Assistant Professor | Department of English
Contact (Off.): 9891722333
Email Address : piyush[dot]chaudhary[at]hrc[dot]du[dot]ac[dot]in
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Specialization
- 18th Century British Literature
- Indian English Literature
- Dalit Literatures
- English Communication
Educational Qualifications
- B.A. (Hons) English , 2012-2015 , Delhi College of Arts & Commerce, University of Delhi
- M.A. English , 2015-2017 , Kirori Mal College, University of Delhi
- Ph.D. (Pursuing) , 2021 , Department of English, University of Delhi
Career Profile
Cumulative teaching experience of over 6 years at University of Delhi
Present Profile:
Assistant Professor, Hans Raj College, University of Delhi (since November 2022)
Past Profile:
- Assistant Professor (Ad-hoc) at Shaheed Rajguru College of Applied Sciences for Women, University of Delhi.
(July 2019 – November 2022)
- Guest Faculty at Jesus and Mary College, Non-Collegiate Women’s Education Board (NCWEB), University of Delhi.
(August 2018 – April 2019)
- Guest Faculty at School of Open Learning (SOL), CIE, University of Delhi.
(January 2018 – April 2018; November 2018 – January 2019; November 2019 – March 2020)
Subjects Taught
Have taught various papers under UGCF (NEP), LOCF & CBCS frameworks -
- Introduction to Literary Studies
- Indian Partition Literature
- 14th to 17th Century English Poetry
- British Literature: 18th Century
- 19th Century European Realism
- Indian Writing in English
- English Communication
Taught MA program under LOCF framework -
- Post-Independence Indian Literature
Administrative Assignments
- Member, Programme Management Committee, Centenary Celebrations Committee, DU Centenary Celebrations, University of Delhi, 2022-23. Given responsibility to coordinate with stakeholders in matters of infrastructure, logistics, stage management, VIP movement and actual performance of the Centenary Programmes as per the schedule.
- Member, Grievance Redressal Committee, Admissions 2023-24.
- Nominated by Office of Dean, Academic Affairs, University of Delhi for NEP Pavilion at New Delhi World Book Fair 2023, 25th Feb – 5th March 2023.
- Member, Paper Setting Committee – GE Language ‘Digital Communications.’
- Discharged all administrative and official work delegated by the college, viz. preparing, and editing reports, editing magazine, organizing events/ competitions, publicity and outreach, examination related evaluation, duties, and tabulation of data.
Thesis
Pursuing Ph.D. from Department of English, University of Delhi (since 2021)
Journals Articles
- “Gandhian Way of Education: M.K. Gandhi’s Educational Philosophy in R.K. Narayan’s Swami and Friends.” in The Creative Launcher – An International, Open Access, Peer Reviewed, Refereed, E- Journal in English, Vol. 6, Issue I, April 2021, ISSN = 2455-6580, Web, pp. 134-144.
- “Education as Emancipation – Hazari’s Untouchable: Autobiography of an Indian Outcaste”, International Journal of Research in Social Sciences (IJRSS), vol. 9, issue 1(1), Jan 2019, UGC Approved Journal, ISSN = 2249-2496, Web, pp. 144-148.
- “Ambedkar and Annihilation of Caste–Performing Theory, Praxis, Counter Identity”, International Journal of Applied Ethics (IJAE), vol. 8, July 2022, Peer-reviewed Journal, ISSN = 2321 – 2497, Web, pp. 29-38.
Conference/ Symposium etc. Paper Presented
- Presented research paper titled ‘Status of Women in an Islamic Society’ in National Seminar on “Questions of Human Rights: Indian Society” sponsored by UGC (University Grants Commission) at Moti Lal Nehru College, University of Delhi, New Delhi, 30th March – 31st March, 2016.
- Presented research paper titled ‘The Home and the Domestic – Home as the Site of Inescapability in Mohan Rakesh’s Halfway House’ in National Seminar on “Home and Beyond: Belonging, Unbelonging, Nostalgia” sponsored by NEIC (North East India Company) at Santipur College, University of Kalyani, Nadia, West Bengal, 25th Feb – 26th Feb, 2019.
- Presented research paper titled ‘Gandhian Way of Education – An Assessment of M.K. Gandhi’s Educational Philosophy in R.K. Narayan’s Swami and Friends’ in International Seminar on “The Gandhian Way: An Idea whose Time has Come?” sponsored by UGC (University Grants Commission) at Shaheed Bhagat Singh College, University of Delhi, New Delhi, 11th April – 12th April, 2019.
Talks
- Delivered a 1-day Invited Talk/ Lecture on Indian Classical Literature with special focus on Kalidasa’s Abhijnana Shakuntalam, Amity University Uttar Pradesh, Noida, 31st March, 2021.
- Delivered a 1-day Invited Talk/ Lecture on Modern European Drama with special focus on Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot, Amity University Uttar Pradesh, Noida, 16th April, 2022.
- Resource Person at UGC-CEC
Link to playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLNsppmbLKJ8JIhn6tvfYt2P6oQ9MohiB7
- Resource Person at Hansraj e-Samvaad
Link to playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhueDoSfZI3j7LoVWLae6SfJOSLl4UJSS
Others
- Reviewer, Ad Litteram – An English Journal of International Literati (A Peer-reviewed, Open Access, Refereed Annual e-Journal) ISSN: 2456 6624 (December 2017 onwards)
https://adlitteramjournal.com
- Associate Editor, International Journal of Innovation and Multidisciplinary Research (A peer-reviewed, Open Access Journal of Shaheed Rajguru College of Applied Sciences for Women, University of Delhi) ISSN: 2583 4452 (January 2022 onwards)
https://www.rajgurucollege.com/Journal-IJIAMR