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Name
GHOSH Archana
archana463@rediffmail.com
Discipline
Economy, Sociology
Field(s) of Research/Expertise
Urban Development, Urban Governance
Current Affiliations

• Senior Faculty and Head of Urban Studies - Institute of Social Sciences - Kolkata

Education
• M. A (Sociology), University of Bombay 1974
• M.A (Economics), University of Calcutta 1968
Background
• B.A (Honours in Economics), University of Calcutta 1966
• Research Associate. Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, 1989-90
Recent Publications

Books

• 2005: Archana Ghosh and Stephanie Tawa Lama Rewal: Democratisation in Progress: Women and Local Politics in Urban India, Tulika Publishers, New Delhi
• 2005: Kamal Siddiqui, Archana Ghosh and others: Mega- city Governance in South Asia,( 2004) , University Press Limited, Dhaka
• 2003: Archana Ghosh(Ed.) Urban Environment Management: Local Government and Community Action, Concept Publishing Company, New Delhi
• 1996: Archana Ghosh and S. Sami.Ahmad: Plague in Surat- Crisis in Urban Governance, Concept Publishing Company, New Delhi.
• 1995: Archana Ghosh, S.Sami.Ahmad, Shipra Maitra: .Basic Services for the Urban Poor- A Study of Baroda, Bhilwara, Sambalpur and Siliguri, Concept Publishing Company, New Delhi

Papers

• 2004: Archana Ghosh and Anurima Mukherjee: “Impact of Slum Development on Municipal Finance”, Seminar on Urban Problems, Policy and Planning, organized by Centre for Urban Economic Studies, Calcutta University
• 2004: Archana Ghosh and Madhulika Mitra: “.Decentralization of Urban Governance in West Bengal: Functioning of Ward Committees”, in Urban Management, Institute of Local Government and Urban Studies, Kolkata
• 2003: Archana Ghosh: “Women’s Reservation and Electoral Politics in Urban Local Bodies: An Analysis of the Chennai Municipal Corporation Elections 2001”, Indian Journal of Gender Studies, Sage Publications, New Delhi
• 2001: Archana Ghosh: “Solid Waste Management in Delhi: Status and Scope for Community Actions”, in Urban Management, Institute of Local Government and Urban Studies, Calcutta
• 1995: Amitabh Kundu and Archana Ghosh: “Housing for Urban Poor: The Changing Strategies and Policy Perspectives”, in Indian Society Today, by Muchkund Dubey( Ed),Har-Anand Publications, New Delhi.
• 1994: Archana Ghosh: “Status of Water Supply and Sanitation in India”, in Urbanisation in Developing Countries: Water Supply and Sanitation Issues, Bidyut Mohanty (ed), Concept Publishing Company, New Delhi
• 1992: Amitabh Kundu and Archana Ghosh: “Water Supply and Sanitation: Management and Financing in the Context of Urban Poor”, in Urban Development and Urban Research in India, by Amitabh Kundu(Ed).

 

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