Good day, Dr. Vishwalingam M S. 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?

Please start by introducing your professional journey in academia.

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Yes.

Please go ahead with your introduction.

Yup. Uh so I am uh Doctor Vishwa Lingam MMS uh I'm from Sankaran Kovil which is a part of Tenkaichi district. I have completed my UG uh from colour selling university. Then I have moved to the American College mother for my PG. I have completed my AGC next examination during the year 2019.

I have enrolled for.

Thank you for sharing that.

Dr. Vishwalingam, thank you for sharing your information. Let’s proceed by discussing your background and expertise in relation to the role of English Professor. Starting with one of your listed skills: English Language Teaching. Could you elaborate on your specific approach or methodology when teaching English to diverse student groups?

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Thank you for clarifying. You were addressing your approach to English Language Teaching. Please continue from where you left off, or start again with your preferred teaching methodologies for diverse student groups.

Yeah, that's great. I like to go with my teaching experience here. So I as I told you before, I have got 4.44 point five years of teaching experience here. Within that time I have learned a lot.

Since I'm a continuous learner, I always like to go with learners centric approach. That I always, uh, look for, uh, uh, the standards of my learners. And based on that, I used to devise my pedagogy and I used to have a constant check whether I'm actually making sense when it comes to, uh, taking class, uh, or uh, uh, explaining them something and this kind of things. And my primary objective behind the taking class is nothing, but, uh, I like to have my classes more inclusive for many.

People, uh, I like to ensure always like, uh, my class provides a space of, uh, inclusion for every other person. It's like, uh, not every other person they are getting the opportunity to getting into educational institution, but even after that, uh, many people, they are facing so much of hurdles, uh, in terms of learning new things. So as a teacher, I believe like it's my greater responsibility while I'm being with my students in Seth class I.

To ensure, uh, inclusiveness where I have to ensure that all each and every other person inside my class, they are getting myself and I do always have these kind of concerns for with my, uh, learners.

Whether they are actually able to understand my things are where I'm lacking of and in which way I can do better for the people. Likewise, I used to go with and when when it comes to my research area, my primary focus is on young cattles. It's because I I'm very privileged to have this kind of.

Uh, and I believe I too belong to this generation and, uh, uh, from my personal view itself, uh, I can say, uh, this generation is facing more trouble. Of course, every the generation, they are having their own troubles, but uh, this generation, uh, has slightly more difficulties. It's because of the arrival of, uh, uh, electronical gadgets.

Opportunity of spending much time with the encoders.

And, uh, so much of things, uh, which, uh, which actually going out of control by these people. So my primary concern in research is nothing but focusing on giving better things to this young adults. Uh, in one of my research articles I have. Discussed about how body dissatisfaction is being as a biggest matter when it comes to interpersonal communication.

Uh, where I have uh, uh, started, uh, started the observation like, uh, how every other persons, their own hatred for themselves is being as a, a greater communication barrier. And that's what I have named it as the body dissatisfaction.

And I have.

Five Scopus indexed journals, general publication and I have two UGC Care listed publication and I have one ACAI publication.

And I do have a design patent and I do also have a copyright and I have also applied for roommate copyright which is under scrutiny and I believe like this 4.5 years of teaching experience.

And my greater concern for these young generation?

Uh, part of the reputation of the institution.

Thank you, Professor. Your commitment to a learner-centric approach and inclusivity in the classroom is commendable. Additionally, your research focus on young adults and its alignment with societal challenges offers impactful potential. Let’s explore a related domain. Could you provide insight into your experience or approach in teaching theory alongside laboratory/practical courses for your students?

Yes, of course. It's like, uh.

Since I'm being here in a technical institution, I, I, I, I, I didn't teach much into the theories, but I used to teach them a lot about how to, how to find a better career. And in that I used to go with much theoretical approaches. It's like as I told, I used to go with the Lander centric approach. So I used to make my students to understand what the expectations of the job market.

And what company is actually looking at you? So for that I used to go with. Very theoretical as well as.

The various opportunities available outside, I used to tell them like, OK, so we are living in this kind of a society, we are living in a capitalist society. We used to have so much of problems because of this and how the survey will fight is going to be in our life. And for that, how financially we have to equip ourselves. So on teaching these kind of basic theories, values and so much of things. I can provide them more values and I strongly believe like on discussing this kind of things.

To to all the greater extent I make themselves to understand it's because choosing career is not that easy task. And just like that they couldn't do that so. What I'm telling about the theoretical aspects is nothing but for example, instead of simply telling them.

My students, they are getting more ideas regarding if we are not actually doing much into the education, but definitely these kind of problems that we supposed to face on making my people to understand this kind of things. Actually, I'm motivating them a lot to find a better job. And I used to be a good orator and I used to showcase my speaking talent when I was being as a student in my college.

During my college days, I used to participate in so much of events and I have so much of experiences into that. So when it comes to training my students in particular.

I used to teach them how to what extent this interpersonal communication skills are very much needed nowadays. It's like as an engineer, they may have so much of ideas in their mind, but The thing is like they should know how to exploit it in the right way. How to how, how to demonstrate their ideas to a larger community, to attract more people and to pitch their ideas and to showcase their knowledge in a forum.

So far that I used to teach them the present days and skills how to make wonderful PPT, how to stand before a huge crowd and without any kind of hesitations, how to speak before a larger group and further, to what extent this body language, the the nonverbal communications are playing a vital role in that. Likewise, I used to focus a lot on that and I used to show and I used to demonstrate these kind of things before my students and I make them to understand. And I used to provide ample opportunities to my students to come up with their own classroom presentations, lecture delivering or some kind of group discussions, classroom debates or some kind of.

So I used to, I used to spend much time, I devote much time to spend with my students to demonstrate these kind of skills. And actually instead of simply learning it, I actually like to make them to do it. And I used to get so much of feedbacks and suggestions from the student side and I used to be very happy. When after completing this kind of courses. And they they are. They are, uh, getting into good companies, they are getting excellent placements and they are coming back with, uh, great smiles on their face, sharing chocolates and things with us and telling this kind of valuable comments like SAR. This kind of training has actually made some kind of impact on us. And, uh, uh, those things that we have discussed in the inside the class has actually helped us a lot when it comes to group discussion at the time of our interview and these kind of things, uh.

Uh, external speech, likewise, I used to provide the ample opportunity to my student to, to, it's like, uh, teaching is not always about, uh, talk and talk teaching is something, uh, that should be very practical.

Other are the motivational factors for me as well As for all the teaching professionals that we are doing. So in order to sum up this, I much into this and I'm very aware and I'm very keen on what I'm doing inside my classroom when it comes to teaching theories or the way that I'm handling my laboratories. And yeah, this is how I used to be inside my laboratory classes.

As well as teaching the things to my students.

Your emphasis on blending theoretical understanding with practical application for career readiness is notable, especially in fostering students’ interpersonal communication and presentation skills. The focus on student-centered activities like debates, presentations, and group discussions demonstrates your commitment to holistic teaching. Next, could you elaborate on your experience in guiding student projects and research? Specifically, how do you ensure that their work is both innovative and academically rigorous?

Um, so, uh, my teaching is not alone in inside the class. I used to help my students to, uh, apply for their higher education and uh yeah, as a part of our presentation skill lab, we used to help our students to come up with I triple E paper. Uh, I triple E paper is a, a template of paper where they have to come with. Their technical innovations.

As a research paper article, we used to guide them to come with that kind of research article. And for some students, we used to help them to go for copyrights, patent and also for paper publication as well as going for conferences, present paper presentations in paper presentations in symposiums, national level conferences. And we used to guide them a lot to go for hack accounts and.

And, uh, to, to be particular, uh, in my, uh, experience of teaching, I helped, uh, many people to, to get admission in, uh, foreign universities for that, they have to go for so much of documentation. So I used to help them a lot, uh, when it comes to making, uh, writing soph and uh, creating LinkedIn profiles. Uh, and uh, having their personal spaces, how they have to project themselves and guiding themselves to clear the exams like I Iels.

Many things.

It's because, uh, while I was a student, I used to be a, a competitive exam aspirant, uh, where I have, uh, uh, so much of experience into that. So I used to discuss these kind of things like, uh, uh, which exam you have to clear in order to get into this job and how we have to prepare for that bar. You have to start your preparation and how the exam will be, what would be the expectations in that exam and how you have to actually ready yourself of that. Likewise, I used to tell.

TOEFL GRE examination and from my personal experience, I used to guide my students regarding clearing competitive exams.

And, uh, I used to, uh, do some kind of consultancy work. Uh, it's because in my college, uh, we do have our own company, uh, called Proofum where, uh, I, where we, we are training IT professionals.

And as a part, we used to train our students also and I have trained IT professionals.

And some other college students as a part of consultancy work likewise. We are doing so much of things and.

Uh, when it comes to theatrical art, so much of things, it's because in our college, we do have Fine Arts Club where uh, I and uh, our college people, we used to teach them a lot about that. It's because I have got such opportunity while I was a student, I have worked in two theatrical performances. 1 was, uh, Webster's, uh, Duchess of Murphy and uh, another one is uh, Doctor Fosters by. Uh, Christopher Marlowe, they have worked in.

Two theatrical performances. So with that I have land so much of things like, uh, how, uh, how we have to be as a team and, uh, how a leader should be.

And how we have to join all our hands to do something great. Uh, likewise, I have learned these kind of things from this. So I used to transfer my ideas, my experiences that I have and doing these kind of things in my life. And I be used to do this. So, and even after they are getting out of the campus also, they used to be in constant touch with us. They never hesitate to ask any help that they like to have.

Uh, it's like, uh, how teaching is a long process. Likewise, uh, maintaining, uh, uh, a kind of cordial relationship with our students and, uh, being is the very first person for the students when they are in need of something. Uh, is the very first is the very beautiful thing that I like to, uh, mention. And in addition, I also being as a sub warden in one of the boys hostel where I used to be with.

Uh, in their life.

Students 24 bar 7 It's like my life is not uh, uh, it's not I, I'm not spending my time only during the class hours. I used to be with my students all the day, all the time. So I, I can probably say myself like, uh, whenever they need of something, I would be the very first one, uh, who comes to their mind to seek for help. And, uh, I can probably say myself like, uh, I used to be a very spontaneous person.

And I do know how we have to react at the right time. It's because hostel is something where many people are being together. If we delay something, there may be some other thing that may happen. And many people, they rush to my room asking for emergency medical help likewise. So I used to do these kind of things and I, I used to be very aware of these things and I always have greater concern on handling.

These things better.

Thank you, Professor. Your passion for holistic involvement is evident—from guiding academic and professional aspirations to creating strong personal connections with students in various roles, including your teaching, consultancy, and mentoring. Let’s shift focus to your research contributions. You mentioned publications and intellectual property. Could you detail how your research has impacted your academic field and how it aligns with institutional goals for advancing knowledge?

Yeah, definitely. It's like, uh, I couldn't see teaching as separate and research as separate. I used to see, uh, teaching and research, both are the same. It's like every other day inside my class is a new day of new explorations. Uh, I used to explore a lot. Every other day is a new learning experience.

So at the same time, I used to observe what are the things which is happening inside my classroom and how my students are reacting for that. So that's how I used to go with my research also. So sometime I used to see some kind of overwhelming kind of things, but on some time I used to see some kind of dull performance.

So, uh, I used to observe these kind of things and I always like to connect these dots wherever I am plotting dots. Some other day, I like to connect these dots. And with that, I used to come with a new figure that that figure is the template for my research. And in that I used to find what are the gaps that we had and how we can improvise our teaching pedagogy.

And I always like to understand.

Sorry my students expectations and what they are actually enjoying and what the thing they are not liking and on doing something how they are coming up with new ideas.

And failing to do something how they are not performing well. Likewise, I used to do so that to highlight in one of my paper I have discussed on body dissatisfaction. I like to go with the detailed.

Story behind that one of my during one of my class, I have seen I have given opportunity to my students to to come to come and speak before the people. There are people who never like themselves. They used to have self blame on themselves and they are hesitated to come out. And that's where I have found oh, there is a some kind of a.

Barrier that these kind of people that they're all facing and that's what I coined it as the body dissatisfaction likewise. And in many of my research it's like in some other paper I have discussed about.

Lecture capturing equipments. It's because in my college we do have lecture capturing devices. How it is creating impact in my learners?

And, uh, in some other paper I'm discussing about, uh, uh, what are the values that these people actually, uh, they, they should have. It's like many teaching profession is always about giving right guidance and motivation to the students. Uh, do we actually doing that? It's like, uh, English nowadays, it has become as technical English.

Likewise, uh uh, teaching English, not.

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No problem, Professor. Please feel free to continue where you left off about how your research, like body dissatisfaction and lecture capturing devices, impacts teaching and students' learning experiences.

Yeah.

Yup.

Yup. So the things were like, uh, uh, I used to bring actual motivation to my students, uh, to have uh, uh, greater aspiration over their life. Uh, we used to tell them many things like once you land this, you will land up in a good job and thereafter you will have a comfortable life. But, uh, one on a particular point of time, I come to know that these things are actually not making much.

Patients inside them so that I started exploring much.

And invariably.

Money making or having financial literacy where something that brings actual motivation. It's because the education that we are learning and the comfort that we like to have every other things is being decided by.

The financial freedom, the financial support, the financial backup that we are all having. So in after that during my classroom, I used to talk much about financial literacy and actually I have seen, uh, actually I have conducted this during my business communication classroom, I have started, uh, focusing much about financial literacy in that I have, uh, taught them much ideas regarding how we can become a millionaire.

And how much time that it may take. Likewise, I have stated them and I have actually made them to understand what are the actual steps behind that and how we can do that in a very systematic way and what could be the result of doing that. Actually, that kind of thing that has actually brought so much of confidence, so much of interest over learning that particular subject and in the coming.

What are the step by step procedures to that?

Assessments. I have seen some improved performances.

In their answers, it's because that paper itself, it is about business communication that are used to discuss more about business. So in order to simply teaching them about business and to bring motivation to land that subset, I have thought themselves of these kind of things like what you have to actually do and how this education can add more values to this kind of things. So this is how I used to proceed with my research.

And I have also focused myself in devising new pedagogies, uh, and coming out with new equipments of learning very first, uh, design patent that I have, uh, uh, I have got, uh, for, uh, for it's nothing but, uh, UV helmet, uh, cleanser where you have to mount that helmet. In a stand in that stand if we have UV.

Light so while you're keeping the helmet on that stand because of the UV rays pausing inside the helmet will be cleansed that's what the idea behind that and I have got patent also for that now I'm working much about coming out with new learning equipments actually I have designed a new learning equipment and I'm I'm now now I'm drawing it using. Softwares. It's because they are asking for 360° diamensions.

Of the, uh, learning kit. So I'm drawing that actually, once I complete that, definitely I will go for my next, uh, patent. But now it is fully about uh, uh, implementing new teaching method and, uh, it, it moreover, it, it, it would be like a play card.

On using that, we can we can make our students to understand much complex concepts very easily. That's what the idea behind that and I'm actually doing that.

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