Bhumika Sharma

Award/Felicitation:

• Best paper Award in Oral Presentation Category for the paper, “Nothing Personal: Rearrangement of Narrative Codes in Tabish Khair’s ‘Weak Heart’” in the International Conference on “Narrative and Narration: Mapping out Latest Trends in South Asian Literature” organized by Department of English, School of Media Studies and Humanities, Manav Rachna International Institute of Research and Studies, Faridabad, Haryana, 30-31 January, 2024
• ACLA's Haskell Block International Travel Grant awarded by American Comparative Literature Association (ACLA) 2016 (6 February, 2016)
• Felicitation Certificate awarded by Central University of Rajasthan on 6^th Foundation Day, 3 March, 2014

As a Resource Person/ Invited Speaker:

• Delivered an invited talk on “Theoretical Applications: A Case Study of Deconstructing the ‘Feminine’” in the One-Week Workshop on Research Methodology” organized by Department of English, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, 11 July, 2024
• Chaired Chrysalis IV.1: A Commemorative Lecture Series Talk on "Mapping Indian Literary Tradition in a Comparative Perspective: Premchand and Thakazhi” organized by Research Centre in English, St. Aloysius College, Thrissur, Kerala, 13 June 2024
• Delivered 02 Expert Lectures in “Online Pre-Ph. D. Coursework 2024” organized by UGC-Malaviya Mission Teacher Training Centre, Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University, Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar, Maharashtra, 6 May, 2024
• Chaired a session in the International Conference on “Narrative and Narration: Mapping out Latest Trends in South Asian Literature” organized by Department of English, School of Media Studies and Humanities, Manav Rachna International Institute of Research and Studies, Faridabad, Haryana, 30-31 January, 2024
• Chaired a session in the International Conference on “Mapping the Marvellous: Mythopoeia, Multiverse and Fantasy across Literature(s), Films and Media” organized by Department of English, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, 19-21 December, 2023
• Chaired a session in the 4^th International e-Conference on “Exploring Crisis in Literary and Cultural Studies” organized by Department of English, Central University of Rajasthan, Ajmer in Collaboration with New Literaria – An International Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities, 19-20 October, 2023
• Keynote speaker for the one-day national E-Conference on “Changing Dimensions of Teaching & Learning English Language and Literature in the Digital Era” KLE Society’s Science and Commerce College, Mumbai, 17 February, 2023
• Chaired a session in International Conference on “Disability and the Everyday: Interdisciplinary Perspectives” organized by Department of English, Central University of Rajasthan, Jaipur in Collaboration with Indian Disability Studies Collective, New Delhi, 8-10 February, 2023
• Chaired a session in International Conference on “World War I; Modernism(s); and Time Binding” organized by Department of English, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur in Collaboration with Forum on Contemporary Theory and Balvant Parekh Centre for General Semantics and Other Human Sciences, Baroda, 27 January, 2023
• Chaired a session in XIX Annual Conference of Rajasthan Association for Studies in English on “Negotiating Love, Combating Hatred: Exploring Love in World Literatures” organized by Govt. Lohia College, Churu, Rajasthan, 22 November 2022
• Delivered two expert lectures as resource person in the Online Refresher Course in Gender Sensitization (05-012-2022 to 19-12-2022) organized by UGC-HRDC, Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University, Aurangabad, 17 December 2022
• Resource person for National Webinar on “Realism in the Evolution of English Novel” organized by Gujranwala Guru Nanak Khalsa College, Ludhiana, Punjab, 27 August 2021
• Resource person for National Webinar on “Writings from Punjab: A Dive through English Translations” organized by Gujranwala Guru Nanak Khalsa College, Ludhiana, Punjab, 12 January, 2021
• Delivered an invited talk on “Does Indian Epic Tradition Offer any Management Mantra?” as a resource person in the training course “Indian Ethos in Management” organized by TLC, Central University of Rajasthan, 11 January, 2021
• Delivered invited talk on “Indian Writing in English: A Historical Overview” organized by Kanoria P G Mahila College, Jaipur, 24 December, 2020
• Resource person (Panelist) for ELTAI National Webinar on “Works of Louise Gluck” organized by English Language Teachers’ Association of India (ELTAI), 22 November, 2020
• Resource person for National Webinar on “Development of American Literary Tradition” organized by Department of English, Thiruvalluvar University Constituent College Of Arts& Science,Kallakurichi,Tamil Nadu, 24 October, 2020
• Resource person for TEQIP-III sponsored One Week Online National Workshop on “Literature and Engineering” organized by the Department of Humanities & Applied Sciences, Gaya College of Engineering, Gaya, 29 September- 5 October, 2020
• Resource person (Plenary Speaker) for the Three-Day International Virtual Conference on “Gender Studies” organized by Cape Comorin Trust, India and Lavendar Literary Club, India in Collaboration with Al-Maarif University College, Iraq; Jatiya Kabi Kazi Nazrul Islam University, Bangladesh, Department of Folklore; University of Creative Technology Chittagong, Bangladesh, Department of English Language and Literature; Khurasan University, Afghanistan, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of English Language and Literature; Great Imam College, Iraq, Department of Religion Basics, 16-18 September 2020
• Chaired a session in the XV annual (national) conference on “Embracing the Other: Exploring New Literatures” organized by Rajasthan Association for Studies in English (RASE) in collaboration with Smt. Kesari Devi Lohia Government Girls College, Ratangarh, Churu, Rajasthan, 22-23 December, 2018
• Chaired a session in the international conference on “Moving Beyond the Margin: The Politics of Exclusion and Assimilation” organized by Department of English, School of Humanities and Languages, Central University of Rajasthan, Ajmer, 15-16 November 2018
• Delivered Talk on “A Background to American Literature” at Kanoria P G Mahila College, Jaipur, 25 January, 2018
• Key Note Speaker for the UGC sponsored National Seminar on “Excellence in Higher Education: The Road Ahead” organized by S. P. N. K. S. Govt. P. G. College and Govt. Arts College, Dausa, 26-27 September, 2017
• Chaired a session in the national conference on “Media and Subalterns in India” organized by Department of Culture & Media Studies, central University of Rajasthan in collaboration with ICSSR, New Delhi, 16-17 march, 2017
• Acted as Judge for parallel sessions in National Seminar on “Gendered Urban Spaces: Narratives of Self-Possession” organized by the Department of English, The IIS University, Jaipur in collaboration with ICSSR, New Delhi, 17-18 February, 2017
• Delivered expert lecture on “Developing Communication Skills” at Government Engineering College, Bharatpur, 20 August, 2016
• Delivered talk on “Gender Issues in Urban Areas” at the Institute of Development Management, Jaipur, 12 March 2016
• Delivered talk on “Role of Humanities and Social Sciences in Engineering Education” at Poornima University, Jaipur, 6 February 2016
• Delivered talk on “Breaking the Gender Stereotypes” at Tagore Biotech College, Jaipur, 23 January 2016
• Delivered guest lectures on “Foundational Concepts: Sex and Gender” at Centre for Women’s Studies, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, 30 March, 2015
• Delivered a guest lecture on “Communication Skills” in Tagore Biotech College, Jaipur, 26 September, 2014
• Acted as a panelist in the national conference on “Gender Mainstreaming- Problems & Prospects”, organized by Centre for Women Studies, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, 25-26 February, 2014
• Delivered talk on “Gender Consciousness in Indian Context” in Tagore Biotech College, Jaipur, 7 Februray, 2014
• Delivered talk on “Postmodernist Culture: Living the ‘Other’ without Concessioning the ‘Self’” in the national seminar on “Post-Modernism: Culture, Textuality and Historicity” organized by Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University, Aurangabad, Maharashtra, 21-23 February, 2013
• Chaired a plenary session in the national seminar on “Post-Modernism: Culture, Textuality and Historicity” organized by Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University, Aurangabad, Maharashtra, 21-23 February, 2013

Research Paper Presentations:

• Presented a paper titled, “Across the Disciplinary Domains: New Concerns in Integrative Academics” in the International Conference on “The Humanities Today: Global and Social Responsibilities” organized by Department of English Literature and Language, IIS (Deemed to be University), Jaipur in collaboration with Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR), New Delhi, 16-17 February, 2024
• Presented a paper titled, “Nothing Personal: Rearrangement of Narrative Codes in Tabish Khair’s ‘Weak Heart’” in the International Conference on “Narrative and Narration: Mapping out Latest Trends in South Asian Literature” organized by Department of English, School of Media Studies and Humanities, Manav Rachna International Institute of Research and Studies, Faridabad, Haryana, 30-31 January, 2024
• Presented a paper titled, “Jakdi: Women and Indigenous Forms of Resistance against Discrimination and Exploitation” in XX Annual International Conference of RASE on “Geo-centrism, Naturalism and Collectivism through Indigenous Literatures” organized by Department of English, Mohanlal Sukhadia University, Udaipur in collaboration with Rajasthan Association for Studies in English (RASE), 26-28 December, 2023
• Presented a paper titled, “Tracing the Rationale of Mythical Bodies through Select Works of Karnad and Pattanaik”, in the International Conference on “Mapping the Marvellous: Mythopoeia, Multiverse and Fantasy across Literature(s), Films and Media” organized by Department of English, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, 19-21 December, 2023
• Presented a paper titled, “Abrogation of Human Rights: A Study of Misguided Leadership through Hyeonseo Lee’s The Girl with Seven Names”, in the National Conference on “Human Rights and Social Empowerment: Contemporary Issues and Challenges” organized by Samajik Sashaktikaran Bahoouddeshiya Sanstha, Wardha, Dr.Ambedkar College of Social Work, Wardha, Department of Social Work, Mats University, Raipur,  Department of Social Work, Shri Rawatpura Sarkar University, Raipur, & Shri B. K. College of Social Work, Deoli, Wardha, Maharashtra, 10 December, 2023
• Presented a paper titled, “Dis/honouring Humanity: Crisis of Gender, Religion and Self Esteem in Thrity Umrigar’s Honor”, in the 4^th International e-Conference on “Exploring Crisis in Literary and Cultural Studies” organized by Department of English, Central University of Rajasthan, Ajmer in collaboration with New Literaria – An International Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities, 19-20 October, 2023
• Presented a paper titled, “Toward a Cosmopolitan Popular Culture: Reflection of Non-western Ethnicity in Media, Music and Fashion Industry” in the International Conference on “Revisiting History, Ethnicity and Myth in Literature” organized by Amity University, Rajasthan 19-20 October, 2023
• Presented a paper titled, “Ace and Proud: Unveiling Asexuality Representation in India through the Documentary Desire?” in the International Conference on “Contemporary Perspectives in English Language, Literature and Cultural Studies” organized by Department of English, University Institute of Liberal Arts and Humanities, Chandigarh University, Gharuan, Mohali, Punjab, India in collaboration with University of Alcala, Spain, 14-15 July 2023
• Presented a paper titled, “The Mahabharata: A Tale Told Thousand Times” in the International Conference on “Mahābhārata Epic Across Asia: Ancient Indian Knowledge System Transcending Spatio-Temporal Boundaries”, organized by Department of English Literature, The English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad in Collaboration with Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR), 29-31 May 2023
• Presented a paper titled, “The Helping Hands: Looking into the Life Challenges of Disabled People and Their Caretakers through Select Films” in the International Conference on “Disability and the Everyday: Interdisciplinary Perspectives”, organized by Department of English, Central University of Rajasthan, Jaipur in Collaboration with Indian Disability Studies Collective, New Delhi, 8-10 February, 2023
• Presented a paper titled, “Negotiating Modernism: Inventive Imageries and Circuitous Codes in Ellison’s Fiction” in the International Conference on “World War I; Modernism(s); and Time Binding” organized by Department of English, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur in Collaboration with Forum on Contemporary Theory and Balvant Parekh Centre for General Semantics and Other Human Sciences, Baroda, 27-28 January, 2023
• Presented a paper titled, “The Subtlety of Un/bonded: Reconnoitering Love-Hate Relationship in Wright, Ellison, Baldwin” in the XIX Annual Conference of Rajasthan Association for Studies in English on Negotiating Love, Combating Hatred: Exploring Love in World Literatures” organized by Govt. Lohia College, Churu, Rajasthan, 21-22 November 2022
• Presented a paper titled, “Posthumanism and AI Companionship: A Study of Prospective Future Society in Marissa Meyer’s Cinder ” in the International Conference on “New Age Critical Posthumanities: Transdisciplinary Approaches to Post-millennial Intellectual History” organized by Bankura University, Bankura, West Bengal, 10-11 September 2022
• Presented a paper titled, “Science Fiction and Machines: A Stint with Artificial Intelligence in Daniel H. Wilson’s Robopocalypse” in the International Conference on “Science Fiction Studies” organized by Department of English, IAH, GLA University, Mathura in collaboration with Indian Association for Science Fiction Studies, 17-20 July, 2022
• Presented a paper titled, “Trapped in Anomie:  The Future World in Colson Whitehead’s Zone One” in the national conference on “Contemporary Perspectives in English Language, Literature and Cultural Studies” organized by Department of English, University Institute of Liberal Arts and Humanities, Chandigarh University, Ajitgarh, Punjab, 15-16 July 2022
• Presented a paper titled, “Re-formation of Human Identity in the Posthuman Age: A Study of Select Movies” in the national conference on “Being and Becoming: Articulating Alterity across Mediums” organized by Department of English, Satyawati College (Eve.) University of Delhi, Delhi, 12 April, 2022
• Presented a paper titled, “Women in Ecological Discourse: A Quest for Unification” in the national conference on “Cultural Unification through Literature and Language” organized by Department of English, Faculty of Media Studies and Humanities, Manav Rachna International Institute of Research and Studies, Faridabad, Haryana, 28-29 January, 2022
• Presented a paper titled, “Iconography of Life Writing: Re/viewing Gandhi through Select Cinematic Texts” in the national conference on “Contemporary Perspectives in English Language, Literature & Cultural Studies” organized by University Institute of Liberal Arts and Humanities, Chandigarh University, Punjab, 11-12 June, 2021
• Presented a paper titled, “Echoes in Ebonics: The Indigeneity of Being Black in Zora Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God” in the Three-Day “International Virtual Conference on Indigenous Studies” organized by Cape Comorin Trust, India in collaboration with School of Arts and Social Sciences, Southern Cross University, Australia, Faculty of Cultural Science, University of 17 Agustus 1945 Surabaya Indonesia, Department of English, Bodoland University, Assam, India, Department of English, Universitas Negeri Semarang, Indonesia, White Memorial College of Arts and Science for Women, Kerala, India, 20-22 August, 2020

• Presented a paper titled, “Staging the Real Life Histrionics: Interplay of Gender and Oral Narratives in Karnad’s Naga-Mandala” in the international conference on “Rethinking Theatre, Dramatics and Sustainable Studies” (RTDS 2019, organized by Amity School of Languages, Amity University, Rajasthan, 15-16 October, 2019
• Presented a paper titled, “Revival of Gandhian Values in Graphic Representation” in the international conference ICOG 2019 “Gandhi: The Eternal Truth; Relevance for Future Generation” organized by S. P. C. Government College, Ajmer, 18-19 September, 2019
• Presented a paper titled, “The Sainthood Redefined: Mira’s Poetry in English Translation” in the 3^rd Annual International Conference on “Cultural Translation and Gender: Performatory Ethics of a Translator” organized  by Caesurae Collective Society at Lallgarh Palace, Bikaner, 13-15 September, 2019
• Presented a paper titled, “Philosophizing Spaces: Reconstituting the Poetics of Feminine  across Cultures” in the XII ICLA Congress 2019: Sub theme-  “Theorizing the Literature across Cultures” organized by International Comparative Literature Association at University of Macau, Macau, SAR, China, 29 July- 2 August, 2019
• Presented a paper titled, “Veneration, Validation, Vacillation: Tracing Colonial Presence in Select Indian English Novels” in the national conference on “Embracing the Other: Exploring New Literatures” organized by Rajasthan Association for Studies in English (RASE) in collaboration with Smt. Kesari Devi Lohia Government Girls College, Ratangarh, Churu, Rajasthan, 22-23 December, 2018
• Presented a paper titled, “Past Philosophies and Future World: Lessing’s The Marriages between Zones Three, Four and Five” in the international conference on “Contemplating the Past, Capturing the Present, Creating the Future” organized by St. Xavier’s College, Jaipur, 18-19 December, 2018
• Presented a paper titled, “Bards of the Desert: The Harmonious Notes of Manganiyars and Langas” in the international conference on “Moving Beyond the Margin: The Politics of Exclusion and Assimilation” organized by Department of English, School of humanities and Languages, Central University of Rajasthan, Ajmer, 15-16 November 2018
• Presented a paper titled, “Insertion or Omission: Capturing Historical Consciousness in Wright’s Black Boy” in the national Conference on “Re (Visiting) History, Nation and Culture through Autobiography, Biography and memoirs” organized by The IIS University, Jaipur in collaboration with ICHR, New Delhi, 12-13 January, 2018
• Presented a paper titled, “Text, Visual Imagery and the Virtual World: A Digital reading of Mehrotra’s ‘The Sale’” in the International Conference on “De-centering Interdisciplinary Studies within the Space of Digital Humanities (RACCE)” organized by St. Xavier’s College, Jaipur, 23-25 November, 2017
• Presented a paper titled, “Conflict Pattern of Human Utopia in Shakespeare’s The Tempest” in the National Conference on “Shakespeare in Continuum” organized by Amity University Rajasthan, Jaipur, 26 July, 2017

• Presented a paper titled, “From Exclusion to ‘Inclusive’ Ethics: Socio-political Concerns in Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina” in the International Conference on “Environmental Justice: Culture, Resistance & Ethics” organized by Dr. K. N. Modi University, Newai, Tonk in collaboration with ICPR, New Delhi, 24-25 march, 2017
• Presented a paper titled, “Your Language, My Voice: Gender, Nation and Postcolonial Identity in Shinde’s English Vinglish”  in the national conference on Media and Subalterns in India” organized by Department of Culture & Media Studies, central University of Rajasthan in collaboration with ICSSR, New Delhi, 16-17 march, 2017
• Presented a paper titled, “What is Built for Me? Gender Coded Spaces in African American Writing” in the National Seminar on “Gendered Urban Spaces: Narratives of Self-Possession” organized by Department of English, The IIS University, Jaipur in collaboration with ICSSR, New Delhi, 17-18 February, 2017
• Presented a paper titled, “‘Self’ and the ‘Space’: The Idea of Dwelling in African-American Fiction” in the International Conference on “Literature as Cartography of Emotions: Ways of Being and (Be)longing” organized by Department of English, St. Xavier’s College, Jaipur, 27-28 January, 2017
• Presented a Paper titled “Women’s Rights in India: Construing the Nexus between Society, Culture and Law” in the National Conference on “ Rethinking Empowerment: Gender and Development in India” organized by Association of Indian Universities, New Delhi and Department of Women Education, Maulana Azad National Urdu University, Hyderabad, 19-20 September, 2016
• Presented a paper titled, “Towards a Holistic Knowledge: Humanities Critical Intent in the Age of Science” in the National Conference on “Applied Science and Humanities in Engineering” organized by Department of Applied Science and Humanities, Jaipur Engineering College and Research Centre in association with IEEE Education Society and Intellectual Society for Socio-Techno Welfare, Ghaziabad at JECRC, Jaipur, 9-10 September 2016
• Presented a paper titled, “Connecting to the ‘Self’: Indian Philosophy in Modern Texts” in the national seminar on “Indian Philosophy in Modern Perspective” organized by Central University of Rajasthan in collaboration with Indian Council for Philosophical Research (ICPR) at Central University of Rajasthan, Bandar Sindri, Ajmer,  28-29 July 2016
• Presented a paper titled, “The Aesthetics of Opposition: Reclaiming a Nonconformist Princess from Rajasthan” in the seminar “Women of Regalia in Power: A Catalyst” during the American Comparative Literature Association (ACLA) Annual Meet at Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts,  17-20 March, 2016
• Presented a paper titled, “In Dialogue: The Nature-Culture Interface in Kiran Desai’s The Inheritance of Loss” in XVIII International Conference on “The Wider Significance of Nature” jointly Organized by The Forum on Contemporary Theory (FCT), Baroda, Gujarat  and  Departments of English and History, Ravenshaw University, Cuttack, Odisha, 20-23 December 2015
• Presented a paper titled, “Translation and Postmodernist Apposition” in the international conference on “Evolving Facets of Translation: Comparative Perspectives, Adaptation and Popular Culture” organized by Department of English, Central University of Rajasthan and Rajasthan Association for Studies in English (RASE), at Central University of Rajasthan, Bandar Sindri, Ajmer, 23-24 November, 2015
• Presented a paper titled, “Remaking the Native Son: An African American Experiment with Modernism” in the national conference on “Multiple Modernisms” organized by Institute for Research in Interdisciplinary Studies (IRIS), Jaipur & Centre for Advanced Study (Philosophy), University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, 25-27 September, 2015
• Presented a paper titled, “What do Peacocks Lament for? A ‘Green’ Reading of Anita Desai’s and Intizar Husain’s Fictional World” in the XII CLAI Biennial International Conference on “Culture, Arts and Socio-Political Movements in South Asia: Comparative Perspectives” organized by Centre for Rajasthan Studies & Department of Urdu and Persian, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur in collaboration with Comparative Literature Association of India (CLAI) at University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, 1-4 March, 2015
• Presented a paper titled, “Reading the Eco-ethics in Literature: A Cultural Praxis” in the 4^th national conference on “Holistic Growth: Symbiosis of Theory and Practice” organized by St. Xavier’s College, Jaipur, 12-13 February, 2015
• Presented a Paper titled, “Mathematics of Ethics: A Game-Theoric View of Relativity” in the international conference on “Re-Imagining Theory: Towards New Horizons in the Humanities and the Social Sciences” organized by The Forum on Contemporary Theory, Baroda in collaboration with The International Lincoln Centre for American Studies, Louisiana State University, Shreveport, USA at International Centre, Goa, 21-24 December, 2014
• Presented a paper titled, “Ranging Reality through Simulacra: The Intent of ‘Mimesis’ and the Postmodernist World” in SADAA fourth international conference on “Media, Market, Mimesis: Trending Trinity” organized by Society for Analysis, Dialogue, Application and Action in collaboration with S. S. Jain Subodh P. G. College, Jaipur, 27-29 January 2015
• Presented a Paper entitled “Who is a Potential Terrorist? Reading the Psychological Stand-off in Mohsin Hamid’s Fiction” in the national conference on “Interrogating Terrorism: Role of Media and Literature” organized by S. S. Jain Subodh P.G. College, Jaipur, 1-2 August, 2014
• Presented a paper entitled “Spying on Conrad’s The Secret Agent: A Subversions of 19^th Century Meta narratives” in the national conference on “Rethinking 1840-1940: Concepts, Ideologies, Thought: India and Europe” organized by the Institute for Research in Interdisciplinary Studies (IRIS), Jaipur, 21-22 September, 2013
• Presented a paper entitled “Understanding the Postmodernist Psychology through Bakhtin’s Dialogic Consciousness: A Literary Overview” in the International Conference on “Bakhtin in India : Exploring the Dialogic Potential in Self, Culture and History” jointly organized by the Central University of Gujarat, Gandhinagar,  Balvant Parekh Centre for General Semantics and Other Human Sciences, Baroda & The Forum on Contemporary Theory, Baroda, 19-21 August 2013
• Presented a paper entitled “From Readerly  to Writerly Orientation: A Literary Experiment in the Language Classroom” in the International Conference on “Empowering the English Language Classroom” organized by Department of Humanities & Social Sciences, Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur, 18 -19 January, 2013
• Presented a paper entitled “Political Reworking of Myths in Ellison’s Fiction” in the International Conference on “Myth and Cult in Literature” organized by the Department of English, St. Andrew’s College, Mumbai, 27-28 September, 2012
• Presented a paper entitled “Deconstruction of ‘Space’ in African American Narrative of ‘Self’” in the International Conference on “Minority Discourses Across Cultures” organized by Department of English, Central University of Rajasthan in collaboration with Comparative Literature Association of India (CLAI), from 26-28 February, 2012
• Presented a paper entitled “Constructing and Reconstructing Homeland ‘Spaces’ in African American Writing” in the International Conference on “Recent Trends in Literature: A Global Perspective” organized by the Department of languages, garden City College, Bangalore, from 27-28 January, 2012
• Presented a paper entitled “Interdisciplinary Aesthetics; A Postmodernist Study of Bharti’s Andha Yug” in the International Conference on “Transcending Disciplinary Decadence: Exploring Challenges of Teaching, Scholarship, and Research in the Humanities and the Social Sciences” organized by Forum on Contemporary Theory, Vadodara in collaboration with The IIS University, Jaipur, from 18-21December, 2011
• Participated in the “Katha Sandhi Programme”, a two-day event of creative discussions and readings organized by Institute for Research in Interdisciplinary Studies, Jaipur and Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi, from 12-13 November, 2011
• Presented a paper entitled “Baldwin’s Quest for Panacea: A Case Study” in the International Conference on “In Search of Solutions: The Conventional, The Experimental & The Bizarre” organized by Osmania University Centre for International Programmes, Hyderabad in collaboration with MELOW (The Society for the Study of the Multi-Ethnic Literatures of the World), 22-24 September, 2011
• Presented a paper entitled, “The Horror and the Glory: A Black Artist’s Emotional Experiment to Break the Ice” in the “International Conference on Shifting paradigms of Comparative Literature” organized by Central University of Rajasthan, Kishangarh in association with CLAI,  8-9 march, 2011
• Presented a paper entitled, “The Color Purple: Multilayered Patterns of Transforming Sensibilities” in the International Seminar on “Theory at Work: Text, History and Culture” organized by Banaras Hindu University in collaboration with Sahitya Akademi & ICSSR, New Delhi, 9-11 November, 2010
• Presented a paper entitled, “Bigger’s Transformation: Conditioned ‘self’ or Self Equilibrium” in the U.G.C. sponsored national Seminar on “New Directions in Literary Studies” at International College for Girls, 29-30 January,  2010

Orientation/Refresher Course:

• UGC-Sponsored Online Refresher Course in Humanities organized by University Grants Commission- Human Resource Development Centre, Osmania University, Hyderabad, Telangana, 30 November 2020 to 12 December 2020
• UGC-Sponsored Refresher Course in Gender Studies organized by the University Grants Commission- Human Resource Development Centre, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur,  31 December 2018 to 19 January 2019
• UGC-Sponsored Refresher Course on “Comparative Indian Literature” organized by the University Grants Commission- Human Resource Development Centre, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, 6- 25 July, 2015
• UGC-Sponsored Orientation Programme organized by the University Grants Commission - Academic Staff College, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, 2-28 September, 2013

Workshops/FDP  as a Participant:

• Awarded the “Best Participant” in Lions Quest Skill for Adolescence Teachers Training Workshop by Lions Club, Jaipur, 2004
• Participated in the national workshop on “New Paradigms and Applications in Educational Evaluation in Arts and Social sciences” organized by International College for Girls, 2009
• Participated in the workshop on “Using Film Clips to generate discussion” by ELT@I, Rajasthan, 2010
• One Day Orientation Workshop on ‘Best Teaching Practices’ organized by the Central University of Rajasthan, Bandarsindri, Ajmer, 4 October, 2013
• 3-day Training Session on “Prevention of Sexual Harassment at Workplace” organized by HCM Rajasthan State Institute of Public Administration, Jaipur, 24-26 February, 2014
• UGC Workshop on “Choice Based Credit System (CBCS) and Credit Framework for Skill Based Vocational Courses” organized by Central University of Rajasthan at HCM Rajasthan State Institute of Public Administration, Jaipur, 13 April 2015
• Workshop on Innovations, Entrepreneurship and Start-Ups organized  by Department of Management, Central University of Rajasthan, Ajmer in collaboration with Society for Technology Incubation and Development of Entrepreneurship (STIDE),  19 February, 2016
• State Level Training Programme on Shodhganga and Anti Plagiarism Software (Urkund) organized by Central University of Rajasthan, Bandarsindri, Ajmer in collaboration with INFLIBNET, 9 May 2016
• GIAN (Global Initiative for Academic Networks) Course on “Global Human Resource Management” organized by Central University of Rajasthan and sponsored by Ministry of Human Resource Development, Govt. of India, 29 August 2016 to 9 September 2016
• One-Day Training Program on “Human Rights in Institutional Campus” organized by School of Architecture, Central University of Rajasthan in collaboration with National Human Rights Commission, 10 October 2023