Veena Noble Dass, Professor of English retd. Former Vice Chancellor of Sri Padmavati Women's University, India is an academician with four decades of teaching and administrative experience. She has...view moreVeena Noble Dass, Professor of English retd. Former Vice Chancellor of Sri Padmavati Women's University, India is an academician with four decades of teaching and administrative experience. She has taken up the cause of women's education and as such contributed her entire career to moulding, evolving and creating opportunities for girls in the field of higher education. This has resulted in scores of her students leading meaningful and resourceful lives in a society and culture where for years women have been deprived of such opportunities.
She has participated and presented papers at international conferences. To mention a few Oxford Round Table, Oxford University - 2005. 2. ASLI conference at Bangkok, Thailand - 2005. 3. University Industry Interface, Malaysia. 4. Executive Head of Commonwealth Universities- Adelaide -2006.
For her contribution to higher education, she has been awarded the following:
1. Lifetime Achievement Award
2. Bharat Jyoti Award
3. Woman of the Year
4. Best Teacher's Award
She is a published author with the following works to her credit.
Books:
1. Modern Indian Drama in English Translation
2. Theatre Performance Theory and Social Sciences- an interdisciplinary approach
3. Changing global economy and the future of English teaching.
Edited:
1. University Future - Proceedings of the conference at Adelaide
2. Universities for Women - Challenges and perspectives
3. Feminism and Literature
4. Fiction of the Nineties
Written and published 23 Research papers in refereed Indian and International journals.
The Guard is her first creative work of fiction.view less