Faculty Profile - University

Educational Qualification

Degree Name	Institute	Year of passing/awarded
MA	Calcutta University	1987

Career Profile / Teaching Experience

Description of Experience
Lecturer & Senior Lecturer, History Department, Vidyasagar University, 1995-2008. Associate Professor, History Department, Vidyasagar University since 2008
Lecturer, History Department, Acharya B. N. Seal College, Coochbehar, West Bengal, India, 1993-1995

Specialization/Research Area

Type (Specialization / Research Area / Areas of Interest)	Detailed Description
Field of Specialization	Childhood and Children's Literature in Colonial Bengal
Research Area/ Areas of Interest	Ishwarchandra Vidyasagar, Akshay Kumar Datta, and Rabindranath Tagore and Childhood in Colonial Bengal

Course/ Subject Taught

Course Name
State and Economy in Colonial India
Industrial Revolution II
Social History of Colonial India
Popular Culture in Bengal, 19th and 20th Centuries

Publications in Journal / Magazines / Newspaper

Title	Publication Type	Published in	Published on	Publisher's Name	Role	Details
The Child in Akshay Kumar Datta's Socio-scientific Discourse	National	Bulletin of the Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture. Volume LXXIII, number 6. Pp. 20-25	Jun, 2022	The Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Kolkata	Sole Author	Impact Factor: 0.00000 Indexing: Others Article's Web Link:
"Vidyasagar o Bangali Balak"	Other	Autumn Annual, Volume XLIX, pp. 78-80	Jan, 2020	Presidency University.		Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:
Science for Children in a Colonial Context: Bengali Juvenile Magazines, 1883-1923	International	BJHS Themes 3, pp.43-72. Cambridge Core, Online: 16.4.2018	Jan, 2018	Cambridge University Press		Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:
Upendrakishore Roychaudhuris Sandesh: an Exploratory Essay on Childrens Literature and the Shaping of Juvenile Mind in Early 20th Century Bengal	National	Proceedings of the Indian History Congress, Volume 73. pp. 898-905	Jan, 2012	Indian History Congress		Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:

Book Chapter Published

Title of Chapter	Title of the Book	Published by	Published on	Role	Details
Sukumar Royer Shiksa: Upanibeshik Bangali Samajer Notun Sanskrti	Banglar Samajik O Sanskrtik Itihaser Rooprekha	Gangchil	Jul, 2022	Sole Author	Indexing: Others Article's Web Link:
Ishwarchandra Vidyasagarer Neetishiksa	Sebak Jana (ed.): Mahajibaner Mahapathik Vidyasagar	Kabitika, Medinipur	Sep, 2020	Sole Author	Indexing: Others Article's Web Link:
Upendrakishore Roychaudhuri, Sandesh Patrika, Upanibeshik Bangali Samaj	Amitava Chattopdhyay (ed.): Itihase Janasanskrti	Gangchil, Kolkata	Jan, 2017	Sole Author	Indexing: Others Article's Web Link:
Discipline at Santiniketan Brhamacharyashram: Rabindranath Tagore, Education, and Colonial Bengali Society	Sebak Jana (ed.): Rabindranath Tagore on Economy, Politics, and Society	Dey Book Concern, Kolkata	Jan, 2017	Sole Author	Indexing: Others Article's Web Link:
Swadesh: a Land of One's Own	A. Samanta, Syed T. Nasreen, A. Dhar (ed.): Life and Culture in Bengal	Progressive Publishers, Kolkata	Apr, 2011	Sole Author	Indexing: Others Article's Web Link:
The Pathshala and the School: Experiences of Growing Up in Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Bengal	Rajay Kanta Ray (ed.): Mind, Body & Society	Oxford University Press	Jan, 1995	Sole Author	Indexing: Others Article's Web Link:

Invited Lectures

Title	Organized By	Venue	Date
Bengali Childrens Literature and Science Education, 1880-1920	Pushpalata Endowment Lecture, 2013-2014, Corpus Research Society, Calcutta	Jadavpur University	Jan, 2014

Conference /Seminar/Workshop Attended

Title of the Seminar/Conference/Workshop	Date	Role	Held at and Organiser
Literary Cultures and History in South Asia	Jan, 2015	Paper Presenter	History Department, Jamia Milia Islamia, New Delhi
Contested Sites: the Construction of Childhood	Jan, 2015	Paper Presenter	Indian Institute of Advanced study, Shimla
Communicating Science, Technology and Medicine	Jan, 2014	Paper Presenter	Sixth International Conference of the European Society for the History of Science, Lisbon, Portugal
Third International Conference of Bengal Studies	Jan, 2013	Paper Presenter	International Society of Bengal Studies, Calcutta
Annual Conference of the Indian History Congress	Jan, 2012	Paper Presenter	Indian History Congress, Mumbai
Children and Youth at Risk and Taking Risks	Jan, 2009	Paper Presenter	Society for the History of Childhood and Youth, University of California at Berkeley, USA
Life and Culture in Bengal in the Nineteenth and the Twentieth Centuries	Jan, 2008	Paper Presenter	History Department, University of Burdwan
Childhoods and Childrens Rights in India	Jan, 2008	Paper Presenter	Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, New Delhi

Conference /Seminar/Workshop Organised

Title of the Seminar/Conference/Workshop	Date	Role in the Event	Funding Agency
Issues in Environmental History of India: Pre-colonial and Colonial Times.	Jan, 2014	Co-ordinator	Indian Council of Historical Research, New Delhi

Awards

Award Name	Awarded by	Date
Chandranarayan Medal	Presidency College, Calcutta	Jan, 1987

Mr. Gautam Chando Roy