Website : www.wbsubregistration.org

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C o n t e n t s

Message from the Vice

Chancellor 2

Message from the Registrar 2

About West Bengal State

University 2

Courses Offered by the

University 3

P.G. Courses 3

Eligibility for Admission to PG courses 6

Registration & Migration 6

Rules & Regulations for Reserve Quota 7

Seat Distribution 7

Academic Calendar 8

Fee Structure 9

Library, Reading room,

Internet Facilities 10

Hostel Facilities 11

National Service Scheme

(NSS) Cell 11

Games & Sports 12

Internal Quality Assurance

Cell 12

Anti-ragging Cell 12

Grievance Redressal Cell 12

Right to information cell 12

Students Welfare 13

Name of the Officers of the

University 14

Departments at a glance 15

Domicile certificate 28

: Proforma A-I, 30

Proforma A-II, 31

Proforma “B” 32

Contact us 29

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Dear Students :

Congratulations! On passing B.A., B.Sc., B.Com Honours examinations, you are now ready to enter the portals of the University. The West Bengal

State University, Barasat extends a hearty welcome to you.

Here is a brochure for you the purpose of which is to make you aware of the University and its departments. I request all of you to make an

informed choice so that you do not make a wrong choice and suffer later. Therefore, please go through the brochure and be informed. The brochure

is given on the University website also. Tech-savvy aspirants may like to use that super-highway as well for getting required information.

Whatever be your choice, I wish you all well. Universities are for serious people and when you enter any University, please keep its purity untainted.

Looking forward to see some of you in WBSU

(Basab Chaudhuri)

Vice-Chancellor

West Bengal State University

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I am delighted to know that the Prospectus of our University is going to be published for the Academic Session 2016-2017. I congratulate the

endeavour and effort of all those associated with the publication of the Prospectus.

The University is gradually maturing both academically and infrastructurally and striving continuously in pursuit of excellence. The undergraduate

examination results has been published within scheduled time and the Examination department has been restructured for efficient and effective

services. In the academic session 2015-16, the University has received UGC 12B recognition.

Here, it is needless to mention that, despite all constraints and challenges in the future, the University will render transparent and clean

administration conducive to academic activities for which active co-operation of all concerned with our University is essential. I wish and hope, that

WBSU will be a University to reckon with in the coming years.

(Tapan Dutta)

Registrar(Officiating)

West Bengal State University

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West Bengal State University (Barasat, North 24 Parganas) was established by the Government of West Bengal through an Act (Act XXVIII of 2007)

passed by the Legislative Assembly. The creation of the university took into account a long-standing public demand for setting up a university in this

district. The university started functioning from the academic session 2008-09. Further, the State Government, through a notification (No 300-Edn

(U)/IU-38/08 dated the 26th May 2008), transferred 57 colleges, formerly affiliated to the University of Calcutta, to the newly established University.

The logo of the University comprises a traditional Indian earthen lamp (Pradeep) which is underlined with a motto (lakshya vishwamanam). The

lighted lamp signifies the enlightenment of the individual soul leading to the realization of one’s self as an integral part of the vast cosmos. Further,

men unite in light and become separated in darkness. The logo speaks the hope of a unified enlightened future community.

The University has progressed a lot over last one year. Work on the LAN and WAN is progressing as the University envisages e-enabled classrooms,

library and offices. A large volume of the university’s communications with students, affiliated colleges and University faculty is through the

extensive use of the ICT infrastructure. It is already apparent that this ensures instant communication and therefore is the basic infrastructure for

efficient governance.

The University had problems but many of the problems have been overcome by now under able leadership which is presently trying tooth and nail

to march forward with utmost sincerity.

Courses Offered by WBSU

Post Graduate Courses The duration of the Post-Graduate programmes in different courses are two years consisting of four semesters. The objective of the course is to

provide the students a sound base (both theoretical and practical) on the concerned discipline and to equip the students by enhancing their analytical

and comprehensive abilities for meeting the challenges in life in future. The PG syllabus that has been framed for each of the various disciplines is

entirely contemporary and in tune with the advance in research in that particular subject. In this context, more effective classroom teaching

practices are likely to be instituted to make the learner-outcome more satisfying and effective. Syllabi can be downloaded from our website

www.wbsubregistration.org

Limited intake of students ensures personal attention. Teacher-student ratio is monitored in each department. Internet enabled classrooms

encourages guided web-learning. Project-based assignments enable students to carry out the work independently. Dissertation as a part of PG

course requirements, develops writing skills of the students. Emphasis has been laid to improve the skill-based learning.

The eligibility criteria for admission to PG courses in the different subjects are given below

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Code

No.

Course Subjects /

Departments Eligibility

01 M.A./M.Sc.(Ag)

(2 yrs duration)

Agriculture & Rural

Development

Honours graduate

02 M.A./M.Sc.(Eco)

(2 yrs duration) Economics

B.A./B. Sc. (Hons.) in Economics,

Students should have sufficient mathematical background. Preference will be given

to students who had mathematics as a pass subject at the UG level.

03 M.A./M.Sc.(Geo)

(2 yrs duration) Geography B. A./B.Sc. (Hons.) in Geography

04 M.A./M.Sc. (2 yrs

duration) Psychology B.A./B. Sc. (Hons.) in Psychology

05 M.Sc. (2 yrs duration) Anthropology B. Sc. (Hons.) in Anthropology

06 M.Sc. (2 yrs duration) Biochemistry

B.Sc. (Hons.) in Chemistry /Biochemistry/ any branch of Life Sciences with

Biochemistry as a major paper in their B.Sc.(Hons) Course & Chemistry as one of

the Pass subjects.

07 M.Sc. (2 yrs duration) Botany B. Sc. (Hons.) in Botany

08 M.Sc. (2 yrs duration) Chemistry B. Sc. Hons.) in Chemistry

09 M.Sc. (2 yrs duration) Computer Science

B. Sc. (Hons.) in Computer Science with Mathematics as pass subject

10 M.Sc. (2 yrs duration) Electronics B. Sc. (Hons.) in Electronics

11 M.Sc. (2 yrs duration) Food & Nutrition B.Sc. (Hons.) in Food & Nutrition preferably with Chemistry at H.S. level.

12 M.Sc. (2 yrs duration) Microbiology B. Sc. (Hons.) in Microbiology/Biotechnology/ Biochemistry (preferred) or

Zoology/Botany with Microbiology as major paper or Chemistry as pass subject

13 M.Sc. (2 yrs duration) Physics B. Sc. (Hons.) in Physics

14 M.Sc. (2 yrs duration) Physiology B. Sc.(Hons.) in Physiology

15 M.Sc. (2 yrs duration) Mathematics B.Sc. (Hons.) in Mathematics

16 M.Sc. (2 yrs duration) Statistics B. Sc. (Hons.) in Statistics or Mathematics [60% seats from Statistics(H) & 40%

seats from Mathematics(H)]

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Eligibility for Admission to M.A., M.Com., M.Sc.Courses

I. Three years Honours graduate of the current and previous 2 years i.e. not before 2014 in the system (10+2+3) from WBSU.

II. Honours graduates from recognized Universities in West Bengal of the current and previous two years are eligible for admission. For students from other

states, the student should have passed equivalent course as at (I) from UGC recognized University/Institute.

III. Candidates passing Honours/Major course in Arts in Under Graduate Degree level from Indira Gandhi National Open University/Netaji Subhas Open

University and the Distance Education Programmes of other Universities in West Bengal are also eligible for admission.

IV. Each candidate should apply in a separate single application form for applying more than one subject, if any.

V. Application Form is to be submitted online.

17 M.Sc. (2 yrs duration) Zoology B. Sc. (Hons.) in Zoology

18 M.Com

(2 yrs duration)

Commerce &

Management B. Com. (Hons.)

19. M.A. (2 yrs. duration Bengali B. A. (Hons.) in Bengali

20 M.A. (2 yrs. duration Education B. A. (Hons.) in Education

21 M.A. (2 yrs. duration English B. A. (Hons.) in English

22 M.A. (2 yrs. duration Film Studies Honours Graduate in any Subject

Or Honours in Media Science/Media Studies

23 M.A. (2 yrs. duration Hindi B. A. (Hons) in Hindi

24 M.A. (2 yrs. duration History B. A. (Hons.) in History

25 M.A. (2 yrs. duration Journalism & Mass

Communication B.A./B.Sc./B.Com. Honours in any Subject or Media Science or Media Studies

26 M.A. (2 yrs. duration Sanskrit B. A. (Hons.) in Sanskrit

27 M.A. (2 yrs. duration Philosophy B. A. (Hons.) in Philosophy

28 M.A. (2 yrs. duration Political Science B. A. (Hons.) in Political Science

29 M.A. (2 yrs. duration Sociology B. A. (Hons.) in Sociology

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VI. Modalities of Admission . After online submission of the application, the copy of the application is to be downloaded and printed copy of the downloaded application along with

relevant supporting documents self-attested by the candidate are to be preserved and submitted to the P.G. Section of WBSU and the documentary

evidence of the payment of Application Fee (e-receipt) must be attached with the hard copy of the application for admission if selected. (See Clause VIII).

VII. Admission will be taken between 11-30 A.M. and 3-00 P.M. on all working days as per notification displayed on WBSU Notice Board and website from

time to time.

VIII. Mode of Payment : Application Fee Rs.300/- (for General and other candidates) and Rs.150/- (for SC/ST/PWD candidate) for an application.

Candidates may use the payment facility on Multi Option Payment System (MOPS) eg., (i) Internet Banking of all Banks (ii) ATM-cum-Debit/Credit

Card of all Banks (iii) By Cash/Cheque at SBI Branches by using challan. For State Bank collect system additional commission for bank transaction to be

borne by the candidate. Copy of the fee deposition slip (e-receipt) is to be attached with the printed copy of the application. (iii) Before deposition Cash at

SBI Br., e-Challan to be downloaded from “State Bank Collect”.

IX. Marksheets in original (Part I, Part II & Part III) should be shown during the Admission if selected.

X. Self-attested copies of marksheets (Part I, Part II & Part III) and other testimonials should be attached with the application form.

XI. SC/ST candidates should write “SC/ST candidate” on the top of the application form and they must attach self-attested Xerox copy of SC/ST certificate

from the office of the S.D.O.

XII. Persons with Disability (PWD) candidates must mention the words “PWD” on the top of the application form and must attach a certificate from the

Competent Authority.

XIII. OBC-A or OBC-B candidates should write “OBC-A” or “OBC-B” on the top of the application form and they must attach self-attested Xerox copy of

OBC certificate issued by the Office of the S.D.O.

XIV. List of the selected candidates will be displayed on the Notice Board at the P.G. Section, WBSU and also on University website.

XV. No personal communication will be made with the selected candidates.

XVI. Selection will be made strictly in order of merit on the basis of percentage of marks for 60% of seats for WBSU students and rest 40% of seats on the

basis of subjectwise Entrance Test for Other University students and home university students including back years (Passed in 2014, 2015) students. Under

the category of 40% of seats, the students will be admitted on the basis of an MCQ test on OMR sheet either with 50 questions each carrying 2 marks or

adhering to the standardized format of MCQ test of the university, whichever is applicable; [negative marks & cut off marks will be applicable, if

necessary. Distribution of marks : For each correct answer 2 marks, for wrong answer minus 0.5 marks and not attempted 0 mark will be awarded]. Or,

may be filled according to marks for some departments, if the sufficient number of applications have not been received.

XVII. Preference, if any, once exercised can not be changed. And declaration regarding SC/ST/PWD/OBC-A/OBC-B/General once given can not be altered.

XVIII. For admission to different courses, an SC or ST candidate getting admission should have obtained in the previous examination qualifying marks not

lower by more than 25% of the marks obtained by the last candidate of the general category. In case of OBC-A and OBC-B the candidates getting

admission should have obtained in the previous examination, qualifying marks not lower by more than 10% from the marks obtained by the last candidate

of the general category.

XIX. Domicile Certificate : (See Website: www.wbsubregistration.gov; p.28-32). In any case, if a candidate obtains marks lower than the minimum qualifying marks prescribed by the University/Appropriate Authority for admission to

the relevant course, he/she will not be eligible for admission.

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Registration & Migration (Only for those who are from other recognized Universities)

Candidates, from recognized Universities other than W.B.S.U., admitted to P.G. courses should submit the Migration Certificate form the last attended

Institute at the time of admission.

N.B. – Registration is essential for each and every candidate immediately after his/her admission to P.G. Course to avoid difficulties.

Registration Fees Rs.200/- only per student (for all categories of students) .

Rules and Regulations in respect of Reserved Quota

The following seats are reserved in each subject for the under mentioned categories as indicated in West Bengal Government Rule .

a) For SC/ST – 22% and 6% respectively of the total seats of the concerned subject.

NB. – SC/ST candidates should submit SC/ST certificate issued as per the West Bengal SC/ST (identification) Act 1994.

b) For Persons with Disability : reservation of 3% seats for PWD within each respective category (SC/ST, OBC-A, OBC-B) & unreserved of the

concerned subject.

N.B.- Persons with disability candidates having degree of 40% and above should submit a certificate issued by the relevant Govt. Hospital.

c) For OBC-A/OBC-B : Implementation of reservation shall take effect from the Academic Session 2014-15 as per W.B. Govt. Rules in a phase-wise

manner as given in relevant G.O.s and decided by the WBSU Council.

d) For Other Recognised University candidates : - Selection will be made strictly in order of merit on the basis of percentage of marks for 60% of

seats (Category A) for WBSU students and rest 40% of seats (Category B) on the basis of subject wise Entrance Test for Non WBSU and WBSU

Students.

e) Back year(s) candidates :- At par of the current year students of the concerned subject for the seats earmarked in Category B (WBSU & Non-WBSU

students under 40% of total seats).

f) Relaxation of cut-off marks for SC/ST/PWD/OBC-A/OBC-B candidates : As per University and Government rules vide Notification

No.07/Edn)U)/IU-89/13 dt.2.1.14.

g) Relaxation of price for Application Form and Admission Test fee for SC/ST/PWD candidate is 50% off.

h) For availing any of the criteria as above at a, b and c is to be authenticated with valid documents from appropriate authority. Once a student

declares the category (i.e., General, SC/ST/OBC/PH), it cannot be changed later.

Seat distribution in different PG subjects

Seat-break up category-wise in different subjects. For the Year 2016-17 Subject

Code

Subjects (Abbreviation) Total Seats Gen Seats

for

SC

Seats

for ST

Seats

for

OBC-A

Seats

for

OBC-B 2013-14 2014-15 &

2015-16 2016-17

01 Agriculture & Rural Development (AGRD) 25 27 29 17 6 2 2 2

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02 Economics(ECO) 35 37 39 25 9 2 2 1 03 Geography(GEO) 30 32 32 21 7 2 1 1 04 Psychology(PSCH) 25 27 28 17 6 2 2 1 05 Anthropology(ANTR) 20 22 24 15 5 1 2 1 06 Biochemistry(BIOC) 20 22 24 15 5 1 2 1 07 Botany(BOT) 20 22 24 15 5 1 2 1 08 Chemistry(CHEM) 20 22 23 15 5 1 1 1 09 Computer Science(CS) 23 25 27 17 6 2 1 1 10 Electronics(ELEC) 20 22 23 15 5 1 1 1 11 Food & Nutrition(FN) 15 17 18 11 4 1 1 1 12 Microbiology(MICR) 15 17 18 11 4 1 1 1 13 Physics(PHY) 22 24 24 16 5 1 1 1 14 Physiology(PHSL) 20 22 23 15 5 1 1 1 15 Mathematics(MATH) 35 37 39 25 9 2 2 1 16 Statistics(STAT) 30 32 34 21 7 2 2 2 17 Zoology(ZOOL) 20 22 24 15 5 1 2 1 18 Commerce & Management(COMM) 45 47 50 32 11 3 2 2 19 Bengali(BENG) 70 72 76 51 17 5 2 1 20 Education(EDU) 50 52 56 36 12 3 3 2 21 English(ENG) 40 42 46 29 10 3 2 2 22 Film Studies(FS) 25 27 28 17 6 2 2 1 23 Hindi(HIN) 35 37 39 25 9 2 2 1 24 History(HIST) 60 62 66 42 15 4 3 2 25 Journalism & Mass Communication(JMC) 30 32 34 21 7 2 2 2 26 Sanskrit(SANS) 50 52 56 36 12 3 3 2 27 Philosophy(PHIL) 35 37 39 25 9 2 2 1 28 Political Science(PLSA) 35 37 39 25 9 2 2 1 29 Sociology(SOC) 35 37 39 25 9 2 2 1

Total seats = 1021 Nos. in 29 P.G. departments. Seat Increased for this year 59.

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Rules for Collegiate/Non-Collegiate/ Dis-Collegiate Candidates

(Rules applicable for appearing in the University semester examinations)

Admitted candidates have to attend their classes from the very beginning of the session. Candidates who take admission after commencement of the session

will have their percentage of class attendance counted from the very next day of their admission.

a) Collegiate Candidates - Students are required to attend at least 65% of the total lectures delivered to them in the session to complete the said semester.

They are eligible to appear at the University Examination.

* For M.Phil Course of studies, students are required to attend at least 75% of the total lectures delivered to them in the session to complete the said course

b) Non-Collegiate Candidates - The candidates whose percentage of class attendance is 55% and above but below 65% of the total lectures delivered to them

in the session will be treated as Non-Collegiate candidates. They may be sent up at the University Examination if their short percentage is condoned by the

appropriate authority

* For M.Phil Course of studies, the students whose percentage of class attendance is 65% and above but below 75% of the total lecturers delivered to them in

the session will be treated as Non-Collegiate Students. They may be sent up at the University Examination if their short percentage is condoned by the

appropriate authority

c) Dis-Collegiate Candidates - The candidates whose percentage of class attendance falls below 55% of the total lectures delivered to them in the session

will be treated as Dis-Collegiate candidates. They are not eligible to appear at the University Examination. They may take re-admission

* For M.Phil Course of studies, students whose percentage of class attendance falls below 65% of the total Lectures delivered to them in the session will be

treated as Dis-Collegiate students. They are not eligible to appear at the University Examination.

Cancellation of Admission

If any student remains absent from his/her classes continuously for fifteen days or thirty days (with interruptions) within the first two months from the

date of his/her admission, his/her name will be automatically struck off the rolls. Fees submitted by the students at the time of admission shall also be

forfeited. Application Fees once paid will not be refunded at any circumstances.

Academic Calendar The Post Graduate Departments of WBSU are following Semester system and monitoring the performance of the student by grading system of

marks. Mid-term examination along with continuous assessment are being practiced for continuous improvement of the teaching-learning environment. The

duration of the odd semester is usually from July to December (six months) and the even Semester is from January to June (six months). However the

admission to the 1st semester courses depends on the publication of the results of B.A./B. Sc./B. Com (Hons.) part III examination.

1st Sem & 3rd Sem : Course of Studies : 1st July to 30th November; Recess /Exam. & Other related matters : 1st December to 15th January

2nd Sem & 4th Sem : Course of Studies : 16th January to 31st May; Recess /Exam. & Other related matters : 1st June to 30th June

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Fees Structure The fee structure of the admission process will be as follows:

Name of the Postgraduate Course Fee (in Rs)

Group-A

Bengali, Education, English, Hindi,

History, Philosophy, Sanskrit,

Political Science

Application/Prospectus Fee 300/- (SC/ST: 150/-)

Admission Fee 1000/-

Tuition fee(2 months) 400/-

Sports fee (once) 150/-

Library fee (once) 500/-

Library caution deposit (Refundable) 500/-

Development fee 2000/-

Student Welfare fund 300/-

Semester Examination fee (1st semester) 500/-

Semester fee(1st semester) 200/-

Fees for Personal Insurance during the

course

250/-

Total 6100/- (for SC/ST 5950/-).Apart from this Rs.200/-

is to be paid for new Registration

Name of the Postgraduate Course Fee (in Rs.)

Group-B

Anthropology, Botany,

Chemistry, Journalism and Mass

Communication, Biochemistry,

Mathematics, Physics,

Microbiology, Physiology

Zoology, Agriculture and Rural

Development, Sociology,

Psychology, Statistics, Food and

Nutrition, Geography

Film Studies, Electronics,

Economics,

Computer Science, Commerce

and Management

Application/Prospectus Fee 300/-(SC/ST: 150/-)

Admission Fee 1000/-

Tuition fee(2 months) 600/-

Sports fee (once) 150/-

Library fee (once) 500/-

Library caution deposit (Refundable) 500/-

Laboratory caution deposit (Refundable) 1000/-

Development fee 2000/-

Student Welfare fund 300/-

Semester Examination fee (1st semester) 500/-

Semester fee(1st semester) 300/-

Fees for Personal Insurance during the

course

250/-

Total 7400/- (for SC/ST 7250/-) .Apart from this Rs.200/-

is to be paid for new Registration

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M.Phil/Ph.D. Courses

M.Phil (2 yrs duration)

The University is offering M.Phil/Ph.D. courses in various Departments. Admission to the M.Phil. / Ph.D. is through an entrance examination (RET) for each

discipline followed by a viva-voce. Candidates with NET/SET/GATE/M.Phil qualifications are exempted from the Admission Test. The University conducts

the Admission Test for the Ph.D. programme after issuing appropriate notification. The number of students to be admitted into the Ph.D. programme in a

subject or an interdisciplinary field in a year is decided by the respective Board of Research Studies. National and State-level reservation policies are followed

in the matter of admission into the Ph.D. programme. Students admitted to the Ph.D. programme shall undertake course work for a period of one semester to

be eligible for Registration into Ph.D. course. On successful completion of the entire programme as per Ph.D. regulations the degree of Doctor of Philosophy

shall be awarded to a candidate on the basis of original research work resulting in a significant advancement of knowledge.

Subjects offered : Generally for M.Phil – Bengali, English, Sanskrit, History, Philosophy, Mathematics.

For Ph.D. subject to availability of supervisor – Agriculture & Rural Development, Anthropology, Biochemistry, Botany, Chemistry, Computer Science,

Electronics, Mathematics, Microbiology, Physics, Physiology, Psychology, Statistics, Zoology, Bengali, English, Sanskrit, Education, Hindi, History,

Journalism & Mass Communication, Political Science, Philosophy, Sociology, Economics, Geography, Commerce & Management.

Fees Structure for Ph.D. & M.Phil. students for Indian National Ph.D. M.Phil 25% higher of the above fees for

Foreign students – SAARC

countries

50% higher of the above fees for

Foreign students – Non SAARC

countries

Application Fee Rs.1000 (500 for SC/ST) Rs.1000 (500 for SC/ST) Admission Fee Rs.1000 Rs.1000 Course Fee Rs.4500 Rs.4500 (1st Sem); 3500 (2nd Sem) = Total Rs.8000/-

Registration Fee Rs.5000 Rs.3000 Thesis submission fee Rs.8000 Rs.6000

Facilities Available Installation of Wi-Fi in the University Campus has been done to cater to the growing needs of students for research purpose and advancement of knowledge.

Library, Reading Room, Internet Facilities University Library plays a pivotal supportive role in the teaching-learning process and research with web-based proprietary resources. The university has a

well-stocked library with reading room facility, internet and photocopying services. No. of Text Books subjectwise for Humanities is 8679; Science 4934;

Social Science 807; Commerce & Management 541 and after that newly purchased in the year 2014-15 is 5918. Subscribed journals 11 and SAGE Journals

are 31 in numbers.

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Hostel Facilities

One Boys hostel has been constructed and accommodated by 40 boys/boarders and one girl’s hostel is in the last phase of construction. Within a short period

facilities may be extended to the female students.

Facilities for Bus services Limited Bus services from WBSU (hired monthly fare basis) is available from the following three places : (1) Barrackpur Station (2) Sodepur Station (3)

Barasat Helabattala

National Service Scheme (NSS) Cell

Brief Activity Report of NSS Programme under West Bengal State University

At the year ended on March 2016, 42 NSS units controlled by West Bengal State University conducted the following programmes over the year.

Sl.No Name of the Programme Particulars

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

Blood Donation Camp

Plantation Programme

Pulse Polio Programme

Health Check up Camp

Sit & Draw Competitions

Survey work on source of drinking water, common

disease, plastic pollution, problems of mobile

phone, low cost food, superstition and anti-

superstition

1. 683 units of blood collected from the camp organized by 19 NSS unit

2. 787 Saplings planted by 26 NSS unit

3. 2141 Children benefited with vaccine by 19 NSS units

4. 14 NSS units organized

5. 14 NSS Units organized

6. Some NSS unit conducted these prgramme and NSS Work Report presented in

a book-let form by 4 Colleges of WBSU

The role of NSS Units of WBSU is also noteworthy. The 3 NSS units conducted the following programs

1. Orientation Programme for the Programme Officers and Special

Camping Programme for the University NSS Volunteers.

2. Thalasemia Awareness and Detection Programme

3. Cleaning Programmes

4. International Youth Day Celebration

5. Observance of Independence Day

6. Observance of Netaji’s Birth Day.

7. Observance of Republic Day

8. Fixation of Name Plates at the important places of University

9. Installation of 2 Water Coolers-cum-purifiers

10. Fixation of Information Kiosk at the gate

11. 100 hours Employability Training by Tata Consultancy Services

12. Participation of the State-level NSS Award Programme

13. Participation of Vivek Samhati Utsab 2016

14. Publication of NSS WBSU Diary

15. Observance of National Hand Cleaning Day

16. Publication of NSS Annual Report 2014-2015.

17. Introduction of Transfer of First and Second Installments of NSS

through NEFT

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Games and Sports The Sports Cell of West Bengal State University was established in November, 2008, which was affiliated to the Association of Indian Universities in the

year 2009. Due to its locational advantage at the rural belt and many of the famous sportspersons being the citizens of North 24 Parganas District by birth, our

university gave birth to a number of good players in different fields of boys’ and girls’ events. Further, formation of the Newly Structured Sports Committee

by the University Authority has also made the whole selection process transparent and well-acceptable. As a result, the university had gathered the various

achievements year by year.

Internal Quality Assurance Cell As per UGC guidelines every university should have an Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC). The University has already established an Internal Quality

Assurance Cell (IQAC). IQAC has started its functioning keeping in view the objective of development of every sphere of the University. Hon’ble Vice-

Chancellor himself acts as the Chairman of the Cell.

Anti-ragging Cell

As per the directions of the Hon'ble Supreme Court of India, University Grants Commission notified regulations in order to prevent and eliminate the scourge

of ragging in Higher Educational Institutions. University has established an anti-ragging cell following UGC regulations. Students found involved with

ragging activities will be punished depending on the severity of offence. An Affidavit (format supplied by the University) in this regard will be submitted by

each student in due course after getting the admission and registration number.

Sexual Harrasment Cell

Following the Vishaka Guide lines University Executive Council in its first meeting formed the Sexual Harassment Cell in order to prevent and eliminate the

harassment in Higher Educational Institutions. Prof. Uma Basu, Dept. of Applied Mathematics, C.U is the Chairperson and Prof. Sutapa Chatterjee Sarkar,

Dept. of History, WBSU is the Convener of the Cell (as nominated by the Hon’ble Vice Chancellor).

Grievance Redressal cell

Our university also maintains a Grievance Cell. Grievances related to sexual harassment, discrimination based on religion, race, or sex may be discussed with

the respective heads of different departments, who will bring it to the notice of the Members of the Cell or may be directly communicated to the Members of

the Cell. Students are assured that every case will be dealt with the attention required. Grievances pertaining to the administrative delays may be brought to

the notice of the Registrar’s office in the university.

Right to Information Cell Democracy requires an informed citizenry and transparency of information which are vital to its functioning and also to contain corruption and to hold

Governments and their instrumentalities accountable to the governed. It is therefore expedient to provide for furnishing certain information to citizens who

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desire to have it. Right to information for citizens ensures access to information in order to promote transparency and accountability in the working of every

public authority. We have a Right to Information cell in our university and the Registrar of the university is the appellate officer.

Students Welfare The University is having a well-constituted Students’ Welfare Committee which has created a good leadership skill among the students, who help and

cooperate in organizing various official and non-official programmes of the university, beginning from Freshers’ Welcome upto the Inter-college Sports, NSS

activities and observance & Celebration of different cultural and socio-cultural activities, even the hostage of state-level and national-level seminars. Through

this Committee, students coming from different localities and different communities get equal help and support for their academic and social empowerment.

Students’ Welfare Committee, in collaboration with the NSS Cell of the University, has also initiated different social programmes like holding of Vivek-yatra,

organizing Blood Donation Camps, opening of Book Bank for the needy yet serious students, etc.

List of Subjects in P.G. Courses in the Affiliated Colleges under this University

1. A.P.C. College Physics, Chemistry, Microbiology, Electronics, Computer Science

2. Barrackpur Rastraguru

Surendranath College

Geography, Microbiology, Computer Science, Commerce & Management, Food &

Nutrition

3. Barasat Government College Bengali, Zoology, Botany, Physics, Chemistry

4. Bhairab Ganguly College English, Geography, Commerce, Urdu, Journalism & Mass Com.

5. Basirhat College Bengali

6. Bidhannagar College Zoology, Microbiology, Chemistry

7. Dinabandhu Mahavidyalaya Bengali

8. Dum Dum Motijheel College English, Mathematics

9. Gobardanga Hindu College Bengali

10. Ramkrishna Mission Vivekananda Centenary College Chemistry, Botany

11. Rishi Bankim Chandra College English, Zoology

12. Sree Chaitanya College, Habra Bengali, Chemistry

13. Sree Chaitanya Mahavidyalaya Commerce

14. Taki Govt. college Bengali,English

15. Saradama Girls’ College Food & Nutrition

16. Mrinalini Datta Mahavidyapith Bengali

17. Sarojini Naidu College for Women Bengali, English

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Officers of the University

Sl.

No. Name Designation

1. Prof. Basab Chaudhuri Vice-Chancellor

2. Sri Tapan Dutta

Registrar(Officiating), Deputy Registrar,

Inspector of Colleges (in-charge) &

S.P.I.O.(in-charge)

3. Sri Abhijit Talapatra Controller of Examinations

4. Sri Santosh Mondal Finance Officer

5. Sri Saikat Ranjan Ghosh University Engineer

6. Sri Subrata Sarkar Assistant Controller

7. Sri Asoke Kumar Mukherjee Officer-on-Special Duty (Administration)

Faculty Members/Officer-in-Charge of different Offices of the University

8. Professor Arun Hota Library-in-Charge,&

Director, Directorate of Distance Education

9. Dr. Nilkanta Das Assistant Director, Distance Education

10. Dr. Anirban Sarkar Sports Officer

11. Dr. Ashim Kumar Bose Chairman, Sports Board

12. Prof. Uttam Kumar Dutta Coordinator, IQAC

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14.

Dr.Sanghamitra Paul &

Mr. Rajat Pandit WBSU Nodal Officer, AISHE,MHRD

15. Dr. Pranam Dhar Programme Coordinator, N.S.S.

16. Dr. Biplab Giri Coordinator, Health Care Centre

17. Dr. Arijit Roy Convener, Placement Cell

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Departments at a Glance

Department of Agriculture and Rural Development

The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development with its

multidisciplinary approach offers M.Sc. and Ph.D. Courses. The

Department emphasizes more on field-based studies as a part of its course

curriculum. Students need to go to the rural areas/ villages for field level

experience and practical exposure. Field visit is conducted in every

semester in different Central Govt. Institutions and Universities like

Central Research Institute for Jute and Allied Fibers (CRIJAF), Pulses and

Oilseed Research Station, Central Sericulture Research and Training

Institute (CSR & TI), Uttar Banga Krishi Viswavidyalaya (UBKV) and

others. Students have to submit a dissertation on the basis of field survey

(preferably) based project work in the 4th semester under the direct

supervision of the Departmental teachers. Research areas of the

Department include Agriculture, Animal husbandry, Livelihood options,

Health, SHGs, Climate change, Adoption strategy, Rural

Entrepreneurship, Women and Gender issues, Information technology in

rural development, Issues on Tribal Development etc. One Research

Scholar has already been awarded the Ph.D. Degree from this Department.

Two Scholars have delivered their Ph. D. Pre-submission Seminar. Seven

Research Scholars have successfully completed their Ph.D Course Work

and have already registered in Ph.D. program. Our students have been

awarded several Scholarships like INSPIRE Fellowship (Department of

Science & Technology, Govt. of India), SRF of Central Institute of

Brackish Water Aquaculture, Rajib Gandhi National Fellowship etc.

Faculty Members

Jayanta Sen,Ph.D., Assistant Professor in Economics. (Co-ordinator )

Department of Economics:

The Department of Economics, since its inception, offers M.Sc., M.Phil.

and Ph.D. Degree in Economics. Post-Graduation Course consists of four

semesters. Two optional papers, Econometrics and Financial Economics

are offered both in third and fourth semester. A Field survey-based project

work along with computer application has been included as a part of the

curriculum of the post graduate course. Emphasis is being given on the

contemporary course curriculum in order to make the students analytically

sound with strong theoretical background.

The major research areas of the department are : Environment and

Resource Economics, International Trade and Development, Rural Poverty

and Unemployment, Women and Children Development, Agricultural

Economics - Productivity and Efficiency Measurements, Issues related to

Globalization of agriculture, Microfinance and Rural Credit, Self-help

Groups, Women Empowerment Issues, Income Inequality, Poverty Issues,

Issues on Development and welfare, Time Series Analysis, Financial

Economics etc. Twelve Candidates have already registered for the Ph.D.

Program in the department and two candidates have already been awarded

the Ph.D degree. Two Research Scholars are enrolled for Ph.D. Course

work, 2016. The faculty members are involved in different research

projects with different Universities and Institutes. Notably, the department

has one ongoing major research project funded by the Indian Council of

Social Science Research (ICSSR), New Delhi, Ministry of Human

Resource Development, Government of India. Our department is actively

involved in collaborative research with the European Land-Use Institute,

Dresden University of Technology, Germany.

Faculty Members

Jyotish Prakash Basu,Ph.D., Professor of Economics

Dipika Basu,Ph.D., Associate Professor in Economics (Head)

Debabrata Mukhopadhyay,Ph.D., Associate Professor in Economics

Chandralekha Ghosh, Ph.D., Assistant Professor in Economics

Jayanta Sen, Ph.D., Assistant Professor in Economics

Department of Geography The Post Graduate Department of Geography offers a two-year full-time

M.Sc/M.A. course. The thrust areas of the department are geomorphology,

application of remote sensing and GIS and regional development and

planning. The Master’s course aims to give a comprehensive

understanding of the varied fields of physical and human geography which

have interdisciplinary and contemporary relevance.

The objective of the course is to introduce the students to the philosophical

and methodological foundations of the subject and it also aims to sensitize

the students with development issues, policies and programmes designed

for regional development. The integration of the course with geology,

ecology and environmental sciences enables the students to understand the

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process component of geomorphology, which is essential for a holistic

approach towards environmental and hazard management. The department

tries to provide a stimulating research and learning environment together

with quality teaching by eminent guest faculties from different

Universities and Institutions of West Bengal. Two Specialisations are

offered namely Applied Geomorphology and Micro-Regional Planning.

Research areas offered are : coastal geomorphology, sedimentology,

environmental management of coastal areas and, tidal inlet hydraulics;

Human development-gender development, social development-education,

human health and wellbeing, rural development, sustainable development,

decentralized participatory planning : Qualitative research including

participatory appraisal, participation and direct observation, surveys and

interview strategies. The number of PhD students registered is 10.

Faculty Members

Subhamita Chaudhuri, Ph.D., Associate Professor in Geography

Sukla Basu, Ph.D., Associate Professor in Geography. (Head)

Department of Psychology

The Department of Psychology offers two Specialization courses in

Masters level - namely, Counseling Psychology and Organisational

Behaviour and Industrial Psychology. It plans to introduce rehabilitation

Psychology as an area of specialization as well. The department has

employed unique pedagogical tools like street theatre, social projects,

documentary film making, film clubs, dance movement and drama therapy

techniques to make the learning process contemporary, engaging and

participatory. Extensive research work is underway in the areas of Clinical

Psychology, Health Psychology, Community Psychology, Social

Psychology and Organizational Behaviour. This department works in

collaboration with the Department of Psychology, University of Calcutta

in the area of cognitive neuropsychology and with Emili Sagol School of

Creative Art Therapies, University of Haifa, Israel. The department has

undertaken research work with organizations like Tunespray Mobile

Solutions, Indian Cancer Society, Calcutta Rescue and Sappho for

Equality. Students intern in psychiatry departments of various state run

hospitals like R.G.Kar Medical College, Pavlov Hospital, Sagore Dutta

Hospital, Kalyani Hospital and also in Sevoke. Six students in the past 5

years have qualified National Eligibility Test and State Eligibility Test for

assistant professorship. Nine students have completed their M.Phil in

Clinical Psychology & Psychiatric Social Work – having qualified

eligibility exams competing with students coming from all over the

nation. Most of our students are working in various capacities as research

scholars (at Tata Institute of Social Sciences, IIT Kharagpur, University of

Calcutta, University of Tripura), lecturers, school counsellors, judicial

counsellors, rehabilitation professionals, clinical psychologists, psychiatric

social workers and psychotherapists. Numerous educative and

motivational Seminars/ Conferences/ workshops are regularly organized

by the Department.

Faculty Member

Sreemoyee Tarafdar, M.Phil,Ph.D., Assistant Professor in Psychology

(Coordinator).

Department of Anthropology

The Department of Anthropology is one of the youngest

Anthropology departments of India having well equipped

laboratory, collection of materials and field work facilities for P.G.

Anthropology courses. The department has been exploring quality of

education by appointing eminent guest faculties from different

Universities and Institutions in and around Kolkata. It is unique in

the sense that it is one of the very few Anthropology departments in

India having faculties from three major branches of Anthropology. It

also offers specialization courses for all three major branches

(Biological, Archaeological and Social-Cultural Anthropology). The

department emphasizes more on its fieldwork as a part of its

curriculum. Students are supposed to conduct long camp-based

intensive fieldwork in the 2nd Semester (for 3 major branches). They

have to submit a dissertation along with the theoretical papers in the

4th semester under the direct supervision of the teachers. The courses

offered by our department are M. Sc. (Specialization in three major

branches of Anthropology: Biological Anthropology,

Archaeological Anthropology and Social-Cultural Anthropology),

M.Phil. & Ph.D. in Anthropology. Presently the department has

seven Research Fellows under the fellowship of UGC (NET),

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RGFF, MAF etc who worked as a Teaching Assistant as per UGC

guidelines. Till date three students of the department have been

awarded Ph.D. Degree as per UGC Regulations 2009.Many of the

pass­out students have already joined in different government and

other jobs including University teaching. Faculty Members

Subir Biswas, Ph.D., Professor of Anthropology (Head)

Abhijit Das, Ph.D., Assistant Professor in Anthropology

Debasis Kumar Mondal, M.Sc., Assistant Professor in Anthropology

Department of Biochemistry The Department of Biochemistry offers M.Sc. in Biochemistry course to

the students from a wide range of disciplines. The students having B.Sc.

(Hons.) degree in Chemistry /Biochemistry/ any branch of life sciences

with Biochemistry as a major paper in their B.Sc.course with Chemistry as

one of the pass subjects are eligible to apply. Guest professors and

scientists from different Universities and Institutes have been enlightening

this department by sharing their knowledge and expertise with our

students. The M.Sc. curriculum has been designed to enrich the students

both theoretically and practically in applied and research oriented

approach. The Department also offers Ph.D. course followed by RET and

course work. The BRS has been formed.

Faculty Members

Krishna Ray,Ph.D., Assistant Professor in Botany. (Coordinator)

Present Guest Faculties : Dr. Aparna Maitra, Dr. Samarjit Ray, Dr.

Tapan Kumar Pal, Dr. Tanaya Das (CSIR NET), Dr.Sumit Kumar Dey

(CSIR NET)

Department of Botany

The Department of Botany, West Bengal State University, Barasat, WB,

was established in 2008 with the dynamic and visionary contributions of

several renowned botanists. The Department has earned international

recognition for its teaching and research in stress biology and plant

pathology. The Department has grown considerably since then and till

sanctioned faculty strength of 7 posts and a student intake capacity of 24.

The Department to date has enrolled 116 Nos. students in M.Sc. course

and 33 Ph. D. students. The Department is recognized and supported under

DBT-BOOST scheme of the Department of Biotechnology, Govt. of West

Bengal and DST-FIST, Department of Science & Technology, Govt. of

India. Competitive extramurally funded research projects from various

funding agencies like DBT, DST, ICAR, CSIR, etc to the tune of 4.5

crores have been funded to faculty members of this department. The

average impact factor (ISI®) per faculty member of the publications

(ranked in JCR) produced from this department stands at an enviable 2.94.

Current thrust areas of teaching and research provide students with

substantial exposure in plant biology. Students are encouraged to attend

seminars and workshops at national and international levels. Assessment

of the teaching and other activities of the department is done by taking

students’ feedback. The major areas of research are (i) Tree reproductive

biology, Plant tissue culture (ii) Plant Pathogen Diversity & Population

structure- Molecular identification, phylogeny, etc of Oomycetes (iii) Plant

Stress Biology, Plant Proteomics (iv) Environmental Biotechnology

(Phosphate and nitrate bioremediation of waste water, bio-restoration of

degraded mangroves) (v) Detection, Characterization and Study of Plant

Virus Genome, Study of Viral Diversity, Host pathogen interaction,

Development of virus resistant plants and development of Plant virus

based Vector.

Courses offered: M.Sc. and Ph.D.

Three specializations are currently offered having two papers each:

(i) Plant Virology, Molecular Mycology & Plant Pathology;

(ii) Advanced Plant Physiology, Biochemistry & Plant Molecular

Biology;

(iii) Molecular Genetics, Advanced Cell Biology, Applied Plant

Breeding & Plant Tissue Culture.

Other relevant information of the department: The department has active MoU/collaborations with various

international institutes like University of Kentucky, Markey Cancer

Center, Lexington, KY, USA; Department of Plant Pathology and Plant-

Microbe Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA; National Institute

of Crop Science, Kannondai 2-1-18, Tsukuba, JAPAN; Department of

Plant Physiology, Slovak University of Agriculture, SLOVAK

REPUBLIC; Department of Plant Physiology, Warsaw University of Life

Sciences SGGW, Warsaw, POLAND; Dpt. Ciencias Agrarias y del Medio

Natural, Universitat, Jaume I, Castellón, SPAIN and National Institutes

like Bose Institute, Kolkata; Central Research Institute for Jute & Allied

Fibres (CRIJAF, ICAR), Department of Structural Biology and

Bioinformatics, Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, Genetics and Plant

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Propagation Division, Tropical Forest Research Institute, Jabalpur, Plant

Bioresources Division, Regional Centre of Institute of Bioresources and

Sustainable Development, Sikkim, Department of Biotechnology, Punjab

University; Department of Agricultural Chemicals, Bidhan Chandra Krishi

Viswavidyalaya, Mohanpur, Nadia etc.

The faculty members have received various prestigious national and

international awards like Fulbright Nehru Senior Fellow, JSPS (Japan

Society for the Promotion of Science) Invited Fellow, DST- BOYSCAST

Fellow, etc and are visiting faculty members to various international

institutes like Dept. of Plant Pathology & Plant Microbe Biology, Cornell

University, Ithaca, NY, USA, National Institute of Crop Science, Tsukuba,

National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, Japan,

Ecofisiologia-Biotecnologia, Universitat Jaume I, Spain, etc.

Faculty Members

Anup Kumar Sarkar, Ph.D. Associate Professor in Botany (Head)

Sanjoy Guha Roy, Ph.D., Associate Professor in Botany

Zahed Hassain, Ph.D., Assistant Professor in Botany

Krishna Ray, Ph.D., Assistant Professor in Botany

Ang Rinzing Sherpa, Ph.D. Assistant Professor in Botany

Department of Chemistry (DST-FIST Sponsored

Department) The Department of Chemistry is the First DST-FIST (Government of

India) sponsored department of the university and offers M.Sc. in

Chemistry and Ph.D. courses. The present intake capacity of the

department is 23 and on an average 30% of our students qualify in the

NET/GATE examinations. The optional papers available to the PG

students are Inorganic, Organic and Physical chemistry. Research

collaboration with different Universities and Institutions is going on.

Research areas of the department include Fluorescence spectroscopy of

organic dyes, nano-materials, photo-luminescent inorganic complexes,

synthesis and characterization of metal nano-particles and dye-doped

nano-particles; Photo-catalysis, synthesis and characterization of organic

dyes, synthetic studies towards bio-active natural products. Various

research projects funded by CSIR and DST, Govt. of India are ongoing.

Faculty Members

Mukut Chakraborty, Ph.D, Professor of Chemistry (Head)

Ranjan Das, Ph.D, Professor of Chemistry

Chirantan Roy Choudhury, Ph.D, Assistant Professor in Chemistry

Jhimli Sengupta, Ph. D, Assistant Professor in Chemistry

Suman Biswas, Ph.D, Assistant Professor in Chemistry

Department of Computer Science

The Department of Computer Science is one of the most promising

streams of West Bengal State University. It is presently offering Master of

Computer Science and Doctor of Philosophy in Computer Science. In this

department we are trying to offer most modern and at par courses

including Fuzzy Logic, Pattern Recognition, Graph Theory, Artificial

Intelligence, Advanced Operating System etc. We are working in

collaboration with Calcutta University, ISI Kolkata, West Bengal

University of Technology and Jadavpur University. The research areas of

the department include Handwriting Recognition and Analysis, Postal

Automation, OHR, Medical Image Processing, Graph Theory, Natural

Language Processing, Analysis of Algorithms, Computer Architecture and

Organization, Soft Computing, Pattern Recognition etc. The department

has conducted Computer Application course work for Ph.D. students &

research scholars of the university. The department also organized

Hardware courses for Teachers, PG students of the University, and Local

youths and Open Office course.

Faculty Members

Kaushik Roy, M.E.,Ph.D.(Engg.), Professor of Computer Science (Head)

Rajat Pandit, M.Tech.(IT), Assistant Professor in Computer science

Krishnendu Basuli, Ph.D., Assistant Professor in Computer science.

Department of Electronics The Department of Electronics offers M.Sc. in Electronics and PhD

program. The M.Sc. course is a Four-Semester (2-Year) program. The

syllabus of the master program is designed to provide in-depth advanced

knowledge in electronic sciences to the students. A unique set of

assignments for every paper of the master degree program is provided to

PG students and the assignments are evaluated carefully. In solving the

assignment, the students are enforces to study many text books.

Experimentation is one of the major sources of knowledge and special

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emphasis is given on PG-Level experiments. Advanced, effective and

exciting experiments are offered to PG students.

Personal computers with internet connectivity are essential for the PG/PhD

students. The department is well equipped with PCs (with wireless

broadband connectivity) which enable the students to learn about

Programming, Interfacing with PC, PSPICE/NgSPICE, Studying DSP

using trainer kits, Data Transfer through Optical Fibre from PC to PC,

Studying Open source OS/Software and many other electronics related

topics along with the access to view the ‘Video Lectures’ from NME-ICT.

The department is strongly involved in research and development. The

areas of research interest of the department are: Nanoelectronics, Quantum

Computation, Single Electron Transistor, Microelectronic Reliability,

Quantum Dots, and Science Education.

Faculty Members

Arijit Roy, M.Sc.,M.Tech.,Ph.D., Assistant Professor in Electronics

(Coordinator)

Madhabi Ganguly,M.E.,Ph.D., Assistant Professor in Electronics

Department of Food and Nutrition The Department of Food and Nutrition offers M.Sc. course to enrich the

students with knowledge of community nutrition and its therapeutic

aspects as well as food chemistry and its processing-preservation value.

The subject is application oriented and also calls on for research in these

areas. The students from Food & Nutrition discipline with B.Sc. (Hons.)

degree are eligible to apply for this M.Sc. course. The experts from

specific areas are teaching here to enrich this department.

Faculty Members

Durjoy Majumder, Ph.D., Assistant Professor in Physiology

(Co-ordinator)

Department of Mathematics Modern society demands much greater mathematical knowledge of its

citizens than even few decades before. Our prime objective is not only to

promote mathematics learning but also to acquaint the bright young minds

with the recent developments of mathematical tools that have emerged as a

result of growing needs for the investigation of various aspects of science

and technology as well as multi socio-economic problems. Another goal is

to evolve into an institution of excellence where the students as well as the

faculties get actively involved in the process of scientific discovery. With

this motive the Department of Mathematics started its functioning since

the inception of the West Bengal State University in the year 2008.

The Department of Mathematics follows a semester system and a grading

system of marks. The M.Sc. programme has four semesters (each of six

months duration) and in each semester apart from written examinations

continuous assessments are conducted. In the final semester besides major

electives (i.e. special papers) & minor electives, each student has to do a

project work and has to submit it in the form of a thesis followed by a

comprehensive viva. At present the following special papers are being

offered: i) Advanced Topology; ii)Advanced Functional Analysis; iii)

Non- Linear Differential Equations and Dynamical System; iv) Quantum

Mechanics.

Although the department started its functioning in the year 2008 but within

a very short span of time a good number of research papers are published

in different reputed national / international journals (most of them in

foreign journals) by the faculties. The faculties are also actively engaged

in communicating research activities in the form of attending / delivering

talks / presenting papers in various National / International conferences

(India and abroad). Ph.D. and M.Phil programmes in mathematics have

been started in the department and several students have already registered

for Ph.D. degrees. Some research scholars under the guidance of the

faculty members of the department have been awarded for the Ph.D.

degrees during this time; some others have either submitted their thesis or

on the verge of completion of their research works. Several students right

from the very first batch of the department have qualified NET (i.e. Joint

CSIR-UGC JRF Examination).

Main thrust of research activities is carried on in the following fields: i)

Topology, ii) Complex Analysis, iii) Functional Analysis, iv) Fixed Point

Theory, v) Dynamical System, vi) Theoretical Plasma Physics,

vii)Nonlinear waves in Plasma, viii) Quantum Mechanics, ix) Fuzzy Set

Theory.

Faculty Members

Chanchal Kumar Basu, Ph.D., Professor of Mathematics

Sarbani Chakraborty, Ph.D., Associate Professor in Mathematics

Sushanta Kumar Mohanta, Ph.D., Associate Professor in Mathematics.

(Head) Atasi Deb Ray, Ph.D.,Assistant Professor in Mathematics

Biswajit Sahu,Ph.D., Assistant Professor in Mathematics

Pinaki Shankar Gorain, Ph.D., Assistant Professor in Mathematics

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Department of Microbiology The Department of Microbiology had its inception in 2009. The secret of

success of the Department lies in the academic environment and close ties

between teachers and students. While one enjoys such flexibility, a rigid

discipline is maintained as far as the classes and projects are undertaken.

This makes the department efficient as a research institute minus the

official rigidity there in.

The department, along with conferring Masters in Science has also been

involved with the Ph.D programme. The M.Sc. curriculum is divided into

4 semesters in 2 years. In the final semester students have to do a project

work so as to have a view of different research methodologies used in the

modern world. The students of the department have successfully qualified

national-level examinations like ICAR- NET, GATE, UGC NET, SLET

and other competitive exams at state and national level. At present they are

highly established and pursuing research in various Universities and

Institutes.

The department has a very strong presence in research in the fields of

Bioinformatics, Cancer Biology, Environmental Biotechnology and

diseases with emphasis on Mycobacteriosis and Zoonotics. Presently a

number of Research Projects are being carried out by different faculty

members of this department with many funded projects (DBT-W.B., ICAR

RC NEH, DBT- Govt. of India). Collaborative research is being pursued

with WBUAFSc (Belgachia), Bose Institute, Narula Institute of

Technology and other Universities. National Conferences are also

organised.

Faculty Members

Tapti Sengupta, Ph.D.,PG in Human Rights, Assistant Professor.

(Coordinator)

Sibani Chakraborty, Ph.D., Assistant Professor.

Anushree Mondal, Ph.D., Assistant Professor.

Department of Physics

The Department of Physics offers M.Sc in Physics and also Ph.D. in

Physics. In M.Sc. the department offers special papers on “Quantum Field

Theory and Particle Physics” and “Astrophysics” and Elective papers on

“Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics”, “Nonlinear Dynamics”. A

special paper on “Advanced Condensed Matter Physics” will soon be

offered. The department has teaching and research collaboration with

Inter-University Consortium for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA),

Pune. Some of the faculties of the department are associates of IUCAA,

UGC-DAE Consortium for scientific research, Kolkata centre, and also of

Satyendranath Bose National Center for Basic Sciences, Kolkata. The

course of the department is designed to be student-centric and therefore

emphasis is given on assignments and self-learning. Students submit and

present a review work in the third semester and another project work in the

final semester. The students of the department have successfully cleared

national level examinations like NET, GATE and JEST. They are

pursuing Ph.D. and M. Tech. in other universities and institutes. The areas

in which research is pursued in the department includes Quantum Field

Theory, Particle Physics, General Theory of Relativity, Cosmology,

Condensed Matter Physics, Neural Network and Pattern Recognition. The

department held national level workshop on astrophysics in collaboration

with IUCAA, and national level seminar on modern trends in condensed

matter physics. The Department also organizes seminars by eminent

scientists on a regular basis.

Faculty Members

Arunabha Adhikari, Ph.D., Associate Professor in Physics (Head)

Bibhas Bhattacharyya,Ph.D., Associate Professor in Physics

Sunandan Gangopadhyay,Ph.D., Assistant Professor in Physics

Molly De Raychaudhury,Ph.D., Assistant Professor in Physics

Anirban Saha, Ph.D., Assistant Professor in Physics

Subhajit Sarkar,Ph.D., Assistant Professor in Physics.

Department of Physiology The Department of Physiology offers M.Sc. in Human Physiology and

Ph.D. to the students from far and wide. Only the students from

physiology discipline with B.Sc. (Hons.) degree are eligible to apply for

the M.Sc. course. The curriculum includes all fields of applied physiology

and experts from specific areas including clinicians like cardiologist,

hematologist and psychiatrist also share their knowledge here with us. It is

enriched with applied laboratory facilities pertaining to human physiology

apart from the studies in general life sciences. The Department has

collaborated with other Universities and Institutes for the research on the

areas of multi-drug resistance, industrial microbiology, systems biology,

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cancer biology, stem cell biology and on metabolic disorder. Presently a

number of emerging research projects are running and/or are in the

pipeline.

Faculty Members

Pratiti Ghosh, Ph.D., Professor of Physiology (Head)

Biplab Giri, Ph.D., Assistant Professor in Physiology

Durjoy Majumder,Ph.D., Assistant Professor in Physiology.

Department of Statistics The Department of Statistics started functioning from the very beginning

of the university i.e., from 2008, imparting 2-year M.Sc. course in

Statistics. From 2012 the department has started Ph.D. program in

Statistics. The research interests of existing Faculties are as follows:

Statistical modeling, Clinical trials, Non-parametric Statistics, Survey

Sampling, Unequal Probability Sampling, Randomized Response

technique, Small area estimation, Sampling design, model based

inference, Finite population inference, Model Selection, Sensor Network,

Cryptography and Graph Theory etc. Besides these, department organizes

seminars in Statistics by the pioneering persons of national and

international repute. The department also organizes crash course in ‘R-

Language: - Scripting Statistical Computing’.

60% of seats will be filled up by the students of WBSU from current year

pass-out students on the basis of merit from last examination passed. Rest

40% of seats will be filled up on the basis of Admission Test. (Total seats

will be considered for 60% from Honours in Statistics and 40% from

Honours in Mathematics)

Faculty Members

Sibnarayan Guria,Ph.D., Associate Professor in Statistics (Head)

Sanghamitra Pal, Ph.D., Assistant Professor in Statistics

Sumanta Adhya, Ph.D., Assistant Professor in Statistics

Mrinal Nandi, M.Sc.,M.Stat.,B.Ed., Ph.D., Assistant Professor in Statistics

Department of Zoology (DST-FIST, Govt. of India and DBT-BOOST, Govt. of West Bengal

Sponsored Department)

The Department of Zoology at present has the strength of 6 permanent

faculty members and includes many guest faculties of repute from

different areas of expertise to enrich its teaching strength. Two courses

offered at present are - MSc in Zoology and PhD.

The MSc syllabus and curricula have been developed to help students to

have good grasps of the modern theories as well as first hand experiences

in modern laboratory and field methodologies, and thus, competing at

national levels successfully (for e.g. UGC-CSIR NET). The department

has sufficient modern lab facilities including many

highly sophisticated instruments for molecular and cellular studies as well

as for the field studies. Students in the third semester get the options for

specialized courses like Oncology, Immunology, Ecology, Animal

Behaviour and Wildlife Biology and are to do a six-month project work

under a scientist from WBSU or from any other institute of high

repute. The department's regular Ph.D. programme includes effective

course works, and Ph. D. scholars are often supported by funded research

projects.

The department has a very strong presence in research in the fields of

Oncology, Immunology, Endocrinology, Ecology, Biodiversity, Wildlife

and Animal Behaviour with many funded projects (CSIR, DBT, Dept. of

Environment, etc.). It has close working relations and collaborations with

reputed Institutes like National Centre for Cell Sciences, Pune, Bose

Institute, Institute of Life Sciences (Bhubaneshwar), and IBSD, Imphal.

Faculty Members Silanjan Bhattacharya,Ph.D., Professor of Zoology.

Narayan Ghorai, Ph.D., Professor of Zoology

Chiranjib Pal,Ph.D., Associated Professor in Zoology (Head)

Deba Prasad Mandal,Ph.D., Assistant Professor in Zoology

Samir Kumar Saha,Ph.D., Assistant Professor in Zoology

Shamee Bhattacharyee, Ph.D., Assistant Professor in Zoology.

Department of Commerce & Management

The Department of Commerce & Management of WBSU started its

journey in 2009 to provide an opportunity for higher studies in the field of

Commerce and Management to all students and to the students of remote

corners of North 24-Parganas in particular.

The Department of Commerce & Management offers M.Com and Ph.D.

Programmes in Commerce/Management. M.Com course is offered only to

those students who have successfully completed B.Com with Honours.

The M.Com course has six core and six functional papers in First and

Second Semester, and four Specialization papers each in the Third and

Fourth Semester. The two specializations offered are Accounting &

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Finance and Marketing. Accounting & Finance Specialization includes

papers like Corporate Financial Accounting and Reporting, Advance Cost

and Management Accounting, Corporate Tax Planning & Management,

Financial Statement Analysis, Financial Services, Security Analysis and

Portfolio Management, International Finance & International Accounting,

Corporate Restructuring & Business Valuation, Information System

Management, and Marketing Specialization includes papers like Sales

Management, Consumer and Industrial Buying Behaviour, Integrated

Marketing communications, Marketing Research and Brand Management,

Service Marketing, International Marketing, Rural and Distribution, CRM

and Retail Management. Students are required to do a Project Work in the

final semester. The students after completing the course from the

department are now well placed in different academic and corporate

organizations. Till date a good number of students of the Department have

qualified in NET/SET.

Since the inception of the department all the faculty members are involved

in different types of research activities. A good number of research papers

authored by the departmental faculty members have been published in

different reputed national and international journals. They are also actively

involved in communicating research activities by delivering

talks/presenting papers in various National and International conferences

and supervising M.Phil/Ph.D. scholars. The faculties of the department

have conducted different Research projects of University Grants

Commission (UGC) and Indian Council of Social Science Research

(ICSSR). Research Areas of the Department include Accounting &

Finance, Service Management, Consumer Behaviour, Strategic

Management, Taxation, Systems & Information Technology, etc.

Faculty Members

Uttam Kumar Dutta, M.Com.,LL.B.,ACMA,Ph.D.,Professor of Commerce

Soma Sur, M.Phil, M.B.A.,Ph.D.,Professor of Management (Head)

Pranam Dhar,., M.Com., Ph.D Associate Professor in Commerce

Kiranjit Sett, M.Com. Ph.D., Assistant Professor in Commerce

Anirban Sarkar, M.Com.,M.B.A.,Ph.D., Assistant Professor in Marketing

Ranjan Kumar Gupta, M.B.A., Ph.D., Assistant Professor in Management

Ashok Mondal, M.B.A.,M.Com., Assistant Professor in Management

Department of Bengali

Since its inception the Department of Bengali is highly acclaimed as a

distinguished department of teaching and research. The department is

currently run by two full-time teachers and Guest teachers. The

Department offers M.A. in Bengali and M. Phil/Ph. D. in Bengali.

Special Papers are: (i) Pre-modern Bengali Literature (ii) Rabindra Sahitya

(iii) Folklore

Faculty Members

Mohini Mohan Sardar,Ph.D., Professor of Bengali (Head)

Amitabha Biswas, Ph.D., Assistant Professor in Bengali

Department of Education

The Department of Education is functioning from the time of the

establishment of West Bengal State University. The Department of

Education offers M.A in Education. There are three Special papers for PG

students- Guidance and Counseling and Teacher Education, Special

Education. Optional papers for P.G students are - Philosophical

foundations of Education, Psychological foundations of Education,

Sociological foundations of Educations, Comparative Education,

Methodology of Educational Research, Educational Technology,

Educational Management and Paper presentation.

Research areas of the Department include History of Education in India,

Mental Hygiene, Educational Sociology, Guidance and Counseling,

Comparative Education etc.

Special Lectures are held regularly in which eminent educationists are

present. State level, international and national level Seminars are

organized by the Department.

Faculty Members

Abhijit Kumar Pal, Ph.D., Associate Professor in Education. (Head)

Department of English

The Department offers Masters, M. Phil and PhD courses in English. The

optional papers offered by this Department are South Asian Literature,

Caribbean Literature/African Literature, Biography/Autobiography

Studies, Gender and Literature, Literature and Films, Literature and the

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Visual Arts/ Book Illustrations, Literature and Fantasy, Literature and

Folklore, Children’s Literature, Neo-Victorian Studies, English language

teaching, Translation theory and practice , Literature and culture studies,

and American Studies.

Research areas of the Department include culture studies and literary

translation, women’s/ memoirs and narratives, Indian English literature,

Gender and culture studies, Postmodern literature, Neo-Victorian Studies,

folklore and caste narratives, Post-colonial theory, English Language

Teaching and Education, Sociolinguistics, Phonetics & Phonology

Eighteenth, Nineteenth and Twentieth century literatures.

Faculty Members

Sipra Mukherjee,M.Phil., Ph.D., Professor of English (Head)

Chandrava Chakravarty,Ph.D., Associate Professor in English

Sneha Kar Chaudhuri, NET,SLET. Ph.D., Assistant Professor in English

Somak Mandal, M.A., Assistant Professor in English.

Department of Film Studies The Department of Film Studies offers Two years (Four Semesters) M. A.

course in Film Studies. This course is a blending of Academic and

Professional outlook. The aims and objectives of the Department are to

develop the skills of a student to appreciate and analyse a film and to

provide a comprehensive idea about how to make a film. The students of

this course have to make Slides of Still Photography, Documentary, Short

Fiction Film and have to write research based Dissertation Paper. Two

fortnights long Training Programmes and Workshops for students on

‘Editing of Film’ in collaboration with ‘Roopkala Kendro’, Kolkata were

organized by this Department in 2010 and 2011 respectively. Three

months long Practical Training Session and Workshop on Videography,

Editing and Sound for students was conducted by the Department of Film

Studies in assistance with I.I.I.M., I.T. Wing of Department of Youth

Welfare, Government of West Bengal in 2012. A Three Day’s National

Level Workshop on “From Script to Screen” and a One Day’s National

Seminar on “Indian Film and Its Impact on Society” have been organized

by the Department in 2016. Documentaries and Short Fiction Films made

by the students of this Department have received a lot of appreciation

from the domain of film critics. The Documentaries, Short Fiction Films

produced and directed by the students of this Department have been

screened in various Film and Documentary Festivals organized by several

Institutions, N.G.O.s including the Kolkata International Film Festival.

Students passing out of this Department are working in Production and

Direction in the Bengali Film Industry, Kolkata. Some of them are

working as Guest Faculties of Film Studies in undergraduate colleges of

University of Calcutta. The students of this Department have participated

and presented papers in various seminars, conferences including West

Bengal State Science and Technology Congress 2013 organized by

Council and Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of West

Bengal and International Conference organized by Durgapur Institute of

Technology. A series of Special Invited Lectures have been organized by

the Department to celebrate the ‘Hundred Years of Indian Cinema’ this

year. The Department has achieved significant success within its short

period of existence though it faces various infrastructural constraints. The

Guest Faculties of this Department, attached with regional, national and

foreign reputed institutions, have been winning accolades regularly

through their mastery over film making, critical appreciation and academic

resources.

Faculty Members

Pallav Mukhopadhyay, M.A., Assistant Professor in Journalism.

(Co-ordinator)

Department of Hindi

The Department of Hindi established in 2009 offers Master Degree and

Ph.D. Programmes with course work. It aims for the all-round

development of the students with sound knowledge in language and

literature. It also aims to develop a literary taste and standard of the

students. The students are given exposure at the University and National

level with the financial support from the Central Hindi Directorate,

Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India, and

New Delhi. The students are introduced with the scholars from outside the

State through Seminars and Special Lectures. Research works on

Contemporary Fiction, Contemporary Poetry, and Comparative Literature

are in progress. Two batches of candidates have already completed their

course work for Ph.D. Programme and seven scholars are on the verge of

completing the research work. Every year the students are successfully

qualifying JRF, NE and SET. A good number of our students have been

placed in the Nationalised Banks, Offices of Govt. of India and other

Institutes of high repute. The Department emphasizes the need of the hour

i.e., to develop a sense of humanity and brotherhood through literature.

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Faculty Members

Arun Hota, Ph.D., Professor of Hindi (Head)

Vinod Kumar,Ph.D., Assistant Professor in Hindi.

Department of History

The Post Graduate Department of History, founded in September 2008,

offers a two-year full-time M.A. course with an intake capacity of 66, the

thrust area being Modern Indian History. The Master’s program in History

is aimed at competence-building, among those who undertake it, in a

holistic, comparative and interdisciplinary perspective; it is intended to

help students situate 'humanity' in its social and historical milieu. The

syllabus attempts to offer critical yet flexible courses, with special

emphasis on interdisciplinary and comparative perspectives, which should

prove to be both academically viable and socially relevant. The

Department offers a number of optional courses including ‘Aspects of

Culture in Colonial India’, ‘Agrarian Economy and Trade in Late

Medieval India’, ‘India and Contemporary South Asia’ and ‘Themes in

European History’. The Department has built up effective collaboration

with the Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies

(MAKAIAS) and Centre for Studies in International Relations and

Development (CSIRD) in running one of the optional courses, viz. ‘India

and Contemporary South Asia’ .

The Department also runs M.Phil and Ph.D Programmes in History and

conducts course work as part of the programme. Finally, the Department

organizes seminar sessions, special lectures and conferences to promote

research interest amongst students of PG and Ph.D courses and teachers of

affiliated colleges. Students are also encouraged to make academic

enquiries into local history.

Faculty Members

Sutapa Chatterjee Sarkar, Ph.D., Professor in History

Kausik Bandyopadhyay, Ph.D., Professor in History

Urvi Mukhopadhyay,Ph.D., Assistant Professor in History (Coordinator)

Riddhi Sankar Ray,M.A., Assistant Professor in History

Sugata Nandi,Ph.D., Assistant Professor in History.

Department of Journalism & Mass Communication

The Department of Journalism & Mass Communication started

functioning since 2009 with sanctioned faculty strength of two and student

intake capacity thirty four. The Department of Journalism & Mass

Communication provides Post- Graduation Degree in Journalism & Mass

Communication and Ph.D in Journalism & Mass Communication. The

duration of the Course is 2 Years (Four Semesters) and total marks

1000.Special papers for P.G. students are : (i) Photojournalism (ii) Women

and Media. The Department has organized One Day International Seminar

on Narrative Journalism – Today & Tomorrow and four documentary

films on (i) Sunderban (ii) Bongobalar Deshe (iii) Digha –Jiggasar safar …

…Sambhabonamoy Saikat. (iv) Ekti Kuri Duti Pata Antorale Tader Kotha.

Three students have qualified NET/SET and three students are pursuing

Higher Studies (Ph.D.). Dept. of Journalism & Mass Communication has

been publishing an online journal “Reporters’ Radiation”. (Website :

www.reportersradiation.com).

Faculty Members

Gopa Pramanik, Ph.D., Assistant Professor in Journalism & Mass

Communication (Co-ordinator)

Pallav Mukhopadhyay,M.A., Assistant Professor in Journalism & Mass

Communication

Department of Sanskrit The Department of Sanskrit imparts higher education on Sanskrit

language, literature, grammar and philosophy. Being the mother of all

Indian languages and the most important among the IE family of

languages, the study of Sanskrit can open the floodgates of knowledge

both sacred and secular. The objective of the Sanskrit department of the

university lies in making the students aware of the holistic approach to life

and knowledge.

The two year course divided into four semesters, offered to the post

graduate (M.A.) students of the university, covers a wide range of subjects.

The areas for specialization from the third semester include paniniyan

grammar, Sanskrit poetry and poetics (Sahitya), the Vedas and philosophy

especially the Nyaya and Vedanta. The advanced texts representing the

uniqueness of particular subjects are prescribed so as to make the students

understand the richness and profundity of these subjects. The medium of

class instruction and writing examinations being Sanskrit exclusively,

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the students opting for the courses can sharpen their communicative

skill in Sanskrit.

The opportunity of doctoral research at the completion of a well defined

course work, refreshingly broadens scholars’ horizon. The thesis paper

written in Sanskrit only is allowed for submission for Ph.D. degree.

Special Lectures/Seminar(s) in Sanskrit medium by renowned resource

persons from famous institutions of India are organised in the department.

Elocution and debate contest(s) in Sanskrit for the students to develop

spoken fluency and improve pronunciation are arranged.

Faculty Members

Ayan Bhattacharya, Ph.D., Professor in Sanskrit (Head)

Shaikh Sabir Ali, Ph.D., Assistant Professor in Sanskrit.

Department of Philosophy

The Department of Philosophy is one of the most important departments

since the inception of West Bengal State University in the year 2008. It

has a capacity of 39 seats. The Department has a prestigious programme of

teaching and research at the level of M.A. M.Phil and Ph.D degrees

respectively, covering diverse areas of philosophy, such as: Classical

Western Philosophy, Classical Indian Philosophy, Logic, Ethics,

Epistemology, Philosophy of Language, Contemporary Analytic

Philosophy, Phenomenology, Existentialism, Philosophy of Mind,

Philosophy of Religion and Social & Political Philosophy and Feminist

Philosophy in PG level and Studies in Individual Society and System,

Special Studies on Karl Popper, Studies in Special Indian Texts and

Studies on Alternative Theories of Self and Identity at the M.Phil Level as

compulsory papers.

We propose the whole curriculum in a semester system. The entire PG

course carries 1000 marks. 4 courses for the 1st semester, each course

carries 50 marks. 5 courses for the 2nd semester including the Grand Viva

I; each course carries 50 marks. 4 courses for the 3rd semester, each course

carries 50 marks. 8 optional courses are offered for the 4th semester; a

student has to choose any two from them where each course carries 100

marks. Optional courses are designed by individual teachers so that their

current research interest can be directly represented. The Department

offers following optional courses:

Indian Logic, Meta Logic and Modal Logic, Indian Theories of Language,

Classical Indian Text, Philosophy as Life and Living, Family and

Feminism, Ethical theories and its Application, and Studies in

Consciousness [Newly introduced]. Students of the 4th Semester are

required to write two Dissertation papers which are based on optional

courses. Marks allotted for each dissertation paper is 50.They have to

appear also in Grand Viva II carrying fifty marks.

The M.Phil Course consists of four semesters carrying a total of 800 marks

where first two semesters have defined courses while the next two

semesters are dedicated in writing the dissertations. The first semester in

particular is a course on Research Methodology which the Doctoral

students also have to study.

Distinguished Professors and Scholars have been associated with the

Department since its inception. Many of them have been enriching the

academic and administrative activities of the department by their teaching

and valuable advice. All members of the Faculty are actively engaged in

research. Research areas of the Department are: Classical Western

Philosophy, Classical Indian Philosophy, Logic, Ethics (Indian

Ethics/Practical Ethics/Environmental Ethics), Epistemology, Philosophy

of Language, Philosophy of Mind, Contemporary Analytic Philosophy,

Indian Theories of Language, Phenomenology, Existentialism, and Social

& Political Philosophy, Feminist Reading of Cognitive science, Buddhist

philosophy, Marxist studies etc. The Department regularly holds its special

lectures, seminars, group discussions, and workshops. Several papers and

books have been published by the faculties of this department. Two

projects, sponsored by ICPR, are running on in the department. The

Department arranges annually at least one or two national level seminars

and invites distinguished philosophers for delivering special lectures to

make the students aware about the kind of contemporary research done in

Philosophy in other parts of the country.

Students and Research Scholars are one of the most important assets of

this department. Many students have qualified in UGC NET for

lectureship and Junior Research Fellowship and Maulana Azad Fellowship

for Minorities. Many of them have been absorbed in Govt. and Govt.

sponsored colleges, primary and secondary schools, in banks and other

offices.

The Department takes a large initiative in several outreaching activities

including counselling her students showing the practical strength of the

subject it teaches.

Faculty Members

Sabita Samanta,Ph.D., Professor of Philosophy

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Aditi Dasgupta,Ph.D., Associate Professor in Philosophy(Head)

Atreyee Mukherjee, Ph.D., Assistant Professor in Philosophy

Bikash Mondal, M.A., Assistant Professor in Philosophy

Department of Political Science

The Department of Political Science is one of the first few departments

that had started functioning at this University since 2009. The department

follows the Semester- based pattern of teaching and evaluation. The post

graduate course is divided into four semesters, each with a duration of six

months. For each semester a mid- semester examination of 20 marks and

an end- semester of 30 marks are regularly held on the completion of the

prescribed syllabus in due time. OptionalPapers are Politics and

Governance in Contemporary West Bengal, South Asian Society, Political

Economy and Foreign Relations.

Apart from the Post graduate degree programme, the department also

intends to run the M.Phil cum Ph. D programme in line with the revised

UGC regulations. Area of research in the Department includes urban

governance and development.

Faculty Members

Payel Sen, M.A., Assistant Professor in Political Science (Coordinator)

Department of Sociology The Department of Sociology in West Bengal State University since its

inception in 2008 is committed to link the aims of the discipline with the

mission of the University of “Lakshya Vishwamanam” through achieving

excellence in the scholarly activities of teaching, discovering newer forms

of pedagogy, enhancing the ability to think critically about society, to

collect and analyze information about contemporary social issues, training

for career opportunities and scholarly pursuits, and imbibing aspiration

among students to continually apply the gained knowledge. The

Department is committed to the principles of freethinking-knowledge and

supporting the students to "imagine sociologically" so that they are

empowered to define, analyze, and understand: human behavior, the

structures and patterns of everyday life, the interplay between life

histories, changing narrations and their intersections within social

structures and examine persisting social arrangements critically with

interdisciplinary temper, recognizing the diversity of our lived experience

in this globalizing world. To imbibe a practice among students to question

critically, think logically, communicate clearly, act resourcefully, and live

ethically the faculty of the Department of Sociology are united in seeking

to provide a high quality educational program for students. This allows our

students to prepare on the one hand for a broad spectrum of jobs in today's

competitive labor market and on the other to pursue higher degrees in

Sociology and related disciplines. The Department’s faculty members

combine their commitment to research with a devotion to teaching. The

department offers a variety of courses each year, spanning a range of

faculty and student interest. The faculty works closely with students in

small workshop settings and through personalized instruction and

collaboration. Many Sociologists, around the country are part of the Post

Graduate Field in Sociology, and participate extensively and quite

frequently in a broad and vibrant intellectual activity of the department.

Firm and generous University support has allowed the department to

compete effectively for research resources, external recognition, and

prospective students. There are a few key areas in the WBSU P.G.

Sociology syllabus which set its distinctiveness from other university

courses. The department offers four compulsory core papers, one in each

semester, on sociological theory. With a strong hold on theory the syllabus

tends to orient the students towards sound research. Two papers are

allotted to research methodology and a full paper on dissertation. Courses

on ‘Media and Society’ are the unique areas of specialization on offer by

the department. Sociology of gender is also a defining feature of the

course. Unlike the dominant trend, of the post graduate courses, of

incorporating gender as an add-on to the existing syllabus, WBSU

Sociology seeks to establish the issue of gender in its own right. Social

exclusion, religion and industry are the other thrust areas of the post-

graduate course. Besides its regular courses, the department facilitates

lively discussions of research in progress through regular workshops and

seminars in the field of Research Methodology, Sociological Theory,

Indian culture and inequality, social demography, gender and sexuality,

and developmental sociology. The departmental faculty members are also

active contributors to sociological knowledge through research,

publications, and community interventions within their respective areas of

specialization. The combined strength of our departmental faculty in areas

of scholarship and community intervention includes: social/structural

inequality; the intersections of caste, class, gender and sexualities;

contemporary social issues and problems, social institutions and

organizations, development, globalization and displacement. Three batches

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of students have successfully completed the Master degree program in the

department and about six scholars are in the process of registration for the

Ph.D program. Apart from dissertations, students are regularly evaluated

by their performance working on portfolio of questions, book review,

poster presentation and written end-semester examinations. Our teaching

and scholarship are grounded on the values of academic and professional

uprightness, and excellence through creativity and collaboration.

Faculty Members

Ramanuj Ganguly, Ph.D., Professor in Sociology

Ritu Sen Chaudhuri, Ph.D., Associate Professor in Sociology. (Head)

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