Name

Sr.Dani C Francis

Address:

Assistant Professor, Department of English

Little Flower College, Guruvayoor

Email:

dnmrfrancis@gmail.com

Profile

Sr.Dani C Francis is working as Assistant Professor in English in Little Flower College Guruvayoor since September 2013.She passed MA  English language and Literaure from Stella Maris College ,Chennai with first class.She passed B.Ed in English from MahaJubilee Training College,Mulloorkkara with first class.She qualified the State Eligibility test in the year 2008 and National Eligibility Test in 2012.She has 6 years of teaching experience at different institutions.

Educatinal Qualification

• MA in English Language and Literature from Stella Maris College ,Chennai  in the year 2007 with first class.
• B.Ed in English from Maha Jubilee Training College in the year 2005 with first class.
• Qualified State Eligibility Test in the year 2008 and National Eligibility test in the year 2012.
• Diploma in Tribals of South and Central India (IGNOU)
• Diploma in Environmental Studies ( Devi Ahilya Viswavidyalaya, Indore)
• Diploma in Gender Sensitisation: Society, Culture and Change( IGNOU)

Work Experience

• • 2007 June 4 to 2011 May 31 HSA English, St Theresa’s C G H S Brahmakulam
  • 2011 June to2013 Sep 24 HAS English, St Sebastian’s C G H S,Nellikkunnu
  • 2013 Sep 25 to till date  Assistant  Professor, Dept of English Little Flower College,Guruvayoor

POSITIONS HELD

1.      Coordinator of M A English   2013-2024

2.      Coordinator of BA Functional English 2018-2024

3.      College appointment cell 2016-24

4.      Coordinator of Value Education 2014-15

5.      Assistant superintendent of University Examination 2017-18

6.      Chief Superintendent of University Examination 2018-19

7.      Coordinator of Catholic Activities, Jesus Youth, AIACHE, Xavier Board 2014-2024

8.      Coordinator of BA Malayalam 2024 onwards

9.      Member of appointment council 2014 onwards

10.  OSA Treasurer 2017-18

11.   Coordinator of LF Charitable Council 2018-19

12.  Member of Library Committee 2019-21

13.   Member of Governing Body- 2024

14.  Secretary of Kerala North Region of Xavier Board 2022 onwards

 

Area of Interest

English Language Teaching(ELT)

Cultural Studies

Gender Studies

film Studies

Paper Presented

·         Presented in a UGC sponsored National seminar on Sociolinguistic Aspects of Folk Literature in Oral Tradition at Little Flower College, Guruvayur  on 29^th and 30^th Nov 2012

·         Presented in a UGC sponsored National seminar on Women Rights Issues Socio Historical  Perspectives at Mercy College,Palakad on 19^th July 2013

·         Presented in a UGC sponsored National seminar on Narratology of Harvesting:aComparitive study at St. Mary’s College on 1^st and2nd August 2013

·        ‘Randamoozham: OruSthreepakshavayana’ paper presented in the Seminar conducted by the Department of Malayalam,Little Flower College, Guruvayur

Paper Published

Apochraphical Glitter in the Book of Revelation published in Matiz Flottila of Colours ,  2017 ISBN no:9788172550899

Anita Nair’s alphabet soup for lovers: an introspective interpretation of the food imagery published in Erudition : a research compendium, research publication ,LittleFlower College, Guruvayoor march 2019

Book Published

Book EDITED

·         Color- Matiz Flotilla of Colours,2017, ISBN No: 9788172550899

·         Life –Resistance, Revolution, Resurgence-Lives Unmapped, 2018, ISBN 9788172551063

·         Lives Unmapped: Representations of the Refugee 2018, ISBN 9788172551063

·         Traversing Gender Identity 2018, ISBN 9788172550974

·         The Politics of Humor 2023, ISBN 9788172551612

·         Women: The Humane, Human and The post human 2023, ISBN 9788172551629

STUDY MATERIALS PREPARED

·        Study Materials for English Grammar for Sanskrit BASecond Year of Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan

Orientation/References/shortterm courses Attended

1.Participated in the UGC sponsored Orientation Course which was held from20-06-2018 to 18-07-2018 at HRDCKerala University, Thiruvananthapuram.

2.Completed an Annual Refresher Program in English Language Teaching (ARPITCourse) from10-10-2019 to16-02-2020 fromMHRD Gujarat University

3. Completed an Online FDP onManaging Online Classes and Co- creating Moocs: 2.0 fromMay 18 to June 3, 2020from Ramanujan College, University of Delhi.

4. Completed an Online DiplomaCourse on Tribals of South and CentralIndia inMarch 2021fromIGNOU

5. Completed an Online Course onPedagogical Innovations and Research Methodology from 1^st December 2020 to 31^st March 2021 atGuru Jambheshwar University of Science and Technology Hisar, Haryana

6.Completed an Online FDP on Elements of Literature and Creative CommunicationJanuary -April 2022 

7. Completed an Online DiplomaCourse of 8 credits on Gender Sensitisation: Society, Culture and Change inFebruary 2022IGNOU

8. Completed an Online Diplomacourse of 4 credits on Environmental Studies inFebruary 2022, from Devi Ahilya VIswavidyalaya, Indore

9. Completed an OnlineNPTEL- AICTEcourse onIndian English FictionFebruary to April 2023

10.Participated in a Refresher Course sponsored by UGC on English Language and Literature from Sep 13 to 29, 2023at HRDC, University of Kerala

11.Completed a one week Online National Level Faculty Development program on Cultural Studies: Indian Perspective in Literary and social contexts from19 to 25 February 2024, fromCareer Development Cell, Gokul Global University, Siddhpur, Gujrat

12. Completed an 8 weeks Online NPTEL- AICTE FDP in Indian English Poetry fromFebruary - April 2023

Training Attended

Completed Two Weeks Faculty Development Programme On "Managing Online Classes And Co-Creating Moocs:2.0" From May 18 - June 03, 2020 Conducted by Teaching Learning Centre,Ramanujan College,University of Delhi  and Sponsored by  Ministry of Human Resourse Development,Pandit  Madan Mohan Malaviya,National Mission on Teachers And Teaching

Participated in five day faculty enrichment programme on NEP 2020,organized by the Dept of history and IQAC, Little Flower College, Guruvayoor from 9 November to 13 November 2020

participated in the four day ‘Leadership Training Programme’ Organized by ISI, Banglore, AADI and Tarumitra, Kerala held on 19th to 22nd of January 2021

Seminar/Workshops/Conferences Attended

1. attended UGC Sponsored Two Day National Seminar: Ecological Undertones in Literature and Popular Culture and Film Festival My Earth September 17 And 18 2015

2.Attended a One Day International Seminar On Treading the Vedic Terrains an Introspection and Poster Exhibition On 27 July 2016

3.AttendedTwo Day National Seminar On Life Writing- Resistance, Revolutionand Resurgence, International Film Fest and State Level PPT Competition- 7 And 8 October 2016

4.Attended Two Day National Seminar On Colorand 3^rd International Film Fest On 13 And 14 December2016

5.Attended a National Seminar on Traversing Gender Identity on 12 Feb 2018

6.Attended a Two Day National Seminar and 4^th International Film Fest On Lives Unmapped: Representations of The Refugee on 26 And 27 July 2018

7.Attended State Level Workshop On and Off Theoryon 5 November 2018

8.Attended Master Mentor Training Program of Walk with A Scholar Program on 5 September 2019 At St Teresa ‘s College for Women, Ernakulum

9.Participated in an International webinar onReturn Migration and Foreign Remittance in India with Special Reference to Kerala EconomyOrganized by Dept. of Economics, Little Flower College, Guruvayur on 20/05/2020

10.Participatedin aNational WebinarPandemic, Climate change and literatureDept. of English and IQAC, Sagar Mahavidhyalaya, Calcutta02/09/2020

11.Participated ina State Level WebinarOn Child Rights & POCSO Actduring Covid EraAADI, Attappady16/09/2020

12.Participated in a webinaronPromotion Under CAS, UGC GuidelinesIQAC, Carmel College, Mala19/09/2020

13Participatedin aState Level Webinar On Women Rights, Protection of Women fromDomesticparticipated in Violence Act 2005AADI Attappady on23/09/2020

14.participated ina National webinar onEducational Policy2020: Implications, Challenges, Opportunitiesfor The Higher Education SectorIQAC, Little Flower College30/09/2020

15.participated in a Webinar on Novel: Charithram prameyamakumbol byDept.of Malayalam, Little Flower College, Guruvayoor on 01/10/2020

16.participated in State Level Webinaron The Relevance of Forest Right Act in Protection and Promotionof Tribal RightsAADI, Attappady on 07/10/2020

17.participated in aWebinaron NAAC Accreditation and College LibrariesParamarsh, Little Flower College, Guruvayoor on 12/10/2020

18. participated in a State Level Webinaron The Current Status of Scheduled Castes and Tribes in Indiaand The Importance of SC/ST(PreventionofAtrocities) Act 1989”AADI, Attappady on 14/10/2020

19. participated in aWebinar on Researchin Language StudiesParamarsh,Little Flower College, Guruvayur on 14/10/2020

20. participated in a Webinar onNAAC Accreditation Preparation an IntrospectionFlower College, Guruvayoor from 15-22 of October 2020

20.participated in a NationalWebinaron The Role of Social Workers inRebuilding the Society in Post-Covid EraAADI, Attappady and Dept. Of Sociology and Social Work, Karyavattom, on 21/10/2020

21.participated in an International Webinar on “Human Rights Responses in The Context oftheArrests of Human Rights Defenders” organized by AADI, Attappady on 28/10/2020

22.participated in a State Level Webinaron The Significance of National Food Security Act (NFSA) In India”AADI, Attappady on 04/11/2020

23.participated in a Virtual National Tarumitra Eco-fest 2021 on Conservation of Bio-Diversity organized by AADI Attappady Kerala in Association withTarumitra Patna Bihar held on24 and 25 February 2021

24.Participated in aState Level Webinar on Women Rights, Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act 2005 organized by AADI Attappady in Association with Lokmanch PartnersAttappady Palakkad Kerala On 23rd September 2020

25. participated in a State level webinar on “In the Context of theArrests of Human Rights Defenders” Organized by AADI, Attappady in association with Lokmanch, Kerala on 28 October 2020

26.Participatedin the State Level Webinar on The Understanding of Reservation andthe Constitutional Values of India Organized by AADI, Attappady, in Association with Lokmanch, Jesa Kerala held on 11 November 2020

27. attended the Annual General Body Meeting of Xavier Board of Higher Education in India at Goa on October 24-26, 2022

28.attended the Annual General Body Meeting of Xavier Board of Higher Education in India at Rajagiri Business School,Kakkanad, Ernakulam on October 22- 24,2023