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FACULTY PROFILE

Teachers
Dr. R. PRIYA
Assistant Professor
Department of English(Aided)
Academic Qualifications
  •   Ph.D. English
    Year of Passing : 2016

     Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai

  •   M.Phil. English
    Year of Passing : 2012

     Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai

  •   M.A. English
    Year of Passing : 2011

     Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai

  •   B.Ed. English
    Year of Passing : 2009

     Government College of Education, Coimbatore

Eligibility
  • NET in Comparative Literature
    Year of Passing : 2012

     UGC

  • TNSET
    Year of Passing : 2011

     Bharathiar University, Coimbatore

Dr. R. PRIYA, M.A., B.Ed., M.Phil., Ph.D.,
Assistant Professor, Department of English(Aided)
rpriya@vvvcollege.org
Professional Experience
Assistant Professor, V.V.Vanniaperumal College for Women, Virudhunagar, 11 years
Administrative Positions held
Red Ribbon Club-Programme Officer (PO) - 2018 - 2019
College Student Union Vice President - 2022-2023
Guideship
M.Phil. Completed : 4
Research Area
Canadian Literature & Indian Writing in English
Research Projects
VVVCMB MRP Scheme 2023, 2023-2024 (Ongoing) by V.V.Vanniaperumal College Managing Board (Rs.22000) on “Enhancement of Reading and Writing Skills in the Teaching Learning Process of English as Second Language at High School Level: A Case Study at Government Higher Secondary School, Chatrareddiapatti, Virudhunagar District”
Books published
Priya. R., General Aspects of Shakespeare, (2016)ISBN: 978-93-85977-94-7, Shanlax Publications Madurai
Priya. R., Shakespearean Criticism, (2016), ISBN: 978-93-85977-94-8, Shanlax Publications Madurai
Priya. R., A Succinct Guide to Shakespeare (2020) ISBN: 978-93-5274-561-6. Trinity Press, New Delhi
Chapters published
Priya. R., Pearls of Victory. (2017) Chapter contributed- Part-I Unit- XI-English Language Teaching. ISBN: 978-81-2343-466-7. New Century Book House (P) Ltd., Chennai-98
Journal Publication
Priya, R. (2014).“Quest for Self in Margaret Atwood’s The Edible Woman”. Multidisciplinary Research Journal of VVV College - A Peer Reviewed Journal of English Literature. Volume 1, Issue 1. ISSN- 2347-3967
Priya, R. (2014).“Seafaring Novels of John Tim Winton”. NOTIONS- A Peer Reviewed Journal of English Literature. ISSN-0976-5247
Priya, R. (2014).“From Entrapment to Enhancement: Journey of Saru in Shasi Deshpande’s That Dark Holds No Terror”. RSIRJLE:An International Refereed e-Journal of Literary Explorations. Impact Factor: 0.793. ISSN- 2320-6101
Priya, R. (2015). "Prudential Progress of Sagacious Sivakami". Social Sciences-International Research Journal. Vol. I, Issue I, ISSN 2395-0544
Priya, R. (2015). "Vikram Seth’s An Equal Music- A Parable of Love and Anguish". NOTIONS- A Peer Reviewed Journal of English Literature. ISSN-0976-5247
Priya, R. (2015). "Delineation of Ethnic Leadership in Jeannette Armstrong’s Slash". ROOTS - International Journal of Multidisciplinary Researches – A Peer Reviewed, Referred & Quarterly Journal. ISSN 2349-8684
Priya, R. (2015). "The Spicy Life of Indian Immigrants in Divakaruni’s The Mistress of Spices". ACJELL(American College Journal of English Language and Literature). ISSN-2015-17252278876 X
Priya, R. (2018). "Quest for Identity in Nayantara Sahgal’s Storm in Chandigarh and A Situation in New Delhi". RSIRJLE-Research Scholar- An International Refereed e-Journal of Literary Explorations. Vol.6, Issue 1. ISSN- 2320-6101
Priya, R. (2019). "Cultural Dilemmas of the Indian Immigrants in Jhumpa Lahiri’s The Namesake".Literary Endeavour – UGC Approved Quarterly International Refereed Journal ISSN 0976-299x.Volume X, Special Issue: 2
Priya, R. (2019). "Coercion of the Hijras in Mahesh Dattani’s Seven Steps Around the Fire". Literary Endeavour – UGC Approved Quarterly International Refereed Journal.ISSN 0976-299x. Volume x
Priya, R. (2019). "Ecological Cataclysm of Enmakaje in Swarga by Ambikasuthan Mangad". Online International Interdisciplinary Research Journal .Volume-09, April 2019 Special Issue (02) ISSN2249-9598
Priya, R. (2019). "Select Stories from Three Thousand Stitches: A Glimpse into the Life and Persona of Sudha Murthy". Literary Endeavour – UGC Approved Quarterly International Refereed Journal. ISSN 0976-299x. Volume X Special Issue : (07)
Priya, R. (2020). "An Ethnographic Reading of Rajam Krishnan’s When the Kurinji Blooms". Our Heritage Journal: A UGC Care Approved International Indexed and Referred Journal.Volume 68, Issue 1, January 2020.ISSN:0474-9030
Priya, R. (2021). "Social Realism in Mahesh Dattani’s Where There is A Will". Anvesak- A bi annual UGC CARE Journal-Sardar Patel Institute of Economic and Social Research. Volume 51, No.01(x). ISSN: O378-4568
Priya, R. (2022). Portrayal of Adversities in the life of Dalits in Bama’s Sangati. International Journal of Research and Analytical Reviews (IJRAR): An International Open Access Journal. (Approved by UGC). Volume 8, Issue 2
Priya, R. (2022). Shrikant as an ‘Eager Beaver’ in Sudha Murthy’s Gently Falls Bakula. International Journal of Research and Analytical Reviews (IJRAR): An International Open Access Journal. (Approved by UGC, Journal no. 43602).Volume 9, Issue 2, April 2022
Priya, R. (2022). A Tussle Between the Dollar and the Rupee in Sudha Murthy’s Dollar Bahu. Education and Society. UGC CARE Approved, Group 1, Peer Reviewed, Bilingual, Multi-Disciplinary Refereed Journal.Volume 46, Issue 03, No. 02
Priya, R. (2022). Victimization of Dalit Women in the Patriarchal Society as Portrayed by Bama in Sangati. Education and Society, UGC CARE Approved, Group 1, Peer Reviewed, Bilingual, Multi-Disciplinary Refereed Journal. Volume 46, Issue 03, No. 02
Paper Presentation
Priya, R. “Strategies Adopted in Indian Classroom to Overcome the Problems of Teaching English as a Second Language”. International Seminar on English Language Teaching: Methods and Challenges. VHNSN College, Virudhunagar. 20.09.2013
Priya, R. “Role of Nature in Self-Discovery in Margaret Atwood’s Surfacing”. National Seminar on Literary Confabulation 2013 Language, Literature & Linguistics. Udaya College of Arts and Science, Kanniakumari. 11.10.2013
Priya, R. “Denial and Acceptance of Metis- Identity by April in In Search of April Raintree”. International Seminar on Women Novelists in English. VHNSN College, Virudhunagar. 24.01.2014
Priya, R. “Journey Motif of Penny Jackson in Jeannette Armstrong’s Whispering in Shadows”. National Seminar on Transpiring Trends in English Language and Literature. NMSSVN College, Nagamalaiputhkottai, Madurai. 05.03.2014
Priya, R. “Expedition of Native Literature in Canada from emergence to eminence in Global Milieu”. International Seminar on English Literature across Cultures. Aditanar College of Arts and Science, Tiruchendure. 24.03.2014
Priya, R.“Role of English Language Lab in enhancing comprehensive English Language Learning”. International Seminar on Teaching Methods and Approaches in Learning and Teaching English using Multimedia. VHNSN College, Virudhunagar. 05.09.2014
Priya, R."Theme of Partition and Feministic Aspects in Shauna Singh’s Baldwin’s What the Body Remembers". National Seminar on Alternate Literature. Sermathai Vasan College for Women, Madurai. 26.09.2014
Priya, R. "Bama’s Sangati as a unique Dalit Feminist Narrative from Subjugation to Celebration". National Seminar on the Explorations of South Asian Women writings. The Madhura College, Madurai. 09.01.2015
Priya, R. "Prudential Progress of Sagacious Sivakami". International Conference on Women Empowerment 2015. The American College, Madurai. 05.03.2015
Priya, R. " Delineation of Ethnic Leadership in Jeanette Armstrong’s Slash". National seminar on Representations of Leadership in Literature. Arul Anandar College, Karumathur, Madurai. 18.03.2015
Priya, R. Oryx and Crake as an “Apocalyptic Revelation” Eco-Cli-Fi". National seminar on Redefining Gender and Environmental Ethics: A Discourse on Green Literature. 02.03.2016 & 03.03.2016
Priya, R."April as the voice of Metis Culture in Beatrice Culleton’s In Search of April Raintree". International seminar on Acculturation in the works of Millennium. Department of English, V.V.Vanniaperumal College for Women, Virudhunagar. 11.01.2018 & 12.01.2018
Priya, R." Women Entrepreneurs: Challenges and Trounces". National (ICSSR Sponsored) Seminar on Women Entrepreneurship in Comprehensive Environment. Department of Commerce, V.V.Vanniaperumal College for Women, Virudhunagar. 07.02.2018 & 08.02.2018
Priya, R. "Portrayal of Familial Relationship in Dattani’s Dance Like a Man and Where There is a Will". National Seminar on Literatures in English: A Global Perspective. VHNSN College, Virudhunagar. 09.02.2018
Priya, R. "Psychic Trauma of Virmati in Manju Kapoor’s Difficult Daughters". National Seminar on Touchstone Literature with Psychology. NMSSVN College, Nagamalaiputhkottai, Madurai. 04.03.2018.
Priya, R. "Mano Majra – A Microcosm of Communal Temper of Rural India in Khushwaat Singh’s Train to Pakistan". International Conference (Virtual Mode). Interdisciplinary Research Technology and Innovation (ICIRTI-2018). Baan Sukhawadee, Pattaya, Thailand. 07.04.2018 to 09.04.2018
Priya, R. "Cultural Dilemmas of the Indian Immigrants in Jhumpa Lahiri’s The Namesake". International Conference on Women in Contemporary Society: Chances and Challenges. The Standard Fireworks Rajaratnam College for Women, Sivakasi. 11.01.2019
Priya, R."Plight and Predicament of Dalit Women in Bama’s Sangati". International Conference on Emerging Trends and Challenges. NPR College of Arts and Science,
Natham. 29.01.2019
Priya, R. "An Ethnographic Reading of Rajam Krishnan’s When the Kurinjee Blooms". National Conference on Regional Literature in Translation and Authors’ Meet. Department of English, Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli. 07.02.2019 & 08.02.2019
Priya, R. "Coercion of the Hijras in Mahesh Dattani’s Seven Steps Around the Fire". National Conference on World Literature. Department of English, VHNSN College, Virudhunagar. 15.03.2019
Priya, R. "Ecological Cataclysm of Enmakaje in Swarga by Ambikasuthan Mangad". National Level Seminar on Eco-Fiction. Annai Fathima College, Thirumangalam, Madurai. 28.03.2019
Priya, R. "Select Stories from Three Thousand Stitches: A Glimpse into the Life and Persona of Sudha Murthy. National Level Seminar on Short Stories of the World in English. Department of English, VHNSN College, Virudhunagar. 20.09.2019
Priya, R. " Emanation of Empowerment in Anupama’s Life as depicted by Sudha Murthy in Mahashweta". International Conference on Gendering Literature and Culture: Australia and the Asia-Pacific. Department of English, University of Madras, Chennai. 20.01.2020 & 21.01.2020
Priya, R. " Shrikant as an ‘Eager Beaver’ in Sudha Murthy’s Gently Falls the Bakula". International Conference on Ethnicity and Literature. Department of English, Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli. 13.02.2020 & 14.02.2020
Priya, R. "Lee Maracle as a Political and Ethnical Representative of Metis in “I am Woman”. National Level Seminar (TANSCHE sponsored) on The Polemics of Woman Questions in the Oeuvres of Canadian and Indian Women Novelists in English. Department of English, VHNSN College, Virudhunagar. 29.3.2022
Courses taught at UG level
Part-II General English - I UG & II UG
Word Power & Reading and Speaking Skills
Literary Forms
Writing Skills
Classical Myth and Literature
American Literature
Indian Writings in English
Presentation Skills
English Language Teaching
Literary Criticism
Creative Writing
Courses taught at PG level
Modern Literature-II
Modern Literature-III
Translation
New Literatures in English
Classics in Translation
Membership in Professional Bodies
Research Advisory Committee Member for Full time Research Scholar Ms.Shinu.R.Das (P5830). From 2021. Supervisor: Dr.Y.Vidya, Assistant Professor, Dept. of English,V.H.N.S.N. College, Virudhunagar
Editorial Board Member in Bodhi International Journal of Research in Humanities Arts and Science. 2021-2024. Member id CERM-005
Active IJRAR RMS(Reviewer) Member. International Journal of Research and Analytical Reviews IJRAR. 2021-2022. Member ID: 117850
Academic Counsellor for English in IGNOU. May 2022- May 2023. Thiagarajar College, Regional Division, Madurai
Awards / Recognitions / Achievements
Young Faculty Excellence Award by Global Multidisciplinary Research & Academic Foundation Awards 2020
Best Woman Assistant Professor Award by PEARL Foundation for Educational Excellence 2020
Subject Expert for Board of Studies for OBS Part-II General English, Subbalakshmi Lakshmipathy College of Science, Aruppukottai. 2019-2022
Subject Expert, MKU Evening College M.Phil Viva Voce Panel, Madurai Kamaraj University Evening College, Madurai, August 2019
Moderated a session in the State level Seminar on Science Fiction: A Review of Paradoxes in Thiagarajar College, Madurai, 26.09.2015
Resource Person for a Guest Lecture on "Translation: An Introduction with Special Reference to Shakespeare in Tamil", Annai Fathima College, Thirumangalam, Madurai. 03.08.2018
Resource Person for the National Seminar sponsored by Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR) Impress, Eco-Fiction with special reference to Devika’s Swarga.Annai Fathima College, Thirumangalam, Madurai.28.03.2019
Resource Person for a Guest Lecture on " An Ethnographic Reading of Rajam Krishnan’s When the Kurinji Blooms", CEOA College of Arts and Science, Aruppukotai, Virudhunagar, 26.07.2019
Resource Person for a Guest Lecture on "Indian English Fiction: An Overview", The Madhura College, Madurai, 11.03.2020
Resource Person for the National Webinar on " Short Fiction in Indian English Literature: An Overview". Department of English, Thiruvalluvar University Constituent College of Arts and Science, Kallakurichi, 16.08.2020
Resource Person for a Guest Lecture on " English for Employability", Ayya Nadar Janaki Ammal College, Sivakasi , 19.09.2020
Resource Person for a Guest Lecture on "Observations on Aristotle’s Poetics", Sri Sankara Bhagavathy Arts and Science College, Kommadikottai, Tutucorin. 24.11.2021
Resource Person for a Guest Lecture on "Depiction of Environmental Issues in Indian English Literature", Sri Sankara Bhagavathy Arts and Science College Kommadikottai, Tutucorin, 24.02.2023
Resource Person for a Guest Lecture on "The Namesake: A study of Cultural Dissonance", Ayya Nadar Janaki Ammal College, Sivakasi, 14.03.2023