3. Evaluative Report of the Department 1. Name of the Department

Department of English and Cultural Studies 2. Year of establishment

Established along with Panjab University in 1947 and shifted to present Arts Block

I, Panjab University, Chandigarh in 1956 3. Is the Department part of a School/Faculty of the university?

Faculty/Deptt. Of the University

4. Names of programmes offered (UG, PG, M.Phil., Ph.D., Integrated Masters; Integrated

Ph.D., D.Sc., D.Litt., etc.)

Subsidiary English to (B.SC Hons. School students)

P.G

M.Phil

Ph.D 5. Interdisciplinary programmes and departments involved

Pol. Science Sociology Psychology Theatre Mass Communication Regional Institute of English (Linguistics)

6. Courses in collaboration with other universities, industries, foreign institutions, etc.

Linguistic Teacher engaged in the guidance / Preparation / Conduct of IELTS Exam under British Council (career conscious training to students)

7. Details of programmes discontinued, if any, with reasons N.A.

8. Examination System: Annual/Semester/Trimester/Choice Based Credit System Semester System

9. Participation of the department in the courses offered by other departments IAS Coaching Pol. Science Sociology Psychology Theatre Mass Communication Regional Institute of English (Linguistics)

10. Number of teaching posts sanctioned, filled and actual (Professors/Associate

Professors/Asst. Professors/others)

Sanctioned Filled Actual (including

(CAS & MPS)

Professor 2 11 11

Associate Professors 11

Asst. Professors 6 2 2

Others

11. Faculty profile with name, qualification, designation, area of specialization, experience

and research under guidance

Name Qualification Designation Specialization No. of Years of

Experience

No. of Ph.D./

M.Phil.

students

guided for

the last 4

years

Annexure A Attached

12. List of senior Visiting Fellows, adjunct faculty, emeritus professors Annexure B Attached

13. Percentage of classes taken by temporary faculty – programme-wise information N.A.

14. Programme-wise Student Teacher Ratio

M.A 1:50

M.Phil 1:20

Ph.D 1:8 15. Number of academic support staff (technical) and administrative staff: sanctioned, filled

and actual

Sanctioned Filled Actual

Academic Technical 02 02 01 (1 retired in Feb.)

Administrative 09 09 09

16. Research thrust areas as recognized by major funding agencies

Annexure C attached

17. Number of faculty with ongoing projects from a) national b) international funding

agencies and c) Total grants received. Give the names of the funding agencies, project

title and grants received project-wise. Annexure D Attached

18. Inter-institutional collaborative projects and associated grants received

a) National collaboration

b) International collaboration

N.A.

19. Departmental projects funded by DST-FIST; UGC-SAP/CAS, DPE; DBT, ICSSR,

AICTE, etc.; total grants received. UGC-SAP Total Grant Received 39.50 Lakh

20. Research facility / centre with

state recognition

national recognition

international recognition For Ph.D

21. Special research laboratories sponsored by / created by industry or corporate bodies

N.A. 22. Publications:

Number of papers published in peer reviewed journals (national / international)

Monographs

Chapters in ooks ∗

Edited Books

Books with ISBN with details of publishers

Number listed in International Database (For e.g. Web of Science, Scopus,

o Humanities International Complete, Dare Database - International Social

Sciences Directory, EBSCO host, etc.)

Citation Index – range / verage ∗

SNIP

SJR

Impact Factor – range / verage ∗ h-

index

Annexure E Attached

23. Details of patents and income generated

N.A.

24. Areas of consultancy and income generated

Annexure F Attached

25. Faculty selected nationally / internationally to visit other laboratories / institutions

/ industries in India and abroad Senior Faculty Professors invited to give lectures and present papers in Universities across Countries: USA, Australia, U.K., Europe, Africa South America All faculty members are invited to give lectures present papers in Indian Universities Annexure G Attached

26. Faculty serving in

a) National committees b) International committees c) Editorial Boards d) any other

(please specify)

Annexure H Attached

27. Faculty recharging strategies (UGC, ASC, Refresher / orientation programs, workshops,

training programs and similar programs).

ALL Faculty members recharging strategies (UGC, ASC, Refresher / orientation

programs, workshops, training programs and similar programs).

28. Student projects

• percentage of students who have done in-house projects including inter-departmental projects

• percentage of students doing projects in collaboration with other universities

/ industry / institute

N.A. 29. Awards / recognitions received at the national and international level by

• Faculty

• Doctoral / post doctoral fellows

• Students

Annexure I Attached 30. Seminars/ Conferences/Workshops organized and the source of funding (national

/ International) with details of outstanding participants, if any.

Annexure J Attached

31. Code of ethics for research followed by the departments

Entrance Exams, Interviews, Course Work, Six monthly progress representations,

Pre RDC, RDC for Registration/ approval of synopsis

32. Student profile programme-wise:

Name of the Programme

(refer to question no. 4)

Applications

received

Selected Pass Percentage

Male Female Male Female

M.A (2013-14) 259 21 81 92% 94%

M.Phil/Ph.D (2013-14) 22 05 06 100% 100%

Ph.D 42 08 30 100% 100% 33. 33.Diversity of students

Name of the

Programme

(refer to

question no. 4)

% of students

from the same

University

% of students

from the other

universities

within the State

% of students

from

universities

outside the

State

% of students

from other

countries.

M.A (2013-

14) 64.7 % 2.94 % 32.35%

M.Phil (2013-

14) 70% 30%

Ph.D (2013-

14) 54% 22.32% 23.68%

34. How many students have cleared Civil Services and Defense Services examinations,

NET, SET, GATE and other competitive examinations? Give details category-wise.

Civil Services 12 (2009-13)

Defence 14 (2009-13)

NET 45-50 (2009-13)

35. Student progression

Student progression Percentage against enrolled

UG to PG

PG to M.Phil. 10%

PG to Ph.D. 20%

Ph.D. to Post-Doctoral

Campus selection

Other than campus recruitment 50-55%

Entrepreneurs Nil

36. Diversity of staff

Student progression Percentage against enrolled

UG to PG

PG to M.Phil. 10%

PG to Ph.D. 20%

Ph.D. to Post-Doctoral

Campus selection

Other than campus recruitment 50-55%

Entrepreneurs Nil

37. Number of faculty who were awarded M.Phil., Ph.D., D.Sc. and D.Litt. during the

assessment period

NO 38. Present details of departmental infrastructural facilities with regard to

a) Library 01

b) Internet facilities for staff and students Wi-Fi

c) Total number of class rooms 4Class Rooms 2 Lecture Halls

d) Class rooms with ICT facility (Nil)

e) Students‟ laboratories (01 Language Lab.)

f) Research laboratories (Language Lab.)

39. List of doctoral, post-doctoral students and Research Associates

a) from the host institution/university

b) from other institutions/universities

N.A

40. Number of post graduate students getting financial assistance from the university.

M.A – 10-12 Students

M.Phil 01 Student

Ph.D 01 Student

41. Was any need assessment exercise undertaken before the development of new

programme(s)? If so, highlight the methodology.

Yes, suggestions are invited meeting are held and forwarded for implementations

42. Does the department obtain feedback from

a. faculty on curriculum as well as teaching-learning-evaluation? If yes, how does the

department utilize the feedback?

Discussions deliberations and implementations b. students on staff, curriculum and teaching-learning-evaluation and how does the

department utilize the feedback?

Yes, Teachers teaching subjects enquire from students about teaching methodology

followed by teachers in classrooms and changes, if any about syllabus.

c. alumni and employers on the programmes offered and how does the department

utilize the feedback?

NO

43. List the distinguished alumni of the department (maximum 10)

Annexure K Attached

44. Give details of student enrichment programmes (special lectures / workshops / seminar)

involving external experts.

Special lectures are arrange workshop/seminars are held

45. List the teaching methods adopted by the faculty for different programmes.

Classrooms, whiteboard, ICT, Seminar Workshop, film screening.

46. How does the department ensure that programme objectives are constantly met and

learning outcomes are monitored?

Class participation/ attendance, seminars, mid-term exams, term papers, end term

exams and result evaluation.

47. Highlight the participation of students and faculty in extension activities.

Quiz, Declamation, literary fest, Poetry Recitation, Weekly meetings of Various Clubs such as Reader’s Writer’s, Film, Photography, Social Work, annual play, education trip, etc. (Students) Interdepartmental lectures and communication skills, entrance coaching, working with N.G.O, corporate sectors, legal studies, direction of annual plays and screening of films, (Faculty)

48. Give details of “beyond syllabus scholarly activities” of the department.

Tutorials, guidance for research, evaluation synopsis, various competition exams,

organizing/conducting/attending workshops, conferences, seminars, refresher

course etc.

49. State whether the programme/ department is accredited/ graded by other agencies? If yes,

give details.

N.A

50. Briefly highlight the contributions of the department in generating new knowledge, basic

or applied.

English Proficiency Course, Cultural Studies, Translation Studies, Research papers on documentary films, and E.L.T Studies.

51. Detail five major Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Challenges (SWOC) of the

department.

Strengths - Highly Qualified and competent Faculty

Two faculty members have their Ph.D’s from U.K.

Full pride scholars on the faculty

Close Ties with American Centre /USEFI, British Council,

Australian and Canadian High Commissions

More than Fifty Ph.D Scholars from Iran, Yemen, Ethiopia, etc.

Quality research and outreach programs

Weakness -

Opportunities and Challenges- Short of Funds, Infrastructure, equipment, staff for administrative work and technical support Need Generator to ensure uninterrupted electricity supply

Funds for Multimedia Centre We need more hostels facilities to

accommodate girls students

52. Future plans of the department.

WE PROPOSED TO:- I Compete at the global level while following the policy of social inclusion II Set up the following centres:- Translation studies Cultural Studies Language studies Media Studies

Annexure A

11. Faculty profile with name, qualification, designation, area of specialization,

experience and research under guidance.

Name Quali-fication Desig-

nation

Specialization Years of

Experiences

No of Ph.D/

M.Phil

Students

guided for

the last 4

years

(2009-

2013)

Dr.Pushpinder

Syal

M.Phil, Ph.D

(Lancaster)

Professor Linguistics,

Stylistics,

Black/African

Literature

37 M.Phil =5

Ph.D=3

Dr. Shelley Walia Ph.D., LL.B Professor Cultural Studies,

Literary Theory,

Postcolonial

Literature

37 M.Phil=7

Dr.Manju Jaidka M.A.Eng.,

M.A.HistoryPh.D

Professor Amer.Lit/English

Poetry,

Narratology &

Feminism

38 M.Phil=4

Ph.D=4

Dr. Anil Raina Ph.D., LL.B Professor Literary Theory,

World Drama

and Renaissance

Literature

38 M.Phil=3

Ph.D=2

Dr. Rana Nayar M.Phil, Ph.D Professor Drama/Theatre,

World

Literatures,

Translation

Studies

33 M.Phil=1

Rana

Nayar=3

Dr.Harpreet Pruthi Ph.D Professor

&Chair-

person

Postcolonial

Literature,

Australian

Literature

33 M.Phil=2

Ph.D=1

Dr. Lovelina Singh Ph.D Professor Jewish American

Fiction, World

Classics &

British Poetry

35 M.Phil=3

Ph.D=4

Dr. Pratibha

Nagpal

Ph.D Professor American Novel,

Indian Writing,

Colonial Novel

33 M.Phil=8

Ph.D=1

Dr. Rumina Sethi Ph.D Professor New Literatures,

Literary Theory,

Feminist Studies

21 M.Phil=4

Ph.D=1

Dr. Deepti Gupta Ph.D Professor Linguistics, ELT,

Literary Theory

28 M.Phil=3

Ph.D= 1

Dr.Akshaya

Kumar

Ph.D Professor Indian Poetry &

Aesthetics,

Literary theory,

Translation

Studies

24 M.Phil=12

Ph.D=4

Dr. Surbhi Goel M.Phil, Ph.D Asstt.Prof. Film Studies,

Fiction,

Poetry

13 M.Phil=9

Dr. Meenu Gupta M.Phil Ph.D Asstt.Prof Drama, Fiction,

Diasporic

Studies

15 M.Phil=2

Annexure B

12: List of Senior Visiting Fellows, adjunct faculty , Emeritus Professors

1. Prof. Susan Friedman

Virginia Woolf Professor

University of Wisconsin, Madison

2. Ms. Gay Rosenblum

United Nations Organization

New York

3. Prof. Federick Coolidge

University of Colorado

4. Prof. Harish Chander

Shaw University

Ralegh, North Carolina

U.S.A

5. Prof. Harveen Mann

Loyola University

Chicago

6.Prof. Mohammed Hesham

Helwan University

Ain Helwan, Cairo

7.Prof. Michael Williams

University of Queensland

Australia

8. Ms.Michelle Superle

Fraser Valley

Canada

9.10-member Delegation from Pakistan

10. Two delegations of Educationists from the USA

11. Visits of officials of the Canadian High Commission

and the American Center.

12. Dr. Keri Glastonbury

University New Castle

Callaghan

13. Prof. Janet Beer

Vice-Chancellor

Oxford Brookes University

Oxford

14.Ms. Catherine Penny

United State

15 Prof. Arjun Appadurai

New York University

Emeritus Professors:

1. Prof Nirmal Mukherjee

2. Prof. M.L.Raina

3. Prof Mina Surjit Singh

Adjunct Faculty

16. Mr. Gurvinder Singh

Film Director

17Prof. Rosila Scalea

American Novelist

18. Mr. John Siddique

Poet based in England

19. Mr. Kuldeep Nayar

Delhi based Veteran Journalist

Former M.P & High Commissioner to U.K

20.Mr. Sudeep Sen

Eminent Poet, Editor ATLAS

Translator & Scholar

21. Mr. V.S.Kundu

Senior I.A.S Officer (retd)

F.T.I., Pune

22. Prof. Raghvendra Rao

IMT.Banglore

23. Prof. Anne Murphy

IMT , Bangalore

24.Prof. Tutun Mukherjee

Hyderabad

25. Prof. Alok Bhalla

Delhi University

26. Prof. Saugata Bhaduri

Delhi University

27. Prof. Simi Malhotra

Delhi University

28. Prof. R.W.Desai

Delhi University

29. Prof. Raghvendra Rao

IMT, Bangalore

30. Prof. Anne Murphy

IMt, Bangalo

Annexure C

16. Research Thrust Areas as recognized by major funding agencies:

Cultural Studies

Postcolonial Theory and Literature(s)

Indian Writings

Contemporary World Literature(s) in Translation

Linguistics, ELT and Stylistics

Translation Studies

Feminist Studies

Film Studies

Literary Theory

American Literature

Australian Literature

Children Literature

Annexure D

17. Number of faculty with ongoing projects from a) National b) International

Funding agencies

Prof Pushpinder Syal Special Assistance Programme

Coordinator UGC-SAP University Grants Commission

April 2011 to March 2016 Grant Sanctioned Recurring 30.50

Non-recurring 9.00

____________________

Total= 39.50

Prof. Manju Jaidka Project on „Narratives and Narratology completed

at IIAS, Simla and submitted for publication.

UGC-Project E- Pathshala. I am the Coordinator for twopapers in

the subject of English. I have about 35 content writers working for

me.

Associate Fellow at Indian Institute of Advanced

Studies Shimla. 3rd

Spell. Working on Cross-cultural

Narratives.

Annexure E

22. Publications: (2009-2013)

No. of papers Published in peer reviewed journals National International

25 11

Chapters in Books: 15

Edited Books 6

Books with ISBN No with details of Publishers: 15

Name of the faculty Name of the Book

Prof. Manju Jaidka Six books :

For Reasons Unknown. Poetry Collection

(Cyberwitt, Allahabad Jan 2013) 978-81-825336-

1-5.

Scandal Point: A Novel (Rupa Publishers, New

Delhi Dec. 2011) 81-29-118939

Deepa Mehta‟s Element Trilogy ( Readworthy

Press, New Delhi July 2010.

Poetry (ed);Chandigarh Chapbook: Poetry 2010

(Chandigarh Sahitya Akademi March 2010)

978-81-904236-6-3

Spots of Time: A Novel (Roadworthy Press New Delhi 2013)

978-93-82363

The Seduction and Betrayal of Cat Whiskers: An Academic

Satire (Readworthy Press New Delhi

978-93-82363-05-7.

Prof. Rana Nayar Three Books:

Tales of Tomorrow: An Anthology of Contemporary

Indian Short Fiction in English (New Delhi: Sahitya Akademi

2009) 978-81-260-2350-9

Inter Sections: Essays on Literatures, Translations and Popular

Consciousness (Hyderabad: Orient Blackswan, 2012) 978-81-

250-4554-0

Gurdial Singh:A Reader( New Delhi Sahitya Akademi, 2012)

978-81-260-3397-3

Prof.Rumina Sethi The Politics of Postcolonialism (London, Pluto

Press 2011) 978-0-7453-2363-3

Prof. Deepti Gupta Two Books

Communicative Language Teaching: Then and

Now(Books Plus New Delhi Oct. 2006)81-87403-

20-9.

A Critical Study of Raja Rao‟s Kanthapura

(Lincom,Europa, Muenchen, 2013)

978-3-86288-424-7

Prof. Akshaya Kumar Two

Poetry, Politics & Culture: Essays on Indian Texts &

Contexts(Routledge, London 2009)

978-0-415-48005-5

Co-Editor of a book entitled Cultural Studies:

Indian Texts and Contexts (accepted and to be published by

Rutledge)

Meenu Gupta

Dr. Meenu Gupta Salman-Rushdie: Re-Telling History through

Fiction (Prestige Books, New Delhi 2009)

81-7851-065-0

Annexure F

24. Areas of Consultancy and income generated.

Prof. Pushpinder Syal Preparation of National and International Tests of

English - TET(Teachers Eligibility Test, Punjab State) CBSC

(National), CAT verbal ability)

Conduct of Teacher training Programmes at

National level (IGNOU, Bhopal, Afghan Teachers Training

under US agency), text book and materials writing (Azim

Premji Trust, IGNOU ,UGC E-pathshala Project).

Conduct of Courses in Proficiency in English for Industry

and other agencies: Bhakra Beas Management, Himachal and

Haryana Nigam etc.

Consultation to H.P.Public Service Commission,

IISER Mohali, IIT Ropar.

Prof. Deepti Gupta ELT, Corporate Coaching & Training and

Applied Linguistics

Prof. Meenu Gupta Business Communication Skills,UHIMT-OCET

Entrance Test question Paper, Diagnostic Tests for

British Council, English Proficiency Course..

MQ for ASC Refresher Course, Virtual Learning

For SCERT, Solan.

Annexure G

25. Faculty selected nationally/internally to visit Institutions in India

and abroad:

In India Senior Faculty members Served on Inspection Committee

for the inspection of the infrastructure of the College/s required for New

Courses to be started by the Colleges affiliated to Panjab University and

Colleges affiliated to Neighboring Universities.

Served on Selection Committee at various Universities

Abroad

Prof. Manju Jaidka

Invited Speaker at the following International forums:

i) BFS University, Beijing, China. Sept 18-20, 2009

ii) University of Cincinnati, April 23, 2010

iii) University of Michigan, Kalamazoo. April 19 2010

iv) University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, USA

April 15, 2010.

v) University of Graz. Austria April 7-10, 2010

vi) Sinica Academia, Taipei, Taiwan June 4-5 2010

vii) Dhulikhel Campus, Kathmandu University, Nepal.

October 27,2010

viii) Kathmandu University, Kathmandu, Nepal Oct.26,2010.

ix) Oxford University, Miami, USA April 3, 2012

x) Dartmouth College (USA) April 16, 2012

xi) University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (USA)

April 4-14, 2012.

xii) University of Birmingham, UK March 7 2013

xiii) Leicester University ,UK March 7 2013

xiv) Nottingham University, UK . March 11 2013

xv) Leeds Metropolitan University , UK . March 12 2013.

.

Annexure H

26. Faculty Serving in

National Committees-/Editorial Boards/International Committees

Prof .Pushpinder Syal Led CBSE Project on „Developing

Proficiency Test in English for Class

IX (National Level)

On the Board of Studies for English,

GNDU. Amritsar, AMU Aligarh

NIT, Kurukshetra

Served on Selection Committee at various Universities:

Udaipur, Varanasi, Gorakhpur, Indian School of Mines,

Dhanbad.

Coordinator UGC-SAP

Member, Research Monitoring Committee

Prof. Shelley Walia Director, UGC- Academic Staff College P.U

Session 2009-2010

Nominated to the Senate , Panjab University

Elected to the Syndicate, Panjab University

Dean Faculty of Languages Year 2014

Served on Selection Committee at various

Universities:

Prof. Manju Jaidka Chairperson of Chandigarh Sahitya Akademi

Director of P.U I.A.S Coaching Centre 2009-2010

Served on Selection Committees at the National

Level.

Member of the U.T Advisory Committee

Served on Environmental Panel

Associate Fellow at the Institute of Advanced

Studies, Shimla.

Chancellor‟s nominee on the Boards of Kurukshetra University

Member of the Regional Advisory Committee of the ICCR

Member of the Selection Committees at the National Level.

Member of Governing Body of NZCC

Member International Advisory Board

of Several Academic Bodies and Literary Journal

Prof. Anil Raina Nominated Vice-Chairman, Chandigarh Sahitya

Akademi

Member Board of Studies, Kurukshetra University

Nominated Member, Board of Studies, Himachal

Central University, Dharamshala

Elected Member, Executive Body, Association of

British Scholars, Chandigarh Chapter.

Editor Melus Melow Journal Vol.1 &2 (Aug 2011 & 2012)

Elected Vice-President MELOW

Prof. Rana Nayar Served on Selection Committee

Served on Inspection Committee

Chairperson -2008-09 to 2010-2011)

Manager P.U Publication Bureau

Director -Annual Play

Prof. Harpreet Pruthi Chairperson, Society for Health, Education

and Environment

Nominated by UGC Chairman as Member of

Expert committee for Mid-term evaluation of

Major Research Project (English) Jan. 2014

Member, Camp organizers of the Rotary & Blood

Bank Society Resource Centre, Chandigarh.

Nominated by MHRD as member expert in the subject of

English (Literature/Linguistics) for the selection of candidates

for the award of Commonwealth Scholarship/fellowship 2014

offered by the Govt. of U.K

Member, PGBOS in English ,DAV University (The Nalanda of

Modern India)

Served on Screening-cum-Evaluation Committee for

promotion cases under CAS.

Member, PGBOS in English Kurukshetra University

Kurukshetra.,

Returning Officer for P.U. Campus Students Election 2012-

2014.

Member of the Committee constituted to look into the proposal

to establish Centre of UNESCO in P.U.Campus

Prof Pratibha Nagpal Coordinator UGC Refresher Course in English 2013

Dean Faculty of Languages 2013

Chairperson, Guru Ravi Das Chair, 2014

Member of Selection Committee at College

and University level

Member, Board of Control in Sanskrit 2011-2013.

Member, Board of Studies in Urdu, Persian,

Arabic and German

Member MELUS/MELOW (International Body)

Prof. Rumina Sethi Member, Inspection Committee for inspection of;

i) GGSCollege, Chandigarh

ii) Regional institute of English, Sector 32,chd

Subject Expert for the selection of Asstt.Prof. at:

i) B.K.M.College of Education, S.B.S.Nagar(Pb)

ii) Gobindgarh College of Education ,Khanna

iii) Rayat and Bahara College of Engineering and

Biotechnology, Sahauran, Mohali.

iv) Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla

v) Member, Board of Studies in Dept. of Women‟s/Gender

Studies. P.U. awarded Francophone Writer , Alliance

francaise, Chandigarh. Feb. 2013

Advisor to the Interview Board for the recruitment of Junior

Translator in CSOL;s exam, SSC.

Selection Editor Postcolonial Text

Academic Referee, Cambridge University Press, South Asian

History and Culture.

Annexure I

2009-2013

29 .Awards/recognitions received at the National and International Level.

By Faculty

Prof. Pushpinder Syal Director English and Foreign Language University

Regional Centre, Lucknow Dec.2009 to January

2011.

Lead team at Central Board of Secondary Education

New Delhi for Construction of National Level Test of

Proficiency in English (PET) 2011.

Coordinator UGC-SAP 2012-till date

Member, P.U. Research Monitoring Committee

2013 till date.

Prof. Shelley Walia : i) Nominated to the Senate Panjab University

ii) Elected to the Syndicate, Panjab University

iii) Appointed on the panel for reviewing

iv) Honorary Director –UGC-Academic Staff

College P.U Year 2011-2012

v) Dean Faculty of Languages

Prof. Manju Jaidka i) Chairperson, Chandigarh Sahitya Akademi.

June 2008 till date.

iii) Director of the Panjab University Coaching Centre for

Indian Administrative and Allied Services 2008-2010

iii) Member, Governing Body of North Zone of

Cultural Centre (NZCC) .2008 till date.

Member, Governor & rsquo‟s Advisory

Committee Chandigarh Union Territory 2008 onward.

iv) Organizer and Executive Member, IASA World

Congress, Beijing October 2009.

v) Keynote Speaker, Academicia Sinica, Taipei,

Taiwan June 2009.

vi) Fellow in Residence, University of Illinois, Champaign

Urbana, USA April 2010 and 2012

vii) Special Invitee and Keynote Speaker at CAIR 2010

International Conference , University of

Graz, Australia. April 2010.

viii) Executive/Director, International American

Studies Association (IASA) 2011 onward.

ix) Nominated Member, Regional advisory Committee, Indian

Council for Cultural

Relations .Feb 2011 onward

x) Associate Scholar, IIAS, Shimla, June 2011-2013.

xi) Peer Ream Assessor for NAAC Since 2013.

Prof. Anil Raina i) Nominated Vice-ChairmanChandigarh

Sahitya Akademi

ii) Nominated Vice-President MELOW

iii) Editor-Melus-Melow Journal ,Vol 1 &2

(August 2011 & 2012)

iv) Nominated, Member, Board of Studies

Himachal Centre University, Dharamshala

Prof. Rana Nayar Peter Wall Institute of International Scholar (Canada) granted a

Fellowship in June 2013 for one month‟s stay at University of

Columbia, Vancouver .

Prof. Harpreet Pruthi i) Chairperson, Society for Health, Education and Environment

(SHEE)

ii) Nominated by Chairman UGC as member of Expert

Committee for Mid-term evaluation of Major Res.

Project(English)

.

iii)Member, Camp Organizers of the Rotary & Blood Bank

Society, Resource Centre, Chandigarh and awarded

Nominated by MHRD as Member Expert in the subject-field

of English (Literature/Linguistics) for the selection of

candidates for the award of Commonwealth

Scholarship/Fellowship Plan 2014 offered by the Govt. of U.K

Designated by Vice-Chancellor as Chairperson for a period of

three years

March 15 2012 to March 14 2015

Returning Officer for P.U. Students Council Elections 2012-

2014

Member of the Committee Constituted by the Vice-Chancellor

to look into the proposal to establish centre of UNESCO in

P.U. Campus December 2013

Prof. Pratibha Nagpal i) Coordinator UGC-Refresher Course in

English. Feb.27 to March 19, 2013

ii) Dean Faculty of Language Year 2013

iii)Member MELUS/MELOW

iv) Member, Board of Control in Sanskrit

v)Member, Board of Studies in Urdu, Persian

Arabic and German

Prof. Rumina Sethi i) Selection Editor : Postcolonial Text

ii) Academic Referee , Cambridge University Press, South

Asian History and Culture

iii) Member, Board of Studies in Dept. of

Women‟s/Gender Studies .P.U. Awarded Francophone

Writer, Alliance Francoise,

Chandigarh. February 2 2013.

iv) Advisor to the Interview Board for recruitment of Junior

Translator in CSOLs examination, Staff Selection Commission,

Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievance

and Pension, Govt. of India.

Director, Popular Research Centre 2011

Coordinator UGC-SAP 2011-2012

Editor-Dialog ,Dept. Refereed Journal

2013.

v)Subject Expert ,Selection Committee for the recruitment of

Asstt. Professors at-

a) B.K.M College of Education, SBS Nagar(Pb 2012.

b) Rayat and Bahra College of Engineering

and Bio-technology , Mohali (Pb) August 2012.

c) Himachal Pradesh University, Simla.

Sept 2012

Dr. Meenu Gupta ISM award in MELUS International Conference .

Annexure J

30 Seminars and Conferences/Workshop/Symposia organized

2009-2010

Theme Source of Funding

National Seminar on “The August 21-22,2009

Writer in Search of an Audience” Chandigarh Sahitya Akademi

Talk on “Text/Image November 13, 2009

Relationship on Writing a Dept. Literary Society

Graphic Novel” by

Woodrow Phoenix

Talk on “Reinventing November 16, 2009

The Known” by Jake Arnott Dept. Literary Society

A Lecture on “Australian Dec.11.2009

Women Poetry” by Dept. Literary Society

Dr.Keri Glastonbury

Univ.New Castle, Callaghan

A three day Literary Feb.19-21,2010

Fest “Ek Thi Nani Dept. Literary Society

K.K.Grover and Feb. 24,2010

A.C.Bali Memorial P.U Amalgamated Fund

Declamation Contests

Chandigarh Sahitya Akademi Feb.25-27, 2010

& MELUS-MELOW Inter- Chandigarh Sahitya Akademi

National Conference on and MELUS- MELOW

“Contemporary Issues

First Chandigarh Literary Feb. 27, 2010

Fest for the Chandigarh Chandigarh Sahitya Akademi

Sahitya Akademi

Refresher Course in English March 6-26,2010

UGC-Academic Staff College

Outside Participants

1. Woodrow Phonix

British Library Chandigarh

And forum Dept of English and

Cultural Studies.

2. Jake Arnott

British Library Chandigarh

And Forum Dept of English

And Cultural Studies

3. Dr. Keri Glastonbury

University, New Castle

Callaghan

4. Members, Chandigarh Sahitya Akademi

(Approx. 25-30)

5. Members. MELUS-MELOW (National

and International )(Approx 70-80)

6. Professors from neighboring Universities

Invited as resource Persons ) to deliver lectures

to the participants of Ref. Course (Approx 10-15)

2010-2011

Theme Source of Funding Outside Participants

Edith Wharton: A Life August 09.2010 Prof. Janet Beer

in Books” Dept. Literary Society Vice-Chancellor

Oxford University

Oxford

Prof. John Raftery

Pro-Vice-Chancellor

Oxford University

Prof. Noortmann

Prof of Laws and Inter-

National Relations

Mr. Gaurav Sharma

Oxford Brookes

Representative in India

International Conference Dec.16-18,2010

on “The Virtual Trans- Hotel Parkview

formation of the Public

Sphere” in collaboration Prof. Nicholas .D. Mirzoeff

With FORUM on Contemporary Dept. of Media & Communi-

Theory, Baroda cations Studies, New York

and more than 100 delegates

from different states/countries

Annual Literary Fest and March 11-13,2011.

Play “iThirty Days in September”

2011-2012

Theme Source of Funding Outside Participants

Seminar on Text, January 10,2012 Mr.Gurvinder Singh

Translation and UGC-SAP Film Maker

Transformation

(into film) Prof. Rosila Scalea

American Novelist

Mr.John Siddiqui

Poet based in England

Workshop on January 23-25,2012 Dr.Rochelle Pinto

“Cultural Studies: UGC-SAP Delhi University

An Introduction

Prof. Rimli Bhattacharya

Delhi University

Lecture on Feb.2 2012 Prof. Kuldeep Nayar

“Punjabiat, Punjab UGC-SAP Delhi based Veteran,

And Partition” Journalist, former M.P

& High Commissioner

to U.K

Annual K.K.Grover Feb. 15.2012 Students from Colleges

And A.C.Bali Declamation P. U.Amalgamated Departments

Contests Fund Dept. Faculty/ Judges

Refresher Course Feb.24 to March 15.2012 Dr.Gurjeet Singh Cheema IAS

On “From Oral to UGC-Academic Staff Chandigarh Administration

Narratives: Problems College

& Challenges”

Prof. Rama Nair

Osmania University

Hyderabad

Prof.Shibha Chattopadhyay

Jadavpur University

Kolkatta

From JNU

Prof.Kapil Kapoor

Prof.G.J.V.Prasad

Prof.Saugata Bhaduri

Prof. Harish Narang

Delhi Univ

Prof. Simmi Malhotra

Prof. Ashtosh Mohan

Dwarka, Delhi

HP Univ:

Prof. Pankaj Singh

Prof. Meenakshi Paul

Pbi Univ.

Prof. Rajesh Sharma

Prof. G.R.Kataria

Prof. Manjit Inder Singh

Prof. Tejinder Kaur

GNDU

Prof.B.L.Chakoo

Prof.Tejwant Singh Gill

Prof. Parminder Singh

UGC-SAP Seminar on March2-3.2012 Prof. Rama Nair

“Cultural Studies in the UGC-SAP Hyderabad

Indian Context”

Prof. Tutun Mukherjee

Hyderabad

Prof.Anne Murphy

IMT. Bangalore

Prof. Raghvendra

IMT Bangalore

JNU/ Delhi/Dwarka

Prof. Saugata Bhaduri

Prof. Alok Bhalla

Prof. Dhananjay Singh

Prof Sushil Kumar

Prof. Ashutosh Mohan

Dr. Vivek Sachdeva

Annual Literary Fest March 23-25, 2012 College Students

PATCHWORK 2012 Dept. Literary Society Campus Students

Dept. Faculty & Students

2012-2013

Theme Source of Funding Outside Participants

Workshop on November 2-8, 2012 Prof. Abhijit Roy

Television Studies UGC-SAP Jadavpur University

Kolkatta

UGC-SAP National January 18-19,2013 Prof. Arjun Appadurai

Seminar on Popular Culture UGC-SAP New York University

Film and Media: F.T.I.I Pune

Indian Texts and Contexts. Prof Anil Zankar

Prof. Indranil Bhattacharya

Dr.V.S.kundu

Sr.I.A.S Officer(retd)

Prof. Anjali Gera Roy

I.I.T. Kharagpur

Mr.L.Dickens

Central University

Hyderabad

Three-day Conference on Pattern Feb. 8-10 , 2013 Prof. Kapil Sibbal

of Story Telling:Traditions, Inno- MELUS-MELOW Minister for Communication

vations, Visions and Revisions and Information

(12th

International MELOW Conference (inauguration)

and fourth Chandigarh Festival of Letters.

Key-Note Address by

Prof. Chery Johnson

University of Ohio

Dr. Williams

Dept. of Applied Science

P.S.Inst of Technology

Kanpur

(60-80 delegates/participants

From different states )

Refresher Course on February 27- Prof. Rupan.W.Desai

Literature and March19, 2013 Delhi University

Culture UGC-Academic Prof.S.K.Sareen

Staff College JNU ,New Delhi

Annual Production for the Dept. April 5-7 2013

Her Story ( A Docu-Drama in

Nine Series)

Annual K.K.,Grover Goodwill and February 1 2013

A.C.Bali Memorial Declamation

Contests.

Quiz on Life and Works of Charles November 8 2012

Dickens

Blood Donation Camp November 9 2012

nnexure K

43: List of Distinguished alumni of the Department (Maximum 10)

Ms. Selja Kumari

Cabinet Minister

Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment

Ms. Promila Issar

Chief Secretary to Govt. Haryana

Mr. Ranjit Issar

Secretary D/O Official Languages

MHRD, Govt. of India

Ms. Rajneesh

PCS (Judicial Branch)

Judicial Magistrate Class –I

Chandigarh

Ms. Roopali Thakur

ERO-cum- SDM

Nalagrah, Distt. Solan

Administrative Officer

PGI, Chandigarh

Ms. Meeta Rajiv Lochan

IAS (Maharashtra)

Ms. Malvika (Mukherji) Parmar

IAS Officer

Mr. S.R.Sharma

IPS Officer

Mr. B.S.Ojha

IAS Officer

Mr. Pradip Mehra

IAS Officer

Mr. V. K. Kapoor

IPS Officer

Mr. Surjit Singh

IPS (retd)

Ms. Jyotsna Brar

IPS Officer

Mr. Kanwar Shamsher Singh

Chairman, Himachal Pradesh S.Edu. Board

Mr. Rajan Kashyap

Former Chief Secretary

Punjab

G. S. Aulakh

DGP Bihar

(Harpreet Pruthi)

Chairperson

Department of English and Cultural Studies

Panjab University, Chandigarh.