1. Bratya Basu has assumed the same office in the First Mamata Banerjee ministry.
18 Facts About Bratya Basu
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In May 2016, Basu was assigned the portfolios of Tourism, Science Technology and Bio-Technology, and Information Technology and Electronics.
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Bratya Basu has been elected as a Member of the Legislative Assembly, from the Dum Dum constituency since the 2011 Assembly Election of West Bengal.
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Bratya Basu is presently the Chairperson of Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi and Minerva Natyasanskriti Charchakendra under the governance of the Department of Information and Cultural Affairs, West Bengal.
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Bratya Basu was born in Calcutta to Professor Dr Bishnu Basu and Educational Administrator Dr Neetika Basu.
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Bratya Basu started his career as a sound operator for the theatre group Ganakrishti and soon started writing and directing plays with the group.
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Bratya Basu joined City College, Kolkata as an assistant professor in the Department of Bengali.
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Bratya Basu launched his career as a dramatist with the play Ashaleen, described by theatre critics as the first postmodernist Bengali play.
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Bratya Basu's noted plays thereafter include Aranyadeb, Shahar Yaar, Virus-M, Winkle-Twinkle, etc.
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Bratya Basu has even directed four films - Raasta which has a theme of youth moving into terrorism, Teesta a film on society and the failure of romance, Tara and Dictionary and acted in many films which include Kaalbela, Icchey, Sthaniyo Sambad, Hemlock Society, Muktodhara, Double Feluda, Baranda, Jogajog, Kalkijug, Asamapta, Dhulobali Katha etc.
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In 2021, Bratya Basu was conferred with the Sahitya Akademi Award for outstanding works of literature, for his anthology of Bengali theatre, Mir Jafar O Onyanya Natak.
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Bratya Basu's plays have been translated into Hindi, English and French languages.
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Bratya Basu has created his own space in contemporary theatre by moving beyond its existing boundaries.
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Bratya Basu formed the theatre group Kalindi Bratyajon in 2008.
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Bratya Basu won the West Bengal Assembly polls in 2011 on a Trinamool Congress ticket against a CPI Minister, Gautam Deb, from the Dum Dum.
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Bratya Basu was made Minister for Higher Education in Mamata Banerjee's cabinet.
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Bratya Basu decided to launch a survey of the state's higher education situation for clarification purposes.
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Bratya Basu has been brought back as Education Minister after Trinamool Congress's substantial win at 2021 Assembly Election.