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Dr. Ananya Roy Pratihar

Assistant Professor, BC (General Management & Strategy)-Regular
D.O.J.-3rd June 2019

Courses Offered
  • Business Communication
  • Written Analysis and Communication

Education
  • Received PhD in English Literature (Popular Cultural Studies) in 2020 from Utkal University, Bhubaneswar
  • Received M.Phil degree in English Literature in 2010 from Utkal University, Bhubaneswar.
  • Received Master's degree in English Literature with First Class in 2009 from Utkal University, Bhubaneswar.
  • Obtained Bachelor's degree in English as Topper with First Class Distinction in 2007 from Fakir Mohan Autonomous College, Balasore.
  • Passed AISSCE (12th) in 2004 with first division from Kendriya Vidyalaya IIT, Kharagpur
  • Passed AISSE (10th) in 2002 with first division from Kendriya Vidyalaya IIT, Kharagpur

Academic & Industry Experience
  • Working as an Assistant Professor in Business Communication in IMIS Bhubaneswar since 3rd June 2019.
  • Worked as an Assistant Professor at NM Institute of Engineering and Technology, Bhubaneswar from 2012 to 2013
  • Worked as a Lecture at Bhubaneswar Institute of Technology, Bhubaneswar from 2009 to 2011
  • Worked at Gandhi Institute for Education and Technology, Bhubaneswar from Sep. 2009 to Nov. 2009

Research Interest

    Working as an Assistant Professor in Communication Studies at the Institute of Management and Information Science, Bhubaneswar, India, Dr. Ananya Roy Pratihar has established herself as an expert in cultural studies and philosophy. Ananya's work has been published in numerous academic journals and books, and she has presented her research at national and international conferences focussing on Deleuze and Guattari Studies. Her research interests include Decolonial Studies, Deleuze studies, Film Studies, Eco humanism, Communication and Socio-cultural Studies

Research Publications

    Published Articles:

  • Published article entitled "Earthing Kashmir: Geo-Tropicality as a Means of Thinking beyond Stratified Geopolitics in e-Tropic Vol.21.1(2022), James Cook University (Indexed in Scopus)
  • Published article entitled Beyond the Carceral #MeToo : Mapping the Schizo-aesthetics of Body and Desire in Exchanges: The Interdisciplinary Research Journal, University of Warwick Press. Vol. 8 No. 3 (2021): Spring 2021
  • Folktale and Fiction: Transformation of Once Upon a Time Formulas in Indian Popular Narratives inLITERARIA: An International Journal New Literature Across the World (ISSN 2229-4600) Vol. 8, No.1-2, Jan- Dec 2018.
  • Contemporary Popular Fiction in India: An Aesthetic Space for Indian Youth inNew Academia: An International Journal of English Language, Literature and Literary Theory (ISSN 2347-2073) (U.G.C. Journal. No. 44829) (Online) Vol. VI Issue III, July 2017.
  • Cultural Roots connecting the Past and the Present: A Study of Chitra B. Divakaruni's Before We Visit the Goddess' in Proceedings of International Conference on Indian Cultural Heritage: Past, Present and Future, March 2017, ISBN: 978-93-81693-07-6.
  • Co-authored article entitled Exploring The Hyphenated Identity: Woman Characters In the Works of Jhumpa Lahiri Vol-IV: Issue: 2, October 2015, ISSN 2277-3967 (Print) ISSN 2347-2073(Online) with Kasturi Bose Goswami.
  • Contributed article in The Local and the Global in Postcolonial Literature, ed. Punyashree Panda, ISBN-13: 978-8172738815, 2014.
  • 'She' on the Celluloid: A Study through Cinema of India' in Wizcraft Journal of Language and Literature Vol-2: Issue: 2, June 2013,ISSN 2319-4952 (Print).
  • Co-authored article entitled�Portraying the Fair Sex in Desai's Fasting, Feasting and Nair's Ladies Coupe: Fossilized, Alive or Sublimed?' in Asian Journal of English StudiesVol-11: Issue: 2, October 2013,ISSN 2277-3606 (Print) with Namita Mohanty.
  • 'Transgressive Identity on Celluloid: A postcolonial study of Mira Nair's films' in Problems on Ethnicity, Identity and LiteratureISBN- 81-924140-5-1.
  • 'In Pursuit of Identity: A Study through Selected South Asian Novels' in The Criterion: An International Journal in English Vol-3: Issue:3, September 2012, ISSN 0976- 8165 (Online).

Book Publications
  • Book (Edited Collection) titled Technology, Urban Space and Networked Community Palgrave Macmillan,(2022) UK.
  • Jointly edited a Book titled Deleuze, Guattari and Schizoanalysis of the Global Pandemic: Revolutionary Praxis and Neoliberal Crisis to be published by Bloomsbury Publishing, UK (Forthcoming).

Seminar and Conferences Attended

    2023:

  • Participated in the International Workshop on Theorizing Artificial Intelligence from Digital Automatism to Planetary Autonomy organised by the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Kharagpur from 19th-21st January 2023.
  • Presented a talk on Reinventing Decoloniality: Geo-materiality, Deleuze and the Alterity of Sankhya Philosophy at GIAN conference, 2023 organised by HSS Dept of IIT Kharagpur.

    • 2022:

  • Participated and presented paper titled "Decolonizing Ecology: Beyond the archives of western Ecocriticality" at the Third International Conclave on GLOBALIZING INDIAN THOUGHT (GIT 2022) organized by Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode during December 1-3, 2022.

    • 2019:

  • Participated in National Conference on "Language, Literature & Diversity", 15-16 Feb,2019, organized by Birla Global University and presented paper entitled Aesthetic Significance of Popular Readings: From Provincial Bharat to New India.

    • 2018:

  • Participated in National Symposium Desiring Bharat and historicizing the "postcolonial" organized by IIT Kharagpur from 28-30 December, 2018.

    • 2017:

  • Participated and presented paper in the International Conference on Folklore Studies, 26-27 December 2017, organized by KIIT University, Bhubaneswar.
  • Participated and presented paper in the International conference on 'Indian Cultural Heritage: Past, Present, Future' from 18th to 20th March, organized by Utkal University with Institute of Media Studies, Bhubaneswar.

    • 2013:

  • Participated and presented paper entitled 'Exploring the Phenomenal Figure: Portrayal of Mother in Anita Desai's Selected Novels' in UGC SPONSORED TWO DAY NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON 'Portrayal of Mother in Indian English Fiction' on 20-21 September 2013 at Arts and Commerce College, Nagthane, Maharashtra.
  • Participated and presented paper in National Seminar on Quality Assurance in Technical Education: Issues, Achievements & Challenges on 26 th February 2013 at MIET, Bhubaneswar.
  • Participated and Presented a paper in 2nd International Conference on Competency Building Strategies in Business and Technology for Sustainable Development titled 'Globalization of Higher Education in India: Issues and Challenges' on 22 nd February 2013 at Sri Ganesh School of Business Management, Mettupatti, Salem.
  • Attended and presented paper entitled 'Portraying the Fair Sex in Desai's Fasting, Feasting and Nair's Ladies Coupe: Fossilized, Alive or Sublimed?' in International Conference on Language, Literature andCulture, 10-12 December 2012 at IASE, Pune.
  • Participated in the seminar Topographies of Mind, Society and Culture: Identities and Crossovers organised by P.G Dept. of English, Utkal University on 09-10 November 2012.
  • Participated and presented a paper titled 'Transgressive Identity on Celluloid: A Postcolonial study of Mira Nair's Films' in International Seminar on Ethnicity, Identity and Literature from 11-14 October 2012 at The Sibsagar College, Assam.
  • Participated and presented paper titled 'Changing Paradigm of Technical Education in India: Issues and Challenges' in the State level Seminar on Reform of Education System in Odisha: Vision-2015 on 21st May 2012 organised by ISTE, DRIEMS, Cuttack.
  • Attended and presented a paper entitled 'Female Subjectivity on Celluloid: A Comparative Study ofWomen Centric Movies by Aparna Sen and Madhur Bhandarkar' in the National Seminar on Feminist Narratives in the Public Domain organised by P.G Dept. of English, Utkal University on 30-31 March2012.
  • Participated and presented a paper titled 'Search for Identities in South Asian Novels' in UGC-sponsored National Seminar' TWIXT PILLAR AND POST: Diasporic Identity and 'In-between'-ness in Indian English Literature on 1st and 2nd March,2012 by the Dept. of English, Tufanganj, Cooch-Behar.

    • 2011:

  • Participated and presented a paper entitled 'Beyond the Boundaries: on Quest for Identity in South Asian Novels' in the Seminar on 'Language, Literature, Culture: New Perspectives' organised by P.G Dept. of English, Utkal University on 26-27 November 2011.

FDP & MDP
  • Completed FDP on "ACADEMIC WRITING" organized by MSME-TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CENTRE (PPDC), Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises, Government of India Organization from 21.02.2022 to 25.02.2022
  • Participated for FDP on "Communication Skills" organized by National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research, Chennai (Ministry of Education, Government of India) from 07.03.2022 to 11.03.2022 (Certificate No. 2021/FDPOM-146/02)
  • Completed AICTE sponsored Short-Term Course "Developing Interpersonal Communication Strategies" from IIT, Kharagpur (Continuing Education Programme) on 25-31 August 2010.
  • Completed the NPTEL online certification course on Literary Theory and Literary Criticism (Jan-Mar 2017) with a consolidated score of 77%.

Workshops Attended
  • Participated in GIAN sponsored Workshop on "Travel Writing: Texts, Theories, and Frameworks for Analysis" from 19 December 2016-29 December 2016 conducted by The School of Humanities, Social Sciences and Management, IIT Bhubaneswar.
  • Participated in The Deep Dive Faculty Enablement Program on Business English on 19 th, 20th and 21st February 2013 conducted by Infosys Campus Connect. 2012
  • Attended the Workshop for Research Scholars and Faculty on 'Theories of Literature (English)' jointly conducted by UGC-ASC & DDCE, Utkal University on 17th-20th March 2012.
  • Attended National Workshop on "Research Methodology" on 21-22 December 2010 organised by ITER, BBSR in collaboration with Utkal University.
  • Attended a National Workshop on "Dissemination of Higher Education through ICT" organised by DRIEMS B-School, Cuttack on 6th February 2010.

Achievement & Awards
  • Obtained Bachelor's degree in English as Topper with First Class Distinction in 2007 from Fakir Mohan Autonomous College, Balasore.
  • Resource Person at GIAN conference, 2023 organised by HSS Dept of IIT Kharagpur.

Other Interests
  • Reading
  • Gardening