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CURRICULUM VITAE
Name: Dr. Jai Singh
Designation: Assistant Professor Department of India and World Literatures
The English and Foreign Languages University
Hyderabad- 500007
Postal Address:
Jai Singh, Flat Number 8, Srivani Apartments, 12-5-149/11, Vijayapuri,
Tarnaka, Hyderabad- 500017, Telangana. Pin- 500017
Mobile No.: 08897048598/ 09416109817
Email Id:
jai_singh_1974@yahoomail.com
jai.singh.1974.1974@gmail.com
jai@efluniversity.ac.in
Qualifications:
M A in English from Kurukshetra University Kurukshetra.
M Phil. in English from Kurukshetra University Kurukshetra, Dissertation on “Culture
and Hegemony: A Study of Edward Said’s Orientalism.
N E T-JRF (National Education Test) conducted by U G C.
Ph. D in English from The English and Foreign Languages University Hyderabad on
“Positioning Orientalism in the Novels of Amitav Ghosh”.
Positions Held:
Lecturer in English at Chaudhri Ishwar Singh Kanya Mahavidyala (Fatehpur) Pundri,
Kaithal (Haryana). Teaching M A English Classes. Four Years
Lecturer in English at Chaudhri Devi Lal University Sirsa (Haryana). Teaching M A
English Classes. One Year.
Research Fellow in the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, I I T Roorkee,
under JRF Scholarship.
Present Position:
Assistant Professor
Department of India and World Literatures
The English and Foreign Languages University
Hyderabad
Areas of Specialization: Contemporary Theory, Postcolonial theory and literature, Indian
writing in English, Feminism, Cultural Studies and Orientalism.
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Research Work:
M Phil Dissertation: Culture and Hegemony: A Study of Orientalism
Ph. D Thesis: Positioning Orientalism in the Novels of Amitav Ghosh
Invited as Recourse Person:
2011
1. The Department of Gender Studies, The Central European University, Budapest, Hungary,
2011.
2014
2. Department of English, University of Turku, Finland, 2014.
2015
3. In a national conference on “Voice and Vision of Women Writers in Indian English
Literature” organized by the Department of English, Prem Chand Markanda S. D. College
Jalandhar on 4 April 2015.
4. In a national conference on “Progressive Works in Indian English Literatures: Diaspora
and Beyond” organized by the Department of English and Foreign Languages, Central
University of Haryana, Mahendergarh on 3, 4 and 5 December 2015.
2016
5. In a national conference on “Recent Reflections on Contemporary Indian English
Literature: A Critical Review” organized by the Department of English, Chaudhary Devi
Lal University, Sirsa on 13 and 14 March 2016.
6. In an International conference on “Shakespeare Through the Ages: A Historical Review”
organized by the Department of English, Hindu Girls College, Jagadhri on 22 and 23 April
2016.
7. In an International conference on “Archeology, History and Cultural Studies” organized
by the Centre for Archaeology and Historical Studies, Sherubtse College, Royal University
of Bhutan on 6 and 7 October 2016.
Papers Presented:
2007
1. “Psycho- technological Dimension of Literary Criticism: Literature as Technology”
presented in U G C Sponsored National Conference on Contemporary Literary Theory in
English and Hindi Literature organized by D A V College for Girls, Yamunanagar (
Haryana) from 28th
Feb. to 2nd
March 2007.
2. “Gender Bias and Violence against Women: Role of Various Discourses” presented in U
G C Sponsored National Conference on Human Rights in the Context of Rural Women
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organized by Chaudhri Ishwar Singh Kanya Mahavidyala (Fatehpur) Pundri, Kaithal
(Haryana) on November20, 2007.
2008
3. “Cultural Hegemony and Indian Writing in English” presented in U G C Sponsored
National Conference on Postcolonialism and Third world Literature organized by Hindu
Girls, Jagadhri (Haryana) on 27, 28 September 2008.
2009
4. “Linguistic Imperialism and World English” presented in U G C Sponsored National
Conference on English Language Teaching – Current Trends and Directions organized by
D A V College for Pehowa, Kurukshetra ( Haryana) on 20th
March 2009.
5. “Cultural Dimension of E L T” presented in Directorate of Higher Education, Haryana
Sponsored National Conference on Effective Teaching of English in Colleges: Need of the
Hour organized by S D College (Lahore) Haryana 25th
March 2009.
6. “Socio-genetic Role of Language in King Lear” presented in International Conference on
Shakespeare as Critic in His Times and Ours: Literary , Social, Political organized by M
D University Rohtak ( Haryana) in collaboration with the Shakespeare Association on
October 8,9,10,2009.
7. “Oedipal Sons as Writers: A Study of Third World Literature” presented in International
Conference on Empire and English Studies: Pedagogy and Activism Now on 11, 12
December 2009 at East West University, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
2010
8. “Socio-linguistic Dimension of Upper class Male Hegemony in Haryana” presented in
ICSSR Sponsored Seminar on “Situating Women in History, Culture and Polity of North-
Western India” on 15-16th
February, 2010 at P.G. Government College, Chandigarh.
9. “Man-nature Relationship and the role of socio-linguistic Genes in the Postcolonial Third
World: A Study of Amitav Ghosh’s The Hungry Tide” Presented in the International
Conference Biodiversity and Environmental Governance in Canada and India:
Safeguarding Ecosystems for Human Welfare (October 21-23, 2010) Organized by The
Center For Canadian Studies, The Department of English, GurukulKangri University,
Haridwar, India and the Department of Biology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada.
10. “Contemporary Theory: A Clinical Study of Literature and Theory” Presented in the
International Conference Literary Theory at Work organized by The Department of English
Banaras Hindu University, India on 9-10-11 December 2010.
2011
11. “Emergence of Diaspora Literature in Post-Colonial World: A Study of The Glass Palace”
presented at National conference Commitment in Post-Colonial Literature and Theory at
Dayal Singh College Karnal, sponsored by U G C and Higher Education commissioner
Haryana on 11-12 February 2011.
12. “Depiction of Subaltern’s and Circulation of Social Energy in King Lear” Presented in the
UGC sponsored International Conference Subalterns in Shakespeare – A Post-Postcolonial
Scrutiny at St Bede’s College Shimla 22-24, September 2011.
2012
13. “Theorising the Subaltern: A Study of Amitav Ghosh’s The Glass Palace” Presented in
the International Conference on Humanism, Democracy and Culture: Postcolonial
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Discourses and India organized by UGC and Higher Education Haryana at R K S D College
Kaithal, 20-21 March 2012.
14. “Shakespeare’s King Lear: A Feminist Play Limited by Socio-Political Circumstances”
Presented in the International Conference on Women in Shakespeare: A Post-Feminist
Scrutiny at Vardhman Mahaveer Open University, Kota 4-6 October 2012.
2015
15. “Silencing Unwomenly Woman: A Study of Pre-Independence Discourses of Indian
Women” in a UGC sponsored national conference on “Voice and Vision of Women Writers
in Indian English Literature” organized by the Department of English, Prem Chand
Markanda S. D. College Jalandhar on 4 April 2015.
16. “Progressive in Progressive: A Study of Contemporary Indian Fiction with Emphasis on
Amitav Ghosh” Presented in the national conference on “Progressive Works in Indian
English Literatures: Diaspora and Beyond” organized by the Department of English and
Foreign Languages, Central University of Haryana, Mahendergarh on 3, 4 and 5 December
2015.
2016
17. “Indian Literature as a Product and Processor of Machines Ranging from Colonialism to
Neo-colonialism: A Case Study of The Hungry Tide” in a national conference on “Recent
Reflections on Contemporary Indian English Literature: A Critical Review” organized by
the Department of English, Chaudhary Devi Lal University, Sirsa on 13 and 14 March
2016.
18. “Contemporary Relevance of Shakespeare’s Treatment of Nation, Nationalism and
Republic in Julius Caesar” in International conference on “Shakespeare Through the Ages:
A Historical Review” organized by the Department of English, Hindu Girls College,
Jagadhri on 22 and 23 April 2016.
19. “Tradition of Modernism and Modernism in Tradition: An Eternal Conflict and
Compromise” in an International conference on “Archeology, History and Cultural
Studies” organized by the Centre for Archaeology and Historical Studies, Sherubtse
College, Royal University of Bhutan on 6 and 7 October 2016.
Papers Published in International Journals (Abroad)
1. Singh, Jai. “Literature of (Not) Their Own: A Study of Shame”. (79-93) Atilim Social
Sciences Journal. Volume 1 No. 2 November 2011.
2. Singh, Jai. “Colonial Machinery's Marginalization of Indian Women’s Discourses by
Mutation of Socio-Linguistic Genes” (1-26) KEMANUSIAAN The Asian Journal of
Humanities. Volume 20, No. 1, 2013.
3. Singh, Jai. “Contemporary Theory in the Postcolonial Third World” (61-70) Theory and
Praxis: Indian and Western. Ed. Ramanand Rai. New Castle: Cambridge Scholars, 2015.
51-55. Print.
4. Singh, Jai. “The Hungry Tide as a Neocolonial Machine” Journal of South Asian Studies.
(293-305). Volume 3, Number 3, 2015.
5. Singh, Jai. “The British Colonial Rule’s Relocation of Indian Women’s Discourses”
Women in Asia: Images and Challenges. Ed. Himanshi Raizada to be published by
Indianapolis Press.
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Papers Published in International Journals (India)
2012
1. Singh, Jai. “Marginalization of Women’s Discourses by Mutation of Socio-Linguistic
Genes” (71-100) Voices From the Margin in World English Literature. Eds. Dr. B S Dahiya
and Resham Sharma. Shanti Parkashan: Rohtak, 2012.
2. Singh, Jai. “Marginalization of Women’s Discourses by Mutation of Socio-Linguistic
Genes through Colonial Machinery.” International Journal of Social Sciences and
Humanities 1.2 (2012): 37-46. Print.
3. Singh, Jai. “The Glass Palace as a Postcolonial Text” (14-25) Postcolonial Deliberations.
Ed. Dr. Rohit Phutela. Vijayjyoti: Jalandhar, 2012.
4. Singh, Jai. “Contemporary Theory in the Postcolonial Third World” (51-59) The
Aesthetica: A peer Reviewed Journal of English Language and Literature. Vol. 1. Issue 1
Autumn 2012.
5. Singh, Jai. “Cultural Hegemony and Indian Writing in English” Indian Contours ed. Rohit
Phutela. Jalandhar: Uttam Printing Press, 2012. 13-20. Print.
2013
6. Singh, Jai. “Shakespeare’s King Lear: A Feminist Play Limited by Socio-political
Circumstances” (17-24) The Aesthetica: A peer Reviewed Journal of English Language
and Literature. Vol. 2. Issue 1 Autumn 2013.
2014
7. Singh, Jai. “Ecology of Capitalism and Repositioning Nature” Coherence Vol. 5 No. 1
June , 2014. 229-233. Print.
8. Singh, Jai. “A Discursive Study of Gender Bias and Violence against Women in Haryana”
(51-59) The Aesthetica: A Referred Journal of English Language and Literature. Vol. 2.
Issue 2 Autumn 2014.
2015
9. Singh, Jai. “Silencing Unwomenly Woman: A Study of Pre-Independence Discourses of
Indian Women” Academia. Ed. Anita Dhawan. Jalandhar: Vintech Publicatins, 2015. 10-
15. Print.
10. Singh, Jai. “Linguistic Imperialism and World English” Indian Ethos. Vol. 5 no. 1. Summer
2015. 113-119. Print.
11. Singh, Jai. “Psycho-Technological Dimension of Literary Criticism: Literature as
Technology” Coherence Vol. 6 No. 1 September 2015. 71-78. Print.
2016
Interviews:
Interview with Amitav Ghosh Published in Deccan Chronical dated 6 August 2015.
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Lectures Delivered
Lectures delivered in the Department of Gender Studies, The Central European University,
Budapest, Hungary.
The Department of English, University of Turku, Finland
Orientation Course/ Refresher Courses Attended
Attended Orientation Course Conducted by the Academic Staff College Kurukshetra
University Kurukshetra in July 2013
Attended Refresher Course Conducted by the Academic Staff College Kurukshetra
University Kurukshetra in November 2014
Workshops and Research stay:
NATIONAL EDUCATION TEST for JUNIOR RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP
JUNIOR RESEARCH FELLOW at IIT Roorkee 2009
Attended the Summer School on “Conceptual Universe of the Mahabharata” held at Indian
Institute of Advanced Study (IIAS), Shimla during 12-26 June 2011.
Visited Central European University, Hungary for one month Research Stay under Indo-
Hungarian Educational Exchange Program 2011 in November-December, 2011, funded by
Balassi Institute - Hungarian Scholarship Board Office and UGC India.
Associate at Indian Institute of Advanced Studies Shimla, India 1 May 2013- 31 May 2013.
Visited University of Turku, Finland for three months under Indo-Finnish Faculty
Exchange Program funded by UGC India and CIMO Finland. 2014
On the Review board and Editorial, board of various Research Journals
1. Editorial Board The Contour
2. Review Board,The Postcolonial Text
3. Review Board, ICIK
4. Review Board, Asian Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences
5. Review Board, Amsterdam University Press, for the section on Asian Studies
Number of Students who cleared NET
In 2011- one
In 2012- one
In 2013- one
In 2014- one
In 2015- four
Number of students supervised for MA Dissertation
In 2011- one
In 2012- nil
In 2013- Two
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In 2014- One
In 2015- Three
In 2016- Three
Number of students supervised for I T P Projects
In 2015- Two
In 2016- Two