Bikramjit De
Assistant Professor
Social Sciences
National University of Juridical Sciences(NUJS)
India
Biography
Assistant Professor (Senior Scale) in Legal and Constitutional History, School of Social Sciences, National University of Juridical Sciences, Cal., 2009-present (permanent). Assistant Professor in Legal and Constitutional History, SSS, NUJS, Cal., Jan. 2006 -Dec. 2008 (permanent from 2008). Lecturer in Legal and Constitutional History, SSS, NUJS, Cal. Dec. 2004 - Dec. 2005 (contractual). Educational Qualifications: D.Phil. in British Commonwealth History, Wolfson College, Oxford, Oct. 1998 - Oct. 2002; Thesis: 'British Policy in Bengal, 1939 - 1945'; Supervisors: Prof. Judith M. Brown and Prof. Tapan Kr. Raychaudhuri. M.Phil. in Modern Indian History, Centre for Historical Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, July 1994 - July 1996; Dissertation: 'Bengal, 1939 - 1942: Aspects of Political Development and Social Trends'; Supervisor: Prof. Mridula Mukherjee.. M.A. in Politics (International Studies), School of International Studies, JNU, New Delhi, July 1991 - June 1993. B.A. (Hons.) in History, Presidency College, Cal., Sept. 1988 - Aug. 1991. Scholarships, Fellowships and Awards: ICHR Book Grant for publication, 2009. Junior Lecturer, NUJS, Cal., June - Nov. 2004. Teaching Assistant, NUJS, Cal., Sept. 2003 - May '04. Guest Lecturer, Calcutta University, July - Sept. 2003. Radhakrishnan Memorial Bequest Award, Oxford University, Oct. 2002 - Sept. '03. Visiting Scholar, Netaji Institute of Asian Studies, Cal., Jan. - Apr. 2002. Charles Wallace Scholar, Oxford University, Oct. 2001 - Sept. 2002. Beit Junior Scholar, Oxford University, Oct. 2001 - Sept. '02. Beit Travel Grant, Oxford University, Nov. 1999 - Apr. 2000. Oxford University Chest Travel Grant, Nov. 1999 - Arp. 2000. Wolfson College Field Trip Grant, Nov. 1999 - Apr. 2000 Tutor, Oxford Centre for Stanford Studies, Oct. - Dec. 1998, Oct. - Dec. 1999. Commonwealth Scholar, Oxford University, Oct. 1998 - Sept. 2001. J.N. Tata Endowment for Higher Education Loan Grant, Bombay, 1997 (declined) ICHR JRF, JNU, New Delhi, July 1997 - July 1999. CHS Field Trip Grant, JNU, New Delhi, 1995 Editorial Assistant, People's of India, Tripura vol., (Anthropological Survey of India, Cal., 1994), July 1993 - June 1994. (Editor: Dr. K. Suresh Singh.).
Research Interest
Research Methodology, Legal History, Advanced Constitutional History of India, Legal History, Political Science, Indian Foreign Policy
Publications
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De B(1996)Maintenance of Order in Early Wartime Bengal, 1939-1942. Indian History Congress, 56: 646-656.
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De B(2004) Abuse of Urdu. Economic and Political Weekly.48: 5085-5088.
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Bikramjit De(2006)Imperial Governance and the Challenges of War: Management of Foodsupplies, Bengal, 1943 - 1944. Studies in History, 22: 1-43.
