Curriculum Vitae
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Dr. ANASUA BASU RAY CHAUDHURY
October 17, 1969
DA-87, Salt Lake, Sector-1, Kolkata 700 064
+91 - 9831114897
[email protected] [email protected]
Indian
Female
Research and Programme Associate, Mahanirban Calcutta Research
Group (CRG), Kolkata.
Academic qualifications
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Received Ph.D. degree for working on SAARC and the Dynamics of Regional Integration
in South Asia from Jadavpur University, Calcutta in September 2002.
Passed Master of Arts Examination in International Relations with South Asia as area of
specialization in 1992-93 from Jadavpur University, Kolkata.
Passed Bachelor of Arts Examination with Political Science as Honours subject in 1990
from Jadavpur University, Kolkata.
Passed Higher Secondary examination from Sakhawat Memorial Girls' Higher Secondary
School, Kolkata in 1987.
Passed Secondary Examination from United Missionary Girls' High School in 1985.
Awards/Fellowships received
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Recipient of the Public Service Broadcasting Trust (PSBT) Senior Media Fellowship
2007-08.
Recipient of the Research Travel Grant from the Indian Council for Social Science
Research (ICSSR), New Delhi in 1999-2000.
Recipient of the Kodikara Award from the Regional Centre for Strategic Studies (RCSS),
Colombo in 1998-99.
Recipient of National Scholarship in 1987 (for high rank in the Higher Secondary
Examination).
Special achievement in professional field
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To work as the coordinator in the Eighth Winter Course on Forced Migration organised by
the Calcutta Research Group
Successfully completed Thematic Protection Learning Programme on Statelessness
organised by UNHCR. Geneva.
To work as one of the contributors for preparing the curriculum on Peace and Conflict
Resolution for a distance education course of Indira Gandhi National Open University
(IGNOU), New Delhi.
Publications
Books/monographs/Occasional papers:
1. Women in Indian Borderlands (co-edited with Paula Banerjee), Sage Publications, New
Delhi, July 2011.
2. Negotiating the Emerging Energy Crisis in South Asia, Centre for South and Southeast
Asian Studies, University of Calcutta, 2009. (Occasional Paper)
3. SAARC at Crossroads: The Fate of Regional Cooperation in South Asia, Samskriti, New
Delhi, 2006.
4. A monograph entitled Energy Crisis and Subregional Cooperation in South Asia, RCSS
Policy Studies 13, (RCSS, Colombo), 2000.
5. Parbotyo Chattogram: Simanter Rajniti O Sangram, Calcutta Research Group, Calcutta
1996 (a monograph in Bengali).
Reports:
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Co-author of a Report prepared by the Calcutta Research Group entitled Voices of the
Internally Displaced in South Asia, (Kolkata 2006).
Articles/Book Reviews:
1. “Vernacular Press and the Nellie massacre” in Forced Migration in North East India: A
Media Reader, Nilanjan Dutta (ed.), Frontpage Publications, Kolkata, 2011, pp.212-225.
2. “The Bay of Bengal in India’s Energy Security” in Lipi Ghosh (ed.), Eastern Indian Ocean:
Historical Links to Contemporary Convergences, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, April
2011, pp. 169-192.
3. “Politics of Rehabilitation: Struggle of the Lower Caste Refugees in West Bengal”, Voice
of Dalit, Vol.3, No.1, Jan-June, 2010, pp.61-82.
4. “Narrated Time and Constructed Space: Remembering the Communal Violence of 1950
in Hooghly”, Bengal-Bangladesh Border and Women, Policies and Practices, CRG,
No.36, June 2010.
5. “Retrieving the Silenced”, (Review Article based on Dilip Halder, Atrocities on Dalits
Since the Partition of Bengal, Mittal Publications, New Delhi, 2008), Voice of Dalit, Vol. 2
No. 1, Jan-June 2009.
6. ““The Energy Crisis and the South Asian Security: An Indian Perspective”, India
Quarterly: A Journal of International Affairs, Vol 65, No: 2, 2009, pp.137-151.
7. “Violence, Victimhood and Minority Women: The Gujarat Violence of 2002”, Lipi Ghosh
(ed.), Political Governance and Minority Rights: The South and Southeast Asian
Scenario, Routledge, New Delhi, 2009, PP.44-64.
8. “Connectivity and Beyond: Prospects of Indo-Thai Cooperation”, Lipi GHosh (ed.),
Connectivity and Beyond: The Indo-Thai Relations Through Ages, The Asiatic Society,
Kolkata, 2009, pp.180-214.
9. “Hydro Power Trade between India and Her Himalayan Neighbours: Road Ahead”, ORF
Energy News Monitor, Vol. III, Issue 42, 4-10 April 2007, pp. 5-8.
10. “Sabarmati: Creating a New Divide?” in Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. XLII, No. 8,
February 24-March 2, 2007, pp. 697-703.
11. “India’s Pipeline Options in the East: Problems and Prospects”, Prachya: A Journal on
Past and Present, No.2, January 2007, pp. 82-98.
12. “Women After Partition: Remembering the Lost World in a Life without Future” in Navnita
Chadha Behera (ed.), Gender, Conflict and Migration, Sage, New Delhi, 2006, pp. 155174.
13. “Natural Gas Export from Bangladesh: A Pipe Dream?” in Jaideep Saikia (ed.),
Bangladesh: Treading the Taliban Trail”, Vision Books, New Delhi, 2006, pp. 150-172.
14. “India: Looking the SAARC Way?” in New Approach, Calcutta, 2005, pp. 121-147.
15. “Nostalgia of ‘Desh’, Memories of Partition” in Economic and Political Weekly, Vol.
XXXIX, No.52, December 25-31, 2004, pp. 5653-5660.
16. “India’s Energy Security in the New Millennium” in New Approach, Calcutta, 2004, pp. 6485.
17. Web article entitled Life After Partition: A Study on the Reconstruction of Lives in West
Bengal published by SASNET in www.sasnet.lu.se/panelabstracts/33.html
18. “Rastrobijnan Samparke Kichhu Meyeli Katha” (Some Feminist Reflections on Political
Science) in Khoj Ekhon, July 2003, pp. 66-75.
19. “Biswayan Niyontrito Dwipakshik Samparko: Bidyut Kshetre Bharat-Bangladesh
Sahojogita (Globalisation Controlled Bilateral Relations: Indo-Bangladesh Cooperation in
the Power Sector)” (in Bengali) in the Proceedings of the 1 st West Bengal Social Science
Congress, 2001, pp. 286-303.
20. "Small States and Regional Cooperation in South Asia" in B.C. Upreti (ed.), SAARC: The
Dynamics of Regional Cooperation in South Asia, (Kalinga, New Delhi, 2000), Vol. 1, pp.
57-74.
21. Book Review in Contemporary South Asia, 8(3), 1999, pp. 405-6.
22. Book Review in Contemporary South Asia, 8(2), 1999, pp. 252-4.
23. Joint article on "Interaction between Indian and Thai Culture" in Itihas Anusandhan (XI),
1997.
24. "Freedom of Women in the Eyes of Begum Rokea" in Jayasree, August 1996.
25. "Free Trade in South Asia - A Dream" in SAARC News, Vol. 1, No. 2, March 18, 1996.
26. "SAPTA: South Asia's Road to Future" in Amrita Bazar Patrika, Calcutta, February 19,
1996.
27. "Prasanga: SAARC, Dakhsin Asiyo Banijyik Sahajogita" in Sonar Bangla, Calcutta, May
17, 1995.
Presentation of papers/participation in seminars, workshops, conferences and panel
discussions
International:
1. Participated in the Workshop on Themetic Protection Learning Programme on
Statelessness organised by the UNHCR held at Bangkok from 1 November to 5
November 2010.
2. Presented a paper on “Living Another Life: Women Refugees in Relief Camps of West
Bengal” at Tampere Peace Research Institute (TAPRI), Finland on 12 March 2010
3. Delivered a lecture on “Threatened Existence: The experiences of the Muslim minorities
in the post-Godhra (2002) Gujarat” at Finish Immigration Service, Helsinki, Finland on 16
March 2010.
4. Delivered a lecture on “Impact of Partition on women Refugees in West Bengal” at the
Refugee Study Centre, Oxford on 26 March 2010
5. Presented a paper on “Minority Women’s Rights in Gujarat after the Violence of 2002” at
Brunel Law School at Uxbridge, London on 29 May 2009.
6. Presented a paper on Bay of Bengal in India’s Energy Security in a Two-day International
Seminar on Eastern Indian Ocean: Historical Links to Contemporary Convergences
organised by the Centre for South and Southeast Asian Studies, Calcutta University in
collaboration with the School of International Relations and Strategic Studies, Jadavpur
University between 10-11 January 2009.
7. Presented a paper on ‘Politics of Rehabilitation: Struggle of the Lower Caste Refugees in
West Bengal’ in 20th European Conference on Modern South Asian Studies held at
Manchester, UK during 8-11 July 2008.
8. Presented a paper on ‘India and Thailand: Connectivity and Beyond’ in the International
Seminar on Inter-Asian Connections – Facets of Indo-Thai History, Relations & Contacts
organised by the Asiatic Society, Kolkata during 19-20 November 2007.
9. Presented a paper entitled “Sabarmati: Creating a New Divide?” in the Second
International Conference on Indic Studies Civilisation jointly organised by the Centre for
the Study of Developing Societies and Manushi in New Delhi on December 18,2005.
10. Presented a paper entitled “Re-examining Regional Cooperation in South Asia” at the
Department of International Politics, University of Wales at Aberystwyth, UK on 23 July
2004.
11. Presented a paper entitled “Life After Partition: A Study on the Reconstruction of Lives in
West Bengal” in the 18th European Conference on Modern South Asian Studies
organised by the SASNET at the Lund University, Sweden during 6-9 July 2004.
12. Presented a paper entitled “Escape from Violence: Experiences of Women in a Period of
Uncertainty” in the DCRC Conference on Women and Migration in Asia organised in New
Delhi on December 12, 2003.
13. A delegate in the 8th Annual Conference of the Harvard Project for Asian and
International Relations (HPAIR) organized by Harvard University and Chinese University
of Hong Kong held at Hong Kong during June 5-8, 1999.
14. Participated in a Winter Workshop on "Sources of Conflict in South Asia: Ethnicity,
Refugee and Environment" organized by the Regional Centre for Strategic Studies,
Colombo during March 12-23, 1998.
National:
1. Delivered a lecture on Statelessness in India in a workshop on Protection of Refugees
and Stateless persons in India and her neighbours organized by the Other Media in New
Delhi during 30 and 31 March 2011.
2. Delivered a lecture on Stateless Women in India in a Students’ Workshop on Borders and
Forced Migration jointly organized by the Centre for Refugee Studies and Calcutta
Research Group on 29 March 2011.
3. Delivered a lecture on “Need for a Humanitarian Approach “, in National Meeting on the
Emigration Management Bill, 2010 – Non–negotiables from a rights perspective
organised by the Centre for Education and Communication, New Delhi on June 29, 2010,
Hyderabad.
4. Delivered a lecture on “Living another Life: Women Refugees in Relief Camps of West
Bengal” in the Sixth Winter Course on Forced Migration organised by the Mahanirban
Calcutta Research Group held at Kolkata on 4 December 2008.
5. Participated in the Colloquium on India-Thailand Academic Cooperation: Future
Prospects & Problems organised by the Centre for South and Southeast Asian Studies,
University of Calcutta, Kolkata held on 21 November 2007.
6. A delegate in the International Conference on India’s Expanding Gas Markets organised
by the Observer Research Foundation (ORF), New Delhi held at Hotel Shangri-La, New
Delhi on 16 April 2007.
7. Participated in a panel discussion on “Bangladesh Election” organised by the Department
of South and Southeast Asian Studies, Calcutta University on 30 March 2007.
8. Delivered a lecture on “SAARC: Negotiating a Black Hole?” in the Department of South
and Southeast Asian Studies, Calcutta University on 18 August 2006.
9. Presented a paper on "Power, India-Bangladesh Bilateral Relations and Globalisation" (in
Bengali) in the 1st West Bengal Social Science Congress organized by Jadavpur
University, Kolkata and Indian Social Science Association (ISSA) on 24th February 2001.
10. Participated in Refresher Course on "Peace Studies in South Asia" conducted by the
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies, Kolkata during October 20-29,
1997.
11. Presented a paper on "The Role of Youth in the South Asian Regional Cooperation" in a
seminar organized by Netaji Research bureau, Kolkata on January 19, 1997.
12. Presented a paper on "Indo-Thai Economic Cooperation in the Emerging World Order" at
a Colloquium on Thai Studies in India: Tradition to Modernity on April 24, 1996 held in
Kolkata.
13. Special Rapporteur for the 1st Indo-Thai Colloquium held in March 1996 at Azad Bhawan,
New Delhi.
14. Presented a paper on "Begum Rokea's Contribution to Feminist Ideas" at a seminar
organized by Suraha-Sampriti at the National Council of Education, Jadavpur University,
Kolkata on February 24, 1996.
15. Presented a paper on "Interaction between Indian and Thai Culture" (in Bengali) at a
seminar organized by the Paschim Banga Itihas Samsad (West Bengal History Council)
at Presidency College, Kolkata on November 7, 1995.
Work experience
Research
 Research Associate, Centre for South and Southeast Asian Studies, Calcutta University
since June 1, 2006 – 30 March 2009.
 ICSSR Post Doctoral Fellow, CSDS, Delhi, 5 May 2004 – 4 May 2006.
 Research Fellow in a CSDS project led by Professor Ashis Nandy entitled Reconstructing
Lives August 2001- April 2004.
 Freelance journalist for The Financial Express, Kolkata in 2000.
 Stringer for Trade east, an on-line journal published from UK, 1999-2000.
 Worked on a research project entitled The Energy Crisis and Sub-regional Cooperation in
South Asia for the RCSS, Colombo (already published) during 1998-99.
 Research Assistant in preparing a project report by a team of resource persons entitled
Building a Monitoring Framework for Gender Equity Review Analysis and
Recommendations from an Exercise in Eight Districts under the auspices of the
Karnataka Women's Information and Resource Centre, Bangalore during 1996-97.
 Research Assistant in Women Studies Research Centre, Calcutta University during
1995-1996.
 Freelance journalist (for Manorama, a Bengali newsmagazine published from Kolkata),
1993-95.
Teaching
 Guest Lecturer since 2007 till 2011 in the Department of South and Southeast Asian
Studies, University of Calcutta. As a Guest Lecturer she taught South Asian Politics at
the post-graduate classes (MA and M.Phil).
Other relevant information
Languages known:
Bengali, English, Hindi and Thai (completed a two-year Certificate Course on Thai language from
the Netaji Institute for Asian Studies, Kolkata in 1997).
Areas of special interest:
Issues of regional and sub-regional cooperation, violence, displacement, refugee problem,
partition politics and gender-related issues in South Asia.
Extracurricular activities:
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Obtained a degree of Nritya-Tirtha in Indian Classical Dance in 1987.
Represented Jadavpur University in Inter-University Cultural Meets and Inter-University
Badminton Tournaments between 1988 and 1992. University Blue (1989-90, 1990-91,
1991-92)
Other experiences:
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Public Relations Coordinator during the live telecast of Mother Teresa's funeral for the
BBC World Service Television.
Completed a six-month course on Computer Applications in 1992 conducted by the
Xpertek Computer Consultants, Kolkata.
Anasua Basu Ray Chaudhury