Dr. Priyadarshini Bhattacharyya

Designation Assistant Professor Dr. Priyadarshini Bhattacharyya
Email priyadarshinieng@ms.du.ac.in
Department Department of English
Dr. Priyadarshini Bhattacharyya
Assistant Professor

Email: priyadarshinieng@ms.du.ac.in

Department: Department of English

Educational Qualifications
DegreeUniversityYear
BA (H) English Delhi College of Arts and Commerce (University of Delhi) 2005
MA (English) Jamia Millia ISlamia 2007
M.Phil (English) Jamia Millia Islamia 2009
Ph.D. (Cinema Studies) Jawaharlal Nehru University 2021
PG Diploma Television Journalism Jamia Millia Islamia 2006

Degree: BA (H) English

University: Delhi College of Arts and Commerce (University of Delhi)

Year: 2005

Degree: MA (English)

University: Jamia Millia ISlamia

Year: 2007

Degree: M.Phil (English)

University: Jamia Millia Islamia

Year: 2009

Degree: Ph.D. (Cinema Studies)

University: Jawaharlal Nehru University

Year: 2021

Degree: PG Diploma Television Journalism

University: Jamia Millia Islamia

Year: 2006

Career Profile
DesignationInstitutionUniversityDuration
Assistant Professor (Adhoc) P.G.D.A.V College University of Delhi November 2009 to June 2011
Assistant Professor (Adhoc) Mata Sundri College for Women University of Delhi February 2012 to May 2013
Assistant Professor (Guest) Jamia Millia Islamia Jamia Millia Islamia March 2016 - April 2017
Assistant Professor (Contractual) Jamia Millia Islamia Jamia Millia Islamia August 2017 - May 2018
Assistant Professor (Adhoc) Mata Sundri College for Women University of Delhi 1 January- 30 April 2019
Assistant Professor (Adhoc) Mata Sundri College for Women University of Delhi 13 January 2020- 22 June 2023
Assistant Professor Mata Sundri College for Women University of Delhi 31 July 2023 - till present

Designation: Assistant Professor (Adhoc)

Institution: P.G.D.A.V College

University: University of Delhi

Duration: November 2009 to June 2011

Designation: Assistant Professor (Adhoc)

Institution: Mata Sundri College for Women

University: University of Delhi

Duration: February 2012 to May 2013

Designation: Assistant Professor (Guest)

Institution: Jamia Millia Islamia

University: Jamia Millia Islamia

Duration: March 2016 - April 2017

Designation: Assistant Professor (Contractual)

Institution: Jamia Millia Islamia

University: Jamia Millia Islamia

Duration: August 2017 - May 2018

Designation: Assistant Professor (Adhoc)

Institution: Mata Sundri College for Women

University: University of Delhi

Duration: 1 January- 30 April 2019

Designation: Assistant Professor (Adhoc)

Institution: Mata Sundri College for Women

University: University of Delhi

Duration: 13 January 2020- 22 June 2023

Designation: Assistant Professor

Institution: Mata Sundri College for Women

University: University of Delhi

Duration: 31 July 2023 - till present

Publications
TitleTypePublisherPublication Date
“Critiquing the Colonial Empire through the Looking Glass of Literary Nonsense” Research article Eastern Quarterly Vol 12, Issues III & IV, (Autumn & Winter 2016) 01 Oct, 2016
Tracing the ‘Sense’ behind ‘Nonsense’: A comparative Study of selected texts of Sukumar Ray and Edward Lear. Research article International Journal of English Language (IJELLH), Volume 2 Issue X (2015). 28 Feb, 2015
Word to Image: Satyajit Ray’s Interpretation of Premchand Research article Journal of Research and Innovation: Annual Journal of Sri Guru Nanak Dev Khalsa College 01 Sep, 2019
Samuel Johnson – London Research article Institute of Life Long Learning. 2015 01 Jan, 2015
John Updike – ‘Dentistry and Doubt Research article Institute of Life Long Learning. 2015 18 Aug, 2015
Tracing India- Specific Modernism in Rabindranath Tagore's Red Oleanders Research article Literary Cognizance 27 Jun, 2025
“From Office to Home: Reading Melville’s “Bartleby, the Scrivener” and Kafka’s “Metamorphosis” Research article The Criterion: An International Journal in English 06 Sep, 2025
Ami Sotti Bolchhi! Retelling of Bangaliana in Recent Sujoy Ghosh and Shoojit Sircar Films. Research article Criticalcollective.in. 01 Jan, 2019
Reminiscing the 70s Calcutta – In Conversation with Soumitra Chatterjee. Research article criticalcollective.in. 01 Sep, 2020
The Vibrant Street of 70s Calcutta: A Study of Select Popular Songs from 1970s Bengali Cinema. Research article criticalcollective.in. 01 Oct, 2020
Six Decades and Counting: Soumitra Chatterjee a Rare Gem. Research article criticalcollective.in. 01 Oct, 2020
Detective Leads the Pack: Tracing the trend of Investigative Thrillers on Bengali OTT Platforms. Research article criticalcollective.in. 01 Nov, 2021

Title: “Critiquing the Colonial Empire through the Looking Glass of Literary Nonsense”

Type: Research article

Publisher: Eastern Quarterly Vol 12, Issues III & IV, (Autumn & Winter 2016)

Date: 01 Oct, 2016

Title: Tracing the ‘Sense’ behind ‘Nonsense’: A comparative Study of selected texts of Sukumar Ray and Edward Lear.

Type: Research article

Publisher: International Journal of English Language (IJELLH), Volume 2 Issue X (2015).

Date: 28 Feb, 2015

Title: Word to Image: Satyajit Ray’s Interpretation of Premchand

Type: Research article

Publisher: Journal of Research and Innovation: Annual Journal of Sri Guru Nanak Dev Khalsa College

Date: 01 Sep, 2019

Title: Samuel Johnson – London

Type: Research article

Publisher: Institute of Life Long Learning. 2015

Date: 01 Jan, 2015

Title: John Updike – ‘Dentistry and Doubt

Type: Research article

Publisher: Institute of Life Long Learning. 2015

Date: 18 Aug, 2015

Title: Tracing India- Specific Modernism in Rabindranath Tagore's Red Oleanders

Type: Research article

Publisher: Literary Cognizance

Date: 27 Jun, 2025

Title: “From Office to Home: Reading Melville’s “Bartleby, the Scrivener” and Kafka’s “Metamorphosis”

Type: Research article

Publisher: The Criterion: An International Journal in English

Date: 06 Sep, 2025

Title: Ami Sotti Bolchhi! Retelling of Bangaliana in Recent Sujoy Ghosh and Shoojit Sircar Films.

Type: Research article

Publisher: Criticalcollective.in.

Date: 01 Jan, 2019

Title: Reminiscing the 70s Calcutta – In Conversation with Soumitra Chatterjee.

Type: Research article

Publisher: criticalcollective.in.

Date: 01 Sep, 2020

Title: The Vibrant Street of 70s Calcutta: A Study of Select Popular Songs from 1970s Bengali Cinema.

Type: Research article

Publisher: criticalcollective.in.

Date: 01 Oct, 2020

Title: Six Decades and Counting: Soumitra Chatterjee a Rare Gem.

Type: Research article

Publisher: criticalcollective.in.

Date: 01 Oct, 2020

Title: Detective Leads the Pack: Tracing the trend of Investigative Thrillers on Bengali OTT Platforms.

Type: Research article

Publisher: criticalcollective.in.

Date: 01 Nov, 2021

Paper Presentations
TitlePresented AtDate
Word to Image – Ray’s Interpretation of Premchand. National Seminar on Fiction into Film Satyajit Ray’s Interpretation of Tagore and Premchand organized by Sahitya Akademi and Jamia Millia Islamia, JMI 24 Nov, 2006
The Structure of a film text: A Study of Satyajit Ray’s Hirak Rajar Deshe National Workshop: Texts and Textualities: Comparative Perspectives organized by Centre for Comparative Literature, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad 08 Jan, 2005
The Structure of a film text: A Study of Satyajit Ray’s Hirak Rajar Deshe National Workshop on Texts and Textualities: Comparative Perspectives organized by Department of English, Punjabi University Patiala. 21 Feb, 2008
Critiquing the Colonial Empire Through the Looking Glass of Nonsense: A Comparative Study of Select Works of Edward Lear and Rabindranath Tagore Ninth CLAI Biennial International conference “Diverse Harmonies: Literary and Cultural Confluences organized by Centre for Comparative Literature, University of Hyderabad 28 Jan, 2009
The Nameless Entity – “Shey”: A Study into Tagore’s Psychology of the ‘Self’ 4th DRS (UGC SAP) International Conference “Gender and Sexuality – The Indian Self And Its Forgotten Doubles: Reading Rabindranath, organized by the Department of English and Other Modern European Languages. Visva-Bharti Santiniketan 01 Feb, 2013
Women in the City: A Study of the Cinematic Representation of the ‘Working Women’ in 1970s Bengal National Seminar on “Bodies that Matter”: The Ideology of Gender, organized by Department of English, Ram Lal Anand College, Ram Lal Anand College (University of Delhi) 27 Feb, 2016
Cinematic Adaptation as Retelling: The Trope of the City in Hazaar Chaurasi ki Maa National Seminar on Translating/Transcreating the Cultures of Existence organized by UGC SAP DRS programme, Phase – 3, Department of English, Jamia Millia Islamia 24 Nov, 2016
Left ‘Homeless’ in the City: Studying Migration, City and Deteriorating Health through select Bengali Films from 1970s Symposium on Movement, Place and Health organized Nordic Centre in India 10 Sep, 2018
Aparna Sen and The Woman’s City – Investigating the Cinematic Representation of the Urban Woman in 1970s Bengali Cinema World Woman Conference - IV organized by Mata Sundri College for Women University of Delhi 08 Mar, 2022

Title: Word to Image – Ray’s Interpretation of Premchand.

Presented At: National Seminar on Fiction into Film Satyajit Ray’s Interpretation of Tagore and Premchand organized by Sahitya Akademi and Jamia Millia Islamia, JMI

Date: 24 Nov, 2006

Title: The Structure of a film text: A Study of Satyajit Ray’s Hirak Rajar Deshe

Presented At: National Workshop: Texts and Textualities: Comparative Perspectives organized by Centre for Comparative Literature, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad

Date: 08 Jan, 2005

Title: The Structure of a film text: A Study of Satyajit Ray’s Hirak Rajar Deshe

Presented At: National Workshop on Texts and Textualities: Comparative Perspectives organized by Department of English, Punjabi University Patiala.

Date: 21 Feb, 2008

Title: Critiquing the Colonial Empire Through the Looking Glass of Nonsense: A Comparative Study of Select Works of Edward Lear and Rabindranath Tagore

Presented At: Ninth CLAI Biennial International conference “Diverse Harmonies: Literary and Cultural Confluences organized by Centre for Comparative Literature, University of Hyderabad

Date: 28 Jan, 2009

Title: The Nameless Entity – “Shey”: A Study into Tagore’s Psychology of the ‘Self’

Presented At: 4th DRS (UGC SAP) International Conference “Gender and Sexuality – The Indian Self And Its Forgotten Doubles: Reading Rabindranath, organized by the Department of English and Other Modern European Languages. Visva-Bharti Santiniketan

Date: 01 Feb, 2013

Title: Women in the City: A Study of the Cinematic Representation of the ‘Working Women’ in 1970s Bengal

Presented At: National Seminar on “Bodies that Matter”: The Ideology of Gender, organized by Department of English, Ram Lal Anand College, Ram Lal Anand College (University of Delhi)

Date: 27 Feb, 2016

Title: Cinematic Adaptation as Retelling: The Trope of the City in Hazaar Chaurasi ki Maa

Presented At: National Seminar on Translating/Transcreating the Cultures of Existence organized by UGC SAP DRS programme, Phase – 3, Department of English, Jamia Millia Islamia

Date: 24 Nov, 2016

Title: Left ‘Homeless’ in the City: Studying Migration, City and Deteriorating Health through select Bengali Films from 1970s

Presented At: Symposium on Movement, Place and Health organized Nordic Centre in India

Date: 10 Sep, 2018

Title: Aparna Sen and The Woman’s City – Investigating the Cinematic Representation of the Urban Woman in 1970s Bengali Cinema

Presented At: World Woman Conference - IV organized by Mata Sundri College for Women University of Delhi

Date: 08 Mar, 2022

Certifications
TitleCertifying InstitutionDate
Emergent Aesthetics of Translation – Theory and Praxis Mata Sundri College for Women, University of Delhi in collaboration with Mahatma Hansraj Faculty Development Centre Hansraj College, University of Delhi. 19 Feb, 2021

Title: Emergent Aesthetics of Translation – Theory and Praxis

Institution: Mata Sundri College for Women, University of Delhi in collaboration with Mahatma Hansraj Faculty Development Centre Hansraj College, University of Delhi.

Date: 19 Feb, 2021

Other Responsibilities
SocietyRoleFromTo
Pratibimb Convenor 01 May, 2024 30 May, 2026
Refreshment Committee Member 01 Jul, 2025 31 May, 2027
Central Admission Committee Member 01 May, 2025 30 Apr, 2026

Society: Pratibimb

Role: Convenor

From: 01 May, 2024

To: 30 May, 2026

Society: Refreshment Committee

Role: Member

From: 01 Jul, 2025

To: 31 May, 2027

Society: Central Admission Committee

Role: Member

From: 01 May, 2025

To: 30 Apr, 2026

Event Roles
Event NameRoleAssigned On
Film Workshop convenor 17 Oct, 2025

Event: Film Workshop

Role: convenor

Assigned On: 17 Oct, 2025