About

Ms. Pratibha Biswas qualified UGC NET in English Literature in the year 2011. Prior to joining Sharda University, she has taught English language and literature, at colleges of Delhi University namely Sri Aurobindo College, Shivaji College and Daulat Ram College. After completing M. Phil., she is currently pursuing Ph. D. from Dept. of English, Jamia Millia Islamia University, New Delhi.

Experience

• 4 years approx. 

Qualification

• Pursuing Ph.D (English Literature) from J.M.I, New Delhi  
• M.Phil. (English Literature) from J.M.I, New Delhi.
• Qualified UGC NET in November 2011
• M. A (English Literature) from Annamalai University, Tamil Nadu.
• B.A from Delhi University

Award & Recognition

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Research

• Research paper titled “Polemics and Poetics of Bhimayana Towards a New Literary Culture” published in the literary journal Muse India Issue 59 Jan- Feb 2015 (ISSN 0975-1815).
• Research paper titled “Women in/and History Reading the Novel River of Fire” published in the literary journal Muse India Issue 58 Nov-Dec 2014 (ISSN 0975-1815).
• Research paper titled “Nation-State, Community and Identity Crisis in the Selected Short Stories of Saadat Hasan Manto ” published in The Criterion An International Journal in English Vol. 5 Issue 6 -Dec 2014 (ISSN 0976-8165).
• Co-authored paper titled “Gendering of Desire Critical Perspectives on Indian English Poetry” presented at National Seminar on “Indian  Literatures in English; New Directions, New Possibilities” held at Pondicherry University, published as a chapter in the book titled   INDIAN LITERATURES IN ENGLISH NEW DIRECTIONS NEWER POSSIBILITIES- by AUTHORSPRESS, New Delhi . (ISBN 978-81-7273-986-7)
• Poem titled ‘Predator published in Issue 6 of Open Road Review an international literary journal. (August 2013)
• Poems titled ‘Cold-Blooded Beauty and ‘Poetry published in the July 2014 issue of the Brown Critique, a critically acclaimed literary quarterly.

  Participation in Conferences/Seminars

• Presented paper titled “ Teaching of Language as an Intercultural Approach in Higher Education”  at International Conference organized by ELTAI ( an associate of IATEFL, UK) on 24- 26 February 2014.
• Presented paper titled “ Writing the Body Domesticity, Sexuality and Violence in the Poetry of  Meena Kandasamy” at Department of  English Seminar on ‘Bodies that Matter The Ideology of Gender, Ram Lal Anand College, University of  Delhi held on 27^th -28^th  Feb 2015.

• Presented paper titled “ Poeticizing Resistance Subversion in the Poetry of Meena Kandasamy” at UGC sponsored National Seminar on Contemporary Narratives of Subversion, held in Ramanujan College, University of  Delhi 20-21 March 2015.
• Presented paper titled “Polemics and Poetics of Bhimayana Towards a New Literary Culture” at Researchers at Work Conference on “Literature and Culture; Expanding Horizons New Paradigms of Knowledge Production” organized by Centre for Comparative Literature School of Humanities, University of Hyderabad, India. (11-12 September 2014)

Certifications

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Area of Intrest

• Indian Literature in English
• Dalit Literature
• Womens Writing
• Contemporary Indian Poetry in English