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{{short description|Indian Bengali linguist and educationist}}
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| name = Pabitra Sarkar
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| image = Pabitra Sarkar Addressing - Inaugural Function - Bengali Wikipedia 10th Anniversary Celebration - Jadavpur University - Kolkata 2015-01-09 2613.JPG
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| caption = Professor Sarkar in 2015
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1937|03|28}}
| birth_place = [[Savar Upazila|Savar]], Dhaka, British India.
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| education = [[Calcutta University]]<br/> [[University of Chicago]]
| occupation = Academic, Linguist, Writer, Theatre person
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| spouse = Maitreyi Bandyopadhyay
| children = 2
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| website = {{URL|https://www.calcuttayellowpages.com/adver/108745.html}}
| awards = [[Order of the Rising Sun]] <br>Mother Teresa Lifetime Achievement Award
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'''Pabitra Sarkar''' (born 28 March 1937) is an Indian [[Bengalis|Bengali]] [[Linguistics|linguist]], [[writer]], [[Literary criticism|Literary critic]], and [[academician]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Das |first=Sisir Kumar |title=Sansad Bangla Sahityasangi |publisher=Sahitya Sansad |year=2019 |location=Kolkata |pages=123 |language=Bengali}}</ref> He is also a children's writer, Rabindra Sangeet singer and dramatist. He received the Vidyasagar Award given by the [[Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi]] in 2000 for writing proses, and the [[Indira Gandhi Award for National Integration]]. In 2019, he was honored with the title of the [[Order of the Rising Sun]], [[Japan|Japan's]] third highest civilian honor.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2019-07-10 |title=পবিত্র সরকারকে তৃতীয় সর্বোচ্চ নাগরিক সম্মান জাপানের |url=https://eisamay.com/west-bengal-news/kolkata-news/japan-govt-to-honour-pabitra-sarkar-with-order-of-the-rising-sun-with-gold-and-silver-rays-honour/amp_articleshow/70164866.cms |access-date=2024-10-28 |website=Eisamay |language=bn}}</ref>

Sarkar was the [[Vice-chancellor]] of [[Rabindra Bharati University]] from 1990 to 1997. He was also the president of [[Bangiya Sahitya Parishat]], [[Bharatiya Bhasha Parishad]], [[American Institute of Indian Studies]] and numerous other literary and cultural institutions throughout his career. Although retired from job, professor Sarkar still teaches at [[University of Calcutta]] and few other colleges, and is now vice-president of [[Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi]], and the newly formed Society for Natural Language Technology and Research, [[West Bengal]].{{citation needed|date=March 2025}}

==Early life and education==
Pabitra Sarkar was born on 28 March 1937 in a [[Mahishya]] family in then [[Dhaka District]] of [[British India]], now in [[Bangladesh]]. After the independence and partition of the countr in 1947, he came to [[Calcutta]], and completed his higher education in the city. He was one of the most brilliant and accomplished students of [[Calcutta University]]. He secured the highest rank in both the graduation and post-graduation examinations. After receiving his master's degree, he taught at [[Bangabasi College]], [[Kolkata]] for some time. Later, from 1963 to 1969, he taught as a lecturer at [[Jadavpur University]]. In 1969, he went to the [[United States]] with a [[Fulbright Scholarship]] from the university. After receiving a master's degree from the [[University of Chicago]], he studied linguistics and earned a Ph.D. He taught at the [[University of Minnesota]] for the last two years until 1975.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Nayan |date=2023-10-19 |title=ভাষাবিজ্ঞানী পবিত্র সরকার |url=https://dainikazadi.net/%E0%A6%AD%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B7%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%9C%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9E%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%80-%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BE/ |access-date=2024-10-28 |website=দৈনিক আজাদী |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Roy |first=Nibedita |title=Kaibarta Jatibarner Itihas |publisher=Tangan Prakashan |year=2022 |location=Rajshahi |pages=204–208 |language=Bengali}}</ref>

==Career==
After returning to India, Sarkar joined Jadavpur University again as a professor. After his promotion, he held the post of vice-chancellor of [[Rabindra Bharati University]] for seven consecutive years from 1990 to 1997. Later he became the vice-chairman of West Bengal State Council of Higher Education. Professor Sarkar was in the one one-man committee of the West Bengal Government, which reintroduced English in primary school from Class 3 in 2000.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Weis |first1=Lois |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MqTbCgAAQBAJ |title=Social Class and Education: Global Perspectives |last2=Dolby |first2=Nadine |date=2012-04-27 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-136-81369-6 |pages=202 |language=en}}</ref> He retired in 2003. Sarkar has written and edited more than hundred books in Bengali and English. He is closely associated with various literary and cultural institutions of the country.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Institute {{!}} Mass Communication {{!}} Journalism {{!}} Mass Media {{!}} Film Studies |url=https://www.imcfts.com/president.php |access-date=2024-10-28 |website=www.imcfts.com}}</ref>

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