Suman V. Mallipattana

Suman V. Mallipattana, Ph.D in French, has been the Chair of the Dept. of Foreign Languages in the Bangalore University India, which she established and developed. She has recently migrated to the US to join her husband and children and is currently teaching at NYU and FIT New York.

Suman, has studied in France and India. An active member of many cultural organizations in India, she has directed and presided over the cultural activities of the Alliance Française de Bangalore for over 10 years and the Bangalore chapter of the Dante Alighéri for 8 years. She worked as member of the Peer team of the National Assessment and Accreditation Council and has been member of Academic bodies and Governing Council of various Universities and Colleges in India. She was a special invitee of the French Govt. to develop French studies in south India which she did successfully. She collaborated with the French Embassy and the University Grants Commission to organize “International Workshops for Training French Teachers in Asia.” and a national seminar on “Applications of Foreign Languages” for over 250 Business Houses and College Administrators.

Suman has conducted extensive research in varied fields like literature, philosophy, history and translation and has many publications to her credit. She has translated from French into English archival material (2009 letters) related to the colonial rule of the French in India which is published by the Govt. of India. She has lectured on various research topics at International and National seminars and symposia.