Mou Chakraborty is a special correspondent with Hindustan Times and comes with over a decade of experience in print and television journalism. She currently covers education and tourism. She loves writing news features and occasionally covers state admiration.
Articles by Mou Chakraborty
Indian scientist part of global team on ‘journey to centre of earth’
A team of geologists has undertaken a mission reminiscent of Jules Verne’s ‘Journey to the Centre of the Earth’, and playing Professor Lidenbrock is none other than a Bengali scientist
Updated on Feb 27, 2016 12:20 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Mou Chakraborty, Kolkata
Panagarh in Burdwan to become base for Super Hercules C-130J
The heavy-lift Super Hercules cargo aircraft can carry about 20 tonnes of load at one go. This move will also help the Indian army, which has its newlyformed Mountain Strike Corps headquartered in the Burdwan's Panagarh.
Updated on Aug 01, 2015 12:37 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Mou Chakraborty, Kolkata
Kolkata's Arkya Chatterjee tops ISC exams with 99.75% marks
Like the last few years, this year too girls have outshone boys in the Indian Certificate of Secondary Examination (ICSE) class 10 and Indian School Certificate (ISC) class 12 examinations.
Updated on May 19, 2015 03:58 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Mou Chakraborty, Kolkata
Mamata event main show in Bengal, not Modi’s speech
The West Bengal government has made it clear that schools in the state do not have to make arrangements to telecast Prime Minister Narandra Modi’s address to students on Teachers’ Day.
Updated on Sep 04, 2014 12:01 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Mou Chakraborty, Kolkata
Roads washed in dry Bankura to protect Moon Moon Sen
The local panchayat authorities washed the metalled road winding through the village, to protect Moon Moon Sen and her daughters, from the dust, when women waited for long hours at roadside taps to get a bucket of water.
Updated on Apr 17, 2014 09:39 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Mou Chakraborty, Mejia
IIM-Calcutta students set up backpackers' hostels in Rajasthan
Four students from IIM Calcutta has set up a hostel for backpackers in Rajasthan, which is not only winning hearts but also picking up awards in various top notch business plan competitions across the world
Updated on Feb 14, 2014 03:38 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Mou Chakraborty, Jaipur
Sweeping changes in ICSE, ISC evaluation system
A substantial part of the Indian School Certificate and Indian Certificate of Secondary Education (ICSE) would go online this year, making the examination and evaluation processes transparent, accurate and time saving, education authorities said.
Updated on Feb 08, 2014 10:32 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Mou Chakraborty, Kolkata
IIM-C to help WB govt develop entrepreneurial culture
The Centre for Entrepreneurship and Innovation (CEI), Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta (IIM-C) has become the knowledge partner of the Department of Medium and Small Scale Enterprises and Textile (MSSET), Govt of West Bengal to help the government develop entrepreneurial culture here.
Updated on Oct 16, 2013 10:17 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Mou Chakraborty, Kolkata
College boy hacks ICSE, ISC results
A 20-year-old Cornell University student hacked into the ICSE, ISC results on May 17, the day they were announced, and has claimed to have exposed how the ICSE board tinkered with marks of its two lakh students by inflating scores to ‘improve’ overall performance.
Updated on Jun 06, 2013 08:30 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Mou Chakraborty, Kolkata
Mahadevi Birla to switch from all-girls to co-ed school
A makeover is in store for the 53-year-old Mahadevi Birla Girls’ Higher Secondary School, a premier school in the city. Come September the school is set to switch from being a girls-only institution to co-educational, the uniform and logo will be altered, and the name of the school changed to Mahadevi Birla World Academy which will issue international school leaving certificates to its students.
Updated on Aug 22, 2012 02:04 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Mou Chakraborty, Kolkata
Boson famous, Bose remains forgotten
If Peter Higgs was the one half of the Higgs boson particle, Satyendra Nath Bose was the other. But on Thursday morning, when the world lapped up details of the Higgs boson, the neighbourhood of Bose remained blissfully untouched.
Updated on Jul 06, 2012 02:13 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Mou Chakraborty, Kolkata
IIT-Kharagpur profs look to get didi on their side
The teachers’ association of IIT-Kharagpur has decided to take its fight against the Centre’s single entrance test move to West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee.
Updated on Jun 11, 2012 11:09 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Mou Chakraborty, Kolkata
Exam protest hits IIT-Kharagpur
After IIT-Kanpur, opposition to the combined engineering entrance exam plan has hit the premier institute's Kharagpur branch as well, with faculty members on Sunday threatening to go on a hunger strike.
Updated on Jun 11, 2012 02:09 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Mou Chakraborty, Kolkata
Promise of a better life
Except for the Promise School there is not much else in Nawabpur that holds out a promise of a better life for its residents. Mou Chakraborty writes.
Updated on May 09, 2012 12:56 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Mou Chakraborty, Kolkata
Bengal youth have brittle bones, army stops staffing
Bone deformities due to arsenic poisoning are rampant among youth in Bengal, the Indian army has found. Less than 100 youths among the 2,000 who turned up for an army recruitment drive in February, passed the physical test. Mou Chakraborty reports.
Updated on Mar 19, 2012 12:43 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Mou Chakraborty, Kolkata
IITians get Facebook jobs at 77 lakh
If Radhika Mittal, Arun Dobriyal, Ashish Kumar Yadav and Vighnesh Vadhani were to update their status (a what’s on your mind prompter) on Facebook, their post could very well read: “Hired by Facebook. Sweet deal.”
Updated on Dec 08, 2011 07:42 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Mou Chakraborty, Kolkata
Get a PSU job, IIM-C will refund your fees
The Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta (IIM-C), has decided to refund the course fees of students of its two-year flagship post-graduate programme if they join a public sector undertaking (PSU) or an NGO. Mou Chakraborty reports.
Updated on Nov 08, 2011 01:52 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Mou Chakraborty, Kolkata
Leading the change
IIM-C is one of the top management schools in South Asia and the Asia Pacific region, and not just because of its tough selection criteria.
Updated on Aug 31, 2011 09:48 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Mou Chakraborty, New Delhi
Combatants cut contrasts
Polling for the third phase on Wednesday turned out to be a lazy day for housing minister and CPI(M) nominee from Dum Dum Gautam Deb. Mou Chakraborty writes.
Updated on Apr 28, 2011 12:54 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Mou Chakraborty, Dum Dum
Taste of woman power at Jorasanko
The Jorasanko assembly seat is set to get a taste of woman power. The three-sided battle for the ballot would feature Janki Singh of the CPI(M), Smita Bakshi of the Trinamool Congress and Mina Devi Purohit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Mou Chakraborty reports.
Updated on Apr 27, 2011 03:35 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Mou Chakraborty, West Bengal
Village wants arsenic freedom
Villagers now call her mad. Romisa Khatoon (14) was as sprightly as any girl her age till the attacks began. She is not crazy but behaves like she is when her stomach aches after she takes gulps of the arsenic-contaminated water.
Updated on Apr 27, 2011 02:54 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Mou Chakraborty, Basirhat
Election time is freedom time
For the 200 residents of Kullupara village in Nadia, the elections have a special meaning. On Saturday, after many years, the residents of the village had the right to move in and out of the village at will and that too for the whole day. Mou Chakraborty reports.
Updated on Apr 24, 2011 06:01 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Mou Chakraborty, Nadia
Coming out of shadow
It is a different day for women living in the red-light area of Shantipur. Shy of revealing their personal details, these women never managed to get a voter identity card and hence never cast votes. Mou Chakraborty reports.
Updated on Apr 24, 2011 05:55 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Mou Chakraborty, Nadia
After the confusion, the chance
Lakhinarayan Mahato is excited. While working in his field on Friday morning, he was talking to his friends about the EVM that he will get to see for the first time on Saturday. Mou Chakraborty reports.
Updated on Apr 23, 2011 04:11 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Mou Chakraborty, Nadia
The many colours of Subrata
In 2009, he contested the Lok Sabha election from Bankura for Congress; in 2011 he is the Trinamool Congress candidate contesting the Assembly election from Ballygunge constituency. Mou Chakraborty writes.
Updated on Apr 11, 2011 04:12 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Mou Chakraborty, Kolkata
IIMs to consider early results for CAT test
Though the Common Admission Test (CAT) 2010 results were released on Wednesday, 48 days after the conclusion of the exam, the Indian Institutes of Management (IIM) are likely to discuss the possibility of publishing the CAT 2011 results almost immediately after the conclusion of the exam. The matter is likely to be discussed in the next CAT group meeting.
Updated on Jan 13, 2011 02:09 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Mou Chakraborty, Mumbai
Now for the world
With nothing left to prove in India, IIM-Calcutta is eyeing an international accreditation that will allow it to participate in global B-school rankings report Mou Chakraborty
Updated on Sep 01, 2010 09:53 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Mou Chakraborty, New Delhi
Taking CAT? You have less time to prepare
This year, candidates getting ready for the Common Admission Test (CAT) have a month less to prepare.
Updated on Jul 24, 2010 01:36 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Mou Chakraborty, Kolkata
IIMs to overhaul online CAT
The computer-based Common Admission Test, the passport to the prestigious Indian Institutes of Management, will be spread over a longer period than the 10 days it was held for last year, Mou Chakraborty reports
Updated on Jun 25, 2010 09:30 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Mou Chakraborty, Kolkata
Spare the rod and spoil the child?
La Martiniere student Rouvanjit Rawla's suicide has focused attention on corporal punishment in schools. But shockingly, many teachers and parents still support it. Clearly, society is yet to accept the SC's ban on the practice. Mou Chakraborty reports.
Updated on Jun 17, 2010 01:33 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Mou Chakraborty, Kolkata