Intangible Cultural Heritage in a Globalized World

Mahua Chakrabarti is a Professor in the Department of Museology at the University of Calcutta, focusing on museum collection management, Indian art history and archaeology. She obtained gold medal for ranking first in the M.A. examination in Museology. She obtained her PhD degree from the University of Calcutta. She currently supervises four PhD researchers; seven researchers have already been conferred PhD degree under her supervision. She visited Portugal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Myanmar and Cambodia for post-doctoral research work and to attend conferences. She authored six books and edited four volumes. She has penned 40 articles in international and national journals, conference proceedings, and edited volumes. She was a content writer for the UGC E-PG Pathshala Project in Museology & Conservation. She was a Co-PI, UGC-UPE II, Major Project, 2018-20, Museology Department, Calcutta University, entitled “Musealisation of the Great Indian Epics: Case Studies in South and South East Asia”.

Gagari Chakrabarti obtained an M.Sc., M.Phil. and Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Calcutta. She has been teaching since 2001 and is currently a professor and head of the Department of Economics at Presidency University, Kolkata. Chakrabarti has served as Dean of Students (additional charge) at Presidency University. In her repute, she has a number of publications in national and international journals and monographs and edited volumes published by international publishing houses such as Springer and Palgrave MacMillan. Her research interests lie in financial economics, financial econometrics, complex and chaotic financial markets, and, more recently, emotional intelligence, problems of ethical decision-making in workplaces, and emotional disengagement.