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Master of Philosophy (M.Phil.), Delhi University

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Deepika Teckchandani

Lecturer and Assistant Director, Centre for Foreign Languages

Email dteckchandani@jgu.edu.in
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ORCID ID 0000-0001-5103-5957
Key Expertise Graphic narrative, Latin American popular culture and literature

Master of Philosophy (M.Phil.), Delhi University

Master of Arts (M.A.), Delhi University

Bachelor of Arts (Honours) (B.A. Hons.), Delhi University

Biography

Deepika Teckchandani is a lecturer of Spanish language and culture and Assistant Director of the Centre for Foreign Languages at O. P Jindal Global University. She is currently pursuing her PhD in Hispanic Studies from Delhi University. Her research focusses on comic strips as sites of resistance against dominant ideology and precarious portrayal of common man in the neoliberal era in Argentina. Her areas of interest are graphic narrative, Latin American popular culture and literature. She has over ten years of experience in teaching Spanish language and culture at University of Delhi. She has presented her research at international conferences in Spain, Berlin, and Delhi and has published her research in renowned journals.

She received the prestigious International Research Training Group (IRTG) scholarship from Free University of Berlin in 2013. She was a JRF Fellow during her graduate work and a Gold Medalist during her undergraduate and postgraduate studies at Delhi University.
 

Spanish Level 1

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Spanish Level 6

Introduction to Spanish Language & Culture

Beneficiary of scholarship granted by the International Research Training Group (IRTG) “Between Spaces” of the FU-Berlin

Junior Research Fellowship grant of UGC, 2011

University Medal M.A. in Hispanic Studies, 2011

University Medal B.A. (Hons.), 2009

Junior Research Fellowship grant of UGC, Delhi University, 2011

“Mafalda as an icon of resistance”, Praxis International Journal of Social Science and Literature Vol. 7 No. 1, 2024.

Participated and presented a paper titled “Comic strips as narratives of resistance: Quino and his works” at the prestigious International Comic Book Research Conference: Perspectives from Visual Culture, organized by Instituto Franklin, Alcalá University (Spain) from 15th to 17th November 2023.

Participated and presented a paper on “Quino’s comic strips: A depiction of postmodern Argentine society?” at the 7th JGU International Literary Conference (Online) on “Postmodernism: Time for Reappraisal” organized by the English Literary Society, O.P. Jindal Global University, on July 23-25, 2021.

Participated and presented a paper on “Metempsicosis y distopía en Borges” at the third Ibero-Asiatic conference of Hispanics co-organized by University of Delhi and GRISO- Universidad de Navarra y el Instituto de Estudios Auriseculares (IDEA) (Delhi, 15-17 October,2014).
Email dteckchandani@jgu.edu.in
ORCID ID 0000-0001-5103-5957
Key Expertise Graphic narrative, Latin American popular culture and literature
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