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.
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.
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.
Awards
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
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.
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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