Public Administration

Human Rights

Electoral Politics in India

Society and Politics in South Asia

 In Edited Books:

ñ  ñ  “Genesis of Ethnic Upsurge in Multi-Ethnic States: A Study of the Bodo Movement in Assam” in H. Sudhir (ed) Ethnography in Northeast India and Its Surrounding, DVS Publishers, Guwahati, 2016.

North Eastern Region: The Post-Colonial Construction and State Formation” in Arupjyoti Choudhury and Pankaj Jyoti Gogoi (ed) Politics in North East India: Historiography, Diversity and Contemporary Issues, Aditya Book Distributor and Book Land (Distributor), Guwahati, 2015, pp. 1-10, ISBN 978-81-89872-91-9.

ñ    “Ideological Aspects of Ethnic Separatism in Assam: Case of the Bodo Movement” in Alaka Sarmah and Shubhrajeet Konwer (ed) Frontier States: Essays on Democracy, Society and Security in North East India, DVS Publishers, Guwahati, 2015, pp. 152-159, ISBN 978-81-86307-94-6.

ñ    “Demand of ‘Tea Tribes’ for Scheduled Tribe Status in Assam: A Review” in Sandhya Goswami (ed.) Troubled Diversity, The Political Process in Northeast India, Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 2015, pp. 104-121, ISBN-13: 978-0-19-945333-7, ISBN-10: 0-19-945333-0.

ñ  “Ethnic Assertion among the Bodos of Assam: A Contextual Study of the Bodoland Movement”, Anuradha Dutta and Ratna Bhuyan (ed) Genesis of Conflict and Peace: understanding Northeast India, Views and Reviews, Vol. 1, Akansha Publishing House, New Delhi, pp. 94-, 2007.

ñ  “Ideological Aspects of Bodo Separatism in Assam”, in Bimal J. Deb (ed.), Ethnic Issues, Secularism and Conflict Resolution in North East India, published for North East India Council for Social Science Research, Shillong, by Concept Publishing Co., New Delhi, 2006, pp. 145-150.

In Journals:

ñ  “Relevance of the Policy Sciences in Making of Public Policy” in Prajna (Volume XXV, 2015-2016), Annual Journal of Gauhati University Teachers’ Association, 2016, pp. 89-94, ISSN 0976-9072.

ñ  “Contribution of ‘Tea Tribes’ to Development of Assamese Identity” in Prajna (Volume XXIV, 2014-2015), Annual Journal of Gauhati University Teachers’ Association, 2015, pp. 62-75, ISSN 0976-9072.

ñ  “Saffron Surge in Assam”, Research Journal Social Sciences, Panjab University, Vol. 22, No. 2, 2014, pp. 224-233, ISSN 0251-348X.

ñ  “Ideological and Mobilisational Strategies of Ethnic Sub-regionalism: A Study of the Bodo Movement in Assam”, Journal of Political Science, Department of Political Science, Gauhati University, Vol. 8, 2014, ISSN 2249-4170, pp. 106-21.

ñ  “Labour Recruitment in the Tea Plantations of Assam during the Colonial Period”, Prajna (Volume XXIII, 2013-2014), Annual Journal of Gauhati University Teachers’ Association, May 2014 (pp. 86-96) ISSN 0976-9072.

ñ  “Globalisation and the Future Prospects of Tea Workers in Assam”, Prajna (Volume XXI, 2011-2012), Annual Journal of Gauhati University Teachers’ Association, June 2012 (pp. 70-75) ISSN 0976-9072.

ñ  “Ethnic Assertion among the Plains Tribes of Assam: Underpinnings of the Movement for Bodoland”, Journal of Political Science, Department of Political Science, Gauhati University, Vol. 7, Oct. 2012, ISSN 2249-4170, pp. 48-60.

ñ  “Democracy and Ethnic Mobilisation in Plural Societies: A Study of Bodo Movement in Assam, Politeia, Annual Journal of North East India Political Science Association (NEIPSA) Vol. XX: 2011-2012, ISSN 2231-1653, pp. 13-22.

ñ  “Role of Tea Tribes in Electoral Politics in the Brahmaputra Valley”, Journal of Political Science, Deptt of Political Science, GU, 2009.

ñ  “A Commendable Collection”, review of the book Ethnicity and Social Change by Prof. Gangmumei Kamei, published in Journal of Political Science, Department of Political Science, Gauhati University, Guwahati, Vol. 4, November 2005, pp. 117-119.

ñ  “Sixth Schedule of the Indian Constitution and Panchayati Raj: Some Observations”, in RJCC (Research Journal of Contemporary Concerns), Cotton College Research Council, Guwahati, ISSN No. 0972-7922, Vol. 2, 2004, pp. 62-64.

In Proceedings Volumes:

ñ  “The Movement for Bodoland: A Study in Context”, Proceedings of the First Biennial Conference, Indian Association for Asian and Pacific Studies, Kolkata, 2004.

“Growth of Trade Unions among Migrant Tea Workers in the Brahmaputra Valley”, in Migration and Politics: Proceedings of the 10th Annual Conference of North East India Political Science Association, Guwahati, December 2001.

 1) NEIPSA (North East India Political Science Association)

2) IIPA  (Indian Institue of Public Administration)

3) IPSA (Indian Poilitical Science Association )

4) NEEA ( North Eastern Economy Association )