Research Cell Student Paper Presentations - History and Economics
On April 12, 2024, the Research Cell of Loreto College, Kolkata organised two parallel sessions for the presentation of papers by students from the Departments of History and Economics. Ayona De Dhara and Debjani Biswas (Semester VI, Department of History) presented a paper entitled “History, Fiction and Imagination: Investigating the Historical Novels of Saradindu Bandyopadhyay.” The research was conducted under the supervision of Dr. Krishnokoli Hazra, Department of History and Dr. Amrita Dasgupta, Department of Bengali. Saradindu Bandyopadhyay, a stalwart of Bengali literature, had used the canvas of history and the tools of literature to create unforgettable historical novels. Using these texts as case studies, the research explored the challenging but fascinating frontier between history and literature. The young researchers effectively examined the intersectionality of the colonial political context, nationalist responses, popular history, and the power of literature to bring the past to life.
The other paper, titled “E-commerce, a Game Changer in the Daily Life of People in Post-Pandemic Times: A Household Level Study Based in Some Parts of Kolkata and South 24 Parganas,” was presented by Annesha Majumder, Dipanwita Chatterjee, Khadeeja Jamil, Navyaa Agarwal, Rishika Gupta, and Tirthaa Mayra (Semester VI, Department of Economics), who had conducted their research under the supervision of Mr. Mainak Bhattacharjee. The students had conducted a household-level survey using a mail-questionnaire method and had received approximately 110 responses. Having developed a satisfaction index based on qualitative responses, their research probed the preference for e-commerce among end-use consumers in post-pandemic times. The study attributed this phenomenon to subjective factors relative to socio-economic-demographic factors. Both the presentations were received well by their respective audiences, who asked numerous questions that were ably addressed by the students.
