Faculty Development Programme

Translation as Dialogue: Creative License, Crossover and Current Developments

Organized by
Department of Humanities and Social Sciences
Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology (IIEST), Shibpur

Important Dates

• Faculty Development Programme:
  16th - 22nd September 2025
• Last Date for Submission of Statement of Purpose:
  5th September 2025
• Declaration of Selected Candidates:
  8th September,2025
• Last Date for Registration & Payment:
  10th September 2025 

This week-long FDP is designed to engage with the dynamic practices of translation as a dialogic act—one that negotiates creative license, cultural crossover, and evolving theoretical developments. It promises to be one of the widest multilingual forums on translation, featuring resource persons ranging from Sahitya Akademi award-winning translators to English, French, Urdu, and Bangla language experts, along with eminent scholars and practitioners.   Who Can Apply? 1. Faculty members across disciplines  2. Research Scholars affiliated with any institute, as well as independent research scholars with relevant expertise and interests in translation (SoP submission required)    Participation Fees: Faculty: ₹5,000 (Offline) | ₹3,000 (Online) Research Scholars/Independent Researchers: ₹3,000 (Offline) | ₹2,000 (Online)    How to Apply:  Interested candidates are required to submit a Statement of Purpose (max 500 words) outlining: Motivation for attending the FDP Relevant expertise in translation Details of any published or ongoing work (if any)   Submit SoP to: [iiestfdpontranslation@gmail.com] 

Keynote & Resource Persons:

• V Ramaswamy

Literary and non-fiction translator of voices from the margins

• Prof. D. Venkat Rao

Professor of English Literature, English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad

• Avishek Rath

Programme Officer at Sahitya Akademi

• Ms. Clémentine Bertschy Mandal

Course Director, Alliance Française du Bengale; Freelance Hindi–French Translator

• Mr. Trinanjan Chakraborty

Translator; French Language Instructor, Alliance Française du Bengale

• Dr. Mrinmoy Pramanick

Assistant Professor, Department of Comparative Indian Language and Literature, University of Calcutta; Sahitya Akademi Translation Prize Winner (2023)

• Dr. Anupam Basu

Former faculty at Washington University at St. Louis

• Prof. Baran Fraooqi

Prof (Retd.) Jamilia Milia Islamia

• Mr. biplab nayak

Independent scholar ad film maker

• Dr. Ayan Chatterjee

Asst. Prof. Maharaja Sris Chandra College

• Ram Prasad Gain

Head, Department of Film Studies, T H K Jain College

• Dr. Ritam Mukhopadhyay

Asst. Prof., Presidency University

  For Queries, Contact: Ms. Sampriti Bhattacharyya: +91 70634 10515 Ms. Mallika Bala: +91 62979 79152 Mr. Russel Khan: +91 95936 96945 Mr. Sanjay Paira: +91 96148 31945