Name: Binay Krishna Pal
Mobile: +91-9830906464
Email id– binay.pal@yahoo.com
I. Personal Information:
| Sex | Male |
| Date Of Birth | 02.04.1989 |
| Languages Known | Bengali, English, Hindi |
| Marital Status | Married |
| Caste | General |
| Birth Place | Bankura |
| Nationality | Indian |
Permanent Address:
Village – Pathra, P.o.- Kochdihi, Ps- Sonamukhi, Bankura, Pin-722207, Wb.
Communication Address:
C/O- Hirak Bharracharjee, 97, Kabi Mukunda Das Road (Bekar Samiti Goli), Durganagar, Kolkata- 700065, WB.
II. Educational Summary:
| Degree | Month/year | Division | Specialisation |
| Ph.D. in Geography from University of Calcutta | July, 2024 | Urban Geography | |
| M. Phil. in Development Studies from Institute of Development Studies, Kolkata (University of Calcutta). | 2014 | I | Urban Studies, Sociology |
| NET & JRF | NET-June, 2012 & JRF- Jan, 2017 | Geography | |
| M. Sc. In Geography, from West Bengal State University | 2012 | I | Geography (Micro Regional Planning) |
| B.Sc. from University of Calcutta | 2010 | II | Honours in Geography |
| HS | 2007 | I | Arts |
| MP | 2005 | I | NA |
Ph.D Thesis Title:
Managing Public Space for Sustainable Urban Transformation: Lessons from Kolkata
III. Employment History:
| Institution | Year (From-to) | Designation |
| Dr. Ambedkar Centre of Excellence, Central University of Haryana, Mahendragarh | 2022-2023 | Faculty (Contractual) & Centre-in-Charge |
| Maharani Kasiswari College, Shyambazar, Kolkata | 2016-2017 | Full-Time Teacher (Contractual) |
| Bhairab Ganguly College, Belghoria,, Kolkata | 2014-2017 | Guest Teacher forPost Graduate Level |
| Acharya Prafulla Chandra College, New Barrackpore, Kolkata | 2012-2016 | Guest Lecturer |
IV. Academic Honours And Awards:
2017. UGC- Junior Research Fellow (2017-2022): by the University Grants Commission, fellowship provided as a monthly stipend for Ph.D.
2013. M. Phil. Scholarship Received monthly at the Institute of Development Studies Kolkata (IDSK) by the Govt. of West Bengal during- 2013-2014.
2010. Merit Cum-Means Scholarship: Awarded by the West Bengal Government for Post Graduate program. During- 2010-2012.
V. Professional Affiliations And Services:
1. Life Member of Institute of Indian Geographers, Pune
2. Member of Breakthrough Science Society
VI. Publications:
Chapters in Edited Books:
2023
Binay Krishna Pal. Urban Displacements in Kolkata: A Historical Appraisal in Kolkata — The Colonial City in Transition. Reflections in Geographies of Urban India. (Ed.) Sumana Bandyopadhyay. Routledge India. ISBN- 9781032020976
2018
Binay Krishna Pal. Public Space of Kolkata: An Evolutionary History in Proceedings of Regional Science Association International (ISBN-978-989-54216-0-2). Pp-241-246
2018
Binay Krishna Pal. Impact of Institutional Set-up on Urbanisation- A Case Study of Barasat-Nilgunj Area by Dr. M. Haque (Ed.), in Modern Perspective in Geography, Paschimbanga Anchalik Itihas O Lokosanskriti Charcha Kendra (ISBN-978-93-88207-06-5). Pp-204-220.
Journals:
2024
Binay Krishna Pal (Single Author). উৎসের সন্ধানে: উদ্বাস্তু, নাগরিকত্ব ও নাগরিকত্ব সংশোধনী আইন, ২০১৯ (CAA, 2019) [Forthcoming]
2023
Binay Krishna Pal (2nd Author) & Pranai Dey (2023). Contemporary Problems and Prospects of Santipur Handloom Industry. Geographical Review of India. Vol-85, Issue-3. Page- 258-278. ISSN- 0375-6386
2022
Binay Krishna Pal (3rd Author) & Sk. Mafizul Haque, Swasti Vardhan Mishra, Amiya Gayen (2022). Model based prioritization of urban space for the development of municipal services in Chandernagore Municipal Corporation (CMC), India, in Geocarto International (Taylor and Francis; Online ISSN- 17520762, Vol- 37, Issue-25. Pp- 9731-9747, IF- 3.883 of 2022. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/10106049.2021.2022774)
2021
Binay Krishna Pal, Swasti Vardhan Mishra, Sk. Mafizul Haque & Monalisha Chakraborty (2021). Reading Variegated Dispossession in an Asian Megacity, Housing, Theory and Society. Vol- 39:2 (Taylor and Francis, Online ISSN- 1651-2278. IF-3.744. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/14036096.2021.1901780)
2018
Binay Krishna Pal, Subhamita Chaudhuri and Dhruba Das Gupta. (2018) Dhrubajyoti Ghosh ― the Ecologist Who Taught Us to Learn From the Ordinary, in ‘Indian Journal of Landscape Systems and Ecological Studies’ (ISSN 0971-4170). Vol-41(1). Pp-251-257.
2018
Binay Krishna Pal (2018). Seasonal Labour Migration: A case Study of Leh Town, Ladakh, in ‘Economic Affairs’ (Online ISSN-0976-4666), Vol-63, No-2. Pp- 481-487. DOI: https://doi.org/10.30954/0424-2513.2.2018.26
2018
Binay Krishna Pal (2018). Occupational Changes in the Post-Independence Reform Period: A Study of West Bengal in Indian Journal of Regional Science, (RSAI), (ISSN:0046-9017) Vol- 50 Years Special Volume. Pp-142-152.
2018
Binay Krishna Pal & Pradip Patra (2018). Keralar Bonya: Ekti Porjalochana, Prakriti, (ISSN-0974-2425). Pp-34-37.
2017
Binay Krishna Pal (2017). Ladhakher Morsumin Shromik: Ekti Porjalochana, Himalay Prasanga (ISSN-2231-1076). Pp-55-64.
2014
Binay Krishna Pal (2014). Geopolitics of Information in Horizon, Published byBhairab Ganguly College, Kolkata. Pp-244-248.
VII. Conference/seminar/work Shop Presentations:
2020
Encroachment and Transformation of Public Space- An Appraisal from Kolkata, in Annual Research on Cities Summit 4.0, 7-8 February, 2020. Organized by School of Human Settlements, Xavier’s University, Bhubaneswar, India.
2019
“Transformation of Urban Public Space and Everyday Contestations: A Study from Kolkata”, 40th Indian Geographers Meet 2019 & International Conference On ‘Water, Sustainability, Livelihood and Climate Change’, March 14-16, 2019, Organized by CSRD, SSS, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.
2019
“Contestations Around Urban Public Space: Evidence from Kolkata”, Presented at National Seminar on Negotiating Nature, Culture and the Future, 28th February – 1st March, 2019 organised by Department of Geography, Presidency University, Kolkata.
2018
“Urban Transformation: A Micro Scale Study of Western Barasat Fringe” at Indian Social Science & Humanities Congress 2018 (Samagam-18), at Asutosh College, Kolkata, 14th July, 2018 to 15th July, 2018.
2018
“Public Space of Kolkata: An Evolutionary History” at 12th world Congress of the RSAI- Spatial Systems: Social Integration, Regional Development and Sustainability at BITS Pilani-KK Birla Goa Campus, 29th May to 1st June, 2018.
2018
“Institutional Set-up and Urbanisation: A Case Study of Barasat” at International Seminar on ‘Population, Urbanisation and environment: Contemporary Issues and Challenges, at Dept. of Geography, University of Gour Banga, 21-22 March, 2018.
2017
“Public Space: A Time-scale Study of Kolkata” at International Conference of IIG & Ravenshaw University, Cutttack, Odisa, 26-28th December, 2017.
2017
“Peoples’ Participation and Management of Kolkata’s Public Space” at International Conference on Natural Resource Management for Sustainable Development and Rural Livelihoods, Organised by Dept. of Geography and Resource Management, Mizoram University, Aizawl, on 26-28 October, 2017.
2016
“Transition in City: Marginalised Dwelling Space of Kolkata’s Homeless”,at IDRC Sponsored International Conference on Development Induced Displacement and Migration, Land Acquisition and Displacement organised by CDS, Trivandrum, on 3-4 March, 2016.
2016
“Divided We Fall: The Conflict of Space”, at International Conference on Urbanisation and Regional Sustainability, at University of Calcutta, January-28-30, 2016.
2016
“Re-Organising Urban Space: Towards A Sustainable Neighbourhood Transition” at INSEE International Conference on Urbanisation and Environment, at IISc Bengalore, 4-6th January, 2016.
2015
“Urban Sprawl Across the Hierarchy: Case of Four Indian Cities” at “National Seminar on Application of Geospatial Technology for Sustainable Development, Held at Dept. of Geography, North Bengal University during February 13-14, 2015.
2015
“Envisioning the Core: The Future Smart Cities of India and the Challenges of the Homeless” – at Institute of Development Studies Kolkata with Collaboration of IIT Bombay on theme ‘Sustainable Urbanization in India: Challenges and Opportunities’ between January 15 and 16, 2015.
2014
“The Homeless and the Changing Urban Scenario: Evidences from Kolkata” at Regional Science conference, North-Eastern Hill University, November 2014.
Geopolitics of Information at a National Seminar, Bhairab Ganguly College, Belghoria, Kolkata, March, 2014.
2011
Development of Tribal People in West Bengal-A Review at Junior Scientists’ Meet, Netaji Institute of Asian Studies, 2011.
VIII. Participated in Workshop / Short Term Course
2020
Attended Workshop on Research Writing in Urban Studies at Annual Research on Cities Summit 4.0, 6 February, 2020. Organized by School of Human Settlements, Xavier’s University, Bhubaneswar, India.
2019
Workshop on “Issues and Challenges of Urban Sector in India,” at National Institute of Urban Affairs, July 8-13, 2019.
2018
Workshop on Understanding SPSS and its Applications in Research, at AKD Centre for Planning and Development, Visva-Bharati. From- 4-8 September, 2018.
2018
Workshop on ISRO Outreach Programme for Eastern Region by Regional Remote Sensing Centre (ISRO) and Dept. of Geography, CU on 27.04.2018.
2018
Capacity Building Programme for Faculty Members in Social Sciences (CB 2018) Sponsored by ICSSR at IIT Guwahati. From 7-18 March, 2018.
2017
Workshop on SAKSHYAM- IT Champion Training Programme by Microsoft at Dept. of Geog, CU. From 30.11.2017 to 01.12.2017.
2017
GIAN Course on Technology, Urban Space and Culture: Emerging Paradigms for the Global India at IIT Kharagpur. From 8-13 December, 2017.
2017
Workshop on Statistical Methods and Techniques of Spatial Analysis, at Women’s Cristian College, From 11-17July, 2017.
2017
UGC Sponsored Short Term Course on Regional Development and Planning at Dept. of Geog., CU. From 16th February to 22nd February, 2017.
2017
Course on RS & GIS Applications in Water Resource Management at Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (Outreach Programme at CU), on 22nd May to 9th June, 2017.
2012
Workshop on Human Development at Institute of Development Studies Kolkata, on 3-7th December, 2012.
IX. Research Experiences:
2023. Ph.D. in Geography, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, 2016-2023:
Thesis on “Managing Public Space for Sustainable Urban Transformation: Lessons from Kolkata.”
2017: Research Assistant, Department of Geography, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, July 2016-June 2017:
Worked on the project- “Ecological Sensitivity and Land Contestations: Understanding Access and Land Transactions in Indian Sundarbans.” funded by World Bank.
2014: M. Phil. in Development Studies, Institute of Development Studies Kolkata (University of Calcutta) India, 2012-2014:
Thesis on “Urban Shanties – Insecure Space, Insecure People” as part of the Development Studies program, with a specialization in Sociology.
X. Responsibilities Handled:
1. Centre-in-Charge at Dr. Ambedkar Centre of Excellence, Central University of Haryana, Mahendragarh.
2. Internal & External Examiner by the West Bengal State University & University of Calcutta for UG Examinations.
XI. Social & Community Services:
Campaign for climate change resilient society and development, Science popularizing to the school students, campaigns against plastic pollution, free coaching to the needy students.
XII. Key Skills:
ICT Based Teaching-Learning, Good knowledge of Microsoft Office, Statistical Packages like- SPSS, STATA. Analysing Spatial and Statistical Data, Strong (Writing and Speaking) in English Language, Analytical & Problem Solving, Excellent communication (verbal & written); Leadership in project management, Hardworking, Public Speaking.
XIII. Area Of Interests:
Human Geography, Research Methodology, Housing and Migration, Urban Studies, Public Policy of Sustainable Development; Critical Geopolitics;
XIV. Career Objectives And Goals:
Achieving academic excellence through rigorous research and teaching-learning process.
Dissemination of knowledge and creating rational attitude among the future generations for an informed and wise citizenry and decision making for the society.