I. Name: Dr. Swagata Sarkar

II. Designation: Assistant Professor in History III. Contacts: Department of History, , Kulti- 713343

Email: [email protected] IV. Academic Qualifications: M.A. in History

Calcutta University, ,

B.A (Hons) in History

Presidency College, Calcutta

Ph.D: Department of History, Burdwan University

Title of the Thesis: “INTERACTIONAL POSITION OF A CASTE OF BURDWAN:THE BAURIS IN COLONIAL AND POST COLONIAL TIMES” V. Position Held: Assistant Professor (Stage- II)

Department of History Kulti College, Post- Kulti, Pin- 713343 District- Paschim , West Bengal, India VI. Professional Association:

Life Member of Itihaas Samsad VII. Area of Research Interest: Caste Studies

VIII. Research Projects:

1. Title of the Project: INTERACTIONAL POSITION OF A CASTE OF BURDWAN:BAURIS OF LATE COLONIAL AND POST COLONIAL PERIOD [UGC- Minor Research Project (Sanction No. F. 026/09- 10(ERO),dated 07.09.2009. Present Status: Completed

2.Title of the Project: Bagdis of Bengal: Trajectory of a Depressed Caste[UGC- Minor Research Project (UGC REF. No. F. PHW – 029/14-15 (ERO),dated 03.02.2015]. Present Status: Completed

IX. Published Papers in Journals:

1. Transactional position of the Bauris of Bengal: A Preliminary observation, History, Vol XI,2012Department of History University of Burdwan

Page 1 of 3 2. Interrogating the Shifting Paradigm of Caste Historiography: A Preliminary Observation, Panchakot essays, 2016

3. Quest for a Better Tomorrow: Tracking Dalit literature From protest to a Genre, Literary Herald, June 2017 X. Published papers as Chapters in Books:

1. Caste in Bengal: Colonial Construction and Transactional Position,New Aspects on Indian History, Local , Regional, National/Asim Kumar Sarkar, Kaushik Chakraborty/Readers Service, 2011

2. “Muli” Interpreting Untouchability in History through Literature, History in Literature- Literature As History The issue revisited /Priyadarsee Chakraborty(ed)/ Levant Books,Kolkata,2012

3 .Eternally Subaltern :The Bauris of Bengal, Exploring New Aspects Of Indian History/Tridipsantapa Kundu(ed)/ Levant Books, Kolkata, 2013.

4. Caste in India: An Impedimet or A Blessing To the Nation’s Integrity,National Integrity Ansd Its Crisis :The Role And Responsibilities of NSS, March,2017

5. Dalit women Strikes Back : Ostracism Protest And Construction of New Human Rights Issues, Terrorism And Human rights In the Globalising world,: Experience in Indian Contest.

XI. Presentations in Seminars/Workshops:

1. UGC Sponsored National Level Seminar,On Ambedkar and Nation Building organized by Dept. of History, , December,2017 Paper Presented- Buddhism: A path to Freedom

2.UGC Sponsored National Level Seminar, on Women ’s Economic Empowerment And Inclusive Growth on 7th- 8thMarch, 2017.Department of Economics, Kazi Nazrul Mahavidyalaya, Paper Presented: Women Empowerment And Achievements: A fight for Ascendency .

3.UGC Sponsored National Level Seminar, on Bhimrao Ambedkarb : Indian Society and Indian Politics. Paper Presented: Gandhi and Ambedkar: The Search for the Real Savior

5.UGC Sponsored National Level Seminar, on on 22nd&23rdFebruary, 2017.Paper Presented- Dalit of The Dalits: Ostracism ,Protest and the road to new Human Rights Issues

6. UGC Sponsored State Level Seminar on “Effective College Administration “(Good Governance for Principals and Enhancement of Initiative for Competence Building in Office, Library and Other Departments” organised by Kulti College, Kulti held on 10th& 11th December, 2016. Paper Presented- “NAAC Visit: An Initiative for Betterment”.

7.ICSSR-REC- Sponsored International Seminar on Bangasamaj O Sahitya: Protibeshir Obosthan organized by Dept. of Bengali Sidho-Kanho-Birsa University, held on 8th-10th thFebruary, 2017.Paper Presented- Towards a Better Tomorrow: Trajectory of Dalit literature From protest to a Genre.

8. UGC Sponsored State Level Seminar on Existence of Discrimination Among Men, Women and the Third Sex: Historical Background and Present Day Paper Presented: Dalit Women: Converting Righta to Human Rights. XII.Invited Lectures

1.Social Stratification in India : The Study of Caste as a Social Category

2.Quit India Movement and The Clandestine Literature, Kazi Nazrul University, , 2017

XIII. Participation in Orientation/Refresher/Winter or Summer School/STC etc. courses: Page 2 of 3 Sl. Name of the Course Organized by Duration No.

1 81st Orientation Programme UGC-ASC, Burdwan 16th July ,2011-12th University August,2011

2 5th Refresher Course on Women Studies UGC-ASC, Burdwan 22nd October2013-11th University November,2013

XV. Any other information: NA

(Updated: May, 2018)

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