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A Public-Private-Partnership University under RUSA 2.0 of MHRD (Government of India), established by the Karnataka Govt. Act No. 24 of 2021

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Dr Achuth A

Lecture

ENGLISH

20211001656

English

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Professional Qualification Journal Publications Books And Chapters Published Paper Presentations Previous Experience Resource Persons

Professional Qualification

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION

Academic Degree	Subject	University	Address of the University	Rank/ Medals
MA	English	English and Foreign Languages University (EFLU)	Hyderabad
BA	English	University of Madras	Madras

Eligibility Details

Category	Subject	Status
NET	English	Cleared
JRF	English	Cleared

PhD Details

Title of Thesis	University / Institution	University Address	Date of Registration	Date of Completion	Details of papers published (Enter the total number of papers published / under process as part of Phd)	Current Status
Contentious Cuisines: Cultures of Public Dining in Kerala	English and Foreign Languages University	Hyderabad	02-08-2012	16-08-2017		Awarded

Journal Publications

Publications

Title	Name of Journal	Year	DOI/URL	Your authorial position	How many authors	Clarivate IF
Watching Food, Eating Cultures: The New Senses and Sensibilities of Food in Malayalam Films	Tapasam: A Quarterly Journal for Kerala Studies	2020		1st	1
Teaching in the Times of Corona: Structural Inequalities and the Limitations of Online Pedagogy in N	Medizinethnologie	2020	https://www.medizinethnologie.net/teaching-in-north-east-india-witnessing-corona/	1st	1
Revisiting the Coffee House: Space, Public Sphere and Nostalgia within the Indian Coffee House	The Investigator	2016		1st	1

Books And Chapters Published

Books Published

Title	Type	No of Authors or Editors	Your authorial position	Year	ISBN	Publisher Details	Place	Are you the publisher of this book
Reimagining Marginality: Exploitation, Expression, Experience	Edited	2	1st	2022	978-93-5529-353-4	Authors Press	Delhi	No

Book Chapter Published

Article Title	Book title	Book editor	Article pages	No of Chapters	Your authorial position	Year	ISBN	Publisher Details	Place	Are you the publisher of this book
Introduction	Reimagining Marginality: Exploitation, Expression, Experience	Mohan Dharavath and Achuth A	7-15	1	2nd and corresponding	2022	978-93-5529-353-4	Authors Press	Delhi	No
From the Pinnacle of Idealism to the World of Reality: The Ezhava Question and the Interdining Feast	Reimagining Marginality: Exploitation, Expression, Experience	Mohan Dharavath and Achuth A	261-282	2	1st and corresponding	2022	978-93-5529-353-4	Authors Press	Delhi	No

Paper Presentations

Presentations

Title of Paper	Title of Seminar/Conference	Organized by	Level	Start Date	Place	Country	Duration
Tasting Cultures: Tourism and Culinary Exchanges in Fort Kochi during the Biennale	Two-Day International Conference on Interdisciplinary Studies: Redefining Boundaries of Humanities,	English Literary Circle, Manipur, and Manipur University Students' Union	International	22-11-2019	Imphal	India	Two Days
Remains of the Meal: Food and Waste in Hindu Philosophy	The Scourge of Scavenging: Revisiting the Question of Sanitation/Scavengers/Scavenging	Indian Institute of Advanced Studies (IIAS), Shimla	National	08-11-2017	Shimla	India	Three Days
Revisiting the Coffee House: Space, Public Sphere and Nostalgia in the Indian Coffee House	National Workshop and Seminar on Kerala's Cultural History	UGC-SAP, Institute of English, University of Kerala	National	14-03-2016	Thiruvananthapuram	India	Others
Beef and the Banana Leaf: Constructions of Food and Dining Practices in Kerala	7th Annual International Conference - Food, Feeding, Eating In and Out of Asia	Asian Dynamics Initiative, University of Copenhagen	International	24-06-2015	Copenhagen	Denmark	Three Days

Previous Experience

Designation	Institution Name	Start Date	End Date
Asst. Prof. (English)	St. Joseph's University	09-02-2019	30-09-2021
Guest Lecturer	LBS Institute of Technology for Women	29-09-2018	30-01-2019

Resource Persons

Title of the Program	Role	Level	Organized by	Start Date	Place	Country
Three Day National Seminar on Thinking Dynamic Shifts: Religion and Gender in Representations of Northeast India	Session Chair	National	Tetso College, Sponsored by ICSSR	17-10-2024	Dimapur, Nagaland (Online)	India
National Conference on Food and Culture: Transforming Perspectives and Paradigms	Invited Talk	National	Department of Humanities, Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST), Thiruvananthapuram	13-12-2023	Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST), Thiruvananthapuram	India
Three-day Academic Writing Workshop	Invited Talk	National	UGC-MHRD STRIDE, MGU In collaboration with School of Social Sciences, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam	23-03-2022	School of Social Sciences, Mahatma Gandhi University, Pullarikunnu, Kottayam	India
Fourth World Literature: Voices of the Marginalised with Special reference to Northeast India	Subject Expert	Moderator, Online National Seminar	Department of English, Testo College, sponsored by ICSSR	22-11-2021	Dimapur	India
Current Trends inLiterary Studies	Invited Talk	LES LUMIERES 2K21 -A NATIONAL WEBINAR ON CURRENT TRENDS IN LITERATURE AND LINGUISTICS	AL AZHAR COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCE	13-08-2021	Thodupuzha, Kerala	India
Imagining the Culinary: An Introduction to the Study of Food Cultures	Invited Talk	National Webinar Series on Literature and Cultural Studies	PG Dept of English and IQAC, Sullamussallam Science College	14-08-2020	Areacode, Kerala	India
"Exploring Food Culture(s) of Nagaland: Preliminary Observations" during the Online FDP on	Subject Expert	Invited Panel Lecture	IQAC, Tetso College	13-07-2020	Dimapur, Nagaland	India
Writing a Research Proposal	Invited Talk	Invited Lecture	Department of English, Patkai Christian College	18-10-2019	Dimapur, Nagaland	India
Eating Food/Watching Food: The Changing Modalities of Food Consumption as seen in "Salt 'N' Pep	Invited Talk	Invited Lecture	Research Forum, Dept. of Comparative Literature, Central University of Kerala	28-08-2018	Kasaragod, Kerala	India
Panel Discussion on â€œDining Out and New Spaces of Sociabilityâ€	Subject Expert	Kerala Literature Festival	DC Kizhakemuri Foundation	08-02-2018	Kozhikode	India

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