Humanities and Social Sciences

Faculty Details

Arindam Modak Associate Professor
amodak[dot]hu[at]nitdgp[dot]ac[dot]in
Education
  • Ph.D in English
    University of Burdwan
  • M.A. in English
    University of Burdwan
  • B.A. in English (Hons.)
    University of Burdwan
Work Experiences

1. Assistant Professor

2. Associate Professor

Research Interest

Literary Theory

Projects
Title Investigator Co-investigator Sponsered Agency Duration Status

Project on Language Course

Dr Arindam Modak Dr Joydeep Banerjee & Dr Shrikrishan Rai Participating Students One Year Completed
Teachings

1. Professional Communication (HSS51) for B.Tech. 1st/2nd Semester

2. Soft Skills (HSO 544) for B.Tech. 5th Semester

3. Public Speaking (HSO 853) for B.Tech. 8th Semester

4. Research Methodology (XE9031) for PhD Scholars

UG Students

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Doctoral Students

Prasanta Rakshit

Prasanta Rakshit

Ongoing
Disability Studies
Embodies Narratives: Disability Representation in Select Indian Texts and Personal Reflections
Prasanta Rakshit

Prasanta Rakshit

Ongoing

Disability Studies

Embodies Narratives: Disability Representation in Select Indian Texts and Personal Reflections
Sayantan Pahari

Sayantan Pahari

Ongoing
Literary Theory
Toward a Postcritical but not Anti-Critical Study of Reception: A Dialogic Recalibration of Literary/Cultural Reception after Postcritique
Sayantan Pahari

Sayantan Pahari

Ongoing

Literary Theory

Toward a Postcritical but not Anti-Critical Study of Reception: A Dialogic Recalibration of Literary/Cultural Reception after Postcritique
Tanushree Mitra

Tanushree Mitra

UGC Research Fellow
World Literature
Contrasting Conceptions of Cosmopolitanism at the Centre and the Periphery of the Imperial Machinery: A Comparative Study of the Select Novels of Henry James and Rabindranath Tagore
Tanushree Mitra

Tanushree Mitra

UGC Research Fellow

World Literature

Contrasting Conceptions of Cosmopolitanism at the Centre and the Periphery of the Imperial Machinery: A Comparative Study of the Select Novels of Henry James and Rabindranath Tagore
Anindita Ghosal

Anindita Ghosal

Institute Research Scholar

Visualising the Anthropocene: Exploring Ecological Dystopia in Contemporary English Graphic Narratives
Anindita Ghosal

Anindita Ghosal

Institute Research Scholar


Visualising the Anthropocene: Exploring Ecological Dystopia in Contemporary English Graphic Narratives
Shibaji Bose

Shibaji Bose

Professional Scholar
Understanding People's Perceptions through Visual Research Methods in Climate Change Affected Uncertain Landscapes: The Case of Indian Sundarbans and Kutch, Gujarat
Understanding People's Perceptions through Visual Research Methods in Climate Change Affected Uncertain Landscapes: The Case of Indian Sundarbans and Kutch, Gujarat
Shibaji Bose

Shibaji Bose

Professional Scholar

Understanding People's Perceptions through Visual Research Methods in Climate Change Affected Uncertain Landscapes: The Case of Indian Sundarbans and Kutch, Gujarat

Understanding People's Perceptions through Visual Research Methods in Climate Change Affected Uncertain Landscapes: The Case of Indian Sundarbans and Kutch, Gujarat
Asoke Howlader

Asoke Howlader

Awarded on 11-04-2023
The Spectrum of Global Concerns in the Light of Glocalization: A Study in the Select Plays of Mahesh Dattani
Asoke Howlader

Asoke Howlader

Awarded on 11-04-2023

The Spectrum of Global Concerns in the Light of Glocalization: A Study in the Select Plays of Mahesh Dattani

Pallabi Maji

Pallabi Maji

UGC Research Fellow
Healing the Trauma of Sexual Abuse: the Health Humanities Approach
Pallabi Maji

Pallabi Maji

UGC Research Fellow

Healing the Trauma of Sexual Abuse: the Health Humanities Approach

Avijit Pramanik

Avijit Pramanik

PhD Awarded on 08/06/2020
Survival as Triumph in Paul Auster's Novels
Avijit Pramanik

Avijit Pramanik

PhD Awarded on 08/06/2020

Survival as Triumph in Paul Auster's Novels

Saptorshi Das

Saptorshi Das

PhD Awarded on 13/04/2015
Feminist Approaches—Indian and European—to Classical Women Characters, with Special Reference to Draupadi, Antigone, Medea, Lady Macbeth, Clytemnestra, and Sita
Saptorshi Das

Saptorshi Das

PhD Awarded on 13/04/2015

Feminist Approaches—Indian and European—to Classical Women Characters, with Special Reference to Draupadi, Antigone, Medea, Lady Macbeth, Clytemnestra, and Sita

Abhik Mukherjee

Abhik Mukherjee

PhD Awarded on 20/08/2014
Travel Writings of D. H. Lawrence: the Literary Dimensions
Abhik Mukherjee

Abhik Mukherjee

PhD Awarded on 20/08/2014

Travel Writings of D. H. Lawrence: the Literary Dimensions

Mita Bandyopadhyay

Mita Bandyopadhyay

PhD Awarded on 20-05-2021
Digital Visual Effect in Movies: Beyond Spectacle and Illusion
Mita Bandyopadhyay

Mita Bandyopadhyay

PhD Awarded on 20-05-2021

Digital Visual Effect in Movies: Beyond Spectacle and Illusion

Summauli Pyne

Summauli Pyne

PhD Awarded on 01/03/2016
Transcendental Leadership and Social Responsibility: Management Insights from Rabindranath Tagore and Swami Vivekananda
Summauli Pyne

Summauli Pyne

PhD Awarded on 01/03/2016

Transcendental Leadership and Social Responsibility: Management Insights from Rabindranath Tagore and Swami Vivekananda

Aditi Bhunia Chakraborty

Aditi Bhunia Chakraborty

PhD Awarded on 19/03/2018
Whose Power is Perpetuated at the Expense of Whom: An Exploration into the Linguistic Function of Cultural and Literary Texts in Depicting Gender Images in Bangla
Aditi Bhunia Chakraborty

Aditi Bhunia Chakraborty

PhD Awarded on 19/03/2018

Whose Power is Perpetuated at the Expense of Whom: An Exploration into the Linguistic Function of Cultural and Literary Texts in Depicting Gender Images in Bangla

Debi Prasad Misra

Debi Prasad Misra

PhD Awarded on 11/12/2015
Tagore in English Translation: A Postcolonial Perspective
Debi Prasad Misra

Debi Prasad Misra

PhD Awarded on 11/12/2015

Tagore in English Translation: A Postcolonial Perspective

Annesha Mandal

Annesha Mandal

PhD Awarded on 25/10/2016
Postmodern Elements in T. S. Eliot’s Poetry
Annesha Mandal

Annesha Mandal

PhD Awarded on 25/10/2016

Postmodern Elements in T. S. Eliot’s Poetry

Md. Abu Barkat Ali

Md. Abu Barkat Ali

PhD (Ongoing)
From Sight to Insight: Psychopathological Interpretations of Abnormality of Shakespeare’s Characters
Md. Abu Barkat Ali

Md. Abu Barkat Ali

PhD (Ongoing)

From Sight to Insight: Psychopathological Interpretations of Abnormality of Shakespeare’s Characters

Satorupa Ghsoh Das

Satorupa Ghsoh Das

PhD (Ongoing)
The Yellow Book and the Alternative Literature at the Turn-of-the-Century by New Women Writers and Poets of the Periodical
Satorupa Ghsoh Das

Satorupa Ghsoh Das

PhD (Ongoing)

The Yellow Book and the Alternative Literature at the Turn-of-the-Century by New Women Writers and Poets of the Periodical

Projects

Sl.No. Title Name of the PI Name of the CoPIs Funding Agency Amount (Rs.) Project Type Project Status Date of Initiation Date of Completion
1 Project on Language Course Dr Arindam Modak Dr Joydeep Banerjee
Dr Shrikrishan Rai
Participating Students 317,114 Sponsored Completed 2017-08-01 2019-02-14

Projects

Sl.No. Title Name of the PI Name of the CoPIs Funding Agency Amount (Rs.) Project Type Project Status Date of Initiation Date of Completion
1 Project on Language Course Dr Arindam Modak Dr Joydeep Banerjee
Dr Shrikrishan Rai
Participating Students 317,114 Sponsored Completed 2017-08-01 2019-02-14

Projects

Sl.No. Title Name of the PI Name of the CoPIs Funding Agency Amount (Rs.) Project Type Project Status Date of Initiation Date of Completion
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Awards and Recognitions
  • Secured First Class Second Position in the M.A. Examination.
  • Awarded State-funded Research Fellowship in 2003.
  • Chaired a session at the Anglo-American Conference for Academic Disciplines at the University of London on 5 November 2013.
  • Acted as Resource Person at the UGC-sponsored National Seminar on “In Time of the Breaking of Boundaries: Swami Vivekananda in the 21st Century Global Village at Netaji Subhash Ashram Mahavidyalaya, Suisa, Purulia on 21 & 22 March 2012.
  • Acted as Resource Person in the Orientation Programme for TGT (English) at Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Durgapur from 01.06.12 to 10.06.12.
  • Acted as Observer for UGC-NET, JEE Mains, WBJEEM a number of times.
Administrative Responsibilities

1. Departmental Academic Coordinator, UG Programmes

2. Departmental Convenor, Screening Committee for Faculty Recruitment

3. Convenor, Departmental Purchase Committee

4. Departmental Representative, Institute Class Routine Committee

5. Faculty Advisor, Institute Dance Club

6. Member, Committee for Physical Verification of Fixed Assets/Inventory of HSS Department

7. Member, Committee for Physical Verification of Fixed Assets/Inventory of Establishment Section in 2022

Contact

Mobile : +91-9434788053
Email : arindam.modak@hu.nitdgp.ac.in

Miscellaneous
  • Interested in music. Regularly performs on the Chromatic Harmonica and the Santoor. Golden Book of World Record holder for most people participating in harmonica playing simultaneously at a single location.

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