Department of Education

History

Year of Establishment : 1934

History of the department : It is the oldest department of Education in Indian Universities.It offers both Liberal and Professional Courses of studies. 2 year M.A./M.Sc in Education along with 2 year B.Ed, 2 year M.Ed couses as well as M.Phil and Ph.D. Courses. The Department has several had several UGC major research project, ICSSR projects under its faculties.

Special award/ recognition from UGC or related statutory body : B.Ed and M.ed courses are recognized by NCTE

Academic

Faculty members:

Name	Designation	Area of specialisation	Email	Phone number (optional)
Debasri Banerjee [Profile]	Professor	Education of children with special needs Educational Psychology Teacher Education	debasriban@gmail.com	9830028201
Jayanti Das [Profile]	Professor	Education of children with special needs, Management in education, Educational philosophy	jyntds@gmail.com jyntds@gmail.com	9830113547
Md. Kutubuddin Halder [Profile]	Professor & Head	Elementary Education, Sociology of Education ( Education of Minority), History of Education	md.khedu@rediffmail.com	9432212705
Sridipa Sinha [Profile]	Associate Professor	History of education, Mental hygiene, Guidance	sridipa.sinha@gmail.com ssedu@caluniv.ac.in	9831010856
Sudeshna Lahiri [Profile]	Associate Professor	Educational Measurement & Evaluation	sudeshna24@hotmail.com sledu@caluniv.ac.in	9836666630
Santoshi Halder [Profile]	Associate Professor	Special Education/ Disability Studies, Educational Technology, Educational psychology, Gender Studies, Cross Cultural/ Comparative Studies	santoshi_halder@yahoo.com shedu@caluniv.ac.in	8961044453/ 9051010052

Faculty List for Teaching B.Ed. Programme

Name of Faculty	DOB	DOJ	Aadhar No	PAN No	Designation	Yrs of Exp.
Md. Kutubuddin Halder	12/03/1966	08/08/2001	947390420578	ABAPH2134H	Professor and Head	19
Debasri Banerjee	14/11/1966	16/10/2001	535620145621	ADPPB6436M	Professor	19
Jayanti Das	24/11/1971	05/02/1999	987762738939	AHJPD2128A	Professor	20
Sridipa Sinha	07/11/1973	02/06/2003	386161491552	AXNPS8749N	Associate Professor	15
Sudeshna Lahiri	24/02/1974	25/04/2007	471273739731	ACBPL3066G	Associate Professor	12
Santoshi Halder	25/08/1976	01/12/2004	252035592929	ABEPH6679M	Associate Professor	14
Anupama Gangopadhyay*	03/03/1959	01/07/2013	901533339298	ACXPG0793P	Associate Professor	25
Arindam Bhattacharya*	17/08/1971	01/08/2016	768999486238	AXAPB4470A	Assistant Professor	10
Abhijit Guha*	14/12/1968	03/07/2002	669830627487	AFHPG0931Q	Associate Professor	15
Chandrima Mitra*	13/10/1960	01/08/2016	542329862083	AEIPM4872Q	Associate Professor	28
Debika Guha*	17/04/1973	01/08/2015	657496813325	AFDPG9222Q	Assistant Professor	19
Drakhsan Zarin*	01/03/1977	15/11/2006	554621598212	AAJPZ3858Q	Assistant Professor	17
Firozuddin Ahmmed*	01/12/1985	29/09/2015	483447237858	BIHPA1546D	Assistant Professor	2
Gautam Bandyopadhyay*	01/01/1958	20/04/1990	602745999337	ACXPB9503C	Associate Professor	29
Jasodhara Bandyopadhyay*	02/06/1961	01/07/2006	238091571789	AFNPP5203N	Associate Professor	25
Kumud Mondal*	21/10/1974	24/09/2008	358957617822	AHHPM3261F	Assistant Professor	9
Mandira Mukherjee*	03/10/1958	01/07/2014	554821289760	AESPM2942R	Assistant Professor	35
Chaitali Kundu*	15/06/1974	14/08/2003	539115596180	AKSPK8304M
Sadhana Jha*	05/10/1970	06/07/2009	560459218945	AEZPJ4371A	Assistant Professor	18
Saheli Roy Banerjee*	30/07/1962	23/08/2016	986506835287	APDPB0031L	Assistant Professor	22
Sanchayita Basu*	27/04/1968	01/04/2016	547721901537	ADPPB2131B	Assistant Professor	22
Srijib Patra*	31/05/1966	31/07/2016	226726500038	AFIPP5884J	Assistant Professor	16
Sujata Raha*	23/07/1961	01/09/2012	374399643255	ACZPR7271H	Assistant Professor	29
Kausik Chatterjee*	18/08/1964	10/09/1996	820268830932	ACLPC8973B	Associate Professor	23
Arup Kundu*	01/05/1985	25/10/2017	252973453455	CZTP6909E	Assistant Professor	4
Ranjana Banerjee*	19/09/1957	01/10/2006	726117704999	AEIPB8249Q	Assistant Professor	13
Lopamudra Pal (Chakraborty)*	26/12/1968	01/07/2014	457371370190	AENPP0167P	Assistant Professor	22

Courses

Programme	Level of study	Eligibility	Intake capacity
M.A.	PG	40% in UG	125
B.Ed	PG	50% in degree	50
M.Ed	PG	B.Ed & 50% in degree	50
M.Phil	Post PG	55% in M.A./M.Sc/M.Ed	15
Ph.D.	Research	M.A./M.Sc/M.Ed Qualified in NET/SET/RET	NA

Research

Projects :

Project title	Funding agency	Principal investigator	Duration	Budget
Participation of Children with Intellectual Disabilities in India and South Africa	NIHSS (International grant)	Dr Santoshi Halder	2 years	5 Lakhs (India side)
Exploring the Probable Environmentalrisk factors of Autism Spectrum Disorder	ICSSR	Dr Santoshi Halder	2 Years	10 Lakhs

Collaborations :

Title of the programme	Principal collaborator of the department	Name and address of the collaborating institution	Principal collaborator of the collaborating institution	Duration of the programme
International collaborative International Research and Academic Exchange	Dr Santoshi Halder	University of Pretoria, South Africa and University of Cape town, South Africa	DrShakila Dada, Department of Augmentative and Alternative Communication, University of Pretoria, South Africa	2 years

Thrust areas in teaching and research of the academic department/ centre :
• POPULATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION.
• EDUCATION OF CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS.
• SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS EDUCATION.
• EDUCATIONAL MANAGEMENT.
• HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION
• GENDER STUDIES.
• NON-FORMAL EDUCATION AND OPEN LEARNING.
• DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY.

Teaching Support
• LCD projectors for ppt presentation as well as video presentations
• Visits to various institutions
• Workshops
• Extension Lectures by faculties from other Universities
• E-learning

Major activities :

Different Approaches in Educational Research
• One day Seminar cum Workshop organized by AIAER (West Bengal Chapter) & Dept. of Education, Calcutta University on 23.11.14.
• “Making a Difference - closing the gap between theory and practice in the classroom” Seminar Lecture by Dr.Vivienne Baumfield ,Professor of Pedagogy,International Dean South
Asia and Eurasia.University of Glasgow on 3.2.15
• International Seminar on ‘Enhancing Quality in Education” (In Collaboration with Ramakrishna Mission Sikshanamandira, Belur Math.). held on 19.8.15
• Workshop for M.Ed & M.Phil students on “Inclusion and empowering the differently abled” organized by ANKUR
• Two day Workshop on decorative art for B.ED students by Fevicryl Hobby Ideas
• ICSSR funded 10 days Research Methodology Course for Ph.D scholars in Social Science (mainly for the S.C/S.T/OBC) where 40%-60 participants were minorities. (Jan 2015).
The course was fully free for all the participants.

Additional information :
• As both the P.I (DrSantoshiHalder, India) and (DrShakila Dada, South Africa) will go and stay for 2 weeks in each other’s country so this can be called as a faculty exchange. The 2
year collaborative project will facilitate International faculty exchange through lectures/ presentations/ visits and collaborative research
• B.Ed & M.Ed students have internship as part of their course work
• The B.Ed & M.Ed syllabus has been revised as per NCTE 2014 Notification. Both the courses were previously of one year duration. At present they have been made into
2 year courses with 4 semesters.

List of books for the subject Education

Contact

Campus : Alipore

Address for communication : 1, Reformatory Street.Kolkata 700027.

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