Faculty Profile

Dr. Kavitha N

Assistant Professor

Qualification : MA, B. Ed, PhD

Experience : 12 Years 9 Months

Specialization : Post colonial literatures, Cultural studies, Oriental studies

Email : kavitha.eng@allsaintscollege.ac.in

Journal Publications
  • ‘Caste and Race in India: Myths and Realities’ in New Man International Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies (Refereed, Indexed International Journal Impact Factor: 4.321 (IIJIF), ISSN: 2348- 1390) Vol. 5, Issue 3, March 2018
  • ‘Unfolding Female Writing in Urmila Pawar’s Aayadan’ in Chronicle of Humanities and Cultural Studies (Refereed, International Journal Impact Factor: 4. 197 (IIJIF), ISSN: 2454- 5503), Vol. 4, Issue 2, February 2018
  • ‘Problems of Translating Cultural Codes in Computational Linguistics’ in The Creative Launcher (International Peer reviewed, Refereed English e-Journal Impact Factor 2.3, ISSN: 2455- 6580), Vol. 2, Issue 5 December 2017
  • ‘Digital Rhetoric, Digital Divide and Subaltern Spaces in New Media’ in The Criterion: An International Journal in English (Refereed, Indexed Open Access Journal, ISSN: 0976-8165) Vol. 8, Issue-IV, August 2017
  • ‘ Merging of the Pharaonic and Arabic Worlds in the novels of Naguib Mahfouz’ in The Creative Launcher (International Peer reviewed, Refereed English e-Journal Impact Factor 2.3, ISSN: 2455- 6580), Vol. 2, Issue 2 June 2017
  • ‘Self-fulfilling prophecy and global literature: a reading of Mahfouz’s Khufu’s wisdom’ in The Expression: An International Multidisciplinary e-Journal (A Peer Reviewed and Indexed Journal with Impact Factor 1.854, ISSN: 2395-4132 ), Vol. 3, Issue 3 June 2017
  • ‘Transnationalism and diaspora in Immigrant Texts: Re-reading Elizabeth Nunez’s Beyond the Limbo Silence’ in The Literary Herald (International Refereed English e-Journal Impact Factor: 2.24 (IIJIF) ISSN: 2454-3365 ), Vol. 3, Issue I , June 2017
  • ‘Minority Discourses and Conflicts across Cultures; Insurgency and Counter Insurgencies in Temsula Ao’s These Hills Called Home: Stories from a War Zone’ in The Quest, A Journal of Indian Literature in English, Vol 30 N0.1 June 2016 (ISSN 0971-2321)
  • ‘Voices of the Third World Feminine: A riveting journey through Nawal El- Saadawi’s Woman at Point Zero’ in the Indian Journal of Post Colonial Literatures, Vol 15.2 Dec 2015 (International Refereed Biannual journal- ISSN 0974-7370)
  • ‘Reconstructing Religion in Post Colonial Paradigms: Voices in Mahfouz’s Children of the Alley’ in the Indian Journal of Post Colonial Literatures, Vol 13.2 Dec 2013 (International Refereed Biannual journal- ISSN 0974-7370)
  • Publications in Books
  • “Black Literature as a Literature of Resistance” (P: 9-17) Chapter published in the Postcolonial Representation and Resistance in Literature (ISBN 978-81-938394-5-4). Ed. Jeevan S Masure, Sanjay G Kulkarni. Newman Publication, 2018
  • Publications in Proceedings
  • ‘Hybrid Identity and the Other in Tsitsi Dangarembga’s Nervous Conditions’ in the Seminar Proceedings (Peer- Reviewed ISBN 978-93-81658-24-6) of Third International Conference of KAAS September 2018, in Nesamony Memorial Christian College,Tamil Nadu
  • ‘Postmodern re- enchantment and the Orient Metanarratives: Renegotiating Adi myths in Mamang Dai’s The Legends of Pensam’ in the seminar Proceedings (ISBN 978-93-83871-52-0) of Interdisciplinary International Conference on Mainstreaming the Marginalized: Perspectives in Humanities, Commerce and Science, January 2017, Loknete Gopinathji Munde Arts, Commerce and Science College, Mandangad, University of Mumbai
  • ‘Diasporic Experience and Polysemic nature of hybrid culture: A study of Chitra Banarji Divakaruni’s Queen of Dreams’ in the Seminar Proceedings (ISBN 978-93-81658-13-0) of Tenth All India Conference of KAAS September 2015, Women’s Christian College, Tamil Nadu
  • ‘Portrayal of Egyptian Women: A journey through Naguib Mahfouz’s Fictional World’ in the Seminar Proceedings (ISBN 978-93-81658-10-9) of Ninth All India Conference of KAAS August 2014, Ayyappa College for Women,Tamil Nadu
  • ‘Gender Issues of Middle East with Special reference to Feminist Movements in Egypt’ in the Seminar Proceedings of National Seminar (UGC-SAP DRS PHASE II) March 2011 on ‘Gender and Development’ at the School of Gandhian Thought and Development Studies, MG University, Kottayam, Kerala
  • ‘Virtual World Language Learning: An Innovative Approach in Language Acquisition’ in the Seminar Proceedings of English Education Congress March 2011 St Mary’s HSS Pattom, Kerala
  • ‘Confluence of Myth and Allegory in the Chronicles of Narnia’ in the Seminar Proceedings of International Seminar November 2010 on ‘(Re) - reading Classics in Children’s Literature’ Bharata Matha College, Kochi, Kerala
  • ‘India and Egypt- A Post Colonial Response’ in the Seminar Proceedings of UGC Sponsered National Seminar September 2010 on ‘History and Politics in Contemporary Indian Literature’, Sree Narayana College, Kollam, Kerala
  • ‘Religion to Unite the Mankind through Literature- A Study of Egyptian Writing’ in the Seminar Proceedings (ISBN 978-81-909710-8-9) of Sixth All India Conference of KAAS September 2010, S T Hindu College, Nagarcoil, Tamil Nadu
  • 'Women Labourers in Kerala and Climate Change' in the Annual Labour Conclave, Vaishvik February 2020, Centre for Labour Studies, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai
  • 'Tsunamika to Chekutty Dolls: Acts of Community Resilience, theory and Praxis' in the National Environment Conference January 2020, Post Graduate Department of English, Amal College of Advanced Studies, Nilambur
  • 'Gandhi in Street Art Across the World: Politics of Resistance in Urban Spaces' in the National Seminar on Gandhi in India’s Literary Imaginations: Rethinking History, Culture and Society October 2019, Department of English, Jamia Milia Islamia, New Delhi
  • 'Hybrid Identity and the Other in Tsitsi Dangarembga’s Nervous Conditions' in the Third International Conference of KAAS September 2018 in Nesamony Memorial Christian College, Marthandam, Tamil Nadu
  • 'Unfolding Female Writing in Urmila Pawar’s Aayadan' in the Interdisciplinary International Conference on Recent Advances in Languages, Literature and Social Sciences February 2018, MGEW Society’s Centre for Humanities and Cultural Studies, Aurangabad
  • 'New Media, Digital Rhetoric and Subaltern Spaces' in the National Seminar on Media and Subalterns in India March 2017, Department of Culture Studies and Media, Central University of Rajastan, Bandarsindri, Ajmer
  • 'Culture v/s Counter Culture: Role of Graffiti in Alternative Public Sphere' in the National Seminar on Decoding the Homogeneity of Visual Culture in India: Multidisciplinary Perspectives December 2016, Maharaja’s College, Ernakulam
  • 'Heterotopian Studies and Immigrant Narratives: Mapping Contentious Spaces in contemporary Hebrew Literature' in the Eleventh All India Conference of KAAS December 2016, Sree Ayyappa College for Women,Tamil Nadu
  • 'Computational Linguistics and Culturemes: Problems of Translating Cultural Codes in Literary Texts' in the National Seminar (UGC SAP- DRS Phase III) November 2016, Department of English, Jamia Milia Islamia University, New Delhi
  • 'Digitization of Food and Foucauldian Panopticism: Culinary Detours in the Neo- liberal World' in the National Conference on Culinary Routes/ Roots, November 2016, Department of English, University of Delhi
  • 'Contemporary Discourses on Sea: Recent Trends in Maritime Humanities' in the International Seminar on Sea and Literature, September 2016 organised by ACSR thrissur & Department of English, Sree Narayana College, Nattika
  • 'Discerning Transnational Identity in Immigrant Texts: A Study of Elizabeth Nunez’s Beyond the Limbo Silence' in the UGC Sponsored National Seminar on Re-thinking Post colonialism- Texts and contexts, December 2015, Governement College for Women, Thiruvananthapuram
  • ‘Diasporic Experience and Polysemic nature of hybrid culture: A study of Chitra Banarji Divakaruni’s Queen of Dreams’ in the Tenth All India Conference of KAAS September 2015, Women’s Christian College, Nagarcoil, Tamil Nadu
  • ‘Portrayal of Egyptian Women: A journey through Naguib Mahfouz’s Fictional World’ in the Ninth All India Conference of KAAS August 2014, Ayyappa College for Women, Nagarcoil, Tamil Nadu
  • ‘Re Constructing Don Delillo’s Fallling Man as an Enigma of Terror, Art and Resistance’ in the UGC Sponsored National Seminar on Representations of Power and Terror in Post 9/11 Discourses, November 2013,Sacred Heart College, Kochi
  • ‘Gender Issues of Middle East with Special reference to Feminist Movements in Egypt’ in the National Seminar (UGC-SAP DRS PHASE II) March 2011 on ‘Gender and Development’ at the School of Gandhian Thought and Development Studies, MG University, Kottayam
  • ‘Virtual World Language Learning: An Innovative Approach in Language Acquisition’ in the English Education Congress March 2011 St Mary’s HSS Pattom, Trivandrum
  • ‘Confluence of Myth and Allegory in the Chronicles of Narnia’ in the International Seminar November 2010 on ‘(Re) - reading Classics in Children’s Literature’ Bharata Matha College, Kochi
  • ‘India and Egypt- A Post Colonial Response’ in the UGC Sponsered National Seminar September 2010 on ‘History and Politics in Contemporary Indian Literature’, Sree Narayana College, Kollam
  • ‘Religion to Unite the Mankind through Literature- A Study of Egyptian Writing’ in the Sixth All India Conference of KAAS September 2010, S T Hindu College, Nagarcoil, Tamil Nadu
  • Chief Superintendent of Examinations, All Saints’ College, University of Kerala No.EAI/Uty.Exams/CS-SAS/2023-2024 dtd 29/03/2023 (April 2023- March 2024)
  • Member, PG Board of Studies, Department of Linguistics, University of Kerala (January 2020- January 2023)
  • Research Guide, Department of English (Ac. EVI (1)/ 24447/ 2016 dtd 16/01/2017) University of Kerala
  • NSS Programme Officer, No. NSS/ KU/ APO-2/ 2018- 19 dtd 03/08/2018, University of Kerala (October 2017- October 2022)
  • Completed the UGC­ Approved Short­ Term Professional Development Programme Under PMMMNMTT on Implementation of NEP ­2020 for University and College Teachers organised by IGNOU, May 2023
  • Completed 'iHumanities Summer School of Crititcal Theory and Philosophy 2021' (Online) conducted by University of Wales, UK in collaboration with St Berchmans College, Changanassery, July 2021
  • Completed FDP (Online) in 'Emerging Accessible Technologies for Teachers in Higher Education' by Maitreyi College, University of Delhi and Guru Angad Dev Teaching Learning Centre, SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi under the Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya National Mission on Teachers and Teaching (PMMMNMTT) of Ministry of Education, March 2021
  • Completed online Workshop for 'Empowering Teaching through Online Mode' (JNU -WETOM IV ) on ‘Going Online: Classroom, Fieldwork and Research’ JNU, New Delhi, July 2020
  • Completed online Workshop for 'Empowering Teaching through Online Mode' (JNU -WETOM III ) on ‘Online Assessment and Evaluation’ JNU, New Delhi, June, 2020
  • Completed online Workshop for 'Empowering Teaching through Online Mode' (JNU -WETOM II ), JNU, New Delhi, May 2020
  • Completed Online Workshop on 'Online Course Design, Development and Delivery' at HRDC, University of Hyderabad, May 2020
  • Completed GIAN Course/ Workshop on 'Critical Philosophy of Race' at Humanities and Social Sciences Department, IIT- Delhi, November 2017
  • Completed a workshop on ‘e Tools Development’ conducted by FLAIR programme, Department of Higher Education, Government of Kerala at the Maria Rani Convention Centre, Sreekaryam, Thiruvananthapuram, February 2017
  • Completed a Short Term Training programme on Course design by FLAIR Programme, Department of Higher Education, Government of Kerala at the International Institute of Information Technology, Bangalore,January 2016
  • Completed FLAIR Personality Development Training Programme at Loyola College for Social Sciences, Sreekaryam, January 2016
  • Delegate,National Skill Conclave, SEEK’ 2015, ASAP(Additional Skill Acquisition Programme), Higher Education Department, Government of Kerala,December 2015
  • Completed Faculty Development Programme in IT Tools for Academics (Moodle), conducted by ICT Academy of Kerala in association with FLAIR, December 2015
  • Completed FLAIR Induction Training Programme Phase II at Maria Rani Training Centre, Sreekaryam, Trivandrum, September 2015
  • Completed FLAIR Induction Training Programme Phase I at Kerala Water Authority Training Centre, Trivandrum, November 2014