Sachin Chandrakant Ketkar

(Born 29 September 1972, Valsad, Gujarat, India 396 001)

·        Reader , Dept of English, Faculty of Arts,  The MS University of Baroda, Baroda, Gujarat, India               2006- till date

 

Academic Qualifications

·        Ph.D. Veer Narmad South Gujarat University, Surat, Gujarat, India 2002

`Translation of Narsinh Mehta's Poems Into English: with a Critical Introduction'

 Research Supervisor: Dr. Daxa Vamdatt.

Apart from a very elaborate theoretical and critical discussion, the thesis consists of my translations of around hundred compositions of Narsinh Mehta, the famous fifteenth century saint-poet of Gujarat, into English. Many of them translated for the first time into English.

 

·         MA with English, First Class, The MS University of Baroda, Baroda, India, 1995

·         BA with English and Sanskrit, South Gujarat University, Surat, India, 1993

Professional experience

·                   Lecturer in English   

      1995- 2006 SB Garda College of Arts, PK Patel College of Commerce, Navasari, Gujarat

         

·         Visiting Post Graduate Teacher at Smt. JP Shroff Arts College, Valsad, India  1998-2006

Publications

 

Papers and Articles

 

English

 

   i.                  `Translation and Teaching of English Literature in India’ ,The Dhauli Review, Dhauli, Orrisa, Sept 2008

 

 ii.                  `Of Pathare and Prejudice-Or Reading Contemporary Marathi Poetry’ New Quest , Mumbai, No. 171, Jan-March 2008

 

iii.                  Translation of Bhakti Poetry into English: A Case Study of Narsinh Mehta , Translation Today, CIIL, Mysore, Volume 3, No. 1&2, Mar and Oct. 2006,

 

iv.                  `A Third Way of Reading Kolatkar’, New Quest, Issue no.162, Mumbai, Oct.-Nov.-2005

 

 v.                  `Readability as Conformity: The Politics and the Commerce of English Translations from the Indian Languages,’ New Quest, Mumbai No.160, July 2005

 

vi.                  ` Is There an Indian School of Translation Studies?’ New Quest No.156, Mumbai, Apr-June 2004

 

vii.                  `Translation: The `Renaissance’ Paradigm, AK Singh (ed.) Indian Renaissance Literature, Creative Books, New Delhi, 2003

 

viii.                  `Meerabai’, My Heroes from Indian History’ Essay Competition Prize Winning Essay, The Asian Age Daily, Mumbai, the Op-Ed page, 4 Nov 1995, p. 13

 

Book Reviews

 

i)                    Book Review ` Scanning For Trojans: A Review of Virus Alert! A collection of Marathi poems by Hemant Divate, translated into English by Dilip Chitre, The Dhauli Review, Dhauli, Orrisa, Sept 2008

ii)                  The Journal of A City Traveler Rev. of City Times And Other Poems, by Vihang Naik. Ed. Krishna Srinivas. Chennai , India :POET : WPSI  ( India ) ,  ,Vol.45., No.2. p.61 - 63. Feb 2004

 

Marathi Articles

 

 

         i.      `Samkaaleen `Kubdyacha Bharud’ ` All That I Wanna Do’ cye Ek Avlokan’ , Abhidhanantar Mumbai, March 2008

 

       ii.      `Chitrenchya Zapatlelya Karya Shaalet: Bhashantarkaracha Desh, Deshantarkarachi Bhasha’, an article on Dilip Chitre as a translator, Mai Maushi, Sane Guruji Anuwaad Suwidha Kendra, Mumbai, Diwali 2007

 

      iii.      `Changlya Kavite varchi Statutory Warning’, Abhidhanantar, Mumbai, Diwali 2007

 

     iv.      `Tanavgrasta Aavajaatlya Kavita’, review of a Marathi poetry collection of Mohan Borse, Maharashtra Times, Sauwaad Section, 3 June 2007

 

       v.      `Binmansaalelya Manasacha shodh’, an article on Vilas Sarang and his works, Khel, April,2007

 

     vi.      `Chitrenchi Gatha’, a small article on the poetry of Dilip Chitre, Setu Bhaskar column, Divya Bhaskar Daily, Baroda Edition, 18 September 2006,

 

    vii.      `Bhongal Sanskurtik Sangharshachi Nandi’, Abhidhanantar, Diwali,  Mumbai 2006

 

  viii.      `Hee Tar Biodatawadi Sameeksha’ , Maharashtra Times, Sauwad: Granthachya Gava Column,  Mumbai, 10 September, 2006

 

     ix.      `Vait Kavitevishayi thode’ Abhidhanantar, Mumbai, 2006

 

       x.      `Abhidhanantarche Aitihasik Karya’ , Loksatta Daily, Mumbai, 7 January 2006

 

     xi.      `Sauhita te Ati Sauhita: Sauskriti, Sahitya ani Jagatikikaran’ Abhidhanantar Diwali, Mumbai 2005

 

    xii.      `Chautishi Paryentchya Confessional Kavita’ an article on the confessional poetry of Hemant Divate, Khel, Mumbai,2005

 

  xiii.      `Live Update’ , the Introduction to `Live Update: an Anthology of Recent Marathi Poetry’ (Poetrywala, Mumbai, 2005) translated into Marathi by Arun Divadkar, Abhidhanantar, Mumbai, Jan-July 2005

 

  xiv.      `Shtaapatya, Mukhavte ani Aavaj: Arun Kolatkaranchya Alikadchya Sangrahanbaddal Kahi Nirikshana’ an article on recent Marathi poetry collections by Arun Kolatkar, Abhidhanantar, Mumbai, 2004

 

   xv.      `Shakitpaatanantar’ an article on poetry of Mangesh Kale, Shabdavedh, Buldana, June 2004

 

  xvi.      `Bhashantar Mimamsa: Navya Disha’ an article on translation studies in Saakshat, Aurangabad, Nov 2003

 

xvii.      ` Navodottar Marathi Kavita: Kahi Prashna’, Abhidhanantar, Mumbai , Diwali 2003.

 

xviii.      `Tantra Sutra’, Abhidhanantar, Mumbai, Jan-June 2003

 

Gujarati Articles

 

i) `College Ane Sex’, Gujarat Mitra Daily, Surat, 2 November 1998, an article relating to sex education, attitudes of students, teachers and parents to sex.

 

Online Articles

 

         i.      `Of Pathare and Prejudice- Or Reading Contemporary Marathi Poetry’, New Quest, Mar-2008

URL:  http://newquestindia.com/Html/Article_Of_Pathare_and_Prejudice.html

 

       ii.      Translation of Bhakti Poetry into English: A Case Study of Narsinh Mehta , Translation Today, Volume 3, No. 1&2, Mar and Oct. 2006, CIIL, Mysore

URL : http://www.anukriti.net/tt5/article12/page1.asp

 

      iii.      `Translation in Pre-colonial India’ on Vihang.org

    URL http://www.vihang.org/sk07.htm

 

     iv.      Live Update: A Brief Introduction to New Marathi Poetry on India Poetry International Web,

URL      :http://india.poetryinternationalweb.org/piw_cms/cms/cms_module/index.php?obj_id=2682&x=1

 

       v.      Globalization and the New Marathi Poetry on MuseIndia.com

          URL http://www.museindia.com/showcont.asp?id=53

 

     vi.      Literary Translation: Recent Theoretical Developments on Translation Directory

    URL   http://www.translationdirectory.com/article301.htm

 

    vii.      The Journal of A City Traveller: A review of poetry collection City Times by Vihang Naik   URL http://www.vihang.naik.name/rev10.htm

 

 

Creative Writing

 

My Marathi and English poems, translations and short stories appear frequently in literary periodicals like The Journal of Poetry Society, India, New Delhi, Poeisis, Mumbai, Quest, Ranchi, New Quest, Mumbai, Indian Literature, New Delhi, Little Mag, New Delhi, A-Journal of Creative Writing, Baroda, Abhidhanantar, Mumbai, Shabadvedh, Buldana, Khel, Mumbai, Nava Anushthubha, Mumbai, Kavita-Rati, Dhule, Pratishtan, Aurangabad, Mauj, Mumbai, Saakshat, Aurangabad, Kaalnirnay Diwali, Mumbai and so on.

 

         i.      `Live Update: an Anthology of Recent Marathi Poetry ’, editor and translator, Poetrywala Publications, Mumbai, July 2005

 

       ii.       Bhintishivaicya Khidkitun Dokavtana,  Abhidhanantar Prakashan, Mumbai, A Collection of Marathi Poems, 2004

 

      iii.      A Dirge for the Dead Dog and other Incantations', Sanbun Publishers, New Delhi, a collection of English Poems, 2003

 

     iv.      A short story `Programmable Women’ in New Quest, Mumbai, No. 165-166, July December 2006

 

       v.      A Hindi translation of my poem appeared in `Pragatisheel Vasudha’ Samkaleen Marathi Sahitya Visheshank,  Bhopal, Oct-Dec 2006

 

     vi.      Gujarati translation of my two Marathi poems appeared in the Gujarati literary periodical ` Vahi’, Lunavada, Gujarat, Sept 2001

 

 

 

Translations

 

 

               i.Poems of Narsinh Mehta into English, Sandhi: Vadodara, March 2008

 

             ii.Translation of eight poems of Ted Hughes into Marathi, Khel: Mumbai, Jan 2008

 

            iii.An English translation of an article by Aruna Dhere on` Eknath’s Bhavarth in `Ramayana: Through the Ages-Rama Gatha in different versions’ed. Avadhesh Kumar Singh, DK Printworld P Ltd, 2007

 

           iv.Translations of poems of Arunchandra Gavli into English in the New Quest, Mumbai, No. 165-166, July December 2006

 

             v.The Clasps, a short story by Mona Patrawalla in The New Quest, Mumbai No.160, July 2005

 

           vi.The Possession, a short story by Nazir Mansuri in The New Quest, Mumbai No.160, July 2005

 

          vii.Marathi translation of Jorge Luis Borges short story ` Book of Sand’ as Valuche Pustak in Anagrahat, Aurangabad, Jan-Jul 2005,

 

        viii.Article in Hindi ` Kavita Main Kya Hota Hai’ by Ashok Vajpayee translated into Marathi in Abhidhanantar, Mumbai, Diwali 2004,

 

           ix.Marathi translation of a poem `Halfway Head' by Ted Hughes and a short story `Saw Mill' by Adam Thorpe published in ` Aajche British Sahitya: Ek Olakh' (ed.) Sudhakar Marathe, Ravindra Kimbahune and Pradip Deshpande, Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 2003

 

             x.Gujarati Short Story `The Shadow' written by Nazir Mansuri, in Indian Literature (No.213), Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi, , Jan-Feb 2003

 

           xi.Narsimh Mehta (15th  Century) The First Major Poet of Gujarat, 20 poems , translated by Sachin Ketkar, New Quest no. 150, Oct- Nov 2002, Mumbai, 2003

 

          xii.Marathi Poetry (Translations) Translations of Marathi poems of four new poets including myself, New Quest (Oct-Dec 2003) No. 154, Pune and Mumbai, 2003

 

        xiii.Translations of Poems of Prafull Shiledar and Arun Kale in The Little Magazine, Vol. IV, Issue no. 5 and 6, Mumbai, 2003

 

        xiv.Poems of Mangal Rathod, Indian Literature (No. 202) Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi won Poetry Translation Prize 2000, Mar-Apr 2001

 

         xv.Poems of Narsinh Mehta: Second Tradition, Indian Literature (No.198 Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi , Jul-Aug 2000

 

 

Conferences, Workshops and Seminars

 

International Seminars

 

                           i.      The VII CLAI Biennial International Conference on Poetics of the Margins: Reinventing Comparative Literature held from March 21 to 23 2005 at Surat. Read `Globalization and the New Marathi Poetry’.

 

                         ii.      Attended 15th Oxford Conference in UK on teaching of literature, `From Critical Reading to Creative Writing' held at Corpus Christi College, Oxford, UK from 9 April 2000 to 15 April 2000. Read ` Translation and Teaching of English Literature in India'

 

National Seminars

 

                           i.      UGC Sponsored National Seminar on ` New Trends in Modern and Postmodern Fiction in English’. Organized by The Dept of English, Mudhoji College, Phaltan, 20-21 Sept 2008. Participated as a resource person and read paper, ` Postmodernism Haazir Ho!! Theorizing the Postmodern in Indian Writing in English.’

 

                         ii.      National Conference on ` Region/ Literature/Culture: Issues and Stakes, organized by the Dept of English, Faculty of Arts, The MS University of Baroda, Vadodara under auspices of UGC DRS SAP-I, 18 and 19 March 2008. Read a paper, `Dionysus in Gandhi’s Ahmedabad’

 

                        iii.      National Seminar on ` Literature and Engagement’ Organized by MB Arts and Commerce College, Gondal and Gujarati Sahitya Akademi, Gandhinagar, 29-30 Dec 2007. Delivered a lecture on ` Modern Marathi Poetry and Political Commitment’

 

                       iv.      Changing Paradigms and Perceptions: A National Conference on Challenges of Contextualizing English Studies in the Global Era, organized by Centre for English Language Training, Dept of English, University College of Engineering, Osmania University, Hyderabad, 29 - 30 December, 2006. Read ` Some Contentious Issues in Indian Literature in English Translation’

 

                         v.      A  National Seminar on  `Indian Traditions in Translation’, jointly organized by the Department of English, Veer Narmad South Gujarat University, Surat and Central Institute of Indian Languages, Mysore, held at Surat on 10-11 March 2006 , read a paper titled `Translation of Bhakti Poetry into English: with reference to Narsinh Mehta’

 

                       vi.      UGC sponsored National Seminar on English `Indian Renaissance ' Sept 2002, organized by Uma Arts & Nathiba Commerce Women's College, Gandhinagar. Presented paper `Translation: Renaissance Paradigm'

 

                      vii.      A National Seminar in ` Culture, Criticism and Society’ Organized by the Dept. of English, Veer Narmad South Gujarat University, Surat on 14-15 February 2000.

 

                    viii.      National Seminar on Teaching Creative Writing: A Creative Approach, held at the Dept. of English, M.S. University, Vadodara, Mar-April 1993

 

 

Conferences and Workshops

 

 

                           i.      A One Day Seminar on ` Dimensions in Translation Studies: Theory and Praxis’, Organized by the Centre for Contemporary Theory, Baroda, May 30 2008. Read a paper` Beyond Words: Translation as a Trope in Philosophical Discourse’

 

                         ii.      Conference on `Translation: Technology and Quality’, Organized by `MINE’ Organization, Baroda, 9 July 2007

 

                        iii.      UGC Workshop on `Translating Renaissance Literatures from Gujarati and Hindi into English' organized by Smt. SH Gardi Institute of English and Comparative Literary Studies, Saurastra University, Rajkot under the auspices of the UGC Special Assistance Programme ( SAP/DRS) on March 24, 25 & 26 2003

 

                       iv.      Attended the conference organized by Tejgadh Tribal Training Academy and Mahatma Gandhi Antarrastriya Hindi Vishwavidyalaya, New Delhi, held at Tejgadh, on Tribal Literature and Oral Literature, July 2002

 

                         v.      Attended Translation Workshops/conferences arranged by the British Council at Pune, Hajira and Mumbai ,1999

 

                       vi.      Attended translation workshop held under auspices of Sahitya Akademi and the reputed Gujarati periodical `Gadyaparva', held at Khandala, January 1995

 

 

Professional Training

 

         i.      Participated in the training programme on ` Communicative English for Literature Teachers’ held at the Dept. of English, The MS University of Baroda, organized by Ahmedabad Management Association, Ahmedabad and the Dept. of English. 1 and 2 March 2007

 

       ii.      UGC Sponsored Refresher Course organized by Dept of English, Faculty of Arts, Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Baroda, from 22 November 2004 to 11 December 2004

 

      iii.      UGC Sponsored Refresher Course organized by Smt. Gardi Academic Staff College, Saurashtra University, Rajkot, from 10 March 2003 to 30 March 2003: Grade B

 

     iv.      UGC Sponsored Refresher Course organized by UGC-Academic Staff College, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad,  from 4 October 2001 to 24 October 2001

 

       v.      Orientation Programme organized by Academic Staff College, Gujarat University, Ahmedabad, held at Smt JP Shroff Arts College, Valsad, 4 May 2001 to 30 May 2001

 

 

LECTURES AND TALKS DELIVERED

 

 

i)                    `Pravin Gadhvi’s Voice of the Last and the comparative idea of Dalit literature’ , organized by Adhikar, Ahmedabad, HJ Library, Ellis Bridge, Ahmedabad, 3 August 2008

 

ii)                   `Marathi Kavita ane Pratibadhata’ Seminar on Literature and Engagement, MB College of Arts and Science, Gondal, Gujarat, Dec 2007

 

iii)                 `Poetry in Metre’, in Kavyotsava 2007, organized by the Dept of Marathi, University of Mumbai, January 2007

 

iv)                 `Samkaleen Marathi Kavitechya Navya Disha’, organized by Abhidhanantar Prakashan, in Pune, 19 August 2006

 

v)                  `Samkaaleen Kavita’ in `Nava Jagna, Navi Kavita, Organized by Nav Maharashtra Yuva Abhiyan and Abhidhanantar Publication, 26 February 2006

 

vi)                 Delivered a lecture `FAQs about Translating Fiction’ National Workshop on Translation: Theory and Practice, organized by Dept. of Linguistics, MS University, Vadodara, 3rd – 5th March 2005

 

vii)               Delivered two public lectures in Gujarati at Sayaji Library, Navsari, under ` Mane Gamtu Pustak’ Series. One talk was on Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s One Hundred Years of Solitude and the other was on PL Deshpande’s `Vyakti ani Valli’, 1998 and 1999

 

Awards received

 

1) Indian Literature Poetry Translation Prize 2000, given by Indian Literature Journal, Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi.

 

2) Fifth Prize All India Poetry Competition 1993 organized by The Quest literary journal, Ranchi.

 

3) Awarded Teacher Fellowship under University Grants Commission, Faculty Development Scheme, IX plan period for doctoral research, 2000-2001.

 

4) `My Heros from Indian History’ Essay Competition, Organized by the daily The Asian Age, Mumbai,  My prize winning essay ` Meerabai’, was published in the Asian Age The Op-Ed page , 4 Nov 1995, page 13

 

 

 

Students Guided for M.Phil/Ph.D

 

The students currently working under me

·        Mr. Vispi Kasad, Title: The Element of Grotesque in the Fiction of Vilas Sarang, Madurai Kamraj University

·        Mrs. Anna Dias, Archetypal Imagery in the poetry of Sylvia Plath, Annamalai University,

·        Ms. Pratixa Parekh, `Translation of Poetry of Suresh Joshi into English’, Veer Narmad SG University, Surat

 

Areas of Academic Interests

Translation Studies, Contemporary Marathi poetry, Comparative Literature, Literary Theory Modernist Indian literature, Classical Indian and Western Aesthetics and English Language Teaching

 

Extra curricular Activities

 

 Associated with Literary society of the Dept. of English

 

Interests, Hobbies other than teaching

 

           Philosophy, popular science, music, painting and surfing

 

 Additional Information

 

 

*    Acting as an Honorary contributing editor of New Quest, A Journal of Participative Inquiry, Mumbai.

 

* MEMBERSHIP      : Life Member Forum on Contemporary Thought, Baroda

 

Interviews

Indian Critics Survey online Questionnaire

URL http://www.samvadindia.com/critic/index.php?pg=qs/showques&wp=Sachin%20Ketkar

 

Interviews in Marathi

           

  • `Sauwaad’ An interview about my writings, life, globalization and so on by Hemant Divate, Abhidhanantar, `Live Update Special’, Mumbai,  Jan-June 2005

 

  • Interview regarding my writing, life and the changed social scenario owing to globalization by Shridhar Tilwe, in Saushthav, Mumbai, Diwali 2005

 

 

 

* Poetry Reading

 

 I have read my poems and translations at many formal and informal readings. Some of them are:

 

  1. SAARC Young Poet’s Meet, Bhubhaneshwar and Puri, 23 Feb 2008
  2. Akhil Bhartiya Marathi Sahitya Sammelan , Nashik in 2005,
  3. Keshavsut Poetry Festival, Aurangabad in 2005,
  4. Loquations- NCPA, Mumbai and Chauraha-NCPA, Mumbai in 2005.
  5. Corpus Christi College, Oxford in 2000

 

* Letters to Editor

 

Following Letters appeared in the reputed column `Charcha Patra’ in Gujarat Mitra Daily, Surat.

I wrote these letters long back. Retrospectively, I feel that they were significant cultural interventions on the subjects as varied as higher education, religion and culture, science and regarding the `script reform movement’ in Gujarati.

 

i)                    ` Shu Aaj na Badhaaj Santo Dhongi Che?’,               22 Jan   2002

ii)                   `Namdeo Dhasal nu Angi Stotra’,                             8   Sep   2001

iii)                 `Osho Rajneesh ane Shikshan Ma Kranti’                 1   Aug  2001

iv)                 `Adhyapak Salamat pan Adhyapan?’                        26 May  2001

v)                  `Saunskrutik Rajkaran ane Sahitya’                           30 Apr   2001

vi)                 `Jo Man khullu Hoi to…’                                          26 Jan    1999

vii)               ` Pelo Kaagal Fari ek Waar’                                    4   Mar   1999

viii)              `Ishwar Dot Com…”                                               6   Sept  1999

ix)                 `Vinayan Shakha Ma `Crisis’                                    10 Aug   1998

x)                  `Euro English ane Jodani Sudhar’                              1   May  1998

xi)                 ` Euro English ek Afwa..?’                                       2   Feb   1998

xii)               `Pseudoscience nu Rajkaran’…                                9   May  1997

xiii)              Vigyan ane Dharma                                                23 Sept  1996

 

The Times of India, Letters to Editor

 

a.       A Darshan of Derrida,                                                   14 February 1997

b.       Neo Orientalist,                                                               4 Sept 1996

 

LokSatta, Mumbai

 

a.       i) `Aaropichya Pinjrayaat Paalak ani Shikshak’                17 Mar 1997

 

 

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