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RESUME 1. Name: Dr. Sudipta Bhattacharyya 2. Designation: Ex-officio Director, Agro-Economic Research Centre, Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan. And Professor of Economics & Head, Department of Economics and Politics Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan. 3. Qualification: M.Sc, M.Phil, Ph.D [Economics]. 4. Award of Project & Award of Grant for participation in Faculty Development Activity(Last 5 years): (i). Awarded Chair Professor of Indian Studies by the Indian Council of Cultural Relations, New Delhi, 2009. Appointed in Copenhagen Business School, Copenhagen, Denmark from November 16, 2009 for nine months. (ii). Awarded Commonwealth Academic Staff Fellowship - U.K. for the year 2003 and visited Department of Economics, University of Bath from October 1, 2003 to April 1, 2004. This was a post doctoral position funded by the British Council. (iii). Awarded South Asian Visiting Scholarship and visited Queen Elizabeth House, Oxford University for the period from October 1997 to March 1998. This was a post-doctoral scholarship funded by the Ford Foundation. (iv) Visting Professor, Omeo Kumar Das Institute of Social Change and Development, Guwahati, 1-8, November, 2010. (v) Microfinance, Rural Credit and Poverty Alleviation: A Study of West Bengal, UGC sponsored Major Research Project for period from February 2009 to July 2011. Total Project Cost: Rs.6,47,800/-. 5. Phone numbers: Land-line Ph: 03463-261716 Cell No: 8900230429 6. Email: [email protected], [email protected] Website: http://www.visvabharati.ac.in/SudiptaBhattacharyya.html 7. Research Areas: Poitical Economy of Agrarian Change, Political Economy of Globalization. 8. Teaching Experience: Total 22 years, PG teaching: 19 years (Including teaching experience in two foreign universities: University of Bath, UK and Copenhagen Business School, Denmark). 9. Representative Refereed Publication (Last 5 years): I. Book: (i) Two Decades of Market Reforms in India: Some Dissenting Views, Anthem Press, London, 2013, ISBN: 9780857283269. (Edited) (ii) Challenges of Livelihood and Inclusive Rural Development in the Era of Globalization, New Delhi: New Delhi Publisher, 2013. ISBN: 978-93-81274-25-5. (Co-edited with Pranab Kumar Chattopadhyay) (iii) Globalization, Agrarian Economy and Environmental Challenges in India, Concept Publishing Co., New Delhi, (Co-edited with Pranab Kumar Chattopadhyay and Biswajit Haldar) [Forthcoming] 2015. ISBN-13: 978-93-5125. II. Papers published in refereed journals: (i). 'Global Crisis, Financialization and the Third World: A Marxist Approach', in Bangla Journal, Published from Onario, Cananda, Vol.11, No.19, pp.208-214, December, 2013, ISSN No. 1488-0792. (ii). Political Economy of Agrarian Crisis and Slow Industrialisation in India, Social Scientist, New Delhi, (Co-author: Mathew Abraham, Anthony D’Costa), Nov-Dec 2013, Vol.41, No.11-12, pp.43-63. ISSN: 0970-0293. (iii). Neo-classicism or Pluralism? Teaching and Research of Economics During the Era of Neo-liberal Reforms in India, International Journal of Pluralism and Economics Education, Geneva, Switzerland, Vol.4, No.4, pp.334-351, ISSN: Print: 1757-5648. Online: 1757-5656 (iv). Participatory Rural Self-Governance under the Left Regime in West Bengal: An Alternative to Neo- liberal Developmentalism’ in European Journal of Development Research, (Co-author with Manik Bhattacharya). Vol 25, No.3, pp. 385-407. ISSN: 0957-8811. III. Papers published as chapter in edited books: (i). Bhattacharyya, Sudipta and Nikhil Kumar Mandal, “What Happened to Rural Credit? A Journey from Bank Nationalization to Liberalization”, in Ambar Nath Ghosh and Asim K. Karmakar edited

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Page 1: RESUME - Visva-Bharati Universityvisvabharati.ac.in/file/StaffResumeNOV15.pdf · RESUME 1. Name: Dr. Sudipta Bhattacharyya 2. Designation: Ex-officio Director, Agro-Economic Research

RESUME

1. Name: Dr. Sudipta Bhattacharyya

2. Designation: Ex-officio Director, Agro-Economic Research Centre,

Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan.

And

Professor of Economics & Head, Department of Economics and Politics

Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan.

3. Qualification: M.Sc, M.Phil, Ph.D [Economics].

4. Award of Project & Award of Grant for participation in Faculty Development Activity(Last 5 years):

(i). Awarded Chair Professor of Indian Studies by the Indian Council of Cultural Relations, New Delhi,

2009. Appointed in Copenhagen Business School, Copenhagen, Denmark from November 16, 2009 for

nine months.

(ii). Awarded Commonwealth Academic Staff Fellowship - U.K. for the year 2003 and visited

Department of Economics, University of Bath from October 1, 2003 to April 1, 2004. This was a post

doctoral position funded by the British Council.

(iii). Awarded South Asian Visiting Scholarship and visited Queen Elizabeth House, Oxford University

for the period from October 1997 to March 1998. This was a post-doctoral scholarship funded by the Ford

Foundation.

(iv) Visting Professor, Omeo Kumar Das Institute of Social Change and Development, Guwahati, 1-8,

November, 2010.

(v) Microfinance, Rural Credit and Poverty Alleviation: A Study of West Bengal, UGC sponsored Major

Research Project for period from February 2009 to July 2011. Total Project Cost: Rs.6,47,800/-.

5. Phone numbers: Land-line Ph: 03463-261716

Cell No: 8900230429

6. Email: [email protected], [email protected]

Website: http://www.visvabharati.ac.in/SudiptaBhattacharyya.html

7. Research Areas: Poitical Economy of Agrarian Change, Political Economy of Globalization.

8. Teaching Experience: Total 22 years, PG teaching: 19 years (Including teaching experience in two foreign

universities: University of Bath, UK and Copenhagen Business School, Denmark).

9. Representative Refereed Publication (Last 5 years):

I. Book:

(i) Two Decades of Market Reforms in India: Some Dissenting Views, Anthem Press, London, 2013,

ISBN: 9780857283269. (Edited)

(ii) Challenges of Livelihood and Inclusive Rural Development in the Era of Globalization, New Delhi:

New Delhi Publisher, 2013. ISBN: 978-93-81274-25-5. (Co-edited with Pranab Kumar Chattopadhyay)

(iii) Globalization, Agrarian Economy and Environmental Challenges in India, Concept Publishing Co.,

New Delhi, (Co-edited with Pranab Kumar Chattopadhyay and Biswajit Haldar) [Forthcoming] 2015.

ISBN-13: 978-93-5125.

II. Papers published in refereed journals:

(i). 'Global Crisis, Financialization and the Third World: A Marxist Approach', in Bangla Journal, Published

from Onario, Cananda, Vol.11, No.19, pp.208-214, December, 2013, ISSN No. 1488-0792.

(ii). Political Economy of Agrarian Crisis and Slow Industrialisation in India, Social Scientist, New Delhi,

(Co-author: Mathew Abraham, Anthony D’Costa), Nov-Dec 2013, Vol.41, No.11-12, pp.43-63. ISSN:

0970-0293.

(iii). Neo-classicism or Pluralism? Teaching and Research of Economics During the Era of Neo-liberal

Reforms in India, International Journal of Pluralism and Economics Education, Geneva, Switzerland,

Vol.4, No.4, pp.334-351, ISSN: Print: 1757-5648. Online: 1757-5656

(iv). Participatory Rural Self-Governance under the Left Regime in West Bengal: An Alternative to Neo-

liberal Developmentalism’ in European Journal of Development Research, (Co-author with Manik

Bhattacharya). Vol 25, No.3, pp. 385-407. ISSN: 0957-8811.

III. Papers published as chapter in edited books:

(i). Bhattacharyya, Sudipta and Nikhil Kumar Mandal, “What Happened to Rural Credit? A Journey from

Bank Nationalization to Liberalization”, in Ambar Nath Ghosh and Asim K. Karmakar edited

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Agriculture, Sustainable Development and Microfinance: Essays in Honour of Professor Biswajit

Chatterjee, Regal Publication, New Delhi, 2015, ISBN No.- 978-81-8484-453-5, pp. 61-78.

(ii). Bhattacharyya, Sudipta, “Rise of Finance Capital and Decline of the Nation-State”, in Bhupen Sarmah

and Joydeep Baruah edited Neo-liberal State and its Challenges, Aakar Books, New Delhi, 2014, ISBN

No.- 978-93-5002-301-3, pp. 117-33.

(iii). Participation and Rural Transformation: Some Marxian Theoretical Discourse in the Recent Past

Laboratory of the Marxist Ruled State of West Bengal for Three Decades, Proceedings of the UGC

Sponsored National Seminar on Decentralized Development and Rural Governance in India: Challenges

and Opportunities, 6-7 Dec, 2013, Edited by Rajiv Sen, Union Christian Training College, Berhampore,

Murshidabad, pp. 25-50, 2013. ISBN: 978-81-926963-1-7.

(iv). Neo-liberal Transformation of the Interventionist Economy: A Study of West Bengal, Agrarian Crisis in

India: The Way Out, Edited by K. Suman Chandra, V. Suresh Babu & Pradip Kumar Nath, Academic

Foundation, New Delhi, 2013. Ch-18, pp.497-512. ISBN: 978-93327-0032-1.

(v). A Critical Look at Two Decades of Market Reform in India, Two Decades of Market Reform in India:

Some Dissenting Views, Anthem Press, London, Ch-1, pp.1-26. 2013. ISBN: 085728326X.

(vi). Changing Employment Scenario during Market Reform in India, Two Decades of Market Reform in

India: Some Dissenting Views, Anthem Press, London, Ch-9, pp.159-175. 2013. ISBN: 085728326X.

(vii). ‘Introduction’ (Co-author: Pranab Kumar Chattopadhyay), in Pranab Kumar Chattopadhyay and

Sudipta Bhattacharyya edited Challenges of Livelihood and Inclusive Rural Development in the Era of

Globalization, New Delhi: New Delhi Publisher, 2013, ISBN: 978-93-81274-25-5. pp. XIII-XVIII.

(viii). ‘(Neo-) Liberalization and Fundamentalism: Awkward Identity of Nation State in India’ in Maya

Ghosh and Arun K. Jana edited Development and Disorder: The Crisis of Governance in the Northeast

and East of India, New Delhi: South Asian Publisher, 2011. ISBN: 81-7003-326-8.

10. Major Conference / Seminar Presentations (Last 5 years):

(i) Address delivered at the Two Day Natioanl Seminar on ‘Challenges in Agriculture, Environment and

Rural Development in West Bengal since Independence’, organized by UGC SAP (DRS-I), Dept. of

Economics and Politics, Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan, 15-16, March 2013.

(ii) ‘What Happened to Rural Credit? From Bank Nationalization to Liberalization, West Bengal and

India’, (With Maumita Bhattacharyya and Nikhil Kumar Mandal), Paper presented in the Two Day

Natioanl Seminar on ‘Challenges in Agriculture, Environment and Rural Development in West Bengal

since Independence’, organized by UGC SAP (DRS-I), Dept. of Economics and Politics, Visva-

Bharati, Santiniketan, 15-16, March 2013.

(iii) Welcome address delivered at the Two Day Natioanl Seminar on ‘Economics and Development:

Theories and Practice’, organized by Dept. of Economics and Politics, Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan, 16-

17, March 2013.

(iv) Chaired a technical session on Environmental issues at the Two Day Natioanl Seminar on ‘Economics

and Development: Theories and Practice’, organized by Dept. of Economics and Politics, Visva-

Bharati, Santiniketan, 16-17, March 2013.

(v) ‘A Critical Look at Two Decades of Market Reforms in India’, Paper presented at the National Seminar

on ‘Science, Society and Planet Earth’ organized by Indian Academy of Social Sciences, Bhubaneswar,

27-31 December, 2012.

(vi) ‘Political Economy of Agrarian Crisis and Climate Change’, Paper presented at the National panel

discussion on ‘Agrarian Crisis, Climate Change and State Response’, organized by Rosa Luxemburg

Stiftung, New Delhi, 14th

December, 2012.

(vii) ‘Neo-liberalism, Weakening State and Peasant Differentiation in Indian Agriculture’, National Seminar

on ‘Agrarian Crisis: The Way Out’ organized by National Institute of Rural Development, Hyderabad,

5-7 November 2012.

(viii) ‘Chittagong Youth Revolution and Jalalabad War’, Lecture delivered at the seminar organized by

Biplabtirtha Chattogram Smriti Sanstha at Saheed Surya Sen Bhavan, Jodhpur Park, Kolkata on

18.04.2012.

(ix) Welcome address delivered and also chaired a session at the National Conference on ‘Globalization,

Agrarian Economy and Environmental Challenges in India’, organized by SAP (DRS-I), Dept. of

Economics and Politics, Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan, March 15-16, 2012.

(x) ‘Agrarian Transformation and Crisis in West Bengal: From Operation Barga to Regime Change’, Paper

presented at the Seminar on ‘Economic Review of West Bengal’, organized by Forum of Development

Economics Kolkata, at the Dept. of Economics, Calcutta University, February 22-23, 2012.

(xi) ‘Rabindranath Tagore and Rural Transformation: Contemporary Relevance’, Paper presented at the

Seminar on Rabindranather Bahuswar (Manifold Voices of Rabindranth Tagore) at Nagar College,

Nagar, Murshidabad, February 1-2, 2012.

(xii) ‘Neoliberalism and Agrarian Transition in India: The Mode of Production Debate Revisited’, Paper

presented at the National Seminar on The Current Crisis of Capitalism and the Third World at the

Centre for Marxian Studies, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, January 20, 2012.

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(xiii) ‘Neo-liberalism and Decentralized Governance and Regime Change: A Study of Rural West Bengal’,

Paper presented at the Seminar on Politicization of Rural Development and Its Economic

Implications in West Bengal, at Loreto College, Kolkata, organized by Dept. of Economics and Dept.

of Political Science, December 17, 2011.

(xiv) ‘Neo-liberalism and Politics of Participatory Decentralized Governance: A Study of Rural West

Bengal’, Paper presented at the Seminar on Development and Governance at the Dept. of Economics

and Politics, Visva-Bharati, November 11-13, 2012.

(xv) ‘Rise of Finance Capital and Decline in Nation State: A Transition from Fractured Liberalism to

Gangster Neo-liberalism in India’, Paper presented at the National Seminar on Neoliberal States and

its Challenges, OKD Institute of Social Change and Development, Guwahati, December 20-21, 2011.

(xvi) Public-Private Participation in India: Rhetoric of Strait-jacket Privatization – Retreat from

‘Commanding Heights’, Paper presented at the International Seminar on Globalization and Public

Sector Reform in India and China at the Asia Research Centre, Copenhagen Business School,

Denmark, September 23-24, 2011.

(xvii) ‘Food Security and Agrarian Crisis under Neo-liberalism in India’, Paper presented at Annual

Seminar of Forum of Development Economics Kolkata on Contemporary Debates in Indian and

Regional Economy, March 29-30, 2011 at Department of Economics, University of Calcutta.

(xviii) ‘Neo-liberalism, Weakening State and Peasant Differentiation in Indian Agriculture: Survey Findings

from Panel Data in West Bengal. 1993-94 – 2004-05’, Paper presented at seminar on Accumulation,

Immiserisation and Development at the Centre for Economic Studies and Planning, Jawaharlal Nehru

University, New Delhi, March 7-9, 2011.

(xix) ‘Rural Employment, Market Reform and Feminization of Distress in India’ (with Uma Basak), Paper

presented at the International Conference on ‘Rural Labourers in Neo-liberal India’, Organised by

York University, Toronto, Canada and Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar. 18-20

December, 2010.

(xx) ‘Primitive Capitalist Accumulation and Indian Economy: A Note’, Special lecture delivered at the

International Conference on ‘Rural Labourers in Neo-liberal India’, Organised by York University,

Toronto, Canada and Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar. 18-20 December, 2010.

(xxi) ‘Class Differentiation, Peasant Differentiation during a decade of Market Reform in Indian

Agriculture: A Case Study of West Bengal’, Dept. of Sociology, University of Lund, Sweden,

26.05.2010.

(xxii) ‘Neo-liberalism, Weakening State and Peasant Differentiation in Indian Agriculture: Survey Findings

from Panel Data in West Bengal. 1993-94, 2004-05.’ International Development Centre, Queen

Elizabeth House, Oxford, 13.05.2010.

(xxiii) ‘India’s Winning Card to Economic Growth – Agriculture or Industrialization?’, ICCR Public

Lecture, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark, 03.05.2010.

(xxiv) ‘Neo-liberal Reform and Production Conditions in West Bengal Agriculture’, Development Studies,

Cambridge, 28.04.2010.

(xxv) ‘India’s Liberalization Policies since 1991’, ARC Internal Seminar, Copenhagen Business School,

25.02.2010.

(xxvi) Discussant of Two Papers on India’s Industrialization and Agriculture at the Seminar on

Globalization and Economic Nationalism in Asia, Asia Research Centre, Copenhagen Business

School, Copenhagen, 3-4 December, 2009.

(xxvii) ‘The nature of Agrarian Crisis in India during the liberalization era’, Paper presented at the Seminar

on ‘Globalization and Agrarian Crisis in India’ organized by Santiniketan Centre for Development,

Participation and Governance, Gitanjali Auditorium, Santiniketan, 5 Feb 2009.

(xxviii) ‘Globalized Agrarian Crisis, the Nation State and West Bengal’, Paper presented at the Joshi-

Adhikari Institute of Social Studies, New Delhi, 7 January 2009.

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RESUME

1 Name: Mr. Kali Sankar Chattopadhyay

2 Designation: Research Associate

3 Qualification: M.A. in Economics

4 Award of Scholarship / Fellowship, etc.- Nil

5 Contact no. 09474832300

6 e-mail: [email protected]

7 Nature of Work Performed: Collection, Digitisation, Compilation, Analysis and Preparation of final

tables from Primary & Secondary data and writing of the study report.

8 Contribution to the Research Study (mention year-wise ‘Title of the study’ only)

Year Title of the study

2014-15 i) Adoption of recommended doses of fertilizers on soil test basis by farmers

2012-13:

i) Effect of farm mechanization on agricultural growth and comparative economics of labour

and machinery

ii) Assessment of pre and post harvest losses in rice and wheat in West Bengal

2011-12:

i) Impact Study of the National Horticulture Mission

2010-11:

i) Hulling and Milling Ration in Major Paddy Growing States

2009-10:

i) Study on Impact Evaluation of National Watershed Development for Rainfed Areas

Envisages as WARASA JAN SAHBHAGITA During Tenth Plan (2002-2007)

2008-09:

i) Market Access and Constraints in Marketing of Goats and Their Products in West Bengal

9 Participation in Seminar / Conference / Workshop (Date & Topic of the programme):

Participated in the National Seminars and Workshops organized by AER Centre, Visva-Bharati.

Participated & Contributed Paper in the International Seminar organized by Oxford University,

UK & TUFTS University, USA

Participated in the International Seminar organized by NIEPA

Participated in the National Seminars in JU, VB, BCKV and BU.

10. Publication:

Publication in the Agricultural Situation in India, IJAE

Articles contributed in the Book published by NIEPA, Visva-Bharati, OUP

Papers contributed in the Indian Science Congress & Indian Social Science Congress

Encyclopaedia of Agricultural marketing

11 Teaching and other assignments:

Teaching in the undergraduate courses in Department of Economics & Politics, Visva-Bharati

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RESUME

1 Name: Debanshu Majumder

2 Designation: Research Associate

3 Qualification: M.A. in Economics

4 Award of Scholarship / Fellowship, etc.- Nil

5 Contact no. 09434012884

6 e-mail: [email protected]

7 Nature of Work Performed: Collection, Digitisation, Compilation, Analysis and Preparation of final tables from

Primary & Secondary data and writing of the study report.

8 Contribution to the Research Study (mention year-wise ‘Title of the study’ only)

Year Title of the study

2014-15:

i) Impact on National Food Security Mission on Input Use, Production, Productivity and Income in India

2012-13:

i) Baseline Data on Area, Production and Productivity of Horticulture Crops in Sikkim

ii) End Term Evaluation Study in Respect of the Implementation of Bringing Green Revolution to Eastern

India (BGREI) Program (Consolidated Report)

2011-12:

i) Impact of NREGA on wage Rates, Food Security and Rural Urban Migration in West Bengal

ii) Impact and Constraints Evaluation of Organic Farming in West Bengal

2010-11:

i) Determinants of Stagnation in Productivity of Important Crops in West Bengal

2008-09:

i) Estimation of Seed, Feed and Wastage Ratios for Major Food grains in West Bengal

9 Participation in Seminar / Conference / Workshop (Date & Topic of the programme):

Participated and presented papers in National Seminar/Workshops organized by NIRD, Hydrabad, Indian

Society for Agricultural Economics, Palli Charcha Kendra, Visva-Bharati etc.

Participated in the National Seminars and Workshops organized by AER Centre, Visva-Bharati.

10. Publication:

Publication in the Agricultural Situation in India

Bharatiya Krishaker Abastha, A translation of The Condition of Indian Peasentry by G. S. Bhalla, A NBT

publication.

11 Teaching and other assignments:

Teaching in the undergraduate courses in Department of Agriculture, Visva-Bharati.

Teaching in the undergraduate courses in Department of Social Work, Visva-Bharati.

Resource Person in the Women Commission, Government of West Bengal.

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RESUME

1 Name: Mr. Fazlul Haque Khan

2 Designation: Research Associate

3 Qualification: M.A. in Economics

4 Award of Scholarship / Fellowship, etc.- Nil

5 Contact no. 09434866743

6 e-mail: [email protected]

7 Nature of Work Performed: Collection, Digitisation, Compilation, Analysis and Preparation of final

tables from Primary & Secondary data and Active Support in drafting and

finalisation of study report.

8 Contribution to the Research Study (mention year-wise ‘Title of the study’ only)

Year Title of the study

2012-13:

i) Problems and Prospects of Oilseeds Production in West Bengal

2011-12:

i) Impact of NREGA on wage Rates, Food Security and Rural Urban Migration in Sikkim

ii) Impact of NREGA on wage Rates, Food Security and Rural Urban Migration in West Bengal

2010-11:

i) Understanding the Growth and Prospects of Agro-Processing Industries (Consolidated

Report)

2009-10:

i) Understanding the Growth and Prospects of Agro-Processing Industries in West Bengal

2008-09:

i) State Budgetary Resource and Agricultural Development (West Bengal)

2007-08:

i) Evaluation of Integrated Dairy Development Project (IDDP) in Non-operation Flood, Hilly

and Backward Areas: A Study in Sikkim.

9 Participation in Seminar / Conference / Workshop (Date & Topic of the programme)

Date Topic of the Seminar / Conference / Workshop

2012-13:

i) “Training Meeting cum Workshop on Diversified Cropping Pattern under Dryland/Rainfed

Condition” organized jointly by Agro-Economic Research Centre, Visva-Bharati & Dept of

Agriculture, GoWB on; 13th

– 15th

December, 2012

2011-12:

i) State level Panel Discussion on “Development and Food Crisis” organized jointly by Agro-

Economic Research Centre, Visva-Bharati & Dept of Agriculture, GoWB on 5th

January 2012

ii) Regional Seminar on ‘Diversification of Agriculture in Eastern India’; organized jointly by

Agro-Economic Research Centre, Visva-Bharati & Indian Society of Agricultural Economics;

23rd

– 25th

March 2012

iii) State-Level Seminar on ‘Thoughts on Agriculture, Environment and Rabindranath’; held at

Agro-Economic Research Centre, Santiniketan during 17th

April 2011

iv) State-Level Seminar on ‘Diversified Cropping Programme Under Dryland/Rainfed Condition

’; held at Agro-Economic Research Centre, Santiniketan during 28th

June 2011

v) State-Level Seminar on ‘Entrepreneurship Development Opportunity in Farm Sector’; held at

Agro-Economic Research Centre, Santiniketan during 4th

July 2011

vi) State-Level Panel Discussion-cum-Seminar on ‘The State of Indian Agriculture: West Bengal

Experience’; organized jointly by Agro-Economic Research Centre, Visva-Bharati & United

Bank of India, Bolpur Branch; 13th

August 2011

2010-11:

i) National Seminar on ‘Agricultural Strategies vis-à-vis Environment: Vision 2025’; organized

by Agro-Economic Research Centre, Visva-Bharati; 22nd

– 23rd

March 2011

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RESUME

1 Name: Mr. Vivekananda Datta

2 Designation: Research Associate

3 Qualification: M.A. in Economics

4 Award of Scholarship / Fellowship, etc.- Nil

5 Contact no. 09474614655

6 e-mail: [email protected]

7 Nature of Work Performed: Collection, Digitisation, Compilation, Analysis and Preparation of final

tables from Primary & Secondary data and Active Support in drafting and

finalisation of study report.

8 Contribution to the Research Study (mention year-wise ‘Title of the study’ only)

Year Title of the study

2014-15:

i) Adoption of recommended doses of fertilizers on soil test basis by farmers

2012-13:

i) Assessment of pre and post harvest losses in rice and wheat in West Bengal

2011-12:

i) Impact of NREGA on wage Rates, Food Security and Rural Urban Migration in Sikkim

ii) Impact of NREGA on wage Rates, Food Security and Rural Urban Migration in West

Bengal

2010-11:

i) Understanding the Growth and Prospects of Agro-Processing Industries (Consolidated

Report)

2009-10:

i) Understanding the Growth and Prospects of Agro-Processing Industries in West Bengal

2008-09:

i) State Budgetary Resource and Agricultural Development (West Bengal)

2007-08:

i) Evaluation of Integrated Dairy Development Project (IDDP) in Non-operation Flood, Hilly

and Backward Areas: A Study in Sikkim.

9 Participation in Seminar / Conference / Workshop (Date & Topic of the programme)

Date Topic of the Seminar / Conference / Workshop

2012-13:

i) “Training Meeting cum Workshop on Diversified Cropping Pattern under Dryland/Rainfed

Condition” organized jointly by Agro-Economic Research Centre, Visva-Bharati & Dept of

Agriculture, GoWB on; 13th

– 15th

December, 2012

2011-12:

i) State level Panel Discussion on “Development and Food Crisis” organized jointly by Agro-

Economic Research Centre, Visva-Bharati & Dept of Agriculture, GoWB on 5th

January 2012

ii) Regional Seminar on ‘Diversification of Agriculture in Eastern India’; organized jointly by Agro-

Economic Research Centre, Visva-Bharati & Indian Society of Agricultural Economics; 23rd

25th

March 2012

iii) State-Level Seminar on ‘Thoughts on Agriculture, Environment and Rabindranath’; held at

Agro-Economic Research Centre, Santiniketan during 17th

April 2011

iv) State-Level Seminar on ‘Diversified Cropping Programme Under Dryland/Rainfed Condition ’;

held at Agro-Economic Research Centre, Santiniketan during 28th

June 2011

v) State-Level Seminar on ‘Entrepreneurship Development Opportunity in Farm Sector’; held at

Agro-Economic Research Centre, Santiniketan during 4th

July 2011

vi) State-Level Panel Discussion-cum-Seminar on ‘The State of Indian Agriculture: West Bengal

Experience’; organized jointly by Agro-Economic Research Centre, Visva-Bharati & United

Bank of India, Bolpur Branch; 13th

August 2011

2010-11:

i) National Seminar on ‘Agricultural Strategies vis-à-vis Environment: Vision 2025’; organized

by Agro-Economic Research Centre, Visva-Bharati; 22nd

– 23rd

March 2011

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RESUME

1 Name: Mr. Ashok Sinha

2 Designation: Research Associate

3 Qualification: M.S.W

4 Award of Scholarship / Fellowship, etc.- Nil

5 Contact no. 09434683778

6 e-mail: [email protected]

7 Nature of Work Performed: Collection, Digitisation, Compilation, Analysis and Preparation of final

tables from Primary & Secondary data and Active Support in drafting and

finalisation of study report.

8 Contribution to the Research Study (mention year-wise ‘Title of the study’ only)

Year Title of the study

2012-13:

i) Assessment of Crop-wise Marketable and Marketed Surplus of Paddy in West Bengal

2011-12:

i) Impact of NREGA on wage Rates, Food Security and Rural Urban Migration in Sikkim

2010-11:

i) Impact and Constraints Evaluation of Organic Farming in West Bengal

2009-10:

i) Market Access and Constraints in Marketing of Goats and Their Products in West Bengal

2008-09:

i) Estimation of Seed, Feed and Wastage Ratios for Major Food grains in West Bengal

2007-08:

i) Evaluation of Integrated Dairy Development Project (IDDP) in Non-operation Flood, Hilly and

Backward Areas: A Study in Sikkim.

9 Participation in Seminar / Conference / Workshop (Date & Topic of the programme)

Date Topic of the Seminar / Conference / Workshop

2012-13:

i) “Training Meeting cum Workshop on Diversified Cropping Pattern under Dryland/Rainfed

Condition” organized jointly by Agro-Economic Research Centre, Visva-Bharati & Dept of

Agriculture, GoWB on; 13th

– 15th

December, 2012

2011-12:

i) State level Panel Discussion on “Development and Food Crisis” organized jointly by Agro-

Economic Research Centre, Visva-Bharati & Dept of Agriculture, GoWB on 5th

January 2012

ii) Regional Seminar on ‘Diversification of Agriculture in Eastern India’; organized jointly by

Agro-Economic Research Centre, Visva-Bharati & Indian Society of Agricultural Economics;

23rd

– 25th

March 2012

iii) State-Level Seminar on ‘Thoughts on Agriculture, Environment and Rabindranath’; held at

Agro-Economic Research Centre, Santiniketan during 17th

April 2011

iv) State-Level Seminar on ‘Diversified Cropping Programme Under Dryland/Rainfed Condition

’; held at Agro-Economic Research Centre, Santiniketan during 28th

June 2011

v) State-Level Seminar on ‘Entrepreneurship Development Opportunity in Farm Sector’; held at

Agro-Economic Research Centre, Santiniketan during 4th

July 2011

vi) State-Level Panel Discussion-cum-Seminar on ‘The State of Indian Agriculture: West Bengal

Experience’; organized jointly by Agro-Economic Research Centre, Visva-Bharati & United

Bank of India, Bolpur Branch; 13th

August 2011

2010-11:

i) National Seminar on ‘Agricultural Strategies vis-à-vis Environment: Vision 2025’; organized

by Agro-Economic Research Centre, Visva-Bharati; 22nd

– 23rd

March 2011

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RESUME

1 Name: Dr. Debajit Roy

2 Designation: Senior Research Fellow

3 Qualification: M.A., Ph.D. in Economics

4 Award of Scholarship / Fellowship, etc.: -

5 Contact no.: 9434431623

6 e-mail: [email protected]

7 Nature of Work Performed: Collection, Computation & Tabulation of Data; Writing of Study Reports

8 Contribution to the Research Study (mention year-wise ‘Title of the study’ only)

Year Title of the study

2014-15:

a) Impact on National Food Security Mission on Input Use, Production, Productivity and Income in

India

2012-13

a) Effect of Farm Mechanization on Agricultural Growth and Comparative Economics of Labour and

Machinery

b) Problems and Prospects of Oilseeds Production in West Bengal

c) Assessment of Crop-wise Marketable and Marketed Surplus of Paddy in West Bengal

d) Consolidated Report on End-term Evaluation of Study/Appraisal in Respect of the Bringing Green

Revolution to Eastern India (BGREI) Program

e) Consolidated Report on Spread of New Varieties of Hybrid Rice and their Impact on the Overall

Production and Productivity

2011-12

a) End-term Evaluation of Study/Appraisal in Respect of the Bringing Green Revolution to Eastern

India (BGREI) Program in West Bengal

b) Impact Study of the National Horticulture Mission

c) Impact of NREGA on Wage Rates, Food Security and Rural Urban Migration in West Bengal

2010-11

a) Hulling and Milling Ration in Major Paddy Growing States

b) Report on the State of India Agriculture: West Bengal Experience (Based on the Studies

Conducted by the Centre during 1995-2010)

2009-10

a) Impact of Macro Management of Agriculture Scheme

b) Study on Impact Evaluation of National Watershed Development for Rainfed Areas Envisages as

WARASA JAN SAHBHAGITA During Tenth Plan (2002-2007)

9 Participation in Seminar / Conference / Workshop (Date & Topic of the programme)

Date Topic of the Seminar / Conference / Workshop

2009-10

a) State-Level Seminar on ‘Thoughts on Agriculture, Environment and Rabindranath’; held at Agro-

Economic Research Centre, Santiniketan during 17th

April 2011

2008-09

a) National Seminar on ‘The Future of Indian Agriculture: Technology and Institutions’; held at

Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi during 23-24 September, 2008

10 Paper presentation in Seminar / Conference (Date & Topic of the programme)

Date Topic of the Seminar / Conference

2011-2012

a) ‘Some Factors Influencing Extent of Diversification at the Farm Level: A Case Study in Some

Parts of West Bengal’; presented in the Regional Seminar on ‘Diversification of Agriculture in

Eastern India’; organized jointly by Agro-Economic Research Centre, Visva-Bharati & Indian

Society of Agricultural Economics; 23rd

– 25th

March 2012

2010-11

a) ‘Productivity and Size of Holding: Present State of West Bengal Agriculture’; presented in the

State-Level Panel Discussion-cum-Seminar on ‘The State of Indian Agriculture: West Bengal

Experience’; organized jointly by Agro-Economic Research Centre, Visva-Bharati & United Bank

of India, Bolpur Branch; 13th

August 2011

2009-10

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a) ‘State of Interlinked Credit Operations in Agriculture: It’s Impact on Price of Output’; presented

in the National Seminar on ‘Agricultural Strategies vis-à-vis Environment: Vision 2025’;

organized by Agro-Economic Research Centre, Visva-Bharati; 22nd

– 23rd

March 2011

11 Publication (Book, Paper, etc., except study report of this centre)

Year Title of the Book / Paper

2012:

a) ‘Determinants of Technical Efficiency in Input-use in Agriculture’; in ‘International Journal of

Social Science’; Vol. 1(2); December 2012, pp-193-200; ISSN No.- 2249-6637

2013:

a) “Factors Affecting Marketed & Marketable Surplus of Paddy: A Case Study in Some Districts of

West Bengal” with D. Sarkar; in ‘International Journal of Social Science’; Vol. 2(1); June, 2013;

pp-19-28; ISSN No.- 2249-6637

b) “Modernization of Rice Mill vis-a-vis Efficiency: A Case Study in West Bengal” with D. Sarkar in

‘Agri-business Potentials in India: Experience from Hill States’; ed. By Singh R, D Naik & S M

Feroze; EBH Publishers (India); ISBN: 978-93-83252-213; pp-445 to 452

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RESUME

1 Name: Dr.Ranjan Kumar Biswas

2 Designation: Senior Research Fellow

3 Qualification: M.Sc.(Ag) in Agril.Econ, PGDMM, GCIP, Ph.D (Agril. Econ)

4 Award of Scholarship / Fellowship, etc.:

i) Non-Net Fellowship from VB University during Ph.D course (Discontinued for job in AERC )

ii) University Merit Scholarship from BCKV during M.Sc. (Ag) course

iii) Scholarship from Gurudev Education Society of Delhi during B.Sc (Ag) Hons course (For Part

III & Part IV )

iv) Merit Stipend from WB Government during Higher Secondary (10+2) course

5 Contact no. 08926329066 & 09732715887

6 e-mail: [email protected]

7 Nature of Work Performed: Collection, Computation & Tabulation of Data; Writing of Study Reports.

8 Contribution to the Research Study (mention year-wise ‘Title of the study’ only)

Year Title of the study

2014-15:

Impact on National Food Security Mission on Input Use, Production, Productivity and Income in

India

2012-13:

Base line data on area, production, productivity of Horticulture crops in NE and Himalayan states

End Term Evaluation Study in Respect of the Implementation of Bringing Green Revolution to

Eastern India (BGREI) Program (Consolidated Report)

End-term Evaluation of Study/Appraisal in Respect of the Bringing Green Revolution to Eastern

India (BGREI) Program in West Bengal

Effect of Mechanisation on Agricultural Growth, Comparative Economics of Labour and

Machinery

Problems and Prospects of Oilseeds Cultivation in India

2011-12:

Impact and Constraints Evaluation of Organic Farming at household Level

Impact of emerging marketing channels in Agricultural Marketing – Benefits to Producer-Seller

and marketing costs and margins of Agricultural Commodities

2010-11:

Impact of NREGA on Wage Rates, Food Security and Rural-Urban Migration in West Bengal &

Sikkim

Determinants of Stagnation in Productivity of Important Crops in West Bengal

2009-10:

The Impact of Macro Management of Agriculture Scheme in West Bengal

Impact Evaluation Studies of National Watershed Development Project for Rainfed Areas

(NWDPRA) during 10th

Plan in West Bengal

9 Participation in Seminar / Conference / Workshop (Date & Topic of the programme)

Date Topic of the Seminar / Conference / Workshop

2012-13:

UGC Sponsored Workshop under Extension Programme on “Medicinal plants- Biodiversity,

Sustainable Utilization and Cultivation”, organized by Dept. of Botany, VB, held at Dept. of

Botany, VB, on 14th

– 15th

January, 2012

2011-12:

State level seminar on “Thoughts on Agriculture, Environment and Rabindranath”, organized

by AERC & FIAC(GoWB), held at AERC, VB, on 17th

April, 2011

2008-09:

National seminar on “The Future of Indian Agriculture: Technology and Institutions”,

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organized by IEG, held at IEG Campus, New Delhi, on 23rd

-24th

September, 2008

2007-08: National seminar on “Towards Organic India: First National Conference on Participatory

Guarantee System (PGS) for Organic Agriculture”, organized by IIRD, held at Indian Social

Institute (ISI), New Delhi, on 3rd

– 4th

October, 2007

2007-08:

State level seminar on “Protecting Rice as Our Identity”, organized by SEVA & THANAL

(Kerala), held at Vikas Kendra (Atghara), North 24 Parganas on 2nd

April, 2007

2006-07:

State level seminar on “Organic Farming & Marketing”, organized by SEVA & HNI, held at

Vikas Kendra (Atghara), North 24 Parganas on 25 th February,2006

2006-07:

Regional seminar on “Organic Farming: Resurgence of Traditional Agriculture”, organized

by RCOF (Govt. of India), held at Jadavpur University on 17th

– 18th

February, 2006

2006-07:

Regional seminar on “Use of Well-Proportioned Agricultural Inputs in Increasing

Productivity”, organized by BCKV, held at Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya (BCKV)

on 30th

– 31st January & 1

st – 2

nd February, 2006

10 Paper presentation in Seminar / Conference (Date & Topic of the programme)

Date Topic of the Seminar / Conference

2012-13:

Paper entitled “Economic Perspective of Diversified Cropping Pattern in Dryland / Rainfed

Condition” presented in State level seminar in Diversified Cropping Pattern in Dryland /

Rainfed Condition, organized by AERC & Dept of Agriculture (GoWB), held on AERC,

Visva-Bharati on 13th

-15th

December,2012

2011-12:

Paper entitled “An Economic Analysis of Crop Diversification under Inorganic & Organic

Farming in West Bengal” presented in Regional seminar on Diversification of Agriculture in

Eastern India, organized by AERC & ISAE (Mumbai)-sponsored by NABARD, held in AERC,

Visva-Bharati on 23rd

– 25th

March, 2012

2011-12:

Paper entitled “Viability of Sustainable Agriculture in West Bengal” presented in State level

seminar on The State of Indian Agriculture: West Bengal Experience, organized by AERC &

UBI, held in AERC, Visva-Bharati on 13th

August,2011

2010-11:

Paper entitled “Organic Farming: A Route to Achieve Sustainability in Agriculture” presented

in National seminar on Agricultural Strategies vis-à-vis Environment: Vision 2025, organized

by AERC, held in AERC, Visva-Bharati on 22nd

-23rd

March,2011

11 Publication (Book, Paper, etc., except study report of this centre)

Year Title of the Book / Chapter

2014: Book – “Organic Farming in India”; (ISBN: 978-93-81274-57-6); NEW DELHI PUBLISHERS;

New Delhi.

2014: Topic – “Organic Agriculture”, In: D. Das Gupta (Ed.), “Advances in Extension Education and Rural

Development” – Volume I; (ISBN: 978-81-7754-529-6); Agrobios (India); Jodhpur.

2014: Topic – “Dryland Upliftment for Rural Development in India”, In: D. Das Gupta (Ed.), “Advances in

Extension Education and Rural Development” – Volume II; (ISBN: 978-81-7754-530-2);

Agrobios (India); Jodhpur.

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9663), S¥m¡C-­p­ÃVðl 2015, ¢eE ¢c¢õ-59z 2015: Article - “Price Premium is the Prime Factor of Organic Farm’s Profit in West Bengal”, International

Journal of Bioresource Science (ISSN: 2347-9655), New Delhi-59. – Accepted

2015: Article – “L«¢oS¢jl EhÑla¡ J Evf¡cen£ma¡”, L«¢o pj¡Q¡l (ISSN:2347-9663), ¢eE ¢c¢õ-

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RESUME

1 Name: Mr Dipak Kumar Mondal

2 Designation: Researcher

3 Qualification: M.A & M. Phil in Economics

4 Award of Scholarship / Fellowship, etc.: Merit cum Means Scholarship (2010), Govt. of West Bengal

5 Contact no: 09732301490

6 e-mail: [email protected]

7 Nature of Work Performed: Collection, Digitization, Compilation, Analysis and Preparation of final

tables from Primary & Secondary data and writing of the study report.

8 Contribution to the Research Study (mention year-wise ‘Title of the study’ only)

Year Title of the study

2014-15: Adoption of recommended doses of fertilizers on soil test basis by farmers

9 Participation in Seminar / Conference / Workshop (Date & Topic of the programme): Nil

10. Publication: Nil

11 Teaching and other assignments:

Two years teaching experience in Krishna Chandra College (BU), Hetampur, Birbhum

RESUME

1. Name: Somenath Ghosh

2. Designation: Researcher

3. Qualification: M.A & M.Phil in Economics

4. Award of Scholarship / Fellowship, etc. - Nil

5. Contact no 09836769339

6. e-mail: [email protected]

7. Nature of Work Performed: Collection, Digitisation, Compilation, Analysis and Preparation of final

tables from Primary & Secondary data and writing of the study report.

8. Contribution to the Research Study (mention year-wise ‘Title of the study’ only)

Year Title of the study 2014-15: Impact on National Food Security Mission on Input Use, Production, Productivity and

Income in India

9. Participation in Seminar / Conference / Workshop (Date & Topic of the programme): Nil

10. Publication: Nil

11 Teaching and other assignments: Nil

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RESUME

1 Name: Nityananda Maji

2 Designation: Office Superintendent

3 Qualification: M.Com

4 Award of Scholarship / Fellowship, etc.: N.A.

5 Contact no.09475035749

6 e-mail: [email protected]

7 Nature of Work Performed: Supervision and administrative job of the office.

RESUME

1 Name : Munshi Abdul Khaleque

2 Designation : PA to Director

3 Qualification: B.Com

4 Award of Scholarship / Fellowship, etc.: Nil

5 Contact no. :+ 919434493244

6 e-mail : [email protected]

7 Nature of Work Performed : Office work

RESUME

1 Name: Deb Sankar Das

2 Designation: Accounts Assistant

3 Qualification: B.A.

4 Award of Scholarship / Fellowship, etc.: Nill

5 Contact no.: +919874612986

6 e-mail: [email protected]

7 Nature of Work Performed: Office work

RESUME

1 Name: Dibyendu Mondal

2 Designation: Typist-cum-clerk

3 Qualification: B.A.

4 Award of Scholarship / Fellowship, etc.: Nill

5 Contact no.: +919475670132

6 e-mail: [email protected]

7 Nature of Work Performed: Office work

RESUME

1 Name: Amulya Ratan Patra

2 Designation: Peon

3 Qualification: Class X

4 Award of Scholarship / Fellowship, etc.: NA

5 Contact no. 09434088693

6 e-mail: [email protected]

7 Nature of Work Performed: * To open and close the office

** To maintain leave account

*** To deliver official letter to the University Authorities and other

Department of this University

RESUME

1. Name : Parag Mitra

2. Designation : Reference Assistant

3. Qualification: B.Com, MLIS

4. Award of Scholarship / Fellowship, etc: Nil

5. Contact no.: +919475264955

6. E-mail: [email protected]

7. Nature of Work Performed: Acquisition, Accessioning, Cataloguing, Classification, Stacking, Stock

Verification, Serial Control, Reference service, Preservation and Conservation, User Service and Other

Library related Works.