AACUED & Department of Economics, Calcutta University jointly organize
ICSSR-ERC Sponsored One Day National Seminar
On
Contemporary Issues in Development with Growth:
A Centenary Tribute to Professor Santosh Kumar Bhattacharyya
Date : March 8, 2025; Venue : B.T. Road Campus, Department of Economics, University of Calcutta
Programme
Registration : 9.30am to 10am
Inaugural Session: 10 am to 10.30am
10 am to 10.05am : Welcome by Professor Kausik Gupta, Head, Department of Economics, CU
10.05am to 10.10 am : Opening Remarks by Prof. Achin Chakraborty, Professor , IDSK , and President AACUED 10-15 am- 10.25am : Inauguration by Prof Saibal Kar, Former Director ICSSR ERC and RBI Chair, CSSSC 10.25am-10.30am : Closing Remarks of the Inaugural Session by Sri Amitabha Ganguly, Secretary, AACUED
Session I : 10-30 am – 12 noon : Remembering Professor Santosh Kumar Bhattacharyya
Panelists : Prof Ratan Khasnobis, Prof Tamal Datta Chaudhuri, Prof Biswajit Chatterjee, Prof Soumyen Sikdar & Dr. Ashok Barman.
Chair: Professor Achin Chakraborty, President AACUED
12 noon to 12.15pm: Tea Break
Session II: 12.15pm-1 pm- Special Lecture 1
Chair : Professor Biswajit Chatterjee, Former Professor of Economics, Jadavpur University
Speaker : Professor Abhirup Sarkar, Former Professor of Economics, Indian Statistical Institute , Kolkata Topic: Industrial Decline in West Bengal: A Historical Perspective
1pm-1.45 pm- Special Lecture 2
Speaker : Professor Subhasis Gangopadhyay, Research Director, India Development Foundation and Dean, Indian School of Public Policy, Delhi
Topic : TBA
1.45pm -2.45 pm.: Lunch
Session IV : 2.45 p.m- 3.30pm- Special Lecture 3
Chair : Professor Soumyen Sikdar, Former Professor of Economics, Indian Institute of Management Calcutta Speaker : Professor Mausumi Das , Professor of Economics, Shiv Nadar University and Delhi School of Economics, Delhi.
Topic : Economic Growth : Changing Paradigms and Implications for Policy
3.30 pm-3.45 pm : Coffee Break
Session V : 3.45pm to 5.45pm : Special Session on Presentation of Research Papers by Research Scholars Chair : Professor Kausik Gupta, Professor and Head, Department of Economics, University of Calcutta
Paper 1 (3.45pm to 4.15pm) : Nilavo Roy, Department of Economics, University of Calcutta
Topic: Rethinking Social Protection of Cultural Gig Workers: A Theoretical Construct
Paper 2 (4.15pm to 4.45pm) : Bazrapani Maity, Department of Economics, Jadavpur University
Topic Analyzing the Impact of Cash Transfer Policies and Population Disincentives on Income Inequality: An Overlapping Generations Model with Endogenous Fertility
Paper 3 (4.45 pm to 5.15 pm ): Ananyaa Chatterjee , Department of Economics, University of Calcutta
Topic: Two Faces of Time zone and Quality of Services in General Equilibrium
Paper 4 (5.15pm to 5.45pm): Rudra Prosad Roy, Department of Economics, Jadavpur University
Topic: Crude Oil Price Shocks, Commodity Derivatives and the Macroeconomy: A Dynamic Stochastic General Equilibrium Analysis for India
5.45 pm to 5.50 pm.: Vote of thanks by Sri Amitabha Ganguly , Secretary, AACUED
February 2025
Attention Alumni Friends,
Kindly note that on 8th March, 2025, the Birth centenary of Professor Santosh Bhattacharya , Ex VC , CU and HOD of Economics Department, in collaboration with ICSSR and Calcutta University, Economics Dept will be held at Katakol campus .
On this occasion, a memorial issue of Arthoniti Kotha shall be published containing write ups from his students and other close associates, narrating their experiences with Santosh babu, both as teacher as well as VC.
Therefore, we would welcome any article, not more than one page, in any language by those who knew Prof Bhattacharya. This article must reach the undersigned by Email on or before 25.02.2025 : chatterjeehirak133@gmail.com
Regards,
Hirak Suvra Chatterjee
VP, AACUED,
9830106640
February 2025
