DOCUMENTATION OF RESEARCH WORK

July 2015 – June 2016

PUBLICATIONSDr. Suranjana MitraDepartment of Economics

‘Impact of Microfinance through Group Lending Scheme.’, Financial Sector Reforms inDeveloping Economies, edited by Samir Ghosh, Abhijit Sinha, Tarak Nath Sahu and BrajaballavPal, published by Rohini Nandan, Kolkata,2015.

ISBN: 978-81-928721-1-7

Department of EconomicsThe 8th edition of the Departmental Journal Reflections is in the process of publication by May

2016.

Dr. Ranjita DawnDepartment of Education and B.Ed

‘Issues and Challenges in Curriculum and Instructional Practices of Persons with VisualImpairment’, Insight- Sovarani Memorial College Journal , Vol: 7, January-December 2015.

ISSN: 2321-6573

‘The Invisible Us: Discernment against Women with Disabilities in India’, Inclusive Education:Policy, Practice and Prospects, edited by Piku Chowdhury, Authors Press, New Delhi, 2015.

ISBN: 978-93-5207-122-7

‘Hear Our Voices: The Politics of Discrimination against Women with Disabilities in India’,International Journal of Disability Studies, Vol: 7, Nos 1 & 2, 2015.ISSN: 0973-4996

Dr. Aditi DasguptaDepartment of English

Change and Continuity: English Studies in Loreto College 1912-2012 , published jointly bySalesian College and Loreto College, Kolkata, 2015.ISBN 978-93-82216-10-0

Ms. Sanghita SanyalDepartment of English & B.Ed

‘The Personal is Political: Reading J.S. Mill in the light of Feminism’, De-Coding the Silence:Reading John Stuart Mill’s The Subjection of Women, AADI Publications, Jaipur, 2015.ISBN 978-93-82630-51-7

Mrs. Kaustuva BanerjeeDepartment of Geography and B.Ed

‘Spatial Variation and Disparity of Literacy in West Bengal’, Essays on Indian EconomicProblems, edited by Prof. Pranab Kumar Chattopadhyay, Renu Publishers, New Delhi,November, 2015.ISBN: 978-93-85502-07-1

‘Green Building-A step towards Urban Sustainable Development’,’ Insight- Sovarani MemorialCollege Journal , Vol: 7, January-December 2015.ISSN: 2321-6573

‘Application of Micro-Teaching Skills for improving the quality of Teachers: Exploring opinion ofTrainee Teachers’, jointly with Dr S. Halder and Dr A. Guha, I-manager’s Journal ofEducational Technology, Vol: 12, No 1, April-June 2015.ISSN: 0973-0559

Dr. Suparna GhoshDepartment of History and B.Ed

‘Subaltern Sports, Gender Politicization and Social Development in Rural West Bengal’,Modern Physical Education Sports and Globalization edited by Dr. Biswajit Bhunia, S. B.Enterprise, Kolkata, 2015.ISBN: 978-93-84667-06-1

Ms. Srijita ChakravartyDepartment of History

‘Children employed in the Tea plantation of Assam, 1880-1930’ in the Proceedings of theIndian History Congress, 2015.

Ms. Sreeparna DasgutaDepartment of Political Science

‘India’s Defence Strategy vis -à-vis China: The British Legacy and its Relevance,’ Unique AsianTriangle: India – China – Nepal edited by Geeta Kochhar & Pramod Jaiswal, G. B. Books, New Delhi,January, 2016.ISBN No: 9789383930340

Mrs. Sayoni ChoudhuriDepartment of Political Science

‘Child Labour: Tracing the Legislative History between Regulation and Prohibition,’ Social Action, Vol:65, No 4, October-December, 2015.ISSN: 0037-7627

‘India’s Energy Security: Challenges and Competitions’, The Indian Journal of Political Science, Vol:LXXVI, No 3, July-September, 2015.ISSN: 0019-5510

Dr. Sayantani ChatterjeeDepartment of Psychology

‘Changes in Marital Status and its reflection in Narcissism and relationship pattern amongaged men’, Indian Journal Of Community Psychology, Vol:11, Issue I, September, 2015.

ISSN: 0974-2719

Dr. Promita BhowmikDepartment of Bengali

‘Phire Dekha Kabita Singha’, Kali o Kalam,Vol:1,Issue 6,December,2015.

Mrs. Rakhi Roy HalderDepartment of Hindi

‘Pahari Khamoshi Mein Gujra Vakt’, Vasudha 97, Bhopal, July- September, 2015.ISSN: 2231-0460

Mr. Soumya DuttaDepartment of Journalism and Mass Communication

‘Web Writing for Journalists-A New Form, A New Challenge,’ Structure and Dimensions ofScreen Writing: An Initiative of ODL, edited by Arijit Ghosh, Netaji Subhash Open University,School of Humanities, Kolkata, January,2016.

ISBN: 978-93-82112-18-1

RESOURCE CONTRIBUTIONPAPER/ LECTURE

Sr. Christine CoutinhoPrincipal

‘Science and Religion’: ‘Close Encounters with the Divine’ in partial fulfillment of therequirement for a course on Science and Religion, Santa Clara University and GoethalsKolkata, March, 2016.

‘The Study of the Impact of Higher Education on First Generation Learners’Submitted to IGNOU in partial fulfillment of the requirement in MA in Education,August, 2015.

Dr. Debika GuhaDepartment of Education and B.Ed.

Resource person in a UGC sponsored State Level seminar on ‘Challenges and Opportunities inEducation’ organized by Mahila Mahavidyalaya, Alipurduar on October 9, 2015. Topic ofpresentation: ‘Challenges and Opportunities in Education in the Indian Education System.’

Resource person for in- service training programme of teachers of Technical Colleges of Indiaorganized by National Institute of Technical Teacher Training and Research, Kolkata on July 27,2015. Topic of presentation: ‘Classroom Communication through Different Teaching Methods.’

PAPER PRESENTATIONSMrs. Rupa GhoshDepartment of Economics and B.Ed

‘School Education and Entrepreneurship Development: Empowering Women from Grass Root Level’,at National Conference on Quality Assurance in School Education organized by RIE (RegionalInstitute of Education), NCERT, Bhubaneswar, December 17-18, 2015.

Dr. Ranjana Banerjee

Department of Education

‘Pathways to Development: Women and Leadership,’ at National Seminar on Leadership Model inthe 21st Century organized by Indian Federation of University Women’s Association, ParulUniversity, Vadodara, August 28, 2015.

‘Women and Media: The Observer and the Performer ‘, at National Seminar on Women andMedia: Impressions and Documentations organized by Country Women’s Association, VijaywadaUniversity, March 19, 2016.

Dr. Debika GuhaDepartment of Education and B.Ed.

‘Inclusive Education: A Myth or a Reality?’, at ICSSR sponsored National Seminar onPerception and Portrayal of Women with Disabilities: Remapping their Identity’ organized byLoreto College, December 1-2, 2015.

‘Musical Boost an Endeavor to Propagate Mood Regulation’, at 4thInternational Congress ofBengal Studies, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Tokyo, Japan ,December 12-13, 2015.

Peace Education for Cultivation of Values for Universal Good’, at International Seminar, WorldThinkers Meet ,organized by Ramkrishna Mission, Kolkata, December 28, 2015.

‘Right to Education: A Missed Opportunity’, at International Seminar on Knowledge is Power,Inclusiveness and Human Development, organized by Pailan College of Education, Pailan,February 26, 2016.

Dr. Neeta DangDepartment of Education

‘Public-Private Partnership for Inclusive Growth’, at ICSSR & NABARD sponsored NationalSeminar on Public Policies for Inclusive Development, organized by the Department ofEconomics, Loreto College, January 15- 16, 2016.

Dr. Ranjita DawnDepartment of Education

‘Sanitation Rights and Needs of Persons with Disabilities in India: Creating an Access for All’ at Three-day National Conclave, organized by the Society for Disability and Rehabilitation Studies, IndianSpinal Injuries Centre, New Delhi, February 18-20, 2016.

‘Social Security of Persons with Disabilities in India: The Need for a Comprehensive RedressalMechanism’ at National Conference on Informal Sector Protecting the Dignity of Labour and SocialSecurity of the Vulnerable Groups, organized by Bharath Informal Workers Initiative (BHIWI),Conference Hall, Youth Hostel Association of India, New Delhi, October 24, 2015.

‘Accessibility to Higher Education for Persons with Disability in India’ at National Seminar on Womenand Disabilities: Triumph & Challenges, organized by Women’s Studies Research Centre, CalcuttaUniversity, July 9-10, 2015.

Mrs. Archita Roy BiswasDepartment of Education

‘Efficacy of Inclusive Education in the 21st Century’, at ICSSR Sponsored National Seminar onPerception and Portrayal of Women with Disabilities: Remapping their Identity organized byDepartments of Education, Human Rights and Journalism & Mass Communication incollaboration with Sruti Disability Rights Centre and Indian Institute of Cerebral Palsy (IICP),Loreto College, December 1-2, 2015.

Dr. S. SahaiDepartment of Geography

‘Healthcare workers at Risk: Occupational Exposure to Infectious Medical waste in PublicHospitals, Kolkata, India’, at International Conference on Global Public Health 2015 ,organizedby International Center for Research and Development (ICRD), Government of Sri Lanka incollaboration with Umea University, Sweden, December 11-12, 2015.

Dr. Suparna GhoshDepartment of History and B.Ed

‘Subaltern Sports, Gender Politicization and Social Development in Rural West Bengal’, at UGCsponsored National Seminar on Modern Physical Education Sports and Globalization,organized by the Department of Physical Education, Haldia Government College, Haldia,September 3- 4, 2015.

Dr. Sukanya MitraDepartment of History

‘Making Meanings: A Study of the Built Environment of Contemporary Calcutta’, at NehruMemorial Museum and Library, New Delhi, September 1, 2015.

Mrs. Krishnokoli HazraDepartment of History

‘Viewing the ‘Savage’: Perception, Politics and Environment in mid 19th century Assam’, atInternational Seminar on Environment and the Adivasi World, organized by the Departmentof History, Jadavpur University organized under the UGC DSA (Phase-I) Special AssistanceProgramme of the Department of History, Jadavpur University, February 10-12, 2016.

Mrs. Sayoni ChoudhuryDepartment of Political Science

‘India’s Energy Security: Challenges and Competitions’, at 56th All India Political ScienceConference on Re-inventing Politics in India, organized by Indian Political Science Association(IPSA) and the Department of Political Science, Benaras Hindu University, October 25-27,2015.

‘Social Media and Indian Electoral Space: Post 2014 Scenario’, at International Conference onElections and Political Parties in South Asia: A 21st Century Perspective, organized byDepartment of Political Science, University of Kalyani, West Bengal and Research Committee23, International Political Science Association (IPSA RC-23), University of Kalyani, December 7-9, 2015.

Dr. Sayantani ChatterjeeDepartment of Psychology

‘A Study Of Personality Pattern Of Late Adolescents And Young Adults With Suicidal Ideation’,at International Conference on Celebrating 100 Years of Psychology in India, organized by TheDepartment of Psychology & Applied Psychology, University of Calcutta, October 9-11, 2015.

Ms. Jhelum PodderDepartment of Psychology

‘The Cradle That Rocked The Mind’, at International Conference on Celebrating 100 Years ofPsychology in India, organized by The Department of Psychology & Applied Psychology,University of Calcutta, October 9-11, 2015.

‘(M)other As The Guide Towards The Libidinal Other’, at 3rd International PsychoanalyticConference, organized by The Centre of Psychotherapy and Clinical Research and School ofHuman Studies, Ambedkar University , Delhi in collaboration with Freudian Group of Tehran,The Delhi Chapter of Indian Psychoanalytic Society and Psychoanalysis, India, Delhi, February 5– 8, 2016.

STUDENTPROJECTS/PUBLICATIONS

Department of B.Ed

Action research ‘Internet Usage and its effect on General Health and Perception ofFamily Environment: A Study’, under the guidance of Dr. Dinaz R. Jeejeebhoy aspartial fulfilment of the syllabus was presented under the Research Cell programmeof Loreto College, January 30, 2016.

Department of Psychology

‘A Study of the Psychological Correlates of Peer Pressure in Early & Late Adolescents’, by 3rd

Year Honours students (2015-2016) under the guidance of Dr. Sayantani Chatterjee waspresented under the Research Cell programme of Loreto College, January 30, 2016 .

‘Influence of Team Sports on Personality and Cognition of Young Adults’ has been completedunder the guidance of Dr. Dinaz R. Jeejeebhoy by 3rd year Honours students and presented atthe 25th Convention of the National Academy of Psychology, organized by the Centre ofCognitive and Behaviour Sciences, University of Allahabad, February 2-5, 2016.

The Presentation was repeated under the Research Cell programme of Loreto College,February 9, 2016