Other than Gauhati University :

• Lecturer in History, M.D.K.Girls' College Dibrugarh (1993-1995),

• Lecturer in History, Dibrugarh University (1995-2000)

• Executive Assistant to the Registrar, Dibrugarh University (1998)

• Deputy Registrar (Academic) Dibrugarh University (2000-2009)

• Reader/Associate Professor in History at Dibrugarh University (2009-2013)

• Programme Coordinator, National Service Scheme, Dibrugarh University (2005-2009)

• Member, State Level Advisory Committee for Students & Youth Welfare, Government of Assam (2013-2015)

• Member, School Board of Social Sciences, North Eastern Hill University (2018-2021) and (2024- till date)

• Member, Board of Studies in History, Nagaland University

• Member, Board of UG Studies in History, Rajiv Gandhi University, Itanagar

• Member, Academic Council, North Lakhimpur College (Autonomous)

• Member, Academic Council, Assam Women's University, Jorhat, Assam

• Member, Board of Studies in History, North Lakhimpur College (Autonomous)

• Member, Governing Body, Panskura Banamali College(Autonomous), West Bengal

• President, Governing Body, Midnapore College (Autonomous) West Bengal, (Term 2019-2022)
• Member, Advisory Committee, Centre for Environmental Science, Vidyasagar University, West Bengal

• Expert, Research Center in Humanities and Social Sciences, Raja N.L. Khan Women's College (Autonomous), Midnapore.

At Gauhati University :

• Professor, Department of History, Gauhati University (2013 till date)
• Head, Department of History, Gauhati University (2019 till date)
• Dean, Faculty of Arts, Gauhati University (30.06.2021 - 31.12.2021)
• Member, Gauhati University Court (2020-2021 & 2023-24)
• Member, Gauhati University Executive Council (2024) 

   

   

• Environmental History

• Oral History

• Peace and Conflict Studies

• Ethnohistory

• Medieval and Colonial Assam

• History of North East India and South East Asia

Academic Awards:

1. Dr. Surjya Kumar Bhuyan Award, 1991, Gauhati University.

2. University Gold Medal for securing the First in First Class Position in the  M.A. Course in       History of Gauhati University, 1991.

3. Charles Wallace Research Grant

   Awarding Organisation : British Council, Year : 2011

4. Peace Scholar Grant

   Awarding Organisation : Rotary International, Year : 2006

5. National Merit Scholarship for pursuing M.A. Degree Course

6. State Merit Scholarship for pursuing B.A. Degree Course

Social Award (Recognition):

Bagh Hazarika Jatiya Chetana Bota by Bagh Hazarika Jagaran Mancha, Assam

Major Research Project:

Topic : Ecology and Society in Post Colonial Assam with Special Reference to Upper Assam

Sponsoring Agency : University Grants Commission

Role: Principal Investigator

Status : Completed

 Ph.D. Scholars:

Awarded : 13

Dibrugarh University (5) :

Deepa Hazarika Chaliha (November, 2012) : Topic: Growth and Development of Jorhat Town : 1869-1983 

Tilak Gogoi: Theme : Growth and Development of Golaghat Town

Amiya Kr. Das: Theme : Bishnu Prasad Rabha and the Contemporary Assamese Society

Soumitra Puzari: Topic: Printed Advertisement in Colonial Assam: A Historical Analysis

Kakoli Gogoi : Theme : Immigration of Tea Plantation Workers in Assam 

Gauhati University (8)

Sayanika Dutta (December 2019) : Topic : Digital Media Literacy Among Adult Users in Assam

Madhumita Das  (May 2020) : Topic : Partition and Migration :  A Study of Cachar District in Assam (1947-1971)

Mahanta Talukdar (July 2021) : Topic : History of the Regional Rural Banks in Assam

Gargee Sharma (June 2022) : Topic : Partition, Migration and Rehabilitation in Assam (1947-1971)

Pankaj Doley (March, 2023) : Topic : Ecology, Culture and Identity of the Mising : A Historical Analysis

Ankita Borgohain (April 2023) : Topic : A History of Assam-Nagaland Border Relations (1826-1963)

Biraj Jyoti Kalita (May, 2024): Topic : Social History of Tea Plantation Workers of Jorhat

Anmana Goswami (May, 2024): Topic : History of Automobiles in Twentieth Century Assam

Registered Ph.D. Scholars : 7

M.Phil Scholars :

Awarded : 4

Dibrugarh University (2)

Girindra Dutta : Theme : Christianity in Majuli : A Historical Analysis

Tulon Ch. Das : Theme : History of Srimanta Sankardeva Sangha

Gauhati University (2) 

Rinkumoni Baishya :Topic :  Women Silk Weavers of Sualkuchi

Ankita Hatibaruah : Topic : Sibsagar in the Freedom Movement of India (1921-1947)

M.A. Programme :

Environmental History 

History of Assam (1826-1947)

Economic History of Modern India

Art and Artichecture of Modern India

 M.Phil/ Ph.D. Programme :

Research Methodology

Research Ethics

Postmodernism

1. Warden, AT 6 Boys' Hall, 7 Boys' Hall & RCC 3 Boys' Hall (2014-2022).

2. Member, Tender Committee, Gauhati University (2021-2023)

3. Teacher-in-Charge, President, Post Graduate Students' Union, GU 2020

4. Member, Admission Committee, GU (2014-2024)

5. Chairperson, Security Advisory Committee, GU (2016-2018)

5. Dean, Faculty of Arts (2021)

6. Member, Gauhati University Court (2020-2021 & 2023-24)

7. Member, Gauhati University Executive Council (2024)

Life memberships:

1. Indian History Congress

2. North East India History Association

3. Association of South Asian Environmental Historians 

4. North East India Council for Social Science Research

5. Oral History Association of India.

Books (sole author) : British Forest Policy in Assam,  Concept Publishing Company, New Delhi, 2004. ISBN 81-8069-161-6.

 (Edited)  : Lachit Barphukan Assam’s Hero Who Halted the Mughals Published by Directorate of Information and Public Relations, Government of Assam, Dispur, Guwahati – 781006. 2022 (Co-editor : Wasbir Hussain)

Monographs :   (i) Changing Landscapes and Forestry in Colonial Assam, ICHR Lecture series, ICHR Regional Office, Guwahati, 2016.

                               (ii) Ekabinsha satikar prekhapotot itihasar prasangikata (Assamese) Asom Sahitya Sabha, Dergaon Session, 2011.

 Proceeding Volumes :

 (i) Colonial Wasteland Grants and its Impact on the Ecology and Society of Assam, Proceedings of the Indian         History Congress, Vol. 70, New Delhi, 2010-11. https://www.jstor.org/stable/44147721

(ii)  Ethnicity, Identity and Liminality in Assam : Some Colonial and Post-Colonial Dimensions, Proceedings Volume of the International Seminar held on 11-14 October, 2012 at Sibsagar College) SPS Education Pvt Ltd. Kolkata, 2012. pp.767-773. ISBN 81-924140-5-1.

(iii)  Waste Land Grants under the British and their Impact on Forest Resources in Assam,  North East India History Association (NEIHA) Proceedings – vol. XIX: 1998: pp. 175-181.

(iv)   Some Dimensions of British forest Policy and Depletion of Forest in Assam, NEIHA Proceedings – vol. XX: 1999: pp. 280-285.

(v)     The Demographic Implications of the British Forest Policy in Assam NEIHA Proceedings – vol. XXI: 2000: pp. 136-143.

(vi)        The Forest Villages as a Tool of British Forest Policy, NEIHA Proceedings – vol. XXII: 2001: pp. 281-287.

(vii)  The Growth of Colleges in Assam and its Impact on the Development of Higher Education NEIHA Proceedings – vol. XXIII: 2002: pp. 141-150.

(viii)     Tree Plantations in Colonial Assam and the British Forest Policy NEIHA Proceedings – vol. XXIV: 2003: pp. 246-253.

(ix)      Scarcity of Labour and the British Forest Administration in Assam, NEIHA Proceedings – vol. XXV: 2004: pp. 189-195.

(x)     Conflict Transformation in North East India : Core Issues and Challenges in Nani Gopal Mahanta (ed) “Politeia”, Annual Journal of the North-East India Political Science Association (NEIPSA), 2008-2009. Pp. 93-109.

(xi)           Elephants and the State in Assam : Changing Paradigms in the longue duree, NEIHA Proceedings – vol. XXX: 2009: p.p. 349-355.

(xii)         Monocultures in the British Forest Policy in Assam, NEIHA Proceedings – vol. XXXI: 2010 pp. 260-267.

(xiii)       The 1897 Earthquake in North East India as a Narrative in the ‘Englishmen’ NEIHA Proceedings – vol. XXII: 2011 pp. 329-334

(xiv)     The 1950 Earthquake in Assam : An Impact Study NEIHA Proceedings – vol. XXXIII (ISSN 2349-753X): 2012 pp. 651—661.

 (xv)    Oral History in North East India: Some Methodological Issues, in Proceedings of the North East India History Association (ISSN 2349-753X), 38^th Session, (2017), Shillong.

(xvi)      Radcliffe Line and Post-Partition Problems in Assam, in Indian History Congress Proceedings, Vol 79, 2018-2019, Indian History Congress. https://www.jstor.org/stable/26906322 

(xvii)A Semantic Perspective of Colonial Forestry in Assam, NEIHA Proceedings (ISSN 2349-753X), 39th Session, 2018 pp. 99-105.

(xviii) The Significance of Forest Enquiry Committee (1928)  NEIHA Proceedings 40^th Session, (2019), Shillong, 2020, ISSN 2349-753X;  pp. 427—433.

(xix)    Forestry and Revenue in Colonial Assam, NEIHA Proceedings (ISSN 2349-753X) , 41st Session,  2022 pp. 479-487

Publication as Chapters in edited Books:

 (i)        Depletion of Forest in Assam : The Role of Two Colonial Agencies in Ray, B. Dutta, and Alam, K., (eds.) Forest Resources in North East India, Omsons Publication, New Delhi, 2002.

(ii)      Colleges as Agents of Higher Education in Assam Lyndem, Biloris, and De, Utpal Kumar (ed) Education in North East India Experience and Challenge, Concept Publishing Company, New Delhi, 2004. pp. 327-336. ISBN 81-8069-063-6.

(iii)    Analyzing the ULFA Imbroglio Sonowal, P. (ed) Insurgency and Economic Development in North East India, DVS Publishers, Guwahati, 2007. pp.104-115. ISBN 978-81-86307-09-0.

(iv)    Rural Colleges in Assam : An Analysis of the Problems and Prospects, Nath, Hemanta Kr. (ed.) Higher Education in the North East A Perspective, Purbanchal Prakash, Guwahati, 2009. pp.30-40.  ISBN -978-81-7213-080-0.

(v) Some Observations on Autonomy in Higher Education in India in Gangapada Choudhury, S.K. Choudhury, et.al. (eds.) “Higher Education” Volume II, APPOCCUS, Cotton College, Guwahati, 2011, ISBN 978-81-920547-4-2, pp. 201-206

(vi)      Conflict Transformation in North East India : Core Issues and Challenges Rajput, Madhu (ed) Understanding North East India, Cultural Diversities, Insurgency and Identities, Manak Publications, New Delhi, 2011. pp.142-161. ISBN 978-81-7831-239-2.

(vii)    Some Gendered Insights into Conflict Situations : Reflections on North East India, Talukdar, Daisy Bora (ed) Gender, Peace and Development in North East India ,  DVS Publishers, 2012. pp. 25-34. ISBN : 978-81-86307-46-5.

(viii)    Colonialism and Demographic Change in Assam, (Jointly authored with Borgohain, A.,) in Borah, A.C., Immigration and Demographic Transformation in North East India, Purbanchal Prakash, Guwahati, 2012. ISBN. 978-81-7213-153-1.

(ix)     Colonial Forest Policy and Land Resources in Assam, in Aspects of Land Policy in Assam : Continuity and Change, Vivekananda Kendra Institute of Culture, Guwahati, 2012. ISBN. 978-81-923518-5-8.

(x)          Justice in Colonial Assam and the Tea Plantations, in Karatirtha, Jorhat, 2013, ISBN. 978-93-5126-052-3.

(xi)           Identity and Liminality in North East India : A Study of the Ahoms in Colonial and Post-Colonial Assam, in Konwar, Sikhamoni (ed) Historical and Socio-Cultutal Aspects of North East India, Vol I, Concept Publishing Company, ISBN 9789351251972.

(xii)         The Ecological and Social Watershed : Colonial Intervention and Forest Use in Assam, in Nag, Sajal (ed) "Playing with Nature, History and Politics of Environment in North East India", Routledge /Manohar, New Delhi, 2017. https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9781315271880-13/ecological-social-watershed-colonial-intervention-forest-use-assam

(xiii)       Historical Significance of Uma Tumoni and its Rock Art In Malla, Bansilal and Bezbaruah, Dwipen (ed.) "Cultural Ecology : Prehistory and Ethno-Archaeological Contexts of Indian Rock Art with Emphasis on North-Eastern States", IGNCA and Aryan Books International, 2017. ISBN 9788173055829.

(xiv)     Census in Colonial Assam and the Ethnographic Dimensions in Sudhir, H., (ed.) "Ethnography, Historiography and North-East India", pp. 97-109, Asiatic Society, Kolkata, October, 2019. ISBN 9788194143734.

(xv) Ecology and the urbanization process: an impact study of the 1950 earthquake in Assam In: Urbanisms in South Asia. Edited by M. Deka, published by Primus Books, India. ISBN 978-93-90022-3-53. 2020, pp. 44-58.

(xvi)     Preparing for Leadership: The Early Career of Lachit Barphukan  in Rajib Handique and Wasbir Hussain (ed.) Lachit Barphukan Assam’s Hero Who Halted the Mughals Published by Directorate of Information and Public Relations, Government of Assam, Dispur, Guwahati, 2022, pp. 28-35.

(xvii) Lachit Barphukan and Raja Ram Singh: The Battle of Nerves  in Rajib Handique and Wasbir Hussain (ed.) Lachit Barphukan Assam’s Hero Who Halted the Mughals Published by Directorate of Information and Public Relations, Government of Assam, Dispur, Guwahati, 2022, pp. 58-70.

(xviii) Lachit Barphukan’s Military Strategy  in Rajib Handique and Wasbir Hussain (ed.) Lachit Barphukan Assam’s Hero Who Halted the Mughals Published by Directorate of Information and Public Relations, Government of Assam, Dispur, Guwahati, 2022, pp. 88-95.

(xix) Sylvan Spirits and Cultural Practices in Assam in Nag, Sajal (ed) "Black Magic, Witchcraft and Occultism : Secret Cultural Practices in India" Routledge /Manohar, New Delhi, 2022

(xx)   Natural Disasters in History : The 1950 Earthquake in Assam  in Ghosh, Mili (ed.) The Shattered Earth : Histories of Climate, Catastrophe and the Wilderness, Primus Books, New Delhi, 2024. ISBN 978-93-5852-903-6 pp. 257-270.

  Publications in Journals:

 (i)    Environmental History : Search for New Frontiers, An Indian Perspective Journal of Historical Research, Vol. IX,               1999, Dibrugarh University.  ISSN : 2277-7563.

(ii)      Some Early Considerations in the Formative Stage of the British Forest Policy in India Journal of Historical Research, Vol. X, 2000, Dibrugarh University. Presently having ISSN : 2277-7563

(iii)      Working Plans under British Forest Administration: A Survey of Assam, Journal of Historical Research, Vol. XI, Dibrugarh University, 2001. ISSN : 2277-7563

(iv)        A Brief History of Forest-Use in Assam till the Advent of the British Journal of North East India Council for Social Science Research, Shillong, 2002 ISSN : 0970-7913.

(v)          Post- Colonial History and its Expanding Frontiers : Some Aspects of Michel Foucault’s Contribution to the Historical Discourse Journal of Historical Research, Vol. XII, Dibrugarh University, 2004. ISSN : 2277-7563.

(vi)         John Butler’s ‘Travels in Assam’ : Colonial Ethnography and the Understanding of the ‘Other’ Journal of Historical Research, Vol. XVI, Dibrugarh University, 2008. ISSN : 2277-7563.

(vii)        Lakheswar Baruah : The Revolutionary ‘President of Charigaon’ Quest (The Journal of Vivekananda Kendra Institute of Culture, Guwahati) Vol. IV No. 2, January, 2011. pp. 102-106. ISSN-0976-0040.

(viii)     Identity in Flux : Ahoms in Colonial and Post Colonial Assam, in Journal of Politics, Vol XVI, December, 2014, Department of Political Science, Dibrugarh University. ISSN 2277-5617, pp.76-88

(ix)   Historicizing Homicide and Violence in North East India : A Case Study of Head Hunting Journal of Historical Research, Vol. XX, 2012, Dibrugarh University. ISSN : 2277-7563.

(x)         Partition, Migration and Demographic Change in the Cachar District of Assam (1947-1971 in Research Guru, Online Journal Vol. 12, Issue 4, ISSN 2349-266X, March , 2019. UGC Approved Journal No 63726.

(xi)  kabingsha Satikar Prekhyapotot Itihasar Prasongikota (Assamese) Prakash, Assam Publication Board, Guwahati, September, 2014, ISSN 2279-0683.

(xii)              Subalterns in the Anti-British Struggle : Analysing the contribution of Mangri Orang in Srotaswini, ISSN 2277-5277, Vol V, March, 2020-2021 (Care Listed), co-authored with Biraj Jyoti Kalita.  https://srotaswini.in/images/downloads/vol_5/Srotaswini_v5_updated.pdf

(xiii)            Labour Recruitment of the Tea Plantations in Colonial Assam in Sampriti, ISSN 2454-3837, Vol VIII, Issue I, March, 2022 (Care Listed) co-authored with Biraj Jyoti Kalita. 

https://secureservercdn.net/198.71.233.39/m4h.79f.myftpupload.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/final-sampriti-March-22_compressed.pdf

(xiv) Sex, sahibs and bodies : Women Workers in the Tea Palntations of Colonial Assam in "Labor History", Taylor and Francis, Vol. 63(4), August 2022, Pp. 316-331, DOI:10.1080/0023656X.2022.2099535

Curriculum Vitae of Dr. Rajib Handique

4. Present Address :             2C, Leela Tower,

                                                    Tripura Road, Jayanagar

                                                    Guwahati, Assam

                                                     PIN. 781022

5. Permanent Address : Sati Joymati Path,

Chiring Chapori,

Dibrugarh, Assam

PIN 786001

6. Academic Qualifications :

*With Distinction.

** First in the order of merit. Recipient of University Gold Medal and the Surjya Kumar Bhuyan Prize of Gauhati University.

# Title of Ph.D. thesis : British Forest Policy and its Impact on Assam 1864-1947.

7. Scholarships/Awards:

• State Merit Scholarship 1986-1989
• National Merit Scholarship : 1990-1991
• Rotary International Grant for doing a Three Month Course on Peace and Conflict Studies at Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok Thailand, 2006
• Charles Wallace Research Grant for doing post-doctoral work at UK, 2011.

8. Projects :

• Major Research Project

            Topic : Ecology and Society in Post-Colonial Assam with Special Reference to Upper Assam.

             Sponsoring Agency : University Grants Commission

              Role : Principal Investigator. Status : Completed

• Indira Gandhi National Centre of the Arts (IGNCA) sponsored Rock Art field documentation and ethno-archaeological study in the state of Assam

Role : Expert team member

9. Details of previous appointments :

10. Research Guidance :

Ph.D.   :           Awarded : 13

Registered: 6

Submitted : 0

M.Phil.            Awarded : 4.

11. Details of experience relating to academic governance :

12. PUBLICATIONS

Books (sole author) (i)  British Forest Policy in Assam,  Concept Publishing Company, New Delhi, 2004. ISBN 81-8069-161-6.

(Edited)  : (ii) Lachit Barphukan Assam’s Hero Who Halted the Mughals Published by Directorate of Information and Public Relations, Government of Assam, Dispur, Guwahati – 781006. 2022 (Co-editor : Wasbir Hussain)

Monograph- Booklets :    (i) Changing Landscapes and Forestry in Colonial Assam, ICHR Lecture series, ICHR Regional Office, Guwahati, 2013.

                          (ii) Ekabinsha satikar prekhapotot itihasar prasangikata (Assamese) Asom Sahitya Sabha, Dergaon Session, 2011.

Proceeding Volumes:

 (i)   Colonial Wasteland Grants and its Impact on the Ecology and Society of Assam, Proceedings of the Indian History Congress, Vol. 70, New Delhi, 2010-11. https://www.jstor.org/stable/44147721

(ii)    Ethnicity, Identity and Liminality in Assam : Some Colonial and Post-Colonial Dimensions, Proceedings Volume of the International Seminar held on 11-14 October, 2012 at Sibsagar College) SPS Education Pvt Ltd. Kolkata, 2012. pp.767-773. ISBN 81-924140-5-1.

(iii)    Waste Land Grants under the British and their Impact on Forest Resources in Assam,  North East India History Association (NEIHA) Proceedings – vol. XIX: 1998: pp. 175-181.

(iv)     Some Dimensions of British forest Policy and Depletion of Forest in Assam, NEIHA Proceedings – vol. XX: ISSN 2349-753X; 1999: pp. 280-285.

(v)     The Demographic Implications of the British Forest Policy in Assam, NEIHA Proceedings – vol. XXI: ISSN 2349-753X; 2000: pp. 136-143.

(vi)    The Forest Villages as a Tool of British Forest Policy, NEIHA Proceedings – vol. XXII: 2001:  ISSN 2349-753X; pp. 281-287.

(vii)    The Growth of Colleges in Assam and its Impact on the Development of Higher Education, NEIHA Proceedings 2002 – vol. XXIII: ISSN 2349-753X;2002: pp. 141-150.

(viii)    Tree Plantations in Colonial Assam and the British Forest Policy, NEIHA Proceedings – vol. XXIV: 2003: pp. 246-253.

(ix)     Scarcity of Labour and the British Forest Administration in Assam, NEIHA Proceedings – vol. XXV: 2004: ISSN 2349-753X; pp. 189-195.

(x)     Conflict Transformation in North East India : Core Issues and Challenges in Nani Gopal Mahanta (ed) “Politeia”, Annual Journal of the North-East India Political Science Association (NEIPSA), 2008-2009. Pp. 93-109.

(xi)    Elephants and the State in Assam : Changing Paradigms in the longue duree, NEIHA Proceedings – vol. XXX: 2009: ISSN 2349-753X; pp. 349-355.

(xii)      Monocultures in the British Forest Policy in Assam, NEIHA Proceedings – vol. XXXI: 2010 pp. 260-267.

(xiii)     The 1897 Earthquake in North East India as a Narrative in the ‘Englishmen’ in NEIHA Proceedings – vol. XXII: 2011, ISSN 2349-753X;  pp. 329-334

(xiv)    The 1950 Earthquake in Assam : An Impact Study NEIHA Proceedings – vol. XXIII : 2012, ISSN 2349-753X;  pp. 651—661.

(xv)   Oral History in North East India: Some Methodological Issues, in Proceedings of the North East India History Association, 38^th Session, (2017), Shillong, 2018. ISSN 2349-753X

(xvi)   Radcliffe Line and Post-Partition Problems in Assam, in Indian History Congress Proceedings, Vol 79, 2018-2019, Indian History Congress. Co-authored with Gargee Sharma.  https://www.jstor.org/stable/26906322

(xvii) A Semantic Perspective of Colonial Forestry in Assam NEIHA Proceedings 39^th Session, (2018), Shillong, 2019 ISSN 2349-753X;  pp. 99—105.

(xviii) The Significance of Forest Enquiry Committee (1928)  NEIHA Proceedings 40^th Session, (2019), Shillong, 2020, ISSN 2349-753X;  pp. 427—433.

(xix) Forestry and Revenue in Colonial Assam NEIHA Proceedings 41^th Session, (2020), Shillong, 2022, ISSN 2349-753X;  pp. 479—487.

Publication as Chapters in edited Books:

 (i)  Depletion of Forest in Assam : The Role of Two Colonial Agenciesin Ray, B. Dutta, and Alam, K., (eds.) Forest Resources in North East India, Omsons Publication, New Delhi, 2002.

(ii)     Colleges as Agents of Higher Education in Assam Lyndem, Biloris, and De, Utpal Kumar (ed) Education in North East India Experience and Challenge, Concept Publishing Company, New Delhi, 2004. pp. 327-336. ISBN 81-8069-063-6.

(iii)   Analyzing the ULFA Imbroglio Sonowal, P. (ed) Insurgency and Economic Development in North East India, DVS Publishers, Guwahati, 2007. pp.104-115. ISBN 978-81-86307-09-0.

(iv)   Rural Colleges in Assam : An Analysis of the Problems and Prospects, Nath, Hemanta Kr. (ed.) Higher Education in the North East A Perspective, Purbanchal Prakash, Guwahati, 2009. pp.30-40.  ISBN -978-81-7213-080-0.

(v)    Conflict Transformation in North East India : Core Issues and Challenges Rajput, Madhu (ed) Understanding North East India, Cultural Diversities, Insurgency and Identities, Manak Publications, New Delhi, 2011. . ISBN 978-81-7831-239-2. pp.142-161.

(vi) Some Observations on Autonomy in Higher Education in India in Gangapada Choudhury, S.K. Choudhury, et.al. (eds.) “Higher Education” Volume II, APPOCCUS, Cotton College, Guwahati, 2011, ISBN 978-81-920547-4-2, pp. 201-206

(vii) Some Observations on Autonomy in Higher Education in India in Gangapada Choudhury, S.K. Choudhury, et.al. (eds.) “Higher Education” Volume II, APPOCCUS, Cotton College, Guwahati, 2011, ISBN 978-81-920547-4-2, pp. 201-206.

(viii)   Some Gendered Insights into Conflict Situations : Reflections on North East India,Talukdar, Daisy Bora (ed) Gender, Peace and Development in North East India , DVS Publishers, 2012. pp. 25-34. ISBN : 978-81-86307-46-5.

(ix)   Colonialism and Demographic Change in Assam, (Jointly authored with Borgohain, A.,) in Borah, A.C., Immigration and Demographic Transformation in North East India, Purbanchal Prakash, Guwahati, 2012. ISBN. 978-81-7213-153-1.

(x)    Colonial Forest Policy and Land Resources in Assam, in “Aspects of Land Policy in Assam : Continuity and Change”, Vivekananda Kendra Institute of Culture, Guwahati, 2012. ISBN. 978-81-923518-5-8.

(xi)  Justice in Colonial Assam and the Tea Plantations, in Karatirtha, Jorhat, 2013, ISBN. 978-93-5126-052-3.

(xii)    Identity and Liminality in North East India : A Study of the Ahoms in Colonial and Post-Colonial Assam, in Konwar, Sikhamoni (ed) Historical and Socio-Cultutal Aspects of North East India, Vol I, Concept Publishing Company, ISBN 9789351251972.

(xiii)    The Ecological and Social Watershed : Colonial Intervention and Forest Use in Assam, in Nag, Sajal (ed) Playing with Nature, History and Politics of Environment in North East India, Routledge /Manohar, New Delhi, 2017.  https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9781315271880-13/ecological-social-watershed-colonial-intervention-forest-use-assam

(xiv)      Historical Significance of Uma Tumoni and its Rock ArtIn Malla, Bansilal and Bezbaruah, Dwipen (ed.) Cultural Ecology : Prehistory and Ethno-Archaeological Contexts of Indian Rock Art with Emphasis on North-Eastern States, IGNCA and Aryan Books International, 2017. ISBN 9788173055829.

(xv)    Census in Colonial Assam and the Ethnographic Dimensions in Sudhir, H., (ed.) Ethnography, Historiography and North-East India, pp. 97-109, Asiatic Society, Kolkata, October, 2019. ISBN9788194143734.

(xvi) Ecology and the urbanization process: an impact study of the 1950 earthquake in Assam In: Urbanisms in South Asia. Edited by M. Deka, published by Primus Books, India. ISBN 978-93-90022-3-53. 2020, pp. 44-58.

(xvii) Preparing for Leadership: The Early Career of Lachit Barphukan  in Rajib Handique and Wasbir Hussain (ed.) Lachit Barphukan Assam’s Hero Who Halted the Mughals Published by Directorate of Information and Public Relations, Government of Assam, Dispur, Guwahati, 2022, pp. 28-35

(xviii) Lachit Barphukan and Raja Ram Singh: The Battle of Nerves  in Rajib Handique and Wasbir Hussain (ed.) Lachit Barphukan Assam’s Hero Who Halted the Mughals Published by Directorate of Information and Public Relations, Government of Assam, Dispur, Guwahati, 2022, pp. 58-70.

(xix) Lachit Barphukan’s Military Strategy  in Rajib Handique and Wasbir Hussain (ed.) Lachit Barphukan Assam’s Hero Who Halted the Mughals Published by Directorate of Information and Public Relations, Government of Assam, Dispur, Guwahati, 2022, pp. 88-95.

(xx) Sylvan Spirits and Cultural Practices in Assam, in Nag, Sajal (ed) Black Magic, Witchcraft and Occultism : Secret Cultural Practices in India, Manohar, New Delhi, 2023. Pp 353-363, in

(xx) Natural Disasters in History : The 1950 Earthquake in Assam  in Ghosh, Mili (ed.) The Shattered Earth : Histories of Climate, Catastrophe and the Wilderness, Primus Books, New Delhi, 2024. ISBN 978-93-5852-903-6 pp. 257-270.

 Publications in Journals:

 (i)       Environmental History : Search for New Frontiers, An Indian Perspective Journal of Historical Research, Vol. IX, 1999, Dibrugarh University.  ISSN : 2277-7563.

(ii)       Some Early Considerations in the Formative Stage of the British Forest Policy in India Journal of Historical Research, Vol. X, 2000, Dibrugarh University. Presently having ISSN : 2277-7563

(iii)       Working Plans under British Forest Administration: A Survey of Assam ,Journal of Historical Research,Vol. XI, Dibrugarh University, 2001. ISSN : 2277-7563

(iv)        A Brief History of Forest-Use in Assam till the Advent of the British Journal of North East India Council for Social Science Research, Shillong, 2002 ISSN : 0970-7913.

(v)        Post- Colonial History and its Expanding Frontiers : Some Aspects of Michel Foucault’s Contribution to the Historical Discourse Journal of Historical Research,Vol. XII, Dibrugarh University, 2004. ISSN : 2277-7563.

(vi)      John Butler’s ‘Travels in Assam’ : Colonial Ethnography and the Understanding of the ‘Other’ in Journal of Historical Research,Vol. XVI, Dibrugarh University, 2008. ISSN : 2277-7563.

(vii)    Lakheswar Baruah : The Revolutionary ‘President of Charigaon in Quest (The Journal of Vivekananda Kendra Institute of Culture, Guwahati) Vol. IV No. 2, January, 2011. pp. 102-106. ISSN-0976-0040.

(viii)     Identity in Flux : Ahoms in Colonial and Post Colonial Assam, in Journal of Politics, Vol XVI, December, 2014, Department of Political Science, Dibrugarh University. ISSN 2277-5617, pp.76-88

(ix)     Historicizing Homicide and Violence in North East India : A Case Study of Head Hunting Journal of Historical Research, Vol. XX, 2012, Dibrugarh University. ISSN : 2277-7563.

(x)       Ekabingsha Satikar Prekhyapotot Itihasar Prasongikota (Assamese) Prakash, Assam Publication Board, Guwahati, September, 2014, ISSN 2279-0683.

(xi)     Partition, Migration and Demographic Change in the Cachar District of Assam (1947-1971) in Research Guru, Online Journal Vol. 12, Issue 4, ISSN 2349-266X, March , 2019. UGC Approved Journal No 63726.

(xii)       Subalterns in the Anti-British Struggle : Analysing the contribution of Mangri Orang in Srotaswini, ISSN 2277-5277, Vol V, March, 2020-2021 (Care Listed), co-authored with Biraj Jyoti Kalita.  https://srotaswini.in/images/downloads/vol_5/Srotaswini_v5_updated.pdf

(xiii)      Labour Recruitment of the Tea Plantations in Colonial Assam in Sampriti, ISSN 2454-3837, Vol VIII, Issue I, March, 2022 (Care Listed) co-authored with Biraj Jyoti Kalita.

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(xiv)     Sex, sahibs and bodies: women workers in the tea plantations of colonial Assam, jointly authored with Biraj Jyoti Kalita and Alpana Borgohain in Labor  History, Volume 63, 2022 - Issue 3, Taylor and Francis, Published online: 18 Aug 2022, https://doi.org/10.1080/0023656X.2022.2099535

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