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History

Year of Establishment : 1934

History of the department : It is the oldest department of Education in Indian Universities.It offers both Liberal and Professional Courses of studies. 2 year M.A./M.Sc in Education along with 2 year B.Ed, 2 year M.Ed couses as well as M.Phil and Ph.D. Courses. The Department has several had several UGC major research project, ICSSR projects under its faculties.

Special award/ recognition from UGC or related statutory body : B.Ed and M.ed courses are recognized by NCTE

Academic

Faculty Members :
Name Designation Area of specialisation Email/Phone number
Debasri Banerjee
[Profile]		 Professor Education of children with special needs
Educational Psychology
Teacher Education		 dbedu@caluniv.ac.in
debasriban@gmail.com
Jayanti Das
[Profile]		 Professor Education of children with special needs, Management in education,
Educational philosophy		 jdedu@caluniv.ac.in
jyntds@gmail.com
Md. Kutubuddin Halder
[Profile]		 Professor Elementary Education, Sociology of Education
( Education of Minority), History of Education		 md.khedu@rediffmail.com
9432212705
Sridipa Sinha
[Profile]		 Professor History of education, Mental hygiene, Guidance sridipa.sinha@gmail.com
ssedu@caluniv.ac.in
9831010856
Sudeshna Lahiri
[Profile]		 Professor Teacher Education: Environmental Education, sudeshna24@hotmail.com
sledu@caluniv.ac.in
Santoshi Halder
[Profile]		 Professor & Head Special Education/ Disability Studies,
Educational Technology,
Educational psychology,
Gender Studies,
Cross Cultural/ Comparative Studies
Inclusive Education		 santoshi_halder@yahoo.com
shedu@caluniv.ac.in
8961044413

Courses :

Programme Level of study Eligibility Intake capacity
M.A. PG 40% in UG 125
B.Ed PG 50% in degree 50
M.Ed PG B.Ed & 50% in degree 50
M.Phil Post PG 55% in M.A./M.Sc/M.Ed 15
Ph.D. Research M.A./M.Sc/M.Ed, Qualified in NET/SET/RET NA

Research

Ongoing Projects
  1. International Grant (2025-2028) : ‘The Gendered Aspect of human-wildlife conflict and climate change in the Sundarbans: Tiger Widows in the world’s largest mangrove forest’ with McGill University; Prof. Santoshi Halder as Co-Collaborator Canada (ongoing)
  2. International Grant (2025-2028) : ‘ Relational Wellbeing of Young People with Disabilities through Digitalisation’ University of South Africa (UNISA), South Africa & Columbia, by NRF (Multi-country Project); Prof. Santoshi Halder as Co-Collaborator (Ongoing)
  3. International Project (2025-2027) : Multi country Community Engagement GCTE Project with German University: Prof Santoshi Halder as Co-Collaborator. (ongoing)
Collaborations
  1. Collaboration with Germany: Prof. Sudeshna : Lahiri
  2. Collaboration with University of Limerick, Ireland: Prof. Sudeshna Lahiri
  3. Collaboration with University in Germany: Prof. Santoshi Halder
  4. Collaboration with multiple Universities in South Africa: Prof. Santoshi Halder
  5. Collaboration with multiple Universities in USA: Prof. Santoshi Halder
Thrust areas in teaching and research of the academic department/ centre :
  • POPULATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION.
  • EDUCATION OF CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS.
  • SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS EDUCATION.
  • EDUCATIONAL MANAGEMENT.
  • HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION
  • GENDER STUDIES.
  • NON-FORMAL EDUCATION AND OPEN LEARNING.
  • DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY.

Teaching Support :  

  • LCD projectors for ppt presentation as well as video presentations
  • Visits to various institutions
  • Workshops
  • Extension Lectures by faculties from other Universities
  • E-learning
Major activities :

Different Approaches in Educational Research:  

  • One day Seminar cum Workshop organized by AIAER (West Bengal Chapter) & Dept. of Education, Calcutta University on 23.11.14.
  • “Making a Difference - closing the gap between theory and practice in the classroom” Seminar Lecture by Dr.Vivienne Baumfield ,Professor of Pedagogy,International Dean South Asia and Eurasia.University of Glasgow on 3.2.15
  • International Seminar on ‘Enhancing Quality in Education” (In Collaboration with Ramakrishna Mission Sikshanamandira, Belur Math.). held on 19.8.15
  • Workshop for M.Ed & M.Phil students on “Inclusion and empowering the differently abled” organized by ANKUR
  • Two day Workshop on decorative art for B.ED students by Fevicryl Hobby Ideas
  • ICSSR funded 10 days Research Methodology Course for Ph.D scholars in Social Science (mainly for the S.C/S.T/OBC) where 40%-60 participants were minorities. (Jan 2015). The course was fully free for all the participants.

Additional information :  

  • As both the P.I (DrSantoshiHalder, India) and (DrShakila Dada, South Africa) will go and stay for 2 weeks in each other’s country so this can be called as a faculty exchange. The 2 year collaborative project will facilitate International faculty exchange through lectures/ presentations/ visits and collaborative research
  • B.Ed & M.Ed students have internship as part of their course work
  • The B.Ed & M.Ed syllabus has been revised as per NCTE 2014 Notification. Both the courses were previously of one year duration. At present they have been made into 2 year courses with 4 semesters.

Departmental Journal :  

List of books for the subject Education

Contact

Campus : Alipore (Shahid Kshudiram Siksha Prangan)

Address for communication : Department of Education, 1 Reformatory Street, Alipur, Kolkata 700027