Avinash Kumar Anthony Vasanth

An accomplished and highly experienced College Lecturer with outstanding classroom management skills possessing a genuine passion for helping students of all abilities reach their full potential. I have an MA in English, MA in Journalism & Mass Communication and presently pursuing PhD studies. With 22 years of professional experience in teaching English Language and literature to Pre-University, Foundation and undergraduate students in India and Oman. As a Senior Lecturer in English Language at Oman, I have taught EAP & ESP in English language to EFL & ESOL for both full-time and part-time Business and IT students in the undergraduate program. Presently I work as an English lecturer at IDEA Design College. Further, I work as a freelance IELTS, OET and PTE trainer and I teach Business English and soft skills online for corporate clients in Torino (Turin) ITALY. With a sound background of Information Technology, I am capable of using technology extensively in classrooms with the aid of contemporary tools and computer applications in teaching, learning and testing.

I worked at Majan University College–Muscat, Sultanate of Oman as a Senior Lecturer in English Language for 10 years in the Faculty of English Language Studies. At Majan, I have the following practical experience and expertise in the following:

• Administration: Academic and students’ affairs of the college. 
• Curriculum Revision and development: EAP & ESP Program & modules. 
• Majan Virtual E-learning platform: MOVE (Based on Moodle) for Teaching, Learning & Testing.
• Quality Assurance and Institutional documentation: QAC and Oman Academic Accreditation Authority (OAAA). 
• Student Support and Engagement: Counselling & Academic Advising. 
• Teaching: EFL & ESOL with EAP & ESP for UG students.
• Teaching ESP: Business and IT English.
• Technology oriented experience: MS Windows & MS Office, MS Teams, Zoom, Google meet and WebEx.

Presently, I work as a Part-time Lecturer in English Language and Literature at IDEA World-Design College, teaching the following for undergraduate students in the Bachelors of Science program.

Teaching: 

• English language and literature 
• Fashion journalism
• Personality development
• Soft skills

Further, I work as an online freelance trainer in IELTS MATERIAL-GETMYUNI EDUCATION SERVICES PVT. LTD. BENGALURU, INDIA and train in the following exams:

Training:

• IELTS, 
• OET & 
• PTE 

Furthermore, I work as an online freelance tutor in Marcus Evans Linguarama at Turin, ITALY, training corporate clients with the following:

Tutoring:

• Business English 
• Soft skills

PURSUING:
PHD SCHOLAR IN ENGLISH (PART-TIME)
KLEF UNIVERISTY, GUNTUR, INDIA
FEBRUARY-2022 ONWARDS.
 

GRADUATED:
MASTER OF ARTS IN JOURNALISM AND MASS COMMUNICATION (DISTANCE LEARNING) MADURAI KAMARAJ UNIVERSITY, MADURAI, INDIA

MASTER OF ARTS IN ENGLISH (FULL-TIME)
BANGALORE UNIVERISTY, BENGALURU, INDIA

MASTER OF ARTS IN ENGLISH LIT. (DISTANCE LEARNING) 

KARNATAKA STATE OPEN UNIVERSITY-MYSORE, INDIA 
 

BACHELOR OF ARTS IN HUMANITIES (FULL-TIME)
BANGALORE UNIVERISTY, BENGALURU, INDIA