VIDYASAGAR UNIVERSITY
Faculty Information System
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Self Declared Document
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Dr. Swatilekha Bhattacharya
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Assistant Professor
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POLITICAL SCIENCE
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+91 3222 298-236 / Centrex Extn. 236
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swatilekha.b@gmail.com
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9831492089
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Department of Political Science, Vidyasagar University, Midnapur 721102
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| Degree Name | Institute | Year of passing/awarded |
| PhD | Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi | 2018 |
| MPhil | Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi | 2012 |
| M.A | Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi | 2010 |
| B.A | Presidency College, University of Calcutta | 2008 |
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| Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Vidyasagar University since December, 2017 |
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| Comparative Politics and Political Analysis |
| International Relations (Theories and Issues) |
| Modern State and its Contemporary Challenges |
| Public Administration and Indian Practices |
| Local Governments: Issues and Problems |
| Society and Politics in South Asia |
| Politics in the Contemporary World (CBCS) |
| Indian Constitution and Government (CBCS) |
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National Publication
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| Title | Published in | Year | Published by |
| India's Nuclear Policy: A Constructivist Perspective Pg.48-59 | Raj Kumar Kothari (ed) India in the New World Order: The Changing Contours of Her Foreign Policy Under Narendra Modi ISBN 978-81-269-3037-1 | 2019 | Atlantic Publisher |
| Political Theory: Diversity and Contestation Pg. 319-322 | The Indian Journal of Political Science,Vol LXXIX, No.2., ISSN No. 0019-5510 | 2018 | Indian Political Science Association |
| The Paradox of Women's Reservation in India pg148-158 | Srabanti Choudhuri and Chandan Basu(eds.)Caste, Gender and Media:Significant Sociological Trends in India-An Open Distance Paradigm | 2017 | Netaji Subhas Open University |
| India's Foreign Policy and notion of security:Disengagement and Linkages, pg.38-51 | Raj Kumar Kothari and Eyasin Khan (eds.)India Becoming a Global Power in the Twenty-first Century:Rising Challenges and Newer Opportunities ISBN 978-81-269-2190-4 | 2016 | Atlantic Publisher |
| Explaining the Conceptualisation of Security in Mainstream International RelationsTheory,pg.85-92 | Indian Journal of Political Science Vol.LXXVII,No.1, January-March 2016 ISSN No. 0019-5510 | 2016 | Indian Political Science Association |
| World Politics: Explaining the Transition, Clashes and Contradictions,pg. 425-429 | C. P. Barthwal (ed.), The Origins of Political Science as a University Level Discipline in India: Life and Works ofProfessor V.S. Ram and other Essays in his Honour ISBN 978-81-7988-111-8 | 2015 | Ankit Prakashan |
| Exceptionalism and Modern State: The Norm, pg. 453-457 | Rathin Bandopadhyay, Gangotri Chakraborty and Sujit Kumar Das (eds.),Human Rights and Duties ISBN 978-81-921285-3-5 | 2015 | University of North Bengal |
| The Politics of Exclusion: The Status of Women in Modern Society, pg. 3-9 | Kajal De, Chandan Basu and Srideep Mukherjee (eds.) Women, Violance and Law: An Intimate Interrogation Open Distance Paradigm, Volume 1 ISBN 978-93-82112-24-2 | 2015 | Netaji Subhas Open University |
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Other Publication
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Books Published
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Ongoing / Submitted Ph. D. Thesis
| Scholar Name | Thesis Title | Co Supervisor | Status | Complete in Year |
| Shreya Das | Foreign Policy of India and China in the Indian Ocean Region: The Post Cold War Developments | | Ongoing | |
| Navonil Dey | Soft Power to Smart Power: India, Vietnam and Cambodia | | Ongoing | |
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Awarded Ph. D. Thesis
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| Diwan Raimajhi (MPhil) | Mobility and the Spread of Sexual Diseases: Understanding the Issue across India-Nepal Border (MPhil) | | Awarded | 2020 |
| Sanika Banerjee (MPhil) | Conceptualizing Violence against Women in Bengal-Bangladesh Borderland (MPhil) | | Awarded | 2020 |
| Sikandar Ansari (MPhil) | Relevance of Constructivist Theory in India-Bangladesh Land Boundary Agreement (LBA) (MPhil) | | Awarded | 2019 |
| Nilkanta Pramanik (MPhil) | Government and Politics in West Bengal under TMC Rule (MPhil) | | Awarded | 2018 |
| Milan Roy (MPhil) | The Changing Perspective on the Centre-State Relationship through the Prism of the GST Bill (MPhil) | | Awarded | 2018 |
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| Title | Organized by | Venue | Year |
| Resource Person for the Three-day Study Programme; Lecture titled: Gandhi and World Peace | Gandhian Studies Centre, Vidyasagar University | Online | 2021 |
| Resource Person for the webinar titled Choose to Challenge on the occasion of International Womens Day; Lecture titled: War, Women and Peace | Womens Studies Centre, Vidyasagar University, Midnapore | Online | 2021 |
| Extension Lecture on United Nations and its Principal Organs | Department of Human Rights, Ramakrishna Sarada Mission Vivekananda Vidyabhavan, Kolkata | Online | 2021 |
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| Type of Professional Activity | Period |
| Life Member: Indian Political Science Association, Since 2017 | 2017 onward |
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| Title of the Seminar/Conference/Workshop | Year | Role | Held at and Organiser |
| Faculty Induction Progamme | 2021 | Participant | UGC-HRDC, Maulana Azad National Urdu University, Hyderabad (Online, 9th February- 10th March) |
| 14 Day Short Term Course on "Women and Law" | 2020 | Participant | Womens Studies Centre and Centre for Continuing and Adult Education, Vidyasagar University, Midnapore |
| National Workshop on "Safe Campus: Implementation of the UGC Guidelines/Regulations on Gender Champions and the POSH" | 2020 | Participant | Centre for Womens Studies, Pandit Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, Association of Indian Universities and Martha Farrell Foundation & PRIA, New Delhi |
| India-Africa Partnership in Changing Global Order | 2019 | Participant | The Indian Council of World Affairs, New Delhi |
| International Conference on "100 years of International Relations" | 2019 | Presented Paper titled "Theories and IR-Transformation and Clashes" | Bengal Institute of Political Studies and School of International Relations and Strategic Studies, Jadavpur University |
| 2nd Assembly on Futures of Higher Education | 2019 | Presented paper titled 'Broadening the Understanding of Security Studies' | Centre for Genocide Studies, University of Dhaka in collaboration with Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES) |
| Research and Orientation Workshop and International Conference on The State of the Global Protection System for Refugees and Migrants | 2018 | Paper Presenter and Participant | Calcutta Research Group in Collaboration with Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung. |
| Logistics, Governance and India's Look East Policy-A Collaborative Workshop by Calcutta Research Group and Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung in association with Department of Political Science with Rural Administration,Vidyasagar University | 2018 | Paper Presenter | Vidyasagar University, Midnapore, West Bengal |
| UGC sponsored national seminar titled Indian Political Thought:
The Derivative and its Critique | 2017 | Paper Presenter | Department of Political Science with Rural Administration,Vidyasagar University, Midnapore. |
| UGC sponsored State Level Seminar on Empowerment of Women:Change and Challenges | 2017 | Paper Presenter | Baruipur College, University of Calcutta |
| UGC-DEB sponsored National Seminar on Women, Violence and Law:
An Intimate Interrogation | 2014 | Paper Presenter | Netaji Subhas Open University, Salt Lake City, Kolkata. |
| ICSSR sponsored International Conference on Redrawing the Boundariesof International Relations: Going Beyond State and Power. | 2014 | Presented Paper titled 'The 'state' and Global Politics' | Department of Political Science.Revenshaw University, Odisha, India. |
| ICSSR sponsored International Seminar on Whither Indian Democracy and State:
Towards General Election 2014. | 2014 | Presented Paper titled Indian Statecraft | Department of Political Science.
Delhi College of Arts and Commerce, University of Delhi, India. |
| UGC sponsored National Seminar on Human Rights and Duties:
Issues and Challenges in SAARC Region | 2014 | Presented Paper titled Exceptionalism and Modern State: The Norm? | Department of Law, University of North Bengal, Darjeeling, West Bengal. |
| Short Term Course on The Futural Critical Constellation: Politics of Neo-Empire | 2012 | Participant | Department of Humanities and Social Sciences,
IIT Kharagpur, India |
| Workshop on Research Methods in International Relations | 2012 | Participant | School of International Studies,
Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India. |
| Title of the Conference/Seminar/Workshop | Year | Role in the Event | Funding Agency |
| National Seminar on “Democracy and Development” | 2019 | Joint Convenor | Organised by the Department of Political Science, Vidyasagar University |
| International Seminar on “Refugees and the State” organised by the Dept. of Political Science, Vidyasagar University in Collaboration with Mahanirban Calcutta Research Group | 2018 | Organising Secretary | UGC, New Delhi and MCRG, kolkata |
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| Award Name | Awarded By | Year |
| Travel and Accommodation Grant | Friedrich Ebert Stiftung | 2019 |
| Doctoral Fellowship | Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR) | 2014 |
| Eligibility for lecturership, National Eligibility Test (NET) | University Grants Commission (UGC), New Delhi | 2011 |
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