Gouri Dharmapal
Born
1927/1928
1927/1928
Nationality
Indian
Indian
Known for
Poet, Sanskrit Scholar, Former Sanskrit Head of Department in Lady Brabourne College, Kolkata
Poet, Sanskrit Scholar, Former Sanskrit Head of Department in Lady Brabourne College, Kolkata
Gouri Dharmapal is an Indian poet,[1] Sanskrit scholar, and the former head of the department of Sanskrit at Lady Brabourne College at the University of Calcutta. In 2010 she was awarded a Certificate of Honour by the President of India.[2]
Career
She graduated from Kolkata's renowned Scottish Church College in 1951,[3] and was subsequently awarded an Ishan Scholarship by the University of Calcutta for postgraduate studies. She conducted research at the SOAS, University of London, and at the British Museum in London. She has been a novelist, essayist, Indologist, as well as a storyteller for children's books.[4]
References
- ↑ Laced with empathy. The Telegraph(14 Jan 2005). (deadlink)
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedGI - ↑ Dharmapal, Gouri. Bande Mataram in 175th Year Commemoration Volume. Scottish Church College, April 2008. page 389-396.
- ↑ Note on Contributors in 175th Year Commemoration Volume. Scottish Church College, April 2008. page 597.