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Dr. SANTOSH KUMAR

Speciliazation: Sociolinguistics, Gender and Disability Studies
Qualifications: MA, MPhil, PhD
Campus: BANGALORE BANNERGHATTA ROAD CAMPUS

Dr. Santosh Kumar holds a PhD in Linguistics from Delhi University. His research focuses on gender, disability, and sociolinguistics. He has earned his MPhil and MA in Linguistics from the same university. His research interests include Critical Disability Studies and the representation of disability in popular culture. He has presented papers at national and international conferences. He has also delivered invited talks at Delhi University, SGT University, and Acharya Institute. Dr. Santosh has conducted FDP sessions on disability and diversity at Surana College, Bangalore. His work has been published in Indian Linguistics and Economic and Political Weekly. He has contributed chapters to books on language teaching and disability studies. Since 2017, he has been a faculty member at Christ University, Bangalore. He has previously taught at the National Institute of Technology, Delhi, and other institutions. His work focuses on interdisciplinary studies in cultural and linguistic fields. Dr. Santosh is a co-investigator on a UK-India project related to creative industries. He is also working on a monograph about the stigma of mental illness.

Educational Details

  • PhD 2018

    PhD

    University of Delhi

  • MPhil 2010

    MPhil

    University of Delhi

  • PG 2007

    MA

    University of Delhi

  • Degree 2003

    BA

    Lalit Narayan Mithila University

  • Periodicity | Daily

    Decoding 'Zero': From Disability Studies Perspective

    Name of Periodical | Cafe Dissensus Everyday

  • Periodicity | Bimonthly

    Rolling the Dice during Lockdown

    Name of Periodical | Anthropology News

  • 2023

    Date Of Publication: 01-Dec-2023

    Name of Journal: SIC Journal of Literature, Culture, Literary Translation

    Volume No/Issue No/Page No: 14/1/ -

  • 2022

    Date Of Publication: 21-Aug-2022

    Name of Journal: Indian Journal of Critical Disability Studies

    Volume No/Issue No/Page No: 2/1/72 - 76

    Date Of Publication: 31-Jan-2022

    Name of Journal: Research and Humanities in Medical Education (RHiME)

    Volume No/Issue No/Page No: 9//4 - 6

  • 2020

    Date Of Publication: 31-Dec-2020

    Name of Journal: Indian Journal of Critical Disability Studies

    Volume No/Issue No/Page No: 1/1/2 - 11

    Date Of Publication: 29-Aug-2020

    Name of Journal: Economic and Political Weekly

    Volume No/Issue No/Page No: 55/35/73 - 74

  • 2019

    Date Of Publication: 01-Oct-2019

    Name of Journal: Peace Prints: South Asian Journal of Peacebuilding (Gender and Disability)

    Volume No/Issue No/Page No: 5/1/ -

  • 2016

    Date Of Publication: 01-Jul-2016

    Name of Journal: Indian Linguistics

    Volume No/Issue No/Page No: 76/3-4/57 - 70

    Date Of Publication: 01-Jul-2016

    Name of Journal: Language and Language Teaching

    Volume No/Issue No/Page No: 5/10/46 - 52

  • 2024

    Type of the Program: Conference

    Role: Presenter

    Title: The Fallen Devi: A Select Study on Incarcerated Women

    Date: 2024-03-01

    Organising Institution: Jain deemed to be University

    Level:

    Type of the Program: Conference

    Role: Convenor

    Title:

    Date: 2024-01-11

    Organising Institution: Christ University

    Level:

  • 2023

    Type of the Program: Conference

    Role: Presenter

    Title: Playing Off Pandemic: Ludo during Lockdown

    Date: 2023-10-14

    Organising Institution: Department of Anthropology, University of Delhi

    Level:

  • 2021

    Type of the Program: Conference

    Role: Moderator/Chair

    Title:

    Date: 2021-10-28

    Organising Institution: Christ University

    Level:

    Type of the Program: Seminar

    Role: Participant

    Title:

    Date: 2021-10-04

    Organising Institution: Kirori Mal College, DU and Saksham, Delhi

    Level:

  • 2020

    Type of the Program: Symposium

    Role: Moderator/Chair

    Title:

    Date: 2020-01-24

    Organising Institution: Christ University

    Level:

  • 2019

    Type of the Program: Seminar

    Role: Presenter

    Title: Where is the stigma?: A discursive analysis of proverbs on Mental Illness

    Date: 2019-02-01

    Organising Institution: Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad and Wellcome Trust, UK

    Level:

    Type of the Program: Conference

    Role: Presenter

    Title: "Understanding the Stigma of Mental Illness: Where is the clue?"

    Date: 2019-01-03

    Organising Institution: Christ University

    Level:

  • 2018

    Type of the Program: Conference

    Role: Presenter

    Title: Ranchi via Kanke: Tracing the stigma of mental illness through proverbial imagination

    Date: 2018-01-08

    Organising Institution: Central Institute of Indian Languages, Mysore, Karnataka and Indian Institute of Language Studies, Delhi

    Level:

  • 2013

    Type of the Program: Conference

    Role: Presenter

    Title: Discourse Analysis of Figurative Language: Representations of Disability and Gender in Hindi Proverbs

    Date: 2013-11-27

    Organising Institution: Central Institute of Indian Languages, Mysore and Linguistic Society of India, Pune

    Level:

  • 2012

    Type of the Program: Conference

    Role: Presenter

    Title: Proverbial wisdom about persons with disabilities

    Date: 2012-11-04

    Organising Institution: International Association of Proverbs, Tavira, Portugal

    Level:

    Type of the Program: Conference

    Role: Presenter

    Title: Tabooed cups and chipped phrases: An inquiry into the negative interpretation of disability

    Date: 2012-09-27

    Organising Institution: Institute of Development Studies Kolkata, Kolkata, 27th to 29th September, 2012.

    Level:

  • 2011

    Type of the Program: Conference

    Role: Presenter

    Title: (Linguistic) Disablism in the psychological dreams interpretations

    Date: 2011-03-25

    Organising Institution: Centre for the Study of Social System, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi, 25

    Level:

  • 2024

    Name of the Program: FDP on Inclusive English Language Instruction

    Date: 2024-08-29 00:00:00

    Name of the Institutions: Surana College (Autonomous)

  • 2023

    Name of the Program:

    Date: 2023-10-20 00:00:00

    Name of the Institutions: SGT University

    Name of the Program:

    Date: 2023-10-18 00:00:00

    Name of the Institutions: Department of Linguistics, University of Delhi

  • 2022

    Name of the Program: Disability and Sexuality Rights Institute Online

    Date: 2022-06-13 00:00:00

    Name of the Institutions: CREA

  • 2021

    Name of the Program: English for Technical Writing

    Date: 2021-09-28 00:00:00

    Name of the Institutions: Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur

    Name of the Program: English for Technical Writing

    Date: 2021-09-21 00:00:00

    Name of the Institutions: Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur

  • 2020

    Name of the Program: Short Term Course on Minority Language in India: Elementary Education and Technology

    Date: 2020-12-16 00:00:00

    Name of the Institutions: Indian Institute of Kharagpur

  • 2023

    Name of Student: SERA SUSAN MATHEW

    Institutions: Christ University

    Month & Year: June 2023

    Name of Student: SMITHA MARY SEBASTIAN

    Institutions: Christ University

    Month & Year: November 2023

  • 2022

    Name of Student: SONY B A

    Institutions: Christ University

    Month & Year: January 2022

    Name of Student: GEETHU THOMAS

    Institutions: Christ University

    Month & Year: July 2022

  • Internal

    Tracing the Stigma of Mental Illness: A Sociolinguistic Study of Proverb on Madness

    Investigator(s) : SANTOSH KUMAR

    Sponsors:

  • 2024

    Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: Enhancing Research Activities in Higher Education

    Name of the Organiser: IQAC

    Level:

    Role: Participant

    Date: 2024-09-28 00:00:00

    Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: International Faculty Development Programme on Navigating the Future: Innovations and Strategies in Teaching and Research

    Name of the Organiser: Department of English

    Level: International

    Role: Participant

    Date: 2024-09-26 00:00:00

    Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: Film, Images & Historical Interpretation in the 20th Century: The Camera Never Lies

    Name of the Organiser: University of London on Coursera

    Level: International

    Role: Participant

    Date: 2024-09-22 00:00:00

  • 2023

    Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: Expecting the Unexpected: Best Practices for Research on Sensitive Subjects

    Name of the Organiser: Department of Liberal Arts and Texas A&M University

    Level: International

    Role: Participant

    Date: 2023-09-04 00:00:00

    Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: Cinematic Cultures: An Intersection of Films and Society

    Name of the Organiser: Department of English and Cultural Studies, Christ (deemed to be University, BGR Campus) and Kerala State Chalchitra Academy

    Level: National

    Role: Participant

    Date: 2023-03-25 00:00:00

  • 2022

    Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: 5 Day Faculty Development Program on Curriculum Design and Revision with specific focus on OBE

    Name of the Organiser: Staff Development College, Christ (Deemed to be University)

    Level: Institutional

    Role: Participant

    Date: 2022-12-05 00:00:00

    Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: 5 Day Faculty Development Program on Research Tools and Methodologies

    Name of the Organiser: Staff Development College, Christ (Deemed to be University)

    Level: Institutional

    Role: Participant

    Date: 2022-08-01 00:00:00

  • 2021

    Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: Hybrid Teaching

    Name of the Organiser: Staff Development College

    Level:

    Role: Participant

    Date: 2021-03-02 00:00:00

  • 2020

    Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: International Health Humanities Conference: Designing Pedagogy for Medical Humanities

    Name of the Organiser: Shiddhartha Institute of Medical Science and Research Centre

    Level: International

    Role: Participant

    Date: 2020-09-10 00:00:00

    Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: Sports and Society

    Name of the Organiser: Duke University at Coursera

    Level: International

    Role: Participant

    Date: 2020-05-15 00:00:00

    Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: QIP on Online Teaching

    Name of the Organiser: Academic Staff College

    Level:

    Role: Participant

    Date: 2020-04-22 00:00:00

  • 2019

    Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: Know Your Rights: Strategic Partnership Training and Consultation

    Name of the Organiser: Javed Abidi Foundation, Disability Rights India Foundation, Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative

    Level: National

    Role: Participant

    Date: 2019-07-27 00:00:00

    Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: Enhancing Pedagogic Practices, Research, and Consultancy

    Name of the Organiser: Christ (Deemed to be University)

    Level:

    Role: Participant

    Date: 2019-05-20 00:00:00

    Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: A National Symposium on Rethinking English Studies in India: The Cultural Studies Turn and Its Possibilities

    Name of the Organiser: Christ deemed to be University and Sahitya Akademi

    Level: National

    Role: Participant

    Date: 2019-02-14 00:00:00

    Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: Language of Caste: Assertion, Denial, and Resistance

    Name of the Organiser: National Institute of Advanced Studies

    Level: National

    Role: Participant

    Date: 2019-02-12 00:00:00

    Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: Intensive Workshop on Case Teaching, Writing and Research

    Name of the Organiser: Christ Institute of Management, Lavasa, Pune, India

    Level: Institutional

    Role: Participant

    Date: 2019-01-17 00:00:00

  • 2018

    Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: GIAN Course on Clinically Applied Anthropology: Critical Perspectives on Mental Health theory and practice in India

    Name of the Organiser: Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad

    Level: International

    Role: Participant

    Date: 2018-11-01 00:00:00

    Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: Synthesize Workshop 2018: On Phenomenology and Grounded Theory

    Name of the Organiser: School of Business Studies and Social Sciences

    Level: Institutional

    Role: Participant

    Date: 2018-10-02 00:00:00

    Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: International Workshop on Sensitization and Exchanges of Good Practices on Inclusion of Students with Disabilities

    Name of the Organiser: Department of Social Work and Centre for Research and Decision Support (IFCU)

    Level: International

    Role: Participant

    Date: 2018-10-01 00:00:00

    Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: QIP on FRONTIER AREAS IN THE SUBJECT AND CURRICULUM UPDATION

    Name of the Organiser: CU-Academic Staff College

    Level:

    Role: Participant & Presenter

    Date: 2018-05-22 00:00:00

  • 2017

    Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: Quality Improvement Program on Teaching-Learning and Evaluation

    Name of the Organiser: CU-Academic Staff College

    Level:

    Role: Participant

    Date: 2017-05-17 00:00:00

  • 2021

    Name of the Awards/Achievements/Others: A Full Member of Editorial Board

    Description: Disability & Society is an international disability studies journal providing a focus for debate about such issues as human rights, discrimination, definitions, policy and practices. It appears against a background of constant change in the ways in which disability is viewed and responded to.

    Organisation: Executive Editors of Disability & Society

    Month/Year: 19 December 2021

  • 2020

    Name of the Awards/Achievements/Others: Review Editor

    Description: The Indian Journal of Critical Disability Studies (InJCDS) is an open-source, online, international peer-reviewed journal published twice a year (January/ February and July/ August). InJCDS focusses on bringing forth original research on disability issues that emerge from examining both the political and the personal aspects of individuals, collectives, and the systemic. InJCDS is interested in arguments against or in favour of the idea that both the universal and the specific are essential. I

    Organisation: Critical Disability Studies in India (CDSI) founded in 2012

    Month/Year: 25 June 2020

  • 2018

    Type of Book:

    Title: Disability in South Asia: Knowledge and Experience

    Title of Book/Chapter/Article: Jataka Katha Goes On: Materiality as Metaphor

    ISBN: 9789352807079

    Month/Year: September 2018

  • 2017

    Type of Book:

    Title: Trends in Language Teaching

    Title of Book/Chapter/Article: Language Teaching in Inclusive Education

    ISBN: 978-93-86296-87-0

    Month/Year: May 2017