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Dr. Rohit Yadav
#208, Transit Block, Department of English, Central University of Punjab, Bathinda
Dr. Rohit Yadav
Qualification

PhD (English) Central University of Himachal Pradesh, Dharamshala

M.Phil (English and Comparative Literature) Central University of Punjab, Bathinda

MA (English) Central University of Rajasthan, Ajmer

BA Hons. (English) University of Rajasthan College, Jaipur

Experience

Assistant Professor:  Department of English, Central University of Punjab, Bathinda, India- October 2022- Present 

Assistant Professor:  Department of English, JECRC University, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India- October 2021- October 2022

Research Area

Contemporary Critical Theory, Posthumanism, Science Fiction, Indian Literature in English, and Comparative Literature

Research Interests

Contemporary Critical Theory, Posthumanism, Science Fiction, Indian Literature in English, and Comparative Literature

Research Grants/Projects

RSM (Research Seed Money) Grant “Documentation, Transcription, Translation, and Critical Interpretation of Dhundhari (also known as Jaipuri) Folktales and Folksongs”, Grant Amount:  Rs. 1,50,000 (On going project)

Professional Affiliation

 

MELOW: The Society for the Study of the Multi-Ethnic Literatures of the World

Publications

Papers: 

  1. Yadav, Rohit. "Posthumanism: A Theoretical Overview". Rock Pebbles, vol. 28, no. 04, Dec. 2024, pp. 115-126. 
  2. Yadav, R. "Tracing Posthuman Concerns in Manjula Padmanabhan’s Harvest." Literary Herald, vol. 5, no. 2, August 2019, pp. 129-36.
  3.  Yadav, R. "Critiquing Posthuman Landscapes in Lucy Prebble’s The Sugar Syndrome." IJELLH, vol. 7, no. 9, September 2019, pp. 252-265.

Book Chapters:

  1. Yadav, Rohit and Roshan Lal Sharma. "Critiquing Posthuman Concerns in Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale". Critical Coalitions: Literary Aesthetics and Beyond, edited by  Rimika Singhvi and Gunja Patni. Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2024, pp. 2-17. 
  2. Yadav, R. and Roshan Lal Sharma. “Business Communication: Its Ethical Dimensions”. Communication Perspectives in Modern Businesses, edited by Manpreet Arora & Roshan Lal Sharma. Anamika, 2020, pp. 186-194.
  3. Sharma, Roshan Lal, and Rohit Yadav. “Issues of Marginality, Forced Migration and Trauma: A Reading of the Dalai Lama’s Freedom in Exile”. Power, Subjugation and Identity Tracing the Marginalised, edited by Devendra Gora. Authorspress, 2019, pp. 11-22.
  4. Yadav, R. “Socio-cultural life and Condition of Woman in Meena Tribe: A study of Hari Ram Meena’s When Arrows Were Heated Up”. Tribal Community: Society, Literature, Art and Identity, edited by Sathish Ganjoo and Ravi Kumar Goan. Anang Prakashan, 2018, pp. 180-185.
Research Guidance

PhD Supervision

Sr. No. Name of the Scholar Reg. No. Topic
1.  Pankaj 22PHDENG04 Yet to be finalised
2. Reeta Devi 23PHDENG02 Yet to be finalised
3.  Rahul Kherwa 23PHDENG03 Yet to be finalised

MA Dissertation Supervision

Sr. No. Name of the Student Batch Topic Status
1.  Mahak Biswas 2022-24

A Critical Analysis of Postmodern Characteristics in Kate Sawyer’s The Stranding and Claire Fuller’s The Memory of Animals

Completed
2. Narendra Khilar 2022-24

Ecocriticism and Class Struggle in Manoj Das’s Mystery of the Missing Cap and Other Stories

Completed
3.  Nidhi Mishra 2022-24

Trauma and Suffering in Concentration and Gulag Camps: A Critical Analysis of Heather Morris’ Select Novels

Completed
4. 

Klengson Ronghang

2022-24

Archetypes in Naga Mythological Narratives: A Study of Easterine Kire’s Don’t Run, My Love and Son of the Thundercloud

Completed
5. 

Khursid Alam

2022-24

Resistance and Cultural Resilience: A Comparative Analysis of Mamang Dai's The Black Hill and Easterine Kire's The Sky is My Father: A Naga Village Remembered

Completed
6. 

Dimi Gaonkhowa

2022-24

Representation of Assamese Culture in Indira Goswami’s The Moth-Eaten   Howdah of The Tusker and The Man from Chinnamasta

Completed
7.  Shivam Tiwari 2022-24

Exploring Different Shades of Migration and Identity Crisis in Orhan Pamuk's A Strangeness in My Mind:  An Intersectional Analysis

Completed
8.  Ashutosh Tripathi 2023-25 Yet to be finalised   
9. Mohammad Ali 2023-25 Yet to be finalised   
10.  Hiba Thasneem 2023-25 Yet to be finalised   
11.  Simran Khicher  2023-25 Yet to be finalised   
12.  Anjali 2023-25 Yet to be finalised   
13.  Ayushi Kaushik 2023-25 Yet to be finalised   

 

Conference/ Workshops/Seminars Attended

 

  1.  International Faculty Development Program on “Tools and Techniques in Research” organised by Govt. Degree College Tangmarg, Jammu and Kashmir, India in collaboration with Cape Comorin Trust, India from 05-12 December 2022.
  2. Workshop at S.S. Jain Subodh P.G. Mahavidyalya, Rambagh, Jaipur on “Basics of Spoken English” 18 October 2022.
  3. Seven-Days Faculty Development Programme organised by UGC-Human Resource Development Centre (HRDC) Panjab University, Chandigarh on Communication Skills: Significance in an Ever-changing Classroom (August 2022).
  4.  International Conference on "Moving beyond the Margin: The Politics of Exclusion and Assimilation" organised by Department of English, Central University of Rajasthan.
  5. 18th MELOW International Conference organised by the Department of English, Jamia Millia Islamia, Delhi. 2019.
  6. 17th MELOW International Conference themed “Space, Place and Landscape in Literatures of the World” organised by the Department of English & European Languages, Central University of Himachal Pradesh, Dharamshala. 2018.
  7.  Conference on "Tribal community: Society, Literature, Art and Identity" at Central University of Himachal Pradesh in collaboration with Indian Philosophical Research Council, New Delhi. 2018.
  8. Workshop “Introducing IELTS” held by Department of English at Central University of Rajasthan. 
  9. Seven-Day workshop on “National Level One Week Training Course on Language Technology” at the Department of Hindi, Central University of Rajasthan in collaboration with Central Institute of Indian Languages (CIIL), Mysore. 
Contribution Towards Institutional Building
Member, Board of Studies, Department of English, Central University of Punjab
Member, Board of Studies, Department of English, SSD Girls' College, Bathinda
Convener, Curriculum Development Committee (2023-24), Department of English, Central University of Punjab
Member, Electoral Literacy Club(2024), Central University of Punjab
Faculty Coordinator, English Literary Society (2023 to present), Central University of Punjab
Other Significant Achievements

[External Examiner/and other Confidential Works]