Prof. Shabina Nishat Omar is currently Officer on Special Duty (OSD), Education Directorate, Department of Higher Education, Govt. of West Bengal and is also Professor and Head, Department of English at Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose College, affiliated to University of Calcutta in Kolkata. She has served previously for 19 years as Professor and Head, Department of English at Milli Al-Ameen College (for girls), affiliated to University of Calcutta, out of which she spent 15 years as Principal. She was previously Teacher-in-Charge of the English Department of Aliah University, where she designed the Draft Syllabi for the undergraduate and postgraduate courses in English 2010.
She is the Honorary President of WICCI (Women’s Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry) State Higher Education Council, West Bengal, and an invited member of All Ladies League (ALL), Kolkata Chapter. In 2021 she was felicitated by Daamini SHE Award for her contribution to women’s empowerment through education, in 2019 with the Rotary Award for Teacher Training, in 2018 by at the DISRUPTT Women’s Leadership Award at the Women’s Day Summit in Kolkata, and the prestigious Loreto College Alumni Achievement Award in 2011. In 2003 she was as International Visitor by U.S. Department of State to visit Harvard University and participate in academic programmes as educator and today she remains a member of U.S. Exchange Alumni.
She has been an invited speaker at cum academic expert since 2012 at nearly fifty UGC Faculty Development Programmes conducted by various UGC-HRDCs (University Grant Commission – Human Resource Development Centres) across the country and spoken in Jamia Millia Islamia, Gujarat University, Ranchi University, University of Mysore, Saurashtra University, Sonipat Women’s University, Haryana and Rani Durgawati University, Madhya Pradesh on various aspects of Higher Education, Digital Resources and ICT, Gender Studies and English Language Teaching. She has been an invited delegate from 2014 to 2019 in Higher Education Workshops conducted at National Institute of Educational Planning and Administration (NIEPA) under MHRD, Govt. of India. She was an integral part of the first pioneering initiative of MHRD called ARPIT (Annual Refresher Programme in Teaching) for which her MOOCs and Online Lectures were uploaded on SWAYAM as a part of the first ever Faculty Development Programmes implemented through the digital education initiative of Govt. of India.
An alumnus of Loreto College, Kolkata, and University of Calcutta, Kolkata, Prof. Omar has numerous publications in several national and international books and journals. An academician, educational administrator, writer, orator, gender activist, trainer and mentor who considers herself to be a lifelong scholar, Prof. Omar is dedicated and committed to the cause of educational development and empowerment of women.
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