RESUME
Name : Soumitro Das
Address: Genexx Valley, Tower 18, Flat 1B, Diamond Harbour Road, Joka, Calcutta – 700104, India
Tel: 91-9874649287
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EDUCATION
1979 – Bachelor of Commerce, University of Bombay
1982 – Master of Arts in Comparative Literature, Jadavpur University, Calcutta
1991 – 3rd Cycle Doctorate in Modern French Literature, University of Paris VII
1982 – Diplome de langue francaise, Alliance Francaise de Calcutta
1983 – Diplome superieur de langue et civilisation francaise, Alliance Francaise de Calcutta
WORK EXPERIENCE
a) 1982 - French to English interpreter for Giat and Sofma during trials for a battle tank in Eastern India
b) 1982 - French to English interpreter for installation of a boiler/furnace at the Bokaro Steel Plant
c) 1983 – French translator for the Institution of Engineers
d) 1984 – Translator and news anchor for the overseas French broadcast of All India Radio
e) 1985 – Head of the French typing pool at the GATT conference in New Delhi
f) 1985 – Head of the French typing pool at the non-aligned foreign ministers’ summit in New Delhi
g) 1991 – English to French translator with Inter Services Migrants in Paris
h) 1994 – Senior Sub-Editor with The Telegraph (newspaper) in Calcutta
i) 1995 – Assistant Editor with The Statesman (newspaper), Calcutta
j) 2002 – Senior Book Editor with American Book Publishing, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
k) Freelancing on Elance.com since 2002 as English-French-English translator and Editor/Proofreader.