Bratya Basu
| Bratya Basu | |
|---|---|
| Minister for Higher Education | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 2011 | |
| Preceded by | Sudarshan Raychaudhuri |
| Member of the Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 2011 | |
| Preceded by | Gautam Deb |
| Constituency | Dum Dum |
| Personal details | |
| Born | September 25, 1969 |
| Political party | Trinamool Congress |
| Alma mater | Presidency College, Kolkata University of Calcutta |
| Religion | Hindu |
Bratya Basu (born 25 September 1969)[1] is a Bengali professor, dramatist, director, actor and a politician. Basu is currently the West Bengal's minister for education.[2] He was elected a MLA, from the Dum Dum constituency in 2011 Assembly Election of West Bengal.
Early life
Bratya Basu was born in Calcutta to noted theater personality, Bishnu Basu. He studied Bangla at Presidency College and Calcutta University
Career
Bratya Basu joined the City College, Kolkata as a professor in the department of Bengali. He started out as the sound operator for the theater group Ganakrishti[3] and soon started writing and directing plays with the group.
He started his career as a dramatist with the ultramodern play ashaleen (1996). Noted plays thereafter include aranyadeb, shahar iyar, winkle-twinkle, and the murder drama chatushkon. He won the Shyamal Sen Memorial award in 1998, and the DisharI Award in 2000. In 2008 he formed the group brAtya jan.[4] A recent production is the 2009 play ruddhasangIt on the life of Debabrata Biswas.
Has also directed two films, Raastaa, which has a theme of youth moving into terrorism, and Teesta, a film on society and the failure of romance. He has also acted in a number of other films, including Kaalbela.
Political career
Bratya Basu fought the West Bengal Assembly polls 2011 on a Trinamool Congress ticket against a heavyweight CPI(M) Minister, Gautam Deb from the Dum Dum (Vidhan Sabha constituency) and won. He was made Minister for Higher Education in Mamata Banerjee's cabinet. He has decided to launch a survey to get a correct picture of the state’s higher education situation. A committee of eminent scholars will advise him on curriculum improvement.[5]
References
- ↑ Bratya Basu, nATak samagra (collected plays), Ananda Publishers, 2004
- ↑ "The Ministry". Calcutta, India: The Telegraph, 21 May 2011. Retrieved 2011-05-21.
- ↑ "Man for all seasons". The Telegraph (Calcutta, India). 6 May 2006.
- ↑ "Natyoshala". Natyoshala. Retrieved 2012-06-12.
- ↑ "The Week". Week.manoramaonline.com. Retrieved 2012-06-12.
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