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Specialization/Research Area

Type (Specialization / Research Area / Areas of Interest)	Detailed Description
Research Area/ Areas of Interest	Religion and Politics, Gender Issues, Faith movements
Field of Specialization	Bengal Politics/ Political History of Modern India

Publications in Journal / Magazines / Newspaper

Title	Publication Type	Published in	Published on	Publisher's Name	Role	Details
The Shifting Trajectories of Hindutva: Bharat Sevashram Sangha and the Making of a Saffron Wave in Contemporary West Bengal	International	Studies in Indian Politics Vol 11, Issue 2	Dec, 2023	Sage, CSDS, Lokniti	Sole Author	Impact Factor: 0.00000 Indexing: SCOPUS, UGC CARE Article's Web Link:
Between the Boundaries of Asceticism and Activism: Understanding the Authority of the Sadhvis within the Hindu Right in India	International	Religions ( Special Issue: Gurus, Priestesses, Saints, Mediums and Yoginis: Holy Women as Influencers in Hindu Culture)	Aug, 2023	MDPI (14/9)	Sole Author	Impact Factor: 0.00000 Indexing: SCOPUS Article's Web Link:
The Bharatiya Jana Sangh and the First General Election in West Bengal: The Enigma of Hindu Politics in early 1950s	International	Studies in Indian Politics Vol-8, Issue 1	May, 2020	Sage, CSDS, Lokniti	Sole Author	Impact Factor: 0.00000 Indexing: SCOPUS, UGC CARE Article's Web Link:

Book Published

Title of the Book	Published by	Published on	Role	Details
Ascetics As Activists : Saffron Women of Hindu Nationalism	Bloomsbury Academic, London, New York ( Forthcoming)	Jun, 2025	Sole Author	Indexing: Book citation index (WoS) Article's Web Link:
Sadhus in Indian Politics: Dynamics of Hindutva	Sage, New Delhi	Dec, 2021	Sole Author	Indexing: Others Article's Web Link:
Electoral Politics and Hindu Nationalism in India	Routledge, Oxon and New York	Dec, 2020	Sole Author	Indexing: Others Article's Web Link:
Muslim Businessmen and Partition: A Bengal Experience	Authors Press, New Delhi	Dec, 2016	Sole Author	Indexing: Others Article's Web Link:
Minor Political Parties and the Politics of Late Colonial Bengal	Abhijeet Publications, New Delhi	Dec, 2013	Sole Author	Indexing: Others Article's Web Link:

Book Chapter Published

Title of Chapter	Title of the Book	Published by	Published on	Role	Details
Insights From the Brahmo Samaj:Delving into Vedanta and the Bible	Oxford Handbook of the Bible in India	Oxford University Press	Jul, 2025	Sole Author	Indexing: Book citation index (WoS), SCOPUS, Others Article's Web Link:
Spirituality, Seva and the Art of Seeking the Truth: Perspectives from the Guru-led Seva Movements in India	Rethinking Satyagraha:Truth,Travel and Translation	Routledge, UK	Jun, 2025	Sole Author	Indexing: Book citation index (WoS), SCOPUS, Others Article's Web Link:

Conference /Seminar/Workshop Attended

Title of the Seminar/Conference/Workshop	Date	Role	Held at and Organiser
'Security and Sovereignty in 21st Century'	Nov, 2018	Presenter	Hungary, Budapest, Institute of Cultural Relations Policy
Challenging Perspectives on Indian Diaspora: A Global Conference On Diaspora and Politics’,	Oct, 2017	Presenter	International Institute of Social Studies, Hague, Netherlands
Partition and Literature	Oct, 2016	Presenter	University of Iowa, USA
Living In Peace and Harmony in A Multicultural World	Apr, 2013	Presenter	IFSSO, Yildiz Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey

Awards

Award Name	Awarded by	Date
Fellow Designate (Selected)	IIAS, Shimla	Feb, 2022
Visiting Scholar	SOAS, London	Oct, 2019
Yuva Sahitya Puraskar	Bharatiya Bhasha Parishad	Feb, 2019
UGC Associateship	IIAS, Shimla	Oct, 2017
Chares Wallace Research Awrad	British Council, UK	Oct, 2014
Research Travel Grant	ICSSR, New Delhi	Oct, 2013