Advisory Board
Ms. Sarala Soren
Tribal Community Representative
Let’s Work Together
We are open for Research Collaborations with Institutions, NGOs and Universities.
We are recognised by Department of Scientific and Industrial Research under Ministry of Science and Technology, Govt. of India.
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With Our Director
Dr. Nirmalya Mukherjee
Director and Head, CPHR, MANT
PhD., MPH, MSW
Dr Nirmalya Mukherjee has been serving as the Director of Manbhum Ananda Ashram Nityananda Trust (MANT) since 2003. He is a trained and professional social worker (MSW from Vidyasagar University, West Bengal- 1997-1999) and completed another master’s degree course in Public Health from Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand during 2009-2010. He pursued his PhD in Mass Communication and Journalism (with a focus on AIDS Communication) in Madurai Kamaraj University, Tamil Nadu, India in the year 2019.
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Dr. Paramita Bhattacharya
Asst. Director – Research, CPHR, MANT
PhD., M.Phil
Paramita is very passionate and dedicated towards her work. She has both academic and research experience. Before joining MANT, she was a Faculty at the Department of Economics at Shri Shikshayatan College, Kolkata. She has completed her Ph.D. from the Department of Economics, Jadavpur University, Kolkata. Prior to that, she attained her M.Phil. from Centre for the Study of Regional Development (CSRD), Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. Some of her research work have been published and cited in peer reviewed journals and edited books. She has also presented many papers in various National and International Seminars. She had also been awarded with ‘Best Paper’ awards for two of her research papers. She has almost ten years of research experience. Presently, she has been appointed as Assistant Director-Research in MANT.
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Dr. Biswajit Mahapatra
Research Officer, CPHR, MANT
Ph.D in Anthropology
He is our Research Officer. He is an UGC NET qualified Phd degree holder. He is helping us day-in-day-out to analyze and resolve research issues on time but never compromises on data accuracy. He has been awarded a Senior Research Fellowship from the Anthropological Survey of India. He is a very focused person. He is working hard to achieve his life goals. But that doesn’t make him Jack, the dull boy, as he also spends his spare time with his friends.
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Dr. Sajda Khatoon
Research Officer, CPHR, MANT
PhD.
Dr. Sajda Khatoon is the newest addition to MANT Research Team. She is working as a Research Officer. Her polite and introverted behavior actually does not go well with the knowledge she has in her field. She is a Ph.D holder in Geography with UGC NET/JRF-SRF. Apart from work, she loves to consume content from cosmology. We wish her career shines like the stars she gazes up to in the sky one day.
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Suraya Roy
Research Officer, CPHR, MANT
PhD. (Pursuing)
She did her Masters in Economics and is pursuing her PhD on Labour Economics. But that’s not all about her. She has another self of her which is mad about music. She plays Esraj (a 300 yrs old Indian stringed instrument), trust me, she plays it really well. When not playing Esraj, she loves to read books or try her skills in Photography.
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