Seminars and Training

• • Quality Improvement Programme on Instructional Design and Delivery system ,AICTE sponsored Summer school programme at Dr. Mahalingam College of Engineering and Technology in Pollachi From 21^st to 26^th July 2008. The Programme was Sponsored by NITTTR and MHRD, Govt. of India.
  • Quality Improvement Programme on Student Counselling and Career Guidance, AICTE sponsored Summer school programme at Toc H Institute of Science and Technology, Arakkunnam From 14^th to 19^th July 2008.The programme was sponsored by NITTR and MHRD, Govt. of India.
  • Quality Improvement Programme on Student Counselling and Career Guidance, AICTE sponsored Winter School  programme at Toc H Institute of Science and Technology, Arakkunnam from 23^rd to 28^th March 2009 . The Programme was sponsored by NITTTR and MHRD, Govt. of India.
  • Attended Soft skills Workshop held at Infosys, Trivandrum from 28^th July to 1^st August 2008 conducted by Infosys Technologies Limited.
  • Attended In-Country Program on Generic Soft Skills Development , held at NITTTR Chennai from 25-30 January, 2010 conducted by Inter-Governmental Organisation Colombo Plan Staff College for Technician Education in collaboration with National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research, MHRD, Govt. of India.
  • Attended International Seminar on Development of Quality Management Systems for sustainable TVET on 28^th January 2010, NITTTR, Chennai, India conducted by Inter-Governmental Organisation Colombo Plan Staff College for Technician Education in collaboration with  National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research, MHRD, Govt. of India.
  • Participated in the two day UGC Sponsored International seminar on Shakesperian Perspectives Revisited , organised by the department of English, ST. Paul’s College, Kalamassery in 2004.
  • Participated in the two day UGC Sponsored National Seminar on Aspects of Globalisation in Contemporary Literature, organised by the Department of Culture and Heritage, Cochin University of Science and Technology on 24^th, 25^th,26^th February, 2010.
  • Participated in the two day UGC Sponsored International Conference on Multimodality, MultiLingualism Multiliteracies: New Pedagogies for New Times. Organised by the Post Graduate Department of English, St Theresa’s College, Kochi in collaboration with London Metropolitan University, UK on 24^th and 25^th January, 2011.
  • Participated in the two day UGC Sponsored National Seminar on Ecology and Literature Organised by Post Graduate Department of English, St. Xaviers college Aluva, Kochi. In January, 2011.
  • Participated in the one day Faculty Development Programme on Active Learning organised jointly by Amrita School of Business, Bengaluru and Indian Institute of Management, Ranchi, on january 22^nd

   

  • Participated in a five day workshop organised by SAKSHAM and Govt. Of India at Amrita School of Arts and Sciences, Kochi in 2012.
  • Attended one day UGC sponsored national seminar on The Feminine Self: Discourses and Practices on November 8, 2013 organised by the Department of English, Govt. College Manimalakunnu, Kerala.
  • Attended and presented a paper entitled Trans-cultural Dimensions of Fictional Representation: A Reading of Chinua Achebe’s Anthills of the Savannah as part of two day UGC sponsored national seminar on Arrival of Post Colonial Discourse in Cultural studies on 5^th and 6^th December, 2013, organised by Department of English, St. Peter’s College, Kolenchery, Kerala.
  • Attended and presented a paper entitled Negotiating Cultural Transitions: The Fictional Worlds of Chinua Achebe and Joseph Conrad as part of one day UGC sponsored national seminar on Postcolonial Perspectives in Language and Literature on 31^st January, 2014, organised by Department of English and Foreign Languages, Bharatiar University, Coimbatore, Tamilnadu.
  • Attended a three days workshop on Glocal Trends and Issues in Language Teaching: Challenges and Opportunities organised by the department of Humanities, National Institute of Technology, Thiruchirappally, Tamilnadu from 24^th to 26^th January, 2014.
  • Participated a two day seminar titled Down to Earth: Ecological Orientations in Literature and Arts organised by Department of English and Languages, Amrita School of Arts and Sciences, Kochi, Kerala on 20^th and 21^st February, 2014.
  • Participated and presented a paper entitled “Multiple Gender Repression in the Dark Continent: A Study on the Women Protagonists of Chinua Achebe” as part of the two day UGC Sponsored national seminar organised by the Department of English & Foreign Languages, Cochin University of Science & Technology, Kochi, Kerala on 11^th and 12^th December, 2014.
  • Participated and presented a paper entitled “ Cultural Motifs in Epistemological Transition: A Neo Colonial Reading of Chinua Achebe’s Anthills of the Savannah and Joseph conrad’s Heart of Darkness” as part of the two day UGC Sponsored national seminar organised by Carmel College,Mala, Kerala on 30^{th ,}  31^st December, 2014.
  • Participated in a two day Ourcome Based Education (OBE) conference organised by National Institute of Suratkal, Karnataka organised by the Department of Humanities and Management on 16^th and 17^th January, 2015.
  • Attended and presented a paper entitled The Personal as Political: A Biographical Reading of ‘ I am Malala’ as part of two day national seminar on Celebrating Gynergy: Women in Public Domain on 13^th and 14^th March, 2015, organised by Amrita School of Arts & Sciences, Kochi.
  • Attended and presented a paper entitled Re presenting the Female Self: A Critical Reading of Bankim Chandra Chatterjee’s “ Raj Mohan’s Wife” as part of two day national seminar on Celebrating Gynergy: Women in Public Domain on 13^th and 14^th March, 2015, organised by Amrita School of Arts & Sciences, Kochi.
  • Attended and presented a paper entitled Marketing Strategies in Transition: Evolution of Women Entrepreneurship from ‘Direct’ to ‘Social Media’ as part of two day national seminar on Celebrating Gynergy: Women in Public Domain on 13^th and 14^th March, 2015, organised by Amrita School of Arts & Sciences, Kochi.
  • Attended two day International Conference on Configuring the Common Man: Trends and Perspectives in Contemporary Indian Literature organised by Department of English, Amrita ViswaVidya Peetham University, Coimbatore on 6^th -7^th January, 2016.
  • Attended a one day International conference on The US Presidential Election 2016 organised by CPPR, South Indian American Studies Network, Kerala Chapter on 26^th September, 2016 at Sacred Heart College, Thevara
  • Attended a two day Dr. Dan Thottakkara Memorial National seminar titled Body as Text: Praxis, Politics and Polemics of Incorporation jointly organised by Department of English, Sacred Heart College, Thevara and DCDC, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam on 19-20 December, 2016.
  • Attended National Research Orientation Programme (ROR 2018) on 17th February, 2018 organised by the Research Committee, Maharaja’s College, Ernakulam.
  • Attended UGC Sponsored National Workshop on Capasity Building in Academic Writing and Publishing organized by Golden Jubilee Memorial Library, St. Teresa’s College, Ernakulam on15th March, 2017.

   

  • Attended a webinar on “Writing a Winning Project Proposal”organised by IQAC, M A College Kothamangalam on 11^th May, 2020.
  • Attended a webinar on “beyond the Boundaries:Reinventing Horizons”organised by Swami Keshavanand Institute of Technology from 16th to 20^th May, 2020.

   

  • Attended Golden Jubilee National Webinar Series titled “Pandemic and Post-Pandemic Reflections”organised by Department of English, Bharata Matha College, Thrikkakkara from 15^th – 30^th May,2020.
  • Attended a One Week National Workshop on “Interdisciplinary Research Methodology, ICT Application & Innovations in TeachingLearning Process”organised by St. Francis De Sales College, Nagpur, Maharashtra from 8^th to 12^th June, 2020.
  • Attended a webinar titled Internet and Communication Revolution organised as part of the national webinar series Expert voices by Department of Basic Sciences & Humanities, Rajagiri School of Engineering & Technology(Autonomous), Kochi on 31^st October, 2020.
  • Participated a lecture series titled “Third Cinema”by Dr, Vellikkeel Raghavan organised by the Department of English, Mar Athanesius College(Autonomous), Kothamangalam on 1^st January, 2021.
  • Attended a webinar titled “Preparing for Online Teaching”A Talk by Dr. Muralee Thummarukudy, organised by Sacred Heart College(Autonomous) Thevara, Kochi on 21^st May, 2021.
  • Attended a One Day Faculty Enrichment Workshop titled “Questioning the Questions”organised by the IQAC and Examination Cell, Sacred Heart College(Autonomous) Thevara on 29^th July, 2022.
  • Attended Seven day Faculty Development Programme on Advanced Research Methodology organised by Reva University, Bengaluru from 26^th June to 7^th July, 2023.

  Seminar/Conference Paper Presentation Sessions Chaired (Limited to last 5)

  Presented a paper titled Multiple Gender Repression in the Dark Continent: A study on the Women Protagonists of Chinua Achebe as part of UGC Sponsored national seminar on Women at Crossroads: Multidisciplinary Perspectives at PSGR Krishnammal College for Women on 6^th February, 2017.

• Attended one day UGC sponsored national workshop on Capacity Building in Academic writing and Publishing organised by Dept. of Library, St. Teresa’s College, Ernakulum on 15^th March, 2017.
• Attended CET Freshers Training 2017 organised under Additional Skill Acqisition Programme(ASAP) organised by Higher Education Department at Loyola College of Social Sciences, Thiruvananthapuram on 3^rd – 6^th April, 2017.
• Attended one national seminar titled Women at Cross Roads: Multi Disciplinary Perspectives organised by PSGR Krishnammal College for Women, Coimbatore on 6^th February, 2017.
• Attended one day National Level Research Conference on Commerce, Management and Social Sciences (NRCCMS’17) organised by the Post Graduate Department of Commerce, Maharaja’s College, Ernakulam on 26^th August, 2017 sponsored by the Directorate of Collegiate Education, Govt. of Kerala.
• Attended one day National Level Research Orientation Programme in Languages(ROP2018) organised by the Research Committee, Maharaja’s College, Ernakulam on 17^th February, 2018 sponsored by the Directorate of Collegiate Education, Govt. of Kerala.
• Attended a two day Dr. Dan Thottakkara Memorial National seminar titled Locations of Power: Cultural Memory and the Negotiations of Identities jointly organised by Department of English, Sacred Heart College, Thevara and DCDC, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam on 12^th -13^th December, 2018.
• Attended a Two Week MOOC Course( with e- certification)on “Online Learning and Content Development”from 18^th April 2020 to 2^nd May 2020 organised by FLAIR Kerala, Directorate of Colligiate Education, Kerala.
• Attended a One Weel FDP programme on Moodle Learning Management System organised by Tagore Institute of Engineering and Technology from 4^th to 9^th May, 2020.Attended a National webinar titled Literature after Pandemic: Conjuctures and Considerations”organised by the Literary Club St. Xavier’s College for Women Aluva on 15^th May, 2020.
• Attended a webinar titled “Post Covid Higher Education Scenario”Organised by Department of History, Union Christian College, Aluva, Ernakulam on 26^th May, 2020.
• Attended a National Webinar titled “Fine Tuning your Research Papers: Publication in Scopus, Web of Science and ABDC Rated Journals”organised by Department of Commerce, Bharata Matha College, Thrikkakkara on 27th May,2020.
• Attended a one day International conference titled “Expanding Strategies of Teaching Learning with Digital Proficiency”organised under the Paramarsh scheme of UGC-NAAC by Little Flower College, Guruvayur on 28^th May, 2020.
• Attended a National webinar titled “Discourse and Creativity: The Difference in Perspectives”organised by the Department of Malayalam and IQAC, Sree Vivekananda College, Kunnamkulam, Thrissur on 29^th May, 2020.
  • Chaired a session in the  seminar titled Down to Earth: Ecological Orientations in Literature and Arts organised by Department of English and Languages, Amrita School of Arts and Sciences, Kochi, Kerala on 20^th and 21^st February, 2014.
  • Chaired a session in the two day national seminar on Celebrating Gynergy: Women in Public Domain on 13^th and 14^th March, 2015, organised by Amrita School of Arts & Sciences, Kochi.
  • Chaired a session in the two day International Conference on Configuring the Common Man: Trends and Perspectives in Contemporary Indian Literature organised by Department of English, Amrita ViswaVidya Peetham University, Coimbatore on 6^th -7^th January, 2016.
  • Attended the International Conference on the U.S. Presidential Election 2016 organised by CPPR- Centre for Strageic Studies in association with Sacred Heart College( Autonomous), Thevara on 26th September, 2016.
  • Chaired a session in the one day National Level Research Conference on Commerce, Management and Social Sciences (NRCCMS’17) organised by the Post Graduate Department of Commerce, Maharaja’s College, Ernakulam on 26^th August, 2017 sponsored by the Directorate of Collegiate Education, Govt. of Kerala.
  • Chaired a session in the one day National Level Research Orientation Programme in Languages(ROP2018) organised by the Research Committee, Maharaja’s College, Ernakulam on 17^th February, 2018 sponsored by the Directorate of Collegiate Education, Govt. of Kerala.
  • Conducted Pre-Qualifying Examination (PQE) as Chairman for Ph.D of Ms Anita Jose Research Scholsr, Department of English, St. Aloysuis College, Thrissur on 12^th January, 2018.
  • Chaired a session in International seminar on Re Negotiating the Spectacle: Gender, Body and Discourse in Films (14th &15th Feb 2020)
  • Acted as Resource Person in the National Level Multi Disciplinary Research Conference(MDRC 2021) organised by Research Council, Govt. College, Thripunithura on 17^th April, 2021.
  • Acted as Resource Person for the Orientation Programme and handled a session on “Brave New World : Reflections on Language and Employability”organised by Ragagiri Viswajyothi College of Arts & Applied Sciences(Affiliated to MG University, Kottayam ) on 1^st October, 2021.
  • Handled a session as part of Faculty Development Programme on “Arts, Science and Practice of Reflective Teaching Inquiry Based Learning”organised by Amrita Viswa Vidya Peetham University, Kochi Campus on 30^th July, 2022.
  • Acted as Resource Person in the Faculty Development Programme ( Induction) for newly recruited teachers at Sacred Heart College(Autonomous), Thevara on 29th June, 2022.
  • Conducted Pre-Qualifying Examination and Viva Voce of Ph.D Scholars on 10-03-2023 at St. Joseph’s College(Autonomous), Devagiri, Kozhikode.
  • Acted as Resource Person and handled a session titled “Ethics and Methods of Literary Research”conducted by the Post Graduate & Research Department of English& IQAC at St. Peter’s College Kolenchery on 19^th December, 2024.
  • Participated the Pre-Conclave session on “Strategies for Attracting International Students to Kerala “jointly organised by Department of Higher Education Govt. of Kerala and the Kerala Higher Education Council on 13^th January, 2025.
  • Participated in the Dan Thottakkara seminar “The Muse versus The Machine organised by the Department of English and Centre for Research, Sacred Heart College (Autonomous), Thevara on 4^th and 5^th February, 2025.