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ELIZABETH VARKEY

Speciliazation: English
Qualifications: MA, M.Phil
Campus: PUNE LAVASA CAMPUS

Elizabeth Varkey holds an MPhil from the University of Delhi. She is currently an Assistant Professor at CHRIST (Deemed to be University) Lavasa and is pursuing her PhD from Savitribai Phule Pune University. She was awarded the Israeli Council for Higher Education scholarship to study Conflict Resolution at Bar Ilan University, Israel. She has worked briefly at the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, New Delhi. She has co-edited the book Defenses of Clay: The Book of Job

Educational Details

  • MPhil 2019

    MPhil

    University of Delhi

  • PG 2014

    MA English

    University of Delhi

  • Degree 2012

    BA (Hons English)

    University of Delhi

  • 2024

    Type of the Program: Conference

    Role: Presenter

    Title: Seeing/Reading Comics and Graphic Narratives through a Digital Lens

    Date: 2024-07-18

    Organising Institution: University of Central Florida

    Level:

    Type of the Program: Conference

    Role: Moderator/Chair

    Title:

    Date: 2024-01-18

    Organising Institution: Electronic Literature Organization (ELO)

    Level:

  • 2023

    Type of the Program: Conference

    Role: Presenter

    Title: Between Borders: Exploring the Interstices in Malik Sajad's Munnu

    Date: 2023-10-19

    Organising Institution: Montreal Comic Arts Festival (MCAF) and the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research on Montréal (CIRM)

    Level:

    Type of the Program: Conference

    Role: Presenter

    Title: The Kashmir Conflict: A Subaltern Visual Historiography

    Date: 2023-02-18

    Organising Institution: AVP College of Arts and Science, Tiruppur, Tamil Nadu, India in collaboration with Cape Comorin Trust, India

    Level:

  • 2019

    Type of the Program: Seminar

    Role: Presenter

    Title: Food, Asia and the Empire: A Brief Journey of the Humble Curry

    Date: 2019-03-08

    Organising Institution: Christ University

    Level:

  • 2024

    Name of the Program: keynote Address at Students' Seminar on The Graphic Novel: Pop Culture or Subversively Profound

    Date: 2024-01-24 00:00:00

    Name of the Institutions: St. Mira's College for Girls, Pune

  • 2024

    Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: 2024 Jean Monnet Summer School in Migration and Refugee Studies

    Name of the Organiser: Oxford Brookes University

    Level: International

    Role: Participant

    Date: 2024-09-02 00:00:00

    Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: Mastering Innovative Online Course Development

    Name of the Organiser: Centre for Digital Learning (CDL) and Centre for Professional Development (CAPS)

    Level: Institutional

    Role: Participant

    Date: 2024-03-18 00:00:00

    Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: Publishing Edited Book with International Collaborations

    Name of the Organiser: Research and development Cell, CHRIST Bangalore

    Level: Institutional

    Role: Participant

    Date: 2024-03-13 00:00:00

    Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: One Week Online Faculty Development on ?Reading and Researching the Literature of Crisis?

    Name of the Organiser: Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, NIT Trichy in collaboration with the UNESCO Chair in Vulnerability Studies, University of Hyderabad

    Level: International

    Role: Participant

    Date: 2024-01-22 00:00:00

    Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: Young Climate Authors: Educator Training Program

    Name of the Organiser: Cogitation Club and North American Association for Environmental Education (NAAEE)

    Level: International

    Role: Participant

    Date: 2024-01-01 00:00:00

    Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: Online One Week National Faculty Development Program on Graphic Novels and Comics as a New Pedagogical Approach

    Name of the Organiser: Gokul Global University (GGU), Siddhpur ? Career Development Cell In Collaboration with Top Education Centre

    Level: National

    Role: Participant

    Date: 2024-01-01 00:00:00

  • 2023

    Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: Introduction to Corpus Linguistics

    Name of the Organiser: Department of Languages, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Pune Lavasa Campus - 'The Hub of Analytics'

    Level: Institutional

    Role: Participant

    Date: 2023-09-12 00:00:00

    Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: International Faculty Development Program on Introduction to Digital Humanities

    Name of the Organiser: Inter-Disciplinary Research Platform of Digital Humanities, IIT Jodhpur, and Scottish Church College, Kolkata

    Level: International

    Role: Participant

    Date: 2023-08-19 00:00:00

    Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: Faculty Development Programme: Innovation and Creativity

    Name of the Organiser: CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Pune Lavasa Campus - 'The Hub of Analytics'

    Level: Institutional

    Role: Participant

    Date: 2023-07-31 00:00:00

    Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: Digital Humanities Approach to Literature and Language

    Name of the Organiser: Department of Languages, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Pune Lavasa Campus - 'The Hub of Analytics'

    Level: Institutional

    Role: Organiser & Participant

    Date: 2023-06-30 00:00:00

    Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: Quality Improvement Programme on Expanding Teaching & Research Horizons through Digital Humanities

    Name of the Organiser: Department of Languages, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Pune Lavasa Campus - 'The Hub of Analytics'.

    Level:

    Role: Participant

    Date: 2023-05-02 00:00:00

    Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: Digital Humanities: Humanities Research in The Digital Age

    Name of the Organiser: The Open University, UK on Open Learn Platform; funded by the Open-Oxford-Cambridge Doctoral Training Partnership

    Level: International

    Role: Participant

    Date: 2023-04-01 00:00:00

    Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: Women?s Leadership in Asia (WoLA):Feminist Leadership for Social Transformation (Online Leadership Course)

    Name of the Organiser: Ewha Institute for Leadership Development, Ewha Woman's University (Seoul), Scranton Women?s Leadership Center (Korea), United Board for Christian Higher Education in Asia, Wesley Foundation (Japan)

    Level:

    Role: Participant

    Date: 2023-03-06 00:00:00

    Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: Online National Level Workshop on Qualitative Research Methods

    Name of the Organiser: Nodal Office, CHRIST (Deemed to be University) Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala

    Level: National

    Role: Participant

    Date: 2023-01-28 00:00:00

    Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: Two Week Refresher Course in English

    Name of the Organiser: Teaching Learning Center, Ramanujan College, University of Delhi and Ministry of Human Resource Development

    Level:

    Role: Participant

    Date: 2023-01-02 00:00:00

  • 2021

    Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: Feminist Teaching and Research in Higher Education

    Name of the Organiser: University of Delhi and Ministry of Human Resource Development

    Level:

    Role: Participant

    Date: 2021-07-23 00:00:00

    Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: iHumanities College Summer School of Literary Theory and Philosophy

    Name of the Organiser: University of Wales Trinity Saint David, Lampeter, in Collaboration with St. Berchmans College, Kerala

    Level:

    Role: Participant

    Date: 2021-07-02 00:00:00

  • 2020

    Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: Entrepreneurship, Incubation and Innovation

    Name of the Organiser: University of Delhi and Ministry of Human Resource Development

    Level: National

    Role: Participant

    Date: 2020-06-23 00:00:00

    Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: Open-Source Tools for Research

    Name of the Organiser: University of Delhi and Ministry of Human Resource Development

    Level: National

    Role: Participant

    Date: 2020-06-08 00:00:00

    Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: Faculties in Universities/ Colleges/ Institutions of Higher Education

    Name of the Organiser: University of Delhi and Ministry of Human Resource Development

    Level:

    Role: Participant

    Date: 2020-06-04 00:00:00

    Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: Managing Online Classes and Co-creating MOOCS:2.0

    Name of the Organiser: University of Delhi and Ministry of Human Resource Development

    Level: National

    Role: Participant

    Date: 2020-05-18 00:00:00

  • 2024

    Name of the Awards/Achievements/Others: Full Scholarship to attend Young Climate Authors Educator Training Program

    Description: The Young Climate Authors (YCA) is a book authoring program that teaches children how to write and publish storybooks on climate change for a global audience. The 12-week, fully online educator training equips adults to implement the Young Climate Authors Program with children and youth.

    Organisation: Cogitation Club and NAEEE

    Month/Year: 02 January 2024

  • 2023

    Name of the Awards/Achievements/Others: WoLA scholarship

    Description: The WoLA Scholarship is supported by United Board for Christian Higher Education(United Board), Scranton Women's Leadership Center, and Wesley Foundation. It covers all expenses of the WoLA course.

    Organisation: United Board for Christian Higher Education in Asia

    Month/Year: 07 February 2023

    Name of the Awards/Achievements/Others: HASTAC Scholars Fellowship Program 2023-2025

    Description: The HASTAC Scholars fellowship program is an innovative student-driven community of graduate and undergraduate students. Each year, around 100 new scholars are accepted into a new 2-year cohort of the program. Scholars come from dozens of disciplines and have been sponsored by over 200 colleges and universities- ranging from small liberal arts colleges to large research institutions.

    Organisation: HASTAC Committee

    Month/Year: 11 December 2023

    Name of the Awards/Achievements/Others: 1 year ELO membership and Scholarship to attend the Conference titled "Access Works: ELO UnConference"

    Description: Founded in Chicago, Illinois in 1999, the ELO now has a presence across North America and in South America, Europe, Asia, Australia, and Africa. The members hail from a wide array of disciplines and areas of study, including Art, Literature, Communication, Computer Science, Humanities, Digital Humanities, Media Studies, Women Studies, and Comparative Media.

    Organisation: Electronic Literature Organization (ELO)

    Month/Year: 17 December 2023

  • 2016

    Name of the Awards/Achievements/Others: Israeli Council for Higher Education (CHE) scholarship

    Description: Bar-Ilan University International Summer Program in Identity-Based Conflict Resolution

    Organisation: Israeli Council for Higher Education (CHE)

    Month/Year: 25 May 2016

  • 2021

    Type of Book:

    Title: Higher Education in India: Prospects, Challenges, Concerns

    Title of Book/Chapter/Article: The Graphic Novel: A Step Towards Inclusive Educational Pedagogy

    ISBN: 978-93-5148-568-1

    Month/Year: August 2021

    Type of Book:

    Title: Defenses of Clay: The Book of Job

    Title of Book/Chapter/Article: Defenses of Clay: The Book of Job

    ISBN: 978- 9382267683

    Month/Year: January 2021

  • 2020

    Type of Book:

    Title: Empowered Woman, Ennobled Humans: Enabling Dignity and Equality

    Title of Book/Chapter/Article: Representation of Female Disability in Sanjay Leela Bhansali?s Black

    ISBN: 978-93-5148-492-9

    Month/Year: January 2020