Prof supriya choudhury biography
- Supriya Chaudhuri (Bengali: সুপ্রিয়া চৌধুরী; born 1953) is an Indian scholar of English literature.
- Supriya Chaudhuri is Professor of English (Emerita) at Jadavpur University, Kolkata,.
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Professor Supriya Chaudhuri
Supriya Chaudhuri is Professor Emerita in the Department of English, Jadavpur University, India, and has been Head of Department, Co-ordinator, Centre of Advanced Study, and Director, School of Languages and Linguistics. She was educated at Presidency College, Calcutta, and the University of Oxford, graduating with First Class Honours in English in 1975 and gaining a DPhil in Renaissance English literature in 1981.
She has held visiting appointments at the University of Cambridge and the University of Paris-Sorbonne, and lectured at many universities in India and abroad. Her areas of scholarly interest are Renaissance studies, philosophy and critical theory, Indian cultural history, urban studies, sport, travel, translation and modernism.
Recent publications include Commodities and Culture in the Colonial World (co-edited, Routledge, 2018); Reconsidering English Studies in Indian Higher Education (Routledge, 2015); Sport, Literature, Society: Cultural Historical Studies(co-edited, Routledge, 2013); Petrarch: The Self and The World (co-edite
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Supriya Devi
Indian actress (1933–2018)
Supriya Devi (Supriya Choudhury; 8 January 1933 – 26 January 2018) was an Indian actress who is known for her work in Bengali cinema for more than 50 years.[1] She is best known for her portrayal of Neeta in Ritwik Ghatak's Bengali film Megha Dhaka Tara (1960).[2][3][4] She was conferred the Filmfare Award and the BFJA Award twice. In 2011, she received the Banga-Vibhushan, the highest civilian honour in West Bengal.[5] In 2014, she was awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of India, the fourth highest civilian award in India, for her contributions to the entertainment industry.[6]
She made her debut in Uttam Kumar starrer Basu Paribar (1952) under the direction of Nirmal Dey and successively appeared in Prarthana (1952) directed by Pranab Ray.[2] However, IMDb lists 1951 Hindi film Shokhiyan as her first film. She, then took a hiatus and returned to filmdom in Marmabani (1958) under Sushil Majumdar's direction.[2] She rose to prominence after
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Prof. Supriya RoyChowdhury
Democracy and Debates: Urban Poor Housing Movements in India
December 2021 – May 2022
Research Description:
This project locates itself at the intersection of two strands of thinking on democracy: one, the relationship between democracy and truth, and second, the role of social movements in democracies. I try to connect the two, by looking at the discourses and practices of a pan Indian slum dwellers movement, (housing and land). An Alliance constituting three groups –the National Slum Dwellers Federation, Mahila Milan, and SPARC — functions mainly in Mumbai but spread across India, has been functioning since the mid 1970s. The study will construct a history of the movement, tracing the discursive practices of the Alliance over time, its concepts, strategies and selected projects.
The hegemonic term used by the movement to describe the urban poor, is “community”, and the predominant strategy deployed is to create networks across slums, using a range of NGOs, to raise awareness, create solidarities and enable slum dwellers
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