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Faculty Profile

Dr. Smitha Chandran

Associate Professor

Department of Humanities

School of Science

  smitha.chandran@opju.ac.in

Academic Profile

  •  PhD in English from National Institute of Technology, Rourkela - 2020.
  •  MA in English from Pondicherry Central University, Pondicherry - 2013.
  •  BA in English from Bishopmoore College, Mavelikara - 2011.

Work Experience

  •  Working as an Associate Professor in OP Jindal University, Raigarh (C.G), from Feb 2025 to till date.
  •  Worked as an Associate Professor in Malla Reddy University, Hyderabad from Jan 2021 to Jan 2025.
  •  Worked as an Assistant Professor in Malla Reddy College of Engineering and Technology, Hyderabad from July 2017 to Dec 2020.

Area of Research

  •  Life Writing and Identity Studies.
  •  Cultural Discourse.

International / National Journals

  •  Chandran Smitha & Mohanty Seemita. (2019). "Using Sports Vocabulary to Strengthen English Language Skills of Engineering Students." The Journal of English Language Teaching (India). Vol. LXI, No.1, pp. 25-32.
  •   Kashish Akhtar Ali, Smitha Chandran, Syed Zareena (2024). "Marquez's Alchemical Approach to Magic Realism: Insinuating Universal Societal Realities." Library Progress International. Vol. 44 No. 3 (2024): LIB PRO. 44(3), JUL-DEC 2024 (Published: 31-07-2024).
  •   Smitha Chandran, Kashish Akhtar Ali, Syed Zareena (2024). "Sport, Choice and Social Class: Reading Indian Female Sports Life Writings" South Eastern European Journal of Public Health (ISSN: 2197-5248)Volume XXV S1 2024.

International / National Conferences

  •   'Choice of Sports as a Classed Practice: A Bourdieuan Approach to Reading Female Sports Autobiographies' at Raw.Con - 2015, Hyderabad Central University, Hyderabad, Telengana.
  •   Body as the Main Site of Identity: Desires, Motives, Pressures and Role-Conflicts among Indian Sportspersons' at Eighth International Conference on Sport and Society and the Sport and Society - 2017 - Imperial College , London.

Achievements / Awards and Honors

  •  2017: Received the Emerging Scholar Award in the 8th International Conference on Sport and Society held at Imperial College, London, UK. My duty as an awardee was to chair the sessions.
  •  2015-17:Received ICSSR (Indian Council of Social Sciences Research) scholarship for my PhD work.

Workshops / Seminars / Short Term Course

  •  2023: GIAN course on The Philosophy of (Auto)Biography -- Experience and (Self) Representation to be held from 18th to 22nd July 2023 at IIT Tirupati.
  •  2022: Attended a 2 week FDP on research methodology.
  •  2022: Participated in a webinar on "Teaching ESL Writing Skills to Indian Undergraduates".
  •  2022: TEFL Universal Course Certification .
  •  2016: Attended a two week GIAN programme on Postcolonial World Literature at IIT Bhubaneswar.

Invited Talks/ Guest Lectures

  •  2024: Delivered a talk on 'Autobiographies Across Cultures' in the 'Refresher course in comparative Literature at MANNU'
  •  2016: Delivered a talk as an invited speaker at Carmel School, Rourkela, my alma mater. The talk aimed at motivating students
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