AMITAVA DUTTA. IRDM Faculty Centre, Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama, Narendrapur, Kolkata , West Bengal, INDIA

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1 April 2012 AMITAVA DUTTA Assistant Professor at the Faculty Centre for Integrated Rural Development and Management, Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda University (since May 2007) Address: IRDM Faculty Centre, Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama, Narendrapur, Kolkata , West Bengal, INDIA Education: - Pursuing PhD from Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda University on Analysis of Indigenous Knowledge Base in Coastal Agro-Ecosystem of West Bengal, India - MSW from Vidyasagar School of Social Work, Vidyasagar University with specialization in Industrial Relation, Personnel Management and Labour Welfare - M.Sc in Anthropology, from University of Calcutta (specialization in Social/Cultural Anthropology) Related Achievements/Experience - Qualified National Eligibility Test (NET) in Social Work in 1999 conducted by UGC - Member, Academic Council and Board of Studies, Netaji Subhash Open University, West Bengal - Extending service in the examination/teaching process of Vidyasagar University, Burdwan University, Netaji Subhash Open University, Visva-Bharati University Consultancy: Motivation and mobilisation of rural youth, tribal women for NYK, Literacy India, Association for Social Health and other NGOs M. Sc. Dissertation: Tracing out the trend of adoption of Muslim culture among the Kheria of Medinipur, West Bengal (Guided by Prof. P. Bhowmick, University of Calcutta) MSW Dissertation: Perception of movies among the college goers of Kolkata (Guided by Prof. Jaidev Majumder, Director, Vidyasagar School of Social Work) Areas of Interest: Women Empowerment, Child Development, Rural Health, SHG and Microfinance, Tribal Development, Youth Development, Age Care, Trafficking of Women, HIV/AIDS, Violence against Women 1 P a g e

2 Subjects Taught: Rural Development: Women and Child Development, Rural Sociology, Human Resource Management, Rural Sociology, Rural Extension, Social problems and Intervention, Rural Development Administration, Tribal Development and Welfare, Rural development Management, Rural Health Management, Social Work: Social Welfare Administration, Criminology, Community Development, History and Philosophy of Social Work,Man and Society, Social Work Methods (Case work, Group work, Community organization, Social action) etc. for both rural management and social work students. Research Experience: Conducted an Evaluative research work on the ongoing welfare programme Integrated Street Children Programme on behalf of Vidyasagar School of Social Work during the year One of the research team member who conducted a research work on Trafficking of girls from North Bengal in collaboration with SANLAAP (NGO) and Vidya SagarSchool of Social Work. Professional Experience: - Appointed as consultant ( ), UNICEF, Kolkata (BDCS Project) - Extensively worked in rural Bengal (Paschim Medinipur) for promoting maternal and child health care - Worked as guest Lecturer for the post graduate students of Social Work (MSW), Vidyasagar School of Social Work, Vidyasagar University, West Bengal ( ) - Taught the subjects: Community Development, Criminology, Social Work Research, Social Welfare Administration, Man and Society, Social problems and Social Work Intervention etc. - Appointed as Research Associate in the Department of IDARA (Information Development and Research Centre), Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Government of India, located at Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama, Narendrapur, West Bengal. ( ) - Covered Eastern and Northeastern states, the remote parts of India for imparting training, Coordinating rural based workshops/seminars/vocational trainings/capacity building programmes, direct service for relief camps, Positive motivation for rural youth etc on behalf of and for IDARA, NYK, UNICEF, Village based Youth clubs, NGOs, CBOs. - Appointed as Town Project Officer (SJSRY Project), Madhyamgram Municipality, North 24 PGS, West Bengal. - Rendered service for Forming SHG groups (formed 93 groups in 03 months), Organised vocational trainings in 10 different trades and arranged for loans for self-employment for the youth from BPL families - Short term assignments with WHO: Monitoring Polio programmes 2 P a g e

3 - Save the Children, U.K (Documentation on workshop for Life Skill Education programme) - NIPCCID/NISD/JPISC/CSWB: Coordinating and facilitating training for NGO workers, PRI members, Village Youth, Women from SHGs etc. - Don Bosco: Co-ordinator, Sanyog: Main assignment was to provide Protection, Care and Rehabilitation of the Street Children, Platform Living Children, Stray, Abundant etc. - Worked for different developmental organizations in relation to the projects like: DWCRA, DPEP etc - Special Assignments: - Conducted Monitoring and Evaluation on behalf of Planning Commission and IDARA on NRC project (Pilot Project) adopted by NYKS, Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Government of India, at Sikkim, Assam, Meghalaya and Arunachal Pradesh in the year Successfully, mobilized and motivated the minorities (Muslims) on behalf of UNICEF and IDARA from North Bengal where the community rejected to intake Polio Vaccine STUDENTS RESEARCH WORK SUPERVISED Soma Das Anirban Roy Pritam Bhattacharyya Sankhadip Bhattacharyya Shreya Sengupta Tanusree Mazumder Zinia Yeasmin Abhisek Barik Adrita Goswami Health Care and Personal Care Practices of Women (Adolescent Onwards) of a Tribal Village, Mudidihi, Purulia, West Bengal A study on platform living children migrated from rural Bengal Strengthening of Panchayati Raj Institution through participatory programme and management of natural resources Analyzing the reasons behind trafficking and the way of rehabilitation in selected areas of South 24 Parganas A situational analysis of social sufferings of rural old aged women in Purulia An evaluative study on the implementation of the poverty alleviation programme: NREGA in village Bagudi of Purulia-I Block, Purulia A study on the role of SHGs in combating economic and social problems, Purulia, WB Co-existence of Indigenous and Western Health Care System: A Study in Rishi Bankimchandra GP, Kakdwip Block, South 24 Parganas, West Bengal Trends of Criminal Offences among the Children Left Villages, Living in Streets 3 P a g e

4 Pintu Ghosal Priyanka Banerjee Smriti Acharjya Soma Haldar Sudipta Deb Sukanta Gayen Arpita Dey Debapriya Bose Jayati Chakraborty Rwituparna Roy Soumi Das Sujit Roy A Study on SHG Based Micro-enterprises through Microfinancing in Tamluk, District Midnapore (E), West Bengal HIV/AIDS as Perceived by Rural Adolescent Students of Dhrubachand Haldar College, Bireswarpur College and Patharpratima Mahavidyalaya, South 24 Parganas, West Bengal A Study on the Impact of Women s Participation in Rural Local Governance for Empowering the Women of West Midnapore, West Bengal Primitive Ways of Child Health Care among Fringe Forest Living Tribes (Munda & Oraon) of Sandeshkhali-I (North 24-Parganas) & Gosaba (South 24-Parganas), West Bengal Dimensions of Gender Inequality: A Village Level Analysis SHG and its Effectiveness for Sustainable Growth and Development of Society: A Study in Rishi Bankimchandra GP, Kakdwip Block, South 24 Parganas, West Bengal Sufferings of the Trafficked Girls before their Rescue: A Study on Selected Girls from India, Bangladesh and Nepal Equal Yet Special A Situational Analysis of Women with Disabilities and Societal Perception towards them in Bankura-I and Sonamukhi Block, Bankura, West Bengal A Study on the Implementation of Right to Survival Right of the Children through ICDS Programme in South 24 Parganas Role and Responsibilities of Gram Panchayat in Promoting Elementary Education at Hariharpara Block in Murshidabad District Role of NGOs (West Bengal) Working in the Field of Non-Formal Education for Children A Micro-Level Study on Effectiveness of Gram Unnayan Samiti: An Instrument and Efforts for More Democracy and More Peoples Participation 4 P a g e

5 Ankeeta Samanta Avik Dey Rajdeep Sarkar Sandip Sarkar Pronoy Singha Sudeshna Laha Achinta Mondal Ria Sarkar Purnabha Dasgupta Atanu Deb Understanding the Effectiveness of Rehabilitation, Reintegration Programme and Mainstreaming Process of Trafficked Girls from South 24 Parganas Empowerment of Tribal Women (Santal) through Self Help Groups A Study on the Political Empowerment of the Women Members under Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRI) in Cooch Behar-II Block Physical, Verbal and Other Abuses of the Children, Staying at Park Street Coming from Various Rural Pockets of South 24 Parganas Tracing out the Trend of Development Influenced by Self Help Groups in Tamluk Block, Midnapore (E), West Bengal An Evaluation Study of the Social Empowerment Schemes for Women, its Implementation, Effectiveness and Limitations with Special Reference to Swadhar Scheme in South 24 PGS, West Bengal The Study of Victims Covered under HIV/AIDS Network from Selected Areas of Rural Bengal A Study on the challenges face by elected women representatives under PRI during the process of Empowerment., West Medinipur Factors Influence Mobilisation of Tribal Elementary Education Industrialisation: Changes in the lives and livelihood of Munda, Ranchi PUBLICATIONS Book: 1. Dasgupta, D., Mallick, A. K., Das, P. K., Goswami, R., Dutta, A. and Ali, N. (Eds.) (2012). Integrated Rural Development and Management: Issue, Strategies and Policy Options. Udaipur: Agrobios (in Press). Book Chapter: 1. Dutta, A. (2011) Vicious Cycle of Poverty in the life of a Platform Living Children. VSSW (ed) the problems of Beggary-Realities, Challenges and Interventions. Published by NISD. 5 P a g e

6 2. Dutta, A., & Goswami, R. (in press). Indigenous Knowledge Base in Coastal Agro- Ecosystem of West Bengal, India. In D. Dasgupta (ed.) Indigenous Knowledge for Food and Nutritional Security. Udaipur: Agrobios (in Press). 3. Goswami, R., Roy, K., Dutta, A., & Ali, N. (in press). Climate change adaptation of agriculture and farmers' knowledge: evidences from selected areas of Indian Sunderbans. In D. Dasgupta (ed.) Indigenous Knowledge for Food and Nutritional Security. Udaipur: Agrobios (in Press). Proceedings of Seminar/Symposium/Workshop 1. Dutta, A., Dey, A, (2012). Empowerment of Tribal Women (Santal) Through Self Help Group,International Seminar on Resources, Tribes and State organized by Arunachal Institute of Tribal Studies, Rajiv Gandhi University. Rono Hills, Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh. 2. Dutta, A., Mondal., A (2012). A Study on HIV/AIDS Victims enrolled with Social Network System National Seminar on Social Work, Jointly organized by Department of Social Work, Visva-Bharati, Sriniketan, West Bengal, School of Social Work, Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi, National Association of Professional Social Workers 3. Dasgupta, D., Das, P.K., Mallick, A.K., Dutta, A., Goswami, R., & Ali, N. (2010). Proceedings of the National Seminar on Integrated Rural Development and Management: Issues, Strategies and Policy Options, December, 2010, IRDM Faculty Centre of Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda University, Narendrapur, Kolkata, West Bengal, India. Seminar/symposium/workshop attended/talks delivered 1. National Seminar on Integrated Rural Development and Management: Issues, Strategies and Policy Options held during December, 2010 at IRDM Faculty Centre of Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda University, Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama, Narendrapur, Kolkata, West Bengal, India. 2. National Seminar on the problems of Beggary-Realities, Challenges and Interventions. Held on February, 2009, organized by Vidyasagar School of Social Work and National Institute of Social Defense, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment. (Paper presented: Vicious cycle of poverty in the life of a platform living children) 3. National Seminar on Tribal Women in Transition Was conducted in between December, 2010, organized by The Institute of Social Research and Applied Anthropology, West Bengal (Paper Presented: Indigenous health care practice among the tribal women of Sunderban,West Bengal ) 4. International Seminar on Ethnic Identity and Political Mobilization Issues and Challenges was conducted in between December,2011,Sponsored by Anthropological Survey 6 P a g e

7 of India, Organised by:the Institute of Social Research and Applied Anthropology,West Bengal.(Paper Presented : Hakka Chinese-an ethnic group,it s Political mobilization in crisis situation). 4. National Seminar on: Social Work,held on January,2012,, Jointly organized by Department of Social Work, Visva-Bharati, Sriniketan, West Bengal, School of Social Work, Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi, National Association of Professional Social Workers. (Paper presented: A Study on HIV/AIDS Victims enrolled with Social Network System,West Bengal). 7 P a g e