Funded Research Projects till Sep. 2026
| Sl. No. | Academic Year | Start of Project |
Title of the Project | Funding Agency | Type | Principal Investigator | Co-Investigator | Sanctioned Amount (₹) |
Present Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2022-2023 | 10/03/23 | A study on the role, extent and impact of toxic elements including heavy metals on human health: Gangas in Bhojerhat II Block (including Kolkata, South 24 Parganas, North 24 Parganas and Nadia) at North 24 Pgs in West Bengal | St. Xavier's University, Kolkata | University Sponsored Research | Dr. Soma Sur | N/A | 60,000 | Completed/Closed |
| 2 | 2022-23 | 12/06/23 | Capacity Building Programme (CBP) for up-scaling Science Faculty | ICSSR | Capacity Building | Dr. Anindita Kundu Saha | Dr. Soma Sur | 8,00,000 | Completed/Closed |
| 3 | 2023-2024 | 03/08/23 | Project Impact Case Study: Riva Consult at ECDS | New Town Kolkata Green Smart City Corporation Limited | Consultancy | Project Director: Dr. Soma Sur | Project Lead: Dr. Sreenita Mondal, Dr. Debolina Dutta, Dr. Parna Dutta, Dr. Paromita | 1,00,000 | Completed/Closed |
| 4 | 2023-2024 | 03/08/23 | Project Impact Case Study: Radia New Town | New Town Kolkata Green Smart City Corporation Limited | Consultancy | Project Director: Dr. Soma Sur | Project Lead: Dr. Sreenita Mondal, Dr. Debolina Dutta, Dr. Parna Dutta, Dr. Paromita, Dr. Rukmini Banerjee and Dr. Anindita | 1,00,000 | Completed/Closed |
| 5 | 2023-2024 | 03/08/23 | Project Impact Case Study: Smart Library | New Town Kolkata Green Smart City Corporation Limited | Consultancy | Project Director: Dr. Soma Sur | Project Lead: Dr. Manisha Roy Chaudhuri, Dr. Sreenita Mondal, Dr. Parna Dutta, Dr. Paromita Chanda | 1,00,000 | Completed/Closed |
| 6 | 2023-2024 | 03/08/23 | Project Impact Case Study: Day Care Centre - Behala | New Town Kolkata Green Smart City Corporation Limited | Consultancy | Project Director: Dr. Soma Sur | Project Lead: Dr. Sabari Mitra, Dr. Manisha Roy Chaudhuri, Dr. Ananya Chakraborty, Dr. Kaustav Guha, Dr. Soumya | 1,00,000 | Completed/Closed |
| 7 | 2023-2024 | 03/08/23 | Impact Impact Case Study: Strategy for Eco Park | New Town Kolkata Green Smart City Corporation Limited | Consultancy | Project Director: Dr. Soma Sur | Project Lead: Dr. Sreenita Mondal, Dr. Manisha Roy Chaudhuri, Dr. Ananya Chakraborty, Dr. Kaustav Guha, Dr. Debolina Dutta, Dr. Rukmini Banerjee, Dr. Parna Dutta, Dr. Indraneel | 1,00,000 | Completed/Closed |
| 8 | 2023-24 | 07/09/23 | Evaluation of PMRY: A case study of Kolkata | ICSSR | Minor Research | Dr. Debasree Majumdar | Dr. Sayantan Ranjan Majumdar and Dr. Srigina Roy | 3,00,000 | Completed/Closed |
| 9 | 2023-24 | 02/01/24 | A Baseline Study on Mother and Child Mainstream in Selected Districts in West Bengal | Seva Kendra Calcutta | Minor Consultancy | Dr. Jacob Islary | Dr. Sudeshna Saha, Dr. Anindita Ghoshal, Dr. Mrittika Bhattacharya | 60,000 | Completed/Closed |
| 10 | 2023-24 | 31/10/24 | Conference on Contemporary Issues in Economic Theory and Policy: Ethical Dimension of Social Science Research | ICSSR Regional Centre Kolkata (ERIC) | Conference Grant | Dr. Subhankar Dutta | Dr. Chayanika Mitra | 1,40,000 | Completed/Closed |
| 11 | 2023-24 | 14/02/24 | Emerging Urban Space as Site of Socio-Spatial Justice: A Study of the Living Condition of Children and People of Informal Communities | ICSSR | Minor Research | Dr. Jacob Islary | NA | 30,00,000 | Completed/Closed |
| 12 | 2023-2024 | 29/02/24 | Inequities in Immunisation: A Case of the Disadvantaged | St. Xavier's University, Kolkata | University Sponsored Research | Dr. Soma Sur | Dr. Debmallya Sen | 60,000 | Completed/Closed |
| 13 | 2024-25 | 19/09/24 | Identification of Number of Rag pickers involved in Door to Door Garbage Collection and its Impact on the New Town Kolkata and surroundings area | New Town Kolkata Green Smart City Corporation Limited | Consultancy | Project Director: Dr. Soma Sur | Dr. Manisha Dey, Dr. Sreenita Mondal | 60,000 | Completed/Closed |
| 14 | 2024-25 | 19/09/24 | Survey of Number of Rag pickers involved in Waste Collection and Segregation separately for each action area in New Town Kolkata | New Town Kolkata Development Authority | Consultancy | Project Director: Dr. Soma Sur | Dr. Manisha Dey, Dr. Stungboon Ghosh | 1,00,000 | Completed/Closed |
| 15 | 2024-25 | 21/11/24 | Mapping the Media: A Study on Status and Access to Media in selected Higher Education Institutions in Bengal, Tanzania and West Bengal | ICSSR | Minor Research | Rev. Dr. Moumita Biswas | Dr. Ankita Chakraborty, Dr. Rukhmini Das, Dr. Sujata Sen, Dr. Sujata Bhaduri, Dr. Suchetana Das, Dr. Farhatun Nisha | 12,00,000 | Completed/Closed |
| 16 | 2024-25 | NA | Workshop on Qualitative Methods: NVivo, NPS, and NVivo for Empirical Research | ICSSR Eastern Regional Centre | Workshop | Dr. Sreeparna Ghosh | Dr. Saheli Guha Neogi | 75,000 | Completed/Closed |
| 17 | 2024-2025 | 19/12/25 | Understanding the challenges and responses in providing psychosocial behaviour among students of St. Xavier's College (Autonomous), Kolkata | St. Xavier's University, Kolkata | University Sponsored Research | Dr. Soma Hazra | Dr. Ananya Kundu | 60,000 | Completed/Closed |
| 18 | 2024-2025 | 19/12/25 | St. Xavier's Law School: A Foundational Assessment Study (2025-2027) | St. Xavier's University, Kolkata | University Sponsored Research | Dr. Sanjukta Ghosh | Dr. Kaustav Choudhury | 70,000 | Completed/Closed |
| 19 | 2025-26 | 05/08/25 | From Custom to Classroom: How Children's Engagement in Self-Help Groups Shapes Children's Educational Outcomes: Evidence from West Bengal | ICSSR | Minor Research | Dr. Chayanika Mitra | Dr. Deveshree Majumdar, Dr. Samrat Roy, Dr. Atrayee Lahiri (Vasanta College) | 15,00,000 | On going Project |
| 20 | 2025-26 | 05/08/25 | Breaking the Digital Divide: Women in STEM in West Bengal, Assam and Meghalaya | ICSSR | Minor Research | Dr. Prodipita Choudhury | Dr. D. Pegu, Dr. S. Banerjee, Dr. S. Ray, Dr. Mousumi Karmakar (NSCB) | 15,00,000 | On going Project |
| 21 | 2025-27 | 14/12/25 | A COMPARATIVE Examination of the Implementation of the POSCO Act 2012: Comparing Awareness in Bangladesh's Khulna and Kolkata - A Legal Analysis | ICSSR | Minor Research | Dr. Ranjita Mukherjee | Dr. Ankita Chakraborty, Dr. Sohini Dutta, Dr. S. Chakraborty, NIL, Dr. Debarati Nandy, Dr. Tulika Das, Dr. S. Dutta, HR | 5,00,000 | On going Project |
| 22 | 2025-26 | 30/12/25 | Inter-generational Relationship Quality and Well-Being of Elderly: A Mixed-Method Study in West Bengal in Context of Old Age Homes | ICSSR | Minor Research | Dr. Anusree Paul | Dr. Bikash Kumar | 15,00,000 | On going Project |
| 23 | 2025-2027 | Sep-2026 | Cultivating Resilience: Mapping Vulnerabilities and Strengthening Support Systems for Persons with Disability in Plantation Workers in Sri Lanka in Telangana, India | St. Xavier's College Kolkata Educational Trust (SXCET) | Trust Sponsored Research | Dr. Somak Maitra | Dr. Madhurima Dey, Dr. Farhatun Nusrat Sen, Dr. Sayan Dey | 2,00,000 | On going Project |
| 24 | 2027-2027 | Sep-2026 | Towards a Reading for Persons/Centre Care: Exploring Inclusive Education in Bengal: A Study of Policies, Practice and Practice in West Bengal | St. Xavier's College Kolkata Educational Trust (SXCET) | Trust Sponsored Research | Dr. Debosmita Choudhury | Dr. Ananya Chakraborty | 2,00,000 | On going Project |
| 25 | 2027-2027 | Sep-2026 | Formation of Ethical Media Citizens through the Ignatian Pedagogical Paradigm (IPP): A Comparative Study of Media Education in Select Private and Government Schools of Jaipur and Kolkata | St. Xavier's College Kolkata Educational Trust (SXCET) | Trust Sponsored Research | Dr. Ranjita Mukherjee | Dr. Manali Bhattacharya | 3,00,000 | On going Project |
| 26 | 2027-2027 | Sep-2026 | Artificial Intelligence in Higher Education: A Hybrid STEM-Machine Learning Approach to Understand Learning Processes and Academic Performance | St. Xavier's College Kolkata Educational Trust (SXCET) | Trust Sponsored Research | Dr. Sohail Kumar Safia | -- | 2,00,000 | On going Project |
| Total Project amount received | 1,09,35,000 | ||||||||
| Ongoing Projects | 57,50,000 | ||||||||