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Department of ECONOMICS - Faculty profile :


Name : Dr. Atanu Thakur
Email : atanu.thakur@gmail.com
Contact Number : 8240218696
Department: ECONOMICS

M.Sc (Economics) Calcutta University
Ph. D from Calcutta University

i) Livelihoods and Sustainable development,
ii) Microfinance and Development
iii) Gender Economics
iv) Gender Studies

Principal Coordinator of a project titled Gender Empowerment: In Search of an Alternative Paradigm funded by University Grants Commission, New Delhi.

• Bursar, Vivekananda College from 1st February 2015 still now. Year of Experience: 09 Years
• Coordinator of IGNOU-Vivekananda College Convergence Scheme from 2009.
• Nodal Officer, RUSA
• Nodal Officer, NIRF
• Head of Admission Office, Vivekananda college
• Member, IQAC, Vivekananda College, Thakurpukur

Associate Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, Vivekananda College, an undergraduate college under Calcutta University, since 1999. Total years of Experience: 25 Years

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1. Scaling SRI– Integrated Triad Services Holds The Key To Success—A paper jointly authored with Mr. Nabarun Sengupta, Senior faculty, The Livelihood School, Hyderabad was presented in the Technical Session at Third National Symposium on SRI held at Coimbatore, Kerala on 1-3 December 2008. An executive summary was also published in the Symposium proceeding.

Peer Reviewed Journal Articles

1. Making and Unmaking of (In)formal Sector—A paper co-authored with Dr. Anjan Chakrabarty, Department of Economics, Calcutta University published in Critical Sociology 2010, Vol. 36, No 3, PP 415-435. Sage Publication.
2. A Case Study of Weaving Intervention in Thenzawl, Mizoram (Case Study No. 4) and National Agricultural Innovation Project (NAIP) in North-East India (Case Study No. 5) published in CESS Monograph 17 and RULNR Monograph-5 titled Identification of Livelihood Opportunities and Challenges of Forest Dwellers in Upland Areas of North Eastern States of India published by Centre for Economic and Social Studies, Hyderabad. May 2011.

3. ILO and its discourse around Informal Sector , bodhi artham, Vol. 1, No. 1; 2007, Kolkata.
4. Bidhir Bandhan Katbe Tumi, Tumi Ki Emon Saktiman (in vernacular), Tepantar, Vol 4, July 2006, Kolkata.
5. A Post-Modernist Enquiry into Women’s Workforce Participation published in The Indian Journal of Labour Economics, Vol. 42,No.4, 1999.

Chapters in Books

1. Experimenting Method of Intensification in Paddy—Hopes Belied—A paper co-authored with Mr. Nabarun Sengupta, Senior faculty, The Livelihood School, Hyderabad, published in Agriculture based Livelihood Promotion, published by The Livelihood School, Hyderabad.

Faculty and their profile:

Dr. Atanu Thakur
Associate Professor
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Dr. Pampa SenGupta
Associate Professor
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Pawan Subba
Assistant Professor
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