SONADA DEGREE COLLEGE

Name: Dr. Ragini Thapa

Department: Nepali

Designation: Associate Professor

Academic Qualifications: Ph. D. (North University), M.A. in Nepali (North Bengal University), Bachelor of Arts ( College, North Bengal University), U. G. C. NET

Work Experience:

 1992-1998: Contractual and Part-Time Teacher at North Point St. Joseph’s College, .

 June 5, 1999- present: Assistant and presently Associate Professor of Nepali at Sonada Degree College, Darjeeling

 Additionally, taught as guest faculty at Department of Nepali (distance course), North Bengal University

Areas of Expertise/ Specialization:Nepali Linguistics, Linguistic and Cultural Studies.

Courses Taught:Linguistics and Literary Theory and Criticism.

Papers Published:

 2014: “Teesta Dekhin Sutlej Sammako Sammasashtriya Ewam Bhashik Adhyayan,” pp. 9. (ISBN: 978-93-84671-12-9).

 2013: “Sikkim r Darjeeling Kshetraka Sthaannaamharuma Lok Sanskritik Sandarva” Journal of the Nepali Academy, North Bengal University, pp. 20. (ISBN: 2321- 144X).

 2010: “Sikkimka Sthaannaamma Bhothimali Mulka Bhashaharuko Shabdangsh Vitaran,” Abhijnan, North Bengal University, pp. 26. (ISSN: 09761640).

Papers presented in Conferences, Seminars and Workshops:

 2015, October 6: participated in Workshop for Orientation/ Awareness programme on NAAC Accreditation, North Bengal University and State Council of Higher Education.

 2012, June 8-9: National Seminar, Gorkha Jan Pustakalay, Kurseong, “Bharatiya Nepali Sahityako Vikasma Gorkha Jan Pustakalayko Yogdaan r Mulyangkan”.

 2012, March 27-28: UGC National Seminar on Autonomy Movements in , Sonada Degree College, Darjeeling, “Darjeeling Pahari Kshetrako Prashashan Byawastha ra Swayatta Andolanko Aitihashik Vivaran.”

 2012, March 15-16: National Seminar on Nepali Folklore under UGC merged scheme, Department of Nepali, University of North Bengal, “Darjeelingka Sthaanharuma Loksanskritik Sandarbha.”

 2007, November 24-25: Two-Day Workshop on Study of Folklore: Methodology, Genre and Fieldwork, Indian Folklore Congress Association, Abanindra Sabhagriha, Kolkata.

 2007, April 29-30: Resource Person at the National Seminar on Himalayan Folklore,Indian Folklore Congress Association, , “The Traditional Beliefs and Customs of Mangars.”

 November 9-10, 2006: Nepali Bhasha ra Sahityako Samriddhima Darjeelingko Yogdan, UGC Sponsored National Seminar, North Point St. Joseph’s College, Darjeeling, “Nepali Bhasa ra Sahityako Samriddhima Sangha Jansthanharuko Bhumika.”

 2005, March 25-27:XXXI Annual Conference of the Epigraphical Society of India and Silver Jubilee Session of the Place Names Society of India, Mysore, “A note on the pattern of place names of Darjeeling hill areas.”

 2002, March 8-11: National Symposium on Literary Criticism in Nepali, Deparment of Nepali, North Bengal University, “Ramkrishna Sharmako Samalochana Siddhanta.”

Contact: onamathapa03@@gmail.com