Sunday, April 5, 2020

Introduction to Author

Introduction to Author


            Born at a small village Parao Mehna in Moga district  Punjab Dr. Khushwant Singh Kang was educated in one of the most prestigious institution or Rajasthan, Sainik School Chittorgarh Rajasthan, India where his father worked as Physics teacher. After graduation from Government College Chittorgarh Rajasthan in which he bagged National Merit Scholarship as he had secured 74th position in the state. He went on to complete post graduation in English Literature from Maharana Pratap Government P.G.College Chittorgarh.After post graduation he got job of Assistant Professor in November1985 in College Education Department Rajasthan where he had been working in different Government Colleges teaching graduate and post graduate classes in various Government Colleges of Karauli, Bharatpur, Bhilwara, Mandaphiya and Chittorgarh. He successfully completed a Minor Research Project sanctioned by UGC in 2000 A.D. and was awarded Ph.D degree on the topic “ Milton’s Philosophy of Gender Relations : A Study of Divorce Tracts and Paradise Lost “ from MDS University Ajmer in October 2002 under the supervision of Dr. Ramesh C. Tungaria. He actively participated in Project High-TEC conducted in the joint Collaboration of Director, College Education Rajasthan Jaipur and US Embassy who lent the services of  Senior English Language Fellow George Chinnery from 2007-2009. As a master trainer he trained English teachers of Government Colleges of Rajasthan in Teaching English Communicatively. Meanwhile he also completed in service training courses in 1994, 1995, 2001 and 2003 at Academic Staff College Jaipur, Jodhpur and Udaipur. He was also part of second training program under Ms. Connie Greenleaf and as a master trainer he conducted two week training course at Udaipur. In 2003 he became member of Rajasthan Association of Studies in English and the member of ELTAI (English Language Teachers’ Association at India). He actively participated in annual conferences of RASE and currently he is General Secretary of the organization. In the year 2017 he translated a few poems by one Punjabi poet Bhupendra that was published under the title Dialogue with Silence by Aesthetic publications based at Ludhiana, New York and Brampton (Canada). Currently he is working as Associate Professor and Head , P.G. Department of English at Maharana Pratap Government P.G .College Chittorgarh Rajasthan India.        

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