Dr. Dileep R

Dr. Dileep R Name : Dr. Dileep R
Designation : Assistant Professor
Department : PHILOSOPHY
Email : [email protected]
Qualification MA, M.PHIL, JRF-NET Ph.D
Present Position
Work Experience 7 Years
Total Experience in Current Service
Years (PG)		 6 Years
Years (UG) 6 Years
Research/ Projects UGC Minor Project: Thought, Language and Pedagogy: Towards A Glossary of Conceptual Terms (in Malayalam)
Books/ Publications
  1. “Navacharitravadam”� (New Historicism) In Malayalam, DC Books, 2000
  2. “Thandedangal”� (On Tribal Social Movements IN Kerala), DC Books, 2004
  3. “Ranimar, Padminimar”� (Ed), DCBooks, 2015
  4. “Guruchinthana:Oru Mukhavura”� (Ed), DCBooks, 2016
Papers Presented in Conferences/ Seminars
  1. �Premodern Or Post modern?�, in International Conference on Europe and South Asia, organized by Institute of Social Sciences, New Delhi , Calicut, May16-20, 1998.
  2. �On SreenarayanaGuru�, in the workshop Understanding Religious Practices organized by Department of Philosophy, SSUS, Kaladi, April 25-27, 2007
  3. �Who Is A Writer?� in Translation and Transformation organized by Department of English, University of Hyderabad and CIIL, Mysore,October4-5,2007
  4. �Writing Selves�, in Dalit Autobiographies organized by Department of History,Sree C. Achuthamenon Government College, Kuttanellur, Trissur, March12-13, 2009
  5. �Spiritual Untouchability� in UGC national seminar on Dalit Studies organized by Department of English, Calicut University, February17- 19,1998
  6. �Text and Context� in national seminar on Postmodern Theories organized by Government college for women, Thiruvananthapuram, July7-9,2010
  7. �Body and Identity� in international seminar on Exploring Masculinities organized by Department of English, St. Alysius College, Trissur, February 19-20,2007
  8. �Remembering Baudrillard�, at academic staff college, Kariavattom, organized by Allaiance Francaise de Trivandrum in association with Embassy of France and Department of Philosophy,Univeristy of Kerala,June12, 2007
  9. �Philosophy as Life: Notes on Sreenarayana Guru�, Annual International Conference 2013, ‘The Colonial and the Regional: 2014 State, Legality and Literature in South India, Departments of History and Malayalam, C.K.G.memorial Government College, Perambra, 28th February, 2013
  10. �Meaning and Language�, National Seminar on �Structuralist Trends in Philosophy of Language�, Department of Philosophy, Government College, Chittur,27th November, 2013
  11. �The Business of Thinking�, National Seminar on New Media, Malayalam Department, Government Victoria College, 4th December, 2013
  12. �Who is Afraid of Mob-ilisations?�, National Seminar on Deliberative Democracy, Centre for Gandhian Studies, Alphonsa College, pala, 26th February, 2014
  13. �Politics of Time�, National Seminar, Department of Philosophy, University of Calicut,6th March 2014
  14. �Thinking From India�, Paper at Birth Centenary Celebration of Prof. P.S.Velayudhan, Department of History, Maharajas College, December 6, 201
  15. �What is Science?�, Refresher Course in Humanities, Academic staff College, Kannur University,24thJune 2014
  16. �Changing Kerala�, Thiruvananthapuram Book Fair, NBT, 8th October, 2014
  17. �Queer Time�, U.G.C National Seminar on �Subaltern Chronotopes:Issues and Strategies�, Department of English, Newman College, Thodupuzha,21st October, 2014.�The Body Question :Recent Debates�, Prof.Manju Mathew Memorial Lecture, Department of English, Baselius College, Kottayam,12th November 2014
  18. �Right to Have Rights�, Workshop on Human Rights,Sreenarayana College, Alathur,10th December 2014
  19. �Brief Disruptions:Crafting Lives outside Normal Temporality in Keralam�, National Seminar on �Movements in Time/ Space�, Department of English, Government Victoria College,15th December, 2014
  20. “Body, Pleasure and Politics�, U.G.C sponsored Refresher Course in Gender Studies, Academic Staff College, Calicut University,24th Januray,2015
  21. �Gender and Governance�, Two dayU.G.C  National Seminar on Economics of Gender, Department of Economics,The Zamorin  Guruvayurappan College, Kozhikode, 29th January, 2015
  22. �Secularism and Contemporary India�, South Indian Writers Ensemble, Chenganur, 25th July, 2015
  23. �Understanding Post Modernism�, Residential Training, Directorate of Higher Secondary Education, 8th December, 2015
  24. �Human in The Human Rights�, National Seminar on �Human Rights in the Post Independent Hindi Poetry�, Department of Hindi, Government Brennen College, 20th November 2015
  25. �Dalits and Modernity�, Symposium on Dalit Writings in Malayalam, (organized by Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi) at Calicut University,17th August 2016
  26. �Bharatheeya Thathva Chintha enna Mithya: M.Muralidharante Upanishad Vimarsham�, National Seminar on �Bharatheeya Chintha: darsanavum Vimarsanavum�, Department of Malayalam, Thunchan memorial Government College, Tirur, 10th March, 2016
  27. �Politics of Seeing�, Talk as part of Round Table organized by Department of English, Government Brennen College, 17th July, 2016
  28. �Curating Academic Libraries�, National Conference on Librarianship, Information, Management, 9th December 2017
  29. �Knowing /Subjects: Politics, Academics and Literary Field�, National Workshop on �Dalit Discourses: New engagements and Directions�, Department of English, KMM Government Womens College, Kannur,  26th October, 2017
  30. �Art as Witness�, National Conference on Social (Art)Work, Department of Social Work, Sree sankaracharya University of Sanskrit, Tirur Centre, 2nd march, 2017
  31. �Art and Philosophy�, National Seminar on �Aesthetics: Inroads into Art�, Department of Philosophy, University College, Thiruvananthapuram, 25th January, 2017
  32. �Knowledge, Academy and Activism�, Seminar, Department of Malayalam, Sree Sankaracharya Sanscrit University, Kaladi, 7th December, 2017
  33. �Thinking and Language�,  International Colloquium,  �Learning from Derrida�, Department of English, Government College, Mokeri 2nd February, 2019
  34. �Kerala’s Past: New ways of Seeing�,  Two day Seminar on Cultural Studies, Department of English, Government Brennen College, 11th July, 2019
PhD / M Phil/ Projects Guided
Awards/ Honours
Positions Held
Seminars/ Conferences Organised
  1. Two Day National Seminar on “Thinking in Art and Thinking as Art” organized by Dept. of Philosophy, Govt. Brennen College on 14th& 15th October 2015
  2. Two Day National Seminar on “Ecstasies of Living: Understanding the Mystic” organized by Dept. of Philosophy, Govt. Brennen College on 11th &12th November 2019
Additional Responsibilities (2019-20)
  1. Convener, Library Supervising Committee
  2. Member of:
  • Alumni Co-ordination team
  • Orice Coordinating team
  • Students Amenities Committee
Other Information
  1. Three years of experience in editing “Pachakkuthira”, a cultural studies magazine published by DCBooks.
  2. Worked as editor with DCBooks for 5 years
  3. Worked as resident editor of Penguin Books India in charge of Penguin Malayala  Manorama publishing programme for 4 years
  4. Curated an international event, Kochi Life 1 (Kochi Letters International Festival) on the theme “Whither Left?” at Ernakulam on January 8th and 9th, 2010
  5. Curated an international event, Kochi Life 2 ( Kochi Letters International Festival) on the theme “Whither Art?” at Ernakulam on February 17th , 2013
  6. Curated a weeklong event “Brennen Thalasseri Book Fair and Literary festival” at thalassery from december 20th to December 27th , 2015
  7. Co-curator of four day Symposium , “Kala, Sareeram Chintha: Avishkaranangal” oraganised by Kochi Biennale Foundation as part of Kochi Biennale in Kochi from 13th to 16th  January , 2017
  8. Acted as reviewer of library purchase process in Colleges and Universities of  Kerala ( assigned by Kerala State Higher Education Council, 2017)
  9. Edited the social science journal “Aya”� published by Institute for Social and Ecological Studies, Calicut from 2017 to 2018