Dr. Sudeshna Datta Chaudhuri

Senior Assistant Professor

Dr. S. D. Chaudhuri received her doctoral degree in English literature from Jadavpur University in 2013. She qualified for UGC-NET in 2007. From 2008 to 2017, Dr. Chaudhuri has worked in Lady Brabourne College, Kolkata; Institute for Civil Service Aspirants (ICSA), Kolkata; and the School of Cultural Texts & Records (SCTR), Jadavpur University, Kolkata. In SCTR, Dr. Chaudhuri has worked on India-UK Academic & Educational Network Programme under UGC-UPE-I scheme, and Music Digitisation Project in the SCTR Archive of Hindustani Classical Music under UGC-UPE-II. She has taught in the Digital Humanities & Cultural Informatics course run by the SCTR. She is trained in Hindustani Classical Music (vocal), with a Sangeet Prabhakar from Prayag Sangeet Samiti, Allahabad. She is proficient in English, Bangla, and Hindi, and has been a regular book reviewer for The Telegraph, Kolkata. Dr. Chaudhuri considers resource-creation through research, translation, and digitization, a crucial part of current academia.

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION

Ph. D. in English Literature, Jadavpur University, Kolkata

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Speculative Fiction, Mythology, Translation Studies, Digital Humanities, Hindustani Classical Music

Administrative Responsibilities

Faculty in-Charge of Timetable (Department of Humanities), Faculty in-Charge of Scientific & Technical Writing (Department of Humanities), Convenor of Committee for Syllabus Updation of Scientific & Technical Writing

Awards and Achievements

  • Publishing Next Industry Awards Runner-up in ‘Printed Book of the Year (Indian Languages) 2020’ for _Irasindhur Jadukar_, translation of American author Ursula Le Guin’s novel _A Wizard of Earthsea_
  • National Scholarship from the Government of India for B. A.,
  • Gold Medal in M. A. from Jadavpur University, Kolkata,
  • Silver Medal in M. A. from Jadavpur University, Kolkata

Outreach Activity

Teaching at sister institution Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences