BIODATA

1. NAME: : Dr. S. Zahira Banu

2. QUALIFICATION : M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D.,(SLET)

3. DESIGNATION &DEPARTMENT : Assistant Professor in English

4. AGE & DATE OF BIRTH : 43 years, 10.07.1976

5. SEX : Female

6. PERMANENT ADDRESS : 244, Main Road

Thiruppuvanam Pudur

Sivagangai District-630611

7. ADDRESS FOR COMMUNICATION : 244, Main Road

Thiruppuvanam Pudur

Sivagangai District-630611

8. EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION:

S.NO COURSES SUBJECT YEAR OF

COMPLETION

INSTITUION

1. Ph.D English

2017

Bharathidasan

University, Trichy

2. M.Phil

English

2004

Thiagarajar College of Arts and Science, Madurai

3. M.A English

2000

The American College, Madurai

4. B.A English

Literature

1998

Thassim Beevi Abdul Kader College For Women, Kilakarai

12. TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

S.NO DESIGNATION PLACE DURATION NO.OF YEARS

1. Lecturer in

English, TBAK College for

Women, Kilakarai

03.07.2001-

07.07.2009

7 years 6

months

2. Assistant

Professor of

English,

M.R. Government

Arts College,

Mannargudi

09.07.2009-

19.07.2010

1 year

3. Assistant

Professor of

English,

Sri Meenakshi

Government Arts

College for Women,

Madurai

20.07.2010 – till

date

10 years

Total Teaching Experience 18 years 6

months

9. Research Work /Experience

10. Recognized Research guide :

11. Area of Specialization/Interest

: Guiding M.A. Projects

No

African American Literature,

English Language Teaching

13. ORIENTATION/REFRESHER COURSES/OTHER PROGRAMMES & TRAINING:

S.NO NAME OF THE

COURSE

TOPIC PLACE PERIOD

1. Refresher Comparative

Literature:

Methods and

Perspectives

Madurai Kamaraj

University,

09.03.2005-

29.03.2005

2. Orientation Essentials of

Teaching-

Learning

TBAK College for

Women, Kilakarai

5th & 6th June

2008

3. Orientation Intensive

Training

Programme

Madras

University,

Chennai

09.07.2009 to

05.08.2009

4. Train the Trainer

programme

Project Genesis Infosys BPO ltd.

Mysore

15.11.2010-

25.11.2010

5. Refresher English

literature

Bharathiyar

University,

Coimbatore

08.05.2012-

28.05.2012

6. Training Programme Skills-Based

Teaching of

English

TBAK college for

women, Kilakarai

and ELTAI

Ramanathapuram

chapter

08-10-13

7. Training Programme Phase I TANII:

CLIL Training

of Trainers

Sri Meenakshi

Govt. Arts College

for Women,

Madurai

19.04.2017 –

20.04.2017

8. Training Programme Phase II

TANII: CLIL

Training of

Trainers

Sri Meenakshi

Govt. Arts College

for Women,

Madurai

02.12.2017

9. Refresher Recent Trends

in

Environmental

studies

Madurai Kamaraj

University,

09.03.2018 –

29.03.2018

14. INTERNATIONAL PUBLICATIONS:

S. No CONFERENCE TITLE PLACE PERIOD

1 International

Conference

Rabindranath Tagore- the Reformer

and Humanist

Rabindranath Tagore:

Vision and Art [ 97893-

80481 – 09 – 8]

Sri

Venkateshwara

College of Arts

and Science,

Peravurani

Book

Y – JAN

2011

2 International

Conference

Multi Genre Approach: Language

Learning through literature Especially

Poetry

TBAK college

for women,

Kilakarai

ISBN 978-

81-927042-

3-4

22nd- 23rd

September

2012

3 International

Conference

Literature: A Tool to teach Soft Skills

for the Work Place

Annammal

College of

Education for

Women,

Thoothukudi

ISBN 978-

81-923842-

1-4

21st &22nd

November

2013

4 Dehumanizing Humanity in Jaspreet

Singh’s Helium

www.languageinindia.com

ISSN

1930-2940

Vol. 18:5

May 2018

5 A Retrospection of Rokeya Sakhawat

Hossain’s Sultana’s Dream

Journal of Teaching and Research in

English Literature

www.jtrel.in

[ISSN:

0975-8828]

Volume 9 –

Number 3 –

July 2018 –

15. NATIONAL LEVEL PUBLICATIONS:

S.

No

Conference Title Place Period

1 National

Seminar

Bama’s Karukku: A struggle for

Emancipation and a Quest for

Self- Discovery

Literary Endeavour

[ISSN: 0976 – 299X]

National

College,

Trichy

Journal

V- 1

No. – 4

Y – Jan

2011

2 National

Workshop on

Technology,

Teaching and

Testing:

Communication

Skills

Multiple Intelligences: A Recipe

for Teaching for Poetry with

special reference to “Stopping

by Woods on a Snowy Evening”

The Journal Of English

Teaching of India

ISSN 0973-5208

Bonsecours

College,

Thanjavur

Vol. 49/1

Jan- Feb 2011

3 Self-Creation in Jamaica

Kincaid’s Lucy: An Analysis

Horizons: Critical Perspectives

on

Language and Literature.

[ISBN 978 – 81– 920985 – 1 –

7]

Book

Year

2012

4 National

Seminar

Teaching ESL through CALL

Teaching of English:

New Dimensions

[ISBN – 978-93-81465-

52-3]

Sri

Ragavendr

a College

of Arts and

Science,

Chidambar

am

Book

Year

2012

5 National

Seminar

Resisting Colonialism: Re-

inventing the Self in the works of

Jamaica Kincaid

Voice International -

New English Literature

– [ISSN 2229-3248] –

Annamalai

University,

Chidambar

am

Journal

Special

Vol. 1

October

2011

16. PAPER PRESENTATION AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL:

S.

No

Seminar/confe

rence

Title of the Paper Place Period

1 National Level

Seminar on

Science Fiction

Ecological Nightmares in

Science Fiction

Pondicherry

University

8th and 9th

Dec 2007

2 National Level

Seminar on

Third

Generation

Indian Women

Writers

Interpretations of Cross-

Culturalism in Jhumpa Lahiri’s

Interpreter of Maladies

Nadar

Saraswathi

College, Theni

29 Jan 2009

3 National

seminar on

Teaching

Communication

Skills for

students in

Rural Colleges

Teaching ESL through CALL Sri

Ragavendra

College of Arts

and Science,

Chidambaram

29.03.2010

4 National

Seminar on

Human Rights

Education &

Human Rights

Literature

Crime Against Punishment in

Jaspreet Singh’s Helium TBAK

college for

women,

Kilakarai

21.12.2013

5 National

Seminar on

Harlem

Renaissance: Its

Impact on

American

Literature

Patterns of Defiance and

Rejection in Jamaica Kincaid’s

Autobiography of my Mother

Annamalai

University,

Chidambaram

20.10.2016

21.10.2016

17. REVIEWER FOR INTERNATIONAL/NATIONAL.STATE LEVEL CONFERENCES:

S. No Conference Title Place

1 International

conference

English Literary Studies: Current

Trends and Concurrent Challenges

TBAK College

for Women,

Kilakarai in

collaboration

with ELTAI.

22nd- 23rd

September

2012

18. CHAIR PERSON FOR INTERNATIONAL/NATIONAL/STATE CONFERENCES:

S. No Conference Title Place

1 International

conference

English Literary Studies: Current

Trends and Concurrent Challenges

TBAK College

for Women,

Kilakarai in

collaboration

with ELTAI.

22nd- 23rd

September

2012

2 National Seminar Ecofeminist Perspectives in

Literature

Sri Meenakshi

Government

Arts College

for Women,

Madurai on 1st

March 2013

3 National Seminar Human Rights Education and Human

Rights Literature

TBAK College

for Women,

Kilakarai on

21st December

2013

4 National

Conference

New Literatures in the New Millennium Sri Meenakshi

Government

Arts College

for Women,

Madurai on 1st

March 2013

19. INVITED TALKS DELIVERED INTERNATIONAL/ NATIONAL / STATE LEVEL CONFERENCES.

S. No Conference Title Place & Date

1 International

Conference On

Teaching English

For Employability

Teaching Fiction in the Symposium ESL

Classroom: Empowering Learners For The

Workplace

Annammal

College of

Education for

Women,

Thoothukudi 21st

&22nd

November2013

20. EDITING IN-HOUSE BOOKS

S.No Title PUBLISHER NAME ISBN/ YEAR

1 English for Infotainment – I

Prose and Poetry,

Grammar and Composition

Harrows Publications,

Chennai

2 English for Infotainment II –

One-Act plays

and Short Stories,

Harrows Publications,

Chennai

3 A Companion to English

Grammar and

Composition,

Manimekala Publications,

Madurai

ISBN: 10 93-82241-

46-9

4 A Companion to

English Grammar,

Composition and Soft Skills

Manimekala Publications,

Madurai

ISBN: 10 93-82241-

41-8

21. TECHNICAL TALKS DELIVERED:

S.

No

Resource Person Title Place & Date

1 Training programme

conducted for Youth

Red Cross

Programme officers

Humanitarian Law

Fatima College,

Madurai on 2 and 3

April 2004

2 Orientation

programme

English Language and Communication

Skill for in-service Teachers

TBAK College for

Women, Kilakarai from

6th to 10th June 2011

3 NSS camp Personality Development TBAK College for

Women on 09.03.2012

4 Two-day training

programme for

Government School

teachers

Skills-Based Teaching of English TBAK college for

women, Kilakarai and

ELTAI

Ramanathapuram on

12th &13th February

2014

5 One-day training

programme

Volunteering TBAK College for

Women, Kilakarai, on

18.10.2015

6 Literary Association Effective Communication Skills Mohamed Sathak

Hamid College of Arts

and Science for

Women,

Ramanathapuram on

12.01.2019.

7 Two day Faculty

Development

Programme

Enhancing Professional Competence TBAK College for

Women, Kilakarai

10.06.2019

&11.06.2019

8 Orientation

Programme

Language Skills for Professional

Competence

Mohamed Sathak

Hamid College of Arts

and Science for

Women,

Ramanathapuram

12.06.2019

22. SEMINAR/ SYMPOSIA / WORKSHOP ATTENTED:

S

N0

NAME &

LEVELOF THE

PROGRAMME

TITLE PLACE PERIOD

1 State level seminar The Role of Accredited

Colleges

Towards Quality

Improvement and

Sustenance in Higher

Education in the Present

Day

Context of Global

Changes

TBAK College for

women, Kilakarai

3 March

2003

2 National Seminar Promotion of Eco-

friendly Technology

and Environmental

Conservation

TBAK College for

women, Kilakarai

23rd September

2003

3 National level

Study cum Training

Camp

Serve Humanity in

Distress

Madurai Kamaraj

University

27th – 31st

December 2003

4 One-day workshop Preparation for

Reaccreditation

TBAK College for

Women, Kilakarai

09th August 2005

5 Two-day workshop Quality Techniques for

Quality Assurance in

Higher Education

Institutions

TBAK College for

women, Kilakarai

22nd & 23rd

September 2006

6 Two-Day Regional

Workshop

Human Rights

Education

Loyola College ,

Chennai

11th &12th July

2007

7 Seminar cum

workshop

e-Learning Centre for

Adult, Continuing

Education and

Extension, Alagappa

University, Karaikudi

17 March

2007

8 State level

Workshop

Success is a Journey

Not a Destination

TBAK College for

women, Kilakarai

5th February 2008

9 Workshop Enhancing Research

Culture

TBAK College for

women, Kilakarai

28th February 2009

10 State level Seminar Human Rights TBAK College for

women, Kilakarai

3rd October 2009

11 One-Day State

Level conference

Women’s Issues and

Remedies

TBAK College for

Women, Kilakarai on

12th March, 2009

12 State Level

conference

English Language

Teaching: Present

Trends and Future

Directions

Mannar Thirumalai

Naicker College,

Madurai

25th September

2010

13 International

workshop

Effective Teaching of

English

Anna University,

Chennai on

14th & 15th

December 2011

14 National Workshop Research and

Consultancy Services

Justice Basheer

Ahmed Sayeed

College For Women,

Chennai

17th December

2011

15 Two-day national

seminar

Promotion and Sharing

of Best Practices in

Quality Assurance

TBAK College,

Kilakarai on

30th and 31st

March 2012

16 One-day workshop Conducting Research in

English Language and

Literature

Gandhigram Rural

institute – Deemed

University,

Gandhigram

10th December

2012

17 Online conference Primary Session &

Business Session

www.macmillanengli

sh.com/online-

conference/2013

11th November

2013

18 Online conference Secondary Session

www.macmillanengli

sh.com/online-

conference/2013

13th November

2013

19 Online conference Adult Session &

Classroom tips Session

www.macmillanengli

sh.com/online-

conference/2013

15th November

2013

20 International

Workshop

Deconstruction: Theory

and Practice

Jayaraj Annapackiam

College for Women,

Periyakulam

4th Jan 2014

21 National

Conference

New Literatures in the

New Millennium

Sri Meenakshi

Government Arts

College for Women,

Madurai

23rd

Jan 2015

22 International

Conference

Literary Theories Mannar Thirumalai Naicker College, Madurai

17.12.2016

23 National workshop Academic Writing ELTAI with

Annammal College of

Education for

Women, Toothukudi

07 & 08 January

2017

24 Workshop Language in Action:

Semiotics of Theatre

Sri Meenakshi

Government Arts

College for Women,

Madurai

10th Jan 2017

25 State level

workshop

ESL Teacher Support

and Teaching

Enhancement

Mepco Schlenk

Engineering College,

Sivakasi

7th & 8th Dec 2017

26 webinar Mental Health

Awareness for

Employers within ELT

www.iatefl.org 7th July 2018

27 International

Conference

Reminiscence of

Revolutionary Reality

of African Literature

Mannar Thirumalai Naicker College, Madurai

10th &11 Jan 2019

28 National workshop Developing Content for

Online course on

Functional English for

Adult Learners

University of Kerala 14th – 16th Jan 2019

29 National workshop Approaches, Methods &

Theories towards

Reading and Re-

readings of Literary

Texts

Vivekananda College,

Tiruvedakam,

Madurai

2nd Feb 2019

30 International

Seminar

Globalization of English

and Changing

Definitions of

Proficiency

The American

College,

Madurai

3rd June 2019

31 National workshop Cognitive Pragmatics

and Learning Analytics

Lady Doak College,

Madurai

13th & 14th June

2019

32 IATEFL Webinar Future Directions in

ELT: where are we

headed?

www.iatefl.org 15th June 2019

33 National Refresher course for

ElTAI members

Annammal College of

Education, Tuticorin

28th &29th June

2019

34 National Seminar Disruptive Innovation in

Higher Education

Curriculum- Quality

Enhancement of Digital

Natives and Promoting

Social Equity

Fatima College,

Madurai

30th Aug 2019

35 National Seminar

Artificial Intelligence,

MultiMedia and ICT in

Teaching, Learning and

Acquisition

Sri. S. Ramasamy

Naidu Memorial

College, Sattur

23rd & 24th Sep

2019

23. SEMINAR/ SYMPOSIA / WORKSHOP CONDUCTED:

S

N0

NAME & LEVELOF

THE PROGRAMME

TITLE PLACE PERIOD

1 State level

workshop

Human Rights

and Values in

Education

TBAK College for

women, Kilakarai

21st February

2008

24. ONLINE COURSES

S. No

Title Institution/University Year of Passing Remarks

1 Integrating

Internet into

Classroom

Lewis and Clark College,

Oregon, USA – Through

RELO, US Embassy,

Delhi

Facilitator- Mr.

Michael Krauss

Sep 12 -30, 2011 Got an

award for

Outstanding

Performance

2 Teaching

E-Learning

Course

Exploring

Web2: Tools for

Classroom

Teaching and

Professional

Development

Lewis and Clark College,

Oregon, USA – Through

RELO, US Embassy,

Delhi

Facilitator- Mr.

Michael Krauss

June17–July 5

2013

Got an

award for

Outstanding

Performance

3 College Writing 2.1x:

Principles of Written

English

The University of California,

Berkeley through edX

December 2013

4 Critical Thinking in

Language Learning and

Teaching

U.S. Department of State,

Office of English Language

Programs & University of

Oregon’s American English

Institute

August07- June

13, 2014

25 OTHER RESPONSIBIITIES HELD IN SERVICE (CURRENT/ PREVIOUS):

S.NO NAME OF THE

SERVICE/COMMITEE

PLACE PERIOD

1 Magazine In-charge Sri Meenakshi

Government Arts

College for

Women, Madurai

2013-14

2. Union In-charge Sri Meenakshi

Government Arts

College for

Women, Madurai

2017-18

3. Website Committee Sri Meenakshi

Government Arts

College for

Women, Madurai

2013- till date

4.

NAAC Committee Sri Meenakshi

Government Arts

College for

Women, Madurai

2019 till date

26. OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES HELD IN OTHER INSTITUTIONS:

S.NO NAME OF THE SERVICES/COMMITEE

PLACE PERIOD

1 Visiting Professor TBAK College for Women,

Kilakarai

2015-17

2 Member of the Board

of Studies

TBAK College for Women,

Kilakarai

2018 – till date

3 Member of the Board

of Studies

Madurai Institute of Social

Science, Madurai

2018 – till date

4 External Advisory

committee member for

the Extension wing

TBAK College for Women,

Kilakarai

2018 – till date

27. AWARDS/MEDALS RECEIVED:

Best Alumnae Service Award- 2001-2007 from TBAK College for Women, Kilakarai

Renowned Alumni Award 2017 from TBAK College for Women, Kilakarai

28. MEMBERS IN PROFESSIONAL BODIES

External examiner in colleges affiliated to Madurai Kamaraj University and Alagappa

University

Question paper setter in colleges affiliated to Avinashilingam Deemed University, Madurai

Kamaraj University, Bharathiyar University and Alagappa University

SN

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ACADEMIC

YEAR

CONFERENCE Attended

/

Presente

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Journal Attended

/

Presente

d

Refresher/

Oreientati

on

Project Reso

urce

perso

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Nationa

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Internationa

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Nationa

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Internation

al

1 2001-2002

2 2002-2003

3 2003-2004 Nat.-2 Attended

4 2004-2005 1-RC

5 2005-2006

6 2006-2007 Nat. -1 Presented

7 2007-2008

8 2008-2009 Nat. -2 presented 1-ORI

9 2009-2010

10 2010-2011 Int. -1 Presented National-2

International-1

11 2011-2012 Nat.- 1 Attended

Int.- 1 Attended

National-3 1-RC 2

12 2012-2013 Nat.- 1 Attended

Nat. -1 Presented

Int. -1 Presented

International-1

13 2013-2014 Int.- 1 Attended

Int. -1 Presented

International-1 1

14 2014-2015 Nat.- 1 Attended

15 2015-2016 Int.- 1 Attended 1

16 2016-2017 Nat.- 2 Attended

Nat.- 1 Presented

17 2017-2018 International-2 1-RC

18 2018-2019 Int. 3 Attended

Nat. – 1 Attended

3