Academic Staff

Dr. Supriya Banerjee

PROFILE

Dr. Supriya Banerjee is working in International Foundations Studies Department as an Associate Professor at Amity University in Tashkent. She has been a Program Leader for the Department of Management and Social Sciences and International Foundation Studies previously. She is a multifaceted professional who develops teaching and learning pedagogies by an active interface of English Language, Management and Cultural Studies.

She has scored the highest grade, situated at C1-C2 in English Proficiency language Testing from Cambridge University Advanced English testing system, framed by the European Language Testing Center. She is an awardee of full scholarship by the prestigious Niti Ayog under WBUAFS for her documentary on popular cultural traditions of India. She was also offered a scholarship to GGC, USA in 2021 for conducting sessions at the University. She has received a distinction grade in a Certificate course on the Rise of Superheroes and its impact on pop culture securing 82% from the Smithsonian Institute USA.

She has a diverse teaching background and has taught students from Soka University in Japan, GGC, USA, Colombo University, Sri Lanka and Dhaka University & Chittagong University, Bangladesh (Under ICCSR) and India. She uses Post Structuralisms and Deconstruction to challenge the text and make the class interactive. She uses Meta Cognitive strategies to challenge and make language learning easy by using computational linguistics and interactive technologies.

She has participated in several National and International Seminars, Conferences, Workshops and FDP and Webinars. Furthermore, she has delivered several lectures, sessions in various Conferences, FDP, and Workshop as Keynote Speaker / Resource Person.

TOTAL EXPERIENCE

15 Years Academic and Research

QUALIFICATIONS

PhD (Comparative Literature) MA (English Literature) MA (Political Science) PGDHRM (Distinction in Human Resources Management) BA (Humanities & Social Sciences) CAE (C1-C2) Diploma in French Language

AREA

Visual Verbal Literacy, Comparative Literature, English Language Learning, Translation Studies

INTERNATIONAL ENGAGEMENTS

International presenter at IML, Institute of Modern Languages, University of Chittagong, Bangladesh 2023

Discussant, International Conference at India Central Asia Foundation, India International Center, New Delhi, April 2023.

Guest Speaker at Tashkent School of Oriental Studies, at the 75^th Anniversary of Uzbek Indology, a conference on Central and South Asia, Tashkent, Uzbekistan 2022

Member, Review Board, Barcelona Conference on Education in partnership with the University of Barcelona and IAFOR, Research Center, Osaka University, Japan. April 2022 & 2023.

• Doctor of Philosophy in Comparative Literature, 2019
• Master of English Literature, 2013
• Post Graduate Diploma in Human Resource Management, 2011
• Master of Political Science, 2000
• Bachelor of Arts (Hons.), 1994
• Diploma, French Language 2008
• Cambridge University Advanced English (C1-C2), 2013.

RESEARCH ACTIVITY

• Working on a book based on Southeast Asian Cultural Relations with India, on the UNESCO world heritage sites of Cambodia.
• Research on Folk Traditions of Uzbekistan and translation in Hindi and English
• Comparative analysis of nature and its bounties in the works of Leo Tolstoy and Rabindra Nath Tagore

SUBJECTS TAUGHT

• English Language Teaching for International Foundation Studies
• Communication Skills
• Technical Communication
• Behavioral Sciences