Faculty Development Programme on Translation as Dialogue: Creative License, Crossover and Current Developments

 🌍 Faculty Development Programme (FDP) 2025🌍

Theme: Translation as Dialogue: Creative License, Crossover and Current Developments

📅 16th – 22nd September 2025

🖥️ Hybrid Mode

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

✨ This FDP seeks to engage with the dynamic practices of translation as a dialogic act—one that negotiates creative license, cultural crossover, and evolving theoretical developments.

🎓 Who Can Apply?

* Faculty members across disciplines

* Senior Research Scholars with experience and expertise in translation and related fields (SOP submission required)

📑 Important Dates:

* Last Date for SoP Submission: 2nd September 2025

* Declaration of Selected Candidates: 4th September 2025

* Last Date for Registration & Payment: 10th September 2025

📖 Keynote & Resource Persons Include:

* V. Ramaswamy– Translator of marginal voices

* Prof. D. Venkat Rao– EFLU, Hyderabad

* Avishek Rath – Translator, Independent Researcher

* Ms. Clémentine Bertschy Mandal– Alliance Française du Bengale

* Mr. Trinanjan Chakraborty– French Translator, Alliance Française du Bengale

* Dr. Mrinmoy Pramanick– University of Calcutta; Sahitya Akademi Translation Prize Winner (2023)

* Dr. Anupam Basu – Former Faculty, Washington University, St. Louis

* Dr. Baran Farooqi – Professor (Retd.), Jamia Millia Islamia

* Mr. Biplab Nayak – Independent Scholar & Filmmaker

* Dr. Ayan Chatterjee – Maharaja Sris Chandra College

* Mr. Ram Prasad Gain – T H K Jain College

* Dr. Ritam Mukhopadhyay– Presidency University

📝 Selection Process:

Candidates must submit a Statement of Purpose (max 500 words) including:

* Reasons for attending

* Relevant expertise in translation

* Details of published/ongoing work

📌 Deadline:

 31st August 2025 (Early submission encouraged. Late applications will not be considered.)

📧 Submit SoP to: iiestfdpontranslation@gmail.com

📞 Contact Persons:

* Ms. Sampriti Bhattacharyya: +91 70634 10515

* Ms. Mallika Bala: +91 62979 79152

* Mr. Russel Khan: +91 95936 96945

* Mr. Sanjay Paira: +91 96148 31945

 Coordinator: Dr. Mallika Ghosh Sarbadhikary, Associate Professor, Dept. of HSS, IIEST Shibpur

Joint-Coordinators: Dr. Madhumita Roy & Dr. Shashwati Banerjee, Assistant Professors, Dept. of HSS, IIEST Shibpur

🔗 Join us in reimagining translation as a transformative dialogue across languages, disciplines, and cultures!

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