Dr Partha Banerjee is a human rights activist, writer, educator, public speaker, media critic, and musician.
25 Facts About Partha Banerjee
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Partha Banerjee spent the first half of his life in India, and the second half in the US.
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Partha Banerjee's father Jitendra Nath Banerjee was a grassroots political organizer in Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and its erstwhile political wing Bharatiya Jana Sangh.
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Partha Banerjee received his first training in political organizing from his father while with RSS, and later by his maternal uncle Buddhadev Bhattacharjee who belonged to communist party of india.
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Partha Banerjee quit RSS out of ideological disillusionment with the organization's alleged militant, fundamentalist doctrine, yet without disavowing his deep roots in Hinduism.
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In 1985, Partha Banerjee came to USA as an international student in biology.
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Partha Banerjee has been a human rights activist and organizer with a focus on immigrants and workers.
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Partha Banerjee has written major articles to champion the rights of women especially women in the Indian subcontinent.
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In 1985, after teaching biology at a remote, rural college in West Bengal for four years, Partha Banerjee left for USA to pursue a PhD in biological sciences.
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Partha Banerjee earned his second master's degree from Illinois State University, and then went on to earn his doctorate degree in plant biology from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale.
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In 1999, Dr Partha Banerjee quit his science career, and moved to New York City to pursue his third master's degree, this time from the Graduate School of Journalism at Columbia University.
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Partha Banerjee received a prestigious Sevellon Brown award for his understanding of American media and ethics.
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Partha Banerjee received a Scripps-Howard fellowship to travel with a group of fellow students to Israel, Palestine and Jordan, to report on religions of that region.
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Partha Banerjee organized a number of immigrant rights conferences, and put together an umbrella coalition of rights and justice groups.
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In 2007, Dr Partha Banerjee was employed by the Harry Van Arsdale Center for Labor Studies at Empire State College in New York to teach English writing, immigration and diversity, and media to its labor union workers, and as an Outreach Coordinator.
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In 2011, Dr Partha Banerjee was hired to work as a labor educator and educational program developer at the Joint Industry Board of the Electrical Industry; he has held the position since.
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Partha Banerjee has written both professional and popular articles on a diverse array of subjects.
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Partha Banerjee has translated Bengali short stories, poetry and songs.
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Partha Banerjee's critical-thinking interactive workshops are enormously popular: he has taught on political, economic, social, scientific, and environmental subjects.
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Dr Partha Banerjee has earned reputation as a public speaker addressing large and small gatherings in indoor and outdoor settings.
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Dr Partha Banerjee has remained involved with the Bengali and Indian immigrant communities.
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In 2012, Partha Banerjee published "Aro Ektu Bosho", his solo CD album of Tagore songs.
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Dr Partha Banerjee began his political career in India as a member of right wing Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh because of familial connections: his father has been a lifelong activist of the organization.
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Partha Banerjee quit RSS and its political wing [Bharatiya Janata Party] and student wing Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad, because of ideological disillusionment.
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Partha Banerjee's book on RSS and BJP was a product of his years of association with the groups.