Visva-Bharati

Santiniketan 731235
INDIA

SELF-STUDY REPORT
Part - C
Vol. 2

Evaluative Report of the Departments

Submitted to
National Assessment and Accreditation Council
2014
 CONTENTS

VIDYA-BHAVANA

( INSTITUTE OF HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES )

Economics and Politics 1

Philosophy and Religion 39

Ancient Indian History, Culture & Archaeology (A.I.H.C. & A.) 61

Journalism and Mass Communication 71

Geography 89

Anthropology 103

History 113

BHASHA-BHAVANA

( INSTITUTE OF LANGUAGE, LITERATURE AND CULTURE )

Bengali 130

English and Other Modern European Languages (DEOMEL) 151

Sanskrit, Pali & Prakrit 196

Hindi 213
Chinese Language & Culture 236

Japanese 253

Indo-Tibetan Studies 266

Odia 281

Santali 297

Arabic, Persian, Urdu & Islamic Studies 308

Assamese 318

Marathi 326

Tamil 334

PALLI SAMGATHANA VIBHAGA

( INSTITUTE OF RURAL RECONSTRUCTION )

Palli Charcha Kendra 342

Lifelong Learning and Extension 357

Silpa Sadana 376

Social Work 401

Women's Studies Centre 431

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Evaluative Report of the Department of Economics and Politics

1. Name of the Department : Department of Economics and Politics

2. Year of establishment : 1953
3. Is the Department part of a School/Faculty of the university? Yes, Vidya-Bhavana
4. Names of programmes offered (UG, PG, M.Phil., Ph.D., integrated Masters;
Integrated Ph.D., D.Sc., D.Litt., etc.) :
a) Ph. D in Economics
b) Ph D in Political science
c) M Phil in Economics
d) MA in Economics
e) BA(Hons) in Economics
f) BA (subsidiary/ allied) in Economics
g) BA (subsidiary/ allied) in Political Science
h) BA (subsidiary/ allied) in Integrated Mathematics & Statistics
5. Interdisciplinary programmes and departments involved:
Students of BA(Hons) in Economics are required to take Allied or Subsidiary courses
in History/ Ancient History/ Mathematics/Statistics/Bengali/English etc from the
respective Departments.
6. Courses in collaboration with other universities, industries, foreign institutions,
etc.: None
7. Details of programmes discontinued, if any, with reasons: No
8. Examination System: Annual/Semester/Trimester/Choice Based Credit System:
Semester with Choice Based Credit System
9. Participation of the department in the courses offered by other departments:
a) Pranab Kr. Chattopahyay and Sarbajit Sengupta were involved in teaching the
MA Optional paper on Finance offered by the Department of Statistics during
2009-2011.
b) Pranab Kr. Chattopadhyay was involved in teaching the course on
Environmental Studies to BA/BSc students offered by the Department of
Environmental Science during 2008-12.

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c) Pranab Kr. Chattopadhyay was involved in teaching the course on Tagore

Studies to BA/BSc students offered by Rabindra Bhavana during2008-10.
d) Economics Department Faculties are also associated with Ph. D. programmes of
other Departments within Visva-Bharati (e.g., Department of Geography) and
also with the Departments of other University (e.g., Department of Economics &
Department of Commerce of the University of Calcutta) in supervisory
capacities
10. Number of teaching posts sanctioned, filled and actual (Professors/ Associate
Professors/ Asst. Professors/ others) :
Actual (including CAS
Sanctioned Filled
& MPS)
Professor 2 2 7
Associate Professors 5 5 3
Asst. Professors 13 10 7
Others - - -
11. Faculty profile with name, qualification, designation, area of specialization,
experience and research under guidance:
a) Name : Madhusudan Ghosh
Qualification : M.A., Ph.D,
Designation : Professor (Economics)
Specialization : Agri. Eco; Devt. Eco; Macro Economics;
Time-series econometrics, Indian Eco.
No. of Years of Experience : 32
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : 02 (Ph.D: 1, M.Phil.:1)
b) Name : Sarbajit Sengupta
Qualification : M.A., Ph.D
Designation : Professor (Economics)
Specialization : Industrial Econ., Micro Econ., International
Trade, Econ. of Education.
No. of Years of Experience : 24
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. Students
guided for the last 4 years : 04 (Ph.D: 4)
c) Name : Pranab Kumar Chattopadhyay
Qualification : M.A., Ph.D
Designation : Professor (Economics)

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Specialization : Hist. of Econ. Thought; Econometrics;

Environmental economics.
No. of Years of Experience : 32
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : 15 (Ph.D: 12, M.Phil.:3)
d) Name : Mamata Ray
Qualification : M.A., Ph.D
Designation : Professor (Political Sc.)
Specialization : Indian Political Thought
No. of Years of Experience : 27
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : 01(Ph.D: 1,)
e) Name : Sudipta Bhattacharya
Qualification : M.Sc., M.Phil, Ph.D
Designation : Professor (Economics)
Specialization : Agril. Economics; Monetary Econ.; Marxian
Econ.
No. of Years of Experience : 23
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : 12 (Ph.D: 11, M.Phil.:1)
f) Name : Pranab Basu
Qualification : M.A., Ph.D
Designation : Professor (Economics)
Specialization : International trade; Economic thought
No. of Years of Experience : 35
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : 02 (Ph.D: 2)
g) Name : Apurba Kumar Chattopadhyay
Qualification : Ph.D
Designation : Professor (Economics)
Specialization : Agril Econ, Devt. Economics, Economics of
planning, Environmental economics
No. of Years of Experience : 21
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : 07 (Ph.D: 6, M.Phil.:1)

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h) Name : Jagabandhu Saha

Qualification : M.Stat, Ph.D
Designation : Professor (Economics)
Specialization : Econometrics, Inventory theory
No. of Years of Experience : 25
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : Nil
i) Name : Santadas Ghosh
Qualification : M.Sc., MCA, Ph.D
Designation : Associate Professor (Economics)
Specialization : Econometrics, Environmental Economics
No. of Years of Experience : 14
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : 02 (Ph.D: 1, M.Phil.:1)
j) Name : Soumya Chakrabarty
Qualification : Ph.D
Designation : Associate Professor (Economics)
Specialization : Advance Economic Theory, Marxian
Economics, Macroeconomics.
No. of Years of Experience : 14
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : 08 (Ph.D: 5, M.Phil.:3)
k) Name : Uttam Kumar Sikdar
Qualification : M.Sc., M.Phil
Designation : Assistant Professor (Economics)
Specialization : Statistics and Econometrics, Devt.
Economics, Macroeconomics
No. of Years of Experience : 13
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : Nil
l) Name : Biswajit Mandal
Qualification : M.Sc., M.Phil, Ph.D
Designation : Assistant Professor
Specialization : International Economics, Devt. Eco;
Econometrics
No. of Years of Experience : 13
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students

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guided for the last 4 years : 02 (Ph.D: 2)

m) Name : Amit Biswas
Qualification : M.A., Ph.D
Designation : Assistant Professor (Economics)
Specialization : International trade, Econometrics
No. of Years of Experience : 12
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : 02 (Ph.D: 2)
n) Name : Soumyadip Chattopadhyay
Qualification : M.Sc., Ph.D
Designation : Assistant Professor (Economics)
Specialization : Econometrics; Urban Economics
No. of Years of Experience : 11
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : 06 (Ph.D: 2, M.Phil.: 4)
o) Name : Achiransu Acharya
Qualification : M.Sc.
Designation : Assistant Professor (Economics)
Specialization : International Economics; Environment and
Resource Economics
No. of Years of Experience : 09
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : Nil
p) Name : Biswajit Halder
Qualification : M.A., M.Phil
Designation : Assistant Professor (Economics)
Specialization : Indian Economy; Development Economics
No. of Years of Experience : 11
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : Nil
q) Name : Anamika Moktan
Qualification : M.A.
Designation : Assistant Professor (Economics)
Specialization : International trade; Environmental Economics
No. of Years of Experience : 04
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. Students

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guided for the last 4 years : Nil

12. List of senior Visiting Fellows, adjunct faculty, emeritus professors:

Adjunct Faculty:
a) Professor Rabindranath Bhattacharya, Centre for Studies in Social Sciences,
Kolkata.
b) Professor Ramprasad Sengupta, CESP, Jawharalal Nehru University.
c) Professor Jack Reardon, Department of Management and Economics, School of
Business, Hamline University, USA.
d) Antony P. De Costa, Professor of Indian Studies and Research, Asia Research
Centre, Copenhegen Business School, Denmark.
e) Pinaki Bose, Visiting Fellow, University of Manitoba, Canada.
f) Dr. Feisal Abbas, South Asian University, New Delhi.
g) Dr. Subrata Mondal, Ambedkar University, New Delhi
13. Percentage of classes taken by temporary faculty — programme-wise: 5%
14. Programme-wise Student Teacher Ratio:
Programmes Students Teachers Student Teacher
Ratio
BA ((subsidiary) Pol Sc 40 1 40:1
BA (subsidiary) 18 3 6:1
Economics
BA (subsidiary) Integrated 21 4 5.25:1
Mathematics & Stat
BA (Hons) Economics 48 11 4.36:1
MA (Economics) 34 13 2.1:1
M Phil (Economics)** 4 3 1.3: 1
Ph D (Economics)** 10 6 1.6:1
** Data relates to M. Phil./Ph.D. Course work.
15. Number of academic support staff (technical) and administrative sanctioned,
filled and actual:
Sanctioned Filled Actual
Academic Support staff (technical) 5 5 3*
Administrative Staff 2 2 2
Others 1 1 1
* Two of them has completed their tenures

16. Research thrust areas as recognized by major funding agencies:

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a) Agriculture, Environment and Rural Development : Thrust area for UGC SAP –
DRS –I, Department of Economics & Politics.
b) Women empowerment, Rural health care, Child development, Agriculture &
Rural Development, Assessment of government programmes in Social Sector:
Thrust Area of A K Dasgupta Centre for Planning and development of
Department of Economics & Politics.
17. Number of faculty with ongoing projects from a) national b) international
agencies and c) Total grants received. Give the names of the project title and
grants received project-wise:
Name of Project Title Funding National/ Total Funds
Faculty Agency International Received
Sudipta Microfinance, Rural UGC National Sanctioned
Bhattacharya Credit and Poverty 567800/-
Alleviation: A Study Distributed
of West Bengal, 459000/-
Madhusudan Economic Reforms UGC National 6,38,600/-
Ghosh & Regional
Convergence in
Indian Agr.
Apurba Kumar Stagnation Of The UGC National Sanction
Chattopadhyay Agrrarian Economy: 649600/-
An Enquiry Into Its Distributed
Nature And Causes 381600/-
In Five Central
Districts Of West
Bengal During
1999—2000 To
2009—10.
Saumya A Comparative Brown International USD 9000$
Chakrabarty Study of the University
Livelihood USA
Guarantee
Programmes across
the Global South
(secondary data
based study).
Achiransu An Economic UGC National 130000
Acharya Analysis of Ground

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water Markets in
West Bengal
Name of Project Title Funding National/ Total Funds
Faculty Agency International Received
Department Agricultural, UGC- National 31,94,000/-
Environment & SAP DRS
Rural Development I
Department Planning and Planning National 6,10,000/- per
Development Commissi annum
on 86,00,000/-
endowment
Madhusudan Economic Reforms UGC- National 6,38,600/-
Ghosh & Regional Major
Convergence in Research
Indian Agr. Project
Sibranjan “ Sickness of Tea UGC_- National Rs. 4,00,000/-
Misra: Plantations in India : Sponsored
An Enquiry into its Major
nature and causes” Research
Project
Aparajita ‘Economic Reform ICSSR Interational 4,17,000/-
Mukherjee and Indian sponsored
Agriculture: A major
Study on Agrarian research
Economy of West project
Bengal’
Sudipta “Microfinance, UGC- National Rs.6,47,000/-.
Bhattacharya Rural Credit and sponsored
Poverty Alleviation: Major
A Study of West Research
Bengal Project
Sudipta ‘Study of Problems Collaborati National Rs.52000/-
Bhattacharyya of Marginal Farmers ve Project
in the Context of with Joshi
Changing Adhikari
Technology & Institute of
Economic Social
Environment’ Sciences

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Achiransu An Economic U.G.C. National Rs. 1,30,000/-

Acharyya Analysis of Minor
Groundwater Research
Markets in West Project
Bengal

Apurba Rural Non-Farm UGC National Rs. 1,31,412/-

Kumar Employment: (SAP)
Chattopadhyay Characteristics and
& Saumya Determinants
Chakrabarty
Apurba Stagnation of the UGC- National Rs. 6,49,600/-
Kumar Agrarian Economy: Major
Chattopadhyay An Enquiry into Its Research
Co- Nature and Causes Project
Investigator: In Five Central
Biswajit Districts of West
Haldar Bengal During
1999—2000 to
2009—10
Saumya A Comparative Brown International Rs. 2,00,000/-
Chakrabarty Study of the Internation
Methods and al
Impacts of Advanced
Employment Research
Guarantee Schemes Institute
across Global South: (BIARI)
Inclusion or Elite Alumni
Capture? Research
Grant
2012
18. Inter-institutional collaborative projects and associated grants
a) National collaboration: Nil b) international collaboration: Nil
19. Departmental projects funded by DST-FIST; UGC-SAP/CAS, AICTE, etc.; total
grants received:
SL Project Agency Total Grants
1 UGC SAP DRS -1** UGC 23 lakhs

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50Thousand +
Fellowship of
One Project
Fellow
2 A K Dasgupta Centre for Planning 86 lakhs*
Planning and Development Commission
* The Centre has 86 lakhs of corpus fund from which around Rs. 6 lakhs 50
thousand are spent for running research programme of the centre.
** The Projects carried out of the UGC-DRS-I SAP fund by Departmental
colleagues are given in the following table:
Sl. No. Project Title Project Investigator (s)
SAP-1 Challenges and Opportunities of NREGA: The Aparajita Mukherjee
West Bengal Experience Soumyadip
Chattopadhyay
Biswajit Haldar
Apurba Kumar
SAP-2 Rural Non-farm Employment: Characteristics Chattopadhyay
and Determinants. . Saumya Chakrabarti.

Tagore’s Sriniketan Model of Skill Suman Sarkar

SAP-3 Development in Handicraft for Rural Poor.
SAP-4 Crisis in Tea Plantations in India: Some Issues Sib Ranjan Misra
and Concerns.
Pranab Kumar
SAP-5 An Economic Analysis of Ground Water Chattopadhyay
Market in the District of Birbhum. Achiransu Acharyya

SAP-6 Recession: A Boon for the Informal Sector? Biswajit Mandal

An Enquiry into the Experiments at Pranab Basu

SAP-7 Agricultural and Rural Development in
Sriniketan.
Sl. No. Project Title Project Investigator (s)
SAP-8 Property Rights, Productivity and the Poor: Sarbajit Sengupta
Inland Water Fisheries in West Bengal. Santadas Ghosh

SAP-9 Growth and Performance of Commodity Madhusudan Ghosh

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Futures Markets in Indian Agriculture.

A Comparative Study of Some of the Saumya Chakrabarti
SAP-10 Employment Guarantee Scheme Across the
Developing Countries
Sl. No. Project Title Project Investigator (s)
SAP-11 Ground water iriigation in WB: Opportunities Achiransu Acharyya
for Adaptation & Mitigation to Climate
Change
SAP-12 Informal Sector & Extortion: Role of Reform Biswajit Mondal
and Capital Mobility
SAP-13 Rural Pollution, Informal Sector & Amit Kr. Biswas
Bureaucratic Corruption
SAP-14 Rural Credit: A Journey from Bank Sudipta Bhattacharya
Nationalisation to Liberalisation: West Bengal
& India
SAP-15 Trend and Pattern of Rural Fiscal Soumyadip
Decentralisation in India Chattopadhyay
20. Research facility / centre with
a) State recognition: Yes b) national recognition: Yes
c) International recognition: NA
21. Special research laboratories sponsored by / created by industry or corporate
bodies: No
22. Publications:
a) No. of papers published in peer reviewed journals (national/
international):
Madhusudan Ghosh – 14
SarbajitSengupta – 03
Pranab Kumar Chattopadhyay – 01
Sudipta Bhattacharya – 04
Pranab Kanti Basu – 01
Apurba Kumar Chattopadhyay – 03
Saumya Chakrabarti – 12
Biswajit Mandal – 10
Amit Kumar Biswas – 03
Soumyadip Chattopadhyay – 06
Total – 57
b) Monographs:

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Madhusudan Ghosh –
i) “Liberalization, Growth and Regional Disparities in India”, Springer, New
Delhi/ Heidelberg/New York/Dordrecht/London, 2013 (ISBN: 978-81-322-
0980-5 (Print); ISBN: 978-81-322-0981-2 (eBook).
Sudipta Bhattacharya –
i) ‘Political Economy of Agrarian Crisis and Slow Industrialization in India’,
(Co-authors: Mathew Abraham and Anthony D’Costa), Copenhagen
Discussion Paper, No.40, 2013. Copenhagen Business School,
Denmark.http://openarchive.cbs.dk/bitstream/handle/10398/8642/CDP%202
013-40%20samlet.pdf?sequence=1.
ii) ‘Rural Credit: A Journey from Bank Nationalization to Liberalization’,
UGC-SAP (DRS-I), Dept of Economics and Politics, Visva-Bharati,
Working Paper Series, No. 6, 2012-13. http://www.visva-bharati.ac.in/
Projects/Economics-Working%20Paper%206.pdf.
iii) ‘Neo-liberalism looks Misty through AmartyaSen’s ‘Snakes and Ladders’,
Pragoti, Feb 1, 2012, www.pragoti.in/node/4602
iv) ‘Is the Edifice of Neo-liberalism finally Crumbling?’, Pragoti, Jan 3, 2012,
http://www.pragoti.in/node/4584
v) Nobel in Economics: Politics of ‘Imperialization’, Pragoti, Nov 18, 2011,
http://www.pragoti.in/node/4575
vi) ‘Derailed Rail Budget of Mamata: Broken Promises, Forgotten Hope’, in
Pragoti: Progress and Struggle, 01.03.2011. Web Journal:
http://www.pragoti.org/taxonomy/term/2623
vii) ‘Public-Private Partnership in India: Rhetoric of Strait Jacket Privatization –
Retreat from Commanding Height’, CBS Web Publication, Oct 10, 2011,
http://ebookbrowse.com/sudipta-bhattacharyya.
Santadas Ghosh –
i) “A Glimpse of the Tiger: How Much are Indians Willing to Pay for It?”
(withDr.IndrilaGuha) SANDEE Working Paper No. 39-09.2009.
www.sandeeonline.org.
Saumya Chakrabarti –
i) “National rural employment guarantee scheme: certain theoretical
constraints” (co-authored by A. Mukherjee); in Working Paper Series,
Volume – 1 (ISBN: 9789381274-30-9), A.K. Dasgupta Centre for Planning
and Development (Sponsored by Planning Commission, Govt. of India),
Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan, India; New Delhi Publishers, India; January
2013.
Soumyadip Chattopadhyay –

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i) “Trend and Pattern of Rural Fiscal Decentralization in India”, Working

Paper Series No. 7, UGC SAP (DRS – I), 2012. Department of Economics
and Politics, Visva-Bharati University.
ii) “Governance Reforms in India: Opportunities and Challenges”, Working
Paper, AK Dasgupta Centre for Planning and Development, 2013. Visva-
Bharati University (Co-authored with Seemantini Chattopadhyay).
c) Chapters in Books:
Madhusudan Ghosh –
i) Inclusive Growth, Livelihood Security and Rural Poverty in India, In S.K.
Datta and P.K. Kuri (Eds.) Rural Livelihood in India, Serials Publications,
New Delhi, 2014.
ii) Growth and Performance of Commodity Futures Market in Indian
Agriculture, In M. Ghosh&A.K. Chattopadhyay(Eds.) Rural Development in
India – Challenges and Prospects, Serials Publications, New Delhi, 2013.
iii) Supply Response Behaviour in Indian Agriculture: A Study of Oilseeds and
Pulses, In Kazi M.B. Rahim, D. Sarkar& B. C. Roy (Eds) Sustainable
Agriculture and Environment, New Delhi Publishers, New Delhi, 2012, 191-
205.
iv) Poverty, Unemployment and Inclusive Growth in Rural India, In N.U. Khan
&Sigamani P. (Eds) Anatomy of Public Policy Reforms and Development,
Macmillan Publishers India Ltd., Delhi, 2011, 54-74.
v) Economic Reforms, Growth and Regional Divergence in India, In Y.S.
Sisodia (Ed.) India’s Development Scenario: Challenges and Prospects,
Rawat Publications, Jaipur/New Delhi, 2009.
Pranab Kumar Chattopadhyay –
i) “Food Security in India: Evergreen Revolution in Small Farms” in B.
Chatterjee and A K. Karmakar (Ed.), Food Security in India, Regal
Publications. New Delhi, March 2012, Pp. 84-95 (ISBN No. 978-81-8484-
158-9).
ii) “Poverty and health care in India in the context of globalization”, in
RajkumarSen (ed.), Modern Indian Economy, Deep and Deep Publications
Private Limited, New Delhi, 2011, pp-211-20.
iii) “RabindranatherSamavayaChinta” in Tapan Kumar Some (IAS) (ed.)
RabindranatherSantiniketan o Sreeniketan; Deep Prakashan, 2011, pp 538-
45.
iv) “Keynes and Mercantilism” in D N Bhattacharya (ed) Indian Economic
Development, Regal Publications, New Delhi, 2012, ISBN No. 978-81-
8484-167-1.

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v) “Role of Education in Women Empowerment: A Case Study of West

Bengal” (with BikasSaha and PrabirKarar) in P K Chattopadhyay
(ed),Inclusion and Empowerment: Essaya on Some Aspects of Rural
Developmen, New Delhi Publishers, New Delhi, March, 2013, ISBN No.
9789381274392.
vi) Education and Women Empowerment: A Case Study of KalnaSubdivision
of West Bengal (with BikasSaha and PrabirKarar) in P K Chattopadhyay
(ed) Working paper-1 of A K Dasgupta Centre for Planning and
Development, published by New Delhi Publishers, New Delhi, November,
2012, ISBN No. 9789381274309.
vii) An enquiry into the Scope of “Sustainable Promotions of Tribal Livelihood
and Education with Environmental Stability in West Bengal (with Arun
Kumar Mondal) in P K Chattopadhyay (ed), Working paper-1 of A K
Dasgupta Centre for Planning and Development, published by New Dalhi
Publisher, New Delhi, November, 2012, ISBN No. 9789381274309.
viii) Development of Forest Resource and Tribal Economy in P K Chattopadhyay
(ed) Inclusion and Empowerment: Essays on Some Aspects of Rural
Development, New Delhi Publishers, New Delhi, March, 2013, ISBN No.
97893812743921.
Sudipta Bhattacharya –
i) Participation and Rural Transformation: Some Marxian Theoretical
Discourse in the Recent Past Laboratory of the Marxist Ruled State of West
Bengal for Three Decades, in Rajiv Sen (Ed),Proceedings of the UGC
Sponsored National Seminar on Decentralized Development and Rural
Governance in India: Challenges and Opportunities, Union Christian
Training College, Berhampore, Murshidabad, pp. 25-50, 2013. ISBN: 978-
81-926963-1-7.
ii) Neo-liberal Transformation of the Interventionist Economy: A Study of
West Bengal, in K. Suman Chandra, V. Suresh Babu&Pradip Kumar Nath
(Eds),Agrarian Crisis in India: The Way Out, Academic Foundation, New
Delhi, Ch-18, pp.497-512. ISBN: 978-93327-0032-1.
iii) A Critical Look at Two Decades of Market Reform in India, in S
Bhattacharya (Ed), Two Decades of Market Reform in India: Some
Dissenting Views, Anthem Press, London, Ch-1, pp.1-26. ISBN:
085728326X.
iv) Changing Employment Scenario during Market Reform in India, in S
Bhattacharya (Ed), Two Decades of Market Reform in India: Some
Dissenting Views, Anthem Press, London, Ch-9, pp.159-175. ISBN:

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085728326X.
v) ‘Introduction’ (Co-author: Pranab Kumar Chattopadhyay), in P K
Chattopadhyay and SBhattacharyya (Eds)Challenges of Livelihood and
Inclusive Rural Development in the Era of Globalization, New Delhi: New
Delhi Publisher, 2013, ISBN: 978-93-81274-25-5. pp. XIII-XVIII.
vi) ‘Neo-liberalism, Weakening State and Peasant Differentiation in Indian
Agriculture’, in Conference Volume of the National Seminar on ‘Agrarian
Crisis: The Way Out’, National Institute of Rural Development, Hyderabad,
5-7 November 2012. pp. 582-95.
vii) ‘(Neo-) Liberalization and Fundamentalism: Awkward Identity of Nation
State in India’ in Maya Ghosh and Arun K. Jana (ed)Development and
Disorder: The Crisis of Governance in the Northeast and East of India, New
Delhi: South Asian Publisher, 2011.
PranabKantiBasu –
i) ‘BhogerUnnayanUnnayanerBhog’ in RaghabendraBandopadhyayet. al. (ed.)
UnnayanBitharka, Charchapad, Kolkata. 2009. ISBN 978-81-907607-8-2.
ii) ‘Land Acquisition: Impossibility of Corporate Social Responsibility’ in
Raman and Lipschutz (ed.) Corporate Social Responsibility: Comparative
Critiques, Palgrave Macmillan, International Political Economy Series,
London. 2010. ISBN-13: 978-0-230-22077-5.
iii) ‘byarthothakarpartirnadorshoner’in Prabrit Das Mohapatra et.al. (ed.)
Bamrajtotwa o chorchay, Charchapad, Kolkata. 2013. ISBN 978-93-80489-
23-0.
Apurba Kumar Chattopadhyay –
i) ‘WTO’ and the Inequality among the Member Countries in R. K. Sen and
John Felix raj (ed), WTO and Asian Union, Deep and Deep Publications Pvt.
Ltd.. New Delhi, 2009. pp. 103-13. (Jointly with Ratan Kumar Ghosal).
ISBN: 978-81-8450-205-3.
ii) “Economics of rural non-farm sector: certain characteristics and
determinants” (co-authored with S. Mondal and A.K. Chattopadhyay); in M.
Ghosh and A.K. Chattopadhyay (eds.) Rural Development in India:
Challenges and Prospects,Serials Publications, New Delhi; May
2013.(ISBN: 9788183875929).
iii) “Agrarian Crisis, Unemployment and Rural Livelihood” in N U Khan and
Sigamani P (eds.), Anatomy of Public Reforms and Development, Macmillan
Publishers India Limited (Macmillan Advance Research Series), pp. 3-22.
New Delhi 2011. ISBN No. 0230-33274-9.
iv) “Agrarian Economy of West Bengal and the Question of Sustainability” in

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K. Pal (Ed.), Sustainable Development and Role of Government, Nath

Publishing, Kolkata, July 2010, pp. 97-126. ISBN: 978978-81-8093-014-0.
v) ‘Declining Sex ratio of the Population in India: Implications and Policy
Issues’ in D. N. Bhattacharya (ed) Indian Economic Development:
Contemporary Issues, Regal Publications, New delhi, February 2012, pp.
365-375.
vi) ‘Two Decades of Human Development in India’, in D. Chattopadhyay
(Ed.), Human Rights and Human Development: Some Issues, Amode Book
Publishing House, Balarampur, Purulia, 2012. ISBN: 978-81-923363-4-3.
Santadas Ghosh –
i) “Valuing the Land of Tigers: What Indian Visitors Reveal?” (with Dr.
IndrilaGuha) in Haque A. K. E,, Murty M. N. and Shyamsundar P (ed.)
Valuing the Invaluable: The Practice of Environmental Valuation in South
Asia, SANDEE (Cambridge University Press), 2011.
ii) “Tourism, local livelihood, and conservation: a case study in Indian
Sundarbans” (with Dr. IndrilaGuha) in Pushpam Kumar and
RoldanMuradian (ed) Payment for Ecosystem Services; New Delhi, Oxford
University Press, 2009.
Saumya Chakrabarti –
i) “Agriculture – industry interaction in an open-economy framework: some
theoretical observations”; in P.K. Chattopadhyay(ed.), Inclusion and
Empowerment, New Delhi Publishers, India; April 2013.
ii) “Economics of rural non-farm sector: certain characteristics and
determinants” (co-authored with S. Mondal and A.K. Chattopadhyay); in M.
Ghosh and A.K. Chattopadhyay (Eds.) Rural Development in India:
Challenges and Prospects, Serials Publications, New Delhi; May
2013.(ISBN: 9788183875929).
Amit Kumar Biswas –
i) Review of Foreign Trade Data in LDC: Role of Policy Instruments (2010),
VerlagDr. Mueller, ISBN 978-3-639-24488-5.
Biswajit Mandal –
i) “Transaction Costs, Technology Transfer and Mode of Organization” with
SugataMarjit, Chapter 4 in R. Acharyya and S. Marjit (ed.) “Trade,
Globalization and Development”, 2013, ISSN/ISBN: 978-81-322-1150-
1/978-81-322-1151-8 (e-book).
ii) “Recession: A Boom for the Informal Sector?”, Chapter 17 in M. Ghosh and
A. K. Chattopadhyay (Ed), Rural Development in India: Challenges and
Prospect, Serial Publications, New Delhi, India, 2013.

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d) Edited Books:
Madhusudan Ghosh –
i) Rural Development in India – Challenges and Prospects, Serials
Publications, New Delhi, 2013 (Co-editor: A.K. Chattopadhyay) (ISBN:
9788183875929).
Pranab Kumar Chattopadhyay –
i) Challenges of Livelihood and Inclusive Rural Development in the Era of
Globalization, (with Sudipta Bhattacharya), New Delhi Publishers, New
Delhi, November, 2012, ISBN No. 9789381274255.
ii) Inclusion and Empowerment: Essays on Some Aspects of Rural
Developmint, New Delhi Publishers, New Delhi, March, 2013, ISBN No.
9789381274392.
iii) Working papers of A K Dasgupta Centre for Planning and Development,
New Delhi Publishers, New Delhi, November, 2012, ISBN No.
9789381274309.
iv) Some Empirical Aspects of Economic Growth and Diversification in India's
Emerging Economy, New Delhi Publishers, New Delhi, Nov 2013 ISBN
9789381274545.
v) Gender Opportunities and Empowerment: Aspects of Rural Development,
New Delhi Publishers, New Delhi, April 2013 ISBN 9789381274477.
Sudipta Bhattacharya –
i) Two Decades of Market Reforms in India: Some Dissenting Views, Anthem
Press, London, 2013, ISBN: 9780857283269.
ii) Challenges of Livelihood and Inclusive Rural Development in the Era of
Globalization, New Delhi: New Delhi Publisher, 2013. ISBN: 978-93-
81274-25-5.
Apurba Kumar Chattopadhyay –
i) Rural Development in India – Challenges and Prospects, Serials
Publications, New Delhi, 2013 (Co-editor: M. Ghosh) (ISBN:
9788183875929).
e) Books with ISBN with details of publishers:
Madhusudan Ghosh –
i) Liberalization, Growth and Regional Disparities in India, Springer, New
Delhi/ Heidelberg/New York/Dordrecht/London, 2013 (ISBN: 978-81-322-
0980-5 (Print); ISBN: 978-81-322-0981-2 (eBook).
Amit Kumar Biswas –

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i) Review of Foreign Trade Data in LDC: Role of Policy Instruments (2010),

VerlagDr. Mueller, ISBN 978-3-639-24488-5.
f) Number listed in International Database (For e.g. Web of Science, Scopus,
Humanities International Complete, Dare Database International Social
Sciences Directory, EBSCO host, etc.):
Madhusudan Ghosh –
i) Regional Divergence and Club Convergence in India, Economic Modelling,
30 (January), 2013, 733-742. (Co-authors: A. Ghoshray and
I.Malki).(Indexed in IBSS).
ii) How Integrated is the Indian Wheat Market?,Journal of Development
Studies, 47(10) 2011, 1574-1594 (Co-author: A. Ghoshray).(Indexed in
IBSS).
iii) Regional Disparities in Education, Health and Human Development in India,
Indian Journal of Human Development, 5(1), 2011, 5-28.(Indexed in
IBSS).
iv) How Integrated is the Indian Wheat Market?,Journal of Development
Studies, 47(10) 2011, 1574-1594 (Co-author: A. Ghoshray).(Indexed in
IBSS).
v) Regional Disparities in Education, Health and Human Development in India,
Indian Journal of Human Development, 5(1), 2011, 5-28.(Indexed in
IBSS).
vi) Spatial Price Linkages in Regional Food Grain Markets in India, Margin –
The Journal of Applied Economic Research, 4(4), 2010, 495-516.(Indexed
in EBSCO etc).
vii) Inclusive Growth and Rural Poverty in India: Policy Implications for the
Eleventh Plan, Indian Journal of Agricultural Economics, 65(3), 2010, 552-
561.(Indexed in IBSS).
viii) Structural Breaks and Performance in Indian Agriculture, Indian Journal of
Agricultural Economics, 65(1), 2010, 59-79 [Awarded Dr. D.K. Desai
Memorial Prize for best article published in Indian Journal of Agricultural
Economics by the Indian Society of Agricultural Economics, Mumbai,
India].(Indexed in IBSS).
ix) Dynamics of Agricultural Development and Rural Poverty in Indian States,

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Margin – The Journal of Applied Economic Research, 3(3), 2009, 265-

295.(Indexed in EBSCO).
Sarbajit Sengupta –
i) “Tariffs and Imports Misinvoicing under Oligopoly” (with Amit K Biswas),
Econimics and Politics Presented at the Conference on Models and Methods
in Economics, ISI, Kolkata Economics & Politics, Vol. 23/2, 2011 (Wiley-
Blackwell). (Indexed in IBSS).
ii) Declining Registration by Small Manufacturing Units: A Case Study of
Durgapur. (with MousumiMajumdar) Economic and Political Weekly, Vol
- XLV No. 25, June 19, 2010. (Indexed in SCOBUS).
Sudipta Bhattacharya –
i) Participatory Rural Self-Governance under the Left Regime in West Bengal:
An Alternative to Neo-liberal Developmentalism’ in European Journal of
Development Research, (Co-author with Manik Bhattacharya). Vol 25,
No.3, pp. 385-407. ISSN: 0957-8811. (Indexed in IBSS).
Saumya Chakrabarti –
i) “Contradictions of ‘doing development’: a structuralist framework”; in
American Review of Political Economy (EconLit indexed); Vol. 7, No.
1&2; June/December 2009.
ii) “Formal-informal sectors’ conflict: a structuralist framework for India” (co-
authored by A. Kundu); in Journal of Economic Development (EconLit
indexed); Vol. 34, No. 2; December 2009.
iii) “Motive of production in urban unorganized manufacturing sector: a case
study” (co-authored with S. Mukherjee); in The Asian Economic Review
(IBSS indexed); Vol. 52, No. 1; April 2010.
iv) “Non-agricultural informal sector in India: impacts of agrarian conditions”
(co-authored with A. Kundu); in Indian Journal of Labour Economics
(EconLit indexed); Vol. 53, No. 2; April-June 2010. http://www.isleijle.org
/ijle/IssuePdf/6ff10400-7ade-4f9c-a6c4-db48a67f76c6.pdf.
v) “Social cost-benefit analysis: a case study of pollution intensive industries”
(co-authored with I. Bairagya); in Indian Economic Journal (EconLit
indexed); Vol. 58, No. 4; Jan-March 2011.
vi) “Farm – non-farm linkage in India: a structuralist perspective” (co-authored

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by A. Kundu and A.K. Nandi); in Indian Journal of Agricultural Economics

(EconLit indexed); Vol. 66, No. 2; April-June 2011 (Received the D.K.
Desai Prize 2012 for being the best paper of 2011).'
vii) “A macroeconomic structure of employment: rural-urban conflict in a
Kaleckian framework”; in Review of Radical Political Economics (EconLit
indexed); Vol. 43, No. 2; June 2011.
viii) “National rural employment guarantee scheme of India: some conceptual
problems” (co-authored by A. Mukherjee); in International Critical Thought
(OCLC indexed); Vol. 3, No. 1; March 2013.
ix) “Interrogating inclusive growth: Formal-informal duality, complementarity,
conflict”; in Cambridge Journal of Economics (EconLit indexed), 17 July
2013; doi: 10.1093/cje/bet016.
Amit Kumar Biswas –
i) Tariff and Import Under-invoicing Under Oligopoly (with S. Sengupta),
Economics & Politics, Vol. 23/2, 2011 (Wiley-Blackwell). [listed in
ProQuest, Geobase, RePEc etc.]
ii) Pollution, Shadow Economy and Corruption: Theory and Evidence (with
M.R. Farzanegan& M. Thum), Ecological Economics, Vol. 75C, 2012
(Elsevier Inc). [listed in ProQuest, Geobase, RePEc etc.]
iii) Import Tariff Led Export Under-invoicing: A Paradox, Journal of
International Trade and Economic Development, Vol. 21/3, 2012
(Rutledge). [listed in EconLit, IBSS, EBSCO etc.]
Soumyadip Chattopadhyay –
i) Progress in Development Studies (Impact factor 0.846 and ranking 32/55 in
planning and development) listed in IBSS, SCOPUS, EBSCO etc.
ii) South Asian Survey listed in IBSS.
iii) Environment and Urbanization ASIA listed in IBSS, EBSCO etc.
iv) Social Change listed in EBSCO, ICI, OCLC etc.
v) Development In Practice (H Index 18 [SCImago Journal and Country
Rank]) listed in IBSS, EBSCO, Cambridge Scientific Abstracts-Sociological
Abstract, BLDS etc.
vi) Journal of Economic Policy and Research listed in EBSCO, Cabell, Ulrich.
vii) Indian Journal of Economics listed in IBSS.

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viii) Urban India listed in Dare Database International Social Science Directory.

g) Citation Index — range / average: Not applicable

h) SNIP: Not applicable
i) SIR: Not applicable
j) Impact Factor — range / average:
Saumya Chakrabarti –
i) “Farm – non-farm linkage in India: a structuralist perspective” (co-authored
by A. Kundu and A.K. Nandi); in Indian Journal of Agricultural Economics
(EconLit indexed); Vol. 66, No. 2; April-June 2011 (Received the D.K.
Desai Prize 2012 for being the best paper of 2011).(SJR score 2011: 0.146).
ii) “A macroeconomic structure of employment: rural-urban conflict in a
Kaleckian framework”; in Review of Radical Political Economics (EconLit
indexed); Vol. 43, No. 2; June 2011.(SJR score 2011: 0.253).(Impact Factor
score 2013:0.450).
iii) “Interrogating inclusive growth: Formal-informal duality, complementarity,
conflict”; in Cambridge Journal of Economics (EconLit indexed), 17 July
2013; doi: 10.1093/cje/bet016.(SJR score 2012: 1.008).(5-yr Impact Factor
score 2013:1.477).
k) h-index: Not applicable
23. Details of patents and income generated: There is no scope for patents in the field of
Economics.
24. Areas of consultancy and income generated:
Consultancy in the usual sense is not present.
25. Faculty selected nationally / internationally to visit other laboratories /
institutions / industries in India and abroad:
Sibranjan Misra, Professor (Retired) –
a) Rajib Gandhi University Itanagar 2009.
b) Institute for Studies in Moral Philosophy, Ichikawa Prefixture, Japan, 2009.
c) Assam University, Silchar, 2010.
d) Gourbanga University, 2010.
e) Tokyo International University Tokyo, 2009.
f) Netaji Nagar College, Kolkata, 2010.
g) Indian Institute of Management, Shillong, 2010.

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h) North Bengal University, Darjeeling, 2010.

i) University of Burdwan, Burdwan, 2010.
j) International Centre for Studies on Comprehensive Development, Guwahati,
2011.
k) Dibrugarh University, Dibrugarh, 2011.
Aparajita Mukherjee, Professor (Retired)
a) Kurumba High School, Kurumba, Birbhum, 2010.
b) Abinashpur High School, Abinashpur, Birbhum, 2010.
c) Gandhi Vidyapith, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, 2011.
d) New Orleans, USA, 2009.
e) University of Burdwan, Burdwan, 2009.
f) Global Development Network, ODI, Colombo, Sri Lanka. 2009.
g) B. C. College, Asansol, 2010.
h) Rabindra Bharati University, 2011.
i) Conference held in Midrand, South Africa, September , 2010
Madhusudan Ghosh, Professor –
a) Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta, May 2013.
b) Department of Economics, University of Kalyani, Kalyani, March 2013
c) Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, March 2013.
d) Rajiv Gandhi Institute for Contemporary Studies, New Delhi, February 2013.
e) N.K. Choudhury Centre for Development Studies, Bhubaneswar (Odisha),
September 2012.
f) University of Bordeaux IV, Bordeaux, France, June 2012.
g) Infrastructure Development Finance Corporation (IDFC), Mumbai, April 2012.
h) Kendrapara Autonomous College, Cuttack (Odisha), February 2012.
i) Gopabandhu Science College, Cuttack (Odisha), February 2012.
j) IBS Hyderabad, Hyderabad, December 2011.
k) Bankers Institute of Rural Development (BIRD), Lucknow, September 2011.
l) Centre for Economic and Social Studies, Hyderabad, March 2011.
m) Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, February 2011.
n) Department of Economics, University of Burdwan, March 2010.
o) Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, December 2009.
p) Department of Economics, University of Burdwan, December 2009.
Sarbajit Sengupta, Professor –
a) Hony Professor, Centre of Social Sciences Calcutta, 2009
b) Visiting Professor, Economic Research Unit, Indian Statistical Institute Kolkata,
2009-12
Pranab Chattopadhyay, Professor –

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a) NABARD, Bankura 2010

b) Rabindra Bharati University, 2011
c) Department of Central Excise, 2011
d) Kashipur Michael Madhusudan College, Purulia, 2011.
e) VK Singh University, Ara, Bihar, 2011.
f) JK College Purulia, 2011.
g) Burdwan University 2013.
h) Netaji Nagar College, Kolkata, 2010.
i) Abinashpur High School, Abinashpur, Birbhum, 2010.
Sudipta Bhattacharya, Professor –
a) ICCR Visiting Chair Professor -Copenhagen Business School Denmark, 2009-
10.
b) Omeo Kumar Das Institute of Social Change and Development, Guwahati, 2010.
c) Indian Academy of Social Sciences, Bhubaneswar, 2012.
d) Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung, New Delhi, 2012.
e) Saheed Surya Sen Bhavan, Jodhpur Park, Kolkata on 2012.
f) Dept. of Economics, Calcutta University, 2012.
g) Nagar College, Nagar, Murshidabad, 2012.
h) Centre for Marxian Studies, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, 2012.
i) Loreto College, Kolkata, organized by Dept. of Economics and Dept. of Political
Science, 2011.
j) OKD Institute of Social Change and Development, Guwahati, 2011.
k) Asia Research Centre, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark, 2011.
l) Department of Economics, University of Calcutta, 2011.
m) Centre for Economic Studies and Planning, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New
Delhi, 2011.
n) Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar. 2010.
o) Dept. of Sociology, University of Lund, Sweden, 2010.
q) Queen Elizabeth House, Oxford, 2010.
r) Development Studies, Cambridge, 28.04.2010.
s) Joshi-Adhikari Institute of Social Studies, New Delhi, 2009.
t) Union Christian Training College, Berhampore 2013.
u) National Institute of Rural Development, Hyderabad, 2012.
v) Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, 2010.
Pranab Kanti Basu, Professor –
a) The Department of Economics, University of Kalyani, 2009.
b) Dept. of Economics, Calcutta University in collaboration with Academic Staff
College Calcutta University, 2013. (Twice)

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c) Dept. of Political Science, Calcutta University in collaboration with Academic

Staff College Calcutta University, 2013. (Twice)
d) Asian Society for Innovation Planning in collaboration with NISTADS, New
Delhi, 2013.
e) Agro-Economic Research Centre, Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan, 2013.
Apurba Kumar Chattopadhyay, Professor –
a) MEA- ICCR Chair Professor, Centre for Contemporary Indian Studies,
University of Colombo, Sri Lanka, April-July, 2012.
b) Visiting Professor, Department of Economics, University of Colombo, Sri
Lanka. 2012.
c) Guest Faculty, Department of Commerce, University of Calcutta, 2009-12.
d) University of Agricultural Science, Dharwar, Karnataka, 2011.
e) Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, February 2011.
f) R. K. Mission Vidyamandira, Belur Math (Autonomous College), 2010-12.
g) Institute of Development Studies Kolkata (IDSK), 2010.
h) Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata, 2010
i) Institute of Development Studies Kolkata, 2009.
j) Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata, 2009,
k) Calcutta University Department of Commerce; 2009
l) Burdwan University 2009
m) Vivekananda College for Women, Kolkata 2010
n) M. M. College, S.K.B. University, Purulia, 2011.
o) S. R. Lahiri Mahavidyalaya, University of Kalyani, Majdia, Nadia, 2012.
p) Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata, 2013.
Santadas Ghosh, Associate Professor –
a) South Asian Network for Development and Environmental Economics
(SANDEE), Kathmandu, Nepal, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014.
b) BRAC University, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2012
c) Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, Thailand, 2010.
d) Asian Development Bank Workshop New Delhi, 2011
e) Visting Faculty, University of Goa, Department of Economics, 2013
f) Visiting Faculty, University of Calcutta, 2012-13
g) Visiting Faculty, Jadavpur University, 2011
h) Visiting Faculty, Burdwan University, 2010
Saumya Chakrabarty, Associate Professor –
a) The New School, New York, USA, November 2009.
b) Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA, June 2010.
c) The Max Planck Institute for Economics, Jena, Germany, February 2011.

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d) University de Catholica Argentina, Buenos Aires, June 2011.

e) Visiting Fellowship at The UGC-DRS Centre (Calcutta University) March 2011.
f) Bordeaux University, France, June 2012.
g) The Fletcher School, Tufts University, USA, November 2012.
h) Sao Paulo School of Economics, Sao Paulo, Brazil. January 2013.
i) The Brown University, USA, May 2013.
j) Congress of the Latin American Pol Sc Association, Bogota, Colombia,
September 2013.
k) Also visited ISI, JU, IGIDR, SAU etc in India.
Biswajit Mandal, Assistant Professor –
a) Japan Society for the Promotion of Science visiting fellowship, Kobe University,
Japan, May-June, 2013.
b) C V Raman Post-doctoral fellowship, University at Albany, SUNY, USA,
2013- 2014.
c) BRIXEN Workshop and Summer School on International Trade and Finance,
Brixen, Italy 12-17th Sept, 2011 (1 week)
Amit Biswas, Assistant Professor –
a) Technical University, Dresden, Alexander von Humboldt fellowship, Germany
from 2009 – 2011.
b) Summer School in Economics at University Milano, Italy, September, 2009.
c) Training Programme on Economics of Corruption at University Of Passau,
Germany from October, 2009.
d) University of Paris Quest sponsored ESNIE Workshop at Cargése, France,
May.2010.
e) Summer School in Institutional Economics at Higher School of Economics,
Moscow, Russia from, July, 2010.
f) Summer School on Advanced Economics & Econometrics at University of
Crete, Greece from August, 2010.
Soumyadip Chattopadhyay –
a) Commonwealth Academic Fellowship 2013 (awarded by the Commonwealth
Scholarship Commission UK) and Visiting Scholar - Department of Town and
Regional Planning, University of Sheffield.
b) Bonn, Germany in 2010 21st Conference on Modern South Asian Studies at.
c) 1st Development Conference at Damascus, Syria in 2010.
d) Brooks World Poverty Institute, University of Manchester, November 2013
e) Development Planning Unit, University College London November 2013.
f) Centre of South Asian Studies, SOAS, University of London, October 2013.
g) Development Conference at Damascus, Syria in 2010.

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26. Faculty serving in

a) National committees:
Sudipta Bhattacharyya –
i) Member of the project execution of National Knowledge Commission,
2008-11.
ii) The Governor nominee in the Governing Body of Bolpur College, 2008-11.
iii) Member of the Committee to prepare Human Development Report of West
Bengal on behalf of the Government of West Bengal and wrote a
background paper, 2008-11.
b) International committees: Nil
c) Editorial Boards:
Sudipta Bhattacharya –
i) Permanent Member of the Editorial Advisory Board of the International
Journal: The International Journal of Pluralism and Economics Education,
edited by Jack Reardon, Inderscience Publishers, Geneva. Will be Guest
Editor on Economics Education in India: Past, Present and Future, Vol.4,
No.4, Dec, 2013.
ii) Member of the Editorial Board of the National Journal: JIS Management
Vista’ which is the bi-annual journal of JIS College of Engineering, Kalyani.
iii) Member, Editorial Advisory Board: ‘Prayas – An International Journal of
Multidisciplinary Studies’ (Applied for ISSN No).
Sibranjan Misra –
i) Nominated as a member on the Board of Editors in The Journal for
Economics of Development published by The Serials, New Delhi in 2011.
Pranab Kanti Basu –
i) Member of the editorial board of Prachya, Journal of the Centre for South
Asian Studies, University of Kolkata.
d) Any other (please specify): Nil
Sibranjan Misra –
i) Nominated by the Chancellor as an external member to serve on the
Academic Council of Rajiv Gandhi University , Arunachal Pradesh for the
period 2011-2013.
Sarbajit Sengupta –
i) Member, University Council, University of Gour Banga
ii) Member, General Body, Institute of Development Studies, Kolkata
Apurba Kumar Chattopadhyay –

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i) Appointed as an external expert member of the Board of Studies in

Economics of the Ramakrishna Mission Vidyamandira, Belurmath (An
Autonomous Institute).
ii) Elected as member of the Executive Committee of the Bengal Economic
Association.
27. Faculty recharging strategies (UGC, ASC, Refresher / orientation programs,
workshops, training programs and similar programs):
Teachers do participate in UGC Refreshers’ Course, Orientation Course and
workshops as per UGC Norms and also some senior faculties participate in these
programmes as resource persons. However, the Department did not organize any such
courses during the period asked for. The university is expected to start Academic Staff
College soon.
28. Student projects:
a) percentage of students who have done in-house projects including
interdepartmental projects: 100% of PG students. All students at the PG level
are required to do a project based dissertation on either primary or secondary data.
b) percentage of students doing projects in collaboration with other universities /
industry / institute:
29. Awards / recognitions received at the national and international level by
a) Faculty:
Sudipta Bhattacharyya –
i) Chair Professor of Indian Studies by the Indian Council of Cultural
Relations, New Delhi, 2009. Appointed in Copenhagen Business School,
Copenhagen, Denmark during 2009-10.
Apurba Kumar Chattopadhyay –
i) MEA-ICCR Chair Professor of Indian Studies at the Centre for
Contemporarty Indian Studies, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka during
April-July, 2012.
Amit Kumar Biswas –
i) Humboldt Fellow, TU-Dresden, Germany, 2009-11.
Soumyadip Chattopadhyay –
i) Commonwealth Fellow, University of Sheffield, UK, 2013.
Biswajit Mandal –
i) Raman Fellowship, University of Albany, USA, 2013-14.
b) Doctoral / post doctoral fellows:
i) Rajib Gandhi National Fellowship awarded to Sri Anupam Hazra & Ms.
Dipanwita Bhakat who are Ph. D. Scholars attached to this department.

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ii) The following Ph. D. Scholars were selected and participated in the ICSSR
sponsored National Workshop on Research Methodology on Social Science.
Details are given below:
• Sushovan Hazra at NEHU, Shillong, Meghalaya.
• Anupam Hazara at NEHU, Shillong, Meghalaya.
• Amit Mandal at NEHU, Shillong, Meghalaya.
• Pritikona Char at SKB University, West Bengal,
• Rajib Dey at SKB University, West Bengal,
• Anamika Moktan, TISS, Mumbai.
• Anupam Hazra, TISS, Mumbai.
• Poushali Bhattacharya, BESU, West Bengal
c) Students:
i) Sri Nirupam Saha: Participated and made poster presentation on floristic
diversity of Lavpur, & Sainthia in Birbhum distric of West Bengal at the
Indian Science Congress held in Chennai in 2010.
ii) Sreejit Roy was placed 14th in the 6th HDCA International Rating Chess
Championship held at Jadavpur University in 2013.
iii) Our students have participated in the following programmes:
• Participated in District Level “Youth Parliament Competition”, 2008-
09.
• Participated in District Level “Youth Parliament Competition” , 2009-
10
• Participated in “University Youth Festival” in Debate, Elocution and
Quiz, Visva-Bharati, 2013.
• Participated in “What I Can Do” Essay contest at the All India Essay
Contest for “Damodarshree, National Award for Academic Excellence
2013”, 2013.
• Participated in “Inter-University Zonal Youth Festival” in Debate,
Elocution and Quiz, from Visva-Bharati at LNMU, Darbhangha,
Bihar, 2013.
• Participated in “Quiz Gallery on Atmospheric and Ocean Science &
Technology”,
30. Seminars/ Conferences/Workshops organized and the source of funding (national
/ international) with details of outstanding participants, if any:
a) National Seminar on “Current World Economic Crisis and the Indian Economy”
Departmental (University) resources, 22. 02. 2009
b) National Seminar on “Contemporary Issues in Agriculture, Environment and

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Rural Development” UGC SAP(DRS I) , March 13-15, 2010

c) National Seminar on “Prospects and Challenges for Rural Economic
Development” during March 11-13, 2011. UGC-SAP (DRS-1) Scheme
d) National Conference on “Development and Governance” funded by Eastern
Regional Centre ICSSR, November 11-13, 2011
e) National Seminar on “Globalization, Agrarian Economy and Environmental
Challenges in India” under UGC-SAP (DRS-I) March 15-16, 2012
f) National Seminar on “Rural Development and Planning in India” sponsored by
Planning Commission Endowment, March 16-17, 2012
g) National Seminar on Challenges of Livelihood and Inclusive Rural Development
in the Era of Globalization, UGC SAP and AK Dasgupta Memorial Centre
(Planning Commission Endowment), November 23, 2012
h) National Seminar on challenges in Agriculture, Environment and Rural
Development in West Bengal since Independence, under UGC SAP (DRS-I)
March 15-16, 2013
i) Economic Ideas : Seminar in Memory of Prof Ashis Dasgupta” organized jointly
with Bangiya Arthaniti Parishad, March 16 , 2013
j) National Seminar on Economic Development: Theory and Practice March 16-
17, November, 2013
31. Code of ethics for research followed by the departments:
As per university norms. We follow the standard IT based procedures for identifying
plagiarism.
32. Student profile programme-wise:
Name of the Selected Pass percentage
Applications
Programme
Received Male Female Male Female
(refer to question no. 4)
U.G. (2010-11) 7 8
(2011-12) 11 10
(2012-13) 16 17
(2013-14) 14 12
P.G. (2010-11) 42 06 10
(2011-12) 46 06 10
(2012-13) 53 12 09
(2013-14) 52 12 10

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33. Diversity of students:

% of % of students % of students % of
Name of the
Students from other from students
Programme
From the universities universities from
(refer to question
Same within the outside the other
No. 4)
university State State countries
U.G. 12 78 8 2
P.G. 5 94 1 Nil
Ph.D 25 50 20 5
Certificate Course 25 50 20 5
Diploma Course 55 30 15 Nil
Foreign Casual Course 75 20 5 0
34. How many students have cleared Civil Services and Defense Services
examinations, NET, SET, GATE and other competitive examinations? Give
details category-wise:
a) NET : 08
35. Student progression:
Student progression Percentage against enrolled
UG to PG 92%
PG to M.Phil. 12%
PG to Ph.D. 15%
Ph.D. to Post-Doctoral NA
Employed NIL
• Campus selection
• Other than campus recruitment
Entrepreneurs NA

36. Diversity of staff:

Percentage of faculty who are graduates BA/BSC MA/MSC/MStat PhD
of the same university 0 0 1
from other universities within the State 17 16 9
from universities from other States 0 1 2
from universities outside the country 0 0 1

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37. Number of faculty who were awarded M.Phil., Ph.D., D.Sc. and D.Litt. during the
assessment period:
Awarded Degree No. of Faculty
M.Phil. Nil
Ph.D. 02
D.Sc. Nil
D.Litt Nil
38. Present details of departmental infrastructural facilities with regard to
a) Library: There is a Seminar Library run by the teachers of the Department No. of
Books = 1933.
b) Internet facilities for staff and students: All Computers for teachers and those in
the student computer laboratory have internet connection.
c) Total number of class rooms: 07
d) Class rooms with ICT facility: Nil
e) Students’ laboratories: 1 computer laboratory for students
f) Research laboratories: Nil
39. List of doctoral, post-doctoral students and Research Associates:
Doctoral (PhD) students Post Research
Doctoral Associates
Students
a) Pralay Kundu None None
b) Debashis Mukherjee
c) Koushik Dan
d) Bikash Saha
From host e) Sujan Ray
University f) Mithun Sinha Ray
g) Dipannwita Bhakat
h) Susovan Hazra
i) Poushali Bhattacharya
j) Sumana Mukherjee
k) Sudipta Ray
l) Yojana Kharga
m) Kasturi Sadhu
n) Pritikana Char
Doctoral (PhD) students Post Research

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Doctoral Associates
Students
a) Anamika Moktan None None
b) Debashis Ghosh
c) Rajib Dey
d) Gouriprasad Nanda
e) Somnath Bonyopadhyay
From other f) Rajkumar Kundu
Universities g) Sumita Biswas
h) Kakali Sen
i) Biswajit Halder
j) Simantini
Chattopadhyay
k) Kaberi Pal
l) Lipsa Ray
m) Sudip Das
n) Anupam Hazra

40. Number of post graduate students getting financial assistance from the
university: 23 (M.A.: 11; Ph.D.: 12)
41. Was any need assessment exercise undertaken before the development of new
programme(s)? If so, highlight the methodology:
a) Computer Application syllabus radically reformed to suit the need of the
changing job market in financial and analytics companies.
b) MPhil course started in response to the demands of the outgoing PG students
from Visva-Bharati and other universities.
c) Integrated Maths-Stats subsidiary course started for the honours students. This
course was fashioned to suit the needs of the students as per the suggestion of
the Vice-Chancellor as the existing subsidiary syllabi did not suit the specific
needs of Economics students.
d) We are planning to introduce SAS (an advanced statistical package widely used
in business analytics). We have already interacted with professionals and
reported the same to the competent authority.
42. Does the department obtain feedback from
a. faculty on curriculum as well as teaching-learning-evaluation? If yes, how
does the department utilize the feedback: Yes, issues relating to curriculum are
regularly discussed in the Board of Studies where all faculties are members and
regularly updated.

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b. students on staff, curriculum and teaching-learning-evaluation and how does

the department utilize the feedback: Feedback is obtained directly from the
Vidya Bhavana, Faculty of Social Sciences. The Department does interact with the
students at the Teacher-Student Committee which are held regularly.
c. alumni and employers on the programmes offered and how does the
department utilize the feedback: As stated above.
43. List the distinguished alumni of the department (maximum 10):
a) Dr. Tapas Chakraborty (Deputy Governor of RBI, (retired))
b) Prof Tirthankar Roy (Faculty, London School of Economics, UK)
c) Prof. Arupratan Daripa (Faculty, Berbeck College, UK)
d) Dr. Dipita Chakraborty (Faculty, IIM, Lucknow)
e) Dr. Sunanda Sen (Economic Advisor, Govt. of Qatar)
f) Suman sarkar, Former Professor, Visva-Bharati.
g) Ashok Majumdar, Former Professor, Visva-Bharati.
h) Dr. Rarshi Mitra, Faculty, University of Wisconsin, Milawukee, USA.
i) Dr. Puspita Ranjan Bhattacharya, Former Principal, Vijoy garh College,
Kolkata.
j) Bodhirupa Sinha, Adhyaksha, Patha Bhavana, Visva-Bharati.
44. Give details of student enrichment programmes (special lectures / workshops /
seminar) involving external experts:
Special Lectures Workshops Seminars
12 (invited lectures) NIL 7 (national seminars)
a) Dr Tapas Chakrabarty, Ex chief Economic Advisor, RBI, “Monetary Policy
Making: Indian Experience”, 12.01.2009
b) S.P. Shukla, Ex-Finance and Commerce Secretary, GOI – Globalization and
Agrarian Crisis in India,5.2.2009
c) Prof Lassi Linnanen Professor of of Environmental Economics and
Management, University of Technology , Finland, Sustainable Climate
Innovations, 21.03.2009
d) Beth Payne US Consul General Kolkata, ‘US – India Relations’, 24.07.2009
e) Dr Tushar Nandi, University of Sienna Italy, ‘Economic Shock and Child
Labour in Palestine’, August 6, 2009
f) Prof Ramprasad Sengupta, Prof CESP, JNU, “Energy Poverty, Income Poverty
and Income Security” August 25-26
g) Prof. Jack Reardon, Professor, Dept of Management and Economics, School of
Business, Hamline University, USA has given a seminar talk on ‘Getting
Published: Tips from an Editor’ on January 9, 2011.

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h) Prof. Jack Reardon, Professor, Dept of Management and Economics, School of

Business, Hamline University, USA has given a seminar talk on ‘Global Labour
Market after the Financial Crisis: A Special Emphasis on Agriculture, Rural
Development and Environment’ on January 17, 2011.
i) Prof. Antony P. De Costa, Professor of Indian Studies and Research, Asia Research
Centre, Copenhegen Business School, Denmark has given a seminar lecture on
‘Critical perspectives on China’s Economic Transition’, November 20, 2011.
j) Prof. Pinaki Bose, Head, Dept. of Economics, University of Manitoba, Canada
has given a lecture on ‘Harassment, Coercion and inefficiency of Voluntary
Contracts’ on November 22, 2010.
k) Maidul Islam, DPhil Candidate in Politics at Brasenose College, Oxford and
with the Dept of Politics and International Relations, University of Oxford gave
a seminar talk on ‘Critical Perspective on Amartya Sen’s Idea of Justice’, on
September 4, 2010.
l) Professor Avijit Sen, Member, Planning Commission, Government of India
delivered a special lecture “Are Poverty measures useful to allocation of Public
Resources?” on 22nd September, 2012. [In collaboration with A.K. Dasgupta
Centre for Planning and Development]
m) Professor Jayati Ghosh, Centre for Economic Studies & Planning, Jawaharlal
Nehru University, New Delhi delivered a special lecture “Social Spending as a
means of Rural Employment Generation” on 22 nd September, 2012. [With
financial assistance from UGC-SAP (DRS-I)]
n) Sayan Banerjee, Doctoral Student & Graduate Research Assistant, Department
of Political Science, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA & Visiting fellow,
Institute of Foreign Policy Studies, University of Calcutta delivered a talk on
“Regionalism and Ethnic Politics in the context of Rural Development in India,
on 21st July, 2012.
o) Swami Chetananda, Minister in charge, Vedanta Society, St. Louis, USA,
delivered a talk on “Swami Vivekananda and our Society” on 23 rd February,
2013.
p) Dr. Parthapratim Pal, Associate Professor, IIM Kolkata, delivered a seminar
titled “Financial Crisis to Food Crisis: Making of the Silent Tsunami” on 1st
March, 2013.
q) Dr. Saubhik Deb, Consultant, SASDU, World Bank, delivered a seminar titled
“The Killing Fields: Food Policy and Food Security in India” on 1st March,
2013.

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r) Dr. Mihir Bhattacharya, Professor Emeritus, Film Studies, Jadavpur University

delivered a seminar titled “Media and Primitive Accumulation” on 4th
March,2013
s) Dr. Atulan Guha, Faculty in Institute of Rural Management, Anand (IRMA,
Gujarat), delivered a special lecture titled “Agricultural Wage Causing Food
Price Increase” on 22nd March, 2013.
t) Dr. Maitrayee Mukerji, Assistant Professor, Centre for Studies in Social
Management, School of Social Sciences, Central University of Gujarat,
Gandhinagar, delivered a seminar titled “Access, Use and Impasse of E-
Choupal: Findings from Village Level” on 22nd March, 2013.
u) Prof. Amiya Kunar Bagchi, Professor Emeritus, Institute of Development
Studies, Kolkata (IDSK) delivered a special lecture titled “Global Crisis and
Economies of India and China” on 17 th March, 2013. It was the Valedictory for
the two-day National Seminar on “Economics and Development: Theory and
Practice”, organized by the Department.
45. List the teaching methods adopted by the faculty for different programmes:
Usual classroom lecturing including computer practical and power-point presentations
are done. Students are also encouraged to give presentation through audio visual
method in the class.
46. How does the department ensure that programme objectives are constantly met
and learning outcomes are monitored:
Regular internal assessment examinations take place. Teachers also interact the
students outside the classroom and take tutorial / remedial classes. Programme
objectives and syllabus updating is regularly discussed in the Departmental BOS
meetings.
47. Highlight the participation of students and faculty in extension activities:
Extension activities including field trips for study are held regularly. In the last few
years extension programmes on rural economics, environmental issues and school
education took place. A large number of our students and faculty participated in this
programme. A monograph:
Reaching Out (Report of the Extension Programme of the Deptt of Economics &
Politics), has been published in December, 2012.
Extension programme on Eco-tourism in the neighbouring district of Murshidabad.
Extension programme on environmental impact of thermal power generation in
Bakreswar.
Extension programme on problems and prospects of home-stay tourism in Doors and
Himalayas.

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48. Give details of “beyond syllabus scholarly activities” of the department:

a) Organized a workshop on ‘Sustainable Agricultural Practices’ on 25 th
September, 2010 at Abinashpur Sriram High School, Abinashpur, Birbhum, as
part of the Extension Programme. The progressive farmers of the area,
vocational students of the school, our students and staff will attend the
workshop. Dr. Sukanta Dasgupta, Assistant Director of Agriculture
(Administration) & Mr. A. K. M. Minazur Ahasan Assistant Director of
Agriculture (Seed Certification), Suri, Birbhum were the resource persons.
b) Organized a workshop on ‘Organic Farming with special Reference to Folk-rice
Varieties’ on 18 th December, 2010 at Kurumba High School, Kurumba in
Ausgram-I Block of district Burdwan. The progressive farmers of the area,
vocational students of the school, our students and staff will attended the
workshop. Mr. Abhro Chakraborty Fisheries Extension Officer, Galsi-I
Development Block & Dr. Sukanta Dasgupta, Assistant Director of Agriculture
(Administration) acted as the resource persons.
c) Organized a workshop on “Education, Gender and Development in West
Bengal” on 13 th March, 2011 in the Seminar Hall of the Department of
Economics and Politics. Our students, students of other departments, students of
nearby colleges and our staff actively participated in the workshop. Professor
Jyotsna Jalan of the Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta, Professor
Ishita Mukherjee, Director, Women’s Studies Centre, University of Calcutta and
Professor Raj Kumar Sen of Rabindra Bharati University were the resource
persons. The students of the department, Anamni Gupta, Pritam Bhakat, Smriti
Prasad, Durgesh Mani Tiwari and Soumyajit Chakraborty were also among the
speakers at the workshop.
49. State whether the programme / department is accredited / graded by other
agencies? If yes, give details:
Department wise gradation in Visva-Bharati is yet to be done. However, Visva-Bharati
ranked as a university within India ranked 14 by India Today.
50. Briefly highlight the contributions of the department in generating new
knowledge, basic or applied:
Faculty members are working on generation of both policy oriented knowledge as well
as theoretical knowledge in the field of economics & politics. Some of the work has
already been submitted as reports and papers.
a) Disaster management in the Sunderbans.
b) Crop diversity in the Himalayas.
c) Urban planning.
d) Modelling international trade.

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e) Corruption modelling.
f) New economic criticism.
51. Detail five major Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Challenges (SWOC)
of the department:
a) Strengths :
i) Strong research and teaching capabilities in agricultural, environmental and
rural economics, research in land and land tenture, farm management
surveys. Presently recipient of UGC sanctioned SAP project with thrust
area of ‘Agriculture, Environment and Rural Development’ along with many
projects sponsored by UGC, ICSSR, SANDEE.
ii) Expertise in development planning. A long term collaborative work with the
Planning Commission is going on under the A. K. Dasgupta Centre for Planning
and Development funded by the Planning Commission in 1996. A. K. D.
Centre has been housed in the dept and the Chair Professor of the Centre
belongs to our Dept.
iii) Close integration has been made with the Agro Economics Research Centre
under Ministry of Agriculture. The AERC director is now a faculty member
of the dept.
iv) An emerging strength in both theoretical and empirical research in
International and Development Economics with a significant number of
faculty publishing in International and National Journals in these areas.
v) A significant international community of students hailing from Bangladesh,
Korea, Japan, Thailand, China. We also have a large number of students
from states other than West Bengal. Many students are in important
positions in academic and non-academic positions in India and abroad.
b) Weaknesses:
i) Building in bad state of disrepair.
ii) Intermittent internet facility.
iii) No seminar hall with modern facilities and adequate reading room space in
seminar library.
iv) Absence of student facilities like common room and placement cell.
v) Absence of strong ties with previous students (alumni)
c) Opportunities:
i) Almost completed 1st phase of SAP. Expect to attain higher SAP say DRS-II
or Centre for Advanced Studies.
ii) A. K. Dasgupta Centre will be formally inaugurated at its new building in
Purrva-Pally. We, hope to receive more grants from Planning Commission
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departmental journal in collaboration with the A. K. Dasgupta Centre.

iii)Greater integration with Agro-Economic Research Centre. More grants and
scope of research is expected from the Ministry of Agriculture.
iv) Expected to introduce more theory oriented as well as policy oriented
research. Hope to initiate exchange programmes with national and
international institutions and co-ordinate with the action based research with
policy makers.
v) Introduction of placement cell and building up alumni network through
student reunion and similar programmes.
d) Challenges (SWOC) of the Department:
i) To improve departmental infrastructure to facilitate research.
ii) To improve student placement and attract better students
iii) To expand interdisciplinary research activities with other discipline say Political
Science, History, Statistics, Journalism and Mass Communication etc. Some
interdisciplinary courses may be introduced like Development Studies.
iv) To upgrade research programmes like MPhil and PhD.
v) To generate funds through collaboration with educational foundations in
India and abroad.
52. Future plans of the department:
a) To have more space provision for classrooms and research scholars.
b) To continue and enhance the status under the UGC-SAP Programme.
c) To start a few smart classrooms.
d) To provide more optional courses at the post-Graduate level.
e) Regular publications of working papers

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Evaluative Report of the Department of

Philosophy & Religion

1. Name of the Department : Department of Philosophy & Comparative Religion

2. Year of establishment : 1919
3. Is the Department part of a School/Faculty of the university? Yes, Vidya-Bhavana
4. Names of programmes offered (UG, PG, M.Phil., Ph.D., integrated Masters;
Integrated Ph.D., D.Sc., D.Litt., etc.) :
UG, PG, Ph.D., D.Litt. etc.
5. Interdisciplinary programmes and departments involved: Indology, Sanskrit,
Arabic, Persian, Urdu, Islamic Studies, Indo-Tibetan Studies, Integrated Science
Department, Rabindra Bhavana etc. for Seminars, lectures, Conferences and different
academic assignments etc.
6. Courses in collaboration with other universities, industries, foreign institutions,
etc.: Exchange programmes took place between Department of Philosophy and
Religion, Visva-Bharati, and the Department of Religious Studies, Lusane University,
Switzerland and also the Council for Research in Values and Philosophy (CRVP),
Washington, D.C. and also published jointly some books /articles in 2009-10 and
2012-13.
7. Details of programmes discontinued, if any, with reasons: None
8. Examination System: Annual System for U.G. (for back candidates) is still
operational, however Semester System both at UG and PG levels are going on and also
there is a one year Foreign Casual Course system run by the Department on Indian
Philosophy. Almost every year some foreign students join this course and obtaining
their respective degree.
9. Participation of the department in the courses offered by other departments : The
Department of Philosophy and Religion occasionally participated in various academic
assignments in Bengali, English, History, Sanskrit, Islamic Studies, Rabindra Charcha
under Rabindra Bhavana and also extended its collaboration with these departments
for their subsidiary papers both at UG and PG level.

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10. Number of teaching posts sanctioned, filled and actual (Professors/ Associate
Professors/ Asst. Professors/ others) :
Actual
Sanctioned Filled (including CAS
& MPS)
3 (2 for 1 ( for Philosophy) 5
Philosophy+ 1 1 post for Comparative
Professor for Religion) Religion and 1 post for
Philosophy are lying
vacant.
Associate 5 3 filled for Philosophy, 2 4
Professors are vacant.
12 5 (3 for Philosophy, 2 for 6
Asst. Professors
Comparative Religion)
3 (2 for 1 (for Philosophy) 5
Philosophy+ 1 1 post for Comparative
Others for Religion) Religion and 1 post for
Philosophy are lying
vacant.
11. Faculty profile with name, qualification, designation, area of specialization,
experience and research under guidance :
a) Name : Sirajul Islam
Qualification : Ph.D
Designation : Professor
Specialization : Islam & Sufism, Bhakti Philosophy,
Mysticism.
No. of Years of Experience : 18
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : 07
b) Name : V. Raman
Qualification : Ph.D
Designation : Professor
Specialization : Western Philosophy
No. of Years of Experience : 25
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : Nil
c) Name : Maya Das
Qualification : Ph.D

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Designation : Assistant Professor

Specialization : Indian Philosophy, Vedanta, Hinduism
No. of Years of Experience : 33
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : Nil
d) Name : Ranjan Mukhopadhyay
Qualification : Ph.D
Designation : Associate Professor
Specialization : Logic, Philosophy of Logic, Philosophy of
Language
No. of Years of Experience : 28
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : Nil
e) Name : Kausik Bhattacharya
Qualification : Ph.D
Designation : Associate Professor
Specialization : Contemporary Western Metaphysics
No. of Years of Experience : 15
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : 01
f) Name : Anup Barman
Qualification : Ph.D
Designation : Associate Professor
Specialization : Indian Philosophy in General and Nyaya-
Vaisesika in particular
No. of Years of Experience : 17
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : 04
g) Name : Gour Hazra
Qualification : Ph.D
Designation : Assistant Professor
Specialization : Buddhism and Jainism, Indian Philosophy
No. of Years of Experience : 12
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : 06
h) Name : Mousumi Roy
Qualification : Ph.D

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Designation : Assistant Professor

Specialization : Sociology & Phenomelogy of Religion,
Tribal Religion
No. of Years of Experience : 8+
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : 01
i) Name : Rekha Ojha
Qualification : Ph.D
Designation : Assistant Professor
Specialization : Applied Ethics
No. of Years of Experience : 03
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : Nil
j) Name : Manjari Chakraborty
Qualification : Ph.D
Designation : Associate Professor
Specialization : Philosophy of Science and Technology
No. of Years of Experience : 14
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : Nil
12. List of senior Visiting Fellows, adjunct faculty, emeritus professors:
a) Professor O’ Connell, Department of Philosophy University of Toronto, Canada,
visited our Department in 2009 for 1 month.
b) Professor A.H. Khan, Trinity College, University of Toronto, Canada, visited
our Department in 2010 for 3 weeks.
c) Professor Kazi Nurul Islam, Chairman, Department of World Religions, Dhaka
University, Bangladesh, visited our Department for 7 days in the year 2011.
d) One Emeritus Professor recently joined, Dr. Kalyan Kumar Bagchi.
e) Professor James Loiaconno, The Catholic University of America, Washington,
DC USA in January 2013.
f) Father Menam Parampril, Chairman, Don-Bosco University, Guwahati, Assam,
2013.
13. Percentage of classes taken by temporary faculty — programme-wise:
Dr. Priyadarsani Mitra has taught almost two years as a temporary faculty member and
she taught Buddhism, Chinese religion, Judaism etc. The percentage of classes taken
by her 1:26/ 4%, from the total ratio is 15:220

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14. Programme-wise Student Teacher Ratio :

a) UG: 1:16
b) PG : 1:16
c) Ph.D : 1:4
15. Number of academic support staff (technical) and administrative sanctioned,
filled and actual:
Sanctioned Filled Actual
Administrative 06 04 04
Support staff (technical) 0 0 0
16. Research thrust areas as recognized by major funding agencies:
Fund received from UGC unassigned grants to individual teachers of the Dept. for
research purpose during the period under report, and research are confined particularly
on various disciplines of Philosophy and Comparative Religion like Metaphysics
(Indian and Western Ethics), Buddhism, Jainism, Sufism, Islam, Communal harmony,
National Integration, World Peace and Social Solidarity. Teachers those who are
keenly engaged in pursuing research are: Prof. Md. Sirajul Islam, Prof. Asha
Mukherjee, Prof. Bijoy Mukherjee, Prof. Sabujkali Sen, Dr. Mousumi Roy, Dr.
Manjari Chakraborty, Dr. Gour Hazra.
17. Number of faculty with ongoing projects from a) national b) international
agencies and c) Total grants received. Give the names of the project title and
grants received project-wise:
a) National:
Asha Mukherjee-
i) Contribution of Women in Ashram Life of Santiniketan (From 1901-2000),
Academic Study of Religion in India: Concept, History and Importance
ii) Go: India Project, Representative of the Partner Institution, Visva-Bharati.
b) International:
Asha Mukherjee-
i) Translation of Schlomith F. Flaum’s biography of Rabindranath Tagore
from Hebrew to English (Jointly with Gur Leveh from Israel).
18. Inter-institutional collaborative projects and associated grants
a) National collaboration:
i) One collaborative seminar was conducted by Prof. Bijay Mukherjee with the
Asiatic Society, Kolkata during the period under report.
b) International collaboration:
i) Organized the 5th International Conference of Korean and Indian Writers and

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Artists on Mythology, Mysticism, Literal Arts of Suffering and Redemption

organized by the Dept. of Philosophy & Religion, Visva-Bharati,
Santiniketan and Korean Artists for India, South Korea on 19 th July 2012 at
Lipika Auditorium, Visva-Bharati.
ii) Organized Two Day National Seminar on Values and Contemporary Indian
Culture: Indian Perspective jointly organized by The Council for Research
for Values and Philosophy (CRVP), Washington, D.C., USA in January 14-
15, 2013. Funding Resource- Registration fee taken from the participants.
19. Departmental projects funded by DST-FIST; UGC-SAP/CAS, AICTE, etc.; total
grants received:
Once Department of Philosophy and Comparative Religion had Special Assistance
Program (SAP) and Advanced Study Centre was set up by the renowned Professor
Kalidas Bhattacharya.
Some projects are handled by Professor Asha Mukherjee are mentioned below:
a) Contribution of Women in Ashram Life of Santiniketan (From 1901-2000)
b) Academic Study of Religion in India: Concept, History and Importance
c) Go: India Project, Representative of the Partner Institution, Visva-Bharati
University
20. Research facility / centre with
a) State recognition : Not yet
b) National recognition: Not yet
c) International recognition: Research work on Comparative Religion and Indian
Philosophy of the Department are highly recognized by the various international
universities like the Catholic University of America, Washington DC, USA,
Lusane University, Switzerland, and Alberta University, Buenos Airs, Argentina.
Professor Bijoy Mukherjee, Prof. Asha Mukherjee visited Lusane University,
Switzerland respectively in the year 2010-11 as exchange program between the
Department of Philosophy and Comparative Religion and also the Department of
Religion of the Lusane University. Prof. Md. Sirajul Islam visited Iranian Institute
of Philosophy, Tehran, Iran, Tehran University, Iran, University of Athens, Greece
and Alberta University, Buenos Aires, Argentina, respectively in the year 2010
and 2013. The research works of the departments were highly recognized by the
above mentioned universities abroad

21. Special research laboratories sponsored by / created by industry or corporate

bodies: Nil

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22. Publications:
a) No. of papers published in peer reviewed journals (national/
international): –
Asha Mukherjee – 01
Gour Hazra – 04
Kausik Bhattacharya – 02
M.P. Terrance Samuel – 07
Manjari Chakraborty – 02
Maya Das – 01
Md. Sirajul Islam – 03
Mousumi Roy – 02
Rekha Ojha – 02
Sabujkali Sen (Mitra) – 01
Total – 25
b) Monographs:
Kausik Bhattacharya –
i) Sartrer Darshan, 2010, The University of Burdwan, Burdwan (in Bengali).
c) Chapters in Books:
Asha Mukherjee –
i) “Tradition, Globalization and Cultural Identity” in Buddhism and Its Social
Significance for the Asian World, Ed. Andrea Loseries, Published by
Buddhist World Press, Delhi, 2009, pp 153-159.
ii) “Capability Approach: Theory and Practice” in Morality and Social Justice,
Ed. Abha Singh, Decent Books, New Delhi, 2010, pp 62-73.
iii) “Krishna Chandra Bhattacharya on Freedom” (abstract) in Ninth Israeli
Asian Studies Conference, April 26-27, 2010, University of Haifa, Israel,
p.13.
iv) “Jaina Meditation: Self Purification Process Through Karmic Cycle” in
Cultural Histories of Meditation: Practice and Interpretation in a Global
Perspective, Ed. Halvor Eifring and WubshetDagne, University of Oslo,
Norway, pp 449-469.
v) Jainism: Its Identity on the Basis of Literature and Philosophy, in Religion
and Literature: Indian Perspectives, Ed. By Projit Kumar Palit, Kaveri
Books, New Delhi, 2011, pp 194-201
Kausik Bhattacharya –
i) The Observation-Theoretical Distinction Revisited, Anthology; Publisher:
Decent Books, New Delhi, 2011, Pages: 263-271.
ii) Truth Rationality and Verisimilitude, Anthology; Publisher: Pearson &

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PHISPC, Delhi, Reviewed , 2012, Pages:59-83.

M.P. Terrance Samuel –
i) M.P. Terence Samuel, ‘SangaKaalaSamayam’ (Religion of Tamil Sangam
Age), Thaamarai, December, 2009, pp. 21-27.
Manjari Chakraborty –
i) “Creativity and the Growth of Scientific Knowledge” (Chapter 12) in
Epistemology, Science and Cognition edited by Prajit K. Basu and S.G.
Kulkarni, Hyderabad Studies in Philosophy, no. 6 (New Delhi: Decent
Books: 2011) ISBN 13: 978-81-86921-54-8.
Maya Das –
i) A Re-consideration of Some Methods of Sanskrit Hermeneutics, Published in
Proceedings of World Sanskrit Conference, vol.5. Edited by Sri LalBahadur
Shastri Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapith, New Delhi, 2007-2009.
Md. Sirajul Islam –
i) “Multiculturalism and Contemporary Indian Society: A Philosophical
Approach”, Published in the proceedings of 8th International Congress of
Social Philosophy, Edited by, B. P. Siddhasarama, Dravidian University,
Kuppam-2009.
ii) “Cultural Transformation in Indian Islam: A Philosophical Enquiry form
the Viewpoint of Our Contemporary World”, Published in the Volume-
Islam, Cultural Transformation, and the Re-Emergence of Falsafah, Edited
By, Karim Dogulas Crow, Iranian Institute of Philosophy, Teheran-2009
(ISBN: 978-964-8036-46-6).
iii) Published an Anthology (Rachana Samagra in Bengali) of Dr. Zakir
Nayak, in January 2010, Published By, Lekha Prakasani, 57/D College
Street, Kolkata-73.
iv) Published an Article on “Islam- O- Visva- Bhratritva” (Islam and World
Fraternity) in Bengali, Edited By, AhamadHasan Imran, Weekly Column
Id Issue-2009, Kolkata-16.
v) Published an Article on “Ramadhan and NarirAdhikar” (Ramadhan and
the Rights of Women) Edited By, ImdadulHaq Noor,
NatunGatiPrakashani, Ramzan Special Issue-2009, Kolkata-14.
vi) Published an Article on “Santraser Rakamfer” in Bengali (Different forms
of Terrorism) Edited By, Imdadul Haq Noor, NatunGati Prakashani, Idd
Special Issue-2009, Kolkata-14.
vii) Article Accepted on “Impact of Sufism on Bengal Vaisnavism: An
Analysis”, at The Parliament of World Religions, Melbourne, Australia.
viii) Published an Abstract on “Sufi Culture and Values: An Analysis in Indian

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Perspective” at the Abstract book of Indian Philosophical congress 84th

session, 2009 edited by Subhoda Joshi.
ix) Published an Abstract in the Abstract book of Iranian Institute of
Philosophy, Tehran, Iran.
x) Published an article on Impacts of Post-Globalization and Emerging
World Order: An Analysis in Indian Perspective in the Proceedings of 9th
International Congress of Social Philosophy Volume 3, 2010, pp-600-608
(ISBN-978-81-908455-3-3).
xi) Published an article on Position of Others in Islam: A Philosophical
Reflection, Samvada, Vol-5, ed. by R.C. Sinha, Vidya Bhavana, Varanasi,
2010, pp.77-92.
xii) Published an article on Sufi Metaphysics: An Appraisal in Indian
Perspective in Aligarh Journal of Islamic Thought, Dept. of Philosophy,
Aligarh, ed. By RoshanAra, No-13, October 2007(Back Volume published
in 2010) , pp. 85-107.
xiii) Published an article on Sufi Spirituality and Universal Harmony: A
Rational Approach in Socio-Cultural Viewpoint, Book-World of
Philosophy; A Harmony, ed. by Christopher Key Chappel, Shanti
Prakashan, Rothak, Haryana,2010, pp. 396-410. (ISBN-978-93-81090-00-
8).
xiv) Published an article on Embracing the Ineffable: Experiences of the Sufis,
Book- Streams of Yogic and Mystic Experience (Encyclopedic volume),
General editor- D.P. Chattopadhyayaedt.byManoj Das, vol-xvi, Part-3,
Centre for the Studies in Civilizations, New Delhi, 2010, pp.453-470
(ISBN-81-87586-47-8).
xv) Published an article on The Philosophy of Being: A Critical Exposition in
the Viewpoint of MullaSadra and Shaykh Ahmad Sirhindi, book-
MullaSadra’s School of Western Philosophies, Vol-1, Sadra Islamic
Philosophy Research Institute Publication, Tehran, 2004, pp. 313-320
(ISBN-964-7472-64-1).
xvi) Published an article on Islamic Morality With special Reference to Justice:
An ethical Justification, Book- Morality and social Justice, ed. by Abha
Singh, Decent Books, New Delhi, 2010, pp. 319-336 (ISBN-13-978-81-
86921-53-1).
xvii) Published an article on The Mystery of Soul and Consciousness: An
Appraisal in Sufi Viewpoint, Book- Spirituality and Science of
Consciousness, Pub.by Swami Sarvabhutananda, Ramkrishna Mission
Institute of Culture, 2011, pp. 203-226, (ISBN-978- 81-87332-96-1).

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xviii) Published an article on Rabindranather Muslim Bhavana (Bengali),Idd

Volume, Kolkata, edited by Subid Abdullah, 2010.
xix) Published an article on Santiniketane Islam Charcha (Bengali), Idd
Volume, special No-1, edt. by Ahmad Hasan Imran, QalamPrakashoni,
Kolkata, 2010. “Philosophy of the Faqirs-An Indian Perspective” ed. by
Prof. Avani in 2009.
xx) Published an article entitled “Sufism and the Position of Man in the
Universe: A Reflection in the Religious Viewpoint” in the Book- Religion
and Literature: Indian Perspective, ed. by Projit Palit, Kaveri Books, New
Delhi, 2011, ISBN- 978-81-7479-119-1.
xxi) Published an article entitled “Role of Civil Society in Framing of Good
Governance: An Analysis in Indian Viewpoint” in the Book-Democracy,
Civil Society and Good Governance, Published by Jagannath University,
Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2011, ISBN-978-984-33-3988-1, pp.79-93.
xxii) Published an article on “Rabindranather Dharma Chinta” in the Book-
Rabindranath- O-Visva-Bharati (Bengali), ed. by Amal Pal, Published by
the Visva-Bharati Alumni Association, Santiniketan, 2011, pp.84-95.
xxiii) Published an article on “LalanShaherDarshano Islam (Bengali),
NatunGati, Edd Volume, ed. by Emdadul Haq Noor, Kolkata, 2011, pp.
37-40.
xxiv) Published an article on Iran Bhraman, (Bengali), Anahata (Bengali), Edd
Volume, ed. by Subid Abdullah, Kolkata, 2011, pp.283-285.
xxv) Published an abstract of article entitled “Identity of Person and
Civilizational Crisis : A Philosophical Exposition in Islamic Viewpoint” in
the Proceedings of the 2nd Conference on The Paradigms of Thinking and
Conceptions of Knowledge Under the Influence of Contemporary
Challenges in Practical and Applied Philosophy, Lviv, Ukraine, 2010 , pp.
39-40 ( the publication received by me in 2011).
xxvi) Published an article on Education for sustainable development in the
Proceedings of 11th International Congress of Social Philosophy “Satyam
Shivam Sundaram, General Editor: V.T. Patil and B. Krishnamurthy,
Karnatak University, Dharwad, 2012, PP. 123-135, (ISBN-978-81-
924572-0-8).
xxvii) Published an article on Sufi Notion of Interfaith Dialogue and World
Peace, Sandhan-Journal of Centre for Studies in Civilizations, Editor: D.P.
Chattopadhyaya, vol-ix, Number-1, January –June 2009(Back log issue
published in 2012), pp.69-86, (ISSN 0972-3609).
xxviii) Published an article on Globalization and Eurasian Peace: An Islamic

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Perspective in the Book- Globalizing Eurasia- Potentialities and

Challenges, Editor-G. M. Mir, Published by the Centre of Central Asian
Studies, University of Kashmir, Srinagar, Kashmir, 2013, pp. 325-344
(ISBN: 978-81-921335-0-9).
Ranjan Mukhopadhyay –
i) “Dummett on Realism and Anti-Realism” in Partha Ghose(ed), Materialism
and Immaterialism in India and the West: Varying Vistas, Centre for Studies
in Civilizations, New Delhi 2010, pp 481-496.
ii) “The Logic of Evidence”, in Pradip Kumar Sengupta (ed.), History of
Science and Philosophy of Science: A Philosophical Perspective of the
Logic of Ideas in Science, Centre for Studies in Civilizations and Pearson
Education in South Asia, New Delhi, 2012, pp. 325-344. (ISBN No. 978-81-
317-1931-2).
Sabujkali Sen (Mitra) –
i) “Tagore on Religion”, in “India Perspective, 2010,” Published by the
Ministry Of External Affairs, Govt., Of India, New Delhi. April 2010.
d) Edited Books:
Md. Sirajul Islam –
i) Jointly edited a book- Democracy, Civil Society and Good Governance,
Published by The Jagannath University, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2011, ISBN-
978-984-33-3988-1.
ii) Jointly Edited -“Satyam Shivam Sundaram”, Karnatak University,
Dharwad, Karnatak, 2012 (ISBN-978-81-924572-0-8).
Kausik Bhattacharya –
i) Social Philosophy for the New Millennium, 2008, Kolkata: Lekha
Prakashoni, ISBN: 81-88130-03-6 (Jt. Editor).
e) Books with ISBN with details of publishers:
Alternative Geometry of Dwijendranath (in Bengali) Alochana Chakra:
Book Fair, Feb, 2011.
M.P. Terrance Samuel –
i) “SamoogaEthirnilaigal – PanmugaPanpaattiyam, Sirupaanmaiyinar
(Antinomies of Society – Multiculturalism, Minorities)” by M/s. April 14
and KavinNanbargal, W.Pudupatti, during June, 2011. (ISBN
9788190734912).

Rekha Ojha –
i) Intersex Identity: An Ethical Perspective Published in 2011 by Akansha

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Publication New Delhi.

ii) Dalit Women in India Published on 2012 by Akansha Publication, New
Delhi.
Sabujkali Sen (Mitra) –
i) Marmer Gehini Mrinalini Devi,by Rabindra Bharati University, August
2010.
f) Number listed in International Database (For e.g. Web of Science, Scopus,
Humanities International Complete, Dare Database International Social
Sciences Directory, EBSCO host, etc.): Nil
g) Citation Index — range / average: Nil
h) SNIP: Nil
i) SIR: Nil
j) Impact Factor — range / average: Nil
k) h-index: Nil

23. Details of patents and income generated: Not applicable

24. Areas of consultancy and income generated: None
25. Faculty selected nationally / internationally to visit other laboratories /
institutions / industries in India and abroad:
a) Professor Bijoy Mukherjee, Prof. Asha Mukherjee visited Lusane University,
Switzerland respectively in the year 2010-11 as exchange program between the
Department of Philosophy and Comparative Religion and also the Department of
Religion of the Lusane University.
b) Prof. Md. Sirajul Islam visited Iranian Institute of Philosophy, Tehran, Iran,
Tehran University, Iran, University of Athens, Greece and Alberta University,
Buenos Aires, Argentina, respectively in the year 2010 and 2013.
c) Dr. Ranjan Mukhopadhyay was the Visiting Fellow at the Department of
Philosophy, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, October 2013, for 125
days.
26. Faculty serving in
a) National committees:
Asha Mukherjee-
i) Member of the Board of Studies as an External Expert, Department of
Philosophy, Rajasthan University, Jaipur for a period of two years from
2007.

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ii) Member of the Board of Studies as an External Expert, Department of

Philosophy, North Eastern Hill University, Shillong for two years from
2008.
iii) Member, Indian Radical Humanist Association, Kolkata.
iv) Joined as Founder Director, Women’s Studies Centre, Visva-Bharati,
September, 2009.
v) Financial Assistance for Travel, accommodation etc. of 6,000 NOK to
participate in Cultural Histories of Meditation Conference, by Oslo
University, Oslo, Norway
vi) Advisory Board Member (External) Buddhist Studies, Hyderabad
University, Hyderabad, 2010.
vii) Advisory Board Member (Internal) Centre for Buddhist Studies, Visva-
Bharati.
viii) Nominated Member of the Institute Board of Bhasha Bhavana, Visva-
Bharati, 2010.
ix) Chairperson, Standing Committee for Prevention for Sexual Harassment
against Women at Work-place, Visva-Bharati, from July, 2010
x) Member, Board of Editors, International Journal of Jurisprudence and
Philosophy of Law, published from NEHU.
xi) Selected one of the six eminent scholars from India by Indian Council for
Cultural Research, New Delhi for Buddhist Conference on “Buddhist
Canons & Early Mahayana Buddhism” in Taiwan
xii) Financial Assistance for Travel, accommodation etc. to participate in
Conference organized by Gothenburg University, Sweden
xiii) Visiting Fellow, Department of Philosophy, Raivinshow University, Cuttack
xiv) Founder Secretary of Daya Krishna Academic Foundation, Santiniketan
xv) Director, Indian Council for Philosophical Research (ICPR) sponsored
National Seminar on Philosophy of Kalidas Bhattacharya, 3-5 March, 2012
Sabujkoli Sen (Mitra) –
i) External Member of Board of Studies in Benaras Hindu University.
ii) Member of the Editorial Board of ‘Sandarsana’ the research journal of the
Department of Philosophy, Allahabad Central University.
iii) Member of the Editorial Board on the ‘Philosophy of Life World’ the
research journal of the Department of Philosophy, Vidyasagar University.

Md. Sirajul Islam –

i) General Secretary International Congress of Social Philosophy (ICSP),
2011.

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ii) Joint Secretary, Social Network for the Assistance to People (SNAP),
Kolkata, 2011.
iii) Member, Executive and Academic Council, Aliah University,
Kolkata.2011General Secretary, International Congress of Social Philosophy
(ICSP), 2011-12.
iv) Member, District Level Inspection Team (DLIT) Madrasah and High school,
Birbhum District, Government of West Bengal, 2012.
v) President, Visva-Bharati University Faculty Association(VBUFA), 2013-14.
b) International committees:
Asha Mukherjee-
i) Appointed Member in the Advisory Board of the Argument: Biannual
Philosophical Journal published from University of Cracow, Poland
ii) Visiting professor, Department of Religious Studies, University of
Lausanne, Switzerland, 12 April-23 April, 2010
iii) Visiting Lecturer, Department of Asian Studies, Tel-Aviv University, Israel,
25th April
Md. Sirajul Islam-
i) Member of Islamic Philosophical Association, Tehran, Iran and also
member of UNESCO (Eastern region) Environmental Ethics Section,
Bangkok, Thailand, 2010-12.
ii) Member of the Council for the Research in Value and Philosophy (RVP),
Washington, D.C., USA.
iii) Member, Iranian Institute of Philosophy, Tehran, Iran.
c) Editorial Boards:
Dr. Ranjan Mukhopadhyay –
i) Member of the Editorial Board Jadavpur University of Philosophy.
d) Any other (please specify):
Dr. Ranjan Mukhopadhyay –
i) Members of BOS of Burdwan University.
ii) Members of Academic Committee of Dept. Philosophy, Presidency
University.
27. Faculty recharging strategies (UGC, ASC, Refresher / orientation programs,
workshops, training programs and similar programs):
a) Organized Maharshi Smarak Lecture at Visva Bharati on 24 December 2012
lecture delivered by Prof. Kalyan Bagchi, Former Professor of Philosophy,
Visva-Bharati.
b) Organized Amalabala Devi Endowment lecture at Visva-Bharati on 21st March
2013 and lecture delivered by Swami Atmapriyanandaji Maharaj, Vice

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Chancellor of Belur Vivekananda University, Belur.

c) Organized Binodini Memorial Endowment lecture at Visva-Bharati on 31st
March 2013 and Lecture delivered by the Prof. Pradyut Mukhopadhyaya, former
Professor Philosophy, Jadavpur University, Kolkata.
d) Organized two day National Seminar on the Philosophy of Contribution of Sri
Chaitanya and Indian Culture in March 30-31, 2013 at Visva-Bharati.
e) Organized one day seminar on the Philosophy of S. Radhakrishnan to observe
Teachers’ Day on 5th September, 2013.
f) Organized One Day seminar on Swami Vivekananda in Resurgence of Indian
Culture and Philosophy on21st November, 2013 to observe world Philosophy
Day.
g) Conducted special lectures in the year 2013.
28. Student projects:
a) percentage of students who have done in-house projects including inter-
departmental projects: 100% UG and PG level.
b) percentage of students doing projects in collaboration with other
universities/industry/institute: Both the students of UG and PG level of
Philosophy and Comparative Religion; they are meticulously preparing their
project dissertations in consultation with the various allied departments of the
home university as well as the other universities. 98% students are involved in
such projects.
29. Awards / recognitions received at the national and international level by
a) Faculty: Prof Md. Sirajul Islam, Prof. Asha Mukherjee, Prof. Bijoy Mukherjee,
Prof. Sabujkali Sen, and Dr. Manjari Chakarborty’s research works on Indian
Philosophy, Jainism, Sufism, Islam, Philosophy of Rabindranath Tagore, and
Philosophy of Mind are highly appreciated by the international universities.
b) Doctoral / post doctoral fellows: Prof Matiur Rahman, Dept. of Philosophy,
Dhaka University, has done post-doctoral work under this department on “Banglar
Buddhijivi-O-tadar avadan” The thesis is already been submitted to the university
for assessment.
c) Students: Nil
30. Seminars/ Conferences/Workshops organized and the source of funding (national
/ international) with details of outstanding participants, if any:
a) A seminar on “Rabindranath Tagore and the Bauls” organized by the Dept. of
Philosophy &Religion, Visva-Bharati on 21st September 2010. Funded by
Unassigned grant by the University.
b) Organized Asian Poets and Cultural Meet Conference at Visva-Bharati in July,

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2012. Funded by Asian Poets and Cultural Meet Association, Seoul, Korea.
c) The National Seminar on “Philosophy of Kalidas Bhattacharya”, organised by
the Department of Philosophy and Comparative Religion, Visva-Bharati, in
collaboration with ICPR, New Delhi, during March 3 to 5, 2012.
d) Organized Two Day National Seminar on Values and Contemporary Indian
Culture: Indian Perspective jointly organized by The Council for Research for
Values and Philosophy (CRVP), Washington, D.C., USA in January 14-15,
2013. Funding Resource- Registration by the participants. Names of
Outstanding Participants: i) Prof. James Loicinno, USA. ii) Father Menam
Parampril, Don Bosco University, Gawhati, Assam. iii) Prof. Suniti Kumar
Pathak, Retd. Prof. of Tibetan Studies, Visva-Bharati.
e) Organized Maharshi Smarak lecture at Visva-Bharati on 24th December, 2012.
The lecture was delivered by Prof. KalyanBagchi, Former Professor of
Philosophy, Visva-Bharati. Funded by the University unassigned grant.
f) Organized Ambala Devi Endowment Lecture at Visva-Bharati on 21st March,
2013. The Lecture was delivered by Swami AtmapriyanandjiMaharaj, Vice-
Chancellor of Belur Vivekananda University, Belur. Funded by Endowment
Family from the university.
g) Organized Binodini Memorial Endowment Lecture at Visva-Bharati on 31st
March, 2013. The Lecture was delivered by Prof. PradyutMukhopadhyaya,
former Professor of Philosophy, Jadavpur University, Kolkata. Funds taken from
Binodini Memorial Endowment memorial from the University.
h) Organized two-day National Seminar on the Philosophy of Contribution of Sri
Chaitanya and Indian Culture on 30-31st March, 2013 at Visva-Bharati.Funded
by UGC unassigned grant / merged scheme by the University, rupees 2
lakhs.Names of Outstanding Participants: i) Sanyasi Maharaj, General Secretary,
Godiya Math, Kolkata. ii) Prof. Gopal Khan, Retd. Prof. of philosophy,
Burdwan University, Burdwan. iii) Prof. Dilip kumar Mohanta, Vice-
Chancellor, Kalyani University.
i) Organized one-day seminar on the Philosophy of S. Radhakrishnan to observe
Teachers’ Day on 5th September, 2013. Fund raised by registration. Names of
Outstanding Participants: i) Prof. Kalyan Kumar Bagchi, Emeritus Professor of
Philosophy, Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan. ii) Prof. Hiranmay Banerjee, Retd.
Prof. of Philosophy, Jadavpur University, Kolkata.
j) Organized ICPR Sponsored one-day Seminar on Swami Vivekananda in
Resurgence of Indian Culture and Philosophy on 21 st November, 2013 to
observe World Philosophy Day. Fund was acquired through registration fee and
sanction of Rs. 20 thousand fund from ICPR, New Delhi (althought not received

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yet). Names of Outstanding Participants: i) Swami Sarvapriyanandaji Maharaj,

Acharya, Belur Math, Howrah. ii) Prof. Karuna Sindhu Das, Firmer Vice-
Chancellor, Ravindra-Bharati University, Kolkata, And Retd. Prof. of Sanskrit.
31. Code of ethics for research followed by the departments:
As per the university norms. We also follow the standard of IT based procedures for
identifying plagiarism.
32. Student profile programme-wise:
Selected
Pass percentage
Name of the Program Applications
(refer to question no.4) received
Male Female Male Female

U.G. (2010-11) Phil-250, C.R.-160 15 25 96% 96%

(2011-12) Phil-255, C.R.-140 14 26 96.5% 96.5%
(2012-13) Phil-245, C.R.-130 19 20 96% 96%
(2013-14) Phil-235, C.R.-120 20 30 97% 97%
P.G. (2010-11) Phil-152, CR-25 16 11 97% 97%
(2011-12) Phil-160, CR-21 23 20 98% 98%
(2012-13) Phil-180, CR-20 24 24 96% 96%
(2013-14) Phil-185, CR-18 23 22 95.5% 95.5%
Ph.D. (2010-11) 18 7 7 Not yet
(2011-12) 14 8 5 completed
(2012-13) 16 9 4
(2013-14) 17 7 8
33. Diversity of students:
% of % of students % of students % of
Name of the
Students from other from students
Programme
From the universities universities from
(refer to question
Same within the outside the other
No. 4)
university State State countries
U.G. 6% 92.5% 0 1.5%
P.G. 63% 37% 0 0
34. How many students have cleared Civil Services and Defense Services
examinations, NET, SET, GATE and other competitive examinations? Give
details category-wise:
a) NET: 25 (SC-6, ST-2, OBC-4)

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b) SET: 08 (SC-2, ST-Nil, OBC-2)

35. Student progression:
Student progression Percentage against enrolled

UG to PG 98%
PG to M.Phil. Nil
PG to Ph.D. 25% (Approximately)
Ph.D. to Post-Doctoral 5% (Approximately)
Employed 60% (Approximately)
• Campus selection Just utilized this process recently.
• Other than campus recruitment 30% (Approximately)
Entrepreneurs 15% (Approximately)

36. Diversity of staff:

Percentage of faculty who are graduates

of the same university Approx. 60%

from other universities within the State 10%
from universities from other States 25%
from universities outside the country Nil

37. Number of faculty who were awarded M.Phil., Ph.D., D.Sc. and D.Litt. during the
assessment period:
Awarded Degree No. of Faculty
M.Phil. 01
Ph.D. 01
D.Sc. Nil
D.Litt Nil

38. Present details of departmental infrastructural facilities with regard to

a) Library: 1 (Sectional), collection of books: 18000 approximately.
b) Internet facilities for staff and students: due to the construction work these
facilities are disrupted but they are in the process of upgradation.
c) Total number of class rooms: 04
d) Class rooms with ICT facility: Nil
e) Students’ laboratories: Nil

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f) Research laboratories: N/A

39. List of doctoral, post-doctoral students and Research Associates:
Post Doctoral Research
Doctoral (Ph.D) students
Students Associates
From host University 80% Approximately 2% Nil
From other Universities 20% Approximately 2% Nil
40. Number of post graduate students getting financial assistance from the
university: 6
41. Was any need assessment exercise undertaken before the development of new
programme(s)? If so, highlight the methodology:
a) Yes, we have discussed with some reputed professors and scholars to enrich
students awareness specially concerning religions and Indian Philosophy.
b) Discussed among the students to upgrade computer and internet access with
some computer experts.
c) We have a plan to introduce M. Phil course both in Philosophy and in
Comparative Religion.
42. Does the department obtain feedback from:
a) faculty on curriculum as well as teaching-learning-evaluation? If yes, how
does the department utilize the feedback: Yes, for the development of
curriculum of UG, PG, and Ph.D. course work level, suggestions of the faculty
members have been incorporated.
b) students on staff, curriculum and teaching-learning-evaluation and how does
the department utilize the feedback: Yes, their suggestions implemented.
c) alumni and employers on the programmes offered and how does the
department utilize the feedback: Yes, their suggestions implemented.
43. List the distinguished alumni of the department (maximum 10):
a) Dr. Sunrit Mallik, Former Director, USEFI (American Centre), Kolkata
b) Prof. Keya Maitra, UNCR, Ashbill, North Carolina State, USA
c) Prof. Dilip Mohanta, Former Vice-Chancellor, Kalyani University, Kalyani
d) Prof. Rajat Bhattacharya, Director, Vivekananda Centre, Burdwan University,
Burdwan
e) Prof. Ananda Wazelwar, Dept of Philosophy, University of Hyderabad.
f) Prof. AmitabhaDasgupta, Dept of Philosophy, University of Hyderabad.
Recently he became Adjunct Professor in the Vivakenanda Chair of Presidency
University, Kolkata
g) Prof. Nirmalungshu Mukherjee, Dept of Philosophy, University of Delhi, Delhi

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44. Give details of student enrichment programmes (special lectures / workshops /

seminar) involving external experts:
a) Seminar on Sri Chaitanya organized by the department in 30-31st March, 2013,
and 10 students have presented their papers in the student section.
b) Maya Das has delivered lecture on Human Destiny in Traditional Indian View
on 09-08-2012.
c) Dr. Anup Barman has delivered lecture on vatsayanis concept of Anviksikividya
on 16.8.2012.
d) Dr. M. P. Terrence Samuel has delivered lecture on Indian Philosophy and
Foucault on 24.8.2012.
e) Prof. V. Raman has lecture delivered lecture on Wittgenstein the Man and his
Philosophy on 31.8.2012.
f) Prof. Kalyan Bagchi has lecture delivered on Categories as a priory particulars
on 5.10.2012.
g) Prof. V.N. Sheshagiri Rao, Dept. of Philosophy, Mysore University has lecture
delivered on “Indian and Western Philosophy in the Era of Science”.
h) Prof. Predrag Cicovacky, Professor of Philosophy and Director of Peace and
Conflict Studies, College of Holy Cross, Worcester, N.A,USA has lecture
delivered on “ On the immortality of War and Violence” and “Martin Luther
King’s Ethics of Love and Non-violence”, on 3.12.2012.
45. List the teaching methods adopted by the faculty for different programmes:
Use of Projectors, Laptops and other audio-visual aids, Black Board etc.
46. How does the department ensure that programme objectives are constantly met
and learning outcomes are monitored:
By collecting reports and monitoring the progress regularly by the students as well as
the teachers of the department.
47. Highlight the participation of students and faculty in extension activities:
Both students of the department and most faculties have jointly enriched academic
programs relating to workshop, orientation, seminars/conferences. Also, the students
of the department are engaged in various recreational activities like picnic, co-
curricular activities, sports and games, cultural functions, judo, first-aid training, NSS
program, NCC parade and camps etc.
48. Give details of “beyond syllabus scholarly activities” of the department:
Quizzes, group-discussions, paper presentations, Tagore’s Dance, Music, Drama etc.
49. State whether the programme / department is accredited / graded by other

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agencies? If yes, give details: Nil

50. Briefly highlight the contributions of the department in generating new
knowledge, basic or applied:
The Department is relentlessly engaged in disseminating both knowledge of
Philosophy and Religion for maintaining communal harmony, national integration,
social solidarity and practical application of Philosophical knowledge.
51. Detail five major Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Challenges (SWOC)
of the department:
a) Strengths :
i) Strong research and teaching capabilities in Philosophy, Comparative
Religion, Environmental Ethics, Folk Culture, Women Studies etc.
ii) Expertise in Indian Philosophy, Comparative Religion, Interfaith
Understanding, Folk Culture and Philosophy.
iii) Close integration has been made with the various cultures, philosophies and
religions and also maintaining communal harmony.
iv) An emerging strength in both theoretical and empirical research, both at
national and international level with significant number of faculty publishing
in International and National Journals in diversified areas of Philosophy and
Comparative Religion.
v) A significant international community of students hailing from Bangladesh,
Korea, Japan, Thailand, China. We also have some students from states
other than West Bengal. Many students are in important positions in
academic and non-academic positions in India and abroad.
b) Weaknesses:
i) Scarcity of class rooms, teachers individual rooms.
ii) Old building and Library portion are in a bad state of disrepair.
iii) Intermittent internet facilities due to the new construction.
iv) No seminar hall with modern facilities and adequate reading room space in
seminar library.
v) Absence of student facilities like common room (for boys and girls) and
placement cell.
vi) Absence of strong ties with previous students (alumni).
c) Opportunities:
i) Greater integration with various departments of the University, different
National universities and foreign universities for academic improvement.
ii) Expected to introduce more serious work in research level so that students
after completion their work may compete with the students of other national
and international candidates.

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iii)Hope to initiate exchange programmes with national and international

institutions and co-ordinate with the action based research in burning topics
of Philosophy and Religion.
iv) Introduction of placement cell and building up alumni network through
student reunion and similar programmes.
d) Challenges:
i) To improve departmental infrastructure to facilitate research.
ii) To improve student placement and attract better students.
iii) To expand interdisciplinary research activities with other discipline say
Political Science, History, Journalism and Mass Communication,
Environmental Science etc. Some interdisciplinary courses may be invented
like Development Studies.
iv) To upgrade research programmes like MPhil and PhD.
v) To set up Wi Fi internet facilities.
vi) Taken initiative for Special Assistance program for the Department.
52. Future plans of the department:
Collaborative Educational Programs with Foreign Universities, providing quality
education, Retention of communal harmony awareness program, dissemination of
ethical teachings and value based education.

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Evaluative Report of the Department of Ancient Indian

History, Culture & Archaeology (A.I.H.C. & A.)

1. Name of the Department : Department of Ancient Indian History, Culture &

Archaeology (A.I.H.C. & A.)
2. Year of establishment : 1951
3. Is the Department part of a School/Faculty of the university? Yes, Vidya-Bhavana
4. Names of programmes offered (UG, PG, M.Phil., Ph.D., integrated Masters;
Integrated Ph.D., D.Sc., D.Litt., etc.) :
UG, PG, Ph.D., M.Phil.
5. Interdisciplinary programmes and departments involved :
a) Common Teaching Programme with the Department of History for more than 30
years.
b) Continuously involve with Department of Geography in our field study and
Archaeological Excavations.
6. Courses in collaboration with other universities, industries, foreign institutions,
etc.: No
7. Details of programmes discontinued, if any, with reasons: N/A
8. Examination System: Semester System both as UG & PG levels.
9. Participation of the department in the courses offered by other departments :
Department Students participate in the courses offered by the various departments such
as History, Geography, Economic, Political Science, Education, etc.
10. Number of teaching posts sanctioned, filled and actual (Professors/ Associate
Professors/ Asst. Professors/ others) :
Actual (including CAS
Sanctioned Filled
& MPS)
Professor 2 1 3
Associate Professors 2 2 3
Asst. Professors 7 5 5
Others

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11. Faculty profile with name, qualification, designation, area of specialization,

experience and research under guidance :
a) Name : Ananda Chandra Sahoo
Qualification : M.A., Ph.D
Designation : Professor
Specialization : Art History of Ancient India
No. of Years of Experience : 25
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : 06
b) Name : Bikash Mukherji
Qualification : M.A., Ph.D
Designation : Associate Professor & H.O.D.
Specialization : Religious History of Ancient India
No. of Years of Experience : 23
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : 05
c) Name : Sina Panja
Qualification : M.A., Ph.D
Designation : Associate Professor
Specialization : Archaeology
No. of Years of Experience : 12
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : Nil
d) Name : Sarita Khettri
Qualification : M.A., Ph.D
Designation : Associate Professor
Specialization : Epigraphy and Religious History of Early
India
No. of Years of Experience : 09
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : 05
e) Name : Anil Kumar
Qualification : M.A., Ph.D
Designation : Assistant Professor (Senior Scale)
Specialization : Social & Economic History of Ancient India
No. of Years of Experience : 12 Years 07 months

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No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students

guided for the last 4 years : Nil
f) Name : K. Mavali Rajan
Qualification : M.A., Ph.D
Designation : Assistant Professor (Senior Scale)
Specialization : Socio-Economic History of Ancient India
No. of Years of Experience : 06
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : 02
g) Name : Bina Gandhi Deori
Qualification : M.A., Ph.D
Designation : Assistant Professor
Specialization : Ethno-archaeology
No. of Years of Experience : 6 years 4 months
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : Nil
h) Name : Remya.V.P.
Qualification : M.A. in Ancient History & Archaeology
Designation : Assistant Professor
Specialization : Art History
No. of Years of Experience : 2 years 6 months
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : Nil
i) Name : Suchira Roychowdhury
Qualification : M.A, Ph.D
Designation : Assistant Professor
Specialization : Proto Historic Archaeology, Theory &
Methods in Archaeology
No. of Years of Experience : Only 6 Months
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : Nil

12. List of senior Visiting Fellows, adjunct faculty, emeritus professors: Nil
13. Percentage of classes taken by temporary faculty — programme-wise : Nil
14. Programme-wise Student Teacher Ratio :
a) U.G. – 15:33

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b) P.G. – 10:22
c) Ph.D. – 1:89
15. Number of academic support staff (technical) and administrative sanctioned,
filled and actual:
Sanctioned Filled Actual
Administrative 03 03 03
Support staff (technical) Nil Nil Nil

16. Research thrust areas as recognized by major funding agencies: Exploring

possibilities
17. Number of faculty with ongoing projects from a) national b) international
agencies and c) Total grants received. Give the names of the project title and
grants received project-wise: Nil
18. Inter-institutional collaborative projects and associated grants
a) National collaboration: Nil b) international collaboration: Nil
19. Departmental projects funded by DST-FIST; UGC-SAP/CAS, AICTE, etc.; total
grants received: Nil
20. Research facility / centre with
a) state recognition : Nil b) national recognition: Nil
c) international recognition: Nil
21. Special research laboratories sponsored by / created by industry or corporate
bodies: No
22. Publications:
a) No. of papers published in peer reviewed journals (national/
international): – 09
b) Monographs: –
Dr. Anil Kumar – Assigned to write a Monograph on Vikramshila Monastery,
Ministry of HRD, Govt. of Bihar, 2013-2014.
c) Chapters in Books: –
d) Edited Books: –
e) Books with ISBN with details of publishers:
f) Number listed in International Database (For e.g. Web of Science, Scopus,
Humanities International Complete, Dare Database International Social
Sciences Directory, EBSCO host, etc.):
g) Citation Index — range / average:

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h) SNIP:
i) SIR:
j) Impact Factor — range / average:
k) h-index:
23. Details of patents and income generated: Not applicable
24. Areas of consultancy and income generated: Not applicable
25. Faculty selected nationally / internationally to visit other laboratories /
institutions / industries in India and abroad:
Department Faculty Dr. Anil Kumar has been selected as an expert of history and
archaeology in preparing the digital map of the Buddhist centers in India and South
East Asian countries.
26. Faculty serving in
a) National committees: Nil
b) International committees: Nil
c) Editorial Boards:
Professor A.C.Sahoo –
Editorial Member in Prof. K.S. Behera Commemoration Volume.
Dr.Anil Kumar –
Member, Editorial Board of Journal on History and Social Science Past and
Present
Dr. K. Mavali Rajan –
i) Member in Editorial Board, Journal of Social Science and Humanity
Research.
ii) Member in Editorial Board, International Journal Social Science Review.
d) Any other (please specify):
Professor A.C.Sahoo –
Member in Selection Committee of Teaching Post in Department of Ancient
Indian History, Utkal University, Odisha.
Dr.Bikash Mukherjee –
Member in Selection Committee as a Chairman in School Service Commission,
West Bengal on 28-29 August 2013 for conducting Viva-Voce.
Dr.Anil Kumar –
Academic Board Member of HRD Ministry recognized research institute
“Purattavanitra”, Kanpur.
27. Faculty recharging strategies (UGC, ASC, Refresher / orientation programs,
workshops, training programs and similar programs):
We have already conducted seven UGC sponsored Refresher course Program in our

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Department between 1998-2006.

Faculty Members of the Department regularly attend UGC/ASC Refresher, Orientation
Programme, workshop and Training Courses.
28. Student projects:
a) percentage of students who have done in-house projects including
interdepartmental projects: In-house Project on Environmental Studies have
been done by the Students.
b) percentage of students doing projects in collaboration with other universities /
industry / institute: Nil
29. Awards / recognitions received at the national and international level by
a) Faculty: Nil
b) Doctoral / post doctoral fellows: Nil
c) Students: Nil
30. Seminars/ Conferences/Workshops organized and the source of funding (national
/ international) with details of outstanding participants, if any:
a) One Conference on Numismatic Society of India Organized at the Department of
A.I.H.C. & A, Visva Bharati University – 2012.
b) Seminar on Recent Archaeological Activities in Eastern India, Organized by the
Department in August 2010.
31. Code of ethics for research followed by the departments:
As per University rules.
32. Student profile programme-wise:
Name of the Selected Pass percentage
Applications
Programme
Received Male Female Male Female
(refer to question no. 4)
U.G. 2500(App) 16 24 40% 60%
P.G. 107 28 18 60.86% 39.14%
Ph.D 23 2 2 50% 50%
33. Diversity of students:
% of % of students % of students % of
Name of the
Students from other from students
Programme
From the universities universities from
(refer to question
Same within the outside the other
No. 4)
university State State countries
U.G. 7.5% 85% 7.5% NIL
P.G. 80.43% 19.57% - -
M.Phil. None None None None

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Ph.D. 100% 0 0 0
36. Diversity of staff:
Percentage of faculty who are graduates
of the same university 11.11%
from other universities within the State 22.22%
from universities from other States 66.67%
from universities outside the country NIL
37. Number of faculty who were awarded M.Phil., Ph.D., D.Sc. and D.Litt. during the
assessment period:
Awarded Degree No. of Faculty
M.Phil. Nil
Ph.D. 01
D.Sc. Nil
D.Litt Nil
38. Present details of departmental infrastructural facilities with regard to
a) Library: One (small library).
b) Internet facilities for staff and students: for staff only.
c) Total number of class rooms: 4 (four class Rooms) and one Seminar hall.
d) Class rooms with ICT facility: Nil
e) Students’ laboratories: Nil
f) Research laboratories: Nil
39. List of doctoral, post-doctoral students and Research Associates:
a) from the host institution/university – 12
b) from other institutions/universities – 2
Research
Doctoral (Ph.D) students Post Doctoral Students
Associates
i) Rajeswar Roy i) Dr. Sayamtara Jash Nil
ii) Arko Das
iii) Sourav Mondal
iv) Subhajit Singha
v) Krishnakali Dey
vi) Boro Murmu
vii) Sudipta Goswami
viii) Biswarup Ganguly
ix) Nivedita Mitra
x) Toton Kumar Das

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xi) Rajib Lochan Ghosal

xii) Binay Barman
xiii) Sudipnarayan Moitra
xiv) Suman Saha

40. Number of post graduate students getting financial assistance from the
university: 07 (Merit Scholarship)
41. Was any need assessment exercise undertaken before the development of new
programme(s)? If so, highlight the methodology:
We have introduced M.Phil course in the Department in order to improve the quality
of research. This we felt necessary to develop the primary idea of research before
entering the high research degree.
42. Does the department obtain feedback from
a. faculty on curriculum as well as teaching-learning-evaluation? If yes, how
does the department utilize the feedback:
Yes, we take the input on our course curriculum regularly and incorporate the idea
in our Academic Programmes.
b. students on staff, curriculum and teaching-learning-evaluation and how does
the department utilize the feedback:
We incorporate the ideas and feedbacks which we take regularly from our students
of the department.
c. alumni and employers on the programmes offered and how does the
department utilize the feedback:
We incorporate the ideas and the feedback, which we take from our Alumni and
employers of the department.
43. List the distinguished alumni of the department (maximum 10):
a) Ajoy Kumar Lahiri, Australia
b) Dr. C. Muthia, Tamilnadu, India.
c) Dr. D.K. Ganguly, Santiniketan, India.
d) Dr. Kalyan Kumar Sarkar, Canada.
e) Dr. Pranabananda Jash, West Bengal, India.
f) Dr. S.N. Chopra, Chandigarh, India.
g) Dr. Satyen Patnaik, Bhubaneswar, India.
h) Mrs. Tan Chameli, Delhi, India.
i) Rev.Ugen.C. Lama, Darjeeling, India.
j) Dr. Warenyu Sanchun, Thailand.

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44. Give details of student enrichment programmes (special lectures / workshops /

seminar) involving external experts:
Special Lectures:
a) Special lectures arranged in the Department of A.I.H.C. & A. from time to time
as enrichment programme for the students.
b) Professor Upinder Singh, Delhi University delivered Special lecture on
Historiography and Historical writings in Ancient India in February, 2010.
c) Professor B.D. Chattapadhayaya delivered a special lecture on State Formation
in Ancient India in March 2009 in the seminar hall of the Department of
A.I.H.C & A.
d) Dr. Sumitto Thero, a Srilankan Monk delivered a special lecture on Buddhism in
Srilanka on 27th July, 2012 in the seminar hall of the Department of A.I.H.C &
A.
45. List the teaching methods adopted by the faculty for different programmes:
Traditional class teaching along with teaching aids.
46. How does the department ensure that programme objectives are constantly met
and learning outcomes are monitored:
The Department Teachers monitor the students Learning Programme through regular
internal assessment.
47. Highlight the participation of students and faculty in extension activities:
Our Students participate in NSS programmes, organized by the University’s NSS unit.
48. Give details of “beyond syllabus scholarly activities” of the department: Nil
49. State whether the programme / department is accredited / graded by other
agencies? If yes, give details: Not yet
50. Briefly highlight the contributions of the department in generating new
knowledge, basic or applied:
Through the regular Excavations and Explorations activities, the students of the
department are gaining and getting experiences with new findings.
51. Detail five major Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Challenges (SWOC)
of the department:
i) When late Professor N.C. Ghosh joined the Dept. as one of the experts on
field Archaeologist our Dept. has been conducting excavation works in
Jagjibanpur, Hattikra, and Kotasur in Eastern India. The findings from these
excavations have contributed immensely to eastern Indian Archaeology in

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particular and history in general.

ii) At present our Department is enriched with an Archaeological Museum
containing sculptural pieces, coins, and terracotta and bronze objects. These
artefacts mostly belong to History and archaeology from the earliest times to
early medieval Bengal. This is one of the finest contributions of Late
Professor Sudhir Ranjan Das, Professor of Archaeology.
iii) The Department of A.I.H.C & A has successfully conducted seven (7)
Refresher course programme on various aspects of ancient Indian History
Culture & Archaeology from the year 1998 to 2006.
52. Future plans of the department:
a) Like the previous years, our major thrust area would be research on the field of
Religious History (Brahmanical and Non-brahmanical) and eastern Indian
Archaeology.
b) Our future plan includes engagement of faculty and students in archaeological
exploration and excavation, particularly in Eastern India. Through such activities,
we want to enrich our Departmental Archaeological Museum so that it would be
utilized by the students, scholars, outside visitors and people who have interest in
indological studies would utilize the museum in future.

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Evaluative Report of the Centre for Journalism

and Mass Communication

1. Name of the Department: Centre for Journalism and Mass Communication (C.J.M.C.)
2. Year of establishment: 2000
3. Is the Department part of a School/Faculty of the university? Yes, part of Vidya-
Bhavana
4. Names of programmes offered (UG, PG, M.Phil., Ph.D., integrated Masters;
Integrated Ph.D., D.Sc., D.Litt., etc.) : PG Degree in Journalism and Mass
Communication, Ph.D in Journalism and Mass Communication.
5. Interdisciplinary programmes and departments involved: Yes
a) Department of Social Work - National Seminar on ‘Key Labour Issues in Birbhum.
West Bengal’ during 5 to 6 April, 2013
b) Dept of Economics and Politics - A special lecture of the Magsaysay award
winning journalist, P. Sainath on 'Slumdogs vs. Millionaires - Inequality and
Agrarian Crisis in India' on January 18, 2014
c) Indira Gandhi Centre - A special lecture of the noted journalist Mr Paranjoy Guha
Thakurta titled 'Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru's Economic Philosophy' as a part of the
year-long ‘Special Lecture Series on Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru’ on 13 January, 2014
d) Indira Gandhi Centre – Celebration of 125th Birth Anniversary of Pandit
Jawaharlal Nehru on 14 November, 2013
6. Courses in collaboration with other universities, industries, foreign institutions,
etc.: Not yet
7. Details of programmes discontinued, if any, with reasons: PG Diploma was
discontinued in 2002 and the course was upgraded to PG Degree from 2003 – 2004
Session.
8. Examination System: Annual/Semester/Trimester/Choice Based Credit System –
Semester
9. Participation of the department in the courses offered by other departments: Yes.
(a) Students participate in Certificate Courses in Language and Performing Arts.
(b) Faculty members teach Communication in BSW of Social Work Department.

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10. Number of teaching posts sanctioned, filled and actual (Professors/ Associate
Professors/ Asst. Professors/ others) :
Actual (including CAS
Sanctioned Filled
& MPS)
Professor 1 Nil 1 (CAS)
Associate Professors 2 2 1
Asst. Professors 2 1 1
Others Nil Nil Nil
11. Faculty profile with name, qualification, designation, area of specialization,
experience and research under guidance:
a) Name : Dr. Mausumi Bhattacharyya
Qualification : M.A., Ph.D
Designation : Associate Professor
Specialization : Audience Research, Audio-Visual Media,
New Media, Gender Studies
No. of Years of Experience : 14
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : 05
b) Name : Prof. Biplab Loha Chowdhury
Qualification : B.Sc. (Hons), M.A, Ph.D
Designation : Professor
Specialization : Media Organization Management,
Development Communication, Indian
perspective of Communication
No. of Years of Experience : 18 (Teaching)+6 (WBJSWS)
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : 08
c) Name : Ms. Sanhita Chatterjee
Qualification : M.A.
Designation : Assistant Professor
Specialization : Rural and Development Communication,
Audio Visual Production, Film Studies
No. of Years of Experience : 8 Months
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : Nil

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12. List of senior Visiting Fellows, adjunct faculty, emeritus professors:

a) Mr.Rudrangshu Mukherjee, Editorial Head, The Telegraph
b) Mr. Paranjoy Guha Thakurta – An independent renowned journalist and media
researcher.
c) Mr. Sunit Chakraborty – Joint Director News, AIR
d) Mrs. Subha Das Mollick – Media Researcher
13. Percentage of classes taken by temporary faculty — programme-wise: Not
Applicable
14. Programme-wise Student Teacher Ratio:
a) PG (2012-2014) – 8:1
b) PG (2013-2015) – 12:1
c) Ph.D. Course Work 2013 – 9:2
15. Number of academic support staff (technical) and administrative sanctioned,
filled and actual:
Sanctioned Filled Actual
Academic Support Staff
(Technical) - Nil Nil

Administrative Staff - 2 (Casual Staff) 2

Others - 1 (Contractual) 1
16. Research thrust areas as recognized by major funding agencies:
Labour Issues, New Media Research, Mobile Communication and Development
17. Number of faculty with ongoing projects from a) national b) international
agencies and c) Total grants received. Give the names of the project title and
grants received project-wise: Exploring possibilities
18. Inter-institutional collaborative projects and associated grants
a) National collaboration:
Organized an International Conference on “Crony Journalism: Redefining
Journalistic Practices” in Collaboration with ICSSR during January 18-19, 2014.
b) International collaboration:
i) Organized Collaborative Programmes on “Social Democracy and Media”
with Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, Germany (India Chapter) from 2009 to 2013 on
regular basis (in total seventeen programmes).
ii) Organized International Workshop jointly with the International Association
of Women in Radio & Television (IAWRT) on ‘Towards a gender-sensitive

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media’ during 12-13 November, 2011.

19. Departmental projects funded by DST-FIST; UGC-SAP/CAS, AICTE, etc.; total
grants received: Proposals under process
20. Research facility / centre with
a) state recognition: Nil b) national recognition: Proposals have been sent
c) international recognition: Nil
21. Special research laboratories sponsored by / created by industry or corporate
bodies: Not Applicable
22. Publications:
a) No. of papers published in peer reviewed journals (national/
international):
Dr. Mausumi Bhattacharyya –
i) Crystallizing Democratic Activism of Civil Society: The Role of Media-
West Bengal, a Case Study (p.p.57-64)
ii) Globalisation and Commercialisation of Media in South Asia: Time for a
Reality Check, 2009
Dr. Biplab Loha –
National-4
International-2
Ms. Sanhita Chatterjee –
i) An Awakening: Mahila Chetna Manch – Bhopal. Communique, Volume
II, 2009, Journal of the Symbiosis Institute of Media and Communication.
b) Monographs: – Nil
c) Chapters in Books: –
Dr. Mausumi Bhattacharyya –
i) Traditional media: The magic lamp for tomorrow’s India Book: Issues of
Journalistic Ethics and Freedom in the Contemporary Age of Digital
Media, Publisher: Subarnarekha, 73, MG Road, Kolkata -9 & University
of Calcutta, p.p. 181-183, ISBN: 81-86263-004, (January, 2012)
ii) Media and Women: Culture or Lack of It: Women, Culture and National
Integration, Edited by Prof Manas Ray & Published by Dr. Mani Mukut
Mitra, Registrar, Visva-Bharati , p.p. 52-55, (May, 2009).
iii) Social Media and Digital Literacy: Path for the Masses to Science, Book
- Voice of Social Media in Democracy: Ed. Dr. Mausumi Bhattacharyya,
ISBN: 978-81-7522-584-8. Publisher – Visva-Bharati Granthan Vibhag
(January 2014)
Dr. Biplab Loha Chowdhury –

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i) Media & Volunteering in UNDP-UNVF volume Volunteering In India

Contexts, Perspectives and Discourses, UNDP India Office, New Delhi,
2012.
ii) Indian Perspective & Tradition of Volunteering published in UNDP-
UNVF volume Volunteering in India Contexts, Perspectives and
Discourses, UNDP India Office, 2012.
Ms. Sanhita Chatterjee –
i) 'New Media: Synonymous with Social Change', Book - Voice of Social
Media in Democracy: An Anthology, Ed. Dr. Mausumi Bhattacharyya,
Year - January 2014, ISBN: 978-81-7522-584-8. Publisher – Visva-
Bharati Granthan Vibhaga.
d) Edited Book:
Dr. Mausumi Bhattacharyya –
i) Voice of Social Media in Democracy: An Anthology, Year - January
2014, ISBN: 978-81-7522-584-8, Publisher - Granthan Vibhaga, Visva-
Bharati.
Dr. Biplab Loha Chowdhury –
i) Issues in Media and Communication, February 2014, ISBN: 978-81-
922957, Publisher – SBE, New Delhi. (Jointly edited)
e) Books with ISBN with details of publishers:
Dr. Biplab Loha Chowdhury –
i) Nabamadhyamer Ruprekha (Bengali)-(An Outline of New Media),
Paschimbanga Rajyo Pustak Parshad, Kolkata, 2013, ISBN 978-81-247-
0715-9.
ii) Indian Paradigms of Development Man Standard and Communication,
Sampark Publishing House,Kolkata, 2011, 978-81-7768-058-4.
f) Number listed in International Database (For e.g. Web of Science, Scopus,
Humanities International Complete, Dare Database International Social
Sciences Directory, EBSCO host, etc.): N/A
g) Citation Index — range / average: N/A
h) SNIP: N/A
i) SIR: N/A
j) Impact Factor — range / average: N/A
k) h-index: N/A

23. Details of patents and income generated: Not yet

24. Areas of consultancy and income generated: Exploring possibilities

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25. Faculty selected nationally / internationally to visit other laboratories /

institutions / industries in India and abroad:
a) Dr. Mausumi Bhattacharyya –
i) Nominated from India in the Scientific Committee of the 'Symposium On
ASIA- USA Partnership Opportunities' organized by the Kennesaw State
University, USA held in Atlanta in April, 2013.
ii) Nominated from India to attend an International Youth Conference in Bonn,
Germany on ‘Shaping Globalization’ held from 18-24 November, 2010
organised by Forum Jugend and Politik, Germany
iii) Attended the 9th ASIA MEDIA SUMMIT held in Bangkok, Thailand on 29-
30 May, 2012 organised by the ASIA-PACIFIC INSTITUTE FOR
BROADCASTING DEVELOPMENT. The theme of the summit was
‘Creating Impact: Media in Today’s Society’.
iv) Attended the 8th ASIA MEDIA SUMMIT held in Hanoi, Vietnam on 24-25
May, 2011 organised by the ASIA-PACIFIC INSTITUTE FOR
BROADCASTING DEVELOPMENT. The theme of the summit was ‘Digital
Media Everywhere: Repositioning Broadcasting’.
b) Dr. Biplab Loha Chowdhury –
i) Invited to speak on “Reviewing Status of Communication in
Contemporary Health Policy of India” in International Communication
Management Conference (health issues) organized by Mudra Institute of
Communication Ahmedabad in collaboration with UNICEF,WHO and
UNFPA on 13th February, 2014
ii) Chaired inaugural session of International Seminar on Realizing Human
Potential in The Service of Humanity and Country: Sree Sree Thakur
Anukulchandra’s Economic and Development Concepts in Guwahati,
organized by Udgata and Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore Foundation, New
Delhi on 11th February, 2011
iii) Presented Paper on “ An Indian Experiment in IKS and Sustainable Rural
Development” in World Congress of IUAES, at Yunan University, Kunming
China in July 2009.
iv) Presented paper on “Communication and Economic Performance Synergy” in
annual conference of Asian Communication & media Congress at
Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand, October, 2012.
26. Faculty serving in
a) National committees:
Dr. Mausumi Bhattacharyya –

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i) Expert, Syllabus Designing Committee, National Institute for Open

Schooling, MHRD, Govt. of India
ii) Member, Media Information & Communication Centre of India, New Delhi
iii) Member, Foundation for Media Professionals, New Delhi
iv) External Expert, BOS, Mass Communication and Videography, Rabindra
Bharati University, Kolkata, WB
v) External Expert, BOS, Mass Communication and Videography, Vidyasagar
University, Medinipore, WB
vi) External Expert, BOS, Journalism & Mass Communication, Distance
Education, Kalyani University, Kalyani, WB
Dr. Biplab Loha Chowdhury –
i) Member, Board of Research Studies in Journalism & Mass Communication,
Burdwan University, West Bengal. (Till 2013)
ii) Member, BOS in Journalism, West Bengal State Text Book Board(Till date)
iii) Member, U.G. Board, Gour Banga University, Malda (Till 2012)
iv) Member, U.G.Board, West Bengal State University, Barasat (Till date)
v) Member, P.G. Board, West Bengal State University, Barasat (Till date)
vi) Member of the Committee of Research in Journalism & Mass
Communication, NSOU, Kolkata
vii) Member of the Managing Committee, Arkadyuti College of Education, Suri
viii) Member, National Executive (India), Asian Communication & Media
Congress
ix) Member of Media Information & Communication Centre of India
x) Member, NCERT Committee on Curriculum for Media Studies, 2010
b) International committees:
Dr. Mausumi Bhattacharyya –
i) Guest Editor, Global Media Journal, Summer 2014 Issue, India Chapter
ii) Member, Young Leader’s Think Tank - India, FES, Germany
Dr. Biplab Loha Chowdhury –
i) Expert in Research Panel in Journalism, Dhaka University, Bangladesh
c) Editorial Boards:
Dr. Mausumi Bhattacharyya –
i) Member, Editorial Board, E-Journal, Visva-Bharati
ii) Guest Editor: Global Media Journal - India, Summer 2014 issue
iii) Member, Advisory Committee, Internationa Journal of Communication
Development

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Dr. Biplab Loha Chowdhury –

i) Honorary Series Editor , GRTF-New Delhi Publishers book series on
alternative thoughts in development and institution building from July 2014.
d) Any other (please specify):
Dr. Mausumi Bhattacharyya –
i) Chairperson, Internal Complaints Committee for Prevention of Sexual
Harassment of Women at Workplace, Visva Bharati
ii) Convener, Women’s Study Centre, Visva-Bharati
iii) Member, The World At Large Committee, Visva Bharati
iv) Joint Cultural Secretary, Karmimondali, Visva-Bharati (2012-2014)
v) Editorial Coordinator, Visva-Bharati News
Dr. Biplab Loha Chowdhury –
i) Deputy Director (East), ACMC (India Chapter) 2012-2013
ii) Manuscript Reviewer in Journalism & Mass Communication, WBSBB,
Kolkata
iii) Member ,Trustee Board and Governing body GRTF, New Delhi
iv) Few selection boards including CSC WB and universities
Ms. Sanhita Chatterjee –
i) Member, ‘Students’ Activity Centre’, Visva Bharati
ii) Member, Visva-Bharati News
27. Faculty recharging strategies (UGC, ASC, Refresher / orientation programs,
workshops, training programs and similar programs): Yes
Dr. Mausumi Bhattacharyya takes special sessions in the ‘Science Communication’
course of the Indian Science News Association, Kolkata and interacts with the other
resource persons for update.
28. Student projects:
a) Percentage of students who have done in-house projects including
interdepartmental projects: 100%
b) Percentage of students doing projects in collaboration with other
universities / industry / institute: 20%
29. Awards / recognitions received at the national and international level by
a) Faculty:
Dr. Mausumi Bhattacharyya –
i) Nominated from India in the Scientific Committee of the 'Symposium on
ASIA- USA Partnership Opportunities' organized by the Kennesaw State
University, USA held in Atlanta, USA in April, 2013.

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ii) Vice Chancellor’s Nominee, Board of Studies, PG Diploma Course in

Mass Communication & Videography, Vidyasagar University, Midnapore,
WB
iii) Member, Board of Studies, Journalism & Mass Communication,
University of Gour Banga, Maldah, WB
iv) Member, Board of Studies, Directorate of Open & Distance Learning in
Mass Communication & Journalism, University of Kalyani, Kalyani,
Nadia, WB
v) Member of Media Information and Communication Centre of India,
New Delhi
vi) Member of the Young Leader Think Tank of FES India Chapter, New
Delhi
vii) Member of Foundation for Media Professionals, New Delhi
Dr. Biplab Loha Chowdhury –
i) Appointed Country Director for India (Head of National Executive) by
Asian Media & Communication Congress for 2014-2016.
ii) Nominated Deputy Director (East), India Chapter by Asian
Communication and Media Congress (Hq. Manilla, Philippines)
2012-2013
iii) Working as Honorary Series Editor for GRTF-New Delhi Publishers book
series on alternative thoughts in development and institution building from
July 2014.
iv) Delivered invited lecture in ICFAI University Tripura Education lecture
series on 25th April,2014 on “Transforming Education in India: An
Overdue Assignment”
v) As mentor, guiding education department of ICFAI university in
organizing national level seminar on perspectives of education from India
with special reference to Sree Sree Thakur Anukulchanra, 2014
vi) As Chairman of organizing Committee, guiding academic aspects of
Guwahati University Law department and Udgata international seminar on
rule of law, politics and communication to be held in February 2015
vii) Conducted National Deliberation on Communication for national
Integration: The Issues in Role of Media on 20th April, 2013 jointly
with ACMC, India Chapter.
b) Doctoral / post doctoral fellows: Scholars attend international and national
conferences on regular basis
c) Students: Students take part in departmental seminars and workshops regularly

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30. Seminars/ Conferences/Workshops organized and the source of funding (national

/ international) with details of outstanding participants, if any:

Sl. Funding
Seminars/Conferences/Workshops Date
No. Organisation

1 National Seminar on "Role of Social Media 7 April 2014 Friedrich Ebert

in Pluralisation of Media" Stiftung (FES),
Germany
2 National Seminar on "Genderlogue on Social 8 April 2014 Friedrich Ebert
Media and Gender Question" Stiftung (FES),
Germany
3 Film Show 5 May 2014 Films Division
(ERPC, Kolkata),
Govt. of India &
Karmi Mandoli,
Visva-Bharati
4 International Conference on “Crony 18 - 19 January ICSSR
Journalism: Redefining Journalistic 2014
Practices”
5 National Seminar on ‘Role of Social Media: 28 -29 Friedrich Ebert
A New Voice in a Democracy’ September 2013 Stiftung, Germany
6 Workshop on Media Management 23 September Visva – Bharati
2013
7 Workshop on Newspaper Editing 16 September Visva – Bharati
2013
8 National Deliberation on Communication for 20 April 2013 Asian Congress
national Integration The Issues in Role of for Media &
Media Communication
(India Chapter)
and Visva-Bharati
(Noted Editors
M.J. Akbar and
Padmashree
Patricia Mukhim
participated)
9 National Seminar on ‘Media Ethics: Reality 15-16 March UGC and Visva-
or Myth?’ 2013 Bharati

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10 National Seminar on ‘Key Labour Issues in 5-6 April 2013 Friedrich Ebert
Birbhum. West Bengal’ Stiftung, Germany
11 National Seminar on ‘ Emergence of New 20-22 April Friedrich Ebert
Media in the rural belt of India with special 2012 Stiftung, Germany
reference to West Bengal’
12 International Workshop jointly with 12-13 International
International Association of Women in Radio November, 2011 Association of
& Television (IAWRT) on ‘Towards a Women in Radio
gender-sensitive media’ & Television
(IAWRT)
13 National Workshop on ‘Grassroots 24-26 Friedrich Ebert
Communication in Tribal area’ November 2011 Stiftung (FES)
14 Workshop on ‘Research methodology’ 19 February, Visva-Bharati
2011
15 Workshop on ‘Media Management’ 30 March, 2011 Visva – Bharati
16 Workshop on Social Communication through 3-5 April, 2010 Friedrich Ebert
Radio Stiftung (FES)
17 Workshop on Engineering Social Social 25-27 March Friedrich Ebert
Development : How & Wherefore 2010 Stiftung (FES)
18 Workshop on Rural India: Connecting 22-24 Friedrich Ebert
through PR November, 2009 Stiftung (FES)
19 Workshop on Communication through Radio 28-30 August, Friedrich Ebert
2009 Stiftung (FES)
20 Workshop on Communication through Visual 27-29 March, Friedrich Ebert
Media 2009 Stiftung (FES)
21 Workshop on Communication through Print 20-22 February, Friedrich Ebert
Media 2009 Stiftung (FES)
22 National Seminar on 30 April, 2011 CJMC & GSDS,
Transforming Media Education New Delhi
31. Code of ethics for research followed by the departments: As per the University
rules.

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32. Student profile programme-wise:

Name of the Applications Selected Pass percentage
Programme received
Male Female Male Female
(refer to question no.
4)
PG 2013-2015 142 14 22 - -
PG 2012-2014 70 3 22 - -
PG 2011- 2013 127 5 19 5 19
PG 2010- 2012 102 8 9 8 9
PG 2009-2011 120 7 16 7 16
Ph.D Course Work 9 3 6 - -
2013
Ph.D Course Work 2 0 2 0 2
2012
Ph.D Course Work 3 0 3 0 3
2011
Ph.D Course Work 7 5 2 5 2
2010
33. Diversity of students:
% of % of students % of students % of
Name of the
Students from other from students
Programme
From the universities universities from
(refer to question
Same within the outside the other
No. 4)
university State State countries
PG (2009 -2013) None 96% 2% 2%
Ph.D (2010- 2013) 55% 44.75% 0.25% 0
34. How many students have cleared Civil Services and Defense Services
examinations, NET, SET, GATE and other competitive examinations? Give
details category-wise:
a) NET – 9
b) SET – 0
c) Civil Service/ Defense Service – 0
d) Other Competitive Examination/Government Service – 10

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35. Student progression:

Student progression Percentage against enrolled
UG to PG Not Applicable
PG to M.Phil. Not Applicable
PG to Ph.D. 15 % (Tentative)
Ph.D. to Post-Doctoral Not Yet
Employed Campus selection – (in the last 4 years) :
• Campus selection 4 selected for Gandhi Fellowship
• Other than campus recruitment 3 selected for ETV Network
Other than campus recruitment (in the
last 4 years) : Minimum 80 % Students are
recruited.
Entrepreneurs 10 %
36. Diversity of staff:
Percentage of faculty who are graduates
of the same university None
from other universities within the State 2
from universities from other States 1
from universities outside the country None
37. Number of faculty who were awarded M.Phil., Ph.D., D.Sc. and D.Litt. during the
assessment period:
Awarded Degree No. of Faculty
M.Phil. Nil
Ph.D. 01
D.Sc. Nil
D.Litt Nil
38. Present details of departmental infrastructural facilities with regard to
a) Library: In collaboration with IGC.
b) Internet facilities for staff and students: Yes
c) Total number of class rooms: 02.
d) Class rooms with ICT facility: 01
e) Students’ laboratories: Not yet
f) Research laboratories: Not yet

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39. List of doctoral, post-doctoral students and Research Associates:

a) Doctoral list from the host institution/university – Ph.D.
i) Aritra Chakraborty - “Information-education-communication for sustainable
rural development: evaluation of three programmes”.
ii) Urbi Ghosh - “Development and communication interface: a status study of
3 North Bengal villages at 3 different stages of development”.
iii) Mahendra Jena - “Rural development reporting in Bengali dailies: A case
study of Birbhum district in the state of West Bengal”.
iv) Avijit Ganguly - “Communication in Universalization of Education in
India”.
v) Debashis Mandal – “The Role of Media in Development of Rural Society
with Special References to Birbhum District, West Bengal”.
vi) Abir Mukherjee on Rural Communication.
vii) Sreetama Das - “Communication for development with reference to
development efforts by communities”.
viii) Reshmi Naskar Dalal - “The role of New Media in Rural Governance in
West Bengal”.
ix) Moon Jana - “Environment Communication: An Indian perspective with
special reference to West Bengal”.
x) Priyanka Roy - "Role of Social Media for Awareness and Prevention of
Lifestyle Diseases - A study on effectiveness among women in selected
metro cities of India"
b) From other institutions/universities –
i) Mou Mukherjee Das - “A Study on The Brand Equity of Cartoon Television
Channels in the non-metropolitan areas of West Bengal”.
ii) Sk. Rupa Rahilla - “ A study on communication satisfaction of readers of
newspapers: in search of methods”.
iii) Kapil Kumar Bhattacharya-“ Natyashashtra as Communication treatise: An
exploration of possibility for the present”
iv) Archan Mitra- “Modelling Interface between Information-Communication
Logistics& Environmental sustenances”
v) Debastuti Dasgupta -" Role of Social Media in Contemporary Bengali
Film Promotions and Marketing (2010-2015): With special reference to
Facebook and Twitter"
vi) Debjani Roy - " Role of Print Media for Preserving Culture: A Study with
Special Reference to Local Publications of the Birbhum District, West
Bengal
vii) Lalit Kumar - "A Critical Study of Mobile Governance in Development of
State (With especial reference to Bhopal district of MP)"

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viii) Shashi Subba - " Role and Impact of New Media on the Cultural
Perception of Youth of Sikkim: A Study"
40. Number of post graduate students getting financial assistance from the
university: 2 in this year. Every year at least 2 PG students get financial assistance.
41. Was any need assessment exercise undertaken before the development of new
programme(s)? If so, highlight the methodology: Yes, by inviting inputs from
subject experts.
42. Does the department obtain feedback from
a) faculty on curriculum as well as teaching-learning-evaluation? If yes, how
does the department utilize the feedback: Yes, in departmental committee
meetings.
b) students on staff, curriculum and teaching-learning-evaluation and how does
the department utilize the feedback: Teachers seek students’ opinion; their
opinions are utilized for departmental development, teaching improvement.
Considered during curriculum revision also the course was revised twice, third
revision is under discussion.
c) alumni and employers on the programmes offered and how does the
department utilize the feedback: We have a departmental page on a social
networking website (“CJMC Family” on Facebook) to take account of their
opinions. We also have a departmental email id ([email protected]) for
communicating with them.
43. List the distinguished alumni of the department (maximum 10):
a) Utsav Chatterjee – Assistant Professor, St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata
b) Manas Pratim Sharma – Indian Information Service
c) Roshni Das – Senior Journalist, Times of India, Kolkata
d) Dipannita Das –Senior Journalist, Hindustan Times, Pune
e) Anuran Lal Singh Handa – Senior Executive, Tata Consultancy Services
f) Arka Mitra Barui - Senior Executive, Axis Bank
g) Dhrubojyoti Adhikary- Sr. Producer, 24 Ghanta Satellite TV Channel
h) Sagar Das – Journalist, Bartaman
i) Khandoma Bhutia- SDICO, Govt. of West Bengal
j) Deepika Thapa- Assistant Professor, J& MC, North Bengal University, Siliguri

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44. Give details of student enrichment programmes (special lectures / workshops /

seminar) involving external experts:
Special Lectures:
a) ‘The Documentary Photographic Image-The Story Is The Thing!’ by Professor
George C McLemore, Department of Communication of the University of
Texas-Pan American, USA on 22 July, 2012
b) Special Lecture by Shri Paranjoy Guha Thakurta on Corporatisation of
Media held on 15 March 2013
c) A special lecture of P. Sainath on 'Slumdogs vs. Millionaires - Inequality
and Agrarian Crisis in India' on January 18, 2014
d) A special lecture of the noted journalist Mr Paranjoy Guha Thakurta titled
'Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru's Economic Philosophy' as a part of the year-
long ‘Special Lecture Series on Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru’ - 13 January
2014
e) A special interaction session on National Integration with M.J. Akbar and
Padmashri Patricia Mukhim on 19th April,2013 at Central library Hall
45. List the teaching methods adopted by the faculty for different programmes:
Visualization method for advertising, experiential learning for development
communication and communication research. Retrospective scenario building in few
courses, from practical to theory building and vice-versa in Media Organization
Management and Film & New Media specializations.
46. How does the department ensure that programme objectives are constantly met
and learning outcomes are monitored:
Students are given exposure to presentation skills, interview techniques etc.by the
industry professionals to help them prepare themselves for the greater challenges in
future.
47. Highlight the participation of students and faculty in extension activities:
Over the years, all students and faculty members have worked for communication and
development in the rural belt of Birbhum in collaboration with Friedrich Ebert
Stiftung, Germany
48. Give details of “beyond syllabus scholarly activities” of the department:
The department has initiated discourses on improving Social Communication and
utilization of communication system for National Integration. In this sector, one key
achievement of the department has been continuous association with FES, the
renowned German foundation who supports various social and democratic activities in
academic institutions in more than 110 countries across the world. The collaboration

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which got initiated in the year 2009 in the field of social communication has got
widened in the two other wings of FES – Labour Issue and Gender from 2013. The
department has successfully conducted 17 programmes with FES in various fields till
date during the last five years. FES has identified the department as the only
Journalism and Mass Communication Centre in Eastern India where they are
conducting programmes concerning all their three wings.
Recently, students have entered in mentoring programme conducted by the Public
Relations Society of India. Students and scholars present papers at various national
and international conferences on regular basis. Students participate in various
photography competitions and others contests. Students help in the event management
of various festivals held in Santiniketan (Pous Mela, Anadabazar etc.).
49. State whether the programme / department is accredited / graded by other
agencies? If yes, give details: Not yet
50. Briefly highlight the contributions of the department in generating new
knowledge, basic or applied:
Builds budding communicators a real taste of the practical field of journalism.
Students also prepare visual and audio news capsules, full-fledged films, web projects
under the guidance of the experts from the respective fields. They prepare short films
chronicling work related to development communication, with emphasis on rural
India.
51. Detail five major Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Challenges (SWOC)
of the department:
a) Strengths:
i) Practical Training Based Course
ii) Guidance of experts from the field
iii) Scope for extensive field work
iv) Scope for Rural and Development Communication
v) A heritage institution with a strong Indian Communication approach.
b) Weaknesses:
i) Infrastructure
ii) Limited number of Faculty Members
iii) Inadequate space
iv) Distance from metro city
v) Inadequate medical facilities.
c) Opportunities:
i) Scope for extensive field work
ii) Scope for Rural and Development Communication

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iii) Opportunities for undertaking projects

iv) Scope for further development
v) Scope for convergence of New Media with the Traditional Communication
System prevailing in the nearby rural area.
d) Challenges:
i) Distance from metro city
ii) Funding
iii) Inadequate Infrastructure
iv) Generating confidence among the rural students bearing modest background
v) Availability of adequate scholarships for meritorious students
52. Future plans of the department:
a) Updating the present course curriculum with a special emphasis on Rural
Communication and New Media under Mass Communication Studies.
b) Exploring the probability of introducing short-term courses.

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Evaluative Report of the Department of Geography

1. Name of the Department : Geography

2. Year of establishment : 1968 (B.A. Honours programme initiated)
3. Is the Department part of a School/Faculty of the university? Yes, Vidya-Bhavana
4. Names of programmes offered (UG, PG, M.Phil., Ph.D., integrated Masters;
Integrated Ph.D., D.Sc., D.Litt., etc.) :
UG, PG and Ph.D.
5. Interdisciplinary programmes and departments involved :
We have initiated an interdisciplinary programme for establishing the Centre For
Climate Studies with Department of Environmental Science, Visva-Bharati.
6. Courses in collaboration with other universities, industries, foreign institutions,
etc.: We shall have to take initiatives for exchange programme with other national and
foreign universities.
7. Details of programmes discontinued, if any, with reasons: None
8. Examination System: Semester System
9. Participation of the department in the courses offered by other departments :
Some of our faculty members are participating in different UGC sponsored refresher and
other courses of equivalent nature to different universities.
10. Number of teaching posts sanctioned, filled and actual (Professors/ Associate
Professors/ Asst. Professors/ others) :
Actual (including CAS
Sanctioned Filled
& MPS)
Professor 2 1 1+6 CAS
Associate Professors 4 2 2
Asst. Professors 9 9 3
Others - - -
11. Faculty profile with name, qualification, designation, area of specialization,
experience and research under guidance :
a) Name : Prof. Guru Prasad Chattopadhyay
Qualification : M.A., Ph.D

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Designation : Professor
Specialization : Geomorphology, Environmental Geography
No. of Years of Experience : 37
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : 08
b) Name : Prof. Sumantro Mukherjee
Qualification : M.A., Ph.D
Designation : Professor
Specialization : Resource Geography, Water Resources
No. of Years of Experience : 34
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : 01
c) Name : Prof. Debasish das
Qualification : M.A., M.Phil, Ph.D
Designation : Professor
Specialization : Rural Development, Regional Planning,
Agricultural Geography
No. of Years of Experience : 34
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : 08
d) Name : Prof. Malay Mukhopadhyay
Qualification : M.A., Ph.D
Designation : Professor
Specialization : Fluvial Geography, Environmental
Geography, Regional Planning
No. of Years of Experience : 27
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : 06
e) Name : Prof. Uma Sankar Malik
Qualification : M.A., Ph.D
Designation : Professor
Specialization : Industrial Geography
No. of Years of Experience : 26
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : 08
f) Name : Dr. Sutapa Mukhopadhyay
Qualification : M.A., Ph.D

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Designation : Associate Professor

Specialization : Geomorphology
No. of Years of Experience : 17
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : 08
g) Name : Dr. Manjari Bhattacharji
Qualification : M.A., Ph.D
Designation : Associate Professor
Specialization : Geomorphology
No. of Years of Experience : 14
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : 06
h) Name : Dr. Gopal Chandra Debnath
Qualification : MA, M.P.S., M.B.A., D.IDM. PS., GIS
(Texas University, USA), MSW., D.M.M.,
D.P.M., C.D.P.,C.R.S., Ph.D.
Designation : Associate Professor
Specialization : Population Geography, GIS
No. of Years of Experience : Research 30years, Teaching 3 years
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : Nil
i) Name : Dr. Krishnendu Gupta
Qualification : MA, PG Diploma in RS &GIS (IIRS), Ph.D.
Designation : Assistant Professor
Specialization : Applied Geomorphology, Remote Sensing &
GIS
No. of Years of Experience : 16
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : Nil
j) Name : Mr. Bhairu Lal Yadav
Qualification : M.A., M.Phil
Designation : Assistant Professor
Specialization : Population Geography and Demography
No. of Years of Experience : 2.5
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : Nil

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k) Name : Ms. Sudipta Sarkar

Qualification : M.A., M. Phil, MAGD
Designation : Assistant Professor
Specialization : Population and Settlement Geography
No. of Years of Experience : 7 months
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : Nil
12. List of senior Visiting Fellows, adjunct faculty, emeritus professors:
Already a letter has been sanctioned for inviting a visiting fellow. Prof. Sudipto
Adhikary, Professor and Ex. Vice Chancellor, Patna University, have a plan to come in
our university for delivery a series of lecturers under the scheme.
13. Percentage of classes taken by temporary faculty — programme-wise : No
14. Programme-wise Student Teacher Ratio :
a) U.G. – 1:15
b) P.G. – 1:10
15. Number of academic support staff (technical) and administrative sanctioned,
filled and actual:
Staff Sanctioned Post
Technical (cartographer) 1 i.e. vacant
Administrative 2
Laboratory 1 i.e. vacant
16. Research thrust areas as recognized by major funding agencies:
a) Human Ecology,
b) Physical Geography,
c) RS/GIS
d) Climate Studies (UGC, ICSSR, DST)
17. Number of faculty with ongoing projects from a) national b) international
agencies and c) Total grants received. Give the names of the project title and
grants received project-wise: Nil
a) National – 06
b) International – Nil
c) Total Grants received – Rs. 3000000/- (approx)
S.No. Name of the faculty Title of the project Sponsoring
member as P.I. Agency
1 Dr. Malay A perception study on Govt, of India,
Mukhopadhyay PI ;Dr. Kal Baisakhi (pre monsoon Ministry of

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Arini Chakraborty,( storm) in neighbourhood of science and

Physics) Dr. Sutapa Santiniketan Technology ,
Mukhopadhyay, and Dr. Department of
Debashis Science and
Sarkar(Agriculture), Co- Technology,
Investigators Earth system
science Division,
2 Prof.V.C.Jha Principal LandDegredation.Desertification Department of
Investigator and Integated Management of Science and
Dr. Krishnendu Gupta the lateritic surfaces in Birbhum Technology,
Co Investigator District, West Bengal Using Govt. of West
Field and Remote Sensing Bengal
techniques
3 Dr. Manjari Bhattacharji “Rural Human Ecosystems: University Grants
Comparative studies from Commission
different ecological regions of ,New Delhi
W.B
4 Prof. Sutapa An approach to the abatement of University Grants
Mukhopadhyay flood hazards of Mayurakshi Commission
river basin of West Bengal, ,New Delhi
Eastern India, through geo-
economic management
5 Prof. Guru Prasad Quaternary geomorphology University Grants
Chattopadhyay and pattern of temporal and Commission
spatial de-glaciation on the ,New Delhi
southeast-facing slopes of
Kanchenjunga, Sikkim
Himalaya

6 Dr. Manjari Bhattacharji Impact of regulated drainage on Indian Council of

agriculture and ecology in parts Social Science
of Lower Damodar Flood Plain, Research(ICSSR),
West Bengal New Delhi
18. Inter-institutional collaborative projects and associated grants
a) National collaboration: Already completed one project in collaboration with
department of Atmospheric Physics, Jadavpur University.
b) International collaboration: We have already prepared a futuristic scheme for
the international collaboration for interdisciplinary scheme. The Department has

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been already recognized by IGU (International Geographical Union).

19. Departmental projects funded by DST-FIST; UGC-SAP/CAS, AICTE, etc.; total
grants received:
Project/ Principal- Co- Funding agency Total grant
Duration/ Investigator investigat (in Rs.)
Status or-if any
A perception study on Dr. Malay Arini Ministry of science 11,11,692/-
Kal Baisakhi in Mukhopadhyay Chakrabor and Technology ,
neighbourhood of ty, Dr. Department of
Santiniketan Sutapa Science and
(Duration: 3 Yrs Mukhopa Technology, Earth
Status: Completed) dhyay, Dr. system science
Debashis Division, Govt, of
Sarkar India
Quaternary Prof. Guru UGC 8,88,000/-
geomorphology and Prasad
pattern of temporal and Chattopadhyay
spatial deglaciation on the
southeast-facing slopes of
Kanchenjunga, Sikkim
Himalaya
(Duration: 3 Yrs
Status: Completed)
Project/ Principal- Co- Funding agency Total grant
Duration/ Investigator investigat (in Rs.)
Status or-if any
An approach to the Dr. Sutapa UGC 6,37,200/-
abatement of flood Mukhopadhyay
hazards of Mayurakshi
River basin of West
Bengal, Eastern India,
through geo - economic
management since 1st
February,2010
(Duration: 3 Yrs
Status: Completed)
Rural Human Dr. Manjari UGC 7,76,200/-
Ecosystems: Comparative Bhattacharya
studies from different
ecological regions of W.B
(Duration: 2 Yr 6 months
Status: Completed)

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20. Research facility / centre with

a) State recognition : Department already has been recognized by DST for
conducting research.
b) National recognition: Department already has been recognized by UGC and
ICSSR.
c) International recognition:
21. Special research laboratories sponsored by / created by industry or corporate
bodies: No
22. Publications:
a) No. of papers published in peer reviewed journals (national/
international):
Prof. Sutapa Mukhopadhyay – 08
Prof. U. S. Malik – 08
Dr. Manjari Bhattacharji – 11
Prof. G. P. Chattopadhyay – 14
Prof. M. Mukhopadhyay – 03
b) Monographs:
c) Chapters in Books:
Prof. Sutapa Mukhopadhyay – 02
Dr. Manjari Bhattacharji – 01
d) Edited Books:
Prof. Sutapa Mukhopadhyay –
Prof. U. S. Malik –
Dr. Manjari Bhattacharji – 01
Prof. G. P. Chattopadhyay –
Prof. M. Mukhopadhyay – 02
e) Books with ISBN with details of publishers:
Prof. Sutapa Mukhopadhyay –
i) Advanced River Geography, 2010, acb publication, (joint author ) Kolkata,
ISBN 81-87500-33-6.
ii) Dynamic Fluvio-geomorphological Environment of Indian Sundarbans,
2012, Lambert Academic Publishing,Germany, ISBN 978-3-8443-1370-3.
iii) Geographical Dictionary (in Bengali), 2013 Published by acb publication, (
joint author ) Kolkata.ISBN 81-87500-74.
Dr. Manjari Bhattacharji –
i) Resource Use and Development Quandary Ed. R.S.Singh. Cambridge
Scholars Publishing Limites ISBN: 9780000052377.
Prof. M. Mukhopadhyay –

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i) Advanced River Geography, 2010, (joint author ) acb publication, Kolkata,

ISBN 81-87500-33-6.
ii) Geographical Dictionary ( joint author )(in Bengali), 2013 Published by acb
publication, Kolkata.ISBN 81-87500-74.
f) Number listed in International Database (For e.g. Web of Science, Scopus,
Humanities International Complete, Dare Database International Social
Sciences Directory, EBSCO host, etc.):
g) Citation Index — range / average:
h) SNIP:
i) SIR:
j) Impact Factor — range / average:
k) h-index:
23. Details of patents and income generated: We have plan to open a self financed
integrated course work in GIS and Remote Sensing.
24. Areas of consultancy and income generated: We have plan to open a self financed
integrated course work in GIS and Remote Sensing.
25. Faculty selected nationally / internationally to visit other laboratories /
institutions / industries in India and abroad:
Many of our faculty members are selected nationally and internationally in various
programme.
26. Faculty serving in
a) National committees: No
b) International committees: No
c) Editorial Boards: No
d) Any other (please specify):
Prof. V.C. Jha –
Director in NATMO-DST, GOI, Vide individual State-on deputation.
27. Faculty recharging strategies (UGC, ASC, Refresher / orientation programs,
workshops, training programs and similar programs):
All the young faculty members have participated in UGC sponsored orientation and
refresher courses.
28. Student projects:
Students participate in mandatory in self financed house projects as part of their
curriculum.
a) percentage of students who have done in-house projects including

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interdepartmental projects: No
b) percentage of students doing projects in collaboration with other
universities / industry / institute: No
29. Awards / recognitions received at the national and international level by
a) Faculty: No
b) Doctoral / post doctoral fellows: No
c) Students: No
30. Seminars/ Conferences/Workshops organized and the source of funding (national
/ international) with details of outstanding participants, if any:
a) National Seminar on Emerging Issues in Geography (2010).
b) National Seminar on Frontiers of Research in Mna Nature Interface 2014
c) One DST SPONSORED workshop: on Perception of Neighborhood People on
Kaal baisakhi Storm(2011)
31. Code of ethics for research followed by the departments:
As per University Rules.
32. Student profile programme-wise:
Name of the Selected Pass percentage
Applications
Programme
Received Male Female Male Female
(refer to question no. 4)
U.G. 23 22 100% 100%
P.G. 26 20 100% 100%

33. Diversity of students:

% of % of students % of students % of
Name of the
Students from other from students
Programme
From the universities universities from
(refer to question
Same within the outside the other
No. 4)
university State State countries
U.G. 50% 50% 0 0
P.G. 88.4% 11.6% 0 0

34. How many students have cleared Civil Services and Defense Services
examinations, NET, SET, GATE and other competitive examinations? Give
details category-wise:
a) NET/SET : 63

35. Student progression:

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Student progression Percentage against enrolled

UG to PG 99%
PG to M.Phil. N/A
PG to Ph.D. 25%
Ph.D. to Post-Doctoral N/A
Employed
• Campus selection N/A
• Other than campus recruitment
Entrepreneurs N/A
36. Diversity of staff:
Percentage of faculty who are graduates
of the same university 3
from other universities within the State 6
from universities from other States 2
from universities outside the country NIL
37. Number of faculty who were awarded M.Phil., Ph.D., D.Sc. and D.Litt. during the
assessment period:
Awarded Degree No. of Faculty
M.Phil. Nil
Ph.D. Nil
D.Sc. Nil
D.Litt Nil
38. Present details of departmental infrastructural facilities with regard to
a) Library: Yes
b) Internet facilities for staff and students: Yes
c) Total number of class rooms: 3 classrooms
d) Class rooms with ICT facility: 02 laboratories
e) Students’ laboratories: 02
f) Research laboratories: Nil
39. List of doctoral, post-doctoral students and Research Associates:
a) from the host institution/university – 03
b) from other institutions/universities – 07
40. Number of post graduate students getting financial assistance from the
university:
Substantial number of students are getting the financial assistance in various scheme

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like national scholarship, free student ship, single girl child, OBC, Monorities, SCs,
STs, Handicapped etc.
41. Was any need assessment exercise undertaken before the development of new
programme(s)? If so, highlight the methodology:
Inputs are being invited from External Experts.
42. Does the department obtain feedback from
a. faculty on curriculum as well as teaching-learning-evaluation? If yes, how
does the department utilize the feedback: Yes, through faculty meetings.
b. students on staff, curriculum and teaching-learning-evaluation and how does
the department utilize the feedback: No
c. alumni and employers on the programmes offered and how does the
department utilize the feedback: No.
43. List the distinguished alumni of the department (maximum 10):
a) Dr. Sucharita Sen (JNU)
b) Swadesh Pal-Ga Barga
c) Bidisha Biswas
d) Saint Chdentaty
44. Give details of student enrichment programmes (special lectures / workshops /
seminar) involving external experts: Yes
45. List the teaching methods adopted by the faculty for different programmes:
Mandatory Field based study micro-level studies on different problems and issues of
neighboring areas under the direct supervision of Faculty members and preparation of
reports.
46. How does the department ensure that programme objectives are constantly met
and learning outcomes are monitored:
By the various monitoring activities like examination, debate, ex tempo, essay writing,
quiz etc.
47. Highlight the participation of students and faculty in extension activities:
NSS, NCC, outreach activities.
48. Give details of “beyond syllabus scholarly activities” of the department:
Student seminars on topics beyond curriculum
49. State whether the programme / department is accredited / graded by other
agencies? If yes, give details:
Not yet
50. Briefly highlight the contributions of the department in generating new

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knowledge, basic or applied:

As the subject is an empirical one, so the subject holds a strong position in
disseminating traditional knowledge as well as basic and applied knowledge for
mitigating the problem of man and nature.
51. Detail five major Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Challenges (SWOC)
of the department:
a) Strengths:
i) Well balanced syllabus, punctuality, continuous evaluation, good teacher
student ratio, excellent ambient atmosphere teaching-learning process.
ii) The current academic syllabus is well balanced and conforms to that being
followed in different universities across India.
iii) Because of a well balanced syllabus our students are qualifying in the
National Level Eligibility Tests[NET] being conducted by UGC every year
and most of them are suitably employed within a short period of their
passing out .
iv) The internal assessment tests are being conducted punctually in all the
Semesters so also the semester end examinations thereby ensuring
continuous evaluation of students’ academic performance.
v) Class seminars on topics related to the syllabi are conducted and duly
evaluated thereby ensuring students’ active participation in the teaching
learning process.
vi) Activities such as class seminars generate a lot of academic enthusiasm
among students and ensure active student teacher interaction.
b) Weaknesses:
i) Space crunch, funds are not adequate, shortage of ministerial staff both
technical and non technical, lack of laboratories, class room equipments,
lavatories etc.
ii) The department urgently needs additional class rooms, a seminar hall and
separate cubicles for full time and part time research scholars.
iii) Expert technical staff to handle map making and making them camera
/publication ready are urgently required too to assist in the publication of
research /study materials.
iv) Qualified personnel are also urgently required for maintenance, storage,
documentation and inventorisation of hard and soft data to ensure ease and
proper utilization of the database available in the department.
v) Separate lavatories are required for female and male faculty and staff
members.
vi) Staff for day to day cleaning and maintenance of rooms, departmental

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premises and lavatory is urgently required for proper maintenance of ‘work

atmosphere’ and general ambience of the department.
c) Opportunities:
i) Ample scope for employment generation, strong research avenues,
opportunities in decision making in public and private life, participatory
resource appraisal and digital challenges.
ii) The department can offer a self financed diploma course on Remote Sensing
& GIS .Not only will the students benefit from it but it will also create local
employment opportunities.
iii) A monograph on the resource base of the Birbhum district will throw open
several viable opportunities in decision making in public and private life.
iv) The department can set up an outreach centre for implementation of
development programmes funded by different wings of the Government
Departments such as DST, Ministries of forest, Rural Development,
Environment, etc.
v) Points ii & iii above will generate enough sustainable scope for employment
generation.
d) Challenges:
i) To update the syllabus/curriculum for keeping the trend of subject,
technological up gradation, infrastructure and logistic support.
ii) The principal challenges for realisation of the points and agenda stated
above will be to initiate the administrative and logistic processes.
iii) Identification of the funding agencies.
iv) Obtaining the required amount of funds for activities stated under the Head
of Opportunities (C) above will be another significant challenge.
v) Implementation of the activities and opportunities to be generated will be a
significant challenge before the department too.
52. Future plans of the department:
a) Collaborative research with organizations like ISRO, Departments of environment,
rural development.etc with special reference local issues, problems and prospects.
b) Implementation of the results of collaborative research on ground.
c) Training programmes on mapping skills and applied geographical knowledge for
administrative personnel.
d) Revenue generation through the above programmes.
e) Departmental collaboration with recognised private institutions for policy making
and subsequent implementation.
f) Establishment of contact with alumni engaged in different spheres of activity in
India and abroad for exchange programmes and academic and professional

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interaction with current students.

g) Establishment of contact with other universities and organizations(both national
and international)for student exchange programme like summer courses, field
studies and workshops.

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Evaluative Report of the Department of Anthropology

1. Name of the Department : Department of Anthropology

2. Year of establishment : 2010
3. Is the Department part of a School/Faculty of the university? Yes, Vidya-Bhavana
4. Names of programmes offered (UG, PG, M.Phil., Ph.D., integrated Masters;
Integrated Ph.D., D.Sc., D.Litt., etc.) :
PG and Ph.D.
5. Interdisciplinary programmes and departments involved :
Planning for collaboration with other departments of parent and other universities.
6. Courses in collaboration with other universities, industries, foreign institutions,
etc.: Planning for collaboration with other universities.
7. Details of programmes discontinued, if any, with reasons: No
8. Examination System: Semester System
9. Participation of the department in the courses offered by other departments :
Faculty act as a gust teacher in other departments.
10. Number of teaching posts sanctioned, filled and actual (Professors/ Associate
Professors/ Asst. Professors/ others) :
Actual (including CAS
Sanctioned Filled
& MPS)
Professor 01 Unfilled
Associate Professors 01 01 Professor (CAS)
Asst. Professors 04 03
Others Nil Nil Nil
11. Faculty profile with name, qualification, designation, area of specialization,
experience and research under guidance :
a) Name : Dr. Manas Ray
Qualification : M.Sc., M.Phil., Ph.D, D.Litt
Designation : Professor
Specialization : Cultural Anthropology

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No. of Years of Experience : 15

No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : 12
b) Name : Dr. Arnab Ghosh
Qualification : M.Sc., Ph.D
Designation : Assistant Professor
Specialization : Physical/Biological Anthropology
No. of Years of Experience : 10
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : 06
c) Name : Dr. Jyoti Ratan Ghosh
Qualification : M.Sc., Ph.D
Designation : Assistant Professor
Specialization : Physical/Biological Anthropology
No. of Years of Experience : 04
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : 02
d) Name : Dr. Rangya Gachui
Qualification : M.A., Ph.D
Designation : Assistant Professor
Specialization : Social-Cultural Anthropology
No. of Years of Experience : 04
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : 01
12. List of senior Visiting Fellows, adjunct faculty, emeritus professors: Nil
13. Percentage of classes taken by temporary faculty — programme-wise : Nil
14. Programme-wise Student Teacher Ratio :
a) P.G. – 1:2.5
c) Ph.D. – 1:1
15. Number of academic support staff (technical) and administrative sanctioned,
filled and actual:
Sanctioned Filled Actual
Academic Support Staff 05 01 01
(technical)
Administrative Staff 02 01 01

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16. Research thrust areas as recognized by major funding agencies:

Epidemiology; Non-communicable disease.
17. Number of faculty with ongoing projects from a) national b) international
agencies and c) Total grants received. Give the names of the project title and
grants received project-wise:
Number of faculty - 2
National – 5
Total grants received – Rs. 83,12,800.00
Gunding Agencies – UGC, ICMR, ICSSR
Project-wise names of the funding agencies, project title and grants received :
Funding agency Project title Grants received
UGC On Childhood obesity Rs. 10,85,200.00
UGC T2DM risk in adult....of WB, India Rs. 10,92,600.00
ICMR On obesity explanation Rs. 26,00,000.00
ICMR On CVD risk factor among Indian Tribes Rs. 30,00,000.00
ICSSR Cervical cancer assessment Rs. 5,35,000.00
18. Inter-institutional collaborative projects and associated grants
a) National collaboration: One National collaboration with Dept. Of Anthropology,
University of Calcutta Funding agency - UGC, Grants – Rs. 10,92,600.00.
b) International collaboration: Nil
19. Departmental projects funded by DST-FIST; UGC-SAP/CAS, AICTE, etc.; total
grants received: Nil
20. Research facility / centre with
a) state recognition : Nil b) national recognition: Nil
c) international recognition: Nil
21. Special research laboratories sponsored by / created by industry or corporate
bodies: No
22. Publications:
a) No. of papers published in peer reviewed journals (national/
international):
Prof. Manas Ray – 05
Dr. Arnab Ghosh – 31
Dr. Jyoti Ratan Ghosh – 08
Dr. Rangya Gachui – 01
b) Monographs: – Nil
c) Chapters in Books: – 04

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Prof. Manas Ray –

i) ‘Connectivity, Ethnic crisis and National Integration’ in Issues in
contemporary society, ed. by J. Borbora & other, DVS Publications,
Gwahati, Assam, ISBN: 978-81-86307-28-1, 2010.
Dr. Jyoti Ratan Ghosh –
i) Does overweight influence foot structure in adult? 2011. People of
Contemporary North East India. Tiluttoma Baruha (Eds.) Partisruti
Publication, Guwahati. Pp. 38-48. (ISBN 81-88705-12-2).
ii) Assessing obesity in adult Bengalee males.2012. Human health: a
biocultural synthesis. Subir Biswas (Eds). Concept Publishing.
(ISBN:9788180698460).
d) Edited Books: Nil
e) Books with ISBN with details of publishers: Nil
f) Number listed in International Database (For e.g. Web of Science, Scopus,
Humanities International Complete, Dare Database International Social
Sciences Directory, EBSCO host, etc.):
Prof. Manas Ray – 04
Dr. Arnab Ghosh – 27
Dr. Jyoti Ratan Ghosh – 06
g) Citation Index — range / average:
Dr. Arnab Ghosh – range-1-13
Dr. Jyoti Ratan Ghosh – range-1-13
h) SNIP:
i) SIR:
j) Impact Factor — range / average:
Dr. Arnab Ghosh – range- 0.451-3.978
Dr. Jyoti Ratan Ghosh – range-0.676 – 2.335
k) h-index:
23. Details of patents and income generated: Nil
24. Areas of consultancy and income generated: Nil
25. Faculty selected nationally / internationally to visit other laboratories /
institutions / industries in India and abroad: Nil
26. Faculty serving in
a) National committees:

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Prof. Manas Ray –

i) Member, Networking and communication, Anthropological survey of India,
Govt. of India.
ii) Member, Jt. Programme Advisory Committee (PAC), Prasar Bharati, Govt.
of India.
iii) Member, Mass Media Centre, Govt. of West Bengal.
iv) Member, Board of Studies, West Bengal State University.
v) Member, Board of Studies, Department of Mass Communication, University
of Burdwan.
b) International committees: Nil
c) Editorial Boards:
Prof. Manas Ray –
i) Editor, The Anthropology, Visva-Bharati (ISSN: 2249-9830) .
ii) Member, Editorial Advisory Board, Global media Journal, USA.
iii) Peer Reviewer, IPS, France, IISET, UK and SA.
Dr. Arnab Ghosh –
i) Journal of Cardiovascular Disease Research.
ii) Journal of Cardiology and Therapy.
iii) The Anthropology, Visva-Bharati (ISSN: 2249-9830).
Dr. Jyoti Ratan Ghosh –
i) Editorial Board Member, The Anthropology, Visva-Bharati (ISSN: 2249-
9830).
ii) Reviewer of International Journals:
A. Therapy
B. The Medical Science Monitor
C. Annals of Human Biology
D. Indian Journal of Medical Science
Dr. Rangya Gachui –
i) Editorial Board Member, The Anthropology, Visva-Bharati (ISSN: 2249-
9830).
d) Any other (please specify): Nil
27. Faculty recharging strategies (UGC, ASC, Refresher / orientation programs,
workshops, training programs and similar programs):
Dr. Jyoti Ratan Ghosh –
a) Refresher course, ASC, University of North Bengal
b) Orientation programme, ASC, University of Calcutta
Dr. Rangya Gachui –
a) Refresher course, ASC, University of Calcutta

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b) Orientation programme, ASC, Aligarh Muslim University

28. Student projects:
a) percentage of students who have done in-house projects including
interdepartmental projects: 100%
b) percentage of students doing projects in collaboration with other
universities / industry / institute: Planning for doing projects in collaboration
with other Universities by the students.
29. Awards / recognitions received at the national and international level by
a) Faculty: Nil
b) Doctoral / post doctoral fellows: Nil
c) Students: Participated in the Indo-China cultural exchange programme.
30. Seminars/ Conferences/Workshops organized and the source of funding (national
/ international) with details of outstanding participants, if any:
Planning for organizing national and international seminar/conferences/ workshops.
31. Code of ethics for research followed by the departments:
As per University Rules.
32. Student profile programme-wise:
Name of the Selected Pass percentage
Applications
Programme
Received Male Female Male Female
(refer to question no. 4)
P.G. (2010-11) NA NA NA NA NA
P.G. (2011-12) 20 03 03 100% 100%
P.G. (2012-13) 34 01 05 100% 100%
P.G. (2013-14) 54 04 02 100% 100%

33. Diversity of students:

% of % of students % of students % of
Name of the
Students from other from students
Programme
From the universities universities from
(refer to question
Same within the outside the other
No. 4)
university State State countries
P.G. (2010-11) 0
P.G. (2011-12) 0 100% NIL NIL
P.G. (2012-13) 0 100% NIL NIL
P.G. (2013-14) 16% 84% NIL NIL

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34. How many students have cleared Civil Services and Defense Services
examinations, NET, SET, GATE and other competitive examinations? Give
details category-wise: Nil
35. Student progression:
Student progression Percentage against enrolled
UG to PG Not Applicable
PG to M.Phil. Not Applicable
PG to Ph.D. 7
Ph.D. to Post-Doctoral Nil
Employed
• Campus selection
• Other than campus recruitment 2
Entrepreneurs
36. Diversity of staff:
Percentage of faculty who are graduates
of the same university Nil
from other universities within the State 3
from universities from other States 1
from universities outside the country Nil
37. Number of faculty who were awarded M.Phil., Ph.D., D.Sc. and D.Litt. during the
assessment period:
Awarded Degree No. of Faculty
M.Phil. Nil
Ph.D. Nil
D.Sc. Nil
D.Litt Nil
38. Present details of departmental infrastructural facilities with regard to
a) Library: Nil
b) Internet facilities for staff and students: Not available for all staffs. No facility
for students.
c) Total number of class rooms: 2 Room utilizing as adhoc class room.
d) Class rooms with ICT facility: Nil
e) Students’ laboratories: Nil
f) Research laboratories: Nil
39. List of doctoral, post-doctoral students and Research Associates:

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a) from the host institution/university – 08

b) from other institutions/universities – 03

40. Number of post graduate students getting financial assistance from the
university: 01 [Pikli Khanra (2011-12)].
41. Was any need assessment exercise undertaken before the development of new
programme(s)? If so, highlight the methodology: No
42. Does the department obtain feedback from
a. faculty on curriculum as well as teaching-learning-evaluation? If yes, how
does the department utilize the feedback: Yes, feedbacks are utilized for the
improvement of curriculum as well as teaching learning process.
b. students on staff, curriculum and teaching-learning-evaluation and how does
the department utilize the feedback: Feedbacks are utilized for the improvement
of curriculum as well as teaching learning process.
c. alumni and employers on the programmes offered and how does the
department utilize the feedback: Feedbacks are utilized for the improvement of
curriculum as well as teaching learning process.
43. List the distinguished alumni of the department (maximum 10):
a) Dr. Palas Coomer, Dy. Director, Register General of India, Govt. of India.
44. Give details of student enrichment programmes (special lectures / workshops /
seminar) involving external experts:
Planning for organizing special lecture/ workshops/ seminar for student enrichment.
45. List the teaching methods adopted by the faculty for different programmes:
OHP
46. How does the department ensure that programme objectives are constantly met
and learning outcomes are monitored:
By conducting continuous/internal assessment.
47. Highlight the participation of students and faculty in extension activities: Not yet
48. Give details of “beyond syllabus scholarly activities” of the department:
Planning for organizing seminar and workshop in the department.
49. State whether the programme / department is accredited / graded by other
agencies? If yes, give details: Nil
50. Briefly highlight the contributions of the department in generating new
knowledge, basic or applied: None

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51. Detail five major Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Challenges (SWOC)
of the department:
Strengths:
i) Teacher student ratio.
ii) Department located in the field area.
iii) Frequent interaction with tribal people.
iv) Good relation between teacher and student.
v) University is deeply associated with Indian culture and tradition.
Weaknesses:
i) No Departmental library.
ii) Insufficient space for the Department.
iii) Insufficient instrument for the laboratory.
iv) No proper infrastructure in the Department.
Opportunities:
i) Opportunity to interact with the Santal, Munda, Kora Tribes.
ii) Opportunity to enrich the culture of Area.
iii) Opportunity to get funding from various funding agencies.
iv) Taking part in Govt. plans in the development of SC/ST communities.
v) Biocultural perspectives of health.
Challenges:
i) To bring equity within the ethnic groups in Tegorian Thought.
ii) To excavate the prehistoric site of the District, if infrastructure is provided.
iii) To uplift the rural youth for self reliance that diminishing the probability of
ethnic unrest and increasing proper knowledge of national integration.
iv) As a new established department it is the challenge for faculty to open full
time Under Graduate Course and relevant infrastructure in Anthropology.
v) By the dissemination of the knowledge of Anthropology the planners/
administrators of the country knows the people of India better.
52. Future plans of the department:
a) To introduce B.A./B.Sc course in Anthropology.
b) To introduce M.Phill course in Anthropology.
c) Sufficient space for class room, laboratory, faculty room, library, office room
computer laboratory of the Department.
d) To introduce community radio centre (CRC).
e) To introduce short-term courses like customary laws, forensic science, social
exclusion, cross-border study, communication and ethnic crisis., Nutrition

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Assessment.
f) To organized national and international seminar twice in a year.
g) To introduce special research laboratories of physical/biological anthropology by
industry or corporate body.
h) To regularize the Departmental journal.

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Evaluative Report of the Department of History

1. Name of the Department : History

2. Year of establishment : 1962
3. Is the Department part of a School/Faculty of the university? Yes, Vidya-Bhavana
4. Names of programmes offered (UG, PG, M.Phil., Ph.D., integrated Masters;
Integrated Ph.D., D.Sc., D.Litt., etc.) :
U.G., P.G., M.Phil, Ph.D
5. Interdisciplinary programmes and departments involved :
Combined teaching of some common courses on Indian History at UG level with the
Department of Ancient Indian History, Culture and Archaeology.
Allied courses, Tagore Studies, Environmental Studies at UG level
6. Courses in collaboration with other universities, industries, foreign institutions,
etc.: Nil
7. Details of programmes discontinued, if any, with reasons: Nil
8. Examination System: Semester System both as UG & PG levels.
9. Participation of the department in the courses offered by other departments :
Combined teaching of some common courses on Indian History at UG level with the
Department of Ancient Indian History, Culture and Archaeology.
Allied courses, Tagore Studies, Environmental Studies at UG level
10. Number of teaching posts sanctioned, filled and actual (Professors/ Associate
Professors/ Asst. Professors/ others) :
Actual (including CAS
Sanctioned Filled
& MPS)
Professor 2 1 5
Associate Professors 4 2 2
Asst. Professors 10 10 7
Others Nil Nil Nil

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11. Faculty profile with name, qualification, designation, area of specialization,

experience and research under guidance :
a) Name : Sandip Basu Sarbadhikary
Qualification : Ph.D
Designation : Professor
Specialization : History of Burma, Peasant History
No. of Years of Experience : 30
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : 08 (awarded- 5, Supervising- 3)
b) Name : Chhanda Chatterjee
Qualification : Ph.D
Designation : Professor
Specialization : Agrarian History, Sikh and Tagore Studies
No. of Years of Experience : 34
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : 05 (awarded- 2, Supervising- 3)
c) Name : Bhaskarjyoti Basu
Qualification : Ph.D
Designation : Professor
Specialization : Maritime & Economic History
No. of Years of Experience : 31
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : 07 (awarded- 3, Supervising- 4)
d) Name : Bipasha Raha
Qualification : M.Phil., Ph.D
Designation : Professor
Specialization : Socio-economic History of Colonial India,
Tagore Studies
No. of Years of Experience : 20
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : 07 (awarded- 2, Supervising- 5)
e) Name : Syed Ejaz Hussain
Qualification : Ph.D
Designation : Professor
Specialization : Medieval Indian History, Numismatics and
Epigraphy
No. of Years of Experience : 20

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No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students

guided for the last 4 years : 05 (awarded- 4, Supervising- 1)
f) Name : Arpita Sen
Qualification : M.Phil., Ph.D
Designation : Associate Professor
Specialization : North-eastern India
No. of Years of Experience : 16
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : Supervising- 3
g) Name : Deep Kanta Lahiri Chaudhury
Qualification : Ph.D
Designation : Associate Professor
Specialization : Science and Technology in Colonial India
No. of Years of Experience : 07
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : Nil
h) Name : Arunava Das
Qualification : M.A.
Designation : Assistant Professor
Specialization : Tourism Studies
No. of Years of Experience : 17
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : Nil
i) Name : Subhayu Chattopadhyay
Qualification : M.Phil., Ph.D
Designation : Assistant Professor
Specialization : History of Science and Technology in
Colonial India, Partition History
No. of Years of Experience : 13
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : Supervising- 3
j) Name : Amarendra Kumar
Qualification : Ph.D
Designation : Assistant Professor
Specialization : Maratha History
No. of Years of Experience : 13
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students

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guided for the last 4 years : Nil

k) Name : Pum Khan Pau
Qualification : Ph.D
Designation : Assistant Professor
Specialization : Modern India
No. of Years of Experience : 06
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : Nil
l) Name : Sabyasachi Das Gupta
Qualification : Ph.D
Designation : Assistant Professor
Specialization : Military History
No. of Years of Experience : 04
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : Supervising- 2
m) Name : Sudhi Mandloi
Qualification : M.A.
Designation : Assistant Professor
Specialization : Social History
No. of Years of Experience : 03
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : Nil
n) Name : Atig Ghosh
Qualification : Ph.D
Designation : Assistant Professor
Specialization : Modern History
No. of Years of Experience : 02 Months
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : Nil
12. List of senior Visiting Fellows, adjunct faculty, emeritus professors:
2009-10
a) Prof. Achintya Dutta, University of Burdwan
b) Prof. Sujata Mukherjee, Rabindra Bharati University
c)
d) Prof. Sajal Nag, Assam University, Silchar
e) Prof. Ranjan Chakravarty, Jadavpur University

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2010-11
a) Prof. Mridula Mukherjee, Director, Nehru Memorial Museum and
Library
b) Prof. Aditya Mukherjee, JNU
c) Prof. S.D. Gajrani, formerly of Punjabi University, Patiala
d) Prof. Ratnabali Chatterjee, formerly of University of Calcutta
2011-12
a) Prof. Sushil Choudhury, formerly of Calcutta
b) Prof. Grewal, formerly of Punjabi University
c) Prof. Indu Banga, formerly of Punjabi University
2012-13
a) Prof. Ratneshwar Misra, formerly of Patna University
b) Prof. Amit Bhattacharya, Jadavpur University
13. Percentage of classes taken by temporary faculty — programme-wise : Nil
14. Programme-wise Student Teacher Ratio :
a) U.G. – 1:8
b) P.G. – 1:5
15. Number of academic support staff (technical) and administrative sanctioned,
filled and actual:
Sanctioned Filled Actual
Academic Support Staff (technical)
Administrative Staff 01 01 01

16. Research thrust areas as recognized by major funding agencies:

‘UGC SAP DRS- ‘Economic and Social History of India- 1200-1950’.
17. Number of faculty with ongoing projects from a) national b) international
agencies and c) Total grants received. Give the names of the project title and
grants received project-wise:
a) Prof. Chhanda Chatterjee- ‘The Sikh Minority Syndrome and the Partition of
Punjab, 1920-1947’, funded by ICHR.
b) Prof. Bipasha Raha- UGC Major Research Project on ‘The Rural World in
Contemporary Literature: Changing Perceptions in Colonial Bengal 1930-50’,
2011-13, Grants received: Rs. 5,21,200/-
c) Prof. Bipasha Raha- Major Research Project on ‘Indian Nationalism and Rural
Resuscitation: Rabindranath Tagore and Village Reconstruction (1890-1912)’
funded by the UGC, April 2007- March 2010.
d) Prof. Bipasha Raha- Indian Council of Historical Research funded Research

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Project for two years on ‘Literary Representation of the Peasantry in Nineteenth

Century Bengal’, 2009-11.
e) Prof. Syed Ejaz Hussain- UGC funded ‘The Jaunpur Sultanate: A Study in
Economy, Coins and Culture (1394-1479)’ project submitted, 2012.
18. Inter-institutional collaborative projects and associated grants
a) National collaboration: Nil b) International collaboration: Nil
19. Departmental projects funded by DST-FIST; UGC-SAP/CAS, AICTE, etc.; total
grants received:
UGC SAP DRS Phase II
20. Research facility / centre with
a) state recognition : Nil b) national recognition: Nil
c) international recognition: Nil
21. Special research laboratories sponsored by / created by industry or corporate
bodies: No
22. Publications:
a) No. of papers published in peer reviewed journals (national/
international):
Prof. S. Jeyaseela Stephen – 01
Prof. Chhanda Chatterjee – 11
Prof. Bhaskarjyoti Basu – 02
Prof. Bipasha Raha – 02
Prof. Syed Ejaz Hussain – 09
Dr. Arpita Sen – 02
Dr. Deep Kanta Lahiri Choudhury – 02
Dr. Amarendra Kumar – 02
Dr. Pum Khan Pau – 04
Dr. Sabyasachi Das Gupta – 01
Dr. Atig Ghosh – 02
b) Monographs:
Prof. S. Jeyaseela Stephen –
i) Oceanscapes of Tamil Textiles in the Early Modern World, Primus Books,
New Delhi, 2013, ISBN-978-93-80607-57-3.
ii) The Sky of Indian History: Themes and Thought of Rabindranath Tagore,
UBS Publishers and Distributors, New Delhi, 2010, ISBN 978-81-7476-658-
8.

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iii) The Expanding Portuguese Empire and the Tamil Economy, 16-18 th
Centuries, Manohar, Delhi, 2009.
Prof. Chhanda Chatterjee –
i) Premer Sadhana: Rabindranath Thakur O Shri Guru Granth Sahiber Ka’jan
Sikh O Santa Kabi (in Bengali) Gangchil, Kolkata 2011.
Prof. Bipasha Raha –
i) The Pen and the Plough: Agriculture, Peasantry and the Literati in Colonial
Bengal Manohar, Delhi, 2012, ISBN 978-81-7304-941-5.
Prof. Syed Ejaz Hussain –
i) The Varied Facets: Essays in Honour of Professor Aniruddha Ray (Edited
jointly with Prof. Ishrat Alam), Primus Books, Delhi, 2011.
Dr. Deep Kanta Lahiri Choudhury –
i) Telegraphic Imperialism: Crisis and Panic in the Indian Empire, c.
1850-1920, London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.
Sri Arunava Das –
i) Sekhawati, The land of Painted Havelis in North Rajasthan, Where
Economic Affluence Combined Culture, ISBN: 978-93-80197-15-9,
November 2010, Abhijan Publishers, (in Bengali), Kolkata.
ii) Sekhawati, Chitrito Havelir Desh (in Bengali), ISBN: 978-93-80197-
06-7, 2011, Abhijan Publishers, Kolkata.
iii) Rangbahari Andaman (in Bengali), ISBN: 978-93-80197-18-0, 2010,
Kolkata, Abhijan Publishers.
c) Chapters in Books: –
Prof. S. Jeyaseela Stephen –
i) ‘Tamzhilnattil Portuguesiya Oviyangal’, in N. Balusamy, Mattru Vezhiyella
(ed.) Chithira Madaaam, Chennai, 2010, pp. 99-114.
Prof. Chhanda Chatterjee –
i) ‘Contextualising Truth: Deconstructing the Poet Khazan Singh’s Account of
the War of Delhi, 1857’, in Crispin Bates (ed.) Mutiny at the Margins: New
Perspectives on the Indian Uprising of 1857, vol. I, ed. By Crispin Bates,
Anticipations and Experiences in the Locality, Sage, New Delhi, 2013, pp.
132-148.
ii) ‘Koh-i-noor or ‘The Mountain of Light’: Punjab and Khalsa Sovereignty in
Travel Narratives’ in Somdatta Mondal (ed.) Indian Travel Narratives,
Rawat Publications, Jaipur and Delhi, 2010.
Prof. Bipasha Raha –
i) 'Rabindranath Tagore: Attempt at Revival of Villages’ in Swati Ganguly
and Abhijit Sen (ed.) Rabindranath Tagore and the Nation, Essays in

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Politics, Society and Culture, Punascha in association with Visva-Bharati,

Calcutta, 2011.
ii) ‘Rural Health and Hygiene: Rabindranath Tagore’s Experiments with Rural
Reconstruction,’ in Arabinda Samanta, Syed Tanveer Nasreen and Aparajita
Dhar (ed.), Life and Culture in Bengal, Colonial and Post-Colonial
Experiences, Progressive Publishers, Calcutta, 2011
Prof. Syed Ejaz Hussain –
i) ‘Numismatic Evidences Forming Basis for Periodizing Indian History’
Studies in Indian Numismatics (Special Centenary Volume), pp.145-54,
Numismatic Society of India, Varanasi, 2009.
ii) ‘Crafts and Capital in Medieval India (c. 1200-1750): A Study in Indian
Historiography’, in Urbanisation in India: Past and Present (ed. Chittabrata
Palit), pp.82-108, Institute of Historical Studies, Kolkata, 2009.
iii) ‘Coins and Commerce in Bihar in Seventeenth Century: Some Reflections’
in S. Bhandare and Sanjay Garg (ed.) Felicitas: Essays in Numismatics,
Epigraphy and History in Honour of Joe Cribb, Reesha Books International,
Mumbai, 2011, pp. 223-38.
Dr. Pum Khan Pau –
i) ‘The Sukte Paramountcy in Northern Chin Hills,’ in K. Robin (ed.) Chin:
History, Culture and Identity, Dominant Publisher, New Delhi, 2009.
Dr. Subhayu Chattopadhyay –
i) ‘Pramatha Nath Bose and Indian Geology,’ in C. Palit (ed.) Bengal
Miscellaneous, B. R. Publishing Corporation, Delhi, 2011-12.
Dr. Sabyasachi Das Gupta –
i) 'How Colonial Was the Post-Colonial Army?' in Kaushik Roy, Ed., Warfare
and Politics in India: rom Ancient to Modern Times, Manohar, 2011.
Dr. Arpita Sen –
i) "Glimpses of Social Life in Shillong in the Memoir of a Bengali Brahmo
Lady{1885-1922}," in ed. A.K.Thakur, Proceedings of the NEIHA, 31st
session, 2010, Shillong, 2011.
ii) "Health, Homeopathic Medicine and a Brahmo Missionary in the Khasi
Hills{1889-1899)," in ed. A.K.Thakur, Proceedings of the NEIHA, 32nd
session, 2011, Shillong, 2012.
iii) "Khasi Society: Through a gendered lens of an Autobiography
Atmajibansmriti (1889-1916)," in A.K. Thakur, Proceedings of the NEIHA,
33rd session, Shillong, 2013.
Dr. Atig Ghosh –
i) “The Mofussil and the Modern: The Discrete Charms of Kangal Harinath”

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in Saurabh Dube (ed.), Modern Makeovers: The Oxford Handbook of

Modernity in South Asia, Oxford university Press, New Delhi, 2011 (ISBN-
13: 978-0198074045).
ii) “El mofussil y lo moderno: los indiscretos encantos de Kangal Harinath” in
Saurabh Dube and Ishita Banerjee (eds.), Otras modernidades: historias,
culturas, identidades, El Colegio de México, México D.F. 2011 (ISBN:
978-607-462-300-0).
d) Edited Books:
Prof. Syed Ejaz Hussain –
i) Varied Facets: Essays in Honour of Professor Aniruddha Ray (Edited
jointly with Prof. Ishrat Alam), Primus Books, Delhi, 2011.
Dr. Atig Ghosh –
i) Ghosh, Atig (ed.), Branding the Migrant: Arguments of Rights, Welfare and
Security, Frontpage, Calcutta 2013 (ISBN: 978-938-104-309-7).
e) Books with ISBN with details of publishers:
Prof. S. Jeyaseela Stephen –
i) Oceanscapes of Tamil Textiles in the Early Modern World, Primus Books,
New Delhi, 2013, ISBN-978-93-80607-57-3.
ii) The Sky of Indian History: Themes and Thought of Rabindranath Tagore,
UBS Publishers and Distributors, New Delhi, 2010, ISBN 978-81-7476-658-
8.
iii) The Expanding Portuguese Empire and the Tamil Economy, 16-18 th
Centuries, Manohar, Delhi, 2009.
Prof. Bipasha Raha –
i) The Pen and the Plough: Agriculture, Peasantry and the Literati in Colonial
Bengal Manohar, Delhi, 2012, ISBN 978-81-7304-941-5.
Prof. Syed Ejaz Hussain –
i) Varied Facets: Essays in Honour of Professor Aniruddha Ray (Edited
jointly with Prof. Ishrat Alam), Primus Books, Delhi, 2011.
Sri Arunava Das –
i) Sekhawati, The land of Painted Havelis in North Rajasthan, Where
Economic Affluence Combined Culture, ISBN: 978-93-80197-15-9,
November 2010, Abhijan Publishers, (in Bengali), Kolkata.
ii) Sekhawati, Chitrito Havelir Desh (in Bengali), ISBN: 978-93-80197-06-7,
2011, Abhijan Publishers, Kolkata.
iii) Rangbahari Andaman (in Bengali), ISBN: 978-93-80197-18-0, 2010,
Kolkata, Abhijan Publishers.

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Dr. Sabyasachi Das Gupta –

i) 'Durgadas and Sitaram: Tales of Loyalty in 1857', Sage Publications, 2013.
f) Number listed in International Database (For e.g. Web of Science, Scopus,
Humanities International Complete, Dare Database International Social
Sciences Directory, EBSCO host, etc.): Nil
g) Citation Index — range / average: Nil
h) SNIP: Nil
i) SIR: Nil
j) Impact Factor — range / average: Nil
k) h-index: Nil
23. Details of patents and income generated: Nil
24. Areas of consultancy and income generated: Nil
25. Faculty selected nationally / internationally to visit other laboratories /
institutions / industries in India and abroad:
Nationally:
Prof. Sandip Basu Sarbadhikary –
a) Visiting Professor, Department of History, Post-graduate Section of Malda
College, University of Gourbanga, July, 2010.
b) Visiting Professor, Department of History, Burdwan University, 2009-10.
Prof. Chhanda Chatterjee –
a) Delivered lecture titled ‘Agriculture, Ecology and Environment in the Punjab’ as a
Visiting Fellow under the UGC DRS II Programme in the Department of History,
Jadavpur University, March 18, 2011.
Prof. Bipasha Raha –
a) Visiting Professor, Department of History, Burdwan University, August, 2012.
b) Visiting Professor, Zakir Hussain Centre for Education, Jawaharlal Nehru
University, November, 2011.
c) Visiting Professor, Department of History, Post-graduate Section of Malda
College, University of Gourbanga, 2010.
Dr. Subhayu Chattopadhyay –
a) Visiting Professor, Department of History, Burdwan University, March, 2011.
Dr. Amarendra Kumar –
a) Availed UGC sponsored ‘Associateship’ (first spell) at the inter-University Centre
for Humanities and Social Sciences of the Indian Institute of Advanced Studies,
Shimla, October 1-31, 2011.

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b) Visiting Professor, Department of History, Bhavnagar University, Gujarat,

February 6-13, 2012.
Internationally:
Prof. Syed Ejaz Hussain –
a) Visited Paris from 12-20 September, 2010, on invitation of Foundation Maison
des Sciences de l’Homme to collect research material.
Dr. Deepkanta Lahiri Choudhury –
a) Invited by the Wellcome Trust, U.K., to attend a joint all-India and Wellcome
Trust meeting held at Calcutta University on 31 March, 2010, to discuss funding
for Indian Universities for teaching and research in the field of medical history.
26. Faculty serving in a) National committees b) International committees, c)
Editorial Boards, d) Any other (please specify): None
27. Faculty recharging strategies (UGC, ASC, Refresher / orientation programs,
workshops, training programs and similar programs): None
28. Student projects:
a) percentage of students who have done in-house projects including
interdepartmental projects: 100% (in UG level)
b) percentage of students doing projects in collaboration with other universities /
industry / institute: Nil
29. Awards / recognitions received at the national and international level by
a) Faculty:
Prof. Chhanda Chatterjee –
i) Delivered the Dr. Sunil Sen Memorial Lecture in the Institute of Historical
Studies , Kolkata, 2011-12.
Prof. Bipasha Raha –
i) Visiting Professor, Department of History, Burdwan University, August,
2012.
ii) Visiting Professor, Zakir Hussain Centre for Education, Jawaharlal Nehru
University, November, 2011
Prof. Syed Ejaz Hussain –
i) Delivered the Keynote address on ‘Islam and Power: Reflections in
Medieval Bengal in Confrontation-Compromise Dictum’ at darul islam
University, Dhaka on 9 February, 2011 and was honoured and bestowed a
special memento.
ii) Nominated and worked as an Expert Member of the Physical Verification
Overseeing Committee of the Victoria Memorial Museum, Kolkata in 2008-
2009.

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iii)Elected as President for the Medieval History in Pashchim Banga Itihas

Samsad (West Bengal History Congress) held in Kolkata in January 2009.
iv) Elected as Sectional President of Medieval Indian History for the 8th
Conference of Bihar Itihas Parishad, T.M. Bhagalpur University, Bahgalpur,
December 2012.
b) Doctoral / post doctoral fellows: Nil
c) Students: Nil
30. Seminars/ Conferences/Workshops organized and the source of funding (national
/ international) with details of outstanding participants, if any:
Prof. Bhaskarjyoti Basu and Sri Arunava Das –
a) Acted as Joint Conveners of a International Seminar on ‘Peace through Tourism in
Historically Changed Cross Borders’, 29-30 March, 2010.
Prof. Bipasha Raha and Dr. Subhayu Chattopadhyay –
a) Acted as Joint Conveners of a National Seminar on ‘Under development and
development: Challenge and Response’, January 15-16, 2011; funded by
MAKAIS, Kolkata: ICHR, New-Delhi; Visva-Bharati.
List of Outstanding Participants –
Professor Amiya Bagchi, Director Institute for Development Studies, Kolkata
Professor Sugata Marjit, Director, Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Kolkata
Professor Deepak Kumar, JNU
Professor Arun Bandyopadhyay, Calcutta University
Professor Sajal Nag, Assam University, Silchar
Prof. Syed Ejaz Hussain –
a) Organized the National Seminar on “India’s Indigenous Medical System:
Historical Perspective and Contemporary Relevance” in the Department of
History, Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan on 20-21 February 2010 and acted as Joint-
Convener.
List of Outstanding Participants –
Professor Deepak Kumar, JNU
Dr. France Bhattacharya, Maison des Sciences de l’Homme, Paris
b) Acted as Treasurer in organising the 8th Bi-annual International Congress on
Bengal Art held in Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan on 9-12 February 2009.
c) Organized a two-day National Seminar on “Writing Social History: Perspectives
and Paradigms, A Dialogue” in the Department of History, Visva-Bharati on 8-9
March, 2008 and acted as the Second Joint-Convener.
31. Code of ethics for research followed by the departments:
As mentioned in the University rules & regulations set by the Academic council and in
accordance with the UGC norms.

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32. Student profile programme-wise:

Name of the Year Applications Selected Pass
Programme received percentage
(refer to question no.4)
Male Female Male Female
2010-2011 NA 31 7
2011-2012 NA 26 15
U.G. 2012-2013 NA 25 13
2013-2014 NA 27 13
2010-2011 173 15 15
2011-2012 137 20 14
P.G. 2012-2013 250 26 17
2013-2014 319 30 10

33. Diversity of students:

% of % of students % of students % of
Name of the
Students from other from students
Programme
From the universities universities from
(refer to question
Same within the outside the other
No. 4)
university State State countries
UG 50% 45 5% 0
PG 82.5% 17.5% 0 0
34. How many students have cleared Civil Services and Defense Services
examinations, NET, SET, GATE and other competitive examinations? Give
details category-wise:
NET- 2 (Koushik Ghosh, Dhananjoy Garai)
SET- 2 (Amrita Mondal, Swarupananda Saha)
35. Student progression:
Student progression Percentage against enrolled
UG to PG 100%
PG to M.Phil. -
PG to Ph.D. -
Ph.D. to Post-Doctoral -
Employed -
• Campus selection
• Other than campus recruitment

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Entrepreneurs -
36. Diversity of staff:
Percentage of faculty who are graduates
of the same university 23
from other universities within the State 38.5
from universities from other States 38.5
from universities outside the country ---
37. Number of faculty who were awarded M.Phil., Ph.D., D.Sc. and D.Litt. during the
assessment period:
Awarded Degree No. of Faculty
M.Phil. Nil
Ph.D. Nil
D.Sc. Nil
D.Litt Nil
38. Present details of departmental infrastructural facilities with regard to
a) Library: Seminar and Special Assistance Programme Library
b) Internet facilities for staff and students: Internet facilities available for the Staff
members.
c) Total number of class rooms: Four class rooms.
d) Class rooms with ICT facility: Nil
e) Students’ laboratories: Nil
f) Research laboratories: Nil
39. List of doctoral, post-doctoral students and Research Associates: 26
a) from the host institution/university –
b) from other institutions/universities –
40. Number of post graduate students getting financial assistance from the
university: None
41. Was any need assessment exercise undertaken before the development of new
programme(s)? If so, highlight the methodology: Modification and changes
suggested by faculty members are first discussed in Departmental meetings.
Threadbare discussions are then held in the Board of Studies meeting in presence of
external expert members. It is then forwarded for consideration by members of the
Institute Board and the Academic Council.

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42. Does the department obtain feedback from

a. faculty on curriculum as well as teaching-learning-evaluation? If yes, how
does the department utilize the feedback: Faculty members meet from time to
time in Departmental meetings as well as Board of Studies where external
members were present. Here course curriculum as well as teaching and learning
evaluation are considered and/or scrutinized for possible improvement. Pre-Ph.D.
seminars are conducted in presence of external expert members where, suggestions
made by members are incorporated by the students. Performance of students in
examinations conducted at the state and national level are also discussed.
b. students on staff, curriculum and teaching-learning-evaluation and how does
the department utilize the feedback: Students’ representatives are invited in
every Institute Board as well as Academic Council meetings which is the highest
body responsible for all academic activities of this university.
c. alumni and employers on the programmes offered and how does the
department utilize the feedback: No
43. List the distinguished alumni of the department (maximum 10):
a) Subho Basu, Professor of History, Syracuse University, USA
b) Shyam Teckwani, renowned journalist, Chennai
c) Souvik Mukhopadhyay, University of Calcutta
d) Bhaskar Chatterjee, IAS, formerly Chief Secretary, Government of Hariyana
e) Sukumar Sarkar, formerly Director-General, National Archives of India, New
Delhi.
f) Lakshmi Subramanian, Professor, Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Kolkata
44. Give details of student enrichment programmes (special lectures / workshops /
seminar) involving external experts:
Power-point presentation, Audio-visual interactive sessions, Student-Teacher
interactive sessions, Tutorials, Lectures.
Annual Lectures:
a) Prof. Gautam Bhadra, Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Kolkata
b) Prof. U.N. Singh, Rabindra Bhavana, Visva-Bharati
c) Dr. Biswajit Ray, Visva-Bharati
d) Prof. Shireen Masood, University of Calcutta
e) Prof. Bina Alase, formerly of Visva-Bharati
f) Dr. Subhashish Biswas, Jadavpur University
g) Prof. Mahua Sarkar, Jadavpur University
45. List the teaching methods adopted by the faculty for different programmes:
Power-point presentation, Student-Teacher interactive sessions, Tutorials, Lectures.

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46. How does the department ensure that programme objectives are constantly met
and learning outcomes are monitored:
Monitored through Students' performance in regular assessment exercises as well as in
the examinations.
47. Highlight the participation of students and faculty in extension activities:
Annual study tour and outings are conducted.
48. Give details of “beyond syllabus scholarly activities” of the department:
a) Lecture on Camera for Television Programme on Higher Education Channel of the
UGC on “Sufism in the Mughal Period” on 10.5.2009 by Prof. Syed Ejaz Hussain.
b) Lecture on Camera for Television Programme on Higher Education Channel of the
UGC on “Sant Tradition during the Mughal Period” on 11.5.2009 by Prof. Syed
Ejaz Hussain.
c) Seminars are held and distinguished academicians are invited to the department to
interact with the students.
49. State whether the programme / department is accredited / graded by other
agencies? If yes, give details:
The UGC has awarded SAP-DRS Programme to the Department.
50. Briefly highlight the contributions of the department in generating new
knowledge, basic or applied:
Department is contributing by including recent research fields in the curriculum. It has
introduced semester system in both the UG and PG courses. It is also updating
syllabus as per UGC guidelines from time to time for generating new knowledge in
new domains of research. Department also organizes Seminars, Conferences in new
emerging fields and related disciplines in order to introduce and generate new
knowledge.
51. Detail five major Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Challenges (SWOC)
of the department:
a) Strengths:
i) Faculties have expertise in various fields of research.
ii) Faculties are well-equipped in their fields of specialization as well as
publication of research articles in international/national journals of repute.
iii) Considerable number of students enroll for research each year.
iv) Many students have been placed in different schools having qualified in the
school service commission examination, Organization of national
seminars/conferences every year at regular intervals helps develop
knowledge of students and faculties.

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v) Department has been under the support of SAP-DRS over the last ten years.
b) Weaknesses:
i) Infrastructural inadequacy.
ii) Malfunction of the Departmental library in the absence of any library
assistant.
iii) Very few students opt for full-time research work.
iv) No in-house placement for the students.
v) Internet facility for a limited period only on working days.
c) Opportunities:
i) Consistent healthy working environment and cooperation among the faculty
members.
ii) Students have the scope to work for Ph. D. Programmes after completion of
PG course.
iii) Syllabi catering to global standards are implemented and practiced.
iv) Ample scope for special lectures/ interactive sessions from distinguished
experts of various fields from other universities/institutes.
v) The natural environment of Santiniketan inculcates and enthuses the young
minds and disciplines them with moral virtues to become responsible
citizens with compassionate hearts.
d) Challenges:
i) To make the tutorial system more effective and improve the communicating
skills of the students, especially in English.
ii) To motivate more students to engage in research activities.
iii) Research needs to be more productive.
iv) To motivate the doctoral students to opt for their postdoctoral studies.
52. Future plans of the department:
a) Extension of the existing class rooms for UG, PG, Ph. D etc. courses, together
with the appropriate enhancement of the faculty strength.
b) Up-gradation of the existing library facilities (e.g., Departmental library) for
students, research scholars as well as for faculties with round-the-clock internet
facility.
c) Explore possibility of exchange programmes/ collaborative projects with other
universities/institutes in India/ foreign countries, thereby creating visiting
fellowships for research scholars and visiting professorship for faculties.
d) A seminar hall needs to be developed with modern facilities to organize properly
seminar/ conference/workshop etc.

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Evaluative Report of the Department of Bengali

1. Name of the Department : Department of Bengali

2. Year of establishment : 1951
3. Is the Department part of a School/Faculty of the university? Yes, Bhasha-
Bhavana
4. Names of programmes offered (UG, PG, M.Phil., Ph.D., integrated Masters;
Integrated Ph.D., D.Sc., D.Litt., etc.) :
UG, PG, Ph.D., D.Litt., Foreign Casual Course, Certificate Course, Diploma Course.
5. Interdisciplinary programmes and departments involved :
Undergraduate subsidiary courses involving various departments of Vidya-Bhavana
and Bhasha-Bhavana.
6. Courses in collaboration with other universities, industries, foreign institutions,
etc.: Faculty Members of the Department are engaged in teaching courses in
collaboration with other Universities such as UG, PG, PhD & MPhil Course Work,
Refresher & Orientation Course, Distant Education Teaching (PG)and UGC NET
Teaching.
7. Details of programmes discontinued, if any, with reasons: Nil
8. Examination System: Semester System and Choice Based Credit System
9. Participation of the department in the courses offered by other departments :
a) Tagore Studies offered by Rabindra Bhavana of Visva-Bharati.
b) Manuscriptology (Certificate Course) offered by Rabindra Bhavana of Visva-
Bharati.
c) Certificate & Diploma Courses in Indian Languages offered by other Language
Departments of Visva-Bharati.
d) Certificate Courses in Music, Rabindra Sangit, Instruments offered by Sangit
Bhavana of Visva-Bharati.

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10. Number of teaching posts sanctioned, filled and actual (Professors/ Associate
Professors/ Asst. Professors/ others) :
Actual (including CAS
Sanctioned Filled
& MPS)
Professor 2 1 8

Sanctioned Filled Actual (including CAS &

MPS)
Associate Professors 5 4 5
Asst. Professors 12 12 4
Others 2(Guest Teacher)

11. Faculty profile with name, qualification, designation, area of specialization,

experience and research under guidance :
a) Name : Alpana Roy
Qualification : M.A., B.Mus., Ph.D
Designation : Professor (Retd. on 31/10/13)
Specialization : Tagore Literature, Interdisciplinary study of
Literature and other Arts
No. of Years of Experience : 37
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : 05
b) Name : Alibha Dakshi
Qualification : M.A., Ph.D
Designation : Professor
Specialization : Linguistics
No. of Years of Experience : 35
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : 03
c) Name : Mrinal Kanti Mondal
Qualification : M.A., Ph.D
Designation : Professor
Specialization : Modern Bengali Fiction
No. of Years of Experience : 18
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : 09

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d) Name : Sudip Basu

Qualification : M.A., Ph.D
Designation : Professor
Specialization : Bengali Literary Criticism, Saratchandra, 20th
Century Bengali Literature & Culture
No. of Years of Experience : 20½
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : 14
e) Name : Amal Kumar Pal
Qualification : M.A., B.Ed., Ph.D
Designation : Professor
Specialization : Bengali Poetry
No. of Years of Experience : 27
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : 12
f) Name : Sumita Bhattacharyya
Qualification : M.A., Ph.D
Designation : Professor
Specialization : Nineteenth Century, Bankim Chandra,
Modern Bengali Literature
No. of Years of Experience : 25
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : 05
g) Name : Abhra Bose
Qualification : M.A., Ph.D
Designation : Professor
Specialization : Linguistics, Tagore Literature,
No. of Years of Experience : 17 ½
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : 13
h) Name : Aparna Roy
Qualification : M.A., Ph.D
Designation : Professor
Specialization : Old and Mediaeval Literature with special
interest in Women’s studies
No. of Years of Experience : 19
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students

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guided for the last 4 years : 08

i) Name : Nirmal Kumar Mandal
Qualification : M.A., Ph.D
Designation : Associate Professor
Specialization : Old and Mediaeval Literature
No. of Years of Experience : 12
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : 08
j) Name : Manabendra Nath Saha
Qualification : M.A., M.Phil, Ph.D
Designation : Associate Professor
Specialization : Modern Bengali Poetry
No. of Years of Experience : 16+
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : Nil
k) Name : Rita Modak
Qualification : M.A., Ph.D
Designation : Associate Professor
Specialization : Bengali Fiction
No. of Years of Experience : 14
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : 07

l) Name : Atanu Sasmal

Qualification : M.A., Ph.D
Designation : Associate Professor
Specialization : Modern Bengali Fiction, Medieval Bengali
Literature
No. of Years of Experience : 26
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : Nil
m) Name : Manabendra Mukhopadhyay
Qualification : M.A., Ph.D
Designation : Associate Professor
Specialization : Modern Bengali Literature with special
interest in Tagore Studies
No. of Years of Experience : 14

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No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students

guided for the last 4 years : 08
n) Name : Biswajit Ray
Qualification : M.A., Ph.D
Designation : Assistant Professor-II
Specialization : Linguistics, Nineteenth Century
No. of Years of Experience : 10
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : 06
o) Name : Milankanti Biswas
Qualification : M.A., B.Ed., Ph.D
Designation : Assistant Professor-II
Specialization : Folklore
No. of Years of Experience : 09
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : 07
p) Name : Shreela Basu
Qualification : M.A., B.Ed., Ph.D
Designation : Assistant Professor-II
Specialization : Tagore Literature
No. of Years of Experience : 12
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : 04
q) Name : Payel Mukherjee
Qualification : M.A.
Designation : Assistant Professor-I
Specialization : Semiotics, Dramatology
No. of Years of Experience : 3 years and 10 months
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : Nil
12. List of senior Visiting Fellows, adjunct faculty, emeritus professors:
List of Visiting Professors:
a) Prof. Pabitra Sarkar (Former Vice-Chancellor of Rabindra Bharati University)
b) Prof. Soumitra Basu
c) Prof. Rabindranath Pal
d) Prof. Satyabati Giri

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13. Percentage of classes taken by temporary faculty — programme-wise :

a) UG : 10%
b) PG : 10%
14. Programme-wise Student Teacher Ratio :
a) UG Honours : 1 : 7
b) UG General/Subsidiary: 1 : 50
c) PG: 1 : 5
15. Number of academic support staff (technical) and administrative staff sanctioned,
filled and actual:
Sanctioned Filled Actual
Administrative 02 02 02
Support staff (technical) Nil Nil Nil

16. Research thrust areas as recognized by major funding agencies:

A Major Research Project on making Dictionary on mediaeval Bengali Literature(14 th
to 18th century) yet to be submitted to the UGC for funding.
17. Number of faculty with ongoing projects from a) national b) international
agencies and c) Total grants received. Give the names of the project title and
grants received project-wise: Nil
18. Inter-institutional collaborative projects and associated grants
a) National collaboration: Nil b) international collaboration: Nil
19. Departmental projects funded by DST-FIST; UGC-SAP/CAS, AICTE, etc.; total
grants received: Nil
20. Research facility / centre with
a) state recognition : Nil b) national recognition: Nil
c) international recognition: Nil
21. Special research laboratories sponsored by / created by industry or corporate
bodies: Not applicable
22. Publications:
a) Number of papers published in peer reviewed journals (national
/international):
Alpana Roy - 01
Alibha Dakshi - 04
Mrinal Kanti Mondal – 05

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Sudip Basu – 10
Amal Kumar Pal – 06
Sumita Bhattacharyya – 08
Abhra Bose - 19
Aparna Roy – 10
Nirmal Kumar Mandal – 03
Manabendra Nath Saha – 09
Rita Modak – 04
Atanu Sasmal – 04
Manabendra Mukhopadhyay – 20
Biswajit Ray – 20
Milankanti Biswas – 10
Shreela Basu – 11
b) Monographs: Nil
c) Chapters in. Books:
Alibha Dakshi –
i) Bengali Translation of Preface, “A Grammar of the Bengal Language” by
Nathaniel Brassey Halhed, (Haleder Bangla Vyakaran), Edited by
Amitrasudan Bhattacharya and Nikhilesh Chakraborty, Vijayayan,
Kolkata, 2009, pp. 29-44.
Mrinal Kanti Mondal –
i) ‘Kobir Kalome Galper Godyo : Ek Pathoker chokhe Buddhadeb Basur
Galpo’, Buddhadeb Basu : Kal Theke Kalantare, Edited by Bela Das,
Punascha, January 2010, IBSN: 978-81-7332-592-2.
ii) ‘Bangla Uponyase Nimnaborger Manush : ‘Hansuli Banker Upakotha’
Ebong ‘Dhorain Choritmanas’ pather Bhumika’, Bangla Kathasahitye
Abohelito Charitra, Edited by Narendranath Das, Boiwala, August 2011.
iii) ‘Robindranather Sikshadorsho: Santiniketan-Sriniketan Prothisthar Aloke,
Sardhashatabarshe Rabindranath, Edited by Bela Das, Ekush Shatak,
January 2012, IBSN: 978-81-910832-9-3.
iv) ‘Kobi’ Uponyas: Protibadi Swar, Protibader Uponyas, Edited by
Debobrata Biswas, Banglar Mukh Prokason, November, 2012, ISBN: 987-
81-921186-7-3.
Sudip Basu –
i) ‘Ganasiksha O Ek Nabin Sanyasi’ published in ‘Swami Vivekananda Kale
Kalottore’, Ed. Biplab Chakraborty, Pustak Bipani, 2014.
ii) ‘Sahitya Samalochok Rabindranath’ published in ‘Rabindrabiksha’, Ed. by
Barun Kumar Chakraborty, Parul Prakashani, Kol., 2012.

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Amal Kumar Pal –

i) ‘Banglay Sanskrit Chhanda Probartan : Prayas, Samasya O Sambhabana’
published in ‘Bangla Bhasha O Sahitya : Tulanamulak Samiksha’, Ed. by
Biswanath Roy, Sanat Kumar Naskar and Chhanda Roy, Calcutta
University, 2010.
ii) ‘Sanskrita Chhanda O Rabindranath’ published in ‘Rabir Aloy’, Ed.
Jayanti Saha, Bharati Press, Kolkata, 2011, ISBN: 8187273790.
Sumita Bhattacharyya –
i) ‘Naripremer Bhinna Rup : Bani Rayer Uponayse’ published in
‘Paribartanshil Samaj, Sanskriti O Manusher Upor Tar Prabhab’, Ed. By
Khokankumar Bag, Rupasi Bangla, Kolkata-6, May 2012, ISBN: 978-81-
909878-9-9.
Abhra Bose –
i) ‘Rabindranath O Aajker Prajonmer Bangla Bhasha’ published in
‘Rabindranath Thakur O Ekush Shataker Bangali : Janmashatabarsha
Shradhhanjali’, Edited by Sumita Chakraborty, Published by Burdwan
University, May 2011, ISBN: 81-87259-79-5.
Aparna Roy –
i) ‘Kavi Binodini in the perspective Contemporary Women Writings’, Itihas
Anusandhan, Jan 2014, Vo-XXVIII, ISBN: 978-81-910874-4-4, p. 493.
ii) ‘Kavi Binodini in her Sequecentenary’, Autumn Annual, from Presidency
University Journal, 20 Jan 2014, p. 10.
iii) ‘The Conception of feminity in Charya-Song’, ‘Dashdishi’, March 2013,
p. 251.
iv) ‘Ramachandra and Marital Relationship in Krittibas Ramayana’ in
‘Aranika’, Published from Kumilla, Bangladesh, April 2013.
v) ‘Some opinion on poetry of Binodini’ published in ‘Sahityachinta’,
August 2013, p. 5.
vi) ‘Conception of Devi Durga in Shakta Sangit’ in ‘Namastasyay’, October
2013.
vii) ‘Women’s Self-enlighment in Eastern Bengali Ballads’ published in
‘Itihas Anusandhan’, Vol-XXVI, January 2012, p. 971, ISBN: 978-81-
910874-2-0.
viii) ‘Last Interview of Shyamali Khastogir’ published in ‘School of Women’s
Studies, Jadavpur University’, January 2012, p. 61.
ix) ‘Prose of Nirendranath Chakraborty’ published in ‘Namastasyay’,
December 2012, p.90.

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x) “Biography of Bengali Women in 16th Century Bengal:

‘Sitagunakadamba’ and ‘Sitacharitra’”, January 2011, p. 781.
xi) “Comparative study between Assamese and Bengali Ramayan, named
Ramayana of Madhav Kandali and Krittibas: Some Question
Reconsidered” published in ‘Dashdishi’, 2011, p.168.
xii) “The Organisational role of Women in the movement of Vaishnavism in
16 th & 17 th Century” published in ‘Itihas Anusandhan’, Vol.XXIV, Annual
Conference Proceedings of Paschimbanga Itihas Samsad, January 2010, p.
293.
xiii) “Reading of Women’s Life in the Context of 18th Century Bengali
Literature” published in ‘Itihas Anusandhan’, Vol.XXIII, January 2009, p.
726.
Manabendra Nath Saha –
i) ‘Bangalir Chalochitro Charchar Itihas’ published in ‘Bharatiya
Sangbadikatar Itihas’, Ed. by Sabyasachi Chattopadhyay, Rupasi Bangla,
Kolkata, 2009, ISBN: 9788190999045.
ii) ‘Chalochitre Rabindra Sangeet’ published in ‘Aaguner Parashmani’, Ed.
by Amit Das, Ekush Shatak, 2013, ISBN: 9788191083217.
iii) ‘Murshidabade Chalochitro : Chalochitre Murshidabad’ published in
‘Murshidabad Anusandhan’, Ed. by Arindam Roy, Murshidabad Itihas
Samsad, Murshidabad, 2012.
Manabendra Mukhopadhyay –
i) ‘Lalsalu: Nirabatar Shabdo’ published in ‘Lalsalu: Nana Prasange’, Ed. By
Rabin Pal, Ebong Musheyera, April, 2010.
ii) ‘Kathasahitye Uttaradhunikata’ published in ‘Sahitya-kosh :
Kathasahitya’, Ed. By Alok Roy, Sahityalok, Sept. 2010, ISBN: 81-
86946-81-0.
iii) ‘Gadya-prastabe Rabindranath: Chintasutra O Chintanshaili’ published in
‘Rabindranath Thakur O Ekush Sataker Bengali, Ed. By Sumita
Chakraborty, Published from Burdwan University, May 2011, ISBN: 81-
87259-79-5.
iv) ‘Dainandiner Nandanikata’ published in ‘Anno Rabindranath Nana
Rabindranath’, Ed. By Barun Kumar Chakraborty, May 2011, ISBN: 81-
85471-106-1.
v) ‘Samayer Chinta, Pratishthanikata O ‘Santiniketan’ Patrika’ published in
‘Rabir Aloy’, Ed. By Jayanti Saha, May 2011, ISBN: 81-87273-79-0.
vi) “Atmabhoj’-er Kobita: Komol Rishava Ashavari” published in ‘Korok’,
Ed. by Sunanda Adhikary, January 2014.

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Biswajit Ray –
English
i) The Bengali Language: A Colonial Renaissance, pp. (Renaissance
Reborn, Sukanta Chaudhuri edited, Chronicle Books, New Delhi, 2010,
ISBN: 81-8028-038-1)
ii) Tagore’s Search for a New Rhetoric of Anti-nation Humanity, Swati
Ganguly Abhijit Sen ed., pp. 191-204, (Rabindranath Tagore and the
Nation/Essays in Politics Society and Culture, Punascha, Kolkata, 2011,
ISBN: 978-81-7332-482-6).
iii) The Project of Tagore, pp. 45-52, (Rabindranath Tagore A
Commemorative Volume, Edited by Uday Narayana Singh, Public
Diplomacy Division, Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India,
2011).
iv) Contemporizing Tagore and the World, Ed. By Imtiaz Ahamed,
Muchkund Dube, Veena Sikri, pp. 201-210, University Press Ltd., Dhaka,
2013, ISBN: 978-984-506-1209.
Bengali
i) Uddipana, Ojoswita O Tarpor, pp. 123-134, (Rabindranath Vakpati
Visvamana 2, Edited by Sudhir Chakroborty, Institute of Development
Studies, Kolkata, 2011).
ii) Achalayatan Theke Sachalayatan, pp. 113-123, (Rabi-Eshona, A
Publication of Behala College, Parnashree, Kolkata, Supported and
Funded by UGC).
Milankanti Biswas –
i) ‘Harichand Thakur O Janajagaran’ published in ‘Thakur Srisri Harichand
Manab Purush: Adhyatma Purush’, Ed. Santosh Kumar Barui, Nov. 2011.
ii) ‘Saibal Mitrer Golpe Hinsha O Santrash’ published in ‘Violence and its
Representation’, Ed. Dr. Himadri Lahiri and Udaychand Das, UGC
Academic Staff College, Burdwan University, August 2012, ISBN: 978-
93-80663-64-7.
iii) ‘Rabindra Bhavnay Santiniketan Ashram Vidyalayer Siksha Babyastha’
published in ‘Sardhashataborshe Rabindra Smaran’, Ed. Dr. Anup Kumar
Sikdar, Ramsaday Dutta College, August 2012.
Shreela Basu –
i) ‘Madhyayuger Banglay Shikarbritti: Sahitye O Mandir Bhaskarje’
published in ‘Itihas Anusandhan’, Vol.XXVII, published by Itihas
Samsad, January 2013, ISBN: 978-81-91874-3-7.

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ii) ‘Rabindranather Pratyashito Pathak: Prapti O Abhiman’, published in

‘Tagore and communication: From Page to Stage’, Edited by Arnab
Banerjee, Thakurpukur College, 2013, ISBN: 978-93-41669-21-1.
iii) ‘Banglar Mandir Bhaskarje Nari’ published in ‘Itihas Anusandhan’, Vol.
XXVIII, January 2014, ISBN: 978-81-910874-4-4.
d) Edited Books:
Sudip Basu –
i) “Ramananda Chattopadhyer ‘Prabasi’: Itihaser Dhara : Vividha Prasanga’
O Sangslistha Rachana Sangkalan” (First Vol. and Second Vol), jointly
ed. with Sankari Prasad Basu, Paschimbanga Bangla Academy, Kolkata,
2009.
ii) “‘Bangala Kobita Bishayak Probondho’ (1852) Rangalal
Bandyopadhyay”, Bangiya Sahitya Parishad, Kolkata, 2009.
iii) “Ramananda Chattopadhyer ‘Prabasi’: Itihaser Dhara: Vividha Prasanga’
O Sangslistha Rachana Sangkalan” (Third Vol), jointly ed. with Sankari
Prasad Basu, Paschimbanga Bangla Academy, Kolkata, 2010.
Amal Kumar Pal –
i) “Nishikanta Roychoudhirir ‘Tukri’”, Saptarshi Prakashan, Kolkata-9,
January 2010.
ii) ‘Balok’,(jointly Edited) Dey’s Publishing, Kolkata, 2010, ISBN:
9788129510709.
iii) ‘Chotoder Dhanda’, Dey’s Publishing, Kolkata, 2010, ISBN:
9788129510495.
iv) ‘Rabindranath O Visva-Bharati’, Visva-Bharati Alumni Association,
Santiniketan, 2011.
v) ‘Probondho Sangraha: Ashokbijay Raha’, Visva-Bharati Granthan
Vibhaga, Kol-17, 2013, ISBN: 9788175225695.
Manabendra Nath Saha –
i) ‘Biharilaler Saradamangal’, Bama Pustakalaya, 2009.
Rita Modak –
i) ‘Bish shataker probondho charja 1901-1947’, Bangiya Sahitya Samsad,
Poush 1420 Bangabda.
Atanu Sasmal –
i) ‘Sesher Kobitar Kobita Pandulipi’, Ed. Atanu Sasmal, Saptarshi
Prakashan, May, 2012, ISBN: 9789381180938.
Biswajit Ray –
i) Swami Vivekananda Bangla Rachana Sangkalan, Paschimbanga Bangla
Academy, 2013, ISBN: 978-81-7751-221-2.

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e) Books with ISBN with details of publishers:

Alpana Roy –
i) ‘Atharo Niye Unishe: Unish Shatakiyo Bangla Sahityer Shikad Sandhan’,
Bharbi, Kolkata-73.
Alibha Dakshi –
i) ‘Caryagiti Bhasha O Shabdakosh’, Sanskrit Pustak Bhandar, Kolkata-6,
2011.
ii) ‘Bangla Bhashabijnan Abhidhan’, Sanskrit Pustak Bhandar, Kolkata-6,
First Ed. 2003, Second Ed. 2013.
Sudip Basu –
i) “Bangla Sahitye Samalochonar Dhara”, (Second Ed.), Bangiya Sahitya
Samsad, Kolkata, Book Fair 2010.
Amal Kumar Pal –
i) ‘Miler Manchitra: Rabindra-Kobita’, Saptarshi Prakashan, Kolkata-9,
2009.
ii) ‘Bangla Kobitar Chhanda’, (2nd Ed.), Lalmati, Kolkata-73, 2011, ISBN:
978-93-81174-51-7.
iii) ‘Kobitar Nanakatha’, Parampara, Kol-09, 2012, ISBN: 978-93-80869-94-
0.
iv) ‘Kathar Arale Katha’, Lalmati, Kolkata-73, 2013, ISBN: 978-93-81174-
84-5.
v) ‘Mithur Moner Katha’, (New Ed.), Dey’s Publishing, Kol-73, 2012, ISBN:
9789381687260.
Nirmal Kumar Mandal –
i) ‘Dharmamangal Kavya O Radher Lokojiban’, Boikarigar, 2013.
Atanu Sasmal –
i) ‘Rabindranathke Nie’, Saptarshi Prakashan, First Ed. February 2013,
ISBN: 9789382706137.
Manabendra Mukhopadhyay –
i) Gosthi Jiboner Upanyas, Bangiya Sahitya Samsad, 2009, ISBN: 81-
89827-06-5.
ii) Upanyaser Jatkinchit, Bangiya Sahitya Samsad, 2010, ISBN: 978-81-
89827-29-8.
Biswajit Ray –
i) Yato Beshi Jane Tato Beshi Mane (2010), Dey’s Publishing, Kolkata,
ISBN: 978-81-295-1028-0.
ii) Professor Shankur Sesh Diary (A Short History of Bengali Science
Fiction), 2013, Lalmati, Kolkata, ISBN: 978-93-811174-81-4.

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iii) Dakgharer Galpo, (Tagore’s Dakghar for Young Readers), 2013,

Saptarshi, Kolkata, ISBN: 978-93-827-0655-7.

Milankanti Biswas –
i) ‘Prasanga: Lokosanskriti’, Bangiya Sahitya Samsad, Kolkata Book Fair
2014, ISBN: 987-93-83590-06-3.
Shreela Basu –
i) ‘Parichay Patrika O Kayekjon’, Papyrus, 2011, ISBN: 978-81-908-360-
3-6.
f) Number listed in International Database (For e.g. Web of Science, Scopus,
Humanities International Complete, Dare Database International Social Sciences
Directory, EBSCO host, etc.): Not applicable
g) Citation Index — range / average: Not applicable.
h) SNIP: Not applicable.
i) SIR: Not applicable.
j) Impact Factor — range / average: Not applicable.
k) h-index: Not applicable.

23. Details of patents and income generated: Not applicable

24. Areas of consultancy and income generated:
Bengali Operating System (OS) developed by Microsoft Corporation was a fruit of
professional consultancy by the two Faculty Members of the Department (2005).
Income generated was Rs 1, 00,000/- (Rs. One Lakh only) submitted to Visva-Bharati
by Microsoft Corporation.
25. Faculty selected nationally / internationally to visit other laboratories /
institutions / industries in India and abroad:
a) Dr. Aparna Roy, Dr. Manabendra Mukhopadhyay and Dr. Biswajit Ray visited
Bangladesh to present paper in 2nd International Congress for Bengal Studies in
Dhaka, held on 16th to 20th December 2011.
b) Prof. Alpana Roy delivered lecture-demonstration titled “Rabindra-nataker
Gan” (Songs in Tagore plays: variety of uses), at the International Festival
‘Rabir Aloy Surer Dhara’, 150th Birth Anniversary Celebrations of Tagore
organized by Surer Dhara, Visva Maitri Bhavana, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 30
December 2011.
c) Prof. Alpana Roy delivered lecture entitled “Rabindranather Gan: Kavitar
Sange Dvandva-Milan” (Tagore’s Songs: Intertextualtiy with Poetry),
International Seminar ‘Rabir Aloy Surer Dhara’, 150th Birth Anniversary

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Celebrations of Tagore organized by Surer Dhara, Visva Maitri Bhavana,

Dhaka, Bangladesh, 30 December 2011.
d) Dr. Rita Modak visited Bangladesh to present paper in an International
Conference convened by Itihas Akademi Bangladesh, Dhaka on 17th February
2012.
26. Faculty serving in
a) National committees:
i) Professor Alpana Roy ––
Member Advisory Board: Bengali, Saraswati Samman, K.K. Birla Foundation,
New Delhi, since 2009.
Member Advisory Committee, Sangit Natak Academy, New Delhi, since
2009.
ii) Professor Sudip Basu ––
Member of the Academic Committee of Asiatic Society, Kolkata.
Consultant and Expert of the New Linguistic Survey of India Project (Govt. of
India) under Central Institute of Indian Languages, Mysore.
b) International committees: Nil
c) Editorial Boards: Nil
d) Any other (please specify): Nil
27. Faculty recharging strategies (UGC, ASC, Refresher / orientation programs,
workshops, training programs and similar programs):
a) Refresher Course : 02
i) ‘Medieval Bengali Literature through Modern Views’, 2003.
ii) ‘Literature & Other Art’, 2007.
b) Workshops :
i) Workshop on Bengali Spelling: 01 (‘Problems in Bengali Spelling & Probable
Solutions’, 13-14 September 2011).
c) Training Programs: Nil
d) Short Term Programme: Nil
28. Student projects:
a) percentage of students who have done in-house projects including
interdepartmental projects:
i) PG Students of the Department do in-house Projects (100%).
ii) PhD Students of the Department participated in 21 days National Workshop
in Manuscriptology jointly organised by the Department of Odiya, Visva-
Bharati, & National Manuscript Mission, New Delhi, dated 21.01.2013—
10.02.2013 (10%).
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the Asiatic Society, Vidyasagar University, Kalyani University, Jadavpur

University etc (08%).
iv) PhD Students of the Department presently taking part in the Certificate
Course in Manuscriptologyorganised by the Department of Sanskrit, Visva-
Bharati, dated October 2013 – March 2014 (10%).
b) percentage of students doing projects in collaboration with other universities /
industry / institute: Not applicable
29. Awards / recognitions received at the national and international level by
a) Faculty: 02
Sudip Basu –
i) “Sarba-Bhasha Sahityakar Samman” by Akhil Bharatiya Sahitya Parishad,
New Delhi, at Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) on 19th October 2012.
Milankanti Biswas –
i) Adwaita Mallabarman, Shmarak Samman, 2013, Organized by Adwaita
Mallabarman Educational Cultural Society and Uttarbanga Nattyagosthi in
collaboration.
b) Doctoral / post doctoral fellows: Nil
c) Students: Nil
30. Seminars/ Conferences/Workshops organized and the source of funding (national
/ international) with details of outstanding participants, if any:
a) Two days workshop on the title Problems in Bengali Spelling and Probable
Solutions September 13-14th 2011. Distinguished Resource Persons were Prof.
Uday Kumar Chakraborty (J.U.), Prof. Amitabha Das (B.U.), Sri Ashok
Mukhopadhyay (Lexicographer), Sri Subhamoy Mondal(Representative from
Bangla Academy, Kolkata), Sri Utpal Kumar Jha (Representative from Bangla
Academy, Kolkata).
b) National Seminar on the topic Rabindranath O Anyo Bhashar Sahitya on February
16, 2012. Distinguished Resource Persons were Dr. Martin Kampchen, Dr.
Josepas Rodriguese, Prof. Rambahal Tiwary, Prof. Harish Chandra Mishra, Prof.
Sabita Pradhan et.al
31. Code of ethics for research followed by the departments:
Yes, as per University Ph.D rules.

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32. Student profile programme-wise:

Name of the Selected Pass percentage
Applications
Programme
Received Male Female Male Female
(refer to question no. 4)
U.G. 34 46 94% 86.95%
P.G. 1092 35 51 100% 100%
Ph.D 185 18 13 N/A N/A
Certificate Course 01 01 100%
Diploma Course
Foreign Casual Course 05 03 02 100% 100%
33. Diversity of students:

% of % of students % of students % of
Name of the
Students from other from students
Programme
From the universities universities from
(refer to question
Same within the outside the other
No. 4)
university State State countries

U.G. 50% N/A N/A 1.3%

P.G. 73.7% 24% 2.3%
Ph.D 38.7% 58% 3.3%
Certificate Course 100%
Diploma Course
Foreign Casual Course 100%
34. How many students have cleared Civil Services and Defense Services
examinations, NET, SET, GATE and other competitive examinations? Give
details category-wise:
a) NET with JRF: 12 (SC: 05,ST: Nil,OBC: 03, GEN: 04)
b) NET: 20 (SC: 03,ST: Nil,OBC: 02, GEN: 15)
c) RET: 18 (SC: 02,ST: Nil,OBC: 04, GEN: 12)
35. Student progression:
Student progression Percentage against enrolled
UG to PG 90%
PG to M.Phil. N/A
PG to Ph.D. 11%
Ph.D. to Post-Doctoral Nil
Employed
• Campus selection N/A

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• Other than campus recruitment 70%

Entrepreneurs N/A
36. Diversity of staff:
Percentage of faculty who are graduates
of the same university 29.5%
from other universities within the State 64.5%
from universities from other States 6%
from universities outside the country Nil

37. Number of faculty who were awarded M.Phil., Ph.D., D.Sc. and D.Litt. during the
assessment period:
Awarded Degree No. of Faculty
M.Phil. 01
Ph.D. 16
38. Present details of departmental infrastructural facilities with regard to
a) Library: Total no of books in departmental seminal library: 4,973 books with
digital catalogue.
b) Internet facilities for staff and students: Yes, with Wi-Fi and LAN connectivity.
c) Total number of class rooms: 09
d) Class rooms with ICT facility:
e) Students’ laboratories: N/A
f) Research laboratories: N/A
39. List of doctoral, post-doctoral students and Research Associates:
a) from the host institution/university: 52
b) from other institutions/ universities : 26
40. Number of post graduate students getting financial assistance from the
university: 12
41. Was any need assessment exercise undertaken before the development of new
programme(s)? If so, highlight the methodology:
Experts are invited to develop Departmental Curriculum activities.
42. Does the department obtain feedback from
a. faculty on curriculum as well as teaching-learning-evaluation? If yes, how
does the department utilize the feedback: Yes, changing syllabus
b. students on staff, curriculum and teaching-learning-evaluation and how does
the department utilize the feedback: Yes, by restructuring the teaching methods.

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c. alumni and employers on the programmes offered and how does the
department utilize the feedback: Department utilizes feedback from the Alumni
and Employers of the University as and when require.
43. List the distinguished alumni of the department (maximum 10):
Administrative service:
a) Srinwanti Pal, IAS
Academic service:
b) Biswanath Roy, Professor, C.U.
c) Subodh Jash, Professor, N.B.U.
d) Anindita Bandyopadhyay, Associate Professor, B.U.
e) Sabitri Nanda Chakraborty, Professor, K.U.
f) Jyotsna Chattopadhyay, Associate Professor, R.B.U.
Performing Art:
g) Vikram Singh Khangura
h) Indira Bandyopadhyay
Creative Writing:
i) Ashim Chattaraj, Creative Writing
j) Dr. Manoranjan Bandyopadhyay
44. Give details of student enrichment programmes (special lectures / workshops /
seminar) involving external experts:
a) Two days workshop on the title Problems in Bengali Spelling and Probable
Solutions September 13-14th 2011. Distinguished Resource Persons were Prof.
Uday Kumar Chakraborty (J.U.), Prof. Amitabha Das (B.U.), Sri Ashok
Mukhopadhyay (Lexicographer), Sri Subhamoy Mondal(Representative from
Bangla Academy, Kolkata), Sri Utpal Kumar Jha (Representative from Bangla
Academy, Kolkata).
b) National Seminar on the topic Rabindranath O Anyo Bhashar Sahitya on February
16, 2012. Distinguished Resource Persons were Dr. Martin Kampchen, Dr.
Josepas Rodriguese, Prof. Rambahal Tiwary, Prof. Harish Chandra Mishra, Prof.
Sabita Pradhan et.al
c) Mr. Pradip Kr. Mitra (Addl.Director General, Akashvani/ All India Radio)
delivered lecture on the title Akashvanite Rabindranath on Aug. 12, 2011
d) Prof. Harishchandra Mishra delivered lecture on Sampratik Hindi Kabita in Inter-
disciplinary lecture series on Aug. 13 , 2011
e) Tagore expert, President of All China Translation Association, Prof. Bai Kaiyunan
interacted with students and teachers of the Bengali Dept. on the topic China and
Rabindranath: Cultural Exchange on Aug. 14, 2011
f) Dr. S.N. Ojha delivered lecture-with-demonstration on Computation in the Study

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of Language in Interdisciplinary series of lectures on Sept. 3, 2011

g) Two-day workshop was organized on the title Problems in Bengali Spelling and
Probable Solutions on Sept. 13-14, 2011
h) Prof. Rabindranath Pal delivered lecture on Spanish Sahitya o Rabindranath jointly
convened by Bengali Dept. and Study Circle, Visva-Bharati on Nov. 21 , 2011
i) Prof. Arunkumar Basu delivered lecture on Rathindranath Smritibaktrita on Nov.
27, 2011
j) National seminar on the topic Rabindranath O Anyo Bhashar Sahitya was
organized on Feb. 16, 2012
k) Prof. Arunkumar Basu delivered “Nripendrachandra Smarak Baktrita” on the title
Maramiya kabita o Rabindranath on March 13, 2012
l) Sri Sushobhan Adhikary delivered Rathindranath Tagore Memorial lecture
on“Shilpi Rathindranath” on Nov. 27, 2012, birth day of Rathindranath.
m) Prof. Amitrasudan Bhattacharya delivered “Nripendrachandra Smarak Baktrita”
organized by Bengali Dept. on behalf of Visva-Bharati titled Bankimchandra O
Rabindranathon March 04, 2013
45. List the teaching methods adopted by the faculty for different programmes:
a) Lecture Method
b) Audio-visual Method
c) Interactive Method
d) Field Work
e) Student Seminar and Group Discussion
46. How does the department ensure that programme objectives are constantly met
and learning outcomes are monitored:
Departmental Faculty Members take continuous feedback from the students both
written and verbally.
47. Highlight the participation of students and faculty in extension activities:
a) Reunion of present students and alumni
b) Educational tour
c) Post-graduate student delegated in cultural exchange programme with China in
China, 2012
48. Give details of “beyond syllabus scholarly activities” of the department:
a) Five faculty members acted as Resource Person in various UGC sponsored
Refresher Courses.
b) All the faculty members have delivered lectures and presented papers in various
academic institutions.

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49. State whether the programme / department is accredited / graded by other

agencies? If yes, give details: No
50. Briefly highlight the contributions of the department in generating new
knowledge, basic or applied:
Exploring new knowledge in various fields in Bengali language and literature of all
ages with special emphasis on Tagore Studies, Narrative Literature, Folkloristics,
Linguistics, Inter-disciplinary studies including music, film, art and architecture, social
history, translation studies, philosophy etc.

51. Detail five major Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Challenges (SWOC)
of the department:
a) Strengths :
i) Digital catalogue of the departmental seminar library.
ii) Inter-disciplinary research work by the faculty members and scholars.
iii) Good interactive relations between students and teachers beyond class
hours.
iv) Audio-visual apparatus used in teaching-learning process, wi-fi connection
is available in the Department
v) International students in U.G., P.G., Ph.D and various language courses.
b) Weaknesses:
i) Acute space problem.
ii) No canteen in department.
iii) No librarian for the departmental seminar library.
iv) No language laboratory.
v) No common room for teachers and students.
c) Opportunities:
i) Interdisciplinary interaction with various Departments of the University
ii) Utilization of available resources in the Manuscriptorium of Visva-Bharati
and the archives of Rabindra-Bhavana
iii) Exploring the rich cultural heritage of Santiniketan
iv) Exploring the rich literary heritage of Birbhum including Santiniketan
v) Exploring the lingual heritage of Birbhum with extensive field work
d) Challenges (SWOC) of the Department:
i) The Department has to deal with students from backward rural areas, many
of the students being first generation learners
ii) Students of financial backward family do not get hostel facility
iii) Apart from the Seminar Library, Central Library and the Rabindra-Bhavana

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Library, no other well-equipped library is available in the vicinity; the

faculty members and the student have to go to Kolkata regularly for library
work
iv) No coaching system for UGC NET Exam.
v) No coaching system for various competitive exam. for proper placement
52. Future plans of the department:
a) The Department is preparing for SAP in near future.
b) The Department is planning to set up a Tagore Cell in the Department of Bengali
with a view of exhaustive studies on Rabindranath Tagore.

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Evaluative Report of the Department of English and Other Modern

European Languages (DEOMEL)

1. Name of the Department: Department of English and Other Modern European

Languages (DEOMEL)
2. Year of establishment: 1951
(By 1918 Rabindranath Tagore had conceived of a centre of culture where the
East and the West would enter into an encounter not only for mutual
enrichment but also for fostering the ideal of the fundamental unity of
humanity. By 1919 the study of French and German was firmly established,
and Paul Richer was one of the teachers of French at this period. After Visva-
Bharati became a formal entity in 1921, C.F. Andrews was one of the teachers
of English, Hidjibhai Pestonji Mauricewala of French and Narsinghbhai Patel
of German. James H. Cousins also served briefly as a teacher of English during
this time. Vincenz Lesny imparted lessons on the German language, as did
Ferdinand Benoit on French and German, Bachmann on German, and Carlo S.
Formichi and Giuseppe Tucci on Italian. At various points of time
Rabindranath received as gifts libraries of books on French, German and Italian
literatures. All these languages and literatures formed part of the course of
studies at Uttar Vibhaga, the Department of Higher Studies, which was
renamed Vidya Bhavana in 1926. The Department set for itself an exacting
scheme of language training to serve primarily as essential equipment for
research in any of the chosen fields of Vidya Bhavana. Distinguished teachers
of English in the 1930s and later included Lila Majumdar, Balraj Sahni, Alex
Aronson, Edward Thomson, Mujtaba Ali and Amiya Chakravarty among
others.
When a department of English and Other Modern European Languages was
set up after 1951, instead of just a department of English, an attempt was made
to keep alive the spirit of the integrated study of European Languages that
Rabindranath had tried to initiate in the early years of the institution.
The syllabi for B.A (Honours) and M.A courses were freshly drawn up with
the inception of this department after the 1951 Act. Prior to that, students of
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University of Calcutta, which was their examining body also. Humayun Kabir
and Nirmal Kumar Siddhanta, among others, contributed to the framing of the
new syllabi. A substantial component of Old and Middle English languages and
literatures was a feature of the first syllabi.
3. Is the Department part of a School/Faculty of the university? Yes, Bhasha
Bhavana (School of Languages and Literatures).
4. Names of programmes offered (UG, PG, M.Phil., Ph.D., integrated Masters;
Integrated Ph.D., D.Sc., D.Litt., etc.) :
a) 3 year Under Graduate (BA Hons) and 2 year Post Graduate (MA) in English.
b) 3 year Under Graduate (BA Hons) in Italian, French, German and Russian
c) 2 year M. Phil and 5 year Ph. D in English, German, French, Russian and Italian
d) 2 year Certificate Course in German, French, Russian and Italian
e) 1 year Diploma Course in German, French, Russian and Italian
f) 1 year Advanced Diploma Course in Russian and Italian
5. Interdisciplinary programmes and departments involved:
DEOMEL faculty members are actively involved in the development of speaking,
writing and presentation (English language) skills of all students of Visva-Bharati
(especially in the case of students of Sangit Bhavana and Department of Social Work).
Interdisciplinary research is another area in which the department is engaged in.
DEOMEL is not only involved in teaching English but the department also offers
courses in European languages like Italian, German, French and Russian. At the post-
graduate level we also teach texts written in these languages ( in translation). We also
set, moderate and evaluate all questions and answer papers.
6. Courses in collaboration with other universities, industries, foreign institutions,
etc.:
Teachers of this department frequently visit foreign universities and renowned
institutes located in various parts of the world. Similarly, internationally known
professors and scholars of esteemed universities and institutes visit our department,
deliver lectures and interact with students and faculty members of the department.
Recently two senior professors Abhijit Sen and Somdatta Mandal went to Edinburgh
Napier University, Scotland which has a MOU with Visva-Bharati; consequently
Professor Bashabi Fraser of Edinburgh Napier University visited our department as
Visiting Fellow.
7. Details of programmes discontinued, if any, with reasons: Nil
8. Examination System: Semester System

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9. Participation of the department in the courses offered by other departments :

The faculties of this department are actively involved in the under-graduate courses
offered by the various departments and Bhavanas like Sangit Bhavana, Siksha
Bhavana and Kala Bhavana as we teach, set, moderate and evaluate components like
“General English” and “Alternative English”. We also teach a series of remedial
classes as per UGC recommendations to all students, especially the backward classes.
We also take job-oriented classes for higher students.
10. Number of teaching posts sanctioned, filled and actual (Professors/ Associate
Professors/ Asst. Professors/ others) :
Actual (including CAS &
Sanctioned Filled
MPS)
Professor 2 2 8 (6 in CAS)
4(3 in CAS + 2 vacant + 1
Associate Professors 5 3 promoted to Professor in
CAS)
8( 2 promoted to Professor
17* (2 in
in CAS + 4 promoted to
Asst. Professors Comparative 16*
Associate Professor in
Literature)
CAS+ 1 vacant)
Others Nil NA NA
* 2 incumbents of comparative literature are presently attached with DEOMEL
11. Faculty profile with name, qualification, designation, area of specialization,
experience and research under guidance :
a) Name : Abhijit Sen
Qualification : Ph.D
Designation : Professor
Specialization : Renaissance Literature, Tagore, Translation
Studies
No. of Years of Experience : 26
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : 08 (1 Ph.D awarded, 7 Ph.D enrolled.)
b) Name : Goutam Ghosal
Qualification : Ph.D, D.Litt
Designation : Professor
Specialization : Sri Aurobindo and Rabindranath, nineteenth
century British and American literature
No. of Years of Experience : 26

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No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students

guided for the last 4 years : 07 (3 Ph.D awarded and 4 Ph.D enrolled)
c) Name : Sukla Basu Sen
Qualification : Ph.D
Designation : Professor
Specialization : Renaissance studies, American studies,
Drama, Tagore, Translation Studies
No. of Years of Experience : 37
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : 13 (4 Ph D awarded, 8 Ph D enrolled, 1
MPhil awarded)
d) Name : Somdatta Mandal
Qualification : Ph.D
Designation : Professor
Specialization : American Literature and Culture, Canadian
Literature, Film Studies
No. of Years of Experience : 26+
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : 11(3 Ph D awarded; 7 Ph D enrolled, 1 MPhil
awarded)
e) Name : Nilanjan Chakraborty
Qualification : Ph.D
Designation : Professor (of French)
Specialization : French Studies, Translation studies, Travel
literature
No. of Years of Experience : 20+
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : 02(1 Ph D awarded, 1 Ph D enrolled)
f) Name : Indrani Das
Qualification : Laurea (Ph.D)
Designation : Professor (of Italian)
Specialization : Italian Literature: Middle Ages, Renaissance,
19 th & 20th Century, Medieval History
No. of Years of Experience : 20+
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : 01(1 Ph D enrolled)

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g) Name : Debarati Bandopadhyay

Qualification : Ph.D
Designation : Professor
Specialization : Eco-criticism, Nineteenth Century, Thomas
Hardy, Tagore
No. of Years of Experience : 15+
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : 09(1 Ph D awarded, 7 Ph D enrolled, 1 MPhil
awarded)
h) Name : Amrit Sen
Qualification : Ph.D
Designation : Professor
Specialization : 18 th Century Studies, Travel writings, Tagore
No. of Years of Experience : 15+
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : 09(1 Ph D awarded, 8 Ph D enrolled)
i) Name : Aruna Mukherjee
Qualification : Ph.D
Designation : Associate Professor (of Russian)
Specialization : Russian Literature, Tagore, Translation
Studies
No. of Years of Experience : 27+
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : 02(2 Ph D enrolled)
j) Name : Romit Roy
Qualification : M.Phil
Designation : Associate Professor (of German)
Specialization : German Literature; The works of Theodor W.
Adorno, esp. his work on music; Musical
modernity, esp. the music of the New
Viennese School
No. of Years of Experience : 24+
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : 01(1 M Phil awarded)
k) Name : Tanuka Das
Qualification : Ph.D
Designation : Associate Professor

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Specialization : British and American Modernist literature

No. of Years of Experience : 32+
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : 07(1 Ph D awarded, 5 Ph D enrolled; 1
MPhil awarded)
l) Name : Swati Ganguly
Qualification : Ph.D
Designation : Associate Professor
Specialization : Feminism/Gender Studies, Renaissance
Studies, Tagore
No. of Years of Experience : 19
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : 06(6 Ph D enrolled)
m) Name : Tapu Biswas
Qualification : Ph.D
Designation : Assistant Professor
Specialization : Modern British Drama, Indian Drama
No. of Years of Experience : 8+
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : 03(3 Ph D enrolled)
n) Name : Sudev Pratim Basu
Qualification : Ph.D
Designation : Assistant Professor
Specialization : Popular Literature, Postcolonial Studies,
Theory, Graphic Novels, Travel Literature
No. of Years of Experience : 14+
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : 07(6 Ph D enrolled, 1 MPhil awarded)
o) Name : Ananya Dutta Gupta
Qualification : M.Phil
Designation : Assistant Professor
Specialization : War and Society, Tagore, Renaissance
Studies
No. of Years of Experience : 11+
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : Nil

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p) Name : Saurav Dasthakur

Qualification : Ph.D
Designation : Assistant Professor
Specialization : Twentieth Century British literature, Indian
and African literatures in English, Literary
Theory, Culture Studies
No. of Years of Experience : 10+
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : 05(5 Ph D enrolled)
q) Name : Dipankar Roy
Qualification : Ph.D
Designation : Assistant Professor
Specialization : Theory, Postcolonialism, Tagore
No. of Years of Experience : 10
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : Nil
r) Name : Nilanjana Bhattacharya
Qualification : Ph.D
Designation : Assistant Professor (of Comparative
Literature)
Specialization : Latin American Literature, Bhasha Literature,
Translation Studies
No. of Years of Experience : 4+
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : Nil
s) Name : Soma Mukhopadhyay
Qualification : Ph.D
Designation : Assistant Professor (of Comparative
Literature)
Specialization : Literatures of Africa, Indian Bhasha
Literature, Comparative Literature,
Translation Studies
No. of Years of Experience : 3+
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : 01(1 Ph D enrolled)
t) Name : Shaona Barik
Qualification : M.A.

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Designation : Assistant Professor

Specialization : Turn of the century British literature,
Victorian Literature
No. of Years of Experience : 06 months
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : Nil
12. List of senior Visiting Fellows, adjunct faculty, emeritus professors:
A select list of eminent scholars who have visited our departments in the last few
years:
Year
Name Institutional Affiliation of
visit
Prof. Ramkrishna Bhattacharya Anandamohan College, Calcutta University 2009
Prof. Makarand Paranjape Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi 2010
Prof. Ashok Mahapatra Sambalpur University 2010
Prof. Jashodhara Bagchi Emeritus Professor, Jadavpur University 2010
Prof. Swapan Majumder Jadavpur University 2010
Prof. Kathleen O’Connell University of Toronto 2010
Prof. Usha Bande Himachal Pradesh University, Simla 2010
Prof. Jasbir Jain Rajasthan University 2010
Prof. Marzenna Jakubczak Krakow, Poland 2012
Prof. Blanka Knotkova Charles & Metropolitan University, Czech 2013
Capkova Republic
Prof. Dipesh Chakraborty University of Chicago, USA 2013
Prof. Bashabi Fraser University of Edinburgh 2013
Prof. Krishna Sen Former Professor, University of Calcutta 2013
Dr. Prasanta Chakravarty Dept. Of English, University of Delhi 2013
13. Percentage of classes taken by temporary faculty — programme-wise :
Of late there is no provision for ‘Temporary Faculty’ at our Department; however,
Research Scholars and Visiting Fellows are assigned some classes both at UG and PG
levels.
14. Programme-wise Student Teacher Ratio* :
Programme Course Number of Number of Student-Teacher ratio*
students teachers
UG BA 123 20 6:1
PG MA 92 20 4.5: 1

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Research MPhil 13 20 4.35: 1

Programme PhD 74**
* The ratio is calculated on the assumption that all teachers are involved in teaching
all the courses. This is also to clarify that all teachers are also engaged in teaching
University Courses like General English, Alternative English and Communicative
English. OMEL teachers of the Department also offer Certificate and Diploma
Courses in German, French, Russian and Italian. OMEL teachers and teachers of
Comparative Literature are also actively involved in designing courses, teaching
texts, setting question papers and evaluating scripts at the undergraduate and
postgraduate levels.
** This figure includes the scholars pursuing their research at various levels of
registration.
15. Number of academic support staff (technical) and administrative filled and
actual:
Sanctioned Filled Actual
Administrative Staff 1 (Office Assistant) 1 1
Group D Staff 1 1 1
Temporary Staff 2 2 2
16. Research thrust areas as recognized by major funding agencies:
Thrust Area Funding Agency Remarks
Rabindranath Tagore: East West Confluence UGC UGC DRS-SAP
17. Number of faculty with ongoing projects from a) national b) international
agencies and c) Total grants received. Give the names of the project title and
grants received project-wise: 02
Name of the Amount of
Funding
Faculty- Project Title Grant
Agency
Member received
Amrit Sen “Rabindranath Tagore and UGC 9.6 lac
Science”
Tapu Biswas “Badal Sircar and the Third UGC 1.5 lac
Theatre”
18. Inter-institutional collaborative projects and associated grants
a) National collaboration & b) international collaboration:
Since inception the Department has collaborated with reputed national and
international organizations like EZCC, Sahitya Akademi, Sangit Natak Akademi,
IACLALS, MELUS/ MELOW,British Council and American Center in projects like

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colloquiums, symposia, workshops etc. These institutes fund and sponsor full/partial
grants that help us in hosting such academic events.
19. Departmental projects funded by DST-FIST; UGC-SAP/CAS, AICTE, etc.; total
grants received:
The Department received the UGC DRS (SAP) project on “Rabindranath Tagore:
East-West Confluence” in the year 2009-10. The total amount sanctioned was 34.50
lac (Recurring 24.00 lac + Non-Recurring 10.50 lac) and the expenses for two Project-
Fellows. We wish to follow this up with the next step UGC-DSA and finally with the
Centre for Advanced Studies.
20. Research facility / centre with
a) state recognition : b) national recognition:
c) international recognition:
The broad rubric for the UGC-DRS research is “Rabindranath Tagore: East West
Confluence”. The Department has a well equipped library for doing this kind of
research. Moreover the Rabindra-Bhavana Library has the biggest collection of
Tagore’s primary texts and other original documents.
21. Special research laboratories sponsored by / created by industry or corporate
bodies: Not applicable
22. Publications:
a) No. of papers published in peer reviewed journals (national/
international):
Abhijit Sen – 12
Amrit Sen – 07
Ananya Dutta Gupta – 10
Aruna Mukherjee – 06
Debarati Bandyopadhyay – 07
Dipankar Roy – 06
Goutam Ghoshal – 115
Indrani Das – 10
Nilanjan Chakraborty – 23
Nilanjana Bhattacharya – 05
Romit Roy – 07
Saurav Dasthakur – 07
Somdatta Mandal – 49
Sudev Pratim Basu – 06
Sukla Basu Sen – 14
Swati Ganguly – 09

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Tanuka Das – 11
Tapu Biswas – 10
Total – 314
b) Monographs:
Debarati Bandyopadhyay –
i) Arundhati Roy: Environment and Literary Activism. Occasional Paper 24.
Institute of Development Studies Kolkata. April 2011.
Swati Ganguly –
i) Jiyankathi (Kolkata: Parampara, 2012) ISBN 978-93-80869-80-3.
c) Chapters in Books:
Abhijit Sen –
i) “In Search of a ‘New’ Language for the Bengali Theatre”, Rabindranath
Tagore: A Commemorative Volume, ed. Udaya Narayana Singh (New
Delhi: Public Diplomacy Division, Ministry External Affairs, GOI), 2010:
202-213.
ii) “The Author as Actor: Rabindranath Tagore as a Theatre Practitioner”,
The Poet and his World: Critical Essays on Rabindranath Tagore, ed.
Mohamad A. Quayum (Hyderabad: Orient Blackswan, 2011): 185-198.
ISBN 978-81-250-4319-5.
iii) The Kingdom of Cards, an English translation of Tagore’s Tasher Desh, in
Essential Tagore, ed. Fakrul Alam & Radha Chakravarty (Cambridge,
Mass.: Harvard UP, 2010): 450-487. ISBN 978-0-674-05790-6.
iv) “Wordsworth and Annette Vallon: love, politics, poetry”, Romanticism
and its Legacies, ed. Ralla Guha Neogi (Kolkata: Fine Prints, in
collaboration with Basanti Devi College, Kolkata, 2009): 50-62. ISBN
978-81-906889-4-9.
v) “Jesus of The New Testament: History, Myth, Faith”, The Word and the
World, ed. Sukanya Dasgupta & Mangala Gauri Ramani Chakravarty
(Kolkata: Loreto College, 2009): 57-76. ISBN 81-85861-36-6.
vi) “Fatal Visions in Macbeth”, Renaissance Themes: Essays presented to
Arun Kumar Dasgupta, ed. Sukanta Chaudhuri (London, New York, New
Delhi: Anthem Press, 2009): 98-112. ISBN-13: 978-81-907570-1-0.
vii) “Rabindranath’s Theatre at the Ashram-school: Towards a ‘Swadeshi’
Model?”, Rabindranath Tagore and the Nation: Essays in Politics, Society
and Culture, ed. Swati Ganguly & Abhijit Sen (Kolkata: Punascha &
Visva-Bharati, 2011): 259-273. ISBN 817332482-4.
viii) “Jesus in Rome-occupied Judea: Redeeming Messiah or Liberating

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Terrorist?”, Proceedings of the Seminar on ‘Changing Faces of

Terrorism: A 21st Century Perspective’, ed. Jayati Mukherjee (Kolkata:
Gokhale Memorial Girls’ College, 2009): 25-35.
ix) “Shakespeare and his Directors,” in Only Connect, Ed. Jayanti Datta
(Kolkata: Avenel Press, 2012): 11-21.
Amrit Sen –
i) “Rabindranath, Travel and Tirtha”, in Tagore: At Home in the World eds.
Sanjukta Dasgupta and Chinmoy Guha. New Delhi: Sage Publications,
2012. pp. 75-96.
ii) “Survival”, translation of short story by Shyamal Kr. Pramanik, titled
“Ekhono Aadim”, in Survival and other Stories: Bangle Dalit Fiction in
Translation. Eds. Shankar Prasad Singha and Indranil Acharya. New
Delhi: Orient Blackswan, 2012: 135 – 39.
iii) “Himsai Unmattwo Prithwi: Tagore’s Response to Violence” in Violence
Versus Tolerance. Eds. Bibekananda Sau and Madhu Kapoor. Kolkata:
Sadesh, 2011. ISBN: 8182821711: 25-38.
iv) “The Outsider’s Vision: Samant in Silence! The Court is in Session”, in
Kaustav Chakraborty. Ed. Indian Drama in English. New Delhi: Pearson
Learning, 2011: 53-67.
v) “Reorganizing her Continental Life: Rabindranath’s Asian Travelogues”,
in Rabindranath Tagore and the Nation: Essays in Politics, Society and
Culture. Eds. Swati Ganguly and Abhijit Sen. Kolkata: Punascha, 2011.
ISBN: 8173324824: 62-71.
vi) “Never so wholly Stirr’s my Mind”: Rabindranath and Russiar Chithi”, in
Rabindranath Revisited: Essays on Tagore. Kolkata: Levant Books, 2012.
pp. 74-90.
vii) “Debating the Charkha: Envisioning the Postcolonial Nation in A.P.C.
Ray, Rabindranath Tagore and Mahatma Gandhi”, in New Orientations in
English Literature and Language Teaching. Hyderabad: Osmania
University, 2013.
viii) “In a Land Where I have no Readers: Rabindranath and the Voyage to
Iran”, in Contemporarising Tagore and the World, ed Imtiaz Ahmed et. al.
Dhaka: The University Press Ltd., 2013. pp.103-114. ISBN
9789845061209.
ix) “Translating Dalit Literature: Texts and Problems”, in Marginal Writings
in English, Bengali and other Regional Literature, ed. Jaydeep Sarangi
and Champa Ghoshal. New Delhi: Authors Press, 2013. pp. 48-55. ISBN
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x) “Perspectives of Storytelling: Tapan Sinha’s Kshudita Pashan (1961), in

Word and Image: Articulations on Literature and Films. Ed. Subha
Mishra and Urmila Dabir. Nagpur: Dattsons, 2013. ISBN 9788171920839
xi) “A Play of Selves: On the Edges of Time and the Art of Autobiography”,
in Rathindranath Tagore: The Unsung Hero. Ed. Tapati Mukhopadhyay
and Amrit Sen.Santiniketan: Rabindra Bhavana, 2013. pp. 3-11. ISBN
9788175225732
Ananya Dutta Gupta –
i) Bhattacharya, Malini, ‘Nandini of Jakshapuri’ and ‘The Crisis of
Civilisation’, transl. Ananya Dutta Gupta in Sen, Abhijit & Swati Ganguly
eds. Tagore and the Swadeshi Samaj. Kolkata: Punashcha, 2011. ISBN
978-81-7332-482-6.
ii) Spenser, Edmund: The Faerie Queene. Book I. Ed. M.C. Jussawalla.
Extensively revised with Commentary and New Introduction by Ananya
Dutta Gupta. Orient Blackswan Annotated Study Texts. Hyderabad: Orient
Blackswan, 2012. ISBN 978 81 250-4030 9.
Aruna Mukherjee –
i) “Robir Aloke Prabhat,” pp. 392-398. Rabindranath O Bibhinya Bharatiyo
Byaktitya. Ed. Tapas Bhowmik, Kolkata: Korok.
Debarati Bandyopadhyay –
i) “Tagore, Environment and Ecology: A Place-Space Dynamics” Tagore-At
Home in the World ed. Sanjukta Dasgupta and Chinmoy Guha. New
Delhi: Sage, 2013. pp. 305-316. ISBN: 978-81-321-1084-2.
ii) “Ethics in The Penelopiad” Inhabited by Stories: Critical Essays on Tales
Retold ed. Nancy A. Barta-Smith and Danette Dimarco. Newcastle upon
Tyne; Cambridge Scholars, 2012.pp. 174-193. ISBN: 978-1-4438-4153-5.
iii) “Of Nostalgia and Necessity: Revisiting North East India in Siddhartha
Deb’s Fiction,” Exploring North-East Indian Writings in English ed. Indu
Swami. New Delhi: Sarup, 2011. pp. 224-235.
iv) “Tagore’s Santiniketan” Rabindranath Tagore: The Living Presence ed.
Nibir K. Ghosh. New Delhi: Authorspress, 2011. ISBN: 9788172736491
v) “Environment and Marginalized Existence in Tagore’s Works”
Rabindranath Tagore: The Living Presence ed. Nibir K. Ghosh. New
Delhi: Authorspress, 2011. ISBN: 9788172736491.
vi) “Globalized Transactions and Syncretism;Evaluating Jhumpa Lahiri’s
Fiction”. Literary Transactions in a Globalized Context: Multiethnicity,
Gender and the Marketplace ed. Himadri Lahiri. New Delhi: Worldview,
2010.pp. 89-98. ISBN: 978-8186423- 18-9.

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vii) “Experiences of the Indian and South-East Asian Diaspora in the Fictional
Works of Jhumpa Lahiri and Monica Ali” Understanding India: Studies in
Indian English Fiction. Ed. Arnab Bhattacharya. Kolkata: Books Way,
2010. pp. 131-141. ISBN: 978-93-80145-39-6.
viii) “Margaret Atwood: Ecofeminist Concerns” Modes of Resistance: World
Literatures in English. Kolkata: Department of English, New Alipore
College, 2009. pp. 38-51.
ix) “Exploring Literary Ecology of Place in ‘New’ Nature Writing” in Toward
a Literary Ecology: Places and Spaces in American Literature ed. Karen
E. Waldron and Rob Friedman. Lanham Toronto/ Plymouth, UK:
Scarecrow – Rowman and Littlefield, 2013. Pp. 145-162. ISBN: 978-0-
8108-9197-5.
x) “Frail and/or Indomitable: Representation of the Female Body in Sarojini
Naidu’s Poetry” in Writing the Body: Studies in the Self-Images of Women
in Indian English Poetry ed. Arnab Bhattacharya. The Arts in Society
series. Champaign, Illinois, USA: Common Ground, 2013.Pp. 21-31.
ISBN: 978-1-61229-325-7
Dipankar Roy –
i) “Life in the Translated World of Amitav Ghosh” in Literary Transactions
in a Globalized Context, Himadri Lahiri (Ed.) Kolkata: Worldview, 2010,
pp-289-98. ISBN 81-86423-18-4.
ii) “National Identity and the Question of Violence” in Rabindranath Tagore
and the Nation: Essays in Politics, Society and Culture, Swati Ganguly
and Abhijit Sen(eds.), Visva-Bharati & Punascha Kolkata, 2011.pp, 238-
49. ISBN 978-81-7332-482-6.
iii) “Translation as Representation” in Understanding India: Studies in Indian
English Fiction Arnab Bhattacharya (Ed), Kolkata: Books Way, 2009, pp.
152-59.; ISBN 978-93-80145-39-6.
iv) “From Flint to Matchboxes—The Nation’s Trek through Colon ial
Modernity: A Study of Dinendrakumar Roy’s three sketches on Bengal
Village Life” in Nation and Narration. ed. Snehasish Maity, Deptt of
English: Sitananda College, Nandigram, 2009: 23-28.
v) Translated and published poems of Michael Madhusudan Datta, Bashabi
Fraser and Arun Kolatkar in Bharitya Engreji Kobita , Somdatta Mandal
and Soma Mukhopadhyay (eds.) Abhijan Publishers, Kolkata. 2013 ISBN:
978-93-80197-07-4.
Goutam Ghoshal –
i) “Tagore’s Poetry: An Aurobindonian Approach” in In Rethinking

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Tagore. Eds. B. R. Ananthan & M. G. Hegde. Karnataka: Rani

Channamma University, 2013.
ii) “Sri Aurobindo’s Poetry: A Critical Study” in Marginalised:
Indian Poetry in English, ed. Sunita Agarwal, New York:
Rodopi, 2014. ISBN 978-90-420-3784-7.
Indrani Das –
i) “Hindi Bhavana”in the Volume Rabindranather Santiniketan o Sriniketan,
ed. Tapan Som, Dip Prakashan, Kolkata, 2010.
ii) Two English poems of Niranjan Mohanty translated into Bengali in
Bharatiya Engreji Kobita. Eds. Somdatta Mandal & Soma
Mukhopadhyay, Abhjan Publishers: Kolkata, 2013.
Nilanjana Bhattacharya –
i) ‘Mapping Borders through Languages: The Politics of Multilingualism’;
pp. 360-374 Cartographies of Affect: Across Borders in South Asia & The
Americas Eds. Debra Castillo & Kavita Panjabi. Delhi: Worldview, Centre
for Studies in Latin American Literatures and Cultures & Centre of
Advanced Study, Dept. of Comparative Literature, JU, 2011; 978-81-
920651-0-6.
ii) ‘Rabindranath Tagore y Victoria Ocampo: Un Encuentro Transcendental’;
pp. 309-327, Redescubriendo a Tagore Eds. Shyama Prasad Ganguly
&Indranil Chakravarty. Mumbai: Amaranta, 2011; 978-81-921843-1-9.
iii) An entry on “Literature”; pp. 425-432, India Today: An Encyclopedia of
Life in the Republic (Vol 2) Eds. Arnold P. Kaminsky & Roger D. Long.
Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO, 2011; 978-0-313-37462-3
(Hardback), 978-0-313-37463-0 (ebook).
iv) An entry on ‘Rabindranath Tagore’; pp.291-292 Cultural Sociology of
Middle East, Asia and Africa Vol.4 Ed. Carolin M. Elliott. Los Angeles:
SAGE, 2011; 9781412981767.
v) ‘Rabindranath’s ‘Visvasahitya’ and Comparative Literary Studies’,
Contemporarising Tagore and the World, eds. Imtiaz Ahmed, Muchkund
Dubey and VeenaSikri. Dhaka: University Press Limited, 2013; 978 984
506 118 6.
vi) ‘Victoria Ocampo: ‘Mujer de una tierra extraña’; pp. 213-229 Hispanic
Horizon: The Shared Crossings; Indo-Hispano-Lusophone Perspectives,
ed. Shyama Prasad Ganguly. New Delhi, Jawaharlal Nehru University,
2011; ISBN: 81-901849-6-2.
Romit Roy –
i) “Shopping Malls and Social Networking Sites. Interiority, Visual Culture

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and the Transformation of the Public Sphere”. In: Julia Afifi, S.

Mazumdar, R. Rajan and C. Ulrich (Eds.), German Studies in India.
Beiträge aus der Germanistik in Indien. Vol. 3/2012. New Delhi and
Muinich, 2012 (German Academic Exchange Service DAAD-Delhi,
Iudicium Verlag, Munich): 199-212. ISBN 978-3-86205-077-2 / ISSN:
1867-2817.
ii) “Rabindranath Tagore als moderner Komponist”. In: World Literature and
Translation as Cultural Praxis: Goethe Society of India, Yearbook 2012.
New Delhi, 2013 (Mosaic Books), 15-33. ISBN 978-81-907140-4-4.
iii) “Milarepa”, Samudrer namkaran”: Translation from English into Bengali
of two poems by Ranajit Hoskote. In: Somdatta Mandal and Soma
Mukherjee (eds.), Bharatiya Engraji Kobita. Kolkata, Abhijan, 2013: 149-
50. ISBN: 978-93-80197-07-4
Saurav Dasthakur –
i) “Violence in the Schoolboy Stories of Sukumar Ray”; pp.127-4. Sunita
Sinha (ed.) Canons of Children’s Literature, Vol. 1 (New Delhi: Atlantic,
2012).
ii) “Mythopoeic imagination in some love-lyrics of Rabindranath Tagore”;
pp.1-8, N. C. Patnaik (ed.), Myth and Mysticism in Indian English Poetry
(Chandbali: Chandbali College, Odisha, 2012).
iii) Translated and published poems in Bharitya Engreji Kobita , Somdatta
Mandal and Soma Mukhopadhyay (eds.) Abhijan: Kolkata, 2013. ISBN:
978-93-80197-07-4.
Soma Mukhopadhyay –
i) “Socio-Cultural Transactions: India and Southeast Asia” in Tracing
Transactions : An Anthology of Critical Essays on India and Southeast
Asia, Suchorita Chattopadhyay and Soma Mukherjee (eds.) World View.
New Delhi. 2011. ISBN: 978-81-920651-7-5.
ii) “Subarnalata Upanayeshe Itihaas Bhabona” in Subarnalata: Nari
Porichitir Khoje, Bela Das and Ipshita Chanda (eds.) Ratnabali: Kolkata.
2011. ISBN: 978-93-81329-09-2.
iii) “Tulanamulak Sahitya: Songa O Pothan Poddhoti (Comparative
Literature: Definition and Methodology)” in Pashcchatto Sahityatotto O
SahityaBhavana, Nabyendu Sen (ed.) Ratnabali: Kolkata. 2009.
iv) Translated and published poems of Jayanta Mahapatra, Dilip Chitre and
Meena Kandasamy in Bharitya Engreji Kobita , Somdatta Mandal and
Soma Mukhopadhyay (eds.) Obhijaan: Kolkata 2013 ISBN: 978-93-
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Somdatta Mandal –
i) Bharati Mukherjee. Translation of her first Interview in Desh. In
Conversations with Bharati Mukherjee. Ed. Bradley C. Edwards.
Knoxville: University of Mississippi Press, 2009: 3-9.
ii) “History and/or A Sense of Place: Reading Amitav Ghosh’s The Hungry
Tide.” Crossing Borders: Post 1980 Sub-continental Writing in English.
Ed. Jasbir Jain. Jaipur & New Delhi: Rawat Publications, 2009: 139-151.
iii) “Film and Fiction After 9/11: Honoring and Remembering.” Literature in
Times of Violence. Eds. Gulshan Rai Kataria & Somdatta Mandal .New
Delhi: Prestige Books, 2009:120-32.
iv) “The Literature or the Passport? Evaluating Diasporic Indian Writing in
English.” Diaspora in Indian Writing in English: University Grants
Commission Sponsored National Level Seminar Proceedings. Kolkata:
Vidyasagar College, 2009: 34-51.
v) “Of Books and their Covers: Marketing Literature in a Globalized
Context.” Literary Transactions in a Globalized Context: Multi-Ethnicity,
Gender and the Marketplace. Eds. Himadri Lahiri & Debashish Lahiri.
Delhi: Worldview, 2010: 147 –168.
vi) “‘People Said I Created Pornography’: Sexuality, The Gaze and Rituparno
Ghosh” in Woman as Spectator and Spectacle: Essays on Women and
Media. Hyderabad: Cambridge University Press India Pvt. Ltd. 2010.
vii) “Two Masters one Text: Satyajit Ray’s Transcreation of Ghare Baire” in
Filming Fiction: Tagore, Premchand and Ray. Eds. M. Asaduddin &
Anuradha Ghosh. New Delhi, Oxford University Press, 2012: 38-47.
viii) “Dismemberment and/or Reconstruction: Visual Representations of the
Partition of Bengal.” Barbed Wire: Borders and Partitions in South Asia.
Ed. Jayita Sengupta. Routledge, 2012: 135-55.
ix) “Reiterating Stereotypes: Assessing the Role of Women in Contemporary
Jatra.” Society, Representations and Textuality: The Critical Interface.
Eds. Sukalpa Bhattacharjee & C.J. Thomas. New Delhi: Sage
Publications, 2013.
x) “Cinema as an Emergent Art Form and Tagore” in Rabindranath Tagore:
A Commemorative Volume Eds. Udaya Narayana Singh & Navdeep Suri.
New Delhi: Ministry of External Affairs 2011: 214-221.
xi) “Film and Fiction after 9/11: A Critical Assessment” in Violence and Its
Representations Eds. Uday Chand Das & Himadri Lahiri. Burdwan,
Academic Staff College, The University of Burdwan. August 2012: 40-55.
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xii) “The Literature or the Passport? Evaluating Diasporic Indian English

Literature” in Indian Fiction Since Independence: Readings From the
Periphery. Ed. Prashanta Chakraborty. New Delhi: Prestige Books, 2013.
ISBN 978-93-82186-17-5.
xiii) “Multicultural America” in Provincialising American Studies after 9/11: A
Third World Perspective edited by Anindya Sekhar Purakayastha,
Dhritiman Chakraborty and Mursed Alam. New Delhi, Author’s Press,
2013.
xiv) Foreword for Locating Asian American Women Writers in the Diaspora
by Nandini Bhadra, New Delhi & Sydney: Prestige Books International,
2013: 7-12.
Sudev Pratim Basu –
i) “Fractures, Heterotopologies and the In-between Spaces of Malgudi(s)”, in
Sarbani Putatunda, ed., R.K. Narayan – Critical Essays, New Delhi:
Prentice Hall, 2012, pp. 114 – 127. ISBN 978-81-203-4536-2.
ii) “Sherlock Holmes, Xenophobia and Factual Fractures: A (Mis?)
Reading”, in Uday Chand Das & Himadri Lahiri, eds. Violence and Its
Representations, Burdwan: Academic Staff College, University of
Burdwan, 2013, pp. 56 – 62. ISBN 978-93-80663-64-7.
iii) “Hunting, Travel and Mascara: Women Hunter-Travellers in British India,
1837 – 1916”, in Somdatta Mandal, ed. Journeys: Indian Travel Writing,
New Delhi: Creative Books, 2013, pp. 54 – 71. ISBN 978-81-8043-101-2.
iv) “Beyond Twitter and Facebook” – The Rise/Ruse of Computer Games as
the New Future of Media Content and Control”, in Mausumi
Bhattacharyya ed. Voice of Social Media in Democracy, Santiniketan:
Visva-Bharati, 2014, pp. 42 – 48. ISBN-978-81-7522-584-8.
Sukla Basu Sen –
i) “Prot(esting) the Purdah: The Evolving Sell engages its Other in Attia
Hossain’s Sunlight on a Broken Column”, Proceedings of UGC sponsored
Seminar on “Modes of Resistance”, Dept of English, New Alipore
College, 2009, published in Nov-Dec 2010.
ii) “‘Ek e sutre’- beaded on a single string: Fiction by Women Writers in
Post-Independence India”, South Asian Literature: Criticism and Poetry,
ISBN 978-81-7273-6002123-138, Gnosis, an of Author’s Press, New
Delhi, 2011. Ed. Bhaskar Roy Barman.
iii) Transplantation and Transcreation – An Anthology of American Poetry in
Bengali Translation, eds.Indrani Halder and Susmita Basu, 2011, Kolkata.
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iv) Krishna Katha (Black Narratives). Birutjatio, 2012, Santiniketan.

Translation of African American Poetry.
v) “Reading and Writing Reality: A Mighty Heart and Schindler’s List as
Faction” MELUS-MELOW Journal based on the proceedings of the 2011
seminar at OUCIP at Hyderabad, on “In Search of Solutions: The
Conventional, the Experimental and the Bizarre”, ISSN - 2249-1839,
Volume 2, August 2012.
vi) “The Problem of Identity and Existence in Tendulkar’s A Friend’s Story”,
jointly with Shukla Chatterjee, Indian Drama in English, ed by Abha
Shukla Kaushik, Atlantic, ISBN-978-81-269-1772-3, Sahibabad, U.P,
2013.
vii) Bharatiya Engraji Kabita, , eds. Somdatta Mondal and Soma
Mukhopadhay, Abhijan Publishers, ISBN:978-93-80197-07-4, February
2013, Translation of Poems by Michael Madhusudan Dutt, Nissim
Ezekiel , M.K. Nayak, Arundhati Subramaniam.
viii) “Transformation of the European Legacy in O’Neill’s Plays. Themes and
Stage Techniques” JUSAS Online-The web log of Jadavpur University
Society for American Studies, Vol 1, 29th July, 2013.
Swati Ganguly –
i) ‘The black and midnight hags’: The Weird Sisters in Macbeth in Abhijit
Sen ed. Macbeth Delhi: Pearson/Longman 2009, pp.241-259 ISBN 978-8-
37-1103-3.
ii) ‘Dancing to Shakespeare: Crossing Genre and Gender in the Tragedies’ in
Poonam Trivedi and Minami Ryuta (ed.) Re-playing Shakespeare in Asia
(London and New York: Routledge, 2010, pp 271-190 [ ISBN 98-0-45-
99240-4].
iii) ‘Making Swadesh accessible to English readers: Glimpses of Bengal and
the Short Stories’ in Swati Ganguly and Abhijit Sen ( eds) Rabindranath
Tagore and the Nation( Kolkata: Punascha in Association with Visva-
Bharati, 2011, pp 165-178 [ ISBN 817332482-4].
iv) ‘Empowerment or Loss of Power?: The Woman Scholar in Shakespeare’
in Bhim S.Dahiya and Mridula Sharma (eds) Scholars in Shakespeare A
Post modern Scrutiny ( Kurukshetra: The Shakespeare Association, 2011)
pp 111-122[ ISBN 98-8-92034-3-5].
v) ‘Rabindranath Tagore’s westward turn in visual cultures’ in Anand
Prakash and Ujjwal Sharma (eds.) Tagore and the West: Essays in
Appreciation ( Rohtak: Shanti Prakashan, 2011) [ ISBN 978-93-810-90-
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vi) ‘Santiniketan and Sriniketan: Tagore’s utopia ‘beyond nationalist frames’

ed Konrad Meisig, Utopias from Asia (Weisbaden, Germany:
Harrassowitz Verlag, 2012) ISBN 978-3-447-0694-2]
vii) ‘Celebrating the Global and the Local: Rabindranath’s Ideal of
Cosmopolitanism’ in Contemporarising Tagore and the World, ed Imtiaz
Ahmed, Muchkund Dubey et al (Dhaka: University Press Ltd, 2013).
viii) ‘Gendering lying and Truth Telling in Othello’ in Shormistha Panja( ed)
Shakespeare and the Art of Lying ( New Delhi: Orient Black Swan 2013)
(ISBN 978-81-250 5264 7) pp. 139-154.
Tanuka Das –
i) “The Role of Rabindranath’s Educational thoughts and the Western
Modes of Education in the Shaping of Santiniketan: a Study of Two
Parallel Streams”. Part II, Chapter 8, 129-150. Rabindranather
Santiniketan O Sriniketan [The Santiniketan and Sriniketan of
Rabindranath Tagore], Vol.5 of the “Birbhumi Birbhum” Series; Kolkata:
Dip Prakashan, under the aegis of the SDO, Bolpur, Government of West
Bengal.
ii) “The Saga of Non-heroes: a study of Kamleshwar’s story on Partition”, in
South Asian Literature: Criticism and Poetry. New Delhi: GNOSIS.
ISBN 978-81-7273-600-2. 139-149.
iii) “Towards a more livable World: A study of W. H. Auden’s English (1927-
1938) poetry”, in Democracy, Civil Society and Good Governance.
Dhaka: International Congress of Social Philosophy (ICSP). ISBN 978-
984-33-3988-1. 289-296.
iv) “Devising her Own Language for Her Feminine Experience: a Study of
Sylvia Plath’s four Poems”, Writing Resistance: Beads Of Thoughts On
Women Jaipur: Mark Publishers. ISBN 978-93-82159-07-0. 169-179.
v) “The ‘Spiritual’ Yeats in the Byzantium Poems”, Transcendence and
Immanence in works of Select Poets in English. New Delhi: ACCESS.
ISBN 978-93-82647-04-1. 334-347.
Tapu Biswas –
i) Shakespeare’s Sonnet No 35 Translation in Bengali William
Shakespeare’s Sonnets for the First Time Globally Reprinted A
Quartercentenary Anthology 1609-2009, 2011.
ii) Shakespeare’s Sonnet No 35 Translation in Bengali Shakespeare Sonnet in
Bengali Translation Translation of Modern Bengali Poetry Anthology of
Contemporary Bengali Modern Poetry Translation of Australian (into
Bengali) of one poem.

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d) Edited Books:
Abhijit Sen –
i) Edition of Shakespeare’s Macbeth, edited with Introduction and
Annotations (New Delhi: Pearson Longman, 2009). ISBN 978-81-317-
1103-3.
ii) Co-edited with Swati Ganguly, Rabindranath Tagore and the Nation:
Essays in Politics, Society and Culture (Kolkata: Punascha & Visva-
Bharati, 2011). ISBN 817332482-4.
Amrit Sen –
i) Gitanjali: A Bilingual Centenary Edition. Ed. Tapati Mukhopadhyay and
Amrit Sen. Santiniketan: Rabindra Bhavana, 2012.
ii) Rathindranath Tagore: The Unsung Hero. Ed. Tapati Mukhopadhyay and
Amrit Sen. Santiniketan: Rabindra Bhavana, 2013. ISBN 9788175225732
Ananya Dutta Gupta –
i) Spenser, Edmund: The Faerie Queene. Book I. Ed. M.C. Jussawalla.
Extensively revised with Commentary and New Introduction by Ananya
Dutta Gupta. Orient Blackswan Annotated Study Texts. Hyderabad: Orient
Blackswan, 2012. ISBN 978-81-250-4030-9.
Soma Mukhopadhyay –
i) Bharitya Engreji Kobita , Somdatta Mandal and Soma Mukhopadhyay
(eds.) Obhijaan. Kolkata. 2013 ISBN: 978-93-80197-07-4.
ii) Tracing Transactions: An Anthology of Critical Essays on India and
Southeast Asia, Suchorita Chattopadhyay and Soma Mukherjee (eds.)
World View. New Delhi. 2011. ISBN: 978-81-920651-7-5.
Somdatta Mandal –
i) Literature in Times of Violence. Co-editor: Gulshan Rai Kataria. New
Delhi: Prestige Books, 2009.
ii) Indian Travel Narratives. Jaipur & New Delhi: Rawat Publications, 2010.
iii) Bharati Mukherjee: Critical Perspectives. New Delhi: Pencraft
International, 2010.
iv) Journeys: Indian Travel Writing. New Delhi: Creative Books, 2013.
v) Bharatiya Engraji Kobita (Indian English Poetry in Bangla). Eds.
Somdatta Mandal and Soma Mukhopadhyay. Kolkata: Abhijan Publishers,
February 2013. ISBN: 978-93-80197-07-4
Swati Ganguly –
i) Rabindranath Tagore and the Nation: Essays in politics, society and
culture, co-edited with Abhijit Sen, Kolkata: Punascha 2011[ISBN 978-
81-7332-482-6].

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Tapu Biswas –
i) Bratya Basu, Hemlat, The Prince of Garanhata Kolkata: Avantgarde
Press, 2013; ISBN 81-87538-24 -4.
e) Books with ISBN with details of publishers:
Debarati Bandyopadhyay –
i) Melancholy Impressions: Re-reading Thomas Hardy’s Major Novels.
Kolkata: Fine Prints, 2009. ISBN: 978-81-906889-5-6.
Tanuka Das –
i) The Voice of the English Auden. New Delhi: Sarup Book Publishers Pvt.
Ltd, August 2012. ISBN 978-81-7625-834-0.
Tapu Biswas –
i) Indian Responses to Western Theatre of the Absurd Vol II, Kolkata:
Avantgarde Press, 2009; ISBN 81-87538-17-1.
f) Number listed in International Database (For e.g. Web of Science, Scopus,
Humanities International Complete, Dare Database International Social
Sciences Directory, EBSCO host, etc.): For Humanities Publications /
Publishers under the ‘Humanities International Complete’ and ‘Dare Database’
for International Social Sciences Directory, the articles published by the faculty
members between 2009 and the present are unrepresented in these data bases
due to insufficient data.
g) Citation Index — range / average: Data not available
h) SNIP: This factor, more associated with science and other subjects, have a direct
and utilitarian approach to quantifiable citations. Not much in use for
Humanities and Social Sciences.
i) SIR: This factor is more associated with science and has to do much with
citations and journal rankings. Not much in use for Humanities and Social
Sciences.
j) Impact Factor — range / average: No such data exists for all these
publications.
k) h-index: This is not available not quantifiable for Humanities and hence this is
not applicable to our faculty members.
23. Details of patents and income generated: Nil
24. Areas of consultancy and income generated:
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Bharati in collaboration with institutions like British Council, Institute of English etc.
25. Faculty selected nationally / internationally to visit other laboratories /
institutions / industries in India and abroad:
Faculty members frequently visit national and international universities, institutions,
organisations, centres. Selected list is given below. Please note that we have not
included the regular participation in national/ international seminars, symposia,
conferences, workshops etc by faculty members in the department, of which all of
them have done in abundance in the stipulated period of time.
International Visits:
Shukla Basu(Sen) –
a) Invited by the pedagogical University of Krakow, Department of Philosophy and
Sociology. Delivered a Lecture on “Rabindranath’s Concept of Education with
special reference to the ethical and aesthetic engagement” to the faculty members
and group of Philosophy and Sociology on 23.04.2013.
b) Invited to a visit to the Institute of Middle and Far East Studies, Jagiellonian
University in Karakow from 22.04.2013 – 25.04.2013. Delivered a Lecture on
“The Role of Artistic Engagement in Tagore’s Concept of Education” to the
Faculty members and students of the Department of the Institute on 22.04.2013.
c) Invited to Visit the Department of British and American Studies,University
Szeged, Hungary from 26.04.2013 – 30.04.2013. Delivered a Lecture on
“Wilson’s Fences to : A Journey across Cultures” on 29.04.2013.
Abhijit Sen –
a) As the Indian representative sent by the External Affairs Ministry, Government of
India, delivered talks on “Rabindranath Tagore and Theatre” at the Nizami
Institute of Literature and the Azerbaijan University of Languages, Baku,
Azerbaijan, as part of the 150th birth anniversary celebrations of Rabindranath
Tagore in Baku, Azerbaijan. The trip was hosted by the Ministry of Culture and
Tourism, Republic of Azerbaijan on 5-8 May 2011.
Somdatta Mandal –
a) Received Fulbright Visiting Lecturer Fellowship to teach one semester course on
“South Asian Writing in English” from January to May 2009 at Dickinson
College, Carlisle, USA.
b) 6 March 2009. Department of English, Tulane University, New Orleans. Delivered
lecture on “American Literary Studies in India: Problems and Possibilities.”
c) 10 March 2009. Department of Liberal Arts, Savannah State University,
Savannah, Georgia. Delivered lecture “Women’s Writing in India /Women’s
Empowerment in India.”
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Liberal Arts & Sciences, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, Georgia.

i)Enquiring Indianness in the United States: Issues of Immigration and
Acculturation .
ii) Audio-visual presentation on “Globalization and the United States: Seeking
a New America through Indian Lens.”
e) 26 October 2010. Delivered invited lecture “Tagore the Educator and
Santiniketan” at the Department of History, University of Massachusetts, Boston,
USA.
f) 4 November 2010. Delivered Invited Lecture at the University of Connecticut
(India Studies Program and co-sponsored by Asian American Studies Institute and
Department of English) on “The Itinerant Traveller: Tagore and America”.
g) 13-14 May, 2011. International Conference at Department of English,
Jahangirnagar University, Dhaka, Bangladesh on “Thinking Otherwise with/in
English Studies.”
i) Participated as Discussant in panel on “Tagore and Translation”
(Celebrating 150thBirth Anniversary of Tagore).
ii) Audio-Visual presentation “The Word and the Image: Teaching Fiction
through Films.”
iii) Chaired the session on ‘Popular Culture.’
iv) Presented translation of Tagore’s Pother Sonchoy at the Book Launch
Programme of The Essential Tagore edited by Fakrul Alam and Radha
Chakravarty and published by Harvard University Press and Visva-Bharati.
h) 4-6 May, 2012. International Tagore Conference “Tagore: The Global Impact of a
Writer in the Community” at Edinburgh Napier University, Scotland. Presented
paper entitled “Was Tagore a Feminist? Re-evaluating Selected Fiction and their
Film Adaptations.” Also chaired a session.
i) 9-18 October, 2012. Delivered invited lectures at different universities in
Poland and Czech Republic.
i) "Representing Muslim and the Anglo-Indian Minority Culture as the 'Other'
in Indian Cinema" at Institute of Middle and Far East Studies, Jagiellonian
University, Krakow.
ii) “Walking in a Sari and Combat Boots”: Space, Bodies and Affect in South
Asian Diasporic Cinema” at an International Conference in Cultural Studies
on “Dialogue of Cultures & Culture of Dialogue” at The Andrzej Frycz
Modrzewski Krakow University.
iii) “Women’s Empowerment in Contemporary India: Myth and Reality” at
Asian Studies Department of Metropolitan University, Prague.
iv) “Contemporary Women’s Retellings of The Ramayana” at Department of

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Gender Studies, Charles University, Prague.

Indrani Das –
a) Attended Refresher Course for Italian Teachers teaching Italian abroad with partial
scholarship from the Government of Italy in August 2010 (Siena, Italy).
Swati Ganguly –
a) November 14 2013 Invited to deliver a special lecture at the Department Instituto
Italiano di Studi Orientali at the Sapienza University, Rome on the occasion of the
100th anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore’s award of the Nobel Prize.
b) 19 th November, Lecture titled “Honouring a ‘Hindoo Poet’: Rabindranath Tagore
and the Nobel Prize, at the Universita Degli Studi di Napoli “L’ Oreintale”,
Naples.
Nilanjana Bhattacharya –
a) Charles Wallace India Trust Translation Fellowship 2012 at the British Centre for
Literary Translation, University of East Anglia, UK.

National Visits:
Shukla Basu(Sen) –
a) 11-12 March, 2010. Delivered four lectures on American Literature at Presidency
College, Kolkata as part of the Post-Graduate Programme of the Department of
English.
Goutam Ghosal –
a) Delivered lecture “Nolini Kanta Gupta’s Art: Past, Present and the
Future” at Sri Aurobindo Bhavan, Kolkata, 15 April, 2009.
b) Delivered lecture “Baji Prabhou: Nationalism and the Metaphor of
Sacrifice” at National Library, Kolkata, 1 August, 2009.
c) Delivered lecture on “Sri Aurobindo’s Overhead Aesthetics” at the
Dept. of English, Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidyalaya, Bilaspur (C.G.), 10
March 2010.
d) Delivered Plenary Speech on “Sri Aurobindo’s Theory of Poetry:
Searching for a Complete Manifesto” at Sri Aurobindo Centre for
Advanced Research, (Puducherry), Pondicherry, 27 March 2010.
e) Visiting Fellow at Jadavpur University Centre for Sri Aurobindo
Studies. Delivered two lectures, “A Dynamic Revival: Towards a New
Poetics” (20.7.2010) and “Sri Aurobindo’s Yogic Poetry” (21.7.2010),
19-24 July 2010.
f) December, 2012. Sashanko Shekhar Kar Endowment Lecture on Sri Aurobindo O
Rabindrasangeet (in Bengali) at Sri Aurobindo Bhavan, Kolkata.
g) January, 2013. Lecture on the English Prose Style of Nolini Kanta Gupta.

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Abhijit Sen –
a) 17 – 24 February 2010: Visiting Fellow, Department of English, Sambalpur
University, Orissa. Took classes for MA and MPhil students in Blake, Joyce and
Shakespeare Translation in Bengali.
b) 21-28 March 2010: Visiting Fellow, Department of English, University of
Calcutta. Took classes for MA and MPhil students in Shakespeare and related
areas.
Somdatta Mandal –
a) Visiting Professor at the School of Women’s Studies, Jadavpur University,
Kolkata for one week (23-30 March 2011 ).
b) 15 January 2011. Delivered Special Invited Lecture at Nehru Centre, Mumbai in
celebration of Tagore’s 150th Birth Anniversary on “Tagore in America”.
c) 5 September, 2012. Delivered special invited lecture on “The Politics of Women’s
Writing in India” at Sidhu Kanhu Murmu University, Dumka, Jharkhand.
Indrani Das –
a) 27Jan2012. Delivered an invited lecture with power-point presentation “Nava
Jagaran Kal mein Italy ki Chitrakala” at Raja Man Singh Tomar University for
Music and Fine Arts, Gwalior.
Romit Roy –
a) Introductory Lecture “Adorno, Music and Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction”
at the lecture-recital and book release of Wielnad Hoban’s translation of T.W.
Adorno’s “Nachtmusik” (Night Music) with Wieland Hoban reading from his
translation and Prof. Phi-hsien Chen rendering pieces by Beethoven, Ravel,
Schönberg and Alban Berg on the piano, Goethe-Institut, Max Mueller Bhavan,
Kolkata, 30 August 2010.
Swati Ganguly –
a) October 12, 2011, Annual Institutional Colloquium of the IIT Bombay on the
occasion of the 150th birth anniversary celebrations of Tagore, Title of lecture,
‘Rabindranath Tagore and Visva-Bharati.
b) Recipient of the New India Foundation Fellowship (2013) for writing a book
tentatively titled Saving Tagore’s ‘Life’s Best Treasure’: A History of Visva-
Bharati (1951-1961).
Sudev Pratim Basu –
a) 19 April, 2011: Invited as a subject expert to deliberate and participate in the First
Undergraduate Workshop organised by the Department of English, Presidency
University, Kolkata.
b) 06 May 2011: Invited as a subject expert to deliberate and participate in the
Postgraduate Syllabus Workshop organised by the Department of English,

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Presidency University, Kolkata.

Soma Mukherjee –
a) Delivered 13th Sukhalata Rao memorial lecture organized by School of Women’s
Studies, Jadavpur University on 26 th March, 2013.Title of the paper: “Adhunik
Bhasha-Sahitye Puran-Katha O Nari : Ekti Alochana”.
26. Faculty serving in Faculty serving in a) National committees h) international
committees c) Editorial Boards d) any other (please specify):
Sukla Basu(Sen) –
a) A Life Member of MELUS- India /MELOW.
Goutam Ghosal –
a) BOS member of Rabindra Bharati University and North Eastern Hill University.
b) Member of Board of Research Studies, Burdwan University
c) Asiatic Society, Kolkata (Life Membership).
d) Indian Society for Buddhist Studies (Life Membership).
e) Internation Congress of Social Philosophy (Life Membership).
Abhijit Sen –
a) External member of Board of Studies, Department of English, Jadavpur
University, 2008-2009, 2009-2010.
b) External member of P.G. Expert Committee (equivalent to Board of Studies),
Department of English, Presidency College, Calcutta, 2008-2009.
c) External member of U.G. Board of Studies in English, Calcutta University, 2008-
2009, 2009-2010.
d) As director of the theatre group, Natyam, directed and produced in Kolkata two
one-act plays of Buddhadeva Bose, Pata Jhorey Jay and Sankranti, on the
occasion of his birth centenary, 2008-2009.
e) Co-ordinator, DRS programme, DEOMEL, 2009-2010, 2010-2011, 2011-2012,
2012-2013.
f) External member of PhD Research Committee, Kalyani University, 2010-2011,
2011-2012.
g) External member of PhD Research Committee, West Bengal StateUniversity,
Barasat, 2010-2011, 2012-2013.
h) Editor, Visva-Bharati Quarterly, 2011-2012, 2012-2013.
i) External Member, PG Board of Studies, Department of English, Presidency
University, 2012-2013.
Somdatta Mandal –
a) Chairperson of the Department since July 2008- June 2011 and April 2012
onwards.
b) JUSAS (Jadavpur Society for American Studies) – Executive member from1999 -

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2005.
c) MELUS- INDIA/MELOW Chapter – Executive Body Member since inception. At
present Vice-President.
d) Member of various committees in the university including Disciplinary
Committee, Research Board, Admission Committee, Library Committee, etc.
e) Member of Academic Advisory Committee of Department of Humanities, Social
Sciences and Management, Indian Institute of Technology, Bhubaneswar.
f) Member of Indian Association for Commonwealth Literature & Language Studies
(Life)
g) Member of Indian Association for Canadian Studies (Life)
h) Member of F. Scott Fitzgerald Society, U.S.A.
i) Member of Salzburg Seminar Alumni Association
j) Member of MELUS- India /MELOW (Life)
k) Member of Indian Association of American Studies (Life)
l) Life member of OUCIP (Osmania University Centre for International Programmes
(formerly American Studies Research Centre, Hyderabad)
Nilanjan Chakraborty –
a) Member of Centre for French and Francophone Studies, School of Languages,
JNU.
Indrani Das –
a) Member of Academic Council, School of Languages, Jadavpur University,
Kolkata.
b) GB member of an NGO SWORD which works in the health sector, especially for
the prevention of TB and Leprosy.
c) Chairperson of a registered society Krishnanagar Siksha Prasar Samity which runs
a Higher secondary School affiliated to CBSE, in the Chambal Valley, Morena
District, M.P.
Debarati Bandyopadhyay –
a) A Life Member of the Indian Association for Commonwealth Literature and
Language Studies (IACLALS).
b) A Life Member of MELUS- India /MELOW
c) A Life Member of Forum for Contemporary Theory, Baroda.
Romit Roy –
a) Member of Board of Studies, Centre of German Studies, School of Language,
Literature and Culture Studies, JNU, 2011-13.
Tanuka Das –
a) Member of the Advisory Body of The Prism, a Bilingual Peer-reviewed Annual
journal of Mahatma Gandhi College, Purulia, W.B. Vol. V January 2013. ISSN

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2229- 7537.
b) Involvement in activities of social welfare: a Rotarian of the Rotary Club of
Tagoreland, Santiniketan, District Birbhum. A Paul Harris Fellow.
c) A Life member of the Youth Hostels Association, India.
d) A Member of the Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH)
─ Santiniketan Chapter.
e) A Life Member of Osmania University Centre For International Programmes
(OUCIP), Hyderabad, India.
f) A Life Member of the International Congress of Social Philosophy (ICSP), a joint
Indo-Bangla organization.
g) A Life Member of the Indian Association for Commonwealth Literature and
Language Studies (IACLALS).
h) A Life Member of MELUS- India /MELOW.
Swati Ganguly –
a) Founder member of Ebong Alap, a voluntary non-profit society that works with
young adults in the fields of critical citizenship.
Sudev Pratim Basu –
a) Member of Jadavpur University Society for American Studies.
Dipankar Roy –
a) A Member of the Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH)
─ Santiniketan Chapter.
b) A Life Member of the Indian Association for Commonwealth Literature and
Language Studies (IACLALS).
c) Member of MELUS- India /MELOW
Ananya Dutta Gupta –
a) Member of Shakespeare Society of India
b) Member of British Shakespeare Association
c) Member of Jadavpur University Society for American Studies
d) Member of Centre for Studies in Romantic Literature
Tapu Biswas –
a) Joint Secretary, Shakespeare Society Eastern India.
b) Secretary, Tagore Gandhi Institute for Culture Studies and Service Learning.
c) Life Member of Asiatic Society, Kolkata; Australian Study Centre and National
Council of Bengal.
Soma Mukherjee –
a) Life member of Comparative Literature Association of India
b) Annual member of International Comparative Literature Association

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27. Faculty recharging strategies (UGC, ASC, Refresher / orientation programs,

workshops, training programs and similar programs):
Sl Refresher Course/ Place & Duration Sponsoring Assistant
No Orientation Institution Dates Agency Professor
Programme
1 Refresher Course: Academic Staff 04.01.10 to UGC Saurav
‘From MS to MS College, 21.01.10 Dasthakur
Word: Reading and Jadavpur
Readers/ University
2 Refresher Course: UGC-ASC, 19.06.10 to UGC Sudev
‘Autobiography and University of 09.07.10 Pratim Basu
Life Writing’ Burdwan
3 Orientation Academic Staff 03.01.2011 UGC Tapu
Programme College, to Biswas
Jadavpur 31.01.2011
University
4 Refresher Course: UGC-ASC, 18.06.11 to UGC Sudev
‘Violence in University of 08.07.11 Pratim Basu
Literature’ Burdwan
5 Orientation Academic Staff 11.07.2011 UGC Nilanjana
Programme College, to Bhattacharya
Jadavpur 06.08.2011
University
6 Refresher Course: Academic Staff 14.11.11 to UGC Ananya
‘Texts and their College, 03.12.11 Dutta Gupta
Afterlives’ Jadavpur
University
7 Refresher Course: Academic Staff 15.11.2011 UGC Tapu Biswas
‘Nineteenth Century College, to
Literature’ Calcutta 05.12.2011
University &
Department of
English
8 Refresher Course: UGC-ASC, 14.07.12 to UGC Saurav
‘8th Refresher University of 03.08.12 Dasthakur
Course in Burdwan
Comparative
Literature’

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9 Refresher Course: UGC-ASC, 14.07.12 to UGC Ananya

‘8th Refresher University of 03.08.12 Dutta
Course in Burdwan
Comparative
Literature’
10 Refresher Course: UGC-ASC, 14.07.12 to UGC Dipankar
‘8th Refresher University of 03.08.12 Roy
Course in Burdwan
Comparative
Literature’
11 Refresher Course: Academic Staff 28.11.2013 UGC Nilanjana
College, to Bhattacharya
Calcutta 18.12.2013
University&
Department of
Bengali
12 Refresher Course: Academic Staff 20.01.14 to UGC Soma
‘Comparative College, 11.02.14 Mukherjee
Literature Today’ Jadavpur
University
13 Refresher Course: Academic Staff 29.01.2014 UGC Tapu Biswas
‘Media, Literature College, to
and Popular Culture’ Calcutta 19.02.2014
University &
Department of
English
28. Student projects:
a) percentage of students who have done in-house projects including
interdepartmental projects: 100 per cent. It is mandatory for all students of the
department to undertake various in-house projects and multimedia presentations
as part of the regular curricula of the discipline.
b) percentage of students doing projects in collaboration with other
universities / industry / institute:
This has little relevance for Language and literature disciplines. However,
students of DEOMEL visit reputed universities, institutes, centres and
organisations inside the country and abroad for various academic purposes, like
attending seminar, symposia and workshops, visiting libraries and so on.

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29. Awards / recognitions received at the national and international level by

a) Faculty:
Goutam Ghosal –
a) Received Nolini Kanta Gupta Smriti Puroshkar, Kolkata, 15 April 2009.
b) Received First Prize, Pratibha Patil Poetry Award, 12 November 2009.
c) August, 2012 – Awarded Sri Aurobindo Puroshkar from Sri Aurobindo Bhavan,
Kolkata, for contribution to Sri Aurobindo Studies.
Somdatta Mandal –
a) Received the Meenakshi Mukherjee Memorial Prize 2014 from Indian Association
for Commonwealth Litersture and Language Studies for the Best Scholarly Essay
published in the year 2012-13.
b) Received Fulbright Teaching Fellowship in 2009.
c) Received Shastri Indo-Canadian Faculty Enrichment Fellowship in 2011.
b) Doctoral / post doctoral fellows: Nil
c) Students: Nil
30. Seminars/ Conferences/Workshops organized and the source of funding (national
/ international) with details of outstanding participants, if any:
Seminar/conferences/ Dates Source of Outstanding participants
Workshop Title funding
(National/
International)
National Seminar on 5-6 UGC Animism Kanti Pal
“Public and Private December, renowned Russian scholar
Space: Remembering 2009 Prof. Purabi Roy renowned
Tolstoy and his Russian scholar
Contemporaries” Prof. Shanta Dutta,
Jadavpur University
National Seminar 12-14 UGC (DRS-SAP) Prof Kathleen O’Connell,
“Swadeshi Samaj: February University of Toronto
Rabindranath Tagore 2010 Prof Makarand Paranjape,
and the Nation” JNU
Prof Himani Banerjee
Prof Bikash Chakraborty,
renowned Tagore scholar,
Visva-Bharati
Workshop on 6-7 March, Visva-Bharati Prof. Usha Bande, Indian
“Teaching and 2010 (UGC Extension Institute of Advanced
Researching activity) Studies, Shimla

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Literature” Prof. Himadri Lahiri,

Burdwan University
National Seminar on 18-19 UGC Prof. Sukanta Chaudhuri,
“The Renaissance and September Prof. Supriya Chaudhuri,
its Afterlife” , 2010 Prof. Amlan Dasgupta,
Prof. Sarbani Choudhuri
National Level 6-7th Visva-Bharati Subodh Sarkar, renowned
Workshop: August Bengali poet
“Translating Indian 2011
English Poetry into
Bangla”
International Seminar 13 March UGC Phillip Lutgendorf, Anjali
on “Literature and 2011 Gera Roy, Shoma A.
Cinema: Bollywood Chatterjee
Connections”
National Seminar: 29 January Visva-Bharati Prof. Sibaji
Children’s Literature: 2012 Study Circle Bandyopadhyay, Centre
Sense and Nonsense for Studies in Social
Sciences. Kolkata
Prof. Amlan Dasgupta,
Jadavpur University
International seminar: 17-19th UGC( DRS-SAP) Prof. Jose Paz, University
“Rabindranath Tagore February and Sahitya of Vigo, Spain
and Translation” 2012 Akademi Dr. Blanka Knotkova,
Charles University, Prague
Dr. Marzenna Jakubczak.
University of Krakow,
Poland
Dr. Martin Kempchen,
Renowned translator based
in santiniketan
Prof. Fakrul Alam.
University of Dhaka
Prof. Mahasweta Sengupta,
EFLU, Hyderabad
International Seminar 18-19 UGC Dr. Blanka Knotkova,
on “The Indian Self February, Charles University; Prof.
and its Forgotten 2013 Malini Bhattacharya;

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Doubles: Tagore, Pramita Mallik, Prof.

Gender and Sexuality” Pushpa Mishra; Prof. R.
Sivakumar
National Seminar on 15-16 UGC Prof. Jharna Sanyal, Prof.
“Dickens and the Long March, Shanta Bhattacharya
Nineteenth Century” 2013
Three-day National 16-18 UGC Prof. Rimli Bhattacharya,
Level Translation January, Prof. Amlan Dasgupta,
Workshop on “Stories 2014 Chinmoy Roy, Prof. Udaya
for Children and Narayana Singh
Young Adults”
Three-day 14-16 UGC Dr. Blanka Knotkova,
International February, Charles University,
Conference on 2014 Prague; Prof. Samik
“Beyond Gitanjali: Bandyopadhyay; Prof.
Tagore, Poetry and Sharmila Roy Pommot;
Poetics” Prof. Fakrul Alam; Prof.
Manzoorul Islam; Prof.
Soumya Chakraborty;
Prof. Kathleen O’Connell;

31. Code of ethics for research followed by the departments:

As per University Rules.
32. Student profile programme-wise:
Name of Selected Pass Percentage
the Application Received
Programme Male Female Male Female
BA
(Hons): 1st Centrally received by VB CAT
50 69 94.44% 100%
+ 2nd + 3rd Committee since 2009
years
MA: 1st +
760 38 53 94.44% 96.42%
2nd years
M Phil 25 7 3 85.74% 100%

Ph D 48 11 12 90.90% 91.67%
2 year German: 45 15 15 53.33% 53.33%

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Certificate
Course: French: 60 16 08 75.00% 75.00%
Russian/
Italian/ Russian:
German /
French Italian:

1 year German: 0 0 0 N/A N/A

Diploma
Course: French: 5 1 1 100% 100%
French,
German, Italian:
Russian,
Italian Russian:

33. Diversity of students:

Name of the % of % of % of students % of
Programme students students from students
(refer to question from the from other universities from
no. 4) same universities outside the other countries
university within the State
State
BA (Hons) 50% N/A N/A 04.44%
MA 70% 20% 8% 2%
M Phil 50% 40% 10% 0%
Ph D 70% 10% 20% 0%
2 year Certificate Ger 70% 25% 5% 0%
Course: Russian/ Fre 90% 10% 0% 0%
Italian/ German / Ita
French Rus
1 year Diploma Ger 100% 0% 0% 0%
Course: Russian/ Fre 100% 0% 0% 0%
Italian/ German / Ita 100% 0% 0% 0%
French Rus 100% 0% 0% 0%

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34. How many students have cleared Civil Services and Defense Services
examinations, NET, SET, GATE and other competitive examinations? Give
details category-wise:
a) NET: Gen – 16; SC – 1; ST – 0
b) S(L)ET: Gen – 12; SC – 2; ST – 0
c) Civil Services (WBCS): Gen – 5; SC – 3; ST – 2
d) Defense Services (NDA): Gen – 1; SC – 0; ST – 1
35. Student progression:
Student progression Percentage against enrolled
UG to PG 80%
PG to M.Phil. 10%
PG to Ph.D. 25%
Ph.D. to Post-Doctoral N/A
Employed
• Campus selection N/A
• Other than campus recruitment 80%-90%
Entrepreneurs 10% - 13%
36. Diversity of staff:
Percentage of faculty who are graduates
of the same university 10%
from other universities within the State 80%
from universities from other States 10%
from universities outside the country 0%

37. Number of faculty who were awarded M.Phil., Ph.D., D.Sc. and D.Litt. during the
assessment period:
Awarded Degree No. of Faculty
M.Phil. 01
Ph.D. 02
D.Litt Nil
38. Present details of departmental infrastructural facilities with regard to
a) Library: Seminar Library – totally run by the departmental teachers in their spare
times with the help of student-volunteers. Library temporarily stationed at one end
of the seminar hall, approximately 20 square meters/215.28 square feet; 2500
books approximately, some on loan from the central office, some bought with

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money sanctioned by the university to the department, some books gifted by

donors over the years including the Manjira Chattoraj Memorial Section. A
separate section has been earmarked for the DRS Project on Tagore and East-West
Confluence.
b) Internet facilities for staff and students: The University has a LAN connection
to certain rooms in the department. Not all rooms are covered and not all teachers
have access to individual internet connected computer terminals. They have to
share space with other teachers. The department also has two laptops which are
used frequently for seminars and other portable computer needs. Students have
their own computer centre at the centrally controlled Computer Centre. The
department does give limited access to MPhil and Ph D students to access specific
JSTOR and/or MUSE projects.
c) Total number of class rooms: Five classrooms barely enough to seat 40 students.
We have a large seminar hall where we take combined classes. We also go all over
the university to various departments and/or schools to teach General English
which is a compulsory subject for more-or-less the entire university students. We
have to go to the neighbouring department of Japanese studies to take our weekly
MPhil and PhD classes.
d) Class rooms with ICT facility: Nil
e) Students’ laboratories: N/A
f) Research laboratories: N/A
39. List of doctoral, post-doctoral students and Research Associates:
a) from the host institution/university:
b) from other institutions/ universities :
Sl. Name Host/Other Topic of Research
No. Institutions
1 Achyut Chetan Host Tracing the Missing Mothers: A Study of
the Narratives of Women in the Constituent
Assembly
2 Amalendu Other Les figures de mot:Stages of Interpretation
Chakraborty and Comparison with Indian Poetics
3 Amitayu Host Nationalism, Ethnicity & the Nation State in
Chakraborty Kenya: A Study of Select Works of Ngugi
wa Thing'o
4 Anindita Host ‘Sense of a Community’: Santiniketan in
Chongdar Memoirs
5 Anirban Das Host Investigating Spaces: Changing Face(t)s of
the Country and the City in Byomkesh and

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Feluda Stories
6 Anubhuti Host Investigating Trauma in 20 th Century
Mishra African American Short Fiction
7 Arindam Ghosh Other An Ecocritical Reading of Ted Hughes,
Seamus Heaney and Dylan Thomas
8 Arup Shankar Host Problems of Adaptation: Ibsen, Chekhov,
Misra Pirandello and Brecht on Bengali Stage
1952- 1971
9 Arupa Lahiri Other Identity, Gender and the Performing .
10 Biswanath Host Science, Nation, Literature: Acharya
Banerjee Prafulla Chandra Roy and Postcoloniality
11 Chandrima Das Host Crime and the Colony: The Intersection of
Crimminal and Colonial Discourses in the
18th Century
12 Debalina Other ‘Mother’ and ‘Wife’ : Interrogating
Banerjee Stereotypes in Five Indian English Women
Novelists
13 Debapriya Host A Study of the Controversy of Sri
Goswami Aurobindo’s Rhetoric of Poetry
14 Debapriya Paul Other The Imperial Act: Theatricality in the
Fiction of the ‘Indian Mutiny’ of 1857
15 Debayan Deb Host Alternative Theatres in India: A
Burman Comparative Study of Utpal Dutt’s Poster
Plays, Safdar Hashmi’s Nukkad Natak and
Badal Sarkar’s Third Theatre
16 Debmalya Das Host Cosmopolitanism and the Print Space:
Rabindranath Tagore, Santiniketan and the
Visva Bharati Quarterly
17 Gargee Ghosh Host Choosing not to be a Man: Representations
of Hijra in Contemporary Indian Culture
18 Indira Host Globalization, Multiple Histories and
Bhattacharya Contested Identities: Assessing the Fiction
of Shauna Sing Baldwin, Rohinton Mistry
and Anita Rau Badami
19 Jagriti Sengupta Other Chronicles of Infinite Justice: Arundhati
Roy’s Radical Critique of Contemporary
India
20 Madhumita Roy Host Rabindranath Tagore’s Engagement with

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Science
21 Parantap Host The Politics of Nonsense: Sense from the
Chakraborty Margins
22 Priyadarshini Host Retrospection as Protest by Women: Select
Chakrabarti African American Slave Narratives and
Dalit Autobiographies
23 Rahul Other Evaluating English Vampire Fiction of the
Chakraborty 19th Century: An Ecofeminist Approach
24 Rakhi Das Host Representations of the Emergency in Select
Mohanta Indian English Fiction
25 Rakhiparna Host Ecological Concerns in Select Works of 19th
Ghosh Century Women Novelists
26 Raktim Other Nature, Woman and the Marginalized:
Mukherjee Postcolonial Ecofeminism in the Select
Works of Indian English Women Novelists
27 Rita Sarkar Host Indian Graphic Narratives: The Politics of
Representation
28 Ritwik Other Gothic Elements in Select 20 th Century
Banyopadhyay Popular Literature
29 Sagarika Dutta Host National History, Personal Memory and
Trauma in Select South Asian Fiction
30 Samipendra Other Post-independence Indian Drama in
Banerjee English: Studies in Nation and Gender
31 Shangsita Other The Mahabharata: Myth, Histories,
Goswami Representations
32 Shinjini Other Re(de)ducing Sherlock Holmes through the
Ghoshal Select Concepts of Schopenhauer, Nietzche
and Freud
33 Srideep Other Representations of the Dalit i Select Indian
Mukherjee Drama in English and English Translations
from Tagore to Karnad
34 Sriparna Other Representation of the Subaltern in Amitav
Chatterjee Ghosh’s Works
35 Subhajit Other Gitanjali in Russian: Evaluation and its
Chowdhury Reception
36 Subhankar Other The Third Theatre: Problems of Production
Ghosh Roy and Reception
Chowdhury

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37 Subhojit Das Host Rammohan Roy, Guiseppe Mazzini and

Ralph Waldo Emerson: A Study in Three
Faces of Nationalism
38 Suchismita Host Cultural Politics of Globalized India: A
Ghosh Study in Select Contemporary Indian
English Fiction
39 Sukanya Ray Host The Living Crusoe: Strategies of
Representation in 20th Century
Robinsonades
40 Sumana Gupta Other ‘At Home in Diaspora’: Changing
Perspectives in the Fiction of Bharati
Mukherjee, Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni and
Jhumpa Lahiri
41 Suranjima Saha Host Writing in the Contct Zone: Indian
Travellers to Britain 1857-1957
42 Tamoghna Host The English Textbook in Select Secondary
Chattopadhyay Schools in West Bengal: Policy and Praxis
43 Uttam Kumar Other The Short Stories of Thomas Hardy: A New
Mondal Historicist Perspective
40. Number of post graduate students getting financial assistance from the
university: 10
41. Was any need assessment exercise undertaken before the development of new
programme(s)? If so, highlight the methodology: Workshops, seminars; democratic
bodies like BOS meetings, meetings with students, teachers’ committee meetings,
external experts meetings, institute board, academic council, UGC board, etc.
42. Does the department obtain feedback from
a. faculty on curriculum as well as teaching-learning-evaluation? If yes, how
does the department utilize the feedback:
Yes; these databases are used as templates for new/revised curricula/syllabi and
teaching/evaluating methodologies.
b. students on staff, curriculum and teaching-learning-evaluation and how does
the department utilize the feedback:
Each semester students sit with the co-ordinators of each paper and answer the
questions as the proper way of finishing the syllabi and other academic related
activities.
c. alumni and employers on the programmes offered and how does the
department utilize the feedback:

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Former students who are now academics are often asked to set questions and take
mock tutorials to test the knowledge of the students.
43. List the distinguished alumni of the department (maximum 10):
a) Supriyo Tagore — eminent educationist, Principal of Patha Bhavana, the Visva-
Bharati School, for many years. Now associated with alternative teaching methods
with his school Shishu-Tirtha near Santiniketan.
b) Pramita Mullick—internationally famous Rabindra-Sangeet singer.
c) Arundhati Ghose— former Indian Diplomat, Head of Indian delegation to the
CTBT.
d) Swastika Mukhopadhyay— internationally famous Rabindra-Sangeet expert,
currently Professor of Rabindra-Sangeet at Sangeet Bhavana, Visva-Bharati.
e) Mahasweta Sengupta— famous academic associated with the English & Foreign
Languages University, Hyderabad, a Central University.
f) Gautam Sengupta— famous linguistics expert now with Centre for Applied
Linguistics and Translation Studies, University of Hyderabad.
g) Shyamal Bagchee— famous academic now at Dept. of English & Film Studies,
University of Alberta, Canada.
h) Navaratna Pradhan— eminent educator from Kalimpong; Principal of The Scottish
Universities Mission Institution, Kalimpong, West Bengal; winner of the National
‘Rashtriya Gaurav’ Award.
i) Suparno Banerjee— bright young academic, Assistant Professor at Dept. of
English, Texas State University, USA.
j) Sahana Bajpaie— bright young academic, Teaching Fellow in Bengali, at Dept. of
the Languages and Cultures of South Asia, SOAS, University of London, UK.
44. Give details of student enrichment programmes (special lectures / workshops /
seminar) involving external experts:
Under the financial assistance of Visva-Bharati, UGC and other agencies, the
department organises at least four international/national seminars and symposiums
every year. Please see Item. 30 for details.
45. List the teaching methods adopted by the faculty for different programmes:
Lectures, demonstrations, power-point presentations, tutorials, contact hours, supply of
reading material on paper and digital devices, seminars, workshops, lecture-
demonstrations, colloquiums, performances, study tours, excursions, internal
assessments, inter departmental lectures etc.
46. How does the department ensure that programme objectives are constantly met
and learning outcomes are monitored:
Through rigorous control over classroom monitoring by the HOD and every paper has

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a co-ordinator whose duty it is to interact with students to find out what portion of the
syllabi is covered.

47. Highlight the participation of students and faculty in extension activities:

The faulty members of the department are actively involved to train the local school
and college teachers. The students also go on annual study tours for cultural exchange
between the various parts of India.
48. Give details of “beyond syllabus scholarly activities” of the department:
Beyond classroom teachings, the faculty members organised various seminars,
workshops, colloquium, symposiums, performance oriented lecture-demonstration.
Workshops on translations are a regular feature of the department where teachers and
students alike participate. Educational excursions and study tours to various places of
India enrich and freshens the minds of both faculty and students. Faculty members
actively participate in Kolkata International Book-fair, Production of plays included in
the syllabus, beyond the syllabus. Compatible with the themes of Refresher Courses
and Seminars involving present students of the Department, in order to understand
performance as literary and cultural interpretations of classical and modern texts have
been carried on consistently since 1995. As appropriate for Visva-Bharati and for a
Department that also teaches modern European languages, plays by Tagore, both in
Bengali and in English translations and European drama has been presented before a
national and international audience. Faculty members are also actively involved in
repertoire amateur theatre based in Kolkata and Santiniketan. Professor Abhijit Sen
was involved in the first performance of Natyam’s “Tasher Desh” at Rabindra Sadan,
Calcutta on 3rd August 2005.. He was the director of the play. He also presented the
prose play by Tagore as a polemical piece against any form of repressive
regimentation and having relevance in the contemporary world. Subsequent
performances followed, including one at Gitanjali, Santiniketan, given on 10
December 2005. The project funded by the Ministry of Culture, Government of India.
The department frequently publishes monographs, internet e-books.
49. State whether the programme / department is accredited / graded by other
agencies? If yes, give details:
Yes; the department is a proud holder of the UGC-DRS for the last five years. Some
government agencies also frequently lend their collaborative hands to host seminars,
symposiums etc. like Sahitya Akademi, USEFI, British Council, etc.
50. Briefly highlight the contributions of the department in generating new
knowledge, basic or applied:
Translating the source language from English to Bengali; from Italian to Bengali,

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English and Hindi and vice versa; from German to Bengali and English and vice-versa,
from Russian to Bengali and English and vice-versa, from French to Bengali and
English and vice versa. Performance based texts also help in generating new
knowledge as well as the department and faculty publications attest the growth and
dissemination of new knowledge via departmental publications.
51. Detail five major Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Challenges (SWOC)
of the department:
a) Strengths:
i) A unique feature of the pedagogy of this department, which has faculty
members specializing in French, German, Italian and Russian literature and
cultures, is the study of English Literature in the European context.
ii) Compulsory components, at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels,
include American studies, Tagore’s works, Literary Criticism and Theory.
iii) Optional papers, at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels, address a
wide range of issues and reflect the research interests of its faculty. This
includes the study of emerging fields like Canadian and Australian Studies,
Diaspora Studies, Ecocriticism, Gender and Queer Studies, etc.
iv) The course of study in the department has facilitated our students to apply
for study abroad and they have been recipients of prestigious fellowships
like Felix, Nehru- Fulbright, Inlaks-Sivdasani and Commonwealth.
v) The multidisciplinary approach to studies in DEOMEL has encouraged
students to excel in professional fields like journalism and media, apart from
pursuing vocations in academic institutions, at national and international
levels. The department has also honed the performance skill of the students
who have participated in multi-lingual cultural programmes at intra and inter
university levels.
b) Weaknesses:
i) No ELT trained faculty. This is a crucial problem since General English
classes are compulsory across Bhavanas.
ii) No Language laboratory for Modern European Language classes.
iii) No librarian for the departmental library.
iv) Inadequate infrastructural facilities.
v) No aid or facility, the use of Braille for instance, for students with special
needs.
c) Opportunities:
i) Scope for cutting-edge interdisciplinary research.
ii) Interaction with visiting foreign scholars.
iii) Development of language and communicative skills necessary for

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professional competence.
iv) Faculty and research scholars are capable of undertaking private- public
funded projects in the fields of education, language-development
opportunities.
v) The strength of the faculty, in terms of research potential, makes DEOMEL
uniquely suited for collaborative projects with foreign universities which can
be facilitated through the Visva-Bharati MoU Committee.
d) Challenges:
i) To equip first generation learners with English language comprehension
skills.
ii) To assist students from underprivileged conditions who opt for studying in
DEOMEL.
iii) To develop soft-skill competence for students so they can find jobs in
private-public enterprises
iv) To inspire average students to go for higher education and research instead
of aiming only at primary and secondary level school teaching as their aim
in life.
v) To instill self-confidence in students who do not have much exposure to
pan-Indian or urban institutions so that they can face peer pressure when
they leave Santiniketan.
52. Future plans of the department:
a) The department is committed to continue and improve its standing through
continuation from UGC-DRS to UGC-DSA and beyond to the final step of Centre
for Advanced Study.
b) To open courses in European Studies with undergraduate, postgraduate, MPhil and
PhD. We also have plans to introduce full-fledged undergraduate and postgraduate
courses in French, German, Italian, and Russian Languages and Literatures. As, in
our department, we already possess skills and potential in specialised areas like
Eco-Criticism, Canadian Studies, Hispanic Studies we are keen to start
collaborative projects with foci on these areas. We hope to enter into collaboration
with Gandhi-Darshan, New Delhi and OSLE-India.
c) We wish to build up a world class facility for the systemic historical and cultural
study of the unique literary, intellectual, social and academic mix that Santiniketan
and Visva-Bharati embody.
d) We are also interested in starting an ELT course which will cater to the huge
demand of developing English skills at the school and college levels in and around
Birbhum.
e) The department has plans to start outreach programmes involving teachers

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teaching in local schools and their students. These programmes will focus on
developing teaching skills, interactive skills and artistic potential of the candidates.
f) The department has plans to develop a career counselling cell for students and
scholars alike.
g) We also plan to set up a fully functional, state-of-the-art psychological support
centre for the students residing in and around the campus.

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Evaluative Report of the Department of Sanskrit, Pali & Prakrit

1. Name of the Department : Sanskrit, Pali & Prakrit

2. Year of establishment : 1951
3. Is the Department part of a School/Faculty of the university? Yes, Part of Bhasha-
Bhavana (Institute of language, literature and Culture).
4. Names of programmes offered (UG, PG, M.Phil., Ph.D., integrated Masters;
Integrated Ph.D., D.Sc., D.Litt., etc.) :
UG, PG, M.Phil, Ph.D, D.Litt., Certificate Course in Sanskrit, Pali and Prakrit;
Diploma in Sanskrit and Pali, Advanced Diploma in Sanskrit and Pali; Foreign Casual
Course in Sanskrit.
5. Interdisciplinary programmes and departments involved :
Certificate Course in Manuscriptology and Paleography in collaboration with Rabindra
Bhavana, Visva Bharati.
6. Courses in collaboration with other universities, industries, foreign institutions,
etc.: Association with Burdwan University vis-à-vis Vedic Studies,Indian Philosohy
& Sanskrit Drama and Dramaturgy.
7. Details of programmes discontinued, if any, with reasons: Nil
8. Examination System: Semester & Choice Based Credit System
9. Participation of the department in the courses offered by other departments :
Certificate Course in Manuscriptology and Paleography in collaboration with Ravindra
Bhavana, Visva Bharati
10. Number of teaching posts sanctioned, filled and actual (Professors/ Associate
Professors/ Asst. Professors/ others) :
Actual (including CAS
Sanctioned Filled
& MPS)
Professor 02 02 06
Associate Professors 03 03 01
Asst. Professors 09 08 06
Others NA NA NA

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11. Faculty profile with name, qualification, designation, area of specialization,

experience and research under guidance :
a) Name : Prof. Lalita Chakraborty (HoD)
Qualification : Ph.D
Designation : Professor
Specialization : Nyaya Vaisesika, Indian Philosophy
No. of Years of Experience : 17
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : 04
b) Name : Prof. Narottam Senapati
Qualification : Vidya varidhi (Ph.D)
Designation : Professor
Specialization : Nyaya, Grammar
No. of Years of Experience : 29
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : 01
c) Name : Prof. Niradbaran Mondal
Qualification : Ph.D
Designation : Professor
Specialization : Indian Philosophy, Pali
No. of Years of Experience : 38
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : 05
d) Name : Prof. Mridula Roy
Qualification : Ph.D
Designation : Professor
Specialization : Poetics, Grammar, Literature
No. of Years of Experience : 27
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : 05
e) Name : Prof. Arun Kumar Mondal
Qualification : Ph.D
Designation : Professor
Specialization : Poetics, Grammar, Prakrit, Literature
No. of Years of Experience : 27
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students

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guided for the last 4 years : 05

f) Name : Prof. Jagatram Bhattacharya
Qualification : M.Phil., Ph.D
Designation : Professor
Specialization : Prakrit, Linguistics
No. of Years of Experience : 24
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : 05
g) Name : Prof.Aruna ranjan Mishra
Qualification : M.Phil, Ph.D
Designation : Professor
Specialization : Classical Sanskrit, Modern Sanskrit, Poetics
No. of Years of Experience : 24
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : 05
h) Name : Dr. Niranjan Jena
Qualification : Ph.D
Designation : Associate Professor
Specialization : Veda, Literature, Purana
No. of Years of Experience : 12
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : 05
i) Name : Dr. Harekrushna Mishra
Qualification : M.Phil, Ph.D
Designation : Assistant Professor
Specialization : Veda and Dharmasastra
No. of Years of Experience : 12
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : 04
j) Name : Dr.Sanjay Kumar Mondal
Qualification : Ph.D
Designation : Assistant Professor
Specialization : Indian Philosophy
No. of Years of Experience : 10
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : 02

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k) Name : Dr. Gargi Bhattacharya

Qualification : M.Phil, Ph.D
Designation : Assistant Professor
Specialization : Vedanta, Manuscriptology
No. of Years of Experience : 10
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : 03

l) Name : Dr. Laxmidhar Malik

Qualification : M.Phil., Ph.D
Designation : Assistant Professor
Specialization : Linguistics, Purana
No. of Years of Experience : 07
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : 02
m) Name : Dr. Pritilaxmi Swain
Qualification : M.Phil, Ph.D
Designation : Assistant Professor
Specialization : Grammar
No. of Years of Experience : 04
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : 01
n) Name : Dr. Rampramol Kumar
Qualification : M.Phil, Ph.D
Designation : Assistant Professor
Specialization : Literature
No. of Years of Experience : 02
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : Nil

12. List of senior Visiting Fellows, adjunct faculty, emeritus professors:

Prof. Prabhunath Dwivedi, Varanasi.
13. Percentage of classes taken by temporary faculty — programme-wise : Nil
14. Programme-wise Student Teacher Ratio :
a) UG : 10:01
b) PG : 07:01
c) Ph.D. : 04:01

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d) Certificate, Diploma, Advanced Diploma, Foreign Casual Course, in Sanskrit,

Pali : 01:01
15. Number of academic support staff (technical) and administrative filled and
actual:
Sanctioned Filled Actual
Administrative Staff 01 01 02
(01-Sanctioned
01-Temporary)
Support staff (technical) Nil Nil Nil

16. Research thrust areas as recognized by major funding agencies:

Department offers two Specialisations-Classical Sanskrit and Indian Philosophy.
However, Vedic studies happen to be a thrust area funded by UGC under Mejor
Research Project scheme.
17. Number of faculty with ongoing projects from a) national b) international
agencies and c) Total grants received. Give the names of the project title and
grants received project-wise:
a) PROF. JAGAT RAM BHATTACHARYYA
Project submitted – Editing of the Praśnavyākarana- A lost Jaina treatise - A
major research project sponsored by the ICPR. The project was submitted in
December, 2012. A sum of Rs 5 lakh was granted by the sponsoring agency.
b) DR. HAREKRUSHNA MISHRA
A Micro Level Study on Paippaladins of Eastern India. UGC- MRP 2009-2011,
Grant Rs.5,40,000/-
18. Inter-institutional collaborative projects and associated grants
a) National collaboration:
i) “Poetic Art of P.K.Mishra” a project completed (in 2014) by
Prof.A.R.Mishra in collaboration with Dr. Madhusudan Mishra of
Shailabala Women’s College, (Autonomous) Cuttack, Odisha and
Bibhutibhusan Mohapatra, Rajdhani College, Utkal University,
Bhubaneswar.
ii) Deciphering Sanskrit Manuscripts written in Bengali Scripts was done by
Ganganath Jha Research Institute, Allahabad in collaboration with
Department of Sanskrit, Pali & Prakrit, Visva Bharati. Prof. A.K.Mondal
was the leader of the team that visited Allahabad for the purpose.
(September 2011).
iii) Hundred Lectures on Vedas in collaboration with Maharshi Sandipani

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Rashtriya Veda Vidya Pratisthan, Ujjain is in the offing.

b) international collaboration: Not any as yet
19. Departmental projects funded by DST-FIST; UGC-SAP/CAS, AICTE, etc.; total
grants received: A Literary Assesment, A project finalized by BOS (Sanskrit) as a
Departmental SAP Project of UGC.
20. Research facility / centre with
a) state recognition :
b) national recognition:
The Department has faculties seriously active in the Research for which it enjoys
national recognition. It is regularly represented at different national forum of
Sanskrit studies like All India Oriental Conference, Pune, Kalidasa Samaroha,
Ujjain, Centre of Advanced Study in Sanskrit, University of Pune.
c) international recognition:
Department is regularly represented at different international forum of Sanskrit
studies by its faculty members.
21. Special research laboratories sponsored by / created by industry or corporate
bodies:
Proposing a Language Laboratory after shifting to the new bulding.
22. Publications:
a) No. of papers published in peer reviewed journals (national/
international): –
Name National International

Prof. Arun Ranjan Mishra 16 1

( HoD)
Prof. Narottam Senapati - -
Prof. Niradbaran Mondal Rtd. on April Rtd.
2013
Prof. Mridula Roy 5 -
Prof. Arun Kumar Mondal 8 -
Prof.Lalita Chakraboty 6 -
Prof. Jagatram Bhattacharya 11 2
Dr. Niranjan Jena 11 -
Dr. Harekrushna Mishra 9 -
Dr.Sanjay Kumar Mondal 2 -
Dr.Gargi Bhattacharya 8 -

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Dr. Laxmidhar Malik 6 -

Dr. Pritilaxmi Swain 5 1
Dr. Rampramol Kumar -
b) Monographs:
c) Chapters in Books:
Prof. Lalita Chakraborty –
i) Siva Literature and Religion : An overview of Siva-Purana, The Religion
and Literature : Indian Perspectives, Ed: Dr. Prajit Kr. Palit, ISBN: 978-81-
7479-119-1.
Prof. Arun Kumar Mondal –
i) Mahimabhattasammatasya Sampradanatattvasya Samiksha, Sumedhah,
2010-11.
ii) Spirituality is the Highest Weal: A Jaina Perspective, in the ‘Dimensions of
Buddhism and Jainism’, Professor Suniti Kumar Pathak Felicitation
Volume, Vol.-2, Published by Sanskrit Book Depot, Kolkata, September
2009.
iii) Visvabharatir Punthi : Kendriya Visvavidyalaya-Purva Parva’ a chapter in a
book titled ‘Rabindranather Santiniketan O Sriniketan’ edited by Tapan
Som, Published by Deep Prakashan, 209 A Bidhan Sarani, Kolkata-6, 2010.
Prof. Mridula Ray –
i) Published a paper titled “Prajna in Yoga and Buddhist Philosophy” in the
‘Dimensions of Buddhism and Jainism’, Professor Suniti Kumar Pathak
Felicitation Volume, Vol.-1, Published by Sanskrit Book Depot, Kolkata,
September 2009.
ii) A paper titled ‘Kuntakasammata Varnavinyasavakrata’ is published in the
Journal ‘Sumedha’ Vol.-2 of the Department of Sanskrit, Pali and Prakrit,
Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan in March 2012.
Prof. Jagat Ram Bhattacharyya –
i) Jainism and Jain Manuscripts, 45-52, Manuscript and Manuscriptology in
India; SG Nandi, PK Palit; 2010, ISBN: 978-81-7479-105-4.
Dr. Harekrushna Mishra –
i) Forms of Marriage: A study on Vedic Practices on tribal Perspectives,Pp97-
107 Sumedha Research Journal of Deptt. Of Sanskrit, Visva Bharati.
ii) Some observation son Modern Sanskrit Creative Writings,pp-25-26 Creative
Writings in Sanskrit: Twentieth century Perspectives Ed. A.K. Mondal pub.
Register, VB.
iii) Angirasa kalpa: A Study, Pp134-146,2010 Manuscript and Manuscriptology
ISBN: 978-81-7479-105-4.

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iv) Atharvanic Sammanasyas and Family Harmony pp.169-173 New

Dimensions in the Atharva Veda, ISBN: 81-7702-025-0.
v) Akalikepsa: Karmakandiyasamadhanam, pp-31-33,2009 UGC Sponsored
National seminar on Faliure of Vedic Mantras in the Current Society.
d) Edited Books:
e) Books with ISBN with details of publishers:
Prof. Lalita Chakraborty –
i) Bhasarvajna and Nyayasara, Akshar Prakashani, Bolpur, 2012, ISBN:978-
81-92291604.
Dr. Harekrushna Mishra –
i) Proximity’ (A Collection of Articles on Vedic and Tribal Systems of
Odisha), Pratibha Prakashan, New Delhi, ISBN : 978-81-7702-301-5.
ii) Human Marriage : A Comparative Study of Vedic and Tribal Systems of
Odisha, Pratibha Prakashan, New Delhi, ISBN : 978-81-7702-300-8.
iii) Atharvanic Manuscripts of Orissa, Mandal book Seller and Publication,
Santiniketan, 2009.
Dr. Ram Pramol Kumar –
i) “Sanskrit Rupko Mein Purva Ranga Vidhan.” Published by Shivalik
Publication, Shakti Nagar, Delhi-110007, 2010, ISBN NO. 81-88808-45-8.
f) Number listed in International Database (For e.g. Web of Science, Scopus,
Humanities International Complete, Dare Database International Social
Sciences Directory, EBSCO host, etc.):
g) Citation Index — range / average:
h) SNIP:
i) SIR:
j) Impact Factor — range / average:
k) h-index:
23. Details of patents and income generated: Nil
24. Areas of consultancy and income generated:
a) Department has decided to teach and give consultancy for Spoken Sanskrit,
aspects of Cultural Tourism and Sastric Meditation to interested public for
generating some income.
b) It has also decided to make translation of ancient books of Modern relevance for
the purpose.

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25. Faculty selected nationally / internationally to visit other laboratories /

institutions / industries in India and abroad:
Prof. Jagat Ram Bhattacharyya –
Title of Lecture/ Title of Date(s) of Organised Whether
Academic Conference/Seminar the event by International/
Session etc National
Prakrit – Its Frontier Extension December, Calicut National
origin and Lecture Series 17, 2010 University
Development
Introduction to Lecture in the March, 21 GGD National
Research Refresher course 2013 University,
Methodology Bilaspur
Library based Lecture in the March, 22 GGD National
Research and Refresher Course 2013 University,
Practical aspect Bilaspur
of Research
Prof. Aruna Ranjan Mishra –
Title of Lecture/ Name of the Post Date(s) of Organised Whether
Academic Session the event by International/
National
Talked everyday Visiting 13.03.10 to Centre of National
two hours on 20.03.10 Advanced
Meghadutam and Study in
prepared a Sanskrit
monograph
entitled ‘Talks on
Meghadutam’
Talked everyday Visiting Fellow 30.03.12 Dept. of National
two hours on Sahitya,
Modern Sanskrit Sanskrit
Literature University,
Puri
26. Faculty serving in
a) National committees:
Prof. Lalita Chakraborty –
i) Asiatic Society, Kolkata
ii) Sanskrita Sahitya Parisat, Kolkata
iii) ICPR

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iv) Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Golpark, Kolkata.

Prof. Aruna Ranjan Mishra –
i) One of the panel advisers (on National Level) of Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi
for the Akademi Award in Sanskrit.
ii) Life Member, Drg Bharati, Allahabad.
iii) Life Member, Indian Intellectual Tradition, CASS, Pune.
iv) Life Member, “Sagarika”, Sagar (M.P.)
v) Life Member, AIOC, Pune.
Dr. Niranjan Jena –
i) Life Member of Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute (BORI), Pune, Serial
No. 2504, since 11-10-2002.
ii) Life Member of All India Oriental Conference (AIOC), since 2008.
Dr. Gargi Bhattacharya –
i) Life Member of Asiatic Society, Kolkata
ii) Life Member of AIOC, BORI, Pune
b) International committees: Nil
c) Editorial Boards:
Prof. Jagat Ram Bhattacharyya –
i) Editor of Tulsī Prajñā - A Peer Reviewed research journal of Jain Vishva
Bharati University, Ladnun – 341 306, Rajasthan from 1998 to 2012.
d) Any other (please specify): Nil
27. Faculty recharging strategies (UGC, ASC, Refresher / orientation programs,
workshops, training programs and similar programs):
a) Prof. Lalita Chakraborty attended workshop on Navya nyaya at ICPR, Lucknow
on 2-13 Sept. 2010.
b) Dr Laxmidhar Malik attended Orientation Programme: University of Burdwan,
Aug.12 – 02 Sept, 2010.
c) Dr Laxmidhar Malik attended Refresher Course in Aesthetics : Eastern and
Western, Jadavpur University, Aug.12 – 02 Sept, 2010.
d) Dr Gargi Bhattacharya attended Refresher Course in Aesthetics : Eastern and
Western, Jadavpur University, Aug.12 – 02 Sept, 2010.
e) Dr Niranja Jena attended workshop on Recitation of Ancient Indian texts at
School of Vedic Studies, Rabindra Bharati University, 27-31 Dec, 2010.
f) Dr Niranja Jena attended Refresher Course in Women Studies, University of
Burdwan, Feb.10 – 02 March, 2011.
g) Dr Sanjay Kumar Mondal attended Refresher Course in Women Studies,
University of Burdwan, and Feb.10 – 02 March, 2011.
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Burdwan, Sept 03 - 30, 2011.

i) Prof. Lalita Chakraborty attended workshop on Methodology of navya Nyaya on
20-30 June, 2012 at Golpark RKM Institute and ICPR, Kolkata.
j) Dr Laxmidhar Malik attended workshop on Conservation of Manuscripts, NMM,
New Delhi, 9-13 Sept. 2012.
k) Workshop on Applied Sanskrit was conducted in the Department involving all the
faculty members from 21 – 30 August, 2013.
l) Dr Ram Pramol Kumar attended Refresher course in ASC, Burdwan Universty,
Dec 04- 24, 2013.
m) Dr Hare Krushna Mishra attended Refresher course in ASC, Burdwan Universty,
Dec 04- 24, 2013.
n) Dr Sanjay Kumar Mondal attended Refresher course in ASC, Burdwan Universty,
Dec 04- 24, 2013.
o) Dr Ram Pramol Kumar attended and presented a paper on ‘Origin and
development of Bhikkhuni Sangha’ in International Seminar on “Bhikkhuni Sanha
and its importance in Buddhism” Visva- Bharati, Feb. 07 -09, 2014.
28. Student projects:
a) percentage of students who have done in-house projects including
interdepartmental projects: UG Students - 100% (Environmental Studies), PG
Students – 100% (Prakrit Project)
b) percentage of students doing projects in collaboration with other
universities / industry / institute: Nil
29. Awards / recognitions received at the national and international level by
a) Faculty:
Prof. Arunaranjan Mishra :
i) Awarded, Vikram-Kalidasa Puraskar’ along with a cash prize of Rs. 5000/-
only as my article “Traces of Meghadutam in Bhamaha’s Kavyalankarah” was
considered the Best Paper in the Senior (above 50) category at the Kalidasa
Samaroha (29.10.09 to 04.11.09) organized by Kalidasa Academy and Vikram
University, Ujjain.
b) Doctoral / post doctoral fellows: Nil
c) Students: Nil
30. Seminars/ Conferences/Workshops organized and the source of funding (national
/ international) with details of outstanding participants, if any:
Name of Topic Date Resource Person
programme
Annual Seminar Pali And Buddhism 24.03.2012 Prof. Sukomal Chaudhury

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Interdisciplinary Mental Health 14.02.2012 Prof. Harish Chandra

Seminar Mishra
Career 29.03.2012 Prof. Satyajit Layek
Counseling
Annual Seminar Folk Elements in 07.03.2013 Prof. S.N. Chakraborty
Abhijnanasakuntalam
Special Lecture Applied aspects of 15.07.2013 Prof. Karunasindhu Das
Sanskrit Grammar
10 days Applied Sanskrit 21.08.2013- Tapan Kumar Panda,
Workshop 30.08.2013 Jayprakash Sastri
31. Code of ethics for research followed by the departments:
As per University Ph.D Ordinance: RET, Pre-Ph.D seminar, Pre-submission Seminar,
Viva-voce etc.
32. Student profile programme-wise:
Name of the Selected Pass percentage
Applications
Programme
Received
(refer to question Male Female Male Female
no. 4)
UG
PG 246 16 30 6.5% 12.1%
Name of the Selected Pass percentage
Applications
Programme
Received
(refer to question Male Female Male Female
no. 4)
Ph.D 67 11 06 16.4% 8.95%
Certificate Course in 07 2 5 28.5% 71.4%
Sanskrit, Pali
33. Diversity of students:
% of % of students % of students % of
Name of the
Students from other from students
Programme
From the universities universities from
(refer to question
Same within the outside the other
No. 4)
university State State countries
UG 0% 99% 1% 0%
PG 74% 26% 0% 0%

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Ph.D 50% 31% 17% 2%

34. How many students have cleared Civil Services and Defense Services
examinations, NET, SET, GATE and other competitive examinations? Give
details category-wise:
a) NET : 18
b) SET : 08
35. Student progression:
Student progression Percentage against enrolled
UG to PG 99%
PG to M.Phil. 0%
PG to Ph.D. 6%
Ph.D. to Post-Doctoral 0%
Employed Other than campus recruitment : 70%
• Campus selection (approx)
• Other than campus recruitment
Entrepreneurs 20% (approx)
36. Diversity of staff:
Percentage of faculty who are graduates
of the same university 7%
from other universities within the State 36%
from universities from other States 57%
from universities outside the country 0%

37. Number of faculty who were awarded M.Phil., Ph.D., D.Sc. and D.Litt. during the
assessment period:
Awarded Degree No. of Faculty
M.Phil. Nil
Ph.D. 01
D.Litt Nil
38. Present details of departmental infrastructural facilities with regard to
a) Library: Yes
b) Internet facilities for staff and students: No
c) Total number of class rooms: 05
d) Class rooms with ICT facility: Nil
e) Students’ laboratories: NA

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f) Research laboratories: NA
39. List of doctoral, post-doctoral students and Research Associates:
a) from the host institution/university’: 41
b) from other institutions/ universities : 17
40. Number of post graduate students getting financial assistance from the
university:
Two students in MA I class are awarded University scholarship on merit basis. The
best two stuents in MA I (Semester I and II) get the same in their in MA II class.
41. Was any need assessment exercise undertaken before the development of new
programme(s)? If so, highlight the methodology: Yes
a) Yes – the department has developed two new programmes, i.e. M.Phil in Sanskrit
and Certificate course in Prakrit. The need for the first programe was felt since our
students usually take trouble of migrating to other universities for this degree. This
degree is also necessary for admission into Ph.D programme and also for getting
weightage in job selection procedures.
b) Since Prakrit is considered an endangered language the concerned programme was
necessary especially when students are interested and expert faculties are available
in the department.
i) M.Phil (Migration of students after PG to other Universities for M.Phil;
Value of M.Phil in Career Assessment).
ii) Certificate course in Prakrit.
Methodology:
i) Developing a course structure with approval of Academic council
afterwards.
ii) Written and Viva-voce method of selecting students.
42. Does the department obtain feedback from
a. faculty on curriculum as well as teaching-learning-evaluation? If yes, how
does the department utilize the feedback: Yes; utilizes through reformatory
classes.
b. students on staff, curriculum and teaching-learning-evaluation and how does
the department utilize the feedback: Yes; utilizes through reformatory classes.
c. alumni and employers on the programmes offered and how does the
department utilize the feedback: Yes; utilizes through reformatory classes.
43. List the distinguished alumni of the department (maximum 10):
a) Prof. Krishnanath Chatterjee
b) Prof. Sanjukta Gupta

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c) Prof. Rajeswar Sharma

d) Reverend Dhammisara
e) Prof. Gopabandhu Mishra
f) Prof. Piyali Palit
g) Prof. Srutidhara Chakraborty
44. Give details of student enrichment programmes (special lectures / workshops /
seminar) involving external experts:
Name of Topic Date Resource Person
programme
Annual Seminar Pali And Buddhism 24.03.2012 Prof. Sukomal Chaudhury

Interdisciplinary Mental Health 14.02.2012 Prof. Harish Chandra

Seminar Mishra
Career 29.03.2012 Prof. Satyajit Layek
Counseling
Annual Seminar Folk Elements in 07.03.2013 Prof. S.N. Chakraborty
Abhijnanasauntalam
Special Lecture Applied aspects of 15.07.2013 Prof. Karunasindhu Das
Sanskrit Grammar
10 days Applied Sanskrit 21.08.2013- Tapan Kumar Panda,
Workshop 30.08.2013 Jayprakash Sastri
45. List the teaching methods adopted by the faculty for different programmes:
a) Dialogue
b) Diagram
c) Text Analysis
d) Interactive session
46. How does the department ensure that programme objectives are constantly met
and learning outcomes are monitored:
Through a monitoring committee.
47. Highlight the participation of students and faculty in extension activities:
NSS, NCC, Cultural Programme, Sports
48. Give details of “beyond syllabus scholarly activities” of the department:
a) Outside seminar paper presentation
b) Workshop on Applied Sanskrit
c) Study tour
d) Writing in Magazines and Newspapers

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e) Extra mural lectures

f) Identifying Texts from Manuscript to prepare Catalogue
49. State whether the programme / department is accredited / graded by other
agencies? If yes, give details: NA
50. Briefly highlight the contributions of the department in generating new
knowledge, basic or applied:
The faculty members of the department besides their regular teaching activities put
their research acumen to the following frontiers of research which generates new
knowledge in the field of Sanskrit studies.
a) Research Production in Modern Sanskrit Literature
b) Post Modern Sanskrit Literature
c) Environmental Indology,
d) Poetology
e) Modern Approach to Ancient Indian Texts
f) Deciphering texts from the Manuscripts and preparation of Text-Critical
g) Edition
h) Research on Gaudiya Vaisnavism
i) Research on Socio-cultural movement and ritualistic overtones (Vedic and Post
Vedic).
51. Detail five major Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Challenges (SWOC)
of the department:
a) Strengths :
i) Department has a good number of foreign students in Certificate, Diploma,
Advance Diploma, Foreign Casual Courses and a large number of PhD
Students enrolled (Aprox: 60).
ii) For quality improvement in class teaching, faculty members are facilitated to
participate in National and International activities.
iii) Department is adorn with a Traditional scholars.
iv) Good number of research scholars and students in UG and PG sections
(more than 300) add to the confidence of the deartment.
v) Senior faculties are regularly available to attend the younger ones with the
intricacies of ancient and rare texts.
vi) Faculty members of the Department are the unhesitating parts of the Unity
of thought and action for the service of Sanskrit language.
b) Weaknesses:
i) The department is in need of adequate number of rooms for all our classes
and computers to all our faculties.

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ii) It needs other electronic appliances for class-room teachings.

iii)It needs independent internet facility to the office and all the faculty
members for both administration and academic activities.
iv) The department is in need of Office assistant, clerk and librarian.
v) It is also in need of residential facility and of improved sanitation in the
campus.
c) Opportunities:
i) Faculty members enjoy the financial support for conducting seminar etc.
ii) Faculty members and students enjoy a good academic atmosphere.
iii) Senior teachers are regularly allowed to participate in other universities as
Resource persons.
iv) Teachers of the department get regular opportunity to attend different
academic programmes in other institutions for enhancement of their
academic skill.
v) The natural ambience of Santiniketan inspire teachers and students to accept
academics as a penance.
d) Challenges:
i) Bridging ancient and modern values.
ii) Making Sanskrit an interdisciplinary subject.
iii) Making Sanskrit more relevant in present day.
iv) Procuring more hands in the rare languages like Pali and Prakrit.
v) Keeping retired teachers regularly connected to the department and using
their expertise.
52. Future plans of the department:
a) Specializations on Veda, Grammar, Purana, Dharmasastra,
b) Peace Study
c) Special assistance programme of UGC
d) International Seminar/ Conference

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Evaluative Report of the Department of Hindi

1. Name of the Department : Hindi

2. Year of establishment : 1939
3. Is the Department part of a School/Faculty of the university? Yes, Part of Bhasha-
Bhavana
4. Names of programmes offered (UG, PG, M.Phil., Ph.D., integrated Masters;
Integrated Ph.D., D.Sc., D.Litt., etc.) :
UG, PG, M.Phil, Ph.D, D.Litt., Certificate Course in Hindi, Diploma in Hindi, Foreign
Casual Course in Hindi.
5. Interdisciplinary programmes and departments involved :
Interdisciplinary seminars are organised from time to time in the Department for the
benefit of the students and research scholars.
6. Courses in collaboration with other universities, industries, foreign institutions,
etc.: Nil
7. Details of programmes discontinued, if any, with reasons: Nil
8. Examination System: Semester & Choice Based Credit System
9. Participation of the department in the courses offered by other departments :
Yes – Students from different Departments take courses in Tagore Studies.
10. Number of teaching posts sanctioned, filled and actual (Professors/ Associate
Professors/ Asst. Professors/ others) :
Actual (including CAS
Sanctioned Filled
& MPS)
Professor 02 02 08
Associate Professors 01 00 00
Asst. Professors 08 08 04
Others NA NA NA

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11. Faculty profile with name, qualification, designation, area of specialization,

experience and research under guidance :
a) Name : Harish Chandra Mishra
Qualification : M.A., D.Phil
Designation : Professor
Specialization : Philosophy of literary history or criticism in
modern literature
No. of Years of Experience : 31
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : 09
b) Name : Rameshwar Prasad Mishra
Qualification : M.A., Ph.D
Designation : Professor
Specialization : Medieval literature, Coparative literature
No. of Years of Experience : 32
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : 08
c) Name : Manju Rani Singh
Qualification : M.A., Ph.D
Designation : Professor
Specialization : Poetics
No. of Years of Experience : 27
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : 15
d) Name : Chakradhar Tripathi
Qualification : M.A., Ph.D
Designation : Professor
Specialization : Medieval and Modern Poetry
No. of Years of Experience : 25
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : 05
e) Name : Mukteshwar Nath Tiwari
Qualification : M.A, NET-JRF, Ph.D
Designation : Professor
Specialization : Contemporary Hindi Poetry, Stylistics
No. of Years of Experience : 23

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No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students

guided for the last 4 years : 10
f) Name : Rabindra Nath Mishra
Qualification : M.A., Ph.D, D.Litt.
Designation : Professor
Specialization : Medieval Peoty, Coparative Study, Bhakti
Movement Coparative Study
No. of Years of Experience : 31
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : 31
g) Name : Shailendra Kumar Tripathi
Qualification : Ph.D
Designation : Professor
Specialization : Fiction and Critisimsm
No. of Years of Experience :
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : 05
h) Name : Shakuntala Mishra
Qualification : M.A., Ph.D.
Designation : Professor
Specialization : Medieval literature, Translation Studies
No. of Years of Experience : 13
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : 12
i) Name : Subhash Chandra Roy
Qualification : M.A., Ph.D
Designation : Assistant Professor
Specialization : Modern Poetry
No. of Years of Experience : 08
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : 06
j) Name : Jagadish Bhagat
Qualification : M.A, NET-JRF, Ph.D
Designation : Assistant Professor
Specialization : Modern poetry & fiction
No. of Years of Experience :

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No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students

guided for the last 4 years : 02
k) Name : Arjun Kumar
Qualification : M.A, NET
Designation : Assistant Professor
Specialization : Surdas, Hindi katha sahitya
No. of Years of Experience : 04
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : Nil

l) Name : Sruti Kumud

Qualification : M.A. NET
Designation : Assistant Professor
Specialization :
No. of Years of Experience : 7 months
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : Nil
12. List of senior Visiting Fellows, adjunct faculty, emeritus professors:
Prof. Khagendra Thakur, 16 March – 25 March, 2010
13. Percentage of classes taken by temporary faculty — programme-wise :
10% percentage of classes were taken by JRF/RGF students in UG level
(i) Suschismita Das (ii) Ravita Pathak
14. Programme-wise Student Teacher Ratio :
a) UG : 2:1
b) PG : 2:1
c) M.Phil : 2:8
d) C. Work : 2:5
e) Ph.D : 5:2
f) Certificate, Diploma, Foreign Casual Course in Hindi : 01:01
15. Number of academic support staff (technical) and administrative filled and
actual:
Sanctioned Filled Actual
Administrative Staff 01 01 01
Support staff (technical) Nil Nil Nil
16. Research thrust areas as recognized by major funding agencies: N/A

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17. Number of faculty with ongoing projects from a) national b) international

agencies and c) Total grants received. Give the names of the project title and
grants received project-wise: Nil
18. Inter-institutional collaborative projects and associated grants
a) National collaboration: Nil b) international collaboration: Nil
19. Departmental projects funded by DST-FIST; UGC-SAP/CAS, AICTE, etc.; total
grants received: Nil
20. Research facility / centre with
a) state recognition : b) national recognition: Yes
c) international recognition:
21. Special research laboratories sponsored by / created by industry or corporate
bodies: NA
22. Publications:
a) No. of papers published in peer reviewed journals (national/
international):
b) Monographs:
c) Chapters in Books:
d) Edited Books:
Rabindra Nath Mishra –
i) “Sahitya Sankalan”, Suravi Prakashan, New Delhi, 2009.
ii) “Nari Vimarsh”, R.D. Women’s College, Bhubaneswar, 2011.
e) Books with ISBN with details of publishers:
Harish Chandra Mishra –
i) Lokosahitya Rabindranath Thakur (Anubad), Bibha Prakashan, 50
Charuchandra, ALLD, 2012, ISBN-978-81-88214-99-x.
Rameshwar Prasad Mishra –
i) ‘Gitanjali’ – ISBN – 978-81-7522-485-8, Visva-Bharati.
ii) ‘Santiniketan Ka Hindi Bhavana’-81-7522-461-2, V.B.
iii) ‘Visva-Bharati Patrika : Chayanita Nibandh’-81-7522- 460-5, V.B.
iv) ‘Apani Bat’-81-7522-462-9-V.B.
Manju Rani Singh –
i) Chhaya Bad : Sabda Aur Sambedena – ISBN – 817714-104x.
ii) ‘Kabri Ke Khoj’-ISBN-81-7055-801-0.
Shakuntala Mishra –
i) ‘Mrinalini Devi’- ISBN-978-81-7522-493-3, Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan.
ii) ‘Gitanjali’- ISBN-978-93-5-72-541-2, Vani Prakashan, New Delhi.

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f) Number listed in International Database (For e.g. Web of Science, Scopus,

Humanities International Complete, Dare Database International Social
Sciences Directory, EBSCO host, etc.):
g) Citation Index — range / average:
h) SNIP:
i) SIR:
j) Impact Factor — range / average:
k) h-index:
23. Details of patents and income generated: NA
24. Areas of consultancy and income generated: NA
25. Faculty selected nationally / internationally to visit other laboratories /
institutions / industries in India and abroad:
Harish Chandra Mishra –
a) Delivered Two Lecturers at BHU, in Refresher Course on 18 th Feb. 2010 & 19
March 2010.
b) Seven Lectures delivered in different National Seminars on 28 Feb. 2011, 1st
March 2011, 19 Feb. 2011, 11 March 2011, 13 March 2011.
c) Presented a paper on ‘Rabindranath Ke Upanyas’ in a National Seminar on
‘Rabindranath Tagore’ at Sahitya Academy, New Delhi on 8th May 2011.
d) Presented a paper on ‘Rabindranath Tagore : Nationalism and Internationalism in
an International Seminar on ‘Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore and Fritjof
Nansen organized by Indo-Norwegian Informations and Cultural Forum at Oslo,
Narway on 15th August 2011.
e) Delivered a Lecture on ‘Hindi Ka Alochanatmak Sahitya Aur Bihar in a National
Seminar at Jaiprakash University, Chhapara on 20th October 2011.
f) Delivered a Lecture on ‘Hindi Literature’ in the Dept. of South Asian Studies, at
Peking University, China on 1st November 2011.
g) Presented a paper on ‘Rabindranath Tagore And World Peace’ in an International
Conference to Commemorate the 150th birth an universary of Rabindranath Tagore
in the Dept. of South Asian Studies at Pecking University on 2nd November 2011.
h) Delivered a lecture on ‘Gitanjali’ in Chinese Language Literature Dept. at Beijing
Normal University, Peking on 3rd November 2011.
i) Delivered a lecture on Indian Literature in the Dept. of South Asian Studies at
Peking University on 5th November 2011.
j) Presided over the Valedictory Session of a National Seminar on ‘Women Studies
and Indian Literature organized by the Dept. of Odia, Visva-Bharati on 14 th

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February 2012.
k) Presided over a session of a National Seminar on ‘Rabindranath Tagore and Indian
Literature’ organized by the Dept. of Bengali, Visva-Bharati on 14 th February
2012.
l) Presented a paper on ‘Hindi Translations of Tagore’s Literature in an International
Seminar organized by the Dept. of English, Visva-Bharati on 18th February 2012.
m) Delivered a Lecture as Chief Guest in Gyan Bharati School, Raniganj on the
occasion of the Golden Jubilee Celebration of the School on 20 th January 2012.
Rameshwar Prasad Mishra –
a) Two seminar lecturers delivered at Hindi-Bhavana, Visva-Bharati & Calcutta
University on 11 Dec. 2010, 10 Feb. 2010.
b) 5 Seminar lecturer delivered at Andhra University, Utta Maharastra University,
Kolkata Girls College, NVG Mahavidyalay, Railway University, New Delhi on
24, 26 Feb 2011, 2nd March 2011, 15 March 2011, 26 Jan. 2011.
c) Presented a paper on ‘Rabindranath Ke Upanyas’ in a National Seminar on
‘Rabindranath Tagore’ at Sahitya Academy, New Delhi on 8th May 2011.
d) Presented a paper on ‘Rabindranath Tagore : Nationalism and Internationalism in
an International Seminar on ‘Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore and Fritjof
Nansen organized by Indo-Norwegian Informations and Cultural Forum at Oslo,
Narway on 15th August 2011.
e) Delivered a Lecture on ‘Hindi Ka Alochanatmak Sahitya Aur Bihar in a National
Seminar at Jaiprakash University, Chhapara on 20th October 2011.
f) Delivered a Lecture on ‘Hindi Literature’ in the Dept. of South Asian Studies, at
Peking University, China on 1st November 2011.
g) Presented a paper on ‘Rabindranath Tagore And World Peace’ in an International
Conference to Commemorate the 150th birth an universary of Rabindranath Tagore
in the Dept. of South Asian Studies at Pecking University on 2nd November 2011.
h) Delivered a Lecturer on ‘Gitanjali’ in Chinese Language Literature Dept. at
Beijing Normal University, Peking on 3rd November 2011.
i) Delivered a Lecture on Indian Literature in the Dept. of South Asian Studies at
Peking University on 5th November 2011.
j) Presided Valedictory session of a National Seminar on ‘Women Studies and
Indian Literature organized by the Dept. of Odia, Visva-Bharati on 14 th February
2012.
k) Presided a session of a National Seminar on ‘Rabindranath Tagore and Indian
Literature’ organized by the Dept. of Bengali, Visva-Bharati on 14 th February
2012.
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Seminar organized by the Dept. of English, Visva-Bharati on 18th February 2012.

m) Delivered a Lecture as Chief Guest in Gyan Bharati School, Raniganj on the
occasion of the Golden Jubilee Celebration of the School on 20 th January 2012.
n) Delivered presidential address at Acharya Vishnukant Shastri memorial lecture on the
topic ‘Santon Ki Jeevandristi Aur Hamara Samaya’ at Shree Bara Bazar Kumar Sabha
Pustakalaya, Kolkata on 6 May, 2012.
o) Delivered a lecture as chief guest at Shree Durga Vidyalaya, Raniganj on the
occasion of Golden Jubilee Celebration of the school on 12 September 2012.
p) Chaired a session and delivered a lecture in an International Seminar on
‘Rabindranath Tagore’ in the dept. of History, V.B. on 14 January 2013.
q) Delivered a lecture on ‘Geetanjali Aur Hindi Sahitya’ in a national seminar on
‘Impact of Geetanjali on Indian literature in the dept. of Odia, V.B. on 1 March
2013.
r) Chaired a session and delivered a lecture in a national seminar on ‘Impact of
Rabindranath on Indian literature organized by Bhasha-Bhavana, V.B. on 8 March
2013.
s) Delivered keynote address on the topic ‘Hindi Evam Bangla Ka Antah Sambandh’
at 65th Congress of Hindi Sahitya Sammelan, Prayag organized at Santiniketan on
17 March 2013.
Manju Rani Singh –
a) Presented a paper at jute sikehya sen Rajsthan, Jaipur on 10 th Jan. 2010.
b) Total 8 seminar lecturers given in different national seminar on 24 Oct 2010, 27
Nov. 2010, 8 Jan. 2011, 9 & 10 March 2010, 22 & 23 March 2011, 27/28 March
2011, 28/29 July 2010, 24 & 25 Feb. 2011.
c) Organised one International Seminar & 4 National seminar on 8th March 2013,
June 2013, 3rd Feb. 2014, 9th Feb. 2014, 8-9 March. 2014 at Visva-Bharati,
Santiniketan.
d) One workshop organized in Surul Village Bolpur on 22 Jan. 2014.
e) Presented a paper on ‘Hindi Sahitya Mein Shramjivi Aur Lingbhed in an
International Seminar organized by the Garifa Maitreya Granthagar, Naihati, 24
Pargana on 8th January 2012.
f) Presented a paper on ‘Baba Nagarjun : Sannidhya Se Srijan Ke beech’ in an
International Seminar organized by Sido Kanhu University.
g) Presented a paper on ‘Nagarjun Ki Stri – Dristi’ in a National Seminar held at Nav
Baliganj College, Calcutta University on the occasion of Nagarjun’s Birth
Centenary on 21st November 2011.
h) Presented a paper on ‘National language Hindi and it’s utility in unemployment’ in
a seminar on ‘Website for Hindi literature’ held at Bharatiya Bhasha Parishad,

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Kolkata on 23rd September 2011.

i) Presented a paper on ‘Swatantryottar Hindi Sahitya Mein Kamkaji Mahilaon Ka
Sangharsha’ in a National Seminar organized by JDU Womens College, Bolly
Road, Patna on 30-31st January 2012.
j) Presented a paper on ‘Ramvilas Sharma Ki Sanskritik Upalabdhi in a National
Seminar organized by Mahavidya, Deoghar, Jharkhaud on the occasion of a Book
Fair on 4th January 2012.
k) Presented a paper on ‘Jaishankar Prasad Ka Jeevan Darshan’ in a National
Seminar organized by the Govt. College, Raurkela, Odisha on 9-11th March 2012.
l) Presented a paper on ‘Meri Drishti: Meri Sristi’in a National Seminar organized by
Bharatiya Bhasha Parishad on 18th February 2012.
m) Presented a paper on ‘Gopal Singh Nepali Aur Hindi Kavya Sangeet’ in a National
Seminar organized by Gopal Singh Nepali Foundation on the occasion of Birth
Centenary of Gopal Singh Nepali on 17th March 2012.
n) Presented a paper on ‘Education Value of Rabindranath Tagore’in a National
Seminar after inaugurating the function organized by the Institute of Socialist
Education at New Delhi on the occasion of 150th Birth Anniversary of
Rabindranath Tagore on 16th December 2011.
Chakradhar Tripathi –
a) Presented a paper on ‘Globalization and Odia Literature’ in an International
Seminar on ‘Globalization and Literature’ organized by Gandhi Centre for Narth-
Eastern Languages, Presidency University, Kolkata on 12th January 2012.
b) Presented a paper on ‘Faminism in Hindi short stories’ in a National Seminar on
‘Feminism in Odia Fiction : Indian Perspective’ and also chaired a session
organized by the dept. of Odia, Visva-Bharati in collaboration with Odisha Sahitya
Academy, Bhubaneswar on 13th February 2012.
c) Delivered Keynote address of a National Seminar on the occasion of ‘Hindi
Diwas’ celebration organized by the dept. of Hindi, Visva-Bharati in collaboration
with the Hindi cell of Visva-Bharati on 25th September 2011.
d) Delivered a lecture on ‘Dramatist Jayshankar Prasad and Skandgupt’ in the dept.
of Hindi, R.D. Women’s College, Bhubaneswar on 5th March 2012.
M.N. Tiwari –
a) Two lectuers deliver at ASC Ranchi in a referesher programme on 8 Feb. 2010 & a
seminar at Rabindrabharati University, Kolkata on 18 March 2010.
b) Delivered lecturer in different seminar at Hindi Dept. of Kolkata University,
Raniganj, ASC Ranchi, Rabindrabharati Kolkata, NCER, Science Centre
Burdwan, Hindi Dept., ASC Patna on 30, 31 July 2010, 8th Agu. 2010, 8th Jan.
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c) Deliver 3 nos of lectueres in National Seminar at Jumsedpur, Burdwan University,

Hindi-Bhavana Kolkata, 5th Dec. 2012, 13 March 2013, 26 March 2013.
d) Two lectueres delived at ASC Ranchi, Dec. 2011.
Rabindra Nath Mishra –
a) Paper Presented in the National Seminar on the topic “Ardhakgini Ka Purna Hone
Ka Dawa”, R.D. Womens (Autonomaus) College, Bhubaneswar, 1st & 2nd March,
2011.
b) Paper Presented in the National Seminar on the topic “Bhaktimarg, Bhagabat
Dharm Aur Shree Jagannath”, Nilachal Tatwa Anusandhan Parisad, Puri, 7th
August, 2011.
c) Paper Presented in the National Seminar on the topic “Hindi Sikshan Men Koson
Ki Bhumika Aur Hindi Sabdakoskan Ki Samikshya”, Kendriya Hindi Sansthan
Agra, Bhusaneswar Centre, Odishi, 20.11.2011.
d) Paper Presented in the National Seminar on the topic “Prasadjeeke Sahitya Men
Monabiyamulyabodh”, Deptt. of Hindi, Govt. (Autonomaus) College, Rourkela,
11.03.2012.
e) Paper Presented in the National Seminar on the topic “Samajik Sanskritk Jeevan
Men Hindi Odiya Santa Sahitya Ki Boiplabik Bhumika”, Deptt. of Oriya,
Chaudwar College, Cuttak, 18.03.2012.
f) Paper Presented in the National Seminar on the topic “Jankabi Nagarjun”, Vidya
Sagar University, Midnapur, West Bengal, 19.03.2012.
g) Paper Presented in All India Oriental Conference on the topic “Bhakti Andolan Ke
Sanderv Men Alvar Bhakti Aur Odissi Bhakti”, University of Kashmir, Shrinagar,
2nd, 3rd & 4th October, 2012.
h) Paper Presented in the National Seminar on the topic “Adhunik Hindikavya Per
Geetanjali Ka Prabhab”, Deptt. of Oriya, Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan, 1st & 2nd
March, 2013.
i) Paper Presented in the National Seminar on the topic “Adunik Hindi Sahitya Ki
Vividh Vidhayan: Ek Sinhabalokan”, Deptt. of Hindi, Kendrapara (Autonomous)
College, Kendrapara, Odiya.
j) National Seminar on “Rajabhasa Hindi Sambhanayen Aur Chunautian” Attended,
Deptt. of Hindi, Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan, 14th -16 th September, 2013.
k) Attended All India History Congress from 29 to 31st Dec. 2013 at RAvenshaw
University, Cattak.
l) Delivered a lecture on the topic – Ekkiswi Sudi Ke Hindi Sahitya Ka Bhabisya in
the National Seminar held at BB College, Assonal on 3rd Feb. 2014.
Shailendra Kumar Tripathi –
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Kolkata, Kalicut University, Kalicut jon 5th Sept. 2009, 9th Feb. 2010.
b) Delivered a lecture on 3rd Sep. 2010 at Sahitya Academy, New Delhi.
c) Delivered a lecture on ‘Ramkatha Ka Samajik Sarokar’ in a National Workshop on
‘Ramkatha’ at Barhaj, Deoria, U.P. on 14-16th October 2011.
d) Delivered a lecture on ‘Chhayavad Aur, Namvar Singh’ in a National Seminar on
‘Chhayavad’ at B.B. College, Asansol on 19-20th November 2011.
e) Delivered a lecture on ‘Ajneya Ke Mulyankan Ki Dishayen’ in a National Seminar
on ‘Ajneya’ on the occasion of Birth Centenary organized by Hindi Dept. Visva-
Bharati on 24th March 2012.
f) Delivered a lecture on ‘Hindi Ki Awashyakata’ in a National Seminar organized
on the occasion of ‘Hindi Diwas’ celebration by Dept. of Hindi, Visva-Bharati in
collaboration with Hindi Cell of Visva-Bharati on 25-26th September 2011.
Shakuntala Mishra –
a) Delivered lecture at Hindi Bhavana, Visva Bharati on 10th Dec. 2010.
b) Delivered lectures in National & Innational seminars at Andhra University,
Bisakha Pattanam, Uttar Maharashtra University, Jalgaon, Kolkata Girls College,
Kolkata, NB Smarak Mahavidyalay Jalgaon on 24 & 26 Feb. 2011, 1 to 2 March
2011, 15 March 2011, 28, 29 March 2011.
c) Presented a paper on ‘Rabindranath Ke Upanyas’ in a National Seminar on
‘Rabindranath Tagore’ at Sahitya Academy, New Delhi on 8th May 2011.
d) Presented a paper on ‘Rabindranath Tagore : Nationalism and Internationalism in
an International Seminar on ‘Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore and Fritjof
Nansen organized by Indo-Norwegian Informations and Cultural Forum at Oslo,
Narway on 15th August 2011.
e) Presented a paper on ‘Gitanjali Ke Hindi Anuvad Aur Bihar’ in a National
Seminar at Jaiprakash University, Chhapara on 20th October 2011.
f) Delivered a Lecture on ‘Hindi Language’ at Dept. of South Asian Studies, Peking
University, China on 1st November 2011.
g) Delivered a Lecture on ‘Tagore’s Visva-Bharati : Not a mere educational institute
in an International Conference to Commemorate the 150th birth anniversary of
Rabindranath Tagore in the Dept. of South Asian Studies at Peking University,
China on 2nd November 2011.
h) Delivered a Lecture on ‘Gitanjali’ in the Dept. of Chinese Language and Literature
at Beijing Normal University, Peking on 3rd November 2011.
i) Delivered a Lecture on ‘History of Indian Literature’ in the Dept. of South Asian
Studies at Peking University on 5th November 2011.
Subhash Chandra Roy –
a) Delivered lectuer at Punjab National Bank Burdwan, National Technology

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Institute, Durgapur, Deoghar Pastakmela, Deoghar on 16th Sept. 2009, 24 Oct

2009, 5th to 13 Feb. 2010.
b) Delivered 9 nos of National Seminars at Mablankar Hall, Delhi, Vidyapati
Bhavana, Patna. All Musium, Alld, Portblaor, Andaman, Geetanjali Hall Bolpur,
Nalanda Bihar Deoghar, Jharkhand, NSS Santiniketan on 6th May 2010, 15 Aug.
2010, 21 Aug. 2010, 19 Sep. 2010, 27 Oct. 2010, 18 Dec 2010, 12 Nov. 2010, 28
Dec. 2010.
c) Presented a paper on ‘Rashtriya Ekta Mein Bhasha ki Bhumika’ in a National
seminar jointly organized by Bhasha Sangam, Allahabad and Bihar Hindi Sahitya
Sangam at Patna on 27th August 2011.
d) Delivered a lecture in “Rabindra Mahotsava” organized by Rashtra kavi Ramdhari
Singh ‘Dinkar’ Nyas in Mavlankar Hall at New Delhi on 31st August 2011.
e) Delivered a lecture being invited as chief guest on the occasion of ‘Hindi Diwas’
at Punjab National Bank, Burdwan, W.B. on 14th September 2011.
f) Delivered a lecture on ‘Importance of National language Hindi’ in a National
Seminar organized by the dept. of Hindi in collaboration with Hindi cell of Visva-
Bharati on 26-27th September 2011.
g) Delivered a lecture on ‘The concept of village development of Rabindranath Tagore’
in a National Seminar organized by Nalanda Foundation, Nalanda, Bihar on the
occasion of ‘Surya Mahotsava’ on 1st November 2011.
h) Participated in a National Workshop for the compilation of the Common
Administrative Terminology of North-Eastern Indian Languages organized by CIL,
HRD, Maysore held at North Bengal University, Siliguri , W.B. on 14 -21 November
2011.
i) Presented Keynote address in Hindi and participated in ‘Kavi Pranam’ Celebration
jointly organized by Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya, Bhopal and
Indira Gandhi Centre for National Integration, Visva-Bharati on 26-28 th November
2011.
j) Delivered three lectures in a National Seminar on ‘Nagarjun, Kedarnath and
Nepali’ organized by Mahavidya, Deoghar, Jharkhand on the occasion of a Book
Fair held at Deoghar on 13 to 21st January 2011.
k) Delivered lecture on ‘the ideology of journalism in Hindi’ on the occasion of 23 rd
Raniganj Book Fair held at Raniganj on 16th February 2012.
l) Delivered lecture on ‘Rabindranath and Dinkar’ a National Seminar organized on
the occasion of ‘Magadh Book Fair’ held at Gaya, Bihar on 29 th February to 4th
March 2012.
m) Delivered a lecture in a National Seminar on ‘Ajneya’ organized by the Dept. of
Hindi, Visva-Bharati on the occasion of birth centenary on 24th March 2012.

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Jagadish Bhagat –
a) Delivered lecture on ‘Hindi Divas’ K.V. Durgapur, 2009.
b) Delivered lecture on ‘Hindi Divas’ Narakas, Durgapur, 2009.
c) Participated in Kavi Samelan, Barhaj, Deoria (U.P.) 2009.
d) Delivered lecture Raghukul Academy 26 Jan. 2010 Deoria (UP).
e) Delivered lecture on “Hindi Divas” – K.V. Durgapur, 2010.
f) Delivered lecture on “Hindi Divas” – N.B.S. College, 28 Nov. 2010, 29 March
2011.
g) Delivered lecture Kushinagar College, U.P. 12 Feb. 2011.
h) Delivered lecture on ‘Premchand Ki Chinta Evam Hamari Chunoutiyan’ in
National Workshop on ‘Premchand’ held at N.B.S. College, Jaigaon, W.B. on 19th
August 2011.
i) Delivered lecture on ‘Nav Upaniveshvadi Sandarbh Aur Swayam Prakash Ki
Kahaniyan’ in a National Seminar at Siliguri College, Siliguri, W.B. on 2-3rd
September 2011.
j) Delivered three lectures on ‘Swayam Prakash Ki Kahaniyon Mein Yugbodh’,
Samakaleen Chunoutiyan Aur Mahila Kahanikar’ and ‘Adbhut Gadya Shilpi
Mahadevi’ in a National Seminar at Khariyar College, Khariyar, Orissa on 10-11 th
September 2011.
k) Delivered lecture on ‘The relevance of ‘Muawaja’ drama’ in a National Seminar
held at Jogesh Chandra Choudhury College, Kolkata on 13-14th September 2011.
l) Delivered lecture on ‘Ramcharitmas Ka Samaj’ in a National Workshop on
‘Ramkatha’ held at Barhaj, Deoria, U.P. on 14-16th October 2011.
m) Delivered a lecture on ‘Mahadevi Ka Gadya Sahitya’ in a National Seminar on
‘Chhayavad’ held at B.B. College, Asansol, W.B. on 19-20 th November 2011.
n) Delivered lecture on ‘Nepali Ramkavya Parampara Aur Bhanubhakta Ramayan’ in
a National Seminar on ‘Bhanubhakta Evam Tulasidas’ held at N.B.S. College,
Jaigaon, W.B. on 20-21st February 2012.
o) Delivered lecture on ‘Rabindranath Ki Hindi Chinta’ in a National Seminar on
‘Rabindranath’ held at Visva-Bharati on 11-12th February 2012.
p) Delivered lecture on ‘Gopal Singh Nepali Ki Prasangikata’ in a National Seminar
on ‘Nepali’ organized by Gopal Singh Nepali Foundation, New Delhi on 18th
March 2012.
q) Delivered lecture on ‘Ajneya Ek Visist Kavi’ in a National Seminar on ‘Ajneya’
on the occasion of birth centenary organized by Dept. of Hindi, Visva-Bharati on
24 th March 2012.
r) Delivered lecture on ‘Hindi Ka Badalta Sworup’ in a National Seminar organized
by the Dept. of Hindi, Visva-Bharati in collaboration with Hindi cell of Visva-

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Bharati on the occasion of ‘Hindi Diwas’ celebration-2013.

Arjun Kumar –
a) Delivered a lecture in a National Seminar on ‘Rajbhasa Hindi’ in the Dept. of
Hindi, Visva-Bharati on 14 Sep. 2010.
b) Delivered a Lecture in a National Seminar on ‘Hindi Divas’ organized by Hindi
Bhavana, Visva-Bharati in Collaboration with Hindi cell, Visva-Bharati on 25-26 th
September 2011.
c) Participated a National Seminar on ‘Rabindra Bichitra’ Conducted by Adhyapak
Sabha, Visva-Bharati on 11-12th February 2012.
d) Presented a paper named ‘Swanubhuti Aur Sahanubhuti : Dalit Sahitya’ in a
International Seminar on ‘Hindi Sahitya main Dalit Chetana : Sampratic Dasha
Evam Disha’ organized by Hindi Vibhag, Ranchi College, Ranchi on 22-24 th
February 2012.
e) Delivered a Lecture in a National Seminar on ‘Ajney : Kavi Aur Gadyakar’
organized by Hindi Bhavana, Visva-Bharati on 24th March 2012.
Shruti Kumu –
a) Delivered lecture in different national seminars at Mahila Mahavidyalay, Patna on
28 & 29 Sep. 2013, Hindi Bhavana, Visva-Bharati on 14-16 Sep. 2013, Durgakund
Varanasi on 12 to 14 Jan. 2014.
26. Faculty serving in
a) National committees:
Harish Chandra Mishra –
i) Paribhasak Hindi Kos Nirman Samiti, Kandriya Hindi Nidesaloy, Delhi.
Rameshwar Prasad Mishra –
i) Nominated as a member of Board of Stadies (Hindi) at Mizoram University,
Aizwal.
ii) Nominated as a member of Ph.D. Committee of Hindi at West Bengal State
University, Barasat, Kolkata.
Manju Rani Singh –
i) Director, Women's Study Centre, Visva-Bharati (till March 2014).
Chakradhar Tripathi –
i) Nominated as member of Board of Studies in Hindi at Presidency University,
Kolkata and Vidya Sagar University, Midnapore, W.B.
Mukteshwar Nath Tiwari –
i) External member, P.G. Board and Research Board of Burdwan University.
ii) External member, Board of Studies, Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata.
Rabindra Nath Mishra –
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University, Cuttack.
ii) DDCE, Uttkal University, Bhubanswar.
iii) Member Award Committee Uttar Pradesh Hindi Sansthan, Lucknow, U.P.
iv) Member Award Committee Odisha Sahitya Academy. Bhusaneswar.
b) International committees: Nil
c) Editorial Boards:
Rabindra Nath Mishra –
i) Hindi Text Book Editorial Board of SCERT, Bhusaneswar, Odisha.
ii) Hindi Text Book Editorial Board of BSE, Odisha.
d) Any other (please specify): Nil
27. Faculty recharging strategies (UGC, ASC, Refresher / orientation programs,
workshops, training programs and similar programs):
Subhash Chandra Roy –
a) Refresher Course – ASC, Ranchi University, 2010 & Dec. 2012.
Jagadish Bhagat –
a) 03/03/2009 to 31/03/2009 Orientation Program ASC, Burdwan University.
b) 17/07/2010 to 08/08/2010 – Refresher Course ASC, Calcutta University.
Arjun Kumar –
a) UGC Sponosored 64th orientation programme 4.7.11 to 31.7.11, ASC Ranchi
University, Ranchi.
b) Refresher Course in ‘Linguistic’ 27.7.13 to 18.8.13, ASC, Ranchi University,
Ranchi.
28. Student projects:
a) percentage of students who have done in-house projects including
interdepartmental projects: 100%
b) percentage of students doing projects in collaboration with other
universities / industry / institute: Nil
29. Awards / recognitions received at the national and international level by
a) Faculty:
Dr. R.N. Mishra –
i) Awarded “Hindi Sahitya Samman by Hindi Sahitya Sammellan Proyag, Alld,
2010.
b) Doctoral / post doctoral fellows: Nil
c) Students: Nil

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30. Seminars/ Conferences/Workshops organized and the source of funding (national

/ international) with details of outstanding participants, if any:
Date Topic & Name of the Outstanding Participants Source of
Funding
20 February Hazariprasad Dwivedi Memorial Lecture given Funded by Visva-
2011 by the eminent poet Arun Kamal on the topic Bharati
‘Samakalin Kavita Mein Saundarya’.
27 February Halwasiya Memorial Lecture given by the Funded by
2011 eminent poet Prof. Kedarnath Singh on the topic Halwasiya Trust
‘Ekkiswin Sadi Mein Hindi’. Kolkata
14 January Hazariprasad Dwivedi Memorial Lecture given Funded by Visva-
2012 by the eminent Novelist Manaj Das on the topic Bharati
‘Badalte Mulyon Ke Daur Mein Viswas Evam
Sahitya’.
20 February Halwasiya Memorial Lecture given by Prof. Funded by
2012 Prayag Shukla on the topic ‘Hindi Jatra – Halwasiya Trust
Vrittanta’.
15 February Hazariprasad Dwivedi Memorial Lecture given Funded by Visva-
2013 by the eminent Novelist Govind Mishra on the Bharati
topic ‘ Hazariprasad Dwevedi Ke Upanyas’.
January Halwasiya Memorial Lecture given by Manjer Funded by
2009 Pundey Prof. of JNU on the Topic Halwasiya Trust
‘Madhyajuginta Ki Wapasi’. Kolkata
February Hazariprasad Dwivedi Memorial Lecture given Funded by Visva-
2009 by Ashok Vajpayee on the topic ‘Hamare Samaya Bharati
Men Sahitya’.
10 & 11 National Seminar on the topic ‘Ramchandra Funded by Visva-
December Shukla: Jeevan, Alochana Evam Nikash Bharati
2009 addressed by Prof. Vijay Bahadur Singh, Prof.
Amernath Sherma, Prof. Bahadur Mishra and
others.
7 March Halwasiya Memorial Lecture given by Prof. Funded by Visva-
2010 Ramesh Kuntal Megh on the topic ‘Mithak Alekh Bharati
Kari Ke Samajvingyanan Men Kuchi Pratistha
Kalad’.
20 March Hazariprasad Dwivedi Memorial Lecture given Funded by
2010 by Nanda Koshare Nabal on the topic ‘Adhunik Halwasiya Trust
Hindi Kabita Ka Dwevedi Jug’.

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31. Code of ethics for research followed by the departments:

As per University Ph.D rules : RET, Pre-PhD seminar, Pre-submission Seminar, Viva-
voce : Research preceded by a course work of six months duration.
32. Student profile programme-wise:
Selected Pass percentage
Name of the Applications
Male
Programme Received
Male Female Female
(refer to question no. 4)
BA Year 2009- 40 05 08 100% 100%
MA 2010 50 08 20 100% 100%
M.Phil NA - - 100% 100%
Ph.D 34 05 17 100% 100%
BA Year 2010- 40 04 08 100% 100%
MA 2011 42 08 14 100% 100%
M.Phil NA - - 100% 100%
Ph.D 25 10 10 100% 100%
BA Year 2011- 35 05 07 100% 100%
MA 2012 15 02 05 100% 100%
M.Phil NA - - 100% 100%
Ph.D 22 04 10 100% 100%
BA Year 2012- 10 03 03 100% 100%
MA 2013 35 02 04 100% 100%
M.Phil 25 04 10 100% 100%
Ph.D 75 08 14 100% 100%
BA Year 2013- 25 01 06 100% 100%
MA 2014 35 02 04 100% 100%
M.Phil 04 10 -
Ph.D 21 07 14

33. Diversity of students:

% of % of students % of students % of
Name of the
Students from other from students
Programme
From the universities universities from
(refer to question
Same within the outside the other
No. 4)
university State State countries
UG 4 15 7
PG 80 15 5

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M.Phil 60 10 30
Ph.D 60 10 30
34. How many students have cleared Civil Services and Defense Services
examinations, NET, SET, GATE and other competitive examinations? Give
details category-wise:
Year SC ST OBC GEN
2013 NET-3 NET-4 NET-5
SET-2 SET-2 SET-2
2012 NET-1 NET-2 NET-2
SET-1 SET-1 SET-1
2011 NET-2 NET-1 NET-1
SET-2 SET-1 SET-1
2010 NET- NET- NET-1
SET- SET- SET-
35. Student progression:
Student progression Percentage against enrolled
UG to PG 95%
PG to M.Phil. 50%
PG to Ph.D. 50%
Ph.D. to Post-Doctoral Nil
Employed
• Campus selection
• Other than campus recruitment 5% (aprox.)
Entrepreneurs
36. Diversity of staff:
Percentage of faculty who are graduates
of the same university 25%
from other universities within the State 8%
from universities from other States 70%
from universities outside the country Nil

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37. Number of faculty who were awarded M.Phil., Ph.D., D.Sc. and D.Litt. during the
assessment period:
Awarded Degree No. of Faculty
M.Phil. Nil
Ph.D. Nil
D.Sc. Nil
D.Litt. Nil
38. Present details of departmental infrastructural facilities with regard to
a) Library: 35 thousand of Hindi Books.
b) Internet facilities for staff and students: Only for staff members
c) Total number of class rooms: 07
d) Class rooms with ICT facility: Nil
e) Students’ laboratories: NA
f) Research laboratories: NA
39. List of doctoral, post-doctoral students and Research Associates:
a) from the host institution/university’: 41
b) from other institutions/ universities : 17
40. Number of post graduate students getting financial assistance from the
university:
41. Was any need assessment exercise undertaken before the development of new
programme(s)? If so, highlight the methodology:
Yes, M.Phil Programme undertaken in the session 2012-13 as per rules.
42. Does the department obtain feedback from
a. faculty on curriculum as well as teaching-learning-evaluation? If yes, how
does the department utilize the feedback: Yes : Utilized the feedback in UG &
PG classes.
b. students on staff, curriculum and teaching-learning-evaluation and how does
the department utilize the feedback: Yes : Utilized the feedback in UG & PG
classes.
c. alumni and employers on the programmes offered and how does the
department utilize the feedback: Yes; utilise feedback through reformatory
classes. .
43. List the distinguished alumni of the department (maximum 10):
a) Prof. Ranjit Saha – Sahitya Academy, New Delhi
b) Prof. Demoder Mishra – Vidyasagar University
c) Prof. Arun Kumar Hota – W.B.S. University

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d) Prof. Dwigaram Jadav - BHU

e) Prof. Shetrugna Kumar – I.G.N.U
f) Dr. Bikartan Chand – Hindi Officer U.C. Bank, Kolkata
g) Dr. Tanuja Majumdar – Prof. & Head, Presidency University, Kolkata.
44. Give details of student enrichment programmes (special lectures / workshops /
seminar) involving external experts:
2009-10
a) A national seminar on the eve of Tulsi Jayanti was organised on 03.08.2009.
Veteran scholars and external experts delivered their lectures. Some of the eminent
experts were : Prof. Krishna Murari Mishra (Aligarh), Dr. Shriram Parihar, Dr.
Badridutta Mishra, Prof. T.G. Prabhashankar, Prof. Naresh Mishra, Prof. Rajendra
Kumar and Prof. Ganesh Anand Jha (all externals).
b) During ‘Hindi Diwas’ celebrations following external experts interacted with
students on 14-15 September, 2009 : Prof. Jagadish Narayan Choubey (Patna), Dr.
Rajendra Prasad (Kancharapara), Dr. Pankaj Saha (Kharagpur).
c) 125th birth anniversary of Pt. Ramchandra Shukla was observed in the Deptt. in a
form of a seminar on 10-11 th December 2009. The external experts were : Dr.
Vijay Bahadur Singh, Prof. Amarnath Sharma, Smt. Mukta, Prof. Bahadur Mishra,
Prof. Rajendra Kumar, Dr. Omprakash Pandey, Dr. Kailash Nath Mishra and Prof.
G.A. Jha.
d) Prof. Ramesh Kuntal Megh delivered the Halwasiya Memorial Lecture for the year
on the topic ‘Mithak Alekhkari Ke Samajvijnanon Mein Kuchch Praspthankalash’
on 07.03.10.
e) Hazari Prasad Dwivedi Memorial Lecture was given by Nand Kishore Nawal on
the topic ‘Adhunik Hindi Kavita Ka Dwivedi Yug’ on 20.03.10
f) Prof. N. Bhaktawatsal Reddy delivered visiting lecture on the topic ‘Comparative
Literature: Scope & Dimension’ on 12.03.10.
2010-11
a) 13.08.10 : Tulsi Jayanti & Seminar attended by eminent scholars like Prof.
Rajendra Kumar, Prof. G.A. Jha, Dr. Ramkaran Mishra and Dr. Dhoopnath Prasad.
b) 14.09.10 : Hindi Diwas celebrations : Prof. Radhakant Mishra, Prof. Mahendra
Nath Dubey were the external experts to grace the occasion.
c) 25.09.10 : Sri Ramprabodh Thakur delivered a lecture among students on the topic
‘Sant Kavya Ki Parampara’.
d) 24.1.11 : Smt. Pratibha Agarwal, a theatre personality delivered a lecture on her
memoirs of Hazari Prasad Dwivedi.
e) 27.02.11 : Prof. Kedarnath Singh, the eminent poet delivered Halwasiya Memorial
Lecture on the topic ‘Ekkiswin Sadi Mein Hindi’.

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f) 20.02.11 : Arun Kamal, the famous Hindi poet delivered the H.P Dwivedi
Memorial Lecture on the topic ‘Samakalin Hindi Kavita Mein Saundarya’.

2011-12
a) 13.08.11 : Tulsi Jayanti festival was graced by the externals like Dr. D.P.
Baranwal.
b) 24.03.12 : National Seminar on Ajneya was graced by Prof. Ravibhushan and
Prof. Sadanand Singh.
c) 25-26 Sept. 2011 : Hindi Diwas celebrations were chaired by Dr. Ajay Kumar
Pattanayak, Dr. Basant Kumar Panda, Prof. J.C. Chaturvedi, Dr. Sutya Narayan
Ranshubhe.
d) 13.09.11 : Dr. Rambahal Tiwari delivered a lecture on the topic ‘Chhand’. Prof.
Deepak Bhattacharya chaired the lecture session.
e) 16-18 March 12 : Prof. Ratan Prakash spoke on theatre & films.
f) 29.03.12 : Dr. Hitendra Kumar Mishra spoke on ‘The necessity of the study of
Hindi’.
g) 20.2.12 : Prayag Shukla, Hindi poet delivered the Halwasiya Memorial Lecture on
the topic ‘Hindi Jatra – Vrittanta’.
h) 14.1.12 : Sri Manoj Das of Odia Literature delivered the H.P. Memorial Lecture
on the topic ‘Badalte Mulyon Ke Daur Mein Viswas Evam Sahitya’.
2012-13
a) 23.08.12 : Tulsi Jayanti celebration were held and graced by Prof. Jaykant Singh,
Lal Bahadurshastri Sanskrit Academy, New Delhi.
b) 30.09.12 : Hindi Diwas celebrations was addressed by Prof. G. Subbajah.
c) 06.09.12 : Prof. Rangnath Pathak delivered a lecture on ‘Pashchimi Alochana Ki
Aitihasik Prishthabhoomi’.
d) 15.02.13 : H.P. Dwivedi Memorial Lecture was Presented by novelist Shri Govind
Mishra.
2013-14
a) 27.08.13 : Tulsi Jayanti was held and the dignitaries like Panrkaj Saha, Satya
Prakash Tiwari, Chakradhar Pradhan & Abhishek Sharma were present.
b) 14.09.13 : Hindi Diwas was graced by eminent academicians like Prof. Sujit Basu,
Prof. Karunasindhu Das and Prof. Ashok Ranjan Thakur, Prof. Gopa Dutta, Dr.
Subrat Lahiri, Dr. Amulya Barman, Dr. Vijay Kumar Bharati also delivered their
lectures.
45. List the teaching methods adopted by the faculty for different programmes:
Adapted almost all the teaching methods by the faculties for the different programmes

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a) Dialogue
b) Diagram
c) Text Analysis
d) Interactive session
46. How does the department ensure that programme objectives are constantly met
and learning outcomes are monitored:
Some of the seminars are Videographed for learning source for future students.
47. Highlight the participation of students and faculty in extension activities:
NSS, NCC, Cultural Programme, Sports
a) 07 nos of students from different classes are took part in NSS camps held time to
time.
b) 10 nos of students took part in different N.C.C. camps.
c) 08 nos of students performed cultural programme in the Deptt. in different
occasions.
d) 12 nos of students from different classes participated in many sports items in
Visva-Bharati.
48. Give details of “beyond syllabus scholarly activities” of the department:
a) 09 Faculty members presented research papers in national/international seminars
held in different universities from time to time.
b) Study tour contucted every year.
c) Some of the faculty members published articles.
d) 05 extra mural lectures delivered by some faculty members.
49. State whether the programme / department is accredited / graded by other
agencies? If yes, give details: NA
50. Briefly highlight the contributions of the department in generating new
knowledge, basic or applied:
a) Pandit Hazari Prasad Dwivedi was the founder head of the department who
chanced the conventional discourse on the great medieval poet kabir.
b) He contributed a lot to rewrite the history of Hindi literature
c) He also introduced a new angle of criticism based on humanitarian being
influenced by Rabindranath.
d) He authored so many essays interpreting the ancient Indian Culture & tradition in
the context of modern era
e) Prof. Ramsing Tomor, Prof. Rampujan Tiwari, Prof. M.L. Bajpayee, Prof. D.N.
Srivestava, Prof. S.R. Tiwri & Prof. B.N. Mishra, Prof. Satiram Gupta also
contributed a lot in the field of Apabhransa language & literature, Indian poetics,
modern criticism, textual criticism & poetic language, medieval poetry

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respectively.
f) The present faculty also did contribute a lot in the field of medieval and modern
literature as well as modern criticism, comparative literature, translation of
Rabindra literature.
51. Detail five major Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Challenges (SWOC)
of the department:
a) Strengths :
i) The curriculum in P.G. level provides specialization in medieval modern as
well as functional Hindi (in U.G level also).
ii) The Deptt. has its own seminar Library having 35 thousand Books.
b) Weaknesses:
i) Lack of modern teaching and learning equipments
ii) Lack of language library
iii) Infrastructural deficiencies.
iv) Lack of reading room for the students.
c) Opportunities:
i) Good atmosphere for fostering learning
iii) Scope for comparative study
iv) Scope for Interdisciplinary Research
v) Hindi Bhavana Library is one of the richest libraries in Eastern India.
d) Challenges:
ii) Publishing a research journal of the Department
iii) Translating Indian literature to Hindi through the concept of Bharat Bharati
floated by Rabindranath Tagore
iv) Scholarship for all U.G and P.G students.
52. Future plans of the department:
a) To open a language laboratory for U.G and P.G students
b) To introduce computer course in Hindi for U.G and P.G students
c) To materialize the idea of ‘Bharat Bharati’ of Rabindranath Tagore
d) To invite students of foreign countries to our Deptt. through exchange programme.

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Evaluative Report of the Department of Chinese Language & Culture

1. Name of the Department : Chinese Language & Culture

2. Year of establishment : 1937
3. Is the Department part of a School/Faculty of the university? Yes, Part of Bhasha-
Bhavana
4. Names of programmes offered (UG, PG, M.Phil., Ph.D., integrated Masters;
Integrated Ph.D., D.Sc., D.Litt., etc.) :
UG, PG, Ph.D
5. Interdisciplinary programmes and departments involved : NA
6. Courses in collaboration with other universities, industries, foreign institutions,
etc.: Yunnan University, China
7. Details of programmes discontinued, if any, with reasons: No
8. Examination System: Semester System
9. Participation of the department in the courses offered by other departments :
Cheena-Bhavana students participate in Tagore Studies, History, Education,
Environmental Studies, English, Bengali, Hindi & Sanskrit courses.
10. Number of teaching posts sanctioned, filled and actual (Professors/ Associate
Professors/ Asst. Professors/ others) :
Actual (including CAS
Sanctioned Filled
& MPS)
Professor 01
Associate Professors 02
Asst. Professors 04
Others
11. Faculty profile with name, qualification, designation, area of specialization,
experience and research under guidance :
a) Name : Jayeeta Ganguly
Qualification : M.A. in Chinese, Ph.D, Diploma in Japanese

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Designation : Professor
Specialization : Chinese Buddhism
No. of Years of Experience : 28
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : 01
b) Name : Avijit Banerjee
Qualification : M.A. in Chinese, Ph.D
Designation : Associate Professor
Specialization : Chinese Language, Chinese Politics
No. of Years of Experience : 10
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : 03
c) Name : Smt. Tandrima Pattrea
Qualification : M.A. in Chinese
Designation : Associate Professor
Specialization : Chinese Language & Literature
No. of Years of Experience : 19
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : Nil
d) Name : Smt. Hem Kusum
Qualification : M.A. in Chinese, M.Phill
Designation : Assistant Professor (Grade-II)
Specialization : Chinese Language
No. of Years of Experience : 12
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : Nil
e) Name : Mr. Chiranjib Sinha
Qualification : M.A. in Chinese
Designation : Assistant Professor (Grade-II)
Specialization : Chinese Language
No. of Years of Experience : 09
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : Nil
f) Name : Mr. Debdas Kundu
Qualification : M.A. in Chinese
Designation : Assistant Professor

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Specialization : Chinese Language, Literature and History

No. of Years of Experience : 10
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : Nil
g) Name : Mr. Atreya Bhatta
Qualification : M.A. in Chinese
Designation : Assistant Professor
Specialization : Chinese Language
No. of Years of Experience : 05
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : Nil
12. List of senior Visiting Fellows, adjunct faculty, emeritus professors: 08
a) Chen Chao e) Wang Fengting
b) Yang Pei Yu f) Yang Yiqi
c) Zhang Liming g) Wan Shaojuan
d) Feng Yan h) Zhou Dong Liang
13. Percentage of classes taken by temporary faculty — programme-wise : NA
14. Programme-wise Student Teacher Ratio :
a) UG – 110:07
b) PG – 30:07
c) Ph.D – 05:01
15. Number of academic support staff (technical) and administrative staff sanctioned,
filled and actual:
Sanctioned Filled Actual
Administrative Staff 02 02 02
Support staff (technical) 02 02 02
16. Research thrust areas as recognized by major funding agencies:
The main thrust area of our department is Buddhist Studies. In recent years, research
has been carried out in Chinese Literature, Sino-Indian Relations, Comparative study
of Chinese and English grammar.
17. Number of faculty with ongoing projects from a) national b) international
agencies and c) Total grants received. Give the names of the project title and
grants received project-wise: Nil

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18. Inter-institutional collaborative projects and associated grants

a) National collaboration:
b) International collaboration: Yunnan University
In accordance with a mutual desire to promote joint interests, Visva-Bharati
University and Yunan University have agreed to enter into the following
agreement of mutual co-operation in 2011
Both Visva-Bharati University and Yunnan University will encourage contact and
cooperation between their own faculty members, departments and other affiliated
institutes and programs. This agreement shall enable the two universities to enter
into working relationships wth each another, subject to the following provisions:
Article 1. Visva-Bharati University shall enter into co-operative arrangements with
Yunnan University in fields of research, teaching and collaboration to be agreed
upon. Activities would include but not be restricted to:
1.1 Joint research activities developed through the research linkages of individual
professors;
1.2 Exchange of faculty members, graduate students and undergraduate students for
research and study;
1.3 Exchange of information in fields of interest to both two universities;
1.4 Development of professional and continuing education courses and programs to
benefit students and faculty in two universities;
1.5 Exchange of scholars for lectures, talks, conferences, colloquia, symposia and
sharing experiences.
19. Departmental projects funded by DST-FIST; UGC-SAP/CAS, AICTE, etc.; total
grants received: Nil
20. Research facility / centre with
a) state recognition : Nil
b) national recognition: Nil
c) international recognition: Nil
21. Special research laboratories sponsored by / created by industry or corporate
bodies: N.A.
22. Publications:
a) No. of papers published in peer reviewed journals (national/
international): –
b) Monographs:
c) Chapters in Books:
Avijit Banerjee –

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i) “17th Congress of Communist Party of China – A Roadmap for China’s

Future Development and Social Stability” in the book entitled “India
China Interface and the Road Ahead” edited by Dr Haraprasad Ray,
published by Asiatic Society, Kolkata, February, 2012,EAN-
9788192219547.
ii) “Role of Cheena Bhavana in India's Chinese studies” in the book entitled
“On China by India from civilization to nation-state edited by Chih-yu
Shih, Swaran Singh, and Reena Marwah Published 2012 by Cambria Press
in Amherst, NY., ISBN- 9781604978063.
iii) Translation of Wang Bangwei's paper "History of Sino-Indian Friendship
and the Ideal of World Peace" in Wang Shuying & B R Deepak (ed.) India
-China Relations: Civilization Perspective, Manak, Delhi (2012) pp 7-13,
ISBN- 9789378313042.
iv) “Role of Manuscript in the Development of Chinese Writing System”, in
the book entitled “Manuscript and Manuscriptology in India” edited by
Subodh Gopla Nandi and Projit Kumar Palit, Kaveri Books Publisher,
New Delhi,2010, pp.147-152, ISBN: 9788174791054.
v) Published two articles in Chinese on “Fa Fang” in the Book “FaFang
Baodan”, edited by Liang Jian Lou, Unity Press, Beijing, China, May,
2013 pp-75-76,pp76-77, ISBN-978-7-5126-1748-3.
d) Edited Books: Nil
e) Books with ISBN with details of publishers:
Tandrima Pattrea –
i) Five Articles on Chinese Studies – A collection of Bengali Essays, Kamalini
Prakshan Bibhag, Kolkata, ISBN- : 978-93-81687-41-3.
f) Number listed in International Database (For e.g. Web of Science, Scopus,
Humanities International Complete, Dare Database International Social
Sciences Directory, EBSCO host, etc.):
g) Citation Index — range / average:
h) SNIP:
i) SIR:
j) Impact Factor — range / average:
k) h-index:
23. Details of patents and income generated: Nil
24. Areas of consultancy and income generated:

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25. Faculty selected nationally / internationally to visit other laboratories /

institutions / industries in India and abroad:
i) Dr. Avijit Banerjee Selected to visit Sichuan University and Yunnan academy of
social sciences, Kunming, China in June 2012.
26. Faculty serving in
a) National committees:
Dr. Avijit Banerjee –
i) Member of Research Board of the University.
ii) External Member of the “Centre for Chinese & South East Asian Studies” in
the “School of language, Literature & Culture Studies” at Jawaharlal Nehru
University, New Delhi.
iii) Life Member of Numismatic Society of India
b) International committees:
c) Editorial Boards:
Avijit Banerjee –
i) Member of the Editorial Board of Visva-Bharati Quarterly.
d) Any other (please specify):
27. Faculty recharging strategies (UGC, ASC, Refresher / orientation programs,
workshops, training programs and similar programs): Smt Tandrima Pattrea and
Sri Atreya Bhatta lead the students of Visva-Bharati and attended a 10 days orientation
programme at Yunnan Normal University, Khunming, China.
28. Student projects:
a) percentage of students who have done in-house projects including
interdepartmental projects: 100%
b) percentage of students doing projects in collaboration with other
universities / industry / institute: NA
29. Awards / recognitions received at the national and international level by
a) Faculty:
Prof. Jayeeta Ganguly awarded the first price in Raj Bhasha Sruti Lekha
Competition on 25th September 2011
b) Doctoral / post doctoral fellows:
c) Students:
i) Sourav Ghorui: University sports 1st Place
ii) Jeet Choudhury: Inter college youth festival selection (Debate) from the
College – 1st Place.
iii) Krishna Gopal Chattri – Selection in the university football team
iv) Renuka Chattri – Basketball selection trail

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v) Jeet Choudhury – Selected amongst the top 30 in the essay writing

competition DAMODARSHREE-2013, titled “what I can do?” by the SS
Khanna girls degree college Allahabad
30. Seminars/ Conferences/Workshops organized and the source of funding (national
/ international) with details of outstanding participants, if any:
a) International Seminar on “Discourse on ‘Five Elements’ Concept in a
philosophical and historical perspective” organized by the Department of Chinese
language and Culture , Visva-Bharati from 20th to 21st march,2010.
Source of funding: Visva-Bharati
Outstanding participants: Prof. Debiprasad Duari, Director, Birla Planetorium,
Kolktata.
b) Fifth All India Conference of China Studies organised by Institute of Chinese
Studies ,Delhi in collaboration with Cheena Bhavana, Visva-Bharati held on
December 15-16, 2012 at Santiniketan.
Source of funding: Visva-Bharati and Institute of Chinese Studies, New Delhi.
Outstanding participants: Prof. Monoranjan Mohanty(Emirates Professor) , Prof.
Sabare Mitra (JNU), Prof. Alka Achaya, Director ICS, Delhi, Prof. Sreemoti
Chakroborty, Delhi University.
c) Seminar on Vibrations between Tagore and World Culture and Literature with
Special Reference to China on the occasion of the Centenary Celebration of the
Award of Nobel Prize to Rabindranath Tagore : A Curtain-raiser held on
December 19, 2012, at Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan in collaboration with Institute
of Chinese Studies, Delhi.
Source of funding: Visva-Bharati and Institute of Chinese Studies, New Delhi.
Outstanding participants: Prof. Amartya Sen, Noble Laureate, Prof. Tan Chung
(Emirates Professor), Prof. Wei Liming, (Tagore expert), Peking University,
China, Prof. Bai Kiyun Yuan. (Tagore expert), China Radio International Beijing
China.
d) The Department held a seminar on 29.03.2012 on “Shu”- The Book of History.
The paper was presented by Prof Arttatrana Nayak.
e) The Department held a seminar on “18th National Congress of the Communist
Party of China: 5th Generation of Leaders to take Control of the People’s
Republic” at Cheena Bhavana on 5th October, 2012. The paper was presented by
Dr Avijit Banerjee.
f) A Seminar Lecture held on 11th February, 2013 at 3.30 pm. on “Historiography of
the opium war (1839-42) and the state of China studies in us” organized by
Department of Chinese Language & Culture, Visva-Bharati.
Source of funding: Visva-Bharati

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Outstanding participants: Professor Dilip Kr. Basu (Speaker), Department of

History, University of Califonia.
31. Code of ethics for research followed by the departments:
As per University rules.
32. Student profile programme-wise:
Name of the Selected Pass percentage
Applications
Programme
Received
(refer to question Male Female Male Female
no. 4)
UG 189 71 72.70 27.30
PG 23 27 46 54
Ph.D 4 2 80 20
33. Diversity of students:
% of % of students % of students % of
Name of the
Students from other from students
Programme
From the universities universities from
(refer to question
Same within the outside the other
No. 4)
university State State countries
UG 23.6 45.5 30 1
PG 33.3 53.4 13.3 0
Ph.D 66.66 33.33 0 0
34. How many students have cleared Civil Services and Defense Services
examinations, NET, SET, GATE and other competitive examinations? Give
details category-wise:
a) NET : 01(S.C.)
35. Student progression:
Student progression Percentage against enrolled
UG to PG 99%
PG to M.Phil. 0
PG to Ph.D. 2%
Ph.D. to Post-Doctoral 0%
Employed a) 3 students are selected as Senior
• Campus selection Interpreters in Cabinet Secretariat,
• Other than campus recruitment Government of India
b) 1 student is selected as Senior

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Interpreters in Ministry of
Defence, Government of India
c) 4 students are selected as Senior
Interpreters in Special Bureau,
Kolkata, Government of India
d) 2 students are selected as
Research Assistants in Maulana
Azad Institute of Asian Studies,
Kolktata
e) 20 students are placed as
Interpreters/Translators in
Transnational Companies like
Oracle, Wipro, Hewlett Packard,
etc.
Entrepreneurs
36. Diversity of staff:
Percentage of faculty who are graduates
of the same university 6
from other universities within the State
from universities from other States 1
from universities outside the country 2

37. Number of faculty who were awarded M.Phil., Ph.D., D.Sc. and D.Litt. during the
assessment period: Nil.
38. Present details of departmental infrastructural facilities with regard to
a) Library: Total no. of books 45147, No. of journal received 16 nos.
b) Internet facilities for staff and students: Yes.
c) Total number of class rooms: 11
d) Class rooms with ICT facility: 0
e) Students’ laboratories: NA
f) Research laboratories: NA
39. List of doctoral, post-doctoral students and Research Associates:
a) from the host institution/university’: 04
b) from other institutions/ universities : 02
40. Number of post graduate students getting financial assistance from the
university: Two students.

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41. Was any need assessment exercise undertaken before the development of new
programme(s)? If so, highlight the methodology: No.
42. Does the department obtain feedback from
a. faculty on curriculum as well as teaching-learning-evaluation? If yes, how
does the department utilize the feedback: Yes, by providing the talent and most
useful knowledge and skill to the students.
b. students on staff, curriculum and teaching-learning-evaluation and how does
the department utilize the feedback: By introducing new techniques.
c. alumni and employers on the programmes offered and how does the
department utilize the feedback:
43. List the distinguished alumni of the department (maximum 10):
a) Mr. Sagnik Roy – Student of the Department and presently leading Indian
Businessman in China.
b) Mrs. China Mistry, working in the Ministry of Defence, Govt. of India.
c) Mrs. Anwesa Banerjee, working in Cabinet Secretariat Govt. of India.
d) Mr. Kallol Ghosh, working at Reuters, Chennai.
44. Give details of student enrichment programmes (special lectures / workshops /
seminar) involving external experts:
Seminars:
a) International Seminar on “Discourse on ‘Five Elements’ Concept in a
philosophical and historical perspective” organized by the Department of Chinese
language and Culture, Visva-Bharati from 20th to 21st march,2010.
External Expert: Prof. Debiprasad Duari, Director, Birla Planetorium, Kolktata.
b) Fifth All India Conference of China Studies organised by Institute of Chinese
Studies, Delhi in collaboration with Department of Chinese Language & Culture,
Visva-Bharati held on December 15-16, 2012 at Santiniketan.
External Experts: Prof. Monoranjan Mohanty (Emirates Professor), Prof. Sabare
Mitra (JNU), Prof. Alka Achaya, Director ICS, Delhi, Prof. Sreemoti Chakroborty,
Delhi University.
c) Seminar on Vibrations between Tagore and World Culture and Literature with
Special Reference to China on the occasion of the Centenary Celebration of the
Award of Nobel Prize to Rabindranath Tagore: A Curtain-raiser held on December
19, 2012, at Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan in collaboration with Institute of Chinese
Studies, Delhi.
External Experts: Prof. Amartya Sen, Noble Laureate, Prof. Tan Chung
(Emirates Professor), Prof. Wei Liming, (Tagore expert), Peking University,
China, Prof. Bai Kiyun Yuan. (Tagore expert), China Radio International Beijing

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China.
d) The Department held a seminar on 29.03.2012 on “Shu”- The Book of History.
The paper was presented by Prof Arttatrana Nayak.
e) The Department held a seminar on “18th National Congress of the Communist
Party of China: 5th Generation of Leaders to take Control of the People’s
Republic” at Department of Chinese Language & Culture on 5th October, 2012.
The paper was presented by Dr Avijit Banerjee.
f) A Seminar Lecture held on 11th February, 2013 at 3.30 pm. on “Historiography of
the opium war (1839-42) and the state of China studies in us” organized by
Department of Chinese Language & Culture, Visva-Bharati.
External experts: Professor Dilip Kr. Basu (Speaker), Department of History,
University of Califonia.
g) In order to encourage contact and cooperation between the faculty members,
departments and other affiliated institutes and programmes, Visva-Bharati and
Yunnan University, Kunming, China signed an MOU in July, 2011. Under this
MOU, three Chinese teachers are taking part in the teaching and research
programme of the department. The MOU had also provision for exchange of
students and faculty between the two universities. Under this agreement students
from Visva-Bharati led by one teacher from Cheena Bhavana visited Yunnan
University for Summer camps on May-June 2012 and May-June 2013
consecutively and Students from Yunnan Universities led by two teachers visited
Visva-Bharati on January 2013.
h) On December 2012 the department hosted the ICS Annual Conference on Chinese
Studies in India. Seminar on Vibrations between Tagore and World Culture and
Literature with Special Reference to China on the occasion of Centenary
Celebration.
Lectures:
a) 09.12.11- Prof Yinxinan of Sichuan University, China made a visit to Department
of Chinese Language & Culture and delivered a speech.
45. List the teaching methods adopted by the faculty for different programmes:
Teachers from China visit the Department for Six months and Three months tenure to
impart advanced knowledge in Chinese Language on regular basis. Students are
guided with up to date news materials from Chinese News Papers as well as materials
downloaded from the Internet to enhance their language skills and also their out
knowledge. They are regularly shown Documentary Programmes, TV News from
China Central Television as well as Chinese Films to improve their language facilities.
Books as well as journals written or edited by internationally reputed authors and
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China for students in Chinese Language are employed for students of Cheena
Bhavana. Quiz Competition are also held for Students in Cheena Bhavana to give a
firsthand knowledge in Chinese History, literature, International Relation.
46. How does the department ensure that programme objectives are constantly met
and learning outcomes are monitored:
Examinations are conducted on Semester basis. Besides Internal Assessment Tests are
conducted roughly at three months interval. The system of Oral Test is in practice for
all the classes. Students are encouraged to present seminar / discussion papers on
various China related issues.
47. Highlight the participation of students and faculty in extension activities:
a) Sourav Ghorui: University sports 1st Place.
b) Jeet Choudhury: Inter college youth festival selection (Debate) from the College –
1st Place.
c) Krishna Gopal Chattri – Selection in the university football team.
d) Renuka Chattri – Basketball selection trail.
e) Jeet Choudhury – Selected amongst the top 30 in the essay writing competition
DAMODARSHREE-2013, titled “what I can do?” by the SS Khanna girls degree
college Allahabad
48. Give details of “beyond syllabus scholarly activities” of the department:
Prof. Jayeeta Ganguly –
a) Attended an International Seminar on “Understanding Tagore: New Perspectives
and Research organized by the Research Centre of Eastern Literature, Center for
India studies Department of South Asian studies, Peking university on 23rd – 24 th
August, 2010 and presented a paper entitled “Tagore’s ideals of Buddhism- a
review.
b) Attended an International Seminar on “India-China Interface” held in the
Department of Foreign Language, Banaras Hindu university on January, 10-11,
2011 and presented a paper entitled “Reviewing of Tagorean Buddhistic ideals.”
c) Attended the 27th session of the Pasaimbanga Itihas Sansad held in the Department
of Archaeology, Calcutta University on 24th -26th January, 2011 and presented a
paper entitled “Bauddha Nitisastra”
d) Attended the International conference on Buddhist linkages in South and South –
East Asia: Perspectives 8 prospects jointly organised by the Department of
Buddhist Studies (under DSA (UGC) program, university of Delhi, Delhi and the
ICCR, New Delhi in the conference centre, University of Delhi, Delhi from 7-9th
Oct, 2011 and presented a paper entitled “A study of the Pamsupradanauadana in
the light of Chinese Translations.

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e) Attended the 10th conference of the International congress of Social Philosophy

organised by the Jagannth University, Dhaka, Bangladesh held in Jagannath
University Dhaka, from 2nd to 4th December, 2011, Focal Theme:, Democracy,
Civil society and Governance presented a paper entitled “Religion and Emerging
World order.”
f) Attended the 28 th Annual session of the Pascimbanga Itihas samsad held in
Vivekananda College, Thakurpukur from 24 th – 26 th January, 2012, and presented
a paper entitled “China bhaseye Rotnalate sutra antabhukta Ratnarasi sutra – Ekti
Parjalocana.”
g) Attended the Fifth All India Conference of China studies held in Visva-Bharati,
Santiniketan from December 15-16 th 2012 and presented a paper entitled
“Buddhism, Confucianism and Taoism; their relevance in the present day world in
session Four: Emerging Trends in China studies- History, Philosophy & Religion.”
h) Attended the 29 th session of the Pascimbanga Itihas Samsad held in Lady
Brabourne College, Kolkata from 24 th – 26th January, 2013, and presented a paper
entitled “Bartamaan Samaje Buddher Upadesavali Prasangikata’’
Dr. Avijit Baneerjee –
a) Presented a paper on “ Prospect And Opportunities For India-China Educational
Cooperation” in the Seminar on “ 60 Years of Co-operation in Economy &
Business,Education,and Culture” organized by Gitam University,Vishakapatnam
and Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in India on 12 th November, 2010
at Hyderabad.
b) Presented a paper on “ Development of China Studies in the SAARC Region” in
the “ Third All India Conference of China Studies” organized by Institute of China
Studies, New Delhi and Jadavpur University from 20 th to 21 st December, 2010 at
Kolkata.
c) Presented a paper on “Rabindranath Tagore-The Symbol of India-China
Friendship” in the International Seminar on “Many Rabindranaths: Across Space
and Time” organized by Jadavpur University, Kolkata from 28 th to 30 th March
2011.
d) Presented a paper on “History of Sinology in India since 20 th Century” in the
International Conference on ‘Chinese Literature in Global Contexts’ organized by
Beijing Normal University, Beijing, People’s Republic of China, from 28th to 30th
April,2011.
e) Presented a paper on “A Review of the Development of New Words in China
since the Period of Reform and Opening up” in the “Fourth All India Conference
of China Studies” organized by Institute of China Studies, New Delhi and
University of Hyderabad from 8th to 9th November, 2011 at Hyderabad.

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f) Presented a paper on“Prospect and Oppurtunities for Educational Cooperation

between Yunnan and West Bengal” in the 7th Kolkata 2 Kunming Forum
organized by the Maulana Azad Institute of Asian Studies , Kolkata from 29th to
30 th December, 2011 at Kolkata.
g) Acted as simultaneous interpreter during Kolkata Literary Festival, 2012, when
China’s Man Asian Literary Prize winner Author Bi Feiyu (毕飞宇) was in
conversation with Dr Sugata Bose, Gardiner Professor of Oceanic History and
Affairs at Harvard University on 16th January, 2012.
h) Presented a paper on “ Children’s Literature in China- From May 4th to the Present
Period” in the National Seminar on “Children’s Literature : Sense and Nonsense”
organized by the department of English and other Modern European Languages,
Visva-Bharati on 29 th January, 2012.
i) Participated in the National Seminar on Rabindrabichitra organized by Visva-
Bharati Adhyapak Sabha from 11th to 12th Feb, 2012.
j) Presented a paper on “Impact of Tagore’s writings on China” in the National
Seminar on Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore organized by the Department of
Bengali on 16th February, 2012.
k) Acted as one of the Chairperson in the National Seminar on “ Jagadish Chandra,
Rabindranath, Prafulla Chandra and National Integration” organized by Indira
Gandhi Centre for National Integration , Santiniketan, Bose Institute, Kolkata and
Indian Science News Association, Kolkata on 26th January at Santiniketan.
l) Delivered a lecture on “prospect of Translation Studies in India” in the National
Seminar –Cum-Workshop on “Translation Studies” organized by Department of
Odia, Visva-Bharati from 22nd to 25th March, 2012.
m) Co-Convenor of the Fifth All India Conference of China Studies held on
December 15-16, 2012at Santiniketan in collaboration with the Institute of
Chinese Studies, Delhi.
n) Co Convenor of the seminar on “Vibrations between Tagore and World Culture
and Literature with Special Reference to China on the Occasion of the Centenary
Celebration of the Award of Nobel Prize to Rabindranath Tagore : A Curtain-
raiser” held on December 19, 2012, at Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan in collaboration
with Institute of Chinese Studies, Delhi.
o) Delivered a Lecture on “History and Prospect for India China Educational
Cooperation” in the Institute of South Asian Studies, Sichuan University, China
on15 th June, 2012.
p) Presented a paper on “Teaching and Learning of Chinese at Cheena Bhavana” in
the Roundtable on “Teaching and Learning of Chinese Language in India”
organized by the Centre of Chinese and Southeast Asia Studies ,JNU,New Delhi

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on 9th August, 2012.

q) Presented a paper on“Institutionalizing China Studies in India” at the All India
China Scholars Colloquium organized by the Institute of Chinese Studies at Delhi
on 11th August, 2012.
r) Paper presented on “Sinology and the State of Chinese Teaching in India Since
1937” in the Third World Conference on Sinology from 3rd to 5th November 2012
in Renmin University, Beijing.
s) Presented a paper on “18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China: 5th
Generation of Leaders to take Control of the People’s Republic” at Cheena
Bhavana on 5th October, 2012.
t) Participated in the One Day Workshop on National E-Governance Plan (NEGP)
held on 3rd December,2012 at Visva-Bharati organized by the Computer Centre,
Visva-Bharati and sponsored by Department of Electronics and Information
Technology, Government of India.
u) Presented a paper on “An Account of Indian Scholars in China during Tang
Dynasty” in the Fifth All India Conference of China Studies organised by Institute
of Chinese Studies , Delhi in collaboration with Cheena Bhavana, Visva-Bharati
held on December 15-16, 2012 at Santiniketan.
v) Presented a paper on “Tagore’s Visit to China: A Historical Event in the Annals of
Indo-China Relations” in the International Conference on “Tagore and His Global
Vision:Forging Bonds with the World” held on January 14-15,2013 organised by
the Department of History, Visva-Bharati , Santiniketan under the auspices of the
ICSSR, ICHR and Visva-Bharati.
w) Delivered a lecture on “ Writing System of Indian Languages” in the “Basic Level
Workshop on Manuscriptology and Palaeography” held from 21st January to 10 th
Feb,2013 organized by Department of Odia, Visva-Bharati in collaboration with
National Manuscript Mission , New Delhi.
x) Presented a paper on “Impact of Geetanjali on the Chinese poets” in the National
Seminar on “Impact of Geetanjali on Indian Literature” organized by Department
of Odia , Visva-Bharati in collaboration with Sahitya Academi , New Delhi on
March 1-2 , 2013.
y) Presented a paper on “Reception of Buddhism in China” in the 3 Day National
Seminar on “Prospective of Buddhist Sudies” organized by Centre for Buddhist
Studies , Visva-Bharati on March 23-25, 2013.
Tandrima Pattrea –
a) Attended the 19 th Refresher Course in Environmental and Human Values from 27th
August 2011 to 16th September 2011 in the Burdwan University, sponsored by
UGC and obtained Grade ‘A’.

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b) Achievement during 01.04.2012- 31.03.2013 : Went to Yunnan University, China,

for 10 days form 27 th May,2012 to 6th June,2012 as the Teacher-in-Charge for a
group of students from Visva-Bharati; Participated in numerous activities
including Seminars-talks & fours.
Chiranib Sinha –
a) Translated Chinese story “Dengji” by Zhao Shuli into English, December
2011.Appointed as external examiner in Mahatma Gandhi Antarrashtriya Hindi
Vishwavidyalaya, November, 2011.
b) Participated National Seminar On Rabindrabichitra, VBAS, VB, February, 2012.
Sri Atreya Bhatta –
a) Participated in the One day Collegium of Research Scholars on Chinese
Studies organized by the Institute for Chinese Studies, New Delhi on 5th
March and presented the research design in seminar form.
b) Attended the International Seminar on “Many Rabindranaths: Across space
and Time “ organized by Jadavpur University (History Department) on 28th
March 2011.
c) Participated in the ICS conference held at Hyderbrad University in November,
2011 and presented a paper entitled “May 30th Incident of 1925 and its impact on
Chinese Literary Thought”.
d) Achievements for the year 2012-2013 : Attended the International Conference on
Chines Studies Organized by the Institute for Chinese Studies, New Delhi at
Visva-Bharati on 15 th – 16th December,2012 and Presented a Paper entitled ‘‘The
Impact of the May Thirtieth Movement on Chinese Literary Thought”.
49. State whether the programme / department is accredited / graded by other
agencies? If yes, give details: No
50. Briefly highlight the contributions of the department in generating new
knowledge, basic or applied:
a) Updation of curriculum to meet the national and global trends.
b) Remedial coaching classes.
c) Availability of books in the library.
51. Detail five major Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Challenges (SWOC)
of the department:
a) Strengths :
i) Innovative Teaching-Learning and Evaluation methods.
ii) Feedback from all stake holders
iii) Holistic approach to education to create a class of intellectually, morally and
spiritually sound and committed citizens.

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iv) To build teamwork, sportsmanship and leadership qualities, students are

encouraged to participate in various extracurricular activities.
v) The Memorandum of Understanding with Yunnan University, China
facilitate the visit of Chinese teachers to the Department at regular interval
and help in improving the overall Chinese ability of the students and faculty
member to a large extent.
b) Weaknesses:
i) In conforming with the demands of Chinese Language, the department
requires to offer new courses.
ii) English Language Skill should be improved.
iii) Requires more faculty
iv) Knowledge of Historiography and Social Science is required
v) Research Methodology Skills are required.
c) Opportunities:
i) More Chinese Universities want to collaborate in various capacities.
ii) Government Agencies require more Chinese interpreters / Translators and
Chinese Experts.
iii) Research institute specializing on subjects in Humanities and Social
Sciences also require Chinese Experts.
iv) Various Academic Institutions in India (Schools, Colleges and Universities)
require persons versed in Chinese Language for their Curriculum.
v) In the Corporate Sector in view of burgeoning Sino-Indian Business
Relations Chinese Interpreter / Translator are require on a large scale.
d) Challenges:
i) To cope up with the increasing demands of the Society
ii) To Improve English language Skills
iii) To continue to attract more students and raise the present academic standard
of the department.
iv) To meet the students satisfaction which is the ultimate goal of the
department.
v) To develop the research aptitude of the students.
52. Future plans of the department:
a) To build a language laboratory which will in turn help the students to learn
Chinese through state of the art audio visual system.
b) Invite more scholars from within the country and China for delivering lectures.
c) There are plans to build up an accommodation for the Visiting Scholars from
China with the help of the Chinese Government.

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Evaluative Report of the Department of Japanese

1. Name of the Department : Department of Japanese

2. Year of establishment : 1954
3. Is the Department part of a School/Faculty of the university? Yes, Bhasha-
Bhavana
4. Names of programmes offered (UG, PG, M.Phil., Ph.D., integrated Masters;
Integrated Ph.D., D.Sc., D.Litt., etc.) :
UG, PG, Ph.D.
5. Interdisciplinary programmes and departments involved : N/A
6. Courses in collaboration with other universities, industries, foreign institutions,
etc.:
a) Since 1990 every year the department is conducting cultural exchange
programme with Chikushi Jogakuen University, Fukuoka, Japan.
b) Since 2011 the department is conducting cultural exchange programme with
Kyoto Bunkyo University, Kyoto, Japan.
c) Besides the cultural exchange academic interactions between students and
members of the faculty take place. These interactions are very important for
the students of foreign language (Japanese) to improve their language skills
and to understand the cultural behavior of native speaker.
7. Details of programmes discontinued, if any, with reasons:
Certificate and Diploma Courses:
With the introduction of Under-graduate and Post-graduate courses it became
impossible to run the above-mentioned courses due to shortage of permanent
faculty members.
Moreover, there was a noticeable decline from the number of students joining the
courses to those finally writing the exams. Thus the department had to discontinue
the courses.
8. Examination System: Semester System.
9. Participation of the department in the courses offered by other departments:
a) For UG students Dept. of Environmental Studies (Course: Environmental Science)

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b) For UG students Rabindra Bhavana (Course: Tagore Studies)

c) Japanese department deputes teachers to the High School wing of the
University to conduct Japanese Language courses.
10. Number of teaching posts sanctioned, filled and actual (Professors/ Associate
Professors/ Asst. Professors/ others) :
Actual (including CAS
Sanctioned Filled
& MPS)
Professor Nil Nil Nil
Associate Professors Two None One
Asst. Professors Five Three ---
Others
11. Faculty profile with name, qualification, designation, area of specialization,
experience and research under guidance :
a) Name : Gita A Keeni
Qualification : M.A. in Philosophy, M.A. in Japanese
History
Designation : Associate Professor
Specialization : Philosophy, Japanese Language & Literature
(Miyazawa Kenji), Culture and History
No. of Years of Experience : 24
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : Nil
b) Name : Ajoy Kumar Das
Qualification : M A in Japanese, UGC NET+JRF
Designation : Assistant Professor
Specialization : Japanese Language and Literature
No. of Years of Experience : 08
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : Nil
c) Name : Sudipta Das
Qualification : M.A. in Japanese, UGC NET+JRF
Designation : Assistant Professor
Specialization : Japanese Language, Literature and Culture
No. of Years of Experience : 02 months
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : Nil

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12. List of senior Visiting Fellows, adjunct faculty, emeritus professors:

a) Prof. K. Niitsu, International Christian University, Mitaka, Japan Foundation
Visiting Professor Programme (Oct 2007~ March 2008)
b) Ms. Aya Matsumoto, Volunteer Teacher from Japan International
Cooperation Agency (JICA), Japan (February 2008 – December 2009)
c) Ms. Mami Miura, Volunteer Teacher from Japan International Cooperation
Agency (JICA), Japan ( November 2008 – July 2009)
d) Ms. Mikiko Kondo, Volunteer Teacher from Japan International Cooperation
Agency (JICA), Japan (2010 – 2012)
e) Mr. M. Noro, Former Consul General of Japan, Kolkata (November 2011 –
January 2012)
13. Percentage of classes taken by temporary faculty — programme-wise :
a) Prepatory Course : 100%
b) UG : 19%
c) PG : 38%
14. Programme-wise Student Teacher Ratio :
a) Preparatory Course : 12 : 1
b) UG: 9 : 1
c) PG: 2 : 1
15. Number of academic support staff (technical) and administrative staff sanctioned,
filled and actual:
Sanctioned Filled Actual
Administrative Staff 04 04 04
Support staff (technical) Nil Nil Nil

16. Research thrust areas as recognized by major funding agencies:

The thrust area of the department is language teaching. This is recognized by the
Japan Foundation. The Japan Foundation supports the department through grants
in the form of books on Japanese language, Culture and also on History and
Society.
Every year Japan Foundation also provides opportunity to our students to undergo
6 week Language Training Programme in Japan.
Japanese companies in Kolkata are showing interest in the department. One
such company (Nomura Research Financial Cooperation India Pvt. Ltd.) has
visited the department and has explained their projects to our students.

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17. Number of faculty with ongoing projects from a) national b) international

agencies and c) Total grants received. Give the names of the project title and
grants received project-wise:
Initial discussions are in the process ,with various Japanese companies ( Namely
Yamamoto Corporation , Oshimo Ltd. ,J Pro Co. Ltd. ), to have an agreement
with Japanese Department . The main objective of such an agreement will be to
train our students (who have successfully completed various Japanese Language
Courses) as “On the Job Trainees”/ “Interns”. These trainings will be based on
Japanese principles of Work culture, Work ethics, Technical Knowhow etc. & On
completion of Training, placements (job) in various Industries will also be
considered.
18. Inter-institutional collaborative projects and associated grants
a) National collaboration: Nil
b) International collaboration:
Discussions have recently been initiated with Japanese Universities to have
(under agreement):-
i) Student and Faculty exchange Programs with a view to give more
professional exposure especially to the students from both the countries.
ii) To provide support to our students to study at those universities.
iii) To arrange scholarships for Short & Long term courses for the students.
iv) To regularly set up programs, to be attended by the students and the
faculty members from both the Universities to focus more on the job
oriented courses (like including Technical / Engineering Terms in the
course etc. ) and counseling on job placements in Japan.
v) The main objective of this program will be to prepare students who will
be well conversant with Japanese etiquette, culture, philosophy and the
Jap. Language as well, that will positively enhance the job opportunities
in the Japanese companies throughout the world.
19. Departmental projects funded by DST-FIST; UGC-SAP/CAS, AICTE, etc.; total
grants received: Nil
20. Research facility / centre with
a) state recognition :
b) national recognition: Nil
c) international recognition:
The Japanese Department in Visva-Bharati is the oldest department in the
country to offer formal Japanese Language courses. It may be recalled here
that Prof. Satya Bhusan Verma, one of the founder members of the Japanese

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Language Centre, JNU learnt the language in this department. The

department was graced by many eminent scholars till very recent time. In
fact the department was solely nurtured by the Japanese scholars till the
Indian faculty joined in 1985. The Japanese scholars have enriched the
departmental library with their personal collection on Buddhism, Japanese
Literature, History, Society etc. They also have carefully collected selected
books on the above-mentioned subjects while requesting for the book
donation programme of the Japan Foundation and other funding agencies.
Japanese foreign students of Visva-Bharati as well as Indian students and
scholars interested in Japan do make use the departmental library.
21. Special research laboratories sponsored by / created by industry or corporate
bodies: Nil
22. Publications:
a) No. of papers published in peer reviewed journals (national/
international): –
Ms. Gita A Keeni – 07
Mr. Ajoy Kumar Das – 01
Mr. Sudipta Das – 03
Mr. Aliul Azim – 01
b) Monographs:
c) Chapters in Books:
d) Edited Books:
e) Books with ISBN with details of publishers:
f) Number listed in International Database (For e.g. Web of Science, Scopus,
Humanities International Complete, Dare Database International Social
Sciences Directory, EBSCO host, etc.):
g) Citation Index — range / average:
h) SNIP:
i) SIR:
j) Impact Factor — range / average:
k) h-index:
23. Details of patents and income generated: Nil
24. Areas of consultancy and income generated: Nil

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25. Faculty selected nationally / internationally to visit other laboratories /

institutions / industries in India and abroad:
Ms. Gita A Keeni – Received the Japan Foundation Fellowship (2011-12) for one year
to carry out research at the International Research Center for Japanese Studies, Kyoto,
Japan.
26. Faculty serving in
a) National committees:
Ms. Gita A Keeni –
i) Vice President, East India Japanese Language Teachers’ Association
(EIJALTA)
ii) Founder member of Japanese Language Teachers’ Association of India
(JALTAI)
iii) Life Member of Monbusho Scholars’ Association of India (MOSAI)
iv) Life Member of Indian Association for Asia-Pacific Studies (IAAPS)
Mr. Ajoy Kumar Das –
i) Life Member of Japanese Language Teachers’ Association of India
(JALTAI)
ii) Life Member of Monbusho Scholars’ Association of India (MOSAI)
b) International committees: None
c) Editorial Boards: None
d) Any other (please specify): None
27. Faculty recharging strategies (UGC, ASC, Refresher / orientation programs,
workshops, training programs and similar programs):
Refresher Course: Mr. Ajoy Kumar Das (2012 & 2013).
28. Student projects:
a) percentage of students who have done in-house projects including
interdepartmental projects: 100% (PG Students)
b) percentage of students doing projects in collaboration with other universities /
industry / institute: None
29. Awards / recognitions received at the national and international level by
a) Faculty:
Mr. Sudipta Das –
i) Junior Research Fellowship (UGC) in December, 2012.
ii) Short Term Research Programme of Japan Foundation
Md. Aliul Azim –
i) Junior Research Fellowship (UGC) in July 2012.

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Ms. Gita A Keeni –

i) Japan Foundation Fellowship Programme (2011-12).
b) Doctoral / post doctoral fellows: Nil
c) Students:
MEXT Scholarship – 2
Sl. no Name of the students Year Name of the University
1. Aneesha Nishat 2012 ~ 2013 Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
2. Sudip Singha 2012 ~ 2013 Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
30. Seminars/ Conferences/Workshops organized and the source of funding (national
/ international) with details of outstanding participants, if any:
a) Ms. Chikae Taniguchi, Director of the Japan Poet Club along with 20 poets of
Japan visited Santiniketan in February 2012. An International Exchange with
the Japan Poet Club, Tokyo was organized during their stay.
b) A team headed by Prof. Nakamura from Chikushi Jogakuen University, Kyushu,
Japan, visited the department from 18 th to 20th February 2013 and had a cultural
interaction with the students and members of the faculty.
c) A team from Kyoto Bunkyo University, Kyoto, Japan, visited the department as
a part of their ‘Cultural Exchange and Field Work Program in India’ from 11th to
23 rd November 2012.
d) Origami Workshop (November 2012) conducted by Origami experts from
Japan.
31. Code of ethics for research followed by the departments: N/A
As per University Rules.
32. Student profile programme-wise:
Name of the Selected Pass percentage
Applications
Programme
Received Male Female Male Female
(refer to question no. 4)
UG (2012) Through
VBCAT
UG (2013) Through 23 14
VBCAT
PG (2012) Through
VBCAT
PG (2013) Through 09 07
VBCAT

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33. Diversity of students:

% of % of students % of students % of
Name of the
Students from other from students
Programme
From the universities universities from
(refer to question
Same within the outside the other
No. 4)
university State State countries

UG (2012) 50% 47% 2% 1%

UG (2013) 50% 50% -- --
PG (2012) 50% 50% -- --
PG (2013) 50% 48% 1% 1%
34. How many students have cleared Civil Services and Defense Services
examinations, NET, SET, GATE and other competitive examinations? Give
details category-wise:
a) 2 Students NET 2012 July and December
35. Student progression:
Student progression Percentage against enrolled
UG to PG 66%
PG to M.Phil. N/A
PG to Ph.D. 8%
Ph.D. to Post-Doctoral N/A
Employed § Nippon Steel, Jamshedpur visited
• Campus selection the department in the year 2011
• Other than campus recruitment and recruited few students.

§ Nomura Research Institute

Financial Technologies India Pvt.
Ltd., Kolkata visited the
department on January 24,
2014 to introduce their projects.
Some of our students have been
selected to appear before the
Interview board.
Entrepreneurs

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36. Diversity of staff:

Percentage of faculty who are graduates
of the same university 57%
from other universities within the State ---
from universities from other States 14%
from universities outside the country 28%

37. Number of faculty who were awarded M.Phil., Ph.D., D.Sc. and D.Litt. during the
assessment period:
Awarded Degree No. of Faculty
M.Phil. None
Ph.D. None
D.Litt None
38. Present details of departmental infrastructural facilities with regard to
a) Library: The library has good number of books on Japan. It provides reading
room facility.
b) Internet facilities for staff and students: Available.
c) Total number of class rooms: 03
d) Class rooms with ICT facility: None
e) Students’ laboratories: None
f) Research laboratories: None
39. List of doctoral, post-doctoral students and Research Associates:
a) from the host institution/university’:
Doctoral Students:
i) Md. Aliul Azim
ii) Mr. Sudipta Das
b) from other institutions/ universities :
Doctoral Students:
i) Mr. Ajoy Kumar Das
40. Number of post graduate students getting financial assistance from the
university: None
41. Was any need assessment exercise undertaken before the development of new
programme(s)? If so, highlight the methodology: No
42. Does the department obtain feedback from
a. faculty on curriculum as well as teaching-learning-evaluation? If yes, how
does the department utilize the feedback: The faculty meets twice in a month

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to discuss the progress of teaching. Problems in teaching are discussed in

detail and new methods are introduced to overcome the problem.
b. students on staff, curriculum and teaching-learning-evaluation and how does
the department utilize the feedback: The faculty sit with the students to know
their expectations from the department. Based on their demands the
department has introduced conversation classes, Essay writing classes,
Reading practice classes and also classes on Japanese mannerism. The
department intends to introduce calligraphy classes and origami classes for
the students. Also intends to screen Japanese movie once in a month.
c. alumni and employers on the programmes offered and how does the
department utilize the feedback: Alumni are the strength of any department.
Same is true in case of Japanese Department too. The alumni visit the
department often and give us feedback on the requirements of their workplace.
This helps the faculty to design the teaching programme.
43. List the distinguished alumni of the department (maximum 10): Nil
44. Give details of student enrichment programmes (special lectures / workshops /
seminar) involving external experts:
Special Lectures –
a) Prof. MasahikoTogawa, Associate Professor, Hiroshima University, Japan
delivered a lecture on ‘Okakura Tenshin and Tagore’ on October 28, 2013.
b) Mr. Mitsuo Kawaguchi, Consul General of Japan, Kolkata delivered a special
lecture on ‘Indo-Japan Relations’ on November 15, 2013.
c) Prof. Uji, Professor, Chikushi Jogakuen University will deliver a lecture on
‘Japanese Cultura and Buddhism’ on February 22, 2014.
d) Prof.Kaburagi, Assistant Professor, Osaka University will deliver a lecture on
‘Indian Influence on Japanese Culture – Over-1000-Years Interaction across
Eurasia’ on February 25, 2014.
e) Prof. Fransis Britto, Professor of English and Sociolinguistics, Sophia
university, Tokyo, Japan will interact with our students February 28, 2014.
f) The department organized ‘Japan Education Fair’ for the students of
different departments of the university on January 24, 2014. Representatives
of the UniversityTokyo India Office and Ritsumeikan University India
Office came to Santiniketan. They explained various academic programmes
and conducted students counselling session.
45. List the teaching methods adopted by the faculty for different programmes:
a) Preparatory – Audio classes, Lectures using black board/ white board and
showing pictures/ articles etc.

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b) UG & PG - Lectures using black board/ white board Students are asked to
make presentations time to time.
46. How does the department ensure that programme objectives are constantly met
and learning outcomes are monitored:
Through performance in Japanese Language Proficiency Tests (JLPT).
47. Highlight the participation of students and faculty in extension activities:
a) Students actively participate in the Japanese Language Speech Contest, Japanese
Language Proficiency Test (JLPT) etc.
b) Cultural Exchange programs with different Universities of Japan are arranged
every year. Students actively participate in this programme.
c) Japanese Film are screened to give an idea of the society to the students.
d) Department intends to introduce Japanese Calligraphy classes for interested
students.
48. Give details of “beyond syllabus scholarly activities” of the department:
a) Since 1990 every year the department is conducting cultural exchange
programme with Chikushi Jogakuen University, Fukuoka, Japan.
b) Since 2011 the department is conducting cultural exchange programme with
Kyoto Bunkyo University, Kyoto, Japan.
c) Cultural exchange academic interactions between students and members of
the faculty take place. These interactions are very important for the students
of foreign language (Japanese) to improve their language skills and to
understand the cultural behaviour of native speaker.
d) Together with this, the department has introduced classes on Japanese
conversation, Essay writing, Calligraphy, Japanese songs. The department is
also working hard to make recording of Tagore songs in Japanese by the
students of Japanese department.
49. State whether the programme / department is accredited / graded by other
agencies? If yes, give details:
50. Briefly highlight the contributions of the department in generating new
knowledge, basic or applied:
Japanese Department in Visva-Bharati is the only institution in the Eastern Region
that offers Under-graduate and Post Graduate programmes in Japanese language.
It helps other institutions in this region to build their curriculum.

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51. Detail five major Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Challenges (SWOC)
of the department:
a) Strengths :
i) Visva-Bharati is the only University offering Under-graduate and Post-
Graduate courses in Japanese Language the Eastern Region.
ii) Our students get placements in various organizations.
iii) Our library has good collection of books on Japan.
iv) The department receives active support from the Japanese Consulate,
Kolkata, and also from Japan Foundation New Delhi Office.
v) In the year 2011 the Doctoral program was introduced.
b) Weaknesses:
i) Shortage of faculty members.
ii) Shortage of Classrooms.
iii) Non-availability of full time Librarian
iv) Lack of proper physical facilities for the faculty
v) Lack of proper physical facilities for the students
c) Opportunities:
i) The Indo –Japan relation is strengthening day-by-day, therefore the students
will have better employment prospects.
ii) MEXT provides short term and long term scholarships to our students every
year.
iii) The department organized a ‘Japan Education Fair’ where the representatives
from the Indian offices of the Ritsumeikan University and the University of
Tokyo, provided information not only to Japanese Department students but
also to the students of other departments of the university. This will enhance
educational and academic exchange between the two countries.
iv) A number of Japanese companies are taking interest in the department and we
hope to work together with the placement cell so that our students are selected
through the process of campus interviews.
v) Visitors from Japan quite often visit our department and interact with the
students.
d) Challenges:
i) To create a chair for the Japanese Department so that constantly renowned
Japanese academicians from leading universities and research institutes can
be appointed on a long term basis (at least for a year or two).
ii) To obtain quality teaching materials for the students as very few are available
in the Indian market.
iii) To prepare skilled and dedicated teaching staff to cope up with the future
demands.

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iv) To enhance the present status of the library with more research oriented
journals and periodicals to meet the future challenges in the research arena.
v) To provide audio-visual facilities for the students of various levels.

52. Future plans of the department:

The department intends to expand to keep pace with the present requirement of
Japanese Language in India. Along with its development in the new academic fields,
the department aims to grow as a cultural centre as well as a research centre for
Japanese Studies in order to have a better understanding of both the societies. The
library with a large number of books in Japanese and in English (on Japan) can provide
necessary guidance to the scholars of Japanese Studies. A number of Japanese
universities and educational institutions in Japan are showing interest to establish
cultural as well as academic ties with the department of Japanese, Nippon-Bhavana.
This endeavour of the department may work as an impetus to enrich the international
character of the university and strengthen the age-old cultural relation between India &
Japan.

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Evaluative Report of the Department of Indo-Tibetan Studies

1. Name of the Department : Department of Indo-Tibetan Studies

2. Year of establishment : 1954
3. Is the Department part of a School/Faculty of the university? Yes, Bhasha-
Bhavana
4. Names of programmes offered (UG, PG, M.Phil., Ph.D., integrated Masters;
Integrated Ph.D., D.Sc., D.Litt., etc.) :
UG, PG, Ph.D., Foreign Casual Course (FCC), CC (Casual Course)
5. Interdisciplinary programmes and departments involved : Interdisciplinary
Lecture Series [Department of Sanskrit, Pali & Prakrit, Department of Chinese and
Department of Philosophy and Religion].
6. Courses in collaboration with other universities, industries, foreign institutions,
etc.:
An initiative has been taken by the Department of Indo-Tibetan Studies to introduce a
Cultural Exchange Programme with the Royal University of Bhutan.
7. Details of programmes discontinued, if any, with reasons: NA
8. Examination System: Semester System and Choice Based Credit System.
9. Participation of the department in the courses offered by other departments:
Some students of this department took active participation in the Certificate Course
run by the Department of Sanskrit and DEOMEL, Visva-Bharati.
10. Number of teaching posts sanctioned, filled and actual (Professors/ Associate
Professors/ Asst. Professors/ others) :
Actual (including CAS
Sanctioned Filled
& MPS)
Professor 02 00 00
Associate Professors 02 02 00
Asst. Professors 04 04 04
Others Nil Nil Nil

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11. Faculty profile with name, qualification, designation, area of specialization,

experience and research under guidance :
a) Name : Dr Anandamayee Ghosh
Qualification : M.A., Ph.D
Designation : Associate Professor
Specialization : Tibetan Language and Buddhist Vinaya
No. of Years of Experience : 15+
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : 01
b) Name : Dr. Sanjib Kumar Das
Qualification : M.A., Ph.D
Designation : Associate Professor
Specialization : Tibetan Buddhism & Tibetan Language
No. of Years of Experience : 5+
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : 04
c) Name : Dr. Prakriti Chakraborty
Qualification : M.A., Ph.D
Designation : Assistant Professor
Specialization : History of Tibet
No. of Years of Experience : 11
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : 01
d) Name : Dr. Shedup Tenzin
Qualification : M.Phil, Ph.D
Designation : Assistant Professor
Specialization : Tibetan Buddhism
No. of Years of Experience : 11+
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : 06
e) Name : Dr. Sonam Zangpo
Qualification : M.A., B.Ed., Ph.D
Designation : Assistant Professor
Specialization : Indo-Tibetan Buddhism, Language & Culture
No. of Years of Experience : 2+
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students

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guided for the last 4 years : Nil

f) Name : Norbu Gyaltsen Negi
Qualification : M.A., Ph.D
Designation : Assistant Professor
Specialization : Tibetan Language & Culture
No. of Years of Experience : Recently joined
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : Nil
12. List of senior Visiting Fellows, adjunct faculty, emeritus professors:
a) Prof. Suniti Kumar Pathak, Rtd. Professor
b) Prof. Kalyan Bagchi, Emeritus Professor
c) Dr. Bela Bhattacharya, Rtd. Professor, Department of Pali, University of Calcutta.
d) Ven. Bhikkhu Rakshita, Vipassyana Master
e) Ven. Prof. Jinabodhi Bhikkhu, Chittagong University, Bangladesh
13. Percentage of classes taken by temporary faculty — programme-wise: NA
14. Programme-wise Student Teacher Ratio :
a) UG: 3 : 1
b) PG: 6.5 : 1
c) Ph.D: 3 : 1
d) CC+FCC: .5 : 1
15. Number of academic support staff (technical) and administrative staff sanctioned,
filled and actual:
Sanctioned Filled Actual
Administrative Staff 03 04 04
Support staff (technical) Nil Nil Nil

16. Research thrust areas as recognized by major funding agencies:

a) Indo-Tibetan Culture
b) Buddhist Studies
c) Tibetan Buddhism
d) Translation, Restoration and Editing
17. Number of faculty with ongoing projects from a) national b) international
agencies and c) Total grants received. Give the names of the project title and
grants received project-wise:
a) Translation and Editing Project offered to Dr. Sanjib Kumar Das by the Central
Institute of Buddhist Studies, Choglamsar, Leh (Ladakh) and the remuneration will
be given as admissible under the Institute’s rule. No grants have so far been taken

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in advance. The name of the text which is to be translated into English from Hindi
and edited the same is- Encyclopedia of Himalayan Buddhist Cultural Kosh.
b) Translation and Editing Project offered to Dr. Sanjib Kumar Das by Karmapa
International Buddhist Institute, New Delhi. The remuneration will be given as
admissible under rule. No grants have so far been taken in advance. The name of
the text in English which is to be translated into English from Tibetan is- Essential
Compendium of Tenets ‘The Grains of Quotation and Reasoning’
18. Inter-institutional collaborative projects and associated grants
National collaboration:
a)One or two faculty members have applied to join the Kagyur [Buddhavacana]
Translation programme run by Prof. Bob Thurman and H. E. Kagyur Rinpoche, USA.
The remuneration will be given as admissible under rule but when the work finished.
Besides, the faculty members have also undertaken some small Research Project
offered by Visva-Bharati under Partial Research Grants and its details are as follow:
Ongoing Project Total Funding Project Title
undertaken by grants Agency
received
Dr. Anandamayee Rs. 2300/- Visva- Tri-Lingual [Chinese-
Ghosh Bharati Sanskrit-Tibetan] Glossary of
Buddhist Technical Terms
Dr. Sanjib Kumar Rs. 2300/- Visva- Critical Edition and
Das Bharati Translation of the text titled
“Dohākośa-nāma-
Mahāmudrā-Upadeśa [Tib.
doha mdzod ces bya ba phyag
rgya chenpo’ man ngag]”
from Tibetan into Hindi and
English
b) international collaboration: None
19. Departmental projects funded by DST-FIST; UGC-SAP/CAS, AICTE, etc.; total
grants received: None
20. Research facility / centre with
a) state recognition : b) national recognition:
c) international recognition:
Indo-Tibetan Studies was established as a separate Post Graduate Centre with the
financial assistance from the University Grants Commission (UGC) to promote
research on age-long cultural relations between India and Tibet. For a better

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understanding of the Tibetan scriptures and to remove ambiguities during the study of
independent and indigenous Tibetan commentaries several scholastic Tibetan scholars
were invited to Santiniketan to work in collaboration with Indian scholars in order to
promote systematic study and investigation of Indo-Cultural relations down the ages.
In course of time, Visva-Bharati became a leading international centre for research on
Indo-Tibetan Studies and Buddhism. In the 70’s renowned Tibetologist and Buddhist
scholars like John Reyhnolds, Martin Brood, Keith Dowman and James Low had their
research basis in Santiniketan. Accordingly for the last many years, the department has
been offering research facility for Ph.D degree. Not only from Indian peninsula, but
many students from several other countries like Vietnam, Nepal, Bhutan, Austria etc.,
have joined the course and pursued their research for Ph.D till date.
21. Special research laboratories sponsored by / created by industry or corporate
bodies: NA
22. Publications:
a) No. of papers published in peer reviewed journals (national/
international): –
i) Dr. Anandamayee Ghosh - 06
ii) Dr. Sanjib Kumar Das - 11
iii) Dr. Prakriti Chakraborty- 04
b) Monographs: Nil
c) Chapters in Books:
Dr. Shedup Tenzin -
i) “The Non-Apprehension (’dzin med) of Luminosity and Emptiness: A
Lam ’dras view of the Sakya Tradition” in the book entitled “Tantric
Literature and Culture Hermeneutics & Expository, Edited by Prof. Dr.
Andrea Loseries”, Buddhist World Press, Delhi, 2013, ISBN 13
9789380852201.
ii) “Bell Inscriptions of bTsan po Dynasty”, Dimensions of Buddhism and
Jainism in the book entitled “Prof. Suniti Kumar Pathak Felicitation
Volume edited by Mukherjee Ramaranjan”, Sanskrit Book Depot, Kol.,
2009.
d) Edited Books:
Dr. Sanjib Kumar Das –
i) ‘Mahāyānottara-Tantra’ by Maitreyanath and its commentary
‘Mahāyānottara-Tantra-Śāstra-Vyākhyā-Ca’ by Ārya Asanga, Central
Institute of Buddhist Studies, Leh.
ii) Students-Friend, Central Institute of Buddhist Studies, Leh.
iii) Sambypa Lonchen Rabjam ki Jivani, Central Institute of Buddhist Studies,

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Leh.
iv) Sakya Pandita Kunga Gyaltshan Pal Zangpo ki Jivani, Central Institute of
Buddhist Studies, Leh.
v) Biography of Indian Buddhist Acaryas, Central Institute of Buddhist
Studies, Leh.
vi) Notes on Preliminary Practice, Central Institute of Buddhist Studies, Leh.
vii) The Schismatic Buddhism in India: Ideology and Genesis [Upto 12th
Century], Buddhist World Press, New Delhi.
viii) Prajnadanda, Karmapa International Buddhist Institute, New Delhi.
ix) Sutrasamuccaya by Nagarjuna, Central University of Tibetan Studies.
x) A Guide to Preliminary Buddhist Practices and Prayers, Central University
of Tibetan Studies.
xi) Dhongyud Palden Drukpa’s Doctrine in Ladakh, Ven. Tsewang Rigzin.
xii) Wonderful Examples of Graphics, Padmashree Tsering Wangdus.
xiii) Manual for Tibetan Lesson, Karmapa International Buddhist Institute,
New Delhi.
xiv) Stakna Monastery and its Museum, Stakna Labrang.
e) Books with ISBN with details of publishers:
Dr. Anandamayee Ghosh –
i) Buddhist Vinayas: A Focus (w.r.t. to Mulasarvastivada Vianaya),
Buddhist World Press, Delhi, 2013, ISBN: 81-7646-569-0.
Dr. Sanjib Kumar Das –
i) Sutrasamuccaya, Central University of Tibetan Studies, Sarnath, Varanasi,
2012, ISBN: 978-93-80-282-32-9.
ii) Manual for Tibetan Lesson, Karmapa International Buddhist Institute,
New Delhi, 2013, ISBN: 819271891-3.
iii) Basic Buddhist Terminology, KRPC, Sarnath, Varanasi, 2009.
iv) Students-Friend, Central Institute of Buddhist Studies, Leh (Ladakh),
2009.
f) Number listed in International Database (For e.g. Web of Science, Scopus,
Humanities International Complete, Dare Database International Social
Sciences Directory, EBSCO host, etc.):
g) Citation Index — range / average:
h) SNIP:
i) SIR:
j) Impact Factor — range / average:
k) h-index:
23. Details of patents and income generated: Nil

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24. Areas of consultancy and income generated: None.

25. Faculty selected nationally / internationally to visit other laboratories /
institutions / industries in India and abroad: None
26. Faculty serving in
a) National committees:
Dr. Anandamayee Ghosh –
i) Life Member of All India Oriental Studies, Bhandarkar Oriental Research
Institution, Pune, 1986-till date.
ii) Life Member of Indian Society of Buddhist Studies, 2000-till date.
iii) Annual Member of Indian Historical Courses, 2006-till date.
iv) Member of Executive Committee, Visva-Bharati, 2012-till date.
Dr. Sanjib Kumar Das –
i) Academic Council Member, Karmapa International Buddhist Institute, New
Delhi.
ii) BOS Member, Tsongtsan Library, Centre for South-Asian Himalayan
Studies), Dehradun.
iii) Member of Advisory Board for the Nalanda International Annual Journal.
iv) Member of Advisory Committee for the Book titled “Buddhism and Social
Significance for the Asian World”.
Dr. Prakriti Chakraborty –
i) Manjushree Centre for Tibetan Culture, Darjeeling
ii) Indian Society for Buddhist Studies
b) International committees:
Dr. Anandamayee Ghosh –
i) Life Member of International Association of Ladakh Studies, (Denmark);
Gutenberg University, Sweden; Heidelberg, Germany, 2013.
ii) Annual Member of International Association of Tibetan Studies, from 1995-
till date.
Dr. Prakriti Chakraborty –
i) International Ladakh Studies
c) Editorial Boards: None
d) Any other (please specify): None

27. Faculty recharging strategies (UGC, ASC, Refresher / orientation programs,

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workshops, training programs and similar programs):

S.No. Name of Faculty Name of Programme No. of Remarks
Member time
1 Dr. Shedup Tenzin Refresher Course 04 Completed
Orientation Programme 01 Completed
National Workshop 01 Completed
2 Dr. Sonam Zangpo Refresher Course 01 Completed
National Workshop 01 Completed
3. Dr. Sanjib Kumar Das International Workshop 02 Completed
[1]
National Workshop [1]
28. Student projects:
a) percentage of students who have done in-house projects including
interdepartmental projects: Environmental Studies 30%
b) percentage of students doing projects in collaboration with other universities /
industry / institute: N.A.
29. Awards / recognitions received at the national and international level by
a) Faculty:
Dr. Sangwhan Shin, an ex-faculty member of the department was awarded with
the Academic Excellent Book of 2011 for ‘Nagarjuna’s Thought’ by Ministry of
Culture, Sports and Tourism of Korea(s).
b) Doctoral / post doctoral fellows:
c) Students:
30. Seminars/ Conferences/Workshops organized and the source of funding (national
/ international) with details of outstanding participants, if any:
Year Seminar/Workshop National/International Source of Details of
Funding Outstanding
Participants
2012 Latest Linguistic National Visva-Bharati Participants
Trends of Tibetan from Central
Culture University of
[Workshop] Tibetan Studies,
Sarnath and
Central Institute
of Buddhist
Studies
including the

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Department of
Indo-Tibetan
Studies and
other
Departments of
Visva-Bharati
attended
2013 Ideology and the International Visva-Bharati Participants
Genesis of and ICCR, from
Buddhist Schools Kolkata Bangladesh,
Nepal, Bhutan
and Vietnam
including the
Department of
Indo-Tibetan
Studies
attended.
31. Code of ethics for research followed by the departments: The department strictly
follows the rules and regulations of Ph.D Ordinance 2009 introduced by Visva-
Bharati. The students who hold NET, RET, JRF and SET/SLET as well as M.Phil
degree are eligible for Ph.D programme duly completed the six-month Ph.D Course
Work.
32. Student profile programme-wise:
Name of the Selected Pass percentage
Applications
Programme
Received Male Female Male Female
(refer to question no. 4)
UG Through 10 6 90 80
VBCAT
PG 03 02 00 100 NA
Ph.D Course Work 16 13 03 100 100
FCC 03 00 03 00 03
CC 01 01 00 DNA NA

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33. Diversity of students:

% of % of students % of students % of
Name of the
Students from other from students
Programme
From the universities universities from
(refer to question
Same within the outside the other
No. 4)
university State State countries

UG 90 10
PG 50 25 25
PhD. 20 60 20
FCC 01
CC 100
34. How many students have cleared Civil Services and Defense Services
examinations, NET, SET, GATE and other competitive examinations? Give
details category-wise:
a) 02 Students NET
35. Student progression:
Student progression Percentage against enrolled
UG to PG 99
PG to M.Phil. 00
PG to Ph.D. 70
Ph.D. to Post-Doctoral 00
Employed
• Campus selection
• Other than campus recruitment Other than campus recruitment : 50%
Entrepreneurs

36. Diversity of staff:

Percentage of faculty who are graduates
of the same university 30
from other universities within the State 00
from universities from other States 40
from universities outside the country 30

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37. Number of faculty who were awarded M.Phil., Ph.D., D.Sc. and D.Litt. during the
assessment period:
Awarded Degree No. of Faculty
M.Phil. None
Ph.D. 05
D.Litt None
38. Present details of departmental infrastructural facilities with regard to
a) Library: 01 Seminar Library without librarian (4300 no. of books and 200 books
donated during the year)
b) Internet facilities for staff and students: Nil.
c) Total number of class rooms: 05
d) Class rooms with ICT facility: Nil
e) Students’ laboratories: Nil
f) Research laboratories: Nil
39. List of doctoral, post-doctoral students and Research Associates:
a) from the host institution/university’: 06
b) from other institutions/ universities :
40. Number of post graduate students getting financial assistance from the
university: One
41. Was any need assessment exercise undertaken before the development of new
programme(s)? If so, highlight the methodology:
42. Does the department obtain feedback from
a. faculty on curriculum as well as teaching-learning-evaluation? If yes, how
does the department utilize the feedback: Yes. Actually for the betterment of
the standard of teaching method as well as for the development of the department,
meeting is held almost once in a month in which discussion is held for the
assessment of the students and the department.
b. students on staff, curriculum and teaching-learning-evaluation and how does
the department utilize the feedback: By introducing new method of teaching the
students. Further, if any feedback is found to develop the environment of the
department, it is implemented duly after discussing with the staff members in the
chairmanship of the HOD.
c. alumni and employers on the programmes offered and how does the
department utilize the feedback: The department places the issue before the
hon’ble BOS members for consideration and if accepted and approved, it is
implemented.

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43. List the distinguished alumni of the department (maximum 10):

a) Ven. Lama Chime Rigzen
b) Prof. Suniti Kumar Pathak
c) Prof. P.C. Bagchi
d) M.V.Shastri
e) Prof. Dr. Andrea Loseries
f) Ven. Lama Jimpa
g) Dr. Jampa Samten
h) Ven. Gorik Tenzin
i) Prof. Bimalendu Kumar
j) Dr. Huynh Thi Thanh
44. Give details of student enrichment programmes (special lectures / workshops /
seminar) involving external experts:
Special Lectures, Workshop, Seminar, Remedial Classes, Interdisciplinary Lecture
Series.
45. List the teaching methods adopted by the faculty for different programmes:
a) Debate
b) Interactive session
c) Tutorial classes
46. How does the department ensure that programme objectives are constantly met
and learning outcomes are monitored:
The Department imparts direct teachings and conducts continuous internal assessment
throughout the semester through seminar class, conversation class, assignments,
interaction and oration. It helps the student to be well-versed in interpretation and
translation. The syllabi contains classical as well as modern Tibetan language with
much emphasis on translation from Tibetan into Hindi, English and Bengali vice-
versa.
47. Highlight the participation of students and faculty in extension activities:
One student has been selected in the university basketball team.
48. Give details of “beyond syllabus scholarly activities” of the department:
Interdisciplinary Lecture Series –
Under this lecture series, as per the wish of the former Vice Chancellor, Visva-Bharati
and Principal, Bhasha-Bhavana, a number of five eminent scholars from the
Department of Sanskrit, Economics, Chinese and Philosophy were invited to deliver
special lectures on different topics relating to Buddhist Studies.

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Remedial Classes –
For the benefit of the students from backward classes, an initiative was taken to teach
them by taking extra classes.
Workshop, Seminar & Conference –
With financial assistance of Visva-Bharati, UGC, ICCR and ICHR, the Department
organizes seminar, conference and workshop on different topics related to Indo-
Tibetan Studies.
Special Lecture Series –
Following the guidelines of UGC, The Centre for Buddhist Studies which is a part of
the department holds special lectures on different topics related to Buddhist Studies
through inviting eminent scholars from different parts of the country including within
the university.
49. State whether the programme / department is accredited / graded by other
agencies? If yes, give details: NA
50. Briefly highlight the contributions of the department in generating new
knowledge, basic or applied:
a) The department inspires the students concerned to preserve our age old religion
and culture which definitely huge gives contribution to establish peace on earth.
It was the blessings of the precious religion and culture for which His Holiness
the Dalai Lama was awarded with the Nobel Peace Prize in 1989.
b) Updating of curriculum to meet the national and international trends.
c) Arranging coaching classes.
d) Research on Ancient Buddhist Literature and Culture.
51. Detail five major Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Challenges (SWOC)
of the department:
a) Strengths :
i) Holistic approach to education to create a class intellectually and spiritually
sound.
ii) Possessing faculty members from traditional background.
iii) Good no. of students is getting enrolled in Ph.D programme.
iv) Feedback from all stakeholders.
v) Innovative teaching and learning methods.
b) Weaknesses:
i) Shortage of teaching and non-teaching staff
ii) Dearth of space for classrooms.
iii) Inadequate separate rooms for faculty members.

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iv) Poor internet facility for both staff members and students.
v) Insufficient collection of traditional books/texts for research work.

c) Opportunities:
i) The Department of Indo-Tibetan Studies conducts research for Ph.D degree
on various subjects, such as humanistic elements of the composite Indo-
Tibetan Culture that may lead towards better understanding among people of
ideal and diverse ideologies. It does not only provide a lot of opportunities
of job for the students concerned but they also play a crucial role for
restoring and preserving our precious culture, specially the scriptures related
Mahayana Dharma once which was taught and disseminated by the Buddhist
masters of Nalanda, Vikramshila, Odantapuri and so forth. At the same time,
for the purpose enriching the knowledge of Buddhist Studies, the
Department established the Centre for Buddhist Studies in 2005 with the
financial support of UGC under ‘Epoch Making Social Thinkers’. It is
because Buddhism and Buddhist Studies do not only produce job
opportunities to the students studying it, rather it also cause them to be a
Bharat Ratna as well as be awarded with Nobel Prize, Padmashree,
Shilpaguru, Presidential Award and so on. The name of Dr. Ambedkar, His
Holiness the Dalai Lama; Padmashree Tsering Wangdus, Padmashree
Ngawang Samten (Present Vice Chancellor, Central University of Tibetan
Studies, Sarnath); Prof. Suniti Kumar Pathak (Rtd. Professor, Dept. of Indo-
Tibetan Studies, Visva-Bharati), Prof. Ram Shankar Tripathi and so on are
the ones who have been awarded with such honours.
ii) The vacant posts of faculty members have been advertised and it is expected
that new faculty will join soon.
iii) Apart from Tibetan Language, Indo-Tibetan Studies which includes Indian
and Tibetan Buddhism which are introduced in several universities and
institutions in India and abroad. So, students, having completed their
research for Ph.D degree have good opportunity to apply there for job in
teaching field.
iv) At present the almost the entire collection of scripture related to Mahayana
Buddhism is available in Tibetan language only. But only few people in the
world know Tibetan which is definitely a problem for the readers to
understand Buddhism in its entirety. Keeping in view of making it
accessible several universities and institutions in our countries, such Central
University of Tibetan Studies, Sarnath; Central Institute of Buddhist Studies,
Leh; Namgyal Institute of Tibetology, Sikkim; Karmapa International
Buddhist Institute, New Delhi, The Asiatic Society, Kolkata and so forth are

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conducting Translation, Restoration and Dictionary projects including

research where students are being invited to join the projects.
v) There are several other big projects, such as ACIP [Asian Classic Input
Project], Tengyur Translation in the United State and others also invite
students to join them from where qualified students can earn handsome
amount of money.
d) Challenges:
i) The present collection of Kagyur and Tengyur speaks that there are about
333 volumes of scriptures which consist more than 6,000 valuable texts.
These texts contain both the original teachings of Buddha and the
commentarial texts by Indian panditas. Among them, these days, the entire
Mahayana scriptures are persevered in Tibetan language only. No need to
explain how much the teachings of Buddha are relevant to the modern
world, i.e,, the teachings of Buddha can undoubtedly play a crucial role for
prevailing peace on earth. But there are few universities/institutes in the
world, especially in India which have taken the initiative to make them
accessible to the Indian people in their own languages including English for
study. Therefore, to make accessible to the readers in their own language,
such as Hindi, English, Bengali, Nepali etc., has become a challenge for the
students of this department.
ii) To initiate interdisciplinary performance based research.
iii) To devise methodology of teaching Indo-Tibetan Studies that includes Indo-
Tibetan language, literature and culture in the global context.
iv) To restore lost texts in its original which are now available in Tibetan
language with the assistance of well-versed Tibetan and Sanskrit scholars.
v) To preserve Gurudev’s vision of education as he dreamt and favoured ‘to
bring into more intimate relations with one another through patient study
and research, the different cultures of the east on the basis of their
underlying unity’.
52. Future plans of the department:
a) To set up a Research & Translation Unit as per the need and demand of the day.
b) To establish a Dictionary Unit which may play a good role in compiling
dictionary which will contain the technical terms related to the five major
sciences that can act in accordance with the need of seekers of knowledge in
Indo-Tibetan Studies.
c) To initiate a Online teaching programme.
d) To start M.Phil Programme.

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Evaluative Report of the Department of Odia

1. Name of the Department : Odia

2. Year of establishment : 1951
The department of Odia, Visva-Bharati, was conceived in 1947 and was established as
a regular Post-Graduate Department in 1951. This department is the only Post-
Graduate Department and learning centre of Odia Language and Literature in the
country outside Odisha. It imparts teaching programmes both in Under-Graduate and
Post-graduate, M.Phil & Ph.D. level. Besides that it also offers Certificate and
Diploma courses. Since its inception, the department has been maintaining a high
standard in research and teaching activities.
3. Is the Department part of a School/Faculty of the university? Yes, Bhasha-
Bhavana
4. Names of programmes offered (UG, PG, M.Phil., Ph.D., integrated Masters;
Integrated Ph.D., D.Sc., D.Litt., etc.) :
U.G., P.G., M.Phil., Ph.D., D.Litt, Certificate Course, Diploma & Foreign Casual
Course.
5. Interdisciplinary programmes and departments involved :
a) Departments like Anthropology, Philosophy, History and other language
departments such as Bengali, Hindi, Sanskrit, English etc. are connected with Odia
department in connection with various research programmes of the Ph.D. scholars
and individual teachers.
b) The department invites teachers from the above cited departments to deliver
seminar lectures and to presents papers in the department’s weekly and yearly
seminar.
6. Courses in collaboration with other universities, industries, foreign institutions,
etc.: Teachers of this department frequently visit other universities of India and as
well as out side of India. Similarly, internationally known professors and scholars of
esteemed universities and institutes visit our department, deliver lectures and interact
with students and faculty members of the department. Recently two of our professors
went to China on academic purpose.
7. Details of programmes discontinued, if any, with reasons: Nil

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8. Examination System: Semester System and Choice Based Credit System.

9. Participation of the department in the courses offered by other departments: Yes,
the department participates. Teaching faculties of the Dept.class for certain course &
presents paper in the seminars organized by other department. We also take the
remedial classes as per UGC recommendations for all students, especially the
backward classes. We also take NET, JRF, OPSC & job-oriented classes for students.
10. Number of teaching posts sanctioned, filled and actual (Professors/ Associate
Professors/ Asst. Professors/ others) :
Actual (including CAS
Sanctioned Filled
& MPS)
Professor 1 3
Associate Professors 2 Not filled up
Asst. Professors 6 Filled up - 4
Others
11. Faculty profile with name, qualification, designation, area of specialization,
experience and research under guidance :
a) Name : Prof. Manoranjan Pradhan
Qualification : M.A., Ph.D
Designation : Professor
Specialization : Ancient, Medieval & Comparative Literature
No. of Years of Experience :
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : 31 (M.Phil-16, Ph.D-15)
b) Name : Prof. Kailash Pattanayak
Qualification : M.A., Ph.D
Designation : Professor
Specialization : Folklore, Fiction
No. of Years of Experience :
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : 22 (M.Phil- 10, Ph.D.- 12)
c) Name : Prof. Sabita Pradhan
Qualification : M.A., M.Phil, Ph.D
Designation : Professor
Specialization : Linguistics, Stylistics, Fiction
No. of Years of Experience :
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students

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guided for the last 4 years : 23 (M.Phil- 13, Ph.D.- 10)

d) Name : Dr. Pramila Patulia
Qualification : M.A., M.Phil, Ph.D
Designation : Assistant Professor
Specialization : Folklore
No. of Years of Experience : 07
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : 01
e) Name : Dr. Sarata Kumar Jena
Qualification : M.A., Ph.D., LLB.
Designation : Assistant Professor
Specialization : Modern Literature, Performing Art & Editing
No. of Years of Experience : 10
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : 03
f) Name : Dr. Rabindra Kumar Das
Qualification : M.A., Ph.D
Designation : Assistant Professor
Specialization : Linguistics, Stylistics & Modern Criticism
No. of Years of Experience : 14
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : 02
g) Name : Sri Indramani Sahoo
Qualification : M.A., M.Phil
Designation : Assistant Professor
Specialization : Linguistics & Fiction
No. of Years of Experience : 04
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : Nil
12. List of senior Visiting Fellows, adjunct faculty, emeritus professors:
a) Sri Sitakanta Mohapatra, Jnanapeetha Awardee Eminent Odia Poet
b) Dr. Pratibha Ray, Jnanapeetha Awardee Eminent Odia Fiction Writer
c) Manoj Das, Sahitya , Saraswati Awardee, International Writer
d) Prof. Devi Prasanna Pattanayak, International Linguist
e) Prof. Sudarshan Acharya, Eminent Scholar, Berhampur University
f) Prof. Khageswar Mohapatra,Eminent Researcher

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g) Prof. Prakash Ch.Pattanayak, Professor, Delhi University

h) Prof. Jyotshna Rout Biswal, Professor, Gowhati University
i) Prof.Prasanna Pradhan, Professor, Ranchi University
j) Prof. Sarat Chandra Pradhan, Professor, Eminent Odia Poet.
13. Percentage of classes taken by temporary faculty — programme-wise:
14. Programme-wise Student Teacher Ratio :
a) UG: e) D.Litt:
b) PG: f) CC:
c) M.Phil: g) FCC
d) Ph.D: h) Diploma:
15. Number of academic support staff (technical) and administrative staff sanctioned,
filled and actual:
Sanctioned Filled Actual
Administrative Staff 02 02 02
Support staff (technical) Nil Nil Nil

16. Research thrust areas as recognized by major funding agencies:

a) Literary criticism
b) Lexicography
c) Folk tradition
funded by UGC through major and minor projects.
17. Number of faculty with ongoing projects from a) national b) international
funding agencies and c) Total grants received. Give the names of the project title
and grants received project-wise:
a) National funding agencies:
Undertaken by Total grants Funding Project Title
received Agency
Dr. Sarata Kumar Rs. 50,000/- UGC UGC Minor Project “Animal
Jena mask Dance of South Odisha”
Dr. Rabindra Rs.7,94,000/- UGC UGC Major Project “Odia
Kumar Das Lexicography: A Critical
Study On Evolution”
b) International funding agencies: Nil.
18. Inter-institutional collaborative projects and associated grants
a) National collaboration:
The Department has collaborated with reputed national organizations like, Sahitya

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Akademi,New Delhi, Odisha Sahitya Academi, Bhubaneswar, Central Institution

of Indian Languages, Mysore, National Manuscript Mission, Govt. of India etc. for
to arrange the Seminar, , symposia, workshops etc.
b) International collaboration: None
19. Departmental projects funded by DST-FIST; UGC-SAP/CAS, DPE; DBT,
ICSSR, AICTE, etc.; total grants received: NA
20. Research facility / centre with
a) state recognition : b) national recognition: UGC
c) international recognition:
21. Special research laboratories sponsored by / created by industry or corporate
bodies:
22. Publications:
a) No. of papers published in peer reviewed journals (national/
international): –
i) Prof. Manoranjan Pradhan - 04
ii) Prof. Kailash Pattanayak - 07
iii) Prof. Sabita Pradhan - 08
iv) Dr. Pramila Patulia - 04
v) Dr. Sarata Kumar Jena - 19
vi) Dr. Rabindra Kumar Das - 20
b) Monographs: Nil
c) Chapters in Books: Nil
d) Edited Books:
Prof. Kailash Pattanayak –
i) Odishara Lokakahani, 2008 2010, Second edition.
Dr. Sarata Kumar Jena –
i) Prasanna Prasanna, Kalinga Sahitya Samaj, Berhampur, Odisha, 2009.
ii) Ekabinsare Abolakara , Athena Books, Bhubanewar- 2, Odisha, 2012,
ISBN-13 978-81-908853-7-9.
e) Books with ISBN with details of publishers:
Prof. Manoranjan Pradhan –
i) Gopinath Chayanika , Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi, 2009.
ii) Kanhucharan Chayanika, Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi, 2013.
Prof. Kailash Pattanayak –
i) Binod Dwadasha, 2013.
Prof. Sabita Pradhan –
i) Brahmaputrara Akhapakhare, (Translation) Sahitya Akademi, 2013.

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Dr. Sarata Kumar Jena –

i) Odia Kathasahityare Nari-Nayak, Athena Books, Bhubaneswar–2 ,Odisha,
2009, ISBN- 13 978-93-80-759-31-9.
ii) Jodabeni (Poetry) Athena Books, Bhubaneswar – 2, Odisha, 2010, ISBN-
13 978-81-89593-27-8.
iii) Andaman o Nikobar Lokakatha, Athena Books, Bhubaneswar- 2,Odisha,
2012.
Dr. Rabindra Kumar Das –
i) Communicative English : Through Oriya Diamond Publishers, New Delhi,
2009.
ii) Communicative Oriya : Through English (Phonetic based), Renaissance
Publishers, Rajmahal Square, Bhubaneswar, 2009.
iii) Rasakallola (Ed.) a text Book of P.G. and Graduation level, Satyanarayana
Book Store, Cuttack ,2012 (ISBN).
iv) Prayogika Saili Vigyana, Satyanarayana Book Store, Cuttack, 2012
(ISBN).
f) Number listed in International Database (For e.g. Web of Science, Scopus,
Humanities International Complete, Dare Database International Social
Sciences Directory, EBSCO host, etc.):
g) Citation Index — range / average:
h) SNIP:
i) SIR:
j) Impact Factor — range / average:
k) h-index:
23. Details of patents and income generated: N.A.
24. Areas of consultancy and income generated:
25. Faculty selected nationally / internationally to visit other laboratories /
institutions / industries in India and abroad:
a) Prof. Kailash Pattanayak –
i) Paper presented in the 16th World congress of Applied Linguistics, organised
by Beijing Foreign Studies University, Beijing, China during August 23-28,
2011.
26. Faculty serving in
a) National committees:
b) International committees:
c) Editorial Boards:

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Dr. Sarata Kumar Jena –

i) Editorial Board Member of Kalinga sahitya Samaj, Taratarini Pustakalaya,
Berhampur & Athena Books, Bhubaneswar- 2, Odisha.
d) Any other (please specify): None
27. Faculty recharging strategies (UGC, ASC, Refresher / orientation programs,
workshops, training programs and similar programs):
a) A national workshop on 'Translation Studies' held on 22-25 March 2012 organised
by the Department of Odia, Visva-Bharati.
b) A basic level workshop on 'Manuscriptology and Palaeography' held on 21 Jan. -
10 Feb. 2013 (21 days) Organised by Department of Odia, Visva-Bharati.
c) Dr. Kailash Pattanayak Organised a national workshop as Convener, on ‘Indian
Folkloristics’, during February 14-16, 2011 at Santiniketan on behalf of the
Department of Odia,Visva-Bharati.
d) Dr. Kailash Pattanayak Organised a national seminar as Convener, on
‘Rabindranath and Indian Folkloristics’, during February 14-16, 2013 at
Santiniketan on behalf of Bhasha Bhavana.
28. Student projects:
a) percentage of students who have done in-house projects including
interdepartmental projects: 100%, All the Ph.D. students are doing in-house
projects.
b) percentage of students doing projects in collaboration with other
universities / industry / institute:
29. Awards / recognitions received at the national and international level by
a) Faculty:
Prof. Manoranjan Pradhan –
i) Odisha Sahitya Academy Award (2011)
ii) Nominated as a member of course writer for the IGNOU, Delhi for the
subject Odia in the centre Fokir Mohan University, Odisha.
iii) Coordinator of VB CAT for the Vidya Bhavan in the year 2009-12.
Prof. Kailash Pattanayak –
i) Jhankar Award (2010) for Literary Criticism
ii) Nominated as a member of Syllabus committee for PG course in Folk
Literature at Karnataka Folklore University, Bangalore, 2011-12.
iii) Nominated as a member, Board of Studies of Odia, North Odisha
University, Baripada, Odisha for the year 2012-14.
iv) Nominated as member, Board of Studies in the Centre for Folk Culture
Studies, Hyderabad University, Hyderabad, A.P. for the year 2013-15.

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v) Course writer, for the Indian Folklore course as an elective course for M.A.
in English, offered from the School of Humanities, Indira Gandhi National
Open University, New Delhi.
Prof. Sabita Pradhan –
i) Visiting associate of Indian Institute of Advance Studies for three years from
2008.
ii) Elected as a member of Orissa Sahitya Academi for 2011-13.
iii) Awarded as a women critic by Orissa Lekhika Samsad on 06th March 2011.
b) Doctoral / post doctoral fellows:
c) Students:
30. Seminars/ Conferences/Workshops organized and the source of funding (national
/ international) with details of outstanding participants, if any:
Date Seminar/Workshop Source of Funding Details of Outstanding
(National Participants
/International)
21-22 A national seminar on Padmashree Prof. Devi
February "Pandit Gopinath Prasanna Pattanayak,
2010 Nandasharma and renowned slinguist and
Lexicography in critic
Indian Languages" Prof. Soumendralal
Bandopadhyay, noted critic
& former Principal, V.B.
Prof. Bahadur Mishra,
Bhagalpur University
Prof. Sumita Bhattacharya
of Calcutta University
17-18 A national seminar on Prof. Kalpika
February "Western Literary Mukhopadhyay, eminest
2011 Theories and Indian Sanskrit scholar
Parallel" Prof. B.C.Jena, Eminent
scholars of literary theories
Prof. Arun Hota,
Dr. A.K.Mishra,
Dr. Manabendra
Mukhopadhyay etc.
13-14 A national seminar on Odisha Sahitya Prof. Rama Chandra
February "Feminism in Odia Academi, Behera The president of
2012 Fiction : Indian Bhubaneswar Odisha Sahitya Akademi

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Prospective" Prof. Adikanda Sahu,

Eminent scholars of Fiction
Sri Debendra Kumar Das,
Dr. Abhiram Biswal,
Dr. Sarojini Sahu,
Prof. Chakradhar Tripathy,
Dr. Angsuman Kar
Dr. Kabita Barik,
Sri Jagadish Mohanty
Notable writer of Odia
Fiction
01-02 A national seminar on Sahitya Academi, Prof. N. Satpathy a
March, "Impact of Geetanjali New Delhi renowned writer and critic
2013 on Indian Literature" Prof. Tapati Mukherjee,
Director, Rabindra
Bhavana
Prof. U.N.Singh, Rabindra
Professor, Rabindra
Bhavana
Prof. Tejashree J.N.,
Tamilnadu
Prof. Chandraprakash
Deval, Rajsthan
Prof. Biplab Chakraborty,
Kolkata
22-25 National workshop on UGC Prof. Uday Narayan Singh,
March ‘Translation Studies’ Pro-Vice-Chancellor of
2012 Visva-Bharati Prof.
Prafulla Kumar Mohanty ,
Bhubaneswar Prof. Dipti
Ranjan Pattanayak ,
Revenshaw University,
Cuttack Prof. Bijay Kumar
Das, Burdwan University
Prof. Somdatta Mandal,
Visva-Bharati, Prof. Aruna
Mukherjee, Visva-Bharati
Dr. Amrit Sen, Visva-

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Bharati, Dr. Avijit

Banerjee, Visva-Bharati
co-ordinator : Prof.
Manoranjan Pradhan
21 Jan- Basic level workshop National Prof. Sushanta Dattagupta,
10 Feb of ‘Manuscriptology Manuscript Vice-Chancellor of Visva-
2013 and Palaeography’ Mission, New Bharati, inaugurated Prof.
Delhi Tapati Mukherjee delivered
the key note address, Prof.
Ratna Basu was the guest of
honour Prof. Sujit Bose,
Ex-Vice-Chancellor, Visva-
Bharati, chief guest Prof.
Khageswar Mohapatra ,
honourable guest Prof.
Sudarshan Acharya chief
speaker Co-ordinator :
Prof. Manoranjan Pradhan
31. Code of ethics for research followed by the departments:
The department encourages students for original research work. The department also
creates an intellectual atmosphere for the research scholars to present their findings in
the departmental seminars, So that the findings will be placed in an intellectual
gathering for discussion and scholars would get some positive suggestions. The
department made it a point that scholars must publish some papers in connection with
their research in the journals of repute during their studentship.
32. Student profile programme-wise:
Name of the Selected Pass percentage
Applications
Programme
Received Male Female Male Female
(refer to question no. 4)
UG
PG 16 02 05
M.Phil 23 10 04
Ph.D Course Work 16 07 03
D. Litt
Foreign Casual Course (FCC)
Certificate Course
Diploma

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33. Diversity of students:

% of % of students % of students % of
Name of the
Students from other from students
Programme
From the universities universities from
(refer to question
Same within the outside the other
No. 4)
university State State countries

UG
PG 100%
M.Phil 90%
Ph.D Course Work 90%
D. Litt
Foreign Casual Course (FCC)
Certificate Course
Diploma
34. How many students have cleared Civil Services and Defense Services
examinations, NET, SET, GATE and other competitive examinations? Give
details category-wise:
a) NET: 14
b) JRF: 09
35. Student progression:
Student progression Percentage against enrolled
UG to PG
PG to M.Phil.
PG to Ph.D.
Ph.D. to Post-Doctoral
Employed
• Campus selection
• Other than campus recruitment
Entrepreneurs

36. Diversity of staff:

Percentage of faculty who are graduates
of the same university 0%
from other universities within the State 0%
from universities from other States 100%
from universities outside the country 0%

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37. Number of faculty who were awarded M.Phil., Ph.D., D.Sc. and D.Litt. during the
assessment period:
Awarded Degree No. of Faculty
M.Phil. None
Ph.D. 01
D.Litt None
38. Present details of departmental infrastructural facilities with regard to
a) Library: Departmental Library having 900 books.
b) Internet facilities for staff and students: Only for staff.
c) Total number of class rooms: 03
d) Class rooms with ICT facility: No
e) Students’ laboratories: No
f) Research laboratories: No
39. List of doctoral, post-doctoral students and Research Associates:
a) from the host institution/university:
Doctoral Students Topics
i) Prabin Kumar Mishra Brundachandravihar : a critical analysis
ii) Laxman Kumar Pradhan Adhunika Odia Sahityare Boudha Dharma O
Darsanara prabhaba.
iii) Santosh Kumar Sahoo Sabuja yuga o Odia Sahitya
iv) Mithun Ch. Dey Odia Rajanitika Upanyasa
v) Chandra Sekhar Das Manoj Dasnka Upanyasare Bharatiya Darsana
vi) Harapriya Barik Lokagitare Alankar
vii) Alina Padhi Surendra Mohanty O Brundabanlal Burma
Eka Tulanatmaka Adhyana
viii) Jayant Das Kathashilpi Hrushikesha Panda
ix) Itirani Samanta Odia Upanyasare Naricharitra
x) Madhusmruti Parida Dhawnyatmaka Bhasa
xi) Rasmi Nandita Jena
xii) Saroj Kumar Patra Rama Chandra Beheranka Galpare Gram o
Sahar
xiii) Batu Pradhan Rama Chandra Beheranka Galpare Jivan
drusti
xiv) Sudarshan Mohanty Prayogbadi Odia Nataka
xv) Pramodini Jena Odia Sahityaku Nimapadara dana
xvi) Bibhuti Kumar Sahoo Swadhinata parabarti Odia samalochana
sahitya
xvii) Bibhu Prasad Satapathy Swadinata parabarti odia sahityare Sri
jagannath

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xviii) Balakrushna Behera Odia Upanyasare Stitibadi chetana

xix) Punyaprabha Samal Kabi Prasanna Kumar Mishra
xx) Hrushikesh Mallik Nira O Sri Radha Eka Tulanatmaka Adhyana
xxi) Debiprasad Satapathy Odia Natakare Loka Upadana
xxii) Utkalika Mohapatra Galpika Basanta Kumar Satapathy eka
Adhyayana
xxiii) Rasmi Ranjan Swain Manoj Dasanka Gadya sahitya eka Adhyayana
b) from other institutions/ universities : Nil
40. Number of post graduate students getting financial assistance from the
university:
a) No of Half Free ship - 30
b) No of Full Free ship – 15
c) Student’s Assistance from student’s aid found - 5
41. Was any need assessment exercise undertaken before the development of new
programme(s)? If so, highlight the methodology:
Workshops, seminars; democratic bodies like BOS meetings, Staff meetings, external
experts meetings, institute board, academic council, UGC Project board, etc.
42. Does the department obtain feedback from
a. faculty on curriculum as well as teaching-learning-evaluation? If yes, how
does the department utilize the feedback: The staff members of the department,
from time to time, discuss the curriculum and develop the same on the basis of the
discussions/ suggestions.
b. students on staff, curriculum and teaching-learning-evaluation and how does
the department utilize the feedback: The department, from time to time, asks the
students for their feedback on various courses and other extra-curricular activities.
As per their feedback, the department discusses their views in its staff meeting and
incorporate some of the views if the staff members consider those as positive.
c. alumni and employers on the programmes offered and how does the
department utilize the feedback: The department is a sixty seven year old
department and it has host of alumnies spread over various states in India. In their
visit to Santiniketan or over telephone or e-mail the department receives many
kinds of suggestions. The department discusses on those suggestions and tries to
incorporate if they are of beneficiary or if they are instrumental to elevate the
image of the department.
43. List the distinguished alumni of the department (maximum 10):
a) Sri Chittaranjan Das, Famous Writer
b) Prof. Devi Prasanna Pattanayak, Internationally famous Linguist & Founder

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Director of CIIL, Mysore

c) Prof. Gaganendranath Dash, Famous Linguist & Researcher
d) Dr. Prasanna Kumar Mishra, Eminent Poet & Researcher
e) Sri Dilip Das, Eminent Poet
f) Panchanan Mohanty, Eminent Linguist presently in Hyderabad University
g) Prof. Khageswar Mohapatra, Eminent Linguist
h) Dr. Alok Baral, bright young academic, Assistant Professor at Dept. of
Odia,Central University,Koraput,Odisha
i) Sri Jnanee Debasish Mishra, bright young academic, Assistant Professor at Dept.
of Odia, Ravenshaw.
44. Give details of student enrichment programmes (special lectures / workshops /
seminar) involving external experts:
Under the financial assistance of Visva-Bharati, UGC and other agencies, the
department organises at least Three national seminars and symposiums every year. List
the teaching methods adopted by the faculty for different programmes.
45. List the teaching methods adopted by the faculty for different programmes:
Apart from the traditional method of teaching in classroom using board and chalk
some of the faculty members use PPT for their classroom teaching in which students
get interested to learn more. Sometimes some of the teachers organize literary quiz or
symposium for the students of a particular semester based on their syllabus. It also
generates interest and help students’ skill of verbal expression.
46. How does the department ensure that programme objectives are constantly met
and learning outcomes are monitored:
47. Highlight the participation of students and faculty in extension activities:
a) Study tour
b) Picnic
c) Anand Mela
d) Cultural Function
e) Drama
f) Boudhhik Anwesha- Quiz Oriented Programme for NET-JRF-PSC etc
g) Wall Magazine- Spandan & Utkal Bharati
h) Gandhi Punyaha-Cleaning the classroom by Student & Staff
i) Welcome & Farewell ceremony
48. Give details of “beyond syllabus scholarly activities” of the department:
Beyond classroom teachings, the faculty members organised various seminars,
workshops, colloquium, symposiums, performance oriented lecture-demonstration.

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Workshops on translations are a regular feature of the department where teachers and
students alike participate. Educational excursions and study tours to various places of
India enrich and freshens the minds of both faculty and students. Faculty members
actively participate in Bhubaneswar Book-fair, Production of plays included in the
syllabus, beyond the syllabus. Compatible with the themes of Refresher Courses and
Seminars involving present students of the Department, in order to understand
performance as literary and cultural interpretations of classical and modern texts have
been carried on consistently since 1980.
49. State whether the programme / department is accredited / graded by other
agencies? If yes, give details:
Yes, the department is a proud holder of the Odisha Sahitya Akademi. Some
government agencies also frequently lend their collaborative hands to host seminars,
symposiums etc. like Sahitya Akademi, National Manuscript Mission, etc.
50. Briefly highlight the contributions of the department in generating new
knowledge, basic or applied:
a) The department of Odia, Visva-Bharati is known for its teaching and research in
the field of modern literature, folkloristics, comparative literature and in
linguistic and stylistic studies. The department has a long tradition in study and
research on these areas. So many new ideas are well developed in the field of
research on the above cited subjects.
b) Research papers and books of the faculties of the department generate new
findings of their respective research which disseminate knowledge in the
respective areas.
51. Detail five major Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Challenges (SWOC)
of the department:
a) Strengths:
i) Innovative Teaching-Learning and Evaluation methods.
ii) Feedback form all stake holders.
iii) Holistic approach to education to create a class of intellectually, morally and
spiritually sound and committed citizens.
iv) To build teamwork, sportsmanship and leadership qualities, among students.
v) Students are encouraged to participate in various extracurricular activities.
b) Weaknesses:
i) Requires more faculties in the areas of Ancient and Medieval literature.
ii) Functional Odia is not in our curriculum.
iii) Requires more qualified faculty in the field of Culture study and on
Comparative literature.

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iv) Separate building for Odia Department is required.

v) More specialization on many subjects like, Translation study,
Manuscriptlogy Odia journalis are required.
c) Opportunities:
i) Accommodate more International students in various courses designed for them.
ii) Learning Odia for non Odia students create an opportunity for translation
from source language.
iii) Functional Odia Language and literature will benefit the other language
students.
iv) Interdisciplinary study with Bengali, Sanskrit, Hindi, English & Assamese
will help the students of Comparative Literature.
v) Since it is a classical language, the study of Odia Language and literature
enables the students to serve as teaching faculties in various educational and
research institutions.
d) Challenges:
i) In the age of Globalization regional literatures in general are in danger. Odia
is not an exception.
ii) Job opportunities are relatively less.
iii) Due to lack of infrastructure necessary competency among the students can
not be created.
iv) Since, the major portion of great world literature could not come in to the
ambiance of Odia literature, it fails to create world view among the students.
v) Studies of Pali & Prakrit in relation to Odia language.
52. Future plans of the department:
a) The department is committed to continue and improve its standing through SAP,
UGC-DRS to UGC-DSA and beyond to the final step of Centre for Advanced
Study.
b) To open courses in Functional Odia with undergraduate, postgraduate, MPhil
and PhD. We also have plans to introduce Comparative study, folklore study,
Translation study and Tribal-lore.
c) We wish to build up a world class facility for the systemic historical and cultural
study of the unique literary, intellectual, social and academic mix that
Santiniketan and Visva-Bharati embody.
d) The department has plans to develop a career counselling cell for students and
scholars alike.
e) We also plan to set up a folk museum to preserve the artefacts foe detail study
and research.

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Evaluative Report of the Department of Santali

1. Name of the Department : Santali

2. Year of establishment : 1982
3. Is the Department part of a School/Faculty of the university? Yes, Bhasha-
Bhavana
4. Names of programmes offered (UG, PG, M.Phil., Ph.D., integrated Masters;
Integrated Ph.D., D.Sc., D.Litt., etc.) :
U.G. and P.G.
5. Interdisciplinary programmes and departments involved: NA
6. Courses in collaboration with other universities, industries, foreign institutions,
etc.: No
7. Details of programmes discontinued, if any, with reasons: No
8. Examination System: Semester System.
9. Participation of the department in the courses offered by other departments:
Allied Courses.
10. Number of teaching posts sanctioned, filled and actual (Professors/ Associate
Professors/ Asst. Professors/ others) :
Actual (including CAS
Sanctioned Filled
& MPS)
Professor
Associate Professors 01 vacant
Asst. Professors 06 06
Others
11. Faculty profile with name, qualification, designation, area of specialization,
experience and research under guidance :
a) Name : Mr. Sanat Hansda
Qualification : M.A.
Designation : Assistant Professor
Specialization : Folk Literature

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No. of Years of Experience : 04

No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : Nil
b) Name : Dr. Dhaneshwar Manjhi
Qualification : M.A., Ph.D
Designation : Assistant Professor
Specialization : Folk Literature
No. of Years of Experience : 03
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : Nil
c) Name : Dr. Dukhia Murmu
Qualification : M.A., Ph.D
Designation : Assistant Professor
Specialization : Biography
No. of Years of Experience : 03
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : Nil
d) Name : Mr. Mansaram Murmu
Qualification : M.A.
Designation : Assistant Professor
Specialization : Literature
No. of Years of Experience : 03
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : Nil
e) Name : Mr. Tapan Soren
Qualification : M.A.
Designation : Assistant Professor
Specialization : Santali
No. of Years of Experience : 02
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : Nil
f) Name : Mr. Ramu Hembrom
Qualification : M.A.
Designation : Assistant Professor
Specialization : Culture
No. of Years of Experience : 02

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No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students

guided for the last 4 years : Nil
12. List of senior Visiting Fellows, adjunct faculty, emeritus professors: Nil
13. Percentage of classes taken by temporary faculty — programme-wise: NA
14. Programme-wise Student Teacher Ratio :
a) UG: 38 : 06
b) PG: 23 : 06
15. Number of academic support staff (technical) and administrative staff sanctioned,
filled and actual: Nil

16. Research thrust areas as recognized by major funding agencies:

“Linguistic Analysis of Santali Language” recognized by HRD Ministry, Govt. of
India.
17. Number of faculty with ongoing projects from a) national b) international
funding agencies and c) Total grants received. Give the names of the project title
and grants received project-wise:
a) National funding agencies:
Total
Faculties Involved grants Funding Agency Project Title
received
Govt. of India,
Ministry of
Sanat Hansda (PI) Communications
Rs. 36.00 Shallow Parser Tools for
Dr. Dhaneshwar and Information
Lacs Indian Languages (SPT-IL)
Manjhi (Co-PI) Technology, Dept.
of Information
Technology
b) International funding agencies: Nil.
18. Inter-institutional collaborative projects and associated grants
a) National collaboration:
Department of Santali collaborated with Central University of Hyderabad for the
Project- SPT-IL (Santali).
b) International collaboration:
19. Departmental projects funded by DST-FIST; UGC-SAP/CAS, DPE; DBT,
ICSSR, AICTE, etc.; total grants received: NA

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20. Research facility / centre with

a) state recognition : NA b) national recognition: NA
c) international recognition: NA
21. Special research laboratories sponsored by / created by industry or corporate
bodies: NA
22. Publications:
a) No. of papers published in peer reviewed journals (national/
international): –
i) Mr. Sanat Hansda - 02
ii) Dr. Dhaneshwar Manjhi - 06
iii) Mr. Mansaram Murmu - 01
iv) Mr. Tapan Soren - 01
v) Mr. Ramu Hembrom - 01
b) Monographs: Nil
c) Chapters in Books:
Dr. Dukhia Murmu –
i) ‘Sikhnat Re Santali Parsi Renak Mohot ar Anat’ in the Souvenir on
National Seminar on ‘Importance of Mother Tongue in Education’ at
Department of Santali, Visva-Bharati. On 23rd & 24th February 2012.
ii) Published Abstracts Title: ‘Santali Sanskriti Ar Unkuak Jibon Darshan’ in
the International Seminar on “Santali Education and Culture. At SKM
University, Dumka, Jharkhand. On 3rd March to 5th March 2012.
Mr. Mansaram Murmu –
i) ‘Tumal Namak Dansai Daran Tatet’ – UMUL a Literary and Cultural
Magazine, Jul.-Sep.2010 Vol-8, No-3, Page 11-14.
ii) ‘Apnar Samal’- UMUL a Literary and Cultural Magazine,Oct.-Dec.2010
Vol-8, No-4, Page-15-16.
iii) Banga dungri Tuyu - Child literature published in mulug chandu patrike
Vol-4; May, 2013.
iv) Puntukuj jeder-children story.published in Mulug chandu patrika, Vol-
5.October, 2013.
Tapan Soren –
i) Adibasi Santar Koak Onorom’ – Sandesh, Yearly Santali Magazine, 2nd
Issue 2010, Page – 12.
d) Edited Books: Nil
e) Books with ISBN with details of publishers:

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Dr. Dhaneshwar Manjhi –

i) Lithur Arang, Adim Publication Kolkata, 677 O Block, New Alipur
Kolkata-53, (ISBN-978-81-925263-9-3).
ii) Santhali Lok Kath : Ek Adhyayan, Peyara Kerketta Foundation, Chaser
home Road ,Bariatu, Ranchi-834009 Jharkhand,(ISBN-978-93-81056-08-
0).
iii) Santhali Lok Kathaon ki Dunya, Peyara Kerketta Foundation, Chaser
home Road , Bariatu, Ranchi-834009 Jharkhand, (ISBN-978-93-81056-
14-1).
iv) Bindi Ganak, Trupti, Bhubaneswar-2,(ISBN-13978-93-80758-40-4).
v) Tore Sutam, Athena, Bhubaneswar-2,(ISBN-13978-93-80824-18-5).
Dr. Dukhia Murmu –
i) Raghunath Tudu : Vyaktitva Evam Krititva, By Dr. Dukhia Murmu,
Published by – Payara Kerketta Foundation, Chacier home Road, Bariatu
Ranchi, 834009, Jharkhand. ISBN: 978-93-81056-11-0.
f) Number listed in International Database (For e.g. Web of Science, Scopus,
Humanities International Complete, Dare Database International Social
Sciences Directory, EBSCO host, etc.):
g) Citation Index — range / average:
h) SNIP:
i) SIR:
j) Impact Factor — range / average:
k) h-index:
23. Details of patents and income generated: Nil
24. Areas of consultancy and income generated: Nil
25. Faculty selected nationally / internationally to visit other laboratories /
institutions / industries in India and abroad:
Sanat Hansda and Dr. Dhaneshwar Manjhi were selected to visit Central University of
Hyderabad for discussing about the Govt. of India., Ministry of Communications and
Information Technology. Department of Information Technology Project.
26. Faculty serving in a) National committees, b) International committees, c)
Editorial Boards, Any other (please specify):
a) Mr. Sanat Hansda, Assistant Professor selected to represent the Member of
Paschim Banga Santali Academy, Govt. of West Bengal.
b) Mr. Sanat Hansda, Assistant Professor, member Board of Studies, University of
Burdwan.

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c) Dr. Dhaneshwar Manjhi, Assistant Professor, member Board of Studies,

University of Burdwan.
d) Dr. Dhaneshwar Manjhi, Assistant Professor, member of Grant-in-Aid, CIIL,
Mysore.
e) Dr. Dhaneshwar Manjhi, Assistant Professor, Maha Sachib in Bharat
Basundhara Patrika.
f) Dr. Dhaneshwar Manjhi, Assistant Professor, Sub-Editor of Akhra, Published
fro Ranchi, Jharkhand.
g) Dr. Dukhia Murmu, Assistant Professor selected to represent the Member of
Paschim Banga Santali Academy, Govt. of West Bengal.
h) Dr. Dukhia Murmu, Assistant Professor, Member of Board of Studies, Sidhu-
Kanhu Birsa University, Purulia.
27. Faculty recharging strategies (UGC, ASC, Refresher / orientation programs,
workshops, training programs and similar programs):
a) Mr. Sanat Hansda, Dr. Dhaneshwar Manjhi Completed Refresher and
Orientation Programme.
b) Dr. Dukhia Murmu, Mr. Ramu Hembrom and Mr. Mansaram Murmu Completed
Orientation Programme.
c) Mr. Tapan Soren, Assistant Professor, Attend the Workshop on ‘Compilation of
Glossaries in Santali (political Science and Philosophy) form 4th to 15th
November 2013 at CIIL, Mysore. Organised by – National Translation Mission
(CIIL). HRD Government of India.
28. Student projects:
a) percentage of students who have done in-house projects including
interdepartmental projects: Nil
b) percentage of students doing projects in collaboration with other
universities / industry / institute: Nil
29. Awards / recognitions received at the national and international level by
a) Faculty: Nil
b) Doctoral / post doctoral fellows: Nil
c) Students: Nil
30. Seminars/ Conferences/Workshops organized and the source of funding (national
/ international) with details of outstanding participants, if any:
Date Seminar/Workshop Source of Funding Details of Outstanding
(National Participants
/International)
20 May A national seminar on Sahitya Academy,

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2012 ‘Women’s Voice in New Delhi

Santali Literature’
21 May, A national seminar on Sahitya Academy,
2012 ‘Kabi Sandhi’ New Delhi
12 A national seminar on Visva-Bharati
March ‘Santali Education and
2013 Culture’
21-22 A national level Sahitya Academi,
May workshop on "2nd days New Delhi
2012 Translation
Programme"
31. Code of ethics for research followed by the departments:
As per University rules.
32. Student profile programme-wise:
Name of the Selected Pass percentage
Applications
Programme
Received Male Female Male Female
(refer to question no. 4)
UG 25 12
PG 15 08
Ph.D
33. Diversity of students:

% of % of students % of students % of
Name of the
Students from other from students
Programme
From the universities universities from
(refer to question
Same within the outside the other
No. 4)
university State State countries

UG 36.84 63.15
PG 69.56 30.43
Ph.D
34. How many students have cleared Civil Services and Defense Services
examinations, NET, SET, GATE and other competitive examinations? Give
details category-wise:
a) NET:
b) JRF:

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35. Student progression:

Student progression Percentage against enrolled
UG to PG 100%
PG to M.Phil.
PG to Ph.D.
Ph.D. to Post-Doctoral
Employed
• Campus selection
• Other than campus recruitment
Entrepreneurs

36. Diversity of staff:

Percentage of faculty who are graduates
of the same university
from other universities within the State 3
from universities from other States 3
from universities outside the country

37. Number of faculty who were awarded M.Phil., Ph.D., D.Sc. and D.Litt. during the
assessment period:
Awarded Degree No. of Faculty
M.Phil. Nil
Ph.D. Nil
D.Litt Nil
38. Present details of departmental infrastructural facilities with regard to
a) Library: Total 68 nos. of Books and no journal recevied.
b) Internet facilities for staff and students: No
c) Total number of class rooms: 02 nos.
d) Class rooms with ICT facility: No
e) Students’ laboratories: NA
f) Research laboratories: NA
39. List of doctoral, post-doctoral students and Research Associates:
a) from the host institution/university:
b) from other institutions/ universities :
40. Number of post graduate students getting financial assistance from the
university: Nil

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41. Was any need assessment exercise undertaken before the development of new
programme(s)? If so, highlight the methodology: No
42. Does the department obtain feedback from
a. faculty on curriculum as well as teaching-learning-evaluation? If yes, how
does the department utilize the feedback: Yes, by providing the talent and most
useful knowledge and skill to the students.
b. students on staff, curriculum and teaching-learning-evaluation and how does
the department utilize the feedback: By introducing new techniques.
c. alumni and employers on the programmes offered and how does the
department utilize the feedback:
43. List the distinguished alumni of the department (maximum 10): 5
Degree courses started from 2009 onwards only.
44. Give details of student enrichment programmes (special lectures / workshops /
seminar) involving external experts:
Special Lectures:
a) Delivered a lecture by Dr Peteranderson on 24.07.2011 .
b) Delivered a lecture by Sri Karu Majhi on February 04.09.2011.
c) Delivered a lecture by Uday Nath Majhi on 22.09.2011
d) Delivered a lecture by Dr.Subba Rao on 14.02.2011 on the topic Samkalin Hindi
Kavita ka sondarya at Department of Santali.Bhasha Bhavana Visva Bharati
Santiniketan.W.B.
e) Organized a Special Lecture by Sopan Parmanik, Editor, “Lahanti Patrika” held
at Dept. of Santali, B.B., V.B on 25/02/2012.
f) Organized a Special Lecture by Lea Schulte-Droesch, M.A., Ph.D. Student,
Graduate School Theology and Religious Studies, Oude Boteringestraat 38,
9712 GK Groningen The Netherland, University of Groningen on 08/04/2012.
g) Organized a National Symposium on “Women’s Voice in Santali Literature”
collaboration with Department of Santali and Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi held
on 20th May 2012.
h) Organized a “Kabi Sandhi” Programme Organized by collaboration with
Department of Santali and Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi held on 21st May 2012.
i) Organized a Translation Programme Organized by collaboration with
Department of Santali and Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi held on 21stand 22nd
May 2012.
j) Organized a Special by Dr. Boro Baski, Principal, Rolfschoemvs Vidyashram
“The Experience of Translating Raktakarabi” Organized by Jointly Dept. of
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23/02/2013.
k) Organized a Special Lecture by Dr. Ratan Hembrom, Assistant Professor, Dept.
of Santali, Vidyasagar University, Midnapur held at Dept. of Santali, B.B., V.B.
on 25/02/2013.
l) Organized a National Seminar “Santali Education and Culture” held at Singha
Sadana, Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan on 12th March 2013.
m) Organized a Special Lecture by Mr. Birbal Hembrom, Assistant Professor, Dept.
of Santali, Bahragora College, Bahragora, Kolhan University, Chaibasa,
Jharkhand held at Dept. of Santali, B.B., V.B. on 28/03/2013.
45. List the teaching methods adopted by the faculty for different programmes:
a) Micro level teaching
b) E-learning
c) Multimedia Teaching.
46. How does the department ensure that programme objectives are constantly met
and learning outcomes are monitored:
Every Academic year Department of Santali conducting the General Meeting with the
students and teachers of the department to discuss the students feedback and semester
wise results. According to the suggestions made by both faculty and students, the
department is trying to modify the syllabus and teaching methods.
47. Highlight the participation of students and faculty in extension activities:
a) Students participating in the NSS and NCC Programmes.
b) Every year students participating in the Pous Mela, Magh Mela and Ananda
Mela.
c) Faculty members are involving to collect the folk songs and tradition
folkmedicine data’s from the santal villages in and around Santiniketan.
d) Faculties of our Department actively participating the Development of ol-chiki
script with the help of various Santal organisation.
48. Give details of “beyond syllabus scholarly activities” of the department:
Mr. Mansaram Murmu active performer of Drama.
49. State whether the programme / department is accredited / graded by other
agencies? If yes, give details: Nil
50. Briefly highlight the contributions of the department in generating new
knowledge, basic or applied:
Department of Santali Collaborated with Govt. of India to Develop a Santali
Dictionary, Linguistic tools and E-learning materials.

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51. Detail five major Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Challenges (SWOC)
of the department:
a) Strengths:
i) Innovative Teaching-Learning and Evaluation methods.
ii) Feedback from all stake holders
iii) Holistic approach to education to create a class of intellectually, morally and
spiritually sound and committed citizens.
iv) To build teamwork, sportsmanship and leadership qualities, students are
encouraged to participate in various extracurricular activities.
v) The Memorandum of Understanding with Yunnan University, China
facilitate the visit of Chinese teachers to the Department at regular interval
and help in improving the overall Chinese ability of the students and faculty
member to a large extent.
b) Weaknesses:
i) Infrastructure, lack of technical staffs and non technical staff.
c) Opportunities:
i) Research, to develop a folk research institute.
d) Challenges:
i) To fulfil the expectation of the students.
ii) Creating the Job Opportunities.
iii) E-Learning.
52. Future plans of the department:
a) To start M. phil and Phd Programme.
b) Proposed to start the Folk Research Institute.

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Bhasha-Bhavana

Evaluative Report of the Department of

Arabic, Persian, Urdu & Islamic Studies

1. Name of the Department : Arabic, Persian, Urdu & Islamic Studies

2. Year of establishment : 1928
3. Is the Department part of a School/Faculty of the university? Yes, Bhasha-
Bhavana
4. Names of programmes offered (UG, PG, M.Phil., Ph.D., integrated Masters;
Integrated Ph.D., D.Sc., D.Litt., etc.) :
U.G., P.G., Ph.D. and D.Litt.
5. Interdisciplinary programmes and departments involved : Ph.D. (Philosophy)
6. Courses in collaboration with other universities, industries, foreign institutions,
etc.: No
7. Details of programmes discontinued, if any, with reasons: No
8. Examination System: Semester System.
9. Participation of the department in the courses offered by other departments:
Undergraduate students of the department opt various subjects offered by other
departments of the university as subsidiary and non credit courses such as history,
education, Tagore studies, environmental science etc. Similarly students of the other
departments also take subject as subsidiary such as Arabic offered by this Dept.
10. Number of teaching posts sanctioned, filled and actual (Professors/ Associate
Professors/ Asst. Professors/ others) :
Actual (including CAS
Sanctioned Filled
& MPS)
Professor 1 1 1
Associate Professors 2 1 1
Asst. Professors 3 3 3
Others - - -

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Bhasha-Bhavana
11. Faculty profile with name, qualification, designation, area of specialization,
experience and research under guidance :
a) Name : Prof. Niaz Ahmad Khan
Qualification : Ph.D
Designation : Professor
Specialization : Classical and Modern Persian Literature and
Translation
No. of Years of Experience : 27
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : 06
b) Name : Dr. Wasif Ahmad
Qualification : Ph.D
Designation : Associate Professor
Specialization : Modern Persian Short Story
No. of Years of Experience : 11
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : 03
c) Name : Dr. Md. Faique
Qualification : Ph.D
Designation : Assistant Professor (Stage-II)
Specialization : Modern Persian Drama
No. of Years of Experience : 14
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : 04
d) Name : Dr. Aurangzeb Azmi
Qualification : Ph.D
Designation : Assistant Professor (Stage-I)
Specialization : (1) Pre-Islamic Arab World (2) Classical
Literature (3) Contributions of India/Indians
to the Arabic Lang. & Lit. (4) Translation
(from Arabic into English & Urdu & vise-
versa)
No. of Years of Experience : 04
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : Nil

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e) Name : Dr. Atiqur Rahman
Qualification : Ph.D.
Designation : Assistant Professor (Stage-I)
Specialization : Modern Persian Language, Literature and
Translation
No. of Years of Experience : 02
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : Nil
12. List of senior Visiting Fellows, adjunct faculty, emeritus professors:
The department is planning for an arrangement of a visiting professor.
13. Percentage of classes taken by temporary faculty — programme-wise: NA
14. Programme-wise Student Teacher Ratio :
a) UG : 5.4:1
b) PG : 1:5
c) Ph.D : 6.2:1
15. Number of academic support staff (technical) and administrative staff sanctioned,
filled and actual:
The department doesn’t have any support staff (technical) and administrative staff.
16. Research thrust areas as recognized by major funding agencies:
Islamic history and culture and Arabic, Persian and Urdu language and literature.
(Research works are carried out in the Dept. on the above noted areas without funding
of any funding agency)
17. Number of faculty with ongoing projects from a) national b) international
funding agencies and c) Total grants received. Give the names of the project title
and grants received project-wise:
a) National funding agencies:
b) International funding agencies:
There is no project in the department funded by other agencies.
18. Inter-institutional collaborative projects and associated grants
a) National collaboration:
b) International collaboration:
There is no Inter-institutional collaborative project and associate grants in the Dept.
19. Departmental projects funded by DST-FIST; UGC-SAP/CAS, DPE; DBT,
ICSSR, AICTE, etc.; total grants received: Nil

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20. Research facility / centre with
a) state recognition : None b) national recognition: None
c) international recognition: None
21. Special research laboratories sponsored by / created by industry or corporate
bodies: NA
22. Publications:
a) No. of papers published in peer reviewed journals (national/
international): – 33
(Prof. N.A. Khan: 1, Dr. Wasif Ahmad:6,Dr. Aurangzeb Azmi:18,Dr.Atiqur
Rahman:8)
b) Monographs: Nil
c) Chapters in Books: 18
(Dr. Aurangzeb Azmi:17 & Dr. Md. Atiqur Rahman:1)
d) Edited Books: 01
(Dr. Aurangzeb Azmi: 1)
e) Books with ISBN with details of publishers:
Dr. Wasif Ahmad – 02
i) ISBN 978-81-87469-003 & ISBN 978-81-87469-004, Nice books, 3-
Rashid market ext., Parwana road, Delhi-51
Dr. Aurangzeb Azmi – 02
i) ISBN 978-81-922739-9-0, al-Kitab Internation, Jamia Nagar, New Delhi-
25, 2013
ii) Islamic Wonders Bureau, New Delhi, 2011/ISBN 81-87763-82-5.
f) Number listed in International Database (For e.g. Web of Science, Scopus,
Humanities International Complete, Dare Database International Social
Sciences Directory, EBSCO host, etc.): Nil
g) Citation Index — range / average: Nil
h) SNIP: N.A
i) SIR: N.A
j) Impact Factor — range / average: N.A
k) h-index: N.A
23. Details of patents and income generated: N.A.
24. Areas of consultancy and income generated: N.A.

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25. Faculty selected nationally / internationally to visit other laboratories /
institutions / industries in India and abroad:
Dr. Aurangzeb Azmi, Assistant Professor.(stage-l) attended and presented a research
papers in a symposium at Muscat, Oman and at Jagannath University, Dhaka,
Bangladesh.
26. Faculty serving in
a) National committees:
Dr. Aurangzeb Azmi –
i) Member, All India Educational Movement, New Delhi, India.
ii) Secretary, NHF, Jamia Nagar, New Delhi, India.
Dr. Atiqur Rahman –
i) Life member of All India Oriental Conference (AIOC).
ii) Life member of Iran Society, Kolkata.
iii) Life member of All India Oriental Conference.
b) International committees:
c) Editorial Boards:
Dr. Aurangzeb Azmi –
i) Editor of Majalla-tul-Hind, Arabic quarterly published from India.
ii) Member, Editorial Board of Member, Board of Editor, Hazara Islamicus,
Pakistan.
Dr. Atiqur Rahman –
i) Life member of Fikr-o-Nazar, “Urdu Quarterly Journal” Aligarh Muslim
University, Aligarh.
ii) Life member of Urdu monthly magazine “Tehzib-ul-Akhlaque” Aligarh
Muslim University, Aligarh.
d) Any other (please specify): None
27. Faculty recharging strategies (UGC, ASC, Refresher / orientation programs,
workshops, training programs and similar programs):
a) 2 faculty members named Dr.Wasif Ahmad and Dr.Atiqur Rahman Participated
in the UGC-Sponsored Refresher Course in Research Methodology in Oriental
Studies (Persian) organized by UGC- Academic Staff College, Aligarh Muslim
University, Aligarh-202002 during 21st August to 10th September, 2013.
b) Dr.Atiqur Rahman Participated in the UGC-Sponsored Orientation programme
organized by UGC- Academic Staff College, JMI, Delhi-110025 during 16th July
to 13th August, 2012.
28. Student projects:
a) percentage of students who have done in-house projects including
interdepartmental projects: Nil

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b) percentage of students doing projects in collaboration with other
universities / industry / institute: Nil
29. Awards / recognitions received at the national and international level by
a) Faculty:
Dr. Wasif Ahmad –
i) Dr. Wasif Ahmad was presented Rashtriya Gaurav Award: Certificate of
Excellence for meritorious services, outstanding performance, remarkable
role and achievements in the field of concerned language and literature by
India International Friendship Society, a non-governmental society of
repute, C-23/21st floor, Goel business chamber, Connaught place, New
Delhi-1, India on 11th November, 2011.
b) Doctoral / post doctoral fellows: Nil
c) Students: Nil
30. Seminars/ Conferences/Workshops organized and the source of funding (national
/ international) with details of outstanding participants, if any:
a) Nezam Endowment lecture entitled “Impact of Islam and Sufism on Indian
religious movements with special reference to Sikhism and Barhamo Samaj”
delivered by Prof. Hafiz Mohammad Tahir Ali was organized in the department on
4.2.2013.
31. Code of ethics for research followed by the departments: The department strictly
follows the rules and regulations of Ph.D. ordinance, 2009. After successful
completion of one semester course work students are finally allowed to pursue their
research work.
32. Student profile programme-wise:
Name of the Selected Pass percentage
Applications
Programme
Received Male Female Male Female
(refer to question no. 4)
UG Applications are received by 4 0 4 0
the central admission
Committee of the university
PG Do 0 0 0
Ph.D. Do 11 2

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33. Diversity of students:
% of % of students % of students % of
Name of the
Students from other from students
Programme
From the universities universities from
(refer to question
Same within the outside the other
No. 4)
university State State countries
UG 100 - - -
PG - - - -
Ph.D 12.90 3.22 22.58 nil
34. How many students have cleared Civil Services and Defense Services
examinations, NET, SET, GATE and other competitive examinations? Give
details category-wise: Nil
35. Student progression:
Student progression Percentage against enrolled
UG to PG 100%
PG to M.Phil. N.A
PG to Ph.D. 40%
Ph.D. to Post-Doctoral 0
Employed Nil
• Campus selection
• Other than campus recruitment
Entrepreneurs

36. Diversity of staff:

Percentage of faculty who are graduates
of the same university Nil
from other universities within the State Nil
from universities from other States 100%
from universities outside the country Nil

37. Number of faculty who were awarded M.Phil., Ph.D., D.Sc. and D.Litt. during the
assessment period:
Awarded Degree No. of Faculty
M.Phil. Nil
Ph.D. Nil
D.Litt Nil

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38. Present details of departmental infrastructural facilities with regard to

a) Library: one departmental library with around two hundred forty five books.
b) Internet facilities for staff and students: Nil.
c) Total number of class rooms: 05
d) Class rooms with ICT facility: Nil
e) Students’ laboratories: Nil
f) Research laboratories: Nil
39. List of doctoral, post-doctoral students and Research Associates:
a) from the host institution/university’: 08
b) from other institutions/ universities : 23
40. Number of post graduate students getting financial assistance from the
university: Nil
41. Was any need assessment exercise undertaken before the development of new
programme(s)? If so, highlight the methodology:
Yes, Discussion with the external members of the BOS.
42. Does the department obtain feedback from
a. faculty on curriculum as well as teaching-learning-evaluation? If yes, how
does the department utilize the feedback: Yes, Feedback is obtained from the
faculty members with regular meetings and evaluation of students’ progress.
b. students on staff, curriculum and teaching-learning-evaluation and how does
the department utilize the feedback: Interaction with the students and
observation of their study.
c. alumni and employers on the programmes offered and how does the
department utilize the feedback:
43. List the distinguished alumni of the department (maximum 10):
a) Prof. Hafiz Md. Tahir Ali
b) Dr. Md. Faique
c) Dr. Sirajul Islam
d) Dr.Nurul Islam
e) Dr. Shamsuddin
f) Dr. Akbar Ali Mollick
g) Dr. Maula Baksh Khan
h) Mohd. Raghib Hasan
i) Ms. Sahela Begum
j) Mrs.Chandrani Das
44. Give details of student enrichment programmes (special lectures / workshops /

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seminar) involving external experts:
Endowment lectures are organized regularly in the department.
45. List the teaching methods adopted by the faculty for different programmes:
Translation, interaction, oration and assimilation with the students.
46. How does the department ensure that programme objectives are constantly met
and learning outcomes are monitored:
Direct teaching, continuous internal assessment throughout the semester such as
internal assessment test and assignments; interaction, oration and assimilation with the
students. Syllabus contains classical as well as modern Persian language with much
emphasis on translation from Persian in to English and vice versa.
47. Highlight the participation of students and faculty in extension activities:
Prof. N.A. Khan Conducted 15th August 2012 Independence Day & 26th Jan 2013,
Republic Day ceremonial parade.
48. Give details of “beyond syllabus scholarly activities” of the department:
Other than teaching the faculties are actively taking part in academic pursuits like
attending seminars, symposiums, writing research papers and books on varied subjects.
49. State whether the programme / department is accredited / graded by other
agencies? If yes, give details: No.
50. Briefly highlight the contributions of the department in generating new
knowledge, basic or applied:
The department gives more emphasis on interdisciplinary subjects finding common
thread of rapprochements among different pursuits of thoughts on the basis of Sufism.
51. Detail five major Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Challenges (SWOC)
of the department:
Strengths:
Teaching and research in classical languages such as Arabic and Persian, modern
Indian language such as Urdu and Islamic history and culture.
Weaknesses:
Lack of non-teaching, technical, librarian for the departmental library, and group D
staff members in the dept.
Opportunities:
The dept. conducts research on varied subjects. The department gives more emphasis
on humanistic elements of the composite culture that may lead towards better
understanding among people of diverse ideologies. The department gives more
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opportunities are there like job opportunities for the students of the dept.
Challenges:
The dept. faces the lack of non-teaching, technical, librarian for the departmental
library, administrative and group D staff members.
52. Future plans of the department:
The department is striving hard to evolve itself as a Centre of excellence for Indo
central and west Asian studies. For that reason it is very much eager to have teaching
facility of Turkish and Pashto languages.

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Evaluative Report of the Department of Assamese Language

1. Name of the Department : Assamese Language

2. Year of establishment : 2007
3. Is the Department part of a School/Faculty of the university? Yes, Bhasha-
Bhavana
4. Names of programmes offered (UG, PG, M.Phil., Ph.D., integrated Masters;
Integrated Ph.D., D.Sc., D.Litt., etc.) :
Certificate Course, Diploma & Ph.D (going to start from this year)
5. Interdisciplinary programmes and departments involved: Translation of
Rabindranath Tagore & Comparative Study with Hindi Department of the University.
6. Courses in collaboration with other universities, industries, foreign institutions,
etc.: No
7. Details of programmes discontinued, if any, with reasons: No
8. Examination System: Annual.
9. Participation of the department in the courses offered by other departments:
Allied Courses.
10. Number of teaching posts sanctioned, filled and actual (Professors/ Associate
Professors/ Asst. Professors/ others) :
Actual (including CAS
Sanctioned Filled
& MPS)
Professor
Associate Professors
Asst. Professors 01 01 01
Others
11. Faculty profile with name, qualification, designation, area of specialization,
experience and research under guidance :
a) Name : Dr. Sangita Saikia
Qualification : M.A., Ph.D
Designation : Assistant Professor

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Specialization : Assamese Language, Literature & Culture;

Tribal & Folk Culture
No. of Years of Experience : 06
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : Nil
12. List of senior Visiting Fellows, adjunct faculty, emeritus professors:
Prof. Dipti Phukan Patgiri, HoD, Dept of Assamese, Gauhati University, Prof.
Satyendra Narayan Goswami, Tagore Professor, Dept of MIL, Gauhati University,
Prof. Umesh Deka, Director, Centre for North East Studies, Gauhati University, etc.
13. Percentage of classes taken by temporary faculty — programme-wise:
Nil
14. Programme-wise Student Teacher Ratio : Nil
a) UG: e) D.Litt:
b) PG: f) CC:
c) M.Phil: g) FCC
d) Ph.D: h) Diploma:
15. Number of academic support staff (technical) and administrative staff sanctioned,
filled and actual: Nil

16. Research thrust areas as recognized by major funding agencies:

Proposal has been given to do collaborative works with Central Institute of Indian
Languages, Mysore for Linguistic Research.
17. Number of faculty with ongoing projects from a) national b) international
funding agencies and c) Total grants received. Give the names of the project title
and grants received project-wise: Nil
18. Inter-institutional collaborative projects and associated grants
a) National collaboration:
Organizing a Two Day’s National Seminar in collaboration with Central
Institute of Indian Languages, Mysore .
b) International collaboration: Nil
19. Departmental projects funded by DST-FIST; UGC-SAP/CAS, DPE; DBT,
ICSSR, AICTE, etc.; total grants received: No
20. Research facility / centre with
a) state recognition : No b) national recognition: No
c) international recognition: No

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21. Special research laboratories sponsored by / created by industry or corporate

bodies: No
22. Publications:
a) No. of papers published in peer reviewed journals (national/
international): –
i) Dr. Sangita Saikia - 04
b) Monographs: Nil
c) Chapters in Books:
Dr. Sangita Saikia –
i) Deuri Bhaxar Dhvanitattva, Rupatattva aru Bakyatattva(Phonology,
Morphology and Syntax of Deuri Language), Axamiya aru axamar bhaxa,
(Ed. Dr P Basumatary & Dr B Das), 2010.
ii) Deuri, Asomar Bhasha, Peoples Linguistic Survey of India (Ed.
G.N.Debi), Vol-V, Part-II), 2013.
d) Edited Books: Nil
e) Books with ISBN with details of publishers:
f) Number listed in International Database (For e.g. Web of Science, Scopus,
Humanities International Complete, Dare Database International Social
Sciences Directory, EBSCO host, etc.):
g) Citation Index — range / average:
h) SNIP:
i) SIR:
j) Impact Factor — range / average:
k) h-index:
23. Details of patents and income generated: Nil
24. Areas of consultancy and income generated: Nil
25. Faculty selected nationally / internationally to visit other laboratories /
institutions / industries in India and abroad:
Dr. Sangita Saikia –
a) Invited by Student Counselling Cell of Demow College, Sivasagar, Assam to
deliver a lecture on “Higher Education Outside Assam” on 18-10-2011.
b) Invited by Madhya Kamrup College, Subha, Chenga, Barpeta, Assam as Resource
Person in a UGC Sponsored National Seminar on Importance of Women
Education for the Upliftment of Rural Society, 2011.

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26. Faculty serving in

a) National committees:
Dr. Sangita Saikia –
i) Served as a Language Expert in National Testing Scheme, CIIL, Mysore.
ii) Served as a Language Expert in Grant in Aid Committee, CIIL, Mysore.
b) International committees:
c) Editorial Boards:
Dr. Sangita Saikia –
i) Edited Assamese Books in Children Literature Translation Project by
EMESCO, Hyderabad.
d) Any other (please specify):
27. Faculty recharging strategies (UGC, ASC, Refresher / orientation programs,
workshops, training programs and similar programs):
Dr. Sangita Saikia –
a) UGC Sponsored Orientation Course in ASC, University of Burdwan, 10th
January-6th February, 2012
b) UGC Sponsored Refresher Course in ASC, University of Gauhati, 28th May-
17th June, 2012.
c) UGC Sponsored Refresher Course in ASC, University of Gauhati, 24th June-
14th July, 2013.
28. Student projects:
a) percentage of students who have done in-house projects including
interdepartmental projects:
i) 50% Students are representing the university in sports.
ii) 33% students are doing Ph.D in other departments of the university.
b) percentage of students doing projects in collaboration with other universities /
industry / institute: No
29. Awards / recognitions received at the national and international level by
a) Faculty:
b) Doctoral / post doctoral fellows:
c) Students:
30. Seminars/ Conferences/Workshops organized and the source of funding (national
/ international) with details of outstanding participants, if any:
a) Organized a Two Days National Seminar on “Impact of Ravindranath on Indian
Literature’’ in Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan on 07 th & 08th March 2013.
b) Organizing a National Seminar on “Impact of Globalization on Tribal Language
Literature & Culture” on 20 th & 21st February, 2014 in Visva-Bharati with

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collaboration of Central Institute of Indian Languages, Mysore.

31. Code of ethics for research followed by the departments:
As per University rules.
32. Student profile programme-wise:
Name of the Selected Pass percentage
Applications
Programme
Received Male Female Male Female
(refer to question no. 4)
Certificate 05 01 80% 100%
Diploma Nil Nil
Ph.D
33. Diversity of students:
% of % of students % of students % of
Name of the
Students from other from students
Programme
From the universities universities from
(refer to question
Same within the outside the other
No. 4)
university State State countries
Certificate 100%
Diploma 100% 100%
Ph.D
34. How many students have cleared Civil Services and Defense Services
examinations, NET, SET, GATE and other competitive examinations? Give
details category-wise: No
35. Student progression:
Student progression Percentage against enrolled
UG to PG
PG to M.Phil.
PG to Ph.D.
Ph.D. to Post-Doctoral
Employed
• Campus selection
• Other than campus recruitment
Entrepreneurs
36. Diversity of staff:
Percentage of faculty who are graduates
of the same university Nil

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from other universities within the State Nil

from universities from other States 01
from universities outside the country Nil

37. Number of faculty who were awarded M.Phil., Ph.D., D.Sc. and D.Litt. during the
assessment period:
Awarded Degree No. of Faculty
M.Phil. Nil
Ph.D. 01
D.Litt Nil
38. Present details of departmental infrastructural facilities with regard to
a) Library: Departmental Library having 38 nos. of books and 01 Journal.
b) Internet facilities for staff and students: Yes
c) Total number of class rooms: 01
d) Class rooms with ICT facility: No
e) Students’ laboratories: No
f) Research laboratories: No
39. List of doctoral, post-doctoral students and Research Associates:
a) from the host institution/university:
b) from other institutions/ universities :
40. Number of post graduate students getting financial assistance from the
university: One
41. Was any need assessment exercise undertaken before the development of new
programme(s)? If so, highlight the methodology: Yes, before developing the new
syllabus the utility and easy to learn method has been reviewed by experts.
42. Does the department obtain feedback from
a. faculty on curriculum as well as teaching-learning-evaluation? If yes, how
does the department utilize the feedback: Yes, by recovering method of
teaching.
b. students on staff, curriculum and teaching-learning-evaluation and how does
the department utilize the feedback: By introducing new techniques.
c. alumni and employers on the programmes offered and how does the
department utilize the feedback:
43. List the distinguished alumni of the department (maximum 10):
a) Indrajit Saha
b) Jayanta Das

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c) Prof. G. Mohanty
44. Give details of student enrichment programmes (special lectures / workshops /
seminar) involving external experts:
a) Organized a Two Days National Seminar on “Impact of Rabindranath on Indian
Literature’’ in Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan on 07 th & 08th March 2013.
b) Organizing a National Seminar on “Impact of Globalization on Tribal Language
Literature & Culture” on 20 th & 21 st February, 2014 in Visva-Bharati with
collaboration of Central Institute of Indian Languages, Mysore.
45. List the teaching methods adopted by the faculty for different programmes:
Audio Visual equipments, e-learning, along with other traditional methods.
46. How does the department ensure that programme objectives are constantly met
and learning outcomes are monitored:
The department is involved with some translation projects along with comparative
study. The main objective of this department is national integration. Students are
improving themselves to learn a language other than mother tongue and it contributes
to national integration.
47. Highlight the participation of students and faculty in extension activities:
The faculty and students are continuously improving themselves with active
participation in other academic and research activities or sports.
48. Give details of “beyond syllabus scholarly activities” of the department:
Dr. Sangita Saikia:
a) Invited by Student Counselling Cell of Demow College, Sivasagar, Assam to
deliver a lecture on “Higher Education Outside Assam” on 18-10-2011.
b) Invited by Madhya Kamrup College, Subha, Chenga, Barpeta, Assam as
Resource Person in a UGC Sponsored National Seminar on Importance of
Women Education for the Upliftment of Rural Society, 2011.
c) As a Convener organized a two days National Seminar on “Impact of
Rabindranath on Indian Literature”, with Marathi & Tamil Language Units of
Bhasha-Bhavana, Visva-Bharati, 7th & 8th March, 2013.
49. State whether the programme / department is accredited / graded by other
agencies? If yes, give details: No
50. Briefly highlight the contributions of the department in generating new
knowledge, basic or applied:
Through its syllabus and other activities the department has been generating new
knowledge to learn a new language, literature and culture to the students- learners and
other scholars. With the active involvement the department is translating books and

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representing the state, its language, literature and Culture and working for national
integration.
51. Detail five major Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Challenges (SWOC)
of the department:
a) Strengths:
The students from different age and qualification category is the main strength to
promote a different language, literature and culture. The department is trying to
enrich the students and the institution with innovative Teaching-Learning and
Evaluation methods for the learner’s other than mother tongue.
b) Weaknesses:
Only faculty, without any technical staff is the major weakness of the department.
c) Opportunities:
The vast area of translation and comparative study is the major opportunity of the
department. This is place to promote, compare, learn and teach different
languages, literature and culture.
d) Challenges:
The students from different age and qualification group. Teaching a language other
than mother tongue is also very challenging for the faculty.
52. Future plans of the department:
Going to start Ph.D, M.Phil & UG Course and certificate course for national & foreign
students.

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Evaluative Report of the Department of Marathi

1. Name of the Department : Marathi

2. Year of establishment : 1982
3. Is the Department part of a School/Faculty of the university? Yes, Bhasha-
Bhavana
4. Names of programmes offered (UG, PG, M.Phil., Ph.D., integrated Masters;
Integrated Ph.D., D.Sc., D.Litt., etc.) :
Certificate Course, Diploma & Advanced Diploma.
5. Interdisciplinary programmes and departments involved: Nil
6. Courses in collaboration with other universities, industries, foreign institutions,
etc.: Nil
7. Details of programmes discontinued, if any, with reasons: No
8. Examination System: Annual.
9. Participation of the department in the courses offered by other departments:
Participating in to the PG level teaching of Hindi Department.
10. Number of teaching posts sanctioned, filled and actual (Professors/ Associate
Professors/ Asst. Professors/ others) :
Actual (including CAS
Sanctioned Filled
& MPS)
Professor
Associate Professors
Asst. Professors 01 01 01
Others
11. Faculty profile with name, qualification, designation, area of specialization,
experience and research under guidance :
a) Name : Ranvir Sumedh Bhagwan
Qualification : M.A., M.Phil, NET
Designation : Assistant Professor
Specialization : Comparative Literature, Creative & Feminist
Writings

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No. of Years of Experience : 04

No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : Nil
12. List of senior Visiting Fellows, adjunct faculty, emeritus professors: Nil
13. Percentage of classes taken by temporary faculty — programme-wise:
14. Programme-wise Student Teacher Ratio :
a) Certificate : 34:1
b) Diploma : 34:1
c) Adv. Diploma : 34:1
15. Number of academic support staff (technical) and administrative staff sanctioned,
filled and actual: Nil

16. Research thrust areas as recognized by major funding agencies: Nil

17. Number of faculty with ongoing projects from a) national b) international
funding agencies and c) Total grants received. Give the names of the project title
and grants received project-wise: Nil
18. Inter-institutional collaborative projects and associated grants
a) National collaboration: Nil
b) International collaboration: Nil
19. Departmental projects funded by DST-FIST; UGC-SAP/CAS, DPE; DBT,
ICSSR, AICTE, etc.; total grants received: Nil
20. Research facility / centre with
a) state recognition : No b) national recognition: No
c) international recognition: No
21. Special research laboratories sponsored by / created by industry or corporate
bodies: No
22. Publications:
a) No. of papers published in peer reviewed journals (national/
international): –
i) Ranvir Sumedh Bhagwan - 02
b) Monographs: Nil
c) Chapters in Books:
d) Edited Books: Nil
e) Books with ISBN with details of publishers:
f) Number listed in International Database (For e.g. Web of Science, Scopus,

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Humanities International Complete, Dare Database International Social

Sciences Directory, EBSCO host, etc.):
g) Citation Index — range / average:
h) SNIP:
i) SIR:
j) Impact Factor — range / average:
k) h-index:
23. Details of patents and income generated:
24. Areas of consultancy and income generated:
25. Faculty selected nationally / internationally to visit other laboratories /
institutions / industries in India and abroad: Nil
26. Faculty serving in
a) National committees:
b) International committees:
c) Editorial Boards:
d) Any other (please specify):
27. Faculty recharging strategies (UGC, ASC, Refresher / orientation programs,
workshops, training programs and similar programs):
Ranvir Sumedh Bhagwan –
a) Participated & Obtained Grade –“A” in 64th Orientation Programme U.G.C.
Academic Staff College, Ranchi University, Ranchi.(Jharkhand) From 04 July
2011 to 31 July 2011.
b) Participated & Obtained Grade –“A” Refresher Course in Linguistic U.G.C.
Academic Staff College, Ranchi University, Ranchi.(Jharkhand) From.29th July
to 18 Aug.2013.
28. Student projects:
a) percentage of students who have done in-house projects including
interdepartmental projects: No
b) percentage of students doing projects in collaboration with other universities /
industry / institute: No
29. Awards / recognitions received at the national and international level by
a) Faculty:
b) Doctoral / post doctoral fellows:
c) Students:

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30. Seminars/ Conferences/Workshops organized and the source of funding (national

/ international) with details of outstanding participants, if any:
a) Organized a Two Days National Seminar “ Impact of Ravindranath on Indian
Literature’’Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan on 07 th &08 th March 2013.
b) Organized a Two Days National Seminar “ Impact of globalization on Tribal
language literature and cultutre” Visva Bharati collaboration with CIIL,Myosore
on 20th & 21st March 2014.
31. Code of ethics for research followed by the departments:
Certificate , Diploma and advance Diploma courses offered only.
32. Student profile programme-wise:
Name of the Selected Pass percentage
Applications
Programme
Received Male Female Male Female
(refer to question no. 4)
Certificate 01
Diploma 01
Adv. Diploma
33. Diversity of students:
% of % of students % of students % of
Name of the
Students from other from students
Programme
From the universities universities from
(refer to question
Same within the outside the other
No. 4)
university State State countries
Certificate 100%
Diploma 100%
Adv. Diploma
34. How many students have cleared Civil Services and Defense Services
examinations, NET, SET, GATE and other competitive examinations? Give
details category-wise: No
35. Student progression:
Student progression Percentage against enrolled
UG to PG
PG to M.Phil.
PG to Ph.D.
Ph.D. to Post-Doctoral
Employed
• Campus selection

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• Other than campus recruitment

Entrepreneurs

36. Diversity of staff:

Percentage of faculty who are graduates
of the same university
from other universities within the State
from universities from other States 01
from universities outside the country

37. Number of faculty who were awarded M.Phil., Ph.D., D.Sc. and D.Litt. during the
assessment period:
Awarded Degree No. of Faculty
M.Phil. Nil
Ph.D. 01
D.Litt Nil
38. Present details of departmental infrastructural facilities with regard to
a) Library:
b) Internet facilities for staff and students: Yes
c) Total number of class rooms: 01
d) Class rooms with ICT facility:
e) Students’ laboratories: No
f) Research laboratories: No
39. List of doctoral, post-doctoral students and Research Associates:
a) from the host institution/university:
b) from other institutions/ universities :
40. Number of post graduate students getting financial assistance from the
university:
41. Was any need assessment exercise undertaken before the development of new
programme(s)? If so, highlight the methodology: No
42. Does the department obtain feedback from
a. faculty on curriculum as well as teaching-learning-evaluation? If yes, how
does the department utilize the feedback: Yes, Changing syllabus and by
restructuring the techinmg method.
b. students on staff, curriculum and teaching-learning-evaluation and how does
the department utilize the feedback: By introducing new techniques.

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c. alumni and employers on the programmes offered and how does the
department utilize the feedback:
43. List the distinguished alumni of the department (maximum 10): Nil
44. Give details of student enrichment programmes (special lectures / workshops /
seminar) involving external experts:
a) Organized a Two Days National Seminar “ Impact of Ravindranath on Indian
Literature’’Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan on 07 th &08 th March 2013.
45. List the teaching methods adopted by the faculty for different programmes:
Audio-visual and practical.
46. How does the department ensure that programme objectives are constantly met
and learning outcomes are monitored:
Every year department is conducting the meeting with the students and experts from
various departments. From the meeting, suggestion made by members are clearly
noted by the concern faculties to develop the new curriculum.
47. Highlight the participation of students and faculty in extension activities:
Ranvir Sumedh Bhagwan –
a) One lecture on “Role of Vijay Tendulkar in Indian literature” held by Dept.of
Hindi .West Bengal State University, Barasaat, Kolkatta.
b) Two Lectures on “Impact of Buddha’s philosophy on the literature of Saints”
held by Vivekanand Gurukul, Hingoli,(M.S) .
c) Two lecture on “Tagore’s Naturalism in Education “held by N.W.college,
Balapur, (M.S).
48. Give details of “beyond syllabus scholarly activities” of the department:
Ranvir Sumedh Bhagwan –
a) Feb.2011. Paper presented on ‘Study of Social vision in the poetry (Abhang) of
Sant.Tukaram’in National Conference on “Study of Sant.Tukaram’s whole
lietature” held by Srasvati Mahavidyalaya, Kinwat (Maharashtra).
b) March 2012. Paper presented on ‘Importance of Santali Language as a Medium
in primary Education’ in the Two Days International seminar on ‘Santali
education and culture ‘held by Dept.of Santali,S.K.M.University, Dumka,
Jharkhand.
c) Dec.2012. Paper presented on ‘Kashinath Sing ki kahaniya aur Banaras’
(Hindi)in the One Day National seminar on ‘kashinath sing ke rachnakram par
kendrit rashtriy sangoshthi’ held by “Prayas” Asansol (W.B)
d) Dec. 2012. Paper presented on “Uttam kamble yanche Aatmpar lekhan”
(Marathi) in the Two Days National seminar on “Uttam Kamble Vyakti aani

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Vangmay” held in the Dept. of Marathi, Jay bhavani College Beed. (M.S)
e) Feb.2012. Paper presented on “Tarabai Shinde’s Women-Men comparison: A
Milestone of Indian Feminism” in the two days National seminar on “Feminism
in Odia fiction: Indian Perspective” Organised by Dept.of Odia, Visva-Bharati
University, Shantiniketan (W.B).
f) Feb.2012. Paper presented on “ Importance of Mother Tongue in Education” in
the Two Days National seminar on ‘Importance of Mother Tongue in Education’
held by the Dept.of Santali.Visva-Bharati University, Shantiniketan.(W.B).
g) Feb.2013. Paper Presented on “Marathi ke Prakrutiwadi Kavi aur Bhavani
Prasad Mishra” (Hindi) in the One Day National seminar on “Bhavani Prasad
Mishra aur unki Rachna” held by Dept. of Hindi , Maikal Madhusudan
Memorial College , Duragapur (W.B).
h) March 2013. Paper presented on “Marathi aur Hindi ke katha sahity me slam
jivan” (Hindi) in the Two Days National seminar on ‘Hindi Kahani Sahity me
Slam jivan” held by Dept. of Hindi, Karim city College,
Jamshedpur,(Jharkhand).
i) March 2013. Paper presented on “Importance of Santali language in Education”
in the One Day National seminar on “Importance of Mother tongue in
Education” held by Dept. of Santali, Visva-Bharati,Santiniketan (W.B).
j) Septembar 2013. Paper Presented on “Asmitaonki Rajniti aur Rajbhasha Hindi”
in the three Days National seminar on “Rajbhasha Hindi Sambhawnaye aur
Chunotiya” held by Dept.of Hindi and Hindi Prakoshth, Visva-
Bharati,Santiniketan. (W.B)
k) Feb 2012, Participated in National seminar on ‘Rabindra Bichitra’ organised by
Visva-Bharati Adhyapak sabha, Visva-Bharati University, Shantiniketan. (W.B).
l) One lecture on “Role of Vijay Tendulkar in Indian literature” held by Dept.of
Hindi, West Bengal State University, Barasaat, Kolkata.
m) Two Lectures on “Impact of Buddha’s philosophy on the literature of Saints”
held by Vivekanand Gurukul, Hingoli, (M.S).
n) Two lecture on “Tagore’s Naturalism in Education “held by N.W.college,
Balapur, (M.S).
49. State whether the programme / department is accredited / graded by other
agencies? If yes, give details: No
50. Briefly highlight the contributions of the department in generating new
knowledge, basic or applied:
a) Developing the teaching learning techniques in the second language teaching.
b) Creating the teaching modules for second language teaching.

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51. Detail five major Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Challenges (SWOC)
of the department:
a) Strengths:
i) Innovative Teaching-Learning and Evaluation methods.
ii) Feedback from all stake holders.
iii) Holistic approach to education to create a class of intellectually, morally and
spiritually sound and committed citizens.
iv) Sportsmanship and leadership qualities, students are encouraged to
participate in various extra curricular activities.
b) Weaknesses:
i) Lack of man power, lack of UG, PG Courses.
c) Opportunities:
i) Research, developing the teaching MODULES.
d) Challenges:
i) Starting the UG Course, Admissions.
52. Future plans of the department:
Starting UG Course and Certificate Foreign batch.

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Evaluative Report of the Department of Tamil

1. Name of the Department : Tamil

2. Year of establishment : 1982
3. Is the Department part of a School/Faculty of the university? Yes, Bhasha-
Bhavana
4. Names of programmes offered (UG, PG, M.Phil., Ph.D., integrated Masters;
Integrated Ph.D., D.Sc., D.Litt., etc.) :
Certificate Course, Diploma & Advanced Diploma.
5. Interdisciplinary programmes and departments involved: Involved in the teaching
of Hindi Department to teach the PG students.
6. Courses in collaboration with other universities, industries, foreign institutions,
etc.: Nil
7. Details of programmes discontinued, if any, with reasons: No
8. Examination System: Annual.
9. Participation of the department in the courses offered by other departments:
Participating in to the PG level teaching of Hindi Department.
10. Number of teaching posts sanctioned, filled and actual (Professors/ Associate
Professors/ Asst. Professors/ others) :
Actual (including CAS
Sanctioned Filled
& MPS)
Professor
Associate Professors
Asst. Professors 01 01 01
Others
11. Faculty profile with name, qualification, designation, area of specialization,
experience and research under guidance :
a) Name : Senthil Prakash. S
Qualification : M.A.,M.Sc., M.Phil
Designation : Assistant Professor

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Specialization : Comparative Literature & Sangam Literature

No. of Years of Experience : 03
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : Nil
12. List of senior Visiting Fellows, adjunct faculty, emeritus professors: Nil
13. Percentage of classes taken by temporary faculty — programme-wise: No
14. Programme-wise Student Teacher Ratio :
a) Certificate : 34:1
b) Diploma : 34:1
c) Adv. Diploma : 34:1
15. Number of academic support staff (technical) and administrative staff sanctioned,
filled and actual:
Sanctioned Filled Actual
Administrative Staff Nil Nil Nil
Support staff (technical) Nil Nil Nil

16. Research thrust areas as recognized by major funding agencies:

17. Number of faculty with ongoing projects from a) national b) international
funding agencies and c) Total grants received. Give the names of the project title
and grants received project-wise: No
18. Inter-institutional collaborative projects and associated grants
a) National collaboration:
b) International collaboration:
19. Departmental projects funded by DST-FIST; UGC-SAP/CAS, DPE; DBT,
ICSSR, AICTE, etc.; total grants received: No
20. Research facility / centre with
a) state recognition : No b) national recognition: No
c) international recognition: No
21. Special research laboratories sponsored by / created by industry or corporate
bodies: No
22. Publications:
a) No. of papers published in peer reviewed journals (national/
international): –
b) Monographs:
c) Chapters in Books:

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d) Edited Books:
e) Books with ISBN with details of publishers:
Senthil Prakash.S –
i) Tagore on Tamil Literature, published by All India University Tamil
Teachers Association- ISBN: 978 93 80342 573(2013).
ii) Life Management in Tirukural, published by Tiruvalluvar University
College-ISBN: 819 07 7455 7(2013).
iii) A Book of Mirdad and Tamil Philosophy, Published by All India
University Tamil teachers association – ISBN: 978 93 81724 15 6(2012).
f) Number listed in International Database (For e.g. Web of Science, Scopus,
Humanities International Complete, Dare Database International Social
Sciences Directory, EBSCO host, etc.):
g) Citation Index — range / average:
h) SNIP:
i) SIR:
j) Impact Factor — range / average:
k) h-index:
23. Details of patents and income generated: Nil
24. Areas of consultancy and income generated: Not applicable
25. Faculty selected nationally / internationally to visit other laboratories /
institutions / industries in India and abroad:
Senthil Prakash.S –
a) Dec, 2010 – Paper presented on ‘Hero stones' in the Regional Conference held
by TAS and PSG CAS, Coimbatore.
b) May, 2010 – Paper presented on ‘A book of Mirdad and Tamil Psychology’ in
the two days International Conference held by IUTA, Madurai, Tamilnadu.
c) May, 2011 – Paper presented on ‘Pearl Trade in Ancient Tamilnadu' in the two
days International Conference held by IUTA, Madurai, Tamilnadu.
d) Feb, 2011 – Paper presented on ‘Education Psychology in Sangam Literature' in
the National Conference held by KCE, Coimbatore, Tamilnadu.
e) Feb, 2012 – Paper presented on “ Importance of Mother Tongue in Education”
in the Two Days National seminar on ‘Importance of Mother Tongue in
Education’ held by the Dept. of Santali, Visva-Bharati University, Santiniketan
(W.B).
f) May, 2013 – Paper presented on “Tagore on Tamil Literature” the Two Days

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Inter National seminar held in the IUTA, Tamilnadu.

26. Faculty serving in
a) National committees:
Senthil Prakash.S –
i) Member All India University Tamil Teachers Association.
b) International committees:
Senthil Prakash.S –
i) Member Association of Asian Studies USA.
c) Editorial Boards:
Senthil Prakash.S –
i) Editorial Board Member - Journal for Tamil Studies- St.Joseph College,
Trichy, Tamilnadu.
d) Any other (please specify):
27. Faculty recharging strategies (UGC, ASC, Refresher / orientation programs,
workshops, training programs and similar programs):
Senthil Prakash.S –
a) Participated & Obtained Grade –“A” in 64th Orientation Programme U.G.C.
Academic Staff College, Bharathiatr University, Coimbatore, (Tamilnadu) from
02 Feb 2012 to 28 Feb 2012.
28. Student projects:
a) percentage of students who have done in-house projects including
interdepartmental projects: No
b) percentage of students doing projects in collaboration with other
universities / industry / institute: No
29. Awards / recognitions received at the national and international level by
a) Faculty:
b) Doctoral / post doctoral fellows:
c) Students:
30. Seminars/ Conferences/Workshops organized and the source of funding (national
/ international) with details of outstanding participants, if any:
a) Organized a Two Days National Seminar “Impact of Ravindranath on Indian
Literature’’ Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan on 07th &08th March 2013.
b) Organized a Two Days National Seminar “Impact of globalization on Tribal
language literature and culture” Visva Bharati collaboration with CIIL, Myosore
on 20th & 21st March 2014.

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31. Code of ethics for research followed by the departments:

Certificate , Diploma and advance Diploma courses offered only.
32. Student profile programme-wise:
Name of the Selected Pass percentage
Applications
Programme
Received Male Female Male Female
(refer to question no. 4)
Certificate 03 01
Diploma
Adv. Diploma
33. Diversity of students:
% of % of students % of students % of
Name of the
Students from other from students
Programme
From the universities universities from
(refer to question
Same within the outside the other
No. 4)
university State State countries
Certificate 100%
Diploma 100%
Adv. Diploma
34. How many students have cleared Civil Services and Defense Services
examinations, NET, SET, GATE and other competitive examinations? Give
details category-wise: No
35. Student progression:
Student progression Percentage against enrolled
UG to PG Nil
PG to M.Phil.
PG to Ph.D.
Ph.D. to Post-Doctoral
Employed
• Campus selection
• Other than campus recruitment
Entrepreneurs

36. Diversity of staff:

Percentage of faculty who are graduates
of the same university
from other universities within the State

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from universities from other States 01

from universities outside the country
37. Number of faculty who were awarded M.Phil., Ph.D., D.Sc. and D.Litt. during the
assessment period:
Awarded Degree No. of Faculty
M.Phil. Nil
Ph.D. Nil
D.Litt Nil
38. Present details of departmental infrastructural facilities with regard to
a) Library:
b) Internet facilities for staff and students: Yes
c) Total number of class rooms: 01
d) Class rooms with ICT facility:
e) Students’ laboratories: No
f) Research laboratories: No
39. List of doctoral, post-doctoral students and Research Associates:
a) from the host institution/university:
b) from other institutions/ universities :
40. Number of post graduate students getting financial assistance from the
university:
41. Was any need assessment exercise undertaken before the development of new
programme(s)? If so, highlight the methodology: No
42. Does the department obtain feedback from
a. faculty on curriculum as well as teaching-learning-evaluation? If yes, how
does the department utilize the feedback: Yes, by changing syllabus and
restructuring the techinmg method.
b. students on staff, curriculum and teaching-learning-evaluation and how does
the department utilize the feedback: By introducing new techniques.
c. alumni and employers on the programmes offered and how does the
department utilize the feedback: Nil
43. List the distinguished alumni of the department (maximum 10): Nil
44. Give details of student enrichment programmes (special lectures / workshops /
seminar) involving external experts:
a) Organized a Two Days National Seminar “Impact of Ravindranath on Indian
Literature’’ Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan on 07th &08th March 2013.

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45. List the teaching methods adopted by the faculty for different programmes:
a) Audio – visual method.
b) Micro level teaching.
c) Participating leaching learning method.
46. How does the department ensure that programme objectives are constantly met
and learning outcomes are monitored:
Every year department is conducting the meeting with the students and experts from
various departments. From the meeting, suggestion made by members are clearly
noted by the concern faculties to develop the new curriculum.
47. Highlight the participation of students and faculty in extension activities: Nil
48. Give details of “beyond syllabus scholarly activities” of the department:
Senthil Prakash.S –
a) Dec, 2010 – Paper presented on ‘Hero stones' in the Regional Conference held
by TAS and PSG CAS, Coimbatore.
b) May, 2010 – Paper presented on ‘A book of Mirdad and Tamil Psychology’ in
the two days International Conference held by IUTA, Madurai, Tamilnadu.
c) May, 2011 – Paper presented on ‘Pearl Trade in Ancient Tamilnadu' in the two
days International Conference held by IUTA, Madurai, Tamilnadu.
d) Feb, 2011 – Paper presented on ‘Education Psychology in Sangam Literature' in
the National Conference held by KCE, Coimbatore, Tamilnadu.
e) Feb, 2012 – Paper presented on “Bharati and Woman” in the two days National
seminar on “Feminism in Odia fiction: Indian Perspective” Organised by Dept.
of Odia, Visva-Bharati University, Santiniketan (W.B).
f) Feb, 2012 – Paper presented on “ Importance of Mother Tongue in Education”
in the Two Days National seminar on ‘Importance of Mother Tongue in
Education’ held by the Dept. of Santali, Visva-Bharati University, Santiniketan
(W.B).
g) May, 2013 – Paper presented on “Tagore on Tamil Literature” the Two Days
Inter National seminar held in the IUTA, Tamilnadu.
49. State whether the programme / department is accredited / graded by other
agencies? If yes, give details:
Developing E-Learning modules, creating e- library for second language teaching.
50. Briefly highlight the contributions of the department in generating new
knowledge, basic or applied:

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51. Detail five major Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Challenges (SWOC)
of the department:
a) Strengths:
i) Innovative Teaching-Learning and Evaluation methods.
ii) Feedback from all stake holders.
iii) Holistic approach to education to create a class of intellectually, morally and
spiritually sound and committed citizens.
iv) Sportsmanship and leadership qualities, students are encouraged to
participate in various extra curricular activities.
b) Weaknesses:
i) Lack of man power, lack of UG, PG Courses.
c) Opportunities:
i) Research, developing the teaching MODULES.
d) Challenges:
i) Starting the UG Course, Admissions.
52. Future plans of the department:
Starting UG Course and Certificate Foreign batch.

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Evaluative Report of the Department of Palli Charcha Kendra

1. Name of the Department : Department of Palli Charcha Kendra (Social Studies and
Rural Development)
2. Year of establishment : 1977
3. Is the Department part of a School/Faculty of the university? Yes, under Institute
of Rural Reconstruction (PSV), Visva-Bharati, Sriniketan
4. Names of programmes offered (UG, PG, M.Phil., Ph.D., integrated Masters;
Integrated Ph.D., D.Sc., D.Litt., etc.) :
a) MA in Rural Development (2-years Programme)
b) Ph. D in Social Sciences
5. Interdisciplinary programmes and departments involved : In process.
6. Courses in collaboration with other universities, industries, foreign institutions,
etc.: An Academic curriculum has been introduced in 3rd semester to work in
collaboration with NGO's, Govt. Institutions and Panchayati Raj Institutions at
National and State level.
7. Details of programmes discontinued, if any, with reasons: No Programmes has
been discontinued in last 4 years.
8. Examination System: Semester System
9. Participation of the department in the courses offered by other departments :
Faculties contribute to courses of different departments of this university-namely-
a) Department of Economics and Politics, Visva-Bharati – Dr. Santanu Rakshit.
b) Department of Environmental Science, Visva-Bharati – Dr. M. A. Masillamani.
10. Number of teaching posts sanctioned, filled and actual (Professors/ Associate
Professors/ Asst. Professors/ others) :
Actual (including CAS
Sanctioned+ Filled
& MPS)
Professor 01 01 02
Associate Professors 03 02 02
Asst. Professors 06 03* 02*

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Others – – –
+ Sanctioned since its inception
* One Assistant Professor (stage-III) is in lien to Rural Extension Centre.
11. Faculty profile with name, qualification, designation, area of specialization,
experience and research under guidance :
a) Name : Prof Maitreyi Chaudhuri
Qualification : MA(Statistics), Ph.D
Designation : Professor
Specialization : Econometric Methods, Gender Studies, Rural
Development
No. of Years of Experience : 34
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : Nil
b) Name : Prof. Sankar Majumder
Qualification : MA (Economics), Ph.D
Designation : Professor
Specialization : Planning, Public Economics, Environmental
Economics, Agricultural Economics
No. of Years of Experience : 27
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : 05
c) Name : Dr. Santanu Rakshit
Qualification : MA(Economics), Ph.D
Designation : Professor
Specialization : (a) Agrarian Relations & Transition; (b)
International Trade and Impact on Local
Structures; (c) Rethinking Capitalist/
Capitalistic Development
No. of Years of Experience : 13
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : 08
d) Name : Dr. M. Alankara Masillamani
Qualification : MA (Rural Development), MA (Economics),
Ph.D
Designation : Associate Professor
Specialization : Rural Development-Energy and Environment

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and Gender issues

No. of Years of Experience : 11 ½
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : 03
e) Name : Dr. Rathindra Nath Pramanik
Qualification : MA (Economics), Ph.D
Designation : Assistant Professor (Stage-II)
Specialization : Labour Economics, Agricultural Economics
No. of Years of Experience : 12
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : 01
f) Name : Dr. Sujit Kr. Paul (On lien;)
Qualification : MA (Rural Development), Ph.D
Designation : Assistant Professor (Stage-III)
Specialization :
No. of Years of Experience :
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : 04
12. List of senior Visiting Fellows, adjunct faculty, emeritus professors: Nil
13. Percentage of classes taken by temporary faculty — programme-wise :
Three temporary faculties from other departments. Total 300 marks out of 1600 marks
in 4 semesters. Total percentages of class taken by them in 4 semesters =18.75%
14. Programme-wise Student Teacher Ratio :
a) MA Rural Development—Intake capacity->23+23 =46 students for 2 semesters
Sanctioned Teachers strengthà10
Student Teacher Ratio = 46/10 = 4.6
At present Student Teacher Ratio = (15+8=23)/5=4.6
b) Ph. D Course: No. of Ph.D students = 14
No. of Teachers 04 (one in lien)=04
Student Teacher Ratio = 14/4 = 3.5
15. Number of academic support staff (technical) and administrative filled and
actual:
Support Staff Sanctioned Filled Actual
Technical staff Nil Nil Nil
Administrative staff 08 03 03
Vacant Position - (5-five) of academic support staff (technical) and administrative

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staff
16. Research thrust areas as recognized by major funding agencies:
Three UGC Major Research Project –
i) Dr. Santanu Rakshit--Local and Global Economic Shocks on local agrarian
structure
ii) Dr. Rathindra Nath Pramanik-NREGA’s and conditions of rural labourers
iii) Dr. Sujit Kr Paul (on lien)-Decentralisation
17. Number of faculty with ongoing projects from a) national b) international
agencies and c) Total grants received. Give the names of the project title and
grants received project-wise:
Undertaken by Total grants Funding Project Title
received Agency
Dr. Santanu 5.19lac UGC ‘Impact of Global and Local
Rakshit Economic Shocks on the
Rural Economy-A case study
in West Bengal, India during
two Phases—I) 1996-2004 &
II) 2004- onwards’ (UGC
Major Research Project-file
no.-F.No. 5-354/2012(HRP),
7th August, 2012)-
Dr. Rathindra 6.71lac UGC ‘NREGA and Conditions of
Nath Pramanik Rural Labourers – A
Comparative Study of Two
Districts in West Bengal’
(UGC Major Research
Project-file no.-F.No. 5-
369/2012(HRP), 7th August,
2012)-
Dr. Sujit Kumar 6.79 Lac UGC Strengthening Decntralization
Paul in Rural Bengal through
Panchyati Raj Institutions and
Self help Groups: Some
Emerging Issues-F.No. 5-
427/2012.
18. Inter-institutional collaborative projects and associated grants
a) National collaboration: Nil b) international collaboration: Nil

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19. Departmental projects funded by DST-FIST; UGC-SAP/CAS, AICTE, etc.; total

grants received: Nil
20. Research facility / centre with
a) state recognition : Nil b) national recognition: Nil
c) international recognition: Nil
21. Special research laboratories sponsored by / created by industry or corporate
bodies: Nil
22. Publications:
a) No. of papers published in peer reviewed journals:
i) National/International:
Dr Rathindra Nath Pramanik – 03
Dr. M. A Masillamani – 01
Dr. Santanu Rakshit – 03
Total – 07
b) Monographs: Nil
c) Chapters in Books:
Prof. Maitreyi Chaudhuri –1
Dr Rathindra Nath Pramanik – 2
Total – 3
d) Edited Books with ISBN with details of publishers: 1
Editors-Dr. Santanu Rakshit & Dr. Rathindra Nath Pramanik
Title--RURAL DEVELOPMENT: Emerging Challenges in the New Millennium
Publisher—Abhijeet Publication, New Delhi Forthcoming
e) Number listed in International Database (For e.g. Web of Science, Scopus,
Humanities International Complete, Dare Database International Social
Sciences Directory, EBSCO host, etc.):
Dr. Santanu Rakshit –
(3 papers) in –Web of Science, Scopus, Dare Database =3
f) Citation Index — range / average:
Dr. Santanu Rakshit –
i) Taylor and Francis-Journal of Peasant Studies (2014) =22
ii) Wiley Blackwell-Journal of Agrarian Change(2011) = 7
iii) Elsevier-RSSM(2010) =2

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Average = 10.3
g) SNIP:
Dr. Santanu Rakshit –
i) Taylor and Francis-Journal of Peasant Studies (2014) = 1.436
ii) Wiley Blackwell-Journal of Agrarian Change(2011) = 2.36
iii) Elsevier-RSSM(2010) = 0.64
h) SIR:
Dr. Santanu Rakshit –
i) Taylor and Francis-Journal of Peasant Studies (2014) = 2.64
Ranking: 1/55 (Planning and Development)
Ranking: 1/83 (Anthropology)
© 2013 Thomson Reuters, 2012 Journal Citation Reports®
ii) Wiley Blackwell-Journal of Agrarian Change(2011) = 1.252
ISI Journal Citation Reports © Ranking: 2011: 3/55
(Planning & Development); 27/332 (Economics)
iii) Elsevier-RSSM(2010) = 0.693
i) Impact Factor — range / average:
Dr. Santanu Rakshit –
i) Taylor and Francis-Journal of Peasant Studies (2014) = 5.805 (2013)
ii) Wiley Blackwell-Journal of Agrarian Change(2011) = 2.191(2011)
j) h-index:
Dr. Santanu Rakshit –
i) h-index – 1
ii) g-index – 2
iii) e-index – 2
Faculty wise List of publication in detail:
a) Prof. Maitreyi Chaudhuri
Chapter in Books-
Name of the BOOK-Poverty, Health and Development, 2009, Edited by---Dr.
Sujit Kumar Paul; Section-3—Poverty and Health, Chapter-19-Nutritional Status
of Women and Children in three states of India, pp-322-335; Common Wealth
Publisher, New Delhi; ISBN-978-81-311-0247-3
b) Dr. Santanu Rakshit-Associate Professor (Economics)
Publication in International Peer-Reviewed Journal,

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i) Paper Titled. -‘ Output, surpluses and ‘stressed commerce’: a study on

farm viability and agrarian transition in West Bengal, India in the new
millennium”. Journal of Peasant Studies, Volume 41, Issue 3, 2014,
Taylor and Francis; DOI:10.1080/03066150.2014.887070; ISSN 0306-
6150; Impact factor-5.805
ii) Paper Titled-" Neo-liberalism and Indian Economy: A Discursive Study"“
Nr.tat..tv- The Anthropology” Vol-2 No.-3, Vol-3, No-4, July-Dec
2012,Jan-Jun 2013; ISSN-2249-9830.
iii) Paper Titled-‘Output, Surpluses and ‘Stressed Commerce’-A study on
Farm Viability and Agrarian Transition in West Bengal, India in the New
Millenium’, Journal of Peasant Studies, Wiley-Blackwell, 2011, Vol. 11
No. 4, October 2011, , ISSN 0306-6150; Impact factor-5.805 doi:
10.1080/03066150.2014.887070
iv) Paper Titled-‘Capital Intensification, Productivity and Exchange-A Class-
Based Analysis of Agriculture in West Bengal in the Current Millennium’,
Journal of Agrarian Change, Wiley-Blackwell, 2011, Vol. 11 No. 4,
October 2011, ISSN-1471-0366; Impact factor-2.02
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1471-
0366.2011.00331.x/abstract
v) Paper Titled-‘Agrarian transition’-diversity in nature, notion and
observations—A survey of theoretical expositions and empirical studies
with reference to India and West Bengal, Research in Social Stratification
and Mobility, Elsevier, Science Direct, 2010, Vol-28 No.-4, December-
2010, ISSN-0276-5624. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rssm.2010.05.001
c) Dr. Rathindra Nath Pramanik-Assistant Professor in Economics
Chapter in Books
i) Published an article entitled ‘Indebtedness among Agricultural Labour
Households in West Bengal’, in edited book entitled ‘Managing Rural
Finances in India’ by Gursharan Singh Kainth, Concept Publishing
Company, New Delhi 2010.
ii) Published one working paper entitled ‘Income, Consumption and Asset
Holding Position of Agricultural Labourers in West Bengal’ in ‘Gender,
Opportunities and Empowerment: Aspects of Rural Development’, A. K,
Dasgupta Centre for Planning and Development (A Centre Sponsored by
the Planning Commission, Govt. of India) Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan,
West Bengal, published by New Delhi Publisher, New Delhi, 2014.
iii) ‘Income, Consumption and Asset Holding Position of Agricultural
Labourers in West Bengal’ in ‘Gender, Opportunities and Empowerment:
Aspects of Rural Development’, A. K, Dasgupta Centre for Planning and

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Development (A Centre Sponsored by the Planning Commission, Govt. of

India) Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan, West Bengal, published by New Delhi
Publisher, New Delhi, 2013: 1-27, ISBN:978-93-81274-47-7.
Publication in National Peer-Reviewed Journal
i) Published an article entitled ‘Prospect of Agricultural Development and
Industrialization in West Bengal’ Artha Beekshan (Journal of Bengal
Economic Association), Vol. 18, No. 3, December, 2009.
ii) Published an article entitled ‘Globalization, Growth and Employment in
India’, ‘Journal of Economic and Social Development’, Vol. VII, No. 1,
2011
iii) Published an article entitled ‘Vulnerability of Agricultural Labourers –
Needed Social Protection in West Bengal’, Journal of Economic and
Social Development, Vol.- IX, No. 1, 2013
iv) ‘Vulnerability of Agricultural Labourers – Needed Social Protection in
West Bengal’, Journal of Economic and Social Development, Vol.- IX,
No. 1, 2013, ed. Prakash Chandra Deogharia, Dept. Economics,
VinobaBhave University, Hazaribagh, Jharkhand, 2013 : 94-104, ISSN:
0973-886X.
23. Details of patents and income generated: Nil
24. Areas of consultancy and income generated: Nil
25. Faculty selected nationally / internationally to visit other laboratories /
institutions / industries in India and abroad: Nil
26. Faculty serving in
a) National committees: Nil
b) International committees: Nil
c) Editorial Boards: 01
d) Any other (please specify): 01
Dr. Santanu Rakshit –
Member Midnapore-Kharagpur development authority upto May, 2011.
27. Faculty recharging strategies (UGC, ASC, Refresher / orientation programs,
workshops, training programs and similar programs):
a) UGC, ASC, Refresher / Orientation programs :
One faculty 02 Courses (in last 04 years)
b) Workshops :
c) Training Programs:
d) Short Term Programme:

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28. Student projects:

a) percentage of students who have done in-house projects including
interdepartmental projects: 100% students in semester-III Paper-XIIA
(included in our curriculum)
b) percentage of students doing projects in collaboration with other
universities / industry / institute: None
29. Awards / recognitions received at the national and international level by
a) Faculty: Nil
b) Doctoral / post doctoral fellows: None
c) Students: 01
(visited China in collaboration with China Bhavana)
30. Seminars/ Conferences/Workshops organized and the source of funding (national
/ international) with details of outstanding participants, if any:
Two seminars—University-unassigned grant (UGC)-2011, 2013 =2
Outstanding Participants-2013
a) Prof. Raghabendra Chattopadhyay-Professor, Public Policy and Management
Group, Indian Institute of Management Calcutta, Joka,
b) Prof. C.R. Pathak, Former Professor, Department of Architecture and Regional
Planning, IIT Kharagpur
c) Prof. Anjan Chakraborty—Professor in Economics, University of Calcutta
31. Code of ethics for research followed by the departments:
Follows University and UGC codes.
32. Student profile programme-wise:
Name of the Selected Pass percentage
Applications
Programme
Received Male Female Male Female
(refer to question no. 4)
M.A -2012-14 57 10 05 29 23
M.A -2013-15 29 01 04 7 29
Ph.D.2012 (a) 39 2 1 8 8
Ph.D.2012 (b) 26 4 0 28.5 0

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33. Diversity of students:

% of % of students % of students % of
Name of the
Students from other from students
Programme
From the universities universities from
(refer to question
Same within the outside the other
No. 4)
university State State countries
M.A -2012-14 0 89 11 0
M.A -2013-15 0 100 0 0
Ph.D.2012 (a) 0 66 33 0
Ph.D.2012 (b) 0 50 50 0
34. How many students have cleared Civil Services and Defense Services
examinations, NET, SET, GATE and other competitive examinations? Give
details category-wise: Not available
35. Student progression:
Student progression Percentage against enrolled
UG to PG Nil
PG to M.Phil. Nil
PG to Ph.D. 01
Ph.D. to Post-Doctoral Nil
Employed
• Campus selection 10 (in last 04 years)
• Other than campus recruitment Not available
Entrepreneurs Not available

36. Diversity of staff:

Percentage of faculty who are graduates
of the same university Nil
from other universities within the State 4
from universities from other States 1
from universities outside the country Nil

37. Number of faculty who were awarded M.Phil., Ph.D., D.Sc. and D.Litt. during the
assessment period:
Ph.D = 1 (Dr. Rathindra Nath Pramanik)

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38. Present details of departmental infrastructural facilities with regard to

a) Library: Nil
b) Internet facilities for staff and students: Available for all.
c) Total number of class rooms: 03
d) Class rooms with ICT facility: Wi-fi enabled.
e) Students’ laboratories: Nil
f) Research laboratories: Not available
39. List of doctoral, post-doctoral students and Research Associates:
a) from the host institution/university:
Doctoral – 04
i) Saharaj Ahmed Midyya
ii) Kallol Das
iii) Swatilekha Sanyal
iv) Bidisha Banerjee
Post Doctoral – NIL
b) from other institutions/ universities :
Doctoral – 07
i) Bedadyuti Barman
ii) M. Manumol
iii) Sanjay Verma
iv) Sidhartha Chatterjee
v) Ujjal Adhikary
vi) Amitava Sarkar
vii) Chaitali Chakraborty
Post Doctoral – NIL
40. Number of post graduate students getting financial assistance from the
university:
a) Merit scholarship- students for 2-semesters – 03
b) All SC/ST , Minority and OBC candidates is getting government assistance
through university.

41. Was any need assessment exercise undertaken before the development of new
programme(s)? If so, highlight the methodology: Yes,
Two exercise for development of new Programmes for were undertaken –
a) In Master Degree Programme a paper on Methodology has been introduced in the
year 2009 following the usual procedures followed by the University to start a
carriculum.

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b) In 2013 a process for introducing new 5-years integrated MA (Rural Development

& Management) programme had been initiated.
42. Does the department obtain feedback from
a. faculty on curriculum as well as teaching-learning-evaluation? If yes, how
does the department utilize the feedback: Yes, through faculty meeting and
Board of Studies meeting.
b. students on staff, curriculum and teaching-learning-evaluation and how does
the department utilize the feedback: Yes, interactions between the faculty
members and the students are conducted on veries issues on regular basics.
c. alumni and employers on the programmes offered and how does the
department utilize the feedback: Yes, through interactive programmes and by
conducting work shops with started in March 2013.
43. List the distinguished alumni of the department (maximum 10):
a) Dr. Jayanta Chaudhuri, Faculty, Tripura University
b) Dr. Tapati Bhadra, Assistant Professor, (Rural Development)-University of
Kalyani
c) Dr. Arabinda Mahato, Assistant Professor, (Rural Development)-Tripura
University.
d) Satya Ranjan Ghosh, Executive, Water for India
e) Udita Ghosh Sarkar – Research Director, Social Research, G.F.K MODE, Kolkata.
f) Dr. Rajesh Chatterjee – Assistant Professor, Tripura University.
g) Debasish Bhandary, Consultant, UNICEF.
h) Dr. Dibyendu Ghosh, Senior Executive, Helpage India.
i) Shabari Kar Gupta, Consultant, GTZ.
44. Give details of student enrichment programmes (special lectures / workshops /
seminar) involving external experts:
a) A three hour workshop of Securities & Exchange Board of India on Investment
planning on – 2012.
b) 2-days National Seminar on “Changing Rural Scenario in the New Millennium”
march 2013.
c) National Seminar on ‘Rabindra Nath Tagore and Rural Development’ held in
August 27-28, 2011 organized by Palli Charcha Kendra, Visva-Bharati, Sriniketan,
Birbhum, West Bengal.
d) Special lecture from experts from NABARD – Oct’ 2012.
e) Special lecture by distinguished faculties of various universities—Prof K.K Bagchi
and Prof Anil Bhuimali (North Bengal University in 2011, 2012).
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Regular informal lectures given invited Rural Development specialists (National and
International) both NGO’s and Government Agencies.
45. List the teaching methods adopted by the faculty for different programmes:
Both for MA and PhD coursework-
a) Class Room teaching
b) Field Work in Rural areas
c) Internship in various government and non-government agencies.
d) Project formulation and evaluation
e) Group Discussion and class room seminar
f) Computer training (In our curriculum)
46. How does the department ensure that programme objectives are constantly met
and learning outcomes are monitored:
a) Regular Student-Teacher meeting and discussions
b) Continuous internal assessment
c) Semester based Final examination system
47. Highlight the participation of students and faculty in extension activities:
Only academic
a) As a compulsory programme the students visit to various adjoining villages
regularly to collect house hold data as a part of their course curriculum under the
super vision of the faculty members.
b) To Suggests and to designs project plans by implementing various rural
development schemes in various villages of interest.
These are all part of our curriculum.
c) The Students participate in NSS day programme in collaboration with National
Youth Foundation, Ministry of Youth and Sports, New Delhi.
48. Give details of “beyond syllabus scholarly activities” of the department:
a) Teachers are engaged in research activities and conducting projects (mentioned
earlier).
b) Lectures /Chairing sessions/participations/visiting professors in National and
international programmes.
49. State whether the programme / department is accredited / graded by other
agencies? If yes, give details: No
50. Briefly highlight the contributions of the department in generating new
knowledge, basic or applied:
This Dept. of Palli Charcha Kendra (PCK) is offering an M.A. course in Rural
Development. This subject itself is an emerging subject in the academic arena. We are

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giving our efforts to establish this as an academic discipline by developing a course

structure and the syllabus which will produce students having a strong basic theoretical
know ledges of related core subjects and they will also possess the power to apply
those know ledges in the real world situations. Our existing syllabus is a well-blended
mix in this direction. The students under the guidance of the faculty members are
continuously collecting and analysing data to assess the changing rural scenario and
formulating projects for their upliftment. In this way the department has been
generating and updating knowledge about social economic and environmental
conditions of the surrounding villages.
51. Detail five major Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Challenges (SWOC)
of the department:
a) Strengths :
i) This department is a part of the well-known Sriniketan Experiment of Rural
Development
ii) Interdisciplinary department and Faculties are academically sound,
iii) The faculties are having wide practical experiences,
iv) They are having good linkages with both the academic world and development
organizations and development activists.
v) Generation of the applied knowledge about the villages.
vi) Scope of involvement of research support staff in rural survey.
vii) Two UGC major research project.
b) Weaknesses:
i) This subject is less known.
ii) Prospective students are not clear of the opportunities of this subject.
iii) The UGC has discontinued NET programme of this subject.
iv) Undergraduate course has not been introduced in this subject.
v) Honours graduates of other disciplines who are not getting admission in P.G
courses of their respective subjects are opting for admission in this subject.
vi) Absence of adequate infrastructure for setting up of departmental computer lab
for students.
c) Opportunities:
i) Presence of the department in the environment of Gurudev Tagore’s Rural
Reconstruction experiment (Sriniketan Experiment).
ii) Developing country like us requires huge number of development personnel.
iii) New govt. departments and non-govt. organizations are growing up both at the
national and international levels.
iv) Enactment of Corporate Social Responsibilities laws is opening the scopes of
appointment in the corporate bodies.
v) Constitutional amendments for panchayati raj institution also has created huge

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opportunities for this subject.

vi) To bring the subject in the knowledge of the prospective students.
d) Challenges (SWOC) of the Department:
i) To bring the subject in the knowledge of the prospective students.
ii) To build a good infrastructure.
iii) To strengthen the linkages among the related academic departments of this
university and also with other universities and research institutions.
iv) To make the subject attractive so that good quality students opt for the subject.
v) To prepare students to become successful Rural Development Professionals.
vi) To work in collaboration with the PRI in the preparation of micro-level plans.
52. Future plans of the department:
a) To start undergraduate course in the subject
b) To restart NET examination in the subject.
c) To start action research programmes.
d) To apply for DRS scheme of UGC.
e) To start consultancy services.
f) Introduction of M. Phil. Course in Development Studies.

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Evaluative Report of the Department of Lifelong Learning & Extension

1. Name of the Department : Department of Lifelong Learning and Extension

2. Year of establishment : 1922
3. Is the Department part of a School/Faculty of the university? Yes, under Palli
Samgathana Vibhaga (Institute of Rural Estension Centre)
4. Names of programmes offered (UG, PG, M.Phil., Ph.D., integrated Masters;
Integrated Ph.D., D.Sc., D.Litt., etc.) : Ph.D
5. Interdisciplinary programmes and departments involved:
The Rural Extension Centre, Visva-Bharati has been involved in doing Research and
Extension activities in collaboration with the following Institutions:
External:
a) MHRD, Govt. of India.
b) Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Govt. of India.
c) University Grants Commission.
d) Panchayat & Rural Development Department, Govt. of West Bengal
e) Ministry of Self-Help Groups & Self-Employment, Govt. of West Bengal
f) District Rural Development Cell, Suri, Birbhum.
g) Elmhirst Institute of Community Studies, Santiniketan.
h) Tagore Society for Rural Development, Bolpur.
i) Panchimbanga Gramin Bank, Illambazar, Sriniketan, Raipur Branch
j) Block Development Office, Illambazar, Bolpur- Sriniketan
k) Block Primary Health Centre, Bolpur & Illambazar
l) NABARD
m) All India Radio, Santiniketan.
n) Sian Sub-Divisional Hospital, Bolpur
o) Sriniketan-Santiniketan Development Authority.
Internal:
a) Dept of Social Work (2 students from Social Work department placed for field
placement for one year)

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b) Palli Charcha Kendra

c) Silpa Sadan
d) Rathindra Krishi Vigyan Kendra
e) Palli Siksha Bhavan
f) Siksha Satra
g) Kala Bhaban
h) Siksha-Bhavana
i) Patha Bhavana
j) Rabindra Bhavana
k) Women's Studies Centre
l) Vinaya Bhavana( Deptt. of Education).
6. Courses in collaboration with other universities, industries, foreign institutions,
etc.: Nil
7. Details of programmes discontinued, if any, with reasons: Nil
8. Examination System: Semester System
9. Participation of the department in the courses offered by other departments : Yes
Faculties of the Department participated in the following Courses:
a) Department of Social Work.
b) Department of Environment Science.
c) Palli Charcha Kendra.
d) Sangeet Bhavana.
e) Department of Journalism and Mass Communication.
f) Department of Rural Development and Management, Kalyani University.
10. Number of teaching posts sanctioned, filled and actual (Professors/ Associate
Professors/ Asst. Professors/ others) :
Actual (including CAS
Sanctioned+ Filled
& MPS)
Professor 01 01 01
Associate Professors 02 02 02
Asst. Professors 02 01 01
Others – – –
11. Faculty profile with name, qualification, designation, area of specialization,
experience and research under guidance :
a) Name : Prof. Amit Hazra
Qualification : M.Sc., Ph.D
Designation : Professor

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Specialization : Agriculture Economics

No. of Years of Experience : 21
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : 10
b) Name : Dr. Rafiqul Islam
Qualification : M.A., Ph.D
Designation : Associate Professor
Specialization : Social Work
No. of Years of Experience : 28
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : 03
c) Name : Dr. Sujit Kumar Paul
Qualification : M.A., Ph.D
Designation : Associate Professor
Specialization : Rural Development
No. of Years of Experience : 14
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : 08
d) Name : Dr. Subhransu Santra
Qualification : M.A., Ph.D
Designation : Assistant Professor
Specialization : Rural Development
No. of Years of Experience : 09
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : 04
12. List of senior Visiting Fellows, adjunct faculty, emeritus professors:
a) Former Upacharya of Jadavpur University, Sri Pabitra Sarkar visited
Jadavpur village on the occasion of International Literacy Day.
b) Her Excellency Ms. Beth A. Payne, Hon’ble U.S Consul General visited
Ballavpur village to observe folk cultural programme of the villagers organised
by Rural Extension Centre. She also took a quick look on the products of our
craftsmen during the occasion.
c) Hon’ble Consul General of Royal Bhutan Mr. Wangda visited Supur
village to observe the activities of the department and also interacted with
the villagers.

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d) Sri K.K Banarjee, Director, Raja Rammohun Ray Library Foundation,

Ministry of Culture, Govt. of India paid his visit as a chief guest to
observe our activity during Vasanta Utsav.
e) Sri Swapan Basu, renounced folk artist of Bengal visited Noorpur
village on the occasion of International Children’s Day on 14 th
November, 2009.
f) Prof. Amitava Chatterjee, Former Professor, Department of Library
& Information Science, Jadavpur University, Kolkata paid his visit to
Binuria, Kendra Dangal and Ballavpur libraries to observe our activities
in rural libraries.
g) Mr. Jawhar Sirkar, Secretary, Ministry of Culture, Govt. Of India
visited Dangapara village to inaugurate rural libraries. A brief cultural
programme was organised by the Music Unit of the Department on this
occasion.
h) Eminent Chinese author & transcriber Mr. Dong yu chen visited
Binuria village to observe the activities of Rural Extension Centre.
Members of SHGs and Mahila Samity welcomed him and participated in
the interaction.
i) Director of American Centre & Public Affairs Officer, Kolkata, Mr.
Chud Cummins visited Supur village to interact with the members of
Mahila Samity and SHGs. He also took a quick look on the activities of
library of Supur Debdoot Club.
j) Hon’ble Governor General of Andaman & Nicobar Island, Lt. Gen
(Retd.) Sri Bhupinder Singh visited Rural Extension Centre to observe
the activities of the department.
k) Sri K.K Banarjee, Director, Raja Rammohun Ray Library Foundation,
Ministry of Culture, Govt. of India paid his visit on two occasions to
inaugurate new buildings of rural libraries of Ramnagar, Binuria and
Dangapara villages.
l) Principle Secretary, Elementary Education, Govt. Of Andrapradesh
Smt. Chandana Khan Bhaduri visited Kendradangal and Binuria Rural
Libraries and interact with the librarians, readers and villagers about the
working of Library.
m) Vice-Chairman, University Grant Commission, Prof. Vedprakesh
visited Binuria village to observe the activities of Brati Dal and library.

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On this occasion a craft exhibition was also organised by the craftsmen of

the village.
n) Members of the fact finding committee headed under the chairmanship
of Prof. Sabyasachi Bhattacharya, former Vice-Chancellor of Visva-
Bharati along with other dignitaries visited Raipur village to observe
craft exhibition and functioning of rural library.
o) A Team from UNESCO visited the department to observe the activities
and infrastructure of Sriniketan. A craft exhibition was also organised
during
13. Percentage of classes taken by temporary faculty — programme-wise: Nil
14. Programme-wise Student Teacher Ratio : N.A.
15. Number of academic support staff (technical) and administrative staff sanctioned,
filled and actual :
Support Staff Sanctioned Filled Actual
Technical staff 12 06 05
(01 on lien)
Administrative staff 05 03 03
Total 17 9 8

16. Research thrust areas as recognized by major funding agencies:

a) Rural Development
b) Elementary Education
17. Number of faculty with ongoing projects from a) national b) international
agencies and c) Total grants received. Give the names of the project title and
grants received project-wise:

Name of National/International Title of the Project Grants

Faculty funding agency received(Rs)
Professor 1. Ministry of Human 1. Evaluation /Impact 1. Rs. 5.90 Lac
Amit Kumar Resource Assessment of ICT @ 2. Colaborative
Hazra Development D/o School Scheme 3. Rs. 2.75 Lac
School Education 2. Development of the 4. Rs. 1.00 Lac
& Literacy Benchmarking Tools for 5. Rs. 8.40 Lac
2. Indian Audit and PRIs 6. Rs. 2.70 Lac
Accounts 3. Conduction of Child
Department labour Survey in

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3. Labour Birbhum District

Commissioner, 4. Developing community
Birbhum, Govt. of based child protection &
West Bengal monitoring mechanism
4. Save the Children to combat child
and UNICEF trafficking from West
5. Sarba Siksha Bengal
Mission, Birbhum 5. Model Rural Primary
6. Department of School: A challenge for
Science and providing quality
Technology, Govt. Education to all.
of India 6. Development of and
Integration of Biomass
and Concentrating
Photovoltaic System for
Rural and Urban Energy
bridge: BioCPV (Co
Principal Investigator)
Dr.Rafiqul 1. Dept. of School 1. Evaulation Study on
Islam Education &Literacy implementation of RMSA
MHRD, Govt. of Programs
India 2. Monitoring Evaluation of
2. Dept. of School MDM programmes of WB
Education, Project
Director CMDMP,
Govt of West
Bengal
Dr.Sujit 1. Ministry of Tribal 1. Empowerment of Tribal 1. Rs. 2,50,000/-
Kumar Paul Affairs, Govt. of Women through Self Help
India. Group.
2. Ministry of Tribal 2. Impact of Post-Matric 2. Rs. 2,50,000/-
Affairs, Govt. of Scholarship among the
India. Tribals.
3. UGC 3. Strengthening 3. Rs. 6,69,000/-
Decentralization in Rural
Bengal Through PRIs &
SHGs: Some Emerging
Issues.

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ON-GOING PROJECTS:
Name of the Project Sponsored By Amount (Rs. in
Lakh)
Development of The Indian Audit and Accounts Colaborative
Benchmarking Tools For Department
PRIs
Conduction of Child Labour Labour Commissioner, 2.75
Survey in Birbhum District Birbhum, Govt. of West
Bengal
Developing Community Sponsored by Save the 1.00
based Child Protection & Children and UNICEF
Monitoring Mechanism to
Combat Child Trafficking
from West Bengal.
Model Rural Primary School: Sarba Siksha Mission, 8.40
A Challenge for Providing Birbhum.
quality Education to All
Evaluation/Impact Ministry of Human Resource 5.90
Assessment of ICT @ School Development D/o School
Scheme Education & Literacy

Development and Integration Department of Science and 270

of Biomass and Technology, Govt. of India
Concentrating Photovoltaic
System for Rural and Urban
Energy Bridge: BioCPV (Co
Principal Investigator)

18. Inter-institutional collaborative projects and associated grants

a) National collaboration:
i) Workshop titled “Academia – Civil Society Organizations Interface for
the Development of Birbhum” was conducted in collaboration with a
national NGO, PRIA & ‘Samannay’. 70 participants from 35 CSOs of
Birbhum district participated in the workshop.
ii) A Survey project was conducted with the financial assistance from DRDC
Birbhum. The name of the project was “Identification of Potential Youths
in the villages of Bolpur-Sriniketan Block”.

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iii) Project Monitoring & Supervision of SSA and MDM Programs for the
selected Districts (10) of West Bengal under the sponsorship of
department of School Education and Literacy, MHRD, Govt. of India
since 2003
iv) Project Monitoring & Supervision of SSA and MDM Programs for the
A& N Islands Research study Sponsored by Dept. School Education &
Literacy, MHRD, Govt. of India since 2011.
v) Research study on MDM Programs of four Districts of (Birbhum,Bankura,
Coochbehar and Howrah) West Bengal under the Sponsorship of
Department of School Education, Govt of West Bengal.
vi) Development of The Benchmarking Tools For PRIs under the sponsorship
of Indian Audit and Accounts Department
vii) Conduction of Child Labour Survey in Birbhum District under the
sponsorship of Labour Commissioner, Birbhum, Govt. of West Bengal
viii) Developing Community based Child Protection & Monitoring Mechanism
to Combat Child Trafficking from West Bengal under the sponsorship of
Save the Children and UNICEF
ix) Project title “Model Rural Primary School: A Challenge for Providing
quality Education to All” under the sponsorship of Sarba Siksha Mission,
Birbhum.
x) Project title Evaluation/Impact Assessment of ICT @ School Scheme
under the sponsorship of Sarba Siksha Mission, Birbhum.
xi) Project titled “Development and Integration of Biomass and Concentrating
Photovoltaic System for Rural and Urban Energy Bridge: BioCPV” (Co
Principal Investigator).Under the sponsorship of Ministry of Human
Resource Development D/o School Education & Literacy. Department of
Science and Technology, Govt. of India
b) international collaboration: Nil
19. Departmental projects funded by DST-FIST; UGC-SAP/CAS, AICTE, etc.; total
grants received: UGC – Rs. 6.60lakh
20. Research facility / centre with
a) state recognition : Nil b) national recognition: Nil
c) international recognition: Nil

21. Special research laboratories sponsored by / created by industry or corporate

bodies: Nil

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22. Publications:
a) No. of papers published in peer reviewed journals:
i) National/International:
Prof. Amit Hazra – 05
Ø Hazra, A. (2009): Evaluating Participatory Democracy : Some
Methodological Issues and Evidences. Paper published in Global
Quest for Participatory Democracy, (ed) Anand Kumar, Sage
Publications, New Delhi.
Ø Hazra, A. (2009) : Dynamics of Minimum Needs Development : A
Participatory Approach. Paper published in the Developmental
Paradigm and Bottom–up Approaches (Ed. Rajesh Chatterjee),
published by Avijit Publication, New Delhi.
Ø Hazra, A. (2013) : Gala Rural Development Programmes in India :
Challenges and opportunities. Paper published in “Rural
Development : Challenges and Opportunities” , Vol. II, (Ed. Dr. Piyal
Basu Roy), published by the Geographical Society of North Bengal.
Ø Hazra, A. (2013) : Challenges that face decentralized PRIs in
mobilizing resources. Paper published in “The Management
Accountant”, Dec. 2013, vol. 48, no. 12, ISSN: 0972-3528.
Ø Hazra, A. (with Bandopadhaya, K. and Choudhury, S (2014) :
Renewable
Energy Transfer for Rural Poor: A Strategic Approach. Paper
published in the International Journal of Humanities and Social
Science (IJHSS), published by Center for Promoting Ideas, USA.
ISSN 2220-8488
Dr. Sujit pal – 06
Ø “Transparency in Governance and Participation of Gram Panchayat
members”,Journal of Extension and Research, Vol. XVI, No. 1 & 2,
January 2014, Gandhigram Rural Institute – Deemed
University,2014:92-98.ISSN - 0972351X
Ø “Education of First Generation Learners of Tribal Families: A Study
on the Initiative of the Development Organization in the Tribal
Villages of Chaupahari Jungle of Birbhum District in West Bengal”.
Indian Journal of Adult Education, 2010 Vol. 71, No.2 P.P. 78-96.

Ø “Regional and National Development: From the Perspective of Rural

Development in India”. Journal of World Education, 2009 Vol. 39,
No. 1&2, P.P. 17-22.

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Ø “Corporate Social Responsibility towards Sustainable Rural

Development: A Study”. Journal of Social Work and Social
Development, 2010 Vol. 1 No. 1 P.P. 85-101.
Ø “Tagore’s Experiment on Rural Reconstruction with Special
Reference to BratiBalakSamgathana (Children Scouts)” World Focus,
2011 Vol. XXXII No. 1 P.P. 52-55.
Ø “Transformation of a Backward Village into a ModelVillage for
Livelihood Development: A Study in Purulia District of W. B.”
Jharkhand Journal of Development and Management Studies, 2011
Vol. 9 No. 2 P.P. 4365-4380.
Dr. Subhrangsu Santra – 07
Ø ‘Gender Perspective in Disaster Preparedness a Study in Flood –prone
Areas in Rural West Bengal’ Social Work Chronicle, Volume 1, Issue
2, June 2013 Publishing India Group, S. Santra, T. Pal & P. Dubey(
2013) ISSN 2277-1395.
Ø Santra, S. & P. Dubey (2013); “Weaving and livelihood in Shantipur
of West Bengal: Past and Present”, pp-4014-4017, International
Journal of Current Research, Volume 5, Issue 12, December 2013,
ISSN: 0975-833X
Ø Santra, S. & P. Dubey (2012); “Means of Livelihood among the
Weaver Community of Shantipur of Nadia District”, pp-166-173
International Journal of Current Research and Review www.ijcrr.com,
Vol. 04 issue 06 March 2012 E-ISSN: 0975-5241 (Online) P-ISSN:
2231-2196 (Print).
Ø Santra, S., T. Pal & P. Dubey (2013); “Gender Perspective in
Disaster Preparedness a Study in Flood-prone Areas in Rural West
Bengal”, Social Work Chronicle, Volume 1 Issue 2, 2012 Publishing
India Group ISSN Number: 2277-1395.
Ø Ujjal Marjit, Ratan Roy, Subhrangsu Santra, Utpal Biswas “Multi-
Agent Based Service-Oriented Middleware for E-Governance: A
Semantic Web Service Based Approach “International Journal for
Engineering Technology and Management, Vol-1, pp 34-39 ISSN:
09749535.
Ø Ujjal Marjit, Subhrangsu Santra, Utpal Biswas “A Novel Semantic
Web Service Based Approach to One-Stop portal for E-Governance”
International Journal on Computer Engineering and Information
Technology (IJCEIT), Vol-9,No-14 pp. 41-46 January 2010-February
2010. ISSN: 09742034 Published by SERC.

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Ø Ujjal Marjit, Arup Sarkar, Subhrangsu Santra, Utpal Biswas” A

Goal Driven Framework for Service Discovery in Service-Oriented
Architecture: A Multi-Agent Based Approach” International Journal
of Computer and Communication Technology, pp 251-256 Vol1 Issue
2, 2010, ISSN (Print) 0975-7449.Published by IPM Pvt Ltd
Interscience Campus.
b) Monographs:
Dr. –
i)
c) Chapters in Books:
Dr. Subhrangsu Santra
d) Edited Books:
Dr. –
e) Books with ISBN with details of publishers:
Dr. Sujit Pal
i) “Livelihood Development of the Tribals: The Changing Scenario
“Livelihood and Health - Issues and Process in Rural Development ed. P.
Dash Sharma &Dipankar Chatterjee. Serials, New Delhi, 2013: 12-26.
ISBN: 978-81-8387-629-2
ii) “Decentralized Planning: Experience of West Bengal Panchayats”
Governance of Commons and Livelihood Security ed. Himadri
Sinha&Anant Kumar. Xavier Institute of Social Service, Ranchi, 2013:
239-250. ISBN: 978-81-904110-2-8
iii) “Livelihood Pattern of Tribals: Astudy on Transition from Traditional to
Modernity” Food and Environmental Security – Imperatives of Indigenous
Knowledge Systems ed. Debabrata Das Gupta.Agrobios, India, 2013: 60-
64. ISBN: 978-81-7754-509-8
iv) Poverty, Health and Development, Commonwealth Publishers, New
Delhi, Pages-456, 2009, ISBN 978-81-311-0247-3
Subhrangsu Santra
i) Author of the book “Pattern of Consumption in Rural Bengal :
Continuity and Change”, Lambert Academic Publishing, Germany,
ISBN: 978-3-659-43188-3 (Single author).
ii) One of the Co-authors of The Pratichi Health Report: The Delivery of
Primary Health Services: A Study in West Bengal and Jharkhand; With
an introduction by Professor Amartya Sen; pages 134 TLM Books in
association with Pratichi (India) Trust, Delhi, an imprint of Indigo
Publishing Pvt. Ltd.

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iii) One of the Co-authors of Pratichi Shisha Pratibedan (Bengali): Bhumika:

Professor Amartya Sen, Dey’s Publishing, Kolkata.
iv) One of the Co-authors of The Pratich Child Report: A Study on the
Delivery of ICDS in West Bengal With a foreword by Professor
Amartya Sen, TLM Books in association with Pratichi (India) Trust, A
708 Anand Lok, Mayur Vihar I, Delhi – 110091.
v) One of the Co-authors of Government - Private Interface in Primary
Schooling System: A study in West Bengal ; TLM Books in association
with Pratichi (India) Trust, A 708 Anand Lok, Mayur Vihar I, Delhi –
110091.
vi) One of the Co-authors of Cooked Mid-Day Meal Programme in West
Bengal : A study in Birbhum District www.righttofoodindia.org .
vii) One of the Co-authors of Delivery of Primary Education in Kolkata TLM
Books in association with Pratichi (India) Trust, A 708 Anand Lok, Mayur
Vihar I, Delhi – 110091.
viii) One of the Co-authors of Pratichi Swasthya Pratibedan (Bengali);
Mukhabandha: Professor Amartya Sen, TLM Books in association with
Pratichi (India) Trust, A 708 Anand Lok, Mayur Vihar I, Delhi – 110091.
ix) One of the Co-authors of Pratichi Shishu Pratibedan;
Mukhabandha:Professor Amartya Sen, TLM Books in association with
Pratichi (India) Trust, A 708 Anand Lok, Mayur Vihar I, Delhi – 110091.
x) One of the Co-authors of Kolkata-e Sarkari Prathamik Shikshar Rupayan:
Ekti Samiksha (Bengali); Mukhabandha: Professor Amartya Sen,
Pratichi (India) Trust, A 708 Anand Lok, Mayur Vihar I, Delhi – 110091,
in association with SSA-Birbhum and DPSC-Birbhum.
xi) One of the Co-authors of Paschimbange Prathamik Shikshae Besarkari
Udyog: Ekti Samiksha Pratichi (India) Trust, A 708 Anand Lok, Mayur
Vihar I, Delhi – 110091, in association with SSA-Birbhum and DPSC-
Birbhum
c) Number listed in International Database (For e.g. Web of Science, Scopus,
Humanities International Complete, Dare Database International Social
Sciences Directory, EBSCO host, etc.):
Dr. –
i)
d) Citation Index — range / average:
Dr. –
i)

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e) SNIP:
Dr. –
i)
f) SIR:
Dr. –
i)
g) Impact Factor — range / average:
Dr. –
i)
h) h-index:
Dr. –
i)
23. Details of patents and income generated: Nil
24. Areas of consultancy and income generated: Nil
25. Faculty selected nationally / internationally to visit other laboratories /
institutions / industries in India and abroad: Nil
26. Faculty serving in
a) National committees:
b) International committees:
c) Editorial Boards:
d) Any other (please specify):
Member of School Education &Literacy MHRD, Govt. of India – 1
Vice President, AWE International – 1
Member, Indian Adult Education Association – 1
27. Faculty recharging strategies (UGC, ASC, Refresher / orientation programs,
workshops, training programs and similar programs):
All the Faculties per year are generally sent for undergoing refresher, short term
training program, orientation program, workshop etc. sponsored by UGC at ASC or
other reputed organizations.
28. Student projects:
a) percentage of students who have done in-house projects including
interdepartmental projects: 100%
b) percentage of students doing projects in collaboration with other
universities / industry / institute: Nil

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29. Awards / recognitions received at the national and international level by

a) Faculty:
b) Doctoral / post doctoral fellows: Nil
c) Students: Nil
30. Seminars/ Conferences/Workshops organized and the source of funding (national
/ international) with details of outstanding participants, if any:
Date Seminar/Workshop Source of Funding Details of Outstanding
(National Participants
/International)
12th “Community College” Visva-Bharati 100 participants from all over
August, the country.
2013
National Workshop on Visva-Bharati
“Cancer Awareness”
31. Code of ethics for research followed by the departments:
Follows University and UGC codes.
32. Student profile programme-wise:
Name of the Selected Pass percentage
Applications
Programme
Received Male Female Male Female
(refer to question no. 4)
Ph.D 21 03 01
33. Diversity of students:
% of % of students % of students % of
Name of the
Students from other from students
Programme
From the universities universities from
(refer to question
Same within the outside the other
No. 4)
university State State countries

34. How many students have cleared Civil Services and Defense Services
examinations, NET, SET, GATE and other competitive examinations? Give
details category-wise: Not applicable

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35. Student progression:

Student progression Percentage against enrolled
UG to PG
PG to M.Phil.
PG to Ph.D.
Ph.D. to Post-Doctoral
Employed
• Campus selection
• Other than campus recruitment
Entrepreneurs

36. Diversity of staff:

Percentage of faculty who are graduates
of the same university 50%
from other universities within the State 25%
from universities from other States 25%
from universities outside the country 0%

37. Number of faculty who were awarded M.Phil., Ph.D., D.Sc. and D.Litt. during the
assessment period:
Awarded Degree No. of Faculty
M.Phil. Nil
Ph.D. Nil
D.Sc. and D.Litt. Nil
38. Present details of departmental infrastructural facilities with regard to
a) Library: One library in the Bhavana
b) Internet facilities for staff and students: Internet facilities for staffs are
available.
c) Total number of class rooms: 02
d) Class rooms with ICT facility: Nil
e) Students’ laboratories: Nil
f) Research laboratories: Nil
39. List of doctoral, post-doctoral students and Research Associates: 11
a) from the host institution/university:

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i) Mitali Sen
ii) Debarati Mitra
iii) Mousumi Chakroborty
iv) Peden Bhutia
v) Sourodipta Mukherjee
vi) Jaya Pandey
vii) Kunal Bandopadhyay
viii) Tanmoy Dutta
ix) Anindita Gupta
x) Anindya Mitra
xi) Argha Roy
b) from other institutions/ universities :
40. Number of post graduate students getting financial assistance from the
university: NA
41. Was any need assessment exercise undertaken before the development of new
programme(s)? If so, highlight the methodology:
a) Workshop conducted for the development of Curriculum on P.G. Degree on
Entrepreneurship Development and NGO Management.
b) PRA, FGD, Meeting.
42. Does the department obtain feedback from
a. faculty on curriculum as well as teaching-learning-evaluation? If yes, how
does the department utilize the feedback: Yes, through departmental faculty
meeting and Board of Studies meeting.
b. students on staff, curriculum and teaching-learning-evaluation and how does
the department utilize the feedback: Yes, through student-faculty meeting held
on different issues and in regular basis.
c. alumni and employers on the programmes offered and how does the
department utilize the feedback: Yes, through Interactive discussions with
passed out students.
43. List the distinguished alumni of the department (maximum 10):
44. Give details of student enrichment programmes (special lectures / workshops /
seminar) involving external experts: Attached

45. List the teaching methods adopted by the faculty for different programmes:
Both for MA and PhD coursework-

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a) Class Room teaching

b) With audio-visual aid
c) Conducting Projects and evaluation.
d) Group Discussion and class room seminar
e) Computer training (In our curriculum)
46. How does the department ensure that programme objectives are constantly met
and learning outcomes are monitored:
a) Regular Student-Teacher meeting and discussions
b) Continuous internal assessment
c) Semester based Final examination system
47. Highlight the participation of students and faculty in extension activities:
The dept. is having a wing of extension activities where faculties use to look after the
related works including design development. The students are actively involved in the
said program. Students’ practical works (in the form of their project works) are tried to
introduce in real extension activities.
48. Give details of “beyond syllabus scholarly activities” of the department:
a) Teachers are engaged in research activities and conducting projects (mentioned
earlier).
b) Lectures /Chairing sessions/participations/visiting faculties in other Institution and
National program.
49. State whether the programme / department is accredited / graded by other
agencies? If yes, give details: No
50. Briefly highlight the contributions of the department in generating new
knowledge, basic or applied:
Rabindranath Tagore, the Nobel Laureate Poet and great philosopher, is also
considered as the pioneer of Rural Reconstruction programmes in India. He started
‘Sriniketan Experiment’ on Rural Reconstruction long back in1922. It was regarded as
second experiment after Santiniketan. The Sriniketan experiment model was based on
the philosophy and spirit of self-reliance and mutual co-operation. The aim of
Sriniketan was “to bring back life in its completeness into the villages, making them
self-reliant and self-respectful, acquainted with the cultural tradition of their own
country and competent to make an efficient use of modern resources for the
improvement of their physical, intellectual and economic conditions”. Tagore wanted a
holistic improvement covering all aspects of prosperity of rural life like improvement
of agriculture, education, and health, livelihood and handicrafts etc. The basic
objective was to improve the quality of life and to respect their heritage. This rich
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to formulate need based approaches to rural reconstruction and extension programmes

which suit emerging socio-economic pattern.
After Independence, rural India is witnessing exciting changes in terms of peoples’
articulation of new demands, gender assertiveness, environment consciousness and
grass root movements. Simultaneously, dimension of rural development and its
problems are assuming greater complexities due to the emerging socio-political
scenario in India. Keeping parity with the emerging situation, the Rural Extension
Centre has reorganized its activities and adopted an integrated approach to work in
three vital areas of development viz. Teaching, Research and Extension.
Rural Extension Centre (REC) is one of the oldest departments under Visva-
Bharati. It has been actively engaged in improving the condition of the villagers since
its inception. Over the years the Centre has been giving emphasis on extension
programmes to encourage the villagers to become self-reliant through formation of
Village Development Societies, Self-Help Groups, Youth Organizations,
MohilaSamities (women’s forum). From inceptions this department has been playing
the role of advocacy for the co-operative way of living with integration, local
initiatives, local leadership and local self governance in every aspect of public life.
51. Detail five major Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Challenges (SWOC)
of the department:
a) Strengths :
i) Need based Course curriculum
ii) Experienced & qualified faculties
iii) Hands on training facilities
iv) Intimate teacher-student relationship
v) Infrastructural facilities
vi) Strong exposure in area of study.
b) Weaknesses:
i) Not having the Masters programs
ii) Inadequate facilities like internet, transport for the students
iii) Wide distance from Metropolitan city
iv) Diversity in economic conditions among students
c) Opportunities:
i) Scope of transferringknowledge to the rural community of nearby villages
ii) Dissemination of research output to the planners and policy makers.
iii) Wider spaces for extension
iv) Administrative simplicity
v) Cordial relationship among students, staffs & faculties

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d) Challenges (SWOC) of the Department:

i) Keeping pace with the changing scenario in educational systems
ii) Combating the changing human culture
iii) Creating need based facilities for the students
iv) Restoration of discipline
v) Restoration of moral values.
52. Future plans of the department:
a) To start P.G. program
b) To support planners and policy makers.
c) To take initiatives in multidisciplinary research
d) To strengthen the ongoing extension activities.

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Evaluative Report of the Department of Silpa Sadana

1. Name of the Department : Silpa-Sadana

2. Year of establishment : 1922
3. Is the Department part of a School/Faculty of the university? Yes, part of Palli
Samgathana Vibhaga.
4. Names of programmes offered (UG, PG, M.Phil., Ph.D., integrated Masters;
Integrated Ph.D., D.Sc., D.Litt., etc.) : UG and Six Certificate Courses
5. Interdisciplinary programmes and departments involved :
Workshops and training program meant for the villagers under Rural Extension
Centre, PSV were organized where the faculties of the Department participated as
resource persons. Technical expertise in the areas of Pottery works, Batik works etc.
had been extended from the department. These programs are aimed basically to
develop entrepreneurship in rural endeavour.
6. Courses in collaboration with other universities, industries, foreign institutions,
etc.: Nil
7. Details of programmes discontinued, if any, with reasons: Nil
8. Examination System: Semester and Choice based credit System
9. Participation of the department in the courses offered by other departments:
The department has to participate in the way of proving its faculties/expertise in
conducting teaching subjects, being vocational in nature for the courses like B. Ed.
offered by other departments and preparing course curriculum, conducting
examinations in other department like Siksha Satra, Patha Bhavana.
10. Number of teaching posts sanctioned, filled and actual (Professors/ Associate
Professors/ Asst. Professors/ others) :
Actual (including CAS
Sanctioned+ Filled
& MPS)
Professor 01 01 02
Associate Professors 03 03 03
Asst. Professors 17 16 15
Others – – –

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11. Faculty profile with name, qualification, designation, area of specialization,

experience and research under guidance :
a) Name : Prof. Rajkumar Konar
Qualification : M.Des
Designation : Professor
Specialization : Architecture, Furniture, Interior, Product
Design
No. of Years of Experience : 28
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : Dept. does not have Ph.D/M.Phil Programme
b) Name : Dr. Padmini Balaram
Qualification : Ph.D
Designation : Professor of Design and HOD Silpa-Sadana
Specialization : Industrial Design (Testile Design), Art
History, Exhibition Design
No. of Years of Experience : From 1st January 1981 till date 33 years 8
months
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : Dept. does not have Ph.D/M.Phil Programme
c) Name : Santanu Kumar Jena
Qualification : M.F.A.
Designation : Associate Professor
Specialization : Ceramic & Glass
No. of Years of Experience : 05
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : Dept. does not have Ph.D/M.Phil Programme
d) Name : Vishal C Bhand
Qualification : M.Sc (Textiles)
Designation : Associate Professor
Specialization : Textile Design
No. of Years of Experience : 06
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : Dept. does not have Ph.D/M.Phil Programme
e) Name : Sumitabha Pal
Qualification : M.F.A. in Sculpture
Designation : Associate Professor

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Specialization : Sculpture
No. of Years of Experience : 06 years 07 months
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : Dept. does not have Ph.D/M.Phil Programme
f) Name : Dr. Prabir Kumar Choudhuri
Qualification : M.Sc(Tech), Ph.D
Designation : Assistant Prof (S-3)
Specialization : Mech. Processing of Textiles
No. of Years of Experience : 13
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : Dept. does not have Ph.D/M.Phil Programme
g) Name : Madhusudan Hazra
Qualification : Dip. In Handloom Weaving.
Designation : Assistant Prof (S-2)
Specialization : Handloom Weaving
No. of Years of Experience : 23
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : Dept. does not have Ph.D/M.Phil Programme
h) Name : Arun Kumar Sharma
Qualification : M.F.A
Designation : Assistant Prof (S-2)
Specialization : Pottery-Ceramics
No. of Years of Experience : 32
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : Dept. does not have Ph.D/M.Phil Programme
i) Name : Sanjoy Goswami
Qualification : B.Sc
Designation : Assistant Prof (S-2)
Specialization : Paper Making
No. of Years of Experience : 23
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : Dept. does not have Ph.D/M.Phil Programme
j) Name : Shyamali Sengupta
Qualification : M.Sc, Dip. in Wood work
Designation : Assistant Prof (S-2)
Specialization : Wood work
No. of Years of Experience : 16

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No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students

guided for the last 4 years : Dept. does not have Ph.D/M.Phil Programme
k) Name : Dr. Arabinda Mondal
Qualification : M.Tech, Ph.D(Tech)
Designation : Associate Prof.
Specialization : Fine Ceramics & Ceramic composites
No. of Years of Experience : 13
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : Dept. does not have Ph.D/M.Phil Programme
l) Name : Dr. Asish Mitra
Qualification : M.Sc(Tech)
Designation : Assistant Prof (S-2)
Specialization : Mech. Processing of Textiles
No. of Years of Experience : 13
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : Dept. does not have Ph.D/M.Phil Programme
m) Name : Dr. Shankar Roy Maulik
Qualification : M.Tech, Ph.D
Designation : Assistant Prof (S-2)
Specialization : Textile Chemistry
No. of Years of Experience : 12
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : Dept. does not have Ph.D/M.Phil Programme
n) Name : Amrit Kumar Das
Qualification : Dip. in Wood work
Designation : Assistant Prof (S-1)
Specialization : Wood work
No. of Years of Experience : 23
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : Dept. does not have Ph.D/M.Phil Programme
o) Name : Debkumar Das
Qualification : B.Com, Dip. in Wood Work
Designation : Assistant Prof (S-1)
Specialization : Wood work
No. of Years of Experience : 07
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : Dept. does not have Ph.D/M.Phil Programme

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p) Name : Mrinal Kanti Sarkar

Qualification : B.F.A
Designation : Assistant Prof (S-1)
Specialization : Textile Design
No. of Years of Experience : 07
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : Dept. does not have Ph.D/M.Phil Programme
q) Name : Jaya Boro
Qualification : M.F.A
Designation : Assistant Prof (S-1)
Specialization : Pottery, Ceramics
No. of Years of Experience : 08
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : Dept. does not have Ph.D/M.Phil Programme
r) Name : Ashis Ghosh
Qualification : M.F.A
Designation : Assistant Prof (S-1)
Specialization : Wood work
No. of Years of Experience : 08
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : Dept. does not have Ph.D/M.Phil Programme
s) Name : Sukanya Chatterjee
Qualification : M.Sc (Wood Science)
Designation : Assistant Prof (S-1)
Specialization : Wood Sc. & Tech.
No. of Years of Experience : 07
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : Dept. does not have Ph.D/M.Phil Programme
t) Name : Nabakumar Majhi
Qualification : M.F.A
Designation : Assistant Prof (S-1)
Specialization : Interior Accessories
No. of Years of Experience : 07
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : Dept. does not have Ph.D/M.Phil Programme

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u) Name : Manoj Kumar Prajapati

Qualification : M.F.A
Designation : Assistant Prof (S-1)
Specialization : Pottery & Ceramics
No. of Years of Experience : 08
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : Dept. does not have Ph.D/M.Phil Programme
12. List of senior Visiting Fellows, adjunct faculty, emeritus professors:
Visiting Fellows
a) Prof. Balachandran
b) Mrs. Sabnam
c) Pinaki Ranjan Chatterjee
13. Percentage of classes taken by temporary faculty — programme-wise:
a) Undergraduate 5.2 (in the specialization programme only)
b) Certificate Course – Nil
14. Programme-wise Student Teacher Ratio:
a) Certificate Courses 4.8 : 1 (based on intake capacity), 2.95 : 1 (Actual)
b) Undergraduate – 7.20 : 1(based on intake capacity), 6.8 : 1 (Actual).
* The courses are more practical biased requiring engagement of more faculties
15. Number of academic support staff (technical) and administrative staff sanctioned,
filled and actual:
Support Staff Sanctioned Filled Actual
Technical staff 18 11 11
Administrative staff 10 10 08

16. Research thrust areas as recognized by major funding agencies:

a) Waste utilization in Ceramics
b) Eco friendly dyeing & printing with Natural Dyes on textiles,
17. Number of faculty with ongoing projects from a) national b) international
agencies and c) Total grants received. Give the names of the project title and
grants received project-wise:
Name of National/International Title of the Project Grants
Faculty funding agency received(Rs)
Dr. Arabinda Department of Science Effect of Fly ash on the 16.85 lakh
Mondal and Technology, GOI development of ZrO2
cordierite-composite.

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Dr. Sankar University Grants Value addition of 1.6 lakh

Roy Maulik Commission handloom cotton fabric
through natural colour
dyeing (F. No. 41-
1307/2012(SR), dt
30.7.12

18. Inter-institutional collaborative projects and associated grants

a) National collaboration: Nil b) international collaboration: Nil
19. Departmental projects funded by DST-FIST; UGC-SAP/CAS, AICTE, etc.; total
grants received:
a) DST- FAST – Rs. 16.85 lakh
b) UGC – Rs.1.6 lakh
20. Research facility / centre with
a) state recognition : Nil b) national recognition: Nil
c) international recognition: Nil
21. Special research laboratories sponsored by / created by industry or corporate
bodies: Nil
22. Publications:
a) No. of papers published in peer reviewed journals:
i) National/International: 48 (Forty eight) details given as follows:
Dr. Padmini Balaram – 03
Ø Balaram, P. (2014). A Comparative Study of Asian Indigo and a Few
Embellishment Techniques used for Designing, in India, China, Korea
and Japan. A Value Chain in Natural Dyes Proceedings from IWND
2014, International Workshop on Natural Dyes (pp. 63-68), Acharya
N. G. Ranga Agricultural University, Hyderabad, 5th-7th March 2014.
ISBN: 978-93-83635-00-9
Ø Balaram, P. (2012). Eco-Friendly Dyes of India. Proceedings from the
National Seminar on Vegetable Dye and Its Application on Textiles, (pp.
143-148). Sriniketan: Silpa-Sadana,
Ø Balaram, P. (2011). Swastika in the East and the West. Proceedings from
the International Conference and Exhibition 2011 on Art and Design:
Integration of the East and The West, organized by Faculty of Applied
Arts and Design, Ubon Rachathani University, (pp.47-57) Thailand:
Ubon Rachthani University.

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Dr. Arabinda Mondal – 06

Ø “Studies on the partial replacement of feldspar by glassy frit in
porcelain” Indoceram AIPMA, Vol. 45, No. 1, 2009, pp 17-22, ISSN
No. 2321-1970.
Ø “Effect of substitution of quartz by zircon in glass bonded porcelain”
Indoceram AIPMA, Vol. 46, No. 4, 2010, pp 83-86 ISSN No. 2321-
1970.
Ø “Effect of MgO as dopant on the physical properties of porcelain”
Indoceram AIPMA, Vol. 47, No. 3, 2011, pp 22-25, ISSN No. 2321-
1970.
Ø “Effect of incorporation of ZnO containing glaze on the densification
of porcelain” Indoceram of AIPMA, Vol. 48, No. 2, 2012, pp 42-45,
ISSN No. 2321-1970.
Ø “Utilization Potential of Indian Fly ash – A Review” Indoceram of
AIPMA, Vol. 1, No. 3, 2013, pp 59-67, ISSN No. 2321-1970.
Ø “Studies on the Zirconia-Mullite composite derived from
dehydroxylated kaolinite” Indoceram of AIPMA, Vol. 2, No. 2, 2014,
pp 37-41, ISSN No. 2321-1970.
Dr. Prabir Kumar Choudhuri – 06
Ø ‘A Diagnostic Report on Cluster Development Programme of
Shantipur Handloom Cluster, Nadia, West Bengal: Part I – Evolution
of the Cluster and Cluster Analysis’, Indian Journal of Traditional
Knowledge, 8(4), 502-509, (2009).
Ø ‘Manufacturing of Eri Silk Yarn: A Review’, Man-made Textiles in
India, vol.no. 39(10)pp359- (2012) ISSN 0377 – 7537
Ø Studies on Tensile properties of Eri/Acrylic blended yarn, Indian
Journal of fibre & Textile Research, Vol. 38, March 2013, pp. 66-73,
ISSN: 0971-0426,
Ø Thermal Behaviour of Textiles – A Review, Man-made Textiles in
India, Vol. XLI No. 3,pp.93-96 (2013) ISSN 0377 – 7537
Ø Choudhuri. P.K , Majumdar P.K & Sarkar B, Studies on Tensile
Properties of Eri Silk/Polyester Blended Yarn Using Design of
Experiment Methodology, Journal of The Institution of Engineers
(India): Series E: Springer Publication, Volume 94, Issue 1 (2013),
Page 37-46
Ø Choudhuri. P.K, Application of multi Criteria Decision Making
(MCDM) Technique for the Selection of Vegetable dyes, Journal of

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the Textile Association, Volume 74, No. 5 (2014), Page 288-292 ISSN
0368-4636
Asish Mitra – 13
Ø ‘A Diagnostic Report on Cluster Development Programme of
Shantipur Handloom Cluster, Nadia, West Bengal: Part I – Evolution
of the Cluster and Cluster Analysis’, Indian Journal of Traditional
Knowledge, 8(4), 502-509, (2009).
Ø ‘Effect of Moisture on the Quality of 100% Viscose Yarn’, Man Made
Textiles in India, Vol. LII, No. 5, 153-156, (2009).
Ø ‘Soft Computing Applications in Fabrics and Clothing: A
Comprehensive Review’, Research Journal of Textile & Apparel,
14(1), 1-17, (2010).
Ø ‘Forecasting Comfort in Clothing Textile Materials Using Soft
Computing Tools’, Asian Textile Journal, 19(9), 66-69, (2010).
Ø ‘CAD/CAM Support for Jacquard Based Textile Industry’, Indian
Textile Journal, Vol. CXXIIO, No. 1, October, 53-58, (2011).
Ø ‘Comparative Analysis of Regression and ANN Models for Predicting
Drape Coefficient of Handloom Fabrics’, Indian Journal of Fibre and
Textile Research,
ISSN: 0971-0426, Vol 37, December, 313-320, (2012).
Ø ‘Geotextiles and its application in coastal protection and off-shore
engineering’, Journal of the Textile Association, ISSN 0368-4636,
May-June, 5-11, (2013).
Ø ‘Selection of handloom fabrics for summer clothing by AHP method
of Multi-Criteria Decision Making (MCDM) Techniques’,
International Journal of Management, IT and Engineering (IJMIE),
ISSN 2249-0558, August, Vol 3, Issue 8, 265-277, (2013).
Ø ‘Predicting thermal resistance of cotton fabrics by artificial neural
network model’, Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, ISSN:
0894-1777, Vol. 50, October, 172-177 (2013).
Ø ‘A study of some mechanical properties of eri fabric and comparative
study with wool fabric’, Man Made Textiles in India, ISSN: 0377-
7537.
Ø Mitra A., Majumdar P.K., Bannerjee D., ‘Predicting Air Permeability
of Handloom Fabrics: A Comparative Analysis of Regression and
Artificial Neural Network Models’, Journal of The Institution of
Engineers (India):

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Series E, ISSN: 2250-2483, Vol. 94, Number 1, DOI 10.1007/s40034-

013-0018-5, 29-36, March-August 2013.
Ø Mitra A., ‘CAD/CAM Solution for Textile Industry –––– An
Overview’, International Journal of Current Research and Academic
Review (IJCRAR), ISSN: 2347-3215, Vol. 2, No. 6, June, 41-50
(2014).
Ø Mitra A., Majumdar A., Ghosh A., Majumdar P.K., and Bannerjee D.,
‘Selection of Handloom Fabrics for Summer Clothing Using Multi-
Criteria Decision Making Techniques’, Journal of Natural Fibres,
Taylor & Francis, ISSN: 1544-0478 (Print), 1544-046X (Online), In
Press.
Shantanu Kumar Jena – 01
Ø "New Design Trends in Tableware's " Journal of All India Pottery
Manufacturers' Association Vol.1 No.1,2012
Dr. Sankar Roy Maulik – 17
Ø Painting on handloom cotton fabric with colourants extracted from
natural sources, (TK-5811), Indian J Traditional Knowledge, 13 (3),
2014, pp 589-595.
Ø Natural and eco-friendly apparel made from handloom fabrics,
International Conference “Emerging Trends in Traditional and
Technical Textiles” Department of Textile Technology, Dr. B R
Ambedkar National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar, 11-12 April,
2014, pp 368=372, ISBN: 978-93-5156-700-4.
Ø Printing of silk fabric with natural dye, 2nd National Conference on
Emerging Trends in Textile, Fibre and Apparel Engineering,
Organised by Department of Textile Technology, Government
College of Engineering and Textile Technology, Berhampore, West
Bengal, 21st – 22nd December, (2013), pp171- 174, Proceedings
ISBN 978 – 1- 63068-205-7.
Ø Eco-friendly printing with vegetable colour, Book of Papers and
Conference Proceedings ISBN No. 978-93-5216-892-5 “International
Conference on Environment and its impact on society, J D Birla
Institute, Kolkata 18th – 20th August, (2013), pp 114 – 119.
Ø Eco-green batik with Indigo, Book of Papers and Conference
Proceedings ISBN No. 978-93-5216-892-5 “International Conference
on Environment and its impact on society, J D Birla Institute, Kolkata
18 th – 20 th August, (2013), pp 110-113

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Ø Value addition of traditional handloom cotton fabric, Book of Papers

and Conference Proceedings ISBN No. 978-93-5216-892-5
“International Conference on Environment and its impact on society,
J D Birla Institute, Kolkata 18th – 20th August, (2013), pp 173-176.
Ø Dyeing of jute with colouring matter obtained from mahogany leaves,
Asian Dyer, 10 (4), 2013, pp 45 – 47.

Ø CdO and CdS nanoparticles from pyrolytic method: Preparation,

characterization and photocatalytic activity, Indian Journal of
Chemistry, 51A, June (2012), pp 807 – 811.
Ø Studies on Kinetic and Thermodynamic Parameters of Natural Dye
Extracted from Punica granatum on Protein Fibres, Proceedings of
International Conference on “Textile & Fashion” at Bangkok,
Thailand 3 – 4, July, 2012, pp (ISBN 978-974-625-563-9).
Ø An innovative approach towards tie-dye technique, Asian Dyer, 9(2),
2012, pp 42-45 ISSN No. 0972-9488.
Ø Dyeing of wool and silk with Madhuca Indica, Asian Dyer, 9(5),
(2012), pp 41-47, ISSN No. 0972-9488.
Ø Modification of cotton fabric with acrylamide in presence of K2S2O8
for improving dyeability of natural dyes, Journal of Textile Institute,
102 (2), (2011), pp 131-139, ISSN No. 0040-5000.
Ø Concurrent dyeing and finishing of cotton with natural colour and
citric acid in presence of NaH2PO4 as catalyst under thermal
treatment, Journal of Textile Institute, 102 (6), 2011, pp 491-499.
ISSN No. 0040-5000.
Ø Printing of jute with vegetable colour – An approach towards
diversification, Asian Dyer, 8 (2), 2011, pp 48-51. ISSN No. 0972-
9488.
Ø Printing of cotton fabric with pigment colour, Asian Dyer, 8(4), 2011,
pp 52-58. ISSN No. 0972-9488.
Ø Printing of handloom cotton fabric with natural colour, Asian Dyer,
7(2), (2010), pp 49-54, ISSN No. 0972-9488.
Ø Application of foam in textile wet processing, Asian Textile Journal,
19(6), 2010, pp 69-72, ISSN No.0972-9488.
Mrinal Kanti Sarkar
Ø Value addition of traditional handloom cotton fabric, Book of
Papers and Conference Proceedings ISBN No. 978-93-5216-892-5

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“International Conference on Environment and its impact on society, J D

Birla Institute, Kolkata 18 th – 20th August, (2013), pp 173-176.
Vishal C Bhand
Ø Design Education in India to Enliven Traditional Art and Craft,
University News, Association of Indian Universities, N. Delhi, Vol.
50, No. 09, 2012, ISSN-0566 2257
b) Monographs: Nil
c) Chapters in Books:
Dr. Padmini Balaram –
i) Balaram, P. (2012). Indian Indigo. In A. Feeser, M. D. Goggin, & B. F.
Tobin (Eds.), The Materiality of Color: The Production, Circulation, and
Application of Dyes and Pigments, 1400–1800 (pp. 139-154). Farnham:
Ashgate.
ii) Balaram, P. T. (2012). Toda Embroidery. In P. Hockings.
(Ed.), Encyclopedia of Nilgiri Hills (pp. 916-919). New Delhi: Manohar
Publication.
Vishal C Bhand –
i) Education and Rural Development (Tagore’s Sriniketan Experiment),
Quality Teacher Education in India, Bharati Publications, Delhi. ISBN-
9789 3812 1210 3
ii) Time, Space and Education, Issues and Challenges on Higher Education,
Wordsworth, India. ISBN- 9788 1925 4197 6
Prof. Rajkumar Konar –
i) Wrote an article entitled “Santiniketani Silpabodh o Silpi-Designer
Rathindranath” (Page no 47-54) in the book entitled “Rathindranath
Tagore The Unsug Hero” Edited by Tapati Mukhopadhyay & Amrit Sen;
published in June 2013 by Santiniketan Press, Visva-Bharati, ISBN No.
978-81-7522-573-2
d) Edited Books: Nil
e) Books with ISBN with details of publishers:
Dr. Padmini Balaram –
i) Balaram, P. T., Balaram S., & Sarkar I. (2008). Cotton. Auroville:
Upasana.
c) Number listed in International Database (For e.g. Web of Science, Scopus,
Humanities International Complete, Dare Database International Social
Sciences Directory, EBSCO host, etc.):

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d) Citation Index — range / average:

e) SNIP:
f) SIR:
g) Impact Factor — range / average:
h) h-index:
23. Details of patents and income generated: Nil
24. Areas of consultancy and income generated:
a) Textiles products designing,
b) Furniture designing & production, Ceramics & Pottery
25. Faculty selected nationally / internationally to visit other laboratories /
institutions / industries in India and abroad:
a) Dr. Padmini Balaram –
Invited for Delivering Lectures at International Conferences /Workshops /
Seminars:
i) Natural Dyes for Healthy Living, Heat 2010, Coimbatore, 2010
ii) Swastika in the East and the West, Seminar on Arts and Design:
Integration of the East and the West, Ubon Ratchani University, Thailand,
2011
iii) Eco-Fashions: Traditional & Contemporary, International Seminar,
NIFTEA Tiruppur, 2011.
iv) Spread of Cotton from India to China to Japan at International
conference on Archeology by SOASS and Dept. of Archeology, Govt. of
Chattisgarh at Raipur, February 2014.
v) Natural Dyes in Fashion and Textiles, at Sutra an International Conference
on Natural Dyes, Kolkata, February 2014.
vi) A Comparative Study of Asian Indigo and a Few Embellishment
Techniques used for Designing, in India, China, Korea and Japan at IWND
2014 International Workshop on Natural Dyes, Acharya N. G. Ranga
Agricultural University, Hyderabad, 5th-7th March 2014.
Selected to Read Papers at International Conferences:
vii) Natural Dyes: Tradition to Contemporary at 2013 MFAEN meeting,
Kansas, USA, 15-16 November 2013 by Fiber Department at Kansas City
Art Institute, Kansas, USA
viii) Spread of Cotton from India to China to Japan at International
Conference on Archeology, organized by SOASS and Dept. of Archeology,
Govt. of Chattisgarh, at Raipur, February 2014
Invited for Delivering Lectures at National Conferences / Workshops /
Seminars:

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ix) ‘Design and Development of Eco-sensitive products’, Key-note Speaker,

National Seminar at Mount Carmel College, Bangalore, February 2012.
x) ‘Development of Design and Use of Colours’, Cluster development
workshop, organized by office of the Development Commissioner of
Handicrafts, Salem, February, 2012
Invited by International Universities and Organisations for Delivering
Lectures:
xi) Research and Beyond, as a part of course to Graduate students of Textiles,
Merchandising and Fashion at University of Nebraska-Lincoln, on October
7th 2013.
xii) Textiles for Interiors, at Morgan State University, Baltimore, Maryland,
on October 29 2013. (OLF Fund granted for this upcoming lecture at a
minority institute.)
xiii) Movement of Swastika from India to China, Korea and Japan, at
University of Texas, Austin, November. 18-19, 2013
xiv) Movement of Swastika and Lotus between India, China, Japan and
Korea, as a part of the course INDS 3715 Cloth and Culture: A Global
Perspective at Woodbury University in Burbank, California. November
25 2013
xv) Confluence of Culture: Blue World of Asian Indigo at Palo Alto Art
Center, Palo Alto, California. On November 26th 2013. Organised by
SACHI, Palo Art Gallery and Textile Society of America
xvi) Indigo and Resist Techniques of India, at California College of Arts
(CCA), Oakland, California on December 3rd 2013 () (This is also a
minority college)
xvii) Ajarakh Printing and Kalamkari Paitning, at International Quilt Study
Centre and Museum, Lincoln, NE, on December 6th 2013
xviii) Eco-Friendly Dyes and Textiles of Dr. Padmini Balaram, at University of
Nebraska Lincoln, December 6th 2013.
xix) Wancho Naga and Their Medals of Bravery at Santa Fe Weaving
Gallery, Santa Fe, possibly on December 10 th or in 2nd week of December
2013
Invited by International University to Conduct Workshop:
xx) Surface Design workshop at University of Texas, Austin, USA, 25
October 2013.
Invited/Selected to Attend International Conferences:
xxi) Fulbright Fellow Orientation Conference, Kolkata organized by United
States-India Educational Foundation, New Delhi, India, May 2013
xxii) Global Education, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA, organized by
University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA, 28 Sept. 2014
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xxiv) Fulbright Fellow Conference at New Orleans, 20-23 November 2013

Invited for Solo Exhibition of My Work in USA: 2:
xxv) Exhibition of ‘Eco-Friendly Textile Paintings and Wall-Hangings, 11-15
November 3013, at Rotunda Gallery, University of Nebraska-Lincoln City
Camus, Lincoln, USA organized by University of Nebraska Lincoln, USA
xxvi) Exhibition of 'Innovative Natural Dyed Textiles’ 26 November 2013, at Palo
Alto, California, USA, organized by SACHI (Society for Arts and Culture
Heritage of India), California, USA
Invited to Honour and Speak about:
xxvii) Yellappa, the Master Craftsman/the Master Indigo Dyer, Exhibition of indigo
dyed textiles at Dastakar, 7th June 2014 organised by Dastakar Andhra
b) Sumitabha Pal –
i) Thai-Indian Artist Workshop, under Thai-India Art and Cultural Exchange
Program 2009, at Slipakorn University, Bankok, Thailand, from 6th – 13 th
Sept. 2009.
ii) Bangladesh-Indian Artist Workshop & Seminar, under Bangladesh-India Art
and Cultural Exchange Program 2011, on 150th Birth Anniversary of
Gurudev Rabindranath Thakur, at Faculty of Fine Arts, Dhaka University,
Dhaka, Bangladesh from 22nd to 30th January 2011.
C) Prof. Rajkumar Konar –
i) Prof. Rajkumar Konar was selected internationally to present a Research
paper entitled” “Infusing Culture in a Creative & Economic Endeavour” on
18 th November, 2011, in the 2-day International Symposium & Conference
“International Perspectives in Art & Design: Translating Culture” at Leeds
college of Art, Leeds LS29AQ; UK. Also visited six reputed Design
Institutions in UK, Paris and Geneva and interacted with their faculties &
Students during the 3-week trip.
26. Faculty serving in
a) National committees:
b) International committees:
c) Editorial Boards:
d) Any other (please specify):
Editorial Board
Dr. Arabinda Mondal, Asstt. Professor has been serving as Associate Editor of
‘Journal of AIPMA (Indoceram)’.
Expert Committee Member
Dr. Sankar Roy Moulik has been acting as a member of Expert Committee in
“Bachelor of Fashion & Apparel Design”, Rani Birla Girls’ College, University
of Calcutta

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Member of Institution of Engineers (India)

i) Dr. Sankar Roy Moulik, Asstt. Professor, Membership no. M-131577-8.
ii) Dr. Prabir Kumar Choudhuri, Asstt. Professor, Membership no.
M 140516-5.
iii) Dr. Asish Mitra, Asstt. Professor, Membership no.M-139291-8
Fellow member of International Science Congress Association (ISCA)
i) Dr. Prabir Kumar Choudhuri, Asstt. Professor, Membership no. ISCA-FM-
213.
Patron Member of The Textile Association
i) Dr. Sankar Roy Moulik, Asstt. Professor, Membership no. WB/PM/1297.
ii) Dr. Prabir Kumar Choudhuri, Asstt. Professor, Membership no.
WB/PM/1356.
iii) Dr. Asish Mitra, Asstt. Professor, Membership no. WB/PM/1357
Member of Forum of Scientists, Engineers & Technologists (FOSET)
i) Dr. Sankar Roy Moulik, Asstt. Professor, Membership no. LM 2005-1538-
BDL.
ii) Dr. Asish Mitra, Asstt. Professor, Membership no. LM 2005-1539-HLY.
Member of Indian Society of Technical Education
i) Dr. Prabir Kumar Choudhuri, Asstt. Professor, Membership no. LM 47576
Member of Indian Ceramics Society
i) Dr. Arabinda Mondal, Asstt. Professor, Membership no. EL-512
Member of Indian Institute of Ceramics
i) Dr. Arabinda Mondal, Asstt. Professor, Membership no. IC-2009/1023/M
Member of The Indian Natural Fibre Society
i) Dr. Sankar Roy Moulik, Asstt. Professor, Membership no. TINFS/C-67
ii) Dr. Prabir Kumar Choudhuri, Asstt. Professor, Membership no. TINFS/C-
70
iii) Dr. Asish Mitra, Asstt. Professor, Membership no. TINFS/LM 130/0214
Prof. Rajkumar Konar
a) i) Governing council member of Cluster Coordination Committee of
Enrerpreneurship Development Institute of India, Ahmedabad
ii) Leather Goods Cluster, Santiniketan, MSME, Govt. of India
iii) Santiniketan Leather goods manufacturing Associations
iv) SIDI (Society of Industrial Designers, India);
b) Advisor
i) Confetti, India Pvt. Ltd., Daranda.;
ii) State Initiated Design Centre, Geetanjali Cultural Complex,

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Santiniketan;
iii) SSDA, Santiniketan
c) Member of Intach, Santinketan Chapter.
d) Life Member of the following professional bodies:
i) Council of Architecture; New Delhi
ii) India Design Association, India
27. Faculty recharging strategies (UGC, ASC, Refresher / orientation programs,
workshops, training programs and similar programs):
Average 10% Faculties per year are generally sent for undergoing refresher, short term
training program, orientation program, workshop etc. sponsored by UGC at ASC or
other reputed organizations.
28. Student projects:
a) percentage of students who have done in-house projects including
interdepartmental projects: 100%
b) percentage of students doing projects in collaboration with other
universities / industry / institute: Nil
29. Awards / recognitions received at the national and international level by
a) Faculty:
Sri Naba Kumar Majhi –
i) Received “Pandit Raghunath Murmu Memorial award – 2009” in the field
of Art & Craft from Govt. of West Bengal.
Dr. Prabir Kumar Choudhuri –
ii) Received International award for best paper presentation in the 3 rd.
International Science Congress held at Karunya University, Coimbatore,
India, organized by the International Science Congress Association in
Dec. 2013.

Dr. Padmini Balaram –

i) Award for the Indigenous Research Paper and Oral Presentation
on Swastika in the East and West, Ubon Ratchathani University, Thailand,
2011.
ii) Occasional Lecturer Fund (OLF) Award for Fulbright Scholars to
deliver invited lecture at Morgan State University, USA. Awarded by
CIEF, October 2013
iii) International Fellowship for Research: NTICVA 2014-15 Small
Study Research Grant to research on ‘Direct and Indirect Influences of

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Indian Chintz Textiles on Wa Sarasa of Japan’. Awarded by NTICVA

(Nehru Trust for the Indian Collection at Victoria and Albert Museum,
UK. April 2014-March 2015
iv) International Fellowship for Teaching in USA: Fulbright-Nehru
Visiting Lecturer Fellowship to teach Colours and Natural Dyes of
India: Their use in Textiles and Surface Design at University of
Nebraska Lincoln in USA, 2013. Awarded by United States India
Education Foundation. Fall Semester 2013:19 August – 18 December
2013
v) International Fellowship for Global Educational Partnership, USA
from Reach the world, USA, October-December 2013
b) Doctoral / post doctoral fellows: Nil
c) Students: Nil
30. Seminars/ Conferences/Workshops organized and the source of funding (national
/ international) with details of outstanding participants, if any:
a) National Seminar & Workshop on “Vegetable dye and its application on
textiles” was organized during December 2-4, 2011 involving 200 participants
from industry, academia and entrepreneur etc. 33 research papers were
presented. Book of abstract & e. book were published. Fund was available from
the University.
b) National Workshop on “Eco-friendly printing with natural dyes” was organized
during December 8-9, 2012 involving 99 participants belonging to designer,
craftsmen, handloom dyers, students, teachers etc. Fund was available from the
University.
c) Workshop on Dyeing and Printing, Pottery & Ceramic, Leather Work and
Woodwork for five days i.e. from 26th to 30th August 2013 for the trainees from
Upendra Maharathi Shilp Anusandhan Sansthan, Patna at Silpa-Sadana.
d) Workshop on Block Printing, Bamboo & Cane, Pottery and Paper-massy as
resource person for five days i.e. from 9th to 14th September, 2013 for the
trainees from Upendra Maharathi Shilp Anusandhan Sansthan, Patna at Silpa-
Sadana.
31. Code of ethics for research followed by the departments:
Follows University and UGC codes.

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32. Student profile programme-wise:

Name of the Selected Pass percentage
Programme Applications
(refer to question no. 4) received Male Female Male Female
4-year B.Des, 13-14 174 23 11
4-year B.Des, 12-13 137 28 11
First
4-year B.Des, 11-12 91 23 11
batch is yet to be
4-year B.Des, 10-11 121 23 06 passed out
2-yr.Certificate Courses 13-14 43 24 7
Results not yet
12-13 49 24 4 announced
11-12 35 26 5 5 1
10-11 26 16 7 11 7

33. Diversity of students:

Name of the % of students % of students % of students % of students
Programme (refer to from the same from other from other from other
question no. 4) University Universities/B Universities Countries
/Board oard /Board outside
the state
4-year B.Des, 13-14 5.88 76.47 17.64 2.94
4-year B.Des, 12-13 Nil 89.74 2.56 7.69
4-year B.Des, 11-12 5.88 88.23 5.88 Nil
4-year B.Des, 10-11 6.89 93.10 Nil Nil
2-yr.Certificate Nil 100 Nil Nil
Courses 13-14
12-13 Nil 100 Nil Nil
11-12 Nil 100 Nil Nil
10-11 Nil 100 Nil Nil
34. How many students have cleared Civil Services and Defense Services
examinations, NET, SET, GATE and other competitive examinations? Give
details category-wise: Not applicable

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35. Student progression:

Student progression Percentage against enrolled
UG to PG
PG to M.Phil.
PG to Ph.D.
Ph.D. to Post-Doctoral
Employed
• Campus selection
• Other than campus recruitment
Entrepreneurs

36. Diversity of staff:

Percentage of faculty who are graduates
of the same university 40%
from other universities within the State 30%
from universities from other States 25%
from universities outside the country 0.5%

37. Number of faculty who were awarded M.Phil., Ph.D., D.Sc. and D.Litt. during the
assessment period:
Awarded Degree No. of Faculty
M.Phil. Nil
Ph.D. 03
D.Sc. and D.Litt. Nil
38. Present details of departmental infrastructural facilities with regard to
a) Library: One library in the Bhavana
b) Internet facilities for staff and students: Internet facilities for staffs are
available.
c) Total number of class rooms: 10
39. List of doctoral, post-doctoral students and Research Associates:
a) from the host institution/university: Nil
b) from other institutions/ universities : Nil
40. Number of post graduate students getting financial assistance from the

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university: N.A
41. Was any need assessment exercise undertaken before the development of new
programme(s)? If so, highlight the methodology:
Prior to starting a degree programme in Bachelor in Design Course, the dept. had a
“Special Reform Committee (SRC) meeting for reorganization & rejuvenation of
Silpa-Sadana (SS)” as per recommendation of High Level Committee (HLC)
constituted by the President of India, in his capacity as Visitor of the University. The
two-day meeting was held under the Chairmanship of the Vice chancellor, Visva-
Bharati. The members present were:
a) Mr. Rajeev Sethi, Chairman, Asian Heritage Foundation, New Delhi
b) Prof. A. G. Rao, Emeritus Professor, IIT Bombay, Mumbai
c) Prof. Jogen Chowdhury, Ratan Palli, Santiniketan

d) Mr. Subrata Bhoumik, Textile Designer, 31 Shyamal Row House, Ahemedabad-

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e) Prof. Prabir Dasgupta, Desiner, Guru Palli, Santiniketan
f) Dr. Avinash Mathur, Scientist, NISTAD, Pusa Gate, New Delhi
g) Mr. Subir Chakraborti, CEO, Development Consultant Pvt. Ltd., Kolkata
h) V. C. Bhand Reader in Design , Silpa-Sadana
i) R K Konar, Prof. of Design & HOD, Silpa-Sadana
The suggestions made by the committee were taken as guide line for the development
of the said course.
42. Does the department obtain feedback from
a) faculty on curriculum as well as teaching-learning-evaluation? If yes, how
does the department utilize the feedback: Yes, through departmental faculty
meeting and Board of Studies meeting.
b) students on staff, curriculum and teaching-learning-evaluation and how does
the department utilize the feedback: Yes, through student-faculty meeting held
on different issues and in regular basis.
c) alumni and employers on the programmes offered and how does the
department utilize the feedback: Yes, through Interactive discussions with
passed out students.
43. List the distinguished alumni of the department (maximum 10):

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Name of the Where engaged Designation Year of

alumni passing
Sambaditya Banasthali University, Faculty of Textile
Asst. Professor 1999
Raj Design
Abhishek Executive
Vardhman Textiles Mills, Baddi, H.P 2003
Singh (Production)
Abdur National Handloom Development Senior Officer
2003
Rahaman Corporation. (Commercial)
Handloom
Dept. of Handloom & Textiles, Govt. of
Palash Pal Development 2004
West Bengal
Officer
Senior
Subash
Autoliv Indian Pvt. Ltd, Mysore, Executive
Chandra 2005
Karnataka (Automotive
Pradhan
Textiles)
Lina Apparel Training and Design Centre under
Lecturer 2006
Bhowmik Apparel Export Promotion Council (GOI)
Asst. Teacher
Radhasundar Dighri High School, Kankuria, Dhulian,
(Work 2002
Ghosh Murshidabad
education)
Overseas Sales & Marketing at Krosaki Engineer
Sahin Ali 2001
Harima Corporation, Japan
Mrinmoy Central Glass & Ceramic Research Technical
2004
Adhikari Institute, CSIR, GOI Assistant

44. Give details of student enrichment programmes (special lectures / workshops /

seminar) involving external experts:
Name of the Programme Held on
Workshop on Silk degumming & Dyeing of silk and Feb. 26-28,2009
cotton yarn with natural dyes
Workshop on Bleaching of Jute and dyeing with natural Jan. 2-4,2009
dyes
Workshop on New Textile Printing Methodologies Feb. 3-4,2011
Workshop on Dyeing & Printing Aug. 26-30,2013
Block Printing Sept. 9-14, 2013
Workshop on Cane and Bamboo Works Sept. 11-14, 2013
Workshop on Metal works Feb. 15-20, 2013
Workshop on Cane and Bamboo Crafts Jan. 31-Feb.5,2013
45. List the teaching methods adopted by the faculty for different programmes:
a) Class Room teaching

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b) With audio-visual aid

c) Off campus learning through Industrial exposure.
d) Internship in various government and non-government agencies.
e) Conducting Projects and evaluation.
f) Group Discussion and class room seminar
g) Computer training (In our curriculum)
46. How does the department ensure that programme objectives are constantly met
and learning outcomes are monitored:
a) Regular Student-Teacher meeting and discussions
b) Continuous internal assessment
c) Semester based Final examination system
47. Highlight the participation of students and faculty in extension activities:
The dept. is having a wing of extension activities where faculties use to look after the
related works including design development. The students are actively involved in the
said program. Students’ practical works (in the form of their project works) are tried to
introduce in real production activities.
48. Give details of “beyond syllabus scholarly activities” of the department:
a) Teachers are engaged in research activities and conducting projects (mentioned
earlier).
b) Lectures /Chairing sessions/participations/visiting faculties in other Institution and
National program.
49. State whether the programme / department is accredited / graded by other
agencies? If yes, give details: No
50. Briefly highlight the contributions of the department in generating new
knowledge, basic or applied:
The department of Silpa-Sadana (formerly known as Silpa Bhavana) has been playing
a vital role to carry forward the dream of Gurudeva Rabindranath Tagore of acquiring
the economic self-sufficiency to the underprivileged rural community of India for
decades. Rathindranath Tagore has given the shape of Gurudeva’s vision through
establishing Cottage Industries training Centre (now known as Silpa-Sadana). It is the
craft wing of Visva-Bharati and one of the oldest Technical Institution of India. Silpa-
Sadana has a long tradition in the production of innovative & artistic handloom and
handcrafted products and well known for its Technical training and exquisite craft
based products in cottage industries & craft since its inception. It was set-up in 1922
as an integral part of Gurudeva’s Sriniketan experiment of rural reconstruction.
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sector for sustainable economic regeneration of the villages through its different
academic programmes. It occupies a unique position among the technical institutions
in having been able to revitalize the decadent cottage industries by those artistic and
creative impulses which underline the principle of ‘Functional beauty’, the foundation
of all indigenous hand crafted articles. It had reoriented and reengineered this sector
by introducing innovation in technique, technology, aesthetics & design through better
craftsmanship, new skill, new design, new trade, better techniques & upgrading
methods of production and infusing design elements from other culture. The efforts
directed towards this direction gradually spread not only in the surrounding villages
but also throughout the country. Thus a professional attitude at Silpa-Sadana has
gradually evolved through the decades coupled with aesthetic finesse. Its linkage with
the villages surrounding the university provided stimulus to such entrepreneurial
activities.
51. Detail five major Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Challenges (SWOC)
of the department:
a) Strengths –
i) Need based Course curriculum
ii) Experienced & qualified faculties
iii) Hands on training facilities
iv) Intimate teacher-student relationship
v) Infrastructural facilities
b) Weaknesses –
i) Absence of Institute-Industry partnership
ii) Not having the Masters programs
iii) Inadequate facilities like inter-net, transport for the students
iv) Long distance from Metropolitan city
v) Diversity in economic conditions among students
c) Opportunities –
i) Scope of transferring knowledge to the rural community of nearby villages
ii) Pollution free &homely environment.
iii) Wider spaces for extension
iv) Administrative simplicity
v) Cordial relationship among students, staffs & faculties
d) Challenges of the Department –
i) Keeping pace with the changing scenario in educational systems
ii) Combating the changing human culture
iii) Creating need based facilities for the students
iv) Cost control, effectiveness and viability.

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52. Future plans of the department:

a) To start P.G. program
b) To initiate research programme leading to Ph.D.
c) To take initiatives in multidisciplinary research
d) To strengthen the ongoing extension activities.

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Evaluative Report of the Department of Social Work

1. Name of the Department : Social Work

2. Year of establishment : 1963
3. Is the Department part of a School/Faculty of the university? Yes, Palli
Samgathana Vibhaga, (Institute of Rural Reconstruction).
4. Names of programmes offered (UG, PG, M.Phil., Ph.D., integrated Masters;
Integrated Ph.D., D.Sc., D.Litt., etc.) :
a) UG – Bachelor of Social Work (Hons) (BSW Hons.)
b) PG – Master of Social work (MSW)
c) Ph.D in Social Work
5. Interdisciplinary programmes and departments involved:
Programmes Departments
Tagore Studies Rabindra Bhavana
English Department of English
Environmental Studies Department of Environmental Studies
Agriculture & Animal Husbandry Institute of Agriculture
6. Courses in collaboration with other universities, industries, foreign institutions,
etc.: University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign, & Dominican University, Chicago,
USA in connection with internship of students.
7. Details of programmes discontinued, if any, with reasons: NA
8. Examination System: Semester System.
9. Participation of the department in the courses offered by other departments:
Sociology is taught by a faculty member in Palli Charcha Kendra.
10. Number of teaching posts sanctioned, filled and actual (Professors/ Associate
Professors/ Asst. Professors/ others) :

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Actual (including CAS

Sanctioned+ Filled
& MPS)
Professor 1 1 5(4-CAS,1-MPS)
Associate Professors 3 3 3 (2-CAS, 1-MPS)
Asst. Professors 13 13 9
Others – – –
11. Faculty profile with name, qualification, designation, area of specialization,
experience and research under guidance :
a) Name : Kumkum Bhattacharya
Qualification : MA (Psychology), Ph.D.
Designation : Professor
Specialization : Culture-Personality
No. of Years of Experience : 33
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : 07
b) Name : Prasanta Kumar Ghosh
Qualification : MSW, Ph.D.
Designation : Professor
Specialization : HRD, HRM, HIV/AIDS
No. of Years of Experience : 25
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : 06
c) Name : Asok Kumar Sarkar
Qualification : MA (Social Wok), M Phil, Ph.D.
Designation : Professor
Specialization : Medical and Psychiatric Social Work/ NPOs
& Development
No. of Years of Experience : 16
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : 06
d) Name : Manju Mohan Mukherjee
Qualification : MSW, Ph.D.
Designation : Professor
Specialization : Health & Mental Health
No. of Years of Experience : 28
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students

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guided for the last 4 years : None

e) Name : Debotosh Sinha
Qualification : MA (Social Work), M.Phil., Ph.D.
Designation : Professor
Specialization : Family & Child Welfare; Occupational Social
Work
No. of Years of Experience : 19
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : 06
f) Name : Sanjoy Roy
Qualification : MA (Social Wok), M. Phil, Ph.D.
Designation : Associate Professor
Specialization : Community Development/ Administration/
Weaker Section
No. of Years of Experience : 09
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : 03
g) Name : Swapan Hazra
Qualification : MA (Social Work), L.L.B
Designation : Associate Professor
Specialization : HRD; Welfare Administration; Social Group
Work
No. of Years of Experience : 23
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : None
h) Name : Paromita Roy
Qualification : M.Sc (Economics)
Designation : Associate Professor
Specialization : Development Economics, Social
Development, Social Research
No. of Years of Experience : 14
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : Nil
i) Name : Ram Prasad Das
Qualification : MA (Social Work); M.Phil
Designation : Assistant Professor
Specialization : Crime & Correctional Administration

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No. of Years of Experience : 19

No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : None

j) Name : Joseph Varghese

Qualification : MA (Social Work), M. Phil
Designation : Assistant Professor
Specialization : Community Development
No. of Years of Experience : 08
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : None
k) Name : Sukumar Pal
Qualification : MA (Social Work), Ph.D.
Designation : Assistant Professor
Specialization : Weaker Sections, Social Defence and
Correction, Group work, Citizenship &
Governance
No. of Years of Experience : 01
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : 02
l) Name : Neelmani Jaysawal
Qualification : MA (Social Work)
Designation : Assistant Professor
Specialization : Community Organization, Development
Practice
No. of Years of Experience : 01
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : None
m) Name : Sudeshna Saha
Qualification : MSW, PGDHRM & PGDBM
Designation : Assistant Professor
Specialization : Industrial Social Work/CSR
No. of Years of Experience : 05
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : None
n) Name : Subhashree Sanyal
Qualification : MA (Social Work)

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Designation : Assistant Professor

Specialization : Medical & Psychiatric Social
Work/Management of NGOs
No. of Years of Experience : 04
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : None
o) Name : Sashmita Patel
Qualification : MSW, M.Phil
Designation : Assistant Professor
Specialization : URCD/Women Empowerment
No. of Years of Experience : 10
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : None
12. List of senior Visiting Fellows, adjunct faculty, emeritus professors:
a) Prof. P. R. Balgopal
Emeritus Professor & Fulbright Senior Specialist,
School of Social Work, University of Illinois,
Urbana Champaign, USA.
b) Prof. Barry Ackerson,
School of Social Work, University of Illinois,
Urbana Champaign, USA.
c) Dr. Sunny Sinha,
Assistant Professor in Social Work,
Liberal Arts Centre, Room 81Q,
University of Marrywood, USA.
13. Percentage of classes taken by temporary faculty — programme-wise: NA
14. Programme-wise Student Teacher Ratio:
a) BSW – 8:1
b) MSW – 5:1
c) Ph.D – 3:1 (Effective & existing)
15. Number of academic support staff (technical) and administrative staff sanctioned,
filled and actual:
Support Staff Sanctioned Filled Actual
Academic Support Staff 4 3 3
Technical Staff 1 0 0
Administrative Staff 5 4 4

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16. Research thrust areas as recognized by major funding agencies:

a) HIV/AIDS
b) Rural Development
17. Number of faculty with ongoing projects from a) national b) international
agencies and c) Total grants received. Give the names of the project title and
grants received project-wise:
1 faculty received Grant for the Current Ongoing GFATM Round 7 Project
Brief Description of the Project
Name of the Funding Agency-Global Trust Fund
Project Title-Global Fund to Fight against TB, Malaria and AIDS Round 7
Grants Received-Rs 93, 85,893/-
The Department of Social Work, Visva-Bharati is working as sub recipient of Global
Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, Round-7 project to enhance the
capacity in counseling among the counselors. The Department of Social Work
organizes several trainings i.e. ICTC, CCC, ART, STI as per NACO guideline.
As per training module, the counselors participated in interactive classroom lectures,
group activities, role play, game based learning etc. The participants and resource
persons of the program maintained their appropriate time every day in the valuable
sessions. The resource persons for the training program were master trainers as well as
professionals from different departments in the educational, health and development
sectors. A lot of resource persons from NRHM & WBSACS kept their involvement in
the training program.
We have conducted covered although 18 training programs during the project period.
A list of that has been given below where several types of training are there.
18. Inter-institutional collaborative projects and associated grants
a) National collaboration:
National collaboration: National Institute of Orthopedically Handicapped (NIOH),
Kolkata and our Department are working collaboratively. We extend our help through
faculty members to run their PGDDRM course. They organize camp in our
Department to identify disabled persons in Bolpur locality and to distribute aids and
appliances. Directly we are not involved in receiving any kind of grants.
b) international collaboration:
International collaboration: School of Social Work, University of Illinois is
collaborating with us for field work (at international level) of their students in India.

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19. Departmental projects funded by DST-FIST; UGC-SAP/CAS, AICTE, etc.; total

grants received:
Department is running GFATM Round 7 Project as details are given above.

20. Research facility / centre with

a) state recognition : N.A b) national recognition: N.A
c) international recognition: NA
21. Special research laboratories sponsored by / created by industry or corporate
bodies: NA
22. Publications:
a) No. of papers published in peer reviewed journals:
Publications during last four years (2009-2013):
Prof. Kumkum Bhattacharya
Books: (two)
i) Celebrating Freedom: the Santal way of life, edited by Boro Baski and
Kumkum Bhattacharya, Ghosaldanga Adibasi Seva Sangha.
ii) Rabindranath Tagore: Adventure of Ideas and Innovative Practices in
Education published by Springer in December 2013.
Chapters in books: (six)
i) 2009 “Under a banyan tree” in Beyond Degrees edited by Ira Pande, IIC,
New Delhi and Harper Collins.
ii) 2010 Invited to write the entry on Rabindranath Tagore for the ACPI
Encyclopedia of Philosophy in two volumes edited by Johnson J.
Puthenpurackal, Bangalore, Asian Trading Corporation.
iii) 2012 “Utopias in Praxis: Rabindranath’s Rural Reconstruction” in Utopias
from Asia (An international and interdisciplinary symposium in
Santiniketan on the occasion of the 150th birthday anniversary of
Rabindranath Tagore edited by Konrad Meisig, Germany, Harrassowitz
Verlag. Weisbaden.
iv) 2013 “Syllabus for Social Work in the North-East: Some Reflections” in
Sukhdeba Sharma Hanjabam, Ahibam Koireng Singh and Grace Laltlinzo
(eds.) Social Work Towards Meeting the Challenges of Global and Local,
New Delhi, Essential Books pp. 47-54.
v) 2013 “Understanding and negotiating issues of ethics in the application of
knowledge”, in Konrad Meisig (ed.) Techno-Ethics: Humanities and
Technology, Papers of an International and Interdisciplinary Symposium

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in Mainz and Hanoi, an Asian Impact Activity in Memoriam of Momoyo

Okura, Germany, Harrassowitz Verlag. Pp. 61-69.
vi) 2013 “Encroachment: Food (in)Security and the Jarawas” jointly with
Ranjit Kumar Bhattacharya in Debabrata Das Gupta (ed.) Food and
Environmental Security: Imperaives of indigenous knowledge systems,
Jodhpur, Agrobios (India); pp. 99-103.

Articles in Journals: (four)

i) 2009 “Under a banyan tree” in Beyond Degrees edited by Ira Pande, IIC,
New Delhi and Harper Collins.
ii) 2010 “Sustainable Development and Spirituality” in Sustainability
Tomorrow, Vol 5, Issue 1; January-March 2010, CII-ITC Centre of
Excellence for Sustainable Development, New Delhi.
iii) 2010; “Sustainable Development and Spirituality” in Journal of Social
Work & Social Development, Vol.1 No.1; June 2010, Department of
Social Work, Visva-Bharati.
iv) 2011 “Jivan Devata: Quest for Interpretations” in Journal of Indian
Council of Philosophical Research, Special Issue on Rabindranath
Tagore, Volume XXVIII, Number 1, 155-164, January-March 2011.
Prof. P. K. Ghosh
Chapters in book (four)
i) CORPORATE Social Responsibility or Responsiveness –A Journey from
Corporate Philanthropy to Corporate RESPONSIBILITY, Reading
materials for MSW students published by IGNOU, New Delhi, 2010.
ii) Non-Profit Donor Agency: Reading materials for MSW students
published by IGNOU, New Delhi, 2011.
iii) Philosophy and Development of Social Work in India, Encyclopaedia of
Social Work in India, 2012.
iv) Strength Based Social Work Practice –sustainable rural development in
India, Social Work and Strength Based Practice (2012) published by
Brisbane Institute of Strength Based Practice, James Cook University,
Australia.
Prof. Asok Kumar Sarkar
Articles in Journal (four)
i) ‘Extent, Causes and Consequences of Spousal Violence: A Study of
Bengali Married Women in Bolpur Sub-Division, West Bengal,’ Journal
of Social Work and Social Development, Vol-1, No -1, 2010.

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ii) ‘Methods and Techniques Oriented Field Work Training in Social Work,’
Learning Community, Vol-2, No-3, 2011.
iii) ‘Challenges Faced by Children of Migrated Parents and Right to
Education: A Case Study’ (co-author),Right to Education: Issues and
Challenges, Pragma Publications: Hyderabad, 2014.
iv) ‘Right to Health in Development Parlance: An Emerging Demand’, South
Asia Politics, Vol-13, No-1, 2014
Chapters in Book (two)
i) ‘Theories and Models in Social Group Work’, MSW-008, Block-2, Indira
Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU): New Delhi, 2009.
ii) ‘International Institutions and Globalization’, in Surendra Singh’s (ed),
Encyclopaedia of Social Work in India, New Royal Book Company:
Lucknow, 2012.
Prof. Manjumohan Mukherjee
Publications (English) (five)
i) Female Foeticide, Social Work Foot- Prints (Samaj Karyada Hejjegalu),
Banglore, December 2012. Volume III, Issue-I, Page 30-33.
ii) Sustainable Development and global Warming, Social Work Journal,
Department of Social Work,Assam University, Silchar, Assam,Volume 2,
Number 1, June2011.
iii) God and Religion – 2 Satyagraha, Swaraj and The Constructive
Programme, The Statesman, Kolkata, 2nd Februrary2010
iv) God and Religion - 1Gandhi's Philosophy of Secularism and Non-
Violence, The Statesman, Kolkata,1st February2010.
v) Death of the Unborn: Foeticide and Missing Girl Child, The Statesman
Kolkata, 14 April, 2009.
Books (two)
i) Human Trafficking, Rights of Migrant Workers and Their Education
(2012) Edited by Manju Mohan Mukherjee, V. Parameswaran, S.K. Roy
Published by ATLANTIC Publishers & Distributors (P) Ltd. 7/22, Ansari
Road, Darya Ganj, New Delhi-110002, E-mail: [email protected]
ii) An Overview of Social Work Practice (2011), Manjumohan Mukherjee
and Renee Beaton The Associated : B-43, Vita Colony, P.O. Dhulkot,
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Prof. Debotosh Sinha

Books : (two)
i) Child Welfare and Rights- Problems and Prospects; El Alma
Publications, Kolkata ,2010
ii) Social Welfare & Social Work-Selected Essays; Concept Publishing
Company Pvt. Ltd, New Delhi, 2012.

Articles in Journals: (six)

i) “Tagore and Rural Reconstruction-A Synergy and Implications for
Modern Social Work Practice”; Muse India the literary ejournal;
http://www.museindia.com/
ii) “Adult Oncology: Implications for Social Work practice with Cancer
Patient”; Journal of Social Work and Social Development (ISSN 2229-
6468); Vol. 01, No 02, December, 2010
iii) D.Sinha-Rabindranather Sriniketan Samaj Karmer ek Abhinava sanga
iv) Arthaniti, Samajniti:Rabindra chinter Abhimuk (Edited by Sevan Jana)
Dey publication, 2014, Kolkata
v) Chapter on “Disaster and Disaster Aid-Conceptual paradigm and
implications for social work intervention with special reference to Indian
Scenario” in Governance, Development and Social work edited by
Subhabrata Dutta and C. Ramanathan, 2013, Rutledge, new York, U.S.A
vi) Chapter on Social Work Practice with Street Children-An Insight” in
some Empirical Aspects of Economic Growth and Diversification in
India’s Emerginng Economy edited by Pranab Kumar Chattopadhyay;
2014,New Delhi Publishers, New Delhi
Chapters in Books: (four)
i) Chapter on “Voluntarism, Human Rights and Globalization- A Synergy
and Implications for Social Work Practice” in Indigenous Knowledge
Systems and Common People’s Rights edited by Prof D. Das Gupta;
AGROBIOS, Jodhpur, 2009.
ii) Chapter on “Self-Help Group Vehicle for Women Empowerment( A
Study in the Bolpur-Sriniketan Community Development Block of
Birbhum District)” in Economics, Growth and Social Development
edited by Md. Reyazuddin; Serials Publications, New Delhi, 2009.
iii) Chapter on “ People-Centered Advocacy in Indian Context: A Tool for
Community Participation with Special Reference to Food and
Environmental Security”in Food and Environmental Security;

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Imperatives of Indigenous Knowledge System edited by Prof. D.Das

Gupta ; AGROBIOS, Jodhpur, 2013.
iv) Chapter on “ Disasters and Disaster Aid-Conceptual Paradigm and
Implications for Social Work Intervention with Special Reference to
Indian Scenario” in Governance, Development and Social Work edited
by P.Ramanathan and S. Dutta, Ruthledge, U.S.A. Los Angles 2013.

Mr. Ram Prasad Das –

Publications (two)
i) Das, R. (2014): “Evaluating Self-help Groups: A Village Level
Analysis”, International Journal of Social Science, Vol. 3,No. 1, P. 59-72,
March 2014. New Delhi Publishers, ISBN: 2249-6637; (C0-authered with
Mrs.Paromita Roy)
ii) Das, R. (2014): Identity and rights of Scheduled Tribe and Other Forest
Dwellers”, International Journal-BITM Transaction on EECC, Vol. 3,
No. 1 (January-June issue), pp: 39-46; ISSN: 0974-9527
Dr. Paramita Roy –
Articles in Journals: (five)
i) 2014, “Evaluating Self-help Groups:A village level analysis”, International
Journal of Social Science, Vol 3(1), March, pp:49-62. ISSN 2249-6637.
ii) Roy, Paramita. (2013), “Neoliberalism, Liberalism and Development
practice: a theoretical exploration in the context of the changing role of the
state”, Pratidhwani, Journal of Humanities and Social Science, Vol I (4),
ISSN 2278-5264. (Online).
iii) Roy, Paramita (2013) “Community based Health Insurance Schemes and
Social Work Implications for Health Insurance Practices for the Poor”,
Indian Streams Research Journal, Vol 3(7), ISSN 2230-7850.
iv) Roy, Paramita and S. Dey Biswas (2011), “Opportunities and Constraints of
the Kantha-stitch Craftswomen in Santiniketan: A value-chain analysis”,
Journal of Social Work and Social Development, Vol 02(02), ISSN 2229-
6468.
v) Roy, Paramita (2010), (Book Review) “Health Providers in India – On the
Frontlines of Change”, Journal of Social Work and Social Development,
Vol 1(1) ), ISSN 2229-6468.

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Dr. Sukumar Pal –

Publications : (one)
i) Scheduled Tribe and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers: In search of their
Identity,, International Journal-BITM Transcation on EECC (IJBTEECC),
Vol 3, No 1, PP 39-46. ISSN: 0974-9527

Dr. Sanjoy Roy –

Journal 2012 (six)
i) Published an article ‘Problem of Prostitution in India: Towards
Legalization!’ in ‘Doctrine’ published by Academic Research Society
(UP), May, 2012, ISSN-0976-528X.
ii) Published an article, “Evolving strategies to strengthen mid day meal
scheme – a study of three primary schools of Lucknow”, Social Work
Journal, Dept of social work, AUS, ISSN-0976-5484, July, 2012.
iii) Published an article, ‘Honour Killing: An Emerging Social Problem in
India’ in Journal, ‘Learning Community’-An International Journal of
Educational & Social Development, May-2012, ISSN No-0976-
3201(accepted).
iv) Published an article, “Women participation in unorganized sector in
India: A Retrospective” in the journal, Banijya, Assam University, Vol-2.
No-3, July-2012, ISSN-09774-0010(accepted).
v) Published an article “Child trafficking in India: A Monstrous Crime” in an
international Magazine, Bal Chappal, Delhi, Issue-2, July, 2012.
vi) Published an article “Promoting Gender Equality and Empowerment
through MDG in India” in South Asia Politics, June 2013, Vol-12, No-2.
Edited Book (four)
i) Published an article, “Food Insecurity in India” in an Edited book, New
Dimensions of Rural Development in India’ by Bishnu Mohan Dash and
Dr Sanjoy Roy, by Discovery Publishing House, New Delhi, ISBN-
978935056-108-9. ‘2012.
ii) Published an article, “Women Empowerment in PRI: With Special
reference to West Bengal and Assam” in an Edited Book, ‘Globalization
and its effect on Political Scenario in North-East India’ from NEHU, in
Mittal Publication, 2012.
iii) Published an article, “Child trafficking in India: Realities and
realization”, in an Edited book, ‘Child Labour: Problem, Policy &

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Implications’ by Dr Ravi Prakash by Abishkar Publication, Jaipur, July,

2013(forth-coming).
iv) Published an article, “Women work-force in unorganized sector in India:
Realization from social security perspective”, in an Edited book, ‘Women
Workers in Informal Sector’ by Dr Ravi Prakash by Abishkar Publication,
Jaipur, July, 2013(forth-coming).

Book Publication
2012 & 2013 (four)
i) An Edited Book named ‘New Dimensions of Rural Development in India’
by Discovery Publishing House, New Delhi, ISBN-978935056-108-9, p-
1-275, 2012.
ii) ‘Field Work in Social Work’ by Rawat Publication, Jaipur & New Delhi,
ISBN- 978-81-316-0528-8, p-1-240, 2012.
iii) ‘Migrant Rickshaw Pullers in Delhi: Assessment from Social Work
Perspectives”, by LAMBERT Publishing House, Germany, 2012, ISBN
No-978-3-659-21844-6.
iv) ‘Social Welfare Administration: Development and Prospects’ by
Discovery Publishing House, New Delhi, 2013, ISBN-935056305-3.
Dr. Sasmita Patel
Chapter in book (one)
i) History of Social Work in India: Central and State Initiatives during post
Independence, MSW Course Material, IGNOU, New Delhi, 2010.
Article in Journal (one)
i) SHGs-A Driving Force in Building Sustainable Communities, Social
Welfare, March 2010.
Mr. Joseph Varghese
Chapters in books: (two)
i) Course material for PG diploma in Tribal Development, Block on Tribes,
IGNOU, New Delhi, 2011.
ii) Course material for MSW, Block on Group Work, IGNOU, New Delhi,
2009.
Mr. Neelmoni Jaiswal
Article in Journal: (three)
i) Jaysawal, Neelmani (2013): Role of Civil Society and Its Impact on Social
Capital; IOSR Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences (IOSR-JHSS)

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vol. 11, Issue 1(May-June’ 2013), pp 98-106, e-ISSN: 2279-0837, p-

ISSN: 2279-0845, doi: 10.9790/0837-11198106.
ii) Jaysawal, Neelmani (2013): Success of Resettlement and Rehabilitation
Activity Amidst Obstacles: A Study of China; International Journal of
Social Work and Human Services Practice, Horizon Research Publishing
vol. 1(1), Online Issue (September’ 2013) pp. 26-30, e-ISSN: 2332-6840,
p-ISSN: 2332-6832, doi: 10.13189/ijrh.2013.010105.
iii) Jaysawal, Neelmani (2013): Civil Society, Democratic Space and Social
Work; SAGE Open, Sage Publication vol. 03, no. 04, Issue (October-
December’ 2013), online ISSN: 2158-2440, doi:
10.1177/2158244013504934.
Publication in Book Chapters: (one)
i) Jaysawal, Neelmani (2014): “Rural Development Programme of Govt.
of India and their effectiveness: An assessment” in Chattopadhyay, P.K
(Eds.) Some Empirical Aspects of Economic Growth and Diversification
in India’s Emerging Economy, New Delhi Publishers, New Delhi ISBN:
978-93-81274-54-5.
Miss Sudeshna Saha
Article in Journal: (three)
i) Saha Sudeshna (2013)“Exploitation of Women Workers in Unorganized
Sector”In Steward Business Review An International refereed Journal
July 2013 ISSN No.- 2320 – 9399
ii) Saha Sudeshna(2013) ‘Essence of CSR in Modern Society’
International refereed Journal Scholarly Research Journal for
Interdisciplinary Studies July-August 2013ISSN No.- 2278-8808
iii) Saha Sudeshna(2013) ‘FDI on Retail and its Effect in Agrarian
Sector’Peer Reviewed Refereed Open Access International e-Journal
December 2013ISSN: 2249-0558
Publication in Book Chapters: (one)
i) Saha Sudeshna (2014): “ Deplorable Health Conditions in Rural India
’A Thematic Review” in Chattopadhyay, P.K (Eds.) Some Empirical
Aspects of Economic Growth and Diversification in India’s Emerging
Economy, New Delhi Publishers, New Delhi ISBN: 978-93-81274-54-5.
Miss Subhashree Sanyal
Chapters in books (seven)
i) Sanyal, S [2013] “Partnership in Good governance: Role of Government
and the HSDS” in Ramanathan, C & Dutta, S [Eds] Governance,

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Development and Social Work , Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group

ISBN 978-0-415-52251-9: ( co-authored)
ii) Sanyal, S [2012] “MGNREGA: A promise to rural India for pro-poor
development” in Sinha, H &Zorema, J [Eds] Decentralization and Rural
Development in North East India, Abhijeet Publications, New Delhi:
ISBN 978-93-81136-65-2
iii) Sanyal, S [2012] “Women’s right to Health Care: Some Reflections from
Cachar District, Assam” in Sinha, H[eds] Empowerment of Women in
North East India: Socio-Economic Perspective; Concept Publications,
New Delhi
iv) ISBN: 9788180699078
v) Sanyal, S [2013] “Realities of Building a Developed India: Reflections on
The Construction Industry” in Balgopal, P.R & Bhatt, S[Eds] Social
Work Response to Social Realities ISBN : 978-93-80685-78-6
vi) Sanyal, S [2013] “Desirable Daughters: State of Women and Healthcare in
North East India, Sinha, H[eds] Health and Development in Rural North
East India Concept Publications, New Delhi ISBN : 9789350740453
vii) Sanyal, S [2013] “Hurdles of Third Sector Intervention in North East
India: Reflections from Silchar; Assam in Sinha, H[Eds] Development
Constraints of North East India; Mittal Publications, New Delhi ISBN:
978935074460
Journals : (twenty three)
i) Sanyal, S [2010] Voluntary Sector and Foreign Aid in India: Exploring
Status, Progress and Challenges; Indian Journal of Social Enquiry; Vol
2[1] pp 138; ISSN 0974-9012
ii) Sanyal, S [2010] Migration trends and impacts in India: Gendered Aspects
and Dimensions; Kurukshetra Journal of Rural Development Vol 59[2] pp
18; ISSN 0021-5660
iii) Sanyal, S [2011] Rural Employment Generation Programmes in India: An
analytical review; Kurukshetra Journal of Rural Development Vol 59[3]
pp 15; ISSN 0021-5660
iv) Sanyal, S [2011]: Panchayati Raj System: A commitment for grassroots
democracy; South Asia Politics Vol 9[10] pp 49; RNI:
DELENG/2002/6815
v) Sanyal, S [2011] Women in Indian Prisons: Myths and Realities;
Perspective in Social Work; Vol XXVI [1] pp 1;ISSN 0974-5114
vi) Sanyal, S [2011] Implementation of Semester System At UGC; University
News; Vol. 49 [22]pp 1; ISSN 0556-2257 [ co-authored ]

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vii) Sanyal, S [2011] Representation, Identity and Socio-Economic Positioning

of Muslim Women in India: Some reflections through literature review
Social Change; Sage Publications Vol. 41[3]pp 345-357; ISSN 0049-
0857; DOI 10.1177/004908571104100301
viii) Sanyal, S [2011]: The Emerging Trends of Rural Healthcare in India;
South Asia Politics Vol 10[7] pp 51; RNI: DELENG/2002/681
ix) Sanyal, S [2011]: Assam and Millennium Development Goals; The Way
So Far Yojana Vol 55 pp 54; ISSN 0971-8400
x) Sanyal, S [2011] The Other Side of Development: Female Migration in
India, Trends and Impacts Perspective in Social Work; Vol XXVI [3]
ISSN 0974-5114
xi) Sanyal, S [2012]: Development Communication: Intensifying Rural
Development in India ; Kurukshetra
xii) Vol 60[3] pp 27-30; ISSN 0021-5660
xiii) Sanyal,S [2012]: Evolution of NGO Initiatives in India: A Brief Analysis;
South Asia Politics Vol 10[11] pp 28; RNI: DELENG/2002/6815 [ Co-
authored]
xiv) Sanyal,S [2012]:The Other Side of Development: Female Migration in
India: Trends and Impacts; Perspective in Social Work ;Vol XXVI [3] pp
42 ;ISSN 0974-5114
xv) Sanyal,S [2012]: Mission Education for All: Reflections From Sarva
Shiksha Abhiyaan ; Kurukshetra Vol 60[11] pp 8-10; ISSN 0021-5660
xvi) Sanyal,S [2012]: Mujhe Pankh Dedo-Give me Wings to Fly Reflections
on Education of Girl Child in India ; Social Welfare Vol 59[6] pp 12-13;
ISSN 0037-8038
xvii) Sanyal,S; [2012]: Tackling The Growing Incidences of Maternal Mortality
in Rural India: Emerging Issues & Concerns; Women’s Link; Vol 18 [4];
ISSN 2229-6409 [Co-authored]
xviii) Sanyal,S [2012]:Bharat Nirman: A Giant Leap Towards Rural
Infrastructure Development; KurukshetraVol 60[12] pp 59-61; ISSN
0021-5660

xix) Sanyal, S [2012]: Looking at Nagaland through MDG Lenses, Yojana Vol
56 pp 50; ISSN 0971-8400.
xx) Sanyal, S (2013) “Primary Education in North East India: A Commentary”
in Hazra, A. (Eds.), "Sustaining Development in North-East India:
Emerging Issues, Challenges and Policy Measures. Concept Publications,
New Delhi. ISBN: 9151250241

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xxi) Sanyal, R.R. & Sanyal, S (2013): “Nagaland: A look through MDG
Lenses” in Hazra, A. (Eds.), "Sustaining Development in North-East
India: Emerging Issues, Challenges and Policy Measures. Concept
Publications, New Delhi. ISBN: 9151250241
xxii) Sanyal, S [2014]: Bharat Nirman: The Story so far”; KurukshetraVol
62[5]. ISSN 0021-5660
xxiii) Sanyal, S (2014): “State of Public Health in Assam” South Asia Politics
Vol 12[11] pp 51-52; RNI: DELENG/2002/681
Dr. Anupam Hazra:
Books (three)
i) Hazra, A. (2013). India's Social Sector and Millennium Development
Goals: Issues, Challenges and Policy Measures [ISBN: 978-81-316-
0579-0] Jaipur: Rawat Publications
ii) Hazra, A. (2013). Rural India and The Emerging Developmental
Challenges [ISBN: 81-8324-466-1] New Delhi: Mittal Publications.
iii) Hazra, A. (2013). Sustaining Development in North East India:
Emerging Issues, Challenges and Policy Measures (ed) [ISBN: 978-93-
5125-024-1] New Delhi: Concept Publishing Company
Chapters in Edited Books (seven)
i) Hazra, A. (2011). Food Crisis and the Growing Need to Ensure Food
Security. In S. K. Dutta (Eds.), Development and Rural Livelihood (pp.
340 – 350). Kolkata: Levant Books
ii) Hazra, A. (2011). NREGA: Exploring the Current Dilemmas and
Dynamics. In S. Murugan (Eds.), National Rural Employment Programme
(pp. 66 – 74). New Delhi: Anmol Publication [ISBN: 978-81-261-4933-9]
iii) Hazra, A. (2012). Framing Strategies for Capturing Market in Rural India:
Emerging Issues and Challenges. In L. Rathakrishnan (Eds.), Rural
Marketing and Rural Consumerism: Trends and Issues (pp. 121 – 123).
New Delhi: Excel India Publishers. [ISBN: 978-93-81361-61-0]
iv) Hazra, A. (2012). NREGA and Sustainable Development: A Critical
Analysis. In M.R. Biju (Eds.), Rural Development: Under Decentralized
Governance. (pp. 401 – 413). New Delhi: Concept Publishing Company
(P) Ltd. [ISBN: 978-81-8069-838-5]
v) Hazra, A. (2012). MGNREGA: Exploring A New Dimension of Rural
Development in India. In H. Sinha & J. Zorema (Eds.), Decentralization
and Rural Development in North East India. New Delhi: Abhijit
Publication. [ISBN:978-93-81136-65-2]

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vi) Hazra, A. (2012). The Challenge of Empowering Women in India: The

Current Dynamics. In H. Sinha & J. Zorema (Eds.), Women
Empowerment of Women in North East India. New Delhi: Concept
Publishing Company (P) Ltd.
vii) Hazra, A. (2013). Promoting Rural Sanitation in Assam: Issues and Policy
Measures. In A. Hazra (Eds.), Unpublished. New Delhi: Concept
Publishing Company (P) Ltd.
Articles published in Journal (eighty five)
1) Hazra, A. (2009). Tackling the Global Threat of Climate Change. Social
Welfare. Vol. 56 (3). pp. 5. [ISSN:0037-8083]
2) Hazra, A. (2009). Displacements: An Emerging Global Concern.
Kurukshetra. Vol. 57 (8). pp. 8. [ISSN:0021-5660]
3) Hazra, A. (2009). Indians in Need of Rehabilitation. South Asia Politics.
Vol. 8 (3). pp. 29. [RNI:DELENG/2002/6815]
4) Hazra, A. (2009). The Global Threat of Disaster: Quantifying the Effects.
South Asia Politics. Vol. 8 (4). pp. 27. [RNI:DELENG/2002/6815]
5) Hazra, A. (2009).Food for All - Still a Distant Dream. Kurukshetra. Vol. 57
(11). pp. 12. [ISSN:0021-5660]
6) Hazra, A. (2009).Educational Status of Women in India. Social Welfare.
Vol. 56 (6). pp. 4. [ISSN:0037-8083]
7) Hazra, A. (2009).Gender Disparity in Education. Yojana. Vol. 53. pp. 32.
[ISSN: 0971-8400]
8) Hazra, A. (2009). Budget: A North-East Perspective. South Asia Politics.
Vol. 8 (5). pp. 28. [RNI:DELENG/2002/6815]
9) Hazra, A. (2009).The Ignored Indians. Man and Development. Vol. 31 (3).
pp. 73 [ISSN: 0258-0438]
10) Hazra, A. (2009). Corruption and Development: Exploring the Dynamics.
Social Action. Vol. 59 (4). pp.370. [ISSN: 0037-7627]
11) Hazra, A. (2009).Status of the Elderly in India. Social Welfare. Vol. 56 (7).
pp. 5. [ISSN:0037-8083]
12) Hazra, A. (2009). Poverty: Still Alarming in India. South Asia Politics. Vol.
8 (6). pp. 28. [RNI:DELENG/2002/6815]
13) Hazra, A. (2009).Poverty in Rural India: Jeopardizing the Future Growth.
Kurukshetra. Vol. 58 (1). pp. 32. [ISSN:0021-5660]
14) Hazra, A. (2009). Social Work as Higher Education: Analyzing the Current
Prospect in India. University News. Vol. 47 (46). pp.11. [ISSN:0566-2257]
15) Hazra, A. (2009). Right to Food: Ensuring Human Dignity. Bulletin of
R.K.M Institute of Culture. Vol. LX (11). pp.516. [ISSN:0971-2755]

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16) Hazra, A. (2009). Hunger and Under-Nourishment in India. Rajagiri

Journal of Social Development. Vol. 1 (1). pp. 35. [ISSN: 0973-3086]
17) Hazra, A. (2009). NREGA: Transforming Rural India. Kurukshetra. Vol. 58
(2). pp. 7. [ISSN:0021-5660]
18) Hazra, A. (2009). Providing Safe Drinking Water to Rural India. South Asia
Politics. Vol. 8 (8). pp. 34. [RNI:DELENG/2002/6815]
19) Hazra, A. (2010). State of Health in India: The Current Scenario.
Kurukshetra. Vol. 58 (4). pp. 3. [ISSN:0021-5660]
20) Hazra, A. (2010). Rural Sanitation: Still a major concern. South Asia
Politics. Vol. 8 (10). pp. 35. [RNI:DELENG/2002/6815]
21) Hazra, A. (2010). Drop-out in School education: An overview. South Asia
Politics. Vol. 8 (11). pp. 27. [RNI:DELENG/2002/6815]
22) Hazra, A. (2010).Development at the cost of Human life? Social Action.
Vol. 60 (2). pp.184. [ISSN: 0037-7627]
23) Hazra, A. (2010). Food Security and Malnutrition: Exploring the Dynamics.
Perspectives in Social Work. Vol. XXV (1 & 2). pp.184. [ISSN: 0974-5114]
24) Hazra, A. (2010). Safe Drinking Water: The Task Ahead. Kurukshetra. Vol.
58 (7). pp. 6. [ISSN:0021-5660]
25) Hazra, A. (2010). Cooperative Societies in India: Still creating hope for the
poor. Samavayika. Vol. 2 (71). pp. 75. [ISSN: 0975-7244]
26) Hazra, A. (2010). Gender Budgeting and Development: The Indian
Scenario. A Journal of Social Focus. Vol. 1 (2). pp. 95. [ISSN: 0975-4970]
27) Hazra, A. (2010). Women Reservation Bill: Can we hope for gender
equality? Kurukshetra. Vol. 58 (8). pp. 8. [ISSN:0021-5660]
28) Hazra, A. (2010).Maternal Mortality in India. South Asia Politics. Vol. 9
(2). pp. 24. [RNI:DELENG/2002/6815]
29) Hazra, A. (2010).An Analysis of Scarcity in a State of Surplus. Journal on
Social Economics. pp. 37. [ISBN: 0-9703797-7-3]
30) Hazra, A. (2010).Gender Budgeting: The Emerging Framework for Raising
Women Voices. Journal on Sociology. pp. 99. [ISBN 0-9703797-5-7]
31) Hazra, A. (2010). Women Empowerment through SHG Approach: A study-
based reflection. South Asia Politics. Vol. 9 (3 & 4). pp. 28.
[RNI:DELENG/2002/6815]
32) Hazra, A. (2010). Current Status of Cooperative Societies in India: An
Analysis. National Cooperative Development Council Bulletin. Vol.
XXXXIV. [ISSN:0972-3161]
33) Hazra, A. (2010). Rural Literacy in India: The Changing Scenario.
Kurukshetra. Vol. 58 (11). pp. 3. [ISSN:0021-5660]

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34) Hazra, A. (2010).Climate Change and Development. South Asia Politics.

Vol. 9 (5). pp. 48. [RNI:DELENG/2002/6815]
35) Hazra, A. (2010). Panchayati Raj System: Strengthening Rural
Decentralization and Democracy. Kurukshetra. Vol. 58 (12). pp.19.
[ISSN:0021-5660]
36) Hazra, A. (2010). Rural Development in India: An Overview. South Asia
Politics. Vol. 9 (7). pp. 19. [RNI:DELENG/2002/6815]
37) Hazra, A. (2010). Status of Tribal in India: An analysis. Kurukshetra. Vol.
59 (1). pp. 12. [ISSN:0021-5660]
38) Hazra, A. (2010). Migration: Still a Survival Strategy for Rural India.
Kurukshetra. Vol. 59 (2). pp. 4. [ISSN:0021-5660]
39) Hazra, A. (2010).Looking at Meghalaya from MDG-lens. Yojana. Vol. 54.
pp. 61. [ISSN: 0971-8400]
40) Hazra, A. (2011). Rural India: Still Searching Jobs for the Millions.
Kurukshetra. Vol. 59 (3). pp. 3. [ISSN:0021-5660]
41) Hazra, A. (2011).Protection of the Rights of Girl Child. Social Welfare. Vol.
57 (11). pp. 5. [ISSN:0037-8083]
42) Hazra, A. (2011).Exploring the ‘Starving’ India. Kurukshetra. Vol. 59 (5).
pp. 21. [ISSN:0021-5660]
43) Hazra, A. (2011). Women need an `identity' revolution. Social Welfare. Vol.
57 (12). pp. 8.[ISSN:0037-8083]
44) Hazra, A. (2011). Dalits: The Unheard Voices of India. South Asia Politics.
Vol. 9 (11). pp. 40. [RNI:DELENG/2002/6815]
45) Hazra, A. (2011).Current Prospect of Social Work in India. Employment
News. Vol. XXXVI (2). pp. 1. [RNI: 28728/76]
46) Hazra, A. (2011). The ‘Sanitation’ crisis in India: A Threat to The ‘MDG-
Commitments’. Perspectives in Social Work. Vol. XXVI (1). pp.18. [ISSN:
0974-5114]
47) Hazra, A. (2011). Budget 2011: A Promise of Pro-poor Rural Growth. South
Asia Politics. Vol. 9 (11). pp. 40. [RNI:DELENG/2002/6815]
48) Hazra, A. (2011) The Challenge of Empowering Women: Exploring The
Current Dynamics. IASSI Quarterly. Vol. 30 (2). pp.40 - 51 [ISSN : 0970-
9061]
49) Hazra, A. (2011).The Challenge of Educating Rural India. Kurukshetra.
Vol. 59 (7). pp. 3. [ISSN:0021-5660]
50) Hazra, A. & Sanyal, S. (2009). Semester System at University Level:
Exploring the Future Prospect. University News. Vol. 49 (22). pp.1.
[ISSN:0566-2257]

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51) Hazra, A. (2011). Human Trafficking & HIV/AIDS: Role of Civil Society
Organizations. South Asia Politics. Vol. 10 (2). pp. 25.
[RNI:DELENG/2002/6815]
52) Hazra, A. (2011). Ensuring Better Access to Credit in Rural India.
Kurukshetra. Vol. 59 (8). pp. 7. [ISSN:0021-5660]
53) Hazra, A. (2011). Census 2011: Exploring the Issues of Concern. South
Asia Politics. Vol. 10 (4). pp. 35. [RNI:DELENG/2002/6815]
54) Hazra, A. (2011). Establishing Good Governance in Panchayat
Administration: Shaping a Vibrant Future for Rural India. Kurukshetra.
Vol. 59 (10). pp. 3. [ISSN:0021-5660]
55) Hazra, A. (2011). Empowering Women in Rural India: Exploring the
Current Dynamics. Kurukshetra. Vol. 59 (11). pp. 3. [ISSN:0021-5660]
56) Hazra, A. (2011).Transforming Rural India: Emerging Issues and
Challenges. Kurukshetra. Vol. 59 (12). pp. 3. [ISSN:0021-5660]
57) Hazra, A. (2011). Status of women in India: Still causes concern. South
Asia Politics. Vol. 10 (7). pp. 40. [RNI:DELENG/2002/6815]
58) Hazra, A. (2011).Provisioning PESA: Still a Long Way to Go. Kurukshetra.
Vol. 60 (2). pp. 29. [ISSN: 0021-5660]
59) Hazra, A. (2011).MGNREGA: Ensuring a Sustainable Growth in Rural
India. Man and Society. Vol. VIII. pp. 76. [ISSN: 2229-4058]
60) Hazra, A. (2012). ICT: A Catalytic Intervention for Empowering Rural
India. Kurukshetra. Vol. 60 (3). pp. 9 [ISSN: 0021-5660]
61) Hazra, A. (2012). Rural India: Still Floating towards Cities. Kurukshetra.
Vol. 60 (4). pp. 3 [ISSN: 0021-5660]
62) Hazra, A. (2012). Food Security in Rural India: Poverty in the Land of
Plenty. Kurukshetra. Vol. 60 (5). pp. 7 [ISSN: 0021-5660]
63) Hazra, A. & Sanyal, S. (2012). Evolution of NGO Initiatives in India. South
Asia Politics. Vol. 10 (11). pp.28. [RNI:DELENG/2002/6815]
64) Hazra, A. (2012). Prospects of Rural Development/Rural Management
Courses in India: Exploring the Current Dynamics. .University News. Vol.
50 (15). pp.12. [ISSN:0566-2257]
65) Hazra, A. (2012). Empowering Women in India: Still a Major Concern.
Perspectives in Social Work. Vol. XXVII (1). pp. 21. [ISSN: 0974-5114]
66) Hazra, A. (2012). Promoting Rural Sanitation for a Better Environment in
Rural India. Kurukshetra. Vol. 60 (8). pp 12. [ISSN: 0021-5660]
67) Hazra, A. (2012). Development-demography of Rural India. Kurukshetra.
Vol. 60 (9). pp. 3 [ISSN: 0021-5660]

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68) Hazra, A. (2012). The Challenge of Keeping Rural India Healthy.

Kurukshetra. Vol. 60 (10). pp.3 [ISSN: 0021-5660]
69) Hazra, A. (2012). The Need of Right-based Empowerment Approach for
Women of Rural India. Social Action. Vol. 62 (3). pp. 314 [ISSN: 0037-
7627]
70) Hazra, A. (2012). The Challenge of Promoting Education in Rural India:
Realities and Constraints. Social Welfare. Vol. 59 (6) pp.34 [ISSN:0037-
8083]
71) Hazra, A. (2012). Strengthening Infrastructural-Base of Rural India:
Realities and Constraints. Kurukshetra. Vol. 60 (12). pp. 14. [ISSN: 0021-
5660]
72) Hazra, A. and Sanyal, S. (2012). Tackling the Growing Incidences of
Maternal Mortality in Rural India: Emerging Issues & Concerns. Women’s
Link [ISSN: 2229-6409]
73) Hazra, A. (2012). India Needs to Move Faster towards its Millennium
Commitments. South Asia Politics. Vol. 11 (6) pp.17
[RNI:DELENG/2002/6815]
74) Hazra, A. (2013). Rural Sanitation and the Need to Encourage Women’s
Participation. Kurukshetra. Vol. 61 (3). pp. 8. [ISSN: 0021-5660]
75) Hazra, A. (2013). Linking Rural Resources with Development Planning.
Kurukshetra. Vol. 61 (5). pp. 46. [ISSN: 0021-5660]
76) Hazra, A. (2013). A Prudent Budget with Promises of Sustainable Growth
for Rural India. Kurukshetra. Vol. 61 (6). pp. 30. [ISSN: 0021-5660]
77) Hazra, A. (2013). Empowering Rural Voices of India. Kurukshetra. Vol. 61
(7). pp. 3. [ISSN: 0021-5660]
78) Hazra, A. (2013).Efforts towards Empowering Women in Rural India. South
Asia Politics. Vol. 12 (1) pp.33 [RNI:DELENG/2002/6815]
79) Hazra, A. (2013). Agriculture and Rural India’s Millennium Commitments.
Kurukshetra. Vol. 61 (8). pp. 7 [ISSN: 0021-5660]
80) Hazra, A. and Biswas, S. (2013). Empowering Gram Sabha: Issues,
Challenges and Way Forward. South Asia Politics. Vol. 12 (2) pp.41
[RNI:DELENG/2002/6815]
81) Hazra, A. (2013). SHGs: Adding New Dimensions to Sustainable Rural
Growth. Kurukshetra. Vol. 61 (9). pp. 3 [ISSN: 0021-5660]
82) Hazra, A. (2013). Where Do Women Stand in Rural India? Kurukshetra.
Vol. 61 (10). pp. 3 [ISSN: 0021-5660]

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83) Hazra, A. (2013). Enhancing Quality of Life across Rural India: The Current
Dynamics and the Contemporary Dilemmas. Kurukshetra. Vol. 61 (11). pp.
3 [ISSN: 0021-5660]
84) Hazra, A. (2013). Outlining Ethics. Kurukshetra. Vol. 61 (11). pp. 3 [ISSN:
0021-5660]
85) Hazra, A. (2014). The Saga of Boosting Rural Development in India.
Kurukshetra. Vol. 62 (1). pp. 3 [ISSN: 0021-5660]
b) Monographs:
c) Chapters in Books:
d) Edited Books:
e) Books with ISBN with details of publishers:
c) Number listed in International Database (For e.g. Web of Science, Scopus,
Humanities International Complete, Dare Database International Social
Sciences Directory, EBSCO host, etc.):
d) Citation Index — range / average:
e) SNIP:
f) SIR:
g) Impact Factor — range / average:
h) h-index:
23. Details of patents and income generated: NA
24. Areas of consultancy and income generated: NA
25. Faculty selected nationally / internationally to visit other laboratories /
institutions / industries in India and abroad:
a) Prof P.K. Ghosh was selected for Fulbright Fellowship on Academic
Administration by USIEF in 2012. He was trained in the history of federal
higher education to current status of education in US including community
colleges. Prof Ghosh made institutional visits across Universities of Washington,
Philadelphia and New York and got intricate understanding and knowledge of
curriculum, recruitment, fundraising by the Universities.
b) Prof M.M Mukherjee presented paper in 29th International Conference of
Council of International Fellowship at Nicosia, Cyprus in 2011 where he
presented on social work and family, change in family structure, unhappy and
broken marriages, violence and family.
c) Prof Debotosh Sinha- In the year 2007, participated in presentation of paper
titled “Voluntarism, Human Rights and Globalization- A Synergy and
Implications for Social Work Practice” under the Session on “Indigenous

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Knowledge Systems and Common People’s Rights” as a part of the 16 th

Congress of the International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological
Sciences (IUAES) on the overall theme “HUNANITY, DEVELOPMENT AND
CULTURAL DIVERSITY”(16th International Congress) held in Kunming City
of Republic of China. Also in the year 2009, he participated in the 17 th
International Congress of Anthropological and Ethnological Science (IUAES)
and presented a paper on the overall theme “Evolving Humanity and Emerging
World held in Manchester, UK from August 05to 10,2013.
26. Faculty serving in
a) National committees:
i) Prof P.K.Ghosh- UGC National Committee on Review of Autonomous
Status of colleges; UGC-NERO, Gauhati, 2013.
b) International committees:
i) Prof Manju Mohan Mukherjee- Member of Council for International
Fellowship, 2011.
c) Editorial Boards:
Prof P.K.Ghosh –
i) Journal of Social Work and Social Development, Visva-Bharati;
Santiniketan.
Prof Kumkum Bhattacharya –
i) Journal of Social Work and Social Development, Visva-Bharati;
Santiniketan.
Prof Asok Kumar Sarkar –
i) Social work Journal; Assam University; Silchar
ii) Journal of Social Work and Social Development, Visva-Bharati;
Santiniketan
iii) Samabayika; Assam University Co-operative Journal
iv) Participative Development; Bharati Vidyapeeth University
Dr Sanjoy Roy –
Doctrine
i) Learning Community; New Delhi Publishers.
d) Any other (please specify):
All teachers are members in various professional associations of Social Work
i) National Association of Professional Social Workers in India
ii) Indian Sociological Society
iii) Indian Statistical Institute; Kolkata

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27. Faculty recharging strategies (UGC, ASC, Refresher / orientation programs,

workshops, training programs and similar programs):
a) 2 faculties attended UGC Orientation and Refresher courses in October-
Novermber 2013 at Jawaharlal Nehru University and Burdwan University
respectively Field Work Related Workshop is organized by the Department
twice in a year where teachers and field supervisors meet and a collaborative
strategy and action plan for the next academic year is made. Suggestions from
the field are incorporated.
b) Training Programme on Human Rights organized by the National Human Rights
Commission, New Delhi and Department of Social Work, Visva-Bharati on 29th
January 2013/ Source of Funding- National Human Rights Commission, New
Delhi/ Number of Participants-100.
28. Student projects:
a) percentage of students who have done in-house projects including
interdepartmental projects: Around 33% of students per year from MA Final
year take up MA Dissertation Projects on various issues and topics in Social
Work under individual faculties.
b) percentage of students doing projects in collaboration with other
universities / industry / institute: Around 90% of students from MA Final year
as a part of their Internship Programme undertake various projects in industry
and institutes every year.
29. Awards / recognitions received at the national and international level by
a) Faculty:
i) Fulbright Fellow -1
b) Doctoral / post doctoral fellows: 01
c) Students: Best Abstract Award received by a student (Sattwik Dey Biswas) in
an International Seminar held in Hong Kong 2010
30. Seminars/ Conferences/Workshops organized and the source of funding (national
/ international) with details of outstanding participants, if any:
Date Seminar/Workshop Source of Funding Details of Outstanding
(National Participants
/International)
January 9th Annual National Raja Rammohan Number of Participants-300,
2013 Seminar on Community Roy Library Ex-vice chancellor of Kashi
Development and Foundation, Vidyapeeth Prof Surendra
HIV/AIDS Department of Singh graced the occasion.
Panchayat-West

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Bengal, IGNOU,
and Registration
Fees
January Golden Jubilee Visva-Bharati and Number of Participants-50,
28-29, Seminar on Advances Registration Fees Prof Sanjai Bhatt was invited
2013 in Social Work as the Key Note Speaker for
Education & Practice the occasion.
in Changing Social
Milieu
29th Training Programme National Human Number of Participants-100
January on Human Rights Rights
2013 Commission, New
Delhi
31. Code of ethics for research followed by the departments:
As per the University Research Board and BOS of the Department.
32. Student profile programme-wise:
Selected Pass percentage
Name of the
Programme
(refer to question no. 4) Applications
received Male Female Male Female
BSW Admission Cell 19 27
MSW 150 24 19
PhD 18 4 3
33. Diversity of students:
Name of the % of students % of students % of students % of
Programme (refer from the same from other from other students
to question no. 4) University Universities/B Universities from other
/Board oard /Board outside Countries
the state
BSW (117) 24 (20.51%) 82(70.08%) 8 (6.83%) 3 (2.56%)
MSW(81) 59 (72.83%) 15 (18.51%) 4 (4.93%) 3 (3.70%)
PhD(23) 17 (73.91%) 2 (8.69%) 4 (17.39%) N.A
34. How many students have cleared Civil Services and Defense Services
examinations, NET, SET, GATE and other competitive examinations? Give
details category-wise: UK Civil Service –1, Defence Services-1, NET- 17, JRF-4,
Rajib Gandhi Fellowship-2

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35. Student progression:

Student progression Percentage against enrolled
UG to PG 33 (100%)
PG to M.Phil. NA
PG to Ph.D. 3(8%)
Ph.D. to Post-Doctoral NA
Employed
• Campus selection 26
• Other than campus recruitment 11
Entrepreneurs 06

36. Diversity of staff:

Percentage of faculty who are graduates
of the same university 52.9%
from other universities within the State
from universities from other States 5.8%
from universities outside the country 29.4%

37. Number of faculty who were awarded M.Phil., Ph.D., D.Sc. and D.Litt. during the
assessment period:
Awarded Degree No. of Faculty
M.Phil. Nil
Ph.D. 01
D.Sc. and D.Litt. Nil
38. Present details of departmental infrastructural facilities with regard to
a) Library: Library is shared with Institute of Agriculture (PSB) and PSV Library is
used by the students and faculty members for academic purposes.
b) Internet facilities for staff and students: Wi-Fi and internet facility is available
for staff and students.
c) Total number of class rooms: 05
d) Class rooms with ICT facility: not yet arranged
e) Students’ laboratories: NA
f) Research laboratories: NA

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39. List of doctoral, post-doctoral students and Research Associates:

a) from the host institution/university: 17
b) from other institutions/ universities : 04
40. Number of post graduate students getting financial assistance from the
university: NA
41. Was any need assessment exercise undertaken before the development of new
programme(s)? If so, highlight the methodology:
No new programme has been started during last five years, but syllabus has been
modified at the undergraduate as well as post-graduate level. In this regard feedback
was taken from the experts (Professors of other university) and alumni who are
working in different development organizations.
42. Does the department obtain feedback from
a. faculty on curriculum as well as teaching-learning-evaluation? If yes, how
does the department utilize the feedback: Yes from time to time after every
semester and accordingly teaching-learning-evaluation is modified. Student’s
feedback is taken by teachers individually.
b. students on staff, curriculum and teaching-learning-evaluation and how does
the department utilize the feedback:
Students’ feedback is discussed in the Departmental meeting as well as
field work meeting and programme is modified accordingly.
c. alumni and employers on the programmes offered and how does the
department utilize the feedback: Yes from time to time on Alumna/Reunion
Meet and also from employers time to time during Alumna Meet.
43. List the distinguished alumni of the department (maximum 10):
a) Prof. Pranab Chatterjee, Prof Emeritus, Mandal School of Social Sciences, Case
Western University, Cleveland.
b) Professor Swapan Kumar Garain, of Social Work, TISS
c) Prof Prasanta Kumar Ghosh, Visva-Bharati
d) Prof. Santanu Sarkar, XLRI Jamshedpur
e) Dolamoni Mahapatra- Country Director, Child Fund-India
f) Ranadip Chatterjee- State Service,UK
g) Menaka Jha-Regional Director, South East Asia, Oxfam UK
h) Prof Manas Ranjan Tripathi, Faculty, School of Business, Indian School of
Business, Hyderabad
i) Manabendra Nath Roy-Deputy Country Director, Save the Children-India.
j) Nilanjan Das, Social Entrepreneur

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44. Give details of student enrichment programmes (special lectures / workshops /

seminar) involving external experts:
Special Lectures are organized inviting field level experts and visiting faculties from
other Universities.
45. List the teaching methods adopted by the faculty for different programmes:
a) Classroom Lectures
b) Interactive Session
c) Paper Presentations
d) Participatory Learning
e) Theatre and Street Plays
f) Power Point Presentations
g) Documentary
h) Field Based Learning
46. How does the department ensure that programme objectives are constantly met
and learning outcomes are monitored:
The programmes are designed keeping in view the vision, mission and goals of the
department and the larger objectives of the University. Time to time monitoring of
programmes are done in the Board of Studies meetings of the Department
Outcome is assessed by student’s performance in examinations and job placements at
the end of the programme.
47. Highlight the participation of students and faculty in extension activities:
Students organize Community Based programmes and design it in consultation with
faculties in the nearby 25 villages and local communities. Extension activity is also
conducted with local NGOs and Government Schools/ Departments where students are
placed for field work.
48. Give details of “beyond syllabus scholarly activities” of the department:
The department publishes an ISSN numbered journal “Journal of Social Work and
Social Development”, bi-annually.
49. State whether the programme / department is accredited / graded by other
agencies? If yes, give details: No
50. Briefly highlight the contributions of the department in generating new
knowledge, basic or applied:
The department has focussed on integrating Tagore’s philosophy on rural
reconstruction. Our basic focus of the curriculum is rural and ecological. Field based
intervention is given primary importance. Integrating theory into practice has been our
prime focus.

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The department seeks to evolve into a centre for advanced learning especially in areas
of rural development and also community organization. Based in a rural campus; the
prime focus always has been welfare of the neighbouring communities.
51. Detail five major Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Challenges (SWOC)
of the department:
a) Strengths –
i) UG-PG taught under one Department
ii) Quality teaching staff.
iii) Rural based course curriculum
iv) Practice based course curriculum.
v) Excellent placement of students
b) Weaknesses –
i) Inadequate space for teachers room.
ii) Lack of computer facility with internet connection
iii) Cleanliness and sanitation (Lack of sweeper)
iv) No Departmental Library.
v) No audio visual staff
c) Opportunities –
i) Huge field work area in nearby rural and tribal Villages
ii) Scope of research in rural area.
iii) Development project.
iv) University community partnership.
v) NGO/GO-Department partnership
d) Challenges of the Department –
i) Organising the unorganised community.
ii) Similar Programmes offered under the same institute.
iii) Funding for infrastructure and inadequate maintenance staff.
52. Future plans of the department:
a) To apply for UGC-SAP Programme
b) To evolve as a Centre for Advance Studies in Social Work in near future

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Evaluative Report of Women's Studies Centre

1. Name of the Department: Women’s Studies Centre, Visva Bharati

2. Year of establishment: 2009
3. Is the Department part of a School/Faculty of the university? Yes, Palli
Samgathana Vibhaga
4. Names of programmes offered (UG, PG, M.Phil., Ph.D., integrated Masters;
Integrated Ph.D., D.Sc., D.Litt., etc.): Not yet
5. Interdisciplinary programmes and departments involved: Yes
Workshop on ‘The Role of Women in Rabindra Sangeet and Nritya-natya (1930-61)’-
discussion cum demonstration jointly with Sangeet Bhavan, Visva-Bharati. 21-23
March 2011
Empowerment of Youth Generations in India’ jointly with Hindi Bhavana on 16 April
2013
Genderlogue on ‘Social Media and the Gender Question’ with Centre for Journalism
and Mass Communication, Visva-Bharati in association with Friedrich Ebert Stiftung
(FES), Germany on April8, 2014.
6. Courses in collaboration with other universities, industries, foreign institutions,
etc.: Not yet
7. Details of programmes discontinued, if any, with reasons: None
8. Examination System: Annual/Semester/Trimester/Choice Based Credit System:
Not Applicable
9. Participation of the department in the courses offered by other departments:
Not Applicable
10. Number of teaching posts sanctioned, filled and actual (Professors/ Associate
Professors/ Asst. Professors/ others) :

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Actual (including CAS &

Sanctioned Filled
MPS)
Professor 0 0 0
Associate Professors 1 1 1
Asst. Professors 1 1 1
Others 1 0 0

11. Faculty profile with name, qualification, designation, area of specialization,

experience and research under guidance
a) Name : Dr. Tanusree Paul
Qualification : M.Phil., Ph.D. (Social and Cultural
Geography)
Designation : Assistant Professor
Specialization : Regional development, gender and space,
gender and labour market, gender and
development
No. of Years of Experience : 1 year 5 months
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : Nil

Name : Dr. Deepita Chakravarty

Qualification : M.Phil., and Ph.D. in Economics
Designation : Associate Professor
Specialization : Gender and Development, Labour market
behaviours and Gender questions in South
Asia, Development issues related to Indian
Industry and Services, Industrial organization
No. of Years of Experience : 13 (Previous)
No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students
guided for the last 4 years : 02
* Professor Swastika Mukhopadhyay, Professor of Department of Rabindra Sangit, Dance
& Drama, Sangit Bhavana is presently functioning as the Chairperson of the Wonen's
Studies Centre.
12. List of senior Visiting Fellows, adjunct faculty, emeritus professors:
None

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13. Percentage of classes taken by temporary faculty — programme-wise:

Not Applicable
14. Programme-wise Student Teacher Ratio: Not Applicable
15. Number of academic support staff (technical) and administrative filled and
actual:
Sanctioned Filled Actual

Academic Support Research Assistant-1 1 (contractual staff) 1

Staff (Technical)

Administrative Professional assistant-1 0 0

Staff Data entry operator- 1

Others Attendant-1 1 (Casual staff) 1

16. Research thrust areas as recognized by major funding agencies:

Exploring possibilities of procuring fund for major and minor research projects from
national/international funding agencies. In this regard, few points may be mentioned.
Dr. Tanusree Paul is working on research proposal on ICT and economic
empowerment of women to be submitted to National Commission for Women.
Dr. Deepita Chakravarty is working a book on Women and Labour funded by
Faculty Research Grants from IIM (K) and SOAS, UK initially. At present however it
is being personaly by the author.
Deepita has also worked on an international project title State Business Relations in
India and Africa, funded by DFID (Deepita worked on West Bengal and Andhra
Pradesh)
17. Number of faculty with ongoing projects from a) national b) international
agencies and c) Total grants received. Give the names of the project title and
grants received project-wise: Not yet

18. Inter-institutional collaborative projects and associated grants

a) National collaboration: Nil b) international collaboration: Nil

19. Departmental projects funded by DST-FIST; UGC-SAP/CAS, AICTE, etc.; total

grants received: Not yet

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20. Research facility / centre with

• state recognition
• national recognition
• international recognition
Not yet
21. Special research laboratories sponsored by / created by industry or corporate
bodies: Not Applicabe
22. Publications:
a) Number of papers published in peer reviewed journals (national
/international):
Dr. Tanusree Paul –
i) 2014, A Review of Government Programmes for Women and Children in
India: Implications for Nutrition During the Thousand Day Period. Indian
Journal of Nutrition and Dietetics. Vol. 51: 322- 339. (with Shweta
Khandelwal, Radhika Dayal, Surbhi Bhalla.)
ii) 2014, Gendered labour in India: Diversified or Confined? Economic and
Political Weekly. Vol - XLIX No. 29,197-208 (with Saraswati Raju)
iii) 2014, Postgraduate education in nutrition in south Asia: a huge mismatch
between investments and needs. BMC Medical Education ,Vol. 14(3):1-7.
(with Shweta Khandelwal, Lawrence Haddad, Surbhi Bhalla, Stuart
Gillespie and Ramanan Laxminarayan)
iv) 2013, ‘Interrogating the Global/Local Interface: Workplace Interactions in
the New Economic Spaces of Kolkata’, Gender, Technology and
Development, Vol. 17(3)
v) 2012, ‘Impact of Gendered Spaces on Female Employment in the Era of
Globalization’, Economic and Social Research Institute Journal, 3 (2): 58-
65.
vi) 2011, ‘Space, Gender and Fear of Crime: Some Explorations from
Kolkata’, Gender Technology and Development, 15 (3): 411-436.
Dr. Deepita Chakravarty –
i) ‘Trade Unions and Business Firms: Unorganized manufacturing in West
Bengal’, 2010. Economic and Political Weekly. Vol. 45, No. 6: 45-52.
ii) “For Bed and Board Only”: Women and Girl Children Domestics in Post
Partition Calcutta (1951-1981)’, Modern Asian Studies, Cambridge
University Press, Vol.47, Issue 2 (March, 2013)) (with Ishita
Chakravarty).

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iii) Industry, Labour and the State: Emerging Relations in the Indian State of
West Bengal’, Journal of South Asian Development, Sage Publications,
(October, 2011) Vol 6, No. 2. (with Indranil Bose).
b) Monographs:
Dr. Deepita Chakravarty –
i) ‘Girl Children, Family and Dirty Work: Paid Domestic Service in the
Indian State of West Bengal’ (2011), Occasional Paper, Centre for Studies
in Social Sciences, Calcutta (with Ishita Chakravarty).
ii) ‘When Daughters Migrate and Mothers Stay at Home: Paid Work of Girl
Children in India’, 2012, Working Paper, SOAS, University of London.
iii) Commissioned to write a background paper as a short term Consultant
titled “Women’s Emerging Work Opportunities in India” for India Gender
Report, “Ingender” World Bank (forthcoming).
c) Chapters in Books:
Dr. Tanusree Paul –
i) 2011, ‘Public Spaces and Everyday Lives: Gendered Encounters in the
Metro City of Kolkata’, in Saraswati Raju and Kuntala Lahiri-Dutt (eds)
Doing Gender, Doing Geography: Emerging Research in India, New
Delhi: Routledge, pp 248-267.
Dr. Deepita Chakravarty –
i) ‘Girl Children in the Care Economy: Domestics in West Bengal’, (reprint)
(2012) in Padmini Swaminathan (ed.), Women and Work, Economic and
Political Weekly along with Orient Black Swan (with Ishita Chakravarty).
ii) ‘Industrializing West Bengal? A cases of Institutional Stickyness’ (2013)
in Kunal Sen and Adrian Leftwich (eds.), Routledge, The UK (with
Indranil Bose).
d) Edited Books:
e) Books with ISBN with details of publishers:
Dr. Deepita Chakravarty –
i) Expansion of Markets and Women Workers in India: A Case Study of
Selected Garment Manufacturing Firms in Andhra Pradesh, LAP Lambert
Academic Publishers, Germany, March, 2011. ISBN: 978-3-8443-0991-1
Women, Labour and the Economy in India: From Migrant Butlers to
Uprooted Maids. (Forthcoming, January,2015) (with Ishita Chakravarty),
Routledge, London, UK.

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f) Number listed in International Database (For e.g. Web of Science, Scopus,

Humanities International Complete, Dare Database International Social
Sciences Directory, EBSCO host, etc.):
g) Citation Index — range / average:
h) SNIP:
i) SIR:
j) Impact Factor — range / average:
k) h-index:
23. Details of patents and income generated: None
24. Areas of consultancy and income generated: None
25. Faculty selected nationally / internationally to visit other laboratories /
institutions / industries in India and abroad:
Dr. Tanusree Paul –
Received complete financial support from the Department of Science and Technology,
Government of India to attend the 32nd International Geographical Conference in
Cologne, Germany, 26-30th August 2012.
*Paper presented “Globalization and the Blurring of Gendered Spaces: Rhetoric
or Reality”
Dr. Deepita Chakravarty –
i) Invited to give a lecture on Girl child and Work in a Workshop organized by
The UNICEF and CSSS, Kolkata, 2010
ii) Invited to participate in the third Discussion Workshop on Arjun Sengupta
Commission on Unorganised Labour, Organized by the Institute of Human
Development, New Delhi, 2010.
iii) ‘Of Girl Child Caste: Domestics in West Bengal’, presented at an international
conference at the university of Keele in UK organized by Gender, Work and
Organization, during 21-23 June 2010, University of Keel, The UK.
iv) When Daughters Migrate and Mothers Stay at Home: Paid Work of Girl
Children in India’, presented at an International Conference organized by the
British Association of South Asia, University of Southampton, UK, April 11-13,
2011
v) Public Seminar at the London School of Economics and Political Science,
London, May, 16, 2011
vi) Invited to address a seminar on Women’s outside work, agency and girl
children, Queen Elizabeth Houe, University of Oxford

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vii) Invited Seminar address in the Department of Development Studies, SOAS,

University of London
viii) Invited seminar address on women work and education organized by the
Christian Aid, London.
ix) State Business Relations and the question of Labour in West Bengal and Orissa:
Presentations in two international seminars in Jaipur (December 2009) and
x) Kolkata (May, 2010) organized by IPPG, University of Manchester, UK, CUTS
International.
26. Faculty serving in
a) National committees b) international committees c) Editorial Boards
d) any other (please specify)
Dr. Tanusree Paul –
i) Member, Committee for Prevention of Sexual Harassment at
Workplace, Visva Bharati
ii) Member, Karmisangha, Visva-Bharati
iii) Member, Editorial Board of Visva-Bharati News.
Dr. Deepita Chakravarty –
On the panel of reviewers for the following journals:
i) Economic and Political Weekly
ii) Journal of South Asian Development, Sage Publications
iii) World Women’s Forum, Elsevier

27. Faculty recharging strategies (UGC, ASC, Refresher / orientation programs,

workshops, training programs and similar programs): None

28. Student projects:

a) percentage of students who have done in-house projects including
interdepartmental projects: Not Applicable
b) percentage of students doing projects in collaboration with other
universities / industry / institute: Not Applicable
29. Awards / recognitions received at the national and international level by
a) Faculty:
Dr. Tanusree Paul –
i) Received complete financial support from the Department of Science and
Technology, Government of India to attend the International Geographical
Conference in Cologne, Germany, 26-30th August 2012.

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ii) The YOUNG GEOGRAPHER award by the Institute of Indian

Geographer at the International Conference on “Environment, Agriculture
and Food Security in India”, organized by Bangalore University, 19-21
February 2010.
Dr Deepita Chakravarty –
i) Sir Ratan Tata Post Doctoral Fellow at the London School of Economics
and Political Science, London, UK, 2010 - 2011. One fellowship for all
South Asian Countries over all Disciplines of Social Sciences funded by
the Ratan tata Trust, LSE.
ii) Got a permanent Faculty position at SOAS, University of London, 2011
iii) Got full support for all the above mentioned seminars and lectures from
either the organizers or the serving institutions.
b) Doctoral / post doctoral fellows:
c) Students: Not Applicable

30. Seminars/ Conferences/Workshops organized and the source of funding (national

/ international) with details of outstanding participants, if any:
Seminars/Conferences/Workshops Date Funding
Organisation
A three-day film festival at Lipika Auditorium 12-14 February, 2010 UGC
in collaboration with Bikshan Film Society,
Santiniketan followed by discussion on the
selected movies.
Workshop on ‘Empowerment of Women: 15-16 February 2010 UGC
Concept and Approach’
2-day workshop on Gender Sensitization of 8-9 March, 2010 UGC
rural SHG members
National seminar on ‘Women’s Education and 19-21 March, 2010 UGC
its Significance for Development’
Workshop on ‘Tagore on Gender and 30-31 July 2010 UGC
Development: Relevance and Implications for
Contemporary Times’ jointly with Indian
Social Institute, New Delhi
Exhibition cum audio-visual on Women in 3-5 February, 2011 UGC
Cinema jointly with department of Film
Studies, Jadavpur University.
Workshop on ‘The Role of Women in 21-23 March, 2011 UGC

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Rabindra Sangeet and Nritya-natya (1930-

61)’- discussion cum demonstration jointly
with Sangeet Bhavan, Visva-Bharati.
Workshop on ‘Gender, Power and 24- 25 March, 2011 UGC
Representation’ jointly organised with School
of Women’s Studies, Jadavpur University
Workshop on ‘Domestic Violence: Social and 27- 28 March, 2011 UGC
Legal Issues’
Workshop on ‘Women in Politics’ jointly 27 August, 2011 UGC
with Institute of Social Work, Kolkata
Workshop on ‘Empowerment of Women and 20 September, 2011 UGC
Political Awareness’ jointly with Institute of
Social Work, Kolkata
National seminar on ‘Rumi and Rabindranath 3-4 November, 2011 UGC
Tagore: Significance for Women in
Contemporary Iran and India’ in collaboration
with Rumi Foundation, Santiniketan.
National seminar on ‘Rights of Women: Legal 23-25 November, 2011 UGC
and Social Dimension’
International Conference on ‘Women’s 5-7 January, 2012 UGC
Creativity and Social Concern (Ashramkanya
Amita Sen: 100th Birth Anniversary
Celebration)
National seminar on ‘Relevance of B.R. 21- 22 January, 2012 UGC
Ambedkar in Modern Times: A Feminist
Perspective’ jointly with Sailajanand Falguni
Smriti Mahavidyalaya, Khayrasole
A conference on “Women and Rice Culture 17 December, 2012 Visva-Bharati
Deconstruction of Laxmi Vrat Katha’
National Seminar on “Role of Women in 8 March, 2013 Visva-Bharati
Ancient Texts”
A Conference on “Women Director in 24 March, 2013 Visva-Bharati
Contemporary Theater”
Empowerment of Youth Generations in India’ 16April, 2013 Visva-Bharati
jointly with Hindi Bhavana
a one-day conference on ‘Debating Patriarchy: 2 September, 2013 Visva-Bharati
The Hindu Code Bill Controversy in India’

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A two-days National Seminar Achievements 9-10, February, 2014 Visva-Bharati

of Women in Indian Theatre
Genderlogue on ‘Social Media and the Gender April 8, 2014. Friedrich Ebert
Question’ with Centre for Journalism and Stiftung
Mass Communication, Visva-Bharati in (FES),
association with Friedrich Ebert Stiftung Germany
(FES), Germany on

31. Code of ethics for research followed by the departments: As per university
guidelines
32. Student profile programme-wise: Not Applicable
Name of the Selected Pass percentage
Applications
Programme
Received Male Female Male Female
(refer to question no. 4)

33. Diversity of students: Not Applicable

% of % of students % of students % of
Name of the
Students from other from students
Programme
From the universities universities from
(refer to question
Same within the outside the other
No. 4)
university State State countries

34. How many students have cleared Civil Services and Defense Services
examinations, NET, SET, GATE and other competitie examinations? Give details
category-wise: Not Applicable
35. Student progression: Not Applicable

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Student progression Percentage against enrolled

UG to PG
PG to M.Phil.
PG to Ph.D.
Ph.D. to Post-Doctoral
Employed
• Campus selection
• Other than campus recruitment
Entrepreneurs

36. Diversity of staff:

Percentage of faculty who are graduates
of the same university -50 percent (one in number)
from other universities within the State -
from universities from other States 50 percent (One in number)
from universities outside the country -

37. Number of faculty who were awarded M.Phil., Ph.D., D.Sc. and D.Litt. during the
assessment period:
One: Ph.D. awarded in 2013.
38. Present details of departmental infrastructural facilities with regard to
a) Library: No
b) Internet facilities for staff and students: Yes
c) Total number of class rooms: Not yet
d) Class rooms with ICT facility: Not yet
e) Students’ laboratories: Not yet
f) Research laboratories: Not yet
39. List of doctoral, post-doctoral students and Research Associates
a) from the host institution/university – None
b) from other institutions/ universities – None
40. Number of post graduate students getting financial assistance from the
university: Not Applicable

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41. Was any need assessment exercise undertaken before the development of new
programme(s)? If so, highlight the methodology: Not Applicable
42. Does the department obtain feedback from
a. faculty on curriculum as well as teaching-learning-evaluation? If yes, how
does the department utilize the feedback? Offering M.Phil. programme
2015-16 onwards. Not yet.
b. students on staff, curriculum and teaching-learning-evaluation and how does
the department utilize the feedback? Not yet
c. alumni and employers on the programmes offered and how does the
department utilize the feedback? Not yet
43. List the distinguished alumni of the department (maximum 10):
Not yet

44. Give details of student enrichment programmes (special lectures / workshops /

seminar) involving external experts: Not applicable
Special Lectures:
i) Guest lecture by Prof. Margarete Rubic, Institut fur Anglistik and Amerikanistik,
Universitat Wien (Austria) jointly with the Department of English, Visva-
Bharati on ‘The first Professional English Women Writers (i.e. in the
Restoration Period and early 18th century) on 1 September 2011.
ii) Dr. Chitra Sinha, Academic Advisor based in Bahrain, delivered a lecture on
“Law and Rights: For genders” on January 22, 2013. It was organized by
Women’s Studies Centre, Visva-Bharati at the Indira Gandhi Centre, Visva-
Bharati.
iii) a special lecture by Prof. Sheela Lavakare, former Professor at Jamnalal Bajaj
Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai University and Management
Development Institution (MDI), Delhi on February 3, 2014 at Central Library
Conference Hall. The topic of this special lecture was ‘Gender Diversity in the
Corporate Sector’
45. List the teaching methods adopted by the faculty for different programmes:
Not Applicable
46. How does the department ensure that programme objectives are constantly met
and learning outcomes are monitored?
Not Applicable

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47. Highlight the participation of students and faculty in extension activities:

a) A number of meetings were organised during October 2009 to March 2010
jointly with the members of SHGs from Basapara, Halsidanga, Mollarpur,
Labhpur etc. The purpose of these meetings was to identify and to understand
the problems of the rural women and issues which can be taken up for
empowerment through training and workshop.
b) Four day-long trainings on ‘SHG- Bank Linkage’ were organised on 3 August, 5
August, 21 September and 22 September, 2010 jointly with NABARD, Bolpur
Branch to facilitate bank lending to SHGs. There were 50 participants and
training was provided by faculties of NABARD Training Colleges, Bolpur.
Microfinance in India- concept, formation, function and characteristic features
of SHGs stages and development were discussed at length. The last session was
devoted to miro-finance and its relation to women’s empowerment and
leadership development followed by open discussion.
c) A Two day “Training on SHG-Bank Linkage Farmer’s Club” was organised on
27-28 September, 2010 jointly with NABARD Bank, Bolpur Branch.
d) A Health Consultation Camp for Adolescent Girls was organised on 14February,
2011 at Islampur village in collaboration with PM Hospital, Visva-Bharati. The
medical doctor visited the camp and provided consultation to about 22 girls
within the age group of 10-26 mainly suffering from various gynaecological and
malnutrition related problems and otherwise do not have access to doctors.
Medicines were also provided by Tagoreland Rotary Club, Santiniketan.
e) One week Stitching Training for SHGs jointly was organised on 21-27 February
jointly with Silpa Sadana at Halsidanga Village. There were 10 participants
taking one from each SHG.
f) One week long Computer Training for young women (who have completed
Class 10 level education) of Mollarpur, Halshidanga and Islampur jointly
organised with Computer Centre, Visva-Bharati on 2-7 March, 2011.
g) Several meetings were organised during April 2011- March 2012 with the
members of SHGs and representatives of NGOs from Basapara, Halsidanga,
Mollarpur, Labhpur etc. The purpose was to identify and to understand the
problems of the rural women and issues which can be taken up for
empowerment through training and workshop.
h) Three one-day trainings on ‘SHG- Bank Linkage’ were organised on 29 June, 7
July and 8 July, 2011 at Islampur, Sekhampur Middle School, and Halsidanga
jointly with NABARD, Bolpur Branch. The objective was to facilitate
promotion and development of women SHG members. The faculties of

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NABARD, Director of Women’s Studies and research assistant participated as

resource persons.
i) An In-house Training programme was organised on 25-26 August, 2011 jointly
with NABARD, Bolpur Branch. The objectives were to disseminate information
about the role of SHGs in microfinance and how it results in women’s
empowerment, the microfinance in India- concept, formation, function and
characteristic features of SHGs
j) A number of meetings were organized during November, 2012 and March, 2013
by Prof. Manjurani Singh, Director of Women’s Studies Centre, Visva- Bharati
jointly with the members of Self-Help Group (SHG) from Suprity Society at
Surul village near Sriniketan and other women villagers, representatives from
NABARD as well as panchayat resource persons. The purpose was to identify
and to understand the problems of rural women and issues which can be taken
up for empowerment through training to be organized by Women’s Studies
Centre, Visva- Bharati.
k) A one-day kantha stitch training program was organized by Women’s Studies
Centre, Visva-Bharati jointly with the NABARD on 9th November, 2012 at
Surul village. It started with briefing on the program objectives: formation,
function, and characteristics of SHGs, status of women were also discussed in
detail. The other topics of discussion included the financial and other linkages,
problem of banking, lack of synchronization between training and marketing,
problems of group functioning within SHGs, norms, solution and support by the
agencies etc. The clothes and threads were provided by Women’s Studies
Centre. The village women shared their own experiences about the struggles
which they faced in joining the SHG. It was inferred that providing credit to
these poor rural women can help them to take up small enterprise thus adding to
their household income
l) A number of meetings with the members of self-help-groups (SHGs) from
Moldanga, Fuldanga, Ballavpur, Binuria, Surul and few other villages near
Santiniketan, Birbhum as well as with the representatives of local non-
governmental organizations (NGOs) were organized during June 2013 to Feb
2014 by the Director of Women’s Studies Centre, Visva-Bharati and all staff
members of W.S.C.
m) A 45-days Skill Development Initiative Training on Tailoring programme was
organized by Women’s Studies Centre, Visva-Bharati in collaboration with
Surul Suprity Society (NGO) during September 10, 2013 to November 17,
2013. For this training programme Women’s Studies Centre, Visva-Bharati
provided full financial support and training inputs. The training programme was

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inaugurated on September 10 at 2.30 p.m. in the premises of Surul Suprity

Society, Surul Pachim Para, Birbhum in the presence of rural women in and
around Santiniketan. The participants were selected from different villages
namely Surul, Binuria, Nichupatti, Kasim Bazar, Fuldanga, Moldanga,
Sriniketan and most of them were Muslims. Professor Manjurani Singh,
Director of Women’s Studies Centre, Visva-Bharati inaugurated the programme
by introducing the concept of “Empowerment”.
n) Women’s Studies Centre, Visva-Bharati organized a four-days awareness
training programme for the village women on ‘Skill Development Initiative
Training Programme on Handling Essential Household Affairs’ supported by
Surul Suprity Society from January 19 to January 22, 2014 in the primises of
Surul Suprity Society, Surul Village, Birbhum, West Bengal. During this
programme, the participants were taught the handling of L.P.G. and mobile
phones. They were also made aware about Consumer Protection Act., usage of
electrical home appliances, operating of banking system. After this training
programme, the Director of Women’s Studies Centre, Visva-Bharati provided
certificate of participation to all trainees.
48. Give details of “beyond syllabus scholarly activities” of the department:
Not yet

49. State whether the programme / department is accredited / graded by other

agencies? If yes, give details: Not yet

50. Briefly highlight the contributions of the department in generating new

knowledge, basic or applied:
The department is yet to offer academic programmes for students. The contribution of
this Centre/department has been primarily in the area of applied research through
extensive rural extension activities. Through these activities, this Centre have
attempted to capacitate rural women for various income generation activities, organise
meetings with rural SHG members and government functionaries to discuss the
problems faced by rural people and suggest possible solutions, organise interventions
for farming communities in collaboration with NABARD, spread awareness about
basic household issues. Besides, this Centre has also organised several seminars,
workshops, and lectures to explore gender issues in empowerment, legal matters,
literature and culture etc.

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51. Detail five major Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Challenges (SWOC)
of the department:
a) Strengths:
i) New department
ii) The newly appointed two permanent staff have adequate knowledge in
different areas of gender and development.
iii) The academic staff have national and international expertise in developing
course outlines.
iv) Scope for inclusion of multidisciplinary perspective in teaching and
research.
v) Interest of the higher authorities to develop the Women’s Studies Centre
and the active support of the administration.
b) Weaknesses:
i) Infrastructure (computers and printers, fund for purchasing books, journals
and data/ departmental Seminar library etc.)
ii) Limited number of staff (both academic and non-academic)
iii) Inadequate space
c) Opportunities:
i) New department, so scope for offering well-designed and updated
academic programmes
ii) Students having degrees in Social Sciences will find it advantageous to
have an M.Phil degree in Women’s Studies not only in pursuing further
research in the areas of development but also employment in the national
and international development sectors will be facilitated by this degree.
iii) Scope for extensive field work based research.
iv) As gender questions are assuming increasing academic and developmental
concerns world over, possibilities of attracting national and international
funding for appropriately structured research projects.
v) Scope for extension programmes: working for the development of rural
women through skill training, income generation activities etc.
d) Challenges:
i) As this is an interdisciplinary subject, acquiring appropriate academic
expertise through inter-department and external collaborations can pose a
major challenge.
ii) Acquiring appropriate readings and development of a proper seminar
library

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iii) Financial challenge: adequate funding

iv) Attracting externally funded research projects
v) Distance from main campus and the central library
52. Future plans of the department:
The Women’s Studies Centre can be visualized as a hub of interactions of intellectual
ideas from different disciplines concerning the issues of gender. We propose to
develop at our department as an academic centre of excellence as well as having
implications for extension programmes.
We want to start the M.Phil and PhD programme from 2015-16 onwards. We are very
particular in developing the Centre in terms of good quality research as well. Apart
from conducting research projects to this end, we also plan to conduct regular study
group interactions and seminars on our own research as well as from the colleagues
working on gender in other departments of the University and outside the University.
The Centre plans to publish working papers based on quality research on a regular
basis. At regular intervals, we also would like to organise national and international
seminars and conferences.
In the applied part, having the expertise of the Palli Samgathan Vibhaga of our
University as well as the Performing Art departments, we plan to develop meaningful
extension programmes for the women and men of the rural and peri-urban areas.
The Women’s Studies Centre is also planning to offer mandatory gender sensitization
course (as per UGC recommendation) for all undergraduate and postgraduate students
of the University in collaboration with the Internal Complaints Committee of Visva-
Bharati.

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