UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA

FACULTY ACADEMIC PROFILE/ CV

Full name of the faculty member: SUNANDAN KUMAR SEN Designation: Assistant Professor Specialisation : Historical Linguistics

Contact information : Email: [email protected]

Academic qualifications:

College/ university from which the Abbreviation of the degree degree was obtained B.A. (Hons) in Linguistics University Of Calcutta M.A. in Linguistics University Of Calcutta Ph.D (awarded in 2012)

Positions held/ holding:  Assistant Professor, Department of Linguistics, University Of Calcutta, Since July 2008.  Guest faculty in the Department of , Department of Bengali, Department of Buddhist Studies, University Of Calcutta  Former guest faculty in the Department of English, University Of Calcutta  Former guest faculty in the School of Languages and Linguistics, .  Part-time teacher, Communicative English Course, Jogamaya Devi College, from Sptember 2004 to June 2008.  Research Fellow, The Asiatic Society, from November 2002 to June 2008.

Research interests:

 Historical Linguistics, Indo-Aryan Linguistics, Language Origin, Language and Gene  Natural calamity and its reflection in literature

Research guidance : Number of researchers pursuing M.Phil/ Ph.D : 04

Select list of publications: (Selected) a) Journals:  A Brief Sketch of Brajabuli, Journal of The Asiatic Society, Vol XVL, No 3, 2003.  Early Printing in Bengal and Battala, Bulletin in the Department of Linguistics, No.16.  Bamla Bhashar Sandhi Yug: Ekti Samikkha, Visva-bharati Patrika, 2009.  The in the Juncture of Old and Middle Bengali, Bulletin in the Department of Linguistics, No.18.  Sukumar Sener Goyendagiri (Detective story and Sukumar Sen) Korak, 2013  Upacharya Guru Pronam (Respect to the Master of Masters), Alochanachakra, 2014  Gene and Language, Bulletin in the Department of Linguistics, No.21, 2019.  Bamladesha BhashaVijan Charchar Itihas, Bamla Akademy Patrika, 2018.

Book chapters :

 An Outline of the Old Bengali Syntax, Rainbow of Linguistics:Edited by N.S.Dash, P.Dasgupta and P.Sarkar, Published by T.Media Publication, , 2003.

Book

 Old Bengali Language: An introduction, Sanskrit Pustak Bhandar, Kolkata, 2007. (On the occasion of the Centenary of the discovery Of the Carya manuscript by Hara Prasad Sastri).

 Muhammad Shahidullah, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademy, Kolkta, 2017. (Biography of Muhammad Shahidullah in Jibani- granthamala Series by Paschimbanga Bangla Akademy).

 Bhavanar Bhuvan: Bhasha-Sanskriti-Itihas, Bangiya Sahitya Samsad, 2018.

 Indo-Iuropiya Bhashavijnana, Anada Publishers, Kolkata, 2018.

Edited Books

 Pravandha Sankalan of Sukumar Sen, Volume-I, Anada Publishers, Kolkata, 2014.

 Pravandha Sankalan of Sukumar Sen, Volume-II, Anada Publishers, Kolkata, 2016.

 Pravandha Sankalan of Sukumar Sen, Volume-III, Anada Publishers, Kolkata, 2017.

 Pravandha Sankalan of Sukumar Sen, Volume-IV, Anada Publishers, Kolkata, 2018.

d) Other publications :

 A Bird’s Eye View of The Language of Sekaśubhodayā, in Puspitagra, A collection of Essays on Indology, Edited by Didhiti Biswas, Published by Sanskrit Pustak Bhandar, 2014.  Bamla Sahityer Itihas Racana: Kayekti Samasyar Dik, in Samalocana Sahitya, Sahitya Samalocana, Edited by Sucarita Bandyopadhyay, Published by University of Calcutta, 2015.  Kathaner Riti in ‘Shailivijnan Tattve o Proyoge’, edited by Sucarita Bandyopadhyay and Sanat Kumar Naskar, University of Calcutta, 2019.

Membership of Learned Societies:  Life Member, Linguistic Society Of  Life Member, The Asiatic Society  Life Member, Bangiya Sahitya Parisad  Executive Committee Member, Bangiya Sahitya Parisad

Invited lectures delivered :

 Delivered an invited Lecture at the Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts (IGNCA), New Delhi in March 2014 on ‘The Substantive Verb In Bengali’.  Delivered the memorial lecture in November 2016, at Paschimbanga Banla Akademy on ‘Bamladeshe Bis Shataker Bamla Bhashavijan Carcar Itihas’

Awards :

 Awarded best paper presenter by a non-PhD student in 32nd All India Conference of Dravidian Linguistics at Warangal in June 2004.