Dr K Suganthi
Qualifications: M.A. M.Phil. Ph.D
Designation: Assistant Professor SG
Department: English
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schoolQualifications
Degree: M.A. M.Phil. Ph.D
Branch: English
Institution: Holy Cross College
Year: 2013
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starsPhD Details
Title: REWRITING/REVISITING OF HISTORY IN MICHAEL ONDAATJE’S SELECT NOVELS
Specialization: English Literature, Canadian Literature, Comparative Literature, Indian Writing in English, ELT, Environmental studies
Supervisor: Prof. V. Ramasamy, EVR College, Tiruchirappalli
Centre: Bharathidasan University
Year: 2013
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bookmarkAdditional Qualifications
Course Name: Body Language: Key to Professional Success
Place of Study: NPTEL AICTE
Duration: 4 week
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account_balancePositions Held
Year: 2025 - Present
Club/Committee/Dean/Others: Dean - School of Humanities
Position: Dean
Year: 2024 - Present
Club/Committee/Dean/Others: Editor of the College Magazine
Position: Editor
Year: 2024 - Present
Club/Committee/Dean/Others: NAAC Parameter VI
Position: Co-ordinator
Year: 2021 - Present
Club/Committee/Dean/Others: Internship and Project
Position: Coordinator
Year: 2014 -2017, 2024 - Present
Club/Committee/Dean/Others: RESCAPES
Position: In charge of the Department
Year: 25/09/2023 – 30/09/2023
Club/Committee/Dean/Others: A five day National level Virtual FDP on Recent Trends in Literary Research, PG & Research Dept of English, Holy Cross College
Position: Organising Committee Member
Year: 12/12/2023
Club/Committee/Dean/Others: ACME’23 – a National Level Intercollegiate Literary Fiesta, Holy Cross College
Position: Organising Committee Member
Year: 14/10/2022 - 15/10/2022
Club/Committee/Dean/Others: Two day International Conference on “English Language and Literature Teaching and Research- A Global Perspective”, PG and Research Dept of English, Holy Cross College
Position: Organising Committee Member
Year: 2017-2019, 2019-2024, 2024 Onwards
Club/Committee/Dean/Others: parameter NAAC II Department Member of Parameter NAAC II Faculty Resources Department Member
Position: Staff Core Committee Member
Year: 2017-2018, 2018-2019, 2019-2020
Club/Committee/Dean/Others: Youth Red Cross, Holy Cross College.
Position: Programme Officer
Year: 2016- 2019, 2019-2020
Club/Committee/Dean/Others: College Prize
Position: Coordinator
Year: 2011 - 2025
Club/Committee/Dean/Others: PG Class Teacher
Position: Class Tutor
Year: 2008 - 2011
Club/Committee/Dean/Others: UGC Sponsored Addon Course in Soft Skills and Communication
Position: Member
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business_centerWork Experience
Institution: Holy Cross College
Designation: Lecturer
From: 03-07-2007
To: 03-07-2013
Institution: Holy Cross College
Designation: Assistant Professor
From: 18-06-2013
To: 18-06-2018
Institution: Holy Cross College
Designation: Assistant Professor SG
From: 18-06-2023
To: Present
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schoolTeaching Experience
Ug: 18 Years
Pg: 17 Years
Mphil: 8Years
Phd: 6 Years
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scienceResearch Experience
Research Area: Canadian Literature
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supervisor_accountResearch Guidance
UG: 11
PG: 15
MPHIL: 8
PHD: 1
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descriptionResearch Papers
Title: Navigating Pain: Individual Trauma in Jhumpa Lahiri’s "The Namesake"
Conference/Event: National Conference on Liberating the Rhetorics: Changing trends in English Language and Literature
Organizer: Jamal Mohamed College
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Title: Education, Dalit Activism and Caste Politics in Akila Naik's Bheda
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Title: “Phenomenology of Untouchability in Cho. Dharman’s Koogai.”
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Title: Casteism as a Panoptic Edifice as Represented in Cho. Dharman’s Koogai and Sharankumar Limbale’s Hindu.”
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Title: “The Dalit Other: The Dalit Among the Dalits in Sharankumar Limbale’s Hindu.”
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Title: “Narrating the Silence and the Narration of Silence in Kusumabale.”
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Title: “Promoting Zadie Smith’s Writing Rules to Encourage and Enhance Learner Autonomy among ESL Learners at the Tertiary Level.
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Title: Revival of ‘Self’ through Symbolic Interactions in Zadie Smith’s The Embassy of Cambodia: A Sociological Approach
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Title: “Ecological Grief and Revive in Charlotte McConaghy’s Migrations”
Conference/Event: Two day international; Conference on AI and the English Classroom: Innovations in Language and Literary Studies
Organizer: Holy Cross College (Autonomous)
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Title: Primordial identity in Purple Hibiscus by Chimamnda Ngozi Adichie
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editBooks Edited
Book Title: Connect and Interact ESL Communication Skills
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schoolUGC Sponsored Orientation and Refresher Courses
Title: 93rd Orientation program
Organizer: UGC - HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT CENTRE
Sponsoring Agency: UGC
Place: Bharathidasan University, Khajamalai Campus, Tiruchirappalli - 620023.
Duration: 02-03-2017 to 29-03-2017
Title: UGC SPONSORED REFRESHER COURSE IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
Type: Refresher Course
Organizer: UGC - HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT CENTRE
Sponsoring Agency: UGC
Place: Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli - 620023.
Duration: 19-06-2018 to 09-07-2018
Title: UGC SPONSORED REFRESHER COURSE IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE (BATCH XXIII) – 27/08/2019- 09/09/2019
Type: Refresher Course
Organizer: Bharathidasan University
Sponsoring Agency: UGC
Place: Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, 620023
Duration: 27-08-2019 to 09-09-2019
Title: UGC SPONSORED REFRESHER COURSE IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND FOREIGN LANGUAGES
Type: Refresher Course
Organizer: Bharathidasan University
Sponsoring Agency: UGC
Place: Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, 620023
Duration: 05-11-2025 to 18-11-2025
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groupsConferences Attended
Title: Body Language: Key to Professional Success
Type: FDP
Level: National
Organizer: NPTEL
Date: Not specified
Title: Two-day National Seminar on Tapestries of Expatriate Writings
Type: Seminar
Level: National
Organizer: UGC
Place: Periyar E.V.R College, Tiruchirappalli
Date: 2014
Description: UGC Sponsored two-day National Seminar on Tapestries of Expatriate Writings, Periyar E.V.R College – “Running in the Family: An Expatriates Revised Invisible History” – 21st and 22nd August 2014
Title: 6th Annual International Conference L3 2017
Type: Conference
Level: International
Place: Singapore
Date: 05-06-2017 (One Day)
Description: 6th Annual International Conference L3 2017 – “Retrieving the Voices of Silence Immigrants in Michael Ondaatje’s Select Novels – 5th and 6th June 2017
Title: Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) – 3rd and 4th October 2018
Type: Workshop
Level: Institutional
Organizer: Department of Psychology
Place: Holy Cross College, Tiruchirappalli - 620002
Date: 03-10-2018 (One Day)
Title: Two day Faculty Development Workshop Outcome Based Education
Type: Workshop
Level: State
Organizer: Don Bosco College (Co-Ed), Yelagiri Hills.
Place: Don Bosco College (Co-Ed), Yelagiri Hills.
Date: 26-10-2018 (One Day)
Title: Three- day Singularities International Conference on Truth 2019
Type: Conference
Level: International
Organizer: PG Dept of English, KAHM Unity Wimen’s College, Majeri
Place: PG Dept of English, KAHM Unity Wimen’s College, Majeri
Date: 29-01-2019 (One Day)
Description: Three- day Singularities International Conference on Truth 2019 by PG Dept of English, KAHM Unity Wimen’s College, Majeri – 29th, 30th and 31st January 2019
Title: One day zonal level seminar for YRC Programme Officers of BDU Area
Type: Seminar
Level: Regional
Organizer: Youth Red Cross Zone of Bharathidasan University
Place: Bharathidasan University
Date: 05-03-2019 (One Day)
Title: National Conference on Being and Becoming: Articulating Alterity across Mediums.
Type: Conference
Level: National
Organizer: Satyawati College (Eve)
Place: niversity of Delhi
Date: 2022
Description: National Conference on Being and Becoming: Articulating Alterity across Mediums. Satyawati College (Eve), University of Delhi on 12th April 2022
Title: Two day International Conference on “English Language and Literature Teaching and Research – A Global Perspective”
Type: Conference
Level: International
Organizer: Department of English, Holy Cross College
Place: Holy Cross College, Tiruchirappalli - 620002
Date: 14-10-2022 (One Day)
Description: Two day International Conference on “English Language and Literature Teaching and Research – A Global Perspective” – 14th and 15th October 2022
Title: UGC- Sponsored Twelfth Online Faculty Induction Programme.
Type: FDP
Level: National
Organizer: UGC HRDC, Bharathidasan University
Place: Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli
Date: 2022
Description: UGC- Sponsored Twelfth Online Faculty Induction Programme. Conducted by UGC HRDC, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli from 28. 10. 2022- 26. 11. 2022
Title: ‘Local Color Literature’
Type: Conference
Level: National
Organizer: Manonmaniam Sundaranar University and Madurai Kamaraj University.
Place: Mannar Thirumalai Naicker College, Madurai.
Date: Not specified
Description: A two day National Conference, ‘Local Color Literature’ organized jointly by Manonmaniam Sundaranar University and Madurai Kamaraj University.
Title: “ Literature, Culture and Society”
Level: International
Organizer: Departmetn of English
Place: Govt. Mahakoshal Arts and Commerce Autonomous College, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh.
Date: 2023
Description: International Webinar on “ Literature, Culture and Society” Presented a paper on the topic Bildungsroman: Representation of Interpersonal Relationship in Zadie Smith’s Swing Time. Department of English,Govt. Mahakosha lArts and Commerce Autonomous College, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh.6th and 7th February 2023
Title: A two day International Conference on English Language and Literature Teaching and Research – A Global Perspective
Type: Conference
Level: International
Organizer: Department of ENglish
Place: Holy Cross College (Autonomous) Tiruchirappalli
Date: Not specified
Description: A two day International Conference on English Language and Literature Teaching and Research – A Global Perspective in collaboration with English Language Teacher’s Association of India (ELTAI, Trichy)
Title: FOOD AND LITERATURE
Type: Conference
Level: Institutional
Organizer: Department of English, St. Andrew's College
Place: St. Andrew's College, Mumbai
Date: 2024
Description: Conference organized by the Dept of English – “FOOD AND LITERATURE” – “The Destiny of Titular Character ‘Tilottama’ Through Spices in Mistress of Species by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni” – 12th January 2024
Title: National Conference on Liberating the Rhetorics: Changing trends in English Language and Literature
Type: Conference
Level: National
Organizer: Department of English, Jamal Mohamed College, Tiruchirappalli
Place: Jamal Mohamed College, Tiruchirappalli
Date: 2024
Description: National Conference on Liberating the Rhetorics: Changing trends in English Language and Literature, JMC – “Navigating Pain: Individual Trauma in Jhumpa Lahiri’s The Namesake” – 15th February 2024
Title: International Conference on Transformation on English Language and Literature in the Digital Era
Type: Conference
Level: International
Organizer: Department of English, Srinivasan College of Arts and Science, Perambular
Place: Srinivasan College of Arts and Science, Perambular
Date: 2024
Description: International Conference on Transformation on English Language and Literature in the Digital Era, Srinivasan College of Arts and Science, Perambular – “International feminism - Exploring the Interplay of Race, Gender and class in Contemporary Society” – 16th February 2024
Title: Two day International Conference on Language and Literature “Imprints, Initiatives and Insights: Redefining Gen Z English Language Competencies and Literary Perspectives
Type: Conference
Level: International
Organizer: ELT@I, Departmetn of English St. Josephs College and Holy Cross College, Tiruchirappalli
Place: St. Josephs College and Holy Cross College, Tiruchirappalli
Date: 2024
Description: Two day International Conference on Language and Literature “Imprints, Initiatives and Insights: Redefining Gen Z English Language Competencies and Literary Perspectives, ELT@I, SJC and HCC – “Eco-critical Dynamics in Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy – 27th and 28th February 2024
Title: Two day International Conference on Literature and Heritage: Interdisciplinary Perspectives
Type: Conference
Level: International
Organizer: Malda College
Place: Malda College, West Bengal
Date: 2024
Description: Two day International Conference on Literature and Heritage: Interdisciplinary Perspectives, Malda College – Exploring Interpersonal Dynamics: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Purple Hibiscus and Zadie Smith’s Swing Time as Representation of Bildungsroman towards shaping the self – 20th and 21st September 2024
Title: “Literature and Heritage: Interdisciplinary perspectives”
Type: Conference
Level: International
Organizer: Postgraduate Section of Malda college
Place: West Bengal
Date: 2024
Description: Two-Day International Conference on “Literature and Heritage: Interdisciplinary perspectives” sponsored by ICSSR-ERC on the topic Exploring Interpersonal Dynamics in Chimamanda Ngori Adichi’s and Zadie Smith’s Swing Time towards Shaping the Self. Postgraduate Section of Malda college, West Bengal held on 20th and 21st Sept. 2024.
Title: One day International Conference on The Indigenous Explorations: New Perspectives in Twenty-First Century English Literature
Type: Conference
Level: International
Organizer: Department of English, Jamal Mohamed College, Tiruchirappalli
Place: Jamal Mohamed College, Tiruchirappalli
Date: 2025
Description: One day International Conference on The Indigenous Explorations: New Perspectives in Twenty-First Century English Literature, JMC – “Challenging Caste: The Struggle for Dignity in Imayam’s Pethavan: The Begetter – 27th February 2025
Title: International Conference on “Worlds Within Words: Literature, Ecology and Emerging Environmental Explorations”
Organizer: Department of English, PSGR Krishnammal College for Women
Place: PSGR Krishnammal College for Women
Date: 2025
Description: International Conference on “Worlds Within Words: Literature, Ecology and Emerging Environmental Explorations” - “Surviving Disaster Ecologies in Charlotte McConaghy’s Once There Were Wolves” - 19th September 2025
Title: Two day international Conference on AI and the English Classroom: Innovations in Language and Literary Studies
Type: Conference
Level: International
Organizer: Bodhi Journal, Department of English Holy Cross College, Tiruchirappalli
Place: Holy Cross College, Tiruchirappalli
Date: 2025
Description: Two day international; Conference on AI and the English Classroom: Innovations in Language and Literary Studies- “Ecological Grief and Revive in Charlotte McConaghy’s Migrations” – 26th and 27th September 2025
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emoji_eventsAwards Received
Award Name: VISIT TO FOREIGN COUNTRIES: L3, CONFERENCE, PAPER PRESENTATION AND PUBLICATION. (UGC Travel Grant)
Awarded By: UGC
Year: 2017
Level: International
Place: Singapore
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Event/Title: FDP for the staff
Level: Institutional
Place: HGN E.M. School (Managed by Heralds of Good News Missionary Society, HGN GROUP OF INSTITUTIONS, Durvesi(Vill), Gadivemulu Mdl, Kurnool Dt, AP- 518 511)
Date: 23-08-2024
Event/Title: FDP on Teachoing and Learning English through Literature
Level: Institutional
Place: Dept of English and IQAC of Jamal Mohamed College, Tiruchirappalli
Date: 09-06-2024
Event/Title: Leaders the Creators (Leadership training programme for SCM)
Level: Institutional
Place: Bishop Heber College (Autonomous), Tiruchirappalli
Date: 30-08-2022
Event/Title: Programme Training of the Trainees in Teaching English to the teachers Parts of Speech
Level: Institutional
Place: Monfort Matric. Hr. Sec. School
Date: 20-01-2022
Event/Title: UGC Sponsored Online Refresher Course in English Language and Literature
Level: National
Place: UGC Human Resource Development Centre, Bharathidasan University
Date: 18-09-2021
Event/Title: Synergy (Annual Student Retreat)
Level: Institutional
Place: St. Josephs Institute of Management (JIM), St. Josephs College (Autonomous), Tiruchirappalli
Date: 05-03-2025
Event/Title: Two day international; Conference on AI and the English Classroom: Innovations in Language and Literary Studies
Level: International
Place: Holy Cross College (Autonomous) Tiruchirappalli
Date: 26-09-2025