Education

Professional Experience

• August 2009 - to date, Assistant Professor , Nalbari College, Nalbari , Assam

Life Membership

• Forum on Contemporary Theory, Baroda, 2010

• Assam Sahitya Sabha, 2012

Institutional Positions Held

• NCC Caretaker Officer from 2011 to 2014 of Nalbari College. 2011-1014

• Member, Editorial Board, Crescent 2016

• In-charge, Nalbari, Nalbari College Magazine 2017-2018

• Co-ordinator, Seema Biswas Centre for Film and Performing Arts 2017- till date

• Co-ordinator..... Swayam 2019 – till date

• Editor, Contours of Humanities 2019

• Editor of Four Volumes of Books Under TNG Library, Nalbari College, Nalbari 2019

• Programme Officer, NSS Nalbari College Unit February, 2020

• Coordinator, weeklong Online FDP on “Intellectual Property Rights” organized by E&ICT Academy IIT Guwahati held from 21 – 27 June, 2021 in association with IQAC, Nalbari College, Nalbari and support from Techvictus Pvt. Ltd. 2021

• Secretary, Nalbari College Teachers Unit 2022 – till date

• Co-ordinator, Seema Biswas Centre for Film and Performing Arts 2017- till date, 2017

Extension Activities/ Community Service

• Subject Expert in Committee for Selection of Additional Teachers on Contractual Basic by Inspector of Schools, Nalbari 2010.

• Organised Blood Donation Camp at Nalbari College under the banner of NCC in collaboration with SMK Civil Hospital Nalbari. 22 November 2011

• Member, School Management Committee, Milan Higher Secondary School, Banekuchi, 2017-till date.

International Conference

• Oral Presentation in Theory at Work: Text, History and Culture; held at Benaras Hindu University, Department of English in collaboration with Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi & ICSSR, New Delhi; during November 9-11,2010. Paper: Rescue or (Re)-Creation? A New Historical perspective on Rita Choudhury’s Novel Makam

• II. Oral Presentation in the Thirteenth International Conference of the Forum on Contemporary Theory, Vadodara; held at Chandigarh; during 15-18th December 2010. Paper: Social Networking, Sexuality of the closet and the Second Life

• III. Presentation in Problematics on Ethnicity, Identity and Literature; held at Sibsagar College, Sibsagar; during 11, 12, 13,14th October 2012. Paper: Ethnicity, Identity and Trauma: Exploring Displacement in Umakanta Sharma’s Ejak Manuh Ekhan Aranya.

• IV. Presentation in ICSSR Sponsored International Seminar on Gender and Development: A Global Perspective Organised by Department of Economics, Gossaigaon College, Gossaigaon, Assam, in collaboration with Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC), Gossaigaon College on 26 – 28th August, 2019. Paper: Anthropocentrism and Loss / Progress in Mamoni Raisom Goswami’s Chenabor Sont

• Presentation in ICSSR Sponsored Two Day International Conference on Interdisciplinarity: Intersections of Literature and History for Social and Cultural Change Organized by Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, NIT Meghalaya, (COIN 2019) on 19-20th October, 2019) Paper: Re-presentation: Literature, History and Response

• Presentation in Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies (MAKAIAS), Kolkata Sponsored 2nd International Conference on The Land In Literature, The Literature of The Land (Special Focus on Northeast India and Southeast Asia), Organized by Department of English, Gurucharan College, Silchar, Assam on 9th and 10th February, 2020. Paper: Loss and the Hunt for the ‘Land’ / ‘Motherland’ / ‘Homeland’ in Jangam.

• Presentation in 1St Bhattter College International Conference on Recent Advances in English Studies (virtual), organised by PG Department of English, Bhatter College, Danten in collaboration with Central University of Haryana and Yonphula Centenary College, Royal University of Bhutan held in July 3-4, 2021. Paper: Home Away from Home: Ethnic Identity in the Context of Migration and Assimilation.

• Presentation in ICSSR-NERC Sponsored Three Day International Seminar on Environment Across Disciplines: Perspectives in the 21st Century, organised by Department of English, Bodoland University, 9-11th Feburary, 2022. Paper: Interaction between Patriarchy and Nature/Women in Mamoni Raisom Goswami.

National Conference/Seminar

• Presentation in UGC sponsored National Seminar on Current Trends in the Teaching of English in India; held at Nalbari Commerce College, Nalbari; during 9-10th June, 2010. Paper: Merits and Demerits of Using Mother Tongue in English Classroom: A Case Study of English Teachers in Nalbari District of Assam

• Presentation in UGC sponsored national seminar on Ethnic Conflict & Identity Crisis of Different Ethnic Groups in North-East India; held at Suren Das College, Hajo; during 7- 8 January, 2011. Paper: Nation – State and Ethnic Conflict: An Overview of North – Eastern Situation.

• Presentation in UGC sponsored national seminar of Reconfiguring Comparative Literature through Translation / Text History & Culture; held at Barama College, Barama; during 28-29th July, 2011. Paper: Role of Translation in Cultural Studies with Reference to Indian Literature in English

• Presentation in UGC sponsored national seminar on Reflection of the Changing Indian Society in Indian English Fiction; held at M. N. C. Balika Mahavidyalaya, Nalbari; during 11 & 12th September 2015. Paper: Quest for Place in Emotionally Displaced Space: Strategies of Countering Trauma in Jahnabi Barua’s Rebirth and Dr. Bhabendra Nath Saikia’s Antoreep

• Presentation in National Seminar on Environmental Awareness: Issues, Concerns and Challenges at Nalbari College, Nalbari on 27 – 28th August, 2016. Paper: “Living With / Living Away From Nature: Trauma Psychosis in Mamoni Raisom Goswami’s Chenabar Sont”.

• Presentation in National seminar on Vedas: The Storehouse of Knowledge organised by department of Sanskrit, Nalbari College, Nalbari in Collaboration with Maharshi Sandipani Rashtriya Vedavidya Pratisthan (Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India) on 16-17th December, 2017. Paper: “Importance of ‘Self Consciousness in Trauma Healing: Bramha Sutra and Modern Individual”.

• Presentation in ICSSR sponsored national seminar on Exploring Female Voices in the Writings of Contemporary Indian English Literature, 21-22nd September, 2018, organised by department of English, Gorgaon College, Sivasagar in collaboration with Assam Lekhika Sangstha (sponsored by ICSSR) Paper: “The New Order: Kaberi’s Resistance and ‘Subversion of authority’ in Rebirth.”

• Participated in ICSSR sponsored national seminar on Fee Waiver in Higher Education: A Challenge to the Education System with Special Reference to the Rural Colleges of Assam, Organised by Barama College, Barama, 26-27 Feb, 2020.

• Presentation in NAAC Sponsored Online National Seminar on Vocational Courses in Higher Educational Institution and New Education Policy: Issues, Policy and Way Forward, organised by Gargaon College, Sivasagar, 8th May 2021 Paper: Vocational Education in the NEP 2020: Theory and Practice in Higher Educational Institution

• Presentation in the Two-day Online National Conference on Literature, Language, and Culture of North East India organized by the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, National Institute of Technology Meghalaya (NIT Meghalaya) in collaboration with the Department of English Language Education, EFLU, Shillong Campus, and Spectrum: An International Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences (2319-6076) on the 19th and 20th November 2021. Title of the Paper Presented: The Problematic of the National – Sub – National Entanglement: A Take on Mukhim’s “Where Is This North-East?”

R.C./O.C./FDP/STC/Workshop

• Orientation Course at ASC, Jawaharlal Nehru University, during 31.01.2011 to 25.02.2011

• Refresher Course at ASC, University of Hyderabad, January 08-28, 2014.

• Workshop on Performance Poetry, Organised by the British Council and Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Guwahati in IIT Guwahati on 26th September 2015

• TEQIP Symposium on Language Literature and Cognition organised by Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Guwahati in IIT Guwahati on 25 – 27 November, 2015.

• Refresher Course at HRDC, Jawaharlal Nehru University, 08/01/2018 – 02/02/2018

• Faculty Development Programme conducted by Kalinga University at Nalbari College, Nalbari, 6-7th April, 2018.

• Faculty Development Programme in Behavioral Remodeling and Use of ICT Tools for Classroom Delivery of Teachers at Nalbari College under E&ICT Academy, IIT Guwahati. 26 Nov – 2 December, 2018

• Completed Self Learning Online Course on Understanding Open Educational Resources offered by Commonwealth of Learning, Canada on May15, 2020. Course available at https://learner.col.org.

• Faculty Development Programme in online mode for university and College teachers on Preparation of Self Learning Materials for University and College Learners organised by Dibrugarh University from 12th to 18th May 2020.

• One-Week Online Faculty Development Programme on Mentoring Pedagogy and Teaching for Higher Education organized by E&ICT Academy IIT Guwahati held from 21 to 27 April, 2021 in association with Pub-Kamrup College, Assam.

• Online Weeklong FDP on E-Content Development organized by Teaching Learning Centre, Tezpur University in association with University of Science and Technology, Meghalaya (USTM) during 04-08, April 2022.

• Faculty Knowledge Sharing Program on Beyond Professorship - The 21st Century Academician In Collaboration with IQAC, B. Booroah College on 15/07/2020 at Guwahati.

• Interdisciplinary Refresher Course on Academic Writing and Research held during 16-30 May, 2022 organized by the Teaching Learning Centre, Tezpur University in Online mode.

• Participated in the Yoga for Unity and Well-being, March 14 to June 21, towards the International Day of Yoga 2021, organised by Ministry of AYUSH, Govt. Of India, UN Information Centre for India and Bhutan and Association of Indian Universities.

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