Celebration Time at the Department of English

Schedule Event Date: 30th December 2022

It’s time for celebration at the Department of English.

The Department of English is delighted to share the news that 𝗔𝗯𝗵𝗶𝗷𝗶𝘁 𝗕𝗵𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝘆𝘆𝗮 and Md. 𝗞𝗮𝘀𝗶𝗿 𝗔𝗹𝗶 have received the highly prestigious award from Association for Asian Studies (AAS) entitled 𝘊𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘏𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘚𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘚𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 (𝘊𝘏𝘚𝘚) 𝘓𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘚𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘛𝘦𝘳𝘮 𝘙𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩 𝘎𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘵 for their proposed projects. The award is the first of its kind to open non-US students to participate in a non-level playing field of grants, which are mostly directed at US and EU students.

Abhijit is currently pursuing his PhD at the Department of English, WBSU. and Kasir has completed his Masters from the Department in 2022.

It is a moment of great pride for the entire department as they competed with many applicants from 17 countries all over the world. It is important to note that the acceptance rate was less than 1% this year. There is a possibility that the awardees will be able to mentor next year’s applicants too.

The Department of English, WBSU, is especially grateful to the Visiting Fulbright Nehru Fellow, Dr. Abhijeet Paul ( UC, Berkeley). who has been instrumental in guiding and supporting Abhijt and Kasir. We thank him wholeheartedly for his consistent and generous support.