College of Engineering & Management, Kolaghat

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Research Area

• ELT, Modern British Fiction

Subjects Taken

• Undergraduate Level: HM HU201, HM HU 291, HU 381/481, HS HU 481, Seminar CS-681, GD781, OEC CS801E, OEC IT 601B, OE EC 704C, MC HU 501
• Postgraduate Level: M.tech 1st sem

Educational Qualification

• B. A. in English (hons) from Lady Brabourne College
• M. A. in English from Presidency College
• Ph. D. in English from Calcutta University

Experience

• Teaching: Lecturer in Jhargram Govt College, 1996 till 1999
• Teaching: HOD, Humanities and Prof of English in College of Engineering and Management, Kolaghat, At CEMK 1999 joining till date

Books Published

• • Communication Skills for Professionals by  Dr. Nira Konar ,  PHI, New New Delhi, , ISBN: 978-81-203-4420-4 in  2009 and 2011 and 2022 3rd Edition.
  • English Language Laboratories: a Comprehensive Manual by  Dr. Nira Konar ,  PHI, New Delhi, , ISBN: 978-81-203-4342-9 in  2011.
  • Using Multiple Intelligences and Collaborative Learning in our Classrooms by  Dr. Nira Konar and Ayushman Banerjee , Copal Publications, New Delhi , ISBN:978-93-834-1942-5 in  2016.
  • English Language Teaching: a pedagogical Webquest by  ed by Ghanashyam and Mouli ..chapter by Dr. Nira Konar , Authors Press, New Delhi , 978-81-7273-594-4 in  2010.

Sponsored Project

• Project Title:   “ADAPTIVE DESIGN OF ELT AND COMMUNICATION COURSES BASED ON LEARNING STYLES AND ABILITIES TO ENHANCE TECHNOLOGY STUDENTS’ PERFORMANCE”

  Sponsor:  WORLD BANK -TEQIP II

  Investigator (s): Dr. Nira Konar

  Duration: July 2013- March 2015 (21 months)

FDP/Seminar/Workshop/Conferences Organized

• • Convenor of TEQIP funded Subject Area Training Programme of English in June, 2013. Organized by   Dr. Konar Convenor of Training of English Deptsponsored by  TEQIP II during   June, 2013. .
  • Facing the Challenges of Teaching English..colleges Organized by   Dr. Konar Convenor of Workshop of English Deptsponsored by  TEQIP II during   August, 2013..
  • Using Multiple Intelligences..classrooms Organized by   Dr. Konar Convenor of Workshop of English Deptsponsored by  TEQIP II during  July, 2016.

Summer/Winter Attended

• • Getting A grade (the highest obtainable grade) in English Literature in the 3 week sponsored UGC Refresher Course at the University of Calcutta in 2003.
  • PGCTE Course certificate from CIEFL, Hyderabad (now EFLU)
  • PGCTE Contact programme at CIEFL is also equivalent to I refresher course under the government rules.

   

  FACULTY  DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES (FDP) :

  • C.E.P certificate course on ELT at I.I.T .Kharagpur , May 2005.
  •  “Short Term Course on Literary Theory: Theories of Reading and Writing” from 1^st to 4^th August, 2008, as part of Continuing Education Programme in I.I.T.Kharagpur.
  • Team leader at.“Train the Trainer Workshop” conducted by Campus Connect Soft Teams at Infosys Ltd, Bhubaneswar in July, 2011. TEQIP sponsored training for ‘Achieving Academic Excellence’ at IIM Raipur in September 2014 for 1 week.
  • Faculty Development Training under FSD Programme of TEQIP at &l

Awards/Recognitions

• • School leaving Medal for Academics
  • First Prize for English Hons at Lady Brabourne for being college topper
  • Gold Medals for Debate and Quiz from the University of Calcutta.
  • First prize from Shakespeare Society for  Debate held at British Council, Kolkata
  • Prize for All India Elocution Contest held at Ramkrishna Mission Institute of Culture

   

  Special mention may also be made of:

  • Achieving the highly coveted Junior Research Fellowship and the Senior Research Fellowship of the University Grants Commission.
  • AICTE Travelling  Grant for International Conference
  • Awarded Travelling Grant by ASIA TEfL for conference at KualaLampur
  • Cited and interviewed many times in Electronic and print media nationally and internationally for academic presentations.

   

  Grants Fetched

  • Obtained UGC-Junior Research Fellow and Senior Research Fellow grants.
  • Granted  a World Bank TEQIP II Project, the approved amount was 6.05 lakhs.

Interaction with Professional Bodies

• • Subject expert of Communicative English of Board of studies of St. Xavier's College, Kolkata.
  • Coordinator and BOS Member of English of MAKAUT
  • Core Committee Member of the Academic Council of the American TESOL Society.
  • Life Member of Presidency College
  • Member of English Language Teacher's Association of India ie ELTAI
  • Member of INIMS, IIT, Madras
  • Acclaimed Keynote speaker, session chair, invited speaker for IIT, Kharagpur; St. Xavier's College, IEM, Kolkata; JIS College, BBIT, New Alipore College, AMITY University.
  • Invited Speaker and Moderator at American Centre, British Council.
  • Subject expert, Curriculum Developer, Moderator, Author

Awards/Recognitions

• Topper at Lady Brabourne College

  Topper at Loreto School

  Gold Medals for English Debate Quiz Creative Writing Elocution  at School, College, University Levels