Dr. Shenjuti Dutta
Ph.D, M.Phil and M.A. in Film Studies
Head of the Department
St. Xavier's College (Autonomous), 30 Mother Teresa Sarani Kolkata 700016 West Bengal, India
Dr. Shenjuti Dutta
Ph.D, M.Phil and M.A. in Film Studies
Head of the Department
The Film Studies department started in the year 1996. At present, this is a Generic Elective subject and under the new CBCS curriculum is offered to all science and arts faculty students. Every year we receive several students who, in future, either pursue Film Studies in their higher studies or do academic research. Scores of our students also tend to join different production houses, print media offices, or undertake full time/freelance activities as film critics. Some have already gone into academics, completing their MA., M.Phil., and Ph.D. or have joined filmmaking institutes such as FTII, SRFTI, etc.
The department regularly organizes special lectures, seminars, and workshops. For the past two years the department has been collaborating with the film society of the college, Xaverian Film Academy, to organise students’ seminars. The department whole-heartedly encourages students to take part in other national seminars and film competitions as well. The various prizes they have won in such competitions are too numerous to be recounted here.
Dr. Ipsita Barat has received her PhD. Degree from the Department of Film Studies Jadavpur University, Kolkata. The title of her thesis is Bollywood in the New Millennium: Industrial Networks, Convergence and Narratives.
Prof. Shenjuti Dutta was doing her Ph.D. at the School of Women’s Studies, Jadavpur University and has recently submitted her thesis. The title of her thesis is Her Face: Close-Up, Affection-Image and Alterity.
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