Education

Work Experience

Research Interests / Specialization

 Literary Theory with special focus on theories of Subjectivity, Drama and Theatre, Translation Studies, Film Studies,      Poststructuralist Theory and Culture Studies.

Teaching Experience (Subjects/Courses Taught)

 English Literature, Functional English, Communication Skills

Seminars/Workshops/Orientations/Refreshers Attended/Organised

Attended 15-day summer school organised by IIAS, Shimla on Mahabharata as a Conceptual Resource

from 12-27 June, 2011.

Presented papers at 8 national level seminars and conferences:

• “Negotiating the Ethical Crisis” at Punjabi Uni., Patiala in Feb, 2008
• “Subjectivity in the Selected Plays of Mahesh Dattani” at PU, Patiala in February, 2009
• “Gender and the Subaltern” at PU, Patiala in Feb, 2010
• “A Study of Videsh as Cinematic Adaptation of Nagamandala” at DAV College, Bathinda in November, 2010
• “Postcolonial Consciousness and Dalit Experience” at A. S. College , Khanna in November, 2010
• “The Construction of a Terrorist” at GHG College, Sudhar in January, 2011
• “The Comic and the Surreal” at PU, Patiala in February, 2011
• “Revisiting the Mythical Patterns of Mahabharata” in the Summer School at IIAS Shimla on June 26, 2011.

Have attended 5 State/ National level seminars:

• GGNK College, Ludhiana on 30-31 March, 2005
• MM College, Fatehabad on 24-25 January, 2008
• AS College for Women, Khanna on 6 September, 2008
• GNK College for Women, Ludhiana on 25 September, 2008
• KCW, Sidhwan Khurd on 5 March, 2009

Orientation Course at PU, Chandigarh in June, 2005.

Refresher Course at GNDU, Amritsar in June, 2007.

Organised UGC sponsored seminar as co-coordinator on “Rediscovering Humanities in Literature and

Classroom Teaching” on 23 September 2010 at KCW, Sidhwan Khurd.

Organised NAAC sponsored seminar as co-coordinator on “Higher Education in India:

Current Scenario” at KCW, Sidhwan Khurd.

Ongoing Projects

A translation project (with Dr. Rajesh Kumar Sharma, Associate Professor, Dept. of English Punjabi University) of selected poetry of the eminent Punjabi poet Harbhajan Singh Hundal into English, likely to be published by Punjabi University, Patiala

Languages

 English, Hindi, Punjabi, Sanskrit and Dogri

Professional Memberships

 Life member of The Shakespeare Society, India.

Publications

1. “Negotiating the Ethical Crisis: A View of Contemporary Indian Drama” in a book titled ‘Trends in Indian English Literature’ edited by Dr. T. S. Anand (Creative Books, 2008) p. 159-168

2. “Girish Karnad’s Tughlaq: Rewriting History for Politics” in a literary magazine, Remarkings (Vol. 8, March 2009) p. 36-40

3. “Sakharam Binder: A Study in Contemporary Indian Subjectivity” in English Journal (Vol. 9 No. 1), June 2009 p. 57-62

4. “Subjectivity of Gender in Mahesh Dattani’s Bravely Fought the Queen” in Journal of English Language and Literature (Vol. II, Number 2) December 2008 p. 86-90. .

5. “Recovering a Theory of Subjectivity: Some Explorations in Indian Philosophical Tradition” in South Asian Ensemble (Vol. 3, No. 1) Winter, 2011.

6. The Dalit Question: the Subjectivity of Caste in Prakash Jha’s Aarakshan and Vijay Tendulkar’s Kanyadaan in South Asian Ensemble (Vol.3 No.2), 2011.

Translated Poems

7. Translated Poems of Harbhajan Hundal in South Asian Ensemble (Vol. 2, No. 4) Autumn, 2010. p. 29-35

Book Reviews

8. Book Review of Performing Women/ Performing Womanhood: Theatre, Politics and Dissent in North India by Nandi Bhatia in South Asian Ensemble (Vol. 3, No. 1) Winter, 2011.

9. Book Review of Seven Plays on Sikh History by Sant Singh Sekhon in South Asian Ensemble (Vol. 3, No. 2), 2011.

Editing

10. Edited the seminar proceedings of UGC sponsored seminar on Rediscovering Humanities in Literature and Classroom Teaching held in September, 2010.