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Name Mrs. Amrita Gupta
Designation Assistant Professor ( On Contract )
Department Name SOCIOLOGY
Office Phone No +91 3222 298-261 / Centrex Extn. 261
Email ID amrita.gupta@mail.vidyasagar.ac.in
gupta.amrita.12@gmail.com
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Mobile No 9836154159
Personal Website
Address 263,Dum Dum park,Ananya Apartment,2nd Floor, Kolkata-700055 Dept of Sociology, Vidyasagar University, Midnapore
Educational Qualification
Degree NameInstituteYear of passing/awarded
M.philJadavpur University2012
Diploma in korean languageJadavpur University2011
M.AJadavpur University2010
Certificate in Korean languageJadavpur University2009
B.AUniversity of Calcutta2008


Career Profile / Teaching Experience
Assistant Professor (contractual), Department of Sociology,Vidyasagar University since 22 September.2017
guest lecturer of Sociology at Construction and Power Engineering of Jadavpur University since January 2013 to May 2013
worked as a Korean language translator in CMC Ltd. from November 2011 to November 2015
worked as a Korean language translator In Tata Consultancy Services from December 2015 to November 2016

Specialization/Research Area
Field of SpecializationResearch Area/ Areas of Interest
Sociology of media,
media, culture

Course/ Subject Taught
Ethnography and field visit
Globalization
Modern Sociological theory
Health & Society
Social Statistics
Family and kinship
Rural and Urban Society
Media and society

Invited Lectures 
TitleOrganized byVenueYear
Revisiting Goopy Bagha: Power Relations in Satyajit Ray"s FilmsHiralal Majumder Memorial Girls' CollegeOnline0

Membership of Learned Society 
Indian Sociological Society

Conference /Seminar/Workshop Attended/Organised

Conference /Seminar/Workshop Attended

Title of the Seminar/Conference/WorkshopYearRoleHeld at and Organiser
Course development for ODL0participantVidyasagar University, CEMCA, New Delhi
47th All India Sociological conference: Hundred Years of Sociology in India: Exploring Trajectories for the Future0presented a paperUniversity of Science & technology of Meghalaya
FDP on "Online Academic Events and Examination management"0ParticipentComputer Centre in collaboration with IQAC, Vidyasagar University.
FACULTY EMPOWERMENT WORKSHOP ON APPLICATION OF ICT TOOLS IN HIGHER EDUCATION (11TH -12TH JUNE, 2020)2020participantMotilal Nehru College (Day) & Motilal Nehru College (Evening), University of Delhi, New Delhi
Online Education in the Changing Times: Problems and Prospects (7th - 8th July, 2020)2020participantVidyasagar University Teachers’ Association (VUTA), Vidyasagar University, Midnapore, West Bengal.
44th All India Sociological Conference:Reconstructing Sociological Discourse in India: Perspectives from the Margins2018presented a paperSt. Philomenas College, Mysuru
national Workshop on research Methodology Using Statistical Tools, techniques and packages2018participationDepartment of Agricultural Economics & agricultural Statistics, Visva-Bharati, Shantiniketan on 16th_22nd March
GIAN course on Theories and Practices of Popular Cultutre2017participationIIT Kharagpur on 11-16 December 2017
National Workshop on Gender mainstreaming Through Research On Womens issues2017participationWomens Studies & Development Centre, University of Delhi on 18th-23rd December


Conference /Seminar/Workshop Organised

Title of the Conference/Seminar/WorkshopYearRole in the EventFunding Agency
Understanding Social Issues in Indian Nationalist Movement0Convenorpart of Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav
Extension Lecture on Vernacularization of Sociology2019Co-ConvenerVidyasagar University
Religious Minorities in India: Issues and Approaches2018treasurerUGC

Awards
Award NameAwarded ByYear
National Eligibility Test(NET)UGC2011

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