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Dr. R. Murugan

Assistant Professor

Department of English

Contact Information

  • Ph.D. English, Bharathiyar University, 2016
  • M.Phil. English Literature, Madurai Kamaraj University
  • M.A. English: Literature & Linguistics, University of Madras, 1999
  • B.A.  English Language & Literature, University of Madras, 1997

  • Business English
  • General English

  • Indian Writing
  • British Literature
  • ELT

  • A. J. Peter and R. Murugan, “Depiction of Women’s Gender in Shoba De’s ISSN 2277-1786, Vol. 12, No. 1, Jan – June 2023, Page No. 1592–1595, The Dawn Journal, Google Scholarly Journal. (online).
  • M. Karthik and R. Murugan, “Gender Inequality in Chetan Bhagat’s Five Point Someone and 2 States: The Story of My  ISSN 2277-1786, Vol. 12, No. 1, Jan – June 2023, Page No. 1586–1591, The Dawn Journal, Google Scholarly Journal. (online).
  • A.J. Peter and R. Murugan, “Approach of Modern Women Towards Life in Shoba De’s Select Novels,” ISSN 0044-0477, Vol. 22, Issue 03, March 2023, Page No. 831-835, YMER Open Access, Peer Review, Scopus Active 2023, Care UGC Group-II Journal. (online)
  • M. Karthik and R. Murugan, “Postmodern Issues Reflected in Chetan Bhagat’s Five Point Someone,” ISSN 0044-0477, Vol. 22, Issue 03, March 2023, Page No. 843-848, YMER Open Access, Peer Review, Scopus Active 2023, Care UGC Group II Journal. (online)
  • S. Kavitha, and R. Murugan, “The Act of Humanising Gods in Amish Tripathi’s Shiva Trilogy,” ISSN 0044-0477, Vol. 22, Issue 02, February 2023, Page No. 454–459, YMER Open Access, peer reviewed, Scopus Active 2023, Care UGC Group II Journal. (online)
  • S. Kavitha and R. Murugan, “Mythical and Religious Elements in Amish Tripathi’s Shiva Trilogy,” ISSN 2249-6912, Vol. 13: 23–26 June 2023, Page No. 23–26, International Journal of English and Literature (LJEL) Impact Factor (JCC): 8.4267. (Online)
  • S. Kavitha and R. Murugan, “Reading Jhumpa Lahiri’s Interpreter of Maladies from Diaspora Perspective,” ISSN 1930-2940, Vol. 19: February 2, 2019, Page No. 29-233, Language in India. (online)
  • R. Murugan and N. Lakshmana Perumal, “The Second Language through the First Language: An Experimental Approach,” ISSN 1930-2940, Vol. 17: April 4, 2017, Page No. 133–137, Language in India. (online).
  • R. Murugan and V. Peruvalluthi, “Postcolonial Gothic Hybrid in Arundhati Roy’s The God of Small Things,” ISSN 1930-2940, Vol. 17: March 3, 2017, Page No. 149–157, Language in India. (online).
  • R. Murugan and V. Peruvalluthi, “Colonial Family in the Bachelor of Arts,”  ISSN 2231-4466, Volume 3, Number 1, January-June 2013, Pages 16–19, Discourse Analysis (An International Refereed Journal) (Print).
  • R. Murugan, Culture and Tradition in “Kanthapura,” ISSN 2279-0128, Volume II, September 2013, Pages 136–140, Literary Innovations (A Bi-Annual International Literary Journal) (Print).
  • R. Murugan and V. Peruvalluthi, “Post-Colonial Family in Nectar in a Sieve,” ISSN 1930-2940, Vol. 13: March 3, 2013, Page No. 585–592, Language in India. (Online)
  • R. Murugan and V. Peruvalluthi, “Family in the God of Small Things,” ISSN 2231-4466, Volume 1, Number 2, July – December 2012, Page No. 036–041, Discourse Analysis (An International Refereed Journal) (Print).

  • A.J. Peter and R. Murugan, “Gender Discrimination in Shoba De’s Sisters,”  International Conference on Generational Gender Perspectives in Literature and Media (G2LM’ 23), SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Tiruchirappalli. 23–25 March 2023.
  • A.J. Peter and R. Murugan, “Gender Issues in Chetan Bhagat’s Select Novels,”  International Conference on Generational Gender Perspectives in Literature and Media (G2LM’ 23), SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Tiruchirappalli. 23–25 March 2023.
  • A.J. Peter and R. Murugan, “Gender Studies in Shoba De’s Socialite Evening,”  International Conference on Re-Emerging Trends in Literature, Language and Culture, Hajee Karutha Rowther Howdia College (Autonomus), Uthamapalayam, Theni District, Tamil Nadu, February 23, 2023.
  • M. Karthik and R. Murugan, “Cultural Disparity of Post-Millennium Era Reflected in Chetan Bhagat’s Two States: The Story of My Marriage,” International Conference on Re-Emerging Trends in Literature, Language and Culture, Hajee Karutha Rowther Howdia College (Autonomus), Uthamapalayam, Theni District, Tamil Nadu, February 23, 2023.
  • M. Karthik and R. Murugan, “Demythologizing the Hindu Myth in Amish Tripathi’s Shiva Trilogy.” International Conference on The Mirror of Life: Representations of History, Culture and Environment in Literature, St. Xavier’s College, Palayamkottai, May 6–7, 2022.
  • M. Karthik and R. Murugan, “The Philosophy of Shiva in Shiva Triology,”  International Conference on Studying Interdisciplinary Narratives through Literature, Language and Media (ICIN’22), SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Tiruchirappalli, 11–13 March 2022.
  • R. Murugan and V. Peruvalluthi, “Humanistic Values in Anita Desai’s Bye-Bye Blackbird”, ISBN: 978-81-908015-6-0, Volume 1, 21 March 2013, Page No. 388–394, Voices in the Wilderness (An Anthology of Papers Present in the UGC-Sponsored International Conference on ‘Humanistic Approach in Modern Literature in English’)
  • R. Murugan, “Post-Colonial Statement: Nectar in a Sieve and The God of Small Things,” ISBN: 978-81-923897-9-0, 6 February 2013, Page No. 48–52. Synchronising the Cognitive Perception and Emotional Response to Indian Writing in English (A Collection of Articles Presented at the National Seminar 2013)

  • FDP: One Week Online National Level FDP on “Empowering Academics Through AI Tools” Organised by the Career Development Cell, Gokul Global University, Siddhpur, Gujarat, from October 24 to 30, 2023

  • NPTEL: Short Fiction in Indian Literature

  • HOD of English, Sun Arts & Science College, Keeranoor, Tiruvannamalai , 2017-2023
  • HOD of English and Vice Principal, Aruna Vidhya Arts & Science College, Tiruvannamalai, 2011-2017
  • HOD of English, Sathyam College of Arts & Science, Chengam Taluk, Tiruvannamalai, 2010-2011
  • HOD of English, RTG Arts & Science College, Polur, Tiruvannamalai, 2009-2010
  • Guest Lecturer in English, Government Arts College, Tiruvannamalai, 2008–2009
  • Lecturer in English, Indian Arts and Science College, Kariyandal, Kondam, Tiruvannamalai, 2007–2008
  • Guest Lecturer in English, Government Arts College, Tiruvannamalai, 2001–2002