The articles and books written by the teachers of the department are consulted by research scholars and cited by critics in their works. Thus they are useful for knowledge dissemination/development in teaching. Innovative teaching methods are experimented at Centre for English Language Training. Textbooks and study material are developed by the faculty for the undergraduate and postgraduate courses.

NET and SLET

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The following candidates of the department qualified in NET, SLET, JRF and RGNF:  M. Rajeshwar, K. Purushotham, V. Rajashekhar, Ch. Indira Rani, P. Murali, M. Koteshwar Rao, B. Srinivas Nayak, T. Kalpana, R. Veni, J. Ram Singh

 

English Studies through Distance Mode

The School of Distance Learning and Continuing Education (SDLCE) has been offering M.A and M. Phil programmes in English for the last fifteen years. The School has begun a short term Certificate Course in Communication Skills to meet the needs of the student community.

 

Research Projects

The faculty received and completed several minor and major research projects sanctioned by the UGC, Department of Culture and Ministry of Human Resource Development, Govt. of India. (List Enclosed)

 

Services Abroad

The students of this Department have joined the institutions in India and abroad and served the National institutions like University of Asmara, Eritria, Atlantic Community College, New Jersy, USA, Central Institute of English and Foreign Languages.  Prof K. Indrasena Reddy taught at the University of Asmara, Eritrea, for four years, 1998-2002. Prof. V. Gopal Reddy, former Vice-Chancellor of Kakatiya University, was an adjunct faculty member at the Atlantic Community College, New Jersey during 1992-94. Dr. M. Rajeshwar offered a short course on Postcolonial Indian Literatures at the University of Turin, Italy, in May-June, 2001. Dr M. Prabhakar visited Canada on a Fellowship in 2010.

 

Visits Abroad

Several teachers went abroad in connection with their doctoral and post-doctoral research and extension lectures. Prof. S. Laxmana Murthy was at Duke University, North Carolina and Universities of Missouri, Rola and St. Louis City for about six weeks in 1984 on USEFI Mutual Education Exchange (Fulbright) Programme to study the course content, research programmes and evaluation mechanics related to American Literature. He also delivered lectures at these universities. Prof P. Shiv Kumar spent a year at the Hebrew Union College, Cincinnati, Ohio University, USA, Scheur Fellowship during 1976-77 for doctoral research. Prof. D. Ramakrishna was at the University of Texas, Austin, and the City University, New York for three months in 1992 on Senior US Government Fulbright Post-doctoral Research Fellowship. Prof K. Indrasena Reddy was in England on UGC Scholarship to collect research material for about three months in 1989. Prof. G. Damodar, who was at Stockholm University, Sweden, visited twenty language centers and universities in Sweden, Denmark, the UK and USA on UGC travel grant. He presented a paper on ELT at 20^th TASS Conference, Florida, USA, in March 2009. Dr D. Venkat Rao and Dr Syed Mujeebuddin went to the University of Kent, England for research to obtain Ph.D. Degrees. Dr. M. Rajeshwar attended the II International Conference on “Postcolonial Studies: Globalization and Nationalisms,” at the University of Vigo, Spain, and visited Finland to lecture at various Finnish universities as part of the Cultural Exchange Programme between India and Finland,

 

Alumni Association

On the occasion of the Silver Jubilee Celebrations of the Department in 1993, an Alumni Association was formed and it has been active ever since.  The alumni of the department are actively associated with the academic and extra-curricular activities of the Department.

 

Extension and Community Activities

The Department has been serving the students in different ways by training them in extension and community work like conducting special sessions in different colleges on ELT and Cultural Studies and by way of a series of Radio Lessons on English For All. The committed faculty is looking forward for financial assistance to implement its novel and innovative plans to take English to the rural masses and to make the students more confident in English communication through CELT.

 

Prof. M. Rajagopalachary conducted a number of Janmabhoomi programmes in Adilabad district. He was trained as resource person by MCHRD, Hyderabad, and he served as the Chief Superintendent of Janmabhoomi evaluation camp in Adilabad district. Prof V. Gopal Reddy and Prof G. Damodar are active in Lionism. Dr V. Srinivas has served as the chief coordinator of IX Round of Janmabhumi Programme, Kakatiya University held form 1-9 January, 1999. He also participated in the NSS Special Camp organized by the NSS Unit of Kakatiya University and motivated the people with regard to its importance. Prof P. Shailaja and Dr. M. Rajeshwar served as NSS Programme Officers. Mr. K. Damodar Rao organised a camp at Seethampet, Warangal Dist, in 1999.

 

Prof V. Gopal Reddy was awarded the Best NSS Programme Officer, 1987 by the Government of Andhra Pradesh and was bestowed the honour of the Hon. Colonel Commandant, NCC in 2006.

 

List of Publications of Faculty

Total Number of Books published by the faculty      :           030

Total Number of Books edited by the faculty            :           090

Books during last 6 years:

 

Prof M. Rajagopalachary

 

Books Authored

 

Aurobindo Society, 2003 (Telugu)

 

Books Edited

 

1. Editor, Kakatiya Dissertations in English (Silver Jubilee Committee, KU,1993)
2. Editor, Silver Jubilee Celebrations Souvenir of the Department of English, KU
3. Editor, Literary Criticism (Warangal: SDLCE, KU, 1997 )
4. Editor, Literary Criticism for M.A. English II year (Hyderabad: Dr. B.R.    

Ambedkar A.P. Open University, 2005)

5. Editor, Literary Criticism (Warangal: SDLCE, KU, 2007 )
6. Editor, Prose, Poetry & Short Stories (B.A., B.Com. I Year Study Material)(Warangal: SDLCE, 2008)
7. Editor, Re-presentation of History in the Recent Indian Fiction in English (Special Number on the proceedings of the seminar held on 30-31 March 2008)

 

Prof G. Damodar

    

Books Authored

 

1. How to Speak English in Different Situations? (Hyderabad: New Vision Publication, 2002).
2. Communicative English for Engineers and Professionals (Hanamkonda: 21 Century Publications, 2004) (A Textbook for B. Tech. Course of KITS) (with Dr M Surendra Kumar) ISBN 81-67402-38-5
3. Millennium English Primers 1& 2, (Arkbird Publishers, Hyderabad, 2005)
4. A Course in Listening and Speaking – II (Foundation Books, Cambridge University Press, Hyderabad, 2006) (with other content developers) ISBN 81-7596-359-X (Co-authored)

5.      Classroom Applications (A Textbook for MA Students of ELT) (Warangal: SDLCE, KU, 2007) (Co-authored)

6. – 10.  Millennium English Reader 1-5, (Arkbird Publishers, Hyderabad, 2008)

     11 – 15. Millennium English Workbooks 1-5, (Arkbird Publishers, Hyderabad, 2008)

16. Teacher’s Manual to Millennium Graded English Course (With ACD) Arkbird

       Publishers, Hyderabad, 2008)

17. English for Empowerment (With a CD) (Hyderabad: Orient Blackswan, 2009)

      (with other content developers)

18. English Tracks (With a CD) New Delhi: Macmillan, 2009) (with other content

      developers)

19. Nurturing Competence (Lorven, 2009) Prescribed for UG courses in AP as a

      textbook.

 

Books / Journals Edited

 

1. Grammar (A Textbook for UG Students)(Warangal: SDLCE, KU, 2008).

2. Four-in-One Dictionary (Hyderabad: New Vision Publications, 2003).

3. Introduction to Linguistic Theory (A Textbook for MA Students of ELT) (Warangal:

     SDLCE, KU, 1999).

4. IT Revolution, Globalization and the Teaching of English (New Delhi: Atlantic

    Publishers, 2001) (Ed with Dr P Shailaja and Dr M Rajeshwar)

      5. Associate Editor, Kakatiya Journal of English Studies, Vols, 19 & 20, Warangal.

      6. Consulting Editor, Journal of Literatures in English, Vol, II, 2009, Gulbega.

      7. On the Editorial Board of GLOSSA, an inter-disciplinary journal from the School

          of Social and Human Sciences at University of Turabo in PuertoRico.

      8. Subject Expert for the Publications in English by Tata McGrill, New Delhi, since

          December 2008.

 

Prof P. Shailaja

 

Books and Journals Edited

 

1.   IT Revolution, Globalization and the Teaching of English

      New Delhi: Atlantic. 2001 (Ed.with Dr G. Damodar and Dr M Rajeshwar)           

2.  The Expatriate Indian Writing in English, Volume I, New Delhi: Prestige, 2006

     (with Prof T. Vinoda).            

3.  The Expatriate Indian Writing In English, Volume II, New Delhi: Prestige, 

4.  The Expatriate Indian Writing in English, Volume III, New Delhi: Prestige, 2006.

5.  Methods and Approaches to Language Learning, SDLCE: KU, 2007

6.  Kakatiya Journal of English Studies, Vol.27: 2007-08.

7.  Kakatiya Journal of English Studies, Vol.28: 2008-09.

         

Prof M. Rajeshwar

 

Books

 

1.      The Novels of Wole Soyinka (New Delhi: Prestige, 1990).

2.      Indian Women Novelists and Psychoanalysis (New Delhi: Atlantic, 1998).

Reprinted (New Delhi: Atlantic, 2001).

Books Edited

 

1. Postmodernism and English Literature (New Delhi: Atlantic, 1999). Joint ed. MK

    Bhatnagar. Reprinted (New Delhi: Atlantic, 2001).

2. Indian Fiction in English (New Delhi: Atlantic, 1999). Joint ed. PM Rao.

Reprinted (New Delhi: Atlantic, 2003). Reissued online by Google Books <http://books.google.com/books?id=t8zcYkbJngwC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Rajeshwar>

3 – 6. Indian Writings in English, vols. 6 – 9 (New Delhi: Atlantic, 1999). Joint ed. MK

    Bhatnagar.

7. Studies in Indian Writing in English, vol. 1 (New Delhi: Atlantic, 2000). Joint

    ed. PP Piciucco.

8. The Novels of Anita Desai: A Critical Study (New Delhi: Atlantic, 2000). Joint

    ed. MK Bhatnagar. Reissued online by Google Books      <http://books.google.com/books?id=v6mKNpODG2EC&printsec=frontcover&dq>

9. The Novels of Mulk Raj Anand (New Delhi: Atlantic, 2000). Joint ed. MK

Bhatnagar.

10. IT Revolution, Globalization and the Teaching of English (New Delhi: Atlantic,

      2000). Joint eds. G. Damodar and P. Shailaja. Reissued online by Google Books    <http://books.google.com/books?id=iJaT1_oXJYwC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Rajeshwar&lr=#PPP1,M1

11. Studies in Indian Writing in English, vol. 2 (New Delhi: Atlantic, 2001). Joint ed. PP

      Piciucco.

12. Modern American Literature (New Delhi: Atlantic, 2001). Joint ed. Claudio Gorlier.

     Reprinted (New Delhi: Atlantic, 2007). Reissued online by Google Books <http://books.google.com/books?id=B7qEqOvyKMC&pg=PP1&dq=Rajeshwar+Mittapalli#PPA115,M1>

13. Kamala Das: A Critical Spectrum (New Delhi: Atlantic, 2001). Joint ed. PP

      Piciucco. Reprinted (New Delhi: Atlantic, 2007). Reissued online by Google Books <http://books.google.com/books?id=YNX9zUzthh4C&printsec=copyright&dq=Rajeshwar+Mittapalli&lr=#PPP1,M1>

14. The Fiction of Raja Rao (New Delhi: Atlantic, 2001). Joint ed. PP Piciucco.

15. Post-Independence Indian English Fiction (New Delhi: Atlantic, 2001). Joint ed.

     Alessandro Monti.

16. Modern Criticism (New Delhi: Atlantic, 2001). Joint ed. Christopher Rollason.

     Reissued online by Google Books <http://books.google.com/books?id=g6FY34yQvZgC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Rajeshwar+Mittapalli+Modern+criticism&lr=#PPP15,M1>

17. V.S. Naipaul: Fiction and Travel Writing (New Delhi: Atlantic, 2002). Joint ed.   

     Michael Hensen. Reprinted (New Delhi: Atlantic, 2008). Reissued online (2008) by

    Google Books

<http://books.google.com/books?id=uSeB_im29x0C&pg=PP1&dq=Rajeshwar+Mittapalli&lr=#PPP1,M1>

18. Commonwealth Fiction: Twenty-first Century Readings (New Delhi: Atlantic, 2002). Joint ed. Alessandro Monti. Reissued online (2008) by Google Books <http://books.google.com/books?id=DEzzXstL_jMC&pg=PP1&dq=Commonwealth+Rajeshwar+Mittapalli&lr=>

19. Salman Rushdie: New Critical Insights, vol. 1 (New Delhi: Atlantic, 2002). Joint ed. Joel Kuortti. Reissued online (2008) by Google Books <http://books.google.com/books?id=y4PYvmnRtAwC&pg=PP1&dq=Rajeshwar+Mittapalli&lr=#PPP9,M1>

20. Salman Rushdie: New Critical Insights, vol. 2 (New Delhi: Atlantic, 2002). Joint ed. Joel Kuortti. Reissued online (2008) by Google Books <http://books.google.com/books?id=y4PYvmnRtAwC&pg=PP1&dq=Rajeshwar+Mittapalli&lr=#PPP9,M1>

21. Postcolonial Theory and Literature (New Delhi: Atlantic, 2003). Joint eds. PM Rao & KD Rao. Reissued online by Google Books <http://books.google.com/books?id=z5XhO3njwfkC&pg=PP1&dq=Rajeshwar+Mittapalli#PPP1,M1>

22. Bed of Thorns, by Naveen (Warangal: Pratyusha Publications, 2004).

23. Indian Women’s Short Fiction (New Delhi: Atlantic, 2007). Joint ed. Joel Kuortti.

     Reissued online by Google Books <http://books.google.com/books?id=liaBlo3AmwkC&pg=PP1&dq=Rajeshwar+Mittapalli&lr=#PPP14,M1>

24. Postcolonial Indian Fiction in English and Masculinity, joint-ed. Letizia Alterno

      (New Delhi: Atlantic, 2009).

Editorial Consultancy

 

1.      Editorial Consultant, A Companion to Indian Fiction in English, ed. Pier Paolo Piciucco (New Delhi: Atlantic, 2004).

2.      Editorial Consultant, Post/Colonial Animal Tale: From Kipling to Coetzee, by             Jopi Nyman (New Delhi: Atlantic, 2003).

3.      Editorial Consultant, Cultural Identity in Transition: Manifestations of Change in Local and Global Culture, ed. Jari Kupiainen, Erkki Sevänen & John A Stotesbury (New Delhi: Atlantic, 2004).

 

Prof K. Purushotham

 

Books

 

1.   Objective English Literature, Bareilley: Prakash Book Depot, 1996

2.   Immigrant Experience in Daniel Fuchs’ Fiction, Hyderabad: New Vision Publishers,

      2008.

Edited

1.  Guest Editor, Revaluations: Special Number on Telugu Literature, Volume 2:  

      Number 2. 

2.   Edited Elizabethan Literature, Warangal: SDLCE, 2007.

3.   Consulting Editor, International Journal of Arts and Literature, Trivendrum, 2009.

4.   Associate Editor, Kakatiya Journal of English Studies, Vols, 26 & 28.

 

Mr. K. Damodar Rao

 

Books

 

1. The Novels of Ayi Kwei Armah, New Delhi: Prestige, 1993

Edited

1. Editor, Kakatiya Dissertations in English (Silver Jubilee Committee, KU,1993)

2. Postcolonial Theory and Literature.  New Delhi: Atlantic Publishers, 2003.

3. Associate Editor, Silver Jubilee Celebrations Souvenir of the Department of English,  

    KU, 1993.

4. Associate Editor, Kakatiya Journal of English Studies for  seven volumes.

5. Resident Editor of Revaluations for three volumes.

 

Articles

 

Prof M. Rajagopalachary

 

1.   “Reader Response Theories vis-à-vis the School of Rasa: A Comparative Perspective” KJES, Vol. 23 (2003): 53-60

1. "Nativism: A Post-Colonial Perspective," in KJES, Vol. 23 (2003):88-95 (with Mr. B. Krishnaiah)
2. "Vikram Seth's A Suitable Boy: A Nativistic Perspective," in KJES, Vol. 24 (2004) (with Mr. B. Krishnaiah)
3. “Shashi Deshpande’s That Long Silence: A Feminist Perspective,” in Mapping English: Recent Studies in Language and Literature: A Festschrift for Prof T. Vinoda. New Delhi: Prestige, 2007 (with Dr. B. Krishnaiah)
4. “Presentation Skills: Pedagogical Implications,” in Mapping English: Recent Studies in Language and Literature: A Festschrift for Prof T. Vinoda. New Delhi: Prestige, 2007.
5. “Bharatheeya Paschatya Vimarsha-Siddhanthalu” A Review Article invited for publication in Telugu Sahitya Vimarsha Darshanam-Telugu Vignana Sarvasvam. Hyderabad: Potti Sriramulu Telugu University, 2007. Encyclopeaedic Entry

7. “Hiriyanna on Art Experience: A Critique,” in KJES (2007-08).     

8. “Desire as Illusion: A Study of A Streetcar Named Desire,” in KJES (2007-08)

     (with Ms. N. Veena)

9. “Bhakti Movements and Literature: An Overview,” in KJES (2008-09)

10. “From Illusion to Reality: A Study of The Glass Menagerie,” in KJES (2008-09)

      (with Ms. N. Veena)

 11. “Re-charting History in the Recent Indian English Fiction: A Study of Shashi

        Tharoor’s The Great Indian Novel and Vikram Seth’s A Suitable Boy,” in KJES

       Special Number on Re-presentation of History in Recent Indian Fiction in

       English (2010) (with B. Krishnaiah)

12. “Re-presentation of History in the Recent Indian Fiction in English: An

       Overview,” (Theme Paper) in KJES Special Number on Re-presentation of

       History in Recent Indian Fiction in English (2010)

13. “Gandhian movement in Chaman Nahal’s The Crown and the Loincloth,” in

       KJES Special Number on Re-presentation of History in Recent Indian Fiction in

       English (2010) (with K. Yadagiri)

14. “Gita Mehta’s A River Sutra: Re-presentation of Cultural Identity of India” KJES

        Special Number on Re-presentation of History in Recent Indian Fiction in

        English (2010 (with Krishna Chandra Keerthi)

 15. “Task-based Language Teaching/Learning (TBLT): A Note,” Souvenir of the

        National Seminar on “Learner Centred Teachings: Strategies and

        Perspectives” organized by Department of English, SR& BGNR Govt Arts &

        Science College, Khammam (December 3 & 4. 2010)

16. “Communication Skills: Strategies for Effective Communication (Key-note

        Address),” Souvenir of the National Seminar on “Communication Skills and

        English Literature” organized by      Department of English, DNR College

        (Autonomous), Bhimavaram (25^th February. 2011)

 

Citation Index of The Novels of Manohar Malgonkar (on the internet):

 

•  Mallikarjun Patil, “Manohar Malgonkar,” in Encyclopaedia of Literature in English, ed. M.K.Bhatnagar (New Delhi: Atlantic Publishers, 2001: 1195-1205 (on p. 1202)

• Shivkumar Yadav, “Malgonkar’s Balancing Acts of Gandhian ideals in A Bend in the Ganges,” in Mohit K. Ray, Ed. Indian Writing in English (New Delhi: Atlantic Publishers, 2008: 53-66  (qtd on p.60.)  
• P.N. Sinha, “The Devil’s Wind: A Critical Appraisal,” in Mohit Kumar Ray, Ed. Studies in Commonwealth Literature(New Delhi: Atlantic Publishers, 2003: 89-108(qtd on p. P. 104)
• Janet M. Powers, “Manohar Malgonkar, “ in Jaina C. Sanga, South Asian Novelists in English: An A to Z Guide Westport, USA: Greenwood press, 2003: 135-154. included in Studies on Manohar Malgonkar.
• Dinesh Chandra Kumar, “Distant Drum: Triumph of Duty,” in Indian Fiction in English: Roots and Blossoms, Vol. I, Ed.  Amarnath Prasad and Nagendra Kumar Singh New Delhi: Sarup and Sons, 2006: 106-120. (qtd on 106)
• A. Padmanabhan, The Fictional World of Manohar Malgonkar (New Delhi: Atlantic Publishers, 2002: (qtd on p.8, p. 25 )

 

Citation Index of The Novels of Bernard Malamud (on the internet):

 

• Jay L. Halio, “Bernard Malamud,” Novel Guide.Com
• Keith Opdahl, Sul Bellow and The Novels of Bernard Malamud (review). Modern Fiction Studies 3.4 Winter 1989:  759-760.
• Abramson, Edward A. Encyclopaedia of American Jewish History. Vol. 1.Norwood, Stephen Harlan, Eunice G. Pollack. PP. 577-581.
• Kerbel, Sorrel, Muriel Emanuel, Laura Philips. Ed. Jewish Writers of the twentieth Century. New York: Taylor and Francis Books, Inc., 2003. 645-648.
• Khushwaha, MS, K. Naseem Compiled. “On Malamud” Indian Doctoral Dissertations in English Studies: A Reference Guide. New Delhi: Atlatntic Publishers, 2000. P. 209.

 

Prof G. Damodar

 

1. “Culture as an Anti-colonial Tool in Kanthapura,” Kakatiya Journal of English

        Studies, 29 (2010), 56 - 60. Henceforth KJES.

2. “ELT: Synchronous Communication in English,” Dialog, No.18 (Spring 2010),

       Punjab University, ISSN 0973-4881, 80-93.

3. “Neo-colonial Perspectives on Linguistics,” Kakatiya Journal of English

       Studies, 28 (2009), 6 - 12. Henceforth KJES.

4. “On Obama’s Priorities for USA Education” Edutracks, February 2009.

5. “English for DSC”, Udyogasopanam, the Leading Youth Fortnightly, Hyderabad,

       January 1-15, 2009.

6. "Teaching Beyond Classroom," English Studies in India, (Jaipur: Square Books,

      2005), 174-182

7. “Communicative Skills in English” (A feature from January 2005 to March 2006 in

      Udyogasopanam, the Leading Youth Fortnightly, Hyderabad).

8. “Vocabulary Acquisition through CAVA” (with Srinivas) Kakatiya Journal of  
      English Studies 24 (2004), 158 - 171.

9. “Modes of Vocabulary Acquisition,” (with Kalyan) KJES, 24 (2004), 180 – 188.

10. “Damu CALL in English,” ELTA JOURNAL, Vol.II: No.2. (2004), 12 - 20

11. “Multimedia Project Based Learning in English” KJES, 23 (2003), 123–130.  

12. “Towards Designing Course Material in English for Marginalized Learners,” for   Festschrift to Prof Gopal Rao, OU.

13. “Neo-Colonial Perspectives in English,” KJES, 28, 2008-09.

14. “Quest to Know the Unknown,” KJES, 28, 2008-09.

 

Prof P. Shailaja

 

1. “Theorizing Amer-Indian Literature: Thomas King’s Way” Kakatiya Journal of

     English Studies; 24:2004, 9-17.

2. “Transitional Continuities: Orality to Written in Momaday and Silko” Kakatiya

     Journal of English Studies, 24: 2004, 18-26.

3. “Translated Men: Gita Mehta’s A River Sutra” The Expatriate Indian Writing in

     English; Vol. II 2006, 184-195.

4.  “Indian Diaspora: An Overview” Triveni; Oct-Dec, 75.4, 2006, 31-36.

5. “Equality and Difference: A Reading of Amitav Ghosh’s The Glass Palace and The

     Hungry Tide” XX.1, PoetCrit; 2007:       

6.  “Indo-Fijian Literature: A Study” Triveni, 76.4, 2007; 13-18.

7.  “Gender-Neutral Language” Journal of Women’s Studies, KU Sept. 2007 (Joint

     Article with Dr. S. Latha)

8. “Scene to Scenario: An Expatriate Writer’s Journey” Discourses on the Praxis and the

     Pedagogics of Post-Colonial Literatures, Delhi: Prestige Publishers, 2008

9. “Native American Women’s Autobiography: Whither Your Journey?” KJES, 27,

      2007-08, 32-44.

10. “Dynamics of Displacement: Pathways of Understanding,” Silent Suffering and

       Unheard Agony in the Regional Writings on Women,” ed. S. Prassannasree, New

        Delhi: Sarup & Sons, 2008.

11. “Women Saints in Bhakti Movement: A Reading of their Poetry,” KJES 28, 2008-09.

12. “Immigration to Emigration: Epitaph for Indo-Fijian Community?” KJES 29, 2010, 188-201.

 

Prof M. Rajeshwar

Articles published abroad:

1.      “A Portrait of Pre-Independence India: Dasarathi Rangacharya’s The Lesser Deities,” ARTSresearch 3 (2001): 121-32. (South Africa)

Republished online: Revised and re-titled, “Chillara Devullu: A Fictional Portrait of Pre-Independence Telangana,” TeluguPeople, 10 Oct. 2007, <http://www.telugupeople.com/discussion/MultiPageArticle.asp?id=65654&page=1>.

2.      “Global Temptations and Local Loyalties: Indian Fiction in English and Regional Literatures,” Global Neo-imperialism and National Resistance: Approaches from Postcolonial Studies, ed. Belén Martín Lucas & Ana Bringas López (Vigo: Servicio de Publicacións da Universidade de Vigo, 2004) 197-206. (Spain)

3.      “Translating Indian Culture from Diaspora,” Asian Diasporas: Cultures, Identities, Representations, ed. Robbie B.H. Goh & Shawn Wong (Hong Kong: Hong Kong UP, 2004) 117-29. Chapter 7. Jointly authored by Alessandro Monti. (Hong Kong)

Online version of the book is available at: http://books.google.com/books

4.      “Never too Late to Regain Paradise: Season of Anomy,” The Writer as Myth-maker: South Asian Responses to Wole Soyinka, ed. Bernth Lindfors and Bala Kothandaraman (Trenton, NJ: Africa World Press, 2004) 183-202. (USA)

5.      “Inferiority, Individual Psychology and Cultural Determinism: An ‘Indian Complex’ in Ra.Vi.Sastri’s A Man of No Consequence,” EEMAATA, online bi-monthly (July 2007), <http://eemaata.com/em/issues/200707/1126.html?fmt=sl>. (USA)

Revised and reprinted in The Quest 21.2 (Dec. 2007): 70-80.

6.      “Subaltern Subjectivity and Resistance: Dalit Social History in Postcolonial Indian Fiction in English,” SavifaDok, South Asia Institute, University of Heidelberg (Nov. 2008), <http://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/savifadok/frontdoor.php?source_opus=178>. (Germany)

 

Articles published in India:

 

7.      “Folktales and Narrative Traditions of Telangana,” Triveni 75.1 (Mar. 2006): 45-48.

Republished online: TeluguPeople, 11 Sept. 2007, <http://www.telugupeople.com/discussion/multiPageArticle.asp?id=64261&page=1>.

8.      “Fighting Prejudices against English,” ELTA Journal 6.1 (2006): 2-6.

9.      “Keeping Personal Journals as an Exercise in Composition,” ELTA Journal 6.1 (2006): 38-42.

10.  “Neeti—Artham, Swaroopam, Avashyakata,” (Telugu) Adhyatmika Arogya Sadhanam 34.11 (Aug. 2006): 26-27.

11.  “Hybrid Identities in Jhumpa Lahiri’s Interpreter of Maladies,” Indian Journal of World Literature and Culture 2.2 (July - Dec. 2006): 91-96.

Reprinted in Indian Women’s Short Fiction, ed. Joel Kuortti and Rajeshwar Mittapalli (New Delhi: Atlantic, 2007) 154-62.

12.  “Re-presentations of Colonialism in Indian Fiction in English,” Seva Bharati Journal of English Studies 3 (Feb. 2007): 1-17.

Reprinted in Presentations of Postcolonialism in English: New Orientations, ed. Jaydeep Sarangi (New Delhi: AuthorsPress, 2007) 1-20.

13.   “‘Burning together in the Snow’: Orchestration of Lesbian Ideology in Adrienne Rich’s Poetry,” The Atlantic Literary Review 8.1 (Jan.-March 2007): 66-88. Jointly authored by V. Rajasekhar.

14.  “English in India: Countering the Prejudices,” The ICFAI Journal of English Studies 2.2 (June 2007): 21-27. Also accessible online at <http://www.icfaiuniversitypress.org/607/ijes.asp#>.

Being reprinted in Global Echoes of English (Hyderabad: ICFAI Univ Press, 2009).

15.  “Interrogating Patriarchy: Assertion of Women’s Autonomy in Adrienne Rich’s Poetry,” Pegasus 3 (May 2008): 83-95. Jointly authored by V. Rajasekhar.

Reprinted in Critical Perspectives on American Literature, ed. S.P. Dhanavel (New Delhi: Sarup & Sons, 2008) 98-113.

16.   “Eco-feminism in Adrienne Rich’s Poetry,” Dialogue 4.1 (June 2008): 21-31. Jointly authored by V. Rajasekhar. ToC at: http://www.dialoguethejournal.com/contents.htm#

17. “English Pronunciation: Indian Blues,” ELTA Journal 1.1 (May 2003): 1-3.

18. “Changeology and Humanism,” Eradication of Caste and Birth of New Humanity, ed. D.M. Ravi Prasad & G. Bhadru (New Delhi: Deep & Deep, 2004), 127-31. Chapter 25. Jointly authored by D.M. Ravi Prasad.

19. “Naveen’s Ampasayya (Bed of Arrows): A Telugu Classic,”KJES 22 (2002):107-13. 

20.  “English Pronunciation: Indian Blues,” ELTA Journal 1.1 (May 2003): 1-3.

21.  “Changeology and Humanism,” Eradication of Caste and Birth of New Humanity, ed. D.M. Ravi Prasad & G. Bhadru (New Delhi: Deep & Deep, 2004) 127-31, Chapter 25. Jointly authored by D.M. Ravi Prasad.

22.  “Folktales and Narrative Traditions of Telangana,” Triveni 75.1 (Jan.-Mar. 2006): 45-48.Online at : http://yabaluri.org/TRIVENI/CDWEB/folktalesandnarrativetraditionsoftelanganajan2006.htm. Republished online: TeluguPeople, 11 Sept. 2007, <http://www.telugupeople.com/discussion/multiPageArticle.asp?id=64261&page=1>

23.  “Fighting Prejudices against English,” ELTA Journal 6.1 (2006): 2-6.

24.  “Keeping Personal Journals as an Exercise in Composition,” ELTA Journal 6.1 (2006): 38-42.

25.  “Neeti—Artham, Swaroopam, Avashyakata,” (Telugu) Adhyatmika Arogya Sadhanam 34.11 (Aug. 2006): 26-27.

26.  “Hybrid Identities in Jhumpa Lahiri’s Interpreter of Maladies,” Indian Journal of World Literature and Culture 2.2 (July - Dec. 2006): 91-96.

Reprinted in Indian Women’s Short Fiction, ed. Joel Kuortti and Rajeshwar Mittapalli (New Delhi: Atlantic, 2007) 154-62.

27.  “Re-presentations of Colonialism in Indian Fiction in English,” Seva Bharati Journal of English Studies 3 (Feb. 2007): 1-17.

Reprinted in Presentations of Postcolonialism in English: New Orientations, ed. Jaydeep Sarangi (New Delhi: AuthorsPress, 2007) 1-20.

28.   “‘Burning together in the Snow’: Orchestration of Lesbian Ideology in Adrienne Rich’s Poetry,” The Atlantic Literary Review 8.1 (Jan.-March 2007): 66-88. Jointly authored by V. Rajasekhar.

 

29.  “English in India: Countering the Prejudices,” The ICFAI Journal of English Studies 2.2 (June 2007): 21-27. Also accessible online at <http://www.icfaiuniversitypress.org/607/ijes.asp#>.

Being reprinted in Global Echoes of English (Hyderabad: ICFAI University Press, 2009).

30.  “Interrogating Patriarchy: Assertion of Women’s Autonomy in Adrienne Rich’s Poetry,” Pegasus3 (May 2008): 83-95. Jointly authored by V. Rajasekhar.

Reprinted in Critical Perspectives on American Literature, ed. S.P. Dhanavel (New Delhi: Sarup & Sons, 2008) 98-113.

31.   “Eco-feminism in Adrienne Rich’s Poetry,” Dialogue 4.1 (June 2008): 21-31. Jointly authored by V. Rajasekhar. ToC at: http://www.dialoguethejournal.com/contents.htm#

32.   “Assertion of the Female Self through Motherhood in Margaret Atwood’s Surfacing,” Studies in Contemporary Canadian Literature, ed. K.V. Dominic (New Delhi: Sarup, 2010) 44-55. Jointly authored by A. Aravind Reddy.

33.   “From Society through Sex to Selfhood: Attainment of Identity in Margaret Laurence’s A Jest of God,” Studies in Contemporary Canadian Literature, ed. K.V. Dominic (New Delhi: Sarup, 2010) 80-92. Jointly authored by A. Aravind Reddy.

 

Encyclopedia Entries:

1.      “The Married Woman” (Parineeta), by Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay, The Little Black Book BOOKS (A Century of the Greatest Books, Writers, Characters, Passages and Events that Rocked the Literary World), ed. Lucy Daniel (London: Cassell Illustrated, 2007) 103.

2.       “Swami and Friends,” by R.K. Narayan, The Little Black Book BOOKS (A Century of the Greatest Books, Writers, Characters, Passages and Events that Rocked the Literary World), ed. Lucy Daniel (London: Cassell Illustrated, 2007) 260.

3.       “The Gift of a Cow,” by Munshi Premchand, The Little Black Book BOOKS (A Century of the Greatest Books, Writers, Characters, Passages and Events that Rocked the Literary World), ed. Lucy Daniel (London: Cassell Illustrated, 2007) 265.

4.      “Heat and Dust,” by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, The Little Black Book BOOKS (A Century of the Greatest Books, Writers, Characters, Passages and Events that Rocked the Literary World), ed. Lucy Daniel (London: Cassell Illustrated, 2007) 560.

5.      “The Trauma of a House-wife: A Psychological Study of Shashi Deshpande’s That Long Silence,” Encyclopaedia of Literature in English, vol. 2, ed. Manmohan K. Bhatnagar (New Delhi: Atlantic, 2001) 422-37.

6.       “English July: An Indian Scholar’s Travelogue,” Enclopaedia Britannica, Britannica Online, Oct. 2009, http://www.britannica.com/bps/additionalcontent/18/35628829/English-July-An-Indian-Scholars-Travelogue

 

Travelogues:

1. “Journey to Massawa,” ELTA Journal 3 (2005): 52-54.

Republished online: Revised and expanded, TeluguPeople, 18 Feb. 2009, <http://www.telugupeople.com/discussion/multiPageArticle.asp?id=1010211&page=1>. Republished in Muse India 25 (May-Jun 2009). Accessible online at <http://www.museindia.com/showfeature14.asp?id=1289>.

2. “How Green is my Valley” (travel piece), The Times of India 6 Dec. 2007: 7.

 

3. “English July: An Indian Scholar’s Travelogue,” The European English Messenger

     17.2 (Autumn 2008): 28-35. (Portugal)

4. “Nagpur Diary,” TeluguPeople, 2 Jan. 2009, <http://www.telugupeople.com/discussion/multiPageArticle.asp?id=1009693&page=1>.

 

Prof K. Purushotham

 

1.   “Phonological Features of the Influence of Telugu on English Sounds,” ELTA JOURNAL, Vol.2: No.2, 2004.

2.   “Learning to Use and Using to Learn: The Two-Way Approach to   Communicative Skills,” Teaching Communication Skills: Proceedings of an UGC Sponsored Seminar held at Government Degree College, Jammikunta, Karimnagar, 2004.

3.   “The Great Depression and American Literature,” Kakatiya Journal of English Studies, Vol. 24, 2004.

4.   “First World within the Third World: The Universalist Fallacy in Criticism,” in Mallikarjun Rao et al, ed. Postcolonial Theory and Literature, New Delhi: Atlantic Publishers, 2003.

5.   “Ambivalence in Summer in Williamsburg,” Kakatiya Journal of English Studies, Vol.22, 2002.

6.   “Kalyana Rao’s Untouchable Spring: A Dubious Dalit Novel,” KJES, 2007-08.

7.   “Writing the Self: A Study of Telugu Dalit Literature,” Economic and    Political Weekly (Forthcoming issue)

8.   “Creolisation as Social Empowerment: Towards a Post-Colonial Pedagogy,” KJES 28, 2008-09.

 

Prof S. Latha

 

1.   “A Study of Interpersonal Relationships in Tagore’s Gora,” Kakatiya Journal of English Studies, Vol. 24, 2004, 58 – 64.

2.   “Language and Silence in Amitav Ghosh’s The Hungry Tide,” Kakatiya Journal of English Studies, Vol. 24, 2004, 123 – 130.

3.   “A Post-Modern Perspective of Tagore: The Man and the Writer,” Triveni, July – Sept 2007, Vol. 76, 36 – 38.

4.   “Mimicry as Misanthropy in The Inheritance of Loss,”  Kakatiya Journal of English Studies, Vol. 27, 2007-2008, 55 – 62.

5.   “Psychodynamics of Women in Amitav Ghosh’s The Hungry Tide,” Psychodynamics of Women in the Post Modern Literature, 41 – 51.

6.   “Gender Neutral Language: Some Observations,” Kakatiya Journal of Women Studies, Vol. 1, September 2007, 89 – 97.

7.   “Re-viewing Colonial Agenda in Amitav Ghosh’s The Sea of Poppies,” Kakatiya Journal of English Studies, Vol. 29, 2010, 146 – 151.

 

Mr. K. Damodar Rao

 

1.  “Banality of Nationalism and the Scourge of Communal Violence in Amitav Ghosh’s

      The Shadow Lines.”  Kakatiya Journal of English Studies 23 (2003). *Reprinted in

      Littcrit 30. 2 (December 2004) (Special Number on The Fictional World of Amitav

      Ghosh)

2.  “Charting Alter-‘native’ Terrain: Class-, Culture-, and Gender-Resistance in    

        Mahasveta Devi’s ‘Draupadi.’” Kakatiya Journal of English Studies 24 (2004).

3. “Nationalism in Margaret Atwood’s Surfacing.” Kakatiya Journal of English Studies

      24 (2004).

4. “Socio-Economic Issues in Modern Telugu Poetry.” Pratibha India 22. 3 (April-

      June, 2005).

5. “Liberation Aesthetics: Ngugi wa Thiongo’s Devil on the Cross as an Allegory of       Neo-colonial Code of Inter-Continental Games—Corruption and Greed, Depravity

      and Disgrace.”   KJES 28  (2008-09).

 6. “Tracing the Beginnings and Growth of Urdu, Deccani and Telugu: A Comparative        Study.”  KJES 28 (2008-09).

7. “To Be is To Connect: Humanist Vision in Amitav Ghosh’s In An Antique Land.”          KJES 29 (2010) (Special Number on Re-presentation of History in Recent Indian         Fiction in English)                                 

8. “Narrative Strategies in Mahasveta Devi’s Short Story, “Dhouli.” Kakatiya Journal        of English Studies 30 (2011).

9. “Reversal of Myth-making in William Golding’s The Double Tongue”  Mapping        

      English: Recent Studies in Language and Literature, A Festschrift for Prof. Vinoda

      (New Delhi:  Prestige, 2008).

10. “Matigari as Character, Theme, and Symbol of Resistance” Mapping English: Recent

       Studies in Language and Literature, A Festschrift for Prof. Vinoda (New Delhi:

       Prestige, 2009).

Citations in International Journals

1.      Claire Chambers, “Representation of the Oil Encounter in Amitav Ghosh’s The Circle of Reason.” Journal of Commonwealth Literature. Vol. 41 No 1, 2006.

2.   Bernth Lindfors. “Ayi Kwei Armah’s Achimota Writings”, Commonwealth, Vol.18,  No.1,   1995.

3.   “Ayi Kwei Armah”  http// www.onyeka.co.uk.

4.   Salm, Steven.J and Toyn Falola. Cultures and Customs of Ghana. US:   Greenwood     Publishers, 2002. 

Citations in National Journals

1.  D. Kesava Rao, “The Twilight Zone” (Survey of Translation Scene in Telugu)  Indian Review of Books, Vol.5, No.1, September-November, 1995.

2.   Who’s Who of Indian Writers (New Delhi: Sahitya Akademi, 1999)

3.   Ameena Kazi Ansari, “Text/Subtext: Reading of A Fine Balance”, Novels of the Diaspora, ed. Jasbir Jain (Jaipur, Rawat, 1999)

4.   S. P. Swain, “The Quest for Meaning: A Study of The Shadow Lines”, The Novels of Amitav Ghosh (New Delhi: Prestige, 1999)

5.   N. S. Dharan, “Ethnic Atrophy syndrome in Rohinton Mistry’s Fiction.” The Quest    14. 2, December, 2000.

6.  Novy Kapadia, “The Metaphor of The Shadow Lines in Amitav Ghosh’s Novel.”      

     Perspectives on Indian English Fiction, ed. Jayadipsinh Dodiya. (Delhi: Sarup &

     Sons, 2006) 257.

7.  Paul Sharrad, Postcolonial Literary History and Indian English Fiction (New Delhi:          

     Prestige, 2008) 276.

 

Translations

 

Prof M. Rajagopala Chary

           

i) From Telugu into English

    

1. N.Ch. Raghunadhacharya’s Kshama Shodashi (Warangal: Satsampradaya Sabha, 1991)
2. Translated into English a Telugu short story " Naaku Devuni Choodalani Undi," under the title "Tryst with God," {with Prof. S. Laxmana Murthy}

 

ii) From English into Telugu

 

    (a) Books

 (i) Prof. K.R.Srinivasa Iyengar’s On Mother  ( Hanamkonda: Sri Aurobindo Society,   

    2003 (Telugu)

(ii) Sri Aurobindo & The Mother, Significance of Prayers as Prarthana Pradhanyatha (Puducherry: Sri Aurobindo Society 2011)            

(iii) Sri Aurobindo & The Mother, Significance of Meditation as Dhyana Pradhanyatha (Puducherry: Sri Aurobindo Society 2011)  

     

Regular translator of extracts from Sri Aurobindo and Mother's works (from English to Telugu) for Akhila, a monthly Magazine published by Sri Aurobindo Society, Pondicherry since May 2004. Some of them are given below:

1. All India Magazines (Special Issue on Thought].
2. Prof. Srinivasa Iyengar’s On Mother (Hanamkonda: Sri Aurobindo society, 2003)
3. Sri Aurobindo, “Payaninchalsina margam-asidharavratham, atikathinam-sunishitham” and “Pratikoola charyalu,” in Akhila  (May 2007): 9-10
4. Sri Matha, “Karma, Daivakrupa” in Akhila  (June 2007): 23-26
5. Sri Aurobindo, “Prakriti; Purushudu-Prakriti” in Akhila  (July 2007): 23-24
6. Sri Aurobindo, “Sakshatkaramu” in Akhila  (July 2007): 39-40
7. Sri Aurobindo, “Bouddhavadamu-itara vadalu,”” in Akhila  (January 2008): 14-16
8. Sri Aurobindo, “Unnatashaya jwalala tejaswineemathaku samkeerthana” in Akhila  (November 2008): 29-32
9. Sri Aurobindo, “Moodu Prathamika Siddhulu,” in Akhila  (November 2009): 22-27
10. Sri Aurobindo, “Aham ante emiti?,” Akhila  (July 2010): 16-19.
11. Sri Aurobindo, “Meluko, Ninnu Neevu Adhigaminchi Avishkarinchuko,” in Akhila  (August 2010): 10-11.
12. Sri Aurobindo, “Paripoorna Bhagavadarpana,” in Akhila  (November 2010): 25-27.

 

Prof G. Damodar

 

1.  Shakespeare's The Two Gentlemen of Verona, translated into Telugu, (Warangal:

     Srilekha Sahithi 1980) (Reprinted in 2001)

2. TS Eliot’s ‘Burnt Norton’ from The Four Quartets (in press)

3.  Dr T Rangachary's poem, “Tapassu – Tamassu” as “Longing”. Published in

      SKYLARK—66, edited by Baldev Mirza, p. 34. Reprinted in International

       journal, POVODOM (Russia)

4.  Padma Vibhushan Kaloji's 20 poems from Naa Godava (in press) One poem

      appeared in Kakatiya Journal of English Studies, 23 (2003) and another

      Translation of Kalogi's poem in MAS Bulletin of SWC, KU (2004)

 

Prof. M. Rajeshwar

Creative Work in Translation

1.      Lifescapes: Telugu Short Stories in English Translation, by Naveen, ed. & chief trans. (New Delhi: Atlantic, 1999).

 

Short Stories

1.      Vasireddy Seeta Devi, “Her Smile,” Indian Literature 181 (Sep. - Oct. 1997): 102-08. First Reprint: Maneeshi, ed. Vedagiri Rambabu (Hyderabad: Vasireddy Seeta Devi Sahiti Swarnotsava Committee, 1998) 288-92. Second Reprint: Showers on Deccan Rocks (Hyderabad: Katha Mitra, 1999) 21-29

2.   Munipalle Raju, “Please Write a Love Story for Us, Sir,” Routes: Representations of the West in Short Fiction from South India in Translation, ed. Vanamala Viswanatha et al (Chennai: Macmillan, 2000) 291-306.

3.   Naveen, “Paradise Lost,” Lifescapes: Telugu Short Stories in English Translation, by Naveen, ed. M. Rajeshwar (New Delhi: Atlantic, 1999) 30-42.

4.   Naveen, “Manorama,” Lifescapes: Telugu Short Stories in English Translation, by Naveen, ed. M. Rajeshwar (New Delhi: Atlantic, 1999) 1-17.

5.   Naveen, “Sparks of Fire,” Lifescapes: Telugu Short Stories in English Translation, by Naveen, ed. M. Rajeshwar (New Delhi: Atlantic, 1999) 43-55.

6.   B.S. Ramulu, “Turns” (short story), KJES 19 (1999): 26-32.

 

Poetry

1.   D.M. Ravi Prasad, “Past Monster” and “Invitation,” Indian Literature 39.1 (Jan. - Feb. 1996).

 

Prof K. Purushotham

 

Short Stories

1. Volga, “A Political Story” published in Triveni

2. P.V. Narasimha Rao, “Golla Rammavva” The Quest (forthcoming)

3. Raamaa Chandra Mouli, “The Disease”, contributed to Mosaic (forthcoming)

 

Poetry

 

1. In all about 100 Telugu poems have been translated into English so far, and published in various journals like New Quest, Kakatiya Journal of English Studies, anthologies and an e–journal, Muse India, Central Institute of Indian Languages (CIIL), Mysore.

2. 32 poems of Sri Raamaa Chandra Mouli have been translated into English and published.

 

3. 60 Telugu Dalit poems have been translated into English on a request from the Editor, Muse India, and is posting in November, 2007 a Special Number of ‘Telugu Dalit Literature’ for which I am working as the Special Editor.  These poems are also under consideration of bringing out an anthology of Telugu Dalit Poetry by a prestigious publisher.

4. Transl. Vemula Ellaiah’s Kakka: A Dalit Novel into English. (Communicated to OUP)

 

Mr K. Damodar Rao

 

Books:  Poetry translated from Telugu

 

1.    Fire-Spark, Warangal: Bodhi, 1998

2.      Crossfire, Warangal: Rasadhuni, 1999

3.      Cease-fire, Warangal: Rasadhuni, 2000

4.      Brilliance-jewelled Swan, Calcutta: Writers’ Workshop, 2000

5.      Select Verses of Vemana, Calcutta: Writer’s Workshop, (in press)

6.      Pride of Place: Selections fro Telugu Poetry (1985-94) (in press)

 Translations of Telugu Poetry and Short Stories into English

Translations of about 110 Poems and 10 Short Stories have appeared in Pratibha India, New Quest, Indian Literature, Haritham,   Indian Literature, The Literay Half-Yearly, Revaluations, Kavya Bharathi, Replica, KJES, and Anthologies.

The Telugu writers translated are D.Ganesh Babu, P. Chandrasekhar Azad, Kondepudi Nirmala, Dr.C.Narayana Reddy, M.Anuradha, E.Parvathi, Mahe Jabeen, Manikonda Suryakumari, S.Jaya, Sudha, Aduri Satyavathi Devi, V. Chinaveerabhadrudu, Akella Raviprakash, Tripuraneni Srinivas, Papineni Sivasankar,        Yendluri Sudhakar, Vimala, Sivasagar, Yakoob, Varavara Rao,  Naleshwaram Sankaram, K.Siva Reddy, Nandini Sidha Reddy, S.Narayana Reddy, Nikhileshwar, Suryavamsi, Allam Narayana, Seela Veeraraju, Devipriya, Afsar, Mookapati Sumati, Sitaram, D.Srinivasacharya, Seshendra, Madiraju Ranga Rao, A.Bhoomiah, Challapalli Swarupa Rani, Kalekuri Prasad, Mastaarji, Ismail, Siddhartha, N.Gopi,  Banna Ilaiah, K. Siva Reddy, Satish Chander, Smile, Sauda, N. Sankaram, Dr.V. Chandrasekhar Rao, Satyavati, Volga, Daggumati Padmakar, K. Varalakshmi, Abburi Chaya Devi, etc

Translations of Short Stories

 

 Literary Journals

 

1.  “Dear Comrade” (Telugu original: Dr.V. Chandrasekhar Rao), Revaluations, Vol.2,

       No.2, Autumn, 1996.

2.  “Twilight” (P.Satyavathi), New Quest, No. 125, (Sept - October, 1997).

3.  “Companion” (Volga), Revaluations, 3. 3. (1997).

4.  “Arena” (P Rajani)  Pratibha India (April – June, 1999).

5.  “Interference” (Daggumati Padmakar), Kakatiya Journal of English Studies, Vol.19,

      (1999).

6.  “Uncle” (K. Varalakshmi), KJES, Vol. 20 (2000).

7.  “Companions” (B.S. Ramulu) KJES, Vol.23 (2003).

8.  “Burial Ground” (P. Srinivasa Rao) KJES Vol.23  (2003).

 

Anthologies

                       

9.  Gold Nuggets: Selected Post-Independence Telugu Short Stories, eds. Bh.

      Krishnamurti and C. Vijashree (New Delhi: Sahitya Akademi, 2004)

10.  “Five Stars at the End” (Abburi Chaya Devi)

11.  “Amballa Banda” (Bhoopal).

 

LECTURES/TALKS/SEMINAR PRESENTATIONS

 

Prof M. Rajagopalachary

 

Seminar Presentations:

 

1. Chaired an open session in the UGC National Seminar on The Expatriate Indian Writing in English, conducted by Unv. P.G. College, Subedari, Hanamkonda during 22-23 September 2005.
2. Presented a paper on “Presentation Skills: Pedagogical Implications,” and chaired a session in the State Level UGC-SERO Seminar on Current Trends in the Teaching of English: A Global Perspective” at Sarojini Naidu Vanita Maha Vidyalaya, Hyderabad during 1-12 Dec, 2006.
3. Presented a paper on “Presentation Skills for the Socially oppressed,” in the English Teachers’ Regional Conference on Social Justice through English Education organized by the Students’  

      Welfare Centre, and Placement Cell, KU, Warangal on Feb 17, 2007.

4. Talk on “Gandhian Philosophy: A Humanist Perspective,” in the Workshop on Gandhian Economy and Rural Development conducted by the Department of Economics to the school teachers at KU, Warangal on 21st June, 2007
5. Talk on “Teaching of Poetry” at the Workshop on Methods of Teaching English to the School Teachers of English sponsored by the Arkbird Publications and Department of English, KU at Warangal on 15^th March 2008.
6. Talk on “Feminism: Western theories” at the Seminar on Writings of Women organized by  Women’s Cell, KU in 2008.
7. Presented Theme paper in the Two-day UGC National Seminar on “Re-presentation of History in the Recent Indian Fiction in English” organized by the Department of English, KU, Warangal on 30-31March 2008.
8. Paper presented on “Bhakti Movements and Literature: An Overview” in UGC National Seminar on Indian Literature in English Translation” organized by the Dept of English, Kakatiya University, Warangal during 28-29 March 2009 & Chaired an Open Session.
9. International Conference of Indian Society for Commonwealth Studies on “Diversity in New Literatures” conducted by the Department of English, Kakatiya University, Warangal incollaboration with  ISCS during December 16-18, 2010 and presented a paper on “ From Self-Alienation to Self-Actualization: A Study of Shreya of Sonagarh” (with Dr. B. Krishnaiah)
10. A Brief Note on Late Sri P.V. Narasimha Rao in the Endowment Lecture Programme conducted in his honour by KU, Warangal in 2009.

11. Papers presented on “Muted Women Vs. Phallocentrism: Shashi Deshpande’s

      That Long Silence,” (with Mr. B. Krishnaiah) and “Gender Bias in Arundhati

      Roy’s The God of Small Things: A Study” in KJES (2010-11) (with B.

      Krishnaiah) in UGC National Seminar on      Gendering Indian Narratives

       organized by the Dept of English, Kakatiya University, Warangal during 22-23

       March 2010 & Chaired an Open Session.

12. Attended National Seminar on Changing Scenario of Higher Education:

      Privatisation and the role of Academia and Policy-makers organized by Dean,

      College Development Council, KU at KU on 12-13 April 2010.

13.  Attended UGC sponsored One Day Workshop on Choice Based Credit System

       organized by IQAC, KU on July 3, 2010.

14. Two Power-point presentations on “Communication Skills” and “Presentation

       Skills” at Kakatiya Institute of Technology & Science, Warangal in the Staff

       Development Programme on 7^th September 2010.

15. Valedictory Address plus Two Power-Point presentations on “Communication

       Skills” in the   Workshop on Communication Skills in the Present Scenario of

       Education at Satavahana University, Karimnagar on October 26, 2010.

16.  Presented a paper on“Task-based Language Teaching/Learning (TBLT): A

       Note,” in the UGC National Seminar on “Learner Centred Teachings: Strategies

       and Perspectives organized by Department of English, SR& BGNR Govt Arts &

      Science College, Khammam (December 3 & 4, 2010)

 

Lectures/Talks Delivered:

 

1.   Delivered 2 lecturers on "Modern Schools of Criticism: An Indian perspective" at Nagarjuna University, Guntur on 2^nd February 2005.

2.  Delivered two Extension Lectures on “Teaching of English in India: Problems and Prospects,” at University P.G. College, Nirmal on 7^th July 2006.

4.  Delivered an Extension Lecture to M. A. students at Kakatiya Degree College, Warangal on 17^th August 2006

5.  Delivered a lecture on "Teaching Techniques of Poetry: Reading and Recitation" to the teachers of  High Schools in the Orientation programme conducted by Department of Education, Kakatiya University, Warangal during August 1^st and 1^st September, 2006.

6.  Delivered 2 Extension Lectures to M. A. students on “Structuralism in Literary Criticism” and “Towards a Feminist Poetics” at University Post-graduate College, Nirmal on 9th November 2006.

7.   Delivered 3 Extension Lectures to M. Phil students at Nagarjuna University

Distance Education Centre of Vashishta Degree College, Nirmal on 24^th November 2006.

8.  As the Guest of Honour, addressed the teachers of English in English Language Fellow Programme Followup Workshop: Zone V at Pingili Degree College for Women, Hanamkonda in Dec. 2006.

10. Presented a paper on “Presentation Skills for the socially oppressed,” in the English Teachers’ Regional Conference on Social Justice through English Education organized by the Students’ Welfare Centre, and Placement Cell, KU, Warangal on Feb 17, 2007.

11. Guest of Honour—addressed the teachers of English in English Language Fellow Programme FollowUp Workshop: Zone V at Kakatiya Degree College, Hanamkonda on 29-3-2007.

12. Delivered two lectures on “ Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House” and “Sudraka’s Mrichchakatikam” in  the APSCHE-sponsored Training Programme for PG Teachers of English of Andhra University on   09-9- 2007.

13. Talk on “Feminism: Western theories” at the Seminar on Writings of Women organized by  Women’s Cell, KU in 2008.

14.  Talk on the importance of Hindi language and literature in the two-day UGC

     National Seminar on “Telugu bhaashee kshetra me hindi shikshan-samasyayen

     evam sambhavanaye” organized by the Department of Hindi, University Arts &

     Science College, Hanamkonda on 30^th June and 1^st July 2008.

15.  A Brief Note on Late Sri Pamulaparthy Sadashiva Rao in the Endowment Lecture     

     Programme conducted in his honour by KU, Warangal on 24^th Oct 2008.

16.  A Brief Note on Late Sri P.V. Narasimha Rao in the Endowment Lecture       

     Programme conducted in his honour by KU, Warangal May 2009

17.  Twelve Extension Lectures on Literary Criticism at Kakatiya Degree and PG

     College, Hanamkonda, Warangal during 20-25 October 2008.

18.  Extension Lecture on “Communication Skills,” at Govt. Degree College for

    Women, Karimnagar on 29^th October 2008.

19.  Eight Extension Lectures on Theory of Rasa, Structuralism and Literary

    Criticism, Gulliver’s Travels and Tom Jones at University Postgraduate College,

    Subedari, Hanamkonda on 31^st Oct, 2008, 1^st, 14^th, and 21^st November 2008

20.  Two Extension Lectures on Conrad’s Heart of Darkness at UPGC, Subedari,

     Hanamkonda on 18^th April 2009.

21.  Two Extension Lectures on Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities at UPGC, Subedari,

     Hanamkonda on 19^th April 2009.

22.  Extension lecture on “The Theory of Rasa” at Kakatiya Govt Degree and PG

     College, Hanamkonda on 24^th November 2009.

23.  Two Extension Lectures with Power-point presentations on “Communication

     Skills” and “Presentation Skills” at Kakatiya Institute of Technology & Science,

    Warangal in the Staff Development Programme on 7^th September 2010.

24.  Valedictory Address plus Two Power-Point presentations on “Communication

             Skills” in the Workshop on Communication Skills in the Present Scenario of

              Education at Satavahana University, Karimnagar on 26^th October 2010

25. Valedictory Address at the two-day UGC Seminar on “The Big Three and

 Beyond: Reimagining Indian Writing in English in the 21^st Century” conducted

 by the Department of English, P.R.   Govt. College (Autonomous), Kakinada-

 533 001 during 24^th and 25^th January 2011.

26. Key-note Address on “Communication Skills: Strategies for Effective

      Communication,” Souvenir of the National Seminar on “Communication Skills

 and English Literature” organized     by Department of English, DNR College

 (Autonomous), Bhimavaram-534202 West Godavari Dt on February 25, 2011.

 

Radio Talks:

 

• Report on Workshop on Commonwealth Literature held at KU from 28^th March to 2^nd April         1994 broadcast on AIR, Warangal FM station on 3rd April 1994
• “Use of Phrasal Verbs,” in two parts broadcast on AIR, Warangal Station sponsored by BIE, Warangal in the series “Andarikee Aanglam” on 15^th July 2001.
• "Sri M. S. Acharya" in the series Telangana Sahitya Moorthulu broadcast on AIR, Warangal on 9^th July 2006.
• “The Nobel Prize Winner Doris Lessing” on AIR, Warangal in the month of 29th October 2007.
• “Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi” on AIR, Waranagal on 11^th June 2008.
• Participated in the discussion on “Sri M. S. Acharya’s contribution to Journalism” in the Smrithi Patham programme broadcast on AIR  on 26^th February 2011.

Prof G. Damodar

Papers Presented / Contributed :

1. Gave the Message as Guest of Honour at the Inaugural Session of APSCHE

       Sponsored National Seminar on “The Diasporic Discourses and Indian

       Perspectives” at Telangana University, Dichpally, Nizamabad, on October 29,

       2010 and presented the Paper, “Virtual Snapping of Ties in Diasporic

       Writings” in a session.  

2. Delivered the Valedictory Address on “Dynamics of Multiculturalism” at the

       UGC National Seminar on “Multiculturalism in Literature: Canada and India”

       at Devanga Arts College, Aruppukottai, Near Madhurai, TN, on Feb 26, 2010.

3. Delivered the Keynote Address on “Neo-colonial Perspectives in Linguistics and

      Grammar” at the UGC National Seminar conducted by SN College, Narasaraopet,  

      Guntur, on August 6, 2009

4. Presented the paper, “Language Theater for Teaching English” at the 20th Annual

     Teaching Academic Survival Skills (TASS) Conference held at Palm Beach Atlantic

     University, West Palm Beach, Florida, USA, on March 6, 2009.

5. Contributed the paper, “Improving Oral Skills of Graduates,” (with T. Sharat

      Babu) to the two-day  National Conference on "Communication and Soft Skills

      from Academia and Corporate Perspectives" at NIT, Warangal on January

      6, 2009.

6. Contributed the paper, “Reading Skills,” (with G. Manjulatha Devi) to the two-

      day  National Conference on "Communication and Soft Skills from Academia and

      Corporate Perspectives" at NIT, Warangal on January 5, 2009.

7. Contributed the paper, “Speaking Ailments in the Rural Learners of L2,” (with

       Sharatbabu) to the UGC National Seminar on “Globalization and English Studies

       in India” by Ahmednagar College, Ahmednagar, on October 7, 2008.

8. Contributed the paper, “The Role of the English Teacher,” (with Manjulatha) to 

      the UGC National Seminar on “Reflective Teaching in English” by Andhra

      Loyola College, Vijayawada, on August 11, 2008.

9. Presented the paper, “Towards Designing Course Material in English for Marginalized

      Learners” (with Purushotham) at National Conference on “Changing Paradigms and

      Perceptions: Challenges of Contextualizing English Studies in the Global Era” by

      Centre for English Language Training (CELT), OU, on December 30, 2006.

10. Presented the paper with a CDROM on “English for Media Personnel” (with Kalyan)       

      at UGC National Seminar on “English in the Media” held at JMJ College for

      Women, Tenali, Guntur District, AP, on July 22, 2005. 

 

Radio Talks

 

1. Radio Talk on "Greatness of Shakespeare" on April 23, 2001 from FM Radio of

      Warangal. (Transcript and Cassette available)

2. Material of the “Communication Skills in English" for Prof G. Ram Reddy

       Centre for Distance Education, Osmania University, in March 2006.

3. A Radio Talk on “Resume-writing” on March 5, 2007 from Warangal FM

       (Transcript and Cassette available)

4. A Radio Talk on “Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa” on May 28, 2008 in

      “Bharatheeyam” from Warangal FM (Transcript and CD available). Broadcast is

        repeated.

5. Devised and compeered 108 radio lessons on English for AIR, Warangal, and

      they were broadcast every Sunday at 8 am during 2002 - 2004. Now they are

      available on 21 CDs. The topics include Importance of English, Minimum

      Grammatical Knowledge, English for Housewives, Communicative

      Backwardness, Playing with Words, Verbal Phrases, Inviting the Guests, Vote of

      Thanks, Telephone Manners, Helping Verbs, Appreciations and Wishes, New

      Year Greetings, Ways to Improve One's English, Different Ways of Expression,

      Sentence Stress, Intonation, Uses of Dictionary, Common Errors, Information

      Technology, Resume-Writing, Interviews, Personal Letters, Words Often

      Confused, Idiomatic Expressions, Power of Expression, Prepositions, Problems

      of Telugu Speakers, Replies to New Year Greetings, Communicative Factors,    

      Appropriateness in English, American English, Improving One's Vocabulary,

      Asking Questions, Apologies,  English in Italy, Bridge Courses, Standard

      English, English for Soft Skills, How to Mention Future Activities? Enquiries,

      Similes for Comparison, Business English, Suggestions, Requests and

      Complaints, Agreements and Permissions, Intentions and Desires, Boosters,

      Doubts and Suggestions, Opinions, Seeking Information and Farewell   

      Expressions, Methods of Teaching English, English as a Second Language,

      English as a Foreign Language, Genders, Pronouns, Numbers, Language

      through Literature, Structures, Patterns, Transformation of Sentences, Sorries

      and Excuses, Internet for ELT, Online Teaching English, English Influence on

      Telugu, Foreign Expressions, Articles, Prepositions and Adjectives, Adverbs and

      Comparisons, Arguments and Adjustments, Asking Methods, Indian and

      English Collocations, Diary-writing, How to Develop India? Opinions, Indirect

      Speech, Question Tags, Simple, Complex and Compound Sentences,

      Comprehension, Synonyms, Translation, Healthy Expressions, Passive Voice,

      Principles of Composition, Model Essays, Précis-writing, Paragraph-writing,

      Silent Letters in English, Words with Silent Letters, Group Discussion, English

      Vowel Sounds, GIE and RP Sounds, Vocabulary, Aviation, Vegetables, Flowers,

      Fruits, Directions, etc., Spelling Rules, Rules of Adjective Forms, Models of

      Comparison, Uses of Adjectives, Dialogue-writing, Phobias, Internet

      Communication, Information Transfer, etc.

Prof P. Shailaja

Papers presented

1.   Dialogics of Cultural Encounters, Contemporary Theory Forum, Visakapatnam, December 13-16, 2004.

2.   Presented a paper at UGC National Workshop on Canadian Literature, organized by the Department of English, KU, Warangal on during March 28, 1994 – April 3, 1994.

3.  Presented a paper at UGC National Seminar on “New Directions in English Language

     and Literature” organized by the Department of English, KU, Warangal, during

     August 25 – 27, 2005.

4.  The Expatriate Indian Writing in English; UPGC, KU, Warangal September 22-23, 2005.

5.   The Praxis and Pedagogics of Post-Colonial Literatures Nagarjuna Univ., Guntur; December 19-20, 2005

6.   Psychodynamics of Women in the Post-Modern Literature of East and West; Visakapatnam, February 25-26, 2006

7.   The Dialectics and Dialogics of Post-Colonial Comparatives and Translations; Nagarjuna Univ. Guntur, Oct. 30- Nov. 1, 2006.

8.   Capacity Building of Women Managers in Higher Education, NALSAR Univ. of Law, Hyderabad, March 21-25, 2007.

9.  Presented a paper at UGC National Seminar on “Re-presentation of History in the Recent Indian Fiction in English” organized by the Department of English, KU, Warangal on 30-31March 2008.

10. Presented a paper at UGC National Seminar on “Indian Literature in English

      Translation” organized by the Dept of English, Kakatiya University, Warangal

      during 28-29 March 2009.

11. Presented a paper at UGC National Seminar on “Gendering Indian Narratives”

      organized by the Dept of English, Kakatiya University, Warangal during March 22 &

      23, 2010 and chaired a session.

12.  Presented a paper at International Conference of Indian Society for Commonwealth

       Studies on “Diversity in New Literatures” conducted by the Department of English,

       Kakatiya University, Warangal in collaboration with  ISCS during December 16-18,

      2010 and chaired a session.

 

                                                                                                                 

Prof M. Rajeshwar

 

Papers presented in Seminars

 

1.         Second Conference of the Finnish Society for the Study of English (FINSSE2), August 21-23, 2003; Department of English and the English Section of the Department of Translation Studies, University of Tampere, Finland.

Plenary lecture: “Re-historicizing Colonialism in India: Demythicization of the Raj in Indian Fiction in English.”

2.         English Teachers’ Regional Conference on “Social Justice through English Education,” February 17, 2007; Students’ Welfare Center & Placement Cell, Kakatiya University, Warangal.

Paper: “English in India: Countering the Prejudices.”

3.         National Seminar-cum-Workshop on “Quality Assurance in Higher Education,” February 15-16, 2002; Kakatiya University, Warangal.

4.         Workshop on Postgraduate Studies, April 30, 2004; Faculties of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Asmara, Asmara, Eritrea.

Symposium

 

1.         Second National Network Symposium on “Postcolonial Literary Studies,” September 5, 2003; Department of English, University of Joensuu, Finland. Participated as expert commentator.

 

 

Prof K. Purushotham

 

1.      Presented “ ‘All Living Language is Sacred’: Towards a Postcolonial  Pedagogy” at the UGC Sponsored National Seminar on “The Praxis and Pedagogics of Postcolonial Literature”, organized by the Department of English, Acharya Nagarjuna University, Guntur, December, 12 and 13, 2005.

2.      Presented “The Untouchable Spring as an Imitative Dalit Novel,” at “National Seminar on Dalit Narratives,” Organised by University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, Nov 2007.  

3.      Lecture on “New Literatures” in the Refresher Course, Nagarjuna University, Guntur, 2006.

4.      Lecture on “Translating Culture” in the Refresher Course, University of Hyderabad, Hyderaqbad, 2008.

 

Prof S. Latha

 

1. Presented a paper at Two-day International National Seminar on “Psychodynamics of Women in the Post-Modern Literature of the East and West” at Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, February 25 & 26, 2006.
2. Presented a paper at UGC National Seminar on “The Dialects and the Dialogic of Post Colonial Comparatives and Translations,” Acharya Nagarjuna University, Guntur, October 30 & 31 & November 1, 2001.
3. Presented a paper at UGC National Seminar on “The Praxis and the Pedagogics of Post Colonial Literatures,” Acharya Nagarjuna University, Guntur, December 19-20, 2005.
4. Presented a paper at UGC National Seminar on “Gendering Indian Narratives” organized by the Dept of English, Kakatiya University, Warangal during March 22 & 23, 2010 and chaired a session.

 

Mr K. Damodar Rao

Lectures/Reviews/Forewords

1. Gave a lecture on “Teaching Vocabulary”  at a Workshop on “Communicative  

      Skills in English” sponsored by the Board of Intermediate Education AP,        

      during 20-22 Decemeber, 2001.

2.  Gave a radio talk on “English Idioms and Phrases” in 2002.

3.  Introduced the book, The Little Clay Cart  translated into English by Sri

      Vidwan Tenneti Subba Rao in the book-launching session at Rajaraja Narendra

      Andhrabhasha Nilayam in Warangal  on 29-10-2006.

4.  Participated as Guest of Honour in the English Teachers’ Regional Conference on

       Social Justice Through English Education at Kakatiya University, Warangal,

       organized by the Students Welfare Centre on 17-02-2007.

5. Presented paper on the theme “Urban-Rural Divide: Role of Writers and Publishers”

      in a meeting organized by Ministry of Human Resource Development, National

      Book Trust and Indian Society of Authors in Warangal  on 10-02-1008.

6. Participated as Guest of Honour in the Valedctory of theUGC National Seminar on

       “Gendering Indian Narratives” on 23-03-2010.

7. Wrote “Foreword” to Gollapudi Srinivasa Rao’s short story collection, Fruit and

      other Stories (Calcutta: Writers Workshop, 2010)

8. Participated as Guest of Honour in the Valedictory of the National Seminar on

     “Learner-Centred Teaching: Challenges and Perspectives” organized by the

      Department of English, SR & BGNR Government College, Khammam, on 04-11-

      2010.

9. Chaired a Session on Comparative Literature in the 3-day International Conference

      on Diversity in New Literatures at KU, Warangal on 16-12-2010.

10. Chaired a Session on African and Caribbean Literatures in the 3-day International

       Conference on Diversity in New Literatures at KU, Warangal on 18-12-2010.

11. Participated as Guest of Honour in the Valedictory  of the 3-day International

      Conference on Diversity in New Literatures at KU, Warangal on 18-12-2010.

MAJOR/MINOR RESEARCH PROJECTS

 

Prof M Rajagopalachary

 

1. “New Critical Concepts in the light of Indian Aesthetic Thought” UGC Minor

     Research Project 1984-1986.

2. “Modern Schools of Criticism: An Indian Perspective,” Major Research Project under

     Career Award” 1986-1989.

 

Prof G Damodar

 

1. “The Pedagogy of the Tribes: Towards Designing Course Material for Tribal

     Students”, UGC Major Research Project, 2007-- 2010.

2. “Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL) Package in English” UGC Minor

      Research Project, 2001.

3.  "Methods of Teaching Language Skills to the Students of Dr BR Ambedkar Open

      University," UGC Minor Research Project, 1990.

 

Prof P Shailaja

 

1. “Oral Tradition in The Way to Rainy Mountain, Ceremony and Seven Arrows,”   

     UGC Minor Research Project, 1999-2000.

2. “Native American Autobiography: A Dialogic Self,” UGC Minor Research Project,

      2005-2007.

 

Prof M Rajeshwar

 

1. “Psychoanalysis and Indian Writing in English—Promises and Possibilities,” UGC

      Minor Research Project, 1993.

2. “Marriage and Beyond: the Anatomy and Post-mortem of Marriage in the Serious

     Fiction of Harold Robbins,” UGC Major Research Project, UGC Minor Research

     Project, 1997.

3. “The Discovery of Regional Language Fiction: A Study of Ten Major Telugu

     Novels,” UGC Minor Research Project, 2000.

 

 

Prof K Purushotham

 

1.   “The Pedagogy of the Tribes: Towards Designing Course Material for Tribal Students”, Co-Investigator, UGC Major Research Project, 2007.

2.   ‘First’ World within the Third World: The Politics of Literary Criticism,” UGC Minor Research Project, 1994.

3.   “Screening the Novel: A Study of Film Adaptation of Khushwanth Singh’s Train to Pakistan,” UGC Minor Research Project, 1999.

4.   “English for Engineers: Towards Designing Course Material for Engineering                Professionals,” UGC Minor Research Project, 2000.

5.   “E-English and Semantic Changes: A Study of its Influence on English,” UGC Minor Research Project, 2002. 

 

Prof S. Latha

 

1.      “Concept of Humanism in the Novels of Tagore,” UGC Minor Research Project, 1997.

2.      “Perseverance as Human Spirit: A Comparative Study of He Conquered the Jungle and The Old and the Sea,” UGC Minor Research Project, 2005-2007.

 

Mr K. Damodar Rao

 

1.      “A Study of Select African Novelists,” UGC Minor Research Project, 1993.

 

ADMINISTRATIVE/ACADEMIC POSITIONS HELD BY FACULTY

 

Prof V. Gopal Reddy: Vice-Principal (1999 -2001) and Principal, University Arts and Science College, Subedari, Hanamkonda (2002-2004), Vice-Chancellor, Kakatiya University (2004-2007), Vice-Chancellor, Palamur University (2008-2011)

 

Prof M. Rajagopalachary: Principal, UPGC, Nirmal (1996-2006).  Member Academic Senate, KU and Chaintanya Degree & PG Autonomous Colleges, Hanamkonda; Dean, Faculty of Arts, KU, Chairman, Board of Studies, KU, Director, Centre for English Language Training (CELT), KU

 

Prof G. Damodar: Director, Students Welfare Centre (2001-02), Coordinator, University Foreign Relations Office, and Coordinating Officer, UGC Unit, KU (2005-07), FRO. Presently, Head of the Department and Director, CFRAC, KU

 

Prof P. Shailaja: Programme Officer, NSS, KU (1988 –1989). Head of the Department (2007-2009).

 

Prof M. Rajeshwar: Programme Officer, NSS, KU (2005-2007), Head of the Department (2001-2003), Director, FRO, KU. Presently, Dean, Faculty of Arts, KU.

 

Prof K. Purushotham: Director, CELT (2006-2009); Joint-Director, University Hostel. Presently, Vice-Principal, University College, KU

 

Mrs. E. Renuka: Head of the Department, Warden of University Women’s Hostel.

 

Sl. No	Name of the Candidate	Topic of Research
01	V. Uma	Between Expatriation and Assimilation : A Study of Bharati Mukherjee’s Fiction
02	G. Tirupathaiah	Interpersonal Relationships in the Novels of Shashi Deshapande: A Study
03	P. Sunila Rani	The Politics of Caste in Indian Fiction in English Translation: A Study of Select Novels
04	P. Veera Laxmi Prasead	Image of India in the Raj Fiction
05	D. Mohan Rao	Racial Relations the Select Novels of Nadine Gordimer: A Critical Study
06	B. Narayana Reddy	Teaching and Testing of writing Skills Under Graduate Level in Kakatiya University : A Case Study of Warangal District
07	Fasiha Sultana	The Family Crisis in the Select Novels of Shashi Deshpande and Nayantara Sahagal
08	N. Padmanabha Rao	Immigrant Experience in the Novels of Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni: A Study
09	Jacqueline Bhoopally	A Comparative Study of Expatriacy in  the Select Fiction of Bharathi Mukherjee, Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni and Meena Alexander
10	T. Shyama Krishna	Novels of Amitav Ghosh: A Study in Themes and Techniques
11	T. Satyanarayana	Indian English: A Linguistic Study of Salman Rushdie’s Select Fiction
12	B. Srinivasulu	Corporate Communication: Towards Designing  Course Material in English for Management Courses
13	P. Dasharatham	Communicative Approach to the Teaching of Vocabulary to the Students of Professional Courses in Colleges under JNTU: A Study
14	K. Dayakar	Human Relationships in the Fiction of Flannery O’Connor : A Critical Study
15	G. Anuradha	Wounded Black Psyche : A Study of Toni Morrison’s Novels
16	T. Sharath Babu	Problems of Teaching and Learning in Social Welfare Residential Institutions in Telangana : A Study
18	A. Sheshachalam	The Image of “New Woman” in the Recent Indian English Women Novelists : A Select Study
19	K. Ram Mohan	The Theme of Struggle in the Select Novels of Nadine Gordimer
20	M. Venkat Reddy	English Curriculum Reforms at Tertiary Level in AP : A Case Study
21	G. Innyasamma	Learning Process of English at School level: A Case Study of Municipal Schools of Vijayawada
22	G. Pentamma	Telugu Short Fiction in English Translation: A Thematic Study of Select Anthologies
23	K. Kavitha	Designing English Curriculum for Engineering Students:  A Study
24	K. Venkat Satish	Fiction of Alice Munro: A Feminist Perspective
25	B. Shasidhar	A Critical Evaluation of Call Programmes in Engineering Colleges in A. P.
26	B. Srinivas Reddy	Effective Use of the Language Laboratory in Developing Specific English Language Communication Skills: A Case Study
27	M. Sridhar	A Thematic Study of Indo- Fijian Diaspora Writing in English

21 more were admitted in December 2011.

 

List of M. Phil. Awardees since 1978 (Year-wise)

SI. No.	Name of the Researcher	Name of the Topic	Area	Year
01	M.Rajagopalachary	Quest for Fulfilment in the Novels of Manohar Malgonkar	IL	1978
02	P.Mallikarjun Rao	Theme of Death in Ernest Hemingway’s Novels	AL	1978
03	R.Leelavathi	The Individual in Nayantara Sehghal	IL	1980
04	B.Radakishan	Women Characters in Mulk Raj Anand and R.K. Narayan	IL	1980
05	G.Damodar	Journey into Self: A Study of Nissim Ezkeiel’s Poetry	IL	1981
06	V.Gopal Reddy	Theme of Alienation in the Fiction of Arun Joshi	IL	1981
07	Shashikala Singh	Society in the Novels of Kurt Vonnegut	AL	1981
08	A.L. Narayana Rao	Thoreau’s Works: A study	AL	1981
09	K.Indrasena Reddy	Poetry of Kamala Das: A Study	IL	1981
10	Afzal Shahnaz	Treatment of War in Ernest Hemingway’s Novels	AL	1981
11	G.N. Desai	Nirad C.Chaudhari: A Study	IL	1981
12	B.Ramachandraiah	Social Conciousness in Bhabani Battacharya	IL	1981
13	T. Sudhakar Reddy	The Thematic Principle in Emerson’s Poetry	AL	1981
14	R. Radha	Man Vs Nature in the Poetry of Robert Frost	AL	1981
15	GN Desai	The Dual Vision of Nirad C Chaudhuri	IL	1981
16	S.Jeevan Kumar	The World of Asif Currimbhoy	IL	1982
17	E.M. Raj Kumar	Saga of the Outcast:: A Study of Ananad’s Fiction	IL	1982
18	D.Venkat Rao	V.S. Naipaul’s Vision of India	CW	1984
19	K.Swarnalatha	Three Facets of Jack London: A Study of The Sea-Wolf, The Iron Heel and Martin Eden	AL	1984
20	Syed Mujeebuddin	History Vs. Art in the Novels of William Styron	AL	1984
21	E.Renuka	All About Ombugland: A Study of Vijay Tendulkar’s Plays	IL	1985
22	P.B. Indira	The Image of the Young Women in the Short Stories of Eudhora Welty	AL	1985
23	P. Aravinda Kumari	Ralph Ellison’s Works: A Study	AL	1985
24	M. Prithvi Raj	Nirad C.Chaudhari: A Study	IL	1986
25	Syed Samiullah	Theme of Death in Saul Bellow	AL	1986
26	D. Buchi Rajam	Moral Realism in the Novels of George Orwell	AL	1986
27	M.Rajeswar	The Intellectual and society in the Novels of Wole Soyinka: A Study in Perspective	CW	1987
28	P. Ramanamurthy	The Existential Ethics in the Novels of  R.K. Narayanan	IL	1987
29	E. Pullaiah	The Theme of Alienation in the Novels of Anitha Desai:	IL	1988
30	V. Srinivas	Tradition and Experiment in Raja Rao	IL	1988
31	E.Pullaiah	The theme Alienation in the Novels of Anitha Desai	IL	1989
32	M. Uma Devi	Tradition and Modernity in the Novels of Kamala Markandaya	IL	1989
33	V.Shivaji	History Vs Art: A study of Salman Rushdie’s Grimus, Midnight’s Children and Shame	CW	1989
34	Anitha Sudharshan Rao	Ken  Kesey: A Thematic Study	AL	1989
35	R.George	A Study of Irish Murdoch’s Fiction	BL	1989
36	Md. M. Alam	Deception and Duplicity in Irving Wallace	AL	1989
37	K. Shashikala Reddy	The Ordeal of Consciousness in Anita Desai	IL	1989
38	A. Ramesh	Anne Tyler’s Novels: A Critical Study	AL	1989
39	D. Mohan Rao	Fiction of Shiv K Kumar	IL	1990
40	K. Damodar Rao	A Critical study of Aye Kwei Armah’s Major Novels	CW	1990
41	P.Ramadevi	Theme of  Affirmation in R.K. Narayan	IL	1990
42	V. Uma	The Moral Vision of Philip Roth: A study of his early fiction	AL	1990
43	J. Lalitha	The Gandhian Politics in the Novels of R.K. Narayan, Raja Rao and Malgonkar: A Study	IL	1990
44	B. Yadava Raju	Short stories of Bernard Malamud	AL	1991
45	A. Parankusham	Robert Lowell: A Study	AL	1991
46	P. Shailaja	Freedom and Self-discovery in the Novels of Ken Kesey	AL	1991
47	M.V. Gona Reddy	The Image of Pariah in Anand’s Untouchable and T.S. Pillai’s Scavenger’s Son: A Comparative study	IL	1991
48	D. Manaswini	Projection of Selfhood in the Novels of Nayanathara Sehgal	IL	1991
49	K. Raja Mouli	The Poetry of Philip Larkin: A Thematic study	BL	1991
50	R. VenkateswaraSwamy	A Critical Study of the Novels of Anitha Desai	IL	1991
51	N.L. Narasimha Rao	Short stories of R.K. Narayan: A study	IL	1991
52	C. Anantham	The Fiction of Kushwanth Singh: A Critical Study	IL	1991
53	K. Venkateswarlu	The Comic Place of John Millington Synge: A Critical Study	BL	1991
54	K. Satyanarayana	Moral Vision of William Golding	BL	1991
55	K. Yadagiri	Humanism in the Novels of Bhabani Bhattacharya	IL	1991
56	J.Yellaiah	Love and politics in the Alexandria Quartet of Lawrence Durrell	BL	1992
57	D. Swarna	The Novels of Steinbeck	AL	1992
58	S. Gangadhar	The Novels of Khwaja Ahmed Abbas; A Study	IL	1992
59	S. Latha	Humanism and Religious Sentiment in Tagore’s Gora	IL	1992
60	E. Satyanarayanan	Novels of Arun Joshi: A study in the Exploration of the Consciousness of Hapless People	IL	1992
61	J. Vijaya Gouri	Girish Karnad’s Plays: A Critical study	IL	1992
62	R. Shankar	Imagery and Symbolism in Shiv K Kumar’s Poetry	Il	1992
63	M. Prabhakar	Feminist Consciousness in Margaret S. Atwood: A Study of her Novels	CW	1992
64	Ch. Ravindranath	The Use of Myth in Girish Karnand’s Plays: A Thematic Study	IL	1992
65	A. Hari Shankar	The Early plays Arthur Millar: A Critical Study	AL	1993
66	Laxmi C. Devi	Nature and Landscape Imagery in Sylvia Plath’s Poetry:A Study	AL	1993
67	P. Subba Rao	Alex Hailey’s The Roots: Fiction into Film	AL	1993
68	Harish Kumar	Kushwanth Singh: A Study of his Concerns	IL	1994
69	P.N.H. Nalini Devi	Christian Symbolism in Ngugi’s Fiction	CW	1994
70	Shampa	Badal Sarkar’s Street Plays: A Thematic Study	IL	1994
71	N.S. Rahul	Arnold Wesker: A Critical Study	BL	1994
72	K. Sampath	The Decline and Fall of The Indian Prince: A Study of Anand’s Private Life of an Indian Prince, Malogankar’s The Prince	IL	1994
73	K.Bikshapathy	Robert Lowell’s Life Studies: A Thematic Study	AL	1994
74	P. Jayanthi	Margaret Lawrence: A Study of Select Novels	CW	1994
75	M. Suman	Family Relationship in the Novels of Alice Walker: A Study	AL	1994
76	V.Jagan	Ben Okri’s Novels: A Critical Study	CW	1994
77	T.S. Praveen Kumar	Moral Vision in the Select Novels of Morely Callaghan	CW	1995
78	Kalyana Chakravarty	The Teaching and Learning of English at the +2 Level: A Case Study	ELT	1995
79	S. Suryaprakasam	A Study of Indian Sensibility in the Poetry of Shiv K Kumar	IL	1995
80	Lalitha. R	RK Narayan’s Novels: A Feminist Perspective	IL	1995
81	P. Sathaiah	Quest for Identity in Richard Wright: A Study of Select Novels	AL	1995
82	Srikala	Social Criticism in Selected Short Stories of Donald Barthelme	AL	1996
83	S. Ravinder	The Poetry of A. K. Ramanujan:  A Critical Study	IL	1996
84	K Rajeshwar Rao	Short stories of Mulk Raj Anand: A Humanist Perspective	IL	1996
85	A. Sridevi	Social Consciousness in the Short  Fiction of Flannery O’ Connor	CL	1998
86	C. Govardhan	Use of Mother Tongue in Teaching of English at  + 2 Level: A Case Study	ELT	1998
87	P. Pichaiah	Social Realism in the Selected Novels of Bhabani Bhattacharya	IL	1999
88	N. Raghava Raj	Novels of Arun Joshi: A Critical Study	IL	1999
89	T.S.Radhika	In Quest of self-definition :A Study of Anita Desai’s Novels, Cry the Peacock, Voices in the City, Where shall we go this Summer?	IL	1999
90	P.Radhika	Stories about the Partition of India and Pakistan: A Critical Study	IL	1999
91	A. Sidda Ramulu	Teaching Enlish at Kendriya Vidyalayas: Learning Probelms of +2 Students and Remediation: A Case Study	ELT	!999
92	A. Aravinda Reddy	Shifting the Boundaries: Feminist Perspective in the Novels of Margaret Laurence & Gudipati Venkata Chalam	AL	1999
93	D. Venkata Laxmi	Amritha Pritham: A Study of her Select Novels	IL	2000
94	S.Shailaja	Narrative Technique &Themes in the Novels of Shasi Deshpande	IL	2000
95	B. Madhavi	Feminine concerns in Kamala Markandaya’s Fiction	IL	2000
96	D. Rama Kumari	Theme and Technique in the Short stories of Manohar Malgokhar	IL	2000
97	Krishna Chandra	Social Realism in Vikram Seth’s A Suitable Boy: A thematic study	IL	2000
98	Soundarya Joseph	Feminist Perspective in Alice Munro’s Fiction: A Study of Select Novels	IL	2001
99	S. Rukmini	Sri Aurobindo’s Concept of Poetry: A Study	IL	2002
100	B. Sukumari	The God of Small Things: A Study in Themes	IL	2002
101	B. Krishnaiah	The Image of Contemporary India in the Novels of 1990: A Study of Suitable Boy, Beethoven Among the Cows and The Great Indian Novel	IL	2004
102	K.V Ramana chary	Human Relations in the Select Novels of Manohar Malgonkar	IL	2004
103	K. Padma Latha	Individual and Society is Select Short Stories of John O’Hara	AL	2004
104	P. Dinakar	Effective Classroom Dynamics to Handle Large Classes at Plus Two level in A.P	ELT	2004
105	V. Srilatha	The Fiction of Vikram Chandra: A Critical Study	IL	2004
106	Letizia Alterno	Quest for Guru in Raja Rao’s The Serpent and the Rope and The Cat and Shakespeare : A Study in Indian Psychology and Spirituality	IL	2004
107	K. Padmaja	Noise in English : A Study with Reference to Speaking and Writing	ELT	2005
108	B. Vijaya	Aesthetics of Subversion: Representation of Marganalised Women in Mahaswetha Devi’s Doulalati, Draupadi and Breast Giver	IL	2005
109	Ch. Ranadheer Reddy	Select Novels of Sheshi Desh Pande: A Critical Study	IL	2006
110	E. Rambhaskar Raju	Gora and Samskara: A Thematic Study	IL	2006
111	M. Venkat Reddy	A Critical Study of A Course in Listening and Speaking: An Add-on Course at the Tertiary level in AP	ELT	2006
112	K. Ram Mohan	Nadine Gordimer’s Vision of South Africa: A Study of her Fiction	CW	2006
113	P. Sharada	Assimilation And Resistance: A Study of  Cultural Conflicts in Bharathi Mukhrjee’s Short Fiction	IL	2006
114	G. Pentamma	A Cast Configuration of Arundhati Roy’s The God of Small Things	IL	2007
115	M. Koteshwar Rao	A Study of Namitha Gokhale’s Short Fiction	IL	2007
116	A. Parameshwar	Man-Woman Relationship in the Poetry of Nissim Ezekiel: A Critical Study	IL	2007
117	A. Ramesh Babu	Resistance as Fiction, Form as Politics: A Study of Ngugi Wa Thiongo’s Devil on the Cross and Matigarii	CW	2007
118	R. Meghana Rao	Politics and Human Relationships in the Select Novels of Kamala Markandaya	IL	2007
119	Umapathi Raju	Evaluation and Testing Materials of VIII, IX and X Classes: A Study	ELT	2008
120	M. Ramakrishna Chary	Use of Myth in the Select Novels of R.K. Narayan, Mulk Raj Anand and Shashi Tharoor	IL	2008
121	Mr V. Satyanarayana	Patterns of Feminist Consciousness in Select Novels of Shashi Deshpande’s The Dark Holds No Terrors and That Long Silence	IL	2008
122	M. Shankar	Select Plays of Tennessee Williams: A Critical Study	AL	2008
123	Mr R. Ashok	Teaching Materials at Plus Two Level: A Case Study of Intermediate English Texts in  A. P.	ELT	2008
124	N. Veena	Illusion vs Reality in the Select Plays of Tennessee Williams: A Study	AL	2008
125	A. Shyamala	Indian Writing in English and Feminist Criticism	IL	2008
126	P. Sunanda	Contemporary Telugu Short Fiction: A Study of Ranga Rao’s That Man on the Road	RLT	2008
127	K. Yakaiah	Racial Relations in the Select Novels of Benjamin Zephaniah	BL	2009
128	D. Rebecca Rani	A Critical Study and Translation of Select Poems of Boyi Bheemanna	Transl-ation	2010
129	K. Komuraiah	Select Novels of Nayantara Sehgal: A Critical Study	IWE	2010
130	Archana	Manju Kapoor’s Novels: A Study	IWE	2010
131	A. Aswini	Kiran Desai’s Novels: A Thematic Study	IWE	2011
132	P. Premabai	Feminism in Select Modern Telugu Poetry in English Translation	IWE	2011
133	Sharmila Kannu	Disintegration of American Family in John Cheever’s Major Novels	AL	2011
134	V. Rajesham	A Thematic Study of Giirish Karnard’s Plays	IWE	2011

 

M. Phil (Work in Progress)

Sl. No	Name of the Candidate	Topic of Research
01	G. Anasuya	Women’s Victimhood in the Select Novels of Shashi Deshpande
02	B. L. Sadguna Mary Grace	Narratives of Nostalgia: A Study of Rohinton Mistry’s Novels
03	S. Rajaiah	Difficulties of Telugu Medium Students in Learning English at Seconday Level in A. P.
04	G. Sudarshan Rao	Social Prejudices and Politics of Carte in Anand’s Untouchable, Promchand’s Godan  and Dasarath’s Lesser Deities: A Thematic Study
05	A. Ammayee	Bridge Courses for the Students of Telugu & English Media at +2 Level
06	P. Vinayadhar Raju	Comparative Study of Inductive and Deductive Methods in Teaching oaf English Grammar Secondary Level in A. P.
07	S. Kumar	Teaching Materials at Secondary Education Level : A Critical Study
08	K. Janaki	Influence of Transliteration in the Second Language Learners of English: Implications for the Teaching of English at +2 Level in A. P.
09	G. Ramulu	Bi-lingual Method in the Teaching of English at Secondary School Level: A Case Study
10	V. Babu Rao	A Critical Analysis of Teaching Materials on Prose at Plus Two Level
11	M. David Raju	Portrayal of Women in Arundhati Roy’s God of Small Things and Salmon Rushdie’s Midnight’s Children: A Comparative Study
12	P. Kumara Swamy	Identity Crisis in the Select Novels of Anitha Desai
13	D. Shobha Rani	The Novels of Anne Tyler: A Critical Study
14	C. Manjula Devi	Teaching Poetry at +2 Level: A Case Study of Warangal
15	Ayesha Yasmin	L2 Vocabulary Acquisition: A Study in Pedagogy
16	P. Jaya Surya	Tyranny of Power, Domain of Desolation : Dictatorship and Solitude in Gabriel Garcia Marqiez’s The Autumn of Patriarch
17	D. Shailaja Rani	English in the Telugu Mass Media: A Study of the Factors Affecting Pronunciation
18	B. Srinivas	Theme of Alienation in the Select Plays of Eugene O’Neill: A Critical Study
19	C. Kathalaiah	Survival with Dignity : Black Feminist Sensibility in Toni Morrison’s Sula and Beloved
20	P. Usha Rani	Interlanguage Interference and Error Analysis: A Case Study of Written English at +2 Level in Warangal
21	N. Shailaja	Gita Mehta’s Novels : A Study of Themes and Techniques
22	G. Sammaiah	A Critical Study of the Works of Heymeyohst’s Storm
23	P. Kavitha	Select Novels of Toni Morrison: A Critical Study
24	M. Venu Madhav	Poetics of Commitment: Post-Colonial Political Situation in Ngugi Wa Thiongo’s Petals of Blood and Devils on the Cross
25	V. Satyanarayana	Patterns of Feminist Consciousness in Select Novels of Shashi Deshpande’s The Dark Holds No Terrors and That Long Silence
26	N. Santosh Rajkumari	An Evaluative Study of the English Language Syllabus at +2 Level
27	T. Padma	Indianising English: A Study of Stylistic Experiment in A God of Small Things
28	Thakur Uday Singh	Teaching Reading Comprehension through Newspapers at School Level: A Case Study
30	K. Prashantha	The Novels of Shashi Tharoor: A Thematic Study
31	R. Sammaiah	Upamanyu Chatterjee’s Select Novels: A Study
32	J. Jasmine Theresa	Socialist Realism in Godan: A Study
33	R. Satyanarayana	Striking Roots in an Alien land : A Study of  V. S. Naipaul’s  A House for Mr. Biswas
34	K. Ramesh	A Judge as a Writer: A Study of Zimbo’s Telugu Short Stories in English Translation
35	K. Kamala Christiana	Testing and Evaluation Pattern in English at UG Level in A. P. : A Study
36	K. Lakshmi	A Study of the Writing Skills at Tertiary Level
37	M. Harikrishna	Quest for Home: A Study of Alice Walker’s The Third Life of Grange Copeland and Meridian

10 more were admitted in December 2011.