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Title Dr. First Name NAMRATA Last Name JAIN Photograph

Designation ASSISTANT PROFESSOR (AD HOC)

Address C-79, 2nd FLOOR, FLAT # 6, LANE # 4, MAHENDRU ENCLAVE, G.T. ROAD, DELHI - 110033

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Email namrata8449@yahoo.com

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Educational Qualifications

Degree Institution Year B.A. HONOURS ENGLISH HANS RAJ COLLEGE, DU 2002

M.A. ENGLISH HANS RAJ COLLEGE, DU 2004

M.PHIL. ENGLISH CES, SLL&CS, JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY 2007

Ph.D. CES, SLL&CS, JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY 2013

Career Profile Dr. Namrata Jain has been teaching literature courses in English for ten years at University of Delhi. She

completed her graduation and masters in English literature from Hans Raj College, University of Delhi and

went to CES, SLL&CS, Jawaharlal Nehru University to pursue M.Phil. English and Ph.D. Her area of

interest/research is Gender Studies, Literary Theory, European Drama, Modernism, and

Contemporary Indian Theatre. She is an active theatre practitioner since 1999 encompassing script writing,

set design, acting, and direction. She is an independent artist and writes poems and short stories to creatively

express herself. She is a Contributing Editorial Associate with Coldnoon - International Journal Of Travel

Writing & Travelling Cultures. [ISSN 22789642 E-ISSN 22789650]

Administrative Assignments

Was the Convener of Memesis, the dramatics society of Daulat Ram College in the academic sessions 2013-14 and 2014-15.

Was the convener of Imagism, the poetry society of Daulat Ram College in the academic sessions 2013-14.

Was an active member of Memesis, the dramatics society of Daulat Ram College in the academic session, 2015-16 and

continuing with the responsibilities and duties.

Areas of Interest / Specialization Contemporary Indian Theatre, Literary Theory, Gender Studies, Modernism, European Drama, European

Realism

Subjects Taught

Modernism(English literature V i , ii), European Drama, European Realism, Literary Theory,

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Classical Literature, Indian Classical Literature, Business Communication, Media and

Communication, Technical Writing.

Time table of the subjects taught during the current semester

S.No. Subject Days Time Classroom

1 English Literature V ii 3rd year English Hons.

Monday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

8:30-9:30 2:50-3:50 8:30-9:30 8:30-9:30 1:50-2:50

104 104 104 104 104

2 Indian Writing

in English 1

st year English

Hons. Sec A

Wednesday Thursday

8:30-9:30 10:30-11:30

104 102/127

3

Indian Writing in English 1

st year English

Hons. Sec B

Wednesday Thursday Saturday

1:50-2:50 1:50-2:50 12:30-1:30

102/127 102/127 102/127

Research Guidance

Publications Profile

Publications

PUBLICATIONS (Research articles, papers, chapters in books):

o “Negotiations for Identity of a Woman „Worker‟: Representations through Trade Unions and

Street Theatre” has been published in the book: Interpretations ed. Deepshikha Mahanta

Bortamuly, Sejal Mahendru, Abhipsa Chakraborty, Prestige Publishers, Delhi, India, March

2016. Pg. No. 32-41. [ISBN: 978-81-931925-3-5]

o “Childhood in Working Class: Representations in Indian Street Theatre through a study of

Jan Natya Manch‟s Aurat and Woh Bol Uthi” presented at the conference 2nd Global

Conference - Childhood, at Mansfield College, Oxford, United Kingdom from Saturday 7th

July 2012 to Monday 9th July 2012. The paper has been published in the e-book Children

and Childhood Pg. No. 181-189.

http://www.interdisciplinarypress.net/index2.php?page=shop.product_details&product_id=2

97&flypage=flypage.tpl&pop=1&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=28 [ISBN: 978-1-84888-

179-2] o “Folk-Urban, Mythic-Contemporary Continuum on the Indian Proscenium: A study of Girish

Karnad‟s Naga Mandala” has been published in the book: Postcolonial Musings ed.

Maswood Akhter, Rajshahi University Bangladesh: A Chinno Publication, 2012. Pg. No.

197-223. [ISBN: 978-984-33-4122-8]

o „Folk-Urban, Historic-Contemporary Continuum in Vijay Tendulkar‟s Ghashiram Kotwal‟

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has been published in Journal of Drama Studies, Vol.3, Jan 2009, No.1. Pg. No. 78-93.

[ISSN: 0975-1696]

POEMS:

o „SAM, RAJASTHAN‟ poem published in Coldnoon: Travel Poetics / International Journal of

Travel Writing (e-journal) on 2nd

June, 2016. [ISSN 22789642 E-ISSN 22789650]

http://coldnoon.com/the-lost-night-of-the-desert/ o „CHEQUERED MIND‟ poem published in Coldnoon: Travel Poetics / International Journal

of Travel Writing (e-journal) on 2nd

June, 2016. [ISSN 22789642 E-ISSN 22789650]

http://coldnoon.com/the-lost-night-of-the-desert/ o „WHITE AND BROWN DON’T MIX‟ poem published in Coldnoon: Travel Poetics /

International Journal of Travel Writing (e-journal) on 2nd

June, 2016. [ISSN 22789642 E-

ISSN 22789650] http://coldnoon.com/the-lost-night-of-the-desert/ o „THE DEAD BOOK‟ poem published in THE SONG OF THE HEART, edited by Melisa S.

Mitchell, published by International Library of Poetry, 2002. Pg. No. 199. [ISBN: 0-7951-

5123-3]

SHORT STORIES:

o „Smart’ Wife Short story published in Coldnoon - International Journal Of Travel

Writing & Travelling Cultures (e-journal) on 20th

February, 2017. [ISSN 22789642 E-

ISSN 22789650] http://coldnoon.com/smart-wife/

o „THE GOLDEN GIRL’ Short story published in Coldnoon - International Journal Of

Travel Writing & Travelling Cultures (e-journal) on 5th

January, 2017. [ISSN 22789642

E-ISSN 22789650] http://coldnoon.com/the-golden-girl/

o „QUEUED‟ Short story published in Coldnoon - International Journal Of Travel Writing

& Travelling Cultures (e-journal) on 26th

October, 2016. [ISSN 22789642 E-ISSN

22789650] http://coldnoon.com/queued/

o „THE MARMALADE MAKER’ short story published in Coldnoon - International Journal

Of Travel Writing & Travelling Cultures (e-journal) on 23rd

September, 2016. [ISSN

22789642 E-ISSN 22789650] http://coldnoon.com/the-marmalade-maker/

BOOK REVIEWS:

o „PORTRAIT OF A FAMILY ON PAPER‟ (a critical review of Shaukat Kaifi‟s Yaad Ki

Rehguzar) published in The Book Review Vol. XXX, Dec‟ 2006.

Conference Organization/ Presentations

CONFERENCES AND PANEL DISCUSSIONS:

o Presented a paper „Invisible Folk: From Raai Folk Dancer To A Stage

Actress In Tripurari Sharma‟s Roop Aroop (Performed At The NSD Festival,

2011)‟ at IFC 40, National Folklore Conference 2016; 18-20 October 2016

organized by Indian Folklore Congress and University of Mumbai.

o Presented a paper „Negotiations for Identity of a „Woman Worker‟:

Representations through Trade Unions and Street Theatre” at UGC SAP DRS II

NATIONAL SEMINAR – Women and Modern Indian Theatre: Text, Performance,

Context ; 11-12 March 2016, organized by the Department of English,

Faculty of Arts, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara.

o 28-29 Jan, 2016 - Co-Convened the National Conference MIGRATION AND

IDENTITY: THE URBAN SUBJECT held at the Department of English, Daulat Ram

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College, University of Delhi.

o Nov, 2015 - Presented, „Of Borders, Blending, and Blood: The Question of

Othering and Assimilation in Victor Sejour‟s The Mulatto’ at the 2015

National Seminar (UGC sponsored) on Border, Globalization and Identity

organized by the Department of English in collaboration with Indian

Association for the Study of Australia held at P.D. Women‟s College, West

Bengal, India.

o Aug, 2015 - Presented, „Negotiations for Identity of a Woman „Worker‟:

Representations through Trade Unions and Street Theatre‟ at ICSSR

Sponsored National Seminar on „Gender, Identity and Migration in India‟

organized by Department of Political Science, University of Delhi.

o Jun, 2015 - Presented, „The Invisible Woman/ Stage Actress: Politics of

Representation on the Indian Stage‟ at, „The Practice of (in)Visibility‟

at University of Brighton, UK.

o Mar, 2014 - Presented, „WOMEN AND THE STAGE‟ at Maharaja Agrasen College,

Delhi University, for the panel discussion on PERFORMANCE, TEXT and

GENDER ( 5th & 6th march 2014)

o July, 2012 - Presented, “Childhood in Working Class: Representations in

Indian Street Theatre through a study of Jan Natya Manch‟s Aurat and Woh

Bol Uthi” at the 2nd Global Conference - Childhood, at Mansfield College,

Oxford, United Kingdom. The paper has been published in the e-book

Children and Childhood.

o Sep, 2010 - Presented, “Folk – Urban, Mythic – Contemporary Continuum on

the Indian Proscenium – A study of Girish Karnad‟s Naga Mandala’’ at,

„Myth, Literature, and the Unconscious‟, held at The University of Essex,

UK.

Research Projects (Major Grants/Research Collaboration)

Awards and Distinctions

Association With Professional Bodies

Other Activities 1. Mentored the students in the workshop on Academic Reading and Writing organized by Department of English,

Daulat Ram College from 21st July to 28th July, 2015.

2. Participated in Swachhta Abhiyaan 2nd Oct 2014, Took students for Educational Trip – Jaipur Literary Festival -

Jan 2014, Educational Day Trip to NGMA 2013, 14 & 15,17 Antardhwani 2013, 2014.

3. College Annual Play – ‘La-Pata’ (Written and Directed) 2014-15.

4. Play - An Ideal Husband – Adapted and directed for the Department of English, Literary Festival, feb 2017

5. Skill Development Workshop – (Creative Writing) Co-Convener and Mentor, 19th Dec 2016 – 4th jan 2017

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