Andrew Jackson, Counsellor, Knowledge & Economy, British High Commission cordially invites you to a reception followed by lecture by Professor Sunetra Gupta, University of Oxford.

Day & Date: Tuesday, 13 October 2009
Time: 6.30 pm onwards
Venue: Bungalow 3, British High Commission, Shantipath, Chanakyapuri. (Entry is from the Mughal Gate, cars can be parked in the bylane between Norwegian Embassy and British High Commission)

The lecture shall be followed by informal discussions and a get together.

Professor Gupta in this lecture titled 'Exploiting Ambiguity' would talk both about its different roles in science (where it is abhorred) and literature (where it can be used effectively). Her article in Nature (PDF, 85.0 KB, New window) is related to the subject of her lecture.

"Professor Sunetra Gupta is an acclaimed novelist, essayist and scientist. She has just completed her fifth novel, So Good in Black which will be published in February 2009. Sunetra lives in Oxford with her husband and two daughters. She is Professor of Theoretical Epidemiology at Oxford University's Department of Zoology, having graduated in 1987 from Princeton University and received her PhD from the University of London in 1992. Sunetra was born in Calcutta in 1965 and wrote her first works of fiction in Bengali. She is an accomplished translator of the poetry of Rabindranath Tagore."

You can visit her homepage for further information on her work. We look forward to meeting you on the occasion.

For media queries please get in touch with Deepti Soni on Deepti.Soni@fco.gov.uk  or call on 9810312913.

Please confirm your attendance to Swati Saxena on Swati.Saxena@fco.gov.uk  or call on 2419-2577.

Notes for Editors

9.10.2009

Dan Chugg
Director, Press and Communications
British High Commission
Chanakyapuri, New Delhi 110021
Tel: 26872161; Fax: 26870065
mailto: Deepti.Soni@fco.gov.uk

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