Dr.S.Mekala

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Professor

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Email: mekala@nitt.edu

Dr. S. Mekala is a Professor of English in the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences at National Institute of Technology-Tiruchirappalli possessing over twenty years of teaching and research experience. She holds Ph.D. in English Language Teaching from Anna University, Chennai. She has completed her M.Phil. in English Literature from the University of Madras and Master’s degree in English Language and Comparative Literature from Pondicherry University. She has completed her Bachelor’s degree from Seethalakshmi Ramaswami College, affiliated to Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli.

Her current research interests include Curriculum Design, Teaching and Learning Methods, Corporate Communication and 21st Century Skills Education.  She has published more than thirty articles in Scopus, ESCI, EBSCO and refereed journals.  She has authored and co-authored four books and published articles in book chapter.  She has presented papers in International conferences and has published more than fifteen papers in the conference proceedings. She has gained Professional training from reputed Institutes like IIT Madras, IIM Indore, IIM Kozhikode and ASCI Hyderabad and NITTR.  This academic contribution has paved way for conducting more than twenty Faculty Development Programmes, Training the Trainers Programmes for teachers and workshops/short-term courses for students to her credit. She has delivered lectures as ‘resource person’ in reputed institutes, AICTE and ICSSR sponsored programmes and Orientation courses for teachers. She is a passionate researcher and has produced seven research scholars in the field of English Language Teaching.  She is also a reviewer for four international peer reviewed journals.

Projects

  • ICSSR Minor Research Project - Impact Assessment of the Effectiveness of Learning and Innovation Skills in Empowering SEDGs (Socio Economically Disadvantaged Groups) of Selected HEIs in Tamil Nadu. 

Publications in Refereed Journals:

  • “Promoting 21st Century Workplace Preparedness of Engineering Students: Teachers’ and Students’ Perceptions”, MIER Journal of Educational Studies Trends and Practices, November 2023, Volume 13, Issue 2. (With Harishree C and Geetha R) [Indexed in ESCI]
  • “Impact of integrated writing tasks on thinking and writing skills of Indian ESL learners”, Journal of Applied Learning & Teaching, January 2023, Vol. 6, No. 1. (With M P Shabitha) [Indexed in SCOPUS]
  • “English Language Assessment and Grading System in Higher Education: An Overview”, IUP Journal of Soft Skills, December 2021, Vol. 15, No. 4. (With T Sangeetha) [Indexed in EBSCO]
  • "Integrated Practice of Metacognitive Strategies and Second Language Writing", MIER Journal of Educational Studies Trends & Practices, May 2021, Vol.11, Issue No:1, pp.118-136. (With Geetha R) [Indexed in ESCI].
  • "Employer-Employee Perspectives on Effective Communication in Indian Engineering Sectors". Research Reinforcement, May 2021, Vol.8, Issue No:2, pp. 13-22. (With C. Shanmuga Priya and Geetha R) [Impact Factor: 5.454].
  • "Fostering 21st Century Skills of the Students of Engineering and Technology", Journal of Engineering Education Transformations, October 2020, Vol. 34, Issue No. 2, pp.74-88. (With Harishree C and Geetha R) [Indexed in SCOPUS].
  • "Promoting Cognitive Strategies in Second Language Writing", Eurasian Journal of Educational Research, August 2020, Issue No. 88, pp. 105-120. (With Geetha R) [Indexed in ESCI and SCOPUS].
  • "Need for 21st Centry Skills Education for Teachers”, Roots International Journal of Multidisciplinary Researches, August 2020, Vol. 7, Issue No. 1, pp.45-52. (With Harishree C) [Impact Factor: 4.075]
  • "Fostering 21st Century Skills in the Students of Engineering in ESL Classroom", The IUP Journal of Soft Skills, June 2020, Vol.XIV, Issue No. 2, pp. 59-69. (With Harishree C) [Indexed in EBSCO and Proquest]
  • "Effectuating Self-Reflective Practice in Second Language Classroom", Roots International Journal of Multidisciplinary Researches, May 2020, Vol. 6, Issue No. 4, pp.77-85. (With Geetha R) [Impact Factor: 4.075]
  • "Promoting Self-Regulated Learning through Metacognitive Strategies", The IUP Journal of Soft Skills, June 2019, Vol. XIII, Issue No. 2, pp.21-27. (With Geetha R) [Indexed in EBSCO and Proquest]
  • "The Impact of Pedagogical Intervention in Developing the Speaking Proficiency of Engineering Students", Pertanika Journal of Social Science & Humanities, June 2018, Vol.26, Issue No.2, pp.735-750. (With Shantha S) [Indexed in SCOPUS]
  • "The Impact of Direct Written Corrective Feedback on Low Proficiency ESL Learners' Writing Ability", The IUP Journal of Soft Skills, December 2017, Vol.XI, Issue No.4, pp.23-54. (With Ponmani M) [Indexed in EBSCO and Proquest]
  • “Constraints in Spoken Proficiency: Causes and Remedial Measures”, EJAL (Eurasian Journal of Applied Linguistics), October 2017, Vol.3, Issue No.2, pp.23-42. (With Shantha S) [Indexed in ESCI]
  • “The Role of Pedagogical Intervention in Improving the Oral Proficiency of Engineering Students”, The IUP Journal of Soft Skills. Vol.11, No.3. September 2017, pp.7-28. (With Shantha S and Ponmani M) [indexed in EBSCO and Proquest]
  • “The Need for Oral Communication in Large and Medium Enterprises of the Manufacturing Sector of India”, The IUP Journal of Soft Skills, June 2017, Vol.11, Issue No.2., pp.25-34. (With Shanmuga Priya C and M P Shabitha) [indexed in EBSCO and Proquest]
  • “The Role of Oral Communicative Tasks (OCT) in Developing the Spoken Proficiency of Engineering Students”, Advances in Language & Literary Studies, April 2017, Vol.8, Issue No.2., pp.161-169. (With Shantha S) [indexed in MLA International Bibliography, Linguistics Abstracts Online and ERIH Plus]
  • “The Role of Metacognitive Strategies in Second Language Writing”, GSTF Journal on Education (JEd). Vol.4, No.1, December.2016, pp.11-19. (With M P Shabitha and Ponmani M) [indexed in Springer, EBSCO and Proquest]
  • “Training Teachers for Teaching English in Higher Institutes of Engineering and Technology: Challenges and Perspectives”, GSTF Journal on Education (JEd). Vol. 4, Issue No.1, December 2016, pp.4-10. (With ManjulaBashini K and Ponmani M) [indexed in Springer, EBSCO and Proquest]
  • " Transfer of Grammatical Knowledge into ESLWriting, paper published in the Eurasian Journal of Applied Linguistics, September 2016, Vol.2, Issue No.2. (With Ponmani M and M P Shabitha) [Indexed in ESCI]
  • “The Role of Cognitive Strategy use in Second Language Writing”, Paper published in The Global Journal of English Studies in April 2016, Vol.No.II, Issue:1 (With M P Shabitha)
  • " An Analysis of Concord Errors in ESL Learners’ Writing", Paper published in The Global Journal of English Studies in April 2016, Vol.No.II, Issue:1 (With Ponmani M)
  • " Employers’ Perception on Communication Skills at Workplace", Paper published in The Global Journal of English Studies in April 2016, Vol.No.II, Issue:1 (With Shanmuga Priya C)
  • " The Role of Thinking in Soft Skills", Paper published in The Global Journal of English Studies in April 2016, Vol.No.II, Issue:1 (With P G ImmaculateSherine)
  • " Need for Teacher Education and Training in Higher Education: Some Challenges and Constraints", paper published in IJELLS with ISSN 2278-0742, Vol.No. IV, Issue:3, October 2015 (With ManujalaBashini K)       
  • "The Role of Semantic functions in Learning English Prepositions", paper published in FORTELL with ISSN 2229-6557, Issue:31, July2015. (With Ponmani M)
  • “Impact of Sociolinguistic Factors on Second Language Acquisition / Learning of a set of Regional Medium Students”, Language Forum - Special Issue on Sociolinguistics, New Delhi: Bahri Publications, January -December 2014, Vol.40, No.1-2, pp.139 - 152. (With M P Shabitha)
  • “A study on improving Listening Proficiency of Students Majoring in English Literature”, IJELLS, October 2014, Vol.No.3, Issue No.3, pp.257 - 261. (With Shanmuga Priya C) 
  • “The Role of Written Corrective Feedback in Second Language Writing”, IJELLS, October 2013, Vol.No.2, Issue No.3, pp.97-101. (With M P Shabitha)
  • “The Impact of Psycholinguistics Factors on Second Language Acquisition”, The IUP Journal of English Studies, March 2013, Vol. No.8 Issue No. 1, pp.7-14. (With M P Shabitha) [indexed in Elsevier]
  • “The influence of Sociolinguistic factors in second language Learning”, FORTELL (Forum for Teachers of English Language and Literature) January 2013 No.26, pp. 5-8. (With M P Shabitha)
  • “Open Book Examination: A Paradigm Shift” in the Journal of Literature, Culture & Media Studies, Vol. III 5 & 6, January - December 2011.
  • “An Alternative Part - II General English Syllabus for English Literature Students”The Modern Journal of Applied Linguistics. Vol.1. No.3. May 2009, pp. 154-168.
  • “Perspectives on Teaching English Literature to English Literature Major Students” Language in India. Vol.9. No.4. April 2009. 312-322.
  • “Towards Developing an Alternative Syllabus for Students Majoring in English Literature” The Journal of English Language Teaching (India). Vol 43. No.4.July-August 2005.30-36.
  • “Teaching Materials for Young Learners” The Journal of English Language Teaching (India). Vol XXXV.No.2. March-April 2000.41- 50.

Sponsored FDPs/ Workshops Organised:

  • RGNIYD sponsored Three-Day offline Training the Trainers programme on 21st Century skills Education was conducted in March 2022.
  • ICSSR sponsored Ten-day workshop on “Enhancing Competitiveness in Contemporary Research Methods” was conducted between 4th and 14th July 2021.
  • ICSSR sponsored Twelve-day workshop on “Capacity Building for Teachers on 21st Century Skills Education” was conducted between 21st June and 2nd July 2021.
  • ATAL sponsored Five-Day workshop on "Academic Leadership and Team Building for Educational Excellence”, in collaboration with DoMS, was conducted on 23rd - 27th November 2020.
  • ICSSR sponsored (under IMPRESS scheme) Three-Day workshop on "Training the Trainers in 21st Century Skills Education", in collaboration with DoMS, was conducted on 8th - 10th May 2019.
  • AICTE sponsored (under Margdarshan scheme) Five-Day FDP on "Empowering Teachers on 21st Century Skills Education", in collaboration with DoMS, was conducted on 29th April 29 - 3rd May 2019.
  • TEQIP-III sponsored Six day programme on “Capacity Building of Women Managers in Higher Education”, in collaboration with ICE, was conducted on 4th - 9th December 2017.

Self-Supporting FDPs/ Workshops Organised:

  • A Five-Day workshop on "Using SPSS for Quantitative Analysis in the Management and Social Sciences", was conducted on 7th -11th December 2019.
  • A Five-Day workshop on "Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) BASIC & ADVANCED Analysis", was conducted on 2nd - 6th December 2019.
  • A Five-Day workshop on "Research Colloquium on Business & Social Sciences" was conducted on 29th November to 3rd December 2019.
  • A One-Day workshop on "Academic Writing: Theory and Praxis", was conducted on 28th May 2019.
  • A two-day workshop on “Research Colloquium on Business and Social Sciences”, in collaboration with DoMS, was conducted between 11th and 12th November 2017.
  • A five-day FDP on “Empowering Teachers in Life Skills Education”, in collaboration with DoMS, was conducted on 6th- 10th November 2017.
  • A two-day workshop on “Research Colloquium on Business and Social Sciences”, in collaboration with DoMS, was conducted between 29 and 30th April 2017.
  • A five-day FDP on "Training of Trainers in Life Skills", in collaboration with DoMS, was conducted on 27th February - 3rd March 2017.
  • A five-day FDP on “Imparting soft skills for success and Life Skills for Survival at the Workplace”, in collaboration with DoMS, was conducted on 24th - 28th November 2014.
  • A Five Day Short Term Course for Engineering students on “Employability Skills Development”, in collaboration with HSS faculty members, was conducted on 30th September - 1st October 2013.
  • A Two Day Workshop on “Techniques in Teaching Soft Skills”, in collaboration with HSS faculty members, was conducted on 20th - 21st September 2013.

Conference Proceedings:

  • "The Significance of Cognitive and Metacognitive Strategies in Second Language Writing". Proceedings of the International Conference Teaching and Assessing English Language and Literature TAELL'18, Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai, January 2018. Pp. 140-143. (With Geetha R)
  • "The Need for 21st Century Skills in Engineering Curriculum". Proceedings of the International Conference on Teaching and Assessing English Language and Literature TAELL’18, Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai, January, 2018. Pp.144-148. (With Harishree C)
  • “The Advantages of Analytic Scoring Rubric in Evaluating ESL Writing” paper presented at Sathyabama University at Chennai and published in the Proceedings of the International conference on ‘Trends and Innovations in Evaluating ESL Writing’, November 14-15, 2014. Pp.27-28. (With M P Shabitha)
  • “The Effectiveness of adopting Inductive Approach in Teaching Tense-Aspect” paper presented at Sathyabama University at Chennai and published in the Proceedings of the International conference on ‘Trends and Innovations in Evaluating ESL Writing’, November 14-15, 2014. Pp. 19-20. (With Ponmani M)
  • “The Functional Constraints of Diploma Holders in SMEs” paper presented at Sathyabama University at Chennai and published in the Proceedings of the International conference on ‘Trends and Innovations in Evaluating ESL Writing’, November 14-15, 2014. Pp. 20. (With Shanmuga Priya C)
  • “A Case Study in Bilingualism” Paper presented at Anna University, Trichy Campus and published in the International Conference on ‘Enlightening the people about the Richness of English Language and Literature’, August 2014, pp.180-186. (With Shanmuga Priya C)
  • “The Impact of Negative Transfer of L1 Grammar on L2Writing” Paper presented at Anna University, Trichy Campus and published in the International Conference on ‘Enlightening the people about the Richness of English Language and Literature’, August 2014, pp.187-200. (With Ponmani M)
  • “Sociolinguistic Factors Affecting the Writing Proficiency of a set of English Major Students” paper presented in the 10th International Conference ICEG - 2014, Sri Ramakrishna Engineering College, Coimbatore, January 23-25, 2014. (With Ponmani M)
  • “A study on Improving Listening Proficiency of Students Majoring in English Literature” paper presented in the 10th International Conference ICEG - 2014, Sri Ramakrishna Engineering College, Coimbatore, January 23-25, 2014. (With Shanmuga Priya C)
  • “The Role of Written Corrective Feedback in Second Language Writing”, paper presented in the 8th International ELTAI conference, SRM University, Chennai, July 18-20, 2013 (With M P Shabitha)
  • “The Role of Mind Mapping in the English Literature Syllabus” Paper presented at SRM University, Chennai and published in the International Conference Proceedings on ‘21st Century Learners: Learning Styles and Strategies’, July 2013, pp.322-324. (With Ponmani M)
  • “The Role of Language in Human Cognition” Paper presented at B.S.Abdur Rahman University, Chennai and published in the National conference on ‘A Paradigm shift in English Language Teaching and Testing: A Literary/Linguistic Approach’ March 2013, pp.82-85. (With M P Shabitha)
  • “The Inductive Approach to Teach Grammar in ESL Context” Paper presented at B.S.Abdur Rahman University, Chennai and published in the National conference on ‘A Paradigm shift in English Language Teaching and Testing: A Literary/Linguistic Approach’ March 2013, pp.59-63. (With Ponmani M)
  • “Cognitive, Linguistic and Social Strategies in Second Language Writing, Paper presented in the 9th International Conference - ICEG 2013, VIT University, Vellore, January 3-5 2013. (With M P Shabitha)
  •  “The Impact of Rote Learning at Tertiary Level”, Paper presented in the 9th International Conference - ICEG 2013, VIT University, Vellore, January 3-5 2013. (With Ponmani M)
  • “The Influence of Socio-Cultural aspects in ESL classroom” Paper presented and published in the 7th International conference proceedings and 43rd ELTAI conference on ‘The English Classroom Experiments and Experiences’ July 2012, pp.527-529. (With M P Shabitha)
  • “The Role of Tasks in enhancing Creative Thinking Skills” paper presented and published in the proceedings of the International conference on ‘Professional English’ organized by the Department of English, Vel Tech Technical University, Chennai - 62, February 15 - 16, 2012.
  • “The Influence of Sociolinguistics factors in second language Learning”, paper presented in the International Conference - ICEG 2012, BIT, Erode, January 28-30, 2012 (With M P Shabitha)
  • “Promoting Lateral Thinking Skills in ESP Learners” paper presented in Seventh International congress on English Grammar organized by Department of English, Bannari Amman Institute of Technology, Sathyamangalam, Erode, December 28 - 30, 2011.
  • “Incorporating Thinking Skills in the ESL Curriculum” paper presented in the international conference on Teacher Development organized by English Language Teachers’ Association of India and VIT University, Vellore, 16-18 June, 2011.
  • “The Role of Projects in ESL Learning” paper presented in the international conference on Humanistic Language and Literature Teaching organized by Anna University, Chennai, February 18-19, 2011
  • “Soft Skills: Necessity of Thinking Skills” paper presented and published in the conference proceedings of the 5th National conference on ‘Enhancement and Excellence in English for Employability and Empowerment’ organized by the Department of English and Foreign languages, SRM University, Chennai & University of Cambridge, ESOL Examinations, March 24-25, 2010.
  • “Case Studies: a Tool to Inculcate Thinking Skills in ESL classroom” paper presented in the international conference on Learning to Learn English: Way to Language Mastery organized by English language Teachers’ Association of India, Chennai, August 5-7, 2010.
  • “Perspective Writing: a Critical Thinking Tool in ESL Classroom” Paper presented and published in the international conference on ‘Language Development and Computing Methods’ organized by the Department of English, Karunya University, Coimbatore, December 2-3, 2010.
  • “Soft Skills: Necessity of Thinking Skills” paper presented and published in the conference proceedings of the 5th National conference on ‘Enhancement and Excellence in English for Employability and Empowerment’ organized by the Department of English and Foreign languages, SRM University, Chennai & University of Cambridge, ESOL Examinations, March 24-25, 2010.

Books:

  • (Book Chapter) " Assessment and Teaching of Twenty-First-Century Skills for Students of Engineering", Springer, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-38129-4_9
  • (Book Chapter) " ICT and Twenty-First-Century Skills for the Students of Engineering", Springer, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-38129-4_14
  • "Contemporary ELT Strategies in Engineering Pedagogy: Theory and Practice", Routledge, 2022.
  • (Book Chapter) "A Value Addition to the Communicative Course", Routledge, 2022.
  • (Book Chapter) "Incorporating Thinking Skills in the Engineering Curriculum", Routledge, 2022.
  • "Employees English Language Proficiency: The Skills Gap in the Indian Engineering Enterprises", 2021. ISBN 978-620-3-58303-8 
  • "Developing Speaking Proficiency using OCT", 2019. ISBN 978-620-0-28834-9.
  • “INSET for Teachers of English in Engineering Colleges”. 2017. ISBN 978-3-659-89550-0.
  • “Integrated Writing Practice: Reinforcing Metacognition for Mastering Cohesive Writing”, 2017. ISBN 978-620-2-01366-6. For details of the book Visit:https://www.amazon.com/Integrated-Writing-Practice-Reinforcing-Metacognition/dp/6202013664
  • An Alternative Syllabus for Students Majoring in English Literature: an ESP Framework. 2011. ISBN 978-3-8454-1364-8. For details of the book visit www.amazon.com/Alternative-Syllabus-Students- Majoring-Literature/dp/3845413

Paper Presentation in Conferences:

  • "The Efficacy of Life and Career Skills in the Workplace Preparedness of the Students of Engineering", paper presented in the 6th International IAFOR conference on Education - Hawaii (Virtual) January 6 - 10, 2021. (With Harishree C and Geetha R)
  • “The Role of Metacognition in Second Language Writing” paper presented in the 10th International Conference ICEG - 2014, Sri Ramakrishna Engineering College, Coimbatore, January 23-25, 2014. (With M P Shabitha)
  • “Sociolinguistic Factors Affecting the Writing Proficiency of a set of English Major Students” paper presented in the 10th International Conference ICEG - 2014, Sri Ramakrishna Engineering College, Coimbatore, January 23-25, 2014. (With Ponmani M)
  • “A study on Improving Listening Proficiency of Students Majoring in English Literature” paper presented in the 10th International Conference ICEG - 2014, Sri Ramakrishna Engineering College, Coimbatore, January 23-25, 2014. (With Shanmuga Priya C)
  • “The Role of Written Corrective Feedback in Second Language Writing”, paper presented in the 8th International ELTAI conference, SRM University, Chennai, July 18-20, 2013. (With M P Shabitha)
  • “Cognitive, Linguistic and Social Strategies in Second Language Writing, Paper presented in the 9th International Conference - ICEG 2013, VIT University, Vellore, January 3-5 2013. (With M P Shabitha)
  •  “The Impact of Rote Learning at Tertiary Level”, Paper presented in the 9th International Conference - ICEG 2013, VIT University, Vellore, January 3-5 2013. (With Ponmani M)
  • “The Influence of Sociolinguistics factors in second language Learning”, paper presented in the International Conference - ICEG 2012, BIT, Erode, January 28-30, 2012. (With M P Shabitha)
  • “Promoting Lateral Thinking Skills in ESP Learners” paper presented in Seventh International congress on English Grammar organized by Department of English, Bannari Amman Institute of Technology, Sathyamangalam, Erode, December 28 - 30, 2011.
  • “Incorporating Thinking Skills in the ESL Curriculum” paper presented in the international conference on Teacher Development organized by English Language Teachers’ Association of India and VIT University, Vellore, 16-18 June, 2011.
  • “The Role of Projects in ESL Learning” paper presented in the international conference on Humanistic Language and Literature Teaching organized by Anna University, Chennai, February 18-19, 2011.
  • “Case Studies: A Tool to Inculcate Thinking Skills in ESL classroom” paper presented in the international conference on Learning to Learn English: Way to Language Mastery organized by English language Teachers’ Association of India, Chennai, August 5-7, 2010.
  • “Performance Anxiety in Presentations” Paper presented in the Sixth International Congress on English Grammar organized by Kongu Engineering College, Erode, January 9- 13, 2010.
  • “A value Addition to the Communication Course” Paper presented in the International Conference on Collaboration and Creativity in English Language Teaching and Learning in Asia, organized by AsiaTEFL at The Imperial Queens Park Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand, August 7 – 9, 2009.
  • “Applying Knowledge Management Practices in Curriculum Design” Paper presented in the International Conference on ‘Quality Improvement in Educational Communication’ organized by the Department of Educational Technology, Bharathidasan University, Trichy, March 29 – 30, 2008.
  • “Open Book Examinations – a Paradigm Shift” Paper presented in International Conference on ‘Learning to Teach: a Life-Long journey’ organized by English Language Teachers’ Association of India at Sathyabama University, Chennai, February 8–10, 2008.
  • “Perspectives on Teaching English Literature” Paper presented in the International Congress on English Grammar, organized by G.Narayanamma Institute of Technology & Science, Hyderabad, January 6 – 11, 2008.
  • “Needs Analysis of the Students Majoring in English Literature” Paper presented in International Congress on English Grammar, Bannari Amman Institute of Technology, Erode, December 27-31, 2004.
  • “Teaching the Communicative use of English Language through Literary Pieces” Paper presented in International Congress on English Grammar, CIEFL, Hyderabad, July12-20, 1999.

Professional Training

  • Participated in TEQIP III Sponsored Five-Day Programme on "Capacity Building of Women Faculty in Higher Education" Organised by Dr.R.Gandhimathi, Dr.P.Sridevi & Dr.M.Sridevi from 9th to 13th December 2019. 
  • Management Development Programme on 'Leadership Communication' organized by IIM, Indore, January 4-6, 2012.
  • UGC Sponsored Orientation Programme organized by UGC – Academic Staff College, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirapalli – 23, 20th May 2011 – 16th June 2011.
  • MDP on ‘Managing Creativity and Innovation’ organized by Administrative College of India (ASCI), Hyderabad, October 18 – 20, 2010.
  • MDP on ‘Personal Effectiveness at Workplace’ organized by Madras Management Association (MMA), Chennai, 27 February 2009.
  • Workshop on ‘Awareness Programme on Intellectual Property Rights’ organized by TEQIP - NITT, Trichy, 20th November 2008.
  • Induction Training Programme on ‘Instructional Design and Delivery’ conducted by NITTR, Chennai, July 7- 12, 2008.
  • MDP on ‘Values, Ethics and Corporate Governance’ organized by IIM Kozhikode, June 26-28, 2008.
  • Workshop on Communication Skills Laboratory Course organized by Anna University, Chennai, February 10, 2007.
  • ‘Training the Trainer Programme’ organized by ELCOT (Electronic Corporation of Tamil Nadu) at Cognizant Technology Solutions, Chennai, October 27- 28, 2006.
  • Teacher Training Workshop on Cambridge BEC – (Business English Certificate) organized by British Council, Chennai, January 10-12, 2005.
  • Workshop on Educational Technology organized by IIT Madras, December 17-19, 1998.

Reviewer

  • Member of the Editorial Board of the Journal - English Language Teaching, CCSE, Canada / ISSN 1916-4742.
  • Member of the Editorial Board of the International Journal of English Language Education, Macrothink Institute, U.S, ISSN 2325-0887.
  • Member of the Editorial Board of the International Journal of English Language Teaching, SCIEDU Press, CA, USA / ISSN - 2329-7921.
  • Member of the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Linguistics and Literature Studies, Horizon Research Publishing Corporation, ISSN 2331-642X (print) and ISSN 2331-6438(online).

Research Guidance

  • M.P. Shabitha was awarded PhD on August 2015 -  "The use of integrated writing practice to develop cohesive writing in ESL classrooms".
  • K.ManjulaBashini  was awarded PhD on August 2017 - "In-Service Training in English for Specific Purposes (ESP) for Teachers of English in Engineering colleges: A Study".
  • M.Ponmani was awarded PhD on July 2018 -  "Developing the Writing Skills of ESL Learners at the Tertiary Level: A study on Error Analysis".
  • S.Shantha was awarded PhD on July 2018 -   "Developing Speaking Skills of Students of Engineering using Oral Communicative Tasks: an Experimental Study".
  • C. Shanmugapriya was awarded PhD on June 2020 - "A Survey on Exploring the Skills Gap between Employers' Expectations and Employees' English Language Proficiency in Engineering Enterprises".
  • Geetha R was awarded PhD on June 2021 - "An Experimental Study on Effectuating Language Learning Strategies to Promote the Writing Skills of Polytechnic Students".
  • C.Harishree was awarded PhD on September 2021 - "A Survey on the Integration of 21st Century Skills Set in the Engineering Curriculum for the Students' Workplace Preparedness".

Courses Handled

  • Technical Writing (B.Tech - VI Sem)
  • Technical English (B.E & B.Tech)
  • English for Communication (B.Tech - I Sem)
  • Professional Communication (B.Tech - II Sem)
  • 21st Century Skills Education (B.Tech)
  • Communicative English (B.Arch)
  • Business Communication (M.B.A.)
  • English for Language Teaching (M.A. English - III Sem)
  • English for Specific Purposes (M.A. English - II Sem)