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Educational Qualification

Degree	Pass out from
Ph.D. (pursuing)	The University of Burdwan
SET	W.B.C.S.C.
M.A.	Jadavpur University

Previous College Served

College Name	Served From	Served Till
Government General Degree College at Tehatta, Nadia	18.11.2015	04.10.2023
Additional Teaching Experience:
Guest Faculty at Bejoy Narayan Mahavidyalaya, Itachuna, Hooghly- 712147. From August, 2012 to July, 2015.

Research Area/Projects

Federal Studies, Demographic Studies.

Field of Specialization

Political Theory & Thought, International Relations, The Politics of South & South-East Asia.

Medal/Scholarship/Award

Won the Rashtrapati Scout Award issued by the Hon’ble President of India on 26.02.2002

Orientation Course/Faculty Induction Programme/Refreshers Course

UGC sponsored RC on Political Science from UGC-HRDC, Gauhati University, Guwahati, Assam on and from 07.09.2020-20.09.2020 (online)
UGC sponsored FIP from CPDHE (UGC-HRDC), University of Delhi, Delhi on and from 05.08.2021-08.09.2021 (online)

Invited Lectures

Delivered an invited lecture on 'Nature of Indian Federalism: From Polity to Politics' at the department of Political Science, Bejoy Narayan Mahavidyalaya, Itachuna, Hooghly- 712147, West Bengal on 10/06/2021.

Seminars/Conferences/Workshops

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Paper Presented:

Presented a paper titled ‘Political Parties, Elections and Separatism in Sri Lanka in the 21stCentury’ at the international conference on ‘Elections and Political Parties in South Asia: A 21st Century Perspective’ jointly organized by the department of Political Science of the University of Kalyani, West Bengal, India and International Political Science Association on and from 7-9thDecember, 2015.
Presented a paper titled ‘Recent Educational Foundations in West Bengal: Caste, Class, Leadership, Public Opinion’ at the international seminar on ‘Social Stratification and Political Transformation: Rethinking Indian Democracy’ organized by the Department of Political Science of Bankura University in collaboration with Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR), New Delhi on and from 10 – 11th November, 2016.
Presented a paper titled ‘Digital Democracy : New Media, Youth and Prospect in India’ at the 2nd international conference on ‘Role of Media in Democracy’ organized by Xavier University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha on and from 25 & 26th November, 2016.
Presented a paper titled ‘Ekush Shotok O Bangali Mofoswol’ at the international seminar on ‘Ekush Shotok: Bangla O Bangali’ organized by the department of Bengali, Berhampur Girl’s College, Murshidabad on and from 6-7th March,2018.
Presented paper titled, ‘Democratization and Citizen Journalism: Problems and Solutions in the Age of Globalisation’ at the international seminar on ‘Global Challenges and Solutions’ organized by the faculty of Law, University of Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh on and from 14-15th April, 2018.
Presented a paper titled, ‘Megawomen, Megaserial and Megamarket: A Study of West Bengal’ at the international seminar on ‘Women, Society and Politics: A study on India and Bangladesh ’ organized by the MaulanaAbulKalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies in collaboration with KarimpurPannadevi College , Nadia, West Bengal in association with Jahangirnagar University, Bangladesh on and from 24-25th April, 2018.
Presented a paper titled, ‘Feminism in West Bengal: An Infected Pandora’s Box’ at the national conference on ‘Women’s Capacity Building: issues, Challenges and Policies’ organized by Bejoy Narayan Mahavidyalaya, Itachuna, Hooghly on and from 25-26th March, 2019.
Presented a paper titled, ‘Green Federalism in India: Identity, Territory, Institutions’ at the national conference on ‘Contemporary Issues on Natural and Anthropogenic Effect in Environmental Crisis’ organized by Government General Degree College at Tehatta, Nadia on and from 15-16th March, 2019.
Presented a paper titled, ‘Interrogating India’s Linguistic Federalism : From Identity to Territory’ at the international conference on ‘Society: Reconstruction, Reflection and Responsibilities’ organized by Shivaji University, Kolhapur, Maharashtra on and from 10-12th December, 2019.
Presented a paper titled, ‘Indian Diaspora in Narendra Modi’s Foreign Policy’ at the 3rd international conference on ‘Diaspora Governance in International Relations: Opportunities and Challenges for India’ organized by Centre for Diaspora Studies, Central University of Gujarat, Gandhinagar, Gujarat on and from 10-11th February, 2020 (virtual).
Presented a paper titled, ‘Linguistic Federalism and Indian Political Thought’ at the national seminar on ‘Locating State and Society in Indian Political Thought’ organized by Karimpur Pannadevi College on and from 12-13th March, 2020.
Presented a paper titled, ‘Democracy at the Crossroads: Inter-state Migration and Inclusive Representation in India’ at the national conference on ‘Contemporary Polity and Governance in India’ organized by the Department of Political Science, Mahatma Gandhi Central University in collaboration with Indian Political Science Association on and from 27-28th July, 2020 (online).
Presented a paper titled, ‘Federalism at the Crossroads: Crisis of the Linguistic Minorities in India’ at the 1st Rupkatha international open conference on ‘Recent Advances in Interdisciplinary Humanities’ on and from 20-22th August, 2020 (online).
Presented a paper titled, ‘India within India: A Heuristic Study of Borderland Namasudra Community of Tehatta Sub-division in West Bengal ’ at the 3rd South Asian Border Studies conference on ‘Intra and Inter-Regional Connectivity: South Asia, South-East Asia and Central Asia’ organized by Mahila Mahavidyalaya, Banaras Hindu University & South Asian University on and from 17-19th April, 2023 (online).
Presented a paper titled, ‘India’s Linguistic Minorities and Educational Policies: A Special Reference to NEP, 2020’ at the international seminar on ‘Education in India: Vedic to Modern Era’ organized by Government General Degree College at Kaliganj, Debagram, Nadia, West Bengal on 05th September, 2023 (online).
Presented a paper titled, ‘দেশ বনাম দ্যাশঃ দেশভাগ ও মফস্বলের ইতিবৃত্ত’ at the multilingual international seminar on ‘Partition of 1947: Reflections on Society and Literature’ organized by the Department of Bengali, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh on and from 10-12th December, 2019 (online).

Articles Published

Journal:

Year 2020: Federalism at the Crossroads: Crisis of the Linguistic Minorities in India, Rupkatha Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities (ISSN 0975-2935), [UGC CARE-Group II/ SCOPUS]
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.21659/rupkatha.v12n5.rioc1s24n2
Year 2022: Book Review- Eva Maria Belser, Thea Bächler, Sandra Egli and Lawrence Zünd (Eds), The Principle of Equality in Diverse States - Reconciling Autonomy with Equal Rights and Opportunities in Rabindra Bharati Journal of Political Science (ISSN 2393-8218)
https://rbu.ac.in/home/page/104#online_volumes

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Books Published/Chapters in book Published

'Environmental Movements and Digital Democracy in India: Challenges and Prospects' in Subhadip Mukherjee ed. 'Social Movements and Democracy in India', Avenel Press, Kolkata, 2017, pp.29-40. ISBN: 978-93-80736-41-9.
'Megawomen, Megaserial and Megamarket: A Study of West Bengal' in Prasenjit Saha ed. 'Women, Society and Politics: A study in South Asia' (seminar proceeding), Avenel Press, Kolkata, pp.142-153. ISBN: 978-93-80736-98-3.
'Marx, Environment and Twenty-first Century' in Gargi Sengupta ed. 'Karl Marx: A Bicentenary Tribute', Progressive Publishers, Kolkata, 2018, pp.97-106. ISBN: 81-80642-95-X.
'Locating the Bengali Bubbles Language, Ethnicity, and Assam's Federal Conundrum' in Kunal Debnath and Souvik Chatterjee eds. 'Marginalised Groups in India: Historiography, Politics and Policies', Routledge, London, pp.157-174, ISBN: 9781003536611. DOI https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003536611

Membership in the Society

Life Member, West Bengal Political Science Association.

Other Notable Activities

University Assignments:

Evaluation Experience at Undergraduate Level: Kalyani University, The University of Burdwan.

Others:

Judged a competition on Corporate Social Responsibility at the department of Business Administration, St. Xavier’s College (Autonomous), Park Street, Kolkata, West Bengal on 09.02.2017.

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