Name: Dr. Tahiti Sarkar

Designation : Assistant Professor of History

Academic Qualifications:

 Awarded the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in History (Faculty of Arts) of University of North

 Passed UGC stipulated Course Work for Achieving Eligibility for Registration of the Thesis for the Degree of Doctorate of Philosophy in History, University secured top position with High First Class Graded – ‘A’.

 Passed State Eligibility Test (SET) Examination conducted by W.B. College Service Commission for becoming College/ University Assistant Professor.

 Passed Master of Arts (M.A) in History with a First Classfrom Jadavpur University, Jadavpur,

 Passed Bachelor ofArts with High Second Class Honours (B.A Honours, securing highest marks. University Topper & Medalist) fromSiliguri College, , affiliated to North Bengal University.

 Passed HigherSecondaryExamination with National Scholarship level (High First Division) from Siliguri Girls’ High School.

 Passed SecondaryExamination with National Scholarship level (High First Division) from Siliguri Girls’ High School

Year of Examinations/Awards Board / University Marks passing/Award

Doctor of Philosophy University of 2018 N.A. North Bengal

University of Ph.D. Course Work 2013 69% North Bengal

State Eligibility Test (SET) W.B.C.S.C 2014 QUALIFIED

Jadavpur Post-Graduation 2011 61.78% University

University of Graduation 2009 58.25% North Bengal

HS Examination W.B.C.H.S.E 2006 75.1%

Secondary Exam W.B.B.S.E 2004 81.38%

Contact Address:

C/o DILIP KUMAR SARKAR

83/4, Haren Mukherjee Road By Lane, Hakimpara,

P.O. Siliguri, Dist. Darjeeling, PIN- 734001

Permanent Address

C/o DILIP KUMAR SARKAR

83/4, Haren Mukherjee Road By Lane, Hakimpara,

P.O. Siliguri, Dist. Darjeeling, PIN- 734001

Email: [email protected], [email protected]

Phone number: +91 8250422275

Research Interest:

Colonial ’s Environmental History with special reference to the Environmental History of South East Asia

Specialization: Indian History (Modern Period)

Conference/Seminar/Participation:

Sl. Title of the Title of Organized by Whether No. invited Conference/Seminar International/National lecture/paper with date /State or University presented level

1. British Forest Man- Nature Through Department of NATIONAL Policy And the Lens of Eco- English & SEMINAR Everyday criticism. Department of Resistances Of Environmental People: An Studies, in Overview Of collaboration Colonial with IQAC, Sri Darjeeling 6th November, 2020. Guru Nanak DevKhalsa

College, University of Delhi.

2. Ordering an DARJEELING: IN Southfield NATIONAL Anomalous SEARCH OF College SEMINAR Land : Material PEOPLE’S Darjeeling, and Transformations HISTORY Indian Council of the of Historical Landscape in Research Colonial September,2019 Darjeeling 3. Understanding UNDERSTANDING Department of INTERNATIONAL the SOUTH ASIA AND History, SEMINAR Transformation SOUTH EAST ASIA: University of of Colonial A HISTORICAL North Bengal, Darjeeling Hills PERSPECTIVE Through the Study of South Asian May, 2019 Environmental History

4. Transforming EXPLORING SUB Department of INTERNATIONAL Darjeeling HIMALAYAN History, Cooch SEMINAR Hills: Readings REGION OF WEST Behar in the AND HER PunchananBarma Colonial NEIGHBOURS: University Occupation SOCIETY, RELIGION AND CULTURE SINCE 1947

March,2019

5. British Forest Friday Colloquium Centre For University Level Policy in Himalayan Darjeeling Studies, (1865-1947) : University of 6th December, 2019. Identifying North Bengal Colonial Roots of Environmental History in the Eastern (Delivered a Invited Special Lecture)

6. RevisitingThe IDEOLOGY, LAW Department of INTERNATIONAL History of AND History, Colonial ENVIRONMENT: University SEMINAR Plantations In IDEAS OF SOCIAL Darjeeling Hills JUSTICE IN INDIA THROUGH THE AGES

March 2018.

7. Critiquing LOCAL ISSUES Raiganj INTERNATIONAL Colonial GLOBAL University CONFERENCE Forestry in RESOLUTIONS: Darjeeling ECOLOGY, Hills: Roots of ENVIRONMENT, Environmental CLIMATE & Concerns ECONOMY EXPERIENCES.

January 2018

8. Transformation PEASANTS AND Department of NATIONAL of the Lepchas TRIBES IN INDIAN History, Raiganj SEMINAR in Darjeeling HISTORY: University Hills under the COLONIAL Aegies of EXPERIENCES, Colonialism March 2017.

9. Linking EXPLORING Department of INTERNATIONAL Environmental SOUTH ASIA: History, SEMINAR History of South STATE, RELIGION University of Asia with AND SOCIETY, GourBanga Colonial March 2017. Darjeeling Hills: A unique Historical Palimpsest

10. Interrogating SOCIO-ECONOMIC Department of NATIONAL Colonial Urban CHALLENGES OF History, Raiganj SEMINAR Space in University Darjeeling: A AFTER PARTITION Rereading in OF INDIA, History’ March,2016. 11. Interrogating Bi-Decennial Association of INTERNATIONAL “Staying Alive: Conference of Third World SEMINAR Women, Association of Third Studies South Ecology and World Studies South Asia Chapter and Survival in Asia Chapter, Department of India” November,2015 History, Cooch Applicability of Behar Vandana PunchananBarma Shiva’s Eco- University, Feminism in Colonial Darjeeling

12. Transformed Re-imagining Human- Department of National Seminar Human-Nature Nature Relationship: Political Science, Relations: A Focusing North Salesian College, &Siliguri, Saga of BengalNovenber,2014 Darjeeling under Colonial Dispensation

13. Colonizing Environmental Department of International Seminar Darjeeling History of North History, Forest Without Bengal and Adjacent University of North Bengal, Indigenous Regions: Contested Registance: An Issues and Emerging Overview of Perspective Colonial Darjeeling March,2014.

14. Unravelling the Forest and Forest Centre For National Seminar Colonial Roots Dwellers of the Himalayan of Indian Forest Himalayas and Studies, University of Policy: Forests Adjoining Regions North Bengal of Darjeeling September,2013.

15. Governing State, Power and Department of International Seminar Forest Sans Ethics of Governance: History, People: The Indian University of North Bengal Interrogating Experiences Colonial Forest Legislations in February,2013. India 16. Participated HISTORY OF Department of INTERNATIONAL BENGAL FROM History, VIRTUAL MICRO TO MACRO CONFERENCE College, Malda, West Bengal, 24th& 25th July,2020. India

17. Participated DISEASE, Department of NATIONAL MEDICINE & History,Khejuri VIRTUAL HEALTHCARE IN College, CONFERENCE OUR COUNTRY: Medinipur COLONIAL & INDIGENOUS ENCOUNTERS

18. Participated POST COVID-19 Social Science INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT Research VIRTUAL AND CHALLENGES Association of CONFERENCE IN SOUTH ASIA India (SSRAI),

Department of Politics & 27th -28th June, 2020 International Relations, Central University of Jharkhand, Ranchi,

Department of Geography, Sophia Girls College (Autonomous), Ajmer (Rajasthan) &

Centre for South Asian Studies, Department of Geography, SavitribaiPhule Pune University, Pune (Maharashtra)

19. Participated NOVEL CORONA Sri Guru Gobind INTERNATIONAL AND NOVEL Singh College, VIRTUAL CHALLENGES: Chandigarh CONFERENCE LIFE AHEAD WITH COVID 19

3rd June,2020

Participation in workshops/refresher/faculty development courses

Sl. Name of the Place Sponsoring Year No Workshop/Course/Summer Agency School 1. RECENT TRENDS IN WEB-BASED Department 2020 MODERN INDIAN INTERNATIONAL of History, HISTORY:SOCIETY, WORKSHOP ECONOMY, AND POLITY University

2. Refresher Course in History Human Resource UGC 2020 Development Centre, University of North Bengal 3. Orientation Programme Human Resource UGC 2018 Development Centre, University of North Bengal

Details of Teaching/Research/Academic Experience:

Designation Employer Period of Service From - To

Assistant Professor Raiganj University 19.08.2016- 12.09.2018

Assistant Professor Manipal 20.01.2016- University 06.08.2016

Assistant Professor North Bengal St. 01.12.2011- Xavier’s College 31.05.2013

Seminar Sessions Chaired:

Acted as the Co-Chairman of Plenary Session-2 in the All India Adult Education Conference jointly organized by the Indian Adult Education Association New Delhi and the Department of Lifelong Learning and Extension, University of North Bengal, November, 2018.

Seminar organizing experience: 1. Worked as Organizing Secretary in the NATIONAL SEMINAR ON PEASANTS AND TRIBES IN INDIAN HISTORY: COLONIAL EXPERIENCES organized by Department of History, Raiganj University, March 2017 2. Worked as Organizing Secretary in the INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR ON IDEOLOGY, LAW AND ENVIRONMENT: IDEAS OF SOCIAL JUSTICE IN INDIA THROUGH THE AGES organized by Department of History, Raiganj University, March 2018. 3. Worked as Organizing Secretary in the INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR ON UNDERSTANDING SOUTH ASIA AND SOUTH EAST ASIA: A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE organized byDepartment of History, University of North Bengal, May, 2019 4. Worked as Convener in the SYMPOSIUM ON PHILOSOPHY OF DR. B.R. AMBEDKAR, organized by Department of History, Raiganj University, April,2018.

Research Experience:

1. Working as the Principal Project Investigator in the research project entitled "BRITISH FOREST POLICY RN DARJEELTNG (1865- 1947):IDENTIFYINGCOLONIAL ROOTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY IN THE EASTERN HIMALAYAS.'' Supported by University of North Bengal

2. Worked as Assistant Director, (Honorary) in Salesian Research Centre

3. Awarded the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in History (Faculty of Arts) of University Of North Bengal

Research Guiding Experience

Ph.D. Scholars:

Name of the Scholar Title of Ph.D. Synopsis

Sri Tapas Debnath Representing Colonial Masculinity Through Hunting (1773-1949): A Study of the Princely State of

Smt. Sumita Roy Choudhury History of Health and Medicine: Colonial Representation in Darjeeling Hills, & Plantations (1835-1947)

M Phil. Scholar(s):

Name of the Scholar Title of M. Phil Dissertation

Smt. Sulakshana Lama Constructing Colonial Urban Space in Darjeeling Himalayas: A Re-Reading in History

Publications

Books:

Chapter Contribution in Edited Volume Books

Title of the Name of the Publisher ISBN Year of Chapter Book Publication Contributed

1. Transforming Pondering the PAIOLCK, ISBN 978-93- 2019 Darjeeling Past:A Kolkata, 88207-50-8 Hills: Collection of (Paper Back) Readings in Essays on History of the Polity, 978-9388207- Colonial Economy and Occupation Institutions 51-5 (E-Book) Volume IV

2. Palimpsestingt Women Issues Delton ISBN:978-93- 2018 he Role of in Developing Publishing 87631-08-3 Women in Countries: House(P)Ltd Colonial India Some ., Delhi&A : Patriarchal Reflections H Contestationa Developmen nd Women as t Publishing evolving House, critical mass Dhaka, Bangladesh

3. Sannyasi Good Progressive ISBN: 978-81- 2018 Rebellion in Governance: Publishers, 8064-273-9 Cooch Behar Some Ethical Kolkata in the Late Issues Eighteenth Century: An Overview of History

4. Ordering an Interrogating SetuPrakash ISBN:978-93- 2017 Anomalous Development: ani, Kolkata 80677-94-1 Land : Perspectives & Delhi Material of the Transformatio Economy, ns of the Environment, Landscape in Ethnicity and Colonial Gender Darjeeling

5. Revisiting the Plantation Mittal Yet to receive 2020 History of Workers: Publications Colonial Tea Issues & New Delhi Plantations in Challenges Darjeeling Hills

6. TRANSFOR Darjeeling: In Cambridge Yet to receive 2020 MING LAND Search of Scholar’s AND People’s Publishing, LANDSCAPE IN History of the UK. COLONIAL Hills DARJEELIN G: READINGS IN HISTORY

Research Papers:

Sl. Title of the Paper Name of the ISSN and Year of Nature of No. Journal Volume Publication the Journal

1. Commercial Cash Karatoya, ISSN: 2229- March, 2018 UGC Crop and The Journal of 4880 Approved Development of History, Journal Capitalist Economy: University of No. 42512 A Study of Colonial North Tea Plantations in Bengal Darjeeling Hills. Vol. XI

2. Linking Salesian ISSN:0926- May 2018 Peer Environmental Journal Of 1861 Reviewed History of South Asia Humanities with Colonial & Social Darjeeling Hills: A Sciences unique Historical Palimpsest Vol. IX, NO.1

3. Critiquing Colonial The ISSN: 0033- April 2017- UGC Forestry In Quarterly 5800 September Approved Darjeeling Hills: Review of 2017 Journal Roots Of Historical No. 40852 Environmental Studies Vol. VII Concerns Nos 1&2

4. Exploring Roots of Karatoya, ISSN: 2229- March 2017 UGC Ethnic Convergence Journal of 4880 Approved of the Indigenous and History, Journal the Exogenous Hill University of No. 42512 People : A Historical North Study of Colonial Bengal Darjeeling Vol. X

5. Transformed Human- International eISSN:2319- March 2018 UGC Nature Relations: A Journal of 7722 Approved Saga of Darjeeling Humanities Journal under Early Colonial and Social Dispensation No. 4098 Science pISSN:2319- Invention 7714

Volume7- Issue 3

6. The Cooch Behar IOSR e-ISSN: October, UGC Imbroglio in the Late Journal of 2279-0837 2017 Approved Eighteenth Century: Humanities Journal The Sannyasi and Social Intrigue and the British Encounter Science p-ISSN: 2279-0845 Sl. No. 5070

Volume:22, Issue:10 (Version-3)

7. Constructing Colonial Vidyasagar ISSN: 2321- 2015-2016 UGC Urban Space in University 0834, Issue Approved Darjeeling Journal of Journal Himalayas: A Re- History No. 42499 Reading in History Volume IV

8. Understanding the Karatoya, ISSN: 2229- March 2016 UGC Transformation of Journal of 4880 Approved Colonial Darjeeling History, Journal Hills Through the University of Volume IX Study of South Asian North No. 42512 Environmental Bengal History

9. Interrogating 'Staying Exploring ISSN: 2230- January- UGC Alive: Women, History 8490 June 2015 Approved Ecology and Journal Survival': Vol.VIII Applicability of No. 42508 Vandana Shiva's Eco-feminism on the Lepcha Women in Colonial Darjeeling'

10. Colonizing Darjeeling Karatoya, ISSN: 2229- March,2014 UGC Forest Without Journal of 4880 Approved Indigenous Resistance: History, Journal An Overview Of University of Volume VII Colonial Darjeeling North No. 42512 Bengal

11. Book Review Exploring ISSN: 2230- 2013-2014 UGC Mahesh Rangarajan History 8490 Approved and K. Journal Sivaramakrishnan, Vol. V July- eds., India’s December, No. 42508 Environmental 2013 No. 2 History: Vol. VI From Ancient Times January- to the Colonial June, 2014 Period, Vol. 1 and No. 1 India’s Environmental History: Colonialism, Modernity, and the Nation, Vol. 2