Profession and Academic Designation

• Assistant Professor
• Department of Comparative Indian Language and Literature
• University of Calcutta, since 5th August, 2015

Administrative Experience:

• Head of the Department, Since 31st October, 2018 - Co-ordinator MPhil Programme, 2018-2022
• Chairperson, Departmental Purchase Committee
• Chairperson, PG BoS

Areas of Interest:

Comparative Indian Literature, Translation Studies (Theory and Practical), World Literature, Historiography, Literary History, Dalit Literature, Migration Studies

Academic Qualifications:

• PhD in Comparative Literature, 2015, University of Hyderabad
• MPhil in Translation Studies, 2010, University of Hyderabad
• MA in Comparative Indian Language and Literature, 2009, University of Calcutta
• BA with Bengali Honours, 2007, Ramakrishna Mission Vidyamandira -
• Certificate in Translation as a Skill, CENTIL, 2009, Jadavpur University -
• Certificate in Malayalam Language, 2009, Rabindra Bharati University -
• Certificate in Tamil Language, 2009, University of Calcutta

Fellowships:

• UGC-NET-JRF- in Comparative Literature, 30th November, 2011
• UGC-NET- Lectureship, 13th June, 2011
• Haskel Block Travel Award- American Comparative Literature Association, 2017

Research Supervising:

• PhD Scholars- Two (2) On going
• MPhil Scholar- One (1) to be started

Publishing and Editing E-Journal

• I have edited January 2014 issue of the International Peer reviewed Journal of Comparative Literature of University of Hyderabad, Edhvani, http://edhvani.in/theteam/
• Indian Journal of Comparative Literature and Translation Studies (IJCLTS), A double blind peer reviewed international journal, the 1st issue is published in September 2013. ISSN 2321-8274, https://sites.google.com/site/indjournalofclts/
• Editor of the Journal of Comparative Indian Language and Literature, Dept. of CILL, University of Calcutta, for Volume IV, 2019 and Volume V, 2020.
• Edited June, 2019 issue of the Global Media Journal, University of Calcutta