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Name: Prof. Ashes Gupta

Date of Birth: 11.7.1969

Phone number's : 09436123038

Academic Qualifications : M.A., Ph.D.

Present Designation/position : Professor

Topics Taught : 1. Indo-Anglian Poetry 2. American poetry, drama, novel, non -fictional prose 3. Popular Literature ( Science Fiction and Horror Stories) 4. Modern Poetry 5. Research Methodology and Theory 6. North Eastern Literature and Culture.

Publications (year wise):

1. Resisting Assimilation: Singh, B.N. ed. Essays on David Williams: A Magnus in David Williams Novelist of the Canadian Prairie, Bareilly: Prakash Eye of the Father. P: 75-87 Book Depot, 1999, ISBN 81-85897-55-7 2. Translation of Kokborok Indian Literature: SahityaAkademi Bi-Monthly poems and stories to Journal, Vol. XLIX, No. 35.229; Sep-Oct, 2005. English. ISSN 0019-5804; Page no.43,49,60,61,82,83, 91- 100. 3. Translations of Kokborok ‘Indian Literature: SahityaAkademi Bi-monthly and Bengali Poetry to Journal’:Vol.I, No.2. 232 March 2006; Page no.22; English. (ISSN 0019 5894) 4. The Fragrant Joom: A Agartala: Akshar Publications, 2006; ISBN 81- Translation of Kokbarak 89742-24-8, Edited, compiled and translated Poetry in English 5. Reading Sarangi, Joydip. And JhaGaurishankar ed. The JayantaMahapatra’s Dawn Indian Imagination of JayantaMahapatra. New at Puri as an attempt Delhi: Sarup and Sons, 2006; p: 69-76. towards circumscribing a local space against the politics of universalisation. 6. Reading ArunKoltkar’s ‘The SarangiJaydip ed. Explorations in Indian English Bus’ as an exposition of Poetry, New Delhi: Authors Press, 2006; p-132- the vacillating duality of 140. (ISBN 81-7273-370-4) existence’. 7. Translations of Kokborok ‘Indian Literature: SahityaAkademi Bi-monthly and Bengali Poetry to Journal’: Vol.LI, No.5. 241 Sep-Oct.2007; Page English. no.152,154,155; (ISSN 0019 5894) 8. Translations of Kokbarak Tales and Tunes of Tripura Hills. Myths, tales and riddles. Ed.ChandrakantaMurasingh. Kolkata: SahityaAkademi, 2007; ISBN 978-81-260-2586-2; P:67, 129, 136, 145. 9. ‘Translation as an act of Translation Today (A biennial peer reviewed Ventriloquism: the Author- Journal by CIIL. Mysore, NBT, India Translator- Hegemony’. &SahityaAkademi, New Delhi. Vol.6 No.1 & 2 2009; p. 107-114. 10. The Golden Rendezvous: Macmillan India, 2009; ISBN 023-063-906-2, Jointly An Anthology of Essays Edited and Short Stories 11. Colourscapes: Theorizing Kolkata: Towards Freedom, 2010. ISBN 81-8206- Colours 0206; .12. The Fading Melody: Proceedings of North East India History Exploring Oral History, Association, 32nd Session, Tripura University, Myth and Musicality of Agartala, 2011; p.598-603. Chongpreng through a Moving Lens.

13. Voicing Colourscapes: Rupkatha Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Colour-usage and Humanities, An Online Access Online E-Journal. Response as Alternative Vol.3. Number 2. 2011; P 268-300; ‘On Narration in Dennis Contemporary Poetry in English’. ISSN.0975 2935. Cooley’s Bloody Jack. www.rupkatha.com

14. The Violent Pattern: Das, Uday Chand and HimadriLahiried.Violence and Conceptualising Violence its Representations. Published by UGC Academic as a Cultural Construct. StaffCollege, The University of Burdwan; Burdwan. Aug 2012; p-21-39 (financed by UGC). 15. Living the dream: Sengupta, Jayita ed. Barbed Wire: Borders and narrating a landscape lost Partitions in South Asia. Published by Routledge: and a land left behind. Taylor and Francis Group, 2012; p: 50-65. ISBN: 978-0-415-50150-7. 16. Translations of Indian Mondal, Somdutta and Soma Mukhopadhyay ed. English poems by BharatiyaEngrejiKobita. Published by Abhijan HarindranathChattopadhya Publishers Kolkata, Feb.2013; P:41,42,99-101,129- y, Hoshang Merchant and 131 Mamang Dai from English to Bengali. 17. Performing the Divine: Muse India; Issue 58; Nov-Dec 2014. ISSN: 0975- Hara-GourirNaach and the 1815. ritual of the http://www.museindia.com damned/blessed body 18. Writing life’s little INDIAN LITERATURE IN ENGLISH: MAPPING THE madnesses: Mamang Dai CONTEMPORARY LITERARY LANDSCAPE (vol and the weaving of a II), edited by HimadriLahiri, ArnabkumarSinha and magico-poetic gaale. Sajalkumar Bhattacharya, to be published by Creative Publishers, New Delhi. Accepted for publication

19. Phoenix: A textbook of Chief Editor, Suggested text book for BA/BSc/ Compulsory English for BCom. Compulsory Foundation English, TU; Orient Foundation Course of Blackswan: 2015; ISBN 97881 250 5753 6 BA/BSc/ BCom, Tripura University.

Seminar/ Workshop/ Conference/ Symposium/ Refresher/ Orientation etc. participated

Sl. Title of Conference/ Date Organized by Paper Presented No. Seminar

1. National Seminar on 15-17 June, Indian Institute of Feminism, Tradition Feminism, Tradition and 2001 Advanced Study and Modernity: An Modernity. RashtrapatiNivas, Analysis of the Portrait Simla of Indian Women in Television Advertisements

2. Seminar for Associates 24th June, Indian Institute of Media: Decoding 2005 Advanced Study, Strategies for Analysis. RashtrapatiNivas, Simla

3. English Translation 16-18th SahityaAkademi Translations form Workshop August, 2005 and North East Bangla, Kokborok, India Poetry Chakma, Meitei and Council Bishnupriya.

4. National Seminar on: ‘The 7th April, 2006 Indian Council of Voicing Issues of Tribes, Peasants and Historical Identity in Translation Modern Identity in North Research and as Cultural Production. East India’. Dept. of History, TU

5. 2 Day Translation Workshop 30-31st March, SahityaAkademi Translations on Kokborok Folk Songs, 2007 Myths and Tales from Kokborok/ Bengali to English

6. Seminar on ‘Nationalism and 15.12.2008 Department of Nationalism and Indian Indian Writing in English’. English, Writing in English. Vidyasagar College for Women, Kolkata.

7. 3-Day National Seminar on 27-29 Department of Translation as an act of ‘Translation and the Nation’. February, 2008 English, Ventriloquism: the Pondicherry Author-Translator- University and Hegemony. CIIl, Mysore

8. 3 day Workshop and 16,17,18th Department of Translating the Nation: National Seminar February, 2009 English, Tripura From Map to Song. University and CIIL, Mysore.

9. National Seminar on 14-15th Tripura Book Production in ‘Production and Marketing September, Publishers’ Guild Tripura: A Reader’s of Books: Problems and 2009 and National Perspective. Prospects in the North Book Trust, India Eastern States’.

10. National Seminar titled ‘Post 22-23rd March, UGC Sponsored Of fear and fantasy, Independence Indian 2011. and orgnsd. by fact and fiction: English Fiction’ Women’s College, Interrogating canonical Agartala. literary historiography towards Comprehending partition of Bengal in post- Independence Indian English fictional space.

11. National Seminar on 29th -30th National Book Reading into the ‘Children’s Literature of the March, 2011. Trust, India, Reading Habbits of Northeast: The Changing MHRD, Govt of Children in Tripura Scenario of Reading Habit.’ India and Dept. of Library and Information Science, Mizoram University, Aizawl

12. National Seminar organized 23rd April, Akshar Thinking about books: on the eve of World Book 2011 Publications, evolution of the Day. Agartala. concept.

13. State level translation 2nd -4th North-East Centre Chakma Folk and workshop. Aug.2011. for Oral Literature Modern Literature (Agartala), (translation to English). SahityaAkademi.

14. North-East India History 17-19thNov. NEIHA and Dept. The Fading Melody: Association. 2011 of History, Exploring Oral History, Tripura Myth and Musicality of University, Chongpreng through a Agartala. Moving Lens. 15. State 1st Dec.2011 Tripura Denying the loss: Books LevelSymposium:BoiAjkerSo Publishers’ Guild forever. moye(Book Today) on the eve of 7thAgartalaPustak Mela.

16. 33rd Annual Conference of 8th -11th Organised by The Intellectual Osmo- the Institute of Indian Feb.2012 Dept. of sis: Negotiating the Geographers (IIG) & Geography and problems and limita- International Seminar on Disaster tions of documentation Population, Development & Management, in rein-forcing the link Disaster Management. Tripura between literature and University. geography.

17. Two-day UGC National 15-16th March, Department of The Cover Story: Seminar on Charles Dickens 2013. English and Other Issues of perspective, titled- ‘Dickens and the Long Modern European perception and depic- Nineteenth Century’. Languages, Visva- tion in the different Bharathi, cover designs of ‘David Santiniketan. Copperfield’

Resource Person/ Chairperson in Seminar/ Workshop/ Conference/ Symposium/ Refresher/ Orientation etc.

S.No. Seminar/ Workshop/ Date Organised by Lectures/ addresses/ Conference/ Symposium/ Presentations etc. Refresher/ Orientation

1. Resource Person in the July 29th – UGC Academic Addressed sessions: 5th Refresher Course in August 18th, Staff College, Comparative Literature; 2009. Golapbagh, 1. Theorizing the Link. Title: ‘Literature and Visual University of 2. Praxis. Arts: Comparative Burdwan, West Perspectives.’ Bengal

2. Resource Person in the 26-28 March, Tribal research Presented a paper National Seminar on 2010. Institute, Govt. of titled: ‘Negligence and ‘Language Endangerment in Tripura and Death of a Language: Tripura’. KokbarakSahityaS Agartala- Bangla’. abha.

3. Resource Person in the 29- 31st National Structuring the National Workshop on March, 2010. Translation Dictionary of Dictionary of Translation MaulanaAbulKa Mission, CIIL, Translation Studies. Studies. lam Azad Mysore. National Urdu University, Hyderabad. 4. Resource Person in 6th June 19th – UGC Academic Resource Person and Refresher Course in July 9th, 2010 Staff College, addressed sessions’: Comparative Literature, Golapbagh, Title: ‘Biography, Auto- University of 1. Hypothesis biography and Life Writing: Burdwan, West 2. Life Writing Comparative Perspectives’. Bengal 3. Case Study (I) 4. Case study (II) 5. Invited Speaker: National August 21st, Diocese of Holy Invited Speaker: Symposium on Mother 2010 Cross Configuring a nation Teresa on the occasion of without boundaries Mother Teresa’s Birth through a policy of Centenary. happiness: Teresa and Tagore. 6. CMS Research Interacted with House, Saket, N. audience in post- Participated as Director in Delhi and Dept. screening session. Shillong CMS Vatabaran of Science and 3rd Sept. 2010 Film Festival 2010, for Technology, at 1.30 pm screening of docufilm Meghalaya at ‘Vanaj: In Search of Green’ Public Library Auditorium, Shillong. 7. Resource Person in NBT Sept. 13th – National Book Addressed sessions Training Course in Book 25th, 2010. Trust, India, on: Translation of Publishing at Agartala. MHRD, Govt of Kokborok books from India Bangla and other North Eastern Languages: Translational viability vs commercial viability.

8. Deputed as expert in 18th-19th Nov. Directorate of For deliberating and National Level Meeting held 2010 Higher Education, presenting a Concept on Govt. of Tripura. Note on transferring of state museum to Ujjayanta Palace, Agartala.

9. Key Note Address inState 21st-22nd Nov, Holy Cross Nature and Scope of Level Seminar on Teaching 2010. College, Agartala Indian English and Learning of Indian and Holy Cross Literature: General English Literature Alumni Introduction. Association

10. Invited for National level VishwaYuva Round up Country Meeting Kendra, IACR, Participation in for ‘Plan4children’ for 13th Dec.2010 Women’s Meeting. formulation of Non- Coalition Trust, negotiables for Approach Delhi and Plan Paper to be drafted by For Children National Planning Secretariat, N. Commission. Delhi. 11. Invited Speaker: Itanagar 19th -27th Feb. National Book Folk as an Essential Book Festival’s panel 2011. Trust, India, Element in the discussion MHRD, Govt of Literature of the North India East.

12. Resource Person: NBT 24thFeb.-9th National Book Addressed sessions Training Course in Book March. 2011 Trust, India, on: 1. Book as a Publishing at Silchar. MHRD, Govt. of medium of India Communication; 2. Formulation and application of colour usage in a book and its analysis 13. Chairing/ presiding over 29th -30th National Book Chaired a Session. a session in the National March, 2011. Trust, India, Seminar on ‘Children’s MHRD, Govt of Literature of the Northeast: India and Dept.

The Changing Scenario of of Library and

Reading Habit.’ Information Science, Mizoram University, Aizawl

14. Resource Person in the 18thJune- UGC Academic Addressed sessions: 7th Refresher Course in 8thJuly 2011. Staff College, 1. Violence as a Comparative Literature; Golapbagh, cultural construct Title: ‘Violence and its University of 2. Violence in texts: representation in Literature Burdwan, West Praxis in texts of other & other forms of Art’ Bengal arts.

15. Chairing a session in the . 29th -30th Oct. BBA Dept., Holy Session on International Seminar on 2011. Cross College & Information Techno- ‘Globalisation: Its Issues BBA Dept. Tripura logy in Globalisation: and Challenges with special University Its Issues and reference to India’ Challenges with special reference to India

16. Resource Person in 6th -7th August, UGC Sponsored Translations of Indian Translation Workshop of 2011. and orgnsd. by English poems by Indian English Poetry into Department of HarindranathChattopa Bangla. English & Other dhyay, Hoshang Modern European Languages, Visva- Merchant and Bharathi, Mamang Dai from Santiniketan. English to Bengali.

17. Chaired the first 15-16th March, Department of Chaired the First academic session of the 2013. English and Other academic session. Two-day UGC National Modern European Seminar on Charles Dickens Languages, Visva- titled- ‘Dickens and the Bharathi, Long Nineteenth Century’. Santiniketan

18. Resource Person in: 27-30th March, KanakadasaAdhya Bhakti and the International Conference on 2013. naPeeta&Kanakad popular cinema: The ‘Rethinking Bhakti’. asa Research Dynamics of Centre, devotion and Mangalore depiction in University, ‘ManerManush’. Manasagangothri,

Mangalore, Karnataka.

19. Chaired a session in the 27-30th March, KanakadasaAdhya Chaired a session International Conference on 2013. naPeeta&Kanakad ‘Rethinking Bhakti’. asa Research Centre, . Mangalore University, Manasagangothri, Mangalore, Karnataka.

20. Resource Person in the 10th - 31st Dept. Of English, Sessions: 1. Imaging Refresher Course: March, 2014. NEHU Shillong and Imagining the ‘Transcending the Canon: Campus. North East in Textual Emerging New Indian Space. Literatures in English and in 2. Mamang Dai. Translations in the post 1980s with special focus on the Literatures of the North East.’

21. Resource Person in the 10th Nov. Centre for Title of the National Symposium 2014. Gandhian Studies, deliberation: ‘Reflection on Present Day Tripura Cartooning the Education System in India University. Mahatma: Visuals and from a Gandhian Familiarity. Perspective’.

22. Resource Person for November 13th SreeChaitanyaMa Laughter Mechanism: Special Lecture in the UGC -14th, 2014. havidyalaya, Refugee influx, Sponsored National Seminar Habra erosion of cultural on ‘Humour: Effect in Prafullanagar, space, tension and literature, Stage and North 24 subsequent negative Screen’. Parganas, West stereotyping in Bengal. popular Bengali cinema.

23. Panelist and Resource 20th February New Delhi World Panel Discussion: My Personin World Book Fair, 2015. Book Fair Land My Stories: 14-22nd February 2015 on (NDWBF) Children's Literature theme Suryodaya: organized by from Northeast India.

Emerging Voices from National Book Northeast India. Trust, India, Government of India (Ministry of Human Resource Development), from

24. Resource Person for 21st-22nd May, Dept. of English, Lecture on- ‘Two-Day National 2015. Shillong College Opening a New Workshop on Creative and North East World: The Art of Writing in English’. Writers’ Forum. Book Review.

25. Resource Person in 7-day 7th to 14th July, Dept. of English, Addressed sessions NBT Training Course in 2015, Tripura University on: 1.Book: Evolution, Book Publishing at Dept. of and National Concept and English, Tripura University. Book Trust, India, Perception. MHRD, Govt of 2. Reading Strategies. India 3. Book Production in Tripura.

Research Projects:

Principal Title of the project Funding Amount Number of Investigator Agency Sanctioned Research Students engaged Dr. Ashes Gupta (Hon. ICAT Rs. Director, (Information, 200,000/- research, Cultural 1. Fading Melodies: Ethnic Musical only. scripting and Affairs and Instruments of Tripura; A video (Produced by music); Tourism nil documentary of 44 mins., in DV Cam Pinaki Das Production: Dept.; Govt. mode. (completed) for Trinity Mr.Pinaki Das of Tripura), Films, for Trinity sponsored by Agartala) Films, EZCC Agartala. Dr. Ashes Translation of Kumar Sachin ICAT Rs. 80,000/- 5(Five) Gupta. DebbarmanSatabarshikiSmarakGrantha (Information, only Research (Kumar Sachin Debbarman Centenary Cultural Students as Volume) pub.by ICAT, Govt. of Affairs and translators. Tripura. from Bengali to English; Vide Tourism letter No. F.97(46)ICAT/PUB/2006; Dept.; Govt. Dated Agartala the 20th Nov.2009. of Tripura) (ongoing) Directorate of Higher ‘DOIBEE: AN ENCOUNTER WITH THE Education: GODS’, A Video Documentary of Govt. of 7.44.mins. in DV Cam Mode Dr. Ashes Tripura. (completed). Gupta Director Rs.60,000/- Nil

(Hon.).

For ‘TRIPURA STATE MUSEUM: A Directorate of CURTAIN RAISER, avideo Rs. Higher documentary of 16 mins. In DV Cam 1,70,000/- Education, Dr. Ashes mode (completed). only. Govt. of Gupta, (Produced by Tripura and Nil BikashDhar Director( Tripura State for Prince Hon.) Museum, Video, Agartala. Agartala)

Research Supervisions (Scholar's Name, Topic and Status):

Sr. no Name of the Research Topic of Research Status Scholar 1. Analysing comic strips as a mode of cultural Ms.Archita Gupta Awarded production and cultural dissemination. Investigating Vampirism as a Cultural 2. Ms.Sharmistha Roy Awarded Construct for Analysing Cultural Phenomenon Analysing and Situating Detective Fiction in an Alternative Canon with Special Reference Public Seminar 3. Ms.ShreyaGhosh to Feluda Stories in English Translation. successfully presented.

Ms. Emily Sharma Interrogating Feminism in Indian perspective: Registered Issues of theory and praxis. submitted and 4. defended Progress Report. Ms.SuparnaSaha Convergences and Divergences: A Registered, Comparative study between Bengali Folktales submittedand 5. and Reang Folktales. defended Progress Report. Mr.BenjaminaDarlong Oration and Tradition: A study of Darlong Registered, Folktales and Folk songs submitted and 6. defended Progress Report. Ms.ChitraChakma Analysing Chakma folk ballads: discovering Registered. 7. patterns of migration, transformation and adaptation. Ms.SuklaSingha Analyzing and situating English Poetry of the Registered. North-East towards the formulation of an 8. alternative canon: Problems and issues with reference to select poets and texts.

Scholarship/Award/Recognitions:

Associateship: Indian Institute of Advanced Study, RastrapatiNivas, Simla. Preliminary reading and research on Media Studies and Decoding Strategies for Analyzing Advertisements (Print & Electronic). (Continuing since 2001)