CV and Academic Activities (2015-2019)

Name –Sandip Basu Sarbadhikary

DOB- 08 January 1959
Caste – General
Father’s Name – Late Saurindranath Basu Sarbadhikary
Highest Qualification – M.A in History, PhD
Year of Passing – M.A – 1980, Ph.D.- 2000
Area of Specialization –
A. Peasant history with emphasis on South-East Asia
B. Maritime Trade
C. Tourism Study
D. 18th Century Indian History

Past Employment-
A. Lecturer in History, Uluberia College, 16.12.82 to 02.04.85;
B. Gangadharpur Mahavidyalaya, 03.04.85 to 14.01.86;
C. Durgapur Government College, 15.01.86 to 08.02.90;
D. Lecturer in History, Visva-Bharati, 09.02.90 to 15.12.90;
E. Senior Lecturer in History, Visva-Bharati, 16.12.90 to 03.03.2001.
F. Reader in History, Visva-Bharati, 04.03.2001 to 25.11.2005.
G. Professor in History, Visva-Bharati, since 26.11.2005.
H. Part-time Lecturer in History, Visva-Bharati, January to April 85;
I. Part-time Lecturer, Post-Graduate Department of History, Burdwan University, April 85
to July 2003.
J. Part-time Lecturer, Department of History, Jadavpur University, from 2003 to 2006.
K. Adjunct Professor, Sangit Bhavana, Visva-Bharati, from 2011 to 2015.

Present Employment – Professor and Head Department of History, Vidya – Bhavana, Visva-
Bharati.
Director, Indira Gandhi Centre and Advisor , Foreign Students Assistance Cell, Visva- Bharati .

Number of Research Scholar Produced – Awarded 7 (Seven)

Currently working – 8 (Eight)
M.Phill Awarded – 3 (Three)
Currently working – 1 (One)

Present academic assignments:

A. Member of the PG Board of Studies, Department of History, Burdwan University, WB
since 2008.
B. Member of the PG Board of Studies, Department of History, Diamond Harbour Women
University, WB since 2018.
C. Member of the PG Board of Studies, Department of History, Kazi Nazrul University,
WB since 2015.
D. Member of the PG Board of Studies, Department of History, University of Gour Banga,
WB since 2015.
E. Member of the PG Board of Studies, Department of History, Raiganj University, WB
since 2017.
F. Member of the PG Board of Studies and School Board, Department of History, Mizoram
University, Aizawl since 2016.
G. Member of the PG Board of Studies, Department of History, Assam University, Silchar
since 2018.

Academic/Administrative Responsibilities:
A. Worked as Controller of Examinations, Visva-Bharati from May 2012 to August 2015.
B. Member of the Editorial Board of Visva-Bharati Quarterly from 2012 to 2015.
C. Organised more than 20 International and National Conferences in Visva-Bharati during
last two decades.

Publication/s
2019 -2020 – Sectional Presidential Address : Section IV (Countries other than India ) in the 34th
Proceedings of the ‘Itihas Anusandhan ‘ entitled Biswayan O Rohinga Samosya : Ekti
Porjyalochona, held in Coochbehar Panchanan Barma University , Coochbehar, West Bengal , 24th
January 2020 (ISBN:978-81-939476-2-3), SP Communications Private Limited , Kolkata.

Paper Presentation Seminars/Conferences/Workshops/Resource

2016-2017
 1) 10-11th March 2017 -Participated and delivered a special lecture in UGC Sponsored
National Seminar on ‘Journeys Into the Past ; History and Heritage as a Tourist
Attraction in Bengal’organized by the Depratment of History, THLH Mahavidyalay in
collaboration with Department of Tourism , Government of West Bengal .
2) 28 April 2017.-Participated as invited resource person at the 47th Annual International
Conference of Bangladesh Itihas Parishad and presented a paper on 'Anchalik Itihas
Charchar Prasangikata' at the Nawab Ali Chowdhury Senate Bhaban, Dacca,
Bangladesh.
2017-2018

1) 25 August 2017- Delivered a speech as Resource Person on 'Swadeshi Movement

and Culture' in the Department of History at Raja Narendralal Khan Women's
College, Midnapore.
2) 13-14 November 2017- Participated and chaired a session at the National seminar on
'Partition of the Indian Subcontinent: Punjab and Bengal, 1932-1947' organized by
the Department of History, Visva-Bharati.
3) 02-03 February 2018- Participated and chaired two academic sessions (on the first
day of Tanika Sarkar and the second day of PhD scholars of the Department of
History, Visva-Bharati) of the DRS SAP Phase III UGC National Seminar on
'Understanding Popular Culture: 20th Century India' organized by the Department of
History, Visva-Bharati.

2018-2019

1. 02-03 October 2018-Delivered a Special lecture on Gandhi and Tagore in a Two-Day UGC
National Seminar organized by the Department of History, Mahatma Gandhi College, Lalpur,
Purulia on the occasion of the celebrations of the 150th Birth Anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi.
2. 16-18 November 2018 -Chaired a session in the Three-Day International Conference on
Roadmap for the Development of Cultural Tourism in and around Santiniketan and Birbhum
organized by the Public Relations Office, Visva-Bharati in collaboration with Ministry of Tourism,
Government of India and Department of Tourism, Government of West Bengal.
3. 19 December 2018- Delivered a Special Lecture on South East Asia: 19th and 20th Century, A
Survey in one-day Workshop organized by the Department of History, Medinipur College,
Paschim Medinipur.
4. 24-26 January 2019-Delivered the Keynote Address as Sectional President of Section IV
(Countries Other Than India) and Chaired in the 35th Session of the Annual International
Conference of PaschimbangaItihasSamsad at the Cooch Behar Panchanan Barma University,
Cooch Behar.
5. 13 February 2019- Delivered a Special Endowment lecture on Biplobi Ganesh Ghosh and
ChottogramA ndolon organized by the Department of History, Rabindra Bharati University,
Kolkata in Ganesh Ghosh Endowment Lecture Series 2019.
6. 22-23 February 2019- Attended and chaired the academic session in the Two-Day International
Conference on Concept and Canvas of Knowledge, Asian Studies from Pre-Modern to Modern
Times organized by the Department of History, Visva-Bharati.
7. 05-06 March 2019- Spoke on "The British Policy towards the Tribes of the North-East India:
Conciliation or Coercion" and chaired session at the Two-Day International Conference on Writing
History on Highlanders of North-East India organized by the Department of History and
Ethnography, School of Social Sciences, Mizoram University, Aizawl .

8. 11 May 2019- Invited to deliver a Special Lecture on Recent Trends in Indian History at the
Department of History, University of Burdwan.

2019-2020

1) 07 November 2019 - Invited to deliver the Keynote Address at the Galsi Mahavidyalaya,
University of Burdwan on the occasion of the Bi-Centenary Birthday Celebrations of
Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar.
2) 10-11 January 2020-Invited to deliver Special Lectures on Medieval Agrarian History at
the Raja N.L. Khan College, Vidyasagar University, Medinipur .
3) 22 January 2020-Invited to deliver Special Lecture titled ‘Peasant Movements Through the
Ages: An Overview’ at the Department of History, University of Gour Banga, Malda .
4) 13 February 2020- Invited to deliver few lectures as Resource Person at the Refresher
Course in History organized by the UGC-HRDC, North Bengal University
5) 21-23 February 2020- Invited as Guest Speaker in National Seminar on ‘Significance of
Gandhian Ideology’ organized by the School of Studies in History, Pt. Ravishankar
University, Raipur, Chhattisgarh.
6) 27-28 February 2020- Invited to Chair the Plenary Session of International Conference on
‘Bangabandhu , His Times And Legacy ; Society, Economy, and State Formation in
Retrospect (1920-2020)’ organized jointly by the Department of History & Civilization,
University of Barishal and the Jana-Itihas Charcha Kendra, Dhaka, Bangladesh on the
occasion of the Birth Centenary Celebrations of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahaman .

Field Work

➢ Visited New Delhi several times in connection with consultation and collection of
documents related to the research work under UGC DRS SAP (Phase 111) during 2015-
2019.