35 Facts About Jawhar Sircar

Jawhar Sircar was born on 22 March 1952 and is a retired Indian Administrative Services officer, who is prominent as a public intellectual, speaker and writer.

Jawhar Sircar was elected to the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Parliament of India, on 2 August 2021 on an TMC ticket to represent the state of West Bengal.

Jawhar Sircar has held important portfolios in the Central and State governments.

Jawhar Sircar is a Member of the Upper House of the Indian Parliament who was nominated by the Trinamool Congress party and elected uncontested on 2 August 2021 to represent the State of West Bengal.

Jawhar Sircar is a public intellectual based out of Kolkata.

Jawhar Sircar has represented India in top international organisations, including the UNESCO and he speaks regularly and writes on public issues relating to the conservation of heritage.

Jawhar Sircar was CEO of India's public broadcaster, he resigned from the prasar bharati CEO post before his term ended, as he was not comfortable with the NDA government as he was appointed to the post by the UPA government.

Jawhar Sircar was on its four-member statutory national-level self regulatory mechanism, which is chaired by the former Supreme Court judge Justice Madan Lokur.

Jawhar Sircar was an active member of a powerful pressure group of retired central secretaries, chief secretaries of states, director generals of police, Indian ambassadors and others, known as the 'Constitutional Conduct Group'.

Jawhar Sircar is involved with civil society in its constant opposition to right-wing political and governmental forces encroaching on liberty of thought, idea, expression and belief.

Jawhar Sircar studied at the universities of Calcutta, Presidency, Cambridge and Sussex and has two master's degrees in History and Sociology.

Jawhar Sircar covered numerous field sites in five districts of the state of West Bengal, but could not submit his thesis, as government did not permit even a short sabbatical.

Jawhar Sircar has published numerous articles on cultural, historical and anthropological subjects for several years in books, as in noted national and international journals and newspapers.

Jawhar Sircar has delivered several talks on the subjects of history, religion, contemporary affairs and the intersection between religion and anthropology.

Jawhar Sircar was, in fact, its first non academic chairman in its half century history.

Jawhar Sircar was honoured by the British Museum with its silver medal for piloting museum reforms in the country.

Jawhar Sircar has been active in research even while working full-time in administration.

Jawhar Sircar has published numerous articles on cultural, historical and anthropological subjects for several years.

Jawhar Sircar has delivered talks on the subjects of history, culture and media.

Jawhar Sircar's writings are both available in Bangla as well as English newspapers.

Jawhar Sircar studied at St Xavier's School, Presidency College and Calcutta University - all in Kolkata.

Jawhar Sircar did his master's degree in Ancient Indian History and Culture from Calcutta University and a second Masters in Sociology, with Social Anthropology.

Jawhar Sircar graduated in Political Science from Presidency College, standing 2nd in Calcutta University.

Jawhar Sircar studied at the University of Cambridge and the University of Sussex in the UK.

In May, 2006, Jawhar Sircar was called to the Government of India in New Delhi, on promotion as Additional Secretary and Development Commissioner for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, a term that he helped introduce through a new Act of Parliament.

Jawhar Sircar initiated long-pending reforms and took up the modernization of museums, archives, and libraries.

Jawhar Sircar is credited with introducing many new programmes to assist cultural organizations and their expressions.

Jawhar Sircar was successful in forging a significant number of cultural partnerships between India and other countries, and among his major credits are the Anish Kapoor exhibition from the UK and the holding of seven unique overseas exhibitions of the original paintings of Rabindra Nath Tagore which had not left India shores for more than 80 years.

Jawhar Sircar has worked in the fields of Finance, Commerce and Industries for 17 of his 38 years in public service, where he has managed large corporations, including the multibillion-dollar Haldia Petrochemicals.

Jawhar Sircar has served on the National Advisory Council of Spic Macay, and was nominated on the National Executive Council of CII.

Jawhar Sircar had been on the advisory board of CEMPD, Kolkata.

Jawhar Sircar has been a Trustee Member of PSBT from 2012 to 2016.

Jawhar Sircar was Vice President of the All India Tennis Association, and served as the President of India's pioneering Children's Little Theatre.

Jawhar Sircar has been a Trustee Member of PSBT from 2012 to 2016.

Jawhar Sircar was the moving spirit behind the Kolkata International Film Festival from 1997 to 2005, and has organized several film and media related programmes, with participation of many countries.