Education:

• M. A.
• Ph.D. : ‘Understanding the Kalikapurana in Historical Perspective: A Study in Society, Religion and Culture of Early Assam’, Dibrugarh University, 2019.

Professional Experience:

• Research Assistant under SAP-DRS Phase 1 from 2012-13.
• Assistant Professor in L.T.K. College from 2014-15.
• Assistant Professor in History, Dibrugarh University from 2015 till date.

Specialisation/ Area of Interest:

• Ancient India, Socio- Religious History.

Research Experience:

• Worked as a research assistant in SAP/DRS-1 during the period 2012-2013

Presentation

• ‘Rai Bahadur Kanaklal Barua and Discovering the Past in Colonial Assam’ in International Conference on Recent Trends in Humanities, Linguistics, Literature and Education organized by Cluster University of Jammu in collaboration with Vidyakutir Foundation, New Delhi on 27th March, 2022.

Workshops attended:

1. Faculty Development Program on ‘Moodle Learning Management System’ organized by Dibrugarh University with course material provided by Spoken Tutorial Project, IIT Bombay (09/09/2020-15/09/2020)
2. One-month certificate course on ‘Sources of Heritage’ organized by Bhandarkar oriental Research Institute in collaboration with Heritage India Communications Pvt. Ltd and Nyansa (13/07/2020-15/08/2020)
3. Workshop on ‘Early Indian Art and Iconography’ organized by Department of History, Gauhati University, 24/11/2018-30/11/2018
4. Workshop on ‘Oral History and Visual History’ organized by the Centre For Women’s Studies, Dibrugarh University from 18-23 June, 2015.
5. National Workshop on ‘Research Paper and Project Proposal Writing,’ oragnaized by DURSA, 24-25 October, 2016.
6. Attended Orientation Programme for University and College teachers held in UGC-Human Resource Development Council, North Eastern Hills University, Shillong, 20th February-19th March, 2017.

Research Publications:

1. ‘Divine or Cursed: Understanding the Conflict Syndrome in Royal Myths of Pre-modern Northeast India’, Fudan Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, Springer, Vol.15(3), September, 2022, DOI: https://doi.org/10/1007/s40647-022-00353-x
2. ‘Religious Interaction in early Medieval Kamarupa: An Insight into the Kalikapurana’, Indian Historical Review, SAGE, Vol.48(2), pp. 218-32, December, 2021 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/03769836211052098 
3. ‘The Portrait of the Goddess in the Kalikapurana’, IOSR-Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, Vol.22(10), 2017, pp.78-83
4. Monuments of Ahom Period in Sivasagar District: Prospects of Historical Tourism and Challenges in Globalization and Tourism in Assam edited by Dr. R.R.Saikia, Unika Prakashan, 2013, pp. 251-64.
5. Culture of Moran Community at a Glance in Backward Communities of Assam edited by L.B.Kalita & S Akhtar, Chitran Publication, 2013.
6. ‘The Kalika Purana: A Discourse on its strength as a historical document of Early Assam’ in Journal of  Fronline Research, vol.3, 2014.
7. ‘Regional Religious Tradition and Royal Legitimacy in Early Medieval Kamarupa’ in Asian Academic Research Journal of Social Science and Humanities, vol.4, issue 9. ISSN 2278-859X, September, 2017.

Books and Chapters:

1. ‘Itihas Lekhan. Jatiyotabad aru Prachin Asom Samparkiya Chinta-Charcha’ (in Assamese), in Mukut Sharma (ed.) Hengdang, Bhasa publication, Guwahati, 2021, pp. 532-539
2. Monuments of Ahom Period in Sivasagar District: Prospects of Historical Tourism and Challenges in Globalization and Tourism in Assam edited by Dr. R.R. Saikia, Unika Prakashan, 2013, pp. 251-64.
3. Culture of Moran Community at a Glance in Backward Communities of Assam edited by L.B. Kalita & S Akhtar, Chitran Publication, 2013.

Presentations:

1. Sri Sri Aniruddhadeva and Mayamara Vaishnavism in  UGC sponsored National Seminar on ‘Religious Beliefs in Assam Its Implications with Special Reference to Buddhism and Neo-Vaishnavism’ organized by Buddhist Study Centre, Gargaon College, 9th February, 2013.
2. Monuments of Ahom Period in Sivasagar District: Prospects of Historical Tourism and Challenges in UGC sponsored National Seminar on ‘Prospects and Potentialities of Tourism Industry in Assam in the era of Globalization’ organized by C.K.B.College,Teok, 13-14 February, 2013.
3. Culture of Moran Community at a Glance in UGC sponsored National Seminar on Backward Communities of Assam: Their Understanding in Social Development organized by Khowang College, April, 2013.