Manjari Ghosh

Smt. Manjari Ghosh

M.A., M.Phil.
Department English
Designation Associate Professor
Qualification M.A., M.Phil. (University of Calcutta)
Specialization Ancient European Classics, Victorian Drama, Indian Writing in English, Partition Literature, Literatures in Translation, Dalit Literature, Women's Writing, Children's Literature
Email justmanjari0@gmail.com

Teaching Experience

  • Since March 03, 1992 (in WBES)
  • Served Maharani Kasiswari College, Kolkata and Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata as "Guest Lecturer" prior to joining the WBES.

Colleges served

  • Darjeeling Government College (March 1992-March 1997)
  • Chandernagore College (March 1997-March 2006)
  • Bethune College (March 2006 -April 2013)
  • Taki Government College (April 2013-May 2015)
  • Tehatta Government College (May 2015-February 2016)
  • Durgapur Government College (February 2016-June 2022)
  • Bethune College (June 2022 - till date)

Awards

  • Received the Professor P. C. Ghosh Memorial Book Prize for securing among the students of Presidency College the highest marks in English in the M.A. examination of 1987 held in 1988. Award received from erstwhile Presidency College, now Presidency University, on January 20 1990.
  •  Ranked 2nd in M.A. English examination of 1987 held in 1988, University of Calcutta. 

Research

  • Interested in Indian Writing in English, Partition Literature, Literatures in Translation, Dalit Literature, Women's Writing, Children's Literature, Environment Studies
     

Publications

Article in Books

  • Manjari Ghosh (2026), "The Little that I Saw of Sumit" in Su-Mit, ISBN:978-93-344-6038-4
  • Abstract of a seminar paper (2025) accepted by "Ecosophical Foundation for the Study of Literature and Environment", an international, open academic forum. Submission of full paper pending
  • Manjari Ghosh (2024), Book review: The Cambridge History of World Literature, Volume I, CUP, in South Asian Diaspora journal, Volume 16, Issue 2, Taylor & Francis Online & Routledge in print
  • Ramit Das, Manjari Ghosh (2019), "All Her Love Was Reserved for Animals? Reassessing Emily Bronte from the Perspective of Animal Studies", in An Enigma Called Emily: Reassessing Emily Bronte after 200 years
  • Manjari Ghosh (2014), in "Agochhalo Kichhu Smriti" in Sheemar Majhe Ashim Tumi:Papri Bhadra (Dhar) Smarak Grantha
  • Manjari Ghosh (2011), "Nirmala Sinha - Phire Dekha" in Aalor Swarani Beye, ISBN-81-902458-3-X, A Bethune College Publication
  • Acted as "Member", Editorial Board of Aalor Swarani Beye and In Retrospect, both Bethune College publications

Other Academic Pursuits

  • Invited along with another faculty and two students to a panel discussion "Towards Well-Being for Students: Challenges, Strategies, Recommendations" on 10.03.2025 at British Council, Kolkata with Women's Coordinating Council
  • Secured a Certificate of Participation in the One Week Online Faculty Development Programme titled 'Reading and Researching the Literature of Crisis' organized by the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, NIT Trichy in collaboration with the UNESCO Chair in Vulnerability Studies, University of Hyderabad from 22 - 28th January, 2024
  • Secured a Certificate of Participation in the course on "The Philosophy of (Auto)Biography - Experience and (Self) Representation: An Interdisciplinary Course (Philosophy, Politics, Literature) conducted by the Department of Humanities &Social Sciences, IIT Tirupati during July 18 - 22, 2023 (GIAN). Successful completion of course involved submission of assignments
  • Completed an FDP on "Postcolonial Literature" from IIT Kanpur (Jan - Feb 2022). Successful completion of course involved submission of assignments and in-person Proctored written exam.
  • Completed an FDP on "Developing Soft Skills and Personality" from IIT Kanpur (Sept - Nov 2020). Successful completion of course involved submission of assignments and in-person Proctored written exam.
  • Completed a course on "Innovation and Entrepreneurship in a Post-Covid World" (22nd June 2020 - 29th June 2020 from IIT Kharagpur), NPTEL Special Lecture Series
  • Translated 02 Dalit poems in the collection Dalit Poems, Songs and Dialogues from Bengal in English Translation ed Asit Biswas and Shubh Brat Sarkar (2019), ISBN:978-81-939392-3-9
  • An experimental work on "Children's Literature" authored by four children
     

Administrative Responsibility

  • Former member of the UGBOS, Kazi Nazrul University
  • Former member of the PGEC at Bethune College, Kolkata and PGBOS at Taki Government College, Taki
  • EFSLE: A Coordinator along with other Coordinators, West Bengal (South)