1.            Name of the Department       : POLITICAL SCIENCE

 

2.            Year of Establishment           : 1994

 

3.             Name of the HOD                 : Dr. K.N. Jena

 

4.             List of Faculty:

 

Name

Designation

Qualification

Specialization

E-mail

Chandrika Basu Majumder

Reader

M. Phil,

Ph. D

Political Thought & Human Rights

 

chandrikabs@yahoo.co.in

Kashi Nath Jena

Reader &

   H O D

Ph.D

Globalization &Intellectual Property Rights

nanpur@rediffmail.com

Alak Bhattacharya

Lecturer

   (Senior)

      Ph.D

 

Political Thought & Public Administration.

alak.bhattacharya@rediffmail.com

 

 5. On going research project (apart from unassigned)

 

Principal

Investigator

Title of project

 

 MRP

Funding agency

Amount

sectioned

Number of

Research

Students

engaged

Dr. K.N. Jena

Viability of Patenting the indigenous Knowledge and Technologies of the people of Mizoram

 

UGC ( NERO)

Gauhati

 

Rs 67000

 

 Not Applicable

Dr. Chandrika Basu Majumder

Internal Displacement of two Blocks in West Tripura District

 

 Indian Council of Historical Research

 

Rs 75000

 

 Two Investigators were given Appointment for three months

Dr. Chandrika Basu Majumder & Mr. Jayanta Choudhury

 

Women Empowerment through Self Help Groups; A Pilot Study

Tripura University

 Rs 15000/

 

Dr. Chandrika Basu Majumder

Customary Law and Status of Women; A Case Study of Chakma and Halam Community in Tripura

 National Commission for Women

 Rs One Lakh seventy thousand only

 Four Investigators have been appointed

 

Principal

Investigator

                      

 

Title of project

 

 MRP

Funding agency

Amount

sectioned

Number of

Research

Students

engaged

Dr.Alak Bhattacharya

‘Politics and Development: A Study of Tribal Development and Politics in Tripura’

UGC

90,000/=

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 Co-Investigator

 

‘General Elections 2009:A behavioural study of Political Attitudes and opinion in Tripura”

UGC

5,09,200/=

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6.            List of publications (From January, 2006 to date)

 

 

Sl. No.

Name of the Teacher

Title of the paper

Name of the Journal with Volume

1

Dr. Chandrika Basu Majumder

Empowerment of Women in Panchayati Raj

 Book ‘ Nari Yoge YogeEdt by Kalyani Bhattacharya’ Manabi Prakashan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Do

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Do

 

 

 

 

 

Do

 

 

 

 

 

DO

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Do

Border Trade and the Border Inhabitants with special reference to Tripura

 

‘ Internal Displacement and Human Rights ; a case Study of Urabari, Mohanpur Block’

 

‘Problems and Prospects of Peace Process in Tripura’

 

 

‘Dr. B.R. Ambedkar and the Constitution of India

 

 

‘Peace Process in Tripura; a review’

 

 

 

 

 

‘The Importance of Girl Child and future India’ (In Bengali)

Journal of North East Council, for Social Science Research,Vol. 31 No 1, April, 2007

 

 

 

Book ‘Blisters in the Feet Tales of Internal Displaced Persons in Indian North East edited by Prof. Samir Kumar Das, Sage Publications ,New Delhi 

Book  Genesis  of  Conflict &  Peace ,Published by Akansha Publishing House, New Delhi, 2006, Vol,11 

 

In B.R.Ambedkar Smarak Grantha 2007 published in Dec’2007.by the Department of S.C. Welfare, Govt of Tripura

 

In Book’ Peace in Dialogue Universal & Specific’ edt by Sujata Dutta Hazarika, Akansha Publishing House, New Delhi 

 

 

In Nyayalok, Official Quarterly News Letter of Tripura State Legal Services Authority, 15th Dec’’2007

 

 

 

 

 

List of publications

 

Sl. No.

Name of the Teacher

Title of the paper

Name of the Journal with Volume

 

Dr.Alak Bhattacharya

 1.Status of Tribal Women and Electoral Politics of Tripura

The West Bengal Political Science Review, Vol.X.No.2, July-December, 2007, P.48.

 

 

2.Tribal Politics of Tripura : A Study In Electoral Behaviour

 

 

 

    

The Indian Journal of Political Science, Vol – LXVIII, No. 3 July – Sept. 2007. P. 577.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.Paradox of Social Justice and the Constituation of India

 

Samsadiya (Journal of Parliamentary affairs Dept, Govt. of West Bengal 9th Issue, December, 2007. P----------------

 

 

 

 

4. Role of Non Governmental Organisations in Strengthening Indo - Bangladesh Relation

 

 

The West Bengal Political Science Review, Vol IX, No.1&II, January – December 2006, P – 399

 

 

Sl. No.

Name of Teacher

Name of Book

Publisher

1

Dr. K . N . JENA

Knowledge Economy&  Developing Societies

Globage  publications, Ghaziabad

 

Do

Global Political Space

 

 

Abhijit Publications, Delhi

 

 3

 Do

Intellectual Property Rights and Globalisation

 

 Do

 4

 Do

Ethnic Conflict and India’s Security Concern

 

  Do

 5

  Do

Institutional Dynamics and Inclusive Growth

 

 Do

 6.

 

Do

 

Gender Study and

Research Methodology

 

FGS, New Delhi

7.

Co-Editor(Edited Volume)

Development Dynamics and Bottom-up Approaches

New Delhi

 

List of Books Published

 

Sl. No.

Name of Teacher

Name of Book

Publisher

 

1

Dr.Alak Bhattacharya

Nivedita:A synthesis of East and The West(In Print)

Northern Book Centre,New Delhi.

 

I.     Ph. D. in Political Science

 

Thrust area of the Syllabus and Research Programmes:

 

           Modern topics related to the India Government and Politics with special reference to Tripura; Human Rights Issue and Research Methodology.

 

Highlights of various activities during the year:

            Ph. D. work and Postgraduate research work carried out in the Department of Political Science:

Dr. Benimadhab Majumder :

 

       i.        Dhananjoy Gan Choudhuri, Agartala Municipal Council: A     

            socio  political Study  --Awarded

       ii.       Nityananda Das,  Grass roots Democracy: Panchayati Raj in Tripura.

       iii.       Alak Bhattacharya,  Sister Nivedita and the Bengal

                  Renaissance.(Submitted)

 

 

 Dr. Chandrika Basu Majumdar:

 

i.                     Ramisetty Alivelu Mangathai, Women in Conflict Situation (A case  study of Tripura) : Awarded

 

ii.                   Bibhuti Palit : Growth of Regional Political Parties in Tripura.

 

                 ( Registered )

 

iii.                  Anindita Begam (Kusari), Political Development of Tripura: From   Monarchy to Democracy , Awarded

iv.                  Ratan Majumder  Child Labour in Tripura: A Study of its causes and consequences  ( Registered )

 

Dr. K.N.Jena :  5 Nos of Ph.D research work are under way. The details as follows  

           i.Mr. Bindu kr. Chakma,  Globalisation and the stateless     

           Communities: A Case Study of The Chakmas as a community.

           ii Mr. Tapas Das Gupta,  Globalisation and the role of knowledge economy in the economic development of Tripura.

          iii. Mr. Babudhan Tripura, Globalisation and the socio- Economic identity of Tripuri Community in Tripura.

iv. Mr.Sarat kumar das, Disaster management and Administrative Reforms: A case study of Tripura.

v. Mrs. Vandana podder , Empowerment of tribal women in tripura : A case study of Reang women

 

7. List of Books Published;

 

 

   SL No

Name of the Teacher

Name of the Book

Name of the Publisher

       1

Dr. Chandrika Basu Majumder

Democratic Heritage of Tribes of Tripura

Tribal Research Institute, Govt of Tripura

 

 

 

      Do

 Genesis of Chakma Movement in Chittagong Hill Tracts

 Progressive Publishers, Kolkata

 

      Do

A Booklet;Peace Process in Tripura , Problems and Prospect

Omeo Kumar Das Institute of Social Change and Development, Guwahati

 

 Edited

‘Ageing in North East India Tripura Perspective’

Akansha Publishing House, New Delhi, 2007

 

 

 

Ph.D work under Way

 

Dr. Alak Bhattacharya

                         

Name of the Scholars(registered)

Title of the Thesis

1. Chandana Nath

Political Participation and Empowerment of Tribal Women in Tripura:A case study.

2.Mostafa Kamal

Good Governance and Panchyat Raj:Role of Women in Tripura.

 

 

          8. Number of Ph.D Scholars at present:  Fourteen                                

 

          9.Total number Scholars awarded Ph. D Degree since inception: Six