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Dr. Bijimol Thomas

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MA, BEd MPhil, PhD
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EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
INSTITUTIONS ATTENDED YEAR OF PASSING
Ph. D. (English) Mahatma Gandhi  University, Kottayam, Kerala 2011
M. Phil. (English) Madurai Kamaraj University 1992
M. A. English Language and Literature Madurai Kamaraj University 1991
B. Ed St. Thomas Training College, Palai 1994
B.A English Language and Literature Alphonsa College, Palai 1989
Pre Degree Alphonsa College, Palai 1986
SSLC Depaul English Medium, Thodupuzha 1984
WORK EXPERIENCE
WORK EXPERIENCE
Sl.No Position Held Name of the Institution Period
1 Lecturer in English Govt. College, Kasargod 1995-1996
2 Lecturer in English Pavanama College, Murickassery 1996 – 2003
3 Assistant Professor in English Nirmala College, Muvattupuzha 2003 – 2008
4 Associate Professor in English Newman College, Thodupuzha 2008 onwards
5 Head of the Department of English Newman College, Thodupuzha 2019 – 2022
5 Principal Newman College, Thodupuzha 1 April 2022 onwards
Research Contributions
Research Guide of Mahatma Gandhi University Kottayam 5 research scholars registered
Submitted two minor research projects

–          A Search for Black Consciousness and Feminist Perspectives in the Selected Works of Lorraine Hansberry.

 Year of submission

 

2006
–          A Search for Black Consciousness and Politics of Empowerment in the Selected Works of Alice Walker and Ntozake Shange.  

2016
PAPERS PUBLISHED
Sl. No Title of Paper Name of Journal/Publisher in case of Book Date of Publication and Impact factor if any Volume number and Pages
1. Dissecting Immigrant Trauma and Resistance in the Ethnographic Memoir The Girl from Aleppo by Nujeen Mustafa with Christina Lamb Education and Society,

ISSN: 2278-6864

 

 October – December 2022 Vol. 46, Issue: 4

UGC Care Approved, Group I, Peer Reviewed

With IF=6.718
2. When Self Emerges: A Reading of Connie Panzarino’s The Me in the Mirror as a Fight Against “Ableism” Rabindra Bharati Journal of Philosophy

ISSN:  0973-0087

 2022 Vol. : XXIII, No. 29

UGC Care

Group I,

with IF: 6.986
3. Bridging the Parallels: An Analysis of Cultural Transformation in Albert Camus’ The Plague and Covid-19 Shodha Prabha

ISSN: 0974-8946

 2022 Vol. : 47, No. 04

UGC Care

Group I
4. Oedipal Reading  of All the Lives We Never Lived by Anuradha Roy Journal of the Asiatic Society of Mumbai

ISSN: 0972-0766

 2022 Vol. : XCV, No. 19

UGC Care

Group I
5. Identity, Resistance and Self Realization Through the Narrative of Space In Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert Shodha Prabha

ISSN: 0974-8946

 2022 Vol. : 47, No. 07

UGC Care

Group I
6. Retelling Myths: Manifesting the Third Gender in Indian Mythology Journal of Fundamental & Comparative Research

ISSN: 2277-7067

 2021 Vol. : VII, No. 11

UGC Care

Approved, Peer Reviewed and Referred Journal
7. Sacred Memories: Assimilation of Ethnic Culture in Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun Journal of Fundamental & Comparative Research

ISSN: 2277-7067

 2022 Vol. : VIII, No. 1(XXX)

UGC Care

Approved, Peer Reviewed and Referred Journal
8. Politics of Racial Representation and Resistance in Jamaica Kincaid’s A Small Place Rabindra Bharati Journal of Philosophy

ISSN:  0973-0087

 2022 Vol. : XXIII, No. 17

UGC Care

Group I
9. Unraveling the Repressed: A Study of Paula Hawkins’ The Girl on the Train as a Trauma Kanpur Philosophers

ISSN: 2348-8301

 2021 Vol. : VIII,

Issue 7

UGC Care

Approved, Peer Reviewed and Referred Journal
10. Recapping Myths: A Feminist Reading of Kavitha Kane’s Karna’s Wife: The Outcast’s Queen The Journal of Oriental Research Madras

ISSN: 022-3301

 October 2021 Vol. : XCII,

No. 3

UGC Care

Approved, Peer Reviewed and Referred Journal
11. The Role of Memory in Shaping Identity: A Study of Paula Hawkin’s The Girl on the Train as a Trauma” Kala Sarovar

ISSN: 0975-4520

 July- September 2021 Vol. : 24, No. 03

UGC Care

Group I

Page 163-166
12. Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun: Quest for Black Female Identity and Universality Science and Society

ISSN: 0973-0206

 January – June 2009 Vol: 7

Nirmala Accademic & Research Publication (Peer Reviewed Journal)
13. Erasure of the Colour Line: A Reading of Raical Realities and Post Racial Dreams in Jamaica Kincaid’s Novel Lucy Madhya Bharti

ISSN: 0974-0066

 January- June 2022 Vol.: 8

No. 7

UGC Care

Group I,

with IF: 6.28
14. Breaking Identities : Crises of Colour and Caste in Toni Morrson’s God Help the Child and Baby Kamble’s The Prisons We Broke Think India Journal

ISSN: 0971-1260

 December 2019 Vol.: 22

Issue: 14

UGC Care

Approved International Index and Referred Journal

With IF: 6.2
15. From Myth to Modern: Deciphering Other Shades of ‘Yellow Woman’ by Leslie Marmon Silko Journal of the Oriental Institute January-March 2023 Vol/ 72, Issue: 01, No. 5

UGC Care Approved, Group I,

Peer Reviewed and Referred Journal

 

 

16. Fictional Cartography : Dialogic Chronotopes in Andre Aciman’s Fiction South Indian Journal of Social Sciences January – June 2023 Vol/ XXI, No. 22

UGC Care Approved, Group I,

Bi-Annual Journal
17. Conflicts of  Motherhood:  Gender Performativity and Trauma in Gayl Jones’ Corregidora Shodhak : A Journal of Historical Research May – August : 2023 Volume: 53, Issue: 02, No: 05

ISSN : 0302-9832
18. A Search for Black Identity in James Baldwin’s Play The Amen Corner Indian Journal of Postcolonial Litrature June 2011 Vol/ XII, No. 1,

PG Department of English Newman College Thodupuzha.

Peer Reviewed and Referred Journal
RESOURCE PERSON
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No.

 *Title of the

Lecture/Paper/ Academic Session

  

Title

 Organized by
 

1

 Invited Lecture

Alumni Day Celebration

 Know Your Self Alphonsa College, Palai
2

 

 Invited Lecture

Women’s Cell Activities

 Who is an Empowered Women Alphonsa College, Palai
 

3

 National Webinar Lecture Series Fair is Fair and Foul is Black: Resistance and Representation in Afro-American Women Writings Al-Azhar College of Arts & Science, Thodupuzha
 

 

4

 Invited Lecture Research Methodology Al-Azhar College of Arts & Science, Thodupuzha
 

5

 Resource Person for the Seminar in connection with NAAC Accreditation (UGC PARAMARSH Scheme) Quality Management in Higher Education St. George College, Vazhakulam
 

 

6

 Resource Person for the Seminar in connection with NAAC Accreditation (UGC PARAMARSH Scheme) Teaching Learning and Evaluation St. George College, Vazhakulam
 

7

 Resource Person for the Seminar in connection with NAAC Accreditation (UGC PARAMARSH Scheme) Quality Assessment and Accreditation St. George College, Vazhakulam
8 Resource Person for the Seminar in connection with NAAC Accreditation (UGC PARAMARSH Scheme) Quality Indicator Frame Work under Revised NAAC Accreditation Process Al-Azhar College of Arts & Science, Thodupuzha

 

 

9 Resource Person for the Seminar in connection with NAAC Accreditation (UGC PARAMARSH Scheme) New NAAC Frame Work Al-Azhar College of Arts & Science, Thodupuzha
10 Resource Person for the Seminar in connection with NAAC Accreditation (UGC PARAMARSH Scheme) Teaching Learning and Evaluation Al-Azhar College of Arts & Science, Thodupuzha
11 Resource Person for the Seminar in connection with NAAC Accreditation (UGC PARAMARSH Scheme) Best Practice in Higher Education Al-Azhar College of Arts & Science, Thodupuzha
12 Resource Person for the Seminar in connection with NAAC Accreditation (UGC PARAMARSH Scheme) Mandatory Quality Assessment and Validation Processes in Domain of Higher Education Al-Azhar College of Arts & Science, Thodupuzha
13 Invited Lecture, Seminar for Higher Secondary Students and Teachers Co-curricular Activities a Dream Career Jai Rani English Medium Higher Secondary School
14 Resource Person for the Seminar in connection with NAAC Accreditation (UGC PARAMARSH Scheme) NAAC Accreditation and Assessment Process Sree Narayana Guru College of Arts and Science
15 Resource Person for the Seminar in connection with NAAC Accreditation (UGC PARAMARSH Scheme) Teaching Learning and Evaluation Sree Narayana Guru College of Arts and Science
16 Resource Person for the Seminar in connection with NAAC Accreditation (UGC PARAMARSH Scheme) Best Practices in Higher Education Sree Narayana Guru College of Arts and Science
17 Resource Person for the Seminar in connection with NAAC Accreditation (UGC PARAMARSH Scheme) Assessment and Evaluation as Pivot to Quality Santhigiri College, Vazhithala
18 Resource Person for the Seminar in connection with NAAC Accreditation (UGC PARAMARSH Scheme) Teaching, Learning and Evaluation Santhigiri College, Vazhithala
19 Resource Person for the Seminar in connection with NAAC Accreditation (UGC PARAMARSH Scheme) Enhancing Quality in Higher Education Santhigiri College, Vazhithala
20 Invited Lecture at Nirmala Public School Muvattupuzha Need of Co-curricular Activities Nirmala Public School Muvattupuzha
21 Invited Lecture at Nirmala Public School, Karimannoor School Day Celebration Nirmala Public School, Karimannoor
22 Invited Lecture at St. Joseph’s HSS, Karimannoor Thalir Scholarship Award Ceremony, Govt. of Kerala Balasahithya Institute St. Joseph’s HSS, Karimannoor, 11 January 2023
23 Invited Lecture Deppika Bala Sakyam St. Sebastian’s HS, Thodupuzha
24 Invited Lecture School Day Celebrations St. Sebastian’s HS, Thodupuzha
25 Resource Person Convocation  Ceremony Al-Azhar B. Ed College, 18 November 2023

 

 

26 Resource Person Convocation  Ceremony St. Thomas College of Teacher Education
27 Invited Lecture School Day Celebrations St. Joseph’s HSS, Paingottoor
28 Invited Lecture Annual Day Celebrations St. Ritas HS, Paynkulam
29 Invited Lecture Annual Day Celebrations St. George HSS, Muthalakodam
30 Invited Lecture Womens Day Celebrations Block Panchayath, Thodupuzha
31 Invited Lecture JCI Leaders Meet JCI , Thodupuzha
32 Keynote Address Annual Day Celebrations St. Sebastians HS, Thodupuzha, January 13, 2023
33 Keynote Address Inauguration of Literary Association and Various Club Activities Jairani EMHS, Thodupuzha 15 July 2023
34 Keynote Address Arts Fest Co-operative Public School, Thodupuzha 29 July 2023
35 Resource Person Orientation Programme for all Degree Students St. George College, Vazhakulam`
36 Resource Person Women’s Day Celebration Lions Club Thodupuzha
37 Resource Person Women’s Day Celebration JCI , Thodupuzha
38 Resource Person Mathruvedhi Women’s Day Celebration, Eparchy of Kothamangalam Nirmala Public School, Muvattupuzha
39 Resource Person Inauguration of Continuum Conversations, Alumni Lecture Series Alphonsa College, Palai, 6 February 2023
40 Resource Person Women Empowerment Opportunities and Challenges Lions Club, Muthalakodam
AWARDS AND RECOGNITION
  1. First lady Principal of Corporate Educational Agency Kothamangalam.
  2. Senate Member Paurasthya Vidhya Peedam, Vadavathoor.
  3. Pope John Paul II Best Principal Award by Catholic Federation of India.
  4. Human Rights Club, Education Excellence Award.
  5. Professional Excellence Award by Private Club, Thodupuzha .
RECOGNIZED ORIENTATION/REFRESHER/ WINTER /SHORT TERM/MOOC COURSES ATTENDED
Name of the

Course/Summer school

 Name of Institution &

Place

 Duration Sponsoring Agency
Orientation course for Teachers Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam 01-04-2002 to 27-04-2002 Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam
UGC Sponsored Refresher course UGC HRDC, University of Kerala 14-01-2008 to 04-02-2008 University of Kerala,

Kerala
UGC Sponsored Short-Term course UGC HRDC, University of Kerala 22-11-2018 to 29-11-2018 University of Kerala, Kerala
Two week workshop on Research Methodology

(Equivalent to Refresher course)

 Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam 03-12-2018 to 17-12-2018 Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam
One  week Faculty Development Programme The Kerala State Higher Education Council 03-08-2020

to

07-08-2020

 The Kerala State Higher Education Council, Thiruvananthapuram
One Week Short Term Course UGC-HRDC, Kerala & IQAC Devaswom Board College, Thalayolaparambu 04-09-2020 to 10-09-2020 UGC-HRDC, Kerala & IQAC Devaswom Board College, Thalayolaparambu
RESPONSIBILITIES HELD
  • PG Board of Studies Member – 2014 – 2017
  • Subject Expert for the selection of Asst. Professor in English – 2019
  • Member of the Selection Committee for the Promotion of Teachers – 2019
  • Question Paper Setter, Kerala University PG English Exam – 2018 – 2019
  • PSC Question Paper Setter – 2016
  • Member, Inspection Commission to access facilities for sanctioning BA English Course – 2016
  • Deputy Chairman of English Core Courses of Second & Third BA English.
  • Chief Examiner of MA English Examination
INSTITUTIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES
  • HOD of English, Newman College, Thodupuzha.
  • IQAC Co-ordinator of the College.- for 10 years
  • Arts Club Co-ordinator. – More than 10 years
  • Planning Board Member.
  • Member of Management Board.
  • Chief Editor of IJPCL – an International Journal of English, Published from Newman College, Thodupuzha.
  • Chief Editor Newman News Letter upto 2016.
  • Editor Annual Report.
  • Co-ordinator Newman Youth Excellence Award.
  • Co-ordinator Foundation Day Lecture.
  • Member, PTA Executive.
  • Co-ordinator of Paramarsh Scheme of UGC
Address

Name Address                          :  Dr. Bijimol Thomas
Principal
Newman College Thodupuzha
Kerala, Idukki – 685 585

E-mail ID                                  :        principal@newmancollege.ac.in,                                                             bijimolnewman@gmail.com

Mobile Number                       :        9961971552