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Jayashree Aanand Gajjam

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Jayashree Aanand Gajjam Core Faculty & Assistant Professor

jayashree@iks.iitkgp.ac.in

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Academic Qualifications/ Degrees:

Academic Qualifications/ Degrees

  • PhD, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Bombay, 2021.
  • Beginner’s Course in Persian Language, IIT Bombay, 2018.
  • M.A. in Sanskrit Grammar, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune, 2012.
  • B.A. in Sanskrit, Ferguson College, Pune, 2010.
  • Advanced Diploma in German Language, Ranade Institute, Pune, 2010.

Research Areas:

Indian Linguistics, Indian Philosophy, Philosophy of Language, Psycholinguistics and Sociolinguistics.

Past and Present Activities / Positions

  • Assistant Professor Grade-I, Centre of Excellence for Indian Knowledge System, IIT Kharagpur (May 2022- Ongoing).
  • Institute Post-Doctoral Fellow, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Bombay (March 2021 to February 2022).
  • Guest Faculty, Department of Sanskrit Studies, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad (February to July 2021).
  • Guest Lecturer, Ferguson College, Pune (December 2012 to March 2013).

Past and Present Activities / Positions:

Awards/ Honors/ Memberships/ Fellowships

Scholarships/ Prizes

  • UGC-NET Junior Research Fellowship (2015).
  • Academic prizes for securing highest number of marks in Sanskrit at Third Year BA exam in 2010: Late Shri. Narayan Vinayak Deodhar Scholarship, Apte-Smriti-Jog Sanskrit Prize, Late Prof M V Patwardhan Prize, Shridhar Keshav Bhoraskar Memorial Prize (2010).

Awards

  • Best Poster Award titled ‘Revisiting Vakyapadiya: Towards Developing the Indian Theories of Linguistics and Cognitive Science’, at the National Youth Conference on Indian Knowledge System 2023, organized by IIT Roorkee in association with the IKS division at AICTE, Ministry of Education, as a part of G-20 University Connect Program, during 25-27 August, 2023.
  • Prof. Susheela P Upadhyaya Award by Dravidian Linguistic Association of India for the research on language and linguistics titled ‘Multilingualism in Children: Communicative Competence as a Socialization Pattern.’ (2022).
  • Naik and Rastogi Award for Excellence in PhD Research, IIT Bombay, for Outstanding research in the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Bombay (2021).
  • Digambar and Nilima Joshi Award, IIT Bombay, for standing first among the students at the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Bombay who have done some work in Sanskrit (2021).
  • Gold Medals for securing highest number of marks and standing first at MA (Sanskrit) at SP Pune University in 2012: Shri Mahadeo Ramkrishna Alegaonkar Smruti Suvarna Padak, Late Principal N G Alias Nanasaheb Suru Gold Medal, Shri B J Patel Diamond Jubilee Trust Gold Medal (2014).