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 2011.
  •  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.
  •  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.
    Seminar/Conference Paper Presentation Sessions Chaired 
  • 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.
  •  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.
  • Seminars and Conferences organised
  • Organised and handled a session in a two day training programme on Communicative English for faculty at Amrita School of Arts and Sciences, Kochi in December, 2013.
  •  Organised a two day national 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 on 20 th and 21 st February, 2014.
  •  Organised and handled a session in a two day Faculty Development Programme at
    Amrita School of Arts and Sciences, Kochi in June, 2014.
  •  Organised a two day Reserch Oriented Seminar in English titled “ Perspectives –
    2014” on 10 th and 11 th October, 2014.
  •  Organised a two day national seminar commemmorating the International Womens day titled “Celebrating Gynergy: Women in the Public Domain” organised by Amrita School of Arts and Sciences, Kochi on 13th and 14th March, 2015.
  •  Organised a two day national seminar on “ Cinema and the Formation of Cultural
    Identities” organised by Department of English and Languages Amrita School of Arts and Sciences, Kochi on 25 th and 26 th February, 2016.
  • Joint Convener – two day Dr. Dan Thottakkara National seminar on Body as Text:
    Praxis, Politics and Polemics of Incorporation organised by department of English,
    Sacred heart College, Thevara Kochi on 19 th and 20 th December, 2016.