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English Department (Degree College)

Name Dr.Nilakshi Roy
Department English
Qualification M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D.
Designation Associate Prof, Dept of English
Specialization English – Literature
Experience 1988 to present (22 years)
Membership in University Sub- committee member of Board of Studies for framing of syllabus for Business Communication at F.Y.B.Com.
Membership of Professional bodies MELUS-INDIA Linked In
Recognition, Awards, Fellowship & Honours Awarded PhD in January 2009, from SNDT University, Mumbai
Seminars, workshops attended/ conducted/ resourced 2005-06:
Awarded leave to complete PhD under F.I.P Attended:National Seminar at K.C. College, Mumbai
2006-07
Attended: Racism Conference at Leeds University, UK, in 2006.
2007-08
Organized: Three day workshop on Teaching of the New Course for English organized by HSC Board and Vaze College.
2008-09
  1. Presented a paper on the marketing of British Asian fiction post-2000 in Melus-India's International Conference in Shantiniketan in November 2008 titled "Marketing Masala: Publishing Strategies of British Asian Women Writers from the 1980s till Date."
  2. Presented a paper on the ethnicisation of British Asian authors post-2000 titled "Ethnic Masala: The Publication Scenario of British Asian Women's Writing in the 2000s" Vidyasagar College's National Seminar on Diaspora in Indian Writing in English in November 2008.
Organized:
  1. Workshop on Spoken English for classes V to VIII with Department of Education and Department English of Vaze College at Vaze College.
Resourced for:
  1. Faculty at In service Refresher Course for Kendriya Vidya Schools at Kanjur Marg, Mumbai
  2. Faculty for workshop on teaching Poetry at Smt. Sulochanadevi Singhania School, Thane
2009-10 Presented Papers at National and International Conferences:
  1. Presented a paper in SNDT's MD SHAH MAHILA College, Vile Parle West, Mumbai, October 2009 titled "'Flaming Spirit': Stories of families by British Asian women writers."
  2. Presented a paper in Sophia College, Mumbai, in January 2010 titled "Not just a city by the sea: the portrayal of Bombay/Mumbai in Rohinton Mistry's fiction."
  3. Presented a paper in Melus-India's International Conference in Chandigarh in 2010 titled "'Schooled' and 'classed': the portrayal of the 1960s-70s Asian girl-child in British Asian texts of the 1980s to the present" in February 2010.

January, 2010
Organized: State –level seminar "Imaging the Past, Envisioning the Future Maharashtra 1960-2010".
Publications (Papers) Conference Paper: Journal Paper:
  1. Article on webzine phalanx online on the British Asian publication scenario.
  2. Article on the post -2000 publication of British Asian women's fiction titled "Ethnic Masala: The Publication Scenario of British Asian Women's Writing in the 2000s" Published as proceedings of English Department, Vidyasagar College's National Seminar on Diaspora in Indian Writing in English in 2009.
  3. 3. Published as proceedings of English Department, Vidyasagar College's National Seminar on Diaspora in Indian Writing in English in 2009
  4. Article on aesthetic elements of British Asian writing in South Asian Review 2008, "Text and Context: Asthetic and Social Dimensions of British Asian Women's Writing" South Asian Review, Vol XXIX, No. 1, 2008 (published in 2009).
  5. Invited to the editorial board of a volume entitled Global Reception of Post-liberalization Indian Novels in English.
  6. Invited to write a book review for the Journal of South Asian Diaspora (Routledge, UK)
Publication (Books) 2005 onwards 2 books:
  1. Business Communication (Reliable Publication)
  2. Communication Skills in English (Reliable Publication)
  3. 2009-10
    M.A. Book (IDOL Mumbai University)
Post Graduation Teaching Activities M.Phil: 2008-09 at Yeshwantrao Chavan Open University, sub- center, CHM College. Examination, Moderation:
  1. Paper setting in college, Moderation in Menon College of Science and Commerce.
  2. Examiner of BCA projects at BMN College of Home Science, Matunga, 2007.
Interview Panel: Subject expert:-
  1. At Bandodkar College and Joshi Bedekar college , K.B. College, Kopri, S.M. Shetty Junior College, Bhandup. At Birla College for recruitment of candidates, nominated by the Mumbai University, July 2004, 2007.