Good day, J. Prashanth Isaac. I'm Arjun. I've had a look through your background and your professional record. I'm interested in hearing more about your work and how you see yourself fitting in here with our faculty. Ready to start?

I am.

Could you elaborate on your professional journey in academia?

Hello, this is Professor Prashant Isid.

I've started my teaching journey.

A decade back.

I've been serving in Norris College since 2016.

And I've been.

Thank you for sharing that!

Professor Isaac, let us verify your skills for this position. To begin, could you describe your understanding and application of "Digital Humanities" in your academic or teaching experience?

Yes, I can.

In the day, the present.

AI generative generations.

I prefer teaching.

The language to the students, especially the rural students.

Using the AI generated apps.

And digital tools.

Which includes.

All the applications which helps.

Basic learners to learn English effectively and the pedagogy I'm following.

Is a modern.

Pedagogy.

Which?

Enable every rural student to enhance themselves and nurture themselves through digital.

Tools.

Understood, Professor Isaac. Could you elaborate further on how you incorporate "Digital Humanities" in designing courses or projects? Specifically, how do you integrate digital tools and AI in teaching literature or language?

Using AI tools to teach.

From the digital era.

Rather from.

A traditional story saying or a traditional lecture method.

I prefer using.

AI tools.

To make every student to get involved and make the classroom atmosphere a student centric.

And the AI tools help.

Every individual student.

To prepare themselves.

For the better global understanding.

Of the contemporary literature.

Thank you, Professor Isaac. Moving on, could you discuss your expertise in Commonwealth Literature and how you approach teaching this area to students?

Commonwealth literature associated with.

The world.

And all the.

Post colonial studies.

Thank you. Could you elaborate on how you teach post-colonial themes within Commonwealth Literature? What approaches or frameworks do you use to make these themes accessible to your students?

Since I'm, uh, doing my research studies on racism.

Which is closely associated with post colonial studies.

And.

Since I'm living in a country like India.

I am.

Teaching the post colonial studies to the rural students especially.

To make sure they understand.

The.

Tenacity.

To understand the tenacity and as well as.

Please proceed.

They understand the tenacity and as well as.

The.

That happened even in this country, India and as well as countries like Africa.

Theory behind post colonial sufferings.

Thank you, Professor Isaac. Could you now discuss your experience and strategies in English Language Teaching, particularly for students with diverse learning needs and levels?

So to teach English for a diverse English students community.

I would use a flipped technique in the classroom.

Using a modern pedagogy to.

Make all the students get involved.

Into the learning sessions.

A pre recorded videos and.

A will prior informative videos uploaded in their.

Educational apps would greatly help them.

To get a better understanding of the subject.

And when they come into the classroom?

It would greatly help them to.

Group grouply discuss and to have a conversation between each other and that would make.

All students comes from a diverse circumstances.

Together.

Thank you, Professor Isaac. How do you evaluate the effectiveness of your teaching methods with such diverse groups?

I would.

Stand.

Please continue.

I would stand different from.

The.

Traditional eating methods.

End.

I would give them.

A sign of encouragement before every test and every assignments.

And this would greatly help them and to encourage them to get involved into the lessons.

And this is one of the teaching methodologies that I prefer to do.

Thank you, Professor Isaac. Let us now discuss your ability to teach theory and laboratory courses effectively. How do you design and balance theory and practical components in your teaching?

In courses like ELT English Language teaching.

I would.

I would.

Exemplary.

Come with an innovative idea.

To teach them.

The English language.

With different practices.

Namely, monologue practices to speak to themselves.

Or the solid lock keys.

To give all the clarity about.

Their English proficiency.

Thank you, Professor Isaac. Could you now outline your approach to student evaluation and exam duties? How do you ensure fairness and accuracy in your assessments?

I would not.

Evaluate them on basis of the marks.

Rather, I would never.

Rather, I would evaluate them.

You know, personalized, personalized mentorship.

Understood, Professor Isaac. How do you guide student projects and research? Could you share some of your strategies in mentoring them effectively?

Mentoring the students, especially in the field of research, I would greatly encourage them.

To look forward, publish.

Repu jour Journals in a reputed.

Journals.

And to self examine them.

On the basis of the research progress by looking into.

Multiple journals from a reputed.

Scopus Journals.

Thank you, Professor Isaac. Could you now discuss your communication approach? How do you ensure structured and effective communication in your teaching and mentoring?

In a class of 60 students.

I would.

Con concentrate on every single sixty students out of 60 students. I would give my attention for every single individual students.

I personally believe even.

One among the 60 failed to.

Understand the teaching and fail to focus on the learning process.

I believe.

It's a failure class, so I give my individual attention for every single student.

Thank you, Professor Isaac. Finally, could you elaborate on your research publications? What areas have you focused on, and in which reputed journals have you been published?

My area of specialization is.

Racism.

And I'm doing it in American literature.

And I have published.

Two journals in a reputed peer reviewed journals which comes under UGC Catalyst.

And I also published another paper.

Based on my own interest topic, just music and literature, I have published that in an other reputed journal as well.

Thank you for sharing that, Professor Isaac. Have you had any experience in industry projects or consultancy? If so, could you share some insights on your contributions in those areas?

I haven't done any project on these specialization but I'm willing to do that in the days to come.

Professor Isaac, I see you have a Ph.D. in English Literature from Thiruvalluvar University. Could you share some insights into your doctoral research topic and its core contributions to the field of English literature?

I'm doing my research studies on racism.

And I have selected my author on the basis of.

Her literary accomplishments.

I have selected the dramas of.

Susan Laurie Parks.

And she is one of the prominent and profound writers from the United States of America.

And she has come up with.

Multiple dramas and literary text.

Which?

Comes with all understanding of the severity and the pain behind racism and the susceptibility of black American people.

Were still facing the heinous effects of racism.

Thank you, Professor Isaac. It appears your research delves deeply into Susan Laurie Parks' exploration of racism and its impact on Black Americans. How do you envision integrating these themes into your classroom teaching to inspire and engage students?

Country like India.

Though we are not facing the.

Problem of racism in a majority of.

Problems.

A great problem which is similar like racism, that is casteism.

But we do face.

So I paraphrase.

The heinous effects of racism into the problem of casteism that we undergo in our country.

So I encourage and I insist my students.

To have a discernment.

Between.

On the basis of quality, but not on cost.

Evaluating people.

That is a thoughtful approach, Professor Isaac. Bridging the themes of racism and casteism provides students with a lens for understanding social hierarchies and discrimination within global and local contexts. How do you adapt Susan Laurie Parks' works to address the nuances of casteism in classroom discussions or activities?

Having learned about Doctor Ambedkar.

I'm very much intensed and doing a deep studies.

My research studies on Susan Lori Parks works which speaks about racism.

Of using.

And.

My understanding of.

The problem happening around me and into my society.

It is very similar that being suffered by all the fellow Americans.

And the other part of the globe so.

My point?

I would.

Continue to do.

The.

Enlightenment process for all the students.

Everywhere that I teach.

To have a discernment.

That people should not be discriminated.

On the basis of cost, greed or religion.

Understood, Professor Isaac. Using your research to foster inclusivity and awareness among your students is commendable. One last question on this: how do you assess whether students are truly engaging with and internalizing these critical themes in your classroom?

The students are very much.

Into the subject whenever I speak of racism and casteism.

Especially my students are from rural backgrounds.

And they are facing this susceptibility.

Every day in their life.

And the students especially come from.

A background where the people are deeply.

Into this superstitious belief.

So when I come with these ideologies.

The students.

They stand against.

All this evil activities.

By raising their opinions.

And I believe it personally elevated that. Thoughts.

Thank you, Professor Isaac, for sharing your approach and observations. Your commitment to fostering critical thinking and empowering students to challenge societal issues is both impactful and necessary. Let's proceed.

Professor, can you outline your three-year research roadmap, focusing on how you plan to secure external funding and align this with institutional academic priorities?

I am doing my.

Funding search. I'm still looking for a.

Funding project.

To do my postdoctoral fellowship.

Since I have completed my research work.

And I would be glad if I get a funded project.

To support my postdoctoral research on the same.

Topic.

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Take your time, Professor. How would you ensure that your mentorship helps maintain a steady stream of impactful student contributions to research?

Students who are doing research on my topic.

I would greatly encourage them to look for.

Publications.

Made published by.

Expertise.

And to have a prior knowledge about.

The topic.

And I would also encourage them to publish.

Multiple articles with this regard.

So in which that way they would have gained.

A great insight.

On the specific topic.

Thank you, Professor. Beyond mentoring students locally, how do you envision leveraging international collaborations to enhance the citation metrics and overall impact of your research?

I'm looking for opportunities.

When I receive certain opportunities.

I would gladly.

Write my research proposals.

To the foreign universities.

And globally where they are discussing this problem under their forum.

And that way I can bring.

Every possible.

Opportunities for all the rural students as well as.

To me.

To discuss on this.

Wonderful topic.

Understood, Professor. Thank you for sharing your thoughts regarding mentorship and collaboration. That brings this section to a close. We’ll proceed from here.

I'm still waiting for the.

Professor, can you describe how you would implement an active learning strategy, such as a flipped classroom, for teaching a large-enrollment course without relying on slides? Focus on the specifics of how such a model would function effectively.

So so to teach on a specific topic.

I would.

Make students to gather in groups and to make group discussions about the given topic. So in that way.

Every student can participate in the topic and they can come up with their ideologies.

And to have a multiple ideologies for one particular topic can.

Have an enlightened vision.

For every student.

That approach fosters critical thinking and collaboration among students. To probe further, how would you adapt this method to engage students with complex theoretical material that may not lend itself easily to discussion, while still encouraging active participation?

The complexity behind.

The topics to make students understand is challenging yet.

By having.

Uh, personal and.

Uh, public conversation about the research topic?

Can bring.

A great, enlightened mission.

From the students side and their perspectives on the individual topics can bring.

A great insight for everybody else.

Understood, Professor. Insightful discussions can indeed deepen understanding, especially for complex topics. Shifting focus slightly, how do you design evaluation tools that measure actual competency and comprehension in your students rather than relying solely on standardized testing methods?

Listening to the students.

Would greatly evaluate their.

Thought process.

The problem of today's education is.

Sometimes teachers fail to listen to the students ideologies and thoughts.

Most of the times the students they come up with innovative ideologies where.

Professors or teachers can learn from.

Such innovations and in that way I would be very student centric.

To listen from students perspective and to approach any ideologies from their perspectives and to nurture them with my ability.

Thank you, Professor. Your student-centric perspective is commendable. I have gathered the necessary insights for this section. Let's proceed.

I'm still waiting.

Professor, how would you approach developing a systematic strategy to increase the research output per faculty within the English department, ensuring alignment with accreditation expectations?

I always believe in the team work.

So when I get into the team of faculty members from this extinguished.

Institution.

I personally.

Believe to have a collaborative.

Works with the.

Other staff members.

And which can bring a fructuous result.

Among the faculty research progress.

Thank you, Professor. Building on that, how would you ensure a balance between administrative responsibilities and maintaining your own research output, especially within this collaborative framework?

Taking up responsibilities.

Indicates.

Uh, self power of.

Any workers?

In that way, I would be glad to assist the department in every possible way with all my strength.

And with flexibility.

Understood. Could you also share any prior experience where you led or significantly contributed to an internal committee that directly impacted accreditation or quality audit outcomes?

I have contributed a lot in the present institution where I'm serving for the welfare of the student and as well as to.

And that way I have come, uh, I have conducted.

And to get many laurels.

And many welfare programs of the student centric.

Many seminars.

Understood, Professor. Let's now explore a specific ethical scenario. Suppose a student accuses you of grading bias and their complaint contradicts the institution's pass-percentage targets. How would you strategize to balance ethical grading integrity with institutional expectations?

First of all.

I would not.

Blame or I would not accuse them as a retaliation, rather I would introspect.

What made them to be provoked?

And I would do the best to bring.

The transparency.

For everybody.

Who are listening to it?

And that would be a great strategy to make everyone understand the truth.

End.

Students.

Provoked by.

Any other concepts?

I would not allow.

Such things happen in my teaching criteria.

Thank you for your detailed response, Professor. To follow up, considering transparency is crucial in your approach, how would you secure external research funding for English studies while aligning this with an institution's academic priorities?

I would do my best to have a collaborative.

Work with.

British Council.

And many other organizations.

Which closely associated with English language teaching.

And that way.

I would also come up with.

Memorandum of understanding with other esteemed universities and institutions so in which the this can produce a great.

Brussels and Impact.

In the English language TC.

Understood, Professor. Lastly, how would you manage professional disagreements with leadership, especially if such conflicts arise in a public committee setting?

Accepting challenges and facing them makes one person strong and this is my belief.

And hearing to the conflicts, and hearing to their.

Ideologies would also make.

Once understanding to get better and clarified.

And with hearing all the.

Conflicts and controversial statements would bring.

A solution for the conflicts.

Every conflict any rational statement as a solution.

Because.

Thank you for that approach, Professor. Your emphasis on understanding and collaboration is noted.

Professor, as part of your role, you would be expected to bridge the gap between academic learning and professional industry standards, promoting employability for students. Could you outline a concrete strategy for leveraging your professional network to establish pipelines for internships or core sector employment opportunities?

I would make the students.

To get prepared mentally and as well as emotionally and physically to get into the streamline off.

They expected.

Companies, which they are.

Associated with.

And.