• Year of establishment: 2014
• Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Commerce
• Interdisciplinary programmes and departments involved: In all the programs of the Centre, diverse faculties like Bengali, English, Economics, Folklore, Sociology, Political Science, History, Sanskrit participated actively and imparted a multidisciplinary dimension to the same.
• Number of teaching posts sanctioned, filled and actual (Professors/ Associate Professors/ Asst. Professors/ others): Proposal sent to UGC in 2015.
• Faculty profile with name, qualification, designation, area of specialization, experience.

Name: Prof. Sumit Mukerji

Designation: Director, Centre for Studies on Bengali Diaspora Professor,Department of  Political Science

Qualifications: M.Phil., Ph.D.

Specialization: Identity Politics Diaspora Studies Terrorism Indian  Freedom Movement Political Thought

No. of Years of Experience: 35 yrs.