Ms. Karthika R. is Assistant Professor at the Post Graduate Department of English and Research Centre, Sanatana Dharma College. She has 12 years of teaching experience at the institution, apart from prior experience as Part-Time Instructor in Communication Skills at Baselius College, Kottayam. She holds a Masters Degree in English from Mahatma Gandhi University and is currently pursuing Ph.D. at the University of Kerala. Her research work focusses on Railway & Nationalism Studies. Publications in national and international research journals, contribution as editor of books,conference presentations and funded projects testify to her research experience. Ms. Karthika R. coordinated the Virtual International Conference on “Gender Studies post 1990: Technological Encounters and Narratives of Empowerment” organized by the Post Graduate Department of English in association with the “Beti Bachao Abhiyaan,” Shivaji University, Kolhapur, in February 2021. She has held academic and administrative positions in her career at S.D. College – as Internal Mentor under the Scholar Support Programme, as the Founder-Coordinator of Civil Service Club,as the Staff Editor of News Letters published by BA Communicative English students & as the Additional Chief Superintendent of University Examinations, S.D. College.
- Cultural Studies
- Literary Theory
- Travel Literature
Received “The Best Research Paper Award” for the paper titled “Railway and Nationalism: A Reading of Select Railway Stories of Ruskin Bond” in the ICSSR-Sponsored National Seminar on Nation, Nationhood and Nationalism: A Discourse on Early Indian English Literature 1794 to 1950 organized by the Department of English, M S University, Thirunelveli in collaboration with Pondicherry University and Central University of Tamil Nadu on 27, 28 & 29 March 2023.
12 Years
25 July, 2012
- Language Skills
- Modern English Grammar
- English for Career
- Readings on Literature
- Introduction to Literary Studies
- British Literature
- Philosophy for Literature
- Literary Theory & Criticism
- Women's Writing (UG)
- Shakespeare Studies
- Critical Studies I
- Critical Studies II
- Culture Studies (PG)
• Additional Chief Superintendent of University Examinations, Sanatana Dharma College (2022-23)
• Co-ordinator, Civil Service Club, Sanatana Dharma College (2016-22)
• Member, Malpractice Squad, University of Kerala (2018)
• Staff Editor of News Letters published by Semester IV BA Communicative English students, Sanatana Dharma College(2014-15, 2016-17, 2017-18)
• Executive Member, Women’s Studies Cell, Sanatana Dharma College (2015-16)
- Co-ordinated the Virtual International Conference on ‘Gender Studies post 1990s:Technological Encounters and Narratives of Empowerment’ jointly organized by The Post Graduate Department of English, Sanatana Dharma College, Alappuzha and Beti Bachao Abhiyan, Department of Students’ Development, Shivaji University, Kolhapur, February 2021.
- Talk on ‘Deteriorating Stature of Present Day Children’s Literature’ in DISCOURSE- The Dicussion Forum organized by The Post Graduate Department of English and Centre for Research, Baselius College, Kottayam, Kerala , June 2016.
- The research paper titled Dismantling the Experience: The Impact of New Media on Rail Travel in Journal of The Asiatic Society of Mumbai, Vol.96, No.11 (1) November 2022, ISSN:0972-0766,UGC-CARE List Group I, Impact Factor:3.947
- The research paper titled Dialectics of Power Transformation: A Foucauldian Reading of Vaisakhan’s Railway Stories in Journal of Literature & Aesthetics, International Peer-Reviewed Journal, Vol.22, No.1(Jan-June 2022) ISSN 2278-523X, UGC CARE- Listed Journal.
- The research paper titled ‘India on Tracks: Expressions of Identity in Railway Narratives’, in the Bodhi International Journal of Research in Humanities, Arts and Science, published by Centre for Resource, Research & amp; Publication Services, E-ISSN:2456-5571, March 2019.
- Presented a paper titled “Railway and Nationalism: A Reading of Select Railway Stories of Ruskin Bond” in the ICSSR-Sponsored National Seminar on Nation, Nationhood and Nationalism: A Discourse on Early Indian English Literature 1794 to 1950 organized by the Department of English, M S University, Thirunelveli in collaboration with Pondicherry University and Central University of Tamil Nadu on 27, 28 & 29 March 2023.
- Presented a paper titled “Culture of Mobility: Representations of Indian Railway through Select Railway Narratives” in the International Virtual Conference on Disciplinary, Interdisciplinary and Multidisciplinary Research organized by Research India Foundation on 14 & 15 October 2021. • Presented a paper titled “Narratives of the Underprivileged: A Foucauldian Reading of Select Indian Railway Stories” in the International Virtual Conference on Voices from the Margins: Exploring Fringe Articulations in Literature and Culture organized by Department of English ,S B College, Changanassery from 6-8 September 2021.
- Co-ordinated the International Conference on ‘Gender Studies post 1990s:Technological Encounters and Narratives of Empowerment’ jointly organized by The Post Graduate Department of English, SanatanaDharma College, Alappuzha and Beti Bachao Abhiyan, Department of Students’ Development, Shivaji University, Kolhapur, February 2021. •
- Presented a paper titled “Memories and Memoirs: Re-tracking the Self through Railway Memoirs” in the National Seminar on Memory Studies jointlyorganized bythe PG Department of English and IQAC, Sanatana Dharma College, Alappuzha, November 2020. •
- Presented a paper titled “Dismantling the Experience: Rail Travel and New Media” in the National Seminar on Narrating Travel, Mapping Identities organized byInstituteof English, University of Kerala, March 2018.
- Presented a paper titled “The Polemics of Power Transmission: A Study on the Cultural Hybridisation in Indian Cartoons” in the UGC Sponsored National Seminar on ‘India in the Creative Spaces: Politics of Representations’, Department ofEnglish, St.John’s College, Anchal, October 2014.
- Presented a paper titled “Permutation of Cultural Lexis in Translating Autobiographies: A Study on Mother Forest, the Unfinished Story of C K Janu” in the UGCsponsoredNational Seminar on ‘’Technologies of Self: Writing Lives, MakingHistory’, organized by the Department of English, All Saints’ College, Trivandrum, October2014.
- The research paper titled ‘The Bhagavad-Gita Therapy for the Disoriented Tech-Savvy Generation with special reference to the Educational System in India’ published in The Bhagavat-Gita: To Become the Best Teacher edited & published by Dr.G.Reddi Sekhar Reddy, Secretary ELT@I Tirupati Chapter, Tirupati, ISBN 978-93-5268-196-9, April 2017.
- The research paper titled ‘Female Bloggers as Entrepreneurs: A Perspective of Women Empowerment via E-Commerce’ published in Focus on Socio- Economic Background of Women Entrepreneurs in Minority Community, edited by Dr.Jubily Navaprabha & Prof.Priya R, published by The PG Department of Commerce & Research Centre, S D College, Alappuzha. ISBN- 978-93-5254-018-1, December 2016.
- The research paper titled ‘New Generation Cinema: A Perspective of Angst’ published in Re-‘tracking’ the Celluloid: History, Politics and Popular Culture in Films (a Collection of 48 essays on Film Studies), edited by Dr.J.Anjana & Ranjith Krishnan K.R, published by PG Department of
Title of the Project : Reincarnating Indian Epic Figures as Cartoons, Comics and Caricatures: A Method to Inculcate Indian Cultural Values in Children
• Editor of Gender, Technology and Empowerment Post 1990s published by Shivaji University, Kolhapur, ISBN: 978-81-951367-8-0, March 2021.
• Editor of core text ‘English for Career’ prescribed for First Degree Programme of University of Kerala, published by Orient Blackswan Private Limited, ISBN 978-93-5287-905-2, 2020.