Dr. Sahar Rahman

• Name:Dr. Sahar Rahman
• Gender: Female
• Department: English

• Postcolonial Literature and Theory
• Indian English Literature
• Black American Women’s Writing

• Teaching in the department of English, Patna Women’s College since July 2003
• Language Trainer for Pathways to Higher Education sponsored by Foundation for Academic Excellence and Access (FAEA) programme of the Ford Foundation from 2005 to 2008.

• Head, Department of English, Patna Women’s College since 4^th June 2021
• Chairperson, Board of Studies, Department of English, Patna Women’s College
• Member, Academic Council, Patna Women’s College
• Placement incharge, Patna Women’s College since 2005
• Coordinator of the Add on Certificate Course in German Language

• Secretary, Departments Council, Patna Women’s College
• Area Coordinator and Member, Research Committee, Patna Women’s College
• Member of various committees at the college and university level

• Thesis titled ‘Speech, Sign and Space in the select plays of Harold Pinter’ awarded Ph.D degree under my supervision on 27^th September 2022.
• Thesis titled ‘Lawrence’s idea of Instinct’ awarded Ph.D degree under my supervision on 18^th August, 2021.
• Thesis titled ‘Indian Politics in Fiction and Non-fiction of Shashi Tharoor’ awarded Ph.D degree under my supervision on 3^rd April, 2018.
• Currently supervising four Research Scholars for the award of Ph.D degree.
• Have supervised Undergraduate Research Projects under the CPE Scheme of Patna Women’s College

• Worked on a project entitled ‘Bridging the Gap – A course in Remedial English’, a part of the three-year project on ‘Innovative Teaching: An Interdisciplinary and Experimental Approach’ at Patna Women’s College, Patna, which comes under Colleges Humanities and Social Sciences Improvement Programmes of the UGC

•  Research, a bi annual refereed Research journal of English Studies
• Member, Editorial Board, Explore, the Research journal of Patna Women’s College (both print and online)

Edited a book titled Child Studies: Children in English Literatures
Rajesh Publications, New Delhi. 2015 (ISBN: 978-93-83684-14-4)
Research Papers in Journals:
Research papers in UGC CARE / Peer reviewed journals:
Name of the Journal: Madhya Bharti -Humanities and Social Sciences

ISSN:0974-0066 UGC Care Approved, Group IVolume:Vol. 83, No. 13, January-June 2023 Title of the Paper:  Study of class in Rural Society in select Indian English Novels

1. Name of the Journal: Remarkings (Peer Reviewed)

ISSN:  0972-611X Volume: Vol.21 No.1 March 2022 Title of the Paper: Representation of Indian Muslim Women in Indian English Fiction and Non-Fiction

1. Name of the Journal: Motifs (Peer Reviewed)

Print ISSN: 2454-1745

Online ISSN: 2454-1753

Volume: 7, 2021 

Title of the Paper: Cultural Study of the Indian Village as portrayed in select Indian English Novels

 

1. Name of the Journal: Explore

ISSN: 2278-0297 (Print)

ISSN: 2278-6414 (Online)

          UGC approved list of journals no:  64404

          Volume: Vol. XI No 2, 2019

          Title of the paper: Decoding Children’s Fiction

(Corresponding author)

 

1. Name of the Journal:  Research (Peer Reviewed)

Volume:  Volume 17, No 1

Issue:       Spring 2017                        

ISSN No:  0972-7663

Title of the Paper: The Origin and Evolution of Science Fiction: A Survey

 

 

1. Name of the Journal:  Research

Volume:                       Volume 16, No 1

Issue:                            Spring 2016

ISSN No:                      ISSN: 0972-7663

Title of the Paper:   Representation of Gandhian Politics at the Village Level: A Postcolonial Study of Kanthapura

 

1. Name of the Journal:  Research

Volume:                       Volume 15, No 2

Issue:                            Autumn 2015

ISSN No:                      ISSN: 0972-7663

Title of the Paper:     Environmental Concerns in Fiction: An Eco-Critical Study of Select Indian English Novels

 

 

1. Name of the Journal:  Research

Volume:                       Volume 14, No 1

Issue:                            Spring 2014

ISSN No:                      ISSN: 0972-7663

Title of the Paper:     Middle Passage of a Coolie Woman in Sea of Poppies

 

 

1. Name of the Journal:  Research

Volume:                       Volume 13, No 1

Issue:                            Spring 2013

ISSN No:                      ISSN: 0972-7663

Title of the Paper: From a Turbulent Childhood to an Abnormal Adulthood: A Study of Rahel and Estha in Arundhati Roy’s The God of Small Things

 

1. Name of the Journal:  Research

Volume:                      Vol 11, No 2

Issue:                          Autumn2011

ISSN No:                    ISSN: 0972-7663

           Title of the Paper:       Arundhati Roy’s Experiments with English Language: 

A  Postcolonial Study of The God of Small Things

 

 

1. Name of the Journal:  Research

Volume:                      Vol 10, No 2

Issue:                          Autumn 2010

ISSN No:                    ISSN: 0972-7663

           Title of the Paper:        Cultural Elements in Translation: A Study of               

                                                 Premchand’s Godan

 

 

     Chapters in Books:

 

1. Name of the Book: Excellence in Higher Education: Emerging Concerns and the Road Ahead

ISBN No:      ISBN: 978-81-94687-78-8

Publication: Rajesh Publications, New Delhi

Edition:         2020

Title of the Chapter: A Critique of Choice Based Credit System

 

1. Name of the Book:       Child Studies: Children in English Literatures

ISBN No:                      ISBN: 978-93-83684-14-4

Publication:                  Rajesh Publications, New Delhi

          Edition:                         2015

         Title of the Chapter:      Race and Gender in Toni Morrison:

                                                 A Study of Pecola in  The Bluest Eye

 

1. Name of the Book:       Contemporary Indian English Fiction

ISBN No:                      ISBN: 978-93-82630-20-3

Publication:                  Aadi Publications, Jaipur

          Edition:                         2014

         Title of the Chapter:      Destruction of Indian Village Life: A Postcolonial Study of Amitav Ghosh’s The Circle of Reason

       

 

1. Name of the Book:       Novel and Society

ISBN No:                      ISBN: 978-81-908526-1-6

Publication:                  AMS Publication, Patna

          Edition:                         2010

         Title of the Chapter:      Partition and the Indian Village: A Study of                        

                                         Train to Pakistan

Resource Person in International FDP/Conference/Seminar

• Delivered a guest lecture on the topic ‘Postcolonialism and Neocolonialism: Histories and Contexts’ in a Seven-day International Online Faculty Development Programme on Contemporary Theories: Challenges and Possibilities on 14/12/2021 organised by Vasanta College for Women, Varanasi

Sessions chaired in International and National Seminar/Conference:

• International Conference on Women and Migration: Vulnerability, Challenges and Prospects in the Present Time organized by Department of Economics, Patna Women’s College on 17^th and 18^th May, 2022.
• International Conference on Resistance and Assimilation: Voices of the Subalterns organized by Manav Rachna International Institute of Research and Studies on 30^th January
• National Seminar on Women in Contemporary India: Contexts and Possibilities organized by Patna Women’s College on 18^th and 19^th September, 2019
• National Seminar on Excellence in Higher Education: Emerging Concerns and the Road Ahead organized by the IQAC of Patna Women’s College from 8^th to 9^th February 2019.

Faculty Development Programme:

1. Participated in a five-day Faculty Development Programme on Innovations in Teaching Pedagogy and Research Trends from 3^rd July to 7^th July, 2023 organised by IQAC, Patna Women’s College

1. Participated in a five-day online Faculty Development Programme on Exploring Globalised Space(s): Contemporary Trends in Literature and Language from 12^th July to 6^th July, 2021 organised by Amity Institute of English Studies and Research, Amity University, Kolkata
2. Participated in a five-day online Faculty Development Programme on Creating a Positive Work Culture: Strategy for Quality and Excellence from 23^rd June to 27^th June,2021 organised by IQAC, Patna Women’s College
3. Participated in a five-day online Faculty Development Programme on Curriculum Development for Outcome Based Education from 28^th September to 3^rd October, 2020 organised by IQAC, Patna Women’s College
4. Participated in a five-day online Faculty Development Programme on Contemporary ICT to Facilitate Constructivist Learning of Digital Natives from 22^nd May to 28^th May, 2020 organised by Auxilium College, Vellore

 Research Papers presented in International and National Seminars & Conferences:

1. Presented a Research paper entitled Exploring Black Womanhood through Intersectional Lens: A Study of Narrative Strategies of Black American Women Novelists at a RUSA sponsored two-day International Virtual Conference on Intersections of Gender: Texts and Contexts organised by Department of English, Patna Women’s College (Autonomous) Patna University from 26th to 27th April, 2022
2. Presented a Research paper entitled The Co-existence of Elitism and                     Subalternity in Indian Muslim Women: A Study of Sunlight on a Broken Column and Tara Lane at a National Seminar on Human Development: Contemporary Issues and Challenges organized by St. Xavier’s College of Management and Technology, Patna on 8^th February 2020.
3. Presented a Research paper entitled Voices of Muslim Women in Indian English Fiction: Articulation and Silence at an International Conference on Resistance and Assimilation: Voices of the Subalterns organized by Manav Rachna International Institute of Research and Studies on 30^th January 2020.
4. Presented a Research paper entitled Perpetuating Gender Stereotypes: A Study of Select Fairy Tales at a National Seminar on Women Empowerment: Revisioning Identities and Building Strategies for a Participatory Society organized by St. Xavier’s College of Management and Technology, Patna from 23 to 24 February 2019.
5. Presented a paper entitled Compulsion or Choice: A Critique of Choice Based Credit System in a NAAC sponsored National Seminar on Excellence in Higher Education: Emerging Concerns and the Road Ahead organized by the IQAC of  Patna Women’s College from 8^th to 9^th February 2019.
6. Presented a Research paper entitled Science as a Tool for Emancipation of Women: A Study of Sultana’s Dream at an International Conference on Gender Issues: Possibilities and Challenges organized by the Centre For Gender Studies, Patna from 17^th-19^th Nov 2017.
7. Presented a Research paper entitled God of Small Things as a Dalit Novel at a UGC sponsored National Seminar on Dalit, Society and Politics – Emerging Trends in Indian Political System organized by the Dept. of Political Science, Patna Women’s College from 6^th-7^th February 2017.
8. Presented a Research paper entitled Politics of Race and Gender at an International Seminar on Challenging Patriarchy: A Humanist Perspective organized by the Dept. of Political Science and the dept. of History, Patna Women’s College from 26^th-28^th October 2016.
9. Presented a Research paper entitled Structure of Gender in Literature: A Critique of Select Novels by Indian English Women Writers at an International Conference on Gender Issues: Priorities and Challenges organized by the Centre For Gender Studies, Patna from 7^th-9^th Feb 2016.
10. Presented a Research paper entitled Race and Gender in Toni Morrison: A Study of Pecola in The Bluest Eye at a UGC sponsored National Seminar on Representation of Children in English Literatures organized by the Dept. of English, Patna Women’s College from 6^th-7^th February 2012.
11. Presented a Research paper entitled Famine and Migration in colonial India as represented in Bhabani Bhattacharya’s So Many Hungers in a UGC sponsored National Seminar on Urban Poverty: Issues and Challenges organized by the Dept. of Geography, Patna Women’s College from 24^th-25^th January 2012.
12. Presented a paper on The Impact of Colonialism and Freedom Movement on rural Indian Women: A Postcolonial Feminist Study of Two Leaves and a Bud and Kanthapura in the UGC sponsored National Seminar on ‘Gender Equality: A Historical Perspective organised by the Department of History, Sri Arvind Mahila College, Patna from 9th-10th January 2011.
13. Presented a paper in the 5^th International Congress on English Grammar on Language Engineering and Information Technology from 6^th to 11^th January 2008 on ‘Postcolonial Elements in Arundhati Roy: A Linguistic Study of The God of Small Things.’
14. Presented a paper entitled ‘Feminist Consciousness in Sunlight on a Broken Column’ in an International Seminar on ‘Feminist Consciousness in South Asian Literature’ organized by Department of English and Modern European Languages, University of Lucknow from 3^rd to 4^th November  2006.
15. Presented a paper entitled ‘Exposing Patriarchy: A Postcolonial Study of Nectar in a sieve’ in a National Seminar on ‘New Literatures in English: Issues and Trends’ organized by B.N.College, Patna on 19^th and 20^th February 2006.

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Awards / Certificates:

• Academic Excellence Award in March 2022
• Exemplary Teacher Award in July 2015

 Languages known:

Fluent in English, Urdu & Hindi

Can read Arabic and Persian