Pradip Bhattacharya

Pradip Bhattacharya, International HRD Fellow (Manchester), retired in 2007 as Additional Chief Secretary (Development and Planning), Government of West Bengal. Chaired the Eastern Zonal Cultural Centre's National Symposium on "The Pancha Kanya of Indian Epics", Dec. 2003; panelist for the 2nd International Conference on Indic Culture and Civilization's panel on "Pancha Kanya" organised by MANUSHI and the ICCR, Dec. 2005; chaired sessions on "the Mahabharata and Media" in the National...See more

Pradip Bhattacharya, International HRD Fellow (Manchester), retired in 2007 as Additional Chief Secretary (Development and Planning), Government of West Bengal. Chaired the Eastern Zonal Cultural Centre's National Symposium on "The Pancha Kanya of Indian Epics", Dec. 2003; panelist for the 2nd International Conference on Indic Culture and Civilization's panel on "Pancha Kanya" organised by MANUSHI and the ICCR, Dec. 2005; chaired sessions on "the Mahabharata and Media" in the National Manuscript Mission's national seminar, Feb.2007 and on "Narrating the Mahabharata" and "Cultural rooting of Mahabharata" in the IGNCA's international conference, Feb.2011. Now Regional Editor (East) for the Mahabharata Encyclopaedia Project of the Mahabharata Pratishthanam, Bangalore; Member, Board of Governors, IIM Calcutta and of the editorial boards of the Journal of Human Values and MANUSHI. Edited and authored thirty books and numerous articles on values in management, public administration, ancient history, comparative mythology. See less