Art-historian Rajasri Mukhopadhyay, is a Research Fellow at The Asiatic Society, Kolkata and a Guest Lecturer in the University of Calcutta. She has been a resource person for various institutes and organisations like Ministry of Tourism, Government of India, State Museum, Bhubaneswar , Jatin Das Centre for Arts and ‘Peaceworks’. She is the Associate Director…
Brother Brendan McCarthaigh is the founder of Students Empowerment, Rights and Vision through Education (SERVE) Brother Brendan arrived in Calcutta in 1960 and since then has made India his home and the reform of the Indian educational system his crusade.
Sister Cyril Mooney – Principal Loreto Day School, Sealdah. Sr. Cyril first came to India in 1956 to teach in the elite, English language Loreto schools begun during colonial days. Over the years Sr. Cyril has transformed the lives of thousands of children across the city of Calcutta. In recognition of her work, Sr. Cyril…
Shefali Moitra taught at Jadavpur University from 1979 to 2008 in the capacity of Professor of Philosophy J.U., Director School of Women’s Studies J.U. and Coordinator Centre for Counselling Services and Studies in Self-Development J.U. Shefali Moitra opened the discussion with summarizing points discussed in the previous meet and her views on the same. After…
Kavita Panjabi teaches Comparative Literature and Women’s Studies at Jadavpur University. She received her Ph.D degree in Comparative Literature from Cornell University, and has been a recipient of the Mellon Fellowship, USA; the Sephis Post-doctoral Fellowship, the Netherlands; and the South Asia Writing Fellowship of the Social Science Research Council, New York. She was part…
