Faculty Members
Ms Asmat Jahan
Assistant Professor
Office Address:
Department of English,
Jamia Millia Islamia,
New Delhi - 110025

011-26981717 (Direct)

ajahan@jmi.ac.in, asmatjahan@sify.com (Primary)
Teaching Experience:
- Assistant Professor, Department of English from 08/11/2000 till date
- Assistant Professor, Department of English from January 1997 to November 2000 ( on adhoc position)
- Lecturer, Department of English, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh from 1995 to 1997
- Guest faculty at other places:
- Guest Faculty, University Polytechnic, J.M.I. From November 1997 to 2006
- Academic Counsellor, IGNOU, 199 till date
- Academic Associate, Hamdard Study Circle from July 2000 to October 2000
- Guest Faculty, Meerabai Polytechnic during 1999-2000
- Subject Expert/ External Examiner at other places:
- External Examiner/paper setter, Rohilkhand university
- External Examiner/paper setter, Amity University
- External Examiner/paper setter, Jamia Hamdard
- External Examiner, Kashmir University
- External Examiner, Hamdard Study Circle, New Delhi
- Expert member, Kendriya Vidyalaya Selection Board, 2008
Research Experience: M.Phil. 1991
Publications:
- English Translation of Ghayasurrahman’s Urdu story "Aanchal" published in New Urdu Fictions (Katha:2004)
- English Translation of Kunwar Sen’s "Tragheeb" published in New Urdu Fictions (Katha:2004)
- An article titled, " Moods of Love in Browning’s Pippa Passes" published in Re-Markings, vol. 1, No. 1 (2002) ISNN-0972-611X
- Invited to contribute a new entry on Ahmad Ali for Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature published by Sahitya Akademi
- Invited to revise entry on Mulk Raj Anand for Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature published by Sahitya Akademi
- Book Review of Jasbir Jain (ed) Reading Partition/ Living Partition ( 2007) published in Critical Practice, Vol. x1v, 2007 ISSN 0972-4230
Participation in Seminars and Workshops
- Attended Workshop on Translation organized by Katha at Jamia Millia Islamia as translator, September 18-20,2002
- National Seminar on Translation and Socio Literary Space, Jamia Millia Islamia, February 12-14, 2004
- Presented a paper at National Seminar on Prison Writing organized by Sahitya Akademi at Mysore, 25—27 september, 2004
- Attended Workshop on Development of Quality Question Paper setting at Academic Staff College, 2004
- Attended Workshop on Developing Skills for Research Project at Academic Staff College, 2004
- Attended Sap DRS Seminar-cum Workshop on Translating Premchand , 17-19 March 2005
- Attended National Seminar-cum-workshop on Translating Premchand-111 at Jamia Millia Islamia, Fabruary 19-20, 2010 as a Translator
- Attende SAP DRS Seminar on TRANSLATING premchand, 2006
- Participation in Orientation/ Refresher Programmes:
- Attended orientation programme organized by IGNOU, 2001
- Attended orientation programme organized by IGNOU, 2005
- Attended UGC Orientation Programme at ASC, J.M.I. 2009
- Attended UGC Refresher Course at ASC, JMI, 2010
Participation in Administration and Corporate life
- Senior Warden, Hall of Girls’ Residence, 2008 till date
- Assistant Coordinator IGNOU JMI CENTRE 0707 from 2005 till date
- Member, Debating Society, J.M.I. 2005
- Member, Debating Society, J.M.I. 2006
- Member, CULTURAL AND Literary Events Committee for Taleemi Mela, 2008
- CO-CONVENOR, Debating Society, 2010
- Member, B.A.Pass course Admission Committee