Bio-Data Name: Dr. Suman Kumar Nayek Designation: Associate Professor of English Department: English Rampurhat College, Rampurhat Contact: Email: [email protected] Academic Details: Course University Year of Passing M. A. Visva-Bharati University 1985 M. Phil. Burdwan University 2001 Ph. D. Burdwan University 2009 Teaching Areas: Shakespeare and Elizabethan Period Research Interest: Shakespeare and Elizabethan Period Professional Experience: Teaching experience of 27 years since 1991 till date. Awards and Achievements: 1. Awarded National Scholarship by Ministry of Education and Culture, Government of India at Secondary Level. 2. Serving as a member of UGBS in English of the University of Burdwan since 2010 till date. 3. Served as a member of the editorial board for publishing four anthologies for English (Hons. and Pass) of the University of Burdwan. 4. Acted as a subject expert for recruitment of CWTT, Part-time teachers and Guest lecturers for twenty-third (23) times in different colleges. 5. Acted as examiner and subject expert for recruitment of secondary and higher secondary teachers under West Bengal School Service Commission. 6. Serving as an examiner, scrutiniser, chairman/Head examiner, paper-setter and moderator of different examinations. List of Publications: 1. “Elizabethan Sonnets: An Appraisal” in Didhiti, published by Kandra R. K. K. Mahavidyalaya, 2009-2010. 2. “Shakespeare’s Women: The Woman as Initiator” in The Atlantic Critical Review Quarterly. Vol. 9, no. 2 (April-June), 2010. ISSN: 0972-6373. (A peer reviewed journal indexed in MLA Directory of Periodicals) 2 3. “Portia: The ‘lady richly left’ ” in The Atlantic Critical Review Quarterly. Vol. 10, no. 1 (Jan.-March), 2011. ISSN: 0972-6373. 4. “Octavia: An Instrument for a Diplomatic Alliance” in The Atlantic Critical Review Quarterly. Vol. 10, no. 3 (July-Sept.), 2011. ISSN: 0972-6373. 5. “Lady Macbeth: The ‘fiend-like queen’?” in Six Essay on Shakespeare and Shaw, 2011. ISBN: 978-81-909791-1-5. 6. “History in Literature: Shakespeare and His Time” in History in Literature: Literature as History, 2012. ISBN: 978-93-80663-50-0. 7. “Elizabethan England and Modern Shinning India: An Analysis” in Changing Society, Culture and its Impacts on People, 2012. ISBN: 978-81-909878-9-9. 8. “ ‘[M]y dearest partner’: A Study in Connubial Relationship in Macbeth” in Journal of the Department of English, The University of Burdwan, Vol. XVII, 2014. Seminars, Workshops & Academic Courses Attended: 1. Delivered a lecture as the sole speaker in 2009 in Kandra R. K. K. Mahavidyalaya. 2. Participated and presented a paper in an International Conference organized by the Dept of English and Foreign Languages, Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak, held on 8th and 9th October, 2009. 3. Participated and presented a paper in International Shakespeare Scholars’ Meet in World Shakespeare Conference, held from 11th to 15th December, 2010 at Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata. 4. Participated and presented a paper in UGC Sponsored National Seminar, held on 11th and 12th January, 2012 at Kulti College. 5. Participated and presented a paper in UGC Sponsored National Seminar, held on 14th and 15th February, 2012 at Sambhunath College, Labpur. .