- Research Specialization Area – Sociology of Ageing
- Title of PhD thesis : The Pensioners in Calcutta – A Gerontological Study
- Areas of Research Interest : Productive Ageing, Gerontechnology, Rights of the elderly and Regulatory Mandates, Dynamics of Population Ageing, Care Giving and Advocacy.·
- Publications of Books/Articles :-
(1) Editor of the Journal Ageing and Society – The Indian Journal of Gerontology
(2) Life in Twilight Years Published by Kwality Book Company 1997
(3) Jara Bigyan-O-Samaj (Bengali), published by Calcutta Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology, 1999
(4) Present Times and Modernity – Some reflections of the senior celebrities, published by Calcutta Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology, 2000
| Title |
Journal/Book |
Vol/year/page |
Publisher |
| Reaction with Free Time- A study on Calcutta Pensioners |
Ageing & Society : The Indian Journal of Gerontology |
Vol. I, No. I
Oct.-Dec.1991 |
CMIG
Sponsored by DST |
| Adjustment after Retirement |
CHALLENGES BEFORE THE ELDERLY – An Indian Scenario
Ed by S. Vijaya Kumar |
1995 |
M.D. Publication Pvt. Ltd., N.D. |
| Computers and the Elderly |
SPECULATIONS IN SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY An International Journal For innovation and creativity |
Vol.19,No.1
March 1996
pp-73-78 |
Chapman & Hall,
NewYork |
| A Contemporary study of the Aged Widow in an Urban Metropolis |
Ageing & Society : The Indian Journal of Gerontology |
Vol. VI, No.III & IV
July-Sep. & Oct.-Dec.1996 |
CMIG
Sponsored by DST |
| Television and the Elderly – Indian Scenario |
AGING
Indian Perspective and Global Scenario
Ed. By. Dr. Vinod Kumar |
1996
pp-235-237 |
All India Institute of Medical Science, N.D. |
| Ageing : Concepts in Indian Thoughts and the Present Scenario |
SCIENCE & CULTURE |
Vol.64, Nos. 9-10
Sep.-Oct.1998
pp-195-200 |
Indian Science News Association |
| Computer usage and acceptability in the elderly |
SOCIAL CHANGE |
Vol.29, Nos. 1 & 2
Mar.-June1999
pp-202-206 |
Council for Social Development, Sangha Rachana, Lodi Estate, N.D. |
| Adoration of Life in the Twilight Years |
PRABUDDHA BHARATA
A Monthly Journal of the Ramakrishna Order |
Jan. 2002,
pp-94-96 |
Advaita Ashrama
Entaly Road, Kolkata |
| Productive Ageing : An Empirical assessment of the views of Senior Citizens |
Handbook of Social Gerontology
Ed by P.V. Ramamurti & D. Jamuna |
2004
pp.399-413 |
Serials Publications |
| Critical Issues in Gerontology Vol.-I |
Special Issue ‘Ageing & Society’
Ed by P.V. Ramamurti |
Vol.XVI, No.I & II, Jan.-March & April –June,2006 |
CMIG |
| Health and Population Ageing |
Population Ageing & Development in India
Ed by Kapoor & Dak |
2008
pp. 59-65 |
Institute of Social Development
Udaipur, Rajasthan |
| Aged in the North-East Region of India at the Dawn of Information Age |
‘Ageism : Problems and Prospects’
Ed by Ramesh Sharma & C. Joshua Thomas |
2010
pp. 119 -134 |
Akansha Publishing
New Delhi-110002 |
| The Plight of Older Widows: Some Observations |
Older Women in India Ed. By P.K.B Nayar |
2013
pp.222 – 236 |
The Women Press, Delhi-110052 |
| Sleep Lab Trials with Elderly |
Ageing & Society. The Indian Journal of Gerontology, Vol. XXIII No. I &II |
Jan- March,2013 |
Calcutta Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology (CMIG). Sponsored by DST |
| Contributor in Building Knowledge base for elderly in West Bengal(UNFPA) |
UNFPA Report |
2014 |
UNFPA |
Research Projects carried out :
| The Aged in Calcutta :
A Gerontological Study |
1995-96 |
Ministry of Social Welfare
Government of India, N.Delhi |
| The Aged in Slums : A Document base
Gerontological Study |
1996-97 |
The Peerless General Finance &
Investment Company Limited |
| A Study Aimed at Utilising the Potentials of the Senior Citizens for the benefit of the Society |
1997-98 |
Help Age India |
| Ageing & Disability : A Gerontological Study |
2007 |
CMIG
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Dynamics of Elder Care in Urban and Rural Milieu
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2011-2013 |
ICSSR, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Govt. of India |
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