Dr SHARMILA N
MA, MPhil, PhD
PROFESSOR
MA, MPhil, PhD
PROFESSOR
Articles in Periodicals
| Sl.No. | Title | Name of Periodical | Periodicity | Date |
| 1 | The art of English Writing | Deccan Herald | DAILY | 01/08/2016 |
Articles in Journals
| Sl.No. | Title | Name of Journal / Vol. No. / Issue No. / Page Nos | ISSN No. | Date Published |
| 1 | Rhetoric as an instrument for Manipulation and Distortion of Truth: An analysis of Orwell's '1984.' | Journal of Dharma / 42 / 1 / 9 - 28 | 0253-7222 | 07-Sep-2017 |
| 2 | Orhan Pamuk?s 'The White Castle' as a Text on Secular Discourse | The IUP Journal of English Studies / 15 / 4 / 103 - 116 | 0973-3728 | 15-Dec-2020 |
| 3 | Book Review of 'Nehru: The Debates that Defined India' | Journal of Contemporary Asia / 52 / 1 / 1 - 3 | 0047-2336 | 17-Mar-2022 |
| 4 | The challenge of gender stereotyping in Indian courts | Cogent Social Sciences / 8 / 1 / 1 - 13 | 2331-1886 | 02-Sep-2022 |
| 5 | India?s Handling of the Covid-19 Crisis: Could a Rights-Based Approach Overcome Systematic Inadequacies? | Asian Affairs / 53 / 2 / 1 - 15 | 1477-1500 | 28-Sep-2022 |
| 6 | Patriarchy and Wifehood: A Feminist Reading of One Part Woman and Singarevva and the Palace | The IUP Journal of English Studies / 19 / 1 / 51 - 66 | 0973-3728 | 13-Mar-2024 |
| 7 | Caste: The Lies That Divide Us | Economic & Political Weekly / 59 / 37 / 71 - 72 | 0012-9976 | 14-Sep-2024 |
| 8 | Literary Cartography of Performance Ecologies in Sheela Tomy?s "Valli" | South East Asian Review of English / 61 / 2 / 46 - 77 | 0127-046X | 29-Dec-2024 |
| 9 | A Clinic for the Past | Journal of Black Studies / 55 / 0021-9347 / 437 - 441 | 5 | 10-Jul-2024 |
| 10 | Challenging the logic of domination: An ecofeminist reading of Louise Gluck's selected animal poems | Agathos / 15 / 2 / 221 - 230 | 2069-1025 | 11-Nov-2024 |
| 11 | Subverting Anthropocentric Mythic Elements:Animal Representations in the Select Poems of Louise Glück and Mary Oliver | RUPKATHA JOURNAL ON INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES IN HUMANITIES / 16 / 2 / 1 - 15 | 0975-2935 | 31-Jul-2024 |
| 12 | Mythistorical Construction of Divinity and Femininity in Early Mohiniyattam Manuals | Dance Chronicle / / / - | 0147-2526 | 05-Feb-2026 |
| 13 | Indigenous women’s carework and environmental pedagogy in select contemporary native American fiction | Environmental Education Research / / / - | 1350-4622 | 27-Jul-2025 |
| 14 | Of Clerics and Queens: Nghi Vo on Genre, Identity and Crafting Stories | SARE: Southeast Asian Review of English / 62 / 2 / 105 - 114 | 0127-046 | 29-Dec-2025 |
| 15 | Children and the climate migration crisis: A casebook for global climate action in practice and policy | Children & Society / / / - | 1099-0860 | 12-Dec-2025 |
| 16 | Non-human Subjects and Environmental Ethics: An Ecocritical Reading of Amitav Ghosh’s The Nutmeg’s Curse | Forum for World Literature Studies / / / - | 1949-8519 | 31-Dec-2025 |
| 17 | Not a River | English Academy Review / / / - | 1013-1752 | 26-Aug-2025 |
| 18 | Nature metaphors in Kalyanikutty Amma’s Mohiniyattam body aesthetics | Research in Dance Education / / / - | 1464-7893 | 26-Jun-2025 |
Books/ Book Chapter/Case Study
| Sl.No. | Title | Author Names(s) | ISBN No. | Month Year |
| 1 | Bewilderment | SHARMILA N | 9781785152641 | / |
| 2 | Voices of Dissent: An Essay | SHARMILA N | 978 0 8574 2 862 2 | / |
| 3 | Tomb of Sand | SHARMILA N,TIRTHA PRASAD MUKHOPADHYAY | 9780143448471 | / |
| 4 | India's Migrant Workers and the Pandemic | SHARMILA N,CHALY, NIA SUSAN, OTHER | 9781032158921 | / |
| 5 | The Nutmeg's curse: parables for a planet in crisis | SHARMILA N,FREDERIK VAN DAM | 9780670095629 | / |
| 6 | India's Undeclared Emergency: Constitutionalism and the Politics of Resistance | SHARMILA N,OTHER | 9789390679119 | / |
| 7 | The Seven Moons of Mali Almeida | SHARMILA N,JANET WILSON | 9780143459675 | / |
| 8 | Liberalism and its Discontents | SHARMILA N,FRANCIS FUKUYAMA | 978 -1-80081-008-2 | / |
| 9 | Smoke and Ashes | SHARMILA N,AMITAV GHOSH | 978-93-5699-275-7 | / |
Participation in Seminars/Conferences/Symposium
| Sl.No. | Name of the Conference /Seminar /Symposium | Type of Program | Title of the Article | Role | Venue/Place | Date |
| 1 | 2 days International Conference | CONFERENCES | Economic Empowerment of Women | PRESENTER) | Immaculate College of Education, PondicherryImmaculate College of Education, Pondicherry | 05/02/2010 |
| 2 | UGC sponsored National Seminar | SEMINARS | 'Problems of Women in the unorganized Sector' | PRESENTER) | Scott Christian College, NagercoilScott Christian College, Nagercoil | 05/08/2011 |
| 3 | UGC sponsored National Seminar | SEMINARS | Challenges for women in the service sector: A socio-legal perspective. | PRESENTER) | BMS College for WomenBangalore. | 24/10/2013 |
| 4 | International Conference | CONFERENCES | Relevance of Macbeth in the 21st Century | PRESENTER) | Amity University, LucknowAmity University, Lucknow | 09/12/2013 |
| 5 | International Conference on English Language and L | CONFERENCES | SUPPRESSION TO SELF-ASSERTION: MAPPING THE PROGRESS OF WOMEN IN THE NOVELS OF TONI MORRISON AND ALICE WALKER | PRESENTER) | IMRF, PondicherryPondicherry | 14/11/2014 |
| 6 | International Conference on Women Empowerment and | CONFERENCES | Empowering Trafficked Women: Issues and Challenges | PRESENTER) | The American College, MaduraiThe American College, Madurai | 05/03/2015 |
| 7 | Jyoti Nivas College | SEMINARS | Women Empowerment as portrayed in Alice Walker's The Color Purple | PRESENTER) | Jyoti Nivas College, BangaloreBangalore | 22/09/2016 |
| 8 | International Conference on Language, literature and Culture | CONFERENCES | A comparative study of female identity as portrayed in Alice Walker's The Color Purple and Mahasweta Devi's Draupadi | PRESENTER) | Institute of Advanced Studies in EnglishPune | 03/02/2017 |
| 9 | Nurturing Dialogue: Forms, Persons, Institutions | SEMINARS | Rhetoric as an Instrument for Manipulation and Distortion of Truth: An Analysis of Orwell's 1984 | PRESENTER) | Dharmaram Vidya KshetramDharmaram Multimedia Hall, Bangalore | 10/03/2017 |
| 10 | International Conference on Religion, Literature and Culture | CONFERENCES | Literature as a text on secular discourse - An analysis of Orhan Pamuk's 'The White Castle' | PRESENTER) | Pune | 15/09/2017 |
| 11 | International Conference on Religion, Literature and Culture | CONFERENCES | MODERATOR) | Pune | 16/09/2017 | |
| 12 | International Conference on language, literature and culture | CONFERENCES | Analysis of Yann Martel's 'Life of Pi' from a Deep Ecological perspective | PRESENTER) | Pune | 15/12/2017 |
| 13 | International Conference on Ecology and Culture | CONFERENCES | Achebe's 'Things Fall Apart' as a study in Ecological Imperialism | PRESENTER) | Amrita University, Kollam,Kerala | 15/12/2018 |
| 14 | International Conference on Nationalism and Patriotism | CONFERENCES | ) | National Law University, DelhiDelhi | 02/03/2019 | |
| 15 | International Conference on Immanuel Kant and Transformative Justice | CONFERENCES | Analysis of Kant's Categorical Imperative and Constitutional Morality from a Socio-Legal Perspective | PRESENTER) | Damodaram Sanjivayya National Law University, VishakapatnamVishakapatnam | 14/12/2019 |
| 16 | Future of Women | CONFERENCES | A Psychoanalytical Reading of Systemic Misogyny in Bollywood with specific reference to 'Padmaavat' and 'Kabir Singh' | PRESENTER) | TIIKMBangalore | 13/02/2020 |
| 17 | International Conference on Globalization: Prospects and Challenges | CONFERENCES | Violation of land as violation of feminine space- An Ecofeminist Reading of 'Mayilamma' & 'Mother Forest' | PRESENTER) | Osmania UniversityOsmania University, Hyderabad | 03/03/2020 |
| 18 | International Conference on ?Literature Epitomising Society & Justice? | CONFERENCES | Gender Justice Through Literary Imagination And Judicial Reasoning | PRESENTER) | Moscow State University& Knowledge SteezOnline | 14/03/2021 |
| 19 | 7 th JGU International Literary Conference (Online) on ?Postmodernism: Time for Reappraisal? | CONFERENCES | Decentering and Postmodernism:Aravind Adiga's 'The White Tiger' as an Ex-centric Narrative. | PRESENTER) | Jindal Global UniversityOnline | 23/07/2021 |
| 20 | CA Sheppard Memorial Lecture 2021 by Prof. Noam Chomsky | SEMINARS | PARTICIPANT) | St. Berchman's College, KeralaVirtual | 06/12/2021 | |
| 21 | Internation Conference on gender studies | CONFERENCES | Uncovering Layers of Trauma in Cherokee Women: Analysing 'The Remover' using Dian Million's Felt Theory | PRESENTER) | NIT SurathkalNIT Surathkal | 21/09/2023 |
| 22 | MELOW Conference | CONFERENCES | Non-human Subjects and Environmental Ethics: An Ecocritical Reading of Amitav Ghosh's The Nutmeg's Curse | PRESENTER) | Guru Gobind Singh College, ChandigarhChandigarh | 06/10/2023 |
| 23 | International Conference on Literature & Ecology | CONFERENCES | Reinstating the Non-human in African Literature: Reading Ben Okri's Every Leaf a Hallelujah Using the Aesthetics of Proximity | PRESENTER) | SRM University, Sonepat, HaryanaSonepat, Haryana | 02/03/2024 |
| 24 | International Conference on "Sustainable Development: Science, Technology and Human Rights" | CONFERENCES | MODERATOR) | Christ NCR CampusDelhi | 14/03/2024 | |
| 25 | Mirroring Change: Literature & Social Transformation | CONFERENCES | History, Woman's body & Agency:A Feminist Reading Of Pinjar & Tomb of Sand | PRESENTER) | Pondicherry UniversityPondicherry | 03/10/2024 |
| 26 | Writing pain and trauma:literary & historical perspectives | CONFERENCES | Trauma as the site of resistance in select stories of Mahasweta Devi | PRESENTER) | Manav Rachana UniversityFaridabad | 30/01/2025 |
| 27 | International symposium on forced migration & climate justice | SYMPOSIUM | Climate Migration & Displaced futures: Challenges faced by children and moral imperatives for justice | PRESENTER) | CHRIST (Deemed to be University)Bangalore | 06/03/2025 |
| 28 | Conference on Challenges in Adaptation: Interplay of Tradition and Innovation | CONFERENCES | Diversity, Race and Representation Disney's Adaptation of 'The Little Mermaid' | PRESENTER) | Central University of HPDharamshala, HP | 19/09/2025 |
| 29 | International Conference on 21st Century Approaches to Interdisciplinary Dialogues in Literary Studies | CONFERENCES | Oikos Beyond Borders: A Comparative Analysis of Western Ecocritical Thought and Tinai Philosophy | PRESENTER) | AMRITA Vishwa VidyapeethamBangalore | 27/03/2026 |
MPhil/PhD Guided/Adjudicated
| Sl.No. | Title | Name of Student | Institution | Role | Status | Month Year |
| 1 | A Buddhist Philosophical Interpretation of Deep Ecology as Depicted in Yann Martel's 'Life of Pi" | Deepa Mathew | Christ University | SUPERVISOR | Notification Issued | January 2019 |
| 2 | . | DEEPA MATHEW | Christ University | SUPERVISOR | Ongoing | March 2019 |
| 3 | Literary Cartography of Urban Spaces: Reading of the Association of Small Bombs and the Ministry of Utmost Happiness as Texts on Ecospatiality | SHILPA NATARAJ | Christ University | SUPERVISOR | Ongoing | January 2022 |
| 4 | Climate Catastrophe, Children and Stewardship: Reading Bewilderment and a Children's Bible as Texts on Environmental Ethics | HUTULU DASAI | Christ University | SUPERVISOR | Ongoing | January 2022 |
| 5 | Subversive Female Heroism: Race, Gender and Postcoloniality in Contemporary Asian-Origin Fantasy | RHEANNA MATHEWS | Christ University | SUPERVISOR | Ongoing | July 2022 |
| 6 | Reclaiming Identity and Agency: An Indigenous Feminist Reading of Select Native American Fiction | ALINA JOSEPH | Christ University | SUPERVISOR | Ongoing | July 2022 |
| 7 | Reinforcement of Sexism Through Internet Memes : A Feminist Study on Kerala's Popular Meme Culture. Memes are significant artifacts of today's participatory culture. | SANDHRA SUNNY | Christ University | SUPERVISOR | Ongoing | July 2022 |
| 8 | Embodiment of Nature in Mohiniyattam Abhinaya: Study of Poetic, Choreographic and Performance Texts | DEVIKA K | Christ University | SUPERVISOR | ||
| 9 | CHALLENGES TO FEMALE SEXUALITY IN MARITAL RELATIONSHIPS IN ONE PART WOMAN AND SINGAREVVA AND THE PALACE | DIVYA R | Christ University | SUPERVISOR | Awarded | January 2025 |
| 10 | REPRESENTATION OF RACE, GENDER AND DISABILITY IN THE VISUAL ADAPTATION OF CBBC'S MALORY TOWERS SERIES | RIYA ROSE THOMAS | Christ University | SUPERVISOR | Ongoing | May 2023 |
| 11 | . | JERIN T | Christ University | SUPERVISOR | Ongoing | May 2024 |
| 12 | Challenges to Female Sexuality in Marital Relationship | Divya R | Christ University | SUPERVISOR | Notification Issued | January 2025 |
| 13 | Mysticism In Poetry: A Study Of Lal Ded's Vaakhs And Nund Rishi's Shruks". | Amandeep Kour | EXAMINER |
Workshop/FDP/Training programme
| Sl.No. | Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training programme | Name of Organiser | Level | Role | Date |
| 1 | Building a Writer?s Identity | Christ University, | Institutional | Invited Resource Person/Trainer | 18/09/2025 |
| 2 | Literature as a Repository of Indian Knowledge Systems: Decolonizing Narratives and the Quest for Social Justice? | NLU Tripura, NLU TRIPURA | National | Participant | 25/08/2025 |
| 3 | Qualitative Data Analysis using NVivo | Christ University, | National | Participant | 26/07/2025 |
| 4 | DIGITAL/AI TECHNIQUES IN HUMANITIES CLASSROOM | SRM University, SRM UNIVERSITY, SONEPAT | National | Participant | 07/07/2025 |
| 5 | Mastering the Art of Creating Online Course | Christ University, | National | Participant | 16/06/2025 |
| 6 | Mastering the Art of Creating Online Course | Christ University, | Institutional | Participant | 16/06/2025 |
| 7 | Climate Change and Human Rights | Coursera, New York University | International | Participant | 18/04/2025 |
| 8 | Creating Engaging Presentations with Mentimeter | Coursera Project Network, Coursera | International | Participant | 10/04/2025 |
| 9 | LCA Training | Christ University, | Institutional | Participant | 09/04/2025 |
| 10 | Politics : An Introduction | Oxford University, Oxford University | International | Participant | 19/06/2023 |
| 11 | GIAN Course on 'Apprehending contemporaneity: A Globalized gaze on postcoloniality & Diaspora' | NIT Durgapur, NIT Durgapur | International | Participant | 25/07/2022 |
| 12 | Beginner's Workshop on Research in Social Science I | Christ University, | Institutional | Participant | 30/05/2021 |
| 13 | Educational Leadership Programme - Towards a Futuristic Legal Education | School of Law, | Institutional | Participant | 19/05/2021 |
| 14 | Moral Foundations of Politics | Yale University, Yale University | International | Participant | 17/05/2021 |
| 15 | Literature & Nature | Cambridge University, Cambridge University | International | Participant | 25/01/2021 |
| 16 | PDP on Research and Publication | Christ University, | Institutional | Participant | 25/01/2021 |
| 17 | Introduction to Philosophy 2 | Oxford University, Oxford University | International | Participant | 14/09/2020 |
| 18 | The Modern and the Post Modern II | Wesleyan University, | International | Participant | 18/05/2020 |
| 19 | The Modern and the Post Modern | Wesleyan University, Coursera | International | Participant | 19/04/2020 |
| 20 | Learning to Teach Online | University of New South Wales, coursera | International | Participant | 17/04/2020 |
| 21 | Literary Theory:An Intorduciton | Oxford University, Oxford University | International | Participant | 11/09/2019 |
| 22 | Exploring sustainability in the Indian Context | Azim Premji University, Azim Premji University | National | Participant | 11/04/2018 |
| 23 | QIP | School of law, | Participant | 16/11/2017 | |
| 24 | FDP | School of law, | Institutional | Participant | 02/11/2017 |
| 25 | Law of Philosophy and Interpretation | Christ University, | Participant & Presenter | 05/12/2016 | |
| 26 | Research and Publications | Christ University, | Participant | 01/12/2016 | |
| 27 | Legal Research | Christ University, | Participant | 19/05/2016 |