Education: B.A., M.A., Ph.D.

Professional Experience:

• Research Fellow under ICSSR in OKD Institute of Social Sciences, Guwahati from 2002-2004.
• Assistant Professor in Dibrugarh University from 2002 till date.

Specialisation/ Area of Interest:

• Modern India, Gender Studies, Social history.

Research Publications:

1. Perfecting the Women’: Some Aspects on the Ideas on Women, Crime and Sexuality in Early Colonial Assam. 1840-c,1900, Published in Proceedings of North East India History Association, 2005, pp. 334-345.
2. Ideas on Economic Nationalism in Colonial Assam, c.1880-c.1930, Published in Proceedings of North East History Association, 2006, pp. 196-206.
3. Upholding the Sacred Nation: The Issue of Cow, Others and the ‘Muslims’ in Colonial Assam, 1900-1935, Published in Journal of Historical Research, Department of History, Dibrugarh University. 2005
4. The Growth of Assamese Identity in Colonial Assam, c.1900-c.1935, Published in Proceedings of North East India history Association, 2007, pp.276-286.
5. The Politics of Identity, the impact of Census in the Growth of Assamese identity in colonial Assam, c. 1900-1935 Published in Journal of Historical Research, Department of History, Dibrugarh University, 2007.
6. The Coming of the Grace of the Christ-The Christian Baptist Missionaries and the Construction of Hindu Identity in Assam, c. 1840-1900, Published in Journal of History, Teok College, 2012.
7. Women & the Question of Assamese Nationalism: A Case in Colonial Assam-Some Reflections, Published in NEIHA Souvenior, Dept. of History, Dibrugarh University, 2009.
8. The Coming of the Grace of the Christ- The Christian Baptist Missionaries and the Construction of Hindu Identity in Assam: c.1840-1900’, Annual Research Journal, Dept. of History C.K.B. College, Teok, 2013

Books and Chapters:

1. The Empire as a Wild Sport: Aspects of Hunting in Colonial Assam, c. 1850-1900, published in Sajal Nag Ed. Forces of Nature, Manohar Publications, New Delhi, 2016.

Workshops:

1. Participated in Seven Day National Workshop on Feminist Research Methodology, 29th August-4^th September, 2016, Organised by Centre for Women’s Studies, Dibrugarh University.
2. Participated in Participated in the Workshop on “Finalisation of History Glossary in Assamese’ from 28^th November to2nd December, 2016 organised by the National Translation Mission Central Institute of Indian Languages, Mysuru.

Presentations:              

1. ‘Reinterpreting the Archive- The Problems of Doing Gender History in Assam: Some Reflections, in National Seminar on Reconstructing Histories: Memories, Traditions and Customs, Dept. of History, Tripura University on 6^th and 7^th February, 2012.
2. ‘The Empire as a World Sport: Aspects of Hunting in Colonial Assam c.1850-1900’, National Seminar , Department of History, Assam University, Silchar, 2009

Publications:

1. The Coming of the Grace of the Christ- The Christian Baptist Missionaries and the Construction of Hindu Identity in Assam: c. 1840-1900’, Annual Research Journal, Dept. of History C.K.B. College, Teok, 2013