CURRICULUM VITAE. 2. Present & Permanent Address : H-4, Tarabag, Burdwan West Bengal, India

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1 CURRICULUM VITAE 1. Name : Dr. BISWAJIT GHOSH 2. Present & Permanent Address : H-4, Tarabag, Burdwan West Bengal, India bghoshbu@gmail.com 3. Date of Birth : 27 th June, Nationality : Indian 5. Social Category : General 6. Current Institutional Position : Professor of Sociology The University of Burdwan, Burdwan. 7. Educational Qualification(s): Degree/Subject Year University B.A Hons in Political Science 1978 Calcutta University M.A in Sociology 1980 Calcutta University M. Phil in Sociology 1984 Jawaharlal Nehru University Ph.D in Sociology 1989 DO Title of Thesis: Organising Unorganised Workers: A Sociological Study of Trade Unionism in the Leather and Book-Binding Industries in Calcutta (Research Supervisor: Prof. M. N. Panini)

2 2 (8) Professional Achievements: i. Ph.D Supervision: Sl No Name of Scholars Title of Thesis Status 1. Dr. Subrata Social Costs of Voluntary Retirement A study Awarded Chatterjee 2 Dr. Jiban Chakraborty (Joint first supervisor) 3. Dr. Swarup Sen (Joint) in Some Public Sector Units at Durgapur Custodial Violence in the Custody of Calcutta Police: A Socio-legal Study in the Context of Human Rights Analysis and Evaluation of Government Projects for Development of Scheduled Tribes in West Bengal: A Case Study 4 Dr. Anuradha Sen Status and Role of Literate Women in Modern Society: A Survey of Women School Teachers in Siliguri Town 5 Dr. Pankaj Kumar Development Induced Displacement: A Case Study of Jadugura Mine in Jharkhand 6 Dr. Gurupada A study on Santal Migration: Its Context and Saren Ramifications in Relation to Tribal Identity 7 Ananta Kumar Environmental Degradation in and around Biswas Kolaghat 8 Sujay Sain Changing Industrial Relations in Post- Liberalised India: A Study of Four Steel Plants in West Bengal 9 Francis J. Keepuram Modernization and Coping Strategies of Fish Workers of Kakdwip, West Bengal 10 Sandip Tah Urbanization and Environmental Issues: A Study of Burdwan and Durgapur Municipal Areas in 2005 Awarded in 2005 Awarded in 2008 Awarded in 2009 Awarded in 2012 Awarded in 2012 Writing stage Writing stage Writing stage Writing stage ii. M. Phil / Ph.D Evaluation: Evaluated 16 M. Phil / Ph. D thesis of Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi (2), University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad (2), Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala (3), Utkal University, Bhubaneswar (2), Kalyani University, Nadia (2), Jadavpur University, Kolkata (2), Dibrugarh University, Assam (1), Visva- Bharati, Santiniketan (2), and Dibrugarh University, Assam (1). iii. M.A Dissertation Supervision: Supervised nearly 230 dissertations of M. A students since iv) Visiting Fellow / Professorship: a) Visiting Fellow at the Centre for the Study of Social Systems, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, in b) Visiting Professor in the Department of Political Science, Tripura University, in 2005, 2006 & c) Visiting Professor in the Department of Masters in Rural Management and Development (MRMD), Tripura University, in d) Visiting Professor in the Department of Sociology at Vidyasagar University, West Bengal, in v. Acted as Resource person to: a) Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, SSS, J. N. U, New Delhi. b) Department of Sociology, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University (A Central University), Lucknow.

3 3 c) Department of Sociology, Rani Durgavati University, Jabalpur (M.P). d) Department of Sociology, Deen Dayal Upadhyay Gorakhpur University, Gorakhpur, UP. e) Department of Sociology, Fakir Mohan University, Balasore, Orissa. f) Department of Sociology, Sambalpur University, Orissa. g) Department of Political Science, Rural Development and Sociology, Tripura University (A Central University). h) Department of Sociology, Dibrugarh University, Assam. i) Department of Sociology, Assam University, Silchar. j) West Bengal College Service Commission, Kolkata; k) Department of Sociology, Calcutta University l) Department of Sociology, Rural Development & Management, and Distance Education, Kalyani University. m) Department of Sociology, Jadavpur University. n) Department of Sociology, North Bengal University. o) Department of Sociology, Vidyasagar University. p) Department of Social Science, Bengal Engineering Science University. q) Department of Social Work, Rural Extension, & Anthropology, Visva Bharati, r) Department of Sociology, West Bengal State University, Barasat. s) Population Education Resource Center, Burdwan University. t) Department of Environmental Science, Burdwan University. u) Department of HRM, Burdwan University. vi. Coordinator of Refresher Course and Orientation Programme: a) Joint Coordinator of a Refresher Course in Sociology and political Science (4-24 th March, 1998), ASC, BU. b) Joint Coordinator of a Refresher Course in Social studies (9-29 th March 2006), ASC, BU. c) Joint Coordinator of a Refresher Course in Environment & Social Science (8-28 th March, 2007), ASC, BU. d) Joint Coordinator of 32 rd Orientation Programme (1-28 th July, 2000), ASC, BU. e) Joint Coordinator of 35 th Orientation Programme (2-29 th November, 2001), ASC, BU. f) Joint Coordinator of 36 th Orientation Programme (2-29 th November, 2001), ASC, BU. vii. Organization of Seminar as Convenor: a) Convenor of a National Seminar on Contemporary Indian Society: issue and challenges (7-8 th February, 2004), Deptt of Sociology, Burdwan. b) Joint convenor of a National Seminar on Social Exclusion and Empowerment (28-29th May, 2007), Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies, Burdwan viii. Administrative Experience: a) Head of the Department of Sociology, Burdwan University during ; , , and b) Court Member, Burdwan University during , From 2014 till today, c) Chairman, PG & UG Board of Studies in Sociology, Burdwan University during Headship. d) Member, PG & UG Board of Studies in Sociology, Burdwan University since e) Member, Ad-hoc Board of Studies of the Population Education resource Centre during f) Member, Board of Directors of Journalism & Mass Communication, BU during g) Member Internal Quality Assurance Cell, Burdwan University.

4 4 h) Member, Library Committee, BU since i) Member, Advisory Committee of Centre for Inter-disciplinary Studies since j) Member, Ad-hoc Board of UG Studies in Environmental Studies since k) Member, Ad-hoc Board of Post-Graduate Studies in Master of Social Work since July l) Director (Additional Charge) of Academic Staff College, BU from 31 st December 2012 to 1 st July ix. Consultant: a) UNICEF: , b) Save the Children: x) Editorial Board Member: a) Member of Editorial Board of Sociological Bulletin, the peer reviewed indexed Journal of The Indian Sociological Society during b) Member of Editorial Advisory Board of West Bengal Sociological Review, the annual journal of Sociological Association of West Bengal since June c) Editorial Team Member, World Journal of Social Science Research, Open Access Journal. 9. Field of Specialization: (i) Sociology of Industry and Organisation; (ii) Sociology of Development & Environment; (iii) Society, Culture and Social Issues in India; (iv) Gender and Politics; (v) Sociology in India. 10. Professional Experience (Only Full Time beginning from the present): Name of Employer Post Held Period 1. Burdwan University Professor From till date 2. - Do - Reader From to M. B. B. College, Lecturer & From to Govt. of Tripura, Tripura Sr. Lecturer 11. Gross Present Pay and Allowance: 1,06,903/ (date of increment: January). 12. Research Allocation and Grants: (a) Worked as Principal Coordinator of a Minor Research Project on Women Workers in Informal Sectors sponsored by the Population Education Resource Centre, Burdwan University in (b) Worked as Coordinator of a Major Research Project on Child Marriage, Dowry and Trafficking in Women and Children jointly sponsored by the UNICEF and the Govt. of West Bengal; in (c) Supervised a Research Project on Child Labour and its Elimination sponsored by the National Child Labour Project, Burdwan District Child Labour Welfare Society; in (d) Worked as Coordinator of a Major Research Project on Promoting the Value of Girl Child: Preventing Child Marriage in Malda sponsored by the UNICEF. in (e) Worked as Research Coordinator of a Major Research Project entitled Study on Vulnerability of Children in Closed and Sick Tea Gardens of Jalpaiguri financed and planned by Save the Children and UNICEF, Kolkata. in Participation in National / International Seminars/Workshops: (a) National Level : a) Invited Lectures/Key Note Address: 19

5 5 b) Paper Presented 40; c) Attended 4 (b) International Level: a) Paper Presented 5; b) Attended - 1 (c) Session Chaired at National Seminars : 16 (d) Session Chaired at International Seminar : 01 (e) Talk/Demonstration at Local Workshops : 17 (f) ASC Lectures at RC & OP : 40 (g) Organised National Seminars : Publications (see list for details): (a) Book : 2 (b) Books in the process of Publication : 1 (c) Major Policy Documents Published : 3 (d) Modules Written : 4 (e) Research Articles Published : 48 (11 International, 38 National) (f) Articles awaiting Publication : 6 (g) Popular Articles : 4 (h) Book Review : 9 (i) Publication in the Book of Abstract : 1 (j) Research Paper Evaluation as Referee : Citation Index/Impact Factor of Articles Published: Sl No Title of Article Book/Journal Details Year Cited by 1 Human Trafficking In India: Nature, Dimensions And Strategies For Prevention 2 Legal Protection against Domestic Violence in India: Scope and Limitations 3 NGOs, Civil Society and Social Reconstruction in Contemporary India 4 Trafficking in women & children, child marriage and dowry: A study for action plan in West Bengal 5 Cultural Changes and Challenges in the Era of Globalisation: The Case of India The International Journal of Human Rights 13 (05): Journal of Family Violence (Springer) 26 (4): Journal of Developing Societies, 25 (2): UNICEF & Govt. of West Bengal, Journal of Developing Societies, 27 (2): Ethnicity and Insurgency in Tripura Sociological Bulletin, 52 (2): Child Marriage, Society and the International Journal of Law, Law: A Study in a Rural Context in Policy and the Family, 25 West Bengal, India (2): Population Change and Its Consequences: India s Concern in Man and Development, 33 (1): 1-18 Impact factor/ SJR (2012) (SJR 0.708, 2012) (2013) (2013)

6 6 21 st Century 9 Vulnerability, Forced Migration and Trafficking in Children and Women: A Field View from the Plantation Industry in West Bengal, India, 10 Persistence of the Practice of Dowry in Rural Bengal 11 Economic Reforms and Trade Unionism in India A Macro View Economic and Political Weekly, Review of Rural Affair, 28 th June, 49 (26 & 27): Journal of Social Work & Social Development, June: 1-17 The Indian Journal of Industrial Relations, 43 (3), January: (2013) Early Marriage of Girls in Contemporary Bengal: A Field View Social Change, 41(1): Delaying the Age of Marriage in Malda: A Document to Design Interventions for Changing Norms UNICEF Women s Work and Informal Sectors Two case Studies in Burdwan, West Bengal 15 Impact of Market Globalism Indian Experience 16 How Does the Legal Framework Protect Victims of Dowry and Domestic Violence in India? A Critical Review 17 Gender, Space and Development: Tribal Women in Tripura 18 Organising Unorganised Workers: The Case of Bindery Workers in Calcutta Socialist Perspective, 29 (1 & 2), Bharat Vidya, 3, Aggression and Violent Behaviour- A Review Journal, online 29 th April, 2013, 18 (4) Economic and Political Weekly, 46 (16): Sociological Bulletin,37(1&2): (2013) Total Curriculum Development: a) Played a leading role in development and revision of PG/UG Syllabus in Sociology of The University of Burdwan since b) Member of PG Syllabus drafting Committee in Sociology of Vidyasagar University, Midnapore. c) Member of PG Syllabus drafting and revision Committee in Sociology of West Bengal State University, Barasat. d) Member of PG Syllabus Revision Committee of Department of Rural Development and Management of Kalyani University, Kalyani. e) Played a leading role in the development of curriculum of Counselling and Guidance Course (One-Year Diploma) of The University of Burdwan. f) Played a leading role in the development of curriculum for PG Course in Entrepreneur Development and NGO Management for Department of Rural Extension, Palli Samgathana Vibhaga, Visva Bharati in May g) Member of PG Syllabus drafting and revision Committee in Sociology of Sidhu Kanhu Birsha Birsha University, Purulia. h) Member of PG Syllabus drafting Committee in Sociology of Diamond Harbour Women s University, West Bengal. i) Member of UG Syllabus drafting Committee in Sociology of Tripura University, Agartala 17. Membership of Academic Boards as External Subject Expert: (a) External Expert of PGBS in Sociology at West Bengal State University, Barasat since November 2009.

7 7 (b) External Expert in the Institute Board of Palli Samgathana Vibhaga, Visva Bharati, for a term of two years since July (c) External Member, Faculty Council for Post Graduate Studies in Arts & Commerce, University of Kalyani, West Bengal for a term of four years since June (d) External Expert in Ph.D Committee, Department of Sociology, Vidyasagar University, West Bengal from January 2006 to April (e) External Expert of P.G Board of Studies in Sociology (and Social Studies) at Vidyasagar University in between 2005 & (f) External Expert of P.G Board of Studies at Palli Charcha Kendra, Visva Bharati in between (g) External Expert of Board of Studies for M. Phil course in Sociology at Directorate of Open and Distance Learning, University of Kalyani since (h) Member, Advisory Committee, Department of Rural Development and Management, University of Kalyani since 2008 (i) Member of Different Board of Studies under the parent University in: Population Education Resource Centre, Environmental Studies, Journalism and Mass Communication, Master of Social Work, Centre for Inter- Disciplinary Studies. (j) External member of the Board of Studies (Patha Samiti) for Department of Rural Extension of Visva-Bharati for a period of 2 years w.e.f (k) Member of Advisory Board of UGC Sponsored Raja Ram Mohan Roy Studies Centre in B. S. N. V. P. G College, Lucknow ( ). (l) External Expert, Population Education Resource Centre, Burdwan University since May (m) External Expert, Ph. D Committee, Netaji Subhas Open University, Kolkata since April (n) Invitee Expert of the Anthropological Committee of The Asiatic Society for the period of (o) External Expert for the Screening of Candidates for the Posts of Associate/Assistant Professors in the Deptt of Social Work, Rural Development and Rural Extension Services of Visva-Bharati ( ). (p) Member of Indian Sociological Society s Eastern Regional Committee since September (q) Member of Advisory Committee of ICSSR s state level study on Educational Status of Scheduled Tribes in West Bengal since December v) External Expert, BOS of Jadunath Sarkar School of Social Sciences, Assam University, Silchar for 2 years since August (r) External Expert of BOS of the Dept of Lifelong Learning and Extension, Visva Bharati for 2 years with effect from (s) External Expert of PGBS in Sociology at Jadavpur University, Jadavpur since November External Expert for Screening/Promotion of College/University Teachers: a) Chancellor s Nominee to the Selection/Screening Committees for the Merit Panel Preparation Programme of the College Service Commission, West Bengal for a term of two years from 2009 (Sociology). b) Chancellor s Nominee to the Selection/Screening Committees for the Recruitment of University teachers at Jadavpur university, West Bengal, for a term of four years since April, c) Chancellor s Nominee to the Selection/Screening Committees for the Recruitment of University teachers at West Bengal State University (Barasat) for a term of four years since December, 2008.

8 8 d) External Expert for Screening and Recommendation of promotion for teachers under CAS from Reader to Professor in Sociology at Rani Durgavati University, Jabalpur (M.P) in January e) External Expert for Screening and Recommendation of promotion for teachers under CAS in Sociology at T.M Bhagalpur University, Bhagalpur (2008-9). f) External Expert for Screening and Recommendation of promotion for teachers under CAS from Reader to Professor in Sociology at Vidyasagar University, Medinipur in November g) External Expert for Screening and Recommendation of promotion for teachers under CAS from Sr. Lecturer to Reader & Reader to Professor in Sociology at Deen Dayal Upadhyay Gorakhpur University, Gorakhpur in February h) External Expert of Selection Committee for Screening and Recommendation of promotion for teachers under CAS from Reader to Professor in Sociology at North Bengal University University, Darjeeling in February i) Chancellor s Nominee to Selection Committee for Recruitment and Promotion of teachers under CAS/ Screening Committee for Reemployment of Teachers in the Department of Home Science (Social Science) at University of Calcutta for a term of four years since April j) External Expert for conducting Viva-Voce examination for recruitment of Government college teachers in Tripura (Sociology). k) External Expert for conducting interviews of candidates for the post of Assistant Professor, Associate Professor & Professor in Sociology for Tripura University (A Central University) in 2011 & l) External Expert for Screening and Recommendation of promotion for teachers under CAS from Reader to Professor in Sociology at Fakir Mohan University, Balasore, Orissa in May m) External Expert for Selection/Screening of University teachers in Sociology at Sidhu Kanhu Birsa University (Purulia) on 19 th July, n) External Expert for the Selection of Candidates for the Posts of Assistant Professors in the Deptt of Rural Extension Services of Visva-Bharati ( ). o) Vice Chancellor s Nominee to the Selection/Screening Committees for the Merit Panel Preparation Programme of the College Service Commission, West Bengal in 2013 (Sociology). 19. Other Assignments of Professional Competence: (a) Subject Expert in a Live Discussion at Doordarshan DD7 Channel (Law and Court Panel) on Trafficking in Women on 20 th July 2010 from pm. (b) Subject Expert in a Live Discussion at Doordarshan DD7 Channel (Law and Court Panel) on Prevention of Domestic Violence Act from pm. (c) Subject Expert in a Live Discussion at Doordarshan DD7 Channel (Law and Court Panel) on 7th December 2010, and on Kanya Bhrun Hatya Pratorodhi Aain on 31 st May 2011 from pm. (d) Subject Expert in a Live Discussion at Doordarshan DD7 Channel (Programme called Sreemoyi) on Human Trafficking- First Part on 28 th October 2012 from 3-4 pm. (e) Involved in the examination related activities (Paper Setter/Examiner/ Moderator) of Calcutta University, Kalyani University, Vidyasagar University, Rabindra Bharati University, North Bengal University, Tripura University, Utkal University and Union Public Service Commissions, Tripura Public Service Commission, West Bengal College Service Commission, West Bengal School Service Commission.

9 9 (f) Subject Expert in a Live Discussion at Doordarshan DD7 Channel (Programme called Sreemoyi) on Protection of Women & Girls on 27 th January 2013 from 3-4 pm. 20. The Most Significant Scholarly Honour and Prizes: (a) Received a Gold Medal for excellence in Journalism from Seminar Research Centre, Hydrabad, in March (b) Received Scholarship to do Ph. D at JNU, New Delhi. I. DETAIL LIST OF PUBLICATIONS 1. Book Published: Interrogating Development: Discourses on Development in India Today (Edited), Rawat Publication, Jaipur (ISBN ) Pariveshvidya (in Bengali). Member of Board of Editors, The University of Burdwan, Burdwan (ISBN ). 2. Books in the Process of Publication: 1. Industrial Structure and Labour Movement: Issues, Perspectives and Experiences of Organising Unorganised Labour. 3. Major Policy Document Published by Government/ International Agency Trafficking in Women & Children, Child Marriage and Dowry A Study For Action Plan in West Bengal (Edited & Compiled), Published by UNICEF and Govt. of West Bengal, Kolkata Delaying the Age of Marriage in Malda: A Document to Design Interventions for Changing Norms. Published by UNICEF, Kolkata Study on Vulnerability of Children in Sick & Closed Tea Gardens in Jalpaiguri District, West Bengal, Save the Children and UNICEF. 4. Modules Published: Culture, Socialisation and Social Control (in Bengali), Published by Netaji Subhas Open University, Study Material for Elective Sociology Honours Course (Paper 1, Module III) Civilizational Approach: N. K. Bose And Surajit Sinha, M. Phil Course Module, Paper 1, Module 2, Unit 3, published by Kalyani University Taking stock of what is known: The use of library, UGC E-Pathshala M.A Course in Sociology, Module 31 for a paper on Methodology of Research in Sociology Types of Research and Designing them, UGC E-Pathshala M.A Course in Sociology, Module 31 for a paper on Methodology of Research in Sociology. 5. Research Articles Published: 1. International India s child trafficking epidemic, East Asia Forum, Published on line on 6 th March 2014 (ISSN: ) How Does the Legal Framework Protect Victims of Dowry and Domestic Violence in India? A Critical Review, Aggression and Violent Behaviour- A Review Journal, 18 (4) (Elsevier, ISSN: , Impact Factor (2012). First Published on line on 29 th April Organising Unorganised Workers: The Case of Bindery Workers in Calcutta, in Jacob John Kattakayam (ed.), Studies in Indian Sociology, Volume 4: (On The Margins: Tribes, Castes And Other Social Categories), Sage Publications, New Delhi, ISBN: ; (Reprinted from Sociological Bulletin, 37, 1 & 2).

10 Cultural Changes in the Era of Globalisation, Journal of Developing Societies, 27 (2): , (Sage: ISSN: X) Early Marriage of Girls in Contemporary Bengal: A Field View, Social Change, 41(1): 41-61, (Sage: ISSN: ) Child Marriage, Society and the Law: A Study in a Rural Context in West Bengal, India, International Journal of Law, Policy and the Family, 25 (2): (Oxford University Press: ISSN: ) Legal Protection against Domestic Violence in India: Scope and Limitations, Journal of Family Violence, 26 (4): , [Joint First Author]. (Springer: ISSN: , Impact Factor: (2011) Gender, Space and Development: Changing Conditions of Tribal Women in Tripura, in Man in India An International Journal of Anthropology, 91 (3-4): , July-December (ISSN: ) Human Trafficking In India: Nature, Dimensions And Strategies For Prevention, in The International Journal of Human Rights 13 (05): (Rutledge: ISSN: ) NGOs, Civil Society and Social Reconstruction in Contemporary India, Journal of Developing Societies, 25 (2): (Sage: ISSN: X) Coping with Market Liberalism: Politics of Trade Unionism in Contemporary India, in Samir Dasgupta and Jan Nederveen Pieterse (eds) Politics of Globalization, Sage Publication, New Delhi: (ISDN: ). B. National: 'What Explains the Salience of Ethnicity? Some Conceptual Clarifications' in Sanjay K. Roy and R.S. Mukhopadhyay (eds.) Ethnicity in the East and North-East India (51-65). New Delhi: Gyan Publishing House Vulnerability, Forced Migration and Trafficking in Children and Women: A Field View from the Plantation Industry in West Bengal, India, Economic and Political Weekly, Review of Rural Affair, 28 th June, 49 (26 & 27): Child Trafficking in the Tea Gardens of Jalpaiguri, West Bengal, in A. K. Singh et. al (Ed.) Gender Violence in India Perspectives, Issues and Way Forward ( ). New Delhi: Bal Vikas Prakashan Pvt. Ltd Environment Protection Movements in India, in M. A. Choudhuri et al (ed.) Pariveshvidya (Unit 6: ), The University of Burdwan, Burdwan (ISBN ) Human Population and Environment, in M. A. Choudhuri et al (ed.) Pariveshvidya (Unit 7: ), The University of Burdwan, Burdwan (ISBN ) Development through Voluntary Actions: The Paradigm of NGOisation, in Biswajit Ghosh (Eds.): Discourses on Development ( ), Rawat Publication: Jaipur (ISBN: ) Understanding Development: Theory and Practice, in Biswajit Ghosh (Eds.): Discourses on Development (27-48), Rawat Publication: Jaipur (ISBN: ) Globalisation and Social Transformation: Yogendra Singh on Culture Change in Contemporary India, in Ishwar Modi (Ed.), Modernization, Globalization and Social Transformation ( ), Vol. I. Rawat Publication, Jaipur (ISBN: ) Development of Tribals Through Government Schemes A Study in Birbhum District of West Bengal, The Eastern Anthropologist, Vol 64, No. 4: (Joint Second Author).

11 Child Marriage, Community & Adolescent Girls: The Salience of Tradition and Modernity in the Malda District of West Bengal, Sociological Bulletin, 60 (2) (ISSN: ) Gender, Space and Development: Changing Conditions of Tribal Women, Economic and Political Weekly, 46 (16): (Joint First Author; ISSN: ) Population Change and Its Consequences: India s Concern in 21 st Century, Man and Development, March, 33 (1): 1-18 (ISSN: ) Child Marriage and its Prevention: Role of Adolescent Girls, Indian Journal of Development Research and Social Action An International Journal, Vol. 7 (1-2): (ISSN: ) Child marriage in Rural West Bengal: Status and Challenges, in Indian Journal of Development Research and Social Action (An International Journal), 6 (1-2): 1-23, January-December (Joint First Author; ISSN: ) Persistence of Dowry in India: A Study in Rural South West Bengal, The Asian Man An International Journal, 4(1), January-June: (Joint First author; ISSN: ) Cultural Globalisation in Contemporary India: From Homogeneity To Plurality, Socialist Perspective 38 (1): 1-20, (ISSN: ) Persistence of the Practice of Dowry in Rural Bengal, Journal of Social Work & Social Development (JSWSD), June, 1 (1): 1-17 (ISSN: ) How to Govern Corporate Houses? Significance of Industrial Democracy and Social Unionism in the Context of Globalisation, in S. K Pramanick & R. Ganguli (Eds.) Globalisation in India New Frontiers and Emerging Challenges ( ). PHI Learning Private Limited, New Delhi (ISBN: ) Shramik Andolaner Prakiti (in Bengali), in K. Chattopadhyay and A. Choudhuri (Eds.) Bharater Samajik Andolan, Levant Books, Kolkata: (ISBN: ) Context and Issues of Gender Discourse Today: The Case of West Bengal, in S. Pramanick and S. Manna (Eds.), Women in India: Motherhood and Multiple Identities, Serial Publications, Delhi: (ISBN: ) Economic Reforms and Trade Unionism in India A Macro View, The Indian Journal of Industrial Relations, 43 (3), January: (ISSN: ) A Sociology Syllabus For Our Times: The Burdwan Experience, in West Bengal Sociological Review, Vol. 1, November: Trafficking in Women and Children in West Bengal, Socialist Perspective 36 (1 & 2), June September: (ISSN: ) Women Workers in the Informal Sectors, in B.T Ghosh & S. Bandopadhyay (Eds.) Research Compendium (41-70), The University of Burdwan, Burdwan Modernization and Development: Changing Status of Rural and Urban Tribal Women in Tripura (Joint paper with T. Choudhuri), in Politics & Society, Vol. 6: (ISSN: ) Globalisation and Cultural Change, in Indian Journal of Development Research and Social Action (An International Journal), 2 (1), January- June: (ISSN: ) Culture and Environment under different Modes of Resource Use: An Exploration into Human History, in Environica, 3 (1), June 2005:

12 Population and Pollution: Concern for a Sustainable Society in India, in A. Das (ed), Environment Science and Thought, Vol. I, ACB Publication, Kolkata: (ISBN: ) Impact of Market Globalism Indian Experience, in Bharata Vidya, Vol. III: Ethnicity and Insurgency in Tripura, in Sociological Bulletin, 52 (2): (ISSN: ) Women s Work and Informal Sectors Two case Studies in Burdwan, West Bengal, in Socialist Perspective, 29 (1&2), June-Sept: 1-23 (ISSN: ) Contested Boundaries and Multiple Identities Ethnicity and Politics in Modern India, in Bharata Vidya, Vol. I: Population and Environment: India s Concern in the 21 st Century, in A. Das & A.R. Ghosh (Eds.), Environment: Issues and Challenges, Vol. II, Academic Staff College, Burdwan University: Paribesh Vidya, Ist and 4 th Chapters, Burdwan University: 13-17; 29-32; Towards a Sociological Interpretation of Environmental Degradation, in D.K Basu et.al (Eds.), Environment: Issues and Challenges, Vol. I, Academic Staff College, Burdwan University: Interpretation of Caste, in Samaj-Tattwa, 3 (2), December: (ISSN: ) Family in India: Concept, Paradigm and Changing Dimensions, in Socialist Perspective, 24 (3&4), December- March: (ISSN: ) Research on Tribal Life in Tripura: Some Sociological Priorities, in TUI (Research Journal of Tripura State Tribal Cultural Research Institute, Government of Tripura), II (3), June August: Organising Unorganised Workers: The Case of Bindery Workers in Calcutta, in Sociological Bulletin, 37 (1&2), March Sept: (ISSN: ). C. Popular Articles: Popular Culture (I & II) Adhering to the Dictates of Market Globalism in The Statesman, June Women & Child as Merchandise Needs to focus on the Push-Pull Factors (Joint paper with A. M. Kar), in The Statesman, 7 th August Bartaman Samajey Atmahatya, in Shystha O Manush, October- December: Eksha Kotir Bharat Unnyan Kon Pathey, in Shystha O Manush, April- June: Research Articles in the process of Publication: 1. Legal Strategies to Curb Violence against Women and Girl Child at Home: A Critical Review of Some Laws in India, invited article for an edited volume (Department of Social exclusion, The University of Hyderabad). 2. Post-Reform Closure and Sickness of Plantation Industry: Marginalisation of Workers and Vulnerability of Women and Children in Jalpaiguri, West Bengal, invited article for an edited volume by ICSSR, Bhubaneswar. 3. Population, Environment and Development Debate in the Third World: New Evidences from India in Manish Verma edited volume.

13 13 4. Social Roots of Terrorism: A Critical Appraisal of Maoist Movement in India, article to be published in a volume to be edited by Dr. S. Verma, Lucknow. 5. New Protection against Domestic Violence in India, sent to URBAN PANORAMA. 6. State, Law and Domestic Violence Against Women in India: A Critical Review, sent on request to Bholanath Ghosh for his edited volume 7. Book Reviews Published: , Organising Unorganised Labour: A Study of NLI s Rural Labour Camps, by Vidyut Joshi, in Sociological Bulletin, 42 (1&2): (ISSN: ) Policy Decisions and the New World Order, by Anand Khare, in Seminar Research Centre Bulletin: The Sociology of Work: Concept & Cases, by Carol J. Auster, in Sociological Bulletin, 46 (2): (ISSN: ) Producing Workers The Politics of Gender, Class and Culture in the Calcutta Jute Mills by Leela Fernandes in Sociological Bulletin, 49(2): (ISSN: ) Ethnic Revival and Religious Turmoil by M. Lecomte Tilonine & P. Dollful (eds), in Sociological Bulletin, 54(1): (ISSN: ) Prostitution and Beyond An Analysis of Sex Work in India edited by Rohini Sahni, V. Kalyan Shankar and Hemant Apte (Sage Publication, 2008), in Sociological Bulletin, 57 (3): (ISSN: ) Students & Radical Social Change by Anirban Banerjee (Published by The University of Burdwan, 2003), in The Burdwan Journal of Political Science, The University of Burdwan: Gorkhaland Crisis of Statehood by Romit Bagchi (Sage Publication, 2012, in Sociological Bulletin, 62 (1): (ISSN: ) Passive revolution in West Bengal, , by Ranabir Samaddar (Sage publications) in Sociological Bulletin, 63 (1): (ISSN: ). 8. Publication in Book of Abstracts: Class, Community, Gender and Development: The Case of Urban and Rural Tribal Women in Tripura (P. 282), in Sociology and the Crisis of Social Transformation in India (37 th All India Sociological Conference of Indian Sociological Society held at Jawaharlal Nehru University), published by OUP (ISBN ). 9. Paper Evaluation as Referee Paper on Culture in Clerks Politics for Sociological Bulletin (2 nd February 2001) Paper on Humanitarian Action in Developing Countries: Who evaluates who? for Evaluation and Program Planning Journal (Elsevier) EPP-D [REF: ] Paper on Patterns of Visitation: Site Visits and Evaluation in Developing Areas for Sociological Bulletin (10 th July) Paper on Law, Norms and the Dynamics of Social Preferences: Illustration with Child Marriage, Child Labour and Dowry, for Social Change, Sage (11 th April) Paper on Impact of NGOs on Rural Development in Himachal Pradesh- An Empirical Analysis for SAGE Open, MID: SO , Sage (7 th January).

14 Paper on Civil Society and Democratization- A Counter-Case from India for Democratization, FDEM , Routledge (18 th January) Paper on Political economy of human trafficking in Africa: The case of the south-south region of Nigeria, Education Research Journal, ERJ ( ) Stopping And Containment Points: A Roadmap for Domestic Violence Homicide, Journal of Family Violence, JOFV684, Springer, Sex Trafficking: A Case Study of the Rescued Sex Trafficked Victims, The Anthropologists. REF. NO. T-ANTH-816, On The Nature Of Harms Experienced By Those With A Problematic Drinker In The Family, Journal of Family Violence, JOFV703, Springer, Sex Trafficking and the Public Health Implications, Journal of Human Ecology (JHE), REF. NO.JHE Study of domestic violence among Iranian women-influence of educational and occupational levels, Journal of Family Violence, JOFV777, Springer, Evaluation of the effect of media-mix and HIV/AIDS information dissemination in south-eastern zone of Nigeria, Journal of Mass and Communication Studies (JMCS), ( ) Dimensions of Suffering among Old and Young Battered Women, Journal of Family Violence, JOFV872, Springer, Prevalence and predictors of violence towards wives by their psychiatric hospitalized husbands, JOFV912, Springer, Violence against Women in Jharkhand: Issues, Challenges and Way Forward, JOFV920, Springer, Domesticity versus Paid Work outside: The Case of Live-in Girl Children Domestics in West Bengal, India, Contemporary South Asia, CCSA, 2014, "Food Security and Ecological Degradation: Challenges and Opportunities for Inclusive Growth", International Journal of Economics and Management Sciences, Management Domestic Violence against Rural Women in Pakistan: An Issue of Health and Human Rights, Journal of Family Violence, JOFV-D , Springer, Understanding the Complexity of Child Labor Experiences in the Global South: A Survey of Kaduna Metropolis- Nigeria, Management , Arts and Social Sciences Journal: open Access Employees in the Tertiary Sector - Pillars or Scapegoats (Case of Kingfisher Airlines and Jet Airways), Management , Journal of Accounting & Marketing: open Access Victims to Saviors: Legal Protections and Gender in Neo-liberal India, Gender and Society, GENDSOC Microcredit and Marital Violence: Moderating Effects of Husband's Gender Ideology, Journal of Family Violence, JOFV-D , Springer, II. Paper Presentation in International / National Seminar / Workshop (Since 2009 Only) Human Rights at Work: Need for Social Unionism, paper presented in Prof. M.N Panini Felicitation International Seminar: Economy, Society and Sociology, held at CSSS, SSS, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, in between 7-8 th March.

15 Women Empowerment through Self-Help Groups, Key-Note address at a UGC sponsored seminar at Khejuri College, Midnapore on 5 th February Development as a Discourse: Need For Humane Alternative, Key-Note address at a UGC sponsored seminar on Development Discourse: Interventions for Sustainability, Organised by the Department of Sociology, Vidyasagar University, Midnapore on th March Building Alternative Stratagems To Prevent Child Marriage, at XXXV All India Sociological Conference, held at The University of Kashmir, October Child Rights and its Violation In India: The Case of Child Marriage, Invited Lecture at a state level seminar on Child Rights: Exploring the Horizons at Asutosh College Kolkata on 11 th February Participatory & Action Research: Problems & Prospects, Invited Lecture at a National Seminar on Knowing the Social: Research and Method in Sociology at West Bengal State University, Barasat on 2-3 rd March NGO, Civil Society and Social Transformation in India at a National Symposium at Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University (A Central University), Lucknow on 29 th March NGO, Civil Society and Social Transformation in India at a National Symposium at Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University (A Central University), Lucknow on 29 th March Child Marriage and the Adolescent Girls: The Malda Experience, paper presented at a National Seminar held at Lucknow on 6-7 th June Domestic Violence in India, at a Symposium on Violence Against Women in India at Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University (A Central University), Lucknow on 01 November Human Rights at Work: Need for Social Unionism, at XXXVI All India Sociological Conference, held at Ravenshaw University, December Teaching and Learning Multiple Languages in Globalised India: A Sociological Perspective, at NCERT s National Seminar on the Concept of Second Language: Its Perception and Practices in Language Teaching in India, held at Burdwan Science Centre in between March What Explains the Salience of Ethnicity: Some Conceptual Clarification, at a National Seminar on Modes of Ethnic Identity Construction in India, organised by the Department of Sociology, North Bengal University in between March Sociology of M.N. Srinivas: A Critical Appraisal at a Seminar organized by the Department of Sociology, Vidyasagar University, Midnapore on 29 th March Class, Community, Gender and Development: The Case of Urban and Rural Tribal women in Tripura, at XXXVII All India Sociological Conference, held at JNU, December Environmental Degradation and Mode of Resource Use: An Exploration into Human History, Technical Session III, 27 th March 2012, UGC National Seminar on Environmental History in India: Recent trends at Tarakeswar Degree College, th March Triangulation of Research and use of Focused Group Discussions, at a ICSSR Supported 10 Day Research Methodology Workshop on 3 rd April, 2012 organised by the Dept of Sociology of West Bengal State University, Barasat. Also worked as Module Coordinator of the module: Case Studies and Ethnographies on 3-4 th April.

16 Child Trafficking in Tea Gardens, National Seminar on Violence against Women and Children being organized by S. V. S. Education Society on June 22-23, 2012 at Tumkur, Karnataka Performance of Legal Measures to Curb Violence against Women and Girl Child at Home: A Review of Some Laws in India, National Seminar on Law, Gender and Social Transformation in India organized by Centre For The Study Of Social Exclusion & Inclusive Policy, The University of Hyderabad on September 17-18, Post-Reform Closure and Sickness of Plantation Industry: Marginalisation of Workers and Vulnerability of Women and Children in Jalpaiguri, West Bengal, National Seminar on Inequality in Post-Reform India: Measurement and policy Issues Organised by Nabakrushna Choudhury Centre for Development Studies, Bhubaneswar on September 28-29, Sociology of the Curricula, Round Table Discussion at International Conference on Sociology Matters: Challenges and Possibilities of Social Science Knowledge in Contemporary India held at CSSS, SSS, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, in between December Challenges of Development in the Age of Globalisation: Indian Experience, at a National Seminar organised by Khejuri College, Medinipur on 25 th of March Understanding development: Theory and Practice, National Seminar organised by Ravenshaw University, Cuttack, Odisha on th of April Labour Migration and Human Trafficking: A Case, in 39 th All India Sociological Conference held at Mysore in between th December Marginalisation and Vulnerability of people attached to Plantation Industry in Jalpaiguri, West Bengal, National Seminar at Vidyasagar University on 19 th March Globalisation and Media in South Asia, Key Note Address in the session II on Globalization and Network of Media across South Asia at International Conference on Mass Communication in South Asia, held at The University of Burdwan in between th November Is Development Possible? In Search of Alternatives at National Plenary Session III on 1 st December at 40 th All India Sociological Conference held at Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapith, Varanasi, UP in between 29 Nov to 1 December India s Child Trafficking Epidemic, at Research Committee 10 (Gender Studies) of 40 th All India Sociological Conference held at Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapith, Varanasi, UP in between 29 Nov to 1 December