Dr. Rajib Chakraborty

Dr. Rajib Chakraborty (b. 1974) is a linguist by profession and an archivist by passion. He earned his MA in Linguistics from Calcutta University and Ph.D. in Culture Studies from Visva Bharati. Currently he is engaged as a Linguist at the Society for Natural Language Technology Research (SNLTR), Kolkata under the aegis of Department of Information Technology and Electronics, Government of West Bengal. He is also associated with the Institute of Language Studies and Research (ILSR), Kolkata as an adjunct faculty. Rajib started his career as a linguist (2001-2004) at the Central Institute of Indian Languages, Mysore, the premier language institute in India. He also taught at the Centre for Endangered Languages (CFEL), Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan (2015-2017). He regularly contributes research articles to various academic journals. Till date he has published over 100 research articles, book chapters. He was the Associate Editor of Bangla Academy Pramita Bangla Bhashar Byakaran (Bangla Academy, Dhaka) and Bangla Academy Pramita Bangla Byavaharik Byakaran (Bangla Academy, Dhaka). He is a life member of the Linguistic Society of India, Bangiya Sahitya Parishat (Kolkata). He is a passionate record collector and musician trained in North Indian Classical Music. He lives in Kolkata with his family. He is the Editor of the Bengali monthly journal SRINVANTU, published from Sri Aurobindo Bhavan, Kolkata.