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  • Prof Indranil Acharya

  • Professor
  • Vidyasagar University
Publications 2009 - 2023

Publications

  • 29
    Journal Articles
  • 12
    Book Chapter
  • 7
    Book
  • 4
    Projects
  • 1

Co-author Network


Expertise

Language and Linguistics

English

Personal Information

Prof Indranil Acharya

Male
Vidyasagar University, Midnapore
Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal, - 721102


Experience

  • Professor

    Department of English

    Vidyasagar University


Qualification

  • PhD


Honours and Awards

2020

Visiting Professor

University Grants Commission (Department of English, Delhi University)

2018

Excellence in Book Production to Smritibiloper Pore- second prize in the regional language category

Federation of Indian Publishers; New Delhi 2018

2017

PLSI Felicitation

Bhasha Research and Publication Centre

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2020

Visiting Professor

University Grants Commission (Department of English, Delhi University)

2018

Excellence in Book Production to Smritibiloper Pore- second prize in the regional language category

Federation of Indian Publishers; New Delhi 2018

2017

PLSI Felicitation

Bhasha Research and Publication Centre

2017

Excellence in Book Production to Paschimbanger Bhasha, second prize

Federation of Indian Publishers New Delhi

1998

Junior Research Fellowship

University Grants Commission

1995

Indira Chatterjee Memorial Prize

Narendrapur Ramakrishna Mission

1990

Swami Vivekananda Gold Medal for All-round development

Ramakrishna Mission

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Doctoral Theses Guided

2023

Representation of Pain and Suffering in Select Indigenous Folktales of India: A Study

Sandeep Chattaraj, Vidyasagar University

2023

The Making of a Dalit Identity: A Critical Study of Select Dalit Autobiographies

Surajit Senapati, Vidyasagar University

2023

Towards An Alternative Canon: A Study of Select Works of Verrier Elwin and G.N.Devy

Koutuk Dutta, Vidyasagar University

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2023

Representation of Pain and Suffering in Select Indigenous Folktales of India: A Study

Sandeep Chattaraj, Vidyasagar University

2023

The Making of a Dalit Identity: A Critical Study of Select Dalit Autobiographies

Surajit Senapati, Vidyasagar University

2023

Towards An Alternative Canon: A Study of Select Works of Verrier Elwin and G.N.Devy

Koutuk Dutta, Vidyasagar University

2022

Art and Power-play in Tom Stoppard Plays: A Re-appraisal

Amitava Pal, Vidyasagar University

2022

Margaret Atwood Maddaddam Trilogy and Old English Elegies: A Cross-Chronological Study

Koushik Roy, Vidyasagar University

2021

Representation of Indigeneity in the Works of Verrier Elwin

Arpita Bhowmik, Vidyasagar University

2019

Discourse of Human Rights in Testimonio Writings: A Select Study

Anindita Sen, Vidyasagar University

2018

Representation of Indigenous Identity in Santal Folk Narratives: A Study

Arpita Raj, Vidyasagar University

2017

Sense of Place in the Poetry of Larkin and Heaney

Ujjwal Panda, Vidyasagar University

2015

Rediscovering Early Indian Muslim Novelists Writing in English: A Study of Iqbalunnisa Hussain and Zeenuth Futehally

Tajuddin Ahmed, Vidyasagar University

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Membership In Professional Bodies

2023

NAAC Peer Team visit as Chairperson, UES Mahila Mahavidyalaya Solapur Maharashtra

Chairperson

2023

Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar

Jury Member

2023

NCTE New Delhi

Member of the Inspection Team

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2023

NAAC Peer Team visit as Chairperson, UES Mahila Mahavidyalaya Solapur Maharashtra

Chairperson

2023

Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar

Jury Member

2023

NCTE New Delhi

Member of the Inspection Team

2022

Newsletter, VU.

Editor

2022

Vidyasagar University Publication Division

Member

2022

Department of English, VU

Head

2022

Journal of the Department of English (UGC- CARE listed)

Chief Editor

2022

UG BoS, English

Chairman

2022

Governing Body, Raja N.L. Khan Women’s College (Autonomous)

Member

2022

Journal, South Asian Diaspora

Reviewer

2022

Journal of Cultural Research Studies

Managing Editor

2022

SAGE Journals Contemporary Voice of Dalit

Empanelled Reviewer

2020

Advisory Board, New Literaria: An International Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities

Member

2019

Contemporary Voice of Dalit Journal

Reviewer

2018

Adivasi Academy, Tejgadh

External Advisor

2017

Janajati Darpan

Editor

2017

PG Board of Studies, Dantan Bhatter College, Belda College, Sabong College, Debra College

Member

2015

Editorial Board, Rupkatha Journal

Member

2013

Editorial Board, Middle Flight Journal

Member

2013

Central Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi

Adviser

2007

Indian Association for the Study of Australia

Member

National Editorial Collective of People’s Linguistic Survey of India conducted by Bhasha Research Centre, Baroda, which is a Centre of Excellence, Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Govt. of India

Member

Comparative Literature Association of India

Life Member

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Membership In Committees

2023

Final PhD Viva voce University of Kalyani 21.11.23

External expert

2023

Final PhD Viva voce Bankura University 22.11.23

External expert

2023

PhD Thesis Adjudicator: University of Delhi

Adjudicator

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2023

Final PhD Viva voce University of Kalyani 21.11.23

External expert

2023

Final PhD Viva voce Bankura University 22.11.23

External expert

2023

PhD Thesis Adjudicator: University of Delhi

Adjudicator

2023

Steering Committee for Humanities in India partnership programme with University of East Anglia

Member

2022

Research Development Cell (Committee-3: Collaboration and Community)

Member

2022

Ph.D. Committee, Department of English

Secretary

2022

CIQA of CDOE, VU

Member

2021

Syllabus Committee in English of Mahatma Gandhi University, Purba Medinipur

External Member

2021

Ad-hoc PG Board of Studies in English, Sadhu Ram Chand Murmu University of Jhargram

Chairman

2021

Santali & Hindi Ph.D. Committees

Member

2021

Steering Committee, Humanities in India Programme, University of East Anglia, UK

Member

2021

Sponsorship Sub-Committee, 75th Year of Indian Independence

Member

2018

Committee constituted by the Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Govt of India for Tribal Freedom Fighters Museum

Member

2013

MPhil and PhD Programmes at the University of Madras, Jawaharlal Nehru University, the University of Delhi, Visva Bharati University, the University of Burdwan, Jadavpur University, Utkal University of Culture, Bhubaneswar, Rabindra Bharati University and others

External adjudicator

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Research Projects

UGC Innovative Research Project Colonial to Post-Colonial: Re-Visiting the Cultural Cartographies of Adivasi Communities in West Bengal

Funding Agency : UGC

UGC Major Research Project [F.No. 5-97/2013 (HRP); dated 11.03.2013] entitled “Documentation, Translation and Analysis of Bengali Folk Drama in the Context of Endangerment”

Funding Agency : UGC

UGC SAP-III DRS-I Project (2009-14) till 06.03.2013; thrust area: documentation and translation of Dalit and tribal literature in West Bengal

Funding Agency : UGC

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UGC Innovative Research Project Colonial to Post-Colonial: Re-Visiting the Cultural Cartographies of Adivasi Communities in West Bengal

Funding Agency : UGC

UGC Major Research Project [F.No. 5-97/2013 (HRP); dated 11.03.2013] entitled “Documentation, Translation and Analysis of Bengali Folk Drama in the Context of Endangerment”

Funding Agency : UGC

UGC SAP-III DRS-I Project (2009-14) till 06.03.2013; thrust area: documentation and translation of Dalit and tribal literature in West Bengal

Funding Agency : UGC

UGC MRP entitled “Black Words, White Page: A Historical and Critical Survey of Contemporary Aboriginal Fiction of Australia”

Funding Agency : UGC

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