Updated on 03 Jun, 2022
Prof. Swaraj Basu
Professor
Swaraj Basu, Professor, specializes in socio-cultural history of Modern India with focus on caste movement and dalit history. He is having secondary interests on policy and issues related to open and distance learning. He has served as Director of Distance Education Council, IGNOU and also as Director of School of Social Sciences, IGNOU. He was member of various statutory bodies of IGNOU and other universities.
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Doctor of Philosophy (subject) year
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Name of the University: Calcutta University
Discipline: History
Doctoral Research Topic: Dynamics of Caste Movement: The Rajbansis of North Bengal, 1910-47.
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Master of Philosophy (subject) year
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Name of the university: Calcutta University
Discipline: History
Dissertation Topic: Caste Mobility in Northern Bengal: A Study of Rajbansi Movement in late nineteenth and the early twenty Centuries 1891-1921.
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Master of Arts (Subject) year
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Name of the university: Jadavpur University
Discipline: History
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Bachelor of Arts (Subject) year
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Name of the university: Calcutta University
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WORK EXPERIENCE:
Administrative Position Held:
Director, Distance Education Council, IGNOU Oct. 2005- Oct. 2008
Director, School of Social Sciences, IGNOU July 2016 – June 2019
Continuing Membership in University Bodies and other Organisation:
1. Member, Board of Management, IGNOU
2. Member, Executive Body of Pandit Sunderlal Sharma Open University, Chhattisgarh
3. Member, The Court, Rabindra Bharati University, West Bengal
4. Member, Executive Council, Uttarakhand Open University
5. Member, Distance Education Advisory Board, Mahatma Gandhi Antarrashtriya Hindi Vishwavidyalay
6. Member, Planning Board, IGNOU
7. Member, Academic Council, IGNOU
PUBLICATIONS:
BOOKS: 1 (authored) + 2 (edited) = 3
RESEARCH PAPERS PUBLISHED:
Research Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals and Chapters in Books: 23
Papers presented at International/ National Conferences:
POLICY DOCUMENTS: 2
Official Address:School of Social Sciences ,
Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU),
Maidan Garhi,
New Delhi -
110068
New Delhi, India
+91-011-29535737/29572744
sbasu@ignou.ac.in
IGNOU Act