Professor,
Department of Punjabi
School of Languages, Literature and Culture
Director
Interdisciplinary Centre for Languages and Literary Studies
Academic Qualifications
- Post-Doctoral Fellow, University Grants Commission of India, New Delhi.
- Ph.D. in Faculty of Languages, Punjabi University, Patiala.
- M.A. Anthropological Linguistics and Punjabi Language, Punjabi University, Patiala.
- M.A. Punjabi, Panjab University, Chandigarh.
- M.A. Sanskrit, Punjabi University, Patiala.
- NET qualified, University Grants Commission, New Delhi.
- SLET qualified, University Grants Commission, New Delhi.
- PGDCA, Punjabi University, Patiala.
- Certificate Course in Urdu, Punjabi University, Patiala.
- Diploma in Urdu Language, National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, New Delhi.
- Certificate Course in Persian, Punjabi University, Patiala.
- Diploma in Persian, Punjabi University, Patiala.
- Sanskrit Speaking Course, Sanskritbharti, Varanasi.
- Three Years Diploma in Electrical Engineering, State Board of Technical Education, Punjab
- One Year Apprenticeship Training, Punjab State Electricity Board.
Language Proficiency
Languages: Punjabi (Native Language), Hindi, English, Urdu, Sanskrit (Working knowlede),Persian (Working knowledge)
Scripts: Gurumukhi, Shahmukhi, Devanagari, Roman
Research Interests
Comparative Literature, Interdisciplinary Studies, Literary Theories, Indian Sanskrit Poetics, Ecocriticism: Ecology and Environment in Literature, Animal Studies, Religious Environmentalism, Punjabi Poetry, Punjabi Culture and Folklore, Indian Linguistics Tradition, Punjabi Linguistics, Anthropological and Socio-linguistics.
International/National Academic Engagements/Awards and Recognition
- Visiting Scholar, ISAS, University of California, Berkeley, USA, Spring Semester, 2017.
- Visiting Scholar, ENCAP, Cardiff University, Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom, October, 2024.
- Subject Matter Expert in various projects at University of Maryland, USA.
- SME, IB, Cardiff, United Kingdom.
- Member, NET Syllabus Review Workshop for Comparative Literature, University Grants Commission, New Delhi, June 14-15,2018.
- Reviewer, Athens Journal of Philology, Athens, Greece.
- Coordinator, AICTE, New Delhi translation of text books of technical education from English to Punjabi language,2024.
- Shiv Kumar Batalvi Award by Shiv Kumar Batalvi Organisation, London, UK, 2023.
- Member, Board of Studies, MG Antarrashtrya Hindi Vishawvidyalya, Wardha, Maharashtra, 2025-27.
- Member, Doctoral Committee, Department of English and Foreign Language, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Chengalpattu, Tamil Nadu, 2024-2027.
- Member, UMC Committee, MRSPTU, Bathinda, December, 2024-May,2025.
- Subject Matter Expert, MeritTrac Services Pvt. Ltd., Bangalore w.e.f. June,2017.
Courses Taught
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Ph. D Courses Offered |
Comparative Literature Ecocriticism Indian Poetics Punjabi Folklore Ecocriticism |
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M. Phil. |
Theory of Comparative Literature Translation: Theory and Practice Area Studies World Literary Classics Research Methodology |
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M.A. |
Tulnatamik Sahit , Viharik Samikhya Sufi, Kissa ate Bir Kaav, Lokdhara ate Punjabi Lokdhara, Sabhyachar ate Punjabi Sabhyachar, Adhunik Punjabi Kaav |
Teaching Experience after Ph. D.: 19 years and 2 months
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Position |
Organisation |
Duration |
Roles |
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Professor in Comparative Literature Department of Punjabi |
Central University of Punjab, Bathinda |
December, 2018 till date |
Teaching and research guidance to Ph. D. and Masters Courses |
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Associate Professor in Comparative Literature Department of Languages and Comparative Literature |
Central University of Punjab, Bathinda |
December 14, 2016 December, 2018 |
Teaching and research guidance to Ph. D. M. Phil. and Masters Courses |
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Associate Professor in Comparative Literature, Centre for Comparative Literature |
Central University of Punjab, Bathinda |
December 28, 2015 to December 13, 2016 |
Teaching and research guidance to Ph. D. M. Phil. and Masters Courses |
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Assistant Professor in Comparative Literature, Centre for Comparative Literature (Founder faculty of the university and Centre) |
Central University of Punjab, Bathinda |
October 21, 2009 to December 28, 2015 |
Teaching and research guidance to Ph. D. M. Phil. and Masters Courses |
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Lecturer |
A. S. College for Women, Khanna |
July 16, 2003 to March 20, 2004 |
Teaching to graduate Classes |
Research Grants/ Projects: INR17,71,100/-
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Capacity |
Funding Agency |
Project Title |
Duration |
Grant |
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Principal Investigator |
UGC funded Major Research Project |
Ecocriticism and Modern Punjabi Poetry |
Two Years- 2013-2015 |
INR 7,96,100/- |
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Co- Principal |
ICSSR funded |
Tracing Evolutionary Heritage of |
Two Years- |
INR |
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Investigator
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Major Research Project |
Indian Languages Using Computational Phylogenetics |
2015-2017 |
700000/- |
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Principal Investigator |
Punjabi University, Patiala |
Pir Mohammad: Jivan Te Rachna |
One Year |
INR 25000/- |
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Principal Investigator |
Punjabi University, Patiala |
Kuntaka under World Literary Thinkers Series |
One Year |
INR 25000/- |
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Co- Principal Investigator |
Punjabi University, Patiala |
History of Sanskrit Literature (in Punjabi) |
One Year |
INR 25000/- |
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Evening School Project |
Rashtrya Sanskrit Sansthan, New Delhi. |
Teaching of Sanskrit |
One Year |
INR 200000/- |
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Full Conference |
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada |
for participation in the workshop |
17-20,8,2017 |
CAN$ 1800 |
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Travel Grant |
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US Travel Grant |
ASLE -FSLE |
to present paper in the conference at University of California at Davis |
June, 2019 |
USD 1000 |
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Principal Investigator |
Punjabi University, Patiala |
Pannini : Life and Works |
One Year, Sep, 2024-25 |
INR |
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Meeting Visit Coverage |
IB, Cardiff, United Kingdom |
Airfare, stay and honorarium remuneration for the meeting visit |
October, 2024 |
USD 1800 |
Administrative Responsibilities
- Controller of Examinations, Central University of Punjab, June 7, 2021 to Jan 4, 2022.
- Dean, School of Languages, Literature and Culture, Central University of Punjab, June 6, 2020 to June 5, 2023.
- Head, Department of Punjabi, Central University of Punjab, July 16, 2019 February 9, 2023.
- Director, Interdisciplinary Centre for Languages and Literary Studies, (21.05.2021 to 19.06.2023)
- Officiating Head, Department of Performing & Fine Arts, April 18,2019 to July 22, 2022.
- Authorized Officer, Non-formal Sanskrit Education Centre.
- Member, Executive Council (2nd Term), Central University of Punjab, December 24, 2020 to June 2, 2023.
- Member, Academic Council (2nd Term), Central University of Punjab, May 28, 2020 to June 2, 2023.
- Member, Executive Council (1st Term), Central University of Punjab, November, 2014 to December,2015.
- Member, Academic Council (1st Term), Central University of Punjab, November, 2014 to December,2015.
- Chairperson, Board of Studies (2nd Term), Department of Punjabi, February 10, 2020 to February 9, 2023.
- Chairperson, School Board (2nd Term), School of Languages, Literatures and Culture, June 6, 2020 to June 5, 2023.
- Coordinator, Centre for Comparative Literature from December, 2015 to December 13,2016.
- Chairperson, School Board (1st Term), School of Languages, Literatures and Culture, December, 2015 to December 13,2016.
- Chairperson, Board of Studies (1st Term), Centre for Comparative Literature, Central University of Punjab from December, 2015 to December,2016
- Officiating Incharge of the Centre, Centre for Comparative Literature.
- Incharge, Youth Affairs, Central University of Punjab, for Association of Indian Universities, 2009-2011
- Coordinator, Cultural Activities, Central University of Punjab since 2009
- Warden, Girls Hostel, August, 2014 to May,2016
- Founder member of the Faculty, Central University of Punjab, Bathinda
- Coordinator, Six Literary Programmes on Life, Works and Contribution of Punjabi Writers and Scholars Bhai Kahan Singh Nabha, Shiv Kumar, Balwant Gargi, Gursharan Singh, Prof. Pritam Singh and Avtar Singh Paash organised at Central University of Punjab, Bathinda, from October 2009 to October,2015.
- Member, Board of Studies, Department of Hindi for two years
Comparative Literature and Interdisciplinary Studies
Literary Theories: Indian Sanskrit Poetics
Ecocriticism: Ecology and Environment in Literature, Animal Studies, Religious Environmentalism
Punjabi Poetry, Culture and Folklore, Punjabi Folklore
Punjabi Linguistics: Anthropological and Socio-linguistics.
- Visiting Scholar, ISAS, University of California, Berkeley, USA, Spring Semester, 2017.
- Visiting Scholar, School of English, Communication and philosophy, Cardiff University, Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom, October 2024.
- Subject Matter Expert in various projects at University of Maryland, USA.
- SME, IB, Cardiff, United Kingdom.
- Member, NET Syllabus Review Workshop for Comparative Literature, University Grants Commission of India, New Delhi, June 14-15,2018.
- Reviewer, Athens Journal of Philology, Athens, Greece.
- Coordinator, AICTE, New Delhi translation of text books of technical education from English to Punjabi language,2024.
- Shiv Kumar Batalvi Award by Shiv Kumar Batalvi Organisation, London, UK, 2023.
- Member, Board of Studies, Mahatama Gandhi Antarrashtrya Hindi Vishawvidyalya, Wardha, Maharashtra, 2025-27.
- Member, Doctoral Committee, Department of English and Foreign Language, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Chengalpattu, Tamil Nadu, 2024-2027.
- Member, UMC Committee, Maharaja Ranjit Singh Punjab Technical University, Bathinda, December, 2024-May,2025.
- Subject Matter Expert, MeritTrac Services Pvt. Ltd., Bangalore w.e.f. June,2017.
- Appreciation Award for longest Services Rendered to the University by Central University of Punjab.
Research Publications
1. Books: 4
- Kaur, Zameerpal. Jangli Up-kulpati Di katha translation of an autobiography by Prof. TV Kattimani, 2024, Caliber Publications, Patiala, . Print. ISBN 978-81-979329-8-4.
- Kaur, Zameerpal. Pir Mohammad: Jivan Te Rachna (based on life and works of Medieval Punjabi Poet Pir Mohammad). Patiala: Punjabi University, 2006. Print. ISBN 81-302-0031-7.
- Kaur, Zameerpal. Pash Kaav: Samikhya Vihaar (based on Structural Study of Punjabi poet Pash’s poem Yudh Te Shanti). Chandigarh: Lokgeet Prakashan, 2005. Print. ISBN: 978-93-5017-230-8.
- Kaur, Zameerpal. Vishav Cintak Kuntak (based on life, works and contribution of Indian literary thinker Acharya Kuntaka to literary criticism). Patiala: Punjabi University. 2014. Print. ISBN: 81-7380-645.
2. Course Material for M. Phil. Courses: 2
- Two chapters based on Research Methodology written for M. Phil. (Punjabi) course for Department of Correspondence Courses, Punjabi University, Patiala, entitled as follows;
- Sabhyachark Adhyan Vidhi (Cultural Studies)
- Punjabi Sabhyacharik Sahit Adhyan Di Prampra. (Application of Cultural Studies in Punjabi Research)
- Entries for Encyclopedia: 3
- Three entries Muklava, Vatna, Kareva accepted for publication by Department of Punjabi Development, Punjabi University, Patiala for Children Encyclopedia.
- Research Papers in English: 20
- Kaur, Zameerpal. “Human Erotic Behaviour and Sringar Rasa”. In the Mind of the Beholder: Conceptualisations of Eroticism. (2013): 35- 47. Interdisciplinary Press, Oxford. Print. ISBN: 978-1-84888-252-2.
- Kaur, Zameerpal. “Contribution of Punjabi Sufi Poets to Punjabi Literature” Maulana Azad Journal of the English Language and Literature (MAJELL) 4. 1 (2012): 62. Print. ISSN: 0974 – 9268.
- Kaur, Zameerpal and Ms. Sandeep Kaur, “Environmental and Ecocritical Concerns in Regional Poetry with Special Focus on Bhai Vir Singh`s Poetry”. Asian Journal of Literature, Culture and Society 8.2 (2014): 28-43. Thailand, Web. ISSN: 1905-7725.
- Singh, Sapinder and Zameerpal Kaur, “Location and Landscape in a Text: A Study of Gita Mehta’s A River Sutra” The Criterion. 8. 2(2017): 294-302. Web. ISSN 0976-8165.
- Singh, Sapinder and Zameerpal Kaur, “Environmental Consciousness and Poetry: An Ecocritical Study of William Wordsworth and Bhai Vir Singh’s poems”. International Journal of English Language, Literature and Translation Studies. 4.3(2017): 410-416. Web. ISSN 2349-9451.
- Pala, Aadil Muzafar, and Zameerpal Kaur. “Nature as a Thrust in the Selected Poems of Seamus Heaney and Agha Shahid Ali” The Criterion. 8.2(2017). 972- 985.Web. ISSN 0968165.
- Pala, Aadil Muzafar and Zameerpal Kaur. “A Comparative Ecological Assertion in the Poems of Agha Shahid Ali and Sylvia Plath” International Journal of English Language, Literature in Humanities. 10.6( 2018 ): 135-143.Web. ISSN- 2321-7065. Impact Factor: 5.7
- Singh, Satnam, and Zameerpal Kaur, “A Comparative Eco-queer Analysis of the Selected Poems of Allen Ginsberg, Thom Gunn and Agha Shahid Ali, Researchers World – Journal of Arts, Science & Commerce. VIII. 2(2017). 63-73.Web. Print. ISSN: 2231-4172, Impact Factor (GIF): 0.685
- Singh, Satnam and Zameerpal Kaur, “An Ecocritical Analysis of Lord Alfred Tennyson’s in Memoriam and the Selected Poems of Emily Dickinson”. Researchers World – Journal of Arts, Science & Commerce. IX. 2 (2018): 76-84. Web. ISSN: 2231-4172, Impact Eactor:0.685
- Srivastava, Vartika and Zameerpal Kaur, “Dual-domination of Women and Nature in The Poisonwood Bible and The Year of the Flood”. Researchers World – Journal of Arts, Science & Commerce, 3.2( 2017):1-9. Print ISSN: 2231- 4172.Impact Factor: 0.685
- Rohini and Zameerpal Kaur, “Exploring the Ecocritical Concerns in the Selected Short Fiction of Rick Bass”. The Criterion. 8.3( 2017): 438-448. Web. ISSN 0968165.
- Rohini and Zameerpal Kaur, “: Re-establishing the Connection: Tracing the Bond between Man and Nature in the Selected Short Stories of Rick Bass and Ruskin Bond”. International Journal of English Language, Literature in Humanties. 6.12( 2018 ): 570-584.Web. ISSN-2321-7065. Impact Factor: 5.7
- Nitika and Zameerpal Kaur. “Anthropocentrism versus Ecocentrism: An Ecocritical Analysis of the Selected Poems of Robert Frost and Elizabeth Bishop”. Educational Quest: International Journal of Education and Applied Social Science. 8.1 ( 2017) :137-144.Web. ISSN 0976-7258.Impact Factor:5
- Nitika and Zameerpal Kaur. “Nature in its Different Forms: An Ecocritical Analysis of the Selected Poems of William Wordsworth and Rudyard Kipling”. International Journal of English Language, Literature in Humanities. 6.12 (2018): 144-159.Print. ISSN 2331-7065.Impact Factor: 5.7
- Kaur Jaswinder, and Zameerpal Kaur. “Women and Nature in Anita Desai’s Fire on the Mountain: An Ecofeminist Analysis”. International Journal of English Language, Literature in Humanities. 6.3 (2018): 62-74.Print. ISSN 2331-7065. Impact Factor: 5.7
- Kaur Jaswinder, and Zameerpal Kaur. “Ecofeminist Concerns in The Color Purple by Alice Walker”. International Journal of English Language, Literature in Humanities. 6.12( 2018 ): 28-48.Print. ISSN-2321-7065.Impact Factor:5.7
- Mishra, Ram Ji and Zameerpal Kaur. “Abhijnanshakuntalam in the light of Karuna Rasa.” The Creative Launcher. 3.1 (2018): 350-358. Web. ISSN 2455- 6580.Impact Factor: 3.15
- Mishra, Ram Ji and Zameerpal Kaur. “Romeo and Juliet in the light of the Theory of Rasa”. International Journal of English Language, Literature in Humanities. 6.11(2018): 2-17.Web.ISSN 2371-7065.Impact Factor 5.7
- Maharana, Satyananda and Zameerpal Kaur. “The Poetic Vision in the Landscape Imageries of Daruwalla”.Literary Endeavour. IX.4 (2018).333-342,Print.ISSN 0976-288X .Impact Factor.
- Kaur, Gulmohan and Zameerpal Kaur. “Animals and Humans in Julie of the Wolves, The Jungle Book and The Second Jungle Book”. International Journal of English Language, Literature in Humanities. 6.12( 2018 ): 257-274.Print. ISSN-2321-7065.Impact Factor:5.7
- Research Papers in Punjabi: 8
- Kaur, Zameerpal. “Jaidad Kavita Da Shabad-shaktimulak Adhyan”. Mohan Singh Kaav. KhojPatrika 60 (2004): 199-207. Print. ISBN 81-302-0062-7.
- Kaur, Zameerpal. “Vidvata Da Punj Te Kushal Anuvadak Prem Parkash Singh”. Dr.Prem Parkash Singh Samriti Granth, South Asian Review, 198-202,Prince George, Canada.
- Kaur, Zameerpal. “Prem Parkash Singh Di Alochna Drishti”. Khoj Patrika 69 (2009):190-198. Print. ISBN 978-81-302-0169-6.
- Kaur, Zameerpal. “Roshan Lal Ahuja Di Alochna: Sarvekhn Ate Mulankan” Khoj Patrika 69 (2009): 136-150. Print. ISBN 978-81-302-0169-6.
- Kaur, Zameerpal. “Punjabi Alochna De KhetarVich Bharti-Kaav Shastri Alochna Da Arambh Te Vikas” Khoj Patrika 70 (2009): 154-168. Print. ISBN 978-81-302-0161-0.
- Kaur. Zameerpal. “Bharti- Kaav Shastar :Searvekhan Ate Mulankan” Khoj Patrika 71 (2010): 240-246. Print. ISBN 978-81-302-0138-2.
- Kaur. Zameerpal. “Sahit Shastar: Searvekhan Ate Mulankan” Khoj Patrika 71 (2010): 289-296. Print. ISBN 978-81-302-0138-2.
- Research Paper in Conference Proceedings : 1
- Kaur, Zameerpal. “Chathian Di Var Di Ethasik Pamanikita” Proceedings of the 39thSession of the Punjab History Conference, March 16-18, 2007: Patiala: Punjabi University, 2007. 850. Print. ISBN 81-302-0146-1.
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Ph. D. research completed under supervision |
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Name Registration No. |
Title |
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Yeshpal CUPB/mph-PhD/SLLC/CPL/2009-10/02 |
Ecocritical Study of Kalidasa's Lyrics and Selected Poems of William Wordsworth, 2018. |
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2 |
Aadil Muzafer Pala CUPB/mph-PhD/SLLC/CPL/2013-14/14 |
Towards an Eco-Poetic Vision of the Poetic Works of Agha Shahid Ali and Sylvia Plath: A Comparative Study, 2019. |
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3 |
Satyananda Maharana CUPB/Mphi-Phd/SLLC/CPL/2013-14/08 |
Revisiting the Landscape Tropes in the Poetry of Jayant Mahapatra and Keki N Daruwalla, 2022. |
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4 |
Jaswinder Kaur CUPB/Mphi-Phd/SLLC/CPL/2013-14/21 |
Ecocritical Concerns in the poetry of John Keats and Shiv Kumar Batalvi: A Comparative Analysis, 2023. |
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5 |
Ram Ji Mishra CUPB/MPh-Phd/SLLC/CPL/2013-14/23 |
A Dhavni Reading of the Selected Poems of W. B. Yeats and T.S. Eliot. A Comparative Analysis, 2023. |
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M.Phil. research completed under supervision |
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Yeshpal CUPB/mph-PhD/SLLC/CPL/2009-10/02 |
A Story of U.R. Anantha Murthy’s Novel Samskara in the Context of Indian Philosophy of Charvaka, January 2016 |
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2 |
Poonam Pahuja CUPB/mph-PhD/SLLC/CPL/2009-10/04 |
The Binding Vine and Bluest Eye: A Comparative Study from a Feminist Perspective, March,2012. |
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3 |
Barjinder Singh CUPB/mph-PhD/SLLC/CPL/2010-11/01 |
“Filming of Fiction : A Comparative Study of Bapsi Sidhwa’s ICE-Candy-Man and 1947: Earth”, March,2012. |
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4 |
Manpreet kaur CUPB/mph-PhD/SLLC/CPL/2010-11/03 |
Orientalising the Post-Colonial Nation State: A study of the Inheritance of Loss and Half a Life, August,2012 |
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5 |
Khushvinder Kaur Romana CUPB/mph-PhD/SLLC/CPL/2011-12/09 |
Struggle for Identity: Comparative Study of Cry The Peacock and Home, Aug,2012 |
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6 |
Kiranpal Kaur CUPB/mph-PhD/SLLC/CPL/2011-12/10 |
Socio-Political Protest : A Comparative Study of Selected Plays (Har Ik Nu Jion Da Haq Chahidaya , and Savere Di Lo), July,2013 |
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7 |
Jagmeet Singh CUPB/mph-PhD/SLLC/CPL/2012-13/07
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ECOCENTIC VISION IN THEWORKS OF J.M.COETZEE AND AMITAV GHOSH: A COMPARATIVESTUDY OF LIFEAND TIMES OFMICHAEL K AND THE GLASS PLACE, July,2013 |
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8 |
Sapinder Singh CUPB/mph-PhD/SLLC/CPL/2012-13/04
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An Eco-Critical Study of Gita Mehta’s A River Sutra and Arundhati Roy’s The God of Small Things, June,2014 |
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Rajandeep Kaur CUPB/mph-PhD/SLLC/CPL/2012-13/15 |
Comparative Study of Shiv Kumar’s Birha TU Sultan and Jaishankar Prasad’s Kamayani in the perspective of the theory of Alamkara, Aug,2014 |
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10 |
Jaswinder Kaur CUPB/mph-PhD/SLLC/CPL/2013-14/21
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An Eco-feminist Comparison of The Color Purple by Alice Walker by and Fire on the Mountain by Anita Desai, Aug,2014. |
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11 |
Aadil Muzafer Pala CUPB/mph-PhD/SLLC/CPL/2013-14/14 |
Ecocritical Concerns in the Poetry of Seamus Heaney and AGHA Shahid Ali : A Comparative Study, Aug,2015. |
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12 |
Ram JI Mishra CUPB/mph-PhD/SLLC/CPL/2013-14/23 |
A Theoretical Application of Rases in Romeo and Juliet and Abhijanshakuntalam: A Comparative Study of Shakespeare and Kalidasa, Aug,2015. |
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13 |
Rajpal Kaur CUPB/MA-P/SLLC/CPL/2013-14/01 |
kulvMq isMG ivrk dw khwxI sMgRih ‘myrIAw syRst khwxIAW’ dw Awlocnwqwmk AiDAYn, Aug,2015 |
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14 |
Jyoatiprakash Nayak CUPB/mph-PhD/SLLC/CPL/2013-14/01 |
Exploring the Wilderness: An Ecocritical Comparisam of Aranyak and The Hungry Tide, Nov,2015. |
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15 |
Subhash CUPB/mph-PhD/SLLC/CPL/2013-14/12
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Ecocritical Analysis of Ernest Hemingway’s The old man and the Sea and Kamal a Mark Andaya’sNector in a Sieve: A Comparative Study, Mar,2015. |
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16 |
Gulmohan Kaur CUPB/mph/SLLC/CPL/2014-15/14 |
Animals and Humans: A Comparative Study of Julie of the Wolves, The Jungle Book, The Second Jungle Book, Aug,2015. |
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17 |
Anchal CUPB/SLLC/CPL/Mph /2014-15/04 |
Roots and Routes of Eco-feministic Concerns in Literature: A Comparative Study of the Dark Holds No Terrors and the Bluest Eye, July,2016 |
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Vartika CUPB/mphcpl02 |
Mapping ‘Women’ ‘Nature’: An Ecofeminist Reading of The Poisonwood Bible and The Year of the Flood, June,2016 |
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19 |
Karamjit Kaur CUPB/MPh-Phd/SLLC/CPL/2014-15/21 |
The Ecocritical Concerns in The Old Man and The Sea by Ernest Hamingway and Moby Dick by Herman Melville, December 2016. |
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20 |
Ashpinder Kaur CUPB/MPh-Phd/SLLC/CPL/2014-15/24 |
Ecocritical Analysis of Selected Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway and Ruskin Bond, January 2017 |
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21 |
Jaskaran Kaur CUPB/MPh-Phd/SLLC/CPL/2014-15/20 |
ECOCRITICAL CONCERNS IN TRACKS BY LOUISE ERDRICH AND THE STONE CARVERS BY JANE URQUHART, January, 2017 |
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22 |
Rohini CUPB/mphcpl03 |
Rick Bass and Ruskin Bond: An Ecological Critique of Selected Short Fiction, May, 2017. |
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23 |
Satnam Singh CUPB/mphcpl07 |
Greening the Queer: An Eco-Queer Analysis of the Selected Poems of Henry Derozio, Christina Rossetti , and Walt Whitman, July, 2017. |
Training Programmes Attended
- 29th Orientation Programme at North East Hill University, Shillong, June 23, 2014 to July 20, 2014.
- Interdisciplinary Refresher Course on Environmental Studies at Punjab University, Chandigarh, June 27, 2015 to July 17, 2015.
- One Week National Workshop on Pedagogical Issues in Teaching Poetry: Challenges and Prospects 18th to 22nd March, 2019 at Teaching Learning Centre, CUPB.
Membership of Professional Bodies
- Member, ASLE, USA
- Member, FSLE-Legh Movement
- Member, Punjabi Sahit Academy, Ludhiana
- Member, ICLA Standing Research Committee on South Asian Literature
Research Paper Presentations in Seminars and Conferences: 27
International/Abroad: 8
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- Kaur, Zameerpal. “Sringar Rasa as an Analysis of Human Erotic Behaviour”. 7th Global Conference: The Erotic at Mansfield College, Oxford, United Kingdom, September 10-12, 2012.
- Kaur, Zameerpal. “Chathian Di Var: Sahitik ate Ethasik Paripekh”. Conference Sikholars 2014, organised by Centre for South Asia, Stanford University, Stanford, USA, February 15-16, 2014.
- Kaur, Zameerpal. “Ecocriticism De Sandharbh Vich Bhai Vir Singh Di Kavita”.Workshop: Bhai Vir Singh (1872-1957): Rethinking Literary Modernity in Colonial Punjab at Institute for Asian Research, University of British Columbia, Canada, 17-20 August 2017.
- Kaur, Zameerpal. “Ancient Indian Literature: An Ecocritical Perspective”. International Conference on Social Science, literature and Education at Simon Fraser University, Vancouver – Canada, November 17-18, 2014.
- Kaur, Zameerpal. “Interpretation of Rasas in Rasa Theory of Classical Indian Poetics” International Research Conference at University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka, November 8-9, 2012.
- Kaur, Zameerpal. “Rural Punjab on the Canvas of Punjabi Sufi Literature”14th International Conference on the Literature of Region and Nation, University of Pecs, Hungary, June 20-24, 2012.
- Kaur Zameerpal. “Environment and Ecology in Ancient Indian Literature”. Thirteenth Biennial Conference of the Association for the Study of Literature and Environment (ASLE), University of California at Davis, USA, June 26-30, 2019.
- Kaur Zameerpal. "Ecological and ecocritical concerns in Shiv Kumar Batalvi`s Poetry".Punjab Research Group Conference, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, United Kingdom, March 25, 2023.
In India: 19
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- Kaur, Zameerpal “Bharata Muni`s Sringar Rasa: Presenting the Erotic as Power”. UGC sponsored two days National Seminar on De-stereotyping Indian Body and Desire: Reconsidering the Representations, organised by Dept. of English, Southfield College, Darjeeling, March 12-13, 2012.
- Kaur, Zameerpal “Rasa Theory of Indian Aesthetics”. International Conference on Indian Art Forms organised by Department of English, Theatre & Sanskrit, Indira Kala Sangit Vishwavidyalaya, Khairagarh Feberuary 26-28, 2012.
- Kaur, Zameerpal. “Theory of Alamkara: Significance and Relevance in Modern Context”. National Seminar on Abhnav Kavyshastra Pramparaaur Navunmash, organised by Dept. of Sanskrit, Punjabi University, Patiala, March 22-23, 2013.
- Kaur, Zameerpal. “Application of Classical Sanskrit Poetics to Punjabi Literature”. National Seminar, organised by Department of Sanskrit, Punjabi University, Patiala, February 22, 2011.
- Kaur, Zameerpal. “Portrayal of Alamkars in Shiv Kumar`s Poetry” National Seminar, organised by Department of Sanskrit, Punjabi University, Patiala, March 24-25, 2014.
- Kaur, Zameerpal. “Ecocriticism De Sandarbh Vich Adhunik Punjabi Kavita” 3rd World Punjabi Literature Conference, organised by Department of Punjabi Literary Studies, Punjabi University, Patiala, November 27-29, 2013.
- Kaur, Zameerpal. “Punjabi Alochna vich Bharti-Kaav Shastri Alochna da Sarup”. World Punjabi Literature Conference, organised by Department of Punjabi Literary Studies, Punjabi University, Patiala, November 16-17, 2011.
- Kaur, Zameerpal. “Representation of Aryan Culture in Valmiki Ramayana”. International Seminar, organised by Department of Maharishi Valmiki Chair, Punjabi University, Patiala, March 24-25,2011.
- Kaur, Zameerpal. “Balmiki Ramayan Vich Varnit Jan-Kalyan: Rajnitik Drishti to”. National seminar organised by Department of Sanskrit, Punjabi University, Patiala March 27-28, 2009.
- Kaur, Zameerpal. “Punjabi Akhan Muhavre: Sanskrit Kaav Shastri Pripekh”. UGC sponsored National seminar, organised by Government College of Girls, Chandigarh, Nov.19-20, 2004.
- Kaur, Zameerpal. “Agni Puraan Ate Parvarti Kaav Shastar”. National seminar organised by Department of Sanskrit, Punjabi University, Patiala, March 5-6, 2007.
- Kaur, Zameerpal. “Chathian Di Var Di Ethasik Pamanikita”. 39th Session of the Punjab History Conference, organised by Department of Punjab Historical Studies, Punjabi University, Patiala, March 16-18, 2007.
- Kaur, Zameerpal. “Punjab De Parmukh Sanskrit Sansthan Ate Uhna Di Vartman Sathiti” National Seminar, organised by Department Of Sanskrit,Pali and Prakrit, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, March 23-24,2006.
- Kaur, Zameerpal. “Dhavni Sidhant Ki Vartman Prasangikta”. 43rd All India Oriental Conference, organised by University of Jammu, Jammu, Nov. 12-14, 2006.
- Kaur, Zameerpal. “Ramayankalin Samajik Adarsh Ate Samkalin Samaj” UGC sponsored National Seminar, organised by Maharishi Valmiki Chair and Department of Sanskrit, Punjabi University, Patiala, March 15, 2005.
- Kaur, Zameerpal. “Balmiki Ramayan Ate Jivan Adarsh”. UGC sponsored National Seminar, organised by Punjab University, Chandigarh, Oct.,13-15,2005.
- Kaur, Zameerpal. “Jan-Kalyan De Pripekh Vich Vadik Devtyan Da Virtav”. 5thInternational Astro-Scientific Conference 2005, organised by University of Jammu, Jammu, Dec.18, 2005.
- Kaur, Zameerpal. “Ramayankalin Samaj Ki Vedmulkta”. National Seminar, organised by Gurukul Kangri University, Haridwar, March 3-5, 2006.
- Kaur, Zameerpal “Ramayan Vich Prastut Naitak Mulan Di Vartmaan Prasangikta”. National Seminar, organised by Department of Sanskrit, Punjabi University, Patiala, March 17, 2006.
1. Delivered a lecture From Artistic Beauty to Aesthetic Pleasure: Realms of Appreciation in Indian Perspective, in the Department of Philosophy, ENCAP, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK, October 21, 2024.
2. Delivered two lectures on Content Analysis and Semiotic Analysis in Social sciences in ICSSR Sponsored Workshop at Kalyani University, Kalyani, West Bengal, December 5-7, 2024.
3. Invited as theme speaker in a three days` International Conference on Indian Linguistic Tradition and Indigenous Knowledge System organized by North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong.
4. Invited as resource person to deliver five lectures on Theory of Rasa and Dhvani in the workshop Essentials of Indian Philosophy of Aesthetics (Arts, Beauty and Creativity) and Literary Criticism sponsored by ICPR, New Delhi at Saint Joseph College (Autonomous), Jakhama, Kohima, Nagaland, August 18-23, 2024.
5. Delivered an Invited Lecture on Punjabi Sufi Poetry: Socio-cultural Concerns at Department of English, School of Humanities, Pondicherry University, Pondicherry in two days National Seminar on Contribution of Regional Literary Traditions to Indian Intellectual Systems held on March 24-25, 2022.
6. Delivered an Invited Lecture on Women Autobiographies in Punjabi at Karnataka University, Dharwad organized by North Karnataka Women Writers Association National Seminar and Kevempo Bhasha Bharti in two days National Seminar on Women Autobiographies held on March 30-31, 2022.
7. Delivered an Invited Lecture on Traces of Kavya Shastra in Agni Purana at National Translation Mission, CIIL, Mysore on 28th March, 2022
8. Delivered four Lectures on General Speaking and Behavior to Respiratory Therapist Trainees at AIIMS, Bathinda from March 2, 2022 to March 5, 2022 from 5.00 pm to 6.00 pm.
9. Invited by District Language Office, Bathinda to deliver a lecture on International Mother Tongue Day held at Punjabi University Regional Centre, Bathinda on February 24, 2022
10. Delivered seven lectures on Proficiency in Punjabi Language at AIIMS, Bathinda to M.B.B.S. and M.D. students, March, 8, 2022 onwards.
11. Delivered Invited Lecture on Medieval Punjabi Literature at SGAD Govt. College, Tarntaran, September 13, 2024.
12. Delivered Invited Lecture on ਮੱਧਕਾਲੀਨ ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਕਾਵਿ-ਧਾਰਾਵਾਂ at GNDU College, Chung, Tarntaran, October 30, 2024.
13. Delivered Invited Lecture in One Day Webinar on Writings from Punjab: A Dive Through English Translations, organized by GGN, Khalsa College, Ludhiana on January 12, 2021.
14. Invited by MRSPTU, Bathinda to act as Observer in 6th Inter-Zonal Youth Festival, 2021 held during 25-26th November, 2021.
15. Delivered a lecture at Mother Language Day in the programme jointly organised by Bhasha Vibhag Punjab and Rejindra College, Bathinda, February 25, 2023.
Radio and TV Talks/Shows
1. Delivered a talk in the TV show "Ji Ayean Nu" at Akal Channel, Birmingham, United Kingdom on March 29, 2023, 8.15 pm. Link
2. Delivered a Radio Talk in the Programme "Khushian Khereh" at Panjab Radio, London, United Kingdom on March 28, 2023, 7.00 pm - 8.00 pm.
3. Delivered a Radio talk at All India Radio Bathinda to participate in a programme “Prerna De Sarot” on August 25, 2021 at 12.30 noon