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Dr. Jolly Das
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Professor
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ENGLISH LITERATURE, LANGUAGE AND CULTURAL STUDIES
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+91 3222 298-298 / Centrex Extn. 257
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jollydas@mail.vidyasagar.ac.in
jollydas66@gmail.com
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9433162741
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Department of English, Vidyasagar University, Midnapur 721102
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| Degree Name | Institute | Year of passing/awarded |
| Ph.D. | Rabindra Bharati University | 2004 |
| M.Phil. | Rabindra Bharati University. | 1994 |
| M.A. ( English ) | University of Calcutta | 1989 |
| B.A. | Lady Brabourne College | 1987 |
| H.S. | Lady Brabourne College | 1984 |
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| Associate Professor, Department of English, Vidyasagar University, Midnapore. |
| Guest Lecturer, Department of English, Rabindra Bharati University. |
| Associate Professor, Department Of English, Raja Peary Mohan College, [University Of Calcutta], Uttarpara. |
| Reader, Department Of English, Raja Peary Mohan College, [University Of Calcutta], Uttarpara. |
| Senior Lecturer, Department Of English, Raja Peary Mohan College, [University Of Calcutta], Uttarpara. |
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| Girish Karnad Studies |
| T.S. Eliot Studies |
| Adivasi Related Literature in English Translation |
| Shakespeare Studies |
| Translation from Bengali to English |
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| Modern British Drama |
| Indian Theatre |
| Adivasi Literature and Culture |
| Loreto Education |
| Indian English Literature |
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| Shakespeare Studies |
| Twentieth Century British Drama (T.S. Eliot) |
| Indian English Drama (Girish Karnad) |
| Modern Indian Poetry in English (R. Parthasarathy & J. Mahapatra) |
| Bengali Literature about Adivasi Life (in English Translation) |
| Indian Writing in English Translation |
| Dalit Literature in English Translation |
| Literary Criticism |
| Research Methodology |
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| International Publication |
| Title | Published in | Published on | Published by | Role | |
| This Life at Play. Book Review. | Gitanjali and Beyond. Journal of the Scottish Centre of Tagore Studies. Edinburgh Napier University. Issue 6 316-22.ISSN 2399-8733. | Apr, 2022 | The Scottish Centre of Tagore Studies | Sole Author |
Impact Factor: 0.00000
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Article's Web Link: https://gitanjaliandbeyond.co.uk/
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| Stranger than Strangest! | Insight: The Creative and Critical Eye.Journal of the Department of English, Serampore Girls College. Vol. 2. 47-55. | 2014 | Department of English, Serampore Girls College, Serampore. | |
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| The Crisis of the Self in Girish Karnad’s Yayati | Perspectives: Journal of the Department of English, Raja Peary Mohan College, Uttarpara 2. 2 108-124. | 2008 | Principal, Raja Peary Mohan College, Uttarpara. | Sole Author |
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| The Queen and the Cobra in Nagamandala | Perspectives: Journal of the Department of English. Raja Peary Mohan College, Uttarpara 2. 1 44-56. | 2006 | Principal, Raja Peary Mohan College, Uttarpara. | Sole Author |
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National Publication
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| Patient Dignity: Poems by Bashabi Fraser, Paintings by Vibha Pankaj. Book Review | Journal of the Department of English, Vidyasagar University. Vol. 15. 315-17. ISSN 0973-3671 | Feb, 2022 | Registrar, Vidyasagar University, Midnapore. | Sole Author |
Impact Factor: 0.00000
Indexing: UGC CARE
Article's Web Link: http://inet.vidyasagar.ac.in:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/6420
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| Girish Karnad’s Response to the Haridasa Tradition of Karnataka | Bulletin of the Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture. 26-31. ISSN 0971-2755. | 2021 | Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture | Sole Author |
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| Girish Karnad’s Response to the Haridasa Tradition of Karnataka | Bulletin of the Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture. 26-31. ISSN 0971-2755. | 2021 | Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture | Sole Author |
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| Karnad’s Theatrical Exploration of Historiography in His Representation of Four Rulers of Southern India | Journal of the Department of English, Vidyasagar University. Vol. 13. 56-68. ISSN 0973-3671 | 2020 | Registrar, Vidyasagar University, Midnapore. | Sole Author |
Impact Factor: 0.00000
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| The Eventful Background of Crossing to Talikota: The Play which ends Girish Karnad’s Theatrical Trajectory | Middle Flight. Journal of the Department of English,Sukumar Sengupta Mahavidyalaya, Keshpur. Vol. 8 No. 1. 2019.. 246-253. ISSN 2319-7684 | 2019 | Principal, Sukumar Sengupta Mahavidyalaya, Keshpur. | Sole Author |
Impact Factor: 0.00000
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| Emergence of a Down-to-Earth Notion of Manliness: Shudrakas Sharvilaka | Middle Flight. vol. 7, No. 1. 271-80 | 2019 | Department of English, S.S. Mahavidyalaya, Keshpur, Paschim Medinipur | |
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| ‘Living in One and Dreaming of Another’: Scotland and India in Bashabi Fraser’s Poetry | Litscape: Journal of VUETC. Vol. 11, No. 1. 24-33. ISSN 0976-9064 | 2018 | Vidyasagar University English Teachers'Consortium | Sole Author |
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| Voices of Alternatives amidst Urban Chaos: Vibrant Portraits in Two Plays by Girish Karnad.’ | Journal of the Department of English, Vidyasagar University. Vol. 11.
ISSN 0973-3671.
41—50. | 2013 | Department of English,
Vidyasagar University. | |
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| Third Theatre: A Laudable Endeavour | Frontier. Vol. 42, No. 39. 11-12. ISSN 0016-2094 | 2010 | Timir Basu (Editor) | Sole Author |
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| Oliver Twist: Dickens’s Early Tryst with Harsh Reality | Insight. Journal of the Department of English, Serampore Girls’ College. vol. 1. 17-21. | 2009 | Principal, Serampore Girls’ College | Sole Author |
Impact Factor: 0.00000
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| United in Philanthropy: Ishwarchandra Vidyasagar and Baboo Joykissen Mookerjee | Korak: Journal of Atpur High School. (Atpur, 24 Parganas [North]) 16. Special Issue on Manik Bandyopadhyay’s Birth Centenary. 17-21. | 2006 | Atpur High School, Atpur, 24 Parganas [North] | Sole Author |
Impact Factor: 0.00000
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| The Making of Sherlock Holmes | Journal of the Department of English, Raja Peary Mohan College, Uttarpara. 1.1 40-46. | 2005 | Principal, Raja Peary Mohan College, Uttarpara. | Sole Author |
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| Bhrantibilas: Vidyasagar’s Re-fashioning of The Comedy of Errors | Korak: Journal of Atpur High School, Atpur, 24 Parganas [North] 15. 23-26. | 2005 | Atpur High School, Atpur, 24 Parganas [North] | Sole Author |
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| Buddha The Greatest of Men, as Tagore Regarded Him | Bulletin of the Ramakrishna Mission of Institute of Culture 55. 5 230-236. | 2004 | Ramakrishna Mission of Institute of Culture | Sole Author |
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Regional/Local Publication
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| Girish Karnad: Shristite Jibonachorone | Aneek: 56th Year, Issue No. 1. July 2019.
(R.N.I Regn No. 12026/65)pp.32-34. | 2019 | Aneek
Eds. Ratan Khasnobis et.al. | |
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| The Plight of Teaching Macbeth | Symposium, Journal of the Department of English, St. Paul’s Cathedral Mission College.
ISSN 2320-1452.
1—8. | 2015 | Department of English, St. Paul’s Cathedral Mission College. | |
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| The Paradigm of the Incarnation in Murder in the Cathedral. | Literature and Criticism.
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114—118. | 2004 | Literature and Criticism | |
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| Eliots Beginning with Drama: Sweeney Agonistes. | Journal of the Department of English, University of Calcutta.
80—86. | 2002 | Department of English, University of Calcutta. | |
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Book Published
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| Ethnic Tapestry: Bengali Short Stories on Indigenous People | Centre of Excellence (CoE), Department of Odia, Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan & Government of India, Ministry of Tribal Affairs | 2019 | Translator & Editor |
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| Tracing Karnads Theatrical Trajectory | Paragon | 2015 | Author |
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| Eliots Prismatic Plays A Multifaced Quest | Atlantic | 2007 | Author |
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| Girish Karnad’s Consideration of Úrban Spaces’ for His Plays | The City Speaks: Urban Spaces in Indian Literature | Routledge | Jan, 2023 | Sole Author |
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| “Homeland”. Trnsl. of “Janmabhumi” by Asish Sanyal. | The Bleeding Border: Stories of Bengal Partition | Niyogi Books | Nov, 2022 | Sole Author |
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| A New Critical Angle: ‘Hamlet and His Problems’ | Objective Illumination: A Study of T.S. Eliot’s Prose Writings | Alfa Publications | 2018 | Sole Author |
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| Quality Education for Slow Learners Belonging to Marginalised Sectors: The Loreto Endeavour | Quality Education for the Students belonging to the Marginalised Sectors in India | Kaliappan Pathippagam | 2018 | Sole Author |
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| What’s Interesting in Girish Karnad’s Wedding Album? | Gender and Commonwealth Studies | Books Way | 2015 | Sole Author |
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| Shakespeare’s Craftsmanship in A Midsummer Night’s Dream | Summer? Night? Or Dream? | Avenel Press | 2014 | Sole Author |
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| Confluence of Concepts: Buddha and Rabindranath Tagore | Rabindranath Tagore: Vision and Art | Meera Publishers | 2014 | Sole Author |
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| The Contemporary Bearing of Karnad’s Tale-Danda | Sahitya Akademi Award Winning English Translations | Authors Press | 2014 | Sole Author |
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| Countdown: Towards a Crisis of Civilization | In Pursuit of Amitav Ghosh | Orient BlackSwan | 2013 | Sole Author |
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| Rabindranath Tagore and Modern Bangla Literature | Rabindranath Tagore and Indian Literature | Universal Publishers | 2012 | Sole Author |
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| Bravely Fought the Queen Questioning Borders in Content and Performance | The Plays of Mahesh Dattani | Pencraft | 2012 | Sole Author |
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| Bravely Fought the Queen: Fascinating Ingression of World Within World | Bravely Fought the Queen: A Collection of Critical Essays | Review Publications | 2011 | Sole Author |
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| Women in Marga and Desi Traditions: Karnad’s Padmini and Rani | Critical Perspectives in Postcolonialism | Booklore | 2011 | Sole Author |
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| Karnad’s Adroitness in History and Legend: A Study of Tughlaq and Hayavadana | Indo-Anglian Literature: Past to Present | Books Way | 2008 | Sole Author |
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| The Cultural Rough Passage of the Colonial subject: A Study of R. Parthasarathy’s Poetry | Reviews: Indo-Anglian Poetry—A Collection of Critical Essays | Review Publications | 2008 | Sole Author |
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Ongoing / Submitted Ph. D. Thesis
| Scholar Name | Thesis Title | Co Supervisor | Status | Date |
| Isha Biswas | Representations of "Witches" by Select Women Writers of 21st Century American Fiction | | Ongoing | Mar, 2025 |
| Rupsa Roy Chowdhury | The Corporeal Other: Disability in Select Victorian Popular Fiction | Prof. Debashis Bandyopadhyay | Ongoing | Feb, 2025 |
| Bisweswar Chakraborty | Communalism and the Problem of Indian Nationhood: A Study of Select Post-Independence Indian English Fiction | | Ongoing | |
| Subhasish Barua | Ambedkar and the Making of Dalit Identity: A Reading of Marathi Dalit Mens Writings in English Translation | | Ongoing | |
| Arup Kumar Mondal | Representation of Women in Marathi Dalit Mens Writings in English Translation: A Study in Critical Perspectives | | Ongoing | |
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Awarded Ph. D. Thesis
| Scholar Name | Thesis Title | Co Supervisor | Status | Date |
| Anindita De | Relocating Peripheral Women Characters in the Ramayana: A Study of Select Novels by Kavita Kane | | Awarded | Aug, 2023 |
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| Title | Organized by | Venue | Date |
| Modern Indian Drama and Girish Karnad | IQAC and the Advanced Research Centre for Indian Writing in English, Lady Brabourne College, Kolkata | Lady Brabourne College, Kolkata | Apr, 2022 |
| Theory of Modern Drama | Department of English &
Internal Quality Assurance Cell, Naba Barrackpur Prafulla Chandra Mahavidyalaya | Online | Apr, 2022 |
| Girish Karnad’s Plays: Text and Performance | Refresher Course in English. “Learning Outcomes and Competences in English Language and Literature: Postcolonial Perspectives”. Department of English, University of Calcutta, Kolkata | Online | Mar, 2022 |
| Girish Karnad’s Plays in English: Text and Performance | Refresher Course in English. “English and Indian Languages”. Department of English, Manipur University, Imphal, Manipur. | Online | 2021 |
| Traditional and Modern Medics: The Insider-Outsider Perspective in a Kheria Sabar Village in Purulia | Centre-of-Excellence,
Department of Odia,
Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan | Centre-of-Excellence, Department of Odia, Visva-Bharati | 2019 |
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| English Studies Association |
| T.S. Eliot Society, United Kingdom |
| Godhuli Mon,
Chandannagar. |
| Rabindra Bhavan,
Visva-Bharati,
Santiniketan |
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| Type of Professional Activity | Period |
| Observer, WBSSC Examinations, Akuni BGG High School, Akuni, Mashat, Hooghly | 2016 to 2016 |
| Venue Supervisor, West Bengal State Eligibility Test 2017, Raja Peary Mohan College Venue | 2017 to 2017 |
| Venue Supervisor,
WBSSC Examinations, Raja Peary Mohan College Venue. | 2016 to 2017 |
| Subject Expert,English.
Board of Examiners,
NULM,
Uttarpara-Kotrung Municipality | 2016 to 2017 |
| Subject Expert,English. Board of Examiners, NUHM, Uttarpara-Kotrung Municipality | 2017 to 2017 |
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| Title of the Seminar/Conference/Workshop | Date | Role | Held at and Organiser |
| Intricacies of Writing a Research Paper: MLA7 | Apr, 2022 | Resource Person | Radhakrishnan Hall, Vidyasagar University
Vidyasagar University Research Scholars’ Association. |
| Contemporary Trends and Development in Cultural Studies and the Humanities | 2021 | Resource Person | Webinar.
New Literaria, Department of History, Humanities and Society, University of Tor Vegata, Rome, Italy and Department of English, Guru GhasidasVishwavidyalaya, Bilaspur, Madhya Pradesh. |
| Approaching Frederic Jameson | 2020 | Resource Person | Webinar
Department of English, Kalimpong College, Kalimpong |
| Translating Mahasweta Devi’s ‘Draupadi’ | 2020 | Resource Person | Webinar
Department of English, Garhbeta College, Garhbeta, Paschim Medinipur |
| Shakespeare in Bengali Theatre: Challenges and Possibilities | 2020 | Resource Person | Webinar Santal Bidroha Sardha Satabarsha Mahavidyalaya, Goaltore. |
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| Title of the Conference/Seminar/Workshop | Date | Role in the Event | Funding Agency |
| Tribal Cultural Texts | 2019 | Organiser | UGC (DRS) |
| Annual Parasor Chatterjee Memorial Lecture[Endowment Lecture,Department of English, Raja Peary Mohan College]Every Year from 2005 | 2005 | Convener | Late Parasor Chatterjees Wife & Family. |
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