Janardan Chakravarti
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Professor Janardan Chakravarti retired from the West Bengal Senior Education Service in 1955 from Presidency College. Later on he became the Head of the Department of Bengali
in Burdwan University
. He was a celebrated Professor of Bengali. He was also associated with the Post Graduate Department of C. U.
in the capacity of a Part time
Lecturer. He served two institutions namely Muralidhar Girls’ College and Maharani Kashishwari College in Kolkata
as Principal.His specialization was Vaishnava literature and the Bengali poet Madhushudan Dutta . He wrote three books.One is on Vaishnava theology and literature.The book is entitled as Sri Radha Tatwa and Sri Chaitanya Sanskriti.It was delivered as Kamala Lecture in 1972 under the auspices of the Calcutta University
.He wrote another book of Reminisance “Smriti Bhare” in Bengali.
In Asiatic Society
he delivered Biman Bihari Lecture. The lecture was published in the form of a book named Bengal Vaishnavism and Sri Chaitanya.
Bengali language
Bengali or Bangla is an eastern Indo-Aryan language. It is native to the region of eastern South Asia known as Bengal, which comprises present day Bangladesh, the Indian state of West Bengal, and parts of the Indian states of Tripura and Assam. It is written with the Bengali script...
in Burdwan University
The University of Burdwan
The University of Burdwan is a public university located in Bardhaman, West Bengal, India...
. He was a celebrated Professor of Bengali. He was also associated with the Post Graduate Department of C. U.
University of Calcutta
The University of Calcutta is a public university located in the city of Kolkata , India, founded on 24 January 1857...
in the capacity of a Part time
Part time
A part-time job is a form of employment that carries fewer hours per week than a full-time job. Workers are considered to be part time if they commonly work fewer than 30 or 35 hours per week...
Lecturer. He served two institutions namely Muralidhar Girls’ College and Maharani Kashishwari College in Kolkata
Kolkata
Kolkata , formerly known as Calcutta, is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. Located on the east bank of the Hooghly River, it was the commercial capital of East India...
as Principal.His specialization was Vaishnava literature and the Bengali poet Madhushudan Dutta . He wrote three books.One is on Vaishnava theology and literature.The book is entitled as Sri Radha Tatwa and Sri Chaitanya Sanskriti.It was delivered as Kamala Lecture in 1972 under the auspices of the Calcutta University
University of Calcutta
The University of Calcutta is a public university located in the city of Kolkata , India, founded on 24 January 1857...
.He wrote another book of Reminisance “Smriti Bhare” in Bengali.
In Asiatic Society
Asiatic Society
The Asiatic Society was founded by Sir William Jones on January 15, 1784 in a meeting presided over by Sir Robert Chambers, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court at the Fort William in Calcutta, then capital of the British Raj, to enhance and further the cause of Oriental research. At the time of...
he delivered Biman Bihari Lecture. The lecture was published in the form of a book named Bengal Vaishnavism and Sri Chaitanya.