Metropolitan University

Anik Biswas

Associate Professor

Biography

Anik Biswas served as the Chair of the department from 16 October 2017 to till 30 June 2023. He joined Metropolitan University faculty in 2012 as a Lecturer in the department of English. He was promoted to Senior Lecturer in 2014 and to Assistant Professor in 2017.

Biswas has over 10 years of experience in teaching. He began his professional career as a Lecturer in Blue Bird School and College, Sylhet. He also served as the same in Sylhet Engineering College. He holds a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree in English (Literature and Language) from Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet.

During the past three years, he has been working on the several projects on academic enhancement of the students of the department of English. He is engaged in Self- Assessment Committee of the department of English under Institutional Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC), and Leadership Development Forum of Metropolitan University as well.

His research interests include translation studies, films based on literary texts, and writings of Syed Waliullah. He is currently engaged in research works on ‘Film and Literature’.

Education

M.A. in English, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet

B.A. (Hons.) in English, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet

Award & Achievements

Achievements

Education Board Scholarship, Jessore Education Board -2000

Department Annual Scholarship; Department of English, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet (2003-2009)

Publications

1. “Satyajit Ray’s Ganashatru: An Intersemiotic Translation of Henrik Ibsen’s An Enemy of the People” [Published in Crossings: ULAB Journal of English Studies (Volume 7)]

2. “Voice of God and the Spirit of One’s Own in Chetan Bhagat’s One Night at the Call Center ” [Published in Metropolitan University Journal of English (ISSN: 2414-729X; Vol:1, No:1, 2015]

3. “Optimism in Nothingness: A Look on Some Major Characters of Humayun Ahmed’’ [Published on 5th July 2013 in the Morning Sun, a weekend magazine of The Daily Sun]

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Translation Studies

Films based on literary texts

Plays of Henrik Ibsen

Comparative Literature

Writings of Syed Waliullah

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