Academic and Professional Qualification
- Ph. D., Humanities and Social Sciences Dept., IIT Bombay, 2013
Dissertation: The Nature of Contemporary Inspirational Literature with special reference to the works of Richard Bach and Paulo Coelho
- M. Phil, University of Mumbai, 1996
Major: English Literature
- M. A, University of Mumbai, 1988
Major: English Literature
- B. A, University of Mumbai, 1986
Major: English Literature
Academic, Government, Military and Professional Positions
Academic - P-12
- Teacher, Sathaye Junior College. (1988 - 1991).
Academic - Post-Secondary
- Professor, NMIMS. (2015 - Present).
- Associate Professor, Sardar Patel Institute of Technology. (1997 - 2015).
- Lecturer, Sardar Patel College of Engineering. (1991 - 1996).
Development Activities Attended
- Seminar, "Communication skills, Soft skills and Presentation skills," Mithibai College, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. (June 24, 2017).
- Seminar, "Communication skills, Soft skills and Presentation skills," Mithibai College, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. (June 17, 2017).
- Workshop, "Negotiation Skills," Princeton Academy, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. (April 12, 2017).
- Convention, "AIMA convention," NMIMS, Delhi, India. (September 21, 2016 - September 22, 2016).
Honors and Awards
- Highest feedback points for training senior IPS officers in Communication Skills during a mid-level career training program at the National Police Academy (Hyderabad) conducted jointly by SPJIMR and University College (London) 2015
- Tejaswini, Inner Wheel Club of Mumbai Parleshwar. (2014).
- Jury Award for an article titled "Portrayal of women in the media” contributed to the Literary Arts Contest organized by IIT Bombay, 2013
- Contributed to curriculum design of the course in Communication Skills for engineering students of Mumbai University in 2002, 2007 and 2012
- "Excellence in Teaching” award from Sardar Patel Institute of Technology, 2009
Presentations Given
- Gokhale, M., International Conference on Languages, "Rhetoric as a bridge to transcendence: The Use of Analogy and Metaphors in Inspirational Literature with special reference to the works of Richard Bach," Phuket, Thailand. (November 17, 2013).
- Gokhale, M., 2012 International Conference on Society, Humanity and History, "Simplification in Contemporary Self-help literature," Singapore. (July 24, 2012).
- Gokhale, M., 36th Annual Meeting of the Society for Utopian Studies in State College, "A dream, a road and a pilgrim: Locating Utopian Mentalities in Paulo Coelho’s works," Pennsylvania. (October 20, 2011).
- Gokhale, M., Malshe, M., 1st Global Conference on "Making Sense of Suffering”, "From Suffering to Hope and Faith: The Pragmatic Value of Inspirational Literature," Prague, Czech Republic. (November 13, 2010).
Memberships
Professional
Indian Society for Technical Education
Editorial boards :
Bhavans Andheri Parivar monthly newsletter (Contributing editor)
Courses Taught
Communication skills and soft skills
Teaching Experience: 24 years
Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies Written Communication, 1 course.
Teaching and pedagogical Innovations:
Speakers’ Club (an informal activity to encourage students to overcome stage fright and improve oral communication) from 2005 to 2015
Ph.D. Topic
The Nature of Contemporary Inspirational Literature with Special Reference to the Works of Richard Bach and Paulo Coelho
Research Interest
Innovations in teaching Communication skills; strategies for effective communication and better listening.
Refereed Journal Articles
- Madhavi Gokhale, Milind Malshe, (2010), "What is "literariness”? A Conceptual Mapping”, Critical Enquiry, Volume II, Issue IV, October-December 2010, ISSN 0975-0096, pp. 100-113.
- Madhavi Gokhale and Milind Malshe, (2011), "From Suffering to Hope and Faith: The Pragmatic Value of Inspirational Literature”, presented at the 1st Global Conference on "Making Sense of Suffering” at Prague, Czech Republic (November 11-13, 2011) and published in the journal Making Sense of Suffering: Theory, Practice and Representation, Vol. 154, ISBN-978-1-84888-060-3, pp. 121-135.
- Madhavi Gokhale, (2012), "Simplification in Contemporary Self-help literature”, presented at the International Conference on Society, Humanity and History (ICSHH), at Singapore, July 23-24, 2012 and published as an extended paper titled "Implications of Simplification in Contemporary Self-help literature” in the International Journal of Social Sciences & Humanity (IJSHH) Volume 2, No. 5, ISSN 2010-3646, pp. 392-396.
