Name: Dr. M. Palanisamy

Affiliation: Associate Professor, Department of English, Kanchi Mamunivar Centre for Postgraduate Studies, Lawspet — 605608, Pondicherry, India

Email: drpalanisamykkl@gmail.com

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Dr. M. Palanisamy is Associate Professor, Department of English, Kanchi Mamunivar Centre for Postgraduate Studies, Lawspet — 605608, Pondicherry, India.

Educational Qualifications:

• Ph. D., Department of English, Annamalai University (2004)
• M. Phil., Department of English, Annamalai University (1999)
• M. A. Department of English, Annamalai University (1998)
• B.A Periyar E.V.R.College, Trichy (1996)

Work Experiences:

• Lecturer in English at A V C College, Mayiladurai from 2002 to 2004 teaching at UG & PG Levels—2 Years
• Assistant Professor of English (Recruited through UPSC (Union Public Service Commission, India) at Avvaiyar Government College for Women, Karaikal, from 12-07-2004 to 31-12-15 Forenoon, teaching at UG & PG levels— (11 years and 06 months of Regular Service)
• Assistant Professor of English, Arignar Anna Govt. Arts and Science College, Karaikal.-609605 from 31-12-15 to 07-01-2018 teaching at UG levels- ( 1 YEAR)
• Assistant Professor of English Kanchi Mamunivar Centre for Postgraduate Studies (Autonomous), Lawspet, Puducherry-605608 from 08-01-18 to till date teaching and research at PG, M.Phil, and Ph.D levels- (1 YEAR, 2 months)

Academic Association History Publications:

a) Research Articles:

• " The Female Quest for Identity in Bhabani Bhattacharya' So Many Hungers and Arundhathi Roy's The God of Small Thinngs". Ed. Dr.F. Abdul Rahim, Voice II, Tone 2, 2004
• "Dalits as Untouchables Amist Minorities in Bama's Karukku " in VOICE International. VOLV. Ed. Dr.V.Thanuvalingam. Annamalai University, Chidambaram,2009
• “Toni Morrison:A Voice Feminine Black Identity." Culture and Literature. Ed. S.Ravindranathan and S.Prabahar, Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelvely, 2007
• “Family Life and Primitive Force in Arun Joshi’s The Strange Case of Billy Biswas.” Familial Portraits. Ed.J.Selvamalar, NMSS Vellaichamy Nadar College, Madurai,2013.pp-132-137.ISBN:978-81-910124-0-8
• “Cultural Identity and the Problem of Dislocation in Globalization.” Diasporic Indian Literature in English: Perspectives of Cultural Variations. Ed.Venkata Kalaiyarasi, et al., PoGo Publishing House,2014, pp-20-25. ISBN:978-93-83069-19-4
• “Humanism and Predicament in Arun Joshi’s The Strange Case of Billy Biswas” Voices in the Wilderness, Vol.II, Periyar Maniammai University Press, 2013, pp.1154-1157,ISBN:978-81-908015-6-0
• “Bama and Tlali: Voices of Marginality.” Indian Fiction in English. Devanga Arts College(Autonomous), Aruppukottai, 2014, pp.32-40, ISSN:0976-8130
• “Cross-cultural Failure in the Teaching of English.” Language Through Literature. Ed. A.C.Chandrasekar andR.Vaisnavi, Iyal Publication, 2015, pp. 11-17, ISBN:978-81-928646-6-2
• “Socio-cultural Dislocation in the Context of Globaliozation” Socio-cultural impacts in Literature. Ed.Veerasamy.V, Shanlax Publications, 2016.pp.5-8, ISBN:978-93-85399-61-9
• “A Socio-Psychological Perspective of Indian Casteism and American Racism” Literatures in English: A Global Perspective. Ed. Kirubahar Samuel. J, et all., Virudhu Nagar Hindu Nadar’ Senthikumar Nadar College (Autonomous),2018,pp.15-21, ISBN:978-93-81723-79-1
• “The Subaltern Experience of Untouchables in Rohinton Mintry’s A Fine Balance,” Subaltern Narratives: Critical Stance. Ed. K.Ravichandran and C.Anitha, Emerald Publishers,2018, pp.373-77, ISBN: 978-81-7966-470-4

b) Conference Publications:

• “Feminism in Sylvia Plath’s Poetry” at the Seminar–cum-workshop on American Studies And Recent Trends In Poetry from 19th to 22nd August 1996 at Annamalai University, Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu, India
• “Materials for Teaching English” at the Third Regional Conference of English Teachers on 25th and 26th Sept. 2003 at Seethalakshmi Ramasamy College, Trichy, Tamil Nadu, India
• “Destiny in Sophocles’ Oedipus, The King.” at the UGC sponsored National Seminar on Greek Tragedy on 19th SEPT. 2003 at Kongunadu College of Arts and Science, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
• “The Female Quest For Identity in So Many Hungers and The God of Small Things” at the National Seminar on Comparative Literature on 5th and 6th MARCH 2004 at Annamalai University, Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu, India
• “Toni Morrison: A Voice Feminine Black Identity” at the National Conference on Culture and Literature on 15th and 16th Feb. 2007 at Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu, India
• “Diasporic Meditations in Cry, The Peacock” at the National Seminar on Issues of Identity and Culture in Recent Asian Diasporic Fictions on 13th and 14th March 2007 at The New College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
• “Toni Morrison’s Tar Baby: An Attack on Dualism and Sexism” at the UGC sponsored National Seminar on Disabled Studies on 4th and 5th January 2010 at Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu, India
• “Goriya Naylor: A Female Voice of The Black Male” at the UGC sponsored National Seminar on Recent Trends in African-American Literature on 30th &31st March 2010 at Annamalai University, Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu, India
• “The Otherness Confessed in Sylvia Plath’s “Daddy” at the UGC sponsored National Seminar on Confessional Poetry in English on 21st &22nd Feb.2012 at Annamalai University, Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu, India
• “Family Life and the Primitive Force in Arun Joshi’s The Strange Case of Billy Biswas” at the National Level Seminar on Portrayal of Family in Indian Writing in English on 15th March 2013 at NMSS.Vellaichamy Nadar College, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India
• “Bama and Tlali: Voices of Marginality” at the National Seminar on Indian Fiction in English on 3rd March 2014 at Devanga Arts College(Autonomous), Aruppukottai, Tamil Nadu, India
• “Humanism and Predicament in Arun Joshi’s The Strange Case of Billy Biswas” at the UGC Sponsored International Conference on Humanistic Approach in Modern Literature in English on 21st March 2013 at Rajah Serfoji Govt.College(Autonomous),Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India
• Participated in the Faculty Development Programme(FDP) organized by IQAC, Kanchi Mamunivar Centre for Postgraduate Studies (Autonomous), Lawspet-605008, Pondicherry, India, on 12.12.2018