Mr. Neville Thomas – St. Berchmans College (Autonomous) Changanassery

DEPARTMENT OF
English

Mr.Neville Thomas

Assistant Professor

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Full Name:

Neville Thomas

Designation:

Assistant Professor

Department:

English

Email:

[email protected]

Mobile Number:

+91 9747683238

Educational Qualifications:

MA, MPhil, DMC, PhD (Pursuing)

Awards and Achievements:

University First Rank and Gold Medalist for MPhil Degree Course 2017
Assistant Director, King Henry IV Part I produced by the Shakespeare Theatre, St Berchmans College, 2018.
Directed a Fashion Show as part of Xpressions 2k15.
Assistant Director and in-charge of two plays selected by the department for competitions in various colleges (which bagged first and second prizes)
Judge to Management events and other competitions held at various colleges and schools.
Member of the main judging panel for the State Sahodhya Youth Festival, conducted by the consortium of C.B.S.E schools, Alappuzha (Events- English Drama, English Recitation, Extempore, Mock Press, and Mime) in 2014, 2015 and 2016.
First in the Drama Competition – ‘All the World is a Stage’- conducted at St Thomas College, Pala.
Best Direction Award for the short film, FAR BEYOND DESTINY, from Bharat Matha College, Thrikakkara and the Dept. of English

Area of Specialization:

Cultural Studies, Food Studies, Diasporic Literature

Papers Published:

"Re-sketching the American Dream in the Super-hero Comics", International Journal of English Language, Literature & Humanities, vol.6, no. 9, September 2016.
‘Respect Women’: An Analysis of Advertising as a ‘Value’ Merged Product Fiction and the Emerging of New Woman in the Havells’ Ad, Albertian Review of Literature, vol 3. no. 1, October 2016.
"Transcending the Gender Dichotomy: A Derridean Analysis of Transgender Identity", Roots: International Journal of Multidisciplinary Researches, vol. 3, no. 5, March 2017.
"Casting off the Gender Construct through ‘Nirvana’; Tracing the events in I am Vidya: A Transgender’s Journey", Roots: International Journal of Multidisciplinary Researches, vol. 3, no. 8, January 2017.
"Facebook, Identity Creation and a Hidden Threat to Privacy: A Foucauldian Analysis", Recent Trends in Contemporary Literature – Shanlax Publications.
"Cooking the Cultural Identity: An Analysis of Jhumpa Lahiri’s Short Story “Mrs. Sen’s” in the wake of Food Studies". Into the Nuances of Culture – Essays on Culture Studies, edited by G Baskaran & Blaise Johny. Yking Publishers, 2018.
"Glancing through the Diasporic Lens: Re-reading Benyamin’s Goat Days". Psychosocial Perspectives in Literature, Media and Culture. Authors Press, 2018.

Extension Activities:

Directorial Role

1. Henry IV – Part 1 --Assistant Director--- Costume selection, Stage Designing, Background Music selection ------Shakespeare Theatre.--- St Berchmans College

2. Antony and Cleopatra (Act V, Scene II) ---Director, Costume Designing and Stage ---450 years of Shakespeare Commemoration National Seminar ---St. Berchmans College, Changancherry

3. Julius Ceasar (Act III, Scene 1) ----Director, Costume Designing, Background Music---- 450 years of Shakespeare Commemoration National Seminar---- St. Berchmans College, Changancherry

4. Dreamhunt (English version of ‘Swapanavetta’) ---- Director ---- Intercollegiate Drama Competition ---- Deva Matha College, Kuravilangadu

5. Hamlet (The Mouse Trap – Act III, Scene 2) ----Director, Costumer & Makeup---- Intercollegiate Drama Competition, ----Girideepam College for Arts and Commerce, Kottayam

6. Romeo and Hamlet (Soliloquy alone) ---- Director ---- Intercollegiate Drama Competition, ---Zenith, Assumption College, Changanacherry

Plays Enacted

1. Tempest (Full Play) --- Trinculo ---- Shakespeare Theatre Production --- St Berchmans College, Changanacherry --- 2011

2. Romeo and Juliet (Act II, Scene 2) ---- Romeo ---- Navathi Celebration --- Mini Theatre Installation –-- St Berchmans College, Changanacherry 2012

3. Julius Ceasar (Act III, Scene 2) ----Mark Antony Navathi Celebration --– Mini Theatre Installation ---– St Berchmans College, Changanacherry --- 2012

4. Hamlet (Act V, Scene 2) ---- Horatio ----- NAAC visit, ---- St Berchmans College, Changanacherry --- 2013

5. Othello (Act V, Scene 2) --- Cassius --- NAAC visit --- St Berchmans College, Changanacherry --- 2013

6. Romeo and Juliet (Act II, Scene 2) --- Romeo --- David Hall, Fort Kochi (Globe Theatre delegate visit – Miranda Lapworth) --- 2013

7. Othello (Act V, Scene 2) --- Cassius --- David Hall, --- Fort Kochi (Globe Theatre delegate visit – Miranda Lapworth) --- 2013

8. Hamlet (Act V, Scene 2) --- Horatio --- David Hall, Fort Kochi (Globe Theatre delegate visit – Miranda Lapworth) ---- 2013

9. Hamlet (Act V, Scene 2) --- Horatio ---- Intercollegiate Drama Fest, ---- St Thomas College, Pala –-- First Prize --- 2013

10. Hamlet (Act V, Scene 2) --- Claudius ---- Navathy Reunion ---- MA Batches of English Department --- 2014

FDP'S ATTENDED:

Attended Refresher Course for Master Trainer’s Programme of ASAP, Govt of Kerala, 2017
Attended Workshop on Theatre techniques with special emphasis on German Expressionism in Vytilla, Ernakulam, Kerala.
Attended the Master Trainer’s Programme of ASAP, Government of Kerala for Assistant Professors conducted by the Higher Education Council

PATENTS/CONSULTANCY:

Edited the University Journal, Gandhigram Literary Review, Gandhigram Rural University – Vol 7, Summer 2018.
Technical Editing of Essays on Gandhi – 150^th Anniversary Edition – Edited by Dr Joseph Dorairaj – Published by Gandhigram Rural University, Dindigul.

DEPARTMENT OF English