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Education andSports Department ofPhysical Physical Training Instructor Mr.Bhat AshfaqAhmad Department ofEducation Assistant Professor Mr. SyedHamidFirdose Department ofEnglish Assistant Professor Dr.Zahoor Asiya Department ofHistory Assistant Professor Ms. BrijishJahan Higher EducationDepartment,J&K GDC TANGMARG

The Newsletter covers the events organized and conducted in the year 2020. The events are conceptualized and placed as per the seven (7) NAAC criteria

1. Curricular Aspects

1. 3 Days ICT based Teaching and Learning Workshop 2. World Environment Day on 05 June, 2020 3. Online Quiz Competition on 15th September 2020 4. World Wildlife Week Celebrations from 2nd October to 8th October, 2020 5. Orientation/Refresher Courses attended by the faculty

entral Library of the college Organized 3 Days ICT in class rooms and also use of ICT in managing differ- Cbased Teaching and Learning Workshop from 3rd ent knowledge processes from knowledge generation to March to 5th March 2020 in the college. The workshop its dissemination. started under the leadership of Principal, Prof. (Dr.) Yasmeen Farooq with the aim to foster greater interest in high-tech implication in teaching and learning, and also to familiarize the participants with the latest tech- nologies used in higher education. The three day ses- sions were attended by 30 students of different semes- ters as well as by the faculty members. The workshop included a combination of lectures, technical sessions, and also practical training of the participants by a num- ber of resource persons which include: ty of ) who delivered lectures on day 1, Prof. Audil Hussain (Sr. Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Applica- tions, GCW Nawa Kadal, ) on day 2 and Prof. Qurat-ul-Ain (Assistant Professor, P.G. Department of Computer Applications, GCW MA Road, Srinagar) on day 3 respectively. In due course discussions revolved around the practice of different teaching learning aids The workshop focused on various ways of e-content de- he college celebrated World Environment Day on velopment using MOOCs like SWAYAM, Coursera etc. Tthe 5th June 2020. In this connection, The Depart- and also upon the use of different software/applications ment of Environmental Sciences conducted an inter-col- e.g. Microsoft PowerPoint, Google forms, Google drive, lege online quiz competition on the theme “Time for in various educational processes. Dr. Rana Hashmy, Sci- Nature”. Students from different colleges of Union Ter- entist D (Department of Computer Science, Universi- ritory of and Kashmir participated in the said ty of Kashmir) was the Chief Guest in the valedictory event. The quiz was open for all the students of various function. Dr. Hashmy threw light on the present sce- Degree colleges of UT of Jammu and Kashmir. Quite a nario of higher educational institutes and highlighted good number of students participated in the quiz. Fi- the ways through which technology plays a great role in nally, e-certificates were distributed among the students knowledge storage and broadcasting. Dr. Hashmy also who secured 50% or above via their registered email Id’s. explored the use of diverse machinery in assisting the he Department of Environmental Science in col- specially-abled users while catering to their knowledge laboration with eco-club of Govt. Degree College needs. T Tangmarg conducted an online quiz competition on the She emphasised how current technologies give teachers theme Ozone for life – 35 years of ozone layer protec- freedom to select, mix and match digital tools in order to tion on the eve of world ozone day on the 15th of Sep- meet the needs of students’ and institutional goals. tember 2020. The quiz was open to all the colleges of UT of J&K. In response to this, about 188 students from different colleges of UT of J&K registered for the said event. About 70 students had taken part in the said on- line quiz competition. Finally 40 students who secured above 70% marks were given e-certificates through their registered emails.

n the eve of World Wildlife Week (2nd October O- 8th October 2020), the Department of Environ- mental Science in association with the Eco-club of Govt. Degree College Tangmarg conducted an inter-college painting competition on the theme “Sustaining All Life on Earth” on 8th October 2020. The painting competi- tion was open for all the colleges of UT of J&K. In re- sponse to this, quite a number of students from different colleges of UT of J&K participated in the event. All the students tried their best to express their talent. Finally, the first three best paintings (of Aqilla Bano from Govt. Degree College Allochibagh Srinagar, Insha Fayaz from Govt. Women’s College M.A Road Srinagar and Ifra Jan from Govt. Women’s College M.A Road Srinagar) were awarded e-certificates. One week Faculty Development Programme on Open Source Prof. Aijaz Ahmad Sheikh, HOD Environmental Science attended UGC Sponsored 84th Ori- Learning Management System (LMS): Modular Object Oriented entation Programme from February 20, 2020 to March 12, 2020 at UGC HRDC . DynamicHe also attended Learning Online Refresher Environment Course from (MOODLE) 9th November, in association2020 to 24th Novem with- IIT ber, 2020 conducted by UGC HRDC Jamia Millia Islamia University,Bombay Delhi. Spoken Tutorials

2. Teaching, Learning and Evaluation

1. One week Faculty Development Programme on Open Source Learning Management System (LMS): Modular

Object Oriented Dynamic Learning Environment (MOODLE) in association with IIT Bombay Spoken Tutorials 2. A series of International Level online Faculty Development and Student Training Programmes in association with IIT Bombay Spoken Tutorials 3. One Day National Level Webinar on Climate Change and Energy Problems of the 21st Century and the Role of Chemistry on 4th August 2020 4. Online Lecture on English Language Teaching: Pedagogy and Practices on 22nd of August 2020 5. Online Quiz on the topic Economic Development and Policy in on 28 September 2020 6. One Day National Level Webinar on the theme Fuzzy Mathematics and Future Directions on 14th October 2020 7. One day National Level Webinar on the theme Significance of Counseling in the time of Covid-19 on the 12th of December 2020 8. Inter-College Essay Writing Competition on the theme Stress Management on the 6th of December 2020

eeping the importance of ‘education to all’ into con- USA, Iraq, Muscat, Tanzania, Saudi Arabia etc. Ksideration Central library of GDC Tangmarg orga- The program started on 20th June, 2020 with a welcome nized ‘One Week National Level Online Faculty Develop- mail, inaugural speech and scheduled tasks wherein one ment Programme on MOODLE: Learning Management had to access the material (video tutorials with helping System’ in association with Spoken Tutorials IIT Bombay, scripts) at least once during the given date. from 20 June, 2020 to 24 June, 2020. Although the work- One of the unique feature in this FDP was learning as shop was of national scope meant for faculty members per own convenience time. The videos/ Scripts let partic- and scholars, but after request was kept open for Inter- ipants to know about the LMS from the very beginning national participants as well. In total the college received of its installation to the design and development of full- 372 registration requests out of which 348 were listed for fledged website. the program. The participants were from different States/ UT’s of India and also from other countries like To keep participants much connected with this pro- He also insisted on organizing programmes like these gram and in order to have hands on practice of this which, he said, act as launch pad for building a success- software package, each participants had been asked to ful and satisfying career for educators and researchers submit 2 assignments wherein they had to create their in different areas. Quite a good count of participants, own MOODLE site with subject course uploaded and both faculty members as well as students, participated students enrolled. For clarification of doubts of par- in the program. ticipants one live session on Q&A (question-answer session) was also arranged in which speakers were in- he three day international webinar series on Land- vited from Z.H.C.E.T Aligarh Muslim University. Tscapes and Mindscapes: Place and Identity in Contemporary Literature on 5-7 August 2020 was inau- After the completion of this FDP a vote of thanks with gurated by Professor Yasmeen Farooq, principal GDC feedback form was mailed to the participants where Tangmarg. Speakers for the occasion were, Jonathan Gil from feedback was recorded as well. Harris, Haris Qadeer and award winning Portuguese writer Ana Filomena Amaral. ith the advent of the technology the role of Wteachers and of learners has changed dra- On the 5th of August, more than 65 participants attend- matically; teaching and learning process has become ed the lecture by Dr Qadeer who is a Professor at Delhi much easier than it was before a decade or two. In the university and a writer and translator. Dr Qadeer gave a present times there are many organizations who are lecture on the City in Literature with particular reference promoting use of open source software packages for to Delhi in Agha Shahid Ali’s poetry. different works. Keeping the importance of the con- cept into consideration Central Library and Training n the 6th of August, a lecture was delivered by and Placement cell GDC Tangmarg in association OJonathan Gil Harris, a former Professor at George with Spoken tutorials IIT Bombay organized a series Washington University, who has held positions at Itha- of international level online faculty development and ca College, New York, and the University of Auckland in Students training program from 10th August 2020 to New Zealand and is currently teaching at Ashoka Uni- 30th August 2020. In the series, training of five differ- versity. Professor Harris is an expert in Shakespeare stud- ent open-source software were given which included: ies and gave a lecture on reception and assimilation of KOHA, LaTeX, LIBREOFFICE WRITER, JAVA, AN- Shakespeare in the subcontinent. The lecture was very DROID APP USING KOTLIN. well received and students asked questions on various as- pects of Shakespeare’s writings which were discussed by The series of training programmes was appreciated Professor Jonathan Gil Harris. and started with the insights of the worthy Commis- sioner Secretary HED Mr. Talat Parvez Rohella. He congratulated the organizers and the Faculty of the Government Degree College, Tangmarg for organiz- ing the event. na Filomena Amaral, an award winning novelist he Department of Mathematics Government Degree Aspoke about her novel Chasing Walls and other works TCollege Tangmarg (J&K) organized one on the 7th August 2020. Students actively engaged with day webinar on 14-Oct 2020 on the theme “Fuzzy Math- the writer and asked questions about the creative process ematics and future directions “. The webinar was con- and methods. Lecture was attended online by students and ducted through zoom platform, in which more than 300 faculty from various colleges and Universities across J&K registrations were received and around 100 participants as well as by director of Embassy of Portugal in New Delhi. actively participated. The keynote speaker and panelist All the sessions were moderated by Asiya Zahoor, As- was Prof. (Dr.) Sanjeev Kumar of Bhim Rao Ambedkar sistant Professor Department of English in addition Dr University Agra (U.P), who enlightened the participants Rumman Gul provided technical support. The event was on the topic. The notable speaker highlighted the import- concluded with a valedictory address by Professor Yas- ant parameters of the theme. The webinar ended with a meen Farooq (Principal GDC Tangmarg). question and answer session. The participants patiently listened to the speaker and gave their valuable feedback webinar was organized by Department of Chemis- on a positive note. The event was hosted by Mr. Shamsud- Atry, Govt. Degree College Tangmarg, for which Dr. din Wani, Assistant Professor, Department of Mathemat- Mudasir Ahmad Yatoo (PhD in Energy Materials from ics GDC Tangmarg. Patron and worthy principal GDC Imperial College London, United Kingdom) was invited Tangmarg Baramulla (J&K), Prof.(Dr.) Yasmeen Farooq as the guest speaker. The speaker threw light on various delivered the valedictory speech and thanked the partici- aspects of the above theme besides suggesting many al- pants as well as the speaker. ternative strategies to combat the challenges regarding climate and energy. The speaker enlightened the partic- he Department of Education Organized One day ipants on the Earth’s climate change in response to in- TNational Level Webinar on the theme Significance creasing concentrations of greenhouse gases (GHGs) and of Counseling in the time of Covid-19 on the 12th of particulate matter in the atmosphere, largely as the result December 2020. The speaker for the event was Dr, Man- of a broad range of human activities. He also discussed soor Ahmad, Assistant Professor Department of Psychi- how extreme weather and flooding have further impact- atry GMC . Dr Mansoor made the students ed infrastructure (such as energy supply and transpor- as well as the staff aware about the various precautions tation systems) leading to disruption of supply chains, and guidelines to follow in the times of covid-19. He also business and industry productivity and military opera- highlighted the importance of maintaining our mental tions. Climate change and terrorism, he noted, have been health standard in the time of Covid-19 when every walk recognized as two major challenges of the modern soci- of life came to a halt. He stressed the significance of coun- ety. A question answer session ensued at the end where seling in these difficult times. the participants asked relevant questions. 3. Research Innovations and Extensions

NSS ACTIVITIES 1. International Youth Day on the theme Youth Engagement for Global Action from 12-14 August 2020

STUDENTS PARTICIPATION IN EXTENSION ACTIVITIES 1. Inter-College Table-Tennis tournament for Women organized by GDC , sponsored by the Higher

Education Department

2. Inter-college Cricket tournament for Men organized by the Islamia College of Science and Commerce and sponsored by the Higher Education Department

COLLABORATION 1. A series of National Events for Students from 28th July to 31st July 2020 2. Invited proposals for Design of Conceptual Models for e-Marketing of Kashmir based Products from 12-15 August 2020 3. Field trip to organized by Department of Botany on 15th September 2020

tudents from GDC Tangmarg participated in the Inter-College Table-Tennis tournament for Women or- Sganized by GDC Shopian, sponsored by the Higher Education Department under the banner of Sports Festival for on 18.02.2020. In the first match the college got a walk-over against GDC Vailoo. In the second match, that was held on 20.02.2020, the students of GDC Tangmarg defeated GDC . In the third match (quarter-final) the college defeated GDC D.H.Pora and registered their place in the semi-final, in which GDC defeated our college by a narrow margin of 5-3 on 24.02.2020. he Students of GDC Tangmarg also participated in he NSS unit of the college in collaboration with EBSB Tthe inter-college Cricket tournament for Men orga- Torganized an online series of events on international nized by the Islamia College of Science and Commerce youth day on the theme of Youth engagement for Glob- and sponsored by the Higher Education Department un- al action. In this event students from different colleges of der the banner of Sports Festival for Kashmir division on J&K participated. One of the student from GDC Tangmarg the 18th of February 2020. The College cricket team de- namely Syed Sajad Geelani of 3rd semester secured 1st po- feated GDC in the very first match and entered sition for his best performance in each of the sub-events. into Quarter-finals where they were defeated by 15 runs by GDC . he Department of Botany GDC Tangmarg along with its students conducted a survey in order to study the Fungal TPathogens that are causing diseases in the Forests of Gulmarg on 15-09-2020. 4. Infrastructure and Learning Resources

SUBSCRIPTION TO NLIST In the beginning of the year 2020 college subscribed to Nlist service of INFLIBNET to facilitate the free access to the different knowledge resources for faculty and students. WI-FI ENABLED CAMPUS Our college enabled free access to internet Wi-fi for the students and faculty.

5. Student Support and Progression

STUDENT PARTICIPATION AND ACTIVITIES 1. Two Week Snow Skiing Course at Gulmarg from 21st January 2020 to 03.02.2020. 2. Online Inter-college Essay Writing and Video Competition on the theme Yoga: The Solu tion for Holistic Health on 21st June 2020 3. Online Quiz Competition on the theme Physical Activity: Way to Complete Health on 29th August 2020. 4. Annual Road Race on 28th October 2020 5. Inter-class Cricket Tournament from 29th October 2020 to 12th December 2020. he Department of Physical Education and Sports of Govt. Degree College Tangmarg organized the 2nd edition Tof Two Week Snow Skiing Course at Gulmarg from 21st January 2020 to 03.02.2020. The event was flagged off by the then worthy Principal Prof. Ghulam Nabi Pala. A total of 20 students from the college participated in the event.

List of position holders

S.no Name of the student Course Event Position 01 Mohd Saleem Reshi Basic Salalom 1st 02 Baba Furkan Basic Salalom 2nd 03 Showket Ahmad Reshi Basic Salalom 3rd 04 Faisal Mushtaq Basic Technique 1st 05 Baba Furkan Basic Technique 2nd 06 Showket Ahmad Reshi Basic Technique 3rd 07 Manzoor Ahmad Margay Intermediate Technique 1st 08 Umer Bin Ahad Intermediate Technique 2nd 09 Mohammad Ayob Intermediate Technique 3rd 10 Faizan maqbool Advance Technique 1st 11 Muzaffar hameed Advance Technique 2nd 12 Sameer Ahmad dar Advance Technique 3rd

n the eve of the 6th International Yoga Day 20th colleges’ via WhatsApp groups. The college received a OJuly 2020, Department of Physical Education and good response, more than 15 students sent their essays, Sports and NSS wing of GDC Tangmarg, under the guid- videos/photo clips performing Yoga Asanas including ance of worthy Principal Prof. (Dr.) Yasmeen Farooq, our college students on the college email/Whatssapp. celebrated Yoga Day with the aim of creating awareness All the students who sent relevant essays and perfect among the students that yogic exercise should be done Asanas were provided e-Certificates within one Week on a regular basis to live a healthy life. Keeping in view on their registered Email id/WhatsApp numbers. COVID-19 pandemic and social distancing measures, the college organized an online essay writing competi- Besides this, a good number of students of GDC Tang- tion on the theme Yoga: the solution for holistic health” marg also participated in inter-college perfect Asana/ and videos/photo clips of performing Yoga Asanas essay writing competition organized by Women’s Col- from all colleges of UT of J&K. To involve mass par- lege M.A Road Srinagar under the aegis of Jammu and ticipation, the college sent a registration link to all the Kashmir Higher Education Department. n the occasion of the National Sports day, the De- Ahmad reached into the finals. The toss was won by 3rd Opartment of Physical Education and Sports of the semester, batting first they put a handy total of 176 runs college, under the guidance of worthy Principal. Prof on board in the allotted 15 overs. Raja Saleem captain (Dr.) Yasmeen Farooq organized an online Inter-col- of the team was the top scorer with 109 runs of 37 balls. lege Quiz competition on the 29th of August 2020 on Chasing the target, 5th semester team was bowled out at the theme “Physical activity: way to complete health”. just 76 runs. Sahail Bashir took 3 wickets. The main aim of the event was to spread awareness about the importance of games and Sports in every t the end, the award ceremony was held in the individual’s life during Covid19. To involve maximum Aplayground where trophies, medals and certifi- participation of the students, the college shared Sports cates were given to the winning and runner-up teams by Quiz Brochure containing registration link to all the the worthy Principal and other staff members. Raja Sal- colleges of UT of J&K through social media platform eem was declared Man of The Match for his spectacular i.e. WhatsApp groups. The registration link was also inning of 109 of just 37 balls while as Suhaib Bashir was uploaded on the college website. The college received declared Man of the series with 8 wickets to his credit. a good number of responses. 127 students from differ- Speaking on the occasion worthy principal congratu- ent colleges of the UT of J&K registered their names. lated all the teams who took part in the tournament in Out of them, 88 students successfully participated in general especially the finalists. She highlighted the im- the event. portance of games and sports in our day-to-day-life and aheeda Akhtar of Govt Degree College Tang- urged the students to participate in other sports events Nmarg Secured 1st postion by securing 95% as well. She also appreciated Mr. Ashfaq Ahmad Bhat marks while as Safat Yousuf of Govt College for wom- (PTI) for organizing such a wonderful tournament. en M.A.Road, Faizan Maqbool Sofi and Basit Amin of GDC Tangmarg shared 2nd position by securing 92.5% and Nighat Maqbool ,Syed Qasim Bukhari of Govt College of Physical Education Gadoora Gander- bal ,Imtiyaz Ahmad Rather and Umer Mohidin Ganie of Govt. Degree College Tangmarg shared 3rd position by securing 90%. All the students were provided with e-certificates. ntra-College Cosco-Ball Cricket Tournament, orga- Inized by the Department of Physical and Sports of the college was kicked off by the worthy Principal Prof. (Dr.) Yasmeen Farooq on 29.10.2020 and concluded on 12.10.2020.A total number of 8 teams of all the semesters participated in the event including college staff team. At the end, 3rd semester (Victorious-11) led by Raja Saleem Reshi and 5th semester (Thunders-11) led by Muzamil epartment of Physical Education and sports of GDC Tangmarg organized road race for boys on the 28th Octo- Dber 2020. The race was flagged off by worthy principal Prof. (Dr.) Yasmeen Farooq accompanied by other faculty members of the college at GDC Tangmarg. The race culminated at Main Market covering a distance of about 6 km. The event witnessed an overwhelming participation of about 45 students. All the participants showed great enthusiasm, performed splendidly during the event and fought hard against each other. In the event, Ishfaq Ahmed Mir of 4th semester bagged 1st position while as Irshad Ahmad and Zahid Ahmad Khan of 3rd semester secured 2nd and 3rd positions respectively. The award ceremony was held in college ground in which 1st three position holders were awarded with the trophies, medals, certificates and cash prize at the hands of worthy principal and other staff members.

Besides these, 1st ten position holders were also presented consolation prizes. Speaking on the occasion, worthy prin- cipal Prof. (Dr.) Yasmeen Farooq congratulated all the participants and also urged the students to participate in other sports events.

Worthy principal also thanked the block medical officer for deputing a medical team with first aid facility, police department, college teaching and non-teaching staff and Prof. Syed Hamid Firdous, Mr.Ashfaq Ahmad Bhat (PTI) (organizer), Mr. Shameem Ahmad Wani for making the event a success. 6. Governance Leadership and Management

INTERNAL QUALITY ASSURANCE SYSTEM 1. Online Essay and Painting Competition on 28th July, 2020 2. International Webinar on Landscapes and Mindscapes: Place and Identity in Contemporary Literature on 5-7 August 2020

n the occasion of the World Nature Conservation n the 22nd of August 2020, Internal Quality ODay, the Department of Environmental Science, in OAssurance Cell (IQAC) of Government De- association with the IQAC cell of Govt. Degree College gree College Tangmarg along with the Department Tangmarg, celebrated by conducting inter-college online of English organized a webinar on “English Language essay and painting competition on the theme “Nature Teaching: Pedagogy and Practices”. The guest speaker Conservation” on 28th July 2020. The event was kept on the occasion was the eminent academic and lin- open for all the colleges of UT of J&K. About 30 students guist Professor Mohmammad Aslam, who delivered a from different colleges of UT of J&K such as M.A Road lecture to students and the faculty of GDC Tangmarg Srinagar, Amar Singh College Srinagar, Women’s college and participants from various other colleges. The lec- Zakura Srinagar, Degree College , Degree College ture was well received. Students and faculty members and the students of the host college participated asked pertinent questions about the scope and meth- in both the events. ods of English Language teaching which were dis- cussed comprehensively and answered by the expert. The lecture took place under the guidance and patron- All the students tried level best to display their writing age of the Principal, Professor Yasmeen Farooq who skills and art of painting. Finally, all the participants were also spoke to students and faculty on the occasion and given e-certificates through their registered email ids. thanked the learned Professor for delivering the lec- ture. The session was moderated by organizing secre- tary and the professor of the college Dr Asiya Zahoor. 7. Institutional Values and Best Practices

1. A Series of events on the occasion of the 150th Birth Anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi from 1st October to 3rd October 2020 which included Awareness on a. Covid Pandemic, b. Communal Harmony c. Globalization of Education.

2. Felicitation of Students 3. Design and Development of COVID 19 Open Knowledge Hub

n the occasion of International Youth Day, the he trend of open access and open educational re- OSports Department of GDC Tangmarg felicitat- Tsources have recently evolved, the open access ed the outgoing 6th semester students who had shown movement has positively brought out new ways for in- exemplary performance in different fields during the stitutes to deal with the unavailability of the vital litera- academic session 2019-20. Accordingly, Basit Amin ture. Open access is the concept that revolves around the was selected as the Best Sports person, Syed Benish access to freely available resources. The concept is well was awarded the best NSS participant, Omer Rasool of much importance as many institutes have switched was selected as the best library user and Nasir ul to open access resources and are providing access not as the best in leadership qualities. The awards were only to the OAR but also to their scholarly publications presented to these students by the worthy Principal of for the benefit of the users. In the present times open the college Prof (Dr.) Yasmeen Farooq in presence of educational resources is a buzz term, some see it total- other college faculty members. ly revolutionizing while others see it in more pragmatic perspective.

In the times of COVID-19 pandemic and worldwide lockdown, every single person got affected including the education class. The faculty, researchers and students find it difficult to access the resources available in their institutional libraries. Keeping the reason and the con- cern in view Dr. Rumman Gul, Librarian of the college designed and developed an online platform, known as COVID-19 Open

Faculty Achievements

1. Professor Aijaz Ahmad Sheikh, Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental Sciences, published an academic research article on ‘Impact of Biotic Stress on Edaphic Features’ in the International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences vol. 9. 2. Dr Rumman Gul, Librarian of the college delivered online lectures on the implications and use of COVID-19 Open Knowledge Hub at: a. Universidad Tecnologica del choco Diego Luis Cordoba, South America b. Hamidia Girls Degree college, University of Allahabad c. Tarbiat Modares University, Iran 3. Dr Gul also is a main author of a research article on ‘Disabled Users’ satisfaction with Library and Information services at Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India’ published in the Performance Measurement and Metrics Vol. 21 No. 3, pp. 109-119 https://doi.org/10.1108/PMM-12-2019-0058 a journal of emerald insight published from United Kingdom. 4. Mr Mubashir Karim successfully defended his thesis in June titled “Author/Reader Nexus and Metafiction: A Case Study of Select Self-Reflexive Novels” and was subsequently awarded PhD degree from Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi.

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