Faculty

Title

Ms

Mercy Jill Jill

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Designation

Assistant Professor(Ad-hoc)

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Email

jilljill.mercy@gmail.com

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Educational Qualifications : MA, NET-Eng.Lit., MPhil in English, PhD

Degree

Institution

Year

PhD

University of Delhi

Pursuing

MPhil

University of Delhi

2018

MA

2015

BA

2013

Teaching at DU since 6 years.

Lakshmibai College: 3 years.

Administrative Assignments:

* Part of English Hons admissions 2021-2022.

*Part of Department GE orientation (22 Nov 2021)

 *Worked for setting up Department Library, LBC

*Co-organized literary society debate competition.

*Worked as a member of Eco Club LBC.

*Attended syllabus committee meetings as one of the representatives (from Dept. of English, LBC) at Department of English, Faculty of Arts

*Paper evaluator at GRS, Zakir Hussain Delhi College and OBE portal.

*Assisted in setting university question papers. DU.

*Volunteered in Gandhi Jayanti celebration. LBC.

*Volunteered for National Seminars in the college. LBC.

*Part of report preparation committee of National Seminar. LBC.

*Worked to organize subject-wise sections at the beginning of the semesters. LBC.

*Part of laptop distribution scheme. LBC.

*Part of Red Dot Project, LBC.

*Evaluation of OBE 2020.

* Assisted in NAAC works (Departmental and Research Facilitation centre)

Areas of Interest :  

Research Guidance:

Not Applicable

Publications Profile

v Advertisement in Tele-media—as façade of Indian Nationalistic Thought”.          IJISH:  ISSN-2349-1876, April 2018. Page 45.

v  “Untangling her silences: women in select Hindi Films of Twenty First Century”, Speaking Silence History, Politics, Psychology. Ed. Pratyush Vatsala and Sucheta Chaturvedi.  New Delhi: Gyan Publishing House. 2019. Page 55.

·             v    “Malayalam aur Hindi Bhasha ka udhbhav evam vikas” co-authored the paper. Samagam: Peer Reviewed                         Referred Journal ISSN; 2231-0479. May 2021. Page 32.

v            v     " Female Representational Politics: K R Meera's female protagonists" Academic Jagat Peer                                     Reviewed Research Journal , ISSN 25824775. July 2022. Page 50.   

              v     "A study of the novel Goat Days in the light of reading Benjamin's "Task of the translator" "Academic                                 Jagat Peer Reviewed Research Journal , ISSN 25824775. September 2022. Page 128.            

v “Messengers of Eloquence in Romantic Verse narratives: A Study of the Character ‘Suchimuki’ in ‘A Demons Daughter, a Love Story from South India’ by Pingali Suranna” in Telgu Writings in English: New Perspectives. AG publications, Delhi. ISBN: 978-93-5382-752-6. Page 110.

       v Over the Glass Ceiling: A Study of Women in Select Twenty-First Century Hindi Cinema”, International                               Conference on the 21^st Century Indian Woman: Representations and Expressions 12-13 March 2019., PGDAV                      College,  DU, Page 162.

             Conference Organization/ Presentations (in the last three years):

v Victimization to Empowerment: Journeys of Women in Select Indian Films”. National Seminar, JMC, DU, October    2018.

v “Why Nostalgia?  Understanding the Undercurrents of Nostalgia Through Select    Narratives”, National Seminar, Aryabhatta College, DU, 2019.

v “Proliferation of Gandhian Impressions in The Select Novels of R K Narayan And Raja Rao”, National Seminar, MIL & LS, DU, 2019.

v “The Rootless Cosmopolitan’s Site in Kerala: A Study of Two Novels of A. Sethumadhavan, Aliyah, the last Jew and The Saga of Muziris”, National Seminar, National Law University, Delhi, 2019.

v “Nostalgia of the Displaced: A Study of Kiran Desai’s The Inheritance of Loss and Bye Bye Blackbird”, National Seminar, Dept. of MIL & LS, DU, February 2020

v “Theyyams as a folk-art form of liberation: A Study of various Theyyams of North Kerala”, National Conference, Dept. of English, DU, February 2020.

v “Morality as an underlying concept in Thirukkural”, International Conference, IAS Chennai, Delhi 2019.

v Untangling ‘Her’ Silences: Women in Select Hindi Films of Twenty First Century, National Seminar, Lakshmibai College, Delhi 2019.

*Participant of South Asia Young Women Leadership Conclave, Delhi 2017.

WORKSHOPS:

National Faculty Development Programme on “Emerging Trends of Pedagogy in Language, Literature and Social Sciences”, MHRD and University of Delhi, July 13-19, 2020.

Inter-Disciplinary Faculty Development Programme on “Sahitya, Media, Manovigyan aur Vanijya ke Vividh Aayam”, MHRD and University of Delhi, May 29-June 03, 2020.

Research Projects (Major Grants/Research Collaboration):

Awards and Distinctions:

·       Indira Gandhi Single Girl Child Merit Scholarship, 2008.

·       Medals in District and Regional Sports Meets.

·      University Third Rank for Masters in English.

·      NCC C certificate holder.  

.      Achievements in Arts, Sports, Fashion and Music.                                     

 Professional Bodies:

*Lifetime Member of Early Childhood Association.

*Member of British Council, India.

Other Activities: 

Contributed as Convenor of Music and Dance Society, as a member of the Placement  Cell and Prize Committee of  Lakshmibai College.