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Ms. Oliva Roy

Ms. Oliva Roy

  • Assistant Professor
    Institute of Applied Sciences & Humanities
  • Department

    Department of English
  • Contact Details:

    Email : olivaroy2@gmail.com

    Contact Number :7047836503

  • Qualifications

    • 2015 – 2023 Durgapur – West Bengal Ph.D. in English Literature (Thesis Submitted) National Institute of Technology Durgapur Topic of Dissertation - Theatre, Resistance and Activism in Postcolonial India: A Critique of Emerging Voices of Dissent with special reference to the plays of Utpal Dutt, Vijay Tendulkar and Safdar Hashmi
    • May 2013 – May 2015 Varanasi – Uttar Pradesh M.A. in English Literature Banaras Hindu University CGPA: 7.56/10
    • May 2010 – April 2013 Durgapur – West Bengal B.A. in English Literature The University of Burdwan Division:1st Marks Obtained – 60.4%
    • April 2010 Durgapur HSC West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education, India State Rank – 1 (Arts) Marks obtained – 91.4%
    • March 2008 Durgapur - West Bengal SSC Board of Secondary Education Division: 1st Marks Obtained - 89%
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Publications in Scopus and Web of Science Indexed Journals:

  • 2022. Roy, Oliva. “Subverting Colonial Portraiture: Utpal Dutt’s Revisionary Dramatization of Political Violence, Anti-Imperialist Solidarity and Nationalist Resistance in The Great Rebellion”. Forum for World Literature Studies. Vol. 14, No. 4.
  • 2021. Roy, Oliva. “Breaking Free from the Stringent Fetters of Patriarchy: The Discourse of Resistance in Vijay Tendulkar’s Silence! The court is in session". Journal of International Women’s Studies.
  • 2020. Roy, Oliva. “Marxist Aesthetics in the Dramaturgy of Safdar Hashmi”. Journal of Critical Reviews, Vol.7, No.18.
  • 2022. Roy, Oliva. “Khaled Hosseini’s And the Mountains Echoed: An Exposé of the Hegemonic Power Relation between the Genders in the Legitimized Social Structure Of Hierarchy” IUP Journal of English Studies, Vol. 17 Issue 4, pp. 14–29.
  • 2017. Roy, Oliva, and Dr. Joydeep Banerjee. “Women Labour Force Participation in Indian Patriarchal Society: An Empirical Study of the Behavioral, Demographic, Socio- Cultural, Economic and Cyclical Factors.” Man in India, vol. 97, no. 01, pp. 561–588.
  • 2017. Roy, Oliva, et al. “Parsi Business Tycoons: Revolutionary Harbingers of Indian Socio-Economic Entrepreneurial Milieu.” Man in India, vol. 97, no. 02, pp. 521–537.
  • 2017. Roy, Oliva, et al. “Determinants of Participation of Women in Labour Market: An Empirical Evidence from Nadia District of West Bengal in India.” Man in India, vol. 97, no. 02, pp. 239– 255.

Publications in UGC Care Listed Journals:

  • 2021. Roy, Oliva. “The Pain of Unbelonging: a Literary-theoretical Study of Alienation, Unhomeliness and the Search for Ontological Security in Annie Zadie’s Name, Place, Animal, Thing”. Assonance - A journal of Russian & Comparative Literary Studies, Issue No. 22.
  • 2020. Roy, Oliva. “Utpal Dutt’s Indigenization of Brechtian Epic Theatre on Stage: A Dramaturgical Perspective”. Tathapi Journal, Vol.19, No. 56.
  • 2020. Roy, Oliva. “Impact of Globalization on Indian Tribal Art and Culture: A Study of Shifting Paradigms in Tribal cultural Traditions and Practices”. Our Heritage Journal. Vol. 68, Issue – 30.
  • 2018. Roy, Oliva. “A Post-Colonial Ecocritical Approach to the Select Poems of A.D. Hope.” Research Review, vol. 4, no. 5.
  • 2016. Roy, Oliva. “Exploring the Journey of the Ramayana Across Different Cultures And Languages: A Critical Study of A. K. Ramanujan’s Three Hundred Ramayanas.” EPRA International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research, vol. 3, no. 7, pp. 85–91.

Book Chapters:

  • 2023. Roy, Oliva. “Resisting Cultural Imperialism and Religious Syncretism: Voices of Dissidence in Chinua Achebe’s Arrow of God” Chinua Achebe: Voice and Vision, Edited by Hossain Al Mamun, University Press Ltd. (UPL), Dhaka, May 2023, Chapter 12, pp. 135-145.
  • 2019. Roy, Oliva. “Deconstructing the Hegemony of Caste Hierarchy and Politics of Ostracism in Utpal Dutt’s play Hunting the Sun” Marginal Voices in English Literature, Pacific Books International, 2019

Conference Presentations

  • 2021. Roy, Oliva. “From Stage to Screen: The emergence of Virtual Interactive Plays in the era of COVID-19 Pandemic.” Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute (SICI) Golden Jubilee Conference (International) on Electronic Textual Cultures: A Study of Digital Literature and Literature in Digital Spaces organized by the English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad.
  • 2020. Roy, Oliva. Participated in the International e-conference on “Surpassing Boundaries to Create/Critique Identities: A Praxis of Female” organized by the Department of English, Purbasthali College.
  • 2020. Roy, Oliva. “Recapitulating Revolutionary Marxist Aesthetics on Stage: A Comparative Study of the Select Plays of Bertolt Brecht, Utpal Dutt and Dario Fo”, National Seminar on Form, Technique and Concerns of Indian Drama in English. M.V. SHRAMJEEVI COLLEGE.
  • 2018. Roy, Oliva. “Transgressing National and Cultural boundaries with Untranslated Regional Literatures: Dynamics of Transnationalism and Indigenization of World Literature”, II Annual International Conference of Caesurae Collective Society on Translation Across Borders: Genres and Geographies, Department of
  • English, MANU University, Hyderabad.
  • 2018. Roy, Oliva. “Shifting Paradigms in Tribal Folk Practices: An Explorative Study of the Globalized Indian Folklore”, International Conference on “Performance Art and the Prospects of Folkloric Tribal Culture of Eastern India”, Vidyasagar University.
  • 2017. Roy, Oliva. “Reviving Celtic Literature: A Critical Study of Yeats’s The Celtic Twilight”, Midwest Conference on British Studies, St. Louis, Missouri United States of America.
  • 2016. Roy, Oliva. “Exploring the Journey of the Indian Ramayana across different Cultures and Languages: a Critical Study of A. K. Ramanujan’s Three Hundred Ramayanas”, National Conference on “Epic in India: Exploring Variations, Transformations and Mutations”, University of Hyderabad.
  • 2016. Roy, Oliva. “Identity and Multiculturalism: A Critical Study of Keri Hulme’s The Bone People”, National Research Conference on ‘Redefining Identities, Cultures and Literatures’, Aurangabad organized by The English Literator Society.
  • 2016. Roy, Oliva. “Breaking Stereotypes: An Indian Superhero without Superpowers and alter ego: A Critical Study of Anupam Sinha’s Dhruva”, The Superhero Project: 2nd Global Meeting, Mansfield College, University of Oxford.

Workshops/Refresher Courses Attended

  • 2023. National Workshop on Storytelling for Effective Classroom Communication at Higher Education, organized by Centre for Memory Studies and Storytelling, Department of Humanities and Sciences, VNR Vjiet, Hyderabad, in association with Storytelling Academy of Loughborough University, UK.
  • 2019. Seven-day workshop on Research Methodology, held at Ramanujan College, University of Delhi from 13th to 19th March 2019.
  • 2018. Workshop on Women in India: Issues at Workplace held at National Institute of Technology, Durgapur.

Webinars Attended

  • 2016. TEQIP-II sponsored five days Short Term Course on Methodology and Ethics in Research at NIT Durgapur.
  • 2016. Summer School on Research Methodology at NIT Durgapur
  • 2020. Two-day International Webinar on “Imagination, Expression, Transformation Creating the Worlds with Words”, organized by Department of English, Shri Sangameshwar Arts, Commerce, BCA, BSW and PG college.
  • 2020. Two-day International Webinar on “Imagination, Expression, Transformation Creating the Worlds with Words”, organized by Department of English, Shri Sangameshwar Arts, Commerce, BCA, BSW and PG college.
  • 2020. One day International seminar on “Effective English Communication Skills in the Digital Era” organized by the Department of Studies and Research in English, Rani Channamma University, Belagavi.
  • 2020. Three-day International Webinar on “Postcolonial Negotiations: History, Literature and Culture”, organized by Department of English, Sidho-Kanho-Birsha University, West Bengal.
  • 2020. Gnosis Lecture Series from May 17th to June 10th 2020.
  • 2020. Two Day International Webinar on Fostering Academic Research & Writing Skills organized by the Department of English, Sree Ayyappa College for Women, Chunkankadai on June 12 & 13, 2020.
  • 2020. One day National Webinar on “Spiritualism in Literature” organised by Department of English, Nabira Mahavidyalaya, Katol.
  • 2020. "Certification Series - How to Publish with Oxford Journals"_ JNU" organized by Jawaharlal Nehru University.
  • 2020. International Webinar on 'A Discourse on Culture, Literature and Nationalism in the Present Scenario' organized by Govt. Maharaja P.G. College Chhatarpur, M.P. India.
  • 2020. International Webinar on Theatre Today: Issues and Challenges organized by Department of English, Sri JNMPG College, Lucknow, held on 07/06/2020.
  • 2020. "National Webinar on Cultural Studies" organized by the Department of English and Internal Quality Assurance Cell of Bharat Shikshan Sanstha's B. S. S. Arts, Science and Commerce College, Makani, Tq. Lohara, Dist. Osmanabad. Maharashtra. India on 10.06.2020.

Faculty Development Programs

  • 2020. Participated in the International Faculty Development Program organized by Amity Institute of English Studies and Research, Amity University Patna from 8th June to 12th June 2020.
  • 2020. Participated in the one week Online International Faculty Development Program on Skilling Teachers for Online Education held during June 2 to 6, 2020 organized by Department of Humanities, Uka Tarsadia University.
  • 2020. Three-day “Faculty Development Program on Student Induction (FDP-SI)” during 6-8 January 2020 at Mewar School of Engineering and Technology, Mewar University, Gangrar, Chittorgarh organized by All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE).
  • 2020. An Interdisciplinary Faculty Development program on Language in the Times of Covid-19, 25 – 30 June 2020, organized by University School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, Delhi. 2020.
  • 2020. Five-day FDP on "Fundamentals of Research Writing and Publications", organized by Reva University, Karnataka.
  • 2020. Two-day Faculty Development Program on “Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods”, organized by ST. Xavier’s College for Women, Aluva.

Voluntary Work

March 2021 to Present –

  • Volunteered for ‘Switch On Foundation’
  • Developed Covid datasheet for IIT Kanpur
  • Developed Covid datasheet for Covid 19 Resource India
  • Participated in UNICEF Young Warrior Movement

Work Experience

Oct. 2022 – Present GLA University Mathura, Uttar Pradesh
Assistant Professor, Dept. of English

Responsibilities:

  • Developed course materials such as - syllabus, lecture notes, and assessments.
  • Published scholarly articles in academic journals and presented findings at conferences.
  • Regularly conducted teaching duties and other relevant

Oct. 2021 – Oct 2022 ITM University Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh
Assistant Professor, Dept. of English

Responsibilities:

  • Planned and prepared appropriately the assigned courses and lectures
  • Planned and implemented effective classroom management practices
  • Participated in departmental meetings, committee work and completed staff assignments as required.
  • Defined, evaluated and validated learning outcomes and designed appropriate strategies and tools for assessing student learning.

Sept. 2021 Saraswati College, Shegaon, Maharashtra
Assistant Professor, Dept. of English

Responsibilities:

  • Delivered lectures to undergraduates and graduates on subject field.
  • Conducted and graded student examinations.
  • Monitored student progress and provided appropriate feedbacks.
  • Participated in campus meetings and professional committee.

Aug. 2020 – Aug. 2021 NHIT Durgapur, West Bengal
Assistant Professor, Dept. of English

Responsibilities:

  • Collaborated with colleagues to evaluate, develop, and revise curricula, as well as pedagogical methods that enhance student mastery of course content.
  • Defined, evaluated and validated learning outcomes and designed appropriate strategies and tools for assessing student learning.

Aug. 2019 – July 2020 Mewar University Chittaurgarh, Rajasthan
Assistant Professor, Dept. of English

Responsibilities:

  • Delivered scheduled lectures to graduate and undergraduate students.
  • Researched study materials per syllabus requirement.

Industrial Experience (Freelancing)

August 2021 – Present
New Delhi – India
Arihant Publication
Content Writer
Responsibility: Prepared UGC NET mock papers
June 2021 – Oct. 2021
Bengaluru - Karnataka
Growth Central VC
Online Tutor
Responsibility: Tutored students to develop deeper comprehension of English course materials and better understanding of assignments to improve academic success.
May 2021 – Dec. 2021
Hyderabad – Telangana
Sairaa Organization
Content Writer
Responsibility: Produced original, creative content for promotional advertisements and marketing materials.
April 2021 – Dec. 2021
London – United Kingdom
ACET-UK
Academic Writer
Responsibility: Composed and delivered academic articles, research papers, essays, dissertations, and theses.
June 2020 – Dec. 2020
New Delhi – India
Learn for Exam
Content Writer
Responsibility: Prepared CAT online mock test series.
July 2020 – August 2021
Bengaluru – Karnataka
Embibe
Content Writer
Responsibility: Prepared UGC NET online mock test series.
Oct. 2018 – March 2020
New Delhi – India
Meritnation
Subject Matter Expert
Responsibility: Designed and prepared technical reports, studies and related documentation.
June 2016 – March 2018
Philippines
Writers.ph
Academic Writer
Responsibility: Utilized exceptional writing, editing and proofreading skills to produce engaging and error-free content.

Scholastic Achievements

  • UGC NET (June 2019) qualified
  • West Bengal SET (2015) qualified

Research Interests

  • Postcolonial Literatures
  • Indian English Literature
  • Gender and Sexuality
  • Theatre Studies

Membership of Editorial Boards, Scientific Committees and Networks

  • 2021 Editorial Board Member of The Creative Launcher
  • 2020 Editorial Board Member of American Research Journal of English and Literature
  • 2020 Editorial Board Member of Humanities and Social Science Research (HSSR)
  • 2019 Editorial Advisory Board Member of Cambridge Scholars Publishing

Journal Reviewers

  • 2020 Reviewer for International Journal of Research and Analytical Reviews
  • 2020 Reviewer for The New Directions in the Humanities Journal Collection, Common Ground Research Networks, University of Illinois Research Park, USA
  • 2019 Reviewer for LLIDS (Language, Literature and Interdisciplinary Studies Journal
  • 2019 Reviewer for International Journal of Linguistics, Literature and Translation