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Title Dr. First Name Mangalam Last Name B. Photograph Designation Associate Professor Address; Aryabhatta College, Benito Juarez Marg, Anand Office Niketan, New -110021

Address; B-703, Shri Ganesh Apts. Plot 12-B, Sector-7, Dwarka, Residence: New Delhi-110075 Phone Office 011+24110490 No Residence ------Mobile ------Email [email protected] Web-Page ------Educational Qualifications Degree Institution Year PHD JNU 2008 M.Phil. (English) DU 1989 M.A. (English) DU 1985 B.A. (English) DU 1983 S.S.S.C. CBSE 1980 Career Profile Teaching experience: 36 years. Temporary/Ad hoc faculty since July 18, 1985. Permanent faculty at Aryabhatta College /RLA (Eve.), , since 04.09.1991. Have taught MA(English) Classes at both North and South Campus during the period 2006-2016/17. Have taught a self-framed Course on Dalit Literature, MA(English), Centre for English Studies, JNU, 2010. Syllabus Revision. Have contributed to the process of syllabus revision under CBCS as co-ordinator for core papers and as member for committees on core, GE, DSE papers. Teaching, Mentoring, Counselling on Gender Sensitization, Mentoring Theatre and Music students Administrative Assignments Have worked as convenor, Gender Sensitization committee of my college for more than five years and have undertaken extensive outreach programmes with students, organised workshops and Talks for faculty and students.

Have delivered Gender Sensitization Talks at corporate houses like Nestle India (2018) and for NGOs on Instagram Live (2020). Have actively worked as convenor, Rangmanch, Theatre Society at my college for nearly two decades. Have adapted plays from English to Hindi, translated plays for my students, directed and mentored students to perform at college and University Fests. Have directed plays like Pot of Gold, Kal College Band Rahega, Bhook Aag Hai, Jamghat for my college Theatre Society. Have co-ordinated Talks for Gandhi Study Circle.

Areas of Interest / Specialization Dalit Studies, Translation Studies, Indian Classical Literatures, Feminist and Post-Colonial Theory

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Subjects Taught

B.A. Hons. (English) M.A. Hons. (English) SEC GE Research Guidance ------

Publications Profile 1. Ed. Ambai’s Squirrel in Modern Indian Literature, Delhi: OUP, 1999. 2. Ed. Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, Delhi: Worldview, 1999. 3. Translated Ambai’s interview in Kalachuvadu into English in Many Indias Many Literatures, Ed. Shormishtha Panja, Delhi: Worldview, 1999; rev.2001. 4. Ed. John Milton’s Paradise Lost Book IX. Delhi: Worldview, 2000. 5. Ed. Jean Genet’s The Balcony. Delhi: Worldview, 2001. 6. “Articulating gaps in literary history: Ambai’s Squirrel” in Critical Theory Textual Application. Ed. Shormishtha Panja, Delhi: Worldview, 2002. 7. Problems of Teaching and Learning English Literature. MEG 10, Block 5, IGNOU, Delhi, June 2004. 8. Trans. Single, A Girl Named Ammukutty, stories of Bama and Sivakami. Special Issue on The Marginal. JSL Autumn 2005, New Delhi: JNU, PP 79-91. 9. Trans. Reflections on the Need for a Dalit Theatre. K.A. Gunasekaran for JSL Special issue on Theatre/Performance. Autumn 2006, Delhi: JNU, pp. 76-81. 10. Tamil Dalit Literature: An Overview in Language Forum Vol. 33, No. 1, Jan.-June 2007, Ed. Raj Kumar, Delhi: Bahri Publications, 2007; pp. 73-84. 11. Dalit Writing in Tamil: Early Voices, Missing Links and Contemporary Con/texts .JSL Special issue on Dalit Literature. Spring 2011, Delhi: JNU, 2011, pp. 47-57. 12. “Towards the Absurd: Existentialism, Dadaism and Surrealism.” Modern European Drama, Ibsen to Beckett. Ed. Swati Pal. Delhi: Pencraft International, 2012, pp. 134-152. 13. Ed. The Book of Vanci, The Cilappatikaram. Delhi: Worldview, 2015. 14. “Caste and Gender Interface in Tamil Discourse” in Signifying the Self: Women and Literature. Eds. Malashri Lal, Shormishtha Panja, Sumanyu Satpathy. Delhi: Macmillan, 2004; Rev. rept., 2018. 15. “Writing auto/bio/graphical Narratives: Gandhian vs. Ambedkarite Modules” in Claiming the I -- Autobiographies From Across the Spectrum. Ed. Meenakshi Malhotra, Delhi: Worldview, 2019. 16. “Negotiating disability in/and translation: A reading of two Tamil short stories.” Disability in Translation, The Indian Experience. Eds. Someshwar Swati and G.J.V. Prasad. Delhi: Routledge, 2020. 17.Preface, Kisses at Daybreak. Manushyaputhiran, trans.Abilash Chandran. Chennai: Uyirmmai Pathipagam, 2020. 18. Silappatikaram: A Critical Introduction. Ed. Delhi: Worldview, 2020.

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19. Trans. Plautus. Pot of Gold into Hindi and performed as Fakirchand by Taabir Theatre Group in Delhi on 30.04.2017. 20. Published numerous Book reviews in The Book Review, Sunday Mail, JSL, Interventions, The Statesman, since 1991 to present. 21. Published numerous articles on travel in Speaking Tree, The Times of India, Delhi, 2018-2020. Conference Organization/ Presentations

Convenor, UGC sponsored National Conference on Narratives of Stereotypes in Texts and Performances, 4-5 March, 2016, at Aryabhatta College. Presented a paper, “Food, Desire and Labour: Nostalgia and Dalit subversion” at UGC sponsored National Conference on Nostalgia In 20th Century Literature Cinema and Art, 7-8 March, 2019 and interviewed writer Partap Sehagal on Partition and Nostalgia. Presented a Paper on Reading a Story: The context of Class, Caste and Gender at the International Webinar on Language, Literature and Society, hosted by Dayal Singh College Evening, DU,12May,2020. Presented a Paper on Ambedkar’s Legacy: Intersectional Solidarity, A Reading of Women’s Rights and Writings, at the Webinar, DAIC, Delhi, 24 June,2020.

Have delivered Talks, Presented Papers at National and International Conferences organised by Department of English, University of Delhi, Department of Modern Indian Languages, DU; Centre for English Studies, JNU; Jindal University, English departments of various colleges of Delhi University including Aryabhatta College, , , Laxmibai College, Zakir Hussain (Morning), Kirorimal College, Janaki Devi Memorial College, , Shahid Bhagat Singh College, RLA College, , (Morn.), Deen Dayal Upadhyay College and many others at Delhi. Topics covered at above sessions included Sanskrit drama, Tamil classical epics, Translation theory and Practice, Modern European Drama and Dalit Literature. Research Projects (Major Grants/Research Collaboration) ------

Awards and Distinctions ------

Association with Professional Bodies Member, IACLALS

Other Activities

Translation, Classical Music, Theatre

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