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Prof. Smriti Singh |
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Ph.D 2007, Patna University |
Ph: +91-0612-302 8020 |
Fax: +91-612-227 7383 |
smriti[*AT]iitp.ac.in |
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Research Areas |
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Language Teaching, Postcolonialism, Indian writing in English, Diasporic Writings |
Other Interests |
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Drama, Multilingual education |
Courses taught at IITP |
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- HS001/ 002: Preparatory English
- HS101: Language Through Literature
- HS102: Communication Skills
- HS103: Communicative English for Engineers
- HS211: Literature: Culture and Voices
- HS311: Diasporic Literature
- HS312: Soft Skills
- HS513/514: Technical Communication
- HS711: Representation of Gender through Literature
- HS712: Essential English
- HS713: Literary Representation of the Postcolonial Nation
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PhD Students |
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Name | Area | Phd Status | Employment |
Lata Atreya (Co-Supervisor: Dr. Rajesh Kumar, IITM) |
Linguistics |
Degree Awarded in 2016 |
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Shaivya Singh (Co-Supervisor: Dr. Rajesh Kumar, IITM) |
Sociolinguistics |
Degree Awarded in 2016 |
AP on Contract – Gautam Buddha University, Greater Noida |
Sadeqa Ghazal |
English Language Teaching |
Degree Awarded in 2019 |
Assistant Professor, J.J. College, Gaya (Magadh University) |
Ramjit Kumar |
Science Education |
Degree Awarded in 2021 |
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Sujay Kumar Saha* |
English Language Teaching |
Degree awarded in 2022 |
District Institute of Education and Training (DIET), Murshidabad |
Samrat Bisai* |
Multilingual Education |
Degree awarded in 2023 |
Assistant Professor, Ramakrishna Mission Brahmananda College of Education |
Kriti Gupta* (co-supervisor: Dr. jyotsna Agrawal, NIMHANS) |
Psychology |
Degree Awarded in 2021 |
Assistant Professor, Jindal School of Psychology and Counselling, OP Jindal University |
Sanatan Mandal |
Oral Literature |
Thesis submitted |
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Shubham Ghosh |
Postcolonial Literature |
SRF |
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Nidhi Jha |
Postcolonial Literature |
SRF |
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Moumita Bala |
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SRF |
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Manu Mohan |
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Registration seminar done |
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Bipasha Manda |
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Comprehensive examination done |
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Sohini Naiyo |
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Comprehensive examination over |
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Labani Biswas |
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course work completed |
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Sujata Patel |
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course work completed |
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Andri Maulana |
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course work completed |
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Adi Nugroho |
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course work completed |
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*Employed and Part-time Students
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Professional Experience |
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- Ranchi College, March 2008-November 2008
- Insyte Infolabs, Bangalore, December 2007-March 2008
- Chanakya National Law University, Patna, August 2006-December 2007
- Patna Women’s College, July 2001- July 2005
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Awards & Honours |
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Fulbright FLTA to University of Texas at Austin (2005-06) |
Member of Professional bodies |
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Forum on Contemporary Theory, Postcolonial Studies Association Melus-Melow, ELT@I |
Text and Reference books authored |
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- Smriti Singh, Feminism and Postcolonialism in Krupabai Satthianadhan, New Delhi: 2010
- Smriti Singh and Achal Sinha (ed.), Diasporic Consciousness: Literatures from the Postcolonial World, Germany:2010
- Smriti Singh and Sweta Sinha (ed.), Conscious Re-imaginings of Shakespeare’s Plays, Bahri Publications, 2017
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Publications |
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- Bala. Moumita and Singh, Smriti. (De) Constructing Man-Animal Binary in Santal Folktales. IUP Journal of English Studies 18 (2), 82-96
- Bala, Moumita and Singh, Smriti. Highlighting elephant’s perspective through umwelt exploration: textual analysis of the novella River Storm. The Senses and Society, Vol. 18: 2023. Pp 1-11
- Ghosh, Subham and Singh, Smriti. Towards a cosmopolitan worldview: investigating the process of de-bordering through Sarah Ladipo Manyika’s In Dependence. African Identities, 2023
- Jha, Nidhi and Singh, Smriti. From India to Marich Des: Religion and Identity in Kala Pani Narratives. IUP- Journal of English Studies. Vol. 14 no. 4. 2022. Pp 51-63
- Bala, Moumita and Singh, Smriti. Duality of Abuse and Care: Empathy in Sara Gruen's Water for Elephants. Rel.: Beyond Anthropocentrism vol. 10 no. 2. 2022. Pp39-54
- Bisai, Samrat and Singh, Smriti. Language Visibility in Multilingual Schools: An Empirical Study of Schoolscapes from India. Linguistics and Education. 2022: 69
- Mandal, Sanatan and Smriti Singh. Asserting Naga cultural identity and challenging colonialism in Easterine Kire’s Sky is My Father: A Naga Village Remembered, Alternative: An International Journal of Indigenous People. 2022
- Mandal, Sanatan and Singh, Smriti. Reconstructing the Past through Personal Hi(story): War, Memory, and Naga Identity in Easterine Kire’s Mari. Dialog. 2022:37
- Jha, Nidhi and Singh, Smriti. Barren Binaries: Immobility in Migration from Bihar in Hager Ben Driss (ed.) Mobilizing Narratives: Narrating Injustices of (Im) Mobility. Cambridge Scholar Publishing. 2021
- Mandal, Sanatan and Singh, Smriti. Stor (y) ing the Reality:(Con) Textualization of Myth in Easterine Kire's Son of the Thundercloud. IUP Journal of English Studies. 2020:15
- Bisai, Samrat and Singh, Smriti. Towards a Holistic and Inclusive Linguistic Pedagogy for Students from Diverse Linguistic Backgrounds. TEFLIN. 2020: 21
- Singh, Smriti. Building Employability Skills in English as a Second Language (ESL) Classroom in India. The English Teacher Journal, Malaysia. 2019, Vol. 48, Issue 2, pp. 70-81
- Bisai, Samrat and Singh, Smriti. Bridging the Divide: Collaborative Learning and Translanguaging in Multilingual Classrooms. Fortell- A Journal of Teaching English Language and Literature. 2019, Vol. 39, pp.46-57.
- Bisai, Samrat & Singh, Smriti. Social Mobility and Crime in Aravind Adiga’s ‘The White Tiger’.Language in India. 2019, Vol. 19, no. 2, pp. 456-464
- Mandal, Sanatan & Singh, Smriti. Culture, Oral Narratives and “Monomyth”: Projection of the Archetypal Hero in Easterine Kire’s When the River Sleeps. International Journal of English Language, Literature in Humanities. 2019, Vol. 7. Issue. 2, pp. 1374-1389
- Kumar, Ramjit and Singh, Smriti. Aspects of science education in India: a synoptic review and possible directions for the future. Current Science. 2018, Vol. 114, No. 9, pp. 1825-1828
- Samrat Bisai and Smriti Singh, Schoolscape in Minority School: An Empirical Study in Jhargram and Paschim Medinipur District, India, Proceedings of the International Conference on Education, Teaching & Learning, France, July 2018
- Samrat Bisai and Smriti Singh, Rethinking Assessment: A Multilingual Perspective, Language in India. Vol 18, 2018
- Samrat Bisai and Smriti Singh, The Representation of Culture, Identity and Politics in 'The Mimic Men', World Journal of Gender and Literature, Vol.4 No. 2, 2017
- Sadeqa Ghazal and Smriti Singh, Twofold transformation: Promoting learner autonomy and teaching speaking skills to ESL learners, In book: Developing Insights into Teacher-Research, Chapter: 9, Publisher: IATEFL, Editors: Anne Burns, Richard Smith, Mark Wyatt, Kenan Dikilitas, pp.115-134, 2017
- Ramjit Kumar and Smriti Singh, Looking Beyond The Science Capital: Conceptualisation Of ‘Science Field’ In The Context Of The Indian Society, 3rd International Conference on Theory and Practice - ICTP 2017, August 2017, PP 70-83
- Ramjit Kumar and Smriti Singh, The State of Science Education in Post-Independent India: A Synoptic Review and Future Direction, IOSR Journal Of Humanities And Social Science (IOSR-JHSS), Vol. 22, Issue. 3, March 2017, PP 55-58
- Sanjib Biswas and Smriti Singh, Portrayal of Poverty and Corruption Ridden Postcolonial India in Adiga’s ‘The White Tiger’, Language in India, Vol. 17, 2017
- Samrat Bisai And Smriti Singh, Translanguaging As A Strategy To Promote Collaborative Learning In Multilingual Classroom, International Journal Of English Learning And Teaching Skills, Vo. 1 No. 1 ·
- Ghazal & Singh (2016). Game-Based Language Learning: Activities for ESL Classes with Limited Access to Technology. ELT Voices, 6 (4), 1-8 ·
- Sujay saha and Smriti Singh, Game based Language Learning in ESL classroom - A theoretical Perspective, ELT Vibes, Vol. 2 Issue 3, July 2016
- Sujay Kumar Saha and Smriti Singh, Collborative Learning through Language Games in ESL Classroom, Langauge in India, Vo. 17, 2016·
- Smriti Singh, Self-Assessment of Oral Proficiency among ESL Learners, ELT Voices, Vo. 5 No.1, Pp. 1-7, 2015·
- Smriti Singh, Using Technology for Measuring Proficiency in Oral Skills, JELTAL, Vol.3 No.1, Pp.29-36, 2015 ·
- Smriti Singh, Narrating a Subaltern Consciousness: Bama’s Sangati, International Journal of English and Literature, Vol.5 No. 5, Pp. 113-118, July 2014 ·
- Lata Atreya, Smriti Singh and Rajesh Kumar, Magahi and Magadh: Language and People, Global Journal of Interdisciplinary Social Sciences, Vol 3 No. 2 (April 2014), PP. 52-59·
- Lata Atreya, Smriti Singh, Rajesh Kumar, Passives in Magahi, IOSR Journals, Vol. 19, Issue 4, Pp. 47-53, April 2014(International Journal)·
- Shaivya Singh, Smriti Singh, Rajesh Kumar, English in India: A Socio-Psychological Paradox, IOSR Journals, Vol. 19, Issue 7, Pp. 127-130 July 2014 (international journal)·
- Lata Atreya, Smriti Singh, Rajesh Kumar, Relative Clauses in Magahi-A Descriptive Story, IOSR Journals, Vol. 19, Issue 10. Pp. 43-51, Oct. 2014(international journal)
- Smriti Singh, Women in Selected Dalit Narratives in India, Feminist Studies in English Literature, Vol. 21 No.1, Korea : 2013·
- Das, A.C & Singh, Smriti. Identity in a ‘liminal’ space in M. G. Vassanji’s No New Land. Global Journal of English Language and Literature, April 2013. Volume 1.Issue 2. ISSN 2320-4397·
- Das, A. C & Singh, Smriti. Marginalization and Exclusion in M.G. Vassanji’s The Assassin’s Song. The Criterion: An International Journal in English, June 2013.Vol. IV. Issue III. ISSN 0976-8165·
- Das, A. C & Singh, Smriti. Experiencing Trishanku State: Liminality in Colonial America in M.G Vassanji’s Amriika. Galaxy: International Multidisciplinary Research Journal, July 2013. Vol. II Issue IV. ISSN 2278-9529·
- Das, A. C & Singh, Smriti. Discrimination and Difference, Racial and Colonial: An Overview of M.G Vassanji’s The Gunny Sack and No New Land. The Criterion: An International Journal in English,October 2013. Vol. IV. Issue. VISSN 0976-8165
- Smriti Singh, Textualizing Postcolonial India: Gita Hariharan’s 'In Times of Siege' and Kiran Desai’s 'The Inheritance of Loss', The Criterion, Vol.III Issue II, June 2012
- Smriti Singh. Creating a Hyperreal World: Ghosh and Adiga in Abha shukla Kaushik (ed.) Postmodern Indian English Fiction. Jaipur: Aadi Publications. 2012 (Book Chapter)
- Smriti Singh, The Nexus between Language and Power in'The Mimic Men', Appropriations, Vol. VII, December 2011, pp. 185-198
- Smriti Singh and Pooja. Globalization and Rootlessnessin The Inheritance of Loss in Indu Swami (ed.) Contemporary Indian Women Novelists in English. New Delhi: Sarup Books Publishers Pvt. Ltd. 2011 (Book Chapter)
- Smriti Singh and Pooja. Money, Nature and Patriarchy in Hardy's Tess of the D'Urbervilles, Contemporary Discourse . Vol. 1. June 2010
- Smriti Singh. Chronicle of the Dispossessed - The Inheritance of Loss in Sunita Sinha (ed.) Indian Booker Prize Winners: A Critical Study of Their Works. Atlantic Publishers and Distributors. New Delhi: 2010 (Book chapter)
- Smriti Singh. Tarabai Shinde- A 19th Century Feminist. Novel and Society. (ed.) Dr. Ashok Kumar Singh, Navin Kumar Singh, AMS publications, Patna.2010 (Book Chapter)
- Smriti Singh, Breaking Barriers:Amitav Ghosh's Sea of Poppies, Research-A Journal of English Studies, Autumn 2009, Vol. 9 No. 2 Pp 23-31
- Smriti Singh, Identity, Recognition and Political Assertion in `Joothan`, Research - A Journal of English Studies, Vol. 9 No. 1 Spring 2009
- Smriti Singh, Female Migrants in Divakaruni`s Arranged Marriage, Re-markings Vol. 8 No. 1, March 2009
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- Naiya, Sohini and Smriti Singh ( 2023, November 24th-25th). From Antagonism to Alliance- the World of Ecology via the Graphic Novel Aranyaka: Book of the Forest. International Conference on Reimagining Planetary: Planetarity and the Earth Family. Department of English, BHU.
- Biswas, Labani and Smriti Singh (2023, November 24th-25th). Unearthing the Earth: The Gastronomic Landscape of India’s Seven Sisters. International Conference on Reimagining Planetary: Planetarity and the Earth Family. Department of English, BHU.
- Patel, Sujata & Smriti Singh (2023, November 18th-19th). Beyond the Surface: A Critical Examination of Bullying in Selected Children’s Narrative. Two-day National Conference on Disability Studies: Theory and Practice, NIT Meghalaya, India. (online).
- Patel, Sujata & Smriti Singh (2023, November 4th-5th). From Margins to Mainstreams: A Critical Examination of ‘Normalcy’ in Children’s Fiction in India. International Conference on Children’s Literature: Classics To Contemporary, Aligarh Muslim University, India. (online).
- Mandal, Bipasha & Smriti Singh (2023, November 1st-3rd). Scientific Progress and the Environmental Crisis: Exploring the ‘Matters of Concern’ in Liu Cixin's The Three-Body Problem. International Conference on Interweaving Anthropology, Science, and Narrative: Postanthropocentric Mappings in the Era of Climate Crises, IIT Kharagpur, India. (Online).
- Maulana, Andri & Smriti Singh (2023, October 20th – 21st ). Intercultural Sensitivity of English as a Foreign Language Students in Indonesia. The 2023 Sunshine State Annual Virtual Conference on Strengthening Communities of Practice, Sunshine State TESOL of Florida, USA. (online).
- Mandal, Bipasha & Smriti Singh (2023, October 12th-14th). Defending Adam Soto's Genre-Bending Debut This Weightless World. Annual Northeast Popular and American Culture Association Conference, Massachusetts, US. (Online).
- Maulana, Andri & Smriti Singh (2023, October 11th _14th ). English Online Source Learning and Indonesian EFL Students' Attitude to Intercultural Communication: A Correlation Analysis. The 17th International and 53rd Annual Conference of ELTAI on English for Global Citizenship: Multiple Teaching Acts and Learning Experiences, Uttaranchal University, Dehradun, India.
- Nugroho, Adi & Smriti Singh (2023, October 11th – 14th ). The iImpact of using Quizizz on EFL students’ motivation: An Indonesian Context. The 17th International and 53rd Annual Conference of ELTAI on English for Global Citizenship: Multiple Teaching Acts and Learning Experiences, Uttaranchal University, Dehradun, India.
- Bala, Moumita & Smriti Singh (2023, September 29th -30th). Looking Back: Late 18th century England and Commodification of Exotic Animals in Christopher Nicholson’s Novel The Elephant Keeper. International Conference on Sustainable Environments and Interspecies Ecologies: Literature, Creativity, Theory and Praxis, Post Graduate Department of English, Berhampur University, Odisha, India.
- Mohan, Manu & Smriti Singh (2023, August 18th-19th). Mediating Cultural Identity and Ritualistic Practices: The Efficacy of Moodhevi Theyyam in Revisiting Myth within Contemporary Studies. Two-day ICSSR-sponsored conference on Revamping Indian Tradition and Culture through NEP 2020: Multilingual, Multicultural & Multidisciplinary Mode of Education, IIT Roorkee, India.
- Jha, Nidhi & Smriti Singh (2023, August 18th-19th). In Tribulations and Trials: Songs and Ships of the Indentured. Two-day ICSSR-sponsored conference on Revamping Indian Tradition and Culture through NEP 2020: Multilingual, Multicultural & Multidisciplinary Mode of Education, IIT Roorkee, India.
- Mandal, Bipasha & Smriti Singh (2023, April 26th-27th). Surveillance Capitalism: An Inquiry into Indian SF. International Conference on South Asian Literature and Culture: Interdisciplinary Perspectives, Department of English, Gour Banga University, India.
- Naiya, Sohini and Smriti Singh ( 2023, April 18th-19th). Ecological Awareness through the Retelling of Indian Mythology in the graphic novel, Aranyaka: Book of the Forest , by Amruta Patil and Devdutt Pattanaik. National Conference on Trees and Literature: Varied Paradigms. Delhi University ( Online).
- Biswas, Labani and Smriti Singh (2023 April 18th-19th). Seasoning the Curries: The Tale of Herbs and Seeds. National Conference on Trees and Literature: Varied Paradigms. Delhi University. (online).
- Maulana, Andri & Smriti Singh (2023, March 5th - 6th ). Cultural Linguistics and Intercultural Communicative Competence in EFL Classroom: Indonesia Context. International Conference on Culture, Cognition, and Globalization: The Viability of Language 2023.Centre for Endangered Language Studies & Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Patna in Collaboration with Central Institute of Indian Languages, Mysore (CIIL), Patna, India.
- Nugroho, Adi & Smriti Singh (2023, March 5th - 6th ). An analysis of Translanguaging and Multimodality for Negotiation of Meaning in Indonesian EFL Classroom. International Conference on Culture, Cognition, and Globalization: The Viability of Language 2023.Centre for Endangered Language Studies & Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Patna in Collaboration with Central Institute of Indian Languages, Mysore (CIIL), Patna, India.
- Naiya Sohini and Smriti Singh (2023, February 23rd). Relocating Aranya in Aranyaka: Book of the Forest through the eyes of the Vedic Figures. International Conference on Re- Emerging Trends in Literature, Language and Culture. Madurai Kamaraj University, Tamil Nadu. ( Online)
- Patel, Sujata & Smriti Singh (2023, February 8th- 10th). Mental Disability and Indian Films: A Paradigm Shift in the Representation of the Mentally Disabled Characters. International Conference on Disability and the Everyday: Interdisciplinary Perspectives, CURaj- IDSC International Conference, Rajasthan, India.
- Mohan, Manu & Smriti Singh (2022, August 18th- 19th). Cultual and Political Legacy of the Rhetoric of Kathaprasangam, A Creative Performing Art of Kerala. International Virtual Conference on Humanities through Literature, Film and Media 2.0, VIT, Chennai, India.
- Bala, Moumita & Smriti Singh (2022, July 27th – 28th). Highlighting Elephant’s Perspective through Umwelt exploration: Textual Analysis of the Novella River Storm. Virtual International Conference on Environmental Imagination and Greening of Literary Studies, Bishop Heber College, Trichy, Tamil Nadu, India.
- Bala, Moumita & Smriti Singh (2022, May 16th- May 18th). Traversing the Animal World through Actively Engaging Human-Animal Encounters in Fictional Writings. The Second International Environmental Humanities Conference: Critical Animal and Plant Studies, Cappadocia University, Turkey (Virtual).
- Jha, Nidhi & Smriti Singh (2022, April 27th- 29th). The Politics of Displacement and Shipboard Fatality: Analyzing the Indentured Laborers. International Conference on The Saga of Girmitiya Migration: Re-engaging the Homeland, Culture, History, and Memory, Manipal University, Jaipur, India. (Online)
- Mandal Sanatan & Smriti Singh (2022, February 18th- 20th). Excavating Truth through Historical Fiction: A Critical Study of Easterine Kire’s A Respectable Woman. Historical Fiction Research Network Online Conference, London.
- Bala, Moumita & Smriti Singh (2022, January 27th- 29th). Illuminating the Underlying Constituents of the Universe’s Creation: A Closer Inspection of Cosmogonic Myths of the Tribal Communities. National Conference on Folk Literature in Indian Languages: Today and Tomorrow, RIE, NCERT, Bhopal, India (Online).
- Mandal, Sanatan and Smriti Singh (2021, December 19th). Asserting Naga Cultural Identity and Challenging Colonialism in Easterine Kire's Sky is My Father: A Naga Village Remembered. International Conference on Economics, Business, Tourism and Social Sciences, Bangkok, Thailand (online).
- Ghosh, Subham and Smriti Singh (2021, November 11th – 14th). Problematising Heteronormativity in Shyam Selvadurai’s Swimming in the Monsoon Sea and The Hungry Ghosts. 118th annual Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association (PAMLA) Conference.
- Jha, Nidhi and Smriti Singh (2021, November 26th -27th). Memory and Folktales of the Indian Indentured Laborers. Second South Asia Research Center International Conference on Memory and Past in South Asia [Online].
- Sadeqa Ghazal and Smriti Singh. The Unplugged Class and Speaking Skills : Benefits of Autonomy. IAFOR Dubai, Feb 16-18, 2018
- Sadeqa Ghazal and Smriti Singh. Using Learner Autonomy to Develop Speaking Proficiency: An Action Research Approach, Osmania University: 2017
- Smriti Singh. Learning Academic Vocabulary: Need for Conscious Effort. International Conference on Language, literature and Community. Bhubhaneshwar. Feb. 21-22, 2015
- Smriti Singh. Technology and the language classroom. GloCALL. Ahmedabad. Oct. 9-11, 2014
- Smriti Singh. Employability Skills and the English language Classroom. Eltai Jaipur, Jaipur 18-20 August 2014
- Smriti Singh. Self-Assessment of Oral Proficiency in English. 2nd International ELT Confernece on Role of ELT in Education for Sustainable Development. May 24-25 2014
- Smriti Singh. Technology in Learning and Teaching. National Seminar on Impact of Technology on Society: Issues and Challenges. St. Xavier’s College, Patna 12-13April 2014
- Smriti Singh. Draupadi speaks- Divakaruni’s ‘Palace of Illusions’. International Conference on Patterns of Story Telling: Traditions, Innovations, Visions and Revisions, Panjab University from February 8 to 10, 2013
- Smriti Singh. Identity and Ethnicity in Kiran Desai’s ‘Inheritance of Loss’. ISEIL (11thto 14thOctober/2012), Sibsagar College, Joysagar, Assam
- Smriti Singh. Materials for Teaching English at the Secondary Level. UGC sponsored National Seminar on “State Quality Mission in Bihar: Challenges and Implications for ELT in the context of RTE” to be held on 22 & 23 September,2012 at R. N College, Hajipur (Bihar)
- Smriti Singh. Narrating a Subaltern Consciousness: Bama’s Sangati. Writing from the Margins. Gautam Buddha University. 23-24 march 2012
- Smriti Singh. Role of English Language in Personality Development. National Conference on Presentation and Interpersonal Skills for Effective Communication: Old Traditions and New Challenges, Kanpur, July 17, 2010
- Smriti Singh. Purdah and Castration: An Examination of Indian Writings. Veilled Constellations. Canada. June 2010
- Smriti Singh. Charting New Borders - Postcolonial India in Fiction. BRITISH COMMONWEALTH AND POSTCOLONIAL STUDIES CONFERENCE, SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, FEBRUARY 26-27, 2010
- Smriti Singh. The Gendered Terrain: Dalit Writings. XII International Conference on “The Political Economy of Social Division: Race, Gender, Class, and Caste as Fetishized/Fetishizing Borders” in Trivandrum in December, 2009
- Smriti Singh. From Text to Visuals: Place for Films in Language and Literature Classroom. National Seminar on Language and Literature in Global Context: Perspective and Challenges. SMVDU. March 2009
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