Mr. Sugata Nandi
| Grant Category: | Fulbright-Nehru Doctoral and Professional Research Fellow |
| Field of Specialization: | History |
| Name: | Mr. Sugata Nandi |
| Official Address and Designation: | Assistant Professor
Department of History West Bengal State University Barasat, North 24 Parganas Berunanpukuria, P.O. Malikapur Kolkata 700 126 West Bengal |
| Telephone (O): | 91-33-25241975-79 |
| E-mail: | sugatahistorian@gmail.com |
| Duration of Grant: | Nine Months |
| Project Title: | Crime, Politics and the Law: The Goondas, City Politics and Police Surveillance in Colonial Calcutta, 1918-1947. |
| Abstract of Project : | |
| My research is on the history of crime in colonial Calcutta. My central argument is that the Goondas, the hooligans of Calcutta, rather than being a self evident criminal category, constituted a trope to displace criminality and responsibility for violence on to certain sections of the city's denizens. The Goonda social imaginary was crafted by sections within the elites and the middle class at a time when the city poor enjoyed an increasingly significant presence in city politics. It was brought up at specific conjunctures of violent mass upsurge in Calcutta mainly to express the demands for stricter police surveillance by the said sections. | |
| Academic Background : | |||
| Ph.D. | History | Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi | 1999 –till date |
| M. Phil. | Modern Indian History | Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi | 1999 |
| M.A. | Modern Indian History | Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi | 1997 |
| Professional Background: | |||
| Assistant Professor | West Bengal State University, Barasat, Kolkata | 2009 – till date | |
| Lecturer | Presidency College, Kolkata | 2007–2009 | |
| Lecturer | Krishnagar Government College, West Bengal | 2001–2007 | |
