Research Activities

Information About The Ph.D. Degrees Obtained By Members Of The Teaching Staff

S.No.	Name of the Teacher	Subject	Title	Area of Work	Year of Award
1.	Dr. Anis Fatima	Botany	Anatomical Investigation In The Tribe Epidendreae (Orchidaceae) Of J. D. Hooker With Special Reference To An Evaluation Of Inter-Relationship Of Taxa And Developmental Morphology Of Stem.	Anatomy	1984
2.	Dr. Milindo Chakaroborty	Economics	The Political Economy Of Rural Development And Social Justice	Rural Development	1992
3.	Dr. Rupa Bhowmick	Chemistry	Transition Metal-Ion Mediated Hydroxylation Reactions		1994
4.	Dr. Navin Pradhan	Physics	Study Of Physical Proprieties Of Liquid Crystal	Liquid Crystal	1999
5.	Dr. Amitabha Bhattacharya	Physics	Studies Of The Phase Transitions And Molecular Conformations Of Langmuir Monolayers Of Liquid Crystals	Soft Condensed Matter Physics	1999
6.	Dr. Anuradha Pradhan	Zoology	Activated Natural Killer Cell Mediated Cytotoxicity Against Fibrosarcoma Cells In Mouse	Tumour Immunology	1999
7.	Dr. Radha Sharma	Nepali	Rupnarayan Sinhaka Katha Ra Upanayas Ko Samajshstriya Adhyan ( A Sociological Study Of Rupnarayan Sinha’s Stories And Novels)	Sociological Study Of Literature	2000
8.	Fr. Dr. P. J. Victor SJ	Chemistry	Studies Of Salvation Phenomena Of Ions And Ion-Pairs Of Alkali And Tetraalkylammonium Salts In Low Permittivity Solvents	Solution Chemistry	2001
9.	Dr. Ranjan Sharma	Physics	A Model For A Class Of Compact Stars	Relativity And Astro Particle Physics	2002
10.	Dr. Devika Lama	History	Changing Identity Of Women Of Darjeeling Hills – A Case Study In Social , Economic, Political And Cultural Changes 1835- 1985	Gender Studies	2005
11.	Dr. Roddur De	Sociology	The Representation Of Masculinity Of Popular Cinema : A Study Of Select Hindi Films	Cultural Studies, Gender Studies, Social Psychology And Film Studies	2005
12.	Dr. Dorjay Lama	Botany	Taxonomy Distribution And Ecology Of Acer Spp. Of The Darjeeling And Sikkim Himalayas	Plant Taxonomy And Ecology	2005
13.	Fr. Dr. K. L. George SJ	English	The Sacred And The Secular : A Critique Of Religion In The Plays Of Girish Karnad	Indian Writing In English	2006
14.	Dr. Rita Ghosh	English	Re-Reading The English Language Curriculum : A Critical Pedagogy Perspective	Curriculum	2006
15.	Dr. Upakar Rai	Botany	Characterisation Of Plant Biodiversity In Darjeeling Hills Using Remote Sensing Technique	Landscape Ecology	2006
16.	Dr. Samir Bal	Commerce	The Conflicts And Their Resolutions : A Study Of Tea Gardens In Darjeeling, Dooars And Terai Areas In West Bengal	Organizational Behaviour	2006
17.	Dr. Salil Kr. Mukerjee	Commerce	Financial Liberalisation In India: Issues, Options And Development Implications	Finance	2006

Complied by Research Cell of the College in February 2008.

CREATE:

Introduction:

Center For Studies in Rural Economy, Appropriate Technology and Environment, CREATE in short was created in October 1999 by the governing body of St. Joseph's College, Darjeeling to operate as a full-fledged research unit of the college, keeping in mind the emphasis of Jesuit educational philosophy on the 4 Cs namely:

Commitment, Compassion, Competence, Conscientiousness

CREATE was conceived to narrow the gap between 'academic' exercises carried out as per the curriculum prescribed by the universities and the dark 'ground realities'. its vision involves 'protecting the communities and their environments' from the number of threats staring at them.

CREATE began its journey with a MoU signed in the workshop in political theory and policy analysis, with Indiana University, Bloomington, USA, in November 1999 to join the International Forestry Resources and Institutions (IFRI) Research Program. the program is run through participation of around 15 collaborating research centers spread all over the world.

Activities:

Study undertaken by CREATE in 2001-02 to investigate the marketing prospects of handloom and handicraft products from the eight states of North-East India under the sponsorship of NEDfi, Guwahati and coordinated by the Confederation of Indian Industries (CII), New Delhi.
CREATE also got involved in carrying out a social cost benefit analysis of public-private partnership in re-greening of degraded revenue, private and forest land. It has been assigned the role of the principal investigator to work with a team of experts from the University of South California, Los Angeles, USA, Indian Institute of Management -Ahmedabad, Indian Institute of Forest Management- Bhopal and IFRI, Indiana University-Bloomington, USA.
CREATE's vision of protecting the communities and their environment received a shot in the arm with it's recognition by the Planning Commission, Government of India, to become a part of its evaluation exercises. Programme Evaluation Organization (PEO) of the Planning Commission undertakes periodic evaluation of different development projects funded by both the Union and Central Government. PEO has identified CREATE to shoulder some responsibility of evaluating the Decentralised Training Programme for handloom weavers currently being operated by the Ministry of Textiles, Government of India. During the present phase of responsibility CREATE team will collect information on the financing of this programme in 60 weavers' societies spread over the states of West Bengal, Sikkim, Manipur and Meghalaya. A team of officials from PEO, led by Dr.S.P.Pal, Advisor, Planning Commission visited CREATE during 27th August - 1stSeptember 2003 to impart training to the field investigators.