Education
1. BA in History,
Bajali College, Pathsala, 1993
2. MA in History,
Gauhati University, 1996
3. PhD: Gauhati University, Title:
Traditional Games of Assam, 2011
Professional Experience
- 1999-2013, Assistant Professor,
Nalbari College, Nalbari, Dist. Nalbari, Assam
- 2013-Till date, Associate Professor,
Nalbari College, Nalbari
- 2015-2019, Coordinator, IQAC,
Nalbari College, Nalbari
UGC Sponsored Minor Research Project
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Title of the MRP: Traditional Games of Assam
Grants Received: Rs. 90,000/-
Duration: 2 Years (May,2008 to May,2010)
Sponsoring Agency: UGC
Sanction Letter No: F.5-164/2007-08 (MRP/NERO)/6522 dtd 31.03.2008, 2008
Fellowship/Recognition etc.
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Received and availed the Associateship offered by UGC-Inter-University Centre for Humanities and Social Sciences in Indian Institute of Advanced Studies, Rashtrapati Niwas, Shimla, from July 2016 to July 2018.
Membership of National/International Professional Communities
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Academic Member of Athens Institute for Education and Research (ATINER), Athens, Greece
Life Member of Indian History Congress
Life Member of Institute of North East India Studies (INEIS)
Life Member of Assam Research Society (Kamrup Anusandan Samiti)
Life Member of North East India History Association (NEIHA)
Area of Interest:
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Oral History, Popular Culture, History of Collective Memory and related areas
Training/Workshop Attended :
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Seven day National Workshop on Oral History organized by Department of History, Gauhati University in collaboration with the Centre for Public History of the Srishti School of Art, Design and Technology, Bengaluru since 23rd September to 29th September, 2013.
National Workshop on Public Memory and Oral History organized by the Oral History Association of India (OHAI) and Department of History, Gauhati University on 13th and 14th November, 2017
Online workshop on Oral History entitled Starting Your Oral History Project organized by the Oral History Association of India (OHAI) on 17th and 18th October, 2020.
Paper presentation in National/International Platforms:
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Presented a paper entitled Putting Old Wine in New Bottle:An Appraisal of Sustainability of the Traditional Oja-Pali Performance of India in the 5th Annual International Conference on Visual and Performing Art organized by Athens Institute for Education and Research (ATINER) in Athens, Greece, from 2nd June to 5th June, 2014.
Presented a paper entitled Rituals and Customs as Reflected in Games:A Study of Assamese Folk Games in the 15th World Sanskrit Conference held at New Delhi from 5th to 10th January, 2012.
Presented a paper entitled The Nature of Tradition in the National Seminar on Politico-historical and Social Cultural Constructs of North East India: Continuity and Change organized by the Asiatic Society, Kolkata in collaboration with Gauhati University, Guwahati on 9th and 10th March, 2011
Presented a paper entitled The Lost Avenues of Amusement: A Review of Folk Games of Assam in the 27th Session of Indian Folklore Congress held at Guwahati from 31st Janua
Professional Experience:
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Discharged the responsibility of Head of the Department since March 2015 to March 2018
Current Head of the department of History, Nalbari College since March 2021
Discharged the responsibility of Coordinator of Internal Quality Assurance Cell, Nalbari College (2015-2019) and was instrumental in NAAC Peer Team Visit of the College in May, 2019.
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Discharged the responsibility of Head of the Department since March 2015 to March 2018
Current Head of the department of History, Nalbari College since March 2021
Discharged the responsibility of Coordinator of Internal Quality Assurance Cell, Nalbari College (2015-2019) and was instrumental in NAAC Peer Team Visit of the College in May, 2019.
Current Convenor of the Research Committee of the college
Book:
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Published a text book for entitled Bharatar Itihash: Pratham Parva (History of India: Volume I) based on CBCS syllabus with ISBN 978-93-89474-12-1 in September 2020.
Chapters in Books/Edited Volume/Conference Proceedings:
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Published a research article entitled Janashruti Aru Itihashar Jalongare Brihattar Nalbari Anchal in an edited volume named Kalatraya (2019) edited by S.K. Kalita and P.Barman and Published by Department of History, Nalbari College, Nalbari, Assam with ISBN 978-81-931994-9-7 pp 5-9
Published a chapter entitled Oja-Pali: Reviewing the Prospects of Second Existence in an edited volume named Religion and Culture of Assam (2016) edited by Dr. Anupal Saikia and Published by Department of History, Bajali College, Pathsala, Assam with ISBN 978-93-81859-43-8 pp 11-19
Published a chapter entitled Defining Tradition in the Socio-Cultural Perspectives of Assam in an edited volume named Crescent (2016) edited by Dr. R. Bhattacharyya and Dr. D. Talukdar and Published by M.R. Publication, Guwahati with ISBN 978-93-85229-37-4 pp 155-159
Contributed as course writer of three chapters of study materials of History for Krishnakanta Handique State open University (KKHSOU) in 2008
Con
Journal Publications:
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Published an article entitled History Writing in Assam: A Review in Istoria in 2013
Published a paper entitled Redefining Tradition, Game and Traditional Game in Ludological Perspective in the Journal of History and Culture Vol.1, Issue 1, 2014 with ISSN 2348-3830, pp. 13-21
Published a joint paper entitled Geriatric Care Through Life Long Learning: A Humanistic Approach in the Middle East Journal of Age and Ageing (ME-JAA) Vol.12, Issue 3, October, 2015 with ISSN 1449-8677, pp. 27-32
Published a paper entitled The Dichotomous Concept of Tradition: A Review in Praxis International Journal of Social Science and Literature, Vol.4, Issue 8, August, 2021 with ISSN 2581-6675, pp. 1-5
Published a research paper entitled Maukhik Itihash: Swarup, Bhut aru Bhabishayat in Satsori Vol. V, December, 2022, with ISSN 2319-8893 pp 37-42
Publication in Conference Proceedings
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1. Paper entitled Migration and Demographic Changes in Colonial Assam published in the Conference proceedings of the National Seminar on ‘Mapping Ethnographies in Assam and Their Role in Identity Politics’ organised by LCB College, Guwahati, 11th and 12th February, 2011
2. Paper entitled Social Context of Traditional Games of Assam: A Review published in the Conference proceedings of the 20th Goalpara Session of North East India History Association (NEIHA) in 2007
3. Paper entitled A Study on the Performing Art Forms of Lower Assam published in the Conference proceedings of the conference on Art and Culture of North East India: Unity in Diversity, organised by National Museum Institute, New Delhi in 2003