Degree	Branch/Specialization	Class	Year of Passing	College	University
B.A	English Literature		1998	Mount Carmel College	Bangalore University
M.A	Linguistics		2000	Jawaharlal Nehru University	Jawaharlal Nehru University
M.Phi	Language and Literature		2002	Jawaharlal Nehru University	Jawaharlal Nehru University
Ph.D	Language and Literature		2007	Jawaharlal Nehru University	Jawaharlal Nehru University

 

 

S. No.	Designation	College/University	Duration (From – To)
1.	Teaching Assistant	Designed and taught a course titled ‘STUDY SKILLS’ to the undergraduate foreign language students School of Language, Literature and Cultural Studies at Jawaharlal Nehru University	August 2001- December 2001.
2.	Lecturer	G.L.A. University, Mathura	Oct.2002 – Aug 2004
3.	Lecturer	Inderprastha College of Engineering	Sept 2004 – August 2006
4.	Online tutor	Princeton Review-www.smartthinking.com	September 2006  – April 2007
5.	IELTS Trainer	Apollo Health Resources Limited	April 2007 – January 2008
6.	Assistant Professor	Loyola College, Chennai	June 2010 – August 2013
6.	Assistant Professor	M.O.P. College for Women	Sept 2013 – May 2014
7.	Assistant Professor	Stella Maris College	June 2014 – December 2014
8.	Assistant Professor	MIT Campus, Anna University	Since December 1st 2014 – till date

 

 

01. A Reflection on the Challenges Faced by Indian Learners of English - International Journal of English and Literature (IJEL), ISSN 2249-6912, Vol.2, Issue 2, June 2012, 13-18.
02. An Interplay of Faith and Imagination : An Analysis of Coleridge’s  Rime of the Ancient Mariner, International Journal of Language and Literature, (IJLL), 2(2), pp.73-97, ISSN 2334-234 x (Print), 2334- 2358 (online), June 2014.
03. Communicative English – A Workbook authored by Shoba K.N. and Lourdes Joavani J., Cambridge University Press, Sept. 2017.
04. A Study on the Effect of Cooperative Learning and Peer Learning on a Group of Heterogeneous Group of ELL in a Listening Context. The English Classroom Journal, June 2018.
05. Nostalgia, Melancholy and Skewed Identities : A Comment on the Diasporic Experience, Multiculturalism and the Social Fabric in Australia, America and India, ISBN :978-81-923207-4-8, Dec.2018.
06. Communicative English – A Workbook authored by Shoba K.N. and Lourdes Joavani J., Cambridge University Press, Revised Edition, May 2018.
07. Designing an ESP course in Business English for students of Business Communication, The English Classroom Journal, December 2019.
08. A chapter in ‘English for Technologists and Engineers’, Volume 2, Third Edition, Orient Blackswan, February 2021. (forthcoming)
09. A chapter in ‘Technical English’, Volume 2, Cambridge University Press, 2021(forthcoming)

Paper Presentations in Conferences :

01. Presented a paper on ‘“Teaching English Language at the Tertiary Level: Challenges and Achievements”, 142-147, at National Conference on ‘A Paradigm Shift in English Language Teaching and Testing: A linguistic/literary approach, Abdur Rahman University, Chennai, ISBN 978-81-923661-1-1, on March 2014.
02. Presented a paper on ‘Nostalgia, Melancholy and Skewed Identities : A Comment on the Diasporic Experience’, at National Seminar on Literature and Culture at Queen Mary’s College, on 31st January 2014.
03. Presented a paper on ‘ Teaching English Language to Engineering Students, at the International Seminar On ‘English Language Teaching and Technical Communication; in Lucknow University from Feb. 27-28, 2006.

 

 

 

 

01. Attended a ‘Train the trainer workshop by British Council’ at Hyderabad in June 2007.
02. Participated in a National level conference on “Teaching English Language at the Tertiary Level: Challenges and Achievements”" organized by Abdur Rahman University.
03. Participated in a National level workshop on "Two - day national level Advanced workshop on Research ".
04. Participated in a National level conference on "Nostalgia, Melancholy and Skewed Identities : A Comment on the Diasporic Experience”, " organized by Queen Mary's College from 31-Jan-2016.
05. Participated in a National level workshop on "Continuous Professional Development for English Language Teachers from Engineering Colleges" organized by CEG, Anna University, India from 01-Feb-2016 to 02-Feb-2016.
06. Participated in an International level workshop on ""One day Colloquium on "Emerging Theories and applications in English Literature and Language Teaching and Research"." organized by B.S. Abdur Rahman University, India from 13-Feb-2016.
07. Participated in a National level workshop on "ICT in Language Teaching and Learning at the Tertiary Level" organized by CEG from 05-Mar-2016.
08. Participated in a National level workshop on "Practical ways to make the class test learner friendly" organized by C.E.G, Anna University, India from 14-Mar-2016 to 15-Mar-2016.
09. Participated in a National level workshop on " Applied Linguistics" organized by I.I.T.M., Chennai from 14-Apr-2016 to 15-Apr-2016.
10. Participated in an International level workshop on "Participated in a National level workshop on "Routledge Editorial Workshop 2016" organized by Taylor & Francis, India from 03-Aug-2016." organized by Anna University-Taylor and Francis, India from 03-Aug-2016.
11. Participated in a National level workshop on "Integrating Technology into Language Teaching" organized by CEG, Anna University, India from 23-Sep-2016 to 24-Sep-2016.
12. Participated in a National level workshop on "Translation" organized by CEG, India from 21-Jul-2017 to 24-Oct-2017.
13. Participated in a National level workshop on "National Level Workshop on Statistical Data Analysis and Interpretation " organized by ISAR, India from 18-Aug-2017 to 20-Aug-2017.
14. Participated in an International level conference on "Language and Literature :dynamic resources in the ELT classroom " organized by SSN, India from 10-Nov-2017 to 11-Nov-2017.
15. Participated in an International level workshop on "Perspectives in Business English Training" organized by Ethiraj College for Women, ELTAI and BESIG, India from 28-Jul-2018.
16. Participated in an International level workshop on "One Day Orientation Programme for Young Teachers" organized by Anna University, MIT Campus, India from 13-Feb-2019.
17. Participated in a National level workshop on "URKUND : Plagiarism Detection Service" organized by Anna University, India from 03-Apr-2019.
18. Participated in a National level workshop on "Recent shifts in Understanding Language and Literacy in Applied Linguistics" organized by IITM, India from 15-May-2019.
19. Participated in a National level workshop on "Publishing Academic Research" organized by MIT Campus, Anna University, India from 20-May-2019.
20. Participated in a National level workshop on "Training and Testing English Language Proficiency of Air Traffic Personnel for the Airports Authority of India" organized by IITM, India from 15-Nov-2019 to 19-Oct-2020.
21. Attended a National level Short Course on "Tamil Nadu Govt. Sponsored English Language Teacher's Training Program" organized by CEG, Anna University, India from 12-Nov-2020 to 19-Nov-2020.
22. Participated at the 6th Annual Spring Forum in TESOL, Linguistics and Applied Linguistics hosted by Oklahoma State University organised by Oklahoma State English Department and held virtually on April 17th, 2021.

Invited Talks/Resource Person/Panel Member/Session Chairperson/Guest Lectures

01. Delivered a lecture on "Listening Skills " in Bridge Course organized by CEG, Anna University, Chennai.
02. Delivered a lecture on "Verbal Ability" in Faculty Development Program organized by CEG, Anna University, Chennai.
03. Delivered a lecture on "Listening Skills" in Teaching English Language to Japanese Engineering Students of Tokyo organized by CEG, Anna University, Chennai.
04. Delivered a lecture on "Grammar" in Teaching English Language to Engineering Students of Tokyo organized by CEG, Anna University, Chennai.
05. Delivered a lecture on "Stress and Time Management Techniques for Teachers" in FDP organized by Anna University, Tindivanam ,Tindivanam (28-Jun-2017).
06. Delivered a lecture on “Delivered a lecture on Reading Skills at S.A. Engg. College on July 20,2018." in Faculty Development Programme organized by S.A.Engineering College, Chennai (20-Jul-2018).
07. Delivered a lecture on "Language learning Strategies for Engg. Students" in One day Seminar organized by MGR Educational & Research institute, Chennai (28-Sep-2018).
08. Delivered a lecture on "Language Learning Strategies – the changing role of the teacher in facilitating Active Learning" in Faculty Development Programme organized by Sai Ram Engineering College, Chennai (30-Oct-2018).
09. Delivered a lecture on "Teaching Reading Skills" in TN-AUTELT organized by Murugappa Polytechnic College, Chennai (16-Feb-2019).
10. Delivered a lecture on "Strategies to Improve LSRW Skills" in One day Seminar organized by Meston College of Education, Chennai (04-Dec-2018).
11. Delivered a lecture in the online mode on “Teaching Vocabulary’ on 26th March 2021as part of a five- day training programme for English Language Teachers in Engineering Colleges and Polytechnics organized by Anna University sponsored by ‘Government of Tamil Nadu, DOTE’.

 

 

 

01. Qualified the ‘Elementary French Course Certificate’ in Bangalore, Alliance Francaise with the Grade ‘Tres Bien = Excellent’ in March 1996.
02. Qualified the ‘Intermediate French Course Certificate’ in Bangalore, Alliance Francaise, with the Grade ‘Assez Bien= Fair’, in March 1997.
03. Qualified the National Eligibility Test, University Grants Commission in the year 2000.
04. Qualified the ‘Test of Proficiency in English’ by CIEFL and National English Language Testing Service with the Grade = Good in the year 2003.
05. Completed the Orientation Course from Madras University from May 2018- June 2018.
06. Completed a Young Faculty Research Project on Designing an ESP course for students of Business English in the year 2018 funded by CTDT, Anna University.
07. Qualified the Refresher Course in ELT with SWAYYAM-ARPIT by MHRD with the Grade = B and 76% in the year 2019.
08. Completed an FDP – SI Student Induction Programme, level - 0 and level – 1 by AICTE, Anna University in the year June 2019.
09. Qualified CELTA by British Council in the year 2020.
10. Qualified TESOL by London College of Teachers in the year 2020.

 

 

Ph. D Supervision :
1)Number of Scholars Guided - 0
2)Number of Scholars Guiding - 0

M. Phil Supervision :
1)Number of Scholars Guided - 6
2)Number of Scholars Guiding - 0

 

1.Course Coordinator : Employability Skills (December 2015 – April 2015),(May 2015 -December 2015)
2.Course Coordinator : Technical English (Nov/Dec 2020).
3.Class Advisor – in the year 2014,2015,2016,2017,2018,2019.
4.Organizing Secretary- International Conference On Empowering The English Language Learner: Materials, Methods And Testing – March 2016.
5.Organizing Secretary -International Conference On Continuing and Evolving Strategies To Overcome Challenges On Second Language Education At The Tertiary Level – March 2018.
6.Lab - in – Charge : Communication Skills Lab since 2020.