Dr. Md. Sahidul Islam

Teaching

Educational Qualification

Experience

Courses Taught

Designed Syllabi for the Following Courses

Research

Ph.D. Supervisor

(Guiding the following research scholars)

• Ms. A. Catherine Anna Pushpam – Indian Literature in English
• Mrs. M.H. Bhagathwar – Multiculturalism
• Mr. Zaid Akhter – Indian Fiction
• Ms. Lakshmi – Diasporic Women Writers

Area of Research Interest

• Diaspora studies
• Post-colonialism
• Post-modernism
• Contemporary literary theory
• Gender identity theories
• Feminism and Literature
• Law and literature
• Popular culture
• Literature and cinema
• Literature and urban spaces
• Cultural practices shaped by new technologies
• Modern and contemporary writing and creative practices
• “English in contact”: interactions between English and other languages and cultures
• ELT

Chapters in Edited Book  

• “History, Myth, Tradition and Postmodernism in Orhan Pamuk’s My Name is Red.” Theories in Language and Literature: A Praxis Oriented Approach. Ed. Vijayakumar S. & Irving Gosh: Scholar’s Press, 2021: Page No. 109-114. Print. (ISBN 978-613-8-92766-2).
  “A Theoretical Framework for Technology Integration in a Writing Classroom.” Theories in Language and Literature: A Praxis Oriented Approach. Ed. Vijayakumar S. & Irving Gosh: Scholar’s Press, 2021: Page No. 115-120. Print. (ISBN 978-613-8-92766-2)
• “Fostering Language Skills Using Wiki Spaces.” Research Practices in Computer Assisted Language Teaching & Assessment. Ed. Vijayakumar S. & Michael Des Jardins: Scholar’s Press, (August) 2018: Page No. 129-140. Print. (ISBN 978-620-2-31559-3)
• “Fictionalization of the life of Muslims with Special Reference to the Selected Post-Modern Fiction.” Modern Approaches to English Language, Literature & Feminism Studies. Ed. Dr. Ratnakar D BalaIbrahimpatnam: IMRF International Publishing House, (July) 2018: Page No. 1-4. Print. (ISBN 978-93-86435-51-4)
• “Representation of Religious Fundamentalism in Hanif Kureishi’s “My Son the Fanatic”. Advances in English Studies, Women Empowerment, Business, Humanities & Social SciencesEd. Dr. Rathnakar D. Bala. Ibrahimpatnam: IMRF International Publishing House, (Dec.) 2017: Page No. 35-38. Print. (ISBN 978-93-86435-25-5)
• “Torn Country”: Afghanistan and the Taliban in Khaled Hossein’s The Kite Runner.”Progress in English Studies and Women Empowerment. Ed. Rathnakar D.B, Suresh Samson D & Mrinalini B. Chavan. Ibrahimpatnam: IMRF International Publishing House, (July) 2017: Page No. 33-36. Print. (ISBN 978-93-86435-10-1)
• “Patriarchal Domination, Gender and the Social Change in Contemporary Turkey in Orhan Pamuk’s Snow” Progress in English Studies and Women Empowerment. Ed. Rathnakar D.B, Suresh Samson D & Mrinalini B. Chavan. Ibrahimpatnam: IMRF
  International Publishing House, (July) 2017: Page No. 59-62 Print. (ISBN 978-93-86435-10-1)
• “History, Myth, Fundamentalism and Postmodernism in Salman Rushdie’s Midnight’s Children” Indian Booker Prize Winners. Ed. Vivekanand Jha & Rajnish Mishra. New Delhi: Author’s Press, (Oct.) 2014: Page No. 225-238. Print. (ISBN 978-93-82647-03-4)

Research Papers & Articles Published

• Islam, Md. Sahidul.”Representation of Girl Child as the Victim in Hosseini’s And the Mountains Echoed and Nadia Hashimi’s The Pearl That Broke Its Shell”. English Studies: International Research Journal. V: 6 Issue 1 (July 2018): 76-79. Print. ISSN 2347-3479. (Peer Referred Journal)
• —. “Victory of Secularism over Political Islam in OrhanPamuk’s Snow.” Human Rights: International Research Journal. V: 6 (Spl. Issue April 2018): 164-67. Print. ISSN 2320-6942. SE Impact Factor2.58(UGC Approved-Jrn No. 63778)
• Islam, Md. Sahidul. “Depiction of Gender Politics and Postcolonial Identity in Hanif Kureishi’s and Stephen Frears’ My Beautiful Laundrette.”  Social Sciences: International Research Journal. V: 3 Spl. Issue (April 2017): 103-104. Print. ISSN 2395–0544; ISBN 978-93-84124-78-6. (Double Blind Peer Reviewed; Thomson Reuters Impact Factor : In Process)
• Published a paper titled “Women’s Education in Afghanistan: A Study with Special Reference to the Novels of Khaled Hosseini.” Social Sciences: International Research Journal. V: 2.2 (July  2016): 237-40. Print. ISSN 2395 – 0544; ISBN 978-93-84124-78-6. (Double Blind Peer Reviewed;  Thomson Reuters Impact Factor : In Process)
• Gender Discrimination and the Wretched Condition of Women in Arundhati Roy’s The God of Small Things and Khaled Hosseini’s A Thousand Splendid Suns.” Arts & Education: International Research Journal. V: 2.1 (October 2015): 55-58. Print. ISSN 2349 – 1353; ISBN 978-93-84124- 56-4. (UGC Approved-Sl. No: 63780)
• “The Plight of Afghan Women during the Reign of Taliban Government in Select Novels of Khaled Hosseini.” English Studies: International Research Journal. V: 2.1 (November 2014): 59- Print. ISSN 2347-3479; ISBN 978-93-84124-19-9. (Double Blind Peer Reviewed; Thomson Reuters Impact Factor : In Process)
• “The Wretched of the Earth’: A Study with Reference to William Blake’s “The Chimney ” Arts & Education International Research Journal. V: 1.1 (June 2014): 5-8. Print. ISSN 2349 – 1353; ISBN 978-93-84124-06-9. (UGC Approved-Sl. No: 63780)
• “Representation of Indian Tradition and Patriarchal Dominance in Tagore’s “Punishment”. IMPACT: International Journal of Research in Humanities, Arts and Literature. V: 4 (April 2014): 155-160. ISSN (P): 2347-4564; ISSN (E): 2321-8878. [Impact Factor: 1.1783]
• “Voices from the Subaltern: Challenges of Reconstructing Women Identity in Orhan Pamuk’s Snow and Khaled Hosseini’s A Thousand Splendid Suns.” Human Rights: International Research Journal. V: 2.1(March 2014): 462-64. Print. ISSN 2320-6942; ISBN 978-93-84124-01-4. (UGC   Approved-Sl. No 63778) \
• “Revival of India’s Indigenous Culture and its Clash with the Western Culture in Kamala Markandaya’s Nectar in a Sieve: A Postcolonial Study.” International Journal of English and Literature (IJEL). V: 4.1 (Feb. 2014): 85-90. ISSN (P) 2249-6912; ISSN (E) 2249-8028. [Impact Factor: 3.8526]
• “Nativism and the Cultural Conflicts between East and West in Salman Rushdie’s Midnight’s Children.”Wizcraft Journal of Language and Literature (An International Online & Print Journal). V: 2.2 (March 2013): 93-96. (ISSN: 2319-4952) 
• “Igbo Culture, Its Encounter with Colonial Power and Identity Crisis: A Study with Reference to Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart.” Alchemist: An International Journal of English & Interdisciplinary Studies (online). V: 1.1(March 2013): 23-27. (ISSN: 2320-9216)
• “East versus West: A Reflection of Cultural Conflicts in Rabindranath Tagore’s The Home and the World.”The Criterion: An International Journal in English (online). Issue 12 (February 2013):1-4. (ISSN: 0976-8165)
• “Nativism, Love and Sorrow in Nissim Ezekiel’s ‘Night of the Scorpion.” The Criterion: An International Journal in English (online). V: 3.2 (June 2012): 1-3. (ISSN: 0976-8165) 
• “Veil Controversy and Its Representation in Fiction with Reference to Snowand A Thousand Splendid Suns.” Journal of English Literature and Language. V: 1(June 2011): 87-95. Print. (ISSN: 0975-6930)

Book Review

• Bassam Tibi, Political Islam, World Politics and Europe: Democratic Peace and Euro – Islam versus Global Jihad (London and New York: Routledge, 2008). Indian Journal of Politics. V: 46.3-4 (December 2012): 415-17. Print.

Presentation

• Presented a paper titled “The Value of Life: War and Its Effect on Human Being in Afghanistan with Special Reference to Khaled Hosseini’s Novels” in an International Conference on ‘Mass Communication, Journalism & Social Sciences’ at Mysore, Karnataka, India conducted by International Multidisciplinary Research Foundation on 2nd & 3nd November 2018
• Presented a paper titled “Victory of Secularism over Political Islam in OrhanPamuk’sSnow” in an International Conference on “Advances in Women Entrepreneurship, Gender equality, Law, Business, Social Sciences & Dr. B.R Ambedkar Memorial Lecture” held at Sri Ram College of Commerce & Science, Bhandup, Mumbai, India on 13th& 14th April 2018.
• Presented a paper titled “Torn Country”: Afghanistan and the Taliban in Khaled Hossein’s The  Kite Runner” in an International Conference on English Studies & Women Empowerment – 2017 at Mysore, Karnataka, India conducted by International Multidisciplinary Research Foundation on 21^st & 22^nd July 2017.
• Presented a paper titled “Patriarchal Domination, Gender and the Social Change in Contemporary Turkey in Orhan Pamuk’s Snow” in an International Conference on Gender Equality, Culture, Education & Social Sciences – 2017 at Mysore, Karnataka, India conducted by International Multidisciplinary Research Foundation on 21^st & 22^nd July 2017.
• Presented a paper (in absentia) titled “Depiction of Gender Politics and Postcolonial Identity in Hanif Kureishi’s and Stephen Frears’ My Beautiful Laundrette” in an International Conference on Women Entrepreneurship, E-Commerce, Management, Law, Gender Studies,  Humanities, & Social Sciences 2017 at Goa, India conducted by International  Multidisciplinary Research Foundation, 30^th March – 1^st April 2017. 
• Presented a paper titled “Women’s Education in Afghanistan: A Study with Special Reference to the Novels of Khaled Hosseini” in an International Conference on Women and Education held in Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India conducted by International Multidisciplinary Research Foundation (in Collaboration with Center for Scientific Research Education)  on 15^th& 16^th July 2016.
• Presented a paper titled “Gender Discrimination and the Wretched Condition of Women in Arundhati Roy’s The God of Small Thingsand Khaled Hosseini’s A Thousand Splendid Suns.” in an International Academy & Research Conference held in Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India conducted by International Multidisciplinary Research Foundation on 9^th & 10^th October 2015.
• Presented a paper titled “The Plight of Afghan Women during the Reign of Taliban Government in Select Novels of Khaled Hosseini” in an International Conference on ‘English Language & Literature’ held at Pondicherry, Puducherry, India conducted by International Multidisciplinary Research Foundation on 14^th& 15^th November 2014.
• Presented a paper titled “‘The Wretched of the Earth’: A Study with Reference to William Blake’s “The Chimney Sweeper” in an International Conference on “Arts, Education & Cultural Studies’ held at Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India conducted by International Multidisciplinary Research Foundation on 13^th& 14^th June 2014.
• Presented a paper titled “Voices from the Subaltern: Challenges of Reconstructing Women Identity in Orhan Pamuk’s Snow and Khaled Hosseini’s A Thousand Splendid Suns” in an International Conference on ‘Women Empowerment’ held at Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India conducted by International Multidisciplinary Research Foundation on 7^th-8^th March 2014.
• Presented a paper titled ‘Victims of History, Culture and Gender: Women in Khaled Hosseini’s The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns’ in an International Conference on ‘Literature to Cinema: Appropriation, Adaptation, Adulteration’ held at National Institute of Technology,  Durgapur, West Bengal, India organized by the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences on 1^st – 3^rd June 2013.
• Presented a paper titled “East-West Conflict in Salman Rushdie’s Midnight’s Children” in a National Conference on ‘Contemporary Social Realities in Indian English Fiction of Post 1980’s’ held at Manav Rachna International University, Faridabad, Haryana, India organized by the Department of Humanities & Management on 19th May 2012.
• Presented a paper titled “Hegemonizing the Margin: Americanism in Khaled Hosseini’s and Marc  Forster’s The Kite Runner” in a National Conference on ‘Writings from the Margins’ held at Gautam Buddha University, Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India organized  by the School of Humanities and Social Sciences on 23^rd & 24^th March 2012.

Training Programs

• Participated in five day STTP on “Research Essentials in English Language Teaching and Literature” organised by the Department of English, B.S.Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute of Science & Technology, Chennai during 4-8, January 2021.

Workshops / Seminars / Conferences / Webinars / FDP Attended

• Attended Five Day Faculty Development Programme on ‘Art of Effective Teaching’ organized by the Department of English and Foreign Language, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai, India held from 16th August to 20th August 2021.
• Attended One Day programme “cres-festo-21” organized by the Department of English, BSACIST on 26th June 2021.
• Attended Two Day International Conference on “Language, Literature and Cultural Studies in the 21st Century” organized by the Department of English, BSACIST on 21st & 22nd May 2021.
• Attended One Week Short Term Training Programme (STTP) on “Research Essentials in English Language and Literature” organized by the Department of English, BSACIST from 4th to 8th January 2021.
• Attended One Day National Level Webinar On “English Literature” organized by the PG Department of English, TVUCAS, Kallakurichi 606202 dated on 27th September 2020.
• Attended Three-Day Webinar on “Theorizing Humanities in the Time of Crisis” organized by the Department of Humanities & Social Sciences, held at IIT Ropar, 21st to 23rd September 2020.
• Attended One Day National Level Webinar on “Introduction to journalism” and “Representational Politics in Literature and Media” organized by the PG Department of English, TVUCAS, Kallakurichi, held on 20th September 2020.
• Attended Two Day National Level E-workshop on “Teaching and Learning English Through Idioms and Apps” organized by the Department of English, Faculty of Humanities and Science, Adayalampattu Phase – II campus on 17th and 18th September 2020.
• Attended an International webinar on “Modernism & Us: a Glimpse at 20th Century British Poetry” organized by the Department of English in association IQAC of Rajganj College, Rajganj, Jalpaiguri on 15th September, 2020.
• Participated in the One Day National level Webinar on “Literary Criticism” organized by the PG Department of English, TVUCAS, Kallakurichi held on 13th September 2020.
• Attended Two-Day International Webinar on “Pen in the Time of Pandemics” organized by SMSTM Arts & Science Women’s College, Malappuram, Kerala, held on 8th to 10th .September 2020.
• Participated in the One Day National level Webinar on “Literary Criticism” organized by the PG Department of English, TVUCAS, Kallakurichi held on 6th September 2020.
• Attended One Day Webinar “Ruminations” organized by the Post Graduate Department of English, Sri C Achutha Menon Govt College, Thrissur, Kerala, held on 5th September 2020.
• Attended One-Day Workshop on TOEFL IBT held on 30th August 2020.
• Attended One-Day National Level Webinar on “Indian Myths in Indian Writing in English” organized by the PG Department of English, TVUCAS, Kallakurichi, held on 30th August 2020.
• Attended One Week International Webinar Series on “Women, Gender, Literature: Core Concepts and Perspectives” organized by the PG Department of English & Research Centre, Sri Parasakthi College for Women, Courtallam, Tamil Nadu, India, held on 24th to 30th August 2020.
• Attended One Day Webinar on “Affect Theory and its implications on 21st Century Literary Studies” by Dr. Abdul Mohammed Ali Jinnah organized by the Department of English and other Foreign Languages, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Ramapuram Campus, Chennai on 25th August, 2020.
• Attended One-Day National Level Webinar on “Cultural Studies” organized by the PG Department of English, TVUCAS, Kallakurichi, held on 23rd August 2020.
• Participated in the National Level Webinar on the topic’s “Introduction to Indian English Literature” and “Short Fiction in Indian English Literature: An Overview” organized by the PG Department of English, TVUCAS, Kallakurichi, held on 16th August 2020.
• Attended One Week TEQIP-III Sponsored Faculty Development Programme on “Student-Centred Teaching Methods & Strategies in Higher Education” organized by the Rajasthan Technical University, Kota & SKIT, India held on 10th to 14th August 2020.
• Attended One-Day Workshop’ on “E-content Development using Camtasia Software & Edpuzzle” Office of the Dean (Academic Affairs) & Centre for Innovation in Teaching & Learning, held at B.S. Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai, held on 11th August 2020.
• Attended Four-Day Webinar on “TOEFL-Train the Trainer Programme” held on 3rd to 6th August 2020.
• Attended One-Day Workshop on “Hands on training for Crescent LMS” organized by the Office of the Dean (Academic Affairs) & School of Computer Science and Application, held at B.S. Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai, 4th August 2020.
• Attended One Week Faculty Development Programme on “Literary Cirticism” organized by the PG Department of English, TVUCAS, Kallakurichi, India – 30th July to 5th August 2020
• Attended One Week Faculty Development Programme on “Research Trends in English Studies” organized by the Department of English & Foreign Languages, held at Bharathiar University Coimbatore, India – 22nd to 29th July 2020.
• Attended One Day National Level Webinar on “Nuances of Writing & Publishing a Non-Fiction Book” organized by the Department of English, B.S. Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai held on 4th .July 2020.
• Attended One-Day International Webinar on “Developing Vital Critical Thinking and Communication Skills through Visuals” organized by the Department of English, B.S. Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai held on 10th .June 2020.
• Attended Four-Day Webinar on “Polish your academic writing” held on 22nd May 2020.
• Attended One-Day International Webinar on “Literature as a Medium of Teaching Emotional Intelligence” organized by the Department of English, B.S. Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai held on 3rd June 2020.
• Attended One-Day International Webinar on “The Indian English Literary Canon: Perspectives, Texts & Readerships” organized by the Department of English, B.S. Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai held on 17th May 2020.
• Attended a One-Day Workshop on “Language Testing Assessment” organized by organized by the Department of English” held at B.S. Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute of Science and Technology, Vandalur, Chennai on 27th February 2020.
• Attended a One-Day Workshop on “Re-Energizing English Language Teaching” organized by organized by the Department of English” held at B.S. Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute of Science and Technology, Vandalur, Chennai on 21th February 2020.
• Attended a One-Day Workshop on “Writing for Research Purposes” held at B.S. Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute of Science and Technology, Vandalur, Chennai on 19th & 20th July 2019.
• Attended One-Day ‘Researgence Workshop’ organized by the Office of the Dean Research, held at B.S. Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai on 14th December 2018
• Attended One-Day “Onsite training Seminar on Turnitin’s User Awareness Program & Similarity Check” organized by the Office of the Dean Research, held at B.S. Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai, 20th Novemver 2018.
• Attended Three-Day Workshop on “Writing Quality Research Articles, Project Proposals and Patents” organized by the Office of the Dean Research, held at B.S. Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai, 20th to 22nd July 2018.
• Attended One Week Faculty Development Programme on “Research Methodology and Data Analysis using SPSS and AMOS” organized by the Department of Management Studies, held at B.S. Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai, India – 13th to 19th July 2017.
• Participated in the ICSSR-Sponsored National Workshop on “Virtual Learning” organized by the Department of English held at B.S. Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai on 3rd & 4th February 2017.
• Participated in the One-Day Colloquium on “Emerging Theories and Applications in English Literature and Language Teaching Research” held at B.S. Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai organized by the Department of English on 13thFebruary 2016
• Participated in the Two-Day National Workshop on “Mobile Enhanced Language Learning” organized by the Department of English held at B.S. Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai on 21st& 22nd August 2015.
• Attended the Cambridge English Masters’ Workshop focusingon “Delivering the Touchstone Course” in July 2015 at Chennai, India.
• Attended a One-Day Workshop on “Drafting an Effective Lesson Plan: An OBTL Approach” organized by organized by the Department of English held at B.S. Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute of Science and Technology, Vandalur, Chennai on 10thOctober 2014.
• Attended ‘The Third International Workshop on Teaching and Learning in the Twenty First Century’ held at B.S. Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute of Science and Technology, Vandalur, Chennai organized by the Faculty Training Academy on 17thDecember, 2013.
• Participated in the Two-Day National Conference on “Instructional Methods and Materials for Outcome-based Education in English Language Teaching” held at B.S. Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute of Science and Technology, Vandalur, Chennai organized by the Department of English on 10th& 11th October 2013.
• Participated in the International Workshop on “How to publish articles in peer-viewed journals” organized by the Department of Computer Science and Engineering held at B.S. Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute of Science and Technology Vandalur, Chennai; on 5th August 2013.
• Attended One-Day National Workshop on ‘Minorities, Multiculturism & Law’ organized by A.M.U. in collaboration with Rural Litigation and Entitlement Kendra (RLEK), Dehradun and NALSAR University, Hyderabad held at Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh on March 30th& 31sy 2013.
• Participated in a Seminar on ‘Writings of Zahida Zaidi’ organized by the Progressive Writers Association held at the Dept. of English, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh on 5th May, 2010.
• Attended One-Day Workshop on “Linguistics for Language Researchers” organized by the UGC Academic Staff College, held at Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh 5th to 10th April, 2010.
• Attended One-Day Workshop on ‘Creative Writing’ organized by the University Literary Club (General Education Centre) held at Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh on 15thJanuary, 2010.

Extension

• 2019–2022–Member of the Board of Studies, Department of English, B.S. Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute of Science & Technology, Vandalur, Chennai-48, TN.
• One of the organizing committee members of the Three-Day training programme on ‘Communication Skills’ for the laboratory technicians held at B.S. Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai, India on 3rd – 5th July 2018.
• One of the organizing committee members of the ICSSR-Sponsored National Workshop on “Virtual Learning” held at the Department of English, B.S. Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute of Science and Technology on 3^rd& 4^th February 2017.
• One of the organizing committee members of the One-Day colloquium on “Emerging Theories and Applications in English Literature and Language Teaching Research” held at the Department of English, B.S. Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai on 13^thFebruary 2016.
• Conducted sessions during the Five-Day training programme on ‘Communication Skils’ in the training programme for the laboratory technicians organized by the School of Social Science and Humanities at B.S. Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai, India on 18-22 January 2016.
• One of the organizing committee members of the Two-Day national workshop on “Mobile Enhanced Language Learning” held at the Department of English, B.S. Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai, India on 21^st& 22^nd August 2015.
• Handled Refresher course for the students of first year B. Tech Programme: 22^ndJune – 13^th July 2015 at B.S. Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai, India.
• One of the organizing committee members of the One-Day workshop on “Drafting a Effective Lesson Plan: An OBTL Approach” held at the Department of English, B.S. Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai on 10^thOctober, 2014.
• One of the organizing committee members of the Two-Day national conference on “Instructional Methods and Materials for Outcome-based Education in English Language Teaching” held at the Department of English, B.S. Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai, India on 10^th& 11^th October 2013.

SESSIONS CHAIRED/CONDUCTED

• Have been the resource person for the one week training programme on “Communication Skills” for the Technical Staff held at B.S. Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai, India: 3rd July to 5th July 2018.
• Chaired a session in the International Conference on “Advances in Women Entrepreneurship, Gender equality, Law, Business and Social Sciences & Dr. B.R Ambedkar Memorial Lecture” held at Sri Ram College of Commerce & Science, Mumbai, India on 14th April 2018.
• Chaired a session in the International Conference on “English Studies & Women Empowerment” held at Mysore, Karnataka, India on 22nd July 2017.
• Have been the resource person for the one week training programme on “Communication Skills” for the Technical Staff held at B.S. Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute of Science and
  Technology, Chennai, India: 18th January to 22nd January 2016.

Membership in Professional Bodies

• Member of Institutional Ethics Committee, B.S. Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute of Science and Technology, Vandalur, Chennai, India in 2015.
• Member of Progressive Writer’s Association, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh in 2012.

Awards Won

• Awarded Undergraduate Merit Scholarship from the Department of English, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh in 2000.
• Awarded Maulana Azad National Fellowship from the UGC for pursuing Ph.D.