ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
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 investigator
Major 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 Associate
Worked 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
PROFESSIONAL PROFILES:
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=SROEvQ8AAAAJ&hl=en
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pratik-k-8770b683/
