UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA

FACULTY ACADEMIC PROFILE/ CV

Full name of the faculty member: Dr.Durga Basu

Designation: Professor

Specialisation : Indian Art & Architecture, Historical archaeology. Buddhist Studies…..

Contact information :

36C, Ballygunge Circular Road, Alokapuri, F/No- 1/10, Kolkata-700019. 9831147460 durgabasu57@gmail.com

Academic qualifications:

College/ university from which the

degree was obtained

Abbreviation of the degree

University of Calcutta B.A. Hons

University of Calcutta M.A. in Archaeology

University of Calcutta Ph.D in archaeology

Positions held/ holding:

Member of Syndicate (2013-14)

Member of Senate (2013- March-15)

Head of The Department(2013-March-15)

Presently, Convener of the Ph.D & Faculty member

Research interests:

SculpturalArt-Iconoplastic-study,EasternIndia

Temples of Karnataka

BuddhistSites &-Remains In Bengal

Tribal Art of West Bengal

Research guidance :

Number of researchers awarded M.Phil/ Ph.D degrees :3 (Ph.D)

Number of researchers pursuing M.Phil/ Ph.D : 5 (Ph.D)

Select list of publications:

a) Journals:

“ Mahakala in Buddhist Art in Sikkim” Kala, The journal of Indian Art HistoryCongress, vol-XIX, ed. R.D. Choudhury Guwahati, Assam, 2012-13,pp. 68-72.

“Overseas Trade in Krishna Godavari Region in Andhra Pradesh and theRoman Impact on its Social and Cultural Life”in Jagruti, vol-1 E. Journal of Archaeological Multidisciplinary Global Researches, ed. by S. Rama Krishna Pisipaty.2013.

‘Excavation aat Kankandighi- An Early Medieval Site in West Bengal’inJagruti – vol iii, Electronic Archaeo- Lingual Multidisciplinary Research Journal, Kanchipuram, 2015, pp.34-52.

Role of Management in Public Archaeology in Management Vision for Business &

Education (ISSN:2347-727X), 2015

b) Books/ book chapters :

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NBPCulturofEastern

India…(monograph)………………………………………………………………………………

“Stucco Art” in Chapter-iv, in Excavation at Moghalmari, ed by A.Datta,

c) Conference/ seminar volumes:

1. Title of The Paper: “Public archaeology- Its Scope and Limitation in Regional Aspects in India.”Current Trends in Archaeological Heritage Preservation; National & International Perspectives, ed. by Sergiu Musteata, British Archaeological Report ( BAR) International Series 2741, 2015.

2. Title of The Paper: “Promoting Harmony & Belavadi Temple in Karnataka” Bharata Samskriti, ed. by S Bandopadhyay” North American Institute for oriental and Classical Studies, Franklin, Tennessee, USA. 2015.

3. Title of The Paper: “ Hamsa as a Symbol of Moksha in Indian Art and Religion” Art & Purusartha, ed. by R.Purohit, Allahabad Museum,2014.

Sadasiva images in the copper plate grants of the Sena rulers of Bengal, in Indian Art HistoryCongress proceedings no-20.2012

Contribution of Science and technology in Archaeological studies in Shiksha Darpan, Vol-I, January,2016, Published by Govt. of West Bengal, Higher education department.

d) Other publications :

Membership of Learned Societies:

Member of World Archaeology Congress

Member of Indo –Pacific Pre History Association( IPPA), Australia.

Founding Member of Society for South Asian Studies(SOSAA)

Member of Indian Archaeological Society, New Delhi

Executive member of Indian Art History Congress, Guwahati

Vice President& member of Kolkata Society for Asian Studies

Invited lectures delivered:

1. Invited by the Department of Philosophy, Jadavpur University, Kolkata. Lecture delivered on “Buddhism,Buddhist Culture & Art & Architecture”.2015-2016. 2. Delivered Lecture on “Indian Cultural Heritage and Value Education.” Academy of Staff College. 2015.3. Delivered Lectures on “ India: The Eternity Captured in Sight & sound, Art and Architecture” RKM,Institute of culture, Golpark, June 2015-16. 4. Invited by RKM, Institute of Culture, Golpark. Lecture Delivered on” South Indian ArchitecturalExcellence” September, 2015, in Art Appreciation Course 5. Invited by the Dept. Of Pali, CU,to deliver lecture on ‘ Researches and Research Methodology: Pali &Buddhism,in a workshop,2015. 6. Invited by The Kolkata Society for Asian Studies to deliver Lecture on ‘Folk Elements in Temples of India ,China and Cambodia’in a Workshop, jointly organized by ASI& KSAS.March-2016 7.Invited by Kolkata Art Lover’s Organization to deliver lecture on ”Ancient Indian Temples and Sculptures-Spirituality & Aesthetics, at RKMission- Institute of Culture, Golpark-March-2016 8. Invited by Shri Shikshayatan College to deliver a lecture on “Recent Arcaeological Excavations in WestBengal”, 2016.

Awards :

Awarded UPE Travel Grant for attending an International Conference in Ireland, 2012.

Other notable activities :

As a director of excavation, conducted excavations at Kakandighi, South 24 Parganas in

2013-14 & 2014-15.

Chaired in the session 4.1C:”Art and architecture in Ancient Urban Life” in World

Archaeology Congress-7 held I Dead Sea- Jordon-2013.

Chaired a session at the International Conference “ The Asiatic Society, Indology and

Indologists During Late 18th

and 19th

Centuries” organized by Deen Dayal Upadhyaya

College (University of Delhi), held on 21st Feb. -23

rd Feb,2014.

Chaired a session “Visuality, Connectivity an Sustainability of Cultural Heritage of

Cambodia” at the EurASEAA, Paris, 2015.