Year of Establishment : 1907
History of the department : Pali bing one of the classical languages of India played significance role in partnership between India and South, South-East and East Asian countries for long period. Considering the importance of Pali in the cultural interaction in the part of Asia the University of Calcutta with its excellences in the area of learning had introduce Pali for the first time in India as an independent subject at the post graduate level for which teaching arrangements were already made on a small scale by the University authorities as early as in 1907. The Department of Pali which originated from this humble beginning was set up in an organized form in 1907. Although Pali as a language was included in the course of study prescribed for the M.A. Examination with effect from 1889, it was in the year 1901 that Mr. Satish Chandra Vidyabhusan, Professor of the Sanskrit College, Calcutta, offered himself as the only candidate fore M.A. Examination in Pali. During the subsequent years the famous polyglot Sri Harinath De appeared in 1906 for the M.A. Examination in Pali. The renowned ideologist Professor Dr. T.W. Rhys Davids agreed to act as the Paper setter and Examiner in all the six papers of the said Examination. The importance of the Pali Studies at the Post-Graduate level was fully appreciated by Sir Asutosh Mukherjee, the then Vice-Chancellor of the University of Calcutta. From 1925 when at the recommendation of the Executive Committee the post of a Professor was created in the Department of Pali, Dr. Beni Madhab Barua was appointed as the first Professor of Pali, the Department achieved distinction and prominence. During the ten years of his service as a Professor, the Department of Pali was enriched and increasingly expanded through the acquisition of higher research degrees by some of the members of the Teaching staff of the Department of Pali and through the requisition of the services of some distinguished teachers of the departments of Asian Indian History and Culture, Sanskrit and Comparative Philology.
University Professor of Pali :
Head of the Department :
| Name | Designation | Area of specialisation | Email/Phone number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dr. Jayanti Chatterjee [Profile] |
Professor & HoD | Mahāyāna Buddhism | [email protected] 9903121495 |
| Dr. Saswati Mutsuddy [Profile] |
Professor | Early Buddhist literature & philosophy | [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] 9433607690 |
| Programme | Level of study | Eligibility | Intake capacity |
|---|---|---|---|
| M.A. in Pali (Two years Semester course) | Post graduation | Bachelor (Hons.) In Pali/Sanskrit/Linguistics/History/Bengali/Philosophy (required percentage as per demand of the year) |
29 |
| Pre M.A. in Pali | Pre-Post-graduation | Graduation in any allied subjects as stated above | 20 |
| M.Phil in Pali (two years course) | Pre-research degree | Post graduation (with 50%)in allied subjects as stated above | 10 |
| Ph.D* (five years & onwards if required) | Research degree | M. Phil degree and other requirements by the U.G.C. | |
| Certificate Course in Pali language (for one year) | Certificate | Graduation | |
| Diploma Course in Pali language (for one year) | Diploma | Certificate passed in Pali Language | |
| Post Graduate Diploma in Buddhist Studies | Diploma | Graduate or its equivalent in any stream from any University recognized by C.U. | 20 |
| Name | Research topic | Name of the supervisor | Date of registration |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arpita Mitra | Women in Buddhism from socio-religious perspective | Dr. Saswati Mutsuddy | 02/03/2015 |
| Biswajit Sankar Bhattacharyya | A Comparative Study of the Mahāyāna Dhāraṇī And Theravāda Paritta | Dr. Jayanti Chatterjee | 23/02/2016 |
| Chandita Sinha | Buddhist History & Culture of Cambodia as represented by the epigraphs | Dr. Manikuntala Haldar (De) | 06/08/2012 |
| Chayarani | Working Buddhist women in Taiwan with special reference to the Foguang Shan monastery | Dr. Subhra Barua & Dr. Bela Bhattacharyya | |
| Dipanjan Das | Studies in the contribution of Dharmakriti in the field of Buddhist Logic | Dr. Subhra Barua & Dr. Bela Bhattacharyya | 20/06/2013 |
| Lakshman Chandra Biswas | Buddhism in Vienam | Dr. Bela Bhattacharyya | 08/04/2015 |
| Manisha sen | A Critical Study of Chinese Buddhist Opera | Dr. Shubhra Barua & Dr. Bela Bhattacharyya | 26/07/2014 |
| Moumita Dutta Banik | A Critical study of the catu-bhānvāra-pāli | Dr. Jayanti Chatterjee | 04/ 04/ 2016 |
| Nabanita Basu | Ideal of motherhood in Buddhism – A Study | Dr. Aiswarya Biswas | 03/03/2014 |
| Namita Barua | Discourses of Buddha Practiced in daily life with special reference to Theravāda Buddhism | Dr. Saswati Mutsuddy | 08/04/2015 |
| Nandini Chowdhuri | Buddhist studies in the context of Rabindranath Tegore | Dr. Bela Bhattacharyya | 02/03/2015 |
| Pannasihavivamsa | An analytical study of caturarakkha kammatthāna in pali tipitaka | Dr. Bela Bhattacharyya | |
| Papiya Mukhopadhyay | Kingship and religiosity in pāli Buddhism ( 6th century BC to 6th century AD) | Dr. Manikuntala Haldar (De) | 03/06/2013 |
| Pele Sarkar | A Critical Study of the Nettippakarana | Dr. Jayanti Chatterjee | 16/09/2015 |
| Piyanka Paul | Buddhism and other Living Indic Religion : A Comparative Study | Dr. Saswati Mutsuddy | 14/09/2014 |
| Prabash Barua | Traces of Environmental Ethics in Jātaka | Dr. Saswati Mutsuddy | 31/08/2015 |
| Rima Baral Haldar | Concept of Dalai Lāmā in Tibetan Buddhism | Dr. Jayanti Chatterjee | 04/ 04/ 2016 |
| Rituparna Ghosh | Indian Buddhist epistemological texts in Tibet | Dr. Aiswarya Biswas | 06/09/2013 |
| Romali Mitra | Buddhism in Nepāl | Dr. Bela Bhattacharyya | 03/12/2012 |
| Rumki Mondal | Studies on the lay-life in India as reflected in Pāli-Jātaka (C.6th century B.C. – 5th century A.D.) |
Dr. Aiswarya Biswas | 08/ 03/ 2013 |
| Sanghamitra Banarjee | Conception of Plurality and Mahāyāna Buddhism | Dr. Jayanti Chatterjee | 04/ 04/ 2016 |
| Shibani Dutta | The Great Buddhist Emperors of Asia | Dr. Aiswarya Biswas & Dr. Bela Bhattacharyya | 03/06/2013 |
| Sibani Barman | A Study On Dipavamsa | Dr. Aiswarya Biswas & Dr. Bela Bhattacharyya | 03/06/2013 |
| Smithai Aphiwatamohkul | A Critical Study on the Buddhist Education in Thailand | Dr. Bela Bhattacharyya | |
| Sritama Chakraborty | Traces of Buddhism in Odisha : a study of the religious cultural at kalinga | Dr. Aiswarya Biswas | 08/04/2015 |
| Subir Chakrabarti | Traces Of The Theravāda Ethics In The Asokan Imperial Policy Of Dhamma | Dr. Aiswarya Biswas | 23/02/2016 |
| Project title | Funding agency | Principal investigator | Duration | Budget |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buddhist Education in India | UGC (UPE) | Dr. Bela Bhattacharyya | 2007-2011 | 8,80,000 /- |
| Buddhism in Iran & Afganistan | UGC(UPE) | Dr. Manikuntala Haldar (De) | 2007-2011 | 10,83,000 /- |
| Buddhagaya, the world heritage place : A historical linguistic study |
UPE | Dr. Saswati Mutsuddy | 2011-2014 | 200000/- |
| Avadana Sataka | UPE | Dr. Aiswarya Biswas | 2011-2014 | 1,50,000 /- |
Teaching support :
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Campus : Asutosh Siksha Prangan (College Street Campus)
Address for communication : Department of Pali, 3rd Floor, Room No.45, University of Calcutta, 87/1, College Street, Kolkata-700 073
