Mr. Tonmay Das is a Ph. D. Research Scholar at IIT Dharwad, India. He is a student member of the International Comparative Literature Association, FILLM, UK. He has done his B.A. and M.A. in English Literature from The University of Burdwan, WB, India. He has qualified NET with JRF, WBSET in 2023 and GATE in 2024 in English Literature. His areas of interest are Cinema and Media Studies, Visual and Narrative Criminology, and Gender Studies.
UG - English Language and Literature, The University of Burdwan (2016 - 2019)
PG - English Literature and Culture Studies, The University of Burdwan (2019 - 2021)
Forensic Linguistics - National Forensic Sciences University, IIT Madras (NPTEL) (2025)
Bengal in Translation: A Three-month Add-On Course on Translating to and from Bengali (Manikchak College, University of Gour Banga)
Presented a Research Paper Titled "Vidyasagar as a Renaissance Man and his Role on the Modernization of Sanskrit in Bengal and India" in a Seminar on "Idioms of Improvement: 200 Years of Social Reformation in India" held on September 26, 2019 at The University of Burdwan, Golapbag.
Presented a Research Paper Titled "Performing Rituals, Performing Resilience: The Politics of Spirituality and Occupational Vulnerabilities in Sundarbans" in the Doctoral Scholars' Conference on "People, Culture, Spaces" (ICSSR Sponsored) held on the 9th and 10th of January, 2025 at the Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta (CSSSC).
Co-presented a Research Paper with Dr. Ridhima Tewari Titled "The Neo-mythologization of Sundarbans: Problematizing Ecotourism and the Contemporary Representations of Sundarbans in Popular Media" in the International Conference on "Navigating Cross-Functional Collaboration for Ecological Security Pattern" (ICSSR Sponsored) held on 16th to 18th January, 2025 at the Mount Carmel College, Autonomous, Bengaluru.
Co-presented a Research Paper With Dr. Ridhima Tewari Titled “The Neo-capitalist Epidemic: Investigating Anthropocidal Ecocide in Netflix’s Original Kaala Paani Series (2023)” in the International Conference on “Vulnerability in South Asian Literature: Understanding the Crisis and Community” on 23 Sept. 2025 at the Midnapore College (Autonomous), West Bengal.
International conference on “Whither Integrative Humanities? Paths and Challenges”, organised by the Department of English Literature, English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad from 28 August to 30 August 2024.
Attended a One-day Online Workshop on "Academic Writing Essentials: Strategies for Successful Research Publication with Interdisciplinary Framework(s)", Organised by the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, on the 6th of December, 2024.
Participated in a One Week Online Faculty Development Programme titled "Researching Cultural Vulnerability: Concepts, Contexts, and Challenges" " Organised by NIT Trichy in Association with The UNESCO Chair of Vulnerability Studies (University of Hyderabad) between 27th January 2025 to 1st February 2025.