Bio
Prof. Nasmeem Farhin Akhtar is Professor and Head, Department of English, Dibrugarh University, and Director (i/c), UGC Centre for Women’s Studies, Dibrugarh University.
A distinguished academic, researcher, and scholar, her areas of interest encompass Language, Literary Theory, British Literature, particularly Fiction, Women’s Studies, and Women’s Writing.
She has published extensively in Scopus-indexed and other reputed journals across the country and has contributed chapters to edited scholarly volumes.
She has coordinated a UGC SWAYAM Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on Women’s Writing and supervised Ph.D. dissertations. Her research includes an NCW Major Research Project on Domestic Violence.
She is a sought-after Resource Person on Literature, Women’s Studies, and gender sensitisation.
She has contributed to policy initiatives as a member of the Government of Assam’s Sub-Committee on Women Empowerment for the empowerment of Indigenous Assamese Muslims. She has travelled widely on academic assignments and is actively associated with the Dibrugarh University International Literature Festival as an organising team member and session moderator.
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