Talk by Dr. Debashish Banerji on The World Legacy of the Indian Renaissance
On Tuesday December 24th in Bhumika Hall we had an interesting talk by Dr. Debashish Banerji’s about The World Legacy of the Indian Renaissance.
Banerji has a varied and versatile academic background, with a bachelors degree in English literature from the University of Bombay, a masters degree in Computer Science from the University of Louisville, Kentucky, and a doctorate in Indian Art History from the University of California, Los Angeles. His dissertation focused on art and nationalism in India, as manifested in the life and work of the artist Abanindranath Tagore, one of the founders of modern Indian art. Banerji has worked as a cultural correspondent with some of the leading English language newspapers of India, as a software engineer in image processing projects, and as a leader of initiatives in instructional media and online pedagogy.