Dr Nabanita Chakrabarti
MA, MPhil, PhD

Positions hold :
  • Principal, Heramba Chandra College
  • President, South City Co-ordination Committee (a policy-making body for infrastructure augmentation and maintenance for three colleges, i.e. Sivanath Sastri College, Heramba Chandra College and Prafulla Chandra College, run in the same building in three shifts)

 

Positions held :
  • IQAC Co-ordinator, Heramba Chandra College
  • Editor, উচ্চৈঃশ্রবা [Uchchaihshraba], a journal on Bengali Language and Literature published by the Department of Bengali, Heramba Chandra College
  • Head, Department of Bengali, Heramba Chandra College
  • Convenor, Library Committee, Heramba Chandra College
  • Convenor, Women Development Cell, Heramba Chandra College
  • Member (Government Nominee), Governing Body, Umeshchandra College
  • Secretary, Pratyarpan, a non-governmental organization for raising funds for economically weaker students, people affected by natural disasters etc.

 

Teaching Contribution :
  • Associate Professor, Department of Bengali, Heramba Chandra College (15-03-2015 to 03-08-2015)
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Bengali, Heramba Chandra College (15-03-1994 to 14-03-2015)

 

Achievement :
  • Outstanding Teacher Award 2023-2024 by Presidency University
  • Outstanding Teacher Award 2020-2021 by Presidency University
  • Shiksharatna Award 2020 by Government of West Bengal

 

Academia
Education :
  • Doctor of Philosophy in Arts from Jadavpur University in 1995
  • Master of Philosophy in Bengali from Jadavpur University in 1991
  • Master of Arts in Bengali from University of Calcutta in 1984
  • Bachelor of Arts in Bengali from University of Calcutta (Muralidhar Girls' College) in 1982 
  • Higher Secondary under West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education (St John's Diocesan Girls' Higher Secondary School) in 1979
  • Secondary under West Bengal Board of Secondary Education (Sakhawat Memorial Govt Girls’ High School) in 1977

Research Interests :
  • Novels and Short Stories

Research Outcomes :
  • PhD Thesis : আধুনিক বাংলা ছোটগল্প : সতীনাথ ভাদুড়ী - সুবোধ ঘোষ - কমলকুমার মজুমদার : গল্পশৈলী বিশ্লেষণ [Adhunik bangla chhotagalpa : Satinath Bhaduri - Subodh Ghosh - Kamal Kumar Majumder : gadyashaili bishleshan]
  • MPhil Thesis : ছোটগল্পকার কমলকুমার মজুমদার [Chhotagalpakar Kamal Kumar Majumder]

Books authored :
  • অভিনব বাংলা ব্যাকরণ ও রচনা [Abhinaba bangla byakaran o rachana] published by Abhinaba Prakashan in 2005 with Dr Buddhadeb Mondal
  • বাংলা ছোটগল্পের গদ্যশৈলী : সতীনাথ ভাদুড়ী - সুবোধ ঘোষ - কমলকুমার মজুমদার [Bangla chhoto galper goddo shoili : Satinath Bhaduri - Subodh Ghosh - Kamal Kumar Majumder] published by Shantanu Chakrabarti in 2002

Books edited :
  • সাহিত্যবিতান ১ : ষষ্ঠ শ্রেণীর জন্য [Sahityabitan 1 : shashtha shrenir janya] published by Bharati Bhawan Publishers and Distributors in 2000, ISBN 8177093800
  • সাহিত্যবিতান ২ : সপ্তম শ্রেণীর জন্য [Sahityabitan 2 : saptam shrenir janya] published by Bharati Bhawan Publishers and Distributors in 2000, ISBN 8177093819
  • সাহিত্যবিতান ৩ : অষ্টম শ্রেণীর জন্য [Sahityabitan 3 : ashtam shrenir janya] published by Bharati Bhawan Publishers and Distributors in 2000, ISBN 8177093991

Book compiled :
  • বাংলা সাহিত্যের কয়েকজন [Bangla sahityer kayekjan] published by Heramba Chandra College in 2005 with Buddhadeb Mondal, Satarupa Sarkar and Sanghamitra Das

Research Article  :
  • “উত্তর-উপনিবেশবাদের আলোয় কমলকুমার মজুমদার-এর ছোটগল্পের ভাষা [Uttar-upanibeshbader aloy Kamal Kumar Majumder-er chhotagalper bhasha]” in the book entitled “ঔপনিবেশিক ও উত্তর-ঔপনিবেশিক বাংলা সাহিত্য : তৃতীয় উজ্জিবনী পাঠমালার নির্বাচিত প্রবন্ধ [Aupanibeshik o uttar-aupanibeshik bangla sahitya : tritiya ujjibani pathamalar nirbachita prabandha]” compiled by Satyabati Giri and Dipanwita Ghosh published by Academic Staff College, Jadavpur University in 2001

Special Guest :
  • In one-day seminar entitled "রক্তকরবী : পাপড়ির আড়ালে শতবর্ষ যাপন [Raktakarabi : pnaprhir arhale shatabarsha yapan]" on the occasion of hundred year anniversary of Tagore's drama "Raktakarabi" organized by Department of Bengali, Garbeta College and Department of Bengali, Panchla Mahavidyalaya in association with IQAC, Garbeta College at Garbeta College, Pashchim Medinipur, West Bengal on 21-12-2023