Rajib Roson Ghosal is a Ph.D. research scholar who
is currently pursuing his doctorate on thePopularisation
of Western Science and Medicine in Colonial Bengal at Visva-
Bharati, Santiniketan. His domain of work is primarily
the History of Science and Medicine in Bengal.
He has contributed numerous articles to national and
international journals, conference proceedings, and edited volumes. His
notable works include ‘Science, Medicine and Rabindranath Tagore: An
Analytical Study’; ‘Forcible Madness as a Civilizing Mission: Inmates of
Lunatic Asylums in Colonial Bengal’; and ‘The Age of Assimilation to
Excellence: Spread of Medical Education in 19th Century Bengal’.
