Faculty at School of Humanities and Social Sciences

Gatha Sharma

Gatha Sharma

Associate Professor, Department of English


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My research interests are Natural Language Processing, Corpus Linguistics, Computational Linguistics, Language Change, Translation Studies and Sanskrit literature.

My teaching and research are in sync. Over the years my research work has helped in publishing research papers as well as in formulating course-curriculum and research methodologies. From 2016-2019, I worked on a linguistic research project- ‘Language-Change in Newly Urbanized Places in NCR’.  I teach "Mapping Language Change', a 400 level course, based on the methodology used in, and the conclusions derived from my linguistic research project on language change. I regularly work on different translation projects which help me update my translation course from time to time.

I work with huge textual data. Digital tools have revolutionized the data analysis techniques. Indian languages don’t have many sophisticated, new-age digital tools. Fortunately, many Indian scholars have realized this need, and are creating digital linguistic tools for Indian languages. Since, I work with Hindi language, I have designed a multi-purpose Hindi text mining software- 'Shabdshilpi'. This software hosts concordances, collocates, search engine and frequency generator for lexical clusters. The core of any digital linguistic tool is the lexical dataset of that particular language. Naturally, I have created a digital dictionary (Akshara) for my toolkit. It has approx. 80000 lexical entries. It is a work in progress. 

Another dimension of my research is to examine literary and critical practices of ancient Sanskrit texts. My current research project focuses on the concept of ‘Shastrarth’ in Sanskrit texts.

 

1995 B.A , M.D. University, Rohtak, Haryana, India.

1997 M.A (English Literature), M.D. University, Rohtak, Haryana, India.

2004 PhD (English Literature) M.D.S. University, Ajmer, Rajasthan, India.

 

2005-2009- Lecturer, Government College, Sector-11, Chandigarh, India.

2009-2011- Assistant Professor, Rayat & Bahara University, Punjab, India.                              

2011- Jan. 2022- Assistant Professor, Shiv Nadar University, GB Nagar, India.

Jan. 2022- till date -Associate Professor, Shiv Nadar Institution of Eminence, GB Nagar, India.

 

  1. “The Design and Development of A Text Mining Software for Multiple Digital Platforms.” Conference proceeding ICCISD-22 (International Conference on Computational Intelligence and Sustainable Development) published in SSRN Elsevier on June 19, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4140638
  2. “Park Quality and Road Walkability in Greater Noida, India: A Case Study Demonstrating GIS for Assessing Barriers to Being Physically Active in Urban Areas.” International Journal of Applied Geospatial Research Vol. 11 (3) ISSN: 1947-9654 EISSN: 1947-9662 EISBN13: 9781799806479 DOI: 10.4018/IJAGR.20200701  https://www.igi-global.com/gateway/article/257769
  3. "Changing Face of English Language in India (from 1947 to 2013)." The Criterion Vol. IV, Issue III (June, 2013). http://www.the-criterion.com/V4/n3/Gatha.pdf
  4. Exploring Dickens through A Director’s Lens : A Study of the Cinematic Presentation of ‘A Tale of Two Cities’, RupKatha, Dickens Special Edition, 115-121, (June 2012) http://rupkatha.com/v4n1.php

  1. Gatha Sharma. “Dominant Language, Urbanization and Lexical Depletion of Native Language (An Empirical Study to Map Code-Mixing of English Words in Hindi Language).” Book Chapter. (forthcoming)
  2. The Planning and Production of A Hindi Digital Dictionary for NLP Specific Purpose.  In: Saroj Hiranwal and Garima Mathur (eds), Artificial Intelligence and Communication Technologies. SCRS Publication, India, 2021. pp.185-194. https://doi.org/10.52458/978-81-955020-5-9-19
  3. 18th Century Women Travel Writers: Their World, World-View and The Spirit of Adventure. In: Indrani Mukherjee and Java Singh (eds), Gendered Ways of Trans-national Un-belonging from a Comparative Literature Perspective. Cambridge Scholars Publishing, May 2020. pp. 37-52. ISBN 9781527530560
  4. Spoken Soft Skills: A Must for New-Age Professionals. In: Vikas Arora (eds), Soft Skills. Global Vision Publishing House, New Delhi, 2010. Pp 121-126.   ISBN 13: 978-81-8220-319-8.

  1. "Dominant Language, Urbanization and Lexical Depletion of Native Language", 44th International Conference of the Linguistic Society of India (ICOLSI 44), organized by Department of English, CUTM, Odisha and LSI, Pune, on Nov. 24-26, 2022.
  2. “Machine Learning Based Digital Tools for Indian Languages”, 1st International Conference on Progressive Research in Quality Data Engineering (PRIDE 2022), organized by SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Ramapuram, India on June 16- 17, 2022.
  3. “The Creation and Curation of A Text-Mining Software for A Digitally Low-Resource Language”, ICSSR Sponsored National Conference on Atmanirbhar Bharat: Building a Self-Reliant India (Prospects and Challenges Ahead) (BSRI-2022), on May 25-26, 2022 organized by Dr B. R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar
  4. “A Machine Learning Based Approach to Create A Multi-Platform enabled Text-Mining Software”, National Conference on Recent Innovations in Emerging Computing Technologies (RIECT-2022) organized by Kalinga University, Raipur, India on May 4-5, 2022.
  5. “The Design and Development of A Text Mining Software for Multiple Digital Platforms”, International Conference on Computational Intelligence and Sustainable Development-22, organized by Chaitanya Deemed to be University, Hanumankonda, Telangana, India on April 22-23, 2022.
  6. “The Planning and Production of A Hindi Digital Dictionary for NLP Specific Purposes, 3rd International Conference on Data Science and Applications (ICDSA 2022) organized by SCHOOL OF MOBILE COMPUTING AND COMMUNICATION, JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY, KOLKATA, INDIA Technically Sponsored by SOFT COMPUTING RESEARCH SOCIETY  on March 26-27, 2022.
  7. “Digital Dictionaries and Corpus Annotation” in “The Idea of Archive” conference, March 8 and 9, 2019, organized by Shiv Nadar University, New Delhi, India.
  8. “Computer Corpus Linguistics and Literary Criticism”, national seminar sponsored by NAAC, UGC on Nov. 22, 2018 titled “Catering to the Global Learner: Quality Enhancement in Higher Education” organized by Post Graduate Department of English in collaboration with IQAC Guru Gobind Singh College for Women Sector 26, Chandigarh, India.
  9. Title of the poster- Language Teaching through Corpus Linguistics PLIN Linguistic Day 2018 organized by The Linguistic Research Unit, Université catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium.https://uclouvain.be/fr/instituts-recherche/ilc/plin/plin-linguistic-day-2018.htmlDuration: 18 May, 2018.
  10. Language Change: Urbanization and Migration, Conference- Language, Translation, and Migration: Conference and Public Summit 2018 Organized by University of Warwick, Coventry, England, from May 24 to May 26, 2018.
  11. “Long 18th Century: Print Culture and Women Writings”, Multiculturalism in Literature: Reinventing Identities, National seminar organised by SGGS College, Chandigarh, on Feb. 17, 2017 in Chandigarh, India.
  12. "18th Century Women Travellers: A Proto-Feminist Perspective of 'The Grand Tour'”, A Young Scholars Conference on Gendered Myths of Conflict and Unbelonging from A Comparative Literature Perspective (Under Project UPE-II, Centre of Spanish, Portuguese, Italian and Latin American Studies, JNU) 2nd and 3rd AUGUST, 2016 at the Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India.
  13. ‘Lady Montagu’s Turkish Embassy Letters: Authentic, Powerful and Feminine’, International Conference on Comparative Literature: At the Crossroads of Culture and Society , organized by Centre for Comparative Literature, Bhasha Bhavana, Visva-Bharati, in association with Comparative Literature Association of India, January 16 to 17, 2016.
  14. “Bhootnath: The Mysterious World of Aiyars”, International Conference on Translation, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, India, from Dec. 4-6, 2014.
  15. “Mudra-Rakshas: An Amalgam of Greek and Indian Sensibilities”, International Conference on “Greek Studies: An Asian Perspective” organized by Department of Language, Literature and Culture Studies, JNU, India, Feb.25-28, 2014.
  16. Extension Lectures/Workshop:
  17. Resource Person –Interaction Programme for Ph.D Research Scholars / Post Doctoral Fellows–from 07.03.2023 to 27.03.2023. Topic-Text as Data (Text mining software& utilities in research). Organized by UGC-HRDC, University of Calicut. 
  18. Organized an online workshop on 'Data Analytics' on July28, 2022. The workshop was part of Writing Mentorship Programme, 2022, an academic writing programme for school students, organized by The Economics Society, Shri Ram College of Commerce, New Delhi. 
  19. Invited by D.A.V.College, Ambala City, to deliver an extension lecture titled “Technology and Storytelling: The rise of Graphic Novels, Manga, Anime and Fan-fiction” on Dec. 20, 2021.
  20. Refereed Work:
  21. Program Committee Member and Reviewer, IEEE International Conference on Contemporary Computing and Communications (InC4 2023) organized by CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Kengeri Campus, Bangalore. April 21-22, 2023.
  22. Technical Program Committee Member and Reviewer, in the Congress on Control, Robotics and Mechatronics (CRM 2023) organized by Modi Institute of Technology, Kota. March 25-26, 2023.
  23. Program Committee Member and Reviewer, WCAIAA 2023, March 18-19, 2023.
  24. Reviewer, ICCCT 2023, December 28-29, 2022.
  25. Reviewer, Digital Humanities Quarterly, September-2022.
  26. Programme Committee Member and Reviewer for AIC 2022:  IEEE World Conference on Applied Intelligence and Computing held from June17 to 19, 2022, organized by Rajkiya Engineer College, Sonbhadra, India.
  27. Chaired the session TS25: Big Data and Data Analytics, 2022 IEEE World Conference on Applied Intelligence and Computing (AIC 2022) held from June17 to 19, 2022, organized by Rajkiya Engineer College, Sonbhadra, India.
  28. Refereed for ICON 2021: 18th International Conference on Natural Language Processing held on December 16-19, organized by NLP Association India Centre for Natural Language Processing Department of Computer Science and Engineering National Institute of Technology, Silchar.