Qualification Details

1. Completed Undergraduation and Post Graduation Degree from the Department of English and Other Modern European Languages,
2. Visva-Bharati; M.Phil Degree from the Department of English, Jadavpur University,
3. Doctorate Degree from the Department of English, Visva-Bharati

Teaching Experience

Shri Shikshayatan College 12-10-2010- 14-02-2015

Area of Interest in Teaching

1. History of literature,
2. Popular literature and culture,
3. Women’s writing,
4. the British Eighteenth Century

Area of Research

The Intersection of the Criminal and Colonial Discourses in the British Eighteenth Century

Book Chapter Publication

1. “Their Mother’s Gardens: Epidemic, Healing, and Motherhood in Year of Wonders and Hamnet” in “COVID-19 in India, Disease, Health and Culture: Can Wellness be Far Behind?” . Edited by- Anindita Chatterjee and Nilanjana Chatterjee, Routledge, Oxon, 2023. 978-1-032-29268-7
2. Translations of Sukumar Roy’s :Detective” and Saradindu bandopadhyay’s “The Iron Biscuit” in Timeless Tales from Bengal: An Anthology of Bangla Children’s and Young Adult’s Stories. Edited by- Dipankar Roy. Saurav Dasthakur, Niyogi Books, Kolkata, 2017. 978-93-86906-23-6.
3. “Prachin Sahitya: An Appraisal” (co-authored with Amtirasudan Bhattacharya) in “Prachin Sahitya: Annotated English Translation and Critical Essays”. Edited by Nilanjana Bhattachaya and Sayantan Dasgupta, Granthan Bibhag, Visva-Bharati, 2017.978-81-7522-654-8.
4. “Ghare-Baire: Atmokathar Binyas”, in Ghare Baire: Nirman- Binirman. Edited by- Chitrita Bandopadhyay, Ratnaboli, Kolkata, 2014. 978-93-81329-33-3.
5. Hempen Homespuns: The Role of the Craftsmen in A Midsummer Night’s Dream” in “A midsummer Night’s Dream: Essays in Critical Appropriations”. Edited by-Samrita Sengupta Sinha, Setu Prakashani, Kolkata, 2013. 978-93-80677-50-7.
6. . Translations of various poems by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni and Mammang Dai in ” Bharotiyo Engreji Kobite”. Edited by-0 Somdutta Mondal and Soma Mukhopadhyay,Abhijan Publishers, Kolkata, 2013. 978-93-80197-07-4.

Journal Publication

1.  “Nasumama and Saree :deconstructing the Saree as a Gendered Artefact in Bubhutibhushan Bandopadhyay’s Short Story, ‘Nasumama O Ami”, Cafe Dissesnsus, 2023, Issue no-68, 2373-177X.
2. ” ‘More Last Words’: John Gay’s Polly and the Radical-re-writing of the Margins of the Empire”, in Theatre International, 2021, Vol-XIII. 92-107.2279-2036
3. ““The Passage into Another State”: The Representation of the Colonial Space in Moll Flanders and Colonel Jack”, in International Journal of English, Literature and Social Science, 2021, Vol-6, Issue I, 2456-7620.

Conference/ Seminar

1. Panelist in the Departmental Seminar on “Trending Now: Researching Literature and Culture in the Twenty -first Century”, organised by the Department of English, Visva-Bharati on 5-6 Dec,2023
2. Presented a paper titled “Fight Like Men: The Problem of Representing Female Pirates in A General History of the Pyrates”, at the International Webinar on “English Literature from the Margins of Class, Caste, Race, and Gender” organised by Rishi Bankim Chandra Evening College and Rishi Bankim Chandra College, 26-27 August 2020
3. Presented a paper titled ” The Reluctant Administrator: A Reading of Upamanyu Chatterjee’s IAS Novels” at the Third Ireland India Institute Conference on South Asia organised by Dublin City University, 24-26 April 2019
4. Presented a paper titled ” Studying a Text Through Different Titles: Reading Steig Larsson’s The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo”, at “Translation Across Borders: Genres and Geographies– the Second Annual International Conference of Caesura Collective Society” jointly organised by Osmania University and Department of English, Maulana Azad National Urdu University, Hyderabad, 9-11 October 2018
5. Presented a paper titled “The Representation of the Colonial Space in Moll Flanders and Colonel Jack” at the State-level seminar on ” Emergence and Evolution of English Novel: From 18th to 20th Century”, organised by the Department of English, Bhairab Ganguly College, 29 January 2016.

ORCiD

0000-0002-0127-6872

Link to Google Scholar Profile

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=6GwY8qwAAAAJ&hl=en

Any Other Relevant Information

1. Participated in various Workshops
2. Book Reviewer for The Telegraph Kolkata a.https://www.telegraphindia.com/culture/books/review-the-earthspinner-by-anuradha-roy/cid/1846488#.Ydgn7AzwNBE.mailto b.https://epaper.telegraphindia.com/calcutta/2022-6-3/71/Page-11.html c.https://epaper.telegraphindia.com/calcutta/2022-10-07/71/Page-11.html d.https://epaper.telegraphindia.com/calcutta/2022-11-4/71/Page-11.html e.https://epaper.telegraphindia.com/calcutta/2023-02-24/71/Page-11.html f.https://epaper.telegraphindia.com/calcutta/2023-5-5/71/Page-11.html g.https://epaper.telegraphindia.com/calcutta/2023-08-11/71/Page-13.html h.https://epaper.telegraphindia.com/calcutta/2023-09-22/71/Page-11.html i.https://epaper.telegraphindia.com/calcutta/2024-01-12/71/Page-11.html
3. Works as a freelance translator
4. Prepared and edited several Self- Learning Modules for Netaji Subhas Open University