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    Dr. Rajkumar Bera's profile

    Name : Dr. Rajkumar Bera


    Designation : Assistant Professor & HOD
    Qualification : M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D
    Subject : ENGLISH
    Department Name : Humanities
    Email ID : rajkumarbera.bera@gmail.com
    Address : Reripur, Narayangarh, Paschim Medinipur - 721424

    Degree name Board / University Subject/Field of Specialization Year of passing/awarded
    Ph.D Ravenshaw University 0 2022
    M.Phil Ravenshaw University 0 2016
    B.ED Maharshi Dayananda University 0 2012
    M.A Guru Ghasidas Central University 0 2010
    B.A. Vidyasagar University 0 2008
    H.S WBBHSE Bengali, English, Geography, Agronomy, Biology 81.1 2005
    M.P WBBSE Bengali, English, Geography, History, Mathematics, Life Science, Physical Science 64.87 2003
    NET UGC English 0 2014
    • Midnapore City College - From 13th January,2020 to Present
    • Ravenshaw University - From 5th August ,2017 to 9th December, 2019
    • K.D. College of Commerce and General Studies - From 1st August, 2015 to 31st August,2017
    • Midnapore College - From 1st July,2011 to 28th February, 2013
    • Faculty Development Programme- From 26/08/2024 to 31/08/2024 Organised by MMTTC, UGC Sponsored
    • Faculty Development Course - From 28/01/2025 to 03/02/2025, Organised by MMTTC, UGC Sponsored
    • Faculty Induction Programme- From 21/07/2025 to 20/08/2025. Organised by MMTTC, UGC Sponsored
    • Short Term Training Programme- From 7th August to 13th August, Organised by MMTTC, UGC Sponsored, Iswar Saran P.G. College
    • Refresher Course- From 17th August to 31st August, Organised by MMTTC, UGC Sponsored, North-Eastern Hill University
    • Short Term Course- From 28.07.2026 July to 03.08.2026 August, Organised by MMTTC, UGC Sponsored, Kannur University
    Field of Specialization Research Area/ Areas of Interest
    Amitav Ghosh and Michel Foucault Indian Writing in English, Literary Theory, Postmodern Studies, Diaspora, New Literatures
    Sl no. Subject
    1 1. Middle English Drama 2. Romantic and Victorian Literature and Literary Criticism in English 3. Modern English novels and poems 4. Indian English poems and novels 5. Dalit Literature 6. American Literature 7. New Literatures in English 8. Contemporary

    International Publication


    Sl no. Title Author Journal Name ISBN/ISSN Page No/Internet DOI Impact Factor Year Link
    1 The Gift of Legacy from a Father: A Transnational Study of Abdulrazak Gurnah’s The Last Gift Bera, Rajkumar and Subhadip Das SMART MOVES JOURNAL IJELLH ISSN: 2582-3574 162-175 2026 View File
    2 The Fragile, Vibrant Earth: Ecological Posthumanism in Samantha Harvey’s Orbital Bera, Rajkumar and Subhadip Das GLOBAL JOURNAL OF HUMAN SOCIAL SCIENCES - A: ARTS & HUMANITIES ISSN: 2249-460X 1-6 2026 View File
    3 Echoes of Empire: Imperialist Pursuit and Monetization of Nature in Abdulrazak Gurnah’s Afterlives Bera, Rajkumar and Subhadip Das Migration Letters ISSN: 1741-8992 65-73 2026 View File
    4 Power Absorbency and Transmogrified Life: Traversing the Survivance in Abdulrazak Gurnah’s Novel Dottie Bera, Rajkumar and Subhadip Das Scope Journal 1177-5661 709-719 2024 View File
    5 Fighting the Freaks; Secular Individualism Vs Religion in Neal Stephenson Snow Crash Bera, Rajkumar The Golden Line 2395-1591 2023 View File
    6 Lack of Communication and Reconciliation: A Study of Metempsychosis in Edward Albees The Zoo Story Bera, Rajkumar Galaxy: International Multidisciplinary Research Journal 2278-9529 1-6 5.47 2021 View File
    7 Commodification and Ecocidal Exploitation of Nature: Re-configuring Ecological Imperialism and Eco-Cultural Imbroglio in Amitav Ghosh’s The Glass Palace Bera, Rajkumar International Journal of English and Studies 2581-8333 9-21 5.42 2020 View File
    8 Friction and Fraction: Cultural Exigency and Struggle for Cultural identity in Bharati mukherjee’s The Tiger’s Daughter. Bera, Rajkumar Research Journal of English 2456-2696 154-162 6.03 2020 View File
    9 Disempowering and silencing the women: A Critique of Patriarchal Gaze and Power Game in Vijoy Tendulkar’s Silence! The Court is in Session Bera, Rajkumar Asia Pacific Journal of Research 2347-4793 42-44 6.58 2020 View File
    10 Death, Decay and Disillusionment: A Study of Cynicism and Agnosticism in Philip Larkin’s Select Poems Bera Rajkumar Journal of English Language and Literature 2349-9753 67-73 4.09 2020 View File
    11 Identity, Freedom and Destabilisation: A Study of Quest- Motif in Amitav Ghosh’s The Hungry Tide Bera, Rajkumar RJLCS 2231-2773 2019 View File
    12 Social Outlook in Keats’ World: A Study of Humanism in Keats’ Select Letters Bera, Rajkumar The Criterion: An International Journal in English 0976-8165 103-110 2018 View File
    13 Stephen Gill’s Selected Poem: An Eco-critical Study Bera, Rajkumar 8. Stephen Gill’s Selected Poem: An Eco-critical Study Bera, Rajkumar Galaxy: International Multidisciplinary Research Journal 2278-9529 43-50 International 2017 2278-9529 43-50 2017 View File
    14 Identity Politics in Amitav Ghosh’s Writing: A Postcolonial Study of The Shadow Lines and Sea of Poppies Bera, Rajkumar Literary Herald 2454-3365 471-478 2.24 2017 View File
    15 Reflectivity of ‘Self’as a Poet- Critic: A Critical Study of Keats’ Selected Letters Bera, Rajkumar Indian Scholar: An International Multidisciplinary Research e- Journal 2350-109X 547-553 5.7 2017 View File
    16 Decolonizing the Mind in Amitav Ghosh Writing: A Postcolonial Study of The Shadow Lines Bera , Rajkumar International Journal Online of Humanities 2395-5155 1-7 2017 View File

    National Publication


    Sl no. Title Author Journal Name ISBN/ISSN Page No/Internet DOI Impact Factor Year Link
    1 Anthopocentric Labefaction and Eco-Warrior: An Ecocritical Study of Ranjit Lal’s Faces in the Water Bera, Rajkumar Department of English, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, India 0448-1690 95-104 2025 View File
    2 Overpowering the Power and Enunciating the Resistance: A Foucauldian Discourse in Temsula Ao’s “The Jungle Major” and “The Last Song” from These Hills Called Home: Stories from a Warzone Bera, Rajkumar JEC Printing Press (Ekalavya Research Foundation) 978-93-6175 -937-6 90-102 2025 View File
    3 Remapping Indian Diaspora: Literary and Socio-Cultural Representations Bera, Rajkumar YKing Books, Jaipur, India 978-81-974585-4-5 207-217 2025 View File
    4 Edited Book entitled "Decolonizing Nature: Literary Contexts" Bera, Rajkumar, Arpita Raj, Abhishek Chakravorty Banga Bandhu Publishing House ISBN: 978-81-969007-4-8 2024 View File
    5 Exploitation and Pharisaical Proclivity: An Eco-Marxist Study of Abdulrazak Gurnah’s Desertion Bera, Rajkumar RABINDRA BHARATI JOURNAL OF PHILOSOPHY ISSN: 0973-0087 2023 View File

    Books/Chapter Published


    Sl no. Title Author Journal Name ISBN/ISSN Page No/Internet DOI Impact Factor Year Link
    1 Circulation of Power and Construction of Identity: Reconfiguring Cultural Exegency and Populism in Arvind Adiga Last Man in Tower Bera, Rajkumar Post-Colonial Praxis: Ramifications and Intricacies (Notion Press) 978-1-63633-4967 2020 View File
    2 Objectification, Dehumanization and Disfigurement of Women: Discourse of Marginality in Margaret Atwood The Handmaid Tale Bera, Rajkumar Marginalization in Literature: Critical Perspectives ( Authors Press, New Delhi) 978-93-90155-26-2 96-107 2020 View File
    3 Migrancy, Displacement and the Quest: A Transnational Approach to Amitav Ghosh The Circle of Reason Bera, Rajkumar Performing the Nation: Memory and Desire in Contemporary Literature (Bird Nest/ Pakshighar Prakashanee, Bhubaneswar) 978-81-932167-3-5 187-193 2019 View File
    4 Kamala Das Select Poems: A Review in the Light of Feminist Consciousness Bera, Rajkumar Indian English Prose and Poetry (Amritalok Sahitya Parishad) 81-89365-69-X 187-190 2012 View File
    5 Intersections of Ecology, Culture and Conservation: Beyond Green Bera, Rajkumar and Sakti Sekhar Das Bloomsbury Publishers (To Be Published)
    Sl no. Scholar name Thesis title Co-Supervisor Status Completion year
    1 Subhadip Das Reconstructing and Negatiating Identities: A Transnational Study of the Select Novels of Abdulrazak Gurnah No Pursuing
    2 Koushik Ghosh Unmasking Power and Narrative of Control in Peter Handke’s Select Novels: A Bourdieusian Reading No Pursuing
    3 Nabadwip Mandal Shades of Trauma: Ethical Dilemma and Participatory Narrative in David Greig’s Select Plays No Pursuing
    4 Soumen Maity Ideological Fantasy and the Real: A Zizekian Reading of the Select Novels of Laszlo Crasznahorkai No Pursuing
    Sl no. Title Organized by Venue Year
    1 Do We Differ or Do We Defer: A Discourse on Deconstruction Department of English Tulasi Women's College, Kendrapara, Odisha 2023
    Sl no. Title of the Seminar/Conference/Workshop Year Role Venue Funding agency
    1 Performing the Nation: Memory and Desire in Contemporary Literature 2019 Paper presenter Department of English, Berhampur University, Orissa
    2 National Seminar on Critical Theory 2018 Paper presenter Department of English, Ravenshaw University, Orissa
    3 Indian English Prose and Poetry: New Perspectives 2012 Paper presenter Department of English, Midnapore College, West Bengal
    4 Personality Development and Communicative Skill: Tools for the Present Era 2017 Attendee Career and Counselling Cell and Department of English (K.D. College of Commerce and General Studies)
    5 Recent Trends in Literature: New Horizon 2020 Joint Convener Department of English (Midnapore City College)
    6 Narrative Space in Literature: Theoretical Perspective 2021 Joint Convener Department of English (Midnapore City College
    7 Decolonizing Nature: Literary Contexts 2024 Convener Department of English (Midnapore City College)
    8 Indian Literatures and Cultures: Theories and Reflections 2024 Paper OPresenter Department of English, Sidho-Kanho-Birsha University
    9 Framing of UG Syllabus of English in View of CCFUP (NEP, 2020) (Workshop) 2024 Participant Vidyasagar University, West Bengal
    10 Human, Animal and Natural History: An Ecocritical Approach to World Literature 2025 Paper Presenter Department of English, Ravenshaw University
    11 Architectural Dystopia: Broken Space and Broken Bonds in David Greig’s The Architect 2025 Paper Presenter Department of English, Jawaharlal Nehru University
    12 Liminality of Power: Identity and Authority in Peter Handke's Offending the Audience 2025 Paper Presenter Department of English, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar College and Nagar College, collaborated with Consortium Journal
    13 Politics of Narratives: Contextualizing Indigeneity and Cultural Anxiety in Literature 2025 Convener Department of English Midnapore City College