Profile 

Ms. Tewani teaches English I and English II to Semester I and Semester II (B.A. LL.B.) respectively. Previously, she has taught Business Communication (B.Tech. – SPIT, Mumbai), and Communication Skills (MBA – IBS, Mumbai). She has also trained students in soft skills as Soft Skills Program Visiting Faculty at NMIMS, Mumbai. Recently, she successfully completed an online course – Rhetoric: The Art of Persuasive Writing and Public Speaking (HarvardX – Harvard University). She occasionally dabbles in poetry. Her Poem – My Summer Home – was published by Cafe Dissensus Everyday (Online Magazine). She is currently working on her PhD in partition literature (SNDT Women’s University). 

Research  

Papers Presented: 

Tewani, Vidya. “Socio-legal Reflections on Language and Identity: Sindhis in India.” One-Day National Conference on Inclusivity in Law: Multidisciplinary Perspectives, 9 Oct. 2021, SVKM’s Pravin Gandhi College of Law, Mumbai. Online Presentation. 

Tewani, Vidya. “The Notion of Home in Post-Partition Sindhi Literature: A Reading of Select Literary Works.” Hiraeth: A Wistful Longing for Home in South Asian Literature, 10 Mar. 2021, St. Cyril’s College, Adoor. Online Presentation. 

Paper Publication: 

Tewani, Vidya. “Partition, Migration, and Identity: A Reading of Sundri Uttamchandani’s Deh Thyo Pardeh.”  Aesthetique Journal for International Literary Enterprises (AJILE, Double-Blind Peer Reviewed International Literary Journal, E-ISSN 2456-1754) Special Volume – Zeitgeist: Pandemic 2020, August 2020. https://www.mutemelodist.com/postings.php?pid=569&cid=10&subid=37