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Rajadipta Roy

Associate Professor in English
Maynaguri College, Maynaguri, Jalpaiguri
From: 05.05.2017 – Present

Lecturer in English
Sukanta Mahavidyalaya, Dhupguri, Jalpaiguri
From: 01.06.2001 to 04.05.2017

Educational Qualification

DegreeYearUniversityTitle/Subject
B.A. in English (Hons.)1993University of North BengalEnglish Literature
M.A. in English1995University of North BengalEnglish Literature
Ph.D. in English29.08.2014University of North BengalTitle: “Between Culture and Empire: Reading Select Novels of Joseph Conrad”

Research Projects Completed:

Project TitleYearFunding AgencyUGC Ref. No.DurationSanctioned Grant AmountApproved & Utilized Grant AmountCompletion Status
“Colonial Legacy and Shifting Paradigms: Reading Cultural Resistance in the Science Fantasies of Satyajit Ray”2017UGC (University Grants Commission)F. PHW-191/ 13-14 (ERO), dt. 18.03.2014; ID No.: WN5-042; S.No.: 21940512.04.2014 to 04.05.2017Rs. 2,20,000/-Rs. 1,84,000/-Completion Certificate issued by UGC

COURSES ATTENDED:

1. Refresher Course (RC) on Trends in Post- war Literature in English in the Department of English, University of North Bengal; Duration: 06.03.2003 – 27.03.2003; Sponsoring Agency: UGC

2. Orientation Programme (OP) for Academic Administrators/ College and University Teachers & Librarians in the UGC- Academic Staff College, Jadavpur University; Duration: 27.01.2009 – 24.02.2009; Sponsoring Agency: UGC

3. Refresher Course (RC) in Women’s Studies (Inter Disciplinary) in the Academic Staff College, University of North Bengal; Duration: 23.02.2012 – 14.03.2012; Sponsoring Agency: UGC

4. Refresher Course (RC) in Philosophy (Inter Disciplinary) in the Academic Staff College, University of North Bengal; Duration: 31.12.2014 – 20.01.2015; Sponsoring Agency: UGC

5. NEP 2020 Orientation & Sensitization Programme (MMC-109-2024-JUN-A-01633) under Malaviya Mission Teacher Training Programme (MM-TTP) of Malaviya Mission Teacher Training Centre (MM – TTC), University of North Bengal; Duration: 03.06.2024 – 11.06.2024; Sponsoring Agency: UGC

Publications

IN JOURNALS:

  1. “Ufos, Aliens & the Ideological Diffusion: Paradigm Shift in Satyajit Ray’s Culture-Specific Science Fantasies”, PARIPEX – Indian Journal of Research (PIJR), Sara Publishing Academy, Ahmedabad;
    Peer Reviewed & Refereed; Journal DOI: 10.15373/22501991, Impact Factor: 5.215, Vol. 5, Issue: 5, May, 2016, pp. 9 – 14, ISSN: 2250 – 1991 (print)
  2. “Anxious Oralities & the Imagined ‘Women’ from the North-East“ , South India Journal of Social Sciences (SIJSS), Academy of Social Sciences, Visakhapatnam; UGC Care Listed Journal; DOI: 10.62656, Vol. 22, No. 1, March, 2024, pp. 123 – 127, ISSN: 0972-8945 (print)
  3. “Nature as A Political Construct In The Bengali Narrative Zone: Reading Beyond Binaries”, Journal of the Asiatic Society of Mumbai, The Asiatic Society of Mumbai, Mumbai; UGC Care Listed Journal (Group 1); Impact Factor: 5.29, Vol. 98, No. 3, March, 2024, pp. 78 – 82, ISSN: 0972-0766 (print)

BOOK CHAPTERS:

BOOK CHAPTERS:

  1. “Between Identity and Culture: A Reading of Samina Ali’s Madras on Rainy Days”, The Postcolonial Woman Question: Readings in Indian Women Novelists in English, Ed. G. N. Roy and Dr. J. Sarkar, Booksway, Kolkata, 2011, Pp. 164-170, ISBN: 978-93-80145-84-6
  2. “Songs and Poems in Evam Indrajit: Towards a new Hermeneutics of Entrapment and Alienation”, Indian Drama in English, Ed. Dr. K. Chakravarty, Prentice Hall India Learning Private Limited, New Delhi, 2011, pp. 360-366, ISBN: 978-81-203-4289-7
  3. “Historicizing Homosexuality: Marlowe’s Reading of the Politics of Pleasure/ Power in Edward II”, Edward the Second: Text and Criticism, Ed. Dr. J. Sarkar, Booksway, Kolkata, 2012, pp. 249-257, ISBN: 978-93-81672-07-5
  4. “Stranded Between the Extremes: Poetics of the ‘Grey’ Space in Jibanananda Das”, Indian Poetry in English: Critical Essays, Ed. Dr. Z. Mitra, Prentice Hall India, New Delhi, 2012, pp. 193-206, ISBN: 978-81-203-4571-3
  5. “From the Consciousness of Reality to the Reality of the Consciousness: Attempts to Autonomy in A Farewell to Arms”, Hemingway’s A Farewell to Arms: A Critical Appraisal, Ed. Dr. P. Roy, Booksway, Kolkata, 2012, pp. 166-173, ISBN: 978-93-81672-12-9
  6. “Rhetoric of Power in Tagore’s Red Oleanders”, Unmasking Power: Subjectivity and Resistance in Indian Drama in English. Ed. J. Sarkar and A. Bhattacharya, Papyrus, 2014, pp. 36–56, ISBN: 978-93-81287-40-8
  7. “Why Write Someone Else’s Life? Contextualizing the Art of Biography in Scholar Extraordinary: The Life of Friedrich MaxMuller: Simulating ‘Life’, Signifying Çulture’?”, English Collections: Critical Overviews and Insights, Ed. K. Datta. Authors-Press, New Delhi, 2014, pp. 99–113, ISBN: 978-81-7273-728-3
  8. “Film as Partition-narrative: Memory and ‘Schizophrenic’ Home in Ritwik Ghatak’s Komal Gandhar”, The Broken Pens: The (Indian) Partition in Literature and Films, Ed. Dr. P. Roy & Dr. A. K. Sarkar, Aadi Publications, New Delhi, 2016, pp. 123–136, ISBN: 978-93-82630-75-3
  9. “Moving Spaces in the Culture Carnival: Historiography of the Hybrid in the Private Poetics of A. K. Ramanujan”, Contemporary Indian Poetry in English, Ed. J. Sarkar & S. Mondal, Authors Press, New Delhi, 2016, pp. 54–64, ISBN: 978-93-5207-113-5
  10. “Juddha Paristhiti Jaari Acche: Nabaruner Sampadakiyo Avipsa Bishoyok Prathamik Khasra”, Nabarun Bhattacharya: Manan O Darshan, Ed. Adway Chowdhuri & Arka Chattopadhyay, Boibhashik Prokashoni, Kolkata, 2019, pp. 377–388, ISBN; 978-93-88747-13-4
  11. “Tracing Erasure and Re-mapping the Memory Lane: Partition Movies of Ritwik Ghatak”, Partition Literature and Cinema: A Critical Introduction, Ed. J. Sarkar & R. Mukherjee, Routledge, Abingdon, Oxon-UK, 2020, pp. 101–111, ISBN: 978-0-367-63415-5
  12. “Rethinking Sciences, Situations and Bamboo-groves in Ray’s Science Fictions: Guessing Who Speaks What”, Popular Literature: Texts, Contexts, Contestations, Ed. R. Mukherjee & J. Sarkar, Ibidem Verlag, Stuttgart, Germany, 2022, pp. 117–138, ISBN-13: 978-3-8382-7666-3

In Bengali Jouirnals/ Magazines/ Periodicals:

  1. “Kicchu Okaron Nijoswo Nodikotha”, Pages 330-332, Daag, Vol. 12, Issue 7, October, 2022, ISSN: 2278-3695.
  2. “Krishna O Ekti Kuchute Kothokota”, Pages 17-28, Padya, Vol. 22, November, 2020-2021, ISSN: 2394-8604
  3. “’Mrinal Sen: Ekti Byaktigoto Paath’: Ek Somoytarito Shilpir Khonje”, Pages 69-76. Boikatha, May, 2024 (Eminent Journal on Criticisms & Readings, published from Kolkata)
  4. “‘Madhu Sadhu Khan’ Othoba Bhromone Ki Ghote Ebong Je Andhar Alor Odhik”, Pages 64-71. Boikatha, April, 2022. (Eminent Journal on Criticisms & Readings, published from Kolkata)
  5. “Ashay, Itihase Buk Bendhe Thaki: Shotoker Tukutaki O Nadine Gordimer”, Pages 393- 396. Nandan, Vol. 49, Issue 9 – 10, September-October, 2014, Regn No.: KOL.RMS/358-2013-2015, RNI-8549/63.
  6. “Gabriel Garcia Marquez: Itihaser Jadu Kathak”, Pages 12-15. Nandan, Vol. 49, Issue 6, June, 2014, Regn No.: KOL.RMS/358-2013-2015, RNI-8549/63.
  7. “Chhotogolper Chhoto Golpo” (Short Story on the Short Story), Page 07. Nandan, Vol. 48, Issue 9, September, 2013, Regn No.: KOL.RMS/358-2013-2015, RNI-8549/63.
  8. “Achebe O Sanskriti Likhon”, Pages 52-57. Nandan, Vol. 48, Issue 8, August, 2013, Regn No.: KOL.RMS/358-2013-2015, RNI-8549/63.
  9. “Jounata O Film: Ekti Nibir Paath Proyas”, Pages 11-14. Padya, Vol. 14, November, 2012-2013 (Magazine published from Siliguri)
  10. “Tomake Ovibadon (On Saadat Hassan Manto)”, Pages 73-74. Songbortika, Vol. I, Issue I, October, 2012 (Magazine published from Siliguri)
  11. “Onubader Uponibesh: Tatwo O Proyog”, Pages 235-243. Dyotona, Vol. 33, Issue 1, July, 2011 (Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi awarded Bengali Magazine, published from Jalpaiguri)
  12. “Tistaparer Brittanto: Debesh Ray: Ekti Paath”, Pages 20-22. Nandan, Vol. 45, Issue 1, January, 2010, Regn No.: KOL.RMS/358-2010-12, RNI-8549/63.
  13. “Nobarun Bhattacharyya-r Godyo: Ontorghater Ruprekha”, Pages 285-290. Dyotona, Vol. 30, Issue 1, October, 2009 (Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi awarded Bengali Magazine, published from Jalpaiguri)
  14. “Paath O Potoner Kobita”, Pages 231-237. Dyotona, Vol. 25, Issue 1, Jan – Feb, 2004 (Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi awarded Bengali Magazine, published from Jalpaiguri)

Translation (Bengali To English):

1. Translated a number of Poems from Bengali to English from the volume poetry titled All about Umbrellas: A Collection of Bengali Poetry in English Translation by Prabal Kumar Basu; Yapanchitra Books, Kolkata, 2008, Pages 11-12, 16 & 18-22. ISBN: 978-81-908260-0-6

Write-up In Daily Newspaper:

  1. “Uttorbonger Prantik Jonojatir Biswosto Aayna”, Anandabazar Patrika, (Siliguri Edition), 4 October, 2018; pp. Ka-4 (Daily Newspaper)
  2. A Write- up on the Silent Departure, a Socio-Anthropological Independent Research Monograph of Krishnapriya Bhattacharya, The Statesman, (Siliguri Edition), 6 September, 2013; NB-Xtra, page 3 (Daily Newspaper)

Journal Editing:

Edited a renowned Bengali Magazine, named Dyotona (Vol. 25, Issue 1, Jan – Feb, 2004), as a Member of the Editorial Group. The issue deals with and addresses the question of language politics in the sub- Himalayan districts of West Bengal, brewing up and gaining momentum rapidly in the recent years and contributes considerably to the history of the local language study and the Lingual Human Rights Movement of the area.

The issue is cited in a Research Paper entitled “Where Children Lose Their Language: The Endangered Linguistic Identity of the Rajbanshi Children of North Bengal” (Paper Submitted For the National Child Rights Research Fellowships, CRY) by DRIPTA PIPLAI, Delhi, India 2007, found over the net in the following URL:
http://www.kamatapur.com/sites/kamatapur.com/files/The_Endangered_Linguistic_Identity_of_the_Rajbanshi_Children_of_North_Bengal.pdf

Content Creation (Sim) For Distance Education

The following block of the self‐instruction materials of M.A. Course (DE Mode) in English offered by the Directorate of Distance Education, University of North Bengal, is written and developed by Rajadipta Roy:

Block 18| Modern American Poetry: Langston Hughes. (Paper – IX, First half; M. A., Part- II in English)

Paper Presentation In Seminars/ Conferences:

  1. “Ontorghater Rupkotha O Nobarun Bhattacharya-er Harbart: Ekti Nibir Paath” (The Fairy Tale of Sabotage and Nobarun Bhattacharya’s Harbart: A Close Reading) in a National Level Seminar on “Current Trends in the Literatures of Eastern India with special reference to Assamese, Bengali, Maithili, Nepali & Oriya Languages”, organized by The Central Institute of Indian Languages, MHRD, Govt. of India & The Department of Bengali, NBU, held on 19 – 21 November, 2008.
  2. “Komal Gandhar as the Trauma- struck Partition- epic of Ritwik Ghatak: A Reading” in a National Level Seminar on “Literature & Film”, organized by Maynaguri College, Maynaguri, Jalpaiguri, held on 28 – 29 August, 2009.
  3. “Narrating History and Historicizing Narration in Achebe’s Things Fall Apart” in a National Level Conference on “Two Day National Level Conference on Recent Trends in Commonwealth Literature”, organized by the Smt. Sushiladevi Deshmukh Senior College, Latur, Maharashtra, held on 21 – 22 January, 2011.
  4. “Folk Conception in Tagore: An Intertextual Reading” in a University Level Seminar on “Rabindranath O Loko Sanskriti: Nutan Kore Dekha”, organized by The Department of Bengali, NBU, held on 17 – 18 February, 2011.
  5. “A Raid into the Unknown: Aesthetics of the Incongruous in Tagore’s Paintings” in a National Level Conference on “Tagore & Indian Aesthetics”, organized by Sukanta Mahavidyalaya, Dhupguri, held 30th March, 2011.
  6. “Making the Invisible Visible: Anxieties in Asserting Cultural Identity through Translation” in a State Level Seminar on “Interrogating the Grand- narrative of Nation: Sub- national Movements & the Issue of Identity in North Bengal”, organized by Sukanta Mahavidyalaya, Dhupguri, held on 9 – 10 September, 2011.
  7. “Of Myths, Masks and Men: Dysfunctional Rituals and Dystopian Reality in Soyinka’s A Dance of the Forest” in a National Level Conference on “The Polyphonic Voice of Resistance and Looking Beyond: Commonwealth Literature”, organized by Malda College, Malda, WB, held on 19 – 20 September, 2011.
  8. “Re-membering Nations, Dis-membering Narration: Locating the Epistemological ‘Other’ in the Context of the Modern Indian Post-colony in Upamanyu Chatterjee’s Mammaries of the Welfare State” in a National Level Seminar on “Representation, Imagination & Narration: Tracing and Locating the Nation through History & Narration”, organized by St. Joseph’s College, Darjeeling, held on 19 – 20 March, 2012.
  9. “Trans-cultural Readings and the Question of the Political Space: The Possibility/ Plausibility of Translation in the Context of the Local Languages in North Bengal” in a National Level Seminar on “Exploring New Horizons of Translation: History, Theory & Practice”, organized by A. B. N. Seal College, Cooch Behar, held on 16 – 17 March, 2012.
  10. “Reading Dickens: Conversing in Liminality, Subalternity and the Politics of Culture in the Social Matrix of 19th c. England” in a National Level Seminar on “Reviewing Dickens Bicentenary: Reading Twenty-first Century Interpretations of Charles Dickens”, organized by The Department of English, University B. T. & Evening College, Cooch Behar, held on 22 March, 2013.
    11 “Polyphonic Cultural Reality of Jalpaiguri and Paradigmatic Narrative Shifts in Debesh Ray’s Tista Parer Brittanto” in a National Level Seminar on “Changing Society of Twentieth Century Bengal (from historical perspectives) with Special Reference to North Bengal”, organized by The Department of History, P. D. Women’s College, Jalpaiguri, held on 26 – 28 September, 2013.
  11. “Polyphonic Cultural Reality of Jalpaiguri and Paradigmatic Narrative Shifts in Debesh Ray’s Tista Parer Brittanto” in a National Level Seminar on “Changing Society of Twentieth Century Bengal (from historical perspectives) with Special Reference to North Bengal”, organized by The Department of History, P. D. Women’s College, Jalpaiguri, held on 26 – 28 September, 2013.
  12. “The Nationalist Agenda and the Patriarchal Configuration of Indian Womanhood in the Writings of Swami Vivekananda” in a State Level Seminar on “Swamiji’s India & India’s Swamiji: Re-reading Categories”, organized by The Departments of English & History, Sukanta Mahavidyalaya, Dhupguri, held on 7 December, 2013.
  13. “Making the Subaltern Speak: The Fairy Tale of Sabotage in Nabarun Bhattacharya’s Novels” in a National Level Seminar on “Representation of the Marginalized in Indian Writings in English”, organized by The Department of English, Falakata College, Jalpaiguri, held on 7 – 8 November, 2014.
  14. “Socio-pathology behind the Political Making of a Hero: Problems in Historicizing the Role of Sardar Patel as an Ideologue in the Context of the Indian Postcolony’s Global Contemporaneity” in a State Level Seminar on “Sardar Patel’s Birth Anniversary: Spreading the Message of Unity, Safety & Security”, organized by Sukanta Mahavidyalaya, Dhupguri, held on 12 December, 2014.
  15. “Looking beyond the Anthropocentric Gaze: In Search of an Alternative Eco-Social Space in the Speculative Imagination of Satyajit Ray” in an International Conference (within Country) on “International Seminar on Ecology, Globalization and Human Rights”, organized by Maynaguri College and Directed by the Institute of Cross-Cultural Studies and Academic Exchange, NC, USA, held on 8 – 10 January, 2016.
  16. “Tracking an Indian Way into the Philosophy of Science: Postcolonial Culture Awareness in the Speculative Fictions of Satyajit Ray” in an Internation Conference (Abroad) on “International Conference for Academic Disciplines”, organized by the International Journal of Arts and Sciences (IJAS) at Ca’Foscari University of Venice, Italy, held on from 28 June to 1 July, 2016.
  17. “Mythic Multitude and Polyphonic History in One Hundred Years of Solitude” in a State Level Webinar & Special Lecture Series on Literary Topics, organized by the Department of English, Malda College, Malda. Held on 6 June, 2020.
  18. “Reading into the Politics of Tom Stoppard’s Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead” in a State Level Webinar & Special Lecture Series on Literary Topics, organized by the Department of English, Malda College, Malda. Held on 22 June, 2020.
  19. “Global Event through Local Lens: Reading Select Partition Narratives of Amiyabhushan Majumdar of Late” in an International Seminar (within Country) on “Two-Day International Seminar on Revisiting Partition: Social, Cultural and Literary Context(s)”, organized by North Bengal St. Xavier’s College, Rajganj, Jalpaiguri, held on 30 – 31 May, 2022

Invited Lectures:

  1. “Little Magazine O Uttoradhunik Bhavna” in the State Level Oshtom (8th) Little Magazine Mela, 2012, organized by the Poschimbongo Bangla Akademy & the Department of Information and Broadcasting. Govt. of West Bengal, held on 15 – 17 December, 2012
  2. “On the Relocation of the Roles of Group & Company Theatres in the Context of the Global Contemporaneity” in the District Level Seminar on “Group Theatre Noy, Company Theatre-e Bangla Natoker Bhabishyot”, organized by the Kalakushali (a troupe of Group Theatre), Jalpaiguri, held on 4 November, 2014.
  3. Chaired the Last Academic Session on 08.11.2014 and delivered the closing academic lecture in the UGC sponsored National Seminar at Falakata College on “Representation of the Marginalized in Indian Writings in English”, Sponsored by UGC, held on 7 – 8 November, 2014.

Workshops Attended:

2012: Attended and presented a paper entitled “Trans-cultural Readings and the Question of the Political Space: The Possibility/ Plausibility of Translation in the Context of the Local Languages in North Bengal” in a National Seminar cum Workshop on “Exploring New Horizons of Translation: History, Theory & Practice” at A. B. N. Seal College, Cooch Behar, 16 – 17 March, 2012.

2010: Attended and participated in the State Level Workshop on “Initiatives on Quality Assurance in Distance Mode of Higher Education” at NBU, 25th – 26th June, 2010.

Memberships:

Rajadipta Roy is a Life Member of the IACLALS [Membership No. – 2011-L227] since 2011. IACLALS is the Indian Association for Commonwealth Literature and Language Studies – is the officially recognised Indian chapter of the international ACLALS (Association for Commonwealth Literature and Language Studies). Iaclals started in India in 1974.

Roy is also a Member of the Shakespeare Society of Eastern India (Card No. – S/RR/SEP/21/GM/21-11-12) since 22.09.2011.

Representations In Academic/ University Bodies:

Roy had remained a Member of the Board of Studies in English (Undergraduate Level) in the North Bengal University for two consecutive terms of 4 years each since 2004 to 2011.

Roy was also elected to the 7th Court of the North Bengal University from the Constituency of the Teachers of affiliated Colleges as a Member in the year 2010, and served the term w.e.f. the 29th June, 2010 up to the Termination of every such Bodies democratically elected at the University Levels all over the State by the Govt. of West Bengal in the year 2011. As per Section 17 (1) (b) (xiv) of the North Bengal University Act, 1981, the Court is the Highest Body of Regulation in the North Bengal University.

Corporate Participation:

Roy takes keen interest in the fields of Bengali Literature and Culture and has been selected as Resource Person/ Member in Panel Discussions held by the Poshchimbanga Bangla Akademi, Department of Information & Culture of the Govt. of West Bengal several times over the years.

Acted as a Member of an Inspection Team, nominated by the West Bengal State Council of Technical Education (WBSCTE), WHICH IS A Statutory Body under the Govt. of West Bengal Act XXI of 1995 in the year 2011.

Interviewed the famous Bengali Intellectual, Tagore-expert and eminent Professor Dr. Asrukumar Sikder on 2009 in a Talk Show of the Doordarshan Kendra, Jalpaiguri, which is a centre of the Prasar Bharati of the Govt. of India.

Title of the Programme: ALAAP
Date of Telecast: 22.07.2009
Time of Telecast: 05:05 P.M.
Duration: 25 Minutes.
Place of Telecast: DDK – Jalpaiguri.

Roy is attached in the production of a Short Film entitled Ripubasana (2013), directed by Rajarshi Chattopadhyay from Kolkata, as a writer of the English subtitle of the same for its forthcoming International Premiere in December, 2013.

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