Memorials
The following awards have been instituted in Papiya Ghosh's name by the Purnujjal Papiya Ghosh Memorial Trust:
- Patna Women’s College, Patna University, for the Topper in BA History
- Department of History, Patna University, for the Topper in MA History
- Hindu College, Delhi University, for the Topper in MA History
- The Professor Papiya Ghosh National Award, instituted by the Indian History Congress
- The Papiya Ghosh Memorial Prize for the best MPhil Thesis in Development Studies, at Oxford University
- A Memorial Fund for PhD and Short Term Fellowships in Papiya Ghosh's memory has been set up at the Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta, for young women academicians from non-metropolitan areas of the country. This has been supported by, among others, the Dorabji Tata Trust, and friends and family of Papiya Ghosh.
- The Syndicate of Patna University has approved, on 3 May 2007, the setting up of the Papiya Ghosh Centre for Gender Studies to promote research in this area.
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