Janardan Chakravarti

Who is Janardan Chakravarti?

Professor Janardan Chakravarti retired from the West Bengal Senior Education Service in 1955 from Presidency College. Later on he became the Head of the Department of Bengali in Burdwan University. He was a celebrated Professor of Bengali. He was also associated with the Post Graduate Department of C. U. in the capacity of a Part time Lecturer. He served two institutions namely Muralidhar Girls’ College and Maharani Kashishwari College in Kolkata as Principal.His specialization was Vaishnava literature and the Bengali poet Madhushudan Dutta . He wrote three books.One is on Vaishnava theology and literature.The book is entitled as Sri Radha Tatwa and Sri Chaitanya Sanskriti.It was delivered as Kamala Lecture in 1972 under the auspices of the Calcutta University.He wrote another book of Reminisance “Smriti Bhare” in Bengali.

In Asiatic Society he delivered Biman Bihari Lecture. The lecture was published in the form of a book named Bengal Vaishnavism and Sri Chaitanya.