Dr. Subhash Chandra
Technical Officer, Language Technology Section, ICT & Services Group
Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC)
Kolkata
West Bengal-700091
Phone(O): +91-33-2357-9846 (Extn.-245)
Fax: +91-33-2357-5141
Mobile: +91-9836863350
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Email  : subhash.chandra@cdac.in , subhash.jnu@gmail.com 
URL : http://sanskrit.jnu.ac.in/rstudents/subhash.html

Education:

Ph.D. from Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi in Computational Linguistics, entitled "Ontological Knowledgebase for Selected Verbs of Sanskrit and Bangla", 2012.

M.Phil. from Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi in Computational Linguistics, entitled "Machine Recognition and Morphological Analysis of Subanta-padas", 2006.

M.A. from University of Delhi, New Delhi, India in 2004.


Research Interest:

Bilingualism and Sociolinguistics
Code-Mixing and Code Switching
Natural Language Processing
Computational Ontology for knowledgebase language processing
Indian theory of knowledge and computational Sanskrit
Computational grammar and lexicography
Morphology
Machine Translation
E-corpora building
Panini Grammar and Linguistics
Scientific Research in Sanskrit Text
E-learning
Verb Semantics


Employment History:

    1. Technical Officer, Language Technology group, Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC), Kolkata (August 2012-Till date)
    2. Scientific Officer, Language Technology group, Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC), Kolkata (January 2007-July 2012)
      • Working with Language Technology Section, ICT & Services Group for the project entitled "Development of English to Indian Language Machine Translation System based on AnglaBharati Technology (Phase-II)".
      • Develop program for Language Resource.
      • Handling Lexicon.
      • Worked in Department of Information Technology, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Govt of India sponsored project English to Indian Languages Machine Aided Translation System Health and Tourism Domain based on the AnglaBharati Approach as Scientific Officer from Jan 12, 2007 to March 31, 2010.
      • Worked in Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (CDAC), Kolkata sponsored project Analysis of Verb Semantics of Bangla as Principal Investigator from April 1st, 2010 to March 31st, 2011.
    3. Research Assistant, Devanagari Handwriting Recognition for Tablet PCs in Microsoft Corporation Pvt. Ltd. Gurgon India. (January 2006- June 2006), - Collected handwriting Data, Analysis etc.

    4. Research Assistant (Part-Time), Online Multilingual Amarakosha (OMA) project sponsored by UPOE-UGC at Special Centre for Sanskrit Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi (January 2006-January 11, 2007)


Books (1)

  1. Chandra Subhash & Jha Girish Nath (2011). Computer Processing of Sanskrit Nominal Inflections: Methods and Implementation. Cambridge Scholars Publishing (CSP), 12 Back Chapman Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE6 2XX, UK, ISBN 9781443826846, Feb 2011.


Research Papers and Articles (8)

International (6):

  1. Kundu Bibekananda and Chandra Subhash (2012). Automatic Detection of English Words in Benglish Text: A Statistical Approach Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Intelligent Human Computer Interaction 2012 (IHCI 2012), at the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India during 27–29 December, 2012.
  2. Bhattacharyya Pampa, Mitra Mridusmita, Pal Barnali and Chandra Subhash (2012). Divergence Patterns between English, Bangla and Assamese: A Machine Translation Perspective Proceedings of the 15th Oriental International Committee for the Co-ordination and Standardization of Speech Databases and Assessment Techniques Conference (COCOSDA 2012), at the at the University of Macau, Macau, China during December 9-12, 2012.
  3. Chandra Subhash (2012). Restructuring of Paninian Morphological Rules for Computer processing of Sanskrit Nominal Inflections. Proceedings of the Workshop on Indian Language Data: Resources and Evaluation, May, 21, 2012, Lütfi Kirdar Istanbul Exhibition and Congress Centre, Turkey.
  4. Chandra Subhash & Bhattacharyya Pampa (2011).Ontological Knowledge Database for Bangla Verb Arguments. Proceeding of 14th Oriental COCOSDA, Microelectronics and Information Systems Research Center, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan, held on Oct. 26-28, 2011.
  5. Chandra Subhash & Bhattacharyya Pampa (2010). Computational Analysis of Verb Semantics for Bangla. Proceeding of 13th Oriental COCOSDA Workshop held on November 24-25, in Kathmandu, Nepal, 2010.
  6. Chandra Subhash & Jha Girish Nath (2010). Sanskrit Verb Argument Valence: A Computational Analysis. Proceeding of 13th Oriental COCOSDA Workshop held on November 24-25, in Kathmandu, Nepal, 2010.
  7. Jha Girish Nath, Agrawal Muktanand, Chandra Subhash, Mishra Sudhir Kumar, Mani Diwakar, Mishra Diwakar, Bhadra Manji & Singh Surjit Kumar (2009). Inflectional Morphology Analyzer for Sanskrit. Sanskrit Computational Linguistics Lecture Notes in Computer Science by Springer Berlin Heidelberg, ISBN: 978-3-642-00154-3, 2009, Page: 219-238.
  8. Bhadra Manji, Singh Surjit Kumar, Kumar Sachin, Chandra Subhash, Agrawal Muktanand, Chandrashekar R., Mishra Sudhir Kumar & Jha Girish Nath (2009). Sanskrit Analysis System (SAS). Sanskrit Computational Linguistics Lecture Notes in Computer Science by Springer Berlin Heidelberg, ISBN978-3-540-93884-2: Volume- 5406/2009 Page 116-133, December 16, 2008.

National (2):

  1. Chandra, Subhash (2010). Automatic Nominal Morphological Recognizer and Analyzer for Sanskrit: Method and Implementation. Language in India, ISSN 1930-2940, Volume 10 : 2.
  2. Jha Girish Nath, Bhowmik Priti, Mishra Sudhir Kumar, Chandrashekar R, Chandra Subhash, Mendiratta Sachin & Agrawal Muktanand (2006). Towards a Computational analysis system for Sanskrit. Proceeding of first National symposium on Modeling and Shallow parsing of Indian Languages at Indian Institute of Technology Bombay pp 25-34 on 2nd to 4th April 2006.

Abstract of Research Papers and Articles (5)

      International (3)

  1. Chandra Subhash (2011). Meter Information System for Sanskrit. Proceeding of 32nd Annual Conference of Linguistic Society of Nepal, Kathmandu, November 26-27, 2011.
  2. Chandra Subhash (2006). Computational identification and analysis of complicated Sanskrit noun phrases. Proceeding of 2nd International Conference on cognitive Science (ICCS-2006) at Centre for Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences, University of Allahabad, Allahabad, U.P. India, on 10th to 12th December 2006.
  3. Chandra Subhash & Jha Girish Nath (2005). Morphological analysis of nominal inflection in Sanskrit. Proceeding of Platinum Jubilee International conference L.S.I. at CLTS, Hyderabad University Hyderabad Andhra Pradesh., pp 34 On 6th to 8th December 2005.

      National (2)

  1. Chandra Subhash & Jha Girish Nath (2006). Sanskrit Subanta recognizer and analyzer for machine translation. Proceeding of 28th All India Conference of Linguists (28th AICL) at Department of Linguistics, Banaras Hindu University (BHU), India, on 2nd to 4th November 2006.
  2. Chandra Subhash & Jha Girish Nath (2005). Developing a Sanskrit analysis system for Machine translation. Proceeding of a National seminar on ‘Translation today state and issues’, Department of Linguistics, at University of Kerla, Tirivenantpuram Kerla August, 23rd -25th 2005.


Research and Development:

  1. Developed Nominal Morphological recognizer and Analyzer for Sanskrit in JAVA/JSP, Apache Tomcat.
  2. Developed Nominal Morphological Generator for Sanskrit prepared dataset for this system.
  3. Sanskrit Compound Generation in Paninian formulation in PROLOG.
  4. Bangla Lexicon Format Generator and Checker in Python.
  5. Ontological knowledge data entry interface for Sanskrit and Bangla in Python/PSP.
  6. Bangla Verb Semantic Analyzer in Python/PSP.
  7. संस्कृत प्रत्याहार सूचना तंत्र (Panini Variable System) in JAVA JSP.

Presentation (14):

  1. Development of Knowledge Database for Sanskrit Verb Argument using Ontological Approach this paper has been presented as poster in Twentieth International Congress of Vedanta (20th Vedanta) organized by Special Center for Sanskrit Studies & Center for Philosophy, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, Dec 28-31, 2011.
  2. Morphological analysis of nominal inflection in Sanskrit this paper presented in Platinum Jubilee International conference L.S.I. at CLTS, Hyderabad University Hyderabad A.P., on 6th to 8th December 2005.
  3. Towards a Computational analysis system for Sanskrit this paper presented in The first National symposium on Modeling and Shallow parsing of Indian Languages at Indian Institute of Technology Bombay on 2nd to 4th April 2006.
  4. Sanskrit Subanta recognizer and analyzer for machine translation this paper presented in The 28th All India Conference of Linguistics (AICL), Department of Linguistics, Banaras Hindu University Varanasi on 2th-4th November 2006.
  5. Computational identification and analysis of complicated Sanskrit noun phrases this paper presented in The 2nd International Conference on cognitive Science (ICCS-2006) at Centre for Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences, University of Allahabad, Allahabad, U.P. India, on 10th to 12th December 2006.
  6. Machine Recognition and Morphological analysis of Subanta-padas presented for the Viva of M.Phil. under observation of Prof. Uma Maheshwar Rao, Department of Linguistics, Hyderabad Central University, Hyderabad at the committee room, Special Centre for Sanskrit Studies (SCSS), Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, on 9th January 2007.
  7. A Morphological Analyzer for Sanskrit Nominal Inflectional Morphology (subanta padas) this paper presented in The First International Symposium on Sanskrit Computational Linguistics at Paris, on 29th to 30th October 2007.
  8. Natural Language Processing (NLP) activity in C-DAC, Kolkata presented at the Computer lab, Special Centre for Sanskrit Studies (SCSS), Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, on 3rd July 2007.
  9. Knowledgebase Language Processing using ontological Approach presented at the Computer lab, Special Centre for Sanskrit Studies (SCSS), Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, on 3rd July 2007.
  10. Ontological Knowledgebase for selected verb of Sanskrit and Bangla presented for the proposal of Ph.D. synopsis at Seminar room in Special Centre for Sanskrit Studies (SCSS), Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, on 8th October 2007.
  11. Introduction to WordNet: An online lexical Database for English presented in computer lab at Special Centre for Sanskrit Studies (SCSS), Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi, on 3rd July 2007.
  12. Introduction to Bangla WordNet: An online lexical Database for Bangla presented in Weekly seminar at Seminar room in Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) Kolkata, on 11th October 2007.
  13. Introduction to VerbNet: An online verb lexicon for English presented in Weekly seminar at Seminar room in Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) Kolkata, on 25th October 2007.
  14. Ontological Knowledgebase for Selected Verbs of Sanskrit and Bangla Poster presented in 4th International Sanskrit Computational Linguistics Symposium, J.N.U. New Delhi on Dec 10-12, 2010.
  15. Ontological Knowledgebase for Selected Verbs of Sanskrit and Bangla Pre submission for Ph.D., presented in Special Centre for Sanskrit Studies, JNU, New Delhi 18 April, 2011.


Invited Lectures/speeches (4)

  1. "Teaching Sanskrit Verb Ontology to Computers" invited talk in the national seminar on "Relevance of Sanskrit for science and technology” organized by Gandhi Memorial National College, Ambala, Nov 11-14, 2011.
  2. "Workshop in Sanskrit Data Entry-Unicode Based Text Editors" invited talk in the national seminar on "Relevance of Sanskrit for science and technology” organized by Gandhi Memorial National College, Ambala, Nov 11-14, 2011.
  3. "Using Sanskrit Language Tools-Sandhi and Subanta" invited talk in the national seminar on "Relevance of Sanskrit for science and technology” organized by Gandhi Memorial National College, Ambala, Nov 11-14, 2011.
  4. "Project in Sanskrit E-text Development in HTML" invited talk in the national seminar on "Relevance of Sanskrit for science and technology” organized by Gandhi Memorial National College, Ambala, Nov 11-14, 2011.

Invited as Expert (1)

  1. Invited as "Expert for Hindi Language" in the "Workshop on Validation of Annotated Speech Data: Hindi” organized by that the Linguistic Data Consortium for Indian Languages (LDCIL), Central Institute of Indian Languages, Mysore, India, October 12-14, 2011.

Workshop/Seminar/Conference Attended (5):

  1. 4th International Sanskrit Computational Linguistics Symposium at Special Center for Sanskrit Studies, JNU, 10-12 Dec 2010.
  2. 2nd International Conference on cognitive Science (ICCS-2006) at Centre for Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences, University of Allahabad, Allahabad, Utter Pradesh, India, on 10th to 12th December 2006.
  3. 28th All India Conference of Linguistics (AICL) at Department of Linguistics, Banaras Hindu University Varanasi on 2th-4th November 2006.
  4. The first National symposium on Modeling and Shallow parsing of Indian Languages at Indian Institute of Technology Bombay on 2nd to 4th April 2006.
  5. Platinum Jubilee International conference L.S.I. at CLTS, Hyderabad University Hyderabad Andhra Pradesh., On 6th to 8th December 2005.

Projects:

  1. Development of Bangla Language Analyzer as Scientific Officer, funded by Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (CDAC), Kolkata at CDAC, Kolkata from April 1st, 2011 to March 31st, 2012.
  2. Development of English to Indian Language Machine Translation System based on AnglaBharati Technology (Phase-II) as Scientific Officer at Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (CDAC), Kolkata funded by Department of Information Technology, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Govt of India from April 115th, 2011 to May 14th, 2014.
  3. Analysis of Verb Semantics of Bangla as Principal Investigator, funded by Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (CDAC), Kolkata at CDAC, Kolkata from April 1st, 2010 to March 31st, 2011.
  4. English to Indian Languages Machine Aided Translation System Health and Tourism Domain based on the AnglaBharati Approach as Scientific Officer at Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (CDAC), Kolkata funded by Department of Information Technology, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Govt of India from Jan 12, 2007 to March 31, 2010.
  5. Devanagari handwriting recognition for Tablet PCs as Research Assistant at Microsoft Corporation Pvt. Ltd. 9th Floor, Tower A DLF Cyber Greens DLF Cyber City, Sector 25A, Gurgon-122002 funded by Microsoft Corporation Pvt. Ltd. from Jan 1 2005 to June 31 2010.
  6. Online Multilingual Amarakosha (OMA) as Research Assistant, funded UPOE, UGC at Special Centre for Sanskrit Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi-110067.
  7. Course Project Sanskrit samaasa generation in Paninian formulation at Special Centre for Sanskrit Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi-110067
  8. Course Project E-learning 9th and 10th Sanskrit text according to CBSE pattern at Special Centre for Sanskrit Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi-110067.

Supervision of Research Students

  1. M.Phil.:- Nil.
  2. Ph.D.:- Nil.

Training (2):

  1. One week training by Kelvin Chan, Program Manager, Microsoft Teblet PCs Microsoft corporation One Microsoft way, Redmond WA, for the project Devanagari handwriting recognition for Tablet PCs as Research assistant on the VISTA Operating system testing version at Microsoft Corporation Pvt. Ltd. 9th Floor, Tower A DLF Cyber Greens DLF Cyber City, Sector 25A, Gurgon-122002.
  2. One week training by Navjyoti Singh, for Vasheshika Formal Ontology from 24th May to 30th May 2007 at Asiatic Society, Park Street, Kolkata.

Editorial Board Member and Reviewer (4):

  1. Nominated as Associate Editor for The Linguistics Journal from 25 Feb 2011.
  2. Nominated for the Member of Editorial Board in Academy Publisher for their Journal of Language Teaching and Research (JLTR), Oulu, Finland, from 27 Feb 2011.
  3. Nominated for the Member of Editorial Team for the International Journal of Applied Linguistics & English Literature from 13 Sep 2012.
  4. Nominated for the Member of Review Committee for the 4th International Online Language Conference (IOLC 2011) organized by International Online Knowledge Service Provider (IOKSP), September 3 & 4, 2011 from 23 Feb 2011.
  5. Nominated for the Member of Review Committee for the International Journal of Computer Assisted Language Learning from Feb 2012.

Awards and prizes (12):

  1. UGC NET cleared in June 2004, December 2004 and June 2005.
  2. First prize in Inter College Quiz from Hansraj College University of Delhi on 5th December 2002.
  3. Second prize in Inter College Quiz from Janaki Devi Memorial College for Women University of Delhi on 19th December 2002.
  4. First prize in Inter College Quiz from Indraprasth College for Women University of Delhi on 4th December 2003.
  5. Second prize in Inter College Quiz from Hansraj College University of Delhi on 5th December 2003.
  6. Second prize in Inter College Quiz from Janaki Devi Memorial College for Women University of Delhi on 11th December 2003.
  7. Third prize in Inter college Quiz from Kirorimal college University of Delhi on 18th December 2003.
  8. First prize in Inter College Quiz from Hindu College University of Delhi on 11th February 2004.
  9. Sanskrit Pratibha Purashkar from Delhi Sanskrit Academy in 2004.
  10. Sanskrit Pratibha Purashkar from Delhi Sanskrit Academy in 2003.
  11. One year Means-cum-Merits Scholarship from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi-110067 from July 2005 to July 2006.
  12. One year Means-cum-Merits Scholarship from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi-110067 from July 2006 to July 2007.

Technical Expertise:

  1. Operating System: WINDOWS system, Linux, DOS.
  2. Programming languages: PROLOG, JAVA, Java Server Pages (JSP), Python, Python Server Pages (PSP).
  3. Scripting language: HTML, DHTML, XML and PHP.
  4. Database Package: MySQL and MS SQL Server 2003/2005.

Other Activity (3):

  1. Observer in the "4th International Sanskrit Computational Linguistics Symposium (4i-SCLS)" at Special Center for Sanskrit Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi December 10-12, 2010.
  2. Translation Work Translated from English to Hindi of the official website of Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC), Kolkata.
  3. Session Coordinator in the Twentieth International Congress of Vedanta (20th Vedanta), Special Center for Sanskrit Studies & Center for Philosophy, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi in the Session 14B: Applied Vedanta (Yoga, Ayurveda and Music) on 30/12/2011.