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Department :: International Relations
 
The Department of International Relations was established in 1956 and is the only one of its kind in eastern India. The Department of International Relations is located at the main campus of the Jadavpur University and is housed in the ground, first and fourth floors of the PG Arts building. The Department imparts knowledge on the varied aspects of national and international politics giving primary emphasis on contemporary issues relating to political, strategic and economic matters. There are at present 19 faculty members. Faculty members of the department are engaged in teaching at the Undergraduate,Postgraduate and M.Phil. levels, as well as in research in different aspects of international relations. At present, five options are offered on Area Studies which are included as special papers in the Postgraduate course. The department promotes research in such areas as internal and external security concerns of India and South Asia, bilateral relations, foreign policy, problems of ethnicity, society and the role of military in South Asia, human rights, environmental issues and the concept of gender in international relations. The Department also has a Centre for Refugee Studies.

B.A. and M.A. degrees are offered in Political Science and International Relations respectively. The Department offers three optional language courses at the Postgraduate level. The M.Phil. degree is also offered in International Relations. The intake of students in the department at the Under-graduate, Post-graduate and M.Phil. level is 135, 130 and 30 respectively. The students are admitted to the Undergraduate and Postgraduate courses on merit only. There is an admission test for the M.Phil. course.

The departmental library has a collection of about 4,000 books on relevant issues and is a regular subscriber of nearly 56 journals of national and international repute. The department also has a newspaper clipping section (Tarak Nath Das Research Centre), the only one of its kind in Eastern India with nearly 2,5000 files dealing with specialised topics of national and international importance.
Head Of The Department : Dr. Shibashis Chatterjee
Ph.: 2414-6344 (O)
Extn-2457-2229
E-mail: hod@ir.jdvu.ac.in
 
 
Faculty Summary
Full Time
No. of teachers with Ph.D / D.Sc. as the highest qualification 16
No. of teachers with First class Master Degree as the highest qualification 2
Professors
Photo Name / Qualification Telephone No. /  Email ID Specialization
Anjali Ghosh
Ph.D.		 2463 6937 / 5953
aghosh@ir.jdvu.ac.in		 * South Asia
* Southeast Asia
* Asia Pacific
* International Relations
* Gender
Debi Chatterjee
Ph.D.		 2484 2128
dchatterjee@ir.jdvu.ac.in		 Indian Society and Political Thought, Human Rights, Dalit Politics, Public administration
Gautam Kumar Basu
Ph.D.		 2672 0167
gkbasu@ir.jdvu.ac.in		 Theory building in International Relations, International Political Economy, US Foreign Policy
Jyotirmoy Banerjee
Ph.D.		 2440 1298
jbanerjee@ir.jdvu.ac.in		 International Relations, Strategic Studies, Modern Political Theory, German affairs, German language, Major Powers
Om Prakash Mishra
Partha Pratim Basu
Ph.D.		 2556 5467
ppbasu@ir.jdvu.ac.in		 Political Science and International Relations
Purusottam Bhattacharya
Ph.D.		 2440 5989
pbhattacharya@ir.jdvu.ac.in		 European Studies with sp. ref. to European Integration
* European Union-India Relations
* South Asian Regional Integration
* South Asian International Relations
* Indian Foreign Relations
Rabindra Sen
M.A.		 2472 0464
rsen@ir.jdvu.ac.in		 South East Asia and Asia Pacific
Sanjukta Bhattacharya
Ph.D.		 2466 2520
sbhattacharya@ir.jdvu.ac.in		 American Studies (Internal Politics, Foreign Affairs and Black studies), West Asia, Third World Contemporary International Relations, Ethnicity, Religion and Politics, International Terrorism, Gender
Sucheta Ghosh
Ph.D.		 2474 4692
sghosh@ir.jdvu.ac.in		 South Asia
Sumita Sen
Ph.D.		 2650 4358
ssen@ir.jdvu.ac.in		 nternational Law, Maritime Law and Policy, Human Rights, Environment and Development Issues
Tridib Chakraborti
Ph.D.		 2472 9766
tchakraborty@ir.jdvu.ac.in		 Southeast Asia: Politics, Economics, Foreign Policy and Security Issues; Asia-Pacific: Indian Foreign Policy; International Economic Issues; Indian Political Thought
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Associate Professor
Photo Name / Qualification Telephone No. / Email ID Specialization
Anindya Jyoti Majumdar
Ph.D.		 2337 4164
anindyomail@rediffmail.com		 Security and Disarmament Studies; Conflict and Peace Studies, Forced Migration, Foreign Policy
Anuradha Mukherjee
Ph.D.
amukherjee@ir.jdvu.ac.in		 X-ray Crystallography
Kana Chattopadhyay
Ph.D.		 2466 6469
kchattopadhyay@ir.jdvu.ac.in		 German
Kanak Sarkar
Ph.D.		 03324572060
kanaksarkar@rediffmail.com		 Political Sociology, Political Thought, Select Constitutions, Human Rights, Law, Development, Ethnicity, Terrorism.
Rochana Das
M.A.
rdas@ir.jdvu.ac.in		 South Asia, Government and Politics of India, Ethnicity, Indian Administration, North-East Indian Politics, Terrorism
Shibashis Chatterjee
Ph.D.
schatterjee@ir.jdvu.ac.in		 International Relations Theory
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Readers
Photo Name / Qualification Telephone No. / Email ID Specialization
Kakoli Sengupta
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Assistant Professor
Photo Name / Qualification Telephone No. / Email ID Specialization
Bhagaban Behera
Bijaya Kumar Das
Herkan Neadan Toppo
Imankalyan Lahiri
Ph.D.		 09874490250
imankalyanlahiri@gmail.com
Kaushik Sen
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Degrees Offered/Intake
  Degrees Offered Intake Capacity
B.A. (Political science)50
M.A. (Political science with International Relations)70
M. Phil.15
One-year (Evening) PG Diploma in Human Rights and Duties Education25
Ph.D - Vacancy to be declare at the time of admission
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Specialization (Subject) Offered In P.G. Level
Specialization
Central Asia
Asia Pacific and North America
West Europe
Russia
Three European languages: French, German and Russian
South & South East Asia
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Paper Published
Year Number
20093
20081
20073
20052
19982
19971
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Book Published
Year Number
20091
20061
20042
19991
19922
19911
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Awards and Honours
Year Number
19881
19871
19822
19751
19731
19671
19651
19632
19004
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PHD Thesis Completed
Year Number
20071
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Seminars Organized
Year Number
20094
20082
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