Phd
Professor, Department of English
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Ernakulam
Director, Gunn Centre, India
A consummate educator and academic researcher, Dr. Nair is a professor at the Department of English at Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeeth in Cochin. With over three decades of experience in teaching and research, she was a stalwart of the department of English at St Teresa's College in Cochin. Since she began her tenure in 1990, her vivacity, love for learning, and absolute dedication to the vocation of higher education have made her a beloved mentor to the generations of students who have graduated from the English programs at the undergraduate, postgraduate, and doctoral levels.
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Dr. Nair was also appointed as the Director of the Gunn Centre in India, after she undertook a training program at the State Kansas University, USA. She played a lead role in facilitating the autonomous status of St. Teresa’s College. She is also a member of the Governing Council of St. Teresa’s College, Member Board of Studies, Sree Sankaracharya University, Kalady. She is the Resource Person for the Staff Academic Training Colleges (UGC) of Bharatheeyar University and Calicut University.
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Awards & Fellowships
August, 2020
Saahas Prerna Awards | WISCOMP
WISCOMP(Women in Security, Conflict Management and Peace) is an initiative of the Foundation for Universal Responsibility, New Delhi that focuses on women’s agency in public and policy spaces and works to facilitate their informed articulation and leadership across South Asia. WISCOMP’s work foregrounds the interface of gender with issues of representation, democracy, foreign policy, and peacebuilding.
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Dr. Nair was honored with this award for consistently providing psycho-social support for the emotional well-being of students and countering Gender-Based Violence and Substance Abuse. The award honored her health and financial outreach for the differently Abled and LGBTQI communities. It also commended her dissemination of best practices on gender justice to partner institutes, networks, and organizations, especially in the media and not-for-profit sectors.
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Education
1989, University of Kerala
M A English
2000, Mahatma Gandhi University
Ph.D in English Language & Literature
2000, Mahatma Gandhi University
Ph.D in English Language & Literature
2005, London Metropolitan University, UK
International English Language Teaching & Applied Language Studies
2006, Cambridge University, UK
CELTA
2014, Intensive Institute on SF Literatur, State Kansas University, USA
Science Fiction and Creative Writing
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Academic Roles
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NAAC Coordinator who steered the institution to get A++ grade with CGPA of 3.57 – 2019-20
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Editor and Co-Founder, TJES, Teresian Journal of English Studies (International) With ISSN Number, 2009-Present, Peer Reviewed Journal. Accredited by Kannur, Calicut, and Mahatma Gandhi University.
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Governing Council Member 2013-Present
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Dean Of College 2011-2012
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Director of Gunn Centre, State Kansas University ( India )2013-Present
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General Course Director, New Academic Programmes 2011-2016
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Course Coordinator for UGC Sponsored Innovative Programme for Undergraduate, B.Sc in Apparel & Fashion Designing 2010 - Present
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Course coordinator of Ph.D Course work, Mahatma Gandhi University from 2011-2015
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Executive Committee Member of Alumnae British Scholars ( Affiliated to British Council ) 2011-
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Staff Advisor to Arts club, St. Teresa’s College - (1992-2004)
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Member Inspection Team Commission of Mahatma Gandhi University 2011- to assess the facilities of Un-Aided Colleges Arts & Humanities Colleges to start New Courses
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Member Monitoring Committee for P.G. Diploma CALT ( Computer Assisted Language Teaching ) 2011- Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit Kalady, Kerala, India.
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Member Board Of Studies Sree Sankara University, Kalady.
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Resource Person for the Staff Academic Training Colleges (UGC) of Bharathiyar University and University of Calicut
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NSS Programme Officer ( 2009- 2012)
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Secretary Old Students Association ( 2009-11)
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Publications
2002 - Indian Journal of Post Colonial Literatures 3, 55
A search for Female Space in Dorothy Livesay’s Poem "The Unquiet Bed”
2010 - Litt Critt, 96-97
2012 - Language Discourse Writing
2015 - International Conference on Sustainable Globalization, Wisconsin University
2017 - The Investigator
2017 - The Investigator