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FACULTY PROFILE

Name S.N.Kiran

Present Designation Assistant Professor

Department Department of Studies and Research in English

Tumkur University, Tumkur

Date of Birth 05-02-1976

Date of entry into service 10-05-2010

Residential Address 1019, Matru Krupa, 1st Main, Hemavati Extn, K.R.Pete, Mandya Dist.

Karnataka-571426

Mobile Number 09448642821

Fellowships Conferred Associateship at Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla

Email ID kiransnelt@yahoo.com

Academic Qualification:

Degree University Specialization

Post Graduate Degree

M.A.in English. University of Mysore, Mysore

Commonwealth Literature

M.Phil.

Bharathiar University, Coimbatore

Revisiting an Indian Village : An Exploration into the Fictional World of Srikrishna Alanahally

SLET/KSET 2006

ESOL Examinations University of Cambridge-Teaching Knowledge Test

Area of Specialization Indian Writing in English

Official Visits Abroad 1. University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria

2. Universitat de Autonoma, Barcelona, Spain

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Training Programmes Attended

1. Induction programme from 21st July 2011 to 23rd July

2011organized by Karnataka State Higher Education Council at

Bangalore.

2. Orientation Programme from 15th Nov. 2011 to 12th Nov. 2011 at

UGC Academic Staff College, Pondicherry University, Puducherry.

3. Refresher Course in Comparative Literature from 04-02-2014 to

24- 02-2014 at UGC-HRDC, University of Kerala,

Thiruvanthapuram.

4. Refresher Course in English from 19-02-2016 to 10. 03. 2015 at

UGC-HRDC Panjab University, Chandigarh.

Conference Organized National Conference on Multiplicity of Cultures in South Asian Literatures

on 31st Aug. 2012

Teaching Experience

15 Years

Papers Presented in International Conferences:

1. The Mystery of Evolution in K.P.Poornachandra Tejaswi’s Carvalho (1980) at National College,

Tiruchirappalli on 25th & 26th Sept.2009.

2. Towards Blended Learning: Realities and Virtual Learning Environment at H. M. Patel Institute

for Training and Research in English, Anand from 8th Jan to 10th Jan. 2010.

3. Diaspora Space in Bapsi Sidhwa’s An American Brat (1993) and Taslima Nasreen’s French Lover

(2001) at Central University of Rajasthan, Kishangarh, Ajmer from 26th to 28th Feb. 2012.

4. From Pondicherry to Mexico: Transnationalism in Yann Martel’s The Life of Pie (2001) at

University of Mysore, Mysore on 30th Nov.2012.

5. Cross-Cultural Criticism in Jhumpa Lahiri’s Unaccustomed Earth( 2008) in 15th Triennial

Conference of EACLALS from 14th April 2014 to 18th April 2014 at University of Innsbruck,

Innsbruck, Austria.

6. Policy of Assimilation in Marie Munkara’s A Most Peculiar Act (2014) at University of Mysore,

Mysore on 29th and 30th Sept. 2014.

7. Between the Sacral and the Secular : Gendered Violence in Bapsi Sidhwa’s Ice-Candy Man (1988)

at Centre for International Programmes, Osmania University, Hyderabad from 29th Jan. 2015 to

31st Jan. 2015.

8. The Tsunami and After: The Tales of Sorrow in Universitat Autònoma De Barcelona, Barcelona,

from 26th & 27th Nov. 2015.

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Papers Presented in National Conferences:

1. Zamindars and the Peasant Movement: A Reading of Mahasweta Devi’s Titu Mir (2000) on 3rd &

4th Sept. 2009 at National College- Tiruchirappalli.

2. Role of Newspaper in SLA: Challenges and Perspectives at Cauvery College, Gonikoppal on 9th

and 10th April 2010.

3. Exile and Acculturation in Bapsi Sidhwa’s An American Brat (1993) at Bharathiar University,

Coimbatore on 11th Aug. to 13th Aug. 2010.

4. Learning Management through Literature: A Perspective at Jain University, Kanakapura on 28th

Aug. 2010.

5. Right to Write: Women in Raja Rao’s Kanthapura (1938) and Bapsi Sidhwa’s Water (2006) at

National College, Tiruchirappalli on 16th & 17th Sept. 2010.

6. The Gaze in Shashi Deshpande’s The Stone Women (2003) at Dhvanyaloka, Mysore on 7th & 8th

Nov. 2010.

7. Human Ecology in K.P.Poornachandra Tejaswi’s Stories of My Environment (2003) at Central

University of Tamilnadu, Tiruvarur on 6th &7th Dec. 2010.

8. Power and the Body: Anatomy of Violence in Mahasweta Devi’s The Mother of 1084(1974) at

P.A. First Grade College, Tiptur, 23rd & 24th Aug. 2011.

9. Challenging Democracy: ELT in the Indian Context at Tumkur University, Tumkur on 21st Oct

2011.

10. Imaginary Lines and Real Refugees: Trauma in Select Short Stories of Saadat Hasan Mantoo at

Garden City College, Bangalore on 22nd &23rd March 2013.

11. Politics of Faith in Mahesh Dattani’s Final Solutions (1992) at St. Andrew’s College of Arts,

Science and Commerce, Mumbai on 30th and 31st August 2013.

12. Images of cities in Modern Indian Poetry in English at Indian Institute of Advanced Study,

Shimla on 23rd June 2016.

Special Lectures Delivered:

Date Topic Institution

12thApril. 2010

Literature and Precritical Response: Issues and Challenges

Government College, (Autonomous) Mandya

29thAugust. 2011

Science and Society University College of Science, Tumkur university, Tumkur

21stJanuary 2012

William Shakespeare’s Othello Government Autonomous College, Mandya

04thMarch 2015

Writer as an Activist in the Context of Globalisation

Government First Grade College, Madhugiri

31stApril. 2015

Research Questions and Writing a Dissertation

S.D.M.( autonomous) College, Ujire

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Book Published Cityscape Without Frames :An Anthology of Poems

ISBN-978-93-5254-415-8 (Paperback).Tumkur (2015)

Chapters in Edited Books

1. Tracing the History of Indigenous Indian Education: Dharampal’s The Beautiful Tree (1983)-Swabhimanada Galike: A Collection of Essays on Dharampal’s Discourse: (Kannada) Prasaranga. Tumkur University, Tumkur. ISBN-978-81-924513-6 -7.

2. Power and the Body: Anatomy of Violence in Mahasweta Devi’s The Mother of 1084 (1974) - Resistance Studies. Department of English. P A FG College, Tiptur, 2012.

3. The Voice of Liberation in Baby Kamble’s The Prisons We Broke (2008) in Mirroring Frames: Indian Literature: A Feministic Perspective. ISBN 9789382406327 by Dr. Kavita Kusugal, Belgaum.

4. Newspaper in the Language Classrooms: An Open Workbook for Learners. Innovative Methods and Techniques in ELT. Edited by Dr. Vaibhav Sabnis. Shanthi Prakashan, Ahmedabad ISBN 9789350701799.

5. Understanding Literature: A Reading of R. J. Rees’s English Literature: An Introduction for Foreign Readers (1982) Literary Findings: International Journal, Erode, Tamilnadu.

6. Fests and Feasts: A Sociocultural Perspective in the Souvenir 30th Inter University South Zone Youth Festival, Association of Indian Universities, New Delhi.

Articles in Journals

1. The Gaze in Shashi Deshpande’s The Stone Women (2003): Literary Criterion. A Quarterly Journal. Dhvanyaloka, Mysore.2011.

2. Imaginary Lines and Refugees: Trauma in the Select Short Stories of Saadat Hasan Mantoo. Critical Space: International Peer Reviewed Refereed Journal in English Language, Literature and Culture Studies. ISSN 2319-3689 Islampur: Maharashtra.2013.

3. Dharampal’s The Beautiful Tree (1983): An Assessment of Indigenous Education in the Colonial Context. Labyrinth: An International Journal on Postcolonial Studies, Lucknow, Oct. 2013. ISSN09760814.

4. Understanding Literature: A Reading of R.J.Rees’s English Literature: An Introduction for Foreign Readers (1982) in Literary Findings: A Quarterly International Journal of English literature. ISSN 22782311, Vol.01. Issue 03 Sept.2013.

5. Ideologies A Literature: Politics of Faith in Mahesh Dattani’s Final Solutions (1992) in Labyrinth: An International Refereed Journal of Postmodern studies. Vol.5.No.01. Lucknow. ISSN 09760814.

6. Society in Transition: Cultural History in Attia Hosain’s Sunlight on a broken Column (1961) in Critical Space: A peer reviewed International Referred Journal in Language, Literature and Culture. ISSN 2319689. Vol. II. Issue 2. Islampur. Feb. 2014.

Membership in Professional Organizations

1. Indian Association for American Studies, Mumbai

2. Organization for Studies in Literature and Environment, Chennai

3. Indian Association for Canadian Studies, Vadodara

4. European Association for Commonwealth Literatures and Language Studies

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