Specialisation : SOCIO-ECONOMIC AND ADMINISTRATIVE HISTORY OF EARLY INDIA

Academic qualifications:

LORETO COLLEGE, CU : B.A. HISTORY (HONOURS)
DEPT. OF AIHC, CU M. A.
DEPT. OF AIHC, CU PH.D

Research interests:

• GENDER STUDIES, SOCIAL ISSUES
• POLITICAL PROCESSES AND STATE FORMATION

Research guidance:

Number of researchers awarded M.Phil/ Ph.D degrees: 14 AWARDED M.Phil / 1 Ph.D
Number of researchers submitted Ph.D: 1
Number of researchers pursuing M.Phil/ Ph.D : 2 M.PHIL AND 6Ph.D

Projects:

Completed projects:
MHRD Project under NME ICT on Social and Cultural History of India (From Earliest to 1707).Paper XI of Indian Culture as Coordinator.
Current projects:
Participant in international project on Early Indias Interaction with South-East Asia Interpreting the Old and Opening Up New Vistas. On-going project sponsored by University of Calcutta (UPE Phase II).

Select list of publications:

Journals:

• Some Aspects of Society in Ancient India, Itibritta, Vol. II, 2015, Kolkata.
• PrachinBharaterVrikshaPujanerPrrashar EktiNritattvikBisleshan, PurolokBarta, Durgapur, 2016.

Books/ book chapters:

• Economic History of the Gangetic Plains as gleaned from Land Grants (8th 12th Centuries A.D.), Best Books, Kolkata, 2004.
• Agriculture as Known from KhanasVacanas, History of Agriculture in India (upto c.1200 A.D.), Vol. V, Part 1, PHISPC, New Delhi, 2007-2008.
• Evolution and Character of State in Ancient India, Indian Historiography, Institute of Historical Studies, Kolkats
• Vijayanagar: The City and its Environs, Aspects of Indian History and Culture, New Delhi, 2012.

Conference/ seminar volumes:

• Buddhist Monastic Organisations in Inscriptions of Bengal (6th 12th Centuries A.D.) , Essays on Early Bengal Epigraphy, Jadavpur University
• The Genesis and Evolution of Human Rights in India, Seminar on The Evolution on Human Rights in India Through the Ages, Dept. of History, Bankura Sammelani College, Bankura, 2010.