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Vice-Chancellor

Central University of Orissa

Central Silk Board Building

Landiguda, Koraput-764 020 , Orissa, India

CONTACT DETAILS

Name and Designation : Professor (Dr.) Surabhi Banerjee, M. A. Cal. et. Leeds, Ph.D (Cal)

Currently, First and Founding Vice – Chancellor

Central University of Orissa, Located in Koraput.

Date of Birth : 29th

October 1951

Contact Details : Professor (Dr.) Surabhi Banerjee

Email id: vc@cuo.ac.in, vccu-or@nic.in

surabhibanerjee2008@gmail.com

Telephone: 0674 -2748094/92

Fax – 0674 – 2748092 (O)

Camp Office Address : Qtr No. Type C, Block – 4,

New Govt. Colony

At/P.O: Gajapati Nagar

Bhubaneswar -751017

Tel: 0674 - 2748091 / 95

Fax: 0674 – 2748092 / 95

Main Campus Office Address : Central Silk Board Building

Landiguda, Koraput -764020

Tel: 06852 – 251244 / 251288

Fax: 06852-251244

E-mail: info@cuo.ac.in

Permanent Address : 28/6 – B, Bepin Pal Road Extension, P.O. - Kalighat

Kolkata – 700 026.

Telephone: 033-24642047

Work Experience : 35 years as Professor and 12 years as

Vice Chancellor ( Developer of New State/ Central Universities. )

Brief Resumé

Name: Professor (Dr.) Surabhi Banerjee, M.A. Cal. et. Leeds, Ph.D (Cal)

Designation: Currently Founding Vice-Chancellor, Central University of

Orissa for nearly five years.

Age: 61 years 6 months.

Date of Birth: 29.10.1951

Short-listed among the top 5 academics for the position of UGC Chairperson

in February 2012.

Short-listed among the top 3 academics for the position of the UGC Vice

Chairperson in May 2012.

Currently, the Seniormost Vice Chancellor among the Sitting Vice

Chancellors of Central Universities and also the Seniormost Woman Vice

Chancellor in India with 12 years of experience as Vice Chancellor of several

Indian (State and Central) Universities.

Served for the last twelve (12) years as Founding Vice Chancellor in three

(State) Universities in West Bengal and another three (3) years as Pro-Vice

Chancellor at the University of Calcutta. Initiated several major academic

reforms during her tenure as Pro-Vice Chancellor, University of Calcutta.

Well-known as an Higher Education Institution builder.

Recipient of many prestigious Awards (See details) including the Indira Gandhi

Priyadarshini Award, 2007 for significant contribution to the field of higher

education.

Widely known as eminent writer and literary critic. Allotted a spacious entry as a

reputed writer in the prestigious Who‟s Who in Indian Writing, published by

Sahitya Akademi, Government of India.Author of 23 Books on English and

European Literature. (for Research Papers – see details )

Members of many academic and higher education policy-making bodies

/committees at the national level.

To name a few:

Nominated by the Prime Minister of India as Member, Board of Governors,

Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSir), Government of

India.

Member of eight (8) Search Committees for the appointment of Vice

Chancellors in several State and Central Universities in – Maharashtra,

Madhya Pradesh, Kerala, Karnataka, West Bengal and Andhra Pradesh.

Member, Search Committee, for the Appointment of Director, National

Assessment and Accreditation Council, Bangalore.

For details of Convocation Address, Invited Endowment Lectures/Keynote

Address/Talks (Please see details annexed)

Member, Committee for the Mid-term Appraisal of the XI th Plan, Planning

Commission, Government of India.

Chairman of the Expert Committee constituted by UGC for selection the

awardees under the scheme of Post-Graduate Indira Gandhi Scholarship for

Single Girl Child for PG academic programme 2013-2014

Chairperson of the Visiting Committee to Mumbai Education Trust, Institute

of Distance Learning, Mumbai, Maharashtra.

MHRD – Member of the Standing Committee on the scheme of „Development

of Women‟s Studies in Indian Universities and Colleges‟.

MHRD – Member of the Working Group on Higher Education and Research

under India – New Zealand Education Council ( INZEC).

Member of an Expert Committee constituted by UGC to study the

performance of all six Inter University Centres.

UGC Nominee in the Court of University of Kalyani, West Bengal.

Chairman, UGC has nominated as one of the Members of the Review

Committee to assess the past performance of Karnataka SET Agency, i.e

University of Mysore.

Visitor‟s Nominee on the Search Committees for Appointment of the Vice

Chancellor

Member of Academic Council and Senate, Nagarjuna University, Andhra

Pradesh and Andhra University.

MHRD- Three-member Review Committee on NET.

Round Table (Committee) on Higher Education.

National Knowledge Commission: Working Group Member on Virtual Learning

in National Knowledge Commission.

As the first official / formal step towards the realization of the Prime

Minister‟s Higher Education Initiatives between the Govt. of India and the

Govt. of New Zealand, recently in mid-February) I was delegated by the

UGC /MHRD to visit eight (8) Universities for academic partnerships and

exchange Programmes and hold meetings with the Ministry of Education,

New Zealand.

I was nominated by the U.S. Govt. for the prestigious International

Leadership Programme. U.S. higher education officials to visit several Ivy

League Universities in the U. S. and hold meetings with on Higher Education.

Studied and taught at Presidency College, Calcutta, University of Calcutta

and University of Leeds, UK. University of East Anglia Norwich, University

of Cambridge, UK. (for post doctoral research work on E. M. Forster)

A-top-ranker in all public examinations. Recipient of State Scholarship,

National Scholarship. Charles Wallace Trust Fellowship, British Council

Grant-in-aid for Research, Fellowships in Universities abroad.

Professor of English Literature, University of Calcutta for the last 35 years.

Supervisor and Adjudicator of Ph.D, Theses of various Indian Universities.

For Administrative Leadership in Central University of Orissa, Koraput. (

her current assignment) (Please see details annexed)

Other than English, Bengali, and Hindi, Professor Banerjee has proficiency

in French and Latin.

CONCISE CAREER PROFILE

AT A GLANCE:

An academic with over 36 years experience, 12 of which has gone into building

universities

One of the few women academics to work as VC of three universities, and Pro VC of

one of the oldest universities in India, University of Calcutta

Authored 22 books besides Research Papers; her books on EM Forster, Walter

Pater, Charles Baudelaire and John Keats popular among students of English and

European Literature

Recipient of State Scholarship, National Scholarship, British Council Grants,

Charles Wallace Trust Fellowships thrice, UK Bursary Fellowships throughout her

academic career

Studied and taught as Professor of English at Presidency College, University of

Calcutta and the University of East Anglia (UK)

Studied at the University of Leeds (UK), pursued research work at the University of

Cambridge, UK (Post doctoral)

Pursued research work as Fellow at the University of East Anglia, Norwich (UK)

with internationally acclaimed linguist Professor Roger Fowler

Recipient of numerous prestigious awards including Indira Gandhi Priyadarshini

Award 2007

Other than English, Bengali and Hindi Professor Banerjee has proficiency in French

and Latin

Professor (Dr.) Surabhi Banerjee (Calcutta University, Leeds) bears many

mantles of a reputed builder of State and Central Universities, a successful

education administrator, an excellent teacher, an eminent writer and a literary

critic. Formerly Pro-Vice chancellor of the oldest university of India, the University

of Calcutta and Vice Chancellor of Netaji Subhas State University (W Bengal), and

First Vice Chancellor of State University of Gour Banga (W Bengal), currently she is

the Founding & First Vice Chancellor of the Central University of Orissa in

Koraput. Professor Banerjee is one of the few Indian women academicians who have

taken a string of top-level assignments in higher education. She is also lauded as the

harbinger of many academic innovative initiatives and reforms in the oldest

University in India. She has spent 36 years in academics out of which 12 years have

gone into building universities.

Prior to these assignments, she was a Senior Professor in West Bengal Higher

Education Service and Professor and Head of the Department of English, University

of Calcutta. She was also the Founder Director of the Centre for Creative Writing

and Translation Studies at the University of Calcutta.

A scholar of English Literature, Professor Banerjee penned a popular literary

Column The Weekly Word in The Times of India for nearly three years (2001-04).

She has been allotted a spacious entry as a reputed writer of books on literary

criticism in Who‟s Who in Indian Writing published by the Sahitya Akademi. Till

date Professor Banerjee has authored 22 books in English as well as in Bengali on

various aspects of English, European and Bengali Literature including books on EM

Forster, Walter Pater, Gustave Flaubert, Charles Baudelaire and on Research

Methodology.

Besides her achievements in the field of Literature, she has been the recipient of

innumerable prestigious awards which includes Indira Gandhi Priyadarshini Award

2007 for her significant contribution to higher education in India, and Gyaneswari

Award 2008 for her contributions by Yashwant Rao Chauhan University, Nashik,

among others. She was also conferred the prestigious Bharatiya Shiksha Ratan

Award 2008 by The Economic for Health and Educational Growth, Delhi. The

University of Calcutta conferred upon her the prestigious Leela Purashkar for her

contribution as the Best Woman Literary Critic for the Year 2005.

As one of the seniormost Vice Chancellors in India, Professor Banerjee has served as

a member of several eight (8) Search Committees for the appointment of Vice

Chancellors of several Indian Universities in Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh,

Kerala, Karnataka, West Bengal and Andhra Pradesh. Professor Banerjee is

the Member, Convener and Chairperson of many academic as well as literary

committees and Higher Education policy making apex bodies all over India and

overseas including important committees in MHRD, NAAC, UGC, NKC, Sahitya

Akademi, South Asia Foundation India (SAF), MSSRF (MS Swaminathan Research

Foundation), AIU (Association of Indian Universities), and IGNOU (Indira Gandhi

National Open University)/DEC (Distance Education Council).

Taking over the challenging task of building a Central University in one of most

backward tribal regions of India Professor Banerjee has set out an ambitious plan

with a pan-Indian and global perspective for creating a world-class institution while

also ensuring that local tribal communities are empowered and integrated into the

mainstream in the process.

She has travelled extensively on invitation for conference and other academic

assignments in the UK, US, Europe, Germany, France, Italy, Rome, Egypt,

Thailand, Malaysia, Canada, New Zealand, Holland, Rome, South Korea,

Singapore, Hong Kong, West Indies, China, Australia, Israel, South Asia and the

Middle East.

EXPERIENCE AS AN EDUCATION ADMINISTRATOR:

Currently Professor Banerjee is one of the very few Senior Vice Chancellors in India

with nearly 12 years of experience at the University of Calcutta as Pro-Vice

Chancellor and as the second Vice Chancellor of Netaji Subhas State (Open)

University, Kolkata and the First Founder Vice Chancellor of the University of

Gour Banga, West Bengal and presently the Founding / First Vice Chancellor,

Central University of Orissa, Koraput.

EXPERIENCE OF WORKING AS VICE CHANCELLOR / PROFESSOR:

Currently the First and Founding Vice-Chancellor of the Central University of Orissa,

Koraput.(2009- )

Formerly, First and Founding Vice-Chancellor, State University of Gour Banga, Malda,

West Bengal (2008 -2009)

Formerly, Vice Chancellor, ( Netaji Subhas State Open University (NSOU) ( since 2001- 2008)

Formerly Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Academic Affairs) University of Calcutta (since 1999-2001)

Formerly, Professor and Head of the Department of English, University of Calcutta.

Director (Hony), Centre for Creative Writing and Translation Studies, University of

Calcutta (Hony) Guest Lecturer, Department of Comparative Literature (My services

were requisitioned by the concerned department for my specialization in Research

Methodology and French and English literature).

(Hony) Guest –Lecturer, Department of Linguistics, University of Calcutta.

(My services were requisitioned by the concerned department for my specialization in

Stylistics).

Asst. Professor, Department of English, Presidency College, West Bengal Education Service,

Kolkata.

Professor (Dr.) Surabhi Banerjee, (M.A. Cal et. Leeds), Ph.D (Cal) bears many mantles of

a reputed builder of higher education institutions and successful education administrator,

an excellent teacher, an eminent writer and a literary critic. Formerly the Pro-Vice

chancellor, University of Calcutta, Vice-Chancellor, Netaji Subhas State University and

First Vice – Chancellor State University of Gour Banga, West Bengal and currently she is

the First / Founding Vice Chancellor of the Central University of Orissa in Koraput. She

was also lauded as the harbinger of many useful academic innovative initiatives and

reforms in the oldest University in India.

Prior to these assignments she was a Senior Professor, (in West Bengal Higher Education

Service) and Head of the Department of English, University of Calcutta. Professor

Banerjee was educated at Presidency College, Kolkata, at the University of Calcutta and

at the University of Leeds (U.K.). Prior to joining the Department of English, University

of Calcutta, she was teaching English Literature at Presidency College (West Bengal

Higher Education Service) a premier academic institution in Calcutta. Dr. Banerjee is the

(Hony.) Founder Director of the Centre for Creative Writing and Translation Studies at

the University of Calcutta.

AWARDS RECEIVED:

Professor Surabhi Banerjee is the recipient of:

The prestigious Indira Gandhi Priyadarshini Award 2007, New Delhi on 19 November

2007 for her significant contribution to higher education in India.

The prestigious “The Achiever the Kesri Woman Award” by the Punjab Kesri News

Paper on the International Women‟s Day, New Delhi on 8th

March 2011.

20th

Business School Affaire & Dewang Mehta Business School Awards on 24th

November, 2012 for her outstanding contribution to Education.

Gyaneswari Award, 2008 for significant contribution to Higher Education by

Yashwant Rao Chauhan University, Nashik.

Lifetime Achievement Award 2007 (Vidya Varidhi) from Lions Club of Calcutta

Megacity (Lions Clubs International District 322B20.

Professor Surabhi Banerjee was selected by the US Embassy for the prestigious

International Visitors‟ Leadership Programme (IVLP). The programme was

sponsored by the US Department of State. In this programme Professor Banerjee

visited select Ivy League Universities in the United States and meetings were organized

with apex bodies on Higher Education in the U.S.

Professor Banerjee As the Vice-Chancellor of Netaji Subhas State Open University,

Kolkata received the International Award titled “The Commonwealth of Learning

(COL) Excellence in Distance Education Award (EDEA) (2006) for Institutional

Achievement” from the Commonwealth of Learning, Vancouver, Canada.

Award from the University of Calcutta in recognition and appreciation of excellent

services to the University of Calcutta as the Pro-Vice Chancellor (Academic Affairs)

– on 24 January 2007.

„Shiksha Ratan Award‟ 2010 by IIFS, New Delhi for contribution to higher education.

Has been selected for the prestigious Bhartiya Shiksha Ratan Award by The Economic

For Health And Educational Growth, Delhi/ (Award Date : 30 March 2008)

The prestigious Lila Puraskar (2005) (Award) from the University of Calcutta as the

Best Woman Writer for original contributions to literary criticism.

DETAILS OF QUALIFICATIONS :

Ph.D ( University of Calcutta)

M.A. University of Calcutta

√ Stood First in the Examination

M.A. University of Leeds, U.K.

√ Secured Grade A+

B.A.(English Honours) from Presidency College,

Calcutta.

Secured 2nd position in the University,

√ Obtained National Scholarship

H.S.

√ Stood 10th ( Humanities) IN West Bengal

√ Secured State Scholarship

√ Studied as State Scholar at the U.G. level

√ National Scholar at the P.G. level

Received grant – in – aid from British Council for Higher Education abroad.√British

Council and Charles Wallace Trust India Funded her subsequent academic visits to

British Universities, i.e. the University of Cambridge (1988) for pursuing a postdoctoral

project on E.M. forster and the University of East Anglia, U.K.

Ph. D Thesis on E.M. Forster Wrote a Research Exercise on the Role of Feste in

Shakespeare‟s Twelfth Night under the supervision of Professor Andrew J. Gurr,

Professor of English, University of Reading and Editor of „Modern Review‟ and “Year

Book of English Studies”

Wrote Dissertations on :

Robert Herrick – Secured Grade A+

Tension between Dream and Actuality in the Plays of J.M. Synge – Secured A as partial

fulfillment of my M.A. Degree at Leeds University, U.K.

Post-Doctoral Research Work : Post- doctoral research works in critical linguistics at

the University of Cambridge and the University of East Anglia, U.K. in 1988 and 1991

under the guidance of the eminent British Linguistics Professor Roger Fowler.

Selected for Fulbright visiting Lectureship in 1996 at State Level (could not appear at the

interview on personal medical grounds)

ADMINISTRATIVE LEADERSHIP :

Central University of Orissa, Located in Koraput.

The Central University of Orissa has been established by the Parliament under the Central

Universities Act, 2009 . The Central University of Orissa, Koraput was formally

inaugurated on 29th

August, 2009, by Shri Kapil Sibal, Hon‟ble Union Minister of Human

Resource Development in the august presence of Shri Naveen Pattnaik, Hon‟ble Chief

Minister of Orissa. Koraput district of Odisha comes within the KBK region ( Koraput,

Bolangir and Kalahandi) which is still considered as under-developed area in Odisha.

These three districts of the State are known for tribal culture because majority of the

people belong to ST &SC categories. Considering the demand for wider access to higher

education, the Govt. of India decided to establish the University in Koraput region to

widen the access to high quality and advance education in the country.

As the first and Founding Vice-Chancellor of Central University of Orissa, Prof.

(Dr.) Surabhi Banerjee has developed the Central University of Orissa at Koraput,

located in the southern part of Odisha which is one of the most backward regions in

the country, dominantly inhabited by tribal communities.

The Central University of Orissa embarked on the voyage of higher education at a time

when this region was facing insurmountable multiple complex challenges. Insurgency

activities, stark economic backwardness, wide chasm of social disparities and darkness of

illiteracy, lack of connectivity with the rest of the State and lack of infrastructural

resources were myriad impediments to her endeavours to develop the University. Being a

lady she started her journey at Koraput having so many difficulties on her way to develop

this University in a hostile and somewhat uncertain and violent condition encircling the

region. Notwithstanding appropriate support from the State Govt., she has confronted

many hurdles single-handedly starting from accommodation to acute dearth of

infrastructural facilities. She has developed this University only by virtue of her strong

and wide administrative experiences and high-spirited quality of leadership. Braving all

hurdles and dearth of infrastructural strength, the University has made considerable

progress in terms of building of the requisite infrastructure and also in terms of

commendable academic foundation. Needless to say, her strong dedication, devotion and

motivation carried her through this daunting mission.

Within a short span of time, the University has achieved extraordinary results under her

administrative leadership including the creation of physical and social infrastructure,

initiation of various academic activities, strengthening the student support system, forging

institutional academic linkages with other reputed organizations and institutions and

introduction of new Centres and Schools.

Central University of Orissa is the only University among the 12 new Universities set

up by the Act of Parliament, 2009, to observe its historic the First Convocation in

July, 2011. The Second Convocation was held in July, 2012. The First Convocation

Address was delivered by Shri Pranab Mukherjee, the Hon‟ble Finance Minister of

India. The Second Convocation Address was delivered by Justice Smt. Ruma Pal,

Hon‟ble Former Judge, Supreme Court of India. The Third Convocation Address is

going to be delivered by Dr. M. M. Pallm Raju, Hon‟ble Union Minister of HRD in

June, 2013. Being an immensely experienced builder of universities, Prof. Banerjee has carved a

vision document of this University in accordance with the needs of the region. Tribal

Empowerment/Indigenous Studies and Health Care related Skill-development

programmes have been identified as priority thrust areas in the trajectory of its

development.

Centre for Tribal Empowerment & Community Development:

As a social responsibility/ initiative, the Central University of Orissa established a Centre

for Tribal Welfare and Community Development which was inaugurated on the 5th June

2010. The aims & objectives of the Centre are to facilitate articulation of interests and

exchange programmes and creating linkages for the unemployed youth with the

developing world by conducting and facilitating various skill development programmes

and to facilitate research & documentation and preservation of tribal culture and to

facilitate research for policy level changes with regard to tribal and community

development in a wider context through linkages with different agencies and fellowship

programmes.

Meanwhile the Central University of Orissa has been selected for the Erasmus Mundus

Project under European Universities which is a Europe Union (EU) Student Exchange

Programme established in 1987. Erasmus Mundus is a cooperation and mobility

programme in the field of higher education that aims to enhance the quality of

European higher education and to promote dialogue and understanding between

people and cultures through cooperation with Third-Countries.

The University has already signed several MoUs for Collaborative Programmes:

MoU with British Council of India was signed for Communication Skill

Development Programme in English Language and to improve communication skills

of the students. The training programmes are conducted every year from 2010

which was extremely beneficial to the students of the University. During the last

three years, 225 students have already passed out successfully.

MoU with Public Health Foundation of India was signed for collaborative

teaching and research programmes for the School of Health Sciences. Prof. (Dr.)

Srinath Reddy, Chairman, PHFI signed the MoU.

MoU with Narayana Hrudayalaya, Bangalore was signed (Dr. Devi Prasad

Shetty, Chairman) on the 29th

October 2010 for Collaborative Courses sand

Vocational Development Programmes in medical-industry specific areas under the

School of Health Sciences.

MoU with Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi was signed for collaborative programmes in

Nursing and Community Health under the School of Health Sciences.

In order to fortify the academic foundation and ensure the academic exposure to

scholars across the world, Prof. Banerjee has initiated several Memorial /

Endowment Lectures:

i) Adam Smith Memorial Lecture in Economics

ii) Kuntala Kumari Sabat Memorial Lecture in Literature.

iii) Utkalamani Gopabandhu Das Memorial Lecture in Social Sciences.

iv) Utkal Gaurav Madhusudan Das Memorial Lecture in Social Sciences.

v) The Foundation Day Lecture of the University.

The First Adam Smith Memorial Lecture in Economics was delivered by Prof.

(Dr.) Kaushik Basu, Chief Economic Advisor to the Ministry of Finance, Govt of

India on “Challenges of Indian Economy” on the 4th

December, 2010.

The First Utkalamani Gopabandhu Dash Memorial Lecture in Social Sciences

was delivered by Prof. Sekhar Bandyopadhyay, Professor of Asian History,

Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand on “Dalits in the Long History

of Partition in Eastern India” at Koraput on the 21st January 2013.

The First Kuntala Kumari Sabat Memorial Lecture in Literature is going to be

delivered by Dr. Shashi Tharoor, Hon‟ble Minister of State for HRD, Govt. of

India

The First Utakal Gaurav Madhusudan Das Memorial Lecture in Social Sciences is

going to be delivered by Mr. Jawhar Sircar, CEO, Prasar Bharati

The First Foundation Day Lecture was delivered by Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil,

Hon‟ble President of India through video-conferencing mode

The Second Foundation Day Lecture was delivered by Dr. Devi Prasad Shetty,

Chairman, Narayan Hrudayalaya, Bangalore through video-conferencing mode.

The Third Foundation Day Lecture is going to be delivered by Shri Pranab

Mukherjee, Hon‟ble President of India on 30th

August, 2013 through video-

conferencing mode.

Reforms and Innovatives initiated by Prof. Banerjee

ICT Facilities & Applications:

The Central University of Orissa has been ICT driven since its inception. The framework

was crafted with utmost care taking into consideration of the strategic plan of the

University as well as the recent development in the education sector. A special LAN with

thin Client Server and nodes has been set up in the Library for the e-Book Section and for

accessing Net -Based Knowledge sites. 2 Mbps lease connectivity for Koraput and

Bhubaneswar Campuses has been provided by BSNL.

Video-Conferencing Studio:

A state-of-the-art Video-Conferencing Studio has been set up through National

Informatics Centre at the University Campus in Koraput for the students to reap the

benefits of advanced telecommunication technology.

Choice-Based Credit System

From the beginning we are following Choice-Based Credit System in our evaluation

system inviting eminent subject experts throughout the country to finalize the curriculum

programmes of the University.

Central Universities Common Entrance Test ( CUCET)

From the Academic Session 2013-2014, the University is going to conduct Common

Entrance Test, CUCET-2013 in collaboration with Central University of Rajasthan in

different centres across India.

Student Support Enhancement Initiatives taken by the Vice-Chancellor

MoU with British Council of India has been signed for the programme on

Communication Skill Development Programme in English Language in order to improve

communication skills of the students. The training programmes are being conducted

every year from 2010 which has proved to be extremely beneficial to the students of

the University. During the last three years, 225 students have already passed out

successfully.

Moreover, various interactive meeting on counseling / training has been organized by

the University for preparing students for various competitive examinations

including the coveted civil services examinations, UGC-NET examinations, etc. The

Vice –Chancellor has organized two Round Table Seminars, inviting senior

bureaucrats/ IAS officers both at the national level and state level who have given

their valuable inputs.

The 1st Round Table was held on the 24

th April and 26

th April, 2010, attended

by senior IAS Officers of Odisha.

The Second Round-Table was held on the 20th

April, 2011, enriched by Shri

Sunil Kumar, IAS, Additional Secretary, Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India

and other senior IAS Officers of the State.

The Third Round Table is going to held shortly.

During the first three /four years of her tenure, the Vice-Chancellor has organized

18 (Eighteen) academic symposia and colloquia at the University.

Infrastructural Progress at the Permanent Campus:

In spite of various hurdles and insurgency problems, we are going to shift to our Main

Campus at Sunabeda by the end of July, 2013. The University has taken possession of

430.37 acres land allotted by the State Government at Sunabeda in a sprawling area in a

hilly terrain. The Boundary Wall of 9.3 km on the Permanent Site spreading over

430.37 acres of land has been completed by CPWD. The construction of the Guest House

at the Main Campus has been completed. The core construction of Boys‟ Hostel and

Girls‟ Hostel with capacity of 238 each at the Main Campus is over. To cater to the

needs of the classrooms and to carry out the administrative and academic activities, the

construction of pre-fabricated structure for Academic Block, Administrative Block and

Library Wing at the Main Campus have been completed and inaugurated on the 21st

January 2013.For providing beverage facility, construction of a Canteen at the Main

Campus is in progress which would be functional within a month or two. The Master Plan

and Building Design are in the process. The selection of Architectural Firm is in process.

Short-listing of Architectural Firms is over.

Central Library of the University:

The Central Library of the University has been fully automated its housekeeping

operations and some of the user services are being provided online. The Library of the

University is gradually trying its best to fulfill its desired objectives of providing certain

value added services to both its teaching and student communities. Besides a plenty of

text books in its collection, the Library is subscribing 46 numbers of print Journals and

5088 numbers of e-journals through UGC-Infonet Digital Library Consortium

Programme which is being provided by INFLIBNET Centre. The Library is successfully

providing access to online e-resources like JSTOR, Taylor & Francis, Springer Link,

Oxford University Press and Wiley-Blackwell scholarly journals. The Library is also

subscribing 17 Newspapers and 26 Magazines.

Enrolment of Teaching and Non-teaching staff:

The University has made provision for additional manpower (both teaching and non-

teaching) in the 12th Five Year Plan Budget Proposal which has already been submitted

to the University Grants Commission. The 5th phase of the recruitment for the non-

teaching posts and the 3rd phase recruitment of teaching positions are over. Besides, we

have a number of Guest Lecturers in each of the subjects. The University has also created

a pool of Eminent Visiting Faculty for providing additional exposure to its students.

Other Support Services & Initiatives taken by Vice-Chancellor

Community Radio Station: The University has submitted a detailed proposal before

the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, Govt of India for setting up of a

Community Radio Station at the Main Campus of the University at Koraput. The

Ministry in the meanwhile has given its consent to sanction the Radio Station.

Central School: A proposal was developed for establishing a Central School in the

University Campus to cater to the needs of the children of teaching and non-teaching

employees of the University.

Proposal for a Medical College & Hospital: Formal initiatives were taken by

Central University of Orissa at the appropriate level for establishing a low-cost

hospital as a part of the University infrastructure. Considering the very strong and

long standing demand for a Medical College in KBK region, a Detailed Project

Report (DPR) with budget estimate for establishment of a Medical College and

Hospital in Koraput has been submitted by the University in response to the letter of

UGC, D.O. No. F.24-11/2008(CU) of 13th

January, 2010.

Academic Pursuits:

The First Academic Programmes of the University started in the month of September,

2009 with five Masters Degree Programmes in the two different schools. These

programmes were:

(i) M.A. in English and M.A. in Odia under the School of Languages

(ii) M.A. in Sociology, M.A. in Journalism & Mass Communication and M.A./M.Sc.

in Anthropology under the School of Social Sciences.

From the Academic Year 2011-12, the University launched the following programmes

under three new Schools:

School of Development Studies for M.A. in Economics

School of Biodiversity & Conservation of Natural Resources for M.Sc. in

Biodiversity & Conservation of Natural Resources

School of Basic Sciences & Information Sciences for Five Year Integrated

Programme in Mathematics

.

From the current Academic Year 2013-14 the University is going to start the

following new Programmes:

School of Education & Education Technology : (i) Centre for Education

Technology for M.Ed. Programme; and (ii) Centre for Teachers Education for B.Ed.

Programme.

School of Law for (i) Legal Studies, (Intellectual Property Rights and (iii) Human

Rights

As the First / Founding Vice –Chancellor of State University of Gour Banga, Malda,

West Bengal, within a brief span, Prof. Banerjee already prepared the Vision Statement

started five new subjects offered special programme and for the Minorities Communities

& Backward Land initiated the construction work of the Main Campus, Malda.

Administrative Leadership at Netaji Subhas State Open University and University

of Calcutta, Kolkata – West Bengal.

The First tenure of Professor Banerjee as Vice Chancellor of Netaji Subhas State Open

University ended in end November 2005. On the basis of her excellent performance in

developing and building the University & taking it to great heights, she was reappointed

by the Governor Shri Gopalkrishna Gandhi, State of West Bengal ( Chancellor, NSOU)

for the second tenure of another four years from end November, 2005.

Professor Banerjee As the Vice Chancellor of Netaji Subhas State University, Kolkata

received the International Award titled “The Commonwealth of Learning (COL)

Excellence in Distance Education Award (EDEA) (2006) for Institutional

Achievement” from the Commonwealth of learning, Vancouver, Canada.

During her tenure as Vice Chancellor, she has transformed the cartographical lines of

Open and Distance education in the State as NSOU witnessed phenomenal growth in the

number of students from 3422 to 200,000 ( May,2008) within a space of six years during

her tenure. The State University has done exceptionally well under her leadership as she

has introduced the concept of a fully Wired – e-Campus, e-Governance at 161 new study

Centers spread across the State;

She has also created the resource pools of the most talented academics in India and has

made arrangements to provide First-rate facilities to the learners at NSOU.

Under her dynamic leadership Netaji Subhas Open University has now emerged as a

leader in distance education not only in eastern India but also in the entire country. The

University has recorded a phenomenal growth both in terms of enrolment – which is a

very impressive nearly 200% per year – and also in the prodigious variety of innovative

and pioneering courses and programmes. Currently over 200,000 students are enrolled

at 161 Study Centers of the University all over the State (May, 2008). The University‟s

formal collaborative MoU with CMI, Chennai, adds to the long list of Collaborations at

the National level with organizations like NASSCOM in the field of IT, the M S

Swaminathan Research Foundation, Chennai the field of biodiversity initiatives. The

University has been successfully running an Online Bangla Course from March, 2004

called ONLINE BANGLA in Collaboration with CIIL (Central Institute of Indian

Languages), Mysore. The state-of – the – art audio recording and transmission studio

from where NSOU is running in partnership with Indira Gandhi National Open

University, a 16-hour educational FM channel at 105.4 Megahertz called Gyanvani

FM which attracts hundreds of callers‟ every day.

Development of the Green Campus (on 15 acres of Land) and Bio-Village in Kalyani

mainly for Biodiversity initiatives and Vocational Deveplopment Programmes is yet

another achievement of hers.

Dr. Banerjee also instituted a highly sophisticated and e-enabled Evaluation and

Admission System and set up a state-of-the art Computer laboratory.

Professor Banerjee has instituted during her tenure several Memorial and Endowment

Lectures, such as Srinivasa Ramanujan Memorial lecture, Acharya Jagadish

Chandra Bose Memorial Lecture, Endowment Lecture on Open and Distance

Learning, Foundation Day Lecture. The First Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose

Memorial lecture was delivered by Professor R.A. Mashelkar, FRS, Director

General, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research and the second was delivered

by Professor Goverdhan Mehta, FRS, Director, Indian Institute of Science,

Bangalore the third was delivered by Dr. Mani L. Bhaumik, eminent laser Scientist

and President, Cosmogenics, Los Angeles, California, USA. The First Foundation

Day lecture was delivered by Dr. A.P Mitra FRS, the eminent scientist and Bhatnagar

Fellow and the second was delivered by Dr. G. Madhavan nair, Chairman, Indian

Space Research Organization, the third was delivered by Sri Bikash Ranjan

Bhattacharyya, Mayor Kolkata, Corporation on “Kolkata- Yesterday, Today &

Tomorrow”.

The fourth was delivered by Vice-Chancellor, Indira Gandhi National Open

University and Chairman, Distance Education Council and the fifth by Sir John

Daniel, President and CEO, COL, Vancouver, Canada. The first Srinivasa

Ramanujan Memorial Lecture was delivered by Professor. C.S. Seshadri, FRS,

Director, Chennai Mathematical Institute (CMI). The second was delivered by Dr.

Bhalachandra Mungekar, Hon‟ble Member, Planning Commission, Government of

India. The Third was delivered by Professor R. Sridharan, eminent mathematician from

Chennai Mathematical Institute (University), Chennai. The Endowment Lecture on

“Extraordinary Education for Ordinary People” was delivered by Sir John Daniel,

president and CEO, Commonwealth of Learning, Vancouver, Canada. The Second

Endowment Lecture on ODL was delivered by Professor HP Dikshit, Former Vice-

Chancellor IGNOU. The Third Endowment Lecture on “Open and Distance

Learning” was delivered by Professor Mahmood H. Butt, Vice-Chancellor, Allama

Iqbal Open University, Islamabad, Pakistan.

During her tenure the University has signed several significant MOUs for various

collaborative partnership programmes both at the State and national levels.

Under the leadership of Professor Banerjee, NSOU has introduced many pioneering,

innovative and need-based, demand driven courses which are suited to the needs of the

modern and particularly rural learners.

Professor Surabhi Banerjee is the Second Vice-Chancellor of the University has

achieved national and international visibility during her tenure.

NSOU has won high accolades as a very successful University from Dr. APJ Abdul

Kalam, the then President of India, Sir John Daniel, President and CEO Commonwealth

of Learning, Professor MS Swaminathan, MP & Chairman, MS Swaminathan Research

Foundation, Mr Kiran Karnik, President NASSCOM, India, Professor RA Mashelkar,

Director General, CSIR and Secretary, Dept of Science, Government of India, Professor

Goverdhan Mehta, Director, Indian Institute of Science, Dr G Madhavan Nair, Chairman,

ISRO, Department of Space, Govt. of India, Dr. Mani L Bhaumik eminent laser scientist

and President Cosmogenics, Los Angeles, California, USA, Dr. Bhalchandra Mungekar,

Hon‟ble Member, Planning Commission, Government of India Professor C . Seshadri

and Professor R Sridharan, eminent mathematicians from Chennai Mathematical Institute

(University), Chennai.

These dignitaries visited Netaji Subhas State Open University during her tenure as Vice-

Chancellor and highly appreciated the extraordinarily expansive and progressive activities

of the University.

Administrative Leadership as Pro-Vice-Chancellor in Calcutta University:

As Pro-Vice- Chancellor she initiated three major reforms.

Preparation and population of databases of affiliated colleges and institutions

Annual inspection of 265 colleges Affiliated to Calcutta University.

Spot evaluation of answer scripts for expedition and the speedy publication of results.

The record of her tenure as Pro-Vice-Chancellor, University of Calcutta speaks for itself.

There had been a spate of academic-administrative activities and innovations during her

term such as electronic recording of examiner databank for spot evaluation of answer

scripts at the undergraduate level to expedite the publication of results, preparation of

database of 265 colleges Affiliated to Calcutta University, Annual Benchmarking of

Institutions affiliated to University of Calcutta, preparation of the Self-Study report for

the NAAC assessment of Calcutta University, revamping of old curricula etc. inter alia.

Professor Banerjee has also been felicitated by a number of Government and Non-

Government organizations and agencies for her contributions to the cause of Higher

Education.

Administrative Leadership as Head of the Department of English in Calcutta

University:

Thorough revamping of the 40 year old M.A. curricular (English Literature) Introduction

of Part-I and Part-II Examination System Introduction of Seminar Hour for holding

Academic Discussions/ and reading Research Papers Three M.M. Bhattacharya

Endowment Lectures by eminent Foreign Scholars after a long gap of 16 years

Introduction of the First Refresher Course (UGC) in English literaturel.

Founding the Centre for Creative Writing and Translation Studies

CAREER AS SCHOLAR:

Dr. Banerjee a top-ranker in all public examinations in School Leaving Examination, in

B.A.(English Honours) from Presidency College, in M.A. Calcutta University through

Presidency College and in M.A. Leeds University, England, has been the recipient of the

State Scholarship, National Scholarship, British Council Grants-in-aid and Charles

Wallace Trust Fellowships all through her academic career for post-doctoral research

work in Literary Critical Linguistics She researched at the University of Cambridge

(King‟s College) and the University of East Anglia, Norwich U.K. and worked under the

guidance of the world-renowned British Linguist Professor Roger Fowler .She had also

worked on Shakespeare„s Twelfth Night under the supervision of two eminent

Shakespeare and Elizabethan literature scholars, Professor Andrew Gurr and

Professor Graham Parry Besides, Professor Banerjee has published 104 (One Hundred

Four) academic papers and innumerable articles in journals here and abroad.

CAREER AS WRITER:

Professor Banerjee is a prolific writer As a distinguished writer of literary critical

books in her own merit. Professor Banerjee has been allotted a spacious entry as a

reputed writer of books on literary criticism in “Who‟s Who in Indian Writing”

published by Sahitya Akademi, Govt. of India, New Delhi ; till date Professor Banerjee

has written 22 books in English as well as in Bengali on various aspects of English,

European and Bengali Literature which has been published by first rate premier

publishing houses in India (such as Harper Collins India, New Delhi, Orient Longman

India, Penguin (Viking), Penguin India, Sahitya Akademi,. New Delhi, Alled Publishers,

New Delhi, UBSPD, New Delhi, Dey‟s Publishing, Calcutta, Papyrus, Calcutta, West

Bengal Book Board, Calcutta, University of Calcutta, Rupa & Co, Calcutta and Bangla

Academy, Govt. fo west Bengal and the University of Calcutta). Her books on Research

Methodology, on E.M. Forster, on Walter Pater, on Charles Baudelarie and on John

Keats are studied by students of English literature, Bengali literature and Comparative

Literature at the Post- Graduate and research levels. She has also edited a large number of

publications at several Universities and Institutions of Higher Learning and delivered

many invited Endowment Lectures and Convocation Addresses in major national

academic journals.

As an eminent educationist she also writes regular columns on educational and academic

issues for many reputed national English dailies.

Professor Banerjee is widely acclaimed for her contributions to the field of Twentieth

Century Novel, Stylistics, Comparative Literature and Translation Studies

DETAILS OF BOOKS PUBLISHED:

1) E.M Forster, A Critical Linguistic Approach, Allied Publishers, New Delhi, -1995

2) Walter Pater : An Essay on Style, Papyrus, Calcutta,- 1991

3) Reading Keats Today : Bi-Centenary Essays on john Keats (Ed) University of Calcutta,

Calcutta - 1996

4) Satyajit Ray : Beyond the Frame , Allied Publishers, New Delhi – 1996

5) Gabeshana: Prakaran O Padhadhati, Dey‟s Publishing, Calcutta (A Book on Research

methodology) April – 1995.

6) On Charles Baudelaire : Dey‟s Publishing, Calcutta – 1992

7) Kathashilpi Satyajit : Dey‟s Publishing, Calcutta – 1993

8) Samajbijnaner Sobdoparichay, West Bengal Book Board, Calcutta – 1991.

9) Sahitya Sabdarthakosh, Paschimbanga Bangla Academy , Calcutta – 1999.

10) Indian Writing in English : Tradition and Individual Talent (In Press)

Translations :

1) Tinti Golpa (Trois Contes) Gustave Flaubert, Papyrus, Calcutta, Commissioned by

Bureau Du Livre, Ambassade Du France, (French Consulate).

2) Madame Bovary, Gustave Flaubert, Papyrus and Bureau du Livre, Ambassade du

France, Calcutta.

3) Bengali Rendering of the SASIA STORY - by UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador,

Madanjeet Singh (Preface by Dr. Manmohan Singh Prime Minister of India A

UNESCO Publication.

4) Incredible Adventures of Professor Shonku,Satyajit Ray, Penguin India, New Delhi – 1994.

5) The Cape, Subhas Mukhopadhyay, Orient Longman, India -1996.

6) For you Neera, Sunil Gangopadhaya, Rupa & Co, New Delhi – 1993.

7) Modern Poems from Bengal (ED) UBSPD, New Delhi – 1996.

8) The Quest Goes on and other Poems – Commissioned and published by Sahitya

Akademi, India -1994.

Articles in Books :

1) Word for Word : Essays on translation Festicherift volume on Professor Jagannath

Chakravorty, Papyrus, Kolkotta – 1994.

2) Re-Reading: Literature and Culture A Selection of ASCCU Refresser Course Lectures,

Editor : Surabhi Banerjee, Published by Dept. of English, Calcutta University-2001.

3) The Muse and Minorities- Social Concerns and Creative, Cohesion, Sahitya

Akademic, and Delhi Parsi Anjuman-1998.

Literary work in progress Recent Translation Work :

Bengali Women in the new Millennium.

Editor-in Chief- Towards a Culture of Quality – Proceedings of the International

Conference on Quality Assurance in Distance Education, Organised By : Netaji

Subhas Open University COL (Common Wealth Learning) Vancouver- Canada &

UNESCO (United Educational Scientific & Cultural Organisation) Paris (January

2006).

Invited Endowment Lectures/ Talks /Papers /Keynote Address on Invitation:

2011- Delivered the Keynote Address at an International Conference on “Creating

Excellence in a Sustainable Society” in North Gujarat University, Gujarat on 15th

May,

2011.

2011- Invited by the British Council to speak on the Session on India at an International

Conference “Going Global” in Hong Kong from 10th

-12th

March 2011.

2011- Invited by the Rama Krishna Mission, New Delhi to speak on the “Challenges in

the Higher Education in India” on 12th

February, 2011.

2010 – Invited to deliver the 103rd

Convocation Address at the University of Pune, Pune

on 2nd

January 2010.

2009 – Invited to deliver the 13th

Annual Convocation Address at the Institute of

Management and Information Sciences, in Bhubaneswar.

2009 – Invited to delivered the Sukhnandan Bhagat Memorial Endowment Lecture on

invitation on “ Women‟s Education in the New Millennium in Ramakrishna Mission

Institute of Culture, Kolkata.

2006- Invited as a lead speaker and also as a Chairperson by the University of Adelaide in

Adelaide, Australia to speak on „The Responsibilities of University‟.

2005- Thompson Rivers University British Columbia, Canada- Invited to deliver the

Keynote Address on “The Future of Universities”, 31st March to 1

st April 2005.

2007-Invited as a Resource Person in the UGC sponsored Western Regional Conference

of Vice-Chancellors on Higher Education Reforms held at University of Mumbai (13-

14 September)

2007 – Invited to speak at the EDUCON 2007, a conference on Higher Education on the

theme “Industry Academia Interaction” in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (30 August – 2

September).

2007 – Invited as Chief Guest and delivered the Keynote Address in the Workshop on

“Management of University Administration” (20 August) organized by the University of

Calcutta in collaboration with the Association of Indian Universities.

2007- Invited as Chief Guest Speaker in the Eastern India C.A. Students‟ Conference

(11 August) on the theme „Chartered Accountancy – Hallmark of a Sterling Career held

at Calcutta University Centenary Hall.

2007 – Invited as Speaker in the Round Table Discussion on „Restructuring of

Education System‟ in the Technical Session at Edu East 2007 organised by Indian

Chamber of Commerce, Kolkata in association with Department of Higher Education,

Government of West Bengal.

2007 – Invited as Guest-in-Chief Speaker at the inaugural session of the Two-Day

Workshop on “Achieving Excellence in Distance Education: Problems and Prospects” at

The university of Burdwan.

2007 – National Workshop cum Round Table on Quality Assurance in Distance

Education, STRIDE, IGNOU, New Delhi, Invited to chair a session of “Support Services

Quality Issues and indicators”.

2007 – Invited as Speaker at the Brainstorming session on “Capacity Building –

Exploring mixed Mode of Training Intervention”, organized by NCIDE, IGNOU.

2007 – Invited to deliver the Presidential Address at the Special Lecture Programme

organized by National Library to mark the celebration of 146th

Birthday of Gurudev

Rabindranath Tagore.

2007 – Invited as Speaker at the National Seminar on “Convergence of Conventional and

Distance Modes of Education”. Organized by IGNOU, New Delhi.

2006 – Delivered the Keynote Address in World Book Day Celebration at USISI.

2006 – Delivered the RG Gupta Endowment Lecture on “Distance Mode of Education

problems and Prospects”- National Library, Kolkata.

2006 – Delivered the (Invited) Keynote Address on „Knowledge Society and the

Challenges of Globalization‟ a national Seminar organized by the University of Calcutta

on the occasion of Post-Centenary Golden Jubilee on 18 January 2006.

2006 – Delivered the (Invited) Keynote Address on „university Administration Resources

Management‟ at a National seminar organized by the University of Calcutta on the

occasion of the Post Centenary Golden Jubilee on 5th

February.

2005 – 18th

AAOU Annual Conference on „Quality Education for All‟ from 28th

to 30th

November, 2004 at Shanghai TV University, Shanghai, Research Paper on Critical Issues

in the Adoption of ICT for Need-based Open education in India.

2003 – Delivered the S.K. Mitra Memorial Lecture on invitation from Public Relations

Society India, December 2003.

1997 – On .E.M Forster and the concept of Culturer in the 19th

Century, Department of

English, Calcutta University, 1997.

1997 – On Research Methodology, Department of Bengali, Calcutta University, 1997.

1997 – On language and Mass Communication, Department of Social Science, Calcutta

University (Hastings College), 1997.

1997 – On Research Methodology, Department of Bengali, Calcutta University, 1997.

1997 – „The Future English: Convocation Address delivered at the Institute of English,

Calcutta on 9th

August, 1997.

1996 – On alienation and Dissociation of sensibility, at a Seminar organized by the

National Minority Commission, New Delhi, 1996.

1995 – On southern American Fiction – paper presented at a Conference in Darjeeling

organized by USIS, Kolkata.

1993- A Telepress interview on Henry James,-with Dr. Millicent Bell, The Harvard

Prof. of Henry James, 19 April, 1993, at USIS, Calcutta.

1991 – On E.M. Forster‟s Howards End, dept. of English and American Studies, The

University of East Anglia, U.K. in October, 1998 and in October 1991.

1990 – „Tagore and Shelley‟ – Dinabandhu Andrews Memorial Lecture at Tagore

research Institute, Calcutta, 1990.

1989 – On the perils of translation – the Department of French, Calcutta University, April, 1989.

1988 – „E. M. Forster‟s Spiritual Women‟ the P.C. Ghosh Endowment Lecture, at

Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture Calcutta, July, 1988.

1988- On „Stylistics and Prose Fiction: A few problems‟-the Department of Linguistics,

Calcutta University December, 1998.

1988 – On Russian Literature and Tagore, The Department of Bengali, Calcutta

University December, 1988.

2007 – International Conference on Open and Distance Education: Frontiers, Challenges

and Strategies – Dr. BR Ambedkar Open University, Hyderabad (23-25 August) Invited

to chair a technical session.

2007 – Invited as a Resource Person in the two-day workshop (30 June – 1 July) on “The

Development of a Roadmap for Krishna Kanta Handique State open University, Assam”.

2007 – Delivered a lecture in Israel, Galillee College on “Management of Higher

Education Institutions”.

2007 _ Delivered a lecture in Workshop on Institutional Capacity Building of ODL

Institutions, NEHU, Shilong.

2006 – Invitation of Chair the first Plenary Sessions with the theme “The Responsibilities

of Universities” in ACU Conference Adelaide, Australia.

2006 – Delivered lecture in the Orchestrated Session at the PCF4 on ODL for

Agricultural Development and Rural Poverty Reduction.

2005 – UNESCO-INTERNATIONAL LEARNTEC FORUM 2005, Invited to read a

Research Paper on Lifelong education for women through e-learning in India-Challenges

and Aspirations 14-18 February 2005, Karlsruhe, Germany.

2005 – Chaired a session Bangalore on invitation on Education and the use of Space

Technology at ISRO, Bangalore on 23 July 2005 after an interactive meeting with His

Excellency, the President of India, and Dr APJ Abdul Kalam on EDUSAT at ISRO.

2002 – Invited Annual Lecture on Women‟s Education in India, Calcutta Education

Forum on December 2002.

2002 – Chaired a session (on invitation) – on the Best Practices in Distance Education at

Dr.B.R Ambedkar Open University, Hyderabad on 4 August 2002.

1999 – On English: At the UGC sponsored national Seminar on Education at

Surendranath College, Kolkota on 9th

January (Scheduled).

1998 – On Techniques of Creative and critical writing, UGC – sponsored national Seminar

on English Literature in Lakhimpur Girls‟ College, Assam (4 – 7 November 1998).

1998 – The Calcutta Chapter in Modern Assamese literature, at the UGC-sponsored

National Seminar on English Literature in Lakhimpur Girls‟ College, Assam (4 – 7

November, 1998).

1998 – The Identity of Women in Mrinal Sen‟s Cinema at the Seminar organized by the

Federation of Film Societies in India, International Film Festival, Calcutta ( 13 November

1998).

1998 – Post- Modernism in the poems of Jibanananda Das R at Manipur Sahitya Akademi.

1998 – On Literature and Youth Today – at UGC sponsored National Seminar in Raja

Manindra Chandra College, Calcutta on 14th

February 1998.

1998 – On Higher Education Today, at a Conference on Higher Education, Department of

Higher Education, Govt. of West Bengal, on 27 November 1998.

1998 – On Rabindranath Tagore and Contemporary Writers at Paschimbanga Bangla

Academy (on 25 December, 1998).

1996 – On Keats Idea of Beauty, Department of English, Salt Lake Govt. College, Calcutta, 1996.

1995- On Keats and Bengali Poetry – at a Seminar at Sahitya Academi and British

Council, New Delhi, 1995.

1993- „The Literacy Grain in Ray‟s Cinema‟, in Nandan, West Bengal Film Centre, 15 April, 1993.

1989 – On the perils of translation – the Department of French, Calcutta University, April, 1989.

RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS OTHER THAN BOOKS (ARTICLES):

„Hesperides and the Ceremonies of Innocence: an Essay on Robert Herrick‟ Journal of the

Department of English (JDECU), Calcutta University, Vol. XII, No. 2, 1976 – 1977

A note on Twelfth Night and Shakespeare‟s Idea of Comedy JDECU, Vol XVI, No. 2,

1980-1

E.M. Forster‟s Howards End : The Opening chapter, JDECU, Vol. XVII, No. 2

1) „Margaret Schelegel in Howards End : Prose and Passion : The JDECU, Vol. XVII,

No. 23

2) „Bi- tonality in fiction‟, JDECU, Vol. XVII, No. 2 1981 – 82

3) Feste the Fool in Shakespeare‟s Twelfth Night, JDECU, Vol. XVIII, NO. 1 1982-83

4) Irony as a Stylistic Device: The Opening chapter of Mulkraj Anand‟s Across the

Black waters, Journal of Literature and Aesthetics, University of Calcutta, Vol. II,

Nos. 2 & 3, April – July, 1982.

5) Hetty Sorel: Ambivalent Tone in Adam Bede, JDECU, Special Number on Fiction,

Vol. XXIII, Nos. 1 & 2, 1988 -89

6) Russian Literature and Rabindra Nath Tagore – Journal of the Bengali department,

CalcuttaUniversity, No. 11,1986

7) Stylistics and Prose Fiction – Bulletin of the Department of Linguistics Calcutta

University, No 11, 1986

8) Double Aureole : poetry and Philosophy: A reading of Rabindra nath Tagore‟s “

Balaka” Tagore International ( Tagore Research Institute, Calcutta), July 1988, No. 5

9) E. M. Forster‟s „Spiritual Women‟, Bulletin of the R.K. Mission Institute of

Culture,Vol. XI, No. 7 and No. 8 July and August, 1989 respectively.

10) The Demeter theme in E.M. Forster‟s Howards End, Criticism,Wayne State University,

USA

11) „Passion and Poise‟ : The Tragedy of Dido in Virgil‟s Aeneid in JDECU

12) “Kipling‟s City of Dreadful nights‟, West Bengal, Department of Information and

Culture, Govt. of West Bengal, January, 1991.

13) „Tagore and Shelly” : The unattainable „ Ideal in Poetry‟- Rabindra Bhawan,

June, 1991

14) „The City of Joy‟: in Search of its genre‟: Literacy Miscellany December, 1990

15) „Death ; no demon of frightfulnes‟ West Bengal, special number on Tagore, August,

1991.

16) The Riddle of Life: A reading of Manik Bandopadhyay‟ novels, Miscellany, the

New Statesman

17) „The Impact of Western Literature on Manik Bandopadhyay‟s later phase‟ Journal

of the Department of Modern Language and Bengali, Calcutta University.

18) Strands of internationalism in Tagore‟s Poetry‟, Calcutta Review, Calcutta

University.

19) The Paradise of Progressive Women in Tagore‟s Short Stories Special Number

on Tagore, Basumatio, May 1991

20) Sartre and Simone – de- Beauvoir‟, True Comrade –in Arms‟ Business Standard, Arts

21) „An Indian Serenade: A reading of Shelley‟s Poetry, Business Standard, Arts

22) Baroque Pageantry without Frills, Business Standard, Arts

23) „ Poetry and Politics‟ Business Standard, Arts

24) „Tagore‟: The Citizen of the World‟, special number on Tagore, West Bengal,

Department of Information and Culture, May 1993.

25) „Satyajit Ray: the rationalist literature‟ – special number on Ray, West Bengal,

June,1992

26) Mayakovsky: A reading of his „ Clouds in Pants‟and „ The backbone Flute‟ –

Yubamanas, July, 1993.

27) “ E. M. Foster‟s Descriptive Discourse‟ – Language Forum, University of East

Anglia , U.K.

28) The „Third Language‟ : On the problems of Translating Falubert – Jadavpur

University Department of Bengali.

29) „On the short stories‟ of Manik Bandopadhyay included in a book on Manik

Bandopadhyay titled Manik Jijnasa Rama Prakashani, 1992, December

30) „The Unheroic Heroes in the Novels of Mahasweta Devi‟, Korak, Calcutta BOOK

Fair , 1992

31) Tagore and the Common Reader ; Miscellany, The New Statesman, June,1990

32) On the „God of Small Things‟, Calcutta Plus. The Economic Times, December,

1997. ( A Times of India Publication)

33) „On Indian Writing in English‟ Calcutta Plus, The Economic Times , February,

1998 (A Times of India Publication)

34) „Of Spring, Love and Poetry‟, Times, March, 1998. (A Times of India publication)

35) „The Book in my Life, Calcutta Plus, the Economic Times April 1998 ( Times of

India Publication)

36) Polyphony in Dickens‟s Hard Times ( in preparation for Modern Language review,

England)

37) Women Politics and Education (Journal of South East Asian Studies, Bangkok)

38) The Concept of Culture in the 19th

Century Journal of the Dept of English University

of Mysore.

39) On Adult and Distance Education, Extension Programme Publications University of

Guwahati.

40) Distance Education : Profits and Problems, Adult Education Centre, Lakhmiput

Womens College, Lakshmi Put Guwahati.

As Pro-Vice-Chancellor and Vice Chancellor Dr Surabhi Banerjee delivered invited

lectures and presented 289 papers till date on various aspects of Higher Education, at

Colleges Universities and other academic for at National and International Levels.

Prof Banerjee has given countless interviews at various Television channels including the

(BBC, CNN, ABC, NDTV, Star News etc.) on different aspects of education /literary

and social issues.

LECTURES DELIVERED AS RESOURCE PERSON IN DIFFERENCE INDIAN

UNIVERSITIES & UGC- SPONSORED REFRESHER COURSES :

i) On the Achievement of John Keats (2)

ii) On Keat‟s Odes (2)

iii) On Stylistics and the teaching of Literature (2)

(iv) On Twentieth-Century novel (3)

(v) On Indian Novel in English (2)

(vi) On T.S. Eliot (3)

vii) On E.M/Forster‟s Novels: A Critical Linguistic Approach (4)

viii) On Browning‟s Dramatic Monologues: Test, Context and Drama (1)

ix) Research Methodology (2)

x) On Post- Modernism (2)

xi) Sylistics as a mode Teaching Literature(2)

xii) Jacques Derrida or Jacques Lacan? (2)

xiii) Reception Theory: My own observations with reference to DHL Lawrence(2) and

Twentieth Century (2)

xiv) Wordsworth in the Tropics (1)

xv) Wordsworth and Rabindranath Tagore (1)

xvi) The English Literary Milien in the 19th

Century.

Total No. of lectures delivered till date 31 A separate list may be furnished, if necessary.

Extra Curricular Activities :

Creative Writing and Social Work (Prevention of Child Labour, Literacy Movement).

N.B. : Brief C.V as writer available in „Who‟s Who in Indian Writing‟ Published by

Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi.

Membership of Various Academic & Policymaking Bodies / Committees:

Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Government of India

Member, Board of Governors, Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research

(AcSIR), Government of India, nominated by the President of the Academy, Prime

Minister of India.

Planning Commission, Government of India

Member, Consultative Group on the Mid Term Appraisal also the (Chairperson –sub

group on H.E) of the XIth Plan.

MHRD (Ministry of Human Resource Development) Member (Individual) Indian

National Commission on Higher education, Sub commission on Education,

(Cooperation with UNESCO, Ministry of Human Resources Development,

Government of India) (2005-2008)

Member of the Standing Committee on the scheme of „Development of Women‟s

Studies in Indian Universities and Colleges‟.

Member of the Working Group on Higher Education and Research under India –

New Zealand Education Council ( INZEC).

Three Member Review Committee on NET, Government of India (2006- 2008)

Member, Round Table on Higher Education, 2009-

Member (Individual) of the Society of Indian Institute of Advanced Studies,

Shimla(2005-) Member, Finance Committee, Indian Institute of Advanced Studies

,Shimla(2007-)

Member (Individual) of the Commonwealth Fellowship / Scholarship Committee, Ministry

of Human Resource Development, Government of India (2006- )

Member of the Expert Committee to frame Regulations for UGC and PG

programmes/courses through ODL System

Search Committees:

As one of the senior most Vice Chancellors in India Prof. Banerjee has served as a

Member of Several Search Committees for the Appointment of Vice Chancellors of

several Indian Universities in Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh. Kerala, Karnataka,

West Bengal and Andhra Pradesh.

Professor (Dr.) Banerjee is the Member, Convener and Chairperson of many academic

as well as literary committees and policy making apex bodies all over India and overseas.

To name only a few:

Visitor‟s Nominee on the Search Committees for Appointment of the Vice

Chancellor.

NKC (National Knowledge Commission, Government of India)

Member (Individual) National Knowledge Commission – Working Group on (Virtual

Learning)

Overseas-

Associate Member, Centre for Research in Linguistics, University of East Anglia

(Norwich, U.K.) (1987- )

U.K. Bursary Fellow, British Centre for Literary Translation, U.K. (1988, 1991, 1994)

NAAC (National Assessment and Accreditation Council)

Member, General Council, NAAC.

Member, Appeals Committee, (NAAC) National Assessment and Accreditation

Council, Bangalore, India.

Chairperson of the Peer Team of NAAC (National Assessment and Accreditation

Council, Bangalore), (many premier academic institutions in India)

UGC (University Grants Commission)

Member of Expert Committee for selection the awardees under the scheme of Post-

Graduate Indira Gandhi Scholarship for Single Girl Child.

Member of UGC 3-member Expert Committee for review of performance of Inter

University Centres.

UGC Nominee in the Court of University of Kalyani, West Bengal.

Member of the Review Committee to assess the past performance of University of

Mysore/ SET (Evaluation).

Member, Convener, Expert Committee, 11th

Plan, Financial Allocation Expert

Committees, U.G.C. (University Grants Commission) (2007- )

Member, Indo-Brazil- South Africa, Collaboration, Committee.

Standing Committee of the UGC on „CPE‟ (College with Potential for Excellence) (2007- )

Member, Innovation Universities Committee, Expert Committee of the UGC for the Indo-

German Culture Exchange Programme (2007-)

Expert Committee of the UGC to assess the Xth Plan.

Member, UGC-Special Assistance Programme (SAP) (2007- )

Member (Individual), 9th

Plan, Financial Allocation Expert Committees, 9th

-10th

Plan

U.G.C. (University Grants Commission)

Expert Member in Major and Minor Research Projects (U.G.C.) and expert in U.G.C. –

NET Evaluation & Moderation Committees

Member (Individual), National Committee for Capacity Building for Women Managers in

Higher Education (U.G.C./NAAC) (2002- 2008)

Expert, Emeritus Professorship, U.G.C. (University Grants Commission) Member,

Committee for Swarna Jayanti U.G.C. Scholarships, U.G.C. (University Grants

Commission) 2003- )

Member, Private Universities Regulations Draft Evaluation Commission, UGC

Member, Women‟s Hostels Committee, UGC (2001 - )

Member, Executive Council, Pondicherry Central University, Puducherry.

Member / Chairperson of Various Expert Committees for several Central Universities for

the 11th

Plan UGC Allocation.

Sahitya Akademi

Member, General Council.

Member, Advisory Board in English Writing.

South Asia Foundation India (SAF )

Member, SAF (India Chapter)

MSSRF ( M S Swaminathan Research Foundation)

Member, Steering Committee of the Tata-National Virtual Academy of the Tata- M.S.

Swaminathan Research Foundation, Chennai, (2003- )

Member, Academic Council, Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi.

Member, Academic Senate, Nagarjuna University, Andhra Pradesh.

AIU (Association of Indian Universities)

Member, Standing Committee, A.I.U. (Association of Indian Universities) (2003-2004)

Member, Cultural Committee, A.I.U. (Association of Indian Universities) (2004- )

Member, Task Force for University Education, A.I.U. (Association of Indian

Universities) (2004- )

OTHER IMPORTANT ASSIGNMENTS:

Member (Individual), Committee for Recommendation of Drafts for Teacher Education –

National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE), New Delhi (2004- )

Member (UGC nominee), Academic Council, (CIEFL) Central Institute of English and

Foreign languages, Hyderabad (2006- )

UGC Nominee for Academic Advisory Committee of ASC, University of Burdwan

(2006- )

Chancellor‟s Nominee at Selection Committees of different State & National

Universities.

Adjudicator of Ph.D. Theses of various Universities in India and abroad. Ph. D.

Committees of various State & National Universities.

Member (Individual), Syllabus Review Committee for Indian

Indian Administrative Service Examination, U.P.S.C. (Union Public Service

Commission)

Subject expert in Universities outside the State and in the Public Service Commission and

C.S.C. (College Service Commission).

Chairperson, Institute of English, Government of West Bengal, Calcutta (1998- )

Member (Individual) State Council of Higher Education, Department of Higher

Education, Government of West Bengal (1994-)

Member (Individual), Advisory Committee for Official Languages & Translation,

Department of Law, Government of West Bengal (1992-1999).

Member (Individual), various Literary Awards Committees at the State and the National

levels.

Member (Individual), Hindustan Lever Saraswati Scholarship Committee, Hindustan

Lever Limited (2002- )

Member, Executive Council, Pondicherry, Central University, Puducherry.

Member of the Academic Council, KIIT University, Bhubaneswar.

Visitor‟s Nominee (Nomination by his Excellency, The President of India)

Visitor‟s Nominee (Nomination by his Excellency, The President of India) on Selection

Committee of School of Humanities & Education for Mizoram University

Visitor‟s Nominee (Nomination by his Excellency, The President of India) on Selection

Committee of Visva Bharati University.

Member of Samsad (Court) of Visva-Bharati University, Kolkata, West Bengal.

Chancellor‟s Nominee, Utkal University and Sambalpur University, Orissa.

IGNOU (Indira Gandhi National Open University)/DEC (Distance Education

Council)

Member, Board of Management, I.G.N.O.U. (Indira Gandhi National Open University)

(2002- )

Member, Planning Board, Indira Gandhi National Open University (2006 Member

National Task Force of National Open and Distance Learner‟s Library and Information

Network (NODLINET) (May 2007- )

Member, D.E.C. (Distance Education Council), India (2003-2005)

Member, Research Council, I.G.N.O.U. (Indira Gandhi National Open University (2001-2004)

Member, Student Support Committee, I.G.N.O.U. (Indira Gandhi National Open University

(2003- )

Expert Committee of Distance Education Council (DEC) to make assessment of

Institutions.

Expert Committee of Distance Education Council (DEC) to examine Handbook on

“Transformation of Print Materials into Self Learning Materials”

Member – Expert Committee of Minor and Major Research Projects, DEC.

Chairperson, Expert Committee, Board of Translation Studies and Training, Indira

Gandhi National Open University (2007 - )

Member, Research Council‟s Standing Committee, Indira Gandhi National Open

University (2007 - )

Chairperson of the Visiting Committee to Mumbai Education Trust, Institute of

Distance Learning, Mumbai, Maharashtra.

PROFICIENCY IN FOREIGN LANGUAGES OTHER THAN ENGLISH:

Other than English, Hindi and Bengali, Professor Banerjee has proficiency in French

and Latin:

FRENCH: Diplome de Language Francaise with Mention Honorable from Alliance

Francaise de Paris.

LATIN: Rev. Father Robert J. Antoine Lecturer in Comparative Literature,

Jadavpur University taught me Latin for three years.

COLUMNS, REVIEWS AND ARTICLES NEWS PAPERS:

For nearly three years (2001 onwards) Prof. Surabhi Banerjee penned a very popular

literary Column called “The Weekly Word” in the Times of India.