The College encourages the culture of individual as well
as inter-disciplinary approach to research activities. It
has a Research Cell which monitors and conducts the various
research projects initiated by the departments. The Cell
also conducts centralized research projects involving the
teachers and students of various departments with the help
of institutional support in the form of a separate space
with moderate infrastructural facilities.
The following research projects have been completed or
are ongoing.
Completed UGC Minor Research Project by Dr. Kuldip Kaur,
Associate Professor, Department of Hindi entitled,"Guru Granth Sahib mein Santon ki Vani: Vartaman Samajik Sarokar"
Period of study: 2014-2016
U.G. C. Reference No. F.PHW-068/14-15 (ERO)
Completed INSA Major Project by Dr. Mala Bhattacharya & Dr.
Purabi Mukherjee (Department of Mathematics) entitled,"Compilation of Classified Bibliographies and Assessment of
Research Work Done in Different Grant Branches in
Mathematics in the Eastern Zone in India during 19th & 20th
Century". Proposal has been sent to the Indian National
Science Academy, Madhavendra Narayan, Bahadur Shah Zafor
Marg, New Delhi. The project commenced on 01.07. 2013 and is
ongoing.
Completed UGC Minor Research Project by Dr. E.S. Paul,
Associate Professor, Department of English
Title: "Fantasy Land - Fantasy in Selective Children
Fiction". The report was submitted in 2015
Completed College Project: The College encourages the
culture of inter-disciplinary approach to research
activities and thus a project entitled "Virtual or Actual :
The Preferred Reality of Our Urban Youth" was conducted by
the students under the supervision of Dr. Lapita Sarkar
(faculty, Dept. of Economics) and Dr. Sarmila Sarkar
(Faculty, Dept. of History) during the session 2012-13 . The
subjects and data collectors of this micro-study spanned
across all departments of the college and the report was
submitted in April 2015. Objective: At this stage of technological advancement
resulting in instant accessibility and information, it is
imperative to integrate the youth's penchant for accessing
the internet and social networking into the
teaching-learning process for our Urban Youth.
Completed UGC Minor Research Project by Dr. Lapita Sarkar,
Associate Professor, Department of Economics:
Title : "Non-Farm Employment Generation and Demand For
Health Services"
Period of study: 2012-2014
Report was submitted in January 2015.
Inter-discipline Guidance in Research: In 2014, Smt. Swagata
Ray, an alumni and Guest Lecturer of the Department of
Psychology interacted with other faculty members, namely,
Dr. Ballari Roy Chowdhury (Department of Bengali), Smt.
Krishnakali Chakraborty Banerjee (Department of Philosophy)
and Dr. Sumita Mukherjee (former Faculty, Department of
Psychology) to obtain their expert comments for a pilot
study for her doctoral thesis in the area of "Moral
Cognition and Evaluation"
Completed UGC Minor Research Project by Dr. Sarmila Sarkar,
Associate Professor, Department of History:
Title: "The Urban Space, Image and Subtext: Visual
Representation of the City of Calcutta/Kolkata (1788 -
2010)".
Period of study: 2010-2012.
Project was submitted in July 2013.
Completed INSA Major Project by Dr. Mala Bhattacharya,
Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics (jointly with
Dr. Purabi mukherjee and research assistant, Smt.Nandita
Mallik ) - "Pioneer Mathematicians and their Role in
Calcutta University during 19th and 20th Century" . Proposal
was sent to Indian National Science Academy, Madhavendra
Narayan, Bahadur Shah Zafor Marg, New Delhi and the period
of study was from 01.02.2010 to 28.02.2013. A Book entitled,
"Pioneer Mathematicians of Calcutta University" has been
published by the University of Calcutta based on this
project.
Completed Three-Year Collaborative Research by the
Department of Psychology Gokhale Memorial Girl's College,
Kolkata, India jointly with the Centre for Linguistics and
Philology University of Oxford, UK - a Major Research
Project on Neuro-Linguistics and Psycholinguistics, funded
by the European Research Council (ERC) since February 2012.
The project entitled, "Words : Assymetry, Change and
Processing in Phonological Mental Representation" being
conducted under the supervision and guidance of Prof. Aditi
Lahiri, Senior Faculty of the above-mentioned centre.
The Faculty, the Alumni and the students of the Department
of Psychology were inducted in the project as Research
Assistants and subjects, while student volunteered from
other departments also and participated as subjects.
Completed UGC Minor Research Project by Dr. Reshmi Panda
Mukherjee, Assistant Professor, Department of Hindi
Title : "Hindi ke Sahityik Patrikaon ke Bhavishya".
Period of Study: 2010 - 2012
Completed UGC Minor Research Project by Dr. E.S. Paul,
Associate Professor, department of English
Topic: "2008 - 2010 Rediscovering India - A Study of Novels
Translated into English". Report was submitted in 2010.
Completed UGC Minor Research Project by Dr. Sudeshna Kar
Barua, Associate Professor, Department of English.
Title: "Machiavelli and Machiavellian Villains: A
Re-Interpretation"
UGC Reference No.F.PHW059/09-10 (ERO) dated September 07,
2009.
Period of study: 17.09.09 to 16.06.11.
The study sought to re-interpret the work of a man
designated a "villain and a devil in disguise" and in the
process to show how Machiavelli had been unjustly maligned.
The Project also demanded a re-assessment of Machiavellian
stage villains, so termed as they were thought, through
centuries, to be cast in Machiavelli's mould.
