Curriculum Vitae of Akhar Bandyopadhyay

Personal Information

• Name: Akhar Bandyopadhyay
• Sex: Male
• Mother’s Name: Rupa Sanyal Bandyopadhyay
• Father’s Name: Debaprasad Bandyopadhyay
• Residential Address: Anekanta, 23/1, Joy Narayan Banerji Lane, Baranagar, Kolkata- 700036
• Phone: +917044269477/+918697105707
• E-mail: akhar2001@gmail.com
• Websites:
• Academia.edu⤡
• Researchgate⤡
• Linkedin⤡
• WordPress⤡
• Youtube⤡
• Facebook⤡
• Languages Known: English (Full Professional Proficiency), Bangla (Full Professional Proficiency), Hindi (Limited Working Proficiency), Sanskrit (Limited Working Proficiency)

About

Akhar Bandyopadhyay was a deschooled/unschooled/homeschooled student. After finishing his undergraduate Degree in Philosophy from the University of Calcutta, he is now pursuing his Masters in Philosophy from the Presidency University, Kolkata. He has published several research papers and articles (some of them were translated in Urdu and Portuguese). He has also attended international as well as national seminars and webinars, either as a speaker or a participant. As a non-partisan political and climate activist, he has also engaged himself in the Group Theatre and Little Magazine movements.

Educational Qualifications

DEGREE/CERTIFICATE	YEAR	INSTITUTION	BOARD/UNIVERSITY	SUBJECT(S)	% / CGPA	DIV
Secondary School Certificate	2017	ST. STEPHENS SCHOOL, DUMDUM	NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OPEN SCHOOLING (NIOS)	ENGLISH, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, MATHS, SOCIAL SCIENCE AND PSYCHOLOGY	74.4	I
Certificate in Permaculture/Natural Farming	2017	SMELL OF THE EARTH FARM, RUPPUR, BIRBHUM	NA	NATURAL FARMING/PERMACULTURE	NA	NA
Senior Secondary School Certificate	2019	NORTH POINT SENIOR SECONDARY BOARDING SCHOOL, BAGUIHATI	NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OPEN SCHOOLING (NIOS)	ENGLISH, SOCIOLOGY, ECONOMICS, PSYCHOLOGY, POLITICAL SCIENCE AND DATA ENTRY OPERATIONS	90.2	I
Introducing Philosophy of Religion	2020	NA	THE OPEN UNIVERSITY	PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION	NA	NA
David Hume	2020	NA	THE OPEN UNIVERSITY	HUMEAN PHILOSOPHY	NA	NA
DIPLOMA IN SOCIOLOGY	2020	OPENSTAX COLLEGE, IRELAND	ALISON	SOCIOLOGY	85	I
CERTIFICATE IN PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE	2020	COURSERA	PENNSYLVENIA UNIVERSITY	PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE	100	I
CERTIFICATE IN HOW TO UNDERSTAND ARGUMENTS		COURSERA	DUKE UNIVERSITY	WESTERN LOGIC	83.33	I
BACHELOR OF ARTS IN PHILOSOPHY (MAJOR)	2022	MAULANA AZAD COLLEGE, KOLKATA	UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA	PHILOSOPHY	CGPA: 8.770	I   RANK: I
CERTIFICATE IN PHILOSOPHY, SCIENCE AND RELIGION: PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGION	2022	COURSERA	UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH	PHILOSOPHY	100	I
CERTIFICATE IN ART OF THE MOOC: ACTIVISM AND SOCIAL MOVEMENTS	2022	COURSERA	DUKE UNIVERSITY	ART HISTORY, HISTORY OF SOCIAL MOVEMENTS, POLITICS	100	I

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Epistemology, Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Science, Philosophy of Religion, Social Philosophy, Political Philosophy, Psychoanalysis, Ethics, Sociology, Feminist Philosophy, Environmental Philosophy, Applied Ethics, Cartesianism, Spinozism, David Hume, Henry Louis Vivian Derozio, Bhagat Singh, Gandhi studies, Tagore studies, Buddhist Philosophy, Vedanta Philosophy, Philosophical Counselling

PUBLICATIONS

1. Papers
2. 2007. with Debaprasad Bandyopadhyay. “এও হয়: আঁকতে আঁকতে অক্ষর (Writing by Means of Drawing)”. Ed. Basu, P. manus Hoye oTha (Understanding Children’s World). Kolkata: Shrayan. (pp. 487-519) ⤡.
3. 2015. STRUCTURAL AND APPLIED LINGUISTICS (SPbSU): LIST OF PUBLICATIONS ● СТРУКТУРНАЯ И ПРИКЛАДНАЯ ЛИНГВИСТИКА (СПбГУ): СПИСОК ПУБЛИКАЦИЙ ● গ্রন্থনবাদী আর ফলিত ভাষাতত্ত্ব: প্রকাশন তালিকা. With LA ACADEMIA DE LA FLUIDEZ Y ELOCUENCIA (EST. 1738), LA FILOLÓGICA POR LA CAUSA (EST. 1738) STRUCTURAL AND APPLIED LINGUISTICS (SPBU), СТРУКТУРНАЯ И ПРИКЛАДНАЯ ЛИНГВИСТИКА (СПбГУ), LA CASA EDITORIAL Σίγμα (EST. 1951), АЛЕКСАНДР СЕРГЕЕВИЧ ГЕРД ALEXANDER SERGEEVICH HEARD, Avishek Ray, Debaprasad Bandyopadhyay, Sergey Chebanov. Published in ACTA FILOLÓGICA POR LA CAUSA⤡. 
4. 2016. “Non-Linguistics of Silenceme: Lalon”. With Bhattacharyya, S., and Debaprasad Bandyopadhyay. Sahapedia⤡ ⤡. 
5. 2016. “রুশ বিপ্লবের কথা” [The narrative of the Russian Revolution]. Polimaati. Barasat Branch: West Bengal Democratic Writers and Artists’ Forum (pp 63-78) ⤡.
6. 2016. Bhagat Singh: Terrorist or Communist? Socialist Fight (Great Britain): Liaison Committee for the Fourth International⤡.
7. 2016. The Uniqueness Of Bhagat Singh. Socialist Fight (Great Britain): Liaison Committee for the Fourth International⤡.
8. 2016-17. ভগৎ–এর ভূত (The Spectre of Bhagat Singh): Parts I, II, III. Anyapatra⤡.
9. 2017. Class struggle in India: now and then. Socialist Fight (Great Britain): Liaison Committee for the Fourth International⤡.
10. 2017. POLYCULTURE: DEFEATING THE MODERN LAB STATE. With Bandyopadhyay, D⤡.
11. 2017. The Rise Of The “Right” In The Usa And India And The Necessity For Marxism. Socialist Fight (Great Britain): Liaison Committee for the Fourth International⤡.
12. 2017. রাধাগোবিন্দ চন্দ্র: মেঘে ঢাকা তারা (Radhagobinda Chandra: The Cloud Capped Star), Kishor Vigyani Saradiya Samkhya, Paschimbanga Vigyan Mancha⤡.
13. 2018. Bhagat Singh: The ‘Becoming’ Of A Socialist Revolutionary. Colloquial Haze, Kolkata. Republished by Socialist Fight (Great Britain): Liaison Committee for the Fourth International⤡.
14. 2018. Com. Bhagat Singh: Communal Riots And Class Struggle. Jabardakhal⤡.
15. 2018. India: Maharashtra Kisan Long March – A Turning Point. Published in English in Asian Marxist Review. Translated and Republished in Urdu⤡ in PAKISTAN TRADE UNION DEFENCE CAMPAIGN⤡.
16. 2018. Revolutionary Bhagat Singh: 87 years of martyrdom. Asian Marxist Review⤡.
17. 2018. The Question of the Dalits: a short analysis. Published in English by Socialist Fight (Great Britain): Liaison Committee for the Fourth International. Translated and Republished in Portuguese in “Frente Comunista dos Trabalhadores” (Brazil), trans. Humberto Rodrigues⤡.
18. 2019. বুদ্ধ কি জন্মান্তরবাদী ছিলেন? (Was the Buddha a proponent of Rebirth?), With Bandyopadhyay D. Ed. Chakraborty, P. K. “Interaction”. Nabadwip⤡.
19. 2019. স্পিনোজা কি না–ধার্মিক নিরীশ্বর? (Was Spinoza an atheist?). Ed. Chakraborty, P. K. “Interaction”. Nabadwip. (pp. 50 – 64) ⤡.
20. 2021. “UNIFORM VEGETARIAN FOOD CODE” FOR ALL THE “HINDUS”??? (DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.10348.90245). With Bandyopadhyay, D. Convergence to Praxis, Once in a Blue Moon Academia⤡.
21. 2021. CASTING THE CASTE: THE HINDUTVAVADINS’ HOMO HIERARCHICUS (DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.36119.29609). With Bandyopadhyay, D., and Rupa Bandyopadhyay. Convergence to Praxis, Once in a Blue Moon Academia⤡.
22. 2021. Crises, Subjectivity, Possibilities And Contemporary Spaces (DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.23221.40165). With Bandyopadhyay, D. Convergence to Praxis, Once in a Blue Moon Academia⤡.
23. 2021. IF ARTICLE 370 IS REVOKED, WHY NOT ARTICLE 371 OF THE INDIAN CONSTITUTION? With Bandyopadhyay, D., and Rupa Bandyopadhyay. Convergence to Praxis, Once in a Blue Moon Academia⤡.
24. 2021. Reflections On The Climate Emergency: Ecotaging For Distant Ecotopia (DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.12270.33602/1).  Convergence to Praxis, Once in a Blue Moon Academia⤡.
25. 2021. UNIFORM CIVIL CODE FOR THE HINDUS? REALLY SO? (DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.26274.15045). With Bandyopadhyay, D., and Rupa Bandyopadhyay. Convergence to Praxis, Once in a Blue Moon Academia⤡.
26. 2021. দার্শনিক কি এক বিলুপ্ত প্রজাতি? (Are Philosophers Endangered?). Ed. Chakraborty, P. K. “Interaction”. Nabadwip⤡.
27. February, 2021. Consequences Of Crony And Monopoly Capitalism In India: The Case Of Dhfl Scam (DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.25566.77125). With Bandyopadhyay, D. Convergence to Praxis, Once in a Blue Moon Academia⤡.
28. March, 2021. Confession Of A Victim Of Financial Abuses (DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.14834.22723). With Bandyopadhyay, D. Convergence to Praxis, Once in a Blue Moon Academia⤡.
29. April, 2021. The Milky Way: The Non Contradictory Contradictions Of The Hindus On The Holy Cow The Mother (Gomātā) (DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.11480.42240). With Bandyopadhyay, D., and Rupa Bandyopadhyay. Convergence to Praxis, Once in a Blue Moon Academia⤡.
30. July, 2021. Ramification Of Śrī Rāma Ramshackles Us: Our Ram-Desi-Vir? (DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.32547.99368). With Bandyopadhyay, D., and Rupa Bandyopadhyay. Convergence to Praxis, Once in a Blue Moon Academia⤡.
31. November, 2021. The Pandemic Pandemonium: The One With The Vaccine (DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.27870.77125). With Bandyopadhyay, D. Convergence to Praxis, Once in a Blue Moon Academia⤡.
32. 2022.Hindu Khatre Mein Hai: Who Is Responsible??? (DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.25780.99204/1) With Bandyopadhyay, D., and Rupa Bandyopadhyay. Convergence to Praxis, Once in a Blue Moon Academia⤡.
33. 2022. Legalizing Active Euthanasia in India. With Bandyopadhyay, D. Convergence to Praxis, Once in a Blue Moon Academia⤡.
34. July, 2022. The imagiNATION of an irredentist Akhaṇḍa Hindustāna (DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.30238.82244). With Bandyopadhyay, D., and Rupa Bandyopadhyay. Convergence to Praxis, Once in a Blue Moon Academia⤡.
35. August, 2022. Satyajit Ray: A Dissenter Subsumed By Religious Extremists? (DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.12770.20160). With Bandyopadhyay, D., and Rupa Bandyopadhyay. Convergence to Praxis, Once in a Blue Moon Academia⤡.
36. August, 2022. Satyajit Ray’s Ars Erotica At The Time Of Hindutva (DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.32332.69765). With Bandyopadhyay, D., and Rupa Bandyopadhyay. Convergence to Praxis, Once in a Blue Moon Academia⤡.
37. August, 2022. The Grand Funeral Feast Of The “Hindus”: Urging For The Uniform Civil Code (DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.18943.69286). With Bandyopadhyay, D., and Rupa Bandyopadhyay. Convergence to Praxis, Once in a Blue Moon Academia⤡.
38. August, 2022. The Ramakrishna-Vivekananda Tradition: Anti-‘Hindu’? (DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.12639.12967). With Bandyopadhyay, D., and Rupa Bandyopadhyay. Convergence to Praxis, Once in a Blue Moon Academia⤡.
39. September, 2022. Plutocracy Much? Tracing The Contemporary Crony Capitalist Regime In India: A CASE-STUDY OF THE DHFL SCAM (DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.16825.24161). Convergence to Praxis, Once in a Blue Moon Academia⤡.

• Translation Works
• 2013. Bengali Translation of Frank James Ryan (Jr)’s poem “গন্তব্য গোরস্থানঃ বন্ধুদের সঙ্গে দেখা করা” (A WALK TO THE CEMETERY TO VISIT SOME FRIENDS). Pranab K Chakraborty ed. Interaction. IX. (pp. 153-54) ISSN 2277-4335 ⤡.
• 2016. Bengali translation of a selected portion from Benedict de Spinoza’s treatise “Tractatus de Intellectus Emendatione”(1677) প্রতীতির উন্নতি প্রসঙ্গে, published in Interaction (Ed. Pranab Chakrabarty). ISSN 2277-4335⤡.

• Creative Writings
• 2013. নিসর্গ ভয়ংকর. With Debaprasad Bandyopadhyay. “Amra O Feluda” E-Pujabarshiki. (pp.89-98). Kolkata⤡.
• 2014. মহালয়ার ক্যাটাক্লিসেম. Published in “Amra O Feluda” E-Pujabarshiki (pp.136-140) Later Published in a satirical blog at Facebook “এবং – Bong” ⤡ ⤡.

Virtual/Audio-visual Presentations

• 2015. অপরাজিতা. Directed by Wide Angle Pictures. Associate Director: Niladri Sekhar Dassarma. D.O.P: Chandan Dutta Performers: Bonica Das, Akhar Bandyopadhyay Debaprasad Bandyopadhyay⤡.
• 2016. Theory of the Body in Baul Philosophy, Sahapedia. With Debaprasad Bandyopadhyay ⤡ ⤡.
• 2017. DE-SIGNING IMAGI-NATION. Convergence to Praxis, Once in a Blue Moon Academia⤡.
• 2017. INDOCTRINATING SAFFRON VIOLENCE (DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.22812.56965). With Debaprasad Bandyopadhyay. Convergence to Praxis, Once in a Blue Moon Academia⤡.
• 2017. O God, Thou Art To Be Examined! (তোমার পরীক্ষা ভগবান). With Debaprasad Bandyopadhyay. Convergence to Praxis, Once in a Blue Moon Academia⤡.
• 2017. SEARCHING FOR SYNCRETISM – I (DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.10649.08800). With Debaprasad Bandyopadhyay. Convergence to Praxis, Once in a Blue Moon Academia⤡.
• 2017. SEARCHING FOR SYNCRETISM – II (DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.17359.97447). With Debaprasad Bandyopadhyay. Convergence to Praxis, Once in a Blue Moon Academia⤡.
• 2017. THE END OF HUMANS. With Debaprasad Bandyopadhyay. Convergence to Praxis, Once in a Blue Moon Academia⤡.
• 2019. ভোটং দেহি (Begging Votes) (DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.12125.49129/1). With Debaprasad Bandyopadhyay. Convergence to Praxis, Once in a Blue Moon Academia⤡.
• 2019. Strange Destruction of Self: Hindus (DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.27426.30408). With Debaprasad Bandyopadhyay. Convergence to Praxis, Once in a Blue Moon Academia⤡.
• 2020. A Note on “এমনই এক পিঞ্জরে” (Tasso: In such a cage, sweet bird!) by Henry Louis Vivian Derozio. Convergence to Praxis, Once in a Blue Moon Academia ⤡.
• 2020. BORDERS, IDENTITY, LIES AND MY DOCILE BODY. With Debaprasad Bandyopadhyay. Convergence to Praxis, Once in a Blue Moon Academia ⤡.
• 2020. NPR-NRC-CAA-DPB: THE ANATOMO-BIO-POLITICAL INTERVENTION WITHIN THE ARCHIPELAGO. With Debaprasad Bandyopadhyay. Convergence to Praxis, Once in a Blue Moon Academia ⤡.
• 2021. THE ART OF RESISTANCE. With Debaprasad Bandyopadhyay. Convergence to Praxis, Once in a Blue Moon Academia ⤡.
• 2022. দেরিদার ভূত আর অধিবিদ্যার ছেরাদ্দ. With Debaprasad Bandyopadhyay. Convergence to Praxis, Once in a Blue Moon Academia ⤡.
• 2022. THE END OF DIALOGUE (সংলাপ খতম) (DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.24789.50407). With Debaprasad Bandyopadhyay. Convergence to Praxis, Once in a Blue Moon Academia ⤡.
• 2022. Playing with the Same Card (DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.33802.34247). With Debaprasad Bandyopadhyay. Convergence to Praxis, Once in a Blue Moon Academia ⤡.

SEMINARS

1. Paper presentations
2. September, 2017. Delivered a lecture on “Russian Revolution and contemporary world order” at a seminar on the “Centenary of the Russian Revolution”, organized by Mazdoor Mukti (নভেম্বর বিপ্লব শতবর্ষ উদযাপন উদ্যোগ) [Paper version of the lecture: Crises, Subjectivity, Possibilities And Contemporary Spaces (DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.23221.40165)].
3. March, 2018. Presented a paper entitled “Bhagat Singh: Ruptures and Philosophies” at the National Seminar on “Bhagat Singh and revolutionaries”, organized by the Delhi State Archives⤡. 
4. August, 2019. Presented a paper in a Poster-competition on Indian Philosophers’ Day on the topic of“চার্বাকভাষ্যঃ সুখাধ্যায়” (the Hedonism of the Carvakas) (DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.30819.30246), organized by the Maulana Azad College in joint coordination with the ICPR⤡.
5. December, 2019. Presented a paper on “অনেকান্তবাদ ও সমকালীন ভারতীয় দার্শনিক প্রেক্ষাপট” (Anekantavada and Contemporary Indian Philosophy) at a Students’ Seminar, organized by the Department of Philosophy, Maulana Azad College⤡.
6. April, 2022. Presented a paper entitled “আত্মহত্যাঃ বয়ানে, বিচারে, মননে” (“Suicide: text, inquiry and contemplation”) at a Students’ Seminar, organized by the Department of Philosophy, Maulana Azad College⤡.
7. September, 2022. Audio Presentation with commentary on H. L. V. Derozio’s “To India—My Native Land” (‘স্বদেশ আমার কিবা জ্যোতির্মন্ডলী’) on the occasion of the publication of the Bengali translation of Derozio’s “Fakeer of Jungheera: A Metrical Tale” (Trans. Sakti Sadhan Mukhopadhyay), organized by Aksharbritta Publications⤡.

• i. Participations: WEBINARS
• October, 2020. Participated in a One Day International Webinar on “Discourses of Development”, organized by the Department of Sociology, Maulana Azad College.
• June, 2021.  Participated in the 2^nd Elimination Round of “World Environment Day” Speech Competition, organized by the Maulana Azad College.
• July, 2021. Participated in a one-day seminar on “Yoga and Well Being”, organized by IQAC, Maulana Azad College.
• July, 2021. Participated in an International Webinar on “Aristotle’s Happy Polis”, organized by the Department of Philosophy, Maulana Azad College.

b) ii. Presentations: Webinars

• 2018. জলবায়ুর পরিবর্তন নিয়ে সংলাপ. With Debaprasad Bandyopadhyay and Goutam Majhi⤡.
• 2020. রিয়েলে পড়াশোনা? নাকি হাইপার রিয়েলে দেখাশোনা? কীভাবে হবে লেখাপড়া? With Debaprasad Bandyopadhyay, Suchetana Bandyopadhyay et al. Organized by SOFIA, Bankura ⤡.
• 2020. মোচ্ছবের মহামারি, মহামারির মোচ্ছব. With Debaprasad Bandyopadhyay and Bidyut Banerjee. Organized by SOFIA, Bankura⤡.

HONORS AND AWARDS

• August, 2019. First Prize in Poster Competition on Indian Philosophers’ Day on the topic of “চার্বাকভাষ্যঃ সুখাধ্যায়” (The Hedonism of the Carvakas) at a National Seminar Organized by the Maulana Azad College in joint coordination with the ICPR.
• September, 2022. Topper’s Prize in the Department of Philosophy, Maulana Azad College, for the undergraduate (B.A. Hons) course (CBCS), 2022, under Calcutta University.

SKILLS AND HOBBIES

• Creative Content Writing
• Theatrical Acting: acting experience in Kolkata-based Group Theatres, viz.,  Beadon Street Subham, Theatre Workshop, Swapnasanglap and Nirbak Abhinay Academy
• Music
• Recitation
• Permaculture/Natural Farming
• Video Editing
• Gymnastics

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