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 [email protected]
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.