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Name : DR. SAMIR KUMAR DASGUPTA Father‟s Name : Late Matilal Dasgupta Address : B-9/156, Kalyani, Nadia-741235 West Bengal, INDIA Phone No. +91 033 2582-5312

Mobile : +919433564975

E-mail : samir_dasgupta2001@yahoo.co.in Qualification: M.A. (Sociology), D. Litt. (Sociology)

Designation: Professor of Sociology (RETD) University of Kalyani West Bengal-741235, India

At present Professor in Social Work at NSOU on contractual basis

Acaedemic Honour Emeritus Fellow (UGC)

Research Experience: 41 years + Administrative Experience: 4 years as Head of the Department (1989-91) and (2005-2007)

Research Guidance

Twenty two Scholars awarded Ph.D. under my supervision and guidance and two submitted

2) Pubication of Books (25)

Name : DR. SAMIR KUMAR DASGUPTA Father‟s Name : Late Matilal Dasgupta Address : B-9/156, Kalyani, Nadia-741235

West Bengal, INDIA Phone No. +91 033 2582-5312

At present Professor in Social Work at NSOU on contractual basis

Acaedemic Honour Emeritus Fellow (UGC)

National Publications- 05

International Publications- 20

1. SAMAJTATWIK CHINTADHARAR SANKHIPTA ITHIHAS (A Short History of

Sociological Thought), West Bengal State Book Board, Calcutta, 1980.

2. „ARTHANAITIK SAMAJTATWA’ (Economic Sociology), West Bengal

State Book Board, Calcutta, 1983.

3. PASCHATTYA SAMAJTATWER ITIHAS (History of Western Sociology)

Prateeti Publications, Kalyani, West Bengal,

4. SOCIOLOGY THROUGH OBJECTIVE MIRROR, University of Kalyani

Publication, Kalyani (under UGC scheme), January 1999.

5. GLOBAL MALADY IN THE THIRD WORLD, Prateeti Publications, Kalyani,

West Bengal, 2002.

6. THE CHANGING FACE OF GLOBALIZATION (Edited): Contributors are:

Prof Immanuel Wallerstein, Prof Jay Weinstein and Elvira del Pozo, Prof

Ernest De Zolt and V. Chirayat, Prof. Robyn Driskell, Prof Sing C Chew, Prof

Abbas Mehdi, Joy Alemazung, Prof. Ray Kiely, Prof. Samir Dasgupta, Prof.

Samir Dasgupta and Dr. K. Chattopadhyay and Prof. George Ritzer and

Mike Ryan. (Sage Publications) October 2004

7) GLOBALIZATION AND AFTER (Edited by Professor Samir Dasgupta of

University of Kalyani and Dr. Ray Kiely(Co editor) of SOAS, University of

London.). Sage Publications. 2006

Contributors: Professor Jean Nederveen Pietersee, Professor Leslie Sklair, Professor

George Ritzer, Professor Manfred Stager, Professor Abbas Mehdi, Professor Samir

Dasgupta, Professor Ray Kiely, Kaxton Y Siu, Professor Robyn Bateman Driskell,

Professor Jarrod Wiener and J. Young, Professor Immanuel Wallerstein, Professor

Jarrod Wiener and Jessica Young, Dr. Elvira del Pozo, Professor Sing Chew, Professor

Ponna Wignaraja,Professor Ernest De Zolt, and Prof. Nicola Yeates .

8) DISCOURSE ON APPLIED SOCIOLOGY: Theoretical Perspectives (Edited by

Professor Samir Dasgupta of University of Kalyani and Professor Robyn Driskell

of Baylor University, Texas, USA). Anthem Press, London, Chicago and

India. 2007

Contributors are: Andre Gunder Frank, Nico Stehr, and Reiner Grundmann, Samuel P.

Oliner,Rosalind A. Sydie,Peter Kivisto, Samir Dasgupta, Robyn Driskell Joy Asongazoh

Alemazung Tillman Rodabough and Elizabeth Embry, Amitai Etzioni, ,Subhas Sonnad

and David Hartmann, Nelson Foster and Verghese Chirayath.

9) DISCOURSE ON APPLIED SOCIOLOGY: Practising Perspectives (Edited by

Professor Samir Dasgupta of University of Kalyani and Professor Robyn Driskell

of Baylor University, Texas, USA). Anthem Press, London, Chicago and

India. 2007

Contributors are: Robyn Bateman Driskell, Ray Kiely, . Nicola Yeates, Ernest De Zolt

and Elaine F. Hocevar, Vijayan K. Pillai, and Dr. Rashmi Gupta, Sarah Stohlman,,

Thomas Offit, Kathy Krey and Jodien Matos, Samir Dasgupta, , Kathryn Goldman

Schuyler and Muhammad Yunus (Nobel Laureate)

10) UNDERSTANDING THE GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT (Edited by Samir Dasgupta).

Pearson Longman. 2008

Contributors: Prof.Sing Chew, Prof. Sheila Steinberg and Dr. Steven Steinberg,

Professor Arabinda Kumar Das, Prof.Mahbuba Nasreen, Prof. Yvonne Braun, Prof. Dai-

Yeun Jeong, Vandana Shiva, Prof. Sing Chew, Arthur DAHL, Prof.M. Rahmann, Prof.

Samir Dasgupta, Prof. Julia Sylvia Guivant, Damyanti Banerjee, Prof. Harris Ali, Prof.

Robyn Driskell, , Prof. Samir Dasgupta and Dr. Partha Sarathi De, Prof. A.K. Sharma

and P. Swarnakar, Prof. Gabriel Ignatow.

11) POLITICS OF GLOBALIZATION. (Edited by Samir Dasgupta and Jan Nederveen

Pieterse). 2009. Sage Publications.

Contributors:

Andre Gunder Frank, Immanuel Wallerstein, Leslie Sklair, Manfred Steger, Jan

Nederveen Pieterse, Gabriel Ignatow, Douglas Kellner, Ray Kiely, Steven Best, William

K Tabb, Thomas Mac Sheoin and Nicola Yeates, B. Ghosh, John J Green and Anna M

Kleiner, Nico Stehr, Peter Kivisto and Thomas Faist, Ananda Dasgupta

12) GLOBALIZATION AND HUMANITY. (Authored), Prologue written by Jan

Nederveen Pieterse, Foreword written by Manfred Steger, Rawat

Publications.2010

13) WOMEN’S ENCOUNTER WITH GLOBALIZATION. edited by Samir Dasgupta,

Nicola Yeates, Robyn Driskell and Yvonne Braun. 2011 (Front page publications,

Kolkata and London)

14). WOMEN’S ENCOUNTER WITH DISASTER. 2010.. Edited by Samir

Dasgupta, Ismail Siriner and P.S De. Front page Publications. Kolkata

and London

15) WOMEN’S ENCOUNTERS WITH DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.. 2010.. Edited by

Samir Dasgupta,. Front page Publications. Kolkata and London .

16) ARTHANAITIK SAMAJTATWA (Economic Sociology). 2011. Pearson Longman.

New Delhi.

17. SOCIAL DEMOGRAPHY.. 2011. Pearson Education. (Consulting Editor)

18. POLITICAL SOCIOLOGY. 2011. Pearson Education. (Consultant Editor)

19) SOCIALTRANSFORMATION. 2012. Pearson Education. (Consultant Editor).

20) COMPARATIVE SOCIOLOGY. 2012 Pearson Education. (Consultant Editor).

21) AN INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY. 2012 Pearson Education. (Consultant

Editor).

22) URBAN SOCIOLOGY. 2012 Pearson Education. (Consultant Editor).

23) CONTEMPORARY SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY. 2012 Pearson Education.

(Consultant Editor).

24) POSTMODERNISM IN A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE with Peter kivisto.

Sage.Publications. 2014

25) Making Sense of Globalization (Authored) Forthcoming, Sage Publications

(Authored)

Book Chapters

1) „Introduction‟ in Samir.Dasgupta. (ed).2004.The Changing Face of

Globalization. Sage Publications. India, London and Thousand Oakes(CA)

2) „Globalization, Altruism and Sociology of Humanity‟ in Samir .Dasgupta.

(ed).2004.The Changing Face of Globalization. Sage Publications. India,

London and Thousand Oakes(CA)

3) „Globalization and Disparity- A Reappraisal‟ in Samir.Dasgupta.

(ed).2004.The Changing Face of Globalization. Sage Publications. India,

London and Thousand Oakes(CA)

4) „Introduction" with Ray Kiely in Samir Dasgupta and Ray Kiely.(eds) 2006.

Globalization and After. Sage Publications. India, London and Thousand

Oakes (CA).

5) „Globalization and Its Future Shock‟ in Samir Dasgupta and Ray

Kiely.(eds) 2006. Globalization and After. Sage Publications. India, London

and Thousand Oakes(CA)

6) “Academic- Sociology and Use-Sociology”.in Ajaya Kumar Sahoo (Ed).

Sociological Perspectives on Globalization. 2006.Kalpaz Publications.

Delhi.

7) Introduction‟ „with Robyn Driskell in Samir Dasgupta and Robyn Driskell

(eds). 2007. Discourse on Applied Sociology- Theoretical Perspectives.

Anthem Press. London, USA, India.

8) „Introduction‟ with Robyn Driskell in Samir Dasgupta and Robyn Driskell

(eds). 2007. Discourse on Applied Sociology- Practising Perspectives.

Anthem Press. London, USA, India.

9) „Applied Sociology-Its problems and Prospects‟, in Samir Dasgupta and

Robyn Driskell (eds). 2007. Discourse on Applied Sociology- Theoretical

Perspectives. Anthem Press. London, USA, India.

10) „Applied Version of Rural Poverty‟, in Samir Dasgupta and Robyn Driskell

(eds). 2007. Discourse on Applied Sociology- Practising Perspectives.

Anthem Press. London, USA, India.

11) „Introduction‟ in Samir Dasgupta „Understanding the Global

Environment’. 2008. Pearson Longman.

12) „Globalization and Environment Menace‟ in Samir Dasgupta(ed)

‘Understanding the Global Environment’. 2008. Pearson Longman.

13) Environmental Hazard and Reproductive Health of Women‟ in Samir

Dasgupta(ed) „Understanding the Global Environment’. 2008. Pearson

Longman.

14) Society and Environment Interface: Impact and Dilemma‟ with Partha

Sarathi De in Samir Dasgupta(ed) „Understanding the Global

Environment’. 2008. Pearson Longman.

15) “Viswayan O Tar Par” (Bengali Version) (Globalization and after) in Ananda

Dasgupta (ed) Swadhinata Swadesh Samaj Sanskriti. 2008.Gangchil.

Kolkata.

16) Introduction‟ in Samir Dasgupta and Jan Nederveen Pieterse (eds). 2009.

Politics of Globalization. Sage.

17) „Globalization-Politics with Women Environment‟ in Samir Dasgupta and

Jan Nederveen Pieterse (eds). 2009. Politics of Globalization.

Sage.(Forthcoming)

18) „Introduction‟ with Robyn Driskell, Nicola Yeates, Yvonne Braun in Robyn

Driskell, Nicola Yeates, Yvonne Braun (eds) ) in Women’s Encounters with

Globalization. 2010. Front page Publications

19) „Globalization, Media and the Women‟ in Samir Dasgupta, Robyn Driskell,

Nicola Yeates, Yvonne Braun (eds) in Women’s Encounters with

Globalization. 2010. Front page Publications.

20) “Introduction” in Women’s Encounter with Disaster. Edited by Samir

Dasgupta, Ismail Siriner and Partha Sarathi De. 2010. Front page

Publications.

21) “Applied Usage of Exploring a Gendered Way of Combating Disaster” in

Women’s Encounter with Disaster. Edited by Samir Dasgupta, Ismail

Siriner and Partha Sarathi De. 2010. Front page Publications

22) Introduction in Postmodernism in a Global Perspective with Peter

Kivisto , 2014. Sage. January

23) Sociology and Post modern Risk in Post modernism in a Global

Perspective (ed) . 2014 January. Sage Publications

List of Publications in Research Journals:

1. „Planning for Urban Poverty Elimination‟, Yojana (A Journal of the Planning

Commission, New Delhi), Vol. XXII/16, 1978.

2. „Slums will go with Poverty‟, Yojana (A Journal of the Planning

Commission, New Delhi) Vol. XXV, No.4, 1978.

3. „Physical Planning vs. Social Planning in Calcutta Metropolis‟, The Calcutta

Municipal Gazette (A Journal of Urban Sociology and Local Self-Govt. –

Calcutta) Feb. 24, 1979.

4. „War on Urban Poverty: An Illusion on A Reality‟, The Calcutta Municipal

Gazette (A journal of Urban Sociology and Local Self Govt. Calcutta) April,

1979.

5. „Problems of Rural Poverty – A Sociological Exposure‟, The Economic Studies,

Calcutta, 1979.

6. „Problem of Displacement: Case of Haldia‟, The Economic Studies, Calcutta,

1979.

7. „Housing for the Urban Poor‟, The Calcutta Municipal Gazette (A Journal of

Urban Sociology and Local self Govt. Calcutta) June, 1979.

8. „Calcutta : Its Degree of Metropolitanism‟, The Calcutta Municipal Gazette (A

Journal of Urban Sociology and Local Self. Govt. Calcutta) Vol. XCVII,

No.13, 1979.

9. „Child Labour‟ : A National Problem‟, Yojana (A Journal of the Planning

Commission, New Delhi), Vol. XXIII/20, 1979.

10. „Urban Complex and Medical World‟, The Calcutta Municipal Gazette (A

Journal of Urban Sociology and Local Self Govt, Calcutta), Vol. XCVIII,

No.5, 1979.

11. „Origin and Development of Sociology in India – A Brief Review‟, The

Calcutta Review, Vol. V. No.3-4, 1980.

12-26 „Planning and Development of Past and Present Calcutta‟, The Write-up

consists of 15 chapters), The Calcutta Municipal Gazette (A Journal of

Urban Sociology and Local Self-Govt. Calcutta), Nov. 1979 to July, 1980.

27. „Urban Delinquents‟, The Calcutta Municipal Gazette (A Journal of Urban

Sociology and Local Self Govt. Calcutta), Vol. XC VII, No.20, 1981.

28. „Some Environmental and Personal Factors among Delinquents‟, Indian

Journal of Criminology And Criminalistics, New Delhi, Vol.1, No.1, 1981.

29. „Poverty in India – Statistical Quibbling vs. Actual Reality‟ The Economic

Studies, Calcutta, 1981.

30. „D.P. : Sociology of Indian Tradition‟ Eastern Sociologist, 1981.

31. „Drug Addiction – A Sociological Point of View‟, Sociological Perspective,

Vol. 1, No.1, 1982.

32. „Industrial Growth and Social development in India‟. The Economic

Studies, Vol. 20, No.1, 1982.

33. „Urban Planning, Development and Applied Sociology‟, The Calcutta

Municipal Gazette (A Journal of Urban Sociology and Local Self

Government), Calcutta, Vol. XCIX, No.16, 1982.

34. „Calcutta Choked by Population Fall out‟, Social Welfare, New Delhi, XXIX,

13, 1982.

35. „De-facto Fertility Status and Knowledge oriented Behaviour of the Migrated

Tribes‟ (The Paper is based on the report of a UGC Research Project);

Bulletin of Cultural Research Institute, XV, 1 & 2, 1982.

36. „Daridraya O‟ Samajik Nyaya‟, Samaj Samikha, (A Bulletin of Indian School

of Social Science, Calcutta), Vol.1, No.4-5, 1982.

37. „Child Labour System Among the Tribals‟, The Calcutta Municipal Gazette (A

Journal of Urban Sociology and Local Self Govt., Calcutta), Vol. Cl.No.3 & 4,

1983.

38. „Educational Choice and Occupational Aspiration of Tribal Students in a

Satellite city: A Sociological Exposure‟, The Calcutta Municipal Gazette (A

Journal of Urban Sociology and Local Self Govt. Calcutta), Vol. Cl, No.15,

1983.

39. „Child Labour in Tea Plantation Areas‟, Bulletin of the cultural Research

Institute, Vol. XVI, No. 1-4, 1984.

40. „History of Addiction – Stray Glimpses‟, Social Welfare, New Delhi, April,

1988.

41. „Patrick Geddes – A Re-builder of Crumbling Urban Civilization‟, The

Calcutta Municipal Gazette’, (A Journal of Urban Sociology and Local Self-

Govt.), Calcutta, Vol. CIII, No. 2-3, 1988.

42. „The Urban Stress and Strains (Sahar Jibaner Uttejana O‟ Sanghat),

Calcutta Purasree (A Bengali Jounal of Local Self Govt. calcutta), Vol. XV,

July, 1988.

43. „Sociology of Working Wives of Calcutta City : A study, „The Calcutta

Municipal Gazette’ (A Journal of Urban Sociology and Local Self Govt.

Calcutta), Dec. 1988.

44. „Satellite Revolution and Theatre Movement,‟ Natya Manan, Vol. 2, 1996.

45. „Biswayan O‟ Unnayan‟ (Globalization and Development) published in the

book on Globalization (A publication of the Seminar jointly organized by

Jadavpur University and Indian Academy of Social Sciences.

46. Where Nature Weds Culture in Nature and Culture, Vol. 7: No.3: Winter

2012

47. Place of values in the Era of Globalization in International Journal of

Business Ethics in Developing Economies. Vol, 2: Issue 2: December

2013

Seminars/Symposia/Workshops Attended

NATIONAL AND REGIONAL SEMINARS

1. Delivered lecture on the Problems of Development in Third World

Countries in the Refresher Course Organized by the Department of

Sociology, Kalyani University (Course sponsored by UGC) (1992).

2. Delivered lecture on the topic “On the Question of Hunger and War” in

a Seminar organised by Dipta Chakraborty Memorial Fund Committee.

Bose Institute Research Scholars‟ Forum, Calcutta (1995).

3. Delivered lecture on the issue “Sociology of Human Rights” in a

workshop organized by DIG of Police, Murshidabad Range in

Collaboration with West Bengal Human Rights Commission (1997).

4. Delivered lecture on the problem entitled, “Sociology of Theatre

Language” in a Seminar organized by Paschim Banga Natya Academy

(West Bengal Drama Academy) in the year 1998.

5. Presented a paper (Feb. 2001) entitled „Biswayan O‟ Unnayan‟

(Globalization and Development) in the First West Bengal Social Science

Congress. Jointly organized by Jadavpur University and Indian

Academy of Social Sciences.

6. Delivered Valedictory Address in the Seminar on “Population ageing in the

New Millennium, Emerging Issues and Future Challenges in India organized by

the Department of Sociology, University of Jadavpur, in collaboration with the

NSS. On 22 September, 2004

7. Invited speaker on „globalization and its impact on the Third World Countries,

organized by Barasat College, West Bengal on 8th August 2005

8. Delivered Valedictory Address in the State Level Seminar „Gender and

Sexuality” (9-10 August, 2007), organized by Malda Women‟s College.

9. Presented paper in the Second International Congress of National

Institute of Disaster Management (NIDM) (4th Nov.2009-6th Nov 2009) at New

Delhi.

INTERNATIONAL SEMINARS

10. Presented a paper (Oct 2002) entitled, “Globalization, Altruism and

Sociology of Humanity” in the Seminar of Society for Applied Sociology

(SAS) held in Sacramento, California, USA.

11. Speaker and Chair of two Sessions in the Annual International seminar

of SASE. (Seminar held in the month of June 2006) in The University of

Trier (Germany).

12. Plenary Speaker of the 3rd International Workshop on Gender and

Disaster (8th Oct. to 11th Oct.2008) at Kocaeli University, Turkey

(Sponsored by USAID)

13. Virtual presentation of the Paper titled “Use Sociology and Academic

Sociology” in the International Seminar of Society for Applied and Clinical

Sociology, Jacksonville, Florida (16th Nov. to 18th Nov 08).

Affiliation with International Peer Reviewed Journal and academic bodies:

1) President, Society for Applied Sociology (India). SASI

2) Chief Editor, Global Applied Sociology.

3) Editorial Board Member of the International Journal “NATURE AND CULTURE”,

Leipzig (Germany) and USA

Editorial Board Member, International Journal of Business Ethics in Developing

Economics

4) Symposium Editor, NATURE AND CULTURE, Leipzig (Germany) and USA

5) Former Director of College Development Council, University of Kalyani

6) Advisory Committee Member of the Centre for the Study of Social Exclusion

and Inclusive Policy, University of Calcutta

7) Organized Speaker Series Programme of SASI in collaboration with University

of kalyani. The speakers are: 1) Prof. Nicola Yeates and 2) Jan Nederveen Pieterse

and delivered Welcome address as the President of the organization.

Guest Professor, Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, West Bengal

State University for two sessions