ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT

The Department started functioning in the academic year 1981-82. BA English Language and Literature course was started in 1993. The Complementary courses offered are (i) History of English Literature (ii) Political science. The department offers an Open Course in Communicative application in English (1551.1)

Faculty

Dr. Meera K. G (Assistant Professor and HoD)
Name Dr. Meera K. G
Designation Assistant Professor and HoD
Qualification Summary MA, M.Phil, NET, PhD
Contact 9447043549
PhD University of Kerala
M.Phil English University of Kerala, 2011
M.A English University of Kerala, 2008
Employment History
  • NSS College, Nilamel (Dec 2010-May 2015)
  • MMNSS College, (June2015- till present)
Topic Kerala Studies
Title: Life writing, Counter memory, Practices: Towards a Cultural History of Malabar(1900-1950)
Research Interests
  • Cultural studies, Women’s writing
  • Translation Studies, Memory Studies
Research Publications
  • : Reality Vs Virtual Reality in Manjula Padmanaphan’s Harvest, Journal:TELES 2012
  • The Praxis of Enculturation in Teaching, Learning Materials: A Critical Thinking, Published in UGC sponsored National seminar organized by NSS college Pandalam 2012
  • The Colonial Impacts on Visual Culture:An Aesthetic Reading on the Selected Paintings of Raja Ravi Varma Journal: TELES 2013
  • In the Snares of Chastity: Namboodiri Women of Early 20 th Century Keralam, Seminar Proceedings, International Seminar organized by Muslim College of Education 2014
  • Life Writings and Communities of memory : A Reading on the Selective narrative Self of Kuriyedathu Tatri JOURNAL: SAMYUKTHA page 86-97 2015
  • Discursive Constuctions on the Subjectivity: A Reading on the Selected life writings from Malabar Journal-NISMA Vol12ISSN-0973-3957 Page35-39 2014
  • A Post Colonial Reading of Namita Gokhale’s Things to leave Behind Journal-RATIONAL DISCOURSE VOL 23ISSN-0972-2955PAGE 64-73 2017
  • Archaeologies of the Future: M. G Vassangi’s Nostalgia as Speculative Fiction, Journal: Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research 2019
  • Between Exclusion and Inclusion: Representation of Disability in Fridaus Kanga’s Trying to Grow Journal: Misbah 2023
  • Spirituality and Quest for Self in Paulo Coelho’s The Alchemist and The Zahir, Journal: Literary Herald 2023
  • A Post Colonial Reading of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Half of a Yellow Sun, Journal: Integrated Journal for Research in Arts and Humanities 2023
Administrative responsibilities
  • Coordinator –Walk with a Scholar Program 2016
  • Convener- Literary Club
  • Member-IQAC
  • Coordinator – Magazine Committee
  • Head of the Department- English( 2023-24.2024-25)
  • • AISHE- Co-ordinator( 2020-21, 2021-22,2022-23)
  • IQAC- Member( 2015-16, 2016-17,2017-18, 2018-19,2019-20)
  • College Union Election- Returning Officer (2021-22, 2022-23)
  • • College Union Advisor ( 2021-22)
  • • ICC- Convenor( 2024-25)
  • Walk with a Scholar- Co-ordinator ( 2016-17, 2017-18, 2018-19)
  • • Co-ordinator- Film and Media Club, Theatre Club ( 2018-19, 2019-20, 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25)
  • • Staff Editor- College Union Magazine ( 2015-16, 2016-17,2017-18)
Minor Project undertaken

Topic: The Praxis of enculturation in teaching learning materials: A critical thinking..

Duration: 2 years

Name of the funding agency: UGC

Total grant: Rs. 40,000/-

Status: Compleated

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Communication strategies:

Jayakrishnan R (Assistant Professor)
Name Jayakrishnan R
Designation Assistant Professor
Qualification Summary MA, NET
Contact 9895837301
M.A Kerala University
Employment History
  • SVR NSS College Vazhoor (2012-2015)
  • NSS College Nilamel (2015-2018)
  • MMNSS College Kottiyam (2018-Present)
Research Summary
  • Literary Responses to the Anthropocene: Cli-fi and the Anxieties of Climate Change
Research Interests
  • Ecocriticism, Gender Studies, English Language Teaching
Research Publications
  • Globalization and the Literature of the Future published in Roots International Journal of Multidisciplinary Researches. Volume 2, Special Issue 3, March 2016. ISSN 2349-8684
  • Between Pedagogy and Praxis: Contextualizing the English Language Curriculum published in Roots International Journal of Multidisciplinary Researches. Volume 2, Special Issue 1, February 2016. ISSN 2349-8684.
  • Once in the Wilderness – An anthology of Poems (2009) ISBN: 978-0-9825876-2-1 Publisher: Tangled Web Press, Kansas, USA
  • Blossoms of India – Poetry by the Women of India (2011) (Editor) ISBN: 978-0-9825876-4-5 Publisher: Tangled Web Press, Kansas, USA
  • The Talisman of Disorders: The Collected Poems of Jayakrishnan R. (2023) ISBN: 979-8852504074 Publisher: Tangled Web Press, Kansas, USA
  • Ecosemiotics and the Poetics of Climate Change, published in Journal of Interdisciplinary Cycle Research. Volume XI, Issue XII, December 2019. ISSN 0022- 1945.
  •  Between Conformity and Transgression: A Cyberfeminist Critique published in IJELLH (International Journal of English Language, Literature in Humanities) Volume 7, Issue 5, May 2019. ISSN 2321-7065.
Administrative responsibilities
  • Coordinator, RUSA
  • Member, IQAC
Prof. (Dr.) Kishore Ram (Professor)
Name Prof. (Dr.) Kishore Ram
Designation Professor
Qualification Summary M.A., B.Ed, Ph.D, Post Doc (UGC)
Contact 9446652727
PhD University of Kerala
Employment History
  • Professor: 2020-Till Date
  • Associate Professor: 2017-2020
  • Assistant Professor: 2004-2017
  • Assistant Professor, Faculty of Arts, Al Fateh University, Tripoli (2009-2010)
Research Summary
  • Research Guide at University of Kerala- 2010 onwards ( 4 Phd produced)
  • Research Guide at Bharathiyar University, Coimbatore ( 1 PhD Produced)
Topic Postmodern Fiction
Title: Subversion as Narrative Mode in the Major Novels of Joseph Heller
Research Publications
  • Fiction: Novel: The Dead Know Nothing (Contract signed with Penguin, Scheduled for Publication in 2025)
  • Fiction: Short Stories: "Quantum Theory" in Journal of Literature and Aesthetics (2015)
  • "Changed Times Changing Voices: Contemporary Malayalam Poetry"- Malayalam Literary Survey (2009)
  • "O.V. Vijayan's Thalamurakal: Social Discrimination and the quest for Identity"- Malayalam Literary Survey (2010)
  • "Trascending the Margins: Malayalam Dalit Poetry as Resistance Narratives"- Journal of Literature and Aesthetics (2011)
  • "Redefining Binaries: A Study of the Films of Kim Ki Duk"- English Activities Update (2014)
  • "Gender Equations, Sexual Politics and Performativity in the films of Pedro Almodovar"- Journal of Literature and Aesthetics (2016)
  • "Entropic Fiction and its Narrative Strategy: A perspective on the Ministry of Utmost Happiness" - Journal of Literature and Aesthetics (2017)
  • "Body as Revolt: The Myth of Nangeli, the Women who Covered her Breast"- Shanlax International Journal of English (2021)
  • “Tales of the Rails: An Analysis of Samparka Kranti” - Malayalam Literary Survey (2022)
  • 9. “Contesting for a Queer Space: Homosexual Frames in Andrew Haigh’s The Weekend” - Chalachitra Sameeksha (2023)
  • “Queering the Silver Screen: Lesbian Love in Todd Haynes’ Carol” - Journal of Literature and Aesthetics (2022)
  • “Cinema as a Subversive Weapon: Catalyst for Social Change and Political Transformation” - Chalachitra Sameeksha (2023)
  • “Digitizing Malayalam Literary Heritage: Preservation, Accessibility, and Cultural Enrichment” - Malayalam Literary Survey (2024)
  • • Major Books: Postmodernism in English Literature (Sonali Publishers, New Delhi, 2011. ISBN: 81-7551-105-2)
  • • University Text Books: A Bouquet of Short Stories (University of Kerala for B.A. B.Sc)
  • • University Text Books: Ecoscapes (University of Kerala for B.A., B.Com., B.Sc)
Administrative responsibilities
  • Member, Faculty of Arts, University of Kerala - since 2023
  • IQAC Coordinator, MM NSS College Kottiyam (2021-2022)
  • Head, Department of English, MM NSS College, Kottiyam (2020-23)
  • Chairman, Board of Question Paper Setters, Kannur University (2020)
  • Chairman, IV Sem CBCSS Valuation, University of Kerala (2021 & 2024)
  • Chairman, VI Sem CBCSS Valuation, University of Kerala (2023 & 2024)
Academic Positions
  • External Examiner (PhD Open Viva)- Bharathiyar University
  • External Examiner (PhD)- Madurai Kamaraj & M.S. University
  • External Examiner (PhD and MPhil)- Calicut University
  • Question Setter PhD Course Work: University of Calicut and Kerala
  • Subject Expert for FIP interviews at University of Kerala (2012 & 2014)
  • Subject Expert for interviews at colleges under MG University
Awards & Honors
  • UGC Research Award (2015)
  • Research Grant from American Studies Reserach Centre, Hyderabad (OUCIP)
Minor Project undertaken

Topic: World Cinema Today.

Duration: 2010-2011

Name of the funding agency: UGC

Total grant: 150000

Status: Compleated

Documents List

CV 2024:

Arya Lekshmi.L (Guest Faculty)
Name Arya Lekshmi.L
Designation Guest Faculty
Qualification Summary MA, MPhil
Contact 8078440904
M.Phil Kallady University
M.A Kerala University
Topic Translation Studies and Post modernism
Title: Translating Ambikasuthan Mangad's Randu Malsyagal: A Postmodern Reading
Research Publications
  • ● Artificial intelligence: The New Face of Artistic Expression published in the peer reviewed journal IJRAR
  • ● Delineation Postmodernist Perspective in Ambikasuthan Mangad’s Randu Malsyagal published in the journal IJRAR
  • ● Cyber Feminism: Embracing Technological Empowerment for Gender Equality published in the journal IJRAR
Dr. Rehna Mol.S (Guest Faculty)
Name Dr. Rehna Mol.S
Designation Guest Faculty
Qualification Summary M.A., Ph.D.
Contact 9747494811
PhD Kerala University
M.A Kerala University
Employment History
  • 2022- 2023 Fatima Mata National College, kollam
  • 2023-2024 Sreenarayana Guru Open University , Kureepuzha
  • 2024- present MMNSS college, kottiyam
Topic Medical Humanities
Title: Redefining Selves: Women’s Breast Cancer Narratives
Research Interests
  • Onconarratives and oncofilimography
  • Representation of self in pathographies
Research Publications
  • No more Breasts: Reading Feminism in Breast Cancer poetry . Roots international journal
  • Defying silence: A study on selected verbal and visual Breast Cancer Narratives – Horizon of Hope
  • Reading self in illness narratives: Littcrit
  • Measured Body Norms and Ideals: The Anthropometry of Barbie. Singularities