American Literature, Fantasy Fiction, Victorian Politics, Modernism and Postmodernism, Subaltern Studies, Gender/Sexuality, Contemporary World Cinema, 21st Century U.S. Politics, International Security Issues.

POETRY :

1. Aulos: An Anthology of English Poetry (ed. Sabuj Sarkar and Akshay Kumar Roy), “Where the Citrine Fox Shall Forever Play,” Mississippi Books, July 2020. [ISBN: 978-93-5407-093-8]

2. Caravan (ed. Sabuj Sarkar and Akshay Kumar Roy), “Waldeinsamkeit,” Mississippi Books, September 2020. [ISBN: 979-8682187256, 9789354077609]

SHORT STORIES :

1. “Five Days Apart,” in Manju Jaidka and Nilak Datta (ed.), Covid’s Metamorphosis: Stories of Our Corona Times, Independently Published by the Department of English, Shoolini University, 11 September 2020. [ASIN: B08HQR3W85]

ARTICLES / CHAPTERS IN BOOKS :

 1. “Prometheus,  Paradise  Lost, and  Frankenstein:   An  Inevitable  Correlation”, Vol.3.S1.2015,  Research  Journal of  English  Language and  Literature  (RJELAL), ISSN: 2321- 3108,  April  2015.

 2. “Of  Sex and  Sensuality: A  Discourse on  Religion,  Equality and  Human  Rights”, Vol.2.S1.2015,  International  Journal of  English  Language,  Literature and Translation  Studies  (IJELR), ISSN: 2349 – 9451, April  2015.

 3. “The Western Intellectual Tradition: Friedrich Nietzsche and the Birth of Modernism”, ISSUU – Digital  Publishing  Platform,  issuu.com,  July  2015.

 4. “The Age of  Religious  Wars in  Europe (1560-1715)”, Vol.4, Issue 1. January – March 2016,  International  Journal of   Social  Science and Humanities  Research (IJSSHR),  ISSN: 2348 – 3164,  February 2016.

 5. “The  Separate  Spheres of  Gender in the 18^th  Century  England”, Touchstone: A Literary Journal  (Editor – Prof.  Dr. Sayonti  Mitra),  Department of  English,  Rammohan  College, September  2016.

 6. “The  Cosmography of  Confused  Dimensions:  Mapping  Milton’s  Universe  In  Paradise  Lost”,  Vol. 2,  Issue  3. (Pages 436 - 444), The Literary Herald, ISSN:  2454 – 3365, December 2016.

 7. “Delineation of   Comedy from the  Classical  Age to the  Modern  Age”,  in  Anirban  Bhattacharya  (ed.),  The  Rivals by  Richard  Brinsley  Sheridan  (Critical  Edition), Book Valley, 2018. [ISBN: 9789383265183]

8. “Serious, Proper and Wise: Philip Larkin and the Movement Poetry,” in Purnima Bali and Neeraj Pizar (ed.), The Twentieth Century: Literary Signposts and Watersheds (An Anthology of Essays), Independently Published by the Department of English, Shoolini University, 23 August 2020. [ISBN: 979-8678529466, ASIN: B08GLW992P/ B08GKZPYTR]

Chaired Sessions

1. Invited by the Department of English, Sister Nivedita University, Kolkata to chair a technical session at an Inter-University Undergraduate Students’ Seminar on “Reading Popular Literature/ Culture” on 15^th February 2020.

Papers Presented

1. Presented a paper titled “Serious, Proper and Wise: Philip Larkin, the Movement and his Straightforward Representation of the Commonplace in Poetry” in an International Seminar on “A Century in Retrospect: Literary Signposts and Watersheds of the Last Hundred Years” organized by the Department of English, Shoolini University, Solan, Himachal Pradesh (India), from 15^th May 2020 to 23^rd May 2020.

2. Presented a paper titled “The Construction of the Self: Negotiating the Confessional Movement and its Poetry” in the 20^th International MELOW (The Society for the Study of Multi-Ethnic Literatures of the World) Conference on “400 Years of American Literature,” hosted in collaboration with the Department of English. Shoolini University, Solan, Himachal Pradesh (India), from 8^th October 2020 to 11^th October 2020.

International Summer School

Completed the “ORSAM Summer School on Middle Eastern Affairs,” organized by ORSAM-Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Ankara, Turkey, held between 21-24 September 2020.

Seminars, Conferences, Workshops, and Roundtables 

1. Co-Coordinator and  Performer  ( as  Leading  Man)  at the  Department of  English, University of  Calcutta’s presentation of  Luigi Pirandello’s  “Six  Characters in Search of an  Author”  on  February  7, 2013, at  Calcutta  University  Centenary  Hall.

2. Participated in the  UGC Sponsored  Two  Day  National Conference organized by Brahmananda  Keshab  Chandra  College, Kolkata on  “Re-writing Culture, Re-telling Narratives: Gender and the Politics of  Representation”  on  9^th and  10^th  February 2012  at the Indian  Statistical  Institute,  Kolkata.

3. Attended the  UGC  Sponsored  One  Day  National  Seminar organized by  Sivanath  Sastri  College, Kolkata on  “Gender as  Perspective:  Reflection on  Different  Disciplines”  on  December  19,  2016.

4. Participated in the  7-Day  National  Level  Workshop on  “Teaching  Literature: Going Beyond  Lectures”,  organized by the  Departments of  English,  Bengali,  Hindi, and  Sanskrit from  10^th  to  19^th  April 2017  at  Barrackpore  Rastraguru  Surendranath  College.

5. Participated in the  UGC - Sponsored  Workshop on  Information  Technology for MPhil and Ph.D. Scholars, organized by the  UGC  Human  Resource  Development  Centre  (formerly, UGC  Academic  Staff  College), the University of  Calcutta from  12^th  March to  14^th  March 2018.

6. Participated in the  UGC-Assisted  DRS  (SAP-III)  Phase-III  National  Seminar on “Literature, Theatre, and  Cinema:  Adaptations and  Appropriations”, organized by the Department of English  (University of  Calcutta)  from 14^th  March to  16^th  March 2018.

7. Participated in the International Conference on “Construction and Re-construction of the Asia-Pacific (Regional and  Global  Concerns)”, organized by the  Institute of  Foreign Policy  Studies (University of Calcutta), CENERS-K  and University of Warsaw (Poland) on 10^th September 2018.

8. Participated in the Think Tank Conference on “Connectivity, Trade Relations and Investment Opportunities Between China and Eastern India”, jointly held by the Observer Research  Foundation, Kolkata Chapter and Consulate  General of  The People’s  Republic of China in  Kolkata at The  Oberoi  Grand Hotel in Kolkata, West  Bengal on 12^th  September 2018.

9. Participated in the  National   Seminar on “Contemporary  India: Issues and Challenges in Historical Perspectives”, organized by  the  Centre  of  Advanced Studies, Department of  History, University of  Calcutta on 19^th September 2018.

10. Participated in the Two-Day National Conference on “Contours of India’s ‘Act East’ Policy: Opportunities, Challenges and Futuristic Trends of Indo-ASEAN Partnership”, organized by the Kolkata Society for Asian Studies, Institute of Foreign Policy Studies and Indian Council of World Affairs on 18^th and 19^th February 2019.

11. Participated in the International Conference on “Significance of the Bay of Bengal: India, Japan and the Southeast Asia” organized by Observer Research Foundation, in collaboration with the Consulate General of Japan in Kolkata and the Centre for South and South East Asian Studies of Calcutta at the Regency Ballroom, Hyatt Regency, Kolkata on 25-26 March 2019.

12. Participated in a discussion on “Towards an Assertive Policy on India’s External Democracy Support” organized by Observer Research Foundation along with Asia Democracy Network, Seoul on 6 May 2019 at the Oberoi Grand Hotel, Kolkata.

13. Participated in a One-Day State-Level Seminar on “200 Years of Keats’s Great Odes” organized by the Centre of Advanced Study (Phase III), Department of English, Jadavpur University on 13^th September 2019.

14. Participated in the Webinar on “Masculinity and Imperial Performance in George Orwell’s Shooting an Elephant” conducted by Royal School of Languages, Royal Global University, Guwahati on 3^rd June 2020.

15. Participated in the International Online Faculty Enrichment Programme on “Tips & Tricks for Publishing in International Scientific Journals” organized by the Department of Zoology, Chemistry, Botany and Physics, Surendranath College, Kolkata on 20^th June 2020.

16. Organized the State-Level Webinar on “Fragile Arcadias: Making Sense of Death Amidst the Beautiful in Poetry” by the Department of English, Surendranath College, Kolkata on 5^th July 2020.

17. Participated in the One-Day International Teachers’ Workshop on “Forced Migration; Humanity at the Crossroads” organized by the Departments of History and Political Science, Sivanath Sastri College, and the Mahanirban Calcutta Research Group on 9^th July 2020.

18. Participated in the “Wondering on the Web” Online Seminar organized by the Department of English, Sister Nivedita University, Kolkata from 13^th to 17^th July 2020.

19. Participated in the Two-Day Webinar on “Interdisciplinarity: (Re-)Reading Literary Texts” organized by the Department of English, Barjora College, Bankura on 22^nd and 23^rd July 2020.

20. Participated in the One-Day National Webinar on “Methods, Software and Tools in Social Science Research” jointly organized by the IQAC and the Department of Sociology, Sudhiranjan Lahiri Mahavidyalaya, Nadia on 24^th July 2020.

21. Participated as an Observer in a Clustered Webinar on “Rabindranath Tagore in English: Poetry, Prose and Drama” organized by the Department of English and School of International Languages, Sister Nivedita University, Kolkata from 23^rd to 25^th July 2020.

22. Participated in the National Webinar on “Sickness and Isolation” organized by the Department of English, Kishore Bharati Bhagini Nivedita (Co-Ed) College, and Southfield College, Darjeeling on 31^st July 2020.

23. Participated in the One-Day National Webinar on “Rising China: Domestic Dynamics and Global Ambitions” organized by the Department of Political Science, in association with IQAC, Seth Anandram Jaipuria College, Kolkata on 3^rd August 2020.

24. Participated in the State-Level Webinar on “Re-Reading Three American Writers in Times of Pandemic: Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald and William Faulkner,” organized by the Department of English, in collaboration with the IQAC, Banipur Mahila Mahavidyalaya on 8^th August 2020.

1. “Bangladesh. Prospects for 2018-2019: A Pre-Election Perspective.”

Estimating the 11^th Parliamentary Elections of 2018 in Bangladesh, focusing on the Dhaka Division, with emphasis on Economy, Information Technology, Education, Infrastructural Developments and the Effect of the Hindu Votes.

Project Coordinator – Dr. (Prof.) Hari Sankar Vasudevan, Emeritus Professor, University of Calcutta  

Project Advisors – Mr. Sarvajit Chakravarti, IFS, Former Ambassador of India.

                           Dr. Subhoranjan Dasgupta, Former Professor.

Advisory Council – Centre for Research in Indo-Bangladesh Relations

Project Sponsoring Body – Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India

1. Received  Central  Board of  Secondary  Education  (CBSE)  National  Scholarship for  Under  Graduate and  Post  Graduate  Studies from  2008  to 2013  from the  Ministry of  Human  Resource  Development,  Government of  India.          

2. Recipient of  ‘Sayantani  Debnath  Memorial  Award’  (Gold  Medal)  for  Topper in  English, Under  Graduate  Courses in  2011,  B.R.S.N  College.

3. Recipient of  “Professor  Ranjit  Bhattacharya  Memorial  Award”  (Gold  Medal)  for Topper in  English,  Under  Graduate  Courses in  2011,  B.R.S.N. College.

4. Received  Army  Welfare  Education  Society  (AWES)  Scholarships for every successful academic year from  1999 – 2011.

5. Non-NET  Fellowship (under  Swami  Vivekananda  Merit cum  Means  Scholarship scheme) by the Higher Education Department,  Government of  West  Bengal for  M.Phil. course (18^th April 2017- 17^th April 2019) at the Institute of Foreign Policy Studies, University of Calcutta.