CURRICULUM VITAE 1. Name : Dr. BISWAJIT GHOSH 2. Present & Permanent Address : H-4, Tarabag, Burdwan- 713104 West Bengal, India Email: [email protected] 3. Date of Birth : 27 th June, 1958 4. Nationality : Indian 5. Social Category : General 6. Current Institutional Position : Professor of Sociology The University of Burdwan, Burdwan. 7. Educational Qualification(s): Degree/Subject Year University B.A Hons in Political Science 1978 Calcutta University M.A in Sociology 1980 Calcutta University M. Phil in Sociology 1984 Jawaharlal Nehru University Ph.D in Sociology 1989 ∗ DO ∗ Title of Thesis: Organising Unorganised Workers: A Sociological Study of Trade Unionism in the Leather and Book-Binding Industries in Calcutta (Research Supervisor: Prof. M. N. Panini) (8) Professional Achievements: i. Ph.D Supervision : Sl No Name of Scholars Title of Thesis Status 1. Dr. Subrata Social Costs of Voluntary Retirement – A Awarded Chatterjee study in Some Public Sector Units at in 2005 Durgapur 2 Dr. Jiban Custodial Violence in the Custody of Awarded Chakraborty (Joint Calcutta Police: A Socio-legal Study in the in 2005 first supervisor) Context of Human Rights 2 3. Dr. Swarup Sen Analysis and Evaluation of Government Awarded (Joint) Projects for Development of Scheduled in 2008 Tribes in West Bengal: A Case Study 4 Dr. Anuradha Sen Status and Role of Literate Women in Awarded Modern Society: A Survey of Women in 2009 School Teachers in Siliguri Town 5 Dr. Pankaj Kumar Development Induced Displacement: A Awarded Case Study of Jadugura Mine in in 2012 Jharkhand 6 Dr. Gurupada A study on Santal Migration: Its Context Awarded Saren and Ramifications in Relation to Tribal in 2012 Identity 7 Ananta Kumar Environmental Degradation in and around Awarded Biswas Kolaghat: An Analysis of Social in July Consequences 2016 8 Sujay Sain Changing Industrial Relations in Post- Thesis Liberalised India: A Study of Four Steel Submitted Plants in West Bengal 9 Sandip Tah Urbanization and Environmental Issues: A Awarded Study of Burdwan and Durgapur in April Municipal Areas 2017 10 Sk. Mohasina Social Capital among the Muslims: A Regd on Sociological Study of two Villages in 2.3.15 Burdwan 11 Shuvaloke Sarkar Social Significance of Syndicates in Rural Regd on West Bengal: A Case Study from 2.3.15 Burdwan, West Bengal 12 Priyaranjan Saha ii. M. Phil / Ph.D Evaluation: Evaluated 28 M. Phil / Ph. D thesis of Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala (4), Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi (3), University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad (2), Utkal University, Bhubaneswar (4), Kalyani University, Nadia (2), Jadavpur University, Kolkata (2), Dibrugarh University, Assam (3), Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan (4), Indira Gandhi Open University (2), and Guru Nanak Dev University, Punjab (1), Lucknow University (1). iii . M.A Dissertation Supervision: Supervised nearly 250 dissertations of M. A students since 1993. iv. Visiting Fellow / Professorship: a) Visiting Fellow at the Centre for the Study of Social Systems, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, in 2003. b) Visiting Professor in the Department of Political Science, Tripura University, in 2005, 2006 & 2008. 3 c) Visiting Professor in the Department of Masters in Rural Management and Development (MRMD), Tripura University, in 2008. d) Visiting Professor in the Department of Sociology at Vidyasagar University, West Bengal, in March 2012. e) Visiting Professor in the Department of Sociology, Tripura University, in September 2018. f) Visiting Professor in the Department of Sociology, Shivaji University, in February 2019. v. Editor of Journal 1. Burdwan Journal of Sociology , The University of Burdwan vi. Reviewer of Journals 1. Sociological Bulletin, Sage 2. Social Change, Sage 3. Gender and Society, Sage 4. Current Sociology, Sage 5. Asian and Pacific Migration Journal, Sage 6. SAGE Open 7. Democratization, Routledge 8. Journal of Family Violence, Springer 9. Asia Europe Journal, Springer 10. Research Square, Springer 11. Contemporary South Asia, Taylor and Francis 12. Culture, Health and Sexuality, Taylor and Francis 13. Journal of Human Trafficking, Taylor and Francis 14. Asian Journal of Psychiatry, Elsevier . 15. Evaluation and Program Planning Journal, Elsevier 16. Forest Ecology and Management, Elsevier . 17. World Journal of Social Science Research, Scholink 18. Eastern Anthropologist, Serial. 19. Education Research Journal, OAJI 20. Journal of Human Ecology, KRE 21. The Anthropologists, KRE 22. Journal of Mass and Communication Studies, Japan 23. International Journal of Economics and Management Sciences, OMICS 24. Arts and Social Sciences Journal, OMICS 25. Journal of Accounting & Marketing, OMICS 26. International Journal of Women’s Research. Iran 27. South Asian Journal of Participative Development, CSRD, Pune 28. Sociology Journal of The Assam Kaziranga University vii) Editorial Board Member : 1) Member of Editorial Board of Sociological Bulletin , the peer reviewed indexed Journal of The Indian Sociological Society during 2010-2012. 4 2) Member of Editorial Advisory Board of West Bengal Sociological Review , the annual journal of Sociological Association of West Bengal since June 2008. 3) Editorial Team Member, World Journal of Social Science Research , Open Access Journal since 2014. 4) Editorial Board Member, International Research Journal of India since April 2016. 5) Academic Editors, Asian Journal of Agricultural Extension, Economics & Sociology. 2019. viii. Acted as Resource person to : a) Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, SSS, J. N. U, New Delhi. b) Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi. c) Department of Sociology, Pune University. d) Department of Sociology, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University (A Central University), Lucknow. e) Department of Sociology, Rani Durgavati University, Jabalpur (M.P). f) Department of Sociology, Deen Dayal Upadhyay Gorakhpur University, Gorakhpur, UP. g) Department of Sociology, Fakir Mohan University, Balasore, Orissa. h) Department of Sociology, Sambalpur University, Orissa. i) Department of Sociology, Dibrugarh University, Assam. j) Department of Sociology, Assam University, Silchar. k) Department of Sociology, KISS, Bhubaneswar. l) Department of Political Science, Rural Development and Sociology, Tripura University (A Central University). m) West Bengal College Service Commission, Kolkata; n) Department of Sociology, Calcutta University o) Department of Sociology, Rural Development & Management, and Distance Education, Kalyani University. p) Department of Sociology, Jadavpur University. q) Department of Sociology, North Bengal University. r) Department of Sociology, Vidyasagar University. s) Department of Social Science, Bengal Engineering Science University. t) Department of Social Work, Rural Extension, & Anthropology, Visva Bharati, u) Department of Sociology, West Bengal State University, Barasat. v) Department of Sociology, St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata. w) Population Education Resource Center, Burdwan University. x) Department of Environmental Science, Burdwan University. y) Department of HRM, Burdwan University. 5 ix. Coordinator of Refresher Course and Orientation Programme: a) Joint Coordinator of a Refresher Course in Sociology and political Science (4-24 th March, 1998), ASC, BU. b) Joint Coordinator of a Refresher Course in Social studies (9-29 th March 2006), ASC, BU. c) Joint Coordinator of a Refresher Course in Environment & Social Science (8-28 th March, 2007), ASC, BU. d) Joint Coordinator of 32 rd Orientation Programme (1-28 th July, 2000), ASC, BU. e) Joint Coordinator of 35 th Orientation Programme (2-29 th November, 2001), ASC, BU. f) Joint Coordinator of 36 th Orientation Programme (2-29 th November, 2001), ASC, BU. x. Organization of Seminar as Convenor : a) Convenor of a National Seminar on Contemporary Indian Society: issue and challenges (7-8th February, 2004), Deptt of Sociology, Burdwan. b) Joint convenor of a National Seminar on Social Exclusion and Empowerment (28- 29th May, 2007), Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies, Burdwan. c) Convener of a UGC Sponsored National Seminar on Discourses on Development in between 13-14 th March 2010. xi. Administrative Experience : a) Head of the Department of Sociology, Burdwan University during 1995-1997; 1999- 2001, 2004-2006, 2008-10 and 2012-14. b) Court Member, Burdwan University during 1999-2003, From 2014 till today, c) Chairman, PG & UG Board of Studies in Sociology, Burdwan University during Headship. d) Member, PG & UG Board of Studies in Sociology, Burdwan University since 1993. e) Member, Ad-hoc Board of Studies of the Population Education resource Centre during 2002-2006. f) Member, Board of Directors of Journalism & Mass Communication, BU during 1997-1999. g) Member Internal Quality Assurance Cell, Burdwan University. h) Member, Library Committee, BU since 2006. i) Member, Advisory Committee of Centre for Inter-disciplinary Studies since 2007. j) Member, Ad-hoc Board of UG Studies in Environmental Studies since 2005. k) Member, Ad-hoc Board of Post-Graduate Studies in Master of Social Work since July 2008. l) Director (Additional Charge) of Academic Staff College, BU from 31 st December 2012 to 1 st July 2013. xii. Consultant : 1) UNICEF: 2006-7, 2009-10. 6 2) Save the Children: 2010-12 xiii) Professional Attachment: a) Treasurer and Managing committee members of ISS. b) Vice President of Sociological Association of West Bengal. 9. Field of Specialization: (i) Sociology of Industry and Organisation; (ii) Sociology of Development & Environment; (iii) Society, Culture