Present Post: Associate Professor in the Department of Ancient Indian History and Culture, University of Calcutta Permanent Address: 46, Abdul Halim Lane, Kolkata 700016

Permanent Address: 46, Abdul Halim Lane, Kolkata 700016

Educational Qualifications:

Obtained the Ph.D. degree in Ancient Indian History and Culture, University in 11.02.2006 on the topic entitled Scythian Elements in Early Indian Art.

Refresher Course/ Orientation Programme

1. Participated in the UGC-sponsored Refresher Course, 2003 under the UGC- Academic Staff College, Jadavpur University in the subject- Sources of Ancient Indian History from 25th November 2003 to 19th December 2003 and obtained Grade A.
2. Participated in the UGC-Sponsored Special Summer School, 2012 (As per UGC letter No. F. 27-1/2012 (ASC) dated 23rd May 2012, this certificate is equivalent to one Orientation Programme/ Refresher Course for Career Advancement purpose) in the subject- Humanities and Social Science (Education, History, Political Science, Bengali, Hindi, Urdu, Sanskrit, Pali, Philosophy, Sociology) on the thrust area: Art and Aesthetics in Indian Culture and Literature from 3rd July to 23rd July 2012 and obtained Grade A.
3. Participated in the UGC-Sponsored Special Summer School, 2013(As per UGC letter No. F. 27-1/2012 (ASC) dated 1
st January 2013, this certificate is equivalent to one Orientation Programme/Refresher Course for Career Advancement purpose) in the subject- Social Sciences Education, History, Music, Political Science, Psychology, Fine Arts, Archaeology, Journalism & Mass Communication, Food & Nutrition, Philosophy, Sociology, Human Development, Museology, Anthropology) on the thrust area: Indian Art, History, Culture, Heritage and Conservation from 13th July 2013 to 03rd August 2013 and obtained Grade A

Certificate Courses:

1. Completed the one year certificate course in Museum Appreciation conducted by the Asiatic Society, Kolkata in 1996-97.
2. Completed the three months course on History of Indian Architecture conducted by the Centre for Archaeological Studies and Training, Eastern India between 9th March and 29th May 2009 and secured 1st position.

Teaching Experience:

1. Rani Birla Girls College, C.U. Full time lecturer in the Department of History, OctoberDecember, 1998.
2. Government College of Art and Craft. Part-time lecturer in History of Art. 27.08.97 to 27.02.98
3. Teaching in the Department of Ancient Indian History and Culture since November 2000

Teaching Assignments other than the Department:

Guest Lecturer, Department of Museology, University of Calcutta in 2007-08, 2008-09, 2009-10, 2010-11, 2011-12.
Guest Lecturer in 3rd semester, Department of Pali, University of Calcutta in 2010 and 2011.
Guest Lecturer in 2nd semester, Department of History, West Bengal State University, Barasat in 2009.

Completed Research Projects:

1. Worked as a Research Assistant in a UGC Major Research Project on Art and Society: A Study of the Proto-medieval Art of the Gangetic-Yamuna Valley from April 1996 to November 1997
2. Worked as a Research Fellow in a Research Project of the Asiatic Society, Kolkata on
Indian Classical Dance and Choreography from 11th March 1999 to 29th August 2000.
Presently doing Post Doctoral Research on Stone Sculptural Art (Brahmanical, Buddhist and Jaina) of the Early Medieval West Bengal (Self financed).

Publications:

Books:

1. Scythian Elements in Early Indian Art, Kaveri Books, New Delhi, 2009.
Book reviewed (in Russian) in Nartamongæ: The Journal of Alano-Ossetic Studies: Epic, Mythology, Language, History, Volume VI No. 1-2, 2009 Vladikavkaz Paris by T.A. Guriev, C (Scythian Elements in Early Indian Art)
2. Itkhori: A Sculptural and Architectural Complex in the Chhotanagpur Plateau (7th 13 th Centuries CE)., Kaveri Books, New Delhi, 2019.

Chapters in Books:

1. Eastern Indian Sculpture, c.Sixth-Seventh Century AD To c. Twelth-Thirteen century AD in Ancient India Vol- VIII edited by Dilip K. Chakrabarti Publication of the Vivekananda International Foundation, New Delhi.(forthcoming)
2. Western Indian Sculptures of the Post Gupta Period in Ancient India Vol- VIII edited by Dilip K. Chakrabarti Publication of the Vivekananda International Foundation, New Delhi.(forthcoming)
3. Central Indian Sculptures of the Post-Gupta Period, in Ancient India Vol- VIII edited by Dilip K. Chakrabarti Publication of the Vivekananda International Foundation, New Delhi.(forthcoming)
4. Indian Bronzes in Ancient India Vol- VIII edited by Dilip K. Chakrabarti Publication of the Vivekananda International Foundation, New Delhi.(forthcoming)
5. Indian Ivory in Ancient India Vol- VIII edited by Dilip K. Chakrabarti Publication of the Vivekananda International Foundation, New Delhi.(forthcoming)
6. The Early Use of Metals in Ancient India jointly with Prof. Rupendra Kumar Chattopadhyay in Ancient India Vol- IX edited by Dilip K. Chakrabarti Publication of the Vivekananda International Foundation, New Delhi.(forthcoming)