Dr. Aswathy Balachandran

Assistant Professor
M. A., Ph. D

Profile

Dr. Aswathy Balachandran joined M.A College, Kothamangalam in 2010. She took her B.A and M.A from Alphonsa College(M.G Universiy) and Institute of English( University of Kerala) respectively. She received her Doctoral Degree from M.G University in 2018.

Research

Received Doctoral Degree from Mahatma Gandhi University on the thesis Ecological Sensibility in A.K.Ramanujan’s Poetry under the guidance of Dr .P.J.George, Research Superviser, Research Centre in English, St. Thomas College Pala in 2018

Completed a UGC funded Minor Research Project on Ecological Reflections in the Vedas: A Study of A.K.Ramanujan’s Poetry (2010-12)

Projects

2010-2012

  • Completed a UGC funded Minor Research Project on Ecological Reflections in the Vedas: A Study of A.K.Ramanujan’s poetry (2010-12) 

Publications

2023

  • Published Aparichithar, a collection of Malayalam Poems , published by Poorna Pubications , Kozhikode 

  • Published poems in Odisha Literary Journal 

2022

  • Published Contours, a collection of English Poems, published by Authorspress, Delhi 

  •  Published Poems in Thasrk Digital Magazine

  • Published poems in EKL Review 

2021

  •  Published Poems in Muse India Journal

2016

  • Published English poems in Poemlets 16: 2016 Collection (An Anthology of Poems) 

  • Nature as Part of the Culture: A comparative Study of A.K.Ramanujan's Ecology “and Dilip Chitre's The Felling of the Banayan Tree.
    Name of the Book/JournalComparative Literature:Critical Outputs
    Eds. J. Samuel Kirubahar&A.K.Muthusami
    Page No: 170-174 

2011

  • God as Inner Voice: The Dilemma Of the Indian Youth in Chetan Bhagat's One Night @ the Call Centre
    Research Lines Vol IV 

Achievements

  • M.A English 3rd Rank from Institute of English, University of Kerala
  • Ph. D from M.G University in 2018 

Awards and Recognition

Institutional Responsibilities

  • Served as a member of IQAC of Mar Athanasius College in 2019.
  • Guided the activities of the Arts Club, Music Club and Readers Forum of Mar Athanasius College, Kothamangalam in various years.

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