Uma Maheswari V

Teaching

Educational Background

Work Experience

Lecture Courses

• Postcolonial Literature
• English for Career Development
• Communication and Soft Skills – Confidence Building
• Written Communication
• English for Engineers
• Professional Communication
• Communication and Soft Skills – Career Choice
• Essential Skills for Engineers

Research

Area of Research Interest

• Corpus Study
• Vocabulary Learning Strategies
• Reading Comprehension
• Diaspora Studies
• Comparative Literature

Research

Journal Publications

• Rethink the Role of Prescriptive Grammar – An Experimental Study  at Tertiary Level”, in Indian Journal of Technical Education (2023), 11 (3) (UGC Care journal, ISSN: 0971-3034).
• ELT in Indian Government Schools: Trends and Challenges”, in Humanities and Social Science Studies (2023), 12 (2), pp.33-36. (UGC Care approved journal ISSN: 2319-829X).
•  The Concept of Eco-criticism in T.S. Eliot’s Waste Land and Karen Tei Yamashita’s novel Through the Arc of the Rainforest”, in Humanities and Social Science Studies (2023), 12 (2), pp.95-100. (UGC Care approved journal ISSN: 2319-829X).
• Cinema, Culture and Adaptations through the Eyes of Anne of Green Gables”, in Humanities and Social Science Studies (2023), 12 (2), pp.101-104. (UGC Care approved journal ISSN: 2319-829X).
• Voice of the East in Eliot and Oppenheimer”, in B.L. College Journal, (2023), 5(2), pp. 85-91. (ISSN 2664-228X). https://doi.org/10.62106/blc2023v5i2e8
• “The Impact Model of Mann Ki Baat – A Radio Revolution”, in the International     Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (2023) 10(4), 305-310. ISSN: 2349-5162) Available
  http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2304844.pdf
• “An Indian ESWL: A Pedagogic Tool to Improve the Lexical Competency of Students in Context of Horizontal Diversity” in The Asian EFL Journal (2018). 20(4), 23-38. (Scopus ISSN 1738-1460)
• “VLS Model for Content Words: An Experimental Study on Engineering Students in India” in the GEMA Online Journal of English Studies (2018). 19(1), 62- 76. http://doi.org/10.17576/gema-2019-1901-04 (Scopus eISSN 2550-2131)
• “Bipolar Synergies: The Role of Diachronic and Synchronic Study of Words in Content Comprehension at Tertiary Level” in the June edition of E.S.P.Today (Scopus eISSN 2334-9050) https://doi.org/10.18485/esptoday.2019.7.1.5
• “Linguistic Resources to Facilitate Science Education” in Current Science (2020). 118.02, 271-73. (Scopus and Web of Science ISSN 0011-3891) doi:10.18520/cs/v118/i2/271-273    
• “Decoding of English idioms by Tamil ESL Learners” in the The Criterion 8(8), 447-459. (UGC recommended journal ISSN 2278-9529)
• “Content literacy: Vocabulary learning Tools in ICT” in Universal Review (2018) 7(8) (UGC recommended journal ISSN 2277-2723)
• “Redefining the Role of Teachers in CLIL (Content and Language Integrated Learning): An Experimental Study” in the Online International Interdisciplinary Research Journal (2019) 9(2), 253-260. (UGC recommended journal, ISSN 2249-9598)

Book Publication

• Step Up Your English Language Skills – Intermediary Level (Notion Press, ISBN 978-1-68563-396-7)

Presentations

International Conferences / Seminars / Workshops

• Presented a paper titled “Voice of the East in Eliot and Oppenheimer” in the international seminar on Unveiling Modern Desolation and the Search for Salvation across the Century, Centennial Celebration of The Waste Land”, held in Government Brajalal College, Khulna, Bangladesh on 24 & 25 September 2023.
• Presented a paper titled Computational Analytics and Corpus Study” at 2023-ORSI & 2023-ICBAI Conference at IISc, Bengaluru from 18-20 December, 2023.
• Presented a paper titled Word List based Curriculum for Persons with Intellectual Disability in India” in the Purple international Summit on Inclusive Education organized by State Commission for Persons with Disabilities, Goa in Goa from 9-11 January 2024.
• Presented a paper titled “An Indian EWL: A Pedagogic Tool to Improve the Lexical Competency of Students in Context of Horizontal Diversity” at the International Conference on ESP, New Technologies and Digital Learning held in Hong Kong Polytechnic University from 7-9 December 2017
• Presented a paper titled “Exploring the Role of Cognitive Vocabulary Learning (CVL) in Enriching the Lexical Repertoire and Enhancing the Reading Comprehension of the Students of Engineering in India” at the ASEAN ELT -2018 conference held in Malacca, Malaysia.
• Presented a paper titled “Review of ELT Pedagogy in educational systems in India – A cross country comparison” at the ASEAN ELT -2018 conference held in Malacca, Malaysia.
• Presented a paper titled “Content Literacy: Vocabulary Learning Tools in ICT” at the International conference on the Use of ICT in Developing Effectiveness of Teaching Skills for Teachers in Higher Education held at C.S.Azad Govt. P.G. Nodal College, Sehore, M.P. on 30.07.2018
• Co-author of a paper titled The Throne of the Majestic Mammoth of Forest Ecosystem in the Elephant Doctor presented in the 43rd Annual International Conference on Forest in Literature and Culture held in Sauraha, Chitwan, Nepal on 1-2 March 2023
• Presented a paper titled “Transgenderism in Mahabharata” in the International Conference on Mahābhārata Epic across Asia: Ancient Indian Knowledge System Transcending Spatiotemporal Boundaries organized by the English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad on 3.6.2023

National Conferences / Seminars / Workshops

• Attended an online 7-day FDP on Contemporary Literary Trends and Devices” organized by SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Kattankulathur from 5-11 February 2024.
• Attended a workshop on “Art of writing letters of recommendation” organized by the Centre for International Relations, B S Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute of Science and Technology in collaboration with EducationUSA, USIEF on 01st December 2022.
• Attended the Interactive Webinar Series on “Outcome Based Curriculum Design” jointly organized by the Office of Director Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) and Office of Dean (Academic Affairs) of B.S. Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute of Science and Technology from 01.08.2022 to 05.08.2022.
• Attended a workshop on “Linguaskill Business – Teacher Development Programme” organized by Cambridge University Press & Assessment! On 30.04.2022
• Attended the TOEFL Workshop organized by the ETS India Resource Centre managed by DP Cube Learning on 29.04.2022
• Presented a paper titled “Measures to Overcome the Digital Divide caused in ELT Classrooms” at the National Seminar on ‘Quality Assurance in Higher Education Institutions: Issues, Challenges and Remedies’ in Chandra Shekhar Azad Govt. P.G. College, Sehore, on 10.03.2018.
• Presented a paper titled “Corpora based English Curriculum to Develop the lexical proficiency of Students at Tertiary level” at the National Seminar on The Development of English Communicative proficiency in UG Students held in Veer Savarkar Govt. College, Raisen, on 26-27 February, 2018.
• Presented a paper titled “CLIL in schools made effective by Integrated Instructional Material Design” at the National Conference on Language Education held in Ajmer (NCERT), from 20 -22 December 2017.