Heritage &People of Chandernagore|1

PROJECT TEAM

Heritage &People of Chandernagore|2

Project Team: Aishwarya Tipnis Architects

Project Director: Aishwarya Tipnis

Project Architect: Udit Sarkar

Team Architects: Sanket Biswas

Ashim Chakrabarty

Team Historians: Manvi Agarwal

Paromita Adhikary

Asmita Dey

Visual Communication Chitra Chandrashekhar

Web Design Manager Samragee Paul

Web Developer Hemant Jainer

Naveen Adhikary

Shashank Sharma

Sonu Sharma

Citizens Historians: Amrita Sen

Mukulika Kashyopi

Debjit Chatterjee

Manaj Saha

Somwrita Nag

Rudraraj Mallick

Arpita Das

Shreya Basu

Titas Ghosh

Sovan Saha

Judges: Mr. Raju Raman

Ms. Rita Bhimani

French Consul - Fabrice Etienne

Heritage &People of Chandernagore|3

Ashim Chakraborty

Ashim is an architect from the School of Planning and

Architecture New Delhi. Being born and brought up in the

Middle East, he is deeply connected to his Bengali roots and is

fascinated with Bengal. He's been the man behind the camera

Somwrita Nag

Somwrita is an undergraduate student of History at Presidency

University, Kolkata. She completed her schooling from St.

Joseph's Convent, Chandernagore. Her hometown is

Chandernagore. She strongly feels that despite having such a

wonderful history, Chandernagore never got the exposure it

deserves. She is extremely pleased that such a project has been

undertaken by Aishwarya Tipnis Architects and that she has

been able to involve herself in it. She hopes that the recognition

and publicity that has been long overdue for Chandernagore

will finally arrive upon the completion of this project

Mukulika Kashyopi

Mukulika has done her graduation in French (Honours) from

Chandannagar College. She feels that despite being a resident

of Chandernagore, she is not completely aware of the rich

heritage and history that this city has. As a contributor to this

project, she believes that she has been given a great

opportunity to know her city better. She wishes to highlight all

the nuances of Chandernagore's past, to the people of

Chandernagore and its well wishers, as a beautiful city and as a

former French colony.

Asmita Dey

Ashmita is a student of Ancient History, currently pursuing her

postgraduation at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. She

belongs to an old family which has been based in Calcutta for

six generations (and counting). Rakshit Bhavan located in

Lalbagan, which is the residence of one of the most renowned

families of Chandernagore, is her father's maternal home and

birthplace. Thus, Chandernagore is very close to her heart as it

has played an important role through the twenty-one Durga

Pujas of her life. Being a part of this project gave her the

opportunity to salute Chandernagore for all the glory it holds

Heritage &People of Chandernagore|4

Amrita Sen

Amrita is pursuing her Bachelor’s of Arts in French at the

Department of French, Dupleix College, Chandernagore. She

completed her schooling from St. Joseph’s Convent,

Chandernagore. She contributes the different perspective of a

Chandernagore resident to the project. She has a passion for

exploring her hometown and uncovering hitherto unknown

details of its heritage

Rudraraj Malik

Rudraraj Malik is a postgraduate student of South and

Southeast Asian studies at Calcutta University. He completed

his Bachelor’s in Economics from Vidyasagar College, Calcutta

University. He enjoys inclusively collaborative work and seeks

to face the complex and interesting challenges and

opportunities that this project throws up.

Paromita Adhikary

Paromita Adhikary is a final year undergraduate History

student at Presidency University, Kolkata. She hails from

Bandel, a settlement formerly controlled by the Portuguese.

The French heritage of Chandernagore has interested her since

her childhood. She wants to understand the Franco-Bangla

culture of Chandernagore placed in a broader context of the

Hooghly “Little Europe” belt of former colonies settled by

different European powers

Manvi Agarwal

Manvi is a native of Kolkata and is currently studying for her

BA (History) at Presidency University Kolkata. Manvi has been

working as part of the core team at Aishwarya Tipnis Architects

(ATA) since January 2015 on unearthing the hidden layers and

stories related to the history and heritage of Chandernagore.

Manvi is greatly intrigued at working on a live project that

brings history out from the books right into the heart of the city

and is inspired to work towards how history can bring about

positive change and shape our tomorrow.

Heritage &People of Chandernagore|5

Sanket Biswas

Sanket is a native of Kolkata and is currently studying

architecture at the School of Planning and Architecture, New

Delhi and is working as an intern with Aishwarya Tipnis

Architects (ATA) since January 2015.

Sanket holds a deep rooted interest in literature and traditions

in Bengal and is intrigued by finding meaning and relevance of

the cultural heritage in the youth of Bengal. He has been

working on valorising the heritage of Chandernagore and

preparing databases as part of the archiving process.

Udit Sarkar

Udit a native of Kolkata, is trained as an architect from the

Piloo Mody College of Architecture, Orissa and is working as a

architect with Aishwarya Tipnis Architects(ATA)since

2014. Udit has a passion for photography and wants to use

alternate mediums such as film and photography to create

heritage consciousness.Udit's job as the Project Architect is to

work with the community as well as coordinate and manage

programmes as part of the Project.

Samragee Paul

Samragee is an architect from Apeejay School of Architecture

and Planning and has been with ATA for over a year. Samragee

is interested in project implementation and management. Her

calm and meticulous disposition was instrumental in

coordination and on time delivery of the Heritage & People of

Chandernagore Website.

Heritage &People of Chandernagore|6

Judging of the Competitions on 19th August 2015 at IdC

An entire day was spent at IdC on19th august to judege all theentries of the competitions. Mr

Raju Raman, Ms Rita Bhimani and the then French Consul Fabrice Etienne were the esteemed

judges.