Dr. Muniba Sami

Designation: Former Associate Professor, Department of English, Patna University Former Coordinator IQAC, St Xavier’s College Patna Guest Faculty, Department of English, Patna Women’s College
Qualification: M.A, Ph.D

Teaching & Research Experience: 48 years, 7 Ph.D Supervisions

Areas of Interest: Women’s Studies, Gandhi and the Literary Text in English.
Modern Drama, Ranaissance Studies, Contemporary Critical Theory
Workshops/ Articles/Awards: 27th, 28th, 29th July 1999: Child Protection Workshop at NDCC, Patna sponsored by British Council, Calcutta and UNICEF.
22nd Sept. 1999: Facilitator, English Language orientation course for Primary School teachers in Notre Dame Academy, Patna
15th, 16th, 17th Nov 1999: Child Rights / Child Protection Workshop at Patna Women’s College, organised by ICWA, supported by UNICEF.
16th December 1999: Participant, British Library programme on The Dictionary of the 21st Century.
14th, 15th Feb 2000: Workshop on Child Protection and CSA. British Council, Calcutta
19th, 20th Feb. 2000: Resource Facilitator, Child Protection Workshop, NDCC, sponsored by UNICEF
18th to 24th June 2000: International seminar on Sexual Abuse and Exploitation of Children: a health and criminal justice perspective at Newcastle-upon Tyne, United Kingdom. Nominated by the British Council from India. (Recorded in a report entitled ‘Learning in the U.K. to serve Bihar’, published in the PWC magazine)
22nd, 23rd July 2000: Resource Facilitator, Child Protection Workshop, AHC, Patna supported by UNICEF
8th, 9th Sept. 2000: Workshop on Coordination in Adoption, BVCA, Patna
15th, 16th Sept.2000: Seminar on Dowry: Its Social and Legal Aspects, Patna Women’s College, ICWA-UNICEF
1st to 14th December 2000: Drama Workshop for Department of Communicative English with Media Studies, Patna Women’s College.
15th to 18th January 2001: UGC Refresher Course lectures at the P.G. Department of English
2nd February 2001: Seminar on Women’s Studies, Patna Women’s College
14th to 17th February 2001: participated in the AICHE national conference on “Higher Education for Women’s Empowerment: Local, National and Global Strategies’ and presented a paper entitled ‘The Dynamics of Women’s Empowerment through the Academia.
27th, 28th March 2001: Member, Jury, National Educational Film Festival
16th to 20th June 2001: Facilitated a Language Skills Workshop at Delhi Public School.
29th April 2002: Judged the Frank Anthony Memorial Inter-School Debate.
8th May 2002: Symposium on Literature and Translation, Department of English, P.U.
16th May 2002: translation of script and Voice over for a documentary film by SIET
15th September 2002: attended BVCA workshop at the SCADA centre.
20th September 2002: attended the C. Memorial lecture A.N.Sinha Institute.
28th September2002: Department of English seminar on Social Justice in Anand’s novels.
26th October 2002: participated in an interactive session with Fr. Cedric Prakash, St. Xavier’s
30th November 2002: AWARDED citation for contribution to the theatre by NOTRE DAME COMMUNICATION CENTRE
8th March 2003: Speaker at the International Women’s Day programme at Hotel Maurya on Women and Insurance.
15th-17th March 2003: Felicitator at workshop on Public Speaking Skills at St. Joseph’s school.
4th April 2003: Participated in the Dharma Bharati programme on moral regeneration at Nav Jyoti
25th April 2003: Judged the Frank Anthony Memorial All-India Inter-School Debate
3rd May 2003: Judged The Sepienti Centennial Debate at St. Joseph’s School
1st-3rd December2003: Attended a symposium on The Paradigm shift in the System of education and its impact on society.
16th December 2003: Participated in a seminar on Islam and Feminism given by Professor Margot Badran sponsored by the American Centre, Kolkata at A.N. Sinha Institute.
20th,21st February 2004: Resouce Person at Media Workshop organized by the Department of Communicative English, Patna Women’s College.
January-February 2004: Developing module for the teaching of Speaking Skills in communication for BPO’s.
April 2004: Published article entitled ‘Femininity and Colonialism in Nina Mazuchelli’s Travel Writings in the Spring issue of Research
30th April 2004: Judge at the Hector Angus Brown Invitational Debate
28th July 2004: Radio talk on “ Modern European Drama” on All India Radio
30th October 2004: Attended a seminar on Dalit representations by Gail Omvetd organized by Deshkal Society
31st October 2004: Attended a talk by Prof. Krishna Kumar, Director NCERT on ‘Peace Education and Identities’.
26th to 18th March 2005: Delivered three Refresher Course lectures at the UGC Refresher Course in English
30th April 2005: Judge at the Second Hector Angus Brown Invitational Debate
14th December 2005: Resource Person at the Orientation Course for Teachers at the Academic Staff College
7th February 2006: Resource Person at a workshop/ lecture at the Academic Staff College
8th February 2006: Judge at the Young Voices programme on the Chief Minister’ initiated Children’s dreams for the state.
21st, 22nd February 2006: Resource Person at the Media Workshop at Patna Women’s College.
5th April 2006: Lecture / Workshop at the Academic Staff College
22nd April 2006: Judge at the Hector Angus Brown Invitational Debate
28th April 2006: Judge at the All India Frank Anthony Inter School Debate
April 2006:Published article entitled ‘Holy Mother’s recasting of the Spiritual Discourse’ in Ramakrishna Mission publication “Tribute to Holy Mother”
June-July 2006: Co-developed course module in English for Chanakya National Law University
1st to 20th December 2006: Resource Person at the Theatre Workshop organized by the Department of Communicative English, Patna Women’s College
5th January 2007: Resource Person at the Orientation Course at the Academic Staff College
15th February 2007: Workshop/ Lecture on Paradigm Shift in Higher Education and Communication demands
30thMarch to 19th April 07 : Lectured at the UGC Refresher Course, Patna University
4th July 2007: Resource Person at the Workshop on Communication Skills for University Teachers at the Academic Staff College Orientation Course.
11th November 2007: Signis Bijan National Seminar on Communications
14th November 07: Delivered a talk on American Drama at the American Corner at the Education Week programme on Glimpses of American Literature.
28th March 08: Ph.D viva Voce of Anuradha Sen The Literary Hero Redefined: A Select Study through Genres and Locations in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Literary Text under my supervision.
14th September 08; Research paper entitled ‘Women Occupants of Gandhian Literary Space’ presented at the UGC international seminar at Agra
12th August 08: Judge at the American Consulate Inter-college Debate
14th September 08: Research Paper entitled’ Women Occupants of Gandhian Literary Space’ presented at the UGC International Seminar at Agra
30th September08: Awarded PhD for Gandhi and the Literary Text in English: A Selective Study of the significance of Postnationalism, Autonomy And Culture.
16th November 08: Awarded Excellence in Achievement for contribution to the theatre at the All Patna One Act Play Festival
28th January 09: Resource Person for one day workshop on Communication Skills forTeachers at the Orientation Course Academic Staff College, P.U.
Feb-March 09: Resource Person at the 7th UGC sponsored Refresher Course in the Department of English, P.U.
Jan 2010 : Co-edited an Anthology of English Prose entitled A Slice of Life
2010: Publication of book entitled Postmodern Gandhi in Life and Literature
17th July 2010: PhD Viva Voce of Akbar Ali: The Ideology of Restoration Dramatic Criticism under my supervision.
2010: Research Paper Women Occupants of Gandhian Literary Space published in Erasing Barricades; Authorpress ISBN 978-81-7273-533-3
Jan2011: Research Paper entitled ‘ Textualising Gender in Gandhi’s Freedom Movement’ UGC National Seminar on Gender Equality: A Historical Perspective
Feb-March 2011: Lectured at the 8th UGC Refresher Course in the Department of English, Patna University.

Postmodern Gandhi in life and Literature,

A Slice of Life,

Erasing Barricades,

Gandhi and his Soulforce Mission, Indian,

The Indian English Novel Today,

Women through the Ages, and

A Collection of Indian English Poetry.