Curriculum Vitae

Name : MANOJ KUMAR HALDAR

Present Designation : Assistant Professor of Political Science

Department of Political Science

School of Social Sciences

Netaji Subhas Open University

Official Address : Netaji Subhas Open University

DD-26, Sector-I, Salt Lake City, – 700 064 , Phone: (033) 4066-3220.

Website : www.wbnsou.ac.in Current Posting : Netaji Subhas Open University Kalyani Regional Centre Kalyani Ghoshpara Station Road P.O- Kalyani, District- Nadia, Pin- 741235, West Bengal, India Phone: 033-25823336 Personal Contact : email: [email protected] Date of Joining : 1st. September, 2015

Educational Qualification : M.A in Political Science from

Area of Specialization : Local Government and Politics

Research Interest : Gender Polities, Local Government Page 1 of 9

PAST WORK EXPERIENCES:

1. Worked as a Lecturer (Substantive Post) and Head of the Department at Haripada Gouribala College, Kandi, Dist. - , from February, 2005 to August 2005(Through West Bengal College Service Commission).

2. Served as an Assistant Professor (Substantive Post) at Krishnagar Government College from September 2005 to May 2014 (Through West Bengal Public Service Commission).

3. Served as an Assistant Professor (Substantive Post) at A.B.N. Seal College, Cooch Behar, from May, 2014 to August, 2015 (Through West Bengal Public Service Commission).

4. Served as a coordinator of Krishnagar Government College Study Centre (NSOU) from May 2012 to April, 2014

Participation and Presentations in Seminars, Workshops and Conferences:

Participated in the National Seminar on The Problem of India’s Nationhood and Indian Federalism organized by the Department of History and Political Science, Girls’ College, Murshidabad on 21 March, 2005.

Participated in UGC sponsored State Level Seminar on Regional Economic Development- Special Emphasis on District Nadia (W.B), organized by the Department of Economics, Krishnagar Government College, Nadia, during 4th -5th April, 2007.

Participated in UGC sponsored National Level Seminar on Literature, War, and the Politics of Representation: The Twentieth Century and After, organized by the Department of English, Krishnagar Government College, Nadia, 4th & 5th March,2008.

Participated in the National Level Seminar on Women in Panchayats and Urban Local Bodies in West Bengal, organized by the Department of Political Science, Mrinalini Datta Mahavidyapith, 11th &12th December, 2009.

Participated in UGC sponsored National Seminar on Globalization and Public Administration Today: The Indian Experience, organized by the Department of Political Science, The , 31st March,2010.

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Participated in UGC sponsored Seminar on Inclusive Growth and the Role of Trio (The State, Market, and Civil Society), organized by the Department of Political Science, Sudhiranjan Lahiri Mahavidyalaya in collaboration with MMT College, Nadia, 25st &26th November,2011.

Participated in UGC sponsored State Level Seminar on Globalization and Socio- Political Change in India: Problems and Prospects, organized by the Department of Political Science, College in collaboration with the Centre for Sub- Continental Studies 15st &16th of December, 2011.

Participated in the workshop on Good Governance of Study Centre on 16th March, 2012, organized by the Department of Study Centres, Netaji Subhas Open University, funded by the Distance Education Council, India.

Presented a Paper on “Democracy and Nationalism: An Atypical Bonding of the two Nation” in UGC sponsored National Seminar on Indo- Relations: Issue, Problems and Recent Developments, organized by the Department of Political Science & Department of History, in collaboration with , Murshidabad, held on 7th & 8th September,2013.

Presented a Paper on “Internal Migration, Causes and its Socio Economic Impacts on Rural Society of West Bengal: A Case Study of Block-I” in ICSSR sponsored BEA mid-year National Seminar on “Labour and Employment: Theory and Empirics” organized by the Department of Economics, Krishnagar Government College, Nadia held on 27th September, 2013.

Presented a Paper on “Coalition Governments: Role of State Parties in India” in the National Seminar on Society, Philosophy and Literature, jointly organized by the Department of Bengali, Hindi and Philosophy, Nani Bhattacharya Smarak Mahavidyala, Jaigaon, Alipurduar, held on 10th &11th September,2014.

Participated in the workshop on Functioning of Study Centres: Past, Present and Future on 14th February, 2014, organized by the Department of Study Centres, Netaji Subhas Open University, funded by the Distance Education Bureau, UGC, India.

Presented a Paper on “Political Culture of Women of Scheduled Caste Community in the District of Nadia: A Case Study of and Kaliganj Block” in the National Seminar on The Political Behaviour of the People in India; with Special Reference to Contemporary W.B, organized by the Department of Political Science, Panchthupi Haripada Gouribala College, Kandi , Murshidabad, held on 13-14 January,2016.

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Presented a Paper on “Political participation among women of scheduled caste community in the district of Nadia: A case study of Sub Division.” in the state level seminar on “Revisiting Dalit Issues” organized by the Department of Political Science, P.R. Thakur Government College, Thakurnagar, 24 paraganas(N), held on 30th March, 2016.

Presented a Paper on “Political Participation and Women Empowerment: A Case Study of Women of Scheduled Caste Community in Tehatta sub division, Nadia.” in UGC sponsored International Seminar on ‘Contemporary Trends in Humanities and Social Sciences, organized by A.B.N. Seal College, Coochbehar ,7-8 April, 2016.

Participated in the UGC-DEB Sponsored National Seminar on Challenges and Opportunities of University Administration in the 21st Century, on 13 May,2016, organized by the Department of Study Centres, Netaji Subhas Open University, funded by the Distance Education Bureau, UGC, India.

Presented a Paper on “Proliferation of State Parties: Raise a new Dimension of Indian Federation.” in the National seminar on “Coalition Politics and Federal System in India” organized by the Department of Political Science, , Murshidabad in collaboration with Dumkol College, Murshidabad, held on 8th December,2016.

Participated in the one-day workshop on ‘Sensitization and Orientation of Academic Coordinators of NSOU Study Centres’ on 24th June, 2016, organized by the School of Education, Netaji Subhas Open University.

Presented a Paper on “Political Participation Among the Women of Schedule Caste Community in the District of Nadia: A Case Study” in the National seminar on “Politics and otherness: Approach in Indian perspective” organized by the Department of Political Science. Murshidabad Adarsha Mahavidyalaya, in Collaboration with Jatindra Rajendra Mahavidyalaya, Aamtala, held on Feb,27, 2017.

Presented a Paper on “Inspiration of Sanskrit Literature on Politics: In the light of Kautliya’s Arthashastra.” in the National seminar on “Relevance of Sanskrit Education in Modern India” organized by the Dept. of Sanskrit, , Murshidabad in collaboration with Dumkol College, Murshidabad, held on 18-19 March,2017.

Presented a Paper on “Influence of Political Parties on Social Movements in West Bengal: 21st century Perspective” in the National seminar on “Social movements in 21st century: Conceptual Framework and its Applicability” organized by the Department of Political Science, , Nadia, held on 28th March,2017.

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Presented a Paper on “Role in Politics of Women of Scheduled Caste Community in the District of Nadia (W. B)’’ in the International seminar on “Exploring South Asia: State, Religion and Society” organized by the Department of History, Gour Banga University, Malda, held on 8-9 March,2017.

Presented a Paper on “Anandamath o Tatkalin Banga Samaj : Jatiytabadi Prekshit’’ in the National seminar on “Bastobotar Darpan- Sahityer Alinda (Reflection of Reality in Literature)” organized by the Department of Bengali & English, Murshidabad Adarsh Mahavidyalaya, In Collaboration with DomkalColleg, , held on 24-25 Feb.2017

Presented a Paper on “Indo-Bangladesh Relationship: Response to some Issues of Democratization Process and Islamic Elements in Bangladesh in the 21st Century” in the National seminar on “Indo-Bangladesh Relations in the 21st Century” organized by the Department of Department of Political Science, University of Kalyani in collaboration with ICWA, ICSSR & MAKAIAS held on 8-10 Novt.2017.

Presented a Paper on “Development and Corruption: Challenges of Developing India in the 21st.Century” in the National seminar on “India as an Emerging Power: Myths and Reality” organized by the Department of Political Science, held on 11 Novt.2017.

Presented a Paper on “Environment and Government Initiatives in the 21st Century India” in the state level seminar on “Biological Sciences in the new Era: Current” organized by the Department of Botany, Zoology and Chemistry, Government General Degree College at Kaliganj, Nadia, held on 30 January,2018.

Presented a Paper on “Panchayat and Political Participation among the Women of Scheduled Caste Community in the District of Nadia: A case study of Krishnagar Sadar Sub Division.” in the National seminar on “Panchayat and Rural Development: The Recent Experience in W.B” organized by the Centre for Studies in Decentralization and Rural Reconstruction, RBU, held on 7th Feb,2018.

Presented a Paper on “Relevance of Tagore’s idea of nationalism in the 21st Century” in the International seminar on “Rabindranath Tagore: Society, Culture and Education” organized by the Department of Education, Plassy College in Collaboration with the Department of Education, University of Kalyani, held on 28 April 2018.

Presented a Paper on “Girl Child Marriage Versus Policies of Women Empowerment in India” in the International Conference on “Status of Girl in Society the India and Global

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Perspectives” organized by , Nadia, on 10 October, 2018.

Presented a Paper on “Gender Inequality in Political Leadership in South Asian States” in the National Conference on “Indo-Centric Parliamentary Democracy in South Asia: Retrospect and Prospect” organized by Kanchrapara College 24 Paraganas(N) in collaboration with the Centre for Studies of South and South-East Asian Societies, , Asansol, on 26-27th February,2019.

Presented a Paper on “Political Participation and Marginal Women: A Case Study on Women of Scheduled Caste Community in West Bengal” in the National Conference on “Women’s Capacity Building: Issues, Challenges and Policies” organized by Bejoy Narayan Mahavidyalaya, Itachuna, Hooghly, on 26 March. 2019.

Presented a Paper on “Position of Marginal Women in Parliamentary Democracy in India” in the International Conference on “Women and Society” organized by the Department of Sociology, Nur Mohammad Smiriti Mahavidyalaya, Murshidabas in collaboration of the Department of Sociology, Radha Govind University.Jharkhand, on 7th July 2019.

Academic Publications:

Journal Articles :

Article entitled “Women Empowerment and Political Participation in India” Published in ‘Conscientia’ Academic Journal of Krishnagar Government. College, Feb. 2012, Vol-I, No- 3. (ISSN No.2278-6554). Page no.59-62.

Article entitled “Participatory Democracy and Political Participation in Rural Self Government in West Bengal”. Published in „ ‘Conscientia’ Academic Journal of Krishnagar Government.College, June 2012, Vol-2, No-1. (ISSN No(ISSN No.2278-6554),Page no.56- 60.

Article entitled “Open and Distance Education in the Perspective of Higher Education among the Women Students of India” Published in ‘Victoria Journal of Arts’ Academic Journal of A.B.N Seal College, Coochbehar. September, 2014, Issue- VII,No-1, (ISSN No.0975-5632).page no. 40-49.

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“Nodia Jelar Taposili Samprodayer Mohilader Rajnoitik Angsograhan : Chapra o Krishnagaj Blocker Ekti Ghatona Anudhyan.”. ‘Victoria Journal of Arts’( Peer Reviewed) Vol: IX, No-III, Novt. 2016, ISSN No.0975-5632. Page no.173-178.

Women Empowerment Through Higher Education: Open and Distance Education Perspective. ‘NSOU Journal of Social Sciences’. Vol: I, Issue I, March 2017, ISSN 2581- 5512. Page no, 23-33.

Marginal Women and Political Participation: A study on Women of Scheduled Caste Community in Rural Nadia. ‘Mahila Pratishtha’ (UGC Refereed Journal)ISSN 2454-7891, 2018. Page no.173-184.

Empowerment of Scheduled Caste Women through Political participation; An Experience of West Bengal. ‘Mahila Pratishtha’ (UGC Refereed Journal) Vol:4, Issue III, 2019, ISSN 2454-7891.Page no. -201-212.

Seminar Proceedings:

Article entitled ‘Political Participation Among Women of Scheduled Caste Community in The District of Nadia: Experiences of Last Quarter of 20th Century: A Case Study’ Published in the Seminar Proceedings on ‘Gender, Culture, Politics: Bengal in the 20th. Century- Open Distance Initiative’ Sept. 2016, ISBN: 978-93-82112327.Page no.494- 504.

Article in Edited Books:

“Pattern and Difficulties of Political Participation among the Women of Schedule Caste Community in the District of Nadia: A Case Study of Subdivision” in Caste, Gender and Media: Significant Sociological Trends in India – An Open Distance Paradigm’Edited by Chandan Basu & Srabanti Choudhuri, Published by the Registrar, Netaji Subhas Open University, DD-26, Salt Lake, Sector –I, April,2017, ISBN:978-93- 82112-57-0.

“Open Educational Resources in Social Science: Prospects in the 21st Century’, in Teaching Social Sciences Through Open and Distance Learning: A Twenty first century Perspective”, Edited by Debnarayan Modak and Chandan Basu, Published by the Page 7 of 9

Registrar, Netaji Subhas Open University, DD-26, Salt Lake, Sector –I, September 2017 ISBN-978-93-82112-59-4.

“Rastra Chinta Nayok Vivekananda” in Chiranton Vivekananda’, Edited by Badal Barman, Published by Kallol, Kolkata,January, 2018, ISBN: 81-87098-62-7, Page no.192-200.

Edited Books:

Co-Editor with Prof. Chandan Basu “Modern Bengal in Search of Tradition and Discourses of Margins” Published by the Registrar,Netaji Subhas Open University,DD- 26, Sector-I, Salt Lake, Kolkata-700064. June 2019, ISBN :978-93-82112-68-6.

Co-Editor with Manosanta Biswas “Social Exclusion of Bengal Caste, Culture and Minority” to be Published by the Registrar,Netaji Subhas Open University, DD-26, Sector-I, Salt Lake, Kolkata-700064. (In Press) Others Publications:

Selected Writings in Newspaper:

‘দ্বিতীয় পর্যায়য়র মমতার সুশাসয়ের লক্ষ্য দ্বিল্লী’ Ekdin, August 5, 2016 (RNI No. WBBEN/2006/17404)

দ্বিশ্ব মােিতািািী দ্বিিস ও ভারতীয় োরী সমাজ, Ekdin, August 18, 2016, (RNI No. WBBEN/2006/17404)

ঐদ্বতহাদ্বসক প্রেদ্বক্ষ্য়ত আজয়কর কাশ্মীর, Ekdin, August 30, 2016, (RNI No.WBBEN/2006/17404)

রাষ্ট্রপদ্বত দ্বেিযাচে ও রাজনেদ্বতক সম্পকয, Ekdin, July 14, 2017, ((RNI No.WBBEN/2006/17404)

প্রকন্দ্রীয় সরকায়রর িৃঢ়তা িোম দ্বিয়রাদ্বিতার রাজেীদ্বত, Ekdin, July 30, 2017, (RNI No.WBBEN/2006/17404)

একয়িশ,একয়ভাট ও ভারতীয় িযিস্থা, Ekdin, August 5, 2018, (RNI No.WBBEN/2006/17404)

উচ্চিয়ণযর সংরক্ষ্য়ণ রাজনেদ্বতক গন্ধ, Ekdin, January 26, 2019, (RNI No.WBBEN/2006/17404)

সংখ্যালদ্বিয়ের গণতন্ত্র ও দ্বেিযাচে িযািস্থা, Ekdin, May 18, 2019, (RNI No.WBBEN/2006/17404)

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Other Acaidemic activities

Invited Lecture / Talk

Delivered a lecture on “Pattern and Problems of Political Participation among the Women of Scheduled Caste Community in the Disitrict of Nadia” in One-day deliberation on ‘History and Politics of Modern Bengal: Some Aspects, organized by the School of Social Sciences, Netaji Subhas Open University, Kolkata, on 13 September 2017.

Delivered a lecture on “Feminism and Gender Identity: Socio Political Aspects in Indian Society” in a College level Seminar, organised by Durgapur Anandamoy B.Ed. College, Nadia, on 23 September , 2017.

Delivered a lecture on “ Career and Further Studies: Opportunities in Open and Distance Education: NSOU Perspectives’’, organised by the Career and Counselling Cell of Balagarh Bijoy Krishna Mahavidyalaya, Hooghly, on 28 August, 2019.

Research Project:

Title of the Research Project: ‘Political Culture among the Women Member of Scheduled Caste Community in Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRI) of District Nadia.’ Funding Agency- UGC, Sanctioned amount Rs. 2,00,000/- (Project Completed). ------

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