Organizing capabilities

In 2022: Teaching NPTEL Course on Symbolic Logic  

(July-September 2022)

ORGANIZING CONFERENCES / SYMPOSIA / SEMINARS /SCHOOLS / TRAINING PROGRAMS  Total:  16

CONFERENCES/SYMPOSIA/ SEMINARS ORGANIZED:                    6

International: 3

National: 3

1.   Coordinator, Workshop on Ethical and Legal Guidelines in Biomedical Research involving Human Participants’, SRIC IIT Kharagpur, September 3-4, 2017, IIT Kharagpur.

2.     Nominated Member, International Program Committee, 14th Congress of Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science (LMPS) , Section on  Methodological and Philosophical Issues of Medicine and Medical Technology, Nancy Universite, France, July 19-26, 2011

3.  Organizer, International Symposium on “Infectious and Communicable Diseases and the Global Spread: Bioethical Issues and Concerns”, at 10th World Congress of Bioethics: “Bioethics in a Globalized World”, Singapore (28-31 July 2010).

4. Co-ordinator, National Workshop on Curriculum Development in Applied Philosophy, July 14-16, 2008, at IIT Kharagur, sponsored by Indian Council of Philosophical Research (ICPR), New Delhi.

5. Co-ordinator, International Conference on Mind and Consciousness: Various Approaches (MiCon2002), Jan 9-11, 2002, a Golden Jubilee event at IIT, Kharagpur, on January 9-11, 2002. The conference website is at: www.iitkgp.ernet.in/MiCon2002.

6.  Convenor, National Seminar on ‘Computer Applications in Humanities and social Sciences (CAHSS-97)’ held at Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, on March 1-2, 1997.

SCHOOLS & COURSES, and  TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS ORGANIZED:      9

7. Chhanda Chakraborti, Organizer, A Workshop on Ethical and Legal Guidelines in Biomedical Research,  September 3-4, 2017, SRIC, IIT Kharagpur

GIAN/ ISWT/ NPTEL MOOC COURSE ORGANIZED

8.   As the Only Faculty and Organizer, NPTEL Massive On Line Course (MOOC) on THE ETHICAL CORPORATION, MHRD, 8 weeks,  July-Sept 9, 2019

9. As the Only Faculty and Organizer, ISWT on SYMBOLIC LOGIC, MHRD, July 18-Sept 9, 2016

10.Coordinator, International Winter Term (GIAN) Course in ‘LOGIC AND APPLICATIONS OF LOGIC’, IIT Kharagpur,  December 7-18, 2015.

11.Coordinator, MHRD Short term Course on PROFESSIONAL ETHICS, IIT Kharagpur, August 25-31, 2011.

12.Coordinator, MHRD/AICTE 2-weeks Winter School on ‘LOGIC AND APPLICATIONS OF LOGIC’, IIT Kharagpur, December 7-18, 2009.

13.Coordinator, MHRD/AICTE Summer School on ‘PROFESSIONAL ETHICS’, IIT Kharagpur, October 12-16, 2009.

14.Coordinator, MHRD/AICTE 2-weeks Winter School on ‘LOGIC AND APPLICATIONS OF LOGIC’, LAAL 2009 Part I and Part II, IIT Kharagpur, Jan 5-16, 2009.

15.Coordinator, “National Workshop on Curriculum Development in Applied Philosophy”, supported by Indian Council of Philosophical Research (ICPR), IIT Kharagpur, July 14-16, 2008.

16. Coordinator, MHRD AICTE QIP Short Term Course on “Logic and Applications of Logic”, IIT Kharagpur, ct 8-12, 2007.

WEBINAR ORGANIZED

Organized a Webinar on COVID-19: Reflection on:Public Health Ethics and Policy Conundrums, Speaker: Dr Anant Bhan, July 28, 2020.

At IIT JODHPUR:

• Coordinator, A Joint Certificate Course for Executives on Digital Healthcare by IIT Jodhpur and AIIMS Jodhpur, from 2022.

• Chairperson, Institute Committee for initiating the process of developing a School of Liberal Arts, Jan 2022- June 2022. 

AT IIT KHARAGPUR:

• Chairperson, Hospital Management Committee, IIT Kharagpur, 2012-June 2016

• Professor-in-Charge, B C Roy Technology Hospital, IIT Kharagpur, 2012- June 2016

• Chairperson, Committee for Creche-cum-Daycare center, IIT Kharagpur, 2015-2016

• Coordinator, Women’s safety and security committee, IIT Kharagpur 2013-2015

• Member, Institute Ethics Committee (IEC) for research involving human subjects, IIT Kharagpur, 2002-till date

• Professor-in-Charge, Training and Placement, Masters in Human Resource Management, IIT Kharagpur, 2013-2014

• Warden, Sarojini Naidu Indira Gandhi Hall, IIT Kharagpur, 2009-2013, 2005-2007

• Assistant Warden, Mother Teresa Hall, IIT Kharagpur, 2001-2003

AT BITS PILANI

• 2 years as Group Head, Humanistic Studies,  BITS Pilani.