Faculty Profile

Name
DR. SARBANI GUHA (GHOSAL)
Designation
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
Department
POLITICAL SCIENCE
Email
ghosalsarbani@rediffmail.com
Biography
Academic Interest

Political Sociology- Political Theory - Feminist Politics
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Academic/Teaching Experience & responsibilities (In chronological order from latest to oldest)

PostOrganization / College / UniversityDuration : From DateDuration : To DateExperience (In Years and Months)
Associate ProfessorBijoy Krishna Girls College1996-12-092026-02-2030+
     

Participation and contribution in relevant areas in higher education

PostOrganization / College / UniversityAre of Specialization
Study Material WriterNetaji Subhas Open UniversityWrote Study Material on Elective Public Administration. Paper V Module III. for Bachelor's Degree Programme vide appreciation letter from NSOU Ref.No: 04-02-3/13/99/256 dated 20.05.2003

Scholarly Achievements : Contribution to Books

Contribution to BooksDetails of BooksDocument Attach
AuthorRevisiting Rammohun Roy: Liberalism, Pluralism, and the Culture of Tolerance Book Article ISBN: 978-93-7185-017-9 E-ISBN - : 978-93-7185-423-9 Doi: https://doi.org/10.70593/978-93-7185-423-8 Book Name: Democracy and Tolerance:Reflections on the Ideas and Recent Debates.2025. pp. 38-46 Edited by : Abhisek Karmakar. Deep Science Publishing, USA, UK,India, Turkey  
AuthorRammohan Roy- A Rare Combination of Liberal Versatility Book Article ISBN:978-81-955545-3-9 Book Name: Relevance of the Universal Mission of the Bengali Renaissance for a Sustainable Future for India and the World. Volume 2, 2024. Pp . 37-47 Edited by: Kalyan Kumar Chakravarty & Sarmistha De Basu. Kolkata Society for Asian Studies & Kunal Books, New Delhi  
AuthorEthical Dilemma of Sustainable Development as Combat Mechanism to Climate Change Book Article ISBN 978-1-032-20333-1(hbk) 978-1-003-04573-1 (ebk) Book Name : South Asia and Climate Change-Unraveling the Conundrum. Routledge Taylor & Francis Group Routledge India July 16, 2021.First South Asia Edition January2022.pp.203-219 Edited by Mausumi Kar, Jayita Mukhopadhyay and Manisha Deb Sarkar  
AuthorRajnoitik Byabosthar Shrenibivag (Bengali) Book Article ISBN:978-81-247-0779-1 Book Name: Tulonamulok Rajniti Porichoy, Paschim Banga Rajya Pustak Parshad, pp.83-123,2019 Edited by Amitabha Ray  
AuthorCitizenship:Feminist Dilemma in India Book Article ISBN:81-8324-807-1 Book Name: Women in Indian Politics:Traditions,Transitions and Transformations, Mittal Publications, New Delhi .2016.pp.59-66 Edited by Navaneeta Rath & Gautam Majumdar  
AuthorBankimchandra Chattopadhyay(1838-1894): Linguistic Nationalist Book Article ISBN 978-81-269-2145-4 Indian Political Thought and Its Contemporary Relevance. Atlantic Publishers & Distributors (P) Ltd, New Delhi. 2016.pp.185-201 Edited by Lopamudra Sengupta  
AuthorAcharya Narendra Deva (1889-1956) Ethical Socialist Book Article ISBN 978-81-269-2145-4 Book Name: Indian Political Thought and Its Contemporary Relevance. Atlantic Publishers & Distributors (P) Ltd, New Delhi. 2016.pp.355-361 Edited by Lopamudra Sengupta  
AuthorProgenitor of Modern Civil Society-Gandhi Book Article ISBN:81-86386-31-9 Book Name: Reflections on the Philosophy & Thoughts of Mahatma Gandhi. 2015.Pp.15-24.BKGC Howrah Karabi Mitra & Ranjana Sarkar edited  
AuthorMulticultural Approach to Civil Society Book Article ISBN:978-81-295-2709-7 Book Name : Through a Multicultural Lens. Dey’s Publishing, 2014.pp11-19 Mahua Basu & Milinda Majumdar (ed)  
AuthorRabindranatherRajnoitikVabna: Koekti Katha (Bengali) Book Article ISBN: 978-81-7522-597-8 Book Name: RabindraPrasango (Bengali) Viswabharati Granthan Bibhag.1421(B) 2014. Pp.63-78 Edited by Alpana Roy, Amal Pal & Manabendra Mukhopadhyay in commemoration of 150th birth anniversary of Tagore  
AuthorTelevisionSerialerMeyera (Bengali) Book Article ISBN:978-81-910874-4-4 Book Name: ItihasAnusandhan Vol:28. pp. 813-820. PaschimbangaItihasSamsad. January 2014 Edited by: ManjuChattopadhyay  
AuthorSection on Constitution of Modern Russia in Bengali (RussiarSanbidhan) Book Article ISBN: 978-93-80677-11-8 Book Name: TulonamulokShashonbyabostha O Rajniti. SetuProkashani. Kolkata. May 2011. 283-310 Edited by RajasriBasu  
Editor in ChiefNari O Ganamadhyam (Bengali) Book Article Book Name: ProsongoManabibidya. UrbiProkashan. Kolkata. June 2008.pp. 308-318 Edited by: BasabiChakrabarty&RajasriBasu Text Book at UG & PG of University of Calcutta, Rabindra Bharati University, etc  
AuthorIdentity-Women-Advertisement: Politics of Viewing Book Article ISBN: 81-212-0872-6 Book Name : Women Across Asia: Issues of Identities.Gyan Publishing House, New Delhi. 2006. Pp. 209-224 Lipi Ghosh, IshitaMukhopadhyay&Suchandra Chakraborty (eds)  
AuthorA Ethics of Inequality:Children of Lesser God: Indian Girl Child Book Article ISBN:81-87 169-51-6 Book Name : Towards a Better Tomorrow: An Interdisciplinary Reflection on Applied Ethical Issues-PuranGabeshana Kendra, 2004, 78-94 Alpana Chandra (ed)  
AuthorCivil Society and Changing Political Context of West Bengal BookArticle ISBN-978-93-94224-03-2 Book Name: State Politics in Contemporary India. ( Collection of Selected Articles of Indian Journal of Political Science on its 75th year). 2022.pp.57-75 Edited by: Sanjeev Kumar Sharma & Ansuiya Nain. Sannidhya Books .Delhi & Indian Political Science Association  
AuthorChapter on "Samajik Chukti Matabad" in Amitabha Ray (ed) Paschattya Rashtrachinta Parikrama. ISBN : 978-93-47262-53-1.Published by Avenel Press.February 2026.pp. 101-118 

Scholarly Achievements : Publications in recognized professional and / or academic journals

AuthorsURLVolumePage No.PublisherISBN no.ISSN no.Work typeTitle/ChapterJournal / Book TitleYear
Sarbani Guha Ghosal VIEWVol:13. No:2 . July-December, 2024..pp.107-115Pt. Govind Mohan Misra Smriti Sansthan. Lucknow E-ISSN 2319-3581(P) 2456-7523ArticlePolitical ObligationThe Social Ion.International Referred peer Reviewed Indexed Journal2024
Sarbani Guha Ghosal VIEWVol. 42. No. 1. Jan- Mar 2023 pp. 195-213Journal of Indian Association of Social Science Institutions ISSN-0970-9061 E-ISSN-0974-018XArticleFeminist Political Consciousness in Colonial BengalIASSI Quarterly –Contributions to Indian Social Science. UGC Care Listed from 2019 journal2023
Sarbani Guha Ghosal VIEWVol.XXXIX.June 2022107-128Jahangirnagar University Journal of the Department of History, Bangladesh ISSN -1560-7572ArticleFeminist Critique of Left Politics In Post Partition West BengalClio – Jahangirnagar University Journal of the Department of History, Bangladesh2022
Sarbani Guha Ghosal VIEWVol.6.No. 1-212-27Hiralal Mazumder College for Women. Dakhineshwar. Kolkata. E-ISSN 2455-5975ArticleWhen the Pandemic Infected Indian FederationScotopia. A Multiingual Bi- Annual Journal2021
Sarbani Guha Ghosal VIEWVol.9.No.10.Oct16 300-308Galaxy International Interdisciplinary Research Journal, Kurukhestra E-ISSN 2347-6915ArticleGlobalization and Education- A Critical InquiryGalaxy International Interdisciplinary Research Journal(GIIRJ) .SJIF Impact Factor- 7.472 (a peer-reviewed monthly E-Journal)2021
Sarbani Guha Ghosal VIEWVol:10. No:1 .Jan-June& July-December, 202198-111Pt. Govind Mohan MisraSmritiSansthan. Lucknow E-ISSN 2319-3581(P) 2456-7523 ArticleMarxist Feminism: Contradictory or Complementary in NatureThe Social Ion.International Referred peer Reviewed Indexed Journal2001
Sarbani Guha Ghosal & Chiranjib Sur VIEWYear – 34, Volume -2, Number 4983 -103Published & Owned by Chiranjib Sur ISSN No: 2231-3990ArticleSarbarthe Gandhir Gita o Rajniti (Bengali ) translation of Dipesh Chakravarty & Rochona Mazumdar’s Gandhi’s Gita & Politics As Such published in Modern Intellectual History, Cambridge University Press, 2010Alochonachakra (UGC Care Listed)2020
Bandana Sen,Subhajit Sarkar,Shampa Mukherjee(Kundu), Sarbani Guha Ghosal, Utpal Kumar Chattopadhyay VIEWVol.8,Issue:2,July 202099-103Scientific Scholars on behalf of The Indian Association of Preventive & Social Medicine, WB Chapter SSN (Online): 2347-498XArticlePublic Health & Social Measures in the Context of COVID19-An Online Study of Households in Kolkata & Nearby Districts of West BengalJournal of Comprehensive Health2020
Sarbani Guha Ghosal VIEW255-72Indian Association for Asian and Pacific Studies  ArticleEcofeminism: An Alternative Path towards EqualityIAAPS- Perspective (IAAPS online peer reviewed international journal)2018
Sarbani Guha Ghosal VIEWVol:XX, No:1, 201843-62West Bengal Political Science Association ISSN :2230-8296ArticleSecularism in India: Beleaguered Doctrine and Pragmatic StrategyThe West Bengal Political Science Review2018
Sarbani Guha Ghosal VIEWOct-Dec. 2016. Vol. LXXVII. No: 4523-530Indian Political Science Association ISSN No: 0019-5510ArticleCivil Society and Changing Political Context of West BengalThe Indian Journal of Political Science. 2016
Sarbani Guha Ghosal VIEWVol:4. No:1-2 .Jan-June& July-December201561-69Pt. Govind Mohan MisraSmritiSansthan. Lucknow ISSN No: 2319-3581ArticleCivil Society Awakening: Rizwanur Rehman MovementThe Social Ion.International Referred peer Reviewed Indexed Journal2015
Sarbani Guha Ghosal VIEWVol.1. June 201591-100Sreegopal Banerjee College, Mogra, Hoogly ISSN: 2395-325XArticleSocio-Political Philosophy of Tagore: A Short GlimpseThe Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies (JOIS2015
Sarbani Guha Ghosal VIEWVol: XVII. 201412-31West Bengal Political Science Association ISSN: 2230-8296ArticleCivil Society: Theoretical PerspectiveThe West Bengal Political Science Review2014
Sarbani Guha Ghosal VIEWVol.41.No:3-4. 117-127Council of Political Studies, Calcutta ISSN No: 0970-8863ArticleA Contemporary Perspective on Politics and EthicsSocialist Perspective (UGC care Listed at the time of Publication)2013
Sarbani Guha Ghosal VIEWVol:3. No:1.Jan-June.20141-7Pt. Govind Mohan Misra Smriti Sansthan. Lucknow ISSN No: 2319-3581ArticlePolitics-Ethics InterfaceThe Social Ion.International Referred peer Reviewed Indexed Journal2014
Sarbani Guha Ghosal VIEWVol: LXXV. No:1. Jan-Mar, 2014.105-118 Indian Political Science Association ISSN No: 0019-5510ArticleCivil Society: Concept and ContestationsThe Indian Journal of Political Science2014
Sarbani Guha Ghosal VIEWVol.LXXXIV. No.1Jan-Mar.2013. 75-86.Indian Political Science Association ISSN No: 0019-5510ArticleSocio-Political Dimensions of RapeThe Indian Journal of Political Science. 2013
Sarbani Guha Ghosal VIEWVol:6. March 2012100-115Department of Political Science, University of North Bengal  ArticleSustainable Development: Concept & ContestationJournal of Political Studies, Annual Peer reviewed Journal of the Department of Political Science, University of North Bengal2012
Sarbani Guha Ghosal VIEW Vol. LXXI. No: 4. Oct-Dec. 2010.1103-1112. Indian Political Science Association ISSN No: 0019-5510ArticleHuman Rights: Concept & ContestationThe Indian Journal of Political Science. 2010
Sarbani Guha Ghosal VIEWVol.LXVI.No:4, Oct-Dec 2005.793-812Indian Political Science Association ISSN No: 0019-5510ArticleMajor Trends of Feminism in IndiaThe Indian Journal of Political Science. Vol.LXVI.No:4, Oct-Dec 2005. Pp. 793-8122005
Sarbani Guha Ghosal VIEW Vol VII, No:1 & 2, Jan-Dec, 2004.172-186West Bengal Political Science Association ISSN: 2230-8296ArticlePolitics of Exclusion: Warrior Women in GujaratThe West Bengal Political Science Review,2004

Research Projects

PROJECT TITLEClient/Organizations NameNature of ProjectDuration of ProjectAmount of Grant (Rupees)
A Micro Study on the Civil Society Movement of Kolkata of the 21st CenturyUniversity Grants Commission (UGC)Minor Research Project (MRP)(F.PHW-072/13-14 dated 18.03.14) completed on July 2016 2 yearsRs. 95,000/-
Violence against Women: a Miniscule Study University Grants Commission (UGC)Minor Research Project (MRP)(F.PHW-031/04-05 ERO dated 11.03.05) completed on August 2007 2 years65,000/-
Situation Assessment Survey of Students' Households During Lockdown PeriodAll India Institute of Hygiene and Public Health, Kolkata (worked in the Core Team under Dr. Bandana Sen ( Dasgupta), ISS Director Professor Department of Statistics All India Institute of Hygiene and Public Health Ministry of Health and Family welfare Govt of India India)Online Survey Based Project involving 5 colleges of the State2 monthsNA

Research Profiles

ProfileSr.No.Profile URL
Google Scholar1 VIEW

Research Experience

Experience in year & month Sr.No.Course/PositionOrganization
51PhDUniversity of Calcutta

Scholarly Achievements : Invited Talks / Special Lectures

Organized byOrganized onSr.No.Title of LectureLevel (State/National/International)
Ministry of Home Affairs. Directorate of Census Operations under the Invitation for Guest Lecture Programme at DCO, WB by eminent personalities/ domain experts on World Population Day-2025-reg.Vide File No: CEN/11133/Training/2023/484 dated 07.07.252025-07-111From Family Planning to Population PolicyNational
Women' Studies Centre, Rabindra Bharati University. vide letter dated 08.09.20252025-09-122Kumudini Basu (Mitra): Banglar Mohila Votadhikarer PurodhaState
Surendranath College for Women in association with West Bengal Political Science Association. vide letter dated 02.03.222022-03-083Domestic Violence & Women's Rights in Private Sphere State
Surendranath College for Women ivide letter dated 24.05.242024-06-124Human Rights and We - the Basic PremisesState
Surendranath College for Women ivide letter dated 05.12.242024-12-105Human Rights in the Era of GlobalizationState
Surendranath College for Women ivide letter dated 28.11.252025-12-106 ASHA karmi GIG Workers Homebound - the Daily Story of ViolationsState
Rashtrabiggan Charcha Kendra. YouTube link: https://youtu.be/Us7H12yZtTA?si=Rzozcc2ifyZ-bKqJ2025-01-157South Asian Feminism (Online Lecture on YouTube & Facebook) State
School of Liberal Arts & Culture Studies. Amity University vide mail dated 02.07.202020-07-068Challenges before the Federal Structure in India During PandemicNational

Membership in Professional Bodies

Sr.No.Name of Professional BodyMember TypeAwarded Year
1Council for Political StudiesExecutive Committee Member / Life member2022
2West Bengal Political Scence Association Life Member1997
3Bengal Institute of Political StudiesLife Member2020
4Indian Political Science AssociationLife Member2000
6Indian Association for Asian & Pacific StudiesOrdinary2001
6Kolkata Society for Asian StudiesOrdinary2019

Reviewer

Journal
IASSI Quarterly - Contributions to Indian Social Science. UGC Care Listed Journal of Indian Association of Social Science Institutions. ISSN-0970-9061
Journal of Kolkata Society for Asian Studies (An International Bi-Lingual Journal of Social Science) Blind Peer Review.UGC Care Listed ISSN: 2545-5691