MA (JNU) MPhil (JNU)
Ancient and Early Medieval India
Department of History
Gauhati University, Guwahati, 781014
Email: radhadas[at]gauhati[dot]ac[dot]in
B.A. (Honours) History, Indraprastha College for Women, Delhi University, 1988. M.A. in Ancient History (1990), Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. M. Phil (1993), Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. Ph.D (2017), Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. Topic of Ph.D Thesis: Social and institutional Basis of Vaisnava Devotional Religion in Assam (15th-18th Centuries).
History:Theory and Method
History of East Asia
Agriculture, Trade and Urbanization in Early India
Aspects of Ancient Indian Art and Architecture
Social History of Medieval India.
Social and Cutural Studies
Gender Studies
Performance and Communication
Religion, Literature and Society
History of North East India
‘Dynamics of Transmission and Support Base of the Nama-Dharma in Pre-modern Assam: The Guru Carita Katha’, Proceedings of the Indian History Congress, Vol.75, 2014, Platinum Jubilee Volume, Medieval India Section, Published by The Indian History Congress, 2015.
‘Saints, Caritas and Society in Pre-modern Assam’, Journal Of History and Culture, Vol.2, Department of History, Gauhati University, 2015.
‘Vaisnavism in Assam’, J.S Grewal (ed.), Religious Movements and Institutions in Medieval India, Vol.VII, Part 2, of D. P Chattopadhyaya (ed.), History of Science, Philosophy and Culture in Indian Civilization, Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 2006.
‘Hagiographies as Historical Sources: The Carita- Puthis of Assam, Sources of History of North East India, Indian Council of Historical Research, New Delhi, 2006.
‘Kirtana and the Routinization of Bhakti in the Society of Pre-Colonial Assam’, Proceedings of North East India History Association (NEIHA), Shillong, 2004.
National Workshop on Oral History, organised by the Department of History, Gauhati University, in collaboration with the Centre for Public History of the Shrishti School of Art, Design and Technology, Bengaluru, 23-29 September, 2013.
International Workshop on Archives and Historiography, organised by the Department of History, Gauhati University, 15, December, 2015.
Workshop on Changing Profile of ODL Learner: New Strategies for Councelling and Tutoring, organised by the Intitute of Open and Distance Learning, Gauhati University, in collaboration with Distance Education Council, IGNOU, New Delhi, 23 June, 2010.
Workshop on Review of Textbooks in History for Secondary Stage of Education – Assam, Meghalaya, organized by the North East regional Institute of Education, NCERT, Shillong, 19-20 March, 2008.Invited to make a presentation on, ‘Formulation of the New Syllabus (History) in the Light of the NCF 2005 – for Assam’.
Workshop on Women and Media in the Context of Contemporary Globalisation, organised by the Women’s Studies Research Centre, Gauhati University in collaboration with the Roza Luxemburg Foundation, Berlin, Guwahati, 27 November, 2004.
Participated in 10 Workshops between September, 2002 and December, 2003 for Development of Curriculum and Textbooks and Training Module for Teachers as Subject Expert.
Life Member, North East India History Association.
Life Member, Kamarupa Anusandhana Samiti.
Life Member, Northeast India Social Science Congress.
Annual Member, Indian History Congress, 2014-2015.
Member of the State Resource Group for Upper Primary Quality Improvement Programme under Sarba Siksha Abhiyan Mission, Assam and SCERT, Assam in 2002-2003 as Subject Expert. Provided Inputs and Guidance for Content Development and Writing; Editing and Review of Study Materials.
Member of the Editorial Board, Govt. of Assam, 2003 for Samaj Bigyan, Pratham Bhag ( An Integrated Textbook for Class V, Published by the Assam Text book Production and Publication Limited, Guwahati).
Planning and Formulation of M.A. Programme in History (Semester System), Gauhati University. Member, Post-Graduate Committee of Courses for Restructuring Syllabus, 2001. Special Invitee, Under-Graduate Committee of Courses and Studies in History, Gauhati University, 2003. Resource Person in the Workshop on History Syllabus for TDC Course, organised by the Dept. of History, Dimoria College, Khetri in association with the Dept. of History, Gauhati University, 10 March, 2004. Member, Organising Committees of Seminars, Lectures organised by the Dept. of History, Gauhati University: Lachit Barphukan and His Times, 30 April, 1998. Pratibha Devi Memorial Lectures,8 September,2003. 24th Session of the North East India History Association, Guwahati, October, 2003. Discussion on Diversity in America, American Information and Research Centre, Kolkata and the Dept. of History, Gauhati University, 27 April, 2006.