AboutWRITTWIK

My Introduction

Born and raised in Calcutta,India, I have more than 10 years of experience in the language industry and specialised communication. Fluent in French, English, Hindi and Bengali, I have got a masters in Social Science (Cross-Cultural Studies and Linguistics) from the University of Paris-Diderot.

I have been offering my services to several projects both in India and in France where I am regularly engaged as a Language Consultant.

My Experience

• Coach and Corporate Trainer in Language for Specific Purposes (Skills Development and Employability),Current position,Paris, France
• Language Consultant and Media Coordinator,VVIP visits,COP21,Embassy of India, France
• Language Consultant for PR and Content Development (Cultural Diplomacy, Calligraphy, Arts and Aesthetics, Intangible Cultural Heritage), Permanent Delegation of India to UNESCO, France
• LSP Consultant for In-House Terminology Glossary, Research and Development,Télélangue, France
• LSP Consultant, Department of Translation, General Electric Healthcare, France
• Research Assistant, INSEAD Business School, Fontainebleau, France
• Language Consultant (Audiovisual) "La Soif du Monde" a Yann Arthus Bertrand documentary on water scarcity in the world (now on Netflix)
• Language Consultant (Audiovisual) "Sans Domicile Fixe", an ARTE documentary on an exiled writer
• Coach and Trainer for French as a Foreign Language, Alliance Française du Bengale, Calcutta, India
• Language Consultant and Chief-interpreter, Kolkata International Book Fair, 2005, Embassy of France, India
• Language Consultant (Geophysics, Drilling): Indo-French Joint-Venture (CGG Veritas-Oil and Natural Gas Corporation, ONGC, Coastal Andhra region, Andhra Pradesh, India
• Language Consultant for "Un oeil sur la planète" a France-2 documentary on "Why do we have to believe in India?", France Télévisions National Network, France
And many more…..

My Publications

• India's Potential in the Fields of Coproduction, article focusing on the importance of cultural diplomacy in reinvigorating the strategicpartnership between France and India, India Perspectives, flagship magazine of the Ministry of External Affairs' Public Diplomacy Division, India (in English, translated into 14 languages worldwide)
• Diplomatic Perspective of the Indian Cinema, Cannes Film Festival, Nouvelles de l'Inde, flagship magazine of the Embassy of India, France (in French)
• International Solar Alliance, Post COP21, exclusive interview and blogspot on a Delhi based think tank The Energy and Resources Institute (in French)
• 50 Years of Visionary Diplomacy between France and China, Cannes Film Festival, Social Media Blog, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, India (in English) with the help of French Film Commission, CNC
• India-Africa: A long term friendship, 3rd India-Africa Forum Summit, Ministry of External Affairs, India (in French)
• Translating Daniel Pennac, French writer, and French language, from a non-native's perspective (in French)
• The freedom to be oneself, a note on the background music of Charulata, a film by Oscar award winning Indian film maker Satyajit Ray (in French)
And many more…..