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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
Mobile No 9433162741
Personal Website
Address Department of English, Vidyasagar University, Midnapur 721102
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Educational Qualification              
Degree NameInstituteYear of passing/awarded
Ph.D.Rabindra Bharati University2004
M.Phil.Rabindra Bharati University.1994
M.A. ( English )University of Calcutta1989
B.A.Lady Brabourne College1987
H.S.Lady Brabourne College1984
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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.
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Specialization/Research Area
Field of SpecializationResearch 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
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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
Publications in Journal / Book / Book Chapter / Magazines / Newspaper
International Publication
TitlePublished inPublished onPublished byRole 
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, 2022The Scottish Centre of Tagore StudiesSole 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. 47-55.2014Department of English, Serampore Girls College, Serampore.  Impact Factor:
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The Crisis of the Self in Girish Karnad’s YayatiPerspectives: Journal of the Department of English, Raja Peary Mohan College, Uttarpara 2. 2 108-124.2008Principal, Raja Peary Mohan College, Uttarpara.Sole Author Impact Factor: 0.00000
Indexing: Others
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The Queen and the Cobra in NagamandalaPerspectives: Journal of the Department of English. Raja Peary Mohan College, Uttarpara 2. 1 44-56.2006Principal, Raja Peary Mohan College, Uttarpara.Sole Author Impact Factor: 0.00000
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National Publication
TitlePublished inPublished onPublished byRoleDetails
Patient Dignity: Poems by Bashabi Fraser, Paintings by Vibha Pankaj. Book ReviewJournal of the Department of English, Vidyasagar University. Vol. 15. 315-17. ISSN 0973-3671Feb, 2022Registrar, 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 KarnatakaBulletin of the Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture. 26-31. ISSN 0971-2755.2021Ramakrishna Mission Institute of CultureSole Author Impact Factor: 0.00000
Indexing: Others
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Girish Karnad’s Response to the Haridasa Tradition of KarnatakaBulletin of the Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture. 26-31. ISSN 0971-2755.2021Ramakrishna Mission Institute of CultureSole Author Impact Factor: 0.00000
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Karnad’s Theatrical Exploration of Historiography in His Representation of Four Rulers of Southern IndiaJournal of the Department of English, Vidyasagar University. Vol. 13. 56-68. ISSN 0973-36712020Registrar, Vidyasagar University, Midnapore.Sole Author Impact Factor: 0.00000
Indexing: UGC CARE
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The Eventful Background of Crossing to Talikota: The Play which ends Girish Karnad’s Theatrical TrajectoryMiddle Flight. Journal of the Department of English,Sukumar Sengupta Mahavidyalaya, Keshpur. Vol. 8 No. 1. 2019.. 246-253. ISSN 2319-76842019Principal, Sukumar Sengupta Mahavidyalaya, Keshpur.Sole Author Impact Factor: 0.00000
Indexing: UGC CARE
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Emergence of a Down-to-Earth Notion of Manliness: Shudrakas SharvilakaMiddle Flight. vol. 7, No. 1. 271-802019Department of English, S.S. Mahavidyalaya, Keshpur, Paschim Medinipur  Impact Factor:
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‘Living in One and Dreaming of Another’: Scotland and India in Bashabi Fraser’s PoetryLitscape: Journal of VUETC. Vol. 11, No. 1. 24-33. ISSN 0976-90642018Vidyasagar University English Teachers'ConsortiumSole Author Impact Factor: 0.00000
Indexing: Others
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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—50.2013Department of English, Vidyasagar University.  Impact Factor:
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Third Theatre: A Laudable EndeavourFrontier. Vol. 42, No. 39. 11-12. ISSN 0016-20942010Timir Basu (Editor)Sole Author Impact Factor: 0.00000
Indexing: Others
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Oliver Twist: Dickens’s Early Tryst with Harsh RealityInsight. Journal of the Department of English, Serampore Girls’ College. vol. 1. 17-21.2009Principal, Serampore Girls’ CollegeSole Author Impact Factor: 0.00000
Indexing: Others
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United in Philanthropy: Ishwarchandra Vidyasagar and Baboo Joykissen MookerjeeKorak: Journal of Atpur High School. (Atpur, 24 Parganas [North]) 16. Special Issue on Manik Bandyopadhyay’s Birth Centenary. 17-21.2006Atpur High School, Atpur, 24 Parganas [North]Sole Author Impact Factor: 0.00000
Indexing: Others
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The Making of Sherlock HolmesJournal of the Department of English, Raja Peary Mohan College, Uttarpara. 1.1 40-46.2005Principal, Raja Peary Mohan College, Uttarpara.Sole Author Impact Factor: 0.00000
Indexing: Others
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Bhrantibilas: Vidyasagar’s Re-fashioning of The Comedy of ErrorsKorak: Journal of Atpur High School, Atpur, 24 Parganas [North] 15. 23-26.2005Atpur High School, Atpur, 24 Parganas [North]Sole Author Impact Factor: 0.00000
Indexing: Others
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Buddha The Greatest of Men, as Tagore Regarded HimBulletin of the Ramakrishna Mission of Institute of Culture 55. 5 230-236.2004Ramakrishna Mission of Institute of CultureSole Author Impact Factor: 0.00000
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Regional/Local Publication
TitlePublished inPublished onPublished byRoleDetails
Girish Karnad: Shristite JibonachoroneAneek: 56th Year, Issue No. 1. July 2019. (R.N.I Regn No. 12026/65)pp.32-34.2019Aneek Eds. Ratan Khasnobis et.al.  Impact Factor:
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The Plight of Teaching MacbethSymposium, Journal of the Department of English, St. Paul’s Cathedral Mission College. ISSN 2320-1452. 1—8.2015Department of English, St. Paul’s Cathedral Mission College.  Impact Factor:
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The Paradigm of the Incarnation in Murder in the Cathedral.Literature and Criticism. Vol.4. 114—118.2004Literature and Criticism  Impact Factor:
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Eliots Beginning with Drama: Sweeney Agonistes.Journal of the Department of English, University of Calcutta. 80—86.2002Department of English, University of Calcutta.  Impact Factor:
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Book Published
Title of the BookPublished byPublished onRoleDetails
Ethnic Tapestry: Bengali Short Stories on Indigenous PeopleCentre of Excellence (CoE), Department of Odia, Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan & Government of India, Ministry of Tribal Affairs2019Translator & Editor Indexing:
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Tracing Karnads Theatrical TrajectoryParagon2015Author Indexing:
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Eliots Prismatic Plays A Multifaced QuestAtlantic2007Author Indexing:
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Book Chapter Published
ChapterTitle of the BookPublished byPublished onRoleDetails
Girish Karnad’s Consideration of Úrban Spaces’ for His PlaysThe City Speaks: Urban Spaces in Indian LiteratureRoutledgeJan, 2023Sole Author Indexing: Others
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“Homeland”. Trnsl. of “Janmabhumi” by Asish Sanyal.The Bleeding Border: Stories of Bengal PartitionNiyogi BooksNov, 2022Sole Author Indexing: Others
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A New Critical Angle: ‘Hamlet and His Problems’Objective Illumination: A Study of T.S. Eliot’s Prose WritingsAlfa Publications2018Sole Author Indexing: Others
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Quality Education for Slow Learners Belonging to Marginalised Sectors: The Loreto EndeavourQuality Education for the Students belonging to the Marginalised Sectors in IndiaKaliappan Pathippagam2018Sole Author Indexing: Others
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What’s Interesting in Girish Karnad’s Wedding Album?Gender and Commonwealth StudiesBooks Way2015Sole Author Indexing: Others
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Shakespeare’s Craftsmanship in A Midsummer Night’s DreamSummer? Night? Or Dream?Avenel Press2014Sole Author Indexing: Others
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Confluence of Concepts: Buddha and Rabindranath TagoreRabindranath Tagore: Vision and ArtMeera Publishers2014Sole Author Indexing: Others
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The Contemporary Bearing of Karnad’s Tale-DandaSahitya Akademi Award Winning English TranslationsAuthors Press2014Sole Author Indexing: Others
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Countdown: Towards a Crisis of CivilizationIn Pursuit of Amitav GhoshOrient BlackSwan2013Sole Author Indexing: Others
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Rabindranath Tagore and Modern Bangla LiteratureRabindranath Tagore and Indian LiteratureUniversal Publishers2012Sole Author Indexing: Others
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Bravely Fought the Queen Questioning Borders in Content and PerformanceThe Plays of Mahesh DattaniPencraft2012Sole Author Indexing: Others
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Bravely Fought the Queen: Fascinating Ingression of World Within WorldBravely Fought the Queen: A Collection of Critical EssaysReview Publications2011Sole Author Indexing: Others
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Women in Marga and Desi Traditions: Karnad’s Padmini and RaniCritical Perspectives in PostcolonialismBooklore2011Sole Author Indexing: Others
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Karnad’s Adroitness in History and Legend: A Study of Tughlaq and HayavadanaIndo-Anglian Literature: Past to PresentBooks Way2008Sole Author Indexing: Others
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The Cultural Rough Passage of the Colonial subject: A Study of R. Parthasarathy’s PoetryReviews: Indo-Anglian Poetry—A Collection of Critical EssaysReview Publications2008Sole Author Indexing: Others
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Ph. D. Thesis Guidence
Ongoing / Submitted Ph. D. Thesis
Scholar NameThesis TitleCo SupervisorStatusDate
Isha BiswasRepresentations of "Witches" by Select Women Writers of 21st Century American Fiction OngoingMar, 2025
Rupsa Roy ChowdhuryThe Corporeal Other: Disability in Select Victorian Popular FictionProf. Debashis BandyopadhyayOngoingFeb, 2025
Bisweswar ChakrabortyCommunalism and the Problem of Indian Nationhood: A Study of Select Post-Independence Indian English Fiction Ongoing 
Subhasish BaruaAmbedkar and the Making of Dalit Identity: A Reading of Marathi Dalit Mens Writings in English Translation Ongoing 
Arup Kumar MondalRepresentation of Women in Marathi Dalit Mens Writings in English Translation: A Study in Critical Perspectives Ongoing 

Awarded Ph. D. Thesis
Scholar NameThesis TitleCo SupervisorStatusDate
Anindita DeRelocating Peripheral Women Characters in the Ramayana: A Study of Select Novels by Kavita Kane  AwardedAug, 2023
Project Work



Completed Project Works
Project titleWorked asFunding AgencyAmount in Rs.Duration in yearsPeriod
Year to Year
Status
The Past-Present Interface in Girish Karnad's PlaysPrinciple InvestigatorUniversity Grants Commission800002 year20062008
Invited Lectures 
TitleOrganized byVenueDate
Modern Indian Drama and Girish KarnadIQAC and the Advanced Research Centre for Indian Writing in English, Lady Brabourne College, KolkataLady Brabourne College, KolkataApr, 2022
Theory of Modern DramaDepartment of English & Internal Quality Assurance Cell, Naba Barrackpur Prafulla Chandra MahavidyalayaOnlineApr, 2022
Girish Karnad’s Plays: Text and PerformanceRefresher Course in English. “Learning Outcomes and Competences in English Language and Literature: Postcolonial Perspectives”. Department of English, University of Calcutta, KolkataOnlineMar, 2022
Girish Karnad’s Plays in English: Text and PerformanceRefresher Course in English. “English and Indian Languages”. Department of English, Manipur University, Imphal, Manipur.Online2021
Traditional and Modern Medics: The Insider-Outsider Perspective in a Kheria Sabar Village in PuruliaCentre-of-Excellence, Department of Odia, Visva-Bharati, SantiniketanCentre-of-Excellence, Department of Odia, Visva-Bharati2019
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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 ActivityPeriod
Observer, WBSSC Examinations, Akuni BGG High School, Akuni, Mashat, Hooghly2016 to 2016
Venue Supervisor, West Bengal State Eligibility Test 2017, Raja Peary Mohan College Venue2017 to 2017
Venue Supervisor, WBSSC Examinations, Raja Peary Mohan College Venue.2016 to 2017
Subject Expert,English. Board of Examiners, NULM, Uttarpara-Kotrung Municipality2016 to 2017
Subject Expert,English. Board of Examiners, NUHM, Uttarpara-Kotrung Municipality2017 to 2017
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Conference /Seminar/Workshop Attended/Organised

Conference /Seminar/Workshop Attended

Title of the Seminar/Conference/WorkshopDateRoleHeld at and Organiser
Intricacies of Writing a Research Paper: MLA7Apr, 2022Resource PersonRadhakrishnan Hall, Vidyasagar University Vidyasagar University Research Scholars’ Association.
Contemporary Trends and Development in Cultural Studies and the Humanities2021Resource PersonWebinar. 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 Jameson2020Resource PersonWebinar Department of English, Kalimpong College, Kalimpong
Translating Mahasweta Devi’s ‘Draupadi’2020Resource PersonWebinar Department of English, Garhbeta College, Garhbeta, Paschim Medinipur
Shakespeare in Bengali Theatre: Challenges and Possibilities2020Resource PersonWebinar Santal Bidroha Sardha Satabarsha Mahavidyalaya, Goaltore.
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Conference /Seminar/Workshop Organised

Title of the Conference/Seminar/WorkshopDateRole in the EventFunding Agency
Tribal Cultural Texts2019OrganiserUGC (DRS)
Annual Parasor Chatterjee Memorial Lecture[Endowment Lecture,Department of English, Raja Peary Mohan College]Every Year from 20052005ConvenerLate Parasor Chatterjees Wife & Family.
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