SURENDRANATH LAW COLLEGE

Dr. Rukmini Thapa

Assistant Professor
Email: [email protected]
Ph No.: 7291873266
Web Address: [email protected]

Educational Qualifications

Degree	University	Year of Passing	Award	Rank
PhD (Economics)	Jawaharlal Nehru University	2016	Awarded

Research Area

Agrarian Studies, Labour Migration, Unemployment, Education

Courses Taught/Teaching

BA. LL.B. Economics- Paper I, II, III

Teaching Experience (1)

Name Of The Institution	Position Held	Period
Surendranath Law College	Assistant Professor	October 2023 - present

Paper Published in Journal (4)

Title of the paper	Journal of publication	Year	ISSN No	Vol No.	Page Range	Type of Journal
Agrarian Distress and Seasonal Out-migration: Insights from a Field Survey in North Bengal	Sociological Bulletin, SAGE	2022	2457-0257	71	396–420	Scopus Indexed
Commercialization And Mission Drift in Microfinance: Implications for Rural India	Asian Journal of Agriculture and Development	2020	2599-3879	17	15-29	Scopus Indexed
From Social Development Banking to Digital Financial Inclusion: The Journey of Banking in India	Perspectives on Global Development and Technology, Brill	2020	1569-1497	19	650–675	Scopus Indexed
Universal Elementary Education in India: Barriers and Persistent Challenges	Social Change, SAGE	2019	0049-0857	49	257–275	Scopus Indexed

Scholarships/Fellowships/Awards (1)

Name	Awarded by	Year
SET	West Bengal College Service Commission	2020

Other Institutional Responsibility

Nodal Officer- AISHE Nodal Officer- Banglar uchchashiksha Convenor- Research Cell Convenor- Website Development Cell ERP Database-in-charge

Academic/Professional Membership

Indian Society of Labour Economics (Life Member)

Other Working Experience (3)

Name Of The Organization	Position Held	Period
Jawaharlal Nehru University	Senior Research Fellow	2015-2016
Foundation of Agrarian Studies	Research Assistant	2009-2010
Salesian College	Full Time Lecturer	2006-2007

Chapter in Books (2)

Book Title	Chapter	Publisher	Year	ISBN No
Handbook on Internal Migration in India	Building Resilience: Compulsions and Challenges	SAGE	2020	978-9353285609
Surviving the Pandemic-Ground reports from India’s village	The Covid-19 Pandemic and Rural Indi	Development Research Institute, Bhubaneshwar	2020	978-81-967915-2-0

Invited Speech (2)

Title	Seminar/Conference details	Date	Organizing Institution
Introduction to STATA and SPSS	National Workshop on “Introduction to STATA and SPSS”	7-14 October, 2015	Shyamlal College, University of Delhi
Learning from Field Survey	Research Methodology Workshop- A Beginner's Guide to Qualitative and Quantitative Methods	25th November -2nd December 2025	Malda College, West Bengal

Workshop/Seminer/FDP/STP etc. Attended (5)

Theme	Date	Organizing Institute
55th Annual Conference, Indian Society of Labour Economics	16-18 December, 2013	Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
16th Workshop, Young Researchers Association Jeunes Études Indiennes (AJEI)	11-14 February, 2014	Jawaharlal Nehru University
3rd West Bengal Growth Workshop	26-27 December, 2013	Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata
Research Analysis and Writing in Social Sciences	24-30, Sept, 2012	Gujarat Institute of Development Research, Ahmedabad
Methods and Approaches in Research on Migration Issues	21-25,March, 2011	Centre for Development Studies, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala

Orientation/FIP/Refresher Course Attended (1)

Title of OP/FIP/RC	Organising Body	Theme	Duration
16th Faculty Induction Programme	UGC-MMTTC, JU	Guru Dakshata	5th August - 4th September, 2024