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List of Selected Participants (Pending Email Confirmation from Applicant) Sl Three Weeks Workshop on Geographical Methods Venue Department of Geography, Presidency University, 86/1, College Street, Kolkata - 700 073 West Bengal, India Workshop duration 4th December - 22nd December, 2017 organised by Department of Geography, Presidency University, Kolkata LLiisstt ooff SSeelleecctteedd PPaarrttiicciippaannttss List of chosen applicants Selected Participants are required to notify and confirm their participation in the Workshop (along with a scanned image / photograph of their prepared Demand Draft) on or before 30th November, 2017, failing which their position shall be transferred to another applicant. Return mail from selected participants confirming participation (by): 30th November, 2017 Workshop commencement date and submission of Demand Draft (by): 4th December, 2017 Selected Participants are also required to submit a Demand Draft of Rs. 3,000/- (Rupees Three Thousand only) on or before the day of commencement of the Workshop at the Department of Geography, Presidency University, Kolkata. The Demand Draft of amount Rs. 3,000/- should be drawn in favour of "Presidency University" and be payable at Kolkata. No TA/DA shall be provided to the Participants attending the Workshop. No accommodation shall be provided to out-station Participants, who shall however, be assisted in arranging the same. The Workshop timings shall be from 10:00 a.m. till 5:00 p.m. on all days, with a short break for lunch in between, which may be availed of by the Participants themselves, on payment, at the various University canteens. Kindly attach a photograph or a scanned image of the prepared Demand Draft, along with your confirmation email, assuring your participation in the Workshop, and email the same to: Dr. Priyank Pravin Patel (Email: [email protected] Phone: +91-9830353124) Dr. Subhajit Das (Email: [email protected] Phone: +91-9434245748) Address: Department of Geography, Presidency University, 86/1, College Street, Kolkata - 700 073. List of Selected Participants (pending email confirmation from applicant) Sl. No. Name Designation Affiliation 1 Joy Rajbanshi Research Scholar (SRF) University of Calcutta, Kolkata 2 Uzma Parveen Research Scholar (SRF) Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi 3 Subhajit Sarkar Research Scholar (SRF) North Eastern Hill University, Shillong 4 Anwesha Haldar Research Scholar (SRF) Dept. of Geography, University of Calcutta 5 Satabdi Ganguly Research Scholar (SRF) Lady Brabourne College, Kolkata 6 Hussain Dilshi Research Scholar (SRF) Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi 7 Ashwani Kumar Awasthi Research Scholar (SRF) MGCGV, Chitrakoot 8 Sk Akher Research Scholar (SRF) Lady Brabourne College, Kolkata 9 Tanusree Mridha Research Scholar (SRF) Lady Brabourne College, Kolkata 10 Shuvasish Karmokar Research Scholar (SRF) Lady Brabourne College, Kolkata 11 Manoj Debnath Research Scholar (SRF) North Eastern Hill University, Shillong 12 Pradip Patra Research Scholar (SRF) University of Calcutta, Kolkata 13 Surajit Bhunia Research Scholar (SRF) Vidyasagar University, Midnapore 14 Jadab Das Research Scholar (SRF) Vidyasagar University, Midnapore 15 Pritam Kumar Santra Research Scholar (SRF) University of Calcutta, Kolkata 16 Suparna Sarkar Research Scholar (SRF) Lady Brabourne College, Kolkata 17 Projit Biswas Research Scholar (SRF) C.M.D. College, Bilaspur University, Chattisgarh 18 Surajit Modak Research Scholar (SRF) Dept. of Environmental Science, University of Kalyani 19 Jumafuddin Sheikh Research Scholar (SRF) Aliah University, Kolkata 20 Chandradip Paul Research Scholar (SRF) Aliah University, Kolkata 21 Dulon Sarkar Assistant Professor Cluny Women's College, Kalimpong Kalipada Ghosh Tarai Mahavidyalaya Department of 22 Suvendu Roy Assistant Professor Geography, Uttar Bagdogra 23 Piyali Ghosh Assistant Professor Vidyasagar College, Kolkata 24 Mahua Bardhan Assistant Professor Ananda Mohan College, Kolkata 25 Dipak Bisai Assistant Professor Egra S.S.B. College, Midnapore 26 Soumita Ghosh Assistant Professor Hooghly Women's College, Hooghly 27 Sandip Halder Assistant Professor Netaji Institute of Asian Studies, Kolkata 28 Chinmoyee Mallik Assistant Professor Mrinalini Dutta Mahavidyapith, Birati 29 Sayanti Sen CWTT (Govt approved) Bangabasi College, Kolkata 30 Upama Chatterjee JRF - DST INSPIRE Utkal University, Bhubaneswar 31 Suvamoy Pramanik Research Scholar (JRF) Jawharlal Nehru University, New Delhi 32 Devarupa Gupta Research Scholar (JRF) International Institute for Population Sciences, Mumbai 33 Kakoli Das Research Scholar Institute of Development Studies, Kolkata 34 Abhisek Pal Research Scholar (JRF) Presidency University, Kolkata 35 Shilpa Parui Research Scholar (JRF) University of Gour Banga, Malda 36 Biman Ghosh Research Scholar (JRF) Visva Bharati, Shantiniketan .
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