Profile of Dr. Prajna Paramita Sarkar, Associate Professor In WBES
Department of History

Contact Details

Telephone No : +91  9434153500

Email ID : pragnaparomita @gmail.com

Academic Qualifications

 M.A., M.PHIL. Ph.D

Area of Interest

• Teaching : Ancient Indian History, Modern Indian History
• Research : Regional History, Economic History

Publication: Papers /Articles in Journals

SEMINAR, WORKSHOP & SYMPOSIUM: PARTICIPATION AND PRESENTATION OF PAPERS

1. 7th-8th April, 2016, Participated and presented a paper in UGC sponsored international Seminar entitled, Impact of demographic change  and the reassertion of the Rajbansis as a community in the Cooch Behar principality and beyond, A.B.N.Seal College,Cooch Behar, West Bengal, India.
2. 8th March-10th March, 2016, Participated and presented a paper in college Level Seminar on PRASANGA NARI ,organized by  women cell,  A .B.N.Seal College, Cooch Behar,entitled,SCHEME AND GUIDELINES OF UGC  TO MAKE WOMEN MANAGERS IN HIGHER EDUCATION ,A.B.N.Seal College,Cooch Behar, West Bengal, India.
3. 26th Feb, 2016, Participated and presented a paper in State Level Seminar on North Bengal:History, Society and Culture ,organized by North Bengal University Alumni Association, entitled, “Bibhaha and Rastraniti: Prekshapat Cooch Behar Rajjya”,   A.B.N.Seal College,Cooch Behar, West Bengal, India.
4. 27th-28th March, 2015, Participated and presented a paper in International Conference entitled, Regional History: Synergy and contradiction with National History, Alipurduar College, Alipurduar, West Bengal, India.
5. 13th-14th March, 2015, Participated and presented a paper in UGC sponsored National Seminar entitled, The role of Maharani Sunity Devi as an activist for women’s rights in the Cooch Behar State and beyond, in the department of History, North Bengal University, Siliguri, West Bengal.
6. 21st-22nd November,2014, Participated and presented a paper in ICSSR sponsored national Seminar entitled, Changed Demography and the reassertion of the Rajbansis as a community in the Cooch Behar principality and beyond, in department of political science, Salesian College,Sonada and Siliguri, West Bengal.
7. 21st-22nd March , 2014, Participated and presented a paper in UGC sponsored International Seminar entitled, “Forest Policy of the British and the Cooch Behar Rulers during 1800-1947: A Comparative Study” in the department of History, North Bengal University, Siliguri, West Bengal.
8. 29th -30th September,2013, Participated and presented a paper in UGC sponsored  National Seminar entitled “ Colonial Intervention in the Princely State of Cooch Behar (1872-1950) and its Impact on Agrarian Structure  : The Political Economy in Perspective”, in department of History, P.D.Women’s College, Jalpaiguri, West Bengal.
9. 20th -21st  March 2012: Participated and presented a paper in UGC sponsored International Seminar entitled ‘Marginalization of the Rajbansis of the Princely State of Cooch  Behar : Exploring Contours and Complexities’ in collaboration with Department of History, North Bengal University held at A.B.N. Seal College, Cooch Behar,  West Bengal.
10. 16th -17th  March, 2012: Participated and presented a paper in UGC sponsored International Seminar entitled “ Modernity and Culture: The Cooch Behar State in Perspective” in Dept. of History, North Bengal University, Siliguri, West Bengal.
11. 21st -26th  Sept, 2011: Participated in UGC Sponsored Training of Trainers(ToTs) Workshop on Capacity Building of Women Managers in Higher Education  organized by P.D.Women’s College, Jalpaiguri, West Bengal.
12. 5th-9thAugust,2011: Participated in UGC Sponsored Sensitivity/Awareness/Motivation Workshop on Capacity Building of Women Managers in Higher Education organized by Darjeeling Government College, Darjeeling, West Bengal.
13. 29th -30th  April,2011:Participated and presented a paper in UGC-ICHR sponsored National Seminar in collaboration with Dept. of History, Jadavpur University entitled, “A Study of Political Economy of the Princely State of Cooch Behar- Quest for a Regional Historiography’ in Post Graduate Dept. of History, Malda College, Malda.
14. 29th -30th  March,2010: Participated and presented a paper in UGC-SAP sponsored National Seminar in collaboration with Sociological Association of West Bengal entitled “Migration, Land Alienation and Political Discontent in Cooch Behar::An Historical Study of Native State in Perspective” in Dept. of Sociology, North Bengal University, Siliguri, West Bengal.
15. 24th-26thJan,2010: Participated and presented a paper entitled,Koch Behar Karad Rajye Parivartanshil Jami Manush Samparka:Ekti Artho-Samajik Samikhya” in Annual Conference held at North Bengal University of the Paschimbanga Itihas Samsad.
16. 16th -17th Jan,2010: Participated and presented a paper in UGC-ICSSR sponsored National Seminar  entitled, “Changing Trajectory of Land-Man Relationship in the Princely State of Cooch Behar-1773-1949’ in Post Graduate Dept. of History, Malda College, Malda, West Bengal.
17. 12th -13th  March 2009: Participated in UGC sponsored National Seminar in Dept. of History,North Bengal University, Siliguri, West Bengal.
18. 21st -22nd  Sept, 2007: Participated and presented a paper in UGC sponsored National Seminar entitled “ The Kamtapuri Movement and its Linkages with British Land Settlement Policies in Princely State of Cooch Behar” in A.B.N.Seal College, Cooch Behar.,  West Bengal.
19. 19th -20th Nov, 2005: Participated and presented a paper in UGC sponsored National Seminar entitled “Kamtapuri Movement-A Construction by Identity Crisis Projection’ in Darjeeling Government College, Darjeeling
20. 27th-29th Sept,2004:Participated and presented a paper entitled “Bibaho o Rastroniti-Ekti Namuna Bishleshan’ in 3rd West Bengal Social Science Congress, jointly organized by University of North Bengal and Indian Academy of Social Science(West Bengal Branch)
21. 28th -29th Sept, 2001: Participated and presented a paper entitled, “the Contribution of Social   History to Contemporary Culture’ in Inter Department Symposium on ‘Culture, Social Sciences and Philosophy’ at Salesian College, Sonada,Darjeeling.

In Research Journals:

1. Schemes for Capacity Building for Women Managers in Higher Education and University Grants Commission (U.G.C): A Critical Review, Victorian Journal of Arts, Issue ix, No.1, September, 2016, (ISSN-0975-5632)
2. Book Review:Swaraj Basu,Dynamics of a Caste Movement,Rajbansis of North Bengal, in the Journal of People’s History and Culture, Vol. 2,no.1,June 2016,pp.100-103,(ISSN-2395-7379)
3. The role of Sunity Devi as an Activist for Women’s Rights in the Cooch Behar State and Beyond, Victorian Journal of Arts, Issue ix, No.1, January,2016, pp73-77(ISSN-0975-5632)
4. Exclusion of the Koch/Rajbansi Community of the Princely State of Cooch Behar:Exploring  Crises and Complexities, Journal of Exclusion Studies, Volume 5,no.1,February 2015,pp59-69,[ISSN 2231-4547]
5. Women at War :A Study of Cooch Behar Royal Family during  Colonial Period, Scholars Journal of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences,2014,2(2B),pp.275-277,[ISSN 2347-5374(ONLINE)]
6. Synergy and Contradiction between Modernity and Culture-The Princely State of Cooch Behar in perspective(1773-1950),International Journal of Social Science and Interdisciplinary Research,vol.3(7),July, 2014,pp.1-5,[ISSN 2277-3630]
7. Book review: “Dalit Bishayak Dalil” Uttar Prasanga, Vol. 30,June-July 2014,[ISSN 2348-2036]
8. “Adhunikata O Sanskriti:Prekhyapat Cooch Behar Karad Rajjya–Ekti Samiskhya,” Uttar Prasanga, Vol. 29,April,2014,[ISSN 2348-2036]
9. Quest for a Regional Historiography: A Study of Political Economy of the Princely State of Cooch Behar,  The Quarterly Review of Historical Studies, Vol.LIII,Nos.1 and 2,April-September,2013,pp 100-119  [ISSN NO.0033-5800].
10. A Critical Review of Changing Land- man Relationship in the Princely State of Cooch Behar:The Political Economy in  Perspective (1773-1949),Tribal World, Vol.1,No.1, July,2011,pp.95-101 [ISBN 81-88094-12-9]

Article Published in News Papers :                                                                           

1. Of Wives and Mothers-The Statesman,NB Extra,Friday,17th Sep,2004.
2. 1911: A Love Story- The Statesman,NB Extra,Friday,15th April,2005.

Research Projects

1. 2005: Submitted UGC Sponsored Minor Research Project “Migration, Land-alienation and Political  Discontent :A Study of Cooch Behar State.
2. 2007: Assisted in making report of Sarva Siksha Avijan under the project of HRD.
3. 28.7.2013: Got Ph.D Degree on the topic entitled “An Historical Re-reading of the evolving land-man relationship in the Princely State of Cooch Behar: Contextualizing political economy of the regional history in perspective.

Publication : Chapter in Edited Volume

1. "A Comparative Stydy of Land Settlements in British India and and the Princely State of Cooch Behar(1773-1947)” in Anjan Chakrabarti, Rajarshi Chatterjee, Panchali Sengupta (ed),
2. “Interrogating Development Perspectives on the Economy, Environment, Ethnicity and Gender”,SetuPrakasani,Kolkata,2017,(ISBN 978-93-80677-93-1),p.62
3. “A Synergy between Popular History and contemporary culture: Cooch Behar State in perspective(1773-1950)”, in Anita Bagchi (ed),Omnibus of North  Bengal, B.R. Publishing Corporation, Delhi,2015,(ISBN 9789350502044),pp.210-219.
4. “Marginalization of the Rajbansi Community of the Princely State of Cooch Behar: exploring contours and complexities”, in Dr. Anil Sarkar (ed)Historian and Historiography of Bengal and North East India: Dimension  and Perspective, Avijit Publications, New Delhi,2015,pp.53-63.
5. “Regional History: Synergy and contradiction with National History”, in Sailen Debnath, Bhaskar Bagchi, Subhra Misra(ed),Modern Trends in Social  and Basic Sciences, Readers Service, Kolkata,2015(ISBN 978-93-82623-51-9),pp 627-634.
6. "Colonial Intervention in the Princely State of Cooch Behar(1872-1950) and its impact on Agrarian Structure:The  Political Economy in Perspective” , in Shyamal Chandra Sarkar (ed),Changing Society of Twentieth Century Bengal, Progressive Publishers, Kolkata,2014,(ISBN 978-81-8064-254-8),pp.245-257.
7. Migration,Land-Alienation and Social Discontent:A Historical Study of Cooch Behar in Ranjit Kr. Bhadra,Rajatsubhra Mukhopadhyay and Swatahsiddha Sarkar (eds),Ethnicity in India:Issues in Community, Culture and Conflict, Levant Books,Kolkata,2013,(ISBN:978-93-80663-48-7), pp.131-141.
8. “The Changing Trajectory of Land-man Relationship in the Princely State of Cooch Behar:The Political Economy in Perspective (1773-1949), in Padam Nepal and Anup Shekhar Chakraborty,(eds),Politics of Culture, Identity and Protest in North East India, vol-2, Authors Press, New Delhi, 2012, (ISBN 978-81-7273-626-2), pp.488-501
9. “Koch Behar Karad Rajye Parivartanshil Jami Manush Samparka:Ekti Artho-Samajik Samikhya”in Itihas Anusandhan-25,Paschimbanga Itihas Samsad,Kolkata,2011,pp.412-419(ISBN: 978-81-910874-1-3)
10. “Changing Trajectory of Land-man Relationship in the Princely State of Cooch Behar :The Political Economy in perspective (1773-1949)in Asim kr Sarkar and Kausik Chakraborty (eds), New Aspects on Indian History Local, Regional and National, Readers Service,Kolkata,2011,pp.180-195(ISBN:97888-81-87891-50-5) 

Publication : Books Published as Single Author or as Editor

1. Tribal World, Vol.1,No.1, July,2011,pp.95-101 [ISBN 81-88094-12-9]-Editorial assistance
2. Uttar Prasanga, Vol. 29,April,2014,[ISSN 2348-2036]-Editorial assistance.