Short Biography of Aditya : |
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Education and Training |
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2009 |
M.Phil in Cognitive Science, Jadavpur University, Kolkata. |
2007-2009 |
Master s of Arts in Film Studies, Jadavpur University, Kolkata. |
2004-2005 |
Senior Diploma (Ankan Shree), First Division (Distinction in Practical), Bangiya Sangeet Parishad (Ankan Kala Bibhag), West Bengal. |
2003-2007 |
Bachelor of Arts in Comparative Literature, Jadavpur University, Kolkata. |
2003-2004 |
Certificate of Merit, Video Film Direction, Ritwik Academy. |
2001 |
Certificate of Merit, Awarded for year round performance in arts and crafts, B.D.Memorial Institute, Kolkata. |
2000 |
Certificate of Merit Awarded for year round performance in Cultural Activities, B.D. Memorial Institute, Kolkata. |
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Mentions |
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- Focused in the Young Talent Section of ‘Ekhon Janasambad’, November 2003.
- Organiser cum Participant –“Confluence of Culture in One World”, a Philatelic Exhibition from Commonwealth of Independent Countries, Celebration of the Year of the Youth, Gorky Sadan, 2009.
- Co-organizer and speaker, “A Cognitive appraisal of A.I. films”, a workshop on films, Philosophy and Cognitive Science. Centre for Cognitive Sciences, Jadavpur University.
- Former student of National Institute of Film and Fine Arts.
- Former member and actor of an Amateur Theatre Group called People’s Theatre Commune.
- Former member of a Film Making Group called ‘Rough Cut ’.
- Awarded Second Prize in Short Film Making, organized by Symbiosis Institute of Media and Communications, 2009.
- Awarded First Prize in ‘Kaleidoscope’, All Kolkata Painting Competition, organized by the Hindustan Times, 2001.
- Thesis on “Film and the Doppelganger”, part of M.A. research work.
- A video film on the “Glia Cells” as a part of a presentation in Department of Cognitive Science, J.U.
- A presentation on “Bio-Heterotopic Identities”, part of a presentation for Department of Cognitive Science, J.U.
- For more information about other projects, check the groups and activities in ‘collaborators’.
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Professional Mentions |
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2011 |
Currently working as a Project Operator at School of Cultural Texts and Records, J.U. |
2010 |
Translation work for Ashmita, A Magazine published by Vikramshila Education Research Society. |
2009 |
Documentation of Bengal’s popular literature, Academic project with fellow of University of Alberta, Canada. Research assistance, camera man, script. |
2009 |
Archival Assistance in projects for Media Lab, Jadavpur University. Digital Archiving. |
2009 |
Digital documentation of 15th Annual Celebration, Folk and Tribal Culture Centre, Government of West Bengal, Information and Cultural Ministry, West Bengal Government. Camera, sound, editing. |
2007 |
Screening of the documentary’ ‘The Other Tagores’ in Kolkata Film Festival (Indian short film section at Jibananada Shabhaghar, Kolkata). Camera, script, voice over. |
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Collaborators : |
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Short Biography of Ramona L. C. : |
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Main Studies : |
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At Present |
PhD in Comparative Literature: Interdisciplinary Research in Contemporary Indian Literature and Visual Culture, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India. |
2008 |
Master of Arts in Film Studies, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India. |
2005 - 2013 |
Studies in Bengali, Hindi, Spanish, Sanskrit languages and Odissi Dance |
2005 - Present |
Studies in Hindustani Classical Music and other Indian music styles |
Languages: |
Romanian, English, French, Spanish, Bengali, Hindi, Italian |
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Visual Media, Artistic and Translation Projects : |
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2012: |
French translation and Voice-over for short film – Paranoid Poetries, dir. Aditya S. Chakraborty. |
2011: |
November: Music Performance in Multimedia Program (Painting, Music, Dance) together with Russian-Indian Painter Shanti Kushwaha, organized at Russian Centre of Science and Culture, Gorky Sadan Kolkata. |
2010 – 2011: |
Music Performances at ICCR Kolkata |
2009 – 2010: |
-Short film Borders of Childhood
-Short Film The City Gardeners (co-directed), awarded 2nd prize in the Footprints 2009 Film contest organised in Kolkata by Symbiosis Institute of Mass Communication, Pune, India. |
2009: |
Script and voice-over for short film – The Verse and the Dream, dir. Aditya S. Chakraborty, selected in the Cinecentric Film Contest 2010, India. |
2007 – 2008: |
Network. Short Film, Film Studies Department, Jadavpur University, Kolkata. |
2001 – Present: |
Independent translator; script-writer; photographer, independent filmmaker; music composer; academic and creative writings published in Romanian and English. |
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