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Professor, Department of History |
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78/14 R.K. Chatterjee Road, Kasba, Kolkata, Pin Code 700042 |
PH:9836387675 |
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Education
Degree | Year | University |
Ph.D. |
2000 |
Jawaharlal Nehru University |
M.Phil. |
1995 |
Jawaharlal Nehru University |
M.A. |
1993 |
Jawaharlal Nehru University |
B.A. |
1991 |
Presidency College, Calcutta University |
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Teaching Experience (0)
Industrial Experience (0)
Field of Specialization
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Military History and Counter-insurgency
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Courses Taught/Teaching
UG: Ancient Greece and Rome; Modern Europe, 1789-1846; Twentieth Century World.
PG: Science and Technology,
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Research Area
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Indian Army in the two World Wars; Conventional Warfare, Counter-insurgency and Empire building in Eurasia
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Experience
11 Years teaching experience in Presidency College, Visva Bharati (Santiniketan) and Jadavpur University.
Post Doctoral Research Experience, 2001, Charles Wallace Junior Fellow; 2002-5, Junior Fellow at the Centre for Contemporary Studies, Nehru Memorial Museum and Library, Teen Murti, New Delhi; 2005-2013, Senior Researcher, Centre for Conflict Studies, Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO), Norway; 2014- Global Fellow, PRIO, Norway
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Conference Papers Published (1)
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5. Good Governance versus Bad Governance: Civil-Military Relations in India and Pakistan, 1947-2000, Asian Studies, vol. 18, Combined Volume, (2000), pp. 82-99. |
Asian Studies |
2000 |
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18-82-99 |
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Journal Papers Published (4)
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7. Construction of the Regiments in the Indian Army, 1859-1913, War in History, vol. 8, no. 2 (2001), pp. 127-48. |
War in History |
2001 |
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8-127-48 |
. Mars in Indian History, SIH, vol. 16, no. 2, n.s. (2000), pp. 261-75. |
Studies in History |
2000 |
Sole author |
16-261-75 |
4. Netaji’s Military Strategy, Asian Studies, vol. 17, no. 2 (1999), pp. 13-21. |
Asian Studies |
1999 |
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17-13-21 |
1. The Historiography of the Colonial Indian Army, Studies in History (henceforth SIH), vol. 12, no. 2, n.s. (1996), pp. 255-73. |
Studies in History |
1996 |
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12-255-73 |
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Books Published (21)
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22. Military Transition in Early Modern Asia: Cavalry, Guns, Governments and Ships (London: Bloomsbury, 2014). |
Bloomsbury |
2014 |
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21. Scott Gates and Kaushik Roy, Unconventional Warfare in South Asia: Shadow Warriors and Counterinsurgency (Surrey: Ashgate, 2014). |
Ashgate |
2014 |
Second Author |
19. The Army in British India: From Colonial Warfare to Total War, 1857-1947 (London: Bloomsbury, 2013). |
Bloomsbury |
2013 |
First Author |
20. Military Manpower, Armies and Warfare in South Asia (London: Pickering and Chatto, 2013). |
Pickering and Chatto |
2013 |
First Author |
15. Kaushik Roy (ed.), The Indian Army in the Two World Wars (Leiden: Brill, 2012). |
E.J. Brill |
2012 |
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Awards(1)
Awarded By |
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Society for Military History, USA |
Moncado Prize |
2006 |
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Ph.D. Thesis Guidance (0)
M.Phil. Thesis Guidance (0)
MASTER Thesis Guidance (0)
Project Works (0)
Patents (0)
Collaborative Programs (0)
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Membership Of Learned Societies (0)
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Professional Society Activity (0)
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Other Notable Activities (3)
1. Global Fellow Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO), Norway, from January 2013 onwards. | 2. Senior Researcher at the Centre for the Study of Civil War (CSCW) at Peace research Institute Oslo (PRIO), Norway from 2007-2012 | 3. Member of the Editorial Board of International Area Studies Review journal published from Sage |
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