Of Professor (Dr.) Surabhi Banerjee
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Curriculum Vitae of Professor (Dr.) Surabhi Banerjee M.A. Cal. et. Leeds (UK), Ph.D. (Cal) Vice-Chancellor Central University of Orissa Central Silk Board Building Landiguda, Koraput-764 020 , Orissa, India CONTACT DETAILS Name and Designation : Professor (Dr.) Surabhi Banerjee, M. A. Cal. et. Leeds, Ph.D (Cal) Currently, First and Founding Vice – Chancellor Central University of Orissa, Located in Koraput. Date of Birth : 29th October 1951 Contact Details : Professor (Dr.) Surabhi Banerjee Email id: [email protected], [email protected] [email protected] Telephone: 0674 -2748094/92 Fax – 0674 – 2748092 (O) Camp Office Address : Qtr No. Type C, Block – 4, New Govt. Colony At/P.O: Gajapati Nagar Bhubaneswar -751017 Tel: 0674 - 2748091 / 95 Fax: 0674 – 2748092 / 95 Main Campus Office Address : Central Silk Board Building Landiguda, Koraput -764020 Tel: 06852 – 251244 / 251288 Fax: 06852-251244 E-mail: [email protected] Permanent Address : 28/6 – B, Bepin Pal Road Extension, P.O. - Kalighat Kolkata – 700 026. Telephone: 033-24642047 Work Experience : 35 years as Professor and 12 years as Vice Chancellor ( Developer of New State/ Central Universities. ) Brief Resumé Name: Professor (Dr.) Surabhi Banerjee, M.A. Cal. et. Leeds, Ph.D (Cal) Designation: Currently Founding Vice-Chancellor, Central University of Orissa for nearly five years. Age: 61 years 6 months. Date of Birth: 29.10.1951 Short-listed among the top 5 academics for the position of UGC Chairperson in February 2012. Short-listed among the top 3 academics for the position of the UGC Vice Chairperson in May 2012. Currently, the Seniormost Vice Chancellor among the Sitting Vice Chancellors of Central Universities and also the Seniormost Woman Vice Chancellor in India with 12 years of experience as Vice Chancellor of several Indian (State and Central) Universities. Served for the last twelve (12) years as Founding Vice Chancellor in three (State) Universities in West Bengal and another three (3) years as Pro-Vice Chancellor at the University of Calcutta. Initiated several major academic reforms during her tenure as Pro-Vice Chancellor, University of Calcutta. Well-known as an Higher Education Institution builder. Recipient of many prestigious Awards (See details) including the Indira Gandhi Priyadarshini Award, 2007 for significant contribution to the field of higher education. Widely known as eminent writer and literary critic. Allotted a spacious entry as a reputed writer in the prestigious Who‟s Who in Indian Writing, published by Sahitya Akademi, Government of India.Author of 23 Books on English and European Literature. (for Research Papers – see details ) Members of many academic and higher education policy-making bodies /committees at the national level. To name a few: Nominated by the Prime Minister of India as Member, Board of Governors, Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSir), Government of India. Member of eight (8) Search Committees for the appointment of Vice Chancellors in several State and Central Universities in – Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Kerala, Karnataka, West Bengal and Andhra Pradesh. Member, Search Committee, for the Appointment of Director, National Assessment and Accreditation Council, Bangalore. For details of Convocation Address, Invited Endowment Lectures/Keynote Address/Talks (Please see details annexed) Member, Committee for the Mid-term Appraisal of the XI th Plan, Planning Commission, Government of India. Chairman of the Expert Committee constituted by UGC for selection the awardees under the scheme of Post-Graduate Indira Gandhi Scholarship for Single Girl Child for PG academic programme 2013-2014 Chairperson of the Visiting Committee to Mumbai Education Trust, Institute of Distance Learning, Mumbai, Maharashtra. MHRD – Member of the Standing Committee on the scheme of „Development of Women‟s Studies in Indian Universities and Colleges‟. MHRD – Member of the Working Group on Higher Education and Research under India – New Zealand Education Council ( INZEC). Member of an Expert Committee constituted by UGC to study the performance of all six Inter University Centres. UGC Nominee in the Court of University of Kalyani, West Bengal. Chairman, UGC has nominated as one of the Members of the Review Committee to assess the past performance of Karnataka SET Agency, i.e University of Mysore. Visitor‟s Nominee on the Search Committees for Appointment of the Vice Chancellor Member of Academic Council and Senate, Nagarjuna University, Andhra Pradesh and Andhra University. MHRD- Three-member Review Committee on NET. Round Table (Committee) on Higher Education. National Knowledge Commission: Working Group Member on Virtual Learning in National Knowledge Commission. As the first official / formal step towards the realization of the Prime Minister‟s Higher Education Initiatives between the Govt. of India and the Govt. of New Zealand, recently in mid-February) I was delegated by the UGC /MHRD to visit eight (8) Universities for academic partnerships and exchange Programmes and hold meetings with the Ministry of Education, New Zealand. I was nominated by the U.S. Govt. for the prestigious International Leadership Programme. U.S. higher education officials to visit several Ivy League Universities in the U. S. and hold meetings with on Higher Education. Studied and taught at Presidency College, Calcutta, University of Calcutta and University of Leeds, UK. University of East Anglia Norwich, University of Cambridge, UK. (for post doctoral research work on E. M. Forster) A-top-ranker in all public examinations. Recipient of State Scholarship, National Scholarship. Charles Wallace Trust Fellowship, British Council Grant-in-aid for Research, Fellowships in Universities abroad. Professor of English Literature, University of Calcutta for the last 35 years. Supervisor and Adjudicator of Ph.D, Theses of various Indian Universities. For Administrative Leadership in Central University of Orissa, Koraput. ( her current assignment) (Please see details annexed) Other than English, Bengali, and Hindi, Professor Banerjee has proficiency in French and Latin. CONCISE CAREER PROFILE AT A GLANCE: An academic with over 36 years experience, 12 of which has gone into building universities One of the few women academics to work as VC of three universities, and Pro VC of one of the oldest universities in India, University of Calcutta Authored 22 books besides Research Papers; her books on EM Forster, Walter Pater, Charles Baudelaire and John Keats popular among students of English and European Literature Recipient of State Scholarship, National Scholarship, British Council Grants, Charles Wallace Trust Fellowships thrice, UK Bursary Fellowships throughout her academic career Studied and taught as Professor of English at Presidency College, University of Calcutta and the University of East Anglia (UK) Studied at the University of Leeds (UK), pursued research work at the University of Cambridge, UK (Post doctoral) Pursued research work as Fellow at the University of East Anglia, Norwich (UK) with internationally acclaimed linguist Professor Roger Fowler Recipient of numerous prestigious awards including Indira Gandhi Priyadarshini Award 2007 Other than English, Bengali and Hindi Professor Banerjee has proficiency in French and Latin Professor (Dr.) Surabhi Banerjee (Calcutta University, Leeds) bears many mantles of a reputed builder of State and Central Universities, a successful education administrator, an excellent teacher, an eminent writer and a literary critic. Formerly Pro-Vice chancellor of the oldest university of India, the University of Calcutta and Vice Chancellor of Netaji Subhas State University (W Bengal), and First Vice Chancellor of State University of Gour Banga (W Bengal), currently she is the Founding & First Vice Chancellor of the Central University of Orissa in Koraput. Professor Banerjee is one of the few Indian women academicians who have taken a string of top-level assignments in higher education. She is also lauded as the harbinger of many academic innovative initiatives and reforms in the oldest University in India. She has spent 36 years in academics out of which 12 years have gone into building universities. Prior to these assignments, she was a Senior Professor in West Bengal Higher Education Service and Professor and Head of the Department of English, University of Calcutta. She was also the Founder Director of the Centre for Creative Writing and Translation Studies at the University of Calcutta. A scholar of English Literature, Professor Banerjee penned a popular literary Column The Weekly Word in The Times of India for nearly three years (2001-04). She has been allotted a spacious entry as a reputed writer of books on literary criticism in Who‟s Who in Indian Writing published by the Sahitya Akademi. Till date Professor Banerjee has authored 22 books in English as well as in Bengali on various aspects of English, European and Bengali Literature including books on EM Forster, Walter Pater, Gustave Flaubert, Charles Baudelaire and on Research Methodology. Besides her achievements in the field of Literature, she has been the recipient of innumerable prestigious awards which includes Indira Gandhi Priyadarshini Award 2007 for her significant contribution to higher education in India, and Gyaneswari Award 2008 for her contributions by Yashwant Rao Chauhan University, Nashik, among others. She was also conferred the prestigious Bharatiya Shiksha Ratan Award 2008 by The Economic for Health and Educational Growth, Delhi. The University of Calcutta