Dr. Manoj Kumar Pathak

Dr. Manoj Kumar Pathak is an Associate Professor of English at Dept. of English, ARKA JAIN University, Jamshedpur (Jharkhand) and a multi-lingual poet, editor, reviewer and translator. He is a regular resource person of Communication Skills, Indian Knowledge Systems, Education Policies and various literary topics. He has obtained double master’s degree in English Literature and his PhD degree is on Indian English Fiction. His research and academic interest lies in Indian Fiction, Aesthetics of Narratives, Post-colonialism, Indian Philosophy and Literature, Nation and Nationalism in India, Youth and Education and Cultural Studies. He has a teaching experience of nearly 15 years.

Dr. Pathak has 10 books of self-composed poetry to his credit in 5 languages other than research papers and conference proceedings and hundreds of poems and articles in news dailies, magazines and mews letters. He has completed nearly 10 Certification Courses on different courses of language, literature, management and journalism.

He has twice been invited to deliver lecture on Indian Poetry and Contemporary Indian Literature by Dhaka University, Bangladesh and Nandini Pathchakra, Dhaka, Bangladesh, an international literary forum. He has been editing an International Journal of Art, Culture, Language & Literature: The Challenge for the last 17 years. Furthermore, he has been associated with All India Radio, Jamshedpur for the last 20 years to broadcast his self-composed poems and deliver talks on literary themes. He is currently supervising 06 PhD research scholars. Dr. Pathak has been awarded by reputed literary forums for his contributions to creative writings.