Department of History

Dr. Poulami Aich Mukherjee

Dept. of History

Designation	Assistant Professor
Phone (optional)	8547009057
Institutional email ID	xxxxx@assumptioncollege.com
ORCID or other	0000-0001-7368-435X
Area of specialisation	Indo-Portuguese Studies Intercultural History Area Studies, Women & Gender Studies
Date of joining the college	12 February 2012

Academic qualification

Qualification	Degree	Subject	Name of the University/Institution	Year of Award	Division/Class
UG	BA (Honours)	History	Jadavpur University, Kolkata	2004	First
PG	MA	History	Jadavpur University, Kolkata	2006	First
Qualifying Examination	NET-JRF	History	UGC	2007	NA
Doctoral	PhD	Faculty of Arts	Jadavpur University, Kolkata	2010	NA
Post-doctoral	PDF	Women’s Studies	The Asiatic Society, Kolkata	2009-2012	NA
Post-doctoral	PDF	Portuguese Studies	Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon, Portugal	2012-2017	NA

Current Positions/Responsibilities (in the college)

Member IQAC
Director, Research Centre
Coordinator, Peace Club
Coordinator, Equal Opportunity Cell

Awards and Achievements

Selected as Facilitator for Virtual Summer Institute in Social Sciences and Humanities for 2020, (20/07/2020 to 01/08/2020) on Exploring New Frontiers: Knowledge Creation, Collaboration and Dissemination, organised by Ife Institute, Nigeria in collaboration with Harvard University.
Research Associate-Fellowship (2015-2018) at Inter University Centre-Indian Institute for Advanced Studies, Shimla, India for the project work on Portuguese Footprints and the Cross Cultural Identities in Contemporary World
Young Social Scientist Award 2014 by The Planning Commission of India, New Delhi for the project work on Higher Education among Women in Postcolonial India: Problems and Prospects
Best Paper Presentation Award on Understanding Indo-Portuguese Connection: A study in Maritime Culture at International Conference on Maritime History organised by the French Institute, Pondicherry in December 2012.
Best Lecturer Award consecutively for three years, The Asiatic Society Annual Lecture Series, The Asiatic Society, Kolkata (2010, 2011, 2012)

Research

Sl.No	Name of Student	Date of Registration	U.O granting Registration
01	Lakshmi R Nair	15.12.2018	U.O. No. 8703120181 AY2l Academic Dated, Priyadarsini Hills, 15,12.2018
02	Radhika Lal	15.12.2018	U.O. No. 8703120181 AY2l Academic Dated, Priyadarsini Hills, 15,12.2018
03	Sunitha Santhan	15.12.2018	U.O. No. 8703120181 AY2l Academic Dated, Priyadarsini Hills, 15,12.2018
Total number of students				3

Projects - Completed projects

Sl.No	Name of the project	Funding Agency	Amount sanctioned/utilized
1	Goan’s Struggle for Freedom	ICHR, New Delhi	2,64,000/- (completed)
2	Authorship & IPRs: A Gender Perspective	IUC-IPRS, CUSAT, Kochi	1,00,000/- (completed)
3	Goan’s Struggle for Freedom: A Women’s History	RCWS-SNDT University, Mumbai	50,000/- (completed)
4	Documentation of Built Heritage in Kerala	Archaeological Survey of India, New Delhi	13,65,000/- (sanctioned)
Total number of projects				4

Courses attended (Orientation, Refresher, FDP, etc.)

SNo.	Name of the Course/Summer school	Name of Institution & Place	Duration	Sponsoring Agency
1	Online Short term Faculty Development Programme on Research Ethics and Plagiarism	Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam	26/12/2020-30/12/2020	UGC-MHRD-STRIDE
2	Refresher Course (online) On E-Learning & E-Governance	HRDC-Jawaharlal Nehru University New Delhi	05/10/ 2020-17/10/2020	UGC
3	Short Term Course (online) On Cyber Security	HRDC-Jawaharlal Nehru University New Delhi	21/09/ 2020-26/09/ 2020	UGC
4	Short Term FDP (online) On Pedagogical and E-Learning Tools for Teaching	Sanathana Dharma College Alappuzha	04/08/2020-10/08/2020	The Kerala State Higher Education Council
5	Short Term Course (online) On MOOCs and Online Educational Resources	HRDC-Sant Gadge Baba University Amaravati, Maharashtra	28/09/ 2020-03/10/ 2020	UGC
6	Online Short Term Course on Museum Heritage	Gandhi Research Foundation, Jalgaon, Maharashtra	17/08/2020--24/08/2020	Gandhi Research Foundation
7	Online Short Term Course on Museum Management	Gandhi Research Foundation, Jalgaon, Maharashtra	17/08/2020-24/08/2020	Gandhi Research Foundation
8	Online Short Term Course on Sources of Heritage	Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, Pune	13/07/2020-15/08/2020	Heritage India Foundation
9	Refresher Course On Global Studies	HRDC-Jawaharlal Nehru University New Delhi	18/11/2019-30/11/2019	UGC
10	Refresher Course On History	ASC-Jawaharlal Nehru University New Delhi	22/09/2014-17/10/2014	UGC
11	Orientation Course	ASC-Jawaharlal Nehru University New Delhi	08/04/2013-03/05/2013	UGC

Resource person for seminars and workshops/Invited Lectures

Delivered the keynote address at the Convocation Ceremony of the Second Annual Peace training by the Centre for Peace Studies and Dialogue, Union Christian College, Aluva on Perceiving Peace through History on 07/12/2020.
Delivered an Online Lecture on Dimensions of Interculturality and Intercultural Dialogue in Contemporary World on 30/07/2020 at Virtual Summer Institute organised by Ife Institute, Nigeria in collaboration with Harvard University.
Research Methods and Techniques in Languages and Humanities, Resource Person, International Workshop on ‘Research Methodology in Languages and Humanities’, Zamorin’s Centre for Interdisciplinary Research (ZCIR), Zamorin’s Guruvayurappan College, Kozhikode, 10 March 2020.
Dimensions of ‘Interculturality’ & IndoPortuguese Cuisine in Contemporary India, Resource Person, National Seminar on ‘Culinary Arts of Kerala: Shades & Magnitudes’, Department of History, Govt.College for Women, Thiruvananthapuram, 28 & 29 October 2019.
Theorizing Interculturality in Social Sciences, Invited Lecture, Sacred Heart College, Chalakudy, 18 December 2018
Dimensions of Interculturality & Gender Sensitization in Contemporary World, Invited Lecture, International Seminar on Gender & Environment, IQAC, Assumption College Autonomous, Changanacherry, 2 November 2018
Theorizing Interculturality in History, Department of History, Maharaja’s College, Ernakulam, 9 August 2018
Interculturality & Indian Democracy, Invited Lecture, Bharatiyar Institute of Managemant, Trichy on 15 April 2018
Women & Leadership, Invited Lecture, Bharatiyar Institute of Managemant, Trichy on 10 March 2017
Literature & Leadership, Invited Lecture, Bharatiyar Institute of Managemant, Trichy on 11 March 2017
Women & Leadership, Invited Lecture, Bharatiyar Institute of Managemant, Trichy on 10 March 2017
Sources In History, ICHR National Seminar on Methodology in History, Pazhassiraja College, Wayanad, Kerala on 13-14 February 2017
Carnetions, Captains and Communism in Portugal: Exploring Political Posters as Source of History, IUC-Research Associate Fellow, Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla, 2016
Maritime India: Culture & Society, International Symposium of Indo-Portuguese Connections, Indo-Portuguese Museum, Kochi, 27-28 September 2015
Liberation of Goa: Exploring Political Cartoons as a Source of History, IUC-Research Associate Fellow, Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla, 2015
Legal & Diplomatic Mechanisms in Contemporary World, International Summit on Diplomacy & Legacy of Colonialism, University of Goa, Panaji, 9-19 April 2015.
Feminist Methodology & Contemporary Feminist Research in India, UGC National Seminar on Economics of Gender, PG Department of Economics & Research Centre, Zamorin Guruvayoorappan College, Calicut, 28-29 January 2015
Indo-Portuguese Cultural Legacies in Coastal Worlds, Indo-Portuguese Cultural Summit, Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon, Portugal, 9-19 December 2014
Indo-Portuguese Cultural Legacies in Coastal India, Indo-Portuguese Cultural Summit, Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon, Portugal, 22-26 December 2013
Women, Scope of Equality and Democracy in Contemporary India, UGC National Seminar on Modernization and Marginalization: Women in Politics and Development, PG Department of History, Sri Achutha Menon College, Thrissur, Kerala on 21-23 November 2013
Nehru and Indian Nationalism: Exploring New Sources of History, UGC National Seminar on Nationalism in India, Department of History, Pazhassiraja College, Wayanad, Kerala on 29-30 November 2013

Publications

Sl. No.	Title with page Nos.	Journal	No in the UGC List of Journals	Whether peer reviewed or not	ISSN/ ISBN		Whether you are the main Author
01	Interculturality and Portuguese Legacies in Contemporary World Pp 44-46 https://rrjournals.com/past-issue/interculturality-and-portuguese-legacies-in-contemporary-world/	Research Review International Journal	44945	Yes	ISSN: 2455-3085 (Online)		Yes
02	Indo-Portuguese Legacy and the Evolution of Church Architecture in Kerala Pp 65-79	Journal of South Indian History, University of Calicut, Kerala	42511	Yes	-		Yes
03	Margaret Elizabeth Noble‘s Interpretations of Indian History: An Analysis Pp 243-49 https://rrjournals.com/past-issue/margaret-elizabeth-nobles-interpretations-of-indian-history-an-analysis/	Research Review International Journal	44945	Yes	ISSN: 2455-3085 (Online)		Yes
04	Nehru, Nationalism and the Integration of Portuguese Colonies into Indian Union Pp 17-35 http://14.139.58.200/ojs/index.php/shss/article/view/467	Journal of SHSS Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla	41406	Yes	ISSN: 0972-1401 UGC CARE		Yes
05	Sister Nivedita’s Vision on Education in India Pp 1-26 https://www.academia.edu/36130008/Kanpur_Historiographers_Biannual_Journal_of_New_Archaeological_and_Genological_Society	International Journal of History and Archaeology, Kanpur	-	Yes	ISSN 2348-3814		Yes
06	Nostalgia, Insecurities and Celebrations of the Self Pp 198-200	Research and Criticism, Banaras Hindu University, Banaras	1071	Yes	ISSN 2229- 3639		Yes
07	Liberation of Goa (1947-1961): A Women’s History	International Journal of History and Archaeology, Kanpur	-	Yes	ISSN 2348-3814		Yes
	Liberation of Goa & Political Cartoons: Indo-Portuguese History	Hispanic Horizon, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi	-	Yes	ISSN 0970-7522		Yes
	Women Migrant Labourers in Contemporary India: A Theoretical Approach	International Journal of Kanpur Historiographers, Kanpur	-	Yes	ISSN 2348-3814		Yes
	Naval Battles, Indian Ocean and the Portuguese in Sixteenth Century	International Journal of Kanpur Historiographers, Kanpur	-	Yes	ISSN 2348-3814		Yes
	Diplomatic Relations between India and Portugal 1947-2007: Crisis and Renewal	Journal of IRISH, Tellicherry	-	Yes	ISSN 0973-3353		Yes
	India and Portugal: A Cultural Encounter (1498-2008) https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0973598409110008	Jadavpur Journal of International Relations, Jadavpur University, Kolkata	-	Yes	ISSN 0973-5984		Yes
Total number of publications						12

Conference proceedings

Carnation, Captains & Communism: Introspecting the Revolution of 1974 in Portugal, Proceedings of Indian History Congress (2014), 75th Session of Indian History Congress, JNU, New Delhi (https://www.jstor.org/stable/i40173783 )

Books

Portuguese Presence in India: Malabar and Goa:, K.S. Mathew and Poulami Aich Mukherjee, Manohar Publications, New Delhi, 2021, 978-93-90729-58-6 http://manoharbooks.com/BookDetails.asp?Id=1000993&isbn=9789390729586
Introducing Women’s Studies, Mitram Publishers, Kolkata, 2017, ISBN-978-93-80036-39-7 (https://readersend.com/product/introducing-womens-studies/ )
Spice Routes: Imperial Hegemony & Spice-Rich Kerala, Monfakira, Kolkata, 2016, ISBN-978-93-80542-86-7 (https://readersend.com/product/spice-routes-imperial-hegemony-spice-rich-kerala/ )
History, Legacy & Diplomacy: India & Portugal in the Age of Global Politics, IRISH, Tellicherry, 2015, ISBN-978-81-9223373(https://readersend.com/product/history-legacy-and-diplomacy-india-portugal-in-the-age-of-global-politics/)

Book chapters

Dimensions of Interculturality and Gender Sensitization in Contemporary World, Interrogating Cultures of Complicity and Resistance-A Women’s Studies Compendium, PAIOLCK, Kolkata, December 2019, ISBN: 978-93-88207-72-0, Pp23-34

Book Reviews

Rila Mukherjee, 2011, Pelagic Passage Ways: The Northers Bay of Bengal Before Colonialism, New Delhi: Primus Books, ISBN: 978-93-80607-20-7 pp. Xii+520, Price: Rs. 1395/- at Journal of the Institute for Research in Social Sciences and Humanities, Vol-7, No-1, December 2012
Rila Mukherjee, 2011, Networks in the First Global Age 1400-1800, New Delhi: ICHR& Primus Books, ISBN: 978-93-80607-09-2, pp.Xxx+380, Price Rs. 1395/- at Journal of the Institute for Research in Social Sciences and Humanities, Vol-7, No-2, December 2012
Rila Mukherjee, 2013, Oceans Connect: Reflections on Water Worlds Across Time and Space, New Delhi: Primus Books, ISBN: 987-93-80607-40-5, pp. Xvi+286, Price Rs. 995/- at Journal of the Institute for Research in Social Sciences and Humanities, Vol-8,No-1 Kerala, 2014
Pius Malekandathil, 2013, The Mughals, the Portuguese and the Indian Ocean: Changing Imageries of Maritime India, New Delhi: Primus Books, ISBN:978-93-80607-33-7, pp. Viii+234, Price Rs. 850/- at Journal of the Institute for Research in Social Sciences and Humanities, Vol-8,No-1 Kerala, 2014
Akshaya K. Rath, 2017, Secret Writings of Hoshang Merchant., New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2016, ISBN:0-19-946596-7. HC, Rs.650/- at Research and Criticism, Vol-7,pp-198-221, Banaras, 2016