DR. RIZIA BEGUM LASKAR
Associate Professor, MDKG College, Dibrugarh, Assam
Qualification:
- M.A, SLET, PH.D.
Ph. D. Topic:
- Negotiating Home in Indian English Children’s Literature: A Study of the Selected Works of Ruskin Bond Arup Kumar Dutta Anita Desai Shashi Deshpande and Salman Rushdie.
Awarded by Tezpur University in January, 2016.
Research Project:
- Completed a UGC Sponsored Minor Research Project titled “Indian English Children’s Fiction:
A Study of the Selected Works of Ruskin Bond, Arup Kumar Dutta, and Salman Rushdie.”
Period: February, 2010 to August, 2011. Grant Mobilized: Rs. 1 Lakh 10 Thousand
Languages:
- English
Professional experience:
- 16 Years
Subjects handled at UG Level:
- Communicative English, English (Honours) &English(G.E)
Areas of interest:
- Children’s Literature, Comics and Graphic Novel Studies, Detective and Crime Fiction, Digital Humanities
Professional skill other than teaching:
- MS Office, Google Docs, Sheets, Forms
Honours and Awards:
- Eminent Teacher Award by Lady Hawk Language and Career Lab for ICT initiatives taken in teaching English
Membership:
- Life Member of Council for Teacher Education (Assam Chapter)
- Member of YASA (YA Studies Association)
- Member of Editorial Board Pracya, UGC CARE List Journal of the Dept. of Sanskrit.ISSN-2278-4004
Personal Achievements:
- Gold Medallist in English, Tezpur University, 2003
- Best Debator, Tezpur University, 2002
Resource Persons:
- A lecture on the topic “Culture and Literature of India & World” on 9th August, 2014 organised by the Career Counselling Cell of M.D.K.G. College.
- A lecture on the topic “Islamism – A culmination of Religion, Philosophy and Literature” on 20th August, 2014 organised by the Department of Philosophy, M.D.K.G. College as part of a series of interdisciplinary lecture.
- A lecture on the implementation of CBCS system in the undergraduate level on 31st March, 2018 organised by D.H.S.K. College.
- Two day lecture for B.A. Honours (CBCS) students on 20th and 21st September, 2019 organised by Department of English, D.H.S.K. College.
- A lecture on the topic “Feminism as an area of International Relation” on 14th October, 2019 organised by the Department of Political Science, M.D.K.G. College
- A lecture on debate as part of a Debating workshop on 16th November, 2019 organised by AASU Unit, Dibrugarh University.
- A lecture on Female Body and Shame organized by Anajori, NGO, on 16th December, 2021.
- A panel discussion on Science Fiction organised by St. Ann’s College for Women, Hyderabad on 27th January, 2022 (Online mode).
- Two day workshop on Research and Publication Ethics organized by Research, Innovations and Extension Cell, MDKG College on 8th and 9th May, 2023.
- A lecture on AI and Humanities organized by the Department of English, PSGR Krishnammal College for Women on 29th December, 2023(Online mode).
Papers Presented at Seminars :
- Paper on “Illustrations in Children’s Literature” Translations or Creation? at National Seminar titled “The Translator’s Context(s)”, 26th – 27th December 2008, Dept. Of English, Dibrugarh University.
- Paper titled “Nature, Literature and Environmental Education” at National Seminar on “Strategies for Knowledge and Skill Development in the Present Educational System: North-East Perspective”, 22nd-23rd January 2010, Dibru College.
- Paper titled “Read and bring me home to you: Fantasy and Reality in Haroun and The Sea of Stories” at National Seminar on “Imaginary Homelands of Salman Rushdie”, 20th -21st January2011, Dept. of English, Gauhati University.
- Paper titled “Ruskin Bond, Angry River and River as a reflection of Nature” at International Seminar on “River, Society and Sustainable Development”, 26th – 29th May 2011, Dibrugarh University.
- Paper titled “Memory as a construct in Haroun and the Sea of Stories” at National Seminar on “Memory and Rememory in Postcolonial Fiction”, 12th – 13th March, 2012, Dept. Of English, Dibrugarh University.
- Paper titled “Cultural Internalisation of Harassment on Women” at National Seminar on “Harassment on Women: Different Approaches Towards Women and Creating a Women Friendly Environment in Society”, 7th, 8th and 9th November, 2013, M.D.K.G. College.
- Paper titled “Cultural Identity in and of Children’s Literature: Arup Kumar Dutta’s Children’s Literature” at International Seminar on “Language, Ethnicity & Identity: 21st Century Perspectives”, 11th and 12th February, 2017, Dept. of English, Tinsukia College.
- Paper titled “Comics and Memory: The Jallianwala Bagh Massacre” at the International Annual Memory Conference, 2nd to 4th October, 2019 at IIT, Chennai.
- Paper titled “Neil Gaiman and Graphic Novels: Coraline and The Graveyard Book” at National Seminar on “Contemporary British Fiction: Texts and Texts”, 3rd and 4th March, 2020, Dept. of English, Dibrugarh University.
- Paper titled “Improvements in Feedback System in Higher Educational Institutions in India” at Online National Conference on “Quality in Teaching, Learning and Evaluation: A Need for Academic Excellence”, 29th and 30th May, 2020, IQAC, St.
Aloysius College, Jabalpur. - Paper titled “Home and Not home in Young Adult Literature” at an online International conference on “YA Studies Around the World”, 2nd to 6th November, 2020, YA Studies Association.
- Paper titled “Empathy, Greed, and Belongingness: Arup Kumar Dutta’s The Kaziranga Trail” at an online International Seminar on “Children and Childhood: Imaginaries in
Indian and Other Asian Children Literature and Film”, 11th and 12th November, 2021,
Department of English and Cultural Studies, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Bangalore. - Paper titled “Becoming a Writer”: Salman Rushdie’s Haroun and the Sea of Stories and Joseph Anton” at an online International Conference on “Writing in Restricted Spaces: Writing for Freedom and Freedom of Writing”, 20th and 21st November, 2021, Department of English Janardan Rai Nagar Rajasthan Vidyapeeth (Deemed to be a University), Udaipur.
- Paper titled “Depiction of Crime, Detection and Violence in Children’s Mysteries: Arup Kumar Dutta and Enid Blyton” at an online International Conference on “Narratives of Criminality, Punishment and Social Justice in Children’s and Young Adult’s Literature” on 5th to 7th August, 2022, Department of English, Jadavpur
University and Association for Children’s Literature in South Asia (ACLiSA)
Participation in Seminars:
- Participated in National Seminar on Goods and Services Tax (GST) organised by MDKG College, DHSK Commerce College & DHSK College, Dibrugarh, Assam, India held on 26th March, 2017 at DHSK College, Dibrugarh.
- Participated in Webinar on Awareness Programme on Online E-Resources organised by IQAC, K. C. Das Commerce College held on 20th May, 2020.
- Participated in Webinar on The New Normal for Education Sector organised by Royal Global University held on 22nd May, 2020.
- Participated in International Webinar on Contemporary Analytical Discourse of English Literature organised by the Albertian Centre for Human Resource Development and Research in association with the Post Graduate Department of English, St. Albert’s College (Autonomous) held on Wednesday 27th May 2020.
- Participated in National Webinar on Academic and Research Integrity organised by Naharkatiya College, Dibrugarh, Assam held on 27th – 28th May, 2020.
- Participated in Webinar on NAAC Assessment and Accreditation Process for Affiliated/ Constituent Colleges organised by NAAC, Bangalore on 2nd June, 2020.
- Participated in One Day National Webinar on “Role of Intellectual property in innovations and incubations for Entrepreneurship” organized by Sanatan Dharma College, Ambala Cantt in collaboration with National Research Development Corporation (An Enterprises of DSIR, Ministry of Science and Technology, Govt. of India) on 8th February, 2021.
- Participated in Webinar on Promoting Academic Integrity in Research and Professional Ethics organised by Office of Dean Research and Innovation Cell of Sri Guru Gobind Singh College, Chandigarh in partnership with Turnitin South Asia on 11th June, 2021.
Workshops and Symposia Attended:
- Training course on “Research Methodology for Gender Studies”, 20th-24th October, 2008 at Centre for Women’s Studies, Dibrugarh University.
- U.G.C. sponsored SAM Workshop on “Capacity Building of Women Managers in Higher Education”, 3rd – 7th February 2009, Namrup College.
- NAAC sponsored National Workshop on ‘Best Practices in Higher Education for Sustenance and Quality Enhancement’, 27th -28th January 2010, Margherita College.
- State Level Symposium on “Gender Discourse in Literature”, 18th February, 2012, Dept. of English, D.H.S.K. College.
- National Workshop on “Juvenile Justice System in Assam”, 22nd and 23rd March, 2012, D.H.S.K. College.
- National Level Workshop on “Savings and Income Tax”, 5th February, 2016, M.D.K.G. College.
- State Level Workshop on “Choice Based Credit System”, 25th April, 2017, Dibru College.
- U.G.C. sponsored National Workshop on “Cyber Crime against Women in North East India: Causes and Remedies”, 16th and 17th June 2017, M.D.K.G. College.
- MHRD sponsored National Workshop on “Use of Technical Terminologies in Social Sciences”, 13th and 14th October 2017, M.D.K.G. College.
- National Level Symposium on “Citizenship (Amendment) Bill-2016 and Politics of Assam”, 26th March, 2018, D. D. R. College.
- UGC sponsored National Level Workshop on “The Future of Sociology in India”, 20th and 21st April, 2018, M.D.K.G. College.
- University Level Orientation Workshop on “SWAYAM and MOOCs, 2018”, 30th August, 2018, D.H.S.K. College.
- 13th Annual Conference of Assam College Teachers’ Association, Dibrugarh Zone, 14th June, 2019, Khowang College.
- State Level Workshop on “Research Opportunity with International Collaboration in Higher Education Institutions of Assam”, 16th August, 2019, D.H.S.K. College.
- NAAC sponsored National Workshop on “Students participation in Quality Assurance in Higher Education”, 10th February 2020, Margherita College.
- Workshop on “Consultation on NAAC Preparedness”, 26th April 2023, IQAC, Digboi College.
- Workshop on “Implementation of Four Year Undergraduate Programme (FYUGP) in Colleges under Dibrugarh University”, 6th June, 2023, IQAC, Dibru College.
- National Symposium on “Cyber Safety: Protecting yourself in Digital World”, 4th May, 2023, Duliajan College.
Faculty Development Programme:
- Faculty Development Programme on Entrepreneurship, 08th – 19th March 2010, Indian Institute of Entrepreneurship, Guwahati.
- Seven Day Faculty Development Programme (FDP) in Online Mode for University and College Teachers on Preparation of Self-Learning Materials for University and College Learners, 12th to 18th May, 2020, Dibrugarh University, Assam.
- One Week Faculty Development Programme on Entrepreneurship, Incubation and Innovation, sponsored by MHRD, Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya, National Mission on Teachers Training, 23rd to 29th June, 2020, Ramanujan College, University of Delhi.
- One Week Faculty Development Programme on Digital Security and Safety for Academicians , sponsored by MHRD, Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya, National Mission on Teachers Training, 27th September to 3rd October, 2021, Ramanujan College, University of Delhi.
- One Week Faculty Development Programme on E-Content Development, , sponsored by MHRD, Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya, National Mission on Teachers Training, 19th to 25th April, 2023, Ramanujan College, University of Delhi.
- 9 days Professional Development Programme on Implementation of NEP2020 for University and College Teachers’, sponsored by UGC under Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya, National Mission on Teachers Training, 12th to 20th June, 2023.
- One Week Faculty Development Programme on AI in Education, sponsored by MHRD, Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya, National Mission on Teachers Training, 29th March to 4th April, 2024, Ramanujan College, University of Delhi.
Administrative Responsibilities
- NIRF Co-ordinator, M.D.K.G. College
- HoD, Department of English
Resource Person:
As a resource person at 27th National Children’s Science Congress, 2019
Details of Publications:
Books Published:
- English Communication. Co-Author Sunil Bortahkur. Dibrugarh: Banalata Academe, 2019. ISBN 9387956792
- Writing Skills I. Co-Author Sunil Bortahkur. Dibrugarh: Banalata Academe, 2019.
ISBN 9387956791 - Indian Classical Literature: A Handbook on Indian Classical Literature. Co-Editor Dr. Manashi Sharma. Dibrugarh: Banalata Academe, 2019. ISBN 9387956792X.
As Editor:
- E-Learning and Assessment: Reflective and Critical Studies during the Pandemic Coeditors Bituraj Gohain, Narji Baruah, Sonali Chetia. New Delhi: Adam Publishers, 2021. ISBN 978-81-7435-816-5
- Strutting Lightbugs. Hyderabad: Eka Publishers, 2021. ISBN978-81-949164-1-3
Chapters in Edited Books:
- “The Transgender Child, Sexuality and Transgender Children’s Literature: Classroom Teaching and Acceptance.” Reengagement of Transgender Persons. Ed. Satish
Chandra. Kolkata: Power Publishers, 2018.139-155. Print. ISBN 978-93-87852-06-8 - “Identity in and of Children’s Literature: Arup Kumar Dutta’s Children’s Literature.”
Perspectives: A Collection of Essays on Language, Ethnicity & Identity. Eds. Rajeev Mohan and Mriganka Choudhury. Tinsukia: Dept. of English, Tinsukia College, 2018. 715-720. Print. ISBN 978-93-80247-79-3 - “New Text or Regenerated Text: Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone: The Book, the Illustrated Edition and the Movie.” An Eclectic Compendium of Literary Adaptations in Cinema. Eds. Dr. Sonia Malik and Itika Dahiya. New Delhi:
AuthorsPress, 2018. 73-98. Print. ISBN 9789388008730 - “Performing God: Kiran and Krishna in Rakesh Satyal’s Blue Boy.” Teens and the New Religious Landscape: Essays on Contemporary Young Adult Fiction, Ed. Jacob
Stratman, North Carolina: McFarland Company, 2018. 151-170. Print. ISBN
9781476668079 - “Finding Home in Children’s Literature.” Myriad: The Topical Thoughts, Ed.
Moushumi Bordoloi and Ashwini Machey, Dibrugarh: Creative Designs, 2019. Print. ISBN 9788193646625 - “Effective Feedback System in Higher Educational Institutions in India: Problems and Prospects.” Effective Strategies for Teaching and Learning. Eds. J.G. Valan Arasu,
Siby Samuel, Elena Philip New Delhi: A.P.H. Publishing Corporation. ISBN978-93-
89875-744 - “The Strange Affair of Anthology Making and Syllabus Design: The Poetry of Robin S. Ngangom.” Voices: A National Research Anthology on Northeast Indian English Poetry Eds. Subhashis Banerjee and Tuhin Majumdar, 2021.P.103-123. Print. New Delhi: Book Rivers. ISBN 978-81-948248-0-0
- “Pandemic and Social Awareness: Comics as Alternate Literature.” India and the Pandemic: The Trajectories of Covid-19 and Its Corollaries. Eds. Pranab Kumar Mishra and Arnab Baul. 2021. P. 69 – 84. Print. New Delhi: Crescent Publishing
Corporation. ISBN 978-8194975427 - “Salman Rushdie: The Translated Man and Haroun and the Sea of Stories.” Myriad Perspectives on Translation. Eds.: Utjala Barman, Anindita Langthasa, Rongina
Narzary, Sanghamitra De. P. 8 – 18. Print. Guwahati: EBH Publishers. ISBN 978-93-
92038-00-6 - “Unfulfilled Dreams of IIT: Notions of Success in Five Point Someone and 3 Idiots.”
Representations of Children and Success in Asia. Eds. Shih-Wen Sue Chen, Sin Wen Lau. P. New York: Routledge. P. 53-68. ISBN 9781003301370 DOI: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003301370-5 - “The Indian English Periodical Target: Popularity and Nostalgia.” The Edinburgh History of Children’s Periodicals. Eds. Kristine Moruzi, Beth Rodgers, Michelle J. Smith. Edinburgh University Press, 2024, P. 231-243. ISBN 9781399506663DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1515/9781399506663-017 - “Humor and Introspection through Memes in the Pandemic.” Pandemic Play: Community in Performance, Gaming, and the Arts. Eds. Carolyn Ownbey, Catherine Quirk. Palgrave MacMillan. 2024. P. 211 – 222. ISBN 978-3-031-47312-8 DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-47312-8_15
Articles in Journals:
- “Haroun and the Sea of Stories: Imaginative Worlds and Narrative Resistance.” DUJES .17 2008. 101-108. Print. ISSN 0975-5659.
- “The Child and its Literature: Assessing the Changing Paradigms.” DUJES .20 2011.
68-76. Print. ISSN 0975-5659. - “Indian English Children’s Literature: The Context of Salman Rushdie, Ruskin Bond and Arup Kumar Dutta.” Barnolipi. 2.3 (2012). 69-82. www.reflectionedu.com/barnolipi.php. ISSN 2249 –2666
- “Rereading Enid Blyton’s St. Clare’s and Malory Towers: A Feminist Perspective.” The Atlantic Review of Feminist Studies. 1.3 (2013). 52-59. Print. ISSN 2320-5105.
- “The Female Secret: Menstruation and Superstitions.” Embark. 2014-15. 37-43. Print.
ISSN 2350-126X - “The Name Game: Presenting J.K. Rowling as Robert Galbraith.” The Apollonian. 2.3 2015.74-83. www.theapollonian.in. ISSN 2393-9001
- “Female body, nudity and shame in Jainism: A feminist viewpoint.” Pracya. 12.1.2020. 104-121. ISSN2278-4004 (UGC CARE LIST Journal)
- “‘Never Just a Game’: Storytelling, Gaming, and Death in Luka and the Fire of Life and Joseph Anton” International Research in Children’s Literature. 14.3. 2021.330-
340. ISSN 1755-6198 https://doi.org/10.3366/ircl.2021.0414. (Indexed in SCOPUS) - “Home in Children’s Literature: Anita Desai’s The Village by the Sea.” The IIS
University-Journal of Arts. V.10.3. 2022. 79-89. ISSN 2319-5339. (UGC CARE LIST Journal) - “The Voice in the Diary: Moni Mohsin’s Butterfly Diaries” Angles: New Perspectives on the Anglophone World. V 14.1, 2022. 48-61. ISSN 2274-2042. 1
https://doi.org/10.4000/angles.5519 (Indexed in SCOPUS)
Citations:
- Indian English Children’s Literature: The Context of Salman Rushdie, Ruskin Bond and Arup Kumar Dutta was cited twice in the article “The Status of English in the
Educational System of India” by Laleh Toupa Esfandiari in the journal ELT-Voices – India(Vol.3 Issue 4)August 2013, ISSN 2230-9136(Print) 2321-7170(online) - The Name Game: Presenting JK Rowling as Robert Galbraith was cited in the book Gender Bending Detective Fiction: A Critical Analysis of Selected Works by Heather
Duerre Humann published by McFarland Publishers, North Carolina, USA, ISBN 978-
1-4766-6820-8 - Nation Building and the Child: Role of Textbooks and Literature was cited in the Ph.D thesis titled The Age of Innocence? Contextualizing the Politicization of American Children’s Literature by Anne van den Bergh of Columbia University, February 2018
- Indian English Children’s Literature: The Context of Salman Rushdie, Ruskin Bond and Arup Kumar Dutta was cited in the article “Bond with the Best: Exploring India’s Ruskin Bond as a Writer of Children’s Literature” by Monali Chatterjee in the journal
Bookbird: A Journal of International Children’s Literature Volume 57, Number 1,
2019, Johns Hopkins University Press. ISSN 0006 7377 - Finding Home in Children’s Literature: Anita Desai’s The Village by the Sea was cited in the article “Contrasting Realities and The Struggle for Survival – Hari’s Experience in Bombay City in Anita Desai’s Village by the Sea” by Sapna Dogra in the journal Muse India (literary e-Journal), (Issue 116), July-Aug 2024, ISSN: 0975-1815
- Ph.D. thesis was cited in the article “Contextualising the Child and Interpersonal
Relationship in Child Development Study: An Analysis of Ruskin Bond’s Select Short Stories” by Samprity Pal & Devendra K. Prajapati in the journal IIS Univ.J.A. Vol.10 (2), 271-85 (2021), ISSN 2319-5339 - The Voice in the Diary: Moni Mohsin’s Butterfly Diaries was cited in the article “Identity Distortion Through Simulation And Hypermarket Culture; An Analysis Of Mohsin’s The Diary Of A Social Butterfly (2009)” by Dr. Amna Saeed and Rubina Abid in the journal Webology Volume 19, Number 3, 2022, ISSN: 1735-188X.
Self Learning Material Written:
- Two chapters of General English for H.S. First Year (Ranga’s Marriage and Albert Einstein at School) sponsored by AHSEC and Assam Electronics Development Corporation Ltd.
- SLM as per UGC (ODL) Regulation, 2017 for M.A. in English, Centre for Open and Distance Learning (Module V).
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