Banjit Kumar Das

Associate Professor, Department of Political Science
  • Phone No. - 8638513486
  • Department - Department of Political Science
  • Designation - Associate Professor

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Phone 8638513486
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M.Phil

Title of the Thesis Year of award Awarding university
Autonomy Movement in Assam: A Case Study of the Bodo Movement

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Educational Qualifications:  

M.Sc (NEHU)
M.Phil (NEHU)
Ph.D. (NEHU)

Specialization Social and Cultural Anthropology"

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Area of Interest:
Emerging trend in Ethnicity, Identity consciousness, Culture studies, Youth behaviour, Intellactual Property Rights and Displacement studies etc.

Ph.D Awarded :

Dr. Phatick Ch. Baruah, 2003 :  Customary Laws Among the Mishings

Dr. Farhin Ara Rohman, 2008 :  Folk Narratives and Social Reality : A Case Study of the Karbis of Assam

Dr. Sunil Kr. Borgohain, 2008 :  Social and Political Status of the Morans

Dr. Bhanu Pangging, 2013 :  Neo-Vaisnavism and the Mishings of Majuli Island : A Study on Continuity and Change

Doctoral Fellows :

1. Ganesh Kumar Shah (27-12-2008) Rajiv Gandhi Fellow :   Cultural Response to Displacement : A Case Study of Rohmoria Region.

2.  Pankaj Gogoi (11-12-2009)  :  Ethno-medical Knowledge and Its Socio-cultural base, Efficacy, Problems and Prospects : A Case Study of Dhemaji and East Siang Districts of Assam and Arunachal Pradesh .

3.  Anup Hazarika (16-12-2011)  :  An Anthropological Impact Assessment of Flood : A Case Study od Dhemaji development Block

4.  Mondira Baruah (16-12-2011) UGC-JRF  :  Cultural Ecology of a Flood Prone Area : A Case study of Three Village Communities, viz., Ahom, Chutiya. and Mishing of Chamarajan Area in Dhemaji District.

5.  Chusmita Konwar (30-11-2012) UGC-JRF  :  Impact of Flood on Socio-economic Life of the People : A Case Study in Dhokuwakhana Sub-division of Lakhimpur District, Assam.

6.  Dipa Patir (30-11-2012)  :  Traditional Coping and Indigenous Adaptation Strategies Employed during Flood by the Mishing Population in Dhemaji District of Assam.

7.  Purabi Saikia (30-11-2012) UGC-JRF  Land Alienation due to Establishment of BCPL Project and its Impact on Socio-economic Life : A Case Study in Barbarua Development Block, Dibrugarh.

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INDIAN NATIONAL CONFEDERATION AND ACADEMY OF ANTHROPOLOGISTS (INCAA)

NORTH-EAST INDIA COUNCIL FOR SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH (NEICSSR)

INSTITUTE OF TAI STUDIES AND RESEARCH (ITSR, MORAN)

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Selected Publications

       Book:

  1. Continuity and Change Among the Ahom, New Delhi, Concept Publishing Company, 2006.
Other publications
  1. Impact of Displacement on the Traditional Occupation of the Displaced Population of Rohmoria : A Case Study. With Ganesh Shah. Bulletin of the Department of Anthropology, Dibrugarh University, Dibrugarh..Vol.-39, ISSN-0976-2264, 2011
  2. Cultural Ecology : The Human Interface, in Dibyajyoti Dutta and Jukti Ratna Saikia edited, Environment and Development : Emerging Issues and Debates. P. 196-202. Guwahati, Planet ink, 2011. 
  3. Indigenous Knowledge of transportation, preservation and packaging of food and other items of economic importance among the Sonowal Kacharis of Dibrugarh district”.  Bulletin of the Department of Anthropology , Vol.35, 29-38, 2008.
  4. “Dynamics of Culture Change of the Ahom”. Indian Journal of Tai Studies , Vol.VII. Moran, Institute of Tao Studies and Research, 2007.
  5. “Glimpses of Social Reality Through Tattoos of the Wanchos of Arunachal Pradesh”.  Journal of Indian Anthropological Society , 41:291-297(2006), Kolkata, 2006.
  6. “Disintegration of ‘Haori’ Institution and its Impact on Folk Society” . Indian Journal of Tai Studies , Vol.V. Moran, Institute of Tai Studies and Research, 2005.
  7. “Striking A Dynamic Equilrium: A Study on Continuity and Change Among the Ahoms of Lakhimipukhuri-Jaikhamdang Village,Sibsagar, Assam”. North East India In Perspective Rajat K.Das et ll(ed.). New Delhi: Akansha Publishing House, 2005.
  8. “Karbi Folk Narratives: A Window to Social reality” (Joint) Tribal Studies In Northeast India S.Sengupta (ed.). New Delhi : Mittal Publicaton, 2002.
  9. “People’s Perception of Ethnicity; An Exploration Into The World of Folklore”. Ethnicity in Assam, K.M. Deka & K.N. Phukan (ed.). Dibrugarh University: Centre for North-East Studies, 2001.
  10. “Mother’s Brother’s Daughter: An Analysis of Matrilineal Cross-cousin marriage among the Purum/Chothe”. Wonder That Is Culture: Festschrift to Prof. P.K.Misra T.B.Subba (ed.). New Delhi : Mittal Publication, 1999.
  11. “Politics of Ethnicity in North-east India: An Appraisal”.  North-east India : The Human Interface. M.K.Raha & A.K.Ghosh (ed.). New Delhi, Gyan Publishing House, 1997.
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