Academic Guidelines & Terms

Terms of Use & Academic Disclaimers

Welcome to the official academic portfolio, research repository, and executive education portal of Dr. Sharmistha Banerjee, Professor & Head, Department of Business Management at the University of Calcutta. By accessing and browsing this website, you agree to these Terms of Use.


1. Academic Purpose & Institutional Affiliation

This website is published to disseminate academic research, curriculum initiatives, executive education programmes, and social empowerment initiatives led by Dr. Sharmistha Banerjee. While reflecting official academic and university-approved records, this portal is managed as an academic informational resource.


2. Intellectual Property & Scholarly Citation

All scholarly materials, biographical texts, course outlines, case studies, and editorial essays are protected under intellectual property laws:

  • Scholarly Attribution: Researchers, educators, and students are welcome to reference and cite published papers, books, and working papers presented here, provided full scholarly citation is given to Dr. Sharmistha Banerjee and respective publishing journals/presses.
  • Reproduction Restrictions: Systematic scraping, wholesale duplication, or commercial re-distribution of site text and curriculum designs without prior written permission is prohibited.

3. Photography & Archival Media Credits

Photographs documenting academic conferences, international fieldwork (Rollins College, US Department of State Global Links Initiative), student cohorts, and EWG India exhibitions remain the property of their respective photographers, publishers, or university archives. If you hold rights to any image displayed and seek updated attribution or removal, please contact sbbm@caluniv.ac.in.


4. Courses, Workshops & Executive Admissions

Programme descriptions—including the Certificate Course on Management of Small Business Enterprises (conducted in collaboration with Bradley University and Caterfly), Executive Development Programmes (EDPs), and EWG Mentorship cohorts:

  • Syllabus outlines, fee structures, session schedules, and mode of delivery are subject to administrative scheduling by the Department of Business Management, University of Calcutta.
  • Submitting an expression of interest or notification request does not constitute guaranteed admission until formal registration and payment requirements are confirmed with the university desk.

5. Scholar Identity & Record Accuracy

This website specifically represents Dr. Sharmistha Banerjee, Professor of Business Management at the University of Calcutta, First Indian Global Links Scholar, and Founder-Lead of Empowering Women Globally India. Records belonging to other individuals or researchers of the same name are expressly excluded.


6. External Links & References

Links to academic journals, publishers (Springer, Emerald, Sage), institutional partners, and media houses are provided for reference. This site assumes no liability for content hosted on external third-party domains.


7. Contact & Governance

For questions concerning terms, copyright permissions, or academic partnerships, please write to:

Dr. Sharmistha Banerjee
Professor & Head, Department of Business Management
University of Calcutta (Alipore Campus), Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Email: sbbm@caluniv.ac.in

Last reviewed and updated: October 2026.