Lectures/Talks/Workshops/Opening/Inaugural/Keynote/Sessions Chaired:

Delivered an online lecture on “Literature as Translation: Some Reflections” on 15 September 2023 in the 2-Week Refresher Course on “Literatures & Languages” (ID) held from 5 September to 20 September 2023 organised by the Human Resource Development Centre, Jamia Millia Islamia.
Delivered an online lecture on “Language Ideologies in English and the Vernacular” on 31 August 2023 the Inter-disciplinary Refresher Course on “World Literature, Comparative Literature and Translation”, conducted by Dept. of Comparative Literature and UGC-HRDC, Jadavpur University from 17th – 31st August 2023.
Delivered a lecture on “Ocean as Method” on 21 July in the 10th Refresher Course in English through virtual mode being organized by the UGC-Human Resource Development Centre, BHU held from July 11 to 24, 2023 on “New Trends in Literary Studies”. 31
Chaired a Session on 27 April 2023 in the annual IACLALS International conference on “Metropolis and Margins: Shifting Perspectives in Literary and Language Studies” held online from 27-29 April 2023.
Chaired a session on ‘Eliot, Joyce, Woolf and Oriental Thought’ in the International Conference on “100 years of The Waste Land, Ulysses and Jacob’s Room”. organised by AMU from 26-26 February, 2023.
Chaired two plenary sessions on the International Conference on E-Literature: Explorations in Literary Creativity” organised by the Department of English, JMI 16-17 January, 2023.
Chaired a session on “The Human and the Non-Human in Children’s Literature” at the 19th Biennial Symposium on Literature and Culture in the Asia-Pacific Region organised by AMU from 26-27 November 2022.
Chaired a session in a two-day online International symposium on “Decolonial Praxis/es of Solidarity in South Asian Literary and Cultural Discourses on Social Movements” organised by the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities, The University of Edinburgh from 27-28 April 2022.
Delivered a lecture on “How to Write a Research Proposal” on 8.3.2022, in a One Week Workshop on Research Methodology and MOOCs Development & Delivery organised by the UGC-Human Resource Development Centre, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi from 7 th March to 12th March 2022.
Chaired a session in a four-day International Webinar on Post-truth and Literature: Perspectives and Reality, Department of English Language and Literature Islamic University of Science and Technology Awantipora.
Delivered Lecture on “Mushaira and the City: Mapping Delhi through Cultures Poetry” at the Refresher Course in English organised by the HRDC, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, on 11 September, 2011.
Delivered lecture on “Writing an Effective Research Proposal?” At the Faculty Development Programme organised by the Integral University, Lucknow on 21 June, 2021.
Chaired Distinguished Lecture by Professor Achelle Mbembe “Notes on the Now” on May 10, 2021. 32 Delivered opening remarks in the Annual Distinguished Lecture by Professor Walter D. Mignolo, Duke University, USA organised the SPARC- Department of English, JMI on May 5, 2021.
Co-Chaired Plenary Session by Gayatri Chakravarty Spivak on “Who wants Language”at a Three-Day Conference on “Language Ideologies and the Vernacular in Colonial and Postcolonial South Asia” organised by the Department of English, Jamia Millia Islamia in collaboration with South Asia Institute Heidelberg, 15—17 March, 2021.
Co-Chaired Plenary Session by Professor Sudipta Kaviraj on “ at a Three-Day Conference on “Language Ideologies and the Vernacular in Colonial and Postcolonial South Asia” organised by the Department of English, Jamia Millia Islamia in collaboration with South Asia Institute Heidelberg, 15—17 March, 2021.
Chaired plenary session with Professor Javed Majeed, Kings College London and Professor Francesca Orsini, SOAS, London, as speakers at a Three-Day Conference on “Language Ideologies and the Vernacular in Colonial and Postcolonial South Asia” organised by the Department of English, Jamia Millia Islamia in collaboration with South Asia Institute Heidelberg, 15—17 March, 2021.
Chaired two plenary sessions at a Two-Day interactional conference on “on “Confronting the ‘Global’ Exploring the ‘Local’: Digital Apprehensions of Poetics and lndian Literature(s)” in collaboration with Michigan State University USA, 21-22 December 2020 under the aegis of the Ministry of Education’s Scheme for Promotion of Academic and Research Collaboration (SPARC).
Delivered Lecture on “Academic Publishing” on 15.01.21 from 2.00 to 3.30 p.m at the Third online faculty induction programme from 28 December to 02 February, 2021 organised by UGC-HRDC, JMI.
Delivered lecture on “Academic Writing and International Publishing” on 18th December at the First Online One-Week Workshop on Research Methodology held from 17 December to 23 December 2020 organised by the HRDC, JMI.
Delivered Lecture on “Translations as Transgression of Margins: Reading Women’s Poetry Anthologies from India and Pakistan” at the First Two-week Refresher Course in English on “Reimagining the Margins: Perspectives from Literature, Culture and Society” organised by the UGC-HRDC, JMI.
Delivered lecture on “Understanding Research Methodology” at at the First Two-week Refresher Course in English on“Reimagining the Margins: Perspectives from Literature, Culture and Society” organised by the UGC-HRDC, JMI.
Delivered lecture on “English and the Vernacular” at the 1st Online 2-Week Refresh- er Course in Modern Indian Languages, 23 October – 07 November 2020 organised by the UGC-HRDC, JMI.
Research in Indian Literature: Approaches and Perspective” at a One-Week National E- Workshop on “Research Methodology in Literary Studies” organised by the Department of English, Central University of Kashmir, on 6th November 2020.
Delivered lecture on “Ideology in Literature” to the university and college teachers on 24th February 2020 in the 128th 3-week Orientation Programme organised by the Academic Staff College, JMI.
Delivered opening remarks in the 13th Ahmad Ali Memorial Lecture held on 4th March 2020.
Delivered keynote Address ‘Jamia: An Experiment in Nationalist Education’ in the English Chapter of the International Interdisciplinary Conference organised by JTA on 17th-18th February 2020.
Delivered Opening Address at the National Seminar on organised by the Department of English in collaboration with the India International Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (IISECS) on “Binaries and Beyond: Gender Discourses in the Long Eighteenth Century” 26-27 February 2020, at Jamia Millia Islamia.
Chaired Plenary Address by Professor Charu Gupta in the National Seminar on organised by the Department of English in collaboration with the India International Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (IISECS) on “Binaries and Beyond: Gender Discourses in the Long Eighteenth Century” 26-27 February 2020, at Jamia Millia Islamia.
Delivered lecture on “Research Methodology” on 31st October 2019 in the 2-week Refresher Course in Comparative Studies (31st October to 14th November 2019) organised by the Human Resource Development Centre-JMI.
Delivered Inaugural Address “Introducing the Seminar Theme” on 22nd October 2019 in the Two-Day National Seminar on “Gandhi in India’s Literary Imagination” [22-23 October, 2019], organised by the department of English, JMI.
Delivered lecture on “Nation and Translation” on 9th November 2019 in the 2-week Refresher Course in Comparative Studies (31st October to 14th November 2019) organised by the Human Resource Development Centre-JMI.
Delivered a lecture on “How to Write a Book Review” to the University and College Teachers on 26th July, 2019 in the 14th 3-week Refresher Course on Human Rights 7 Social Exclusion (25th July to 7th August) organised by the Human Resource Development Centre-JMI.
Delivered a lecture on “Literature and Society” to the University and College Teachers on 21st June, 2019 in the 125th 3-week Orientation Programme organised by the Human Resource Development Centre-JMI. Delivered Inaugural Address “Introducing the Symposium Theme” in the One Day National Symposium on “Translating Modernity: Literary Cultures of India” on 20th February 2019.
Delivered a lecture on “Print and Society” to the University and College Teachers on 22nd October 2018, in the 122nd 4-week Orientation Programme (25th September-22 October 2018), organised by the Human Resource Development Centre-JMI.
Delivered a lecture on “Review Writing” to the University and College Teachers on 27 July 2018 in the 3-week Refresher Course in Languages ( 19th July-8 August 2018) organised by the Human Resource Development Centre-JMI.
Participated as Mentor in a Translation Workshop on Premchand’s Non-Fiction Writings in the Department of English, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, March 2018 and mentored translations of S K Mahananda, Lalchandani
Chaired a session on “Translation: Theory and Practise” in a conference on the theme “Translating/Transcreating Cultures of Existence” organised by the Department of English, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi under the aegis of UGC DRS/SAP Phase III I 2016
Chaired a session in“International Seminar on Mapping Research on Muslim Women: Retrospect and Prospect” Sarojini Naidu Centre for Women’s Studies, JMI In collaboration with Indian Council of Historical Research on 22-23 September 2015 Mentored stories “Editor Moteram,” and “Patni SePati” in an International Translation Workshop “Translating Premchand” Department of English, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi (28 Feb-1March), 2014.
Delivered Lecture on “Precise Writing” on 12 Mar’14 in the 8th One-Week Professional Development Program for Group ‘B & C’ Staff organised by the ASC, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, (10th March to 15th March 2014).
Delivered lecture on ‘How to review a book’ to the University and College teachers in the 103rd 4-week Orientation Programme from 31st January to 19th February 2013 On 23rd Jan’2013.
Delivered a lecture on “How to review a Book” to the University and College teachers on 13 Apr’13 in the 104th 4-week Orientation Programme organised by Academic Staff 35 College, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi (from 09th April to 08th May 2013).
Delivered a lecture on “How to review a Book” on 15th May ’13 in the 3rd Three Week Refresher Course in Basic Sciences organised by Academic Staff College, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi (from 09th April to 08th May 2013).
Delivered Talk on “Recent Trends in Teaching Postcolonial Literature” on 3rd July, 2013 to the University and College teachers in the Faculty Development Programme organised by Amity University, NOIDA, 2013.
Delivered a lecture on “How to review a Book” in the 13th Refresher Course in English for College and University teachers, organised by the Academic Staff College, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi (August 29 2013).
Delivered a lecture on “How to write a Research Proposal” in Refresher Course in English for College and University teachers, organised by the Academic Staff College, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi (August 29, 2013).
Delivered lecture on ‘Research Methodology” on 15th Dec’12 in 3rd 3-week Refresher Course in Comparative Literature (Interdisciplinary) from 13th December to 03rd January 2012. Delivered lecture on ‘Techniques of Book Review” on 14th Apr’12 to the University and College teachers in the 100th 4-week Orientation Program from 09th April to 05th May 2012 organised by Academic Staff College, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi.
Invited as Expert in a Five-Day National Workshop on ‘Preparing Guidelines for Translation in Urdu ’Conducted by National Translation Mission, CIIL, Mysore at Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi (Aug 23-Aug 27) 2010.
Delivered lecture on ‘The Art of Writing a Book Review’ to the University and College teachers in the Orientation Course conducted by Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi (Aug) 2010.
Delivered lecture on ‘The Art of Writing a Book Review’ in the Refresher Course in Gender Studies conducted by Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi (Sept) 2010.
Invited delegate at the International Conference on ‘Co-operative Development, Peace and Security: Women Guiding the Destiny of South Asia’ As a founder member of the South Asian Network on Arts and Literature deliberated on the next Three-year work plan of the Network organised by the Centre for Research in Rural and Industrial Development, at Chandigarh, (Mar 13-15) 2010.
Participated as Mentor in Three-Day National Translation Workshop organized by the UGC-funded DRS-SAP project of the Department of English, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi (Feb19-20) 2010.
Translated Munshi Premchand’s story “Ek Aanch ki Kasar” into English for the workshop Translating Premchand III UGC funded DRS-SAP project of Department of English, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, 2009.
Delivered lecture on “Writing Book Reviews” in the Refresher Course in English conducted by Academic Staff College, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, 2009.
Delivered Lecture on “History and Fiction In Khushwant Singh’s Delhi” in the Refresher Course in English conducted by Academic Staff College, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, 2009.
Made a Presentation on Art and Literature at “Women of South Asia: Partners in Development” South Asian Network on Art and Literature (30-31 March), Chandigarh, 2009.
Participated as Member of the Core Organising Committee in the “World Congress on Religions Global Congress on World’s Religions after September 11” organized by Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi (Jan 17-19), 2009.
Participate as Subject Expert on Teaching of English in “Capacity Building Workshop for Madrasa Teachers and Students”
Organized by Dept of Sociology, Jamia Millia Is-lamia, New Delhi (Feb 11), 2009. Participated in “Translating Time: Fictions of The Future.”
Translated Jeelani Bano’s Story “The Stone Prince” for the same International Seminar-cum-Workshop organised by the Department of English, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi in collaboration with IIT Delhi, 2008.
Delivered a lecture on “How to Write a Book Review” in the 2nd Refresher Library and Information Science course conducted by Academic Staff College, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi in 2008.
Chaired a session in an International Seminar on “The Future as Conceived in Past: The Evolving Perceptions of Women’s Emancipation” organized by the Centre for Women’s Studies, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh (Oct 20- 22), 2008.
‘Translated Premchand’s ‘Jeevan Ka Shaap’ and ‘Kayar’ in the three-day Seminarcum-Workshop on Premchand organised by the Department of English, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi (March) 2006.
Presented paper “Women are born Twice: Theme of Female Embodiment in Anne Sexton’s Poetry” in the Refresher Course in English at Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi (Feb), 2006.
Presented a paper ‘Female Voice in Conflict in the Poetry of Anne Sexton’ in the Week-ly Scholar’s Seminar at American Studies Research Centre, Hyderabad. 1996.
Presented paper ‘Use of Myth in the Poetry of W.B. Yeats’ in the Orientation Course at Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi (Sep) 1995