Greetings from Sanghamitra (On-site Coordinator, Varanasi)
Namastey,
My full name is Sanghamitra Sarkar and I will be helping to arrange your projects in Varanasi. I am originally from the northeastern part of India i.e. Assam. My mother tongue is Bengali. I have done my studies from Allahabad (a city which is 127 k.m. from Varanasi), and Madhaya Pradesh. I have done two masters, one in Modern History and the other in Tourism Management.
For the last 5 years I am staying in Varanasi and working with the western scholars from all over Europe and America. They were all research scholars. I used to help them in the field with translation and transcribing the tape records and arrange interviews for the students. In the last few years I worked with almost 20 scholars who were working on different projects.
From last August 2005, I am working as a resident coordinator with the Wisconsin University Students. I need to work for them 30 hours a week. This post is purely temporary for one year. Wisconsin University sends students for 9 months every year, these students study Hindi here and do some small field work research and take some tutorial classes.
I look forward to meeting all of you soon and introducing you to Varanasi.
With Good Luck,
Sanghamitra