Department of English Studies : Faculty Members
| Dr. Shreya Bhattacharji | ||
| Designation : | Associate Professor |  |
| Courses Taught : | MA, PhD | |
| Specialization: | Postcolonial Studies, especially African, Afro-American, Caribbean, Queer and Women’s Writings, Border and Partition Studies | |
| Number of Papers in Journals: | 17 (Seventeen) | |
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| Brief intro: | Dr. Shreya Bhattacharji is Associate Professor in the Department of English Studies, Central University of Jharkhand, Ranchi, India. Her academic interests include Postcolonial Studies, especially African, Afro-American, Caribbean, Queer and Women’s Writings, Border and Partition Studies and Contemporary Literary Theories. She has published widely and has been invited to numerous conferences in India as also in the United States, France, Hungary, South Africa and South Korea. Formerly a Civil Services Officer, she also nurtures a keen interest in human rights, tribal and gender issues. | |
| Dr. Ranjit Kumar | ||
| Designation: | Associate Professor |  |
| Courses taught:: | Postcolonial Studies, Folklore, Diaspora Studies Tribal Studies, Contemporary Literary Theories, Western Philosophy, Indian Writings in English (Theatre) | |
| Specialization: | Postcolonial Studies, Folklore, Diaspora Studies Tribal Studies, Contemporary Literary Theories, Western Philosophy, Indian Writings in English (Theatre) | |
| Number of Papers in Journals: | Eighteen | |
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| Brief intro: | Dr. Ranjit Kumar did his Ph.D. on the “Significance of History, Culture and Migrancy in Amitav Ghosh’s Fiction.” He has been teaching since 2009 and at present he is working as an Associate Professor and Head, Department of English Studies, CUJ. He has authored two books and has several research articles to his credit. His areas of research are Tribal Studies, Diaspora Studies and Literary Theory. | |
| Dr. Mayank Ranjan | ||
| Designation: | Associate Professor & Head |  |
| Courses taught: | Linguistics, ELT, American Literature, New Literature, Film Studies, British Novels | |
| Specialization: | Contemporary Literary Theory, American Literature, Applied Linguistics, Eco Criticism | |
| Number of Papers in Journals: | 15 | |
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| Brief intro: | Dr. Mayank Ranjan formerly worked as an Assistant Professor in the Department of English, B.S. Institute of Legal Studies, T.M Bhagalpur University, Bhagalpur. He did his Post-graduation from Patna University and Ph.D. from T.M Bhagalpur University, Bhagalpur. He has published several papers in journals of national and international repute. His areas of interest include mythology, Islamic interpretation of literature, American Literature, Literary Theories, specially psychoanalytical theories, feminism, eco-criticism and post-colonial theories. He has attended and organized several seminars and conferences. He also has keen interest in ELT and is an expert in Language Lab Tutorial. He also has experience of teaching students from abroad in ELT programme started by Central University of Jharkhand. He worked as a coordinator for this program and designed the entire curriculum for it |
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| Dr. Pragya Shukla | ||
| Designation: | Assistant Professor |  |
| Courses taught: | Drama, Prose Writings | |
| Specialization: | Gender Studies, Modernism/Postmodernism, Film Studies and Ecocriticism | |
| Number of Papers in Journals: | 15 | |
| ORCID: | 0000-0001-7875-7722 | |
| Brief intro: | Dr Pragya Shukla is Assistant Professor at the Centre of English Studies, Central University of Jharkhand. Her areas of interest are Gender and Modernism/Postmodernism, Film Studies and Ecocriticism. Her doctoral thesis was on ‘A Comparative Study of the Fictional Works of Githa Hariharan and Shashi Deshpande’. Apart from research papers, she dabbles her hand in translation, writing poetry and short stories also. | |
| Mr. Rachit Kumar | ||
| Designation: | Assistant Professor |  |
| Courses taught: | Indian English Writing, Contemporary Critical Issues & Trends, Modern Literary Theory, Literary Theory & Criticism, Drama I, II & III, Prose Writing I & II, Poetry I & II, New Literatures, Tribal Literature | |
| Specialization: | Indian Writing in English, Indian Mythology & literature, Post - Colonial Literature, Film Studies | |
| Number of Papers in Journals: | 05 | |
| ORCID: | https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5050-6806 | |
| Brief intro: | Mr Rachit Kumar is Assistant Professor in the Department of English Studies. He pursued M.A. and MPhil from the University of Delhi. Before joining CUJ he taught in two different colleges of DU for more than three and a quarter years. His area of interest includes Indian literature, mythology, metaphysical poetry and film studies. He has a keen interest in poetry, philosophy and popular fiction and also dabbles in writing poetry. | |
| Dr. Suraj Kumar Saw | ||
| Designation: | Assistant Professor (Temporary) |  |
| Courses taught: | Restoration Drama, Indian English Prose, Introduction to Linguistics, Canadian Fiction, African Prose Writings, Literary Criticism, ELT | |
| Specialization: | Diaspora theory, South Asian Literature, Literary and Cultural Theories | |
| Number of Papers in Journals: | 04 (Four) | |
| ORCID: | https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7821-0495 | |
| Brief intro: | Dr. Suraj Kumar Saw has been in teaching profession since 2010. He taught at University of North Bengal and Amity University Jharkhand prior to joining CUJ. His research works have appeared in edited books and Scopus/indexed journals of international and national repute. Presently, his focal research areas are South Asian diaspora literature, theories of migration and contemporary critical theories | |
| Dr. Abdul Kayoom V. | ||
| Designation: | Assistant Professor (Temporary) |  |
| Courses taught: | M.A., PhD | |
| Specialization: | Crime and Detective Fiction, Post Colonial Studies | |
| Number of Papers in Journals: | 9 | |
| ORCID: | https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4411-7468 | |
| Brief intro: | Taught UG and PG students in various institutions like Calicut University, Sant Gahira Guru University and Chhattisgarh Swami Vivekanand Technical University. In 2017, I designed course material for the paper on Writing for Media for Calicut University. There are nine publications to my credit in reputed journals. I have presented papers in various conferences and seminars funded by UGC, universities and other agencies including Public Diplomacy Division, Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India. In 2018, I got appointed by NPIU (National Project Implementation Unit), a unit of Ministry of Education, Government of India and fielded for Chhattisgarh state as part of its implementation of World Bank funded project, TEQIP-III which I served up to 31 March 2021 in the capacity of Assistant Professor (TEQIP). | |