HoD & Assistant Professor

Dr. Pratima Shah

Assistant Professor & Head of Department of English

Area


Primary Area: English Literature

Contact


Email: pratima.shah@vvwusurat.ac.in                     Phone: +91 9924288842

Education


    • Ph. D – Rai University, Ahmedabad.

    • Master in Arts – Manav Bharti University, Solan, H. P.

    • Bachelors in Arts – IGNOU.

    • PGCTE – EFLU, Hyderabad, 2020.

Teaching


Ph. D Courses

    • English Language Teaching

    • Literary Criticism & Theory

    • Research Methodology

M. A.  Courses

    • Indian English Literature – Pre Independence-Era

    • Indian English Literature – Post Independence Era

    • Novel I

    • Novel II

    • Novel III

    • Poetry IV

B. A.  Courses

    • Indian Classical Literature

    • Indian English Literature 1 – Pre Independence-Era

    • Indian English Literature 2– Post Independence Era

    • Women’s Writing

    • British Literature – 20th Century

    • Post Colonial Literature

Research Area


    • Comparative Studies

    • Feminist Literature

    • Diaspora

    • ELT

    • Communication Skills

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Academic Experience


Total – 17 years 8 months

    • Assistant Professor & Head of English Department, School of Humanities and Social Science, Vanita Vishram Women’s University, Surat from 15th November. 2021 – till date.

    • Assistant Professor, Institute of Technology, Nirma University: From 1st December 2020 to 31st October. 2021.

    • Assistant Professor, Pacific School of Engineering, Surat: From 1st June 2020 to 30th November 2020.

    • Teaching Assistant, SVNIT, Surat: 19th July 2017 to 31st May 2020.

    • Assistant Professor, Prime Inst. of Engg. & Tech., Navsari: 01st June 2016 to 18th July 2017.

    • Assistant Professor, S.N. Patel Inst. of Tech. & Res. Centre, Bardoli: 01st October 2008 to 31st January. 2016.

    • Visiting Faculty, Vidyabharti Trust Polytechnic, Bardoli: 15th December 2005 to 30th September 2008.

Awards & Honors


    • Recipient of Best Paper award at the International Conference on “Gender Equity: Challenges and Opportunities” at Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology during 19th – 20th December 2019.

    • Recipient of Best Paper award at the 2nd International Conference on “Reaching the        Unreached: A Challenge to Technological Development in the track on Arts including Educational Sciences, Pedagogy of Teaching in Digital Era, World Peace, Gross happiness Ratio & Digitalization at Bali during 19 – 20th November 2018, organized at Bali by Indian Society for Technical Education, Gujarat & M. P. Section.

    • Recipient of Best Woman Faculty award in all engineering colleges of Gujarat State for the year 2015 by Indian Society for Technical Education, Gujarat Section.

Welcome

Vanita Vishram Women’s University (VVWU) is the First-ever Women’s University of Gujarat approved under Public-Private-Partnership with the Government of Gujarat under the Gujarat Private Universities Act, 2009. VVWU is committed to provide quality education and employment opportunities to its girl students through its revamped curriculum and pedagogy. The focus is on prioritizing practical component and experiential learning supported through academia-industry linkages, functional MoUs, skill development training, internships etc. It aims at providing opportunities to the girl students for holistic development and self-reliance.