Miss. Dhwani Vaishnav

Faculty Details


  • Designation : Assistant Professor
  • Qualification : Ph.D.
  • Experience : 12 Years
  • Area Of Interest : English Literature and Language

Educational Qualificaiton

  • Ph.D. in English Literature from Department of English & Comparative Literary Studies, Saurashtra University, Rajkot, Gujarat.
  • M.A. (English) from Department of English & Comparative Literary Studies, Saurashtra University, Rajkot, Gujarat.
  • B.A. (English) from Shri A.K. Doshi Mahila College, Jamnagar, affiliated to Saurashtra University, Rajkot, Gujarat.

Work Experience

  • At present working as an Assistant Professor in English at Shantilal Shah Engineering College, Bhavnagar, Gujarat since February, 2012.
  • I was an Ad hoc Lecturer at the Department of English & Comparative Literary Studies, Saurashtra University, Rajkot, Gujarat from July, 2010 to October, 2011.

Interpersonal Skills

  • Verbal and non-verbal Communication
  • Public Speaking
  • Mentoring and guiding students
  • Problem solving
  • Negotiation
  • Decision making

Courses Taught

Bachelor of Engineering

  1. Communication Skills
  2. Contributor's Personality Development
  3. Life Skill
  4. English Language
M.A. (English)
  1. Renaissance Literature
  2. Romantic, Victorian & Modern Age Novels
  3. Discourses on Women's Empowerment


Training and Workshops

List of Trainings

Sr. No.

Name of the Training

Duration of the Event

Venue

Organizers

1

One Week Short Term Course on Significance of Literary Theories in Humanities and Social Sciences

3-7 July, 2017

IIT, Roorkee

QIP Center, Dept. of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Roorkee, Uttarakhand

2

One Week STTP on Strategic Leadership and Innovations in Changing Environment

26-30 June, 2017

NITTTR, Bhopal

National Institute of Technical Teachers’ Training and Research, Bhopal

3

International Faculty Development Program: Phase-1 & 2

February & March, 2017

Shantilal Shah Engineering College, Bhavnagar

Shantilal Shah Engineering College, Bhavnagar under TEQIP-II Project

4

One Week STTP on “Gender Justice: Emerging Issues, Trends and Challenges”

6-10 March, 2017

IIT Kharagpur

Rajiv Gandhi School of Intellectual Property Laws, IIT Kharagpur, West Bengal

5

One Week STTP on “Women Empowerment”

26-30 December, 2016

NITTTR , Bhopal

National Institute of Technical Teachers’ Training and Research, Bhopal

6

One Week GIAN FDP on “Literary Avant-garde and Alternative Modernities”

3-9 November, 2016

Saurashtra University,

Rajkot

Department of English & CLS, Saurashtra University, Rajkot, Gujarat

7

One Week STTP on “Scope and Initiatives in Engineering Research for Women”

18-22 January, 2016

Shantilal Shah Engineering College, Bhavnagar

Mechanical & Production Engg. Dept., Shantilal Shah Engineering College, Bhavnagar, Gujarat

8

Two Week STTP on “Expanding Horizons in Technical Education through Pedagogy and Research”

21 December, 2015 to 2 January, 2016

Government Engineering College, Rajkot

General Department, Government Engineering College, Rajkot, Gujarat

9

One Week STTP on “Tools and Techniques for Effective Teaching and Research”

26-30 October, 2015

SVNIT, Surat

Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, SVNIT, Surat, Gujarat

10

Induction Training, Phase-II

1-12 September, 2014

RCTI, Ahmedabad, NITTTR, Extension Centre, Gujarat

National Institute of Technical Teachers’ Training and Research, Bhopal

11

Karmayogi Residential Training

14-16 March, 2014

Umiyadham, Gandhinagar, Gujarat

Commissionerate of Technical Education, Gandhinagar, Gujarat

12

Induction Training, Phase-1

20-31 January, 2014

RCTI, Ahmedabad, NITTTR, Extension Centre, Gujarat

National Institute of Technical Teachers’ Training and Research, Bhopal

 

List of Workshops

Sr. No.

Name of the Training

Duration of the Event

Venue

Organizers

1

One Day Workshop on “Disseminating Research Ideas in Technical Education”

15 May, 2015

Shantilal Shah Engineering College, Bhavnagar

EC Engg. & General Dept., Shantilal Shah Engineering College, Bhavnagar, Gujarat

2

Film Appreciation Workshop

22-27 December, 2014

Dept. of English & CLS, Saurashtra University, Rajkot

Dept. of English & CLS, Saurashtra University, Rajkot

3

Grant Writing Workshop

28 March, 2014

Ahmedabad, Gujarat

Public Affairs Section, U.S. Consulate General, Mumbai

4

Two Day Workshop on Art of Abstract Writing and Poster Designing

28 Feb., & 1 March, 2014

IIT, Gandhinagar, Gujarat

Knowledge Network of IIT, Gandhinagar, Gujarat

5

VII National Workshop on “The Spirit of Democratic Citizenship” (Radical General Semantics)

13-16 November, 2013

Dept. of English & CLS, Saurashtra University, Rajkot

Balvant Parekh Centre for General Semantics & Human Sciences, Baroda, Gujarat

6

State Level one day Workshop on “Innovative Teaching Methods & Techniques”

16 June, 2011

Shri H B Jasani Arts and Shri N K Jasani Commerce College, Rajkot

Shri H B Jasani Arts College and Saurashtra University English Teachers Association, Rajkot, Gujarat.

7

National Workshop on “National Level-Vocabulary Development Workshop for Sourashtra Language-Phase-II”

14 October, 2010

Dept. of English & CLS, Saurashtra University, Rajkot

Sourashtra Heritage Chair, Saurashtra University, Rajkot, Gujarat

8

State Level Workshop on “Training Teachers of English to Develop e-Content”

31 July, 2010

Saurashtra University, Rajkot

Knowledge Consortium of Gujarat, Gandhinagar and Saurashtra University English Teachers Association, Rajkot, Gujarat.

9

Workshop on “Preparation of the Dictionary of Literary and Critical Terms”

19 January, 2010

Saurashtra University, Rajkot

Granth Nirman Board and Saurashtra University, Rajkot, Gujarat.

 

Portfolios

Departmental

- Looking after Departmental Dead Stock

 - Departmental representative for GTU affiliation related matters

 - Subject Coordinator for Communication Skills, B.E. Sem.1

 - Looking after Language Laboratory

Institutional

- College Cultural Team member - looking after selection, guidance and participation of the students in inter and intra-institutional cultural activities

- Member of Women Anti-harassment Committee and Student Squad
- Part of SSIP team
- Coordinator of Finishing School

Student Section

- Transcript verification

- Part of GTU team
- Part of the team working during Admission, Enrollment and Exam form and related procedure

Research Project

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Publications

List of Publications

Sr. No.

Title of the Paper

Page Nos.

Name of the Book/Journal

Volume

Year of Publication

ISSN/ISBN No.

Impact Factor

Remarks

1

“A Psychoanalytical Study of Hamlet”

63-70

Book: Approaching Shakespeare through Literary Theory and Adaptations

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March, 2017

ISBN 978-93-5291-746-4

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Ed. Dr. Sunil Sagar

Co-Editors

Dr. Kamal Mehta & Dr. Sanjay Mukherjee

Saurashtra University Press, Rajkot

2

“Environmental Consciousness through Travel Narratives”

116-123

The Journal of Horizon of Holistic Education, Children’s University

Volume-3

Issue-3&4

July-December, 2016

p ISSN

2349-8811,

e ISSN

2349-9133

2.51

 

3

“Travel, a Mode of Knowledge: A Comparative Study of Parikrama Narmada Maiyani and Tatvamasi

25-32

The Quest

A Peer-Reviewed Literary Journal

Volume-30

 

2, November, 2016

ISSN

0971-2321

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4

“Channelizing Communication through Travel Narratives”

372-379

Langlit

An International Peer-Reviewed Open Access Journal

Volume-3,

 Issue-2

November, 2016

ISSN

2349-5189

4.23

 

5

“Travel Writing and Inter-Cultural Communication”

63-77

Sp@rke International Online eJournal

Volume-VI, Issue-XII

August, 2014

ISSN

0975-7929

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6

“The River Culture in India: An Eisegetic reading of Jaya Ganga and Tatvamasi

63-71

VIRTUOSO: A referred Transnational Bi-Annual Journal of Language and Literature in English

Volume-2,

Issue-2

February, 2013

ISSN

2249-6076

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7

“Culture: Translated and Interpreted through Riverine Travelogues”

84-97

Critical Practice: A Journal of Critical and Literary Practice

XVIII

Annual

2011

ISSN 0972-4230

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Academic Projects

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Patent Filed

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Professional Institution Memberships

1. Life Member,

Forum on Contemporary Theory
Baroda, Gujarat, India.

2. Life Member
The Association for English Studies of India (AESI)
India.

Expert Lecture

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Awards

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