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Name : INDRASHIS BANERJEE
DESIGNATION: ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
PHONE NO : 9433176430, 9748726340
Email : [email protected]
I. Educational Qualifications
Degree Year University
Secondary School education from Victoria
Boys‟ School, Kurseong, Darjeeling, West
Bengal
1982
Council for the Indian
School Certificate
Examinations, New Delhi
Higher Secondary (Plus 2) education from
Ramakrishna Mission Residential College,
Narendrapur, West Bengal.
1984 West Bengal Council for
Higher Secondary Education
Graduated from Presidency College,
Calcutta, (Honours in Political Science).
1987 Calcutta University
MA (Political Science) from Calcutta
1989 Calcutta University
2
University
Awarded Ph.D on the topic „Field
Management of Development: The Role of
the Block Development Officer in
Evolutionary Perspective‟
Department of Political
Science, Jadavpur
University, Kolkata
2011
II. Experience: Teaching, Research, Administration
Sl.
No.
Previous Positions held Employer/Organisation Period/ Duration of
the position/work
1. Teaching
Joined as Lecturer, became Senior
Lecturer, then Lecturer( Selection
Grade) and then Associate
Professor
Teaching Experience – UG
Political Science( H)
Political Science (G)
Environmental Studies
Teaching experience – PG :
Guest Faculty at Kalyani
University(1997-2002),Netaji
Subhas Open University(1998-
2000)Burdwan University(2013-
14)
Examiner and papersetter
Supervisor of MSc dissertation
External Evaluator of MPhil dissertation
Govt. of West Bengal at
Ramakrishna Mission
Vidyamandira (
Autonomous),
Belur Math
Kalyani University
Netaji Subhas Open
University
Burdwan University
Burdwan University and
Sidhu Kanho Birsa
University
Integrated Rural
Development Management,
Ramakrishna Mission
Vivekananda University,
Belur Math
Dept. of International
Relations, JU
Dept. of Political Science,
20 years 3 months(In
this College: 2nd
January, 1997 till
date)
Total 6 years
3
Member of Selection Committee
for selection of Project Fellow in
UGC-sponsored Research Project
Burdwan University
2. Research Experience
Completed On Off Campus
Training Programme on Research
Methodology for Rural
Development Professionals
Research Associate in the project
„Fiscal Devolution in India- a
Comparative Study of West
Bengal, Tamilnadu and
Karnataka‟
Completed Orientation Course and
Workshop in „Research Methods
in Social Anthropology‟
Ethnographic study in a
Murshidabad village in West
Bengal
Resource Person on Panchayat
Finances
Ph. D fieldwork( across the
districts and blocks of West
Bengal statistically selected)
Hony. Consultant in Indian
Institute of Public Administration
project on „Impact assessment of
MGNREGS in Bardhhaman
District‟
„Post-Aila Reconstruction in
South Twentyfour Parganas
District of West Bengal‟ in the
Aila cyclone devastated areas of
Gosaba Development Block of
South Twentyfour Parganas.
National Institute of Rural
Development,
Rajendranagar, Hyderabad
and State Institute of
Panchayats and Rural
Development, Kalyani
Madras Institute of
Development Studies,
Chennai and Centre for the
Future State, Institute of
Development Studies,
Sussex University, U.K.
Anthropological Survey of
India, Mysore
Madras Institute of
Development Studies,
Chennai and Sussex
University, U.K.
Centre for Studies in Social
Sciences, Kolkata and DFID,
U.K.
Jadavpur University
IIPA, Bardhaman Local
Branch and Government of
West Bengal
University of Burdwan
3rd
to 8th
July, 2000
December, 2002 to
June, 2005
23-29th
August,
2004;
1-6th
May, 2005
2002-2008.
11th
July tp 16th
July,
2005
2003 to 2009
November 2013 to
February2014
2014
4
3.
Administrative experience:
Revenue Officer in the WBSLRS
Gr I
West Bengal Civil Service(
Executive) Officer appointed as
Deputy Magistrate and Deputy
Collector, served as Block
Development Officer( 1994-1997)
Member
Chairperson and Head of the
Department
Member
Hony. Director
Govt. of West Bengal
Dept. of Land and Land
Reforms
Govt. of West Bengal
Dept. of Home (Personnel
and Administrative Reforms)
Board of Studies,
Department of Political
Science, Ramakrishna
Mission
Vidyamandira(Autonomous),
Belur Math, Howrah
Board of Studies,
Department of Political
Science, Ramakrishna
Mission
Vidyamandira(Autonomous),
Belur Math, Howrah
Academic Council,
Ramakrishna Mission
Vidyamandira(Autonomous),
Belur Math, Howrah
Nivedita Community Care
Centre ( estb. 1975), Village
Ichhapur, PO Gopinagar, PS
Dhaniakhali, Dist. Hooghly,
a non-profit, apolitical
welfare NGO dedicated to
wellbeing of the needy,
especially women and
children, registered under
Societies Registration Act,
Government of West Bengal
and Foreign Contribution
Regulation Act, Ministry of
Home, Government of India
2nd
May, 1990 to
17th
September,
1992
18th
September,
1992 to 1st January,
1997
July, 2010 till date
November,2016 till
date
November,2016 till
date
2nd
May, 2015 and
serving
5
III. Field of Specialisation: Public Administration
IV. Courses taught/teaching: Under Graduate Honours and General,
Environmental Studies
V. Training courses/ workshop/Refresher Courses attended
Sl.
N
o.
Title of the
Course
Nature of
the course(
workshop/
Refreshers
Course/
Others)
Sponsoring/
funding agency
Duration of the
Course( state
also whether
attended or
organised)
Host/
Organizing
Institute
1. „ Induction level
Training
Course‟ for
government
officials
Workshop Government of
West Bengal
21st Sept, 2011 ATI, Salt Lake
2. „Research
Methods in
International
Relations/Politic
al
Science/related
Social Sciences‟
Workshop ICSSR 10-11
December,2010
Jadavpur
Association of
International
Relations ,
Jadavpur
University,
Kolkata,
3. „ The
Globalising
State, Public
Services and the
New
Governance of
Urban Local
Communities in
India‟
Workshop IIM,
Ahmedabad and
Dept of
Geography,
Burdwan
University
10th
July, 2010 Burdwan
University
4. “BIMSTEC” Workshop Jadavpur
Association of
International
Relations
29th
April, 2010 Department of
International
Relations,
Jadavpur
University
5. “Global Security
and Political
Economy”
Refresher UGC 5th
-28th
January,
2009
Academic Staff
College,
Jadavpur
University
6. “Inequalities
and
Differences”
Workshop for
Doctoral and
Post-Doctoral
Scholars
NR Tata Trust 4th
-9th
January,
2009
Centre for
Studies in
Social Sciences,
Kolkata
7. „How to
sharpen your
Workshop British
Council,Kolkata
5th
September,2008
British Council
Library,
6
presentation
skills‟
. Kolkata
8. “Politics,
Society and
International
Relations”
Refresher UGC 26th
November-
15th
December,
2007
Academic Staff
College,
Jadavpur
University
9. “Problem areas
in CU Political
Science
(Honours)
syllabus”
Workshop West Bengal
Political
Science
Association
3rd
-4th
August,
2007
Dept. of
Political
Science,
Gurudas
College,
Kolkata
10
.
Consultative
Meeting on „An
enquiry into the
conditions of
social justice in
India‟.
Workshop Ford
Foundation
Kolkata.5th
June,2006.
Mahanirban
Calcutta
Research
Group.
11
.
“Resourcing for
Redistribution:
results from
Ethnographic
Study”
Workshop Centre for the
Future State,
IDS, Sussex
University and
Madras Institute
of Development
Studies,Chennai
23rd
-26th
September,
2006
Mysore
University
12
.
“ Fiscal
Devolution in
India: a
comparative
study of
Tamilnadu,
Karnataka and
West Bengal
Workshop Centre for the
Future State,
IDS, Sussex
University and
Madras Institute
of Development
Studies,
Chennai
8th
-9th
September,
2005
Centre for
Studies in
Social Sciences,
Kolkata
13
.
“ Panchayat
Finances and
Data analysis”
Workshop DfID, UK 11th
July-16th
July, 2005
Centre for
Studies in
Social Sciences,
Kolkata
14
.
“ Research
Methods in
Social
Anthropology”
Workshop Madras Institute
of Development
Studies,
Chennai
1st to 6
th May,
2005
Anthropological
Survey of India,
Mysore
15
.
“ Research
Methods in
Social
Anthropology”
Orientation Madras Institute
of Development
Studies,
Chennai
23rd
-29th
August, 2004
Anthropological
Survey of India,
Mysore
16
.
Orientation
Programme
Orientation UGC-Academic
StaffCollege,Bu
rdwan
University
Burdwan
University
17 “ Pathways to Workshop Centre for the 5th
-10th
April, Madras Institute
7
. Fiscal
Devolution”
Future State,
IDS, Sussex
University
2003 of Development
Studies,
Chennai
18
.
“ International
Relations:
Contemporary
Issues and
Trends”
Refresher UGC 6th
-26th
August,
2002
Academic Staff
College,
Jadavpur
University
19
.
Orientation
Programme
Orientation UGC 14th
July to 10th
August, 2001
Academic Staff
College, the
University of
Burdwan
20
.
On Off Campus
Training
Programme on
Research
Methodology
for Rural
Development
Professionals
Workshop National
Institute of
Rural
Development,
Hyderabad (
Ministry of
Rural Areas and
Employment,
Govt. of India)
3rd
to 8th
July,
2000
Attended
National
Institute of
Rural
Development,
Rajendranagar,
Hyderabad and
State Institute
of Panchayats
and Rural
Development,
Kalyani
VI. Seminar/Conference/Workshop
1. Invited Lectures, keynote address , resource person, judge /chairperson etc ( including
Refresher Courses, Training Courses, Orientation Programme)
Invited Lectures, keynote address , resource person, judge /chairperson etc (
including Refresher Courses, Training Courses, Orientation Programme)
Sl.
No
.
TITLE Organizing
Institute
Venue and Date Chair/ Topic of
the Lecture given
Level : National/
International/
State /
Institutional
8
1. „Sustenance and
Development in the
Tea Gardens of
Northeast and North
Bengal‟
Jadavpur
University
Jadavpur
University,
March 27 and
28, 2017
Chaired
Technical Session
3
Two-day National
seminar
2. Interrogating
Intolerance
Ramakrishna
Mission
Vidyamandira
(Autonomous)
Belur Math,
Howrah,
3rd
March, 2017
Convenor of
Seminar
RUSA-funded
National-level
Seminar
3. Interrogating
Intolerance
Ramakrishna
Mission
Vidyamandira(
Autonomous)
Belur Math,
Howrah,
3rd
March, 2017
Chaired a
Technical Session
RUSA-funded
National-level
9
4. “Youth Parliament”
Seth Soorajmull
Jalan Girls‟
College
Department of
Political Science,
Seth Soorajmull
Jalan Girls‟
College
27th of February,
2017
Judge Institutional-
Level
5. 13th Inter-University
Youth Parliament
Competition (2016-
17)
Ministry of
Parliamentary
Affairs,
Government of
India, New Delhi.
Jadavpur
University, 17th
February, 2017
Judge
National Level
6.
Modern States and
Its Citizens
Administrative
Training Institute,
PAR Department,
Government of
West Bengal
ATI, Salt Lake,
Kolkata
24 Jan 2017
Invited Speaker State-level
InductionTraining
Programme (24
Jan-8Feb 2017)
of WBCS (Exe)
officers
10
7. Public
Administration-
Bureaucracy and its
Structure at the
Centre, State and
District level:
Interdepartmental
Coordination; Role
of
Government/Public
Servant in a Welfare
State
Swami
Vivekananda State
Police Academy,
Dept of Home,
Government of
West Bengal
Police Academy,
Barrackpore,
10th
January, 2017
Resource Person State level Police
Attachment
Training of
Deputy Excise
Collectors
8. Mathematics and
Culture
Indian Institute of
Engineering
Sciences and
Technology,
Shibpur
M.N.Dastoor
School of Material
Science, IIEST,
Shibpur,
3rd –
4th January
2017
Expert Two-day
International
Workshop on
Mathematics and
Culture
9. Rural Governance Ramakrishna
Mission
Vidyamandira,
Belur Math and
Nivedita
Community Care
Centre, Gopinagar
Gopinagar,
Ichapur, Hooghly,
22nd
Nov 2016
Convenor Institutional level
RUSA-funded
10. Social Stratification
and Political
Transformation:
Rethinking Indian
Democracy
Bankura
University, West
Bengal
Bankura
University, West
Bengal, India, 10-
11 November,
2016
Invited speaker
Caste in a mould :
the Fieldworker
and the Field in
rural Bengal
Two-day
International
Conference
11. The Modern State
and its Citizen
Administrative
Training Institute,
Government of
West Bengal
ATI, Salt Lake,
Kolkata
7th September 2016
Invited Speaker State-level
Refresher
Training
Programme(5th-9
th
Sept,2016) of
Secretariat
11
Officials
12 Youth
Parliamentary
Competition
Ministry of
Parliamentary
Affairs, Govt of
India
Jadavpur
University
23 Aug 2016
Judge National
13. Social Science/
International
Relations Research
Methods
Jadavpur
University
and Jadavpur
Association of
International
Relations,
Kolkata
School of
International
Relations and
Strategic Studies,
Jadavpur
University,
11th
Aug2016
Resource Person,
spoke on
“Ethnographic
Research: An
Overview”
ICSSR-
supported, National-level
Workshop
(August 8-17,
2016)
14. Relation between
the Union and the
States
Administrative
Training Institute,
PAR Department,
Government of
West Bengal
ATI, Salt Lake,
Kolkata
2August 2016
Invited Speaker State-level Joint
Induction
Training Course
(1st -26
th August,
2016)
of WBCS (Exe)
and Allied
Services Officers
15. Fundamental Rights
and Directive
Principles
Administrative
Training Institute,
PAR Department,
Government of
West Bengal
ATI, Salt Lake,
Kolkata
2August 2016
Invited Speaker State-level Joint
Induction
Training Course
(1st -26
th August,
2016)
of WBCS (Exe)
and Allied
Services Officers
16. The Modern State
and its Citizen
Administrative
Training Institute,
Government of
West Bengal
ATI, Salt Lake,
Kolkata
13th July 2016
Invited Speaker State-level
Refresher
Training
Programme(11th-
15th July,2016) of
Secretariat
Officials
17. “Security:
Conventional and
Non-conventional
Issues”
School of
International
Relations and
Strategic Studies,
Jadavpur
Jadavpur
University, 2nd
April 2016
Chairperson in a
technical session
in Students‟
Seminar
State
12
University in
collaboration with
Jadavpur
Association of
International
Relations
18. Keynote Address Indian Institute of
Public
Administration,
Howrah Chapter
Howrah
Collectorate ,27th
February, 2016
„The Changing
Role of District
Administration‟
State level
19. ICSSR Lecture
series
Department of
Political Science,
Victoria
Institution,
Kolkata.
18th December,
2015
Invited speaker
„Rural Local Self-
Government in
India: The
Seventy-third
Constitutional
Amendment Act,
1992 and
Beyond‟
National level
20. Inter-University
Youth Parliament
Competition
Ministry of
Parliamentary
Affairs, Govt. of
India.
Jadavpur
University, 24th
March, 2015
Resource Person State level
21. Invited Lecture in
Induction-level
training programme
for Group A and B
state civil and police
service personnel
Department of
Personnel and
Administration,
Government of
West Bengal.
3rd
February, 2015 „Fundamental
Rights and
Directive
Principles in the
Indian
Constitution‟
State level
22. Human Rights:
Issues and
Challenges
Ramakrishna
Mission
Vidyamandira(
Autonomous)
Belur Math,
Howrah,11th Sept
2014
Chaired a
Technical Session
Institutional-level
23. ICSSR Lecture
series
Department of
Political Science,
Victoria
19th December,
2014
Invited speaker
National level
13
Institution,
Kolkata.
„Indian
Administration:
Continuity and
Change‟
24. Seminar on Human
Rights
Department of
Political Science,
Barasat
Government
College
Barasat
Government
College,
15th December,
2014
Invited speaker
„Human Rights:
basic issues‟
State level
25. „Society
,Governance and
Police: India in the
post-Millenium
period‟
Department of
Political Science,
University of
Kalyani, at
Kalyani, Nadia in
collaboration with
MAKAIAS.
Kalyani,18th-19th
November,2013.
Invited speaker
„Netas, babus,
barababus:
Snapshots from
rural Bengal‟
National Seminar
26. „Corruption in
India: Sources,
Structures and
Solutions,‟
Department of
Political Science,
University of
Kalyani, Nadia.
27th August, 2013. Invited Speaker
„Bureaucracy and
Corruption: the
visible face of the
state in rural
Bengal‟
State level
seminar
27. Seminar session in
90th Orientation
Programme
UGC ASC, Burdwan
University, 28th
June, 2013
Adjudicator National
28. Panel Discussion
Session of 1st
Refresher Course in
Development
Studies
UGC ASC, Burdwan
University, 25th
June, 2013
Adjudicator National
29.
.
:Refresher Course
titled „Social
Inequalities:
Gender, Class,
Caste‟
School of
Women‟s Studies,
Jadavpur
University, UGC
sponsored
4th December,2012 Resource Person
„Local
Governance: the
Visible Face of
the State in rural
Bengal‟
National level
14
30. UGC-sponsored
Refresher Course
titled „Social
Inequalities:
Gender, Class,
Caste‟
School of
Women‟s Studies,
Jadavpur
University
23rd
November,2012
Invited Lecture
„Village Voices:
Gender, Class and
Caste,‟
National Level
31. UGC-sponsored „
Political economy
of Rural
Development : the
Indian
Experience‟
Puras Kanpur
Haridas Nandi
Mahavidyalaya
and Sovarani
Memorial
College,Howrah
Puras Kanpur,
Howrah, 7th-8
th
August,2012
Invited Lecture
„Administered
Development:An
Ethnographic
View from a
Bengal Village‟
State-level „
32. State-level Youth
Parliament
Competition,2011-
12
Department of
Parliamentary
Affairs,
Government of
West Bengal
15th March,2012 Teacher-in-
Charge
State level
33. Youth Parliament
Competition,2011-
12
Ramakrishna
Mission
Vidyamandira
and Department of
Parliamentary
Affairs,
Government of
West Bengal
15th Feb,2012
Teacher-in-
Charge,
State level
34. „Training Course
on Ethics and
values in
Governance‟ ( For
Civil Servants)
Administrative
Training Institute,
Government of
West Bengal
13th February,2012 Invited Lecture
„Combatting
Corruption in an
Organisation-
Social Audit as a
Tool‟
State level
35. „Crisis of Justice‟ UGC-sponsored
Department of
Chaitanyapur,
Purba Medinipur,
Invited Lecture
„Apoliticisation
State-level
15
Political Science,
Vivekananda
Mission
Mahavidyalaya
and Mahishadal
Girls‟ College,
Purba Medinipur
9th February,2012 and Local
Democracy :
Administration,
Politics and the
Development
Block in West
Bengal‟
36. Induction-level
Training for
WBCS(Exe)
Probationers of
2010 batch
Administrative
Training Institute,
Government of
West Bengal
27th January,2012 Invited Lecture
„The Modern
State And Its
Citizen‟
State level
37. Training Course
on „Ethics and
values in
Administration‟
for Assistant
Secretaries , OSDs
and registrars of
the Secretariats of
different
Government
Departments
Administrative
Training Institute,
Government of
West Bengal
4th January,2012 Invited Lecture
„Ethics in Public
Administration‟
State level
38. „Training Course
on Ethics and
values in
Governance‟ of
different
Government
Departments
Administrative
Training Institute,
Government of
West Bengal
3rd
November,2011 Invited Lecture
„Combatting
Corruption in an
Organisation-
Social Audit as a
Tool‟
State level
39. Inter-University
Youth Parliament
Competition,2011-
12
Jadavpur
University and
Ministry of
Parliamentary
Affairs,
Government of
West Bengal
19th
September,2011
Judge National Level
40. Induction level
Training of
Administrative
Training
5th Invited Lecture State level
16
probationers of
WBCS(Gr-A,B)
Institute,
Government of
West Bengal
September,2011 „The modern
state and its
citizens‟
41. „India‟s
Emergence:
Through Young
eyes‟
Jadavpur
Association of
International
Relations, Kolkata
April 11, 2011. Discussant in
Session III,‟
India‟s
Emergence:
Perspectives from
within‟.
Institutional
41. „From regional
identity to
regionalism: a fresh
look‟
UGC and
Mahishadal Raj
College
Mahishadal, Purba
Medinipur,28-29
January,2011.
Invited speaker
„Regionalism
:Politically
speaking‟
National
42. Youth Parliament
Competition
Ministry of
Parliamentary
Affairs,Governme
nt of India,
Jadavpur
University,
Kolkata
Jadavpur
University, 8th
October,2010
Judge National level
43. „Contemporary
India: Issues and
Challenges‟
UGC Seminar Kshudiram Bose
Central College,
Kolkata.
14th Mar,2008.
Invited Speaker
„Vox populi: an
ethnographic
exploration in a
Bengal Village‟
State level
44. „Democracy and
Development in
India: Issues and
trends‟
Department of
International
Relations,Jadavpu
r University,
Kolkata
Department of
International
Relations,Jadavpur
University,
Kolkata, 30th
March,2006
Invited Speaker
„ Democracy and
Development‟
Institutional
2. Papers self-presented in Conferences/ Seminars etc
Sl.
No
.
Name of the
Seminar Organizing Institute
Level :
National/
Internation
al/ State /
17
Venue and Date Topic of the
Lecture given
Institution
al
1. „Sustenance and
Development in
the Tea Gardens
of Northeast and
North Bengal‟
Jadavpur University
Jadavpur University,
March 27- 28, 2017
Administered
Development:a
n exploration
of the tea-
growing areas
of North
Bengal
Two-day
National
Seminar
2. „India in the
21st Century:
Governance and
Foreign Policy
Imperatives‟
The Jadavpur
Association of
International Relations
(JAIR) in collaboration
with The Department
of
Civics and Politics,
University of Mumbai
supported by ICWA,
MAKAIAS, ORF
Department of Civics and
Politics, Kalina Campus,
University of Mumbai
19th-20
th December, 2016
Governing
Rural West
Bengal: a
Study of the
Indo-
Bangladesh
border areas
Two
Day
National
Conference
3. „Rural
Impoverishment
and Agrarian
Strategies‟
Palli Charcha Kendra,
Visva Bharati,
Santiniketan
Bolpur, 30th -31
st March,
2016
„Field
Management
of
Development
in West
Bengal: an
evolutionary
perspective‟
National
4. „Poverty
Alleviation,
Social Inclusion
and Democratic
governance in
India‟‟
Department of
Political Science,
University of
Burdwan, at Burdwan.
27-28 March,2014 „Development
Initiatives: the
visible face of
the state in
rural Bengal
National
Seminar
5. „Future of India-
Myanmar
Engagement:
Jadavpur Association
of International
Relations in
Kolkata, 27thFebruary-1st
March, 2014.
„Democracy
within,
democracy
Internationa
l
18
Existing
Impediments,
Untapped
Opportunities‟
collaboration with
University Grants
Commission Maulana
Abul Kalam Azad
Institute for Asian
Studies and the
Observer Research
Foundation
without: the
roadmap to
peace in the
twenty-first
century‟
Conference
6. „North East in
India‟s Look
East: Issues and
Opportunities‟
IIT, JAIR, ICSSR,
MAKAAIS and MEA(
Public Diplomacy)
Guwahati, 28th – 30
th
October, 2014
„Connecting
India,
Connecting to
the world:
Poverty
Alleviation
and Rural
Connectivity‟
National
7. 35th Indian
Geographers‟
Meet
Institute of Indian
Geographers and Dept.
of Geography,
Burdwan University
Burdwan University, 11th-
13th November, 2013
„Bridging the
gap: the visible
face of the
state in rural
Bengal‟
Internationa
l
Conference
8. „Regionalism,
Sub-regionalism
and
Connectivity:
India‟s Foreign
Policy in the
21st Century‟
Jadavpur Association
of International
Relations , Mizoram
University,Public
Diplomacy Division,
Ministry of External
Affairs, Government
of India, ICSSR and
Maulana Abul Kalam
Azad Institute of Asian
Studies, at Guwahati,
Aizawl,19th-20
th August,
2013.
„Democracy
Within,
Democracy
Without: 21st
Century India
and a
Cosmopolitan
model of
Democracy‟
Internationa
l
Conference
9. „Environment,
Resource and
Regional
Development‟
Department of
Geography,Burdwan
University,Burdwan
Burdwan
University,Burdwan,8-9
March,2010
„The role of
the visible face
of the state in
changing the
face of rural
areas: an
ethnographic
exploration in
a Bengal
village‟
Internationa
l
Conference
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10
.
11th annual
Conference
West Bengal Political
Science Association
Bidhannagar College, Salt
Lake, 5th-6
th
September,2009
„Women in
politics: An
exploration of
the local‟
State
11
.
9th Annual
Conference (
Sub-theme:
Local
Government)
West Bengal Political
Science Association,9th
Conference
RKM Vidyamandira
,Belurmath,Howrah.17th –
18th March,2007.
„Public
Administration
: the „public‟
on
„administration
State
12
.
4th Annual
Conference of
the West Bengal
Political Science
Association
West Bengal Political
Science Association
Rabindrabharati University,
Kolkata. 15th
December,2001.
„Local
Government‟
State
3. Seminars attended as participant ( not paper presenter/resource person/Invited)
( Since 2010)
1. Attended RUSA-funded Seminar on RFID and Library Sciences: Use and Concern,
organised by the Central Library, Ramakrishna Mission Vidyamandira, Belur Math on
22nd
March, 2017.
2. Attended Special Lecture Programme on Brexit and the World after Trump, 0rganised by
Jadavpur Association of International Relations, Kolkata on 9th January, 2017.
3. Attended International Panel Discussion on India-Afganistan: Current Relations and
Future Directions, Organised by MAKAAIS and Institute of Social and Cultural Studies at
Rotary Sadan, Kolkata on 4th
January, 2017.
4. Attended the National level Seminar on India in the emerging International Order, Topic:
Democracy and Foreign Policy: India in the twenty-first century, Organized by Jadavpur
Association of International Relations, MAKAIS, on 2nd-4th November, 2015.
5. Deemed Attended the National level Seminar on Symposium „Women in Informal
Workforce: Prospects and Challenges‟, Topic: The Informal Sector, Small Firms and the
Local State: An Ethnographic insight from a Bengal village, Organized by Indian Institute
of Public Administration, New Delhi, on 17-18th Sept, 2015.
6. Attended the International Convention Manipur, Organized by Jadavpur Association of
International Relations, supported by the Public Diplomacy Division, Ministry of External
Affairs, Government of India, on 16th
-19th
August, 2012.
7. Attended the UGC-sponsored National-level seminar on „Indian Economy: the Last two
Decades‟, Organized by Department of Economics, Ramakrishna Mission Vidyamandira
and Bangiya Arthaniti Parishad, on 2nd
-3rd
March, 2012.
8. Attended the Seminar on „Role of Second Chambers in modern Democracies‟, Organized
by Lady Brabourne College,Kolkata, West Bengal Political Science Association, on 6th
September, 2011.
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9. Attended Convention on International Relations, Organized by Jadavpur Association of
International Relations, Public Diplomacy Division, Ministry of External Affairs,
Government of India, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies, Indian
Council for Cultural Relations and Association for African Studies, India, on 17-20
August, 2011.
10. Attended the Seminar on „Emergence of India as a Global Player‟, Organized by Global
India Foundation and Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies, on 24-26
March, 2011.
11. Attended the Seminar on „Asian Security in the twentyfirst century‟, Organized by School
of Strategic Studies, Jadavpur University and Department of International Relations, JU,
on 15 March, 2011.
12. Attended the Seminar on „Socio-political vision of Tagore and its contemporary
relevance‟, Organized by School of Women‟s Studies, Jadavpur University and
Department of International Relations, JU, on 7 February, 2011.
13. Attended the Workshop on „Research Methods in International Relations/Political
Science/related Social Sciences‟, Organized by ICSSR and Jadavpur University,Kolkata,
on 10-11 December, 2010.
14. Attended the Seminar on „From landlocked to landlinked‟, Organized by Jadavpur
Association of International Relations, supported by the Public Diplomacy Division,
Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India, in collaboration with ICSSR,CII and
NEHU, on 8-10 April, 2010.
VII. Publications
1. Banerjee, Indrashis, Administered Development: an exploration of the tea-growing
areas of North Bengal in „ Sustenance and Development in the Tea Gardens of Northeast
and North Bengal ,Jadavpur University Publication of March 27 and 28, 2017 Two-day
national seminar ( Accepted for Publication)
2. Banerjee, Indrashis, Governing Rural West Bengal: a Study of the Indo-Bangladesh border
areas in „ India in the 21st Century: Governance and Foreign Policy Imperatives‟
University of Mumbai and JAIR Publication of Two Day National Conference 19th
-20th
December, 2016 ( Accepted for Publication)
3. Banerjee, Indrashis, ‘Field Management of Development in West Bengal: an evolutionary
perspective’ in „„Rural Impoverishment and Agrarian Strategies‟, Publication of Palli
Charcha Kendra, Visva Bharati, Santiniketan ,Bolpur,30th
-31st March, 2016 National
Seminar( Accepted for Publication)
4. Banerjee, Indrashis, „The Informal Sector, Small Firms and the Local State: An
Ethnographic insight from a Bengal village‟ in Symposium Volume „Women in Informal
Workforce: Prospects and Challenges‟, Indian Institute of Public Administration, New
Delhi, IIPA, New Delhi, 17-18th
Sept, 2015( Accepted for Publication)
5. Banerjee, Indrashis, „Reaching out to the „small man‟: The Visible face of the State in
rural Bengal‟, in Rumki Basu, M. Badrul Alam and Furqan Ahmad ed. „Democracy and
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Good Governance : Reinventing Public Service Delivery System in India’, New Delhi
:Bloomsbury Publishing India ( Pvt. Ltd), 2015.
6. Banerjee, Indrashis, Development Initiatives: the visible face of the state in rural Bengal in
„Poverty Alleviation, Social Inclusion and Democratic governance in India‟, University of
Burdwan Publication of March 27 and 28, 2014 Two-day national seminar ( Accepted for
Publication)
7. Banerjee, Indrashis., „Changing the rural scenario: the visible face of the state in rural
Bengal‟, in S. Rakshit and R.N.Pramanik ed. ‘Rural Development : Emerging Challenges
in the New Millennium’, New Delhi: Abhijeet Publications, 2014.
8. Banerjee, Indrashis, „The Devil‟s Deal? An Ethnographic insight from a Bengal village‟,
Jadavpur Journal of International Relations, Volume 14, Department of International
Relations, Jadavpur University.2010.
9. Banerjee, Indrashis,. ‘Another Politics: A view from below‟ in ‘Alternative Politics:
Another world, Other Voices’, Belur Math: Department of Political Science, Ramakrishna
Mission Vidyamandira, 2010.
10. Banerjee, Indrashis,„The People‟s BDO?:The visible face of the state in West Bengal‟, The
West Bengal Political Science Review, Vol .XII, No. 1,January-June,2009.
11. Natraj, V.K., M.Majumdar ,K.Anantapur,G.S.Ganesh Prasad, and I.Banerjee, „Evolution
of devolution‟, in Kadekodi, Gopal K. and Brinda Viswanathan, edited „Agricultural
Development, Rural Institutions and Economic Policy: Essays for A. Vaidyanathan’ , New
Delhi: Oxford University Press. 2009.
12. Banerjee, Indrashis, „Countering Terrorism: Counting on Local Democracy‟ in ‘Challenge
of Terrorism’. Kolkata: Jadavpur Association of International Relations. 2009.
13. Banerjee, Indrashis, ‘The Block Development Officer: Mitigating disparities at the Visible
Face of the State’. Participants‟ papers, NRTT Social Science Workshop 2,2009.Kolkata:
Centre for Studies in Social Sciences . 2009.
14. Majumdar, M., Indrashis Banerjee and S. Ghosh, „Face to face taxation in West Bengal:
Compulsion, Compliance or Collusion?‟. Economic and Political Weekly, Oct13-19, 2007,
Vol. XLII, No.41.
15. Banerjee, Indrashis, „The Devil‟s Deal? An Ethnographic Exploration in a Bengal
Village‟, in „Development and participation: Emerging theories, policies and practices in
the context of local governance in West Bengal’, Belur Math: Department of Political
Science, Ramakrishna Mission Vidyamandira. 2007.
16. Majumdar, M., and I.Banerjee, „Evolution of the Panchayat Raj system in West Bengal:
Political and Legislative narratives of a State Government‟, in Dattagupta S. edited,
‘Democratic Governance in India: Reflections and Refractions’, Delhi: Kalpaz
Publications (Department of Political Science, Calcutta University). 2007.
17. Natraj, V.K., M.Majumdar , K.Anantapur,G.S.Ganesh Prasad, and I.Banerjee, „Delegation
to Devolution: a Comparative Study,‟ Themes in Social Sector Research: the S.Guhan
Memorial Series, Monograph 4, Madras Institute of Development Studies. 2006.
18. Banerjee, I., „Village voices: basic steps in Political Ethnography,‟ Jadavpur Journal of
International Relations, Department of International Relations, Jadavpur University,
Vol.9, 2004-05. 2005.
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19. Majumdar, M., and Indrashis Banerjee, „Delegation to Devolution‟, Madras Institute of
Development Studies, Working Paper 185. 2004.
VIII. Consultancy:
Honorary Consultant in Indian Institute of Public Administration Project titled “Impact
Assessment of MGNREGA in Burdwan District” funded by Government of West Bengal (2013-
14)
IX. Membership of Academic Institutions:
1. Member, Academic Council, Ramakrishna Mission Vidyamandira( Autonomous), Belur
Math
2. Chairperson, Board of Studies, Dept. of Political Science, Ramakrishna Mission
Vidyamandira( Autonomous), Belur Math
3. Member, Executive Council, Social Science Wing, Swami Vevekananda Research Centre,
Affiliated by Calcutta University
4. Chairperson, Advisory Committee for Masters‟ Dissertation, Integrated Rural
Development, Management, Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda University, Belur Math.
5. Executive Committee member of Jadavpur Association of International Relations
6. Member, West Bengal Political Science Association
X. Awards:
Supervisor of BSc dissertation
Supervisor of MSc dissertation
External Evaluator of MPhil dissertation
Member of Selection Committee
for selection of Project Fellow in
UGC-sponsored Research Project
Department of
Economics,
Ramakrishna Mission
Vidyamandira
Integrated Rural
Development
Management,
Ramakrishna Mission
Vivekananda University,
Belur Math
Dept. of International
Relations, JU
Dept. of Political
Science, Burdwan
University
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XI. Review
Reviewer of articles under consideration for publication of Oxford Journal Publius: the Journal of
Federalism, Aureole ( Government of West Bengal Government College publication), and chapters of
books on Public administration of Sage publishers , New Delhi
1. AUREOLE, academic journal on Social Sciences and Humanities, published by Barasat
Government College,(ISSN 0976-9625)
2. Review of manuscript on „Public Administration in India‟. SAGE Publications India Pvt.
Ltd, B-1/I-1, Mohan Cooperative Industrial Estate, Mathura Road, Post Bag 7, New Delhi
110 044
3. Review of Manuscript ID PUB-2013-OM-0028.R1, titled "Economic and Political
Determinants of Central Fiscal Transfers in India: A Dynamic Panel Analysis of State
Level Data." Oxford Journals, Publius: the Journal of Federalism. 2014.
4. Review of Manuscript ID: PUB-2012-OM-0074 titled “Federalization of a Predominantly
Parliamentary System in India” Oxford Journals: Publius: the Journal of Federalism.
2012.
XII. OUT-REACH ACTIVITIES
Life member and at present Hony. Director( Since 2nd
May, 2015) of Nivedita Community Care
Centre ( estb. 1975), Village Ichhapur, PO Gopinagar, PS Dhaniakhali, Dist. Hooghly, a non-
profit, apolitical welfare NGO dedicated to wellbeing of the needy, especially women and
children, registered under Societies Registration Act, Government of West Bengal and Foreign
Contribution Regulation Act, Ministry of Home, Government of India
Member of Outreach Committee of Ramakrishna Mission Vidyamandira, Belur Math, Howrah
Committed and regular support to Social Welfare organisations such as Ramakrishna Mission,
Belur Math, Nivedita Community Care Centre, Shapnangan, AALO, KHEYA and so on.
Continued and sustained all-round support of folk art and artistes of the traditional Baul genre of
Bengal through Prantik Ashrama at Bolpur, District Birbhum, West Bengal