Details of Research Work
Doctoral Thesis
“T S Eliot and the ‘Strange Gods’: The Problem of Belief” supervised
and guided by the late Professor K D Kurtkoti (Sardar Patel University,
Vallabh Vidyanagar, 1991) wherein an attempt has been made to trace
successfully the development of Eliot’s “Poetics”. Commendations
from both my referees, who recommended it strongly for publication.
MAAL
Dissertation
“Grammatical Structures and Lexes Elicited by Communicatively-Designed
Tasks at Various Levels” supervised and guided by Professor Arthur
Hughes, Director, Language Testing (University of Reading, Reading,
UK, 1989).
MEd
(English) Dissertation
“A Critical Study of the Attitudes of the Trainees towards the BEd
(English) Programme offered by H M Patel Institute of English in
1978-79” supervised and guided by the late Mr K M Jani (Sardar Patel
University, Vallabh Vidyanagar, 1980).
Projects
Completed
1. “The Testing of English at the Collegiate and University Levels
in Gujarat” – An Independent Mini-Research Project funded by the
UGC, New Delhi in 1985-87.
2.
“Designing Courses and Materials for the Teaching of Compulsory
English at the Undergraduate Level in Gujarat” – An Independent
Mini-Research Project funded by the UGC, New Delhi in 1990-92.
Proposed
Implications of the Neurofunctional Theory of Language for English
Language Teaching, by collaborating with neurologists in some institutions
of mental health in the country so as to study the changes that
take place in the clusters of neurons during the process of learning
a language, the obstacles that come in way of proper learning, the
various changes that occur in the composition of neurons when we
process and/or produce language different from that in day-today
use, and try to answer questions related to all these.
Management
of English Language Teaching in Gujarat, with the focus of inquiry
being not on Management of English Language Teaching rather than
Management in English Language Teaching. The idea is to make an
attempt to understand what might have gone wrong with the management
of English Language Teaching so as to formulate strategies to overcome
the impediments.
Research Guidance
PhD
Awarded
1. Mr Hitesh Dharmendrabhai Raviya (2003), “A Critical Evaluation
of the Efficacy of the Testing Practices in English Compulsory at
the Undergraduate Level in Some of the Universities of Gujarat”.
2. Dinesh Haribhai Patel (2006), “Testing of Achievement in English
in the Sciences at the Undergraduate Level in Gujarat”.
3. Charudutt R Gurjar (2007), “Renewal and Development of Curriculum in English in the Sciences at the Undergraduate Level in Gujarat”.
Ongoing
1. Ajay O Mehta, “ELT at the Collegiate Level in Gujarat: Improving
Practices and Quality of Management” (December 2001).
2.
Parul Shantibhai Popat, “Chance Factors in Cloze Test (With Special
Reference to Grammar and Comprehension)”. (February 2002).
3.
Alpeshkumar Bhanuprasad Joshi, “Neurolinguistic Blockages and Deficiencies
affecting Communication: A Search for Solutions”. (October 2004).
4.
Manishkumar Ratilal Solanki, “Postcolonialism in Selected Novels
of Salman Rushdie, Vikram Seth, Amitav Ghosh and Shashi Tharoor”.
(April 2006). (Co-Guide with Dr D S Mishra).
MPhil
Awarded
1. Mr Raysing P Bhoi (1993), “The Playboy of the Western World:
A Study in Comic Transformation”.
2.
Ms Shraddha S Sharma (1995), “The Study of Maya’s Psyche in Anita
Desai’s Cry, the Peacock”.
3.
Ms Shymalee D Solanki (1998), “The Theme of Adultery in Gustave
Flaubert’s Madame Bovary and Leo Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina”.
4.
Mr Darshan M Gajjar (1999), “Mental Processes in Comprehension and
Production of English at the Master’s Level in Sardar Patel University:
What these Reveal”.
5.
Mr Manish K Pandya (1999), “The Treatment of ‘Love’ and ‘Sex’ in
D H Lawrence’s The Rainbow and Lady Chatterley’s Lover”.
6.
Ms Urvi N Mehta (2000), “A Critical Evaluation of the Learners’
Needs in the Home Science Colleges in Gujarat”.
7.
Mr Vinod B Parmar (2002), “The Problems faced in Translation by
the Students of English Literature at Sardar Patel University”.
8.
Mr Bhasker Kanaiyalal Pandya (2003), “Emergent Need-based Syllabus
for Remediation on BBA and BCA Programmes”.
9.
Abdulvahid Asgarali Saiyad (2004), “The Neurofunctional Theory of
Language and its Application to Reading and Writing”.
10.
Ashfaquemohammadkhan Jarmohammad Pathan (2004), “Efficacy of the
Need-Based Courses”.
11.
Pravina Albertbhai Parmar (2004), “Teaching Strategies for Improving
the Qualities of Teaching and Learning English (Compulsory) at the
Undergraduate Level of Sardar Patel and Gujarat Universities”.
12.
Kartikkumar Ashokkumar Jagtap (2006), “Efficacy of the Courses in
Functional English in Gujarat and Sardar Patel Universities”.
13.
Mayankkumar Bhailalbhai Vaidya, “Feminism in Shashi Despande’s That
Long Silence” (Registered 2005).
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