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The conference brought together Vice-Chancellors, international scholars, faculty members, and research delegates to examine the intersections of literary studies, indigenous language preservation, technological disruption, and environmental justice.
During the five technical sessions, delegates presented research spanning diverse contemporary themes. In digital humanities, scholars presented empirical critiques showing how automated AI-detection tools exhibit systemic bias against non-native English writers, while demonstrating that machine translation flattens multilingual literary voice and cultural ambiguity in works like Geetanjali Shree’s Tomb of Sand. In subaltern studies, papers analyzed Dalit feminist life-writings, intergenerational trauma in Native American fiction, and micro-historical readings of gendered violence in Partition cinema. Policy discussions critically evaluated the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, examining Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) for regional-medium learners and assessing transgender inclusion within Socio-Economically Disadvantaged Groups (SEDGs) to bridge the implementation gap between written policy and lived classroom reality. In ecocriticism, presenters introduced the Blue Humanities and formulated an “arid hydro-criticism” through Girish Malik’s film Jal, exposing the slow violence of water scarcity and critiquing global conservation models that overlook the survival struggles of local human populations.
The valedictory session was chaired by Prof. Nagapallavi Nagaraju, Vice Chancellor of The English and Foreign Languages University (EFLU), Hyderabad, alongside Special Dignitary Prof. Roshan Lal Sharma, Dean of the School of Languages at the Central University of Himachal Pradesh (CUHP). Prof. A. Ravinder Nath, Vice Chancellor, CUKashmir, conveyed his best wishes in absentia, congratulating the department, organizers, and participating scholars on the successful organization and scholarly outcome of the international conference.
In his presidential remarks, Prof. Nagaraju called for critical algorithmic literacy, multilingual curricula that recognize World Englishes, and sustained institutional support to bridge the gender gap in advanced humanities research. Prof. Roshan Lal Sharma reflected on how language conditions human perception and morality, noting that the multilingual sensibilities of Indian scholars continually transform English into an authentic, indigenous vehicle of thought.
The proceedings concluded with closing remarks delivered by Convenor Prof. Sandhya Tiwari and session coordinator C. Vanlalawmpuia, who expressed gratitude to the university administration, resource persons, session chairs, international participants, and student rapporteurs for making the event an intellectual success.
