Academics

Doctor of Philosophy in English, 2001, Jadavpur University, Kolkata.

Dissertation: "Interrelations: Film and Fiction: Cinematic Themes and Technique in the Fiction of William Faulkner, Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald.”

Comprehensive Areas: Film Theories, Modernism, Narrative techniques, Hollywood, screenwriting

Supervisor: Dr. Indrani Haldar

Master of Philosophy in English, 1985, Jadavpur University, Kolkata.

Dissertation: "Magnificent Obsession: The Cinema and F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Fiction" 

Master of Arts in English, 1976 (held in 1978), University of Calcutta, India.

Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in English, 1974, Lady Brabourne College, University of Calcutta, India.

Indian School Certificate (University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate) in 1971, St.Agnes’ Convent School, Howrah.