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Biography

Contact Details:

K - 309, New Academic Block (NAB), Indian Institute of Management Calcutta, Diamond Harbour Road, Joka Kolkata -700104

Academics

Academic Background:

Ph.D. Cultural Anthropology
Department of Anthropology, University of Texas at Austin, USA
Dissertation: Laboring to Create Magic: The New Worker in the Emerging Retail Industries of Kolkata
Dissertation Committee Chair: Dr. Kaushik Ghosh
Members: Prof. Kamran Ali, Prof. Kathleen Stewart, Prof. Hannah Wojciehowski, Dr. Sofian Merabet
Research Training Programme (RTP)
Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta (CSSSC), India
Thesis: The Dismantled Museum: A Critical Reading of Bouvard and Pecuchet by Gustave Flaubert
Supervisor: Prof. Sibaji Bandyopadhyay

M. A. Comparative Literature
Department of Modern Languages and Literatures, University of Western Ontario, Canada
Thesis: Narrating Famines: An Insight into Modernity and Nationalist Myths
Supervisor: Prof. Diana Brydon

M. A. Comparative Literature
Department of Comparative Literature, Jadavpur University, India (Rank - First Class First)
Thesis: The Hyphenated Conundrum: Facets of the Jewish-Canadian Identity in Two Novels of Mordecai Richler
Supervisor: Dr. Suchorita Chattopadhyay
B.A. Comparative Literature Department of Comparative Literature, Jadavpur University, India, (Rank -First Class Third) Major (Honors) in Comparative Literature. Minors in Mathematics, Bengali and English

Courses Taught:

Re-thinking Skills: Theory, Practice and Policy in Post-colonial India (2017)

Awards:

Professional Development and Research Grants December 2016- March 2017: Fellowship grant from the German Historical Institute in London (GHIL), to study the historical contestations over skill development in the state-sponsored Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) in India. 2014-2017: Max Weber Stiftung and the German Historical Institute, London (€ 26,400 per year) Spring 2014: Travel Grant, South Asia Institute, University of Texas at Austin ($500) Fall 2013: Professional Development Award (PDA), University of Texas at Austin ($ 400) Fall 2012: Professional Development Award (PDA), University of Texas at Austin ($400) Summer 2012: Dissertation Research and Travel Grant, South Asia Institute, University of Texas at Austin ($2000) Fall 2010: Professional Development Award (PDA), University of Texas at Austin ($ 300) Summer 2009: Liberal Arts Graduate Research Grant (LAGR), University of Texas at Austin ($2000) Summer 2009: Pre-Dissertation Research and Travel Grant, South Asia Institute, University of Texas at Austin ($2000) Summer 2008: Pre-Dissertation Research and Travel Grant, South Asia Institute, University of Texas at Austin ($2000) Fall 2007: Professional Development Award (PDA), University of Texas at Austin ($300) Summer 2003, Mary Routledge Fellowship: University of Western Ontario (CAD 500) Dissertation Fieldwork Research Grant Fall 2010: Wenner-Gren Dissertation Fieldwork Grant, The Wenner-Gren Foundation ($19,960) Dissertation Writing Fellowships Fall 2013 & Spring 2014: Named University of Texas at Austin Dissertation Writing Fellowship ($ 20,000 for two semesters) Fall 2011 & Spring 2012: Continuing Fellowship, University of Texas at Austin ($18,000 for two semesters) Fall 2011: Graduate Dean’s Prestigious Fellowship Supplement, University of Texas At Austin ($1,000) Fall 2012: Rhonda L. Andrews Memorial Award, Dept. of Anthropology, University of Texas at Austin ($2,000) University Fellowships and Scholarships Fall 2009: Liberal Arts Graduate Fellowship (LAGF), University of Texas at Austin ($1000) Fall 2002, Spring 2003, Fall 2003 & Spring 2004: Graduate Tuition Scholarship: University of Western Ontario (CAD 3000 per semester) Fall 2002, Spring 2003, Fall 2003 & Spring 2004: International Graduate Student Scholarship: University of Western Ontario (CAD 3500 per semester) Fall 2002, Spring 2003, Fall 2003 & Spring 2004: Special University Scholarship: University of Western Ontario (CAD 3000 per semester) Teaching Award Graduate Student Teaching Award: Nominated for the year 2002-2003 by the Society of Graduate Students, the Graduate Teaching Assistants Union and the Faculty of Graduate Studies, The University of Western Ontario, Canada University Examination Awards 2002: Prof. Gopal Halder Memorial Medal: Jadavpur University, India 2002: Hirendranath Datta Memorial Medal: Jadavpur University, India 2002: Nripendra Ch. Bandyopadhyay Book Prize: Jadavpur University, India 2000: B.N. Sen Memorial Award: Jadavpur University Alumni Association (INR 500), India

Experience

Work Experience:

2014 – 2017 Post-Doctoral Fellow
Funded by the Max Weber Stiftung and the German Historical Institute, London. Academic affiliation with the Centre for Modern Indian Studies (CeMIS), Georg-August-Universitӓt Gӧttingen (University of Gӧttingen), Germany
Supervisor: Prof. Ravi Ahuja
Project Title: Transforming Work: Training Programs and Retail Worker-Identity in Contemporary Kolkata.

TEACHING EXPERIENCES
Instructor, Centre for Modern Indian Studies (CeMIS), Georg-August-Universitӓt Gӧttingen (Spring 2016). Course Title: History of Modern Education in India
Graduate Instructor, Department of Anthropology: University of Texas at Austin (Summer 2014). Course Title: Introduction to Cultural Anthropology

Research

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