• • Name: Dr Devina Krishna
  • Gender: Female
  •  Designation: Assistant Professor
  •  Department: English

• Phonetics and Phonology, Language Documentation, Applied Linguistics and Research Methodology.

• Field Methods on Time, Aspect and Mood of Nyishi in consultation with the native Speakers in Arunachal Bhawan and in JNU Campus (Supervisor: Prof. Anvita Abbi), 2008.

• Compilation of Dogri-English bilingual dictionary of 1000 lexical items with Toolbox (Supervisor: Prof. Anvita Abbi).

• Teaching Assistant (Undergraduate Course: Introduction to Linguistics), July 2009 to December 2009, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.

• Assistant Professor, Department of English, Patna Women’s College, Patna from 1^st July, 2019 till present.

UG

• A History of English Language
• Remedial Grammar
• Language Skills and linguistics
• Creative and Critical writing
• English Communication
• Ability Enhancement Compulsory Course (English)
• Gender and Human Rights

PG

• Research Methodology
• Linguistics
• Indian Criticism
• English Communication

 

Awards/ Fellowships: Most Enthusiastic member of NSO, Lady Shri Ram for College for Women, Delhi University (2004).

UGC NET(Linguistics) June, 2008

UGC NET (Linguistics) June, 2008

UGC Sponsored Fellowship for pursuing M. Phil from Jawaharlal Nehru University (2008-2010)

Gargi Excellence Award for Teaching and Research organized by LIB, Heritage Society and Amity University, Patna on 8^th March, 2022, Patna.

Other Roles and responsibilities:

• Add-on course coordinator for Spanish.
• Coordinator, Lexicon Language Club

Seminars, conferences, workshops, and refresher courses attended:

• Two-day Faculty Development Program on ‘Standards of Excellence in Higher Education’ on 1^st and 2^nd July, 2019 at Patna Women’s College.
• Orientation program on ‘Research Paper Writing’ at Patna Women’s College on 10^th August, 2019.
• FDP on ‘Curriculum development for outcome-based education organized by Patna Women’s College, 28^th Sep to 3^rd Oct, 2020.
• FDP on ‘Creating a positive work culture: Strategy for quality and excellence’ organized by Patna Women’s College, 23^rd to 27^th June, 2021.
• CEP course on Forensic Linguistics: Language, Law, and Society at IIT P from 22^nd Jan to 28^th Jan, 2022.
• Refresher Course on ‘Research Methodology’ organized by Ramanujan College, Delhi University from 23^rd Jan to 5^Th February, 2022.
• 7 days online workshop on ‘Research Methodology and MMOCs Development and Delivery’ organized by HRDC, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, 2022.
• FDP on ‘Innovations in teaching pedagogy and research trends’ organized by Patna Women’s College, held from 3^rd July 2023 to 7^th July, 2024.
• FDP on ‘Higher Education in Current Scenario: Issues and Challenges’ organized by Patna Women’s College, held from 18^th August 2025 to 22^nd August, 2025.

Webinars attended:

• The role of E-learning during lockdown: Academic challenges and the road ahead organized by Patna Women’s College, 8^th to 9^th May, 2020.
• CEP course on ‘Educational technology and language class’, organized by IIT, Patna, 1^st to 2^nd June, 2020.
• Webinar on Counter-narratives: Literature from the global south organized by Prabhunath College, 8^th to 9^th June, 2020.
• Language teaching and learning after COVID-19 organized by Indira Gandhi National Tribal University, Amarkantak, 6^th June, 2020.
• Key insights on intellectual property rights: An interface and emerging issue organized by Patna Women’s College, 25^th to 26^th June, 2020.
• CEP course on ‘Exploring frontiers in Applied linguistics’ organized by IIT Patna, 29^th June to 1^st July, 2020.
• Toward a Decolonial Feminism: The work and worlds of Maria Lugones organized by VIT, 29^th August, 2020.
• Methods, tools and techniques in the Current Research: Linguistics and Beyond organized by KIT Odisha, 9^th Oct, 2020.
• Linguistics and other perspective on the syllable organized by CURAJ, Central University of Rajasthan, 24th Oct, 2020.
• The compositionality of color expression across languages organized by CURAJ, Central University of Rajasthan, 26^th Feb, 2021.
• Recent theories in linguistics and their expression organized by CURAJ, Central University of Rajasthan, 18^th March, 2021.
• IP Awareness under National Intellectual Property Awareness Mission, organized by Intellectual Property Office at Patna Women’s College on 4th May, 2022.

 

Presentation of papers in National/International Conferences:

• ‘Importance of Language laboratory in developing language skills’, National Conference, Amity University, Patna, 18^th Jan, 2019.
• ‘Language shift in North Bihar: A case of mixing and partial shift in Maithili spoken in the Ranway village of Darbhanga’ at IIT Patna on 22^nd February, 2019.
• ‘Language and Sexism: Unearthing forms in English’ in an international conference at Patna Women’s College, Patna, 2019.
• ‘Lexical tones in western Indo-Aryan languages’ in an international conference at INALCO for SALA-35 in Paris, France from 29^th to 31st October, 2019.
• ‘Syllable structure and Word Stress in Dogri’ in an international conference on, “Languaging and Translating: Within and Beyond” at IIT Patna from 21-23 February, 2020.
• ‘Whole Segment Processes in Dogri’ at 43^rd International Conference organized by CIIL, Mysuru and Linguistic Society of India from 21^st December to 23^rd December, 2021.
• ‘Gendered Linguistics: A Study of Male-Female Intonation Patterns in Indian English’ at the International Conference on ‘Intersections of Gender: Texts and Contexts’ organized by the Department of English, Patna Women’s College from 26^th to 27^th April, 2022.
• ‘Analyzing Musicality and Rhythm in Narrative Techniques in Dogri Folktales’ at ICOLLAF, dated 28^th Jan, 2023 organized by Cluster University, Jammu.
• ‘Understanding Vulnerable languages of Bihar from ecological linguistic perspective at the International Conference on Culture, Cognition and Globalization: The Viability of languages at IIT Patna, 5^th March, 2023.
• Analyzing Musicality and Rhythm in Narrative Techniques in Dogri Folktales’ at ICOLLAF, dated 28th Jan, 2023 organized by Cluster University, Jammu.
• ‘Understanding Vulnerable languages of Bihar from ecological linguistic perspective at the International Conference on Culture, Cognition and Globalization: The Viability of languages at IIT Patna, 5th March, 2023.
• ‘Male-Female Intonation Patterns in Indian English: A Case of Gendered Linguistics at the International Conference on Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences on 20-21 November, 2023 organized by Faculty of Humanities, Universitas Andalas, Padang, Indonesia.
• ‘Analyzing Word Prosody in Dogri: A Phonetic and Phonological Study’ at the 51st All India Conference of Dravidian Linguistics, Tamil University, Thanjavur from 27th to 29th June, 2024.
• ‘Exploring Angika’s Structure and Use: Insights from a Speech Corpus at Cluster University, Jammu, August 2025.

 

Invited talks in India:

• ‘Effective communication in online classes’ organized by Gautam teacher training College, Nalanda on 15^th June, 2020.
• ‘Musicality and Rhythm in Narrative Techniques in Dogri Folktales’ at International Seminar on Worldview of Indigenous People, School of Folkloristics, International Association of Comparative Literature, Society and Culture IACLSC, August 10, 2021.

• ‘New Education Policy 2020: Uplifting India’s Research Ecosystem’ at National level Conference on New Education Policy 2020: Revamping of all Aspects of 21^st Century Education organized by Adarsh Mahavidyalaya, Omerga on 16^th February, 2024.
• ‘General Principles of Research’ at Amity University, Chhattisgarh on 21^st February, 2024.
• ‘How to face Personal Interview’ at Patna Women’s College organized by Placement and Counselling Cell, Patna Women’s College, Patna on 2^nd March, 2024.
• ‘Phonetics and Phonology: IPA and Feature Matrices organized by Shiv Nadar Institution of Eminence, Delhi NCR on 13^th April, 2024.
• Analyzing Musicality and Rhythm Narrative Techniques within Dogri Folktales’ at Folklore Studies Network on 18^th May, 2024.
• ‘The World of Linguistics’: Dimensions and Possibilities at The Collaborative Lecture Series organized by Department of English, Patna Women’s College on 22^nd December, 2024.
• ‘Basic Principles in Research Methodology’ organized by UCSU University, Malaysia on 17^th April, 2025
• ‘Climate Change and Language Attrition: An Ecological Enquiry into the Eroding Voices of North-Western India’ organized by HHS, IIT Patna on 6^th May, 2025.
• ‘Invisible No more: Highlighting Women’s Contribution to the Indian Knowledge System in Ancient Literature’ organized by Christ (Deemed to be University), Pune Lavasa Campus on 29^th April, 2025.
• ‘Ecological Impact on Linguistic Diversity: Exploring Linguistic Erosion in North-Western India amidst Climate Change’ organized by the Department of Linguistics, Central University of Kerela on 26^th September, 2025.
• ‘The Era of Disruption: Language through the lens of AI’ at SPARC IIT Patna, 2025.
• ‘Indian Knowledge System’ for the 8-Day NEP Orientation and Sensitization program organized by MMTCC-SRCC under the Malviya Mission Teacher Training Programme, Ministry of Education, Government of India.

 

• ‘Orchestrating a Paradigm Shift: NEP 2020’s Vision for Research-Driven National Development’ for Faculty Induction Program organized by MMTCC-Central University of Himachal Pradesh, Dharamshala, 2026

 

• ‘Research in the NEP Era: Turning Concepts into Impactful Dissertations’ at Don Bosco College, Manipur, January 2026.
• ‘Capacitating IKS through Indian Languages: The Way Forward’ at Central University of South Bihar, January 2026.

 

Invited talks Abroad (Online):

• ‘Lexical tones in Dogri’ at an International Symposium on linguistics organized by the department of Humanities, Andalas University, Indonesia, on 21^st November, 2020.
• ‘Western Indo-Aryan’ languages at Surabaya Sydney Language Festival on 21^st Feb, 2021.
• ‘Living languages and threatened tongues: A look at Linguistic diversity and Endangerment in India’ at lingua talk organized by Lingua Franca Community, Surabaya, Indonesia on 22^nd October, 2021.
• ‘Suprasegmentals in Dogri’ at Surabaya Sydney Language Festival on 19^th February, 2022.
• ‘General Principles of Research’ at Centre for Languages UCSI University, Malaysia on 18^th March, 2022.
• ‘Musicality and Rhythm in Narrative Techniques in Dogri Folktales’ at 4^th World Conference in Social Sciences at Oxford on 4^th June, 2022.
• ‘Observations on the historical accounts of foreign language learning and teaching in Europe’ at International Symposium at University of Leiden, Netherlands on 10^th June, 2022.
• ‘Musicality and Rhythm within Dogri Folktales’ at the Lingua-Cultura Experience 2022 conference, Canada on Clubhouse, June 23-25, 2022.
• ‘A Linguistic Investigation of Lexical Tones in Dogri’ at Linguistics and Pedagogy Webinars, Pakistan.
• ‘Understanding Vulnerable languages of India’ at Polyglot Conference Global 2022 at Mexico on 2^nd Oct, 2022.
• ‘An Analysis of Vulnerable Languages of Bihar from Ecological Linguistic Perspective’ at the International Conference ‘Ruptures and Resilience: English studies in the now’ organized by North South University, Dhaka.
• ‘Similarities between Hindi, Sinhala and Dhivehi’ on 26^th Jan, 2023 at Canada.
• ‘Understanding linguistic diversity in India’ on International Mother Language Day organized by Global Polyglot Conference on 21^st February, 2023.
• ‘Language Rights in the Indian Context’ on Global Language Advocacy Day organized by Global Coalition for Language Rights on 22^nd February, 2023.

• ‘Episode 128: Speaking Dogri’ on Speaking Tongues Podcast, New York on 25^th Feb, 2023.
• ‘Education, Multilingualism and Translanguaging in the Indian Scenario’, International Day of Multilingualism organized by Polyglot Conference on 27^th March, 2023.
• ‘An Introduction to General Linguistics’ organized by St. Ann’s College, Assam on 5^th April, 2023.
• ‘The World of Linguistics: Dimensions and Possibilities’ organized by Kristu Jayanti College on 20^th April, 2023.
• ‘Deep Dive into Indian Linguistics’ organized by The Future is Bilingual, USA on 17^th June, 2023.
• ‘Indian Linguistic Resurgence through the lens of NEP-2020’ organized by Polyglot Conference on 8^th October,’ 2023.
• ‘Analyzing Language Vulnerability from Ecological Linguistic Perspective: A Case of Angika and Bajjika’ at 6^th International Seminar on Linguistics, Universitas Andalas, Padang, Indonesia on 7^th November, 2023.
• International Podcast ‘Shhh, I’m Learning on December 28^th, 2023.
• ‘Translanguaging within Indian Academic Zones: Breaking Linguistic Barriers: Polyglot Gathering on 3^rd March, 2024.
• ‘General Principles in Research Methodology’ at UCSI University, Malaysia on 17^th April, 2025.
• ‘Voices on the Verge: Preserving India’s Endangered Languages’ at Linguaphile Adventure, Los Angeles on 10^th Sep, 2025.
• ‘Musicality and Rhythm in Narrative Techniques in Dogri Folktales’ at Vanderbilt University on 2^nd March, 2026.
• ‘Bihar’s Lifting Threads: Can We Uphold Ecology, Language, and Culture from the Brink?’ at Polyglot Gathering on 8^th March, 2026.

Published Articles in Peer Reviewed/ UGC Care list Journals:

• Syllable based Segmental Processes in Dogri (2014): Bhartiya Global Journal of Social Sciences and Societies, Vol: 6 No:1 pp.82.
• Decoding 7c’s in Effective Communication (2018): International Journal of Communication, Bahri Publications, Vol: 28, No:1-2, pp.37.
• The Place and Significance of English in Business Communication in India (2019). Journal of Human Development and Communication; Centre for Communication Technology and Human Development, Universiti Malaysia Perlis.
• Syllable Structure and Word Stress in Dogri (2020): The IUP Journal of English Studies, IUP Publications, Vol. XV, No.3.
• Importance of language laboratory in developing language skills (2021): Jurnal Arbitrer, Andalas University, Indonesia
• Lexical Tones in Western Indo-Aryan Languages 2023: Studies in South Asian Linguistics, Edited by Ghanshyam Sharma and John J. Lowe: Lincom Publisher, Munich, Germany.
• Krishna, D. (2023). Whole Segment Processes in Dogri. Jurnal Arbitrer, Universitas Andalas, Volume10. No.1, 1–7. Year 2023 and publication is LINCOM Studies in Asian Linguistic

• Whole segment processes in Dogri (2023): Jurnal Arbitrer, Vol.10, No.1, Andalas University, Indonesia.
• ‘Analyzing Musicality and Rhythm in Narrative Techniques in Dogri Folktales (2023): Lokaratna, Volume XVI, Folklore Foundation India.
• ‘An Analysis of Vulnerable Languages of Bihar from Ecological Perspective’ (2024): Jurnal Gramatika, volume 10, Issue1, Indonesia.
• ‘An Analysis of WhatsApp Interactions among youth: A case of Language Attrition’ (2024), Journal of Digital Socio-humanities; Vol. 1, No.2, Indonesia.
• Climate Change and Language Attrition: An Ecological Enquiry into the Eroding Voices of North-Western India, Climate Change and Vulnerability: Socioeconomic Impacts on Marginalized Communities in South Asia, IUP (Under Review).
• Metaphorical Landscapes: Exploring Metaphors in Hindi, Bhojpuri and English Proverbs; Vivid: Journal of Language and Literature, Indonesia, 2025.
• Impact of AI-Powered Translation Tools: Upholding Indian Linguistic Diversity: Journal of Digital Sociohumanities, Indonesia, 2025.
• AI for Gender Justice: Innovating Caste and Gender Equity in Digital and Real-World Spaces (2026): International Journal of Research and Analytical Reviews; Volume-13, No.1, 254-263.

 

Research Guidance UG & PG:

1. The Verbal and the Non-Verbal: Reading Graphic Tales. Research Project. Under the CPE Scheme of UGC. 2019, Unnati Singh, Smriti Choudhary and Alka.
2. Non-native pronunciations in English: A case of mother tongue interferences among second language learners. Guided for CPE Presentation, 2021, Shrishty Kumari, Smriti and Akanksha Akshara.
3. Linguistic Imperialism in Bihar: Observation on the use of English language in the Urban Areas of Bihar. Guided for CPE Presentation, 2022, Adity, Divya, and Astha.
4. A Structural Analysis of Reduplicative words in Eastern Indo-Aryan languages of Bihar. Guided for CPE Presentation, 2022, Lowrin, Ayushi and Jahnvi.
5. A linguistic investigation of grammatical errors by Maithili ESL learners through Error Analysis. Guided for CPE Presentation, 2023, Anchal, Astha and Isha.
6. A Study Identifying Code-Mixing, Code-Switching, and Language Attrition in Social Media Comments. Guided for CPE Presentation, 2024, Adeeba Faiz, Maanavi Rathod and Shubhra.
7. The Impact of AI-Powered Translation Tools: Upholding Indian Linguistic Diversity. Guided for Students’ Research Project, 2024, Nidhi, Kiran, and Vadini.

 

Member of Professional Bodies:

• Life Member: Dravidian Linguistic Association, and Linguistic Society of India.
• Member: Linguistic Society of India
• Member of Language Culture Justice Hub, International Center for Ethics, Justice and Public Life, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts, USA.

 

Member of Editorial Board:

• Member of the Editorial Board of Vivid Journal published by Andalas University, Indonesia.
• Reviewer of International peer-reviewed journal Jurnal Arbitrer published by Andalas University, Indonesia.

Research Project

• Language Description and Documentation: A Case of Reduplication in Angika and Bajjika, Research Seed Grant, Patna Women’s College, 2022.
• Insights from Angika Speech Corpus: A Case of Language Documentation and Corpus Linguistics, Research Seed Grant, Patna Women’s College, 2024.

Member of Editorial Board:

• Associate Editor of ‘Lokaratna’, an international peer-reviewed e-journal published by Folklore Foundation, Bhubaneshwar.
• Member of the Editorial Board of Journal of Digital Socio-humanities published by Andalas University, Indonesia.
• Member of the Editorial Board of Journal of Global South Development Studies published in Indonesia.

Other Activities:

• Reviewer for the book discussion group on the topic, ‘Voices from the Lost Horizon: Stories and Songs of the Great Andamanese, published in the India International Diary, Volume XXXV N0. 4, August- September 2021.
• Joint Secretary for the International Conference on ‘Intersections of Gender: Texts and Contexts’ organized by the Department of English, Patna Women’s College.
• Coordinator for the National level online Intercollegiate competitions jointly organized by Jayaraj Annapackiam College for Women and Patna Women’s College on 10^th and 11 February, 2023.
• Chaired the technical session at the International Conference on Culture, Cognition and Globalization: The Viability of languages at IIT Patna on 5^th March, 2023.

• Member of IQAC NAAC Working Committee for NAAC Assessment 2018-2023
• Member of the UGC Expert Committee for Linguistics for New LOCF Curriculum Designing.
• Attended workshop as a subject expert on Learning Outcomes Based Curriculum (LOCF) at the Indian National Science Academy, New Delhi on November 5, 2024.
• Attended workshop as a subject expert on Learning Outcomes Based Curriculum (LOCF) at Bhartiya Bhasha Samiti, IIT New Delhi on 30^th and 31^st January, 2025.