Anjan Kumar Behera

abehera@tetsocollege.org

QUALIFICATION:

  • PhD (Nagaland University)
  • M. Phil (EFL University Shillong)
  • B.Ed (IGNOU)
  • M.A (Christ University Bangalore)
  • B.A (Christ College Bangalore)

ACHIEVEMENT:

Research Papers presented:

  1. ‘Redefining the Fourth World: Accessing the Subaltern Men in the Diaspora Space in Jhumpa Lahiri’s The Namesake and Unaccustomed Earth’ at the ICSSR Sponsored 3-Day National Seminar on ‘Fourth World Literature: Voices of the Marginalised with Special reference to Northeast India’, organized by the Department of English, Tetso College
  2. ‘Metamorphosis of Higher Education in Nagaland: A Case Study of Tetso College’s Responseto the Pandemic’ at the NAAC Sponsored 2-Day National Seminar on ‘Quality Sustenance and Quality Enhancement in Higher Education’, organised by the Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC), C-Edge College, Dimapur
  3. ‘Power and Masculinity in Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni’s Queen of Dreams and Sister of my Heart’ at the 5 Day National Seminar Week on ‘Postcolonial Theories & Practice’, organized by the Department of English, Nagaland University

Judge at Events:

  1. Judge at the first Inter-School State-Level Debate Competition organised by Hollotoli School, Dimapur (2016).
  2. Judge at the third Inter-School State-Level Debate Competition organised by Hollotoli School, Dimapur (2018).
  3. Judge at the Miss Dimapur 2019 pageant hosted by the Ethnic Group of Nagaland (2019)
  4. Judge at the Extempore Speech Competition organized by Unity College, Dimapur as part of ‘UniFest 2022’ (2022).

Editor/Editorial Committee Member of:

  1. The Degree of Thought weekly column published by Tetso College in The Morung Express newspaper (2015-2017).
  2. 5 volumes of Tetso Interdisciplinary Journal (ISSN 2319-2925).
  3. Musings de Este: A Tetso College Anthology of Literature and Art (ISBN 978- 81- 929456-0- 6).
  4. Phoenix: A Tetso College Anthology of Literature and Art (ISBN 978-81- 929456-1- 3).
  5. Exousia: A Tetso College Anthology of Literature and Art (ISBN 978-81-929456- 2-0)
  6. 3T Newsletter published by Tetso College (2014-2017).
  7. 3T Chronicles blog (www.3tchronicles.blogspot.com) (presently discontinued)
  8. Resonance: A Tetso College Anthology of Literature and Art (ISBN 978-81-929456-5-1)
  9. Dialectics on Northeast Writings: Theory & Praxis (ISBN 978-93-5526-049-9)
  10. Higher Education in Northeast India: Trends, Opportunities, & Challenges (ISBN 978-93-5473-527-1)

Competitions:

  1. 8th Rank in the International Article Writing Competition on Race and Discrimination organised by the Literati Council, India (2017)
  2. 1st position in ‘Science Extempore Speech’ state level competition, as part of the ‘Year of Scientific Awareness 2004’, Govt. of Nagaland.

Certificate Courses:

  1. Feminism and Social Justice hosted by Coursera MOOC: University of California, Santa Cruz (2020)
  2. Plagues, Witches, and War: The Worlds of Historical Fiction hosted by Coursera MOOC: University of Virginia (2020)
  3. English Literature: Postcolonialism hosted by Udemy MOOC (2020)
  4. Design Thinking for the Greater Good: Innovation in the Social Sector hosted by Coursera MOOC: University of Virginia (2020)
  5. Queering Identities: LGBTQ+ Sexuality and Gender Identity hosted by Coursera MOOC: University of Colorado (2020)
  6. Technical Writing’ from TWIN (Technical Writers of India, Registered Portal), in collaboration with Christ University, Bangalore (2012)
  7. ‘Phonetics’ from the Department of Media Studies, Christ College (Autonomous), Bangalore (2010)
  8. ‘Academic Writing’ from the Department of English, Christ University, Bangalore (2011)
  9. ‘Indian Constitution’ from School of Law, Christ University, Bangalore (2011)
  10. ‘Citizen Journalism’ from IGNOU Institute for Vocational Education and Training (IIVET), Shillong (2013)

Others:

  1. Tetso College Outstanding Contributor Award (2014)
  2. Vice President of the ‘Psychology Association’ of Christ University, Bangalore (2009), initiated their online blog (www.psychologyassociation.blogspot.com)

PUBLICATIONS:

Journals:

  1. Tetso Interdisciplinary Journal (ISSN 2319-2925) – “Singularity in Diversity: The Latina Moms of American Television”.
  2. The Journal (ISSN 2319-9970) – “A Tale of Myths- The Devil Wears Prada: An Analysis of the Film with reference to Simone de Beauvoir’s Myth of a Woman” (Unity College, Dimapur).
  3. Modern Research Studies: An International Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences (ISSN 2349-2147) – “Cricket, Nationalism, and National Consciousness in Pre-independence India, as seen in Ashutosh Gowariker’s Lagaan”.
  4. Pranabananda Women’s College Journal (ISSN 2394-2851) – “Public Opinion: Myth or Reality”.
  5. LangLit: An International Peer-Reviewed Open Access Journal (ISSN 2349-5189) – Poem titled “An Ode to Chumu Haat”.
  6. Impressions: Volume 4 (ISSN 2278-4624) – “Representing the ‘Other’: Subaltern Identities in American Television” (Kohima College, Kohima).
  7. International Journal of English Language, Literature in Humanities (ISSN 2321- 7065) – “The Diaspora Mimics: A Postcolonial Reading of Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye”.
  8. The St Joseph’s College Journal (ISSN xxxx-xxxx) – “Postmodernism in Flaubert’s Parrot”

Books:

  1. Complexion Based Discrimination: Global Insights, edited by Deen Dayal (ISBN 9781643242323)
    • An Onyx Shines Too (poem)
    • Fair and Lovely People Everywhere (feature article)

Ebooks:

  1. Musings de Este: A Tetso College Anthology of Literature and Art (ISBN 978- 929456-0-6)
    • Smiles of a Summer Night (Poem)
    • Let Me Be Your Star (Poem)
    • Untitled (Poem)
    • Two Paths Diverged (Poem)
    • Sunrise on the Seas (Poem)
    • Days of our Lives (Haikus) – (Poem)
    • Laboni’s Letter (Short Story)
  2. Phoenix: A Tetso College Anthology of Literature and Art (ISBN 978-929456-1-3)
    • Love in Crosswords (Poem)
    • The Pale Horse Approaches (Poem)
    • The Bachelor’s Snivel (Poem)
    • Confessions of the Night (Poem)
    • Laboni’s Christmas (Short Story)
  3. Exousia: A Tetso College Anthology of Literature and Art (ISBN 978-81-929456-2- 0)
    • Letting Go (Poem)

Newspapers

  1. Say It Right (The Morung Express- Degree of Thought: 23.08.2013)
  2. Naga Literature: An Ignored Shangri La (The Morung Express – Degree of Thought: 06.11.2013)
  3. The ‘Fair and Lovely’ Woman (The Morung Express – Degree of Thought: 08.08.2014)
  4. RIP Privacy (The Morung Express – Degree of Thought: 18.08.2014)
  5. Clash of Clans Mania (The Morung Express – Degree of Thought: 26.05.2015)
  6. Being a Non-Local (The Morung Express – Degree of Thought: 30.12.2015)
  7. Great Expectations of an English Teacher in Nagaland (The Morung Express – Degree of Thought: 06.04.2016)
  8. NET: A Faulty Touchstone (The Morung Express – Degree of Thought: 20.07.2016)
  9. Is India Truly Democratic? (The Morung Express – Degree of Thought: 24.01.2017)
  10. Jibon Fairy Tale Nohoi (The Morung Express – 25.02.2018)
  11. New Beginnings: Literature in the Digital Age (The Morung Express – 18.04.2018)
  12. Challenging Nagaland’s ‘Fine’ Culture (The Morung Express – 08.06.2018)
  13. Wedding Season Banter (The Morung Express – 17.10.18)

AREA OF INTEREST:

Film & Tele-visual Studies, Diaspora Fiction, & Gender Studies