Soutan Rudra was born in 1990 in
Nityanandapur village (Balgona Chatti), under Bhatar Police Station, Purba
Bardhaman district, West Bengal. He completed his early education in his native
place and pursued higher studies in History at The University of Burdwan, where he
obtained his postgraduate degree and subsequently completed his M.Ed. He is a SET-qualified academic and is
currently associated with academic and research activities.
At present, he serves as
a State Aided College
Teacher (SACT) at Burdwan Raj College and is associated with Netaji Subhas Open University
as a lecturer. Previously, he taught at Chandrapur
College and Kalna
B.Ed College.
He has actively
participated in and presented papers at various National and International Seminars, Conferences,
Workshops, Webinars, and Academic Programmes. His research
interests primarily include Environmental
History, Environmental Movements, Socio-Political Movements, Historiography,
the historical relationship between society and nature, environmental
transformations, indigenous ecological knowledge, forests, tribal communities,
and environmental issues in India.
His notable publications
include An Overview of
Environmental History and Its Trends: A Critique, published by the Asiatic Society, Mumbai, in a
UGC-listed journal; New
Horizons in Environmental History: Context Dipesh Chakraborty and Rachel Carson
/ পরিবেশের ইতিহাস চর্চায় নয়া দিগন্ত: প্রসঙ্গ দীপেশ চক্রবর্ত্তী ও র্যাচেল কারসন, published in Trisangam
International Refereed Journal (Open Access); Political Movements in Purulia: A Study of Colonial and
Post-Colonial Periods / ঔপনিবেশিক ও উত্তর ঔপনিবেশিক সময়কালে রাজনৈতিক আন্দোলনে পুরুলিয়া; Cyclones in
Bengal: A Historical Timeline of Storm Patterns and the Evolution of Human
Response; সংকটে সুন্দরবনের বাস্তুতন্ত্র: একটি ঐতিহাসিক পর্যালোচনা (The Sundarbans Ecosystem in Crisis: A Historical Review); উত্তর উপনিবেশিক সময়কালে পরিবেশ ও পরিবেশ রক্ষায় নারী প্রসঙ্গ চিপকো ইতিহাস (Women and
Environmental Protection in the Post-Colonial Period: The Context of the Chipko
Movement);
বঙ্কিমচন্দ্রের ইতিহাস চেতনা: প্রসঙ্গ ঐতিহাসিক উপন্যাস (Bankimchandra’s
Historical Consciousness: Context of Historical Novels); Degradation in India: A Historical
Analysis of Exploitation, Resistance and Legacy; Colonial Forest Policies and
Environmental Degradation in India: A Historical Analysis of Exploitation,
Resistance and Legacy; বাংলার মেলা: গঙ্গাসাগর মেলা (Fairs of Bengal: The Gangasagar Fair); প্রাচীন ভারতের স্থাপত্য শৈলী (Architectural Styles
of Ancient India); Environmental
Transformation and Tribal Society in the Ajodhya Hills of Puruliya under
British Colonial Rule (1765–1947); and The Impact of British Forest Policies on the Ecology of
the Ajodhya Hills during the Colonial Period (1765–1947).
He is also the author of
the book Railways,
Empire and Environment: Ecological Transformations in Colonial India
(1853–1947), published by Sarkar Library Publication.