Teaching Experience

• Year of Joining in the WBES: 2016

Colleges served

• As Head of the Department of English, Government General Degree College at Kharagpur II, Paschim Medinipur (2016-2025)

• Bethune College (2025-till date)

Research Interest

• Indian Knowledge Systems, Gender and Culture Studies, The Mahabharata and its modern retellings.

Resource Person

1.  Invited Talk on “Representation of Women in Media and Advertisements”, dated 28 November, 2019, at the Department of English, Jhargram Raj College.
2. Personality Development Workshop for the Families of Indian Army Soldiers, organised by the Golden Arrow Family Welfare Organisation, in collaboration with AWWA, dated 17 May 2021, Ferozepur, Punjab.
3. Chaired and Moderated a Paper Presentation Session in an e-Conference organised by New Literaria, dated 24 October 2021, 10 AM. Platform: Google Meet
4. Chaired a Parallel Session of the 5th International e-Conference on “Bridging Realms: Exploring Intersections in Humanities and Social Sciences”, organised by New Literaria - An International Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities in collaboration with University of Rome Tor Vergata and Central University of Karnataka, dated 5th October 2024, 11:30 AM. Platform: Google Meet.

Papers Presented

1. Title: “Mahatma Gandhi as Bhishma in Shashi Tharoor’s Reimagining of the Mahabharata”, at National Conference on Mahatma Gandhi in Indian Literature, organised by The Researchers’ Association, Odisha, dated 10-11 June, 2023, Cuttack.
2. Title: “The Angry Hanuman, Hyper Masculinity and the Hanuman Chalisa of Tulsidas”, at International Conference and Workshop on Language Literatures, Theatre, Folk Forms and Society across Cultures, organised by the Shakespeare Society of Eastern India, Indian Council of Cultural Relations, Tagore-Gandhi Institute of Cultural Study and Service Learning, dated 13-14 May, 2023, ICCR, Kolkata.
3. Title: “New Faces of Power: A Brief Study of Popular Anti-Heroines”, at A Two-Day International Seminar on “Women in Texts”, organised by Jhargram Raj College, dated 15-16 March 2018, Jhargram, West Bengal.