Priyanka Bisht

About

Priyanka Bisht is a UGC-NET qualified scholar who has recently submitted her Ph.D. thesis in English Literature at Christ (Deemed to be University). With over two years of teaching experience across undergraduate and postgraduate levels, she specializes in English Literature and Communication. Her pedagogy blends critical thinking, interactive learning, and the ethical use of technology to make literature relevant in contemporary contexts. She has presented papers at national and international conferences and published widely in SCOPUS and Web of Science indexed journals.

Experience

• 2 years

Qualification

• PhD (Thesis Submitted)

Award & Recognition

• UGC-NET (English)

Research

• Bisht, Priyanka. “Hiraeth: Partition Stories from 1947 by Dr. Shivani Salil.” LITERARY VOICE, vol. 2, no. 13, 2021, pp. 339–342. (Web of Science Indexed).
• Bisht, Priyanka, and Merlyn Sharma. “The 1947 Partition Archive: A Contemporary Pedagogical Resource to Teach the Rival History of the Partition of India.” The Routledge Companion to Literature and Social Justice, edited by Masood Ashraf Raja and Nick T. C. Lu, Routledge, 2024, pp. 499–512. (SCOPUS Indexed).
• Bisht, Priyanka, and Jyoti Prakash Pujari. “Past Meets the Future—ChatGPT Integrated Pedagogy to Teach the 1947 Partition in Secondary Classes.” General Aspects of Applying Generative AI in Higher Education, 2024, pp. 55–68, doi:10.1007/978-3-031-65691-0_4. (SCOPUS Indexed).
• Bisht, Priyanka, and Jyoti Prakash Pujari. “The Limits of AI in Teaching Partition Literature.” Advances in computational intelligence and robotics book series, 2025, pp. 49–72, doi:10.4018/979-8-3373-0122-8.ch003. (SCOPUS Indexed)
• Bisht, Priyanka, and Jyoti Prakash Pujari. “Translating Subh-e-Azadi.” Advances in computational intelligence and robotics book series, 2025, pp. 267–92, doi:10.4018/979-8- 3373-0060-3.ch010. (SCOPUS Indexed).
• Bisht, Priyanka. “Framing and Unframing the Divide: Analyzing the Representation and Softening of the India-Pakistan Mental Border in Popular Narratives.” The IUP Journal of English Studies, vol. 20, no. 1, Mar. 2025, pp. 143–55, doi:10.71329/IUPJES/2025.20.1.143-155. (SCOPUS Indexed)

Certifications

• Refugees in the 21st Century by University of London and offered through Coursera.
• Understanding Memory: Explaining the Psychology of Memory through Movies by Wesleyan University and offered through Coursera.
• Resilience in Children Exposed to Trauma, Disaster and War: Global Perspectives course authorized by University of Minnesota and offered through Coursera.
• Introduction to Research for Essay Writing course authorized by University of California, Irvine and offered through Coursera.
• Film, Images & Historical Interpretation in the 20th Century: The Camera Never Lies course authorized by University of London and Royal Holloway, University of London and offered through Coursera.

Area of Interest

• Partition Literature
• Postcolonial Literature
• Trauma Studies
• Memory Studies
• Refugee Studies
• Cultural Memory