Eugenie Pinto M.A., M. Phil. 
Retd.Principal, Queen Mary’s College (Autonomous) Chennai 600004.
Former Principal, Arignar Anna Government Arts College for Women, Walajapet ( July 2004-to July 2005)
Principal, Patrician College of Arts and Science, Adyar, Chennai 20.
Member, Tamilnadu State Commission for Women.
Work experience (38 years) From 1.7.1971
Teacher/administrator
Taught English Language and Literature to undergraduates, postgraduates and Guiding M. Phil Research Scholars. Administration of department and associated work. Admissions, chief superintendent for University exams in various colleges, Examiner for UG, PG and MPhil examinations, student counselling,
Work related to heading an institution first at the rural level and later at Queen Mary’s college, a premier women’s college.
As Principal, obtained NAAC B++ for AAA Govt College, Walajapet
Appointed Member of The Tamilnadu State Commission for Women
AWARDS and fellowships related to Australian Studies
January1997 to April 1997: Awarded the Australian International Educational Foundation Fellowship to Visit Australian Universities in 1996. This was through an open All- India Competition. Visited 17 Australian Universities and researched their Australian Studies courses
October 1999 to January 2000: AIC Research Grant to study Australian Literature at Universities of Wollongong and Melbourne.
July 2001 visited Canberra, Melbourne and Brisbane to attend Conferences on Australian and Commonwealth studies.
Researched Australian studies at the Australian Studies Centre at the University of Queensland.
Papers Presented
- Christopher Cyrill – Hymns For the Drowning – A Cultural Odyssey- New Delhi.
- Fowl Filcher — A Picaresque Novel.- Loyola College
- Ntozake Shange - From a theatre of poetry to a theatre of life. Madras Christian College
- Seminar on Critical Biography - The Mystique of Princely India- University of Madras.
- Ted Hughes- Poet Laureate.-University of Madras
- Lionel Fogarty: From Resistance to Renewal: An Appraisal of his poetry -Australian Studies
Seminar- University of Madras
- The Fictional World of Thomas Hardy- Chairperson of the seminar.
- Close encounters of an academic kind-paper presented at the National seminar
organised by the Australian Education International.-Hyderabad
- Australian Studies – An Overview.
- An Eco-Feminist Reading of Inez Baranay’s Neem Dreams.-New Delhi
- Dalit Masculinity in Sivagami’s In the Grip of Change.
Publications
- Metrics: English Prosody. (1987) Macmillan, Chennai
- Ntozake’s Theatre of poetry: Article in the Journal of Feminist studies,
Madras Christian College 1991
- Ted Hughes: The Thought Fox Laureate. (2001) Emerald Publishers, Chennai
- Hymns for the Drowning: A Cultural Odyssey: the Fiction of Christopher Cyrill Prestige
books, New Delhi-2002
- An Eco-Feminist Reading of Inez Baranay’s Neem DreamsIASA Publication,2006
- Indian Dreams- A review of Inez Baranay’s Neem Dreams in the IASA Newsletter
Research Guidance in the following areas:
- Australian Literature – Autobiography, Drama, Short Story, Poetry, Fiction.
- Modern British Novel—David Lodge and the Campus Novel.
- Modern British Poetry—Philip Larkin.
- African-American Writing—Gloria Naylor, Ntozake Shange, Alice Walker and
Gwendolyn Brooks.
- Indian Writing in English-R.K. Narayan, Anita Desai.
- Urban Aboriginality in Archie Weller’s Day of the Dog
Membership of Official Boards
University of Madras-P.G (English) Board of Studies
The Ethiraj College BOS ( Autonomous)- PG
Stella Maris College BOS (Autonomous) –UG and PG
Expert Committee Member for Australian Writing Unit in IGNOU
Member Academic Council- University of Madras (2005-07)
Governing Body Member for Women’s Christian College and Bharathi Women’s College, North madras, Hindustan College of Arts and Science up to 2008.
University Nominee for UG Board of Studies in Dr Ambedkar College, Vyasarapadi
Member of the Working Group for Higher Education in the 11th Five Year Plan for Tamilnadu-Submitted report requesting for Language Labs in all Govt. colleges and for suggestions regarding teaching of communicative English and Tamil.
Member of Advisory Committee for the Chennai Marathon held in Dec 2007
Board member for TRB recruitment procedures-verification of certificates
Convenor of Inspection Team, appointed by Thiruvallur University for continuation of affiliation to courses in the Indo-American College, Cheyyar, Jan 2005
Resource Person for University of Madras, Academic Staff College Refresher Courses for College teachers from 1997 onwards.-On Topics related to Literature/ Criticism/ Australian Studies
Selection committee member for recruitment of NCC officers in Women’s colleges (2007).
Chairperson for A-Zone Inter-Collegiate Sports committee for 2005-06
Member for TRB recruitment of College lecturers in Govt./ aided colleges-all subjects
University Nominee for Selection of Principal for M.G.R. Janaki College
Member of Advisory Board for Research Journal, Queen Mary’s College
Adjunct Faculty Dept of English, University of Madras
Member, Governing Body of SERFAC, Chennai.
Countries visited
Australia, UK, France, Italy, New Zealand, Singapore, Dubai. |
