Faculty Profile - University

Educational Qualification

Degree Name	Institute	Year of passing/awarded
Ph.D.	Rabindra Bharati University	2004
M.Phil.	Rabindra Bharati University.	1994
M.A. ( English )	University of Calcutta	1989
B.A.	Lady Brabourne College	1987
H.S.	Lady Brabourne College	1984
ICSE	St.Josephs Convent, Chandannagar.	1982
schooling	Loreto Convent, Darjeeling	1977

Title of the Ph. D. Thesis

Title of the Ph. D. Thesis
The Theme of Quest in T.S. Eliot's Plays

Career Profile / Teaching Experience

Description of Experience
Associate Professor, Department of English, Vidyasagar University, Midnapore.
Guest Lecturer, Department of English, Rabindra Bharati University.
Associate Professor, Department Of English, Raja Peary Mohan College, [University Of Calcutta], Uttarpara.
Reader, Department Of English, Raja Peary Mohan College, [University Of Calcutta], Uttarpara.
Senior Lecturer, Department Of English, Raja Peary Mohan College, [University Of Calcutta], Uttarpara.
Lecturer, Department Of English, Raja Peary Mohan College, [University Of Calcutta], Uttarpara.

Specialization/Research Area

Type (Specialization / Research Area / Areas of Interest)	Detailed Description
Field of Specialization	Girish Karnad Studies
Field of Specialization	T.S. Eliot Studies
Research Area/ Areas of Interest	Modern British Drama
Research Area/ Areas of Interest	Indian Theatre
Research Area/ Areas of Interest	Adivasi Literature and Culture
Research Area/ Areas of Interest	Loreto Education
Research Area/ Areas of Interest	Indian English Literature
Research Area/ Areas of Interest	Diasporic Literature
Research Area/ Areas of Interest	The Social Relevance of the cult of Manasa
Field of Specialization	Adivasi Related Literature in English Translation
Field of Specialization	Shakespeare Studies
Field of Specialization	Translation from Bengali to English

Course/ Subject Taught

Course Name
Shakespeare Studies
Twentieth Century British Drama (T.S. Eliot)
Indian English Drama (Girish Karnad)
Modern Indian Poetry in English (R. Parthasarathy & J. Mahapatra)
Indian Writing in English Translation
Dalit Literature in English Translation
Literary Criticism
Research Methodology
Bengali Literature about Adivasi Life (in English Translation)

Publications in Journal / Magazines / Newspaper

Title	Publication Type	Published in	Published on	Publisher's Name	Role	Details
This Life at Play. Book Review.	International	Gitanjali and Beyond. Journal of the Scottish Centre of Tagore Studies. Edinburgh Napier University. Issue 6 316-22.ISSN 2399-8733.	Apr, 2022	The Scottish Centre of Tagore Studies	Sole Author	Impact Factor: 0.00000 Indexing: Others Article's Web Link: https://gitanjaliandbeyond.co.uk/
Patient Dignity: Poems by Bashabi Fraser, Paintings by Vibha Pankaj. Book Review	National	Journal of the Department of English, Vidyasagar University. Vol. 15. 315-17. ISSN 0973-3671	Feb, 2022	Registrar, Vidyasagar University, Midnapore.	Sole Author	Impact Factor: 0.00000 Indexing: UGC CARE Article's Web Link: http://inet.vidyasagar.ac.in:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/6420
Girish Karnad’s Response to the Haridasa Tradition of Karnataka	National	Bulletin of the Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture. 26-31. ISSN 0971-2755.	May, 2021	Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture	Sole Author	Impact Factor: 0.00000 Indexing: Others Article's Web Link:
Girish Karnad’s Response to the Haridasa Tradition of Karnataka	National	Bulletin of the Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture. 26-31. ISSN 0971-2755.	May, 2021	Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture	Sole Author	Impact Factor: 0.00000 Indexing: Others Article's Web Link:
Karnad’s Theatrical Exploration of Historiography in His Representation of Four Rulers of Southern India	National	Journal of the Department of English, Vidyasagar University. Vol. 13. 56-68. ISSN 0973-3671	Jun, 2020	Registrar, Vidyasagar University, Midnapore.	Sole Author	Impact Factor: 0.00000 Indexing: UGC CARE Article's Web Link:
The Eventful Background of Crossing to Talikota: The Play which ends Girish Karnad’s Theatrical Trajectory	National	Middle Flight. Journal of the Department of English,Sukumar Sengupta Mahavidyalaya, Keshpur. Vol. 8 No. 1. 2019.. 246-253. ISSN 2319-7684	Nov, 2019	Principal, Sukumar Sengupta Mahavidyalaya, Keshpur.	Sole Author	Impact Factor: 0.00000 Indexing: UGC CARE Article's Web Link:
Emergence of a Down-to-Earth Notion of Manliness: Shudrakas Sharvilaka	National	Middle Flight. vol. 7, No. 1. 271-80	Jan, 2019	Department of English, S.S. Mahavidyalaya, Keshpur, Paschim Medinipur		Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:
Girish Karnad: Shristite Jibonachorone	Other	Aneek: 56th Year, Issue No. 1. July 2019. (R.N.I Regn No. 12026/65)pp.32-34.	Jan, 2019	Aneek Eds. Ratan Khasnobis et.al.		Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:
‘Living in One and Dreaming of Another’: Scotland and India in Bashabi Fraser’s Poetry	National	Litscape: Journal of VUETC. Vol. 11, No. 1. 24-33. ISSN 0976-9064	Nov, 2018	Vidyasagar University English Teachers'Consortium	Sole Author	Impact Factor: 0.00000 Indexing: Others Article's Web Link:
The Plight of Teaching Macbeth	Other	Symposium, Journal of the Department of English, St. Paul’s Cathedral Mission College. ISSN 2320-1452. 1—8.	Jan, 2015	Department of English, St. Paul’s Cathedral Mission College.		Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:
Stranger than Strangest!	International	Insight: The Creative and Critical Eye.Journal of the Department of English, Serampore Girls College. Vol. 2. 47-55.	Jan, 2014	Department of English, Serampore Girls College, Serampore.		Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:
Voices of Alternatives amidst Urban Chaos: Vibrant Portraits in Two Plays by Girish Karnad.’	National	Journal of the Department of English, Vidyasagar University. Vol. 11. ISSN 0973-3671. 41—50.	Jan, 2013	Department of English, Vidyasagar University.		Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:
Third Theatre: A Laudable Endeavour	National	Frontier. Vol. 42, No. 39. 11-12. ISSN 0016-2094	Apr, 2010	Timir Basu (Editor)	Sole Author	Impact Factor: 0.00000 Indexing: Others Article's Web Link:
Oliver Twist: Dickens’s Early Tryst with Harsh Reality	National	Insight. Journal of the Department of English, Serampore Girls’ College. vol. 1. 17-21.	Jan, 2009	Principal, Serampore Girls’ College	Sole Author	Impact Factor: 0.00000 Indexing: Others Article's Web Link:
The Crisis of the Self in Girish Karnad’s Yayati	International	Perspectives: Journal of the Department of English, Raja Peary Mohan College, Uttarpara 2. 2 108-124.	Aug, 2008	Principal, Raja Peary Mohan College, Uttarpara.	Sole Author	Impact Factor: 0.00000 Indexing: Others Article's Web Link:
The Queen and the Cobra in Nagamandala	International	Perspectives: Journal of the Department of English. Raja Peary Mohan College, Uttarpara 2. 1 44-56.	Oct, 2006	Principal, Raja Peary Mohan College, Uttarpara.	Sole Author	Impact Factor: 0.00000 Indexing: Others Article's Web Link:
United in Philanthropy: Ishwarchandra Vidyasagar and Baboo Joykissen Mookerjee	National	Korak: Journal of Atpur High School. (Atpur, 24 Parganas [North]) 16. Special Issue on Manik Bandyopadhyay’s Birth Centenary. 17-21.	May, 2006	Atpur High School, Atpur, 24 Parganas [North]	Sole Author	Impact Factor: 0.00000 Indexing: Others Article's Web Link:
The Making of Sherlock Holmes	National	Journal of the Department of English, Raja Peary Mohan College, Uttarpara. 1.1 40-46.	May, 2005	Principal, Raja Peary Mohan College, Uttarpara.	Sole Author	Impact Factor: 0.00000 Indexing: Others Article's Web Link:
Bhrantibilas: Vidyasagar’s Re-fashioning of The Comedy of Errors	National	Korak: Journal of Atpur High School, Atpur, 24 Parganas [North] 15. 23-26.	Jan, 2005	Atpur High School, Atpur, 24 Parganas [North]	Sole Author	Impact Factor: 0.00000 Indexing: Others Article's Web Link:
Buddha The Greatest of Men, as Tagore Regarded Him	National	Bulletin of the Ramakrishna Mission of Institute of Culture 55. 5 230-236.	May, 2004	Ramakrishna Mission of Institute of Culture	Sole Author	Impact Factor: 0.00000 Indexing: Others Article's Web Link:
The Paradigm of the Incarnation in Murder in the Cathedral.	Other	Literature and Criticism. Vol.4. 114—118.	Jan, 2004	Literature and Criticism		Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:
Eliots Beginning with Drama: Sweeney Agonistes.	Other	Journal of the Department of English, University of Calcutta. 80—86.	Jan, 2002	Department of English, University of Calcutta.		Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:

Book Published

Title of the Book	Published by	Published on	Role	Details
Ethnic Tapestry: Bengali Short Stories on Indigenous People	Centre of Excellence (CoE), Department of Odia, Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan & Government of India, Ministry of Tribal Affairs	Jan, 2019	Translator & Editor	Indexing: Article's Web Link:
Tracing Karnads Theatrical Trajectory	Paragon	Jan, 2015	Author	Indexing: Article's Web Link:
Eliots Prismatic Plays A Multifaced Quest	Atlantic	Jan, 2007	Author	Indexing: Article's Web Link:

Book Chapter Published

Title of Chapter	Title of the Book	Published by	Published on	Role	Details
Girish Karnad’s Consideration of Úrban Spaces’ for His Plays	The City Speaks: Urban Spaces in Indian Literature	Routledge	Jan, 2023	Sole Author	Indexing: Others Article's Web Link:
“Homeland”. Trnsl. of “Janmabhumi” by Asish Sanyal.	The Bleeding Border: Stories of Bengal Partition	Niyogi Books	Nov, 2022	Sole Author	Indexing: Others Article's Web Link:
A New Critical Angle: ‘Hamlet and His Problems’	Objective Illumination: A Study of T.S. Eliot’s Prose Writings	Alfa Publications	Jan, 2018	Sole Author	Indexing: Others Article's Web Link:
Quality Education for Slow Learners Belonging to Marginalised Sectors: The Loreto Endeavour	Quality Education for the Students belonging to the Marginalised Sectors in India	Kaliappan Pathippagam	Jan, 2018	Sole Author	Indexing: Others Article's Web Link:
What’s Interesting in Girish Karnad’s Wedding Album?	Gender and Commonwealth Studies	Books Way	Jan, 2015	Sole Author	Indexing: Others Article's Web Link:
Shakespeare’s Craftsmanship in A Midsummer Night’s Dream	Summer? Night? Or Dream?	Avenel Press	Jan, 2014	Sole Author	Indexing: Others Article's Web Link:
Confluence of Concepts: Buddha and Rabindranath Tagore	Rabindranath Tagore: Vision and Art	Meera Publishers	Jan, 2014	Sole Author	Indexing: Others Article's Web Link:
The Contemporary Bearing of Karnad’s Tale-Danda	Sahitya Akademi Award Winning English Translations	Authors Press	Jan, 2014	Sole Author	Indexing: Others Article's Web Link:
Countdown: Towards a Crisis of Civilization	In Pursuit of Amitav Ghosh	Orient BlackSwan	Jan, 2013	Sole Author	Indexing: Others Article's Web Link:
Rabindranath Tagore and Modern Bangla Literature	Rabindranath Tagore and Indian Literature	Universal Publishers	Jan, 2012	Sole Author	Indexing: Others Article's Web Link:
Bravely Fought the Queen Questioning Borders in Content and Performance	The Plays of Mahesh Dattani	Pencraft	Jan, 2012	Sole Author	Indexing: Others Article's Web Link:
Bravely Fought the Queen: Fascinating Ingression of World Within World	Bravely Fought the Queen: A Collection of Critical Essays	Review Publications	Jan, 2011	Sole Author	Indexing: Others Article's Web Link:
Women in Marga and Desi Traditions: Karnad’s Padmini and Rani	Critical Perspectives in Postcolonialism	Booklore	Jan, 2011	Sole Author	Indexing: Others Article's Web Link:
Karnad’s Adroitness in History and Legend: A Study of Tughlaq and Hayavadana	Indo-Anglian Literature: Past to Present	Books Way	Jan, 2008	Sole Author	Indexing: Others Article's Web Link:
The Cultural Rough Passage of the Colonial subject: A Study of R. Parthasarathy’s Poetry	Reviews: Indo-Anglian Poetry—A Collection of Critical Essays	Review Publications	Jan, 2008	Sole Author	Indexing: Others Article's Web Link:

Ph. D. Thesis Guidance

Scholar Name	Thesis Title	Name of the Co Supervisor	Status	Date
Isha Biswas	Representations of "Witches" by Select Women Writers of 21st Century American Fiction		Ongoing	Mar, 2025
Rupsa Roy Chowdhury	The Corporeal Other: Disability in Select Victorian Popular Fiction	Prof. Debashis Bandyopadhyay	Ongoing	Feb, 2025
Anindita De	Relocating Peripheral Women Characters in the Ramayana: A Study of Select Novels by Kavita Kane		Awarded	Aug, 2023
Bisweswar Chakraborty	Communalism and the Problem of Indian Nationhood: A Study of Select Post-Independence Indian English Fiction		Ongoing
Subhasish Barua	Ambedkar and the Making of Dalit Identity: A Reading of Marathi Dalit Mens Writings in English Translation		Ongoing
Arup Kumar Mondal	Representation of Women in Marathi Dalit Mens Writings in English Translation: A Study in Critical Perspectives		Ongoing

Research Project

Worked as	Funding Agency	Amount in Rs.	Duration	Period	Status
Principle Investigator	University Grants Commission	80000	2 years	2006-2008	Complete

Invited Lectures

Title	Organized By	Venue	Date
Modern Indian Drama and Girish Karnad	IQAC and the Advanced Research Centre for Indian Writing in English, Lady Brabourne College, Kolkata	Lady Brabourne College, Kolkata	Apr, 2022
Theory of Modern Drama	Department of English & Internal Quality Assurance Cell, Naba Barrackpur Prafulla Chandra Mahavidyalaya	Online	Apr, 2022
Girish Karnad’s Plays: Text and Performance	Refresher Course in English. “Learning Outcomes and Competences in English Language and Literature: Postcolonial Perspectives”. Department of English, University of Calcutta, Kolkata	Online	Mar, 2022
Girish Karnad’s Plays in English: Text and Performance	Refresher Course in English. “English and Indian Languages”. Department of English, Manipur University, Imphal, Manipur.	Online	Dec, 2021
Traditional and Modern Medics: The Insider-Outsider Perspective in a Kheria Sabar Village in Purulia	Centre-of-Excellence, Department of Odia, Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan	Centre-of-Excellence, Department of Odia, Visva-Bharati	Jan, 2019
The Plays of Girish Karnad.	Department of English, University of Calcutta	Department of English, University of Calcutta	Jan, 2016
The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock.	Department of English, Maharaja Manindra Chandra College, Kolkata.	Maharaja Manindra Chandra College, Kolkata	Jan, 2015
Conrads The Secret Sharer	Department of English, Serampore Girls’ College, Serampore.	Serampore Girls’ College, Serampore.	Jan, 2013
The Theme of Love and Death: Eliot and the Romantics.’	Subhas Chandra Bose Centenary College, Lalbagh, Murshidabad.	Subhas Chandra Bose Centenary College, Lalbagh, Murshidabad	Jan, 2012

Membership of Learned Society

Title/Name of the Society
Godhuli Mon, Chandannagar.
English Studies Association
Rabindra Bhavan, Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan
T.S. Eliot Society, United Kingdom

Association with Professional Bodies

Type of Professional Activity	Period
Subject Expert,English. Board of Examiners, NULM, Konnagar Municipality	2018 to 2018
Venue Supervisor, West Bengal State Eligibility Test 2017, Raja Peary Mohan College Venue	2017 to 2017
Subject Expert,English. Board of Examiners, NUHM, Uttarpara-Kotrung Municipality	2017 to 2017
Subject Expert,English. Board of Examiners, NULM, Dankuni Municipality	2017 to 2017
Venue Supervisor, WBSSC Examinations, Raja Peary Mohan College Venue.	2016 to 2017
Subject Expert,English. Board of Examiners, NULM, Uttarpara-Kotrung Municipality	2016 to 2017
Observer, WBSSC Examinations, Akuni BGG High School, Akuni, Mashat, Hooghly	2016 to 2016

Conference /Seminar/Workshop Attended

Title of the Seminar/Conference/Workshop	Date	Role	Held at and Organiser
Intricacies of Writing a Research Paper: MLA7	Apr, 2022	Resource Person	Radhakrishnan Hall, Vidyasagar University Vidyasagar University Research Scholars’ Association.
Contemporary Trends and Development in Cultural Studies and the Humanities	Oct, 2021	Resource Person	Webinar. New Literaria, Department of History, Humanities and Society, University of Tor Vegata, Rome, Italy and Department of English, Guru GhasidasVishwavidyalaya, Bilaspur, Madhya Pradesh.
Approaching Frederic Jameson	Sep, 2020	Resource Person	Webinar Department of English, Kalimpong College, Kalimpong
Translating Mahasweta Devi’s ‘Draupadi’	Sep, 2020	Resource Person	Webinar Department of English, Garhbeta College, Garhbeta, Paschim Medinipur
Shakespeare in Bengali Theatre: Challenges and Possibilities	Aug, 2020	Resource Person	Webinar Santal Bidroha Sardha Satabarsha Mahavidyalaya, Goaltore.
Karnad’s Adoption of the Bhagavata from Traditional Indian Theatre	Jul, 2020	Resource Person	Webinar. Department of English, Department of English, Midnapore College (Autonomous).
The Indianness of Girish Karnad’s Plays	Jan, 2020	Resource Person	Midnapore. Department of English, Raja N.L. Khan Women’s College (Autonomous), Midnapore.
Tribal Life of Eastern India: Insiders and Outsiders Perspectives	Jan, 2019	Resource Person, Seminar	Centre of excellence, Department of Odia, Visvs-Bharati, Santiniketan
Tribal Life of Eastern India: Insiders and Outsiders Perspectives	Jan, 2019	Resource Person, (Workshop)	Centre of excellence, Department of Odia, Visvs-Bharati, Santiniketan
Locating Folk Narratives in the Literary / Cultural Genres of Eastern India	Jan, 2019	Resource Person (Conference)	Vidyasagar University. UGC SAP-III, DRS Phase-II, Department of English, Vidyasagar University, Midnapore.
Translation of Cultural Texts	Jan, 2019	Resource Person (Workshop)	Vidyasagar University. UGC SAP-III, DRS Phase-II, Department of English, Vidyasagar University, Midnapore.
Translation	Jan, 2018	Resource Person	Visva-Bharati Centre of Excellence, Department of Odia, Visva-Bharati
The Influence of Rabindranath Tagore on Indian Literature	Mar, 2012	Resource Person	Sri Venkateshwara College of Education, Peravurani, Tamil Nadu
The Theme of Love and Death: Eliot and the Romantics	Feb, 2012	Resource Person	Lalbagh, Murshidabad. Department of English, Subhas Chandra Bose Centenary College, Lalbagh, Murshidabad.
Mythic and Folkloric Ingredients in the Infra-Structure & Superstructure of Modern Literature	Dec, 2011	participant in workshop	Asiatic Society, Kolkata
The Polyphonic Voice of Resistance and Looking Beyond: Commonwealth Literature	Sep, 2011	paper presenter	Malda. Post- and Undergraduate Department of English, Malda College, Malda& The Department of English, University B. T. and Evening College, Gunjabari, Coochbehar,
Amitav Ghosh: Writer Extraordinaire	Mar, 2011	Resource Person	Tarakeshwar Tarakeshwar Degree College, Tarakeshwar, and RabindraMahavidyalaya, Champadanga, Hooghly
Trends in Modern Literature: East and West	Jan, 2011	Resource Person	Karaikudi, Tamil Nadu. Department of English, Alagappa University, Karaikudi.
Rabindranath Tagore’s Contribution to Literature, Culture and Education	Jan, 2011	Resource Person	Peravurani, Tamil Nadu. Sri Venkateshwara College of Education and Sri Venkateshwara College of Arts & Science
26thAnnualInternational Conference of South Asian Language Analysis	Dec, 2006	paper presenter	CIIL, Mysore. Central Institute of Indian Languages, Mysore & Kannada University, Hampi, Mysore
Buddhism and Literature	Jan, 2002	Paper Presenter	Benares Hindu University & Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies, Sarnath

Conference /Seminar/Workshop Organised

Title of the Seminar/Conference/Workshop	Date	Role in the Event	Funding Agency
Tribal Cultural Texts	Jan, 2019	Organiser	UGC (DRS)
Annual Parasor Chatterjee Memorial Lecture[Endowment Lecture,Department of English, Raja Peary Mohan College]Every Year from 2005	Jan, 2005	Convener	Late Parasor Chatterjees Wife & Family.

Dr. Jolly Das