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  • Prof Kalpana Rao H

  • Professor
  • Pondicherry University
Publications 1994 - 2008

Publications

  • 2
    Journal Articles

Expertise

Humanities, Multidisciplinary

Canadian and American Literature, Women’s Writing and Feminist Studies; Cultural studies; Literary theories, New Literatures in English

Personal Information

Prof Kalpana Rao H

Female
Department of English Silver Jubilee Campus, School of Humanities, Pondicherry University
Pondicherry, Pondicherry, India - 605014


Experience

  • Professor

    Department of English

    Pondicherry University

  • Associate Professor

    Department of English

    Pondicherry University


Qualification

  • Ph.D

    Pondicherry Central University

  • PGDTS

    University of Hyderabad

  • PGDTE

    Central Institute of English

  • M. Phil

    Pondicherry Central University

  • PGCTE

    Central Institute of English

  • MA

    Bangalore University


Honours and Awards

2016

Faculty Mobility Award

SICI and MHRD, Delhi (affiliated to University of Western Ontario, Canada

2015

Visiting Researcher

Department of Literature, History of Ideas, and Religion, University of Gothenburg, Sweden

2011

Best Teacher in Department of English

Pondicherry University, Puducherry

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2016

Faculty Mobility Award

SICI and MHRD, Delhi (affiliated to University of Western Ontario, Canada

2015

Visiting Researcher

Department of Literature, History of Ideas, and Religion, University of Gothenburg, Sweden

2011

Best Teacher in Department of English

Pondicherry University, Puducherry

2007

United States Fulbright's Study of Institutions award

USEFI

2001

Associateship

Indian Institute of Advanced Studies, Shimla

1999

Fellowship in the field of Literature

Department of Culture, Ministry of Human Resource Development, New Delhi

1993

Graduate Research Award; (affiliated to University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada )

Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute, New Delhi and Calgary

1993

ranked Third in the American Civilization Course

American Studies Research Center, presently OUCIP, Hyderabad

1992

Distinction and overall 3rd position in Post-Graduate Diploma in Teaching of English course

Central Institute of English and Foreign Languages, (presently known as English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad

1991

Junior Research Fellowship

University Grant Commission, Delhi

1990

First Rank and Gold Medal in Master of Philosophy in English

Pondicherry University, Puducherry

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Doctoral Theses Guided

2017

Performing Acts of Decolonization: A Study Of Resistance and Protest in Select Chicano and Hispanic-American Plays

Soukarja Ghosal, Pondicherry University

2017

Cultural Implications of Popular Fiction: A Reading of Jeffrey Archer’s Select Novels

Manu C. Skaria, Pondicherry Central University

2016

Politics of Silence and Voice: A Study of Rape Narratives by Select Women Writers From The Indian Subcontinent

Lahari Behera, Pondicherry Central University

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2017

Performing Acts of Decolonization: A Study Of Resistance and Protest in Select Chicano and Hispanic-American Plays

Soukarja Ghosal, Pondicherry University

2017

Cultural Implications of Popular Fiction: A Reading of Jeffrey Archer’s Select Novels

Manu C. Skaria, Pondicherry Central University

2016

Politics of Silence and Voice: A Study of Rape Narratives by Select Women Writers From The Indian Subcontinent

Lahari Behera, Pondicherry Central University

2015

Transcribers of African American Heritage: A Select Study of Women Poets

S. Vijayalakshmi, Pondicherry Central University

2014

Connecting Worlds: A Study of Domesticity in the Select Novels of Jane Austen and Triveni.

M. K. Gayatri Devi, Pondicherry Central University

2014

Mimicry and Stereotype: A Study of American Ethnic Families in Select Fiction

Parimala. M, Pondicherry Central University

2013

The American Gothic: A Study of Select Novels of Joyce Carol Oates

S. Djeabalan, Pondicherry Central University

2012

Configuration of Masculinities in Indian Fiction: A Select Study

N. Chandra, Pondicherry Central University

2010

1Diasporic Chronotope in Women’s Fiction: A Select Study

S. Sujaritha, Pondicherry Central University

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Membership In Professional Bodies

2012

The World Association of Global Diaspora Studies (WADIS), Korea

Life member

2005

Association for Australasia Studies in Asia

Member

2004

Indian Association for Commonwealth Studies, New Delhi, India

Life member

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2012

The World Association of Global Diaspora Studies (WADIS), Korea

Life member

2005

Association for Australasia Studies in Asia

Member

2004

Indian Association for Commonwealth Studies, New Delhi, India

Life member

2004

South India American Studies Network, India

Life member

2002

Indian Association for Women Studies, New Delhi, India (

Life member

2002

The English Language Teachers Association of India, Chennai, India

Life member

2001

Indian Association for Science Fiction Studies, Vellore, TN, India

Life member

1994

Modern Language Association, USA

Member

1994

The Indian Association for Canadian Studies, New Delhi, India

Life member

1992

The Indian Association for Commonwealth Literature and Languages, New Delhi, India

Life member

1992

Osmania University Centre for International Programs (formerly known as American Studies Research Center), Hyderabad, India

Life member

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