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Fr. Dr. Joseph K J CST (Joby Kochupurayil)

Fr. Dr. Joseph K J CST (Joby Kochupurayil)

Assistant Professor, Dept of English
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  • EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION

    • PhD in English Literature, St. Joseph’s College (Auto), Trichy, Tamil Nadu, India
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    • M.A in English Literature, St. Joseph’s College (Auto), Trichy, Tamil Nadu, India
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    • MBA (HRM) Pondicherry Central University, India
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    • M.Sc. in Psychology, Manonmaniam Sundaranar University,Tamil Nadu, India
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    • BPhil in Philosophy, Little Flower Study House, Aluva, Kerala, India
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    • B.A in Philosophy, Calicut University, Kerala, India

    WORKING EXPERIENCE

    • Vice-Principal & Asst. Professor, Little Flower Institute of Social Sciences And Health (LISSAH), Kozhikode, Kerala   2024 - 
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    • Asst. Professor & Bursar, Navajyothi College, Cherupuzha, Kannur, Kerala,   2017 – 2019
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    • Director & Bursar, Little Flower Boys Home, Jellipara, Attappadi, Kerala,   2013 – 2014

    ACHIEVEMENTS & INTELLECTUAL PURSUITS

    Doctoral Fellowship – ICSSR

    awarded Centrally Administered Short-Term Doctoral Fellowship (File No. RFD/Short-Term/2022-23/GEND/GEN/7) by the ICSSR (Indian Council of Social Science Research) for the social relevance of the thesis and to work on study entitled “Destabilisation of Hegemonic Heteronormativity: Queerness and Its Challenges in the Select Works of Sarah Schulman”.

    RECORDS & AWARDS

    • Kalam’s World Record – The Record for writing the book (Amirthamolikal- ISBN: 978-93-5759-806-4) using First Initial Letter Rhymes – 2022.
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    • Best of India Record – “World Record” for First Initial Letter Rhyme Book in Malayalam (Sukrutha Sookthangal – ISBN: 978-93-90790-35-7) – Ref. No. BR21AR0352, 2021.
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    • India Book of Record for writing the book (Sukrutha Sookthangal - ISBN: 978-93-90790-35-7) using First Initial Letter Rhymes – Date March 25, 2021.
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    • Asia Book of Records for writing the book (Sukrutha Sookthangal - ISBN: 978-93-90790-35-7) using the first initial letter rhymes – April 7, 2021.
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    • India Book of Record – The Record for writing the maximum number of lines of a Malayalam prayer song starting with ‘Ma’ was set by Joseph K J – November 16, 2021.
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    • Best Researcher Award 2023, St. Joseph’s College (Autonomous), Trichy, Tamil Nadu, India
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    • Best Research Scholar Award – School of Languages and Culture 2020, St. Joseph’s College (Autonomous), Trichy, Tamil Nadu, India
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    • ‘A’ Grade Winner in the International Poetry Competition 2023 conducted by AIFEST (All India Forum for English Students, Scholars, and Trainers)
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    • 'Grand Master’ Title for writing a unique book using the first initial letter rhymes. The book, titled ‘Sukrutha Sookthangal (ISBN: 978-93-90790-35-7) is published in 2021 and consists of 365 thoughts written in the Malayalam language.

    RESEARCH PAPER PUBLICATIONS

    (Scopus Listed) 

    • “Unpacking the Theme of Physical and Psychological Aspects of Diaspora in Salman Rushdie’s Midnight’s Children” - Boletín De Literatura Oral, vol. 9, no. 1, 2022, pp. 104-108.
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    • “The Influence of Freudian Psychoanalysis on Sarah Schulman’s Novel Empathy” - Journal of Positive     School Psychology, E-ISSN: 2712 7564, http://journalppw.com - vol. 6, no. 4, 2022, pp. 3554 – 3559.
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    • “Portrayal of Queer Lives in Language and Literature: A Critical Study of Sarah Schulman’s Novel Rat Bohemia”, Journal of Language and Linguistics Studies, ISSN: 1305-578X, vol. 17, no. 3, 2021, pp. 2291-2295.

    (UGC Care Listed) 

    • “Rat Analogy as an Apt Analogy for the Analysis of Queer Lives: An Analogical Reading of Sarah Schulman’s Novel Rat Bohemia”, Journal of Interdisciplinary Cycle Research, ISSN: 0022-1945, vol. XI, Issue. XII, December 2019, pp. 41-44.
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    • “Gendered Linguistics: A Gymnastics to Make the Queer Non-Existent”, Journal of English Language Teaching, ISSN: 0973-5208, vol. 65, no. 2, March-April 2023, pp. 13-19.
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    • “Deconstructing the Determinacy: Indeterminacy of Gender and the Dilemma of Bisexuality in Sarah Schulman’s Novel People In Trouble”, Education and Society, ISSN: 2278-6864, vol. 46, no. 03, April - June 2023, pp. 1-7.
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    • ‘Either Or’ or ‘Neither Nor’: Bi (Bye) Sexuality and Gender Trouble In People In Trouble By Sarah Schulman”, Madhya Bharti, Humanities and Social Sciences, ISSN: 0974 - 0066, vol. 82, no 6, December 2022, pp. 224 – 227, (UGC-CARE List Group I).

    (International Peer-Reviewed)

    • “The Use of T‘Heater’ as a ‘Heater’ By Sarah Schulman in Educating the Masses about Queer Lives through her Scripts for the Movies The Owl, Mommy Is Coming And Jason And Shirley”, LangLit - An International Peer-Reviewed Open Access Journal, Impact Factor – 5.61, ISSN 2349-5189, pp. 138 – 142.
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    •  “World War III will be War for Water: An Aquatic Analysis of the Tamil Movie Sardar”, Harvest: an International Multidisciplinary and Multilingual Research Journal, E-ISSN: 2582-9866, vol. III, Special Issue I, January 2023, www.harvestjournal.org, pp. 83-86.
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    • “Falsity of Fixity: Querying Queerness in Devdutt Pattanaik’s The Man Who Was a Woman and Other Queer Tales from Hindu Lore”, Akshara Multidisciplinary Research Journal Peer-Reviewed & Refereed International Research Journal, E- ISSN 2582-5429, July 2022 Special Issue 05, vol. VI, SJIF Impact- 5.67, pp. 50-53.

    (Multidisciplinary Peer-Reviewed)

    • “Identifying Invisible Inter-Gender and Intra-Gender Relations in People In Trouble by Sarah Schulman”, The Dawn Journal, ISSN: 2227-1786, vol. 12, no. 1, January - June 2023, pp. 1576-1580. Article DOI: https//doi.org/10.56602/TDJ/12.1.1575-1580.
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    • “East or West, Literature Exposes the Best of the Crest of Cultural Impediments – An Analysis of Nellie Wong’s Poem When I Was Growing Up”, ROOTS International Journal of Mulitdisciplinary Researches, ISSN: 2349-8684, vol. 03, Special Issue 2, March 2017, pp. 124-127.
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    • “A Borrower who Lives Forever: An Enquiry into the Sources of Shakespearean Plays”, ReTeLL (Research Teaching Learning Letters), ISSN: 0973-404X, vol.17, April 2017, pp. 31-36.
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    • “Have Nots’ Helplessness in Haves’ Land: An Existential Approach to Benyamin’s Diasporic Novel Goat Days (Aadujeevitham)”, ReTeLL (Research Teaching Learning Letters), ISSN: 0973-404X, vol.16, April 2016, pp. 82-89.
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    • “Unravelling The Ravelled Environmental Issues in W.W.E Ross’ Poem The Snake Trying”, HERMES: An International Biannual Literary Research Journal, ISSN: 0975-3516, vol. IX, Issue 1, September 2016, pp. 54-58.

    CHAPTER IN BOOKS

    • Joseph K. J. “Nurture the Nature for Future: An Ecological Analysis of Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni’s The Forest of Enchantments” Societal and Altruistic Concerns in Asian Literature, edited by Dr. V Francis, Dr. V.L Jayapaul, Dr. S. Jerald Sagaya Nathan and Dr. J Amalaveenus, published by St. Joseph’s College (Autonomous), ISBN: 978-93-6076-773-0, pp. 25-31.
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    • Joseph K. J. “The Power of Literature to Raise Awareness of Education: A Literary Analysis of Malala Yousafzai’s I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and was Shot by the Taliban” Language and Literature: A Tool for Social Change, Elt@i Thoothukudi Chapter Publishes, edited by Dr. A. Joycilin Shermila and Dr. V. Chanthiramathi, Pacific International Book Publication, ISBN: 978-93-92469-73-2, 2023. pp. 135-143.
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    • Joseph K. J. “Exposition of the Elements of Eco-Feminism in Daughters of the Earth by Carolyn Niethammer” Multidisciplinary Approach to Ecology, Empyreal Publishing House, ISBN: 978-93-93810-84-7, 2023, pp. 61-65.
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    • Joseph K. J. “Discerning the Social Issues Depicted in Kamala Das’ My Story” Comparing Indian Classics with Classics in World Literature, Emerald Publishers, ISBN: 9788119106165, 2023, pp. 21-32.
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    • Joseph K. J. “A Daring Delivery of Unconventional and Controversial Themes in the Mythical Novel Pregnant King by Devedutt Pattanaik”, Indigenous India: Revisiting the Cultural Legacies of the Nation, Annamalai University, Kongunadu Publications India Pvt. Ltd, ISBN: 978-81-963401-6-2, 2023, pp. 167-173.
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    • Joseph K. J. “An Exclusive Inclusivity of All Sexual Minorities in Queer Theory: An Exclusive Analysis of Sarah Schulman’s Select Novels”, Inclusivity Through A Transdisciplinary Prism, Volume 1, Notion Press, ISBN: 979-889066155-5,2023, pp. 135–143.
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    • Joseph K. J. “Innovativity and Resistivity of Queer Research in Literature: A Pure Research on the Select Works of Sarah Schulman”, Multidisciplinary Research in Contemporary Era, KAAV Publications, ISBN: 978-81-961117-6-2, E-ISBN: 978-81-961117-5-5, DOI: https://doi.org/10.52458/9788196111762.2023.eb, 2023, pp. 187-193.
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    • Joseph K.J. “Be Green to Be Serene and Evergreen: An Enquiry to Expose Elements of Green Literature in Bradley’s Novel Clade”, Modern Advances in Teaching and Learning, ISBN: 978-93-92537-59-2, 2023, pp. 8-13.
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    • Joseph K.J. “Train of Partition Literature in Train to Pakistan by Khushwant Singh”, Memory and Trauma in Crisis Narratives, Edited by Maria Sahaya Sharmila, ISBN: 979839396633, An AIFEST Publication May 2023, available in Amazon.
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    • Joseph K. J. “From the Cage of Being to the Stage of Becoming”, Whispers of Venus (Anthology of Poems), AFISET, ISBN: 9798396967793, 2023, p. 86.
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    • Joseph K. J. “Echoes of Linguistic Enslavement Embedded in Eco-Feminism”. Gods, Guns and Globalism: Critical Theories Today and Tomorrow, Assisi Press, ISBN: 978-81-930869-4-0, 2018, pp. 119-122.

    PAPERS PRESENTED

    (International Seminars, Webinars, Colloquims and Conferences)

    • Participated and presented a paper titled “Untold Stories Told: Revisiting the Culture of Igbo Community in Chinua Achebe’s “Things Fall Apart”” in the two day International Seminar on Stories of Cultures (Un)Told: Truth, Reality and Knowledge Revisited organized by the The Postgraduate and Research Department of English Newman College, Thodupuzha in Collaboration with College Development Council, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam and Indian Journal of Post-Colonial Literatures (IJPCL) held on 10 & 11 October 2023.
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    • Participated and presented a paper titled “Reasoning out Subaltern Themes in The Circle of Reason by Amitav Ghosh” in the Two-Day International Seminar on “Emotional Texts and Textual Emotions: Poetics of Cognitive Practices” organized by the Postgraduate and Research Department of English, Newman College, Thodupuzha on 14th and 15th March 2023.
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    • Participated in the academic deliberations and presented a paper titled “Train to Partition Literature in Train to Pakistan by Khushuvant Singh” in the One-Day International Seminar on “Intergenerational Perspectives on Memory and Trauma in Crisis Narratives” organized by the Department of English (SSC), St. Mary’s College (Autonomous), Thoothukudi in collaboration with All India Forum for English Students, Scholars and Trainers (AIFEST) on 13th March 2023.
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    • Participated and presented a paper titled “East or West, Literature Exposes the Best of the Crest of Cultural Impediments: An Analysis of Nellie Wong’s Poem When I was growing up” in the International Seminar on “Literature Explores Impediments in Society” on 4th March 2017 held at the P.G Department of English, Urumu Dhanalakshmi College, Tiruchirappalli.
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    • Participated and presented a paper titled “Unmasking the Mask of Heteronormativity: A Queer Analysis of Dorothy Porter’s Novel The Monkey’s Mask” in the Three-Day International Webinar on “Stories from Down Under”: Gender Discourses in Australia” organized by the Centre for Australian Studies, University of Kerala held on 26-28 October, 2022.
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    • Participated in the International Webinar on “Reflections of Irish Culture in the 21st Century British Literature” organized by IMS Language and Literature Club of IMS Law College, Noida on September 23, 2022.
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    • Participated and presented a paper titled “The Use of T’heater’ as a ‘Heater’ by Sarah Schulman in Educating the Masses about Queer Lives Through Her Scripts for the Movies The Owl, Mommy Is Coming and Jason and Shirley” in the Two-Day International Hybrid Conference sponsored by the Government of India, Ministry of Culture, South Zone Culture Centre, Tanjavur and organized by the Research Department of English, Sri S. Ramasamy Naidu Memorial College, Sattur on 20 & 21 May 2022.

    • Participated and presented a paper titled “The Depiction of Three ‘Isms’ in the Film Adaptation of Alice Walker’s Novel The Color Purple” in the International E-Conference on “Langlit Teaching, Learning and Innovations: Pedagogic Issues & Remedies” organized by P P Savani University on 25th February, 2023.

    • Participated and presented a paper titled “ Falsity of Fixity: Querying Queerness in Devdutt Pattanaik’s The Man Who Was a Woman and Other Queer Tales from Hindu Lore” in the One-Day International Interdisciplinary Virtual Seminar on “Queer Studies and Literature: Nature, Scope and Future” organized by Department of English & IQAC, Vivekanand College, Kolhapur (Autonomous), held on Thursday, 30th June 2022.

    (National Seminars, Webinars, Colloquims and Conferences)

    • Participated and presented a paper titled “Marking the Marxian Matrix in George Orwell’s Animal Farm” in A One-Day National Level Conference on “Unravelling Political Discourses in Literature” organized by the Department of English (Shift II) on 23rd March, 2023.
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    • Participated and presented a paper titled “Be Green to be Serene and Evergreen: An Enquiry to Expose Elements of Green Literature in Bradley’s Novel Clade” in the National Conference on “Modern Advances in Teaching and Learning organized by Department of English & Department of Mathematics in association with IQAC at Christopher Arts & Science College (Women), Soorangudi, Tirunelveli on 25th February 2023.
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    • Participated and presented a paper titled “Destabilisation of the Canon of Social Mores: A Queer Reading of the Select Novels of Sarah Schulman” in the One-Day National Conference on “Realities and Diversities: Emerging Trends in Language, Literature and Society” held at Jamal Mohamed College (Autonomous), Tiruchirappalli – 20 on 22nd February 2023.
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    • Participated and presented a paper titled “Nurture the Nature for Future: An Ecological Analysis of Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni’s The Forest of Enchantments” in the national seminar on “Societal and Altruistic Concerns in Asian Literature” at PG & Research Department of English, St. Joseph’s College (Autonomous), Trichy -620002, Tamilnadu, India on 09.01.2024

    • Participated and presented a paper titled “Unveiling Uncertainty and Absurdity Trends in Samuel Beckett’s “Waiting for Godot” in the national seminar on “Current Trends in Literature, Theory and Practice: Perspectives and Prospectives” at PG & Research Department of English, Sourashtra College (Autonomous), Madurai – 625 004, Tamilnadu, India on 06.10.2023.

    • Participated and presented a paper titled “Turbulence and Violence in The Other Side of Silence by Urvashi Butalia: A Broader-Feminist Brooding over Border Issues” in the national seminar on “Understanding The New Paradigms on Border issues” at the Department of Political Science Dibrugarh University, Dibrugarh – 786004, on 25.04.2023.

    • Participated and presented a paper titled “Partitioning the Parts of Partition Literature from the Movie Partition (2007)” in the National Seminar on “Re-visiting, Re-reading & Re-imagining Partition Literature’ organised by Department of English, SNDT Women’s University, Mumbai on 20th – 21st March 2023.

    • Participated and presented a paper titled “A Daring Delivery of Unconventional and Controversial Themes in the Mythical Novel Pregnant King by Devdutt Pattanaik” in the IQAC-Enabled RUSA 2.0-Sposered National Seminar on “Indigenous Literatures in India” organised by the Department of English, Annamalai University, Annamalainagar, Tamil Nadu, India, during 20th & 21st March 2023.

    • Participated and presented a paper titled “Unpacking the Theme of Physical and Psychological Aspects of Diaspora in Salman Rushdie’s Midnight’s Children” in the National Level Seminar on “Narrating a/the (Non) Nation” organised by School of English, De Paul Institute of Science & Technology, Angamaly in association with the School of Letters, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam on 24th February & 3rd March 2023.

    • Participated and presented a paper titled “A Game of Shame to Have Name and Fame: Feminist Mask as a Psychology of Attention Seeking in the Life and Selected Poems of Kamala Das” in “One-Day National Seminar for Students on Multifarious Voices of Indian Women Writers” organised by the P.G & Research Department of English (Shift II), St. Joseph’s College (Autonomous), Tiruchirappalli, on 30th November, 2016.

    • Participated and presented a paper titled “The Goodness of Greenness in the Scenery of Greenery in Rudyard Kipling’s Poem The Way through the Wood” in the Two-Day National Seminar on “Redefining Gender and Environmental Ethics: A Discourse on Green Literature” during 3 & 4 March 2016 at Annamalai University.

    • Participated in the Webinar on “Scientific and Technological Advancements in Research” organized by the Research Advisory Committee of St. Joseph’s College (Autonomous), Tiruchirappalli on 01st of April 2023.

    • Participated in the National Webinar on “Process and Paradigms in Research” organized by the Research Advisory Committee of St. Joseph’s College (Autonomous), Tiruchirappalli on 29th and 30th October 2021.

    • Participated in the Webinar on “Data Analysis and Reference Management Tools” organized by Arrupe Library, St. Joseph’s College (Autonomous), Tiruchirappalli – 620 002 held on 9th October 2021.

    • Participated in the Webinar on “Funds and Fellowships for Research” organized by the Research Advisory Committee of St. Joseph’s College (Autonomous), Tiruchirappalli on 16th July 2021.

    • Participated in the National Webinar on “Research Ethics” organized by the Research Advisory Committee of St. Joseph’s College (Autonomous), Tiruchirappalli on 16th October 2020.

    • Participated in the “Two-Day National Level Webinar” on the topics “Dalit Literature” organized by the PG Department of English, Govt Arts & Science College, Kallakurichi – 606 202 dated on 28 & 29. 06. 2020.

    • Participated in the Webinar “Strategies to Boost Teaching and Learning” organized by ‘Bless O Bliss’ YouTube Channel on 22.06.2020.

    • Participated in 6 days “National Webinar on Gender and Sexuality and Queer Issues India” organized by Study Circle, All India Queer Association from 16th June to 21st June 2020.
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    • Participated and Presented a paper titled “Scrutinisation of the Salient Stalwarts of Science Fiction in H.G Wells Time Machine” in One-Day International Multidisciplinary Virtual Conference on “English for Xenacious – A Contrivance & An Epitome of Literature (EXCEL – 23)” organized by PG & Research Department of English, Marudhar Kesari Jain College for Women, Vaniyambadi on 09.03.2023.

    • Participated and presented a paper titled “An Exclusive Inclusivity of All Sexual Minorities in Queer Theory: An Exclusive Analysis of Sarah Schulman’s Select Novels” in the Two-Days National Virtual Conference on “Inclusivity Through A Transdisciplinary Prism” organized by the Department of English on 24th and 25th January, 2023 at Kristu Jayanti College (Autonomous), Bengaluru.

    • Participated in the National Web Colloquium on “Politics of Gender/Caste” organized by the Post Graduate Department of English & IQAC, Union Christian College, Aluva on the 18th of September, 2020. 
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    • Participated and presented a paper titled “Discerning the Social Issues Depicted in Kamala Das’ My Story” in the Two-Day National Hybrid Conference organized by the Research Department of English, Sri. S. Ramasamy Naidu Memorial College, Sattur, in association with Sahithya Akademi, New Delhi on 30 & 31 March 2023.

    (State Level Seminars, Webinars, Colloquims and Conferences)

    • Participated in the One Day Seminar on “Research Publications and Ethics” organised by the Research Committee of St. Joseph’s College (Autonomous), Tiruchirappalli on 26th September 2023.
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    • Participated and presented a paper titled “Have Nots’ Helplessness in Haves’ Land in Benyamin’s Diasporic Novel Got Days (Aadu Jeevitham)” in the State Level Seminar for Students on Social Concerns in Indian Literatures Translated into English organized by the PG & Research Department of English (Shift II) on 9th January 2016.
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    • Participated in the One-Day State Level Seminar entitled “The Influence of Swami Vivekananda’s Spiritual Nationalism on Sri Aurobindo and Subhas Chandra Bose” dated 20th March, 2023, organized by Swami Niswambalananda Girls’ College.
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    • Participated in the One-Day State Level Seminar on “Towards a Dignified Living: Philosophical and Literary Perspectives” organized by the Department of English, St. Joseph’s College (Autonomous), Tiruchirappalli, in association with Satya Nilayam Research Institute of Philosophy and Culture, Thiruvanmiyur, Chennai, on 20th February 2023.
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    • Participated in the One-Day State Level Seminar on “Effective Online Search Techniques for Innovation in Research” organized by the Research Advisory Committee of St. Joseph’s College (Autonomous), Tiruchirappalli on 29th October 2022.
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    • Participated in the State Level Seminar on “Dynamics of Research Quality” on 15th October 2019 organised by Arrupe Library, St. Joseph’s College (Autonomous), Tiruchirappalli – 620 002.

    PUBLISHED RELIGIOUS ARTICLES

    • Incorruptible Sanctity
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    • The Unforgettable St. Anthony
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    • Pious Thoughts on Pentecost
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    • Annunciations
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    • Death as a Retreat
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    • An Ever“green” Saint
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    • Season of Servicing
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    • Springtime of New Hopes
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    • Stainless Lotus of Sanctity
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    • The Parable of a Little Flower
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    • King Who Redefined Kingship
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    • From the Soil of Ottoman Empire to Toil in the Soil Almighty’s Empire