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Mamata congratulates Prof Gayatri Chakravorty for winning Holberg Prize

Mamata congratulates Prof  Gayatri Chakravorty for winning  Holberg Prize

Kolkata, Mar 17 (UNI) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday congratulated Indian scholar Professor Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak for winning the Holberg Prize of Norway in 2025.
Home grown scholar Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, a Professor at Columbia University in Humanities, is being recognized for her interdisciplinary research in literary criticism and philosophy.
" I congratulate our Professor Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak on her attaining yet another top international recognition. She has been chosen this year for the Holberg Prize of Norway, which is considered to be a top prize in humanities and social sciences. She makes us proud by this attainment of this highest honour," CM Banerjee wrote on her social media post.

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