Dr. Manisha Patil

Dr. Manisha Patil

Head of the Department & Assistant Professor

English
Ph.D. , NET, SET
manisha@gncasc.org
  • MH-SET – 2013
  • UGC NET – 2012
  • Ph.D., University of Mumbai – 2010
  • B.Ed., University of Mumbai – 2005
  • M.A. English, University of Mumbai – 2004
  • B.A. English, University of Mumbai – 2002

Research Papers Published in Peer Reviewed Journals

  1. Patil, Manisha. Rabindranath Tagore’s Pragmatic Vision of Indian Nationalism in ‘The Home and the World’. Research Drops: A Peer Reviewed International Journal, Vol. 1 September 2011. ISSN: 2231-105X. P 41-46.
  2. Patil, Manisha. ‘Leap of Faith beyond Damnation: Dr. Faustus on the Threshold of Modern Science’. Indian Streams Research Journal Vol. 4, Issue 7, August 2014. ISSN: 2230-7850. P 1-4.
  3. Patil, Manisha. ‘Whispers of the Dead: Psychoanalytical Study of Ravindranath Tagore’s Short Stories’. Veethika, Vol. 1 No. 1, April-June 2015. ISSN: 2454-342X. P 5-10.
  4. Patil, Manisha. ‘Radha Krishna: Carnal Love Spiritualized’. Veethika, Vol. 2 No. 1, Jan-Mar 2016. ISSN: 2454-342X. P 1-6.
  5. Patil, Manisha. ‘Shepherd and the Tiger: William Blake’s and Arun Kolatkar’s Holistic Vision of Nature’. Research Scholar, Vol. 4 Issue 2, May 2016. ISSN: 2320- 6101. P 140-144.
  6. Patil, Manisha. ‘Of the Male Born: Masculine Fantasy Appropriating Female Reproductivity’. Indian Scholar, Vol. 3 Issue 1, September 2016. ISSN: 2350-109X. P 143-148.
  7. Patil, Manisha. ‘Amcha Baap an Amhi: The Exemplary Voice of Proactive Protest and Progress’. International Journal of Innovative Knowledge Concept, Vol. VI, Special Issue I: February 2018. ISSN: 2454-2415. P 52-56.
  8. Patil, Manisha. ‘Challenging the Double Consciousness of Globalized Indians through the Singularity of Posthumanism: Study of The Calcutta Chromosome as a Post Colonial Science Fiction’. International Journal of Innovative Knowledge Concept, Vol. VI, Special Issue II: March 2018. ISSN: 2454-2415. P 107-115.
  9. Patil, Manisha. ‘Marathi Movies: Millennial Marmalade’. Veethika, Vol. 5 No. 4, Oct-Dec 2019. ISSN: 2454-342X. P 47-50.
  10. Patil, Manisha. ‘Hopeless Purpose and Purposeless Hope: Dialectics of Colonization and Decolonization in Chimamnda Ngozi Adichie’s Purple Hibiscus’. Bodhi International Journal of Research in Humanities, Arts and Science, Vol. 2, No. 5, January 2021. E-ISSN: 2456-5571. P 1-5.
  11. Patil, Manisha. ‘Sanctity of Languages and Sanity of Sociolinguistics’. Anahad Lok, Vol. 7, No.12. 2021. ISSN:2349-137X. P 208-214.
  12. Patil, Manisha. ‘Sacrificing the Son: Patriarchal Power Politics in Hindu Mythology’. Anahad Lok, Vol. 7, Special Issue No.1. 2021. ISSN 2349-137X. P 288-294.

Research Papers Published in Conference Proceedings

  1. Patil, Manisha. ‘Psychodynamics of Sexual Harassment at Workplace’. Special issue of ‘Sexual Harassment (Psychological, Literary and Human Rights’ Perspectives)’ edited by Ms. MythiliMukund and et. ISBN: 978-93-83183-24-1. P 91-95.
  2. Patil, Manisha. ‘Glimpses of Goddess: Parvati as the Prototype of Ecofeminism’. Special issue of ‘Multidisciplinary Approach through Extension for Sustainable Development’ 2, No. 1, Part 1, April 2016. ISSN: 2394-4560. P 205-207.
  3. Patil, Manisha. ‘Celebrating Nature: The Lost Ancient Wisdom behind Festivals’. Special issue of ‘Ecological Disasters: Its Impact and Historicity’. September 2016. ISSN: 978-93-85882-32-6. P 218-221.
  4. Patil, Manisha. ‘Recreating Jazz: Toni Morrison’s Use of Self-conscious Narrator as ‘the Voice of a Talking Book’’. Special issue of ‘Diversity and Transformation: American Literature 1920-1990’ (DTAL-2016), January 2017. ISBN: 978-81-930573-7-7. P 50-54.
  5. Patil, Manisha. ‘The Merchant and the Terrorist: Post Colonial Reading of Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice’. Special issue of ‘Revisiting Shakespeare 400 Years Later’, January 2017. ISBN: 978-81-922741-6-4. P 131-137.
  6. Patil, Manisha. ‘At the Crossroads of Being and Becoming: Study of Girish Karnad’s Hayavadana as a Post-modern Play’. Special issue of ‘Contemporary Trends in Language, Literature, Feminism and Culture’, February 2017. ISBN: 978-81-925842-3-2. P 131-137.
  7. Patil, Manisha. ‘Healing Power of Eco-feminism Echoed in the Poetry of Maya Angelou’. Special issue of ‘Sustainable Development: Perspectives, Achievements and Challenges’, September 2017. ISSN:2278-5655. P 164-170.

Chapters Published in Books

  1. Patil, Manisha. “Contesting Hegemony through Social Networking”. Research Canvas. by Dr. Manish Mishra. December 2013. ISBN: 978-93-81394-63-2. P 31-33.
  2. Patil, Manisha. “Indian Animation Films: A Dream Unfulfilled”. Kaleidoscope of Indian Cinema. Ed. by Dr. Manish Mishra, Dr. Manjeet Maan, Dr. Manisha Patil, & Dr. Shweta Nanda. 2019. ISBN: 978-81-8457-859-1. P 15-19.
  3. Patil, Manisha. “Dark Clouds of Love: Cinematic Explorations of Speculated Love Affairs of Kalidasa and Shakespeare”. Kaleidoscope of Indian Cinema. Ed. by Dr. Manish Mishra, Dr. Manjeet Maan, Dr. Manisha Patil, & Dr. Shweta Nanda. 2019. ISBN: 978-81-8457-859-1. P 112-125.
  4. Patil, Manisha. “The Victim Had No Right to Live: White Hegemony and Black Marginalization in Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye”. A New Approach to Subaltern Literature. Ed. by Shivaji D. Sargar. 2019. ISBN: 978-81-89187-71-2. P 38-47.
  5. Patil, Manisha. “Story of a Life Lightly Dancing on the Edge of Time Like a Dew on the Tip of a Leaf: Spatial Study of Rabindranath Tagore’s The Post Office”. रवींद्रनाथ टागोर: सामाजिक प्रतिमा के महानायक. Ed. by Manish Kumar Mishra, Dr. Anindya Bhattacharya. 2020. ISBN. 978-93-86556-62-2. P 104-114.
  6. Patil, Manisha. “On Field, On Screen: When Cricket Meets Bollywood”. भारत का क्षेत्रीय सिनेमा. Ed. by Manish Kumar Mishra, Dr. Anita Manna. 2020. ISBN 978-93-86556-69-1. P 184-195.
  7. Patil, Manisha. “Festering Dreams: Cinematic Representation of Mumbai Underworld”. भारत का क्षेत्रीय सिनेमा. Ed. by Manish Kumar Mishra, Dr. Anita Manna. 2020. ISBN 978-93-86556-69-1. P 196-202.
  8. Patil, Manisha. “Wise and Otherwise: Janus-Faced Reality”. शोध-विविधा. Ed. by Manish Kumar Mishra, Ms. Priyanka Thakur, Dr. Usha Dubey. 2021. ISBN-978-81-950394-4-9. P 160-164.
  9. Patil, Manisha. “Spatial Dynamics of Caste, Gender and Colonization in Rabindranath Tagore’s Short Stories”. शोध-विविधा. Ed. by Manish Kumar Mishra, Ms. Priyanka Thakur, Dr. Usha Dubey. 2021. ISBN-978-81-950394-4-9. P 165-178.
  10. Mishra, Manish Kumar & Manisha Patil. “स्वामी विवेकानन्द: आधुनिक भारतीय राष्ट्रवाद के पितामह”. स्वामी विवेकानन्द: समग्र वैचारिक क्रांति. by Dr. Harsha Trivedi. 2023. ISBN 978-93-91458-58-4. P 50-65.

Books Published

Patil, Manisha. Playing With Darkness: A Study of Toni Morrison’s Early Novels from Postcolonial Perspective. Authorspress, Delhi. 2023. ISBN 978-93-5529-391-6.

  • The Mahabharata: An Ocean of Eternal and Universal Wisdom, Indian Institute of Advanced Study, 2023
  • Mapping Longings and Belonging of the Human Soul: A Geocritical Assessment of Selected Works of Rabindranath Tagore, University of Mumbai, ₹25,000 – 2019
  • Improbable Made Possible: Significance of Science Fiction in the 21st century, University of Mumbai, ₹32,000 -2017
  • Fellowship of Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla in 2023
  • PhD Guide at G.N. Khalsa College (Autonomous), Mumbai
  • BoS Member, Paper Setter, Moderator and Examiner at the University Level (MA English)
  • UGC-IUC Associateship of Indian Institute of Advanced Study in May 2023
  • UGC-IUC Associateship of Indian Institute of Advanced Study in October 2021
  • Awarded the third prize in the Maharashtra State Level Inter-Collegiate Poetry Writing e-Competition held in May-June 2020
  • Awarded the second place at the Inter-Collegiate One-Act-Play Competition held in the year 2001-2002 as the part of 34th Annual Youth Festival conducted by the University of Mumbai
  • Awarded the National Talent Search Scholarship in 1997
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