Basabi Pal
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| name = Basabi Pal
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| birth_date = Oct 1958
| birth_place = Calcutta, West Bengal, India
| father = Anil Chandra Ghosh
| mother = Usha Rani Ghosh
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| spouse = Gautam Pal
| children = Dyootiman Pal, Dhritiman Pal
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| occupation = Head of The Department of French, Chandernagore Government College
| alma_mater = St. Joseph’s Convent, Chandernagore
Institut De Chandernagor
Chandernagore Government College
Alliance Française
Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi
La Sorbonne
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Basabi Pal (née Ghosh; born October 1958) is an Indian academic currently serving as Head of the Department of French at Chandernagore Government College. Born in the Royal Family of Sheoraphuli she resides in the heritage town of Chandernagore with her family. Ambassador of France to India Alexandre Ziegler has conferred the insignia of Knight of the Order of Academic Palms (Ordre des Palmes Académiques) on Basabi Pal for her "outstanding contribution" towards the promotion of French language in her three decades of service.{{cite web |url=http://epaper.telegraphindia.com/paper/22-0-19@08@2016-1001.html |title=The Telegraph, India, English News Paper |website=Epaper.telegraphindia.com |date=2012-12-08 |accessdate=2016-08-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160822163710/http://epaper.telegraphindia.com/paper/22-0-19@08@2016-1001.html |archive-date=22 August 2016 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1160819/jsp/calcutta/story_103246.jsp |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160820180310/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1160819/jsp/calcutta/story_103246.jsp |url-status=dead |archive-date=20 August 2016 |title=Envoys on a mission |website=Telegraphindia.com |date=2016-08-19 |accessdate=2016-09-09}}{{cite web|author= |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/When-the-French-envoy-came-calling/articleshow/53795517.cms |title=When the French envoy came calling - Times of India |website=Timesofindia.indiatimes.com |date=2016-08-21 |accessdate=2016-09-09}}{{cite web|url=http://www.epaper.eisamay.com/epapermain.aspx?queryed=9&eddate=08/10/2016# |title=Ei Samay ePaper: Bengali News | Latest News in Bengali | Bengali e-Paper | Bengali NewsPaper |website=Epaper.eisamay.com |date= |accessdate=2016-08-20}}{{cite web|url=http://www.ambafrance-in.org/Ambassador-s-maiden-visit-to-Kolkata |title=Ambassador’s maiden visit to Kolkata - La France en Inde / France in India |website=Ambafrance-in.org |date=2016-08-22 |accessdate=2016-09-09}}{{cite web|url=http://chandannagarmypride.weebly.com |title=Chandannagar My Pride - Home |website=Chandannagarmypride.weebly.com |date= |accessdate=2016-09-09}}
Education
After passing the Indian School Certificate Exam in 1st division from St. Joseph's Convent, Chandernagore in 1974 she got into Institut De Chandernagor to study French and was awarded 1st Class first in all the four consecutive exams. After completing her bachelor's degree in French from University of Burdwan as a gold medalist she also got her Diplôme d'études en langue française from Alliance Française, Paris in 1979 with Très honorable avec félicitations. In 1981 she completed her master's degree in French from Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi and was awarded French Government scholarship in the year 1982–83 to complete her Diplôme de Professeur de Français à l’Étranger, Université Paris III, La Sorbonne Nouvelle, Paris.
Career
Post her education she joined Chandernagore Govt. College as part-time teacher in French and currently is the Associate Professor and Head of the Department of French.
Pal seeks to preserve the heritage of Chandernagore and promote French language at the school level in Bengal.{{cite web|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1131023/jsp/calcutta/story_17484054.jsp |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131028021503/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1131023/jsp/calcutta/story_17484054.jsp |url-status=dead |archive-date=28 October 2013 |title=Restoration at French cemetery |website=Telegraphindia.com |date=2013-10-23 |accessdate=2016-08-20}}{{cite web|author= |url=https://heritagechandernagoreblog.wordpress.com/2016/02/08/confluence-of-french-and-bengali-culture/ |title=Confluence of French and Bengali culture. | Heritage & People of Chandernagore |website=Heritagechandernagoreblog.wordpress.com |date=2016-02-08 |accessdate=2016-08-20}}{{cite web |author= |url=http://bonjour-india.in/sites/default/files/Final_Booklet.pdf |format=PDF |title=New Delhi Book Fair 2013 : French Focus |date=February 2013 |website=Bonjour-india.in |accessdate=2016-08-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160918020821/http://bonjour-india.in/sites/default/files/Final_Booklet.pdf |archive-date=18 September 2016 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|url=http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Repository/ml.asp?Ref=VE9JQ0gvMjAxMi8wOS8wMiNBcjAxNTAx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120919092709/http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Repository/ml.asp?Ref=VE9JQ0gvMjAxMi8wOS8wMiNBcjAxNTAx |url-status=dead |archive-date=19 September 2012 |title=Between History And Housing |website=Epaper.timesofindia.com |date=2012-09-02 |accessdate=2016-08-20}}{{cite web|url=http://allevents.in/events/france-heritage-photography-exhibition/543684298986893 |title=France Heritage - Photography Exhibition |website=Allevents.in |date= |accessdate=2016-08-20}}{{cite web|author= |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/Between-history-and-housing/articleshow/16239694.cms |title=Between history and housing |website=Timesofindia.indiatimes.com |date=2012-09-03 |accessdate=2016-08-20}}{{cite web |url=http://www.frenchheritageindia.org/people.html |title=( FHI) |publisher=French Heritage India |date= |accessdate=2016-09-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160913124607/http://www.frenchheritageindia.org/people.html |archive-date=13 September 2016 |url-status=dead }} She is also the President of Sheoraphuli Raj Debuttar Estate, Sheoraphuli.
References
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External links
- [https://in.ambafrance.org/Academic-Palms-conferred-on-Prof-Basabi-Pal-14014 Academic Palms conferred on Basabi Pal], France in India, French Embassy in New Delhi
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Category:Scholars from Kolkata
Category:Chevaliers of the Ordre des Palmes Académiques