ACADEMICS

Profile of Krisha Das

 

Academic & Professional Details

Qualification:- Ph.D

Date of Joining:- 17-05-2007

Designation:- Associate Professor

• Email: krisha.das@hgcollege.edu.in

ORCID: 0009-0006-4226-3863

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Professional Profile

Dr. Krisha Das is an Associate Professor in the Department of English, Handique Girls" College, with more than 19 years of teaching experience. Her academic specialisation is Women and Literature, with sustained research and teaching engagement in Postcolonial Literatures, Women"s Writings, North-East Studies, Climate Narratives, Ecocriticism and Blue Humanities.

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At a Glance

• 19+ Years: Teaching experience since 17 May 2007
• HoD: Head of the Department of English since 1 December 2025
• PG Programme: Coordinated the PG English programme from its inception in 2025
• Mentorship: Mentoring Coordinator and mentor to a substantial number of students
• Research: Work across women"s writing, postcolonial studies, climate narratives and Blue Humanities
• Innovative Pedagogy: Kinesthetic learning, peer learning and interactive classroom practices.
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Teaching Portfolio

Higher Secondary (HS)

Undergraduate (UG)

• Indian English Writings
• Women"s Writings
• Postcolonial Literatures
• Literary Theory and Criticism
• American Literature

 

Postgraduate (PG)

• Women"s Writing
• Life Writing
• Indian Writing
• Asian Writing
• Advanced literary and critical approaches

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Academic Leadership & Administration

• Head of the Department of English, Handique Girls" College ´ since 1 December 2025.
• P.G. Coordinator, Department of English ´ from the inception of the PG programme in 2025.
• AoC of PG examinations.
• Mentoring Coordinator, Handique Girls´ College, 2023 onward.
• Convenor of the HS Arts Admission Committee (2021–22 and 2022–23).
• Convenor of the IQAC Criterion 2 Sub-Committee, 2022 to March 2026.
• Teacher-in-charge of Fine Arts and Music (2022–23).
• Member, Institutional Innovation Council (IIC) ´ 2024 onward.
• Executive member, HGC Teachers" Unit ´ 2024 and 2025.
• Member, Research & Development Cell, Handique Girls" College (2021-2025).
• Member of University Upgradation Committee, 2023
• Member of Committee for Institutional Development Plan, 2023
• Member of IIC, HGC 2024 onward.
• Member of HS Arts Admission Committee, 2024.
• Member of BSc Admission Committee, 2024.

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Teaching Innovation & Student Engagement

• Kinesthetic learning activities that connect literary concepts with movement, mapping, performance and experiential learning.
• Peer learning activities that encourage collaborative interpretation, discussion and student-led knowledge sharing.
• Text-to-performance and activity-based approaches to make literary study participatory and memorable.
• Mentoring and student support through structured academic guidance and engagement.
• Organisation of expert talks and interdisciplinary academic conversations in the Department of English.

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Research Areas

• Postcolonial Literatures
• Women"s Writings
• North-East Studies
• Climate Narratives
• Ecocriticism
• Blue Humanities

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Latest Publications

2026 ´ "Dreams and Historical Memory: Exploring Girish Karnad"s The Dreams of Tipu Sultan"

ILN Journal: Indian Literary Narratives, Vol. 3, No. 2, June 2026, pp. 143–145.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.70396/ilnjournal.v3n2.a.12

 

2026 ´ "Writing Trauma, Reclaiming Agency: Assamese Women"s Short Stories of Insurgency and Survival"

DABEER: Special Issue on Narrating Silence and Absence: Power, Memory and the Unsaid in Literature, pp. 15–24.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19863829

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Selected Earlier Research Publications

• “Nurturing the Domestic in the Nation: Joymati Utsav and Sisterhood in Assam” ´ Srotaswini, UGC CARE Listed Journal (2021–22), pp. 68–77.
• “Legends of Pensam: Interrogating Ethnicity and Assimilation” ´ Journal of Arts, UGC CARE Listed Journal, Vol. 10 (2022), pp. 110–115.
• “Writing of Disease and Resilience: A Study of Dr. Dhrubajyoti Bora"s Aazar” ´ Assonance: A Journal of Russian and Comparative Literary Studies, Vol. 23 (2023), pp. 313–323.

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Selected Book Chapters

• “Confronting Violence: A Reading of Narratives by Women” ´ Female Author-ity: Women"s Short Story Writing in Assamese (1980–2015), Papyrus, Guwahati (2021), pp. 64–91.
• “Writing of Disease and Fevered Times: Revisiting History in Dhrubajyoti Bora"s Aazar” ´ India and the Pandemic: The Trajectories of COVID 19 and its Corollaries, Crescent Publishing Corporation, New Delhi (2021), pp. 111–124.
• “Revisiting History through Dreams: A Study of Karnad"s The Dreams of Tipu Sultan” ´ Dramatizing the Truth: The Plays of Girish Karnad, YKING BOOKS, Jaipur (2021), pp. 24–32.
• “Woman Writing Woman: A Study of Pushpalata Das"s Agnisnata Chandraprava” ´ Communities of Women in Assam: Being, Doing, and Thinking Together, Routledge South Asia Edition (2016), pp. 177–200.
• “Ghar Jeuti (1927–1931): Narrating ‘Modernity" in Colonial Assam” ´ Blurring Boundaries Carving an Identity: Women Writers in Colonial India, Authorspress, New Delhi (2018), pp. 113–134.
• “Negotiating Ethnicity and Modernity: A Reading of Mamang Dai"s The Legends of Pensam” ´ Myriad´The Topical Thoughts, Creative Design, Dibrugarh (2019), pp. 18–25.

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Research Project

• “The Woman"s Text”: A Study of Women"s Writing in Assam at the Juncture of Modernity (1900–1936) ´ UGC Sponsored Minor Research Project, 24 months (March 2015–February 2017), grant of ₹1,30,000.

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Selected Recent Presentations

• “Environmental Justice and Amitav Ghosh"s Anthropocene Narratives” ´ Presented at the International Coference Imagining Futures: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Humanity, Crisis, and Change, SMVDU University, Jammu & Kashmir and University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy, 25–26 September 2025.
• “Waters of Change: Exploring Blue Humanities Through Amitav Ghosh"s Ecocritical Narratives” Presented at the ICHR-sponsored International Seminar on Water Challenges: From Ancient to Contemporary Times and Beyond, Tezpur College, 27–28 February 2026.
• “Of Lore and Spectacle: Evaluating Amitav Ghosh’s Gun Island as Anthropocene Fiction” Presented at the International Conference on Literatures from Indian Subcontinent: A Review of Different Dimensions, organised by the Department of English, Iswar Saran P.G. College, Prayagraj, 8–10 January 2021.
• “Looking at Migrant Women on the Move through a Gender Lens” Presented at the seminar Migration in India amidst Covid-19 Pandemic: Implications, Challenges and Future Preparedness, organised by IQAC, Damdama College, Guwahati, 18–19 July 2020.
• “Negotiating Ethnicity: A Reading of Mamang Dai’s The Legend of Pensam” Presented at Ethnicity and Identity in the North-East: Indian Writing in English, organised by the Department of English, USTM, Meghalaya, with the Department of English, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, 18–19 February 2017.
• “Narrativizing Violence: Assamese Short Stories in Perspectives” Presented at the International Conference on Language, Ethnicity, & Identity: 21st Century Perspectives, organised by ELTAI, Assam Chapter, in collaboration with the Department of English, Tinsukia College, 11–12 February 2017.
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Professional Development

• Two-Day Workshop on “Research Ethics and Usage of Artificial Intelligence in Research”, MDKG College in collaboration with Kaziranga University, 9–10 December 2025
• One-Week Faculty Development Programme (FDP) on “AI in Education”
  Completed from 29 March–4 April 2024 at the Teaching Learning Centre (TLC), Ramanujan College, University of Delhi, under the Malaviya Mission Teacher Training Programme (MMTTP). Mode: Online.
• NEP 2020 Orientation & Sensitization Programme
  Completed the NEP 2020 Orientation & Sensitization Programme from 17–26 June 2025.
• Completed a one-year Certificate Course in Sanskrit Language under the Non-Formal Sanskrit Education programme from Central Sanskrit University. Year 2021-22. Mode: Online