Dr. Soundarya K R

Dr. Soundarya K R

Assistant Professor
Email ID : soundarr2@srmist.edu.in
Area: English
Affiliation: Department of English and Foreign Languages, Kattankulathur Campus, SRM Institute of Science and Technology (formerly known as SRM University).

Other Details:

Course:

• Literature
• Technical English
• Constitution of India

Research Interests:

• Gender Studies
• Intersubjectivity
• Postfeminism
• British Literature
• American Literature
• Indian Literature

Selected Publications:

• Dr Soundarya K R & Dr S V Karthiga, “New Dimensions in Literature – Postfeminism and Psychoanalytic Feminism” (Holistic Research Perspectives, Volume 4, Published by Bonfring, 2019, ISBN: 978-93-87862-82-1, DOI: 10.9756/BP2019.1002/04)

Articles in Journals

• Dr Soundarya K R and Dr S V Karthiga, “Glitches and Perceptions of Second Language English Testing at Tertiary Level: A Qualitative Study” (International Journal of Innovative Technology and Exploring Engineering, Volume 8, Issue 7C2, May 2019, ISSN: 2278 3075 Scopus Indexed Journal)
• Dr S V Karthiga and Dr Soundarya K R, “Cultural Effects and Anxiety faced by the Tribal Children in Learning English” (International Journal of Recent Technology and Engineering, Volume 7, Issue 5S4, February 2019,  ISSN: 2277 3878 Scopus Indexed Journal)
• Dr Soundarya K R and Dr S V Karthiga, “The Inevitability and Credibility of English Language in Advertising and Marketing” (Review of Research Journal, Special Issue – Indexed in the University Grants Commission (UGC), ISSN: 2249 894X)
• Soundarya K R and Dr K Shanthichitra, “Daddy by Sylvia Plath in the realms of deconstruction- The Altered consciousness in terms of Subaltern theory” (Jan. 2018, Special Issue, Vidyawarta – International Multilingual Research Journal, Indexed in the University Grants Commission (UGC), ISSN: 2319 9318, IF: 4.014)
• Soundarya K R, Shalini Infanta L and Dr K Shanthichitra, “Trepidation and Embrace to death, as Phenomena of Human Existence, using the novels of J M Coetzee and Sylvia Plath” (Langlit: An International Peer reviewed Open Access Journal, Vol. 4, Issue 1, Aug. 2017, Indexed in the University Grants Commission (UGC) ISSN: 2349-5189. IF: 4.23)
• Soundarya K R and Dr K Shanthichitra, “Behind the Bars of the Beauty Myth- Marketed Mindscape- A Study through The Bell Jar of Sylvia Plath” (South Asian Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies, Vol.4, Issue 5, Indexed in the University Grants Commission (UGC). ISSN: 2349-7858, IP: 2.246.)
• Shalini Infanta L, Soundarya K R and Dr K Shanthichitra, “Absurdity, chaos and weirdness in the novels of J M Coetzee and Virginia Woolf” (Indian Scholar, An International Multidisciplinary e-Journal, Vol.3, Issue 4, June 2017, Indexed in the University Grants Commission (UGC) ISSN: 2350-109X, IF: 2.598)
• Soundarya K R and Dr K Shanthichitra, “A Psychoanalytic Post-feminist Reading – A Comparative Study of the Works of Sylvia Plath and Virginia Woolf” (International Organizations of Scientific Research, Vol.22, Issue 1, Ver. 3, Jan. 2017, Indexed in the University Grants Commission (UGC) ISSN: 2279-0837, IP: 4.621
• Soundarya K R and Dr K Shanthichitra, “Beauty as a Myth encircled in the psyche of the characters in Virginia Woolf’s Jacob’s Room” (International Journal of English Research, Vol. 2, Issue 4, July 2016, ISSN:  2455 2186, IP: 5.32)
• Soundarya K R and Dr K Shanthichitra, “New Dimensions to Psychoanalytic Feminism – The Beauty Myth behind the Biology of Women- A Comparative Study of the Works of Sylvia Plath and Virginia Woolf” (Man in India, Serial Publications, Scopus Indexed Journal, Nov. 2016, ISSN: 0025 1569, IP: 0.11)
• Soundarya K R and Dr K Shanthichitra,  “Psychoanalytic Feminism – A tool to Study the Works of Virginia Woolf and Sylvia Plath using Beauvoir’s The Second Sex” ( Research Revolution, International Journal, Vol.4, issue 9, June 2016, Indexed in the University Grants Commission (UGC), ISSN: 2319 300X, IP: 5.32)
• Soundarya K R and Dr K Shanthichitra, “Intersubjectivity In Psychoanalytic Feminism – A Comparative Study of The Works of Sylvia Plath and Virginia Woolf using Jessica Benjamin’s The Bonds of Love” (International Journal for Advanced Research, Vol.4, issue 5, May 2016, Indexed in the University Grants Commission (UGC), ISSN: 2320 5407, IP: 5.33)
• Soundarya K R, “Sexual Politics in The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath” (Contemporary Issues in Common Wealth Literature, 2015, ISBN: 978-93-81723-35-7)

Academic Experience:

• Recognized Ph.D Research Supervisor in the Department of English and Foreign Languages, SRM Institute of Science and Technology.
• Working as an Assistant Professor of English, Faculty of Engineering and Technology, SRM Institute of Science and Technology from June 2019 onwards.
• Worked as an Assistant Professor of English, Faculty of Science and Humanities, SRM Institute of Science and Technology from December 2018 to April 2019.
• Worked as an acting lecturer of English Literature and Communication to Undergraduate students of SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Kattankulathur, Chennai. (3 Years)
• Lectured for the Undergraduate Students of SRM Institute of Science and Technology for the subject title Verbal Ability in the Career Guidance Cell. (1 year/ 2015)

Other Professional Experience:

• Edited and contributed to the Distance Education book and guide for General English (Zenith) in the year 2018, SRM IST Press
• Edited and contributed to the Distance Education book and guide for General English (Pinnacle) in the year 2018 and 2019, SRM IST Press

Achievements and Awards

• Young Educator & Scholar Award on 5th September 2019 by National Foundation for Entrepreneurship Development (NFED) in their 10th National Teacher’s Day Awards. – National Award
• Awarded the title Kottai Kuyil by JCI Rocktown in the year 2014
• Best Outgone Student (Shri K Rajagopalan Endowment Award) in the year 2013 from Cauvery College for Women, Tiruchirapalli.