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 Eng Hons (Lady Brabourne college), M.A. (through Presidency), UGC-NET-JRF-SRF, Ph.D (C.U.), from  UGC -JRF-SRF of English at the University of Calc

 Lecturer,  Jhargram Govt College,  1996 till 1999.

 HOD, Humanities and Associate Prof of English,  College of Engineering and Management, Kolaghat,  1999 till date.

 Communication Skills for Professionals by  Dr. Nira Konar ,  PHI, New New Delhi, , ISBN: 978-81-203-4420-4 in  2009 and 2011 and 2022 3rd Edition.

 English Language Laboratories: a Comprehensive Manual by  Dr. Nira Konar ,  PHI, New Delhi, , ISBN: 978-81-203-4342-9 in  2011.

 3. Using Multiple Intelligences and Collaborative Learning in our Classrooms by  Dr. Nira Konar and Ayushman Banerjee , Copal Publications, New Delhi , ISBN:978-93-834-1942-5 in  2016.

 English Language Teaching: a pedagogical Webquest by  ed by Ghanashyam and Mouli ..chapter by Dr. Nira Konar , Authors Press, New Delhi , 978-81-7273-594-4 in  2010.

Project Title:   “ADAPTIVE DESIGN OF ELT AND COMMUNICATION COURSES BASED ON LEARNING STYLES AND ABILITIES TO ENHANCE TECHNOLOGY STUDENTS’ PERFORMANCE” Sponsor:  WORLD BANK -TEQIP II Investigator (s): Dr. Nira KonarAmount: Project Title: “ADAPTIVE DESIGN OF ELT AND COMMUNDuration: Duration: July 2013- March 2015 (21 months)..

 • Convenor of TEQIP funded Subject Area Training Programme of English in June, 2013. Organized by   Dr. Konar Convenor of Training of English Deptsponsored by  TEQIP II during   June, 2013. .

 Facing the Challenges of Teaching English..colleges Organized by   Dr. Konar Convenor of Workshop of English Deptsponsored by  TEQIP II during   August, 2013..

 Using Multiple Intelligences..classrooms Organized by   Dr. Konar Convenor of Workshop of English Deptsponsored by  TEQIP II during  July, 2016.

• Getting A grade (the highest obtainable grade) in English Literature in the 3 week sponsored UGC Refresher Course at the University of Calcutta in 2003.
• Attended the PGCTE Course at CIEFL, Hyderabad (now EFLU) and successfully completed it in 2007 and was awarded the certificate. PGCTE Contact programme at CIEFL is also equivalent to I refresher course under the government rules.

• ulty Development Programme (FDP) :

  • C.E.P certificate course on ELT at I.I.T .Kharagpur , May 2005.
  •  “Short Term Course on Literary Theory: Theories of Reading and Writing” from 1^st to 4^th August, 2008, as part of Continuing Education Programme in I.I.T.Kharagpur.
  • Team leader at.“Train the Trainer Workshop” conducted by Campus Connect Soft Teams at Infosys Ltd, Bhubaneswar in July, 2011. TEQIP sponsored training for ‘Achieving Academic Excellence’ at IIM Raipur in September 2014 for 1 week.
  • Faculty Development Training under FSD Programme of TEQIP at IIT –Kharagpur, in 2015.
  • Online Certificate for EL

 School leaving Medal for Academics

First Prize for English Hons at Lady Brabourne for being college topper

 Gold Medals for Debate and Quiz from the University of Calcutta.

First prize from Shakespeare Society for  Debate held at British Council, Kolkata

Prize for All India Elocution Contest held at Ramkrishna Mission Institute of Culture

Special mention may also be made of:

• Achieving the highly coveted Junior Research Fellowship and the Senior Research Fellowship of the University Grants Commission.
• Awarded Travelling Grant by ASIA TEfL for conference at KualaLampur
• Cited and interviewed many times in Electronic and print media nationally and internationally for academic presentations.
• Google scholar
• Recognized as Subject Expert by MAK