Hansraj College

Women's writings, Novels in the late 20th and early 21st Century, Gender Studies

• PhD , 2021 , Department of English, University of Delhi
• Mphil , 2008 , Department of English, University of Delhi
• MA , 2006 , Department of English, University of Delhi
• BA , 1997 , Miranda House, University of Delhi

Dr. Sangwan has been teaching in the  English Departments of various constituent colleges of the University of Delhi since 2008. Her experience in the academic domain is preceded by five years of experience in the corporate sector where she worked for Group Usha and Maruti Udyog Ltd. post her PGDBM in 1999. This experience significantly contributed to her doctoral thesis where she explores the circulations of American imperialisms and neoliberal ideology in the novels of Salman Rushdie published post-1999. Dr. Sangwan has also published papers in national and international journals.

Papers taught: Indian Classical Literature; American Literature; British Romantic Literature; Literature and Cinema; Nineteenth-Century European Realism

Member NEP task-force, Apex committee for online education, Debating society

Evaluation duties

Invigilation duties

Co-ordinator conference organized by WDC and NCW (2019)

College English department admission duties for 1st year undergraduate & 1st year postgraduate admissions

Co-ordinator for IQAC, NIRF, and NAAC for the English Dept.

Reading American Imperialisms in Salman Rushdie's The Ground Beneath Her Feet (1999), Fury (2001), Shalimar The Clown (2005) and The Enchantress of Florence (2008)

Sangwan, Uplabdhi. “Exploring Models of Femininity in Women’s Writings.” Indian Ruminations – Journal of Indian English Writers, vol. Jan, 2014, www.indianruminations.com/featured-stories/exploring-models-of-femininity-in-womens-writingsby-uplabdhi-sangwan/.

---. “Jasmine as a fantasy.” Gender Forum, vol. 48, 2014, pp. 3-16, genderforum.org/wp-content/ uploads/2017/02/2014_Intersectionality_Complete.pdf.

---. “Politics of Representation in Writing of East into Being.” Research and Criticism, vol. 4, 2013, pp. 76 -87.

---. “Salman Rushdie and the American Empire.” Intellectual Resonance, vol. 3, no. 5, 2017, pp. 1-14.

Faculty Development Programs attended:

• "Development of Teacher's e-kit and MOOCs in Four Quadrant Format of e-Content" organized by GAD TLC (PMMMTMNTT) from 12-20 September 2020.
• "History of English Language and Literature" a 12-week FDP course organized by NPTEL - AICTE Swayam IIT-Madras (Sept to Dec 2020)
• "Introduction to Literary Theory" an 8-week FDP course organized by NPTEL - AICTE Swayam IIT-Madras (September to Nov 2020) (Top 5% of the certified candidates)
• FIP organized by GAD TLC (PMMMTMNTT) from 03 December to 30 December 2020
• "English Literature of the Romantic Period, 1798-1832," an 8-week FDP course organized by NPTEL - AICTE Swayam IIT-Madras (Jan to March 2021)(Top 5% of the certified candidates)
• "American Literature and Culture", a 12-week FDP course organized by NPTEL - AICTE Swayam IIT-Madras (July-Oct 2021)

Chapter in a book:

Sangwan, Uplabdhi. “Significance of Sisterhood and Lesbianism in Fiction of Women of Color.” Alice Walker’s The Color Purple, edited by Kheven LaGrone, Rodopi, 2009, pp. 173 -192.