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		| Name | Dr Vaibhav Shah | 
	 
		| Designation | Associate Professor | 
	 
		| Department | Literature, School of Liberal Studies | 
	 
		| Email | Vaibhav.Shah@sls.pdpu.ac.in | 
	 
 
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                                                    Educational Qualifications
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		 | Ph.D (The Fictional World of Orhan Pamuk: A Thematic Study of Select Novels, Department of English, MLSU, Udaipur, Rajasthan), 2010 | 
	 
		 | M.Phil. (Waiting for Godot and the Caretaker: A Study in Existentialism, Department of English, MLSU, Udaipur, Rajasthan), 2008 | 
	 
		 | M.A. (English Literature, Department of English, MLSU, Udaipur, Rajasthan), 2006 | 
	 
 
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		| Life Member of Forum on Contemporary Theory, Baroda, MELUS-MELOW Chandigarh, RASE, Rajasthan. | 
	 
 
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		| A Major Research Project on Reconceptualizing Bhakti: A Semantic Analytical Study (rs 500000) has been awarded by Indian Council of Philosophical Research, New Delhi for a period of 3 years (2021-2024). | 
	 
 
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		| Articles/Chapters Published in the books | 
	 
		
			
				 | 'Batch Reverse Osmosis: Evolution from the Concept to the Technology', Springer, Sep 2024 | 
			 
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		| Published Papers in Journals | 
	 
		
			
				 | '“The Mahabharata and the Politics of Persuasion” ', The Vedic Path: Vedic, Indological and Scientific Research, Jun 2018 | 
			 
				 | '"Toward the Ethics of Non-Reductive Equitarian Ontology of Object and Subject: A Reappraisal of Select Literary Works"', Journal of Literature & Aesthetics, Jun 2018 | 
			 
				 | '“Is the Crisis in Humanities Escapable? Rethinking Martha Nussbaum’s Curricular Reforms in the Light of Indian Higher Education System”', Littcrit: An Indian Response to Literature, Jun 2018 | 
			 
				 | 'Faith VS Reason: Christianity, Rational Egoism and Dostoyevsky's Crime and Punishment', English Forum: Journal of the Department of English Gauhati University, Jun 2018 | 
			 
				 | '“Quest for Academic Autonomy and the Making of Public Intellectuals: Some Reflections on Martha Nussbaum’s Humanity Project"', Dialogue Quarterly, Mar 2017 | 
			 
				 | '“Poetry as a Powerful Tool in Communication Skill Classrooms: A Case Study” ', International Journal of Humanities in Technical Education, Jan 2016 | 
			 
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		| Papers presented in Conferences, Seminars, Workshops, Symposia | 
	 
		
			
				 | '“Would Dostoyevsky embrace AI? A Study at the Intersection of Religion, Ethics and Technology Today.”',  International Conference on Religion and Technology in an Era of Rapid Digital and Climate Change., Nov 2023 | 
			 
				 | 'An Examination of Authenticity in the Life and Works of Fyodor Dostoyevsky', International Young Researchers’ Conference on Russian Studies Today: Emerging Trends in Language, Literature and Culture., aug 2023 | 
			 
				 | 'Shraddha as Non-Epistemic Disposition: A Conceptual Enquiry', Global South Asians: Transformative Experiences , Nov 2022 | 
			 
				 | 'Reconceptualizing Bhakti: A Semantic-Analytical Study', 1st Faculty Research Review Symposium, Mar 2021 | 
			 
				 | 'Representation of Ethical Questions in the Narratives of Colonial India: A Discourse Analysis of Select Novels', 1st Faculty Research Review Symposium, Mar 2021 | 
			 
				 | 'Bhajan as a Cultural Form of Knowledge Transmission in Indian Oral Tradition', Mapping Oral Traditions: Folklore of India with Special Reference to Vagad Region, Feb 2021 | 
			 
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