Bidyut Chakrabarty

The Importance of Not Being Earnest (eBook, ePUB)

A Memoir

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This biographical memoir provides an analytical narrative of the life and works of an educator and academician who draws profound influence from the socio-economic background he grew up in and the life he led as one of the leading academic administrators in India.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Peter Lang Ltd, International Academic Publishers
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. August 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781803746272
• Artikelnr.: 72270965

Autorenporträt

Professor Bidyut Chakrabarty taught for more than three decades in the Department of Political Science, University of Delhi. He later served and retired as the Vice-Chancellor of Visva Bharati from 2018-2023. He completed his PhD from London School of Economics and has several prestigious publications to his credit.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Decoding the past - Unknown in the known terrain: The life of an ordinary Indian - Unfolding of a life in the hurly burly world of Calcutta - Leaving for an unknown shore - Employment: A battle against the hydra- headed enemies - Delhi University: A world within a world - US Sojourn: Awaiting surprises - Visva- Bharati: Citadel of unexpected bombshells - Is Mr. Non- Earnest unique, or is he one of many?.