Affiliation

Linguistic Research Unit
Indian Statistical Institute
203, Barrackpore Trunk Road
Baranagar, Kolkata – 700108, West Bengal, India

Mobile: + 91 - 8013352729
Email: to.avisek@gmail.com

Education

  • In 2008, Passed Post-graduation (MA) in Linguistics from the University Of Calcutta, Kolkata with, 1st Class (ranked 3rd in the year).
  • In 2006, Passed Graduation (BA) from the University of Calcutta, Kolkata in English Literature.

Technical Skills

  • Basic Computer Skills: Dos, Windows, Internet, Office XP etc.

Soft Skills

  • Being suave, gentle, negotiable.

Work Experience

  • Indian Statistical Institute
    2011
    Working as a senior linguist at the Linguistic Research Unit, ISI, Kolkata        

  • Manipal University
    2010-1011
    Have been appointed as the external examiner of Linguistics for BASLP and the internal examiner of the same for MASLP.

  • Kasturba Medical College                                                                              2010-2011
    Have been delivering guest lectures on Linguistics

  • National Translation Mission &
    Central Institute of Indian Languages (CIIL), Mysore, India
    2009-2011
    Organised workshops and orientation programmes in Urdu, Bengali etc.
    Have been working on the linguistic and cultural documentation of Sikkim.
    Have worked as an assistant editor to Longman CIIL English English Bangla Basic Dictionary.
    Working with the Web and Media Team of National Translation Mission.

  •  Kolkata TV  
    2008 - 2009
    Worked as an assistant producer in the programming department.

  • Saturday Times 
    2008
    Contributed as an art reviewer.

  • Ekdin
    2006 - 2007
    Worked as an art reviewer and as a journalist working for the district and later the metro.

  • Translated two books for SAHITYAM, a bengali publishing house (Bangla to English)

Publications

  • Niladri Shekhar Dash, Payel Dutta Choudhuri, Abhisek Sarkar (2009).  Naturalisation of English Words in Modern Bangla. Language Forum Vol. 35, Jul- Dec 2009.
  • Ajax Syndrome: A Journalist’s Tragedy (Communicated)
  • Power & Justice: Albert Camus in an anti semitic world (under preparation)

Seminars and Conferences

  • Durga Puja : The Discourse of Contradiction (2010). Presented at International Conference of South Asian Languages. Attended International Workshop on Cognitive Linguistics.
  • ISI Kolkata.
  • A few Conferences organized by CIIL and National Translation Mission.
  • Workshops Organized at Delhi, Kolkata, Bangalore.