University Faculty Details Page on DU Web-site (PLEASE FILL THIS IN AND SUBMIT A HARD COPY AND SOFT COPY ON CD ALONGWITH YOUR PERIODIC INCREMENT CERTIFICATE(PIC)) Title Prof. First Name Nandita Last Name Basu Photograph Designation Professor Department Department of MIL & LS, University of Delhi, Delhi - 110007 Address (Campus) Department of MIL & LS, 1st Floor, Tutorial Building, University of Delhi, Delhi – 110007 (Residence) 9 Kallol Apartments, 35 I.P. Extension, Delhi Phone No (Campus) 011-27666626 (Residence)optional 22728609 Mobile 9971663238 Fax 011-27666626 Email [email protected] Web-Page
Education Subject Institution Year Details Ph.D. University of Delhi 1983 Thesis topic: The Rise of Bengali Studies M.A. Bengali University of Delhi 1976 Subjects: Bengali Subjects: Career Profile Organisation / Institution Designation Duration Role Miranda House Lecturer 1976-1985 Department of MIL & LS, University Lecturer, Reader, April 1985 to till of Delhi Professor (1998 to till date date)
Research Interests / Specialization Medieval Bengali Literature, Women’s Writings, Bengali Narrative Literature, Comparative Indian Literature, Translation studies. Teaching Experience ( Subjects/Courses Taught) Thirty two years. M.A. Bengali, Medieval Bengali Literature, Women’s Writings in Bengali, Historical Grammar (Old Bengali Texts) Translations & Adaptation, Comparative Indian Literature: Indian Drama, Indian Novel, Ancient Indian Literature. Honors & Awards
Publications (LAST FIVE YEARS) Books / Monographs Year of Title Publisher Co-Author Publication
In Indexed/ Peer Reviewed Journals Year of Title Journal Co-Author Publication 2004 Bangla Vidyacharcha (in Bengali) Punascha, Kolkata None 2006 Dantal Hatir Uriye Khaoa Howda (a novel in Assamese, Naya Udyog, Kolkata None www.du.ac.in Page 1
translated into Bengali) 2009 Published one monograph on Bengali writer Jnan Vichitra Agartala None Jyotirmoyee Devi
Articles Written one article on “Man-Woman Relationships in Indira Goswami’s Novels”. Written ten entries for the Literary Dictionary edited by Prof. Varun Chakrabarti, University Kalyani, West Bengal. Written ten entries for the Literary Dictionary edited by Prof. Varun Chakrabarty, University of Kalyani, West Bengal. Bharat Chandrer Vidya-Sundar and Farsi Kissa Literature in the Feistscript dedicated to the memory of Prof. Sukumar Sen ed. by Barun Kumar Chakraborty, Kolkata Ashapurna Devir Dampotya Bavona in Ajanta the Centenary vol. of Ashapurna Devi, 2009. Delhi Chandi Mangal Nije Du Ekti Vyaskut – in the Annual No. of Departmental Journal of Bengali Assam University, 2009 The Bengali Translation of Kalidas Meghadutam in the forthcoming Tower of Babel ed. by Late Achyut Mandal Kshudito Pashan in Rabindranather Chotogolpa in the forthcoming vol. ed. Prof. Soumitra Basu Grihadaha: “Orangati O Osamanjyasya” in ‘Punohpaumik’, Vol. 1, No. 1, Kolkata, Sept. 2011 Bengali Little Magazine of North East India in Ajanta, Delhi, 2011 Whitter Higher Education in India in Bengali Dwiralap, Silchar, June 2012
Conference Presentations Jan. 2007. International Conference of Comparative Literature of India held in Jadavpur University presented a paper. Jan. 2008. National Seminar held in Bhubaneswar, presented a paper there. Nov. 2008. Presented a paper on the militant nature of Chaitanyadev’s Nagar Sankirtan in the National Seminar on the Philosophy of Mahapurusa Srimanta Sankardeva and other Saints of Medieval India, at University of Delhi. Jan. 2009. Presented a paper entitled ‘Nativisation of some Bengali characters in Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay’s writings in the International Seminar of CLAI held in the University of Hyderabad. Presented a paper in the National Seminar celebrating the birth centenary of Asha Purna Devi, organized by Karol Bagh Bangia Samsad, New Delhi. Presented a paper on “Bengal Vaisanivism” in the National seminar held in Kalyani University, West Bengal in September 2012. Presented a paper in the International conference of CLAI [“The Genesis of Comparative Literature in Delhi University: some lesser known facts”] held in Jadavpur University, Kolkata in January 2013. Delivered a lecture in Barak-Banga Sammelan held in Hailakandi Assam on Bengali women writers of Barak Valley in March, 2013. Presented a paper entitled “The current trends in Bengali novel” in the National seminar held in Duliajan College, Assam in May, 2013. Published a paper entitled “Rabindranath O Boudhhodarma” in the Magazine Ajanta 2012. A paper on the historical novel of Tagore will be published in the forth coming Vol. on Tagore to be brought out from Assam University, Silchar, Assam.
Total Publication Profile optional Books Two In Indexed/ Peer Reviewed Journals
Articles
Conference Presentations
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Worked as HOD, Department of MIL & LS, University of Delhi, from March 2005 to March 2008. Examined UGC NET answer scripts on 2007.
Professional Societies Memberships Member, Comparative Literature Association, India,
Projects (Major Grants / Collaborations) Dy. Coordinator, DRS Programme, the thrust areas being Comparative Indian Literature, Indian Folklore & Tribal Lore, Translation between Indian Languages.
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