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Our eminent speakers

Scholars, artists and practitioners

The second circular lists the following invited eminent speakers and their affiliations or areas of work.

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AG

Professor Amareswar Galla

Executive Director, International Institute for the Inclusive Museum; UNESCO Chair on Inclusive Museums.

AL

Professor Ananda Lal

Eminent Indian academic, translator and theatre critic.

BP

Dr. B. M. Prasanna

Managing Director, BISA; CIMMYT scientist and Regional Director for Asia, as listed in the circular.

BS

Professor B. V. Sharma

Distinguished Director, Anthropological Survey of India, Ministry of Culture, Government of India.

BF

Professor Bashabi Fraser CBE

Director, Scottish Centre of Tagore Studies, Edinburgh.

CG

Professor Chinmoy Guha

Professor Emeritus, Department of English, University of Calcutta.

DC

Professor Deen K. Chatterjee

Faculty Affiliate, Oxford Consortium for Human Rights, Institute for Ethics, Law, and Armed Conflict, Oxford University.

DS

Dr. Devendra Kumar Sharma

Assistant Director, National Archives of India.

DB

Dr. Dhriti Banerjee

Director, Zoological Survey of India.

FC

Professor Fabien Chartier

Professor of English and Intercultural Management, University of Rennes, France; Vice-President of SARI.

GM

Professor Gangeya Mukherjee

Eminent author and Chair Adjunct Professor, Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication.

GB

Smt. Gouri Basu

Distinguished scholar and arts administrator; former Director, Eastern Zonal Cultural Centre (EZCC), Ministry of Culture, Government of India.

HM

Professor Halina Marlewicz

Professor, Institute of Oriental Studies, Jagiellonian University, Poland.

IR

Professor Indrapramit Roy

Eminent painter and professor, Maharaja Sayajirao University, Baroda.

JS

Dr. Jahnwij Sharma

Additional Director General, Archaeological Survey of India.

KB

Professor Kishor K. Basa

Distinguished Indian anthropologist and archaeologist; former Chairman, National Monuments Authority.

KA

Padma Shri Smt. Kamalini Asthana

Eminent Kathak dancer, Benaras Gharana.

KM

Dr. Kanchan Mukhopadhyay

Tagore National Fellow, Anthropological Survey of India.

KY

Professor Komatsu Yasuhiko

Director, AGU International Centre; Professor, College of Literature, Aoyama Gakuin University, Tokyo.

KT

Padma Shri Dr. Kumaraswamy Thangaraj

Senior Scientist, Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad.

LK

Padma Shri Professor Lars-Christian Koch

Professor of Ethnomusicology, University of Cologne, Germany.

ML

Professor Madhumita Lahiri

Professor, Department of English, University of Michigan.

MW

Professor Maria Wronska-Friend

Adjunct Senior Research Fellow, College of Arts, Society and Education, Division of Tropical Environments and Societies, James Cook University, Australia.

MQ

Professor Mohammad A. Quayum

College of Human Sciences and Culture, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia.

NA

Padma Shri Smt. Nalini Asthana

Eminent Kathak dancer, Benaras Gharana.

NR

Dr. Niraj Rai

Senior Scientist, Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences, Lucknow, India.

NC

Professor Nirmalya Narayan Chakraborty

Distinguished Indian academician and philosopher; Vice-Chancellor, Presidency University, Kolkata.

PM

Smt. Pramita Mallick

Eminent Rabindra-Sangeet artist and educator.

PP

Padma Shri Smt. Prathibha Prahlad

Eminent Bharata Natyam dancer, educator, choreographer, arts administrator and author.

RK

Professor Raman Siva Kumar

Eminent art historian, art critic and curator.

RC

Professor Radha Chakravarty

Professor of Comparative Literature and Translation Studies, Ambedkar University, Delhi.

RCh

Professor Rajeev Choudhary

Professor of Physical Education, Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India.

SM

Professor Samrat Mukhopadhyay

Professor, IIT Delhi.

SC

Professor Sandagomi Coperahewa

Professor (Chair), Department of Sinhala, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka.

SS

Dr. Snehasis Sur

Eminent journalist and President, Press Club, Kolkata.

SD

Shri Soumyojit Das

Eminent musician and composer.

SM

Shri Sourendra Mullick

Eminent musician and composer.

SMe

Professor Sreemati Mukherjee

Professor (Retd.), Department of Performing Arts, Presidency University, Kolkata.

SB

Smt. Sucharita Bardhan

Communication Specialist, UNICEF, India.

SC

Professor Sukanta Chaudhuri

Eminent literary scholar and Professor Emeritus, Department of English, Jadavpur University, Kolkata.

SD

Professor Swapan Dutta

Distinguished Biotechnology Research Professor, University of Calcutta, Kolkata.

TM

Professor Togawa Masahiko

Professor, Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies.

US

Professor Urmimala Sarkar

Renowned dance scholar, choreographer and anthropologist; Professor (Retd.), School of Arts and Aesthetics, JNU, Delhi.

VP

Professor Vinod Pavarala

Senior Professor and Advisor, School of Digital Media and Communication, Mahindra University.

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