Designation: Assistant Professor Stage III
Department: Sociology
Qualification: M.A Sociology (Gold Medalist) CU. 2002; Ph.D. Sociology 2012. Jadavpur University. N.E.T J.R.F in Sociology in2002. S.L.E.T Sociology 2003.
E-mail: debasrabachattopadhyay@gmail.com
Area of specialization: Sociology of Technology, Sociology of Gender, Sociological Theory, Methodology and Social Statistics, and Sociology of Crime and Deviance
Teaching experience: Sociology of Science and Technology; Sociology of Gender; Feminist Sociology; Sociological Theory; Social Problems in India.
Research publication:
‘The Use and Domestication of Computers by Women in the Private Sphere’ – Exploring the Gender Technology Relation’ in Trivium A Multidisciplinary Journal of Humanities of Chandernagore College Vol 6, No. 1, Issue 10, March 2022. pp 108-122. (Peer reviewed) .
Breaking the Myth of Technology Saving Labour and Time—A Sociological Study in the Households of Kolkata. In Journal of the Department of Sociology, University of Calcutta. 2016. Pp 11-28. (Peer reviewed) ISSN 2395-2032.
Book Review of Recent Studies on Indian Women: Empirical Work of Social Scientists, Jaipur: Rawat Publications, 2007, 462pp, ISBN 81-316-0049-1, in Jadavpur University Journal of Sociology (no.6 2008), pp.214-216. ISSN 0976-5212.
Book Review Judy Wajcman. Techno Feminism. Polity Press: 2004 in Journal of the Department of Sociology, University of Calcutta, Vol 1, New Series, 2007. (Peer reviewed).
Edited Book
Feminist Thinkers in India, eds. Chandrabali Dutta, Debasraba Chattopadhyay and Saheli Chowdhury (Avenel Press, 2023).
Book Chapters
“Kamla Bhasin- A Feminist Par Excellence” by Debasraba Chattopadhyay in Feminist Thinkers in India, eds. Chandrabali Dutta, Debasraba Chattopadhyay and Saheli Chowdhury (Avenel Press, 2023), pp.141-165. ISBN 978-93-94744-71-4.
“Introduction- Looking Up with Reverence” by Debasraba Chattopadhyay along with Chandrabali Dutta and Saheli Chowdhury in Feminist Thinkers in India, eds. Chandrabali Dutta, Debasraba Chattopadhyay and Saheli Chowdhury (Avenel Press, 2023), pp.9-18. ISBN 978-93-94744-71-4.
Member of Editorial Board of Trivium A Multidisciplinary Journal of Humanities of Chandernagore College. E-ISSN: 2583-0120; ISSN: 2583-0422
Papers presented in seminars/ conferences
1. “IT Policies in India A Sociological Assessment”, at the 29th All India Sociological Conference in Research Committee 21, in December 2003, organized by Indian Sociological Society in Udaipur, Rajasthan.
2. “The Information Society in India: A Marginalized Theme in Indian Sociology” at the 30th All India Sociological Conference, in Research Committee 21 in December 2004, organized by Indian Sociological Society in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh.
3. “Women ICTs and Sustainable Development” at the National Seminar on Sustainable Development: Approaches and Experiences, sponsored by UGC-SAP-DRS-PHASE-I, organized by Department of Sociology, Shivaji University Kolhapur, Maharashtra, in March 2005.
4. “In Search of Apposite and Prolific Sociological Imagination: A Critical Appraisal of Sociology Syllabi in West Bengal Universities” at the 31st All India Sociological Conference in Research Committee 21, organized by Department of Sociology University of Jammu, Jammu, in October 2005 under the auspices of Indian Sociological Society.
5. “Women ICTs & Globalization: The Question of Sustainable Development” in Research Committee 13, at the 32nd All India Sociological Conference organized by Department of Sociology University of Madras & Loyola College in December 2006, under the auspices of Indian Sociological Society.
6. “The Missing Questions in Feminist Research in India: Theoretical Marginalization” in Research Committee 21, at the 32nd All India Sociological Conference organized by Department of Sociology University of Madras & Loyola College, in December 2006, under the auspices of Indian Sociological Society.
7. “The Gendered Consumption of Technology at Home: A Sociological Study from the Perspective of Feminist Theories of Technology and Stratification” in Research Committee 13 at the 33rd All India Sociological Conference of Indian Sociological Society, jointly organized by Karnataka University and Karnataka Sociology Association, held at Pavate Nagar, Dharwad, Karnataka from 29th November 2007 to 1st December 2007.
8. “Domestic Technologies and Gendered Notion of the Private: A Sociological Study in the Households of Kolkata” in Research Committee 13 at the 34th All India Sociological Conference of Indian Sociological Society, organized by University of Rajasthan, Jaipur from 27th December2008 to 29th December 2008.
9. “Gendered Consumption of Technology and Formation of Status Groups in the Private Sphere” in Research Committee 13 at the 35th All India Sociological Conference of Indian Sociological Society, organized by University of Kashmir, Department of Sociology and Social Work between October 10 and 12, 2009.
10. “Women & Computers: Exploring How Women Use and Relate to Computers in the Domestic Sphere” in Research Committee 13 at the 40th All India Sociological Conference of Indian Sociological Society held at Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapith, Varanasi, UP, from 29 November to 1 December, 2014
11. “Is Technology Labour Saving? Exploring the Gender-Technology Debate in the Households of Kolkata” in Research Committee 13 at the 42nd All India Sociological Conference of Indian Sociological Society held at Tezpur University, Assam, from December 27-30, 2016.
12. “Representing India Through the Eyes of Marx—A Critical Look into The Concept of ‘Asiatic Mode of Production” in the ICSSR-Sponsored International Conference. ‘De/siring India: Representations through British and French Eyes (1584-1857) organized by Dept. of English, Chandernagore College, Hooghly in Collaboration with Institut de Chandrenagor in January 2016.
Invited Lectures.
1. “Sociology and Its French Connection in the Dept. of French, Chandernagore College on 17.03.2017
2. “Concept of Social Geography: A sociological perspective” in the Post Graduate Department of Geography Chandernagore College on 21.04.2017.
Google scholar id link https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=tnmOlXcAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao
Research gate id Link https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Debasraba-Chattopadhyay
Awards and recognitions (if any) Gold Medalist in M.A Sociology from University of Calcutta in 2002.
Member of Academic Bodies/Institutions
1. Life member of Indian Sociological Society. Life membership no. is LMI 2334
2. Life member of Indian Association for Women’s Studies (IAWS). Membership No. 28-L-0073.
