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Name Prof. Ambarish Mukhopadhyay Designation Professor Department Name POLITICAL SCIENCE Office Phone No +91 3222 298-231 / Centrex Extn. 231 Email ID amukherji_01@yahoo.co.in Fax - Mobile No 9434224008 Personal Website Address Department of Political Science with Rural Administration, Vidyasagar University, Midnapur 721102

Educational Qualification Degree Name Institute Year of passing/awarded M.A. University of Calcutta 1979 Diploma in Research Training Programme Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta. 1979 BA(Hons) St. Xaviers College, Calcutta. Calcutta University 1975 Title of the Ph. D. Thesis Politics in a Large Town: A Case Study of Midnapur

Career Profile / Teaching Experience Joined the department as Lecturer in Political Science on 12 December 1985. Total teaching experience at PG level - 32Years Professor, Department of Political Science with Rural Administration, Vidyasagar University

Specialization/Research Area Field of Specialization Research Area/ Areas of Interest Society and Politics in India Environment and Politics Political Theory Urban Politics

Course/ Subject Taught Political Science International Relations Indian Politics Liberal Political Theory Urban Politics and Environment

Conference/ Symposium /Journal Paper / Books Published International Publication National Publication Title Published in Year Published by The Problem of Food Secu in "Emerging" India: Some Reflections Raj Kumar Kothari and Eyasin Khan(eds.) India Becoming a Global Power in the Twenty First Century 2017 Atlantic Publishers, New Delhi Water Security in India: Issues and Challenges The West Bengal Political Science ReviewVol. XVIII No.182,2015-16 2016 West Bengal Political Science Association Sharanarthi Samasya:Manabadhikar er prekkhite(in Bengali) Eyasin Khan(Ed.) Manab Adhikar: Nana Dik 2015 Progressive Publishers, Kolkata Shaharer upor Shaharbasir Adhikar(in Bengali) Eyasin Khan (Ed.) Manab Adhikar: Nana Dik 2015 Progressive Publisher,Kolkata Urban Local Government: Issues and Prblems Rakhahari Chatterji(Ed.) Politics India: The State Society Interface(Third Edition) 2014 Levant Books, Kolkata Environmental Security: An Emerging Agenda Of Indian Foreign Policy Raj Kumar Kothari(Ed.) Indian Foreign Policy in the New Millenium 2010 Academic Excellence Delhi Cyber Terrorism: Terrorism in the Information Age Debnarayan Modak(Ed.) Terrorism:Concepts and Problems 2009 Progressive Publishers, Kolkata Other Publication Title Published in Year Published by "1970 O tar Paraborti Samaye Bharate Nabya Samajik Andolan"(in Bengali) Sibaji Pratim Basu(ed.) Bharatiya Rajneetir Pramukha Dikguli. 2019 West Bengal State Book Board,Kolkata "Governing Urban West Bengal: the Left Front Experiment." Rakhahari Chatterjee and Partha Pratim Basu(eds.)West Bengal undef the Left. 2018 Levant Books,India Books Published

Ph. D. Thesis Guidence Ongoing / Submitted Ph. D. Thesis Scholar Name Thesis Title Co Supervisor Status Complete in Year Sarbani Bera Sustainable Urban Development in India:Issues and Challenges   Ongoing 2020 Mausumi Kundu Water Security and the Right to Water in India   Ongoing 2020 Milan Acharya Environmental Activism in India: Contribution of Post Gandhians (Selected Case Studies) Professor. Sibaji Pratim Basu, Department of political Science, Vidyasagar University Ongoing 2020 Atanu Bose Development induced Displacement in Selected Cities: A Study of the Indian Urban Situation   Ongoing 2019 Awarded Ph. D. Thesis Scholar Name Thesis Title Co Supervisor Status Complete in Year Swagata Bhattacharya Protection of Child Rights in West Bengal:A Case Study in the District of Burdwan   Awarded 2018 Norbu Sherpa Understanding the Process of Absorption of the Sherpa Tribe in Darjeeling Hills since 1947   Awarded 2018 Prosenjit Saha Sustainable Rural. Development in West Bengal:A Case Study of Bankura and Purulia since 1993 Professor Anil Kumar Jana(retd)Department of Political Science, Vidyasagar University Awarded 2018 Kamalika Banerjee Urban Development Authorities in Local Governance in West Bengal:A Case Study in the Districts of Purba and Paschim Medinipur   Awarded 2016 Jitendra Nath Murmu Democratic Decentralization and Its Impact On Tribal Society: A Case Study of Three Blocks in the Districts of Bankura and Purba Midnapore Professor. Tarun Kumar Banerjee (retd.), Department of Political Science, Vidyasagar University Awarded 2014

Invited Lectures  Title Organized by Venue Year Right to the City: Towards Inclusive Urbanization Vidyasagar University under its Faculty Lecture Series on 14 March2018 B.N.Sasmal Hall, Vidyasagar University 2018

Membership of Learned Society  One of the Founder membersr, Maniktala Social Action Research Club, Kolkata

Association with Professional Bodies Type of Professional Activity Period Life Member, West Bengal Political Science Association 2018 to 2018

Conference /Seminar/Workshop Attended/Organised Conference /Seminar/Workshop Attended Title of the Seminar/Conference/Workshop Year Role Held at and Organiser Refugees and the State 2018 Discussant in a session, Chaired a session Department of Political Science, Vidyasagar University in collaboration with Calcutta Research Group. Logistics, Global Governance and IndiaLook East Polcy 2018 Chaired a Session Calcutta Research Group, Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung, and Department of Political Science, Vidyasagar University Environment and Politics in India 2017 Paper Presenter Department of Political Science, Subarnarekha College, Medinipur Consultative Meetingwith. Calcutta Research Group 2017 Participant and Discussant Calcutta Research Group National Seminar on "Indian Political Thought: The Derivative and Its Critique 2017 Chaired a Session Department of Political Science, Vidyasagar University Special Lecture delivered by Professor Gautam Kumar Basu of Jdavpur University on Theories of International Relations 2017 Chaired the Special Lecture Department of Political Science, Vidyasagar University National Conference on Human Rights 2017 Presented a paper on "The Problem of Water Security in India". Also chaired a session Department of Political Science, Vidyasagar University Seminar on "Coalition Politics and its Impact on Indias Federal Polity". 2016 Presented a Paper Department of Political Science, Bajkul College, Medinipur. Special Lecture delivered by Professor Ranabir Samaddar on "Jangal Mahal: Past and Present". 2016 Chaired the Special Lecture Department of Political Science, Vidyasagar University Seminar on "Participation as a medium of Empowerement in Community Development". 2016 Presented Paper Department of Political Science, P.K.College, Contai,Medinipur. National Seminar on "Justice, Ecology and Identity". 2016 Presented a paper on Gandhis Views on Ecology Department of Political Science, Vidyasagar University Refreshers Course on International Relations at Jadavpur University, Kolkata. 2015 Acted as a Resource Person Department of International Relations, Jadavpur University, Kolkata. National Symposium on Human Rights 2015 Paper Presenter Department of Political Science, North Bengal University. Conference /Seminar/Workshop Organised

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