The document outlines research conducted by Ruchi Joshi at Maharaja Krishnakumarsinhji Bhavnagar University, focusing on identity crisis and socio-cultural relevance of women characters in selected literary works. It includes details about coursework, active participation in seminars, and progress reviews, as well as interactions with the research supervisor. The findings have been published in a peer-reviewed journal and the researcher is actively engaged in further academic courses related to feminism and social justice.

1. MAHARAJA KRISHNAKUMARSINHJI BHAVNAGAR UNIVERSITY
Registration number : 2117
Prepared by,
Research Scholar
Ruchi Joshi
ruchivjoshi101@gmail.com
Registration date: 21/01/2022
Research Title:
A Study of Identity Crisis and Socio-Cultural
Relevance of Women Characters in Raghuveer
Chaudhari’s Amrita, Julian Barnes’ s The Sense of an
Ending, Jitesh Donga’s North Pole and
Shashi Deshpande’s That Long Silence
Research Supervisor
Dr. Bhavesh Parmar
I/C Head & Assistant Professor
Government Science College,
Gariyadhar,
Gujarat, India
Progress Review Meeting Date : 14/06/2022
Progress Review Meeting
Semester 1

2. Active participation in Course work
0 2 4 6 8 10 12
Process of Writing Literature Review
Proposed Syllabus of Paper 2 & 3
Write three to five criteria to identify
quality resources on internet
Write three to five criteria to
differentiate academic writing from
non-academic writing
Analysis of Quizzes attended
during course Work
PHD Course work Written Assignment analysis Total marks
PHD Course work Written Assignment analysis Obtained marks

3. Active participation in Course work
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
Process of Writing Literature
Review
Proposed Syllabus of Paper 2
& 3
Write three to five criteria to
identify quality resources on
internet
Write three to five criteria to
differentiate academic
writing from non-academic
writing
Analysis of written assignment assigned during
PHD Course work
PHD Course work Written Assignment analysis Obtained marks
PHD Course work Written Assignment analysis Total marks

4. Glimpses of Course work
“Philosophers are people who know less and less about more and more, until
they know nothing about everything. Scientists are people who know more and
more about less and less, until they know everything about nothing.”
- Konrad Lorenz

5. Watched videos for further references
and clarification
(It were suggested during course work)
Topic Resource Person Link
Research and Publishing Ethics Dr.Dilip Barad https://youtu.be/PYTgIOienuI
Translation Studies as World Literature and
World Literature as Translation Studies Prof. Sachin Ketkar https://youtu.be/v9E3kOxkkpQ
Academic Writing Dr. Kalyan Chattopadhyay https://youtu.be/IT3mk0ufTdA
Quality Research Publication: Impact
Factor, i-Index, h-Index, i10-Index Prof. Kiran Trivedi https://youtu.be/RUGLwp8wVh0
Practical Ways of Organizing Research Dr. Kalyani Vallath https://youtu.be/QVRLr_8uH0E
Research Techniques Prof. Balaji Ranganathan https://youtu.be/NUpBSk6pDCI
Critic, Researcher & Scholar | Richard
Altick | The Art of Literary Research Prof. Dilip Barad https://youtu.be/M6j0mE8lCd4
Mind and Temperament of Research
Scholar | The Art of Literary Research |
Richard Altick Prof. Dilip Barad https://youtu.be/cebk1nzzrJw

6. • Planned a questionnaire to have an
idea of public review for selected
literary texts
• It will help researcher to get
opinions and these opinions will
help to have another aspects and
angles, too

7. Presentation in Seminar and Publication
• Participated in The National Conference on ‘Innovations
and Recent Trends In Commerce And Humanities’ held
by Gopinathji Mahila Arts & Commerce College, Managed
by Swami Shree Paramhans Foundation Trust, Held at
Shihor On 6th March, 2022 and presented paper entitled
‘Silence- the only language in That Long Silence by Shashi
Deshpande’
• The Article entitled ‘Silence- the only language in That
Long Silence by Shashi Deshpande’ has been published
in the Most Referred and Peer Reviewed Multi-
Disciplinary E Journal of Research entitled Shanti E
Journal of Research
• ISSN 2278-4381, March-2022 Volume-41, Issue-11.
• It can be accessed at www.shantiejournal.com

8. Interaction with supervisor
Date Discussion Remarks of Research
Supervisor
08/05/22 Discussion of theoretical
aspects on feminist reading
15/05/22 Thorough reading of original
text Amrita and North Pole
22/05/22 Tried to discuss and modify
the answers of Paper – 2 for
the Course Work
05/06/22 Thorough reading of original
text The Sense of an Ending

9. Collection of Articles and research papers
& other reading
• Collected maximum articles and research papers on The Sense of an Ending from
online resources. (Reading of these article is on it’s way)
This book is borrowed from the central library of MKBU dated on
06/05/2022. (Reading is still in the process)
This book is divided into two
parts. 1st part contains
author’s view, introduction
where as second part deals
with selected and collected
articles on literary text
‘Amrita’

10. Feminism and Social Justice
(Enrolled into online course at COURSERA)
• Researcher is still working on this course at present.
University of California, Santa Cruz