Biography
Susmita Mukherjee, PhD in History is currently working at Syamaprasad
College as Associate Professor in the Department of History since 1996. Her
area of research is gender and medicine with emphasis on women medical
practitioners in colonial Bengal. Dr. Mukherjee also specialises in the history of
Burma in the colonial period. She has many published articles in national and
international journals and has contributed chapters in books. She is currently
working on a project granted by Dr. Ram Dayal Munda Tribal Research
Institute, Moradabad Ranchi titled ‘Tamar Revolt from year 1767 to Sardari
Movement: Archival, Non-Archival and Oral Sources Based Compilation and
Analysis.’ Her book ‘Women and Medical Profession in Colonial Bengal,1883-
1947’ has very recently been published from Primus Books, Delhi.