Dr. Dilip Barad is Associate Professor and Head of the Department of English, Bhavnagar University.
He did his schooling from Carmel Convent School in Junagadh city of Gujarat state – India. He studied in this school till 1988 – the year in which he passed standard Xth examinations. He joined Bahauddin Arts College in same city for his Bachelors of Arts with English Literature. He complete his bachelors in 1994 and joined Bhavnagar University for Masters in Arts – English Literature to complete it in 1996. He completed his doctorate research in January 2006. He published his research work in book form under the title – Women Characters in the Novels of Thomas Hardy (2009).
At present, he is teaching English Literature and Language to the Post Graduate students of the University. He has 13 years experience of teaching to students belonging to various faculties like commerce, management, computers, humanities and social sciences. His area of interest is CALL, innovative use of ICT in teaching English and Literary theories. He has conducted workshops on use of Web tools for teaching in national and international conferences. He has penned books and articles on Thomas Hardy, Kamala Das and Web tools for English teaching. Recently Ministry of HRD (Govt. of India) has awarded special financial assistance for e-Content development and he is working on UGC research project on ‘Technology and Teaching English’. He has recently completed online course from Univeristy of Oregon, USA on Web Skills for Teachers with 94%.
