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.

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.