Executive Editor
Consortium: An International Journal of Literary and Cultural Studies
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West Bengal, India.
Executive Editor
Entanglements: Journal of Posthumanities
Link: https://www.entanglements.in/
West Bengal, India.
Educational Records and achievements:
Secondary:
1st Division
Raniganj K.C. High School,
Raniganj, Kamaldanga,
Gazole, Malda,
73238, West Bengal, India. 2011
Higher Secondary:
1st Division
Department of Humanities,
Malda Zilla School,
Rabindra Avenue, Malda,
732101, West Bengal, India. 2013
Graduation:
Bachelor of Arts, English (Hons.)
2nd Class
Department of English,
Berhampore K.N. College,
1, Surjyasen Road, Gora Bazar,
Berhampore, Murshidabad,
742101, West Bengal, India. 2016
Masters:
Masters Of Arts,
English 1st Class
Department of English,
Rabindra Bharati University,
56/A, B.T. Road, Kolkata 700050,
West Bengal, India. 2018
UGC-NET:
Qualified UGC-NET in English Literature- June 2018, December 2018, June 2019, December 2019,
October 2020, June 2021, December 2022, December 2024
WB-SET:
Qualified the 23rd West Bengal State Eligibility Test
Award:
UGC- National Fellowship-JRF (2 times: 2020, 2021)
M.Phil.:
M.Phil. in English,
1st Class
Title of Dissertation: Death in Language, Theatre and Memory: A Select Reading of Luigi Pirandello and Samuel Beckett.
Department of English,
Raiganj University, University Road, College Para, Raiganj,
733134, West Bengal, India.
Ph.D.:
Ph.D. (Pursuing)
Department of English,
University of Kalyani,
Kalyani, Nadia, &41235,
West Bengal, India.
Research Interests or Interested Areas:
Literature of the Margins, Indigenous Literature, Postcolonial Literature, Partition Literature, South Asian Writings, Modernism, Postmodernism, Ecocriticism, Gender Studies, and Cultural studies.
Presentations, Seminars, Workshops and Lectures:
Presented a paper titled "Status of the “Second Sex’ed Girl in the Engendered Reality in Bengal and West Asian Perspective" at an International Conference on the Global Status of Girls, Organised by the Department of English, Palassey College, and the Department of Women Studies, Kalyani University, in 2018.
Presented a paper titled "The Performativity of Death and Identity in Six Characters In Search of an Author and Breath: A Linguistic Approach" at the 43rd International Conference of the Linguistic Society of India, jointly organised by CIIL, Ministry of Education, Government of India, Mysuru and Linguistic Society of India, Pune, 2021.
Delivered a lecture titled "Documentation and Citation: A Practical Approach" as a resource person in a One Day Workshop Organised by the Department of English, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar College, Nadia, West Bengal, on July 15th, 2022.
Presented a paper titled "The Cyberflâneur and the Discourse of Urban Space and Cyberspace" in the workshop on "Digital Infrastructure and Contemporary Urbanities" at NIT Silchar, Assam, India, on September 16th, 2023.
Given lectures on different topics for UG and PG in the Department of English, Raiganj University, West Bengal, India, 733134.
Presented a paper titled "Nurturing Green Minds: Exploring Ecological Consciousness in Popular Bengali Children's Literature" in an Internatinal Seminar on The Popular: Culture, Literature and Media organised by the Department of English, Dr. B. R. Ambedkar College, Betai, Nadia, West Bengal, India, on 15th December, 2023.
Presented a paper titled "Posthuman Entanglement in Ahmed Sofa's Pushpa, Brikkha Ebong Bihanga Puran: A Counter Narrative to Anthropocentrism" at a Two-Day International Conference on Posthumanism Condition in the Anthropocene oraganised by the Centre for Research in Posthumanities, Bankura University, Bankura, WB, India, on 02-03 March, 2024.
presented a paper titled "Exploring the Impact of the Anthropogenic Activities on Heritage: A Study of the Select Popular Songs" an ICSSR-ERC Sponsored Two-Day International Conference on Literature and Heritage: Interdisciplinary Perspectives organised by the Postgraduate Section of Malda College, Malda, WB, India, on 20-21 September 2024.
Presentated a paper entitled “Critiquing the Human-Animal Divide: A Posthumanist Gender Studies Perspective” at the One-Day International Symposium on Posthumanism and Animal Question organised by the Centre for Research in Posthumanities, Bankura University, Bankura, WB, India on 16 December, 2024.
Presented a paper titled “Whose Nation and Whose Mother? The Politics of Marginalisation in Bankim Chandra Chatterjee’s Ideation of “Banga Janani”” in a Two-Day International Seminar on Marginal Voices of India: Perspectives on Education, Literature, Politics and Culture organised by the Department of Education, English, Political Science, and Sociology in collaboration with IQAC, Gazole Mahavidyalaya, Malda, WB, India, on 18-19 March 2025.
Presented a paper titled “Interrogating the Motherland Myth: An Ecofeminist Reading of Bankim Chandra Chatterjee’s "Bande Mataram”” at the International Conference on Nature through the Lens of Indian English Writing: An Ecocritical Perspective organised by the Department of English, Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata, WB, India, on 24 March 2025.
Presented a paper titled “Undoing Speciesism: Posthuman Gender and Ethics of Trans-Species Affection in Sigrid Nunez’s The Friend” in a Two-Day International Conference on ‘Thinking Other-Wise’: Posthumanism and Human-Animal Studies organised by Bankura University, WB, India, on 03-04 April 2025.
Publications:
Contributed a chapter titled “The Thematic Perspective and Interpretation of Oroonoko: Or, The Royal Slave. A True History” in the book A New Critical Edition and Response to Aphra Behn’s Oroonoko, Author Press (New Delhi), ISBN- 978-93-90459-3- 1, P.127-145. 2020
Jointly Edited an ISBN book entitled The Rover by Aphra Behn: Text and Criticism, published by Ababil Books, Kolkata, West Bengal, 2022. ISBN- 997-91-80646-7-8
Contributed a chapter entitled "The Rover or The Banish’d Cavaliers: History, Society and Politics in the Representation of England and Continental Europe (Spain and Italy)" in the book, The Rover by Aphra Behn: Text and Criticism published by Ababil Books, Kolkata, West Bengal, ISBN- 997-91-80646-7-8, pp. 221-230, 2022.
Contributed a chapter entitled "Death and Speech Actions in Pirandello's Six Characters in Search of an Author and Beckett's Breath" in an edited volume by CIIL, Mysuru (to be published in 2024).
Contributed a chapter entitled "Doing Posthumanism in Questioning the Margin of Being through Samuel Beckett's Endgame and Breath" in A Reader's Companion to Literature and the Posthuman, published by Aakar Books, Delhi, India, ISBN: 978-93-5002-876-6, pp. 79-92, 2024.
Contributed a chapter entitled "Animism and Metaphors of the Mountain in Mamang Dai’s “The Voice of the Mountain”: A CulturalExploration” in Remapind the Canon: A Journey Across Indian Poetry in English, Published by Atlantic Publisher and Distributor (P), Ltd., pp. 53-65, 2024.
Jointly Contributed an article entitled "Relocating Slow ViolenceRelocating “Slow Violence” within the Discourse of Anthropocene in John Bruner's The Sheep Look Up” to the UGC-CARE listed journal, Journal of the Department of English, Vidyasagar University, Midnapore, WB, India, January 2025
Contributed a chapter entitled “Let No One Say the Past is Dead”: Relocating the Postcolonial Resistant in Oodgeroo Noonuccal’s Select Poems from The Dawn Is At Hand” in an edited volume by Dr. Nikhilesh Dhar, 2025.
contributed a chapter entitled "Exploring Ecomedica and Environmental Activism: A Critical Study with Special Reference to Michael Jackson's “Earth Song” in an edited book. 2025.
Contributed a chapter entitled "Nurturing the Green Minds: Exploring Ecological Consciousness and Ecosophy in Select Bengali Children's Literature" in an edited volume by Dr. Bapin Mallick and Dr. Dipanjan Ghosh. (to be published in 2024).