Professor. Dr. Tapati Basu, M.A., LL.B, Ph.D,

Premchand Roychand Scholar

She has done her Master Degree(M.A.) in Journalism and Mass Communication from the Department of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Calcutta.

It’s the department were she is being the Head of the Department now.

Join as a UGC Junior Research Scholar & Visiting Faculty in the Department of

Journalism & Mass Communication,

University of Calcutta, February 1986.

Appointed as UGC Senior Research Scholar & Visiting Faculty in 1988.

She joined in this department as her first teaching job as a Lecturer.

She has been the longest Head of the Department of this department from the date of its inception.

She has done her LL.B from the Department of Law, University of Calcutta.Her work in Media Laws was worth mentioning.

She was the first candidate to clear the NET - GRF,SRF (National Eligibility Test) in Journalism and Mass Communication in India and started doing research in the Department of Journalism and Mass Communication in India.

She was a Premchand Roychand Scholar and is the only one in Journalism and Mass Communication in the University of Calcutta in its glorious 152 years history. University of Calcutta being the oldest University established in India.

She has done her Ph.D in "Newspaper Advertising". One of the most authenticate research work done and is still available in the Central Library of University of Calcutta.

She was awarded the Ph.D from the Department of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Calcutta soon after she joined the department.

She has done her Post – Doctorate in Universite De Paris Sorbonne, Paris in French Media. She has research work on Science Communication in French Media in Maison Des Sciences De L'Home, Paris.

Her research works are published in different Peer Reviewed Journals.

Her books are authenticated and exceptional research works.

Journalists and Media Personals and Renowned Accademecians across the world comes to meet her in Calcutta.

She is guiding many students for their Ph.D internationally and nationally and already many students have been awarded Ph.D under her guidance.

Her students are all over the world.

First Lady Professor in Journalism and Mass Communication in West, North, North-East and Eastern India

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