Faculty Profile - University

Educational Qualification

Degree Name	Institute	Year of passing/awarded
PhD.	Vidyasagar University	2010
State Level Eligibility Test	West Bengal College Service Commission	2002
M. A.	Vidyasagar University	1994
B. A. (Honours)	Narendrapur Ramakrishna Mission Residential College (Autonomous), University of Calcutta	1992

Title of the Ph. D. Thesis

Title of the Ph. D. Thesis
" A Study of the Doubts and Uncertainties in the select Poems and Sermons of John Donne" under the supervision of Professor Tirthankar DasPurkayastha , formerly Professor, Dept. of English , Vidyasagar University, and a poet of eminence in India

Career Profile / Teaching Experience

Description of Experience
Assistant Professor, Dept. of English, Y. S. Palpara Mahavidyalaya, Purba Medinipur (12.09.2003-06.04.2010), Associate Professor, S.S.Mahavidyalaya, Keshpur, Paschim Medinipur (07.04.2010-08.03.2022), Associate Professor, Dept. of English, Vidyasagar University (09.03.2022- .....)

Specialization/Research Area

Type (Specialization / Research Area / Areas of Interest)	Detailed Description
Field of Specialization	English Renaissance Studies, Indian English Poetry and Novel, Aboriginal Cultural Studies
Research Area/ Areas of Interest	Poetry and Sermons of John Donne, English Renaissance Studies, Environment and Literature, Gender and Literature, Aboriginal and Folk Literature and Culture

Course/ Subject Taught

Course Name
M. A. English (PG Course), PhD. Course (PhD course work)

Publications in Journal / Magazines / Newspaper

Title	Publication Type	Published in	Published on	Publisher's Name	Role	Details
"Jetor: An Unrecognized Interstitial CasteCommunity in West Bengal, India"	International	CASTE: A Global Journal on Social Exclusion , Vol. 6 No. 2 pp. 451-467 DOI: 10.26812/caste.v6i2.2533	Nov, 2025	Center for Global Development and Sustainability at Brandeis University, USA	Sole Author	Impact Factor: 0.00000 Indexing: Others Article's Web Link:
“Gender recognition and health rights vis-à-vis reproductive justice: Exploring the experiences of transmasculine persons in India	International	International Journal of Transgender Health Taylor and Francis • https://doi.org/10.1080/26895269.2025.2483224	Mar, 2025	Taylor and Francis	Co-Author,Corresponding Author	Impact Factor: 0.00000 Indexing: SCOPUS Article's Web Link: • https://doi.org/10.1080/26895269.2025.2483224
“Space in the poetry of Kamala Das: a critical exploration”	International	GeoJournal (2025) 90:62 (2024 IF is 2) Springer Nature	Feb, 2025	Springer Nature	Sole Author,Corresponding Author	Impact Factor: 0.00000 Indexing: SCOPUS Article's Web Link: ISSN 0343-2521 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10708-025-11312-w
“Book Review: Geographical Imaginations: Literature and the ‘Spatial Turn’ by Indranil Acharya and Ujjwal Kumar Panda	International	University of Bucharest Review: Literary and Cultural Studies Series 14(1), 2024: 127-130	Oct, 2024	University of Bucharest	Co-Author	Impact Factor: 0.00000 Indexing: SCOPUS, Others Article's Web Link:
“Bearing Witness to Racial Hatred and Challenging Patriarchy: An Intersectional Approach to Violet Cannon’s Migration Memoir, Gypsy Princess: The True Story of a Romany Childhood”	International	Journal of Migration Affairs Vol. V(1-2): 71-86, DOI: 10.36931/jma.2023.5.1-2.71-86 March 2023	Mar, 2023	Journal of Migration Affairs	First Author	Impact Factor: 0.00000 Indexing: Others Article's Web Link:
“’The Death of the Author’ and Schism within Postmodern Feminism: A Revision”	National	Dialog Department of English and Culture Studies, Punjab University Editor: Prof. Akshaya Kumar dialog, No. 41 (Spring) Pages - 313-3272023 ISSN - 0975 4881	Mar, 2023	Punjab University	Sole Author	Impact Factor: 0.00000 Indexing: Others Article's Web Link:
“A Reading of Kalidasa’s Abhijñanasakuntalam in the light of Indian Eco-Aesthetics”	National	MIDDLE FLIGHT : SSM Journal Of English Literature and Culture Published from the Department of English, S. S. Mahavidyalaya, Keshpur , Paschim Medinipur, W. B. , India. Vol. 9 no. 1 Page no. 315-333 2020 ISSN - 2319-7684	May, 2020	Department of English, S. S. Mahavidyalaya, Keshpur , Paschim Medinipur, W. B. , India.	Sole Author	Impact Factor: 0.00000 Indexing: UGC CARE Article's Web Link:
Biocentric outlook on Nature: Reading Jhumpa Lahiri’s The Lowland	National	LITSCAPE : Journal of VUETC(Vidyasagar University English Teachers’ Consortium) a registered organization. Vol. 11 no.1 Page no. 44-54 November, 2018 ISSN - 0976 – 9064	Nov, 2018	VUETC(Vidyasagar University English Teachers’ Consortium) a registered organization.	Sole Author	Impact Factor: 0.00000 Indexing: Others Article's Web Link:
“Literature and Environment : Reading Select Poems of Kamala Das”	National	EXPLORATIONS : An Annual Multidisciplinary Bilingual Research Journal published from Belda College, Paschim Medinipur, W. B. , IndiaVol. 2 no. 1Page no. 111-115 2015ISSN - 2349-9672	Aug, 2015	Belda College, Paschim Medinipur, W. B. , India	Sole Author	Impact Factor: 0.00000 Indexing: Others Article's Web Link:
“ A Love- sick Maid’s Song” and “The Distressed Virgin” : Re-reading two of the Female Voiced Broadside Ballads of the Renaissance”	National	INDIAN JOURNAL OF RESEARCH IN MULTIDISCIPLINARY STUDIES (IJRMS) , Garhbeta College, Paschim Medinipur, W. B. , India Vol. 2 no. 1 Page no. 109-116 2015 ISSN - 2348-2524	Jun, 2015	Garhbeta College, Paschim Medinipur, W. B. , India	Sole Author	Impact Factor: 0.00000 Indexing: Others Article's Web Link:
“Poetry as Instrument : Reading Selected Poems of Mutabaruka”	International	GLOCAL COLLOQUIES , An International Journal of World Literature and Culture Published by Dr. Shreya Bhattacharji Professor, Department of English, Central University of Jharkhand, Ranchi Vol. 1 no. 1 Page no. 171-181 2015 ISSN - 2454-2423	Jun, 2015	by Dr. Shreya Bhattacharji Professor, Department of English, Central University of Jharkhand, Ranchi	Sole Author	Impact Factor: 0.00000 Indexing: Others Article's Web Link:
“Doubts in Matters of Faith: Re-reading Donne’s ‘Third Satire’ ”	National	MIDDLE FLIGHT : SSM Journal Of English Literature and Culture, Published from the Department of English, S. S. Mahavidyalaya, Keshpur , Paschim Medinipur, W. B. , India. Vol. 3 no. 1 Page no. 29-38 2014 ISSN - 2319-7684	May, 2014	Department of English, S. S. Mahavidyalaya, Keshpur , Paschim Medinipur, W. B. , India.	Sole Author	Impact Factor: 0.00000 Indexing: UGC CARE Article's Web Link:
“Kamala Das’s ‘Smoke in Colombo’ and ‘The Sea at Galle face Green’: Poems of Vivid Witness”	International	JOURNAL OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND RESEARCH SOCIETY: A Refereed International Journal Published from HIGHER EDUCATION AND RESEARCH SOCIETY , Navi Mumbai Vol. 1 no. 1 (online) Page no. 01-13 2013 ISSN - 2321-9432	Jun, 2013	HIGHER EDUCATION AND RESEARCH SOCIETY , Navi Mumbai	Sole Author	Impact Factor: 0.00000 Indexing: Others Article's Web Link:
“The ‘Shadow-Lines’ of Being In-between: Re-reading Mansfield’s ‘The Fly’”	National	JOURNAL OF THE DEPT. OF ENGLISH, Hijli College, Kharagpur, W. B. India Vol. 4 no. 1 Page no. 17-22 2013 ISSN - 2320-3080	May, 2013	DEPT. OF ENGLISH, Hijli College, Kharagpur, W. B. India	Sole Author	Impact Factor: 0.00000 Indexing: Others Article's Web Link:
“A Journey from Inaction (Akarma) to Action (Karma): Hamlet and Arjun in the Light of Niskam Karma”	National	MIDDLE FLIGHT : SSM Journal Of English Literature and CulturePublished from the Department of English, S. S. Mahavidyalaya, Keshpur , Paschim Medinipur, W. B. , India. Vol. 1 no. 1Page no. 77-842012 ISSN - 2319-7684	Aug, 2012	Department of English, S. S. Mahavidyalaya, Keshpur , Paschim Medinipur, W. B. , India.	Sole Author	Impact Factor: 0.00000 Indexing: UGC CARE Article's Web Link:
“Doubts and Uncertainties in the Divine Poems of Donne”	National	APPROPRIATIONS: A Refereed Journal of the Dept. of English , Bankura Christian College, Bankura, W. B. , India Vol. 8 Page no. 67-81 2012 ISSN - 0975-1521 ISSN - 2320-3080	Jun, 2012	Dept. of English , Bankura Christian College, Bankura, W. B. , India	Sole Author	Impact Factor: 0.00000 Indexing: Others Article's Web Link:
‘Poems and Sermons of Donne : A Study in Continuity’	National	LITSCAPE : Journal of VUETC(Vidyasagar University English Teachers’ Consortium) a registered organization. Vol. 7 no. 1 Page no. 61-70 2012 ISSN - 0976-9064	Jun, 2012	VUETC(Vidyasagar University English Teachers’ Consortium) a registered organization.	Sole Author	Impact Factor: 0.00000 Indexing: Others Article's Web Link:
“The ‘feritas’ and the ‘divinitas’ : A Study in the Continuity of Thought between Select Poems and Sermons of Donne”	International	LITERATURE AND CRITICISM :The Journal of the Literary Society of India a registered Society Vol. 7 no. Page no. 97-100 2011 ISSN - 0974-6021	May, 2011	The Journal of the Literary Society of India a registered Society	Sole Author	Impact Factor: 0.00000 Indexing: Others Article's Web Link:
“ ‘Reason’ as ‘viceroy’ : Traces of Sceptical Philosophy in Donne’s Batter My Heart”	National	LITSCAPE : Journal of VUETC(Vidyasagar University English Teachers’ Consortium) a registered organization.Vol. 5 no. Page no. 16-22 2009 ISSN - 0976-9064	Jun, 2009	VUETC(Vidyasagar University English Teachers’ Consortium) a registered organization.	Sole Author	Impact Factor: 0.00000 Indexing: Others Article's Web Link:
“Print Phoebia and Love of Anonymity among Renaissance Writers of Love Lyrics”	National	LITSCAPE : Journal of VUETC(Vidyasagar University English Teachers’ Consortium) a registered organization.Vol. 4 no. 1Page no. 80-842008ISSN - 0976-9064	Jun, 2008	VUETC(Vidyasagar University English Teachers’ Consortium) a registered organization.	Sole Author	Impact Factor: 0.00000 Indexing: Others Article's Web Link:
“ ‘White linen’ as ‘foe in sight’: A Re-reading of Donne’s ‘To His Mistris Going to Bed’ ”	National	LITSCAPE : Journal of VUETC (Vidyasagar University English Teachers’ Consortium) , a registered organization. Vol. 3 no. 1Page nos. 1-62006 ISSN - 0976-9064	Jul, 2006	VUETC (Vidyasagar University English Teachers’ Consortium) , a registered organization.	Sole Author	Impact Factor: 0.00000 Indexing: Others Article's Web Link:

Book Chapter Published

Title of Chapter	Title of the Book	Published by	Published on	Role	Details
““Physicality of a Different Kind: A Green Reading of the Select Poems of Kamala Das”	Revisiting Ecocriticism: Traditional, Postcolonial and Spiritual Perspectives	Atlantic	Aug, 2023	Sole Author	Indexing: Others Article's Web Link:
‘The Panchavati and the Green Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna’	Global Perspectives on Eco-Aesthetics and Eco-Ethics : A Green Critique	LEXINGTON BOOKS , UK	Jan, 2020	Sole Author	Indexing: SCOPUS Article's Web Link:
“Uses of Slangs, Sound and Silence as Linguistic Device in the Select Poems of Wilfred Owen	Contemporary Trends in Language, Literature , Feminism and Culture	Dombivli Shikshan Prasarak Mondal’s K. V. Pendharkar College of Arts, Science and Commerce , Dombivli, Maharastra, India	Jan, 2017	Sole Author	Indexing: Others Article's Web Link:
“Upama Kalidasashya”	Ascti Kaschit Baag Bishesa	Dept. of Sanskrit , Raja N. L. Khan Women’s College, Paschim Medinipur, W. B. , India	Jan, 2016	Co-Author	Indexing: Others Article's Web Link:
“From Swagger to Surrender: John Donne’s Attitude to Women”	THE REPRESENTATION OF WOMEN IN LITERATURE	Gyan Books Pvt. Ltd. , New Delhi	Jan, 2015	Sole Author	Indexing: Others Article's Web Link:
“Karma o Charitra : Aristotle o Swami Vivekanander Ekti Tulanamulak Path” (Action and Character: A Comparative study of Aristotle and Swami Vivekananda	SARDHA SATABARSHE SWAMI VIVEKANANDA (In Commemoration of Sesquicentenary of Swami Vivekananda's Birth)	The Dept. of Bengali, S.S. Mahavidyalaya, Keshpur, Paschim Medinipur, W. B. , India	Jan, 2014	Sole Author	Indexing: Others Article's Web Link:

Ph. D. Thesis Guidance

Scholar Name	Thesis Title	Name of the Co Supervisor	Status	Date
Nandini Saha	Analysing the Representation of the Queer in Select Indian English Novels	.....	Ongoing	Sep, 2026
Mr Souparna Roy	Representation of Human Rights Violation and Problematics of Identity Formation in Select Indian Denotified and Nomadic Tribe Autobiographies	....	Ongoing	Sep, 2026
Miss Munmun Pervin	Representation of Environmental Crises in Select Contemporary Indian English Fiction	......	Ongoing	Sep, 2026
Mr Soham Sircar	"Quest for Structure and Meaning in the Labyrinth of Language : A Study of Select Works of James Joyce	....	Ongoing	Sep, 2026

Research Project

Worked as	Funding Agency	Amount in Rs.	Duration	Period	Status
Principal Investigator (P.I.)	Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR)	500000	3 years	2023-2024	Ongoing

Conference /Seminar/Workshop Attended

Title of the Seminar/Conference/Workshop	Date	Role	Held at and Organiser
‘Uses of Slangs, Sounds and Silence as Linguistic device in the Select Poems of Wilfred Owen.	Feb, 2017	Paper Presenter	Dombivelli Siksh Prasarak Mandal , K. V. Pendenkar College of arts , Science and Commerce , Maharashtra
‘No Hungry Generation Tread Thee Down’ : Keats’ Concern for an Endangered Nightingale’	Feb, 2016	Paper Presenter	The Department of Zoology, S. S. Mahavidyalaya
Slangs, Sounds and Silence in the Select Poems of Wilfred Owen	Nov, 2015	Paper Presenter	The Department of English, Prabhat kumar College , Contai
A Study of the Grotesque Figures in Macbeth	Mar, 2015	Paper Presenter	The Department of English, Vidyasagar University
FEMALE –VOICED BROADSIDE BALLAD OF THE RENAISSANCE : FEDBACK FROM THE FRINGE	Mar, 2014	Paper Presenter	The Department of English, Vidyasagar University
‘A Study of the Representation of Women in Donne’	May, 2013	Paper Presenter	The Department of English, Ramnagar College
Kamala Das’s ‘Smoke in Colombo’ and ‘The Sea at Galle Face Green’ : Poems of Vivid Witness	May, 2013	Paper Presenter	Higher Education and Research Society, Navi Mumbai
POETRY AS INSTRUMENT : READING MUTABARUKA’S ORAL POEMS	Mar, 2013	Paper Presenter	The Department of English, Vidyasagar University
Reading Kamala Das’s ‘Smoke in Colombo’ as Holocaust Poem	Mar, 2013	Paper Presenter	The Department of English , S. B. S. S. Mahavidyalaya
‘Karma o Choritra : Aristotle o Swami Vivekanander Ekti Tulanamulak Path’ (Action and Character: A Comparative study of Aristotle and Swami Vivekananda)	Feb, 2013	Paper Presenter	The Dept. of Bengali , S. S. Mahavidyalaya, Keshpur
‘Kamala Das and Eco-Criticism’	Dec, 2012	Paper Presenter	The Department of English, Midnapore College
‘A Journey from Inaction (Akarma) to Action (Karma): Hamlet and Arjun in the Light of Niskam Karma”	Nov, 2012	Paper Presenter	The Department of English, S. S. Mahavidyalaya

Dr. Debdas Roy