Centre for Urban Economic Studies

Contact || Year of Establishment || About the Centre || Faculty Members
|| Research Projects || Courses Offered


Contact

Centre for Urban Economic Studies
Department of Economics
Calcutta University Alipur Campus
1, Reformatory Street, A-wing, 6th Floor,
Kolkata 700027
Phone: 24790156/24399414
Fax: +91-33-24790156
E-mail: cuescu@cal.vsnl.net.in







Year of Establishment

1978




About the Centre

The centre was established as a research centre by the University under the special assistance programme of University Grants Commission in the Department of Economics with urban economics as the thrust area. For the last quarter of a century, it has established itself as a premier multi-disciplinary research centre of urban studies in India. A number of dissertations done under the guidance of faculty members have been awarded M.Phil and Ph.D degrees.  Apart from publishing books, monographs, discussion papers and database for urban studies and a bi-annual newsletter, it has been regularly holding workshops, seminars and short-term courses on different aspects of urban studies. It has been engaged in different type of collaborative activities with other organisations like Indian Council of Social Science Research, Anthropological Survey of India. Other than the regular faculty members and research staffs of the Centre, it also accommodates eminent researchers on urban topics from related disciplines like Political Science, Sociology, Geography, History, as honorary associates. It also offers Urban Economics as an optional paper as a part of the post-graduate course in Economics.

 

Courses Offered

Name

Eligibility

Intake

Duration

PG Certificate on
Urban Management &
Planning

Graduate in
any discipline

20

Six months

 

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Faculty Members

Name Specialisation Telephone Email
Professor
Pabitra Giri Urban Economics
Econometrics
24722913(R)
9433021060(M)
pabitragiri@hotmail.com
pgeco@caluniv.ac.in
Reader
Mahalaya Chatterjee Urban Economics
Managerial Economics
Financial Economics
24754502(R)
9339863775(M)
mahalayac@hotmail.com
mceco@caluniv.ac.in
Sudakshina Gupta Transport Economics
Economic Theory
9830740683
23376515(R)
sudakshinagupta@yahoo.co.in
sudakshina_urbaneco@caluniv.ac.in

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Research Work

Ongoing Research

Topic

Researcher

Urbanisation patterns as revealed from Census Data Pabitra Giri &
Mahalaya Chatterjee
Globalisation, Structural Adjustment & Urbanisation Pabitra Giri
Passenger Transport in Kolkata: Issues Relating to
Finance, Pricing and Subsidy
Sudakshina Gupta
Urbanisation in West Bengal across the agroclimatic Regions Somali Chakrabarty
Land Use, Land Market and Urban Planning in Kolkata

Ruma Das

Sustainable Urban Development with special reference to  Kolkata

Susanta Kumar Karan
Ethnicity, Migration and Urban Landscape of Kolkata Aditi Chatterji
Urbanisation among the Tribals of Tripura Malabika Dasgupta
Interactions between Spatial and Economic Changes
In a City: A case study of Asansol
Mousumi Ghosh



Research Projects Funded by External Agencies

Agency Project Co-ordinator
ICSSR

Location Theory in Retrospect:             
Determinants of Location for Manufacturing and ITES firms in and Around Calcutta Metropolis

Mahalaya Chatterjee
Asiatic Society Economic Impact of Raids on the Economy of the Shifting Cultivators Of Tripura Malabika Dasgupta
ICSSR Ethnicity, Migration and Urban Landscape of Kolkata Aditi Chatterji
National Commission For Women Land Rights of Women in Tripura Malabika Dasgupta
Resource Centre for Asia-Pacific (Australian National University) Mining, Urbanisation, Enviroment and Gender in Raniganj Coalbelt Mahalaya Chatterjee

 

Courses offered:


Department

Campus

Subject
Offered

Award

Eligibility

Selection
Process

Course
Duration

Fee Structure

Student
Intake

Centre for Urban EconomicStudies
(Department of
Economics)

(Alipore Campus)

Urban
Management & Planning

PG
Certificate

Graduate in any discipline

Counselling

Six months

Admission form: Rs. 100/-(non-refundable)
Course fee: rs. 8500/- (payable in two instalments0

20

 

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