MAHARANI KASISWARI COLLEGE

20, RAMKANTO BOSE STREET,KOLKATA-700 003

DEPARTMENT OF __ENGLISH_________________________

FACULTY ACADEMIC PROFILE/ CV

1. Full name of the faculty member: DR SUMITA CHOUDHURY

2. Designation: ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR IN ENGLISH

3. Specialisation : GREEK TRAGEDY

4. Passport size photograph :

(Please attach a digital passport size coloured photograph with the soft copy.)

5. Contact information :
(Please provide contact address, email, phone number (optional), etc.)

ADDRESS: 51A PRATAPADITYA ROAD; KOLKATA 700 026

E-MAIL: drsumitac@gmail.com

CONTACT NO. : 9831713808

6. Academic qualifications:
Please mention here the degrees (graduation onward):

College/ university from Abbreviation of Year of the degree

which the degree was the degree
obtained
CALCUTTA UNIVERSITY BA 1978
JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY MA 1980
JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY PhD 1993

7. Positions held before: NOT APPLICABLE

8. Research Interest: INDIAN WRITING IN ENGLISH

9. Research Experience:

10. Research Guidance:

11. Knowledge of ICT tools and techniques:

12. Projects (MRP or others)

Project Title Funding agency Duration

13. List of Publications

a. Journals :

1. Paper titled ‘The Joy of Double Vision Among

the Women Writers of Indian Diaspora’,
published in the book ‘Literature Media and
contemporary Society’, published by Iswar
Saran Degree College, Allahabad University,
2011.
2. Paper titled ‘Theme of Alienation and
Emotional Crisis in Anita Desai’s Novels’,
published in the International Journal of
Culture, Literature and Criticism, MNNIT
Allahabad, October 2010.
3. Paper titled ‘Rise of Evil: Causes, Effects and
Mitigating Measures’, published in the
Proceedings of the UGC sponsored National
Seminar organized by the Department of
Philosophy, Asansol Girls’ College, Asansol,
West Bengal, September 2008.
4. Paper titled ‘Distinct Voices of Pakistan and
Bangladesh Novelists’, published in the
International Journal of International Journal
of Culture, Literature and Criticism, MNNIT
Allahabad, April 2010.

b. Books/ book chapters : A Book on ‘Image of the Self in Shelley’s Poetry’, September,
2010.

C. Conference/ seminar volumes:

1. South Asian Novels Making Waves Across the

World’, presented in the International Seminar
on ‘The Novel in the Twenty-first Century: Text
and Context’, organized by Allahabad University,
2009.
2. Paper Presented in the International Seminar on
‘Gender and the Changing World of Work and
Health’, organized by National Commission for
Women and UGC Centre for Women Studies,
Udaipur. March 2010.
3. ‘Existentialism, Feminism and Psychoanalysis in
Sashi Deshpande’s Small Remedies, presented in
the International Seminar on ‘Theory at Work:
Text, History and Culture’, organized by Banaras
Hindu University, Banaras, Uttar Pradesh,
November 2011.
4. Paper titled ‘The Predicament of the Women in
Sunderbans Areas of West Bengal’, published by
UGC Centre for Women Studies, Udaipur,
Rajasthan, March2011.

Workshops Attended:
1. Workshop on ‘Language, Cognition and
Communication’, organized by HSS Department,
IIT Kharagpur, West Bengal, January 2010.
2. International Workshop and Conference on
‘Imperial Constructions and Indigenous Self-
Fashioning’, organized by Department of English,
University of Calcutta, Kolkata, January 2006.
3. Workshop on ‘Free Software’ held in the
Women’s College, Kolkata, February 2009.
4. UGC sponsored Workshop on ‘Stress Syndrome
of the Adult, Youth and Degeneration of Moral
Values’, organized by Centre for Studies in Social
Sciences, Kolkata, 2009.

d. Other publications

14. Membership of Learned Societies:

15. Invited lectures delivered:

Sr. no. Date of the Seminar Theme of the Organised by

seminar

16. Participation in College sub-committee in the college

Sr. no. Sub-commitee name Responsibility Duration

(Member/Convenor)
1 Concession Committee Convenor
2 Prospectus Committee Member
3 Sports Committee Member

17. Any other position held in the college

Sr. no. Name of the post Duration

18. Holding responsibility in any other Institution :

Sr. Position/Responsibility Institute name Duration

no.
19. Awards

19. Other notable activities

Date: Signature of the faculty member