Prof. Jogen Chowdhury
| State from which I am elected: | West Bengal |
| My Political Party: | ALL INDIA TRINAMOOL CONGRESS |
| My Delhi Address: | C-702, Swarna Jayanti Sadan, Dr. B.D. Marg, New Delhi. |
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| My Permanent Address: | ‘Abahaman’ Ratanpalli, P.O. – Santiniketan, Bolpur, Dist. – Birbhum, West Bengal. 731235 |
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Member’s Name : Prof. Jogen Chowdhury
Father’s Name : Shri Pramatha Nath Chowdhury
| Mother’s Name : Shrimati Indudevi Chowdhury |
| Date of Birth : 16 February 1939 |
| Place of Birth : Daharpara, Distt. Faridpur (now in Bangladesh) |
| Marital Status : Married on 13 December 1970 |
| Spouse’s Name : Shrimati Sipra Chowdhury |
| Children : One son |
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Educational Qualification :
Graduation in Fine Arts (Painting) (D.P.L.N.M.), Higher Study in Fine Arts (Fresco, Mosaic and Graphic Arts) with a French Government Scholarship through Government of India Educated at Government College of Arts and Crafts, Kolkata, West Bengal (1955-1960) and Ecole Nationale Superier des Beaux Arts, Paris, France (1965-1967)
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Profession :
Artist, Writer, Poet and Social Worker
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Permanent Address:
‘Abahaman’ Ratanpalli, P.O. – Santiniketan, Bolpur, Dist. – Birbhum, West Bengal.731235 Tel. – Mobile: 09831197063
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Present Address :
C-702, Swarna Jayanti Sadan, Dr. B.D. Marg, New Delhi. Tel. – 21430043, 23326011, (M): 9013181351, 9013181309
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Positions Held:
1960 – 1963 Art Teacher, Howrah Zilla School, Government of West Bengal 1963 – 1965 Art Designer (Textile designing), All India Handloom Board Weavers Services Centre, Calcutta, Government of India 1968 – 1972 Art Designer (Textile designing), All India Handloom Board Weavers Services Centre, Madras, Government of India 1972 – 1987 Keeper Arts (Curator of Paintings), Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi 1987 – 1999 Reader/Professor (Painting) and Principal, Kala Bhawan, Visva Bharati, Santiniketan, West Bengal At present, Professor Emeritus, Visva Bharati, Santiniketan, West Bengal April 2014 Elected to Rajya Sabha Sept. 2014 onwards Member, Committee on Human Resource Development Sept. 2014 – Sept. 2016 Member, Committee on Subordinate Legislation Oct. 2014 onwards Member, Committee on Installation of Portraits/Statues of National Leaders and Parliamentarians in Parliament House Complex
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| Freedom Fighter : No |
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Books Published:
In Bengali, Books of poems under the titles : (i) Hriday train Beje othe, 1970 (ii) Jogen Chowdhurir Kabita, 2005 and (iii) Maya Vritt, 2014
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Social and Cultural Activities, Literary, Artistic and
Scientific Accomplishments and other Special Interests :
Since School/College days, took interest in various socio-cultural activities; was engaged in publication of literary journals; being a professional/eminent Indian painter, has been engaged in painting for many years; received awards/appreciation/recognition nationally and internationally; has held more than 37 one man exhibitions in India and abroad including New York, Paris, Amsterdam, Kyoto, Berlin, Singapore and Dubai; participated in more than 100 major group exhibitions all over India including National Exhibitions, Indian Triennales and represented India in various countries like U.K., France, U.S.A., Switzerland, Russia, Japan, South Korea, Germany, China, Iraq, Turkey, Hong Kong, Singapore, Dubai (U.A.E.), Bangladesh, Brazil, Cuba, Poland, etc; received numerous awards including (i) Prix Le France de la Jeune Peinture Paris, 1966, (ii) The 2nd Biennale of Havana, Cuba, 1986, (iii) International Print Biennale, Bhopal, 1995, (iv) ‘Kalidas Samman’, Bharat Bhavan, Bhopal, 2001, (v) ‘Banga Bibhusa’ Samman, Government of West Bengal, 2012, (vi) ‘Taj Ratna’ Samman and (vii) ‘Sera Bangali’, 2016
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Sports, Clubs, Favourite Pastimes and Recreation :
Fond of reading and writing poems, articles on art and on social and cultural issues; likes music, films, cultural activities besides painting and drawing as a professional painter
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Countries Visited :
South Korea, Cuba, Brazil, Hong Kong, Poland, U.K., U.S.A., Russia, France, Germany, Austria, Canada, Japan, China, Finland, the Netherlands, Italy, Switzerland, Scotland, Egypt, Turkey, Greece, South Korea, Cuba, Brazil, Hongkong, Poland, Bangladesh, Thailand, Iraq, Dubai (U.A.E.), Bhutan, Spain, Singapore, Hungary, Slovakia and Czech Republic for art and cultural purpose
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Other Information :
Chairman, (i) West Bengal State Art Akademi, Kolkata and (ii) Kolkata Museum of Modern Art, Kolkata; Secretary, Santiniketan Society of Visual Art and Design, West Bengal; Commissioner, Sixth Bharat Bhavan Biennale of Contemporary Indian Art, Bhopal, 1996; Jury, Biennale Exhibition, Roopankar Museum of Fine Art, Bhopal, 1990; Jury Member,(i) Indian Section of the Triennale, India 1997 and (ii) Singapore Biennale Exhibition of Art, Singapore, 2003; Member, (i) Advisory Board, Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR), Kolkata; (ii) General Assembly, ICCR, New Delhi, (iii) Advisory/Executive Board, East Zone Cultural Centre (EZCC), Kolkata, (iv) Syllabus Committee, Ministry of Education, Government of West Bengal and (v) Advisory Committee, National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi, 1998-2000; Curator, Contemporary Indian Art in Dhaka (Bangladesh) for ICCR, New Delhi, 1993
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