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Educational Qualifications:

M.Sc (NEHU)
M.Phil (NEHU)
Ph.D. (NEHU)

Specialization Social and Cultural Anthropology"

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Area of Interest:
Emerging trend in Ethnicity, Identity consciousness, Culture studies, Youth behaviour, Intellactual Property Rights and Displacement studies etc.

Ph.D Awarded :

Dr. Phatick Ch. Baruah, 2003 : Customary Laws Among the Mishings

Dr. Farhin Ara Rohman, 2008 : Folk Narratives and Social Reality : A Case Study of the Karbis of Assam

Dr. Sunil Kr. Borgohain, 2008 : Social and Political Status of the Morans

Dr. Bhanu Pangging, 2013 : Neo-Vaisnavism and the Mishings of Majuli Island : A Study on Continuity and Change

Doctoral Fellows :

1. Ganesh Kumar Shah (27-12-2008) Rajiv Gandhi Fellow : Cultural Response to Displacement : A Case Study of Rohmoria Region.

2. Pankaj Gogoi (11-12-2009) : Ethno-medical Knowledge and Its Socio-cultural base, Efficacy, Problems and Prospects : A Case Study of Dhemaji and East Siang Districts of Assam and Arunachal Pradesh .

3. Anup Hazarika (16-12-2011) : An Anthropological Impact Assessment of Flood : A Case Study od Dhemaji development Block

4. Mondira Baruah (16-12-2011) UGC-JRF : Cultural Ecology of a Flood Prone Area : A Case study of Three Village Communities, viz., Ahom, Chutiya. and Mishing of Chamarajan Area in Dhemaji District.

5. Chusmita Konwar (30-11-2012) UGC-JRF : Impact of Flood on Socio-economic Life of the People : A Case Study in Dhokuwakhana Sub-division of Lakhimpur District, Assam.

6. Dipa Patir (30-11-2012) : Traditional Coping and Indigenous Adaptation Strategies Employed during Flood by the Mishing Population in Dhemaji District of Assam.

7. Purabi Saikia (30-11-2012) UGC-JRF : Land Alienation due to Establishment of BCPL Project and its Impact on Socio-economic Life : A Case Study in Barbarua Development Block, Dibrugarh.

Life Memebership

INDIAN NATIONAL CONFEDERATION AND ACADEMY OF ANTHROPOLOGISTS (INCAA)

NORTH-EAST INDIA COUNCIL FOR SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH (NEICSSR)

INSTITUTE OF TAI STUDIES AND RESEARCH (ITSR, MORAN)

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Book:

Continuity and Change Among the Ahom, New Delhi, Concept Publishing Company, 2006.

Other publications

Impact of Displacement on the Traditional Occupation of the Displaced Population of Rohmoria : A Case Study. With Ganesh Shah. Bulletin of the Department of Anthropology, Dibrugarh University, Dibrugarh..Vol.-39, ISSN-0976-2264, 2011
Cultural Ecology : The Human Interface, in Dibyajyoti Dutta and Jukti Ratna Saikia edited, Environment and Development : Emerging Issues and Debates. P. 196-202. Guwahati, Planet ink, 2011.
“ Indigenous Knowledge of transportation, preservation and packaging of food and other items of economic importance among the Sonowal Kacharis of Dibrugarh district”. Bulletin of the Department of Anthropology , Vol.35, 29-38, 2008.
“Dynamics of Culture Change of the Ahom”. Indian Journal of Tai Studies , Vol.VII. Moran, Institute of Tao Studies and Research, 2007.
“Glimpses of Social Reality Through Tattoos of the Wanchos of Arunachal Pradesh”. Journal of Indian Anthropological Society , 41:291-297(2006), Kolkata, 2006.
“Disintegration of ‘Haori’ Institution and its Impact on Folk Society” . Indian Journal of Tai Studies , Vol.V. Moran, Institute of Tai Studies and Research, 2005.
“Striking A Dynamic Equilrium: A Study on Continuity and Change Among the Ahoms of Lakhimipukhuri-Jaikhamdang Village,Sibsagar, Assam”. North East India In Perspective , Rajat K.Das et ll(ed.). New Delhi: Akansha Publishing House, 2005.
“Karbi Folk Narratives: A Window to Social reality” (Joint) . Tribal Studies In Northeast India . S.Sengupta (ed.). New Delhi : Mittal Publicaton, 2002.
“People’s Perception of Ethnicity; An Exploration Into The World of Folklore”. Ethnicity in Assam, K.M. Deka & K.N. Phukan (ed.). Dibrugarh University: Centre for North-East Studies, 2001.
“Mother’s Brother’s Daughter: An Analysis of Matrilineal Cross-cousin marriage among the Purum/Chothe”. Wonder That Is Culture: Festschrift to Prof. P.K.Misra . T.B.Subba (ed.). New Delhi : Mittal Publication, 1999.
“Politics of Ethnicity in North-east India: An Appraisal”. North-east India : The Human Interface. M.K.Raha & A.K.Ghosh (ed.). New Delhi, Gyan Publishing House, 1997.

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