Relocating Bakhtin

Professor Tapodhir Bhattacharjee (M.A [triple] Ph.D., Gitavisarad) is the Vice-Chancellor of Assam Central University, Silchar. Widely known among the serious readers as one of the foremost literary critics and theoreticians of contemporary times, Professor Bhattacharjee has authored sixty five books Bengali, Assamese and English. He has the rare distinction of having command over a vast range of literary expressions that include comparative literature, literary genres, critique of contemporary European theorists like Bakhtin, Foucault, Derrida, Barthes and others. Professor Bhattacharjee taught in Gauhati, North Bengal and Assam University. Besides, he has also been the Tagore Professor in Modern Indian Languages and Literary Studies Department at Delhi University for a brief period.