Manan Kumar Mandal Professor in Bengali Director, School of Humanities Netaji Subhas Open University University Address: School of Humanities Netaji Subhas Open University Room: 101 DD26, Sector 1, Salt lake City, Kolkata- 700 064 West Bengal, India Office: 033-40663214 e-mail:
[email protected] Present Designation Professor in Bengali, Netaji Subhas Open University & Director, School of Humanities, Netaji Subhas Open University Head, Dept. of Bengali, Netaji Subhas Open University Coordinator, Centre for Language, Translation & Cultural Studies, NSOU Education and Qualifications 1996: Graduated from Presidency College (CU) with Honours in Bengali Language & Literature; 1998 : Master’s from University of Calcutta (CU) in Bengali Language & Literature; First Class (Fourth) SPL Paper: Comparative Literature 1998 December UGC-NET 2006: Ph.D. from University of Calcutta Ph.D Dissertation title: "Adhunik Bangla Upannyas : Byasti O Samasti Manaser Rupayan(1947-67) "আধুনিক বাাংলা উপিযাসঃ বযনি ও সমনি মািসসর 쇂পায়ণ (১৯৪৭-৬৭)”, বঙ্গভাষা ও সানিত্য নবভাগ, কনলকাত্া নবশ্বনবদ্যালয় Previous Positions April 2001- July 2007 Lecturer in Bengali, Tamralipta Mahavidyalaya. Tamluk, Purba Medinipur, Werst Bengal July 2007-2014 Senior Lecturer (redesigned as Assistant Professor II & III) in Bengali, Netaji Subhas Open University, Kolkata. Associate Professor in Bengali, NSOU (August 2014 to August 2017) Professor in Bengali, NSOU August 2017 to till date Honorary Guest Lecturer at Dept. of Bengali Language and Literature, Page 1 of 12 University of Calcutta. 2009 – 2020 External Part-time Lecturer at Dept. of Bengali, (Evening section), Jadavpur University. 2008 -2010 Academic Fellowship / Scholarship • UGC-NET Research Fellowship at Calcutta University,1998 December.