Dr. Harshavarthini V

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0431-2258444
harshavarthini.v@ist.srmtrichy.edu.in harshavv@srmist.edu.in
Total Experience
Area of intErest
Trauma Studies, Memory Studies, Film Studies, Postcolonialism, Postmodernism, Posthumanism and Digital Humanities
course handled
Communicative English, ELT & English Literature
Education Details

Publication details
“Hope, Tenderness and Empathy: Ecological Cultural Trauma in Brandon Hobson’s The Removed”, ShodhKosh: Journal of Visual and Performing Arts, ISSN:2582-7472, Vol.05; No.01, January-June 2024.
“Nature for Healing: Empirical Study on Medicinal Plants from Select Contemporary Cherokee Literature”, Interdisciplinary Research Journal for Humanities, ISSN:2249-250X, Vol:14; No.1.1, March 2024.
“Re-evaluating Colonial Motifs and Postcolonial Modulations in English Language through Humanistic Approach”, Journal of Research Administration, ISSN:1539-1590 & E-ISSN:2573-7104, Vol.05; No.02, November 2023.
“Complexity in Disruptions Between Past, Present and Future: Analysing the Traumatic Representation and Identity Crisis in Brandon Hobson’s Where the Dead Sit Talking”, Bodhi International Journal of Research in Humanities, Arts and Science - E-ISSN:2456-5571, Vol.07; Special Issue:01, October 2022.
“Self-Realization of Margo Roth Spiegelmen in Paper Towns by John Green”, English Language and Literature, Vol.3, ISBN:978-93-86782-34-2, L Ordine Nuovo Publications, New Delhi, February 2018.
Awards and Achievements
Best Research Paper Award
International Conference on “Inclusive Pedagogical Strategies in Language Classes: A Humanist Approach” organised by the Department of English, Mepco Schlenk Engineering College, Sivakasi, on 11th and 12th May 2023.
International Conference on “Literature, Language, AI and Communication in English” (LILAC) organised by the Department of English, Velammal College of Engineering and Technology, Madurai, on 26th and 27th March 2024.
Other Achievements
Volunteer Reading Evangelist in Coimbatore Book Festival 2017.
Translator of Tamil movie dialogue (Subtitle: Tamil to English) - Veruli by P.Amudhavanan in June 2017.
Awarded Proficiency in B.A. English Literature - 2014-15 & 2015-16.
Awarded Second Prize in directing Documentary Film Competition in 2015-16 at Sri GVG Visalakshi College for Women, Udumalpet.
Teacher Training Internships
03 June 2014 - 16 June 2014, Government Municipal Middle School, Udumalpet.
01 June 2015 - 12 June 2015 & 24 February 2016 - 11 March 2016, Sri Visalakshi Higher Secondary School, Udumalpet.
Workshops / Seminars
Participated
Short-term Courses
“Introduction to Film Studies” - Swayam NPTEL Course, from July 2025 - October 2025. (Obtained 78% with Elite Silver).
“From Classics to Contemporary: Journey into the Evolution of Films”- Centre for Study of Contemporary Theory & Research, Adamas University, Kolkata, from 18 November 2024 to 04 December 2024. (Obtained “A+” Grade).
“Artificial Intelligence and Memory” - Centre for Memory Studies, IIT Madras, Centre for Outreach and Digital Education, IIT Madras and FACTSH LAB, IIIT Kottayam, on 27 November 2024.
“The Art of Writing Research Articles and Scholarly Publications in English Language and Literature” - Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, National Institute of Technology Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh from 29 January 2024 to 02 February 2024.
“Reading and Researching the Literature of Crisis” - Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, in association with the UNESCO Chair in Vulnerability Studies, The University of Hyderabad (an Institution of Eminence) from 22nd January 2024 to 28th January 2024.
"Film Studies: Pedagogy and Research Methods” - Department of Humanistic Studies, Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) Varanasi, from 6th to 11th November 2023.
“Blender Training and Test” - PSGR Krishnammal College for Women, Coimbatore, and offered by the Spoken Tutorial Project, IIT Bombay, funded by National Mission on Education through ICT, MHRD, Govt., of India, during April 2018.
“IBM CE - Software Foundation Course with C Programming” - Sri GVG Visalakshi College for Women, Udumalpet, from 05 August 2013 to 05 September 2013.
FDP
Six-day online FDP on “Integrating the Contemporary Discourses in English Language and Literature” - Department of English, SSM Institute of Engineering and Technology, Dindigul, from 17 November 2025 to 22 November 2025.
“43rd NEP 2020 Orientation and Sensitization Programme” - UGC-MMTTC, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, from 02 September 2025 to 10 September 2025.
Online Short-term Programme on “Situated Knowledges: Multilingual Education in the Indian Context” - Malaviya Mission Teacher Training Centre at IIITDM, Kancheepuram during 4 August 2025 - 9 August 2025.
Five-Day FDP on “Posthumanism: Critique and Critics” - Amity Institute of English Studies and Research, Amity University, Kolkata, from 21 July 21 2025 to 25 July 2025.
Six-Day International Online FDP on “Niche Domains in Digital and Medical Humanities” - B.S. Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute of Science and Technology, India and UNITAR International University, Malaysia, from 30 June 2025 to 05 July 2025.
“Faculty Induction Program 2025” - SRMIST, Tiruchirappalli, during 27 June 2025 - 12 July 2025.
Two-Week FDP on “Digital Cultures: Literature, Language, and Media” - Department of English Language and Literature, Adamas University, in collaboration with the Academic Administrative Development Centre (sponsored by the Association of Indian Universities), from 27 January 2025 to 08 February 2025.
Five-Day Virtual International FDP on “Narratives of Change: Storytelling for Inclusive Futures” - School of English, Kumaraguru College of Liberal Arts and Science, Coimbatore, from 03 February 2025 to 07 February 2025.
Two-Day FDP on “Integration of Technology in English Language Teaching (INTELT)” - Department of English, Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai during 20 & 21 December 2024.
One Week Online FDP on “Tribal Literature: Establishing Identity and Cultural Preservation” - B.R.B. College of Commerce, Raichur, Karnataka, in collaboration with Nucleus Learning and Development (NLD) from 25 to 30 November 2024.
One Week Online National Level FDP on “Theorization of Memory and Postmemory in the context of select Literary and Cinematic Narratives” - Gokul Global University, Siddhpur, Gujarat, in collaboration with Nucleus Learning and Development (NLD) from 11 to 16 November 2024.
International FDP on “Navigating the Future: Innovations and Strategies in Teaching and Research” - Department of English, Kristu Jayanti College, Autonomous, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India from September 26, 2024 to 05 October 2024.
One week Online National Level FDP on “Demystifying Life through Literature: Decoding Texts and Contexts” - Gokul Global University, Siddhpur, Gujarat in collaboration with Nucleus of Learning and Development (NLD) from 09 to 15 September 2024.
One week online International FDP on “Pioneering Language Learning: Future Trends from around the World” - Westminster College, London and Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai, from 26th to 30th August 2024.
Online National FDP on “Echoes of Survival: Unveiling Life Narratives of Trauma and Resilience in Holocaust Studies” - PG Department of English, Sri Guru Teg Bahadur Khalsa College, Sri Anandpur, in collaboration with Nucleus of Learning and Development from 23 May 2024 to 30 May 2024.
Seven-Day National Level Online FDP on “Recent Trends in English Studies” - PG & Research Department of English, Nazareth Margoschis College at Pillaiyanmanai from 23 November 2023 to 29 November 2023.
FDP on “Interdisciplinary Approaches to Literary Studies” - PG Department of English, Women’s Christian College on 7th, 10th and 11th January, 2023.
Paper Presentation
“Remembering the Roots: Cherokee Cultural Memory and Ethnohistory in The Removed” - One-Day International Conference on Literature, Art and Culture, organised by the PG and Research Department of English, The American College, Madurai, on 07 February 2025.
“Depiction of Rasa, Bhava and Raga in Sindhu Bhairavi” - two-day online International Multidisciplinary Conference on “Knowledge Systems in Indian Subcontinent: Ancient Times to Present Times”, organised by Bharatiya Shikshan Mandal, Telangana, in collaboration with Padmakanya Multiple Campus, Tribhuvan University, Nepal; The English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad; Government College, Jind; Nallamuthu Gounder Mahalingam College, Pollachi and Coimbatore Institute of Technology, Coimbatore, on 21 & 22 December 2024.
“Evolution and Revolution of AI in Daniel H. Wilson’s Robopocalypse” - two day International Conference on “Literature, Language, AI and Communication in English” (LILAC) organised by the Department of English, Velammal College of Engineering and Technology, Madurai, on 26 & 27 March 2024.
“Nature for Healing: Empirical Study on Medicinal Plants through select Contemporary Cherokee Literature” - two day National Conference on “The Confluence of Literature, History and Culture: Negotiating Differences through Intercultural Dialogue and Third Space” organised by the Department of English, St. Xavier’s College, Tirunelveli, on 23 & 24 January 2024.
“Persistence of Anxiety and Grief: Role of Memory and Trauma in Brandon Hobson’s The Storyteller” - International Conference on “Trauma Studies” organised by the Department of English, PSGR Krishnammal College for Women, Coimbatore, on 06 October 2023.
“Enigmatic Ecological Oblivion and Evolution of Climate Change in the Animated Short Film Wade” - three day International Memory Studies Conference on “Memory, Ecology and Sustainability” organised by the Centre for Memory Studies, IIT Madras, Chennai, from 20 September 2023 to 23 September 2023.
“Re-evaluating Colonial Motifs and Postcolonial Modulation in English Language through Native American Literature” - International Conference on “Inclusive Pedagogical Strategies in Language Classes: A Humanist Approach” organised by the Department of English, Mepco Schlenk Engineering College, Sivakasi, on 11 & 12 May 2023.
“Perceiving the Perennial and Perpetual Precipitation of Trauma: A Psychoanalytical Approach in select works of Brandon Hobson” - One Day National National Seminar on Trauma Theory organised by the Department of English (CSH), SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai, on 10 February 2023.
“Prosperity and Absurdity of Memory: A Study on the Influence of Digital Technologies as a Storytelling Strategy in Brandon Hobson’s The Removed” - Two Day International Conference on “Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Memory Studies, Storytelling and the impact of Digital Technologies” organised by the Department of Humanities and Sciences, Vallurupalli Nageswara Rao Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engineering and Technology, Hyderabad, in association with Storytelling Academy of Loughborough University, UK, on 24 & 25 November 2022.
“Complexity in Disruptions Between Past, Present and Future: Analysing the Traumatic Representation and Identity Crisis in Brandon Hobson’s Where the Dead Sit Talking” - Two Day National Conference on “Postmodern Voices & Transdisciplinary in English Language and Literature” organised by the Department of English, Sri Kaliswari College (Autonomous) Sivakasi and iSPELL, on 19 & 20 October 2022.
“Hope, Tenderness and Empathy: Ecological Cultural Trauma in Brandon Hobson’s The Removed” - Two Day International Conference on “Ecosystems in the Poetics of Experiences” organised by the Department of English (PG), Kristu Jayanti College (Autonomous), Bangalore, on 22 & 23 April 2022.
“A Study of Gay Culture and Bisexuality in the novel Will Grayson Will Grayson by John Green and David Levithan” - UGC Sponsored National Seminar on “Cultural Studies: Cultural Confluence in Literature” organised by the Department of English , PSGR Krishnammal College for Women, Coimbatore, in collaboration with Folklore Resources and Research Centre, Palayamkottai, on 16 February 2018.
“Self-Realization of Margo Roth Spiegelmen in Paper Towns by John Green” - International Conference on English Language and Literature (ICELL-18) jointly organised by the English Division, School of Science and Humanities, Karunya Institute of Technology and Sciences, Coimbatore and Bodhi International Journal of Research in Humanities, Arts and Science, on 02 February 2018.
Conferences/Seminars/Workshops/Symposiums/Lectures
One-day International Guest Lecture on “Time and Learning: A Perspective on Lifelong Transitions through the lens of Temporal Theory” by Prof. Dr. Sabine Schmidt-Lauff, Helmut Schmidt University/University of the Federal Armed Forces Hamburg, Germany - ASEM LLL Hub Regional Centre for South Asia on 20 September 2025.
One day National Conference on “Trauma and Peace Studies” - PG and Research Centre of English, Mannar Thirumalai Naicker College, Madurai, on 05 March 2025.
International Conference on “Resilience and Reconciliation in Memory Studies” - PG Department and Research Centre of English, Lady Doak College, Madurai, held on 27 and 28 February 2025.
Two Day National Symposium on “Sutra to Cyber” - Departments of English, Vellalar College for Women, Vellalar College of Engineering and Technology and VET Institute of Arts and Science, Erode, on 13 and 14 February 2025.
One Day Online Workshop on “Academic Writing Essentials: Strategies for Successful Research Publication with Interdisciplinary Framework(s)” - Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, on 6th December 2024.
Six day Lecture Series on “Decoding the Aesthetics of Literary Theory” - Department of English (Aided), Nallamuthu Gounder Mahalingam College, held on 27 September 2024, 05, 18, 19, 25 & 26 October 2024.
Online session on “Memory and Space: An Exploration of Contemporary Partition Narratives”, delivered by Dr D Jockim, Assistant Professor of English, St Xavier’s College, Palayamkottai, Tamil Nadu, South India, - TJELLS (The Journal for English Language and Literary Studies) on 09 October 2024.
International webinar on “The Antinomies of Progress” by Slavoj Zizek - Office of International Affairs of Sacred Heart College (Autonomous). Thevara, Kochi on 07 October 2024.
One day national webinar on "Guidance for Writing an Effective Research Paper" - IQAC Cell, Nimbus Academy of Management, Dehradun Uttarakhand on 18 December 2023.
National Online Lecture Series-III on “A Preview of Holocaust Studies” - PG and Research Department of English, Sree Saraswathi Thyagaraja College (Autonomous), Pollachi, on 21 October 2023.
National Level Seminar on “Confluence of Tales, Myths and Culture in Literature” - Department of English at PSG College of Arts and Science, Coimbatore, on 04 August 2023.
Online International Conference on “Language and Memory” - Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham UK, on 5 & 6 June 2023.
International Seminar titled ‘Gender and Trauma: Integrating Sex and Gender and Issues of Trauma’ - School of Social Sciences and Languages, Vellore Institute of Technology on 18 May 2023.
Special Lecture, “The Corporate War on Science: From Tobacco to Silicon Valley” by Noam Chomsky - Department of English, St Berchmans College, Changanacherry on 03 May 2023.
Online discussion on April Lunch and Learn: “Obscene Gestures: Censorship, Morality, and Equality” - Native American Studies Center, University of South Carolina Lancaster on 28 April 2023.
Centenary Lecture by Slavoj Žižek - Department of English, St Berchmans College, Changanacherry on 17 March 2023.
“35th C A Sheppard Memorial Lecture & 3rd Prof K T Sebastian Memorial Scholar in Residence Programme”- Department of English, St Berchmans College, Changanacherry on 06th and 07th February 2023.
Fifth Lecture by Prof. Debasish Bandyopadhyay titled “The Use of Language and Unconscious Prevarications: A Psychoanalytical Review” - Department of English, Raiganj University, and IQAC, Raiganj University, Raiganj, West Bengal, 31 January 2023.
Fourth Lecture by Prof. Anita Singh titled “Staging Feminisms: Gender, Violence and Performance” - Department of English, Raiganj University, and IQAC, Raiganj University, Raiganj, West Bengal on 30 January 2023.
Work Experience
Academic Experience
Assistant Professor, Division of Language, Culture and Society- SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Tiruchirappalli (June 2025- till date)
Industry Experience
English Language Trainer, Fluency Center, Pollachi. (September 2018 - December 2018)
Research Experience
Full Time - Doctoral Researcher, Department of English (Aided), Nallamuthu Gounder Mahalingam College, affiliated to Bharathiar University. (January 2021 - May 2025)
Memberships
Indian Network for Memory Studies, Centre for Memory Studies, IIT Madras, Chennai, India - Enrolled Authorised Lifetime Member.
Memory Studies Association, Amsterdam, Netherlands - February 2023 to February 2024.
Centre for International Programmes, Osmania University, Hyderabad, India - November 2022 to November 2023.
Funded Projects
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