UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA DEPARTMENT OF ANCIENT INDIA HISTORY AND CULTURE FACULTY ACADEMIC PROFILE/ CV 1. Full name of the faculty member: DR. TAPAN KUMAR DAS. 2. Designation: Assistant Professor 3. Specialisation : Archaeology, Museology, Indian Arts & Crafts and Cultural Anthropology. 4. Passport size photograph : 5. Contact information :Vill. – KONECHOUKI, P.O. – JADURBERIA, P.S. – ULUBERIA, DIST. HOWRAH. PIN. – 711316, WEST BENGAL. Email.
[email protected]. Phone No – 9433661600. 6. Academic qualifications: College/University from which the degree Abbreviation of degree was obtained i) University of Calcutta, Calcutta. B.A. (HONS. in History). ii) University of Calcutta, Calcutta. M.A. (in Archaeology). iii) University of Calcutta, Calcutta. M.A. (in Museology) . iv) University Grant Commission, New Delhi. NET. v) University of Calcutta, Calcutta. Ph .D. vi) Indian Museum, Calcutta. Cert. in Museum Studies. vii) The centre for Archaeological Studies and Cert. in “Introduction to prehistory”. Training, Eastern India, Calcutta. viii) The centre for Archaeological Studies and Cert. in “Rock Art Studies”. Training, Eastern India, Calcutta 7. Positions held/ holding: Assistant Professor, Department of Ancient India History and Culture, University of Calcutta. 8. Research interests: Indian and South-East Asian Archaeology, Museology and Conservation, Indian Arts and Crafts, Economic History and Cultural Anthropology. 9. Research guidance : Number of researchers awarded M.Phil/ Ph.D degrees : M. Phil 08, Ph.D. awarded-02 Number of researchers pursuing M.Phil/ Ph.D : M.Phil.-02, Ph.D.- 03. Completed projects : (i) In the year of 1998-99 (One year), I worked on the project entitled “indigenous water resource management of Howrah district, West Bengal” under the Centre for Archaeological Studies and Training, Eastern India, Ministry of Culture, Govt.