Dr. Sinjini Roy

Designation: Assistant Professor

Department: Sociology

Qualification: M. A. (J. N. U.), Ph. D. (N. B. U.)

Area of Specialization: Family studies, Relationships, Social Gerontology

E-mail: roy.sinjini@gmail.com

 

Publications

1. ‘Isolation and Loneliness among the Aged in the Urban Middleclass Families’2010, in Journal of Indian Anthropological Society (refereed International Journal, ISSN: 0019-4.
2. ‘Changing Family Relations in an Urban Setting’ 2014, in Journal of Indian Anthropological Society (refereed International Journal, ISSN: 0019-4387), Vol.49, PP. 99-129.
3. ‘Fieldwork as Sociation: Some Methodological Issues’ 2014, in Journal of Indian Anthropological Society, (refereed International Journal, ISSN:0019-4387 ) Vol.49, PP: 435-455.
4. ‘Why the Middleclass Aged Choose to Move from Family to Old Age homes?’ in Tribal Tribune (an E Journal), Vol. 7, Issue.4, ISSN: 2249-3433.
5. ‘Life of the Middleclass Aged in Old Age Homes’, 2015, in The Indian Journal of Anthropology , (A peer reviewed International Journal), Vol. 3, No.2, PP. 119-146.
6. ‘Dispersal of Members and its Impact on the life of the Aged in Urban Middleclass Families’ 2015, in The Indian Journal of Anthropology ,( A Peer Reviewed International Journal) Vol.3, No. 1, PP. 53-72.
7. ‘Changing Social Relations in a Metropolis: The Perception of the Middleclass Aged’,2016, in Social Trends: Journal of the Department of North Bengal University, Vol.3, No.1, PP: 86-104
8. ‘একটি বৃদ্ধাশ্রমে আবাসিকদের দৈনন্দিন জীবন ও কিছু প্রশ্ন’ , সেপ্টেম্বর, ২০১৭, শূন্য পত্রিকা, কলকাতা.
9. ‘Vulnerability of the Aged and their Rights’, Social Trends: The Journal of the Department of Sociology of North Bengal University, Vol. 4, March 2017 (UGC approved journal, ISSN 2348-6538), pp. 113-145.

Paper Presentation

1. Paper presented in Omeo Kumar Das Institute of Social Change and Development, Guwahati on January, 2013.
2. Presented paper on ‘The Aged in India and their crisis in the making’ in 5th Annual Conference of the Sociological Association of West Bengal (12-13 March, 2013) at North Bengal University, sponsored by Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR).
3. Presented paper titled ‘Dispersal in the Urban Middleclass Families and its Impact on Family Relations: The Views of the Aged in Kolkata’ in Indian Anthropological Congress organized by Indian National Confederation and Academy of Anthropologists (INCAA) , from 21st to 23rd February, 2015, Bhubaneswar, Odisha.
4. Presented paper on ‘Movement from Family to Old Age Homes: Exploration of an Aspect of the Life of the Aged Urban Middleclass People in Kolkata’ in 45th Annual Conference of the Indian Anthropological Society, 23rd– 25th May, 2015, Kolkata.
5. Presented paper titled ‘Life of the Middleclass Aged in a Metropolis’ in one day Research Scholar’s Workshop held at Salesian College Siliguri Campus on 29th August 2015.
6. Presented paper on ‘Changing Social Relations in an Urban Setting: A Study of Salt Lake , Kolkata’ in 41st All Indian Sociological conference of Indian Sociological Society at Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences (KISS) , KIIT University Bhubaneswar Odisha from 27th -29th December, 2015.
7. Presented paper on ‘Life of the Middleclass Aged in Old Age Homes in Kolkata’ in 1st International Gerontology Conference , organized by Centre for Interdisciplinary Research on Ageing and Gerontology (CIRAG) , The University of Burdwan, in collaboration with Swansea University, Swansea, Wales, UK and Bankura University, Bankura, West Bengal, India on 23rd-24th January, 2016.
8. Presented paper on ‘Importance of Family Relations in the Everyday Life of the Urban Middleclass Aged’ in 42nd All Indian Sociological conference of Indian Sociological Society at Tezpur University, Assam (Research committee titled Sociology of Everyday Life) from 27th to 30th December 2016.
9. Presented paper on ‘Changing Life of the Aged in Metropolitan Kolkata’ in 42nd All Indian Sociological conference of Indian Sociological Society at Tezpur University, Assam (research committee titled Sociology of aging) from 27th to 30th December 2016.
10. Presented paper on ‘Importance of Family Relations in the Life of the Middleclass Aged Living in Old-Age Homes in Kolkata’ in Indian Anthropology Congress organized by the Department of Anthropology, Vidyasagar University, Midnapore under the aegis of Indian National Confederation and Academy of Anthropologists (INCAA) from 21st to 23rd February, 2017.

Achievements / Awards

1. UGC Sponsored Post Graduate Indira Gandhi Scholarship from 2011 to 2012.
2. UGC Sponsored Swami Vivekanand Doctoral Fellowship in 2015.

Professional Membership

1. Life Member of Indian Sociological Society (ISS)
2. Member of West Bengal Sociological Association