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Paula Banerjee

IDRC Research Chair on Gender and Forced Displacement, Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand

Professor Paula Banerjee is the IDRC Research Chair on Gender and Forced Displacement at the Asian Institute of Technology鈥檚 Gender and Development Studies (GDS) Program in the School of Environment, Resource, and Development.

Professor Banerjee, who has a long research experience and publication record on forced migration and gender in both South And Southeast Asia, will start her role officially as the new IDRC Chair in April 2023. She will also be the founding Director of the new Center on Gender and Forced Displacement hosted by GDS, AIT.

Professor Banerjee obtained a Ph.D. in 1993 from the University of Cincinnati, USA, where she was the recipient of the Advanced Taft fellowship. She is a Professor in the Department of South and Southeast Asian Studies at the University of Calcutta. She was the Vice Chancellor at Sanskrit College and University, Kolkata. She handled a budget of about 4 million USD that she helped fundraise, began seven new postgraduate departments, and digitalized probably the richest manuscript collection in the country. She was also the Dean of the Faculty of Arts at the University of Calcutta and was responsible for approximately 7000 graduate students. She supervised 32 departments and ten research centers. She also managed over 100 colleges affiliated with Calcutta University and decided on the accreditation of their Master of Arts programs. Furthermore, Prof. Banerjee also got 42 government-accredited new posts. From a student base of only 92, when she took charge of the university, she increased it to over 600 in two years.

La professeure Paula Banerjee est titulaire de la chaire de recherche du CRDI sur le genre et les d茅placements forc茅s au sein du programme d’茅tudes sur le genre et le d茅veloppement (GDS) de l’Asian Institute of Technology, qui fait partie de la School of Environment, Resource, and Development.

La professeure Banerjee, qui poss猫de une longue exp茅rience de la recherche et des publications sur les migrations forc茅es et le genre en Asie du Sud et du Sud-Est, entrera officiellement en fonction 脿 titre de titulaire de la nouvelle chaire du CRDI en avril 2023. Elle sera 茅galement la directrice fondatrice du nouveau Centre sur le genre et les d茅placements forc茅s h茅berg茅 par GDS, AIT.

Le professeur Banerjee a obtenu un doctorat en 1993 脿 l’Universit茅 de Cincinnati, aux 脡tats-Unis, o霉 elle a re莽u la bourse Advanced Taft. Elle est professeur au d茅partement des 茅tudes sur l’Asie du Sud et du Sud-Est 脿 l’universit茅 de Calcutta. Elle a 茅t茅 vice-chanceli猫re du Sanskrit College and University de Kolkata. Elle a g茅r茅 un budget d’environ 4 millions USD qu’elle a contribu茅 脿 collecter, a cr茅茅 sept nouveaux d茅partements de troisi猫me cycle et a num茅ris茅 la collection de manuscrits probablement la plus riche du pays. Elle a 茅galement 茅t茅 doyenne de la facult茅 des arts de l’universit茅 de Calcutta et 茅tait responsable d’environ 7000 茅tudiants dipl么m茅s. Elle supervisait 32 d茅partements et dix centres de recherche. Elle a 茅galement g茅r茅 plus de 100 coll猫ges affili茅s 脿 l’universit茅 de Calcutta et a d茅cid茅 de l’accr茅ditation de leurs programmes de ma卯trise en arts. En outre, le professeur Banerjee a 茅galement obtenu 42 nouveaux postes accr茅dit茅s par le gouvernement. D’une base d’茅tudiants de seulement 92, lorsqu’elle a pris la direction de l’universit茅, elle l’a port茅e 脿 plus de 600 en deux ans.