Faculty Full Profile

VIDYASAGAR UNIVERSITY
FACULTY INFORMATION SYSTEM

Self Declared Document


	Name		Dr. Jolly Das
	Designation		Associate Professor
	Department Name		ENGLISH LITERATURE, LANGUAGE AND CULTURAL STUDIES
	Office Phone No		+91 3222 298-298 / Centrex Extn. 257
	Email ID		jollydas@mail.vidyasagar.ac.in jollydas66@gmail.com
	Fax
	Mobile No		9433162741
	Personal Website
	Address		Department of English, Vidyasagar University, Midnapur 721102

Educational Qualification

Degree Name	Institute	Year of passing/awarded
Ph.D.	Rabindra Bharati University	2004
M.Phil.	Rabindra Bharati University.	1994
M.A. ( English )	University of Calcutta	1989
B.A.	Lady Brabourne College	1987
H.S.	Lady Brabourne College	1984
ICSE	St.Josephs Convent, Chandannagar.	1982
schooling	Loreto Convent, Darjeeling	1977

Title of the Ph. D. Thesis

The Theme of Quest in T.S. Eliot's Plays

Career Profile / Teaching Experience

Associate Professor, Department of English, Vidyasagar University, Midnapore.

Guest Lecturer, Department of English, Rabindra Bharati University.

Associate Professor, Department Of English, Raja Peary Mohan College, [University Of Calcutta], Uttarpara.

Reader, Department Of English, Raja Peary Mohan College, [University Of Calcutta], Uttarpara.

Senior Lecturer, Department Of English, Raja Peary Mohan College, [University Of Calcutta], Uttarpara.

Lecturer, Department Of English, Raja Peary Mohan College, [University Of Calcutta], Uttarpara.

Specialization/Research Area

Field of Specialization

Research Area/ Areas of Interest

Girish Karnad Studies

T.S. Eliot Studies

Adivasi Related Literature in English Translation

Shakespeare Studies

Translation from Bengali to English

Modern British Drama

Indian Theatre

Adivasi Literature and Culture

Loreto Education

Indian English Literature

Diasporic Literature

The Social Relevance of the cult of Manasa

Course/ Subject Taught

Shakespeare Studies

Twentieth Century British Drama (T.S. Eliot)

Indian English Drama (Girish Karnad)

Modern Indian Poetry in English (R. Parthasarathy & J. Mahapatra)

Bengali Literature about Adivasi Life (in English Translation)

Indian Writing in English Translation

Dalit Literature in English Translation

Literary Criticism

Research Methodology

Conference/ Symposium /Journal Paper / Books Published

International Publication

Title	Published in	Published on	Published by	Role	Details
This Life at Play. Book Review.	Gitanjali and Beyond. Journal of the Scottish Centre of Tagore Studies. Edinburgh Napier University. Issue 6 316-22.ISSN 2399-8733.	Apr, 2022	The Scottish Centre of Tagore Studies	Sole Author	Impact Factor: 0.00000 Indexing: Others Article's Web Link: https://gitanjaliandbeyond.co.uk/
Stranger than Strangest!	Insight: The Creative and Critical Eye.Journal of the Department of English, Serampore Girls College. Vol. 2. 47-55.	2014	Department of English, Serampore Girls College, Serampore.		Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:
The Crisis of the Self in Girish Karnad’s Yayati	Perspectives: Journal of the Department of English, Raja Peary Mohan College, Uttarpara 2. 2 108-124.	2008	Principal, Raja Peary Mohan College, Uttarpara.	Sole Author	Impact Factor: 0.00000 Indexing: Others Article's Web Link:
The Queen and the Cobra in Nagamandala	Perspectives: Journal of the Department of English. Raja Peary Mohan College, Uttarpara 2. 1 44-56.	2006	Principal, Raja Peary Mohan College, Uttarpara.	Sole Author	Impact Factor: 0.00000 Indexing: Others Article's Web Link:

National Publication

Title	Published in	Published on	Published by	Role	Details
Patient Dignity: Poems by Bashabi Fraser, Paintings by Vibha Pankaj. Book Review	Journal of the Department of English, Vidyasagar University. Vol. 15. 315-17. ISSN 0973-3671	Feb, 2022	Registrar, Vidyasagar University, Midnapore.	Sole Author	Impact Factor: 0.00000 Indexing: UGC CARE Article's Web Link: http://inet.vidyasagar.ac.in:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/6420
Girish Karnad’s Response to the Haridasa Tradition of Karnataka	Bulletin of the Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture. 26-31. ISSN 0971-2755.	2021	Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture	Sole Author	Impact Factor: 0.00000 Indexing: Others Article's Web Link:
Girish Karnad’s Response to the Haridasa Tradition of Karnataka	Bulletin of the Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture. 26-31. ISSN 0971-2755.	2021	Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture	Sole Author	Impact Factor: 0.00000 Indexing: Others Article's Web Link:
Karnad’s Theatrical Exploration of Historiography in His Representation of Four Rulers of Southern India	Journal of the Department of English, Vidyasagar University. Vol. 13. 56-68. ISSN 0973-3671	2020	Registrar, Vidyasagar University, Midnapore.	Sole Author	Impact Factor: 0.00000 Indexing: UGC CARE Article's Web Link:
The Eventful Background of Crossing to Talikota: The Play which ends Girish Karnad’s Theatrical Trajectory	Middle Flight. Journal of the Department of English,Sukumar Sengupta Mahavidyalaya, Keshpur. Vol. 8 No. 1. 2019.. 246-253. ISSN 2319-7684	2019	Principal, Sukumar Sengupta Mahavidyalaya, Keshpur.	Sole Author	Impact Factor: 0.00000 Indexing: UGC CARE Article's Web Link:
Emergence of a Down-to-Earth Notion of Manliness: Shudrakas Sharvilaka	Middle Flight. vol. 7, No. 1. 271-80	2019	Department of English, S.S. Mahavidyalaya, Keshpur, Paschim Medinipur		Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:
‘Living in One and Dreaming of Another’: Scotland and India in Bashabi Fraser’s Poetry	Litscape: Journal of VUETC. Vol. 11, No. 1. 24-33. ISSN 0976-9064	2018	Vidyasagar University English Teachers'Consortium	Sole Author	Impact Factor: 0.00000 Indexing: Others Article's Web Link:
Voices of Alternatives amidst Urban Chaos: Vibrant Portraits in Two Plays by Girish Karnad.’	Journal of the Department of English, Vidyasagar University. Vol. 11. ISSN 0973-3671. 41—50.	2013	Department of English, Vidyasagar University.		Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:
Third Theatre: A Laudable Endeavour	Frontier. Vol. 42, No. 39. 11-12. ISSN 0016-2094	2010	Timir Basu (Editor)	Sole Author	Impact Factor: 0.00000 Indexing: Others Article's Web Link:
Oliver Twist: Dickens’s Early Tryst with Harsh Reality	Insight. Journal of the Department of English, Serampore Girls’ College. vol. 1. 17-21.	2009	Principal, Serampore Girls’ College	Sole Author	Impact Factor: 0.00000 Indexing: Others Article's Web Link:
United in Philanthropy: Ishwarchandra Vidyasagar and Baboo Joykissen Mookerjee	Korak: Journal of Atpur High School. (Atpur, 24 Parganas [North]) 16. Special Issue on Manik Bandyopadhyay’s Birth Centenary. 17-21.	2006	Atpur High School, Atpur, 24 Parganas [North]	Sole Author	Impact Factor: 0.00000 Indexing: Others Article's Web Link:
The Making of Sherlock Holmes	Journal of the Department of English, Raja Peary Mohan College, Uttarpara. 1.1 40-46.	2005	Principal, Raja Peary Mohan College, Uttarpara.	Sole Author	Impact Factor: 0.00000 Indexing: Others Article's Web Link:
Bhrantibilas: Vidyasagar’s Re-fashioning of The Comedy of Errors	Korak: Journal of Atpur High School, Atpur, 24 Parganas [North] 15. 23-26.	2005	Atpur High School, Atpur, 24 Parganas [North]	Sole Author	Impact Factor: 0.00000 Indexing: Others Article's Web Link:
Buddha The Greatest of Men, as Tagore Regarded Him	Bulletin of the Ramakrishna Mission of Institute of Culture 55. 5 230-236.	2004	Ramakrishna Mission of Institute of Culture	Sole Author	Impact Factor: 0.00000 Indexing: Others Article's Web Link:

Other Publication

Title	Published in	Published on	Published by	Details
Girish Karnad: Shristite Jibonachorone	Aneek: 56th Year, Issue No. 1. July 2019. (R.N.I Regn No. 12026/65)pp.32-34.	2019	Aneek Eds. Ratan Khasnobis et.al.	Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:
The Plight of Teaching Macbeth	Symposium, Journal of the Department of English, St. Paul’s Cathedral Mission College. ISSN 2320-1452. 1—8.	2015	Department of English, St. Paul’s Cathedral Mission College.	Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:
The Paradigm of the Incarnation in Murder in the Cathedral.	Literature and Criticism. Vol.4. 114—118.	2004	Literature and Criticism	Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:
Eliots Beginning with Drama: Sweeney Agonistes.	Journal of the Department of English, University of Calcutta. 80—86.	2002	Department of English, University of Calcutta.	Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:

Book Published

Title of the Book	Published by	Published on	Role	Details
Ethnic Tapestry: Bengali Short Stories on Indigenous People	Centre of Excellence (CoE), Department of Odia, Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan & Government of India, Ministry of Tribal Affairs	2019	Translator & Editor	Indexing: Link:
Tracing Karnads Theatrical Trajectory	Paragon	2015	Author	Indexing: Link:
Eliots Prismatic Plays A Multifaced Quest	Atlantic	2007	Author	Indexing: Link:

Book Chapter Published

Title of the Book	Published by	Published on	Role	Details
The City Speaks: Urban Spaces in Indian Literature	Routledge	01-01-2023 00:00:00	Sole Author	Indexing: Others Link:
The Bleeding Border: Stories of Bengal Partition	Niyogi Books	01-11-2022 00:00:00	Sole Author	Indexing: Others Link:
Objective Illumination: A Study of T.S. Eliot’s Prose Writings	Alfa Publications	01-01-2018 00:00:00	Sole Author	Indexing: Others Link:
Quality Education for the Students belonging to the Marginalised Sectors in India	Kaliappan Pathippagam	01-01-2018 00:00:00	Sole Author	Indexing: Others Link:
Gender and Commonwealth Studies	Books Way	01-01-2015 00:00:00	Sole Author	Indexing: Others Link:
Summer? Night? Or Dream?	Avenel Press	01-01-2014 00:00:00	Sole Author	Indexing: Others Link:
Rabindranath Tagore: Vision and Art	Meera Publishers	01-01-2014 00:00:00	Sole Author	Indexing: Others Link:
Sahitya Akademi Award Winning English Translations	Authors Press	01-01-2014 00:00:00	Sole Author	Indexing: Others Link:
In Pursuit of Amitav Ghosh	Orient BlackSwan	01-01-2013 00:00:00	Sole Author	Indexing: Others Link:
Rabindranath Tagore and Indian Literature	Universal Publishers	01-01-2012 00:00:00	Sole Author	Indexing: Others Link:
The Plays of Mahesh Dattani	Pencraft	01-01-2012 00:00:00	Sole Author	Indexing: Others Link:
Bravely Fought the Queen: A Collection of Critical Essays	Review Publications	01-01-2011 00:00:00	Sole Author	Indexing: Others Link:
Critical Perspectives in Postcolonialism	Booklore	01-01-2011 00:00:00	Sole Author	Indexing: Others Link:
Indo-Anglian Literature: Past to Present	Books Way	01-01-2008 00:00:00	Sole Author	Indexing: Others Link:
Reviews: Indo-Anglian Poetry—A Collection of Critical Essays	Review Publications	01-01-2008 00:00:00	Sole Author	Indexing: Others Link:

Ph. D. Thesis Guidence

Ongoing / Submitted Ph. D. Thesis
Scholar Name	Thesis Title	Co Supervisor	Status	Complete in Year
Isha Biswas	Representations of "Witches" by Select Women Writers of 21st Century American Fiction		Ongoing	0
Rupsa Roy Chowdhury	The Corporeal Other: Disability in Select Victorian Popular Fiction	Prof. Debashis Bandyopadhyay	Ongoing	0
Bisweswar Chakraborty	Communalism and the Problem of Indian Nationhood: A Study of Select Post-Independence Indian English Fiction		Ongoing
Subhasish Barua	Ambedkar and the Making of Dalit Identity: A Reading of Marathi Dalit Mens Writings in English Translation		Ongoing
Arup Kumar Mondal	Representation of Women in Marathi Dalit Mens Writings in English Translation: A Study in Critical Perspectives		Ongoing

Awarded Ph. D. Thesis
Scholar Name	Thesis Title	Co Supervisor	Status	Complete in Year
Anindita De	Relocating Peripheral Women Characters in the Ramayana: A Study of Select Novels by Kavita Kane		Awarded

Project Work

Completed Project Works
Project title	Worked as	Funding Agency	Amount in Rs.	Duration in years	Period Year to Year		Status
The Past-Present Interface in Girish Karnad's Plays	Principle Investigator	University Grants Commission	80000	2 year	2006	2008	Completed

Invited Lectures

Title	Organized by	Venue	Year
Traditional and Modern Medics: The Insider-Outsider Perspective in a Kheria Sabar Village in Purulia	Centre-of-Excellence, Department of Odia, Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan	Centre-of-Excellence, Department of Odia, Visva-Bharati	2019
The Plays of Girish Karnad.	Department of English, University of Calcutta	Department of English, University of Calcutta	2016
The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock.	Department of English, Maharaja Manindra Chandra College, Kolkata.	Maharaja Manindra Chandra College, Kolkata	2015
Conrads The Secret Sharer	Department of English, Serampore Girls’ College, Serampore.	Serampore Girls’ College, Serampore.	2013
The Theme of Love and Death: Eliot and the Romantics.’	Subhas Chandra Bose Centenary College, Lalbagh, Murshidabad.	Subhas Chandra Bose Centenary College, Lalbagh, Murshidabad	2012
Girish Karnad’s Plays in English: Text and Performance	Refresher Course in English. “English and Indian Languages”. Department of English, Manipur University, Imphal, Manipur.	Online	0
Girish Karnad’s Plays: Text and Performance	Refresher Course in English. “Learning Outcomes and Competences in English Language and Literature: Postcolonial Perspectives”. Department of English, University of Calcutta, Kolkata	Online	0
Theory of Modern Drama	Department of English & Internal Quality Assurance Cell, Naba Barrackpur Prafulla Chandra Mahavidyalaya	Online	0
Modern Indian Drama and Girish Karnad	IQAC and the Advanced Research Centre for Indian Writing in English, Lady Brabourne College, Kolkata	Lady Brabourne College, Kolkata	0

Membership of Learned Society

English Studies Association

T.S. Eliot Society, United Kingdom

Godhuli Mon, Chandannagar.

Rabindra Bhavan, Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan

Association with Professional Bodies

Type of Professional Activity	Period
Observer, WBSSC Examinations, Akuni BGG High School, Akuni, Mashat, Hooghly	2016 to 2016
Venue Supervisor, West Bengal State Eligibility Test 2017, Raja Peary Mohan College Venue	2017 to 2017
Venue Supervisor, WBSSC Examinations, Raja Peary Mohan College Venue.	2016 to 2017
Subject Expert,English. Board of Examiners, NULM, Uttarpara-Kotrung Municipality	2016 to 2017
Subject Expert,English. Board of Examiners, NUHM, Uttarpara-Kotrung Municipality	2017 to 2017
Subject Expert,English. Board of Examiners, NULM, Konnagar Municipality	2018 to 2018
Subject Expert,English. Board of Examiners, NULM, Dankuni Municipality	2017 to 2017

Conference /Seminar/Workshop Attended/Organised

Conference /Seminar/Workshop Attended

Title of the Seminar/Conference/Workshop	Year	Role	Held at and Organiser
Intricacies of Writing a Research Paper: MLA7	0	Resource Person	Radhakrishnan Hall, Vidyasagar University Vidyasagar University Research Scholars’ Association.
Contemporary Trends and Development in Cultural Studies and the Humanities	0	Resource Person	Webinar. New Literaria, Department of History, Humanities and Society, University of Tor Vegata, Rome, Italy and Department of English, Guru GhasidasVishwavidyalaya, Bilaspur, Madhya Pradesh.
Approaching Frederic Jameson	0	Resource Person	Webinar Department of English, Kalimpong College, Kalimpong
Translating Mahasweta Devi’s ‘Draupadi’	0	Resource Person	Webinar Department of English, Garhbeta College, Garhbeta, Paschim Medinipur
Shakespeare in Bengali Theatre: Challenges and Possibilities	0	Resource Person	Webinar Santal Bidroha Sardha Satabarsha Mahavidyalaya, Goaltore.
Karnad’s Adoption of the Bhagavata from Traditional Indian Theatre	0	Resource Person	Webinar. Department of English, Department of English, Midnapore College (Autonomous).
The Indianness of Girish Karnad’s Plays	0	Resource Person	Midnapore. Department of English, Raja N.L. Khan Women’s College (Autonomous), Midnapore.
Tribal Life of Eastern India: Insiders and Outsiders Perspectives	2019	Resource Person, Seminar	Centre of excellence, Department of Odia, Visvs-Bharati, Santiniketan
Tribal Life of Eastern India: Insiders and Outsiders Perspectives	2019	Resource Person, (Workshop)	Centre of excellence, Department of Odia, Visvs-Bharati, Santiniketan
Locating Folk Narratives in the Literary / Cultural Genres of Eastern India	2019	Resource Person (Conference)	Vidyasagar University. UGC SAP-III, DRS Phase-II, Department of English, Vidyasagar University, Midnapore.
Translation of Cultural Texts	2019	Resource Person (Workshop)	Vidyasagar University. UGC SAP-III, DRS Phase-II, Department of English, Vidyasagar University, Midnapore.
Translation	2018	Resource Person	Visva-Bharati Centre of Excellence, Department of Odia, Visva-Bharati
The Influence of Rabindranath Tagore on Indian Literature	0	Resource Person	Sri Venkateshwara College of Education, Peravurani, Tamil Nadu
The Theme of Love and Death: Eliot and the Romantics	0	Resource Person	Lalbagh, Murshidabad. Department of English, Subhas Chandra Bose Centenary College, Lalbagh, Murshidabad.
Mythic and Folkloric Ingredients in the Infra-Structure & Superstructure of Modern Literature	0	participant in workshop	Asiatic Society, Kolkata
The Polyphonic Voice of Resistance and Looking Beyond: Commonwealth Literature	0	paper presenter	Malda. Post- and Undergraduate Department of English, Malda College, Malda& The Department of English, University B. T. and Evening College, Gunjabari, Coochbehar,
Amitav Ghosh: Writer Extraordinaire	0	Resource Person	Tarakeshwar Tarakeshwar Degree College, Tarakeshwar, and RabindraMahavidyalaya, Champadanga, Hooghly
Trends in Modern Literature: East and West	0	Resource Person	Karaikudi, Tamil Nadu. Department of English, Alagappa University, Karaikudi.
Rabindranath Tagore’s Contribution to Literature, Culture and Education	0	Resource Person	Peravurani, Tamil Nadu. Sri Venkateshwara College of Education and Sri Venkateshwara College of Arts & Science
26thAnnualInternational Conference of South Asian Language Analysis	0	paper presenter	CIIL, Mysore. Central Institute of Indian Languages, Mysore & Kannada University, Hampi, Mysore
Buddhism and Literature	2002	Paper Presenter	Benares Hindu University & Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies, Sarnath

Conference /Seminar/Workshop Organised

Title of the Conference/Seminar/Workshop	Year	Role in the Event	Funding Agency
Tribal Cultural Texts	2019	Organiser	UGC (DRS)
Annual Parasor Chatterjee Memorial Lecture[Endowment Lecture,Department of English, Raja Peary Mohan College]Every Year from 2005	2005	Convener	Late Parasor Chatterjees Wife & Family.

Disclaimer : The information on this website has been prepared with the greatest possible care and the aim is to keep all information up-to-date. The University cannot gurantee the correctness, completeness, topicality or quality of the information presented. In the event of doubt concerning the content of the website, please contact the relevant faculty.

VIDYASAGAR UNIVERSITY FACULTY INFORMATION SYSTEM

VIDYASAGAR UNIVERSITY
FACULTY INFORMATION SYSTEM