Faculty Member

Goutam Ghosal
Professor in English
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Department
English & OMEL

Areas of Specialisation
Leading Sri Aurobindo Scholar from Eastern India

Shakespeare

Rabindranath Tagore

Hemingway

Stephen Crane

   

 

Date of Birth 1st January, 1953
Qualification
Year Degree College/University
1972 B.A. (Eng. Hons.)
University of Calcutta
1975 M.A. (Eng.) University of Calcutta
1980 M.A. (Journalism)
University of Calcutta
1984 Ph.D. University of Calcutta
1987 D.Litt
Rabindra Bharati University
Research Projects, Papers and Books
Important Books written
Sri Aurobindo's Prose Style
Sri Aurobindo and World literature
Renaissance : Notes and Papers
Indian Thoughts on Shakespeare (ed)
Indian Literature : Points of view (ed)
Thoughts on American Literature (ed)
Teaching Experience
16 years in Visva-Bharati
2 years in Rabindra Bharati
2 years in R.K.Mission, Baranagar
Awards and other Academic Distinctions
Dauper of Literature for a pioneering work on Sri Aurobindo's Prose Style from Rabindra Bharati University in 1987
Other Co-curricular Interests
A first division cricket player
Official cricket coach of Visva Bharati for 5 years (1989 - 1994)
Any other information
A book comparing Tagore and Sri Aurobindo is first coming out serially in Mother India since April 2002. Book expected to be ready by the middle of 2004