Biography

**Dr. Partha Dutta** Associate Professor & Head, Department of History, Sidho-Kanho-Birsha University
Formerly Head, Post Graduate Department of History, Balurghat College
Formerly Associate Fellow, Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla, H.P.

**Field of Specialisation:**

Labour History
Tribal Study


**Honour and Awards:**

1. Ph.D. Award from University of Kalyani on History at 20th Annual Convocation held on 26th April, 2007.
2. Awarded Associateship from Indian Institute for Advanced Study, Shimla for 3 years from 2010-2012

**Projects:**

1. UGC Minor Research Project -“Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in West Dinajpur – A Socio-Economic Survey”. (Project Sanctioned for the period 2005 – 2007)

2. UGC Minor Research Project - “Women and Child Workers in Bidi Industry of Dakshin Dinajpur – A Historical Review” (Project sanction for the period 2009 – 2010)

**Book/s Published:**

3. Book - URBANIZATION , LOCAL POLITICS AND LABOUR PROTEST
A CASE STUDY OF JUTE MILLS AREA OF 24 – PARGANAS (NORTH)
1900 – 1959, Siliguri, 2008

4. Book - TRIBES IN NORTH BENGAL
CULTURE SOCIETY AND POLITICS
With Special Refernce to West Dinajpur, Progressive Publishers, Kolkata, 2011

5. Studies in Social Sciences, Vol. II, Radiance, Kolkata, 2012
6. Women Studies in Indian Perspectives, Radiance, Kolkata, 2014

**Presented Papers in Seminars /Workshop & RC Attended**

7. Seminar-Paper Presented in Institute of Historical Studies, **Kolkata** on June, 2005
8. Attended Orientation Programme for Updating P.G. Course in History, IGNOU, **Ranchi** on November, 2006
9. Seminar-Paper Presented in Paschim Banga Itihas Samsad, **Kolkata** on January, 2007
10. National Seminar-Paper Presented in **Tumkur University, Karnataka** on March, 2008
11. National Seminar-Paper presented in **S.V. University, Tirupati, A.P**., on March, 2009
12. Attended Refresher Course on Research Methodology, ASC, **University of Madras**, Tamil Nadu on July-Aug, 2009
13. National Seminar-Paper Presented in **L.J.N.J.M. College, Mumbai** on October, 2009
14. National seminar-Paper Presented in Malda College, **Malda**, West Bengal, Jan. 2010
15. Seminar Paper presented in Paschim Banga Itihas Samsad, **NBU**, 2010
16. Seminar Paper presented in **Panjab University, Chandigarh**, 2010
17. Associateship's Seminar Paper Presented in **Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla**, H.P. April. 2010; APRIL. 2011
18. Attended Refresher Course on History and Cultural Studies, ASC, **Ranchi University**, Ranchi
19. National Seminar - Paper presented in **Institute of Social Development and Research, Ranchi**, Jharkhand, February, 2012
20. Chaired a Session in **National Seminar** on Tribal Society in India in Ranchi, February, 2012

21. Chaired a Session of National Seminar at S.K. B. University** in 2016

22. Presented a paper in an International Seminar organised by KILA (Kerala)** in 2016

23. Chaired a Session on Research Scholars' Seminar in Institute of Historical Studies**, Kolkata in 2017
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