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Dr. Pradyumansinh Raj

Assistant Professor

School: School of Business and Law
Email Id: pradyumansinh.raj@nuv.ac.in

He has over 15 years of experience in teaching, training and academic leadership. During these years he worked with Parul University and Gokul Global University. He has offered his services as Assistant Professor, Exam Coordinator, Literature Club events coordinator, Nodal Officer – Language Courses for international students, Director – Career Development Center, I/C Dean – Faculty of Arts, Director – Linguistics Study Center, Coordinator –NAAC Criteria 7, Coordinator – Institution collaborations and outreach activities.

Academic background/Qualification

  • MA (English Literature), M.Phil (ELT), PhD (ELT)
  • PG Diploma TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language with dual specialization – (a) Business English and (b) Teaching Young Learners)

Certification:

  • BULATS from University of Cambridge ESOL Examination & Association of Language Testers in Europe
  • iTEP Business Plus English Proficiency from Boston Edu. Services, The U S Based Academic Evaluation Inst.
  • Teachers Support Program from ETS Propell, Head Office USA
  • Teachers Support Program from PTE-Academic Pearson Qualifications International
  • Teachers Support Program Cambridge BEC from Cambridge English Language Assessment, University of Cambridge
  • IELTS Teacher Training Program from IDP, Australia
  • Teaching Phonetics from AP Teacher Training Institute LLP, India, International TEFL Canada

Teaching

Courses taught by the faculty member

  • Business Communication, Soft Skills, Communication Skills, Thinking through Reading and Writing 1 & 2, Personality Development, Academic English, English for Design, English for Law, English for socializing, ELT related subjects to the students of MA(ELT), Life Skills, English (Oral), English (written), Indian English Short Stories, and other subjects related to English language and literature
  • He has developed task based teaching resources and conducted innovative, activity based, gamification based pedagogical tasks during his tenure of teaching. Cricket commentary for teaching Tenses, movie video clip based discussion, Ted Talk for note taking, public speeches for life lessons, picture description for critical thinking, book review for soft skills, movie review for positivity building, travel experience for narrative writing, gazing from window for observation and creative writing, case studies for intercultural communication, games for cultural inclusivity, advertisement analysis for overcoming gender biases, and the list of his classroom activities goes on. Because of such methods and prompts one can always find his classes with students talking, walking, drawing, discussing, laughing, sketching, writing, etc… to make the most out of these simulated tasks.

Area of Expertise and Research

  • Primary Area: Teaching English Language and Literature
  • Secondary Area: pedagogical aspects, Soft Skills, IKS are some of the areas that interests him to explore and research

Publications (in the order recent to be first)

List of publications in the chronology (APA Style Guidelines)

Journal Articles

  • Nitin, M., Sarvesh, R. R., & Pradyumansinh, R. (2024). Building Connections In The Higher Education Sector: Advancing Academic Collaboration. Educational Administration: Theory and Practice, 30(5), 12731–12737.
  • Punit, P., & Pradyumansinh, R. (2023). Relationship between Work-Life Balance Practices and Employee Well-being. Empirical Economics Letters, 22(December Special Issue 1), 1–11, 1681-8997.
  • Pradyumansinh, R., et.al. (2023). Forms of Naritva in Kanthapura, Journal of Namibian Studies: History, Politics, Culture, 35, 3177 – 3183.
  • Akhter, Shamim., Iftikhar, Sehrish., Raj, Pradyumansinh., Singh, Santosh., & Elyazgi, Moamar. (2022). Analyzing the Role of Social Media in the Development of English Vocabulary at University Level for Foreign Language Learners. Central European Journal of Management, 30(4), 486-495.
  • Akhter, Shamim., Raj, Pradyumansinh., Joshi, Rushi., & Elyazgi, Moamar. (2022). Elaborating the role of Smart phones for Foreign Language Learners in Learning English Language. International Journal of Early Childhood Special Education. 14(5), 5809-5814.
  • Raj, Pradyumansinh., & Dwivedi, Pawan. (2022). English for Interior Design: Investigating the Students, Teaching -non Teaching staff and Practitioners’ Language Needs. International Journal of Early Childhood Special Education. 15(5), 4408-4417.
  • Raj, Pradyumansinh., & Dwivedi, Pawan. (2022). ESP-EAP Considerations and Comparative Analysis of Communication Skills For Bachelor of Interior Design. Journal of Positive School Psychology. 6(6), 6804-6813.
  • Raj, Pradyumansinh., & Dwivedi, Pawan. (2018). Analysing Syllabus of Communication Skills Offered to Students of Interior Design from the Perspective of English for Vocational Purposes. ERENET Profile. 13(4), 22-29.
  • Trivedi, Ashwini., & Pradyumansinh, Raj. (2016). City by the Sea: Economic Perspective. EPRA International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research, 2(2), 82-86.

Books

  • Jain, C., Pradyumansinh, Raj, & Yunus, Karbhari. (2017). English Language Skills for Academic Purposes: A Textbook for College Students. Macmillan Publishers India Pvt. Ltd.
  • Raj, Pradyumansinh. (Ed.). (2017). Competitive English. Macmillan Publishers India Pvt. Ltd.
  • Rakhi, Moghe., & Pradyumansinh, Raj. (2017). 2nd Ed. English. Gujarat Technical Publication.
  • Raj, Pradyumansinh., Dipali, Pandya., Manisha, Banani., & Hiral, Gaud., (2016). Gujarat Technical Publication.
  • Rakhi, Moghe., & Pradyumansinh, Raj. (2015). English. Gujarat Technical Publication.

Training/Workshops attended (in the order recent to be first)

  • FDP on Indian Knowledge Systems: An Introduction, Institution’s Innovation Council, Sri Guru Teg Bahadur Khalsa College, Punjab, 20 – 26 May 2024
  • FDP on Gamification Practices in Language Pedagogy, NITTTR, Chennai, 1 – 5 January 2024
  • Exploring Teaching Strategies and Research Avenues in Reading Skills, Vardhaman College of Engineering, 13 – 19 December 2023
  • Train the trainer Certificate in Outbound Training, Mahabodhi Consulting Group, 29 September – 2 October 2023
  • International FDP on ICT and Language Learning, Westminster College London, & Satyabhama Institute of Science & Technology, Chennai, 14 – 18 August 2023
  • Short Term Certificate Course on Inclusive Education, Mahatma Gandhi University, ISSCTE & FTC, Kerala, 20 – 26 February 2023
  • FDP on Pedagogical Excellence in ELT, KCLAS, Tamilnadu, 13 – 17 Feb 2023
  • MOOC on English for Media Literacy, RELO, U S, Department of State, Nov –Dec 2022
  • FDP on Curriculum Design, Pedagogy and Teaching Methodology for English Communication in Law Universities, Gujarat National Law University, Gandhinagar, 19 – 24 Dec 2022
  • New Perspectives in English Language Curriculum & Research, Department of Languages, Presidency University, Bangalore, 5 – 9 Dec 2022
  • Teaching Academic Writing Skills Course, RELO, U S Embassy, New Delhi, India, July-August 2020

Trainings / workshops conducted / invited lectures

  • AI Tools in English Language Teaching, KIIT College of Education, Gurugram, 22 July 2024
  • AI Tools for Teaching and Learning, Vignan’s Foundation of Science, Technology & Research University, 5 July 2024
  • “From the Lens of English Language @ Vocabulary Teaching”, International English Language Teachers Association (IELTA), 5 April 2024
  • “‘Who is your roommate?’ Task based ESP – Interior Design”, Faculty of Humanities, University of Panama, 20 February, 2024
  • “Presentation Skills”, Rashtriya Raksha University, Gandhinagar, 7 November 2023
  • “Use of English in Academic and Corporate Domains”, Faculty of Arts, CVM University, 22 July 2023
  • “Transactional Analysis for Effective Communication”, CDC, Gokul Global University, 17 July 2023
  • “E-Content Development: Introduction & Overview”, Uudaan Educational Services, 20 March 2023
  • Effectiveness of Task-based Language Teaching, Faculty of Arch & Planning, CVM University, 14 May 2022
  • Effectiveness of Task-based Language Teaching, APIED, S P Univ. 10 May 2022
  • Effectiveness of Task-based Language Teaching, School of Arc & Plan, P P Savani Uni, Surat, 29 April 2022
  • Effectiveness of Task-based Language Teaching, BM College of Arc & ID, Bhagwan Mahavir University, Surat, 25 March 2022
  • Effectiveness of Task-based Language Teaching, GSID, Uka Tarsadia Uni, Bardoli, 14 March 2022
  • Delivered a session during workshop on “Question Paper and Syllabus Designing: An Unprecedented Approach”, Faculty of Arts, Parul University, 25 March 2017
  • Conducting sessions on Reading and Writing Skills during Indian Summer School – 2016 from University of transport Technology, Vietnam, IRC, Parul University, 6 – 30 July 2016
  • English Language Course for international students from African continents & Afghanistan, International Students Affairs Cell, Parul University, February to May 2016

Awards/Honors (in the order recent to be first)

  • Recognition received by the faculty member for their contributions to teaching, research, or service.
  • 2nd Prize in Individual Category in an International Symposium “Adhigam – Aayam” on Innovative – learner Centered approaches to teaching and learning organized on 13 September 2024
  • Exemplary Trainer award conducting innovative trainings in the area of English Language development by International English Language Teachers’ Association, India on 5th September 2024
  • 1st Prize in Individual Category in ISTD Trainers Awards (ITA), 2024, ISTD Vadodara on 14 April 2024

Professional Affiliations /Membership

  • Lifetime Member, Forum on Contemporary Theory, Baroda.
  • Donor Member, English Language Teachers’ Association of India, Chennai
  • Yearly Member, International English Language Teacher’s Association, India.
  • Yearly Member, Centre for Folklore Studies and Research, West Bengal.
  • 2 years Membership, Indian Communication Congress, West Bengal
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