Miss Sanghamitra Nath

Assistant Professor & Head of the Department

Contact No. : 91-7319512972

E-mail ID : snathsociology@bajkulcollege.org

Qualification

M. Phil in Law and Governance, Centre for the Study of Law and Governance, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi (India)

Master of Arts in Politics (specialization in International Relations), School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi (India)

Master of Arts in Sociology, Centre for the Study of Social Systems, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi (India)

Bachelor of Arts in Sociology (Honours), Lady Shri Ram College for Women, University of Delhi, New Delhi (India)

Qualified National Eligibility Test (NET) of University Grants Commission (UGC) for Lectureship & Junior Research Fellowship in Sociology

Faculty Level Courses Completed-

OP & RC

93 ^rd Orientation Programme (‘A’ grade) at Osmania University (03.03.2020 to 24.03.2020)

· UGC-HRDC Refresher Course in Sociology (‘A only’ grade) at Jawaharlal Nehru University (06.09.2021 to 18.09.2021)

FDPs

· Faculty Development Programme on “Covid-19 & New International Order” at Annamalai University (22.06.2020 to 28.06.2020)

· Faculty Development Programme on “Entrepreneurship, Incubation and Innovation” at Ramanujan College (23.06.2020 to 29.06.2020)

· Faculty Development Programme on “Advanced Concepts for Developing MOOCS” at Ramanujan College (02.07.2020 to 17.07.2020)

Resource Person for Indira Gandhi National Open University

I was a Resource Person to write modules for Public Administration, School of Social Sciences, Indira Gandhi National Open University, from 2015 to 2018. I wrote modules on Classical Thinkers (Dwight Waldo and Woodrow Wilson), Globalisation, Sustainable Human Development, and Political and Administrative Systems for Developed Countries and Developing Countries.

2	Area of Specialization	Culture and Society, Family And Kinship in India, Gender Sociology, Cinema And Culture in South Asia and South-east Asia, Sustainable Development
3	Research Interest	Political Sociology, Political Economy, Gender Sociology, Disaster Risk Reduction, Governance, International Politics, Foreign Policy, Cyberspace in Society and Polity
4	Teaching Experience	7 years plus

Awards

· Travel Grant by University Grants Commission to attend The Australian Sociological Association organized International Conference at Deakin University, Melbourne (Australia), in 2019

· Travel Grant by International Studies Association (ISA) to attend 57 ^th Annual Convention of International Studies Association, at Hilton Atlanta, (United States of America) in 2016

· Full Travel Grant by World International Studies Committee (WISC) to attend 4 ^th Global International Studies Conference at Goethe University, Campus Westend, Frankfurt (Germany) in 2014

· Junior Research Fellowship by University Grants Commission (National Eligibility Test) on 15 ^th June 2012

Professional Membership

1. Life Member of International Sociological Association

• Research Committee 32: Women, Gender, Society
• Research Committee 39: Sociology of Disasters
• Research Committee 51: Sociocybernetics

2.Life Member of Indian Sociological Society

Publicationof Book(s)

None

Edited Book(s)

None

Research Paper Publications in Journal

1. Nath, Sanghamitra,“Restoration of Mangrove Trees in the Indian Sundarbans”, Shobuj Istahar , Vol 34, June 2021/World Environment Edition, Environment Academy, pp 18-22

2. Nath, Sanghamitra, “Rethinking ‘Sustainable Development’ as ‘Sustainable Ecological Services’”, Journal of Environmental Research and Development, Vol. 9 No. 3A, January-March 2015, ISSN: PARIS ISSN 0973-6921, E-ISSN: 2319-5983, pp 1031- 1036. Special Mention at the 7th International Congress of Environmental Research ( ICER-14),26-28 December 2014, R. V. College of Engineering, Bangalore (India).

3. Nath, Sanghamitra , “Lending to the Poor: The World Bank in Urban Development in India”, European Scientific Journal (affiliated with the University of the Azores, Portugal), European Scientific Institute, June 2015 /SPECIAL/ edition ISSN: 1857 – 7881 (Print) e - ISSN 1857- 7431, pp 271-288

4.Nath, Sanghamitra, “Strategic Partnership for Economic Development: India's New “Inclusive Trade Diplomacy”’, Elsevier Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences (indexed in Scopus, ScienceDirect and SciVerse), Vol. 157, 2014, ISSN: 1877-0428, doi: 10.1016/j.sbspro.2014.11.026, pp 236 – 243

5. Nath, Sanghamitra, “What Military Deterrence Cannot Do, Cyber Deterrence Can Do to Iran: Exploring the Implications of Manipulative Incessant Usage of the Term ‘Pre-emptive’”, International Journal of Social Sciences and Humanity Studies , Vol 4, No. 1, 2012, ISSN: 1309-8063, pp 313-323

Articles/Chapters Published in Books

1. Nath, Sanghamitra,The Invincible Savitribai Phule in an Era Inhibiting Women Empowerment,in Chandrabali Dutta, Debasraba Chattopadhyay and Saheli Chowdhury (eds), “Feminist Thinkers in India”, 2023, Purba Barddhaman, West Bengal: Avenel Press, ISBN: 978-93-94744-71-4, pp 44-56

2. Nath, Sanghamitra, A Re-Look At ‘Home’ Quarantine During Covid-19 in West Bengal, India, inSaikat Kumar Basu, Rahul Ray and Atreyee Ray (eds.), “COVID-19: A Planetary Holocaust: Essays on Socio-economic, Environmental and Political Impacts”, 2021, Hooghly, West Bengal: Environment Academy, ISBN: 978-93-92979-12-5

3. Nath, Sanghamitra, A Sociological Perspective on ‘Institutional Coordination’ for Disaster Risk Reduction in India,in BupinderZutshi, Akbaruddin Ahmad, and Ananda BabuSrungarapati (eds.), “Disaster Risk Reduction: Community Resilience and Responses”, 2019, Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan, ISBN: 978-981-10-8844-5/978-981-10-8845-2,pp 157-172

4. Nath, Sanghamitra, Disaster Law, ICT and performance through ‘Standard Setting’ in Disaster Law, in Amita Singh (ed.), “Disaster Law: Emerging Thresholds”, 2018, Oxford and New York: Routledge (Taylor and Francis Group), ISBN: 978-1-138-03643-7/978-1-315-10293-1, pp 159-174

5. Nath, Sanghamitra,Significance of e-governance, in Alka Dhameja and Sweta Mishra (eds.), “Public Administration: Approaches and Applications”, 2016, New Delhi and Chennai: Pearson Education, ISBN: 978-93-325-5507-5, E-ISSN: 978-93-325-7880-7, pp 320-332

Conference Publication

Sl. No.	Title of the Paper/Poster Presented	Title of Conference/ Seminar	Organised by	Whether International/ National/State/Regional/ College or University level
1)	Incompatible Relations, Discordant Interpretations of Social Trust: Understanding Conflicts between India and China during Covid-19	10th Annual Eurasian Peace Science Conference	Hebrew University of Jerusalem, World International Studies Committee, and Global Research Network on Peaceful Change on 13 ^th January 2022	International
2)	A Sociological Study on Bee-keepers of Indian Sundarbans Before and During Covid-19 Pandemic	Conference on “Sociology of Vulnerabilities and Resistance”	The Philippine Sociological Society and De La Salle University from 1^stto 5 ^th October 2021	International
3)	State and Society During Covid-19: Performance of ‘Phobia’ of The Migrant Labour Class in India	Conference on “Bodies in the Pandemic Context”	International Sociological Association Research Committee 54 Post Porto Alegre Forum, Brazil, from 2 ^nd to 4 ^th September 2021	International
4)	Institutional Quarantine: A Sociology of Pandemic Politics During Covid-19 in West Bengal	Conference on “Implications of Covid-19 on Local & Regional Sustainable Development: A Glocal Perspective”	International Geographical Union India and Commissions on Local and Regional Development, and Commission on Geo-Heritage, Hyderabad, from 27^thto 28th June 2020	International
	Administering Justice: A Critical Engagement with Court Architecture and Judicial Iconography	Conference on “Human Rights: Context and Concerns”	Bijoy Krishna Girls College, Kolkata, from 17 ^th to 18 ^th January 2020	International
5)	Understanding Legislations on Domestic Violence and Women’s Experiences in Accessing Gender Justice	Conference on “Challenges of Twenty First Century Management: Technology, Environment and Gender”,	Heritage Business School and Durgapur Women’s College, from 29 ^th to 30 ^th March 2019	National
6)	Law in Books and Law in Practice: A Critical Analysis of India’s Domestic Violence Act 2005	Conference on “Precarity, Rights and Resistance”	The Australian Sociological Association at Deakin University, Burwood Campus, Melbourne, Australia from 19^thto 22 ^nd November 2018	International
7)	Rethinking Livestock Safety in Natural Disasters: The Way Forward with Improved Social Insurance in Disaster Management in India	Seventh International Conference on Agricultural Statistics 2016	Italian National Institute of Statistics and collaboration Food and Agriculture Organization at UN FAO HQ, Rome (Italy) from 26^thto 28 ^th October 2016	International
8)	The Long Wait for Ratification: An Investigation of Morocco’s Commitment to Pelindaba Treaty	57 ^th Annual Convention of International Studies Association	International Studies Association at Hilton Atlanta, Georgia (United States of America) from 16^thto 19 ^th March 2016	International

Research Projects

Nil

Special Achievements

Panel Session organized for The Australian Sociological Association (TASA)

Panel Session organized, in the capacity of Regular International Member (TASA), on “Social Trust and Political Practices in the New Normal” as part of TASA 2020 virtual conference, on 25 November 2020 on Zoom (See: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWM5UtwZdH8 , https://www.tasa.org.au/content.aspx?page_id=22&club_id=671860&module_id=378587 )

Conference organized at Bajkul Milani Mahavidyalaya

One-Day State-Level Seminar on “Fragile Spaces, Vulnerable Communities: Exploring Multiple Contours of Life in West Bengal”, organised by Department of Sociology and Department of Zoology in association with IQAC, on 20 ^th December 2019

Consultations Provided to

1. Sphere India on Livestock Emergency Guidelines & Standards (LEGS) Handbook 2nd edition on 5 February 2021 on Zoom- https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85160604331?pwd=aUVrWGYyL0hRcWl6L3JER2Z0YWIzdz09

2. Sphere India on Draft Guidelines on Animal Protection in Emergencies on 18 ^th January 2022 on Zoom-
https://sphereindia-covid19academy.zoom.us/j/89460295144?pwd=S2FGejdpS2NmYmFER005TXdzU1VNQT09

Positions held

Currently

A. At Bajkul Milani Mahavidyalaya

1. Head of the Department of Sociology

2. Co-Coordinator of IQAC Committee

3. Convener of Women Empowerment Committee

4. Convener of Cultural Committee

5. Member of NAAC Committee

6. Member of Research Committee

7. Member of Internal Complaints Committee

B. Under Vidyasagar University

1. Head Examiner

2. Paper-Setter

3. Examiner

Earlier

1. Chair in the Session on Dynamics of Protracted Social Conflicts at the 57 ^th Annual Convention of International Studies Association, March 2016, Hilton Atlanta, Georgia (United States of America)

2. Invited Lecturer on “India’s Strategic Partnership for Economic Development”, August 2014, Jogamaya Devi College, University of Calcutta, Kolkata (India)

3. Chair in the Session on Dimensions of Diplomacy (I) at the Fourth Global International Studies Conference 2014 (WISC 2014), August 2014, Goethe University Campus Westend, Frankfurt (Germany)

4. Discussantin the Session on Dimensions of Diplomacy (II) at the Fourth Global International Studies Conference 2014 (WISC 2014), August 2014, Goethe University Campus Westend, Frankfurt (Germany)

5. Chair in the Session on Economics of Defence and Economics of Crime at the 5 ^th International Conference on Social Sciences, October, 2012, İzmir (Turkey).

6. Research Group Member of Disaster Research Programme, Jawaharlal Nehru University, 2014-2016, New Delhi (India)

Language Proficiency

1. English

2. Hindi

3. Bengali

4. French