PRASHANTA PUZARI

Charingiya Bapuji Path, Charingiya, Jorhat, Phone: 9508880006

E-mail:[email protected]

PERSONAL PROFILE

Date of Birth 1st August 1989

Present Status Assistant Professor, Dept. of English, Women‟s University.

Interest Creative Thinking

EDUCATIONAL PERFORMANCES/QUALIFICATIONS

 M. Phil. in English, 2015.  UGC NET in English, December, 2012.  M.A.in English Literature and Language (D. U.), 2012.  Bachelor of Arts- ENGLISH, Jorhat College (Amalgamated), Jorhat, 2010.  H.S.S.L.C.Examination, AHSEC-Arts, Jorhat Govt. Boys H.S & M.P.School, 2007.  H.S.L.C. Examination, SEBA, Dahotia H.S.school. Jorhat, 2005.

SPECIALIZATION

Linguistics and English Language Teaching

AREA OF INTERESTS

Language Teaching, Post- Colonial Literature, North- East Literature, Translation Studies, Folk-loristics .

ADDITIONAL DEGREES

 Rastrabhasha “Koubid” in Hindi  “Shiksha” course holder in computer science with grade „A‟

SEMINERS/WORKSHOPS

INTERNATIONAL

 A seminar paper entitled A Struggle for Existence: A Study of the Politics of Identity in the major works of Rita Chaudhury was presented in the international seminar on Identity, Ethnicity and Literature organized by the Department of English, Sivsagar College, Joysagar in 2012.

 A seminar paper entitled entitled Inclusion and Exclusion in the teaching of English under the Six Semester Degree Programme: A case study of a few selected colleges of Jorhat District was presented in the International seminar cum conference organized by the CTE, Assam chapter in University, Assam in 2013.

NATIONAL

 A Seminar paper entitled Narration, Representation and Identification of Woman Characters in the pre-independent Assamese literature: a study of woman characters in Bezbarua’s Writings was presented in the I.C.H.R. sponsored national seminar on Women of Assam: From Pre-Independence to Post-Modern Era Organized by the Department of History, D.C.B. Girls‟s College, Jorhat on 28th and 29th September, 2012.

 A seminar paper entitled From Ethics to Identity in Life-Writing: A Comparative Study of M.K. Gandhi’s ‘An Autobiography’ and William Wordsworth’s ‘The Prelude’ was presented in the national seminar organized by the Department of English, H,P,B, Girls‟s College, , Assam in 2012.

 Participated in the Workshop on Creative Writings in English organized by the North-East Writer‟s Forum in collaboration with Department of English, Shillong College, Shillong, Meghalaya in 2015.

STATE/REGIONAL

 A Seminar paper entitled Fictionalization of History in Dickens’s A Tale of Two Cities was presented in the state level seminar on Dickens organized by the Department of English, in 2011 and won the best paper award.

 A seminar paper entitled Woman’s Identity and its Representation in 21st century Assamese Literature: a Study of Rita Choudhury’s Major Works was presented in the state level seminar organized by Demow College in 2012.

 Participation in a number of Regional Workshops on different topics beyond academia.

REASEARCH ARTICLE(S)

 A research article entitled ‘Evil in literature: The Treatment of Evil in Moby Dick’ was published in the research journal of Jorhat College entitled The Quest with the ISSN 2278-3466.

 A research article entitled ‘History, Variety and Identity in Poetry: A Journey in North-East India’ was published in the academic journal of ACTA, Jorhat Zone named Madhukoree with the ISSN 2321-189X.

 A research article entitled From Pre-colonial to Post-colonial: A Study of Temsula Ao’s Blood of Others was published in the research journal of the Forum for English Studies, Jorhat College(Amalgamated) entitled Excursus with the ISSN-2319-1368.

RESEARCH CHAPTER(S)

 A Research chapter entitled Disorienting the Margins: An Exploration of the Koibortos in Katha Ratnakara was published in 2014 in the realm of the book Issues of the Marginalized Communities in Assam with the ISBN-978-93-83308-30-9.

RESEARCH BOOK(S)

 A theoretical cum literary research book authored individually entitled Exploring Theories in Literature: An Exegesis was published in 2014 with the ISBN-978-93- 82030-78-2.

ACADEMIC CUM LITERARY WORK(S)

 Lexicography project on Bi-lingual Translation.  Published miscellaneous articles, poems etc. in the regional as well as national newspapers and megazines.  Working on a project on psycholinguistics.  Working on translation of European and non-European Thinkers and criticism.

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE(S)

 One Year+ Teaching experience as Assistant Professor and Head of the Department, i/c. in the Department of English, Assam Women‟s University, Rowriah, Jorhat w.e.f. September 1st , 2015.

 Two years+ Teaching experience as Assistant Professor in the Department of English, Jorhat College (Amalgamated), Jorhat, Assam w.e.f.16th July, 2012.

 Participation in the annual counseling session for the MA students offered by the DDE, Dibrugarh University in 2012.

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