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Dr. Obja Borah Hazarika

Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science
  • Email - [email protected]
  • Phone No. - 8486878112
  • Department of Political Science
  • Designation - Assistant Professor
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Profile

Education:

  1. Bachelor’s Degree : History Honours, St. Stephen’s College, 2008.
  2. Master’s Degree : International Relations, JNU, 2010.
  3. M. Phil: American Studies, JNU, New Delhi, 2012.
  4. Ph.D.: Dibrugarh University, 2017.

Professional Experience: 2013 February – till date

Areas of Interest/ Specialization: International Relations

Ph.D. Scholar:

Sl. No.

Name

Research Area

Status (On-going/ Completed)

1.

Ankita Bharadwaj

Politics of Borders

On-going

2.

Debashish Nath

BCIM

On-going

3.

Satyadeep Lahkar

Unorganized Labour

On-going

 

  • MPhil Supervision:

Sl No

Name of the Scholar

Title of the topic

Year

Status

1

Deboleena Sengupta

Beyond the Binary: A Study of the India-Bangladesh Enclaves

2016-17

Completed

2

Nyalanda Sonowal

Becoming Citizens: A Study of the Chakma refugees in Arunachal Pradesh

2017-18

Completed

3

Subha Mungal Chakma

Between Vulnerability and Assertiveness: A Study of Chakmas and Citizenship Rights and Beyond in Arunachal Pradesh

2018-19

Completed

4

Gautam Saikia

Trans-boundary Hydro-Politics: Probing Indo-Nepal’s interactions on Mahakali river

2019-20

Completed

5

Ripunjoy Bora

Diplomatic Engagement of Small States on Climate Change: A Case study of Maldives and Bhutan

2019-20

Completed

6

Naznin Sultana

War, National Security and Civil Liberty:  a study of the 1962 war and its impact on the Chinese Community in Assam

2019-20

Completed 

7

Arfina Ara Hussain

Analyzing the strategic competition between India and China in the Indo-Pacific

2021-22

Completed

8

Gitashree Sharma

Paradiplomacy in India: A study on the evolving Paradiplomacy of Border States with special reference to Assam

2021-22

Completed 

Orientation/Refresher Program Attended:

  • Attended Refresher Course on Teacher Education in Tezpur University from 6-20 September 2019.
  • Attended Faculty Development Programme on ‘Behavioural Remodeling and Use of ICT Tools for Classroom Delivery of Teachers’ organized by IIT Guwahati and DHSK College, Dibrugarh from 1-6 July 2019.
  • Attended Summer School on Marxism Module II on the theme ‘Doing Marxism Today’ in South Asian University, New Delhi, 3-12 June, 2017.
  • Attended Refresher Course in Tezpur University, 2-22 January 2017.
  • Attended Orientation Program in Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi from 11 November 2014 to 8 December 2014.

 

Publications

Research Articles in Journals

SCOPUS

No

Article

Journal 

Volume/issue/

year

Page

ISSN

Co-authors

IF*

  

1

Everyday sexism in higher education: narratives of women in Indian academia

Journal of Gender Studies

2023, 

1-12

0958-9236

2

2.356

  

2

The “China Factor” in the Northeast Component of

India’s Act East Policy: Implications for

Security, Connectivity, Commerce

International Journal of China Studies

2022, 13(1)

63-78

2180-3250

1

0.23

  

3

Reasons and Reactions to the Galwan Clash: An Indian Perspective

Journal of Territorial 

and Maritime Studies

2022, 

4 (9)

83-101

2288-6834 

1

-

  

4

Gunotsav Examiners’ Reflections: The Many Dimensions of Evaluating ‘Quality’ Education

Economic and Political Weekly

2021, LVI

(19)

58-64

0012-9976

0

0.37

  

5

Paid and unpaid work during the Covid-19 pandemic: a study of the gendered division of domestic responsibilities during lockdown

Journal of Gender Studies

2021, 30(4)

429-439

0958-9236

1

2.356

  

6

India-Taiwan Economic Relations: Charting a New Path

Contemporary Chinese Political Economy and Strategic Relations

2020,

6(1)

37-68

2410-9681

1

0.19

  

7

Anti-CAA Protests and State Response in Assam: Identity Issues Challenge Hindutva based Politics

Economic and Political Weekly

2020,

55(14)

-

2349-8846

1

0.37

  

8

To Cooperate, or Not to Cooperate: Assessing Pay-offs of the Belt and Road Initiative for India

Contemporary Chinese Political Economy and Strategic Relations

2018,

4(3)

989-1022

2410-9681

0

0.19

  

9

Mega Projects and the Erosion of Human Security

Economic and Political Weekly

2017,

52 (33)

90-95

2349-8846

1

0.37

  

10

Locating Northeast in India’s Neighbourhood Policy: Transnational Solutions to the Problems of a Periphery

India Quarterly

2016,

 72 (3)

235–249

0974-9284

1

0.54

  

11

Riparian Relations between India and China: Exploring Interactions on Transboundary Rivers

International Journal of China Studies

2015,

6(1)

63-83

2180-3250

0

0.23

  

UGC Care List

12

Challenges of Manufacturing Motherhood: Caregivers in the Neoliberal Economy

Explorations, ISS e-journal

2020,

4(2)

67-89

2581-5741

1

-

  

13

Gendered implications of customary Laws on the women of Northeast India: The Case of Nagaland

Man and Society: A Journal of Northeast Studies

2019,

XVI

17-48

2229-4058

1

-

  

14

Energy Security Dynamics in India–Australia Relations

Jadavpur Journal of International Relations

2018,

23(1)<

Courses Taken

Post Graduate level- Papers Taught

  1. Issues in International Relations
  2. Theories of International Relations
  3. India's Foreign Policy

 

Sponsored Projects

Creation of ICT mediated Teaching/Learning pedagogy and content and development of new and innovative courses and curriculum

MOOCs

No

Institute

Paper

Course Coordinator

Subject name

Credits

Status

1.

Development of complete MOOCs in 4 quadrants (4 credit course) (In case of MOOCs of lesser credits 05 mark/credit)

Global Politics, Paper X, BA Political Science

Obja Borah Hazarika

Political Science 

5

Under Development

2.

Development of complete MOOCs in 4 quadrants (4 credit course) (In case of MOOCs of lesser credits 05 mark/credit)

Issues in Contemporary World, BA History

Obja Borah Hazarika- course co-coordinator

History

5

Under development

 

Profile

Profile

Education:

  1. Bachelor’s Degree : History Honours, St. Stephen’s College, 2008.
  2. Master’s Degree : International Relations, JNU, 2010.
  3. M. Phil: American Studies, JNU, New Delhi, 2012.
  4. Ph.D.: Dibrugarh University, 2017.

Professional Experience: 2013 February – till date

Areas of Interest/ Specialization: International Relations

Ph.D. Scholar:

Sl. No.

Name

Research Area

Status (On-going/ Completed)

1.

Ankita Bharadwaj

Politics of Borders

On-going

2.

Debashish Nath

BCIM

On-going

3.

Satyadeep Lahkar

Unorganized Labour

On-going

 

  • MPhil Supervision:

Sl No

Name of the Scholar

Title of the topic

Year

Status

1

Deboleena Sengupta

Beyond the Binary: A Study of the India-Bangladesh Enclaves

2016-17

Completed

2

Nyalanda Sonowal

Becoming Citizens: A Study of the Chakma refugees in Arunachal Pradesh

2017-18

Completed

3

Subha Mungal Chakma

Between Vulnerability and Assertiveness: A Study of Chakmas and Citizenship Rights and Beyond in Arunachal Pradesh

2018-19

Completed

4

Gautam Saikia

Trans-boundary Hydro-Politics: Probing Indo-Nepal’s interactions on Mahakali river

2019-20

Completed

5

Ripunjoy Bora

Diplomatic Engagement of Small States on Climate Change: A Case study of Maldives and Bhutan

2019-20

Completed

6

Naznin Sultana

War, National Security and Civil Liberty:  a study of the 1962 war and its impact on the Chinese Community in Assam

2019-20

Completed 

7

Arfina Ara Hussain

Analyzing the strategic competition between India and China in the Indo-Pacific

2021-22

Completed

8

Gitashree Sharma

Paradiplomacy in India: A study on the evolving Paradiplomacy of Border States with special reference to Assam

2021-22

Completed 

Orientation/Refresher Program Attended:

  • Attended Refresher Course on Teacher Education in Tezpur University from 6-20 September 2019.
  • Attended Faculty Development Programme on ‘Behavioural Remodeling and Use of ICT Tools for Classroom Delivery of Teachers’ organized by IIT Guwahati and DHSK College, Dibrugarh from 1-6 July 2019.
  • Attended Summer School on Marxism Module II on the theme ‘Doing Marxism Today’ in South Asian University, New Delhi, 3-12 June, 2017.
  • Attended Refresher Course in Tezpur University, 2-22 January 2017.
  • Attended Orientation Program in Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi from 11 November 2014 to 8 December 2014.

 

Publications

Publications

 

Research Articles in Journals

SCOPUS

No

Article

Journal 

Volume/issue/

year

Page

ISSN

Co-authors

IF*

  

1

Everyday sexism in higher education: narratives of women in Indian academia

Journal of Gender Studies

2023, 

1-12

0958-9236

2

2.356

  

2

The “China Factor” in the Northeast Component of

India’s Act East Policy: Implications for

Security, Connectivity, Commerce

International Journal of China Studies

2022, 13(1)

63-78

2180-3250

1

0.23

  

3

Reasons and Reactions to the Galwan Clash: An Indian Perspective

Journal of Territorial 

and Maritime Studies

2022, 

4 (9)

83-101

2288-6834 

1

-

  

4

Gunotsav Examiners’ Reflections: The Many Dimensions of Evaluating ‘Quality’ Education

Economic and Political Weekly

2021, LVI

(19)

58-64

0012-9976

0

0.37

  

5

Paid and unpaid work during the Covid-19 pandemic: a study of the gendered division of domestic responsibilities during lockdown

Journal of Gender Studies

2021, 30(4)

429-439

0958-9236

1

2.356

  

6

India-Taiwan Economic Relations: Charting a New Path

Contemporary Chinese Political Economy and Strategic Relations

2020,

6(1)

37-68

2410-9681

1

0.19

  

7

Anti-CAA Protests and State Response in Assam: Identity Issues Challenge Hindutva based Politics

Economic and Political Weekly

2020,

55(14)

-

2349-8846

1

0.37

  

8

To Cooperate, or Not to Cooperate: Assessing Pay-offs of the Belt and Road Initiative for India

Contemporary Chinese Political Economy and Strategic Relations

2018,

4(3)

989-1022

2410-9681

0

0.19

  

9

Mega Projects and the Erosion of Human Security

Economic and Political Weekly

2017,

52 (33)

90-95

2349-8846

1

0.37

  

10

Locating Northeast in India’s Neighbourhood Policy: Transnational Solutions to the Problems of a Periphery

India Quarterly

2016,

 72 (3)

235–249

0974-9284

1

0.54

  

11

Riparian Relations between India and China: Exploring Interactions on Transboundary Rivers

International Journal of China Studies

2015,

6(1)

63-83

2180-3250

0

0.23

  

UGC Care List

12

Challenges of Manufacturing Motherhood: Caregivers in the Neoliberal Economy

Explorations, ISS e-journal

2020,

4(2)

67-89

2581-5741

1

-

  

13

Gendered implications of customary Laws on the women of Northeast India: The Case of Nagaland

Man and Society: A Journal of Northeast Studies

2019,

XVI

17-48

2229-4058

1

-

  

14

Energy Security Dynamics in India–Australia Relations

Jadavpur Journal of International Relations

2018,

23(1)<
Courses Taken
Current Courses
Sponsored Projects