About the Department
Journey of the department of History dates back to
the beginning of the college in 1879.Being one of
the compulsory subjects in B. A. Examination,
History was among the oldest departments of the
college. The early records reveal the name of Smt.
Surabala Ghosh, an alumnus of this College, who
joined the college as a lecturer in History and
Bengali from 1903-1912. Later she acted as the
Principal of the College for sometime .The History
Honours started in the year of
1950. The first Honours student of this Department
graduated in 1952 and secured a fairly high place in
Second Class. The Three years Degree courses was
introduced in 1982. Some of the pioneering teachers
of this Department were Marie Bonnerji, Sushovan
Sarkar (rendered Honarary Service from1933-34),
Karunakana Gupta(1938-1952) , Dr. Roma Neogy, Dr .Bharati
Ray, Bandana Ghosh, Dr.Hena Mukherjee.
Currently the department offers History Honours
under new CBCS curriculum of 2018, History Core
Courses and Generic Electives are offered. The
Department has a staff strength of five faculties.
The department is regularly engaged in serious
academic exercises like invited lectures, seminars,
showing documentaries and films, taking students to
lectures by eminent historians, educational trips
etc. Among the five faculty members, four members
have been awarded PhD Degrees, and one faculty
member is pursuing her Doctoral Research. Faculty
members regularly attend seminars, present research
papers in national and international seminars and
publish their papers in peer reviewed books and
journals. Students of the department have won
several prestigious awards in students' seminar held
in other colleges. Overall, a healthy academic
environment and a cordial teacher student relation
is maintained in the department.
Faculty
Dr. Anasua Datta
Associate Professor and H.O.D
M.A.,M.Phil.,Ph.D.
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Dr. Amrita Bagchi
Assistant Professor
M.A.,Ph.D.
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Dr. Ishani Choudhury
Assistant Professor
M.A.,Ph.D.
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Smt. Nivedita Chakraborty
Assistant Professor
M.A.,M.Phil.
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Dr. Chirantani Das
Assistant Professor
M.A.,B.Ed.,Ph.D.
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Infrastructure
- Departmental Seminar Library - 265 books
- Book Bank - 79 books
- Donated Books - 465