ANUSHA DAS Assistant Professor Saiju Nivas Department of English Peringammala Bishop Moore College Kalliyoor. P.O Mavelikara Thiruvananthapuram Kerala, India, 690 110 Kerala, India, 695 042 Email – [email protected] Mobile – 9446529890 Education • Doctor of Philosophy, English, University of Kerala – doing, 2012 onwards. • Masters in Education, English, Department of Education, University of Kerala – 2008 • Master of Arts, English, Govt: Arts College, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala University – 2005 • Bachelor of Arts, English, All Saints College, Thiruvananthapuram, University of Kerala – 2003 • Bachelor of Education, English, Kerala University College of Teacher Education, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala University- 2006 Research Experience • Completed UGC minor research project entitled “’Know the Child, Know the Book’: A Developmental Approach to Children’s Literature.” – Amount 1.5 lakhs • Doing Ph.D work entitled “Role of Children’s Literature in Teaching English to Young Learners of Kerala.” Research Interests • My research area includes Children’s Literature, English Language Teaching (ELT) and Indian English Literature. Teaching Experience Working as Assistant Professor in the Post Graduate Department of English, Bishop Moore College, Mavelikara, Kerala, India, since 4th January 2012. • One year Gaduate Level (B.Ed English) teaching experience at K.N.M. B.Ed College, Thiruvananthapuram. Trainings Attended • Participated in a National Workshop on Creative Writing which was held on 3rd and 4th of January, 2013 at Govt: Sanskrit College, Thiruvananthapuram. • Participated in the residential ‘Train the Trainer Programme’ for Master trainers of the 21 day training in Communicative English and Basic I T skills, organised by ASAP, a joint initiative of Department of Higher and General Educations Govt: of Kerala at Maria Rani Centre, Thiruvananthapuram in 2014 and 2016. • Attended 21 day refresher course in English organised by Academic Staff College, University of Kerala, Kariyavattom, Thiruvananthapuram. Publications in Peer Reviewed Journals “The Impact of Children’s Literature in the Teaching of English to Young Learners” in International Journal of English: Literature, Language & Skills, www.ijells.com ISSN 2278-0742, VOLUME 2 ISSUE 1 APRIL 2013, Pages 125-138. “The Kiddie’s Milieu”: The Fascinating world of Children’s Literature in Pune Research, ISSN 2454-3454 VOLUME 1 ISSUE 3 November- December 2015. Paper Presentations “Impact of Children’s literature in teaching and learning English, to young learners” UGC sponsored National Seminar on English Literature Teaching, which was conducted by the Department of English, Sadakathullah Appa College, Tirunelveli on 20th and 21st March 2012. “Computer Assisted Vocabulary Acquisition Programme for teaching English Vocabulary to Young Learners.” Seventh International and 43rd Annual ELTAI Conference on The English Classroom- Experiments and Experiences which was organized by Velammal Engineering College, Chennai in association with English Language Teachers Association of India (ELTAI) held at the college campus during 19-21 July 2012. Positions/Responsibilities held • College level Nodal Officer for AISHE (All Survey for Higher Education) • ASAP master trainer • Internal mentor for Walk with a Scholar programme • Convenor of UGC Sponsored National Seminar on 21st century English Classroom: Perspectives and Challenges, conducted by Dept of English, Bishop Moore College. Personal Details • Date of Birth –10.05.1983 • Nationality – Indian • Languages Known – English, Hindi, Malayalam • Computer Skills – MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint,Internet. .