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Curriculum Vitae of Dr. Mau Das Gupta, Professor in Sanskrit, C.U.

GENERAL INFORMATION:

Name: Dr. Mau Das Gupta

Father’s name: Late Dipankar Das Gupta

Mother’s name: Smt. Sukla Das Gupta

Designation (with subject): Professor in Sanskrit, Calcutta University.

Area of specialization: Vedas

Date of birth: 29th April, 1968.

Sex: Female

Date of joining in service: 28th February, 1997 (Afternoon) at Lady Brabourne College, Kolkata in WBES.(Date of confirmation 01.03.1998)

Date of joining in the present service: 5th September, 2008.

Date of attaining Professorship: 1st March 2014

Total years of service: 23 years 7 months

Residential address: 5, Swami Vivekananda Road, Extn., West Rajapur, Kolkata 32.

Phone no. 033-2425-9351; Mobile: 9681575474. email: [email protected]

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION:

Exams Passed Board/ Subjects Year Div./ Class % of University marks, rank if any

1. Madhyamik Paschim Beng., Eng., 1984 1st Div. 75% Banga Hist., Geo., Madhyamik Maths, Siksha Phy.Sc.,L.Sc., Parishad Sanskrit (addl.), W.E., P.E.

2. Higher W.B. Beng., Eng., 1986 1st Div. 73.5% Secondary Council of Sanskrit, H.S. Pol.Sc., Phil., Education Edu.

3. B.A. Calcutta Sanskrit(Hons), 1989 1st Class 1st, 76% University Phil.(P), Eashan Pol.Sc.(P), Scholar Beng. (C.A.L)

4. M.A. -do- Sanskrit 1991 1st Class 1st 73%

(June)

5. NET -JRF UGC Sanskrit 1992 Awarded June

6. Research Jadavpur Rg-vedic hymns 2008 Awarded Degree (Ph.D) University ascribed to female seers: a socio-cultural study

RESEARCH PROJECTS / SPONSORED RESEARCH UNDERTAKEN:

Details i No. of research projects 1 UGC Minor Research Project: “Rg-vedic hymns ascribed completed / in progress to female seers: a socio-cultural study”. (completed and report submitted in2007)

2 UGC UPE I Project: “Sekasubhodaya: A social and linguistic study” (completed and report submitted in 2014)

UGC-UPE II Project: “Prātimokṣa-sūtra of 3 Mūlasarvāstivāda Vinaya: A Critical Study”(in progress from 11/10/2018) ii Sponsoring agency : For

Project no. 1: UGC

Project no. 2 & 3: UGC-UPE I & II respectively iii Funds received : For

Project no. 1: Rs.65,000/-

Project no. 2: Rs. 2,00,000/-

Project no. 3: Rs. 21,53,000/- (for 2 years)

EXTRAMURAL RESEARCH PROJECTS SPONSORED BY OTHER AGENCIES (PUBLIC AND PRIVATE):

Details

A Name of the Project (in : Translation of Jaiminiya Brahmana into Bengali (A part i progress) of the project of translating and publishing the Vedic literature into Bengali in 70 vols.) ii Sponsoring agencies : Govt. Of West Bengal through Ramkrishna Mission Institute of Culture iii Funds received : 1 crore (total project value)

B Name of the Project (in Member of the the Advisory Committee & Editorial progress) Board of Rabindra Rachanabali in 25 vol.s (already 19 i vol.s published) of Paschim Banga Bangla Academy, Govt. of West Bengal. 2011- ii Sponsoring agencies Govt. of West Bengal through Paschim Banga Bangla Academy iii Funds received 2 Crores

C Name of the Project Member of the the Advisory Committee & Editorial (completed) Board of Bankim Rachanabali in 6 vol.s of Paschim i Banga Bangla Academy, Govt. of West Bengal. 2013- 2017 ii Sponsoring agencies Govt. Of West Bengal through Paschim Banga Bangla Academy iii Funds received 60 Lakhs

NO. OF HONOURS AND AWARDS RECEIVED:

1. Awarded the following prizes and medals for B.A. Honours examination of Calcutta University:

i) Eashan Scholarship of Calcutta University in 1989 for standing first among the B.A. Honours graduates including Mathematics. ii) the Jubilee prize iii) Santamani prize iv) Dayalchand Sen prize v) Padmavati Medal vi) Prasannamayi prize vii) Radhakanta Medal

2. Awarded the University gold medal for standing first class first in the M.A. examination of the same University in Sanskrit in 1991.

3. Awarded the Junior Research Fellowship of UGC in 1991.

4. Sahitya Akademi Translation award for Bengali (2015) for Anamdaser puthi.

5. Shivdasani Visiting Fellowship for Michaelmas Term 2019 of Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies, Oxford University, Oxford, U.K.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE /ACTIVITIES

Details i Professional Experience : 1. Worked as the Head of Sanskrit Dept. CU from Feb. /Activities 2014 to Jan. 2016.

2. Worked as the Acting Senior Secretary of University Colleges of Arts and Commerce of Calcutta University from April 2016 to August 2017.

3. Course coordinator (joint) for Refresher Course in ‘Translation of Sanskrit works in other languages: in India and abroad’ organized by Department of Sanskrit and ASC, University of Calcutta from 18.07.2011 to 06.08.2011

4. Course coordinator (joint) for PhD course work on Sanskrit Grammar from 14.010.2011 to 21.10.2011

5. Course coordinator (joint) for PhD course work on Research Methodology, Computer Application, Manuscriptology with CUMRC from 31.10.2012 to 10.11.2012

6. Organised a state-level seminar onSekaśubhodayā of Halayudha Misra as a part of UPE project Sekaśubhodayā: a social and linguistic study. 17.04.2013

7. Joint Coordinator of a 7 day short term course on Literature and Philosophy in Sanskrit and Pali, Jan.2014 ii Contribution to Professional : Serving as expert in umpteen selection committees and and / or Public Service moderation committees of own and other Universities and also in Indian Statistical Institute and Public Service Commission, Govt. of W.B. iii Dissertation supervised by Supervised the dissertations of 20 M.Phil. Students (2 regular faculty students per year in average) which have been duly awarded. Supervising the doctoral theses of 8 candidates (1 thesis submitted) as the principal supervisor and of 10 candidates as associate supervisor. iv Paper Setter, Member of  University of Calcutta Board of moderators and  W B State University, Barasat (W.B.) examiners at  Gour Banga University, Malda  Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata  Burdwan University  W B Council of H.S.Education  WB School Service Commission

v Member of Board of studies  U.G.B.O.S. of Sanskrit, C.U. at:  P.G.B.O.S. of Sanskrit Dept. C.U.  P.G.B.O.S. of Buddhist Studies Dept. C.U.  UGBOS of Vidyasagar University

vi Member of RAC (Ph.D./  Rabindra Bharati University (Ph.D./ M.Phil.) M.Phil.) of various Universities  Gour Banga University (Ph.D./ M.Phil.)  Kalyani University (Ph.D./ M.Phil.)

 Burdwan University (Ph.D./ M.Phil.) vii Membership of various  Member of the Advisory Committee and Editorial Prestigious bodies and committees Board of Rabindra Rachanabali of Paschim Banga Bangla Academy, Govt. of West Bengal.July 2011-

 Member of the Advisory Committee of Sishu-

Kishore Academi, Govt. of West Bengal from June

2011 to July 2012.  Member of the Advisory Committee & Editorial

Board of Bankim Rachanabali of Paschim Banga

Bangla Academy, Govt. of West Bengal. 2013-2017

 Member of the Publication Committee of Paschim Banga Bangla Academy, Govt. of West Bengal. 2011-2015  Member of the Spelling and Grammar Committee of Paschim Banga Bangla Academy, Govt. of West Bengal. 2011- till date  Life member of the Asiatic Society, Kolkata  Nominated member of the Publication Committee of the Asiatic Society, Kolkata. 2013-14.  Member of the University Council of the. Sanskrit College University, Kolkata since 2016  Member of the Governing Body of Bethune College (Vice Chancellor’s Nominee) 2016-2018 vii Visiting fellowship in various  Visiting Fellow in the Dept. of Sanskrit, Gour Universities Banga University for 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019  Visiting Fellow in the Dept. of Sanskrit, Jadavpur University 2016, 2017  Visiting Fellow in the Dept. of Sanskrit, North Bengal University 2019  Shivdasani Visiting Fellow for Michaelmas Term 2019 of Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies, Oxford University, Oxford, U.K.

Research Publications

(a) Books (Self-authored)

1. Anamdaser puthi. (Bengali translation of Hazari Prasad Dwivedi's Hindi novel Anamdas ka potha). New Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai, Chennai, Bengaluru: Sahitya Akademi, 2012. ISBN: 978-81-260-3295-2. (Refereed) (Awarded the Sahitya Akademi Translation Prize for Bengali in 2015) (Refereed)

8. Puraner Galpo. Shishu Kishore Academy, Kolkata, 2014. ISBN:978-81-926714- 9-9 (Refereed)

9. Gitār Dvitiya adhyāy: Mūl-saha Kabitāy, (a poetic Bengali rendering of the second chapter of Gita), Ramkrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Kolkata: Golpark, 2015. ISBN:978-93-81325-61-2 (Refereed)

4. Women Seers of the Ṛg-veda, DK Printworld, New Delhi, 2017. ISBN:978-81- 246-0868-5 (Refereed)

Books (Edited):

(Along with other editors) 1. Sabhyatār saṃkaṭ: bhāṣātāttvik saṃkhyātāttvik biśleṣaṇ. Kolkata: Rabindra Bharati University, 1996.

2. 19 vol.s of Rabindra Rachanabali (Complete works of Rabindranath Tagore sanctioned to be published in 25 vols.), a project of Govt. of West Bengal on the 150th anniversary of Tagore under the auspices of Paschim Banga Bangla Academy, Kolkata.

3. 6 vols. of Bankim Rachanabali (Complete works of Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay), another project of Paschim Banga Bangla Academy, Kolkata under the aegis of the Govt. of West Bengal.

4. Śaradaḥ Śatam, Centenary Volume (1907-2006) of the Department of Sanskrit. Kolkata: University of Calcutta, 2017. ISSN 2454-3381

(Joint editor) 5. Saṃskṛta-Bhāratī,10th issue, Journal of the Department of Sanskrit, University of Calcutta, 2017, ISSN 2454-3381

5. Reflections on Translation and the Ancient Indian Literature, Saptarshi Prakashan, Kolkata, 2017, ISBN 978-93-82706-95-3

(Sole editor) 7. The Sanskrit translation of Gitanjali by late Pundit Kalipada Tarkacharya. (2nd edn.) Visva Bharati Granthan Vibhag, 2015. ISBN: 978-81-7522-606-7

8. Women in Ancient India: Myriad Voices, Sanskrit Pustak Bhandar, Kolkata, 2018, ISBN 978-93-87800-33-5

(b) Research Articles/ Papers published in Journals/ Periodicals/ Conference P“roceedings/ Newspapers: (Arranged alphabetically)

1. Apropos the Indra-Indrāṇī-Vṛṣākapi Hymn of Ṛgveda”. In: Ṥodhanidhi (Peer- reviewed Annual Research Journal of the Dept. of Sanskrit, University of Gour Banga) Vol.3, March 2019: 33-90. ISBN 978-93-84721-34-3.

2. “A Study of a few attempts to make Sanskrit relevant to children”. In: Śodhanidhiḥ, Peer-reviewed Annual Research Journal of the Dept. of Sanskrit, University of Gour Banga). 1st issue 1st vol.2016: 142-149. ISBN: 81-86359-50-8.

3. “Alaukikaśruter lokasāmānyatvam”. In: Our Heritage Vol.45, Feb. 2018: 53-56. (Reviewed) ISSN: 0474-9030

4. “Baidik juge strīśikṣā”. In: Rabibāriya of Sukhabar (news paper), 03/06/2018

5. “Bed o samskriter anukriti ebang Gauri Dharmapal”. In: Tirpurni vol. 9:114-121. 2006.

6. “Buddhadev Basu ebong Anubād Sāhitya”. In: Jalarka, Aug. 2011: 29- 35.ISSN:2349-8331

7. “Ekṭi ananya anubād” . (A book-review on the poetic translation of Kumārasambhava in Bengali by Alok Sarkar). In: Kalpratima Sahityapatra, 13th year, 4th vol.:345-351. January 2007.

8. “Female Ŗsis of the Ŗg-veda: their weal and woe”. In: The Newsletter, School of Women’s Studies, Jadavpur Univ. Vol. 25, March 2010

9. “Folk elements in the literature of poetesses of the Ŗg-veda”. In: The Proceedings of Two-day International Seminar on ‘Contextualising folk-culture in the lives of women: an Indian experience’, organized by M.Phil Programme on Women Studies, CIS, Burdwan Univ. March 2010

10. “Gaurī Dharmapāl (1931-2014)”. In: Akademi Patrika, Paschimbanga Bangla Academy, January 2015: 150-154.

11. “Imagery and Deconstruction of a few Ṛg-vedic verses”. In: Living Traditions of Vedas [Proceeding of the International Vedic Workshop (IVW) 2014]. (Eds.) P. Vinod Bhattathiripada and Shrikant Bahulkar, Delhi: New Bharatiya Book Corporation, 2019: 230-246.

12. “Jalayuddha”. In: Rabibasariya of Ananda Bazar Patrika, 04/08/2019

13. “Kālidāser Meghdut ebang Buddhadeb Basu: phire dekha”. In: Jalarka. March 2008. ISSN: 2349-8331

14. “Karṇa-kuntī bisaṃbād: Mahābhārater padacchāyāy”. In: Jalarka, Dec.2014: 95- 108. ISSN:2349-8331

15. “Kayekṭi Kanyār Bṛttānta: Ṛgveda theke Mahābhārate”. In: Ebong Amra, January 2015: 260-279. ISSN: 2394-4927

16. “Pāṇini: Beder bhāṣā theke pānśālār hnakḍāk sab i āche tnar byākaraṇe”. In: Rabibasariya of Ananda Bazar Patrika, 20/05/2018

17. “Prācīn Bhārater kabitā.” In: Kabitirtha 35th year, vol. 100, July 2016: 13-21. ISSN: 0974-7583

18. “Professor Sukumari Bhattacharjee” (Centenary Tribute). In: Monthly Bulletin of The Asiatic Society, Vol. XLIX no.9, September 2020: 49-50.

19. “Rabindranāther ‘Saṃskṛtaśikṣā’”. In: Kalpratima Sahityapatra, 17th year, 1st issue: 146-151. July 2010

20. “Rāmendrasundar Trivedī ebong Vaidik Sāhitya”. In: Arshinagar, Sep.2014: 60- 67. ISSN: 2319-5150

21. “Rights of women in the Ŗg-vedic age”. In: Saṃskṛta-Bhāratī (Journal of the

Department of Sanskrit, University of Calcutta), 9th issue: 72-76 . 2010. ISSN 2454-

3381

22. “Rabindranāther prācīn sāhitya: ekṭi abinīta samīkṣā”. In: Tabu ekalabya, 6th year, 1st issue: 522-527. 2010. ISSN: 0976-9463

23. “Ritualistic Application of the verses of the Rgvedic Rishikās”. In: Vedic Studies (Silver Jubilee Volume) vol.6, 2014: 203-218. School of Vedic Studies, RBU in association with the National Manuscript Mission of IGNCA, MHRD, Govt. of India. ISSN: 2278-4373

24. “Ṛkbeder meyera”. In: Arek Rakam Vol.6, Issue 19-20 Oct. 2018: 103-106.

25. “Śatabarṣe Sukumārī”. In: Rabibasariya of Ananda Bazar Patrika, 19/07/2020

26. “Sāhitye Hindu-Musalmān samparka: Saṃskṛta theke Bānglāy”. In: Kalpratima

Sahityapatra, 17th year, 2nd issue: 148-155. Jan. 2011

27. “Samskrita chhandacharcha: prasanga Amulyadhan Mukhopadhyay”. In: Bivab 99th issue: 179-201. 2007. ISSN: 0970-1885

28. “Samskrita sahitya ebong Rajsekhar Basu”. In: Jalarka XVIII: 163-166. 2007. ISSN: 2349-8331

29. “Saṃskṛta Vyākaraṇ-manastattva-Satīnāth Bhaduri”. In: Jalarka, 2009: 20-24. ISSN:2349-8331

30. “Similes and Metaphors in the Agnihotra of Jaiminīya Brāhmaṇa”. In: Proceedings of the 17th World Sanskrit Conference, Vancouver, Canada, July 9-13, 2018, Section 1: Veda. (reviewed) Eds: Shrikant Bahulkar and Joanna Jurewicz. General Ed. Adheesh Sathaye Published by the Department of Asian Studies, University of British Columbia, on behalf of the International Association for Sanskrit Studies. DOI: 10.14288/1.0380178. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2429/74489, Date available 16.07.2020

31. “Sukumārī Bhaṭṭācārya”. In: Kalpratima Sahityapatra, December 2014: 4-7.

32. “The Apālā-Hymn: Fragment of a Folk-Lore?” In: Saṃskṛta-Bhāratī (Journal of the Department of Sanskrit, University of Calcutta), 10th issue 2017: 44-53. ISSN 2454-3381

33. “The treatment of prefixes (upasargas and karmapravacaniyas) in Paninian grammar: some emerging problems”. In: the Journal of the Department of Sanskrit, Rabindra Bharati University, vol. XIV: 55-58. 2006.

34. “Vidyāsāgarer Varṇaparicay”. In: Arek Rakam, December 2015: 13-14.

1. “Accents: Were they only Vedic property?”. In: Sanskrit Series No. 4: Indian Intellectual Tradition: Sanskrit Grammar. (Professor Karunasindhu Das Commemoration Volume). Kolkata: Rabindra Bharati University, 2017. ISBN: 978- 93-82039-23-5. PP. 76-84

2. “An In-depth Literary Study of the Apālā Hymn of the Ṛgveda”. In: Śrīnidhiḥ (Prof. Shrikant Bahulkar’s Gratitude Volume). Pune: Saṃvidyā Institute of Cultural Studies, 2009. PP. 105-114.

3. “Apālā and Ghoṣā: Two Unmarried Women of the Ṛg-veda”. In: The ‘Other’ Universe: An Anthology of Women‘s Studies. (Ed.) Aparna Bandyopadhyay. Kolkata: Setu Prakashani, 2015. ISBN: 978-93-80677-73-6. PP. 474-480.

4. “Bānglā anubāde Vālmīkir Rāmāyaṇa o Vyāser Mahābhārata”. In: Mahākāvya nibandhāvalī, pp. 496-508, (Ed.) Sambhunath Chakrabarti-Samkhyatirtha. Kolkata: Sanskrit Pustak Bhandar, 2013. ISBN 978-93-83368-28-0. PP. 496-508

5. “Bāṇī Basur Maitreya Jātak: nārīr nirmāṇer dhārā”. In: Bānglā Sāhitye Mahilā Kathākār. (Ed.) Uma Maji Mukhopadhyay. Kolkata: Dey’s Publishing, 2012. ISBN 978-81-295-1467-7. PP. 179-183. 6. “Bhūmikā” (Introduction). In: Bed Ābahamān. Gauri Dharmapal. Bardhaman: Burdwan University, 2015. ISBN: 81-87259-90-6.

7. “Environment and the Poetesses of the Rg-veda”. In: Saṃskṛta-Bhāratī . Kolkata: University of Calcutta, 2013. ISBN: 978-93-5156-053-4. PP. 236-244.

8. “Gaṇamādhyam o sāhitya: Prasaṅga prācīn bhārat theke ādhunik bāṅgadeś”. In: Bānglā Sāhityer gati-prakṛti o anyānya Śilpamādhyam o Gaṇamādhyamer saṅge Samparka. (Ed.) Sucharita Bandyopadhyay. Kolkata: Academic Staff College, Calcutta University, 2013. PP. 109-113.

9. “In Search of the Lost Māṇḍūkeya Tradition: A Phonetic Reference at the Ṛkprātiśākhya”. In: Samīkṣā: Series 11 : Vedalakṣaṇā Texts: Search and Analysis. New Delhi: National Mission for Manuscripts, 2017. ISBN: 978-93-80829-40-1. PP.131-138.

10. “Post-Modernism, Post-Structuralism and Deconstruction: The Ṛgvedic Perspective”. In: Śaradaḥ Śatam, Centenary Volume (1907-2006) of the Department of Sanskrit. (Eds.) N.K.Chatterjee, Ratna Basu et al. Kolkata: University of Calcutta, 2017, ISSN 2454-3381. PP. 292-296.

11. “Pratham Pārtha: Pratibāder bahu star”. In: Nāṭyadarpaṇe Bidroha. (Ed.) Debabrata Biswas. Kolkata: Asian Publication, 2011. PP. 308-322.

12. “Sāṃmanasyam idānīntane” (a bunch of self-composed Sanskrit verses with English translation). In: Śrīnidhiḥ (Prof. Shrikant Bahulkar’s Gratitude Volume). Pune: Saṃvidyā Institute of Cultural Studies, 2009. PP. xliv-xlv.

13. “Samudratīrer ṭiṭṭibh-dampati”, “Lauhajaṅgher galpa” (Bengali translation of two stories from Pañcatantra and Kathāsaritsāgara respectively). In: Bhāratjoḍā kathankathā. (Ed.) Ramkumar Mukhopadhyay. Kolkata: Mitra O Ghosh Publishers Pvt. Ltd., 2012. ISBN 978-93-5020-042-1, PP. 413-426.

14. “Sekaśubhodaya: Constructing Ethics through Aesthetics”. In: A Comparative Study of Aesthetics in Sanskrit Persian and Hindi Literature. (Eds) Trishna Chatterjee et al. Kolkata: Lady Brabourne College, 2013. ISBN: 978-81-923685-8-0. PP.109-116 15. “Sulabhā”. In: Nārī Bāstabe O Kalpabāstabe. (Ed.) Krishna Dasgupta. Kolkata: Manabibidya Charcha Kendra. Lady Brabourne College, 2014. ISBN: 978-93-83368- 67-9. PP. 85-91.

16. “The Maidens in Buddhist Literature”. In: Women’s Voices: Visions and Perspectives. (Ed.) Parna Ghose. Kolkata: Sampark, 2017. ISBN: 978-81-77680-05-8. PP. 192-200.

17. “Translation and Trans-creation from Sanskrit to Bengali: Some Experiences Shared”. In: Swarnasundaram : Dr. Nirmal Sundar Mishra Felicitation Volume (peer reviewed). Ed. Sashibhusan Mishra. Kolkata: The Banaras Mercantile Co., Jan. 2020. ISBN: 978-81-86359-88-5. Pp.263-267.

18. “Vāgdevatār vyathā”, “Paṅker sukh” (Bengali translations of two Sanskrit poems by Jagannath Pathak). In: Bhāratjoḍā Kathankathā. (Ed.) Ramkumar Mukhopadhyay. Kolkata: Mitra O Ghosh Publishers Pvt. Ltd., B.E. 1424 (C.E. 2017). ISBN: 978-93- 5020-248-7. PP. 319-323.

19. “Veder Yuge Nārī”. In: Sāmpratikatamakāle Baṅalīr Ved-gaveṣaṇā ebong Prasaṅga-anuṣaṅga. (Ed.) Shambhunath Chakrabarty. Kolkata: Sanskrit Pustak Bhandar, 2011. (2nd enlarged edn.). PP. 204-217.

20. “Voice of the female seers: Myth and Reality”. In: Alternative voices of Anthropology. (Eds.) Ajit K. Danda, Rajat K. Das. Kolkata: Indian Anthropological Society, 2012. ISBN 8L-85525-07-2. PP. 344-355.

21. “Yamī: The Incestuous Woman”. In: Women in Ancient India: Myriad Voices. (Ed.) Mau Das Gupta. Kolkata: Sanskrit Pustak Bhandar, 2018. ISBN: 978-93-87800- 33-5. PP. 12-18.

Contd.

2.(a) Invited Lectures/ Special Lectures in Institutions of repute within the country: (Nov. 2011 onwards)

S. Title of Lecture Title of conference/ Organized by Whether Duration No. Seminar & Date Internatio nal/ National

1 Rgvede nari rshi Gayatri-Surama Howrah Samskrta Memorial 1 hour Smarak baktrtamala Sahitya samaj Lecture

05.11.2011

2 ‘Voice of the International The Indian Internation Yes female seers: Myth symposium on Anthropological al and Reality’ Locating Alternative Society Voices in Anthropology

19-23th November 2011

3 Bani Basur Bangla sahitye UGC and Dep. of National Yes Maitreya Jatak: mahila kathakar Bengali Siliguri

narir nirmaner th College, Siliguri dhara pp.179-183 29-30 November 2011

4 Ancient Indian Inter Disciplinary Ramkrishna Sarada 90 mnts education with Seminar Mission special emphasis on Vivekananda women education 05.03.2012 Vidyabhavan

5 In search of the lost Vedalakshana Texts: The School of National Yes Mandukeya Search and Analysis Vedic Studies, tradition: a clue in Rabindra Bharati the Rk-pratisakhya 12.03.2012 University

6 Self composed Writer’s Meet of 24 Sahitya Akademi National 30 mnts verse and its Indian Languages translation in 4 D.L. Khan Rd. 16.03.2012 English and Hindi Kolkata 25

7 Maharshi Ved-bhashyon mein Arya Samaj National No Dayanand’s swami Dayanand ka Kolkata commentary on ved Bhashya the Vedas: some aspects 05.08.2012

8 The position of Ved-sammelan Arya Samaj National No women seers Kolkata inVeda 28.12.2012

9 Sekaśubhodayā: A Comparative Lady Brabourne National Yes constructing ethics Study of Aesthetics College, Kolkata, through aesthetics in Sanskrit Persian UGC& & Hindi Literature C.U.M.R.C.

24-27th April 2013

10 Real meaning of Veda-samgoshthi Arya Samaj National No the Vedic mantras 20.08.2013 Kolkata & their application in rituals.

11 Welfare of Refresher Course on UGC‐Academic National No women as Concept of Welfare Staff College, reflected in the in the Vedas (Vede & Dep. of Rgveda. kalyanam) from 6th Sanskrit, to 26th Sep. 2013. University of Calcutta

12 Rights of women Refresher Course on UGC‐Academic National No to inherit property Concept of Welfare Staff College, as recognised in in the Vedas (Vede & Dep. of the Nirukta. kalyanam) from 6th Sanskrit, to 26th Sep. 2013. University of Calcutta

13 On the article PhD Course work on C.U.M.R.C. National No ‘Prototypes in The system of &N.M.M. Paninian syntax’ Sanskrit syntax: by Prof. Karaka, Vibhakti M.Deshpande and Samasa in Panini’s Astadhyayi 22nd to 31st Oct. 2013 14 Kārakas: Direct and PhD Course work on C.U.M.R.C. National No Indirect The system of &N.M.M. Relationship Sanskrit syntax: Karaka, Vibhakti and Samasa in Panini’s Astadhyayi From 22nd to 31st Oct. 2013 15 Declension in PhD Course work on C.U.M.R.C. National No Vedic Language The system of &N.M.M. Sanskrit syntax: Karaka, Vibhakti and Samasa in Panini’s Astadhyayi From 22nd to 31st Oct. 2013

16 A study of a few Regional Seminar on SAFIC, a unit of National No attempts to make Sanskrit for Children Sri Aurobindo Sanskrit relevant 10th Nov. 2013 Society, to children Pudduchery

17 Computer PhD Course work on Department of University 90 mnts Application as Research Sanskrit, C.U. level each required for Methodology and Sanskritic Studies Computer (4 lectures) Applications

21.12.2013 - 03.01.14

18 Ramendrasundar The 150th birth- Sahitya Akademi National In press Trivedi: Sanskrit anniversary seminar Works on Ramendrasundar Trivedi (1864-1919) 06.03.2014 19 Indian Poetry: Annual Festival of Sahitya Akademi National 30 mnts Young Voice Letters 11-13th April 2014 (60th anniversary celebration)

20 Anatomy in the Three day Dept. of Sanskrit Internation No Vedic Literature: International Seminar al Two case Studies on Scientific Jamshedpur Elements in Sanskrit Workers’ College, Literature Kolhan University, 11-13th September Chaibasa 2014

21 Translation of Special Lecture Dept. of Hindi University 90 mnts Hazari Prasad level Dwivedi’s 14th November 2014 Presidency Anamdas ka Potha University

22 Ancient Indian Refresher Course Dept. of Sanskrit National No Dramaturgy as th reflected in Hazari 16 Feb. 2015 Jadavpur Prasad Dwivedi’s University Anamdas ka Potha 23 Changing Ethical Redefining Ethical Centre For National No values as found in Values through Advanced Studies Dhorai-charit- Indian Literature 10- Dept. of Sanskrit manas and Maila 12th March 2015 Jadavpur Anchal University

24 Sulabha: Pratibader Ramkumar Ramkrishna Endowmen 1 hour Pratimurti Gangadevi Saraogi Mission Institute of t Lecture Memorial Lecture in Culture, Golpark Bengali 29.07.15

25 Alaukikaśruter Two-day Seminar on Govt. Sanskrit National Yes lokasāmānyatvam “Samskrita Vidya College, Kolkata (lecture in Vaibhavam” 27-28th Sanskrit) August 2015

26 Ramendra Sundar Two-day Seminar on Dept. of Sanskrit National No Trivedi and Gauri 20th Century Gour Banga Dharmapal: Two Sanskrit Studies in University Malda Vedicists of Bengal 30th Sep. – 1 Bengal of 20th st Nov. 2015 Century

27 Poverty, Three-day Seminar Centre For Internation No unemployment on Poverty, Advanced Studies al and occupation in unemployment and Dept. of Sanskrit the Vedic occupation as Jadavpur literature reflected in Indian University Literature 28-29th January 2016

28 Bharatamuni‟s Special Lecture Dept. of Hindi University 90 mnts Natyashastra: 14.03.2016 Presidency level Classical Concept and Relevance University

29 Avesta: A Study Special lectures for CAS- Sanskrit University 45 mnts Seven days (Phase II) Dept. of level Sanskrit Jadavpur April 2016 University

30 Āśvalāyana- Special lectures for Dept. of Sanskrit University 4 hours a śrautasūtra: A three days as a Gour Banga level day Study of the Visiting Fellow 1-3 University Malda Darśapūrṇamāsa June 2016 rituals

31 "Translation and Refresher Course on Dept. Of CILL University In press transcreation from Indian Language and level Sanskrit to Literature: University of Berngali: some Comparative Calcutta experiences shared perspective 07.12.2016

32 “Aloke Sarkar: A in A Literary Forum Sahitya Akademi Natioal No Tribute” on Aloke Sarkar

24.01.2017

33 Koyekti mando One day seminar Lady Brabourne Internation No meyer upakhyan: College, Kolkata, al 8th March, 2017 Bouddha sahitya on Womens Day theke

34 ‘Kautilya on “Ethical Foundation North Bengal National No Stridhana’ of Administration: University In the Light of Dharmasastras”

One day seminar 30.03.2017

35 ‘On the In a seven-day Scottish Church National No preparation of workshop on College, Kolkata Research research Proposal’ Methodology,

29.04.2017 36 Asvalayana Seven-day special Dept. of Sanskrit, University 4 hours a Srautasutra and Lectures 12- GBU level day Darsapurnamasa 19.05.2017

37 ”Mahabharater tin Special lecture Alumni Association 60 mnts kanya” 18.09.2017 of Kamala Girls School,Kolkata

38 values of ancient A Quarterly arranged Bethune College, 45 mnts Indian women from Special lecture on Kolkata Rigvedic times to Ethics and Value the 15th century Education AD 29th November 2017

39 A brief presentation screening of a The Asiatic National 20 mnts introducing the Documentary film Society, Kolkata noted Indologist on Anundorum

and Sanskrit Borooah scholar Anundorum Borooah 06.12.2017

40 Vaidik Sahityer Extension Lecture Lady Brabourne 3 hours Jagat College, Kolkata 10.02.18

41 Sakuntala and Extension Lecture Sammilani 90 mnts Poetics Mahavidyalaya, 28.02.18 Kolkata

42 Women in Ṛg-veda Inaugural lecture in Jhargram Raj Internation 1 hr. the Two day College, Jhargram al Seminar on “Women in Texts”

15.03.2018

43 Veda and Avesta Bijan Kumar Sanskrit Sahitya National 45 mnts Memorial Lecture in Parishad the three day seminar to celebrate the Centenary Year of Sanskrit Sahitya Parishad 30.03.2018

44 Brahmanical National Seminar on Vivekananda National 45 mnts religion and Education and College for Brahmanical Culture Women, Barisha,

system of education th th Kolkata in Ancient India 4 & 5 April 2018 (04.04.18)

45 Asvalayana Five-day special Dept. of Sanskrit, University 4 hours a Srautasutra and Lectures 14- GBU level day Darsapurnamasa 18.05.2018

46 Translation of Paper read at the The Asiatic National 1 hour Sanskrit Works in Monthly General Society, Kolkata Three Modern Meeting of The Indian Languages Asiatic Society, Kolkata 06.08.2018

47 'Vedic Literature' Extension Lecture Department of 4 hours Sanskrit 08.09.2018 Victoria Institution (College)

48 The Subalterns in Refresher Course on Dept. of Sanskrit No Vedic Literature Indian Life and Jadavpur Culture Revealed in University Ancient and Early Mediaeval Literature. 10.09.18

49 Interpretation of Workshop on Dep. of Sanskrit, National No Upanishads by Jadavpur Shrimat Anirvana Yoga-Vedānta University Renaissance

27.09.18

50 Researches in Workshop on Bhasha Bhavan National 1.30 hrs Sanskrit Studies Research (Institute of Methodology in Language, Language, Literature Literature and and Culture), Visva- Bharati Culture: Theory and Application, from 18 th to 27 th November 2018.(24.11.18)

51 Charyapader Suniti Kumar Paschim Banga State level In press Bhasha O Suniti Chattopadhyay Bangla Academy, Kumar Memorial Lecture Ministry of organised on Information & (26.11.2018) Culture, Govt.of W.B.

52 On various Winter Schhol in UGC- HRD National 90 mnts interpretations of Comparative Centres and Dep.of Rgvedic literature Language and English, Calcutta with a focus on Literature from 31st University Deconstruction Dec. 2018 to 22nd theory Jan.2019 (17.01.19)

53 Stage and Seminar titled “This Dep. Of English, National No playhouse in Green Plot shall be Calcutta University ancient India as our Stage:Theatre in described in Classroom, Campus Bharata’s and Beyond”, 6th& Natyasastra 7th March, 2019 (07.03.19)

54 Various Vedic Series of Lectures Dept. of Sanskrit, University 4 hrs a day aspects from 11th to 15th level March 2019 North Bengal University, Jalpaiguri Campus

56 Medieval Sanskrit Two day Seminar on The Asiatic Society State level No Studies in Nadia Indological Studies in collaboration in Nadia with Bharati Chatushpathi 7tn Feb.2019 Sanskrit Mahavidyalaya, Nabadwip

57 Veda to Puranas: a National Seminar on Dep.of Sanskrit, National No journey ‘Indian Intellectual Tradition: Puranic Rabindra Bharati Literature’ University, Kolkata 19-20 March 2019

58 Beder Jug o Asha Gupta Dep..of Sanskrit, No meyera Memorial Lecture Jogamaya Devi on 12.04.2019 College, Kolkata

59 Sanskrita theke The Bi-centenary Paschim Banga State level In press Bangla: prasanga Celebration of Pt. Bangla Academy, Vidyasagar Ishwar Chandra Ministry of Vidyasagar Information & Culture, W.B. On 25.09.2019 Govt. Kolkata

60 Sanskrita sahityer Bi-centenary Bethune College, State In press sange Bangalir Celebration of Pt. Kolkata Level parichay: Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagarer Vidyasagar Bhumika On 11.02.2020

61 Concept of Non- International Department of Internation No Violence in the Seminar on Sanskrit of the al Vedic Literature “Concept of Non- University of North Violence in Sanskrit Bengal Literature”

15.02.2020

62 Medieval Sanskrit Two day Seminar on The Asiatic Society State level No Studies in Nadia Indological Studies in collaboration in Nadia with Bharati Chatushpathi 7tn Feb.2019 Sanskrit Mahavidyalaya, Nabadwip

63 Veda to Puranas: a National Seminar on Dep.of Sanskrit, National No journey ‘Indian Intellectual Tradition: Puranic Rabindra Bharati Literature’ University, Kolkata

19-20 March 2019

64 Beder Jug o Asha Gupta Dep..of Sanskrit, No meyera Memorial Lecture Jogamaya Devi on 12.04.2019 College, Kolkata 65 Sanskrita theke The Bi-centenary Paschim Banga State level In press Bangla: prasanga Celebration of Pt. Bangla Academy, Vidyasagar Ishwar Chandra Ministry of Vidyasagar Information & Culture, W.B. On 25.09.2019 Govt. Kolkata

66 Sanskrita sahityer Bi-centenary Bethune College, State In press sange Bangalir Celebration of Pt. Kolkata Level parichay: Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagarer Vidyasagar Bhumika On 11.02.2020

67 Concept of Non- International Department of Internation No Violence in the Seminar on Sanskrit of the al Vedic Literature “Concept of Non- University of North Violence in Sanskrit Bengal Literature”

15.02.2020

b) Invited Lectures/ Special Lectures/ Chairperson/ Moderator in Institutions of repute and Conferences held Outside the Country:

Sl. Date(s) Title of Title of Conference/ Organised by No. Lecture/Academic Seminar/Workshop / Session Symposium

1. 13.08.2018 Chaired/ 17th World Sanskrit Dept. of Asian Studies, Moderated the Conference held at University of British morning session of University of British Columbia, Vancouver, the Vedic Section Columbia, Vancouver, Canada & IASS and th of 17 World Canada MHRD, Govt. of India Sanskrit Conference 2. 25.08.2019 “Different Aspects scholarly meetings Department of to of Indological during the period of Languages and 02.09.2019 studies with special reference to the several days in Cultures of India and Vedas” Jagiellonian South Asia,

University, Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland Kraków, Poland 3. 24.10.2019 Philosophy and The first invited The Oxford Centre for world-view of the lecture as the Hindu Studies (OCHS), women of the Ṛg- Shivdasani Visiting Oxford, U.K. veda Fellow in the Michaelmas term, Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies, Oxford University

4. 02.11.2019 Women in the Rig A special lecture for The Friends of the Veda the British Hindus Oxford Centre for residing in Hindu Studies at Leicester, U.K. Leicester, U.K. in collaboration with the OCHS

5. 21.11.19 How did The second invited The Oxford Centre for unmarried women lecture as the Hindu Studies, Oxford, live in the Ṛg-vedic Shivdasani Visiting U.K. age? Fellow in the Michaelmas term, Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies, Oxford University

(c) Papers presented on the basis of abstract selection by referees in International Seminar/ Conference/ Workshop/ Symposium. Indicate whether the Conference Proceedings are published.

Sl. Title of the paper Name of the Place and Whether the No. Seminar/Conference Organisers Conference /Workshop/Symposi Proceedings -um are published

1 Negation and 15th World Sanskrit Vigyan Bhavan No interrogation in Conference on the dialect of the 5.1.12 New Delhi

women seers of th IASS & RSkS the .Rg-veda 5th to 10 Jan.2012

2 Imagery and 6th International Kozhikode, Published Deconstruction of Vedic Workshop Kerala a few Ṛgvedic 2014 Verses 7th -10th Jan.2014

3 The Apālā-Hymn: 16th World Sanskrit Silpakorn No Fragment of a Conference University, Folk-lore? Bangkok, 28th June – 2nd Thailand Jul.2015

4 Similes and 17th World Sanskrit University of Published metaphors in the Conference on British Agnihotra of 10.07.18 Columbia

Jaiminīya th th Brāhmaṇa 9 to 13 July 2018 Vancouver City, Canada

5. “Understanding the 7th International Vedic Inter-University Not yet metaphors Workshop 2019 Centre, Centre of pratyadanti in the 19th – 24th August 2019 for Advanced story of Bhṛgu Academic (Jaiminīya Studies, Brāhmaṇa 1.42-44)” Dubrovnik, Croatia

(d) Invited Lectures/ Special Lectures/ Chairperson/ Moderator in Webinars/ Web-conference organized by Institutions of repute and Conferences

Sl. Date Title of the Title of the Webinar/ Organised by Status No. lecture Web-conference

1 27.06. 2020 Epidemic and A National Webinar on Dept. of Sanskrit and National other natural Epidemic in Ancient Political Science in calamities in India: Pandemic in ancient India: Recent Times collaboration with IQAC, Some Acharya Prafulla precautions in Chandra College, New the scriptures Barrackpore

2 26.06.2020 Mumūrṣur bãcār Late Shaila Kumar Howrah Sanskrita State-level icche phiriye ānte Mukhopadhyay Sahitya Samaj Atharvaveder Memorial web-lecture, prayog (In Memorial Lecture Series, Bengali) part 1 3. 02.07.20 Baidik yuger nārī A two day National The Dept. of Sanskrit and National ebong ājker webinar on Women’s Cell, Shahid bhāratīya nārī: Empowerment of Kshudiram College, ekṭi prati-tulanā Women in Twenty First Aliporeduar, Jalpaiguri (In Bengali) Century on 2nd & 3rd July 2020 4 03.08.2020 Humanism as One day State level The Dept. of Sanskrit, State-level depicted in the webinar on Humanism in Balagarh Bijoykrishna Saṃhitā and Vedic Literature Brāhmaṇas of the Mahavidyalay, Hooghly Vedas 5 04.08.2019 Myriad A Two day National Dept. of Sanskrit in National perspectives of Web- seminar on collaboration with IQAC, Vedic women in Women in India: Myriad comparison with perspectives (Vedic to Nistarini College, Purulia that of the Modern), 4th & 5th women of August 2020 modern India 6 06.08.2020 The Valedictory The last session of a Saṃskṛta-bhāratī, National speech of the seven-day festival on Kolkata President of the Google-meet to seminar : celebrate the Sanskrit Saṃskṛtasaptāhas week from 31.07.2020 to ya 06.08.2020 samāpanotsavaḥ (In Sanskrit) 7 08.08.2020 Mānasik abasād State level webinar on Depts of Sanskrit , State level o tār baidik Exploration of Sanskritic Prabhu Jagadbandhu pratikār Traditions in New Normal (In Bengali) College, Howrah, and Basanti Devi College, Kolkata

8 12.08.2020 Vedasya The main speaker’s P.G. Department of National th sāmānyaparicaḥ speech on the 5 day of Sanskrit, U.N. (In Sanskrit) the National Sanskrit Week (Celebration) from Autonomous College of 8th to 14th August 2020 Science and Technology, Adaspur, Cuttack, Odisha

9 25.08.2020 Introduction with Special lecture in the Department of Sanskrit, Internation the functions of Inaugural session as the al words in Sanskrit Special Guest of a 5-day Cooch Behar Panchanan Śāstras beginning International Web- Barma University, Cooch from the Vedas conference titled “Śāstreṣu Behar, West Bengal Śabdavṛttivicāraḥ” [Deliberation on functions of words in Śāstras] from 25th to 29th August 2020

10 29.08.2020 Valedictory Valedictory lecture of Department of Sanskrit, Internation Speech with the 5-day long al special reference International Web- Cooch Behar Panchanan to Śabdavṛtti in conference titled Barma University, Cooch the Vedas “Śāstreṣu Śabdavṛttivicāraḥ” [Deliberation on Behar, West Bengal functions of words in Śāstras] from 25th to 29th August 2020

11 11.09.2020 Vyāvahārikajīvane A National Webinar on The Dept. of Sanskrit & IQAC of National vaidikasāhityasya Vyāvahārikajīvane Hiralal Majumdar Memorial prāsaṅgikatā Saṃskṛta-sāhityasya College for Women, prāsaṅgikatā [Relevance of Sanskrit Literature in Practical Life] 12. 12.09.2020 Veda: The One day seminar on The Dept. of Sanskrit & IQAC of State Gateway of Veda: The Gateway of Vidyasagar College, Kolkata Ancient Indian Ancient Indian Education Education System System 13. 13.09.2020 References of One day seminar on The Dept. of Sanskrit & State epidemic and Epidemic and Disaster in IQAC of disaster in the the Light of the Ancient Veda-Vedangas Indian Texts Udaynarayanpur and the texts of Madhabilata Dharma literature Mahavidyalaya, Howrah, W.B.

14. 14.09.2020 Atharvavede An International Webinar The Dept. of Sanskrit of Internation ālocita nānā Lecture Series on Mahishadal Raj College, al vyādhi o tāder Environmental &Health pratikār: ekṭi awareness in Present Mahishadal, Purba samīkṣā Pandemic Situation: Medinipur, W.B. Special reference in Ancient Vesdic, Sanskrit, Pali and Prakrit Literature 15. 19.09.2020 The conversation A State level Webinar The Dept. of Sanskrit of State between Karṇa Maheshtala College, and Kuntī as it was originally in Budge Budge, 24 Mahabharata : a Pgs.(S),W.B. comparative study with its famous transcreations “karna-Kunti sangbad” and “Pratham Partha” in Bengali Literature 16. 23.09.2020 The Right to Live A Three-day International The Dept. of Sanskrit of Internation and Let Live as Webinar on “Polity of Sadhan Chandra al reflected in the Mahabharata in the story of a worm Context of Present Mahavidyalaya in and Vyasa in Perspective” collaboration with t The st rd Mahabharata 21 to 23 Sep. 2020 Dept. of Sanskrit of Fakir Anushasanika Parvan 118-20 Chand College, 24 pgs (S), W.B.