Course Team - lbsnaa

FACULTY (Languages)
Dr Alka A Kulkarni : Joined the Academy in 1986 as a Language Instructor. M.A., M.Com. and doing Research, has
written three books.
Arshad M. Nandan: M.A. (Urdu), M.Phil (Anthrological Linguistics). Working as a Language Instructor (Urdu and
Punjabi) in the Academy since 9-8-1990.
A. Nallasamy: M.A. in Linguistics from Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai. He did one year Advanced Telugu
Language Course during his Post Graduate Studies. He was awarded the U.G.C Fellowship for the Research on
“Descriptive Grammar of Savara (unwritten) language. Savara, a Tribal Munda Family of Language spoken in Orissa
at Madurai Kamaraj University from 1984 to 1986. He had been working as a Research Assistant from 1986 - 89 in the
Central Institute of Indian Languages, Mysore. He wrote “Descriptive Grammar of Savara Language and did Field
work on Juang language, a tribal language spoken in Orissa in the year 1989. He worked on Acoustics and
Articulatory phonetics on Dravidian Languages and published Articles on the same in the Central Institute of Indian
Languages, Mysore. He prepared Primers for the Savara tribal children of Orissa as a Bridge Course during the year
1986-89. He was selected as Member of a Text Book Committee of Karnataka Government and had been working as
a Member from 1987-89. His Books titled “Tamil Bharathi” were published as Tamil Text Books for 6th and 9th classes,
by the Karnataka Government in the year 1993. He works on the Second Language Teaching/Learning mainly on its
Methodology and material production on Indian Languages. He joined the Academy in Dec.1989 as a Language
Instructor. He teaches Tamil and Telugu.
Dr. Bhawana Porwal : Graduated with Science, P.G. Diploma in Pathology & Boichemistry (G.M.C.Nagpur), Add.
B.A., M.A.( Hindi), Dissertation in Hindi stories of Vishnu Prabhakar, B.ED., Ph.D (Hindi) on topic “Nai Jeevan mulyon
ko talashati Nai Kahani” from Nagpur University, P.G. Diploma in Hindi Translation from Bangalore University.
Joined the Academy in September 2001. She teaches Hindi to non Hindi speakers as well as Hindi speaking
Probationers.
Work Experience - Worked as a Biochemist & Pathologist for one year in Govt. Medical College, Nagpur & in Central
school for Tibetans, Karnataka from 1997 to August 2001. She was on deputation from June2007-June2010 at
National Police Academy, Hyderabad & there worked as a Hindi Instructor cum Hindi Officer with Additional charge of
Administrative Officer (Training) for Basic & Senior courses. Conducted workshops on Hindi as a second language;
Editor of Smarika, Hindi yearly magazine (June2007- June2010), was Hindi commentator in major functions of NPA,
Hyderabad.
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