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Dr. Obja Borah Hazarika

Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science
  • Email - obja@dibru.ac.in
  • Phone No. - 8486878112
  • Department of Political Science
  • Designation - Assistant Professor

Profile

Education:

YEAR

INSTITUTION

EXAMINATION

MARKS

Division

2014-2017

Dibrugarh University, Assam, India

Ph.D. topic Analyzing the Strategic Dimensions of India’s Look East Policy 1991-2013’

Awarded

Awarded

2010- 2012

Jawaharlal Nehru University, School of International Studies , United States Studies Division, Delhi, India

M.Phil Dissertation on the topic ‘US-Russia Cooperation on Nuclear Nonproliferation’, submitted on July 9th , 2012

7.62

(CGPA)

1st

2008-10

Jawaharlal Nehru University, School of International Studies, Delhi, India

M.A in Politics (with specialization in International relations)

7.87

(CGPA)

1st

2005-08

St. Stephen’s College, Delhi University, India

B.A. History Honours

65.45%

1st

2005

The Assam Valley School, India

ISC

92.25%

1st

2003

The Assam Valley School, India

ICSE

83.45%

1st

Professional Experience:

  • Assistant Professor, Political Science, Dibrugarh University: 1.2.2013-1.11.2017
  • Stage II Assistant Professor, Political Science, Dibrugarh University: -1.11.2017-present

Areas of Interest/ Specialization: 

  • International Relations

Ph.D. Supervision of Candidates:

Sl No.

Name of the Scholar

Title of the Topic

Date of Registration

Status

1

Ankita Bhradwaj

Exploring the implications of the India-Myanmar Border on Politics and Society of the Tangsas of Arunachal Pradesh and Konyaks of Nagaland

24-09-2019

Ongoing

2

Debasish Nath

India’s Approach to Sub-Regional Cooperation: Examining BCIM in the context of the political economy of the North East Region

28-11-2019

Ongoing

3

Satyadeep Lahkar

Social security, Unorganized Labour and the State: A study of the unorganized laborers of Dibrugarh Town, Assam

23-12-2019

Ongoing

  • 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

 

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

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

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

 E-content

e-content (developed in 4 quadrants) per module

No

Institute

Module Name

Paper

Subject name

Module id

1.

E-pathshala

The constitutional framework of rights and marginal communities

Media and Margins

Media and communication

studies

P9M07

Contribution to development of e-content module in complete course/paper/e-book (at least one quadrant)

No

Institute

Subject

Paper

Topic

1.

Directorate of distance education

Self Learning Material

Political Science

Course Pol Sc. 206

Peace and Conflict studies

Human Security

Unit XIV, Block 4.

 

Invited Lectures/ Resource person/paper presentation in Seminars/conferences/full paper in conference proceedings

No.

Topic

Conference/ organized by

International / national

Year

Resource person/paper presented

1

Report Writing and Publication

Workshop on Research Methodology

University

20.03.2023

Resource Person

2

Chief Guest for the First Alumni Meet of Assam Women’s University

AWU

State

18.3.2023

Chief Guest Address

3

A tribute to Kamla Bhasin: The Unflagging feminist Icon

LTK College

State

1.10.2022

Key note speaker

4

E-Rise of Digital Diplomacy: Exploring the emerging trends in India’s Twiplomacy

St. Joseph’s College, Darjeeling

International

15-16.09.2022

Paper Presented

5

Social Responsibility and Community Engagement in Higher Education Institutions: Policies and Practices

National Institute of Educational Planning and Administration

National Workshop

4-5.8.2022

Paper Presented

6

Epistemology and Ontology in Research

Centre for Social Work Studies, Dibrugarh University

National Workshop

26.5.2022

Resource Person

7

Ethics and Politics in Research

Centre for Social Work Studies, Dibrugarh University

National Workshop

26.5.2022

Resource Person

8

The Ukraine Crisis and India

Royal Global University

National Webinar

9.05.2022

Resource Person

9

Russia-Ukraine Crisis 2022: An Indian Perspective

Gargaon College

National Webinar

17.03.2022

Resource Person

10

Paradiplomacy: Concepts, theories and trends

Jadavpur University

National Refresher Course

3-Dec-21

Resource Person

11

Covid-19 pandemic and the Future of India’s foreign policy

Nowgong College

National Webinar

19-Jun-21

Resource Person

12

Research Methodology and training programme in Social Science Research

Institute of Tai Studies and Research, Moranhat, Assam

National Training Programme

3-9 April 2021

Resource Person

13

Cooperation or Conflict: India- China Relations in the 21st Century

LCB College

National Webinar

25-Jul-20

Resource Person

14

India-China relations: Challenges and possibilities ahead

Digboi Mahila Mahavidyalaya, Digboi

National Webinar

12-Aug-20

Resource person

15

Gandhian Visions and Interventions in the Imbroglios in Northeast India

Department of History, Dibrugarh University and Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts

National Seminar

15-16 October 2019

Paper presented

16

The BJP Leadership In Arunachal Pradesh and the Chakma Issue: Balancing Central Government Decisions and Indigenous Anxiety

 Institute of Tai Studies and Research, Moranhat, Assam and ICHR

National Seminar

March 9-10 2019.

Paper presented

17

Understanding Political Change in Arunachal Pradesh

Centre for South East Asian Studies, Gauhati University,

International seminar 

August 28-29 2018.

Paper presented

18

The Energy Question in India-Australia Relations: Present ties and Future Prospects’,

KIIPS and Political Science University, Ravenshaw University,

International Conference

17-18 February 2018.

Paper presented

19

Gender gaps in social protection in Northeast India

Institute of Tai Studies and research and ICSSR

National workshop

9-15 December, 2017

Resource person

20

Portrayal of Insurgencies: Textual Rendering of the Identity Question of the ULFA

ICSSR Tinsukia College

International Conference

11-12 February 2017

Paper presented

21

To Ride or Not to Ride the OBOR, Implications of the Belt and Road Initiative on India

Centre for South East Asian Studies, Gauhati University.

International Conference

2-3 June 2017

Paper presented

22

India Negotiates Its Neighbourhood: Approaches, Adaptation And Acrimony

St. Joseph College, Darjeeling, West Bengal, India.

National Conference

2nd -3rd November, 2015

Paper presented

23

ASEAN and Chinese response to India’s Look East Policy: Inventing South East Asia as a Strategic Arena”, India.

IITG and MEA

National Conference

28-30 October 2014,

Paper presented

24

Socio-Economic status of women in Northeast India: Issues and Challenges

Institute of Tai Studies and Research, Moranhat, Assam and ICSSR

National Seminar

20-21 January 2014

Resource Person

 

ORIENTATION/REFRESHER PROGRAM ATTENDED

  1. Attended Refresher Course on Women Empowerment/Issues and Challenges and Social issues on Child and Women development, 16.11.2022 to 1.12.2022, HRDC, Gauhati University.
  2. Participating in One Week Faculty Development Programme (FDP) on “E-content Development and Delivery” under the aegis of TEQIP- III project, DUIET held at DUIET, Dibrugarh University, Assam from 19th August to 23rdAugust, 2020.
  3. Attended Faculty Development Programme on ‘Gender Concerns in Education’ from 26 May to 1 June 2020, Centre for Gender Studies, Dibrugarh University, Assam.
  4. Attended Refresher Course on Teacher Education in Tezpur University from 6-20 September 2019.
  5. 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.
  6. Attended Refresher Course in Tezpur University, 2-22 January 2017.
  7. Attended Orientation Program in Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi from 11 November 2014 to 8 December 2014.

 

 

 

Publications

01. Research paper in Peer reviewed or UGC listed journals

SCOPUS/UGC Care List/Peer Reviewed

No

Article

Journal

Volume/issue/

year

Page

Peer review/UGC listed/Scopus

ISSN

Co-authors

IF*

1

Look (Act) East Policy and Northeast India: Reimagining the Space Through Institutional, Physical and Social Connectivity

International Studies

60(2), 2023

176-196

Peer review/UGC listed/Scopus

00208817

1

0.98

2

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

Journal of Gender Studies

2023,

1-12

Peer review/UGC listed/Scopus

0958-9236

2

2.356

3

The “China Factor” in the Northeast Component of

India’s Act East Policy: Implications for

Security, Connectivity, Commerce

International Journal of China Studies, biannual.

2022, 13(1)

63-78

Peer review/UGC listed/Scopus

2180-3250

1

0.23

4

Reasons and Reactions to the Galwan Clash: An Indian Perspective

Journal of Territorial

and Maritime Studies

2022,

4 (9)

83-101

Peer review/UGC listed/Scopus

2288-6834

1

-

5

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

Economic and Political Weekly

2021, LVI

(19)

58-64

Peer review/UGC listed/Scopus

0012-9976

0

0.37

6

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

Peer review/UGC listed/Scopus

0958-9236

1

2.356

7

India-Taiwan Economic Relations: Charting a New Path

Contemporary Chinese Political Economy and Strategic Relations

2020,

6(1)

37-68

Peer review/UGC listed/Scopus

2410-9681

1

0.19

8

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

Economic and Political Weekly

2020,

55(14)

-

Peer review/UGC listed/Scopus

2349-8846

1

0.37

9

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

Peer review/UGC listed/Scopus

2410-9681

0

0.19

10

Mega Projects and the Erosion of Human Security

Economic and Political Weekly

2017,

52 (33)

90-95

Peer review/UGC listed/Scopus

2349-8846

1

0.37

11

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

India Quarterly

2016,

 72 (3)

235–249

Peer review/UGC listed/Scopus

0974-9284

1

0.54

12

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

International Journal of China Studies

2015,

6(1)

63-83

Peer review/UGC listed/Scopus

2180-3250

0

0.23

UGC Care List/Peer Reviewed

13

Challenges of Manufacturing Motherhood: Caregivers in the Neoliberal Economy

Explorations, ISS e-journal

2020,

4(2)

67-89

Peer reviewed/UGC care list

2581-5741

1

-

14

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

Peer reviewed/UGC Care List

2229-4058

1

-

15

Energy Security Dynamics in India–Australia Relations

Jadavpur Journal of International Relations

2018,

23(1)

26-47

Peer reviewed/UGC Care list

2349-0047

1

 

Peer Reviewed

16

Strategic and Political Trends in India and the European Union: Confronting Common Challenges

Indian Foreign Affairs Journal

2018,

13(2)

149-162

Peer reviewed

0973-3248

0

 

17

Lines Written in the Communist Manifesto on the 21st Century

Journal of Politics

2018,

XVIII

64-69

Peer reviewed

2277-5617

0

 

18

Trump’s Grand Strategy : A new Doctrine and its Discrepancies

Indian Foreign Affairs Journal

2017,

12(1)

30-35

Peer reviewed

0973-3248

0

 

19

Soft Power Contestation between India and China in South Asia

Indian Foreign Affairs Journal

2016,

11(2)

139-152

Peer reviewed

0973-3248

1

 

20

India’s Conceptualization of Neighbourhood

Political Discourse

2015,

1(1)

19-32

Peer reviewed

2395-2229

1

 

21

India-US Relations under Modi and Obama: Caveat Riddled Convergences

Indian Foreign Affairs Journal

2015,

10(2)

114-119

Peer reviewed

0973-3248

0

 

22

Contrasting ASEAN and Chinese Responses to India’s Look East Policy: Inventing South-East Asia as a Strategic Arena

Journal of International Relations, The Jadavpur Association of International Relations

2015,

2(2)

46-51

Peer reviewed

2348-7496

1

 

23

Evolving Dynamics of Federalism and Foreign Policy in India: Engagement of States in External Affairs’

Indian Foreign Affairs Journal

2014

34-45

Peer reviewed

0973-3248

0

 

 

*Impact Factor taken from: https://www.resurchify.com/

  1. Publications (Other than Research paper)

(a) Books authored

No

Name

Publisher

ISBN

Co-authors

International/

National

1

Paradigms of paradiplomacy in Northeast India: Assam’s cross-border concerns and engagements

DVS

978-93-85839-47-4

0

National

(b) Chapter in edited books

No

Name

Of the chapter

Name of the book

Publisher

Year

Page numbers

Co-author

International/

National

ISBN

1

The social, political, and institutional context of sustainability: a study of Indian agriculture

M. Farooq et al.

Elsevier

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/B9780323905008000051

2023, 439-453

1

International

978-0-323-90500-8

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/B9780323905008000051

2

Women as Witches, Women as Homo Sacer: A Study of Contemporary Witch Hunting

Sajal Nag, Black Magic, Witch Craft and Occultism

Routletge, Manohar,

https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9781003405764-1/introduction-sajal-nag

2023

-

International

9781003405764

https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9781003405764-30/women-witches-women-homo-sacer-study-contemporary-witch-hunting-obja-borah-hazarika?context=ubx&refId=be06c30f-fcee-4ede-9e97-fbe0d100a4ed

3

Gender Bias in Artificial Intelligence: The perils of Undiversified datasets

Sabyasachi Mahanta, Gender, State and Soceity

DVS

2022

-

Assam

978-93-85839-69-6

4

India, US and the Indian Ocean: Convergences, Cooperation and Challenges

The Regional Great Game in the Indian Ocean and India’s Evolving Maritime Strategy 

(eds.) Vivek Mishra and Sarvani Gooptu

KW Publishers

2020, 133-152

0

National

9789389137644

5

Maritime Tension in Indo-Pacific: Study of the US Approach to Access and Stability in the South China Sea

Rise of the Indo-Pacific: Perspectives, Dimensions and Challenges 

Editor-Chintamani Mahapatra

ICSSR

2019, p-55-77.

0

National

978-93-86618-87-0

6

Foreign Policy through Myriad Prisms: Continuities, Congruities and Chasms in India’s Act East Policy

India’s Engagement with Extended Neighbourhood,

(eds.) C. Mahapatra and N. Abhinandan

Roots Media, Canada

2018, p-38-53.

0

International

ISBN:978-0-9953465-0-5,

7

American Response to the Arab spring: Foreign Policy in Quandary,

Arab Spring,Reflections on Political Changes in the Arab World and its Future  (ed.) Anwar Alam

New Century Publications

2014. P.325-354.

1

National

ISBN: 978-81-7708-395-8,

8

Accepting India’s Rise: Indo-US Relations in the Post-Cold War Era

India’s Foreign Policy in Contemporary World (ed.) Naveen Bhardwaj

Regal Publications, New Delhi.

2014.p-43-64.

   

ISBN: 978-81-8484-365-1

 

 

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

  1. 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:

YEAR

INSTITUTION

EXAMINATION

MARKS

Division

2014-2017

Dibrugarh University, Assam, India

Ph.D. topic Analyzing the Strategic Dimensions of India’s Look East Policy 1991-2013’

Awarded

Awarded

2010- 2012

Jawaharlal Nehru University, School of International Studies , United States Studies Division, Delhi, India

M.Phil Dissertation on the topic ‘US-Russia Cooperation on Nuclear Nonproliferation’, submitted on July 9th , 2012

7.62

(CGPA)

1st

2008-10

Jawaharlal Nehru University, School of International Studies, Delhi, India

M.A in Politics (with specialization in International relations)

7.87

(CGPA)

1st

2005-08

St. Stephen’s College, Delhi University, India

B.A. History Honours

65.45%

1st

2005

The Assam Valley School, India

ISC

92.25%

1st

2003

The Assam Valley School, India

ICSE

83.45%

1st

Professional Experience:

  • Assistant Professor, Political Science, Dibrugarh University: 1.2.2013-1.11.2017
  • Stage II Assistant Professor, Political Science, Dibrugarh University: -1.11.2017-present

Areas of Interest/ Specialization: 

  • International Relations

Ph.D. Supervision of Candidates:

Sl No.

Name of the Scholar

Title of the Topic

Date of Registration

Status

1

Ankita Bhradwaj

Exploring the implications of the India-Myanmar Border on Politics and Society of the Tangsas of Arunachal Pradesh and Konyaks of Nagaland

24-09-2019

Ongoing

2

Debasish Nath

India’s Approach to Sub-Regional Cooperation: Examining BCIM in the context of the political economy of the North East Region

28-11-2019

Ongoing

3

Satyadeep Lahkar

Social security, Unorganized Labour and the State: A study of the unorganized laborers of Dibrugarh Town, Assam

23-12-2019

Ongoing

  • 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

 

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

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

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

 E-content

e-content (developed in 4 quadrants) per module

No

Institute

Module Name

Paper

Subject name

Module id

1.

E-pathshala

The constitutional framework of rights and marginal communities

Media and Margins

Media and communication

studies

P9M07

Contribution to development of e-content module in complete course/paper/e-book (at least one quadrant)

No

Institute

Subject

Paper

Topic

1.

Directorate of distance education

Self Learning Material

Political Science

Course Pol Sc. 206

Peace and Conflict studies

Human Security

Unit XIV, Block 4.

 

Invited Lectures/ Resource person/paper presentation in Seminars/conferences/full paper in conference proceedings

No.

Topic

Conference/ organized by

International / national

Year

Resource person/paper presented

1

Report Writing and Publication

Workshop on Research Methodology

University

20.03.2023

Resource Person

2

Chief Guest for the First Alumni Meet of Assam Women’s University

AWU

State

18.3.2023

Chief Guest Address

3

A tribute to Kamla Bhasin: The Unflagging feminist Icon

LTK College

State

1.10.2022

Key note speaker

4

E-Rise of Digital Diplomacy: Exploring the emerging trends in India’s Twiplomacy

St. Joseph’s College, Darjeeling

International

15-16.09.2022

Paper Presented

5

Social Responsibility and Community Engagement in Higher Education Institutions: Policies and Practices

National Institute of Educational Planning and Administration

National Workshop

4-5.8.2022

Paper Presented

6

Epistemology and Ontology in Research

Centre for Social Work Studies, Dibrugarh University

National Workshop

26.5.2022

Resource Person

7

Ethics and Politics in Research

Centre for Social Work Studies, Dibrugarh University

National Workshop

26.5.2022

Resource Person

8

The Ukraine Crisis and India

Royal Global University

National Webinar

9.05.2022

Resource Person

9

Russia-Ukraine Crisis 2022: An Indian Perspective

Gargaon College

National Webinar

17.03.2022

Resource Person

10

Paradiplomacy: Concepts, theories and trends

Jadavpur University

National Refresher Course

3-Dec-21

Resource Person

11

Covid-19 pandemic and the Future of India’s foreign policy

Nowgong College

National Webinar

19-Jun-21

Resource Person

12

Research Methodology and training programme in Social Science Research

Institute of Tai Studies and Research, Moranhat, Assam

National Training Programme

3-9 April 2021

Resource Person

13

Cooperation or Conflict: India- China Relations in the 21st Century

LCB College

National Webinar

25-Jul-20

Resource Person

14

India-China relations: Challenges and possibilities ahead

Digboi Mahila Mahavidyalaya, Digboi

National Webinar

12-Aug-20

Resource person

15

Gandhian Visions and Interventions in the Imbroglios in Northeast India

Department of History, Dibrugarh University and Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts

National Seminar

15-16 October 2019

Paper presented

16

The BJP Leadership In Arunachal Pradesh and the Chakma Issue: Balancing Central Government Decisions and Indigenous Anxiety

 Institute of Tai Studies and Research, Moranhat, Assam and ICHR

National Seminar

March 9-10 2019.

Paper presented

17

Understanding Political Change in Arunachal Pradesh

Centre for South East Asian Studies, Gauhati University,

International seminar 

August 28-29 2018.

Paper presented

18

The Energy Question in India-Australia Relations: Present ties and Future Prospects’,

KIIPS and Political Science University, Ravenshaw University,

International Conference

17-18 February 2018.

Paper presented

19

Gender gaps in social protection in Northeast India

Institute of Tai Studies and research and ICSSR

National workshop

9-15 December, 2017

Resource person

20

Portrayal of Insurgencies: Textual Rendering of the Identity Question of the ULFA

ICSSR Tinsukia College

International Conference

11-12 February 2017

Paper presented

21

To Ride or Not to Ride the OBOR, Implications of the Belt and Road Initiative on India

Centre for South East Asian Studies, Gauhati University.

International Conference

2-3 June 2017

Paper presented

22

India Negotiates Its Neighbourhood: Approaches, Adaptation And Acrimony

St. Joseph College, Darjeeling, West Bengal, India.

National Conference

2nd -3rd November, 2015

Paper presented

23

ASEAN and Chinese response to India’s Look East Policy: Inventing South East Asia as a Strategic Arena”, India.

IITG and MEA

National Conference

28-30 October 2014,

Paper presented

24

Socio-Economic status of women in Northeast India: Issues and Challenges

Institute of Tai Studies and Research, Moranhat, Assam and ICSSR

National Seminar

20-21 January 2014

Resource Person

 

ORIENTATION/REFRESHER PROGRAM ATTENDED

  1. Attended Refresher Course on Women Empowerment/Issues and Challenges and Social issues on Child and Women development, 16.11.2022 to 1.12.2022, HRDC, Gauhati University.
  2. Participating in One Week Faculty Development Programme (FDP) on “E-content Development and Delivery” under the aegis of TEQIP- III project, DUIET held at DUIET, Dibrugarh University, Assam from 19th August to 23rdAugust, 2020.
  3. Attended Faculty Development Programme on ‘Gender Concerns in Education’ from 26 May to 1 June 2020, Centre for Gender Studies, Dibrugarh University, Assam.
  4. Attended Refresher Course on Teacher Education in Tezpur University from 6-20 September 2019.
  5. 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.
  6. Attended Refresher Course in Tezpur University, 2-22 January 2017.
  7. Attended Orientation Program in Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi from 11 November 2014 to 8 December 2014.

 

 

 

Publications

Publications

 

01. Research paper in Peer reviewed or UGC listed journals

SCOPUS/UGC Care List/Peer Reviewed

No

Article

Journal

Volume/issue/

year

Page

Peer review/UGC listed/Scopus

ISSN

Co-authors

IF*

1

Look (Act) East Policy and Northeast India: Reimagining the Space Through Institutional, Physical and Social Connectivity

International Studies

60(2), 2023

176-196

Peer review/UGC listed/Scopus

00208817

1

0.98

2

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

Journal of Gender Studies

2023,

1-12

Peer review/UGC listed/Scopus

0958-9236

2

2.356

3

The “China Factor” in the Northeast Component of

India’s Act East Policy: Implications for

Security, Connectivity, Commerce

International Journal of China Studies, biannual.

2022, 13(1)

63-78

Peer review/UGC listed/Scopus

2180-3250

1

0.23

4

Reasons and Reactions to the Galwan Clash: An Indian Perspective

Journal of Territorial

and Maritime Studies

2022,

4 (9)

83-101

Peer review/UGC listed/Scopus

2288-6834

1

-

5

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

Economic and Political Weekly

2021, LVI

(19)

58-64

Peer review/UGC listed/Scopus

0012-9976

0

0.37

6

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

Peer review/UGC listed/Scopus

0958-9236

1

2.356

7

India-Taiwan Economic Relations: Charting a New Path

Contemporary Chinese Political Economy and Strategic Relations

2020,

6(1)

37-68

Peer review/UGC listed/Scopus

2410-9681

1

0.19

8

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

Economic and Political Weekly

2020,

55(14)

-

Peer review/UGC listed/Scopus

2349-8846

1

0.37

9

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

Peer review/UGC listed/Scopus

2410-9681

0

0.19

10

Mega Projects and the Erosion of Human Security

Economic and Political Weekly

2017,

52 (33)

90-95

Peer review/UGC listed/Scopus

2349-8846

1

0.37

11

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

India Quarterly

2016,

 72 (3)

235–249

Peer review/UGC listed/Scopus

0974-9284

1

0.54

12

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

International Journal of China Studies

2015,

6(1)

63-83

Peer review/UGC listed/Scopus

2180-3250

0

0.23

UGC Care List/Peer Reviewed

13

Challenges of Manufacturing Motherhood: Caregivers in the Neoliberal Economy

Explorations, ISS e-journal

2020,

4(2)

67-89

Peer reviewed/UGC care list

2581-5741

1

-

14

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

Peer reviewed/UGC Care List

2229-4058

1

-

15

Energy Security Dynamics in India–Australia Relations

Jadavpur Journal of International Relations

2018,

23(1)

26-47

Peer reviewed/UGC Care list

2349-0047

1

 

Peer Reviewed

16

Strategic and Political Trends in India and the European Union: Confronting Common Challenges

Indian Foreign Affairs Journal

2018,

13(2)

149-162

Peer reviewed

0973-3248

0

 

17

Lines Written in the Communist Manifesto on the 21st Century

Journal of Politics

2018,

XVIII

64-69

Peer reviewed

2277-5617

0

 

18

Trump’s Grand Strategy : A new Doctrine and its Discrepancies

Indian Foreign Affairs Journal

2017,

12(1)

30-35

Peer reviewed

0973-3248

0

 

19

Soft Power Contestation between India and China in South Asia

Indian Foreign Affairs Journal

2016,

11(2)

139-152

Peer reviewed

0973-3248

1

 

20

India’s Conceptualization of Neighbourhood

Political Discourse

2015,

1(1)

19-32

Peer reviewed

2395-2229

1

 

21

India-US Relations under Modi and Obama: Caveat Riddled Convergences

Indian Foreign Affairs Journal

2015,

10(2)

114-119

Peer reviewed

0973-3248

0

 

22

Contrasting ASEAN and Chinese Responses to India’s Look East Policy: Inventing South-East Asia as a Strategic Arena

Journal of International Relations, The Jadavpur Association of International Relations

2015,

2(2)

46-51

Peer reviewed

2348-7496

1

 

23

Evolving Dynamics of Federalism and Foreign Policy in India: Engagement of States in External Affairs’

Indian Foreign Affairs Journal

2014

34-45

Peer reviewed

0973-3248

0

 

 

*Impact Factor taken from: https://www.resurchify.com/

  1. Publications (Other than Research paper)

(a) Books authored

No

Name

Publisher

ISBN

Co-authors

International/

National

1

Paradigms of paradiplomacy in Northeast India: Assam’s cross-border concerns and engagements

DVS

978-93-85839-47-4

0

National

(b) Chapter in edited books

No

Name

Of the chapter

Name of the book

Publisher

Year

Page numbers

Co-author

International/

National

ISBN

1

The social, political, and institutional context of sustainability: a study of Indian agriculture

M. Farooq et al.

Elsevier

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/B9780323905008000051

2023, 439-453

1

International

978-0-323-90500-8

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/B9780323905008000051

2

Women as Witches, Women as Homo Sacer: A Study of Contemporary Witch Hunting

Sajal Nag, Black Magic, Witch Craft and Occultism

Routletge, Manohar,

https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9781003405764-1/introduction-sajal-nag

2023

-

International

9781003405764

https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9781003405764-30/women-witches-women-homo-sacer-study-contemporary-witch-hunting-obja-borah-hazarika?context=ubx&refId=be06c30f-fcee-4ede-9e97-fbe0d100a4ed

3

Gender Bias in Artificial Intelligence: The perils of Undiversified datasets

Sabyasachi Mahanta, Gender, State and Soceity

DVS

2022

-

Assam

978-93-85839-69-6

4

India, US and the Indian Ocean: Convergences, Cooperation and Challenges

The Regional Great Game in the Indian Ocean and India’s Evolving Maritime Strategy 

(eds.) Vivek Mishra and Sarvani Gooptu

KW Publishers

2020, 133-152

0

National

9789389137644

5

Maritime Tension in Indo-Pacific: Study of the US Approach to Access and Stability in the South China Sea

Rise of the Indo-Pacific: Perspectives, Dimensions and Challenges 

Editor-Chintamani Mahapatra

ICSSR

2019, p-55-77.

0

National

978-93-86618-87-0

6

Foreign Policy through Myriad Prisms: Continuities, Congruities and Chasms in India’s Act East Policy

India’s Engagement with Extended Neighbourhood,

(eds.) C. Mahapatra and N. Abhinandan

Roots Media, Canada

2018, p-38-53.

0

International

ISBN:978-0-9953465-0-5,

7

American Response to the Arab spring: Foreign Policy in Quandary,

Arab Spring,Reflections on Political Changes in the Arab World and its Future  (ed.) Anwar Alam

New Century Publications

2014. P.325-354.

1

National

ISBN: 978-81-7708-395-8,

8

Accepting India’s Rise: Indo-US Relations in the Post-Cold War Era

India’s Foreign Policy in Contemporary World (ed.) Naveen Bhardwaj

Regal Publications, New Delhi.

2014.p-43-64.

   

ISBN: 978-81-8484-365-1

 

 

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