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Bijoy Krishna Girls' College, Howrah

Estd : 1st August 1947. Affilliated to University of Calcutta

NCTE approved NAAC B++ (3rd Cycle) accredited College with CPE status

DBT Star College

(ISO 9001 : 2015 Certified)

Dr. Ruma Bhattacharyya(Economics)

Teachers
Dr. Ruma Bhattacharyya(Economics)
Educational Qualifications
Passout Year Examination Passout From
1982 B.A. Jadavpur University
1984 M.A Jadavpur University
2008 Ph.D Jadavpur University
Research areas
Development Economics
Agricultural Economics
International Trade
Awards and Honours
Travel grant award from UGC to attend ICOAE at TEI, Kastoria, Greece (2008)
Travel grant award from ICSSR to attend ICOAE at TEI, Kastoria, Greece (2008)
Travel grant award from UGC to attend ICOAE at Perugia, Italy (2011)
Teaching Experience
UG Experience PG Experience
26 Years 19 Years

UG or PG College Name From Date To Date Duration
UG Level Calcutta Girls’ College 1995 2015 20 Years
UG Level Bijoy Krishna Girls’ College, Howrah Since July 2015 Till Date 5 Years
PG Level Guest Faculty in School Of Management, IIEST ( formerly known as Bengal Engineering & Science University, Shibpur) 2001 2014 13 Years
PG Level Bijoy Krishna Girls’ College, Howrah Since July 2015 Till Date 5 Years
Projects Completed
University Grants Commission --- Minor Research Project
Globalisation : Foreign Direct Investment & Its Effects In India, (2002)
Technological Change & Its Impact On Paddy Cultivation In West Bengal 1980-2004
National Agricultural Bank For Rural Development --- Major Project
Nature And Extent, Problems And Prospects Of Floriculture – An Integrated Study Of Flower Production In The State Of West Bengal (2010)
Department Of Science & Technology, Government Of West Bengal-- Major Project
A Systematic Review To Achieve Energy Consumption Balance To Reduce UHI In And Around Kolkata (2017)
Refereed Publication 
Proceedings
Agricultural Diversification: A Search For An Alternative Source Of Income For The Farmers Of West Bengal” in The Proceedings of ICOAE 2008, TEI, Kastoria, Greece.
Revealed Comparative Advantage and Competitiveness: A Case Study for India in Horticultural Products”, Ruma Bhattacharyya, The Proceedings of ICOAE 2011 Italy, 2011
Journals
• "Regional Disparity In Boro Paddy Cultivation In West Bengal : A Case ▪ Study Of Six Districts”, Ruma Bhattacharyya and Biswajit Chatterjee, Artha Beekshan, Vol. 14 Nos. 3 & 4 , March, 2006
"Diversification In Agriculture In West Bengal: A Case Study For The Period 1997-98 To 2004-05”, Artha Beekshan, Vol. 16, February 2007
“Revealed comparative Advantage and competitiveness: A case study for India In horticultural Products”, Journal Of European Economy Vol. 11. Special issue – 2012, Ternopil National Economic University, 2012, ISSN 1684-906X
“Cut Flower Production: A Source of Incremental Income for the Marginal Farmers of the State of West Bengal in India”, Journal of World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology, Vol:78 2013-06-23 ISSN 2010-376X
“A Systematic Review to Achieve Energy Consumption to Reduce UHI in and around Kolkata”, Ruma Bhattacharyya,Saumita Paul, Antara and Dipti Ghosh, Journal of the Indian Association of Social Science Institutions, Vol 39, Number 3, July-September 2020, ISSN 0970-9061 (ISSAI Quarterly)
Books
Collaborating Author, Biswajit Chatterjee and Ruma Bhattacharyya, “Productivity Growth And Use Of Modern Farm Inputs In West Bengal”, Growth, Distribution And Public Policy—A Study Of West Bengal, Deep & Deep Publications Pvt.Ltd., (2007), New Delhi, ISBN 978-81-8450-018-9
“Regional Disparity in Productivity of Boro and Aman Paddied in Six Districts”, Ruma Bhattacharyya and Biswajit Chatterjee, Regional Disparities in Development --- Raj Kumar Sen and Biswajit Chatterjee ed, Deep & Deep Publications Pvt. Ltd, New Delhi 2011, ISBN 978-81-8450-364-7
“ Nature And Extent, Problems And Prospects Of Floriculture – An Integrated Study Of Flower Production In The State Of West Bengal”, Ruma Bhattacharyya, National Bank For Agriculture And Rural Development, 2012
“Economics of Floriculture”, Ruma Bhattacharyya, SSDN Publishers & Distributors, Daryaganj, New Delhi, 2014, ISBN 978-93-8117-692-4
“Revealed Comparative Advantage and Competitiveness: A Case Study for India In Horticulture Products”, Ruma Bhattacharyya, Agriculture, Sustainable Development And Microfinance – Essays in Honour of Profesor Biswajit Chatterjee, --- Ambar Nath Ghosh & Asim Karmakar edited, Regal Publications, New Delhi, 2015, ISBN 978-81-8484-453-5
"India's Engagement with Environment: Its Policies and Programmes", Ruma Bhattacharyya, Contemporary Environmental Issues and Perspective, Ruma Bhattacharyya, Papiya Ghosh and Debjani Mitra edited, Readers Service, 2018, ISBN: 978-93-82623-85
"An Introspective Study on the Governance Practices of Major Microfinance Institutions (MFIs) in India", Amit Mazumdar and Ruma Bhattacharyya, Microfinance and its Impact on Entrepreneurial Development, Sustainability and Inclusive Growth, Ramesh Chandra Das edited, IGI Global, USA, 2018, ISBN 978-15-22552-130
News Paper
“Mediterranean Magic”, 8th DAY, The Sunday Statesman Magazine, 3rd May, 2009
“Magic In The Air”, Evolve, The Sunday Statesman, 24th November, 2013