Opportunity brief
About the Paper Presentation:
West Bengal offers unusually fertile ground for empirical enquiry, and it is this quality, rather than any sentimental attachment, that recommends it as a subject of academic research.
It is a large state marked by pronounced internal variation: an older industrial belt along the river, a densely cultivated agrarian core, a plantation economy in the north, the drier districts of the west, a coastal delta exposed to considerable climatic risk, and a metropolitan labour market that draws upon each of these in turn. Since these districts fall within a single state policy regime, the differences between them may be examined with some prospect of identifying the factors genuinely at work. The state is served, in addition, by long administrative series and by the coverage of every major national survey, so that a question may ordinarily be posed at more than one level of aggregation and verified against itself.
We invite papers that pose questions capable of being answered. A carefully executed descriptive study, in which the data are handled with honesty and the limitations stated plainly, is of considerably greater value than an ambitious causal claim that the available evidence cannot sustain. Theoretical and policy-analytical contributions are equally welcome, provided the argument is rigorously developed.
With this in mind, we are pleased to announce a Call for Papers on the theme:
'The Economy of West Bengal: Navigating Change, Building the Future'
Topics for Paper Presentation:
- Structural Transformation, Growth and Emerging Economic Opportunities
- Labor Markets, Human Capital and Inclusive Development
- Digital Transformation, Sustainability and Economic Resilience
- Institutions, Public Policy and the Development Trajectory towards 2047
Paper Presentation Guidelines:
- An abstract of not more than 1,000 words, submitted in Word format, setting out the synopsis, the motivation and the methodology to be followed in the paper, is to be submitted by 10th September 2026.The following details are to be included with the submission:
- The names of all authors
- The contact number of any one author
- The email address of any one author
- Institutional affiliation of the author or authors
- The final paper, of between 4,000 and 5,000 words, is to be submitted by 23rd September 2026, in both PDF and Word formats.
- The paper must adhere to the following specifications:
- Font type: Times New Roman
- Font size: 12
- Line spacing: 1.5
- All tables and figures to be labelled and referencing to follow the Harvard or APA style consistently throughout.
- The maximum number of participants in a team is four.
- Participants are required to submit their PowerPoint presentations related to their academic papers by 25th September 2026.
- Cross-college teams are also allowed.
- Any form of plagiarism will lead to immediate disqualification.
- Deadlines are to be respected. No delayed submission will be accepted.
- Participants are required to carry three hard copies of the paper on the day of the event.
- All submissions are to be made to confluence@sxccal.edu.
- The subject of the email must be: Topic_Author's Name_College Name (please specify the name of only one author).
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