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Atanu Bhattacharya

Name                             :          Atanu Bhattacharya

Date of Birth                    :          21-02-1973

Education Qualifications   :

Interests :  Music, Drama, Reading.

Published works in the last five years (2000 – 2004)

1)         ‘Reflections on Diaspora’ in Nationalism Translationalism and Indian Diaspora (to be published by Creative Books : New Delhi) 

2)         ‘The Centre Writes Back : A Study of Jhumpa Lahiri’s ‘Interprets of Melodies’ in Decolonisations ed. Adesh Pal et al, Vol. 2 (Creative Books : New Delhi : 2002) 

3)         ‘Decolonisation : A Shift to Pluralities’ in Decolonisations ed. Adesh Pal et al, Vol. 1 (Creative Books : New Delhi : 2001) 

4)         ‘Narrativity in the Brahmanas’ in proceeds of the Seminar on ‘Indian Knowledge Systems’ ed. Kapil Kapoor et al. (Shimla : IIAS : 2003) 

5)         'The Mythotemporal Disjunction’ in Critical Practice Vol. IX (ed)         A K Singh (New Delhi : 2000) 

6)         UGC o JRF for English, an          e–book published on atanu@coursesuseek.com in 2000. 

7)         ‘A note on Gijubhai Badheka’s Divaswapna’ in ELT News (H M Patel Institute of English Training & Research : 2002) 

8)         Self – study Materials for MA in English (IGNOU : New Delhi : 1999). 

9)         Self – study materials for MA in English – Paper on ‘Teaching English in India’ (IGNOU : New Delhi : 2003). 

10)       Prepared Activities based on Lessons for Gujarat Higher Secondary Textbook Board for Std. XI (Higher Level), 2003-           04.

Research project undertaken last five years

Pursuing Ph.D. on the topic “The Mythotemporal Disjunction : A Study of Narrative Temporality in early 

Myths in India” under Dr. Kapil Kapoor, Jawaharlal Nehru University,  New Delhi.

Award

Awarded the ‘Gaurav Chinha’ by Charutar Vidya Mandal in 2004 for adapting and directing a one – act play that was awarded the 3^rd Prize in the National Inter – University Youth Festival, 2003 – 04

Innovations made in teaching

1.  Introduced drama techniques in language teaching.

2. Introduction of technology in teaching through the use of PowerPoint presentations.

Seminars conferences attended presented papers

1)         Organized a Translation Workshop and acted as a Resource Person for M A [ELT] in H M Patel Institute of English Training & Research, 4^th – 5^th March, 2004, Vallabh Vidyanagar. 

2)         Attended and read a paper in the International Seminar on “Nationalism, Transnationalism and Indian Diaspora”, Jan 27 – 29, 2004, Patan. 

3)         Invited to conduct a workshop on “Aesthetics and the Visual Image” at National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad, 27 – 31 Jan, 2004.

4)         Attended UGC National Seminar on “Literary and Non – Literary Forms in the 19^th C. Indian Literature”, Feb 2 – 4, 2004, Rajkot. 

5)         Attended a workshop for Intel Teach to the Future Program, April 16 – 30, 2003,         H M Patel Institute of English Training & Research, Vallabh Vidyanagar. 

6)         Attended and presented a paper in the National Seminar on “Indian Knowledge Systems”, September 28 – October 2, 2003, Shimla. 

7)         Attended a workshop for IELTS Examiners in Ahmedabad, September 4 – 9, 2003. 

8)         Attended and read a paper in the Seminar on Decolonisation, Aug 27 – 29, 2002, Patan, Gujarat. 

9)         Attended ELT Seminar on “Introducing English at Primary” 18 – 29 January, 2002, Lonavala, Maharashtra. 

10)       Attended UGC Refresher Course in English at Dept. of English, Sardar Patel University, Vallabh Vidyanagar, 21 Nov – 11 Dec., 2001

11)       Attended and read a paper in the Seminar “Literary Criticism and India : Issues and Approaches”, March 27 – 29, 2000.

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