EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

15 Oct 1992 – 23 April1997. Education Instructor, Indian Airforce

29 April 1997 – 05 October 2002 Lecturer in History, Khandra College, affiliated to the University of Burdwan.

06 October 2002 – 30 November, 2008 Lecturer and later Reader in History, VisvaBharati

01 December 2008 – Reader and later Associate Professor of History, University of Calcutta

EDUCATION

Include dates, majors, and details of degrees, training and certification High School – 1984 West Bengal Board of Secondary Education

X + 2 STANDARD: Uttar Siksha Sadana, Visva Bharati 1986 Graduation: Vidya Bhavana, Visva Bharati B.A. (Hons./Major) in History 1989 Post graduation: ……,,…………, Visva Bharati M.A. in History 1991……,,…………, Visva Bharati Ph.D 2006 Title of the thesis „Military Organization and Society in Early Medieval South India‟

PUBLICATIONS:

Articles published:

• "Tamil Society and the Military in the Age of Medieval Colas" in S. Jayaseela Stephen (ed.), The Masks and Veils: Literature, Caste and Society. Delhi, January, 2006.

• "Bathing in Fire": Loyalty and Military Bondage in Early Medieval South India' in Proceedings of Indian History Congress, 66th Session.

• "Birbhume Samanyaybadi Aitijhyer Sandhane: Kusthigiri; Ekti Kshetra Samiksha" in Anchalik Itihas: Kayekti Prasangik Bhavna.

• 'Birbhume Samanyaybadi Aitijhyer Sandhane: Kusthigiri; Ekti Kshetra Samiksha' in Anchalik Itihas: Kayekti Prasangik Bhavna.

• 'Military Organization and Society: Changes in Religious Realm in Early Medieval South India' in Bhaskarjyoti Basu (ed.), Explorations in Economic and Social History, 1200-1900. Visva Bharati, Kolkata, 2008. pp