Educational Qualification (highest): Ph.D (pursuing)

Designation: Assistant Professor, Communication

Mail: pratik.mahant@nmims.edu, pratikmahant2012@gmail.com

Ph.D (pursuing)Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), Varanasi, India Topic- Drama in Education: Pedagogical Application in Second Language Teaching

M.A. in Linguistics – 2017 Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India

B.A. (Hons.) Linguistics – 2015 Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India

RESEARCH PROJECT:

Co-principal investigatorMajor Project titled “Magadhi Culture and the Endangered Indigene of India: A Project of Archiving, Dissemination and Pedagogy” funded by JPN National Centre of Excellence in the Humanities, Indian Institute of Technology Indore

WORK EXPERIENCE

Academic AssociateWorked as an Academic Associate in Communication Area at Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIMA) from 05/06/2023- 20/11/2023

PUBLICATION
  • Mahant, P. K., Alam, S., Ghosh, S., & Jabeen, I. (2023). Shifting Learning Atmosphere through Process Drama: Teaching English Parts-of-Speech (PoS) in Indian Classroom. World Journal of English Language, 13(8). https://doi.org/10.5430/wjel.v13n8p288 (Scopus Indexed)
  • Mahant, P. K., & Ghosh, S. (2023). Beyond the Classroom: A Comprehensive Study on Online Drama-in-Education for Second Language Pedagogy. International Journal of Educational Sciences. (Web of Science Core Collection Indexed)
CONFERENCES
  • Presented a paper “Teaching Parts of Speech through Theatre” in ICOLSI-40 at Central Institute of Indian Language, Mysore, India held from 05-07 December 2018.
  • Presented a paper “Semantic Change of Sanskrit Words in Hindi” at the 34th South Asian Languages Analysis Roundtable at the University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany held from June 19-21, 2018
  • Presented a paper “Theatrical Approach for Teaching Hindi Sounds to Bhojpuri Speakers” at International Conference on Applied Linguistics at Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, U.P. India held in 2017
  • Presented a poster “Classification of Euphemism with Reference to Hindi” at the 38th International Conference of Linguistic Society of India held at Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, Assam, India from 10 to 12 November 2016.
RESEARCH INTEREST
  • Second Language Teaching, Drama in Education, and Intangible Cultural Heritage
OTHER QUALIFICATIONS AND AWARDS
  • UGC NET with JRF (2017)
SKILLS
  • Qualitative and Quantitative Research Methods, Academic Writing, Audio-Visual Content Creation
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