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Contributors
Everyone who has written, spoken, taught or helped shape Poorvam.
15 contributors
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Piyal Bhattacharya
Founder & Artistic Director, Chidakash Kalalay Centre of Art and Divinity
Shri Piyal Bhattacharya is a renowned scholar, musicologist, dramaturg, and traditional practitioner. He is the Founder and Artistic Director of Chidakash Kalalay Centre of Art and Divinity, Kolkata. An authority on Nāṭyaśāstra, Gandharva music, ancient Indian dance traditions (nṛtta and karaṇa reconstruction), and the philosophical treatises of Ācārya Abhinavagupta, his research synthesizes traditional śāstric philology with embodied artistic practice.
1 piece of writing
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Prolay Nandi
Co-Author, Research Scholar Department of Sanskrit and Philosophy, Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Educational and Research Institute, Belur Math, Howrah, West Bengal
1 piece of writing
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Dr Rakesh Das
Associate Professor, Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Educational and Research Institute
Dr. Rakesh Das is an Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Sanskrit and Philosophy at Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Educational and Research Institute, Belur Math. His areas of research include Sanskrit grammar, computational linguistics, modern Sanskrit literature, Sāṅkhya and Vedānta philosophy, and Hindu rituals. He is an accomplished scholar, author, editor and translator, with numerous publications and invited lectures in India and abroad.
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Dishari Chatterjee
Lead Author, Independent Researcher, Behala, Kolkata- 700034, dishari64@gmail.com
1 piece of writing
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Nilakshi De Alwis
Lead Author, Senior Lecturer, University of Visual and Performing Arts, Sri Lanka
1 piece of writing
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Mr Nilambar Chakrabarti
Doctoral Research Scholar & Sylff Fellow, Jadavpur University / Smith College
Nilambar Chakrabarti is a doctoral research scholar in Philosophy at Jadavpur University, a Sylff Fellowship recipient, and former Research Fellow at Smith College in South Asian Studies. He regularly moderates the Poorvam Cite It! and Authors in Conversation academic symposia series.
1 piece of writing
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Pratichi Chowdhury
Lead Author, Independent Researcher, Durgapur, West Bengal, India
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Ritushree Sengupta
Lead Author, Assistant Professor of English, Patrasayer Mahavidyalaya, West Bengal
1 piece of writing
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Sayantan Dutta
Lead Author, PhD Student Department of Cinema and Media Studies University of Chicago Chicago, IL, USA
1 piece of writing
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Prof Susanta Kumar Bardhan
Associate Professor of English & Former Principal, Suri Vidyasagar College
Associate Professor of English at Suri Vidyasagar College and External Faculty at EFLU Hyderabad. Former Principal of Rampurhat College.
1 piece of writing
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Uma Kumar
Lead Author, Visiting Faculty(Karnataka Music), Department of Performing Arts and Culture Studies Jain University, Bengaluru
1 piece of writing
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Vishnu Mishra
Lead Author, Department of English, Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gorakhpur University, Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, India, vishnu.mishra0409@gmail.com, +919219317453
1 piece of writing