Faculty Profile - University

Educational Qualification

Degree Name	Institute	Year of passing/awarded
M.A.	University of Calcutta	1979
Diploma in Research Training Programme	Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta.	1979
BA(Hons)	St. Xaviers College, Calcutta. Calcutta University	1975

Title of the Ph. D. Thesis

Title of the Ph. D. Thesis
Politics in a Large Town: A Case Study of Midnapur

Career Profile / Teaching Experience

Description of Experience
Joined the department as Lecturer in Political Science on 12 December 1985. Total teaching experience at PG level - 32Years
Professor, Department of Political Science with Rural Administration, Vidyasagar University

Specialization/Research Area

Type (Specialization / Research Area / Areas of Interest)	Detailed Description
Field of Specialization	Society and Politics in India
Research Area/ Areas of Interest	Urban Politics
Field of Specialization	Environment and Politics
Field of Specialization	Political Theory

Course/ Subject Taught

Course Name
Political Science
International Relations
Indian Politics
Liberal Political Theory
Urban Politics and Environment

Publications in Journal / Magazines / Newspaper

Title	Publication Type	Published in	Published on	Publisher's Name	Details
"1970 O tar Paraborti Samaye Bharate Nabya Samajik Andolan"(in Bengali)	Other	Sibaji Pratim Basu(ed.) Bharatiya Rajneetir Pramukha Dikguli.	Jan, 2019	West Bengal State Book Board,Kolkata	Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:
"Governing Urban West Bengal: the Left Front Experiment."	Other	Rakhahari Chatterjee and Partha Pratim Basu(eds.)West Bengal undef the Left.	Jan, 2018	Levant Books,India	Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:
The Problem of Food Secu in "Emerging" India: Some Reflections	National	Raj Kumar Kothari and Eyasin Khan(eds.) India Becoming a Global Power in the Twenty First Century	Jan, 2017	Atlantic Publishers, New Delhi	Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:
Water Security in India: Issues and Challenges	National	The West Bengal Political Science ReviewVol. XVIII No.182,2015-16	Jan, 2016	West Bengal Political Science Association	Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:
Sharanarthi Samasya:Manabadhikar er prekkhite(in Bengali)	National	Eyasin Khan(Ed.) Manab Adhikar: Nana Dik	Jan, 2015	Progressive Publishers, Kolkata	Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:
Shaharer upor Shaharbasir Adhikar(in Bengali)	National	Eyasin Khan (Ed.) Manab Adhikar: Nana Dik	Jan, 2015	Progressive Publisher,Kolkata	Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:
Urban Local Government: Issues and Prblems	National	Rakhahari Chatterji(Ed.) Politics India: The State Society Interface(Third Edition)	Jan, 2014	Levant Books, Kolkata	Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:
Environmental Security: An Emerging Agenda Of Indian Foreign Policy	National	Raj Kumar Kothari(Ed.) Indian Foreign Policy in the New Millenium	Jan, 2010	Academic Excellence Delhi	Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:
Cyber Terrorism: Terrorism in the Information Age	National	Debnarayan Modak(Ed.) Terrorism:Concepts and Problems	Jan, 2009	Progressive Publishers, Kolkata	Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:

Ph. D. Thesis Guidence

Scholar Name	Thesis Title	Name of the Co Supervisor	Status	Date
Sarbani Bera	Sustainable Urban Development in India:Issues and Challenges		Ongoing	Jan, 2020
Mausumi Kundu	Water Security and the Right to Water in India		Ongoing	Jan, 2020
Milan Acharya	Environmental Activism in India: Contribution of Post Gandhians (Selected Case Studies)	Professor. Sibaji Pratim Basu, Department of political Science, Vidyasagar University	Ongoing	Jan, 2020
Atanu Bose	Development induced Displacement in Selected Cities: A Study of the Indian Urban Situation		Ongoing	Jan, 2019
Swagata Bhattacharya	Protection of Child Rights in West Bengal:A Case Study in the District of Burdwan		Awarded	Jan, 2018
Norbu Sherpa	Understanding the Process of Absorption of the Sherpa Tribe in Darjeeling Hills since 1947		Awarded	Jan, 2018
Prosenjit Saha	Sustainable Rural. Development in West Bengal:A Case Study of Bankura and Purulia since 1993	Professor Anil Kumar Jana(retd)Department of Political Science, Vidyasagar University	Awarded	Jan, 2018
Kamalika Banerjee	Urban Development Authorities in Local Governance in West Bengal:A Case Study in the Districts of Purba and Paschim Medinipur		Awarded	Jan, 2016
Jitendra Nath Murmu	Democratic Decentralization and Its Impact On Tribal Society: A Case Study of Three Blocks in the Districts of Bankura and Purba Midnapore	Professor. Tarun Kumar Banerjee (retd.), Department of Political Science, Vidyasagar University	Awarded	Jan, 2014

Invited Lectures

Title	Organized By	Venue	Date
Right to the City: Towards Inclusive Urbanization	Vidyasagar University under its Faculty Lecture Series on 14 March2018	B.N.Sasmal Hall, Vidyasagar University	Jan, 2018

Membership of Learned Society

Title/Name of the Society
One of the Founder membersr, Maniktala Social Action Research Club, Kolkata

Association with Professional Bodies

Type of Professional Activity	Period
Life Member, West Bengal Political Science Association	2018 to 2018

Conference /Seminar/Workshop Attended

Title of the Seminar/Conference/Workshop	Date	Role	Held at and Organiser
Refugees and the State	Jan, 2018	Discussant in a session, Chaired a session	Department of Political Science, Vidyasagar University in collaboration with Calcutta Research Group.
Logistics, Global Governance and IndiaLook East Polcy	Jan, 2018	Chaired a Session	Calcutta Research Group, Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung, and Department of Political Science, Vidyasagar University
Consultative Meetingwith. Calcutta Research Group	Jan, 2017	Participant and Discussant	Calcutta Research Group
National Seminar on "Indian Political Thought: The Derivative and Its Critique	Jan, 2017	Chaired a Session	Department of Political Science, Vidyasagar University
Special Lecture delivered by Professor Gautam Kumar Basu of Jdavpur University on Theories of International Relations	Jan, 2017	Chaired the Special Lecture	Department of Political Science, Vidyasagar University
National Conference on Human Rights	Jan, 2017	Presented a paper on "The Problem of Water Security in India". Also chaired a session	Department of Political Science, Vidyasagar University
Environment and Politics in India	Jan, 2017	Paper Presenter	Department of Political Science, Subarnarekha College, Medinipur
Special Lecture delivered by Professor Ranabir Samaddar on "Jangal Mahal: Past and Present".	Jan, 2016	Chaired the Special Lecture	Department of Political Science, Vidyasagar University
Seminar on "Participation as a medium of Empowerement in Community Development".	Jan, 2016	Presented Paper	Department of Political Science, P.K.College, Contai,Medinipur.
National Seminar on "Justice, Ecology and Identity".	Jan, 2016	Presented a paper on Gandhis Views on Ecology	Department of Political Science, Vidyasagar University
Seminar on "Coalition Politics and its Impact on Indias Federal Polity".	Jan, 2016	Presented a Paper	Department of Political Science, Bajkul College, Medinipur.
National Symposium on Human Rights	Jan, 2015	Paper Presenter	Department of Political Science, North Bengal University.
Refreshers Course on International Relations at Jadavpur University, Kolkata.	Jan, 2015	Acted as a Resource Person	Department of International Relations, Jadavpur University, Kolkata.

Prof. Ambarish Mukhopadhyay