Prepared a dissertation titled “The Sword of Tipu Sultan: A Study on the Historical and Fictional Representations of Tipu Sultan” as a part of the completion of MA English course at SDM College Ujire under Prof Shivashankar Rajmohan AK on February 2015
Publication
As a co-author:
AK, Shivashankar Rajmohan, and Shafwan Venur. “The Sword of Tipu Sultan: A Study on the Historical and Fictional Representations of Tipu Sultan”. Al-Shodhana, vol. III, no. 2, July 2015, 13-26 (ISSN: 2320-6292)
Conferences
Participation in seminars/workshops/conferences/conventions:
Participated in a workshop on Intellectual Property Rights at SDM PG Centre on 19 July 2022
Attended a seminar on ‘Democracy and American Culture’ organized by the Department of Political Science, SDM College Ujire on 4 January 2022
Presented a paper titled “Idealism in Brutus” at the National Level English Literary Fest “The Bard of Stratford-on-Avon” organized by the Department of English, SDM College, Ujire on 10 th and 11 th January 2014
Presented a paper titled “Challenges in Translating ‘Girl against the Jungle’ to Kannada: An Experience” at the National Seminar “Translation: A Transcreation” organized by the Postgraduate Department of English, St Aloysius College, Mangalore on 17 th February, 2014
Presented a paper titled “Half Individual in Arvasu” at the State level Interactive workshop for Teachers and Students of Literature, “Girish Karnad’s The Fire and the Rain – Curtains Up” organized by the Department of English, St Aloysius College, Mangalore on 28 th February, 2015.
Attended ‘Lit-Light’, a one day university level orientation programme to study the Literature organized by the IQSE Department of English and Literary association club held on 23 July 2016 at Vivekananda college, Puttur.
Attended a conference on ‘A S Neill’s Summer Hill: A Radical Approach to Child Rearing’ organised by department of P G studies in English on 28 Feb 2017 held at S D M PG college, Ujire.
Delivered a lecture on helping verbs at St Antony Kannada Medium High school, Naravi on 7 April 2017 as a part of Expand Lecture Series of SDM College.
Awards & Achievements
Passed B Certificate examination in NCC Army wing with B Grade in 2010
Passed British Council’s English Proficiency test at Advanced C1 level in October 2019
Passed Karnataka State Eligibility Test (KSET) for Assistant Professorship in July 2021