Curriculum Vitae of Dr.Ratan Bhattacharjee

Name:Dr.Ratan Bhattacharjee M.A M.Phil. Ph.D

Father’s name: Sri Chandranath Bhattacharjee

Address: 988, Jessore Road, Rupalaya Apt. Satgachi, Kolkata-700074.WestBengal.Mobile : 91-9681149456 email address :

Birthdate : 01-12-1957 Age: 54 years

Present Position

Experience
Title
Title / Organisation name :Dum Dum Motijheel College
Responsibilities :Associate Professor and Chairperson, PG Department of English
Joined Oct 01,1996 and serving till date.
Achievements:
Total Period of Teaching: 29 years
PG level : 14years
UG level : 29years since Aug 13,1982
Organisation name:International Theodore Dreiser Society , USA
Responsibilities:Member, International Advisory Board
Achievements: Serving since 2005
Title
Title
Title
Title
Title / Organisation name : Rabindra Bharati University
Responsibilities : Part Time Lecturer, Dept of Education
Achievements : 2 years of teaching since 1996 -98
Again joined Dept of English , Rabindra Bharati University
: 1st August 2012- continuing till date
Previous position:
Organisation name : Gangadharpur Mahavidyamandir
Responsibilities : Full Time Senior Lecturer, Dept of Education
Achievements : 14 years of teaching since Feb 20 1985
Organisation name: Vidyasagar University
Responsibilities: Part Time Guest Lecturer in the English Dept.
Achievements: 3 years of teaching in the PG Dept
Organisation name :Bangabasi Evening College
Responsibilities : Part Time Lecturer , Dept of English
Achievments : Served since 1986 for four years
Co-Curricular Activities
Organisation name :Indian School of Philosophy and Research
Responsibilities : Vice Chairman
Achievments : Served since 1999 for two years
Organisation name :Bangiya Vijnan Parishad
Responsibilities : Member, Editorial Board, Jnan O Vijnan
Achievments : Served since 1986 for two years
Education:
1981 University: Calcutta University
Qualification: M.A. (English)
1987 University : University of Kalyani
Qualification : M.Phil.
2003 University of Burdwan
Qualification : Ph.D. (American Literature)
Guide: Dr.(Mrs.) Laxmi Parasuram
Professor, Dept of English University of Burdwan
Papers accepted in International Conferences :
  1. ‘The Blacks in the novels of Theodore Dreiser’ in International conference of University of Craiova, Rumania on “Language , Literature and Cultural Policies from Evolution to Involution’held in Oct 2-4, 2009.
  2. Theodore Dreiser’s ‘Triology of Desire’: Centres and (Ex)-centricities in the East -West Dichotomy’ in the 9th International Conference “ Language , Literature and Cultural Policies – Centres and Ex- Centricities’University of Craiova, Romania and Ruhr University Bochum , Germany November 12-14, 2010
National Conferences : IAAS Conferences from 1987-2000
Pune University 1994
In JU and CU many international conferences
Publications:
Publications Details
Books:
  1. Francis Scott Fitzgerald: The Quest for Meaning and Form ,Chatterjee Publishers, Kolkata 1999.
  2. Prachya O Paschatya ebong Vijnanmanaskata,( A book of articles on literature of the East and the West and Scientific Temper of Mind) , Bhasa O Sahitya, Kolkata, 1999.
  3. Satsagarer Monimukto ( A Collection of Stories retold in Bengali from World Classics, ) Bhasa O Sahitya, Kolkata,2000
  4. Lord Ganesher Dugdhapan (A Collection of satirical essays)
  5. Chotoder Choto Galpa ( A collection of short stories for children) Delta Farma, Kolkata, 1999 Contd….. p5
Articles published in Journals, Sunday Supplements and Literary magazines
1.’Teaching of English’, Journal of Education , RBU Vol III May 1997
2.’English and Its Own End’, Journal of Education RBU Vol III May 1998
3.’Toni Morrison’, Nandan , Sarad Number, 1994
4.’Rabindranath , the Educationist’ , West Bengal , a literary organ of Govt of West Bengal
5.’Inclusion of English in the Primary Curriculum’, West Bengal , a literary organ of Govt of West Bengal
6.’Vladimir Mayakovoski O Protham Viswa Yuddha’( Mayakovoski and the First World War) YubamanasSpecial Number1990
7.’Octavio Paz’,Nandan , Sarad Number, 1991
8.’F.Scott Fitzgerald’ Samaj Samiksha, a journal of Indian School of Social Sciences Kolkata, 1991
9.’Nadin Gardiner’, Sunday Supplement of Ganashakti, Nov, 10,1991
10. ‘Osman Sembene’, Sunday Supplement , Dainik Basumati, March I 1992
11. ‘Derek Walcott, Caribiyo Pratisruti’Derek Walcott, ( A Volume of Critical essays) Kolkata, Aug, 1993
12.’Shelley and Whitman’ NandanSarad Number , Kolkata, 1992
13. ‘Funs of Grammar’, Series of articles on this subject in News Star Sunday Supplement, Assam , 1983-85
14. Engreji Sekho, Series of Articles written in Ganashakti, Natun Pata, 1993-4
15.A series of write-ups and articles in Jnan O Bijnan, a literary organ of Bangiya Vijnan Parishad 1994-98 Contd… p6
Stories translated from English
  1. From Kora Jenkins, Yubamanas, Sarad Number, 1991
  2. From Langston Hughes Yubamanas , Dec 1992
  3. From Nguen Tran Thum , Yubamanas,Mandela Number,1992
  4. From Alan Patton, Yubamanas, 1990
As part time journalist
Articles published in a number of newspapers and journals
On line journalism
More than 400 articles published in Merinews .com
And nearly 100 articles on other online portals on Literature and Society
Signed :
(Dr.Ratan Bhattacharjee )
Date : 13-12-2012

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