Faculty Profile


Dr. Chandra Chatterjee
Designation Associate Professor
Address
Phone No. (Residence) 41787047
Mobile Number
E-mail cchatterjee@ms.du.ac.in
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Educational Qualifications
Degree University Year
Post Doc University of Antwerp, Belgium 2000
Ph.D. IIT, Delhi 1984
M.A. University of Delhi 1979
B.A. University of Delhi 1977
Career Profile
Designation Institution University Duration
Associate Professor Mata Sundri College for Women University of Delhi 1987 - 2021
Assistant Professor Mata Sundri College for Women Univeristy of Delhi 1984 - 1987
Administrative Assignments Held
Role Performed Institution Duration Responsibility
Member, Steering Committee Academic Committee, MS College 2018 - 2018 Organising inter disciplinary lectures in the College
Teacher in Charge Mata Sundri College for Women 2014 - 2016 Was heading the English Department
Dy. Superitendent, Examinations Mata Sundri College for Women 2013 - 2014 Holding examinations
Staff Council Secretary Mata Sundri College 2012 - 2014 Coordinating Staff Council meetings
Head Examiner, Post Colonial literature University of Delhi 2002 - 2012 Paper setting and coordinating evaluation
Teacher in Charge Mata Sundri College for Women 1994 - 1996 Was teacher in charge of English Department
Academic Focus
  • Post Colonial Literature, Modern European Drama
Subjects Taught
  • Post Colonial Literature, Modern European Drama, Contemporary British Literature, Shakespeare and his contemporaries, Milton and metaphysical poetry, core English A, B &C, Generic Elective - all papers, AECC and SEC
Publications Profile
Books Authored
  • Dr. Chandra Chatterjee .( 2008 ). Surviving Colonialism 2nd Edition . ISBN: 81-7487-587-5 . Radha Publications, Delhi .
  • Dr. Chandra Chatterjee .( 2000 ). Surviving Colonialism . ISBN: 90-9013933-8 . University of Antwerp, Belgium .
  • Dr. Chandra Chatterjee .( 1996 ). The World Within - A Study of Novels in English by Indian Women 1950-1980 . ISBN: 81-7487-072-5 . Radha Publications, Delhi .
Research Papers in National Journals
  • .( 2008 ). A Post Colonial REading of Anita Desai's Journey to Ithaca and Fasting Feasting . Anita Desai: Critical Perspectives, Pencraft, Delhi . ISBN: 81-85753-90-3 . Pgs. .
  • .( 2003 ). The Process of Re-Location in An Area of Darkness . V S Naipaul: An Anthology of Recent Criticism, Pencraft, Delhi . ISBN: 81-85753-54-7 . Pgs. .
  • .( 2002 ). Not Beyond Loving: A Re-Vision of the Lesbian Principle in The Color Purple . The Color Purple, Asia Book Club, Delhi . ISBN: 81-7851-007-3 . Pgs. .
Research Papers in Inter-National Journals
  • .( 2001 ). The Unfettered Vacuum - A Post Colonial Reading . Convergences and Interferences, Rodopi, Amsterdam & NY . ISBN: 90-420-1538-1 . Pgs. .
  • .( 2000 ). The Pressures of a Cosmetic Setting . University of Liege Seminar, published as Proceedings . ISBN: . Pgs. .
Research Projects (Major Grants/Research Collaboration)
  • Post Colonial Literature; Fellowship from University of Antwerp, Belgium. During this research I also taught post colonial writing to under graduate students of University of Antwerp, Belgium 1998-2000
Awards and Distinctions
  • Distinguished Teacher Award, University of Delhi 2009
Other Activities
  • International mention: Research Innovator, International Multidisciplinary Research Journal, Vol I, Issue III, June, 2014 ISSN: 23487674
  • Before 2000: Eleven Research papers and Review articles published in journals in India between 1981-1996
  • Mention: R K Narayan's Ultimate Realism: India's Spiritual Rebirth in the English Teacher by Nancy Ann Watanabe in A Talent for the Particular, Ed. Raymond-Jean Frontain, Basudev Chakraborti, Worldview, Delhi, 2012 ISBN: 9788192065168
  • Guided students under the departmental research project 2020-21: Visual and Popular Imaginaries of Womanhood across the World; certificates issued by Mata Sundri College.