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Shri Krishan Rai Associate Professor
Joined the Institute in 2010
skrai[dot]hu[at]nitdgp[dot]ac[dot]in
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Publications

2

Sponsored Projects

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Consultancy Projects
Education

Post Doctoral

16

Doctoral Students

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UG Students

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PG Dissertation
Education

S.No

Qualification

University/Board

Year of Passing

Division

 
  1.  

Religious Literacy: Tradition & Scriptures

Harvard University

2020

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  1.  

D Phil

University of Allahabad

2009

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  1.  

MA (English Literature)

University of Allahabad

2006

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  1.  

BJMC

MGKV Varanasi

2004

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  1.  

BA(English Hons)

Banaras Hindu University Varanasi

2003

I
  1.  

Intermediate

CBSE

2000

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  1.  

Matriculation

CBSE

1998

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Work Experiences

1. MNNIT Allahabad from 18 Aug 2006 to 4 April 2010 as a Visiting Faculty.

2. NIT Durgapur from 5 April 2010 to 15 October 2018 as an Assistant Professor.

3. NIT Durgapur from 16 October 2018 to till date as an Associate Professor.

Research Interest

Indian English Literature,Cinema, and Religion

Projects

 

Sponsoring Agency

Title of the Project

Period

Amount

Status(Complet

ed/ongoing)

Bhartiya Manisha

Sutram

A Study To Assess The Extent Of Extremism In Srimad BhagwadGita

    6 Months

  0.28 lakhs

Completed

National Council Of Rural Institutes, MHRD,

GOI

The Outreach And Impact Of Government Policies In The Villages (Bansgora And Pratappur) Of Paschim Bardhaman District Of West Bengal: With special Reference To Swachha Bharat Mission(SBM)

    3 Months 

   0.40 lakhs

Completed

 

Teachings

UG Students

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Post-Doctoral Students

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Doctoral Students

Aritra Ghosal

Aritra Ghosal

Junior Research Fellow
Indigenous Literature
Aritra Ghosal

Aritra Ghosal

Junior Research Fellow
Indigenous Literature
Sourav Paul

Sourav Paul

(Completed)
Contemporary South Asian Literature
Sourav Paul

Sourav Paul

(Completed)
Contemporary South Asian Literature
Saurav Bhattacharyya

Saurav Bhattacharyya

(Completed)
Significance of Sacrifice in representation of Hindu and Vedic myths
Saurav Bhattacharyya

Saurav Bhattacharyya

(Completed)
Significance of Sacrifice in representation of Hindu and Vedic myths
Ashoke Kumar Mondal

Ashoke Kumar Mondal

(Completed)
Gerontology and Bengali Cinema
Ashoke Kumar Mondal

Ashoke Kumar Mondal

(Completed)
Gerontology and Bengali Cinema
Anindya Sundar Paul

Anindya Sundar Paul

(Completed)
Peripheral Voices in Select Novels of Assam and Meghalya
Anindya Sundar Paul

Anindya Sundar Paul

(Completed)
Peripheral Voices in Select Novels of Assam and Meghalya
Punyajit Gupta

Punyajit Gupta

(Completed)
A Postcolonial Study of Salman Rushdie's Select Novels
Punyajit Gupta

Punyajit Gupta

(Completed)
A Postcolonial Study of Salman Rushdie's Select Novels
Indrajit Patra

Indrajit Patra

(Completed)
Posthumanism and Transhumanism in 21st Century Dystopian Science Fiction
Indrajit Patra

Indrajit Patra

(Completed)
Posthumanism and Transhumanism in 21st Century Dystopian Science Fiction
Tuhin Sengupta

Tuhin Sengupta

(Completed)
Postcolonial Study of Walcott's Poetry.
Tuhin Sengupta

Tuhin Sengupta

(Completed)
Postcolonial Study of Walcott's Poetry.
Goutam Karmakar

Goutam Karmakar

(Completed)
Contemporary Indian English Poetry
Goutam Karmakar

Goutam Karmakar

(Completed)
Contemporary Indian English Poetry
Sanjukta Banerjee

Sanjukta Banerjee

(Completed)
Retelling of Hindu Mythology in Contemporary Indian English Fiction
Sanjukta Banerjee

Sanjukta Banerjee

(Completed)
Retelling of Hindu Mythology in Contemporary Indian English Fiction
Avijit Das

Avijit Das

(Completed)
Violence and Conflict Studies and Post 9/11 South Asian Studies 
Avijit Das

Avijit Das

(Completed)
Violence and Conflict Studies and Post 9/11 South Asian Studies 
Santanu Panda

Santanu Panda

Senior Research Fellow
Abjection in Contemporary Indian English Fiction
Santanu Panda

Santanu Panda

Senior Research Fellow
Abjection in Contemporary Indian English Fiction
Shibu Gorai

Shibu Gorai

Senior Research Fellow
Literary Disability Studies 
Shibu Gorai

Shibu Gorai

Senior Research Fellow
Literary Disability Studies 
Sumanta Pramanik

Sumanta Pramanik

Senior Research Fellow
Quantum Fiction
Sumanta Pramanik

Sumanta Pramanik

Senior Research Fellow
Quantum Fiction
Susanta Dey

Susanta Dey

Professional Research Scholar
Petrofiction
Susanta Dey

Susanta Dey

Professional Research Scholar
Petrofiction
Aparna Chatterjee

Aparna Chatterjee

Research Scholar
Contemporary Indian English Literature
Aparna Chatterjee

Aparna Chatterjee

Research Scholar
Contemporary Indian English Literature

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 The Outreach And Impact Of Government Policies In The Villages (Bansgora And Pratappur) Of Paschim Bardhaman District Of West Bengal: With special Reference To Swachha Bharat Mission(SBM) Dr Shri Krishan Rai NA National Council Of Rural Institutes, MHRD, GOI 40,000 Sponsored Completed 2018-05-02
2 A Study To Assess The Extent Of Extremism In Srimad Bhagwad Gita Dr Shri Krishan Rai NA Bhartiya Manisha Sutram 28,000 Sponsored Completed 2016-03-30 2016-09-30

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 The Outreach And Impact Of Government Policies In The Villages (Bansgora And Pratappur) Of Paschim Bardhaman District Of West Bengal: With special Reference To Swachha Bharat Mission(SBM) Dr Shri Krishan Rai NA National Council Of Rural Institutes, MHRD, GOI 40,000 Sponsored Completed 2018-05-02
2 A Study To Assess The Extent Of Extremism In Srimad Bhagwad Gita Dr Shri Krishan Rai NA Bhartiya Manisha Sutram 28,000 Sponsored Completed 2016-03-30 2016-09-30

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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Administrative Responsibilities
  1. Programme Coordinator, NSS,2013-tilldate
  2. PI Coordinator, Unnat Bharat Abhiyan, NIT Durgapur,2015-tilldate
  3. RCI Coordinator for West Bengal & Sikkim region, Unnat Bharat Abhiyan, NITD, 2019 – till date
  4. Programme Coordinator, Swachh Bharat Mission, NITD,2014-tilldate
  5. Coordinator, Rajbhasha Samiti,NITD,2016-tilldate
  6. Member, NIT Arunachal Pradesh Mentoring Committee.
  7. Trained NSS Programme officer,training at TORC Narendrapur (26Aug-1Sept2012)
  8. Warden of A7,NITD(international hall for foreign students)
  9. Nodal Officer of West Bengal, Yuva Sangam 2023, GoI
  10. Public Relation Officer, NITD, September 2023- Till Date
Contact

Mobile : +91-9434788019
Email : shrikrishanrai@hu.nitdgp.ac.in, srikrishanrai4@gmail.com

Miscellaneous
  • Conduct of national programmes like GIAN etc.as course coordinator:

Sl.No.

Titleof theCourse

Duration

Co-ordinator(s)

Starting

Date

Ending

date

 

1

Cultural Decolonization In The 21stCentury: A Literary

Perspective Of Mobility And Fixity In Postcoloniality

31/07/17

4/08/17

 

Dr Shri KrishanRai

2

Poetry and Visual Culture

12/10/17

16/10/17

Dr Shri KrishanRai

3

Contemplative Photography AND

General Semantics

07/11/17

11/11/17

Dr Shri KrishanRai

4

Apprehending contemporaneity: A globalized gaze upon Postcoloniality and Diaspora through Chimamanda Adichie’s literature

25/07/22

29/07/22

Dr Shri KrishanRai

5

Decolonial Options in Brazilian Contemporary Literature

22/08/22

26/08/22

DrShri KrishanRai

 

  • Conducted National/International conference as chairman or secretary

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Title of the Conference

Duration

Chairman/Secretary

Starting

Date

Ending

date

1

Literature to Cinema

Supported by ICSSR, New Delhi.

1/06/13

03/06/13

Organizing Secretary

2

Nationalism and Indian Cinema

Celebrating Unsung Heroes of Cinema under Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav

Supported by ICSSR,New Delhi.

04/06/22

05/06/22

Convener of the Seminar
  • Hosted Yuva Sangam Phase- II as Nodal Officer for West Bengal- Puducherry
  • Organized Expert Talk at NIT Durgapur:
  •    a. Prof Indranil Manna, VC, BIT Mesra (2023-09-12)

  •    b. Prof Debi Prasad Mishra, Director, NITTTR Kolkata ( 2023-10-05)

       c.  Mr K E N Raghavan, Social Rural activist (2023-11-14)

        d. Mr Sankar Chakarabarti and Mr Akash Jain (2023-12-22)

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