SWAGATA "BAN" BANERJEE, PH.D. AWARDS, ACCOMPLISHMENTS, MAJOR ACTIVITIES BEYOND ACADEMIA (NOT ON CV) SINCE JOINING KENTUCKY STATE UNIVERSITY [REVERSE CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER]
September 2018
Global Music Award (Bronze Medal Winner - Finalist) by Global Music Awards (GMA) for Best World Fusion / Ambient Music track “Memories.” This is the 4^{th} GMA for Ban Brothers – the previous three were Silver Medals that came from the 2016 music album "All About Love: Music From The Heart." More under September 2017. * http://www.globalmusicawards.com/
CLOUZINE International Music Award
by CLOUZINE Magazine's International Music Awards
for Best World Fusion Music Video ("Chupi Chupi" from the critically acclaimed 2016 album "All About Love: Music from the Heart") in Fall 2018.
* https://clouzineblog.jimdofree.com/clouzine-international-music-awards/
* Music Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjMO9u5d6fw
July 2018
7th Kolkata Shorts International Film Festival-18
“Chupi Chupi” Music Video Officially Selected for Screening and Screened in Ban Brothers’ presence at Festival on July 11, 2018 in Kolkata, India.
June 2018
Global Film Festival Award by Global Film Festival Awards for Music Video “Chupi Chupi.” Festival held on November 11, 2018 in Los Angeles, CA. * YouTube Video Announcing Winners (Ban Brothers mentioned starting at ~50 seconds of the one-minute video): https://youtu.be/YYeOC8sY3SU
Cult Critic Movie Awards
“Chupi Chupi” Music Video Officially Selected for Screening and Screened at Cult Critic Movie Awards & Jean Luc Godard Awards on September 16, 2018 in Kolkata, India.
Berlin Flash Film Festival
Officially Selected for Screening and Screened at Festival on June 27, 2018 in Berlin, Germany.
February 2018
Semi-finalist Award in the 2017 International Songwriting Competition (ISC) for song “Chupi Chupi.”
Semi-finalist Award in the 2017 International Songwriting Competition (ISC) for song “Tumi Bhorer Paakhi (female).”