. “Mothers can’t be Lovers: Patterns of traditional Male Behaviour in Anita Desai’s Voices in the City”, The Atlantic Literary Review, Oct-Dec 2003, Vol.IV no4, pp 61-71.
- Gaur, Rashmi. “Colonialism & Beyond It: The Glass Palace as A Symbol of Hope”, Creative Forum, Vol. XVI, no1-2, Jan-June 2003, pp. 05-14.
- Gaur, Rashmi. “Images of Indian Woman in Shashi Deshpande’s That Long Silence – Images, Myths and Realities,” Literary Criterion, Vol. XXXVIII, no1, Jan.2003, pp 05-18.
- Gaur, Rashmi. “Subtext of Marginalization in George Orwell’s Animal Farm”, The Atlantic Critical Review, Jan-March 2003, Vol. II no1, pp 97-104.
- Rashmi Gaur, Machimo and Gender Discrimination in Achebe's Things Fall Apart, Littcrit, Vol.29, no.2, 2003, pp 34-44.
- Gaur, Rashmi. “Society, Husband and the Other: The Dilemma of Indian Wives in the Novels of Shashi Deshpande”,Critical Practice, Vol. X, no2, June 2003, pp 92-104.
- Gaur, Rashmi. “Self and Society in Sunita Jain’s A Girl of Her Age”, Points of View, Vol. X, no1, Summer 2003, pp.56-61.
- Gaur, Rashmi. “Gender Stereotypes and Affirmation of Self in Alice Munro’s Lives of Girls and Women,” Research, Autumn 2003, Vol.III, no 3, pp 66-76. ….. Also published in Studies in Women Writers in English, Vol. 1, ed. Mohit K. Ray and Rama Kundu, New Delhi: Atlantic Publishers, 2004, pp 83-91.
- Gaur, Rashmi. “Suffering and Desire in Shashi Deshpande’s Small Remedies”, The Quest, June 2002, Vol. XVI, no 1, pp33-38.
- Gaur, Rashmi. “Justifying Sethe’s Act in Toni Morrison’s Beloved”, The Atlantic Literary Review, Jan- March 2002, Vol III no 1, pp158-166.
- Gaur, Rashmi and Shivani Vatsa, "A Study of Corrupting Influence of Technology: The Strange Case of Billy Biswas,” Littcrit India, Vol. IV, Spring/Summer 2002, pp 2-14. …. Also published in The Novels of Arun Joshi-A Critical Study, ed. M K Bhatanagar, New Delhi: Atlantic Publishers, 2001, pp.28-41. Linguistics and Translation”,The Quest, June 2001, Vol. XV, no1, pp74-80.
- Gaur, Rashmi." Traces of Buddhism in Shashi Deshpande's Novels - Dark Holds No Terrors and
- That Long Silence”, Points of View, Vol. VIII, no. 1, Summer 2001, pp 82-89.
- Rashmi Gaur , Linguistics And Translation, The Quest, Vol: Vol.15, no.1, 2001, pp 74-80.
- Gaur, Rashmi. “The Influence of Buddhist Philosophy on Arun Joshi's The Foreigner and The Strange Case of Billy Biswas”, Critical Practice, Vol. VII, no.2, June 2000, pp 61-69.
- Gaur, Rashmi. “Sri Aurobindo’s Poetry: Message of a Visionary," Vedic Path, Quarterly English Journal of Gurukul Kangri University, Haridwar, Vol. LVII, no.6, December 2000, pp 75- 84. .... Also published in Critical Essays on Indian Writing in English, ed. K.A. Agarwal, New Delhi: Atlantic Publishers, 2003, pp.27-37.
- Gaur, Rashmi. Review Article on "Fine Frenzy” by A.N. Dwivedi, Critical Practice, Vol VII no1, Winter 2000, pp 116-117.
- Gaur, Rashmi. "Lady Chatterley's Lover and the Rationale behind Censorship”, Points of View, Vol. IV no.2, Winter 1997, pp 60-74.
- Gaur, Rashmi. "So Many Hungers: An Attempt at Restructuring of Society and Human Personality”, Points of View, Vol. I, no 2, Winter 1994, pp.1-10.
- Gaur, Rashmi. Review article on Poor Women, by Tuncer CUCENOGLU, Points of View, Vol. I, no1, Summer 1994, p.109.
Book Chapters and Proceedings
- Gunwant, Suraj, and Rashmi Gaur. "Resisting Patriarchy Without Separatism: A Re-Reading of Shashi Deshpande's The Dark Holds No Terror." The English Paradigm in India: Essays in Language, Literature, and Culture, edited by Shweta Rao Garg and Deepti Gupta, Palgrave Macmillan, 2017, pp.125- 138.
- Singh, Man and Rashmi Gaur. "A Search for Identity in the Novels of Amitav Ghosh". Diaspora Literature: Studies in Theories and Culture, edited by Dinesh Panwar et.al., Adhyayan Publishers, New Delhi, 2017, pp.111-119.
- Gaur, Rashmi , “Shifting Priorities Across the Life Cycle: A Study of Hagar Shipley in Laurence’s the Stone Angel”, Mapping Canadian Literature and Social Sciences, ed. R.K.Dhawan and D.K.Pabby, New Delhi: Prestige Publishers, 2007, pp.89-103.
- Gaur, Rashmi , “Resurgence of Women in R.K. Narayan’s Guide”, Spectrum of Indian Writing in English , ed. Dr. K. A. Agarwal, Jaipur : Book Enclave,2004, pp 162-172. Co- authored with Ms. Pallavi.
- Gaur, Rashmi , “Passion and Devastation beneath Ethnic and Polytropic Identities in Michal Ondaatje’s The English Patient, Studies in Commonwealth Literature, ed. M. K. Ray, New Delhi: Atlantic Publishers, 2003. Pp. 66-74.
- Gaur, Rashmi , “The Concept of Humanistic Values in the Novels of Arun Joshi”, Critical Essay on Indian Writing in English, ed. K.A. Agarwal, New Delhi : Atlantic Publishers, 2003, pp. 156-168 .
- Gaur, Rashmi , “Nine Sketches Interpreting Human Maladies: Jhumpa Lahiri’s Interpreter of Maladies,” Discussing Indian Women Writers: Some Feminist Issues, ed. Alessandro Monti & R. K. Dhawan, New Delhi: Prestige Books, 2002, pp 139-150. Also published in Jhumpa Lahiri: The Master Story Teller, ed. Suman Bala, New Delhi: Khosla Publishing House, 2002, pp100-107.
- Gaur, Rashmi , and Pallavi Thakur, “The Roots of Girlhood Casting Shadows on Womanhood: Shashi Deshpande’s Roots and Shadows”, Reflections on Indian English Literature, proceedings of National Seminar on Contemporary Indian English Literature, organized by the Gurkul Kangri University, Hardwar in Februrary 2001, ed. M.R. Verma and K.A. Agarwal, New Delhi : Atlantic Publishers, 2002, pp. 41-62, co-authored with Ms. Pallavi.
- Gaur, Rashmi , “Denial of Music to Mohini: A Critique of Bhabhani Bhattacharya’s Music for Mohini”, The Novels of Bhabhani Bhattacharya, ed. Monika Gupta, New Delhi: Atlantic Publishers, 2002, pp.54-64.
- Gaur, Rashmi , “That Long Silence: Journey towards Self-Actualization”, Women in the Novels of Shashi Deshpande”, ed. Dr. Suman Bala, New Delhi: Khosla Publication House, 2001, pp.88-97.
- Gaur, Rashmi and Shivani Vatsa, “The concept of Humane Technology in Arun Joshi’s The Foreigner, “The Novels of Arun Joshi - A Critical Study, ed. M.K. Bhatnagar, New Delhi: Atlantic Publishers, 2001, pp.28-41.
- Gaur, Rashmi , Paro: A Tale of Two Ladies”, Women Writers in the Twentieth Century Literature, ed. Monika Gupta, New Delhi: Atlantic Publishers, 2000, pp.176-182.
- Gaur, Rashmi and Pallavi Thakur, “Parenthood Makes You Vulnerable: Concept of Motherhood in Shashi Deshpande’s Binding Vine,” Women Writers in Twentieth Century Literature, ed. Monika Gupta, New Delhi: Atlantic Publishers, 2000, pp.216-226.
- Gaur, Rashmi and Renu Rastogi, ."Socio- Educational Problems of Students in Technical Institutes", The Indian Journal of Technical Education, Vol.XXII, no. 2, April-June 1999, pp. 19-21.
- Gaur, Rashmi and A P Trivedi, “Arun Joshi: Reading his Novels as Buddhistic Reflections”, Recent Indian English Literature, ed. S.D. Sharma, Karnal: Natraj Publication, 1998, pp. 251- 267.
- Gaur, Rashmi, “Feminism in Virginia Woolf’s Novels”, Feminism and Literature, ed. K.K. Sharma, New Delhi: K.K. Publications, 1996, pp.165-177.
- Gaur, Rashmi, “Distortion of Individuality: A Study of the Social Deception”, Proceedings of the VII All India Meeting of Women in Science held at University of Roorkee, September 5-7, 1996, pp. 30-36.
- Gaur, Rashmi, “Redesigning the Curriculum of English in Technical Institutions”, Proceedings of the National Seminar on Reforms in Technical Education, Ministry of Tourism and Culture, Govt of India &University of Roorkee, March 26-27,2001, pp 42- 43.
- Gaur, Rashmi and Y B Lal, “The Curriculum of English in Technical Institutes,” Proceedings of the National Conference on Integrating Humanistic Values and Social Concerns with Technical Education at Roorkee University, Nov.3- 7, 1997, pp.104-108.
- Gaur, Rashmi, “Justification for Study of English in Uttar Pradesh”, Proceedings of the National Conference on Deteriorating Standards in English Teaching in Uttar Pradesh, organized by SCERT, UP at ELTI, Allahabad, September 7-9, 1992.
Honors And Awards
U.P.Board of Education
1974
National Merit Scholarship
NIT Uttarakhand
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Member Senate
Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute, Delhi
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Reviewer
Bundelkhand University Jhansi
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Member Academic Council
Shri Guru Ram Rai University, Dehradoon
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Mamber Academic Council
Roorkee School for Deaf,I.I.T.Roorkee
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Member, Management Committee
CSJM University, Kanpur
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Member RDC
C.C.S.Uninversity, Meerut
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Member RDC
Uttarnchal Technical University
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Member RDC
DIT University, Dehradoon
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Member RDC
Indian Women Scientist's Association
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Member
Maharshi Markendeshwar University, Mullana, Haryana
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Member BOS,
Indian Society for Studies in Contemporary Literature
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Member
The Indian Assocition for English Studies
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Member
Indian Association for Commonwealth Language And Literature
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Member
Indian Association for Candian Studies
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Member
Indian Society for American Studies
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Member
Indian Society forCommonwealth Studies
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Member
Teaching Engagements
Film and Literature ( IHS 10 )
Spring
Culture and Gender Studies ( IHS 308 )
Spring
Communication Skills Basic ( HSN001, A )
Autumn
Communication Skills Advanced ( HSN001,B )
Autumn
Fiction of Indian Diaspora ( IHS 14 )
Spring
Indian Novel in English ( IHS 06 )
Spring
Technical Communication ( HSN-501 )
Autumn
Business Communication ( BM 507 )
Autumn
Research Methodology ( HS 910 )
Spring
Art of Fiction ( HS-910 )
Spring
Students
Narratives of Dissent and Discontent: A Select Study of Contemporary American and Indian Campus Nove
01 Jan 2013 - Present
Other Supervisors: --, Scholar: Averi Mukhopadhyaya
Unmasking the Masculine in Select Indian English Novels
01 Jan 2013 - Present
Other Supervisors: --, Scholar: Suraj Gunawant
Feminist Voices in Gloria Naylor's Fiction
01 Jan 2010 - Present
Other Supervisors: --, Scholar: Richa Shrivastava
Tropes of Gender : A Study of the Novels of Manju Kapur
01 Jan 2010 - Present
Other Supervisors: Dr Smita Jha, Scholar: Reena Chauhan
A Pragma-Linguistic Study of Four Contemporary Indian Diasporic Novelists
01 Jan 2007 - Present
Other Supervisors: Dr R.K.Lahiri, Scholar: Urjani
Anticipating Post Feminism in the novels of Margaret Laurence
01 Jan 2004 - Present
Other Supervisors: --, Scholar: Rano Ringo
Human Values and the Technological World Order in the works of Arun Joshi
01 Jan 2004 - Present
Other Supervisors: --, Scholar: Shivani Vatsa
Shashi Deshpande's feministic concerns
01 Jan 1997 - Present
Other Supervisors: -, Scholar: Pallavi
Inter sections of Post Colonial Theory and Gender
01 Jan 2013 - Present
Other Supervisors: --, Scholar: Sukanya Mondal
Post Colonial Theory
01 Jan 2012 - Present
Other Supervisors: --, Scholar: Man Singh
Myths and History in the Fiction of Margaret Atwood
01 Jan 2013 - Present
Other Supervisors: --, Scholar: Vijai Raj Kumawat
Doing Course Work
01 Jan 2017 - Present
Other Supervisors: --, Scholar: Ashish Sonkar
Miscellaneous
Status of Women in Uttaranchal
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Dept of WE&CD, Govt of Uttarakhand, and NCW
Co Chairperson,International Workshop on Sustaining Global Pressures
31 Aug 2020 - Present
IWSA, Roorkee Branch, SWE-MIT, USA; STMN, Poland, IIWE, France and WIE-IEEE, at Indraprastha College
Coordinated an e-mail group for students of John Hopkins Univ. USA and IIT Roorkee
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Faculty, John Hopkins University, USA,
Co-Convener, On Revisiting Development Paradigms for Uttarakhand
31 Aug 2020 - Present
IIT Roorkee
U.S.-India Round Table
31 Aug 2020 - Present
“Case Study on Gender Enabling Initiatives and Practices in IIT Roorkee”,
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Literature For Our Times, 14th Triennial Conference of ACLALS
31 Aug 2020 - Present
ACLALS, “Construction of Gender in the Fiction of Shashi Deshpande”
Changing Cultural Patterns in Asia Towards Engineering Studies,Int Inst of Women in
31 Aug 2020 - Present
IIT Roorkee
International Conference on Humanities At The Limit,
31 Aug 2020 - Present
IIT Roorkee
IAFOR Conference on Media, Film, and Cultural Studies
31 Aug 2020 - Present
IIT Roorkee
SAM Workshop, Sensitivity, Awareness and Motivation – Gender Sensitization Workshop
31 Aug 2020 - Present
UGC, and the QIP Centre, IIT Roorkee
Co-Convener, XVI Annual Conf of IPEA
31 Aug 2020 - Present
IPEA and IIT Roorkee
National Conference on Indian Writing in English, GKU Women’s Campus
31 Aug 2020 - Present
National Workshop on Contemporary Indian Writing
31 Aug 2020 - Present
National Conference on Eastern and Western Aesthetic Thinking
31 Aug 2020 - Present
XXIII IACS International Conference"Cosmopolitianism :Canada &India
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Centre for New Literature,University Of Jammu
XI IACS International Conference on Canadian Studies
31 Aug 2020 - Present
IACS and Osmania University, Hyderabad
International Conference on “Women in Science : Is the Glass Ceiling Disappearing, New Delhi
31 Aug 2020 - Present
IWSA
International Conference on Buddhism and Literature
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Dept. of English, BHU and Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies, Sarnath
Int. Conf. on Buddhistic Philosophy & Contemporary Issues
31 Aug 2020 - Present
HSS, IIT Roorkee, “Influence of Budhistic Philosophy on Arun Jhoshi’s Novels
XX IACS International Conference on “Challenges of Diversity: Canada & India”,
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Indian Association for Canadian Studies and Univ of Rajasthan
International Conference on Protest in Literature
31 Aug 2020 - Present
RDVV, Jabalpur
National Seminar on Reforms in Technical Education, Ministry of Tourism and Culture, Govt. of India
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Ministry of Tourism and Culture, Govt. of India
VI All India Conference, Indian Association for Studies in Contemporary Literature
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies, Sarnath
Inte. Conf. on Commomwealth Literature
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Commonwealth Association and IIT Roorkee
International Conference on Identity, Ecology and Culture in Twentieth Century Literatures,
31 Aug 2020 - Present
IIT Roorkee
NBA Assessors Training Workshop
31 Aug 2020 - Present
AICTE and National Board of Accreditation, New Delhi
Jt. Secretary, International Conference on Commonwealth Studies
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Dept. of Humanities And Social Sciences, I.I.T.Roorkee
XI th All India Conference of Linguists,
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Univ of Lucknow
IV National Seminar, Indian Association for Studies in Contemporary Literature
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Canadian Studies Center, GKU
National Workshop on Contemporary Indian Writing
31 Aug 2020 - Present
SHIATS, Allahabad
International Conference on “Bio-Diversity and Environmental Governance in Canada and India: Safegua
31 Aug 2020 - Present
CCS, Haridwar
Indian Sanskrit Poetics: Its Application and Issues
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Department of English, GKU Haridwar
Member, Organizing CommitteInternational Conference on Buddhistic Philosophy and Contemporary Issues
31 Aug 2020 - Present
IIT Roorkee
Redifining the Sel f: Women in Post-Colonial Indian English Writings
31 Aug 2020 - Present
U.G.C
53rd All India English Teachers’ Conference
31 Aug 2020 - Present
AIETA
Post-Modernism and Feminism: A Critique of Women’s Writing in India
31 Aug 2020 - Present
50th All India English Teachers’ Conference
Dynamics of Professional Excellence: State-of-Art Teaching Methodologies
31 Aug 2020 - Present
QIP, IIT Roorkee
National Seminar on Post Colonialism and Third World Literature
31 Aug 2020 - Present
U.G.C
National Conference on Eastern and Western Aesthetic Thinking
31 Aug 2020 - Present
UGC
JGU International Literary 2016
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Literary Society, OP Jindal Global University
Co-Convener, Workshop on Research Methodology
31 Aug 2020 - Present
QIP, IIT Roorkee
Challenges of Professionalism
01 Jan 2013 - Present
QIP, IIT Roorkee
Member, Organizing Committee of the Workshop on Enhancing Global Job Competencies
31 Aug 2020 - Present
IIT Roorkee
National Conference on Canadian Literature
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Center for Canadian Studies,
II National Conference, Indian Association for Studies in Contemporary Literature
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Univ of Allahabad
National Conference of Specialists in English Language Teaching, ELTI,
31 Aug 2020 - Present
ELTI, Allahabad
Conference of English Teachers
31 Aug 2020 - Present
SCERT, U.P. Govt.
Conf on Teaching Language through Literature
31 Aug 2020 - Present
SCERT, U.P. Govt.
XXXXVII All India English Teachers Conference
31 Aug 2020 - Present
AAETA and Univ of Lucknow
National Conference on Language, Identity and Society: Centrality of Language in Formation of Identi
01 Jan 2015 - Present
GB Univ., Greater Noida
National Conference on Multiculturalism, Conflict and Belonging in Indian Writing in English
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Sahitya Academy
National conference on ELT
31 Aug 2020 - Present
ELTI, SCERT, UP.
XI Commonwealth Conference on Drama: East and West,
31 Aug 2020 - Present
The Shaw Society
National Seminar on Sri Aurobindo’s Thoughts & Poetry,
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra
National Seminar on Situating Women in History, Culture and Polity of North Western India
31 Aug 2020 - Present
P.G.Govt College, Chandigarh
Development of Communication Skills among the Under-privileged Students of Rural Colleges
31 Aug 2020 - Present
BDT PG College
Conference on “Woman Resource Potential”,
31 Aug 2020 - Present
S D Engg College, Muzaffarnagar, UP
NIT Uttarakhand
2020-08-31
Senate Meeting
Guru Ram Rai University, Dehradoon
2020-08-31
Meeting of the Academic Council
Uttarakhand Technical University, Dehradoon,
2020-08-31
RDC Meeting, 26.3.2011
Kurukshetra University
2020-08-31
To conduct a Ph.D. viva
Uttarakhand Technical University, Dehradoon,
2020-08-31
RDC Meeting,
Gautam Buddha University, Greater Noida ,
2020-08-31
Member Selection Committee,
Hari Singh Gour University, Sagar
2020-08-31
Ph D Viva-voce
Gautam Buddha University, Gr Noida
2020-08-31
Screening Committee Meeting
Uttaranchal State Engineers' Academy
2020-08-31
To deliver a lecture to State irrigation engineers on Communication skills at Dehradun
N.A.S.College,Meerut
2020-08-31
To deliver invited lecture in seminar on Diaspora Writers.
Kurukshetra University,Kurukshetra
2020-08-31
To deliver lecture in academic staff college on 'Construction of Gender' and 'Gender issues in Indian English Writing' to degree college teachers.
Gurukul Kangri University,Hardwar
2020-08-31
To deliver lecture on 'Feminist Concerns in Canadian Women Writing',in the National Workshop on Canadian Studies for Research Scholars and Young Teachers,organizes by the Center for Canadian Studies and Dept of English, GKU,Haridwar.
Chatrapati Sahuji Maharaj University,Kanpur
2020-08-31
To attend meeting of Research Degree Committee.
Kurukshetra University,Kuruksheta
2020-08-31
To deliver lectures in academic staff college on "Ecocriticism:Theory and Practice" and on"Theories of Gender Construction and Fiction of Shashi Deshpande"
Bundelkhand University,Jhansi
2020-08-31
To conduct workshop on "Group Discussion and Interview Techniques".
Jammu University,Jammu
2020-08-31
Special Lecture on "Cosmopolitanism & Compatibility of the Feminist Argument"in XXIII I.A.C.S. International Conference on Canadian Studies.
Kurkshetra University Kurkshetra
2020-08-31
Invited as a Resource Person in the U.G.C sponsered Referesher Course.Delivered two lectures. Post Feminism & Gender English Teaching:Some Pedagogical Issues
Chatrapati Sahuji Maharaj University,Kanpur
2020-08-31
To attend meeting of Research Degree Committee.
Head of the Dept
01 Jan 2012 - 01 Jan 2014
Humanities &Social Sciences,I.I.T.Roorkee
Member
01 Jan 2007 - 01 Jan 2012
Mnagement Board, 'ANUSHRUTI' (Roorkee School for the Deaf))
Member
01 Jan 2000 - 01 Jan 2002
Panel of Heads
Member, Management Board
01 Jan 2007 - 01 Jan 2012
Anushruti (Roorkee School for the Deaf, a social initiative of IIT Roorkee)
- Associated with the following Consultancy Projects in the area of Communication Skills:
1.Analytical Skills Development Program for ACC managers (July 2008, March – April 2007, January 2006, January 2005, December 2003)
2.Training Program for the Electrical Engineers of MP State, ovember 2007, January 2008
•SIDBI, Consultancy Taken up by the Department of Humanities & Social Sciences, IIT Roorkee, 1998
•BHEL Haridwar, Spouse Training Program, September 1999
- Have been associated with the faculty appraisal programs of the following institutes:
1.NIT, Hamirpur, 2007
2. Gautam Buddha University, Greater Noida, 2008
3.Colleges of UPTU, 2008
4.Shobhit University, Meerut, 2009
5.Guru Ram Rai Univ. Dehradoon, cont.
- Recognized as a Star Performer, IIT Roorkee, for the session of 2004-2005
- Had initiated the establishment of Language Lab in the HSS Department in 1996.
Also initiated the teaching of Communication Skills based English Language courses as a part of Academic Programs at UG and PG levels.
- Have been associated with the planning and development of the following courses :
PG :
1.Business Communications, MBA Programme, IIT Roorkee, started in 1998
2.Technical Communication, HS-501, IIT Roorkee, started in 1999
3. Pre-Ph. D. courses of HSS department
UG :
Core Courses:
1. English Basic, B.Tech I year, IIT Roorkee, started in 1999
2. English Advance, B.Tech I year, IIT Roorkee, started in 1999
3.Technical Communication, B.Tech II yr (old scheme), B.Tech. I yr (new scheme)
Elective Courses:
1.Gender and Culture Studies
2.Film and Literature
3.Fiction of Indian Diaspora
- Have been associated with the planning and development of the following courses :
PG :
1.Business Communications, MBA Programme, IIT Roorkee, started in 1998
2.Technical Communication, HS-501, IIT Roorkee, started in 1999
3. Pre-Ph. D. courses of HSS department
UG :
Core Courses:
1. English Basic, B.Tech I year, IIT Roorkee, started in 1999
2. English Advance, B.Tech I year, IIT Roorkee, started in 1999
3.Technical Communication, B.Tech II yr (old scheme), B.Tech. I yr (new scheme)
Elective Courses:
1.Gender and Culture Studies
2.Film and Literature
3.Fiction of Indian Diaspora
- •Invited to attend the Oxford Round Table (20th anniversary) on Women in the Modern World : The Struggle for Equality, Britain, March 16-21, 2008
•Invited to be an adjunct faculty at IIM, Lucknow, 1998
- Conducted Free Workshops/Courses in the area of Communication Skills and Personality Development for IITR students from vernacular medium sponsored by ISTE, IWSA and Center for Continuing Education. These workshops usually had a duration of three months on twice a week basis.
- Association with UGC Sponsored Refresher Courses/QIP and Similar Training Programs:
•Held at Academic Staff Colleges at Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra; Jiwaji Rao University, Gwalior; Bundelkhand University, Jhansi; CCS University, Meerut; HNB University, Garhwal; CSJM University, Kanpur; Canadian Studies Centre, GKU, Haridwar; COER, Roorkee; Shobhit University, Meerut, Modi Institute of Technology and Sciences, Laxmangarh
•Held at IIT Roorkee, Engineering Colleges of Uttaranchal and UP Technical Universities
- I have had the following editorial responsibilities:
1.On the Advisory Panel of the International Journal on Women and Gender Research, published by the Center for Women’s Studies & Development, Bundelkhand University, Jhansi
2.Assistant Editor, Creative Writing and Criticism, a bi-annual journal of literature and language studies
3.On the Panel of Reviewers of a bi-annual journal of literature The Quest
4. On the Advisory Panel of Mind & Heart, published by the CCSJ University, Kanpur
5.Associate Editor of IITR Magazine LION (English Section), since 1997 till it continued
6. Had also been the editor of the Annual Magazine of MNIT, Allahabad for three years
- Was the Co-ordinator, Finishing School Program for the engineering graduates, sponsored by MHRD, May-June 2007