Knowing India: Academic Social Responsibility and the Humanities

Offered by Centre for Translation of Indian Literatures (CENTIL), Department of Comparative Literature, Jadavpur University

under

SPARC Project (Scheme for the Promotion of Academic and Research Collaboration) in association with the Humanities in India Partnership Programme, University of East Anglia.

This course is being offered as a Post-Graduate Certificate Course of thirty contact
hours. It is open to students of Jadavpur University, students of the University of
East Anglia, to college and university teachers, and interested lay persons.
After over 76 years of India’s independence, contemporary India has become a
distinct socio-political unit, which needs to be studied. There are several academic
disciplines and academic bodies who promote specialized research on aspects of
this period. This course aims to bring together established specialists and younger
scholars from various Humanities domains, to offer a holistic and critical evaluation
of that period in its multi-dimensional complexity.

We propose an online course this year, with the course starting if a minimum of 30
register. Participants will have to pre-register and pay a fee. We propose to run three
teaching sessions per week. At the end of the course students will get a participation
certificate, signed by the SPARC Coordinator, the HoD, Comparative Literature, the
Pro-Vice Chancellor, Jadavpur University and a senior UEA colleague.

Registration fee:
General (non-student) participants – Rs. 4000+ GST
Students in India – Rs. 2000 + GST
Last date for payment and registration - 5 June 2024

The course will begin on 12 th June 2024 and run till 19 July 2024, being held in
two one hour slots every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, except when the
day has been declared a Government holiday in West Bengal. The full course
details will be sent to registered participants. However, the tentative speakers
list includes Achin Vanaik, former Professor of Political Science, Delhi
University, Sobhanlal Dutta Gupta, former Professor of Political Science,
Calcutta University; Jon Cook, Emeritus Professor of Literature, University of
East Anglia; Ganesh Devy, Professor of Eminence, Somaiya Vidyavihar
University; Urvashi Butalia, Visiting Faculty, Ashoka University; Moinak
Biswas, Film Studies, Jadavpur University; Ralph Yarrow, LDC, UEA; Daniel
Rycroft India Dialogue, UEA; Sayantan Dasgupta, CENTIL and Comparative
Literature, Jadavpur University; and other scholars.

Queries and copy of application can be sent to
knowingindia_asr@jadavpuruniversity.in

Payments made from India:
https://www.onlinesbi.sbi/sbicollect/icollecthome.htm?saralID=-983154366

The registration has to be completed through the form here -https://forms.gle/v6esTmpEeDSTBA23A Following are the steps of registering to the course.  1. Make the payment through the SBI link provided in the notice. 2. Fill up the application form attached to email. 3. Submit the transaction ID and the scanned copy of the application form through the google form. 

Applicants from UEA please contact Professor Daniel Rycroft
Other international applicants may email to us at the designated mail ID to
know the swift code for bank transfer and send us the details once the transfer
has been done.