DR. RAJ GAURAV VERMA

Assistant Professor

Indian Writing in English, 19th Century Poetry, Children’s Fiction, Diasporic Literature

English and Modern European Languages

Basic Details

DR. RAJ GAURAV VERMA
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Assistant Professor
English and Modern European Languages

Qualification Details

S.No. Qualification Name Of University Passing Year
1 B.A. UNIVERSITY OF LUCKNOW 2009
2 M.A. UNIVERSITY OF LUCKNOW 2011
3 Ph. D. UNIVERSITY OF LUCKNOW 2016

Positions Held

S.No. Employer Designation Employment Period
Date from Date to
1 O3251CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF JAMMU ASSISTANT PROFESSOR 12/11/2013 28/07/2016
2 O3252UNIVERSITY OF LUCKNOW ASSISTANT PROFESSOR 29/07/2016 Presently Working

Academic Details

Recent Significant Publications, Articles, Cases

S.No. Title Journal Volume/Issue Year
1 O12172“Myths and Subversion in Children’s Books: Reading Select Works of Devdutt Pattanaik.” Meher Journal of English Studies Vol. 5, No. 1. 2023. pp. 58-64. (ISSN: 0975-8518) 2023
2 O12141Mahatma Gandhi: Essays on Life and Literature (Co-edited) Book (ISBN: 978-93-91599-36-2) Value Publications 2023
3 O12143Mythological Fiction: An Introduction (Co-edited) Book (ISBN: 978-93-95975-07-0) Sarup Book Publishers (P) Ltd. 2023
4 O12142Myths, Mythology and Mythological Narratives: Theories, Themes and Interpretations (Co-edited) Book (ISBN: 978-93-95975-06-3) Sarup Book Publishers (P) Ltd. 2023
5 O12144“Infusing New Life in Folktales: Children’s Literature in India.” Dialogue Vol. XVIII, No. 1, June 2022, pp. 44-54. (ISSN: 0974-5556) 2022
6 O12145Mahatma Gandhi: Essays on Life and Literature. (Co-edited) Book (ISBN: 978-93-82178-36-1) Pencraft International 2022
7 O12146“Poetics of Anthropocene: Sympoietic Poems and Fables of Suniti Namjoshi.” New Horizons Vol. XVIII, August 2021, pp. 57-67. (ISSN 2277-5218) 2021
8 O12147“Revisiting the Mythic, Recreating the Identity: Poetry of Suniti Namjoshi.” Literary Explorer Vol. 16, Issue 1, November 2021, pp. 80-89. (ISSN 0973-0524) 2021
9 O12151Diasporic Narratives: Mapping the Paradox of Global Communication Shodh Sarita (ISSN 2348-2397) Vol. 8, Issue 29, January to March 2021
10 O12150Socialization through Stories: Use of Diachronic Technique in Indian Children’s Literature Shodh Sanchar Bulletin (ISSN 2229-3620) Vol. 11, Issue 41, January to March 2021
11 O12149The Soul of Lucknow Rhetorica Quaterly Volume 1, Issue 3 2021
12 O12148Zindgi aur Main Book (ISBN: 978-93-90894- 64-2) Rajmangal Publishers 2021
13 O12159“Picture Books for Children in India - An Overview.” Muse India. Issue 89 (Jan-Feb) 2020. (ISSN: 0975-1815). 2020
14 O12154Between ‘the Self,’ ‘the Other’ and ‘the State’: Ambedkar and the Rise of Civic Consciousness Dr. B. R. Ambedkar’s Thoughts on Indian Democracy, Constituional Rights and Social Justice. Human Empowerment and Research Society, Academic Publishers, 2020. pp. 86-90. (ISBN: 978-93-83931-19-4) Book Chapter 2020
15 O12158Diasporic Writings: Narratives across Space and Time (Co-edited) Book Value Publication (ISBN: 978-81-944581-7-3) 2020
16 O12153Exploring the Pagan, Experiencing the Immanent: Ecomasculinity in Bill Aitken’s Himalayan Travelogues Indian Travel Narratives: New Perspectives, edited by Somdatta Mandal. Pencraft International. 2020. pp. 171-190. (ISBN: 978-93-82178-33-0) Book Chapter 2020
17 O12156From ‘Imitation’ to ‘Spectacle’: An Overview of the Form of Tragedy from Classical to Contemporary The Interiors (ISSN 2319-4804) Vol. 9 2020
18 O12160Indian Women Writings: Introduction to Select Texts. (Authors:Raj Gaurav Verma and Neena Gupta Vij) Book Narendra Publishing House, Jammu. 2020. 2020
19 O12157Tracing Parenting Patterns: Studying Social Relationships in Indian Children’s Literature Motifs: A Peer Reviewed International Journal of English Studies Volume 6, Issue 1 2020
20 O12155Travelogue for Children: Bhakti Mathur’s Amma, Take Me to The Golden Temple (2017) Rupkatha Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities (E-ISSN 0975-2935) Vol. 12, Issue-3 2020
21 O12161“Women Writers for Children in India: A Kaleidoscopic View.” Feminist Discourses in Indian Context: Assertion, Identity and Agency, edited by Vandana Sharma. Authorspress, 2019. ISBN 978-93-89615-19-7. 2019
22 O12162“Heterotopic Meanderings: A Study of Vikram Seth’s From Heaven Lake and Amitav Ghosh’s “Dancing in Cambodia.” Dialogue. Volume XIV, Number 1, June 2018. pp 33-48. (ISSN 0974-5556) 2018
23 O12163“Home No/w/here: Study of Diasporic Dilemma in Khaled Hosseini’s The Kite Runner.” Book-Mapping South Asian Diaspora, Edited by Ajay K. Chaubey and Asis De. Rawat Publication, 2018. ISBN- 978-81-316-0901-9 2018
24 O12164“The Case of “Missing Parent(s)”: Children’s Literature in Indian Writing in English.” SARE: Southeast Asian Review of English. Vol. 55, Issue 2, 2018. pp 135-153. (ISSN: 0127-046X) 2018
25 O12166“Children’s Fiction in India: A Contemporary Perspective.” Muse India. Issue 66. March- April, 2016. (ISSN: 0975-1815). 2016
26 O12165“Diaspora as a State of Widowhood: A Comparative Study of Jhumpa Lahiri’s The Lowland and Khaled Hosseini’s The Kite Runner.” Subaltern Speak: An International Journal of Postcolonial Studies. Vol. 4:2 January 2016. (ISSN 2277-3959) 2016
27 O12167“Recognizing the Wom(b)man: Indian Womanhood and the Western Feminist Thought.” Focus: An International Journal of Social Sciences. Vol. 1, 2016. (ISSN 2455-0035) 2016
28 O12168“Walling the Parsi Community after Such a Long Journey.” The Literati. Summer & Winter (6.1 & 6.2), 2016. pp 44-50. (ISSN 2248-9576) 2016
29 O12169“Agamben’s “Rule of Exception” and the Majority-Minority Conflict: A Representation in the South Asian Literature.” Fundamental Research. Vol. 05:08 August 2015. (ISSN 2452-5775) 2015
30 O12170“Wives and Widows in the Fiction of Jhumpa Lahiri: A Comparative Study of The Namesake and The Lowland. Book-Contemporary Indian Women Writers. Edited by Nazneen Khan and S. G. Puri. Authorspress, 2015. 70-82. (ISBN-9788172739461.) 2015
31 O12171“‘Nation and Expression’ in the Selected Poems of P.K. Page and F.R. Scott.” Galaxy: International Multidisciplinary Research Journal Issue VII 2013
32 O12152“Locating Reader Response Theory in Jauss’s Literary History as a Challenge to Literary Theory.” Language in India Vol. 13:5 May 2013. (ISSN 1930-2940) 2013

Conferences, Seminars &Talks

S.No. Details Year.
1 O12588• Paper Presented: “Blessing at "Home Abroad": The Tulsi Plant in Diasporic Literature” in “Girmitiya Descendants: Past, Present and Future: International Interdisciplinary and Multilingual Seminar” organized by organised by Centre of Indian Diaspora and Cultural Studies and Department 0f English and Modern European Languages University of Lucknow , Lucknow from 30th January to 1st February, 2024. 2024
2 O12585• Topic: “Orality, Memory and Textuality: Tracing Trajectories of African Texts” in a Guest Lecture organized by Amity School of Languages, on 28th August, 2023. 2023
3 O12586• Topic: “Decision Making in Children’s Fiction: Morality, Adulthood, and Childhood” organized by Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyay Rajkiya Mahila Mahavidyalaya, Lucknow on 16th October, 2023. 2023
4 O12587• Paper Presented: “Tulsi and Tamarind: Locating Plant Tropes in Indian Diaspora Literature” in an International Conference on “Global Connections: Unveiling the Indian Diaspora’s Transnational Impact” organized by the by Maharaja Bijli Pasi Government Post Graduate College, Lucknow on 9th November 2023. 2023
5 O12549• Paper Presented: “Nation, Culture, and Identity: Folktales for Children in India” in a three Day International Conference on “Language, Literature, and Folklore” organized by Department of Linguistics and Literature, School of Humanities and Liberal Arts, Cluster University of Jammu in collaboration with Central Institute Of Indian Languages Mysore from 28th – 30th January, 2023. 2023
6 O12550• Paper Presented: “Expatriate in Patria: Reading Anita Rau Badami’s Tamarind Mem” in an “International Interdisciplinary Conference on The Global Indian Diasporas: Literary, Cultural and Socio-Economic Perspectives in the 21st Century” organized by the by the Centre for Diaspora Studies, Central University of Gujarat, Gandhinagar, from 23rd-25th February 2023. 2023
7 O12551• Paper Presented: “Indentured India: Creating a Cultural Nation Outside” in an International Conference on “Myths, Legends, Folklores and Itihaas in Indian and Indenture Literature” organized by the Department of English and Modern European Languages, University of Lucknow from 3rd-5th March, 2022. 2022
8 O12552• Paper Presented: “Seeds of Modernism in India: Progressive Writers’ Movement and Mulk Raj Anand” in an International Seminar on “Angarey and the Progressive Writers’ Movement” organized by Department of English, Avadh Girls’ Degree College (AGDC), Lucknow, in association with Indian Association of Commonwealth Literature and Language Studies (IACLALS) from 16th-17th December, 2022. 2022
9 O12553• Paper presented: “Revisiting the Mythic, Recreating the Identity: Poetry of Suniti Namjoshi” in the National Virtual Seminar on “Encumbrance to Emancipation: The Alchemy of Women’s Writing in India” organized by PG & Research Department of English, Bishop Heber College, Tiruchirappalli on 17 March, 2021. 2021
10 O12554• Paper presented: ““Dystopian Lives, Utopian Dreams: Tracing the Paradox of Existence in Indian Children’s Literature” in an Annual International Conference (Online) on “Utopias and Dystopias in Our Times” organized by Indian Association for Commonwealth Literature and Language Studies (IACLALS) in collaboration with Janki Devi Memorial College, University Of Delhi from March 18-20, 2021. 2021
11 O12583• Topic: “Literatures of Cries: Studying Literary Humanism in Mulk Raj Anand’s Works” under “Commemorating the Writers Series” organized by the Department of English, Central University of Jammu on 17th December, 2021. 2021
12 O12584• Topic: “Art of Living on a Dying Planet: Exploring the Nature-Human Bond in Indian Children's Literature” in a national workshop on “Children’s Literature: Contemporary Perspectives” organized by Room to Read in association with Doon University on 7th December, 2021. 2021
13 O12555• Paper Presented: “Colonization of Truth: From Post-Colonial to Post-Truth” in an International Conference on “Cross Cultural Communication: Literature and Identity” organized by Expressions in Languages and Arts Foundation (ELA) and Department of English, National P.G. College, Lucknow on 17th February, 2020. 2020
14 O12556• Paper Presented: “Anthropocene/ Capitalocene: The Rise of Social Inequality and the Global Disorder” in a National Webinar on “Inequality in Opportunities and Challenges to Democracy” organized by Shia. P. G. College, Lucknow from 16th May to 17th May, 2020. 2020
15 O12557• Paper Presented: “Migration and Trauma during Covid-19: A Supplement to Diasporic Theory” in a two-day National E-Conference on “Language and Literature” organized by Sarojini Naidu Vanita Maha Vidyalaya, Hyderabad from 28th May to 29th May, 2020. 2020
16 O12558• Paper Presented: “Thinking beyond Human Identity: Life Post-Corona” in a two-day National Webinar on “Emerging Trends, Issues, Challenges and Opportunities Post-Corona Crisis” organized by Mahatma Gandhi Central University Bihar, Motihari from 30th May to 31st May, 2020. 2020
17 O12559• Paper Presented: “Covid-19 as Rupture in Anthropocene: Ambition and Tantalization in Jayshankar Prasad’s Kamayani” in a two-day International Webinar on “Cultural Stasis: Corona the Loss/Gain to Humanity” organized by Department of English, DAV PG College, Varanasi from 2nd June to 3rd June, 2020. 2020
18 O12560• Paper presented: “Education and Environment Ethics: Impact of Privatization” in a national seminar on “Privatization in Education: Issues and Challenges” organized by A.N.D. Teacher’s Training College, Sitapur from 12th to 13th January, 2020. 2020
19 O12561• Paper presented: “Gandhi in the Backdrop: A Study of R.K. Narayan’s Swami and Friends” in a national seminar on “Gandhi and Literature: Exploring the Ideological Fronts” organized by the Department of English and Modern European Languages, University of Lucknow on 19th August, 2019. 2019
20 O12562• Paper presented: “Voicing the Differently Abled: A Positive Constructionist Approach in Indian Children’s Literature” organized by the Department of English and Modern European Languages, University of Lucknow from 21st-23rd September, 2019. 2019
21 O12563• Paper Presented: “The Nature and the Child: An Ecofeminist Perspective in Indian Writing in English” in a national seminar on “Ecofeminism: A Chief Concern in Indian English Literature” organized by MDDM College, Muzzafarpur, Bihar on 2nd February, 2018. 2018
22 O12564• Paper Presented: “Literary Representation of the ‘Subjection of Women”’ in a national seminar on “Rights of Women: Emerging Perspective and Issues” organized by Institute of Women’s Studies, University of Lucknow from 16th-17th February, 2018. 2018
23 O12565• Paper Presented: “Time Proposes, Literature Disposes: Change of Aesthetics in Modern Drama” in a national seminar on “Aesthetics and Theory in Contemporary Appreciation of Literature: Convergences and Contestations” organized by the Department of English, University of Jammu on 25th July, 2018. 2018
24 O12566• Paper Presented: “Children’s Literature in India: An Ecological Perspective” in a two-day national conference on “Research in Languages, Literature and Social Sciences: Modern Perspectives and Prospects” organized by Guru Kashi University, Talwandi Sabo, Bathinda, Punjab from 9th -10th August, 2018. 2018
25 O12567• Paper Presented: “From Epistle to Digital: Diaspora Connects Home” in a three day international symposium on “Linguistics Across Disciplines” organized by the Department of Linguistics, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh from 2nd-4th November, 2018. 2018
26 O12568• Paper presented: “Submissive Culture, Subversive Writings: Reinterpreting Myths and Epics in Devdutt Pattanaik’s Book for Children” in a two-day national seminar on “History, Myth and Orality: Cultural and Literary Traditions in India” organized by the Department of English, Banaras Hindu University from 14th-15th November, 2018. 2018
27 O12569• Paper presented: “Bahishkrit Bharat: Dalit Nationalism in India” in a two-day international seminar on “Nationalism in Modern India: Concepts and Challenges” organized by the Department of Hindi, Shri Jai Narain PG College, Lucknow from 21st-22nd December, 2018. 2018
28 O12570• Paper presented: “ Translating the Essence of Indian Philosophy: A Study of Tagore’s Gitanjali” in a national seminar on “Indian Literatures” organized by the Centre for Cultural Texts, Records and Translation of Indian Literatures, Department of English and Modern European Languages, University of Lucknow from 17th-18th March, 2017. 2017
29 O12546• Paper presented: “Vision of Ambedkar: A Biopolitical Revisiting” in an International Seminar on “Dr. Ambedkar’s Global Vision: Emerging Knowledge Society in 21st Century” organized by Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Lucknow from 7th to 9th March, 2016. 2016
30 O12547• Paper presented: “Women as a Victim of Patriarchy: A Literary Perspective” in a national Seminar on “Cruelties and Crime against Women: A Challenge for India” organized by the Department of History, Swami Premanand Mahavidyalaya, Mukeriyan Punjab on 30th March, 2016. 2016
31 O12548• Paper presented: “Approaching Literature through Philosophy: Milan Kundera’s An Unbearable Lightness of Being” in a national seminar on “Changing Contours of Culture in Literature of the Twenty First Century” organized by the Department of English, University of Jammu on 7th October, 2016. 2016
32 O12571• Paper presented: “Gender Rivalry in Profession: Study of Shashi Deshpande’s Dark Holds No Terror” at a one-day National Seminar on “In Gender: Issues and Contexts,” organized by the Department of English, Central University of Jammu, on 20th April, 2015. 2015
33 O12572• Paper Presented: “Life of Ambedkar: Revisiting the Idea of Social Democracy” at a one day Regional Seminar on “Bahishkrit Bharat: Remembering Babasaheb” organized by the Department of English, Central University of Jammu, Jammu on 13th April 2015. 2015
34 O12573• Paper presented: “The Troubled Home: Wounds of Violence in Khaled Hosseini’s The Kite Runner” on “Narratives of Violence in Postmodern Literature” organized by Department of English and Other European Language, Shri Harisingh Gaur Vishwidyalya, Saugar, from 27- 28th February, 2014. 2014
35 O12574• Paper presented: “Rediscovering Women: Marking Post-feminist Transitions in the Poems of Carol Ann Duffy” at UGC sponsored National Seminar on “Feminist Transitions” organized by Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University, Jammu from 24-25th March, 2014. 2014
36 O12575• Paper Presented: “A Terrible Beauty is Born: Studying War in To the Light House” at a two day National Seminar on “The Great War of 1914-Hundred Years and Beyond: Cultural and Literary Responses” organized by the Department of English, Central University of Jammu, Jammu from 3-4th September 2014 2014
37 O12576• Paper Presented: “Studying the Institution of Dowry in Bahu Ki Vida” at a National Seminar on the topic “Dowry Murders: Gender Prejudiced Practices in India Today,” organized by the Department of English, Central University of Jammu on 28th October, 2014. 2014
38 O12577• Paper presented: “Shadows of Shakespeare: Resurgence in Rushdie’s Haroun and the Sea of the Stories and Luka and the Fire of Life” and also attended a workshop on “Business Ethics and Shakespeare” and “Business Communication and Languages” at International Conference on “Literature, Language and Communication: An Essential Trident” organized by Amity University, Lucknow on 9– 10th December, 2013. 2013
39 O12578• Paper presented: “English Teaching in India and Global Context: Learner Psychology and Autonomy in Higher Education” and also attended a two days workshop on “How Will You Enhance Your Digital Literacy” and “Assessing Writing-An Analytical Approach” at International Conference on “’Who’ ‘What’ and ‘How’: ELT in Global Context” organized by Amity University, Lucknow on 18-19th May, 2013. 2013
40 O12579• Paper Presented: “Human Rights, Law, Governance and Children: Tackling Reality through Anita Desai’s The Village by the Sea” at International Conference on ‘Human Rights Law, Justice and Governance’ organized by School for Legal Studies, BBAU, Lucknow on 26-27th April, 2013. 2013
41 O12580• Paper Presented: “Ambedkar and Dalits: A Cry for Social Democracy in K.A. Gunasekaran’s The Scar” at International Seminar organized by the School of Ambedkar Studies, Baba Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Lucknow on 14-15th April, 2013. 2013
42 O12581• Paper Presented “Swami and Friends: An Allegory of a Colonized Nation” at UGC sponsored National Seminar on “Literature and History,” conducted by D.D.U. Gorakhpur University on March 16-17th, 2013. 2013
43 O12582• Paper Presented “Dalit Woman Still a Colonized Territory: Reading of Bama’s Sangati” at National Seminar on “Woman, Dalit Woman and Human Rights in India” conducted by All Indian Rights Organization on 8 – 9th March, 2013. 2013

Academic/Administrative Services to the University

S.No. Details
1 O8949Coordinator, Cultural Committee, Department of English and Modern European Languages, University of Lucknow (2023)
2 O8950Member, Document Verification Committee (M.A.) Department of English and Modern European Languages, University of Lucknow (2021-2023)
3 O8951Member, Departmental Research Committee, Department of English and Modern European Languages, University of Lucknow
4 O8952Member, Board of Studies, Department of English and Modern European Languages, University of Lucknow
5 O8953Member, Document Verification Committee (Ph.D.) Department of English and Modern European Languages, University of Lucknow (2021-2022)
6 O8954Member Editorial Board of Rhetorica: A Literary Journal Of Arts published by the Department of English and Modern European Languages, University of Lucknow

Teaching Areas / Specialization

S.No. Details
1 O8942• Writers of the Diaspora
2 O8943• Postcolonial Theory and Literature
3 O8944• Indian Writing in English
4 O8945• Children’s Literature
5 O8946• Modern and Postmodern Literature
6 O8947• Romantic Poetry
7 O8948• Literary Criticism

Research Areas & Interests

S.No. Details
1 O8938Plant Studies
2 O8939Popular Forms of Fiction
3 O8940Anthropocenic Literature and Climate Change
4 O8941Children's Fiction in English in India

Consulting Areas

S.No. Consulting Areas
1 O8955Literary Theory and Criticism
2 O8956Children's Literature