Administration

May 2022 onwards: Head, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences

September 2020 onwards: Member, Senate Rules Committee, IIT Kanpur

April 2020 – 2021: Convenor, Departmental Finance Committee, IIT Kanpur

2019 – 2020: Member, Student Ombudsgroup, IIT Kanpur

2019 – 2020: Member, Senate Student Affairs Committee, IIT Kanpur

2018 – 2022: Coordinator, Centre for Creative Writing and Publishing, IIT Kanpur

2016 – 2017: Presiding Officer, Internal Complaints Committee, IIT Kanpur

Jan 2015 – 2017: Member, Academic Ethics Committee, IIT Kanpur

May 2014 – 2016: Vice Chairperson, Women’s Cell IIT Kanpur

April 2014 -15: Convenor, Departmental Seminar & Research Committee

April 2013 – 14: Convenor, Departmental Finance Committee

December 2010 – December 2011: Nominated member, Academic Senate IIT Kanpur 

July 2012 – April 2013: Convenor, English discipline, HSS Department

December 2010 – July 2011: Warden-in-charge, Girls’ Hostel, IIT Kanpur

September 2010 – July 2011: Coordinator Faculty meetings, HSS Dept, IIT Kanpur

2009 – 10 : Convenor, Departmental Space Committee

2008 – 09: Convenor, Departmental Postgraduate Committee, HSS Dept. In charge of PG related issues in the department

September 2008 – December 2010: Warden, Girls Hostel, IIT Kanpur

2007 – 08: Convenor, English discipline, HSS dept. In charge of issues related to the English group

2007 – 08: Faculty Advisor, Cultural Council, IIT Kanpur. Faculty advisor to the cultural club that organizes all cultural activities in the institute

2006 – 07: Convenor, Departmental Undergraduate Committee, HSS dept. In charge of all UG related issues, like allotment of HSS courses to BTech students 

2006 – 07: Faculty Advisor, Book Club, IIT Kanpur. The Book Club of IIT Kanpur has a library for students and during my tenure it launched a literary festival Alfaaz

2006 – 08: Member of Management Committee of Opportunity School, IIT Kanpur. This school is meant for the underprivileged members of the campus community and the neighbourhood of IIT Kanpur

Convenor, Departmental Library Committee, HSS Dept, IIT Kanpur 2003-04. Looked after the budgetary allocation and book acquisition to the library

Convenor, Seminar Committee in HSS Dept, IIT Kanpur, 2002-03. Was in charge of organising seminars of various disciplines including English

Member, Student Placement Committee, 2002-04. Represented HSS Department at the Institute level in this committee that looks after student placements

Faculty Counsellor, 2002. Mentor to a group of  first year students

Nominated member of the Senate, National Institute of Technology Sikkim (2018 – 2021)

Member of Selection Committee of institutions like IIT Patna, IIT Hyderabad, EFLU Hyderabad

Member, Board of Studies for English, Rama University, Kanpur 

Developed a course on Introduction to Translation Studies for the National Programme for Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL) funded by the Ministry of Human Resources and organized by the IITs and IISc. 

Evaluated MPhil and doctoral dissertations for University of Hyderabad,  Jawaharlal Nehru University, Kerala University and IIT Kanpur

Conducted a Workshop on Communication Skills along with Dr. Suchitra Mathur for teachers and students of Singhania School, Gotan, Rajasthan. 

Delivered invited lecture on Group Discussions in the workshop on Communication Skills organized by the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, IIT Kanpur 2008.

Moderator of panel discussion on ‘Sensationalism in Media’ to mark the launching of Journalism Club in IIT Kanpur 2005. The panel consisted of prominent newspersons including Mrinal Pande.

Member of editorial board of “Eyes”, the IIT Kanpur campus newsletter, 2005 – 10 

Translated short stories as per request from Katha, the leading publishers of regional Indian fiction.

Handled a literary review column in Malayalam for the Mathrubhumi weekly in 1997. Books reviewed include Kundera's Identity, Shashi Tharoor's From Midnight to the Millenium, Amos Oz's Panther in the Basement, etc

Given numerous talks in Malayalam on literary and women's issues which have been broadcast by the All India Radio, Calicut, Kerala

Worked as lexicographer for the English-English-Malayalam dictionary published by DC Books, 2001