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  First Pravat Kar Memorial Research (2000-2002) Centre for Marxian Studies, Jadavpur University and Pravat Kar Memorial Endowment   Kunal Chattopadhyay                     Preface   The research project on White Collar Employees and the Proletarian Identity was begun two years ago as the first research project funded by the Prabhat Kar Memorial Endowment, a unique endowment, made by the All India Bank Employees Association to Jadavpur University for academic research on issues of interest to the working class and other toiling people. It is appropriate to record one’s appreciation of their progressive approach to the interaction between professional academic work and the class struggle. The scheme as originally conceived, is a massive one, and this project report only makes an initial contribution. The basic aim of the project was to examine how white-collar work has been studied in both M...