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Faculty Details

SHYAMOLIMA SAIKIA
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SHYAMOLIMA SAIKIA

Assistant Professor
M.A., M.Phil.

Email Id

shyamolima_sk@rediffmail.com

Specialization

Linguistics (English Language Teaching)

Area Of Interest

Postmodernist Fiction, English Language Teaching, Gender Studies, Women’s Writing, Literature of the Northeast India

Work Experience

  1. 2014-till present: Assistant Professor, Dept. of English, Gargaon College, Sivasagar.
  2. 2008-2013: Contractual Lecturer in English at the Centre for Juridical Studies, Dibrugarh University.

Research Publications

  1. An Article titled “Some Aspects of Legal Language” was published in the Law Journal, Vol.I, no.I of the Centre for Juridical Studies, Dibrugarh University.
  2. An article titled “Changing Social Ethos and Judicial Reform” was published in the Law Journal(ISSN-0976-1543), Vol.III, No.III of the Centre for Juridical Studies, Dibrugarh University.
  3. An article titled “The Scope of Literary Freedom under the Freedom of Speech and Expression: A Critique” was published in the Law Journal(ISSN-0976-1543), Vol IV, No. IV of the Centre for Juridical Studies, Dibrugarh University.
  4. An article titled “Voicing Identity of the Adivasi Tea-garden Community: Understanding the Poetry of Kamal Kumar Tanti” was published in Joner (a Peer Reviewed Multidisciplinary research journal), ISSN:2321-0583, Issue:1,  Jan-Dec 2013 of Bodoland University, Kokrajhar.
  5. An article titled “Literature and Social Protest: Understanding Albert Camus’ the Outsider” was published in Social Science Journal of Gargaon College, a Peer Reviewed Journal, Vol.III, January 2015, ISSN 2320-0138.
  6. An article titled “An Analysis of the Narrative Practice in GithaHariharan’sThe Thousand Facesof Night in the light of Postmodern Aesthetics” was published in Panchajanya, a peer-reviewed multidisciplinary journal, Issue VI, Oct 2015, ISSN2230-911X.
  7. An article titled “The Aesthetics of Postmodern Fiction: An Appraisal” was published in Sonari College Academic and Research Journal, ISSN 2321-015X, Vol- 6, 2017.
  8. An article titled “Narrative Medicine: An Emerging Area in Healthcare” was published in Sanskruti International Mutidisciplinary Research Journal, Vol IV/Issue II/Oct-Nov-Dec 2018, E-ISSN: 2455-1511 IFSIJ IMPACT FACTOR: 5.355.
  9. A joint article titled “From Narrative to Narrativity: A Metafictional Study of John Fowles’ TheCollector” has been accepted for publication in the Social Science Journal of Gargaon College (A Peer Reviewed Journal), Vol. 9.

DETAILS OF CHAPTER PUBLICATIONS:

  1. A joint seminar paper titled “An Over-view of the Knowledge and Skill Development Strategies in Environmental Education” was published in the proceedings of the National Seminar (22nd -23rd Jan, 2010) organized by Dibru College, Dibrugarh, Assam.
  2. A joint seminar paper titled “Interrogating Ex-centric Identities in Mahesh Dattani’s plays in the light of Performativity” was published in a book titled De-stereotyping Indian Body and Desire edited by Kaustav Chakraborty, ISBN (10): 1-4438-5253-8, ISBN (13): 978-1-4438-5253-1, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2013.
  3. An article titled “Re-reading Jahnavi Barua’s Rebirth with regard to Stereotypes of Gender Roles” was published in a book titled Women and Literature (ISBN: 978-93-5104-435-2), first edition 2014, published by Women Cell, Gargaon College.
  4. A seminar paper titled “Of Belongingness in a Globalized World: A Reading of Anjum Hasan’s Neti, Neti Not this, Not this” was published in a book titled Literature of the North-East India edited by Dr MamoniGogoiBorgohain, ISBN: 978-93-82283-93-5, Kaustubh Prakashan, 2014.
  5. An article titled “A Critique of Aruni Kashyap’s The House with a Thousand Stories with respect to Ethnicity, Militancy and Violence” was published in an edited book titled Perspectives A collection of essays on Language, Ethnicity and Identity, ISBN 978-93-80247-79-3, published by Dept. Of English, Tinsukia College in February, 2018.
  6. A research paper titled “Fiction on Fiction: An Analysis of John Fowles’ The French Lieutenant’s Woman” was published in a book titled Modern and Postmodern Literature in English: The Urge for Becoming, ISBN: 978-9388-29695-3 published by Macmillan, 2019.
  7. An article titled “Voicing the Youth Through Maya Angelou’s I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” was published in Yuba Unmesh, ISBN : 978-93-87494-37-4 published by Gargaon College in association with Bhabani Books, Guwahati, February 2020.
  8. An article titled “An Exploration of the Theme of Identity through the Poetic Oeuvre of Kamal Kumar Tanti” was published in the edited book Tea Makers of North East India (ISBN: 978-93-89262-14-8) published by South Eastern Agencies, 2020.

Book Publications

  1. Authored a book titled Palimpsest A Collection of Poems published in 2017 by Authors press with ISBN 978-93-5207-569-0.
  2. A jointly edited book titled Perspectives on Literature and Philosophy with ISBN 978-93-86722-90-4 was published in 2018 by Authorspress, New Delhi ISBN 978-93-5207-569-0.
  3. Edited an abstract volume titled Resonance for an ICSSR sponsored National Seminar on “Exploring Female Voices in the Writings of Contemporary Indian English Literature” organized by the Department of English, Gargaon College on 21st and 22nd September, 2018
  4. Edited a souvenir titled Yuba Unmesh, (ISBN : 978-93-87494-37-4) published by Gargaon College in association with Bhabani Books, Guwahati, Date of publication: Feb, 2020.

Workshop Seminar

(1)  Participated in a two-day advanced training programme on Human Rights sponsored by N.H.R.C, New Delhi on Dec, 2008.

(2)   Presented a joint seminar paper titled “An Overview of the Knowledge and Skill Development Strategies in Environmental Education” at the National Seminar organized by Dibru College, Dibrugarh from 22nd to 23rd Jan,2010.

(3)  Presented a joint paper on “Influence of Ignorance, Disease and Moral Values on the Health Status of the Women of the North East Region of India” at a National Seminar organized by the Dept. of Political Science, CKB College, Teok on September, 2010.

(4)  Participated in a State Level Symposium on “Gender Discourse in Literature” organized by the Dept. of English, D.H.S.K College, Dibrugarh on Feb, 2012.

(5)  Participated in a state level symposium on “Use of ICT in Higher Education” organized by ACTA, Dibrugarh Zone in collaboration with KhowangCollege Teachers’ Unit on 8th May, 2012.

(6)  Presented a Joint Seminar Paper Titled “Interrogating  Ex-Centric  Identities in Mahesh Dattani’s Plays in the light of Performativity” at an UGC sponsored National Seminar organized by Dept. of English, Southfield College, Darjeeling in March, 2012.

(7)    Presented a paper titled “Reclaiming A Lost Identity : A Study of Kamal Kumar Tanti’s Poetry” at an International Seminar organized by Sibsagar College,  Joysagar, Assam on Oct, 2012

(8)  Presented a paper titled “Of Belongingness in a Globalised World: A Reading of Anjum Hasan’s Neti, Neti Not This, Not This” at a UGC sponsored National Seminar on ‘Literature of the North-East in the PresentDay Context’ organized by the Dept. of English, Demow College in collaboration with AxomXahityaXabha, Demow on 4th and 5th September, 2014.

(9) Participated in a workshop on Research Methodology in Social Sciences organizedby the Dept. of Mass Communication & Journalism, Tezpur University and sponsored by Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR), New Delhi from 24th Nov to 3rd Dec, 2014.

(10)  Participated in the Regional Training Programme Cum Workshop on ShodhGangaand Anti-Plagiarism Software organized by Central Library, Tezpur University in association with INFLIBNET Centre, Gandhinagar on 28th November, 2014.

(11)  Presented a paper entitled “Theorizing Gender in GithaHariharan’sThe Thousand Faces ofNight: Towards a Performative Analysis” at a UGC sponsored National Seminar on ‘Contemporary Literature in the Changing Socio-Cultural Scenario’ organized by the Dept. of English, Margherita College from 18th to 19th September, 2015.

(12) Presented a paper entitled “An Analysis of the Poetry of Kamal Kumar Tanti as a Reflection of the History and Status of the Adivasi Tea-Garden Community” at the 36th Annual Conference of North East India History Association held at Mizoram University, Aizawl from 18th to 20th November, 2015.

(13) Participated in a one-day Symposium on “Gender Equality and Social Tolerance” held on 27th April, 2015 at M.D.K.G. College, Dibrugarh organized by ACTA, M.D.K.G. College Unit in association with ACTA, Dibrugarh Zone.

(14)  Participated in a UGC sponsored National Seminar on ‘Child Health in India with Special Reference to North-East India’ organized by Dept. of Anthropology, D.H.S.K. College, Dibrugarh in collaboration with BalSakha, Assam from 2nd to 3rd May, 2015.

(15)  Participated in a UGC sponsored National Level Workshop on “Micro Teaching for Better Teacher” organized by Dept. of Education, Nazira College in collaboration with office of the Nazira Block Elementary Education on 16th and 17th Oct, 2015.

(16)  Presented a paper titled “Exploring the Notion of Gender through an Analysis of Marginal Identities in Mahesh Dattani’sDance Like a Man” in a UGC sponsored National Seminar organized by the Dept. of Bengali, DigboiMahilaMahavidyalaya, Digboi from 10th to 11 Sept., 2016.

(17)  Participated in a one-day workshop on Choice Based Credit System (CBCS) organized by Gargaon College, Sivasagar on 27th September, 2016.

(18) Presented a paper titled “Anxiety, Fear and Resilience Amidst Insurgency and Violence: A Reading of AruniKashyap’s The House with a Thousand Stories” in a UGC sponsored National Seminar organized by Duliajan College, Duliajan from 23rd to 24th Sept, 2016.

(19) Participated in the 96th Orientation Course from 19 October to 15 November, 2016 organized by H.R.D.C (UGC-Academic Staff College) University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad.

(20) Presented a paper titled “A Critique of Aruni Kashyap’s The House with a Thousand Stories with respect to Ethnicity, Militancy and Violence” in an ICSSR sponsored International Conference on Language, Ethnicity and Identity: 21st Century Perspectives organized by ELTAI (Assam Chapter) in collaboration with Oil India Ltd. And Department of English, Tinsukia College from 11th to 12th February, 2017.

(21) Participated in a National Seminar on Goods and Services Tax (GST) organized by M.D.K.G. College, D.H.S.K. Commerce College and D.H.S.K. College, Dibrugarh on 26th March, 2017.

(22) Participated in a one-day workshop on Intellectual Property Rights organized by IPR Cell, Dibrugarh University on 15th May, 2017.

(23)  Participated in a Seven-Day Workshop on Design and Development of Self Learning Materials (SLMs) for Distance and Online Learning’ from 26th July to 1st August, 2017 sponsored by Directorate of Open and Distance Learning, Dibrugarh University.

(24)  Attended a three-day Seminar-Workshop titled ‘The Enigma of Story: Lived Experience, Time and Narrative’ organized by Balvant Parekh Centre for General Semantics and Other Human Sciences from 14th to 16th March, 2018.

 (25) Presented a paper titled “Fiction on Fiction: An Analysis of John Fowles’ The French Lieutenant’sWoman” in a three-day UGC & ICSSR Sponsored InternationalSeminar on Modern/Postmodern Literature in English: The Urge for Becoming organized by Post-Graduate Department of English, T.M. Bhagalpur University, Bhagalpur on 11th, 12th and 13th July, 2018.

(26)Participated in the 3rd three-week Refresher Course in Language (English, Hindi, Urdu) organized by the UGC – HRDC, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi from 19th July to 8th August, 2018.

(27)  Participated in a One-Week Faculty Development Programme on “Use of ICT Tools for Classroom Teaching” organized by Electronics & ICT Academy IIT Guwahati in association with Gargaon College from September 23-28, 2019.

28) Participated in a One Week National Level Online Faculty Development Programme on Online Class Management organized by IQAC, Dibru College Dibrugarh from 6 July to 11July, 2020.

29) Participated in the Fourth JNU Workshop for Empowering Teaching Through Online Mode (JNU-WETOM IV) organized by Jawaharlal Nehru University on the theme ‘Going Online: Classroom, Field Work & Research’ held on July 11-12, 2020.

30) Participated in a professional development webinar on ‘The Art and Craft of the Short Story’ organized by English Language Teachers’ Association of India on 26th July, 2020.

31) Participated in a National Webinar on “The Language of Literature: Role of Modern Linguistics in Literary Interpretation” organized by the Department of English, Jawaharlal Nehru Smriti Govt. P.G. College, Shujalpur, Madhya Pradesh on 10th Aug, 2020.

32)  Participated in a two-day webinar on “Effects of Covid-19 on the Health and Well-Being of Students” organized by the Department of Physics, D.H.S.K. College on 2nd and 3rd August, 2020.

33)  Participated in the 1st E-Learning Workshop on "Design Development & Delivery of Online Course" organized online by the Special Centre for E-Learning, JNU, New Delhi from 11th to 12th June,2020.

34)  Participated in the National Webinar on "The Pandemic Dilemma: Gendered Contexts" organized by the Dept. of English in association with IQAC, Digboi College on 21st July, 2020.

35) Participated in the National Webinar on "Future Education: Prospects and Challenges" organized by Gargaon College on 17th September, 2020.

36)   Presented a paper titled “An Exploration of the Voice of Resilience in Maya Angelou’s I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” in a Two-Day International E-Conference organized by St. John’s College, Agra from 27th to 28th May, 2020.

37) Participated in a One Week National Level Online Faculty Development Programme on Online Class Management organized by IQAC, Dibru College Dibrugarh from 6 July to 11July, 2020

38)  Participated in a 7-Day Online Faculty Development Programme on Creative Writing organized by Centre of Advanced Study-II (Under SAP-UGC), Dept. of Assamese, Dibrugarh University from 10th -16th November, 2020.

39) Participated in the Online Workshop on Use of ICT Tools for Effective Teaching organized by Teaching Learning Centre, Dibrugarh University in association with IQAC, Gargaon College from 3 to 7 May, 2021.

40)  Participated in a workshop on “Writing Impactful Research” organized by the Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka in association with Emerald Publishing and Gulf Medical University on 22nd April, 2021.

41)  Participated in Virtual International Faculty Development Programme on “Recent Trends in Professional and Research Writing” organized by Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, ITER, Siksha ‘O’Anusandhan (Deemed to be University) in collaboration with Rupkatha Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities (Scopus Indexed) during 15th -19th April, 2021.

42)  Participated in an International Webinar on Pedagogy of Performative Silence organized by Department of English in collaboration with IQAC, Digboi College on 26th June, 2021.

Other Information

  1. Participated as Resource Person of the Training Programme for the TET Examinees (both LP and UP) organized by Career Counselling and Guidance Cell, Gargaon College from 25th October to 30th October, 2019.
  2. Developed 3 units of Self-Learning Material for M.A. in English Programme under Directorate of Open and Distance Learning, Dibrugarh University in 2017.
  3. Member of Education Research and Development Association.
  4. A registered member of Association of English Literary Studies.
  5. Life Member of Balvant Parekh Centre for General Semantics & Other Human Sciences.
  6. A member of English Language Teachers’ Association of India (ELTAI)
  7. Donor of Pratishruti Cancer and Palliative Trust, Dibrugarh.
  8. Editorial Member of RUMINATIONS, a Peer Reviewed Bi-Annual Journal, ISSN 2229-6751.
  9. Worked as an Invited Member of the Editorial Board of Panchajanya, a multidisciplinary Peer-Reviewed Research Journal, Issue IX, 2018, ISSN: 2230-911X
  10. Editorial member of Social Science Journal of Gargaon College, A Peer-Reviewed Journal, Vol IV, January 2016.
  11. Worked as Assistant coordinator and co-coordinator in national as well as international seminars.
  12. Worked as Academic Counsellor for M.A. in English Programme under Directorate of Distance Education, Dibrugarh University.
  13. Acted as External Evaluator of Gunotsav (Round II) 2018.

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