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
Faculty members:
Name | Designation | Area of specialisation | 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 | Elementary Education, Sociology of Education ( Education of Minority), History of Education |
md.khedu@rediffmail.com | 9432212705 |
Sridipa Sinha [Profile] |
Associate Professor & Head | 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 |
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 |
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.