CURRICULUM VITAE
Prithvirajsingh Thakur
Assistant Professor of English ,
G. S. Science, Arts & Commerce College, Khamgaon- 444 303 (Maharashtra), India
[email protected]
EDUCATION: M.A. (English, 2002), NET (2004), SET (2004), PGCTE, PhD
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Translation Studies, ELT, Shakespearean Studies.
PUBLICATIONS:
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS:
POPULAR ARTICLES/CREATIVE WRITING
MARATHI:
AWARDS/RECOGNITIONS
LANGUAGES KNOWN:
MEMBERSHIPS:
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Translation Studies, ELT, Shakespearean Studies.
PUBLICATIONS:
- ELE in the Post-Truth World: Exploring a New Context
[Published in Teaching English in Multilingual Contexts: Selections
from the 5th AINET International Conference, Hyderabad, ISBN: 978-8193068403, 2021] - मराठी-इंग्रजी भाषांतराची गेली दोनशे वर्षे: एक आढावा
- Translation in Maharashtra: An Overview of the Past Two Hundred Years
- माझा प्रवास च्या इंग्रजी भाषांतरातील समाजभाषाशास्त्रीय समस्यांचे अध्ययन
- A Study of Sociolinguistic Problems in Translating Godse’s Mājhā Prawās from Marathi into English
[Published in GNOSIS Volume 3, No. 4, July 2017 ISSN: 2394-0131. UGC Approved Journal Serial no. 48815. International Peer-Reviewed] - Our Bard in Maharashtra: Shakespeare in Marathi Culture
[Published in GNOSIS Volume 3, No. 2, January 2017 ISSN: 2394-0131. UGC Approved Journal Serial no. 48815. Impact Factor: 4.147. International Peer-Reviewed] - Refresher Courses in English: Their Role in Ensuring Quality in ELT
[Published in Ensuring Quality in English Language Teacher Education: Selected Papers from the fifth International Teacher Educator Conference, Hyderabad, 2015. ISBN: 9780863558412] - Vishnubhat Godse’s Majha Prawas: A Travel Extraordinary
[Published in the anthology-Indian Travel Narratives, edited by Dr Somadatta Mandal, Creative Books, New Delhi., 2013 ISBN: 9788180431012] - My Journey: 1857 through the Eyes of a Priest
[Published in the anthology 1857 and After: Literary Representations edited by Dr. R. N. Rai et. al., Department of English, BHU, Varanasi, Pencraft International, New Delhi. ISBN: 9788185753942]
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS:
- “ELE in the Post-Truth World: Exploring a New Context”
[Paper presented in the 5th AINET International Conference on English in Multilingual Contexts at Hyderabad, 2020] - “Translation in Maharashtra: An Overview of the Past Two Hundred Years”
[Paper presented in the International Conference on Translation and Nation at CIIL, Mysore, September 2018] - "A Linguistic Study of Code-Mixing in Mājhā Prawās"
[International Conference on Translation and Knowledge Society at CIIL, Mysore, March 2018] - "Translation and/in Language Teaching"
[ Fourth AINET International Conference in Mumbai , 2018] - "An Examination of Sociolinguistic Problems in Translating Marathi Texts into English: A Case Study of Godse’s Mājhā Prawās" [National Seminar on Translation: Theory and Practice at SRTM University, Nanded, 2017]
- “Refresher Courses in English: Their Role in Ensuring Quality in ELT”
- “Improved Classroom Questioning: Using Classroom Questions as Motivators”
- "Historical Novel and Nation Building”,
- "Teacher Development through Online Courses"
- "Our Bard in Maharashtra: Shakespeare and Marathi Culture"
- "Teaching and Learning Pronunciation: A Technology Inspired Approach"
- “Colonialism, Culture and Diaspora in Bride and Prejudice: A Postcolonial Perspective”
- "My Journey: 1857 Through the Eyes of a Priest"
- “Teaching Literature in 21st Century: Some Thoughts”,
POPULAR ARTICLES/CREATIVE WRITING
MARATHI:
- भाग्यवान वेड्यांची दुनिया, (पुस्तक परिचय) नवभारत मासिक, वाई. 2021
- क्रांती ही सुद्धा !- लोकमत मंथन पुरवणी १० जून २००७ 2007
- एक अमर चरित्रकोश- लोकमत मंथन पुरवणी सप्टेंबर २००५ 2005
- मंगल पांडे: सत्य आणि अपलाप – दै. देशोन्नती ०३ ऑक्टोबर २००५ 2005
- A Few Haikus and a Haibun in Writing Something for a Change, ed. Alan Maley, EFLU Press, Hyderabad 2021
- One Week Online FDP on English Language Teaching and Research by Kumaraguru College, Coimbatore, 17-23 May 2021
- Twelve week online course on Ancient Indian Literature and Culture by Asiatic Society of Mumbai, OCT 2020 -JAN 2021
- MOOC - Teaching Grammar Communicatively by American English Institute and RELO, India, June 2020.
- MOOC - Teaching for Success by FutureLearn, June 2020
- Four Day International Workshop on Creative Writing at EFL-U, Hyderabad, December 2019.
- One Day Workshop on Translation by Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad, Pune, March 2017
- Passed Cambridge ESOL's Teaching Knowledge Test (TKT) with Band 3, January, 2015
- British Council, India's IELTS Train the Trainer Course, October, 2014
- Passed IELTS examination of the British Council and Cambridge ESOL with an overall band score of 8.5 on a scale of 0-9.
- e-Teacher Course on Critical Thinking, U of Oregon, USA, 07 April- 13 June 2014.
- Post Graduate Certificate in Teaching English (PGCTE), EFL-U, Hyderabad (Distance Mode)- July 2016.
- Refresher Course in English, RTM Nagpur University, Nagpur, 03-23 October, 2013.
- e-Teacher Course on Building Teaching Skills through Interactive Web, U of Oregon, USA, 09 April- 15 June 2012.
- XII Orientation Program, UGC ASC, Kumaun University, Nainital, 28 May - 24 June 2010.
- Short Term Course on Language, Cognition and Communication, IIT Kharagpur, 2-8 December, 2009.
AWARDS/RECOGNITIONS
- Betty Azar Travel Grant for attending TESOL Virtual Convention, 2021 by TESOL International Association, USA.
- First Prize in the State Level Essay Competition on “Google Majha Guru” [by Vicharvedh, Pune], 2020
- K Subramanian Prize for being topper in PGCTE Course [by EFL Universtity, Hyderabad], 2016
- First Prize in the State Level Essay Competition on “Kasaa Ghadalaa Bharat?” [by Rohan Prakashan and Maharashtra Times] 2013
- III Merit in the SGB Amravati University Merit List for M.A. [English], 2003
- Loknayak Madhav Srihari Ane Memorial Gold Medal in Sanskrit Literature. [SGB Amravati University], 2001
- Late Mrs. Neela Mukund Shukla Memorial Gold Medal in Sanskrit Literature. [SGB Amravati University], 2001
LANGUAGES KNOWN:
- Hindi– Mother Tongue
- English– Speak fluently and read/write with high proficiency.
- Marathi –Speak fluently and read/write with high proficiency.
- Sanskrit –Speak moderately and read/ write with moderate fluency.
MEMBERSHIPS:
- Modern Language Association of America (MLA).
- International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language (IATEFL)
- TESOL International Association
- AINET Association of English Teachers
- English Language Teachers’ Association of India (ELTAI).
- Indian Association for Commonwealth Literature and Language Studies (IACLALS)
- Linguistic Society of India (Life Member)
- Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad, Pune (Life Member)
- Asiatic Society of Mumbai (Non-resident Member)