Dr. Sandipan Ray Choudhury completed his graduation (with Hons. in English) from Burdwan Raj College in 2007, and his Post-graduation (M.A.) from the University of Burdwan in 2009. He passed NET (with JRF) in 2013, and was awarded the Ph.D. degree in 2018. His Doctoral dissertation was on "Exploring the Interface between Young Adult Texts and their Reception in Contemporary Urban Bengal, with Special Reference to Select Works of Satyajit Ray and J.K. Rowling". He served as a Part-time Lecturer in English at Burdwan Raj College from 2009 to 2010.. He has been serving Memari College as an Assistant Professor of English since September, 2019.
Popular literature (Fantasy and SF studies, Detective Fiction, etc.)
Renaissance studies
Romantic poetry
Modernist literature
Special Training Courses Attended
Participated in the 33rd Orientation Programme/Faculty Induction Programme (Online) from 2nd-22nd November, 2021 and obtained Grade A, organised by HRDC, Mizoram University.
Participated in the Refresher Course in English from 1st-15th September, 2023 and obtained Grade A, organised by HRDC,North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong.
Publications in Reputed Journal (with ISSN no. and impacrt factor)
Articles published in Journals
"A Study of the House-elves: Re-visiting the Margins of the Harry Potter Universe". Appropriations, Vol. 9, December 2013. ISSN: 0975-1521.
"Problematics of the Diasporic Imagination in Khaled Hosseini's The Kite Runner." Appropriations, Vol. X, 2014-15. ISSN: 0975-1521.
Textual Politics in Charles Lamb and Mary Lamb's Tales from Shakespeare." Appropriations, Vol. XI, December 2016. ISSN: 0975-1521.
"Harry Potter at Cultural Crossroads: Exploring the Reading Motivations of Young Adult Readers in Urban Bengal." Gnosis, Vol. 3, no. 2, January 2017, ISSN: 2394-0131.
"Representation of Class in Satyajit Ray’s Feluda Stories: A Marxist Reading." Printing Area, Issue 79, vol. 3. August 2021. ISSN: 2394-5303
Articles published as Book chapters
"Intertextual Dynamics in Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson and the Olympians series and the Heroes of Olympus series." Intertextuality: Poetics and Practice, edited by Ajay Sengupta and Arindam Das. Radiance, 2013. ISBN: 978-93-81037-21-8.
"Revisiting the Representation of Trauma in the Harry Potter Novels." Reflections of the Growing Mind: Young Adult Literature and Culture. Avenel Press, 2017. ISBN: 978-93-80736-88-4.
"Problematics of Representation of Women in Jayanta Mahapatra's Poetry." Contemporary Indian English Poetry and Drama: Changing Canons and Responses. Edited by Arnab Kumar Sinha, Sajalkumar Bhattacharya and Himadri Lahiri. Cambridge Scholars, 2019. ISBN: 978-1-5275-3322-6
