• Name : Dr. Deepika Tiwari
• Gender : Female
• Department : English

• Working as an Assistant Professor in Patna Women’s College (contract), in Department of English(1st July 2019 – Present)
• Worked as an Assistant Professor in St. Xavier’s College, Patna in Department of English (Guest Faculty – 2016 – 2017, Full Time – 2017 – 2019))
• Worked as an Ad-hoc lecturer in Magadh Mahila College in Department of English (2015-17)
• Key Member of Study Material Preparation for Master of Arts (English) inNalanda Open University, Bihar.

• Research Experience:
• Supervised MA students under CPE scheme on the topic- Joothan and The Prison We Broke; A Comparative Study (Awarded first prize)

• Tiwari, Deepika, et al. “The Cinematic Gaze and the Disabled Body: A Comparative Study with Select Autobiographical Narratives.” The Criterion: An International Journal in English, vol. 17, no. 1, Feb. 2026, pp. 617–630. https://doi.org/10.66376/criterion.v17.n1.42
• Tiwari, Deepika. “Ageism and the Absurd: Re-reading Old Age in The Chairs.” LangLit: An International Peer-Reviewed Open Access Journal, vol. 12, no. 2, Nov. 2025, pp. 219–224. ISSN 2349-5189.

• Space and Confinement in the Reading of Beckett’s Waiting for Godot Published in ‘Shodh Shree’ (2020) UGC Valid Journal, Peer-Reviewed, Volume – 35, Issue no – 2.
• Disease and Disability in Samuel Beckett’s Endgame Published in ‘Shodh Shree’ (2020) UGC Valid Journal, Peer-Reviewed, Volume – 37, Issue no – 4.

As a Resource Person:

1. Invited as a Resource Person at Xavier University (under the aegis of Jesuit Higher Education Association South Asia) for a 3-day Residential Leadership Programme; conducted sessions on “Developing Leadership Skills through Experiential Learning.” 13^th – 15^th Feb, 2026.

Research Guidance:

1. Supervised a research project titled The Cinematic Gaze and the Disabled Body: A Comparative Study with Select Autobiographical Narratives undertaken by postgraduate students Raheba Rahman, Ganga Kashyap, and Priyambada. 2025.
2. Supervised a research project titled Examination of Children’s Literature through the lens of Disability Studies undertaken by undergraduate students Sadqa Siddiqui, Sadiya Siddiqui and Stuti Lal. 2024.
3. Supervised a research project titled Decoding Desires: The Subconscious Motivations of Fan-Fiction Authors undertaken by undergraduate students Manvi, Anam Khurshid and Shruti Singh. (2023)
4. Supervised a research project titled African-American and Dalit Poets: Reading the Female Voices undertaken by undergraduate students Fatima Zafar, Aamna Jamal and Amna Ali. (2022)
5. Supervised a research project titled Joothan and The Prisons We Broke: A Comparative Reading undertaken by postgraduate students Annupriya, Shivangi, and Farhana Yunus 2021.

FDP and Workshop Attended:

1. Participated in the Five-Day Faculty Development Programme on Higher Education in the Current Scenario: Issues and Challenges held from 18^th to 22^nd August, 2025 organised by IQAC, Patna Women’s College (Autonomous) sponsored by United Board for Christian Higher Education in Asia.
2. Participated in the Faculty Development Program on Innovative Teaching and Learning Pedagogy jointly organized by Faculty of Commerce, Parul University, Gujarat, Research Foundation of India & RFI-CARE from 24-28 April 2023.
3. RUSA sponsored Five Day Online Faculty Development Programme on the topic Creating A Positive Work Culture: Strategy For Quality And Excellence organized by IQAC, Patna Women’s College (Autonomous), Patna University in collaboration with St. Aloysius College (Autonomous), Jabalpur held from 23^rd June to 27^th June, 2021
4. Kirori Mal College, University of Delhi and the Faculty Development Centre, Mizoram University, Aizwal under the Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya National Mission on Teachers and Teaching of MoE on the topic Remapping The Indian Novel In English held between June 21 – 25, 2021.
5. Participated in a One Week Online Faculty Development Programme on the topic – New Vistas In English Studies organized by the Department of Languages, Presidency University, Bengaluru from 20^th to 26^th September 2021.
6. IQAC, Patna Women’s College, Autonomous organized FDP on the topic Standards of Excellence In Higher Education on 5^th and 6^th July, 2019.
7. Attended Workshop on Research Methodology held in the Department of English, Patna University from 1^st December to 3^rd December, 2019.

Other Responsibilities:

1. Coordinator, Lit Wit Literary Society, Patna Women’s College (Autonomous)
2. Coordinator, Poesis Poetry Club, Patna Women’s College (Autonomous)