Ms. V. Akiladevi

Title of M.Phil. Thesis:'Maternity' -A Space for Women ,as seen in the novels of Sherley Anne Williams,Buchi Emechetta and Margaret Lawrence.

Date of Joining the College: 1 February 2008.

Areas of Interest

• Linguistics/English language Teaching

• Theatre

• Feminism

Publications

1. Published paper on “Radical Humanism” at a National Seminar, Dr. M.G.R Janaki Women's College, 2007.

2. Contributed to the Textbook( General English) brought out by the Department of English, Meenakshi College for Women.

3. "Teacher Performer – Acting and Voice Modulation" - published in The Journal of English Language Teaching(India) – Volume XLII Number 4 ,July-August, 2013 – ISSN 0973-5208.

4. "A Battle and Search for Self – An Insight into Ayaan Hirsi Ali’s Infidel" -Published in a book ‘ “Creating Transcultural Forms: A Critique of New Literatures in English” by Loyola Publications in September 2016- ISBN 819077877-3.

Awards

• M.A., Gold Medalist, Rank 1, Periyar University

Other Achievements

• Faculty in Access English Micro-Scholarship Programme 2007-09 conducted by the U.S. Consulate General-Chennai.

• Certificate Course in Theatre : ‘ActOne’-Acting and Voice Training Theatre Y

Training Programmes Attended

• ‘Act One’- Acting and Voice training program conducted by Theatre Y.

• Attended Orientation Programme conducted by Academic Staff College, University of Madras from 05.11-2013 to 02-12-2013.

• Attended Refresher Course conducted by Academic Staff College, University of Madras from 24-05-2017 to 13-06-2017.

• Initial Training for Interlocutors, Aviation English Language Experts ( Raters) and Aviation English Trainers organised by the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Madras, November 2019.