Counter Cultural Discourse and Dalit Literature in India

Dr. M. Dasan is currently Professor and UGC Research Awardee in the Department of Studies in English, and Director, Centre for Canadian Studies, Kannur University. Formerly he was the Head of the Department and has relinquished his headship consequent on being selected for UGC postdoctoral research Award. His first book Racial Consciousness in Black American Drama was the subject of this doctoral dissertation. He has also edited Beyond Resistance: Critical Essays on Canadian First Nations Writing, Rethinking Multi-culturalism: Critical Essays on American Literature and Discourses of Discontent: Critical Essays on Commonwealth Literature. He has presented papers in many international seminars held in India and abroad. He has also visited and lectured in various universities in UK, USA, Australia, Canada, Singapore and Malaysia. He has published a number of research papers on a wide variety of topics like Culture, Gender, Human Rights, Environment, Land Rights and Literature. He has contributed considerably to the promotion of Canadian Studies and Research in India. He had also held various academic and administrative posts. He had served as Registrar, Director of College Development Council, Co-ordinator, Post Graduate Diploma in English Communication and Programme Officer, National Service Scheme of University of Calicut and Dean, Faculty of English and Foreign Languages, Syndicate member, Chairman Board of Studies and Board of Examinations and Director of the Thalassery Campus of Kannur University.