Nayana Dasgupta is the wife of Indian journalist and Senior Executive Editor of NDTV India, Ravish Kumar. She is a professor of history at Lady Shri Ram College for Women.
Wiki/Biography
Nayana, who hails from West Bengal, grew up in Delhi.
Photo of Nayana Dasgupta (above white) from 1987
Dasgupta had obtained his MPhil in History from Deshbandhu College, University of Delhi in the 90s. Her field of research is Cultural History of Medieval Bengal, with a special focus on aspects of women’s history.
Physical appearance
Height (approx): 5′ 5″
Hair Color: Black
Eye Color: Black
Nayana Dasgupta with Ravish Kumar at Sunbreeze Apartments, Vaishali in January 2018
Family & Caste
parents
Nayana’s father has served as a joint secretary in India’s defense ministry.
Husband & Son
Nayana Gupta has two daughters with Ravish Kumar. The eldest daughter was called Tinni.
A photo from 2013 shows Nayana’s husband, Ravish Kumar, with their daughter
A photo from January 2018 showing Nayana with her eldest daughter, Tinni
Career
Nayana started her job as a professor of history at Lady Shri Ram College for Women in Delhi in 2006. She taught the history of medieval India to students at the college.
Nayana delivered a lecture at Lady Shri Ram College for Women in November 2017
Facts/Trivia
- Nayana and Ravish Kumar first met each other when they were pursuing MA at Deshbandhu College in Delhi. Ravish, who had studied in a Hindi medium school, was not good at English which made it difficult for him to understand the lessons in college. Back then, Nayana used to help Ravish with the language.
- Nayana and Ravish had to face several challenges to convince their parents who were against their love marriage. Reportedly, both of them had to cut ties with their respective families to marry each other. However, their parents accepted their marriage after a few years.
An old picture of Nayana and Ravish captured during the early years of their marriage
- Ravish Kumar revealed in an interview that Nayana was such a good teacher that he often received lectures on history from her or whenever he needed help.
- Nayana’s main field of research is Cultural History of Medieval Bengal. She has a special interest in aspects of women’s history.
- Nayana lives with her family in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh.
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Source: SCHOOL TRANG DAI
