Dr Mitalee Shome had passed her HSLC (10th std) exams from Saint Mary’s Convent, Guwahati. Always a bright and sincere student, she was in the merit list (4th in the State Merit list) in the Pre – University Exams (equivalent to 12th std of today). She graduated from the prestigious Cotton College, Guwahati with Honours in English Literature and continued to complete the Masters in English Literature from Guwahati University, Assam. She shifted to Mumbai in 1981alongwith her husband and joined the Mumbai University to pursue MPhil in English Literature. The dissertation titled Joseph Conrad’s ‘Heart of Darkness’ and William Golding’s ‘Lord of the Flies’: A Comparative Study, was highly appreciated and recommended by the Examiner from Baroda University for further research. Thereupon she enrolled for PhD under Dr S Kandaswami of the Mumbai University. The PhD degree was awarded to her in the year 2000 for the thesis titled Joseph Conrad and William Golding: A Comparative Study. She joined Shri M.D.Shah Mahila College of Arts and Commerce (affiliated to the S.N.D.T University) as a Lecturer of English in the Junior College in 1982 and in 1985 was upgraded to the Degree College. During her teaching career she has taught a number of subjects ranging from Business Communication, Communication Skills, English Literature and Spoken English to B.Com, B.A, B.M.S and Post graduate students. Within a few years she headed the 10 member strong Department of English at Shri M.D.Shah Mahila College. The team innovated different methods to make teaching more interesting and innovative, and organized different activities to hone the skills of the students. Her creative talent found it’s outlet in the College Magazine which she edited as the Editor and also contributed to it as a Member of the Editorial team.