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Faculty Profile

Department of English, Nabinchandra College

Ms. Papari Das

MS. PAPARI DAS

Designation: Assistant Professor and HOD, Department of English
College: Nabinchandra College, Badarpur, Sribhumi, Assam
Period: From 17-07-2019 till date
E-mail: pdpapari63@gmail.com
Mobile No.: +91 9101634703

Educational and Research Qualifications

M. Phil. – 2024
Department of English, Assam University, Silchar
Topic – Disability and Issues of Identity in Children’s Literature: A Study of Selected Fictional Writings in English from India.

CCA — 2015
(Institute of Professional Studies)

SLET – 2014

M. A – 2013
(Indira Gandhi National Open University)
Specialization — Indian English Literature

M. A – 2011
(Tezpur University)
Specialization — Cognitive Grammar

B. A – 2009
(English Honours)
Goalpara College, Goalpara, Assam

H.S. – 2006
Goalpara College, Goalpara, Assam

HSLC – 2004
Goalpara English School, Goalpara, Assam

College Involvement: In-campus Activities

Sl. No Name of the Committee/ Cell/ Scheme Position/ Responsibility/ Capacity hold Period
1. Career Counselling Cell Member 2019 till date
2. Committee Against Sexual Harassment Member 2019 till date
3. Cultural Committee Member 2019 till date
4. Games and Sports Committee Member 2019 till date
5. Women Cell Member 2019 till date

Workshops/Seminars Attended/Presented

Attended a two-day workshop on "Linguistic Fieldwork and Language Analysis" organised on the occasion of the 6th International Conference of the North East Indian Linguistic Society (NEILS) and hosted by the Department of English and Foreign Languages, Tezpur University, from 31 January – 2 February, 2011.

Presented a paper titled "The Power Politics in Arundhati Roy's The God of Small Things" on a UGC sponsored two-day National Seminar on Indian Writing in English and Marginalization, organised by the department of English, Goalpara College, Goalpara, Assam.

Participated in a UGC sponsored National Workshop on Research Methodology and Preparation of Proposal, organised by the department of Statistics, Dudhnoi College, Dudhnoi, Goalpara in collaboration with Assam Science Society, Dudhnoi Branch, Dudhnoi on 20 December, 2012.

Presented a paper titled "Problems and Prospect of Rural Women in the Society Among the Rabha Community in Goalpara District" in a UGC-Sponsored National Seminar on Integrating Society Through Education and Research for Sustainable Development: Various Approaches organised by by the department of Statistics, Dudhnoi College, Dudhnoi, Goalpara in collaboration with Assam Science Society, Dudhnoi Branch, Dudhnoi from 21 December to 22 December, 2012.

Presented a paper titled "Transference and Equivalence: A Critique of the English Translation of Indira Goswami's Nilakanthi Braja" on a UGC sponsored National Seminar on Literature in Translation: A Comperative Exercise organised by the department of English, Goalpara College, Goalpara, Assam in collaboration with Assam Science Society, Goalpara Branch on January 21-22, 2014.

Presented a paper titled "Infringement of Human Rights in Literature: A Study of Indira Goswami's Novel Nilakanthi Braja" on a UGC sponsored National Seminar on Human Rights and Humanity in Emerging Globalized World, organised by the department of Political Science and History, Habraghat Mahavidyalaya, Krishnai, Goalpara, Assam in collaboration with Geoid Forum, Goalpara on 1 st and 2nd February, 2014.

Presented a paper titled "Pushing the Margin: An Observation of the Character of Giribala in the Moth-Eaten Howdah of a Tusker on the Platform of a New Woman" on a ICSSR sponsored National Seminar on "Marginalized/ Subaltern Voices and Beyond: Issue and Challenges in North-East India" organised by the department of Political Science, Bodoland University, Kokrajhar on 13th November, 2014.

Attended a one-day National Webinar on "Literature, Environment and Pandemic", organised by the department of English, Goalpara College, Goalpara, Assam on June 22, 2020.

Attended a one-day National Webinar on "Bridging the Gap for Effective Communication: Perspectives from Linguistics and Language Sciences", organised by the department of English, Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya Adarsha Mahavidyalaya, Eraligool, Karimganj in collaboration with the department of English, Tangla College, Tangla on 8 September 2021.

Presented a paper titled "Disability and Identity Transformation: A Study of the Effect of Disability on a Teenage Mind in Nandhika Nambi's Unbroken" on the 2nd International eConference on Contemporary Trends and Development in Cultural Studies and the Humanities organised by New Literaria- An International Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities in collaboration with the department of History, Humanities and Society, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy and department of English, Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidyalaya, Bilaspur, India from 22 October- 24 October, 2021.

Presented a paper on "Disability and Social Exclusion in Children's Literature: A Study of Select Fictional Writings in English from India" at a two-day National Interdisciplinary Seminar on Rethinking Social Exclusion: Issues and Perspectives organised by the department of English, Sikkim University in Collaboration with Indian Council of Social Science Research- North East Regional Council.

Participated in a two-day workshop titled "Translating Marginality: Mapping Migration, Identity and Space in Assam", organised by the department English, Assam University, Silchar and Nehru College, Pailapool, Cachar during 15-16 March, 2022.

Presented a paper titled "Representation of Disability and People with Disabilities in Postmillennial Children's Literature from India" on a two-day International Seminar on Fiction of 21st Century organised by the department of Bengali, Nabinchandra College, Badarpur, Assam, India in collaboration with the department of Bengali Assam University, Silchar, Assam, India on 10th and 11th August, 2024.

Presented a paper titled "The Hypothetical Blind Woman: Gandhari and the Trope of Blindness in Dharamveer Bharati's Andha Yug" on a two-day International Seminar on Fiction of 21st Century organised by the department of Bengali, Nabinchandra College, Badarpur, Assam, India in collaboration with the department of Bengali Assam University, Silchar, Assam, India on 10th and 11th August, 2024.

Participated in the two-day National Workshop titled "Literary Theory: Towards a Toolkit of Reading" organised by the department of English, Assam University, Silchar, during 13-14 August, 2024.

Orientation/Refresher/FDP Programme

Attended a Fifteen Day Online Certificate Course on Research Methodology organised by Laxmi Book Publication, Solapur, India from 19-04-2020 to 04-05-2020

Attended a seven-day Faculty Development Program on "Preparation of Self-Learning Materials for University and College Learners" organised by Dibrugarh University, Assam, India from 12-05-2020 to 18-05-2020.

Attended four-week Orientation Programme for "Faculty in Universities/ Colleges/ Institutes of Higher Education" organised by Teaching Learning Center, Ramanujan College, University of Delhi from 26-06-2020 to 24-07-2020.

Attended Online Inter-Disciplinary Two-Week Refresher Course in "Managing Online Classes and Co-creating MOOCS" from 08 – 22 March, 2024 organised by Teaching Learning Centre, Ramanujan College, University of Delhi under the Aegis of Ministry of Education, Malaviya Mission Teacher Training Programme.

Participated the NEP-2020 Orientation and Sensitization Programme organised by MMTTC Bangalore University, Bengaluru from 27-05-2024 to 05-06-2024.

Papers Published (in Journals and Edited Books)

"Germination of New Women in the Fictions of Indira Goswami: A Study of the Characters of Giribala and Saudamini" in International Journal of Humanities and Social; Science Studies, Vol. 1 (3), November, 2014, pp 196-200, ISSN: 2349-6959 (Online), ISSN: 2349- 6711 (Print).

"A Contextual Critique of the Issues Involved in the English Translation of Indira Goswami's Nilakanthi Braja" in International Journal of Humanities and Social; Science Studies, Vol. 1 (2), September, 2014, pp 112-119, ISSN: 2349-6959 (Online), ISSN: 2349- 6711 (Print).

"Manipulation of Myth in Making Woman: A Feministic Insight into Githa Hariharan's The Thousand Faces of Night, International Journal of Interdisciplinary and Multidisciplinary Studies, Vol. 1 (11), December. 2015, pp 47-55, ISSN: 2394-7969 (Online).

"Revolutionary Femininity: Devi as the Embodiment of the New Woman", International Journal of Research and Analytical Reviews, Vol. 11 (2), May, 2024, E-ISSN: 2348-1269.

"Crip Ecologies and Toxic Narratives: Disability and Environmental Violence in Indra Sinha's Animal's People, in Impact of Chemicals on Environmental and Societal Aspects and Sustainable Development (Edited by Dr. Rekha Kalani, Mr. Nimish Kumar and Dr. Rehana Khanam) by S Sharda Global Research Publications, June, 2024, Durgapura, Rajathan, India, ISBN: 978-81-965784-7-3.