Area of Research : City Poetry, Spatial Theory, Gender, Comparative Literature
Department: Basic Science and Humanities
Basic Information:
Email Id: priyal.panchal@nmims.edu
Desk (location): Faculty room 702, Cubicle – 16
About (Awards, Patents, Committees):
Awards
Awarded 1st prize under the Poetry category for a calligram poem at the TATA Lit Live fest in 2015.
Awarded 1st prize for Best Paper Presentation (“Widow Women in Dalit Literature”) at Shri. Rabindranath Tagore State Level English Paper Presentation Competition, 4th February, 2015.
Awarded 2nd prize for research paper titled, “Social Justice in a Judgmental Society: Bagul emancipates “Mother”hood in his short story” at Shodhavari Research Paper Writing Competition, 11th Dec, 2021.
Awarded 2nd prize at Zonal Level and 3rd prize in overall Mumbai University for papers/posters presented at Avishkar Research Convention in 2012 as well as 2013.
Awarded Yoga Teacher Certification on completion of the Teacher’s Training Course from The Yoga Institute, Santacruz in 2016.
Awarded the title of ‘Ruia’s MJ Champ’ by 94.3 Radio One during College MJ Hunt in 201.
Committees
Faculty Head for the Literary Committee – The Editorial Board for the academic year 2023-2024.
Achievements
The chronology of Dr Priyal Panchal’s achievements begins with the publication of her poems and articles in magazines and journals, progressing to research papers and book chapters. She has delivered research papers/poster presentations at several national and international forums, from NAAC Sponsored National Seminar on ‘Strategies for Implementing Best Practices in Teaching-Learning and Evaluation’ to International Multidisciplinary Conference from World Series on Global and Open Heritage – Cities in Life, Literature and Culture, also including the 9th Annual International Conference on Sustainable Development by UN. She has been invited to read her poetry at prestigious venues across the city from Taj Lands Ends for Women Empowered India to the David Sassoon Library for its 150 years celebratory reading and Title Waves Bookstores. She has industry experience and takes pride in making time for a brief rendezvous with poetry amidst academic responsibilities. In 2015, as a Life Skills Educator, she received appreciation from the Times NIE edition through an article titled – “Life Skills training in school” under the ‘School is Cool’ section of the Newspaper. She has also ventured as a Social Entrepreneur for the Union Territory of Daman – the place her ancestors called home.
Publications:
Journals
“City Poetry: A Glocal Sub-genre for mapping Progress towards SDG 11” research paper published in UGC Care listed (UGC Care Group-I Journal) Journal Urban India (Print only) ISSN: 0970-9045 with Impact factor 6.5 – Volume 43, Issue 2 (III), July – December 2023.
“Resistance in Partition Literature” – research paper published in an International Multidisciplinary Research Journal – Research Innovator ISSN: 2348 – 7674 Volume II Issue I: February 2015.
“Metropolis Under Threat” – co-authored research article published in LangLit International Peer Reviewed Open Access Journal ISSN 2349-5189 Vol. 1 Issue – Feb, 2015.
Books Published
Dr Sudarsana Sarkar, Dr Udayan Chakraborty, and Dr Priyal Panchal edited Dynamics of Social Changes Trajectory Through Literary and Linguistic Studies, April 2024, Publisher: NMIMS, ISBN: 9789391044589.
Conferences
“Social Justice in a Judgmental Society: Bagul emancipates “Mother”hood in his short story” research paper won 2nd prize at Shodhavari Research Paper Writing Competition, 11th Dec, 2021.
“Language and Literature of Sustainable Development: Recitation of the SDGs in City Poetry” poster presented at the 9th Annual International Conference on Sustainable Development, September 20-21, 2021.
“Multifariousness of Space in City Poetry: Gendered Silhouettes of Mumbai’s City Scape” – paper presented at International Multidisciplinary Conference from World Series on Global and Open Heritage – Cities in Life, Literature and Culture on 17th-18th February, 2020.
“Life Skills: Indispensable for a Lifetime” – research paper presented and published at the NAAC Sponsored National Seminar on ‘Strategies for Implementing Best Practices in Teaching-Learning and Evaluation’ at Dr. B. M. Nanavati College on 2nd and 3rd March, 2016.
“Viewing Literature through the Lens of Humour” presented and published in Humour: Texts and Contexts at the UGC-sponsored National Seminar, Patkar College 6th and 7th February, 2015.
Chapters
Book Chapter – Dr Priyal Panchal “Mapping Foucault’s Heterotopia of Change in City Poetry” in Dynamics of Social Changes Trajectory Through Literary and Linguistic Studies, Edited by Dr Sudarsana Sarkar, Dr Udayan Chakraborty, and Dr Priyal Panchal, April 2024, Publisher: NMIMS, ISBN: 9789391044589.
Workshops / Events
“Blog writing” basic and advanced online sessions delivered as a speaker for their RUSA-sponsored session at Dr B. M. N. College of Home Science on 10th and 18th Dec, 2021.
“The MLA 9th Edition” session delivered for various research students of SIES College, organized by The English Association on 9th Dec, 2021.
“The Comparative study of Beat Poetry and Dalit Poetry”– guest lecture delivered at S.N.D.T. Women’s University, Churchgate on 17th March 2016 organized for the DC English Literature students.
Organized English Language Teaching (ESL) workshop at Ashram Shala, Palghar in January, 2015.
Key Resource Person at Workshop on “Public Speaking, Personality Development and Anchoring Skills” organized by Centre for Slum Studies, University of Mumbai and NGO ‘Rangoli’ for less privileged students on 18th May, 2013.
