16
Publications
5
PhD Scholars
1
Conferences
10
Current Scholars
Professional Overview
Current Designation
Professor
Department
ENGLISH
Date of Joining
1995-11-09
Campus
KALADY CAMPUS
Work Experience
Joined SSUS on 09 November 1995 as a Lecturer on contract basis - since then in the service of Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit - worked at Main Centre , Kalady and its Regional Campuses at Thuravoor, Thiruvananthapuram and Panmana
Professional Summary
Teaches at the Department of English. A rank holder at the Graduate and Post Graduate levels, she took her Ph. D from the Univ. of Kerala working under the guidance of Prof. Dr. P. K. Rajan. Has enjoyed National Merit Scholarship(1987) and University Merit Scholarship(1992-1994). Recipient of Ms. Margaret P. Paulose Memorial Prize(1992), India Book House Prize, Prof. K.P.K. Menon Prize, Prof. C.P.K. Tharagan Memorial Gold Medal and the first prize in VACS Vibhoothi Vivekanandam. Deeply interested in Indian Philosophy and mystic thought.
Courses Taught
Cultural Studies
Women and Literature
Postcolonial Writings
Literatures of the Americas
Literary Criticism and Theory
Disability and Literature
Ecology and Literature
Research Area
Georg Lukacs: The Aesthetic of the Novel ///
Cultural Studies, Postcolonial Studies, Literary Theory
Journal Articles (10)
Conflicting Paradigms of the Patriarchal and Liberated Selves in the Devotional Poems of Mirabai (pg.61-64)
Culture Consciousness in Jhumpa Lahiri's Interpreter of Maladies (pg.72-78)
Juxtaposing the Aboriginal and the Unconscious: A Psychoanalytical Reading of David Malouf's Remembering Babylon (pg.79-82)
Realisation of the Supreme: The Soul of Literature (pg.79-89)
The Hegemonic Discourse in Kalidasa's Vikramorvasiyam (pg.45-52)
Equations of Culture and Power in Wole Soyinka's Play Kongi'sHarvest (pg.51-56)
Mirabai:Singing Her Way through Dualistic Faith to Non-Dualistic Realisation
On C. N. Srinath's Then Came Gandhi
Influence of Nature on Wordsworth
Padivathililude (on Pope John Paul II's Crossing the Threshold of Hope)
Books Published (2)
Srikantamritalahari -Vedanta Sanskrit Verse with Additional Malayala Commentary and its English Translation
Rudiments (Poems)
Book Chapters (3)
Brahmana Pramanangalude oru Contrapuntal Vaayana
Swami Vivekananda: The Dynamic Voice of Exhortation in Indian Renaissance (pg 287-291)
Humour and Power: Re-reading Horror Fiction (pg239-251)
Conference Proceedings (1)
Points to Ponder: a Critique of NEP 2020 (pg.116-121)
PhD Scholars Supervised (5)
| Scholar Name | Reg. No. | Topic | Award Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sanil T. Sunny | 13KA06EN06 | The Urban Dimensions of Social Stratific... | 06-12-2023 |
| Salini V.G. | 2056 | From Ritual to Resistance: The Female tr... | 16-09-2022 |
| Raghul V. Rajan | EN01/2010 | Ontological Desire in Updike's Fiction:... | 2017-01-21 |
| Devi K. | EN12/11 | Female Performative Discourses: The Emer... | 08-02-2024 |
| Sreelakshmi N. | 1675 | Reconstructing the Postcolonial Structur... | 2017-03-18 |
Current Research Scholars (10)
| Scholar Name | Reg. No. | Topic | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leona Merlin Antony | 23KA06EN01 | An Exegesis of Loss, Grief and Trauma in Select works of Haruki Murakami | 2023 |
| Joan Maria E. I. | 23KA06EN08 | Mapping Stigma, Ableism and Normalcy in Select Disability Memoirs: Redefining Disability, Identity and Perception | 2023 |
| Rinu Rijisha K.P. | 23KA06EN07 | Humour in Select Post-Pandemic Malayalam Film Narratives | 2023 |
| Rini Joy | 23KA06EN06 | Geographies and Spaces of the Mind: an Analysis of Select Fiction from Kerala | 2023 |
| Anjitha S. Kurup | 22KA06EN10 | Body, State and Power in the Select Novels of T.D.Ramakrishnan | 2022 |
| Reshmi K. S. | 16KA06EN04 | Representation of Shifting Masculinities in Select South Asian Diaspora Writings | 2016 |
| Arya K. G. (submitted) | 12KA05EN03 | Culture as Discourse: A Study of the Interface of History and Art in Velappanikkan Narratives | 2013 |
| Pebitha Ummer | Manipulating Children: An Analysis of Capitalist, Racist and Sexist Ideologies in Children's Literature | 2013 | |
| Biju K. V. | EN 05/10 | Historicizing the Marginalised : A Postcolonial Reading of Peter Carey's Select Fiction | 2011 |
| Jessica Sudhir M. (submitted) | EN 03/10 | The Politics of Sexuality: Redefining the Female in Muslim Women Fiction | 2011 |
Seminars/Workshops (19)
NAAC Sponsored 2-Day National Seminar on Implementation of NEP in Higher Education Institutions 17-18 Jan.2022
17-01-2023
Points to Ponder: A critique of NEP 2020
Level: National
4-day-Programme SSUS-KSHEC Erudite-Scholar-in-Residence-Programme on Environmental Humanities 11-14 October 2022
11-10-2022
The Fields of Kudavattoor: a critical Zone in Kerala
Level: International
One week Online Faculty Development Program on Capacity Building in Drafting Proposals for Funded Research
05-10-2020
Level: National
14 days Online Training on Learning Management System- MOODLE
29-05-2020
Level: State
Orientation Programme on Research Ethics, MOOC and LMS
17-02-2020
Level: State
Saahithyavum Samskaaravum: Maarunna Chinthakal Sameepanangal
13-03-2019
PostTruth: Vaakkum Vishakalanavum (Post Truth: an Analysis)
Level: National
Keralathinte Nataka Paaramparyam: Sahithyam, Samskaram,Avishkaram
06-03-2019
Chaired a session
Level: National
Singularities International Conference on Truth
29-01-2019
The Imprisoned Truth: a Re-reading of Anand's Marubhoomikal Undaakunnathu
Level: International
Singularities International Conference on Truth
29-01-2019
Chaired a session
Level: International
International Conference on New Approaches in English Language and Literature Studies
25-01-2019
Metamorphosed Truths: a Re-reading of the Epistolaries Evelina and The Color Purple
Level: International
Media Vimarsh ka Samkaleen Sandarbh
16-01-2019
Media in the Contemporary Scenario
Level: International
Re-designing of Courses for Outcome Based Education(Workshop)
11-12-2018
Level: Local
Literature, Theory and the History of Ideas
03-10-2018
Aesthetics, Culture and Humanism in the Evolution of Thought: Tracing the Lukacsian Trajectory
Level: International
International Conference on the Interface between Language and Literature
11-08-2018
Language, Power and the Spirit of Radicalismin Mahasweta Devi's Breast Stories
Level: International
Language and Imagination
08-11-2017
Cultural Studies and the Art of Criticism
Level: International
On the Margins: The Representation of Other in Indian Literature
01-03-2017
The Other Becomes the Self: Perspectives on Mirabai's Poems
Level: National
Sites of Resistance: Theory and Praxis
17-12-2013
Luce Irigaray: Carving a New Site of Resistance
Level: National
Influence of Dhwani Theory in Literary Criticism
22-02-2013
Juxtaposing Dhwani Theory and Freudian Concepts of the Unconscious
Level: National
Modern Linguistics Workshop
14-12-2012
New Trends in Linguistics/Applied Linguistics (as Resource Person)
Level: National
Other Achievements
Co-ordinator of Remedial Coaching Programme 2022
Teacher Development Programs (4)
Implementation of NEP-2020 in Humanities: Pedagogical Approaches
2024-07-02 to 2024-09-12
Faculty Development Programmes
One Week Online Faculty Development Program on Capacity Building in Drafting Proposals for Funded Research, MHRD and St. Teresa’s College, Ernakulam,
2020-10-05 to 2020-10-11
Faculty development programme
Online Training on Learning Management System- MOODLE
2020-05-29 to 2020-06-11
Short Term Course
Research Ethics, MOOC and LMS
2020-02-17 to 2020-02-18
Orientation programme