Designation: Assistant Professor and Head, Department of History.

Educational Qualification: M.A., M. Phil., Ph.D.

Area of research interest: Political Economy of the Eastern Himalayas.

Awards / Achievements:

• University Medal and Surojmohini Devi Medal for securing First Class First in M.A. (History) Examination, 2002 at the University of North Bengal.

 Faculty Development Programmes Attended:

• Orientation Programme organized by UGC, Academic Staff College, North Bengal University from 09.08.2011  to 05.09.2011
• Refresher Course organized by UGC, Academic Staff College,  University of Bardwan from 02.07.2014 to 22.07.2014
• Refresher Course organized by UGC, Human Resource Development Centre, University of North Bengal on 6-19th June 2019.
• Participated in Seven Day Online National Workshop on Historiography from Hindu-Buddhist Sources from 20th July 2020 to 26th July 2020 organized by Bharatiya Itihas Sankalan Samiti, West Bengal, in collaboration with Centre for Buddhist Studies, Visva-Bharati and supported by Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies.

Paper Presented in Seminar /Conferences:

• Joshmanis & Their Conflict Against the Social Order & the Raj in Colonial Darjeeling, presented in National Seminar on Selected Themes of the History of Modern Bengal: Historiography & Historians, organized by Department of History, Malda Women’s College, Malda, on 14/01/2012.
• Darjeeling Municipality & the Supply of Electricity (1897-1947), presented in National Seminar on Pre- Colonial Mode of Production in India, organized by Kalyani Mahavidyalaya, Kalyani, on 03/03/2012.
• Ethnicity & Cultural Identity of the Hill People of Darjeeling presented in National Seminar on Autonomy Movements in India, organized by Sonada Degree College, Darjeeling , on 28/03/2012.
• The Plantation Economy in Colonial Darjeeling Hills; A Study on Cinchona Plantation (1865-1947) presented 76th Session of Indian History Congress held at University of Gour Banga, Malda, 27-29 December 2015.
• Post Colonial Labour Movement in Darjeeling Hills; A Case Study of Margarate’s Hope Tea Garden (1955),presented in ICSSR International Seminar on Exploring Sub-Himalayan Region of West Bengal and her Neighbours: Society and Culture Since 1947, organized by Department of History, Cooch Behar Panchanan Barma University, Cooch Behar on 25-27th March 2019.
• Adivasis and the Colonial Forest Policy: A Case Study of the Lepchas in the 19th Century Darjeeling, presented in 4th International Seminar on Exploring the History of Adivasis, dalits and Minorities in India, organized by Department of Histiory, University of Gour Banga on 26th April 2019.
• Forset Conservancy Policy and the Pastoral Economy in Colonial Darjeeling Hills, presented in Two-Day International Seminar on Understanding South Asia and East Asia, organized by Department of History, University of North Bengal o n 16-17th May, 2019.
• The Joshmanis and their Followers in 19th Century Darjeeling, presented in ICHR Sponsored National Seminar on Archeological Heritage of Bengal and History in the Making, organized by Department of History, Kurseong College, on 26-27th August 2019.
• The Colonial Forest Policy and Forest Dwellers in 19th Century Darjeeling, presented in ICHR Sponsored National Seminar on Darjeeling: In Search of People’s History, organized by the Department of History, Southfield College, Darjeeling on 5-7th September 2019.
• Cinchona Plantation in Colonial Darjeeling, 1865-1947, presented in Indian Social Sciences & Humanities Congress 2019, organized by PAIOLCK in Collaboration with Department of Library and Information Science, Jadavpur University on 7-8th September 2019.

Articles / Chapters Published in Proceeding Volumes and Books:

• The Joshmanis & Their Conflict Against the Social Order & The Raj in Colonial Darjeeling , published in  Bing in Bengal; Colonial & Post-Colonial Experience, Ed. SK Biswas & AK Ghosh,Mitram, Kolkata (2014), ISBN 93-80036-56-6.
• Situating the Joshmanis in the Socio-Religious History of Darjeeling and Her Adjuncts : A Study Between Late 18th and Early 20th Century, published in Omnibus of North Bengal ; The History and Culture of the Hills and the Plains, Vol. I & II, Ed. By Anita Bagchi and Dahlia Bhattacharya, BR Publishing Corporation, New Delhi, 2015, ISBN 9789350502044.
• Post Colonial Labour Movement in Darjeeling Hills: A Case Study of Margarate’s Hope Tea Garden(1955), in Exploring Sub-Himalayan Region of West Bengal and Her Neighbours: Society, Religion and Culture since 1947, Ed. By Madhav Chandra Adhikary, et’al., published by Kunal Books, New Delhi, 2019, ISBN 978-93-89224-27-6.
• Cinchona Cultivation in Colonial Darjeeling(1862-1947), in Pondering The Past: A Collection of Essays on Polity, Economy and Institutions, Volume IV, Ed. By Aparajita Dhar, PAIOLCK, Kolkata, 2019, ISBN 978-93-88207-50-8 (Paper Back), 978-93-88207-51-5 (E-Book)

State Aided College Teacher

Educational Qualification: M.A., M.Phil.(History), B.Ed.

Area of research interests: Regional History

Papers Presented:

1.Role of the Middle Class in the search for Identity: Literary awakening in the Darjeeling Hills, presented in a Two – Day UGC Sponsored National Seminar on Post – Independence Bengal: Region and Society, 1947 – 1977 organized by Department of History, Malda Women’sCollege, Malda. (2008)

2.The First Woman Legislature of Darjeeling Hills, presented in Xth Annual Workshop for Research Scholars on the theme “Analysis and Synthesis: Depth Dimension of Research”organized by Salesian College Siliguri Campus. (2014)

3. Advent of the British and the Feminist Consciousness in Darjeeling Hills, presented in Two-Day UGC Sponsored National Seminar on Counter-Cultures of Indian Women: From Myth to Contemporary Representations, organized by Southfield College in collaboration with Women's Studies, University of North Bengal. (2019)

4. Birth of Gorkha Janapustakalaya in Kurseong An Outcome of People's Consciousness during the Colonial Period in Darjeeling.presented in National Seminar Sponsored by ICHR on Darjeeling: In Search of People's History of the Hills, organized by Department of History, Southfield College, Darjeeling. (2019)

5. A Journey to Parliament: The Story of Maya Devi Chhetry, the First Gorkha Woman Parliamentarian, presented in One Day National Webinar on Women in Politics, organized by Department of Political Science, Malda College, Malda. (2020)

Published Chapter in Books/Proceeding Volumes:

1. The Role of the Middle Class in the Search for Identity: Literary awakening in the Darjeeling Hills in “Being in Bengal: Colonial and Post – Colonial Experience” Edt. By Sankar Kr. Biswas and Alok Kr. Ghosh, Mitram Publishers, Kolkata, 2014.

2. Birth of Gorkha Janapustakalaya in Kurseong: An Outcome of People's Consciousness during the Colonial Periodin “Darjeeling: In Search of People's History of the Hills" Edt. By Dinesh Chandra Roy & Srikanta Roy Chowdhury, Manohar Publishers, New Delhi,2022.

3. Remembering the Women Freedom Fighters of Darjeeling Hills: The Making of the History and Identity of North Bengal Volume I (Society and Economy)  Edt by I. Sarkar and Anjashi Sarkar, Kunal Books Publishers, New Delhi, 2023

Teacher Training Programme:

1. NEP 2020 Orientation and Sensitization Programme under Malaviya Mission Teacher Training Programme (MM – TTP) of University Grants Commission (UGC) organized by the University of North Bengal from May 17, 2024 to May 31, 2024.

GUEST TEACHER

HIGHEST QUALIFICATION :  M.A. IN HISTORY

OTHER QUALIFICATION             :           NTA NET