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Gautam Chandra
Teacher Name Gautam Chandra
College University Department of History
Department HISTORY
Desigantion Asstt. Professor
Father’s Name Prof Shubhnath Prasad Dharmendra
Date of Birth 10/02/1986
Designation Detail Assistant Professor
Language known Hindi, English
Permanent Address Malipura (Sondho), PS- Goraul, DISTT- Vaishali, Bihar-844118
Address for correspondance University Department of History, B.R. Ambedkar Bihar University, Muzaffarpur
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Email institutional gautam.pondy@gmail.com
Blood Group A positive
Mobile 9142452018
Education Detail
#  Degree Subject Uni/Board Year
1 Ph.D
History
Pondicherry University, Puducherry
2018
2 M.Phil
History
Pondicherry University, Puducherry
2010
3 PG
History
Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi
2008
4 UG
History
Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi
2006
5 Intermediate
BIO, PHY, CHE, MIL
BIEC, Patna
2003
6 Matrics
Science, Social Science, ADM, ENG, HND
BSEB, Patna
2001
7 D.SC/D.Litt
The Emergence of Intellectual Proletariat, A Historical Study of Unemployment among the Educated Classes in Madras Presidency, 1861-1935 A Historical Study of Unemployment among the Educated Classes in United Provinces, 1924-1936
CURRENT JOB STATUS
Name Promotion Order No Memo no. Date
Confirmation
B/959, Dt. 10/06/2022
20/12/2019
Promotion as a senior lecturer
Promotion as an associate professor
Promotion as a professor
CURRICULUM VITAE
EXAM ORGANIZATION SUBJECT YEAR
NET UGC
History
2012
NET CSIR
NET GATT
JRF UGC
JRF CSIR
SLET/BET SLET/BET
NFSC NFSC
PAT PAT
AREA OF RESEARCH/INTEREST/EXPERTISE
Details
Intellectual History; History of Education, Profession and Competition; Historiography
OTHER ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS
EXAM ORGANIZATION SUBJECT YEAR
ORIENTATION/REFRESHER/ OTHER COURSES
COURSE ORGANIZATION DURATION YEAR
Induction/Orientation Programme Teaching Learning Centre, Ramanujan College, University of Delhi, New Delhi 0 2021
Refresher Course in History UGC-HRDC North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong 0 2022
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
NAME OF COLLEGE UNIVERSITY DURATION DATE/YEAR
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
NAME OF COLLEGE UNIVERSITY DURATION DATE/YEAR
ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITIES
POST ORGANIZATION DATE & YEAR
Assistant Centre Superintendent, PAT 2022 B.R. Ambedkar Bihar University, Muzaffarpur 2024
Flying Squad, Bihar B.Ed. Combined Entrance Test, 2020 B.R. Ambedkar Bihar University, Muzaffarpur 2020
Centre Superintendent and Evaluation Director, BAMS Exam B.R. Ambedkar Bihar University, Muzaffarpur 2022-23
MEMBER OF COMMITTEE/S
Name Designation
Departmental Research Council Member
NAAC Team Member
Research Advisory Committee Member
Indian Economic and Social History Review Reviewer
ICHR Sponsored National Seminar on The Making of Muzaffarpur: Changing Socio-economic Structure since Colonial Times, organized by University Department of History, B.R. Ambedkar Bihar University, Muzaffarpur, 25-26 February 2023. Member, Organizing Committee
International Webinar on Buddhism for 21st Century, Dept of History, B.R.A. Bihar University, Muzaffarpur, 20 August 2020. Coordinator
National Seminar on Revisiting Indian History through the Lens of Art, Architecture and Aesthetics, organized by Department of History and Indian Culture, Banasthali Vidyapith, and ICHR, New Delhi, 30-31 March 2019. Organizing Secretary, National Seminar
• Organizing Secretary, National Seminar on Indian Perspectives on Philosophy of History, organized by Department of History and Indian Culture, Banasthali Vidyapith and ICHR, New Delhi, 22-23 March 2018. Organizing Secretary, National Seminar
AWARDS/HONOURS/SCHOLARSHIPS
Name Organization Year
BHU Gold Medal, MA BHU, Varanasi 2008
BHU Prize, BA Hons BHU, Varanasi 2006
M.Phil. Scholarship Pondicherry University, Pondicherry 2009-
Junior Research Fellwoship UGC, New Delhi 2012
Doctoral Fellowship Pondicherry University, Pondicherry 2010
PUBLICATIONS (Publications Books Published, Books ready for Publication)
Book Name ISBN No Description Link
MEMBER, EDITORIAL BOARD
Name Description
Amrapali , A Journal of Historical Studies Special Issue, Champaran Satyagraha - 1917, 2020
Shodh Samiksha, A Peer Reviewed Referred Journal ol- XIV, Jan - Dec 2022, ISSN 00975-6787,
Kushagraa Banasthali Vidyapith
RESEARCH PAPERS/ARTICLES
Name Description Link
Gautam Chandra and Pranjali, ‘From Aspiration to Oversaturation: A History of Legal Profession in Colonial Madras (1855–1930)’, https://www.epw.in/journal/2024/18/special-articles/aspiration-oversaturation.html Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. 59, Issue No. 18, 04 May, 2024,
Gautam Chandra and Pranjali, ‘The Profession of Engineering and Unemployment in Colonial Madras (1859-1935),’ https://doi.org/10.1177/03769836241247157 Indian Historical Review, June 2024, (Sage Publication)
Gautam Chandra, ‘The Idea of Competition: Contextualising the Debate over Changing Methods of Recruitment in the Indian Civil Service during Company Rule’, https://doi.org/10.1177/00194646231183351 The Indian Economic and Social History Review, Vol. 60(3), July–September 2023, pp. 335-363, (Sage Publication)
Gautam Chandra, ‘Medical Profession and Unemployment in Colonial Madras (1835–1930)’, https://doi.org/10.1007/s43539-022-00037-1 Indian Journal of History of Science, Vol. 57, 2022, pp. 91–101, (Springer Nature)
Gautam Chandra and Satya Prakash Rai, ‘Prisoners in Revolt: Lotah Rebellion in Muzaffarpur Jail’, Journal of the Asiatic Society of Mumbai, Vol. 97, No. 06 (1), June 2023, pp. 1-5.
Gautam Chandra, V.K. Mishra and Pranjali, ‘From Inactivity to Encouragement: the Contribution of Lord Elphinstone to the Educational Development of Madras Presidency (1837-1842)’, https://doi.org/10.1080/0046760X.2018.1484181 History of Education, Vol. 47 No. 6, 2018, pp. 763-778, (Routledge Taylor-Francis Group)
MENTIONS IN ARTICLES/BOOKS
Name ISBN No Description Link
Gautam Chandra Education, Unemployment and Freedom Struggle in Colonial Madras, in D. Mohan ed., Tamil Nadu’s Contribution to the Freedom Struggle, Chennai: Tamilarasu Press, 2023, Government of Tamilnadu Special Publication, pp. 293-310.
Gautam Chandra Cultural Changes, Socio and Religious Reforms Movements, BAHI XIII, Block I, OSOU, Sambalpur, 2022 https://drive.google.com/file/d/1d9u2t-y1JhzrwTsT5RF9FJwXHmy7wGL2/view
TRAINING PROGRAMME
Name Description
CONFERENCE / SEMINAR / WEBINAR / SYMPOSIUM / WORKSHOP
Name Description
Gautam Chandra and Pranjali Paper Presented on ‘The Bihar Scientific Society and the Acculturative Educational Development in Colonial Muzaffarpur’ in an International Conference on In the Cause of Literature and Science’: Learned Societies of Modern India organized by the IIAS, Shimla, 03-05 November 2023.
Gautam Chandra • Delivered Keynote Speech on ‘Aupniveshik Kaal mein Bhartiya Shiksha ka Vikas, Parivartan tatha Nirantarta’ at Nitishwar Prasad Singh Memorial Lecture Series, Department of History, Nitishwar College, Muzaffarpur, 04 December 2023.
Gautam Chandra Delivered a Talk on ‘Medical Profession and Public Health in Colonial Muzaffarpur’ at Bihar Chapter of Association of Physicians of India Conference (BAPICON-2022, organized at Blue Diamond R esort, Muzaffarpur during 18-20 November 2022.
Gautam Chandra • Delivered Keynote Speech on ‘Aupniveshik Kaal mein Bhartiya Shiksha ka Vikas, Parivartan tatha Nirantarta’ at Nitishwar Prasad Singh Memorial Lecture Series, Department of History, Nitishwar College, Muzaffarpur, 04 December 2023
Gautam Chandra • Delivered a Talk on ‘Idea of Competition: Recruitment in Civil Services and British Empire’, Departmental Webinar Series to Commemorate 75 Years of India’s Independence, Banasthali Vidyapith, Banasthali, April, 27, 2022.
Gautam Chandra • Delivered a Lecture on ‘The Concept of Heritage’ in an International Webinar on Bharat ki Adbhut Aithisaik evam Pauranik Dharohar, Dept of Science and Technology, Govt. of India (DST-SHRI) and Sanskrit, Darshan evam Vedic Addhyan Vibhag, Banasthali Vidyapith, Banasthali, September 01, 2020.
Gautam Chandra • Paper presented on‘The Development of Profession, Competition and Unemployment: Contextualising the Emergence of Intellectual Proletariat in Colonial Education System of Madras’ in the 42nd Indian Social Science Congress, KIIT, Bhubaneswar (Odisha), December 27-31, 2018.
Gautam Chandra • Paper presented on ‘Economic Nationalism, Unemployment and the Idea of Nation in Colonial India: Perspectives from Naroji’s Writings’ in the National Seminar on Nationalism in South Asia organised by the Department of Political Science, University of Delhi, New Delhi. 14-15 March 2018.
Gautam Chandra • Paper presented on ‘The Emergence of Intellectual Proletariat: A Historical Study of Unemployment among the Educated Class in colonial Madras (1858-1935)’ in the Young Researchers Workshop 2017 on Colonialism: Economy, State, and Society organised by the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library, New Delhi. 12-16 June, 2017.
Gautam Chandra • Participated in the National Workshop on Advanced Qualitative Research Methods in Contemporary Pedagogy, organised by Faculty Development Centre, Banasthali Vidyapith, Banasthali, 07-21 January, 2017.
Gautam Chandra • Paper presented on ‘Dadabhai Naoroji’ in the National Seminar on Reimagining South Asia: An Exploration into the History of Ideas organised by the Department of Political Science, University of Delhi, New Delhi. 17-18 February 2017.
Gautam Chandra • Discussant in the paper on ‘Mapping Calcutta: Reimagining and Reliving its Colonial Past in New Media’ presented at ICSSR Workshop on Popular Imaginaries and Discourses on Politics in India: Exploring Cultural Narratives as Alternative Sites of Knowledge Construction at IIAS, Shimla, 08-09 February 2019.
MEMBERSHIP
Name Description
National Library of India, New Delhi
National Archives of India, New Delhi
Nehru Memorial and Museum Library, NMML, New Delhi
Bihar Itihaas Parishad
EXTRA CURRICULLAM ACTIVITY
Name Description
Shodharthi Research Scholar
Name Topic RegNo Awards Placements
Maniranjan Kumar Aupniveshik Muzaffarpur mein Bihar Scientific Society aur Rashtriya Vigyan ka Vikas ongoing
Ranjan Baisya Empire of the Sikhs: Statecraft and Power in the Punjab Ongoing