Brief Profile
Dr. Efthikar Ahamed B. has been working as an Assistant Professor since 2015 in the Dept. of English & Comparative Literature, Central University of Kerala.
He bagged a First Class M.A. in English and a First Class M.A. in Translation Studies from University of Calicut and Annamalai University respectively. After qualifying a B.Ed. in English with First Class and Gold Medal, and getting through the National Eligibility Test (NET) in English from the University Grants Commission (UGC), India, he took professional assignments abroad both as a Lecturer in English & a News Correspondent. Based on Abu Dhabi and Dubai, the twin commercial cities of the Middle East, he was able to contribute many human-related stories through his journalistic writings and human-resource-development activities through his teaching endeavors from 1996 to 2005.
He joined the Higher Education Dept. of the State Govt. of Kerala through the Kerala Public Service Commission in the year 2005 and served the Post-Graduate Depts. of English & Research Centers of KMM Govt. Women’s College Kannur and Govt. Brennen College, Thalassery as an Assistant Professor till 2015.
He was awarded Ph.D. in English by Kannur University in Feb, 2014 for his research works in the area of Poetry and Comparative Study.
He took the additional administrative charges of NSS Programme Officer, Staff Advisor, and Hostel Warden during his service in the State Govt., and his ‘6 Months Communicative English Programme to the Inmates of the Central Prison, Kannur’ – an extension activity under the Community Outreach banner – was a great success.
He Has 5 books and more than three dozen articles to his credit.
Recent and Major Publications
- Dr. Efthikar Ahamed B.,"How will NEP Shape the Best Professionals?",Vidyasudha,1.1 July, Pgs 51-57
- Dr. Efthikar Ahamed B.,"From the ‘Psychic Man’ to the ‘Saintly Man’ – An Analysis of Freudian Materialism and Religious Spiritualism",Shodh Sarita (UGC CARE Listed International Peer Reviewed Journal),Vol. 8, Issue 29, pg. 101 – 105
- Dr. Efthikar Ahamed B. & Sreelakshmi M,"The Ambiguity in Digital Non-Verbal Cues : Tracing the Cultural Paradigm Shift",Kala Sarovar (UGC CARE Listed International Peer Reviewed Journal),Vol.-24-No.-3, pg. 203 – 208
- Dr. Efthikar Ahamed B.,"Touring Talkies - the Predecessor of Multiplexes through Local Cinema",Filmography,Book 02, Issue 02 June Page Nos. 30 - 35
- Dr. Efthikar Ahamed B.,"From Mother Tongue to Other Tongue - Some Factors involved in Learning English as a Second Language",Humanities Circle (UGC Approved International Peer Reviewed Journal),Vol. 6, Issue 3, pg. 81 – 87
- Dr. Efthikar Ahamed B.,"The Endangered Systemic Racism and Multi
Culturalism", The Criterion,Vol. 8.2,
Page Nos. 1020 – 1023
- Dr. Efthikar Ahamed B.,"Digital Tattooing and the Body Carnivalesque - an Ethnocreational Contrivance ", Humanities Circle,Vol 5. 02, Page Nos. 139 -
144
- Dr. Efthikar Ahamed B.,"Tackling the Issues of Dalitality – An Analysis
of the Poems of Edasseri", Contemporary Discourse, Vol. 7, Issue 2, July, Page Nos. 69 –74
- Dr. Efthikar Ahamed B.,"The Necessity of Community Outreach Programs in
the Higher Education Sector",INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MULTIDISCIPLINARY EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH (IJMER),Vol.5, Issue 4(5), April, Page Nos. 57 – 66
- Dr. Efthikar Ahamed B.,"The Note of Scepticism in the Poems of R.S. Thomas", The Literati, 2016, Vol. 6.1, Page Nos. 51 – 61
- Dr. Efthikar Ahamed B.,"The Role of Constructivism in Inter/Multi –Disciplinary Studies", Journal of Research and Innovation in Education (JRIE),Vol. 2.2, Page No.s 58 – 62
- Dr. Efthikar Ahamed B.,"Edasserian Poetry – Man’s Collective Consciousness of the Universal Brotherhood", LITTCRIT, Vol.40, No. 2, Issue (78), Dec 61 – 65
- Dr. Efthikar Ahamed B.,"The Theme of Alienation",NOTIONS,2014, Vol.5, No.3, Sep Page Nos. 19 –25
- Dr. Efthikar Ahamed B.,"Dubbing and Subtitling - the Visual and Acoustic
Phonetics in Film Translation",NOTIONS,Vol.5, No.1, March, Page Nos. 115 – 122
- Dr. Efthikar Ahamed B.,"Transgender – the Transformation from
‘Sex Change Joke’ to Inconsiderate Veracities", Brennen Journal of Multi Disciplinarity Studies,Vol. 9, Jan, Page Nos. 1 – 9
- Dr. Efthikar Ahamed B.,"A New Historicist Reading of The Mahabharata", NOTIONS,Vol.4, No.2, June, Page Nos. 69 – 78
- Dr. Efthikar Ahamed B.,"Postcolonial Nepali Poetry – Gynocentric Angst against the Doubly Colonized Mind",NOTIONS, Vol. 3, No.1, Mar, Page Nos. 11 – 16
- Dr. Efthikar Ahamed B.,"The Feast of the Goat – the Triumphant Worlds of
Power Structure", Brennen Journal of Multi Disciplinarity Studies,Vol. 7, Jan, Page Nos. 1 – 7
- Dr. Efthikar Ahamed B.,"Digital Translation Mediation – (Im)proper
Sandwiching of Communication Between
Information", IDEAGORA,1 Jan, Page Nos. 319 – 322
- Dr. Efthikar Ahamed B.,"Niche of Female IT User-ship – An e-reading of the
Women’s Voices",NOTIONS,Vol.2, No.4, Dec, Page Nos. 55-61
- Dr. Efthikar Ahamed B.,"The Art of Reading in the Digital Age", Journal of ELTIF,Vol. 2, No.1, Jan – Mar, Page Nos. 7 – 10
- Dr. Efthikar Ahamed B.,"Translating the Translated – Some Issues on Reversal", Brennen Journal of Multi Disciplinarity Studies,Vol. 1, Page Nos. 1-9
Books / Chapters
Chapter(s) - Sole Author, (2022). Malayala Padanavum Aksharamalayum, Media House, Delhi, 97893 90608713Chapter(s) - Sole Author, (2021). Uyir, Olive Publications, Kozhikode, 9789390339853Chapter(s) - Sole Author, (2021). Vivarthanathinte Charitram, Soundaryam, Rashtreeyam (History, Aesthetics and Politics of Translation, Mazhathulli Publications, Thrissur, 9788194906728Chapter(s) - Sole Author, (2020). The Shadows of My Life, Sahithi Publishers, Trivandrum, 97893 89768060Chapter(s) - Sole Author, (2019). Folklore, Authorspress, New Delhi, 97893 89110302Chapter(s) - Sole Author, (2018). Kaalam Kavaratha Katha Velichangal, Authors’ Forum State Committee, Kerala, 0Chapter(s) - Sole Author, (2017). Shakespeare Sings, Farook College, Calicut, 97881 92753089Chapter(s) - Sole Author, (2014). Malayalikalude Marquez (Marquez of Malayalees), Samayam Publications, Kannur, 97881 91070611Book - Sole Author, (2022). Houses that Only See the Firmament, Manorama Books, Kottayam, Kerala, India, 97893 93003041Book - Sole Author, (2021). Aakasham Mathram Kanunna Veedukal (Houses that Only See the Firmament), Current Books, Thrissur, 9789390075195Book - Sole Author, (2018). R.S. Thomas - The Bard of Wales, Lambert Academic Publishing, Germany, 97861399293 99Book - Sole Author, (2018). The Pride March, Dattson Publishers, Nagpur, 97881719216 69Book - Sole Author, (2016). Edasseri Govindan Nair: The Bard of Kerala, Samayam Publications, Kannur, 97811 91070626Book - Sole Author, (2013). Vishwasaahithya Jaalakam, Samayam Publications, Kannur, 1234567
Miscellaneous
| Membership/Fellowship of other institutions/professionals societies : |
Academic Faculty Member, Kannur University
Board of Studies Member, Kannur University
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| Student related co-curricular, extension and field based activities and counseling. |
National Service Scheme
Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat
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| Contribution to corporate sector-management of the department and institution through participation in academic and administration,committees and responsibilities.
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NAAC Member
Joint Director, Language Centre
Dept. Placement Officer
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| Other activities/Responsibilities : |
Hostel Warden
Public Relations Officer i/c
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Teaching & Research Guidance
- English Language & Literature:Post Graduate
- English Language and Literature:Research Guidance
- English Language and Literature:Post Graduate