Department of English
Dr. D. Sasi Devi
M.A(Eng),M.Sc, M.Phil, PhD
Email:
devifarista@gmail.com
devifarista@gmail.com
Date of Joining:
2008-08-14
2008-08-14
Educational Background
- PhD - Madurai Kamaraj University
- M.A English - Lady Doak College,Madurai. (1997-1999)
- B.A English - Lady Doak College,Madurai. (1994-1997)
Professional Experience
- Associate Dean – Curriculum Development (20.06.2024 - till date)
- Assistant Coordinator – Women Studies Centre (03.08.2023 – 31.06.2025)
- Coordinator – Department of English (15.11.2021 – till date)
- Coordinator of Self-financed Courses (18.09.2021 - 31.06.2025)
- TEBA – Proof Reader (24 March – 25 June)
- Admission Committee Member (2012 – till date)
- Flying Squad Committee Member (Nov 2017)
- Application Cum Prospectus Committee Member (2018-2019)
- Anti Ragging Committee (2018-2019)
- Website Committee (2020-2021)
- Sangamam Discipline Committee (2019)
- Stock Verification Committee (2011-2013, 2017-2019)
- Digital Handbook Committee (2020-2021)
- IGNOU Academic Counsellor (3.07.2019 – till date)
- Management Scholarship Scrutinising Committee Member (2022, 2023)
- Enquiry Committee Member (4.09.2023, 17.04.2023)
- Magazine Committee Member (2008-2009)
- Savitha Project Member (22.06.2003 – till date)
Awards & Recognitions
NPTEL COURSES
- Developing Soft Skills and Personality - Elite
- Stress Management
- Poetry
- Effective Writing - Elite
- Public Speaking - Elite
Body Language: Key to Professional Success - Elite
Research Publications
PAPER PRESENTATION
- Identity crisis in Gita Mehta’s Raj, National Seminar, M.S.S Wakf Board College, Madurai (07.03.2011)
- Sri Aurobindo’s Savitri as A representative of Indian Womanhood, National Seminar, NMSS Vellaichamy Nadar College, Madurai (15.03.2013)
- Mysticism in the Sonnets of Sri Aurobindo, National Seminar, VHNSN College, Virudhunagar (06.04.2014)
- Eco consciousness in GM Hopkins’ Binsey Poplars, International Conference, Fatima College, Madurai (13.12.2014)
The concept of Enlightenment in the Select Sonnets of Sri Aurobindo, International Conference, Sri Venkateshwara college of Education, Peravurani and Sahitya Akademi,
New Delhi (15.03.2014)
- Ecotheology in the Blessed Virgin Compared to the Air We Breathed by G.M Hopkins, International Seminar, VHNSN College, Virudhunagar (11.10.2014)
- The Magic of Storytelling in Asfiya Rahman’s Is it kinder to Give or Receive, National Conference, Sermathai Vasan College for Women (26.09.2014)
- Spiritual Bliss in the sonnets of Sri Aurobindo, International Seminar, VHNSN College, Virudhunagar (27.02.2015)
- Salvation through Redemption in Arun Joshi’s The Apprentice, National Seminar, Fatima College (18.09.2015)
- Alienation and Nostalgia in Jhumpa Lahari’s The Namesake, International Seminar, VHNSN College, Virudhunagar (04.09.2015)
Breaking the Myth: Redefining beauty In The Beauty Myth: How Images of beauty are Used Against Women by Naomi Wolf, International Conference, NMSS Vellaichamy
Nadar College, Madurai (23.01.2016)
- Incessant Shift In Search of Self In A House for Mr Biswas, National Seminar, Muthurangam Government Arts College (3&4 .03. 2016)
- Literature: An Elixir of VerdousLife, Govt Arts College, Melur (18-19 Aug 2017)
- Women! Wake up to Make up your Self, National conference, S.V.N College, Madurai (8.3.2017)
- A Journey of Discovering the Erased Inscriptions to ascribe it to the Self in Manju Kapur's "Difficult Daughters", National Seminar, Jeyaraj Annapackiam College for Women
(23-2-2019)
Bharathi Mukerjee's Wife: Diasporic Consciousness of the Immigrant Victims, National Level Seminar, Annai Fathima College of Arts and Science, Thirumangalam (25-2-
2019)
- Effective Trends in English Language Teaching, International Seminar, VHNSN College, Virudhunagar (05.09.2019)
- Learning English at Ease, National Seminar, M.V.M. Govt. Arts College for Women, Dindigul (20.12.2019)
- A Journey into the Internal Consciousness, National conference, Kristu Jayanti College, Bengaluru (25,26 Mar 2021)
- Sri Aurobindo's Revelation of the Secrets to Silence the Mind of a Sadhak, International Conference, Sri Vidhya Arts & Science College, Krishnagiri (8,9 Apr 2021)
PUBLICATION IN JOURNALS
- The Magic of Storytelling in Asfiya Rahman’s Is it kinder to Give or Receive
VERGAL (ROOTS), Vol. 1, Issue 1, 2014, ISSN 2349-8684
- Salvation through Redemption in Arun Joshi’s The Apprentice
VERGAL (ROOTS), Vol. 1, Issue 2, 2015, ISSN 2349-8684
- Breaking the Myth: Redefining beauty In The Beauty Myth: How Images of beauty are Used Against Women by Naomi Wolf
VERGAL (ROOTS), Vol. 3, Issue 2, 2016, ISSN 2349-8684
- Food: An elixir of verdurous life
Journal of the Oriental Institute, ISSN 0030-5324, 2022
- Powerful Portrayal of Marginalised Identity through the Wholeness of Mind and Body
Journal of the Asiatic Society of Mumbai, ISSN 0972-0766, 2022
- Life Sustaining Physique Metamorphosing into Extreme Soreness in Mahasweta Devi's "Behind the Bodice"
Kanpur Philosophers, ISSN 2348-8301, 2022
- Communication Activities with Indigenous Content for Enhancing Speaking Skills of Undergraduate Students in ESL Classroom
International Research Journal of Multidisciplinary Scope, Vol. 5, Issue 1, ISSN(0):2582_631X, DOI:10.47857/irjms.2024.v05i01.0179
RESEARCH PAPERS PRESENTED AND PUBLISHED
- Identity crisis in Gita Mehta’s Raj, National Seminar, M.S.S Wakf Board College, Madurai (07.03.2011)
- Sri Aurobindo’s Savitri as A representative of Indian Womanhood, National Seminar, NMSS Vellaichamy Nadar College, Madurai (15.03.2013)
- Mysticism in the Sonnets of Sri Aurobindo, National Seminar, VHNSN College, Virudhunagar (06.04.2014)
- Eco consciousness in GM Hopkins’ Binsey Poplars, International Conference, Fatima College, Madurai (13.12.2014)
- The concept of Enlightenment in the Select Sonnets of Sri Aurobindo, International Conference, Sri Venkateshwara college of Education, Peravurani and Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi (15.03.2014)
- Ecotheology in the Blessed Virgin Compared to the Air We Breathed by G.M Hopkins, International Seminar, VHNSN College, Virudhunagar (11.10.2014)
- The Magic of Storytelling in Asfiya Rahman’s Is it kinder to Give or Receive, National Conference, Sermathai Vasan College for Women (26.09.2014)
- Spiritual Bliss in the sonnets of Sri Aurobindo, International Seminar, VHNSN College, Virudhunagar (27.02.2015)
- Salvation through Redemption in Arun Joshi’s The Apprentice, National Seminar, Fatima College (18.09.2015)
- Alienation and Nostalgia in Jhumpa Lahari’s The Namesake, International Seminar, VHNSN College, Virudhunagar (04.09.2015)
- Breaking the Myth: Redefining beauty In The Beauty Myth: How Images of beauty are Used Against Women by Naomi Wolf, International Conference, NMSS Vellaichamy Nadar College, Madurai (23.01.2016)
- Incessant Shift In Search of Self In A House for Mr Biswas, National Seminar, Muthurangam Government Arts College (3&4 .03. 2016)
Literature: An Elixir of VerdousLife, Govt Arts College, Melur (18-19 Aug 2017)
- Women! Wake up to Make up your Self, National conference, S.V.N College, Madurai (8.3.2017)
- A Journey of Discovering the Erased Inscriptions to ascribe it to the Self in Manju Kapur's "Difficult Daughters", National Seminar, Jeyaraj Annapackiam College for Women (23-2-2019)
- Bharathi Mukerjee's Wife: Diasporic Consciousness of the Immigrant Victims, National Level Seminar, Annai Fathima College of Arts and Science, Thirumangalam (25-2-2019)
- Effective Trends in English Language Teaching, International Seminar, VHNSN College, Virudhunagar (05.09.2019)
- Learning English at Ease, National Seminar, M.V.M. Govt. Arts College for Women, Dindigul (20.12.2019)
- A Journey into the Internal Consciousness, National conference, Kristu Jayanti College, Bengaluru (25,26 Mar 2021)
- Sri Aurobindo's Revelation of the Secrets to Silence the Mind of a Sadhak, International Conference, Sri Vidhya Arts & Science College, Krishnagiri (8,9 Apr 2021)