Qualification: MA, NET, NESLET, USET, PhD
Date of Joining: 24/09/2022
Employee ID: JDSG/ID/T/2023/038
Teaching & Research Experience : 4.5 years
Research & Publications : Research papers in Scopus Indexed Journals (Select)
Panda, Pritam, & Panchali Bhattacharya. 2023. Exploring the Humane in the Posthuman: A Critical Analysis of Kazuo Ishiguro’s Transhumanist Narratives. The International Journal of Literary Humanities, 22(1): 129-140. [doi:10.18848/2327-7912/CGP/v22i01/129-140]
Research papers published in UGC CARE listed journals (Select)

Panda, Pritam .2020. Utopian Visions of Feminist Science Fiction: A Pathway to “Better Futures”, Dibrugarh University Journal of English Studies, 28(1): 306-315.
Research papers published in peer reviewed journals
Urvashi Kuhad, Pritam Panda, & Jai Singh. (2023). Indian Science Fiction: Myth or Reality. Educational Administration: Theory and Practice, 29(4), 2163–2167. https://doi.org/10.53555/kuey.v29i4.6969
Panda, Pritam. 2020. Science Fiction as a Precursor of Advanced Health Care Technology: An Analysis of Select Science Fiction Narratives. The Criterion, 11(6): 298-306.
Panda, Pritam. 2020. Disability in Science Fiction: A Socio-Cultural Analysis of the Genre through Oryx and Crake. International Science Journal, 7: 246-256.
Panda, Pritam. 2019. The Futuristic Tenor of Ancient Oriental Myths and its Close Link with Speculative Fiction: A Socio-Cultural Analysis”, GNOSIS, 5(1): 181-188.
Panda, Pritam. 2019. Politics of Power in Science Fiction Texts with Reference to Never Let Me Go and Starship Troopers. Literary Endeavour, 10(5): 127-130.
Chapters published in Edited Books
Bhattacharya, Panchali, and Pritam Panda. 2024. Ecology, Religion, and Indigenous Stewardship: Understanding Sustainable Resource Management in North East India. A Pragmatic Approach to Religion and Sustainability (Book Series: New Approaches to the Scientific Study of Religion), Edited by Deepanjali Mishra and Jeffery D. Long, Springer Nature. pp 145 – 154. DOI-10.1007/978-3-031-67360-3_13 (Scopus Indexed)
Bhattacharya, Panchali, and Pritam Panda. 2024. Ecopsychology and Indigenous Ecosophy: Understanding the Relationship between Nature and Human Mind. Eco-Concepts: Critical Reflections in Emerging Ecocritical Theory and Ecological Thought, Edited by Cenk Tan and İsmail Serdar Altaç, Lexington Books (An Imprint of Rowman & Littlefield), USA, pp 101- 111.
Panda, Pritam. 2022. Pandemic Study in Science Fiction: A Socio- Cultural Analysis of Corona Epidemic. Literature and Culture: Sense and Scenes from the Pandemic. Edited by R.P. Singh and Alka Singh, Yking Books, pp. 148-155.
Panda, Pritam. 2020. Green Cinema: Reading the Context in Select Indian Cinematic Texts. Handbook of Research on Social and Cultural Dynamics in Indian Cinema. Edited by Santosh Kumar Biswal, Krishna Sankar Kusuma and Sulagna Mohanty, IGI Global, USA, pp 23-34. [DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-3511-0] (Scopus Indexed)

Professional Memberships & Certifications :
• Member of UNESCO Association, Guwahati.
• Member of Indian Science Fiction Research Association.

Awards & Achievements : Was awarded gold medal for emerging first (institute level) in IT Olympiad held in Bhubaneswar (2009).
Was appointed as the class representative during the first two years of graduation and selected as Seminar Secretary of the department in the final year.
Was selected for Masters programme (Print journalism) in Indian Institute of Mass Communication (Dhenkanal).

Administrative Responsibilities : • Member of the syllabus preparing Board of Studies Committee in Assam Don Bosco University and has mentored 30 students under the youth development initiative of Assam Don Bosco University.
• Programme Co-ordinator of BA (Hons) English Programme at Sri Sri University from Nov 2021 to July 2022.
• Co-editor of College magazine ‘JDSGIAN’ for the year 2022-23.
• Course Coordinator for E-Content writing add-on course in the Department of English, JDSG College, 2023-24.
• Start – Up Coordinator in Institution Innovation Cell, JDSG College.
• Member of Media Cell, JDSG College.

Seminar/Workshop/FDP/FIP/RC : Panda, Pritam. 2025. Transhumanist Sustainability: The Futuristic Approach to the Post- Human Age. International Seminar on Interdisciplinary Approaches for a Sustainable World, co-hosted by CNB College, Bokakhat and Bodoland University.
Sarmah, Akashjyoti, & Panda, Pritam. 2024. Digital Media as Instrument of Curating New- Age History with Special Reference to North- East India. ICCSR Sponsored National Seminar on Oral Tradition, Culture &Folk Heritage of North- East India and Beyond, co-hosted by Bonglong Terang Library and Government Model College, Deithor.
Panda, Pritam. 2024. Revisioning Transhuman Practices through Science Fiction: An Analysis of Flowers for Algernon. 5th International E-Conference on Bridging Realms: Exploring Intersections in Humanities co- hosted by New Literaria, Department of English, Central University of Karnataka, India & The Department of History, Humanities and Society, University of Rome, Tor Vergata, Italy.
Sarmah, Akashjyoti, & Panda, Pritam. 2023. Cinema and Ecological Consciousness with Special Reference to Jude Anthony Joseph’s 2018: Everyone is a Hero. ICSSR sponsored National Seminar on Climate Change and its Impact in North- East India: Understanding Recent Trends and Patterns organized by Department of Sociology, Kamargaon College, Golaghat, Assam.
Panda, Pritam. 2023. To Be or Not to Be a Human: An Analysis through Kazuo Ishiguro. 4th International E- Conference on Exploring Crisis in Literary and Cultural Studies, co-hosted by New Literaria & Department of English, Central University of Rajasthan, India.
Panda, Pritam. 2022. Exploring the ‘Humane’ in the Modern Trans-Humanist Discourse with Special Reference to Flowers for Algernon and Never Let Me Go. Virtual International Symposium on Mapping Memory in the Wake of the Posthuman: India and Canada, sponsored by Shastri Indo- Canadian Institute& organized by SHSSM, IIT, Bhubaneswar.
Panda, Pritam. 2020. Analyzing the Role of Science Fiction Narratives in Stimulating Ecological Consciousness: A Comparitive Analysis of Western and Indian Science Fiction. National Seminar on Re- Configuring Indian Culture and Scientific Temperament in 21st Century co-hosted by Department of HSS, Central Institute of Technology, Kokrajhar & Department of English, Bodoland University.
Panda, Pritam. 2020. Disability in Science Fiction: A Socio- Cultural Analysis of the Genre through Oryx and Crake. International Conference on Science and Science Fiction: Interdisciplinary and Multidisciplinary perspectives, co-hosted by Shri Muktanand College, Gangapur, Indian Association of Science Fiction Studies & Indian Science Fiction Writers Association.
Panda, Pritam. 2018. Science Fiction as a Breeding Ground for Futuristic Healthcare Technology: A Socio-Cultural Analysis. ICSSR sponsored International Conference on The Future of Humanities: Challenges and Prospects organized by Department of English, Banaras Hindu University.
Panda, Pritam. 2017. United We Stand; Divided We Fall: Why the Forgotten Anglo-Indians Could Revive the Lost Glory of Indian Hockey. International Seminar and Workshop on Anglo- Indian Studies at the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Madras.

Participated in one-week Faculty Development Program on “Sustainable Development Goals and English Literature” from 2nd November- 8th November, 2023 organized by Department of English, National P.G College, Lucknow.
Participated in one-week Faculty Development Programme titled ‘Children’s Literature: Reading, Writing and Publishing’ organized by Department of HSS, NIT Trichy from 17 July – 22 July 2023.
Participated in four-week Faculty Induction Program from 21 November -20 December, 2022 organized by Teaching Learning Centre, Ramanujan College, University of Delhi.
Participated in Weeklong Blended FDP on Effective Teaching in Blended Learning Era organized by Teaching Learning Centre (TLC), Tezpur University from 14-20 September, 2022.
Participated in two weeks International FDP themed Erudite Leadership: Transforming Higher Education Institutions organized by Special Minds from 9th October- 22nd October, 2021.
Participated in one-week Faculty Development Programme on ‘Literary Studies in New Millenium’ organized by Department of English, Pondicherry University from 18th to 24th October, 2021.

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