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Dr Achuth Ajit

Assistant Professor,

achuth.a@sju.edu.in

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ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION
Academic Degree Subject University Address of the University Rank/ Medals
MA English English and Foreign Languages University (EFLU) Hyderabad
BA English University of Madras Madras
Eligibility Details
Category Subject Status
NET English Cleared
JRF English Cleared
PhD Details
Title of Thesis University / Institution University Address Date of Registration Date of Completion Details of papers published (Enter the total number of papers published / under process as part of Phd) Current Status
Contentious Cuisines: Cultures of Public Dining in Kerala English and Foreign Languages University Hyderabad 02-08-2012 16-08-2017 Check attached Awarded
Books Published
Title Type No of Authors or Editors Your authorial position Year ISBN Publisher Details
Reimagining Marginality: Exploitation, Expression, Experience Edited 2 1st 2022 978-93-5529-353-4 Authors Press
Book Chapter Published
Article Title Book title Book editor Article pages No of Chapters Year ISBN Publisher Details
Introduction Reimagining Marginality: Exploitation, Expression, Experience Mohan Dharavath and Achuth A 7-15 1 2022 978-93-5529-353-4 Authors Press
From the Pinnacle of Idealism to the World of Reality: The Ezhava Question and the Interdining Feast Reimagining Marginality: Exploitation, Expression, Experience Mohan Dharavath and Achuth A 261-282 2 2022 978-93-5529-353-4 Authors Press
Publications
Title Journal Name Year DOI/URL Your authorial position How many authors Clarivate IF
Watching Food, Eating Cultures: The New Senses and Sensibilities of Food in Malayalam Films Tapasam: A Quarterly Journal for Kerala Studies 2020 1st 1 No IF
Teaching in the Times of Corona: Structural Inequalities and the Limitations of Online Pedagogy in N Medizinethnologie 2020 https://www.medizinethnologie.net/teaching-in-north-east-india-witnessing-corona/ 1st 1 No IF
Revisiting the Coffee House: Space, Public Sphere and Nostalgia within the Indian Coffee House The Investigator 2016 1st 1 No IF
Presentations
Title of Paper Title of Seminar/Conference Organized by Level Start Date Place Country Duration
Tasting Cultures: Tourism and Culinary Exchanges in Fort Kochi during the Biennale Two-Day International Conference on Interdisciplinary Studies: Redefining Boundaries of Humanities, English Literary Circle, Manipur, and Manipur University Students' Union International 22-11-2019 Imphal India Two Days
Remains of the Meal: Food and Waste in Hindu Philosophy The Scourge of Scavenging: Revisiting the Question of Sanitation/Scavengers/Scavenging Indian Institute of Advanced Studies (IIAS), Shimla National 08-11-2017 Shimla India Three Days
Revisiting the Coffee House: Space, Public Sphere and Nostalgia in the Indian Coffee House National Workshop and Seminar on Kerala's Cultural History UGC-SAP, Institute of English, University of Kerala National 14-03-2016 Thiruvananthapuram India Others
Beef and the Banana Leaf: Constructions of Food and Dining Practices in Kerala 7th Annual International Conference - Food, Feeding, Eating In and Out of Asia Asian Dynamics Initiative, University of Copenhagen International 24-06-2015 Copenhagen Denmark Three Days
Previous Experience
Designation Institution Name Start Date End Date
Asst. Prof. (English) St. Joseph's University 09-02-2019 30-09-2021
Guest Lecturer LBS Institute of Technology for Women 29-09-2018 30-01-2019
Resource Persons
Title of the Program Role Level Organized by Start Date Place Country
National Conference on Food and Culture: Transforming Perspectives and Paradigms Invited Talk National Department of Humanities, Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST), Thiruvananthapuram 13-12-2023 Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST), Thiruvananthapuram India
Three-day Academic Writing Workshop Invited Talk National UGC-MHRD STRIDE, MGU In collaboration with School of Social Sciences, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam 23-03-2022 School of Social Sciences, Mahatma Gandhi University, Pullarikunnu, Kottayam India
Fourth World Literature: Voices of the Marginalised with Special reference to Northeast India Subject Expert Moderator, Online National Seminar Department of English, Testo College, sponsored by ICSSR 22-11-2021 Dimapur India
Current Trends inLiterary Studies Invited Talk LES LUMIERES 2K21 -A NATIONAL WEBINAR ON CURRENT TRENDS IN LITERATURE AND LINGUISTICS AL AZHAR COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCE 13-08-2021 Thodupuzha, Kerala India
Imagining the Culinary: An Introduction to the Study of Food Cultures Invited Talk National Webinar Series on Literature and Cultural Studies PG Dept of English and IQAC, Sullamussallam Science College 14-08-2020 Areacode, Kerala India
"Exploring Food Culture(s) of Nagaland: Preliminary Observations" during the Online FDP on Subject Expert Invited Panel Lecture IQAC, Tetso College 13-07-2020 Dimapur, Nagaland India
Writing a Research Proposal Invited Talk Invited Lecture Department of English, Patkai Christian College 18-10-2019 Dimapur, Nagaland India
Eating Food/Watching Food: The Changing Modalities of Food Consumption as seen in "Salt 'N' Pep Invited Talk Invited Lecture Research Forum, Dept. of Comparative Literature, Central University of Kerala 28-08-2018 Kasaragod, Kerala India
Panel Discussion on “Dining Out and New Spaces of Sociability” Subject Expert Kerala Literature Festival DC Kizhakemuri Foundation 08-02-2018 Kozhikode India

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