Suniti Ashok Deshpande
Suniti Ashok Deshpande was born in Borivali, Maharashtra, India on November 8th, 1954 and is the Indian Teacher (1954-2015). At the age of 60, Suniti Ashok Deshpande biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Deshpande began working at the Russian Cultural and Science Centre in Mumbai in 1988. She became a senior lecturer and the Head of the Russian Language Institute at the Centre. Over the course of nearly three decades, she taught Russian to students at the center, staff of India's defense, scientific and diplomatic communities, and traveled to speak about her work.
In 1995, she wrote "Russian Made Easier", the first Russian textbook in India, which was approved and prescribed by many colleges and universities across India. She was the first teacher of the Russian language in Mumbai.
From 1990 to 2015, Deshpande published more than four hundred Marathi and English translations of Russian classics such as Pushkin, Chekhov, Tolstoy, Blok, Yesenin, Akhmatova, Tsvetaeva, Mandelstam, Pasternak, Brodsky and Mayakovsky.
Deshpande wrote 8 books and over 400 short stories, essays and articles. She regularly wrote for popular Marathi publications such as Saamana, Loksatta, Maharashtra Times, Sakal, Dharma Yug and many others, including their special Diwali festival editions, developing a loyal readership with her rich, lucid and entertaining writing style. She also delivered lectures and gave voice-over to documentaries and commercials.
- Honorary Expert in Russian Language, Special Recognition for South Asia, presented by UNESCO, Paris, in 1986.
- Winner of Moscow-850 International Award: In 1997, she was the only person from India and Asia to win this award.
- Winner of the Pushkin Medal for Lifetime Contribution. Awarded by President Vladimir Putin, Russian Federation, 2007
- Winner of International MAPRYAL (International Association of Teachers of Russian Language and Literature) Award, 2011.
- Best Russian Teacher in the World, an Exclusive Honor by the Russian Federation, 2013.
- Translator of nearly 300 Russian stories from Russian to Marathi and nearly 100 essays and articles in leading and popular Marathi publications including Saamana, Maharashtra Times, Loksatta, Dharma Yug and Sakal.