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Benil Biswas (PhD)

Benil Biswas (PhD)

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Asst. Professor (Performance Studies), Dr. B.R. Ambedkar University Delhi

  • Education

    • Harvard University

      2016 - 2016
      Research consortium, Mellon School of Theater and Performance Research Theaters: Sacred and Profane

    • Jawaharlal Nehru University

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      Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Theatre and Performance Studies

    • Jawaharlal Nehru University

      2006 - 2008
      MA English

      Activities and Societies: Active member of the University Dramatic society, Bahroop, active participation in Theatre and Performance, social and other cultural activity.

    • Jawaharlal Nehru University

      2008 - 2010
      Master of Philosophy - MPhil Theatre and Performance Studies

      Activities and Societies: Dissertation title: Rabha Theatre and Performance: Towards An Alternative Aesthetics in Post 90’s People’s Theatre of the North East Advisor: Prof. H. S. Shivaprakash and Dr. Urmimala Sarkar Munsi.

    • Ramakrishna Mission Vidyamandira

      2003 - 2006
      BA( HONOURS) English

      Activities and Societies: as it is a socio-philanthropic organization, so we were a part of many society improvements and relief initiatives. Best cadet, NCC(Air Wings)

  • Experience

    • Freelance

      Jan 2003 - now
      Actor, Designer

    • School of Arts and Aesthetics, JNU

      Aug 2008 - Jul 2010
      MPhil

      this requires the writting of a dissertation and a proper documentation of their rituals as that form a major repertoire of dominant symbols and metaphors used in their secular theatrical expression. Even the story line is drawn in from these rituals and folklore. So, I am spending extensive time with the ‘Badungduppa’, the theatre group and find out what inform and propel them to do theatre. This project if addressed, will not just be a research thesis as any other of that sort, but will help us to map a whole new approach to the long stilled, and problematized concept of tribal development. The inference might lead us to frame an alternative model theatre that blends aesthetics and politics, resolving conflict at the very micro level. This may further open possibilities of trying that method of theatre at the macro level. Show less

    • Ramanujan College

      Aug 2009 - May 2010
      Guest Faculty

      • Papers taught are:-o Background prose reading for Modern European Drama. Content comprises of Brecht, Artaud, Steiner,Stanislavski, Genet and Raymond Williams.o Cultural Diversity, Linguistic Plurality and Literary Traditions in Indiao Business Englisho English for Commerceo Fluency for English in BA Programalso an Academic counsellor in English with (IGNOU) Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi.

    • Dyal Singh College (Evening)

      Sept 2010 - Mar 2011
      Guest Faculty

    • Lady Shri Ram College For Women

      Jul 2011 - May 2012
      Assistant Professor, AD-HOC

      o Papers taught are:- Classical Literature:- Bharat’s Natyashastra, Kalidasa’s Abhijnanashakuntalam, Aristophanes’ Lysistrata, Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra. Novels- Charles Dicken’s Hard Times, Rabindranath Tagore’s The Home and The World, Background prose reading for Modern European Drama- Brecht, Artaud, Steiner, Stanislavski, Genet and Raymond Williams.Staff Advisor to LSR DRAM SOC (Dramatic Society of LSR)

    • Ambedkar University, Delhi

      Jun 2012 - now

      • Care Taker Officer (CTO)- National Cadet Corps (NCC) sub unit

        Apr 2022 - now

      • Programme Coordinator - MA Performance Studies

        Jan 2019 - now

      • Assistant Professor, School of Culture and Creative Expressions

        Jun 2012 - now

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • National Eligibility Test for Lecturership

      University Grants Commission (ugc)
      Mar 2011