Dr. Ambika G Mallya
Education Details
| Degree | Institution | Specialization | University | Year |
| B.Sc. | Canara College | BZC | Mysore | 1982 |
| M.A (Eng.Lit) | KSOU | English Literature | Mysore | 2003 |
| Ph.D. | NITK-Surathkal | Comparative Literature. | NITK | 2016 |
Experience Details
| Field | Designation | Workplace | From | To |
| Teaching | Associate Professor | Srinivas Institute of Technology | 2008 | Till date |
| Research | Scholar(part time) | School of Management-NITK | 2009 | 2016 |
| Industry | Stock Market | Personal Investor | 2000 | 2007 |
Subjects Handled
| English Literature , Professional Communication , Managerial Communication , Communication Skills , Professional Communication & Report Writing , Environmental Science |
Area of Interest
| Comparative Literature , Gender Studies , Women’s Writing , Translation Studies , Professional Communication |
Publications in Journals
| National Journal | |
| 1 | Effective Communication and Relevance of Soft Skills’ ‘The Journal of Engineering Education’, 91st Quarterly Issue, (January 2010), VOL. XXIII No.3, pp. 11-18, ISSN 0971 – 5843. |
| 2 | “Is There a Kodava Cinema?” by Sowmya Dechamma translated into Kannada as ‘Kodava Cinema Embudideye?,’.eds.,Shetty, Dr.Nithyananda.B. Lokajnana: A Triannual Research Journal of Cultural Studies in Kannada, Vol:2, Edition:1, pp.51-64, January-April 2014,ISSN 2321-001X. |
| International Journal | |
| 1 | The Marginalized Voices: Towards Creating Counter Images’.Asian Quarterly-An International Journal of Contemporary Issues,Vol.No.11, pp. 130-146, Issue No.4, February 2014, ISSN 2229-581X |
| 2 | “Culture, Patriarchy and Religion with Reference to Indian Feminism: Autobiographical Musings of Sarah Aboobackar”, Illuminati-A Transnational Journal of Literature, Language and Culture Studies, Volume 5, pp.60-71, January- December 2014-2015, ISSN NO.2229-4341. |
Paper presented in conferences
| National Paper | |
| 1 | ‘Communication Innards’; in a two day state level seminar on 26-8-08 / 27-8-08 on “New vistas in the Teaching –Learning of Communicative English” @ Sri Mahaveera College, Moodabidri. |
| 2 | ‘Potential Entrepreneurs and Relevance of Soft Skills’ at the 39th ISTE Annual Convention,@NITK, Surathkal, from 18-20 December 2009. |
| 3 | ‘Relevance of Soft Skills in Relation to Interpersonal Communication and Employability’,at a National Workshop on ‘Soft Skills and Employability ‘on 9th April 2010,@Besant Women’s College, Mangalore. |
| 4 | ‘The Silent Cry: A Critical Study of Sarah Aboobackar’s Short Stories in Relation to Gender Equality and Empowerment’ on ‘New Trends in Nationalist Writings ‘ conducted by Besant Evening College, Mangalore, on 23rd and 24th April 2010. |
| 5 | ‘Women Writing: Voices from the Periphery, Quest for Gender Equality and Erasure of Violence against Women’ on ‘Violence & Violence Around’ conducted by Besant Evening College, Mangalore, from 5-6 April, 2011. |
| 6 | ‘The Cage of Identity: Media Representations of Femininity’ ; on ‘Emerging Perspectives On Media Studies’, organized by the Dept of English, Government College for women, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, held from 23-24 february,2012. |
| 7 | ‘Dynamics of Language in relation to Gender Disparity: A Critical Analysis of Select Writings of Sarah Aboobackar” on Language Beyond Boundaries: Explorations in Pedagogy, Cognition and Communication from 14-15 December, 2012. Organized by the Dept of Humanities and Social Sciences, Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal, Karnataka. |
| 8 | ‘Swami Vivekananda-The Crusader of Women’s Empowerment’, YUVA, on Swami Vivekananda: Youth Icon and Apostle of Social Harmony in the Current World Order @ Besant Evening College, from 21-22 March 2014. |
| 9 | ‘Patriarchy and Women: A Quest for Change in the Sociocultural Practices- A Socio-Psychological Perspective of Gender Disparity’ ,MANEGMA 2014, on Changing Trends in Management, IT & Social Sciences, held on 9th April, 2014 @ Srinivas Institute of Management Studies, Pandeshwar, Mangalore |
| 10 | ‘Women and the Glass Ceiling’ at a two day National seminar on ‘Post Colonialsim & Twenty First Century Literature’ organized by the dept. of English, on from 30th-31st March, 2017 @Milagres College , Kallianpur, Udupi. College, Mangalore. |
| Inter National Paper | |
| 1 | ‘Adaptation-The Dynamics of a Hybrid Medium-Triveni’s Sharapanjara: Portrayal of the feminine from a psychoanalytical perspective’, International seminar on Fiction to Film-An Interdisciplinary Approach, from 14-16 March, 2012. Organized by the Dept. of English, Government College for Women, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. |
| 2 | ‘The Marginalized Voices: Towards Creating Counter Images’, International Conference on Language, Literature and Culture from 10-12 December, 2012. Organized by the Institute of Advanced Studies in English & Forum for Innovation and Transformation, Aundh, Pune 411 007. |
| 3 | .‘In The Name of Religion: A Critique of Sociocultural Practices of Sarah Aboobackar’s Fiction’, International Seminar on ‘Ending Gendered Violence: From Theory to Practice’ organized by the department of English, All Saints’ College, Trivandrum, in collaboration with Centre for Women’s Studies, University of Kerala, from 18-19 November, 2013. |
| 4 | II Author-‘Religion,Gender,Exclusion:Islam, Hindutva and the case of Sarah Aboobackar in Contemporary Karnataka’, at the 17th Triennial ACLALS Conference, Stellenbosch,South Africa,10-15 July 2016. |
| 5 | II Author-‘Community and Censorship-Sarah Aboobackar as Avant Garde Kannada Writer’ at XIII CLAI Biennial International Conference, Shantinikatan, West Bengal, Organized by Center for Comparative Literature, India(CLAI), 6-8 March 2017. |
| 6 | II Author-‘Gendered Versus Communitarian Violence:Sarah Aboobackar and Contemporary Karnataka’, at the International Conference on Violence in the Postcolonial and Neocolonial World: An Interdisciplinary Conference,University of Liege, Belgium, 15-16 February 2018. |
Workshop/Seminar attended/Guest lectures delivered
| 1 | Train the Trainer- An Academic/ Industry interaction conducted by Progeon-Infosys at I.L.I-Mysore held on 11th April 2005 to 30th April 2005. |
| 2 | Principal's Conclave, Progeon -Infosys, at I.L.I Mysore held on 24th June 2005 and 25* June 2005 |
| 3 | Train the Trainer' programme conducted by 24/7 Varsity at Embassy Golf Links, Business park, Bangalore. Was interviewed by H-Headlines-T.V, Regarding the programme held on 5th September 2006 to 7th September 2006. |
| 4 | ‘Train the Trainer'-Refresher course conducted by Infosys B.P.O (Progeon) at I.L.I.Mysore held on 17* November 2006 to 19th November 2006. |
| 5 | Participated in a one day Faculty Development Workshop @ Srinivas Institute of Management Studies, Mangalore. |
| 6 | Attended a faculty development programme 'Train The Trainer'(TTT) @ Infosys Bangalore centre from 16th -18th June, 2011. |
| 7 | Attended a three day Faculty Development Programme on Data Analysis for research @ MIM, Manipal which was held from 5TH to 7th October, 2012. |
| 8 | Attended a one day workshop on “Pedagogy for Revised First Semester MBA Subjects”, conducted by VTU, Belgaum in association with PESIT, Bangalore, on 13th October, 2012. |
| 9 | Attended a one day workshop on ‘Gender Sensitization in the Workplace’ conducted by the Dept. of HSSM, NITK, Surathkal, on 22 November, 2013. |
| 10 | Attended a one day workshop on ‘ Sexuality, Gender and Quest for Justice at MCPH, Manipal, on 18th October 2014 |
| 11 | Attended a two day workshop on ‘Business English Certification (BEC), organized by AIMIT, on collaboration with Cambridge University Press on 26th and 27th April 2016, at AIMIT, Beeri Campus. |
| 12 | Delivered a guest lecture on ‘How do we create an Impression?-The Relevance of Non-Verbal Communication’ on 11th January 2017 at Sri Dhavala College, Moodabidri. |
| 13 | Attended a one day workshop on ‘New Model Curriculum for I year BE/B.Tech –CBCS detailed Syllabus( 2018-19)as per outcome based (OBE) format including course outcomes(CO)and Bloom’s Taxonomy; under TEQIP-1.3, on 19th May, 2018, at Sahyadri College of Engineering and Management. |
| 14 | Conducted an Orientation session for the I Semester B.Tech studentsat NITK-Surathkal in August 2018. |
| 15 | Attended a one day workshop on ‘Technical English-18EGH18, at NMAMIT, Nitte, in November 2018. |
| 16 | FDP, Victorian Gothic Short Story’, NPTEL online certification 04 weeks course, by IITM, 27th August 2019. |
| 17 | Conducted a one day workshop on ‘Interview Skills’ on 10th January 2019, at Sri Dhavala College, Moodabidri |
Patents & Books
| 1 | ‘The Unheard Voices: An Analysis of Select Short Stories of Indira Goswami’. eds., Indu, Swami. (2011),Exploring North-East Indian Writings in English, Vol-1,pp.281-299, ISBN-978-81-7625-725-1, Sarup Book Publishers Pvt Ltd, New Delhi (Book chapter). |
| 2 | ‘Indian Women Writing: Voices from the Periphery-Feminism's quest towards gender egalitarianism and erasure of violence against women’. eds., Sudhir Narayan, Singh and Dalvir Singh, Gahlawat. (2012),Post- Feminism in India: Myth or Reality? , pp.185-203, ISBN 978-81-8435-378-5, Adhayayan Publishers & Distributors, New Delhi (Book chapter). |
| 3 | “Feminism and the Gendered Body in Sarah Aboobackar’s ‘Sahana’: A Saga of Mute Agony”, Contemporary Women’s Writing in India,pp.151-159, Varun,G. and Mythili, A, eds., Lexington Books: Lanham, Boulder, New York, London. ISBN 978-1-4985-0210-8(Print), ISBN 978-1-4985-0211-5(electronic) (Book chapter). |
| 4 | “Adaptation-The Dynamics of a Hybrid Medium-Triveni’s Sharapanjara: Portrayal of the feminine from a psychoanalytical perspective” in From Fiction to Film-An Interdisciplinary Approach, pp.86-93, Krishna Prabha,V.P., and Sasidharan, Neeta., Eds.,Fabian Books,ISBN 818733386-3, 2015-16 |
| 5 | II Author-‘Community and Censorship-Sarah Aboobackar as Avant Garde Kannada Writer’ in Comparative Literature at the Crossroads of Culture and Society, pp213-220,Print. Eds., Mukherjee Tapati and Pattnaik Kailash., Kolkatta Visva Bharati, Shantiniketan, ISBN 97881 75226760, 2018. |
| 6 | “Culture, Patriarchy and Religion with Reference to Indian Feminism: Autobiographical Musings of Sarah Aboobackar”,in Feminism and Gender Discourse- A Revisioning, pp 55-68,Eds Neeru Tandon, Atlantic Publishers and Distributors Pvt Ltd, ISBN 978-81-269-3133-0, 2020. |
Membership in professional bodies
| 1 | CLAI (The Comparative Literature Association of India). |
| 2 | IACLALS (Indian Association for Commonwealth Literature and Language Studies). |
| 3 | Muse India, ejournal. |
| 4 | Signs journal of women in culture and society. |
| 5 | Illuminati Journal |
Departmental Responsibilities
| 1 | Convener - M.C Committee |
| 2 | Coordinator & Editor -Magazine Committee |
| 3 | Member-Grievance Redressal Cell |
| 4 | Member-NPTEL Committee |
| 5 | Student Counselor |
Awards/Achievements
| 1 | M.A(English Lit.)- 7th Rank |
| 2 | PhD- The first candidate to be awarded PhD in English Literature from NITK. |
| 3 | BOS Member, Department of Humanities, NMAMIT, Nitte - Appointed by the V.C, VTU in 2016. |
| 4 | Elite Certificate- 84%, ‘Short Fiction in Indian Literature’, NPTEL online certification 12 weeks course, by IITM, 28th October 2018. |
| 5 | Elite Certificate- 72%, ‘Feminist Writings’, NPTEL online certification 12 weeks course, by IITM, 27th April 2019. |
| 6 | Elite Silver Certificate- 79%, ‘Victorian Gothic Short Story’ , NPTEL online certification 04 weeks course, by IITM, 27th August 2019. |
Contact Details
| Email ID(Official) | ambikagurumallya@sitmng.ac.in |
