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Evaluative Report of the Department of History Evaluative Report of the Department of History 1. Name of the Department History Its year of establishment Established in 1960-61. 2. Names of Programmes / Courses offered (UG, PG, M.Phil., Ph.D., Integrated Masters; Integrated Ph.D., etc.) – Programme Level of study 3 year Honours U.G. 2 year General U.G. 3. Interdisciplinary courses and departments involved- None 4. Annual/ semester/choice based credit system Till 2009 the annual examination system under the Three Year UG scheme of Calcutta University was operational After the grant of Autonomy status from the academic session 2010-2011 onwards the Semester system has been adopted. 5. Participation of the department in the courses offered by other departments Nil 6. Number of teaching posts sanctioned and filled (Professors/Associate Professors/Asst. Professors) Sanctioned Filled Professor Associate Professors - 1 Asst. Professors 4 2* *One Part-time Teacher (PTT) [Govt.] is also serving in the Department. 7. Faculty profile with name, qualification, designation, specialisation (D.Sc./D.Litt./ Ph.D./M.Phil., etc.) Name Qualification Designation Specialization No. of No. of years of Phd 1 experience students guided Dr. Soumyajyoti MA, Phd Associate Economic 30 No Chakraborty Professor History of India Prithwiraj Biswas M.A. Assistant Medieval 14 No Professor Indian History Santanu Dey MA, Mphil. Assistant Modern 10 No Professor Indian History Gautam MA Part time Economic 10 No Mukhopadhyay teacher History of [Govt.] India Saptarshi MA Visiting Ancient 5 No Chakraborty Faculty Indian History Rajesh Biswas MA, MPhil Visiting Modern 5 No Faculty Indian History Arnab Adhikari MA Visiting Regional 1 No Faculty History Abhirup Sinha MA Visiting Modern 1 No Faculty Indian History 8. Percentage of classes taken by temporary faculty – programme-wise information 25 classes out of a total of 68 classes 36.76% approx. 9. Programme-wise Student Teacher Ratio 3.75 students: 1 teacher (approx.) 10. Number of academic support staff (technical) and administrative staff: sanctioned and filled Nil 11. Number of faculty with ongoing projects from a) national b) international funding agencies and c) Total grants received. Mention names of funding agencies and grants received project-wise. Nil 12. Departmental projects funded by DST-FIST; DBT, ICSSR, etc.; total grants received Nil 2 13. Research facility / centre with None state recognition national recognition international recognition 14. Publications: number of papers published in peer reviewed journals (national / international) Pl see the list below Monographs Chapter(s) in Books Editing Books Books with ISBN numbers with details of publishers number listed in International Database (For e.g. Web of Science, Scopus, Humanities International Complete, Dare Database - International Social Sciences Directory, EBSCO host, etc.) Citation Index – range / average SNIP SJR Impact factor – range / average h-index List of Publications of the faculty members Santanu Dey 1) Edited the book Indigenous Traditions and Historical Forces: Impact of Bhakti Movement on Indian Nationalism, Manav Prakashan, Kolkata, 2012. [ISBN no. 978-93-80332-33-8]. He also contributed an article in Bengali entitled ‘Oupanibeshik Banglay Baishnab Sanskar Aandolan o Jatiya Sanskritir Gathan’, pp. 55-64. 2) Article entitled ‘Autobiographic and Hagiographic Constructions of Kedarnath Datta as a Gaudiya Vaishnava Reformer in Colonial Bengal’, in History, published by the Department of History, Burdwan University, Vol. XI, 2012, pp.64-75. [ISSN. No. 81-87259-62-0] 3 3) Article entitled ‘Kedarnath Datta and the Process of Reasserting Gaudiya Vaishnava Identity in Bengal at the Cusp of the Twentieth Century’ in Ratna Ghosh ed., The Study of Social History-Recent Trends, [forthcoming]. 4) Contributed entries on historical places [High Court and Dakshineshwar] in a project on the compilation of the Dictionary of Historic Places and Personalities conducted under the editorship of Prof. Ranjan Chakrabarti and the Department of History, Jadavpur University and approved by the State Level Committee on the occasion of the celebration of the 150th Anniversary of the First War of Independence. Saptarshi Chakraborty 1. Published a paper titled “Gangaridai a historical approach” in the annual volume (no.21) of Pashimbanga Itihas Sansad in 2007. 2. Published a paper titled “Ancient Indian environmental conscious reflected in Barahamihir’s Brihat Samhita” in the Annual volume (no.22) of Pashimbanga Itihas Sansad in 2008. 3. Published a paper titled “In comparison with the other civilization a study of Ancient Indian water conservation (pre-historic age to 600 AD)” in the annual volume (no.23) of Pashimbanga Itihas Sansad in 2009. 4. Published an article titled “Asokan policy of Wild-Life conservation reflected in his Inscription’s” in the History Departmental Journal of Khalishani Mahavidyalaya in 2009. 5. Published a paper titled “Globalization & Indian Migrant Labour : a saga of Human rights violation" in the journal of UGC sponsored state level seminar titled “Human Development & Human Rights in India” organized by Tarakeswar Degree College on 25th April’2009. 6. Published a paper titled “Graeco- Roman Travelogue: a Literary journey through the Ancient Indian Past” in the UGC sponsored National level seminar volume “History in Literature & literature as History” organized by Kulti College in 2012. 7. Published a paper titled “Elephant and the Polity: an Ancient Indian Perspective “in the 27th annual volume of Pashimbanga Itihas Sansad in 2012. 8. Published a paper titled “Changing Social Psychology of Terrorism: Through the eyes of Bollywood” in the UGC sponsored National level seminar volume “Changing Society, Culture and its impact on People” organized by Sambhu Nath College in 2012. 4 15. Details of patents and income generated NIL 16. Areas of consultancy and income generated None 17. Faculty recharging strategies apart from attending conferences, symposia, workshops and seminars the teachers of the Department attend Refresher and Orientation courses as per UGC stipulations Prithwiraj Biswas (i) Completed mandatory course work as part of Ph.D programme at the Centre for Studies in Social Sciences Calcutta.(2011-2012) (ii) Persuing doctoral studies at the Centre for Studies in Social Sciences since 2010 under the supervision of Prof.Tapati Guha Thakurta (iii) Participated in UGC –sponsored Refresher Course at Calcutta University under the aegis of Academic Staff College. (28th January to 18th February 2009) .Awarded Grade A. (iv) Participated in UGC –sponsored Refresher Course at Calcutta University under the aegis of Academic Staff College. (14h March to 4h April 2008) .Awarded Grade A. (v) Participated in UGC-sponsored National Level Seminar entitled “Religion and Culture in India across the ages :Historical Reflections “ at the Ramakrishna Mission Vidyamandira,Belur Math .(24-25 February ,2012) (vi) Participated in UGC-sponsored Seminar entitled “Chemistry in our Lives “ at the Ramakrishna Mission Vidyamandira,Belur Math .(25th March,2011) (vii) Participated in UGC-sponsored National Level Seminar entitled “Development of Logic: Indian and Western “ at the Ramakrishna Mission Vidyamandira,Belur Math .(1-2 February ,2011) (viii) Participated in UGC-sponsored National Level Seminar entitled “Alternative Politics: Another World, Other Voices “ at the Ramakrishna Mission Vidyamandira,Belur Math .(19-20 February ,2010) (ix) Participated in UGC-sponsored State Level Seminar entitled “Manick Bandopadhayayer Kothasahitya :Akaler Mulyayanbhittik ekti Punoorpat“ at the Ramakrishna Mission Vidyamandira,Belur Math .(5th May ,2009) (x) Participated in UGC-sponsored State Level Seminar entitled “Soft Computing Techniques and their Applications“ at the Ramakrishna Mission Vidyamandira,Belur Math .(7th March ,2009) (xi) Participated in UGC-sponsored State Level Seminar entitled “Teaching Early Indian History“ at the Department of Ancient Indian History and Culture, University of Calcutta .(25th February ,2009) 5 (xii) Participated in the International Seminar on “Re-Visiting Early India Through Epigraphy and Other Texts“ at the Department of Ancient Indian History and Culture, University of Calcutta .(7 -8 December ,2007) (xiii) Participated Seminar entitled “Engrej Amole Banglar Gramanchal“ at the Ramakrishna Mission Vidyamandira,Belur Math .(15th March ,2007) Santanu Dey 1. Participated in Refresher course in History organized by Jadavpur University in November 2007. 2. Participated in a seminar to commemorate the 250 Years of the Battle of Palashi, organized by Mahishadal Raj College, on 29th April 2008. 3. Participated in the UGC sponsored National seminar organized by Kidderpore College and Netaji Institute for Asian Studies, Kolkata on ‘19th Century Bengal Renaissance: Commemorating H.L.V. Derozio’ on 15th December 2008. 4. Participated in the UGC sponsored state level seminar on ‘Manik Bandyopadhyay’er Kathasahitya: Ekaler Mulyayanbhittik ekti Punarpath’ organized by the Department of Bengali RKM Vidyamandira and Paschim Bangla Akademi on 5th May 2009. 5. Participated in the National Seminar on ‘Rethinking the Guru: New Vistas of 21st Century Teaching’ organized by St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata on 9th and 10th July 2009. 6. Participated in the UGC-sponsored national level seminar on ‘Alternative Politics; Another World, Other Voices’ organized jointly by the department of Political Scienc, RKM Vidyamandira and Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta on 19th
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