• Papiya’s Family has supported Awards in her memory in the Educational Institutions where she studied and taught.

  • St. Joseph’s Convent, Patna for an Annual Inter-School Debate Competition, commencing on 8 October 2007, Papiya’s birthday. The Trophy was bagged by the team from St. Joseph’s Convent

  • Patna Women’s College for the Topper in B.A. History - Ms. Aakanksha Poddar was presented the Award on 25 January 2008.

  • Department of History, Patna University for the Topper in MA History  - Ms. Khusboo Singhania was presented the Award on 19 January 2008

  • Hindu College, University of Delhi for the Topper in MA History - Ms. Indu S. was presented the Award on 15 February 2008.

  The PURNUJJAL PAPIYA GHOSH MEMORIAL FUND and PURNUJJAL PAPIYA GHOSH MEMORIAL TRUST ( http://www.purnujjalpapiyaghoshmemorialtrust.com  ) have been set up to support these Awards and other related activities, inter-alia, to promote academic excellence. (Purnujjal is the synthesis of Papiya’s parents’ names – Purnima and Ujjal).
   

• As a befitting tribute, the Syndicate of Patna University has approved, on 3 May 2007, setting up of the ‘PAPIYA GHOSH CENTRE FOR GENDER STUDIES’ to promote research in this area of topical importance.

• An Annual Award has been instituted in Papiya's memory by Saurav Sen, her nephew, from 2008, in the Department of History, Oxford University (UK) for the best M. Phil Dissertation.

• A Treatment Facility, in memory of Papiya, has been dedicated by the Family at the Indo-American Cancer Institute and Research Centre, Hyderabad (Andhra Pradesh, India).

• A proposal for supporting Ph.d and Short Term Fellowships in Papiya’s memory at the CENTRE FOR STUDIES IN SOCIAL SCIENCES, CALCUTTA (an Institution under the Govt. of India) for young women Academicians from non-metropolitan areas of the country, has been initiated by her friends and supported by her family. Contributions to the Corpus, which are tax-exempt, have been invited from benefactors and well-wishers. For details of the proposed Fellowship, Dr. Partha Chatterjee, Centre for Studies in Social Sciences (CSSS), may be contacted. The Address and other contact particulars are :

R1 Baishnabghata Patuli Township,
Kolkata (India) – 700 094.
Tel : 00-91-33-24627252 / 24625794 / 24625795
Fax : 00-91-33-24626183.
E-mail : cssscal@vsnl.net  or info@cssscal.org 

• Dr. Mridula Mukherjee, Director, Nehru Memorial Museum and Library, (NMML) New Delhi, has conveyed that NMML, where Papiya was a Fellow, would initiate a suitable proposal for memorializing her after a process of consultation.

  Her contact particulars are :
  Tel : 00-91-11-23015333 & FAX : 00-91-11-23793296.
  E-mail : mriduladitya@gmail.com  or nehrumemorial@gmail.com 
   

• IIAS (Indian Institute of Advanced Study), Shimla, where, too, Papiya was a Fellow, is contemplating a similar initiative.

• Papiya’s posthumous, pathbreaking publication “Partition and the South Asian Diaspora – Extending the Subcontinent”, has been presented by the Family to several reputed Libraries, Institutions and eminent persons in India and overseas, to ensure its wide dissemination.

• A Compilation of Papiya's published works has been published by OUP in January 2008, entitled, “Community and Nation – Essays on Identity and Politics in Easter India”.

• Papiya's Ph.d Thesis on “Civil Disobedience Movement in Bihar, 1930-34 has been published by Manak in March 2008.

• Papiya’s unpublished Articles have featured in reputed Academic Journals of Khuda Baksh Oriental Library, Patna and Jamia Milia Islamia University, Delhi. (See Section on "Publications" - Sl. Nos. 25 & 28)

• Papiya’s vast collection of Books and Journals have been donated by her Family to the Department of History, Patna University and the East-West Centre, Patna.

• To celebrate her truly inspirational life, a book, “Toast to Papiya”, with unique insights and wide-ranging memories with contributions from Family and friends and some of her own writings has been published in April 2008.

• A Collection of Essays in honour of Prof. Papiya Ghosh, on the Theme of ‘Bihar’s Journey from the 20th to the 21st Century’, with contributions from eminent persons in different fields is being planned.

• A 3-day Commemorative Programme was organized to honour Prof. Papiya Ghosh in Patna University, between 3rd – 5th December, 2007. It comprised a Memorial Lecture by former Professor of Delhi University, Prof. Uma Chakravarti on “New Scripts : the Nineteenth Century Educational Project for Women”, a Memorial-Debate on “Judicial Activism is not the Solution to India’s Governance Problems” and an Essay Competition on “India’s Role, as the World’s largest Democracy – Future Prospects”. National Research Prof. Vina Das of the Centre for Development of Women’s Studies, Delhi formally inaugurated the PAPIYA GHOSH CENTRE FOR GENDER STUDIES. Dignitaries who attended the Programme included the Vice Chancellor, Dr. Y.C. Simhadri, former Chief Justice of Punjab and Haryana High Court, B.K. Roy and Advocate, Patna High Court, B.K. Choudhary. Minister of State (Higher Education), Govt. of India, Mrs. D. Purandeshwari, who had to cancel her participation at the last minute, had her Speech read out on the occasion, inter-alia, wishing the PAPIYA GHOSH CENTRE FOR GENDER STUDIES a successful future.
  
  Prof. Simhadri, VC and Prof. Nawal K. Choudhary, Head Department of Economics, Patna University, took the initiative to host the Programme.

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