Name: Dr. Saran S.

Affiliation: Assistant Professor & Head Department of English University Institute of Technology Pathiyoor University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram

Email: srn.s@rediffmail.com

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Dr. Saran S. is Assistant Professor & Head Department of English University Institute of Technology Pathiyoor University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram

Educational Qualifications:

• Ph. D. (English) M. S. University, Tirunelveli (2017-2020)
• MA (English) Christian College Chengannur, Kerala University (2014-2016)
• BA (English) Christian College Chengannur, Kerala University (2011-2014)

Professional Efficiencies:

• Dynamic personality, superb leadership and planning abilities, skills in computer, home science and designing
• Proficiency at talking to others to convey information effectively
• Excellent and apt use of making teaching aids
• Innovative Teaching. *Excellent relationship builder

Career Achievements:

• Chief Editor in Edit-Academic Publication
• Advisory Board Member and Editorial Board Member in The Creative Launcher (UGC Approved Journal)
• Assistant Professor & Head in Department of English, University Regional Centre, University of Kerala
• Lecturer in Literacy Mission, Government of Kerala
• Enabled many to achieve sufficient command of English to communicate their ideas clearly and effectively in speech and in writing as a foreign language
• Planned and conducted activities for balanced program of instruction, demonstration and work time that provided students with opportunities to observe, question and investigate
• Attended and presented paper at national and international levels
• Published 5 Books (International)
• Teaching assistant in Manonmaniam Sundaranar University. Edited 26 International Books

Books Published:

• Saran, S. “HALLUCINATING AMEN”, Lambert Academic Publishing, ISBN: 978- 620-0-50321-3, 2019, Print
• Saran, S. “CONVOLUTED ASCETIC”, Lambert Academic Publishing, ISBN: 978- 620-0-54044-7, 2019, Print
• Saran, S. “BANGLADESHI PARTITION”, Xpress Publishing, ISBN: 9781636694108, 2020, Print
• Saran, S. “BEGINNERS ENGLISH GRAMMAR”, Notion Publishing, ISBN: 9781638501541, 2021, Print
• Saran, S. “ADIPARVAM”, Notion Publishing, ISBN: 9781639405923, 2021, Print

Books Published:

• Saran, S. “Financial Inclusion through Rural and Urban Cooperative Banks”, Xpress Publishing, ISBN: 9781637456620, 2020, Print
• Saran, S. “Changing Paradigms: Media, Culture and Literature”, Notion Publishing, ISBN: 9781637457047, 2020, Print
• Saran, S. “Dynamic Contours: Shifts in Language, Media and Culture”, Notion Publishing, ISBN: 9781637457962, 2020, Print
• Saran, S. “Carnival of Ideas”, Notion Publishing, ISBN: 9781637817728, 2021, Print
• Saran, S. “Food Security and Public Distribution in India”, Lambert Academic Publishing, ISBN: 978-620-3-19610-8, 2021, Print
• Saran, S. “Optima Scripta: Recent Trends in Literature, Art and Public Sphere”, Notion Publishing, ISBN: 9781638320180, 2021, Print
• Saran, S. “Orbis Verba: Space, Stage and Literature”, Notion Publishing, ISBN: 9781638321866, 2021, Print
• Saran, S. “Sedes Sapientiae: Art, Culture and Literature”, Notion Publishing, ISBN: 9781638321798, 2021, Print
• Saran, S. “Arts and Humanities: Mapping the Multitudes”, Notion Publishing, ISBN: 9781638860181, 2021, Print
• Saran, S. “Literarum Carmina: Views in Art, Literature and Culture”, Notion Publishing, ISBN: 9781638500988 2021, Print
• Saran, S. “Ecocritical Readings: Nature and Environment in Humanities”, Edit Academic Publishing, ISBN: 9781639044061, 2021, Print
• Saran, S. “Discourse, Writing and Biospace”, Edit Academic Publishing, ISBN: 9781639407392, 2021, Print
• Saran, S. “Reimagining Space and Literature”, Edit Academic Publishing, ISBN: 9781639745692, 2021, Print
• Saran, S. “Literature Encyclopedia”, Edit Academic Publishing, ISBN: 9781685094201, 2021, Print
• Saran, S. “Pedagogical Dialectics: Insightful Discourses on Education”, Edit Academic Publishing, ISBN: 9781685236960, 2021, Print
• Saran, S. “Visualising Contemporary Popular Culture: Media, Art and Literary Studies”, Edit Academic Publishing, ISBN: 9781685384678, 2021, Print
• Saran, S. “Novae Viae: Parameters and Paradigms”, Edit Academic Publishing, ISBN: 9781685541538, 2021, Print
• Saran, S. “Reminiscence of Postmodernism and Psychology of Pandemic”, Edit Academic Publishing, ISBN: 9781685863180, 2021, Print
• Saran, S. “Contemporary Indian Writings and Education”, Edit Academic Publishing, ISBN: 9781684878499, 2021, Print
• Saran, S. “Iridescence of Literary Paradigms”, Edit Academic Publishing, ISBN: 9798885219365, 2021, Print
• Saran, S. “Nova Spatium Sapientiae”, Edit Academic Publishing, ISBN: 9798885466585, 2021, Print
• Saran, S. “Gems of Theories”, Edit Academic Publishing, ISBN:9798886296266, 2022, Print
• Saran, S. “Outweighed by Outcasts”, Edit Academic Publishing, ISBN: 9798886296310, 2022, Print
• Saran, S. “Quae Nova; New Worlds of English Literature”, Edit Academic Publishing, ISBN: 9798887491851, 2022, Print
• Saran, S. “Bricolage”, Edit Academic Publishing, ISBN: 9798888695265, 2022, Print
• Saran, S. “Literature Bridge”, Edit Academic Publishing, 2023, Print

Published Articles:

• Published an article entitled “Amen: A Divulgin of Magical Realism” in Albertian Review of Literature, ISSN 2394-3009, Volume III, Issue III, October 2016
• Published an article entitled “Excavate the Subaltern: Analysing the Dalit Facet in Celluloid” in Singularities, ISSN 2348-3369, Volume IV, Issue I, January 2017
• Published a Chapter entitled “Implication of Nature in Indian Fiction in English Literature” in Green Literature, TJELLSS, (UGC Approved) No. 147, ISSN 2249- 2151, March 2018
• Published an article entitled “Game Theory in Roger Michell’s Enduring Love” in The Creative Launcher (UGC Approved Journal) Volume III, Issue I, April 2018
• Published an article entitled “The Demeanour of Nature in O. V. Vijayan’s The Legends of Khasak” in The Creative Launcher (UGC Approved Journal)
• Published an article entitled “Surmounting of Hallucinatory Additive in Amen” in Singularities, ISSN 2348-3369, Volume VI, Issue I, January 2019
• Published an article entitled “The Representation of Humanism and Destitute in Untouchable by Mulk Raj Ananad” in AJANTA (UGC Approved Journal) Journal No. 40776, ISSN 2277-5730, Volume VIII, Issue I, January-March 2019
• Published an article entitled “Parity of Sanadhana Dharma and Islamic Discipline in Tiyaan” in AJANTA (UGC Approved Journal) Journal No. 40776, ISSN 2277- 5730, volume VIII, Issue I, January-March 2019
• Published an article entitled “A Psychological Approach to Eugene Gladstone O’ Neill’s The Emperor Jones” in AJANTA (UGC Approved Journal) Journal No. 40776, ISSN 2277-5730, volume IX, Issue II, April-June 2019
• Published an article entitled “Toni Morrison’s Delineation of African-American Women in Sula” in IJELLH (UGC Approved Journal) volume VII, Issue IV, April 2019
• Published an article entitled “Sanctification and Mitigation of Religion in Graham Greene’s The Heart of the Matter” in Kala: The Journal of Indian Art History Congress (UGC Care List Group One Journal), ISSN: 0975-7945, vol-XXVI, No.2 (XI), November 2020-2021
• Published an article entitled “Magical Realism in Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni’s The Conch Bearer” in Sambodhi (UGC Care List Group One Journal), ISSN: 2249- 6661, vol-43, No.04 (III), October-December 2020
• Published an article entitled “Lucifer, Mohanlal and the Illuminati Cult in Malayalam Movie Lucifer” in Kala Sarovar (UGC Care List Group One Journal), ISSN: 0975-4520, vol-23, No.4 (XI), December 2020
• Published an article entitled “Pre-Khasak and Post-Khasak Eras in Malayalam Literature” in The Weapen (https://weapen.in/2021/07/pre-khasak-and-post-khasakeras-in-malayalam-literature/)

Chapters In Books:

• Published a Chapter entitled “The Doctrine of Karma and Nature in O. V. Vijayan’s The Legends of Khasak” in In Transit Media, Culture and Nature, Ed. Suja Rani, Media House 2018, pp. 227-238, print
• Published a Chapter entitled “Baahubali: An Ascendancy of Muliebrous Temperanment” in Postcolonial Literatures: Resisting Stereotypes, Rewriting History and Reclaiming Space, Ed. A. Xavier Chandra Bose, Lekshmipuram College of Arts and Science, pp. 297-309, print

Proceedings:

• Published an article entitled “Toni Morrison’s A Study of the Predicament of African American Women in Sule” in Albertian Review of Literature, ISSN 2394- 3009, Volume III, Issue III, October 2016
• Published an article entitled Proceedings of “Exodus, Reworking and Durability for Existence by Jasmine in Bharati Mukharjee’s Novel Jasmine” in Women’s Writings of the Twenty-First Century: Perspectives and Challenges, Sadakathullah Appa College, October, 2018, pp. 241-250, print
• Published an article entitled “Baahubali: the Beginning as a Feminist Edification” in Postcolonial Literatures: Resisting Stereotypes, Rewriting History and Reclaiming Space, Lekshmipuram College of Arts and Science, February 2018, pp. 31, print
• Published an article entitled “Rendition of Contemporary Malayalam Fiction into English: Identifying Linguistics and Cultural Dilemma” in Culture, Regionalism and Translation, Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, February 2019. pp. 37, print

Chapters In Books:

• Participated and presented paper entitled Sri Aurobindo’s Perception of Indian Culture and Human Solidarity Occupying the Discernment of the Vedas and Upanishads at the three day International Colloquium on Literature, Theory and the History of Ideas held at M. S. M. College, Kayamkulam on 3, 4, and 5 October 2018
• Participated and presented paper entitled Exodus, Reworking and Durability for Existence by Jasmine in Bharati Mukharjee’s Novel Jasmine in the One day National Seminar on Women’s Writings of the Twenty-First Century: Perspectives and Challenges organised by the PG Department of English, Sadakathullah Appa College, Rahmath Nagar, Tirunelveli held on 12th of October 2018
• Participated and presented paper entitled Baahubali: the Beginning as a Feminist Edification in the two day UGC Sponsored National Conference on Postcolonial Literatures: Resisting Stereotypes, Rewriting History and Reclaiming Space organised by the Research Department of English, Lekshmipuram College of Arts and Science, Neyyoor on 22nd and 23rd February, 2018
• Participated and presented paper entitled Doctrine of Karma and Nature on O. V. Vijayan’s The Legends of Khasak in the three day National Symposium conducted by Department of English, K. E College, Mannanam on 26, 27, 28th October 2017
• Participated and presented paper entitled Rendition of Contemporary Malayalam Fiction into English: Identifying Linguistics and Cultural Dilemma in the National Conference on Regional Literatures in Translation and Authors’ Meet conducted by Department of English, Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli held on 7th and 8th of February 2019
• Participated and presented paper entitled Peremptory Ingredient of Hallucinatory Realism in Amen in the UGC Sponsored National Conference on Sustaining Indian Knowledge Systems: Academic Representation through English Studies conducted by Department of English, N. S. S. College, Pandalam on 05 and 06 December, 2017
• Participated and presented paper entitled Manichitrathazhu; Appositness of Psychoanalysis in Ganga in the UGC Sponsored National Conference on Indian Literature: Text and Contexts conducted by Department of English and Shiksha Sanskrit Utthan Nyas (SSUN) on 13th and 14th August 2018
• Participated and presented paper entitled Nature Colonised: A Postcolonial EcoCritical Edification of Conrad’s Heart of Darkness in the National Conference on Green Literature conducted by Department of English, Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli held on 7th March 2018
• Participated and presented paper entitled Sri Aurobindo’s Perception of Ethnicity and Discernment Indian Culture in a two day International Conference on Ethnicity and Literature conducted by Department of English, Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli held on 13th and 14th February 2020
• Participated and presented paper entitled Decoding Ethnicity from Post-Colonial Studies of Toni Morrison and Michael Foucault in the Development of Modern African-American Literature in a two day International Conference on Ethnicity and Literature conducted by Department of English, Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli held on 13th and 14th February 2020
• Participated and presented paper entitled Uniqueness, Individuality and Nationality in James Joyce’s A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man in an International Conference on Demythification in Indian Literature conducted by Department of English, Manonmaniam Sundaranar University Constituent College, Kadayanallur held on 2nd April 2019
• Participated and presented paper entitled Yoga and Mental Health: The Benefits of Yoga on Stress and Anxiety in Adults in a two day International Conference on Multidisciplinary research in science, technology and Humanities (ICMRSTH-2021) held on December 22 and 23, 2021organised by Department of Applied sciences, SIRT SAGE UNIVERSITY INDORE

Seminars Participated:

• Participated in One Day Seminar on Quality Research and Publications organised by the Centre for Research, Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli held on 7 th December 2018
• Participated in Lemuria Continent National Conference organised by the Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli held on 21st December 2017
• Participated in International Webinar on Post COVID-19 Online Teaching Scenario organised by the Department of English, Commerce, Geography and History held on 8 th June 2020
• Participated in International Webinar on Isolation and Despair in a Time of Plague organised by Little Flower Degree College, Hyderabad held on 29th May 2020
• Participated in International Webinar on Contemporary Analytical Discourse of English Literature organised by Albertian Centre for Human Resource Development and Research in association with Post Graduation Department of English, St. Alberts College held on 27th May 2020
• Participated in International Webinar on Postcolonial Negotiation: History, literature of Culture organised by Department of English, Sidho-Kanho-Birsha University, Purulia, West Bengal and BBTM College, Purulia, held on 03rd to 05th June 2020
• Participated in Godden Jubilee National Webinar Series on Pandemic and Post Pandemic Reflections conducted by Bharata Mata College, Thrikkakkara held on 15th to 30th May 2020
• Participated in International Multidisciplinary Webinar on Convergence 2020 organised by the IQAC, S. E. S. College Sreekandapuram, Kannur, Kerala titled Revised NAAC Accreditation Frame Work held on 29th May 2020
• Participated in International Webinar on Handling Miscommunication in Presentations and Public Speaking by Vicki. A. Hale organised by Department of English, St. Mary’s College, Thrishur held on 04th June 2020
• Participated in International Webinar on The Governance of Cyber Space: Coproduction of Cyber Security organised by Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli held on 23rd May 2020
• Participated in International Webinar on Victims of Terrorism: Contemporary Issues and Challenges organised by Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli held on 09th May 2020
• Participated in e-DARSHAN Webinar Lecture Series-2020 on Workplace Ethics organised by Department of English and IQAC held on 27th May 2020
• Participated in One Day National Webinar on Teaching English Language and Literature Online in the Post COVID-19 Scenario organised by Department of English in associated with IQAAC held on 20th June 2020
• Participated in One Day National Webinar on Re-reading Keats Psychoanalytically organised by Department of English (SSC), St. Mary’s College, Thoothukudi held on 27th May 2020
• Participated in One Day National Webinar on Impact of COVID-19 on Higher Education organised by Department of English, Swami Premanand Mahavidyalaya, Mukerian held on 03rd June 2020
• Participated in One Day National Webinar on Historical Roots of Social Distancing organised by Pearl Research Centre for History, Culture and Tourism held on 28th May 2020
• Participated in One Day National Webinar on Literature: Plight and Portrayal organised by Department of English, Adarsh Bhartiya College, Pathankot held on 29th June 2020
• Participated in One Day National Webinar on Khasakkinte Ithihasavum Malayala Niroopanavum organised by Department of Malayalam, Bishop Kurialancherry College for Women, Amalagiri, Kottayam held on 04th Aug 2020
• Participated in One Day International Webinar on Humanity in Crisis organised by Department of English, S. S. Khanna Girls’ Degree College, Allahabad held on 04th Aug 2020
• Participated in One Day International Webinar on How to Continue Our Study during COVID-19 Pandemic organised by Gautam Buddha Teachers’ Training College Hazaribag, held on 09th Aug 2020
• Participated in Two Day Interactional Webinar on Reimaging Literature and Culture in the Age of Pandemic organised by Department of English, Amal College of Advanced Studies in association with Kerala State Higher Educational Council on 12th and 13th Aug 2020
• Participated in Two Day National Webinar under The Cutting-Edge Lecture Series on Understanding Research organised by Department of English, St. Joseph College for Women, Alappuzha on 13th and 14th Aug 2020
• Participated in Sanskrit Webinar Series on Art, Literature and Philosophy organised by Department of Sanskrit, Sree Narayana College Kollam and IQAC held on 15th Aug 2020
• Participated in Two Day Interactional Webinar on Verse in Worse Times organised by Department of English, Naipunnya School of Management Cherthala on 22nd Aug 2020
• Participated in One Day Webinar on On Poetry: A Talk, Conversation and Reading Session organised by the Department of English, Khejuri College, Bartala, West Bengal on 13th September 2020
• Participated in One Day Interactional Webinar on Creative Writing organised by Department of Communicative English, Marian College Kuttikkanam on 27th September 2020
• Participated in BINCOS National Webinar Festival conducted in the platform of AlAzhar Training College, Thodupuzha, Kerala from 23rd August to 08th September 2020
• Participated in One Day Interactional Webinar on Research in Language Studies organised under PARAMARSH Scheme sponsored by UGC-NAAC on 14th October 2020

Workshops Attended:

• Participated in a two day workshop on Academic and Technical Writing organised by Department of English, Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli held on 25th and 26th September 2017
• Participated in the online International two-day workshop on Research Project and Report Writing organised by Post Graduate Department of Commerce, Swami Premanand Mahavidyalaya, Mukerian on 08th and 09th June 2020
• Participated in a two day online workshop on Engaging Students in an Online Environment Global Perspectives organised by Post Graduate Department of English, Srikrishna College, West Bengal, on 28th and 29th August 2020
• Participated in the online National three days Faculty Development Programme on Enriching English and Communication Skills for Professionals organised by Post Graduate Department of Humanities and Science, Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Technology, Dhanakawadi, Pune, on 18th to 20th August 2020
• Participated in the online National Four day’s online workshop on Research: Proposals, Publications and Patents organised by the International Quality Assurance Cell and Intellectual Property Right Cell of the College under the UGC Paramarsh Scheme in association with IPRICK, Kerala State Council for Science, Technology and Environment, MES Keveeyam College, Valanchery from 28th September to 01st October 2020

Induction Programme Attended:

• Participated in the III Special Induction Programme for the faculty members under DOMTEC – University of Kerala, conducted by the UGC – Human Resource Development Centre, Sponsored by University of Kerala from 25.04.2023 to 08.05.2023