Masters in Ancient Indian History and Culture, Calcutta University.
Masters in Sociology, (with Social Anthropology) as an ‘external candidate’, because no university in Calcutta had provision for such a course.
BA (Hons) in Political Science, from Presidency College, Calcutta University.
Studied ‘Developmental Strategies’ at the Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, 1992-1993.
Studied “Management in Higher Public Administration” at Queens’ College, Cambridge University in 2008.
Specialisation
Popular and formal religion in India; forms, rituals, significance and their intersection with politics .
Contemporary Politics in India and Bengal — contributed numerous articles and papers on both.
Social Media, OTT, Print Media, TV and Radio: mainly policies, structure, impediments as well as deliveries, administrative issues.
Cultural Organisations and Policies, covering museums, archaeology, conservation, visual arts, performing arts, libraries, archives and international cultural cooperation — delivered talks on in many prominent universities of India, as well as in universities abroad.
