Kalādarśana

Suniti Kumar Chatterjee Memorial Lecture

suniti_kumar_chatterjeeProf. Suniti Kumar Chatterjee (1890-1977) a philologist of international repute and a litterateur of very high order, studied and researched in Indo-European Linguistics, Origin and Development of Bengali Language, Slav and Austro-Asian linguistics in London University, UK and Sorbonne University in France. he obtained the degree of D. Litt. of the London University. He knew at least three dozens of languages, ancient and modern, Indian and foreign. Besides his eminence as a linguist, he was a specialist of Bengali Literature, tribal culture of Indian, art and culture of Asia. A prolific writer in English, Bengali and Hindi, some of his well known works are: origin and Development of Bengali language (in English), Bangla Bhashatattver Bhumika (in Bengali), Bharat Sanskriti Kirata Janakriti and Aryabhasa aur Hindi (in Hindi). He accompanies Rabindranath Tagore to the Far Eastern countries and recorded his experiences of the great cultural heritage of the area in his delightful work in BengaliDvipamay Bharat.

Prof. Chatterjee also held many important positions. he became the National professor in 1964. He was appointed Chairman of the Sanskrit Commission, constituted by the Government of India in 1956. In that capacity he compiled a Report which is both a literature and a history. He was also the President of the Bangiya Sahitya Parishad, Calcutta during 1961 and the President of the Sahitya Akademi, 1968-1972. Prof. Chatterjee was legend of his time because of his encyclopedic knowledge, a photographic memory and avid curiosity about human civilization.

The Memorial Lecture has been introduced in honour of this eminent philologist and connoisseur of art.

Date/Time Event
27/08/2020
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm 		10th Prof Suniti Kumar Chatterjee Memorial Lecture

Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts Kalanidhi Division cordially invites you to – 10th Prof. Suniti Kumar Chatterjee Memorial Lecture Instituted in honor of the great Indian philologist

Topic: Fate and Fortune of Indian Languages: Language, Language Policy and Education
Keynote Speaker – Prof. Kapil Kapoor, Chairman, Indian Institute of Advanced Studies, Shimla

Chairperson – Shri Ram Bahadur Rai, President, IGNCA Trust
Welcome Address – Dr. Sachchidanand Joshi, Member Secretary, IGNCA
Program Moderator – Dr. Sudhir Lall, Officiating HoD, Kalakosa Division, IGNCA

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.
16/11/2015
3:00 pm 		Memorial Lecture – Suniti Kumar Chatterjee

by Prof. Probal Dasgupta. Chairperson Prof. Indra Nath Chaudhuri


Venue:  Lecture Room, Kalanidhi Building, 11, Mansingh Road, New Delhi
10/03/2015
4:30 pm 		Public Lecture on Prof. Suniti Kumar Chatterjee’s work & his monumental collection in the IGNCA by Prof. Sugata Bose.

Contact No. : 23388333
Speaker:
by Prof. Sugata Bose
Prof. Sugata Bose, Gardiner Professor of History at Harvard University, USA , is speaking on Prof. Suniti Kumar Chatterjee’s work and his monumental collection in the IGNCA. Prof. Suniti Kumar Chatterjee had been a multidisciplinary scholar, philologist, a connoisseur of art and a confluence of world culture. Prof. Bose has studied at Presidency , Kolkata and Cambridge and then taught and worked in the United States since the mid 1980s. He is also a Member of India’s Parliament from the Jadavpur Constituency in West Bengal


Venue:  Auditorium, IGNCA, C V Mess, Janpath, New Delhi
23/09/2013
All Day 		Modes of Address and Reference in Sanskrit Drama and Dramaturgy: A Sociolinguistic Perspective

Speaker:
Prof. C. Rajendran, Sr. Professor, Calicut University, Kerala


Venue:  IGNCA, New Delhi
01/01/2011
All Day 		Medieval Indian Legacy
  1. Medieval Indian Legacy
  2. LInguistic and Literary

Speaker:
Indra Nath Choudhuri


Venue:  IGNCA, New Delhi
01/01/2008
All Day 		Suniti Kumar : In Search of Metaphor
  1. Suniti Kumar : In Search of Metaphor
  2. Suniti-Satakam: On Policy, Perspectives and Pluralism

Speaker:
Uday Narayan Singh


Venue:  IGNCA, New Delhi
01/01/2002
All Day 		The Concept of Language : Culture and Loka in Indian Tradition and their Interrelationship
  1. The Concept of Language : Culture and Loka in Indian Tradition and their Interrelationship
  2. Bhasa and Sanskriti as Processes and Loka as Process

Speaker:
Vidya Niwas Mishra


Venue:  IGNCA, New Delhi
01/01/1998
All Day 		Indo European Linguistics
  1. Indo European Linguistics
  2. Origin and Development of the Linguistic Thoughts and Ideas of the Indo-European People

Speaker:
S. R. Banerjee


Venue:  IGNCA, New Delhi
01/01/1996
All Day 		Origin and Development : A Critique of Origin and Development of Bengali Language
  1. Origin and Development : A Critique of Origin and Development of Bengali Language
  2. Comparative Reconstruction in Linguistics

Speaker:
Debi Prasanna Pattanayak


Venue:  IGNCA, New Delhi
02/01/1994 - 01/03/1994
All Day 		Perception of Language and Linguistics
  1. Perception of Language and Linguistics
  2. A Socio-Linguistic view of Multilingualism in India

source:  Vol. I No. 2 January – March 1994(IGNCA News Letter Vihangama )

Speaker:
S. K. Verma


Venue:  IGNCA, New Delhi