दीनदयाल उपाध्याय गोरखपुर विश्‍वविद्यालय

Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gorakhpur University

(Accredited A++ by NAAC)
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Dr. Ajay Kumar Shukla                

Ph.D., Professor and Head

Department of English & Modern European Languages

African-American Literature, Indian English Literature, Literary Theory

S.No. Employer Designation From To
1 Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gorakhpur University, Gorakhpur. Head 11/03/2022 contd.
2 Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gorakhpur University, Gorakhpur. Professor 14/10/2013 contd.
3 Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gorakhpur University, Gorakhpur. Associate Professor 14/10/2010 13/10/2013
4 Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gorakhpur University, Gorakhpur. Reader 14/10/2007 13/10/2010
5 Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gorakhpur University, Gorakhpur. Senior Lecturer 14/10/2002 13/10/2007
6 Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gorakhpur University, Gorakhpur. Lecturer 14/10/1998 13/10/2002
S.No. Title Journal Volume Year Contribution
1 From Mahabharata To Modern Times: Exploring Artistry, Identity And Inner Turmoil In The Writings Of Laxmi Narayana Tripathi International Journal of Creative Research Thoughts (IJCRT) 12 2024 First Author
2 "Sumpy Plug of Slum: Representation of Slum in Katherine Boo’s Behind the Beautiful Forevers; Life, Death and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity” Ruminations 11 2022 First Author
3 “The pain of being Black and Female: Trauma and Resilience and in the Gayl Jones’ “Corregidora” Ruminations 11 2022 First Author
4 “An echo feminist reading of Rabindranath Tagore’s short story “The Garden” Wesleyan Journal of research 14 2021 First Author
S.No. Name of Award Agency Year
1 Teacher’s Appreciation Award for outstanding contribution to the field of education Dainik Jagran 2023
2 Big Gorakhpur Pride Award 92.7 Big FM 2023
3 Teacher's Day Award for Immense contribution in the field of higher education and National Education Policy 2020 Implementation Govt. of UP 2021
4 Remarkable contribution in SVEEP activities Govt. of India 2017
5 Rajyapal Samman Govt. of UP 2016
6 Exemplary and outstanding contribution in Voter Awareness Program Election Commission of India 2016
7 Awarded by Govt. of India for exemplary work Govt. of India 2015
8 Outstanding performance in NSS by honorable Governor Shri B.L. Joshi NSS, Indira Gandhi Prathisthan, Lucknow 2014
9 Best Teacher on the occasion of Teachers’ Day Lions’ International, Gorakhpur 2010
10 Best Program Officer NSS 2006
S.No. Title Publisher ISBN Year
1 Panorama: Selected Essays and Short Stories Orient Black swan -- 2014
2 Literature and History: Exchanges and Interactions Ghaziabad: ASR Publications 9789383247059 2014
3 English Poetry down the Ages: An Anthology Macmillan -- 2009
4 Richard Wright and Langston Hughes: A Critical Study. New Delhi: Classical Publishing Company -- 2009
5 An Anthology of English Essays Macmillan -- 2003
S.No. Name Contact Details
Year of Enrollment
Type of Scholar Topic Research Status
1 Ashwani Kumar 8299864769
ashwanisir670@gmail.com
Enrollment Year: 2019
Research Scholar From Nirguna to Inward Rama: A Thematic Analysis of Select Poems of Sant Kabir in Translation Ongoing
2 Divya Sharma 6392882743
divyasharma021093@gmail.com
Enrollment Year: 2019
Research Scholar Gender Dysphoria and Sexual Orientation: A Thematic Study of Select Contemporary Text with Reference to Global LGBT Concerns Ongoing
3 Supriya Rai 79053 37110
rais93610@gmail.com
Enrollment Year: 2019
Research Scholar Portraying Metropolis as Microcosm of India: A Glocal Study of Select Contemporary English Text Based on Mumbai and its Multifaceted Manners. Ongoing
4 Preeti Yadav 8840208890
preeti.yadavlko92@gmail.com
Enrollment Year: 2019
Research Scholar Remembering Past: Memory and Trauma in the Select Novels of Zora Neale Hurston, Alice Walker and Toni Morrison Ongoing
5 Shilpi Chaudhari 8005039687
shilpi8808@gmail.com
Enrollment Year: 2014
Research Scholar Social Realism in the novels of Upamanyu Chatterjee Completed
6 Tulika Tripathi 7398105171
tulika.tripathi88@gmail.com
Enrollment Year: 2013
Research Scholar Things Falling Apart: Culture and Colonialism in the novels of Chinua Achebe Completed
7 Bajrangi Lal Gupta 8840912308

Enrollment Year: 2013
Research Scholar Marriage,Traditionand Autonomy :Women's Odyssey of Liberation in Manju Kapur's Novels Completed
8 Namrata Pandey 9929906666

Enrollment Year: 2006
Research Scholar The Integration of Social, Political and National Crises in the novels of Nayantara Sahgal Completed
9 Sneha LataPandey 8260781574

Enrollment Year: 2003
Research Scholar The Image of Black Woman in the novels of Toni Morrison Completed
10 Priyanka Mishra 7985314324
pmishra1996cktd@gmailcom
Enrollment Year: 2021
Research Scholar Cultural Encounter and the Politics of Language in Select Works of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Ongoing
11 Shweta Patel 81272376936
patelshweta.1207@gmail.com
Enrollment Year: 2019
Research Scholar Myth and Changing Paradigms: A Critical study of Amish Tripathi’s Novels Ongoing
12 Shambhavi Mishra 9956435162
shambhavimishra.com@gmail.com
Enrollment Year: 2019
Research Scholar Exploring Cultural Identity and Postcolonial Themes in Select Booker Prize-Winning Indian English Novels Ongoing
13 Jhumpa Sarkar 6393611214
jhumpamandal7@gmail.com
Enrollment Year: 2018
Research Scholar A Critical Assessment of the Male Protagonists of Rabindranath Tagore: A Study of His Select ShortStories. Completed
14 Sandeep Rao Gautam 9452229493

Enrollment Year: 2010
Research Scholar Portrayal of Indian Social Life in the novels Kamala Markandeya Completed
15 Raj Kumar Mishra 9454383010

Enrollment Year: 2010
Research Scholar Political Themes in the Selected Plays of Vijay Tendulkar. Completed
16 Bhardwaj Shukla 8543804101

Enrollment Year: 2010
Research Scholar Cultural Dilemmas and Displacements in the Fictional Writings of Jhumpa Lahiri Completed
17 Kushhar Sahani 8853019234
kusharsahani22kapg@gmail.com
Enrollment Year: 2010
Research Scholar Myth, History and, Folklore in the Selected Plays of Girish Karnad Completed
18 Diwakar Tiwari 9140466714
diwakartiwari15d@gmail.com
Enrollment Year: 2003
Research Scholar From Subservience to Militancy: A Critical Perspective on the Theme of Racial Discrimination and Racial Violence in the fiction of Richard Wright Completed
S.No. Title of Chapter Page Numbers Title of Book Publisher ISBN Year
1 “The Prominence of Education as depicted in the novel Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow” 0 Dynamic Narrative Concerns in the novels of Vikas Sharma Doeba House 0 2024
2 Youth and Sports 0 Sustainable Development of POORVANCHAL: Issues, Strategies and Way Forward Foreword by Yogi Adityanath Chief Minister, Uttar Pradesh 0 2023