Profile 

Dr. S. URMILA

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH

Queen Mary’s College, Chennai

More than 25 years of teaching experience in various institutions.  

Trained Facilitator for HR Programmes and Spoken English. Served as Facilitator for FEEL Employable Training Programmes in many colleges, conducted by CLHRD, Mangalore. 

Conducted many programmes for students and teachers at college level. Apart from Academics- special interest in Soft Skills, Spoken English, Personality Development 

Took part in syllabus design for 11 & 12 standard with SCERT, gave 3 sessions for teaching Communicative English , as part of the Government initiative. Took part in Tamil Nadu government’s project in preparing new syllabus, Professional English for Colleges in the years between 2018 and 2021. 

Academic activities

SCERT- Attended workshops for 11 & 12 std. Communicative English Syllabus revision and book review- 2017, 2018, 2019

Mentored during the Seminar on ‘Developing New Curriculum-2017’ -20 to 22 July 2017

DIET-Video Recording for 11 &12 Lessons in Communicative English / PG Teachers’ Training- 2020-21 & 2021-22. Relayed in KALVI TV

TANSCHE- Professional English for Colleges -Team Head / Editor- 2020-21 & 2021-22

TNPSC- Confidential work- (Examiner) 2015,2016,2017

Sri Ramakrishna Mission Vidhyalaya College of Arts and Science, Coimbatore -TANSCHE Nominee as Academic Advisor for DDU KAUSHAL KENDRA- 2016-19

Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirapalli Chairman for Semester Examinations in English - November 2016, April 2017, November 2017, April 2018, September 2019

CLHRD- Facilitator/Resource Person-FEEL-Initiator at REVA University-09 to 11 July 2018

CLHRD- Facilitator/ Resource Person-FEEL-Employable at SIT, Tumkur ( Sep 2022)

CLHRD- Facilitator/ Resource Person-FEEL-Teacher, Vidhya Pratishtan’s New English Medium School, Bramathi, Maharashtra. 

CLHRD- Facilitator/ Resource Person-FEEL-Employable at SGCET, Chikkaballapur, July 2023

CLHRD- Facilitator/ Resource Person-FEEL-Employable at BGS College of Engineering, Bangalore, May 2024

CLHRD- Facilitator/ Resource Person-FEEL-Employable at SIT, Tumkur ( June 2024)

DG Vaishnav College, Chennai – Subject Expert at Board of Studies- 14/02/2019

Rajalakshmi Institute of Technology- Resource Person for Soft skills for UG students- February 2019

Department of English Studies, CHRIST University, Bangalore – Gave a lecture during a Webinar- 21 August 2020 on the topic ‘Redefining the Image of Women in The Ramayana and The Iliad: A Comparative and Feminist Approach’

City Union Bank Staff Training College, Chennai- Resource Person for a training session on Communication and Interpersonal Skills for Star Performers of CUB, 08-02-2021

Department of English, Shrimathi Indira Gandhi College, TRICHY- Webinar on English Language Teaching-05 Aug 2021 

College/ Department Activities/ Responsibilities

YRC Coordinator- 2016-17

ICT Coordinator for Soft Skills and Industry Awareness Training Program for Under Graduates- 2017-18

VIDEOS ON INTERVIEW SKILLS FOR PLACEMENT CELL, QMC- March 2021

Conducted Training sessions for 4 batches of students on Employability before Placement Drive in February 2024