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information : Mo. 9830237162. Email: mchakrabarti20@gmail.com, dmcmusl@caluniv.ac.

1 UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA FACULTY ACADEMIC PROFILE/ CV Full name of the faculty member: Dr Mahua Chakraborty Designation: Associate Professor of Museology Specialisation : Collection management, research methodology, Indian archaeology, and history of Indian art. Contact information : Mo mchakrabarti20@gmail.com, dmcmusl@caluniv.ac.in Academic qualifications: College/ university from which the degree was obtained Maharani Kasiswari College, Kolkata/ University of Calcutta Department of Museology / University of Calcutta Department of Museology / University of Calcutta Positions held/ holding: Abbreviation of the degree B.A. with Hist (H) M.A. in Museology (obtained gold medal) Ph.D. in Museology Former Head of the Department of Museology. Presently Convener, Ph.D. Committee in Museology, Calcutta University. Research interests: Please cite briefly the areas of research interests Current trends in Museology Tangible Cultural Heritage History of Indian art

2 Research guidance : Number of researchers awarded M.Phil/ Ph.D degrees : 4 (Ph.D.) Number of researchers pursuing M.Phil/ Ph.D : 6 (Ph.D.) Projects : Completed projects : Museums in West Bengal a museological study towards preparing a directory, Minor Research Project funded by University Grants Commission Survey on Social Role of Museums of West Bengal, funded by Gandhi Memorial Trust Asutosh Museum of Indian Art in the light of 150th Anniversary of the University of Calcutta. funded by Centre for Social Sciences & Humanities Select list of publications: a) Journals: Minor antiquities of India and their role in the life pattern of ancient civilization an interpretation, (in press) Pakistan Heritage, (Journal of the Department of Archaeology), Vol. 7, Hazara University, Mansehra-21120, Pakistan Heritage tourism in India: collaboration with museums towards sustainable development, (with Md. A. Islam), Journal of History and Civilization, Department of Islamic History and Civilization, Asian University of Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh, Vol , pp ISSN Historic buildings and their adaptive reuse to museums, in Studies in Museology, Ramana, R.V. (ed). Vol. XLVII, Journal of the Department of Museology, MS University of Baroda, Vadodara, 2015, pp , ISSN Responsible tourism: museums participation as the driving force an evaluative study in the state of West Bengal, Journal of the Department of Museology, vol. 10, Calcutta University Press, pp. 1-11, ISSN Retrospection of the Hindu terracotta temples of West Bengal, India, Journal of History and Civilization, Department of Islamic History and Civilization, Asian University of Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh, Vol. 1, pp 33 50, ISSN Reinterpretation of figurative forms in Indian art, Kala (the journal of Indian Art history Congress), Vol. XIX, Guwahati, , pp , ISSN Durga Udbhab o Bibartan (in Bengali). Pragati Patrika, Puja Number, Dharmasrayee Lokashilpa O Bangiya Srishtisilata. Udbodhan, pp , vol. 9, Puja Number, 2012 Gandhi Smarak Sangrahalaya a unique peace museum in West Bengal, Gandhi News, Gandhi Memorial Museum, vol. 1, no. January-March, 2011.

3 Chalchitra Katha, Amar Rupashi Bangla, pp. 9-13, vol. 3, no. Special Puja Number, Museums of India a mirror of society, pp 27-36, Journal of the Department of Museology, vol. VIII - IX, Calcutta University Press, ISSN Museum-er Sekal Theke Ekal: Ekti Sankshipta Paryalochana, Amar Rupashi Bangla, pp. 7 10, vol. 2, Special Museum Issue, Alpanar Katha, Udbodhan, pp , vol. 9, Saradiya Number, pp , Changing concepts of museum and museology, pp 32-39, Journal of the Department of Museology, vol. IV, Calcutta University Press, ISSN Role of BSI in protecting India s natural heritage, pp 61-67, Journal of the Department of Museology, vol. III, Calcutta University Press, ISSN Museums and communication, pp 42-50, Journal of the Department of Museology, vol. II, Calcutta University Press, ISSN Museum and tourism in Indian panorama, Journal of the Department of Museology, vol. I, Calcutta University Press, ISSN Kalighat Pata : a glimpse, Sangasathi, vol. VI, no. April, Sara painting of Bengal, Sangasathi, vol. V, no. September, Books : Museums of India, National Book Trust (In Press): India Directory of Museums of West Bengal (India), Lambert Academic Publishing, 2012, Germany. ISBN : Education in Museum A Handbook, Lambert Academic Publishing, 2011, Germany. ISBN: Museums of India A Journey through Ages, VDM Verlag Dr. Muler, 2010, Germany. ISBN: Silper Nana Prasanga (in Bengali), R. N. Bhattacharya Publishers, 2009, Kolkata. ISBN: Minor antiquities in the Museums of Eastern India, R. N. Bhattacharya Publishers, 2007, Kolkata. ISBN: (with S. Basu) Museum: Norms & Terms: A Selective Approach, Dey s Publishing, 1999, Kolkata. ISBN: Edited volumes (with D. Ray) Heritage, Visuality and Museology, Calcutta University Press, Kolkata Museum in Motion: Ideas, Issues and Challenges, Vivekananda Book Centre, Kolkata, ISBN (with S. Ray Bandopadhyay and R. Choudhury) Aspects of Indian History and Culture, Kaveri Books, New Delhi. ISBN: Chapter in the book Representation of Vishnu in the living visual arts of Eastern India, Sanskriti Vichitra, Essence of Art and Archaeology museums, Museology and Heritage Management, Vol. 1, S. N. Bhattacharya, R.K. Chattopadhyay and G. Bhattacharya, Kaveri Books, pp: , ISBN

4 Traditional Playing Cards of Vishnupur, Aspects of Indian History and Culture : S. Ray Bandopadhyay, R. Choudhury and M. Chakrabarti (Eds.), Kaveri Books, pp: , 2012, New Delhi. ISBN: Banglar Patachitrer Ruprekha, a Chapter in the book Itihas Sahitya Sanskriti S. Gangopadhyay, and S. S. Jana (Eds.), Progressive Publishers, pp: , 2008, Kolkata. ISBN: Patachita, Bangiya Loka Sanskriti Kosh (Book), Edited by Dr. Barun Kumar Chakraborty, Aparna Book Distributors, Kolkata, 1995 Conference/ seminar volumes: Biographical museums: existence before existence (in press), Bhattacharya, K. (ed.) P.C.M. Memorial Museum and Archives, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata. Radio Ceylon the cultural landscape in India during the twentieth century: a brief note, Manatunga, A. (ed.). International Association for Asian Heritage, Centre for Asian Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka pp ISBN Encyclopedic museum: social and legal issues towards its future, in the conference volume The Future Museum: An Asian Perspective, Manatunga, A. (ed). Centre for Asian Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, ISBN British Orientalism in 18th-19th centuries and its impact on genesis of Indian museums, in the conference volume of the International Conference on Orientalism: Past and Present, Alam, Md. J. and Rahman, Md. M. (ed). Department of Arabic, Aliah University, Kolkata, 2014, Biswa Bangiya Prakashan, Kolkata, pp ISBN Museal museum: new dynamics: mission possible? In the seminar volume Dynamics of museum & social inclusion, Bhowmick, A.C. et al. P.C. Mahalanobis Memorial Museum, ISI, Kolkata & Indraprastha Museum of Archaeology, New Delhi, pp Other publications : An interview on museum studies in India published in Brainfeed magazine, April 2016, vol. IV, issue 1, p. 51. Membership of Learned Societies: Life Member of the Museums Association of India Life member of the Asiatic Society, Kolkata Life member of the Indian Art History Congress Member of the Paschimbanga Vijnan Mancha Member of the ICOM Invited lectures delivered :

5 Lecture delivered on Indian floor paintings, at The Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Gol Park, on 15 January Delivered lecture on Museum Architecture and Public/Private Building at the Indian Museum, Kolkata on 31 January 2013.

UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA

UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA FACULTY ACADEMIC PROFILE/ CV Full name of the faculty member: SUPREO CHANDA Designation: Associate Professor of Museology Specialisation: Exhibition Design, Intangible Cultural Heritage