Dr. Dinesh Kumar
Deputy Director of Research Centres
Head, Dept. of English
V G Vaze College Autonomous
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Profile
Profile
Dean of Research
Head, Dept of English
V G Vaze College Autonomous
Qualifications
Qualifications
MA, SET, Ph.D
MA, SET, Ph.D
Career Highlights
Career Highlights
Research
Publications
Curriculum Designing
Guest Lectures
6 PhDs
23 M Phils
30 Research Papers
Curriculum Designed for 4 Universities and 4 Autonomous Colleges
40 Guest Lectures
Experience
Experience
•28 years of UG, PG and Research level teaching
•28 years of UG, PG and Research level teaching
•Supervised 23 M.Phil. and 6 Ph.D. dissertations
•Supervised 23 M.Phil. and 6 Ph.D. dissertations
•Has Published 8 books and 30 research papers
•Has Published 8 books and 30 research papers
•Designed Curriculum for 4 Universities and 5 Autonomous Institutions
•Designed Curriculum for 4 Universities and 5 Autonomous Institutions
Expertise
Expertise
Research Supervisor
Academician
Curriculum Designer
Writer
Corporate Trainer
Publications
Books:
World War I: Centenary Hindsights
Linguistic and Stylistic Analysis of Texts
Literary Theory
Research papers on:
Corporeal Studies
Eco-criticism
Media Memory
Speciesism
Neo-Diasporas
Areas of Research
Critical Race Theory
Mexican Fiction
Culinary Cultural Politics
Cultural Citizenship
Indo-Caribbean Writers
Memory Studies
New Millennial Indian Fiction
Eco-criticism
Ecofeminism
Spatial Criticism
Geo-poetics
Textual Democracy
Neo Diasporas
Cultural Diplomacy
Images
Talks and Keynote Lectures
Foodways and Gustatory Identities in Migration,”
“Ethnicity in Diaspora,”
“Topoanalyis: Imagined, Structured and Lived Spaces in Cultural Texts,”
“Post-millennial English Fiction in India: A Socio-political Overview,”
“South Asian Literature and Cultural Diplomacy,”
“Discursive Psychology and Narrative Psychology in Indian English Fiction by Women”
“Teaching Literature: Cultural Mediation in the Classroom,”
“Soundscape in Shakespearean Drama,”
“Ecopsychology: A Literary Perspective”
Publication: Academic Books
1. A Workbook on Communication Skills in English for FYBA. Mumbai: Reliable Publication,1998.
2. Business Communication – A Textbook. Mumbai: Reliable Publication, 2012. ISBN: 978-81-932640-2-5.
3. Translation Theory and Practice. Institute of Distance Education, University of Mumbai, 2009.
4. Linguistic and Stylistic Analysis of Text, Institute of Distance Education, University of Mumbai, 2009.
5. Edited and co-authored the book Literary Criticism and Theory, Institute of Distance Education, University of Mumbai, December 2010.
6. Edited and co-authored the study material Anglo-Irish Literature, Institute of Distance Education, University of Mumbai, October 2011.
7. Edited FYBA English Ancillary – Introduction to Literature, An Anthology Prepared by the Board of Studies, University of Mumbai, July, 2011.
8. Co-authored Revisiting World War I: Centenary Hindsights. New Delhi: Bharti Publications, 2015.
Publication: Articles
1. “Another Brick in the Wall: Article on Higher Education,” University News, Vol. 39 no.20, May 14-20, 2000, pp 1-4.
2. “Postcolonial Cartography of an Indian Town: A Study of Class, Community and Cultural Spaces in Aravind Adiga’s Between the Assassinations.” In Sunil Kumar Navin and T. Sai Chandra Mouli (Ed.) Multiplexity of Postcolonial Literature. New Delhi: Authorspress, 2010, pp.141-150, ISBN no 978-81-7273-554-8.
3. “Markers of Sensuality and Beauty in Kamala Das’ Tonight, This Savage Rite.” In T. Sai Chandra Mouli (Ed.) Charisma of Kamala Das. New Delhi: GNOSIS, 2010, pp. 125-132. ISBN No. 978-81-89012-59-2.
4. “Getting Inside the Outsider Tradition: A Reading of G.V. Desani’s All About H. Hatter.” In Research Spectrum, a Peer Reviewed National Journal, Vol. 2, Issue 1, February, 2011, pp. 18-27. ISSN 0976-5964.
5. “Ethnicity in Motion: Understanding Travel Aesthetics and Diasporic Mediations of Rajagopalan Radhakrishnan.” In Virtuoso. Vol.1 Issue1, August 2011, pp. 79-83 ISSN: 2249-6076
6. “Marginality Afloat: Race, Caste, Class and the Colonial Ship in Amitav Ghosh’s Sea of Poppies.” The Fiction of Amitav Ghosh: A Postcolonial Perspective. (Ed) B. K. Sharma. New Delhi: Sarup Book Publishers Pvt. Ltd., 2011, pp.33-38, ISBN: 978-81-7625-718-3.
7. “Reviewing Travel Aesthetics: Crossing of Boundaries in Jamaica Kincaid’s Among Flowers: A Walk in the Himalaya.” in Changing Worlds: Reviewing and Re-inveting Literature and Culturte (Ed) Lata Marina Verghese, Pathanamthitta: Postgraduate Department of English, Catholicate College, 2012, pp.125-132, ISBN: 978-81-920711-0-7.
8. “Cultural Negotiation and Resonance: A New Historicist Reading of Aravind Adiga’s The White Tiger.” Research Spectrum, A Peer-Reviewed National Journal, Vol.3, Issue 1, February 2012, pp.1-4, ISSN: 0976-5964.
9. “Feminities in Diaspora: Intersection of Lives, Love and Sexuality in Jhumpa Lahiri’s “Hell-Heaven”’ in Research Drops, a Peer Reviewed International Journal, Vol. 2, Issue 1, March 2012, pp.23-28, ISSN 2231-105X.
10. “Relational Self in Shashi Deshpande’s That Long Silence” in The Atlantic Critical Review Quarterly, Vol. 11, Issue – IV, December, 2012, pp. 120-129. ISSN: 0972-6373.
11. “Anti-art and Counter-science: A Postcolonial Reading of Amitav Ghosh’s The Calcutta Chromosome” in The Novels of Amitav Ghosh: An Analytical Appraisal. (Ed) Vivekanand Jha. New Delhi: B R Publishing Corporation, 2013, pp.44-55, ISBN: 9789350500620.
12 “Eating: An Indian Experience in an Era of Globalization” in Research Drops, Vol. III, Issue I, March 2013, pp. 7-11, ISSN: 2231-105X.
13. “Woman’s Relational Identity in Shashi Deshpande’s Roots and Shadows” in Research Drops, Vol.III, Issue I, March 2013, pp. 28-33, ISSN: 2231-105X
14. “Grandmother Wisdom in Alice Walker’s Now is the Time to Open Your Heart” in Research Drops, Vol.III, Issue I, March 2013, pp. 51-57, ISSN: 2231-105X
15. “Across the Cultural Borders: Journeys, Mobility and Migration in Amitav Ghosh’s The Hungry Tide”. In Vivekanand Jha (ed.) The Fiction of Amitav Ghosh: A Critical Commentary. New Delhi, Atlantic Publishers, 2013. pp. 38-51, ISBN: 9788126917938.
16. Eliminating Barriers in Student Satisfaction Index” in Research Dimensions, Vol. III, Issue IV, May, 2013, pp. 5- 9, ISSN: 0976-8564.
17. “Getting Inside the Outsider Tradition: A Reading of G. V. Desani’s All About H. Hatterr” in T. Sai Chandra Mouli (ed.) Studies in Transcultural Fiction. New Delhi: Adhyayan Publishers, 2014. pp. 102-115, ISBN: 9788184352221.
18. “(Dis/Re)Possessing the Female Body, Sexuality and Selfhood in Alice Walker’s Possessing the Secret of Joy” in Research Spectrum, Vol-V, Issue-II August, 2014. pp. 1-12, ISSN: 09765964.
19. “Motherhood, Sisterhood and Redeeming Women’s collectives in Toni Morrison’s A Mercy in Chronicle of Humanities and Cultural Studies (refereed international journal) Vol.1, Issue 5, Sept./ Oct. 2015,pp. 33-36, impact factor, 3.012, ISSN 2454-5503
20. “Metaphors and Linguistics Coordinates of Contemporary Business Discourse” in International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research (IJMR) Vol. III, Issue-11 (IV), February, 2015. pp.116- 118. ISSN: 22779302.
21. “Media Memory Studies and a Perspective Reassessment of World War-I Films – Stanley Kubrick’s Paths of Glory and Tony Bill’s Flyboys” in Preeta Nilesh and Dinesh Kumar (ed.) Revisiting World War–I: Centenary Hindsights. New Delhi: Bharti Publications, 2015, pp. 76-86, ISBN: 9789385000362 .
22. “Alternatives of Community and Space in Gloria Naylor’s Mama Day and Women of Brewster Place in Chronicle of Humanities and Cultural Studies (refereed international journal) Vol.2, Issue 1, January / February 2016,pp. 46-48, impact factor, 3.012, ISSN 2454-5503
23. “Cosmopolitanism in Sports Novel: Globalizing Sri Lankan Ethnic Politics in Chinaman” in Chronicle of Humanities and Cultural Studies (refereed international journal) Vol.4, Issue 2, Feb 2018, UGC Approved Journal no 63716, impact factor, 4.197, ISSN 2454-5503,51-53
24. “Non-speciesist Representation of Animals in Literary Texts” in Chronicle of Humanities and Cultural Studies (refereed international journal) Vol.4, Issue 2, Feb 2018, UGC Approved Journal no 63716, impact factor, 4.197, ISSN 2454-5503, 158-159.
25. “Material Ecocriticism: An Emerging Strand in Ecological Theory and Praxis” in Chronicle of Humanities and Cultural Studies (refereed international journal) Vol.4, Issue 2, Feb 2018, UGC Approved Journal no 63716, impact factor, 4.197, ISSN 2454-5503, 162-164.
26. “Eco-genic Trans-corporeality in Angela Carter’s Nights at the Circus.” In Vidya Premkumar el al. (Ed.) Reweaving Terra Mater: Women Ecology and Livelihood. Mithibai College Publication, 2019, pp. 287-297, ISBN 978-93-5346-511-7
27. “Women’s’ Body and Senses a Corporeal Feminist reading of Carmen Machado’s Short Stories, “The Husband Stitch” and “Eight Bites” in Perspectives on Contemporary Literature and Literary Theories in English, P.Kannan (Ed.) Jeevan Publication 2020, pp. 271-275, ISBN- 9789388551052-01130
28. “Sartorial Spaces: Cross Dressing and Gender Ambivalence in Thomas Middleton and Thomas Dekker’s The Roaring Girl” in Perspectives on Contemporary Literature and Literary Theories in English , P.Kannan (Ed.) Jeevan Publication 2020, pp. 317- 322 ISBN- 9789388551052-01130
29. “Digital Presence of Indo-Mauritian Poets: Diasporic mediation of Space and Cultural Identity” in Journal of Interdisciplinary Cycle Research – UGC Care Approved group – II Journal , Vol-12, Issue – 9 ,September -2020, PP-660-669, ISSN – 0022-1945
30. Crisis Of War And Resilience In Chimamnda Adichie’s Half Of A Yellow Sun in Shodh Snachar Bulletin – UGC CARE Approved, Vol. 10, Issue 39, September 2020, pp. 45-49, ISSN-2229-3620
31. “Africana Womanist Reading of Chimamanda Adichie’s The Purple Hibiscus” in Purakala, ISSN 0971-2143, Vol. 31 Issue 62 Month June Year 2020,pp. 65-72 Impact Factor 5.60 in UGC Care Approved Journal.
Organized, delivered a plenary talk and attended a Two day International Web Conference on "Literary Studies in the Coronavirus Terrain: Reading Peril, Environment and Normalcy." organized by R.J. College, Vaze College & Smt C.H. M. College jointly invites you to a scheduled Zoom event. Date: Jun 26 and 27, 2020
-Organized a Two-Day International Webinar, “The Pandemic Turn: Challenges Direction & Innovation In New Order”, by the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences of KET's V. G. Vaze College (Autonomous) on 25th & 26th February 2021.
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RESEARCH GUIDANCE
Ph.D. Supervision
1. Mr. Vinod Zalte on the topic “Ecospirituality in the Novels of Louise Erdrich” University of Mumbai. Degree awarded in March 2018
2. Mrs. Jalaja Gopakumar Nair on the topic “Chinese American Diasporic Self and Cultural Negotiations in the Novels of Amy Tan and Maxine Hong Kingston” University of Mumbai. Degree awarded in February 2019.
3. Ms. Chirivella Radhika Hanumantharao on the topic “Rewriting of the Hegemonic Nuclear Family in Terry McMillan’s Novels”. University of Mumbai, Registration –November 2012. Degree awarded in March 2019.
4. Mr. Shyam Choithani on the topic “Railways and the Culture of Mobility in Selected Indian English Novels and Short Stories” University of Mumbai, Registration – March 2013. Degree awarded on 6 March 2020.
5. Mrs. Gauri Mirajgaonkar on the topic Hybridity, Mobility and Sexuality: Female Subjectivities in Indo-Caribbean Fiction” University of Mumbai, Degree awarded in July 2020.
6. Ms. Shayeree Ghosh on the topic “Language, Gender Index and Asymmetry in Select Novels of Angeles Mastretta and Carlos Fuentes” University of Mumbai, Registration – June 2013., Degree awarded in September 2020
7. Mr. Nelson Daniel on the topic “Puritanism and Providence in the Novels of Daniel Defoe”, University of Mumbai, Registration, June 2013.
8. Ms. Tanvi Joshi on the topic “Style, Semiotics, Culture and Identity: A Study of Selected Texts about Fashion” University of Mumbai, Registration, October 2017.
9. Ms. Madhumanti Sengupta on the topic “Senses and Sustainability: A Bioregional Mapping and an Eco-critical Assessment of Pablo Neruda’s Love Poems,” University of Mumbai. Registration, October 2018.
10. Ms. Suwarna Suryawanshi on “Problematic Representation of Animals in Selected Novels”, University of Mumbai. Registration, January, 2021
(On-going PhD Projects)
1. Mr. Pramod Bhosale on “Novel as a Bangalore Genre: Analysis of Selected New Millennial Indian English Novels Set in the Garden City”, University of Mumbai, Registration, January 2021
2. Mr Vikas Zunjarrao on “Postmodern Minimalism in the Selected Novels of Cormac McCarthy, Chuck Palahniuk, and Frederick Barthelme” University of Mumbai, Registration October 2023
3. Ms. Adwaita Malse on “House, Space And Identity in the Selected Novels by Contemporary East African Women Writers”, Topic approved, University of Mumbai
4. Ms. Radhika Gangadhar on “Feline Subjectivity: Cats’ Perspectives, Agency and Personhood in Selected Novels,” Topic Approved, University of Mumbai
5. Audrey Correa on “Lesbian visibility in selected 21st century Indian English Fiction”, Topic Approved, University of Mumbai
6. Anima P. on “Sustainable Screen: Analysis of Selected Malayalam Movies using Ecological Film Criticism” Topic Approved, University of Mumbai
7. Tehseen Khan on “Cities in Imagination: Analysis of Selected South Asian Novels Using Urban Literary Studies Perspective”, Topic Approved, University of Mumbai
8. Sanika Joshi on “Gender Representations in Selected South Ontario Gothic Novels”, Topic Approved, University of Mumbai
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