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CURRICULUM VITAE Name : Sudakshina Gupta Address Postal : AE 215 Salt Lake, Kolkata 700 064, India E-mail : [email protected] [email protected] Telephone : (033) 2-337-6515 Mobile : 098307 40683 Date of birth : 29th October 1963 Marital status : Single Educational and professional qualifications Schooling : St. John’s Diocesan Girls’ HS School Madhyamik (Secondary) Examination, 1980; 69% Higher Secondary Examination, 1982,66% Graduation : St. Xavier’s College, Calcutta, B.Sc. (Hons), Economics, 1985 57% (approx) Post-graduation : University of Calcutta, M.Sc., Economics, 1987 , 64% Doctoral : JadavpurUniversity, Ph.D., Economics, 2002 Professional : State Level Eligibility Test for Lectureship, 1994 Courses Attended: Refresher Course on Economics, CU, 1996 Orientation Course, CU, 2000 Refresher Course on Economics, CU, 2002 Refresher Course on Environmental Studies, (multidisciplinary), JU, 2003 Short Term Course on Research Methodology, CU, 2014 Short Term Course on Research Methodology, CU, 2012 Work experience : Sept. 1988 to Apr 1990 Part-time Lecturer in Economics, SivanathSastriCollege, Calcutta VivekanandaCollege for Women, Calcutta Jan 1989 to Nov 1997 Full-time Lecturer in Economics and Statistics 1 undergraduate and postgraduate classes in Economics, Statistics and related subjects (Home Science faculty), Smt. J.D. Birla Institute of Home Science, Calcutta, now Smt. J.D. Birla Institute Dec 1997 to July, 2000 Lecturer and Readerin Economics, BajkulMilaniMahavidyalaya, East Midnapore, West Bengal July, 2000 to August, 2008, Reader , Associate Professor and Head, Ramakrishna Sarada Mission Vivekananda Vidyabhavan, Kolkata Sept 2008 onwards Reader, Associate Professor, Professor, (June, 2010 onward) Department of Economics University of Calcutta February 2016 to February 2018 Head, Department of Economics, University of Calcutta November, 2017 onwards, Chairperson, Economics, UG Board of Studies, University of Calcutta February7th, 2018 to August 6th, 2019 Dean, Faculty of Arts (acting), Director, IQAC University of Calcutta Other work experience : Between 1989 and present Examiner of Undergraduate and related Post-graduate Examinations and AMIE papers related to Economics; Paper Setter for Post Graduation, Universities of Calcutta and Tripura Paper Setter for National Talent Search Contest; Invigilation duties in university exams; Design of Curriculum Research Guidance of M.Sc. Dissertations in Home Science; Review of Text Book, Higher Secondary; Acting as Subject Expert for FIP 2 Review of articles on transport for international journal, (Elsevier), other economic issues for international journals Guidance of Doctoral theses and M.Phil thesis under University of Calcutta (3 doctoral theses and 1 M.Phil thesis awarded, 1 doctoral thesis submitted, 10 doctoral theses and one M.Phil thesis in progress, registered / enrolled) Examination of doctoral and M.Phil theses of other Universities Grants received : 2003-05 -- UGC, Minor Research Project; 2003 -- ICSSR, Publication of doctoral thesis; 2010- ICSSR, Publication of book based on Minor Research Project 2009, 2010 -- UGC Associateship at Indian Institute of Advanced Studies, Simla, 2009 – UGC Research Project on Transport 2011-2014-UPE project (University of Calcutta, UGC) on Globalisation and Urban Indian Women 2018-19, UPE 2 project (University of Calcutta, UGC) on Maritime Trade with ASEAN countries Publications and presentations : Papers in journals and edited books including international journals and conference volumes, at conferences and at seminars; (66 in English and 43 in Bengali) Books on i) Doctoral Thesis ii) MRP iii)MoHR sanctioned book for children Edited book in Bengali on UGC project Papers presented, not published: 38 Invited lectures: 40 Popular articles in Bengali in different magazines and Journals Popular Lectures and TV programmes Conferences and seminars attended : Annual Conferences of Academic and Professional Societies; Lectures in Seminars, conferences and workshops, Invited lectures in Seminars, Refresher courses in various University departments and Workshops Popular lectures in community meetings Research Experience and Current : Transport, Research Urban Economics, Ancient and Present Indian Agriculture, Globalisation and Urban Indian Women 3 Education Other research areas Mentioned in the Publications List Project: UGC, Minor Research Project;2002-2004 DRS (Dept of Economics, University of Calcutta) funded project,2008 PI, UPE-UGC interdisciplinary project (University of Calcutta, UGC), 2012-2014-15 PI, UGC UPE 2 interdisciplinary project (ongoing), (University of Calcutta, UGC) 2018-19 Organising Courses and Conferences: Conferences in the Centre for Urban Economic Studies since 2010 till date (jointly) Workshops for College Principals and Teachers in the IQAC, CU, 2018, 2019 (jointly) Refresher Course in Economics, Department of Economics, CU, 2013 (jointly) (HRDC-UGC) Short Term Course on Gender Sensitisation, Department of Economics, CU, 2018, (HRDC-UGC) Short Term Course on Gender Sensitisation, (jointly) (HRDC-UGC),CU, 2018, Women’ Studies Research Centre, 2018 Short Term Course on Gender Sensitisation, Women’ Studies Research Centre, 2019 Workshops on UG CBCS syllabus, CU Conferences and seminars attended : Annual Conferences of Academic and Professional Societies; UGC sponsored and other Seminars, Lectures and Workshops Award: Shiksharatna by the West Bengal Government, 2018 Membership of societies : Life Membership in Academic and Professional Societies Life Member: Bengal Economic Association, Indian Economic Association, Indian Science Congress Association Indian Statistical Institution Alumni Association of Economics Department, Calcutta University Extra- academic experience : Participation in administrative and student activities Extra-curricular activities : Active participation in intra-school and inter-school in school and college activities 4 Recreation: Indian Classical Dance and Music, Sports, Creative Writing in Bengali, Travelling ............Updated September, 2020 5 List of Publications Academic Papers 1. Advertisement: A Dimension of Social Cost – A Micro-economic Analysis, Presented at the Annual Conference, Indian Science Congress Association, Calcutta, 1995, Abstract published in the Conference Volume, Full paper published in Current Research in Family and Community Sciences, Bombay, 1995 2. State and Urban Passenger Transport Market: With Special Reference to Calcutta, Presented at the Annual Conference, Indian Economic Association, Chandigarh, 1995, Abstract published in the Conference Volume, Full paper published in Arthabeekshan, Vol. 11, No. 1, June 2002 3. A Hypothesis on the Sharing of Revenue between National and Sub-national Components, Published in Arthabeekshan, Vol. 9, No. 1, June 2000 4. An Economic Analysis of Subsidy in Urban Passenger Transport, Presented at the Two-Day Ph.D. Research Scholars Workshop on Their Ongoing Work, Organised by DSA Centre for Regional Economic Studies, Department of Economics, Jadavpur University, September 2000, Published in Seminar Volume 5. Pricing of Urban Transport Systems: A Special Reference to CSTC, Presented in National Seminar on Urban Transport Pricing and Planning, Organised by DSA Programme, Department of Economics, Jadavpur University, January 2001, Published in the Seminar Volume 6. Pricing of Urban Transport Systems: A Special Reference to CSTC, Modified, Published in “Urban Transport Pricing and Planning”, ed. Dilip Kumar Halder, pub Allied Publishers, Calcutta, 2002 7. The Viability Condition for a Polluting Firm, Presented at Annual Conference of the Indian Economic Association, Kolhapur, Maharashtra, 2003 Published in The Indian Economic Journal, vol 52, no.3-4, Oct 2004-Mar 2005 8. Passenger Transport Pricing: A Case Study of West Bengal, Presented at the Annual Conference of the Bengal Economic Association, Naihati, West Bengal, 2004 Published in Arthabeekshan, Vol. 12, No. 3, December 2003 9. Values and Moral Judgement of Adolescent Girls Studying in Non-Missionary and Missionary Schools in Calcutta, 6 Published in Everyman’s Science, Journal of the Indian Science Congress, Vol. XXXIX, No.6, Feb-March, 2005. 10. Physical Performance of State Passenger Transport System: A Case Study of CSTC, Published in Artha Vijnana, Journal of the Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, Vol. XLVII, Nos. 3-4, Sept-Dec 2005 11. Gandhi and Welfare: Takeover of Agricultural Land for Industry, Sent for presentation at the National Conference of the Indian Economic Association held in October 2007, Srinagar Full Paper Published in Conference Volume Published in Economics of Mahatma Gandhi: Challenges and Development, ed A Thakur and M Sinha, Deep and Deep Publications, Delhi, 2009 12. Indian Railways: A Few Aspects of Performance Presented at the International Conference on Transport Systems Studies held in January 2008, Mumbai Full Paper Published in Conference Volume CD Pub website: www.mu.ac.in/arts/social_science/economics/t.b.pdf Published in Transportation System Studies and Policy Ananlysis, ed S. Sriraman, Himalaya Publishing House, Mumbai, 2010 13. Globalisation and Urban Indian Women- some Observations on the Employment Scenario Presented in the Assosiates’ Seminar, Indian Institute of Advanced Study, August, 2009 Published in a book: India in Twenty First Century: The New Paradigms Ahead, Ed. Dr. Virendra Singh Yadav, Omega Publications, New Delhi, 2010 14. The Higher Education Scenario in India since Economic Reforms: