UNIVERSITY OF NORTH BENGAL
The Centre for Himalayan Studies, University of North Bengal is an Area Studies Centre funded by the University Grants Commission under Area Studies Programme. It was established on 11th December, 1978. Since its inception the Centre’s research strategy has been aimed mainly at studying the Himalayan history, geography, economy, society, polity in general and the environment, development, people and culture in particular in the Eastern Himalayan region. The Centre has regular M. Phil. and Ph. D. programmes in Himalayan Studies/Area Studies. Since 2005, the Centre has started a two year post-graduate programme in Strategic and Area Studies. The first batch of twelve students graduated in 2007. The course is multi-disciplinary, and honours graduates from all branches of Social Science, namely, History, Geography, Economics, Political Science, Sociology can join the course. In addition, graduate defence personnel are also admitted. The Centre receives grant from the University Grants Commission under its Area Studies Programme. The grant is utilized by undertaking various field-based research projects, inviting visiting faculty from different parts of the country, organizing seminars and special lectures, purchasing books, journals, documents and equipments, publishing journals and serials. The Centre has a Documentation Cell which collects and stores published and unpublished documents, e-resources, newspaper clippings, periodicals, journals and books on the Eastern Himalayas and caters to eclectic researchers interested in Himalayan Studies.
The learners get research foundation for doctoral degree
The students will have the ability to assess objectives and strategies of states and international organisations in current international al systems. They will demonstrate basic understanding of area studies on the basis of knowledge about economic, political and social forces shaping current events in an area, particularly in the Himalayan region.
The students get exposed to research ethics, ways to avoid plagiarism and all aspects of research methodology in concerned discipline.
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Restricted to NBU students
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a state-of-the-art learning environment
an exhaustive source of knowledge resources
Support Staffs
Professor Socio-political movements, Minority Studies, Tribal Studies, Himalayan Society and People, Research Methodology
HoD
Professor
Assistant Professor Himalayan History, Nepal, migration studies, North east India history, medieval Indian history, social and political history of Darjeeling, Sikkim
Assistant Professor International Relations Theory, Global International Relations
Head of the Department
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