🇷🇺🇮🇳On January 27, Maxim Kozlov, Russian Consul General in Kolkata, held a meeting with Prof. Debal Dasgupta, ex-Chairman of INDAPRYAL, former Professor&Head of Department of Russian &French Studies at Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Gujarat.
🤝Consul General congratulated Prof.Dasgupta on his new appointment as a visiting professor at Viswa Bharati University, Santiniketan, where he will be giving a course of lectures on world famous Russian writer F.Dostoevsky in Russian.
📖The discussion was focused on current educational matters, including issues of teaching Russian language in North-Eastern states of India. Mr. Dasgupta underlined, there is a growing demand among young Indians to study Russian, yet the high shortage of Russian language teachers remains one of the main challenges.
🎖Dr.Debal Dasgupta is also recipient of Russian State Pushkin Award by International Association of Teachers of Russian Language and Literature (MAPRYAL),2019& Russian State Ministry of Culture F.Dostoevsky Award,2023.
