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Educational
Qualification: |
Ph.D.
(Linguistics, Delhi); M.A.(Linguistics, Delhi); B.A. (Honours
in Linguistics, Calcutta) |
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Previous
Teaching and Research Experience: |
27
years & 5 months of postgraduate teaching in Linguistics
as on 1.1.'07. |
i) |
Director,
Central Institute of Indian Languages, Mysore ; November
13, 2000 onwards |
ii) |
Professor
of Linguistics and Founder-Head, Centre for Applied
Linguistics and Translation Studies (CALTS), University of Hyderabad : 13th
October, ’87 -
12th December, 2000 ;
taught M.A. in Applied Linguistics, English &
Anthropology; M.Phil. in Applied Linguistics, Translation
Studies and Comparative Literature classes (Courses: Phonetics
& Phonology, Morphology, Sociolinguistics, Language
Planning, Bilingualism, Language & Mass Media, Structure
of Modern English, Anthropological Linguistics, Translation
Theory & Practice at the M.A. level and Research
Methodology & Current Trends in Applied Linguistics,
Translation Theory & Practice, Language Planning &
Sociolinguistics at the M.Phil/Pre-Ph.D. level). |
iii) |
Reader
in Theoretical Linguistics, Univ. of Delhi ; 22nd
April, ‘85 -
12th October, ‘87 ;
taught M.A. & M.Phil. classes in Linguistics (Courses:
Introduction to Linguistics, Sociolinguistics, Language
Planning, Current Trends in Linguistics). |
iv) |
Reader
in Linguistics, South Gujarat Univ, Surat ; 25th
March, 1981 - 21
April, 1985 ;
taught M.A. (English), P.G.Dip.in Linguistics & M.Phil. in
Language Studies (Courses: Introduction to Linguistics,
Phonology & Morphology, Structure of English, Research
Methods) |
v) |
Lecturer
in Linguistics, M.S. University of Baroda; 14th
Nov ‘79 -24th
March, ’81 ;
taught in B.A., M.A.& P.G. Dip in Linguistics (Courses:
Introduction to Linguistics; Language and Society,
Fundamentals of Sociolinguistics) |
vi) |
Visiting
Lecturer in Linguistics: Aug-Nov, 1979; Univ.of Delhi; taught
M.Phil./M.A./Diploma (Courses: General Linguistics; Current
Trends in Syntax and Semantics) |
vii) |
UGC
fellow, at M.A./Dip. In Linguistics: 1974-79; Univ of Delhi (Tutor
in: General Linguistics; Syntax and Semantics) |
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Research
Experience: |
i) |
UGC
Junior & Senior Research Fellow: Univ of Delhi ;
1974-79. |
ii) |
Research
Associate in a UNESCO project on `Language Teaching in Bi- or
Pluri-lingual and Multi-cultural Context' , University of
Delhi, June-July, 1979. |
iii) |
Joint
Director, project on `Maithili Language Movement' (with Dr. N.
Rajaram, Department of Sociology), M.S. Univ of Baroda,
August, 1980-81; and (with Dr. Pradip Kumar Bose of the Centre
for Social Studies, Surat), South Gujarat University, 1981-83. |
iv) |
Chief
Investigator, `Natural Language Processing: Teachers’ Training
programme, Department of Electronics, Govt. of India (under
TDIL), University of Hyderabad : 1st April, 1991 - 30th
September, 1995. |
v) |
Co-Chief
Investigator, `Integrated Project on Development of Anusaaraka
Machine Translation System (IPDA)', Department of Electronics
project worth Rs.65.0 lakhs jointly with Rajiv Sangal, IIT,
Kanpur; at CALTS, Hyderabad : 28.9.'95-27.9.99 |
vi) |
Co-Chief
Investigator, Uppsala-CIIL Spoken Corpora Project; SIDA; Jan,
2003 to Dec, 2005 |
vii) |
Director,
CIIL-SAG Contemporary Text Corpora, Hindi-Bangla-Manipuri;
April 12 to Nov
15, 2005 |
viii) |
Director,
CIIL-SAG Spoken Corpora in Hindi, Bangla, and Manipuri; Nov 16
to May
15, 2005 |
ix) |
Coordinator,
Validation and Localization; Microsoft, May
1, 2006 onwards |
x) |
General
Editor, Longman-CIIL Dictionaries Project funded by Pearson
Education; August, 2006 onwards |
xi) |
Director,
Linguistic Data Consortium for Indian Languages Project
(LDC-IL), Ministry of HRD, Government of
India
.
January 2007-onwards. |
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Administrative/organizational
experience : |
(i) |
Academic
Coordinator, Summer Institute of Transformational-Generative
Syntax, University of Delhi-
12th to 31st
August, 1986 ; |
(ii) |
Director,
Advanced Institute in Language Planning, University of Delhi -
5th to 25th
January, 1987 ; |
(iii) |
Dean,
Students' Welfare, University of Hyderabad ( 1st
Sept, ‘90 -
16th Sept, ‘92 ). |
(iv) |
Secretary,
International Conference on Language and National Development, Hyderabad ,
4-8 January, 1988. |
(v) |
Director,
National Centenary Seminar on Suniti Kumar Chatterji; Sahitya
Akademi & U. of Hyderabad ;
2-4 Nov, 1990. |
(vi) |
Director
of two Sahitya Akademi Workshops in Literary Translation - Calcutta (Poetic
translation) Dec, '94 - Jan '95 and at Patna (Translation
of short stories) Nov, '95. |
(vii) |
Founder
& Head, CALTS, University of Hyderabad; 13th Oct ‘87 to
27th June, ’94 and again 27th June, ’97 to 31st Dec, ‘99. |
(viii) |
Chief
Coordinator, Centre for Distance Edn, U of Hyderabad :
1.7. 93 - 17.6.96. |
(ix) |
Director,
Indo-French Symposium on Natural Language Planning, IFCPAR
& University of Hyderabad ;
23-28 March 1997. |
(x) |
Director,
Study
India
Program, University of Hyderabad ;
Jan ’97-12.12.2000. |
(xi) |
Co-Chair,
Global WordNet Conference; CIIL; 21-25 January, 2002 |
(xii) |
Chair,
International Conference on Natural Language Processing
(ICON-4), CIIL-Mysore, December
19-21, 2003 |
(xiii) |
Chair,
Centenary Conference on Prof. Murrey B. Emeneau, Mysore ; January
1-4, 2004 |
(xiv) |
Co-Chair,
MLE Program at Mysore ;
with UNESCO, UNICEF, NCERT; 25-27 October, 2005 |
(xv) |
Co-Chair,
International Conference on Natural Language Processing
(ICON-4), IIT-Kanpur; December
18-20, 2005 |
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Current
Responsibilities:
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Planning
for the Government of India’s proposed New Linguistic
Survey of India (NLSI) project (2007-2017).
Also
planning for CIIL’s Major Project on ‘Development of Endangered and Smaller Indian Languages’ (to be
launched from April, 2007. |
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(i)
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Chief
Editor, Indian Linguistics, 1988-1990.
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Visiting
Professor, Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla
(May-June, 1989).
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(ii)
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Member,
Advisory Board, Sahitya Akademi, 1995-98.
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(iii)
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Nominating
Editor, Katha Awards, 1998-2001.
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(iv)
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Special
/ extension lectures at the University of Chittagong , Chittagong and
its colleges in Commilla and Sylhet in
Bangladesh
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November, 1980.
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(v)
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Delivered
the Dhirendra Verma Memorial Lectures, Bharatiya Bhasha
Parishad, Calcutta . February
3-4, 1990 .
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(vi)
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Brajeshwar
Verma Memorial Lecture, Kendriya Hindi Sansthan, Delhi ,
1991 & Kendriya Hindi Sansthan, Agra ,
2005.
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(vii)
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Invited
lecture on Translation, Royal Nepal Academy , Kathmandu ,
Nepal
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January 1997.
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All
India
Oriental
Conference Memorial Lectures, Institute of Kannada Studies,
Dharwad. March 1997.
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PRIZES/SCHOLARSHIPS/FELLOWSHIPS: |
(i) |
First
Scholar (called the Eshan Scholar) in the B.A. (Hons), University of Calcutta (for
scoring the highest marks in the whole University),
1972. |
(ii) |
Jubliee
Book Prize of the University of Calcutta for
the B.A. results. |
(iii) |
National
Scholarship for doing M.A. in Linguistics at the University of Delhi . |
(iv) |
Uggersain
Memorial Gold Medal for standing first, M.A. in Linguistics, U. of Delhi . |
(v) |
University
Grants Commission Junior & Senior Research Fellowship,
1994-99. |
(vi) |
Fellowship
of the Linguistic Society of America for 1978 LINGUISTICS
INSTITUTE at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaigne,
USA, 14th May, 1978 to16 July, 1978. |
(vii) |
Permanent
International Committee of Linguistics (CIPL) grant, 14th
International Congress of Linguistics, 10-14th
August, 1987 ,
Berlin (GDR). |
(viii) |
Member
of the Indo-Italian Cultural Exchange Programme for Creative
writers, visiting Venice , Naples & Rome ,
19th April -
5th May, 1999 . |
Foreign countries visited
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Bangladesh,
Denmark, F.R.G., G.D.R., Germany, Iceland, Italy, Mauritius,
Nepal, Pakistan, Russia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Sweden,
Thailand, Trinidad & Tobago, and USA |
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Membership of
learned societies/journals : |
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Life
Member of the following: * Linguistic Society of India; *
Dravidian Linguistics Association; *Indian Journal of Applied
Linguistics & Language Forum; * American Studies Research
Centre, Hyderabad ;
* Indian Association of Canadian Studies; * Jijnasa
Educational Foundation, Calcutta ;
* Indian Comparative Literature Association; * Indian
Association for Commonwealth Literature |
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Participation in Special events
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(i)
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Participated
as a poet-translator in the Workshop on Translating Poetry,
Sahitya Akademi, Bhopal . September
9-15, 1976 . |
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(ii)
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One-act
play-writing in Maithili : The state of the art. Workshop on
One-act Plays, Sahitya Akademi and Nagari Pracharini Sabha, Varanasi . March
20-25, 1978 . |
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(iii)
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Participated
as an Indian representative in the International Institute in
Language Planning, Central Institute of Indian Languages, Mysore .
June 16 - July
11, 1980 . |
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(iv)
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Participated
at the Roundtable on `The Contribution of Word Structure
Theories to the Study of Word Formation'. Humboldt University
& Akademie der Wissenschaften der DDR, Berlin . August
10-11, 1987 . |
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(v)
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Participated
as a poet-translator at the Regional workshop on Literary
Translation, (Director: Alokeranjan Dasgupta & Jagannath
Chakraborty) Sahitya Akademi, Calcutta . January
22, 1988 . |
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(vi)
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Poet-invitee
in Kavyardhashati on the occasion of 50th Year of Indian
independence, Sahitya Akademi, Calcutta .
December 1994-January 1995. |
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(vii)
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Poet-invitee
in A three-day
programme Kavyabharati– A Golden Jubilee Festival of Indian Poetry,
Mumbai; 17-19
October 2004 |
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(viii)
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Guest
of Honor Poet in Frankfurt Book
Fair, October
4-8, 2006 |
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Ph.D.
:
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1992
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D.
Gunasekaran : Problems of translating culture-specific terms
from Tamil to English. (CIIL Fellowship)
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1997
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P.
Rekha Abel: (Jointly with P. Dasgupta) Diglossia and formal
semantics (JRF).
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1997
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Jayaraj
Awasthi: (Jointly with P.Mohanty) ELT in
Nepal
:
A Sociolinguistic Survey (with Tribhuvan University support).
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1998
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S.K.Singh:
(Jointly with P.Mohanty) Child Bilingualism: A study in Second
Language Acquisition (with special reference to Hindi-Bengali
speech community); (with CIIL Fellowship).
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1998
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M.K.Pandey:
Towards an Electronic Thesaurus for Hindi.
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1998
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S.K.
Pattanayak: (Jointly with P. Mohanty) The Possible and
Impossible in Oriya Word Formation (CIIL Fellowship).
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1998
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K.
Rajya Rama: (Jointly with G. Uma Maheshwara Rao) A Study on
Some Aspects of Derivational Morphology of Telugu (with
special reference to Compounds).
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1999
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G.P.Bhattarai:
Aspects of Literary Translation from Nepali into English;
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1999
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(with
a Teacher Fellowship, Tribhuvan University ).
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2000
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Bal
Mukund Bhandari: A Pedagogical Dictionary of Contemporary
Nepali (UGC Teacher Fellowship).
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2000
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G.V.K.S.Narayan
Reddy (Jointly with B.R.Bapuji) Language Planning Agencies:
The Case of Telugu (CIIL Fellowship)
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2001
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Abdullah
Al-Hamzii: Pragmatic Transfer and Pragmatic Development: A
Study of the Interlanguage of the Yemeni Arab Learners of
English (ICCR Fellowship).
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2001
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M.
Radhika: Fiction into Films: A Study in Conversational
Analysis (UGC-JRF).
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2002
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Aparupa
Dasgupta: A Morphological Generator for Bangla: A Study on
Bangla Gen.vbp (UGC JRF)
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2004
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Rifaat
Ara-Awad: Multi-Word Verbs in English (ICCR Fellowship).
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1985
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Surekha
Bhatia: A Sociolinguistic Survey of the English Spoken by
Gujarati Zambians. ( University of Delhi )
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1986
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Sujata
Chatterjee: Learning Hindi as a Second language in an
Acculturation Situation - The Case of Bengalis in Delhi ( University of Delhi )
(UGC JRF)
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1986
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Shukla
Basu: Word Formation in Bengali: Social Factors in
Productivity.
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1990
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V.Sundary:
Problems of pronunciation and translation faced by Malayalam
speakers of English.
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1990
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G.
Ambedkar: (jointly with N.
Krupanandam )
Translation as a tool for language teaching.
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1991
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Subrat
Kalyan Pattanayak: (Jointly with P. Mohanty) Translation vs.
Innovation Strategies for term planning in Oriya (with
particular ref. to terms in politics & administration).
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1992
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K.
Usha Kiran: Transference of verbal semantics from Hindi into
Telugu.
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1992
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S.K.
Singh: A Verbal Dictionary of Magahi, Bhojpuri and Maithili:
An aid to translators.
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1992
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M.K.
Pandey : (Jointly with P. Mohanty) On measuring translators'
proficiency.
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1993
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M.
Radhika: Translation of Jokes from English to Telugu: Some
problems.
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1994
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G.V.K.S.Narayan
reddy (Jointly with B.R.Bapuji) Language Planning Activities:
The Case of Telugu 1913-1956.
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1995
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Malini
Bhattacharya: Analysis of a Literary Text: Kamal Kumar
Majumdar.
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1995
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R.
Srinivasa Rao: Aspects of CALT: Computer Assisted Language
Teaching.
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1997
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Aparupa
Dasgupta: Bengali-Hindi Bilingual Electronic Lexicon for
Anusaaraka.
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1998
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D.
Sirisha: (Jointly with P.R. Dadegaonkar) Of man and machine:
Literary Translations: A Comparative Study.
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1998
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D.
Radhi Raju: Double Articulation: A Study of Language in
Fiction.
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1999
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Lavanya
Nemana: Imaging Women in Contemporary Telugu Writing.
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2000
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Sriparna
Das: Translating Postmodernity: A Critique of Contemporary
bangla Poetry.
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2000
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S.
Rashmi Dev: Translation as Mediation.
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2001
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Sharmishtha
Chakraborty: Women’s issues in Bengali and Indo-English
Fiction; Male and Female Perspectives.
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2001
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Krishnanjan
Bhattacharjee: Translation as recreation: A Semiotic-Pragmatic
Approach.
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Major Publications Books: |
1966 |
Kavayo
Vadanti. Calcutta :
Mithila Darshan. 56 pp. (`Thus say the Poets': A collection of
Poems in Maithili) (Hindi translation, 1982. Calcutta :
Mithila Darshan. 78 pp.) |
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1968-70 |
(Ed.)
Maithilii Kavitaa, a quarterly poetry magazine in Maithili
(Volumes 1-8). |
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1971 |
Naayakak
naam jiivan. Calcutta :
Akhil Bharatiya Mithila Sangh. 112 pp. (`The hero is life' : A
play in Maithili). PDF |
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1971 |
Amrtasya
putraah. Calcutta :
Loka Sahitya Parishad. 56 pp. (`The sons of the Immortal' : A
collection of poems in Maithili). |
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1974 |
Ek
chal raajaa. Calcutta: Maithili Rangamancha. 72
pp. (`There was a king' : A play in
Maithili). PDF |
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1974 |
NaaTakak
lel. Calcutta :
Mithila Darshan. iv+76 pp.(`For a play' : A play in
Maithili). PDF |
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1976 |
Pratyaavartan.
Calcut-ta: Mithila Darshan. 59
pp. (`The return': A play in Maithili). PDF |
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1977 |
Aandolan
Calcut-ta: Mithila Darshan. 45 pp. (`The movement' : A play in
Maithili).PDF |
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1977 |
Raamliilaa. Calcutta :
Mithila Darshan. 48 pp. (`The Ramlila' : A play in Maithili). PDF |
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1978 |
Janak
aa anya ekaankii. Calcutta :
Mithila Darshan. 58 pp. (`Janak and other one-act plays':
collection
of one-act plays in Maithili). PDF |
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1981 |
AnuttaraN. Calcutta :
Mithila Darshan. 44 pp. (`The failure': A collection of poems
in Maithili). PDF |
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1983 |
Iishvarcandra
Vidyaasaagar. (Translated from English into Maithili, from
Hiranmay Banerji). New
Delhi :
Sahitya Akademi. Makers of Indian Literature Series. 95 pp. |
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1987 |
Kabitaar
bhaaSaa. (Jointly ed., with Anjan Sen) 148 pp. Calcutta :
Gaangeya Patra. |
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1987 |
Upanyaaser
Saahityatattva. (Jointly ed. with Anjan Sen) Calcutta :
Raktakarabi. |
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1983 |
Diglossia
in
Bangladesh
and
language planning. (Jointly Maniruzzaman). Calcutta :
Gyan Bharati. 214 pp. |
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1987 |
Perspectives
in Language Planning. (Jointly ed., with R.N.Srivastava) 186
pp. | | |
