Faculty details

Prof.Nirban Manna

Designation: Associate Professor

Department: Humanities and Social Sciences

Email: nirban[at]iitism[dot]ac[dot]in

Contact Number:

Office Number: +91-326-223-5079

Personal Page: Under Construction

Research Interest: Drama , Theatre And Performance Studies, Cultural Studies

Teaching

HSD507: Introduction to Drama, Theatre and Performance Studies

HSD508: Introduction to Comparative Drama

HSI101: Communication Skills

HSP001: English -1

HSP102: English – II

Academics

2011: PhD in English – Banaras Hindu University

2007: M.A in English – Banaras Hindu University

2005: B.A in English – University of Calcutta

Position

Associate Professor 

Awards and Honors

Publications

Books Published

  1. Manna, Nirban. “English Transaltion Tripti Mitra’s Sacrifice” Ed. Anita Singh & T.T.Mukherjee, Gender, Space And Resistanc New Delhi.: D. K. Prints. 2013. 
  2. Manna, Nirban. “English Transaltion - Winkle and Twinkle”. Ed. Amitava Roy. Bratya Basu: Selected Plays in English Translation Calcutta: Deep Prakashan, 2015.
  3. Manna, Nirban and Avisekh Deb. “English Transaltion - Black Hole”. Ed. Amitava Roy.  Bratya Basu: Selected Plays in English Translation. Calcutta: Deep Prakashan, 2015.

List Of Research Publications (only in Peer-reviewed Journals)

1.            Mukherjee, Moupikta & Nirban Manna, “Indian theatre and incarceration: performing the transition from criminal to civic space” , Research in Drama Education: The Journal of Applied Theatre and Performance (RIDE-Routledge). 26.3 (2021) 528 - 541 (Indexed : AHCI and Scimago Q1).

2.            Sarkar, Debjani & Nirban Manna. “Men Without Names : Body-Identity Markers in the Naxalite Novel”, Archiv Orientální. 89.1 (2021). 155 – 183. (Indexed : AHCI and Scimago Q3).

3.            Sinha, Upasana & Nirban Manna, “From Home to House”: Mediation of Memory and Desire in Configuring Kashmiri Pandits’ Identity” Clio (University of Purdue Press) 48.1 (2021) 53-75 (Indexed : AHCI and Scimago Q3)

4.            Verma, Ishita & Nirban Manna, “Celebrating Emotion: A Study of Rasa in Qutban Suhravardi’s Mirigavati or The Magic Doe” Medieval History Journal.(Sage) 24.1 (2021) (Indexed : AHCI and Scimago Q2 ) (Accepted and Forthcoming in 2021).

5.            Sarkar, Debjani & Nirban Manna. “Left‐wing extremism in India: Red terror through the novel” Literature Compass (Willey Blackwell) 17.9 (2020) :1-14 (Indexed : AHCI and Scimago Q1).

6.            Ghoshal, Shubhra & Nirban Manna “Dialogue for Empowerment: Jana Sanskriti’s Experiment with the Method of the Theatre of the Oppressed in Rural Bengal” New Theatre Quarterly (Cambridge University Press) 36:29 (2020) : 117-130 (Indexed : AHCI and Scimago Q2).

7.            Mukherjee, Moupikta & Nirban Manna, “Playing in the darkness: a study of the transformative theatre-making process of the Shyambazar Blind Opera House” Research in Drama Education: The Journal of Applied Theatre and Performance (RIDE - Routledge). (2020) 498-504 (Indexed : AHCI and Scimago Q1).

8.            Ghoshal, Shubhra & Nirban Manna, “Theatre for Sustainable Development: Jana Sanskriti’s Participatory Ideologue and Practice” PROBLEMY EKOROZWOJU 15.1(2020): 221-227 (Indexed : AHCI and Scimago Q3).

9.            Sarkar, Debjani & Nirban Manna. “Hues Of Red: The Facades Of Leftist Insurgency And Crisis In India In Select Fiction” Comparative Literature Studies (University Of Pennsylvania Press). 55.2 (2018) : 379-394 (Indexed : AHCI and Scimago Q2)

10.          Sinha, Upasana & Nirban Manna, “Being and Believeing : Santhal World of Gods and Spirit”. Revista De Etnografie Si Folclor (Journal of Ethnography and Folklore) 1-2 (2018) : 67-85 (Indexed : AHCI and Scimago Q4).

11.          Mamun, Sarkar & Nirban Manna, “Juvenile Rights and Politicization of Childhood in Colonial Bengal. A Socio- Literary Panorama” History of Education and Children’s Literature (HECL). 12:1 (2017): 357-378 (Indexed : AHCI and Scimago Q2).

12.          Ghosal, Subhra & Nirban Manna. “Boal’s Reception In India: Dialogism Of Jana Sanskriti’s Theatre Of The Oppressed”. Journal of Dharma – 42:2 (2017): 201-2019 (Indexed : AHCI and Scimago Q3).

 

13.          Verma, Ishita & Nirban Manna “Ramcharitmanas And Bakhtin: A Study Of The Development Of Novelistic Discourse During The Medieval Period” Revista De Etnografie Si Folclor (Journal of Ethnography and Folklore) 1-2 (2020) : 87-101 (Indexed : AHCI and Scimago Q4)

14.          Sinha, Upasana & Nirban Manna, “Acculturation and Identity: Appraising Santhals’ Transition through Folktales”. Forum for World Literature Studies. 10.2 (2018): 245-260 (Indexed : Scopus and Scimago Q1 ).

15.          Manna, Nirban. “Velvi's Theatre Intervention for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD): An Assessment of Effect of Drama Therapy”. Indian Journal of Health & Wellbeing . 12.3. (2021):361-366.

16.          Manna, Nirban. “Beyond the Stage and Shadows: Theory and Practice of Badal Sircar’s Third Theatre” The Literary Miscellany. 2.1 (2011): 21-39.

17.          Manna, Nirban. “Badal Sircar’s Evam Indrajit: A Paradigmatic Illustration Of Metaphysical Rebellion”. Dialogue: A Journal Devoted to Literary Appreciation 7.1 (2012) 45-57.

18.          Ali, Eeshan and Nirban Manna. “Cartography Of Terrorism: America’s Cultural Imperialism And Geopolitical Anxiety In Frank Miller’s Holy Terror” The IUP Journal of International Relation 10:4 (2016): 32-50.

19.          Ali, Eeshan and Nirban Manna. “Featuring Feminine Men: Configuring The New Man Hero In The Select Bollywood Films Of New Millennium”. International Journal Of English Language, Literature And Translation Studies 3:2(2016):111-116.

20.          Manna, Nirban. “Libertine Enlightenment: Re-Locating Badal Sircar’s There’s No End In Sartre’s Ontological Idiom Of Responsibility” Literary Miscellany 2:1 (2013): 18-30.

21.          Manna, Nirban. “Rhetoric of Desire and Despair: Badal Sircar’s That Other History in Existential Vision” Atlantic Literary Review 15:3(2014):60-72.

22.          Sarkar, Debjani & Nirban Manna. “A Pastiche of Sorts: Intertextuality in Byatt’s Possession and the Virgin in the Garden”. Research and Criticism (Pencraft India) 8 (2017).: 105-116.

23.          Manna, Nirban. “English Translation of Partha Chatterjee’s Bengali play, Jatiya Ekankika (National Playlet In One Act)” Impressions of Eternity 2.1 (2010):16-35.

Projects & Activities

Sponsored Research Projects (External Funded)

Title of the project:

Theatre and Dance Movement Therapy as Rehabilitative Tools for People with Mental Retardation: Empirical Study

Name of PI:

Nirban Manna

Funding Agency:

ICSSR – IMPRESS

Amount:

6.30 Lacs

Duration

2019-2021

Status

Report Submitted

Guidance

  1. Mr. Shah Al Mamun Sarkar (Reg. No. 2014DR0027) – PhD awarded in 2018
  2. Debjani Sarkar (Reg. No. 2015DR0146) - PhD awarded in 2021
  3. Shubhra Ghoshal (Reg. No. 2015DR0013) - PhD awarded in 2021
  4. Upasana Sinha (Reg. No. 2015DR0259) - PhD awarded in 2022
  5. Moupikta Mukherjee (Reg. No. 2016DR0076) - PhD awarded in 2022
  6. Ishita Verma (Reg. No. 2015DR0159) - PhD awarded in 2022
  7. Barkha Rani Lakra (Reg. No. 20DR0033) – Ongoing
  8. Sushmita Dey (Reg. No. 21DR0203) – Ongoing
  9. Sneha Prasad (Reg. No. 21DR0180) – Ongoing
  10. Shaunak Tiwari (Reg. No. 22DR0246) – Ongoing
  11. Karthika S (Reg. No. 22DR0298) – Ongoing
  12. Swati Kumari Singh (Reg. No. 23DR0191) – Ongoing
  13. SANGITA NEOGI (Reg. No. 24DR0001) – Ongoing
  14. Chandrakala Ghosh(Reg. No. 24DR0249) – Ongoing