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Soon after his retirement De was once again appointed as the director of the Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies, Calcutta. From 1997-1998, he was the Maulana Abul Kalam Azad fellow<ref name="telegraphindia1"/> of this | Soon after his retirement De was once again appointed as the director of the Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies, Calcutta. From 1997-1998, he was the Maulana Abul Kalam Azad fellow | ||
of this institute.<ref name="telegraphindia1"/> He was a member of the Indian Council of Cultural Relations in this period. From 1998-2001 he was the India Chair (in the rank of minister-counsellor), with attachment to the Indian Embassy of Uzbekistan, at the University of World Economy and Diplomacy, Tashkent.<ref name="businessstandard1">[http://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/historian-barun-de-dies-at-80-113071700809_1.html "Historian Barun De dies at 80" - Business Standard] Retrieved 2015-03-06.</ref> | |||
In this period he was a member of the textbook review committee of the National Council for Educational Research and Training (2004).<ref>[http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/arjun-singh-appoints-panel-to-review-ncert-textbooks/1/196584.html ''India Today'', 2004]</ref> chairman of the West Bengal State Archives, Calcutta,<ref name="businessstandard1"/> vice president of the Center for Archaeology and Training, Calcutta, a vice president of the Asiatic Society of Bengal,<ref name="frontline1"/> | In this period he was a member of the textbook review committee of the National Council for Educational Research and Training (2004).<ref>[http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/arjun-singh-appoints-panel-to-review-ncert-textbooks/1/196584.html ''India Today'', 2004]</ref> chairman of the West Bengal State Archives, Calcutta,<ref name="businessstandard1"/> vice president of the Center for Archaeology and Training, Calcutta, a vice president of the Asiatic Society of Bengal,<ref name="frontline1"/> | ||