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DEPARTMENT
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ACADEMIC PROGRAMS |
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- B.A. Honours.
- General Course for students with Honours in Other Arts Subjects.
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PRESENT FACULTY |
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Name of the Teaching staff |
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Highest qualification |
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Specialization |
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Dr. Urmita Ray |
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Reader & Head of
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M.A., M.Phil.,
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Economic and Social History of Modern India, Gender Studies. |
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Ms. Gargi Nag |
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Assistant Professor |
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M.A. |
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Social History of Modern India |
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Ms. Bedasruti Chakravarty |
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Assistant
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M.A., B.Ed. |
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History of
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Sm. Jayati Ghatak |
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Assistant Professor |
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M.A. |
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Social and
economic History |
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ONGOING RESEARCH ACTIVITIES |
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Dr. Urmita Ray
Completed a UGC sponsored Minor Research Project on ‘Dress and Social
Morality: Attire and Etiquette of Women of the Tagore Family in Colonial
Bengal’.
Ms. Jayati Ghatak
Awarded a UGC sponsored Minor Research Project on ‘The Paik Rebellion of
1817: A Case Study of Primary Resistance Movement’
(ongoing).
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CONSULTANCY SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE
FACULTY |
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Dr. Shyamali Sur chaired the session on Modern India History (sub section on
Environment, Science and Social History) at the annual Conference of Paschim
Banga Itihas Sansad held in January, 2009.
Dr. Urmita Ray acted as a Resource person and
spoke on ‘Dress and Social Morality: The Case of the Tagore Family in
Colonial Bengal’ during a UGC sponsored National Seminar on ‘Life and
Culture in Bengal in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries’ organized by
the Department of History, Burdwan University. |
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CO-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES OF STUDENTS |
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- Inter – government college State level awards in relay race and
broad jump (2006).
- Elocution – First position in an Annual all-India competition
secured by Pronami Basak, (2005).
- Participation in NSS activities including Blood Donation Camp,
Campaigns against Environmental Pollution, and for Aids Awareness.
Departmental students also showed their concern for the problems faced
by the marginalized/deprived sections in society through their active
involvement in campaigns like ‘Adopt a Slum’ and ‘Adopt a Granny’.
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EXTENSION ACTIVITIES |
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- Participation in the Street drama organized to raise awareness
of the environment.
- The History as well as the Political Science and Philosophy
departments led the institutional initiative to inculcate a basic
sense of ethics and value education.
- Collaborating with NGO groups like ‘EBONG ALAP’ in conducting
awareness programmes on issues like gender, communalism ,
globalisation and so on.
- Participation in colloquium in conjunction with the Kolkata
Police.
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| A History Exhibit |
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THE DEPARTMENT : A FEW DISTINGUISHING FEATURES |
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- THE COLLEGE ARCHIVES: Set up in 2006,
it is a rich repository of old documents and records including
invaluable photographs pertaining to the early history of the
first women’s college in the country. They are presently
undergoing a process of technical preservation with grants from
both State and Central governments. The Archives has proved to be
of immense value in unearthing crucial aspects of Women’s history
in colonial Bengal.
- The Department has, over the years, undertaken several
initiatives in preserving and strengthening a sense of history
amongst the community.
- Prior to the founding of the Archives, the Department had,
in collaboration with the West Bengal State Archives, organised an
exhibition of old documents of the College in 2004.
- The Department organized an Exhibition of Indian and Foreign
coins in the College premises in 2004.
- The Department, in collaboration with Victoria Memorial and KMDA,
organized an exhibition - Calcutta – Past and Present.
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ENDOWMENT LECTURES |
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Kalpana Dutta (Joshi) Memorial Lecture organised every
year from 2003 onwards in collaboration with Biplabtirtha Chattogram
Smriti Sanstha.
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