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Sharmita Lahiri

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Sharmita Lahiri

Associate Professor, Humanities and Social Sciences

  • BA (Hons. English): St. Xavier’s College Calcutta, 1995
  • MA: University of Calcutta, 1997
  • MA: University of Houston, 2002
  • PhD: University of Houston, 2008

Email: sharmitalahiri -AT- iitgn.ac.in

Office: 5/404 D
VOIP: 2407


  • Selected Publications

    1. Jooyoung Kim and Sharmita Lahiri “Maximum Engagement, Minimum Distraction and Knowledge Transference” International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education Vol. 35 No. 1, 2023, 208-218.
      https://www.isetl.org/ijtlhe/ijtlhe-issue.php?v=35&n=1&y=2023

    2. “Iswar” Bengali translation of Anne Enright’s “God”, & Commentary on translation: “Translating Anne Enright’s “God” into Bengali”. The Anne Enright Project: The European Federation of Associations and Centres of Irish Studies: June 2022
      https://enright.efacis.eu/author/sharmita-lahiri
      & https://enright.efacis.eu/translation-overview - Section- Commentary

    3. “Bakshakti” Bengali translation of Anne Enright’s “Speech”, & Commentary on translation: “Translation of Anne Enright’s ‘Speech’ into Bengali- A commentary”. The Anne Enright Project: The European Federation of Associations and Centres of Irish Studies: June 2022
      https://enright.efacis.eu/author/sharmita-lahiri & https://enright.efacis.eu/translation-overview - Section- Commentary

    4. Finding Her Own Voice: Protham Protisruti, Subarnalata, Shwet Pathorer Thala & Dahan” South Asian Review (Routledge: Taylor and Francis Group), 2019: DOI: 10.1080/02759527.2019.1672441

    5. “Can a Spirit of Our Own be Expressed in the Language of Our Colonizer.” Asiatic IIUM Journal of English Language and Literature 7.1 (2013) 39-55. (Paper cited in The Year’s Work in English Studies 2015, Vol. 94: Issue 1)

    6. “Where Do I Come From? Where Do I Belong? Identity and Alienation in Bharati Mukherjee's Desirable Daughters and Jhumpa Lahiri's The Namesake." South Asian Review 31.1 (2010), 118-140.

  • Work Experience

    • Associate Professor, Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar (Nov 2021 to present)
    • Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar (July 2009 - Nov 2021)
    • Postdoctoral Fellow and Instructional Coordinator, Writing Center, University of Houston (July 2008 - July 2009)
    • Teaching Fellow, Department of English, University of Houston (Jan 2002 - May 2008)

  • Awards

    • Teaching Excellence Award, IIT Gandhinagar, 2011
    • Modern Language Association Travel Grant, 2008
    • C.W. Moores Dissertation Fellowship, University of Houston, 2006 - 2007
    • Ella Margaret Hawes Scholarship, University of Houston Women's Association, 2006 - 2007
    • Teaching Fellowship, Department of English, University of Houston, Spring 2002 - Spring 2008

Research Interests

  • ● Indian Writing in English
  • ● Postcolonial Literature
  • ● Bengali Literature
  • ● Representation of Women in literature
  • ● Writing and Composition
  • ● Communication

Complete List of Publications