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Name Prof. Koushiki Dasgupta Designation Vidyasagar Chair Professor Department Name HISTORY Office Phone No +91 3222 298-299 / Centrex Extn. 299 Email ID dasgupta_history@mail.vidyasagar.ac.in Fax Mobile No Personal Website Address Department of History, Vidyasagar University, Midnapur 721102

Specialization/Research Area Field of Specialization Research Area/ Areas of Interest Bengal Politics/ Political History of Modern India Religion and Politics, Gender Issues, Faith movements

Conference/ Symposium /Journal Paper / Books Published International Publication Title Published in Published on Published by Role Details The Shifting Trajectories of Hindutva: Bharat Sevashram Sangha and the Making of a Saffron Wave in Contemporary West Bengal Studies in Indian Politics Vol 11, Issue 2 Dec, 2023 Sage, CSDS, Lokniti Sole Author Impact Factor: 0.00000 Indexing: SCOPUS, UGC CARE Article's Web Link: Between the Boundaries of Asceticism and Activism: Understanding the Authority of the Sadhvis within the Hindu Right in India Religions ( Special Issue: Gurus, Priestesses, Saints, Mediums and Yoginis: Holy Women as Influencers in Hindu Culture) Aug, 2023 MDPI (14/9) Sole Author Impact Factor: 0.00000 Indexing: SCOPUS Article's Web Link: The Bharatiya Jana Sangh and the First General Election in West Bengal: The Enigma of Hindu Politics in early 1950s Studies in Indian Politics Vol-8, Issue 1 2020 Sage, CSDS, Lokniti Sole Author Impact Factor: 0.00000 Indexing: SCOPUS, UGC CARE Article's Web Link: National Publication Other Publication Book Published Title of the Book Published by Published on Role Details Ascetics As Activists : Saffron Women of Hindu Nationalism Bloomsbury Academic, London, New York ( Forthcoming) Jun, 2025 Sole Author Indexing: Book citation index (WoS) Link: Sadhus in Indian Politics: Dynamics of Hindutva Sage, New Delhi 2021 Sole Author Indexing: Others Link: Electoral Politics and Hindu Nationalism in India Routledge, Oxon and New York 2020 Sole Author Indexing: Others Link: Muslim Businessmen and Partition: A Bengal Experience Authors Press, New Delhi 2016 Sole Author Indexing: Others Link: Minor Political Parties and the Politics of Late Colonial Bengal Abhijeet Publications, New Delhi 2013 Sole Author Indexing: Others Link: Book Chapter Published

Conference /Seminar/Workshop Attended/Organised Conference /Seminar/Workshop Attended Title of the Seminar/Conference/Workshop Year Role Held at and Organiser 'Security and Sovereignty in 21st Century' 0 Presenter Hungary, Budapest, Institute of Cultural Relations Policy Challenging Perspectives on Indian Diaspora: A Global Conference On Diaspora and Politics’, 0 Presenter International Institute of Social Studies, Hague, Netherlands Partition and Literature 0 Presenter University of Iowa, USA Living In Peace and Harmony in A Multicultural World 0 Presenter IFSSO, Yildiz Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey Conference /Seminar/Workshop Organised

Awards Award Name Awarded By Year Yuva Sahitya Puraskar Bharatiya Bhasha Parishad 0 Fellow Designate (Selected) IIAS, Shimla 0 Research Travel Grant ICSSR, New Delhi 0 UGC Associateship IIAS, Shimla 0 Chares Wallace Research Awrad British Council, UK 0 Visiting Scholar SOAS, London 0

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