Dr C.Savitha Assistant Professor,GITAM University (Hyderabad) 8885541232/040-23043161 savitha25@gmail.com; savitha@gitam.in Academic Achievements: Gold Medal for Academic Excellence at the undergraduate level (2000) Cleared the UGC-NET examination and a recipient of a Junior Research Fellowship (Mar 2006 Mar 2008) and Senior Research Fellowship (Mar 2008 Mar 2010) from the University Grants Commission, India. Proposal titled Representations of Women Characters in Popular Telugu Cinema: Post Liberalization and the Contemporary shortlisted by the University Grants Commission in 2014 for a post-doctoral interview Accreditations/Certifications: International Diploma for Teachers and Trainers, University of Cambridge International Examinations. (2005) Business English Certification (Higher). University of Cambridge ESOL Examinations. 2005. Grade A. IGCSE accredited moderator for English as a Second Language (Accreditation number: IN- 553ACW1269) Assistant Examiner for IB (International Baccalaureate) Examiner for the British Council Education: Phd.. 2012. Title of Dissertation: Culture, Conflict and Social Fabric: A Study of Select plays of Diane Glancy M.A. Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning. 2003. English Language and Literature. (CGPA: 5.00 on 5.00) B.Ed. Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning. 2001. (CGPA: 4.8 on 5.00) B.A. Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning. 2000. English(major), Economics and Political Science (CGPA: 4.96 on 5.00) Work Experience: Duration Designation Subjects Institution 2014 onwards Assistant Professor Communicative English; Cambridge Academic English (B2 level) GITAM University, Hyderabad Campus Jan 2014 to Apr 2014 Detective Fiction (elective) IIIT, Hyderabad Page! 1 of! 5
July 2013 Nov 2013 1. Introduction to Literature 2. Research Methods and Dissertation writing Jan 2013- May 2013 1. American Literature 2. Academic and Communicative English Department of English and Centre for English Language Studies, University of Hyderabad July 2012 Nov 2012 Contemporary American Women Playwrights (elective) July 2009 Dec 2009 Tutor Academic and Communicative English English Language Teaching Cell, Jun 2003 Mar 2005 Primary School Teacher English Sir Sivaswami Kalalaya, Chennai Conference Presentations/Workshops No. Title of the paper Conference Conducted by Date 1 Diane Glancy s Salvage- A Conflation of Crossroads in Different Perspectives National Seminar for Research Scholars on Theatre Studies University of Hyderabad Mar 29, 2008 2 NA Conference-Cum- Workshop on Teaching and Researching American Literary and Cultural Studies 3. The Ceremonial Aspect of Transcultural Negotiations in Diane Glancy s Plays 4. Sycretic and Context Based Approach to a Literature- Language Syllabus A conceptual model for Literature-Language Syllabus for B.Tech students 5. Confined by Culture? Imagings of Culture in Telugu Diasporic Cinema Multiculturalism in American Literature (National) Rethinking the Role of Humanities in Technical Education (National) Diasporic Indian Cinemas and Bollywood on the Diaspora: Re- Imagings and Re-Possessions (International) in association with US Consulate General for International Programmes (OUCIP) and Department of English, Department of Languages and Humanities, BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus Centre for International Programmes and CASII (Centre for Advanced Studies in India) Mar 18 and 19, 2013 6 Sep, 2013 18 and 19 Oct, 2013 22 nd 24 th Jan, 2014 Page! 2 of! 5
6. Deconstructing the Representations of Women Empowerment in Popular/ Commercial Telugu Cinema (received the Best Paper Award) Mayabazaar: Re-viewing 100 years of Indian Cinema (National) Christ University, Bangalore 19 th and 20 th Feb, 2014 7. Frameworks and Perceptions: Representations of occupational profiles of women in Popular Telugu Cinema Women s World s Congress (International) Women s World s Congress 17 th 22 nd Aug, 2014 8 A Tweet is Not Equal to a Status Update - Evolving a Strategy for Social Media English Language Teaching - Nurturing Writing in the Classroom (National) English Language Teaching Institute of Symbiosis (ELTIS) and Symbiosis Institute of Indian and Foreign Languages (SIFIL), Pune 30th - 31st Jan, 2015 9 Navigating Through Webs of History and Culture: Script, Story and Character in select plays of Diane Glancy and Anna Deavere Smith Through the looking glass: Modernity and the formation and transformation of genres (International) Goethe Society of India (University of Delhi) 18th - 20th Feb, 2015 10 A Journey, A Travelogue, a Perspective from Elsewhere - the travelogue as a Modality in contemporary travelogues on India Framing India Through Perspectives from Elsewhere (National) Indian Institute of Advanced Studies, Rashtrapati Nivas, Shimla 27th - 29th Jul, 2015 11 Privacy is theft - The Self Versus The System in The Circle and The Black Box Exploring Moral Interfaces: Private Worlds and Public Systems (International) Department of English, The English and Foreign Languages University 7th - 9th Oct, 2015 12 In other words, I ACT OUT HISTORY: From history to his/her story in select plays of Diane Glancy No Map, No Trail, No footprint, No way home: Rethinking Memory, History and Representation in India and Canada (International) Centre for Canadian Studies, Department of Comparative Literature, Jadavpur University, Kolkata 16th Feb, 2016-18th Feb 2016. Published conference proceedings: The Ceremonial Aspect of Transcultural Negotiations in Diane Glancy s Plays. Multiculturalism in American Literature. ISBN: 9799883038145. 2014 Deconstructing the Representations of Women Empowerment in Popular/Commercial Telugu Cinema, Mayabazaar: Reviewing 100 years of Indian Cinema. ISBN: 978-93-82305-33-0. 2014. Page! 3 of! 5
Journal Publications (Refereed) Creating Possibilities for Voices and Stories: The Role of Memory in Diane Glancy s Plays. The IUP Journal of American Literature. Aug 2011. 14+. Print. ISSN: 0974-6579 The Reinvented Oral Tradition: Aspects of Narrative, Narration and the Narrator in Diane Glancy s plays. edhvani The UoH Journal of Comparative Literature. July 2012. Online. ISSN: 2279-0209. Language in Tennessee Williams Plays: A Transformation of Heartfelt experiences into Artful Experiences. The Criterion. June 2013. Vol 4 Issue III. ISSN - 0976-8165. The Image Strikes Back: Mediating the notion of Identity in Girish Karnad s A Heap of Broken Images. Das Literarisch. Jan-June 2016. Online. ISSN: 24544647. Negotiating the Blend of the Formal and Informal - Social Media Communication and its pedagogical implications. FORTELL - A Journal of Teaching English Language and Literature. July 2016. ISSN Print : 2229-6557, Online: 2394-9244!Books Edited and Annotated Three Men in a Boat by Cambridge University Press. Vol 1 ISBN 9781107630826. 2013 Edited and Annotated Three Men in a Boat by Cambridge University Press. Vol 2 ISBN 9781107630857. 2013 Communicative English by Foundation Books (Cambridge University Press India Private Limited). ISBN: 978-93-82993-95-7. 2014 (co-author) English Grammar: A Book of Sentence Structure and Vocabulary by Foundation Books (Cambridge University Press India Private Limited) ISBN: 978-93-82993-98-8. 2014 English and Communication Skills: Part 1 Cambridge University Press India Private Limited. ISBN: 978-1-316-50786-5. 2015. (co-author) Reviewed by Foretell, Issue 32, Jan 2016. http:// www.fortell.org/content/english-and-communication-skills-i. English for Technical Communication (forthcoming publication from Cambridge University Press, 2016) ISBN: 9781316640081.!Other Academic Activities: Worked with Cambridge University Press, Hyderabad for the following projects: 1. Materials review for the Cambridge Express series of ELT books (Grades 1-8) 2. Designed Formative Assessment Activities based on the CBSE curriculum for Cambridge Express series of books (Grades 1-8) 3. Generated content for the Teacher s Books for the Cambridge Express series (Grades 1-8) 4. Generated content for University Lab manuals Member of the Editorial Board for the Spring Magazine on English Literature. Page! 4 of! 5
Other Activities : Moderated a session titled Games People Play Vikas Singh s The Big Fix and Deepika Ahlawat s Maya s Revenge during the Hyderabad Literary Fest, Jan 2014. Moderated a session titled Taking Pulp Seriously during the Hyderabad Literary Fest, Jan 2015. Venue Coordinator for the Hyderabad Literary Fest 2016. Page! 5 of! 5