Education Qualification

BA English (Gujarat University),

MA English (Gujarat University),

MPhil ELT (SPU, Vallabh Vidyanagar),

Phd ELT (SPU, Vallabh Vidyanagar)

NET English (2013); Undergone Training of Trainers for English Language Education, RELO, American Embassy (EFLU, Hyderabad)

Training of Trainers for English Language Education, RELO, American Embassy (EFLU, Hyderabad) (2010)

Course on Developing an Online Program with TESOL International in collaboration with Department of State, US. (2020-21)

Research Interests

English for Academic Purposes especially the nature of and praxis in Academic Writing

Nature and structure of Genres

The dynamics of Narrative in the Novel Form

Effects of the digital dimension of the language learner

  1. Engaged contact classes for distant education PGCTE course for BAOU.
  2. Worked with UNNATI, Organization for Development Education, Ahmedabad in SATCOM programme of English for school in scheduled areas (in collaboration with Tribal Dept, Govt of Gujarat). Her work involved materials development, production of TV (2009-2011) programmes, post production work as well as monitoring across 10-15 districts of Gujarat.
  3. Worked with British Council in English proficiency evaluation for 2 year from 2015-2017
  4. Has worked freelance for private question bank creators of English
  5. Has conducted KRP trainings for Higher Secondary teachers of English
  6. Has worked in textbook creation for English as a second language for Std I and XI with Textbook Board, Education Dept of Gujarat.

Journal Articles

  1. Endeavours in the use of SATCOM for English in India, ELT Journal Vol. 15 Issue 1 June 2013.
  2. Contextualising the Process-Genre Approach to the teaching of Academic Writing to the Indian Classroom, Englishes Today, Vol. 1 Issue 1 May 2015.
  3. Need of Corpus Studies in Academic Writing, ELT VIBES Vol. 2 Issue 2 March 2016.

Books

1. Supplementary Material Used in English TV Programmes: A Study (2015) Lambert Academic Publishing.