Dr. Bikramjit De

E-mail: b_de2002@yahoo.co.in

PHONE NUMBER: 00 91 033 2335 0534 / 7379 [Ext.: 3100]

SCHOOL OR CENTER:  Social Sciences

BIO:


EDUCATION:

1. D.Phil in British Commonwealth History, Wolfson College, Oxford, 2002; Degree awarded; Thesis: 'British Policy in Bengal, 1939-45'; Supervisors: Professor Judith Brown and Professor Tapan Raychaudhuri.
2. M.Phil in Modern Indian History, Centre for Historical Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, 1994-96; FGPA; Obtained the highest mark in the batch, Dissertation: 'Bengal, 1939-42: Aspects of Political Development and Social Trends'; Supervisor: Professor Mridula Mukherjee.
3. MA in Politics [International Studies], School of International Studies, JNU, New Delhi, 1993.
4. BA [Hons.] in History, Presidency College, Calcutta, 1991.

1. Radhakrishnan Memorial Bequest Grant, Oriental Institute, Oxford, 2002
2. Visiting Scholar, Netaji Institute of Asian Studies, Calcutta, Januray - April, 2002
3. Charles Wallace (India) Trust Grant, London, 2001
4. Beit Fund Board of Management Junior Members' Grant, Oxford, 2001
5. Beit Fund Board of Management Field Trip Grant, Oxford, 1999
6. Oxford University Chest Field Trip Grant, Oxford, 1999
7. Wolfson College Field Trip Grant, Oxford, 1999
8. Commonwealth Scholarship held at Wolfson College, Oxford, 1998-2001
9. ICHR Junior Research Fellow, CHS, JNU, New Delhi, 1997-99.
   
10. CHS Field Trip Grant, JNU, New Delhi, 1995

SCHOLARLY JOURNALS:

• 'Imperial Governance and the Challenges of War: Management of Foodsupplies, Bengal, 1943-44', Studies in History, 1 Feb. 2006, Vol. 22, No. 1, pp.1-43.
• 'Abuse of Urdu', in Economic and Political Weekly, 27 Nov. - 3 Dec. 2004, Vol. 39, No. 48, pp.5085-88.
• 'India, 1947-2003: The Dangers of Communalism and Urdu Education', in Bibek Debroy and D.Shyam Babu, [ed.], The India Mosaic: Searching for an Identity [New Delhi: Academic Foundation, 2003], pp.111-42.
• 'Maintenance of Order in Early Wartime Bengal, 1939-42' in Proceedings of the Indian History Congress, Vol. 56, [Calcutta: Indian History Congress, 1996], pp.646-56.


NEWSPAPERS:

• 'The Vajpayee Mystique is Plural', in Indian Express, New Delhi, 28 April 1998, edit page.
• 'The 'Anti-Establishment Factor', in The Pioneer, New Delhi, 18 April 1998, op-ed page.
• 'Excess Funds', in The Pioneer, New Delhi, 8 Dec. 1997, op-ed page.
• 'Dalit Politics', in The Pioneer, New Delhi, 21 Oct. 1997, op-ed page.

• 'The Colonial State and its Officials: Limits on Management, 1939-45', paper to be presented under the ICHR Lecture Series, New Delhi, 7 November, 2008
• 'The Idea of India: The Challenges of Communalism and the Development of Urdu Language: Problems and Prospects', paper presented at a seminar entitled 'Idea of India', Rajiv Gandhi Institute for Contemporary Studies, Rajiv Gandhi Foundation, Delhi, 10-11 May 2003.
  
• 'The Challenges of Communalism and the Development of Urdu: Problems and Prospects', paper presented as the 5th Dr. Zakir Husain Memorial Lecture, India International Centre, New Delhi, 3 May 2003.
• 'Entitlement, Economic Structure and Governance: Elements in the Aggravation of the Famine of 1943-44', paper presented at the weekly seminar of the CHS, SSS, JNU, Delhi, 11 February 2003.
• 'Imperial Governance and the Challenges of War: The Great Bengal Famine, 1943-44', paper presented at an internal seminar organized by the Netaji Institute for Asian Studies, Calcutta, 11 February 2002.
• 'Aspects of Society and Politics with Special Reference to the Muslims in Calcutta and Dacca in and after the War Years, 1939-46', paper presented at a national seminar organized by the Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies, Calcutta, 11 March 1997.
• 'Establishment of Order in Wartime Bengal, 1939-42', paper presented at the Indian History Congress, Calcutta, 56th Session, 28 December 1995.