Dr. Pradip Ranjan Sengupta

Present Position: Honorary Professor

Department of Language and Literature, School of Liberal Arts and Culture Studies

E-mail: pradip.ranjan.sengupta@gmail.com

Education:

  • Ph.D. ( Jadavpur University ) ,1981
  • M.Phil. ( Jadavpur University ) , 1985.
  • M.A. in English Literature ( University of Calcutta ) ,1975.
  • B.A. Honours in English (Scottish Church College , under Calcutta University ), 1973.

Research Key Areas:

  • English & Irish Drama , Indian Literature in English , English & Bengali Poetry .

Research Highlights:

  • Comparative Literature , Translation Studies

Experience:

  • Behala College ( Calcutta University ) , From 1977 – 2014 . Retired as Associate Professor & Head , Department of English .
  • Rabindra Bharati University From 1993 — 2002 , 2006—2019 .
  • Guest Faculty , Department of English .
  • Aliah University From 2015—2017 , 2018—2019 , 2020 ( January — March ) Guest Faculty , Department of English .
  • Sarojini Naidu College , POST GRADUATE DEPARTMENT ( Under State University of West Bengal ). Visiting Faculty , From 2015 till date.

Research Publication (s):

  1.  Satyajiter choto golpo ( Satyajit’s Short Stories )—- Silver Jubilee Souvenir of Behala College , 1988.
  2. Synge the much misunderstood playwright — Rabindra Bharati Journal (1995 ).
  3. Two poets and two poems — Journal of the English Department , Rabindra Bharati University , 1997-98.
  4. ’Love’ in the poetry of Beharilal —- Journal of  the English Department , Rabindra Bharati University , 2008.
  5. Black Skin and White Masks —-Journal of the Department Of English , Rabindra Bharati University , 2009—10.
  6. Look Back in Anger , Journal of the Department of English , Vivekananda College for Women , 2009
  7. Rosie in R.K.Narayan’s  Guide ,  Journal of the Department of English , V.C.W ,2009
  8. The Calcutta Chromosome , In Pursuit of Amitav Ghosh ( Orient Black Swan ), 2013.
  9. Word ,Language and the Indian Idiom Indian Fiction in English ( Creative Books ) , 1914.
  10. Thomas Mann and Indology , Ebong Mushyera , 2017 .
  11. Chander Pahar , TRAVEL WRITING ( Aliah University ), 2017.
  12. Dostoevsky , Cime and Punishment , Ebong Mushyera , 2022.

BOOKS 

  1. The Plays of J.M. Synge  ,  UTHATAK PUBLICATION ,Kolkata  , 1995.
  2. Wordsworth o Tar Kabita ( Wordsworth and his poetry ) , Sahityolok, 1999.
  3. Coleridge oTar  Kabita ( Coleridge and his poetry ) , Sahityolok , 2001
  4. Bengali Poetry today , Aboyoya Literary Society , Kolkata, 2005
  5. Indo-Anglian Poetry , Review Publication ,Kolkata , 2008
  6. Bravely Fought the Queen , a critical study , Review Publication , 2011.
  7. Riders to the Sea , a study , Review Publication , 2010.
  8. Macbeth , Re-explored ,AVENEL PRESS , Burdwan ,2011,
  9. Summer ,Night or Dream ? AVENEL PRESS,Burwan , 2014
  10. Romanticism and Romantic Poetry , AVENEL PRESS, 2016.
  11. Translation of Abol Tabol , AVENEL PRESS , 2020.
  12. Reassessing Bankimchandra , the Novelist , AVENEL PRESS ,2021 ,

Research Projects:

  1. UGC Minor Research Project  , 2006  The project was on a comparative study of Wordsworth and Tagore.

Research Advisor / Supervisor:

  • Acted as a supervisor of a candidate who successfully completed her thesis and was awarded the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy from  , by Netaji Open university , kolkata    in 2008 .

Award/ Academic Recognition/ Major Professional Activity:

  • Film making , Creative Writing .