IGNCA faculty enriched with the joining of three Professors
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IGNCA faculty enriched with the joining of three Professors
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Professor Indra Nath Choudhuri has joined IGNCA as head of Kala Darshan
Division. Prof. Choudhuri a known literature, has been in academics,
administration and cultural diplomacy. He taught in Delhi, Hyderabad
and Bucharest Universities and was visiting Professor in many other
Universities. He was Secretary Sahitya Akademy, and Minister
(Culture), Indian High Commission, London and Director, The Nehru Centre,
London. Prof. Choudhuri has authored books on Comparative Literature,
poetics and Aesthetics in Hindi, English and Bengali. He specializes
in Literature, Theory, Aesthetics, Dramaturgy, Cultural and Translation
studies, he has participated in a number of international seminars and
conferences, in India and abroad.
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Prof. G.C. Tripati is the new coordinator of the Kalakosa Division.
Prof. Tripati is a Ph.D in Vedic Mythology. Prior to his joining IGNCA, he was the Principal of Ganganath Jha Sanskrit Research Institute,
Allahabad. He has a Dr. Phil in Indology from Albert Ludwig
University, Germany and a D.Litt. In Ancient Indian History and
Culture from Allahabad University. Prof. Tripati knows several Indian
and foreign languages. They include Oriya, Bengali, Punjabi, Urdu,
English, German, Latin, French and Greek. He has held senior teaching
positions in several Universities in India and abroad. He has authored 21
books and published more than 80 research papers in journals.
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Prof. Ranjan Bhattacharya has joined as the Head of the Janapada Sampada
Division. He retired in May as Director, Anthropological Survey of
India, position he held for over nine years. He has been with the ASI
since 1973. He had held the position of Director, Eastern Zonal
Cultural Centre and Director, Raja Ram Mohan Ray Library Foundation as dual
charges. He has also taught Social Anthropology in Visva Bharti
University. Prof. Bhattacharya has specialized in Social and Cultural
Anthropology. He has authored several research articles and
participated in many international seminars and conferences. As a
person who has had a vast interaction with several communities, as part of
his research, Prof. Bhattacharya believes that national integration is
symbolized as unity with diversity.
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