Conferences & Seminars

• Lata, Pushp attended and presented a paper entitled Do Indian College Students Need Cross Cultural Training? at International Conference on Language, Literature and Culture (ICLLC), Pune, Maharashtra, India during 15th to 17th December 2017 organized by Institute of Advanced Studies in English, Pune.
• Lata, Pushp attended and presented a paper entitled Rethinking Muticulturalism and Maximizing Learning in Indian Classrooms at ELT@I IV International Conference in association with RELO and British Council at Kanoria PG Mahila Mahavidyalya, Jaipur during 30-31 October 2017
• Lata, Pushp attended and presented a co- authored paper entitled Using Mutimodal Tools for Teaching Mutiliteracies in Indian ELT Classrooms at ELT@I IV International Conference in association with RELO and British Council at Kanoria PG Mahila Mahavidyalya, Jaipur during 30-31 October 2017
• Lata, Pushp attended and presented a co- authored paper entitled Enhancing Written Communication Skills of College Students through Online Collaborative Tutorials in a Multicultural Classroom at ELT@I IV International Conference in association with RELO and British Council at Kanoria PG Mahila Mahavidyalya, Jaipur during 30-31 October 2017
• Lata, Pushp attended and presented a paper entitled Redefining Pedagogy Using Technical Scaffolding for Teaching Advanced ESL Learners at 9th Edition International Conference ICT for Language Learning organized by Pixel in collaboration with Libreria Universitaria at Florence, Italy 17-18 November 2016.
• Lata, Pushp attended a National Workshop on Outcome based learning jointly organized by Teaching and Learning Centre, BITS Pilani, Pilani campus and IIT Kharagpur during 28 – 29 November 2016.
• Lata, Pushp Attended and presented a Concept Note on “Creating a user-generated learning environment through Flipping Classroom: An Experiential Pedagogy” at National Convention on Current Practices and Future of Classroom Teaching at Higher Education Level, organized by Department of Humanities and Social Sciences & Teaching Learning Centre at Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani- Pilani campus during 30th Sept.-01 Oct. 2016.
• Lata, Pushp Sanjay Kumar and Sonal Bhagat, Tracing Variegated Streaks of Feminism in the French Lieutenant’s Woman through Pinteresque Jigsaw presented the paper in absentia at 2nd World Conference on Women’s Studies at Colombo, Sri Lanka. During 5-6 May 2016
• Lata, Pushp Attended and presented a Paper on Enhancing Employability Prospects of College Students from Rural    Background: Problems and Opportunities” at International Conference on Trends and Innovations in    Language Teaching held at Sathyabhama University, Chennai in collaboration with RELO and IEEE during 14-15 November 2014. 
• Lata, Pushp attended and presented a Paper on “Developing Intercultural Competence for Effective Teaching of Communication Skills” at 9th International and 49th Annual ELTAI Conference at VIT Jaipur, 21-23 August 2014.
• Lata, Pushp attended and presented a paper on “Why we need to transform ELT at Tertiary Level” at Sadaa Third International Conference being organized on the theme “Language, Literature & Library: Disruptive Digressions & Digital Dimensions” in collaboration with the Manipal University, Jaipur from 22 to 24 January 2014.
• Lata, Pushp attended a four days Workshop on Research Methodology at JK Lakshmipat University, Ajmer Road, Mahapura during 15 May- 19 May 2013.
• Lata, Pushp attended and presented a paper on “Integration of Web based Interactive and Multimedia Learning Materials for Off-Campus Students: A Case Study” at Annual International Conference on Language, Literature and Linguistics (L3 2012), Global Science and Technology Forum during 9 - 10 July 2012 at Hotel Fort Canning, Singapore
• Lata, Pushp attended and presented papers on “Integrating Web 2.0 Tools for Enhancing Collaborative Writing Skills: Challenges and Prospects” and “Enhancing Learner Autonomy through Self Instructional Materials”, at 3rd ELT@I International Conference held at BITS, Pilani during 8-9 October 2012.
• Lata, Pushp Officially participate in the round table discussion for Strengthening the Humanities and Liberal Arts Courses/ Programmes which was held in Hotel Hyat, New Delhi on 11 October 2011
• Lata, Pushp participated as an invited speaker and delivered a paper on Fostering Value based education among Engineering Graduates through Humanitites and Liberal Arts at International Conference at JUIT, Waknaghat, Himachal Pradesh during 22-23 September 2011.
• Lata, Pushp attended and presented a paper on “Revisiting Course Curriculum and pedagogy through Students Responses and Reflective Strategies” at International ELTAI Conference held at VIT, Jaipur during 4-5 November 2011.
• Lata, Pushp attended and presented a paper on “Articulating the Issue of Alienated Identification in Jhumpa Lahiri’s Works” at International Seminar on Margins and Nation Spaces : The Aesthetics of Cultural Expression during 8-9 February 2008 at Department of English, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur.
• Luhach, Suman, Pushp Lata and Kirti Singh attended and presented a paper entitled Emergency Remote Teaching and Technology Comfort: Mapping Perceptions of English Teachers from Schools in Rural Areas of Rajasthan during COVID- 19 Crisis" at a peer reviewed International Conference on Best Innovative Teaching Strategies (ICON-BITS 2021) organized by Teaching Learning Centre, BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus during 29-31 July 2021.
• Kumar, Deepak and Pushp Lata attended and presented a co- authored paper entitled, Exploring the Parameters of Syllabus from Teachers’ Perspective at a peer reviewed International Conference on Best Innovative Teaching Strategies (ICON-BITS 2021) organized by Teaching Learning Centre, BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus during 29-31 July 2021.
• Lata, Pushp presented a poster on Experiential learning through Multimodal Pedagogy for Better Students’ Engagement in Cross Cultural Skills Course at BITS Pilani, a peer reviewed conference on Best Teaching Practices for Engaged Student Learning jointly organized by Teaching Learning Centre, BITS Pilani, Goa and Hyderabad during February 13-15, 2020.
• Gaur, Manusmiriti and Pushp Lata attended and presented a paper entitled Critical Pedagogy Practices in Engineering Education in India: Insights from English Language Classroom at ELT@I Golden Jubilee International Conference in association with RELO and British Council at Amity University, Noida during 9-12 October 2019
• Lata, Pushp presented a paper entitled Capacity Building through Cross Cultural Skills among Engineering Graduates of India: A Case Study of Cross Cultural Skills Course at BITS Pilani. 3rd Indo-German Conference on Sustainability in Engineering Enhancing Future Skills and Entrepreneurship during September 16-17, 2019. A peer reviewed conference jointly organized by Technische Universität Braunschweig and BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus. Scopus-listed proceedings book (publishing group: Springer Nature).
• Lata, Pushp presented a paper entitled Digital Training for Language Teachers: An Exploration into Online Writing Tutorials at Oxford Education Research Symposium Spring Meeting: 20, 21 & 22 March, 2019, at Green Templeton College in the University of Oxford. A peer reviewed conference.
• Aayushi Malhotra, Sailaja Nandigama and Pushp Lata presented a co- authored paper entitled Gendered Communication in Development Discourse and Practice in the International Conference on Interdisciplinarity of Knowledge, Education and Research organized by Dept of Humanities and Social Sciences, BITS, Pilani- Pilani Campus during 8th -9th , 2019
• Lata, Pushp and Shrija Majumdar presented a co- authored paper entitled Transformation of Perception about Cross Cultural Communication under the Influence of Social Media: An Impact Study in the International Conference on Interdisciplinarity of Knowledge, Education and Research organized by Dept of Humanities and Social Sciences, BITS, Pilani- Pilani Campus during 8th -9th , 2019.
• Shivangi Priya and Pushp Lata presented a paper entitled Language Promotion and the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution of India at the 40 th International Conference of the Linguistic Society of India, A peer reviewed conference, held at the Central Institute of Indian Languages, Mysore from 05-07 December 2018.
• Lata, Pushp participated and presented a paper on Flipping Classroom Teaching for Better Learning: An Experiential Pedagogy in the National Workshop on Synergy between Teaching and Research in Indian Academia organized by Teaching Learning Centre, BITS, Pilani, Pilani Campus during March 26-27, 2018
• Lata, Pushp and Shivangi Priya attended and presented a paper entitled Culture, Language and Identity: A Sociolinguistic Study at the International Conference on Media, Culture and Ethics organized by the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences during 9th and 10th February 2018.
• Lata, Pushp, Kaushik Ramesh Iyengar and Smiti Yadav attended and presented a paper entitled Intercultural Competence among Indian Youth: Need for Training at the International Conference on Media, Culture and Ethics organized by the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences during 9th and 10th February 2018
• Lata, Pushp attended and presented a paper entitled Fostering Critical Thinking among Engineering Graduates: A Task Based Approach, National Workshop on Improving Synergy Between Teaching And Research In Indian Academia (Istria 2018), BITS, Pilani on March 26-27, 2018