Barun De served as the first professor of social and economic history of the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta, founder-director of the Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta and the Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies, Kolkata and as the honorary state editor for the West Bengal District Gazetteers.
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Barun De was chairman of the West Bengal Heritage Commission.
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Barun De studied at European School, Adra and St Xavier's Collegiate School, Calcutta.
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Barun De completed his higher studies at Presidency College, Calcutta, where he was a student of Professor Susobhan Chandra Sarkar.
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Barun De was Debate Secretary of Presidency College's Student Union.
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Barun De was awarded the Curzon Memorial Prize for his essay "Macaulay and India".
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Barun De was Secretary, Treasurer and President of the Oxford India Majlis.
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Barun De formed a lasting friendship with Professor S Nurul Hasan, the historian and Governor of West Bengal.
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Barun De taught and worked abroad, among other places, at Duke University as a visiting associate professor, the Indian Institute of Advanced Studies, Shimla, as a senior fellow, Fondation Maison des sciences de l'homme, Paris as a directeur, University of Sydney and University of Milan as a visiting professor, and the University of World Economy and Diplomacy, Tashkent as the India Chair for three years, with attachment to the Indian Embassy of Uzbekistan,.
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Barun De was secretary, sectional president and general president of the Indian History Congress.
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Barun De was appointed as a Tagore National Fellow by the Government of India, which he held at the Victoria Memorial Hall, Calcutta.
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Barun De was concerned with the national movement: his popular textbook book, Freedom Struggle, co-authored with Bipan Chandra and Amalesh Tripathi, was censored by the new Central government that came to power in India in 1977.
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Barun De was the editor of 24 Parganas and Darjeeling District Gazetteers.
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Barun De contributed to the editing of the Jalpaiguri District Gazetteers.