Dr. Proggya Ghatak (HOD)

Designation: Assistant Professor

Department: Anthropology

Qualification: M.Sc., Ph.D. (Calcutta University)

Area of Specialization: Social- Cultural Anthropology

E-mail: proggyaghatak@gmail.com

 

Teaching experience:

Working as Assistant Professor of Anthropology in WBES for 11years

Working as Assistant Professor of Anthropology in national Institute of Social Work and social Science (NISWASS), Bhubaneswar for 5years.

Research interest:

Colonial Anthropology, Indigenous and Adivasi Studies, Folklore& Myth, Social Policy, Ethnography, and Research Methodologies.

Research Publication:

2026

1. Ghatak, Proggya (2026). Scheduled Castes. Dalit Studies. Routledge Pp: 377-381.

 

2024

1. Ghatak, Proggya (2024). Women, Sacred Ecology& Indigenous Knowledge: An Ethnographic Study Among the Savara of West Bengal, Bengal Journal of Social Science and Development, Volume No. 3 Issue, ISSN. 2583-3413.
2. Ghatak, Proggya (2024). Social Position of Women in Buddhist Discourse. Journal of Social Exclusion Vol. 14, No. 1, ISSN. 2231-4547.
3. Ghatak, Proggya (2024). The Social Context of Caste Discourse in Bengal. Juni Khayat. Vol.14, Issue-4, Num:03. ISSN. 2278-4632 (UGC- CARE LIST I).
4. Ghatak, Proggya (2024). Role of Savara Women in Preserving Indigenous Knowledge and Sacred Ecology: An Ethnographic Study. MuktSabd Journal, Volume XIII, Issue IV, APRIL/2024.
   P: 1330-1342. ISSN. 2347-3150 (UGC-CARE LIST I).
5. Ghatak, Proggya (2024). On the construction of gender and Indigenous knowledge: An ethnographic study among the Savara of West Bengal. Humanities and Social Science Studies, Vol. 12(1). ISSN. 2319-829X (UGC CARE LIST I).

 

2023

1. Ghatak, Proggya (2023). Myth and Legends of Goddess Sitala In Bengal: Symbolizing the Invisible, IJRAR, Volume 10, Issue 4. ISSN No. 2349-5138.

 

Previous Papers

1. Ghatak, Proggya (2017). Narrative Scroll of Goddess Sitala: Sacred Ritual into Professional Performance, Manabjamin, Higher Education Department, Government of West Bengal, ISBN No; 978-81-924388-4-9.
2. Ghatak, Proggya (2014). Book Review of Against the Madness of Manu: B. R. Ambedkar’s writings by Sharmila Rege, The Fourth World, Vol-XXXI&II, ISSN-0971-6653, pp-118-119.
3. Ghatak, Proggya (2014). Indigenous Knowledge and Bio cultural Conservation: A case of Savara-Lodha From West Bengal. Man In India, 94 (4): pp-619-629.
4. Ghatak, Proggya (2013). Reorienting Tribal Education: A Case Study on Ekalavya Model Residential School, Jhargram, West Bengal. Journal of Knowledge. ISSN 2321-791X. Vol 1 (2), pp: 58-64.
5. Ghatak, Proggya (2013). Sitala Worship: The Continuing Story of Vulnerability, Protection and Fortune in the Social Fabric of the Savaras of West Bengal. Asian Man (The)-An International Journal. ISSN 0974-6366. Vol. 7 (1 &2), pp: 154-159
6. Ghatak, Proggya (2013). Changing Livelihood Pattern of Savara and Lodha of West Bengal. Journal of the Indian Anthropological Society. ISSN.0019-4387. Vol. 48 (2), pp: 177-189.
7. Ghatak, Proggya (2013). Continuity and Development in the Folk Tradition of Savaras of West Bengal: A Case Study of Sitala Worship, Indian Journal of Comparative Literature and Translation Studies. ISSN.2321-8274, Vol-1. PP: 122- 129.
8. Ghatak, Proggya (2013). The Sitala Saga: a case of cultural integration in the folk tradition of west Bengal, Rupkatha: Journal on Interdisciplinary research on humanities. ISSN 0975-2935, vol-V. No.2.
9. Ghatak, Proggya (2013). Stigmatized Identity and Social Exclusion: A Case Study on Lodhas of West Bengal, Social Action, ISSN 0037-7627. Vol.63. No.2: Pp- 145-154.
10. Ghatak, Proggya (2012). Women, Resistance, Development and Law: A Case Study on the Lodhas of West Bengal”, Indian Journal for social studies and humanities.” ISSN. 2249-7458 Vol. 1 No. 3.
11. Ghatak, Proggya (2011). Urban Scenario and problem: A demographic Study from Kolkata, Nagorlok, vol-43(2), p-77-87, 2011.
12. Ghatak, Proggya (2011). Societal status of Dalit women in India, Women’s link” Vol- XVII, N-3, P: 20-24. ISSN-2229- 6409
13. Ghatak, Proggya (2011). Continuum study of Savara Tribe: A review of Bengali Literature, International Journal of Bengal Studies, Vol-1, p-118-121. 2011.
14. Ghatak, Proggya (2010). Development of Mass Media and its Extention in Agriculture: A feedback review of Audience Research survey, AIR Murshidabad, West Bengal, Global Media Journal, ISSN-2249-5835.
15. Ghatak, Proggya (2010). Forest Rights Act in India: Evolution and implications, Fourth world, Vol- XXVIX, 2009, ISSN-0971-6653
16. Ghatak, Proggya. (2010). Problems of Tribal Identity: A case study of Savara and Lodha Tribes of West Bengal, Fourth World, XXVIII, Niswass, Bhubaneswar, ISSN-0971-6653.

Google scholar id link
Scholar.google.com/citations?userF2JUmGwAAAAJ&hl=en

Research gate id Link
www.researchgate.net/profile/Proggya-Ghatak

Orchid ID:
Proggya Ghatak (0000-0003-3215-4277) – My ORCID

Awards and recognitions (if any)
Received Minor Research Grant from ICSSR in 2022on Tribal Studies.