About Prof. Pallab Sengupta

Prof. PALLAB SENGUPTA (b.1940) is a descendant of the late-medieval saint-poet Ramprasad Sen. His father Nandagopal Sengupta, a noted journalist and author, was the literary secretary of Rabindranath.

Sengupta studied in Mitra Institution (Bhowanipore), Presidency College and University of Calcutta. Sengupta obtained his Honours and Master's Degrees in Bengali language and literature, Ph.D in Indian Writings in English from University of Calcutta and D.Lit. in Theoritical Folk loristics from Rabindra Bharati University.