Faculty Profile - University

Educational Qualification

Degree Name	Institute	Year of passing/awarded
Ph.D.	VIDYASAGAR UNIVERSITY	2004
M.A.	UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA	1997
B.A.	UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA	1995

Title of the Ph. D. Thesis

Title of the Ph. D. Thesis
The Problematics of Identity in the Poetry of Yeats andEliot

Career Profile / Teaching Experience

Description of Experience
SENIOR LECTURER, DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH, VIDYASAGAR UNIVERSITY 04.03.2008-16.11.2009; READER 17.11.2009-16.11. 2012; ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR 17.11.2012-16.11.2015; PROFESSOR, DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH, VIDYASAGAR UNIVERSITY SINCE 17 NOVEMBER, 2015
SENIOR LECTURER, DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH, KRISHNAGAR GOVT. COLLEGE, NADIA & JHARGRAM RAJ COLLEGE, JHARGRAM 09.03.2006- 03.03. 2008
LECTURER, DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH, P.K. COLLEGE, CONTAI, 17.11.2000-16.11.2004 SENIOR LECTURER, DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH, P.K. COLLEGE, CONTAI, 17.11.2004-08.03.2006
GUEST FACULTY, DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH, NARENDRAPUR R.K.MISSION RESIDENTIAL COLLEGE, KOLKATA, 1998-1999

Specialization/Research Area

Type (Specialization / Research Area / Areas of Interest)	Detailed Description
Research Area/ Areas of Interest	Unwritten Languages Oral Literature Tribal Culture
Field of Specialization	LITERATURE OF THE MARGINALIZED (DALIT&TRIBAL) IN TRANSLATION
Research Area/ Areas of Interest	Documentation Translation & Analysis of Endangered Folk Drama of West Bengal

Course/ Subject Taught

Course Name
Eighteenth Century Literature
Victorian Poetry
Modern Poetry
Literary Criticism
Australian Literature
Indian Writing in English Translation
Dalit Literature
English Grammar (for CBCS)
Folklore Studies

Publications in Journal / Magazines / Newspaper

Title	Publication Type	Published in	Published on	Publisher's Name	Role	Details
Sexual Politics in Select DNT Autobiographies: A Study	International	Contemporary Voice of Dalit, vol. 16, issue 2, e-ISSN: 24560502, ISSN: 2455328X	May, 2024	Sage Journals	First Author	Impact Factor: 0.70000 Indexing: Others Article's Web Link:
‘Cultural Aphasia’ and the Imposed Silencing of the Indian Oral Traditions	National	Littcrit: An Indian Response to Literature, ISSN: 0970-8049, vol. 49, no.1, issue 95, June 2023, pp. 11-20	Jun, 2023	Editor, Littcrit	First Author	Impact Factor: 0.00000 Indexing: Others Article's Web Link:
Representation of Humiliation in Bengali Dalit Literature: A Comparative Study	International	Contemporary Voice of Dalit Journal	Apr, 2023	SAGE Journals	First Author	Impact Factor: 0.70000 Indexing: SCOPUS Article's Web Link:
The Other Tales: Recovering the Role of Tribal Muktijodhhas from the Depths of Amnesia	International	Journal of Cultural Research Studies, ISSN:2583-6137, Volume II, Issue 1, pp. 21-27	Mar, 2023	Development and Research Academy for Folks and Tribes (DRAFT)	First Author	Impact Factor: 0.00000 Indexing: Others Article's Web Link:
Cultural Migration and its Ramifications on the Folk Traditions of the Tea-Estate Workers of Assam	National	Journal of Folklore and Literature, Vol. 1, pp. 34-48	Nov, 2022	Society for Folklore and Literary Research, Manipur	First Author	Impact Factor: 0.00000 Indexing: Others Article's Web Link:
Ecosophy in the Orature of Seed Stories: A Study of Easterine Kire’s Son of the Thundercloud	International	Middle Flight vol.9 no.1, pp.34-43	Nov, 2020	SSM Journal of English Literature and Culture	Sole Author	Impact Factor: 0.00000 Indexing: Others Article's Web Link:
Re-Interpreting Mahabharata in Bangla Dalit Drama: A Study	Other	Bulletin of the Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, vol.LXXI No.1,pp.21-25	Jan, 2020	Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture Golpark, ISSN 0971-2755		Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:
"Sunderban" series of poems translated into English	National	Indian Literature, vol. LXIV, No.6, 109-111	Jan, 2020	Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi		Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:
Patriarchal Reinscription in Feminist Discourse: A Study of Margaret Atwood’s Maddadam Trilogy	International	Middle Flight vol.8 no.1, pp.184-192	Nov, 2019	SSM Journal of Literature and Culture	Sole Author	Impact Factor: 0.00000 Indexing: Others Article's Web Link:
Interpreting the Androgyny: A Statement against Patriarchal Domination in Margaret Atwoods The Year of the Flood	International	International Journal of English Language, Literature in Humanities; vol.7, issue 6; pp.177-189	Jan, 2019	SMART MOVES Publication		Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:
Negotiating Cultural Translation of Bangla Dalit Literature: Issues and Innovations	National	Litscape, vol.10, no.1, 2017, pp.17-23	Jan, 2017	VUETC		Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:
Discourse of Marginality and the Indigenous Literature of Australia and India: A Study	National	Middle Flight, vol.6, no.1, pp.131-141	Jan, 2017	SSM College		Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:
Social Satire and the Cult of Lord Shiva in Two Folk Performances of Bengal and Odisha: A Study (book chapter)	National	Repositioning Folklore and Indigenous Knowledge Systems (edited book), 2016, 289-297	Jan, 2016	Centurion University, Odisha		Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:
Representing Indigenous Identity: A Select Study of Australian Aboriginal and Indian Dalit Poetry (book chapter)	National	Indo-Australian Connections: Retrospect and Prospects (edited book), 2016, 150-162	Jan, 2016	Pinnacle Books, New Delhi		Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:
Languages in Danger: A Critical Study of the Threatened Tribal Languages of Bengal	International	JALS Vol.5 Nos.1&2 Jan-Dec 2016;33-49	Jan, 2016	Bahri Publications		Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:
Politics of Cultural Amnesia: A Case Study of Machhani Folk Drama Form of Purulia	International	Lokaratna, vol.IX, 2016, 83-95	Jan, 2016	Folklore Foundation		Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:
Quest for an Alternative Aesthetic in Bangla Dalit Folk Poetry (book chapter)	International	Proceedings of International Folklore Congress; Bangla Academy, Dhaka, 2015; pp. 129-142	Jan, 2015	Bangla Academy Dhaka		Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:
Dalit Sahitya: KichhuPrasongikBhavna (book chapter)	Other	ManabAdhikar: Nana Dik, ed.Yasin Khan, Progressive Publishers, Kolkata, 2015, state level publisher; pp.749-756	Jan, 2015	Progressive Publishers, Kolkata		Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:
The Dynamics of Dalit Fiction and Autobiography: A Reading of ManjuBala’s ‘Dwando’ (Conflict)	National	Middle Flight; vol.4, no.1, 2015; pp.13-23	Jan, 2015	SSM College		Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:
Endangered Folk Drama Forms of Subarnarekha Basin: Some Disturbing Revelations	National	Litscape, Vol.9, no.1; 2015; pp.55-61	Jan, 2015	VUETC		Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:
Folk Performance and the Politicized Public Sphere: Future of Gambhira in Malda District of West Bengal	National	The Visva-Bharati Quarterly, vol.23, nos. 2&3, July-December 2014, p.no.99	Jan, 2014	Visva-Bharati University		Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:
Translated Poems of Bangla Dalit Poet SusilMandal	National	Indian Literature, vol. LVII No.6, Nov/Dec 2014, pp.51-53	Jan, 2014	SahityaAkademi		Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:
Hierarchies of Exploitation amongst Adivasi Communities: A Study of Anil Gharai’sThe Almond Flowers	National	Towards Social Change: Essays on Dalit Literature; eds. SP Singha and Indranil Acharya, Orient Blackswan, 2014, pp. 76-84	Jan, 2014	Orient Blackswan, 2014		Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:
Situating Folk Performances in the Public Domain: An Evaluation of Gambhira and Mughal Tamasha	Other	Journal of the Department of English, V.U., Vol.11, pp.59-67, 2013-14	Jan, 2014	The Registrar, Vidyasgar University		Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:
The Aesthetics of Bangla Dalit Poetry	International	Rupkatha: An Online Open Access Journal, Volume VI, Number 2, 2014.	Jan, 2014	The Department of English, University of Calcutta		Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:
Marxism, Dalitism and the Politics of Exclusion in Bengal: An Inquest	International	Creative Forum, vol.26, no.1; Jan-June 2013, pp. 84-105	Jan, 2013	Bahri Publications		Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:
“The Problematics of Gender Identity in the Early Poetry of T.S.Eliot”.	Other	Middle Flight: SSM Journal of English Literature (ISSN 2319- 7684), Vol.1, No.1,	Jan, 2013	SSM College		Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:
“Politics of Representation in Translation and Publication of Bangla Dalit Writing: A Critique”.	Other	Litscape: Journal of VUETC (ISSN 0976- 9064), Vol.8, No.1, March 2013.	Jan, 2013	VUETC		Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:
Translated into English two Dalit poems of Anil Gharai	Other	Journal of the Department of English, vol.10, 2012-13; pp.164-165	Jan, 2013	Registrar, Vidyasagar University		Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:
“Aestheticizing without Agenda: A Counter-Reading of the Western Approach to Chhau Dance”. Published in Rupkatha: An Online Open Access Journal, ISSN 0975-2935 Volume V, Number 2, 2013.	National	Rupkatha: An Online Open Access Journal volume-v	Jan, 2013	Dept. of English, Calcutta University		Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:
Poems of Herbert, Keats, Tennyson and Ramanujan (book chapter)	National	Many Coloured Glass: A Compulsory English Textbook for V.U. (edited by faculty members), Macmillan, 2013, pp. 103-114	Jan, 2013	Macmillan, New Delhi, 2013		Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:
Marxism, Ambedkarism and the Structures of Exclusion in Bangla Dalit Literature	National	Littcrit, Vol.39, No.1, June 2012. ISSN: 0970-8049	Jan, 2012	P. Ajayakumar		Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:
Reformulating Public Diplomacy :A Study of the Indigenous Languages of Bengal(book chapter)	National	New Dimensions in Public Diplomacy	Jan, 2012	SSS Publications, NewDelhi		Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:
Translated into English DhaniBauri Gets ‘Salvation’ by Sunil Kumar Das (book chapter)	National	Survival and Other Stories; eds. S.P.Singha&Indranil Acharya; Orient Blackswan; New Delhi, 2012, pp.147-153	Jan, 2012	Orient Blackswan; New Delhi, 2012		Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:
“Resistant Subalternity: Re-reading Indigenous Writings of Australia and India”.	Other	Journal of the Dept. of English, V.U., Vol.9 (ISSN 0973-3671),	Jan, 2012	VU		Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:
Nation and the Politics of Language of its Tribal Populace: A Case Study of the Indigenous Languages of West Bengal(book chapter)	Other	Nation and its Tribal People; eds.R.Chakrabarti&K.Chatterjee;	Jan, 2012	Books Way, Kolkata, 2012 state level publisher		Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:
Translation of three poems of Anil Gharai.	Other	Journal of the Dept. of English, V.U., Vol.8 (ISSN 0973-3671),	Jan, 2010	VU		Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:
“The Diasporic Consciousness in the Fictional Works of JhumpaLahiri”.	National	Litscape: Journal of VUETC (ISSN 0976-9064),	Jan, 2009	VUETC		Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:

Book Published

Title of the Book	Published by	Published on	Role	Details
Janajati Darpan volume 11	Suchetana Printing & Publishing	Dec, 2024	Editor	Indexing: Others Article's Web Link:
Society, Culture and Indigenous Worldview of Lodha Sabar People	Vidyasagar University Publication Division	Jan, 2024	First Editor	Indexing: Others Article's Web Link:
Selected Writings of Anil Gharai: Dalit Literature from Bangla	Routledge, UK	Dec, 2023	Editor	Indexing: Others Article's Web Link:
Roots and Routes, vol.2: Writings from the Sunderbans	Orient Blackswan	Apr, 2023	Co-editor	Indexing: Others Article's Web Link:
The Almond Flowers and Other Stories: Bangla Dalit Stories of Anil Gharai	Orient Blackswan	Dec, 2022	Editor and Translator	Indexing: Others Article's Web Link:
Janajati Darpan volume 9	Suchetana Printing & Publishing	Dec, 2022	Editor	Indexing: Others Article's Web Link:
Geographical Imaginations: Literature and the “Spatial Turn”	Oxford University Press	Jul, 2022	Co-Author	Indexing: Others Article's Web Link:
Mahatma Gandhi in Bangla	Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan	Jul, 2022	Editor	Indexing: Others Article's Web Link:
Janajati Darpan volume 8	Knowledge Bank Publishers and Distributors	Dec, 2021	Editor	Indexing: Others Article's Web Link:
Janajati Darpan volume 7, ISBN 978-93-82158-74-5	Multi Books	Jan, 2020	Editor	Indexing: Article's Web Link:
Disaster, Holocaust and Dystopian Literature, ISBN 978-81-946799-3-6	Upanayan Publications, New Delhi	Jan, 2020	Contributed the Foreword	Indexing: Article's Web Link:
Janajati Darpan volume 3 ISBN:978-81-932737-8-4	Knowledge Bank Publishers and Distributors	Jan, 2019	Editor	Indexing: Article's Web Link:
The Languages of West Bengal; PLSI Vol.31, part-2,ISBN: 978-93-5287-841-3	Orient Blackswan	Jan, 2019	Co-editor	Indexing: Article's Web Link:
Revisiting Indigenous Identity in Santal Folktales: A Critical Study; by Arpita Raj	Authorspress, New Delhi	Jan, 2019	Contributed the General Introduction	Indexing: Article's Web Link:
Janajati Darpan volume 2(ISBN:9788193273746)	Knowledge Bank Publishers & Distributors	Jan, 2018	Editor	Indexing: Article's Web Link:
6.Janajati Darpan volume 1(ISBN:978-81-932737-4-6)	Knowledge Bank Publishers and Distributors	Jan, 2017	editor	Indexing: Article's Web Link:
7.Smritibiloper Pore (After Amnesia by G.N.Devy) ISBN:978-93-86689-59-7	Orient Blackswan	Jan, 2017	translator (Bengali)	Indexing: Article's Web Link:
8.PASCHIMBANGER BHASHA Peoples Linguistic Survey of India (ISBN: 978-81-250-6251-6); vol.31, part-3	Orient Blackswan	Jan, 2017	co-editor	Indexing: Article's Web Link:
5.Listen to the Flames: Texts and Readings from the Margins	Oxford University Press	Jan, 2016	co-editor	Indexing: Article's Web Link:
4.Towards Social Change: Essays on Dalit Literature (ISBN 978-81-250-5344-6).	Orient Blackswan	Jan, 2014	co-editor	Indexing: Article's Web Link:
3. Many Coloured Glass: A Compulsory English Textbook for V.U. (co-edited). New Delhi: Macmillan, 2013 (ISBN 935-0596-15-6).	Macmillan,	Jan, 2013	co-editor	Indexing: Article's Web Link:
2. Survival and Other Stories: Dalit Bangla Fiction in Translation (co-edited). New Delhi: Orient Blackswan, 2012 (ISBN 978 81 250 4510 6).	Orient Blackswan	Jan, 2012	co-editor	Indexing: Article's Web Link:
1. “Beyond a Sense of Belonging: Race, Class and Gender in the Poetry of Yeats and Eliot”. New Delhi: SSS Publications, 2011 (ISBN 819022827-7).	SSS Publications,	Jan, 2011	sole author	Indexing: Article's Web Link:

Book Chapter Published

Title of Chapter	Title of the Book	Published by	Published on	Role	Details
Discourses of Identity	Postcolonial Literature in the New Millennium	ibidem Press	Aug, 2025	Sole Author	Indexing: Others Article's Web Link:
Eco-Consciousness in the Poetry of Select Indian Indigenous Languages: A Study	Decolonizing Nature: Literary Contexts	Bangabandhu Publishing House, Kolkata	Feb, 2024	First Author	Indexing: Others Article's Web Link:
Gender Identity and Yeats' Self-Contradictory Stance	The Incandescent Classroom: Essays in Honour of Professor Satyaki Pal	Department of English, Ramakrishna Mission Residential College (Autonomous)	Dec, 2023	Sole Author	Indexing: Others Article's Web Link:
The Heart Rending ‘Border’ by Sarif Atik-Uj-Jaman	Divided: Partition Memoirs from Two Bengals (Edited by Angshuman Kar, ISBN 978-93-93569-75-2)	Gangchil	Dec, 2022	Translator	Indexing: Others Article's Web Link:
Two Little Avatars of the Border by Kapil Krishna Thakur	Divided: Partition Memoirs from Two Bengals (Edited by Angshuman Kar, ISBN 978-93-93569-75-2)	Gangchil	Dec, 2022	Translator	Indexing: Others Article's Web Link:

Ph. D. Thesis Guidance

Scholar Name	Thesis Title	Name of the Co Supervisor	Status	Date
Soumistha Roy	Representation of Self in the Plays of Asif Currimbhoy and Mahesh Dattani	Prof. Indranil Acharya	Ongoing	Sep, 2029
Supromit Maity	Representation of Dreams in Haruki Murakami's Fiction: A Study	Prof. Indranil Acharya	Ongoing	Jul, 2028
Riya Dutta	Representation of Women in Contemporary Tribal Literature: A Select Study	Dr Seema Singh	Ongoing	Jan, 2025
Shubhendu Shekhar Naskar	Representation of Class, Caste and Gender in the Select Plays of Non-Dalit and Dalit Playwrights	None	Awarded	Mar, 2024
Koutuk Dutta	Towards An Alternative Canon: A Study of Select Works of Verrier Elwin and G.N.Devy		Awarded	Aug, 2023
Surajit Senapati	The Making of a Dalit Identity: A Critical Study of Select Dalit Autobiographies	Sudip Kumar Das	Awarded	Apr, 2023
Sandeep Chattaraj	Representation of Pain and Suffering in Select Indigenous Folktales of India: A Study	Dr Joyjit Ghosh	Awarded	Apr, 2023
Bangshi Raj Mahata (M.Phil)	Socio-cultural Study of the Kurmi Community in Jhargram		Awarded	Apr, 2023
Pratima Das	Shakespeare in Hindi Translations: A Study of Select Plays	Dr Sanjay Kumar Jayswal	Ongoing	Jan, 2023
Amitava Pal	Art and Power-play in Tom Stoppard Plays: A Re-appraisal		Awarded	Jul, 2022
Koushik Roy	Margaret Atwood Maddaddam Trilogy and Old English Elegies: A Cross-Chronological Study	Prof. Sankar Prasad Singha	Awarded	Jan, 2022
ArpitaBhowmik	Representation of Indigeneity in the Works of Verrier Elwin	Dr Amal Chakraborty	Awarded	Aug, 2021
Supromit Maiti (M.Phil.)	Manifestation of the Unconscious in Select Novels of Haruki Murakami	None	Awarded	Jan, 2020
Dipasree Roy	The Unconscious in the Colonial Experience of Rudyard Kipling: A Study of Select Texts	Prof. Debashis Bandyopadhyay	Ongoing	Jan, 2020
AninditaSen	Discourse of Human Rights in Testimonio Writings: A Select Study		Awarded	Jan, 2019
Riya Dutta (M.Phil)	Representation of Women in Contemporary Tribal Literature: A Select Study		Awarded	Jan, 2019
Arpita Raj	Representation of Indigenous Identity in Santal Folk Narratives: A Study	Dr Ratan Hembram	Awarded	Jan, 2018
Tanmoy Singha (M.Phil.)	Poetics of Resistance: Representation of Marginal Women's Voices in the Select Works of Bama and P.Sivakami		Awarded	Jan, 2018
Souparna Roy (M.Phil.)	Formation of Dalit Identity through Suffering and Resistance: A Study of Select Dalit Autobiographical Narratives		Awarded	Jan, 2018
Aditi Mahapatra (M.Phil.)	A Comparative study of Indian Dalit Feminism and African-American Feminism with special reference to Bama and Toni Morrison		Awarded	Jan, 2018
Ujjwal Panda	Sense of Place in the Poetry of Larkin and Heaney		Awarded	Jan, 2017
Tajuddin Ahmed	Rediscovering Early Indian Muslim Novelists Writing in English: A Study of Iqbalunnisa Hussain and Zeenuth Futehally	Prof. Sankar Prasad Singha	Awarded	Jan, 2015

Research Project

Worked as	Funding Agency	Amount in Rs.	Duration	Period	Status
Project Investigator	UGC	9500000	5 years	2015-2020	Complete
Principal Investigator	UGC	260000	2 years and 6 months	2015-2017	Complete
Principal Investigator	UGC	935000	2 years	2013-2015	Complete
Deputy Coordinator	UGC	3550000	5 years	2009-2014	Complete
Principal Investigator	UGC	75000	2 years	2007-2009	Complete

Invited Lectures

Title	Organized By	Venue	Date
INDIAN KNOWLEDGE SYSTEM (IKS) AND ITS IMPACT ON INNOVATION, ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT (IKS-IIETD-2026	NALBARI COLLEGE, ASSAM	NALBARI COLLEGE	Mar, 2026
Aestheticism in Art and Literature	Midnapore College	Midnapore College	Jan, 2026
Endangered Languages and Cultures of Eastern India: An Inquest	Vidyasagar University	B.N.Sasmal Hall	Dec, 2025
Online Refresher Course on Literary Studies at the Crossroads	University of Calcutta	Google Meet	Nov, 2025
Ramananda College	Ramananda College	Department of English, Ramananda College	Nov, 2025
The Field as Text: Ethnographic and Empirical Methods in English Studies	Rama Devi Women's University, Bhubaneswar	Department of English, Rama Devi Women's University, Bhubaneswar	Sep, 2025
Biographies: Histories, Narratives, Subjects	Dharanidhar University	South Campus of Dharanidhar University	Jul, 2025
Different Endangered Folk-cultures and Traditions of (northern) West Bengal	Department of English, Raiganj University	Department of English	Apr, 2025
Exploring Sustainability, Literary Environmentalism And Ecological Ethics In Indian Sub-Continental Studies	Deshbandhu College	Conference Hall, Science Block	Apr, 2025
Indian Drama: Society-Culture, Tradition and Heritage	Ateswartala Sansktitika Manch, Department of Bengali, Vidyasagar University, Jana Sanskriti, Centre for the Theatre of the Oppressed	Ateswartala Sansktitika Manch	Mar, 2025
Envisioning Janjatiya Gaurav: The Legacy of Birsa Munda and the Decolonisation of 'Global' Indigenous Studies	Durgapur Women's College	College Auditorium	Mar, 2025
Linguistic Diversity, Identity, and Inclusivity: Cultural Significance of Mother Tongues	Bhatter College, Datan	Bhatter College	Feb, 2025
National Youth Day	Department of English, S.R. Fatepuria College	Conference Hall	Feb, 2025
Reviving and Reimagining Indigenous Knowledge Traditions in Contemporary Discourses	Rajiv Gandhi University, Arunachal Pradesh	Rajiv Gandhi University	Jan, 2025
World of Folk Narratives: Universality, Varieties and Methodology	The Asiatic Society, Kolkata	Vidyasagar Hall, The Asiatic Society	Jan, 2025
National Youth Day	NSS unit of K.D. College of Commerce & General Studies	K.D. College of Commerce and General Studies	Jan, 2025
Importance of Field based Research in English Studies	Department of English, SBSS Mahavidyalaya	Goaltore	Aug, 2024
Translation of Dalit and Tribal Literature: Problems and Prospects	Ramakrishna Mission Residential College Narendrapur	Google Meet online platform	Aug, 2024
Translating Dalit and Tribal Literature of Eastern India: Problems and Prospects	Shri Shikshayatan College, Kolkata	Google Meet platform	Jul, 2024
Translation as a Skill and Art	CENTIL, Department of Comparative Literature, Jadavpur University	Department of Comparative Literature, Jadavpur University	Jul, 2024
Documentation and Preservation of Cultural Performance Texts	Narajole Raj College, One Day Workshop on Documentation of Cultural Texts	Smart Auditorium, Narajole Raj College	Jun, 2024
Spoken English and Personality Development	Department of Sociology	Aninda Basu Roy Memorial Hall, V.U.	May, 2024
Crisis of Folk Performance Traditions in Bengal	Bangiya Sahitya Samskriti Parishad, Dhaka, Bangladesh	Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, Dhaka	May, 2024
Dr B. R. Ambedkar and the Dalit Literary Movement	Department of Anthropology, University of Calcutta	Iyer Hall, Ballygunge Science College, University of Calcutta	Apr, 2024
ENDANGERED LANGUAGES AND CULTURES OF EASTERN INDIA	Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Golpark	Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Golpark	Apr, 2024
Representation of Disaster in the Poetry of Select Indian Indigenous Languages	Department of English, Bodoland University	Department of English, Bodoland University, Kokrajhar, Assam	Apr, 2024
Translating Tribal Literature of Eastern India: Problems and Prospects	Department of Comparative Indian, Language and Literature, University of Calcutta	University of Calcutta	Mar, 2024
History of Translation of Tribal Literature in India: Problems and Prospects	Department of Comparative Indian Languages and Literature, University of Calcutta	Department of Comparative Indian Languages and Literature, University of Calcutta	Mar, 2024
Eco-consciousness and Indigeneity: A Study of Select Tribal Communities in Eastern India	Department of Humanities (English), Midnapore City College	Department of Humanities (English), Midnapore City College	Mar, 2024
Decolonising Nature: Literary Contexts	Department of Humanities (English), Midnapore City College	Midnapore City College	Mar, 2024
Revisiting Indian Indigenous Literature in Translation: A Study in the Context of Endangerment	Journal of South Asian Exchanges	Online Platform	Mar, 2024
RC in Modern Indian Languages	The University of Burdwan	Online Platform	Feb, 2024
Anthropology of Literature: Negotiating Cultural Paradigms	United Indian Anthropology Forum (UIAF) for World Anthropology Congress, 2023	Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences (KISS)	Aug, 2023
Translation of Bhasha Literature: Some Reflections	Centre for Translation for Indian Literatures, Department of Comparative Literature, Jadavpur University	Online Platform	Aug, 2023
New Trends in Literary Studies: A Study of the DNT Literature of India	UGC HRDC, Banaras Hindu University	Online Platform	Jul, 2023
Endangered Indigenous Languages of South Asia with special reference to the Indian Situation	Department of English, University of Gour Banga	Department of English, University of Gour Banga, Malda, West Bengal	Apr, 2023
Identity in Lodha Sabar and Kharia Sabar Folk Narratives	Central Sahitya Akademi and Odisha Sahitya Akademi	Odisha Sahitya Akademi, Bhubaneswar	Apr, 2023
English Studies and the Question of Interdisciplinarity: A Study of Ethnographic Methods	Department of Comparative Literature under the aegis of UGC HRDC, Jadavpur University, 08.01.2021, refresher course	Google Meet online platform	Jan, 2021
Indigenous Literatures of Australia and India: A Comparatist Perspective in the Context of Endangerment, 22 January 2021	Calcutta Comparatists 1919, the University of Calcutta	Streamyard online platform	Jan, 2021
Comparative Literary Study of Indigenous Languages in the context of Endangerment	UGC Refresher Course organised by the Department of Comparative Literature, University of Calcutta, 13 March 2021	Google Meet online platform	Jan, 2021
Promotion of Tribal Languages and Scripts- Academic Perspective	Tata Metaliks Limited, Regional Samvaad, 31st March, 2021	Streamyard online platform	Jan, 2021
Aesthetics of Dalit Literature	Department of English, Jadavpur University, 7&8 April, 2021	Google Meet online platform	Jan, 2021
Literature from the margins: An Indian Indigenous Context	Folklore Foundation, Bhuvaneswar, 23rd May 2021	Zoom online platform	Jan, 2021
Quality Research and Citation in Humanities	Vidyasagar University Teachers Association 7 July 2021	Google Meet online platform	Jan, 2021
Field Survey and Documentation of Dalit and Tribal Cultural Texts	Bhatter College Dantan 4 July 2021	Zoom online platform	Jan, 2021
Redefining Language in the Modern Digital Era	Ambedkar College Tripura 1 July 2021	Google Meet online platform	Jan, 2021
Online lecture on "Translation of Dalit and Adivasi Literature: Issues, Challenges and Strategies "	Motilal Nehru College, University of Delhi, 2nd June 2020	Google Meet platform	Jan, 2020
Online lecture on "Dr Ambedkar and the Idea of Untouchability in Indian Society"	Midnapore College Autonomous, 11th June 2020	Google Meet platform	Jan, 2020
Online lecture on "Dalit Literature: An Overview"	Kharagpur College PG Section and Egra SSB College, 24th June 2020	Google Meet platform	Jan, 2020
Tribal Language and Literature: An Introduction	Amity University, Institute of English Studies, Kolkata, 02.07.2020	Microsoft Team platform	Jan, 2020
Indigenous Languages, Oral Literature and Tribal Culture	Pune Writers Group on 20th June 2020	Zoom Platform	Jan, 2020
Theory of Cultural Marginality and the Study of Dalit Literature	National Webinar on Cultural Theory organised by Scott Christian Autonomous College, M.S.University Tamil Nadu on 30.07.2020	Zoom Online platform	Jan, 2020
Australian Aboriginal Writings and Indian Indigenous Literature: A Study in the Context of Endangerment	Faculty of Arts Communication and Indic Studies, Sri Sri University, Odisha, 13 August 2020	Zoom Online platform	Jan, 2020
Literature of the Marginalised: A Study in the Indian Context	Department of English, University of Gour Banga, Malda, September 02, 2020	Google Meet online platform	Jan, 2020
Childhood and Intersectionality in the context of Indian Dalit Literature in ICSSR sponsored national webinar	H.M.Memorial College Dakshineswar, Kolkata, 13 September 2020	Google Meet online platform	Jan, 2020
Dalit Literature: An Introduction	Midnapore City College, September 16, 2020	Google Meet online platform	Jan, 2020
Marginalised Literature: An Overview	Department of English, SBSSM College on 26th September 2020	StreamYard online platform	Jan, 2020
Translation of Bhasha Literature: Some Reflections	Centre for the Translation of Indian Literature(CENTIL) Jadavpur University 27th September 2020	Google Meet online platform	Jan, 2020
Reflections on the Poetry of W.B. Yeats	Nabagram Hiralal Pal College on 29.09.2020	Google Meet online platform	Jan, 2020
Politics of Indigeneity in the Indian Context: Some Literary Reflections	International Webinar organised by Jhargram Raj Govt. College, Girls Wing 14 October 2020	Google Meet online platform	Jan, 2020
Literature from the Margins: An Indian Indigenous Perspective	Department of English, Central University of Rajasthan, 21 October 2020	Zoom online platform	Jan, 2020
Recent Trends in Indigenous Languages and Literature: A Study of DNT Literature	UGC HRDC The University of Burdwan organized Refresher Course, 14th December 2020	Google Meet online platform	Jan, 2020
Translation of Indigenous Literature	CENTIL,Department of Comparative Literature, 25 January 2019	Jadavpur University	Jan, 2019
Earnest Hemingway The Old Man and the Sea	Netaji Subhas Open University ICT Enabled Lecture Series; 20 April 2019	NSOU Salt Lake Campus	Jan, 2019
1. Linguistic Ecology of India, 2. Endangered Languages of West Bengal, 3. Translation Studies	UGC HRDC Ranchi University; 01& 02 August 2019	Ranchi University Jharkhand	Jan, 2019
Seneca Thyestes Ancient European Classics series, Audiovisual Lecture	Netaji Subhas Open University, 31 October 2019	Media Centre, NSOU Salt Lake campus	Jan, 2019
Multilingualism and Translation: Issues and Innovations	Centre for Applied Linguistics and Translation Studies	University of Hyderabad , 13 November 2019	Jan, 2019
Endangerment of Minor Language Literature in the Post-Colonial Era	Human Resource Development Centre, Burdwan University;UGC Refresher Course; 21st December 2019	The University of Burdwan	Jan, 2019
Question of Identity and the Endangered Tribal Languages of Bengal: An Inquest	School of Language, Literature and Culture Studies, JNU, 15&16 March	Department of English, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi	Jan, 2018
Bangla Dalit Literature	Debra College, Midnapore, 8th January	Department of English, Debra College	Jan, 2018
Translation of Dalit Literature	Hijli College, Midnapore, 7th March	Hijli College, Midnapore	Jan, 2018
Understanding Our Time	SAMAS 2018; Dakshinayan 29&30 January	Wardha and Nagpur, Maharastra	Jan, 2018
Future of Printed Book in the Age of E-book	The Times of India Group	Press Corner, Kolkata International Book Fair	Jan, 2018
Endangered Languages of West Bengal & Language Documentation	UGC-Human Resource Development Centre, the University of Burdwan; 12th July, 2018	Burdwan University Summer School	Jan, 2018
1. Endangered Languages and Cultures 2. Language Documentation	UGC- Human Resource Development Centre, Ranchi University, Jharkhand; 9th August, 2018; invited Resource Person	Ranchi University	Jan, 2018
Henry Fielding and the early 18th Century English Novel T.S. Eliot and English Literary Criticism	Department of English (PG), Midnapore College (Autonomous); 21st August, 2018	Midnapore College	Jan, 2018
Critical Theory: Recent Trends in English Studies	Department of English, Ravenshaw University, Cuttack, Odisha; 05 November, 2018.	Department of English, Ravenshaw University	Jan, 2018
Dr Ambedkar and Bangla Dalit Writing	Department of English and Cultural Studies, the University of Burdwan	The University of Burdwan 26&27 December	Jan, 2017
Folklore Studies: A Threatened Discipline in the Indian Academia	Indian Folklore Congress, 16-18 November	Manipur Central University, Imphal	Jan, 2017
Writing the Margins: Negotiating the Politics of Translating Dalit Literature	Routledge and West Bengal State University Barasat	Department of English, West Bengal State University, 22-24 November	Jan, 2017
Dalit Literature in the Curriculum	Government College, Dantan-II, Midnapore, 21st December	Government College, Dantan-II, Midnapore	Jan, 2017
Mother Tongue Education at Primary Level- A Case Study of West Bengal	Ghuman Bahubhasha Sahitya Sammelan, 4th April	Ghuman, Beas, Punjab	Jan, 2016
Unwritten Literature/Oral Tradition	Central Sahitya Akademi, 18&19 February	Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi	Jan, 2016
Language Documentation	Linguistic Research Unit, Indian Statistical Institute, 17-21 October	Department of Linguistics, Manipur Central University	Jan, 2016
Tribal Language Endangerment and Extinction: Towards a New Paradigm	Sidho-Kanho-Birsa University,Purulia, 7-8 December	Sidho-Kanho-Birsa University, Purulia	Jan, 2016
Endangered Folk Drama of Bengal	Academic Staff College, Banaras Hindu University, 06-26 December	physical presentation did not happen; sent ppt & documentary for screening	Jan, 2016
Bangla Dalit Literature	Oxford University Press	India International Centre, New Delhi, 7th April	Jan, 2016
Endangered Languages of Bengal	Linguistic Research Unit, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, 10-12 February	Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata	Jan, 2016
Dalit Literature and Endangered Tribal Languages	British Council, Kolkata, 4th November	British Council Library, Kolkata	Jan, 2016
Literary Interpretation of Nature	NSS Unit, Vidyasagar University, 11th August	Department of Sociology, Vidyasagar University	Jan, 2016
Quest for Identity in the Poetry of Yeats and Eliot	SBSS College, Goaltore, 23rd September	Goaltore, Midnapore	Jan, 2016
Politics of Exclusion in Indian Folk Theatre: A Study of some Endangered Forms of South Bengal	Aliah University Kolkata, 14 January, 2016	Aliah University Kolkata	Jan, 2016
Threatened Languages of West Bengal	Tata Steel Jamshedpur & Bhasha Baroda, 15-18 November	Jamshedpur, Tata Steel Tribal Conclave	Jan, 2015
Peoples Linguistic Survey of India and the Role of G.N.Devy	Bhasha Research and Publication Centre, Baroda, July 25	Baroda	Jan, 2015
Language in Education Policy and Practice in India: The Case of West Bengal	State Council of Educational Research & Training, C.G., 21-23 February	Raipur, C.G.	Jan, 2014
Orienting Trainers: Introspecting on PCP Delivery	Netaji Subhas Open University	NSOU, Kolkata	Jan, 2013
Documentation of community ethnography and eco-cultural study in West Bengal	Bhasha, Baroda, IGNOU &Lalit Kala Akademi New Delhi, 5-7 September	IGNOU& Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi	Jan, 2013
West Bengal languages in global languages meet	BHASHA, Baroda	Baroda	Jan, 2012
Translation, Ideology and Politics in the 21st Century	IGNOU	New Delhi	Jan, 2012
international conference on Public Diplomacy in theory and practice	Deakin University and Rajdhani College, university of Delhi	India International Centre, New Delhi	Jan, 2011
West Bengal languages	Central University of Rajasthan	Ajmer	Jan, 2011

Membership of Learned Society

Title/Name of the Society
Member of the National Editorial Collective of People’s Linguistic Survey of India conducted by Bhasha Research Centre, Baroda, which is a Centre of Excellence, Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Govt. of India.
Member of Indian Association for the Study of Australia
Life Member of Comparative Literature Association of India
Executive Member of Indian Folklore Congress
Member of Executive Committee on Australia-India Interdisciplinary Research Network
Life Member, English Studies Association
Member of the international Dalit research network
Adviser, Central Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi
External Member on the Advisory Committee of Adivasi Academy at Tejgadh, Baroda, first meeting on 04.02.19
Member on the Committee constituted by the Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Govt of India for Tribal Freedom Fighters Museum
Member, Steering Committee for Humanities in India partnership programme with University of East Anglia
American Comparative Literature Association (ACLA)
Reviewer, Contemporary Voice of Dalit, A Web of Science Indexed Journal
Reviewer, Egalitarian Roots of Dalit Aesthetics

Association with Professional Bodies

Type of Professional Activity	Period
External Expert for selection committee in Debra Thana Sahid Kshudiram Smriti Mahavidyalaya	2025 to 2025
Subject Expert for selection committee in Shahid Matangini Hazra Government General Degree College For Women	2025 to 2025
Subject Expert in CAS in Bhatter College, Dantan	2025 to 2025
Subject Expert to the Screening Committee, Vidyasagar University	2025 to 2025
Subject Expert to the Selection Commitee, Vidyasagar University	2025 to 2025
Subject Expert for Selection Committee, Pingla Thana Mahavidyalaya	2025 to 2025
Visiting Team Member, National Council for Teacher Education	2025 to 2025
Member, Board of Studies(UG), Midnapore College	2025 to 2025
Member, 10th Governing Body, Raja Narendralal Khan Women's College (Autonomous)	2025 to 2025
Member, Inspection Committee, Midnapore City College	2025 to 2025
Chief Editor, Indigenous Wisdom, a Multidisciplinary Journal of Indigenous Studies	2025 to 2025
External Expert, PhD Viva Announcement, Jawaharlal Nehru University	2025 to 2025
Subject Expert, Selection Committee, Raja Narendralal Khan Women's College (Autonomous)	2025 to 2025
Subject Expert, Selection Committee, Sitananda College	2025 to 2025
University Nominee, Bhatter College	2025 to 2025
Resource Person, Fulbright Mentoring Session, Tripura University.	2025 to 2025
University Nominee, Bhatter College (Autonomous).	2025 to 2025
Subject Expert, Selection Committee, Sitananda College.	2025 to 2025
Member, Committee, Post Graduate Board of Studies, University of Kalyani	2025 to 2025
Member, Board of Studies, Kharagpur College	2025 to 2025
Member, Academic Council, Bhatter College	2025 to 2025
Member, Research and Development Cell	2025 to 2025
Nominee, Mahishadal Raj College	2025 to 2025
Nodal Person, Mock Test for NET/SET for the Students	2025 to 2025
Inspection Team Member, Siddhinath Mahavidyalaya	2025 to 2025
Committee Member, Research Programme & Policy Development Committee, Vidyasagar University	2025 to 2025
Committee Member, Collaboration & Consultancy Committee, Vidyasagar University	2025 to 2025
Committee Member, IPR, Legal & Ethical Committee, Vidyasagar University	2025 to 2025
Member, Inspection Team, Swarnamoyee Jogendranath Mahavidyalaya	2025 to 2025
Subject Expert, Panskura Banamali College	2025 to 2025
Excpert, Ph.D. Committee, Mahishadal Raj College	2025 to 2025
Member, Academic Council, Bhatter College	2025 to 2025
Member, Selection Committee, Sitananda College	2025 to 2025
Member, screening Committee, Hijli College	2025 to 2025
Member, Board of Research Studies, Vidyasagar University	2025 to 2025
Subject Expert, Selection Committee, Panskura Banamali College	2025 to 2025
Subject Expert, Screening Committee, Sabang Sajanikanta Mahavidyalaya	2025 to 2025
Subject Expert, Pre-Registration Seminar, Mahishadal Raj College	2025 to 2025
Member, Search Committee, Vidyasagar Puraskar, Vidyasagar University	2025 to 2025
Member, Pre-submission Seminar of Research Scholars, Prabhat College, Contai	2025 to 2025
Member, University Theme Song Committee	2025 to 2025
Member, Sub-committee of Drama/ Theatre Club	2025 to 2025
External Expert, Diamond Harbour Women's University	2025 to 2025
Member, Board of Research Studies, Vidyasagar University	2025 to 2025
Subject Expert, Selection Committee, Vidyasagar University	2025 to 2025
Subject Expert, Sabang Sajanikanta Mahavidyalaya	2025 to 2025
Member, Board of Studies, Sidho- Kanho-Birsha University	2025 to 2025
Subject Expert, Selection Committee, Panskura Banamali College	2025 to 2025
Member, Steering Committee, NIRF, Vidyasagar University	2025 to 2025
Member, Board of Studies, Kharagpur College	2025 to 2025
Member, Board of Research Studies, Vidyasagar University	2025 to 2025
Member, Steering Committee, NIRF	2025 to 2025
Translation Project Advisor, Rupkatha Journal	2024 to 2024
Chairman of Press Media and Publicity Sub- Committee	2024 to 2024
Member of the Inspection Team to visit Ghatal Rabindra Satabarsiki Mahavidyalaya	2024 to 2024
Moderator, Sidhu-Kanu-Birsa University	2024 to 2024
University Expert, CAS, Ramnagar College	2024 to 2024
External Expert for Final Viva Voce for Ph.D. in English at Rabindra Bharati University	2024 to 2024
External Expert for JRF to SRF upgradation at the University of Calcutta	2024 to 2024
Member, Research Policy and IPR Policy, Vidyasagar University	2024 to 2024
Member of Research and Development Cell (IPR, Legal & Ethical Matters, Committee 5)	2024 to 2024
External Examiner for Ph.D. thesis, Ravenshaw University	2024 to 2024
External member in the Research Advisory Committee, Department of English, Sidho-Kanho-Birsha University	2024 to 2024
External Expert in the RAC meeting in the Biodiversity and Environmental Sciences, Research Centre of Midnapore City College	2024 to 2024
External member of the PG Board of Studies in English at Kharagpur College	2024 to 2024
External member of the PG Board of Studies in English at Ghatal Satabarsiki Mahavidyalaya	2024 to 2024
External Expert, Departmental Research Committee (DRC) of the Department/ Discipline of English	2024 to 2024
Member, Faculty Council of Arts, Diamond Harbour Women's University	2024 to 2024
Subject Expert to the Screening/ Selection Committee for Placement/ Promotion of teachers under CAS, Chandrakona Vidyasagar Mahavidyalaya	2024 to 2024
External Expert at Departmental Research Committee, Department of English, The Sanskrit College and University	2024 to 2024
Member, Editorial Board, Vidyasagar Rachana Samagra	2024 to 2024
PG BoS Member of Kharagpur College	2024 to 2024
Member Convenor of the Screening Committee for the selection of Research Supervisors in English	2024 to 2024
Research Work Adjudicator in English of Cotton University, Guwahati and NEHU, Shillong	2024 to 2024
Member, Screening Committee for Supervisorship of Ph.D. Programme in V.U. and its Research Centres	2024 to 2024
Subject Expert in English for CAS in Govt. General Degree College, Narayangarh	2024 to 2024
External Adjudicator, Ph.D. Programme, North Eastern Hill University, Shillong	2024 to 2024
External Adjudicator, Ph.D. Programme, Cotton University, Guwahati, Assam.	2024 to 2024
External expert in CAS promotion of college teachers (Chandrakona Vidyasagar Mahavidyalaya)	2024 to 2024
Member of Research and Development Committee, Vidyasagar University	2024 to 2024
External expert in PhD viva-voce examination at Jadavpur University	2024 to 2024
External expert in PhD examination at MS University, Tirunelveli	2024 to 2024
External expert in PhD examination at MS University, Tirunelveli	2024 to 2024
External expert in PhD examination at MS University, Tirunelveli	2024 to 2024
External expert in CAS of college teachers at Chandrakona Vidyasagar Mahavidyalaya	2024 to 2024
Member, Search Committee for Vidyasagar Puraskar, 2024	2024 to 2024
Member, PG Board of Studies, Midnapore College Autonomous	2024 to 2024
External Expert of DRC at University of Gour Banga	2023 to 2027
External member of Faculty Council of Arts of Diamond Harbour Women's University for 3 years	2023 to 2026
Jury Member, Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar, 2023	2023 to 2025
Subject Expert in Ph.D. programme of Midnapore College Research Centre	2023 to 2024
Expert in the Selection Committee in the West Bengal College Service Commission	2023 to 2024
Chairperson of UG BoS in English, Vidyasagar University	2023 to 2024
Member of Ninth Executive Council of Vidyasagar University	2023 to 2024
External Expert in the DRC of the Department of English, Amity University, Chhattisgarh	2023 to 2024
Member of Inspection Team to Midnapore City College	2023 to 2023
Member, Steering Committee for Humanities in India partnership programme with University of East Anglia	2023 to 2023
Subject Expert in Departmental Research Committee, Amity University CG	2023 to 2023
Subject Expert for CAS promotion at Sambalpur University, Odisha	2023 to 2023
Subject Expert in RAC of Midnapore City College	2023 to 2023
Jury member for Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar 2023 (English)	2023 to 2023
Committee for compilation of speeches on the occasion of 75 years of Indian Independence	2023 to 2023
Committee for compilation of Vidyasagar Memorial Lecture since 1998	2023 to 2023
NAAC Peer Team visit as Member Coordinator, Government College (Autonomous), Vellore, Tamil Nadu	2023 to 2023
NAAC Peer Team visit as Member Coordinator, Government College, Patharia (CG)	2023 to 2023
NAAC Peer Team visit as Member Coordinator, College of Arts and Commerce, Gulbarga	2023 to 2023
NAAC Peer Team visit as Chairperson, UES Mahila Mahavidyalaya Solapur Maharashtra	2023 to 2023
External Expert in Final PhD Viva voce University of Kalyani 21.11.23	2023 to 2023
External Expert in Final PhD Viva voce Bankura University 22.11.23	2023 to 2023
Member of Inspection Team for the establishment of research centre in Humanities in Ghatal College	2023 to 2023
University Expert for CAS at Ramnagar College	2023 to 2023
Subject Expert to the Screening/ Selection Committee for Placement/Promotion of teachers under CAS, Government General Degree College, Narayangarh	2023 to 2023
External Expert in the Board of Studies of Narajole Raj College	2023 to 2023
External Expert in Final PhD Viva voce, Raiganj University	2023 to 2023
University Nominee, Governing Body, Raja N.L. Khan Women's College (Autonomous)	2022 to 2026
Member, Standing Committee, Women's Studies Centre, Vidyasagar University	2022 to 2024
Head of the Department, English	2022 to 2024
Member of Vidyasagar University Publication Committee	2022 to 2024
Chairperson of PG BoS in English, Vidyasagar University	2022 to 2024
External Expert, Research Centre in Humanities and Social Sciences, PK College, Contai	2022 to 2024
Chief Editor, Journal of the Department of English Vol. 16 & Vol. 17, Vidyasagar University	2022 to 2024
Member, Screening Committee, IQAC, Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta (CSSSC)	2022 to 2024
Member of Content Creation and Monitoring Sub-committee for Betar Vidyasagar	2022 to 2023
Member, Ph.D. Committee, Department of Hindi	2022 to 2023
Member, University Court	2022 to 2023
Member, IQAC of CSSSC, Kolkata	2022 to 2023
National Assessor of NAAC, Bengaluru (Member Coordinator in NAAC Peer Team Visits) , Bengaluru	2022 to 2023
Subject Expert of WBCSC	2022 to 2023
Member, Ph.D. Committee, Department of Santali	2022 to 2023
Member of Cine Club Committee, Vidyasagar University	2022 to 2023
Member, Search Committee for Vidyasagar Puraskar	2022 to 2023
Expert for the selection of resource persons at SRCM University of Jhargram	2022 to 2023
Member of collaboration and community committee of the RDC	2022 to 2023
Member of Central Cultural Committee, Vidyasagar University	2022 to 2023
Member of Vidyasagar Memorial Lecture Committee	2022 to 2023
Chairperson of Vidyasagar Puraskar Committee	2022 to 2023
External Subject Expert for SRF upgradation at Jadavpur University	2022 to 2023
Subject Expert of Mahishadal Raj College Research Centre	2022 to 2023
Resource Person in Refresher Course at the University of Calcutta	2022 to 2023
Editor, Newsletter, Vidyasagar University	2022 to 2023
Member, Curriculum Committee in Kurmali language	2022 to 2023
Reviewer, Contemporary Voice of Dalit Journal	2022 to 2023
Member of CIQA of CDOE	2022 to 2023
Resource Person in Refresher Course at University of Burdwan	2022 to 2023
Member, Sponsorship Sub-committee, 75th year of Indian Independence	2022 to 2023
Member of UG and PG Board of Studies in Midnapore College (Autonomous)	2022 to 2023
NAAC Peer Team visit as Member Coordinator, Government College, Bilaspur (CG)	2022 to 2022
NAAC Peer Team visit as Member Coordinator, Government College, Mysore, Karnataka	2022 to 2022
Subject Expert to screening/ selection committee under CAS in affiliated colleges of Vidyasagar University	2020 to 2024
Member, PG BoS, Dantan College, Sabong College, Debra College, Belda College, Ghatal College	2020 to 2023
Member, Editorial Board, Middle Flight Journal	2020 to 2023
External Expert Member, Board of Research Studies, University of Burdwan	2020 to 2020
External Member, PG Board of Studies, University of Kalyani	2019 to 2024
External Member, PG Board of Studies, University of Gour Banga, Malda	2019 to 2024
Convener, Publication Committee, Vidyasagar University Alumni Association	2019 to 2019
Adjudicator of Ph.D. theses of University of Hyderabad, University of Delhi, JNU, JMI and others	2018 to 2023
Chief Editor, Janajati Darpan, a Multilingual Publication Series on Dalit and Tribal Studies	2017 to 2025
Editor, Janajati Darpan	2017 to 2023
Souvenir Committee Joint Convenor Vidyasagar Yuva Mahotsava 2016-17	2016 to 2017
Member, Editorial Board, Rupkatha Journal	2013 to 2023
committee member of VUTA Silver Jubilee conference	2010 to 2011
committee member of VURSA international conferences	2009 to 2011
Member, Editorial Board, Journal of the Department of English( UGC-CARE GROUP 1), Vidyasagar University	2008 to 2025
Member VUTA since 2008	2008 to 2018
committee member of first VUAA conference	2008 to 2009

Conference /Seminar/Workshop Attended

Title of the Seminar/Conference/Workshop	Date	Role	Held at and Organiser
Biographies: Histories, Narratives, Subjects	Jul, 2025	Resource Person	Department of English, Dharanidhar University
Khon Performance Tradition	Apr, 2025	Resource Person	Khon Academy and Research Centre, Kushimandi, Dakshin Dinajpur
Politics of Narratives: Contextualizing Indigeneity and Cultural Anxiety in Literature	Feb, 2025	Resource Person	Department of Humanities (English), Midnapore City College
World of Folk Narratives: Universality, Varieties and Methodology	Jan, 2025	Resource Person	The Asiatic Society, Kolkata
Fulbright-Nehru Orientation Programme for the Recipients	May, 2024	Registered Participant as recipient of FNAPE	The Lalit, New Delhi USIEF, New Delhi & Fulbright Commission in India
American Comparative Literature Association Annual Meet 2024	Mar, 2024	Paper Presenter	American Comparative Literature Association, Held at Montreal
1st Aesthetix International Conference on Indian Arts and Literature	Mar, 2024	Distinguished Speaker	Aesthetix Journal of Indian Studies In Collaboration With California Institute of Integral Studies, USA Tribhuvan University, Padmakanya Multiple Campus, Nepal Government Brajalal College, Bangladesh
Sixth International Conference on the Unfinished Legacy of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar: Law, Caste, and the Pursuit of Justice	Oct, 2023	Paper Presenter	Brandeis University
Two-day International Conference on South Asian Literature and Culture: Interdisciplinary Perspectives	Apr, 2023	Invited Speaker	Department of English, University of Gour Banga
Role of Women towards Sustainable Development	Mar, 2023	Chairperson	Women's Studies Centre, Vidyasagar University
Virtual Assessors Orientation Programme	Jan, 2021	Invited participant	NAAC Bangalore organized on Cisco Webex platform 12 and 13 July 2021
International seminar on "Hul Revisited- The Santal Rebellion of 1855" June 29&30, 2020	Jan, 2020	Active participant	Online seminar; RUSA 2.0 Jadavpur University
International Conference on Recent Advances in Interdisciplinary Humanities 20-22 August 2020	Jan, 2020	Invited resource person cum session chair	Zoom online platform Rupkatha Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies in collaboration with IIT Patna and Shiksha Anusandhan University, Odisha
Allure of the Archive: A Study of the Select Neo Victorian Novels	Jan, 2020	External Expert	Department of English, University of Burdwan, 22 January 2020, Open Seminar cum PhD viva voce
Baul Tradition: An Eternal Journey towards Mysticism	Jan, 2020	Invited speaker	India International Centre, New Delhi; Centre for Cultural Studies and Development; 15th February, 2020
National Folklore Conference	Jan, 2020	Keynote Speaker	S.P. Jain Auditorium, South Campus, University of Delhi, organised by Department of English, University of Delhi, 28-29 February 2020
International Conference on Gandhi after 150 years	Jan, 2020	Plenary Speaker and Session Chair	S.P. Jain Auditorium, South Campus, University of Delhi, organised by the Department of English, Delhi University, 4-5 March 2020
Open Interactive Workshop on Ethnographic Research Methods in English Studies	Jan, 2020	Visiting Resource Person	North Campus, University of Delhi, organised by the Department of English, University of Delhi, 3rd March 2020
Dalit Literature: Texts and Contexts	Jan, 2019	Invited Presenter	University of Delhi; Department of English, DU, 13-15 March, 2019
Performance workshop on Banabibi Pala under the aegis of UGC SAP III DRS II Research project	Jan, 2019	Co-Investigator; 11&12 Jan, 2019	Sajnekhali Sunderban; Bhai Bhai Jatra Sangha, Sajnekhali, Gosaba, Sunderban
PhD Open seminar and viva-voce on Chinese American Immigrant Fiction	Jan, 2019	External Expert	Scott Christian (Autonomous) College, NagercoilManomanian Sundernar University, Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu, 22.01.2019
Gandhi inspired literature; 30 and 31 January 2019	Jan, 2019	Invited Presenter	Centre for Multidisciplinary Research, Dharwad, Karnataka
Open seminar and viva voce for MPhil dissertation on folk literature for the children	Jan, 2019	External expert	Vidyasagar University via Skype Centre for English Studies, JNU, 07.02.19
Performance Workshop on Kora Tribal Jatra	Jan, 2019	Co Investigator	Kora village near Jhargram; Kora Samaj; 25 March 2019
Field based research workshop with Birhor and Kharia Sabar tribal communities; 30&31 March 2019	Jan, 2019	Co- Investigator	Baghmundi and Bandwan blocks in Purulia district; organised by UGC SAP-III,DRS-II Department of English, Vidyasagar University
Workshop on New Humanities and Academic Social Responsibility	Jan, 2019	Invited Resource Person	Buddhadev Basu Sabhagriha Jadavpur University; organised by CENTIL, Department of Comparative Literature; 13 June 2019
M.Phil viva voce and seminar presentation on the Naha Culture of Kurbati Irani Community	Jan, 2019	External Expert	Department of Comparative Literature, Jadavpur University, 13 June, 2019
PhD open seminar and viva voce on Ethnic Identity and Revivalism: Compiling, Translating and Analysing Meitei Folktales	Jan, 2019	External Expert	Held via Skype in the Computer Centre, VU; organised by Centre for English Studies, JNU
National seminar on Humanism and after: Literatures journey from humanism to cyber culture and other forms of post humanism	Jan, 2019	Invited session chairperson	Department of English, Midnapore College; 25 September, 2019
PhD final viva voce and open seminar on Folklore, Ecology and the Plays of J.M.Synge	Jan, 2019	External Expert	Department of English Aliah University, Kolkata27th December 2019
MPhil viva voce and open seminar on crime and globalisation in South Asian Fictions	Jan, 2019	External Expert	Department of English, the University of Burdwan; 11 September, 2019
MPhil Viva voce and open seminar on Translation Theory	Jan, 2019	External Expert	University of Hyderabad, Centre for Applied Linguistics and Translation Studies, 14 November 2019
PhD pre-submission seminar lecture	Jan, 2018	External Expert	Department of English Aliah University, Kolkata
National Workshop on Translation of Border Literature in Bangla	Jan, 2018	Resource Person	Department of English and Culture Studies, the University of Burdwan; 05&06 December, 2018
Workshop on Writings from the Sunderbans	Jan, 2018	Resource Person	Department of Comparative Literature, Jadavpur University; Centre for Translation of Indian Languages (CENTIL) Project Anuvad;20th December
M.Phil. Viva-Voce Presentation	Jan, 2018	External Expert	Jadavpur University Department of English
M.Phil. Viva-Voce Presentation	Jan, 2018	External Expert	University of Calcutta Department ofEnglish
Literary Translation: Problems, Poetics and Politics	Jan, 2018	Resource Person	Jadavpur University; Sahitya Akademi and CENTIL, Department of Comparative Literature, Jadavpur University, 24 September 2018
84th PEN Congress on Truth, Freedom and Diversity- Language Diversity and Language Rights	Jan, 2018	Resource Person	Savitribai Phule Pune University; PEN South India, Bhasha Baroda & Pune University; 27-29 September 2018
International Workshop on the Regional Variations of the Mahabharata	Jan, 2018	Resource Person	Odisha Tourism Development Corporation Complex; organized by Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, Ministry of Culture, Govt. of India and Ministry of Culture, Govt. of Odisha; 27-28 August, 2018
International Workshop on Academic Social Responsibility; 26&27 July, 2018	Jan, 2018	Resource Person	Department of Comparative Literature, Jadavpur UniversityOrganised by Project Anuvad UGC UPE2 and University of East Anglia, United Kingdom
M.Phil. Viva-Voce and seminar presentation	Jan, 2018	External Expert	Department of English Central University of Sikkim Gangtok, Sikkim 20 November, 2018
Performance and the Prospects of the Tribal Folkloric Traditions of Eastern India	Jan, 2018	Session Chair	APJ Abdul Kalam Hall, Vidyasagar University; organised by SAP-III,DRS-II, Department of English, Vidyasagar University; 20&21 March, 2018
Changing Contours of Adivasi Society and Culture: Crises and Negotiations; 22-24 March,2017	Jan, 2017	Paper presenter	Innovative Research Project, Vidyasagar University
Dalit & Tribal Identities, the Nation & Globalization; 29.03.17 & 30.03.17	Jan, 2017	Chaired sessions	UGC SAP-III, DRS-II, Dept. of English, Vidyasagar University
National seminar-cum-workshop on Language Documentation; 17-21 October, 2016	Jan, 2016	Paper presenter	Manipur University and Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata Imphal, Manipur
Change for the Worse? Revisiting Adivasi Languages of South Bengal	Jan, 2016	Paper presenter	Vidyasagar University Innovative Research Project 27-28 April
Bridgewater International Poetry Festival; 15-18 Jan, 2015	Jan, 2015	Paper presenter	Bridgewater College, Virginia, USA Skype presentation
Fractious Modernities: The (Dis)Contents of the Now; 24-26 Feb 2015	Jan, 2015	Paper presenter	Jadavpur University Department of English
South Asian Language Analysis Roundtable 14-16 May, 2015	Jan, 2015	Paper presenter	Lancaster University, United Kingdom Lancaster
Language and Development 18-20 Nov 2015	Jan, 2015	Paper presenter	British Council The Lalit, New Delhi
Indian Folklore Congress; 19-21 December 2014	Jan, 2014	Paper presenter	Centurion University, Odisha Parlakhemundi, Odisha
national consultation on the completion of PLSI Volumes, 19-20 April	Jan, 2014	Chaired sessions	Bhasha, Baroda and IGNOU New Delhi
Indian Association for the Study of Australia Biennial Conference	Jan, 2014	Paper presenter	University of Kerala Thiruvananthapuram
Indian Folklore Congress	Jan, 2014	Paper presenter	Manipur University, Imphal
Remapping the English Literary Canon 18 & 19 Feb 2013	Jan, 2013	Paper presenter	Dept. of English, Vidyasagar University
Literature and Marginality 20-22 February 2013	Jan, 2013	Paper presenter	IGNOU, New Delhi

Conference /Seminar/Workshop Organised

Title of the Seminar/Conference/Workshop	Date	Role in the Event	Funding Agency
ICSSR Approved International Conference ON Endangered Folk Literature and Culture of Jetor and other Indian Indigenous Communities	Jan, 2024	Chairperson of the Organizing Committee	ICSSR
Documenting Oral History of the Jettore Community	Jan, 2024	President Organizing Committee	ICSSR
Musics of India Project, Academic Collaboration through Joint Teaching Sessions, V.U. with Nuremberg University of Music, Bavaria, Germany	Jul, 2022	Expert	University of Music, Bavaria, Germany
National Webinar on Online Education in the Changing Times: Problems and Prospects	Jan, 2020	Convener	VUTA
International Folklore Conference & International Workshop on Translation of Cultural Texts; 19& 20 March, 2019	Jan, 2019	Joint Convenor	UGC(SAP-III, DRS-II)
Film and Literature Interface	Jan, 2018	Joint Convenor	UGC (Unassigned Grant)
Workshop on Documentation and Translation of Tribal Cultural Texts, 03 December 2018	Jan, 2018	Joint Convener	UGC SAP-III,DRS-II
Changing Contours of Adivasi Society and Culture: Crises and Negotiations; 22-24 March,2017	Jan, 2017	Joint Convenor	UGC (Innovative Research Project)
Environmentalism and Literature, 21.03.17	Jan, 2017	Joint Convenor	UGC (Unassigned Grant)
Children Literature	Jan, 2016	Joint Convenor	UGC (Unassigned Grant)
Coloniality and Postcoloniality: Adivasi Society andCulture in Transition	Jan, 2016	Joint Convenor	UGC (Innovative Research Project)
Writing on Women, Writing by Women	Jan, 2014	Joint Convenor	UGC
UGC SP-III DRS-I National Workshop on Documentation of Oral Literature	Jan, 2013	Deputy Coordinator	UGC
International conference on Historicizing Sub-Regional Co-operation in South Asia: Society, Culture and Politics in Bangladesh and Eastern India; VU& MAKAIAS, Kolkata	Jan, 2012	Joint Convener	MAKAIAS & VU
UGC SAP-III DRS-I National Seminar on Translation of Dalit and Tribal Literature	Jan, 2012	Deputy Coordinator	UGC and Sahitya Akademi
UGC SAP-III DRS-I National Seminar on Documentation of Tribal Literature	Jan, 2011	Deputy Coordinator	UGC
UGC SAP-III DRS-I National Workshop on Translation of Dalit Literature August 2011	Jan, 2011	Deputy Coordinator	UGC
UGC SAP-III DRS-I National Seminar on “Translation of Dalit Literature: Problems and Prospects”	Jan, 2010	Deputy Coordinator	UGC
International Seminar titled “The Role of Publication Houses in the Promotion of Literature”; UGC	Jan, 2009	joint director	UGC

Awards

Award Name	Awarded by	Date
Visiting Professor	University of East Anglia, United Kingdom	May, 2025
Fulbright Nehru Academic and Professional Excellence Fellowship	Fulbright Commission New Delhi and IIE, USA	Sep, 2024
Visiting Professor	University Grants Commission (Department of English, Delhi University)	Jan, 2020
Excellence in Book Production to Smritibiloper Pore- second prize in the regional language category	Federation of Indian Publishers; New Delhi 2018	Nov, 2018
Excellence in Book Production to Paschimbanger Bhasha, second prize	Federation of Indian Publishers New Delhi	Oct, 2017
PLSI Felicitation	Bhasha Research and Publication Centre	Jan, 2017
Junior Research Fellowship	University Grants Commission	Dec, 1998
Indira Chatterjee Memorial Prize	Narendrapur Ramakrishna Mission	Jun, 1995
Swami Vivekananda Gold Medal for All-round development	Purulia Ramakrishna Mission	Mar, 1990

Prof. Indranil Acharya