Dr. Rajendra Mehta –detailed C.V.

Title Dr. First Rajendra Last Mehta Photograph Name Name

Designation Assistant professor-Gujarati

Address Department of modern Indian languages and literary studies, tutorial building, University of , Delhi -110007.

Phone No Office 011-27666626

Mobile 9718475928

Email darvesh18@yahoo. com , [email protected]

Educational Qualifications

Degree Institution Year

Ph.D. (Modern Gujarati Drama) Bhavnagar University, 1999 .

PG MA ( and Literature), 1992 Bhavnagar University, Gujarat.

UG BA (Gujarati Language and Literature), Bhavnagar 1990 University, Gujarat.

Career Profile

2008- till date: Assistant Professor (Gujarati), University of Delhi, Delhi.

1992- 2008: Lecturer (Gujarati Language and Literature), Bhavnagar University, Gujarat. Teaching and research experience of 19 years

Areas of Interest / Specialization

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Indian Drama and Theatre, comparative Indian literature, translation studies, translations into Indian languages, postmodernism and post colonialism theories in Indian literature.

Subjects Taught

1- Gujarati language courses

2-M.A (Comparative Indian Literature) Theory of literary influence, Modernism, Postmodernism and Post- colonialism in Indian Theatre 3-M.Phil (Comparative Indian Literature): Gandhi in Indian literature.

Research Guidance

M.Phil. student -4 Ph.D. student 5

Publications Profile

Books authored Mehta, Rajendra. 2010. vachyopasana (Collection Of Critical Essays). Ahmedabad: rannade prakashan

Mehta, Rajendra. 2009. Sootrabadhha (Collection Of Critical Essays). Ahmedabad: Parshv Publications.

Mehta, Rajendra. 2009. Nandivak (Collection Of Critical Essays). Ahmedabad: Parshv Publications.

Mehta, Rajendra. 2009. Brahmlipi (Collection Of Critical Essays). Ahmedabad: Parshv Publications.

Mehta, Rajendra. 2008. Brahmpalash (Collection Of Critical Essays). Ahmedabad: Parshv Publications.

Mehta, Rajendra. 2008. Brahmvakya (Collection Of Critical Essays). Ahmedabad: Parshv Publications.

Mehta, Rajendra. 2004. Natyarag (Collection Of Critical Essays). Ahmedabad: Rannade Prakashan.

Mehta, Rajendra. 2003. Apvarya (Collection Of Critical Essays). Ahmedabad: Rannade Prakashan.

Mehta, Rajendra. 2002. Dalit (Gujarati Translation Of Hindi Play In Two Acts By Nag Bodas). Gandhinagar, Gujarat: Dalit Sahitya Akademi.

Mehta, Rajendra. 2001. Manasmanch. Ahmedabad: Rannade Prakashan.

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Conference Organization/ Presentations (in the last three years)

Seminar/lectures/conference attended in 2012-13

1.delivered a special lecture at municipal arts and commerce college, Mehsana on ‘The Problems and process of translations in Indian Languages’ under the University Lecture Series of The Hemchandracharya North Gujarat University,Patan,Gujarat

2. Participated as a discussant in the annual conference of gujarati teachers at Baroda,Gujarat on 9/10 February,2013.

3. delivered a special lecture at Shree N.S.Patel Arts College, Anand On ‘The Plays of Sitanshu Yachschndra’ on 8th February, 2013.

RMinoresearc hproject Project ofs ( Mtheajo universityr Grants/Re grantssearch Ccommissionollaboration )on The thematic survey of the post-independent gujarati, Marathi and Hindi plays

st Gold Medal for securing 1 class in M.A. (Gujarati), 1992. Kavi Nanalal Paritoshik for securing 1st class 1st in M.A. (Gujarati), 1992.

st Vishvanath M. Bhatt Paritoshik for securing 1 class 1st in M.A. (Gujarati), 1992. UGC-NET 1994.

Best playwright award for one act play in Indian National Theatre-Gujarat Samachar All Gujarat Intercollegiate Drama Competition, 1995.

Associate ship of Indian Institute of Advanced Study (IIAS-IUC), 2001-

2004. Young writers’ Travel Grant by Sahitya Akademi, Delhi, 2007.

Pramodkumar Patel Yuva Vivechak (Young critic) Paritoshik, 2008 (for critical writings in Gujarati).

Association With Professional Bodies ------Membership

Life Member, Gujarati Sahitya Parishad, Ahmedabad, Gujarat.

Life Member, Gujaratino Adhyapak Sangh, (association of the college and university teachers of gujarati language and literature) Gujarat.

Founder, Brihad Bhavnagar Sahitya Sabha.

Editorial Board

Member, Budreti-Natak (the only Quarterly on theatre in gujarati )Editorial Board, Ahmedabad ,Gujarat

Committee and Board Convener - CBSE- Gujarati Language Committee, Delhi. Expert, Gujarati language, commission for scientific and technical terminology, Delhi Expert-Gujarati, Indira Gandhi national open university, Delhi

Other Activities

Script writing and direction of more than 31 Act plays and 3 full length plays. More than 100 cultural, scholastics event’s anchoring. Writing s k i l l s of Gujarati, Hindi, English and Marathi. Conversation skill of Urdu and Punjabi Reading and Conversation skill of .

3 years associate ship of Indian Institute of Advanced Study (IIAS-IUC), an Autonomous Institute of Ministry of H.R.D. and Inter-University Centre of University Grants Commission.

Script writing and Voice over for various documentary films produced by: Ship Recycling Association (), Saurashtra Chamber of Commerce and Industries (Bhavnagar), Bhavnagar Municipal Corporation (Bhavnagar), Various Industrial Units and Commercial Units, Gram Nirman Samaj (N.G.O. for Rural Development), Mahuva District Panchayat (Bhavnagar).

Online Teaching, IGNOU, Delhi. 2009, 2010, 2011

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