Sneha Das
Sneha Das
Assistant Professor
Centre/School/Special Centre
Centre for English Studies,
School of Language Literature and Culture Studies
Room No
149, SLL&CS-I
Email
snehadas[at]mail[dot]jnu[dot]ac[dot]in, snehadas[at]jnu[dot]ac[dot]in
Personal Webpage
https://www.jnu.ac.in/Faculty/snehadas/cv.pdf
Qualifications

•    PhD: National Institute of Technology (NIT) Patna (2021-2025)
•    MA (English Literature): The English and Foreign Languages University (EFLU) (2019-2021)

Areas of Interest/Specialization

Environmental Humanities, Ecopoetics, Ecofeminism, Posthumanism, Gender Studies, Classical to Contemporary Indian Poetry

Experience
  • Centre for English Studies, SLL&CS, JNU: April 2026 onwards. 

  • Department of English Studies and Research, Amity University, Noida: November 2024-April 2026

Awards & Honours

  • Awarded the Best Paper Presenter in an International Conference on 'Contemporary Perspectives in English Language, Literature & Cultural Studies' by Chandigarh University in collaboration with the University of Alcala, Spain. 

  • Awarded the Best Paper Presenter in an International Conference on 'Interdisciplinary: Intersections of Literature and History for Social and Cultural Change' by NIT Shillong, Meghalaya.

  • Awarded the Best Speaker twice at Youth Parliament Contest by the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs, Government of West Bengal.

International Collaboration/Consultancy

  • Associate Editor: International Journal of Literature and Arts, July 2025-present. A peer-reviewed international journal published by Science Publishing Group, founded in New York in 2012. 

  • Senior Reviewer: The 4th Paris Conference on Arts & Humanities (PCAH2025), Sorbonne University, Paris, France, organised by The International Academic Forum (IAFOR) 

  • Member of The International Academic Forum (IAFOR) centred at the Osaka School of International Public Policy at Osaka University, Japan.

  • Delivered a lecture in collaboration with TU Dortmund, Germany, in an international guest lecture series on “Complex Bodies” titled “Cyborg Futures at the Crossroads: Disability, Gender and Environmental Justice in the Age of Technological Integration” during the Winter Term of 2025/2026 at Dortmund, Germany.  

  • Delivered a lecture in collaboration with Federal University of Uberlândia, Brazil, at Global Conversations 2026 titled “Building Bridges Across the Global South: Ecofeminist Perspectives from India and Brazil”, at DePaul University, Chicago, Illinois, United States.  

Best Peer Reviewed Publications

Journal Papers:

  1. “Ecology and its Therapeutic Impact in Select Poetry of Indian Women Bhakti Poets”. The Journal of Sydney Society of Literature and Aesthetics. 34(1), 256-265, 2024.

  2. “Ecofeminism and Covid-19: A Critical Study of Two Indian Women Poets”. IUP Journal of English Studies. 18(3), 34-44, 2023.

  3. “Exploring Gender and Ecological Sustenance: Re-Reading Select Poems by Sarojini Naidu and Lal Ded through Ecofeminism”. Literary Voice. Vol. 19, 265-272, 2022.

Recent Peer Reviewed Journals/Books

  1. “Re-Reading Select Poems by Kuli Kohli and Karthika Nair at the Crossroads of Women, Nature and Disability: An Ecofeminist Perspective”. Ed. By Z. Mitra, and S. Mahaldar. Discourse (s) and Disability: Tracing Some Unheard Voices. Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2026

  2. “Re-reading Mandaar: An Adaptation of Shakespeare's Macbeth through the Lens of Ecofeminism”. Yearly Shakespeare. 20(20), 104-110, 2022.

  3. “A Study on Selected Poems of American Women Poets such as Maya Angelou, Mary Oliver, and Elizabeth Bishop through the Lens of Ecofeminism”. Sheshadripuran Journal of Social Sciences. 2(4), 44-50, 2021.  

  4. “History of Plantation Workers from Postcolonial to Modern Independent India”. Plantation Workers in India: Issues and Challenges. Ed. By A. Bhowmick. Mittal Publications, 2021.

  5. “Challenges Faced by Women in compared to Men during the Present Scenario of Covid-19”. The Pandemic COVID-19: Life, Society and Culture. Ed. By M. H. Rahman and S. Sarkar. Authors' Press, 2021.

  6. “Impact of Caste System in Indian English Literature with Special Reference to the Novels of Raja Rao, R.K. Narayan and Mulk Raj Anand”. Indian Writing and Translation in English:  Literature, Culture and Media. Ed. By M. Subha, U. Pushpalatha and P. Indumathi. Royallite Publishers Limited, 2020.

  7. “Ecofeminism: A Quest Towards Gender Equality with Special Reference to the Novels of Tony Morrison”. Women in Changing World.  Ed. By E. O. Wahad and A. Bhowmick. Mittal Publications, 2020.

  8. “The Traditional Home-Maker and Modern Working Women as the Four Pillars of Democracy and Contributors towards Sustainable Development”. Gender Mainstreaming and Sustainable Development. Ed. By A. Bhowmick and G. K.S. Mittal Publications, 2020. 

  9. “Peregrination: A Pleasure Trip”. Phoenix Publisher, 2019.

  10. “Synergy: A Collection of Short Stories and Lyrics”. Phoenix Publisher, 2018.

Patents (if any)

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