UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA

FACULTY ACADEMIC PROFILE/ CV

Full name of the faculty member: DR SUTAPA SINHA

Designation: ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR

Specialisation : Medieval History and Archaeology including architecture, Numismatic and

Epigraphy

Contact information :

15/2/4, Jheel Road , Flat N2, 1st Floor, Sweetland, Kolkata - 700075

Academic qualifications:

College/ university from which the

degree was obtained

Abbreviation of the degree

Barisha Vivekananda College for

Women, University of Calcutta

BSc ( Geography Hons)

Department of Archaeology,

University of Calcutta, Calcutta.

MSc in Archaeology

Department of History, Visva Bharati,

Santiniketan, Birbhum, West Bengal

PhD in History

Positions held/ holding:

Associate Professor and Convenor of the PhD Committee, former Head of the Department and Senate

Member(2011-13); UGC nominated member of Women’s College Hostel (2011-13)

Research interests:

A. Teaching:

Delhi Sultanate; b. Bengal Sultanate; c. Sufism in India; d. Indo-Islamic architecture.B. Research:

Medieval Archaeology with emphasis on surface survey and field study

Study of Coin Hoards of the Bengal Sultans with emphasis on Islamic coins of Bengal and other

provincial sultans including Delhi

Architecture of Sultanate Bengal and comparative study of contemporary Indo-Islamic architecturein India.

Research guidance : (No M Phil course run by the Department)

Number of researchers awarded M.Phil/ Ph.D degrees : …None……………………

Number of researchers pursuing M.Phil/ Ph.D : 4 (Four), 2 researchers are yet to register

but enrolled

Projects:

Completed projects: Conducted preliminary survey at Agra, Fatehpur Sikri, Gwalior, Gaur, Pandua, Old Malda, Jaunpur, Sasaram, Maner, Golkonda, Bidar, Gulbarga, Burhanpur, Aseergarh, Mandu and Dhar between 2010 and 2013.

Current projects : Carrying out independent research on a comparative study of Indo-Islamic architectural style between Eastern India, Central India, North India and Deccan partly funded by research grant of the Univeristy.

Select list of publications:

a) Journals:

b) Books/ book chapters:

c) Conference/ seminar volumes:

d)Other publications:

Membership of Learned Societies:

Invited lectures delivered :

Awards:

2016. Awarded Travel Grant and Small Study Research Grant in UK by Nehru Trust for Indian

Collections in the .

2016. Awarded Neil Creitman Research Grant and Nicholas Lowick Research Grant by Royal

Numismatic Society, London for the year 2016-2017.

Other notable activities:

Bangladesh,

2013:Special lecture “An overview of the archaeological works done at Gaur”, INTERNATIONAL

CONFERENCE on TOWARDS AN ARCHAEOLOGY OF GAUDA, Institut de Chandernagore with

support of Ambassade de France in Inde and Indian Museum, Kolkata, 18 February.

M.A. class lecture for a special paper, Barasat State University, Barasat,

West Bengal.