Dr. Shankar Chatterjee
This is Dr Shankar Chatterjee, retired on superannuation from the post of Professor & Head (CPME) from NIRD&PR, an organization of Govt. of India. I have published 32 books (individual and joint) and around 500 plus research papers, articles, letters. In addition, more than 1000 comments/views uploaded in the Digital column of different leading newspapers such as The Times of India, The Hindu etc.
I have travelled across India for research studies and for other academic works, also visited Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Eritrea, Italy, Iran, Indonesia, Malaysia, Peru, Namibia, Sri Lanka etc. as resource person. And for other purposes, I was in Austria, Germany, England, China, The Netherlands, Switzerland, Vatican City, Egypt, Yemen, Qatar, etc. In Rome, FAO, my research paper was appreciated and then Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh Sri Rajsekhar Reddy Sir called me and greeted me. I have represented Assam State Hockey Team in All India Junior National Hockey and acted in a Telugu cinema.
In January 2019, I have received Life Time Achievement Award under the banner of International Academic Excellence Awards -2019, from EAST (Environmental Advisory for Sustainable Trust), Tamil Nadu, India.
August month is important to all Indians as on 15 August in 1947 we got our independence at the cost of sacrifice of millions of people. Also many memorable events took place in this month. Of the many events, one is birth of Kishore Kumar, popularly known as Kishore da, […]
It has to be admitted that this time India has taught a good lesson to China. The leaders of China seem to be narcissistic and that is why because of their imperialistic attitude many countries are against them. And unfortunate incident in the Galwan River valley in June 2020, […]
Dear Prof. Shankar, thanks for the article. It reminds me of those places, the Montara valley in the Andes Mountain, the Ica region, organic cotton farmers you are referring to and the potato value chain which had impacted positively on the rural communities courtesy of FOVIDA and the research institute. […]
Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country located in South America. The country is in news because of COVID19 as up to 25 July 2020, total coronavirus cases were 375,961 and unfortunately 17,843 persons passed away because of COVID19. I was in Peru in May 2013 for academic […]
The article has been written with the objective of presenting chronology of the Chief Ministers of Tamil Nadu and also then the Madras Presidency of British India so that at a glance present generation can get an idea. Also future research study can be taken up about the activities of […]
I am starting this article by quoting two lines from Bloomberg, (11/7/2020), “A treaty that earned Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed a Nobel Peace Prize in 2019 is failing to meet the expectations of neighboring Eritrea”. “Two years after the signing of the Peace Agreement, Ethiopian troops continue to […]
Colonel Bikkumalla Santosh Babu, popularly known as, Colonel Santosh Babu by sacrificing his life at the age of around 37 years as the Commanding Officer of Indian army has proved that a senior officer along with soldiers can make supreme sacrifice for the integrity of the country. Because of […]
On 4 July 1902 at Belur Math (Beluṛ Maṭh is the headquarters of the Ramakrishna Math and Mission, founded by Swami Vivekananda), near Kolkata a great soul, great human being and legendary figure left for heavenly abode leaving behind his teachings and activities which no Indians can forget, even, many […]
Dear Professor Chatterjee sab I am delighted to see one after another article which are informative and thought provoking. The present one about the Prime minister who had taken many economic reforms which lead our country to this level on par with developed countries. I wish you would continue to […]
In the year 2000, I had the opportunity rather feel lucky to meet, listen and interact with a great personality, successful leader, able administrator and wonderful human being, who is popularly known as P. V. Narasimha Rao, as full nameShri Pamulaparti Venkata Narasimha Rao, (born on 28 June, 1921, […]
On 20 June 1969, a great human being, patriot also an artist, actor, painter, music composer, poet and writer of Assam left for heavenly abode, who is popularly known as Kalaguru Bishnu Prasad Rabha. He passed away at the age of 60 years at Tezpur, Assam, the Date (20 June) […]
At the outset, I salute to our valiant and courageous soldiers who have sacrificed their lives against aggressive Chinese force. Our soldiers sacrificed in the Galwan Valley of Ladakh region to protect the country. In spite of worst climatic condition, they were guarding our border to protect Indians. It has […]
Time to time, many great personalities were born in our country and also from ancient time to present days many foreigners have been visiting India for different purposes inter alia of which are learning of Indian languages, to gain in-depth knowledge about the biography of Indian saints, Indian culture […]
This message is from Sri M.P. Bezbaruah, IAS (R) , 1964 batch alumnus of Cotton College, who was in very important positions in India and abroad. Dear Shri Chatterjee, Thank you for introducing Cotton College, my alma mater with history and facts. Cotton College brings back sweet memories of times […]
In 2017, the famous institution of Assam popularly known as Cotton College has been upgraded to Cotton University. The prestigious and famous Cotton College located at heart of Guwahati city viz., Panbazar was established in 1901 by Sir Henry Stedman Cotton, the Chief Commissioner of the erstwhile British province […]
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