COTTON UNIVERSITY

DEPARTMENT: BENGALI

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Name of the Faculty Prasun Barman

Prasun Barman

Designation Associate Professor

Date of Joining in the Institution

30. 08. 2003

Address Room No. 208, Department of Bengali, MCB Building, Cotton University, Guwahati 781 001, Assam

E-mail prasunbarman@gmail.com

Phone No. +91 98640 71067

Educational Qualification Institution Year

PG Gauhati University 2000

M.Phil. Gauhati University 2002

PhD Gauhati University 2012

NET / SLET / SET and others NET 2012

Area of Interest/Specialization

Partition Literature, Translation Studies, Little Magazine and Bengali Literature in Northeast India

Research paper publications

i. Bholanat Das, ‘Sitaharan Kavya’ O Michael-r Amitrakshar Chhanda in Journal of Comparative Indian Language and Literature, Department of Comparative Indian Language and Literature, University of Calcutta, (Volume III, Issue I, March-April 2015, Edited by Professor Biswanath Ray), [Kolkata, pp. 102-112, Referred], ISSN 2278-2621

ii. Unis Shataker Asome Abangalider Banglacharcha : Pratham Parba in Aitihya The Heritage

(Volume VI, Issue I, March-April 2015, Edited by Dr. Nandita Bhattacharya Goswami), [Guwahati, pp. 81-96, Referred], ISSN 2277-7717

iii. Unis Shataker Asome Abangalider Banglacharcha : Dwitiya Parba in Aitihya The Heritage, (Volume

VI, Issue II, September-October 2015, Edited by Dr. Nandita Bhattacharya Goswami), [Guwahati, , pp. 88-100, Referred], ISSN 2277-7717

iv. Birchandra Dev Burma: Itihase Upekshita Ak Kabi in Arun, Departmental Journal, The Department

of Bengali, Cotton College, (Vol. VII, 2016, Edited by Madhupee Purakayastha), [Guwahati, pp. 105-119, Referred], ISSN 2278-8026

v. Luitparer Bangla Kabita: Akti Asamapta Pratibedan in Journal of the Department of Bengali,

Assam University, (Vol. XII, Issue IX, 19 May 2016, Edited by Professor Bela Das), [Silchar, pp. 131-144, Referred], ISSN 0975-279X

vi. Uttar-Purba Bharate Bangla Bhasha-Sahitya: Abrita Itihaser Sandhane in Sahitya-Parishat-Patrika,

Bangiya Sahitya Parishat, (Vol. 124, Issue 3-4, 1424 BS: 2017-18, Edited by Abhijit Ray), [Kolkata, pp. 25-70, Referred], ISSN 2395-1532

Book publication relating subject/research concerned

i. Deshbhag-Deshtyag: Prasanga Uttar-Purba Bharat (Compiled and Edited), Gangchil, Kolkata, 2017,

Second Print, (First Print: May 2013), ISBN 978-93-86443-28-1

ii. Bangla Bhashay Upekshita: Uttar-Purbanchaler Abangali Lekhak, Gangchil, Kolkata, 14 April 2016, ISBN 978-93-84002-87-9

Chapters/Articles publications in Books (Research Oriented)

i. Tagore and Lakshminath: A Study of Relationship, Cross-Influences and Mutuality in Universally

Loved Reception of Tagore in North-East India, Edited by Indra Nath Choudhuri, Rabindranath Tagore Centre of Human Development Studies, Kolkata, pp. 53-61, June 2012, ISBN 978-81-8064-216-6

ii. Uttarpurba Bharate Deshbhag-Deshtyag: ‘Shikarer Akansha Aar Dirghaswas’ in Partition Sahitya: Desh-Kal-Smriti, Edited by Manan Kumar Mandal, Gangchil, Kolkata, September 2014, pp. 299-313, ISBN 978-93-84002-18-3

iii. Peary Chand Mitra O ‘Alaler Gharer Dulal’ in Purono Bangla Boi (Collection of essays on the

heritage of old Bengali Books), Edited by Swapan Basu and Goutam Neogi, Pustak Bipani, Kolkata, 14 December 2016, pp. 99-109, ISBN 978-93-82663-63-8

iv. Neel Pahar Laal Nadir Desh O Bangla Little Magazine in Little magazine: Parba-Parbantar (A

collection of articles on little magazine), Edited by Barendu Mandal, Dhaka, Bangladesh, January 2017, pp. 477-92, ISBN 984-70120-0595-8

Invited Lecture

i. Acted as Resource person in Refresher Course on Contemporary Bengali Literature: Nature and

Trends (28th August-8 September) organized by the Department of Bengali and ASC-North Bengal University, West Bengal in 28th August, 2014 (Contemporary Bengali Literature in Northeast India: Nature and Trends)

ii. Acted as Resource person in Refresher Course on Nineteenth and Twentieth Century’s Bengali Periodicals (30th March-22nd April, 2015) organized by the Department of Bengali and ASC-University of Calcutta, West Bengal in 1st April, 2015 (Unish O Bish Shataker Asomer Patra-Patrika)

iii. Acted as Resource person in UGC sponsored National Seminar on Bangla O Pratibeshi Sahitya:

Sahisnutar Adan-Pradan (19th January, 2017) organized by the Department of Bengali, Sivanath Sastri College, Kolkata

Research Project (Completed)

Sl. No.

Principal Investigator

Co Principal Investigator

Title of the Project Period Sponsoring Agency

Sanctioned Amount

1. 2.

Prasun Barman

The Bengali Prose Writings of Assam in the Nineteenth Century The Bengali Writings of Non-Bengali’s of the North-East India: Nineteenth Century Context

2007-08 2011-12

UGC UGC

Rs 32000.00 Rs. 1,20000.00

Book publication other than subject concerned

i. Kata Je Sadh Amar, Bengali translation of Keshav Mahanta’s Akademi Award winning Assamese song

collection entitled Mor Je Kiman Hepah, Sahitya Akademi (National Academy of Letters), New Delhi, 2015, ISBN 978-81-260-4796-3

ii. Asomer Bangla Kabita, Bengali translation of modern Assamese poetry, Jointly translated with Sanjoy Chakraborty Akshar Publications, Agartala, Tripura, 2018, ISBN 978-81-260-4796-3

Awards and Distinctions

1. Eka Abong Koekjan Sahitya-Sanskriti Samman O Smarak, 2016

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