UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA FACULTY ACADEMIC PROFILE/ CV Full name of the faculty member: SUDESHNA BASU MUKHERJEE Designation: ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR Specialization : Research Methodology, Sociology of Youth, Ageing, Organization, and Medicine Contact information : Office: DEPARTMENT OF SOCIOLOGY, ALIPORE CAMPUS, 1, REFORMATORY STREET, KOLKATA-700027; 033, 24792926 Residence: 46/1 NEW BALLYGUNGE ROAD, KOLKATA -700039; 033, 23439028, Mobile: 09830021103, sudeshnabasumukerjee@gmail.comsudeshnabasumukherjee@yahoo.com Academic qualifications: College/ university from which the degree was obtained Bethune College Abbreviation of the degree Graduation B.A.
Department of Sociology University of Calcutta University of Calcutta InApplied Psychology Post- Graduation M.A. Ph.D. Positions held/ holding: ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR & HOD Head of Department - (2009 December- 2011 December), (2013 December-2015 December) Research interests: Sociology of Youth, Ageing and Organization Sociology of Medicine and Illness Behaviour Research guidance: Number of researchers awardedm.phil/ Ph.D degrees: 1-MPhil. 1- Ph.D Number of researchers pursuingm.phil./ph.d: 1 Ph.D. submitted awaiting award 4-registered 1-unregistered Projects: Completed projects: 1. A STUDY ON PROBLEMS AND POTENTIALITIES OF ELDERLY PEOPLE IN WEST BENGAL (UPE); UGC-(Major Research Project) 2008-2013; Principle Investigator. 2. INFORMATION NEED OFDHIBAR COMMUNITYOFGOSABA BLOCK IN THE DISTRICT of SOUTH 24 PARGANAS IN WEST BENGAL.(UPE); UGC-(Major Research Project) 2008-2013; Co- Investigator Select list of publications: a) Journals: Innovative Work Behaviour of Managers: Implications Regarding Stressful Challenges of Modernized Public- and Private-Sector
Organizations. Industrial Psychiatry Journal, 2009.18, (2), 101-107. (Available Online http://www.ncbi.nlmnih.gov/pmc/articles/pmc2996212) Post-Global Forces of Change and The Emergent LifeEvents in Organizational Stress. Quest, Journal of Management Research, Vol.1, Issue1. March 2010. Mumbai. RamprasadKhandelwal Institute of Management & Research. Broken Down by Age and Gender: Older Women s Empowerment Requires Human Rights and Community Based Approach. Journal of the Asiatic Society, Vol. LIV, 2012, No. 4, 2012, Pgs 29-50. Quality of Life of Elderly: Hope beyond Hurt, Indian Journal of Gerontology, vol. 27, No. 3, 2013, Pgs 450-467.Available Online Stigma: knowledge of college going students about mental illness and reaction towards the persons with mental illness, Dyspareunia: A Peerreviewed Biannual Academic Journal of Psychiatry, July-December 2014, Vol. 5No. 2. pgs. 106-113. dysphrenia.hpage.com; Available Online Multidimensionality and Complexity of Role Stress: An Empirical Study of the Public and Private Sector Managers in Kolkata,Open Access Library Journal, 2: e1744.doi: 10.4236/oalib.1101744 published 14 August 2015. b) Books/ book chapters:last 5years PERCEIVED STRESSFUL CHALLENGES OF INNOVATION, COPING STRATEGIES AND INNOVATIVE WORK BEHAVIOUR. In book titled PSYCHOLOGY APPLIED IN SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION, published by Department of Applied Psychology, Calcutta University, Psychology Research Unit, ISI & NITTIR, 2010. Post-Global Forces of Change and The Emergent Life Events in Organizational Stress. Globalization in India: New Frontiers and Emerging Challenges (2010). Edited by Prof. S.K.Pramanick and Dr. Ramanuj Ganguly. Prentice Hall India. INNOVATIVE WORK BEHAVIOUR AND Role of HUMAN RESOURCE. Human Resource Development: A synthesis of Inter Disciplinary Approaches; Edited by Prof. Anjali Ray, Ms. Ushri Banerjee and Dr. Ishita Chatterjee; Published by Academic Staff College. April 2012. INNOVATIVE WORK BEHAVIOUR AND GLOBAL CHALLEHNGES FOR MANAGERS, (Monograph), LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing Saarbrucken, Germany, 2012. ISBN:978-3-659-23280-0 Older Women s Empowerment: A Shifting Paradigm & Commitment, in Older Women in India: the Context, Issues and Concerns. (2013) Ed. by Prof. P.K.B. Nayar, Published by The Women Press Delhi, Pgs 93-121. Globalization a Catalyst to Social Transformation in Old Age.Festschrift for Professor Yogendra SinghModernization, Globalization and Social Transformation in Vol-4 titled Gender, Identity and Multiple Marginalities,2015. Edited by Prof.IswarModi, RAWAT Publications, Jaipur.
Visual Media: Reinstating Patriarchal Ideology; Festschrift for Professor Yogendra Singh Modernization, Globalization and Social Transformation in Vol-4 titled Gender, Identity and Multiple Marginalities, 2015. Edited by Prof.IswarModi, RAWAT Publications, Jaipur. Global Transformations: Relationships & Friendships.; Festschrift for Professor Yogendra Singh Modernization, Globalization and Social Transformation in Vol-4 titled Gender, Identity and Multiple Marginalities, 2015. Edited by Prof.IswarModi, RAWAT Publications, Jaipur. c) Conference/ seminar volumes: Perceived Problems of Quality of Life Loneliness, and Social Adjustment of Socially Disabled Elderly People in West Bengal; Proceedings of International Rehab Conference on MAKING A DIFFERENCE. Ed: Sheila Christopher, Pub: Excel India Publisher, 2008; Pgs 421-429. Nature of Forgiveness, Social Adjustment and Quality of Life of the Elderly People in Old Age Homes of Kolkata; National Conference on Geriatrics and Gerontological Studies in India, 2010; Netaji Nagar College Sponsored by UGC and collaborated with Jadavpur University, volume Editors by Dr. Dilip kr. Chakraborty and Dr. Sabyasachi Sen, Published by Computer Centre, Netaji Nagar College; COMSOMATH SPECIAL ISSUE, Vo.l13 March 2010, No.1, Pgs-143-150. Membership of Learned Societies: Life Member of Indian Sociological Society Member of International Sociological Association Life Member of the Association of Gerontology India Member of Indian Political and Economic Association Council for Political Studies Member of the IASSH-Indian Association for Social Sciences and Health. Invited lectures delivered: ICSSR supported Research Methodology Workshop; by Department of Sociology, West Bengal State University, BarasatLecture title: Sociological Investigation:The Basics of
Sociological Investigation-Science- Basic Elements and Limitations-The Methods of Sociological Research ; 29 th March 2012. 95 th Orientation Program; UGC-Academic Staff College, CU. June 2012; Lecture title: Expanding our Horizons Understanding the Complexities with the People in the Twilight Years: Meaning, Culture and Difference. Department of Sociology, Vidyasagar University,Visiting Fellow-Six Lecture Series; March 2012-2013. Symposium-III: Lecture title: Ageing and the Technological Opportunities in Everyday life; 5 th Annual Conference of the Sociological Association of West Bengal 2013, Organized by Department of Sociology North Bengal University, North Bengal and St Xavier s College. Refresher course, of Applied Behavioural Sciences for Management, Organized by Department of Business Management CU, Nov-Dec 2013; Lecture title: Broken Down by Age and Gender: Older Women s Empowerment Requires Thinking Outside the Box. Session II on Social Security On Status of elderly in West Bengal. Calcutta Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology, in collaboration with United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi; Institute of Social and Economic Change, Bangalore; and Tata Institute of Social Science, Mumbai; 25th February 2014. Department of Sociology, West Bengal State University, Barasat, National Seminar Social Exclusion and Intolerance: Challenges and Possibilities. Plenary speaker; 30 th March 2016Lecture title: Grey Society: Spatial and info-exclusion. Other notable activities:
WBSAP& CS 12 DAYS TRAINING PROGRAM FOR Aids Counselors at ICMARD, Training Lectures delivered. Nov 2008 & Feb 2009. NATIONAL CONSULTATION AT CENTRE FOR GERONTOLOGICAL STUDIES (International Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies and Research on Ageing). KOCHULLOOR, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM.Govt. of India. March 2011. NATIONAL CONSULTATION AT TATA INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL SCIENCE, MUMBAI BUILDING KNOWLEDGE BASE ON POPULATION AGEING IN INDIA ; December 2011. National Conference on Inclusive Growth: Opportunities for Elderly at Hotel The Ashok, New Delhi.November, 2012. Member of Ethical Committee of Indian Institute of Health and Hygiene, Kolkata. Member of Working Group for Medical Ethics in Kolkata with the Institute of Health and Family Welfare and British High Commission, Kolkata. Associated with CINI, in its course on Vocational Training in Child Protection in Collaboration with TISS-School of Vocational Education. Founder Member of NGO Centre for Sustained Support.