Prof. Seema Singh

IIT Kharagpur

Dr. Seema Singh is currently Associate Professor of English and Soft Skills Trainer in the Department of Humanities & Social Sciences at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur. The highlights of her academic career include a Gold Medal at the BA (English Honours) from the University of Burdwan and University Fifth rank at the MA (Jadavpur University). This was rounded up with a Gold Medal at the M.Phil. (English) and a Ph.D. in Contemporary African American Fiction from the Banaras Hindu University (Varanasi).

Dr. Singh began her teaching career in 1996 with a seven-year Foreign Service stint at the Royal University of Bhutan. Prior to joining the IIT Kharagpur in December 2003, she had been Visiting Faculty for a semester at the Lucknow Regional Center of the English and Foreign Languages University (EFLU), Hyderabad. In her long teaching career, she has published several scholarly articles in International Refereed Journals as well as in National (Indian) Refereed Journals. Apart from a couple of book chapters, she has two books to her credit as sole author. Two more books are in the offing. Her NPTEL-MOOC course on Employment Communication is quite popular and indexed in the website of IIT Kharagpur. She has to her credit a GIAN course on Positive effects of Meditation on Young people and Adults as well as a SGRIP course on Time Management.

Currently, Dr. Singh teaches Courses (under the broad domains of Communication Skills and English Literature) at the IIT Kharagpur. Among other areas of her research interest are Business / Managerial Communication, Technical Communication /Writing Skills, Contemporary Indian Women’s Fiction in English, Feminist Narratology, and Subaltern Literature As a Soft Skills communication trainer, she has successfully conducted several MDPs & FDPs. With a number of quality publications in reputed International and National level refereed Journals, Dr. Singh aspires to excellence in Academics and Research.

NOC: Mastering Speaking and Presentations: A case Based Approach, IIT Kharagpur