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Professor Nirban Basu: Curriculum Vitae

1. Name (in block letters) : NIRBAN BASU

2. Present Position: Mahatma Gandhi Chair Professor in Social Science, University of

Calcutta.

Dean Faculty of Arts (Acting), Calcutta University.

3. (a) Address for communication (in block letters) : 605, Block ‘O’, New Alipore,

Kolkata – 700053

(b) Permanent address: 605, Block ‘O’, New Alipore, Kolkata – 700053

(c) Phone: (Landline) 033-24006358 (Mobile) - 8420652479

(d) Email ID : [email protected]/ [email protected]

4. Nationality: Indian.

5. Recipient of

a). Eminent Teacher Award given by University of Calcutta, 2019.

b). Siksharatna Award given by Government of West Bengal, 2020.

6. Date of birth: 26.01.1956

7. Educational qualifications :

Higher Secondary : Mitra Institution, Bhowanipur, 1st Division(67.2%) National Scholarship

Holder, 1972

Bachelor’s Degree(History Honours ): Presidency College, 1st Class, 2

nd (62%), 1975

Master’s Degree (History): University of Calcutta, 1st Class 1

st (66%), 1977

Doctorate Degree : PhD, University of Calcutta, 1988

Area of Specialisation : Modern Indian History with special reference to Indian Labour

History and 20th

century Bengal Politics and Society.

mailto:[email protected]/mailto:[email protected]

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8. Research degree awarded: Ph.D.

a) Name of the University: University of Calcutta

b) Title of thesis : “The Working Class Movement in Eastern India with Special Reference to

Bengal, 1937-47’’

c) Date of research degree awarded : 03.12.1988.

9. (a) Post doctoral research Projects :

i) Joint Convenor, History Volume of Encyclopaedia Asiatica project undertaken by the

Asiatic Society, Calcutta (Dec, 1995- Aug, 1999)

ii) History of the West Bengal College and University Teachers Association project

undertaken by the WBCUTA (April 2000-December 2002)

iii)History of the All Bengal Primary Teachers’ Association, Project undertaken by the

ABPTA(2004-2006)

iv)Press and Propaganda in the Nationalist Movement in Bengal (Vol.IV –Non Co-operation

Movement, 1920-22), project sponsored by the Netaji Institute of Asian Studies, West Bengal

State Archives and the Department of History, University of Calcutta (November, 2005 –

March, 2013).

v) Researches in History: One Hundred Years, 1913-2013(A Catalogue of Dissertations,

Department of History, University of Calcutta compiled jointly with Prof. Rachana

Chakrabarty, March, 2014).

vi). Research advisor of the research programme on “ The Selected Political Documents of

Dr. S.P. Mookerjee” under taken by the Asutosh Mookerjee Memorial Institute, Kolkata

funded by ICHR, New Delhi from April, 2016 to March. 2018)

10. Publications: (Detailed list attached)

Monographs

1.The Political Parties and The Labour Politics : 1937-47 with special reference to Bengal

(Calcutta, 1992)

2.The Working Class Movement: A Study of the Jute Mills of Bengal, 1937-47 (Department

of History, University of Calcutta, Monograph Series No. 9, Calcutta, 1994).

3. Politics and Protest: A Study of the Four Major Industries in Bengal, 1937-47(Calcutta,

2002)

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4. Institute of Historical Studies, Kolkata : Fifty Years (Kolkata 2012)

5. Trade Union, Working Class Politics and Protest : Bengal 1937-47(Progressive Publishers,

Kolkata, 2019)

(Edited Volumes)

i). A Bibliography on Labour Studies, Bengal (Calcutta, 1994)

ii). (Co-ed) Sangathita Sramik Andoloner Sat Dasak (Calcutta, 2002)

iii).(Co-ed) Adhyapak Samitir Itihaser Upadan: Vols I & II (WBCUTA Publication, Calcutta,

2002)

iv).(Associate Editor) Dr. Phulrenu Guha: Profile in Perspective (Calcutta Branch, All India

Women’s Conference, 2008)

v). Anusandhane Sramik Itihas (Paschimbanga Itihas Samsad, Kolkata, 2013)

vi). (Joint Editor) Itihaser Baichitrya : Essays in Honour of Prof. Binoy Bhushan Chaudhuri

(Bangiya Itihas Samiti, Kolkata, Jan, 2017).

vii). (Joint Editor) Reflections on Post Colonbial Bengal : Society Economy and Polity

(Department of History, Barrackpore Rasthraguru Surendra Nath College, 2016)

viii). (Joint Editor) Dynamics of Politics, Society and Culture in Bengal in 19th

and 20th

centuries, Department of History, Calcutta University.(Forthcoming)

Entry in the Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Banglapedia) (Asiatic Society of Bangladesh,

Dhaka, 2005)

The Labour History of Bangladesh in the pre 1947 era

Occasional Paper

New Reflections on the Historiography of Working Class Movement in India ( Centre for

Advanced Studies, Department of History, Calcutta University, Forth Coming)

(Text Book Reading Material)

Netaji Subhas Open University Reading Material, Post-Graduate in History, Paper II, Module

II and Paper VIII, Module III

(Articles)

i) English-42 including articles published in journals like Quarterly Review of Historical

Studies, Revolt Studies, Calcutta Historical Journal, Indian History Congress Proceeding

Volumes, Journals of Dibrugarh University, Burdwan University, Jadavpur University and in

a number of anthologies.

ii) Bengali – 62 including published in journals like Aitihasik, Itihas Anusandhan, Samatat,

Mulyayan, Chaturanga, Yuger Dak, Nandan, Parichay, Korak, etc.

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(International Publications)

i).Migration and Labour Movement : A Study of Colonial Inida between 1920’s and 1940’s

with reference to Eastern India in Bruno Groppo and Christian Schindler (ed)-Labour

Movement and Migration (Vienna, 1996).

ii). Gandhi, Gandhians and the Labour : The Bengal Scenario 1923-47 in Rivista di Studi

Sudasiatici, Vol III (Firenge University press, Italy 2008)

List of Articles

(in English) -42

(in Bengali) -62

English

(1983) 1 The Working Class Movement and the Nationalist Movement: A case study of

Bengal in the Decade before Independence, 1937-47 in the Quarterly Review

of Historical Studies, Vol. XXII. No. IV (Cal, Jan, 1983).

(1985) 2 Changing Patterns of Trade Union Movement in the Calcutta Tramways,1920-

47 in the Quarterly Review of Historical Studies, Vol. XXV, No. 1 (April,

1985)

3. Women in the Trade Union Movement in Bengal 1921-47 in Revolt Studies,

Vol. I, No. II (Cal, Dec, 1985) ISSN 0970 -1680

(1988) 4 Tea Garden Labour Movement and Entry of the Communists: A Comparative

Study of Darjeeling and Dooars Gardens in Bengal, 1937-47 in Calcutta

Historical Journal, Vol.XII, Nos. 1-2 (Calcutta, July, 1987- June , 1988).

(1991) 5 National Upsurge and the Working Class Movement: A Study of the 1942

Movement in the TISCO, Jamshedpur (Indian History Congress proceedings,

51st session, Calcutta 1991)

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(1992) 6 The Protest Movement of the Industrial Labour – An Interaction of

Economism and Radicalism in Bengal in the Decade before Independence

1937-47 in The Historical Review, Vol. I Nos, 1-2, New Series(Cal. 1992).

ISSN 0970-3314

(1993) 7 The Vanguards of National Integration : The Working Class of Bengal, 1937-

47 in N.R Ray (ed) Dimensions of National Integration : The Experiences and

Lessons of Indian History (Cal, 1993) ISBN 81-85094-62-4

(1995) 8. Urban Popular Movements in Post-Second World War India, 1945 -47 in A.P

Mathur Felicitation Volume, Vol III(Agra, July , 1995)

9. Women in the Trade Union Movement : A case study of Bengal, 1921-47 in

Amitava Mukherjee (ed) Women in Indian Life and Society: Evolution

through the Ages (Cal, 1996) ISBN 81-85094-97-7

(1996) 10 Migration and Labour Movement: A study of Colonial India between 1920s

and 1940’s with particular reference to Eastern India in Bruno Groppo and

Christin Schindler (ed) – Labour Movement and Migration (Vienna,1996)

(1997) 11 A Forgotten Chapter in the Left Movement: Labour Party, Bengal (1932-45) in

Asok Mitra and Panchanan Saha (ed) The Coming of the Modern Age in India

(Cal,1997)

12 Gandhi and Indian Labour in Amitava Mukherjee (ed) –Gandhi : Yesterday

and Today (Cal, 1997)

(1997) 13 The Indigenous Capital, the Nationalist Leadership and the Colonial State :

The Labour Movement in Jamshedpur, 1937-1939 in Chittabrata Palit and

others(ed) – Political Economy and Protest in Colonial India (Cal, 1997).

ISBN 81-07102-086-0

(1998) 14 The Calcutta Port Workers and their Movements before Independence (The

Quarterly Review of Historical Studies Vol. XXXVII Nos. 1-2, Apr-Sept,

1997).

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(1998) 15 ‘Technological changes in the Indian Industries : The Workers’ Response and

Attitude’ in Journal of Historical Research (Dept. of History, Dibrugarh

University, Vol.VIII, 1998).(peer-Reviewed)

16 Bengali Capitalists Vs. Bengali Labour : Dilemma before the Bengal

Nationalists – A case study of the Labour Movement in the Mohini Mills,

Kushtia 1937-40 in Journal of History (Dept. of History, Jadavpur University),

Vol. XVI , 1998.

(1999) 17 Origins of Trade Unionism among Steel Workers of Bengal (1936-39) : A

Forgotten Chapter. (The Quarterly Review of Historical Studies, Vol,

XXXVIII, No.1-2, Ap-Sept, 1998)

18 Outside Leadership, Political Rivalries and Labour Mobilisation : A Study in

the Jute Belt of Bengal, 1919-39 (in Samita Sen and Arjan de Han (ed) – A

case for Labour History: The Jute Industry in Eastern India (Cal, 1999) ISBN

81-7074-222-6

19 Subhas Chandra Bose and the Indian Labour in Amitava Mukherjee (ed) –

Netaji Subhas Chandra Nose in Historical Perspective 1st ed., Calcutta, 1999;

2nd

ed. (Kolkata , 2010) edited by C.Palit, ISBN 978-81-910629-1-5

20 Trade Unionism among Steel Workers of Bengal on the eve of Independence

1945 – 47 (Indian History Congress Proceedings, 61st Session, Calcutta, 2001)

(2003) 21 Attitude towards Industrial Labour : Shifts in the Policy of the Bengal

administration (1921-47) in Abhijit Dutta (ed)-Explorations in History : Essays

in Honour of Professor Chittabrata Palit (Cal, 2003)

(2004) 22 National Liberation and Working Class Movements : A comparative Study of

the Indian and Chinese cases (Indian Association for Asian and Pacific

Studies, 2nd

Biennial Conference Souvenir, Sambalpur, Jan, 2004)

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23 The Role of Peasantry vis-à-vis the Working Class Movement : The Bengal

Scene in the First, Half of the 20th

Century (‘History’ Vol, VI, No.3, Dept. of

History, Burdwan University, Dec, 2004, ISBN 81-87259-32-9).(peer-

Reviewed)

(2006) 24 The Mining Workers in Turmoil: A Study of the Bihar Coalfields upto the

close of the Second World War in Colonial India: A Centenary Tribute to

Professor K.K. Datta ed. By Surendra Gopal, V.K.S University, Arrah, 2006.

25 Subhas Chandra Bose and the Indian Labour (Reprint) in Ratna Ghosh (ed) –

Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose and Indian Freedom Struggle, Vol. I (New Delhi,

2006)

(2008) 26 Phulrenu Guha and Labour Party, Bengal : A Bridge Between Leftism and

Mainstream Nationalism in Phulrenu Guha: Profile in Perspective, Kolkata,

Jan, 2008.

27 Labour Movements in Modern India in Chittabrata Palit (ed) – Indian

Histeriography, Vol- I (Institute of Historical Studies, Kolkata, Nov, 2008).

(peer-Reviewed)

28 Gandhi, Gandhians and the Labour : The Bengal Scenario 1920 – 47 in Rivista

di Studi Sudiastic, Vol.II (Firenge University Press, Italy, 2008) ISSN 1970-

951X

(2009) 29 Role of Urban Labour in Modern Bengal in Chittabrata Palit(ed) Urbanisation

in India: Past and Present : Prof. N.R. Ray Centenary Volume (Institute of

Historical Studies, Kolkata , January, 2009)

30 ‘Treading Across two Diametrically Opposites: Phulrenu Guha’s journey from

Marxism to Gandhism in Keka DuttaRoy and Chittaranjan Misra(ed)-

Reflections in History : Essays in honour of Professor Amalendu De(Kolkata,

2009) ISBN- 978-81-905134-7-0

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(2012) 31 Interrogating Popular Culture of 19th

century and 20th

century Bengal: A

Historical Perspective in Amitava Chatterjee(ed) – People at large: Popular

Culture in Modern Culture, Kolkata 2012)

32 ‘Industrialisation and Emergence of Labour Force in Bengal during the

Colonial Period : Its Socio-Economic Impact’ in Vidyasagar University

Journal of History, Vol.I, 2012-13 , A Referreed Journal with ISSN 2321-

0834. (peer-Reviewed)

(2013) 33 The Study of labour Movement in Modern India-Some Recent Trends in Ratna

Ghosh(ed). The Study of Social History: Recent Trends, Kolkata , June , 2013

ISBN-978-81-8064-245-6

34 (i)Professor Narendra Krishna Sinha ‘and (i) Professor Sunil Kumar Sen in

S.P.Sen and Dilip Coomer Ghose(ed)- Historians and Historiography in

Modern India Part II (Institute of Historical Studies, Kolkata 2013)

35 Labour against Bondage and Exploitation : A Study of the Movements of

Industrial Labour in Burdwan District in Colonial Period in Tridib Santapa

Kundu (ed)-Exploring New Aspects of Indian History Kolkata , 2013, ISBN-

978-93-80663-89-0

(2014) 36 One Century, Two Countries and Three Forgotten Heroic Women (Twentieth

Century South Asia) in Proceedings. Volume of the Conference of the

International Association of Historians of Asia, IAHA, Alor Sator, Kedah,

Malaysia, Aug, 2014, ISBN- 978-967-0474-76-2

37 ‘Japan and Bengal: Contracts in Modern Times’ in Perspectives Asia Pacific,

(Kolkata September, 2014) ISBN-978-93-80336-95-4(peer-Reviewed)

(2015) 38 Swami Vivekananda and the Indian Left in C.Palit(ed.)- Swami Vivekananda :

The Icon of Trinity Religion, Radicalism and Revolution (I.H.S, Kolkata),

ISBN: 978-93-82710-06-6

(2018) 39 ‘The Labour and the Mahatma : In Theory and in Practice 1918-1948’ in Arun

Bandopadhyay and Sanjukta Dasgupta(ed) – In Quest of the Historians Craft :

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Essays in Honour of Professor B.B. Chaudhuri Part II : The Polity, Society and

Culture(Manohar, Delhi, 2018).

40 Religious Festival and Working Class Culture : A Case Study of Viswakarma

Puja in ‘Murmurs of History’ edited by P. Mondal & A. Chattopadhyay (In

Felicitation Volume in Honour of Prof. Ranjit Sen, Kolkata, 2018.

41 Industrial Labour Movement in Bengal in the Late 19th

and early 20th

centuries

(In Comprehensive History of Modern Bengal, 1700-1950,Vol-III, Sabyasachi

Bhattacharya(ed.), Asiatic Society, Kolkata, 2020.

42 Labour during the Swadeshi Era : A Marginalised Fringe in N.Basu, S.

Chatterjee & R.Biswas(ed.), Dynamics of Politics, Society and Culture in

Bengal in 19th

and 20th

centuries, Department of History, University of

Calcutta, Forthcoming

প্রবন্ধ (বাাংলা)

(১৯৮৬) ১ দার্জি র্লাং চা বার্িচায় শ্রর্িকের আকদালন, ঐর্িহার্িে, ৩ বর্ি, ৩-৪ িাংখ্যা

(েলোিা, ১৯৮৬) ২ িাম্প্রদার্য়েিা ও বাাংলার র্িল্প শ্রর্িে আকদালন, গিৌিি চকটাপাধ্যায় (িম্পা)-

ইর্িহাি অনুিন্ধান, ১ি খ্ন্ড (েলোিা, ১৯৮৬) (১৯৮৭) ৩ ভারকির জািীয় োংকেি ও বাাংলার শ্রর্িে আকদালন ১৯২০-৪৭, গিৌিি

চকটাপাধ্যায় (িম্পা) – ইর্িহাি অনুিন্ধান,২য় খ্ন্ড (েলোিা, ১৯৮৭) (১৯৮৮) ৪ বাাংলার চটেল শ্রর্িকের িাধ্ারণ ধ্িিঘট, ১৯৩৭ গিৌিি চকটাপাধ্যায় (িম্পা)-

ইর্িহাি অনুিন্ধান, ৩য় খ্ন্ড (েলোিা, ১৯৮৮) ৫ হুিলী গজলায় র্িল্প শ্রর্িকের গেড ইউর্নয়ন আকদালন, ১৯২১-৪৭ হুির্ল

িহিীন েকলজ িিবার্র্িেী িাংেলন(হুিলী, ১৯৮৮) (১৯৮৯) ৬ র্িিীয় র্বশ্বযুকধাত্তর ভারিবকর্ি িণ আকদালন ও িণ-র্বকফারণ, জয়শ্রী

র্বকির্ িাংখ্যা (েলোিা, ১৯৮৯) ৭ েলোিার োরখ্ানা বর্হভভি ি শ্রর্িকের আকদালনঃ এেটি র্বসৃ্মি অধ্যায়,

১৯৩৭-৪০ , গিৌিি চকটাপাধ্যায়(িম্পা) - ইর্িহাি অনুিন্ধান, ৪র্ি খ্ন্ড (েলোিা

, ১৯৮৯) (১৯৯০) ৮ িিিাির্য়ে পত্র-পর্ত্রোয় প্রাক্ -স্বাধ্ীনিা বাাংলার শ্রর্িে আকদালন, গিৌিি

চকটাপাধ্যায় (িম্পা) –ইর্িহাি অনুিন্ধান, ৫ি খ্ন্ড (েলোিা ১৯৯০)

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৯ িহর েলোিার শ্রর্িকের প্রর্িবাদ আকদালন, িিিট, র্বকির্ িাংখ্যা

(েলোিা, ১৯৯০) (১৯৯১) ১০ প্রাক্ -স্বাধ্ীনিা যুকি েলোিার ধ্াঙড় আকদালন গিৌিি চকটাপাধ্যায়

(িম্পা)-ইর্িহাি অনুিন্ধান, ৬ষ্ঠ খ্ন্ড (েলোিা, ১৯৯১) (১৯৯২) ১১ বাাংলার শ্রর্িে আকদালকন িিস্ত্র জািীয়িাবাদীকদর অবদান, িভলযায়ন, ২৮ বর্ি,

নববর্ি িাংখ্যা (েলোিা, ১৯৯২) ১২ র্বশ্বযধু এবাং ভারি ছাড় আকদালকনর িিকয় বাাংলার শ্রর্িে আকদালন,

চিুরাংি, ৫৩ বর্ি, িাংখ্যা ৫-৬ (েলোিা ১৯৯২) (১৯৯৩) ১৩ রানীিকের শ্রর্িে আকদালন- এেটি র্বর্িষ্ট অধ্যায় ১৯৩৮-৩৯ এ ডবল ু

িািুদ(িম্পা) – ইর্িহাি অনুিন্ধান, ৭ি খ্ন্ড (েলোিা, ১৯৯৩) ১৪ বাাংলার ইর্ের্নয়ার্রাং র্িকল্প শ্রর্িে আকদালন, ১৯০৫-৪৭ এ ডবল ু

িািুদ(িম্পা) – ইর্িহাি অনুিন্ধান, ৮ি খ্ন্ড (েলোিা, ১৯৯৩) (১৯৯৫) ১৫ প্রাক্ -স্বাধ্ীনিা েলোিার এেটি িণ-েৃিযে গেকত্র শ্রর্িে আকদালন – দয

েযালোটা ইকলের্েে িাপ্লাই েকপিাকরিন – এেটি িিীো, এ ডবল ু

িািুদ(িম্পা) – ইর্িহাি অনুিন্ধান, ৯ি খ্ন্ড (েলোিা, ১৯৯৫) (১৯৯৬) ১৬ বহুজার্িে প্রর্িষ্ঠান, নিুন র্িল্প ও শ্রর্িে িম্পেি - বাটা ি ুগোম্পানীর শ্রর্িে

আকদালকনর এেটি প্রর্িকবদন ১৯৩৮-৪৭, এ ডবলু িািুদ(িম্পা) – ইর্িহাি

অনুিন্ধান, ১০ি খ্ন্ড (েলোিা, ১৯৯৬) ১৭ ভারকির শ্রর্িে আকদালকনর িাম্প্রর্িে ির্ি প্রেৃর্ি ও িিিযা , যুকির ডাে,

িারদ িাংখ্যা (েলোিা, ১৯৯৬) ১৮ িিবকর্ির আকলাকে শ্রর্িে গনিা র্িবনার্, যুকির ডাে, র্বকির্ িাংখ্যা,

(েলোিা জলুাই, ১৯৯৬) ১৯ ঔপর্নকবর্িে যুকির গির্পকবি বাাংলার শ্রর্িে আকদালকনর ইর্িহাি চচি ায়

গিৌর্খ্ে উপাদান- িম্ভাবনা ও িীিাবধিা, িিযর্জি দািগুপ্ত (িম্পা) িুকখ্র ের্ায় ইর্িহাি (পর্িিবঙ্গ ইর্িহাি িাংিদ, েলোিা, ১৯৯৬)

২০ গরল শ্রর্িে আকদালকনর এেটি রূপকরখ্া, ১৯২০-৪৭, গিৌিি চটওপাধ্যায় (িম্পা)- ইর্িহাি অনুিন্ধান, ১১ খ্ন্ড েলোিা, ১৯৯৬)

(১৯৯৭) ২১ িুভার্চন্দ্র বি ুও র্বহাকরর শ্রর্িে আকদালন র্বপ্লব দািগুপ্ত ৯িম্পা) – নদন,

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িুভার্চন্দ্র বি ুিিবার্র্িেী র্বকির্ িাংখ্যা(েলোিা ১৯৯৭) ২২ বাাংলার চা বািাকন শ্রর্িে আকদালকনর িভত্রপাি - দার্জি র্লাং ও ডুয়াকিির এেটি

িুলনািভলে প্রর্িকবদন িাংহর্ি, িুবণি জয়ন্তী স্মারে িাংখ্যা (জলপাইগুর্ড়, ১৯৯৭)

২৩ শ্রর্িে আকদালকনর ইর্িহাি চচি া, িাংবীেণ চিুর্ি িাংেলন (পর্িিবঙ্গ িণিার্িে গলখ্ে র্িল্পী-িাংঘ, গিানারপুর, ১৯৯৭)

২৪ িুভার্চন্দ্র বি ুও ভারকির শ্রর্িে আকদালন িিাজ িিীো, ৯ি বর্ি, ১-২ িাংখ্যা

(েলোিা, ১৯৯৭) ২৫ ভারকির স্বাধ্ীনিা িাংোি ও শ্রর্িে গশ্রণী শুভশ্রী ৩৬ বর্ি, স্বাধ্ীনিা িুবণি

জয়ন্তী র্বকির্ িাংখ্যা (বহরিপরু, ১৯৯৭) ২৬ পর্িিবকঙ্গর শ্রর্িে গশ্রণী ও শ্রর্িে আকদালন, িজল বি ু (িম্পা) – স্বাধ্ীন

ভারকি বাাংলা ও বাঙালী (েলোিা , ১৯৯৭) ২৭ ভারকির জািীয় আকদালকন শ্রর্িকের ভভ র্িো – পরবিী অধ্যায়, ১৯৩০-৮৭,

নরহর্র ের্বরাজ(িম্পা) – অিিাপ্ত র্বপ্লব অপভণি আোঙ্খা : ভারকির স্বাধ্ীনিা

িাংোকির ইর্িহাি (েলোিা, ১৯৯৮) , (র্িিীয় িাংস্করণ , ২০০৭) ISBN- 81-7074-289-7

(১৯৯৮) ২৮ িুভার্চন্দ্র বি ুও র্বহাকরর শ্রর্িে আকদালন গিৌিি চকটায়াপধ্যায় (িম্পা) –

ইর্িহাি অনুিন্ধান ১২ি িাংখ্যা (েলোিা, ১৯৯৮) ২৯ ইর্িহাকির পািায় োিীপুর-বরানির শ্রর্িে ও িাকদর আকদালন, বলাইচন্দ্র

বাড়ুই (িম্পা) – প্রিঙ্গ োিীপুর ও েলোিা (েলোিা, ১৯৯৮) (১৯৯৯) ৩০ িভকযিাদকয়র র্িল্প ও শ্রর্িে আকদালন – প্রাক্-স্বাধ্ীনিা বাাংলার ওর্র্ধ্ ও

রািায়র্ণে র্িকল্পর এেটি প্রর্িকবদন, গিৌিি চকটাপাধ্যায় (িম্পা) – ইর্িহাি

অনুিন্ধান ১৩ি খ্ন্ড (েলোিা, ১৯৯৯) (২০০০) ৩১ র্বাংি িিকের শ্রর্িে আকদালন ও বাঙালী িিাজ’ (স্বপন বি ু ও হর্ি দত্ত

িম্পার্দি – র্বি িিকের বাঙালী-জীবন ও িাংসৃ্কর্ি – অধ্যাপে িাংেরীপ্রিাদ

বি ুিম্মাননা েন্থ (েয়লাখ্র্ন, ২০০০) ৩২ স্বাধ্ীনিার প্রাক্কাকল উত্তাল র্বহার েয়লাখ্র্ন শ্রর্িে (আজও অকের্ণ ৩য় বর্ি

িাংেলন, খ্ড়িপরু, ২০০০) ৩৩ র্িবনার্ বকন্ধযাপাধ্যায় ও ভাটপাড়া ননহাটীর শ্রর্িে আকদালন – এেটি র্বসৃ্মি

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অধ্যায় (ভাটপাড়া – ননহাটী গো-অপাকরটিভ বযাাংে র্লর্িকটড, প্লযাটিনাি জয়ন্তী

স্মরর্ণো, ভাটপাড়া, ২০০০) (২০০১) ৩৪ স্বাধ্ীনিার প্রাক্কাকল টাটানিকরর শ্রর্িে আকদালন, ১৯৪৫-৪৭, গিৌিি

চকটাপাধ্যায় িম্পার্দে ইর্িহাি অনুিন্ধান, ১৬ি পযিন্ত (েলোিা, ২০০১)। (২০০২)

৩৫

৩৬

ডুয়াকিির চা বািাকন শ্রর্িে আকদালকনর উকের্ পবি – জলপাইগুর্ড় র্জলা

স্মারে েন্থ, র্িিীয় খ্ন্ড, ২০০২)

বাাংলার গেড ইউর্নয়ন আকদালকনর এেটি যুি, ১৯৩৫-৪৭ (িাংিঠিি শ্রর্িে আকদালকনর িাি দিে ; িুধ্ী প্রধ্ান স্মারে রচনা িম্ভার , েলোিা , ২০০২)

(২০০৩) ৩৭ প্রাক্ -স্বাধ্ীনিা বাাংলার চটেকলর দটুি িাধ্ারণ ধ্িিঘট, ইর্িহাকির পৃষ্ঠা গর্কে (গবঙ্গল চটেল িজদরু ইউর্নয়ন, ৫৯ িি িকম্মলন স্মরর্ণো, বরাহনির,

২০০৩) ৩৮ স্বািী র্বকবোনদ ও ভারকির িিাজিার্িে আকদালন – িিবকর্ির িভলযায়ন

১৯০২-২০০২ (িারদীয়া যুকির ডাে, ১৪১০ বঙ্গাব্দ) (২০০৪) ৩৯ বাংি ভাংি ও অভাংি– িিবকর্ির র্নর্রকখ্ িারদীয়া যুকির ডাে, ১৪১১ বঙ্গাব্দ) (২০০৫)

৪০ বাংি ভাংি আকদালন ও শ্রিজীর্ব আকদালন (পর্রচয়, স্বকদিী আকদালন –

বাাংলা ও বাঙার্ল র্বকির্ িাংখ্যা , ২০০৫) (২০০৬) ৪১ বাংি ভাংি – র্িল্প ভাবনা ও শ্রর্িে িাংিঠন (গদবব্রি চকটাপাধ্যায় িম্পার্দিঃ

বঙ্গভঙ্গ প্রর্িকরাধ্ িিবর্ি, ের্লোিা , ২০০৬)

(২০০৭)

৪২

৪৩

৪৪

স্বকদিী যুকি বাাংলার শ্রর্িে আকদালন ও নভিন গনিৃত্ব ‘বজ্রর্িখ্ায় বাাংলা’ –

বাংি ভাংি আকদালকনর িিবর্ি পভর্িি স্মরকণ রচনা িাংেহ, ের্লোিা , ২০০৬ ভারকির জািীয়িাবাদ ও শ্রর্িে আকদালন – ইনকোকয়স্ট, ইর্িহাি র্বভাি, ঋর্র্বর্িি েকলজ, ননহাটি,২০০৭ বাংি ভাংি র্বকরাধ্ী ও স্বকদিী আকদালন (যুকির-ডাে,১৪১২,বাংিাব্দ )

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(২০০৯) ৪৫

৪৬

িিিাির্য়ে পত্র-পর্ত্রোয় প্রাক্ -স্বাধ্ীনিা বাাংলার শ্রর্িে আকদালন (িবযিাচী চকটাপাধ্যায়, অর্নবিাণ বিু রায় গচৌধ্ুরী ও অণিব বযানাজী িম্পার্দি ভারিীয়

িাাংবার্দেিার ইর্িহাি, ের্লোিা, ২০০৯)

বাাংলার শ্রর্িে আকদালকনর ইর্িহাি চচি া (রর্েি গিন িম্পার্দি – বাাংলার শ্রিির্ি আঠাকরা গর্কে র্বি দিে, েলোিা, ২০০৯)

(২০১০) ৪৭ িিবকর্ির আকলাকে িার্ন্তিুধ্া গঘার্ (১৯০৭-১৯৯২); এে র্বসৃ্মিপ্রায় র্বরল

বযর্িত্ব, িে ু চকটাপাধ্যায়(িম্পা),ইর্িহাি অনুিন্ধান, ২৪ খ্ন্ড (েলোিা,

২০১০) ৪৮ ফুলকরণু গুহ – র্বপ্লবী েিী গর্কে িানবিাবাদী গনত্রীকি উত্তরণ ( িহীদ

প্রীর্িলিা ওয়াকেদার স্মারে বিৃিা, িানবী র্বদযাচচি া গেন্দ্র , যাদবপরু

র্বশ্বর্বদযালয় ২০১০) আই এি র্ব এন 978-81-295-1083-9 ৪৯ বাাংলার িিাজিিী আকদালন – অিীি ও বিি িান (যুকির ডাে – িারদীয়া

১৪১৯) (২০১২) ৫০ ঔপর্নকবর্িে ভারকি জািীয়িাবাদী আকদালন ও শ্রর্িে আকদালন এবাং

শ্রর্িে ইর্িহািচচি া (বাংিবািী আোকডর্িে জানিাল, ভলুযি ৯, ২০১১-১২,

ের্লোিা ২০১২) ISSN 2249-0655 (২০১৩) ৫১ ‘স্বািী র্বকবোনদ ও ভারিীয় বািপন্থীরা ‘ গেো দত্তরায় (িম্পার্দি)

প্রর্ির্ডাংি অফ দয গস্টট গলকভল গির্িনার অন গরকলভান্স অফ স্বািী র্বকবোনদ’ি টীর্চাংি টুকড, প্রফুল্লচন্দ্র েকলজ ও ইনর্স্টটিউট অফ

র্হকস্টার্রোল স্টার্ডি, েলোিার গযৌর্ উকদযাি ও ইউ র্জ র্ি’র আনকুূকলয অনুর্ষ্ঠি, নকভম্বর, ২০১৩)

(২০১৪) ৫২ ইর্িহাকির গপ্রর্েকি র্বাংি িিাব্দীর উত্তরবকঙ্গর পর্রবিি নিীল িিাজ – র্েছু

ভাবনা, র্েছু প্রশ্ন (এি র্ি িরোর িম্পার্দি – গচর্োং গিািাইটি অফ

টুকয়নটিকয়র্ গিঞু্চরী গবঙ্গল ( েলোিা, গি, ২০১৪) ISBN 978-81-8064-254-8 (২০১৫) ৫৩ ঔপর্নকবর্িে ও উত্তর –ঔপর্নকবর্িে যুকি িহর েলোিার শ্রর্িে ও িাকদর

প্রর্িবাদ আকদালন (গিৌর্িত্র শ্রীিান িম্পার্দি ের্লোিা, েলোিা, বাংিীয়

ইর্িহাি ির্ির্ি, েলোিা, জানুয়ারী, ২০১৫) ISBN 978-81-92386-0-8

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৫৪ িিবকর্ির আকলাকে িিযােহী িান্ধী - দর্েণ আর্িো গর্কে ভারকি, ২০১৫

(িহাত্মার ঘকর গফরা, স্মারে েন্থ জানয়ুারী , ২০১৫, িান্ধী স্মারে িাংেহালয়, বযারােপরু)

৫৫ ির্ণকুন্তলা গিন (১৯১১-৮৭) – রাজনীর্ির র্ভিকর ও বাইকর ইর্িহাি ির্ির্ি পর্ত্রো, িাংখ্যা ৩৫-৩৬, ১৪১৯-২১ বাংিাব্দ, ঢাো , গি, ২০১৫ ( আই এি এি এন – ১৫৬০-৭৫৮৫)(র্প.আর.র্রভুউড)

(২০১৬) ৫৬ বাাংলার জাপান চচি া, অর্নরুধ রায় িম্মাননা েন্থ ইর্িহাকির পকর্ পকর্ (িম্পাদনা) রত্নাবলী চকটাপাধ্যায় ও িুস্নাি দাি (প্রকের্িভ পাবর্লিািি, েলোিা, ২০১৬)

(২০১৬) ৫৭ পর্িিবকঙ্গর ছাত্র আকদালন (িজল বি ু (িম্পার্দি) ভারকি িািার্জে আকদালকন অন্তভভি ি প্রবন্ধ, েলোিা, জানয়ুারী, ২০১৬)

(২০১৭) ৫৮ র্বনয়ভভ র্ণ গচৌধ্রুী ও ের্লোিা র্বশ্বর্বদযালকয়র ইর্িহাি চচি া এবাং র্বনয়ভভ র্ণ গচৌধ্রুীর িকবর্ণা ও িরৃ্ষ্ট (িাংেলন) (গিৌিি র্নকয়ািী, র্নবিাণ বি ুও গিৌর্িত্র শ্রীিানী িম্পার্দি ইর্িহাকির নবর্চত্রযঃ অধ্যাপে র্বনয়ভভ র্ণ গচৌধ্ুরী িম্মাননা অন্তভুি ি দইুটি প্রবন্ধ)

(২০১৭) ৫৯ রুি র্বপ্লব (১৯১৭) এবাং ভারকির শ্রর্িে ও গেড ইউর্নয়ন আকদালন গোরে িার্হিয পর্ত্রো (িারদীয়া ২০১৭) নকভম্বর র্বপ্লব িিবকর্ি র্ফকর গদখ্া র্বকির্

িাংখ্যা ।

(২০১৮)

(২০১৯)

(২০১৯)

৬০

৬১

৬২

িহাত্মা িান্ধী ও ভারকির শ্রর্িে আকদালন , গোরে িার্হিয পর্ত্রো (িারদীয়া, ২০১৮) িাধ্িিিবর্ি িহাত্মা িান্ধী র্বকির্ িাংখ্যা)

১৯৪৬ িাল ও শ্রর্িে আকদালন, িাপি গভৌর্িে (িম্পার্দি) ‘গছচর্ল্লকির ইর্িের্া’ (গোরে, েলোিা, ২০১৯)

িার্ন্ধজীর ঈশ্বরভাবনা ও িিযভাবনা (িান্ধী িাংবাদ চিুদিি বর্ি র্িিীয় িাংখ্যা, জলুাই – গিকেম্বর ২০১৯)

Presentation of Papers in Seminars / Conferences

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International Seminar -11, National Seminar -28, Others – 47, Refresher Courses - 24

Invited Lectures

i) 6th

Professor Sunil Kumar Sen Memorial Lecture, organized by Institute of Historical

Studies, Calcutta, March 2000.

ii) 8th

Professor Sunil Kumar Sen Memorial Lecture, organized by Rabindra Bharati

University, March, 2001.

iii) Monohar Mukhopadhyay Memorial Lecture, Bangiya Jatiya Siksha Parisad, April, 2008

iv) Sectional President’s address, Modern India Section, 26th

Annual Conference of

Paschimbanga Itihas Samsad, North Bengal University, January, 2010.

v) Twelfth Shaheed Pritilata Waddedar Memorial lecture, Women’s Studies Centre, Jadavpur

University, February, 2010

vi) Satin Sen Memorial Lecture organized by Dept. of History, Jadavpur University in

collaboration with Biplabi Satin Sen Birth Centenary Committee, Feb 27, 2013.

vii). Enrichment Lecture organized by Rammohan College, Kolkata on ‘Labour Movement in

Bengal and India between the two World Wars, December 22, 2015.

LIST OF SEMINAR PAPERS

a) International Seminar:

1 The Labour and the Nationalist Movement : A case-study of pre-independence India 1900-47 in the 29

th session of the International Conference of the Historians of the Labour

Movement (Linz, Austria, 14-18 September, 1993).

2 Gandhi, Gandhians and Labour : The Bengal Scenario 1920-47 at the International Seminar

on Gandhi and Indian Nationalism (Dept. of History, Calcutta University, Sept 8-9, 1995).

3 Migration and Labour Movement : A study of Colonial India between 1920’s and 1940’s

with particular reference to Eastern India.(31st session of the International Conference of

Labour Historians (ITH) held at Linz, Austria, Sept 12-15, 1995)

4 Outside leadership, Political Rivalries and labour Mobilisation: A study in the Jute Belt of

Bengal, 1919-39 in the International Workshop on ‘Industrial Labour in Eastern India: Old

and New Perspectives: The case study of Jute Industry. (Organised Jointly by the Dept. of

History, University of Calcutta, and Erasmus University, Rotterdam, Jan 5-6, 1996)

5 ‘Some Aspects of the Historiography of the Working Class Movement in India’ paper

presented in the International Seminar on Economic History of India from the 18th

to the

20th

century under the auspices of the Project of Indian Science, Philosophy and Culture

held by India International Centre, New Delhi, Dec., 1999).

6 Manikuntala Sen(1911-1987) : Rajinitir Bhitare O Baire (paper presented at the 17th

Biennial Conference and International Seminar of Bangladesh History Association held in

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Khulna, Bangladesh, 22-23 November, 2012)

7 Japan and Bengal : Contact in Modern Times (paper presented at the 6th

Biennial

Conference of the IAAPS held in Kolkata, Dec, 2012.

8 A Comparative Study of the Tea Garden Labour Movement in Darjeeling and Dooars in

Colonial and Post-Colonial period.

(Paper presented in the West Bengal Government sponsored International Seminar held in

the University of Gaur Banga, June, 2014)

9 One Century, Two Countries and Three Forgotten Women(Twentieth Century South Asia)

(paper presented at the 23rd

Conference of the Association of the Historians of Asia, IAHA,

Alor Sator, Kedah, Malaysia, Aug, 2014)

10 Concluding Address in the International Seminar on Bengal 1905-1947 : A Quest for

Identity organized by Centre for Advanced Studies, Department of History , University of

Calcutta, March 21, 2017.

11 Deshbhag O Prodeshbhag, Bharat, 1947 : Fire Dekha, Keynote address in plenary Session I

in the International Conference on ‘Partition Politics : Impacts on Society Economy,

Culture and Indo-Bangladesh Relations, 1947-2018 organised by Jana Itihas Charcha

Kendra, University of Dhaka, August 11-13, 2018.

b) National Seminar / Conference :

1 The Working Class Movement and the Nationalist Movement: A Case Study of Bengal in the decade before Independence 1937-47 (U.G.C sponsored National Seminar on peasants

and workers’ participation in National Movement at Dept. Of History, Rabindra Bharati

University, Jan, 1981).

2. The Working Class Movement and the Nationalist Movement in Bengal (Fourth All-India

History Seminar on Indian Liberation Movement organized by Netaji Research Bureau, Jan,

1981).

3. Women in Trade Union Movement : A case-study of Bengal, 1921-47 (21st Session of the

Institute of Historical Studies, held at Enode, Tamil Nadu, Jan, 1983).

4. The protest Movement of the Industrial Labour : An Interaction of Economism and

Radicalism in Bengal in the Decade before Independence (22nd

session of the Institute of

Historical Studies, held at Gaya, Bihar, Dec., 1983).

5 “Patterns of Labour Protest in the Calcutta Tramways , 1921-47” in the U.G.C sponsored

National Seminar on Working Class Movement (Dept, of History, Calcutta University,

March, 1984).

6 Attitude Towards Industrial Labour : Shifts in the policy of Bengal Administration 1921-47

(23rd

Session of the Institute of Historical Studies, held at Trivandrum, Kerala, Oct, 1984).

7 The Vanguards of National Integration – The Working Class of Bengal and their struggle,

1937-47 (Silver Jubilee session of the Institute of Historical Studies, held at Santiniketan,

Oct, 1986).

8 Technological changes in the Indian Industries : The Workers Response and Attitude with

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reference to the Bengal Jute Mills (1930’s-1950’s) (26th

session of the Institute of Historical

Studies held at Agra, March, 1988).

9 The Role of the Peasantry vis-a-vis the working class Movement : The Bengal Scene in the

1st Half of the 20

th Century (27

th Session of the Institute of Historical Studies, held at

Kumaon University, Nainital, Oct, 1990).

10 National upsurge and the Working Class Movement : A Study of the 1942 Movement in the

TISCO , Jamshedpur (51st Session of the Indian History Congress, Calcutta, Dec., 1990).

11 The Calcutta Port : Its workers and their Movement in the Pre-Independence period (28th

session of the Institute of Historical Studies, held at Tutikorin, Tamil Nadu, Sept, 1991).

12 The Mining Workers in Turmoil: A Study of Bihar Coalfields upto the close of the Second

World War (29th

Session of the Institute of Historical Studies, held at Rabindra Bharati

University, Calcutta, Nov. 1992).

13 Communalism and Labour Politics : A Study of the Pre-Independence Bengal (30th

Session

of the Institute of Historical Studies, held at Perimgammala, Trivandrum, Kerala, Nov.

1993).

14 Women and Politics : Women Workers in Bengal, paper presented in the National Seminar

on ‘Women in History’ organised by the Department of History, Calcutta University.

15 Bengali Capitalists Vs. Bengali Labour : Dilemma before the Bengali Nationalists - A case-

study of the Labour Movement in the Mohini Mills, Kusthia, 1937-40 (56th

session of the

Indian History Congress, Rabindra Bharati University, Calcutta, Dec, 1995).

16 Gandhi and Indian Labour : Yesterday and Today(presented at ICHR sponsored National

Seminar on Gandhi- Yesterday and Today, held at Institute of Historical Studies, Calcutta,

March, 1996).

17 Subhas Chandra Bose and the Indian Labour presented at National Seminar on Subhas

Chandra Bose held at the Institute of Historical Studies, Calcutta, April, 1997)

18 Trade Unionism among Steel Workers of Bengal on the eve of Independence 1945-

47(presented at the 61st session of the Indian History Congress 2-4 Jan, Calcutta, 2001)

19 ‘The Working Class and the Bengal Partition’ in the National Level Seminar on the

Partition of Bengal organized by the Department of History, University of North Bengal,

17-18 November, 2005.

20 Labour During the Swadeshi Era : A Marginalised Fringe (in Panel Discussion on

‘Swadeshi Movement and Partition of Bengal : The Cultural Impact” Indian History

Congress, 66th

session, Santiniketan, Jan, 2006)

21 Historiography of the Labour Movement in Modern India (paper presented at the 63rd

Annual Conference, Institute of Historical Studies at Utkal University, Bhubaneswar,

October, 2006)

22 Industrialisation and Emergence of Labour Force in Colonial Bengal : Its Socio-Economic

Impact

(paper presented at UGC –SAP National Seminar on ‘The Region and the Economy: Pre-

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Colonial and Colonial India’ held at the Department History, Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan,

March, 2009)

23 Exploring the Historiography of Working Class Movement in India (paper presented at the

Seminar on Varieties of Social History organized by the Department of History, University

of Calcutta in collaboration with I.C.H.R, Mar 31-Apr1, 2009.

24 Labour Against Bondage and Exploitation: A study of the Movements of Industrial Labour

in Burdwan district in Colonial Period (presented at the 48th

Annual Conference of the

Institute of Historical Studies held in Asansol, January, 2013.

25 Itihaser Prekshite Bingsha Satabdir Uttarbanger Paribartansil Samaj : Kichhu Bhabna,

Kichhu Prasna

(presented at the U.G.C sponsored National Seminar on changing society of Twentieth

Century Bengal (from historical perspectives) with special reference to North Bengal held

at P.D Women’s College, Jalpaiguri, September, 2013.

26 Vivekananda and the Indian Left (paper presented at the ICHR sponsored National Seminar

on Swami Vivekananda in History: Re-Appraisal, organized by the Institute of Historical

Studies, Kolkata, (26-27 November, 2013)

27 Religiosity, Festivity and Identity Formation : A case study of Bengal Labourers in the 19th

and 20th

centuries (presented at the 49th

National Annual Conference of the Institute of

Historical Studies, held at Chinmaya International Foundation, Cochin, Kerala, 20-22

February, 2014)

28 Mahtma Gandhi and Indian Labour : In the Light of Gandhian Philosophy of Labour –

Capital Relationship paper presented in the two day National Seminar on Philosophy of

Mahatma Gandhi organised by the Asiatic Society, Kolkata (Feb 12-13, 2019)

c) Local Seminar / Conferences / Invited Lectures

1 Darjeeling Tea Garden Labour Movement and Entry of Radical Political Leadership 1937-47 (Seminar, Dept. History, Calcutta University, July. 1982).

2 Communalism and Working Class Movement in Bengal, 1920-47 (2nd

Annual Conference

of Pashimbanga Itihas Samsad held at Calcutta University, Sept, 1985)

3 Bengali Capitalists vs. Bengali Labour : Dilemma before the Bengali Nationalists : A case

study of Labour Movement in the Mohini Mills, Kusthia, 1937-40 (Seminar organized by

the Local History Cell, Dept. of History, Kalyani University, March 1986).

4 Indian National Congress and the Working Class Movement of Bengal, 1920-47 (3rd

Annual Conference of Paschimbanga Itihas Samsad at Rabindra Bharati University, Sept.

1986).

5 Urban Popular Movements in India, 1945-47 , (Seminar on Post War Upsurge and Transfer

of power organized by Dept. of History, Jadavpur University, Feb.1987).

6 The General Strike of the Jute Workers of Bengal 1937 (4th


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Paschimbanga Itihas Samsad, held at Scottish Church College, Calcutta, Sept., 1987).

7. The Movement of the Non-Factory Workers of Calcutta : A Forgotten Chapter, 1937-40 5th

Annual Conference of Paschimbanga Itihas Samsad held at Asutosh College, Calcutta, Sept,

1988).

8. The Labour Movement in pre-Independence Bengal : In the eyes of contemporary

magazines and journals (6th

Annual Conference of Paschimbanga Itihas Samsad, Jadavpur

University, Sept, 1989).

9 The Scavengers Movement in the Pre-Independence Calcutta (7th


Paschimbanga Itihas Samsad held at B.K.C College, Bon Hooghly, Sept, 1980).

10 The Labour Movement of Ranigunj : A Significant chapter 1938-39 (8th

Annual Conference

of Paschimbanga Itihas Samsad held at University of Burdwan, Sept, 1991).

11. The Labour Movement in the Engineering Industry of Bengal, 1905-47 (9th

Annual

Conference of Paschimbanga Itihas Samsad held at Uluberia College, Nov., 1992)

12 The Labour Movement in a Public Utility sector in pre-independence Calcutta : A case-

study of the Calcutta Electric Supply Corporation (10th


Paschimbanga Itihas Samsad held at the University of Kalyani, Dec., 1993).

13. Multi National Company, New Industry and Labour Relations : A study in the Labour

Movement of Bata Shoe Factory 1938-47 (11th

Annual Conference of Paschimbanga Itihas

Samsad held at the Dept. Of A.I.H.C, Calcutta University, Nov., 1994)

14. Participant in Workshop on Folk Culture and Industrial Workers held ay Bhatpara –

Jagaddal. Dist. 24 Parganas (North) in March 1995 under the auspices of Govt. of West

Bengal).

15. The Oral Sources in the History writing of the Labour Movement in Bengal in the last phase

of the colonial period : Prospects and Limitations (workshop organized by the

Paschimbanga Itihas Samsad, Calcutta, May, 1995).

16 An Era in the Trade Union Movement of Bengal : 1935-47 (Seminar on Seven Decades of

Organised labour Movement organized jointly by Salt Lake Society for Labour Studies and

Paschimbanga Itihas Samsad, Calcutta, August, 1995).

17 Gandhi and Indian Nationalism, organised by the Department of History, Calcutta

University, 1995

18 An outline of the Railway Workers Movement of Bengal, 1920-47 (12th

Annual Conference

of Paschimbanga Itihas Samsad held at Presidency College, Calcutta, November, 1995).

19 Subhas Ch. Bose and Labour Movement in Bihar (13th


Paschimbanga Itihas Samsad, held at Barrackpore, November, 1996)

20 Subhas Ch. Bose and Labour Movement in India (Seminar meeting of the Indian School of

Social Sciences, Calcutta, July, 1997).

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21 Labour Movement of Bengal and the Problems of Communalism (Discussion Meeting on

Golden Jubilee of Indian Independence organized by Govt. of West Bengal, Bangla

Academy, Calcutta, Sept, 1997).

22 Subhas Chandra Bose and the Indian labour (seminar on Subhas Chandra Bose organized

by Dept. of History, University of Burdwan, Dec, 1997).

23 Sunrise Industry and Labour Movement : A case-study of Chemical and Pharmaceutical

Industry in pre-Independence Bengal (14th

Annual Conference of Paschimbanga Itihas

Samsad held at the Department of IHC, University of Calcutta, March 1998).

24 Discussant :Working Class Movement in India 1947-97 (Seminar on India 1947-97.

Historical probing, organized by the Dept. of History, University of Calcutta, March, 1998)

25 Subhas Chandra Bose and the Indian Working Class Movement (Workshop on Subhas Bose

and India’s struggle for Independence organized by Netaji Institute for Asian Studies,

Calcutta, May 1998)

26 Swadhinatar Prakkale Uttal Bihar Koila Khani Sramik (15th Annual Conference of

Paschimbanga Itihas Sansad held at Vidyasagar University, Medinipur, Jan 24 - 26, 1999).

27 Swadhinatar Prakkale Tatanagarer Sramik Andolan(1945-47) (16th Annual Conference of

Paschimbanga Itihas Sansad held at Bethune College, Calcutta, Jan 24- 26, 2000).

28 Origins of Trade Unionism among Steel Workers of Bengal (1936-38) : A forgotten

chapter. (6th

Prof. Sunil K Sen Memorial lecture, 2000, Institute of Historical Studies,

Calcutta, 25.3.2000)

29 Bharater Sramik Andoloner Itihas Charachar Sampratik Kayekati Dik (8th

Prof. Sunil K Sen

Memorial lecture, Rabindra Bharati University, March 30, 2001).

30 Recent Trends in Labour Historiography in India(presented in the Workshop on Recent

Trends in the Writing of Social History of India jointly organized by the Dept. of History,

University of Calcutta and Visva Bharati University, held at Santiniketan, March 28-29,

2004).

31 Role of Urban Labour in Modern Bengal (UGCsponsored National Seminar on urbanization

in Bengal from Ancient to Modern Times organized by Department of History, Bolpur

College and Institute of Historical Studies, Kolkata held at Bolpur, 6-7 March, 2005.

32 Prak-Swadhinata (1930-47) O Swadhinata – Uttar Parva (1947-67): Rajniti O Sramik Srenir

Andolan(presented at one-day Seminar, organized by the Dept.of History, Barrackpore

Rashtragru Surendra Nath College, 13 April, 2005)

33 Banga Bhanga Birodhi O Swadeshi Andolan (presented at the Centenary Celebration of the

historical event of Banga Bhanga organized by the Kolkata Nagarik Samiti, 81 Ward,

August 13, 2005).

34 Women and Trade Union Movement with particular reference to pre-independence Bengal

(in the workshop on Women in Democratic Movements, Colonial and Post-Colonial

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Eastern India organized by Women’s Studies Research Centre, University of Calcutta and

C.W.D.S New Delhi, March 31-April 1, 2006).

35 ‘Tradition of Japanese Studies in Bengal (presented in the seminar organised by the Dept. of

History. C.U and the Consulate General of Japan, Kolkata in collaboration with the Centre

for Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Calcutta on February 22, 2007).

36 Nationalism and Labour in India (in seminar organized by Rishi Bankim Chandra College,

Naihati on February 28, 2007)

37 Phulrenu Guha: Biplabi Theke Manabatabadi (Manohar Mukhopadhyay Memorial Lecture

organized by Bangiya Jatiya Siksha Parishad, Indumati Sabhagriha, Jadavpur University,

April 27, 2008).

38 In the light of Centenary : Santisudha Ghosh (1907 -1992) a near-forgotten exceptional

personality, Silver Jubilee Session, Paschimbanga Itihas Samsad held at Rabinbdra Bharati

University, January, 2009).

39 Phulrenu Guha: Biplabi Karmi Theke Manabatabadi Netrite Uttaran (Twelfth Pritilata

Waddedar Memorial Lecture organized by Women’s Studies Centre and Biplabtirtha

Chattagram Smriti Sansthan held at Anita Bangerjee Memorial Hall, Jadavpur Univerisitym

February 16, 2010)

40 Manikuntala Sen : Beyond Politics (paper presented at the Seminar organized by the

Department of History, University of Calcutta on Remembering Manikuntala Sen in her

Birth Centenary on February 5, 2011).

41 Nationalism and labour in India: An Overview (paper presented at the seminar on Facts of

Nationalism and Nation-making in India organized by the Dept. of History, University of

Calcutta on March 31. 2011)

42 The Labour and the Mahatma : In theory and practice, India (1918-48)

(Paper presented at the U.G.C sponsored State Level Seminar on Gandhi, Nehrru and

Tagore : Vision of a New Nation held in Sushil Kar College, Champahati, August 19, 2011)

43 Biplabi Andolan Theke Sramik Andolan: Unisho Tirish O Challisar Dasaker Bangla (Satin

Sen memorial Lecture organized by the Department of History, University of Jadavpur,

February 27, 2013).

44 Swami Vivekananda and the Indian Leftism (paper presented at the UGC sponsored State

Level Seminar on ‘Relevance of Swami Vivekananda’s Teachings in India Today’

organized by Prafulla Chandra College in collaboration with Institute of Historical Studies,

Kolkata, March 9, 2013.

45 Working Class Movement, 20th

Century Bengal: Pre-independence and post-independence

era (Lecture organized by History and Political Science Departments, Prabhu Jagatbandhu

College, Andul Mouri, Howrah on 17th

November 2014.

46 ‘On Tripti Chaudhuri’ (in Tripti Chaudhuri Memorial Discussion Meeting held in Rabindra

Bharati University on 11.08.2017.

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47 ‘Karl Marxer Bharat Anveshan O Bharater Swadhinata Andolone Mahan November

Biplober Prabhab’, Lecture organized by Reserve Bank Employees Association. Kolkata

on 01.12.2017.

Refresher Course

As Resource Person presenting papers in Refresher Courses organized by different

Universities.

1995-96 1 The Working Class, Community Consciousness and Communalism in

Bengal: An Overview (Feb, 1996)

(organized by the Dept. of History University of Calcutta, Feb, 1996)

1997-98 2 The Working Class in Colonial India: Its emergence and the movement.

(Orientation programme organized by University of Calcutta, dt. 09.02.1998)

1998-99 3 Paper presented in Refresher Course in History, organized by University of

Calcutta during March 16-April 07, 1998


Calcutta during Jan 18-Feb 11, 1999

1999-2000 5 The Working class in Late Colonial India : Historical Debates about its

Identity (Organised by the Dept. of History, University of Calcutta,

dt.4.3.2000)

2000-01 6 The limits of Mass Society in inter-war India; The Challenge of Labour,

5.3.2001

2001-02 7 Creating Labour History, University of Calcutta, September 5, 2001.

2001-02 8 The Working Class Movement (Lectures I & II)

(Refresher Cause Organised by the Dept. of History , University of

Burdwan) on 24.09.2001)

2001-02 9 The Working Class in Colonial India : Some Recent Historical Debates.

Organized by the Dept. of History, University of Kalyani on 11.12.2001).

2002-03 10 The Working Class in Colonial India: Some Recent Historical Interpretations

(1st Refresher Course, organize by the Dept.of History, Rabindra Bharati

University, 14.01.2002)

2002-03 11 Labour and labour Movement in India after Independence: Mobilisation of

Labour in Late Colonial and Post Colonial India.

(Refresher Course, organized by the Dept. of History, University of Calcutta

on 4.12.2002)

2004-05 12 Rise of Modern Industries and Industrial Labour Force : Certain

Environmental Issues in Colonial India

(Refresher Course organized by the Dept of History (Jadavpur University

dt.20.2.2003).

2005-06 13 The Labour and the Policy of the Indian State : Colonial and Post Colonial

Experiences (Refresher Course organized by the Dept of History, University

of Calcutta, dt.6.4.2004).

2005-06 14 The Working Class in Colonial India: Its Emergence and Movement

(Refresher Course organized by the Dept of History, University of Calcutta,

dt.16.3.2006).


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Calcutta during Nov-17-Dec 07,2006

2006-07 16 The Development of Working Class Movement: A Cultural Interpretation

(Refresher Course organized by the Dept. of History, University of Calcutta,

dt.21.3.2006).

2007-08 17 The State and Industrial Labour during the Colonial and post-Colonial phase

(with particular reference to Bengal)

(Refresher Course, organized by the Dept. of History, Jadavpur University,

dt.26.11.2007)

2007-08 18 Making of the Working Class

(18th

refresher Course organized by the Dept. of History, Calcutta University

dt.18.03.2008)

2008-09 19 Social History of Labour (19th

Refresher Course organized by the Dept. of

History, Calcutta University dt.2.2.2009)

2009-10 20 Transition from Peasant to Labourer and from Trade Union Consciousness to

Revolutionary Class Consciousness : A Case Study of Eastern India in the

late 19th

and early 20th

centuries (20th

Refresher Course organized by the

Dept. of History, Calcutta University dt.2.2.2010)

2010-11 21 A Social-worker-turned Politician : A Biographical Survey of Dr.Phulrenu

Guha ( 21st Refresher Course organized by the Dept. of History, Calcutta

University dt.4.2.2011)

2011-12 22 Recent Debates in Indian Labour History (2 Lectures) (22nd

Refresher Course

organized by the Dept. of History, Calcutta University dt.17.01.2012)

2012-13 23 Nature of Japanese Modernity (23rd

Refresher Course organized by the Dept.

of History, Calcutta University dt. 07.01.2013)

2013-14 24 The State and the Industrial labour : Shifts in the attitude and policy of the

Bengal administration during the colonial and post-colonial period (24th

Refresher Course organized by the Dept. of History, Calcutta University

dt.4.3.2014)

CHAIRING OF SEMINAR SESSIONS

1 South Asia Section (Indian Association for Asian and Pacific Studies, Calcutta, March 2,

2002

2 First Deshanayak Subhash Chandra Memorial lecture by Dr.Panchanan Saha on ‘Subhas

Bose O Sramik Andolan (Mahajati Sadan, Kolkata 24 January 2008)

3 A session in UGC sponsored State Level Seminar on India Revisited : Society,

Economics, Politics, Colonial and Post-Colonial perspectives organised by Fakir Chand

College, Diamond Harbour, April 07,2008.

4 Trends in Economic History of India, Session II, organized by the Department of History,

Calcutta University, February 11, 2010.

5 Seminar on Science and Nationalism in Colonial Bengal 1870 -1947, 2nd

Session(UGC

sponsored State Level Seminar organized by the Department of History, Khudirm Bose

Central College in collaboration with Paschim Banga Itihas Samsad, Kolkata , February

19-20, 2010.

6 ‘Voices from History’, 2nd

Academic session jointly organised by Centre for Advanced

Studies, Department of History and Centre for Social Sciences and Humanities,

University of Calcutta, March , 2012.

7 A Session in UGC sponsored State Level Seminar on History of Public Opinion organized

by Department of History, New Alipore College in collaboration with Paschimbanga

Itihas Samsad 25-26September, 2012

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8 A session in Society, Economy and Polity: Reflections on Post-Colonial Bengal, U.G.C

Sponsored State Level seminar organized by Barrackpore Rashtraguru Surendra Nath

College, August 30, 2013.

9 A session in ‘Changing Society of Twentieth Century Bengal(from historical

perspectives) with special reference to North Bengal organized by P.D Women’s College,

Jalpaiguri, U.G.C sponsored National Seminar, September, 27-28, 2013.

10 A session on ‘challenges and prospects of Nation-Building in India in the UGC

sponsored National Level Seminar ‘Indian Nationhood and Nationalism: Perspectives and

Reflections, organized by Vidyanagar College, 28-29 September 2013.

11 Two sessions in the UGC sponsored Two Day National Seminar on Gendering

Modernity : Colonial and Post Colonial Perspective organised by Ramsaday College,

Amta in Collaboration with Paschimbanga Itihas Samsad3-4 January, 2014

12 A session in the West Bengal Government sponsored International Seminar on Situating

Modern Bengal : Wading through Times, Events and History (Colonial and Post-Colonial

period) organized by Gauda Banga University, 9-10 June, 2014

13 A Session in National Conference on ‘Labour (un)Divided Categories and Collectivities’

organized by School of Women Studies, Jadavpur University on 19th

November, 2015.

14 An academic session at the National Seminar on The Sikh Tradition of Martyrdom : From

the Gurus to Komagata Maru on 18.11.2015, organized by the Centre for Guru Nanak

Dev Studies, Visva Bharati, Santiniketan.

15 Discussant in the session ‘Tram Movement and Teachers Movement in West Bengal’ in

Research Workshop on Popular Movements in West Bengal and Bihar organized by

Mahanirban Calcutta Research Group in collaboration with School of Women Studies,

Jadavpur University and Rosa Luexmburg Stiftung (Anita Banerjee Memorial Hall,

Jadavpur University, 19-20 September 2016)

16 A Session in the UGC Sponsored National Seminar on M.N. Roy Ideas,

Practice&Possibilities in Indian Politics, 24th

September, 2016.

17 The plenary session on Regional History and Politics in the UGC sponsored National

Seminar on India: The Global Action in the Indian Ocean (Perspectives and Challenges)

organized by the Bhowanipore Education Society College in collaboration with IAAPS

(15-16 December, 2016).

18 The 3rd

Academic Session of the U.G.C sponsored Two day International Seminar on

Partition and Its Aftermath In retrospect organized by Rabindra Bharati University (21-22

March, 2017)

19 The 3rd

Business session of the National Seminar on ‘Identity Politics in India :

Reflections from the Past and Present organized by the centre for Advanced Studies,

Department of History, Calcutta University(30 March, 2017).

20 A Session in the Modern History section at the State-Govt. sponsored State Level Seminar

of Bangiya Itihas Samiti held in collaboration with Vidyasagar Evening College, 4th

November, 2017.

21 A Session in the Modern History section of the 78th

session of the Indian History

Congress held in Jadavpur University, 28-30 December, 2017.

22 The first Academic Session in the U.G.C sponsored International Seminar on Revisiting

1942 organised by Department of History, Rabindra Bharati University, Marech 20-21,

2018.

23 A Session in the Seminar on ‘History and Heritage of Howrah district’ organised by

Prabhu Jagat Bandhu College, Howrah in collaboration with N.S.O.U, March 3, 2018.

24 A technical session in the seminar on ‘Sister Nivedita on History’ organised by

Department of History Ramkrishna Mission Residential College, Narendrapur, March 21,

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2018.

25 The first Technical Session in two day International Seminar on Situating Memories :

Political Violence in Colonial and Post Colonial India, organised by Department of

History, Rabindra Bharati University, sponsored by ICHR, New Delhi, 28-29th

March,

2019.

Ph.D Theses Supervised

Researcher’s

Name

Title Remarks

1 Reeta Basu Dr. Shyamaprasad Mukherjee and an Alternate

Politics in Bengal

Awarded

(2001)

2 Bimal Kumar Sit Birendra Nath Sasmal (1881-1934) and A New Trend

in Bengal Politics

Awarded

(2002)

3 Amitava

Karchowdhury

Working Class Agitation in Eastern India: The Study

of the Ceramic Industry in Bengal

Awarded

(2007)

4 Sunetra Sengupta

Mitra

Nation and Region in Modern India: Provincial

Identity and Statehood for Bihar in the early

Twentieth Century.

Awarded

(2014)

5 Anuradha Kayal Organisation and Movement of White Collar

Employees in Bengal, 1947-1977

Awarded

(2014)

6 Manosanta Biswas Unabinsha O Bingsha Satake Banglar Matua

Andolan: Dharmiya, Samajik O Rajnaitik Prakshapat

Awarded

(2014)

7 Arunima

Roychowdhury

Socialist Thought and the Indian Intellect : A case

study of Bengal in the first half of the 20th

century.

Awarded

(2015)

8 Palash Mondal Biplabi Jatiyatabad Theke Ganatantrik Samajbade

Uttaran : Banglar Biplabi Gosthi Sri Sangha

Awarded

(2018)

9 Swati

Bandyopadhyay

(nee Maitra)

Primary Education in Bengal : The Organization and

Movement of the Primary Teachers (1935-1977)

Awarded

(2019)

10 Megha Roy Experiments with Occultism, Spiritualism and

Thepsophical Practices as Conducted by Bengali

luminaries of late 19th

and Early 20th

Century A

Study.

Registered

January 2018

11 Nemai Chand Dan Paschimbanga College O Viswavidyalaya Sikshak

Andolon O Sangathaner Bikash O Bibartan (1947-

2010)

Registered

January 2018

12 Dipali Mondal Bingsha Satake Banglar Samaje Poundra Jatir Atma

Parichitir Sankat O Atmamaryadar Sangram

Registered

January 2018

13 Tanmoy Guin Motilal Roy (1882-1959) O Tnar Prabartak Sangha :

Sasastra Biplab Theke Gathamulak Swadeshikatar Ek

Naba Adhyay.

Registered

January 2018

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14 Sudipta Sardar

(Joint Supervisor

with R.S Basu)

The administration of the Railways in the Colonial

Period(1850-1920) : A perspective from Eastern

India

Regd 2013

15 Alak Mandal (Joint

supervisor with

Sharmila Mitra)

Biplabi Jatiyatabad Theke Biplabi Samajtantre

Uttaran : Bharater Biplabi Samajtantri Daler Udbhav

O Bikash 1940-1977

Registered

April 2017

M.Phil Theses Supervised

Researcher’s Name Title Awarded in

the year

1 Reeta Basu Swami Vivekananda’s Idea of Socio-Economic

Development of India

1991

(Session 1988)

2 Papiya Paul Women in the Ramkrishnaa Vivekananda

Movement

1995

(Session 1992)

3 Sampa Bhattacharya The socio-economic condition of the tribal

women of Tripura

1998

(Session 1994)

4 Nandini Bhattacharya Swami Vivekananda O Banglar Biplabbadi

Andolan

2000

(Session 1995)

5 Kakali Ghosh Unishsho Challis O Panchaser Dasake

Maddhabitta Bangali Paribarer Karmarata

Mahilader Abasthan (Bangali Kathasahityik

Ebong Atma-jibanikarder Rachanar Aloke)

2000

(Session 1995)

6 Anuraddha Kayal Organisation and Movement of White Collar

employees in Bengal, 1905-47

2002

(Session 1997)

7 Runa Gangyopadhyay Indigenous Forms of Protest adopted by the

Rural Proletariat in Bengal in the Course of the

Civil Disobedience Movement

2002

(Session 1997)

8 Chandan Bhakta The Communist Movement in the District of

Midnapore 1938-47

2004

(Session 1999)

9 Sharmistha Goswami Bharat Chharo Andolone Banglay Narider

Bhumika

2004

(Session 1999)

10 Manosanta Biswas Banglar Matuya Dharmiya Samaj , Sanskritic,

Rajnitik Andolan

2007

(session 2003)

11 Asit Ghosh Paschimbanger Udbastu Punarbasan:

Swadhinatar Pratham Dasak (1947-1957)

2007

(Session 2005)

12 Krishna Sarkar Unishso Challisher dasak Theke Du Hajar Sat

Paryanta Nadiyar Tant Silper Artha Samajik

Chitra

2009

(Session 2006)

13 Palash Mondal Banglar Biplabi Gosthi: Sree Sangha 2009

(Session 2008)

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14 Sanjukta Sengupta Rajnitibid Surendra Nath Banerjee

1848-1925

2009

(Session 2008)

15 Nilanjan Chaki Oupanibesik Amale Bangladesher Karagar

Byabastha: Aitihasik Parjalochana

2010

(Session 2009)

16 Alokesh Ray Banglay Sashastra Biplaber Gati Prakiti

(1900- 1935)

2010

(Session 2009)

17 Megha Roy The spurt in the practice of communication with

the Dead amongst the Bengali intellectuals of

the late 19th

and early 20th

century.

2011-12

(Session 2011)

18 Jayati Nag Labour Movement in Bengal –Nagpur Railways

(1854-1947) : A Case Study

2012-13

(Session 2012)

19 Saptarshi Chakraborty Revaluation of Vivekananda: A Suggested

Reinterpretation

2013-14

(Session 2013)

20 Nimai Chand Dam Abibhakta Banglar Adhyapak Andoloner Itihas 2014-15

(Session 2014)

21 Mousumi Chanda Santisudha Ghosh: Biplabbad Theke

Gandhibader Pathe Parikrama

2014-15

(Session 2014)

22 Manas Das Bingsha Sataker Dwitiardhe Matsya Chas O

Matsyajibi: Kakdwip Mahakuma Anchaler

Artha-Samajik O Sanskritik Ruparekha

2014-15

(Session 2014)

23 Prithwinath Ghosh Kolkata Bandar O Tar Sramik 2014-15

(Session 2014)

24 Bablu Mallick Banglar Dharma-Samj Sanskar Andolan O

Swami Pranabananda 1896-1941

(Session -2015)

25 Sukanya Som Brihattara Bharat Tattva Ebong Brihattara

Bharat Tattva Parishad (1926-1959)

(Session -2015)

26 Ranu Mistry Banglar Swadhinata Andalone Bismita pray

Netri : Basanti Devi

(Session -2016)

27 Prasenjit Mukherjee Murshidabad Jelar Asanghathit Silpa O Sramik

: Jiban, Jibika O Sangram(1947-2011 A.D0

(Session -2017)

28 Satrughna Kahar Swadhinata Uttar Yuge Chatkal Sramikder

Jiban O Sangram : Barracpore Silpanchal(1947-

2011 A.D)

(Session -2017)

Examiner of more than Fifty Theses of different Universities of West Bengal and from

other States and one from Foreign University.

Seminars Organised

1. Co-ordinator of ‘India: The Nehru Years’ organized by Department of History, Calcutta

University(February 1999).

2. Joint Co-ordinator of ‘Remembering Kosambi : His Work and Influences’, National

Seminar, organized by Department of History, Calcutta University, March 2008

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3. Co-convenor of the National Conference on ‘The Making of Islam in Bengal’ organized by

Department of History, Calcutta University in collaboration with ICSSR and CSSH, Calcutta

University , 22-24 December 2010.

4. Convenor of the Seminar ‘On Remembering Manikuntala Sen in Her Birth Centenary’

organized by Department of History, Calcutta University, February 2011.

5. Co-convenor of the National seminar on ‘Voices from History’ organized by CAS,

Department of History and CSSH Calcutta University, March 2012.

6. Joint Convenor, University Seminar on ‘Reminiscence as History’ organized by the Dept,

of History, University of Calcutta held in connection with the centenary celebrations of the

Dept. of History (March 30, 2014).

7. Join Co-ordinator of the National Seminar on ‘Dynamics of Politics, Society and Culture in

Bengal: A Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Perspective’ organized by the Department of

History, Calcutta University, March 30, 2016.

Joint Co-ordinator of the Refresher Courses in History organized by UGC – Academic

Staff College, University of Calcutta during

i)15.02.1996 – 08.03.1996

ii) 15.02.2005 – 07.03.2005

iii) 17.11.2006 – 07.12.2006

iv) 30.3.2015 – 22.04.2015

Co-Curricular Activities

i) Conducting educational excursions

ii) Joint Editor of Calcutta University, Dept. of History Students’ Journal ‘Perspective’ (First

Issue, 2007)

iii) Participated in Doordarshan Kendra, Kolkata and in Interactive Radio Counselling

Programme in Gyan Vani, FM Channel organized by Regional Centre, Indira Gandhi

National Open University.

iv) Participated in Dooradarshan Kendra, Kolkata, ‘Adwitya Gandhi’ series – Gandhis

Philosophy on Truth and God(02.07.2019)

Editorship of Journals

Member, Editorial Board, The Calcutta Historical Journal, published by the Department of

History, University of Calcutta.

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Member, Editorial Board of ‘Itikatha’ (a biannual journal of History in Bengali, published by

Paschimbanga Itihas Samiti, since 2013)

Administrative Experience

(Calcutta University)

i). Dean, Faculty of Arts (Acting) and Member (Ex Officio) the Syndicate and Senate

University of Calcutta, September, 2017- January 2018 and February 2020 onwards.

ii). Head, Department of History, University of Calcutta (Sept 2003- Sept 2005).

iii). The founder Co-ordinator of the UGC – ASISHSS Programme in the Department of

History, University of Calcutta (April, 2004 – September`, 2005).

iv) Member, PG Board of Studies in History, University of Calcutta (1989 -2018)

v) Member, Faculty Council for Postgraduate Studies in Arts, Calcutta University (2008-

2018).

vi) Member, University of Calcutta Undergraduate Board of Studies in History (2008 -15)

vii) Jt. Convenor & Co-ordinator of Syllabus Up-gradation Programme, U.G Board of

Studies in History, University of Calcutta (2010-13).

viii) Member, Advisory Committee, UGC –Special Assistance Programme (SAP) in History

(2001-2008)

ix) Member, CAS Advisory Committee, Department of History, University of Calcutta

2008 -18.

x) Member, Ph.D Committee, Department of History, University of Calcutta (2008-15)

xi). Member, (Autonomous) P.G. in History, Board of Studies (affiliated to Calcutta

University) – Fakirchand College Diamond Harbour(2012-2015), Behala College ( August,

2015 May 2019), Vivekananda College Thakurpukur(March, 2016- May 2019).

xii) Chairman, Ph.D Committee in History, University of Calcutta (March 2015 – January,

2018)

xiii) Co-ordinator & Convenor, M.Phil Courses in History, University of Calcutta (2011-

2015)

xiv) University of Calcutta Vice-chanceller’s nominee, in U.G Board of Studies in History,

Ramkrishna Mission Residential College(Autonomous) Narendrapur (2009-13)&(22.7.2017

– 31.1.2018) and Ramkrishna Mission Vidyamandir (Autonomous Residential College),

Belur(2010-12)&(2012-2014)

xv) Chairman, U.G Board of Studies in History, University of Calcutta (2015 – January,

2018)

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xvi) Participated regularly in the Calcutta University Inspecting Team to undergraduate

colleges in connection with extension or affiliation to Honours Courses and increase of intake

in General and Honours Course; also acted in a number of cases as a University nominee in

the Selection Committee for the appointment of Part-time/ Guest/ Full time Contractual /

Leave vacancy in undergraduate colleges and also for promotion of teachers under CAS.

xvii). (Acting) Head, Department of Bengali, November, 2017 - January, 2018, University of

Calcutta.

xviii). Member, Research Advisory Committee, C.U, V.C’s nominee (for M.phil

Programme), IDSK, Kolkata (2.8.2017-31.1.2018).

(Out side of Calcutta University)

i) External member, P.G Board of Studies of Netaji Open University (since 2005), University

of Kalyani (2005-09) and (2013 - 2016) University of Burdwan (2005-09), Jadavpur

University (2012-2016).

ii). Member, Expert Committee for P.G Syllabus in History Sidho-Kanho-Birshah University

(2011).

iii). External Member, Departmental Academic Committee of Department of History,

Presidency University (2011).

iv) Member Paschimbanga Rajya Pustak Parshad, History sub-committee (2012-14).

v) Chancellor’s Nominee in the Selection Committee in History of Kalyani University (2010-

12) and Vidyasagar University (2011-13).

vi) Connected with U.P.S.C, W.B.C.S.C, W.B.P.S.C, W.B.S.S.C, W.B.H.S.C as paper-

setter/co-ordinator/examiner/ syllabus framer for a number of years.

vii). External Member, Department Research Committee (D.R.C), Department of History,

Rabindra Bharati University (20.12.2016-19.12.2020).

viii). External member, Board of Studies in History P.G & U.G Programme, Rabindra Bharati

University(20.1.2017-19.1.2021)

ix). External Member, Departmental Research Committee of History, University of

Kalyani(23.12.2016- 22.12.2019).

x). Member, Board of Studies in History P.G of Netaji Subhas Open University (NSOU)

(since March 2017)

xi). Member, Board of Research Studies, Department of History, Diamond Harbour

Women’s University (since 2016).

xii). Member, Academic Committee, West Bengal University of Teachers’ Training

Education Planning and Administration (WBUTTEPA) (2017-1018).

xiii). External Member, Departmental Research Committee, University of Jadavpur (April

2018 – April 2020).

xiv). Member, Departmental Research Committee in History, Netaji Subhas Open University

(NSOU), Since July 2019.

xv). Expert for the evaluation of Foreign Travel Grant (FTG), I.C.H.R.

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Academic Associations

i) Life Member, Indian History Congress

ii) Life Member, Institute of Historical Studies

iii) Life Member, Paschimbanga Itihas Samsad

iv) Life Member, Ramkrishna Mission Institute of Culture

v) Life Member, Indian Association for Asian and Pacific Studies.

vi) Member of the Executive Committee, Institute of Historical Studies (2005- 21) and

Secretary Meetings and Seminars section (2012-2014)

vii) Vice President¸ Paschimbanga Itihas Samsad (January 2012 – January 2018).

viii). Member, Executive Committee, Indian Association for Asian and Pacific Studies,

Kolkata (2005 - 2011).

ix). Vice President, Bangiya Itihas Samiti, Kolkata (2018-).

x). Ex Officio Member, Indian Historical Records Commissions (2005).