Curriculum Vitae Chitta Ranjan Misra Professor Department of History University of Rajshahi Rajshahi-6205 Bangladesh. Tel: 0088-0721-750041-54/4148(Off.) 0088-0721-750446 (Res.) Mobile : 0088-01718-213260 E-mail: [email protected] EDUCATION 2004-2005 Pursued Post-doctoral Research Work in Modern South Asian History under the Commonwealth Academic Staff Fellowship Programme in the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, United Kingdom 1995 Ph.D. in Modern South Asian History Department of History Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India Awarded. 1980 Exam. Master of Arts (MA) Held in 1982 Department of History University of Rajshahi, Bangladesh First Class (First). 1979 Exam Bachelor of Arts (Hons.) Held in 1980 Department of History University of Rajshahi, Bangladesh First Class (First). 1975 Exam. Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) Humanities Group Rajshahi Board First Division. 1973 Exam. Secondary School Certificate (SSC) Humanities Group Rajshahi Board Second Division. SCHOLARSHIP/FELLOWSHIP ENJOYED: 1) Enjoyed a Commonwealth Academic Staff Fellowship for pursuing Post-doctoral Research Work from 1st October 2004 to 31 March 2005 at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, UK. 2) Enjoyed a three-year scholarship of the Indian Council for Cultural Relations, Government of India from 1992-1995 for pursuing research work at Jadavpur University, Calcutta, India for Ph.D. degree in Modern South Asian History. 3) Enjoyed a merit scholarship for securing first position in first class in B.A. Honours Examination in History, in 1980. 4) Enjoyed Government stipend for three years for obtaining first division in Higher Secondary Certificate Examination in 1975. 1 WORKING EXPERIENCE From 03 May 1983 to 02 May 1986 1) Served as a Lecturer in the Department of History at the University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi, Bangladesh. From 03 May 1986 to 04 October 1995 2) Served as an Assistant Professor in the Department of History at the University of Rajshahi, Bangladesh. From 05 October 1995 to 02 January 3) Served as an Associate Professor in the Department of 2000 History at the University of Rajshahi, Bangladesh. From 03 January 2000 to Present 4) Serving as a Professor in the Department of History at the University of Rajshahi, Bangladesh. From 03 January 2008 to 02 January 5) Served as the Chairman, Department of History, University of 2011 Rajshahi OTHER EXPERIENCES From 03 August 1987 to 02 August 1) Served as a House Tutor in S.M. Hall (Students’ Residential 1990 Hall) at the University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi, Bangladesh. From 27 May 1996 to 26 August 1999 2) Served as a House Tutor in S. Habibur Rahman Hall (Students’ Residential Hall) at the University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi, Bangladesh. From 02 March 2001 to 01 March 2004 3) Served as a Provost of Motihar Hall (Students’ Residential Hall) at the University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi, Bangladesh. From 01 December 2010 to 20 March 4) Served as the Administrator, Public Relations Office, 2013 University of Rajshahi MEMBERSHIP OF DIFFERENT BODIES/ORGANIZATIONS 1) Member, Commonwealth Alumni Association, United Kingdom. 2) Secretary, Bangabandu Parishad, University of Rajshahi. 3) Member of the Paschimbanga Itihas Sangsad (West Bengal History Association), Kolkata, India. 4) Member of the Institute of Historical Studies, Kolkata, India. 5) Joint Secretary (Ex.) of the National Executive Council of the Bangladesh History Association. 6) Life Member of the Asiatic Society of Bangladesh, Dhaka. 7) Life Member of the Bangla Academy, Dhaka. 8) Member of the Academic Council, University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi, Bangladesh. 9) Member of the Indian History Congress, India. 10) Joint Secretary (Ex.) of the Rajshahi University History Alumni Association, University of Rajshahi, Bangladesh. 11) Secretary (Ex.) Rajshahi University History Alumni Association, University of Rajshahi, Bangladesh. 12) Member (Ex.), Editorial Board, A Research Journal, Faculty of Arts, University of Rajshahi. 13) Treasurer (Ex.), Rajshahi University Club, Rajshahi. 14) President Ex.), Central Puja Udzapan Parishad, University of Rajshahi. 15) Member, Editorial Board, Journal of the Bangladesh History 2 Association. 16) Member, National Executive Council of the Bangladesh History Association. 17) Member (Ex.), Board of Governors, Institute of Bangladesh Studies, University of Rajshahi. 18) Member, Editorial Board, Sthaniya Itihas (Local History), Heritage, Archives of Bangladesh History Trust, Rajshahi. 19) Member (Ex.), Area Review Panel of the Academic Innovation Fund (First , Second and Third Round), under Higher Education Quality Enhancement Project (HEQEP), Bangladesh University Grants Commission. 20) Member (Ex.), Bangladesh National Archives Advisory Council, Dhaka, Bangladesh. 21) Member (Ex.), Executive Committee of the Teachers' Association, University of Rajshahi 2010. 22) Treasurer, Rajshahi University History Alumni Association, University of Rajshahi 23) Member of the Editorial Board of the Project of the History of Bengal and Bengalis, Bangla Academy, Dhaka. 24) Member, Rajshahi University Alumni Association. 25) Syndicate Member (UGC Nominee), First Capital University of Bangladesh, Chuadanga, Kushtia. 26) Member, Advisory Committee, Varendra Research Museum, University of Rajshahi. 27) Member of the Syndicate (UGC Nominee) of Leading University, Sylhet. 28) Member (Ex.), Governing Body, Prime Institute of Medical Technology, Talaimari, Rajshahi. 29) Member, Governing Body, Barind Medical College, Rajshahi. 30) Member (Ex.), Rajshahi University School and College Managing Committee, Rajshahi University. 31) Member, National Executive Committee of Bangladesh History Congress, Dhaka. 32) Sectional President of the Section Countries other than India in the 30th Annual Session of the Paschimbanga Itihas Samsad held in West Bengal, India during 24-26 January 2014. 33) Member, Inventory Preparation Committee, The Varendra Research Museum, University of Rajshahi. 34) Member, Self-Assessment Committee (SAC), Department of History, University of Rajshahi, project undertaken by the Institute of Quality Assurance Cell, University of Rajshahi. RESEARCH WORKS (UNPUBLISHED) 1) Concept of Sovereign Independent Bengal and Indian Politics 1946-47, Ph.D. Thesis, Jadavpur University, Calcutta, India, 1995. 2) Worked as the writer of the War of Liberation in the District of 3 Naogaon under the Bangladesh War of Liberation: Documents and History Projects undertaken by Bangla Academy, Dhaka, Bangladesh. The work awaits publication. 3) Completed a research project entitled Cultural Progress of the District of Naogaon 1947-1971: A Historical Review, funded by the Bangladesh University Grants Commission, Dhaka, Bangladesh. RESEARCH WORKS (PUBLISHED) Books 1) A Descriptive Catalogue of Sanskrit Manuscripts in the Varendra Research Museum, Vol. II, (Rajshahi: University of Rajshahi, 2007). 2) A Descriptive Catalogue of Sanskrit Manuscripts in the Varendra Research Museum, Vol. III, (Rajshahi: University of Rajshahi, 2010). Books Edited 1) Reflections in History: Essays in Honour of Professor Amalendu De, Kolkata, 2010. 2) Varendra Research Museum Inventory Report 1910-2010, Varendra Research Museum, University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi 2014. Contributed the following entries to the National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Banglapedia) published by the Asiatic Society of Bangladesh. Name of the Entries ( Both in Bangla and English): 1) Sarat Chandra Bose 2) Subhas Chandra Bose 3) Bengal Pact of 1923 4) United Bengal Movement 5) Administration of Ancient Bengal 6) Anushilan Samiti 7) Chitta Ranjan Das 8) Civil Disobedience Movement 9) Forward Bloc 10) Samantasena 11) Hemantasena 12) Viyayasena 13) Vallalasena 14) Lakshamanasena LIST OF RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS Published Articles (In Home Journals) 1) “Move for a Sovereign Independent Bengal: Reaction of the Provincial Congress and Hindu Mahasabha”, Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bangladesh, Vol. 41, No. 1, June 1996, Dhaka, Bangladesh. 2) “Genesis of the Concept of a Sovereign Independent State for Undivided Bengal”, Rajshahi University Studies, Part-A, Vol. 23-24, 1995-96, University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi, Bangladesh. 3) “British Attitude towards the Move for a United Independent Bengal”, Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bangladesh, Vol. 4 42, No. 1, June 1997, Dhaka, Bangladesh. 4) “Bengali Hindu Personalities and Press: Their Attitude towards the Suhrawardy- Bose Formula”, Rajshahi University Studies, Vol. 25, Part-A, 1997, University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi, Bangladesh. 5) “Bengal Scheduled Caste Hindus on the issue of the Partition of the Province 1947”, Bangladesh Historical Studies, Vol. XVII, 1996-1998, Dhaka, Bangladesh. 6) “Attitude of Indian Communists to the Proposition of a Separate State for United Bengal”, Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bangladesh, Vol. 44, No. 1, June 1999, Dhaka, Bangladesh. 7) “Subhas Chandra Basur Dharmanirapekhsa Chetana: Ekti Sameeksha”, (in Bengali), [“Secular Spirit of Subhas Chandra Bose: An Analysis”], Itihas Samiti Patrika”, Nos. 25-26, 1998-2001, Dhaka, Bangladesh. 8) “Administration of Bengal Under the Palas and the Senas: Epigraphic Evidence”, Journal of the Institute of Bangladesh Studies, Vol. XXV, 2002, University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi, Bangladesh. 9) “Prachin Banglar Prasasanik Kathamor Ruparekha: Pala Purba Yuga”, (in Bengali), [“Glimpses of the Administrative Structure of Ancient Bengal: Pre Pala Era”], Gabeshana Patrika (Faculty of Arts), University of Rajshahi, 6th issue, 2000-2001, Rajshahi, Bangladesh.