MA Social Work (2012) from Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai
BA Sociology (2010) from Sri Venkateswara College, University of Delhi
Experience
More than a decade of experience in social research in the north-eastern region of India, studying issues like financial inclusion, access to justice, conflict and peace processes and urbanisation processes
Worked at
Research Associate at Northeastern Social Research Centre
Research consultancies with Impluse NGO Network, Impulse Social Enterprise and Centre for Social Equity and Inclusion
Career Highlights & Awards:
ICSSR Doctoral Fellowship 2019-20
Latest publication- Borgohain, Bhaswati and Mekory Dodum. "Religious Nationalism, Christianisation and Institutionalisation of Indigenous Faiths in Contemporary Arunachal Pradesh, India”. South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies. July 9, 2023. 46:4. (pp 1008-1027). DOI: 10.1080/00856401.2023.2223457
Publication and Books
Journal Articles
Borgohain, Bhaswati and Mekory Dodum. "Religious Nationalism, Christianisation and Institutionalisation of Indigenous Faiths in Contemporary Arunachal Pradesh, India”. South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies. July 9, 2023. 46:4. (pp 1008-1027). DOI: 10.1080/00856401.2023.2223457
Sharma, Chandan K. and Bhaswati Borgohain. "Indigenization and Vernacularization of Social Science in India: Revisiting the Debate". Postcolonial Studies, April 5, 2023. 27:2. (pp 229-247). DOI: 10.1080/13688790.2023.2196147
Borgohain, Bhaswati. "Book Review: Highways and hierarchies: Ethnographies of mobility from the Himalaya to the Indian Ocean". Contemporary South Asia. 2022. 30: 3. (pp 441–442). DOI: 10.1080/09584935.2022.2100120
Sharma, Chandan K. and Bhaswati Borgohain. “The New Land Settlement Act in Arunachal Pradesh.” Economic & Political Weekly. June 8, 2019. 54: 23. (pp.17-20). ISSN: 23498846 00129976
Book Chapters
Sharma, Chandan K. and Bhaswati Borgohain. “Tribal Movements in Colonial and Post-Colonial India”. Bishwajit Ghosh, ed. Exploring Social Movements: Theories, Experiences, and Trends. New Delhi: Routledge India, 2024. ISBN: 9781032666457
Bhaswati Borgohain. "Women, Conflicts and Peace-Building in North-Eastern India." Tula, Meenal and Kusumika Ghosh ed. Women and Peace Building: Perspectives from the field, Guwahati: North Eastern Social Research Centre, 2021. Printed. ISBN: 978-81-953024-2-0
Sharma, Chandan K. and Bhaswati Borgohain. “Tribal Movements.” Bishwajit Ghosh, ed. Social Movements: Concepts, Experiences and Conflicts. New Delhi: Sage Publications, 2020. Printed. ISBN: 978-93-532-8739-9 9353287391 (PB)
Borgohain, Bhaswati. “Media, Conflict and Peace-Building in Northeast India.” Pereira, Melvil and Bhaswati Borgohain, eds. Penning for Peace: Media, Conflict and the Northeast. Guwahati and New Delhi: North Eastern Social Research Centre and Indian Social Institute, 2017. Printed. ISBN: 978-81-89762-58-2 (pp. 67-91)
Books
Fernandes, Walter and Bhaswati Borgohain. Rethinking Autonomy, Self-determination and Sovereignty: Search for Peace in Northeast India. Guwahati and New Delhi: North Eastern Social Research Centre and Indian Social Institute, 2017. Printed. ISBN: 9-788189-762575
Fernandes, Walter and Bhaswati Borgohain. Journals of Dispute: Media Coverage of Conflicts in the Northeast. Guwahati: North Eastern Social Research Centre, 2017. Printed. ISBN: 978-81-933761-1-9
Pereira, Melvil and Bhaswati Borgohain, eds. Penning for Peace: Media, Conflict and the Northeast. Guwahati and New Delhi: North Eastern Social Research Centre and Indian Social Institute, 2017. Printed. ISBN: 978-81-89762-58-2
Reports
Prepared the report on the impact assessment of the PM SVANidhi Scheme implemented under the Assam State Urban Livelihood Mission (ASULM) of the State Government of Assam in three districts viz., Morigaon, Nagaon and Sonitpur (2023).
Prepared the chapter on Tripura on the Need Assessment Study to Identify Gaps in the Legal Empowerment of People in Eight States of the North East, (2015) published as a report by Department of Justice, Ministry of Law and Justice, New Delhi
Prepared the chapter on Tripura on the “Access to Justice by Women in the 7 districts of the North-Eastern States where 6th Schedule of the Constitution is applicable” (2014) Published as a report by National Mission on Empowerment of Women, Ministry of Women and Child Development, Govt. of India.
