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Prof./Dr./Mr./Ms./ Mrs. PROFESSOR

First Name
PROFESSOR

ALOK

Last Name

RAI

Photograph

Designation AddressAddress

38/15 PROBYN ROAD, DELHI UNIVERSITY CAMPUS DELHI 110007

27666757 Phone No OfficePhone No Office Residence 27662627 Residence 9868870160 Mobile Mobile alokrai1@gmail.com EmailEmail Web-Page Educational Qualifications Degree Institution Ph.D. M.Phil. / M.Tech. PG UG Any other qualification UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON MAGDALEN COLLEGE OXFORD UNIVERSITY OF ALLAHABAD UNIVERSITY OF ALLAHABAD

Year
1982 1970 1966 1964

Career Profile
Appointed Lecturer at the University of Allahabad in July 1966. I was at Magdalen College Oxford during 1968-1971 as a Rhodes Scholar. I returned to Allahabad and worked there until 1977. I then went to University College London on a Commonwealth Academic Staff Scholarship. I worked on George Orwell, and returned with a Ph.D. in 1982. I had already been appointed a Reader at the English Department of Allahabad University in absentia. I moved to IIT Delhi as a Professor in 1991 to the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences. I stayed there until I moved to Delhi University in 2002. I was awarded the Senior Fellowship of the ICSSR in 1985. I was a Fellow at the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library during 1985-87.

Administrative Assignments
Head of the Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Delhi, 1999-2000.

Areas of Interest / Specialization

Modern English Literature; cultural processes in modern North India, with particular reference to issues of language and literature.

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Subjects Taught
Victorian Novel Modern European Novel Creative Writing

Research Guidance
List against each head (If applicable) 1. Supervision of awarded Doctoral Thesis TONI MORRISON, ALLAHABAD 1988; RUDYARD KIPLING,

DELHI 2009
2. 3. 4. Supervision of Doctoral Thesis, under progress CONTEMPORARY TRAVEL WRITING, DELHI. DUE FOR

SUBMISSION
Supervision of awarded M.Phil dissertations Supervision of M.Phil dissertations, under progress

Publications Profile
List against each head(If applicable) (as Illustrated with examples) 1. Books/Monographs (Authored/Edited) 1. ORWELL AND THE POLITICS OF DESPAIR, CAMBRIDGE

UNIVERSITY PRESS, 1990

2.

2. HINDI NATIONALISM, ORIENT LONGMAN, 2000

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Conference Organization/ Presentations (in the last three years)

List against each head(If applicable) 1. Organization of a Conference 2. Participation as Paper/Poster Presenter PLENARY: PAST RECOVERY: NOTES ON

POSTCOLONIALISM, NEW YORK UNIVERSITY, SPRING 2008.

Research Projects (Major Grants/Research Collaboration) NONE Awards and Distinctions

NONE

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Association With Professional Bodies

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Editing Reviewing Advisory Committees and Boards Memberships Office Bearer

NONE

Other Activities NONE

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