Department of History12:59 PM 3/1/2008

Faculty of Social Sciences
Banaras Hindu University,Varanasi-221005

Department of History

 
 

Name

Designation

Educational Qulification

Experience

Area Of Interest

Research and Project

Dr. Anand Shankar Singh

 

Professor

 

            M.A. ,Ph.D

 

31 years

 

Indian National Movement, Agrarian & Social History

Growth of Political Awakening in U.P.(1858-1900)

Dr. Aruna Sinha

 

Professor

 

Ph.D

 

29 years

 

Modern Indian History

 

Colonialism & Neo-Colonialism

 

Dr. Lakshman Rai

 

  Professor

 

Ph.D

 

35 years

Ancient Indian History

 

Ancient Indian Social History

 

Dr.Usha Rani Bansal Professor M.A., Ph.D.   33yrs Medieval & Modern India Books & Projects:

1.Social Welfare Activities of Govt. of India
2.U.P. Under Provincial Autonomy 1937-39
Text Books Published:

1. Mughal Kalin Sarkar & Prashasanik Sanrachna
2.State & Govt. in Medieval India
Project:

Indian Since Independence 

Dr. Sumitra Gupta

 

Professor

 

Ph.D. in History

 

37 years

 

Modern Indian History ( History of Indian Freedom  Movement

Research guidance- Social History
 Of Modern History Indian National Movement   British conservative
Party&IndianIndependence  
 Arya Samaj- Social Religions and 
Political reforms

Dr.  Rajendra Pratap  Singh

 

Reader

 

Ph.D

 

29 years

 

Medieval Indian History

Sixteenth Century Uttar Pradesh

Dr. Binda Paranjape

 

Reader

 

Ph.D

22 years

 

Ancient Indian History

 

Cultural History of Kokan Based on the Inscriptions of  Shilaharas

Dr. Ajay Pratap

  Reader

 

M. Phil & Ph.D

 

4 years

 

Specialised on ethnoarchaeology and ethnohistory of   Rajmahal Hills, ancient Indian History

Proposed\–  Applied for two projects origin of Rationalistic Thinking in Ancient India Rock – Art of Mirzapur and Sonbhadra, Uttarpradesh Completed – A microwear analysis of some artifacts of the Bihar Neolithic(2002-04)

Dr. Keshav Mishra

 

  Reader

 

M. Phil, Ph.D

 

12 years

Modern History of India, Modern History of China and  International Relations

Research & projects  completed – China`s Regional Diplomacy at IDSA, New    Delhi (2001-03)

Dr. Malabika  Pande

 

Reader

 

Ph.D

 

9 years

 

Modern History of India, Gandhian Studies and  Womens Studies

Issues and theory of Social Change in the  writings of  M.K.Gandhi-1901 -1939, Literary and cultural History of Allahabad, Education and Political Mobilization of women   in the United Provinces (1916-1942),   Relating to social and cultural development of  India in the Modern Period.

Ranjana Sheel  

  Reader

 

Ph.D

 

1 years

 

Gender studies ,Japanese History, diaspora Studies

Political Economy of dowry institutionalization &    Expansions in North India

Rakesh pandey

 

   Selection Grade Lecturer

 

M.A. (Modern History)

 

24 years

 

Modern Economic History of India, Freedom  Movement of India,Contemporary World – History of  India after Independence

Research & projects   Proposed to UGC–  Religious Sensibilities and mentalities in the Region  Varanasi,1857-1885

Dr. Ghan Shyam

   Sr. Lecturer

 

Ph.D  

10 years  

Southeast Asian Studies, Indian Diaspora

Student Movement  and Diaspora Studies

Dr. Mamta Bhatnagar

 

Lecturer

 

Ph.D in History, Advanced Diploma in French

4 years

 

Medieval & Modern Indian History

 

“ the Socio-Economic History of avadh(1801-1857)

Dr. A Gangatharan

Lecturer

 

Ph.D

 

4 years

 

Cultural and Intellectual History

  Modern Indian History  

Dr. Malvika Ranjan

 

Lecturer

 

Ph.D

 

6 years

 

Agrarian & Social, Political History of Medieval India, Historiography in Medieval India, Indian National                       Movement

  Morley & Indian Affairs

Dr. Anuradha  Singh

 

Lecturer

 

Ph.D 

 

1 years

 

Ancient Indian History

 

nil

Dr. Tabir Kalam

 

Lecturer

 

Ph.D (Medieval History)

1 years

 

Medieval Indian History, social, Religious and Cultural  History

Aspects of Religious Tradition and Culture in  Eighteenth Century Northern India

 

Dhrub Kumar Singh

 

Lecturer

 

M.A.

 

1 years

 

History of Medicine & Public Health; Science –Society Relationship in Modern India.

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Dr. Rajeev Kumar Srivastava

 

  Lecturer

 

Ph.D (Medieval History)

 

1 years

 

 

Medieval Indian History

 

Social And Cultural Life in Nirgun Saint Poetry of     Medieval Hindi