• About M.A. Course

1) The Masters programme in History, initiated from 2022-23 academic session onwards, has curated an updated syllabus keeping in mind the orientation of the students towards competitive examinations such as NET, SLET, WBCS, UPSC, etc along with nurturing research potential among them.Some of the courses taught at the Masters level are designed to give specialized knowledge on Epigraphic and Numismatic sources, Print Culture, Regional History of Bengal, among others.

2) Our students get an opportunity to do a mandatory research project in the 3rd semester that enables them to get oriented with primary and secondary sources of a topic of their choice.

3) The innovative course design of the MA programme helps students to develop an in-depth knowledge of the subject and also strives to hone their public speaking and presentation skills through tutorial presentations.

4) The Department encourages museum visits and field trips to archaeological sites or locations of historical importance as part of the academic course work. We are also in the process of constructing an exhibition-cum-display hall of numismatic and archaeological materials in our college.

5) Above all, our students get the opportunity to interact with some of the most reputed academicians in the field throughonline and offline classes, extension lectures, seminars, and workshops. Our list of empanelled external faculty members includes Prof. Kunal Chakrabarti (JNU), Prof. Subhas Ranjan Chakrabarty (Presidency College), Prof. Suchandra Ghosh (UoH), Prof. Susmita Basu Majumdar (CU), Prof. Bishnupriya Basak (CU), Prof. Amit De (CU), Prof. Bhaskar Chakrabarty (CU), Prof. Madhuparna Roy Chowdhury (CU), Prof. Sujata Mukherjee (RBU), among many others.

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• Syllabus

History CBCS Syllabus

• Faculty Members

Name of the Teaching staff	Designation	Highest Qualification	Specialisation	Detail Curriculum Vitae
Dr. Prithwiraj Biswas	Associate Professor (HoD)	M.A.,,Ph.D.	Medieval Indian History
Dr. Santanu Dey	Associate Professor	M.A., M.Phil.,Ph.D.	Modern Indian History
Nurmahammad Sekh	Assistant Professor	M.A., M.Phil.	Medieval India
Debasis Pal	Assistant Professor	M.A.,M.Phil	Modern Indian History
Gautam Mukhopadhyay	State Aided College Teacher II	M.A.
Swami Umapadananda	Honorary full time monsatic faculty

• Seminars

• SESSION 2011-12:

  UGC Sponsered Seminar
  Date	Speaker	Topic
  24 & 25 February 2012	Ganapathy Subbaiah Kunal Chakrabarti Madhuparna Roychowdhury Swati Biswas Bhaskar Chakraborty Suchandra Ghosh Ranabir Chakravarti Shahnoorur Rahman Tapati Guha Thakurta Moinak Biswas	Religion and Culture in India across the ages : Historical Reflections

  
  
• SESSION 2006-07:

  Departmental Seminar
  Date	Speaker	Institution & Dept.	Topic
  16.12.2006	Prof Kunal Chakrabarti Prof Tanika Sarkar Prof Ratnabali Chatterjee Sri Raghav Bandyopadhyay Prof Sibaji Bandyopadhyay		History of the Bengalees- Culture and Modernity

  
  
• SESSION 2006-07:

  Whole Day Seminar Seminar
  Date	Speaker	Institution & Dept.	Topic
  15.3.2007	Ujayan Bhattacharya Binaybushan Chowdhury Suchibrata Sen Sapan Basu Ananda Bhattacharya Achinta Dutta Shompa Basu	History Department in Collaboration with Victoria Memorial	Engrez Aamalye banglar gramanchal

  
  
• SESSION 2005-06:

  Departmental Seminar
  Date	Speaker	Institution & Dept.	Topic
  19.12.2005	Prof. Brajadulal Chattopadhyay	Ex-Faculty, Centre of Historical Studies J.N.U.	Concept of Medieval in Indian History

  
  

• Academic Excellence

• Excursion

• SESSION 2011-12:

  Date	Place	No. of Students	No. of Monks/Teachers	Educational Activities
  	Varanasi			Visit to Historical sites

  
  
• SESSION 2008-09:

  Date	Place	No. of Students	No. of Monks/Teachers	Educational Activities
  Mar 2009	Murshidabad	25	5	Visit to Historical sites

• Study Material