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Annual Report 2010-2011 ANNUAL REPORT 2010–2011 CENTRE FOR STUDIES IN SOCIAL SCIENCES, CALCUTTA R-1 Baishnabghata Patuli Township, Kolkata 700 094 1 CENTRE FOR STUDIES IN SOCIAL SCIENCES, CALCUTTA ANNUAL REPORT 2010-2011 CONTENTS Pages 1 – 5 1. Introduction ......................................................................................................................................... 1 2. Board of Governors ........................................................................................................................... 3 3. Faculty Members ................................................................................................................................ 4 4. Administrative Staff .......................................................................................................................... 5 Pages 6 – 15 5. Completed Research Projects.......................................................................................................... 6 6. On-going Research Projects........................................................................................................... 13 Pages 16 – 44 7. Academic Activities of Faculty Members .................................................................................. 16 Pages 45 – 55 8. Teaching Programmes of Faculty Members .............................................................................. 45 9. Publications of Faculty Members................................................................................................. 49 Pages 56 – 64 10. Academic Events .............................................................................................................................. 56 Pages 65 – 70 11. Archive & Library ............................................................................................................................ 65 12. The Jadunath Sarkar Resource Centre for Historical Research ........................................... 68 Page 71 – 71 13. Other Activities ................................................................................................................................ 71 Pages 72 – 77 14. Students’ Enrollment....................................................................................................................... 72 Pages 79 – 147 15. Statement of Accounts .................................................................................................................... 79 2 1... Introduction The Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta is nationally and internationally recognized as a premier research institution under the ICSSR. Its academic standards reflected in the research it supports, and the teaching programmes it conducts have earned for it a significant reputation and international accreditation. In keeping with its profile and commitment to academic research, the Centre has expanded and consolidated its research and teaching programmes during the year 2010-11. The M.Phil. Programme in Social Sciences and the Doctoral Progaramme, both formally affiliated with Jadavpur University, and the Research Methods in Quantitative Economics, recognized by Calcutta University, have continued to function robustly and to grow in popularity among aspiring doctoral students. This is reflected in the increasing number of applications for the programmes. The end of the year after a long wait finally saw the implementation of the recommendations of the sixth pay commission, the delay in which has affected adversely the functioning of the Centre over the past two years. A Committee has been set up to look into the proper implementation of the salary recommendations. It is hoped that the necessary funds for supporting all sanctioned positions are forthcoming in order to enable the continuation and augmentation of the various research activities of the institute. The year saw changes in and additions to the Centre's faculty. It lost a valuable colleague in the sad and untimely demise of Dr. Anjan Ghosh, Fellow in Political Science on 10 June 2010. Professor Janaki Nair and Dr. Raziuddin Aquil gave up their lien on the positions they had held in the Centre. Dr. Lakshmi Subramanian joined the Centre as Professor of History in July 2010, Dr. Indraneel Dasgupta as Professor of Economics in November 2010, Dr. Prachi Deshpande as Fellow in History in October 2010, Dr. Somnath Ghosal as Fellow in Geography in October 2010, while Dr. Bodhisattva Kar (Fellow in History), Dr. Anirban Das (Fellow in Cultural Studies), Dr. Priya Sangameswaran (Fellow in Development Studies) and Dr. Saibal Kar (Fellow in Economics) were reappointed in September 2010, January, February and March 2011 respectively. The year also saw the formalization of the Committee for Gender Sensitisation against Sexual Harassment (COGSASH) in the workplace with Dr. Priya Sangameswaran as its convenor. The setting up of the committee was accompanied with the formulation of a policy document, in the drafting of which a great deal of time and attention was given by Dr. Priya Sangameswaran, Dr. Anirban Das and Dr. Manabi Majumdar. The Centre's activities fall under two broad categories, namely research and teaching that in turn are also linked to several projects that the Centre has undertaken or has been invited to coordinate. Many of these projects have augmented the vital role of the CSSSC as a critical interface between academic research and public policy. Both collectively as well as individually, the achievements of 1 INTRODUCTION the faculty have continued to establish the research profile of the Centre and to augment its resources housed in the archive and the library and to support its publications programme. Additionally, the Centre has successfully organized a number of seminars and workshops and has run a regular seminar series that includes presentations of both faculty members as well as visiting academics. 2 INTRODUCTION 2... Board of Governors Prof. Sabyasachi Bhattacharya Chairman [Till August 31, 2011] Prof. Amitava Bose Chairman Prof. Sugata Marjit Vice-Chairman and Director Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta Prof. Ashis Bandyopadyay Former Vice-Chancellor University of Calcutta Prof. Suranjan Das Vice-Chancellor University of Calcutta Prof. Indraneel Dasgupta Professor of Economics Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta Prof. Jyotsna Jalan Professor of Economics Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta Prof. Arjun Dev Former Professor, National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) Prof. Nanda Dulal Paria Former Vice-Chancellor of Vidyasagar University Prof. Asis Ray Former Vice-Chancellor University of Kalyani Dr. Ranjit Sinha Member Secretary ICSSR Prof. Lakshmi Subramanian Professor of History Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta Mr. Ashoke Chaudhuri Registrar (CSSSC) (Secretary to Board of Governors) 3 BOARD OF GOVERNORS 3... Faculty Members Sugata Marjit Director, Professor, Economics, RBI Endowment Fund Sibaji Bandyopadhyay Professor, Cultural Studies Dwaipayan Bhattacharyya Fellow, Political Science Rosinka Chaudhuri Fellow, Cultural Studies Anirban Das Fellow, Cultural Studies Pranab Kumar Das Fellow, Economics Indraneel Dasgupta Professor, Economics Prachi Deshpande Fellow, History Somnath Ghosal Fellow, Geography Tapati Guha-Thakurta Professor, History Jyotsna Jalan Professor, Economics Bodhisattva Kar Fellow, History Saibal Kar Fellow, Economics Manabi Majumdar Fellow, Political Science Indrajit Mallick Fellow, Economics Manas Ray Fellow, Cultural Studies Priya Sangameshwaran Fellow, Development Studies Lakshmi Subramanian Professor, History 4 FACULTY MEMBERS 4... Administrative Staff Dr. Surajit C. Mukhopadhyay [Registrar till February 28, 2010] Ashoke Chaudhuri (Registrar) GENERAL ADMINISTRATION Anjushree Bhattacharya Raj Kumar Mahato Sambhu Nath Nag Debdulal Banik Shikha Chakraborty Somnath Mitra Biswa Nath Nag Sajal Kumar Das Soma Karmakar Sajal Bhattacharjee Dilip Saha Ashim Patra Subrata Jana ACCOUNTS Arabinda Bose (Accountant) Debo Prasad Mitra Asis Sarkar Surajit Bose Maitreyi Ghosh LIBRARY Siddhartha Shankar Ray (Librarian) Soumitra Chatterjee Sanchita Bhattacharya Jayati Nayak Asutosh Chakraborty Tapan Chandra Anil Kr. Mondal Ram Krishna Dutta Anupam Chattopadhyay Pintu Sarkar Chandan Chakraborty ARCHIVES Abhijit Bhattacharya (Documentation Officer) Kamalika Mukherjee 5 ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF 5... Completed Research Projects The Centre has undertaken several academic research and training projects. It has undertaken several important survey based projects as well as training workshops intended to enhance research capabilities among young students at the pre-doctoral, doctoral and post doctoral levels. The interdisciplinary character of the Centre and its faculty has meant that its interventions have been recognized as crucial in developing resources and facilitating research. Navajbai Ratan Tata Trust (NRTT) Project on 'Training in New Social Science Research Methods' Professor Sibaji Bandyopadhyay coordinated the three-year project 'Training in New Social Science Research Methods'. The project offered support to doctoral, post doctoral and pre doctoral scholars by granting scholarships / fellowships and by organizing workshops. The duration of the project was from December 2007 to November 2010. It supported ten students for the first two years and fourteen in the third year at the pre doctoral levels as they completed their Research Training Programme under the Centre and six post doctoral fellows whose work came to a successful completion
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