PhD in Social Sciences, The Assam Kaziranga University
UGC NET (Social Work) in the year 2011.
MSW (Community Development) from Dibrugarh University.
MBA (Marketing Management) from Periyar University.
Experience
Academics (Total No of Years): 12 Years
Industry (Total No of Years): 5 Years
Worked at
District Consultant at Rashtriya Madhyamik Siksha Abhiyan, Assam.
Faculty member at NEF College of Management and Technology, Guwahati.
Career Highlights & Awards:
Short Term engagements:
Engaged in DON BOSCO YAR (Young at Risk) documentation project in Assam, Kolkata and Hyderabad in the year 2010-11.
Area of Research Interests:
Community Development
Education, Livelihood, and Entrepreneurship
Social work with Marginalized
Social work with Women and Children
Publication and Books
Books/Edited Volumes:
Published an Edited Volume titled “ Inclusive and Sustainable Development for Self-Reliant India” with ISBN: 978-93-5813-338-7
Published an Edited Volume titled “Role of Government & NGOs in Inclusive and Sustainable Development” with ISBN: 978-93-5906-307-2.
Chapters in Books:
Chapter titled “NGOs in Promotion of Micro Entrepreneurship and Economic Empowerment of Rural Women in Assam” published in the book titled INTERFACE: Language, Ecology & Gender in North East India published by Exceller Books in the year 2021. ISBN: 978-93-90746-25-5.
Chapter titled “Vaccine Hesitancy” published in the book titled Nibandhana published by Social Work department, Dibrugarh University, Assam in the year 2020.
Chapter titled “Invisible Minority: The World of LGBT Community” published in the book Social Exclusion and Challenges of Inclusion in India in the year 2020.
Chapter titled “A Critical Analysis of the Role of Ministry of MSMEs in Solving the Issue of Youth Unemployment in India” published in the book titled Nibandhana published by Social Work department, Dibrugarh University, Assam in the year 2019
Article titled “Micro Finance and Women Empowerment: A study on the Socio-Economic Development of Women participating Self Help Groups in Jorhat district of Assam” published in a book with ISBN: 978-93-85895-65-4 in the year 2016.
Articles in Journals:
Article titled "ASRLM In Fostering Micro Entrepreneurship Among Rural Women: A Case study Of Nowboicha Block in Lakhimpur District, Assam” published in the UGC Care Listed Group I journal DOGO RANGSANG. ISSN No. 2347-7180 with Impact Factor 5.127.
Article titled "Disaster Risk Reduction and Developing Community Resilience: A Study Based on Selected NGOs of Assam " published in the UGC Care Listed Group I journal DOGO RANGSANG. ISSN No. 2347-7180 with Impact Factor 5.127.
Article titled "Employment Generation and Promotion of Rural Industries: A Study Based on Selected Micro Enterprises of Jorhat District of Assam" published in the UGC Care Listed Group I journal DOGO RANGSANG. ISSN No. 2347-7180 with Impact Factor 5.127.
Article titled "Inherent Entrepreneurship of Mishing Women " published in the peer reviewed journal ADIVASI published by Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Research and Training Institute, Odisha in the month of January,2022. ISSN No. 2277-7245.
Article titled “Intervention of Voluntary Organization in Disaster Affected Areas with special reference to North East Affected Area Development Society (NEADS)” co-authored and published in the Assam Kaziranga University National Journal of Social Science Research.
Paper Presented in seminar/conference:
Paper titled “Livelihood Aspirations and Skill Gap among the Youths of Tea Garden Community”presented in ICSSR sponsored National Seminar held at Kaziranga University, Jorhat.
Paper titled “Women Entrepreneurship for Sustainable Economic Development and Role of NGOs: A Study on RVC, Dhemaji” presented in ICSSR sponsored National Seminar held at Kakojan College, Jorhat.
Paper titled “Role of Agro Based Industries in Uplifting Socio-economic Condition of Rural Poor: A study based on Food Processing Industries of Jorhat district of Assam” presented in UGC sponsored National Seminar held at D.R. College, Golaghat.
Paper titled “Invisible Minority: The world of LGBT Community A Study based on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender community in Golaghat district of Assam” presented in the National Seminar held at Assam Kaziranga University, Jorhat.
Paper titled “Rights of Differently Abled & The Rights of Persons with Disability Act, 2016: An analytical study in the context of India” presented in the National Seminar held at Assam Kaziranga University, Jorhat. (As Co-author).
Paper titled “Countering Social Exclusion: A study based on existing laws and policies for Social Inclusion of Scheduled Tribe Population in India” presented in the National Seminar held at Assam Kaziranga University, Jorhat. (As Co-author).
Paper titled “The Rhetoric & reality of untouchability in India (Study of the constitutional provisions, problems of stigmatization & social exclusion among the Harijans of Golaghat district of Assam” presented in the National Seminar held at Assam Kaziranga University, Jorhat. (As Co-author).
Paper titled “Role of non-governmental organizations in promoting social inclusion of intellectually disabled people in Assam: A study based on Atmikha of Sonitpur district of Assam” presented in the National Seminar held at Assam Kaziranga University, Jorhat.
Paper titled “Women Entrepreneurship: Opportunities and Challenges in Socio Economic Development” presented in UGC sponsored National Seminar held at JB College, Jorhat.
Paper titled “Micro Finance and Women Empowerment: A study on the Socio-Economic Development of Women participating Self Help Groups in Jorhat district” presented in UGC sponsored National Seminar held at Golaghat Commerce College, Golaghat.
Any others:
Reviewed an article titled "Characteristics of Teacher- Coach Sexual Abuse Perpetrators of Student- Athletes”for the Journal Children and Schools published by National Association of Social Workers (NASW) in February, 2016
Workshops/Programmes organized:
Convener of the ICSSR sponsored National Conference on "Inclusive and Sustainable Development for Self-reliant India" organized by School of Social Sciences in 2023.
Invited as Panel member in the panel discussion on "Community Based Disaster Preparedness and Crisis Interpretation" organized by NEADS, Jorhat in the year 2022.
Organized a 12 days Faculty Development Programme on Entrepreneurship in collaboration with Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India and sponsored by Department of Science and Technology, Government of India.
Co-convener of the 2-days national seminar on the theme Social Exclusion & Challenges of Inclusion in India organized by School of Social Sciences in 2017.
Organized one Workshop on Emerging Trends of Social Work Practice in NE India in collaboration with Action-aid India.
Co-convenor of Anthropological Survey of India sponsored 2-days national seminar on the theme Tribes in Transition in India organized by School of Social Sciences in 2018.
Organized workshops on Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) in collaboration with North East Affected Area Development Society (NEADS).
Attended seminar/conference/Workshops:
Attended 1 week workshop on Emerging Trends in Intellectual Property Rights in Indian Contextorganized by Jhanji HNS College, Jorhat in 2023.
AttendedAICTE sponsored One Week Faculty Development Programme on Social Entrepreneurshiporganized by National Institute of Technology (NIT), Mizoram in 2022.
Attended DST, Govt. of India sponsored 12 days Faculty Development Programme on Entrepreneurship organized by Kaziranga University in collaboration with EDII in the year 2020.
Attended one day Management Development Programme on Behavioural Finance organized by School of Business, Kaziranga University in the month of December, 2017.
Attended one Disaster Management Workshop organized by IAG (Inter Agency Group), Assam.
Attended one training program organized by IRTPL (Intellectual Resource Training Pvt. Ltd) on Human Resource Management (HRM).
Attended Travel & Tourism Expo2005 "Volunteered as co-worker in UTSAV-05 in Guwahati.