Dr. Tuhina Bose

NET (National Eligibility Test) qualified, IELTS, MA (English Literature), B.Ed. (Bachelor of Education)

An assistant Professor for Personal Communication and Skills, I am constantly trying to apply my knowledge and experience of literature to harness young minds with the tools of group discussion, storytelling, case-studies, music and poetry.

English Language Trainer & Personality Grooming Coach holding 11 years of diversified experience in the Education and Training Industry.

 

 

BIO

Dr. Tuhina Bose is an academician, scholar, and English Language Trainer and Personality Grooming Coach holding 16 years of diversified experience in the Education and Training Industry.
Dr Bose holds major certifications like CELTA from Cambridge, Certificate of Entrepreneurship from the University of Pennsylvania and NET from the UGC.

Aspiring and keen on exploring roles in corporate communication and training, she is interested in improvising on existing skills to evolve in new areas of training and interactive learning, and is constantly striving to apply the knowledge and experience of literature to harness young minds
with the tools of group discussion, storytelling, case studies, music and poetry.

Dr Bose is currently working as a senior assistant professor at NMIMS-PDSE Mumbai and also holding the positions of the anchor faculty and school communication head.

Her earlier appointments include:

Dept. of English, St. Xavier’s College – Mumbai
Department of English, Mumbai University
Fr. Conceicao Rodrigues Institute of Technology, Vashi Navi Mumbai

During her academic tenure, she has held various administrative roles; Her research interest is interdisciplinary, including various genres of literature, communication, Business History and other contemporary topics. As a research scholar, she has published and presented numerous papers on varied subject areas in national and international conferences.

 

YEAR	ACADEMIA & QUALIFICATION	MARKS SECURED
April 2000	Bachelor of Education – B.Ed Rani Durgavati University Jabalpur	75%
May 1999	Master of Arts – MA (English) Rani Durgavati University Jabalpur	62% (2nd Rank Holder in University)
May 1995	Bachelor of Agricultural Sciences JawaharLal Nehru Agriculture University-Jabalpur, (M.P)	71.6%

 

CERTIFICATIONS

• National Eligibility Test –NET for Lectureship December 2000
• CELTA Dec 2018 – Pass

 

CAREER SUMMARY

• Assistant-Professor -Fr. Conceaciao Rodrigues Institute of Technology, Vashi June2015-Present

• Freelance trainer and examiner for English Language Teaching July2019-present

• Pursuing research in English Literature. Topic: Cultural and Historiographical Motifs: A Comparison of the Selected Novels of Michael Ondaatje and Amitav Ghosh.

• Submitted thesis for the award of the doctoral degree to Rani Durgavati University Jabalpur.

 

Papers Published and Presented

• Transnationalism in Michael Ondaatje’s ‘The Cat’s Table’.
• ‘Transnational reflections in Coetzee’s Slow Man’, in a multidisciplinary conference in Mumbai University. (published and presented)
• Teaching The Shadow Lines in the backdrop of the BBC documentary The Frontier Railways (published and presented)
• Language and Rituals as Transcultural Motifs in South Asian Novel – Anil’s Ghost
• Presented paper at national conference on New Education Policy 2020 : Socio Economic and Political Paper Title: Bringing Folk-art Centre-stage : Using Technology to Increase the Outreach of Phad (accepted for publication)
• Presented a paper at national conference on Tribute to Khushwant Singh: A Writer of Protean Sensibilities. Paper Title : Women as Marginals in Khushwant Singh’s A Bride for the Sahib and

 

Papers Published/Accepted for Publication

 

• Amitav Ghosh and the idea of Transnationalism pgs. 134-145 published by Prestige Books International ISBN 978-93-82186-90-8. (published)
• Appropriating The Hungry Tide to the Foucauldian Concept of Heterotopia (waiting for publication at Remarkings-an international peer reviewed and indexed journal)
• Post-Colonial Attitudes in the south Asian Writings: Comparing Amitav Ghosh and Michael Ondaatje. (accepted for publication at Indo American journal-an international peer reviewed journal)
• Morichjhapi–Voicing the Dispossessed in Amitav Ghosh’s The Hungry Tide (waiting for publication at ISCS journal)
• Language and Rituals as Transcultural Motifs in South Asian Novel – Anil’s Ghost (accepted for publication in EBESCO indexed international journal POETCRIT)

 

Assistant-Professor -Fr.Conceaciao Rodrigues Institute of Technology, Vashi          June2015-Present

   

Teaching                                                                        

• Teaching ‘Business Communication and Ethic’s and ‘Communication Skills’ to the undergraduate students of Engineering.
  • Responsible for mentoring students to inculcate effective and appropriate language skills with the means of various oral and written tools.
  • Training & Mentoring
• Creatively use language tools to design and develop various oral and written means of communication (includes report writing, GD, mock interview, role play, substitute teaching, skits, team building games etc.
• Training students in business ethics and etiquettes, inculcating moral values, work ethics and positive attitude amongst the students.

Counselling

• Tutoring students in various devices of self-improvement. (Key areas include self-management time-management public-speaking and mind-mapping.)
• E-magazine Conceptualizing managing and editing the e-magazine of FCRIT.

 

    The FCRIT e-newsletter is a biannual publication wherein as the editor I have tried to blend the creative     aspects with information.

• It is a complete students’ endeavor under my guidance where I was able to bring out their creative selves.

• Convener of GENESIS- Cultural Platform for the First Year Students.
• Coordinator for the college blog- ‘’Oeuvre’’
• Annual Debate Coordinator for FCRIT Vashi
• Coordinator of Freshers’ Party

 

Guest Lectures

Invited for Guest lecture on ‘Postcolonialism – An Overview’ to Amity –Mumbai

Invited for Guest lecture on ‘Indian Writing in English’ to St. Aloysius College Jabalpur

 

Assistant-Professor – St. Xavier’s College on FIP Leave Vacancy           Jul 2012-April2014

1. Responsible for teaching English literature to the 1st 2nd and 3rd year students. (Thrust Area)

• Indian Writing in English
• Postcolonial Literature
• Resistance Literature
• Partition Literature

 

Assistant-Professor – Department of English, Mumbai University – Kalina Campus on a tenure-based appointment                          Sep 2011-Mar 2012

1. Teaching students of M.A. (Hons.) Part1 and Part2

• Postcolonial literature and Diaspora

 

Consultant at ‘Career Launcher’ (Connaught Place, Kailash Colony & Safdurjung (IIT) centers) New Delhi                                           April 2005- May 2006

 

Senior-Faculty-English at various centers of ‘Professional Tutorials’ in NCR (New-Delhi) and Jabalpur                                                 July-Jan 2004 & July-Dec 2006                                                 

• Carried out training for post-graduate and under-graduate students for group-discussions and personal interviews at the MBA training institutes. (Career Launcher and Professional Tutorials) Teaching English & logic for BBA, HM & LST students.

 

Higher Secondary School Teaching

DAV Public School, Vasant Kunj New Delhi                                                                                                                                                                   July-Oct 2003

Siva Sivani Public School, Visakhapatnam                                                                                                                                                                   July 1999-Feb 2000

• Trained students for various competitions like debate, recitation and speech at schools who in turn won prizes at inter-school competitions.
• Taught classes 9^th&10^thunder ICSE and CBSE Boards

 KEY SKILLS

• Managing large group of students and channelizing their intellect towards productive language skills.
• Conducting tutorial classes for Effective English Skills.
• Developing critical and analytical abilities of the students.
• Structuring the syllabus as a member of the core team.
• Guiding and facilitating students in the preparation of power point presentations.
• Training the students in soft skills and using the same to improve their written and verbal communication.

 

TRAININGS CONDUCTED

• Conducted workshop on English grammar at Career Launcher Academy, Kailash Colony , New Delhi
• Group discussions, PDPs (Personality Development Program) and interviews for MBA aspirants
• Regular conduct of NET/SET training at Mumbai University
• Conducted two days soft-skills training program at SNDT University, Matunga.

 

TRAINING IN PRESENT PROFILE

• Simulating a corporate environment in the class-room sessions by discussing various case studies pertaining to business ethics.
• Designing and developing course material within the structured framework of the curriculum.
• Creating right environment for streaming out of the original ideas.
• Emphasizing on creative and out of the box thinking for problem solving.
• Channelizing students’ energy towards ideation of futuristic goals.
• Tutoring students in self and time management through self-devised dynamic class-room sessions.

 

STRENGTHS:

• Proficient written & verbal communication.
• Effective and diversely interactive.
• Keen to take up challenging and creative assignments.

OTHER INTERESTS:

• Music, Traveling, Reading, Adventure Sports

 

Other Achievements:

• Anchoring various cultural events at school & college level- B.Sc.(Ag) and B.Ed.
• NSS and Extension Activities undertaken during graduation.
• 1st in Badminton in Annual College Sports Meet -2000.
• Regular winner in various Elocution Competitions held at school level.
• Participation in Singing and Dramatics in School.
• Regular participant in the Annual Sports Meets in schools.