Prof. Saket Kumar

Date of Joining (on Adhoc) : 05-09-2017

Teaching Experience : 6 years

Highest Qualification  : MA (English)

Areas of Interest  : Literary History, Fiction and Indian Literature

Area of Specialisation  : History of English Literature

Seminars/Conferences/Workshops/FDPs:

1. Presented a paper entitled Theme of Partition and Human Values in Khushwant Singh’s Train to Pakistan in the UGC Sponsored National Seminar “Remapping History and (Con)Textualising Literature: The Tragedy of Partition and the Fictional Narratives of Indian Subcontinent” at Karim City College, Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, 26^th-28^th November, 2016.
2. Presented a paper entitled ‘Gender Inequality in Modern Society’ in the One Day National Seminar on ‘Gender Disparity in Education & Workplace’, held at B.D.S.L Mahila College, Ghastshila.
3. Presented a paper entitled ‘Media and Politics in the Post Truth Era’ in the International Conference on ‘Debating the Post-truth Phenomenon : Indian Literature, Culture and Critical Discourse’ held at DAV PG College, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi.
4. Presented a paper entitled ‘Salman Rushdie: A defining figure in the South Asian Literary World’ in the International Conference on ‘South Asian Literature, Culture and Society’ held at Barabazar Bikram Tudu Memorial College, Purulia, West Bengal.
5. Participated in Two Day North Eastern and Northern Regional Writers’ Conference organized by Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi and Sree Arvinda Mahila College, Patna.
6. Presented a paper entitled ‘History, Myths & Socio-Cultural Reality in Jayanta Mahapatra’s Poetry’ in the National Seminar on ‘Imagining The World : Literature, Philosophy, Myth and Reality’ held at Guru Nanak College, BBMKU, Dhanbad.
7. Presented a paper entitled ‘Jasmine : A Diasporic Consciousness and Feminist Perspective by Bharati Mukherjee’ in the International Conference on ‘Narratives of Diaspora : Voices of Marginality and Visions of Exile’ held at Vasanta College for Women, KFI, Rajghat, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi.
8. Participated in the One Day Multilingual Poetry Translation Workshop on ‘Only Connect – Poetry Translation and Inclusivity of Languages’ organized by Intercultural Poetry and Performance Library in collaboration with Kolkata Translators’ Forum held at ICCR, Kolkata.
9. Participated in the Online Workshop on ‘Online Course Design, Development and Delivery’ organized by UGC-Human Resource Development Centre, University of Hyderabad.
10. Presented a paper entitled ‘Ecocritical Approach to Corona Crisis’ in the International Webinar on Cultural Stasis : Corona the loss/gain to Humanity held at DAV PG College, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi.
11. Participated in the Five Day Online Faculty Development Programme (FDP) organized by Tetso College, Dimapur.
12. Participated in Seven Day International Online FDP Programme on Gender Sensitization organised by Barabazar Bikram Tudu Memorial College, Purulia, West Bengal.
13. Presented a paper entitled ‘Between the Local and the Global: A Social Study of the Poetry of Jayanta Mahapatra’ in Three Day International Seminar on Literatures from Indian Subcontinent: A Review of Different Dimensions organised by Department of English, Iswar Saran P.G. College, Allahabad.
14. Attended a Five Day Faculty Development Program (FDP) entitled ‘Research and Academic Writing’ organised by School of Research, Arka Jain University from April 26^th to April 30^th, 2021.
15. Attended a Two Day International Workshop entitled “How to  Write  Literature  Review  Article  :  Weekend” organised by Manuscriptpedia, Kanyakumari on 1^st and 2^nd May, 2021 through online pedagogy.
16. Attended a Three Day International Webinar on “South Asian Literature: Emerging Trends and Global Perspectives” organised by Department of English and Centre for Endangered Languages, Sidho-Kanho-Birsha University, West Bengal in collaboration with Language Center, Green University of Bangladesh, Bangladesh, Dhaka from June 3^rd,  2021 to June 5^th, 2021.
17. Presented a paper titled Commonality of Poverty and Women Oppression in South Asian Literature: A Study of Jayanta Mahapatra’s Temple in One-Day International Virtual Seminar on “South Asian Literature: Expansions and Explorations”.
18. resented a paper entitled Exploring the Concern for Humanity in the Poems of Nissim Ezekiel in the International E-Conference on Inculcation of Human Values through literature organized by Jai Hind Educational Trust’s Zulal Bhilajirao Patil College, Dhule Maharashtra IQAC and Department of English in association with English Language Teachers’ Association of India Khandesh Chapter on 20^th August, 2021.
19. Attended a Two Day National Online FDP on “Plagiarism in Academic Research & Author Identifiers” organised by Indian Institute of Management and Commerce on 11^th and 12^th April 2022.
20. Presented a paper entitled Peripheral Voices in the Poetry of Jayanta Mahapatra in the Two-Day International Virtual Conference on “Peripheral Writings: Reflections on New Power, Hierarchies and Norms”.

Publications:

Research Paper (with ISBN/ISSN Number):

1. The Paper presented in Seminar published in Remapping History and (Con)Textualising Literature: The Tragedy of Partition and the Fictional Narratives of Indian Subcontinent (ISBN: 978-93-87281-82-0).
2. ‘Salman Rushdie: A defining figure in the South Asian Literary World’ in South Asian, Literature and Society: An Interpretative Exgesis edited by Mrinmoy Sarkar, Goutam Karmakar, Srirupa Mahalanabis. Delhi: Akhand Publishing House, 2019. (ISBN 978-93-88998-37-6).
3. ‘History, Myths and; Socio-Cultural Reality in Jayanta Mahapatra’s Poetry’ in Imagining the World: Literature, Philosophy, Myth and Reality edited by Varsha Singh. New Delhi: Authorspress, 2020. (ISBN 978-93-89824-92-6).
4. ‘Media and Politics in the Post-truth Era’ in Das Literarisch, a bi-annual peer reviewed international refereed journal of English Literary Studies and Creative Writing (ISSN: 2454-4647)
5. ‘Jasmine: A Diasporic Consciousness and Feministic Perspective by Bharati Mukherjee’ in Narratives of Diaspora: Voices of Marginality and Visions of Exile edited by Alka Singh, Manjari Jhunjhunwala and Rachana Pandey. Delhi: ABS Books 2021. (ISBN: 978-93-91002-04-6).
6. ‘Depiction of Poverty and the Plight of Women in Jayanta Mahapatra’s Temple’ in Volume 4, Issue 2 (December 2021), Chapter 6 of Das Literarisch, a bi-annual peer reviewed international refereed journal of English Literary Studies and Creative Writing (ISSN: 2454-4647).
7. ‘Exploring the South Asian Sensibility: Identifying the ‘Self” in the Poetry of Jayanta Mahapatra’ in Volume 3, Issue 52(June 2022), Chapter 8 of Jamshedpur  Research Review, an English bi-monthly peer reviewed referred multi-disciplinary international research journal (ISSN: 2320-2750)