Himadri Das,a graduate with English Hons from St Paul's College, Kolkata did his master's in English from Rabindra Bharati University, Kokata. Later he completed his second master's degree in ELT [English Language Teaching] from NSOU, Kolkata. He did his third master's degree in Translation Studies from IGNOU. He has also acquired B.Ed from Burdwan University, West Bengal. A certificate holder on Translation of Indian Literatures As A Skill from Centre for Translation of Indian Literatures [CENTIL], which is a centre under the department of Comparative Literature, Jadavpur University. Initiation of his writing career goes back to his CENTIL days in Jadavpur University where he actively participated in translation workshops. His work was first published in 'Tamang Selo:An Anthology Annotated Text & English Translation, Vol II Jadavpur University Press,2015 He also participated in translation workshops conducted by National Translation Mission, a subsidiary of Central Institute of Indian Languages,Mysore.
Books to credit: 1. 'Banglar Lokgolpo', Tuhina Publishers, Kolkata [Bengali rendering of 'Folk Tales of Bengal' originally written in English by Lalbehari Dey,1883]
2. 'Folk Tales of Bengal' retold & abridged version [in progress]
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