Awards and Honors - Pandit Sanjoy Bandopadhyay

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PSB's disciple Dr. Pragya Pyasi, will lecture on Academic Writing and publication strategies in academic journals at the BHU on 01 October 2024 under Kaustuv Jayanti Samroha Varsha.

-- September 30, 2024

Commendable Research Presentation by Dr. Pragya Pyasi connecting PSB's Music Pedagogy and SDG at the Lovely Professional University

Dr. Pragya Pyasi’s research presentation on “Exploration of Innovation and Traditional Knowledge Transfer Methods in Pandit Sanjoy Bandopadhyay’s Hindustani Raga Music Pedagogy and Connecting Sustainable Development Goals” at the International Conference at the Lovely Professional University received high appreciation. She presented her research design and results at the conference on 07 November 2023.

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08 November 2023

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Dr. Pragya Pyasi was felicitated with the Best Publication Award for Naad Nartan 2022 National Seminar organized in collaboration with the Ministry of Culture, Government of India. The felicitation took place during the concluding ceremony of the National Seminar of the same institution at Jaipur on September 23, 2023.

Pragya is the first among the disciples of Prof. Bandopadhyay to get felicitated for excellence in academic writing!

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September 26, 2023

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Dr. Troilee Dutta and Dr. Pintu Saha, Two scholars who worked under Professor Sanjoy Bandopadhyay, were awarded Ph.D. by the Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata, during its 2023 convocation on 08 May 2023. An occasion of pride indeed!

Kolkata, 09 May 2023

Professor Bandopadhyay talked on “Connecting Poetry, Painting, Neuroscience, and AI with Raga Music: In search of a Deeper Understanding of Indian Raga Music and its Potentials to Serve” on 05 April 2023 at the Assam University [A Central University], Silchar. The Department of Performing Arts arranged this talk under their Distinguished Lecture Series titled Performing Arts through Different Lenses.

07 April, 2023

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Pintu Saha got his Ph.D. under the supervision of Prof. Sanjoy

Rabindra Bharati University provisionally awarded Pintu Saha his Ph.D. degree on 27.12.2022. Dr. Pintu Saha did his research under the supervision of Prof. Sanjoy Bandopadhyay. This photograph was taken before the Sangeet Bnavan RBU after the final Viva-Voce.

Dr. Saha currently serves Assam University, Silchar, a Central University, as an Assistant Professor in Music at the Department of Performing Arts.

29.12.2022

SANGEET NATAK AKADEMI AWARD 2022

Professor Sanjoy’s disciple Pt. Kushal Das received the coveted Sangeet Natak Akademi Award 2022.

01/12/2022

A core research group of the Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, will interact with Professor Sanjoy on 26 December 2022 on the applications of Hindustani Raga Music as the source for generating neuro-cognitive and emotional responses of the human brain for clinical interventions.

22.11.2022

Melbourne Hindustani Music Collective invited Professor Sanjoy as the Chief Guest to initiate a discourse on Raga and respond to questions from the participants on October 21, 2022.

-19.10.2022

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Connecting London

PSB's disciple Rajrupa Chowdhury will connect London through Darbar Music Festival on October 15, 2022.

-- 01.10.2022

Professor Sanjoy will speak on "Coding in Qualitative Research: Quickly on Taguette" at the Department of Music, University of Hyderabad on September 26, 2022, from 11:00 a.m.

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Glimpses from the History

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Professor Bandopadhyay is back in Kolkata.

Pandit Sanjoy Bandopadhyay returns to his Kolkata home after four years of intense academic activities at the Central University of Sikkim. He was there from August 2017 to June 30, 2021. [Read the post 'Adieu Sikkim University' for some reactions from his students and colleagues .]

Felicitation on the Teachers' Day 2020

Note: For Report on Post-Felicitation Event held on 18.09.2020, click here.

Professor Sanjoy Bandopadhyay was felicitated by the Central University of Sikkim on Teachers' Day, on September 05, 2020, for his outstanding contributions to the university's development. Click to reach his felicitation speech. Click to reach his felicitation speech.

The whole program was held online. It was well attended by the Vice-Chancellor, the Registrar, other Statutory officers, the Deans of Schools, Heads of the Departments, many professors, and other university teachers.

September 05, 2020

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Troilee Dutta was provisionally awarded Ph.D. degree from the Rabindra Bharati University on 03.09.2021 on her research titled 'The Presence of Sarod in Kolkata after Independence: An Analytical Study of the Cultural Traditions' under the supervision of Professor Sanjoy Bandopadhyay.

September 03, 2020

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The article 'Experiencing Hindustani Raga Music: A Select Study from Kolkata' by Sanjoy Bandopadhyay & Samidha Vedabala has been published by Rupkatha Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities in July 2020. Click to access the full text.

July 15, 2020

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Prof. (Pt.) Sanjoy Bandopadhyay was invited by the Faculty of Performing Arts, Banaras Hindu University, for a talk on July 06, 2020. Prof. Bandopadhyay talked on 'Conceptualizing the Micro to reach the Macro: A small music-lantern from my Revered Gurus'. More than 1200 music enthusiasts attended the talk online and later there were many more who listened to the recording online. An edited version of the talk is now available in YouTube. | July 09, 2020

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Dr. Pragya Pyasi, a disciple of Panditjee, has joined the University of Hyderabad as an Assistant Professor in Music earlier this month.

February 27, 2020

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Sukanya Chatterjee received the provisional certification of Ph.D. degree on completion of her research titled "The Effect of Hindustani Raga Instrumental Music as an Intervention for Children with Sub-Average Intellectual Functioning (IQ 35-55)" from the Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata. The research was conducted under the supervision of Professor Bandopadhyay.

January 21, 2020

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Pandit Sanjoy Bandopadhyay will feature at the National TV channel in the National Program of Music. The program will be telecast on August 10, 2019, from 8:00 a.m. at the DD National channel. Pt. Tanmoy Bose provided tabla support.

July 10, 2019

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Rajrupa Chaudhury, a disciple of Panditjee, played sarod recital at the Head Quarters of Commonwealth Nations, the Marlborough House, London. It was arranged as a part of the celebration of the Commonwealth Day on March 11 2019. The Royal Highness, The Prince of Wales Prince Charles, and The Duchess of Cornwall graced the occassion.

April 09, 2019

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