Introduction

 

This Programme provides a combination of skills in Literary Translation, Creative Writing, and Publishing. It is curated as a combination of online courses, offline workshops, and hands-on studios to help students acquire skills as literary translators, creative writers, and publishers. Being a postgraduate credential, the Diploma targets both regular students and those with some prior experience with writing or translating and felicity with the languages they work in. This two-semester programme is delivered online, with an in-person contact session each semester.

The Programme is designed under the leadership of Professor Tejaswini Niranjana, an eminent translator, winner of multiple translation awards like the Kendra Sahitya Akademi Award, State Sahitya Akademi Award, the DSC Prize for South Asian fiction, and the National Translation Award for Prose 2020 given by the American Literary Translators’ Association. It is supported by the JCB Literature Foundation which has instituted three full scholarships for the Programme. 

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Guest Faculty

The Programme invites globally renowned award-winning translators, authors, filmmakers, and publishers to mentor students on the art and the craft of translation.

Daisy Rockwell

DAISY ROCKWELL

Winner
International Booker Prize

Kunal Basu

KUNAL BASU

Author
The Miniaturist, The Japanese Wife
and several other works of fiction

Jerry Pinto

JERRY PINTO

Winner
Best Book on Cinema Award
Windham-Campbell Prize
Sahitya Akademi Award

Shanta Gokhale

SHANTA GOKHALE

Winner
Sahitya Akademi Prize for Translation

Tridip Suhrud

TRIDIP SUHRUD

Author
Reading Gandhi in Two Tongues and Other Essays

Rita Kothari

RITA KOTHARI

Translation and Literary Theorist
Co-Translator
KM Munshi's Patan trilogy among other books

Nasreen Munni Kabir

NASREEN MUNNI KABIR

UK-based documentary filmmaker
Author of 20 books on Hindi films
Winner
First Women of Achievement Award in Arts and Culture

Arunava Sinha

ARUNAVA SINHA

Winner
Crossword Translation Award
Muse India Translation Award

Ashish Rajadhyaksha

ASHISH RAJADHYAKSHA

Cultural Critic, Film Historian
Author
Encyclopaedia of Indian Cinema and John-Ghatak-Tarkovsky: Citizens, Filmmakers, Hackers

Sunil Shanbag

SUNIL SHANBAG

Renowned Theatre Personality
Tamaasha Theatre

Jayasree Kalathil

JAYASREE KALATHIL

Translator
Crossword Book Award-winning novel
The Diary of a Malayali Madman

Nisha Susan

NISHA SUSAN

Writer, Translator
Founder
Online Magazine Ladies’ Finger

V K Karthika

V K KARTHIKA

Publisher, Westland Books