Education: M. A., LL.B.

Professional Experience:

• Assistant Professor in Nowgong Girls’ College from 1997 to 2002.
• Assistant Professor in Dibrugarh University from 2002 till Date.

Specialisation/ Area of Interest:

• Ancient India, Political history, Environmental History, Historiography.

Administrative Assignments:

• Co-ordinator, Buddhist Study Centre.
• Co-coordinator, UGC-NET Cell.

Research Publications:

1. Vaishnavite occult Practices in Medieval Assam in D. Nath (edited ) Religion and Society in North East India’ (ed), Guwahati, 2011.
2. Census and Social Mobility in 19^th Century Assam, Proceedings, North East India History Association, 2012.
3. Eric Hobsbawm, Prakash, Novembver, 2012, ISSN 2279-0683.
4. Itihash Chetanar Samajik Potobhumi, Prakash, January, 2012, ISSN 2279-0683.
5. Theravadi Buddhism among the Tai Buddhist Communities of Assam and the Burmese Influence in Journal of Historical Research, Dept. of History, Dibrugarh University, Volume-XVIII, 2013.
6. History writing and Historical Consciousness in Colonial Assam, Proceedings, North East India History Association, 2013.

Books and Chapters:

1. Vaishnavite occult Practices in Medieval Assam in D. Nath (edited) Religion and Society in North East India’ (ed), Guwahati, 2011.

Presentations:

1. Ethnicity, Ethnic Conflicts and Changing Perspectives of the Pasts in the National Seminar on Inter-Ethnic Conflict in Northeast India organized by the Institute of Tai Studies & Research and sponsored by ICSSR, New Delhi, held on 24-25^th April, 2010.
2. Social Exclusion and Ethnic Politics  in the National Seminar on Social Exclusion and Conflict in Northeast India, organized by the Institute of Tai Studies & Research and Sponsored by ICSSR, held on January 8-9, 2011.
3. Politics of Identity & Ethnic Conflict in North East: Hope for the future in the Two Day Workshop on Conflict Transformation: Perspectives on North East India Organised by Equal Opportunity Cell in Collaboration with Department of Sociology, Tezpur University on February 17-18, 2011.
4. Identity Politics, Civic Engagement and Ethnic Conflict in North East India in the National Seminar on Recent Trends in Social Science Research in North- East India, Dept. of Sociology, Dibrugarh University, March 25^th, 2011.
5. The Brahmaputra and Colonialism: Changing History of River in the 19^th Century.in the International Seminar on River, Society and Sustainable Development, Dibrugarh University on 26^th to 29^th May, 2011.
6. Social Exclusion and Inclusive Development: Perspectives from North East India, National Seminar on Social Exclusion and Inclusive Development in North-East India: Challenges and opportunities, North Guwahati College, Ghy, 10^th and 11^th June, 2011.
7. Gandhian Philosophy and its Relevance in 21^st century, Dept. of Political Science, Sonari College on 22^nd October, 2011.
8. Census, Classification and Social Mobility in Colonial Assam, XXXII^nd Annual Conference of NEIHA, Tripura on 19^th November 2011.
9. Gender identity and Social Mobility in Colonial Assam, International Seminar on Changing Patriarchies and Gendered constructs: Gender History in North East India in Assam University, Silchar, 18-20^th January 2012.
10. Historiography and History in Pre-Colonuial and Colonial Assam on Lives of Indian Saints and Claims of Devotion: Comparative Perspectives, Tezpur University on 15^th-16^th February 2012.
11. Understanding Identity, Ethnicity and Violence in Assam in the National Seminar Understanding Social Problems in North East India, Dept. of Sociology, D.U., 23^rd March 2013.
12. Histories, Translations and Changing Ideas in Colonial Assam, National Seminar on Translation and Assamese Literature: History and Theory on 7^th and 8^th March 2014.
13. Public History and Historical Memory in Contemporary North East India.  In National Seminar, Reconstructing Histories: Memories, Traditions and Customs, Dept. of History, Tripura University on 6^th and 7^th February, 2012.
14. Understanding Ethnic Politics and Historical Consciousness in the 20^th Century Assam, Organized by Department of History, S.M.D. College, Charing, 30^th and 31^st March 2013.