National Conferences and Seminars

 

Papers Presented at National Conferences and Seminars

Papers at National Conferences

1. Attended, Participated and Presented a Paper in the 26th IPEA Conference, organised by Indian Political Economy Association, Institute for Development Studies Andhra Pradesh (IDSAP) and GITAM School of Humanities and Social Sciences held in GITAM School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Gandhinagar Campus, Rushikonda, Visakhapatnam (17th - 18th February 2023)

Title of the Paper Presented: Expansion of Regional Political Parties and Contribution to Democratic Practice, and Democratic Consolidation in Contemporary India

Subject of the Conference: Global and Indian Political Economy: Theory, Practice and Challenges

Duration of the Conference: 17th and 18th February 2023

2.Attended, Participated and Presented a Paper in the 21st IPEA Conference, held in Department of Management Studies (DMS), Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, December 8-9, 2017.

Title of the Paper Presented: The State and the Marginalized in ‘New’ India: The Tribal’s in the Era of Economic Reforms

Subject of the Conference: Inclusive and Sustainable Development: Theoretical and Empirical Perspectives

Duration of the Conference: December 8-9, 2017

3.Attended and presented a paper in the 15th Annual Conference of the Indian Political Economy Association held in Giri Institute of Development Studies, Lucknow from Nov.15-16, 2014.

Title of the Paper Presented: Aggressive Capitalist Development, Displacement of Tribal’s and Tribal Protests in Odisha in the Era of Liberalisation (1991-2011)

Subject of Conference/Seminar/Symposium/Workshop: Development, Displacement and Violence

Organizing Institution/and Name of the City/Country: Indian Political Economy Association & Giri Institute of Development Studies, Lucknow, India

Duration: From November 15th to 16th, 2014

4. Attended and presented a paper in Group of Adult Education, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi organised on 3rd and 4th March 2011.

Title of the Paper Presented: The State and Mass literacy among Ethnic and Religious Minorities in West Bengal since 1977

Subject of Conference/Seminar/Symposium/Workshop: Mass Literacy and Basic Life Skills: The Unfinished Modernist Project in India

Organizing Institution/and Name of the City/Country: Group of Adult Education, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.

Duration: From 3rd and 4th March 2011.

5. Attended and presented a paper at the 39th Annual Regional Science Association Conference held at Department of Commerce, University of North Bengal University, Darjeeling in January 25-25, 2008.

Title of the Paper presented: Political Participation and the Issue of Substantive Democracy in North Bengal Region of West Bengal (1977-2007)

Organizing Institution/and Name of the City/Country: Department of Commerce, University of North Bengal University, Darjeeling.

Duration: January 25-25, 2008.

6. Attended and Presented a paper in the Annual Conference of the Indian Association of Social Science Institutions in the Institute of Social and Economic Change, Bangalore on the 29th and 30th of April, 2005.

Title of the Paper Presented: Ethnic Parties and State Party Systems in India (1991-2004)

Organizing Institution/and Name of the City/Country: Indian Association of Social Science Institutions in Institute of Social and Economic Change, Bangalore 

Duration: 29th and 30th of April, 2005.

7. Attended, Participated and Presented a Paper in the VIIth Indian Political Economy Association (IPEA) Conference held in ST. Joseph’s College, Darjeeling on 17-19 November 2000.

Theme of the Conference: “India’s Development Experience”; “Regional Autonomy”

 Title of the Paper Presented: The State and its Labour: Labour Policies of the Left Front Government in West Bengal Since 1977

Organizing Institution/and Name of the City/Country: ST. Joseph’s College, Darjeeling, West Bengal. 

Duration: November 17th to 19th, 2000.

 

Papers Presented at National Seminars

1. Attended, Participated and Presented a paper in the Indian Council of Social Science Research- Eastern Regional Centre (ICSSR-ERC) Sponsored Two-day Offline International Seminar as part of the Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav Organised by the Department of Political Science, Surya Sen College in collaboration with the IQAC, SSM on the occasions of Birth Anniversary of Great Revolutionary Leader Masterda Surya Sen and Martyrdom Day of Saheed Bhagat Singh, March 22 & 23, 2022.

Title of the Paper Presented: Lesser Known Narratives: The Struggle for Freedom in the 24 Feudatory States (Garhjats/Gadjat’s) of Odisha, 1930s and later

Theme of the Seminar: On STRATEGIES AND TACTICS OF INDIAN NATIONALIST MOVEMENT: A CLOSE LOOK ON A FEW LESSER KNOWN EVENTS/ HEROES

2.Attended and Presented a paper in the Department of Political Science, University of Gour Banga, Malda, West Bengal, India, held on July 20 & 21, 2017 on ‘Challenges to Indian Polity: Concepts and Issues’.

Title of the Paper Presented: ‘The Marginalized in the Era of Economic Reforms: The State and the Tribal’s in the New Indian Polity and Society’.

Theme of the Seminar: Challenges to Indian Polity: Concepts and Issues

3. Attended and presented a paper in the International Seminar on Social Stratification and Political Transformation: Rethinking Indian Democracy organised by the Department of Political Science, Bankura University, West Bengal, India in Collaboration with Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR), New Delhi from 10-11 November, 2016.

Title of the Paper Presented: Identity Politics in a Tribal Inhabited Region: Kosal Kranti Dal (KOKD) and the Construction of Kosli Identity in Western Odisha.

Theme of the Seminar: Social Stratification and Political Transformation: Rethinking Indian Democracy

Duration: 10-11 November, 2016

4. Attended and Presented a paper in UGC Sponsored National seminar in the Department of Political Science, Bhawanipur Anchalik College, Bhawanipur, Barpeta, Assam held on 26th and 27th June, 2015 on ‘The Sixth Schedule of the Indian Constitution: Its Amendments, Expectation, Fallacy and Future Paradigm’.

Title of the Paper Presented: ‘The Sixth Schedule of the Constitution and Federal India’

Theme of the Seminar: ‘The Sixth Schedule of the Indian Constitution: Its Amendments, Expectation, Fallacy and Future Paradigm’.

Organizing Institution/and Name of the City/Country: Department of Political Science, Bhawanipur Anchalik College, Bhawanipur, Barpeta, Assam (Sponsored by the UGC)

5. Attended and Presented a Paper in the Department of Political Science, Calcutta University, Kolkata, 23rd-24th March, 2015 on ‘Resource Conflict, Democracy and Federalism: The South Asian Context’ under UGC-DRS Project Phase, on ‘Democratic Governance of Indian States: Comparative Perspectives’.

Title of the Paper Presented: Liberalisation of the Indian Economy and the Demand for Resources by State Governments in Federal India

Theme of the Seminar: Resource Conflict, Democracy and Federalism: The South Asian Context

Organizing Institution/and Name of the City/Country: Department of Political Science, Calcutta University, Kolkata under UGC-DRS Project Phase, on ‘Democratic Governance of Indian States: Comparative Perspectives’.

Duration: 23rd-24th March, 2015

6. Attended and Presented a Paper in the Department of Political Science, Babasaheb Bhimrao Amedkar University, Lucknow in the seminar on ‘Emerging Trends and Dynamics in Indian Politics’, Dated 21st and 22nd March 2015 sponsored by the Indian Council of Social Science Research, New Delhi.

Title of the Paper Presented: Underdevelopment, The Construction of Kosli Ethnic Identity and the Demand for a separate state of Kosal in Western Odisha

Theme of the Seminar: Emerging Trends and Dynamics in Indian Politics

Organizing Institution/and Name of the City/Country: Department of Political Science, Babasaheb Bhimrao Amedkar University, Lucknow

Duration: 21st and 22nd March 2015

7. Attended and Presented a paper in the UGC Sponsored National Seminar on ‘Development Strategies of India: Its Socio-Economic and Political Impact’ held on 27th and 28th June, 2014 at Baranagar College, Sorbhog, Assam.

Title of the Paper Presented: States and the Tribal’s in Eastern India in the era of Liberalisation.

Theme of the Seminar: Development Strategies of India: Its Socio-Economic and Political Impact

Organizing Institution/and Name of the City/Country: Baranagar College, Sorbhog, Assam.

Duration: 27th and 28th June, 2014

8. Attended and Presented a paper in the Regional Symposium on ‘Justice in Transition’ jointly organized by the Department of Law, University of North Bengal Department of Management, University of North Bengal & Calcutta Research Group held on 16th August, 2012 at the Conference Hall, University of North Bengal.

Title of the Paper Presented: The Perception of Justice and injustice in the movements for separate states in eastern India

Theme of the Seminar: Justice in Transition

Organizing Institution/and Name of the City/Country: Department of Law, University of North Bengal Department of Management, University of North Bengal & Calcutta Research Group, Kolkata

Duration: 16th August 2012

9. Attended and presented a paper in the National Seminar on ‘Modes of Ethnic Identity Construction in India’ organized by the Department of Sociology, University of North Bengal under the Special Assistance Programme of the UGC on 10-11 March 2012.

Title of the Paper Presented: Ethnic Organisations and the Construction of Ethnic Identities in Western Odisha: Some Preliminary Observations.

Theme of the Seminar: Modes of Ethnic Identity Construction in India

Organizing Institution/and Name of the City/Country: Department of Sociology, University of North Bengal under the Special Assistance Programme of the UGC.

Duration: 10-11 March 2012.

10. Attended and Presented a Paper in Omeo Kumar Das Institute of Social Change and Development, Guwahati on ‘Neo Liberal State and its Challenges’, during December 20-21, 2011.

Title of the Paper Presented: The State and its Indigenous People: Tribal Impoverishment, Protest and State Response in Eastern India in the Era of Liberalisation.

Theme of the Seminar: Neo Liberal State and its Challenges

Organizing Institution/and Name of the City/Country: Omeo Kumar Das Institute of Social Change and Development, Guwahati

Duration: December 20-21, 2011.

11. Attended and presented a paper in the ICSSR sponsored national seminar on ‘Social Exclusion and Conflict in Northeast India’ organised by the Institute of Tai Studies & Research Moranhat, Assam on January 8-9, 2011.

Title of the Paper Presented: The Development of the Rajbanshis under the Left Front Regime and the Politics of Identity in North Bengal

Theme of the Seminar: Social Exclusion and Conflict in Northeast India

Organizing Institution/and Name of the City/Country: Institute of Tai Studies & Research, Moranhat, Assam

Duration: January 8-9, 2011.

12. Attended and Presented a paper in the ICSSR sponsored seminar on ‘Regional Backwardness: Social Consequences and Concerns’, Department of Sociology, University of North Bengal, Darjeeling, West Bengal, 17th to 19th May 2010.

Title of the Paper Presented: Underdevelopment, Poor Adivasis and Forms of Protest in Contemporary Orissa and West Bengal

Theme of the Seminar: Regional Backwardness: Social Consequences and Concerns

Organizing Institution/and Name of the City/Country: Department of Sociology, University of North Bengal, Darjeeling, West Bengal

Duration: 17th to 19th May 2010.

13. Attended and presented a paper in the seminar ‘Ethnicity and Social Unrest’ organized by the Department of Sociology, University of North Bengal, Darjeeling, West Bengal, 29th to 30th March 2010.

Title of the Paper Presented: The GJMM and the Agitation for a Separate State of ‘Gorkhaland’ in Darjeeling.

Theme of the Seminar: Ethnicity and Social Unrest

Organizing Institution/and Name of the City/Country: Department of Sociology, University of North Bengal, Darjeeling, West Bengal.

Duration: 29th to 30th March 2010.

14. Attended and Presented a paper in the UGC sponsored National seminar on “Assertion of the Regions: Exploring the Demand for New States in India” Department of Political Science, Panjab University, Chandigarh, 22-23 February, 2010.

Title of the Paper Presented: Turmoil in the Hills: The GJMM and the Renewed Agitation for a Separate State of ‘Gorkhaland’ in Darjeeling, West Bengal

Theme of the Seminar: Assertion of the Regions: Exploring the Demand for New States in India

Organizing Institution/and Name of the City/Country: Department of Political Science, Panjab University, Chandigarh.

Duration: 22-23 February, 2010.

15. Attended, participated and presented a paper in the Seminar organised by the Department of History, University of North Bengal, Darjeeling, West Bengal on the 6th of December 2010.

Subject of Conference/Seminar/Symposium/Workshop: Late 19th century India and Japan, Comparative Nationalism: Syed Ahmed Khan and Fukuzawa Yukichi.

Title of the Paper Presented: The Origins and Growth of Capitalism and Nationalism in Japan after the Meiji Restoration of 1868, and the thinking of Fukuzawa Yukichi.

Organizing Institution/and Name of the City/Country: Organised by the Department of History of University of North Bengal & The United States-India Educational Foundation, India.

16. Attended and presented a paper in the UGC sponsored National seminar on ‘The Other Side of Politics: People’s Movement in India’, Department of Political Science, Panjab University, Chandigarh, 13-14th March, 2008.

Title of the Paper Presented: The Forgotten Men and Their Strike: The Railway Strike of 1974.

Theme of the Seminar: The Other Side of Politics: People’s Movement in India

Organizing Institution/and Name of the City/Country: Department of Political Science, Panjab University, Chandigarh

Duration: 13-14th March, 2008.

17. Attended and presented a paper in the National Seminar on ‘Contemporary Society: Issues and Problems Gender and Development Ethnic Identity and Movement’ held in the Department of Sociology, University of North Bengal on the 4th of January 2008.

Title of the Paper presented: Ethnic Parties, Ethnic Mobilisation and Democracy in India

Theme of the Seminar: Contemporary Society: Issues and Problems Gender and Development, Ethnic Identity and Movement

Organizing Institution/and Name of the City/Country: Department of Sociology, University of North Bengal
Duration: 4th of January 2008.

18. Attended and Presented a paper in the UGC sponsored National seminar on Regions within Regions: Rethinking State Politics in India in the Department of Political Science, Punjab University, Chandigarh, 26-27 February 2007.

Title of the Paper Presented: Backwardness and Political Articulation of Backwardness in the North Bengal Region of West Bengal

Theme of the Seminar: Regions within Regions: Rethinking State Politics in India

Organizing Institution/and Name of the City/Country: Department of Political Science, Punjab University, Chandigarh.

Duration: 26-27 February 2007.

19. Attended and presented a paper in the National seminar on ‘Society in India: Structure, Change and Sustainable Development’ in the Department of Sociology, University of North Bengal, 11-13 April, 2007.

Title of the Paper Presented: Backwardness and the Politics of Identity in the North Bengal Region of West Bengal

Theme of the Seminar: Society in India: Structure, Change and Sustainable Development

Organizing Institution/and Name of the City/Country: Department of Sociology, University of North Bengal

Duration: 11-13 April, 2007.

20. Attended and presented a paper in the UGC sponsored National seminar on ‘Politics of Globalisation, Identity and Development’ in the Department of Political Science, Punjab University, Chandigarh (23-24 March, 2005)

Title of the Paper Presented: Pro Poor Development and the Roots of Identity Politics in West Bengal

Theme of the Seminar: Politics of Globalisation, Identity and Development

Organizing Institution/and Name of the City/Country: Department of Political Science, Punjab University, Chandigarh

Duration: 23-24 March, 2005

21. Attended and presented a paper in a seminar on Panchayats in Scheduled Areas in the G B Pant Social Science Institute, Jhusi, Allahabad on January 2005.

 Title of the Paper Presented: Administered Development, Panchayats & Tribal Areas in Indian States

Theme of the Seminar: Panchayats in Scheduled Areas

Duration:  January 2005.

Organizing Institution: G B Pant Social Science Institute, Allahabad

22. Attended and presented a paper in the UGC sponsored National Seminar on Welfare State: Indian Scenario organized by the Department of Political Science, B. R. Ambedkar Marathawada University, Aurangabad, Maharashtra on March 25-26, 2004.

Title of the paper presented: New Economic Policy and the Political Economy of Poverty Alleviation in India (1991-2001)

Theme of the Seminar: Welfare State: Indian Scenario

Duration:  on March 25-26, 2004.

Organizing Institution: Department of Political Science, B. R. Ambedkar Marathawada University, Aurangabad, Maharashtra

23. Attended and presented a paper in the UGC sponsored National Seminar on India’s Democratic Experience: Society, Polity and Economy organized by the Department of Political Science, University of North Bengal, Darjeeling, March 1-2, 2002.

Title of the paper presented: ‘The Social and Political Expansion of the BJP’.

Theme of the Seminar: India’s Democratic Experience: Society, Polity and Economy

Duration:  March 1-2, 2002.

Organizing Institution: Department of Political Science, University of North Bengal, Darjeeling.

24. Attended and presented a paper in UGC sponsored National Seminar on Social and Economic Transformation in Eastern and North Eastern India organized by the Department of Sociology, North Bengal University in July 1996.

Title of the Paper presented: ‘Labour in the Jute Industry of West Bengal’.

Theme of the Seminar: Social and Economic Transformation in Eastern and North Eastern India

Duration:  July 1996

 Organizing Institution: the Department of Sociology, North Bengal University

25. Attended and presented a paper in the National Seminar on Indian Democracy held in Dimoria College, Khetri affiliated to Guwahati University, Assam in February, 1996.

Title of the paper presented: Movements for Autonomy of the States in India.

Theme of the Seminar: Indian Democracy

Duration: February, 1996.

 Organizing Institution: Dimoria College, Khetri, Guwahati, Assam

Chairing of Sessions during National Seminar's, Conferences and Workshops

2022 Chaired a Session (Technical Sesssion III on 25.03.2022) in the Two day National Seminar on "Contemporary Discourses on Development and the State of the Marginalised: Indian Experiences" held by the Centre for Development Studies, Department of Political Science, University of North Bengal on 25th and 26th March 2022

Theme of the National Seminar: Contemporary Discourses on Development and the State of the Marginalied: Indian Experiences

2022 Chaired a Session (Technical Sesssion IV on 26.03.2022) in the Two day National Seminar on "Contemporary Discourses on Development and the State of the Marginalised: Indian Experiences" held by the Centre for Development Studies, Department of Political Science, University of North Bengal on 25th and 26th March 2022

2020. Chaired a session in the One day International seminar under UGC SAP ‘Social Movements and Democratic Process in India’ organised by the Department of Political Science, North Bengal University  on 6th March, 2020.

Theme of the National Seminar: Social Movements and Democratic Process in India

2020. Chaired a session in the One day International seminar 'Rethinking State and Civil Society' organised by the Department of Political Science, North Bengal University on. March 5th, 2020.

Theme of the National Seminar/Conference: Rethinking State and Civil Society

2019. Chaired a session in the One day International seminar UGC SAP DRS International Seminar on ‘Social Movements and Development Issues’, 8th to 9th March, 2019.

Theme of the National Seminar/Conference: Social Movements and Development Issues

2016. Chaired a technical session in the International Seminar on ‘Social Stratification and Political Transformation: Rethinking Indian Democracy’ organised by the Department of Political Science, Bankura University, West Bengal, India in Collaboration with Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR), New Delhi from 10-11 November, 2016.

Theme of the Technical Session: DISCOURSING THE PERIPHERIES: VOICES FROM THE MARGINS (Time: 3.00 pm-4:00 pm), ROOM NO: 102

2015. Chaired a technical session in the UGC sponsored National Seminar on ‘Employment Guarantee and Rural Regeneration: An Appraisal’ organized by Tufanganj Mahavidyalay, Tufanganj, Cooch Behar and B.T and Evening College, Cooch Behar  held on December 3rd and 4th December, 2015.

Theme of the National Seminar/Conference: Employment Guarantee and Rural Regeneration: An Appraisal

2015. Chaired 2 technical session’s (Technical session I on 26/06/2015 & Technical session II on 27.06.2015 in UGC Sponsored National seminar in the Department of Political Science, Bhawanipur Anchalik College, Bhawanipur, Barpeta, Assam held on 26th and 27th June, 2015. 

Theme of the National Seminar: The Sixth Schedule of the Indian Constitution: Its Amendments, Expectation, Fallacy and Future Paradigm’

2015. Chaired a technical session in the seminar organised by the Department of Political Science, Babasaheb Bhimrao Amedkar University, Lucknow and sponsored by the Indian Council of Social Science Research, New Delhi held on 21st and 22nd March 2015.

Theme of the National Seminar: Emerging Trends and Dynamics in Indian Politics, Dated 21st and 22nd March 2015 sponsored by the Indian Council of Social Science Research, New Delhi.

2014. Chaired a technical session in the UGC Sponsored National Seminar on ‘Development Strategies of India: Its Socio-Economic and Political Impact’ held on 27th and 28th June, 2014 at Baranagar College, Sorbhog, Assam on 27th and 28th June, 2014

Theme of the National Seminar:  Development Strategies of India: It’s Socio-Economic and Political Impact

2012. Chaired three sessions and acted as a resource person in a workshop on Methods of Research and Proposal Writing on the 30th June and 1st July 2012 in OKD Institute of Social Change and Development, Guwahati, Assam. 

Theme of the Workshop: Methods of Research and Proposal writing

Organising Institution: OKD Institute of Social Change and Development, Guwahati, Assam

Duration: June 26-July 27, 2012.

2011. Chaired a technical session in the ICSSR sponsored national seminar on ‘Social Exclusion and Conflict in Northeast India’ organised by the Institute of Tai Studies & Research, Moranhat, Assam on January 8-9, 2011.

Theme of the National Seminar: Social Exclusion and Conflict in Northeast India 

 

Webinar's

2021. Surya Sen Mahavidyalaya, Department of Political Science, Siliguri (Sponsored by ICSSR, Eastern Regional Centre,  Kolkata) Acted as Chairperson on 24th February 2021.

Title of the Webinar: Culture of Fear in World Politics: Origin and Ramifications

Title of the Chairperson's speech: The Ascendance of Hindu Nationalism and the Consequent Escalation of Fear Among the Minority Muslims in India's Plural Society 

Date of Seminar: 23-24th February, 2021 

2021. Durgapur Government College, Department of Philosophy and Department of Political Science in Collaboraton with IQAC, 

Title of the Webinar: “Ehics in Politics: Issues in Leadership and Governance in Democracies" 

Date of Seminar: 24th January, 2021

Platform: Google Meet    

2020. Tufanganj Mahavidyaya (College), Department of Political Science, Web Lecture for students and Teachers.

Title of the Web Lecture: State Response to COVID 19 PANDEMIC and Federalism in India.

Date of the Lecture: 18th September 2020 (1 PM to 2.30 PM) 

2020. Government General Degree College Singur, West Bengal, Department of Political Science, National Web Lecture Series 1

Title of the Web Lecture Series: Pandemic: Introspection from varied Perspectives

Title of the Paper Presented: Of Covid 19 Pandemic and State Response in India.

Date of the Conference: 19th August, 2020  

2020. National Webinar Organized by the Department of Political Science, Bhawanipur Anchalik College in Collaboration with Salbari College, Assam

Title of the Subject: COVID – 19: IMPASSES & MEANS TO OVERCOME

Title of the Paper: State Response to COVID -19 in India

Date of the Conference: The 9th August, 2020