Professor (Dr) Chinmoy Guha
Professor Emeritus of English, University of Calcutta

Former Vice-Chancellor, Rabindra Bharati University

Ph.D. (Jadavpur University)

Diplôme de langue française (Paris)

Diplôme Supérieur d’études françaises modernes (Paris)

Name: Professor (Dr) Chinmoy Guha

Bio:

  • Professor Emeritus of English, University of Calcutta
  • Professor of English, University of Calcutta, till 30 September 2023.
  • Former Vice-Chancellor, Rabindra Bharati University(18 January--23 July 2012)
  • Head, Department of English, University of Calcutta (May 24, 2010-January 17, 2012)
  • Chairperson, M.Phil Studies in English, University of Calcutta (2008-2014)
  • Chairperson, Ph.D. Studies in English (2014--2019)
  • Coordinator, DRS,SAP III, Phase III, English (2013--2018)
  • Vice-President, Alliance Française du Bengale (2012—2019, 2023--)
  • Honorary Member, Association Romain Rolland, France
  • Jury Member, Sahitya Akademi Award for Bengali Literature, 2017.
  • Former Member, Board of Studies, Rabindra Bhavan, Visva-Bharati.
  • Former Member, Board of Studies, St Xavier’s University, Kolkata.
  • Member, Board of Studies, St Xavier’s College, Kolkata.(2012--)
  • Former Member, Board of Studies, BelurVidyamandir, Ramakrishna Mission College, Belur.
  • Member, Board of Studies,Narendrapur Ramakrishna Mission College.
  • Former Member, Steering Committee, SET, College Service Commission, West Bengal.

SPECIAL HONOUR:

  • Sahitya Akademi Award, December 2019.
  • Chevalier de l’Ordre national du Mérite, President of France, September 2018; conferred on 30 November 2019.
  • Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres, Ministry of Culture, Government of France, April, 2013, conferred by the Minister of Culture of France.
  • Chevalier des Palmes académiques in 2010, the oldest and the most prestigious civilian award in France, conferred by the Prime Minister of France.
  • Offered the post of Scholar-in-Residence at Viswa-Bharati University, December 2013
  • Henry Louis Derozio Bicentenary Award, January 2010.
  • Lila Roy Award for Translation, Pashchim Banga Bangla Academy, Government of West Bengal, 2008.
  • Swatantra Samman, Nazrul Society, August 2012.
  • Arun Kumar Chanda Memorial Award, Barak Valley Banga Sahitya o Sanskriti Sammelan, Silchar, Assam, July, 2015.
  • Vidyasagar Puroshkar, Paschim Banga Bangla Academy, Government of West Bengal,27 May 2017.
  • Member of the Jury:

    • Sahitya Akademi Award in Bengali, 2017.
    Sahitya Akademi Translation Award, 2019.
    Sahitya Akademi Yuva Award, 2013.
    Sahitya Akademi Bal Puraskar, 2021.

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS:

    M.A. (English), Ph.D. (Jadavpur University)
    Diplôme de langue française (Paris),
    DiplômeSupérieurd’étudesfrançaisesmodernes (Paris)

OTHER HONOURS:

  • Best drama award, my translation of Molière’s George Dandin, staged by Alliance Française de Chittagong, Bangladesh in 2009.
  • Molière’s George Dandin, staged by Theatre Workshop, Kolkata in 1998.