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Dr. Kirti Sachdeva

Assistant Professor

Dr. Kirti Sachdeva is currently working as an Assistant Professor in the School of Liberal Education, Department of English, Galgotias University. With interests in the discipline of Cinema adaptation, Kirti’s research area orbits around the cinematic adaptation of Shakespeare in India. Having completed her Master of Philosophy (MPhil) on the same topic, she aspires to explore the abundance of innovation, creativity and research embedded in the field of cinema adaptation. Kirti is a voracious reader and a passionate writer. 

Dr. Kirti has worked as a researcher at Research and Information System for Developing Nations (RIS), a think tank under the Ministry of External Affairs. She has been associated with international events like BIMSTEC- BRICS Engagement, BRICS Civil Forum 2016, Second IORA Blue Economy Dialogue, National consultation on sustainable management of water and sanitation for all under SDGs, to name a few. 

Qualifications

  • Completed Ph.D. on the adaptation of Shakespearean Tragedies from Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University (2022). 
  • Completed MPhil in English Literature with first division from Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University (2016). 
  • Completed Bachelors in Education with first division from Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University (2013). 
  • Completed Master’s in English Literature with first division from Jesus and Mary College, University of Delhi (2012). 
  • Completed Bachelor’s in English Literature with first division from Jesus and Mary College, University of Delhi (2010). 

Publications

  • Published a short story titled “A Requiem For The Living” in the International Lapis Lazuli Journal ISSN No. 2249-4529- http://pintersociety.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Short-Fiction-Kirti-Sachdeva.pdf 
  • Published a paper titled “Un/Sexing Women in Maqbool: The female agency in the cinematic adaptation of Macbeth” ISSN No. 2249-4529, http://pintersociety.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/4.-Research-Paper-Gen-Kirti-Sachdeva.pdf 
  • Published a paper titled “From Othello’s Race to Omkara’s Caste: A study of the Conflicting Political Identities in India in Critical Overtures, An Anthology of Literary Essays, ISBN No. 978-81-924703-8-2 (UGC listed) 
  • Published a paper titled “The Challenges of Volatile Nationalism and Patriarchy for ‘Half Widowed Gazala’ and ‘Hysterical Arshia’: A Study of the Cinematic Projection of the Fragmentary Lives of Kashmiri Women in the Film Haider”, in the Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute (SRFTI) Journal, Vol 2, Issue 1, May 2021, RNI No. WBENG/201978442. 
  • Published a paper titled The Tracing of Colonialism in Nicolo Machiavelli’s The Prince in Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University Journal – Critical Overtures, An Anthology of Literary Essays, ISBN No. 978-81-924703-8-2 (UGC listed) 

Conferences

  • Presented a paper titled “A Study of the cinematic Projection of Women in Maqbool, Omkara and Haider” at an international conference on Role of Journalism in Nation Building, Gautam Buddha University in collaboration with SAARC Journalist Forum. 
  • Presented a paper titled “The Undiscovered Country From Whose Bourn No Traveller Returns Relocating Denmark’s Plight To Kashmir’s Calamity” at an international conference, NIT Meghalaya. 
  • Presented a paper titled “The Challenges of Volatile Nationalism and Patriarchy for ‘Half Widowed Gazala’ and ‘Hysterical Arshia’: A Study of the Cinematic Projection of the Fragmentary Lives of Kashmiri Women in the Film Haider” at a National Conference, Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute(SRFTI), Kolkata. 
  • Presented a paper titled “From Kashmir’s Chutzpah in Haider to Mumbai as Mehbooba in Maqbool: A Study of the Cinematic Projection of the Idea of Nation-State and the Muslim Community in India”, at the first international BIMSTEC Film, Media and Journalism conference held in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
  • Presented a paper titled “Dear Woman, Tell Us What Happened in 1857?: A Comparative Analysis of Mirza Hadi Ruswa’s Umrao Jaan Ada and Ruskin Bond’s A Flight of Pigeons”, at the 16th International MELOW conference held in Chandigarh. 
  • Presented a seminar paper titled ‘The Prince – By Nicolo Machiavelli: A Colonizer in Process”, at Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University.