Mr. Debdas Mukobadhyaya

Name
Debdas Mukhopadhyay



Date of Birth
02.11.1950



Current Status
Working as Director of Jan Shikshan Sansthan-Haldia & Member-Secretary of its Board of Management with the job of organizing Vocational training programmes for adults and young people for the entire district of Purba-Medinipur of West Bengal under the scheme of Jan Shikshan Sansthan introduced by Government of India.

Education
Examination
Institute
Performance

1973-1976
M.Sc in Chemistry
Jadavpur University
2nd class( 57%)

1972-1973
A.I.C. (India) (Eq. To M.Sc. in Analytical Chemistry)

Institute of Chemists (I), Calcutta
1st Class (63.1%)
1967-1970
B.Sc. (Hons. in Chemistry)
Ramananda College, Bishnupur, Bankura (Burdwan University)

2nd Class (55.6%)
1967
Higher Secondary (Beng. Eng. Phys. Chem. & Math)

Bishnupur High School, Bishnupur, Bankura
2nd Division (59%)
1980-1981
Environmental Engineering Topics
University of Wisconsin-Extension, USA

Grade –A (93-100)
Training

Year
Programme
Institute
Performance

1987
Three weeks course in ‘Biomonitoring of Water & Wastewater’
Calcutta University, Calcutta
Satisfactory
1991
One week course in ‘Newspaper Developing Techniques’
Govt. of West Bengal
Satisfactory
1992
One week course in ‘Science Journalism’
Birla Institute of Technological Museum & Science Association of Bengal, Calcutta
Satisfactory
DMCV/P-1
2001
i) Orientation Programme for the Directors (3 days)

Directorate of Adult Education, GOI at Jaipur
Satisfactory

ii) ISO 9000 For Educational Institutions
(3 days)
Indian Institute of Quality Management, MIT, GOI, Jaipur at Kolkata

Satisfactory
2002
Efficiency Improvement for JSS Directors (3 days)
Management Development Institute, Gurgaon
Satisfactory
2003

Training of Trainers Course
(6 days)
State Institute of Panchayats & Rural Development (GOWB), Kalyani
Satisfactory
2005

Soil and Water Management for sustainable Aquaculture
(7 days)
Central Institute of Fisheries Education (Deemed University, ICAR), Kolkata
Satisfactory
2005

Management Training for Directors of JSS
(5 days)
Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore
Satisfactory
2005

Training-cum-workshop on preparation of Teaching/Learning Materials
(3 days)
Regional Training Centre Jan Shikshan Sansthan Narendrapur
Satisfactory
2005

Training Programme on Entrepreneurship Development and Micro-Credit (3 days)
-Do-
Satisfactory

Experience



2000-0ngoing
August
Jan Shikshan Sansthan-Haldia

v Working as Incharge since inception developing office, developing man-power, framing courses and running vocational courses following GOI Course-Curriculum & developing Vocational Course-Curriculum (V.C.C) as per district need.
v Developed 25 V.C.C for JSS-Haldia & developed 10 study-materials as per V.C.C. Areas covered are Agriculture, Animal Science, Fishery, crafts, Services & Healthcare.
v Developed 05 V.C.C for District Rural Development Cell, Purba Medinipur as per direction of Ministry of Rural Development, GOI.
v Developed 04 V.C.C for Open Basic Education Programme of National Institute of Open Schooling, GOI, New Delhi.
v Developing many vocational course-curriculums and making Resource-Persons of the district in various livelihood areas of poor adults.
v Developing survey-format and undertaking variety of surveys.
v Developing & running various courses in Natural Resource Management.
v Developing & running production courses for self-help groups.
v Working as Academic Coordinator for both State Open School (GOWB) & National Open School (GOI).

DMCV/P-2
1998-2000
Poura Patha Bhaban, Haldia



March - July
· Joined as a Mentor for developing a bilingual higher Secondary School from Pre-primary to Higher Secondary under Haldia Municipality.
· Served as Head of the Institution since inception in the capacity of Administrator cum Headmaster looking after both the academic & administration areas. Initiated computer education right from primary section.
· Introduced ‘Doing-Reading’ model in science education for all classes.
· Earmarked one compulsory cultural get-together programme as per likings of students breaking class-barriers once a week having practices on any one item out of four like drama, recitation, dance & magic.

1977-1998
May -Feb.
Fertilizer Corporation of India & Hindusthan Fertilizer Corporation (Govt. of India Undertaking), Haldia.


· Served as Head & in other capacities of a 50 manning 24 hours running department.

1976-1977
Central Ground Water Board, Govt. of India, Calcutta
Sept. –May
· Served as Senior Technical Assistant taking-up work related to Ground water Analysis & Monitoring.

1973-1976
Jadavpur University, Geological Sciences Dept. in a United Nation.
Sept. – Sept.
Development Project.

· Served as Senior Technician Assistant taking-up analytical work related to Minerals, ores & Spring water Research.

1972-1973
Italab Private Limited, Calcutta
Feb. – Sept.
· Served as Chemist taking up analytical work related to Chemicals, Fertilizers, Water, Metals, Ores etc.

1971-1972
Deepak Metal Works Pvt. Ltd., Calcutta
April-Jan.
· Served as Chemist in the area of Metallurgy

1970-1971
Narrah High School, Vill. & P.O.- Narrah, Dist.- Bankura
May-March
· Served as Asst. Teacher in Deputation Vacancy.

Research Work
· Have a published paper in ‘Fertilizer Association of India’, New Delhi, Journal on ‘Role of Fly-ash in the growth of Bio-mass’.

Literacy Attachment
· Have four articles published in NLM (GOI) newsletter (May 2005, April 2006, January 2007 & March 2007) in NLM (National Literacy Mission).
· Translator of a book of Coconut Development Board, GOI (Eng. To Bengali).
· Have a published book in the name of ‘Chetankule Bhirla Tari’ related to Literacy programme.

· Acted as honorary editor of a Science Journal ‘Bigyan-O-Samajchitra’, published from Haldia Vigyan Parisad, Haldia.

· Have a number of published short stories & poems in local magazines / books.
DMCV/P-13

· Have many write-ups in daily / local newspapers & magazines over vocational-education, social-educational-science-technology, environment & development issues.

Sports & Games Attachment

· Have interest in swimming, Table-Tennis & Sports.
· Stood first in 100 metre swimming competition in college in 1970.

Military Attachment
· Passed certificate ‘B’ examination of N.C.C under Ministry of Defence.
· Attended one month Army attachment training camp under 15 Marattha Regiment in Siliguri Region.

Managerial Work
· Worked as honorary member of the Managing Committee of St. Xaviers School, Haldia for two years.
· Worked as honorary member of the Advisory Committee of the Community Polytechnic Cell of (i) Contai Polytechnic (Govt. of West Bengal), Contai, Midnapore & (ii) Dr. Megnad Saha Institute of Technology, (GOWB) Haldia.
· Worked as honorary President of the Managing Committee of Ramgopalchak Bharati Bidyamandir, Ramgopalchak, Haldia, Midnapore for three years.

Voluntary Work
· Worked as Incharge of an extension centre of Community Polytechnic at Haldia under Contai Polytechnic undertaking skill development courses particularly for the less educated persons.
· Worked as a coordinator for a modern duck rearing project involving 550 rural women under Haldia Utsab Committee & Animal Resource Development Department, Govt. of West Bengal including Research Work.

· Work Voluntarily in the field of Science & Technology transfer in rural areas through awareness and project implementation programmes.

· Worked as mentor & coordinator of about 100 successful programmes held at Haldia for the last 10/12 years. The ‘Forms’ are survey, seminar, fair, show, work-shop, interaction meet and camps. The issues are environment, agriculture, irrigation, low-cost construction, sanitation, Bio-gas, Skill development and education. The programmes have a major component of managerial functioning at the ground level & still engaged in all such type of activities as per availability of time.