Gourav Lama

Assistant Professor

I am currently pursuing a Ph.D. in the Department of Buddhist Studies at the University of Calcutta, focusing on Buddhist–Saiva interactions in early medieval India.

BA History, Presidency College, University of Calcutta (CU), 2012

MA History, Department of History, University of Calcutta (CU), 2014

MPhil Modern History, Centre for Historical Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), 2017)

Qualified the State Eligibility Test (SET) in 2014 and the National Eligibility Test (NET) in 2015. 

In 2017, was selected as an Assistant Professor of History by the West Bengal College Service Commission and taught in a substantive post at Rani Birla Girls' College, Kolkata.

In 2018,  joined Presidency University, Kolkata. 

I teach courses on the Ancient World and have also had the opportunity to explore the History of Everyday Life with my students. Over the past year, I’ve been teaching this course to undergraduate first-year students. I teach Political Processes and Social Order in Ancient India as part of the postgraduate curriculum, delving into the complexities of governance, power dynamics, and societal structures in ancient times.

I have had the privilege of supervising students at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. I always encourage them to take ownership of their learning and emphasize the importance of engaging deeply with primary sources. 

PUBLICATIONS:

Lama G, ‘Gandhiji’s Vision On Vegetarianism, Health And Nature Cure’, Mind Space 7 (2017): 1-9

Lama G, ‘The University College Of Science, Calcutta University: The Beginnings’, Bengal Past And Present 136 (2017): 57-77

Lama G, 'Meghnad Saha, Scientist and Critique', Karatoya, 2017

LECTURES AND CONFERENCES:

Invited as a speaker for One Day Awareness Programme on “Education in Archaeology & History” at Town Hall, Kalimpong organised by Directorate of Archaeology & Museums, Information & Cultural Affairs Department, Government of West Bengal, on 30th November 2018.

Invited as a speaker for Awareness Programme on “Education in Archaeology & History”, organised by Directorate of Archaeology & Museums, Information & Cultural Affairs Department, Government of West Bengal at Natya Tirtha, Balurghat, 11th January 2019.

Invited as a speaker In 17th Annual conference of Bharata Vidya Charcha Kendra, Burdwan, on the “History, Heritage and Religion”, 16th February 2019.

Presented paper on "New Trends in Making: Reassessing the perceived Truth of Arab Nations", at Annual International Studies Convention 2013, Re-imagining Global Orders: Perspectives from the South, Jawahar Lal Nehru University,10-12 December 2013.