Jaydeep Sarangi

Dr Jaydeep Sarangi (born 11 December 1973) is a poet-academic, bilingual Indian English writer, the author of twenty one books on postcolonial issues, Indian writing in English, Australian literature and linguistics and ELT.
He teaches at the Dept . of English, Jogesh Chandra Chaudhuri College (Calcutta University) previously, he was the Head of the department of English, Seva Bharati Mahavidyalaya (Vidyasagar University), Kapgari, Paschim Medinipur, W. B. (India).
Personal life
He was born in Jhargram, West Bengal, India. His father, Manmathanath Saarangi: was a teacher of Mathematics in a reputed School and his mother, Indumoti Sarangi, an house-wife with literary potentiality. He lives with his family in the small, forest-enclosed town of Jhargram in West Bengal.His wife, Sutapa Sarangi, works as the teacher of English in a school near Jhargram. Titas Sarangi (born 2002): is his only daughter. The literary journal of creative writings edited by Sarangi is named after her.
Professional work
Publications
His doctoral thesis Indian Novels in English: A Sociolingustic Study (pub. 2005) has been published as a book, and favorably reviewed as a welcome contribution to post-colonial studies. He has published numerous papers in journals , including Across Cover, Atlantic Literary Review,Glimpses (Ontario, Canada), Litcritt, The Commonwealth Review, Contemporary Vibes,Labyrinth 'Muse India'and 'Summer Hill, and also in academic journals including, Revista de Lenguas para Fines Especificos (Spain).
Published books
Some important books by Sarangi are as below:
* Indian Novel in English: A Sociolinguistic Study i. Published by Prakash Book Depot, Bara Bazar, Bareilly 243003. Rs 175/-- pp154
:“However, Sarangi deserves appreciation for appending a very lengthy and highly useful bibliography to the text under review. This, in it self, is a glowing testimony to the quality of work offered as a labor of love to the seekers of knowledge. In fact, this is a very valuable referential text and an eminently enjoyable book providing a new dimension in the evaluation of Indian Novel in English”. …
* The Indian Imagination Of Jayanta Mahapatra (2006)
* Raja Rao The Master & His Moves (2007)
* Indian Legendary Writers In English (2009)
* Australian Literature: Identity Rep.& Belonging (2007)
* The Voice Of India (2009)
* Presentation of Postcolonialism: New Orientations
* Basavaraj Naikar: Trends and Techniques
* Glorious Trends: Indian Writings, Films, and Translations (2009)
*Exploration in Indian English Poetry (edited) Authorspress, New Delhi.
*A Great Orissan Pilgrim: A Study of Niranjan Mohanty's Works, Sarup and Sons, New Delhi, 2009.
Editorships
He edits two research journals, including the Seva Bharati Journal of English Studies (a refereed journal) and is on the editorial board of Cavalcade (Nigeria), Pegasus (Agra), The Okigbo Review (Nigeria), Unheared Melody (Chapra), Parnassus (RaeBarelly) Prosopisia (Ajmer), Mascarapoetry (Australia), 'Labyrinth'(Gwalior)Indian Journal of World Literature and Culture (Bhubaneswar), IJPCL (Kerala), Scholastic International Journal of Language and Literature (Chennai) and Reflections (Tezu); he is also the editorial advisor of Book Enclave,a publishing house in Jaipur,Rajasthan(India).
He has served as one of the executive (regional) members of the Indian Associations for Commonwealth Literature and Language Studies for two terms. He is awarded with Associateship (UGC), IIAS, Shimla (H.P., India), 2006. He has been attached with different universities as resource person or guest faculty, and is on the executive advisory board of the IASA West Bengal Chapter) . He has also chaired plenary and academic sessions in national and international seminars. He has adjudicated PhD and MPhil dissertations/theses from several universities in India. He reviews literature regularly for various Indian /foreign journals. He has been awarded with “Sahitya Gaurav 2009” by Home of Letters (Bhubaneswar).
His own poems and translations have appeared in Poet, Bizz-buzz, Art and Poetry Today, The Asian Age, Replica, Reflections, Indian Literature and Okigbo Review.
Interviews
He has Interviewed some of India’s leading India English writers like Jayanta Mahapatra, Niranjan Mohanty, Sarojini Sahoo, Bibhu Padhi, Manohar Mouli Biswas, Meena Kandasamy, Stephen Gill, Shanta Acharya,Christopher Rollason , Tabish Khair, Sunny Singh, Priya Hosali, Basavaraj Naikar, and many other distinguished authors from India and abroad. He has also interviewed Geoff Page, a leading Australian poet.Recently his interview with Subil Sharma has come out in a leading on-line journal from USA, Stories Archive, At present he is involved with interview with Bill Ashcroft.
Sarangi has been interviewed by T Sai Chandra Mouli which has come out in a book edited by G S Ghanshyam and T Sai Chandar Mouli.
Another interview with Sarangi has come out in Pegasus (Agra) by Sudhir K Arora.
Memberships
He is a member of following academic bodies:
* Executive Member, IACLALS (the Indian Branch Of ACLALS) for two terms
* Life Member, Indian Association For Study Of Australia (IASA)
* Life Member, Linguistic Society Of India (LSI)
* In The Advisory Committee For The IASA, Eastern Region
* Life Member, All Indian English Teachers’ Association
Awards
* Awarded with Associateship (UGC), IIAS, Shimla (H.P., India), 2006.
* The Lifetime Achievement Award (2009) by International Poets Academy, Chennai.
* “Sahitya Gaurav-2009” awarded by Home of Letters, Bhubaneswar (India)
* "Best Teacher Award" by the Teachers' Council,seva Bharati Mahavidyalaya 2009.

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