Annual Report 2016-17

TWENTY FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT 2016-17

ASSAM UNIVERSITY Silchar Accredited by NAAC with B grade with a CGPS OF 2.92 TWENTY-FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT 2016-17 ANNUAL REPORT 2016-17

PUBLISHED BY INTERNAL QUALITY ASSURANCE CELL, ASSAM UNIVERSITY, SILCHAR Annual Report 2016-17

ASSAM UNIVERSITY

24th ANNUAL REPORT (2016-17)

Report on the working of the University (1 April 2016 to 31 March 2017)

Assam University Silchar – 788011 www.aus.ac.in

Compiled and Edited by: Internal Quality Assurance Cell

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STATUTORY POSITIONS OF THE UNIVERSITY (As on 31.3.2017)

Visitor : Shri. Pranab Mukherjee His Excellency President of India

Chief Rector : Shri Banwarilal Purohit His Excellency Governor of Assam

Chancellor : Shri Gulzar Eminent Lyricist and Poet

Vice-Chancellor : Prof. Dilip Chandra Nath

Deans of Schools: (As on 31.3.2017)

Prof A. Nataraju : Abanindranath Tagore School of Creative Arts and Communication Studies Prof. Ashoke Kr. Sen : Albert Einstein School of Physical Sciences Prof. Nangendra Pandey : Aryabhatta School of Earth Sciences Prof. Geetika Bagchi : Ashutosh Mukhopadhyay School of Education Prof. Sumanush Dutta : Deshabandhu Chittaranjan School of Legal Studies Prof. Dulal Chandra Roy : E. P Odum School of Environmental Sciences Prof. Devasish Kar : Hargobind Khurana School of Life Sciences Prof. R. R. Dhamala : Jadunath Sarkar School of Social Sciences Prof. Apurbananda : Jawarharlal Nehru School of Management Mazumdar Prof. Niranjan Roy : Mahatma Gandhi School of Economics and Commerce Prof. Rama Bhattacharjee : Rabindranath Tagore School of Indian Languages and Cultural Studies Prof. A.Nataraju : Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan School of Philosophical Studies

Prof. A Rasak T. : Suniti Kumar Chattopadhyay School of English and Foreign Language Studies Prof. Sanjib Das : Susruta School of Medical and Paramedical Sciences Prof. Sumanash Dutta : Swami Vivekananda School of Library Sciences Prof. Sudipta Roy : Triguna Sen School of Technology

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Registrar : Dr. Sanjib Bhattacharjee Finance Officer CMA (Dr.) Braja Bandhu Mishra Controller of Examinations : Dr. Suprabir Dutta Roy Director, Internal Quality Assurance Cell : Prof. Dibyojyoti Bhattacharjee Director, College Development Council : Dr. Debasis Kar Director, Computer Centre : Dr. Angshumaan Sen Librarian : Dr. Arun Kumar Sharma Dean, Students' Welfare : Dr. Pranab Behari Mazumder Proctor : Dr. Poritosh Mondal

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ASSAM UNIVERSITY:

AN INTRODUCTION

Assam University, Silchar, is a Central University established by an Act of the Indian Parliament (Act XXIII of 1989), and came into existence in 1994. Situated in the Barak Valley of southern Assam, the University is nestled in a sprawling 600-acre campus at Dargakona, about 23 km from Silchar town. In 2007, Assam University opened a 90-acre satellite campus at Diphu in the Karbi Anglong Hills District of Assam, thereby making quality higher education accessible to a wider section of society. With students’ strength about 3445 in the Silchar campus and 711 in Diphu campus, the University is a veritable melting pot of diverse communities, ideas and creativity. Apart from the two campuses of the University, there are 62 affiliated and permitted colleges in the five districts of south Assam, which together constitute the jurisdiction of Assam University and there are more than 37,499 students enrolled in the affiliated colleges. Since 1994, Assam University has expanded both in size and reputation. Today, there are 36 postgraduate departments under 16 Schools of study in the Silchar campus and 10 departments in Diphu campus, offering a wide range of programmes geared towards equipping students and research scholars with knowledge, skills, experience and confidence, the benefits of which they can reap well into the future. Besides, there are several Centres of Study in the University dedicated to research of high quality. Recently, the University has developed a strategy for enhancing the range of pedagogic uses of technology. As part of this strategy, the University is in the process of gradually turning all its classrooms into state-of-the-art ones enabling teachers to teach using a wide variety of media. There's no gainsaying that in the last twenty two years of its relentless pursuit of academic excellence, Assam University has made giant strides in providing better academic atmosphere and improved infrastructural facilities.

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THE LOGO

The Logo has a book at the base. Knowledge in the form of flame of light is emerging from the book to lead to modern technology to ensure human development. In the background, there are hills and plains representing the Barak Valley and the hills districts. All the elements are ultimately put in a wheel of progress, so that the University acts as an instrument of change and development for the area within its jurisdiction. The promise of progress is represented by the Rising Sun which is shown as emerging across the symbol of technological growth. 'Assam University, Silchar' and 'Pratyayabodhakritirupapattaye' (in Devanagri) are inscribed in the Logo.

OUR MOTTO The Motto of the university is "Pratyayabodhakritirupapattaye" meaning 'Conviction, Confidence and Creativity'.

OBJECTIVES OF THE UNIVERSITY

The objectives of the university have been laid down in the Act as follows:

. To disseminate and advance knowledge by providing instructional and research facilities in such branches of learning as it may deem fit and by the example of its corporate life to make provisions for integrated courses in Humanities, Natural and Physical Sciences and Social Sciences in the educational programmes of the University; . To take appropriate measures for promoting inter-disciplinary studies and research in the University; . To educate and train manpower for development of the State of Assam; and . To pay special attention to the improvement of the social and economic conditions and welfare of the people of that state, their intellectual, academic and cultural development.

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Vision

Assam University aspires to translate the multidimensional collective dream of the community of the region into reality.

Mission

. To fulfill the long-cherished aspirations of the people of Assam especially to the Barak Valley to have a national level higher education institution par excellence and contribute substantially in the nation building exercise.

. Will devote to teaching, learning and multi-disciplinary research upholding simultaneously equity, access and excellence so as to be part of the globally acceptable higher education standards.

. Contribute to enhance Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) and hence to national welfare sans prejudice, discrimination and bias based on gender, caste, community, regional and linguistic barrier.

. Develop the regional cultural richness and take it forward to interact with national cultural mosaic.

. Help to create an egalitarian society by developing thought leaders with a difference in all fields of educational and research activities.

. Encourage students to respect all ideas, think and discuss with freedom of expression as a major vehicle of transformation leading to creativity with self-reliance.

. Connect with the local population and contribute to its development through outreach programmes and other initiatives.

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CONTENTS

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Vice-Chancellor’s foreword viii Schools & Departments x Highlights xiii Glimpses of Academic Performance xiv Chapter One Student Enrolment and Strength 1 Chapter Two Particulars of Teaching and Non-Teaching Staff 10 Chapter Three Departmental Activities 16 Chapter Four Academic Distinctions and Visits Abroad 112 Chapter Five Research Papers in Seminars and Conferences 115 Chapter Six Research Publications 152 Chapter Seven Academic Outreach 207 Chapter Eight University Results 260 Chapter Nine Financial Assistance to Students 264 Chapter Ten University Finances 265 Chapter Eleven Central Library 273 Chapter Twelve Central Facilities 275 Chapter Thirteen Campus Development Activities 290 Chapter Fourteen College Development Council and Affiliated / Permitted Colleges 292 Chapter Fifteen Rajbhasha Cell, Assam University, Silchar 341 Chapter Sixteen List of Endowment Awards 347 Chapter Seventeen Alumni Affairs 351 Chapter Eighteen National/International Collaboration & Patent Related Information 353 Appendix A List of Ph. D. awarded during the year 2016-17 359 Appendix B List of Members of Court, EC, AC and Planning Board 387

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From the Desk of the Vice Chancellor

With the pledge of placing Assam University as an icon in the educational map of India our efforts are going on in full swing. We have identified the areas in which our university need improvement and the entire system is working day and night to overcome the short comings and place the university in the path of excellence.

The University celebrated its Foundation Day on 21st January, 2017 with lot of enthusiasm and commitment. The XVth Convocation of Assam University was organized on the 15th of March, 2017. Other important events of national importance were also celebrated in the university. As a part of the “Swachh Bharat Abhiyan” several dustbins were installed in the university campus. The Assam University Sports Board organized inter-college Cricket Tournament in December, 2016. The health centre of the university conducted several health awareness programs on Anaemia, Mother and Child Health, Tuberculosis, prevention of infectious diseases in the university and in nearby villages. Two hundred and thirty students were awarded with Ph.D degree from the university in the year 2016-17. As many as 25

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Annual Report 2016-17 teachers visited abroad on different academic assignments and currently 51 research projects funded by external agencies are ongoing in the university.

The Department of Urdu has become functional at Silchar Campus in the academic year 2016-17.

As a part of our digital initiative, the admission process to the UG/PG/Integrated Courses as well as the M. Phil and Ph. D. program is made entirely online. The online file movement and tracking system that started the previous year is running successfully. Both of which were developed by the programmers of the Computer Centre. Also the process of feedback collection from the students on curriculum by IQAC is online now.

Internet connectivity in both our campuses has been improved. The main campus is now Wi- Fi enabled. The university has sustained to remain as a tobacco free as well as a plastic free zone.

The Annual Report of 2016-17 is a reflection of our achievements and constraints, and to express our commitment to meet the demands of the changing national educational policy.

(Prof. Dilip Chandra Nath) Vice Chancellor

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SCHOOLS AND DEPARTMENTS

ABANINDRANATH TAGORE SCHOOL OF CREATIVE ARTS & COMMUNICATION STUDIES 1. DEPARTMENT OF MASS COMMUNICATION 2. DEPARTMENT OF VISUAL ARTS

ALBERT EINSTEIN SCHOOL OF PHYSICAL SCIENCES 3. DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY 4. DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE 5. DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS 6. DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS 7. DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

ARYABHATTA SCHOOL OF EARTH SCIENCES 8. DEPARTMENT OF EARTH SCIENCE

ASHUTOSH MUKHOPADHYAY SCHOOL OF EDUCATIONAL SCIENCES 9. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

DESHABANDHU CHITTARANJAN SCHOOL OF LEGAL STUDIES 10. DEPARTMENT OF LAW

E. P. ODUM SCHOOL OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES 11. DEPARTMENT OF ECOLOGY & ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE

HARGOBIND KHURANA SCHOOL OF LIFE SCIENCES 12. DEPARTMENT OF BIOTECHNOLOGY 13. DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCE & BIOINFORMATICS 14. DEPARTMENT OF MICROBIOLOGY

JADUNATH SARKAR SCHOOL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES 15. DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY 16. DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE 17. DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL WORK 18. DEPARTMENT OF SOCIOLOGY

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JAWAHARLAL NEHRU SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES 19. DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

MAHATMA GANDHI SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS AND COMMERCE 20. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 21. DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS

RABINDRANATH TAGORE SCHOOL OF INDIAN LANGUAGES & CULTURAL STUDIES 22. DEPARTMENT OF BENGALI 23. DEPARTMENT OF HINDI 24. DEPARTMENT OF INDIAN COMPARATIV LITERATURE 25. DEPARTMENT OF LINGUISTICS 26. DEPARTMENT OF MANIPURI 27. DEPARTMENT OF SANSKRIT

SARVEPALLI RADHAKRISHNAN SCHOOL OF PHILOSOPHICAL STUDIES 28. DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY

SUNITI KUMAR CHATTOPADHYAY SCHOOL OF ENGLISH AND FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDIES 29. DEPARTMENT OF ARABIC 30. DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH 31. DEPARTMENT OF FRENCH

SUSRUTA SCHOOL OF MEDICAL AND PARAMEDICAL SCIENCES 32. DEPARTMENT OF PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES

SWAMI VIVEKANANDA SCHOOL OF LIBRARY SCIENCES 33. DEPARTMENT OF LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE

TRIGUNA SEN SCHOOL OF TECHNOLOGY 34. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING 35. DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (FORMERLY INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY) 36. DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONICS & TELECOMMUNICATION

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DIPHU CAMPUS

1. DEPARTMENT OF ANTHROPOLOGY 2. DEPARTMENT OF ASSAMESE 3. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 4. DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH 5. DEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY 6. DEPARTMENT OF HINDI 7. DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY 8. DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCE 9. DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS 10. DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE 11. CENTRE FOR TRIBAL STUDIES

CENTRE OF STUDIES 1. CENTRE FOR STUDIES ON ENDANGERED LANGUAGES, MANUSCRIPTOLOGY AND FOLKLORISTIC 2. CENTRE FOR STUDIES ON SOFT MATTERS 3. CENTRE FOR STUDIES ON BIODIVERSITY AND NATURAL RESOURCE CONSERVATION 4. CENTRE FOR BIOINFORMATICS

CENTRAL FACILITIES 1. CENTRAL INSTRUMENTATION LABORATORY 2. COMPUTER CENTRE 3. CENTRAL LIBRARY

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HIGHLIGHTS Highlights of Events and Activities of the Year 2016-17 1. Publications: There have been Six hundred and fourty two research papers published by university faculty members and students in various reputed journals and edited volumes.

2. International Visits: There have been twenty five international visits undertaken by faculties and students of this university in connection with various research collaborations and for attending conference/ seminars abroad.

3. Research Projects: Fifty one research projects are being funded at Assam University in the current year by various funding agencies.

4. Seminar/Conference/Symposium/Workshop: Sixty eight Seminar / Conference/ Symposium/ Workshop have been organized by the University.

5. Awards: Fifty four various national and international awards/ distinctions have been received by university faculty members and students.

6. Ph. D.: Two hundred thirty One students got their Ph D degree awarded.

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Glimpses of Academic Performance

Enrollment of PG/UG/Integrated students in the University

Registered Ph. D Scholars in the University

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Proportion of Male and Female Students in University during 2016-17

Number of Students in the Affiliateed Colleges during last seven years

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Glimpses of Activities during the Year 2016-17

Alumni Meet on 23rd Jan, 2017 at Netaji Mancha

XVth Convocation on 15th March, 2017 at Bipin Chandra Pal Seminar Hall

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24th Foundation Day on 21st January, 2017 at Bipin Chandra Pal Seminar Hall

Assam University Football (Women) Team 2016-17

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Assam University Football Team 2016-17

Intra-staff Sports and Cultural Programme

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Prize winners at Utsav Jyotirgomoyo-2017

Yoga Kaksha at the University

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Annual Report 2016-17 CHAPTER ONE

Student Enrolment and Strength

1. DETAILS OF STUDENTS ENROLEMENT PG/UG COURSES 2016-2017 (First Semester / Silchar Campus)

Sl Department Course No. of No. of Students No. Application Admitted 1. Agriculture Engineering M. Tech 60 14 2. Arabic MA 39 21 3. Bengali MA 214 66 4. Biotechnology M. Sc. 148 18 5. Business Administration MBA 112 48 6. Chemistry M. Sc. 479 41 7. Commerce M Com 251 71 8. Computer Science M. Sc. 13 08 9. Computer Science & Engineering M. Tech 27 05 10. Earth Science M. Sc. 121 20 11. Ecology & Env. M. Sc. 185 40 12. Economics MA 129 55 Education MA 140 25

13. Education, M. Ed M. Ed. 39 13 14. English MA 271 51 15. French Certificate Course 06 05

16. French French Diploma 01 0 of Proficiency 17. Hindi MA 18 08 18. History MA 96 30 19. I.C.L. MA 14 11 20. Law LLM 37 17 21. Library Science MLIS 67 21 22. Life Science M. Sc. 53 20 23. Linguistics MA 45 05 24. Manipuri MA 12 01 25. Mass Communication MMC 71 31 26. Mathematics M. Sc. 206 35 27. Microbiology M. Sc. 263 24 28. Philosophy MA 145 40 29. Physics M. Sc. 394 47 30. Political Science MA 335 60 31. Sanskrit MA 38 13 32. Sociology MA 73 49 33. Statistics M. Sc. 30 13 34. Visual Arts MVA 54 27

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2. DETAILS OF STUDENTS ENROLEMENT PG/UG COURSES 2016-2017 (Diphu Campus)

Sl No. Department Course No. of No. of Students Application Admitted 01 Anthropology M.A. / M. Ss. 56 34 02 Assamese M.A. 197 35 03 Commerce M. Com. 95 40 04 English M.A. 168 59 05 Geography M.A. /M. Sc. 181 35 06 Hindi M.A. 30 15 07 History M.A, 83 40 08 Life Science M. Sc. 258 30 09 Physics M. Sc. 86 18 10 Political Science M.A. 202 60

3. STUDENTS ADMITTED IN UG/INTEGRATED COURSES (1ST SEMESTER), 2016- 2017

Sl. Department Course No. Of Application No. of Students No. 1. Agriculture Engineering B. Tech. 757 24

2. Computer Centre PGDIT 07 5

3. Commerce PGDMM 13 71

4. Computer Science B. C.S. 90 58

5. Computer Sc. & Engg. B. Tech. 650 36

6. Education, M. Ed BSc. B Ed. 85 20

7. Electronics & Tele. Engg. B. Tech. 25 23

8. Law BA/LLB 172 53

9. Pharmaceutical Science B. Pharm 650 40

10. Social Work BSW/MSW 94 40

11. Visual Arts BVA 85 39

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4. TOTAL NO. OF STUDENTS OF ROLL IN EACH DEPARTMENT IN PG / UG / INTEGRATED COURSES, 2016-17

OBC Foreign OBC Sem SC ST (non GEN. PWD Student Total Total Creamy Department creamy) M F M F M F M F M F M F M F M F Total

1st 02 03 04 0 0 0 06 0 07 02 0 0 0 0 19 05 24 Agriculture 3rd 10 02 03 01 0 0 07 05 09 02 0 0 0 0 29 10 39 Engineering 145 (B. Tech) 5th 04 01 04 01 0 0 15 06 07 03 0 0 0 0 30 11 41 7th 06 02 01 02 0 0 13 03 07 07 0 0 0 0 29 12 41

Agriculture 1st 02 0 04 03 0 0 05 0 00 0 0 0 0 0 09 05 14 25 Engineering 3rd 01 0 01 02 0 0 04 01 02 0 0 0 0 0 08 03 11 (M. Tech) 1st 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 04 0 0 0 0 17 04 21 Arabic 36 3rd 0 0 0 0 01 0 0 0 13 01 0 0 0 0 14 01 15

1st 06 06 00 01 0 0 08 07 10 29 0 01 0 0 25 43 68 Bengali 141 3rd 13 10 0 0 0 0 08 05 11 24 02 00 0 0 34 39 73 1st 02 0 01 01 0 0 01 05 01 07 0 0 0 0 05 13 18 Bio- 40 rd Technology 3 01 01 0 01 0 0 03 05 03 08 0 0 0 0 07 15 22 Business 1st 03 0 01 01 0 0 06 07 20 10 0 0 0 0 30 18 48 Administrat 113 rd -ion 3 04 01 01 01 0 0 10 04 22 22 0 0 0 0 37 28 65 1st 01 02 00 04 01 02 04 11 07 09 0 0 0 0 13 28 41 Chemistry 86 3rd 05 02 01 02 02 01 09 07 12 04 0 0 0 0 29 16 45

1st 10 07 03 02 11 14 0 0 13 10 01 0 0 0 38 33 71 Commerce 147 3rd 09 07 05 01 15 12 0 0 10 17 0 0 0 0 39 37 76

Computer 1st 0 0 0 0 0 0 01 00 03 04 0 0 0 0 04 04 08 Science 18 (PG) 3rd 0 0 0 0 0 0 02 01 05 02 0 0 0 0 07 03 10 1st 05 02 0 0 0 0 18 06 24 03 0 0 0 0 47 11 58

rd Computer 3 06 0 0 00 0 0 10 01 16 05 0 0 0 0 32 06 38 Science 5th 03 0 0 01 0 0 07 00 09 08 0 0 0 0 19 09 28 167 (Integrated) 7th 0 02 0 01 0 0 00 02 04 11 0 0 0 0 04 16 20 9th 04 0 0 01 0 0 06 03 05 04 0 0 0 0 15 08 23 1st 09 0 02 02 0 0 08 05 07 03 0 0 0 0 26 10 36 Computer Science & 3rd 07 0 03 0 0 0 15 02 05 03 0 0 0 0 30 05 35 Engineering 148 th (B.Tech.) 5 06 0 02 0 0 0 13 02 09 06 01 0 0 0 30 08 38

7th 04 04 02 0 0 0 13 03 08 04 01 0 0 0 28 11 39 Computer 1st 01 0 0 0 0 0 02 0 0 02 0 0 0 0 02 03 05 Sc. & Eng. 12 rd (M.Tech.) 3 0 0 0 01 0 0 01 02 02 01 0 0 0 0 03 04 07

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OBC Foreign OBC Sem SC ST (non GEN. PWD Student Total Tot Department Creamy creamy) al M F M F M F M F M F M F M F M F Total

st Earth 1 01 01 02 01 06 01 0 0 04 04 0 0 0 0 13 07 20 41 Science 3rd 02 0 01 03 08 03 0 0 02 02 0 0 0 0 13 08 21

st Ecology & 1 5 1 3 1 0 0 5 12 7 6 0 0 0 0 20 20 40 78 Env. Sc. 3rd 4 4 1 2 0 0 4 10 5 7 1 0 0 0 15 23 38 1st 04 02 05 04 0 0 07 12 11 10 0 0 0 0 27 28 55 Economics 101 3rd 01 05 03 0 0 0 10 10 09 08 0 0 0 0 23 23 46

st Education 1 01 01 0 04 01 05 0 0 09 07 0 0 0 0 11 17 28 71 (MA) 3rd 02 03 04 06 01 07 0 0 06 14 0 0 0 0 13 30 43 st 02 01 04 06 01 07 02 06 09 20 29 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 46 M. Ed. 2nd 01 0 0 0 03 01 0 0 04 08 0 0 0 0 08 09 17 EPM 1st 0 0 0 0 01 0 0 0 0 01 0 0 0 0 01 01 02 02 1st 03 01 01 01 05 04 0 0 02 06 0 0 0 0 11 12 23 rd 03 03 02 01 01 02 04 04 10 10 20 B.Sc. B. 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 59 Ed. 5th 03 03 02 01 01 02 0 0 01 02 0 0 0 0 07 08 15 7th 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 00 01 01 1st 0 04 01 07 0 0 05 14 06 14 0 0 0 0 12 39 51 English 103 3rd 04 05 03 06 0 0 05 10 04 15 0 0 0 0 16 36 52 1st 2 2 2 1 10 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 17 4 21

Electronics rd & Tele. 3 3 0 2 0 4 3 3 1 7 0 0 0 0 0 19 4 23 89 Com. 5th 2 3 9 1 4 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 06 21 Engng. 7th9 9 1 7 2 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 04 24 French Certificate 1st 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 2 3 05 05 of Proficiency 1st 01 01 00 01 01 04 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 02 06 08 Hindi 18 3rd 01 01 00 01 00 05 0 0 0 02 0 0 0 0 01 09 10 1st 0 0 02 05 0 0 04 05 04 10 0 0 0 0 10 20 30 History 63 3rd 04 0 05 06 0 0 03 03 06 06 0 0 0 0 18 15 33 Indian 1st 01 0 01 01 0 03 0 0 0 05 0 0 0 0 02 09 11 Com. 22 rd Literature 3 01 0 01 01 0 03 0 0 0 05 0 0 0 0 02 09 11 1st 01 04 02 02 07 06 0 0 13 18 0 0 0 0 23 30 53

rd Law 3 02 02 00 05 09 10 0 0 10 20 0 0 0 0 21 37 58 233 (L.L.B) 5th 04 02 0 01 03 04 0 0 13 13 0 0 0 0 20 20 40 7th 05 03 0 0 06 02 0 0 10 11 0 0 0 0 21 16 37

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OBC Foreign OBC SC ST (non GEN. PWD Student Total Creamy Sem creamy) Total Department M F M F M F M F M M F M F M F Total

9th 06 04 03 01 06 07 0 0 07 11 0 0 0 0 22 23 45

st Law 1 00 00 00 02 01 05 0 0 03 06 0 0 0 0 04 13 17 36 (L.L.M) 3rd 01 02 00 01 01 01 0 0 04 09 0 0 0 0 06 13 19

Library & 1st 0 01 01 03 0 0 01 08 04 03 0 0 0 0 06 15 21 Infr. 41 rd Science 3 0 01 06 05 0 0 05 02 00 01 0 0 0 0 11 09 20

st Life 1 06 06 0 04 0 0 08 11 7 13 0 0 0 0 21 34 55 111 Science 3rd 4 7 2 2 0 0 12 13 10 06 0 0 0 0 28 28 56 1st 01 0 03 0 01 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 04 01 05 Linguistics 26 3rd 01 0 03 08 0 0 0 01 01 07 0 0 0 0 05 16 21 1st 0 0 0 0 01 10 0 01 0 0 0 0 0 0 01 11 12 Manipuri 24 3rd 0 0 0 0 0 11 01 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 01 11 12 Mass 1st 0 01 02 01 0 0 05 06 06 08 0 0 01 01 14 17 31 Communica 62 rd tion 3 01 01 01 0 0 0 04 02 13 09 0 0 0 0 19 12 31 1st 04 00 01 00 08 04 0 0 15 03 0 0 0 0 28 07 35 Mathematics 80 3rd 04 01 01 00 13 02 0 0 17 07 0 0 0 0 35 10 45

st Micro 1 03 01 0 04 0 0 02 05 02 07 0 0 0 0 07 17 24 53 Biology 3rd 02 03 0 02 0 0 03 08 01 10 0 0 0 0 06 23 29 1st 4 3 1 2 3 0 6 5 8 7 1 0 00 00 23 17 40

rd Pharmaceut 3 04 04 02 01 09 05 0 0 06 09 0 0 0 0 21 19 40 159 ical Science 5th 05 03 04 0 08 08 0 0 07 04 0 0 0 0 24 15 39 7th 06 01 03 01 08 09 0 0 10 02 0 0 0 0 27 13 40 1st 01 02 08 06 01 07 0 0 02 13 0 0 0 0 12 28 40 Philosophy 85 3rd 0 02 06 06 02 02 0 0 11 16 0 0 0 0 19 26 45 1st 6 1 4 0 0 0 17 5 11 3 0 0 0 0 38 9 47 Physics 98 3rd 6 1 5 0 0 0 13 6 14 6 0 0 0 0 38 13 51

st Political 1 04 06 10 05 11 08 0 0 07 09 0 0 0 0 32 28 60 110 Science 3rd 01 02 05 05 08 09 0 0 08 12 0 0 0 0 22 28 50 1st 01 01 0 0 01 04 0 0 02 04 0 0 0 0 04 09 13 Sanskrit 30 3rd 05 0 0 0 03 02 0 0 03 04 0 0 0 0 11 06 17 st 9 05 03 02 02 08 05 14 19 29 Social 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 48 296 Work rd 3 04 08 04 04 12 15 0 0 04 08 0 01 0 0 25 35 60

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OBC Foreign OBC SC ST (non GEN. PWD Student Total Creamy Department Sem creamy) Total M F M F M F M F M F M F M F M F Total

th 5 03 04 02 02 03 10 0 0 06 20 01 0 0 0 15 36 51 th 7 07 06 03 03 08 10 0 0 09 18 0 0 0 0 26 38 64 th 9 09 05 05 04 10 08 0 0 16 16 0 0 0 0 40 33 73 1st 02 00 06 04 0 0 09 03 10 04 0 0 0 0 28 11 39 Sociology 81 3rd 02 01 06 06 0 0 04 09 02 12 0 0 0 0 14 28 42 1st 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 3 0 0 0 0 7 6 13 Statistics 20 3rd 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 5 07

st Visual Arts 1 3 4 4 0 3 7 0 0 12 6 0 0 0 0 16 23 39 76 BVA 3rd 6 1 1 1 3 4 0 0 13 7 0 1 0 0 23 14 37

st Visual Arts 1 1 3 1 1 7 1 0 0 5 8 0 0 0 0 14 13 27 48 MVA 3rd 2 0 0 1 4 4 0 0 6 4 0 0 0 0 13 8 21 32 20 20 18 24 26 33 26 68 73 16 Sub-Total 8 2 1 1 1792 2 0 6 7 2 4 1 0 6 4 53 3444 3445 Total 522 393 506 591 1420 10 2 3445 3445 3445

5. TOTAL NO. OF STUDENTS OF ROLL IN EACH DEPARTMENT IN PG/UG/ INTEGRATED COURSES 2016-17 (DIPHU CAMPUS)

Department Sem SC ST OBC(crea OBC(non- Gen PWD Total my) creamy) M F M F M F M F M F M F Total Anthropology 1st 1 0 16 9 0 0 0 3 2 3 0 0 19 15 70 3rd 1 0 17 11 0 0 2 2 1 1 0 1 21 15 Assamese 1st 2 3 5 7 0 5 3 4 1 5 0 0 11 24 70 3rd 0 0 3 10 6 4 1 8 1 2 0 0 11 24 Commerce 1st 2 2 8 11 6 4 3 0 4 0 0 0 23 17 77 3rd 1 1 10 11 0 2 2 2 5 3 0 0 18 19 English 1st 0 03 06 18 0 0 05 19 02 06 0 0 13 46 119 3rd 01 0 03 20 08 20 0 0 02 06 0 0 14 46 Geography 1st 1 1 7 9 0 0 4 9 2 2 0 0 14 21 64 3rd 0 1 6 10 0 0 4 4 0 4 0 0 10 19 Hindi 1st 01 0 01 01 0 0 01 04 0 07 0 0 03 12 22 3rd 01 0 0 01 02 02 0 0 01 0 0 0 04 03 History 1st 0 0 16 16 0 2 2 3 0 1 0 0 18 22 73 3rd 0 0 9 17 0 2 0 5 0 0 0 0 9 24 Life Science 1st 03 01 03 07 1 0 03 6 3 3 1 0 14 17 51 3rd 1 0 7 8 0 5 1 5 0 3 0 0 09 21 Physics 1st 01 0 02 01 03 03 03 02 03 00 01 0 13 06 33 3rd 0 0 02 01 01 01 01 01 04 03 0 0 08 06 Political 1st 1 0 11 14 0 0 16 7 3 7 1 1 32 29 122 Science 3rd 1 1 15 17 0 0 09 6 5 5 1 1 31 30 Total 14 19 29 41 18 13 27 50 60 90 39 61 4 3 711 Enrolment 7 9 5 6

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6. STUDENTS ADMITTED IN IPP COURSES, 2016-17

Total Sl. SC ST OBC GEN PWD Total Department enrolment No. M F M F M F M F M F M F (M+F) 1 Agricultural Engineering 0 0 0 0 01 0 01 0 0 0 02 0 02 2 Arabic 0 0 0 0 03 0 05 0 0 0 08 0 08 3 Bengali 04 01 0 0 0 0 03 03 0 0 07 04 11 4 Bio-technology 0 0 0 0 0 01 01 04 0 0 01 05 06 5 Business Administration 0 01 0 0 01 0 02 0 0 0 03 01 04 6 Chemistry 01 0 0 0 01 0 03 0 0 0 05 0 05 7 Commerce 01 0 0 0 02 02 01 0 0 0 04 02 06 8 Computer Science 02 0 02 0 03 02 05 0 0 0 12 02 14 9 Computer Sc. & Engg. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 Earth Science 01 01 0 0 02 0 01 01 0 0 04 02 06 11 Ecology 0 0 0 01 1 3 2 5 0 0 03 09 12

12 Economics 0 0 01 03 00 01 04 01 0 0 06 04 10 13 Education 1 0 2 1 3 2 4 2 0 0 10 5 15 14 Electronics & Tele. Engg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

15 English 01 0 0 0 0 01 02 06 0 0 03 07 10

16 French 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

17 Hindi 0 0 0 0 01 01 04 02 0 0 05 03 08

18 History 01 0 0 01 01 06 03 0 0 0 05 07 12 19 Indian Com.Literature 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

20 Law 1 0 0 2 02 03 01 03 01 02 05 10 15

21 Library and Info. Sc. 0 01 0 0 02 0 0 0 0 0 02 01 03 22 Life Science 01 0 0 0 01 01 0 01 0 0 02 02 04 23 Linguistics 0 0 01 0 0 03 03 0 0 0 03 04 07 24 Manipuri 0 0 0 0 02 04 0 01 0 01 02 06 08

25 Mass Communication 0 0 0 02 01 01 09 12 01 0 11 15 26

26 Mathematics 0 0 02 0 01 0 0 0 0 0 03 0 03 27 Microbiology 0 01 0 0 01 0 0 0 0 0 01 01 02 28 Pharmaceutical Science 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 29 Philosophy 0 0 0 0 01 01 0 03 0 0 01 04 05

30 Physics 0 01 0 0 0 0 02 01 0 0 02 02 04 31 Political Science 1 1 1 0 3 2 4 1 0 0 09 04 13

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Sl. Total Department SC ST OBC GEN PWD Total No. enrolment 32 Sanskrit 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33 Social Work 01 0 02 01 01 01 02 03 0 0 06 05 11 34 Sociology 01 01 0 0 0 0 02 0 01 0 02 03 05 35 Statistics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 02 0 0 0 02 02 36 Visual Arts 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 1 4 05 Total 18 8 11 11 34 35 67 52 3 3 128 114 242

7. STUDENTS ADMITTED IN IPP COURSES (DIPHU CAMPUS), 2016-17

Sl. Department SC ST OBC GEN PWD Total Total No. enrolment (M+F)

M F M F M F M F M F M F 1. Anthropology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2. Assamese 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3. Commerce 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 02 4. English 0 0 1 7 4 2 5 5 0 0 10 14 24 5. Geography 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6. Hindi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7. History 0 0 03 03 01 02 0 01 0 0 04 06 10 8. Life science 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9. Physics 0 0 0 0 01 01 0 0 0 0 01 01 02 Political 10. 0 0 09 02 03 01 01 0 0 0 13 03 16 Science Total 0 0 13 12 09 06 08 06 0 0 30 24 54

8. REGISTERED M.PHIL / Ph.D SCHOLARS (PROVISIONAL / FINAL), 2016-17

Year Department Ph.D Enrolment M.Phil Enrolment Male Female Total Male Female Total 2017 Agricultural Engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 Arabic 12 01 13 06 0 06 Bengali 25 17 42 08 12 20 Bio-technology 20 22 42 2 2 04 Business Administration 15 6 21 0 0 0 Chemistry 05 0 05 0 0 00 Commerce 07 05 11 05 04 09 Computer Science 05 09 14 0 0 0 CSE 08 03 11 0 0 0 Earth Science 05 08 13 0 0 0 Ecology 11 18 29 01 02 03 Economics 04 02 06 01 02 03

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Year Department Ph.D Enrolment M.Phil Enrolment Male Female Total Male Female Total Education 11 09 20 03 03 06 Electronics & Tele. Engg. 03 0 03 0 0 0 English 01 0 01 02 03 05 French 0 01 01 0 0 0 Hindi 09 23 32 0 0 0 History 01 03 04 03 01 04 Indian Com. Literature 15 10 25 04 04 08 Law 04 07 11 0 0 0 Library and Info. Sc. 02 0 02 01 0 01 Life Science 09 10 19 04 04 08 Linguistics 01 02 03 0 0 0 Manipuri 01 06 07 01 04 05 Mass Communication 16 10 26 03 04 07 Mathematics 07 0 07 01 0 01 Microbiology 02 05 07 01 03 04 Pharmaceutical Science 0 0 0 0 0 0 Philosophy 01 06 07 0 0 0 Physics 24 14 38 01 0 01 Political Science 03 03 06 04 0 04 Sanskrit 05 02 07 06 04 10 Social Work 05 02 07 0 0 0 Sociology 02 02 04 01 0 01 Statistics 02 02 04 0 0 0 Visual Arts 8 7 15 0 0 0 Total 249 215 463 58 52 110

9. REGISTERED M.PHIL / Ph.D SCHOLARS (PROVISIONAL / FINAL), 2016-17 (DIPHU CAMPUS)

Year Department Ph.D Enrolment M.Phil Enrolment Male Female Total Male Female Total 2017 Anthropology 1 6 7 1 3 4 Assamese 4 3 7 3 1 4 Commerce 2 4 6 8 4 12 Hindi 0 0 0 4 0 4 Life Science 5 5 10 1 1 2 Political Science 9 2 11 1 0 1 English 7 7 14 4 16 20 Physics 2 2 4 4 0 4 Total 30 29 59 26 25 51

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ASSAM UNIVERSITY::SILCHAR CAMPUS

1. Faculty Strength:

The number of teachers on the rolls of the University in various Schools/ Departments as on 31st March, 2017

Sl. Department Professor Associate Reader Assistant Total No. Professor Professor 1 Agricultural Engineering 01 02 - 05 08 2 Arabic 02 - - 03 05 3 Bengali 05 01 - 07 13 4 Bio-Technology 03 03 06 5 Business Administration 02 02 - 09 13 6 Chemistry 01 04 - 04 09 7 Commerce 02 - - 08 10 8 Computer Science 02 02 - 09 13 9 Ecology & Environmental Science 06 02 - 03 11 10 Economics 04 - - 07 11 11 Education 03 02 - 08 13 12 Electronics 01 - - 01 02 13 English 02 - - 08 10 14 Visual Arts 02 03 - 08 13 15 Foreign Language - 01 - 02 03 16 Hindi 03 - - 04 07 17 History 04 01 - 03 08 18 Indian Comparative Literature 01 - - 01 02 19 Computer Science and Engineering 01 - - 07 08 20 Law - 02 - 05 07 21 Life Science 04 03 - 06 13 22 Linguistics 01 02 - 02 05 23 Manipuri 04 - - 02 06 24 Mass Communication 01 01 - 05 07 25 Mathematics 02 01 - 05 08 26 Pharmaceutical Science 01 01 - 04 06 27 Philosophy 03 - - 02 05 28 Physics 01 02 - 07 10 29 Political Science 03 01 - 07 11 30 Sanskrit 03 01 - 01 05 31 Social Work 02 02 - 11 15 32 Sociology 02 02 - 03 07 33 Statistics 01 - - 02 03 34 Microbiology 01 - - 03 04 35 CBNRC - - - 02 02 36 CIL - 01 - 01 02 37 Earth Science 01 01 - 02 04 38 CSSM - - - 02 02 39 CELMF - - - 02 02 40 Library Science - 01 - 03 04 Total 75 41 - 177 293

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2. Recruitment of Teaching Staff: During the year under report 01-04-2016 to 31-03-2017 the following recruitments completed in the University:

Designation During year 01-04-2016 to 31-03-2017 Professor - Asso. Prof. - Asstt. Prof. -

3. (i) Teaching Posts: Actual strength of faculty:

Designation No. of Posts No. of Posts filled upto 31-03-2017 No. of vacant posts as sanctioned on 31-03-2017 (2-3) Professor 37 21 16 Asso. Prof. 100 78 22 Asstt. Prof. 243 194 49 4. (ii) Teaching Posts: Actual strength of faculty:

Professors: Filled as per the posts sanctioned 21 (+) Promoted as Professors under Merit Promotion / Career Advancement 54 Scheme Actual Strength 75 READERS: & ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR Filled as per the posts sanctioned 78 (-) Posts upgraded to Professor under CAS 36

(+) Promoted from Lecturers under CAS 05 Actual Strength 41 ASSISTANT PROFESSOR Filled as per the posts sanctioned 194 (-) Posts upgraded to Readers / Professors 17 Actual Strength 177

5. Teachers on long leave:

The following are the details of various kinds of leaves of long duration availed of by the teachers 01-04-2016 to 31- 03-2017

Professor:

Sl.No. Name of the teacher Dept./School Nature of Leave Period of Leave 1. Dr. M Dutta Choudhury Life Science Sabbatical Leave 29/4/2016 to 5/11/2016 2 Prof. Sankar Kr Ghosh Biotechnology Lien 21/12/2016 to 20/12/2020

Assistant Professor:

Sl. Name of the teacher Dept./School Nature of Period of Leave No. Leave 1. Shri Somaditya Datta Visual Arts Study leave 19/1/2015 to 18/1/2017 2. Dr. Suchismita Das Life Science Study leave 10/2/2016 to 9/2/2017 3. Dr. Parag Shil Commerce Study leave 10/2/2016 to 9/2/2017 4. Ms. Ritwika Rajendra Social Work Maternity 11/7/2016 to 6/1/2017 Leave Child Care 16/1/2017 to 30/4/2017

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Leave 5 Dr. Sumana Chakraborty English Maternity 1/3/2017 to 27/8/2017 Leave 6 Ms. Mariam Jabali Electronics & Maternity 29/1/2017 to 27/7/2017 Laskar Communication Leave Engineering 7 Shri Abhijit Biswas Computer Study Leave 26/12/2016 to 19/5/2017 Science & Engineering 8 Dr Urbashi Sarkar Earth Science Extra 12/1/2016 to 11/1/2017 Ordinary Leave 9 Dr Tapan Kr Basantia Education Lien 6/1/2016 to 5/1/2018 10 Dr Nigamananda Biswas Busi. Admn. Lien 10/6/2016 to 9/6/2017 11 Dr Kabindra Singh Law Lien 10/3/2016 to 9/3/2017 Brijwal 12 Dr Aditi Nath Social Work Maternity 2/11/2016 to 30/4/2017 Leave 13 Dr Rajiya Shahani Sociology Maternity 28/11/2016 to 19/5/2017 Leave

5. Appointment of Heads of Departments during the year: 2017

Heads of the Department Sl. Department Name of the HOD From To No. 1. English Prof Dipendu Das 31.08.2015 30.08.2018 2. Ecology Prof. Parthankar Choudhury 30.07.2016 29.07.2019 3 Bengali Prof. Biswatosh Choudhury 08.03.2017 07.03.2020 4. Social Work Dr Subhabrata Dutta 05.10.2013 04.10.2016 5. Economics Prof. Niranjan Roy 08.12.2016 07.12.2019 6. Hindi Prof S P Singh Chauhan 03.07.2014 02.07.2017 7. Commerce Dr P J Goswami 15.10.2015 14.10.2018 8. History Dr Sudeshna Purkayastha 03.10.2016 02.10.2019 9. Computer Science and Shri Tapodhir Acharjee, HOD i/c 02.01.2017 01.01.2020 Engineering 10. Agrr. Engg. Dr Sudipto Sarkar 08.09.2016 07.09.2019 11 Mathematics Prof Samira Behera 10.08.2015 09.08.2018 12 Philosophy Prof A Nataraju 18.09.2016 17.09.2019 13 Sanskrit Prof Bhagirathi Biswas 01.05.2015 30.04.2018 14 Physics Dr. Atri Deshamukhya 13.05.2017 12.05.2020 15 Life Science Prof S K Panda 03.10.2016 02.10.2019 16 Visual Arts Dr B Ruma Sharma 08.12.2016 07.12.2019 17 Sociology Prof B K Behera 19.05.2017 18.05.2020 18 Mass Communication Prof G P Pandey 21.12.2012 20.12.2015 19 Political Science Prof Joyati Bhattacharya 16.12.2015 15.12.2018 20 Linguistics Dr Kh. Dhiren Singha 01.10.2015 30.09.2018 21 Buss. Admn. Prof A L Ghosh 25.09.2014 24.09.2017 22 Chemistry Dr Pradip Ch Paul 19.09.2015 18.09.2018 23 Arabic Dr Mostafizur Rahman, HOD i/c 19.12.2016 Until further order 24 Biotechnology Dr Supriyo Chakraborty 24.04.2015 23.04.2018 25 Manipuri Prof H Nani Kr Singha 23.04.2015 22.04.2018 26 Law Dr R R Mishra 01.02.2017 31.01.2020

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27 Education Dr N B Biswas, HOD i/c

28 Computer Science Prof K Hemachandran 16.02.2017 15.02.2020 29 Microbiology Dr Piyush Pandey 22.01.2015 21.01.2018 30 Earth Science Dr Nagendra Pandey 23.09.2016 22.09.2019 31 Pharmaceutical Sc. Dr Supratim Ray 21.09.2016 20.09.2019 32 Electronics & Telecomm. Dr Debaprasad Das 22.08.2016 21.08.2019 33 Library Science Dr M K Sinha 19.11.2009 Until the appointment of a Professor or further order 34 Foreign Languages Dr Indra Nil Sanyal 18.4.2008 Until further order 35 Statistics Dr Dibyojyoti Bhattacharjee 9.7.2014 Until further order 36 Indian Comparative Literature Dr Suman Gun 19.11.2014 18.11.2017

6. Visiting Fellow during 01/04/2016 to 31/03/2017:

Sl. No. Name Affiliation Department where visited 1. Prof. Biplab Chakrabarty BurdwanUniversity, Flat-202, Archan Indian Comparative Apartment, Baguiati Chawalpatty, P.O- Literature Deshbandhu Nagar, Kolkata-700059 2. Prof. Biswanath Roy University of Calcutta, Indian Comparative 47D Ballygunge Terrace, 2nd Floor, Literature Kolkata-700029 3. Prof. B.K. Nagla (Retd.) UF-106, M.D. University, Sociology Rohtak-124001, Haryana 4. Prof. Balgonind Baboo (Retd.) Sriram Vihar, P.O-Jagruti Vihar, Sociology Burla-768020, Dist-Sambalpur, Odisha 5 Mr. Joydeep Bhattacharjee Gurucharan College, Silchar-4 Commerce

7. Non-Teaching Staff: Assam University (Silchar Campus)

Types of post Total posts No. of Post filled up/Category-wise Post lying sanctioned Gen SC ST OBC PWD Total vacant Group-A 34 29 Nil Nil 01 Nil 30 04 Group-B 87 64 06 02 09 Nil 81 06 Group-C 213 164 10 04 30 01 191 22 Total 334 239 16 06 40 01 302 32

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1. Faculty Strength:

The number of teachers on the rolls of the University in various Schools/ Departments as on 31st March, 2017

Sl. Department Professor Associate Professor Assistant Professor Total No. 1 Anthropology - 1 2 3 2 Assamese - 1 2 3 3 Commerce 1 1 4 6 4 English 1 1 4 6 5 Geography 1 1 2 4 6 Hindi 1 1 2 4 7 History 1 1 4 6 8 Life Science 1 1 4 6 9 Physics 1 1 4 6 10 Political Science 1 1 4 6 11 Tribal Studies - 1 1 2 Total 8 11 33 52

N.B.: 1. One Assistant Professor of Political Science Department is transferred to AUS 2. One Assistant Professor of Political Science Department is on EOL from 16.2.2016

2. Recruitment of Teaching Staff:

During the year under report 01-04-2016 to 31-03-2017 the following recruitments completed in the University:

Designation During year 01-04-2016 to 31-03-2017 Professor Asso. Prof. Asstt. Prof.

Teaching Posts: 3. Actual strength of faculty:

Designation No. of Posts No. of Posts filled upto 31-03-2017 No. of vacant posts as sanctioned on 31-03-2017 (2-3) Professor 8 3 5 Asso. Prof. 11 10 1 Asstt. Prof. 33 31 2

Teaching Posts: 4. Actual strength of faculty:

Professors: Filled as per the posts sanctioned 3 (+) Promoted as Professors under Merit Promotion / Career Advancement 1 Scheme Actual Strength 4 READERS: & ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR Filled as per the posts sanctioned 10 (-) Posts upgraded to Professor under CAS 1

(+) Promoted from Lecturers under CAS -

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Actual Strength 9 ASSISTANT PROFESSOR Filled as per the posts sanctioned 31 (-) Posts upgraded to Readers / Professors - Actual Strength 31

5. Teachers on long leave:

The following are the details of various kinds of leaves of long duration availed of by the teachers 01-04-2016 to 31- 03-2017

Professor: nil

Associate Professor: nil

Assistant Professor: 1

Sl. Name of the teacher Dept./School Nature of Period of Leave No. Leave 1 Dr Rajesh Seth Political E.O.L 16.02.2016 to Science 15.02.2017

6. Appointment of Heads of Departments during the year: 2017

Heads of the Department:

Sl. Department Name of the HOD From To No. 1. Anthropology Dr Kh. Narendra Singh 15.01.2017 14.01.2020 2. Commerce Prof. Ratan Borman 08.05.2017 07.05.2020 3. History Dr Paul B Chonzik 15.01.2017 14.01.2020 4. Life Science Dr Ajit Kr Tamuli 15.01.2017 14.01.2020 5. Physics Prof. Ranjit Singha 12.05.2017 11.05.2020

7. Visiting Fellow during 01/04/2016 to 31/03/2017: Nil

8. Non-Teaching Staff: Assam University (Diphu Campus)

Types of Total posts No. of Post filled up/Category-wise Post lying post sanctioned Gen SC ST OBC PWD Total vacant Group-A 07 04 Nil Nil Nil Nil 04 03 Group-B 06 03 Nil Nil Nil Nil 03 03 Group-C 15 12 Nil Nil 01 Nil 13 02 Total 28 19 Nil Nil 01 Nil 20 08

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Annual Report 2016-17 CHAPTER THREE

Departmental Activities

ABANINDRANATH TAGORE SCHOOL OF CREATIVE ARTS & COMMUNICATION STUDIES

Department of Mass Communication

Year of establishment : 1996 Head of the Department : Prof. G.P. Pandey

Research and Developmental Activities

Department has been able to bring virtually every aspect of communication discipline under scanner for the purpose of research. It has been an earnest endeavour on the part of the department to unearth the opaque areas of the field of communication. The teachers in the department are alive to the problems of applicability of academic research and are trying to break new grounds in an effort to bridge the gulf between academia and the outside world in a developing society. The department harbours the hope of developing an Indian paradigm of communication research because it would be able to put the department not only on the international map but also would impart it a distinct place among the Indian universities.

The department has a policy of engaging the research scholars in meaningful activities and has already been able to employ almost 30% of its research scholars as permanent employees. The department provides a healthy library facility to its research scholars.

The department has decided to use its resources for dissemination of modern scientific knowledge to rural people through the use of traditional medium of communication and is currently holding discussion with different agencies like National Rural Health Mission, Sarba Sikshya Aviyaan Directorate to decide on the modalities of cooperation. The department has in the last one and half year actively started the practice of bringing in professionals and internationally reputed professors from foreign universities to provide the students with an understanding of the humdrums of outside world. New projects are coming frequently and students from different parts of the country as well as abroad are turning up to enroll in Doctoral programme.

The department had the following teaching staff during the year

Professors: G.P. Pandey Associate Professor: Charvak Assistant Professors: Silajit Guha (On lien), Partha Sarkar, Ayesha Tahera Rashid, S.M. Alfarid Hussain, Paromita Das, Raghavendra Mishra, Charu Joshi

Courses offered: MJMC, M.Phil, Ph.D.

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Seminar/Conference/Symposium organized

SL. Details of Programme organised Date Name of the Level No. (Title of the event, funding agency etc.) (from – to) Coordinator (national/ international /regional etc.) 01 “Skill Development and Youth: Prospects and 10th Dr. S.M. Alfarid National Challenges in North-east India” organized by Feb,2017 Hussain, Community College, Assam University, Silchar, Dr. Paromita Das, sponsored by UGC,New Delhi. Dr. Raghavendra Mishra,

Sponsored Research Project

Name of the Funding Title of the Sanction order no. Duration Fund allocated to the Principal agency project and date of the project investigator project Amount Total sanctioned Amount Prof. ICSSR, Impact of TV F.No.02/138/2016- 18 Rs.5,00,000 Rs.5,00,000 G.P.Pandey New Advertisements 17/RP Date-05-08- Months Delhi on Adolescents: 2016 A Study of Silchar Town of Assam Dr. Charvak ICSSR, Identity, protest, F.NO.Gen- 2years Rs.18,00,000 Rs.18,00,000 New Middle Class 25/ICSSR/2014- 6 Months Delhi and Social 15/RPS dated Media: A 12.02.2015 Comparative Study Facebook Usage in Northeast States

New Courses Developed

Sl. Name of the course Name of the faculty involved Level of teaching No. (UG/PG/Pre-Ph.D) 1 Journalism & Mass Communication i) Prof.(Dr.)G.P.Pandey UG(CBCS) ii) Dr. Charvak iii) Dr. Raghavendra Mishra 2 Journalism & Mass Communication i) Dr. Charvak Pre-Ph.D ii) Dr. Raghavendra Mishra

Visiting fellow/Visiting Professor Name Affiliation From To Prof. (Dr) Anil Kumar Head, Dept. of Journalism and Mass Communication, M.G 04-01-2017 05-01-2017 Upadhyay Kashi Vidyapith, Varanasi, UP Mr. Rakash Ranu Senior Editor, “Aaj Tak”. New Delhi 10-01-2017 11-01-2017 Prof(Dr) S.K.Behera Ex. Head, Beherampur University, Orisha 17-01-2017 17-01-2017 Prof(Dr) Gopal Singh Professor & Head 18-01-2017 18-01-2017 Babasahab Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Lucknow, UP

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Faculty/Staff Developmental Programs Sl. Name of the Name of the professional Name of the organizers, venue Level No. Faculty/Staff development program attended and dates (national/ internationa l/ regional etc.) 1. Dr. Syed Murtaza Attended One-Week Capacity Organized by the UNESCO National Alfarid Hussain Building Workshop on “Teaching Chair on Community Media, Assistant Professor and Researching Community University of Hyderabad in

Media’ collaboration with NCRI (MHRD) on March 16-22, 2017.

2. Dr. Ayesha Tehera Ten-day Workshop on Indian Statistical Institute National Rashid “Application of Statistics in (ISI) and Assam University, Assistant Professor Social Sciences” at ISI, Silchar, August 22-31, 2016 Kolkata Faculty related details of your Department Sl. Name of the Designation Total teaching Highest Mastered Permanent No. Faculty experience Qualification from (name domicile of (As on 31.3.2017) in of (state) years and months univ./inst.) 01 Prof. (Dr) Professor 19 years 08 Months Ph.D BHU UP Gyan.Prakash LLB Pandey 02 Dr. Charvak Associate 08Years 08 Months Ph.D Calcutta West Bengal Professor M.phil(Aplied University Economics) 03 Dr. Partha Assistant 11years 3 months Ph.D Assam Assam Sarkar Professor University, Silchar 04 Dr. S.M. Assistant 11 Years 02 Months Ph.D Delhi Assam Alfarid Professor MA(Eng) University Hussain Tezpur University

05 Dr. Ayesha Assistant 11 Years 02 Months Ph.D Tezpur Assam Tehera Rashid Professor University 06 Dr. Paromita Assistant 12 years 07 Months Ph.D Assam Assam Das Professor University, Silchar 07 Dr. Assistant 12 years 06 Months Ph.D. Banaras Uttar Pradesh Raghavendra Professor Hindu Mishra University

Students Excellence: State Govt. Exam.: 01

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Department of Visual Arts

Year of establishment : 1996 Head of the Department : Dr. Nirmal Kanti Roy

Research and Developmental Activities

The Department of Visual Arts, Assam University Silchar initially started with integrated BFA and MFA courses to inculcate the visual culture of North East India through the stream of painting, applied art, print making, sculpture and History of Art. Presently the department is offering BVA and MVA specialization courses in Painting, Applied Art and Sculpture both in UG and PG level and PhD programme too.

The motto of the Department is to mingle the essence of art of the past with that of the present. The Department tries to amalgamate the folk and the indigenous traditions of North East especially of South Assam with the contemporary art practices, thus making it the major thrust area of the Department of Visual Art. The Department of Visual Art plays a vital role in nurturing the inherent creativity of the students and the social space in general.

The Department complements its academic involvement and activities by organizing seminars, workshops, special lectures, annual exhibition, study tour, field works, art fair for the academic development of the students under the regular guidance and active participation of the teachers.

The student’s interactions with the visiting professionals and academicians from the reputed institutions show a diverse, democratic and liberal language of art education blended with research orientation.

The Department has conferred with the on-going project of UGC SAP(DRS-II) on Indigenous Art of South Assam with special reference to Pottery, Terracotta and Textiles.

The department had the following teaching staff during the year

Professors: Bhuleswar Mate, B. Ruma Sharma, Sivan. G Associate Professors: Narendra T, Nirmal Kanti Roy, Abhibrata Chakravarty Assistant Professors: Somaditya Datta, Saday Chandra Das, Debasish Chakraborty, Raj Kumar Mazinder, Nilam Kumari, Rajan Kumar Vaidhya, Ganesh Nandi, Gautam Dutta

Courses offered: Bachelor of Visual Arts: 4 years Master of Visual Arts: 2 years PhD by Course work Sponsored Research Project

Name of the Funding Title of the Sanction Duration of Fund allocated to the Principal agency project order no. the project project investigator and date Amount Total sanctioned Amount Indigenous art UGC (SAP- UGC 5 years Rs. and craft of South DRS-II) 1,02,50,000/- Assam with 2015-2020 special reference to Terracotta Pottery, and Textile’

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New courses developed

Sl. Name of the course Name of the faculty Level of teaching No. involved (UG/PG/Pre-PhD) 1. New CBCS courses have been introduced both Prof. Sivan G UG,PG and PhD in UG and PG level Dr. Nirmal Kanti Roy Dr. Abhibrata Chakrabarty Dr. Debasish Chakraborty Dr. Ganesh Nandi Gautam Dutta 2 Diploma Course on Video Production and Dr. Nirmal Kanti Roy Photography for Community College under UG Assam University, Silchar 3 Bachelor of Performing Art under Assam Dr. Nirmal Kanti Roy UG University, Silchar

Faculty related details of your department Sl. Name of the Designation Total teaching Highest Mastered Permanent No. Faculty experience Qualification from (name domicile of (As on 31.3.2017) in of univ./inst.) (state) years and months 1 Prof Sivan G Professor 22 years 01 month PhD in Visual Assam Kerala Arts University, Silchar

2 Prof B Ruma Professor 22 years 01 month PhD in Visual Assam UP Sharma Arts University, Silchar 3 Narendra .T Associate 15 years MFA Chitra kala Karnataka Professor Parisad, Karnataka 4 Dr Nirmal Associate 12 years 2 months PhD in Visual Assam Assam Kanti Roy Professor Arts University, Silchar 5 Dr Abhibrata Associate 12 years 2 months PhD in Visual Assam West Bengal Chakrabarty Professor Arts University, Silchar

6 Somaditya Assistant 10 years 01 month MFA Rabindra West Bengal Datta Professor Bharati University, Kolkata 7 Dr Saday Assistant 09 years 02 months PhD in Visual Assam Assam Chandra Das Professor, Arts University, Stage-II Silchar 8 Debasish Assistant 09 years 02 months PhD in Visual Assam Assam Chakraborty Professor Arts University, Silchar 9 Rajan Kumar Assistant 07 years 01 month PhD in Visual Assam Rajasthan Vaidhya Professor Arts University, Silchar

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10 Dr. Raj Kumar Assistant 7 Years 4 months Ph. D in Visual Faculty of Mazinder Professor Arts Fine Arts, M. Assam S. University, Baroda 11 Dr Ganesh Assistant 7 years Ph. D in Visual Assam Assam Nandi Professor Arts University, Silchar 12 Dr Nilam Assistant 07 years 01 month Ph. D in Visual BHU UP Kumari Professor Arts

13 Gautam Dutta Assistant 02 years 02 months MFA Assam Assam Professor University, Silchar

ALBERT EINSTEIN SCHOOL OF PHYSICAL SCIENCES

Department of Chemistry

Year of establishment : 1996 Head of the Department : Dr. Pradip Ch. Paul

Research and Developmental Activities

The Department of Chemistry established in 1996 has been imparting training at advanced level of Chemistry in general for M. Sc. and Ph. D. Scholars. The research interests of the faculty cover areas like Liquid Crystals, Nano materials, Surface Chemistry, Theoretical and Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Co-Ordination Chemistry and Bioinorganic Chemistry, Natural Products and Medicinal Chemistry. The Department organizes Refresher’s Courses, Workshops and Conferences with support from national level scientific organizations and societies. A number of research projects sponsored by UGC, DST, DBT, DRDO and BARC etc. have been undertaken by faculties. The department is supported by UGC-SAP and DST-FIST, Government of India.

The department had the following teaching staff during the year

Professor: Chira R. Bhattacharjee Associate Professor: Pradip C. Paul, Paritorsh Mondol, Sk. Jasimudddin Assistant Professors: Monoj K. Paul, Devasish Sengupta, Sujit K. Ghosh, T. Sanjoy Singh

Courses offered: M.Sc., M.Phil., Ph.D.

Seminar/Conference/Symposium organized Sl. No. Details of Programme organized (title Date Name of the Level of the event, funding agency etc.) (from – to) Coordinator (National/Internl/ Regl) 1 National Symposium on Advances in January 11-12, Dr. Paritosh National Level Chemical Sciences(NSACS-2017) 2017 Mondal FA: SERB, CSIR, NEC & AUS

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Sponsored Research Project

Name of the Funding Title of the project Sanction order Duration Fund allocated to the Principal agency no. and date of the project investigator project (Years) Amount Total sanctioned Amount (Rs) (Rs.) Dr. P. Mondal DST Structure, reactivity and SB/EMEQ- 3 years 43.00,000 43.00,000 electronic of bare and 214/2013 dt. 21- supported Rhn(n=2-30) 06-2013 clusters in relation to automotive exhaust pollution control: A Density Functional Theory study Nano assisted C60 Pyrimidine Dr. D. Sengupta DBT BT/346/NE/TBP/ 3 years 90.87,000 90.87,000 Derivatives: Their synthesis, 2012 Characterization, (dt.20/02/2013) Neuroprotectcive and Antiviral Activities. Dr. S.K. Ghosh DBT Multifunctional Janus BT/277/NE/TBP/ 3.5 years 61.60,000 61.60,000 Nanoparticles for Cancer 2012 (16-01-2013 Imaging and Therapy to 15-07-2017) Dr. Sudip NRB DNA-Decorated Liquid NRB- 3 years 35.43,000 35.43,000 Choudhury Crystalline Nano-composite 342/MAT/14-15, materials for Efficient (Started on 30-10- Chemical Sensing. 2015) Dr. T. Sanjoy SERB Synthesis and Spectroscopic SB/FT/CS- 3 years 24.50,000 24.50,000 Singh Characterization of a Novel 064/2012 (30-07- Class of Schiff Base: A New 2014) Fluorescent Chemosensory Materials and Second Order Nonlinear Optical Properties Dr. R. DST-FTP Synthesis of oligosaccharide ECR/2016/00148 3 years 19.45,000 19.45,000 motifs related to the cell-wall 4 Panchadhayee lipopolysaccharide of Providencia stuartii O18, Providencia stuartii O47 and Providencia alcalifaciens O33 towards the preparation of carbohydrate based protecting agent against Providencia.

Faculty development programs

Sl.No. Name of the Faculty Name of the professional Name of the Level(national/in development program attended organizers, venue, ternational/regio dates nal etc) 1 Dr. Sudip Choudhury GIAN course on "Organic NIT Manipur, Imphal National Synthesis towards Greener February 27 - March Horizons: Challenges and Scope" 3, 2017

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Faculty related details of your department

Sl.No. Name of the Designation Total teaching Highest Mastered Permanent Faculty experience(As Qualification from Domicile of on 31-03-2017, University State in years and month) 1 Prof. Chira Professor 19 Years 6 M.Sc., Ph.D. NEHU Assam Ranjan months Bhattacharjee 2 Dr. Pradip C. Paul Associate 24 Years 3 M.Sc., Ph.D. NEHU Assam Professor month 3 Dr. Paritosh Associate 19 Years 4 M.Sc., Ph.D. Gauhati Univ. Assam Mondal Professor months 4 Dr. Sk. Associate 11 Years 11 M.Sc., Ph.D. Burdwan West Bengal Jasimuddin Professor months Univ. 5 Dr. Manoj Kumar Associate 11 Year 11 M.Sc., Ph.D. Assam Univ. Assam Paul Professor months 6 Dr. Devashish Assistant 8 Years 7 M.Sc., Ph.D. NEHU Assam Sengupta Professor months 7 Dr. Himadri Assistant 7 Years 6 M.Sc., Ph.D. Vidyasagar West Bengal Acharya Professor months Univ. 8 Dr. Sudip Assistant 8 Years 3 M.Sc., Ph.D. Assam Univ. Assam Choudhury Professor months 9 Dr. Sujit Kumar Assistant 7 Years 3 M.Sc., Ph.D. University of West Bengal Ghosh Professor months Calcutta 10 Dr. Takhel Assistant 5 Years 6 M.Sc., Ph.D. NEHU Manipur Lambam Sanjoy Professor months Singh 11 Dr. Rajib Assistant 2 Years 2 M.Sc., Ph.D. BHU West Bengal Panchadhayee Professor months

Students Excellence: NET: 02 SLET: 02 GATE: 03

Department of Computer Science

Year of Establishment : 1997 Head of the Department : Prof. Bipul Shyam Purkayastha

Research and Developmental Activities

Research and development activities in the department are mainly concentrated in the following areas: 1.Image processing, 2.Soft computing, 3.Natural language processing, 4.Wireless and mobile computing, 5.Data mining and knowledge discovery.

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A High Performance Computing (HPC) Lab was set up in 2015 in the Department of Computer Science by using the newly procured PARAM Shavak-Supercomputing in a Box solution from CDAC, after signing MOU between Assam University and Center for Development of Advanced Computing (CDAC), Pune, DeiTY, and Government of India. The PARAM Shavak-Supercomputer system is installed and is connected to rest of the terminals in the Department for the purpose of development of computing skills, research and application development among the students and the faculty members in the domain of High Performance Computing.

The department had the following teaching staff during the year

Professors : K. Hemachandran, BipulSyam Purkayastha Associate Professors : Pankanj Kumar Deva Sarma, Sahin Ara Begum, Assistant Professors : Sunita Sarkar, Arindam Roy, Rakesh Kumar, Indrani Das, Prodipto Das, Saptarshi Paul, Bhagwanshay Meena, Purnendu Das, Biswa Ranjan Roy

Courses offered: i) M.Sc. Integrated Course M.Sc.(Computer Science) 5 Yrs. ii) M.Sc. (Computer Science)-2 Yrs, iii) M.Phil. & iv) Ph.D.

Faculty/Staff developmental programs

Sl. Name of the Name of the professional Name of the organizers, Level (national/ No. Faculty/Staff development program venue and dates international/ attended regional etc.) 1. Dr. Sunita Sarkar Refresher Course on VLSI UGC-HRDC,Jadavpur National Design and Nanotechnology: University, Issues and Challenges Venue:Jadavpur University Date:28th November -17th December, 2016 2. Dr. Sunita Sarkar Two Week FDP on Entrepreneurship National Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India, Ahmedabad and Assam University, Silchar Venue: Department of Business Administration, Assam University, Silchar Date:19th -31st December, 2016 3 Bishwa Ranjan Roy Attended two weeks Faculty Entrepreneurship National Development Programme on Development Institute of India “Entrepreneurship”. at Assam University from December 19-31, 2016 4 Bishwa Ranjan Roy Participated in the North-East ACM Unit ISI Kolkata at National Isi-Mzu Winter School (One Mizoram University from week) on “Algorithms with March 6-11, 2017 special focus on Graphs”. 5 Saptarshi Paul Participated in the North-East ACM Unit ISI Kolkata at National Isi-Mzu Winter School (One Mizoram University from week) on “Algorithms with March 6-11, 2017 special focus on Graphs”. 6 Purnendu Das Participated in the North-East ACM Unit ISI Kolkata at National Isi-Mzu Winter School (One Mizoram University from week) on “Algorithms with March 6-11, 2017 special focus on Graphs”. 7 Arindam Roy GIAN Workshop on IIT Patna and MHRD, India International Introduction to Natural Language

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Computing,2.5.2016-8.5.2016 8 Refresher Course in VLSI UGC-HRDC, Jadavpur Prodipto Das and Nanotechnology, at 28- University, Kolkata 11-2016 to 17-12-2016

Faculty related details of your department: Sl. Name of the Designation Total teaching Highest Mastered Permanent No. Faculty experience Qualification from (name domicile of (As on 31.3.2017) of (state) in years and univ./inst.) months 1. Prof. Professor 34 years Ph.D S.V Andhra K.Hemachandran University, Pradesh Tirupati 2. Prof.Bipul shyam Professor 29 years Ph.D NEHU Meghalaya Purkhyasta 3 Dr.Shahin Ara Associate 19 years Ph.D Jamia milla Assam Begum Professor Islamia University, New Delhi 4 Dr.Pankaj kumar Associate 20years Ph.D University Assam deva sharma Professor of Delhi 5 Dr. Sunita sarkar Assistant 13 years Ph.D Tezpur Assam Professor University 6 Dr.Arindom Roy Assistant 10 years Ph.D Shibpur Assam Professor Engineering College 7. Dr.Rakesh kumar Assistant 11 years 10 PhD DAVV Uttar Pradesh Professor months Indore 8 Dr. Indrani Das Assistant 9 years 15 days Ph.D Allahabad Tripura Professor Agriculture University 9 Dr. Prodipto Das Assistant 13 years 5 months Ph.D Assam Assam Professor University 10 Mr.Saptarshi Paul Assistant 7years 9 months M.Tech VIT Assam Professor University, Vellore T.N 11 Mr. B.S.Meena Assistant 7 years 1 month M.Tech IIIT, Rajasthan Professor Allahabad 12 Dr.Purnendu Das Assistant 7years 5month Ph.D Assam Assam Professor University 13 Mr.Biswa Ranjan Assistant 2years2 months M.Tech NIT silchar Assam Roy Professor

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Department of Mathematics

Year of Establishment : 1994 Head of the Department : Prof. Samira Behera

Research and Developmental Activities

At present, the Department of Mathematics offers M.Sc, M.Phil and Ph.D programmes. Faculties are engaged in researches in the areas of Fluid Mechanics, Plasma Physics, MHD, Operations Research, Fuzzy Optimization techniques, Mathematical modeling, Algebra, Non- Commutative Rings, Topological Dynamical Systems, Combinatorics, Additive Number Theory, Topology, Inventory Management Models,Numerical Analysis, Linear Algebra. Apart from these, the department oraganizes seminars, refresher courses, conferences, workshops from time to time for serving teachers, research scholars and students as well. There are departmental and NBHM library (Sponsored by NBHM, DAE, Govt. of India, Mumbai) in addition to Central library and departmental computer laboratory with a sufficient number of computers to meet the requirements of PG students and research scholars. The department has also been recognized by UGC as “SAP-DRS department” and by DST for FIST programme under which, the department has established two separate computer laboratories with adequate number of computers. In the research laboratory under SAP, high computing facilities are provided (using softwares, MATLAB, LINGO, MATHEMATICA, etc.) to keep abreast with the recent development in computer- oriented techniques. The department is running two UGC major research projects and one UGC minor research project has already been completed. In the CBCS syllabus, one project paper is accommodated in final semester course to let the students have an experience in preliminary research work which will facilitate them in their future research assignment. Last but not the least, the faculty members of the department are engaged in publishing good number of research papers in the SCI indexed journals with impact factor of National and International repute.

The Department had the following teaching staff during the year

Associate Professor: Kabari Dutta Choudhury Assistant Professors: Samir Behera, Sanjib Sengupta, Nabendu Sen, U.S.Chakraborty, N.Jiban Singh, Naba Kanta Sarma, Sumit Saha. Courses offered: M.Sc.-2 Yrs, M.Phill (by course work and dissertation), Ph.D.(by course work and Research work)

Seminar/Conference/Symposium organized Sl. No. Details of Programme organized Date Name of the Level Coordinator 1. National Conference “Recent Trends During 24th -26th Prof. Samira Behera National in Mathematics Science (RTMS- March, 2017 2017)at Assam University, Silchar,

Sponsored Research Project

Sl. Name of the Project Funding agency Duration & Name of the Fund allocated to No. Project Investigator/ co- the project ordinator 1. UGC, SAP UGC 5 Yrs, Dr. N.Sen Rs.13.5lakhs for first phase(UC submitted in March 2015) 2. DST, FIST DST 5 Yrs, Dr. K. Dutta Rs.24.5 Lakhs Choudhury.

Students Excellence: NET: 04, others: 01(Inspire Fellowship)

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Department of Physics

Year of Establishment : 1996 Head of the Department : Dr. B. Indrajit Sharma

Research and Development Activities

At present, the research activities that are going on in the departmrnt can be broadly classified into three groups. In Astrophysics and Cosmology Group, work is being done on: Cometary study, Laboratory scattering experiment for simulation of a steroidal bi-directional surface properties, other Solar System studies , Study of interstellar medium and star forming region, Astrophysical Polarization studies, High Energy Astrophysics, GTR and Gravito- optical studies, Computational Astronomy and Astronomical tools for Observation facilities, Inflationary Cosmology, dark matter, String/brane cosmology etc. In Condensed Matter Physics Group, the major activities are: Vibrational (IR and Raman) Spectroscopic study of Ferroelectric materials, Structural Phase Transition, Bio-molecules (Resonance Raman study of metalloporphyrins), surface study, Molecular Vibrational Study using Lie Algebra, Study of Electronic devices like LED etc, Electronic Structure Calculations. Synthesis, characterization and applications of nano materials. Phase transition and Critical Phenomena of Complex Systems, Electronics and Radio physics etc. A new group on Atmospheric Physics is working on monsoon dynamics , cloud microphysics and modelling of atmospheric processes etc.

The department had the following teaching staff during the year

Professors : Asoke K Sen Associate Professors : Atri Deshamukhya, B. Indrajit Sharma. Assistant Professors : Himadri Sekhar Das, Utpal Sarkar, Pradeep Kumar Shukla, A. Senorita Devi, Swarmadeep Biswas, Bidhan Mahanta, MahanandaBaro. Courses offered:

i. M. Sc Physics (with specialization in Astrophysics/Condensed Matter Physics) ii. M.Phil iii.Ph.D

Seminar/Conference/Symposium organized

SL. Details of Programme organised Date Name of the Level No. (title of the event, funding agency etc.) (from – to) Coordinator (national/ international /regional etc.) 1 Global Initiative for Academic Network(GIAN)- 04-14, April, Prof AK Sen National MHRD lectures in Physics 2017 2 National Conference on Chemical Physics (NCCP- March 20-21, Dr. P.K. Shukla National 2017) 2017

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Sponsored Research Project

Name of the Funding Title of the project Sanction order no. Duration of Fund allocated to the Principal agency and date the Project project Investigator Amount Total Sanctioned Amount (In Rs) (In Rs) Dr. M. F. MOES, 'Rare Earth Metal MOES/P.O.(Geo 03 yrs 4,15,544.00 10,64632.00 Hussain Govt. of abundances in certain Sci) 25/2014 Dated India Pan-African granitoids 17/11/2014 of Karbi Hills, Assam: their prospect examination'

Faculty/Staff developmental programs

Sl. Name of the Name of the professional Name of the oragnizers, Level(national/international/reg No Faculty/Staff development program venue and dates ional etc. attended 1 Dr. K. K. Singh Faculty Development MBA, Deptt, AUS, DST, Regional Programme EDIS. From 19th Dec-31st Dec 2016

Any extension activity performed by the department

Sl. Name of the Faculty/Staff Name of the activity Venue and date of Beneficiary details No involved in the activity activity (if any) 01. Dr. M. F. Hussain Setting up of a Deptt. of Earth Science Research Scholars, permanent GPS 14/06/16 Seismologists/Earth Observatory against an Science MOU with NGRI, Hyderabad

Students Excellence: NET -01 (JRF), GATE- 01 & UPSC -03

ASHUTOSH MUKHOPADHYAY SCHOOL OF EDUCATION

Department of Educational Science

Year of Establishment : 1995 Head of the Department : Dr. Geetaka Bagchi

Research and Developmental activities:

The major thrust area of the department is “Promotion of Educational Thought & Practice and Pedagogy of Science in the Context of Indian Heritage, Society and Environment”. The effort of the Department is to fulfill the objectives

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The Department had the following teaching staff during the year

Professors : N.N. Pandey, N.B. Biswas, Geetika Bagchi Associate Professors : R. Balakrisnan, A. K. Singh Assistant Professors: Swapan K. Dutta, Simas Pal, Swapan Kr. Mandal, T.K. Basantia (on lien)*,. R.K Mahto, S. Bhattacharjee, A.K. Jena, R.G. Carri.

Courses offered: M.A (Education), M.Ed, PGEPM, B.Sc. B.Ed, M.Phil. and Ph.D

Seminar/Conference/Symposium organized

Sl. Details of Programme Date Name of the Level organized (from - to) Coordinator (national/International/regional etc.) 1 International Literacy day Sept 8th , A.K. Jena national 2016

New course developed

Sl. No. Name of the course Name of the faculty involved Level of teaching 1. MA All Faculty Members PG 2. M.Ed All Faculty Members PG 3. IPP All Faculty Members Pre-Ph.D. level (including M.Phil.) 4. EPM All Faculty Members PG Diploma 5. B.Sc. B.Ed All Faculty Members UG

Faculty/staff development programme

Sl. Name of the Name of the Name of the organisers venue Level No. faculty/staff professional and dates (National/international/r development egional etc.) programme attended 1 Dr Ajay Specialized Course NUEPA New Delhi at HRD Centre National Kumar Singh in Higher Savitribai phule University, Pune Education-Equity, December 12-23, 2016 Privatisation and Internationalisation

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Any extension activity performed by the department

Sl. Name of the Name of the activity Venue and date of Beneficiary details (if any) No. faculty/staff activity Involved in the activity

1 Dr Ajay Kumar Conducted workshop for Karimganj B.Ed. Principals and faculty Singh principals and teachers of college, Karimganj, members of all the B.Ed. B.Ed. colleges affiliated to dated 8th January, colleges affiliated to Assam Assam university on 4th 2016 University semester course and papers ( school internship, teaching skills and micro teaching, Action research and case study, format of lesson planning etc)

Faculty related details of your department

Sl. No. Name of the Designation Total Highest Mastered Permanent Faculty teaching Qualification from (name domicile of experience of univ. (State) (As on /inst.) 31.03.2017 in years and months 1 Remith Asst. 07 years 04 Ph.D. RIE Kerala George Carri Professor months (NCERT), Mysore 2 Dr. R. Associate 22 yrs. Ph.D. Madurai Tamil Nadu Balaktrishnan Professor Kamraj Uni. (Madurai) 3 Dr. Sreeparna Asstt. Prof. 8 yrs. Ph.D AUS Assam Bhattacharjee 4 Dr. A.K. Jena Asstt. Prof. 8yrs. Ph.D. Utkal Uni. Odisa 5 Dr. A.K. Associate 12 yrs Ph.D. MGKVP UP Singh Prof. Baranasi 6 Dr. R.K. Asstt. Prof. 8 yrs. Ph.D. Bihar Mahato 7 Dr. A.K. Asstt. Prof. 2 yrs. Ph.D. West Bengal Mandal 8 Dr. Sima Pal Asstt. Prof Ph.D. West Bengal 9 Dr. Swapan Asstt. Prof. Ph.D. AUS Assam Kr. Dutta 10 Prof. N.B. Professor Ph.D BHU WestBengal Biswas 11 Prof. Professor Ph.D. Bihar Nityanand Pandey 12 Prof. Gitaka Professor Ph.D. Allahabad Bagchi

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DESHBANDHU CHITTARANJAN SCHOOL OF LEGAL STUDIES

Department of Law

Year of Establishment : 2004 Head of the Department : Dr. Madhumita Dhar Sarkar

Research and Developmental Activities

The Department had embedded the idea to have a better curriculum and innovative approach to develop excellent legal skills amongst the students studying law in one of the remote areas of India. B.A.LL.B. (Hons.) course was introduced in the year 2004. Subsequently in the year 2011, the postgraduate course in law i.e. LL.M. was introduced in the department. Further, in the year 2014, a Ph.D. curriculum was introduced. At present, 25 students are actively engaged in research activities under the supervision of different faculties in the department. Within the last ten years, the Department of Law has emerged as an important centre of legal studies and research catering the needs of students pursuing legal education not only in Barak Valley, but also for the entire eastern region. The department in near future shall emerge as an outstanding nerve centre of legal studies and research in this region. The department has also adopted various innovative techniques and methods both for theoretical and clinical legal education.

The Department had the following teaching staff during the year

Professor : Subash Chandra Singh Associate Professor : Rashmi Ranjan Mishra, Madhumita Dhar Sarkar Assistant Professor : Partho Pratim Paul, Priya Ranjan Kumar, Amitabh Singh, Umesh Kumar, Kabindra Singh Brijwal

Courses offered: B.A LL.B (H), LL.M & Ph.D

Seminar/Conference/Symposium organized

Sl. No. Details of Programme organized Date Name of the Level (title of the event, finding agency etc) (from –to) Coordinator (national/ International/ regional etc)

01 Right to Freedom of Speech and Legal and 16th ,17th Dr. Partho Pratim Paul National Constitutional con tour ,Nov.2016

New courses developed

Sl. Name of the course Name of the faculty involved Level of teaching No. 1. LLM Open Course i) Dr. M Dhar Sarkar PG ii) Dr.ParthaSarkar

Students Excellence: NET: 03, Judiciary: 04

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E.P. ODUM SCHOOL OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

Department of Ecology and Environmental Science

Year of Establishment : 1996 Head of the Department : Prof. Parthankar Choudhury

Research and Developmental activities:

Department is being funded by UGC SAP (DRS II), DST FIST

The Department had the following teaching staff during the year

Professors : Abhik Gupta, Ashesh Kr. Das, Dulal Ch. Ray, Jayashree Rout, Parthankar Choudhury, Mithra Dey Associate Professors :, Ajit Kr. Das, Susmita Gupta, Aparajita De, Tapati Das, Arunjyoti Nath Assistant Professors : Panna Deb, Hilloljyoti Singha( Centre for Biodiversity and Natural Resource Management

Courses offered

1. Master degree in Ecology and Environmental Science 2. PG Diploma in Tea Management 3. PG Diploma in Biodiversity Conservation 4. M. Phil. 5. Ph. D.

Seminar/Conference/Symposium organized

SL. Details of Programme organised Date Name of the Level No. (Title of the event, funding agency etc.) (from – to) Coordinator (National/ international /regional etc.) 1 National Seminar on Ethnobiology and traditional 02/02/2017 to Dr. Ajit Kumar National knowledge in Biodiversity Conservation- 03/02/2017 Das Approaches and Dimensions Dr. Susmita Gupta Dr. H. Singha 2 Two Day Workshop on Herpetological Studies 27th Feb to Dr. H. Singha Regional 28th Feb Dr. P. Deb

Sponsored Research Project

Name of Funding Title of the Sanction order no. and Duratio Fund allocated to the the agency project date n of the project Principal project investigator Amount Total sanctioned Amount Prof. Abhik Department of Indo-Australia DSt/INT/AUS/P- 2 years 11 lakhs 23.47 Gupta Science & Joint Project 67/2015, DT. 17/04/2015 lakhs Technology, on GOI “Biomonitorin g of Pesticides

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in Rivers and Streams vis-à- vis Ecological Services and Functions” Prof.Ashesh CSIR, New Assessment of 38 (1349)/13/EMR-II June 16.97 lakh 19.87 lakh Kumar Das Delhi carbon storage dt.14.2.2013 2013 to (PI) and Decembe Dr.Arun sequestration r 2016 Jyoti Nath potential of tea (Co-PI) agroforestry system in Barak Valley, Assam 2013- 2016

Prof. DST, New Evaluation of DST/IS-STAC/CO2-SR- 3 years Rs. Rs. 19, Jayashree Delhi indigenous 164/13(G) 4,34,100/- 72,397/- Rout freshwater Dated: 22/07/2013 algal species from Southern Assam (North –East India) for carbon sequestration Prof. DBT, New Biodiesel BT/PR17193/NER/95/47 3 years Rs. 29.88 Rs. 102.15 Jayashree Delhi production 4/2015 lakhs lakhs Rout using Dated: 13/02/2017 indigenous microalgae of North-East India Prof. International Status survey E-mail received (on 27- 2016 $ 2000 $ 2000 Parthankar Primatological and 04-2016) from Dr. Janee (May) to Choudhury Society, USA Conservation Wallis, Vice President 2017 International needs of for Conservaton, (April) Funding Primates in the Internatonal Inner Line Primatological Society, Reserve forest, USA Cachar, Assam, India. Prof. UGC-MRP Status Survey UGC/MRP/42-429/2013 2013- Rs. Parthankar of Western (SR) dated 12th March, 2017 9,45,800/- Choudhury Hoolock 2013 gibbon (Hoolock hoolock) and conservation initiative through mass awareness in the reserve forest areas of Barak Valley, Assam, India

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Arun Jyoti DST Assessment of DST/IS-STAC/CO2-SR- 3 yrs 10 Lakh 45 Lakh Nath carbon stock 224/14 (G)-AICP- and AFOLU-I (17/08/2015) sequestration potential in major land-use sectors of southern Assam, Karbi Anglong and NC Hills Arun Jyoti DBT Production of BCIL/NER- 3 yrs 60.65 90 Lakhs Nath Phytolith BPMC/2014/209 Lakhs occluded carbon for advancing climate change mitigation

New courses developed

Sl. Name of the course Name of the faculty Level of teaching No. involved (UG/PG/Pre-Ph.D) 1 M. Phil/ Ph.D. syllabus in Ecology and All the departmental Pre-Ph.D Environmental Science faculties were involved 2 CBCS Course on M. Sc. in Ecology and All the departmental PG Environmental Science, AUS faculties were involved 3 CBCS Course on B. Sc. in Ecology and All the departmental UG Environmental Science, AUS faculties were involved

Any extension activity performed by the department Sl. Name of the Faculty/Staff Name of the activity Venue and date of Beneficiary No. involved in the activity activity details (if any) 1. Prof. Ashesh Kumar Das and Planting of Madar Assam University campus Assam Dr. Arun Jyoti Nath (Erythrina variegata,) and (Grassland near Old guest University Arjun (Terminalia arjuna) house) saplings (20 nos.) with the participation of research scholars from Agricultural and forest biodiversity lab

2. Prof. Ashesh Kumar Das and Planting of Agar saplings Assam University campus Assam Dr. Arun Jyoti Nath (10 nos.) with the (inside Magnetic University participation of research observatory campus) scholars from Agricultural and forest biodiversity lab towards conservation of threatened species (IUCN listed) 3 Prof. P. Choudhury Awareness Campaign on Rosekandi Tea Estate on Tea garden eradication of social evils 07/03/2017 labourers among the tea garden labourers

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Faculty related details of your department Sl. Name of the Designation Total teaching Highest Mastered from Permanent No. Faculty experience Qualification (name of domicile of (As on 31.3.2017) in univ./inst.) (state) years and months 1. Abhik Gupta Professor 32 years 4 months Ph.d. North Eastern Assam Hill University 2. Ashesh Kumar Professor 20 years 10 months Ph.d. University of Delhi Das Delhi 3 Dulal Chandra Professor 31 years Ph.d. University of Tripura Ray Calcutta 4 Jayashree Professor 20 years Ph.d. North Eastern Rout Hill University 5 Parthankar Professor 25 years Ph.d. Gauhati Assam Choudhury University 6 Mithra Dey Professor 31 years 3months Ph.d. North Eastern Assam Hill University ,Shillong 7 Ajit Kumar Associate 16 years 2 months Ph.d. Assam Assam Das Professor University 8 Susmita Gupta Associate 15 yrs. 1month Ph.d. NEHU, Assam Professor Shillong 9 Aparajita De Assistant 12 years 2 months Ph.d. University of Uttaranchal Professor Calcutta 10 Tapati Das Assistant 8 years and 2 months Ph.d. Assam Assam Professor University, Silchar 11 Arun Jyoti Assistant 7 years and 8 months Ph.d. Assam Assam Nath Professor University, Silchar 12 Panna Deb Assistant 7 years and 5 months Ph.d. Assam Assam Professor University, Silchar 13 Dr. Hilloljyoti Assistant From 29 August 2000 to Ph.d. Gauhati Assam Singha Professor 24 October 2009 University teaching UG in Birjhora Mahavidyalaya, Bongaigaon, Assam = 9 years 1 month From 26 October 2009 to 31 March 2017 teaching UG & PG in Assam University, Silchar = 7 years 5 months

Students Excellence: NET: 02

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HARGOBIND KHURANA SCHOOL OF LIFE SCIENCES

Department of Biotechnology

Year of Establishment : 2004 Head of the Department : Dr. Supriyo Chakraborty

Research and Developmental Activities

The Department of Biotechnology, Assam University, Silchar, Assam offers MSc, MPhil and PhD programs in Biotechnology. The 2-year Master’s program of the department was initiated in July 2004. The Choice Based Credit System (CBCS) recommended by UGC was adopted from July 2010 onwards. Core courses as well as advanced courses like genetics, molecular biology, biochemistry, immunology, microbiology, bioinformatics, genetic engineering, plant biotechnology, animal biotechnology and medical biotechnology are offered as major courses. MSc final semester students undertake a short term research project work for the completion of the program. The main goal of the department is to impart hands-on practical teaching in six different laboratories viz. 1. Biochemistry 2. Animal Cell Biology and Immunology 3. Molecular Biology 4. Microbial Technology 5. Plant Biotechnology and 6. Bioinformatics and Genomics. The departmental faculties are actively involved in research in diverse areas namely molecular biology, cancer biology, plant biotechnology, immunology, DNA barcoding, genomics, genetics and bioinformatics. The department has several research projects on cancer genomics, DNA barcoding, methanogenomics, molecular characterization of nitrogen fixing bacteria, plant biotechnology, etc. The Department is equipped with a small animal house, and state of the art equipments such as deep freezer (-20 & -80), gradient and personal thermal cycler, real time PCR equipment, gel documentation system, animal cell culture and plant tissue culture facilities, DGGE, automated DNA sequencing machine etc. and much more. These facilities are available to MSc, MPhil and PhD students. The students actively participate in the seminars and workshops conducted at university, state and national level from time to time. They are also encouraged to participate in various co-curricular activities at university level.

The Department had the following teaching staff during the year

Professors : Sankar Kumar Ghosh, Pranab Behari Mazumder Associate Professors: Supriyo Chakraborty Assistant Professors : Mahuya Sengupta, Yashmin Choudhury, Ravi Rajwanshi, Munish Kumar

Courses offered: M.Sc, M.Phil, Ph.D and D.Sc.

Sponsored Research Project

Name of the Project Funding agency Duration & Name of the Fund allocated to the Project Investigator project Investigations into the DBT, Govt. of India 3 years (31st March 2017 to Rs 115.272 lakhs potential of activating the 30th March 2020) AMP-activated kinase Principal Investigator (AMPK) for the amelioration Dr. Yashmin Choudhury of betel-nut induced carcinogenesis ImageIDGP: Image based ITRA, Govt. of 2 years (11th November Rs 35. 6 lakhs systems for identification of India 2016 to 10th November Individuals, Breeds and 2018) Diseases of Pigs and Goats Principal Investigator Prof. S.K. Ghosh (on lien), Co- Principal Investigator Dr. Yashmin Choudhury

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Development/Upgrading DBT, Govt. of India 5 years + 3 years extension Rs 89 lakhs Infrastructure in Medical (15th February 2010 to 31st Colleges in North-Eastern March 2018) States of India Principal Investigator Prof. S.K. Ghosh (on lien), Co- Principal Investigator Dr. Yashmin Choudhury

Faculty/Staff developmental programs

Sl. Name of the Faculty/Staff Name of the Name of the Level (national/ No. professional organisers, venue International development program and dates /regional etc.) attended 1. Dr. Yashmin Choudhury Faculty Development Organiser: National Programme Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India, Ahmedabad, India at Assam University, Silchar, Assam, India from 19th – 31st December 2016 2. Dr. Ravi Rajwanshi Faculty Development Organiser: National Programme Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India, Ahmedabad, India at Assam University, Silchar, Assam, India from 19th – 31st December 2016

Any extension activity performed by the department

Sl. Name of the Faculty/Staff Name of the activity Venue and date of Beneficiary No. involved in the activity activity details (if any) 1. Dr. Ravi Rajwanshi Acted as Department of PG Students and Judge/Chairperson of Microbiology, Assam Participants of the technical session in the University, Silchar, conference MICRON-2016. Assam, India on 30th December, 2016 2. Dr. Ravi Rajwanshi Delivered a lecture in the Institutional Biotech UG Students inaugural programme of Hub, Karimganj “5 days hands on College, Karimganj, training on some modern Assam, India on 21st techniques in molecular February, 2017. biology and bioinformatics” 3. Dr. Ravi Rajwanshi Acted as an expert for Department of Life PG Students National Science Day Sciences and Programme organized by Bioinformatics, Assam Assam University University, Silchar, Biotech Hub. Assam, India on 28th February, 2017

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Faculty related details of your department

Sl. Name of the Designation Total teaching Highest Mastered Permanent No. Faculty experience (As Qualification from (name domicile of on 31.3.2017) in of (State) years and Univ./Inst. months 1. Dr. Yashmin Assistant 10 years and 10 Ph.D., PDF North- Meghalaya Choudhury Professor months Eastern Hill University, Shillong, India 2. Dr. Ravi Assistant 7 years and 6 Ph.D., PDF Jamia Millia Delhi Rajwanshi Professor Days Islamia, New Delhi 3 Dr. Supriyo Professor 21 years, Ph.D., PDF Jorhat Assam Chakraborty Agricultural University, Jorhat, Assam

Department of Life Science & Bioinformatics

Year of Establishment : 1996 Head of the Department : Prof. Sarbani Giri

Research and Developmental Activities

This department meets the national and regional needs for interdisciplinary teaching and research through its two year master degree courses in Life Sciences and M.Phil./Ph.D. programme. Currently the department has four Professors, three Associate Professors, Six Assistant Professors and five technical staffs along with 110 students at P.G. level and more than 55 numbers of research scholars both in Ph. D and M. Phil levels. The faculty members are engaged in research activities in diverse fields as mammalian cell and molecular Biology, health science, Plant Molecular Biology, Plant functional genomics, computer aided drug designing, natural product, biodiversity, plant taxonomy, toxicology, reproductive biology and agricultural research. The department made pioneering efforts in formulating syllabi that takes care of all modern and common subjects in first year of M.Sc . Programme. In the second year, students get exposed to the frontier areas in plant and animal sciences depending upon their previous courses. The faculty member are engaged in research activity in diverse fields of Life Science and offers Nine (09) special paper in third semester as optional. The faculty members have received international experiences from institutions like NIH, USA, Hiroshima University, RIBRM, Japan, IPSR, Okayama University, Japan, Gifu University, Japan, Shizuoka University, UC Berkeley and University of California, Riverside, USA, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA, Oklahoma state University, Stillwater, USA, University of Dusseldorf, Germany, Liverpool John Moores University, UK and Chicago University, USA etc. All the faculty members are actively involved in research in their respective fields in collaboration with various national/international institutes. The faculty members have published papers in reputed International and National Journals. The Department has organized several International conferences, National symposiums & workshops to disseminate the knowledge in biological sciences. The students of this department are placed in various academic and research Institutions. Department of Life Science and Bioinformatics is the pioneer department in the University to be recognized under UGC-SAP programme in 2007 and subsequently upgraded to UGC SAP DRS-II in the year 2013. Department of Life Science & Bioinformatics has been recognized under DST-FIST Programme in 2008 for infrastructure development. Under the initiative of faculty members of Department of Life Science & Bioinformatics, DBT. Govt.

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The Department had the following teaching staff during the year

Professors : Devashish Kar, Sarbani Giri, M. Dutta Choudhury, S.K. Panda Associate Professors : Aniruddha Giri, Meenakshi Bawari, Sanjeev Kumar Assistant Professors : Suchismita Das, D. Bhattachryya, A. Das Talukdar, Anupom Borah, H.K. Prasad, S. Roy Choudhury

Courses offered: M.Sc in Life Science, M.Phil, Ph.D.

Seminar/workshop organised SL. Details of Programme organised Date Name of the Coordinator Level No. (national/ (Title of the event, funding agency etc.) (from to) – international /regional etc.) 1 GIAN, MHRD On Functional Genomics For 26th July to Prof. S. K. Panda International Plant Abiotic Stress Tolerance 30th July 2016 2 International Conference On Functional Plant 23rd Prof. S. K. Panda, University International Biology, organized by Department of Life January, Science & Bioinformatics, Assam University, 2017. Silchar, 3 North East Regional Research Scholars’ Meet 17th-18th DR. A. D. Talukdar Regional 2017(NEMeet 2017),Organised by UGC- March, SAP(DRS-II) Activity, Department Of Life 2017. Science & Bioinformatics,Assam University, Silchar 4 North East Spring School on Genetic Analysis 23rd to 24th Prof. S. K. Panda Regional Of Complex Traits. Isi, Kolkata & Assam March, 2017

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Sponsored Research Project

Name of the Funding Title of the project Sanction order no. Duratio Fund allocated to the Principal agency and date n of the project investigator project Amount Total sanctioned Amount Prof Sanjib Kumar 60.552 (1st) DBT- Understanding acid BT/553/NE/U- 3 years 102.056 Panda UEXCEL soil tolerance in Excel/2014 dated lakh Blackgram grown 10/03/2016 in North-East (Assam) India 11.1135 (1st) Prof Sanjib Kumar DST Enhancing drought DST/INT/South 3 years 33.7365 Panda tolerance in crops Africa/P-11/2016 lakh species using dated 13/10/2016 biotechnological

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24.74 (1st) Prof Sanjib Kumar DBT Genome & DBT- 3 years 46.63 Panda Transcriptome NER/AGRI/29/2015 lakh sequencing of dated 19/10/2016 aromatic rices from Northeastern regions 15.55 (1st) Prof Sanjib Kumar DBT Functional BT/PR16530/NER/9 3 years 37.05 Panda Genomics for 5/212/2015 Drought Tolerance in Assam Rice Himanshu Kishore DST-SERB “Study of arginine SB/YS/LS- 3 years 5 lakhs 24.5 Prasad metabolic pathway 134/2013, 20-07- lakhs enzymes in the 2016 opportunistic fungal pathogen Candida albicans” Dr. A. Das Talukdar DBT Validation of some BT/PR16141/NER/9 3 years 38.90 57.89 North East Indian 5/81/2015 dated Lakhs(1st yr) Lakhs traditional anti- November 7, 2016 inflammatory plants for antiproliferative, anti-angiogenic and anti-metastatic properties: In search of novel anticancer agents. “Investigating the Rs. Dr. Anupom Borah DBT, Govt. BT/PR17127/NER/9 3 years molecular basis of 101.07 of India 5/453/2015 dated anti-parkinsonian Lakhs 13/01/2017 effects of Garcinol – a phytoconstituent of Garcinia sp. In animal model of Parkinson’s disease” Faculty/Staff developmental programs Sl. Name of the Name of the Name of the organizers, Level (national/ No. Faculty/Staff professional venue and dates international/ development program regional etc.) attended 1 Dr. Anupam Das Talukdar Gian, Mhrd on Prof. S. K. Panda, Deptt. International Functional Genomics Lifescience & Bioinformatics, For Plant Abiotic Stress Assam University, 26th July To Tolerance 30th July 2016 2 Dr. Anupam Das Talukdar Winter School in Academic Staff College, National Biological Sciences Burdwan University.11-01- 2017 to 1-2-2017 3 Dr. Anupam Das Talukdar North East Spring Isi, Kolkata & Assam Regional School on Genetic University, 23rd To 24th March, Analysis of Complex 2017 Traits

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4 Dr. Debjyoti Refresher Course Jadavpur University, Kolkata, National Bhattacharyya 2nd January to21st January, 2017 5. Himanshu Kishore Prasad Gian, Mhrd on Dr. S. K. Panda, Deptt. International Functional Genomics Lifescience & Bioinformatics, For Plant Abiotic Stress Assam University, 26th July To Tolerance 30th July 2016 6. Himanshu Kishore Prasad Fdp on Entrepreneurship Entrepreneurship Development National Development Institute of India, Ahmedabad & Assam University, 19th to 31st December 2016 7 Himanshu Kishore Prasad North East Spring Isi, Kolkata & Assam Regional School on Genetic University, 23rd to 24th March, Analysis of Complex 2017 Traits 8. Dr Suchismita Das Hands on Centre for Environmental and International training/workshop on Human Toxicology, University RNA extraction and of Florida and SE-SETAC quantitative PCR (22/09/2016) 9. Dr Suchismita Das Hands-on UF Marston Science Library, International Training/workshop and University of Florida, USA. Experience Setting Up (30/09/2016) and Conducting Literature Searches 10. Dr Suchismita Das North-East Spring Indian Statistical Institute, National School on Genetic Kolkata and Department of Analysis of Complex Life Science and Traits Bioinformatics, Assam University, Silchar (23-24/03/2017)

Any extension activity performed by the department

Sl. Name of the Faculty/Staff Name of the activity Venue and date of activity Beneficiary No. involved in the activity details (if any) 1. Himanshu Kishore Prasad Enterprenurship Deptt. Lifescience & Entrepreneurship Awareness Programme Bioinformatics, 7th February training and (Eap) 2017 education to the final semester science students.

Faculty related details of your department Sl. Name of the Designation Total teaching Highest Mastered Permanent No. Faculty experience Qualificatio from (name domicile of (As on n of univ./inst.) (state) 31.3.2017) in years and months 1 Prof. Devashish Professor Ph.D. Assam Kar 2. Prof S. Giri Professor Ph.D. 3. Prof. M. Dutta Professor 9 yrs 2month In Ph.D. Guwahati Assam Choudhury College & 15 yrs University 2 months

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4. Prof. S. K. Professor 20 years 8 Ph.D.,D.Sc Utkal Orissa Panda months University 5. Dr .Meenakshi Associate 15 years. Ph.D. SGPGIMS, UP. Bawari. Professor Lucknow. 6 Dr. A. Giri Associate Ph.D. Professor 7 Dr. Sanjeev Associate Puniya Professor 8. Dr. Suchismita Assistant 12 years 5 POST DOC. Banaras Hindu Assam Das Professor months University,Var anasi, India 9. Dr.Anupam Das Assistant 10 years 18 days Ph.D. Assam Tripura Talukdar Professor University 10. Dr. Debjyoti Assistant 08 years 04 Ph.D. University of West Bengal Bhattacharyya Professor months 12 days Calcutta 11. Dr. Himanshu Assistant 7 years 5 months PhD IIT Roorkee Jharkhand Kishore Prasad Professor 12 Dr. Shubhadeep Assistant 6 years 9 months PhD and Slovak Assam Roychoudhury Professor Post Doc University of Agriculture in Nitra, Slovak Republic, Europ 13 Dr. A. Borah Assistant PhD Assam Professor

Students Excellence: NET: 01, SLET: 01, GATE: 05

Department of Microbiology

Year of Establishment : 2009 Head of the Department : Dr. Piyush Pandey

Research and development Activities

The Department of Microbiology established in 2009 has been imparting training at Basic and applied branches of microbiology along with molecular biology, biochemistry and bioinstrumentation for M. Sc, M. Phil and Ph. D students. The research interests of the Faculty cover thrust areas like 1. Plant-microbe interaction, bioremediation, PGPR and other aspects of soil microbiology 2. Virology, zoonosis and public health 3. Medical and molecular microbiology with special reference to antimicrobial resistance 4. Molecular parasitology

The department is well equipped with sophisticated instruments like Thermal cycler, Fermenter, pulse field gel electrophoresis apparatus, denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis apparatus and realtime PCR machine. A number of research Projects sponsored by UGC, DST, DBT, CSIR have been undertaken by the faculty members. The department has collaboration with reputed institutes of India.

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The department have following faculty member during the year

Professor : (Dr.) Piyush Pandey Assistant Professors: Dr. Indu Sharma, Dr. Amitabha Bhattacharjee, Dr. Diwakar Kumar

Courses offered: M.Sc., M.Phil and Ph.D (by IPP and research)

Seminar/Conference/Symposium organized

Level SL. Details of Programme organised Date Name of the (National/international/regional No. Coordinator (title of the event, funding agency etc.) (from – to) etc.)

1 Micron 2016 (ICMR,SERB,INSA) 29th-30th Dr.Indu Sharma, National December Organising 2016 Secretary

Sponsored Research Project

Name of Funding Title of the project Sanction order no. and Duratio Fund allocated to the the agency date n of the project Principal project investigator Amount Total sanctioned Amount (in Rs) (in Rs) Dr. Diwakar UGC UGC-BSR- UGC-BSR-Research- 6,00,000 1 year Kumar Research-Start-Up Start-Up Grant vide no 6,00,000

Grant 30-136/2015 (BSR) dated 14.01.2016 Dr. Diwakar SERB Identification and 3 years Kumar Characterization of FILE NO. 42,89,560 DNA replication ECR/2015/000155 dated protein PRI in L. 13 May, 2016 donovani. Dr. Diwakar DBT Molecular and 3 years Kumar structural BT/PR16224/NER/95/176 1,19,51,000 Characterization of /2015 dated 20 October, mitochondrial DNA 2016 Primase in Leishmaniadonovan i. Prof. Piyush DBT RhizosphereMicrob BT/PR16692/NER/95/253 36,76,000 3 years Pandey iome for Improving /2015 dtd 20 October Symbiotic Nitrogen 2016 Fixation and yield of lentil in North Eastern States of India Prof. Piyush DBT Microbial roles in DBT-NER/AGRI/29/2015 42,28,000 3 years Pandey yield management dtd. 19 October 2016 of scented rice of north east India

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Faculty/Staff developmental programs Sl. Name of the Name of the professional Name of the organizers, Level (national/ No. Faculty/Staff development program venue and dates international/ attended regional etc.) 1. Dr.Indu Sharma Faculty development Sponsored by NSTEDB, DST National program and organised at Assam University: 19th-31st Dec’16 2. Dr.Indu Sharma Refresher Course on UGC-HDRC, Guwahati National Nanoscience and University from 22nd March to nanotechnology 11th April 2017 3 Dr.Diwakar Kumar Faculty development Sponsored by NSTEDB, DST National program and organised at Assam University: 19th-31st Dec’16 Faculty related details of your department Sl. Name of the Designati Total teaching Highest Mastered from (name of Perman No. Faculty on experience Qualific univ./inst.) ent (As on ation domicile 31.3.2017) in of years and (state) months 1. Prof. PiyushPandey Professor 16 years Ph.D CCS Univ Meerut UP 2. Dr. Indu Sharma Assistant 7 years 6 Ph.D U.P Pt. DeenDayalUpadhaya, UP Professor months PashuChikitsaVigyanViswaVi dhalayaEwam Go- AnusandhanSansthan, Mathura 3. Dr. Assistant 7 years 5 Ph.D. University of Madras, Chennai Assam AmitabhaBhattachar Professor months jee 4. Dr. Diwakar Kumar Assistant 2 years 2 Ph.D Madurai Kamraj University Bihar Professor months

Students Excellence: NET: 01, SLET: 01, GATE: 03, DBT JRF: 01, ICAR NET: 06

JADHUNATH SARKAR SCHOOL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES

Department of History

Year of Establishment : 1994 Head of the Department : Dr. Projit Kumar Palit

Research and development Activities

History Department is one of the oldest departments in the Assam University. It was established in 1994 as a part of the pilot departments when the University was established in the same year. With few faculties the Department was gradually growing and today it got nine faculty members in all (4 Professors, 2 Associate Professors, and 3 Assistant Professors). Apart from teaching and supervising researches, the faculties are actively engaged in research activities; individually as well as undertaking projects under some funding agencies like UGC, ICHR, and so on. Some faculty members are working as fellow at certain research institutes. Some of the faculties have also visited abroad for research related works. Besides, the Department also regularly organized seminars, symposia and workshops. Faculty profiles will show that most of them have for more than once attended and presented papers at various

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The department have following faculty member during the year

Professors : Sajal Nag, Alok Tripathi, Sideshna Purkayastha, Projit Kumar Palit Associate Professors: B. Bswar Rao, Suparna Roy Assistant Professors: Vinay kumar Rao, Jangkhomang Guite, Habibullah Mazumder, S. Jeevandam

Courses offered: PG, M.Phil., Ph.D Faculty related details of your department Sl. Name of the Designation Total teaching Highest Mastered Permanent No. Faculty experience Qualification from (name domicile of (As on 31.3.2017) in of univ./inst.) (state) years and months 1. Sajal Nag Professor Ph.D Permanent 2. Alok Tripathi Professor Ph.D Permanent 3. Sudeshna Professor Ph.D Permanent Purkayastha 4. Projit Kumar Professor Ph.D Permanent Palit 5. Suparna Roy Associate Ph.D Permanent Professor 6. Habibullah Assistant Ph.D Permanent Mazumder Professor

Students Excellence: NET: 01

Department of Political Science

Year of Establishment : 1995 Head of the Department: Prof. Joyati Bhattacharya

Research and Developmental Activities

The Department designed the curriculum with the objective to train PG students thoroughly in all branches of the discipline focusing on classical themes and recent development. The curriculum covers theoretical, conceptual and empirical aspects of the discipline. It provides the students with necessary conceptual awareness to undertake further specialized studies and research. The faculty member and research scholars of the department are engaged in research on issues mainly relating to North East India. Major areas of study have been  Governmental & Political Processes in South Assam  Human Rights & Insurgency  Local Administration in South Assam  Political Participation and Empowerment of Women  Ethnicity and Politics of Identity  Conflict and conflict resolution

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The department have following faculty member during the year

Professors : R.R.Dhamala, Debasish Bhattacharjee, Joyati Bhattacharjee Associate Professors : Tenepalli Hari Assistant Professors : P.Kanaka Rao, Harsha Srinivas, Debasish Chakraborty, N.Bijen Meetei, Tapan Das, Mahan Borah, Moses Kharbithai

Courses offered

I. M.A., Duration: Four Semesters, No. of seats: 65 II. Integrated Pre Ph.D Course work, Duration: One Semester III. M.Phil, Duration: Two Semesters, No. of Seats: Not fixed IV. Ph.D.

Faculty/Staff developmental Programs Sl. Name of the Faculty/ Name of the professional Name of the organizers, Level (national/ No. development program venue and dates international/ Staff attended regional etc.) 1 Debotosh Chakraborty Appreciation Course in Bureau of Parliamentary National Parliamentary Processes and Studies and Training, Lok Procedures Sabha Secretariat, New Delhi, May 2- 6, 2016 2 Debotosh Chakraborty Application of Statistics in Indian Statistical Institute, National Social Sciences Kolkata & Assam University, August 22 – 31, 2016

Any extension activity performed by the Department Sl. Name of the Faculty/ Name of the activity Vanue and date of activity Beneficiary details No. Staff involved in the (if any) activity 1. Nameirakpam Bijen Inter college Table Assam University Sports Champion Tennis Championship Board, Assam University, Meetei Silchar, 2017

Faculty related details of your Department Sl. Name of the Faculty Designation Total teaching Highest Mastered Permanent No. experience (as on Qualification from (name domicile of 31.03.2017) in of (state) years and months univ./inst.) 1 Prof. R R Dhamala Professor 37 years Ph.D NBU West Bengal 2 Prof. Debasish Professor 39 years 4 months Ph.D NEHU Assam Bhattacharjee 3 Prof. Joyati Professor 21 years 6 months Ph.D Gauhati Assam Bhattacharya University 4 Dr. Tenepalli Hari Associate 8 years Ph.D JNU Andhra Professor Pradesh 5 Dr. P Kanaka Rao Assistant 13 years Ph.D University of Andhra Professor Hyderabad Pradesh 6 Dr. Harsha S Assistant 13 years Ph.D Mysore Karnataka Professor 6 months University

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7 Dr. Debotosh Assistant 9 years 8 months Ph.D Assam Assam Chakraborty Professor University 8 Dr. N Bijen Meetei Assistant 8 years Ph.D JNU Manipur Professor 5 months 9 Dr. Tapan Das Assistant 8 years Ph.D Rajib Gandhi Arunachal Professor 5 months Pradesh 10 Dr. Mahan Borah Assistant 8 years Ph.D Gauhati Assam Professor University 11 Dr. Moses Assistant 7 years Ph.D JNU Meghalaya Kharbithai Professor 1 month

Students Excellence: NET: 02

Department of Social Work

Year of Establishment : 1997 Head of the Department : Dr. Subhabrata Dutta

Research and Developmental Activities

The Department of Social Work Assam University, Silchar seeks to provide the better quality of social work education especially in Northeast region of India to prepare committed professional social workers that can contribute purposefully and meaningfully. In this region, it sets standards for working with vulnerable and marginalized people in order to attain equality, equity, social justice and human rights at local, national and international level. Currently, the Department is conducting research and development activities in the various fields such as health care, Psychiatric care, Family and Child Welfare, Rural and Urban community Development, Correctional Services, Tribal Welfare, Youth Welfare, Human Rights, Disaster management, Welfare of the Aged, Disabled and other Weaker.

Sections, HIV/AIDS. Human Resource Development, NGOs etc. The department also extends training and consultancy services in such areas as and when required. The Department had the following teaching staff during the year

Professor : Gopalji Mishra, Subhabrata Dutta Associate Professor : Dr. M. Gangabhushan, Dr. M. Tineshowri Devi Assistant Professor : Dr. Tarun Bikash Sukai, Mr. Anupam Hazra (EOL), Mr. Mrityunjay Singh, Ms. Ritwika Rajendra, Dr. Ratna Huirem, Dr. Kathiresan L., Mr. Albin Joseph, Lalzo S Thangjom, Dr. Adit Nath, Ajit Kr. Jena, Dr. Kaivalya T. Desai, Joyashri Dey (l.V)

Courses offered: BSW, MSW and Ph.D.

Seminar/Conference/Symposium Organized

SL. Details of Programme organised Date Name of the Coordinator No. 1. International Seminar & Youth Convention 13-15th February, 2017 Dr. Joyashri Dey on Digitalisation and Rural Development in North East India: Issues, Challenges and Way Forward

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Sponsored Research Project

Name of Funding Title of the Sanction order no. and Duration Fund allocated to the the agency project date of the project Principal project investigator Amount Total sanctione Amount d (in Rs) (in Rs) Dr. Albin RGNIYD( Positive Youth F.NO. RG/527/2016- 1 Year 300000 150000 (1st Joseph Ministry of Development of ACD-28 Dated Installment Youth NSS of Assam 22.08.2016 and No. D- received) Affairs and University and its 20/25/2016 O/o AR Sports, affiliated colleges Dated 26.09.16 Govt. of in Assam State: India) Programmes, Impacts and Challenges

New Courses Developed

Sl. Name of the course Name of the faculty Level of teaching No. involved 1. Elective Paper on “ National Service Scheme” Dr. M. Ganga Bhusan & UG Dr. Albin Joseph

Students Excellence: NET: 05 Department of Sociology

Year of Establishment : July 1995 Head of the Department : Prof. G. Ram

Research and Developmental Activities

The department is started in July 1995, with an intake capacity of 50 students in M.A programme of study. It is the third department in northeast- first and second were in Dibrugarh University and NEHU,Shillong. The department offers at present three programme of study-M.A, M. Phil and Ph. D. Now in current session for M.A. programme, we admit 50 students. For M. Phil & Ph. D courses admission is done as per the number of vacant seats available every year. Students come from different states of India and abroad but sizeable of them belong to North Eastern region. Teachers hail from different states and universities. Office staff comprises a stenographer, a record keeper cum typist and one MTS. Right now the department has eight substantive faculty positions – one professor, two associate professor and five assistant professor. Research is carried out in various areas of study relating to northeast and other fields too. The department is committed to attain high quality in teaching, learning and research as well striving to popularise the subject across students and scholars in the region and at large.

The Department had the following teaching staff during the year

Professors : G. Ram, Bijaya Kumar Behera Associate Professors: Nirakar Mallick, Humayun Bokth,

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Assistant Professors: Jhimli Bhattacharjee, Ruma Debnath, Rajia Shahani Courses Offered: M.A, M.Phil and Ph.D

Sponsored Research Project

Name of the Funding Title of the Sanction order Duration of Fund allocated to the Principal agency project no. and date the project project investigator Amount Total sanctioned Amount Nirakar ICSSR Exclusion of RESPRO/SC- Two year Rs.18 Lakh 15 Lakh Mallick Inclusion: 15/2013- (Extended) Caste and 2014/ICSSR/RPS Tribe in 2014-2017 Northeast India Extended

New Courses Developed

Name of the course Name of the faculty involved Level of teaching CBCS Course for TDC UG

Faculty related details of your Department Sl. Name of the Designation Total teaching Highest Mastered Permanent No. Faculty experience Qualification from (name domicile of (As on of (state) 31.3.2017) in univ./inst.) years and months 1 Bijaya Kumar Professor 30 MA, M.Phil, MA (JNU) Odisha Behera Ph.D 2 Gordhan Ram Professor 33 MA, MPhil, MA Rajasthan Ph.D (Jodhpur univ) 3 Nirakar Mallick Associate 22 MA, M.Phil, MA (JNU) Odisha Professor Ph.D 4 Humayun Bokth Associate 21 MA, M.Phil, MA (AMU) Assam Professor Ph.D 5 Jhimli Assistant 14 MA, M.Phil, MA (AUS) Assam Bhattacharjee Professor Ph.D 6 Ruma Deb Nath Assistant 7 MA,M.Phil, MA Assam Professor Ph.D (AUS) 7 Rajiya Shahani Assistant 7 M.A, Ph.D MA (AMU) Manipur Professor

Students Excellence: NET: 02, GRE: 01

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Department of Business Administration

Year of Establishment : 1997 Head of the Department : Prof. H. Ramananda Singh

Research and Developmental Activities

The Department is leading in the front of research and development work. The Department is undertaking research in almost all the fields related to business, management, entrepreneurship and other allied fields .The Department of Business Administration offers MBA Program , Ph. D program and individual level research projects.

The Department had the following teaching staff during the year

Professors : A. Mazumder, A.L. Ghosh, H. Ramananda Singh, Dibyojyoti Bhattacharjee (on lien) Associate Professors : Arup Barman, Debomalya Ghosh, Assistant Professors : Nigamananda Biswas, H.R. Laskar, Ranjit Singh, Juthika Konwar, Amit Kumar Das, Deepjyoti Choudhury, Lurai Rangmai, Nilanjana Chakraborty

Courses Offered : MBA, Ph.D Consultancy/Extension service Sl. Title and nature of Faculty(s) involved Name of the Client/ Amount received No. Consultancy/Extension service client organization provided 1 Hony. Executive Director of Prof A. Mazumdar A research North Eastern Centre for organization in the Advanced Studies, Silchar non-government sector dedicated to Social Science Research 2 Consultation provided Climate Dr. Arup Barman UNDP 2,00,000.00 Change and Disaster Readiness (UNDP Sponsored) Project for Silchar Town in Cachar District, Assam, March to 30th May 2015- May,2016.

New courses Developed

Sl. Name of the course Name of the faculty Level of teaching No. involved (UG/PG/Pre-Ph.D) 1 Courses pertaining to the MBA (Hospitality & Prof A. Mazumdar PG Tourism Management) Programme that is scheduled to be launched in the J. N. School of Management Studies, Assam University in July, 2017. 2 Operations Management Papers Dr. D Ghose PG

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Faculty related details of your Department Sl. Name of the Designation Total teaching Highest Mastered Permanent No. Faculty experience Qualification from (name of domicile of (As on 31.3.2017) univ./inst.) (state) in years and months 1. Prof Professor 38 Years Ph. D. Gauhati Assam Apurbananda University, Mazumdar Assam 2. Prof. A. L. Professor 21 years Ph. D. Gauhati Assam Ghosh University, Assam 3 Dr. Arup Associate 19 year 9 Month PhD. with Post Gauhati Assam Barman Professor Doc University, Assam 4 Dr. Debomalya Associate 13 Years 6 months PhD. Assam Assam Ghose Professor University 5 Dr. Ranjit Assistant 13 years 3 months PhD. Dibrugarh Assam Singh Professor University, Assam 6 Dr. Habib R. Assistant 8years 6 months PhD. Hamdard Assam Laskar Professor University, New Delhi 7 Dr. Juthika Assistant 9 years 5 months PhD. Tezpur Assam Konwar Professor University, Assam 8 Mr. Amit Assistant 7 years 4 Months MBA Assam Assam Kumar Das Professor University, Assam 9 Mr. Deepjyoti Assistant 7 Years 16 Days MBA Assam Assam Choudhury Professor University, Assam 10 Ms. Lurai Assistant 7 Years 16 Days MBA Assam Assam Rongmei Professor University, Assam 11 Dr. Nilanjana Assistant 5 years 7 months PhD Assam Assam Chakraborty Professor University, Assam

MAHATMA GANDHI SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS AND COMMERCE

Department of Commerce

Year of Establishment : July 1994 Head of the Department : Dr. Pranay Jyoti Goswami

Research and Developmental Activities The Department of Commerce since the first day of its establishment in 1994 has been continuously working to disseminate and advancement of knowledge by developing and pursuing appropriate course modules and research programmes and also by ensuing quality teaching and research. The Department offers Masters of commerce, Post

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Graduation Diploma in Marketing Management, M.phil and Ph.D The mission of the Department is to contribute through the pursuit of excellence in teaching and other innovative academic endeavours pertaining to commerce education and research, to the process of developing capable and dynamic human resources and thereby to the intellectual, economic, social, entrepreneurial and cultural development of the nation in general and North East India in particular. The Department is equipped with a well maintained departmental library sophisticated Computer Laboratory offers specialization in Accounting, Finance, Marketing, Banking and Human Resource Management. The blending of young and experienced faculty members hailing from different parts of the country lend a cosmopolitan ambiance to the academic atmosphere of the Department. The Department runs the MCOM, PGDMM, M.Phil and Ph. D program. The department also organises National seminar, workshop and special talks for the benefit of the research scholars and others.In addition to the Mphil and Ph.D courses, there is also dissertation paper for the MCOM and PGDMM students. Moreover the faculty members are actively involved in the presentation of their research papers in different National and International seminars conducted in different parts of the world. The publications of the faculty members and scholars find their place in different reputed National and International journals, edited books. In order to update their knowledge relating to the social science research, the students and faculty members also participate in the different workshops relating to research methodology and also in other advanced computer training programmes. The Department had the following teaching staff during the year

Professors : Dinesh Kumar Pandiya; N.B.Dey Associate Professors: Pranay Jyoti Goswami Assistant Professors : Brajesh Kumar, Parag Shil, Ram Chandra Das, Rajat Sarmacharjee, Joyeeta Deb, Kingshuk Adhikari, Soma Roy, A.S. Yarso

Courses offered: M.Com, M.Phil, Ph.D. and Post Graduate Diploma in Marketing Management (PGDMM)

Seminar/Conference/Symposium Organized

SL. Details of Programme organised Date Name of the Level No. (title of the event, funding agency etc.) (from – to) Coordinator (national/ international /regional etc.) 1 National Seminar on Financial Sector Reform in 12-01-2017 Prof PJ National India Goswami and Dr. Brajesh Kumar 2 Investors’ Awareness Program and Joint Seminar 18-04-2016 Prof p. J National on Contemporary Issues in Business organized by Goswami and The Institute of Company Secretaries of India (NE Dr. A.S Yarso Chapter, Guwahati) in collaboration with the Department of Commerce Assam University, Silchar. New courses Developed Sl. Name of the course Name of the faculty Level of teaching No. involved (UG/PG/Pre-Ph.D) 1 Course Work For MPhil/Ph.D All faculty members of Dept of Commerce for 502-504 papers 2 Drafting of BCOM Syllabus CBCS System All BUGS members in UG association with some other college teachers

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Any extension activity performed by the Department Sl. Name of the Faculty/Staff Name of the activity Venue and date of activity Beneficiary No. involved in the activity details (if any) 1 Dr. Ram Chandra Das Investor Awareness Deptt-Commerce, Assam Programme-As Joint University Convenor 2 Dr. Ram Chandra Das Attended Deptt-Economics, Assam Symposium, on University Demographic Dividend-Recent Trends 3 Dr. Ram Chandra Das Incharge of Department of Commerce, Placement Cell Assam Uiniversity, Faculty related details of your Department Sl. Name of the Designation Total Highest Mastered Permanent No. Faculty teaching Qualification from (name domicile of experience of (state) (As on univ./inst.) 31.3.2017) in years and months 1 Dr. Dinesh Professor 33 Years Ph. D Karpur Uttar Pradesh Kumar Pandiya University 2. Pranay Jyoti Professor 37 years Ph.D Gauhati Assam Goswami University 3 Dr. Parag Shil Assistant Professor 14 Years 11 Ph.D (A.U., Assam Assam Months Silchar) University, Post-Doc. Silchar, India (University of Florida, USA) 4 Brajesh Kumar Assistant 12 Years and Ph.D Patna Bihar Professor(Stage-Iii) 07 Months University, Patna 5 Dr. Ram Assistant Professor 9 Years and P.hil, Ph.D. Gauhati Assam Chandra Das 2 Months University 6 Dr. Rajat Assistant Professor 10 year Ph. D Assam Assam Sharmacharjee University, Silchar 7. Dr. Joyeeta Deb Assistant Professor 10 Years Ph. D North- Assam Eastern Hill University, Shillong 8. Dr. Soma Roy Assistant Professor 10 year Ph. D Assam Assam University, Silchar 9 DR. A.S.Yarso Assistant Professor 16 years Ph.D Assam Manipur university 10 Dr. Kingshuk Assistant Professor 10 Years Ph.D. Assam Assam Adhikari university

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Department of Economics

Year of Establishment : 1994 Head of the Department : Prof. Mahmood Alam Ansari

Research and Developmental Activities

The Department of Economics has been actively pursuing research in the areas of social sector and human development in the entire North Eastern region with special emphasis on the southern Assam (Barak Valley region) since its inception. The goal of research in the department has been to investigate the nature and causes behind socio-economic backwardness of the masses and suggest remedial measures with the aim of promoting quality of life – especially a life with economic empowerment, self esteem and freedom in a universal sense. Apart from teaching standard economic theory along with its applications, the department has strongly promoted teaching and learning in the areas of International Trade, Growth and Development theory, Demography and Human Development and associated Indian Economic Issues. Quantitative tools and techniques are taught in every semester for the betterment of analytical skills of students. Projects undertaken by faculty members have focused on issues that are associated with the thrust area of the department.

Courses offered: MA, M.Phil & Ph.D

Seminar/Conference/Symposium Organized

SL. Details of Programme organised Date Name of the Level No. (title of the event, funding agency etc.) (from – to) Coordinator (national/ international /regional etc.) 1 Economic Dependence of North Eastern States of November 8- Acted as International India and its Bordering Nations 9, 2016 Chairman Organising Committee 2 do November 8- Dr. Raju Mandal International 9, 2016 (Co-ordinator) 3 do November, Avijit Debnath International 8-9, (Joint- 2016 Coordinator)

Sponsored Research Project

Name of the Funding Title of the project Sanction Duration of Fund allocated to the project Principal agency order no. and the project investigator date Amount Total sanctioned Amount Dr. Shrabanti Indian A Multiple Letter No. 18 Months, 3,00,000/- 2,97,277/- Maity Council of Correspondence Analysis 02/148/2014- Date of (Rs. Three (Rs. Two lakh Social Approach to the 15/ICSSR/RP commenceme Lakh) ninety seven Science Measurement of R, dated: 02- nt of the thousand two Research Multidimensional Poverty 11-2015 Project is 1st hundred (ICSSR) and Logistic Regression January 2015 seventy seven Approach to Determine the Factors Influencing the Socioeconomic Status of Bodo People: A Case Study of Udalguri District, Bodoland

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Faculty/Staff developmental Programs

Sl. No. Name of the Name of the Name of the organizers, venue Level Faculty/Staff professional and dates (national/ development program international/ attended regional etc.)

1. Dr. Shrabanti Maity UGC Sponsored UGC Human Resource National Refresher Course in the Development Centre (HRDC), subject ‘Current Jadavpur University, Kolkata Environmental Issues: Impact, Measurement and Mitigation’ Faculty related details of your Department Sl. Name of the Designation Total teaching Highest Mastered Permanent No. Faculty experience Qualification from (name domicile of (As on 31.3.2017) of univ./inst.) (state) in years and months 1. Dr. Niranjan Professor 26 years Post Doctoral Guwahati Assam Roy And Ph.D University 2. Dr. Sumanash Professor 26 years Ph.D University of Assam Dutta North Bengal 3. Dr. Alok Sen Professor 12 years 11 months Ph.D NEHU Assam 4. Dr. M.A.Ansari Professor 21 years 2 months Ph.D JNU, New Bihar Delhi 5. Dr. Ritwik Assistant 12 years 8 months Ph.D University of West Bengal Mazumder Professor 10 days Burdwan 6. Dr. Raju Assistant 10 years Post Doctoral Guwahati Assam Mandal Professor And Ph.D University 7. Dr. Avijit Assistant 8 years 9 months Ph.D Assam Assam Debnath Professor University 8. Dr. Sagarika Assistant 8 years 7 months Ph.D Guwahati Assam Dey Professor University 9. Dr. Shrabanti Assistant 7 years 4 months 13 Post-doctoral, University of West Bengal Maity Professor days Ghent University, Calcutta (SG) Belgium 10. Mr. Manas Roy Assistant 7 years 1 month MPhil Guwahati Assam Professor University

Students Excellence: State Govt. Exam.: 02

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RABINDRANATH TAGORE SCHOOL OF LANGUAGES & CULTURAL STUDIES

Department of Bengali

Year of Establishment : 1994 Head of the Department : Prof. Bela Das

Research and Developmental Activities

The Department of Bengali is having the highest number of Researchers in the University. The major focus of the department is to develop creativity as well as the critical eye among the students. The thrust area of M.Phil & Ph.D programme in the department is: Contemporary Literary Theory & Application, Folk & Gender Studies, Comparative Literature, Sociology of Literature, Old & Modern Bengali Literature, Language & Translation Studies, and Culture Studies etc. The Centre for Studies in Endangered Languages, Manuscriptology & Folkloristics (CELMF), which is attached to this department, is also actively involved in exploring new areas of research based on Field Study.

Further, the teachers of the department regularly contribute to different journals & books with research based papers. Regular publication of books by the faculty members is also recorded.

The Department had the following teaching staff during the year

Professors: Prof.Rama Bharracharyya, Prof. Bela Das, Prof. Biswatosh Choudhury, Prof. P.K.Nath, Prof.Debasish Bhattacharjee Associate Professors: Dr.Tripti Paul Choudhury, Dr.Suman Gun Assistant Professors: Dr.Santanu Sarkar, Durba Deb, Dr. Rami Chakraborty, Dr.Ashok Das, Dr. Alauddin Mondal, Dr.Bubul Sharma, Dr. Barun Jyoti Choudhury, Ramakanta Das, Sri Rahul Das

Courses offered: MA, M.PHIL. Ph. D.

Sponsored Research Project

New courses Developed

Sl. Name of the course Name of the faculty Level of teaching No. involved (UG/PG/Pre-Ph.D) 1. 404-D Rama Bhattacharyya PG 2. 503 –A, 503 -B Rama Bhattacvharyya Pre-Ph.D. 3. All papers of new UG syllabus (CBCS) Rama Bhattacharyya UG 4. 402 Priya Kanta Nath PG 5. 503 –A, 503 -B Priya Kanta Nath Pre-Ph.D.

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6. All papers of new UG syllabus (CBCS) Priya Kanta Nath UG 7 UG, PG, Pre-Ph.D. Tripti Paul Choudhury UG, PG, Pre-Ph.D. 8 404 Santanu Sarkar PG 9 503 –A, 503 -B Santanu Sarkar Pre-Ph.D. 10. All papers of new UG syllabus (CBCS) Santanu Sarkar UG 11 404-E Rami Chakraborty PG 12 404-D Ramakanta Das PG 13 503 –A, 503 -B Ramakanta Das Pre-Ph.D. 14 All papers of new UG syllabus (CBCS) Ramakanta Das UG 15 404-G Barunjyoti Choudhury PG 16 404-B Bubul Sarma PG 17 503 –A Bubul Sarma Pre-Ph.D. 18 203 Bubul Sarma UG 19 404-A Ashok Das PG 20 503 -B Ashok Das Pre-Ph.D. 21 203 Ashok Das UG 22 205 Alauddin Mondal PG 23 502 –A, 502 -B Alauddin Mondal Pre-Ph.D. 24 All papers of new UG syllabus (CBCS) Alauddin Mondal UG 25 305(Bengali Literature of Twentieth Century in Debasish Bhattacharya PG the context of Social History), 304(H-Special Paper on Bengali Literature & Culture of North East India) 403- Literary Theory-2,(Contemporary Theory and application) 26 501, 502, 503 (A), 503 (B): All papers of Debasish Bhattacharya M.Phil/Ph.D. M.Phil/ Ph.D Course Work 27 All papers of new UG syllabus (CBCS), as the Debasish Bhattacharya UG Convener of UG Syllabus Committee 2016 28 301 Rabindra Sahitya & 404© Durba Deb PG 29 304 © & 401 Biswatosh Chowdhury PG 30 503 –A, 503 -B Bela Das Pre-Ph.D. Faculty/Staff developmental Programs Sl. Name of the Name of the professional Name of the organizers, Level (national/ No. Faculty/Staff development program venue and dates international/ attended regional etc.) 1. Ramakanta Das Tibeto-Burma Languages Dept. of Linguistics, AUS, in National collaboration with Dept of Linguistics, University of Oregon, USA. 16 -18 January 2017. 2. Baruinjyoti Choudhury Tibeto-Burma Languages Dept. of Linguistics, AUS, in National collaboration with Dept of Linguistics, University of Oregon, USA. 16 -18 January 2017. 3 Alauddin Mondal Bangle Bhasa o Banan Bangla Bhasa O Banan; Dept. National Workshop of Bengali, S S College, Hailakandi; 18.08.2016 to 19.08.2016 4 Rahul Das 3 day Workshop on Department of Linguistics, International Grammatical Structure of Assam University, Silchar Tibeto-Burman Languages 16-18 January, 2017 of North East India

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Any extension activity performed by the Department

Sl. Name of the Faculty/Staff Name of the activity Venue and date of activity Beneficiary No. involved in the activity details (if any) 1. Ramakanta Das (Students of Field survey for Sildubi Grant, Cachar. Folkloristics special paper collection of data on 11 – 12 February 2017. --- involved in the activity) Folk Culture 2. Bubul Sarma (Students of Field survey for Sildubi Grant, Cachar. --- Folkloristics special paper collection of data on 11 – 12 February 2017. involved in the activity) Folk Culture 3 Debasish Bhattacharya Written three scripts Silchar, Agartala, for Dance Drama, Dharmanagar, Mariyani and so --- (Ballet) and on, Throughout the year theatrical Performances staged throughout the year

Faculty related details of your Department

Sl Name of the Designation Total teaching Highest Martered from Permanent No. Faculty experience (As on Qualification (name of domicile of 31.3.2017) in years univ./inst.) (state) and months

1.. Biswatosh Professor 30 years PH.D Burdwan Assam Chowdhury University

2 Rama Professor 37 years (Since 1980) Ph. D Gauhati Assam Bhattacharyya University 3 Bela Das Professor 23 Yrs Ph.D North Bengal West Bengal University 4. Priya Kanta Nath Professor 16 years 7 months Ph. D Assam University Assam (from 06.12.2000)

5 Debasish Professor 23 years (from July Ph. D Gauhati Assam Bhattacharya 1994) University

6 Tripti Paul Associate 33 years 9 months M.A., Ph. D Jadavpur Assam Choudhury Professor (Since June 1933) University Gauhati University 7 Santanu Sarkar Assistant 11 years 2 months Ph. D Jadavpur West Bengal Professor (from 01.02.2006) University

8 Durba Deb Assistant 10years 03 M.Phil , Ph.D Gauhati Assam Professor months(From University 18.01.2008)

9 Rami Chakraborty Assistant 8 years 7 months Ph. D., B. Ed. Assam University Assam Professor (from 01.10.2008)

10 Ramakanta Das Assistant 16 years (from Ph. D., LL.B. Assam University Assam Professor 19.3.2001)

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11 Alauddin Mondal 17 Years 07 Months Ph. D University of West Bengal Assistant ------Calcutta Professor 1)09 years 07 Months as assistant teacher 2) 08 years 01 Month as assistant professor 12 Bubul Sarma Assistant 07 years 06 Months M.Phil , Ph.D Assam University Assam Professor (from 16-11-2009)

13 Ashok Das Assistant O8 years 02 Months M.Phil , Ph.D Assam University Assam Professor (from 09-03-2009)

14 Barunjyoti Assistant 7 years and 2 Months Ph. D. Assam University Assam Choudhury Professor (from 12.3.2010)

15 Rahul Das Assistant 07 years 06 Months M.Phil , Ph.D Assam University Assam Professor (from 11-11-2009)

Details of any Cultural Activity performed in the Department Sl. Name of the Dates Total number of Number of participants form No. cultural activity participants

Other departments of Outside the the university University 1. Rabindra Jayanti 8th May, 30 03 No 2016 2. Womens Day 8th March 30 25 No ,2017 3 International 21st Feb, 110 20 No Mother Tongue 2017 Day

Any event organized by the students of your Department Sl. No Name of the Date Level event (univ./dist./state etc.) 1. International 21 Feb University Mother tongue Day

Any achievement of your department: SAP-DRS II

Students Excellence: NET: 02, SLET: 01, SSC: 05, Other: 05

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Department of Hindi

Year of Establishment : July, 1998 Head of the Department : Prof. S.P. Singh Chauhan

Research and Developmental Activities

The Department is situated in a university which has unique feature of being in a linguistically and culturally diverse milieu. M.A. Hindi students of the department are from Bhojpuri, Bengali, Manipuri, Bodo, and Assamese speaking societies. Hindi as Official and National language has a definite role to play in this remote area.

Before opening of Hindi department in Assam University there was no system of Hindi teaching in this region at higher level. At present there is not only P.G. teaching is going on at university level with Hindi and non-Hindi speaking students but department is also working as nodal centre in Hindi teaching in affiliated colleges. Teaching and research in Hindi at university level in itself is an achievement in this remote region of Northeast India (i.e. Barak Valley). This has not only helped to integrate the people of this region with wider Hindi linguistic and literary scenario but it has also helped in establishing dialogue between Hindi and different societies, their culture, language and literature which is significant for national unity and integrity while developing knowledge.

In this background Thrust area of P. G. teaching is Hindi Literature with special emphasis on contemporary Hindi Literature and its interaction with other Indian Languages and literature. M. Phil. & Ph.D.- Research is being done on Historiography of Hindi Literature, Hindi Poetry, Fiction and Hindi language.

The Department had the following teaching staff during the year

Professors: Satya Pal Singh Chauhan Associate Professor: Krsihna Mohan Jha Assistant Professors: Prabhat Kumar Mishra, Akash Verma, Sheetanshu Kumar, Vedaparna Dey

Courses offered: PG, M. Phil. & Ph.D. Seminar/Conference/Symposium organized SL. Details of Programme organised Date Name of the Level No. (title of the event, funding agency etc.) (from – to) Coordinator (national/ international /regional etc.) 1 Tow Days Seminar on the topic “ Sahitya Aur 23-24 March Prof. Suresh National Mulyabodh “ in collaboration with Womens 2017 Chandra College, Silchar

Faculty/Staff developmental Programs Sl. Name of the Faculty/Staff Name of the Name of the organizers, Level (national/ No. professional venue and dates international/ development program regional etc.) attended 1. Dr. Sheetanshu Kumar Research Methodology HRDC, Jawaharlal Nehru National (ID) University, New Delhi. Dates- 13-02-17 to 10-03- 2017

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Faculty related details of your Department Sl. Name of the Faculty Designation Total Highest Mastered Permanent No. teaching Qualification from (name domicile of experience of univ./inst) (state) (As on 31.3.2017) in years and months 1. Satya Pal Singh Professor About Ph.D Agra Uttar Chauhan 24 Years University Pradesh Agra 2. Krishna Mohan Jha Professor About Ph.D Delhi Bihar 19 Years University 3 Suresh Chandra Professor 20 years 11 Ph.D Aligarh Uttar Months Muslim Pradesh University, UP. 4 Prabhat Kumar Mishra Asst. 8 years 6 Ph.D B.H.U., Bihar Professor Months Varanasi 5 Akash Verma Asst. 7 years 4 Ph.D V.B.S Uttar Professor Months Purvanchal Pradesh University.Jau npur U.P. 6 Sheetanshu Kumar Asst. 7 years 3 Ph.D JNU, West Professor Months Delhi Bengal 7 Vedaparna Dey Asst. 6 years 1 Ph.D Visva-Bharati Assam Professor Months Santiniketan

Students Excellence: Other: 02

Department of Indian Comparative Literature

Year of Establishment : 2015 Head of the Department : Prof. Suman Gun

Research and Developmental Activities

The department of Indian comparative literature starts functioning from this year (2015) with an aim to try to set good standards of teaching and research from the beginning. Comparative literature is one of the most significant disciplines of our age of multiculturalism. It will educate students about the interplay of language and culture and it will bring a keener sensitivity to the language, culture and people of our region.

The department offers PG, M.Phil and Ph.D. Programmes of study. The major focus of the teaching and research programmes in the department is on areas like inter-Indian relations ---Bhakti literature, Indian regional literature, history of Indian literature & culture, epic literature, impact of Sanskrit & European literature on literature of Indian languages, Tagore’s songs & poetry etc.

There is a decent scope for the students passing out of this department to find placement in universities, media houses & other educational institutions & service organizations in India and abroad.

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The Department had the following teaching staff during the year

Professor : Suman Gun Assistant Professor : Dr. Arjundeb Sensarma

Courses offered: PG, M.Phil / Ph.D Seminar/Conference/Symposium Organized Level SL. Details of Programme organised Date Name of the (national/ No. Coordinator (title of the event, funding agency etc.) (from – to) international /regional etc.) In Collaboration With ‘Byatikram Masdo’,A International 1 18-05-2016 Arjundeb Seminar On ‘Poetry : East & North-East India’ Sensarma Was Organised, Attended By Eminent Poets & Scholars From India & Bangladesh In Collaboration With ‘Byatikram Masdo’,A International 2 12-14 Suman Gun Seminar On Contemporary Bengali Literature Of February, Bangladesh & India Was Organised, Attended By 2017 Eminent Poets & Scholars From India & Bangladesh Including Prof Subodh Sarkar A Legal Awarness Programme Was Organised At National 3 13-19 Barunjyoti Difu Campus And Lumding Pvm School By Dept November, Chaudhury Of Icl & Assamese, Asu 2016

Consultancy/Extension service

Sl. No. Nature of Consultancy/Extension service provided Faculty involved 1 Guided students of pg & ipp for an interdisciplinary cultural Prof. Suman Gun, Dr. Arjundeb activity Sensarma

New Courses Developed

Sl. No. Name of the course Name of the faculty Level of teaching involved (UG/PG/Pre-Ph.D) 1 All Courses of PG (Specially Course No 203 Prof. Suman Gun, Dr. PG & 204) & IPP Developed Arjundeb Sensarma

Any extension activity performed by the Department Sl. Name of the Faculty/Staff Name of the Venue and date of activity Beneficiary No. involved in the activity activity details (if any) 1. Suman Gun & Arjundeb Legal Awarness Difu Campus Of Assam University Sensarma Programme & Lumding College On 13-19 November Faculty related details of your Department Sl. Name of Designation Total teaching Highest Mastered Permanent No. the experience Qualification from (name of domicile of Faculty (As on 31.3.2017) in univ./inst.) (state) years and months 1. Suman Head & 20 Years Ph.D University of West Bengal Gun Professor Calcutta

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2. Arjundeb Assistant 16 Years Ph.D Jadavpur West Bengal Sensarma Professor University

Details of any Cultural Activity performed in the department during 1.4.2016 to 31.3. 2017

Sl. Name of the Dates Total number of Number of participants form No. cultural activity participants

Other departments of Outside the the university University 1. Birth Centenary of 25-11-2016 30 5 1 Samar Sen

Department of Linguistics

Year of Establishment : July, 1995 Head of the Department : Dr. Kh. Dhiren Singha

Research and Developmental Activities

The linguistics department is emphasizing on the linguistic description of North-Eastern languages in general and the various languages spoken in Barak Valley in particular. The department also encourages the research scholars to undertake research work on various lesser known as well as endangered languages of the North-East India as a lot of minority languages are spoken in the region. So far the department has conducted research work on Nagamese, Dimasa, Assamese, Malayalam, Bodo, Kharam, Kharia, Khasi, Koch Rabha, Kokborok, Liangmai, Nefamese, Rongmei, Tai-Khamti, Thadou, Tiwa, Anal, Inpui, Khoibu, Dhiyan, Zeme Naga, Reang etc. The ongoing research works include the linguistic description of Biate, Bongcher, Kakching, Korbong, Reang, Ranglong, Hrangkhol, Kabonglo, Lairamlo, Sukte, Syriem, Toto, Uchai, Meyor, etc. The faculty members of the department have been engaging as principal investigators in the major project entitled Scheme for Protection and Preservation of Endangered Languages funded by Central Institute of Indian Languages, Mysore.

Some of the Research Scholars are engaged in different projects under different organizations/institutions such as CIIL, COGKNIT, etc.

The Department has been endeavouring to enhance its academic activities by organizing workshops, special lectures, etc. in collaboration with institution/university form the country and abroad.

The Department had the following teaching staff during the year

Professor: Ajit Kumar Baishya Associate Professors: S. Ganesh Baskaran, KH. Dhiren Singha Assistant Professors: Pauthang Haokip, D. Mary Kim Haokip, Paramita Purkait

Courses offered: M. A., M. Phil. and Ph. D

Seminar/Conference/Symposium/workshop Organized

SL. Details of Programme Date Name of the Level No. organised Coordinator(s) (national/international/regional etc) 01. 3 Day Workshop on Endangered 28th to 30th Kh. Dhiren International Tibeto-Burman Languages of September, 2016 Singha NE India D. Mary Kim Haokip

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02. 3 Day Workshop on 16th to 18th Kh. Dhiren International Grammatical Structure of January, 2016 Singha Tibeto-Burman Languages of North East India

Consultancy/Extension Service

Sl. Title and nature of Faculty (s) Name of the Amount received No. Consultancy/Extension service involved Client/client organization 1 Mother Tongue survey of India. Dr. S. Ganesh Language Division, Consolidating the Grammars Baskaran Ministry of Home produced by the Junior Resource Affairs. persons from various Universities. 2 Scheme for Preservation and Dr. S. Ganesh Central Institute of Protection of Endangered Languages. Baskaran Indian Languages, MHRD. India 3 Mother Tongue survey of India. D. Mary Kim Language Division, Consolidating the Grammars Haokip Ministry of Home produced by the Junior Resource Affairs. persons from various Universities. 4 Scheme for Preservation and D. Mary Kim Central Institute of Protection of Endangered Languages. Haokip Indian Languages, MHRD. India

New courses developed

Sl. Name of the course Name of the faculty Level of teaching No. involved 1. Ph.D/M.Phil Course work Syllabus All faculty members Ph.D/M.Phil

Visiting fellow/Visiting Professor

Name Affiliation From To Prof. Scott DeLancey University of Oregon, 16/01/2017 18/01/2017 USA Prof. Awadesh Kumar English and Foreign 21/03/2017 25/03/2017 Mishra Languages University, Shillong Campus

Faculty/staff developmental Programs

Sl. Name of the Name of the professional Name of the Level No. faculty/staff developmental program organizers, venue (national/international/regional involved attended and dates etc.) 1. Dr Paramita Orientaton Programme HRDC, GU Regional Purkait

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Faculty related details of your Department

Name of Designation Teaching Highest Mastered Permanent domicile of the faculty experience Qualification from (Name (state) (As on of the 31.3.2017) University) Prof. Ajit Professor 21 years 9 PhD Pune Assam Kumar months University Baishya Dr. S. Associate 7 Years PhD Madurai 28A, Bharathi Nagar, Ist Ganesh Professor Kamaraj street, Melagaram, Baskaran University Tenkasi,Tirunelveli district, T.N. 627818 Dr. Kh. Associate 11 years 2 PhD Assam Chandpur (Nagdirdram Pt- Dhiren Professor months University, 1), Cachar, Assam, 788121 Singha Silchar Dr. D. Mary Assistant 8 years and 5 PhD North Eastern Moreh Ward no 2, Chandel Kim Haokip Professor months Hill Dist, Manipur University Dr Paramita Assistant 5 yrs PhD Gauhati Kamakhya nagar;House No Purkait Professor University 5 Rajgarh Road;Bhangagarh

Department of Manipuri

Year of Establishment : 1997 Head of the Department : Prof. H. Nanikumar Singha

Research and Developmental Activities

The Department of Manipuri is giving special thrust on Language, Culture, Manipuri Folklore, Manipuri Literature, Translation Theories and Criticism. In addition to this the Department offers new areas like Manipuri Manuscriptology, Manipuri Performing Arts, Inter and Intralingual translation, Semiotics and Lexicography. With regard to the research endeavours the Department offers courses like M.Phil, IPP and Ph.D. During this period the Department has produced 06 Ph.D. Students and right now the Research activities in the Department are in full swing with another 07 M.Phil. and 39 Ph.D. Research Scholar. Study Tours to historically and Culturally important places like Khwairakpa Irel, Bhuban Baruni, Khaspur (old palace of Dimasha kingdom) have been arranged as part of the Departmental activities. The Department has also interacted with the local minstrels in relation to the courses of Language, Folklore and Culture of the Department.

The Department had the following teaching staff during the year

Professors : N. Sarat Chandra Singh, W. Raghumai Singh, H. Nani Kumar Singha, M. Rajendra Singh Assistant Professors: H. Rajmani Singha, RK Nirmola Sana

Courses offered: M.A., M.Phil & Ph.D by course work

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Seminar/Conference/Symposium organized/ Workshop

SL. Details of Programme organised Date Name of the Level No. (title of the event, funding agency etc.) (from – to) Coordinator (national/ international /regional etc.) 1 One Day Symposium on Folknarratives in 5th October Dr. H. Rajmani Singha National Contemporary Manipuri Literature, Sahitya 2016 Dr. R.K. Nirmala Sana Akademi

New courses developed

Sl. Name of the course Name of the faculty involved Level of teaching No. (UG/PG/Pre-Ph.D) 1 Course Work Prof. N. Saratchandra Singh Ph.D. Couse Work Prof. W. Raghumani Singh Prof. H. Nani Kumar Singha Prof. M. Rajendra Singh Dr. H. Rajmani Singha Dr. R. K. Nirmala Sana

Any extension activity performed by the Department

Sl. Name of the Faculty/Staff Name of the activity Venue and date of activity Beneficiary No. involved in the activity details (if any) 1. Prof. H. Nani Kumar Singha 15th Day Workshop Manipuri Kala Academy, Young Artists of on Manipuri Silchar the Manipuri Nat Sankirtana Tradition 15 to 30 Dec. 2016 Sankirtana

Faculty related details of your department

Sl. Name of the Designation Total teaching Highest Mastered Permanent No. Faculty experience Qualification from (name domicile of (As on 31.3.2017) in of univ./inst.) (state) years and months 1. N. Professor 20 years M.A. M.Phil MU Manipur Saratchandra and Ph.D. Singh 2. W. Professor 20 years M. A. Ph.D. MU Manipur Raghumani Singh 3. H. Nani Professor 20 years M.A. Ph.D MU Assam Kumar Singha 4. M. Rajendra Professor 20 years M.A. Ph.D. MU Manipur Singh 5. H. Rajmani Asstt. 13 years M.A. Ph.D. M.U. Assam Singha Professor 6. R.K. Astt. Professor 6 years M.A. Ph.D. AUS Assam Nirmala Sana

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Department of Sanskrit

Year of Establishment: 1995 Head of the Department: Prof. Snigdha Das Roy

Research and Developmental Activities

The department of Sanskrit is perusing its research activities in the core branches of subject as well as with interdisciplinary approach both by the students and by the faculty members. The department has interdisciplinary research programme by the scholars working for the Ph.D. degree with the departments of Physics, Ecology, Economics, History, Chemistry and Law.At present 32 (27 Ph.D. and 05 M.Phil.) scholars are working in different areas of research and are working to work out the relevance of our age old heritage in the present era. Ten (10) scholars have been awarded the Degree of Ph.D. and Five (05) have submitted their thesis in the current academic session. The department has been publishing Research Journal Vagisvari, with ISSN (Multilingual Research Journal) since 2005 and Volume IX has been published. A centre for Non formal Sanskrit Education of Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan (Deemed University), New Delhi has been functioning in its fullest capacities in collaboration with the Department. The department has been organizing Simple Sanskrit Speaking Courses within and outside University since the year 2009. As a regular activity in each semester, Simple Sanskrit Speaking course have been organized to enhance the ability of speaking in Sanskrit by the students, in the current session also. The next issue of the Multilingual Departmental Student Magazine and Multilingual Departmental Research Journal are in the process of publication. The Department organized invited lecture programmes by prominent and eminent scholars. The Faculty members of the department have been publishing Research papers, attending and presenting papers in the seminars/ conferences/ workshops/ symposiums in Regional, National and International levels.The Department is well acclaimed in the National Level as Rastriya Sanskrit parisad, MHRD, dept. of Higher Education, Govt. of India has nominated a faculty from the department as member to the Parisad.

The Department had the following teaching staff during the year

Professors: Swapna Devi, Snigdha Das Roy, Bhagirathi Biswas Associate Professors: Shanti Pokhrel Assistant Professor: Govind Sharma

Courses offered: M.A., IPP, M. Phil. & Ph.D

Seminar/Conference/Symposium/Lecture Programme Organized

Sl. Details of Programme organized Date Name of the Level No. (Title of the event, funding agency (from-to) Coordinator (National/international/r etc.) egional etc.) 1 Simple Sanskrit Speaking Course 09-18 Aug. 2016 Dr. Shanti Pokhrel University Level and Dr. Govind Sharma 2 Sanskrit Day Celebration and Yoga 18th Aug. 2016 Prof. Bhagirathi University Level Demonstration Biswas Head, Dept. of Sanskrit 3 Lecture Programme on Sanskrit 18th Aug. 2016 Prof. Bhagirathi Regional Language : Challenges and Prospects, Biswas Delivered by Dr. Sukhamay Head, Dept. of Bhattacharya, former Principal Sanskrit Cachar College and founder principal Yoga Vijnan Mahavidyalaya, Silchar. 4 Lecture Programme on Atharvaveda 19th Jan. 2017. Prof. Snigdha Das Regional

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and Gopathabrahmana, Delivered by Roy Prof. Taraknath Adhikari, RBU, Kolkata

Faculty related details of your Department

Sl Name of the Designation Total teaching Highest Mastered Permanent no. Faculty experience (As Qualification from (name domicile of on 31/03/2017 of (state) in years and univ./inst.) months) 1 Swapna Devi Professor 21 years 9 Ph.D. GU Assam months (in AUS) 2 Snigdha Das Professor 21 years 9 Ph.D. JU Assam Roy months (in AUS) 3 Bhagirathi Professor 18 years 4 Ph.D. DU WB Biswas months (in AUS) 4 Shanti Associate 08 years 6 Ph.D. GU Assam Pokhrel Professor months (in AUS) 5 Govind Assistant 6 years 10 Ph.D. LBSRSU Delhi Sharma Professor months (in AUS)

Students Excellence: SLET: 03, NET: 02, TET: 02, Other: 02

SARVEPALLI RADHAKRISHNAN SCHOOL OF PHILOSOPHICAL STUDIES

Department of Philosophy

Year of Establishment : 1995 Head of the Department : Dr. Adarasupally Nataraju

Research and Developmental Activities

Since the Department is supported by the UGC under the SAP DRS- I Programme, research is carried in Ethics- Theory and Applied areas. A good number of Research Scholar and Faculty are devoting their time to consciousness studies with special reference to North –East India. These areas of research are a recent addition to the existing studies in Ethics and Contemporary Indian Philosophy. The Department at present has 18 Ph. D Research scholars working in different fields of Philosophy. Research focuses both on fundamental and applied fields. Department organised a 3 days National Seminar.

The Department had the following teaching staff during the year

Professor : A. Nataraju, Nirmali Baman Associate Professor : Subhra Nag Assistant Professor : B. Neog, Pius V.T., Anjana P. Bhattachrjee

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Courses offered: PG, M. Phil, Ph. D., D. Litt. Seminar/Conference/Symposium Organized SL. Details of Programme organised Date Name of the Level No. (Title of the event, funding agency etc.) (from – to) Coordinator (national/ international /regional etc.) 01. UGC-SAP-DRS sponsored National Seminar on March27to29,2017 Prof.A. National Towards a better understanding of Indian Nataraju & Dr. Ethics & Religion, 27th – 29th March, Munmun 2017.Organized by Department of Philosophy, Chakraborty AUS.

2. Coordinated – One day workshop on Gender September 22nd, Dr.Subhra Nag National Sensitization and Sexual Harassment 2016

Sponsored Research Project Name of the Funding Title of the Sanction Duration of Fund allocated to Principal agency project order no. the project the project investigator and date Amount Total sanctioned Amount Prof.A. UGC SAP.DRS-I - 05Years 54Laks Nataraju

New Courses Developed

Sl. Name of the course Name of the faculty Level of teaching No. involved (UG/PG/Pre-Ph.D) 1. Philosophy & Literature Prof. Subhra Nag PG Prof.A.Nataraju Dr.Pius V.T 2. The syllabus of PGwas revised in 2015 All Faculty PG 3. The Syllabi of UG is revised in2017 All Faculty member UG

Visiting fellow/Visiting Professor Name Affiliation From To Prof. Vanlaln Guak NEHU, Shillong 27th March ,2017 30th March 2017 Prof.Gautam Ghoshal Vishwabharati University West Bengal 22nd March,2017 28th March 2017 Any extension activity performed by the Department Sl. Name of the Name of the activity Venue and Beneficiary No. Faculty/Staff involved date of details (if in the activity activity any) 1. Dr. Pius.V.T Field/Village Study Visit ( Study Visit of a Selected Ideal Village in Connection with the Fourth Semester PG course, Environmental Ethics (404-B), in order to study the relationship between ‘’ Land Ethic and Environmental Awareness of a Particular Tribe and Village Group).Venue and date of the Activity- A Village named, Sonachira, near, Hailakandi, Hailakandi District, Assam. Date-18March,2017

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Faculty related details of your Department Sl. Name of the Designation Total teaching Highest Mastered Permanent No. Faculty experience Qualification from (name domicile of (As on 31.3.2017) of (state) in years and univ./inst.) months 1. Prof.Subhra Prof 31 Years M.A. Ph,D Guwahati Assam Nag University 2. Prof. Nirmali Prof 22 Years M.A. Ph.D Guwahati Assam Barman University 3. Prof. A. Prof 15 Years M.A. Ph.D Osmania Telangana Nataraju University 4. Dr.Pius V.T Assistant 8 years 2 months M.A. Ph.D Maharaja’s Kerala. Professor 20 days. Post Doctoral College Stage-2 Studies, Done at Mahatma the Dept of Gandhi HSS,IIT University, Madras,Chennai. Kottayam, Kerala. 5. Munmun Assistant Two years, two M.A Assam Assam Chakraborty Professor months University

Any achievement of your Department

Signed an MOU with Mahachula University, Bangkok, Thailand for Collaboration in research and students and faculty exchange programs

Students Excellence: NET: 01, SLET: 01

SUNITIKUMAR CHATTOPADHAYAY SCHOOL OF ENGLISH & FOREIGN LANGUAGES STUDIES

Department of Arabic

Year of Establishment : July 1997 Head of the Department : Prof. Abdul Rasak T.

Research and Developmental Activities

Students from different parts of the country are pursuing their studies for M.A., Integrated Pre-Ph.D. Coursework, M. Phil and Ph.D. programmes in the department. The department has been doing research in diverse fields of studies on Arabic Language, literature and culture like classical and modern Arabic literatures, emerging literatures of the Arab Gulf Countries, Arabic Diaspora literature of the Americas, Indian writings in Arabic, Indo-Arab cultural interaction through the ages and influence of Arabic on Northeast Indian languages and cultures. In the year under review, 14 researchers have been awarded PhD from the department. The department has revised the syllabi for both the UG and PG programmes. In the UG syllabus, special attention is given to the acquisition of different language skills while the PG syllabus gives due importance to language and literature alike. The revised syllabus for the PG programme has been effective from July 2015.

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The Department had the following teaching staff during the year

Professors : A.M. Bhuiya, A. Rasak T Associate Professor : Ashfaq Ahman Assistant Professsor : Mostafozur Rahman, N.I. Barbhuiya

Courses offered: MA, M. Phil, Ph.D. and D. Litt.

Department of English

Year of Establishment: 1994 Head of the Department: Dr. Dipendu Das

Research and Developmental Activities

Since the inception of the Department students from various parts of the country have pursued their studies for M.A., M. Phil., and Ph.D. Degrees and the success rate of the students is above 80%. The Department has been carrying out research in various fields of studies like, English Literature, American Literature, Indian English Literature, New Literatures in English, Ethnic Literature, Cultural Studies, Drama Studies, Post Colonial Studies, Translation Studies, and English Language Teaching. Four scholars have been awarded Ph.D. in the period under consideration on topics related to American literature, Indian Writing in English and Postcolonial English literature. To boost up research activities, the department successfully organized a two-day National Conference on “Navigating Diaspora”, a frontline area of research in humanities studies.

One Information and Communication Technology (ICT) based Smart Class Room system has been introduced in the Department, which will go a long way in providing better teaching with the use of Audio-Visual aids while interacting with the students in the classroom. The Departmental library has also been expanded with the addition of new books and infrastructure.

The Department had the following teaching staff during the year

Professors: Dipankar Purakayastha, Rosaline Jamir Associate Professors: Dipendu Das, Rama Prasad Biswas Assistant Professors: Baby Pushpa Sinha, A.S. Choudhury, Jaydeep Chakraborty, Sumana Chakraborty, Lalthakim Hmar, S.S. Mazumder, Saugata Kumar Nath, Anindya Sen.

Courses offered: M. A., M. Phil., Ph.D. Seminar/Conference/Symposium Organized SL. Details of Programme organised Date Name of the Coordinator Level No. (title of the event, funding agency etc.) (from – to) (national/ international /regional etc.) 1. National Workshop on Theatre April 11th to Dr. Sib Shankar Mazumder National Appreciation: Theory and Praxis 17th 2016 (Coordinator); Dr. Anindya Sen (Joint Coordinator) 2. International Conference on September Dr. Anindya Syam International (Re)envisaging India’s Northeast: 08th-09th Choudhury (Coordinator); Dr. Ethnicity, Identity, Culture and 2016 Saugata Kumar Nath (Joint Literature Coordinator) 3. Sensitisation Workshop on March 28th Prof. Dipendu Das National Rehabilitating Persons with Disabilities 2017 (Coordinator); Dr. Sib Sankar

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in collaboration with Ayjnishd Majumder (Joint Coordinator) 4. Seminar cum Film Screening: The August 22nd Mr. Anindya Sen --- Cinema of Adoor Gopalkrishnan. 2016 Organised by the Film Club of the Department. Guest Speaker: Sri Parthajit Barua 5. Special Lecture on theatre delivered by August 14th Dr. Sib Shankar Mazumder Sri Rudraprasad Sengupta 2016 6. Dr. S K Dey Memorial Lecture March 25th Dr. Jaydeep Chakravarty delivered by Prof. Gautam Ghoshal 2017

Consultancy/Extension Service Sl. Title and nature of Faculty(s) involved Name of the Client/ Amount received No. Consultancy/Extension service client organization provided 1. Acted as Judge at Social Science Dr. Saugata Kumar Don Bosco School, Nil Exhibition Nath Silchar

New Courses Developed Sl. No. Name of the course Name of the faculty involved Level of teaching (UG/PG/Pre-Ph.D) 1. Preparation of PhD/ MPhil Course Dipendu Das, Rama Prasad Pre-Ph.D work (English) syllabus Biswas, Baby Pushpa Sinha, Anindya Syam Choudhury, Sumana Chakraborty, Saugata Kumar Nath, Lalthakim Hmar, Sib Sankar Majumder, Jaydeep Chakravarty, Anindya Sen 2. Preparation of PG (English) syllabus Dipendu Das, Rama Prasad PG Biswas, Baby Pushpa Sinha, Anindya Syam Choudhury, Sumana Chakraborty, Saugata Kumar Nath, Lalthakim Hmar, Sib Sankar Majumder, Jaydeep Chakravarty, Anindya Sen 3. Preparation of UG (English) Syllabi Dipendu Das, Rama Prasad UG Biswas, Baby Pushpa Sinha, Anindya Syam Choudhury, Sumana Chakraborty, Saugata Kumar Nath, Lalthakim Hmar, Sib Sankar Majumder, Jaydeep Chakravarty, Anindya Sen 4. Preparation of UG (Performing Arts) Dipendu Das, Saugata Kumar UG Syllabi Nath, Sib Sankar Majumder 5. PG (English) Syllabus modification Dipendu Das, Baby Pushpa Sinha, PG Saugata Kumar Nath, Sib Sankar Majumder, Anindya Sen

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Any extension activity Performed by the Department Sl. Name of the Faculty/Staff Name of the activity Venue and date of activity Beneficiary No. involved in the activity details (if any) 1. Acted as Judge at Social Dr. Saugata Kumar Don Bosco School, Silchar Nil Science Exhibition Nath

Faculty related details of your Department

Sl. Name of the Designation Total teaching Highest Mastered Permanent No. Faculty experience Qualification from (name domicile of (As on of univ./inst.) (state) 31.3.2017) in years and months 1. Rama Prasad Professor Ph. D. Gauhati Assam Biswas University 2. Dipendu Das Professor 29 yrs PhD University of Assam Poona 3. Baby Pushpa Assistant 19 Yrs, 1 Month Ph. D. NEHU Assam Sinha Professor (Stage III) 4. Dr. Anindya Assistant 15 years 3 Ph.D. University of Assam Syam Professor months Pune Choudhury (Stage III) 5. Dr. Sumana Assistant 17Yrs., 01 Ph. D. Assam Assam Chakarborty Professor Month University, (Stage II) Silchar 6. Dr. Saugata Assistant 12 years 4 Ph. D. Assam Assam Kumar Nath Professor months University, (Stage II) Silchar 7. Dr. Lalthakim Assistant 10 years, 2 Ph. D. Gauhati Assam. Hmar Professor months University (Stage II) 8. Dr. Sib Sankar Assistant Twelve Years Ph. D. Assam Assam Majumder Professor and Seven University (Stage II) Months 9. Mr. Anindya Assistant 06 yrs., 01 M. Phil. Calcutta West Bengal Sen Professor month University (Stage I)

Details of any Cultural Activity performed in the Department during

Sl. Name of the Dates Total number of Number of participants form No. cultural activity participants

Other departments of Outside the the university University 1. Performed a few April 17th 20 10 10 scenes of Drama 2016 2. Performed Drama, February 90 - - Songs, Dance, 22nd to Recitation etc. March 3rd During Social 2017 Week

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3. Performed Drama, August 02nd 60 - - Songs, Dance, 2016 Recitation etc. During Freshers’ Welcome 4. Performed Drama, April 27th 80 - - Songs, Dance, 2017 Recitation etc. During Farewell

Any event organized by the students of your Department

Sl. Name of the event Date Level No (univ./dist./state etc.) 1. Seminar cum Film Screening: The Cinema of Adoor August 22nd 2016 University Gopalkrishnan. Organised by the Film Club of the Department. Guest Speaker: Sri Parthajit Barua

Students Excellence: SLET: 01, State. Govt.: 01, Other: 25

Department of French

Year of Establishment : 2005-06 Name of the Head : Dr. Indranil Sanyal

Research and Developmental Activities

1. Enrichment of the syllabi with latest linguistic and cultural notions so as to enhance the linguistic competence and performance of the learners at par with International Standards.

2. Dynamic Evaluation system: Continuous and periodic evaluation of different aspects of language learning viz: a) Comprehension b) Pronunciation c) Speaking d) Writing through mock test and periodical tests.

3.In teaching methodology, stress on the practical aspects of French language, ie comprehension and native pronunciation of the language for the benefit of the north east students who are not exposed to French speaking foreigners.

4. The Department introduced Ph.D Programme in French from 2011 session

The Department had the following teaching staff during the year

Associate Professor: Indranil Sanyal Assistant Professor: Amalendu Chakraborty, P.R. Chakraborty

Courses offered:

1) Certificate of Proficiency In French Duration: Two Semesters No. of Seats: 18

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2) Diploma of Proficiency In French Duration: Two Semesters No. of Seats: 18 3) Advanced Diploma in French Duration: Two Semesters No. of Seats: 18 4) M.A. (By Course Work) Duration: Four Semesters No. of Seats: 20 5) Fast Track Course In French (Extension Service) Duration: 3 Months No. of Seats: 30

6) Ph.D. (By Course Work And Research Work) As per UGC Guidelines

Faculty related details of your Department Sl. Name of the Faculty Designation Total teaching Highest Mastered Permane No. experience Qualificati from nt (As on 31.3.2017) on (name of domicile in years and univ./inst.) of months (state) 1. Dr. Indra Nil Sanyal Associate Prof. Ph.D B.H.U U.P and Head 2. Dr. Amalendu Assistant Ph.D E.F.L W.B Chakraborty Professor UNIV, HYD 3. Dr. Pronobesh Assistant 9 years Ph.D B.H.U W.B Ranjan Chakraborty Professor

SWAMI VIVEKANANDA SCHOOL OF LIBRARY SCIENCE

Department of Library and Information Science

Year of Establishment : 2009 Head of the Department : Dr. Manoj Kumar Sinha

Research and Developmental Activities

Research programme leading to M. Phil. and Ph.D. Programme has been introduced in the department from January 2013. In 2014 altogether we have admitted five students for IPP Course Work. Out of which , 02 Research Scholars (under the Supervision of Dr. Manoj Kumar Sinha, Associate Professor) have been provisionally registered for Ph.D. Programme and 01 Research Scholars have been registered for M. Phil. Programme.

During 2015-16 session, as per availability of seats, 03 students have been admitted in IPP Course Work who have appeared in May 2016 examination and 01 research scholars has been provisionally registered for Ph.D. programme in March 2016 and 01 research scholar has been provisionally registered for Ph.D. and 01 research scholar has been registered M.Phil. in September 2016.

During 2016-17 three Ph.D. scholars have been awarded Ph.D. degree and one M. Phil. Scholar has been awarded M. Phil degree. Besides that three M. Phil Scholars have submitted M Phil Dissertations for examination as per details given below:

No. of M. Phil. Dissertations Name of Supervisors Submitted 03 Dr. Manoj Kumar Sinha , Associate Professor

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No. of M. Phil. Degree Awarded Dr. Manoj Kumar Sinha , Associate Professor 03 No. of Ph.D. Theses Submitted Name of Supervisors 02 Dr. Manoj Kumar Sinha , Associate Professor 03 Dr. Mukut Sarmah , Asst Professor

No. of Pre-Submission Seminar for Name of Supervisors Ph.D. presented 02 Dr. Manoj Kumar Sinha , Associate Professor

No. of M. Phil Scholars Registered Name of Supervisors

01 Dr. Manoj Kumar Sinha , Associate Professor No. of Seminar Presentation Made for Final Name of Supervisors Registration for Ph.D. 01 Dr. Manoj Kumar Sinha , Associate Professor No. of Seminar Presentation Made for Name of Supervisors Provisional Registration for Ph.D. 01 Dr. Manoj Kumar Sinha , Associate Professor

The Department had the following Teaching Staff during the year

Associate Professor : Dr. Manoj Kumar Sinha Assistant Professor : Dr. Mukut Sarmah, Sri Nabin Chandra Dey and Sri Rajesh Rangappa Aldarthi

Courses offered:

Master of Library and Information Science (MLIS), IPP Course Work for Ph.D./ M. Phil. ; Ph.D. by Research Work and Thesis and M. Phil. by Course Work and Dissertation.

Seminar/Conference/Symposium Organized

Level SL. Details of Programme organised Date Name of the (National/ No. Coordinator (Title of the event, funding agency etc.) (from – to) international /regional etc.) 1. One Day Lecture Programme (Ranganathan Memorial 19/08/2016 19/08/2016 National Lecture Series -1) on the Topic entitled “ Development

of Soft Skills among the LIS Professionals

Organised on the eve of Librarians Day : Funded by Assam University, Silchar Invited Lecture Delivered by Prof. Subarna Kumar Das , Jadavpur University, Jadavpur, Kolkata Dr. Arup Barman Dept of Business Administration, AUS

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New Courses Developed Sl. Name of the course Name of the faculty involved Level of teaching No. (UG/PG/Pre-Ph.D) 1. Revision of M.Lib.I.Sc. Syllabus 1. Dr. Manoj Kumar Sinha, P G Level (including Open Course Syllabus ) Associate Professor 2. Dr. Mukut Saramh Asst Professor 3. Sri Nabin Chandra Dey , Asst Professor 4. Sri Rajesh Rangappa Aldarthi , Asst Professor 2. Revised M. Phil/ Ph.D. Course Work 1. Dr. Manoj Kumar Sinha, Pre-M. Phil/ Pre-Ph.D. Syllabus -2016-17 Associate Professor Course Work 2. Dr. Mukut Saramh Asst Professor Faculty/Staff Developmental Programs

Sl. Name of the Name of the professional Name of the organizers, Level (national/ No. Faculty/Staff development program venue and dates international/ attended regional etc.) Organised by Information and 1. Dr. Manoj Kumar Latest Trends in Library National Library Network Sinha and Information Science (INFLIBNET) Centre, for LIS Teachers of North th th Associate Professor Gandhinagar from 15 to 16 East India April, 2016.

Organised by Information and 2. Dr. Mukut Sarmah Latest Trends in Library National Library Network and Information Science Assistant Professor (INFLIBNET) Centre, for LIS Teachers of North Gandhinagar from 15th to 16th East India April, 2016.

Organised by Information and 3. Sri Nabin Chandra Dey Latest Trends in Library National Library Network and Information Science Assistant Professor (INFLIBNET) Centre, for LIS Teachers of North Gandhinagar from 15th to 16th East India April, 2016.

Organised by Information and 4. Sri Rajesh Rangappa Latest Trends in Library National Library Network Aldarthi and Information Science (INFLIBNET) Centre, for LIS Teachers of North Assistant Professor Gandhinagar from 15th to 16th East India April, 2016.

Any extension activity performed by the Department

Sl. Name of the Faculty/Staff Name of the activity Venue and date of activity Beneficiary No. involved in the activity details (if any)

1. Dr. M K Sinha Library Study Tour NIT Library , NIT , Silchar All Students of

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Dr. M. Sarmah 3rd Semester Sri N. C. Dey Sri R. R. Aldarthi

2. Dr. M. Sarmah Library Field Visit Kumbhigram Tea Estate , All Students of Silchar 1st and 3rd Sri R. R. Aldarthi Semesters

Faculty related details of your Department

Sl. Name of the Designation Total teaching Highest Mastered Permanent No. Faculty experience from (name of domicile of Qualification univ./inst.) (As on 31.3.2017) in (state) years and months

1. Dr. M K Sinha Associate 7 Years 4 months 12 Day Ph.D. ( Double) T.M. Bihar Professor (Zoology, Bhagalpur Library & University, Information Bhagalpur Science)

2. Dr. M Sarmah Assistant 7 Years 4 months 11 Ph.D. (Library Gauhati Assam Professor Days & Information University Science)

3. Sri. Nabin Assistant 5 Years 3 months MLISc, Gauhati Assam Chandra Dey Professor University MBA IGNOU , New Delhi

4. Sri R R Aldarthi Assistant 2 years 1 month MLISc Karnatak Karnataka Professor University, Dharvard

Details of any Cultural Activity performed in the Department

Sl. Name of the Dates Total number of Number of participants form No. cultural activity participants

Other departments of Outside the the university University

1. Farewell of 22nd May All students of 1st -- -- Seniors 2016 and 3rd Semesters

2 Fresher’s Day 19th August All students of 1st -- -- 2016 and 3rd Semesters

3. Librarians’ Day 12th August All students of 1st -- --

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2016 and 3rd Semesters

4. Teachers Day 5th September All students of 1st -- -- 2016 and 3rd Semesters

5. Picnic 23rd January All students of 1st -- -- 2017 and 3rd Semesters

Any achievement of your Department

Although the Department is newly established in 2009, the performance of students in NET examination is good. Students studying in 3rd semester qualified at the NET Examination conducted by UGC. During 2016-17 sessions also two of our students have qualified at the NET while studying in 3rd semester:

1. Dhan Maya Chetry 2. Ghouthenlal Khongsai

Students Excellence: NET: 05

TRIGUNA SEN SCHOOL OF TECHNOLOGY

Department of Agricultural Engineering

Year of Establishment : 2006 Head of the Department : Dr. Prasanna Kumar G.V.

Research and Developmental Activities

The Department of Agricultural Engineering offers the courses that deal with the application of engineering principles and scientific technologies for sustainable food production, and all along the food production to consumption chain. The course structure and syllabus for the UG and PG programmes have been designed to create skilled and technically sound human resources to cater the engineering needs of farm mechanization, irrigation and drainage, soil and water conservation, post harvest processing of crops, value addition, renewable energy, and appropriate design and utilization of aquaculture resources. The laboratory infrastructure has been developed to impart the essential practical knowledge including the application of computers and IT for the design, simulation, modeling, remote sensing etc. Two industrial trainings form a part of the UG programme that aims to provide the industrial exposure and enhancement of technical know-how and skills. The Department is actively involved in multi-disciplinary research with thrust areas as given below:

The thrust areas of research of the Department are:

Soil and Water Conservation Engineering Water Resources Development and Management Ground Water Hydrology Rainwater Harvesting Watershed Management Sensing and GIS Farm Implements and Machinery Renewable Sources Energy and Utilization Waste recycling and Bi-product Utilization Mechanization of Horticultural Crops Bioprocess Engineering Food Engineering and Food Industry Management Tea Processing Technology Climate Change and Climate Resilient Agriculture Aqua cultural Engineering

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The Post Graduate students (M. Tech. Final year and Research Scholars) are involved in active research with other institute of repute and through oneyear major project work as a part of their curriculum. World Bank is supporting the department along with other departments of the school through the project Technical Education Quality Improvement Programme (Teqip) Phase-II under the guidance of MHRD, Govt. of India.

The Department had the following Teaching Staff during the year

Professors: Prasanna Kumar G.V. Associate Professor: L.N.Sethi, Sudipto Sarkar Assistant Professors: Ajit Tiwari, M.Padhiary,Nitin Kumar, Avinash Kumar, C.B.Khobingali, Saikat Roy, Anomika Yadav (LeaveVacancy (EOL), Jolvis Pou

Courses offered: (i) B. Tech. in Agricultural Engineering (ii) M. Tech. in Water Resources Development and Management (iii) M. Tech. in Food Process Engineering (iv) Ph. D. in Agricultural Engineering

Seminar/Conference/Symposium Organized

Sl. No. Details of Programme organised Date Name of the Level (Title of the event, funding agency etc.) (from – to) Coordinator (National/ International /Regional etc.) 1 Two days Workshop on Recent Advances In Soil 26th and 27th L. N. Sethi National And Water Conservation Engineering, Aug, 2016 2 Three days Workshop onProcess Standardization 9th to 11th Sept, Avinas Kumar National and Value Addition of Underutilized Fruits and 2016 Vegetables 3 Three days Workshop onWater Harvesting and 13th to 15th L. N. Sethi National Water Saving Techniques for Plain and Hill Sept, 2016 Farming 4 Two days workshop on IPR & patent Processing 26-27 Sep, L. N. Sethi National (IPRPP) Funded by TEQIP-II 2016 5 Two days Workshop onTechnological Intervention 27th to 28th Avinash Kumar National in Agri-Aquaculture Research, Sept, 2016 6 Three days Workshop onHands on Training and 29th Sept to 1st L. N. Sethi National Operation of Agricultural Engineering Equipment Oct, 2016 7 Three days Workshop onAdvance Research and 3rd to 5th Oct, L. N. Sethi National Technology Innovations in Agricultural 2016 Engineering 8 Two Days Workshop on Emerging Avenues in 10th – 11th Sudipto Sarkar National Engineering (EAE) Feb, 2017 9 One Week Training Programme on General 13th – 18th Sudipto Sarkar National Entrepreneurship Development (GED) Feb, 2017

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Faculty/Staff developmental Programs Sl. No. Name of the Faculty/Staff Name of the Name of the organizers, Level (national/ professional venue and dates international/ development program regional etc.) attended I. Ajita Tiwari Refresher course on Pune University, Pune National Research methodology II. Avinash Kumar Winter School UGC, Human Resource National Development Centre, Ranchi University, Ranchi

Faculty related details of your Department

Sl. Name of the Designation Total teaching Highest Mastered Permanent No. Faculty experience Qualification from (name domicile of (As on 31.3.2017) in of (state) years and months univ./inst.) Indian Prasanna Institute of I. Professor 16 years 9 months Ph.D Karnataka Kumar G.V. Technology Kharagpur Indian Associate Institute of II. L. N. Sethi 10 years 2 months Ph.D Odissa Professor Technology Kharagpur Indian Sudipto Associate Institute of Madhya III. 10 years 3 months Ph.D Sarkar Professor Technology Pradesh Kharagpur GB Pant University of Assistant Madhya IV. Ajita Tiwari 10 years 8 months Ph.D Agriculture Professor Pradesh & Technology Indian Avinash Assistant Institute of V. 4 years 2.5 months Ph.D Bihar Kumar Professor Technology Kharagpur C.B. Assistant Dr.B.S.K.K. VI. 3years 2 months Ph.D Maharashtra Khobragade Professor V, Dapoli VII. Saikat Roy Assistant 2 years 1 months M.Tech Jadavpur West Bengal Professor

Students Excellence: CAT: 13, GATE: 14, State Govt. Exam: 04 & Others: 19

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Department of Computer Science and Engineering

Year of Establishment: 2006 Head of the Department: Tapodhir Acharjee

Research and Developmental Activities

 The department has started the PhD Programmed in the year 2011 and continuing this year also.  The faculties and students of Department of Computer Science and Engineeringare presently working in the following research areas:  VLSI Design,  Fixed and Wireless Networks,  Image Processing,  Pattern Recognition,  Semantic Web,  Information Retrieval  NLP  Quantum Computing  Network-on Chip  Fuzzy Logic  Network Security

 Five research projects (sponsored by Department of Electronics and Information Technology, Ministry of Communication & Information Technology, Govt. of India and Department of Science & Technology, Ministry of Science & Technology, Govt. of India) have been taken care by the faculties of the department.  Along with the Ph. D scholars, the M. Tech final year students are also involved in active research through one year major project work as a part of their curriculum.

 World Bank has been supporting the Department along with other departments of the school through MHRD, GOI in terms of TEQIP-II.

The Department had the following Teaching Staff during the year:

Professors : Sudipta Roy Assistant Professor : Mousum Handique, Tapodhir Acharjee, Sourish Dhar, Ajoy Kumar Khan, Abhijit Biswas, Bhagaban Swain, Arnab Paul.

Courses offered: B. Tech (IT), M. Tech (IT), Ph. D.

Seminar/Conference/Symposium Organized SL. Details of Programme organised Date Name of the Level No. (from – to) Coordinator (national/ international /regional etc.) 1 One day workshop on "Art and Challenges of 5th August Tapodhir National Writing Paper for IEEE Transactions or High 2016 Acharjee Impact Factor Journals" by Prof. Debatosh Guha, Funded by TEQIP-II 2 Workshop on "Speech processing Application on 9th-10th August, Bhagaban Swain National North East language" Funded by TEQIP-II 2016 3 Motivational Talk by Mr. Zubin Rashid on 15th September Arnab Paul National

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"Simple Steps To Massive Success" Funded by 2016 TEQIP-II 4 One week workshop on "Role of Statistics in 20th - 24th Sourish Dhar National Engineering Research", Funded by TEQIP-II September 2016 5 Network and Cyber Security Championship 29th - 30th Tapodhir International September, Acharjee, Arnab 2016 Paul & 6 One week workshop on "General 6th to 11th Sourish Dhar National Entrepreneurship Development", Funded by March, 2017 TEQIP-II 7 Sampark-2017, The First Alumni Meet 15th March, Dr. Ajoy Kumar Departmental Funded by University 2017 Khan Sponsored Research Project Name of Funding Title of the project Sanction Duration Fund allocated to the the agency order no. of the project Principal and date project investigator Amount Total sanctioned Amount Dr. Ajoy MEITY Design and Approved 2 Years 33.5 Lakhs 33. 5 Kumar Implementation of Power by Lakhs Khan Analysis Resisting Working Techniques for Group at Asymmetric MEITY Cryptosystems using FPGAs Consultancy/Extension Service Sl. Title and nature of Faculty(s) involved Name of the Amount received No. Consultancy/Extension Client/ client service provided organization 1. IEEE Student Branch, Assam 1. Sudipta Roy IEEE Nil University, Silchar 2. Arnab Paul 3. Tapodhir Acharjee Faculty related details of your Department Sl. Name of Designation Total teaching Highest Mastered Permanent No. the Faculty experience Qualification from (name domicile of (As on 31.3.2017) in of univ./inst.) (state) years and months 1. Sudipta Professor 15 Years Ph. D. Jadavpur West Bengal Roy University 2. Mousum Assistant 11 Years 8 Months M. Tech. Tezpur Assam Handique Professor University 3. Tapodhir Assistant 9 Years 3 Months M. Tech. Tezpur Tripura Acharjee Professor University 4. Sourish Assistant 7 Years 6 Months M. Tech. Allahbad Assam Dhar Professor Agricultural Institute, Deemed University 5. Ajoy Assistant 10 Years Ph. D. Calcutta West Bengal Kumar Professor University Khan

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6. Abhijit Assistant 7 Years 6 Months M. Tech. NERIST Assam Biswas Professor 7. Bhagaban Assistant 7 Years M. Tech. IIT Kharagpur Orissa Swain Professor 8. Arnab Paul Assistant 6 Years M. Tech. Tezpur Assam Professor University

Students Excellence: GATE: 05, CAT: 03

Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering

Year of Establishment : 2011 Head of the Department : Dr. Debaprasad Das

Research and Developmental Activities

The department of Electronics and Communication Engineering (formerly Electronics and Telecommunication) has started the Integrated Pre-PhD (IPP) program from the academic session 2015 -16. The main research areas of the department are Emerging VLSI Technologies, VLSI design, Image and Signal Processing, and Communication Engineering. One UGC sponsored major research project (MRP) is going on under the supervision of Prof. Debaprasad Das. The department has procured – VLSI CAD Tools:  Industry Standard Cadence Frontend & Backend Design: Analog and Digital Flow,  Tanner EDA(VLSI Design), Complete VLSI Chip Design Method at 180nm, 90nm, 45nm technology nodes. Research using ITRS technology nodes: 45nm, 32nm, 22nm, 14nm and below. Research on Device and Interconnect using latest nanotechnologies: SOI, FINFET, CNT FPGA Design: Xilinx ISE, FPGA & Embedded System Kits.

The Department had the following Teaching Staff during the year:

Professor : Dr. Debaprasad Das Assistant Professor : Mariam Jabali Laskar

Courses offered: B. Tech in Electronics and Communication Engineering & Ph. D. Seminar/Conference/Symposium Organized SL. Details of Programme organised Date Name of the Level No. (title of the event, funding agency etc.) (from – to) Coordinator (national/ international /regional etc.) 1 5-days Workshop on “VLSI Design using 22-26 Mariam Jabali Regional Cadence” funded by TEQIP-II September Laskar 2016 2 2-Days Workshop on “Emerging VLSI 27-28 Prof. Regional Technologies” funded by TEQIP-II September Debaprasad Das 2016 3 6-days Invited Lecture Series on “Microwave and 22-28 March Prof. Regional

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Its Applications” funded by Annual Course Fee of 2017 Debaprasad Das the Dept.

Sponsored Research Project

Name of the Funding Title of the Sanction Duration of Fund allocated to the Principal agency project order no. the project project investigator and date Amount Total sanctioned Amount Prof. UGC Development of 3 year 11,79,000.00 12,61,500.00 Debaprasad Carbon nanotube Das and Graphene Nanoribbon Interconnect Model for VLSI Circuits Faculty related details of your Department Sl. Name of Designation Total teaching Highest Mastered Permanent No. the experience Qualification from (name domicile of Faculty (As on 31.3.2017) in of univ./inst.) (state) years and months 1. Dr. Professor 11 years 5 months Ph. D Jadavpur West Bengal Debaprasad University, Das West Bengal 2. Mrs. Asstt. 4 years & 2 months M. Tech Tezpur Assam Mariam Professor University, Jabali Assam. Laskar

Students Excellence: GATE -03

SUSHRUTA SCHOOL OF MEDICAL AND PARAMEDICAL SCIENCES

Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Year of Establishment : 2010 Head of the Department : Dr. Supratim Ray

Research and Developmental Activities

The Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences has been established in the year 2010 and started functioning from 2011 by admission of first batch of students. The Department is presently lodged in a temporary building. Due to unavailability of proper facility, research activities within the Department premises are minimal. Nevertheless, teachers are pursuing research collaborating with various other Universities. In the period between 01-04-2015 to 31- 03-2016, the Department engrossed itself towards works related to getting the final affiliation of the Pharmacy Council of India (PCI). In the executive committee (EC) meeting of the council held on 28th and 29th February, 2016 at Bhubaneswar, Odisha, the Department has been considered for the approval of its Degree course from 2011-2012 to 2016-2017 u/s 12. The final approval for the same will be ratified by the central council of the PCI. At present, the department is running only undergraduate course and the first batch of students has already passed out. In future PG courses will be introduced which will help to carry out research work. Considering current scenario the department

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Courses offered: Bachelor of Pharmacy (B. Pharm.) Seminar/Conference/Symposium Organized SL. Details of Programme organised Date Name of the Level No. (title of the event, funding agency etc.) (from – to) Coordinator (national/ international /regional etc.) 01 Organized National seminar at Assam University 9-10TH Dr. Partha Palit National on Emerging herbal technology Research on 9-10th September, September,2016 as Organizing secretary cum 2016 convenor and Rs. 50,000/- , Rs. 75,000/- and Rs 40,000/- grant sanctioned from DBT, DST and Assam University.

Sponsored Research Project Name of the Funding Title of the Sanction Duration Fund allocated to the Principal agency project order no. and of the project investigator date project Amount Total sanctioned Amount Dr. Partha Palit UGC- In vitro F-30- 2 Yrs Rs. 6 lakhs Rs. 10 BSR, pharmacological 136/2015(BSR lakhs India evaluation against dementia and cerebral stroke of isolated secondary metabolites from Gelsemium sempervirens, withaferin-A & withanolide and development of nanophytosome formulation with optimised lead phyto-molecules.

Faculty/Staff developmental Programs Sl. Name of the Name of the professional Name of the organizers, Level (national/ No. Faculty/Staff development program venue and dates international/ attended regional etc.) 1. Lalduhsanga Pachuau 20th Orientation Course UGC HRD Centre, Mizoram National (19th October – 15th University, Mizoram November, 2016) 2. Partha Palit Orientaion Programme for Ugc-Hrdc, Jadavpur National 28 Days University 3 Nirupam Das 8th Orientation Course UGC-Human Resource National 3rd October-28th October, Development Centre 2016 Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi

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Any extension activity performed by the Department Sl. Name of the Faculty/Staff Name of the activity Venue and date of activity Beneficiary No. involved in the activity details (if any) 1. Sanjib Das, Supratim Ray, Free Health Check- AUS Localities of Abhishek Bhattacharjee, up and Medicine 27/3/17 Dargakona, Nirupam Das, Lalduhsanga Distribution Camp Irongmara and Pachuau,Partha Palit Silcoori Faculty related details of your Department Sl. Name of the Designation Total Highest Mastered from Permanent No. Faculty teaching Qualification (name of domicile of experience univ./inst.) (state) (As on 31.3.2017) in years and months 1 Sanjib Das Professor 32 Years M Pharm., PhD IT (BHU) Assam 2 Supratim Ray Associate 16 years M Pharm., PhD Jadavpur West Professor University Bengal 3 Abhishek Assistant 6.5 years M. Pharm Utkal University Assam Bhattacharjee Professor 4 Nirupam Das Assistant 6. 8 Years M.Pharm, PhD IIT (BHU) Assam Professor 5 Lalduhsanga Assistant 10 years and M. Pharm PhD Dibrugarh Mizoram Pachuau Professor 5 months University 6 Dr. Partha Palit Assistant 8 Yrs 5 PH.D., Post-Doc Jadavpur West Professor Months (Australia University Bengal

Details of any Cultural Activity performed in the department during 1.4.2016 to 31.3. 2017 Sl. Name of the Dates Total number of Number of participants form No. cultural activity participants

Other departments of Outside the the university University 1. Generix 2017 27th -28th 200 20 Nil March

Any event organized by the students of your department Sl. Name of the event Date Level No (univ./dist./state etc.) 1. Generix 2017 Pharm Fest 27th -28th March University

Students Excellence: GPAT-05

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Department of Assamese

Year of Establishment: 2010 Head of the Department: Dr. Kusumbar Boruah

Research and Developmental Activities

The Department of Assamese was established in 2010 in Assam University at Diphu Campus offering post graduate programme in Assamese from the session 2010. IPP, M.Phil. and Ph.D. programme in the department has been introduced in January, 2013. The thrust area of research in the department includes: Assamese Literature & Language, Comparative Literature, Culture and Folklore. During this period, the department has produced four M.Phil. Scholars. One Scholar has completed his Ph.D. work and result awaited. At present, three scholars have submitted their dissertations for M.Phil degree and one Scholar is ready to submit his Ph.D. thesis. Meanwhile, faculty members of the department attended, Chaired session and presented papers in National/international level seminars.

During this period (i.e.01-04-2016 to 31-03-2017), the following developmental activities has been carried out: 1) Preparation of UG syllabus in Assamese under CBCS and Pre- Ph.D. Syllabus 2) Organize 14th & 15th BPGS and 4th BUGS meeting in Diphu Campus, Assam University 3) Organize Legal Awareness Programme on 15-16 November, 2016

The Department had the following teaching staff during the year

Reader : Dr. Kusumbar Boruah Assistant Professor: Ambeswar Gogoi Assistant Professor: Hira Manna Das Courses offered : M.A., M.PHIL, Ph.D. Seminar/Conference/Symposium organized SL. Details of Programme organised Date Name of the Level No. (title of the event, funding agency etc.) (from – to) Coordinator (national/ international /regional etc.) 1 Legal Awareness Programme 15-16 November, 2016 Dr. Kusumbar National Boruah

New courses developed

Sl. Name of the course Name of the faculty Level of teaching No. involved (UG/PG/Pre-Ph.D) 1 UG syllabus in Assamese under CBCS Dr. Kusumbar Boruah UG 2 Pre-Ph.D.Syllabus Dr. Kusumbar Boruah Research

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Faculty related details of your department Sl. Name of the Designation Total teaching Highest Mastered Permanent No. Faculty experience Qualification from (name domicile of (As on 31.3.2017) in of (state) years and months univ./inst.) 1. Dr. Associate UG – 15 Yrs. 2 months Ph.D. Gauhati Assam Kusumbar Professor & PG – 7 Years University Boruah Head 2. Dr. Hira Assistant 6 Years 1 Month Ph.D. Gauhati Assam Manna Das Professor University

Students Excellence: SLET - 04

Department of Hindi

Year of Establishment : 2013 Head of the Department : Ajay Prasad Verma

Research and Developmental Activities

The Hindi Department of Diphu Campus was established in 2013. Since then the department is offering P.G. and Research Programme (started in 2016) and doing other Academics Related works. ‘Hindi Diwas’ celebration held in September 2016 was also a part of the Department Developement related initiative.

The Department had the following teaching staff during the year

Assistant Professor: Mahendra Prasad Kushwala Assistant Professor: Awadhesh Kumar Tripatrhi

Courses offered: P.G Faculty related details of your department Sl. Name of the Faculty Designation Total teaching Highest Mastered from Permanent No. experience Qualificati (name of domicile of (As on on univ./inst.) (state) 31.3.2017) in years and months 1. A. P. Verma Asso. Prof. 02 Yrs. 06 Ph.D T.M. Bhagalpur Bihar Months University 2. Aniruddha Asstt. Prof. 02 Yrs. 01 M. PHIL J.N.U. Uttar Kumar Months Pradesh

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SUNITI KUMAR CHATTOPADHYAY SCHOOL OF ENGLISH AND FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDIES

Department of English

Year of Establishment : July, 2007 Head of the Department : Dr. Bishnu Charan Dash

Research and Developmental Activities

The Department at present offers M.Phil and Ph.D programmes with course work facilities and there are five Ph.D degree holders and four Ph.D Supervisors. Meanwhile, faculty members of the Department have attended several International and National Seminars & Conferences with Papers and as Resource persons, Chair persons and Plenary speakers as well in India and abroad. They have also published research papers in journals of National and International repute and some of their books have been published and also accepted for publication by National and International Publishers.

The Department takes every possible care for students’ holistic development and one of its best practices is cordial teacher-student relationship. The Department arranges special lectures by inviting professors from various institutions and also organizes seminars and conferences at regular intervals. Here it is pertinent to mention that the Department has successfully organized a National Level Workshop on 'Teaching of English in the Classroom: A Northeast Perspective’ on 30th January, 2016 and a National Conference on 'Negotiating Language Literature and Culture: A Northeast Perspective’ during 10-11 March, 2016. Significantly, some of the students of the Department have been placed in government jobs, whereas some others have passed NET/SLET; many others have attended National Seminars/Conferences in India.

The Department had the following teaching staff during the year

Professor: Sivashish Biswas- Associate Professor: Bishnu Chanran Dash Assistant Professor: Indu Swami, Amlanjyoti Sengupta, Anup Kumar Dey

Courses offered: PG, M.Phil, Ph.D.

Seminar/Conference/Symposium organized SL. Details of Programme organised Date Name of the Level No. (title of the event, funding agency etc.) (from – to) Coordinator (national/ international /regional etc.) 1 “Dr. Bhaskar Jyoti Goswami Memorial Lecture” 13.February.2017 Prof. Sivasish International by Prof. Alan Johnson, Idaho State University, Biswas Pocatello, Idaho, USA

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Sponsored Research Project

Name of Funding Title of the Sanction order Duration of Fund allocated to the the agency project no. and date the project project Principal investigator Amount Total sanctioned Amount Dr. Anup National Folk Culture, Approval 12 months 4,93,425/ 4,93,425/ Kumar Dey Security Language and Letter No. A- Council, Literature: A 33024/04/2016- Govt. of Study of Zeme Ad Dated 4th India, New Naga April, 2016 Delhi Histiography

Faculty related details of your department

Sl. Name of the Designation Total teaching Highest Mastered Permanent No. Faculty experience Qualification from (name domicile of (As on 31.3.2017) in of univ./inst.) (state) years and months 1. Professor Professor 29 years Ph.D Viswabharati, West Bengal Sivasish Santiniketan Biswas 2. Dr. Bishnu Associate 31 years Ph.D Sambalpur Odisha Charan Dash Professor University 3. Dr. Anup Assistant PG: 6 years Ph. D Assam Assam Kumar Dey Professor UG: 7 years University 4. Dr. Indu Assistant 7 years Ph. D University of Rajasthan Swami Professor Bikaner 5. Mr. Amlanjyoti Assistant PG: 6 years M.A University of Assam Sengupta Professor Pune 6. Dr. Shreyashi Assistant PG: 3 years Ph. D Benaras West Bengal mukherjee Professor Hindu University

Faculty/Staff developmental programs Sl. Name of the Name of the professional Name of the organizers, Level (national/ No. Faculty/Staff development program venue and dates international/ attended regional etc.) 1. Dr. Anup Kumar Dey Short Term Course for UGC-HRDC, RTM Nagpur National Curriculum and University, Nagpur. 09-01- Examination 2017 to 14-01-2017 2. Mr. Amlanjyoti UGC Orientation UGC-HRDC, National Sengupta Programme University of Burdwan from 1st July, 2016 to 28th July, 2016

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JADUNATH SARKAR SCHOOL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES

Department of Political Science

Year of Establishment : 2007 Head of the Department: Prof. Panchanan Chattopadhyay

Research and Developmental Activities

Department of Political Science provides M.Phil. And Ph.D. programme and 16 students got admission for the academic year 01.04.2015-31.03.2016. Department regularly conducts the half yearly progress seminar for M.Phil and Ph.D students. Departmental Research Committee (DRC) meetings are held in order to guide the research students. Apart from doctoral and M.Phil programme, currently department is running an Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR), New Delhi sponsored major research project titled, ‘Governance of Power Sector: A Study of Policy and Performance of Assam Power Sector’ with a grant of Rs.25 lakhs. The project is headed by principal investigator Dr Bikash Chandra Dash with eight research staff including one Research Officer, two Research Assistants and five field investigators.

The Department had the following teaching staff during the year

Professor –Panchanan Chattopadhyay Associate Professor – Khokan Ch. Das Assistant Professor – Sailen Dutta Das, Bikash Chandra Dash, Rajesh Seth, Niranjan Mohapatra

Courses offered: PG, M.Phil, Ph.D. Faculty related details of your department Sl. Name of the Designation Total teaching Highest Mastered Permanent No. Faculty experience Qualification from (name of domicile of (As on 31.3.2017) in univ./inst.) (state) years and months 1. Dr K C Das Associate PhD Assam Professor 2. Dr B C Dash Assistant 9 years 5 months PhD Utkal Odisha Professor University 3 Dr.NIRANJAN ASSISTANT 6 YEARS Ph.D. UNIVERSITY ODISHA MOHAPATRA PROFESSOR 17 DAYS OF HYDERABAD

Department of History

Year of Establishment: 2007 Head of the Department: Dr. Paul B. Chonzik

Research and Developmental Activities

The department is regularly involved in conducting Seminar and Conferences. The department also helps the students to acquire research temper through the writing of dissertation mentored by faculty conversant in the topic. Also one faculty is undertaking UGC-sponsored Major Research Project. The department constantly aimed at imbibing research temper into the young minds of the students.

The department is not getting any special funding from UGC or DST or DBT or any other agency

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The Department had the following teaching staff during the year

Associate Professor – Paul B. Chonzik Assistant Professor – Binayak Dutta, Tahir Hussain Ansari, Mahua Bhattacharjee, Vulli Dhanaraju

Courses offered: M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D.

Seminar/Conference/Symposium organized

SL. Details of Programme organised Date Name of the Level No. (title of the event, funding agency etc.) (from – to) Coordinator (national/ international /regional etc.) 1 National Seminar on Road communication and its 29th and 30th Tarun Dutta National development in North Eastern Region of India- September Bridging Culture and People, sponsored by ICSSR, 2016. New Delhi 2 National Seminar on Education of Marginalised 9th-10th Tarun Dutta National People- Issues, Policy and its Implementation November supported by UNICEF and ICSSR-NERC 2016 3 ICHR Sponsored National Seminar 6-7, Vulli Dhanaraju National Unexplored History of the Karbis: Past and Present September, Perspectives 2016

Faculty related details of your department: Sl. Name of the Designation Total teaching Highest Mastered Permanent No. Faculty experience Qualificati from (name domicile of (As on 31.3.2017) on of univ./inst.) (state) in years and months 1. Paul B. Chonzik Associate 22 years 6 months Ph.D NEHU, Manipur Professor Shillong 2. Tahir Hussain Assistant 7 years 1 month Ph.D. Aligarh Uttarakhand Ansari Professor Muslim University 3 Mahua Assistant 5 years 9 months Ph.D. NEHU, Meghalaya Bhattacharjee Professor Shillong 4 Vulli Dhanaraju Assistant 5 years 6 months Ph.D. Hyderabad Telangana Professor Central University 5 Tarun Dutta Assistant 3 years 9 months Ph.D. Dib. Univ. Assam Professor

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Department of Anthropology

Year of Establishment : 2010 Head of the Department : Dr. Kh. Narendra Singh

Research and Developmental Activities

The department envisages ethnographic research covering all ethnic groups of the north east India, In this regard, research studies have been initiated focussing the ethnic communities of the local and neighbouring areas. The Department has undertaken several research projects and also submitted proposals to funding agencies viz. UGC, ICSSR, ICMR. The department imparted special training to the students of Anthropology to carry out ethnographic studies among the ethnic communities of the region and experience obtained from the field work would help in research surveys and community development programmes. Currently Research Scholars of the Department are engaged in research on variety of topics viz., maternal and child health, growth and nutrition, religion and ecology, child growth and nutrition, Traditional health care practices, ethno-ecology, Women status, Anthropology of Human Rights, marriage system among the different ethnic communities of northeast India, including native Karbi community.

The department had the following teaching staff during the year 2015-16

Associate Professor : Dr. Kh. Narendra Singh Assistant Professor : Dr. Somenath Bhattacharjee, 2. Dr.Nitish Mondal Guest Faculty : Ms. Junali Kropi, 2. Ms Lilu Rani Hasnu

Courses offered : Post Graduate (M.A./M.Sc.) and M.Phil./Ph.D

Sponsored Research Project

Name of the Funding Title Of The Project Sanction Duration Fund allocated to the Principal agency order no. and of the project investigator date project Amount Total sanctioned Amount Dr. Somenath ICMR Indigenous File 30 Rs. 6 Lakh Bhattacharjee Knowledge of Health No:5/7/1155/2 Months Care Practices During 014-RCH Pregnancy, Childbirth Dated: and Postnatal Period- 28/10/2014 A Study on The Karbi Tribal Group of North East India.

New courses developed

Sl. Name of the course Name of the faculty involved Level of teaching No. (UG/PG/Pre-Ph.D) 1 TDC Syllabus (CBCS) Dr. Kh.Narendra Singh UG 2 TDC Syllabus (CBCS) Dr. Somenath Bhattacharjee UG 3 TDC Syllabus (CBCS) Dr. Nitish Mondal UG

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Faculty related details of your department Sl. Name of the Desig- Total teaching Highest Mastered from Permanent No. Faculty nation experience Qualification (name of domicile of (As on 31.3.2017) univ./inst.) (state) in years and months 1. Dr. Kh. Narendra Associate 6 yrs 8 months Ph.D University of Assam Singh Professor Poona, Pune

2. Dr. Somenath Assistant 6 yrs 8 months Ph.D North Bengal West Bengal Bhattacharjee Professor University

3 Dr. Nitish Mondal Assistant 5 yrs 9 months Ph.D North Bengal West Bengal Professor University

Any event organized by the students of your department

Sl. No Name of the event Date Level (univ./dist./state etc.)

1. Participated at the Traditional Dance February District level Programme at the Karbi Youth Festival – 15-19, 2017 2017 held at Taralangso, Diphu

Any achievement of your department The Department of Anthropology successfully organised one of the biggest conference in Anthropology: The Indian Anthropology Congress: 2016 at Diphu Campus. The three days Indian Anthropology Congress: 2016 was organised in collaboration with the Indian National Confederation and Academy of Anthropologists (INCAA) and Indira Gandhi Manav Sangrahalya, Bhopal during 21-23 February, 2016. The Focal Theme chosen for deliberations during the Congress was “Emerging Frontiers of Anthropology”. The Anthropology Congress was participated by more than two hundred delegates from all over the country and two foreign delegates’ one each from Russia and Japan.

Students Excellence: NET: 02, Other: 04 (RGN Fellowship)

MAHATMA GANDHI SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS AND COMMERCE

Department of Commerce

Year of Establishment: 2007 Head of the Department: Dr. Ratan Borman

Research and Developmental activities

The faculty members of the Department have been engaged in various activities for the development of the University. There are 25 cells in the department which have been started with a focus for the overall development of the students of the department. Some of them viz., NET Coaching Cell, Mock Interview Cell, Entrepreneurship Information Cell, Departmental Quality Assurance Cell, Students’ Co-curricular Activities Cell, Commerce

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Education Popularizations Cell among others. The department has also started PhD programme from the session 2009-2010.

The Department had the following teaching staff during the year

Professors: Prof. Amalesh Bhowal, Prof. Ratan Borman Assistant Professors: Dr. Ayekpam. Ibemcha Chanu, Dr. Subit Dutta, Miss Sweety Das, Mr. Joyjit Sanyal

Courses offered: M.Com, M. Phil and Ph. D by course work, Diploma in Entrepreneurship & Innovation

Faculty/Staff developmental programs Sl. Name of the Name of the professional Name of the organizers, Level (national/ No. Faculty/Staff development program venue and dates international/ attended regional etc.) 1. Dr. Ayekpam Ibemcha UGC Sponsored Refresher HRDC,Himachal Pradesh National Chanu Course on Business University, Shimla, from 5- Studies, 12-2016 to 24-12-2016.

2. Joyjit Sanyal UGC Sponsored HRDC, Kumaun University, National Orientation Programme Nainital, Uttarakhand from 20th February to 21st March, 2017

Faculty related details of your department Sl. Name of Designation Total teaching Highest Mastered Permanent No. the experience Qualification from (name of domicile of Faculty (As on 31.3.2017) in univ./inst.) (state) years and months 1. Prof. Professor 28 Year and 3 Months Ph.D Dibrugarh Assam Amolesh University Bhowal 2. Prof. Professor 29 Years Ph.D Gauhati Assam Ratan University Borman 3. Dr. Assistant 9 Years Ph.D Manipur Assam Ayekpam Professor University Ibemcha Chanu 4. Dr. Subit Assistant 5 Years 2 Months Ph.D Assam Assam Dutta Professor University 5. Mrs. Assistant 4 Years M.com Assam Assam Sweety Professor University Das 6. Mr. Joyjit Assistant 2 Years 8 Months M.Com Gauhati Assam Sanyal Professor University

Students Excellence: NET: 01, SSC: 01

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ALBERT EINSTEIN SCHOOL OF PHYSICAL SCIENCES

Department of Physics

Year of Establishment : 2007 Head of the Department : Prof. Ranjit Singh

Research and Developmental Activities

DST FIST project of value Rs 1, 10, 00000.00 (Rupees one crore ten lakhs ). Partly Research and Development and partly for PG students.

The Department had the following teaching staff during the year

Professor : Ranjit Singh Associate Professors : Subrata Hazarika, Anirban Roy, Shailesh Shukla, Abhijeet Das, Dulen Bora

Courses offered

M.Sc (with specialization in Condensed Matter Physics, Adv. Quantum Field Theory and Non-Linear Optics and Laser Spectroscopy), M. Phil and Ph.D Any extension activity performed by the department Sl. Name of the Faculty/Staff Name of the activity Venue and date of activity Beneficiary No. involved in the activity details (if any) 1. All the faculty of the Swach Bharat Department of Department Physics,AUDC/8th Feb-2017 2. Dr.Anirban roy Visit to VECC Jan 4th &5TH 2017,Kolkota

Students Excellence: NET-01, SLET: 01

HARGOBIND KHURANA SCHOOL OF LIFE SCIENCES

Department of Life Science and Bioinformatics

Year of Establishment : July 2007 Head of the Department : Dr. A.K. Tamuli

Research and Developmental Activities

The Life Science Department of Diphu Campus was established in the year 2007 with other five Departments. Since then along with P.G teaching, Research and Development activities are taken up in various fields. Work on Ethnobiology and Traditional Knowledge on communicates living in greater Karbi Anglong, have been undertaken and the results have been published in Journals of repute. Bioremediation of oil field drill sites in Sivsagar district had taken up successfully and a paper published in Journal of Phytoremediation an International peer-reviewed journal (IF 1.78). Work on Mycorrhizal association with Rubber Plantations of Karbi Anglong District in relation to nutrient deficiency is going on. These findings of the research were published in Photon Journal of Biodiversity which bagged “George Bentham Best paper award on Biodiversity 2015. Genomic diversity research, Hill stream fish study, Ethnopharmacology on medicinal plants used by tribal groups, studies of flora in difficult terrains of

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Karbi Anglong are some of the frontier areas of research in the Department. The department also completed DBT sponsored project on G6PD and another project on Alcoholic Liver Disease in nearing completion.

The department also runs Institution Level Biotech Hub (funded by DBT, GoI) since 2010. Under this facility workshops for students and teachers have been conducted along with outreach programmes. A few research papers have been published in National and International journals with the facility of Institutional Level Biotech Hub.

The Department had the following teaching staff during the year

Associate Professors : Ajit K. Tamuli Assistant Professors : Ramie H. Begum, Robindra Teron, N.L. Raju, P V B Reddy

Course offered: P.G, M.Phil & Ph. D.

Seminar/Conference/Symposium organized

SL. Details of Programme organised Date Name of the Level No. (title of the event, funding agency etc.) (from – to) Coordinator (national/ international /regional etc.) 1 National Science Day 28.02.2017 Dr. A. K. Tamuli Regional and Dr. Robindra Teron 2 One day Symposium “Trends in Wildlife 17.03.2017 Dr. Robindra Regional Conservation” Teron 3 One-day Workshop “ Reasoning Science” 21.03.2017 Dr. Robindra Regional Teron 4 Two day hands on training “Global position 28.03.17- Dr. Robindra Regional system in Monitoring Biodiversity “ 29.03.17 Teron 5 Hands on Training on and antimicrobial activity 08.08.16 Dr. Robindra Regional Photochemical Screening of Medicinal Plant Teron

Sponsored Research Project

Students Excellence: NET: 01

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ARYABHATTA SCHOOL OF EATH SCIENCES

Department of Geography

Year of Establishment: 2014 Head of the Department: Dr. Atur Kiri Ingti

Research and Developmental Activities

The department is yet to start M.Phil. and Ph.D. programme as the department has only two permanent faculties, both of whom are Assistant Professors. The department also lacks supporting staff such as laboratory assistant, cartographer/demonstrator, office assistant cum data entry operator, store keeper and peon. Besides, the department is currently housed in the Physics department of AUDC where it lacks space specifically the classrooms given the in-take capacity of the department which is 35 seats per semester.

The Department had the following teaching staff during the year

Assistant Professors: Dr. Atur Kiri Ingti, Dr. Sahana Bose

Courses offered: M.A./M.Sc. Faculty/Staff developmental programs Sl. Name of the Name of the professional Name of the organizers, Level (national/ No. Faculty/Staff development program venue and dates international/ attended regional etc.) 1. Dr. Atur Kiri Ingti Orientation Programme UGC-HRDC, Jawaharlal (O.P.) Nehru University, New Delhi from 13 February to 10 March 2017 Faculty related details of your department Sl. Name of the Designation Total teaching Highest Mastered Permanent No. Faculty experience Qualification from (name of domicile of (As on 31.3.2017) in univ./inst.) (state) years and months 1. Dr. Atur Kiri Assistant 2 years 8 months Ph. D. Jawaharlal Assam Ingti Professor Nehru University, New Delhi 2. Dr. Sahana Assistant 2 years Ph.D. CIPOD/SIS Uttar Pradesh Bose Professor JNU, New Delhi

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Academic Distinctions and Visits Abroad

1. DEPARTMENT OF ARABIC

Awards/ Fellowships for students

Name of the Student Name of the Award/Fellowship Conferring agency Samsuddin Maulana Azad MHRD Tanzina Begum Maulana Azad MHRD Jubair Ahmed Barbhuiya Maulana Azad MHRD

2. DEPARTMENT OF BENGALI

Award Fellowship for Faculties

Name of the Faculty Name of the Award/Fellowship Conferring agency Alauddin Mondal Mahasweta Devi Smriti Award 2017 Udar Akash, Kolkata

Visits abroad

Name of the Faculty Institution visited Purpose Period

Bela Das Uttara University Dhaka & Jahangir Seminar Aug 03-09, 2016 Nagar Univeersity, Bangladesh

3. DEPARTMENT OF BIO-TECHNOLOGY

Awards/ Fellowships for students

Name of the Students Name of the Award/Fellowship Conferring agency Sahana Basu ASRB ICAR NET ASRB, ICAR, Govt. of India

4. DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

Award Fellowship for Faculties

Name of the faculty Name of the Award/Fellowship Conferring agency Dr. Arup Barman Honorary Fellow –IARDO International Association for ( issued with no RDO-2217031620) Research and Development with Effect from 01 April 2016, Organization, New Delhi Dr. Arup Barman Honorary Life Fellow Global Global Association for Humanities Research & Development Services, and Social Science Research,

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(GAHSSR-MI17239). Singapore Mr. Deepjyoti Choudhury Best Paper Award National Conference on “Contemporary Issues in Accounting and Finance”, Department of Commerce, NEHU, Shillong in Collaboration with NEEPCO, Shillong.

5. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Awards/ Fellowships for students

Name of the Students Name of the Award/Fellowship Conferring agency Santa Kar Swami Vivekananda Singal Girl Child UGC Scholarship Shantoshree Ugc Non-Net Fellowship UGC Puranjan Chakraborty Rajiv Gandhi National Fellowship For UGC Students With Disabilities Happyson Gachuiwo ICSSR Doctorial Fellowship ICSSR Arijit Das SRF UGC Nupurmoni Das JRF UGC

Visit Abroad

Name of the Faculty Institution visited Purpose Period

Dr. Parag Shil University of Florida, Post-Doctoral Research 10.02.2016-09.02.2017 Gainesville, Usa

6. DEPARTMENT OF ECOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE

Awards/ Fellowships for students

Name of the Students Name of the Award/Fellowship Conferring agency Karabi Pathak Split PhD programme under Namaste Erasmus Mundus Programme to Unversity of Oxford

Arpita Dalal Recipient of Newton-Bhaba Fund for Newton Bhaba Fund (Dept. of Ph.D. placement Programme in Business, Inovation, Skill of the Queen’s Britsh Govt. and Ministry of Science and Technology, India) University, Belfast, UK. National Post Doctoral Fellowship (File Dr. Rinku Moni Kalita SERB (Department of Science and Number: PDF/2016/002926 Technology)

Karabi Pathak Split PhD programme under Namaste Erasmus Mundus Programme to Unversity of Oxford

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7. DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS

Visit Abroad

Name of the Faculty Institution visited Purpose Period

Prof. Niranjan Roy Georg-August Universitat, Goettingen Continuing Post- 1-30, January, 2017 Germany Doctoral work University of The District of Columbia, Presentation of paper in Prof. Alok Sen 26-29 June 2016 Washington D.C., USA. international seminar.

8. DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH

Visits abroad

Name of the Faculty Institution visited Purpose Period

R.P. Biswas 1. Kamalanagar College, Shreemangal, Partition Narratives : In 31/3/2017 Bangladesh Retrospect

2. M.C. College, Sylhet, Bangladesh Embedded Patterns in 28/3/2017 Partition Narratives

3. SUST, Sylhet, Bangladesh Addressing Problems in 30/3/2017 Learning English.

9. DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY

Visits abroad

Name of the Faculty Institution visited Purpose Period 1. Prof.Projit Kumar Palit Sanskrit Studies Centre, Attending Conference Bangkok, 28 June–2 Silpakorn University, July 2015 2. Sudeshna Purkayastha Bangkok. Attending Conference Tokyo University of Foreign From 12 December, Studies, Tokyo, Japan. 2015 and 13 December, 2015

10. DEPARTMENT OF INDIAN COMPARATIVE LITERATURE

Awards/ Fellowships for students

Name of the Students Name of the Award/Fellowship Conferring agency Lovely Paul Rajib Gandhi National Fellowship UGC

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11. DEPARTMENT OF LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE

Awards/ Fellowships for students

Name of the Student Name of the Award/Fellowship Conferring agency Sri Awadhesh Singh Gautam , Rajeev Gandhi National Fellowship University Grants Commission Research Scholars for SC / ST Candidates Vide File No. F.1-17.1/2015-16/RGNF-2015- 17-SC-UTT-20571/(SA-II/Website), 01/2016 .

12. DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCE AND BIOINFORMATICS

Awards/ Fellowships for students

Sl. Name of Name of the fellowship Duration No. applicant 1 Ms. Sampa Ghosh UGC National Fellowship UGC for Students of Other Backward Classes (NFOBC) 2016 – 17 st Start Date: 1 April 2016

Awards/ Fellowships for faculties

Name of the faculty Name of the Award/Fellowship Conferring agency Prof. Sanjib Kumar Panda Chubu Sci. & Tech ,Visiting Chubu Foundation Science & Professor Award Technology Fellowship- JAPAN Dr. Suchismita Das DBT-OVERSEAS Department of Biotechnology ASSOCIATESHIP (N-E), 2015-16 (DBT), India (LONG TERM) Dr. Shubhadeep Roychoudhury Overseas Associateship DBT, Govt. of India M.Dutta Choudhury DBT Overseas Associateship DBT. Govt of India

Visits abroad

Name of the Faculty Institution visited Purpose Period Dr. Suchismita Das University Of Florida, Post-Doctoral Research 10.02.2016-09.02.2017 Gainesville, USA Dr. Shubhadeep Roychoudhury ClevelandClinic, Cleveland, Overseas Associateship One year USA Prof. Sanjib Kumar Panda INTRU & Russian Visiting Professor 22.05.2016-01.06.2016 Academic of Sciences, RUSSIA Prof. Sanjib Kumar Panda Faculty of Science, Key note Speech & 02.06.2016-08.06.2016 Kasetsart University, Research Bangkok, Thailand & BIOTEC, Thailand Prof. Sanjib Kumar Panda Gifu University, JAPAN & Visiting Professor 17.10.2016-30.10.2016 Shizuoka University, JAPAN Prof. Sanjib Kumar Panda University of Stellenbosch Visiting Professor 28.02.2017-11.03.2017 & University of Cape Town, South Africa

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Prof M.Dutta Choudhury University of Quensland, Fellowship 28/4/16 to 4/11/17 Australia

13. DEPARTMENT OF MASS COMUNICATION

Awards/ Fellowships for students

Name of the Student Name of the Award/Fellowship Conferring agency 1. Anuradha Bhattacharjee Non NET Fellowship UGC 2. Sakila Nongmeikapam Non NET Fellowship UGC 3. Tesfaye Bezabih Gezehagn ICCR Fellowship ICCR

14. DEPARTMENT OF MICROBIOLOGY

Awards/ Fellowships for students Name of the Student Name of the Award/Fellowship Conferring agency ShielaChetri Travel Grant Award for Microcon 2016 Indian Association of Medical Microbiologists Nivedita Dasgupta Travel Grant Award for Microcon 2016 Indian Association of Medical Microbiologists BhaskarJyoti Das Travel Grant Award for Microcon 2016, Indian Association of Medical Chandigarh Microbiologists Rajkumari Jina Devi Dr.Rana Memorial Best Poster Award at Annual Association of Microbiologists of Conference of AMI 2016, Guwahati India Rajkumari Jina Devi Best Poster Award at Micron 2016, AU, Silchar Department of Microbiology, AU, Silchar

Visits abroad

Name of the Faculty Institution visited Purpose Period

Piyush Pandey Shizuoka University, Japan Visiting Scientist 11 Sept-15 Sept 2016

15. DEPARTMENT OF PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCE Awards/ Fellowships for faculties Name of the faculty Name of the Award/Fellowship Conferring agency Dr. Partha Palit Australian ENDEAVOUR Research ambassador Australian Govt. of Higher Education

16. DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY Awards/ Fellowships for students Name of the Student Name of the Award/Fellowship Conferring agency Paulami Chakraborty JRF UGC Visits abroad: Name of the Faculty Institution visited Purpose Period Prof. A. Nataraju MCU, Thailand Conference May17 to May 29, 2016

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17. DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS Awards/ Fellowships for students Name of the Student Name of the Award/Fellowship Conferring agency Naznin R Choudhury Moulana Azad National Fellowship UGC for Minority Students

Awards/ Fellowships for faculties Name of the faculty Name of the Award/Fellowship Conferring agency Dr. Atri Deshamukhya Visiting associate IUCCA

Visits abroad Name of the Faculty Institution visited Purpose Period Prof AK Sen University of Graz, Austria Attending Conference ( 20-23 June, 2016 NAME?) Prof AK Sen University of Paris Sud, Paris, France International collaboration, 24 – 29 June, 2016 funded by Univ. of Paris Sud Prof AK Sen Kobe University; Hyogo University International collaboration 18-21 Mar 2017; 21- (Nishi Harima Observatory and funded by Japan Society for 27 Mar 2017 and 27 Center for Planetary Science, Promotion of Science March-01 Apr, 2017 Kobe,Japan Dr A Deshamukhya The Institute for Fundamental For attending 3-5 Aug, 2016 studies, naresuan University, IF-YITP GR+HEP+Cosmo Phitsanulok, Thailand International Symposium VI Dr H S Das University of Maryland, MD, USA For attending conference and March 18 to April 05, research collaboration. 2017. Dr U Sarkar International Centre for Theoritical For attending Workshop and 04 – 15 July 2016 Physics presenting own work.

18. DEPARTMENT OF SANSKRIT

Awards/ Fellowships for students

Name of the Students Name of the Award/Fellowship Conferring agency Milan Barman Rajiv Gandhi National Fellowship UGC Kallol Roy Rajiv Gandhi National Fellowship UGC Hiten Barman Rajiv Gandhi National Fellowship UGC Mukul Ch. Raoy Rajiv Gandhi National Fellowship UGC

19. DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL WORK

Visits abroad

Name of the Faculty Institution visited Purpose Period Dr. M. Gangabhusan Asian Pacific Social Welfare Research To attend 17-19th June, Network and the Brisbane Institute of International 2016. Strength Based Practice Australia in Conference on

Bali, Indonesia Emerging Challenges for Social Development and Human Services

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Practice in the Asia Pacific Region, Dr. M. Gangabhusan Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya Presented a paper on 19th May, 2016. University, Wang Noi, Ayutthaya, “Buddhism and Peace Thailand Promotion” in the 2nd MCU International Academic Conference on ‘Buddhist Path to World Peace’ Dr. M. Gangabhushan Participated in United 20-21 May 2016 United Nations Office, Bangkok, Nations Vesak Day Thailand Celebrations

20. DEPARTMENT OF SOCIOLOGY Awards/ Fellowships for students Name of the Student Name of the Award/Fellowship Conferring agency Sohidul Islam Moulana Azad Fellowship UGC Pranjit Nath Junior Research Fellowship UGC

21. DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Awards/ Fellowships for students

Utpal Dhar Das Cleared GATE exam in March, 2017 with all India Rank of 1391

22. DEPARTMENT OF VISUAL ARTS

Awards/ Fellowships for students

Name of the Student Name of the Award/Fellowship Conferring agency 1 Binoy Paul Zonal award in the kalanand art Prafulla Dahanukar Art Foundation, contest 2017 Mumbai 2 Binoy Paul Merit award for northeast zone in the Prafulla Dahanukar Art Foundation, category of sculpture in kalanand art Mumbai contest 2017,17 march 2017

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DEPARTMENT OF ANTHROPOLOGY

Awards/ Fellowships for students

Name of the Students Name of the Award/Fellowship Conferring agency Longkiri Timung Rajib Gandhi National Fellowship UGC, New Delhi Sar Im Tisso Rajib Gandhi National Fellowship UGC, New Delhi Rupmili Timungpi Rajib Gandhi National Fellowship UGC, New Delhi Jushna Beypi Rajib Gandhi National Fellowship UGC, New Delhi

DEPARTMENT OF ASSAMESE Awards/ Fellowships for students Name of the Student Name of the Award/Fellowship Conferring agency Mitumoni Bhattacharjee Indira Gandhi Single Girl Child UGC Fellowship

Awards/ Fellowships for faculties Name of the faculty Name of the Award/Fellowship Conferring agency Hira Manna Das Ph.D. Gauhati University

DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH Awards/ Fellowships for students Name of the Student Name of the Award/Fellowship Conferring agency Pallov Bakalial NET JRF UGC Kasturi Buragohain Merit Scholarship (Rs. 15,000/) Individual patron Usha Kumari Shah Merit Scholarship (Rs. 15000/) Individual patron

DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCE AND BIOINFORMATICS

Awards/ Fellowships for students Name of the Student Name of the Award/Fellowship Conferring agency Moromi Engtipi National Fellowship for SC/ST U.G.C

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Research Papers in Seminars and Conferences

DEPARTMENT OF BENGALI

Bela Das i) ‘Manasa Mangal kabyer nabanirman:’ paper presented in the National Seminar on- Mangalkabya and its legacy: A modern Bengali perspective. ii) ‘Prasanga Manasar katha’ paper presented in the National Seminar organised by-The Department of Bengali, Kabi Joydeb Mahavidyalaya, Illambazar, Birbhum, 19th and 20th August 2016. iii) ‘Narishikhya prasange Rabindranath’ paper presented in the International Seminar on Rabindranather Shikhya Bhabna, shirshak Antarjatik sammelan 2016, Uttara University (Bangladesh), Rabindra charcha Kendra, Bishwabharati, Bishwavidyalaya(Bharat)o bangla bibhag, Jahangeernagar Bishwavidyalaya (Bangladesh), during 05th and 6th August, 2016.

Rami Chakraborty i) ‘Uttarpurbanchaler Nirbachito Chotogalpo : Samyer Chinhayan’ paper presented in the National Seminar Bengali Literature in the North East India with special reference to Barak Valley, Deptt. of Bengali, M.C.Das College, Sonai, Cachar, Assam, during 9th and 10th November, 2016.

Ramakanta Das i) ‘1857 – er Bidroha O Barak Upatyakar Sthannam’, paper presented in the National Seminar Unish Shatak : Parikrama O Paryalochana, Dwijendra-Doli Memorial, Silchar and Centre for Bangladesh Studies, Assam University, during 19th and 20th September 2016.

Barunjyoti Choudhury i) ‘Globalisation and North East India’, paper presented in the International Seminar on Digitalization and Rural Development in NE India : Issues, Challenges and Way Forward organised by Department of Social Work, Assam University on 13th 15th February, 2017, ii) ‘Female Domestic Workers in Literature’, paper presented in the International Seminar Female Domestic Workers in NE India organised by Department of Social Work, Assam University on 05th and 06th October, 2017.

Ashok Das i) ‘Bangla Sanskriti : Arya Onirjyo Samannyo’, paper presented in the International Seminar Bengali Literature And Culture In Context of Changing Worldview, Department of Bengali, Assam University Silchar, UGC – SAP (DRS-II). ii) ‘Tripurar Bangla ChotoGalpo : Chinnamul Manusher Kothakatha’, paper presented in the International Seminar 150 Years of Bengali Kotha Sahitya, Tripura.

Alauddin Mondal i) ‘Samaj O Sahitye Bhasa’, paper presented in the National Seminar Bangla Bhasa O Banan; Department of Bengali, S S College, Hailakandi during 19th August, 2016.

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Rahul Das ‘Barak Upatyakar Bangla Upanyas : Eksha Bachharer Jatra’ paper presented in the National Seminar Bengali Literature in the North East India with special reference to Barak Valley, Department of Bengali, M.C.Das College, Sonai, Cachar, Assam, during on 9th and 10th November, 2016.

DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH

Dipendu Das i) ‘Tracing the Trajectory of Indian English Writing: Evolving Identity’ paper presented in a Two-day ICSSR Sponsored National Seminar on (Re)reading of the Discourses in Contemporary Indian English Literature Organized by Department of English, Jhanji Hemnath Sarma College, Sivasagar, Assam In collaboration with ACTA, Jhanji Hemnath Sarma College Unit on 25th and 26th February, 2017.

Baby Pushpa Sinha i) ‘The influence of African Writers on Identity and Language’, paper presented in the International Seminar on Language and its Influence on society and Culture organised by Prof. Suman Gun, Dr Arjundeb Sensarma and others, of Department of Indian Comparative Literature, Assam University, Silchar on 18th May, 2016. ii) ‘Ethnic and Religious Clashes:A Reading of Siddhartha Deb’s novel The Point of Return’, paper presented in the National Seminar on Towards a Better Understanding of Indian Ethics And Religion: Some Contemporary Perspectives organised by Department of Philosophy, Assam University, Silchar, during 27th and 29th March, 2017.

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Anindya Syam Choudhury i) ‘A ‘Lingua Frakensteinia’ or a ‘Lingua Divina’?: English in India in the Context of the Marginalised Dalits’ paper presented in the International Conference on Language, Literature and Culture (ICLLC 2017); Pune on 3rd amd 5th February, 2017.

Saugata Kumar Nath i) ‘Partition, Migration, and Loss: Representation in Selected Short Stories’ paper presented in the International Conference on (Re)Envisaging India’s Northeast: Ethnicity, Identity, Culture and Literature organised by Department of English, Assam University, Silchar during 8th and 9th September, 2017. ii) ‘Peter Bowker’s Adaptation of William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Some Reflections’ paper presented in the National Conference on Reading, Teaching and Performing Shakespeare in Contemporary Times organised by ELT@I, Assam Chapter and Sonapur College, Sonapur, during 26th and 27th September 2016. iii) ‘Sexual Minorities in Mahesh Dattani’s On a Muggy Night in Mumbai: Issues of Subjugation and Strategies of Survival’ paper presented in the International Conference on Language, Literature and Culture ICLLC 2017, Pune on 3rd and 5th February, 2017. iv) ‘Ethnicity and Issues of Identity and Violence in Selected Short Stories from Tripura’ paper presented in ICSSR Sponsored International Conference on Language, Ethnicity and Identity: 21st Century Perspectives held at Tinsukia College during 11th and 12th February 2017.

Sib Sankar Majumder i) ‘Influence of Bengali Culture and Literature on Assamese Theatre (1861-1947): A Retrospective Appraisal’ paper presented in the International Conference on (Re)Envisaging India’s Northeast: Ethnicity, Identity, Culture and Literature organised by Department of English, Assam University, Silchar during 8th and 9th September 2017.

DEPARTMENT OF HINDI

Suresh Chandra i) “Adiwasi Sahitya Aur Adiwasi Kendrit sahitya” paper presented in the National Seminar on Adivasi Sahitya aur Purvottar Bharat, Department of Hindi, Mizoram University, Aizawl on 14th and 15th April, 2016 ii) “Manipur Ke Hindi Sahitya Mein Rashtriya Tatva” paper presented in the National Seminar on Adivasi Sahitya aur Purvottar Bharat, Department of Hindi, Mizoram University, Aizawl on 14th and 15th April, 2016

Prabhat Kumar Mishra i) ‘Adivasi : Awadharna aur Swaroop’ paper presented in the National Seminar on Adivasi Sahitya aur Purvottar Bharat, Department of Hindi, Mizoram University, Aizawl on 14th and 15th April, 2016. ii) ‘Muktibodh : Alochana se Apekshayen’ paper presented in the National Seminar organised by Muktibodh : Srijan aur Vaichariki ka Atmasangharsh, Department of Hindi, B.H.U during 25th and 27th February 2017. iii) ‘Ethics of Satyagraha’ paper presented in the National Seminar Towards a Better Understanding of Indian Ethics and Religion : Some Contemporary Perspectives, Department of Philosophy, Assam University, Silchar on 27th and 29th March, 2017. iv) ‘Sahitya, Samaj aur Mulyabodh’ paper presented in the National Seminar on Sahitya aur Mulyabodh, Department of Hindi, Assam University, Silchar on 23rd and 24th March, 2017.

Sheetanshu Kumar i) ‘Bhoomandalikaran ke daur me Hindi ke samaksh chunautiyan’ paper presented in the National Seminar on Topic- Hindittar Pranton mein Hindi: Dasha Aur Disha By- Kendriya Hindi Sansthan and Apni Bhasha in Bhartiya Bhasha Parishad, Kolkata on 26th November, 2016.

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Vedaparna Dey i) ‘Samkaleen Upanyason mein Stree Ke Badalte huge mulya’ paper presented in the National Seminar on ‘Sahitya Aur Mulya Bodh’ organised by Department of Hindi, Assam University and Women’s College Silchar on 23rd and 24th March, 2017. ii) ‘Different Government Programmes and E-Services’ paper presented in the International Seminar on Digitaliration and Rural Development in North East India: ISSUes, Challenges and way Forward.Organised by Department. of Social Work and Centre for Banglades Studies on 13th and 15th February, 2017. iii) ‘Meera Ki Bhakti’ paper presented in the UGC SAP National Seminar towards a better understanding of Indian Ethies and Religion : Some contemporary Perspective organised by Department of Philosophy , Assam University 27th and 29th March, 2017. iv) ‘Skill development and Higher Education’ paper presented in the UGC Sponsored one day National Seminar on Skill development and Youth : “Prospects and challenges in North–East India” organised by Community College, Assam University, 10th February, 2017.

DEPARTMENT OF MANIPURI

H. Nani Kumar Singha i) ‘Importance of Love and Lust in Manipuri Literature’ paper presented in the National Seminar on Concept of Love and Lust in Manipuri Literature, the Cultural Foruim, Manipur, Imphal on 16th May, 2016. ii) ‘Ramayana and Mahabharata : A Semiological Perspective of Barak Valley Manipuri Society’ Literature’ paper presented in the UGC Sponsored A Two Day National Seminar on Epic Tradition in North-East India,Imphal, 3rd and 4th July, 2016.

DEPARTMENT OF SANSKRIT Snigdha Das Roy i) ‘A brief note on the Rgvedic vis-à-vis astrophysical observations on the creation of the Universe’ paper presented in a brief note on the Rgvedic vis-à-vis astrophysical observations on the creation of the Universe, International Veda Conference, organized by Sriguru Sankaracharya Veda Vidyalay, Gameri, Biswanath ,Assam, held in Gameri on 17th and 19th March, 2017.

Shanti Pokhrel i) ‘Jnanagarbha upanisadah tasamadhuna prasangigata cha’ paper presented in the National seminar on Vedas : The Source of Oriental Knowledge System organized by Kumar bhaskar Varma Sanskrit and Ancient Studies University, Nalbari held in Nalbari on 9th and 11th February 2017. ii) ‘Vedon me Niti Siksa’ paper presented in the International Veda Conference, organized by Sriguru Sankaracharya Veda Vidyalay, Gameri, Biswanath ,Assam, held in Gameri on 17th and 19th March, 2017.

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DEPARTMENT OF LINGUISTICS D. Mary Kim Haokip i) ‘The Changing Role of Oral Tradition with special Reference to the Thadou Society’ paper presented in the Department of English, Assam University, Silchar during 8th and 9th September, 2016. (International) ii) ‘The significance of proverbs among The Thadou-Kukis of North East India’ paper presented in the Sikkim University from 19th and 20th September, 2016 orgainsed by Sahitya Academy in association with Sikkim University. (National) iii) (With Widinibou) ‘The performance of Traditional Religion of the Liangmai Naga in North East India: continuity and Change’ paper presented in the Department of English, Assam University, Silchar during 8th and 9th September, 2016. (International) iv) ‘Word Formation in Liangmai’ paper presented in the 22nd Himalayan Languages Symposium (an International annual conference for the Himalayan Languages) held at the Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Assam India 8th and 10th June, 2016. v) (With M. Hemminlal Haokip) ‘Adjectives in Thadou’ paper presented in the 22nd Himalayan Languages Symposium (an International annual conference for the Himalayan Languages) held at the Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Assam India 8th and 10th June, 2016.

Paramita Purkait i) ‘Culture and Tradition of North East India’ paper presented in the Makaias, Kolkata and ICSSR in collaboration with Social Work Department and culture for Bangladesh studies AUS Silchar. (National) ii) ‘Language and its influence on Society and culture’ paper presented on Indian Comparative Literature Deptt, Aus in association with Byatikram Masdo. (International)

DEPARTMENT OF SOCIOLOGY

Humayun Bokth i) ‘Muslims of Assam: issues of Ethno-Linguistic identity’ in the North East’ paper presented in the international conference on ‘(Re)Envisaging India’s Northeast : Ethnicity, Identity, Culture and Literature’ held in the Deptt. Of English, Assam University Silchar on September 8th and 9th 2016.

Jhimli Bhattacharjee i) ‘Freedom of Speech and Expression: The Study of Other Gender’ paper presented in the Right to Freedom of Speech and Expression: A Legal and Constitutional Contour, Assam University, Silchar, 18th November, 2016. (National) ii) ‘Mental Health Awareness and Consciousness among working women: A Study of College Teachers in Barak Valley’ paper presented in the 42nd All India Sociological Conference organised by Tezpur University on 27th and 31st December, 2016. (National)

Ruma Debnath i) ‘Socio-Economic condition of single domestic workers in Agartala City, Tripura, India’ paper presented in the 42nd All India Sociological Conference, venue Tezpur University December 27th and 30th, 2016. (National)

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DEPARTMENT OF LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE

Manoj Kumar Sinha i) (With Rajesh Chutia) ‘A Study on Information Seeking and Information Sharing Behaviour of Media Professionals of Cachar District of South Assam’ paper presented in the Library Information Science and Information Technology for Education (NCITE-2016) organised by Modern Rohini Education Society, New Delhi on 2nd Web Conference during on 27th August, 2016. (National) ii) (With Saumen Datta) ‘Status of Public Libraries in North east India with Special Reference to Tripura’ paper presented in the Library Information Science and Information Technology for Education (NCITE-2016) organised by Modern Rohini Education Society, New Delhi on 2nd Web Conference during 27th August, 2016. (National) iii) (With Ram Kumar Pathak) ‘Use of E-Journal Resources and Services by Faculty Members: A Case Study of Vidya College of Engineering’ paper presented in the Library Information Science and Information Technology for Education (NCITE-2016) organised by Modern Rohini Education Society, New Delhi on 2nd Web Conference during 27th August, 2016. (National). iv) (With Nikhil Debnath and Baibhav Bansal) ‘Prospects of Using Wireless and Mobile Technologies in Managing Modern Library Services : Issues and Challenges’ paper presented in the Proceedings of One day 2nd International Conference on Contemporary Innovations in Conjugative Management Library , Social Sciences and Technology for Virtual World ( ICCLIST’17) organised by MRES, New Delhi on 15th January, 2017. v) (With Jyanti Chakravorty, Saumen Datta and Jagdish Arora) ‘Contribution of ROAR and OpenDOAR in Open Access Movement and Universal Access to Scholarly Information.’ paper presented in the 10th Convention PLANNER-2016 : Disruptive Innovations for Libraries : Adopt, Adapt and Evolve , jointly organised by INFLIBNET Centre, Gandhinagar, Gujarat and North Eastern Hill University, Shillong, Meghalaya during 09-11 November 2016, INFLIBNET Centre, Gnadhinagar, 2016. (National) vi) (With Sudip Bhattacharjee, Sucheta Bhattacharjee and Jagdish Arora) ‘User Perception and Expectation from University Libraries : A Case Study among Student Community at Tripura’ paper presented in the 10th Convention PLANNER-2016 : Disruptive Innovations for Libraries : Adopt, Adapt and Evolve , jointly organised by INFLIBNET Centre, Gandhinagar, Gujarat and North Eastern Hill University, Shillong, Meghalaya, INFLIBNET Centre, Gnadhinagar during 9th and 11th November, 2016. (National) vii) (With Saumen Datta and Jagdish Arora) ‘Impact of Web 2.0 Technology among College Library Professionals of Tripura : A Study’ paper presented in the 10th Convention PLANNER-2016 : Disruptive Innovations for Libraries : Adopt, Adapt and Evolve , jointly organised by INFLIBNET Centre, Gandhinagar, Gujarat and North Eastern Hill University, Shillong, Meghalaya, INFLIBNET Centre, Gnadhinagar during 9th and 11th November, 2016. (National) viii) ‘A Study on Job Opportunity and Employability for Empowering LIS Graduates with Vocational Courses and Soft Skills with Special reference to North East India’ paper presented in the Book of Abstracts of UGC Sponsored National Seminar on Skill Development and Youth : Prospects and Challenges in North east India , organised by Community College, Assam University, Silchar on 10th February, 2017, Assam University, Silchar.

DEPARTMENT OF LAW

Partha Pratim Paul i) ‘Freedom of speech and expression : various dimensions of criminality’ paper presented in the right to freedom of speech and expression : a legal and consiitutional contour, Assam University, Silchar in association with Indian Council of Social Science on on 17th and 18th November, 2016 (National)

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Priya Ranjan Kumar i) ‘Freedom of Speech and Expression: role of apex court’ paper presented in the Freedom of Speech and Expression : A Legal and Constitutional Contour, Assam University, Silchar sponsored by ICSSR on 17th and 18th November, 2016. (National) ii) ‘Human Rights Violation of Dalit in Bihar: a Case study of Lakshmanpur Bathe Mascare’ paper presented in the Dalit, Society and Politics – Emerging Trends in Indian Political System, Department of Political Science, Patna Women`s College on 6th and 7th February, 2017. (National) iii) ‘Skill Development of the Prisoners and their Rehabilitation’ paper presented in the Skill Development and Youth: Prospects and Challenges in North-east India, Community College, Assam University, Silchar on 10th February, 2017. (National)

Amitabh Singh i) ‘Start Up India: An Instrument to achieve Gandhiji’s second Dream’ paper presented in the Institute of Company Secretaries of India N.E. Chapter, Guwahati in association with Department of Commerce, Assam University Silchar on 18th April, 2016. (National) ii) ‘The Empowerment of Women in India by Applications of ICTS’ paper presented in the E-Governance, Cybercrimes, Cyber Security and Cyber laws: Contemporary Issues and Challenges at Department of Law, NEHU on 29th April, 2016. (National) ii) ‘Preventive and Rehabilitative Approach under Anti-Trafficking Law: A Critique’ paper presented in the Department of Law, University of North-Bengal on 26th and 27th November, 2016. (National) iv) ‘DNA Profiling and Criminal Justice: An overview’ paper presented in the Law School BHU on Family Law: Contemporary Issues and Challenges on 25th and 26th February, 2017. (National)

Umesh Kumar i) (With Dr. K. S. Brijwal) ‘Protection of children from Sexual Abuse: A Human Rights Approach’ paper presented in the Rights of Child : Issues and Challenges, Banaras Hindu University Law School on 13th September, 2016. (National) ii) ‘Freedom of Speech and Expression: Role of Apex Court’ paper presented in the Freedom of Speech and Expression : A Legal and Constitutional Contour, Assam University, Silchar sponsored by ICSSR on 17th and 18th November, 2016. (National) iii) (With Ponkhi Borah) ‘Skill Development of The Prisoners and their Rehabilitation’ paper presented in the Skill Development and Youth: Prospects and Challenges in North-east India, Community College, Assam University, Silchar on 10th February, 2017. (National)

DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY

Chira Ranjan Bhattacharjee i) (With N. Das, D.Borah, H. Acharya, S.Krishna Prasad and D.S.Shankar Rao) ‘Self Assembled Liquid Crystal-Gold Nanoparticles Hybrid Material Based on Tailor Made Schiff Base Ligand’ paper presented in

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the National Symposium on Advances in Chemical sciences (NSACS-2017), Department of Chemistry, Assam University, Silchar during 11th and 12th January, 2017. ii) (With R.Chakrabarty) ‘Supramolecular aggregation and vapochromism in Lewis acidic zinc (II) Schiff base complex’ paper presented in the National Symposium on Advances in Chemical sciences (NSACS-2017), Department of Chemistry, Assam University, Silchar on 11th and 12th January, 2017. iii) (With S.Chakraborty, P.Mondal, S.Krishna Prasad and D.S.S.Rao) ‘Induction of Mesomorphism through Spramolecular Assembly in Metal Coordination Compounds of “salphen”-Type Schiff Bases: Photoluminescence and Solvatochromism’ paper presented in the National Symposium on Advances in Chemical sciences (NSACS-2017), Department of Chemistry, Assam University, Silchar during 11th and 12th January, 2017. iv) (With H.A.R.Pramanik, P.C.Paul, S.Krishna Prasad and D.S.S.Rao) ‘Iron(III) metallomesogen of [N2O2] donor Schiff base ligand containing 4-substituted alkoxy chains’ paper presented in the National Symposium on Advances in Chemical sciences (NSACS-2017), Dept. of Chemistry, Assam University, Silchar on 11th and 12th January, 2017. v) (With A.Nath and M.Sharon) ‘Catalyst free low temperature synthesis and antioxidant activity of MWCNT accessed from Natural Precursors’ paper presented in the National Symposium on Advances in Chemical sciences (NSACS-2017), Dept. of Chemistry,Assam University, Silchar on 11th and 12th January, 2017.

Sk. Jasimuddin i) ‘Electrocatalytic Oxygen Evolution Reaction at Vanadium and Cerium Complex Modified Gold Electrodes’ paper presented in the 20th CRSI-National Symposium in Chemistry (CRSI-NSC-2017), Department of Chemistry, Gauhati University, 3rd and 5th February, 2017. ii) ‘Electrochemical detection of some selected bio-molecules using metal nanoparticles modified electrodes’ paper presented in the International conference on material Sciences (ICMS-2017), Department of Physics, Tripura University, 16th-18th February, 2017. iii) (With K. Barman) ‘Electrocatalytic water oxidation using carbon nanomaterial at pH 7’, International Conference on Material Science-2017, Department of physics, Tripura University, Tripura, 16-18th February, 2017. iv) (With K. Barman) ‘Electrochemical water oxidation using phosphomolybdic acid nanoparticles modified gold electrod’, National Symposium on Advances in Chemical Sciences, Department of Chemistry, Assam University, Silchar, 11-12 January, 2017. v) (With A. Mahanta) 'Mono(4,4/-dicarboxy-2,2/-bypyridine)bis(acetato) manganese (II) complex modified Au Electrode: A Promising Electrode system for Electrochemical Oxidation of Water', National Symposium on Advances in Chemical Sciences, Department of Chemistry, Assam University, Silchar, 11-12 January, 2017. vi) (With A. Mahanta) 'Copper Ternary Complex as an Efficient Electrocalyst for Water Oxidation in Neutral Medium, National conference on Chemical Physics', Department of Physics, Assam University Silchar, 20- 21st March, 2017.

Manoj Kumar Paul i) (With Sandip Kumar Saha) ‘Asymmetrical 1,3,4-oxadiazole bent core liquid crystals possessing lateral methoxy group: Nematic Phase’ paper presented in the 23rd National Liquid Crystal Conference (2016), Department of Applied Physics, IIT(ISM), Dhanbad, during 07th and 09th December, 2016. ii) (With Sandip Kumar Saha) ‘Effect of lateral methoxy group on unsymmetrical 1,3,4-oadiazole based bent core mesogen’ paper presented in the National Symposium on Advances in Chemical Sciences, organized by Department of Chemistry, Assam University, Silchar during 11th and 12th Janurary, 2017. iii) (With Sandip Kumar Saha) ‘1,3,4-thoadiazole based four ring bent core luminescent liquid crystals: Synthesis, mesomorphism and photophysical studies’ paper presented in the 2nd International Conference on material Science, Department of Physics, Tripura University, Agartala, 18th and 16th February, 2017.

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Himadri Acharya i) (With Anindita Chakraborty, A. Dewan and Islam) ‘Layered double hydroxide (LDH) supported CuO nanoparticle catalyst for C-N cross coupling reaction of amines’ paper presented in the National Conference on Recent Development and Applications in Chemical Sciences (RDACS-2016), 20th and 21st May, 2016, NIT, Agartala. ii) (With Anindita Chakraborty, A. Dewan and Islam) ‘Metal organic frameworks (ZIF-8) supported CuO nanoparticles in catalytic Rhodamine 6G dye degradation’ paper presented in the National Symposium on Advances in Chemical Sciences (NSACS-2017) on Assam University, Silchar. iii) (With Anindita Chakraborty, A. Dewan and Islam) ‘Fe3O4 nanoparticles supported metal organic frameworks (ZIF-8) in ibuprofen release’ paper presented in the Second International Conference on Material Science (ICMS-2017) on Tripura University, Agartala 16th and 18th February, 2017. iv) (With Anindita Chakraborty) ‘CuO-ZnO hybrid nanostructure for catalytic peroxidase like activity’ paper presented in the National Conference on Chemical Physics (NCCP-2017), Assam University, Silchar on 20th and 21st March, 2017. v) (With A. Dewan, Islam and Kiran Devi) ‘Silver nanoparticles (Ag NPs) on MOFs@PS core-shell microspheres for catalytic hydrogenation of 4-nitrophenol’ paper presented in the National Symposium on Advances in Chemical Sciences(NSACS-2017) 11th and 12th January, 2017. vi) (With A. Dewan and Zharul Islam) ‘Antimicrobial Activity of Sulphur Nanoparticles Deposited Zn-Al Layered Double Hydroxides’ papaer presented in the Second International Conference on material science (ICMS-2017) 16th and 18th February, 2017.

Sujit Kumar Ghosh i) ‘Discoveries of Nanotechnology for the Welfare of the Mankind’ paper presented in the UGC sponsored Golden Jubilee National Seminar on Discoveries in Chemistry Those Changed the World, Department of Chemistry, Dhruba Chand Halder College, South 24, Parganas, West Bengal, 22nd and 23rd November, 2016. ii) ‘Optical Properties of the Small Metallic Particulates’ paper presented in the UGC sponsored National Seminar on Recent Advances in Chemistry for Better Tomorrow, Department of Chemistry, Kashipur M. M. Mahavidyalaya, Purulia, West Bengal, 24th and 25th November, 2016. iii) ‘Emission Behavior of Fluoroprobes near Small Metallic Particles’ paper presented in the UGC sponsored National Seminar on Chemistry Today–Nanoworld to Macroworld, Department of Chemistry, Sonamukhi College, Bankura, West Bengal, 22nd and 23rd December, 2016.

Rajib Panchadhayee i) ‘Synthesis of a Tetrasaccharide corresponding to inner core olligosaccharide of E.Coli’ paper presented in the ACCT (I) Satellite Conference on Recent Trend In Carbohydrate Chemistry (RTCC-2016), Department of Chemistry, Institute of Science, BHU, Varanasi-221005, 12th November, 2016. (International)

Paritosh Mondal i) (With A. Dutta) ‘Study the structural, electronic and binding properties of NOadsorb gold doped rhodium nano cluster: A Density functional Theory approach’ paper presented in the Second International Conference on Material Science (ICMS2017), Tripura University on 16th and 18th February, 2017. ii) (With A. Dutta) ‘Influencing the Conducting Nature of Rh doped Gen Cluster : Quantum Chemical Approach’ paper presented in the National Symposium on Advances in Chemical Sciences, Assam University, Silchar on 11th and 12th January, 2017. iii) (With D.Sutradhar) ‘Structure and Lewis acidity of Ti, Zr, Ge, Sn and Pb substituted BEA zeolites : A Density Functional Theory study’ paper presented in the National Symposium on Advances in Chemical Sciences, Assam University, Silchar on 11th and 12th January, 2017.

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DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS

Asoke Kumar Sen i) ‘Photometry of comet 67/P’ paper presented in the European Space Agency sponsored ‘Rosetta Mission on comet 67/p’, University of Graz, Leibnitz, Austria, 21st and 24th June, 2016. (International)

Atri Deshamukhya i) ‘Dissipation during Inflation: The saga of warm Inflation’ paper presented in the IF-YITP GR+HEP+Cosmo International Symposium VI Organized by Centre for Fundamental Studies, Naresuan University, Thailand 3rd and 5th August, 2016. ii) ‘Nuclear vs Renewable energies : Looking for a Sustainable Power Scenario in India’ paper presented in the Conference on "Sustainable Development in India: Role of Science and Technology” organized by IWSA, Mumbai 2nd and 4th, December, 2016. (National) iii) (With U Misra and S Sharma) ‘A study of a few cloud features over different regions of India during active and break monsoon days’ paper presented in the TROPMET, 2016, Bhubaneswar Organized by Indian Meteorological Society during 17th December, 2016. (Natinal) iv) (With A. M. Mazarbhuiya and H.S. Das) ‘Investigating the correlation between different parameters in an aggregate dust model’ paper presented in the 16th Electromagnetic and Light Scattering Conference (ELS- XVI) held at the University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA from 19th and 24th March, 2017. (National) v) ‘Magnetic field geometry in some star forming clouds’ paper presented in the IUCAA sponsored North East Meet of Astronomers 2016 (NEMA-II) organised by the Department of Physics, Tezpur University held at the Tezpur University, Tezpur, Assam during 12th and 14th December, 2016. (National)

Utpal Sarkar i) (With D. Paul) ‘A First Principle Study of Phosphorous Doped Graphyne’ paper presented in the 61st DAE Solid State Physics Symposium (DAESSPS-2016). Organizers: BARC, Venue: KIIT University Odisha, during 26th and 30th December, 2016. (National) ii) (With D. Paul, B. Bhattacharya and U. Sarkar) ‘Density Functional Theory Study of Pristine and Transition Metal Doped Fullerene’ paper presented in the 61st DAE Solid State Physics Symposium (DAESSPS-2016) Organizer: BARC, Venue: KIIT University Odisha, during 26th and 30th December, 2016. (National) iii) (With D. Paul and U. Sarkar) ‘Adsorption of Hydrazoic Acid on Pristine Graphyne Sheet: A Computational Study’ paper presented in the 2nd International Conference on Material Science (ICMS-2017). Organizer : Dept. of Physics, Tripura University, Agartala during 16th and 18th February, 2017. iv) (With D. Paul, B. Bhattacharya and U. Sarkar) ‘The Influence of the Substitution of Transition Metals on nd Pristine C20: A DFT Study’ paper presented in the 2 International Conference on Material Science (ICMS- 2017) Organised by Department of Physics, Tripura University, Agartala, during 16th and 18th February, 2017.

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Pradeep Kumar Shukla i) (With Pramod Kumar Shah) ‘A DFT Study on Cross-Linking of DNA Bases by Ruthenium Anticancer Drug NAMI-A’ paper presented in the National Conference on Chemical Physics (NCCP-2017), Assam University, Silchar, 20th and 21st March, 2017. ii) (With Pramod Kumar Shah) ‘Interaction of KP1019 Ruthenium Drug with DNA Purine Bases: A DFT Study’ paper presented in the 6th International Conference on Perspectives in Vibrational Spectroscopy (ICOPVS), University Of Lucknow, 5th and 8th November, 2016. iii) (With Kanika Bhattacharjee) ‘Formation of 8-oxoguanine due to the reaction of guanine with HOOO radical: A DFT Study’ paper presented in the 6th International Conference on Perspectives in Vibrational Spectroscopy (ICOPVS), University of Lucknow, 5th and 8th November, 2016. iv) (With Kanika Bhattacharjee) ‘DFT study on addition reaction of 8-nitroguanine with hydroxyl radical’ paper presented in the National Conference on Chemical Physics, (NCCP-2017), Assam University, Silchar, 20th and 21st March, 2017. v) (With BI. Laskar and Swarnadeep Biswas) ‘A DFT characterization of mechanism of methylation of DNA purine bases’ paper presented in the National Conference on Chemical Physics, (NCCP-2017), Assam University, Silchar, 20th and 21st March, 2017.

Bidhan Mahanta i) (With J. Chuodhury and M. Acharjee) ‘An Algebraic study of the vibrational spectra of co2’ presented in the National Conference on Chemical Physics (NCCP-2017), Assam University, Silchar, 20th and 21st March, 2017. ii) (With D. Acharya) ‘Optical properties of synthesized Ag and Ag@SiO2 core-shell nanoparticles’ paper presented in the National Seminar on 61st DAE Solid state Physics symposium. KIIT University, Bhubaneswar, 26th and 30th December, 2016. iii) (With D. Acharya) ‘Synthesis and study of optical properties of Ag and Ag@SiO2 core-shell nanoparticles’ paper presented in the 2nd International Conference on material science (ICMS - 2017), at Tripura University, Agartala during 16th and 18th February, 2017. iv) (With D. Acharya) ‘Synthesis and characterization of silica nanoparticles by sol-gel method’ paper presented in the National Conference on Chemical Physics (NCCP-2017), Assam University, Silchar during 20th and 21st March, 2017.

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DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Dibyojyoti Bhattacharjee i) ‘Quantifying deprivation in household amenities for the North Eastern States’ paper presented in the UGC sponsored national on “Uses of Statistics in the analysis of socio-economic development” at Midnapore College, West Bengal 7th and 8th November, 2016. (National) ii) ‘Visualizing the Disparities of Indian States in Health and Wealth through Longitudinal Data: An Application of Dynamic Graphics’ paper presented in the UGC sponsored national seminar on “Uses of Statistics in the analysis of socio-economic development” at Midnapore College, West Bengal 7th and 8th November, 2016. iii) ‘On identification of the most dominant Twenty-Twenty Cricket Team’ paper presented in the 18th annual conference of NEEA organized by the Department of Economics, Gauhati University, Guwahati on 15th and 17th December, 2016. (National) iv) ‘Measuring performance of batting partners in limited overs cricket’ paper presented in the Platinum Jubilee International Conference on Applications of Statistics organized by the Department of Statistics, University of Calcutta, Kolkata on 21st and 23rd December, 2016. v) (With Tanusree Deb Roy and Nirmal Deb Nath) ‘Role of open and distance learning in the carrier advancement’ paper presented in the UGC sponsored multidisciplinary National seminary on New dimension in higher education in the context of information and communication technology (ICT), Department of Statistics, Hojai College, 4th June, 2016.

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING Prasanna Kumar G.V. i) (With K.N. Baruah, H.J. Bhowmik and C. B. Khobragade) ‘Performance of hydraulic press operated briquetting machine’ paper presented in the A State level conference on “Future challenges and opportunities in Indian agriculture” held at Dr. UPCAET, Jalgaon (M.S.), during 16th and 17th September, 2016. Pp:10. (National) ii) (With B. Pachar and M. Nunisa) ‘Performance study of kiln for bamboo carbonization’ paper presented in the 51st ISAE annual convention and symposium, held at C.A.E.T., CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar (Haryana), during 16th and 18th February, 2017, Pp.135. (National) iii) (With P. Dikkar, C.B. Khobragade, K.N. Baruah and H.J. Bhowmik and A Singha) ‘Study on low cost briquetting machine for the small farmers’ paper presented in the UGC sponsored One-day National seminar on “Skill development and Youth: Prospects and challenges in North-east India” Pp. 51-52, on 10th February, 2017. iv) (With P.Saikia and C.B. Khobragade and S. K. Borah) ‘A case study of cabinet type solar dryer for Amla and Lemon drying’ paper presented in the UGC sponsored One-day National seminar on “Skill development and Youth: Prospects and challenges in North-east India” Pp.3-4, on 10th February, 2017. v) (With C.B. Khobragade, A.R. Ghosh, A. Singha and P. Dikkar) ‘Comparison of cost of mechanized farm operation by various methods’ paper presented in the UGC sponsored One-day National seminar on “Skill development and Youth: Prospects and challenges in North-east India” on 10th February, 2017, Pp.49-50. vi) (With C.B. Khobragade, P. Dikkar, A. Singha and A. R. Ghosh) ‘Promising farm implements for the mechanized cultivation of paddy in Cachar district of Assam’ paper presented in the UGC sponsored One-

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day National seminar on “Skill development and Youth: Prospects and challenges in North-east India” on 10th February, 2017, Pp.48-49. vii) (With C.B. Khobragade and P. Das) ‘Feasibility of bio-ethanol production from partially spoiled potatoes in mix with good quality potatoes’ paper presented in the 51st ISAE annual convention and symposium, held at C.A.E.T., CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar (Haryana), during 16th and 18th February, 2017, Pp.135-136. (National)

Ajita Tiwari i) (With S. K. Jha) ‘Effect of extrusion variables on physico-chemical properties of pearl millet flour based expanded snacks’ paper presented in the International Conference on Food Value Chain and Workshop on Quality Management in Grain Industry, MOFPI and NIFTEM. ii) ‘Probiotic: Health Benefits and their Antimicrobial Activity as Food’ paper presented in the International Conference on Contemporary Antimicrobial Research (ICCAR) 2016. iii) ‘Extrusion cooking Technology: An Advance.... in NE India’ paper presented in the One day National seminar on Skill Development and Youth: Prospects and Challenges in NE India. iv) (With Pinku Debnath) ‘Fermentation Technology: A sustainable livelihood technique for North East India’ paper presented in the One day National seminar on Skill Development and Youth: Prospects and Challenges in NE India.

DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING

Sudipta Roy ii) (With RomeshLaishram and Th. Ibungomacha Singh) ‘Image Segmentation Using Spatial Fuzzy C Means Clustering and Grey Wolf Optimizer’ paper presented in the IEEE International Conference on Computational Intelligence and Computing Research (ICCIC), 978-1-5090-0612-0/16/$31.00 ©2016 IEEE, Chennai, India during 15th and 17th December, 2016. ii) (With Santanu Roy and Anirban Chakrabarty) ‘A Context aware Fuzzy Classification technique for OLAP Text Analysis’ paper presented in the 5th International Conference on Advanced Computing, Networking and Informatics ICACNI 2017, Proceeding will be published by Springer, NIT Goa.

Abhijit Biswas i) (With Md. Anwar Hussain) ‘A limited scalable MIN FAT TREE topology based on fully grouped routing strategy for network — On — Chip’ paper presented in the IEEE 2016 International Conference on , 25th and 26th May, 2016. ii) (With Md. Anwar Hussain) ‘A fully grouped routing for Homogeneous FAT Tree Network — On — Chip topology’ paper presented in the IEEE 2016 International Conference on Computing, Communication and Automation (ICCCA), Galgotia University, UP, 5th and 6th May, 2016.

Tapodhir Acharjee i) (With Ashish Konwar, Rahul Saha, Rakesh Kumar Ram, Dhrubajyoti Goswami) ‘Xorsteg : A new model of text Steganography’ paper presented in the IEEE International Conference on Communication and Electronics Systems, Coimbatore during 21st and 22nd October, 2016.

Arnab Paul i) (With Sudipta Roy and Manowar Hussain) ‘Web service discovery based on IR models: A review’ paper presented in the IEEE International Conference on Communication and Electronics Systems ICCES , Coimbatore, 21st and 22nd October 2016. ii) (With Faruk Alam) ‘A computational model for trust and reputation relationship in social network’ paper presented in the IEEE 2016 International Conference on Chennai during 8th and 9th April, 2016

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DEPARTMENT OF EARTH SCIENCE

Nagendra Pandey i) (With V. Mekro) ‘Diagenetic Environment of Palaeogene Disang siliciclastics in parts of Naga Hills, Northeast India’ paper presented in the 33rd Convention of Indian Association of Sedimentologists with emphasis on energy resources and climate change 12th and 14th November, 2016 Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi 221005. (National) ii) (With Meghali Baruah) ‘Tectone- Stratigraphy and heavy mineral studies along Halflong-Dibang Thrust, North Cachar Hills, Assam, paper presented in the 33rd Convention of Indian Association of Sedimentologists with emphasis on energy resources and climate change 12th and 14th November, 2016 Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi 221005. (National) iii) (With A. Sangeeta Devi) ‘Heavy mineral analysis of Barail and Surma group of Rock in and around Nungba, Tamenglong District, Manipur, N.E. India’ paper presented in the 33rd Convention of Indian Association of Sedimentologists with emphasis on energy resources and climate change 12th and 14th November, 2016 Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi 221005. (National) iv) ‘Heavy minerals and Tectonic Provenance of Surma Group of rocks in and around Nungba, Tamenglong district’ paper presented in the ‘’National Geo-Research Scholars Meet-2016’’ (June 1-4, 2016) Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, Dehradun, 33rd Convention of Indian Association of Sedimentologists with emphasis on energy resources and climate change 12th and 14th November, 2016 Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi 221005. v) (With Sujata Das) ‘Palaeoenvironmental reconstruction and source rock characterization of surma sediments in and around Bairabi-Kolasib, Kolasib district, Mizoram, N.E. India’ paper presented in the 33rd Convention of Indian Association of Sedimentologists with emphasis on energy resources and climate change 12th and 14th November, 2016 Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi 221005. (National) vi) (With Pranamee Borgohain) ‘Lithofacies analysis and palaeoenvironmental reconstruction of Surma-Tipam transition, South of Chumukedima, Dimapur district, Nagaland’ paper presented in the 33rd Convention of Indian Association of Sedimentologists with emphasis on energy resources and climate change 12th and 14th November, 2016 Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi 221005. (National)

Urbashi Sarkar i) ‘Palaeoenvironment and sea level change from the Ecocene deposit of Dillain Parbat, Assam, NE India’ paper presented in the International Conference on emergence and evolution of the Indian foreland basin, Centre of Advanced study in Geology Punjab University, Chandigarh-160014, 18th and 19th November, 2016. ii) ‘Ecocene Invertebrate Fossils from Dillai Parbat area, Assam, North-East India’ paper presented in the National Seminar on Earth Resources: Development and Management PG-Dept of Geology, Utkal University and Alumni Association, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, 11th Feb, 2017.

DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE

Bipul Syam Purkayastha i) (With Md. Saiful Islam) ‘Assamese to Bengali Bilingual E-Dictionary Using Sequential Search Technique’ paper presented in the DST Sponsored National Seminar On Computational Research and its Development in Experimental Sciences. Journal of Science Forum, Vol.5, No.1, Pp. 90-98, 2016, ISSN: 0976-5395.

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Prodipto Das i) (With Debasish Roy) ‘A Modified RSA Cryptography Algorithm for Security Enhancement in Vehicular Ad-hoc Networks’ paper presented in the 2nd International Conference on Computing and Communication System-2016 (I3CS-2016), 11th and 13th November, 2016 at the North Eastern Hill University, Shillong, Meghalaya, India. ii) (With Kefayat Ullah) ‘Trust based routing for mitigating grayhole attack in manet’ paper presented in the 2nd International Conference on Computing and Communication System-2016 (I3CS-2016), 11th and 13th November, 2016 at the North Eastern Hill University, Shillong, Meghalaya, India. iii) (With A. Roy and R.Das) ‘An IoT Application for Monitoring the Temperature and Humidity inside Cold Chain Truck’ paper presented in the International Conference on Innovative Research in Applied Physics, Material Sciences, Instrumentation, Electronics, Communication, Electrical, Power Control, Computer Science and Information Technology (TECHNOVA-2016) organized by Department of Electronics and Communication Technology, Computer Science, IT, and Instrumentation and USIC Gauhati University, Gauhati, Assam, India, 22nd and 23rd December, 2016. iv) (With Ishita Chakraborty) ‘A survey on Cryptography Techniques’ paper presented in the National Conference on Engineering Problems and Application of Mathematics-2016, NIT Agartala, Tripura, 11th and 12th June, 2016.

Sunita Sarkar i) (With Arindam Roy) ‘A comparative analysis of K-means, Particle Swarm Optimization and Self-Organizing Map for clustering of Sense Tagged Nepali Documents’ paper presented in the TECHNOVA-2016 Organised by Guwahati Universty, Assam and Krishi Sanskriti, New Delhi during 22nd and 23rd December, 2016. (International)

Arindam Roy i) (With Sunita Sarkar) ‘Parameters for Word Sense Disambiguation used in Multilingual Settings’ paper presented in the TECHNOVA-2016 Organised by Guwahati Universty, Assam and Krishi Sanskriti, New Delhi during 22nd nad 23rd December, 2016. (International)

DEPARTMENT OF MASS COMMUNICATION

G.P.Pandey i) ‘Skilling India: Need and Challenges’ paper presented in the New Delhi sponsored National Seminar on Skill Development and Youth: Prospects and Challenges in North-east India organized by Community College, Assam University, Silchar on 10th February, 2017.

S.M. Alfarid Hussain i) (With Dr. T. Rashid Ayesha) ‘Use of Digital Text-Free User Interface in Development: Charting a New Paradigm for Democratising Technology’ paper presented in the International Seminar on Digitalisation and Rural Developmentin North East India, organized by the Department of Social Work, Assam University and Centre for Bangladesh Studies.

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Ayesha T. Rashid i) ‘Ferments in the Field: Reflection on Media and Communication Studies in India’ paper presented in the National Seminar organised by Tezpur University on 25th and 26th March, 2017. ii) (With Puja Sen) ‘Higher Education or Vocational Training: A Perception Study among Mass Communication Students Skill Development and Youth: Prospects and Challenges in North East India’ paper presented in the National Seminar organised by Department of Mass Communication, Assam University and UGC. iii) (With Dr. S. M. Alfarid Hussain) ‘Use of Digital Text-Free User Interface in Development: Charting a New Paradigm for Democratising Technology’ paper presented in the International Seminar organised by Department of Social Work and Centre for Bangladesh Studies. iv) ‘HCI4D: Applying Text-Free User Interfaces for Non-Literate Constituency’ paper presented in the National th st Seminar Conducted by UNICEF at Gauhati University, Assam, India on 29 September and 1 October, 2016.

Raghavendra Mishra i) ‘Perception, Precaution, Victimization and Cyber Crime: A Study on Assam University Students’ paper presented in the E-governance, cyber crimes, cyber security and cyber laws: Contemporary issues and challenges Department of Law, NEHU and Northeastern Council, Ministry of DONER, GOI, 29th April, 2016. (National) ii) (With G. Radheesh) ‘Skill Development and Rural Youth: Prospects and Challenges in North-East India’ paper presented in the Skill Development and Youth: Prospects and Challenges in North-East India, Community College, UGC Sponsored, Assam University, Silchar during 10th February, 2017. (National) iii) (With Samar Chandra Seal Sarma) ‘Skill Development and Higher Education’ paper presented in the Skill Development and Youth: Prospects and Challenges in North-East India, Community College, UGC Sponsored, Assam University, Silchar on 10th February, 2017. (National)

DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY

Adaraspally Nataraju i) ‘Buddhist Understanding of Human Nature:the Pathway to Peaceful Co-existence’ paper presented in the 2nd MCU International Academic Conference, Mahachula University, Bangkok, Thailand. (National) ii) ‘Svarupa Laksana and Tatastha Laksana of Brahman: A Vaishnavaite Perspective’ paper presented in the ICPR National Seminar on Sankaradeva’s Thought, Philosophy and Literature organised by Dept of Philosophy, Gauhati University on 5th and 7th January, 2017. iii) ‘Theoretic Grades of Intentionality and Reflexivity of Consciousness’ paper presented in the National Seminar on Ashtadasha Vidyah, Sanskrit Academy, Osmania University, Hyderabad.

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Nirmali Barman i) Sri Aurobindo’s spiritual vision on Indian Religion’ paper presented in the UGC-SAP DRS Programme National Seminar organised by Department of Philosophy, Assam University on 27th and 29th March, 2017.

Munmun Chakraborty i) ‘Is it Fair to call Morality and Means to some Higher value’ paper presented in the National Seminar towards a better understanding of Indian Ethics and Religion organised by Department of Philosophy, Assam University on 27th and 29th March, 2017.

Pius V.T i) ‘Mediating the Negotiability of Indian Philosophy:The Protocols of Intercultural Hermeneutics’ paper presented in the National Seminar on Teaching of Indian Philosophy in North East India, orgainized by the Department of Philosophy, North Eastern Hill University, Shillong,15th and 17th June, 2017. ii) ‘Freedom of Speech, Democracy, and People’s Rights’ paper presented in the National Seminar on Right to Freedom Speech and Expression:A Legal and Constitutional Contour organized by Assam University, Silchar on 17th and 18th November, 2017.

Subhra Nag i) ‘On the question of Drawing Boundaries in Philosophy: Revisiting Indian Philosophy’ paper presented in the national seminar on teaching of Indian Philosophy in North East India organized by Department of Philosophy, NEHU on 15th and 17th June, 2016, ii) ‘Sita’s Defiance and Rejection: A Counter Portrayal of Sita as an Epic Character’ paper presented in the national seminar towards a better understanding of Indian Ethics and Religion organized by Department of Philosophy, Assam University, Silchar on 27th and 29th March, 2017.

DEPARTMENT OF FRENCH Amalendu Chakraborty i) ‘Unabingsha shataker banga sahitye farasi prabhab’ paper presented in the National Seminar on the 19th century Bengal: A capsule survey) organised by Dwijendra-Doli Memorial Library Premtala Silchar in collaboration with Center for Bangladesh Studies, Assam University Silchar on 19th and 20th September, 2016. ii) ‘Xavier de Maistre: Le voyage dans ses deux romans’ paper presented in the International Seminar on Récit de Voyage dans la littérature Française et Francophone organised by Department of French Studies, BHU,Varanasi on 23rd and 25th February, 2017. iii) ‘Morality and ethics in Tantra’ paper presented in the UGC-SAP DRS-1 National Seminar Towards a better understanding of Indian Ethics and Religion: Some Contemporary Perspectives organised by Dept of Philosophy Assam University Silchar on 27th and 29th March, 2017.

DEPARTMENT OF ECOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE

Abhik Gupta i) (With E. Jayantakumar Singh) ‘Arsenic iron correlations in parts of North East India and its implications in arsenic mitigation and management’ paper presented in the 3rd International Conference on Environmental Pollution, Restoration, and Management; organized by Loyola University Chicago, SETAC Asia-Pacific, and Vietnam Environment Administration, Venue: Quy Nhon, Vietnam during 6th and 10th March, 2017. ii) ‘The Ladder of Life”: Environmental Ethics in an Aristotelian Perspective’ paper presented in the International Seminar on World Congress in Philosophy: The Philosophy of Aristotle organized by Greek

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Philosophical Society, International Association of Greek Philosophy, and Philosophical Society of Cyprus; Venue: Athens, Greece during 9th and 15th July, 2016. iii) (With Rajashree Bhuyan) ‘Domestic greywater treatment in a constructed wetland mesocosm planted with two species of macrophytes’ paper presented in the International Conference on Protection and Restoration of the Environment PRE-XIII; Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece; Venue: Mykonos Island, Greece on 3rd and 8th July, 2016. iv) (With E. Jayantakumar Singh) ‘Arsenic iron correlations in Manipur, India’ paper presented in the 2nd National Conference on Fundamental and Applied Chemistry; Chemical Science Review and Letters Journal, Venue: Salem, Tamil Nadu on 4th June 2016, ISSN 2278-6783.

Ashesh Kumar Das i) ‘Assessment of carbon stocks in different land use systems:A case study of Barak Valley,Assam’ paper presented in the National Seminar on Advances in Biological Science Research, Department of Botany, Nagaland University, Lumami, Nagaland (February 28th March 1, 2017).

Parthankar Choudhury i) ‘Conservation versus Developmental issues in some selected protected areas of Barak Valley, Assam’ in Assam, India’ paper presented in the Proceedings of National Seminar National Seminar on Natural Resource Management: Technological Options (18-19 March 2016) organized by National Institute of Rural Development & Panchayati Raj, North-Eastern Regional Centre (NIRDPR-NERC) (Ministry of Rural Development, Govt. of India) Jawahar Nagar, NH37, Khanapara, Guwahati-781022.

Hilloljyoti Singha i) ‘Avifaunal diversity of Sone Beel with special reference to comparative foraging ecology between two congeneric egrets’ paper presented in the National Seminar on 4th India Biodiversity Meet 2016 jointly organized by Agricultural and Ecological Research Unit, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata and Government College of Engineering and Textile Technology, Berhampore in collaboration with Biomathematical Society of India.

DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS

Alok Sen i) ‘The gender implications of forest degradation in Rural Households’ paper presented in International seminar on “ Transforming the Economy–Sustaining Food Water Energy and Justice” organised by International Society for Ecological Society (ISEE) held on 26th and 29th June 2016 at the University of The District of Columbia, Washington D.C., United State of America.

Raju Mandal i) ‘Cropping Pattern and its Spatial Variations in India: A Cross-section Study’ paper presented in the 18th Annual Conference of North Eastern Economic Association (NEEA) held at Department of Economics, Gauhati University, Guwahati. ii) ‘Food Insecurity in India: Extent, Variations and Determinants’ paper presented in the 18th Annual Conference of North Eastern Economic Association (NEEA) held at Department of Economics, Gauhati University, Guwahati. iii) ‘Service Trade Dependence of India and ASEAN: Nature and Trends’ paper presented in the international Seminar on ‘Economic Dependence of Northeast India and its Bordering Nations’ held at Assam University, Silchar.

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Avijit Debnath i) (With Nairita Bhattacharjee) ‘State Governments’ Asymmetric Reaction To Central Transfers: An Emperical Investigation in India’ paper presented in the 18th Annual Conference, NEEA, Gauhati University. ii) (With Nazira Mazumder) ‘Understanding the Nature and Trend of India’s Trade Integration with Bordering Nations’ paper presented in the 18th Annual Conference, NEEA, Gauhati University. iii) (With Abdul Basith) ‘Determinants of Private Tutoring Expenditure: A Case Study of Hailakandi District of Southern Assam’ paper presented in the 18th Annual Conference, NEEA, Gauhati University. iv) (With Biraj Dey) ‘Corruption in Public Cash Transfer System: Case of National Old Age Pension Scheme in Hailakandi Block of Assam’ paper presented in the 18th Annual Conference, NEEA, Gauhati University.

Sagarika Dey i) ‘Asset Poverty and Inequality in South Asia: A Comparative Study’ paper presented in the International Seminar on Economic Dependence of Northeast India and its Bordering Nations organised by Department of Economics, Assam University 8th and 9th November, 2016.

Shrabanti Maity i) (With Dr. Moumita Ghosh) ‘Interstate disparity of the health system performance in rural India: the stochastic frontier analysis across states’ paper presented in the National Seminar on role of the Social Sector and public policies in Economic Development, Department of Economics and Politics, Visva-Bharati, 24th and 25th March, 2017. ii) ‘Implication of public distribution system on food security: a case study of Barpeta district and its Char areas, Assam’ International Seminar on 9th ECONference-2017 on Inclusive Development and Sustainable Wellbeing, Department of Economics, The University of Burdwan during 20th and 21st December, 2016. iii) (With Mr. Anup Sinha) ‘Interstate Disparity in the Performance of Controlling Crime against Women in India- Efficiency Estimate across States’ paper presented in the UGC-CPE Sponsored International Conference on Gender and Empowerment Bijoy Krishna Girls’ College, Howrah in collaboration with School of Women’s Studies, Jadavpur University, Kolkata. iv) (With U. R. Barlaskar and Dr. Moumita Ghosh) ‘Efficiency Estimation of Health Infrastructures of Different States in India: An Analysis of Stochastic frontier Approach’ paper presented in the 18th Annual Conference, North Eastern Economic Association (NEEA), Department of Economics, Guahati University, Assam from 15th and 17th December, 2016.

DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

Ranjit Singh i) (With Jayashree Bhattacharjee) ‘Stock Market Reforms in India’ paper presented in the National Seminar on financial sector reforms in India organized by Department of commerce, Assam University on 12th January 2017. ii) (With Jayashree Bhattacharjee) ‘Awareness about Screen Based Trading among the Retail Investors’ paper presented in the National Seminar on Skill Development organized by community College, Assam University on 12th February, 2017. iii) (With Chanchala Tiwari) ‘Perception of teachers about ICT for teaching English’ paper presented in the National Seminar on Skill Development organized by community College, Assam University on 12th February, 2017.

Juthika Konwar i) (With Mr. Sudip Bhattacharjee) ‘Women in Professional Careers: A Comparative Study of Gender Barriers between Management and Engineering Students in Silchar’ paper presented in the International Seminar on Assam University, Silchar | 130

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Women Empowerment through Self Help Group (SHG) in India, ICFAI University, 9th and 10th February, 2017. ii) (With Mr. Anirban Das) ‘Importance of Discretionary Efforts in Technology Adaptation : A Review Based Content Analysis paper presented in the One day International Seminar on Contemporary Issues and Challenges in Management, Law and Education, Aligarh Muslim University, Murshidabad, 26th February, 2017. iii) (With Nilanjana Chakrabarty, Sudip Bhattacharjee) ‘Women in Professional Courses: A Comparative Study of Gender Barriers between Management and Engineering students in Silchar’ paper presented in the International Seminar on Women Empowerment through Self-Help Group in Tripura, ICFAI University, Tripura, 9th and 10th February, 2017.

Deepjyoti Choudhury i) ‘Banking Sustainability through E-Banking: a Performance Analysis of Selected banks in Barak Valley,Assam’ paper presented in the National Seminar on Innovative Management Practices for Sustainable Development. ii) ‘E-Banking Delivery ChannelServices of Different Banks- A Qualitative Analysis’ paper presented in the National Conference on Contemporary Issues in Accounting and Finance.

Nilanjana Chakrabarty i) (With Sudip Bhattacharjee) ‘Role of Cultural Tourism in promoting women empowerment in Tripura’ paper presented in the International Seminar on Women Empowerment through Self-Help Group in Tripura, ICFAI University, Tripura, 9th and 10th February, 2017.

DEPARTMENT OF PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES

Lalduhsanga Pachuau i) ‘Physicochemical characterization of Rubus alceifolius Poir. fruits of Mizoram’ paper presented in the National Seminar on Recent Advances and Scope in Herbal Technology: Challenges and Prospect, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Assam University, Silchar during 9th and 10th September, 2016.

Abhishek Bhattacharjee i) ‘Isolation and spray drying of starch derived from assam bora rice’ paper presented in the National Seminar on Recent advances and scope in herbal technology: challenges and prospect, organized by Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Assam University Silchar on 9th and 10th October, 2016.

Nirupam Das i) ‘Antioxidant properties of the acetone fruit extract of Rubus alceifolius Poir. Rosaceae’ paper presented in the National Seminar on Recent advances and scope in herbal technology: challenges and prospect, organized by Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Assam University Silchar on 9th and 10th October, 2016.

DEPARTMENT OF BIOTECHNOLOGY

Yashmin Choudhury i) (With Imran Ahmad, Hing Y leung and Ian Salt and Zichu Yang) ‘AMP activated protein kinase inhibits EGF-stimulated ERK5 in prostate cancer cells’ paper presented in New Mechanisms and Physiology-The 9th International Symposium on AMP-activated Protein Kinase, At Xiamen, China, 2016, pp. 21.

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Ravi Rajwanshi i) (With Suraj Kumar Jaiswal, Gautam Kumar and Sahana Basu) ‘Differential response of submergence on rice: A study on Sub 1-mediated submergence tolerance’ paper presented in the International Symposiumon Plant Biotechnology for Crop Improvement 2017, Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, Assam, India, pp. 35. ii) (With Banshanlang Iangrai, Chubasenla Aochen, Premila Devi Thongbam, Ravi Rajwanshi) ‘Molecular screening for identification of blast resistance genes (R-genes) from rice cultivars belonging to different agro-climatic zones of North East India’ paper presented in the International Symposiumon Plant Biotechnology for Crop Improvement 2017, Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, Assam, India, pp 49. iii) (With Prasant Saha, Sreejita Chakraborty andn Jayanandi Devi Karam) ‘Computational identification of microRNAs and their targets in three species of kiwifruit, actinidia spp’ paper presented in the International Symposiumon Plant Biotechnology for Crop Improvement 2017, Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, Assam, India, pp. 58. iv) (With Sreejita Chakraborty and Bibhas Deb) ‘Insilico approach for identification of novel miRNAs from Coffea arabica using Expressed Sequence Tags’ paper presented in the Proceedings of National Seminar on Recent advances and scope in Herbal Technology: Challenges and prospects (RASHTCP-2016), Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Assam University, Silchar, Assam, India, pp. 10. v) (With Banshanlang Iangrai, Kamal Prasad Mohapatra and Seema Devi Ningthoujam) ‘Assessment of genetic variability of velvet bean (Mucuna pruriens) using ISSR markers’ paper presented in the International Symposiumon Plant Biotechnology for Crop Improvement 2017, Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, Assam, India, pp. 69. vi) (With Adrita Chowdhury, Jayanandi Devi Karam and Sreejita Chakraborty) ‘In silico identification of microRNAs and their targets from expressed sequence tags (ESTs) and genome survey sequences (GSSs) of Oryza minuta’ paper presented in the International Symposiumon Plant Biotechnology for Crop Improvement 2017, Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, Assam, India, pp.80. vii) (With Adrita Chowdhury and Jayanandi Devi Karam) ‘Computational identification of microRNAs and their targets from expressed sequence tags (ESTs) and genome survey sequences (GSSs) of red rice, Oryza longistaminata’ paper presented in the International Conference on Functional Plant Biology 2017, Assam University, Silchar, Assam, India, pp. 25.

DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE

Debotosh Chakraborty i) ‘Governance, Civil Society and North Eastern Region’ paper presented in the National Seminar on Role of Gram Sabha in Rural Development in India, organised by Furkating College, Assam, 24th and 25th June, 2016. ii) ‘Bridging the Gap: Mainstream Politics and the Identity Movement in Northeast India’ paper presented in the National Seminar on Political Participation and Women: A Study of Assam, organised by Haflong Government College, Haflong, Assam, 29 and 30th September, 2016.

Bijen Meetei i) (With Nameirakpam) ‘State and its response in conflict’ paper presented in the ICSSR National Seminar, Gauhati University, 24 and 25th February, 2017. ii) ‘Politics and Identiy: Emerging Issues in North East India’ paper presented in the 22nd National Conference of NEIPSA, Department of Political Science, Gauhati University, Assam, 24 and 25th February, 2017.

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Mahan Borah i) ‘Muslim Women in India: Issues and Challenges’ paper presented in the Socio-Economic Backwardness of Muslim Minority Threat to National Prosperity, P B College, Gauripur, Dhubri, Assam, 3rd and 4th February, 2017. ii) ‘Higher Education in Assam: Issues and Challenges’ paper presented in the National Seminar on Role of IQAC in Sustenance and Enhancement of Quality in Higher Educational Institutions IQAC cell, Kharupetia College, Darrang, Assam during 8th and 9th February, 2017. iii) ‘Skill Development and Higher Education: Need and Challenges in Assam’ paper presented in the National Seminar on Skill Development and Youth : Prospects and Challenges in North East India, Assam University, Silchar, 10th February, 2017. iv) ‘Politics of Cultural Identity and Language in Assam and Conflicts Around it’ paper presented in the International Conference on Language, Ethnicity and Identity : 21st Century Perspective, Tinsukia College, Tinsukia, Assam on 11th and 12th February, 2017. v) ‘Autonomy Movement in Karbi-Anglong District of Assam and Conflicts Around it’ paper presented in the National Seminar Ethnic Homelands, Emerging Middle Class and Demand for Separate States in North-East India, Department of Political Science, Gauhati University and NEIPSA, 25th and 26th February, 2017.

DEPARTMENT OF INDIAN COMPARATIVE LITERATURE

Suman Gun i) ‘Antarghatmay Bangla Gaddo O Alaler Gharer Dulal’ paper presented in the National Seminar on Pyarichad Mitra organised by Sahitya Akademi on 24-09-2016. ii) ‘Uttar-Purber Bangla Kabita’ paper presented in the National Seminar on Refresher Course organised by University of Calcutta on 22nd December, 2016. iii) ‘Rajnite, Juktibad O Dharma : Swadinatauttar Bangla’ paper presented in the National Seminar on UGC funded seminar organised by Domkol College, West Bengal on 16th December, 2016.

DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY

Sudeshna Purkayastha i) ‘Multiple Facets of Assamese Nation and Making of a Nationalist Icon in the nineteenth and Twentieth Century Assam’ paper presented in the internation seminar on Many faces of Nationalism Pluralistic tradition in India subcontinent organized by the Department of History Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata 16th and 17th February, 2017. ii) ‘The historical contex of Culture and Economics in framing Look East Policy of India’ paper presented in the International Conference on Economic Dependence of Northeast India and its Bordering Nations during 8th and 9th November, 2016 organised by the Department of Ecomices, Assam University, Silchar. iii) ‘Review of Trade Relations between India and other SAARC Nations and its Challenges’ paper presented in the National Seminar on 77 Session of Indian History Congress, held at Triruvananthapuram during 28th and 30th December, 2016.

Projit Kumar Palit i) ‘Buddhist Heritage in North East India : A Religious Linkage with South East Asia’ paper presented in the 4th Conference of the International Association of Theravada Buddhist Universities (IATBU) organised by Association of Indonesian Buddhist Colleges (APTBI) & Ministry of Religious Affairs of the Republic Of Indonesia, Magelang, Central Java, Indonesia, 10th and 14th November, 2016.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Brajesh Kumar i) ‘Look –East Policy: Hinges and Impediments’ paper presented in the international seminar on Economic Dependence of North- East India and its Bordering Nations organised by Department of Economics, Assam university, Silchar Assam during 8th and 9th November, 2016. ii) ‘Post–Liberalisation Evaluation of Monetary Policy Reforms and Practices in India’ paper presented in the International Seminar on Financial Reforms in India organised by Department of Commerce, Assam University, Silchar, Assam-2017 on January 2017, Pp. 69-79.

Ram Chandra Das i) ‘Skill Development, Scope and means in commerce education’ paper presented in the national seminar on Contemporary issues in Business, organised by Department of Commerce, Assam University Silchar during 18th April, 2016. ii) ‘Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR): A case of Indian IT Multinational Corporation’ paper presented in the National Seminar on Corporate Social Responsibility: Sustainability and Development, CKB Commerce College, Jorhat, Assam on 21st and 22nd October, 2016. iii) ‘Cashless Economy : A step towards better transparency’paper presented in the National Seminar on Financial Reforms in India, organised by Department of Commerce, Assam University, Silchar on 12th January, 2017. iv) ‘Digital Payment, Challenges and Prospects in Assam’ paper presented in the International Seminar on Digitalisation and Rural Development in North East India: Issues, Challenges and Way Forward; organised by Department of Social Work, Assam University Silchar and Centre for Bangladesh Studies, Assam University Silchar on 13th and 15th February, 2017.

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Rajat Sharmacharjee i) ‘Strengthening Corporate Governance in India’ paper presented in the National Seminar on Contemporary Issues in Business organized by ICSI, N. E Chapter in association with Deptt. Of Commerce Assam University Silchar. ii) ‘Look East Policy: Issues and Challenges in the context of NER’ paper presented in the International Seminar on Economic Dependence of North East India and its Bordering Nations. iii) ‘Mutual Fund Reforms in India: A Critical Review of SEBI’s Role’ paper presented in the national seminar on Financial Reform in India.

Joyeeta Deb i) ‘Corporate Governance in Banking: Principles and Policies’ paper presented in the National Seminar on “Contemporary Issues in Business” organized by Department of Commerce, Assam University Silchar on 18th April, 2016. ii) (With Ms Santa Kar) ‘Financial performance of selected microfinance institutions: a ratio analysis approach’ paper presented in the ‘1st National Conference of North-East India Commerce and Management Association’ organized by NEICMA and Gauhati University at Gauhati Commerce College, Guwahati on 23rd and 24th September, 2016. iii) ‘Efficiency determinants in Indian banking-is diversification the answer’ paper presented in the National Conference on Contemporary Issues in Accounting and Finance, organized by North-Eastern Hill University in collaboration with NEEPCO Shillong at NEHU Shillong on 21st and 22nd October 2016. iv) ‘Resolving Marketing Problems in north-east India: a cluster development approach’ paper presented in the International Seminar on ‘Economic dependence of north-east India and its bordering nations’ organized by Department of Economics, Assam University Silchar on 8th and 9th November, 2016. v) (With Santa Kar) ‘Assessing sustainability of microfinance institutions in India’ paper presented on Thirteenth International Accounting Conference, organized by Indian Accounting Association jointly with Deloitte on 7th and 8th January 2017. vi) (With Ms. Nupur Moni Das) ‘Impact of Capital Adequacy Ratio on Bank’s Performance: Evidence from Indian Banking Sector’ paper presented in the Thirteenth International Accounting Conference, organized by Indian Accounting Association jointly with Deloitte on 7th and 8th January 2017. vii) (With Ms. Nupur Moni Das) ‘Banking Sector Reforms in India: Assessing the Capital Adequacy Norms’ paper presented in the National Seminar on Financial Reforms in India, organized by Department of Commerce, Assam University Silchar on 12th January, 2017. viii) ‘Assessing Operational Sustainability of MFIs: A Panel Data Analysis’ paper presented in the 3rd International Conference on Applied Economics and Finance organized by GITAM School of International Business, GITAM University, Visskhapatnam, on 28th January 2017. ix) (With C. Kharsynthiew) ‘Assessing Sustainability of Microfinance Institutions in North-East India’ paper presented in the National Seminar on “25 Years of Economic Reforms in India anf its Impact on North-East India” organized by North-East India Council for Social Science Research at Shillong on 9th and 10th December, 2016.

Soma Roy Dey Choudhury i) ‘Measuring Women Empowerment is a Challenge or a Paradox’ paper presented in the national seminar on 69th All India Commerce Conference Held at Lucknow, on 11th and 13th November, 2016. ii) ‘International Variation in IFRS Adoption and India’ paper presented in the Thirteenth International Accounting Conference, held at CRRN, University of Calcutta on 7th and 8th January, 2017. iii) (With Saurav Dey) ‘Working Capital Management in Select Small Enterprise in Shillong- An analysis’ paper presented in the Thirteenth International Accounting Conference, held at CRRN, University of Calcutta on 7th and 8th January, 2017.

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Annual Report 2016-17 iv) (With Kripanjali Pradhani) “A Study on Financing of MSME in India” paper presented in the National Seminar organised by Department of Commerce, Assam University, Silchar and Theme was Financial Reforms in India. A. S. Yarso i) (With Happyson) ‘Rekindling the Spirit of Adventure among the North Eastern Youth in their Dreams of Ventures: A Study on the Role of MUDRA Bank’ paper presented in the National Seminar on Skill Development and Youth: Prospects and Challenges in North-east India Organised by Community College, Assam University, Silchar Sponsored by UGC, New Delhi during 10th February, 2017. ii) (With Romen) ‘Digitalization and its Impact on Socio-Economic Development of Manipur’ paper presented in the International Seminar on Youth Convention on Digitalization and Rural Development in North East India: Issues, Challenges and Way Forward Organised by Department of Social Work and Centre for Bangladesh Studies, Assam University, Silchar during 13th and 15th February, 2017. iii) (With Gachuiwo and Ram Chandra) ‘Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR): A Case of Indian IT Multinational Corporations (MNCs)’ paper presented in the National Seminar on Corporate Social Responsibility: Sustainability and Development organised by Department of Banking CKB Commerce College, Jorhat, Assam on 21st and 22nd October, 2016. iv) (With Razaul) ‘Enterprise Social Responsibility Practices by Micro and Small Enterprises in Hailakandi Town: An Analytical Study’ paper presented in the National Seminar on Corporate Social Responsibility: Sustainability and Development organised by Department of Banking CKB Commerce College, Jorhat, Assam on 21st and 22nd October, 2016. v) (With Happyson) ‘Stride in the Development of Information Technology Sector in North East India’ paper presented in the International Youth Convention on Digitalization and Rural Development in North East India: Issues, Challenges and Way Forward organised by Department of Social Work and Centre for Bangladesh Studies, Assam University, Silchar during 13th and 15th February, 2017. vi) (With Romen Sana) ‘Entrepreneurial Social Responsibilities: A Case Study of Meira Foods Enterprise’ paper presented in the National Seminar on Corporate Social Responsibility: Sustainability and Development organised by Department of Banking CKB Commerce College, Jorhat, Assam on 21st and 22nd October, 2016.

DEPARTMENT OF MICROBIOLOGY

Piyush Pandey i) (With L. Paikhomba Singha) ‘Genomic insights of PAH degrading bacteria’ paper presented in the 57th Annual Conference of AMI, 24th and 27th November 2016 held at Guahati University, Assam. (National) ii) (With Lakshmibala Kshetri and G. D. Sharma) ‘Biofertilizer Potential of Mixed Phosphate solubilizing Bacteria in the Enhanced Growth and Phosphate Uptake of Allium hookeriThwaites’ paper presented in the 57th Annual Conference of AMI, 24th and 27th November 2016, held at Guahati University, Assam. (National) iii) (With R. K. Jina Devi, Silpi Sorongpong and L. Paikhomba Singha) ‘Glutathione-S-transferase activity in Klebsiella sp. AWD5 and Pseudomonas aeruginosa PDB1 under the stress of pyrene, benzo-a-pyrene and chrysene’paper presented in the 57th Annual Conference of AMI during 24th and 27th November 2016, held at Gauhati University, Assam. (National) iv) (With R. K. Jina Devi and Silpi Sorongpong) ‘Induction of Glutathione-S-transferase helps degradation of PAH in Klebsiella sp. AWD5 and Pseudomonas aeruginosa PDB1’ paper presented in the MICRON 2016, during 29th and 30th December 2016, held at Department of Microbiology, Assam University, Silchar. (National) v) ‘Glutathione and Glutathione-S-transferase activity in Jatrophacurcas in associated with pyrene degrader Pseudomonas aeruginosa PDB1 in rhizosphere, for alleviation of stress induced by polyaromatic

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hydrocarbon for effective rhizoremediation’ paper presented in the North-East Meet during 16th and 17th March 2017, Assam University, Silchar. (National) vi) ‘Rhizosphere association of Pseudomonas aeruginosa PDB1 facilitated the reduction of strain induced by pyrene in Jatrophacurcas’ paper presented in the Petroleum Biotechnology on 4th and 5th March, 2017, Tezpur University. (National) vii) ‘Plant-microbe interaction for biodegradation of polyaromatic hydrocarbons and stress alleviation of host plant’ paper presented in the Scientia on 7th and 8th April, 2017, Assam University, Silchar. (National) viii) (With Rhitu Kotoky) ‘Solubilisation and degradation of Benzo(a)pyrene by biosurfactant producing Bacillus atrophaeus S1I5 isolated from petroleum contaminated sites of Assam, North East India’ paper presented in the 57th Annual Conference of AMI on 24th and 27th November 2016, held at Gauhati University, Assam. (National) ix) ‘Biodegradation of Benzo(a)pyrene by heavy metal resistance bacteria’ paper presented in the MICRON 2016 during 29th and 30th December 2016, held at Department of Microbiology, Assam University, Silchar. (National) x) (With FarnasNasiri, Debashis Acharya and K. Malabika Singha) ‘Influence of silver coated nanoparticle on growth of soil bacteria paper presented in the 57th Annual Conference of AMI on 24th and 27th November 2016, held at Gauhati University, Assam. (National) xi) (With FarnasNasiri and Debashis Acharya) ‘Effect of silver coated nanoparticle on growth of soil bacteria’ paper presented in the MICRON 2016 during 29th and 30th December 2016, held at Department of Microbiology, Assam University, Silchar. (National) xii) (With Saurav Debnath) ‘Degradation of Benzo(a)pyrene by soil bacteria Acinobacter sp. S1I5 isolated from petroleum contaminated sites of Silchar, Assam’ paper presented in the 57th Annual Conference of AMI on 24th and 27th November 2016 held at Guahati University, Assam. (National) xiii) ‘Degradation of Benzo(a)pyrene by soil bacteria Acinobacter sp. Nov PdB4 isolated from petroleum contaminated sites of West Bengal, India’ paper presented in the MICRON 2016 during 29th and 30th December 2016 held at Department of Microbiology, Assam University, Silchar. (National) xiv) (With L. Paikhomba Singha and Rajkumari Jina) ‘Genome Sequence of PAHs Degrading soil bacterium Klebsiellapneumoniae AWD5’ paper presented in the MICRON 2016 during 29th and 30th December 2016, held at Department of Microbiology, Assam University, Silchar. (National) xv) (With Thounaojam Nevita and G. D. Sharma) ‘Development of Compatible LignocellulolyticBacerial Consortium for Rapid Composting of Rice Straw’ paper presented in the MICRON 2016 during 29th and 30th December 2016, held at Department of Microbiology, Assam University, Silchar. (National) xvi) (With G.D. Sharma) ‘Degradation of lignocellulosic waste using plant growth promoting bacteria for improving soil fertility’ paper presented in the Skill development and Youth: Prospects and Challenges in North-east India on 10th February 2017, Assam University, Silchar. (National)

Indu Sharma i) (With Roophradha Chakraborty and SagolsemYaiphathoiChanu) ‘Study on the effect of toothpastes on acidogenic bacteria from dental plaque’ paper presented in the 57th Annual Conference of Association of Microbiologists of India and International symposium on Microbes and Boishere-What’s new what’s next” organised by Guwahati University and IASST on 24th and 27th November, 2016. ii) (With ParijatHajarika) ‘Antibiotic susceptibility pattern of Staphylococcus aureus isolated from foods for human consumption’ paper presented in the International conference on contemporary antimicrobial research Assam University on on 15th and 17th November, 2016. iii) (With ParijatHajarika) ‘Isolation and molecular characterization of staphylococcus sp from food samples’ paper presented in the National Seminar on Micron 2016 (Microbes on north-east) orgamised by Assam University on 29th and 30th December, 2016. iv) (With R. Das, SagolsemYaiphathoiChanu and Parijat Hajarika) ‘The prevalence of antimicrobial resistant and carriage of virulent genes in Aeromonas sp. isolated from Labeorohita’ paper presented in the

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International conference on contemporary antimicrobial research during 15th and 17th November 2016, Assam University. v) (With Debasish Roy) ‘Isolation and molecular characterization of Pseudomonas species from different Clinical specimens’ paper presented in the International conference on contemporary antimicrobial research during 15th and 17th November 2016, Assam University. vi) (With Ruhely Nath) ‘Characterization of Staphylococcus aureus and assessment of tst1 gene from different clinical and ready to eat food’ paper presented in the International 57th Annual Conference of Association of Microbiologists of India and International symposium on Microbes and Boishere-What’s new what’s next on 24th and 27th November 2016 organised by Guwahati University and IASST. vii) (With Debasish Roy) ‘Isolation and molecular characterization of Pseudomonas species from different Clinical specimens’ paper presented in the National Seminar on Micron 2016 (Microbes on north-east) 29th and 30th December 2016, Assam University

Amitabha Bhattacharjee i) (With Deepjyoti Paul, Debadatta Dhar, Atanu Chakravarty) ‘Copy number alteration of IncX3 plasmid

encoding blaNDM-7 under concentration gradient carbapenem stress’ paper presented in the National Seminar on MICROCON 2016 on 23rd and 27th November, PGIMER, Chandigarh. ii) (With Deepshikha Bhowmik, Debadatta DharChanda, Atanu Chakravarty and Chandrayee Deshamukhya) ‘Occurence of inducible clindamycin resistance within clinical isolates of Staphylococcus aureus from a tertiary referral hospital of North-East India’ paper presented in the ICCAR 2016, 14th and 17th November 2016, Assam University, Silchar. (International) iii) (With Deepshikha Bhowmik, Debadatta DharChanda, Atanu Chakravarty) ‘Role of msrAand mphCin

Macrolide-Lincosamide-Streptograminb (MLSb) resistance within clinical isolates of Staphylococcus aureus:A study from North-East India’ paper presented in the MICROCON 2016, on 23rd and 27th November, PGIMER, Chandigarh. (National) iv) (With DebadattaDhar and Deepjyoti Paul) ‘A unique incidence of blaOXA-23 within Escherichia coli and their copy number alteration against concentration gradient carbapenemstress’ paper presented in the MICROCON 2016, 23rd and 27th November, PGIMER, Chandigarh. (National) v) (With DebadattaDhar) ‘First description of blaOXA-58 within nosocomial isolates of Escherichia coli from India’ paper presented in the ICCAR 2016, 14th and 17th November 2016, Assam University, Silchar. (International) vi) (With Anupam Das Talukdar, Kathakali Nath and Mrinal Kanti Bhattacharya) ‘Efficacy of ethno-medicinal ferns as anti-microbial agent’ paper presented in the ICCAR 2016, 14th and 17th November 2016, Assam University, Silchar. (International) vii) (With MrinalKanti Bhattacharya and Anupam Das Talukdar) ‘Evaluation of antibacterial activity from frond extract of Microsorumpteropus’ paper presented in the MICRON 2016, 29th and 28th December, 2016, Assam University, Silchar. (National) viii) (With Anupam Das Talukdar and Mrinal Kanti Bhattacharya) ‘Cyatheagigantea (Cyatheaceae) as an antimicrobial agent against multi drug resistant organisms’ paper presented in the NE MEET 2017, Assam University, Silchar. (National) ix) (With BirsonIngti, Debadatta Dhar and Monalisha Hazarika) ‘Occurence of AmpC- β-lactamases in Acinetobacterbaumannii associated nosocomial infection in a tertiary referral hospital of India’ paper presented in the ICCAR 2016 during 14th and 17th November , Assam University, Silchar. (International) x) (With BirsonIngti, Deepjyoti Paul and Debadatta Dhar) ‘Occurence of bla NDM-1 within nosocomial isolates of Acinetobacterbaumannii: A report from North-East India’ paper presented in the MICROCON 2016 during 23rd and 27th November, PGIMER, Chandigarh. (National) xi) (With Shiela Chetri, DebaduttaDhar (Chanda) and Bhaskar Jyoti Das and Atanu Chakrabarty) ‘Transcriptional expression of MarA, SoxS and Rob regulon under concentration dependent carbapenem

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stress within clinical isolates of multidrug resistant Escherichia coli’ paper presented in the MICROCON 2016 during 23rd and 27th November 2016, PGIMER, Chandigarh. (National) xii) (With Shiela Chetri, DebaduttaDhar (Chanda) and Atanu Chakrabarty) ‘Role of transcriptional regulators in carbapenem resistance within clinical isolates of Escherichia coli’ paper presented in the ICCAR 2016 during 23rd and 27th November 2016, Assam University, Silchar. (International) xiii) (With Shiela Chetri, DebaduttaDhar (Chanda) and Atanu Chakrabarty) ‘Role of MarA, SoxS and Rob in carbapenem resistance within clinical isolates of Escherichia coli’ paper presented in the MICRON 2016 during 29th and 30th December 2016, Assam University, Silchar. (National) xiv) (With Deepjyoti Paul, Anand Prakash Maurya, Debajyoti Bora, DebadattaDhar (Chanda), Atanu Chakravarty and Birson Ingti) ‘Induction of DHA-1 β-lactamase under concentration gradient cephalosporin stress in strain of Escherichia coli: A study from North East India’ paper presented in the ICCAR 2016 during 14th and 17th November 2016, Assam University, Silchar. (International) xv) (With Deepjyoti Paul, Anand Prakash Maurya, Debajyoti Bora, DebadattaDhar (Chanda) and Atanu Chakravarty) ‘Expression of ADC-30 β-lactamase against concentration gradient cephalosporins stress in Acinetobacterbaumanii: A study from North East India’ paper presented in the 23rd and 27th November 2016, Assam University, Silchar (International) xvi) (With Shielachetri, DebadattaDhar (Chanda) and Jayalaxmi Wangkheimayum) ‘Occurrence of high level aminoglycoside resistance within Enterobacteriacea from a tertiary referral Hospital’ paper presented in the ICCAR 2016 on 14th and 17th November, 2016, Assam University, Silchar. (International) xvii) (With Shielachetri and DebadattaDhar(Chanda) ‘Antibiogram profiling of Escherichia coli towards the agents inhibiting 30s ribosomal binding’ paper presented in the MICRON 2016 on 29th and 28th December, 2016, PGIMER, Chandigarh. (National) xviii) (With Shielachetri and DebadattaDhar (Chanda) ‘Molecular insight into diverse modifying enzymes responsible for high level Aminoglycoside resistance within Escherichia coli :- A report from North- East India’ paper presented in the MICROCON 2016 on 23rd and 27th November, 2016, PGIMER, Chandigarh. (National) xix) (With Rajkumari Elizabeth, DebadattaDhar (Chanda), Atanu Chakravarty and Nargis Alom Choudhury) ‘Transferability of multidrug resistance within environmental isolates of enterobacteriaceae: a study from north east India’ paper presented in the MICROCON 2016 on 23rd and 27th November, 2016, PGIMER, Chandigarh. (National) xx) (With DebadattaDhar (Chanda) and Atanu Chakravarty) ‘Clonal carriage of BLA NDM-4 within INC X3 plasmid in clinical isolates of enterobacteriaceae from tertiary referral hospital of north east Assam’ paper presented in the ICCAR 2016 on 14th and 17th November 2016, Assam University, Silchar. (International) xxi) (With Rajkumari Elizabeth, DebadattaDhar (Chanda) and Atanu Chakravarty) ‘Role Of Class 3 Integrons In Antibiotic Resistance Within Clinical Isolates Of Escherichia Coli Associated With Hospital Infection’ paper presented in the ICCAR 2016 during 14th and 17th November 2016, Assam University, Silchar. (International) xxii) (With DebadattaDhar (Chanda) and AtanuChakravarty) ‘First Description Of Class 3 Integron Mediated Cephalosporin Resistance Within Nosocomial Isolate Of Escherichia Coli: A Report From North East India’ paper presented in the MICROCON 2016 during 23rd and 27th November, 2016, PGIMER, Chandigarh. (International) xxiii) (With DebadattaDhar (Chanda) and AtanuChakravarty) ‘Carriage Of bla (CTX-M- 15)Within Class 3 Integron In Escherichia Coli: A Report From North- East India’ paper presented in the MICRON 2016 during 29th and 28th December 2016, Assam University, Silchar. (National)

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DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCE AND BIOINFORMATICS

Manabendra Dutta Choudhury i) (With D Dhar (Chanda), D. Choudhury and A Bhattacharjee) ‘Insights into the intrinsic carbapenem resistance mechanisms of clinical isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa from a tertiary referral hospital in northeast India’ paper presented in the International conference on Contemporary Antimicrobial Research 2016, organized by Assam University Biotech Hub Silchar, India, In collaboration with Bioinformatics Center (DBT-BIF) Assam University, Silchar, India, In association with European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Switzerland from 14th and 17th November, 2016. ii) ‘Antimicrobial activity of Alocasia decipiens Schott’ paper presented in the International Conference on Contemporary Antimicrobial Research 2016, organized by Assam University Biotech Hub Silchar, India, In collaboration with Bioinformatics Center (DBT-BIF) Assam University, Silchar, India, In association with European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Switzerland from 14th and 17th November, 2016. iii) (With MA Laskar and D. Das) ‘Insilico bioactivity prediction of some natural compounds for their anti- pneumonicoccal activities targeting Neuraminidase-A enzyme’ paper presented in the International Conference on Contemporary Antimicrobial Research 2016, organized by Assam University Biotech Hub Silchar, India, In collaboration with Bioinformatics Center (DBT-BIF) Assam University, Silchar, India, In association with European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Switzerland from 14th and 17th November, 2016. iv) (With B Ingti, A Bhattacharjee and M. A. Laskar) ‘Insilco analysis of a novel beta lactamase CMH2 and its binding efficacy towards beta lactam antibiotics’ paper presented in the International Conference on Contemporary Antimicrobial Research 2016, organized by Assam University Biotech Hub Silchar, India, In collaboration with Bioinformatics Center (DBT-BIF) Assam University, Silchar, India, In association with European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Switzerland from 14th and 17th November, 2016. v) (With A Chowdhury, A Bhattacharjee and P. Paul) ‘Insilco screening of novel quinine derivativers as Plasmodium faliciparum histo-aspartic protease ( HAP) inhibitor as potent antimalarials’ paper presented in the International Conference on Contemporary Antimicrobial Research 2016, organized by Assam University Biotech Hub Silchar, India, In collaboration with Bioinformatics Center (DBT-BIF) Assam University, Silchar, India, In association with European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Switzerland from 14th and 17th November, 2016. vi) (With Anupam Das Talukdar, Prakash Roy Choudhury, Abhijit Mitra and Subrata Das) ‘Bioactive Natural Product in Inhibition of Cancer’ paper presented in the North East Regional Research Scholars’ Meet 2017(NEMeet 2017),Organised by UGC-SAP(DRS-II) Activity, Department Of Life Science & Bioinformatics,Assam University, Silchar,from-17th and 18th March,2017. (Regional) vii) (With Anupam Das Talukdar, M.A. Laskar and S. K. Banik) ‘An in silico approach to predict the risk of areca nut mediated cerebrovascular disease’ paper presented in the North East Regional Research Scholars’ Meet 2017 NEMeet 2017 organised by UGC-SAP (DRS-II) Activity, Department Of Life Science and Bioinformatics, Assam University, Silchar from 17th and 18th March, 2017. (Regional) viii) (With Anupam Das Talukdar, A. Anbarasu, A. Bhattacharjee and S. Baishya) ‘An in-silico approach for understanding horizontal gene transfer in Bacteria’ paper presented in the North East Regional Research Scholars’ Meet 2017, NEMeet 2017 organised by UGC-SAP(DRS-II) Activity, Department Of Life Science and Bioinformatics, Assam University, Silchar from 17th and 18th March,2017. (Regional) ix) (With Anupam Das Talukdar, P. Saha, P.R. Choudhury, A. Mitra, A. Chowdhury and N. S. Barbhuiya) ‘Potentials of Glycosmis pentaphylla (Retz.) DC. fruits on oxidative stress’ paper presented in the North East Regional Research Scholars’ Meet 2017 (NEMeet 2017) organised by UGC-SAP(DRS-II) Activity, Department Of Life Science and Bioinformatics,Assam University, Silchar from 17th and 18th March, 2017. (Regional)

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Sanjib Kumar Panda i) ‘Molecular Physiology and Functional Genomic studies for abiotic stress tolerance in Plants’ paper presented in the IKUSTAR, 2016, Faculty of Science, Kasetsarts University, Bangkok during 2nd-and 4th June, 2016. (International)

Suchismita Das i) (With L.Q. Ma) ‘Fluoride enhanced arsenate and phosphate uptake in fern plant Pteris ensiformis’ paper presented in the 17th Annual Soil and Water Sciences Research Forum, SWS Department, IFAS, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA on 15th September 2016. (International) ii) (With A.R. Siddiqui, L.M. De Oliveira, S.M. Shahzad, M. Ashraf, S .Nazeer, B. Rathinasabapathi, Ma LQ) ‘Potassium Solubilizing Rhizobacteria: An Eco-Friendly and Sustainable Agricultural Approach’ paper presented in the 14th Annual Southeastern Regional Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry Meeting organised by UF Centre for Environmental and Human Toxicology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA on 22nd and 24th September, 2016. (International) iii) (With L.M. De Oliveira, A.R. Siddiqui, B. Rathinasabapathi, Ma LQ) ‘Pteris vittata reduced arsenic uptake by lettuce in an CCA-contaminated soil’ paper presented in the 14th Annual Southeastern Regional Society of

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Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry Meeting organised by UF Centre for Environmental and Human Toxicology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA on 22nd and 24th September, 2016. (International) iv) (With De Oliveira LM, Siddiqui AR, Ma LQ) ‘Co-uptake dynamics of Arsenic and Fluoride in As hyperaccumulator fern, Pteris vittata’ paper presented in the 14th Annual Southeastern Regional Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry Meeting organised by UF Centre for Environmental and Human Toxicology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA on 22nd and 24th September, 2016. (International)

Shubhadeep RoyChoudhury i) (With P. K. Nath) ‘Analyzing Farmers’ Adaptation to Climate Change in Southern Assam’ paper presented in the impact of Climate Change on Biodiversity: Applications of Recent Technologies for Conservation of Threatened Species; Mizoram University; September 22nd and 24th September, 2016. (National)

Himanshu Kishore Prasad i) (With Ringhoilal Chorei and Ridip Kumar Gogoi) ‘Functional Screening of Transcriptional Regulators in the Genomes of Industrially important Fungi for strain improvement -An In silico Approach’ paper presented in the National Conference on Microbes of North East, MICRON 2016, organized by Department of Microbiology, Assam University, Silchar, Assam from 29thand 30th December, 2016. ii) (With Munish Kumar and Nibendu Nath) ‘Role of hyperhomocysteinemia in increasing the risk of stroke and cerebroprotective effect of hydrogen 8.sulfide in rodent model’ paper presented in Indian National Stroke Conference, Stroke:Present and Future, Organized by Indian Stroke Association, Taj swarna, Amritsar on 17th and 19th March 2017. iii) (With Loreni Chiring and Kakoli Chanda) ‘Characterization of thermotolerant and mesophilic fungi from diverse ecological sources and their prospection for extracellular enzyme production’ paper presented in the National Conference on Microbes of North East, MICRON 2016, organized by Department of Microbiology, Assam University, Silchar, Assam from 29th-30th December 2016. iv) (With Loreni Chiring Phukon) ‘Plant associated fungi for beneficial agricultural traits’ paper presented in the International Conference On Functional Plant Biology, organized by Department of Life Science and Bioinformatics, Assam University, Silchar, on 23rd January, 2017. v) ‘Characterization of native fungi and their current approaches in enzymes production’ paper presented in the North East Regional Research Scholars’ Meet 2017(NEMeet 2017), organised by UGC-SAP(DRS-II) Activity, Department Of Life Science and Bioinformatics,Assam University, Silchar from 17th and 18th March, 2017. (Regional) vi) (With Bibash Rajkumar and Atifa Begum Mozumder) ‘Evaluation of Rhizobacteria of some medicinal plants for plant growth promotion and biological control paper presented in the National Conference on Microbes of North East, MICRON 2016 organized by Department of Microbiology, Assam University, Silchar, Assam from 29th and 30th December, 2016. vii) ‘Isolation and characterization of Rhizosphere microbes of selected medicinal plants for the antimicrobial and plant growth promoting activity’ paper presented in the International conference on Contemporary Antimicrobial Research 2016, organized by Assam University Biotech Hub Silchar, India, In collaboration with Bioinformatics Center (DBT-BIF) Assam University, Silchar, India, In association with European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Switzerland from 14th and 17th November, 2016.

Sanjeev Kumar i) ‘Cross talk among innate and adaptive immune cells’ paper presented in the Micron 2016, Department of Microbiology, Assam University, Silchar. (National)

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Meenakshi Bawari i) (With Manabendra Dutta Choudhury and Rojini Athokpam) ‘Hepatoprotective activity of aqueous extract of Pyrus Pashia Buch.-Ham ex D.Don against CCl4 induced hepatotoxicity’ paper presented in the Ethnobiology and Traditional Knowledge in Biodiversity Conservation-Approaches and Dimensions (ETKBC) organized by Department of Ecology and Environmental Science, Assam University, Silchar and CSIR, 2nd and 3rd February, 2017 (National) ii) (With Mahuya Sengupta and Meenakshi Bawari) ‘Neuroprotective effect of dry fruit extract of Trapa bispinosa against mercury chloride induced neurotoxicity’ paper presented in the Recent advances and scope in herbal technology: challenges and prospects” organized by Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Assam University, Silchar, Assam on 9th and 10th September 2016. (National) iii) (With Sanjit Namasudra and Mahuya Sengupta) ‘Phytochemical screening of aqueous extract of Hydrocotyle javanica: an ethnomedicinal plant’ paper presented in the Ethnobiology and traditional knowledge in biodiversity conservation: approaches and dimensions” organized by Department of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Assam University, Silchar, Assam on 2nd and 3rd February, 2017. (National) iv) (With Sanjit Namasudra and Mahuya Sengupta) ‘A study on neuroprotective effect of aqueous extract of Hydrocotyle javanica against mercury chloride induced neurotoxicity’ paper presented in the Recent advances in zoological research and integrative biology organized by Department of Zoology, Cotton College State University, Guwahati, Assam. 27th and 28th February, 2017. (National) v) (With Sanjit Namasudra and Mahuya Sengupta) ‘Antioxidant enzyme activity in the cerebral cortex of albino mice treated with mercury chloride: a molecular Approach’ paper presented in the Chemical Physics organized by Department of Physics, Assam University, Silchar, Assam on 20th and and 21st March, 2017. (National) vi) (With Sanjit Namasudra and Mahuya Sengupta) ‘Antioxidant enzyme activity in the cerebral cortex of albino mice treated with mercury chloride: a molecular Approach’ paper presented in the Chemical Physics organized by Department of Physics, Assam University, Silchar, Assam on 20th and and 21st March, 2017. (National) vii) (With Sanjit Namasudra) ‘Neurobehavioral study of aqueous extract of Senna alata (l), a medicinal plant of tripura, india’ paper presented in the Recent advances and scope in herbal technology: challenges and prospects” organized by Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Assam University, Silchar, Assam on 9th and 10th September, 2016. (National) viii) (With Pankaj Phukan) ‘Preliminary qualitative phytochemical analysis and acute toxicity study of Mussaenda roxburghii and Holarrhena pubescens: ethno-botanical plants of Tripura’ paper presented in the Ethnobiology and traditional knowledge in biodiversity conservation: approaches and dimensions” organized by Department of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Assam University, Silchar, Assam on 2nd and 3rd February, 2017. (National) ix) (With Pankaj Phukan) ‘Study of neurobehavioural alteration instigated by Mussaenda roxburghii Hook.f. and effect of vitamin E in mitigating it’ paper presented in the Recent advances in zoological research and integrative biology organized by Department of Zoology, Cotton College State University, Guwahati, Assam on 27th and 28th February, 2017. (Regional) x) (With Mahuya Sengupta and H. Ashalata Singha) ‘Phytochemical analysis of the aqueous extract of lantana camara l.: a medicinal plant’ paper presented in the Recent advances and scope in herbal technology: challenges and prospects” organized by Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Assam University, Silchar, Assam during 9th and.10th September 2016. (National) xi) (With Meenakshi Bawari, Mahuya Sengupta) ‘Preliminary phytochemical screening and acute oral toxicity of the aqueous extract of heliotropium incanum ruiz and pav. in swiss albino mice’ paper presented in the North east regional research scholars’ meet on 2017. (Regional)

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Anupam Das Talukdar i) (With Ningthoujam, and Sanjoy Singh) ‘Acquisition and Filtration of online Biological Data through R software : Prospects and Problems’ paper presented in the North East Regional Research Scholars’ Meet 2017(NEMeet 2017),Organised by UGC-SAP(DRS-II) Activity, Department Of Life Science & Bioinformatics,Assam University, Silchar,from-17th and18 th March,2017. (Regional) ii) (With Manabendra Dutta Choudhury, K. Nath, A Bhattacharjee and MK Bhattacharya) ‘Efficacy of ethnomedicinal ferns as anti-microbial agent’ paper presented in the International Conference on Contemporary Antimicrobial Research 2016, organized by Assam University Biotech Hub Silchar, India, In collaboration with Bioinformatics Center (DBT-BIF) Assam University, Silchar, India, In association with European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Switzerland from 14th and 17th November, 2016. iii) (With PR Choudhury, KS Potsangbam, A Mitra, D. Nath, I Laithonjam and Manabendra Dutta Choudhury) ‘Antibacterial screening of some selected medicinal plants of Bishnupur District, Manipur, India’ paper presented in the International Conference on Contemporary Antimicrobial Research 2016, organized by Assam University Biotech Hub Silchar, India, In collaboration with Bioinformatics Center (DBT-BIF) Assam University, Silchar, India, In association with European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Switzerland from 14th and 17th November, 2016. iv) (With MA Laskar, Manabendra Dutta Choudhury and D. Saha) ‘Virtual high throughput screening of some phytochemicals for anti-tubercular activity by targeting Ddtp-6-deoxy-D-xylo-4-hexulose 3’ paper presented in the International Conference on Contemporary Antimicrobial Research 2016, organized by Assam University Biotech Hub Silchar, India, In collaboration with Bioinformatics Center (DBT-BIF) Assam University, Silchar, India, In association with European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Switzerland from 14th and 17th November, 2016. v) (With MA Laskar, Manabendra Dutta Choudhury and R. Nath) ‘Insilico screening of phytochemicals for anti-leishmaniansias activity by targeting Trypanothione reductase (TR) of Leishmania sp’ paper presented in the International Conference on Contemporary Antimicrobial Research 2016, organized by Assam University Biotech Hub Silchar, India, In collaboration with Bioinformatics Center (DBT-BIF) Assam University, Silchar, India, In association with European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Switzerland from 14th and 17th November, 2016. vi) (With S Das, MA Laskar, Manabendra Dutta Choudhury and B. Nath) ‘In silico appraisal of Febrifugin and its derivatives for the treatment of malaria’ paper presented in the International Conference on Contemporary Antimicrobial Research 2016, organized by Assam University Biotech Hub Silchar, India, In collaboration with Bioinformatics Center (DBT-BIF) Assam University, Silchar, India, In association with European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Switzerland from 14th and 17th November, 2016. vii) (With A Bhattacharjee, Manabendra Dutta Choudhury, MA Laskar and R. K. Agrahari) ‘In silico screening of integrase inhibitor against integron carrying multidrug resistant bacteria’ paper presented in the International Conference on Contemporary Antimicrobial Research 2016, organized by Assam University Biotech Hub Silchar, India, In collaboration with Bioinformatics Center (DBT-BIF) Assam University, Silchar, India, In association with European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Switzerland from 14th and 17th November, 2016. viii) (With MA Laskar, D Nath, A Chowdhury, PR Choudhury, S Das, Manabendra Dutta Choudhury and A. Mitra) ‘Insilico screening of Glyceryl Elaidate and its derivatives as peptide deformylase (PDF) inhibitor to treat Vibrio cholreae and E.coli mediated stomach ailments’ paper presented in the International Conference on Contemporary Antimicrobial Research 2016, organized by Assam University Biotech Hub Silchar, India, In collaboration with Bioinformatics Center (DBT-BIF) Assam University, Silchar, India, In association with European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Switzerland from 14th and 17th November, 2016. ix) (With Manabendra Dutta Choudhury, MK Bhattacharya, S Tewari, H Upadhyaya and S. Shome) ‘Comparative study on the antibacterial efficacy on nanocurcumin, ZnO nanoparticles and curcumin-ZnO nanocomposites’ paper presented in the International Xonference on Contemporary Antimicrobial Research

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Anupom Borah i) ‘L-DOPA treatment potentiates psycho-motor behavioral abnormities in mice model of hepatic encephalopathy’ paper presented in the 34th Annual Meeting of India Academy of Neurosciences “Molecules To Mind” National Brain Research Centre, Gurgaon, India on 19th and 21st October, 2016. (International) ii) ‘Elevated cholesterol levels in Parkinson’s disease potentiate dopaminergic neurodegeneration by diminishing mitochondrial functions’ paper presented in the 34th Annual Meeting of India Academy of Neurosciences “Molecules To Mind” National Brain Research Centre, Gurgaon, India on 19th and 21st October, 2016. (International) iii) ‘Diminished brain Acetylcholinesterase activity leads to cognitive impairment in chronic kidney disease: A study in mice model’ paper presented in the 34th Annual Meeting of India Academy of Neurosciences “Molecules To Mind” National Brain Research Centre, Gurgaon, India on 19th and 21st October, 2016. (International) iv) ‘Unilateral administration of Hcy into the median forebrain bundle of rats causes striatal dopamine depletion and displays behavioral abnormalities similar to Parkinsonism’ paper presented in the 34th Annual Meeting of India Academy of Neurosciences “Molecules To Mind” National Brain Research Centre, Gurgaon, India on 19th and 21st October, 2016. (International) v) ‘Ayurvedic formulation in the treatment of Parkinson’s disease: An old wine in new bottle’ paper presented in the Recent advances and scope in herbal technology: Challenges and prospects organised by Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Assam University, Silchar on 9th and 10th September, 2016. (National) vi) ‘Fruit palp of Garcinia sp. protect against behavioural symptoms of Parkinson’s disease’ paper presented in the Recent advances and scope in herbal technology : Challenges and prospects. (National) vii) ‘Garcinol, a plant component of Garcinia sp. ameliorates brain dysfunctions: Relevance to Parkinson’s disease’ paper presented in the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Assam University, Silchar. (Regional)

DEPARTMENT OF VISUAL ARTS

Raj Kumar Mazinder i) ‘Art that addresses rare texts, conflicts and rather awareness in Nation’s building: A case study of Amar Kanwar’s video’ paper presented in the Rastriya Sangosthi on seminar topic “Rastra nirman mei lalit Kala ki bhumika (Sahitya, sangit ebong drisyakala)” organised by Sanskar Bharati, U. P. at Shiva Palace, Kopaganj, Mou, Uttar Pradesh on 18th and 20th June, 2016 (National) ii) ‘The Orunodoi and Nineteenth-Century Wood-block Prints in Assam: A Brief Overview’ paper presented in the National Seminar on the topic The Nineteenth Century Bengal: A capsule survey at Gandhi Bhawan, Silchar organised by Dwijendra-Doli memorial Library, Premtola Silchar on 19th and 20th September, 2016.

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Kh. Narendra Singh i) ‘Ethno-medicine and healthcare among the Karbis of Lumbajong area of Karbi Anglong, Assam’ paper presented in the Anthropological Research in North East India: Retrospect and Prospect organized by Department of Anthropology, Manipur University, Imphal and Indian Anthropological Society, Kolkata during 8th and 10th November, 2016. (International) ii) ‘Exhibiting Cultures of northeast India through Museum’ paper presented in the Golden Jubilee Symposium organized by Department of Anthropology, Dibrugrah University, Dibrugrah in collaboration with Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya, Bhopal on 26th and 27th May, 2016. (Regional)

Somenath Bhattacharjee i) ‘Utilization of Natural Resources through Indigenous Technology as A Probable Way to Ameliorate Rural Poverty: A Study on the Karbi Tribal Group of Assam’ paper presented in the 104th Indian Science Congress organized by S. V. University, Tirupati on 3rd and 7th January, 2017. (National) ii) (With Bamonkiri Rongpi) ‘Significance of Non-Timber Forest Products in the Animistic religious practices of the Karbis of Assam’ paper presented in the DST Sponsored National Conference on Current Issues in Non Timber Forest Products (NTFPs) 22nd -23rd November 2016, Department of Life Sciences and Bio Informatics, Assam University, Diphu campus. iii) (With Bamonkiri Rongpi) ‘Preservation of Karbi Folklore through Cinematography: Problems, Prospects and the Way Ahead’ paper presented in the ICHR sponsored National Seminar on Unexplored History of The Karbis in Northeast India Past and Present Perspectives organised by Department of History Assam University, Diphu Campus on 6th and 7th September, 2016.

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Ranjit Singha i) (With Bhaskarjyoti Bodo, Pradip Kumar Kalita and Gunjan Patwari) ‘Structural and optoelectronic

properties of glucose capped Cu doped ZnO/Zn(OH)2’ paper presented in the Second International Conference on MATERIAL SCIENCE (ICMS-2017) held at Department of Physics, Tripura University on 16th and and 18th February, 2017. ii) (With Ranjit Singha and Bhaskarjyoti Bodo and Subhajit Chakraborty) ‘Structural and Optical Characterization of Chemically Synthesised Nanoclusters’ paper presented in the National Seminar on Advances in Material Science held at Department of Physics, Gauhati University on 24th and 25th March, 2017. iii) (With Ranjit Singha and Bhaskarjyoti Bodo) ‘Structural and Optical Characterization of Chemically Synthesized CdS:Cu Nanoclusters’ paper presented in the 1st International Conference On Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (Icnan’ 16) organised By Centre for Nanotechnology Research Vit University, Vellore, India on 19th and 21st October, 2016. iv) (With Bhaskarjyoti Bodo) ‘Synthesis and Characterization of Water Soluble ZnS:Cu,Mn co-doped nanoparticles: Effect of Molar Concentration’ paper presented in the 1st International Conference on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (Icnan’ 16) organised By Centre for Nanotechnology Research, VIT University, Vellore, India 19th To 21st October, 2016.

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Subrata Hazarika i) (With Subrata Hazarika) ‘Multiple Filamentation of super Gaussian beam in Chalcogenide glass and role of Noise’ paper presented in the 25th DAE-BRNS National Laser Symposium(NLS-25) held at KIIT University, Bhubaneswar on 20th and 23rd December, 2016. ii) (With Abhijeet Das and Subrata Hazarika and Chironjit Hazarika) ‘Multiple Filamentation Due to Variation in Beam Ellipticity of an Elliptical Gaussian Beam in Fluoride Glass Medium’ paper presented in the Xth Biennial National Conference of Physics Academy of North East, Shillong, 10th and 12th November, 2016.

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Ratan Borman i) (With Sri Mohanlal Sarmah) ‘Corporate Social Responsibility Practices of Oil India Limited, Duliajan’ paper presented in the Corporate Social Responsibility: Sustainability and Development; UGC Sponsored National Seminar, CKB Commerce College, Jorhat, Assam on 21st and 22nd October, 2016. ii) (With Sri Prodip Gogoi) ‘Estimation and Analysis of Tourist Satisfaction: A Study on Selected Heritage Destination of Sivasagar, Assam’ paper presented in the ICSSR sponsored National Seminar on Tourism Development of India: Problems and Prospects, Diphu Govt. College, Diphu, Assam during 21st and 22nd December, 2016.

Ayekpam Ibemcha Chanu i) (With Anup Debnath and Y. Linthoi Chanu) ‘Financial Literacy Among the Third Gender for Financial Inclusion: A case study of Dimapur Town’ paper presented in the NABARD sponsored National Seminar on ‘Financial Inclusion in India organised by Department of Commerce Manipur University, Imphal, on 12th and 13th May, 2016. ii) (With Tripti Haloi) ‘Look East to Act East Policy and its Implication on Women Entrepreneurship Development in Assam’ paper presented in the UGC sponsored National Seminar on “ Economic Development in North East India: Challenges and Opportunities, organised by Department of Economics, Pachim, Guwahati Mahavidyalaya, Guwahati, on 27th and 28th October 2016. iii) (With Ruhit, Kemprai, Joyjit Sanyal and Subit Dutta) ‘A study on Brand Awareness in Consumer Buying Decision Among the students: with reference to Stationary Goods’ paper presented in the 69th All India Commerce Conference of All India Commerce Association, organised by University of Lucknow, on 11th and 15th November, 2016. (National) iv) ‘Start up India and its relevance in North East India’ paper presented in the 69th All India Commerce Conference of All India Commerce Association, organised by University of Lucknow on 11th and 15th November, 2016. (National) v) (With Shibu Das) ‘A Study on Efficiency of Select Regional Rural Banks of India’ paper presented in the 69th All India Commerce Conference of All India Commerce Association, organised by University of Lucknow on 11th and 15th November, 2016. (National) vi) (With Monalisha Terangpi) ‘CSR in Tourism Entrepreneurship Development And It’s Linkage With Sustainable Development’ paper presented in the ICSSR-Sponsored National Seminar on Tourism Development in India: Problems and Prospects, organised by IQAC, Diphu Government College on 21st and 22nd December, 2016.

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Subit Dutta i) ‘Effect of Road Transport in the Development of Rural Economy of North East India’ paper presented in the ICSSR, New Delhi sponsored National Seminar on Road Communication and its Development in Northeast India an Beyond|: Briging Culture and People organized by Department of History, Asam University Diphu Campus, Diphu, Assam held on 29th and 30th September, 2016. ii) (With Pranay Jyoti Goswami) ‘Educational Development of Tribals with Special Reference to Barmans of Assam and Tripuris of Tripura’ paper presented in the UNICEF sponsored National Seminar on Education of Marginalised People & its Implementation in the North Eastern Region of India organized by Department of History, Asam University Diphu Campus, Diphu, Assam held on 9th and 10th November, 2016. iii) (With Dr. A.I.Chanu, Joyjit Sanyal and Rohit Kemprai) ‘Customer Preference and Risk Perception of Online Shopping Over Traditional Shopping Mode’ paper presented in the 69th All India Commerce Conference organized by Faculty of Commerce, University of Lucknow, Lucknow (U.P.) on 11th and 13th November, 2016. (National) iv) (With Joyjit Sanyal) ‘A Study on Brand Awareness in Consumer Buying Decision Among the Students: With Reference to Stationery Goods’ paper presented in the 69th All India Commerce Conference organized by of Faculty of Commerce, University of Lucknow, Lucknow (U.P.) on 11th and 13th November, 2016. (National) v) (With with Nipul Sutradhar) ‘Hotel – A Key Driver to the Growth of Tourism’ paper presented in the ICSSR sponsored National Seminar on Tourism Development in India: Problems and Prospects organized by IQAC, Diphu Govt. College, Diphu, Assam in Collaboration with Department of Tourism, Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council, Diphu, Assam on 21st and 22nd December, 2016.

Joyjit Sanyal i) (With Sweta Bhattacharjee) ‘A Study on Consumer Satisfaction with regards to service quality of Indian Railways’ paper presented in the 1st National Conference of North East India Commerce and Management Association organised by NEICMA and Gauhati Commerce College on 23rd and 24th September, 2016. ii) (With Saptadweepa Shandilya) ‘A Study On The Potentials For Film Induced Tourism In North East India’ paper presented in the 69th All India Commerce Conference organized by of Faculty of Commerce, University of Lucknow, Lucknow (U.P.) held on 11th and 13th November, 2016. (National) iii) (With with Dr. A.I.Chanu, Subit Dutta and Rohit Kemprai) ‘Customer Preference and Risk Perception of Online Shopping Over Traditional Shopping Mode’ paper presented in the 69th All India Commerce Conference organized by of Faculty of Commerce, University of Lucknow, Lucknow (U.P.) held from 11th and 13th November, 2016. (National) iv) (With Subit Dutta) ‘A Study on Brand Awareness in Consumer Buying Decision Among the Students : With Reference to Stationery Goods’ paper presented in the 69th All India Commerce Conference organized by of Faculty of Commerce, University of Lucknow, Lucknow (U.P.) held from 11th and 13th November, 2016. (National)

DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH

Bishnu Charan Dash i) ‘Negotiating Ecocritical Discourse: A Comparative Study of Kalidasa and Shakespeare’ paper presented in the International Conference on Rethinking Environment: Literature, Ethics and praxis at Berhampur University, Odisha on 28th and 30th December, 2016. ii) ‘Humanity is Divinity: Revisiting Rabindranath Tagore’s Concept of Religion’ paper presented in the National Seminar on World Religions: A Step Towards Interreligious Dialogue organized by the Dept. of Philosophy, Patkai Christian College, Nagaland On 24th and 25th February, 2017.

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Anup Kumar Dey i) ‘Freedom of Expression and Finding its Limits: An International Experience’ paper presented in the ICSSR Sponsored National Seminar on “Right to Freedom of Speech and Expression: A Legal and Constitutional Contour” organized by Department of Law, Assam University, Silchar on 17th and 18th November, 2016. ii) ‘Minority in War Zone: A study of Khaled Hosseini’s The Kite Runner’ paper presented in the Literature, Culture and World Peace organized by Higher Education and Research Society, Navi Mumbai in Pune on 23rd and 24th September, 2016.

Amlanjyoti Sengupta i) ‘Examining Learner’s English Language Proficiency Through Open Book Examination at the UG/PG Level In India: Prospects and Challenges’ paper presented in the UGC Sponsored National Seminar on Examination Reforms and Higher Education at the UG Level in the North-East with Special Reference to Assam organized by IQAC, Pramathesh Barua College, Gauripur on 23rd and 24th January, 2017.

DEPARTMENT OF ASSAMESE

Kusumbar Boruah i) ‘Contribution of Missionaries in the field of Education : A study on Karbi Anglong’ paper presented in the ICSSR sponsored seminar on “Unexplored History of Karbies in Northeast India Past and Present”, organise by the Department of History, Assam University Diphu Campus on 6th and 7th September, 2016. (National) ii) ‘Sankardevar Bhakti Darsan’ paper presented in the UGC sponsored seminar on “Srimanta Sankardeva;s Philosophy in the Context of Present Socio-Cultural Environment of India”, organise by the Department of Philosophy, Nowboicha College on 14th and 15th September, 2016. (National) iii) ‘Karbi Folk Dance : An Analytical Study’ paper presented in the ICSSR and Sahitya Academy sponsored Seminar on “Doing Oral History : Folklore, Memory and Tradition” organise by the Centre for Tribal Studies, Assam University Diphu Campus on 11th and 12th November, 2016 (National) iv) ‘River-Island Majuli : Satra and Folk-Cultural Assimilation’ paper presented in the Sattriya Culture – Its Impect, Sustenance and Future organise by the Indira Gandhi Centre for the Arts (IGNCA) and All Assam Ankiya Bhaona Somaroh–2017, Majuli, on 29th January and 2nd February, 2017 (National) v) (With Dhanaranjan Kalita) ‘Mahabharat- Prem Aru Jantranar Padawali : Ek Alochana’ paper presented in the UGC sponsored seminar on Impact of Mythology on Modern Assamese Literature organise by the Department of Assamese, North Lakhimpur College on 10th and 11th February, 2017 (National)

DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE

Bikash Chandra Dash i) ‘Origin and Development of Karbi Autonomy Movement’ paper presented in the ‘Unexplored History of Karbis in North East India Past and Present Perspectives’ organized by the Department of History, Assam University Diphu Campus and Centre for Karbi Studies, Diphu on 6th and 7th September 2016. (National)

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Niranjan Mohapatra i) ‘Civil Society and The State in An Armed Conflict’ paper presented in the Civil Society and the State: An Interface, organised by P.G. Dept. of Political Science, UGC-DRS-II(SAP) Utkal University, Bhubaneswar on 25th March, 2017. (International) ii) ‘India’s Act East Policy in the 21st Century’ paper presented in the India’s Foreign Policy Towards Her Neighbours, organised by P.G. Dept. of Political Science, UGC-DRS-II(SAP) Utkal University, Bhubaneswar on 6th March, 2017. (National) iii) ‘Regionalism as a Challenge to Indian Democracy: A Case Study of North-East of India’ paper presented in the UGC Sponsored National Seminar Challenges to Democratic Governance in India-problems and prospects organised by Department of Political Science, B.S. College, Dasapall, Nayagarh, Odisha. iv) ‘Private Sector in Higher Education in India’ paper presented in the UGC Sponsored National Seminar on quality in Higher Education organised by Department of Political Science, Kendrapara Autonomous College,kendrapara, Odisha on 13th and 14th August, 2016.

DEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY

Atur Kiri Ingti i) ‘Changes in Land Tenure among the Karbis in Assam’ paper presented in the National Seminar on “Unexplored History of the Karbis in Northeast India: Past and Present Perspective” organized by Department of History, Assam University Diphu Campus and CKS, Diphu in Assam University, Diphu Campus, Diphu during 6th and 7th September, 2016.

DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY

B. Chonzik Paul i) (With Kezhangulie Metha) ‘The Making of National Highway 39: History and its Significance in the Context of Nagaland and Manipur’ paper presented in the National Seminar on Road communication and its Development in North Eastern Region of India- Bridging Culture and People, organized by the Department of History, Assam University, Diphu Campus at the department during 29th and 30th September, 2016. ii) ‘Memories of the Year 1944: The Naga Experience of the Second World War’ paper presented in the National Seminar on Doing Oral History: Folklore, Memory and Tadition organized by Centre for Tribal Studies, at Assam University, Diphu Campus during 11th and 12th November, 2016. iii) ‘Impact of education oN Hmar women’ paper presented in the National Seminar on Education of Marginalised People - Issues, Policy and its Implementation, organized by the department of History, Assam University, Diphu Campus at the department, supported by UNICEF and ICSSR-NERC during 9th and 10th November, 2016.

Tahir Hussain Ansari i) ‘The Kharagpur chieftaincy during 18th and 19th century’ paper presented in the Academic Programme, as Associate ship, at Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla, on 25th July, 2016. (National) ii) ‘Karbi Relation with Neighbouring Tribes’ paper presented in the National Seminar on Unexplored History of the Karbis in North East India: Past and Present Perspectives, organized by the Department of History, AUDC and Centre for Karbi Studies, Diphu during 6th and 7th September, 2016. iii) ‘Trade and Trade Routes between Assam and Bengal subas during Mughal Period’ paper presented in the National Seminar on Road Communication and its Development in Northeast India and Beyond: Bridging Culture and People, organized by Department of History, Assam University, Diphu Campus on 29th and 30th September, 2016.

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Tarun Dutta i) ‘Role of Public Work Department in making of Road in Assam’ paper presented in the Road Communication and its Development in North Eastern Region of India- Bridging Culture and People, Department of History, Assam University Diphu Campus, Assam during 29th and 30th September, 2016. (National) ii) ‘Memories of Makers- The Road workers memory and the Ledo-Burma Road’ paper presented in the Doing Oral History-Memories, folklore and Oral History, Tribal Studies Centre, Assam University Diphu Campus, Assam on 11th and 12th November, 2016. (National) iii) ‘Educational Incentives and the marginalised community of Assam’ paper presented in the Education of Marginalised People-Issues, Policy and its Implementation, Department of History, Assam University Diphu Campus, Assam, during 9th and 10th November, 2016. (National)

DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCE AND BOIINFORMATICS

Robindra Teron i) (With Ritamoni Konch and Ajit K Tamuli) ‘Ethnomedicines for burning urination practice among the Sonowal Kachari of Lakhimpur district, Assam (North East India)’ paper presented in the International Conference on Global Biodiversity, Climate Change and Sustainable Development, Faculty of Life Science, Rajiv Gandhi University, Rono Hills, Arunachal Pradesh during 15th and 18th October, 2016.

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING

Prasanna Kumar G.V. Paper published in journals : (With Netramoni Baruah) Numerical Modeling of Regenerative Rotary Heat Exchanger: A Review J. of Biosystems Engineering, ISSN : 2234-1862, Vol.42(1), pp.44-55, 2017.

Laxmi Narayan Sethi Paper published in journals : i) (With Nandakumar Singh and Haorongbam) Investigation of Soil Micronutrients Status of Greenhouse for Enduring Crop Planning Hilly Terrain of Assam Journal of Agroecology and Natural Resource Management, ISSN 2394-0786, Vol. 3 (3), pp. 228-232, July and September, 2016. ii) (With Laxmi Narayan Sethi, P. Padhy Kamakshi and Bornika Mandal) Assessment of Number and Discharge Rate of Emitters and Laterals for a Hydraulic Ram Pump Fed Drip Irrigation System for Terrace Cultivation, Journal of Agroecology and Natural Resource Management ISSN 2394-0786, Vol. 3 (3), Pp.259-263 July and September, 2016. iii) (With Laxmi Narayan Sethi and Sudipto Sarkar) Effect of Vermicompost on Soil Nutrient Status for Production of Capsicum inside a High-Tech Poly House Journal of Agro ecology and Natural Resource Management Vol.3 (3), Pp.264-270, ISSN 2394-0786, July and September 2016. iv) (With Puja Das, Sampad Bordhan and Laxmi Narayan Sethi) Effect of Low-Cost Poly House on Production of Tomato in a Hillock of Assam Journal of Agricultural Engineering and Food Technology Pp.242-247, ISSN: 2350-0085. v) (With Diplina Paul and Laxmi Narayan Sethi) Decadal Rainfall Analysis and Probabilistic Estimation of One Day Maximum Rainfall of Silchar, Assam Journal of Indian Water Resources Society, October 2016 issue, Vol. 36, No. 4, ISSN:0970-6984. vi) (With Rupanjali D.Baruah, R. M.Bhagat, Sudipta Roy and L. N.Sethi) Use of Data Mining Technique for Prediction of Tea Yield in the Face of Climate Change of Assam, India International Conference on Information Technology (ICIT 2016), 978-1-5090-3584-7/16 $31.00 © 2016 IEEE, DOI 10.1109/ICIT.2016.44, Pp. 265-269, December 22-24, 2016, IIIT, Bhubaneswar, India.

Paper Published in edited Books/Chapter contributed: i) (With L. P. Pholane and N. Sudhindra Panda) Chapter 1 Runoff and On-Farm Reservoir Supplemental Irrigation: Effects on Water and Nitrogen Dynamics Under Rainfed Rice: Mustard Cropping System, Innovations in Agricultural and Biological Engineering Volume -6 (SOIL AND WATER ENGINEERING) Principles and Applications of Modeling, Editor : Balram Panigrahi, Megh R. Goyal, ©2016 by Apple Academic Press, CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group. Apple Academic Press Inc-3333 Mistwell Crescent Oakvile, ON L6L 0A2, 2016: Pp.3-84, ISBN : 13: 978-1-77188-392-4. ii) (With N. Sudhindra Panda) Chapter- 3: Soil Water Balance Simulation of Rice Field Using Hydrus-2D and Mass Balance Model Innovations in Agricultural and Biological Engineering. Modeling Methods and Practices in Soil and Water Engineering, Balram Panigrahi, Megh R. Goyal, Apple Academic Press, CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group. Apple Academic Press Inc-3333 Mistwell Crescent Oakvile, ON L6L 0A2 Canada, Apple Academic Press Inc. 9 Spinnaker Way Waretown, NJ 08758, USA 2016, Pp.31-70.

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Ajita Tiwari Paper published in journals : i) (With S.K. Jha) Extrusion Technology: Principal, Mechanism and effect on direct expanded snack – An Overview, International Food Studies, Impact Factor : 0.74, Vol. 2, 2013 and 2018. ii) (With S.K. Jha) Effect of extrusion variables on physico-chemical properties of pearl millet flour based expanded snacks Research and Review: Journal of Food Science and Technology, Impact Factor : 0.61, Vol- 5, Issue 01, 2016, ISSN: 2278-2249 (online) 2321-6468 (Print).

Sudipto Sarkar Paper published in journals : (With Anamika Yadav, Sudipto Sarkar, Avinash Kumar) Influence of Throat Hole Parameters on The Performance of Venturi Aerator International Journal of Advanced Technology in engineering and Science, Vol. 4 (9), Pp. 54-60, September 2016, ISSN: 2348-7550.

DEPARTMENT OF BENGALI

Biswatosh Choudhury Paper published in journals : ‘Bangla Kabya Unisher bhasa andolon’ organised by Bangla Bivagiya Patrika, Assam University, Silchar on 19th May 2016, ISSN 0975-279X.

Rama Bhattacharyya Paper published in journals : ‘Shankha Ghosh : Kavi O Byekti’ organised by Bengali Departmental Journal, Assam University Silchar, on 19th May 2016, pp-65-70, ISSN: 0975-279X.

Bela Das Paper published in journals : i) ‘Samaj, Sanskriti O Nari : Prasanga Narishakti ba Ashrumalini’ organised by Ninth column Special issue on Uttar Purber Bangla Sahitya Abolokon punurbolokon, Pp. 163-174, ISSN 2229-6778. ii) ‘Geetanjali: Samay O Sristhi’ Bengali departmental Journal, Assam University Silchar, on 19th May 2016, Pp Pani: Sileti Jiboner Mohakabya’ organised by Shatakratu, Silchar, on Nabaparyay-5,. May 2016, Pp. 1. 50- 55, ISSN: 0975-279X. Paper Published in edited Books/Chapter contributed: ‘Manasa mangal kabyer Nabanirman: Prasanga Manasar katha Bangla Mangalkabya o tar uttaradhikar, Editor: Bimal kumar Thandar, Publisher: Vivekananda Book centre, pp-159-170, ISBN No- 978-93-80973-70-8.

Priya Kanta Nath Paper published in journals : ‘Jatiyotabodher Praticchobi : Girindramohini Dasir Kabita’, organised by ‘Bibhagiyo Patrika’, Bangla Bibhag, Pp.34 – 41, 0975-279X. Paper Published in edited Books/Chapter contributed: i) Swarnakumari Devir Oitihasik Upanyas: Itihaser Punopath, Bangla Upanyase Itihaser Punarnirman, Edit by Dr. Rami Chakrabarty Bangiya Sahitya Sangsad, Kolkata., pp-15-26, ISBN: 978-93-85131-23-3. ii) Banafuler Dana: Atma-sandhaner Path O Patheya Bangla Upanyas: Sangjnar Sandhane, Edit by Dr. Rami Chakrabarty Bangiya Sahitya Sangsad, Kolkata, pp-13–33, ISBN: 978-93-85131-86. iii) Sundarbane Saat Batsar : Jiboner Udvasan, ‘Bibhutibhusan : Punapath’, Edit by Tapodhir Bhattacharje Bangiya Sahitya Samsad, Kolkata, pp-201–207, ISBN : 978-93-85131-74-5.

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Debasish Bhattacharya Paper published in journals : i) ‘Surma Gangor 88-199, ISSN: 0976-5344. ii) ‘Osomer Bangla Kobitay Uttar Purbanchaliya Swar: Ekti Samiksha’, organised by Bangla Bivagiya Patrika, Assam University Silchar, Vol.-9, July 2016, Pages 49-68, ISSN 0975-279X.

Paper Published in edited Books/Chapter contributed: DeshBhager Kathakata O Uttor Purba Bharat : Nibid Nirabatar Akhyan Deshbivag O Bangla Akhyan, Edit by Uday Chand Das Diya Publication, Kolkata, pp-108-127, ISBN: 978-93-82094-61-6.

Tripti Paul Choudhury Paper published in journals : ‘Sabhyatar Sankate Dharma-upasana-darshan-bhittik Nimbarka Vedanter Sulabhabakash: Ekti Mulyayan’, organised by Vagisvari, Vol. 10, pp-93-95, ISSN: 0976-559X.

Santanu Sarkar Paper published in journals : ‘Kobitar bhasa jevabe protibader bhasa hoye othe’, ‘Bibhagiyo Patrika’, Bangla Bibhag, Pp.92-98, ISSN: 0975279X.

Durba Deb Paper published in journals : ‘Sahitye Narir Nirman O Naipunnya’, organised by Sahitye Narir Nirman O Naipunnya, ISBN- 978-81-295-2933-6.

Rami Chakraborty Paper published in journals : i) ‘Ismat Chugtai-er Galpo : Antohpurer Kothokota’, Dibaratrir Kabya, Vol. 24th, 1st & 3rd issue. Pp. 38-50, ISSN 2229-5763. ii) ‘Kobita Jakhan Atmamanthoner Naskhikantha’, organised by Bangla Bibhagiya Patrika, Vol.12, Issue-9, pp- 81-90, ISSN 0975-279X. iii) ‘Eki Sudhu Rupkothari Desh?’ Ulukhagra, Bangladesh, 20th Issue, Pp. 152-158.

Paper Published in edited Books/Chapter contributed: i) “Radha” : Atmo Onweshaner Upakhyan, Bangla Uponyase Itihaser Punarnirman, Editors : Priya Kanto Nath Bangiyo Sahitya Samsad, Pp.172-181, ISBN : 978-93-85731-23-3. ii) Narir Sangrami Astitwer Panjar Kotha ebang “Ghumkature Iswar” Bangla Uponyas Sanghar Sandhane, Editors : Priya Kanto Nath Bangiyo Sahitya Samsad, pp-255-277, ISBN : 978-93851-3186-8. iii) Bibhutibhushan : Sangketer Bhashyakar Bibhutibhushan Punahpath, Editor : Topodhir Bhattacharjee, Bangiyo Sahitya Samsad, pp. 208-224.

Ramakanta Das Paper published in journals : i) ‘Kada Nadar Shabde: Swapne Bastaber Hatchani’, organised by SWAPNA, Lumding, Pp. 33-35, ISSN: 0976-9676. ii) ‘Loksahitya O Samskritite ‘Go-prasanga’: Barak Upatyaka’, FERI, Kolkata, Pp. 14-20, ISSN: 2231-2862. iii) ‘Jvarajvari Brata : Puraner Rakshasir Loukik Devirup’, Ekusher Dheu, Shantiniketan, Birbhum, pp. 1-6, ISSN: 2454-7182. iv) ‘Role of Folklore in promoting National Integration’, organised by Folklore and Folkloristics, Kolkata, Pp. 9 -12, ISSN: 2350-031X.

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Paper Published in edited Books/Chapter contributed: i) ‘Barak Upatyakar Loukik Krirar Chora’ Banglar Chora: Chorar Bangla, Editor ; Dr. Sougata Chattopadhyaya Bangiya Sahitya Sangsad, Kolkata, pp-265 -269, ISBN: 978-93-83590-97-1. ii) Ramesh Chandra Dutter duti Upanyas : Itijaser Dui Alo-andhari Adhyay Bangla Upanyase Itihaser Punarnirman, Editor : Prof. Priyakanta Nath and Dr. Rami Chakrabarty, Bangiya Sahitya Sangsad, Kolkata, pp-27-39, ISBN: 978-93-85131-233. iii) Surma-Baraker Loksanskritite Nari Banglar Loksanskriti: Fire Dekha, Editor : Biswajit Kundu and others, Uddalak Publishing House, Kolkata, pp-1-13, ISBN:978-93-85580-21-5. iv) Bibir Mithya Talak O Talaker Bibi Ebong Halud pakhir Kissa: ekti Bishlesani Path Bangla Upanyas: Sangjnar Sandhane, Editor : Prof. Priyakanta Nath and Dr. Rami Chakrabarty Bangiya Sahitya Sangsad, Kolkata, pp-182–212, ISBN: 978-93-85131-86-8.

Barunjyoti Choudhury Paper published in journals : ‘Cha Baganer Sahitya’, organised by Baishakhi, Kolkata, pp-33-35.

Bubul Sarma Paper published in journals : i) ‘Abbajaner Harh : Asahoher Jhuli Bhore Mriter Panjor’, Swapna, Lumding, Pp. 40-43, ISSN: 0976-9676. ii) ‘Shyleti Bangalir Khadya Sanskriti : Prasnga PithePuli’, organised by Biyan , Shyleti Sammleyan Guwahati, pp-13-22.

Paper Published in edited Books/Chapter contributed: i) Banafuler Sandhipuja : Itihasher Punnarnirman Bangla Upanyase Itihaser Punarnirman, Editor : Prof. Priyakanta Nath and Dr. Rami Chakrabarty Bangiya Sahitya Sangsad, Kolkata, pp-182-192, ISBN: 978-93- 85131-23-3. ii) Barak Upatyakar Loukik Krirar Chora Banglar Chora: Chorar Bangla, Editor : Dr. Sougata Chattopadhyaya Bangiya Sahitya Sangsad, Kolkata, pp-265 -269, ISBN: 978-93-83590-97-1. iii) Prakritajoner Porisor Sandane Bibhutibhusaner Ichamoti Bibhuti Bhusan Punapath, Editor : Prof. Tapodhir Bhattacharjee, Bangiya Sahitya Sangsad, Kolkata, pp-117-128, ISBN: 978-93-85131-74-5. iv) Puraner Nabanirmiti : Bidhyadhori O Bibagi Lakhindar Bangla Upanyas: Sangjnar Sandhane, Editor : Prof. Priyakanta Nath and Dr. Rami Chakrabarty Bangiya Sahitya Sangsad, Kolkata, pp-213-224, ISBN: 978-93-85131-86-8.

Ashok Das Paper published in journals : ‘Shaho AbdulKarim : Lukayater Mukoshree’, organised by Departmental Journal, Vol. 9, Pp. 174-179, ISSN: 0975 297x.

Paper Published in edited Books/Chapter contributed: i) Itishaser Protibedone Akhyan : Kanchanmala Bangla Upanyase Itihaser Punarnirman, Editor : Prof. Priyakanta Nath and Dr. Rami Chakrabarty Bangiya Sahitya Sangsad, Kolkata pp-39-53, ISBN: 978-93- 85131-23-3. ii) Okathitho Protibedoner Upakhyan : Bindu Bindu Jol Bangla Upanyas: Sangjnar Sandhane, Editor : Prof. Priyakanta Nath and Dr. Rami Chakrabarty Bangiya Sahitya Sangsad, Kolkata, pp-279-290, ISBN: 978-93- 85131-86-8.

Alauddin Mondal Paper published in journals : i) ‘Little Magazine Andolon: Aaj o Agamikaal’, organised by Abhimukh, Pp. 102-105, ISSN- 23494107.

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Rahul Das Paper published in journals : i) ‘Bankimer Pathak’ organised by Diwaralap-84, pp-10-11, ISSN No: 0975-5608. ii) ‘Debobrata Chodhurir Galpa : Jeebaner Nibir Shilparup’, organised by Bangla Bibhagiya Patrika, Vol-18, ISSN 0975-279x.

DEPARTMENT OF BIOTECHNOLOGY

Supriyo Chakraborty Paper published in journals : i) (With Monisha Nath Choudhury, Arif Uddin and Ravi Rajwanshi) Nucleotide composition and codon usage bias of SRY gene ANDROLOGIA, Impact factor : 1.441, DOI: 10.1111/and.12787, ISSN: 1439-0272 (Online). ii) (With Arif Uddin, Monisha Nath Choudhury and Ravi Rajwanshi) Codon usage bias and phylogenetic analysis of mitochondrial ND1 gene in pisces, aves, and mammals Mitochondrial DNA, Impact factor: 1.760, DOI: 10.1080/24701394.2016.1233534, ISSN, 2470-1394 (Print) 2470-1408 (Online). iii) (With Debojyoti Nag, Tarikul Huda Mazumder and Arif Uddin) Codon usage pattern and prediction of gene expression level in Bungarus species Gene, Impact factor: 2.319, Vol. 604, 2017, pp.48–60, ISSN: 0378- 1119. iv) (With Himangshu Deka) Insights into the Usage of Nucleobase Triplets and Codon Context Pattern in Five Influenza A Virus Subtypes J. Microbiol. Biotechnol, Impact factor: 1.685, 2016, Vol. 26(11), pp.1972– 1982, pISSN 1017-7825, eISSN 1738-8872. v) (With Prosenjit Paul1, Anindya Chakraborty, Debasree Sarkar, Malobika Langthasa, Musfhia Rahman, Minakshi Bari, RK. Sanamacha Singha and Arup Kumar Malakar) Interplay between miRNAs and Human Diseases: A Review Journal of Cellular Physiology, ISSN: 1097-4652, Impact factor: 4.155, DOI 10.1002/jcp.2585. vi) (With Monisha Nath Choudhury, Y. Human Chromosome and Arif Uddin) Gene expression, nucleotide composition and codon usage bias of genes associated Genetica, ISSN: 0016-6707, Impact factor: 1.51, DOI 10.1007/s10709-017-9965-y. vii) (With Binata Halder and Arup Kumar Malakar) Nucleotide composition determines the role of translational efficiency in human genes Bioinformation, ISSN 0973-2063 (online), 0973-8894 (print).

Ravi Rajwanshi Paper published in journals : i) (With Deepak Kumar, Mohd Aslam Yusuf, Suchandra DebRoy and Neera Bhalla Sarin) Stress-inducible overexpression of glyoxalase I is preferable to its constitutive overxpression for abiotic stress tolerance in transgenic Brassica juncea Molecular Breeding, Impact factor : 2.108, Vol.36(76), pp. 1-15, ISSN: 1380- 3743 (print version), ISSN: 1572-9788 (electronic version). ii) (With Karam Jayanandi Devi, Sreejita Chakraborty and Bibhas Deb) Computational identification and functional annotation of microRNAs and their targets from expressed sequence tags (ESTs) and genome survey sequences (GSSs) of coffee (Coffea arabica L.) Plant gene, Vol.6, pp. 30-42, ISSN: 2352-4073.

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Yashmin Choudhury Paper published in journals : i) (With Aditi Bhowmik, Sambuddha Das, Abhinandan Bhattacharjee, Biswadeep Choudhury, Momota Naiding and Sankar Kumar Ghosh) BRCA1 and MDM2 as independent blood-based biomarkers of head and neck cancer Tumor Biology, Impact factor : 2.926, pp.1-14, ISSN: 1010-4283 (Print), ISSN: 1423-0380 (Online). ii) (With Sayantan Nath and Sankar Kumar Ghosh) A murine model of type 2 diabetes mellitus developed using a combination of high fat diet and multiple low doses of streptozotocin treatment mimics the metabolic characteristics of type 2 diabetes mellitus in humans. Journal of Pharmacological and Toxicological Methods, Impact factor: 2.171, Vol.84, 2017, pp. 20–30 ISSN : 1056-8719.

DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION A. L. Ghosh Paper published in journals : i) NPA: What Level of GNPA is the Tolerable Limit for Banks. GE-Internal Journal of Management research. ISSN: 2321-1709, Impact Factor – 5.779,Vol. 5, Issue 2, February 2017, pp- 54-65 ii) (With Miss. R. Dutta Purkayastha) Status of NPA: Astudy on the Trend of Non Performing Assets of two Public Sector Banks in India. International Journal of Applied Financial Manage-ment Perspective, Impact Factor : 6.847, Vol. 5, No. 4, October and December, 2016, pp.2712-2719, ISSN: 2279-0896. iii) (With Miss. R. Dutta Purkayastha and S. Deb) Asset Quality and Risk of Banks : A Study on Indian Scheduled Commercial Banks. Internal Journal of Multidisciplinary, Research (IJMR), SJIF Impact Factor : 3.395, Vol.2 , No.8 , August, 2016, pp- 99-107, ISSN: 2455-3662.

Paper Published in edited Books/Chapter contributed: Kathamritar Bhaber Byakhys Geetanjalir Pataya Pataya. Rabindranather Nobel Praptir Satabarsha Par Smarak Patrika, Silchar Children Education Fund, pp.34-36.

Arup Barman Paper published in journals : i) (With Chandibai Potsangbam) The Economy of Bangladesh:Prognosticating Positive Growth 46th Anniversary Issue; Bangladesh- Celebrating Diplomacy and Beyond, pp. 46-48, March-April, 2017. ii) India-UAE Investment and Trade Connections: Pragmatism over the Hoopla and Hypes, Diplomacy and Beyond, December, 2016, pp.36-39. iii) Panorama Beyond Trade Cooperation between India and Sweden; Diplomacy and Beyond: Special Report or Historic Friendship India and Sweden: Diplomacy and Beyond, February, 2017, May, pp. 26-29. iv) Reassuring Portrait of Indo-Belgium Relations Through and Beyond Economic Partnership 70th Anniversary Diplomatic Relations, Special Issue, January 2017, Diplomacy and Beyond; January 2017, pp. 20-24. v) HRD under the Fathom of Bottomless Paradigm from the Perspective of Quantum Mechanics and Unified Field International Journal of Management and Organizational Studies; Volume 5, Issue 3, September, 2016, ISSN: 2305 : 2600.

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Debomalya Ghosh Paper published in journals : i) (With Deepraj Chakraborty) Adherence to Social responsibilities by the health care sector- A study on the leading health care companies in India, Vol-I (I). ii) (With Raju Roy) Quality Management System (ISO 9001) and Environmental Quality Management System (ISO 14001): Towards an Integrated Model IOSR 2319-7668, Vol 18 (10), pp-9-20.

Paper Published in edited Books/Chapter contributed: i) “Integration of ICT in Logistics Management-A Deep Insight” Exploring Innovative Management Practices to Achieve ‘Make in India’; MSNMB Institute of PG Studies-Karnataka, pp. 33-37, ISBN: 978-93-5254- 233-8. ii) (With P.Garani) “Impact of Corporate Governance Score on Stock Prices: Evidences from Selected FMCG Companies in India” Emerging Issues in Management, Publisher: Mittal Publications, New Delhi-2016, pp.45-49, ISBN:81-8324-544-7. iii) (With) Ujjal Das Impact of R&D Cost and Advertisement Spending on Share Price: Empirical Evidence from Selected Companies Emerging Issues in Management, Publisher: Mittal Publications, New Delhi-2016, pp.55-59, ISBN:81-8324-544-7.

Ranjit Singh Paper published in journals : i) (With Mousumi Choudhry) Measuring Customers’ Perception in Bancassurance Channel using Psychometric Scale, DLSU Business and Economics Review, Indexed in SCOPUS, Vol.26 (2): 67-86, ISSN 0116-7111. ii) (With Sogir Hossain Khandoker and Bhuyan, Rafique) Implementation Shortfall in Transaction Cost Analysis: A Further Extension The Journal of Trading, Indexed in ABDC Journal quality list, Vol.12 (1), pp. 1-17, ISSN 1559-3967. iii) (With Mousumi Choudhury and Hemanta Saikia) Measuring Customer Experience in Bancassurance: An Empirical Study, Market-Tržište, SCOPUS and ESCI Journal, Vol.28 (1), pp.47-62, ISSN 0353-4790 (Print), ISSN 1849-1383 (Online). iv) (With NM Leepsa and Narendra Kushwaha) Testing the Weak Form of Efficient Market Hypothesis in Carbon Efficient Stock Indices along with their Benchmark Indices in Select Countries Iranian Journal of Management Studies, Indexed in ESCI ,Vol.9 (3), pp. 627-650, ISSN 2008-7055. v) (With NM Leepsa) Feasibility of Investing in Carbon Efficient Portfolios International Journal of Banking and Finance, Indexed in ABDC journal quality list, Vol.12 (2), pp. 23-41, ISSN 1675-7227. vi) (With Mousumi Choudhury) Customers’ Perception regarding Assurance of Bancassurance Channel Acta Univ. Sapientiae, Economics and Business, Indexed in ABDC Journal quality list, Vol.4 (1) pp. 85-102, ISSN ISSN (online version), ISSN 2343-8894 (printed version). vii) (With Sujit Deb) Impact of Risk Perception on Investors towards their Investment in Mutual Fund Pacific Business Review International, Vol. 9(1), pp. 16-23, ISSN 0974-438X.

Authored Books : Business Environment A Text book of NEHU B. com Programme, Business Environment , ISBN 978-93-272-6495- 1, Text book for B.Com.

Deepjyoti Choudhury Paper published in journals : i) Financial Inclusion in Northeast India:A Swot Analysis Management Insight, Vol XII, No 1, 2016, ISSN : 0973-936X. ii) (With Dibyojyoti Bhattacharjee) Role of E-Banking Delivery Channel in Developing Loyalty: A study on Salaried Employees, Hind Business Review, Vol. 2 No 1, 2016, ISSN : 2454-4256.

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Nilanjana Chakrabarty Paper published in journals : (With Dibyojyoti Bhattacharjee) Assessing Robustness of Asian Countries Ranking: The Case of Digital Divide Index. International Journal of Innovation in Digital Economy, Vol.2. Issue.2, pp. No-14-23, ISSN: 1947-8305.

DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY Chira Ranjan Bhattacharjee Paper published in journals : i) (With S. Chakraborty, Paritosh Mondal, S. K. Prasad, D. S. S. Rao and C. R. Bhattacharjee) ‘Induction of mesomorphism through supramolecular assembly in metal coordination compounds of “salphen”-type schiff bases: photoluminescence and solvatochromism’ on European journal of inorganic chemistry, Impact Factor : 2.686, Vol. 28, Pp. 4604-4614, ISSN No.1099-0682, 2016. ii) (With P. Mondol, S. Chakraborty, S. K. Prasad, and D. S. S. Rao) ‘Induction of mesomorphism through supramolecular assembly in metal coordination compounds of “salphen”-type schiff bases: photoluminescence and solvatochromism’ on European journal of inorganic chemistry, Impact Factor : 2.686, Vol. 28, Pp. 4604-4614, ISSN No.1099-0682, 2016. iii) (With H. A. R. Pramanik, S. Chanda, P.C. Paul, Paritosh Mondal, S. K. Prasad and D. S. S. Rao) ‘Iron(III)

metallomesogen of [N2 O2 ] donor Schiff base ligand containing 4-substituted alkoxy chains’ on Liquid Crystals, ISSN No. 1366-5855, Impact Factor : 2.244, Vol. 43, Pp. 1606-1615, 2016. iv) (With R. Goswami, A. Dutta, Paritosh Mondal and C. R. Bhattacharjee) ‘Synthesis and Characterisation of Molecular Mixed Fluoro Complexes of Zinc(II) and Cadmium(II) Incorporating Benzimidazole as Coligands’ on Journal of chemistry and chemical sciences, ISSN No. 2319-7625, Impact Factor : 4.525, Vol. 6, pp. 220-225, 2016.

Pradip Chandra Paul Paper published in journals : i) (With Nayan Roy, Surjatapa Nath, Abhijit Dutta, Paritosh Mondal, and T. Sanjoy Singh) ‘A highly efficient and selective coumarin based fluorescent probe for colorimetric detection of Fe3+ and fluorescence dual sensing of Zn2+ and Cu2+’ on RSC Advances, Vol.6, Pp. 63837–63847, Impact Factor : 3.28, ISSN-2046- 2069. ii) (With Harun A. R. Pramanik, Soumitra Chanda, Chira R. Bhattacharjee, Paritosh Mondal, S. Krishna Prasad and D. S. Shankar Rao) ‘Iron (III) metallomesogen of [N2O2] donor Schiff base ligand containing 4- substituted alkoxy chains’ on Liquid Crystals, Vol. 43, Pp. 1606–1615, Impact Factor : 2-24, ISSN No. 1366- 5855. iii) (With N. Roy, A. Dutta, Paritosh Mondal and S. S. Takhellambam) ‘A new coumarin based dual functional chemosensor for colorimetric detection of Fe3+ and fluorescence turn-on response of Zn2+’ on Sensors and Actuators B Chemical, Impact Factor : 4.758, Vol. 236, Pp. 719-731, ISSN No.1099-0682, 2016. iv) (With H. A. R. Pramanik, S. Chanda, C. R. Bhattacharjee, Paritosh Mondal, S. K. Prasad and D. S. S. Rao)

‘Iron(III) metallomesogen of [N2 O2 ] donor Schiff base ligand containing 4-substituted alkoxy chains’ on Liquid Crystals, ISSN No. 1366-5855, Impact Factor : 2.244, Vol. 43, Pp. 1606-1615, 2016.

Sk. Jasimuddin Paper published in journals : i) (With K.Barman) ‘Simultaneous electrochemical detection of dopamine and epinephrine in the presence of ascorbic acid and uric acid using a AgNPs–penicillamine–Au electrode’ on RSC Advances, Vol. 6, No. 99983-99988, Pp. 3-289, ISSN -2046-2069. ii) (With S. Garain, K. Barman, T. K.Sinha, , J. Haeberle, K. Henkel, D.Schmeisser,and D.Mandal) ‘Cerium(III) Complex Modified Gold Electrode: An Efficient Electrocatalyst for the Oxygen Evolution Reaction’

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organised by the ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, Vol. 8, No. 21294−21301, Pp. 7.145, ISSN‎‎:1944- 8244 (print); 1944-8252 (web). iii) (With H.Rahaman, K. Barman and S. K. Ghosh) Hybrid Mn3O4–NiO nanocomposites as efficient photoelectrocatalysts towards water splitting under neutral pH conditions’ on the RSC Advances, 6, No. 113694-113702, Pp.3-289, ISSN -2046-2069.

Himadri Acharya Paper published in journals : i) ‘Deposition of Au nanoshell on thermally grown patterned Ag nanoparticle from block copolymer micelle thin film by seeding method” Reactive and Functional polymers’ on Reactive and Functional Polymers, Vol. 105, Pp. 122-128, Impact Factor : 2.725, ISSN: 1381-5148 (Print).1873-166X (Online). ii) (With Dewan A. Islam and Anindita Chakraborty) ‘Fluorescent silver nanoclusters (Ag NCs) in metal- organic framework MIL-101(Fe) for catalytic hydrogenation of 4-nitroaniline’ on the New Journal of Chemistry, Vol. 40, Impact Factor : 3.277, Pp. 6745-6751, ISSN : 1144-0546 (print) 1369-9261 (Online). iii) (With Dewan A. Islam, Anindita Chakraborty; Barnali Bhattacharya and Utpal Sarkar) ‘Tailored synthesis of CuS nanodisks from a new macrocyclic precursor and their efficient catalytic properties on methylene blue dye degradation’ on the Journal of Nanoparticle Research, Vol. 18, Pp. 5, 114 , Impact Factor : 2.101, ISSN: 1388-0764 (print), ISSN: 1572-896X (online).

Sujit Kumar Ghosh Paper published in journals : i) (With Hasimur Rahaman, Anupam Nath, Rimi Paul and Mahuya Sengupta ) ‘Fe3O4-Mn3O4 nanocomposites with moderate magnetism for in-vitro cytotoxicity studies on macrophages’ on RSC Advances, Vol.6, Pp. 83146-83153, ISSN: 2046-2069, 3.289. ii) (With Ramkrishna Pal, Biswajit Chakraborty, Anupam Nath, Leichombam Mohindro Singh, Mohammed Ali, Dewan Shahidur Rahman, Abhishek Basu, Sudin Bhattacharya, Rathindranath Baral, Mahuya Sengupta) ‘Noble metal nanoparticle-induced oxidative stress modulates tumor associated macrophages (TAMs) from an M2 to M1 phenotype: An in vitro approach’ on International Immunopharmacology, Impact Factor : 2.11, Vol.38, Pp.332–341, ISSN: 1567-5769, Impact. iii) (With Hasimur Rahaman, Koushik Barman and Sk. Jasimuddin) ‘Hybrid Mn3O4–NiO nanocomposites as efficient photoelectrocatalysts towards water splitting under neutral pH conditions’ on RSC Advances, Impact Factor : 3.289, Vol.6, Pp. 113694–113702, ISSN: 2046-2069. iv) (With S.Dewan Rahman) ‘Manipulating Electron Transfer in Hybrid ZnO–Au Nanostructures: Size of Gold Matters’ J. Phys. Chem. C, Impact Factor : 4.509, Vol. 120, Pp. 14906–14917, ISSN: 1932- 7447 (print) 1932-7455 (web). v) (With Sudip Kumar Pal and Aradhana Devi) ‘Size-Specific ZnO Quantum Dots as Onsager Cavity in Ooshika−Mataga−Lippert Equation’ J. Phys. Chem. C, Impact Factor : 4.509, Vol. 121, Pp. 5324–5334, ISSN: 1932-7447 (print) 1932-7455 (web).

Sudip Choudhury Paper published in journals : i) (With A Saha, V Shukla Sudip Choudhury and J Jayabalan) ‘Design, synthesis and nonlinear optical properties of (E)-1-(4-substituted)-3-(4-hydroxy-3-nitrophenyl) prop-2-en-1-one compounds’ on Chemical Physics Letters, Impact Factor : 1.86, Vol. 653, Pp.184-189, ISSN: 0009-2614. ii) (With Salhed Ahmed, Md Mostafizur Rahman, Ashikur Rahman Rabbi, Md Kausar Ahmed, SM Saiful Islam, Muhammad Younus, Bimal Bhusan Chakraborty, Shamim Ahmed and Nasim Sultana) ‘Synthesis, characterization and liquid crystalline properties of a series of hydroxybiphenyl benzoate and biphenyl bis (benzoate)’ on Journal of Molecular Liquids, Impact Factor : 2.74, Vol. 224, Pp. 265-273, ISSN: 0167-7322.

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Paritosh Mondol Paper published in journals : i) (With D.Chakraborty, D.Purkayastha, G. Das, C. R. Bhattacharjee, S.Krishna Prasad, D.S. Shankar Rao) ‘Photoluminescent tetrahedral d 10-metal Schiff base complexes exhibiting highly ordered mesomorphism’ Polyhedron, Impact Factor : 1.926, Vol. 105, No. 50, 2016. ii) (With Nayan Roy, Surjatapa Nath, Abhijit Dutta, T. Sanjoy Singh and Pradip C. Paul) ‘A highly efficient and selective coumarin based fluorescent probe for colorimetric detection of Fe3+ and fluorescence dual sensing of Zn2+ and Cu2+’ RSC Advances, Impact Factor : 3.28, Vol. 6, Pp. 63837-63847, ISSN-2046-2069, 2016. +/_ iii) (With Abhijit Dutta) ‘Structural evolution, electronic and magnetic manners of small rhodium Rhn (n= 2– 8) clusters: a detailed density functional theory’ on RSC Adv., Impact Factor : 3.289, Vol. 6, Pp. 6946, ISSN No.2046-2069, 2016. iv) (With S. Chakraborty, S. K. Prasad, D. S. S. Rao and C. R. Bhattacharjee) ‘Induction of mesomorphism through supramolecular assembly in metal coordination compounds of “salphen”-type schiff bases: photoluminescence and solvatochromism’ on European journal of inorganic chemistry, Impact Factor : 2.686, Vol. 28, Pp. 4604-4614, ISSN No.1099-0682, 2016. v) (With N. Roy, A. Dutta, P.C. Paul and S. S. Takhellambam) ‘A new coumarin based dual functional chemosensor for colorimetric detection of Fe3+ and fluorescence turn-on response of Zn2+’ on Sensors and Actuators B Chemical, Impact Factor : 4.758, Vol. 236, Pp. 719-731, ISSN No.1099-0682, 2016. vi) (With S. Sagar, B. N. Mongal, A. Dutta, W. Lewis, N.Saba and S.Naskar) ‘Complexation study of Schiff base ligand: pyridin-2-ylimino methyl naphthanol with Co +2, Mn +2 and Ni +2 ions in solid and solution phase’ on the Journal of coordination chemistry, Impact Factor : 1.756, Vol. 69, Pp. 2364–2376, ISSN No. 1029-0389, 2016. vii) (With H. A. R. Pramanik, S. Chanda, C. R. Bhattacharjee, P.C. Paul, S. K. Prasad and D. S. S. Rao) ‘Iron(III)

metallomesogen of [N2 O2 ] donor Schiff base ligand containing 4-substituted alkoxy chains’ on Liquid Crystals, ISSN No. 1366-5855, Impact Factor : 2.244, Vol. 43, Pp. 1606-1615, 2016. viii) (With R. Goswami, A. Dutta and C. R. Bhattacharjee) ‘Synthesis and Characterisation of Molecular Mixed Fluoro Complexes of Zinc(II) and Cadmium(II) Incorporating Benzimidazole as Coligands’ on Journal of chemistry and chemical sciences, ISSN No. 2319-7625, Impact Factor : 4.525, Vol. 6, pp. 220-225, 2016.

T. Sanjoy Singh Paper published in journals : i) (With P. M. Gashnga and Sivaprasad Mitra) Modulation of ESIPT fluorescence in o-hydroxy acetophenone derivatives: A comparative study in different bio-mimicking aqueous interfaces on Journal of Molecular liquids, Impact Factor : 2.74, Vol. 218, Pp. 549-557, ISSN-0165-7322, 2016. ii) (With Nayan Roy, Abhijit Dutta, Paritosh Mondal and Pradip C. Paul)‘A new coumarin based dual functional chemosensor for colorimetric detection of Fe3+ and fluorescence turn-on response of Zn2+’ on Sensors and Actuators: B. Chemical, Impact Factor : 4.75, Vol. 236, Pp. 719-731, ISSN-0925-4005, 2016. iii) (With Nayan Roy, Surjatapa Nath, Abhijit Dutta, Paritosh Mondal and Pradip C. Paul) ‘A highly efficient and selective coumarin based fluorescent probe for colorimetric detection of Fe3+ and fluorescence dual

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sensing of Zn2+ and Cu2+’ RSC Advances, Impact Factor : 3.28, Vol. 6, Pp. 63837-63847, ISSN-2046-2069, 2016.

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D. K. Pandiya Paper published in journals : i) (With Brajesh Kumar and Deep Mala Bhowmik) Factors Influencing Buying Behabiour of Customers of Sports Items in Karimganj District of Assam, Jaipuria International journal of Management Research, pp.49- 59, December,2016, ISSN No. 2454-9509. ii) (With Brajesh Kumar and Barsha Gogoi) Human traits Rquired in Ministrial Employees: Astudy with Reference to Assam University,Silchar IOSR Journal of Business and Management, Impact Factor : 1.219, pp. 22-30, July, 2016, p-ISSN No.2319-7668. iii) (With Brajesh Kumar) Customer Satisfaction over telecom Service Providers: A Study on the Students of Assam University, Silchar, IGJ OF Applied Mnagement Science, ISSN No.2320-7892. iv) (With Brajesh Kumar and Arijit Das) A study on relative potency of sources of stress and its factors on putting stress on employees of select public sector banks in Sonitpur District of Assam, IGJ of Commerce and Economics, Impact Factor : 3.220, ISSN No.2393-9796.

Pranay Jyoti Goswami Paper published in journals : i) (With Swagata Roy) Role of banks in financial inclusion in India Banijya- a peer reviewed research journal of department of commerce, assam university, Silchar, Vol.8 No.1, 2016, ISSN: 0975-0010. ii) (With Sonali Roy) Performance of Non-Life Insurance Industry in India With Reference to Health Insurance, Hind Business Review-Annual Journal of Commerce Forum, Assam University, Silchar, Vol.2, No.1, 2016, ISSN: 2454-4256. iii) (With Satyabrata Goswami) Development Of Health Infrastructure In Tripura Satyabrata Goswami* *(Research Scholar, Department of Commerce, Assam University, Silchar) Dr. Pranay Jyoti Goswami, (Associate Professor, Department of Commerce, Assam University, Silchar), North Asian International Research Journal of Multidisciplinary Vol.2, No2, ISSN: 2454 - 2326 February 2016 North Asian International research Journal consortium. iv) (With Arijit Das) Role of Higher Educational Institutes for reaping demographic dividend in India, University News, Vol 54, No.34, August, pp. 22-28, 2016, ISSN- 0566-2257. v) India,s Look East Policy ; Its Impact on North East India PCC Journal of economics and Commerce, 2016, Vol.8, No.2, ISSN : 2229-6417. vi) (With Pallab Jyoti Saikia) Role of public sector banks in priority sector landings- a study of Golagaht district of Assam, Paripex -Indian journal of research vol.5 No.12 December 2016.

Paper Published in edited Books/Chapter contributed: i) Reforms in Direct Tax in India in the Era of Globalisation and Liberalisation, Financial Reforms In India: Post Liberalization Experience 2017, ISBN:978-81-920978-6-8/Editors : P.J. Goswami and Brajesh Kumar, pp.50-69. ii) Development of Micro Enterprises through Prime Minister’s Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP)-A Fertile Source of Entrepreneurship, Transformation from Tradition to Modernisation : Need of the day for Change and Development, Edited by Dr. Purnendu Shekhar Internal Quality Assurance Cell, Tinsukia Commerce College, Tinsukia Das, pp. 212- 218.

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Parag Shil Paper published in journals : i) (With M. Kar) A Comparative Study on Performance Evaluation of Selected Mutual Fund Open-Ended Growth Schemes in India. Finance India, pp. 173-188, ISSN: 0970-3772, Vol. XXX (1), March, 2016. ii) (With G. C. Deb, and N. B. Dey) An Analysis of Receivable Management Practices in Micro and Small Enterprises in Barak Valley. Indian Journal of Accounting, pp. 132-147, ISSN: 0972-1479 (Print) 2395- 6127 (Online), Vol. XLVIII (1), June, 2016. iii) (With G. C. Deb and N. B. Dey) Inventory Management Practices in MSMEs: An Analytical Study in Barak Valley, Assam, Sedme- Small Enterprises Development, Management & Extension Journal, pp. 53-70, ISSN:0970-8464 (Print) 2456–1223 (Online), Vol. 43, Issue 2, June, 2016. iv) (With G. C. Deb and N. B. Dey) Corporate Social Responsibility in India: A Conceptual Framework., Zenith International Journal of Business Economics and Management Research, pp. 12-20, ISSN: 2249- 8826, Vol.6, Issue 9, September, 2016. v) (With M. Kar) Role of Commercial Banks in Promoting Financial Inclusion in Assam. Hind Business Review- Annual Journal of Commerce Forum, A. U., Silchar, pp. 46-52, ISSN: 2454-4256, Vol.2, No. 1, July, 2016. vi) (With S. Banik) Growth and Pattern of Indian Jute Industry in Export front during 2000-01 to 2012-13: An Overview., Banijya -Annual Journal of Department of Commerce Assam University, Silchar, pp. 65-74, ISSN: 0975- 0010, Vol.8, No. 1, June, 2016. vii) (With S.Banik) India’s Jute Industry in International Market., Pursuit -IQAC Annual Journal of S. S. College Hailakandi, pp. 37-42, ISSN: 0976-4593, Vol.7 (1), 2015, December 2016. viii) (With D. K. Pandiya) A Perception Study on Human Resource Management Practices in Select Retail Organizations in Florida, USA. Intercontinental Journal of Human Resource Management, pp. 1-21, ISSN:2350-0840 (Print) 2350-0859 (Online), Vol.3, No.12, December, 2016. ix) (With S. Banik) Growth and Performance of Indian Jute Industry, Intercontinental Journal of Marketing Management, pp. 9-18, ISSN:2350-0883 (Print) 2350-0891(Online), Vol. 3 (6), June, 2016. x) (With P. Roy) Environmental Accounting Practices at Corporate Level: A Review on Indian Perspective., Pursuit -IQAC Annual Journal of S. S. College Hailakandi, pp. 62-70, ISSN: 0976-4593, Vol.7 (1), 2015. xi) (With S. Dutta) SWOT Analysis of e-Retailing in India., BIMS Journal of Management - Journal of Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Institute of Management Science, Kolkata, pp. 8-12, ISSN: 2456-222X., Vol. 1, No. 1, January – June, 2016. xii) (With S. Dutta) SWOT Analysis of Tourism Sector in North East India., Prayas – Annual Journal of Govt. Degree College, Dharmanagar, pp. 42-53, ISSN: 2348-618X., Vol. 3 (1), April, 2016. xiii) (With B. Deb Nath) Microfinance: A Way towards Rural Development, Resource – Annual Journal of Department of Economics, G. C. College, Silchar, pp.45-55, ISSN: 2319-7005, Vol.2 (1), 2015.

Brajesh Kumar Paper published in journals : i) Globalisation, consequences and evidences, Paripex-Indian Journal of Research, ISSN No. 2250-1991 IF: 5.215, pp.28-30, November, 2016. ii) Maturity of Capital Market: proposing a theoretical foundation Global Journal for Research A nalysis, ISSN No.2277-8160 Impact Factor : 3.62, pp.62-63, November, 2016. iii) (With Rupam Roy) Segmentation of Restaurant Service Market in Silchar: A Psychographic Study, Banijya, pp.37-44. iv) (With Nikhil Bhusan Dey and Md. Safiqul Hassan) Financial Accounting Practices in MSMEs. The Management Accountant, ISSN No. 0972-3528, pp.94-100, January 2017. v) (With Dinesh Kumar Pandiya and Deep Mala Bhowmik) Factors Influencing Buying Behabiour of Customers of Sports Items in Karimganj District of Assam, Jaipuria International journal of Management Research, ISSN No. 2454-9509, pp. 49-59, December,2016. Assam University, Silchar | 163

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Paper Published in edited Books/Chapter contributed: Post–Liberalisation Evaluation of Monetary Policy Reforms and Practices in India, Financial Reforms In India: Post Liberalization Experience, ISBN:978-81-920978-6-8/Editors : P.J. Goswami & Brajesh Kumar 2017, pp.19-35.

Joyeeta Deb Paper published in journals : i) (With Gautam Sen) Geographical Diversification in Indian Banking: Assessing the Impact on Risk and Returns, IUP Journal of Bank Management, ISSN: 0972-6918, Vol XV. No.3 pp 22-35. August 2016. ii) Assessing Sustainability and its Determinants of Microfinance Institutions in India, International Journal of Banking, Risk and Insurance, ISSN: 2320-7507,Vol 5, Issue 1, March 2017. iii) Branch Level Efficiency and its Decomposition of Meghalaya Co-operative Apex Bank Limited. Abhigyan, ISSN: 0970-2385,Vol XXXIV, No. 4, pp 53-64, January-March 2017. iv) (With Santa Kar) Financial Performance of Microfinance Institutions in North East India, Pranjana, ISSN: 0971-9997, Vol 19, No. 2, July and December 2016, pp. 47-57. v) (With Ms. Mohuya Deb Purkayastha) Branch Level Efficiency and its Decomposition of Assam Gramin Vikash Bank Limited. An Indicative DEA Approach. IUP Journal of Bank Management, ISSN: 0972-6918, Vol. XV No.4 pp.34-44 November 2016.

Paper Published in edited Books/Chapter contributed: i) (With Nupur Moni Das) Banking Sector Reforms in India: Assessing the Capital Adequacy Norms, Financial Reforms in India- Post Liberalization Experience. 2017, pp.49-69, ISBN 978-81-920978-6-8, Editors: Dr. P.J. Goswami and Dr. B. Kumar Published by Department of Commerce Assam University Silchar, 2017. ii) (With Puranjan Chakraborty) The Determinants of Loan Repayment Performance: A Study on KCC Borrowers in the West District of Tripura, Rural Development and Management in India – Opportunities and Challenges. 2017, pp.67-86, eISBN: 9781-1-53611-878-0, Editors: Dr. Manish Didwania, Saxena, Dr. Nitin Kishore and Dr. Sanjeev Prashar, Published by: nova science publishers New York.

Rajat Sharmacharjee Paper published in journals : i) Resource Mobilisation by Mutual Funds in India, Hind Business Review, ISSN: 2454-4256, Vol: 01, No. 01 , pp. 33-38. ii) Companies Act, 2013: Reflection on Corporate Governance, Banijya, ISSN: 0975-0010, Vol: 8, No 1, Page : 58-65.

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Paper Published in edited Books/Chapter contributed: (With Padmini Dhar) Mutual Fund Reforms in India: A critical Review of SEBI’s Role, Financial Reforms in India, pp. 91-105, ISBN: 978-81-920978-6-8.

Kingshuk Adhikari Paper published in journals : i) (With Pandiya, D.K and Deb, P): “Relative Importance of the Organizational Factors Capable of Influencing Job Satisfaction of Bank Employees: An Empirical Study”, The Indian Journal of Commerce, Vol 69, No. 2, (2016), ISSN 19-512X (Print), ISSN 2454-6801 (Online), Pp 5 -11. ii) (With Das, D): “Service Quality of Private Sector Banks: An Empirical Study”, EPRA International Journal of Economic and Business Review”, Vol 4, No. 10, (2016), ISSN 2349 – 0187 (Print); ISSN 2347-9671 (Online), Pp 128 – 134. iii) (With Paul, B): “Impact of Service Quality on Customer Satisfaction in United Bank of India: An Empirical Study”, Anweshan, Vol 4, No. 1, (2016), ISSN 2321-0370, Pp 101 -111. iv) (With Paul, B): “Assessment of Gap in Service Quality of State Bank of India in Cachar District of Assam”, EPRA International Journal of Economic and Business Review”, Vol 4, No. 12, (2016), ISSN 2349 – 0187 (Print); ISSN 2347-9671 (Online), Pp 182 – 188. v) (With Barbhuiya, J.H): “Mapping Job Satisfaction of Central University Teachers”, “Splint International Journal of Professionals” Vol III, No. 11, (2016), ISSN 2349 – 6045, Pp 45 – 51. vi) (With Das, D): “Service Quality and Customer Satisfaction in Private Sector Banks: An Empirical Study”, Paripex - International Journal of Research, Vol 5, No. 12, (2016), ISSN 2250 – 1991, Pp 4-5. vii) (With Barbhuiya, J.H): “Gender and Job Satisfaction of University Teachers: An Empirical Assessment”, EPRA International Journal of Economic and Business Review”, Vol 5, No. 1, (2017), ISSN 2349 – 0187 (Print); ISSN 2347-9671 (Online), Pp 123 – 128. viii) (With Nath, M): “Influence of Service Quality Dimensions on Overall Customer Satisfaction in United Bank of India: An Empirical Study”, Banijya, Vol 8, No. 1, (2016), ISSN 0975– 0010, Pp 29 -36. ix) (With Paul, B): “Mapping the Gap in Service Quality of State Bank of India and United Bank of India in Cachar District of Assam”, Intercontinental Journal of Marketing Management Vol 4, No 2, (2017), ISSN:2350-0891 (Print), ISSN: 2350-0883 (Online), Pp. 1-7. x) (With Nath, M): “Demographic Variables and Customer Satisfaction: An Empirical Assessment”, International Journal of Innovative Research in Management Studies, Vol 1, No 8, (2016), ISSN: 2455-7188 (Online), Pp. 19-36. xi) (With Barman, N): “Performance of SHG-Bank Linkage Programme in North Eastern States of India: A Comparative Analysis”, Intercontinental Journal of Finance Research Review, Vol 4, No 10, (2016), ISSN: 2347-1654 (Print), ISSN: 2321-0354 (Online), Pp. 13-22. xii) (With Barman, N and Dey, N.B): “Cost Efficiency of Public Sector Banks in India: an Empirical Study”, Indira Management Review, Vol 10, No 1, (2016), ISSN: 0974-3928, Pp. 4-15. xiii) (With Kashyap, P and Dey, N.B): “Difficulties of Borrowers of Assam Gramin Vikash Bank: A Study in Udalguri District of Assam”, Intercontinental Journal of Banking, Insurance and Finance, Vol 3, No 12, (2016), ISSN: 2350-0875( Online), ISSN: 2350-0867 (Print), Pp. 1-8. xiv) (With Paul, B): “Gender Wise Perception of Customers on Service Quality of State Bank of India: An Empirical Assessment”, Hind Business Review, Vol 2, No. 1, (2016), ISSN 2454-4256.

Paper Published in edited Books/Chapter contributed: (With Deb, P): “Human Development in Arunachal Pradesh: Where do the Districts Stand?”, in “Exploring Social Margins- Human Development in India’s North East”, G. Ram, (ed), EBH Publishers (India), Guwahati.. ISBN 978- 93-86302-10-6. Pp. 34-46.

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Soma Roy Dey Choudhury Paper published in journals : i) (With Saurav Dey) Working Capital Management of the Small Enterprises in Shillong City, Meghalaya Source, pp.53-61, ISSN No 2250-0642, Vol.5(6), December 2016. ii) A Study on Development of Microfinance in Cachar District of Assam Banijya, ISSN No 0975-0010, Vol.8, 2016, pp 52-57. iii) A Study on Women Workforce in Corporate Sector: with Special Reference Provision of Companies Act 2013 Global Journal of Management and Business Research: B Economics and Commerce, Vol.5, 2016, pp 41-45, Online ISSN-2249-4588. Print ISSN-0975-5853.

Paper Published in edited Books/Chapter contributed: i) Impact of Mass Media in the Development of Women in Assam, Mass Media and Societal Transformation in North East India, pp.36-42, ISBN:978-81-931856-9-8. Sholar Publications. Editors- Joyeeta Sen, Dipankar Das, Monojit Purkayastha. ii) Women in the Corporate World- A Myth or Reality, Women and Corporate World, pp.254-262, ISBN:978- 81-81-98-358-9. University Book House (P) Ltd. Editors-Dr. Renu Jatana and Dr. Pavitra Roshan Choudhury. iii) (With Kripanjali Pradhani) A Study on Financing of MSME in India, Financial Reforms in India: Post Liberalisation, pp.128-137.

Dr. Ram Chandra Das Paper Published in edited Books/Chapter contributed: Financial Performance of Petroleum Industry in India (A Study on Selected Companies), Creative Crows Publishers LLP, Defence Colony New Delhi-110024; ISBN No-13:978-93-84901.

A.S Yarso Paper published in journals : i) (With Happyson and Chitradip) Popularity Difference Between Online and Offline Recruitment among University Students: A Case Study of Assam University, Banijya- A Peer-reviewed Research Journal of the Department of Commerce, Assam University, Silchar, Vol. 8 No. 1, 2016, ISSN /975-0010, pp. 45-51. ii) (With Satyabrata) Development of Health Service Utilization in Selected Villages of Rural Tripura, North Asian International Research Journal of Multidisciplinary, Vol. 2. September 2016, ISSN/2454-2326, pp. 33 – 40. iii) Entrepreneurial Performance of Fruit and Vegetable Processing Units in Manipur, Hind Business Review: A Journal of Commerce Forum, Department of Commerce, Assam University, Silchar, Vol. 02 No. 1 2016 Issue, ISSN No. 2454-4256, pp.59-64.

Paper Published in edited Books/Chapter contributed: (With Happyson) Demonetization and its Impact on Service Sector, Financial Reforms in India- Post Liberalization Experience, Edited by Pranay Jyoti Goswami and Brajesh Kumar, Published by Department of Commerce, Assam University, Silchar, January, 2017, pp.1-8, ISBN 978-81-920978-6-8.

DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE K.Hemachandran Paper published in journals : (With Raju Rajkumar) A Robust Orientation-Independent Fingerprint Matching Technique Contemporary Engineering Sciences HIKARI Ltd, www.m-hikari.com http://dx.doi.org/10.12988/ces.2016.66111, Vol.9, 2016, no. 26, pp.1283 – 1296.

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Bipul Syam Purkayastha Paper published in journals : i) (With Md. Saiful Islam) Multilingual Bengali Electronic Dictionary Using Sequential Search Technique International Journal of Innovative Research in Science, Engineering and Technology, Vol. 5, No.3,pp. 3307-3314, Implied Factor : 6.209, 2016, ISSN.2347-6710. ii) (With Md. Saiful Islam) A Review on Electronic Dictionary and Machine Translation System Developed in North-East India Oriental Journal of Computer Science and Technology: An International, open access, peer reviewed research journal, Vol.10, No. 1 Implied Factor : 786, ISSN: 0974-6471. iii) (With Bipul Roy) Parsing and Part-of-Speech tagging for Assamese Texts Advances in Computer Science and Information Technology, Vol. 3, Issue : 6, 2016, pp. 517-521, ISSN: 2393-9907. iv) (With Bipul Roy) A Suffix Based Morphological Analysis of Assamese Word Formation International Journal on Recent and Innovation Trends in Computing and Communication, Volume: 5 Issue: 3, pp.445 – 449, ISSN: 2321-8169. v) (With Bipul Roy) Annotating Assamese Corpus using the Standard POS Tagset International Journal of Advanced Research in Computer and Communication Engineering, Vol. 5, Issue 8, 2016, ISSN (Print) 2319 5940. vi) (With Bipul Roy) A Study on Different Part of Speech (POS) Tagging Approaches in Assamese Language International Journal of Advanced Research in Computer and Communication Engineering, Vol. 5, Issue 3, 2016. vii) (With Bipul Roy) A Descriptive Study of Assamese Prefixes International Journal of Advanced Research in Computer Science and Software Engineering, Volume 6, Issue 1, 2016. viii) (With Abhijit Paul) Current Status of Machine Translation: Indian Perspective International Journal Of Current Engineering And Scientific Research, Volume-3, Issue-8, pp. 62-67, 2016, ISSN (Print): 2393-8374.

Prodipto Das Paper published in journals : i) (With Debasish Roy) Trust and Group Leader based Model to Avoid Broadcast Storm Problem in Vehicular Ad-hoc Networks, Advances in Computational Sciences and Technology ISSN 0973-6107, Volume 10, Number 4 (2017) pp. 575-597. ii) (With P K Paul, K Kumar, B Karn, Poovammal E) Environmental Information Systems: Tools, Technologies and Other Facets Better Green World: A Brief Conceptual Study International Journal on Recent Researches in Science, Engineering & Technology, Vol. 4, Issue 5, 2016. iii) (With Hrituparna Paul) Performance Analysis of Location Aware Cluster Based Routing Scheme in Wireless Sensor Network IOSR Journal of Computer Engineering (IOSR-JCE), e-ISSN: 2278-0661,p-ISSN: 2278- 8727, Vol. 18, Issue 6, pp. 72-76, Nov-Dec. 2016. iv) (With Kefayat Ullah) Trust Based Routing for Mitigating Greyhole Attack in MANET: A Rethinking Approach International Journal of Information Science and Computing, Vol. 3(1), pp. 43-51, June, 2016. v) (With Abhijit Paul) Comparative performance analysis of IEEE 802.15.4 in WSN using NS2 International Journal of Applied Science and Engineering (IJASE), Vol. 3(1), pp. 13-20, June 2016. vi) (With Hrituparna Paul) Performance Analysis of Cluster based Routing Scheme in Wireless Sensor Network International Journal of Latest Trends in Engineering and Technology, , e-ISSN:2278-621X, Vol.7, Issue 4, pp. 291-298, 2016. vii) (With Hrituparna Paul) A Study and Performance Analysis of LEACH and LACBRP Routing Scheme in Wireless Sensor Network International Journal of Computer Science and Network, Vol.4, Issue 5, October 2016, Impact Factor: 0.417, pp. 780-784, ISSN (Online) : 2277-5420. viii) (With Arindam Roy and R. Das) An IoT Application for Monitoring the Temperature and Humidity inside Cold Chain Truck Advances in Computer Science and Information Technology (ACSIT), Volume 3, Issue-6, pp.522-526, October-December 2016, p-ISSN 2393-9907 & e-ISSN 2393-9915.

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Annual Report 2016-17 ix) (With Arindam Roy and R. Das) Perspective and challenges on Security of Internet of Things Journal of Science Forum, Karimganj College, Karimganj, Volume 5, No. 1, 2016, ISSN 0976-5395.

Authored Books : Computer Graphics: Principles and Practices, Jan 2017, ISBN: 978-93-85503-56-6, New Delhi Publishers, India

Rakesh Kumar Paper published in journals : Human Brain and Artificial Neural Network International Journal of Computer trends and Technology, Vol. 33 Number 1, pp. 38-39, ISSN Num.2231-2803.

Saptarshi Paul Paper published in journals : i) (With Purnendu Das, Sanju Das, Sarmistha Bhattacharjee) A colour Image Coding/Decoding method based on newly constructed fuzzy transforms Engineering Sciences International Research Journal, Vol. 4, Issue 1, pp. 29-33 (2016), ISSN : 2320-4338, ISBN : 978-93-84124-61-8. ii) (With Purnendu Das, Sanju Das, Sarmistha Bhattacharjee) A Method for approximating solution of ordinary differential equations by using Shepard kernel based fuzzy transforms Mathematical Sciences International Research Journal, Vol. 5, Issue I, pp. 54-58 (2016), ISSN: 2278-8697, ISBN :978-93-84124-61-8.

Paper Published in edited Books/Chapter contributed: (With Bishwa Ranjan Roy, Amit Kumar Trivedi, Arun Kumar Yadav) An effective approach to estimate fingerprint orientation 2016 2nd International Conference on Advances in Computing, Communication, & Automation (ICACCA) (Fall) IEEE Xplore, pp.1-4, Electronic ISBN: 978-1-5090-3480-2, Print on Demand(PoD) ISBN: 978-1-5090-3481-9.

Purnendu Das Paper published in journals : i) (With Saptarshi Paul , Sanju Das, Sarmistha Bhattacharjee) A colour Image Coding/Decoding method based on newly constructed fuzzy transforms Engineering Sciences International Research Journal, Vol. 4, Issue 1, pp. 29-33, (2016), ISSN : 2320-4338, ISBN : 978-93-84124-61-8. ii) (With Saptarshi Paul , Sanju Das, Sarmistha Bhattacharjee) A Method for approximating solution of ordinary differential equations by using Shepard kernel based fuzzy transforms Mathematical Sciences International Research Journal, Vol. 5, Issue I, pp. 54-58, 2016, ISSN: 2278-8697, ISBN :978-93-84124-61-8.

Bishwa Ranjan Roy Paper published in journals : (With Amit Kumar Trivedi, , Dalton Meitei Thounaojam) A Study on Fingerprint Reconstruction and Synthesis Journal of Science Forum, Vol.5, No.1, pp.65-72, 2016, ISSN: 0976-5395.

Paper Published in edited Books/Chapter contributed: (With Amit Kumar Trivedi, Arun Kumar Yadav, Saptarshi Paul) An effective approach to estimate fingerprint orientation 2016 2nd International Conference on Advances in Computing, Communication, & Automation (ICACCA) (Fall) IEEE Xplore, pp.1-4, Electronic ISBN: 978-1-5090-3480-2, Print on Demand(PoD) ISBN: 978-1-5090-3481-9.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING

Sudipta Roy Paper published in journals : i) (With B Pushpa Devi and Kh. Manglem Singh) A copyright protection scheme for digital images based on shuffled singular value decomposition and visual cryptography Springer Plus, Impact Factor : 5:1091, pp. 1- 22, ISSN: 2193-1801. ii) (With Anirban Chakrabarty) Personalised Information Recommender Using Framework for Ontology Alignment Among Digital Libraries DESIDOC Journal of Library and Information Technology, Vol. 36(4), pp. 199-204, DOI: 10.14429/djlit.36.4.9600 2016, ISSN, 0974-0643. iii) (With Tapodhir Acharjee) Mobility-Aware Node Clustering with Fuzzy Logic for Wireless Mesh Network International Journal of Future Generation Communication and Networking, Vol. 9(12), pp. 17-28, http://dx.doi.org/ 10.14257/ijfgcn. 2016.9.12.02, ISSN: 2233-7857. iv) (With Thiyam Ibungomacha Singh, Romesh Laishram) Combined Spatial FCM Clustering and Swarm Intelligence for Medical Image Segmentation Indian Journal of Science and Technology, Vol. 9(45), pp. 1-7, DOI: 10.17485/ijst/2016/v9i45/99962 ISSN: 0974-6846, eISSN: 0974-5645. v) (With Abhishek Majumder) Implementation of Enhanced Forward Pointer-Based Mobility Management Scheme for Handling Internet and Intranet Traffic in Wireless Mesh Network Telecommunication Systems, (Springer), DOI 10.1007/s11235-017-0277-4, 24 pages, ISSN: 1018-4864, eISSN: 1572-9451. vi) (With B. Pushpa Devi, Kh. Manglem Singh) New Copyright Protection Scheme for Digital Images based on Visual Cryptography IETE Journal of Research, Taylor and Francis, ISSN 0974780X. vii) (With Dalton Meitei and Th., Kh. Manglem Singh) Shot Boundary Detection using Perceptual and Semantic Information International Journal of Multimedia Information Retrieval , ISSN: 2192-662X. viii) (With Rupanjali Deb Baruah, Rajiv Mohan Bhagat and Laxmi Narayan Sethi) Decision Support System for Climate Smartening of Tea Landscapes for Future Sustainability in North East India Indian Journal of Science and Technology, ISSN: 0974-6846, eISSN: 0974-5645. ix) (With Pijush Kanti Bhattacharjee and Rajat Kumar Pal) Biometric Mutual Authentication Technique with Four Entities in 4-G Mobile Communications Advances in Wireless and Mobile Communications (AWMC), ISSN 0973-6972.

Paper Published in edited Books/Chapter contributed: (With Mrinal Kanti Deb Barma, Rajib Chowdhuri and Santanu Kumar Sen) " Comparison of Performance Metrics of ModAODV with DSDV and AODV " International Conference on Intelligent Communication, Control and Devices, Volume 479 of the series Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, pp 105- 112,doi 10.1007/978-981-10-1708-7_11, Online ISBN 978-981-10-1708-7, print ISBN 978-981-10-1707-0, 2-4 Apr 2016.

Ajoy Kumar Khan Paper published in journals : i) (With Hridoy Jyoti Mahanta and Ajoy Kumar Khan) Comparative Modular Exponentiation with Randomized Exponent to Resist Power Analysis Attacks Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering, ISSN: 1319-8025, eISSN: 2191-428. ii) (With S. Ranbir Singh, Ajoy Kumar Khan,T. Sonamoni Singh) A New Key management Scheme for Wireless Sensor networks using Elliptic Curve Indian Journal of Science and Technology, Vol 10 (13), ISSN: 0974-6846, eISSN: 0974-5645. iii) (With Hridoy Jyoti Mahanta, Ajoy Kumar Khan) Partitioned Exponent Blinding: A Countermeasure Against Power Analysis Attacks Indian Journal of Science and Technology, Vol 10 (14), ISSN: 0974-6846, eISSN: 0974-5645.

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Paper Published in edited Books/Chapter contributed: (With H. J. Mahanta and Sibbir Ahmed) " A Randomization Based Computation of RSA to Resist Power Analysis Attacks"11th IEEE International Conference on Intelligent System and Control 2017, Tamil Nadu (ISBN: 978-1-5090-2717-0). 5-6 January, 2017, Karapagam College of Engg., Tamil Nadu

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Nagendra Pandey Paper published in journals : (With A Sangeeta) Heavy mineral analysis and provenance studies of Surma sediments in and around Nungba, Tamenlong district, Manipur, Northeast India International Journal of Research and Innovation in Applied Science (IJRIAS), Vol. 2, Issue 3, 7th March, -20 17, ISSN 2454 – 6194.

Paper Published in edited Books/Chapter contributed: (With Lily Sema) Modal Composition and Tectonic Provenance of Palaeogene Disang – Barail Transitional Sediments in Parts of Kohima Synclinorium, Nagaland, NE India Recent Trends in Earth Science Research with Special Reference to NE India Today and Tomorrow’s Printers and Publishers, New Delhi - 110 002, India, Editor : S. K. Srivastava, pp. 89-108, ISBN 81-7019-552 (India), ISBN 1-55528-407-8 (USA).

Urbashi Sarkar Paper published in journals : (With P.K. Saraswati, S. Banerjee, U. Sarkar, S. chakraborty, S. Khanolkar) Eocene Depositional sequence and cycles in kutch Special publication of Geological society of India, Vol.6, pp. 46-56.

DEPARTMENT OF ECOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE

A. Gupta Paper published in journals : i) (With L. Bedabati Chanu) Phytoremediation of lead using Ipomoea aquatica Forsk. in hydroponic solution. Chemosphere, Impact Factor : 3.698156, pp. 407-411, 2016, ISSN: 0045-6535. ii) (With L. Bedabati Chanu) Toxicity of zinc on growth of an aquatic macrophyte, Ipomoea aquatica Forsk. Current World Environment, Vol. 11 (1), pp.218-227, 2016, ISSN: 0973-4929. iii) (With Sujata Sarkar) Biological monitoring of cement factory emissions in Badarpur, Assam, India, using Mangifera indica L. Indian Journal of Applied Research, Vol. 6 (7), pp. 10-12, 2016, ISSN: 2249-555X.

Ashesh Kumar Das Paper published in journals : i) (With S. Nath, A. J. Nath, G.W. Sileshi, and A.K.Das) Biomass stocks and carbon storage in Barringtonia acutangula fllodplain forests in North East India Biomass and Bioenergu, Impact Factor: 3.394, Vol. 98, pp. 37-42, 2017, ISSN: 0961-9534. ii) (With R.M. Kalita, A. K. Das and A.J. Nath) Assessment of soil organic carbon stock under tea agroforestry system in Barak Valley, North East India International Journal of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Vol. 42(20), pp. 175-182, 2017, ISSN:0377-015X. iii) (With M. C. Das, P. Singnar, A. J. Nath and A. K. Das) Flowering in Bambusa balcooa Roxb. in barak Valley of North East India Indian Forester, Vol. 143(2), pp.180-181, 2017, ISSN:0019-4816. iv) (With M. C. Das, P. Singnar, A. J. Nath and A. K. Das) Sporadic flowering of Bambusa vulgaris Schrad.ex Wendl.in Cachar district of Assam, India Indian Forester, Vol. 143 (3), pp. 279-280, 2017, ISSN: 0019-4816.

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Annual Report 2016-17 v) (With B. Brahma, A. J. Nath and A. K. Das) Managing rubber plantations for advancing climate change mitigation strategy Current Science, Impact Factor : 0.926, Vol. 110 (10), pp. 2015-19, 2016, ISSN: 0011- 3891.

Paper Published in edited Books/Chapter contributed: i) (With A. J. Nath, B. Brahma and R. Lal) Jhum Cultivation Encyclopedia of Soil Science, Editor : Prof.R.Lal CRC Press, pp.1273-1280, ISBN:9781498738903. ii) (With A. J. Nath, and R. Lal) Village bamboos Encyclopedia of Soil Science, Editor : Prof.R.Lal CRC Press, pp.2459-2463, ISBN:9781498738903.

Jayashree Rout Paper published in journals : i) (With Tampak Meena) Macrophytes and their ecosystem services from natural ponds in Cachar district, Assam, India, Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge, Impact Factor : 0.371, Vol. 15 /4, pp. 553-560, ISSN : 0972-5938. ii) (With Amalina Paul) Seasonal Variation and algal diversity in the Highly Alkaline Solid Wastes From a Paper Mill in Southern Assam (India), International Journal of Pharma and Biosciences, Vol. 7/3, pp.1274 – 1280, ISSN : 0975-6299. iii) (With Amalina Paul) Biochemical evaluation of some cyanobacterial strains isolated from the lime sludge wastes of a Paper Mill in Southern Assam (India) Phycos, Vol. 47/ 1, pp. 8-15, ISSN : 0554-1182. iv) (With Moirangthem Thajamanbi and Nooruddin Thajuddin) Isolation and Characterization of Two Cyanobacterial Strains Calothrix sp. and Microchaete sp. from Rice Fields of Karimganj District, Assam, North East India Current World Environment, Vol. 11/2, pp. 399-405, ISSN : 0973-4929. v) (With Moirangthem Thajamanbi and Nooruddin Thajuddin) Blue Green Algae from Rice Fields of Karimganj District, Assam, North East India, International journal of Life science and pharma research, Vol. 6/4, pp. L25-L34, ISSN : 2250-0480.

Parthankar Choudhury Paper published in journals : i) (With Maniza Choudhury) Study on Life cycle of Moth (Syntomoides imaon) in the Cachar district, Assam, India International Journal of Environment and Natural Sciences (CREESS), Vol.8, pp. 1-5, 2016, ISSN: 2349-3763. ii) (With B. Singh) Habitat preference of tokay gecko (Gekko gecko) in Barak valley, Assam, India in Journal of Bioresources, Vol. 3(1), pp. 53-59, 2016, ISSN 2394-4315. iii) (With Suraj Sharma, and Narayan Chetry) Diversity of Non-Timber Forest Products (NTFPs): A Provisioning Ecosystem Services among the Marwet Community, Ri-Bhoi District, Meghalaya, International Journal of Scientific and Research Publications,Vol. 6, Issue 9, September 2016 48 ISSN 2250-3153. iv) (With Suraj Sharma, and Narayan Chetry) Effect of Hill-cutting on plant community: A case study in the subtropical forest of Raid Marwet region, Ri-Bhoi district of Meghalaya, India International Journal of Environment and Natural Sciences. (Website: www.ijenas.com; © Centre for research in ecology), Vol.10, pp.1-8, 2016. v) (With Suraj Sharma, and Narayan Chetry) Distribution of vegetation and the extent of land degradation in Raid- Marwet Region an analysis through geographic information system (GIS) in International Journal of Current Research, Vol. 8, Issue 09, September, 2016, pp.38659-38667, ISSN: 0975-833X. vi) (With Suraj Sharma and Narayan Chetry) Status of Soil nutrients and fertility of four land use systems in Raid Marwet Region, Ri-bhoy district of Meghalaya, India Journal of Global Biosciences, Vol-5, No.6. pp 4178-4187, ISSN-2320-1355.

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Annual Report 2016-17 vii) (With Nazimur Rahman Talukdar) Determining age, sex and population structure of Asian elephant in wild: A case study in Patharia Hills Reserve Forest, Karimganj, Assam, India’ in Global Ecology and Conservation (Elsevier) (http:// dx.doi.org/10.1016/ j.gecco.2017.02.002), Vol- 10, 2017, pp.126–138. viii) (With Nazimur Rahman Talukdar and Rofik Ahmed Barbhuiya) Population structure of wild Asiatic elephant in Patharia Hills Reserve Forest, Karimganj, India: A plea for conservation. Journal of Entomology and Zoology Studies, DOI: https://doi.org /10.22271/ j.ento. v5.i2t.06, 2017, Vol. 5(2), pp. 1493-1498.

Paper Published in edited Books/Chapter contributed: i) (With Suraj Sharma and Narayan Chetry) Effect of Hill Cutting on the Diversity of Fodder Plants in the Raid-Marwet Region, Ri-Bhoi District of Meghalaya, Conserving Biological Diversity: a Multiscaled Approach, Editor : Aabid Hussain Mir and Nazir Ahmad Bhat, Edition : 2016. Published by: Research India Publications, New Delhi, India, pp.65-78, ISBN: 978-93-86138-00-2. ii) (With D. Debnath) Threat analysis of Golden jackal (Canis aurens) in Cachar District, Southern Assam (India) Anthropogenic threats to Biodiversity, Vol-II, March, 2017, Editor : B. Kalita et al, published by Morigaon College, Nagaon, Assam, pp. 34-35, ISBN 976-93-84879-54-5.

Mithra Dey Paper published in journals : i) (With Pammi Singh, and Sunkam Narayana Ramanujam) A description of the tadpole of Leptobrachium smithi (Anura: Megophryidae) from South Assam, India, Herpetological Conservation and Biology 20th June, 2016, Vol. 11(2), pp. 280–285, August, 2016. ii) (With Pammi Singh, and Sunkam Narayana Ramanujam) Bioaccumulation of heavy metals in anuran tadpoles: A study in Barak Valley, Assam, Int. J. Aquat. Biol. ISSN: 2322-5270; P-ISSN: 2383-0956, 2016, Vol. 4(3), pp. 171-178.

Ajit Kumar Das Paper published in journals : i) (With N.B. Devi and P. K. Singh) Kaempferia parviflora ( Zingiberaceae) : A new record in the Flora of Manipur. (www.ijiset.com), IJISET- International Journal of Innovative Science, Engineering and Technology, Impact Factor : 4.332, 2015, Vol.3 (7), pp. 661-665, July,2016, ISSN (Online) 2348-7968. ii) (With S. Devi) Occurrence of Ficus fulva Reinwardt ex Blumer ( Moraceae) in Senapati district : a new distribution record for the state of Manipur, India. Pleione, 0973-9467, Vol. 10 (1), pp. 186-188, 2016. iii) (With S. Devi, N. B. Das and P. K. Singh) Zingiber roseum ( Zingiberaceae) : A New record of Ginger from Imphal Valley district Manipur Indian Journal of Applied Research, Impact Factor: 3.919: 1c value : 74.50, Vol.6 (10), pp. 551-552, Oct, 2016, ISSN : 2249. iv) (With S. Paul) Ethnomedicinal studies on the Chorai tribe of Karimganj district of Assam, India. Pleione, 0973-9467, Vol.10 (1), pp. 108-115, 2016.

Susmita Gupta Paper published in journals : i) (With A. S. Sharma, and R.N.Singh) Zooplankton community of Keibul Lamjao National Park (KLNP) Manipur, India in relation to the physico-chemical variables of the water. Chinese Journal of Oceanology and Limnology, Impact factor : 0.547, Vol.35(3), pp.469-480, ISSN No.1993-5005. ii) (With R. Veeneela) A Preliminary Study on Odonata Diversity in Three Diverse Landscapes of Cachar District, Assam, India, Current World Environment, Vol. 11(2), pp.477-485, ISSN No. 0973-4929. iii) (With Arundhati Gogoi) Aquatic insect community of River Brahmaputra near Dibru Saikhowa National Park, Assam, North East India. Journal of Entomology and Zoology Studies, Vol. 5(2), pp. 1257-1265, ISSN No. 2320-7078.

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Paper Published in edited Books/Chapter contributed: (With S. Dattagupta) Non-timber forest product (NTFP) in North East India: An overview of availability, utilization, and conservation. Bioprospecting of Indigenous Bioresources of North-East India, Editor : Jubilee Purkayastha, Springer Singapore, pp. 311-322, 2016, Print ISBN: 978-981-10-0619-7, Online ISBN: 978-981-10-0620-3.

Arun Jyoti Nath Paper published in journals : i) (With R. Kalita and A. K. Das) Assessment of soil organic carbon stock Under tea agroforestry system in Barak Valley, North East India International Journal of Ecology and Environmental Sciences,Vol.42 (2), pp. 175-182. ii) (With S. Nath.and A.K. Das) Seed germination in Barringtonia acutangula: A floodplain tree from North East India. International Journal of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Vol. 42 (1), pp. 47-53. iii) (With B. Brahma, K. Pathak and A. K. Das) Why should we preserve wetlands? Current Science, Impact Factor : 0.93, Vol. 110(9), pp. 1619-1620. iv) Need for phytolith occluded carbon research in India. Current Science, Impact Factor : 0.93, Vol. 110 (11), pp. 2046-2047. v) (With B.Brahma and A. K. Das) Managing rubber plantations for advancing climate change mitigation strategies. Current Science, Impact Factor : 0.93, Vol. 110 (10), pp. 2015-2019. vi) (With T. Bhattacharyya, S. K. Ray, J. Deka, A. K. Das and H. Devi) Assessment of rice farming management practices based on soil organic carbon pool analysis. Tropical Ecology, Impact Factor : 0.80, Vol. 57(3), pp. 607-611. vii) (With S. Nath and A. K. Das) Vegetative and reproductive phenology of a floodplain tree species Barringtonia acutangula from North East India. Journal of Environmental Biology, Impact Factor : 0.60, Vol. 37 (2), pp. 215-220. viii) (With M. C. Das, P. Singnar, and A. K. Das) Sporadic flowering of Bambusa vulgaris Schard.Ex Wendl in Cachar district of Assam. Indian Forester, Vol. 143(3), pp. 279-280. ix) (With M. C. Das, P. Singnar and A. K. Das) Flowering in Bambusa balcooa Roxb.in Barak Valley of North East India. Indian Forester, Vol. 143(2), pp. 180-181. x) (With S. Nath, G. W. Sileshi and A. K. Das) Biomass stocks and carbon storage in Barringtonia acutangula Floodplain forests in North East India. Biomass and Bioenergy, Imapct Factor : 3.4, Vol. 98, pp. 37-42. xi) (With R. Lal) Effects of tillage practices and land use management on soil aggregates and soil organic carbon in the North Appalachian Region, USA. Pedosphere, Impact Factor : 1.6, Vol. 27(1), pp. 172–17. xii) (With M. C. Das and A. K. Das) Indigenous traditional knowledge in conservation and management of bamboos of Barak valley, Assam, J. Traditional and Folk Practices, Vol. 4(1), pp.185 – 192. xiii) (With D. Reang, A. K. Das, B. Brahma and M. Das) Traditional practice of Paan Jhum cultivation among Khasia community in Barak valley, Assam, J. Traditional and Folk Practices, Vol. 4(1), pp. 96-99.

Paper Published in edited Books/Chapter contributed: i) (With B. Brahma, R. Lal. and A. K. Das) Jhum: Cultivation Encyclopaedia of Soil Science (Third Edition), Editor : Rattan Lal, Publisher : Taylor and Francis, pp. 1273-1280, ISBN 9781498738903. ii) (With A. K. Das and R. Lal) Village Bamboos Encyclopaedia of Soil Science (Third Edition), Editor : Rattan Lal, Publisher : Taylor and Francis, pp. 2459-2463, ISBN 9781498738903.

Panna Deb Paper published in journals : i) (With Ray Choudhury, M., Deb, P., Singha, H., Chakdar, B. and Medhi, M.) 2016 Predicting the probable distribution and threat of invasive Mimosa diplotricha Suavalle and Mikania micrantha Kunth in a protected tropical grassland, Ecological Engineering, ISSN-0925-8574 (IF=2.740), Vol. 97, pp. 23-31

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Paper Published in edited Books/Chapter contributed: i) (With M. R. Choudhury, P. Deb, and H. Singha,) Status and threats to the grasslands of north east India with special reference to protected areas, In: Upadhaya, K. (ed.) Biodiversity and Environmental Conservation, Discovery Publishing House Pvt. Ltd. New Delhi. ISBN: 978-93-5056-775-3, pp.113-129. ii) (With P. B. Devi, P. Deb and H. B. Singh) Economic uses of Eryngo/Culantro (Eryngium foetidum Linnaeus): A review, Pleione, ISSN-0973-9467, Vol.10(2), pp. 356 - 361.vI iii) (With J. K. Roy, M. R. Choudhury, B. Chakdar, P. Deb and H. Singha) Sightings of Northern Pig-tailed Macaque (Macaca leonina) Blyth (1863) in Assam University Campus, Silchar, Assam, ZOO’s PRINT, ISSN-0973-2543, XXXI Vol. (5), pp. 16-18.

Hilloljyoti Singha Paper published in journals : i) (With S. Sengupta, H. Singha and P. Deb) Ground foraging behaviour of Malayan giant squirrel Ratufa bicolour, Current Science, ISSN: 0011-3891, Vol. 110(12), pp. 2223-2225 ii) (With J. K. Roy, M. Ray Choudhury, B. Chakdar, P. Deb and H. Singha) Sighting of Northern Pig-tailed Macaque (Macaca leonina) Blyth (1863) in Assam University Campus, Silchar, Assam, ZOO’s PRINT XXXI, ISSN: 0973-2543, Vol. (5), pp.16-18 iii) (With N. K. Nath J. P. Das, H. Singha and H. K. Sahu) Habitat preference by drongos (Dicruridae): a study conducted during non-breeding season in Kakoijana (Proposed) Wildlife Sanctuary, Assam, India Indian Birds, ISSN: 0973-1407, Vol. 10(6), pp. 64-68 iv) (With Ray Choudhury, M., P. Deb, H. Singha, B. Chakdar, M. Medhi) Predicting the probable distribution and threat of invasive Mimosa diplotricha Suavalle and Mikania micrantha Kunth in a protected tropical grassland, Ecological Engineering, ISSN: 0925-8574, Vol. 97, pp. 23-31. v) (With H. Dutta, H. Singha, B. K. Dutta, P. Deb and A. K. Das) Human-wildlife conflict in the forest fringe villages of Barak Valley, Assam, India, Journal of Human Ecology, ISSN 0970-9274, Vol. 55(1, 2), pp. 104- 110. vi) (With M. J. Gogoi, H. Singha and P. Deb) Butterfly (Lepidoptera) Diversity in Barail Wildlife Sanctuary, Assam, India, Journal of Entomology and Zoology Studies, ISSN 2349-6800 (Print); 2320-7078 (Online)., Vol. 4(4), pp. 547-560. vii) (With Deori, Biswajyoti Bikomiya, Panna Deb, Hilloljyoti Singha and Manabendra Ray Choudhury) Traditional honey harvesting by the Pnar community of South Assam, India, Our Nature, ISSN: 1991-2951 (Print); ISSN: 2091-2781 (Online), Vol. 14(1), pp. 13-21.

Paper Published in edited Books/Chapter contributed: i) (With Das Raju, H. Singha, H. K. Sahu and S. K. Panda) Knowledge on consumption of medicinal plants by Golden Langur (Trachypithecus geei) in Assam, India, ISBN 978-81-932499-5-6, In Panda, S. K. and H. K. Sahu (Eds.). Kunal Books, New Delhi, pp. 27-45. ii) (WithChoudhury, M.R. and Panna Deb) Status and Threats to Grasslands of North East India with Special Reference to Protected Areas, ISBN: 978-93-5056-775-3, Upadhaya, K., Editor : Discovery Publishing House Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, pp. 113-129.

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DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS

Niranjan Roy Paper published in journals : (With Panchatapa Deshamukhya) Service Sector Growth during Pre and Post Reform Period: An Analysis on North east India Banijya, Vol.8, No.1, 2016, pp.0975-0010.

Sumanash Dutta Paper published in journals : i) (With Promila Das) ‘Interrelation Between Mother’s Empowerment and Children’s Schooling: A Case Study of SC, OBC and General Households of a Developing Region’, Arthsharta Indian Journal of Economics and Research, Vol.5, Issue No.2, March-April, pp- 39-50, ISSN 2278-1811. ii) (With Dipangshu Dev Choudhury) “Multidimensional Poverty in Rural Tripura – A Fuzzy Set Analysis”,International Research Journal of Interdisciplinary and Multidisciplinary Studies(IRJIMS), 61, Vol II, Issue-7, August, pp. 55-64, ISSN: 2394-7969(Online), ISSN: 2394-7950(Print).

Authored Books : (With Ananta Pegu) NGOs and Socio-Economic Development: Meeting Pre-Conditions for Take-off, Mittal Publications, New Delhi, ISBN No. 8183246362

Raju Mandal Paper published in journals : A generalized stochastic production frontier analysis of technical efficiency of rice farming – A Case Study from Assam, India Indian Growth and Development Review, Vol. 9, No. 2, pp. 114-128, ISSN: 1753-8254.

Paper Published in edited Books/Chapter contributed: Service Trade in Emerging Market Economies Business Analytics and Cyber Security Management in Organizations, Editor: Rajagopal and Ramesh Behl, IGI Global Publication, Hershey PA, USA, pp. 64-83, ISBN13: 9781522509028.

Avijit Debnath Paper published in journals : i) (With Paul, U. K., Das, G., Mathur, T.) Economic efficiency and its effect on cost: a case study of organic pineapple in India’s northeast. Organic Agriculture, Vol-6 (2) (2016): pp.1-11, ISSN-1879-4246, Springer (SJR-0.336). ii) (With Nairita Bhattacharjee)Understanding Malnutrition of Tribal Children in India: The Role of Women’s Empowerment Ecology of Food and Nutrition, Vol-55(6), 2016, pp.508-527, ISSN-0367-0244, Taylor & Francis (SJR-0.383). iii) (With Sujoy Das) Relationship between crime and economic affluence in India: an empirical study from 1982 to 2013 Journal of Criminological Research, Policy and Practice, Vol-3(1), 2017, pp.27-37, ISSN: 2056-3841, Emerlald.

Sagarika Dey Paper published in journals : Assessing the Poverty Impact of India’s Largest Livelihood Security Programme: A Study Based on 68th Round of NSSO, First Published January 1, 2017, Journal of Development Policy and Practice, Sage Publications, ISSN: 2455- 1333, Vol.2(1), pp.56–70, DOI: 10.1177/2455133316671801, http://jdp.sagepub.com.

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Shrabanti Maity Paper published in journals : An Inquiry into the Literacy Status of Women in West Bengal and India,‘Women's Studies an Inter- Disciplinary Journal’ Copyright © Taylor & Francis Group, LLC, ISSN: 0049-7878 print / 1547-7045, Vol.45, pp. 475–493, Online DOI: 10.1080/00497878.2016.1186493.

Paper Published in edited Books/Chapter contributed: i) (WithMr. Anup Sinha) Demographic Trends and Population Ageing in India”, ‘Dimensions in Social Science Research A Methodological Perspective’, Editor : Dr. Moumita Ghosh, Published by Levant Books, India, ISBN No. - 978-93-84106-78-2. ii) (With Tanushree Dey) Measurement of Technical Inefficiency Effects for the Production of Tea in India”, Dimensions in Social Science Research A Methodological Perspective, Editor : Dr. Moumita Ghosh, Published by Levant Books, India, pp.96-121, ISBN No. - 978-93-84106-78-2. iii) (With U. R. Barlaskar, and Moumita Ghosh) Growth Rate and Instability in Infant Mortality Rate for India and Different States of India: An Analysis of Trend and Structural Shift,Editor : Dr. Moumita Ghosh, Published by Levant Books, India, pp. 123-133, ISBN No. - 978-93-84106-78-2.

Manash Roy Paper published in journals : Incidence of Hunger and its Determinants Across Major States of India Arthshastra Indian Journal of Economics & Research, Volume: 6, Issue No. 1, January-February 2017, pp. 46-52, ISSN 2278-1811.

Paper Published in edited Books/Chapter contributed: i) (With Arnab Deb) Status of Food Security across Major States of India: An Empirical Analysis Dimensions in Social Science Research : A Methodological Perspective, pp.40-50, Editor : Maumita Ghosh, Publisher: Levant Books, Kolkata, India, ISBN: 978-93-84106-78-2. ii) (With Abdul Basith Laskar) Inter Household Variation in the Level of Human Development: A Case Study in Hilakandi District of Assam Socio-Economic Dimensions of India in the 21st Century, Editor : Ram Krishna Mandal, Publisher: ALP Bokks, New Delhi, pp.1-12, ISBN: 978-93-83204-43-4.

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Remith George Carri Paper published in journals : i) (With DebabrathaBhattacharjee) ‘An Analytical Study of the Importance of Academic Achievement in English Language in 10th Standard Level’ on Review of Research, Impact Factor 3.8014, Vol.6(1), pp 1-5, ISSN 2249-894x. ii) ‘Accreditation and World Rankings: The Quality Crisis of Indian Higher Education Institutions’ on The Online Journal of Quality in Higher Education, 4(1), pp 1-8 iii) (With DebabrathaBhattacharjee) ‘Competencies and Qualities of an English Teacher: A Conceptual Study’ on Review of Research, Impact Factor 3.8014, Vol. 6(4), pp 29-37, ISSN 2249-894x.

A. K. Jena Paper published in journals : i) (With K. Pokhrel) ‘Effects of collaborative m-learning and individual e-learning on the academic performance, attention benefit and consistency of learning’ on the Online Journal of Distance Education and e-Learning, January 2017 Vol. 5, Issue 1, pp. 35-46, ISSN 2147-6454.

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Annual Report 2016-17 ii) (With B. Paul) Cognitive developmental phenomena of pre-school children in relation to socio-economic status, anthropometric status, and home environmental status’ on Journal on Educational Psychology, Vol. 10 No. 2 August - October 2016, pp. 25-38, ISSN : 0973-8827. iii) (With S. S. Gogoi and M. Deka) ‘Learning performance in relation to cognitive styles, learning styles, and science ability of students: a hierarchical multiple regression analysis’ on the Online Journal of Distance Education and e-Learning, Vol. 4(2), Pp.1-19, ISSN 2147-6454. iv) ‘Students’ perception is the instrument to predict the quality of teachers in higher education: a regression analysis’ on Journal on Educational Psychology, Vol. 8 (4), pp. 25-38, ISSN : 0973-8827. v) (With Dr. A K Singh) ‘Academic Achievement and Educational Problems of different generation learners’ on APEAR Journal Of Education a Referred Journal Published From Allahabad, Vol. 14, pp.1-2, Dec.2016. vi) Partition, Migration, Identity: Representation in Bengali Literature from Assam Borders and Border Crossings: Reading Partition, reading Diaspora, Editorial : Deb Narayan Bandyopadhyay, Himadri Lahiri and Nandini Bhattachrya. Burdwan: Burdwan University Press, Pp.45-53, 2016.

Authored Books : i) Assessment of efforts towards environmental sustainability, EduPedia Publication(p) Ltd. New Delhi, ISBN 978-1-329-88698-8 ii) Essential Education for Environmental sustainability MEDTECH, Scientific International (p) Ltd., New Delhi, ISBN:978-93-85998-40-9.

DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH

Dipendu Das Paper published in journals : (With Sanjoy Kr. Seal) ‘Gender Politics and Patriarchy in Caryl Churchill’s Vinegar Tom’ in the IJHSSS International Journal of Humanities & Social Science Studies, Vol-I, Issue-VI, Pp. 170-174.

Paper Published in edited Books/Chapter contributed: i) Gurmar Gaan or Ojha Naach : Transcending Gender 2016, Androgyny and Female Impersonation in India, NIYOGI BOOKS, Editor : Tutun Mukherjee and R. Niladri Chatterjee, pp.127-135, ISBN: 978-93-85285-46 -2. ii) (With Sanjay Seal) Post Second World War Women Theatre in Britain Essays on Post-War British Drama Editor : Surajit Sen and Dipankar Chakraborti, Pp.12-21, ISBN: 978-93-86013-51-4. iii) Partition, Migration, Identity: Representation in Bengali Literature from Assam, Borders and Border Crossings: Reading Partition, reading Diaspora., Editor : Deb Narayan Bandyopadhyay, Himadri Lahiri and Nandini Bhattachrya. Burdwan: Burdwan University Press, 2016 pp.45-53

A. Syam Choudhury Paper published in journals : i) (With A. Syam Choudhury and M. Rahman) ‘Making a Case for a Discourse-based Grammar Pedagogy in ESL Contexts’ organised by English Classroom, Vol. 18 (1), Pp. 11-20, ISSN: 2250-2831. ii) (With A. Syam Choudhury and S. Debroy) ‘Politeness in Dattani’s On a Muggy Night in Mumbai: A Discourse Analysis Perspective’ in the Context, Vol. 3 (3-4), Pp. 151-159, ISSN: 2349-4948. iii) (With A. Syam Choudhury and M. Rahman) Using Corpora in Grammar Pedagogy: An Exploration of Some Central Issues’ on Intellection, Vol. IV (II), Pp. 46-53, ISSN: 2319-8192. iv) (With A. Syam Choudhury and S. Debroy) ‘Turn Management in Dattani's Bravely Fought the Queen : A Discourse Analysis Study’ on Indian Review of World Literature in English, Vol. 13 (1), Pp. 55-62, ISSN: 0974-097x. v) (With N. Das and A. Syam Choudhury) ‘Conversational Maxims and Implicatures in Pinter’s The Birthday Part’ on the Criterion: An International Journal In English, Vol. 8 (I), Pp. 501-511, ISSN: 0976-8165.

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DEPARTMENT OF HINDI

Suresh Chandra Paper published in journals : ‘1”.Mata Prasad Ke Sahitya Mein Rashtriya Chetana’ on Shodh Sssamalochan, Editor : K.D.Sharma, issue–October and December 2016, Shabda-Shabda Sangharsha, E- 10/667, Uttaranchal Colony, Loni Road, Ghaziabad-201102, ISSN: 2348-5639.

Dr. Prabhat Kumar Mishra Paper published in journals : ‘Bhaktikal Punarvichar Ki Jaroorat’ on Samvet, Vol. 5-7, Year 2003, Pp. 01-07, ISSN 2321-6131.

Vedaparna Dey Paper published in journals : i) ‘Reetikaal Aur Acharya Ramswarup Chatuervedi’ on Patliputra Journalof Indology, Vol-7, issue-1, Pp.-97- 103 ISSN No-2320-351x. ii) ‘Seema Rekha : Ek Vivechin’ on Veena, Vol – 89, issue-4, Pp. 26–27, ISSN No-2230-9209. iii) ‘Premchand Ki Stree Drishti : Sevasadan Ke Vishesh Sandarbh mein’ on Rashtra Sevak, issue- 2, Pp. 8–9, ISSN : 2321- 4945. iv) ‘Reetikavya Aur Tatkaleen Udru Shayeai Kit ulna : Ramswarup Chaurvedi Ke Vishesh Sandarbh mein’ on Veena, Vol-89, issue-10, Pp.16–18, ISSN- 2230 – 9209.

Sheetanshu Kumar Paper published in journals : ‘Asmitaon mein Kaid Itihas: George Abraham Grierson’ on Retpath, 6-7 (Joint) January and December 2016, Pp. 58- 68, ISSN- 2347-6702.

Paper Published in edited Books/Chapter contributed: Sahitya ka samajshastra aur manager pandey ki alochana dristi Alochana aur Samaj, Vani Prakashan, Delhi, Editor- Ravikant, Akansha Singh, pp. 208-46 ISBN- 978-93-5000-087-8.

DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY

Suparna Roy Paper published in journals : i) (WithSagolsem Kalyan Singha) Role of Welsh Presbyterian Christian Missionaries Towards the Spread of Education in Cachar in South Assam Contemporary Research Spectrum, Vol. 2, Issue 3, September, 2016, ISSN-2454-8987. ii) (With Khalil Ahmed Mazarbhuiya) Status of Domestic and Foreign Trade in Colonial Surma-Barak Valleyn Contemporary Research Spectrum, Vol. 2, Issue-3, September, 2016, ISSN-2454-8987.

Sudeshna Purkayastha Authored Books : The Story of Jayamatis Humaliations and Death : Reworking of the Indigenous sources in Assamese Historiography of the 19th and 20th Centuries., David Curley and R. Aquil, ed, Literary & Religious Protection in Medieval & Early Modern India :Manohar, N. Delhi, 2016. ISBN 978-93-5098-136-8, pp..163-190.

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DEPARTMENT OF INDIAN COMPARATIVE LITERATURE

Suman Gun Paper published in journals : i) Samayer Bihabal ‎Antasanchar (88-98), Ashoknagar 23478101, July, 2016. ii) Shantaramer ‘Baba’:Ekti Tanaporenmay Bahutal Galpo Madhyabarty 23478349, October’2016. iii) Anchaler Pracchad Madhyabarty 23478349, November 16. iv) Samatal Nissabder Kabita Madhyabarty 23478349, December , 2016. v) Apaharaner Shilpa : Hitchcoker Chhabi Madhyabarty 23478349, January and February, 2017. vi) Uttar-Purber Bangla Kabitar Gamak Madhyabarty 23478349, March, 2017. vii) Kabitar Bivinn Gamak Sahity Angan 23944889, July, 2016. viii) Sukumar Rayer Kabita : Asamvaber Shilpa Sahity Angan 23944889, February, 2017. ix) Bangladeshe Padyocharchar Antachanchar Journal Of The Dept Of Bengali, Assam University 0975-279x, May, 2016.

Authored Books : Srestha Kabita , Varbi, ISBN : 978-93-82653-07.

Arjundeb Sensarma Paper published in journals : Bangla Mangal Kabyer Oitijjho, Monosha Utsha Kotha, Dinesh Chandra Sen Jibon O Kriti, The Tale of Santi Deva, Rabindra Goloper Danpotro, Bangla Bhasha O Sahitya Bidyar Abhab,The View of Dr. Amitabh Ghose Anushtup- 23495289, Aikok-23952008, Asruto-24547859, IJELR-23494451, Sahitya Takka-23206160, Lokayudh-23952938, IJIRAS-23944404, Vol.49, No-4, pp.519-524, Vol-1, No-1, pp.5-13, Vol.4, No-1, pp.10-15, Vol.3, pp.468-470, Vol.5, pp.35-39, Vol.1, No2, pp.21-24, Vol.3, No-9, pp.10-15.

DEPARTMENT OF LAW

Partha Pratim Paul Paper published in journals : ‘Same sex relationship in India: the Constutitionality, Legality and Morality Debates’ organised by the Mizoram University Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, Vol. II, Issue 2, December 2016, Pp.121-139, ISSN : 2395- 7352.

Amitabh Singh Paper published in journals : i) ‘Debating Santhara – A Fact Unto Death’ on Chattisgarh Law Journal, Vol. II, Issue 1 on June 2016, Pp.130- 136, ISSN -2394-5281. ii) ‘Narco analysis and its Evidentiary Value in India’ on Legal News and Views, April 2016, Pp. 5-16, ISSN - 2277-5323. iii) ‘PIL vis –a-vis Environmental Protection in India’ on Legal News and Views, June 2016, Pp. 6-15, ISSN - 2277-5323. iv) ‘Acid: an Unchecked Weapon’ on Indian Human Rights Law Review, Vol.7 December 2016, Pp.248 –257, ISSN -2230-7036. v) ‘Sexual abuse of Children in India : A Blatant Violation of Human Rights’ on Social Welfare, Vol.63 No 11, February 2017, Pp.27–32, ISSN -0037-8038.

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Paper Published in edited Books/Chapter contributed: i) Jhum Cultivation: A Critical Analysis under Forest Act, Indian Agriculture, Rajib Mallick, Suman Kalyan Choudhury, Sukanta Sarkar Vol.63, No 11, Pp.12 –27, ISBN -978-93-8315-879-9, 2017. ii) Remedies Under Indian law Against Honor Killing Women Empowerment in Indian Society, Rajib Mallick, Suman Kalyan Choudhury, Sukanta Sarkar Pp.12 –27, ISBN -978-93-8357-592-3, 2017.

Umesh Kumar Paper Published in edited Books/Chapter contributed: (With Dr. Raghvendra Mishra) Traditional Folk Media in Himachal Pradesh Traditional Folk Media in India: Practice and Relevance, Bharati Prakashan, 45, Dharamsangh Complex, Durgakund, Varanasi-10, Pp. 181-189, ISBN-978-93-80550-60-2.

DEPARTMENT OF LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE Manoj Kumar Sinha Paper published in journals : i) (With Sucheta Bhattacharjee) ‘E-Resource Usage Pattern among Assam University Library Users under Consortia Services: A Case Study. Asian Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies’ on Asian Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies, Impact Factor: 1.498, Vol. 4 (5), April 2016, pp. 269-271, ISSN: 2321-8819 (Online) 2348-7186 (Print). ii) (With Manoj Kumar Sinha) ‘Comparison between Electronic Resources Usage Pattern among University Libraries at Assam’ in Asian Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies, Impact Factor: 1.498, Vol.4 (10), September 2016, pp.269-271, ISSN: 2321-8819 (Online) 2348-7186 (Print). iii) (With Sudip Bhattacharjee) ‘Models of Information Seeking Behaviour: An Overview’ in the Asian Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies, Impact Factor: 1.498, Vol. 4 (5), April 2016, pp. 266-268, ISSN: 2321-8819 (Online) 2348-7186 (Print). iv) ‘Scenario of Changing Trends in Library and Information Science Education and Research: An Analytical Study of Brochures of Seminars, Conferences, and Workshops Organised during January 2012-July 2014’ in the IOSR Journal of Humanities and Social Science (IOSR-JHSS), www.iosrjournals.org, Vol. 21 (7), Ver- 1(July 2016), pp. 20-43, e-ISSN: 2279-0837, p-ISSN: 2279-0845. v) (With Sonali Biswas Choudhury,) ‘Information Needs and Information Seeking Behaviour of College Library Users: A Pilot Study Conducted in Radhamadhab College , Silchar, Assam’ in the Journal of Engineering Computer and Applied Sciences (JECAS), Vol.5(8), August 2016, pp.58-66, (ISSN: 2319- 5606). vi) (With Sudipta Singha) ‘Citation Analysis of MLIS Dissertations Submitted to Assam University, Silchar During 2012-2013’ in the International Journal of Library, Information Networks and Knowledge Scientific Society of Advanced Research and Social Change SSARSC, www.ssarsc.org (http://www.ssarsc.org/ volumes/ijlink/volume1/ paper-6-volume1.pdf, Vol.1 (2), July- December 2016, pp. 1-17, ISSN 2455-5207. vii) (With Surendra Kumar Pal and Saumen Datta) ‘An Exploratory Study of Status of Public Libraries in Tripura State’ on International Research Journal of Multidisciplinary Science & Technology (IRJMRS) (A Peer Reviewed Journal), www.irjmrs.com, Vol.1(4), pp.15-21, August 2016 ISSN: 2455-930x. viii) (With Jyotika Borthakur) ‘Trend of Publications by the Scientists of NEIST during 2007-2016: A Bibliometric Study’ 2013’ on Library and Information Science Professionals’ (LISPA) Journal , Vol.2, pp.154-159. ix) (With Nawal Kishor ‘Design and Development of Sikkim Library Network (SILIBNET): A Proposed Model’ on IOSR Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences (IOSR-JHSS), www.iosrjournals.org, DOI:10.9790/0837-2111061320, Vol.2 (11) Ver 6, pp.13-20, 2016, e-ISSN: 2279-0837, p-ISSN: 2279- 08450.

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Annual Report 2016-17 x) (With Supriyo Deb) ‘Status of Collection Development of Learning Resources in Agricultural Libraries of Tripura with Special Reference to Agartala’ on LIS Today : A Peer Reviewed Bi-Annual Journal, Vol. 3 (1- 2), December 2016 , pp.79-95, ISSN: 2349-9621. xi) (With Monita Choudhary) ‘A Study on Library Use Pattern and Information Seeking Behaviour of Scientific Community Library Users of Assam University, Silchar’ on Gyankosh : The Journal of Library and Information Management GJLIM, DOI:10.5958/2249-3182.2016.00009.5, Vol.7 (2), July –December 2016, pp.20-38, ISSN : 2229-4023, E-ISSN : 2249-3182. xii) (With Jyotika Borthakur) ‘Information Need and Use by the Scientists of Selected Three Laboratories of Eastern India’ on JOSAAC: An Annual Bilingual Research Journals of Science, Arts & Commerce, Listed and Indexed by International Institute of Organised Research http://www.i2or.com/8.html, Vol.4(1), January 2017, pp.65-72, ISSN: 2348-0602. xiii) (With Supriya Deb) ‘Use of Agricultural Libraries of Tripura with Special Reference to Agartala: A Survey’ on International Journal of Trends in Research and Development IJTRD, @ www.ijrtd.com, Vol. 4 (1), 2016, pp.261-272, ISSN : 2394-9333. xiv) (With Nabin Chandra Dey and Sangita Yadav) ‘Status of Select Media Libraries of Barak Valley, South Assam : A Survey’ on Professional Journal of Library and Information Technology, UPENG/2010/37607, Vol. 7 (1) January-June 2017, pp. 1-23 ISSN : 0976-7274.

Authored Books : (With Anil Kumar Jharotia, Deepak Srivastava, Vaibhav Bansal , Rahul Mittal and Mange Ram) Proceedings of the 2nd National Conference Library Information Science & Information Technology for Education (NCITE’2016 ) (Special Issue in International Journal and Development in Technology & Management Science-Kailash , Kailash , 22 ( 6) ,2016. ) Modern Rohini Education Society , New Delhi, 2016 , 433 P. , ISBN: 978-1-63102-470-2) (Print and Online, ( http://www.rtmonline.in ).

Paper Published in edited Books/Chapter contributed: i) Scenario of Library Development in North East India with Special Reference to Assam. Librarianship in 21st Century, Editor : H N Prasad et.al, Ess Ess Publications New Delhi, pp.435 -453, 2016, ISBN: 978-81-7000- 798-2. ii) Scenario of Library Movement in North East India Modern Trends in Library and Information Science in Digital Environment: Festschrift Volume in Honour of Dr. U M Thakur, Editor : Amit Kishor et.al., University Prakashan, Agra, pp. 289-324, 2016, ISBN: 978-81-920-84-923. iii) (With Sucheta Bhattacharjee) Users Perception towards Social Media : A Case Study of Library Users at NIT , Silchar Libraries and Library Professionals in ICT Era, Editor : Kanchan Kamila et.al., Anu Publishers, Kolkata, pp. 224-230, 2016, ISBN: 978-81-925537-4-0. iv) (With Sudip Bhattacharjee) Internet Literacy and Information Searching Patterns of College Library Users : A Survey on Cachar District, (Assam). Libraries and Library Professionals in ICT Era, Editor : Kanchan Kamila et.al., Anu Publishers, Kolkata, Pp. 89-96, 2016, ISBN: 978-81-925537-4-0. v) (With Nikhil Debnath) Competency of Library and Information Science Professionals Towards Computerisation of Libraries of Higher Learning Institutions : A Survey Among LIS Professionals of Barak Valley, Managing Library and Information Services in Digital Era, Editor : Mukesh Saikia, Monawwer Eqbal and Devendra Pratap, DVS Publishers , Guwahati, pp. 195-203, 2016, ISBN -10 : 8186307974, ISBN- 13:978-8186307977. vi) (With Sudip Bhattacharjee) Information Seeking Behaviour of College Library Users of Barak Valley: A Survey, Managing Library and Information Services in Digital Era, Editor : Mukesh Saikia, Monawwer Eqbal and Devendra Pratap, DVS Publishers, Guwahati, pp. 195-203, 2016, ISBN -10 : 8186307974, ISBN- 13:978-8186307977. vii) (With Nawal Kishor) A Study on Collection Development in Higher Educational Institutions of Sikkim, Library Management : New Trends and Challenges, Editor : Mukesh Saikia, Monawwer Eqbal and Devendra Pratap ), Academic Publishers, New Delhi, ISBN -10 : 8186307974, ISBN-13:978-8186307977.

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Annual Report 2016-17 viii) (With Mithun Owary and Anupam Chanda)m Role of Social Media in Library Extension Services : Issues and Challenges, Library Management : New Trends and Challenges, Editor : Mukesh Saikia, Monawwer Eqbal and Devendra Pratap, Academic Publishers, New Delhi, ISBN-10 : 8186307974, ISBN-13:978- 8186307977.

Seminar and Conference Proceedings : i) (With Rajesh Chutia) A Study on Information Seeking and Information Sharing Behaviour of Media Professionals of Cachar District of South Assam. In National Conference of Library Information Science & Information Technology for Education (NCITE-2016) organised by Modern Rohini Education Society, New Delhi on 27th August 2016, 2nd Web Conference, published in a Special Issue of International Journal of Research and Development in Technology and Management –Kailash, pp. 350-368, 2016, Vol. 22(6), Impact Factor : 350-368, ISBN: 978-81-63102-470-2. ii) (With Saumen Datta) Status of Public Libraries in North east India with Special Reference to Tripura. In National Conference of Library Information Science and Information Technology for Education (NCITE- 2016) organised by Modern Rohini Education Society, New Delhi on 27th August 2016 2nd Web Conference, published in a Special Issue of International Journal of Research and Development in Technology and Management –Kailash, Vol. 22(6), Impact Factor : 386-404, pp. 386-404, ISBN: 978-81-63102-470-2. iii) (With Ram Kumar Pathak) Use of E-Journal Resources and Services by Faculty Members: A Case Study of Vidya College of Engineering. In National Conference of Library Information Science and Information Technology for Education (NCITE-2016) organised by Modern Rohini Education Society, New Delhi on 27th August 2016 2nd Web Conference, published in a Special Issue of International Journal of Research and Development in Technology & Management –Kailash, Vol. 22(6), Impact Factor : 231-238, pp. 231-238, ISBN: 978-81-63102-470-2. iv) (With Sudip Bhattacharjee and Sucheta Bhattacharjee) User Perception and Expectation from University Libraries : A Case Study among Student Community at Tripura. In : 10th Convention PLANNER-2016 : Disruptive Innovations for Libraries : Adopt, Adapt and Evolve , jointly organised by INFLIBNET Centre, Gandhinagar, Gujarat and North Eastern Hill University, Shillong, Meghalaya during 9th and 11th November 2016, Editor : Jagdish Arora … et.al. INFLIBNET Centre, Gandhinagar, 2016, pp.346-353, ISBN 978-93- 81232-06-4. v) (With Jyanti Chakravorty and Saumen Datta) Contribution of ROAR and OpenDOAR in Open Access Movement and Universal Access to Scholarly Information. In : 10th Convention PLANNER-2016 : Disruptive Innovations for Libraries : Adopt, Adapt and Evolve , jointly organised by INFLIBNET Centre, Gandhinagar, Gujarat and North Eastern Hill University, Shillong, Meghalaya during 9th and 11th November 2016, Editor : Jagdish Arora … et.al. INFLIBNET Centre, Gandhinagar, 2016, pp.100-108, ISBN 978-93- 81232-06-4. vi) (With Nikhil Debnath) Prospects of Using Wireless and Mobile Technologies in Managing Modern Library Services : Issues and Challenges In: Conference Proceedings of One day 2nd International Conference on Contemporary Innovations in Conjugative Management Library, Social Sciences and Technology for Virtual World ( ICCLIST’17), Editor : Vaibhav Bansal et.al. organised by MRES, New Delhi on Sunday, 15th January, 2017, pp. 112-116, ISBN: 978-1-63535-633-5. vii) (With Sangita Yadav) A Study on ICT Application in Media Libraries of Assam with Special Reference to Cachar and Guwahati. In 2nd International Conference on Contemporary Innovations in Conjugative Management Library, Social Sciences and Technology for Virtual World ( ICCLIST’17), Editor : Vaibhav Bansal et.al organised by MRES, New Delhi on Sunday 15th January, 2017, pp. 291-297, ISBN: 978-1- 63535-633-5. viii) (With Gautam and Awadhesh Singh) Academic Libraries for the 21st Century. In: 62nd Indian Library Association Conference 2017 on Gearing up for the Future: Library Initiatives for Digital India 9th to 11th February 2017 , Organized by Department of Library and Information Science , Karnataka State Women’s University, Vijayapura, Karnataka and Indian Library Association, New Delhi., ILA, New Delhi, pp. 1010- 1020, ISBN: 978-1-63535-633-5.

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Annual Report 2016-17 ix) (With Sangita Yadav) A Study on Internet and Social Media Usage Pattern among Media Professionals of Cachar and Guwahati In: International Conference Proceedings on Library and Information Services in Knowledge Society : Innovative , Value Added Services and Best Practices (Eds: Prabhakar Rath, R.K. Ngurtinkhuma and R.N. Mishra) Organised by the Department of Library and Information Science, Mizoram University, Aizawl in collaboration with North Eastern Council , Shillong, Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts, New Delhi and INFLIBNET Centre, Gandhinagar during 1st March 2017 at Mizoram University, Aizawl, pp. 232-247, ISBN: 978-93-85777-81-3. x) (With Sumita Das) A Study on Awareness of Indigenous Knowledge System among the Local Habitants of Silchar Town: A Survey. In: International Conference Proceedings on Library and Information Services in Knowledge Society : Innovative , Value Added Services and Best Practices (Eds: Prabhakar Rath, R.K. Ngurtinkhuma and R.N. Mishra) , Organised by the Department of Library and Information Science, Mizoram University, Aizawl in collaboration with North Eastern Council , Shillong, Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts, New Delhi and INFLIBNET Centre, Gandhinagar during 1st March 2017 at Mizoram University, Aizawl, pp. 334-346, ISBN: 978-93-85777-81-3.

Mukut Sarmah Research Papers in Journals : i) (With Monita Choudhury) Information Seeking Behaviour of Agricultural Scientists of ICAR, Nagaland, LISPA: A New Dimension to the Knowledge.(A Peer Reviewed Journal), Vol. 2(1), pp.141-147, ISSN: 2454-1591, 2016. ii) (With P. Dutta Baruah and P. Sarkar) College libraries in the Districts of Barak Valley Region of Assam and their ICT Applications, LISPA: A New Dimension to the Knowledge.(A Peer Reviewed Journal), Vol. 2(1), pp.32-40, ISSN: 2454-1591, 2016. iii) (With Rajendra Mohan and Dev Sarma) Status of Best Practices in the College Libraries Affiliated to Dibrugarh University in Assam, LISPA: A New Dimension to the Knowledge, (A Peer Reviewed Journal), Vol. 2(1), pp. 99-107, ISSN: 2454-1591, 2016. iv) (With Monita Choudhury) Cognition of Information Seeking Behaviour of Scientists of ICAR Regional Centres of Northeast India: An Outlook, International Journal of Computer Science and Engineering (IJCSE), Vol. 5(1) December and January 2016, pp.77-84, ISSN(P): 2278-9960; ISSN(E): 2278-9979.

Paper Published in edited Books/Chapter contributed: i) (With Monita Choudhury) Comparative Analysis of Information Seeking Behaviour Among Scientists of ICAR Institutes of Nagaland and Arunachal Pradesh. In : Knowledge, Library and Information Networking. Proceedings of 19th National Convention on Knowledge, Librry and Information Networking (NACLIN2016) held at Tezpur University, Tezpur, Assam from October 26-28, 2016. Edited by H. K. Kaul and Sangeeta Kaul. DELNET-Developing Library Network, New Delhi, pp.169-180, ISBN: 978-93-82735- 08-3. ii) (With) Deepsikha Sen) Blended Learning in LIS Education: Assessing the Perception of Students and Reserch Scholars in the Universities of North Eastern India. In : Knowledge, Library and Information Networking. Proceedings of 19th National Convention on Knowledge, Librry and Information Networking (NACLIN2016) held at Tezpur University, Tezpur, Assam from October 26-28, 2016. Edited by H. K. Kaul and Sangeeta Kaul. DELNET-Developing Library Network, New Delhi, pp. 248-261, ISBN: 978-93-82735- 08-3. iii) (With Dev Sarma and Rajendra Mohan) Users’ Perceptions on the Best Practices in the Libraries of Colleges Under Dibrugarh University of Assam. In : Knowledge, Library and Information Networking. Proceedings of 19th National Convention on Knowledge, Librry and Information Networking (NACLIN2016) held at Tezpur University, Tezpur, Assam from October 26-28, 2016. Edited by H. K. Kaul and Sangeeta Kaul. DELNET-Developing Library Network, New Delhi, pp 181-193, ISBN: 978-93-82735-08-3.

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Annual Report 2016-17 iv) (With Swarnika Dey) An Evaluative Study on the Web OPAC Available on the Websites of Library of the Central Universities of India. In: Electronic Resource Management in 21st Century: Issues and Challenges. Edited by Kishor Chandra Satpathy. Shankar’s Book Agency, New Delhi, pp. 291-314, ISBN: 978-93- 81893-10-4. v) (With Shibojit Choudhary) Availability and Access of E-Resources in Assam University, Silchar: A Case Study. In: Electronic Resource Management in 21st Century: Issues and Challenges. Edited by Kishor Chandra Satpathy. Shankar’s Book Agency, New Delhi, pp 119-134, ISBN: 978-93-81893-10-4. vi) (With Juli Thakuria) Electronic Information Literacy Competence among Post Graduate Science Students in the Central Universities: A Case Study of Assam University, Silchar. In: Electronic Resource Management in 21st Century: Issues and Challenges. Edited by Kishor Chandra Satpathy. Shankar’s Book Agency, New Delhi, pp. 315–328, ISBN: 978-93-81893-10-4. vii) (With S.Das) Collection management policies used in digital repositories of research institutions in India: an evaluative study. In Libraries and library professionals in ICT era (1st ed.,). Kolkata: Anu Publishers, pp. 247-257, ISBN: 978-81-925537-4-0.

Nabin Chandra Dey Research Papers in Journals : (With Manoj Kumar Sinha and Sangita Yadav) Status of Select Media Libraries of Barak Valley, South Assam : A Survey, Professional Journal of Library and Information Technology, UPENG/2010/37607, Vol. 7(1) January-June 2017, pp. 1-23, ISSN : 0976-7274.

Paper Published in edited Books/Chapter contributed: (With Borna Nath) Emergence of Open Course Ware and the Role of Libraries. In: Spectrum: Multidisciplinary Thoughts, Editor : Rajib Lochan Dutta and Pratima Chetia, Purbayon Publication, Guwahati, pp. 97-100, ISBN :9788192955681).

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Suchismita Das Paper published in journals : i) (With P. Bhattacharjee) Deltamethrin induced alteration of biochemical parameters in Channa punctata, Bloch and its amelioration by quercetin. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, (Springer; ISSN:0007-4861), Impact Factor : 1.2, DOI 10.1007/s00128-017-2092-8, 2017. ii) (With S. Goswami) Screening of cadmium and copper phytoremediation ability of Tagetes erecta, using biochemical parameters and SEM EDX analysis. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (WILEY), ISSN: 1552-8618, Implied Factor : 2. 76, DOI: 10.1002/etc.3768, 2017. iii) (With de Oliveira, L.M., Das, J., Rathinasabapathi,‐ Y. B., Chen, and Ma, L.Q.) Arsenic uptake by lettuce from As-contaminated soil remediated with Pteris vittata and organic amendment. Chemosphere Elsevier, ISSN: 0045-6535, Implied Factor : 3.7, DOI : http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2017.02.124, 2017. iv) (With K. Mazumdar) Phytoremediation potential of a novel fern, Salvinia cucullata, Roxb. Ex Bory, to pulp and paper mill effluent: Physiological and anatomical response Chemosphere, ELSEVIER, Implied Factor : 3.7, Vol. 163: pp. 62-72, 2016, ISSN: 0045-6535. v) (With S. Goswami) Copper phytoextraction by Salvinia cucullata: biochemical and morphological study. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, SPRINGER, Implied Factor : 2.76, Vol. 24 (2), pp. 1363– 1371, 2016, ISSN: 0944-1344. vi) (With S. Dey and Manabendra Dutta Choudhury) Sublethal effects of pulp and paper mill effluent on two commonly cultured carps: a SEM-and EDS-based haematological biomarker analysis. Fish physiology and biochemistry, Implied Factor : 1.44, Vo.42(6), pp.1791-1805, 2016, ISSN: 0920-1742 SPRINGER.

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D. Bhattacharyya Paper published in journals : i) (With L. Darlong and D. Bhattacharyya) Five new additions of lianas to the state flora of Tripura, India. Indian Forester, Vol.143 (12), pp. 1230-1233, ISSN No. 0019-4816 (Print), 2321-094X (Online). ii) (With K. T. Devi, P. K. Singh and D. Bhattacharyya) Three new additions to the grass (Poaceae) flora of Manipur, India Plant Science Today, Vol.3 (3), pp. 272 – 28, ISSN: 2348-1900.

Shubhadeep Roychoudhury Paper published in journals : i) (With A. Agarwal A, G. Virk and C. L. Cho) Potential role of green tea catechins in the management of oxidative stress-associated infertility, Reprod Biomed Online; Impact Factor : 2.796, 2017 May, Vol.34(5), pp.487-498. ii) (With R. Sharma, S. Sikka and A. Agarwal) Diagnostic application of total antioxidant capacity in seminal plasma to assess oxidative stress in male factor infertility, J Assist Reprod Genet; Impact Factor : 1.858, 2016 May, Vol. 33(5), pp.627-35. iii) (With A. Agarwal, R. Sharma, S. Du Plessis and E. Sabanegh) MiOXSYS: a novel method of measuring oxidation reduction potential in semen and seminal plasma, Fertil Steril, Impact Factor : 4.426, 2016 September, Issue-1, Vol.106(3), pp. 566-573. iv) (With A. Agarwal, R. Sharma, S. Gupta, A. Majzoub and E. Sabanegh) Diagnostic application of oxidation- reduction potential assay for measurement of oxidative stress: clinical utility in male factor infertility, Reprod Biomed Online; Impact Factor : 2.796, 2017 January, Vol.34(1), pp.48-57. iv) (With R. Toman, S. Hluchy, M. Cabaj, P. Massanyi and M. Tunegova) Effect of separate and combined exposure of selenium and diazinon on rat sperm motility by computer assisted semen analysis J Trace Elem Med Biol, Impact Factor : 2.550, 2016 December, Vol. 38 pp.144-149. vi) (With G. Hussain, B. Singha and J. Paul) Incidence of Cryptosporidium andersoni in diarrheal patients from southern Assam, India: a molecular approach Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis; Impact Factor : 2.857, 2017 January, doi: 10.1007/s10096-016-2887-2. [Epub ahead of print]. vii) (With A. Agarwal, K. B. Bjugstad and C. L. Cho) Oxidation-reduction potential of semen: what is its role in the treatment of male infertility? Ther Adv Urol; Impact Factor : 2.170, 2016 October, Vol. 8(5), pp.302-318. viii) (With K. Sarma, S. S. Bora, B. Dehury, P. Parida, S. Das, R. Das, C. Dohutia, S. Nath, B. Deb and M. K. Modi) Molecular modeling and dynamics simulation analysis of KATNAL1 for identification of novel inhibitor of sperm maturation Comb Chem High Throughput Screen, Impact Factor : 1.041, 2017 January 16. [Epub ahead of print]. ix) (With J. Krockova, T. Slanina, G. Formicki, L.J. Binkowski, L. Ondruska, N. Lukac, R. Kovacova, R. Stawarz, and P. Massanyi) Lead induced alterations in rabbit spermatozoa motility and morphology in vitro Czech J. Anim. Sci., Impact Factor : 0.809, 2016, Vol.61 (9) pp. 391-406. x) (With J. M. Mayorga-Torres, A. Agarwal, A. Cadavid, W. D. Cardona-Maya) Can a Short Term of Repeated Ejaculations Affect Seminal Parameters? J Reprod Infertil [Indexed in Scopus and Pubmed], 2016, July and September, Vol. 17(3), pp.177-83. xi) (With S. Mitra, R. Saha, S. Bhattacharyya, K. K. Kar, A. C. Verghese, M. D. Choudhury, P. Nandi and N. Murmu) Cannabis Smoke Causes Up-Regulation of Akt and Bax Protein in Subfertile Patient’s Sperm Cells Addict Res Ther [Indexed in Scopus], 2015, Vol.6, No.4.

Sanjib Kumar Panda Paper published in journals i) (With Erina Kstrimayum, Debee Prasad Sahoo, Jayeeta Mitra and Sanjib Kumar Panda) Regulation of Seed Germination and the Role of Aquaporins under Abiotic Stress International Journal of Environment, Agriculture and Biotechnology, Vol-2, Issue-2, ISSN:2456-1878.

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Paper Published in edited Books/Chapter contributed: i) (With S. Mishra, S. Kumar, B. Saha, J. Awasthi, M. Dey, and L. Sahoo) Crosstalk between salt, drought and cold stress in plants: Toward genetic engineering for stress tolerance Abiotic Stress Response in plants, John Wiley and Sons Name of the Publisher: Narendra Tuteja, Sarvajeet S. Gill, ISBN: 9783527339181, pp.55-86. ii) (With S. Choudhury, and H. K. Patra) Heavy metal induced oxidative stress in plants: Physiological and Molecular perspectives Abiotic Stress Response in plants, John Wiley and Sons Name of the Publisher: Narendra Tuteja, Sarvajeet S. Gill. ISBN: 9783527339181, pp.219-232.

Anupam Das Talukdar Paper published in journals i) (With Debarati Choudhury, Anupam Das Talukdar, Pankaj Chetia, Amitabha Bhattacharjee and Manabendra Dutta Choudhury) Screening of Natural Products and Derivatives for the Identification of RND Efflux Pump Inhibitors Combinatorial Chemistry and High Throughput Screening, Impact Factor : 1.22, 2016, Vol.19, pp.1-8. ii) (With R. Tarafdar Ghosh, S. Nath, A. Das Talukdar and M. Dutta Choudhury) Cicca acida L.: Traditional uses in correspondence to its Phytochemistry and Pharmacological studies Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, Impact Factor: 2.264), 2016, Vol. 68(2), pp.148-158.

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Paper Published in edited Books/Chapter contributed: i) (With Dilip Kr. Roy, Manabendra Dutta Choudhury, Bipin Kumar Sinha, Sanjoy Singh Ningthoujam, Deepa Nath, Prakash Roy Choudhury) Ethnomedicinal plants used by the Garo tribe of South Garo Hills, Meghalaya, India. Medicinal Plants and Its Therapeutic Uses.Editor : Birla Kshetrimayum, 01/2017: chapter 4, ISBN:978-1-63278-074-4, DOI:10.4172/978-1-63278-074. ii) (With Deepa Nath, Sangita Dey, Sanjoy Singh Ningthoujam, Manabendra Dutta Choudhury Dilip Kumar Roy, Abhijit Mitra and Prakash Roy Choudhury) Natural Herbs: It's Medicinal Potentiality with Reference to North Eastern Part of India. Natural Products in Food: Prospects and Applications, Editor : Jayanta Kumar Patra Shakti Kanta Rath Rasu Jayabalan 2016: chapter 3, Studium Press LLC,USA, ISBN: 1626990743.

Manabendra Dutta Choudhury Paper published in journals i) (With Rajib Paul, Amarendranath Choudhury, Dulal Chandra Boruah, Rajlakshmi Devi,.Pallab Bhattacharya, and Anupom Borah) Hypercholesterolemia causes psychomotor abnormalities in mice and alterations in cortico-striatal biogenic amine neurotransmitters: Relevance to Parkinson's disease, Neurochemistry International. ii) (With A. Das Talukdar, AD Talukdar, MD Choudhury, AP Maurya, DD Chanda, A Chakravorty and A Bhattacharjee) Carbapenem nonsusceptibility with modified OprD in clinical isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa from India. Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology, Impact Factor : 0.99, 2017, Vol.35, No.137. iii) (With B. Ingti, M. A. Laskar, S Choudhury, AP Maurya, D Paul, AD Talukdar, D Dhar, A Chakravarty and A Bhattacharjee) Molecular and in silico analysis of a new plasmid-mediated AmpC β-lactamase (CMH-2) in clinical isolates of Klebsiella pneumoniae. Infection, Genetics and Evolution , Impact Factor : 2.5, 2017, Vol.48, pp.34-39. iv) (With D. Choudhury, A Das Talukdar, P Chetia and A Bhattacharjee) Screening of Natural Products and Derivatives for the Identification of RND Efflux Pump Inhibitors. Combinatorial Chemistry & High Throughput Screening, Impact Factor : 1.22, Vol.19, pp.705-713. v) (With D. Choudhury, D Paul, A.S. Ghosh, AD Talukdar, AP Maurya, D Dhar, A Chakravarty and A Bhattacharjee) Effect of single-dose carbapenem exposure on transcriptional expression of bla NDM-1 and mexA in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance, Impact Factor : 1.13, 2016, pp.72-77. vi) (With S. Shome, AD Talukdar, MK Bhattacharya and H Upadhyaya) Curcumin as potential therapeutic natural product: a nanobiotechnological perspective. Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, Impact Factor : 2.36, Vol. 68, 2016, pp. 1481–1500. doi: 10.1111/jphp.12611.

Paper Published in edited Books/Chapter contributed: i) (With Dilip Kr. Roy, Anupam Das Talukdar, Bipin Kumar Sinha, Sanjoy Singh Ningthoujam, Deepa Nath, Prakash Roy Choudhury) Ethnomedicinal plants used by the Garo tribe of South Garo Hills, Meghalaya, India. Medicinal Plants and Its Therapeutic Uses.Editor : Birla Kshetrimayum, 01/2017: chapter 4, ISBN:978-1-63278-074-4, DOI:10.4172/978-1-63278-074. ii) (With Deepa Nath, Sangita Dey, Anupam Das Talukdar, Sanjoy Singh Ningthoujam, Dilip Kumar Roy, Abhijit Mitra and Prakash Roy Choudhury) Natural Herbs: It's Medicinal Potentiality with Reference to North Eastern Part of India. Natural Products in Food: Prospects and Applications, Editor : Jayanta Kumar Patra Shakti Kanta Rath Rasu Jayabalan 2016: chapter 3, Studium Press LLC,USA, ISBN: 1626990743.

Sanjeev Kumar Paper published in journals i) (With K. Dinesh, Renuka Malik Dahiya, Monica Puniya, Umesh K. Shandilya, Tejpal Dhewa, Nikhil Kumar, Anil K. Puniya and Pratyoosh Shukla) Gut Microbiota Modulation and Its Relationship with Obesity Using Prebiotic Fibers and Probiotics: A Review, Frontier in Microbiology, March 2017, Vol. 8: 563, pp. 1-18.

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A Das Talukdar Paper published in journals : i) (With A. P. Maurya D Dhar, M. K Basumatary, D Paul, B Ingti, D Choudhury, A Chakravarty, S Mishra and A. Bhattacharjee) Expansion of highly stable bla OXA-10 β-lactamase family within diverse host range among nosocomial isolates of Gram-negative bacilli within a tertiary referral hospital of Northeast India. BMC Research Notes, 2017, Vol. 10, No. 145. ii) (With M.D. Choudhury, AD Talukdar, MD Choudhury, AP Maurya, DD Chanda, A Chakravorty and A Bhattacharjee) Carbapenem nonsusceptibility with modified OprD in clinical isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa from India. Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology, Impact Factor : 0.99, 2017, Vol.35, No.137. iii) AP Maurya, DD Chanda, D Bora, A Das Talukdar, A Chakravarty and A Bhattacharjee) Transcriptional Response of Multiple ESBL Genes Within Escherichia coli Under Oxyimino-Cephalosporin Stress. Microbial Drug Resistance, Impact Factor : 2.52, 2017, Vol.23, pp.133-138. iv) (With B. Ingti, M. A. Laskar, S Choudhury, AP Maurya, D Paul, MD Choudhury, D Dhar, A Chakravarty and A Bhattacharjee) Molecular and in silico analysis of a new plasmid-mediated AmpC β-lactamase (CMH- 2) in clinical isolates of Klebsiella pneumoniae. Infection, Genetics and Evolution , Impact Factor : 2.5, 2017, Vol.48, pp.34-39. v) (With N. Basar, L Nahar, OA Oridupa, KJ Ritchie, AD Talukdar, A Stafford, H Kushiev and A Kan) Utilization of the Ability to Induce Activation of the Nuclear Factor (Erythroid derived 2) like Factor 2 (Nrf2) to Assess Potential Cancer Chemopreventive Activity of Liquorice Samples. Phytochemical Analysis, Impact Factor : 2.5, 2016, Vol. 27, pp.233-238. ‐ ‐ vi) (With D. Choudhury, P Chetia, A Bhattacharjee and M Dutta Choudhury) Screening of Natural Products and Derivatives for the Identification of RND Efflux Pump Inhibitors. Combinatorial Chemistry & High Throughput Screening, Impact Factor : 1.22, Vol.19, pp.705-713. vii) (With D. Choudhury, D Paul, A.S. Ghosh, MD Choudhury, AP Maurya, D Dhar, A Chakravarty and A Bhattacharjee) Effect of single-dose carbapenem exposure on transcriptional expression of bla NDM-1 and mexA in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance, Impact Factor : 1.13, 2016, pp.72-77. viii) (With S. Shome, MD Choudhury, MK Bhattacharya and H Upadhyaya) Curcumin as potential therapeutic natural product: a nanobiotechnological perspective. Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, Impact Factor : 2.36, Vol. 68, 2016, pp. 1481–1500. doi: 10.1111/jphp.12611.

Anupom Borah Paper published in journals : i) (With Rajib Paul, Amarendranath Choudhury, Sanjeev Kumar, Anirudha Giri, Rajat Sandhir and Anupom Borah) Cholesterol contributes to dopamine-neuronal loss in MPTP mouse model of Parkinson's disease: Involvement of mitochondrial dysfunctions and oxidative stress. PLoS One, ISSN: 1932-6203, JIF: 3.5, 2017 February, Vol.7, pp.12(2), e0171285. ii) (With Rajib Paul, Amarendranath Choudhury, Dulal Chandra Boruah, Rajlakshmi Devi, Pallab Bhattacharya, Manabendra Dutta Choudhury and Anupom Borah) Hypercholesterolemia causes psychomotor abnormalities in mice and alterations in cortico-striatal biogenic amine neurotransmitters: Relevance to Parkinson's disease. Neurochemistry International, ISSN: 0197-0186, JIF: 3.385, 2017 February 3, pii: S0197-0186(16)30231-5.

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Annual Report 2016-17 iii) (With Nivedita Bhattacharjee, Anupom Borah) Oxidative stress and mitochondrial dysfunction are the underlying events of dopaminergic neurodegeneration in homocysteine rat model of Parkinson's disease. Neurochemistry International, 2016 December, Vol. 101, pp. 48-55, ISSN: 0197-0186, JIF: 3.385. iv) (With Muhammed Khairujjaman Mazumder, Anirudha Giri and Sanjeev Kumar) A highly reproducible mice model of chronic kidney disease: Evidences of behavioural abnormalities and blood-brain barrier disruption. Life Science, ISSN: 0024-3205, JIF: 2.685, 2016, Vol.161.27-36. v) (With Rajib Paul, Anupom Borah) L-DOPA-induced hyperhomocysteinemia in Parkinson's disease: Elephant in theroom.Biochim Biophys Acta, ISSN: 0304-4165, JIF: 5.083, 2016, Vol. 1860(9), pp.1989-97. vi) (With Nivedita Bhattacharjee, Muhammed Khairujjaman Mazumder, Rajib Paul, Amarendranath Choudhury, Sabanum Choudhury and Anupom Borah) L-DOPA treatment in MPTP-mouse model of Parkinson's disease potentiates homocysteine accumulation in substantia nigra. Neuroscience Letters, ISSN: 0304-3940, JIF: 2.107, 2016, Vol.15, 628:225-9. vii) (With Nivedita Bhattacharjee, Rajib Paul, Anirudha Giri and Anupom Borah) Chronic exposure of homocysteine in mice contributes to dopamine loss by enhancing oxidative stress in nigrostriatum and produces behavioral phenotypes of Parkinson’s disease.Biochemistry Biophysics Reports, ISSN: 2405-5808, 2016; Vol. 6, pp.47-53. viii) (With Di Maio Roberto, J. Barrett Paul, K. Hoffman Eric and W. Barrett Caitlyn) Alevtina Zharikov, Anupom Borah, Xiaoping Hu, Jennifer McCoy, Charleen T. Chu, Edward A. Burton, Teresa G. Hastings, J. Timothy Greenamyre α-Synuclein binds to TOM20 and inhibits mitochondrial protein import in Parkinson's disease.Science Translational Medicine, ISSN: 1946-6234, JIF: 15.843, 2016, Vol.8(342) pp.342-78. ix) (With Rajib Paul, Amarendranath Choudhury, Sabanum Choudhury, Muhammed K. Mazumder, Anupom Borah) Cholesterol in Pancreatic β-Cell Death and Dysfunction: Underlying Mechanisms and Pathological Implications. Pancreas, ISSN: 0885-3177, JIF: 2.738, 2016, Vol.45(3), pp.317-24. x) (With K. Muhammed Mazumder, Nivedita Bhattacharjee and Anupom Borah) Garcinol prevents hyperhomocysteinemia and enhances bioavailability of L-DOPA by inhibiting catechol-O-methyltransferase: an in silico approach. Medicinal Chemistry Research, ISSN: 1054-2523, JIF: 1.436, 2016, Vol. 25, pp.116- 122.

Paper Published in edited Books/Chapter contributed: i) (With Amarendranath Choudhury, Rajib Paul, Muhammed K. Mazumder and Swapnali Chetia) Neuroprotective effect of Ayurvedic preparations and natural products on Parkinson’s disease. Neuroprotective Natural Products: Clinical Aspects and Mode of Action, ISBN : 978-3-527-34186-3, Editor : Goutam Brahmachari, Willey-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA., pp.91-105.

DEPARTMENT OF LINGUISTICS

A. K. Baishya Paper published in journals : ‘A Note on Liangmai Numerals’ on International Journal of Dravidian Linguistics, Vol.45, No.2, Pp 166-178, ISSN : 0378-2484.

Kh. Dhiren Singha Paper published in journals : i) ‘Language Endangerment in Northeast India: A Case Study on Chorei’ on International Journal Dravidian Linguistics, Vol. XLV, No. 2, Pp. 70-93, ISSN-0378-2484. ii) ‘Phonological Adaptations of Some English Loanwords in Sylheti’ on Language in India, Vol.16, No.7, Pp. 269-286, ISSN-1930-2940.

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D. Marry Kim Haokip Paper published in journals : i) ‘The Role of Oral Tradition with Special Reference to the Thadou-Kuki on Journal of North East India Studies, Vol. 6(1), January-January 2016, Pp. 62-75. (JNEIS), ISSN 2278-1455. ii) ‘Numeral system in Thadou’ on Language in India www.languageinindia.com, Vol. 16th-8th August 2016, Pp. 68-78 ISSN 1930-2940.

Authored Books : Introduction to Reang Language, Natun Diganta Prakashani. ISBN. 9789382965305.

DEPARTMENT OF MANIPURI N. Saratchandra Singh Paper published in journals : i) (With Sobita Singha) ‘Naurem Bidyasagargi Seirengda Nunggi Ichel : Pangong Pambi, Ut Amasung warep, Khungang Amasung Refugi Loinana Lei Thiba Seirengsingda Mityeng Thamlaga Neinaba’ on Yenning, 27th and 28th Special Issue and pp-44, ISSN 2348-7526. ii) (With Dr. R. K. Nirmala Sann) ‘Manipuri Samajda Aculturation Amasung Cultural Mojaik’ on Yenning, 27th th and 28 Special Issue and pp-44, ISSN 2348-7526.

H. Nani Kumar Singha Paper published in journals : (With W. Angela Devi) ‘Samdrenbi Chaisra Funga Warigi Makhal’ on Ritu, Vol. 170-172, July-December 2016, ISSN No. 2348-2044. M. Rajendra Singha Paper published in journals : (With K. Lucy Singha) ‘Tripurada Leiriba Meiteisingna Pangthoknariba “Cheiraobagi Thouram’ on Ichemma, Vol. 07-2016, ISSN 2394-7101.

DEPARTMENT OF MASS COMMUNICATION

G.P.Pandey Paper Published in edited Books/Chapter contributed: i) Problems and Perspectives of the Relationship Between the Media and Human Rights edited by G.P. Pandey, Charu Joshi and Paromita Das, Published by (ed), Cambridge Scholars Publishing, UK,2017, pp86-98, (ISBN(10):1-4438-4551-5,(13):978-1-4438-4551-9). ii) “Media Needs to Engage More with Issues of Human Development”, in Development Journalism: The Way Forward edited by Prof. Sanjeev Bhanawat and Kalyan Singh Kothari, Published by Centre for Mass Communication, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur with support of UNICEF Rajasthan, 2016. Authored Books : i) Assam Avam Meghalaya ki Press Patrakarita,2016, Publication Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Govt of India, New Delhi. ii) Problems and Perspectives of the Relationship Between the Media and Human Rights, Eds. Cambridge Scholars Publishing, UK,2017.

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DEPARTMENT OF MICROBIOLOGY

Piyush Pandey Paper published in journals : i) (With Biswajit Singha, P. B. Mazumder, Piyush Pandey) Characterization of plant growth promoting rhizobia from root nodule of Crotolariapallida grown in Assam Indian J of Biotechnology , Vol 15, April, 2016, pp. 210-216. ii) (With R Pant, Piyush Pandey, R Kotoky) Rhizosphere mediated biodegradation of 1,4-dichlorobenzene by plant growth promoting rhizobacteria of Jatrophacurcas Ecological Engineering, (Elsevier, Implied Factor : 3.223), Volume 94, September 2016, pp. 50–56. iii) (With Debashish Acharya, Piyush Pandey, Farnaz Nasiri, K Malabika Singha and Bidhan Mohanta) Optical Properties of Synthesized Colloidal Silver Nanoparticles and Their Antibacterial Effects Journal of Bionanoscience, Implied Factor : 1.17, 2016, Vol. 10, pp. 511-515. iv) (With Pankaj Kumar, Piyush Pandey, Ramesh Chandra Dubey and Dinesh Kumar Maheshwari) Bacteria consortium optimization improves nutrient uptake, nodulation, disease suppression and growth of the common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) in both pot and field studies Rhizosphere (Elsevier), 2016, Vol 2, pp.13- 23. v) (With Biswajit Singha, Pranab Behari Mazumder and Piyush Pandey) Characterization of Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobia from Root Nodule of Two Legume Species Cultivated in Assam, India Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, India Section B: Biological Sciences (Springer), 2016, Vol, pp.1-10. vi) (With Khaidem Aruna Devi, Piyush Pandey and GD Sharma) Plant Growth-Promoting EndophyteSerratiamarcescens AL2-16 Enhances the Growth of Achyranthesaspera L., a Medicinal Plant H. Journal of Biosciences (Elsevier), Vol. 23, October 2016, pp.173–180. vii) (With Jina Rajkumari, L. Paikhomba Singha, Piyush Pandey) Draft Genome Sequence of Klebsiellapneumoniae AWD5 Genome Announcements, (ASM Press), February 2017, Vol.5 No. 5 e0, pp.1531-16. viii) (With P. Chakraborty , M. J. Bhattacharjee, and P. Pandey) Unusual rotavirus genotypes in humans and animals with acute diarrhoea in Northeast India. Epidemiology and infection, Vol.1, pp.1-10, DOI: 10.1017/S0950268816000807.

Paper Published in edited Books/Chapter contributed: (With Angom Romita Devi, Rhitu Kotoky, Piyush Pandey and GD Sharma) Application of Bacillus spp. for Sustainable Cultivation of Potato (Solanumtuberosum L.) and the Benefits Bacilli and Agrobiotechnology (Springer International), 04 February 2017, pp. 185-211, ISBN : 978-3-319-44408-6.

Indu Sharma Paper published in journals : i) (With Kashmiri Das) Detection of invA Gene in Isolated Salmonella from Marketed Poultry Meat by PCR Assay Journal of Food Processing and Technology, Vol.7, p. 564, doi:10.4172/2157-7110.1000564. ii) (With P. Chakraborty , M. J. Bhattacharjee, and P. Pandey) Unusual rotavirus genotypes in humans and animals with acute diarrhoea in Northeast India. Epidemiology and infection, Vol.1, pp.1-10, DOI: 10.1017/S0950268816000807. iii) (With D. Purkait, A. Ahuja, U. Bhattacharjee, A. Singha, K. Rhetso, T. K. Dey, S. Das, R. K. Sanjukta, K. Puro, I. Shakuntala, A. Sen, A. Banerjee, I. Sharma, R. S. Bhatta, M. Mawlong, C. Guha, N. R. Pradhan and S. Ghatak) Molecular Characterization and Computational Modelling of New Delhi Metallo-b-Lactamase-5 from an Escherichia coli Isolate (KOEC3) of Bovine Origin. Indian Journal of Microbiology, Vol.56 (2), pp.182-189, DOI: 10.1007/s12088-016-0569-5. iv) (With Supriya Upadhyay, Abbas Hussain, BirsonIngti, Monjur Ahmed Laskar, Manabendra Dutta Choudhury, Amitabha Bhattacharjee, Santaram Joshi) Detection of a new class C beta-lactamase (CMY-

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139) in Klebsiellapneumoniaeof food origin from India. Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance, Impact Factor : 1.087, 2017, Vol. 8, pp.46-47. v) (With Deepjyoti Paul and AmitabhaBhattacharjee, Dibyojyoti Bhattacharjee, Debadatta Dhar, Anand

Prakash Maurya and Atanu Chakravarty) Transcriptional analysis of blaNDM-1 and copy number alteration undercarbapenem stress. Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, Impact Factor : 2.71, 2017, pp. 6:26.

Paper Published in edited Books/Chapter contributed: Biochemical molecular recognition process Nanotechnology review (A glimpse into the nano world), pp.78-86, ISBN-978-81-92955-69-8.

Amitabha Bhattacharjee Paper published in journals : i) (With Deepjyoti Paul and Atul Garg) Occurrence of blaNDM-1 and blaNDM-5 in a tertiary referral hospital of north India. Microbial Drug Resistance, Impact Factor : 2.52, DOI: 10.1089/mdr.2016.0124. ii) (With Anand Prakash Maurya, Debadatta Dhar, Mridul Kumar Basumatary, Deepjyoti Paul, Birson Ingti, Debarati Choudhury, Anupam Das Talukdar, Shweta Mishra and Amitabha Bhattacharjee) Expansion of highly stable blaOXA-10 β-lactamase family within diverse host range among nosocomial isolates of Gram- negative bacilli within a tertiary referral hospital of Northeast India. BMC Research notes, pp. 10:145. iii) (With Birson Ingti, Deepjyoti Paul, Anand Prakash Maurya, Debajyoti Bora, Debadatta DharChanda, Atanu

Chakravarty, Amitabha Bhattacharjee) Occurrence of blaDHA‑1 mediated cephalosporin resistance in Escherichia coli and their transcriptional response against cephalosporin stress: a report from India. Annals of Clinical Microbiologyand Antimicrobials, Impact Factor : 2.08, 2017. iv) (With Debarati Choudhury, Anupam Das Talukdar, Manabendra Dutta Choudhury, Anand Prakash Maurya, Debadatta DharChanda, Atanu Chakravorty, Amitabha Bhattacharjee) Carbapenemnonsusceptibility with Modified OprDin Clinical Isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosafrom India. Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology, Impact Factor : 1.006, 2017, Vol. 35, pp. 137-139. v) (With Birson Ingti, Monjur Ahmed Laskar, Sudip Choudhury, Anand Prakash Maurya, Deepjyoti Paul, Anupam Das Talukdar, Manabendra Dutta Choudhury, Debadatta Dhar (Chanda), Atanu Chakravarty, Amitabha Bhattacharjee) Molecular and in silicoanalysis of a new plasmid-mediated AmpCβ-lactamase (CMH-2) in clinical isolates of Klebsiellapneumoniae. Infection Genetics and Evolution, Impact Factor : 2.59,2017, Vol.48, pp.14-39. vi) (With Deepjyoti Paul, Amitabha Bhattacharjee, Birson Ingti, Nargis Alom Choudhury, Anand Prakash

Maurya, DebadattaDhar, Atanu Chakravarty) Occurrence of blaNDM-7 within IncX3-type plasmid of Escherichia colifrom India. Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy, Impact Factor : 1.42, dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jiac.2016.12.009. vii) (With Debarati Choudhury, Deepjyoti Paul, Anindya Sundar Ghosh, Anupam Das Talukdar, Manabendra Dutta Choudhury, Anand Prakash Maurya, Debadatta Dhar (Chanda), Atanu Chakravarty, Amitabha

Bhattacharjee) Effect of single-dose carbapenem exposure on transcriptional expression of blaNDM-1 and mexAin Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance, Implied Factor : 1.08, 2016, Vol.7, pp.72-77.

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DEPARTMENT OF PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES

Supratim Ray Paper published in journals : i) (With S Dey Ray) Exploring protective role of morin on paclitaxel-induced lipid peroxidation using malondialdehyde and 4-hydroxy-2-nonenal as model markers, International Research Journal of Pharmacy, Vol./No.7(3), pp. 53-56 ISSN:2230-8407. ii) (With S Dey Ray) Paclitaxel-induced lipid peroxidation: Role of water extract of Spirulina platensis, Journal of Pharmaceutical and Scientific Innovation, Vol./No: 5 (1), pp. 38-41, ISSN: 2277-4572. iii) Evaluation of protective role of quercetin on paclitaxel-induced lipid peroxidation International Research Journal of Pharmacy, Vol./No: 7 (5), pp. 29-32, ISSN:2230-8407. iv) Potective role of rutin on paclitaxel-induced lipid peroxidation European Journal of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Vol./No: 3 (7), pp. 353-356, ISSN: 2349-8870. v) Exploring Protective Role of Naringin on Paclitaxel-Induced Lipid Peroxidation, International Journal Of Science and Research Methodology, Vol./No: 3 (4), Pp. 65-72.

Paper Published in edited Books/Chapter contributed: (With P. P. Roy and K. Roy) Application of GFA-MLR and G/PLS technique in QSAR / QSPR studies with application in Medicinal Chemistry and Predictive toxicology, Chapter 20, pages: 29, Handbook of genetic programming application, A.H. Gondomi, A H Alavi, C Ryan, pp.501-530, ISBN: 978-3-319-20882-4 Springer.

Authored Books : Validation of QSAR model: An overview, Lambert Academic Publishing, Germany, ISBN: 978-3-659-90412-7.

Lalduhsanga Pachuau Paper published in journals : i) (With T. Veenus Seelan, Henry Linda, Jeeva Kumari, Narra Kishore and Kandasamy Ruckmani) Design and development of Albizia stipulata gum based controlled-release matrix tablets in cancer therapeutics International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, Impact Factor: 3.138, Vol. 92, 2016, pp. 972-980, ISSN: 0141-8130. ii) (With Rajat Subhra Dutta, Probin Kumar Roy, Pratap Kalita and H. Lalhlenmawia) Physicochemical and disintegrant properties of glutinous rice starchof Mizoram, India International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, Impact Factor: 3.138, Vol. 95, 2017, pp. 1298-1304, ISSN: 0141-8130.

Abhishek Bhattacharjee Paper published in journals : (With Leela Kanta Nath) Design Development and in vitro evaluation of oral microparticulate colon targeted drug delivery of 6-mercaptopurine Journal of Pharma Research, Vol-5, Issue-4, pp-68-78.

Partha Palit Paper published in journals : i) (With Subhash C. Mandal, Biswanath Bhunia) Total steroid and terpenoid enriched fraction from Euphorbia neriifolia Linn offers protection against nociceptivepain, inflammation, and in vitro arthritis model: An insight of mechanistic study International Immunopharmacology, 2016, Impact Factor 2.6, Vol.41, pp.106- 115, ISSN: 1567-5769. ii) (With Rudra Chhajer, Anirban Bhattacharyya, Nicky Didwania, Sadab M., Nirupam Das, Tushar Vaidya and Nahid Ali) Characterization of an Aurora Kinase from Leishmania donovani implicated in Cytokinesis and Targeted by Mammalian Aurora Kinase B inhibitor-Hesperadin Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - General Subjects, Impact Factor 5.083, Vol./issue 1860(9) pp. 1973-1988, ISSN No. 0304-4165.

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Nirupam Das Paper published in journals : i) (With Anupam G. Banerjee, Nirupam Das, Sushant A Shengule, Piyoosh A. Sharma, Radhey Shyam Srivastava, Sushant Kumar Shrivastava) Design, synthesis, evaluation and molecular modelling studies of some novel 5,6-diphenyl-1,2,4-triazin-3(2H)-ones bearing five-member heterocyclic moieties as potential COX-2 inhibitors: A hybrid pharmacophore approach. Bio-Organic Chemistry, Impact Factor 2.252, Vol. 69, pp. 102–120, ISSN No: 0045-2068. ii) (With Rudra Chhajer, Anirban Bhattacharyya, Nicky Didwania, Sadab M., Partha Palit, Tushar Vaidya and Nahid Ali) Characterization of an Aurora Kinase from Leishmania donovani implicated in Cytokinesis and Targeted by Mammalian Aurora Kinase B inhibitor-Hesperadin Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - General Subjects, Impact Factor 5.083, Vol./issue 1860(9) pp. 1973-1988, ISSN No. 0304-4165.

Paper Published in edited Books/Chapter contributed: Bioactivity guided phyto-fractions: An emerging tool for efficient natural drug discovery approach. Natural Product Chemistry, 2017. Educationist Press an imprint of Write and Print Publications. New Delhi-110 015, pp. 124-130, ISBN: 978-93- 84649.

Sanjib Das Paper published in journals : i) (With Surajit Kr. Ghosh and Sanjay Kr. Yadav) Antispasmodic effect of methanolic extract of Ziziphus oenoplia(L) Mill. Bark European Journal of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Research, Impact Factor 3.881, Vol.3 Issue:9, pp. 345-348, ISSN: 2349-8870. ii) (With Sanjay Yadav, S.K.Ghosh and NP Yadav) Antidiarrhoeal evaluation of traditionally used Ziziphus oenoplia(L.) Mill root International Journal of Herbal Medicine, Vol./Issue 4(4), pp. 98-102, E-ISSN: 2321 2187, P-ISSN:2394-0514.

DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY

Munmun Chakrobrty Paper published in journals : Rethinking Aristotle’ Notion of Pleasure in the light of Kma Purusartha 2249-8389 Lokayata(Positive Philosophy), Vol. 4 (2) and 7(1) March 2017.

Pius V.T Paper Published in edited Books/Chapter contributed: Religious Tradition, the Ethics of Plurality, and the Development Ethos Spirituality, Culture and Development, ISBN No. 9781498519694, Editors- Chathapuram S Ramanathan, Lexington Books, New York.

DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS

Asoke Kumar Sen Paper published in journals : i) (With A. Kar and R. Gupta) ‘Laboratory photometry of regolith analogues: Effect of porosity’ on Icarus, Impact Factor : 3.4, Vol. 277, Pp. 300–310 on 2016, ISSN: 0019-1035. ii) (With Tanay Ghosh) ‘The effect of gravitation on the polarization state of a light ray’ on Astrophysical Journal ApJ, Impact Factor : 5.9, Pp. 833:82 (9pp), 2016, ISSN X‎ 637-0004.

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Atri Deshamukhya Paper published in journals : (With P Roy, R Biswasharma, S Sharma and R M Gairola) ‘A study of the spatio-temporal variability of the properties of intense precipitation features over the South Asian Region : an integrated multisensory approach’ on the International Journal of Climatology, Impact Factor : 3.609, Vol. 36, Issue 6, Pp. 2615-32, ISSN : 1097:0088.

B. Indrajit Sharma Paper published in journals : i) (With Kh Kabita) ‘First principles study on structural, phase transition and electronic structure of Zinc Sulphide (ZnS) within LDA, GGA and mBJ potential’ in the Journal of Physics: Conference series, Vol. 759 on 2016, Issue, 012029, Pp. 1-6, Online: 1742-6596, Print: 1742-6588. ii) (With M D Choudhury and R Sen) ‘Vibrational IR Spectra of Solid Carbon Monoxide’ in the Ukrain Journal of Physics, Vol. 62 (2), Pp. 146-151, ISSN : 2071-0186.

Himadri Sekhar Das Paper published in journals : i) (With A. Das, Biman J. Medhi and S. Wolf) ‘Magnetic field geometry of the large globule CB 34’ in the Astrophysics and Space Science (ASS), Impact Factor : 1.678, Vol 361, Pp. 381, ISSN: 0004-640X (Print) 1572-946X (Online), 2015 SCI. ii) (With A. Chakraborty) ‘Study of magnetic field geometry and extinction in Bok globule CB130’ on Astrophysics and Space Science (ASS), Impact Factor 1.678, Vol 361, Pp. 321, ISSN: 0004-640X (Print) 1572-946X (Online) 2015 SCI.

Utpal Sarkar Paper published in journals : i) (With D. A. Islam, A. Chakraborty, B. Bhattacharya) ‘Tailored synthesis of CuS nanodisks from a new macrocyclic precursor and their efficient catalytic propertieson methylene blue dye degradation’ in the Journal of Nanoparticle Research, Impact Factor : 2.101, Vol. 18, Pp.114, accepted: 7th April 2016, ISSN No. 1388-0764. ii) (With M. K. Paul, G. Kalita and B. Bhattacharya) ‘Influence of polar substituent on central bending unit of bent core mesogens: Synthesis, photophysical, mesomorphism and DFT studies’ in the Journal of Molecular Structure, Impact Factor : 1.780, Volume 1119, Pp.177-187, acepted: 20th April, 2016, ISSN No. 0022-2860. iii) (With B. Bhattacharya) ‘Graphyne–graphene (nitride) heterostructure as nanocapacitor’ on Chemical Physics, Impact Factor : 1.758, Vol. 478, Pp.73-80, available online: 7th May, 2016, ISSN No. 0301-0104. iv) (With M. Ghara, S. Pan, J. Deb, A. Kumar and P.K. Chattaraj) ‘Bond between Noble Metal and Noble Gas Atoms: A Computational Study on Structure, Stability and Bonding in Noble Gas bound Metal Nitrates, Sulfates and Carbonates-Metal = Cu, Ag, Au’ on Journal of Chemical Sciences, Impact Factor : 1.085, Vol. 128, Pp. 1537-1548, accepted: 27th June, 2016, ISSN No. 0974-3626. v) ‘Interaction of Nitrogen Molecule with Pristine and Doped Graphyne Nanotube’ on Physica E, Impact Factor : 1.904, Vol. 84, Pp. 330-339, accepted: 4th August, 2016, ISSN No. 1386-9477. vi) (With B. Bhattacharya and N. Seriani) Electronic Properties of Homo and Hetero Bilayer Graphyne: The Idea of a Nanocapacitor, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, ISSN No. 1932-7447, Implied Factor: 4.509, Vol.120, pp. 26579-26587, Published: 2nd November, 2016.

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P.K. Shukla Paper published in journals : i) (With P.K. Shah and Kanika Bhattacharjee) Mechanisms of reactions of Ru(III)-based drug NAMIA and its aquated products with DNA purine bases: a DFT study, RSC Advances, ISSN: 2046-2069, Implied Factor : 3.289, Vol. 6, pp. 113620-113629, 2016. ii) (With Kanika Bhattacharjee and P.C. Mishra) Mechanism of methylation of 8-oxoguanine due to its reaction with methyldia-zonium ion, Molecular Simulation , Print ISSN:0892-7022, Online ISSN: 1029-0435, Implied Factor : 1.678, Vol. 43, pp.196-204, 2017.

B Mohanta Paper published in journals : i) (With D Acharya, P. P Pandey, K M Singha and F Nasiri) Optical and antibacterial properties of synthesized silver nanoparticles., Micro and Nano Letters, ISSN: 1750-0443, Implied Factor : 0.91, Vol. 12 (4), pp. 223– 226, 2017. ii) (With M Acharjee and R Sen) A comparative study of the vibrational spectra of HCN in exact vibron model and in mean field approximation., Canadian Journal of Physics, ISSN: 1208-6045, Implied Factor: 0.724, Vol. 95(2), pp.130-135, 2017. iii) With D Acharya, P Pandey, F Nasiri and K M Singha) Optical Properties of Synthesized Colloidal Silver Nanoparticles and Their Antibacterial Effects, Journal of Bionanoscience, ISSN: 1557-7910, Implied Factor : 1.17, Vol. 10 (6) pp.511-515, 2016.

DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE

Nameirakpam Bijen Meetei Paper published in journals : Emerging Trends in Ethnic Nationalism: Territoriality and Conflict in Manipur History and sociology of South Asia, Sage, Vol 11, Issue 1, 2017, pp. 55–67, January 2017, ISSN: 2230-8075.

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DEPARTMENT OF SANSKRIT

Swapna Devi Paper published in journals : ‘Taittiriyopanisadi Anandatattvam’ on Vagisvari, Vol. XI, pp. 3-7, ISSN : 0976-559X.

Snigdha Das Roy Paper published in journals : i) ‘Skandhasvamin- The commentator of the Rgveda’ on Vagisvari, Vol. XI, pp. 28-33, ISSN : 0976-559X. ii) ‘Anirvanaloke Indradevata-Eka Khandapatha’ on Prachidhvani, Vol-XIII, Issue-VI, pp. 15-19, ISSN : 2249- 7439.

Paper Published in edited Books/Chapter contributed: A brief note on the Rgvedic vis-à-vis astrophysical observations on the creation of the Universe Vedamahodadhi, Editor Dr. Dharani Dhungel, pp-549-556, ISBN-978-93-84900-53-3.

Bhagirathi Biswas Paper published in journals : ‘Lord Jagannatha and Nimbarka Philosophy : A brief analysis’ on Vagisvari, Vol – XI, pp. 34-43, ISSN : 0976- 559X.

Shanti Pokhrel Paper published in journals : i) ‘Grihasthadharmavimarsa’ on Prachidhvani, Vol-XIII, Issue-VI, Pp. 20-25, ISSN-2249-7439. ii) ‘Viduraniti : Bihangamadristireka’ on Vagisvari, Vol – XI, pp. 8-19, ISSN – 0976-559X.

Paper Published in edited Books/Chapter contributed: i) Sanskritamadhyamena Sanskritapathanasamasya Purvottarabharatasandarbhe Essays on Sanskrit Studies, Editor : Anil Kr. Acharya, New Academic Publisher, New Delhi-2, pp. 35-43, ISBN- 978-81-86772-87-4. ii) Purvottarabharate Sanskritasadhika Acharya swapna devi Contribution of women to Sanskrit, pali and prakrit literature, Editor : Manibhai K. Prajapati, Prof. Hansaben Hindocha Abhivadan Samiti, Gandhinagar, Gujrat, pp. 535-540, ISBN-978-81-87471-95-0. iii) Prabhavi Prabhuram Sikshanuragi Prabhuram Karki : Jivan Ra Karma. Editor : G.B.Chhetry, Purvayan Publication, Ghy-14, pp.147-149, ISBN-978-81-92955-51-3. iv) Vedo Me Nitisiksha Vedamahodadhi, Editor : Dr. Dharani Dhungel, pp.254-261, ISBN-978-93-84900-53-3.

Govind Sharma Paper published in journals : i) ‘Upamana Pramanaparikshanam’ on Vagisvari, Vol – XI, pp. 20-24, ISSN – 0976-559X. ii) ‘Bauddhadarsasnasya Svarupam bibhagascha’ on Prachidhvani, Vol-XIII, Issue-VI, pp. 46-53, ISSN-2249- 7439.

DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL WORK

Aditi Nath Paper published in journals : NGOs in Specialised Health Care: A Study of Cachar Cancer Hospital Society of Cachar District of Assam. Page No. 95-104. International Journal of Social Science. Vol.5, No. 2, June 2016, ISSN: 2249-6637.

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Paper Published in edited Books/Chapter contributed: i) Women Infertility:Impact on Social and Mental Health. Page No. 117-122, SCIENTIFIC UPDATE, Dey R, Das S, Talukdar S, & Dey P, Academy Publisher, Guwahati, ISBN: 978-93-85063-18-3. ii) Women Entrepreneur’s in North East India: Government’s Initiative For Its Promotion. Page No. 116-125, Violence Against Women in North East India, Laltlinzo G, & Beeju k, AkanshaPublishing House, New Delhi, ISBN : 978-81-8370-481-6.

Abel Ariina Paper published in journals : (With Albin Joseph.G.) A Study of Tribal Entrepreneurs in Senapati District, Manipur, Shanlax International Journal of Arts, Science and Humanities, ISSN: 2321-788X Impact Factor: 2.13. Vol. 4, No.3, Issue, February 2017.

Gangabhushan M. Paper published in journals : (With Tinsaye Tamera & Molankal) Food Security and Women Empowerment in Kilte Awelalo, Ethiopia, South Asian Journal of Participative Development (09762701), Vol No. 16- No. 2, July-Dec. 2016.

Joyashri Dey Paper Published in edited Books/Chapter contributed: (With Ravi Ranjan Kumar) Prospects of Disaster Management in Higher Education in India: A Reflective Discourse, Environmental Degradation and Disaster: A vision Plan for Sustainable Development, Edited by Tapan Kumar Das & Keshab Mandals, pp.239-240.

Mrityunjay K Singh Paper published in journals : i) Paper titled “Child Nutrition and Early Childhood Development in Assam” published in the Book titled “Care for young children:Health,Nutrition and protection” Edited by Neelima chopra, Global Books organisation,New Delhi.(ISBN 978-93-80570-98-3). ii) Paper titled “MGNREGA and Participatory Planning in Rajasthan” published in the book titled “Flagship programmes-Impact,problems and challenges Ahead” Edited by K.P .Kumaran ,Academic Foundation ,New Delhi (ISBN: 9789332703711). iii) Paper titled “Maternal Mortality Rate and Women’s Rights in Assam” accepted for publication in Social Work Journal (ISSN 0976-5484). iv) Paper titled “Globalisation and Marginalisation in India” accepted for publication in “Social Work Journal (ISSN 0976-5484).

M Tineshowri Devi Paper published in journals : (With Irom Shirly) Psycho-Social Problems of Elderly, Centre for Study of social Exclusion and Inclusive policy, Manipur University, Working Paper, ISSN 2393-879X, Vol 21, April, 2016.

Ratna Huirem Authored Books : i) The Development and Human Rights Paradigm in Manipur, Bloomsbury, New Delhi (978-93-85936-18-0) ii) (With Kathiresan Loganathan) Reproductive and Child Healthcare Services: Examining its Utilisation in Northeast India, Bloomsbury, New Delhi (978-93- 85936-20-3).

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S. Dutta Paper Published in edited Books/Chapter contributed: i) (With Ramanathan C.S & Juvva, S) Social Commitment to Advancing Women in India and Globally, Spirituality, Culture and Development: Implications for Social Work, 978-1-4985-1967-0, edited by, Ramanathan, C.S, Juvva, S, Dutta, S & Khadiza, K, Lexington Books, New York , pp.81-104. ii) (With Ramanathan C.S) Spirituality, Progress, Development and Peace: Implications for Social Work, Spirituality, Culture and Development: Implications for Social Work, 978-1-4985-1967-0, edited by, Ramanathan, C.S, Juvva, S, Dutta, S & Khadiza, K, Lexington Books, New York, pp. 246-270.

Authored Books : (With Ramanathan, C.S, Juvva, S and Khadiza, K) Spirituality, Culture and Development: Implications for Social Work,, Lexington Books, New York, ISBN: 978-1-4985-1967-0,

T. B.Sukai Paper published in journals : “Community Development in North East India: Issues and Challenges”, Journal of Kolkata Society for Asian Studies, Vol.2, No.1&2 (June-December) 2016. (North-East Special Volume). ISSN -2454-5694, pp. 91-108.

DEPARTMENT OF SOCIOLOGY

Gordhan Ram Paper Published in edited Books/Chapter contributed: i) (With Sujata Bhattacharjee) Human deprivation and child labour: A study of motor workshops in Silchar town Exploring social margins: Human development in India’s North East. EBH Publications. 2017.Pp.XXVI+286(HB) -pp.64-77, ISBN 978-93-86302-10. ii) Introduction Exploring social margins: Human development in India’s North East.EBH Publications. 2017, pp.XXVI+286(HB) , pp.xix-xxvi, ISBN 978-93-86302-10. iii) ‘The advent of caste in non-caste communities: Lois and their tradition in Manipur’, Editor : R S Kureel et al, Indian Society and perspectives from the below. Dr Ambedkar Nagar,MP: Dr B.R Ambedkar University of Social Sciences. October 2016, pp.146-163, ISBN: 978-93-84953-09-6.

Authored Books : Exploring social margins: Human development in India’s North east, Guwahati: EB H Publications.Pp.XXVI+286(HB)., ISBN 978-93-86302-10-6

Nirakar Mallick Paper published in journals : Sociology of Exclusion: Dalits in East Uttar Pradesh, Social Change Vol. 46 (2), pp.214-237.

Ruma Deb Nath Paper published in journals : (With Sharmistha Chakrabarty) ‘Social Stress and single women in Agartala City, Tripura, India’ on Relevant Derive, Vol.1 April-June 2016 , Impact Factor : 8-2856, Pp. 37-44, ISSN-2322-108x.

Humayun Bokth Paper Published in edited Books/Chapter contributed: “Indian Muslims: Problems and Prospects” in a book Education and the Muslim Diaspora : In search of Holistic Approaches for an Inclusive Development, Editor : Sahidul Ahmed and Tinku De, New Academic Publishers, New Delhi in 2016, pp. 68-73.

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DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Dibyojyoti Bhattacharjee Paper published in journals : i) (With Pandey M, Saikia H. and Radhakrishnan UK) Impact of Power Play Overs on the Outcome of Twenty20 Cricket Match Annals of Applied Sport Science, ISSN (online): 2322-4479 ISSN (print): 2476- 4981, Vol. 4, No.1, pp. 39-47,Spring 2016. ii) (With P. Gour) On Finding the most Compatible Batting Average Journal of Applied Quantitative Methods, Vol. 11, No. 3, Fall 2016 pp. 50 – 60, ISSN 1842-4562. iii) (With Md. Nazrul Islam, Md. Rakibul Hassan) Quantification of Regional Deprivation In Health Service Institutions In Bangladesh International Research Journal of Natural and Applied Sciences, Impact Factor : 5.46, Vol. 4, Issue 2, February 2017, ISSN: 2349 4077. iv) (With H. Saikia and Radhakrishnan U K) A New Model for Player Selection in Cricket International Journal of Performance Analysis in Sport, Vol. 16, No. 1, April 2016, pp. 373-388, ISSN 1474-8185, Online ISSN: 1474-8185. v) Quantifying Decision Making Capability of Humans using Card Sorting Game Statmag Journal, Issue VI, pp. 1-4, ISSN: 2278-9774. vi) (With H. Barman) Understanding Enterprise Productivity An Information Technology Perspective DAVCC’s Advance Management Research: An International Journal, Vol.2, Issue-3, pp. 11-20, ISSN 2321-2616. vii) (With R. Singh and H. Saikia) Application of Markowitz Model for Analyzing the Performance of Cricket Teams in Indian Premier League Metamorphosis: A Journal of Management Research, Vol. 14(1), pp.14-24, ISSN (Print) 0972-6225 ISSN (Online) : 2348-9324.

Tanusree Deb Roy Paper published in journals : (With Kishore K. Das) Modelling of Mean Temperature of Four Stations in Assam International Journal of Advanced Research (IJAR), Vol. 4(12), 366-370, Impact factor : 6.118, ISSN: 2320-5407.

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Dr. Kh. Narendra Singh Paper publications in journals: i) Health Belief and Behaviour of the Warli Tribes of Maharashtra, India: An Overview: Asian Man (The) - An International Journal, Year : 2016, ISSN : 0974-6366. Online ISSN: 0975-6884, Volume : 10, Issue:2; 2016 ii) (with Bharali N, Mondal N.) Prevalence of Undernutrition, Overweight and Obesity among Nyishi tribal women of Arunachal Pradesh, Northeast India,Human Biology Review, (ISSN 227 7 4424),Vol. 6 (1), 63- 78; 2017 iii) (With Timung L) Totemic Beliefs and Biodiversity Conservation Among the Karbis of Assam, India. IISTE Research on Humanities and Social Sciences, ISSN (Paper) 2224-5766 ISSN (Online) www.iiste.org. 2225- 0484 (Online), Vol 6, No 11 (2016) iv) (With Kropi J, and Khongsdier R.). A Comparative Study of Differential Fertility among the Pnars and the Sakacheps in Meghalaya, Human Biology Review. (ISSN 2277 4424), Vol 5 (3), 284-295, 2016

Paper published in edited Books/Chapter contributed: i) Manipuri Dance: The Beautiful Exponent of Manipuri Culture. Tribal Culture, Health and Development: A Study of North-East India. Kh. Narendra Singh and Binod C Agrawal (Ed.) Published by Concept Publishing Company Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, 2016. (ISBN: 13:978-93-5125-218-4). Page No. 25 – 36. ii) Sustainable Development and Tribal Youth of Assam, Tribal Culture, Health and Development: A Study of North-East India. Kh. Narendra Singh and Binod C Agrawal (Ed.) Published by Concept Publishing Company Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, 2016. (ISBN: 13:978-93-5125-218-4). Page Nos. 135 – 141.

Paper Presented in Authored books: i) Tribal Culture, Health and Development A Study of North-East India.Concept Publishing Company (P) Ltd.New Delhi, 2015 (ISBN -13: 978-93-5125-218-4) 168 pages Reference. ii) Contesting Gender History, Politics and Identity. Dominant Publishers & Distributors Pvt Ltd. New Delhi, 2016 (ISBN -978-93-84207-01-4).274 pages Reference.

Dr. Somenath Bhattacharjee Paper publications in journals: i) (With J.Bora). Development and Gender perspective: An Anthropological Approach. Indian Journal of Development Research and Social Action, (An International Journal), ISSN-0973-3116. January-December 2016, Vol.12, No.1-2. ii) Significance of Bamboo in Cultural Tradition of the Karbis.InternationalJournal of Rural Development and Management Studies (IJRDMS), ISSN 0975-0614,Vol 10. No.1, June-2016. iii) (With J.Bora). Violence against women and The Issues related to their Identity: An Anthropological Observation.International Journal of Research in Social Sciences, Impact factor- 6.278 ISSN 2249- 2496Vol.6, Issue 8, August 2016. iv) (With J.Bora). Satra Tradition and Bihu: Interraction Between Great and Little Tradition in The Assamese Society Journal of Indian Anthropological Society, 2016.ISSN: 0019-4387.50:159-175 v) Bio-cultural Models, Human Health and Adaptation: The Anthropological Perspective.International Journal of Human Development and Information Systems, ISSN 0974-3529Vol. 9 No. 1, January-June, 2016. vi) Healing Through Oracles: A Study on the Lodeps’ of Karbi Tribal Group in Assam. The Eastern Anthropologist, ISSN:0012-8686. The Title is indexed in Scopus Vol-69, No.3-4, July-December 2016.

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Dr.Nitish Mondal Paper publications in journals: i) (With Melody Seb Rengma, Kaushik Bose). Socio-economic and demographic correlates of stunting among adolescents of Assam, North-east India, Anthropological Review, Polish Anthropological Society, ISSN. 2083-4594, Vol. 79(4), 409–425 (2016). ii) (With Sampriti Debnath, Jaydip Sen Use of upper arm anthropometry, upper arm muscle area-by-height (UAMAH) and midupper-arm-circumference (MUAC)-for-height as indicators of body composition and nutritional status among children, Anthropological Review, Polish Anthropological Society, ISSN. 2083- 4594, Vol. 80(1), 85–102 (2017)

Paper published in edited Books/Chapter contributed: (With Jaydip Sen). Nutrition and Health among Tribal Populations of India: A bio-cultural Approach, B R Publication, New Delhi, ISBN 13: 9789350502976, Edited Book . DEPARTMENT OF ASSAMESE

Dr Kusumbar Boruah Papers Published in Journals: i) (With Namita Chutia Saikia),Nirmalprabha Bordoloir Kabitat loka Jvanar Abhijnan SWARNALIPI, ISSN – 2231-0517, Vol. 6, issue – 11,Page – 7-11 ii) (With Namita Chutia Saikia).Nirmalprabha Bordoloir Kabitat Samaj-ChetanaTHE WATCHWORD, ISSN- 2321-189X,Vol.-V,Year-2016 Page – 17-22 iii) (With Dipen Nath), Lakhsminath Bezbaruar Byanga Rachanat samakalin Nari Jivanar Pratiphalan, KUNDON ISSN- 2395-1869, Vol.-2, Year-2016 Page – 54-57 iv) (With Dhanaranjan Kalita), Nirmalprabha Bordoloir Geet : Ek Adhyayan, SHRUTASHEENI ISSN- 2393- 8226, Vol.-III, Issue-1, 2016 Page – 176.

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Prof. Ratan Borman Papers Published in Journals: i) (With Sri Mohanlal Sarmah), CSR Practices of Oil India Limited, North Eastern Journal of Commerce and Management, ISSN 2395-2199, vol.2, No.2, Jan-June, 2016, pg 14-21 ii) (With Dr. Subit Dutta), Ethics for ‘Accountants in Service’ and Accounting Frauds:A Study, Research Promoter; Golaghat Commerce College;ISSN 22310193, vol. VI No VI: 2016, pages 53-62 iii) (With Sri Ram Naresh Das), A Study on Living Conditions of Tea Workers in perspectives of Globalisation with special reference to Dibrugarh District of Assam, Global Journal for Research Analysis-An International Journal, Ahmedabad; ISSN 2277-8160, vol.5, issue 12, Dec 2016, pg-63-65.

Paper published in edited Books/Chapter contributed: i) Corporate Social Responsibility Practices- A case Study of OIL India Limited, Duliajan, A Horizon Ed. by Parag Gogoi, Amguri College, Assam, July 2016; ISBN 978-93-84206-04-8, pp.19-30

Dr. Ayekpam Ibemcha Chanu Papers Published in Journals: i) (With Das,Manashree & Chanu, Dr. A. Ibemcha), Farmer’s Share in Consumer’s Price in Jute Marketing With Reference to Jute Farmers of Barpeta District of Assam’,Indian Journal of Applied Research ( A peer

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Reviewed, Referred and Indexed International Journal,ISSN- 2249-555X, Impact Factor 3.9199, Vol. 6 Number 4, April , 2016 pp 13-17. ii) (With Barman, Kaushik & Chanu, Dr. A. Ibemcha), Growth of Women Entrepreneurship Development in MSME Sector in Bodoland Territorial Area District Council (BTAD), Assam’ , International Journal in Management and Social Science (A peer reviewed international journal) ISSN-2321-1784 Impact factor 5.276,Vol. 4 No. 9, September 2016. iii) (With Chanu, Dr. A. Ibemcha & Kemprai, Deepika), ‘Educational Marketing Practices of private High Schools of Dima hasao district of Assam With Regard to Promotion’ ,North Eastern Journal For Commerce and Management(A peer Reviewed Half yearly research Journal ISSN-2395-2199, Vol 2 No 2, Jan-June 2016, Pp 53-57 iv) (With Engti, Hunasing & Chanu, Dr. A. Ibemcha), Working Capital Management of Micro Enterprises: A case study of Karbi Anglong District,International Journal of Recent Advances in Multidisciplinary Research (A Peer Reviewed, Indexed International Journal) ISSN- 2350-0743, Impact factor 3.36. Vol 3, No. 11, November 2016, Pp 2350-0743. v) (With Chanu, Dr. A. Ibemcha & Das, Shibu), A Study on Efficiency of Select Regional Rural Banks of India’ The Indian Journal of Commerce (a Quarterly Referred Journal published by the Indian Commerce Association), ISSN-19512X, Vol 69, No 4 Oct-Dec. 2016, Pp 48-59. vi) (With Chanu, Dr. A. Ibemcha & Das, Shibu), ‘Efficiency of Regional Rural Banks of India: An Empirical Study’ Research Promoter( A Peered Review Journal of Business, Humanities and Social Science) ISSN - 22310193,Vol 6 No 6 2016, Pp73-91.

Dr. Subit Dutta Papers Published in Journals: i) (With Tapashi Dasgupta), Bad Loans And Bank Advances: An Analysis Of Mizoram Rural Bank,EPRA International Journal of Economic and Business Review, Vol - 4, Issue- 10, October 2016 with Inno Space (SJIF) Impact Factor : 5.509 and ISI Impact Factor : 1.259 (Dubai, UAE) and e-ISSN : 2347 - 9671, p- ISSN : 2349 – 0187 ii) (With Sandeep Banerjee), A brief Analysis of Human Resource Accounting Practices in National Thermal Power Corporation Limited, North-Eastern Journal for Commerce and Mnanagement-A Peer Reviewed half yearly Research Journal, ISSN No. 2395-2199 Vol. 2 January-June 2016. iii) (With Raju Ghosh), Problems And Prospects of Small Tea Growers – A Study With Special Reference to Tinsukia District Of Assam, DIGANT A HORIZON, A Research based book of Amguri College ( A bilingual anthology of research work), Sivasagar, July 2016, ISBN 9789384206048 iv) (With Ratan Borman), Ethics for ‘Accounts in Service’ an Accounting Frauds: A Study, Research Promoter, A Peer Reviewed Journal of Business, Humanities and Social Science, Vol VI No VI with ISSN No 22310193 v) (With Biswajyoti Doley), Rice Marketing in the Context of Pricing an Placement Practices in Golaghat District of Assam, Research Promoter, A Peer Reviewed Journal of Business, Humanities and Social Science, Vol VI No VI with ISSN No 22310193.

Sweety Das Papers Published in Journals: i) Human Resource Accounting practices in selected Indian Public Sector Organisations, Wisdom and Himalayan Culture A Multidisciplinary, multilingual Annual Journal. ISSN: 2347-8535, Vol: III Issue: III page No. 37-51 ii) (With Chandan Das ), India’s Union Budget 2016-17: A Hope for rural Development, Wisdom and Himalayan Culture A Multidisciplinary, multilingual Annual Journal. ISSN: 2347-8535, Vol: III Issue: III page No. 67-79

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Joyjit Sanyal Papers Published in Journals: i) (With Payal Dutta), An Analysis of Corporate Social Responsibility Activities in select Public and Private sector banks in Dimapur Town, International Journal of Research, ISSN 2348-6848, Impact Factor:3.541,Volume-3_Issue-12_August_2016, Page no.15-41 ii) (With Amrita Das), Corporate Social Responsibility of Banks and Public Awareness: A study in Assam, The IUP Journal of Corporate Governance, ISSN 0972-6853, Volume. 15 No.4, October 2016, Page no.37-57. iii) (With Prof. Sujit Sikidar), An Insight into Sandalwood & Medicinal Plant Cultivation as a Potential Entrepreneurial Project,The IISU Journal of Commerce and Management published by IIS University, Jaipur.ISSN 2320-4907, Volume 5 Issue 1 November 2016, Page no. 77-84 iv) (With Saptadweepa Shandilya), Tourism in North East India: Exploring a Newer Dimension through Films, Research Promoter( A Peered Review Journal of Business, Humanities and Social Science) ISSN - 22310193, Volume VI No. VI OF 2016, PG. NO. 131-142.

Sri Mohanlal Sarmah Paper published in edited Books/Chapter contributed: Corporate Social Responsibility Practices- A case Study of OIL India Limited, Duliajan, A Horizon Ed. by Parag Gogoi, Amguri College, Assam, July 2016; ISBN 978-93-84206-04-8, pp-19-30

DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH

Dr. Bishnu Charan Dash Paper published in journal: i) (With Padma Nath Sharma). Negotiating Popular Culture: Towards an Understanding of the Popular Fiction of Chetan Bhagat. Rock Pebbles, Vol. XX, No. 3, July-Sept., 2016, ISSN 0975-0509. ii) (With P. Bharali). Constructing Identity Through Historiography: A Diasporic Reading of Ondaajte’s ‘The Skin of a Lion’. Contemporary Discourse, Vol. 8 Issue 1, Jan, 2017, ISSN 09763686. iii) (With P. Bharali). Reclaiming Root and Reformizing History: Diasporic Consciousness in Michael Ondaatje’s ‘Running in the Family’. IOSR Journal of Humanities and Social Science, Vol. 22 Issue. 1, Jan., 2017, ISSN 2279-0845. iv) (With P. Bharali). Dynamics of Diasporic Identity in the Fiction of Michael Ondaatje. Journal of Higher Education and Research Society- A Refereed International Journal, Vol. 4 Issue 2, Oct. 2016, ISSN 2349- 0209. v) (With Pawan Kumar Upadhyay). Dynamics of Myth: Negotiating Greek Myth and Black Sensibility in Rita Dove’s Poetry. The Literary Herald. Vol. 2 Issue 4, March, 2017, ISSN 2454-3365.

Paper published in edited Books/Chapter contributed: i) Negotiating Upanishadic Thoughts in T. S. Eliot’s Poetry in Dynamics of Culture (ed.) Sanjeeb Kumar Sarma. New Delhi: Param Mitra Prakashan, 2016, ISBN 81-85970-70x.

Dr. Anup Kumar Dey Paper published in edited Books/Chapter contributed: i) “Issue of Identity and Tea Tribe Literatures of Assam”, International Research Journal of Humanities, Language and Literature. Vol.3, Issue 7, July 2016. Impact Factor: 3.558. ISSN: 2394-1642

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Paper published in edited Books/Chapter contributed: i) Ed. The Land of Early Nightfall: Glimpses of the Literature of Northeast India. New Delhi: Adhyayan Publishers and Distributors, 2016. ISBN. 978-81-8435-480-5

Dr. Indu Swami Paper published in edited Books/Chapter contributed: i) (With Dibyajyoti Likaru). “Representation of Women’s Sufferings in Partition Novels: A Study in Chaman Nahal’s Azadi and Bapsi Sidhwa’s Ice Candy Man”. Dutta, Pranjal and Himadri Gogoi (Eds). The New Renaissance Poetics and Politics of Resistance in Contemporary Literature, Culture and Society. Jorhat, Unika Offset Printers. Feb., 2017. ISBN: 978-93-82030-98-0.

Amlanjyoti Sengupta Paper published in Journals: English Language Assessment Through Open Book Examination in India: Prospects and Challenges. Rock pebbles, Vol. XXI, No. 1, January – March, 2017, ISSN No.0975-0509, pp. 5-11.

DEPARTMENT OF HINDI

Aniruddha Kumar Paper published in Journals: फज़‎की‎न煍मगोई रत पथ, ISSN- 23476702. RETPATH, Jan-Dec 2016

DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY

Dr. Tahir Hussain Ansari Paper published in edited Books/Chapter contributed: History, Society and Culture of Medieval Assam in Fat-he Ibriya of Shahabuddin Talish, Tribal Culture, Health and Development, A study of North East India, ISBN-13: 978-93-5125-218-4, Kh. Narendra Singh & Binod C Agrawal, Concept Publishing Company PVT. L.T.D., New Delhi, 2016, 37-49

DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCE

Dr. Ajit K Tamuli Paper published in Journals: i) (With Urmika Phangchopi, Robindra Teron), Conservation Crisis in Marat Longri Wildlife Sanctuary, Assam, India, Ambient Science, ISSN- 2348 5191 (Print) & 2348 8980 (Electronic), 04(1): 67-73. ii) (With Mamoni Phukan Borgohain, Robindra Teron), Ethnomedicinal plants of theTai Phake tribe of Upper Brahmaputra Valley in Assam, India, Pleione ISSN: 0973-9467, 10(1): 123-133.

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DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS

Ranjit Singha Paper published in Journals: i) (With Bhaskarjyoti Bodo and G. Patwari), Characterization of Chemically Synthesized Nanofilms, International Journal of Science and Research (IJSR) ISSN (Online): 2319-7064, Impact Factor (2015): 6.391, Volume 5, Issue 8, 1619-1622 Aug. 2016. ii) (With Bhaskarjyoti Bodo), Structural and Optical Properties of ZnS Quantum Dots synthesized by CBD method, International Journal of Scientific and Research Publications, ISSN 2250-3153. Impact Factor: 3.27, Volume 6, Issue , 8, 461-465, August 2016. iii) (With Subhajit Chakraborty and Binapani Goswami), Structural and Optical Emission Studies of Cds Nanoparticle Prepared By Wet Chemical Synthetic Procedure, International Journal of Scientific & Engineering Research, ISSN 2229-5518 Impact factor 3.8,Volume 7, Issue6, 209-211June-2016. iv) (With Gunjan Patwari and Pradip Kumar Kalita), Structural and optoelectronic properties of glucose capped Al and Cu doped ZnO nanostructures, Materials Science, Poland, ISSN 2083-1331, e-ISSN 2083-134X, Impact factor: 0.61, Volume 34, Issue1, 69-78, May 2016

Abhijeet Das Paper published in Journals: i) (With Chironjit Hazarika, and Subrata Hazarika), Multiple Filamentation Due to Variation in Beam Ellipticity of an Elliptical Gaussian Beam in Fluoride Glass Medium, Recent Advances In Physics Research And Its RELEVANCE ISBN 978-93-86256-85-0, Xth PANE conference proceedings Published by Excel India Publishers, New Delhi ii) (With Chironjit Hazarika, and Subrata Hazarika), Multiple Filamentation of super Gaussian beam in Chalcogenide glass and role of Noise. Proc. of 25th DAE-BRNS National Laser Symposium.

DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE

Dr. Bikash Chandra Dash Papers published in Journals: i) ‘MGNREGA AND EMPLOYMENT GENERATION: A STUDY IN THE STATE OF ASSAM, INDIA’ January 2017, International Research Journal of Humanities, Language and Literature, ISSN: (2394-1642) with Impact Factor- 5.401 (co-author), Vol. 4,(1). ii) Post Colonial Indian State, Insurgency and Politics in Tripura, , Tui, A Journal on Tribal Life and Culture, published by Tribal Research and Cultural Institute, Government of Tripura ISSN 2319-7382, April 2016- September 2016, V 20 (1), pp-32-41. iii) Challenge of Corruption in the Implementation of Government Programme: MGNREGA Experience, Pranabananda Women’s College Journal, ISSN-2394-2851, vol 1(III), January-December 2016 , pp.16-20. iv) Socio-economic Conditions of MGNREGA Workers and their Perception of the Act: A Study, Dimaru, ISBN:978-93-85301-27-0, Volume VI, 2015-16, November 2016, pp:123-134.

Dr.Niranjan Mohapatra Paper published in edited Books/Chapter contributed: Gender Sensitisation in Law Enforcement: Major Issues and Challenges, Combating Violence Against Women: A Reality in the Making, Kalpaz Publications, ISBN-978-93-5128-192-4 New Delhi, 2016, PP-87-104.

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Assam University (Silchar Campus)

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING

Prof. Prasanna Kumar G.V

Invited talk/keynote address/delivered special talk: Invited talk on “Skill development in for youth in the Cores Sector Challenges and Opportunities” at the Institution of Engineers (India), Silchar Local Chapter on the occasion of Engineers Day celebrated on 15th September, 2016.

Acted as co-ordinator of any programme: Two days workshop programme on “Recent advances in farm machinery, power and energy technologies (RAFMPET)” during 24 - 25th September, 2016.

Attended/participated in any programme (without paper presentation): I. Participated in one day seminar on “Innovation & entrepreneurship: Challenges and opportunities in North east region (IECO-NER-2017)” held at NIT, Silchar (Assam) on 9th April, 2017. II. Participated in one day seminar on “Smart City – Emphasis on Intelligent Traffic Management” held at Institution of Engineers, Silchar local centre (Assam) on 13th May, 2017.

Chairing session/chief guest/special guest: Chaired a session on “North-east India: Prospects of skill development in farm machinery and power technology” in the UGC sponsored One-day National seminar on “Skill development and Youth: Prospects and challenges in North- east India” on 10th February, 2017, Assam University, Silchar.

Resource person: Resource person for training on Farm Machinery and Implements, demonstration and extension activities at Krishi Vignan Kendra, Cachar, Silchar

Dr. Laxami Narayan Sethi

Acted as co-ordinator of any programme: i) Co-Coordinator of TEQIP–II sponsored Two days Workshop on Recent Advances In Soil And Water Conservation Engineering, Organized by Department of Agricultural Engineering, Assam University, Silchar held on 26th and 27th August 2016. ii) Co-Coordinator of TEQIP–II sponsored Three days Workshop on Process Standardization and Value Addition of Underutilized Fruits and Vegetables, Organized by Department of Agricultural Engineering, Assam University, Silchar held on 9th to 11th September 2016.

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iii) Co-Coordinator of TEQIP–II sponsored Three days Workshop on Water Harvesting and Water Saving Techniques for Plain and Hill Farming, Organized by Department of Agricultural Engineering, Assam University, Silchar held on 13th to 15th September 2016. iv) Member of organizing committee of TEQIP–II sponsored Two days Finishing School on Succeeding in group Discussion and Personal Interviews, Organized by Triguna Sen School of Technology, Assam University, Silchar on 22th to 23rd September 2016 v) Co-Coordinator of TEQIP–II sponsored Two days Workshop on Intellectual Property Right and Patent Processing, Organised by Department of Agricultural Engineering, Assam University, Silchar held on 26th to 27th September 2016. vi) Member of organizing committee of TEQIP–II sponsored Two days Workshop on Technological Intervention in Agri-Aquaculture Research, Organized by Department of Agricultural Engineering, Assam University, Silchar held on 27th to 28th September 2016. vii) Co-Coordinator of TEQIP–II sponsored Three days Workshop on Hands on Training and Operation of Agricultural Engineering Equipment, Organized by Department of Agricultural Engineering, Assam University, Silchar held on 29th September to 1st October 2016 viii) Coordinator of TEQIP–II sponsored Three days Workshop on Advance Research and Technology Innovations in Agricultural Engineering, Organized by Department of Agricultural Engineering, Assam University, Silchar held on 3rd to 5th October 2016. ix) Member of organizing committee of TEQIP–II sponsored Two days Workshop on Emerging Avenues in Engineering, Organized by Department of Agricultural Engineering, Assam University, Silchar held on 10th to 11th February 2017.

Attended/participated in any programme (without paper presentation): TEQIP-II Sponsored one week Workshop on “Role of Statistics in Engineering Research” 20-24 September 2016

Resource person: i) Acted as Examiners at ICAR institutes/colleges under Central Agricultural University and Orissa University of Agriculture and Technology ii) Acted as reviewer for the Indian Journal Of Soil Conservation iii) Acted as reviewer for the Elsevier journal (Agricultural Water Management)

Any other: The editors of Agricultural Water Management, Elsevier awarded a Certificate of Reviewing July 2016 in recognition of the review made for the Journal Agricultural Water Management.

Dr. Sudipto Sarkar

Acted as co-ordinator of any programme: i) Co-Coordinator of TEQIP–II sponsored Two days Workshop on Recent Advances In Soil And Water Conservation Engineering, Organised by Department of Agricultural Engineering, Assam University, Silchar held on 26th and 27th August 2016. ii) Co-Coordinator of TEQIP–II sponsored Three days Workshop on Process Standardization and Value Addition of Underutilized Fruits and Vegetables, Organised by Department of Agricultural Engineering, Assam University, Silchar held on 9th to 11th September 2016. iii) Co-Coordinator of TEQIP–II sponsored Three days Workshop on Water Harvesting and Water Saving Techniques for Plain and Hill Farming, Organised by Department of Agricultural Engineering, Assam University, Silchar held on 13th to 15th September 2016.

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iv) Member of organizing committee of TEQIP–II sponsored Two days Finishing School on Succeeding in group Discussion and Personal Interviews, Organised by Triguna Sen School of Technology, Assam University, Silchar on 22th to 23rd September 2016 v) Coordinator of TEQIP–II sponsored Two days Workshop on Intellectual Property Right and Patent Processing, Organised by Department of Agricultural Engineering, Assam University, Silchar held on 26th to 27th September 2016. vi) Member of organizing committee of TEQIP–II sponsored Two days Workshop on Technological Intervention in Agri-Aquaculture Research, Organised by Department of Agricultural Engineering, Assam University, Silchar held on 27th to 28th September 2016. vii) Co-Coordinator of TEQIP–II sponsored Three days Workshop on Hands on Training and Operation of Agricultural Engineering Equipment, Organised by Department of Agricultural Engineering, Assam University, Silchar held on 29th September to 1st October 2016 viii) Coordinator of TEQIP–II sponsored Three days Workshop on Advance Research and Technology Innovations in Agricultural Engineering, Organised by Department of Agricultural Engineering, Assam University, Silchar held on 3rd to 5th October 2016. ix) Member of organizing committee of TEQIP–II sponsored Two days Workshop on Emerging Avenues in Engineering, Organised by Department of Agricultural Engineering, Assam University, Silchar held on 10th to 11th February 2017. x) Coordinator of TEQIP–II sponsored Two Days Workshop on Emerging Avenues in Engineering (EAE) , Organised by Department of Agricultural Engineering, Assam University, Silchar held on 10th – 11th February, 2017. xi) Coordinator of TEQIP–II sponsored One Week Training Programme on General Entrepreneurship Development (GED, Organised by Department of Agricultural Engineering, Assam University, Silchar held on 13th – 18th February, 2017.

Attended/participated in any programme (without paper presentation): TEQIP-II Sponsored one week Workshop on “Role of Statistics in Engineering Research” 20-24 September 2016.

Resource person: Acted as Examiners at ICAR institutes under Central Agricultural University.

Dr. Ajita Tiwari

Attended/participated in any programme (without paper presentation): i) One day workshop on ”URKUND and Mendley” held at Rabindranath library, AUS on 27th Nov. 2016 ii) Two days workshop on IPR & patent Processing (IPRPP)” held at Department of Agricultural Engg.,TSSOT, AUS from 26-27 Sep 2016 iii) One day Workshop on Quality Management in Grain Industry (MOFPI & NIFTEM) held at Sonipat, HR on 21st March 2016

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DEPARTMENT OF ARABIC Dr. Nazmul Islam Barbhuiya Invited talk/keynote address/delivered special talk: i) Delivered a talk on the topic ‘Importance of English Medium Schools in Rural Areas’ in annual prize distribution conference, held on 14th January 2017 duly organized by Morning Dew English Medium School, Hailakandi.

ii) Delivered an invited lecture on the topic ‘The Quran as the Divine Guidance for Mankind’ in a conference, held on 15th February 2017 organized by Silchar Polytechnic, Silchar.

Attended/participated in any programme (without paper presentation):

i) Attended in one-day international seminar on the theme “Language and its Influence on Society & Culture” held on 18th May 2016 and presented a paper entitled ‘Bilingual’s Beliefs about Arabic and English: Towards an Attitude Scale for the Study of Folk Perception’. ii) Attended in three-day national seminar on the theme “Role of Sufism in Assam to spread Communal Harmony and Brotherhood among the Populace of Assam: A Bond of Fraternity”, held in 30-31 August 2016 and presented a paper entitled ‘Sufism in Islam: The Essence of Divine Order’. iii) Participated in 7-day Workshop on ‘Theatre Appreciation: Theory & Praxis’ organized by Department of English, Assam University, Silchar, held during 11th – 17th April 2016.

Chairing session/chief guest/special guest: Invited as Guest of Honour and delivered a lecture on the topic ‘Religion and Human Life’ in the annual milad mehfil held on 20th February 2017, duly organized by Assam University Milad Committee.

DEPARTMENT OF BENGALI

Prof. Rama Bhattacharyya

Invited talk/keynote address/delivered special talk: i) In the Dept of Philosophy, AUS, on “Tagore’s Philosophy with special reference to Gora”, 28th March 2017. ii) Delivered Kiransashi Memorial special invited Lecture on 21st March 2017 in Gurucharan College, Silchar.

Chairing session/chief guest/special guest: i) Chaired a Session in the National Seminar of Philosophy Dept. on 28th March 2017. ii) Chaired a session in a National Seminar organized by the Hindi dept., AUS, on 23rd and 24th March 2017.

Prof. Biswatosh Chowdhury

Invited talk/keynote address/delivered special talk: i) Invited talk on Bengali Peotry organised by Department of Bengali Womens College, Silchar ii) Invited talk organised by department of Bengali, CacharCollege iii) Invited Talk in Bishwa Bhanga Sanmalen Cachar District., Silchar iv) Loko Utsav, Organised by Lokomanchao Silchar

Dr. Durba Deb

Acted as co-ordinator of any programme: Co-ordinator of the National level program Unish Satak: Parikroma O Parjyalochana, DDM Libraray and Centre for Bangladesh Studies, Assam University, Silchar 19-20 Sept. 2016

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Dr.Santanu Sarkar

Invited talk/keynote address/delivered special talk: i) Delivered a special invited lecture on ‘Sahityo path poddhoti: vinno poth, vinno prosthan’ in the seminar organised by Maharajadhiraj Uday Chand Women’s College, Burdwan, West Bengal, on 14/02/2017 ii) Delivered an invited lecture on ‘Somaj o sahityer parosporik somporko’ in the seminar organised by Karimganj College, Assam on 28/09/2016.

Chairing session/chief guest/special guest: i) Chaired an academic session in the UGC sponsored national seminar on “Adhunik Kobitay Somaj Jibon : Sattarer Dashak theke Sampratik Kaal” organised by the department of Bengali, Maheshtala College, Kolkata and Saheed Anurup Chandra Mahabidyalaya, Burul, West Bengal on 7th and 8th April 2017. ii) Chaired three academic session in the UGC sponsored national seminar on “Gender Issues In India: Challenges and Strategies” organised by the Women’s Cell, Saheed Kshudiram College, Alipurduar, West Bengal on 9th and 10th February 2017

Resource person: i) Presented a paper as resource person on ‘Bangla kobitay rajniti : 1970-80’’ in the UGC sponsored national seminar on “Adhunik Kobitay Somaj Jibon : Sattarer Dashak theke Sampratik Kaal” organised by the department of Bengali, Maheshtala College, Kolkata and Saheed Anurup Chandra Mahabidyalaya, Burul, West Bengal on 7th and 8th April 2017. ii) Presented a paper as resource person on ‘Language and Gender construction’ in the UGC sponsored national seminar on “Gender Issues In India: Challenges and Strategies” organised by the Women’s Cell, Saheed Kshudiram College, Alipurduar, West Bengal on 9th and 10th February 2017. iii) Presented a paper as resource person on ‘Motadorsho, monon nirman o banglar brataparbonl’ in the National seminar on “Banglar brata parbon” organised by University B.T Evening College, Cooch Behar College in collaboration with The Folklore Congress, India on 28 November 2016. iv) Presented a paper as resource person on ‘18 shotabdir bangle kabyo o somosamoyik somoy: nirbachito path’ in the UGC sponsored national seminar on “Astadash Shatabdir Bangla Kobita” organised by Asannagar Madan Mohon Tarkalankar College on 4th and 5th November 2016.

Dr Alauddin Mondal

Invited talk/keynote address/delivered special talk:

i) Delivered special lecture on ‘Samaj O Sahitye Bhasa’ in the UGC sponsored national workshop on Bangla Banan O Bhasa , organized by the Dept. of Bengali, S S College, Hailakandi, Assam, on 19.08.2016 . ii) Delivered special lecture as Invited speaker on ‘Trends in Bengali Novels’ in the national seminar organized by the Dept. of Bengali, Saheed Kshudiram College, Alipurduar,WB on 07.03.2017.

Chairing session/chief guest/special guest:

i) Delivered lecture as Chief Guest on ‘Buddhism and Sufism’ in the regional level seminar organized by Patherkandi College, Karimganj, Assam on 24.08.2016 . ii) Delivered lecture as Chief Guest on ‘ Bangla Sahityer Utthan o Paton’ in the regional level seminar organized by Alor Deshari Sahitya Mancha, Hailakandi, Assam on 28.08,2016 iii) Delivered lecture as Chief Guest on ‘Prem Bole Katha Novel’ in the regional level seminar organized by Parakh Sahitya Patrika & Jyoti publication, at Bangabhavan, Silchar on 24.08.2016. iv) Delivered lecture as Chief Guest on ‘ knowledge and Philosophy’ in the regional level seminar organized by Hazi S U Laskar Educational Foundation, Sonai, Cachar, Assam on 19.02.2017.

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v) Delivered lecture as Chief Guest on’ Bavoharik Jibone Bangle Bhasar Sankat : Prekhet Barak Upotyaka’ in the regional level seminar organized by Barak Upotyaka Banga Sahitya o Sanskriti Sommelan, Silchar Local Society at BangaBhavan, Silchar on 21,02.2017. vi) Chaired a session in the UGC sponsored national seminar on Sufism and the North East organized by the Dept. of Persian, M C Das College, Cachar, Assam on 31.08.2016. vii) Chaired a session in the UGC sponsored national seminar on ‘Bengali Literature in the North East with special reference to Barak Valley’ organized by the Dept. of Bengali, M C Das College, Sonai, Cachar, Assam on 10.11.2016. viii) Chaired a session in the UGC sponsored national seminar on ‘ Propaganda and the Left Front Government (1977-2011) organized by the Dept. of Political Science, Saheed Kshudiram College, Alipurduar, WB on 09.03.2017.

Resource person:

i) Presented a paper as resource person on ‘Samaj O Sahitye Bhasa’ in the UGC sponsored national workshop on Bangla Banan O Bhasa , organized by the Dept. of Bengali, S S College, Hailakandi, Assam, on 18th -19th August, 2016. ii) Presented a paper as resource person on ‘Sufism and Esoteric Knowledge : A Mystic Interpretation’ in the UGC sponsored national seminar on Sufism and the North East organized by the Dept. of Persian, M C Das College, Cachar, Assam on 30th – 31st August,2016. iii) Presented a paper as resource person on ‘ Prem Bole Katha: Swambhabonar Isara’ in the UGC sponsored national seminar on ‘Bengali Literature in the North East with special reference to Barak Valley’ organized by the Dept. of Bengali, M C Das College, Sonai, Cachar, Assam on 9th -10th November,2016. iv) Presented a paper as resource person on ‘ Secularism and the left Front Government: An Inner View’ in the UGC sponsored national seminar on ‘ Propaganda and the Left Front Government (1977-2011)’ organized by the Dept. of Political Science, Saheed Kshudiram College, Alipurduar, WB on 08th – 09th March,2017. v) Presented a paper as resource person on ‘ Esoteric Knowledge in Sufism and Life’ in the International seminar on ‘Glocal Issues in contemporary Art, Literature and Culture’ organized by IQAC, Birpara College, Alipurduar,WB on 30th March,2017. vi) Presented a paper as resource person on ‘ Origin of Fiction’ in the national seminar on ‘ origin of fiction’ organized by the Dept. of English & Bengali, Falakata College, Alipurduar, WB on 31st March, 2017.

Prof. Bela Das

Invited talk/keynote address/delivered special talk: Delivered keynote speech on 16th Krishnachura Utsab at Gandhi Bhawan, silchar . The issue of the speech entitled as ‘Samaj, Sanskriti o nari: kichu katha” organised by- Barak nandini sahitya charcha Kendra Date: 22th May, 2016

Prof. Debasish Bhattacharya

Invited talk/keynote address/delivered special talk: Delivered Valedictory Address in the UGC Sponsored National Seminar on Bengali Literature in the North East India with special reference to Barak Valley, organized by M.C.Das College, Sonai, Cachar, Assam during 9th & 10th November, 2016.

Resource person: i) Taken three classes in the Certificate Course on Theatre conducted by BHABIKAL, Silchar under the aegis of National School of Drama, New Delhi during July- December 2016 ii) Practical Examiner in the Certificate Course on Recitation conducted by Dept. of Bengali, GC College, Silchar during October- December 2016

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DEPARTMENT OF BIO TECHNOLOGY

Dr. Yashmin Choudhury

Chairing session/chief guest/special guest: i) Chairperson of Technical session and Judge, Poster Session, Micron-2016, organized by Department of Microbiology, Assam University, Silchar, December 29-30, 2016. ii) Chairperson of Technical session and Judge, Poster Session, North East Regional Research Scholars’ Meet, 2017, organized by Department of Life Science and Bioinformatics, Assam University, Silchar, March 17-18, 2017.

Dr. Ravi Rajwanshi

Invited talk/keynote address/delivered special talk: i) Delivered a lecture in the inaugural programme of “5 days hands on training on some modern techniques in molecular biology and bioinformatics” on 21st February, 2017 organized by Institutional Biotech Hub, Karimganj College, Karimganj, Assam, India. Chairing session/chief guest/special guest: i) Acted as judge/expert for National Science Day Programme organized by Assam University Biotech Hub, Assam University, Silchar, Assam, India on 28th February, 2017. ii) Acted as judge/chairperson of technical session in the MICRON-2016 organized by Department of Microbiology, Assam University, Silchar, Assam, India on 30th December, 2016.

Dr. Supriyo Chakraborty

Invited talk/keynote address/delivered special talk: i) On 5 January 2017, delivered an invited lecture on “Designing peptide vaccines using bioinformatic tools” at GC College, Silchar, Assam. It was sponsored by DBT, Govt. of India. ii) On 22 Feb 2017, delivered a lecture on “Applications of Bioinformatic Tools” at Karimganj College, Assam. It was sponsored by DBT, Govt. of India.

DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

Prof. Apurbananda Mazumdar

Currently serving as the Director of the Centre for Indian Heritage and Business Studies (CIHBS), Assam University: Silchar

Prof. A. L Ghosh Invited talk/keynote address/delivered special talk: Delivered Keynote address on the National Seminar on, “Financial Reforms in India”, held on 11.1.2017, organized by the Department of Commerce, Assam University.

Chairing session/chief guest/special guest: Acted as Chairperson in a Session, in the International Seminar on , “ Economic development of the North East India and its Bordering States”., Organized by the Deptt. of Economics on 8-9 Nov’ 2016. Resource person: Acted as one of the Panelists on the Panel discussion on, “Recent Demonitasation and Indian Economy”, Organised by the Deptt. of Economics on 18 November, 2016.

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Dr. Arup Barman Chairing session/chief guest/special guest: 3rd Technical Session-Human Resource Management Conference Theme: “Managing Change” Creativity and Innovation in a Dynamic Environment” organized by Team Feature, Sonarpur, Kolkata, dated- 7th & 8th April 2016.

Dr. Debomalya Ghose

Invited talk/keynote address/delivered special talk: Delivered Lecture on Technology Entrepreneurship at the Assam University Biotech Hub in the Awareness Programme on “Biotech Product Based Entrepreneurships Development” on 9th January 2016.

Acted as co-ordinator of any programme: i) Coordinator of FDP on Entrepreneurship sponsored by EDI during 19th -30th December 2016. ii) Coordinator of five (05) EAPs (Entrepreneurship Assistance Program) sponsored by EDI during 2017 first half. iii) Coordinator in one day training program in SPSS for students at Department of Business Administration. iv) Coordinator in workshop on production planning and control for students at Department of Business Administration.

Dr. Juthika Konwar

Acted as co-ordinator of any programme: i) Coordinator of Workshop on Image Management and Personal Branding11th-13th Nov, 2016 ii) Coordinator of Workshop on Communication and Soft skills for Managers 2 and 3rd September, 2016 iii) Coordinator of Workshop on Mastering Rules of Business Etiquette 19-21st Sep, 2016 iv) Coordinator of Workshop on Business Communication and Soft skills for Managers 13-15th Oct, 2015

Resource person: i) FDP on Entrepreneurship Development organized by Dept of Business Administration from 19th to 31st Dec, 2016. ii) 2 Days Generic Skills/Competency Development Program Organized by Centre for Coaching and Training for Entry into Services, Assam University on 26th and 27th July, 2016

Mr. Amit Kumar Das

Acted as co-ordinator of any programme: i) State Level Vendor Development Programme (Jt. Coordinator) ii) Workshop on Six Sigma Green Belt (Jt. Coordinator) iii) 2-days Generic Skills/Competency Development Programme (Coordinator)

Mr. Deepjyoti Choudhury

Acted as co-ordinator of any programme: i) As a Coordinator in one day training program in SPSS for students at Department of Business Administration ii) As a Coordinator in workshop on production planning and control for students at Department of Business Administration.

Resource person: i) Resource person in 2 Days Generic Skills/Competency Development Program Organized by Centre for Coaching and Training for Entry into Services organized by Department of Business Administration, Assam University on 27th and 28th July, 2016

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Mr. Nilanjana Chakraborty

Acted as co-ordinator of any programme: i) Communication and Soft Skills for Managers, September 2nd -3rd, 2016, organised by Dept. of Business Administration, Assam University, Silchar. ii) Gender Issues at Workplace, 1st October, 2016, organised by Department of Business Administration, Assam University, Silchar.

DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY

Prof. C. R. Bhattacharjee

Attended/participated in any programme (without paper presentation): i) Attended RSC meeting Guwahati on 2 February’2017 and Chemical Research Society of India(CRSI) seminar at Gauhati University, from 3-5 February’2017 ii) Attended National symposium on Advances in Chemical sciences (NSACS-2017), January 11-12, 2017, Dept. of Chemistry, Assam University, Silchar.

Dr. Pradip C. Paul

Invited talk/keynote address/delivered special talk: Invited talk in National conference NSCIR-2017 , Nagaland University, 16-17 March 2017.

Chairing session/chief guest/special guest: One session was chaired in NSCIR-17, Nagaland University, 16-17 March 2017. Any Other Life member of Indian Chemical Society Dr. Paritosh Mondal Acted as coordinator of any programme i) Proctor, Assam University, Silchar ii) Coordinator, Remedial Coaching Centre, Assam University, Silchar iii) Convener of National Symposium on advances in chemical sciences (NSACS-17) organized by Department of Chemistry, Assam University during 11-12, January, 2017

Dr. Sk. Jashimuddin

Attended/participated in any programme (Without paper presentation) i) Workshop on Urkund and Mendley, Rabindra Library, Assam University, Silchar, on 7th November, 2016. ii) National Symposium on Advances in Chemical Sciences, Department of Chemistry, Assam University, Silchar, 11-12th January, 2017. iii) 11th CRSI-RSC Symposium, Department of Chemistry, Gauhati University, 2nd February, 2017.

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Dr. Manoj K. Paul Acted as coordinator of any programme i) Co-convener of national symposium on advances in chemical sciences (NSACS-17) organized by Department of Chemistry, Assam University during 11-12, January, 2017 ii) Acted as IQAC departmental Co-ordinator, Department of Chemistry, Assam University, Silchar.

Chairing session/chief guest/special guest Guest of honour for the Annual function cum farewell ceremony organized by Paragon Junior College, Badarpur on 29th December-2016.

Dr. Himadri Acharya

Invited talk / keynote address / delivered special talk: Invited Talk: UGC-Sponsored one day National Seminar on “Recent Trends in Research in Chemical Sciences”, on 30th August, 2016, at Department of Chemistry, Ghatal Rabindra Satabarsiki Mahavidyalaya, Ghatal, West Bengal- 721212, India

Dr. Sudip Choudhury

Resource person: DST supported National Workshop on “Exposure to Scientific Software and Tools for Research in Physical Sciences” during July 25 to 31, 2016, at Karimganj College, Karimganj.

Dr. Sujit K. Ghosh Invited talk / keynote address / delivered special talk: Delivered special talk at Raidighi College, South 24-Parganas, West Bengal on 16th April, 2016

Acted as co-ordinator of any programme Acted as placement cell, departmental Co-ordinator, Department of Chemistry, Assam University, Silchar.

Chairing session / chief guest / special guest. Chairing session/chief guest/special guest: Chaired a Session at UGC sponsored National Seminar on Chemistry Today – Nanoworld to Macroworld (December 22-23, 2016) and General Science Fest (Scientia), Assam University, Silchar (April 7-8, 2017). Dr. T. Sanjay Singh

Invited talk / keynote address / delivered special talk: “A fluorescence spectroscopic study of Schiff base – 2-((E)-(quinolin-8-ylimino)methyl) quinolin-8-ol in different bio-mimicking aqueous interfaces”, T. Sanjoy Singh, Proceeding of International Conference on “Recent Trends of Chemical & Biological Sciences in Medicine, Natural Product and Drug Discovery (IC-RTCBSMNPDD)-2017” at P. G. Dept. of Chemistry, Berhampur University Odisha, India during 03-05th March 2017.

Acted as co-ordinator of any programme: i) CCPC, Co-ordinator, Department of Chemistry, Assam University, Silchar. ii) SC/ST Representative, Department of Chemistry, Assam University, Silchar. Any other: i) Selected as Reviewer for journal Analytical Chimica Acta (Elsevier) ii) Life Member, Indian Council of Chemists (ICC)

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Prof. D K Pandiya

Chairing session/chief guest/special guest: i) Chaired a Technical Session in one day National Workshop on “Agrobiodiversity Conservation : Socio- Economic and Ecological Development organized by ISEC, Bangaluru and Depart of Economics, AUS. ii) Economic Dependence of North- East India and its Bordering Nations organised by Department of Economics, Assam university, 8-9, November, 2016

Prof. P J Goswami

Acted as co-ordinator of any programme: Investors’ Awareness Program and Joint Seminar on Contemporary Issues in Business organized by The Institute of Company Secretaries of India (NE Chapter, Guwahati) in collaboration with the Department of Commerce Assam University, Silchar, held on 18th April 2016.

Attended/participated in any programme (without paper presentation): i) Actively participated in the yoga workshop organised by the Assam University Sports Board from 3rd to 9th June in the department of Philosophy, Assam University, Silchar ii) Participated in Workshop on “URKUND & MENDLEY” organized by Rabindra Library ,AUS on 7th November 2016 iii) Participated in Author Workshop organized by NIT Silchar, on 21st February 2017 iv) Actively participated in the national workshop on role of ICT in preservation of indigenous knowledge of northeastern region organised by NIT Silchar in collaboration with Indira Gandhi National Centre for arts, New-Delhi on 15th-17th March, 2017 Resource person: Resource person in the state level seminar on ‘Empowerment of women through cooperative ‘ organised by Assam State Co-operative Union Silchar, District Cooperative Union on 3rd March 2017 at Gandhi Bhawan, Silchar.

Any other: i) Participated in the refresher course on co-operative policy and development for faculty of colleges/ Universities organised by national centre for co-operatie education, New-Delhi 8th to 12th august 2016. ii) Edited a book with Brajesh Kumar entitled Financial Reforms in India Post Liberalisation Experiences Dr. Brajesh Kumar Acted as co-ordinator of any programme: Joint Convener of National seminar on Financial reforms in India organised by the Department of Commerce on 12th January 2017 Resource person: A discussion on Demonetisation and its impact , organised by Deptt. of Commerce, Assam University Dr. Rajat Sharmacharjee Acted as co-ordinator of any programme: Examination Co-ordinator of the Department

Attended/participated in any programme (without paper presentation): Participated one day Investors Awareness Programme organized by ICSI, NE Chapter in association with Deptt. of Commerce, Assam University, Silchar on 18th April,2016.

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Any other: i) Acted as Judge of Music Competition in Commerce Fest, February, 2017 ii) Acted as Judge of Dance Competition in Commerce Fest, February, 2017 iii) Acted as Judge of Music Competition in Ankuran, the Bengali Cultural Fest, March, 2017

Dr. Joyeeta Deb Acted as co-ordinator of any programme: Departmental Co-ordinator of IQAC

Attended/participated in any programme (without paper presentation): i) Participated in one day “Investors Awareness Programme” organized by ICSI on 18-04-2016. ii) Participated in Workshop on “URKUND & MENDLEY” organized by Rabindra Library, AUS on 7th Nov 2016 iii) Participated in 1st Winter School Workshop on “Time Series and Panel Data Modelling and Forecasting” organized by GITAM School of International Business, Vizag from 25-28 January 2017. iv) Participated in Faculty Development Programme on “Efficiency and Productivity Measurement for Performance Evaluation” organized by Symbiosis TLRC on 2-4 January 2017. v) Participated in UGC sponsored Refresher Course in “Business Studies” from 5-12-2016 to 24-12-2016. Dr A.S. Yarso Acted as co-ordinator of any programme: Acted as Convenor in the National Seminar on Contemporary Issues in Business organised by Institute of Company Secretaries of India, N.E. Chapter, Guwahati in association with the Department of Commerce Assam University, Silchar, held on 18th April, 2016. Attended/participated in any programme (without paper presentation): Participated in Workshop on “URKUND & MENDLEY” organized by Rabindra Library, Assam University on 7th November, 2016. Chairing session/chief guest/special guest: Acted as Co-Chairperson of National seminar on Financial reforms in India organised by the Department of Commerce on 12th January, 2017.

DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE Prof. Bipul Shyam Purkhyasta Chairing session/chief guest/special guest: Acted as chairperson at National Conference on computational technologies (NCCT 17) held at department of computer science and applications, North Bengal University, 24th February 2017.

Dr. Sunita Sarkar Attended/participated in any programme (without paper presentation): i) Art and Challenges of Writing paper for IEEE Transactions and High Impact Factor Journals organized by IEEE student Branch, Assam University, Silchar on 5th August 2016 ii) One week Workshop on Role of Statistics in Engineering Research organized by Department of Computer Science & Engineering, Assam University, Silchar from 20th -24th September, 2016 iii) Workshop on Urkund & Mendley organized by Rabindra Library, Assam University, Silchar on 7th November, 2016

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iv) Programme on Save Nature, Save Earth : An Interactive Session from Legal Perspective organized by District Legal Services Authority, Cachar and department of Ecology and Environmental Science, Assam University , Silchar on 28th February, 2017 v) Sensitization Workshop on Rehabilitation of Persons with Disabilities organized by Ali Yavar Jung National Institute of Speech and Hearing Disabilities Eastern Regional Centre, kolkata and Department of English, Assam University, Silchar on 28th March, 2017

Dr. Indrani Das Workshop on cloud computing and network, NIT Silchar, 11th to 16th March 2017 Dr. Prodipto Das Invited talk/keynote address/delivered special talk: Invited Talk on “C Programming and Applications”, DBT Star College Workshop on Mathematics, SS College, Hailakandi, Assam, 17-18 March, 2017 Acted as co-ordinator of any programme: ALUMNI MEET-2017 organised by Assam University Alumni Association and Assam University, 23rd Jan 2017 Any other: Refresher Course in VLSI and Nanotechnology, at UGC-HRDC, Jadavpur University, Kolkata 28-11-2016 to 17-12- 2016 Mr. Saptarshi Paul Attended/participated in any programme (without paper presentation): i) Participated in the Invited Talk on “Art and Challenges of Writing Paper for IEEE Transactions and Higher Impact Factor Journals” at Assam University. Held on 5th August 2016 ii) Participated in the Workshop on “URKUND and MENDLEY” at Assam University on 7th November 2016 iii) Participated in “Save Nature, Save Earth: An interactive session from the legal perspective” organised by District Legal Services Authority (DLSA) and Department of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Assam University on 28th February 2016 iv) Participated in Workshop on HERPETOLOGICAL STUDIES held at Department of Ecology and Environmental science, Assam University on 27th and 28th February 2017 v) Participated in the NORTH-EAST ISI-MZU WINTER SCHOOL (One week) on “Algorithms with special focus on Graphs” at Mizoram University. Held from 6th march to 11th March 2017 vi) Participated in the Sensitization Workshop on “Rehabilitation of Persons with Disabilities”, organized by Ali Yavar Jung National Institute of Speech and Hearing Disabilities Eastern Regional Centre, Kolkata and Department of English AUS at Assam University. Held on 28th March 2017 Chairing session/chief guest/special guest: Rappoteur of Technical Session at International Conference on Contemporary Antimicrobial Research( ICCAR) 2016 held at Assam University from 14th to 17th November 2016. Dr.Purnendu Das Attended/participated in any programme (without paper presentation): i) Participated in the Invited Talk on “Art and Challenges of Writing Paper for IEEE Transactions and Higher Impact Factor Journals” at Assam University. ii) Participated in the Workshop on “URKUND and MENDLEY” at Assam University iii) Attended two weeks Faculty Development Programme on “Entrepreneurship”, at Assam University. iv) Participated in the NORTH-EAST ISI-MZU WINTER SCHOOL (One week) on “Algorithms with special focus on Graphs” at Mizoram University.

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Mr. Bishwa Ranjan Roy Invited talk/keynote address/delivered special talk: Delivered a special talk in Entrepreneurship Awareness Camp at Department of Computer Science, Assam University Acted as co-ordinator of any programme: i) Departmental coordinator of Entrepreneurship Awareness Camp conducted by EDII in association with CCPC, J.N. School of Management Studies, AUS. ii) Coordinator Skill Development Programme conducted by Spoken Tutorial, IIT Bombay Attended/participated in any programme (without paper presentation): i) Participated in the Invited Talk on “Art and Challenges of Writing Paper for IEEE Transactions and Higher Impact Factor Journals” at Assam University. ii) Participated in the Workshop on “URKUND and MENDLEY” at Assam University iii) Attended two weeks Faculty Development Programme on “Entrepreneurship”, at Assam University. iv) Participated in the NORTH-EAST ISI-MZU WINTER SCHOOL (One week) on “Algorithms with special focus on Graphs” at Mizoram University. v) Participated in the Sensitization Workshop on “Rehabilitation of Persons with Disabilities” , at Assam University. Resource person : Acted as Resource person in the DST sponsored Seven-Day National Work shop on “Exposure to Scientific Software and Tools for Research in Physical Sciences”, held at Karimganj College.

DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE ENGINEERING

Prof. Sudipta Roy

Any other: i) Chairman of Online Admission Committee of the University for development and implementation of online admission software for academic session 2016-17. ii) Chairman of the Committee for Automation of Examination System of the University in 2016. iii) Chairman of Research Promotion Cell of TSSOT, Assam University. iv) Branch Counselor, IEEE Student Branch, Assam University

Mousum Handique

Attended / participated in any programme (without paper presentation) i) Workshop in Intellectual Property Right, Department of Agricultural Engineering, Assam University ii) Attended the invited lecture on Art and Challenges of Writing Paper for IEEE Transactions and High Impact Factor Journals

Tapodhir Acharjee

Acted as co-ordinator of any programme: i) Organized one day Invited talk on "Art and Challenges of Writing Paper for IEEE Transactions and High Impact Factor Journals” on 5th August,2016. ii) Co-ordinator of two-days NETWORK & CYBER SECURITY CHAMPIONSHIP - 2017 (29 - 30 September 2016) iii) A member of the organizing Committee for a one week workshop on “Role of Statistics in Engineering Research” in the Dept. of CSE, Assam University from 20-24 September,2016

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Attended / participated in any programme (without paper presentation): Workshop in Intellectual Property Right, Department of Agricultural Engineering, Assam University

Sourish Dhar

Acted as co-ordinator of any programme: i) Coordinator of One Week Workshop in General Entrepreneurship Development 6-11 March, 2017 ii) Coordinator for One week workshop in Role of Statistics in Engineering Research 20th to 24th September 2016

Attended / participated in any programme (without paper presentation): i) Workshop in Intellectual Property Right, Department of Agricultural Engineering, Assam University ii) Attended the invited lecture on Art and Challenges of Writing Paper for IEEE Transactions and High Impact Factor Journals

Ajoy Kumar Khan

Invited talk / keynote address / delivered special talk: i) Invited Talk in "Network Security" in Tripura Institute of Technology, Agartala, Tripura ii) Special Invited Talk on "Mobile Computing" in Tripura Institute of Technology, Agartala, Tripura from 18-21 March 2017.

Acted as coordinator of any programme: Coordinator of Sampark 2017, The Alumni Meet of Department of CSE on 15th March 2017. Attended / participated in any programme (without paper presentation): Attended the invited lecture on Art and Challenges of Writing Paper for IEEE Transactions and High Impact Factor Journals

Bhagaban Swain

Acted as co-ordinator of any programme: Coordinator of One week workshop on of Speech processing Application on North East language from 9th - 10th August, 2016

Arnab Paul

Acted as co-ordinator of any programme: i) Coordinator for Motivational Talk by Mr. Zubin Rashid on "Simple Steps To Massive Success" on 15th September, 2016 ii) Coordinator of two-days Network & Cyber Security Championship - 2017 (29 - 30 September 2016) iii) Member, One Week Workshop on Role of Statistics in Engineering Research

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DEPARTMENT OF EARTH SCIENCE

Prof. N. Pandey

Chairing session/chief guest/special guest: Chaired Session 33rd Convention of Indian Association of Sedimentologists With Emphasis On Energy Resources And Climate Change 12-14 Nov 2016 Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi 221005.

Dr. M. F. Hussain

Invited talk/keynote address/delivered special talk: Lecture On Radioactive Dating of Rocks was Delivered at Deptt. Of Geology, G.C. College, Silchar on 2nd April , 2016

Dr. K. K. Singh

Attended/participated in any programme (without paper presentation): Attended Faculty Development Programme at Assam University From 19th Dec 2016 to 31st Dec 2016

Any other: Selected for Oral Presentation at ‘’Hydroeco Conference’’ held in University of Birmingham, England during 16th June 2017 to 25th June 2017.

DEPARTMENT OF ECOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE

Prof. Ashesh Kumar Das

Resource person: Member, UGC-SAP (DRS-III) Advisory Committee, Department of Botany, Nagaland University. Any other: Consulting Editor, Journal of Environmental Biology, Lucknow.

Prof. Jayashree Rout

Invited talk/keynote address/delivered special talk: i) International Conference on ‘The Green Planet: Past, Present And Future’ Held at Dept. of Botany, University of Calcutta, Scheduled From 21-23 December, 2016 On The Topic “Algae As Novel And Green Precursor To Luminescent And Antioxidant 2D Carbon-Silica Nanocomposite” ii) International Conference on ‘Technological Advancement For Sustainable Agriculture And Rural Development (TASARD-India, 2017)’ Held at Delhi Scheduled From 20-22 February, 2017 on The Topic “Prospects And Potentials Of Azolla Biofertilizer In Tea Agroecosystems of North-East India”. iii) International Conference on ‘Recent Advances And Scope In Herbal Technology: Challenges And Prospects, 2016)’ held at Dept. of Pharmaceuticals Science, Assam University, Silchar Scheduled From 9-10 September, 2016 On The Topic “Algae Based Biofuels – Challenges And Opportunities For North-East India”.

Chairing session/chief guest/special guest: i) National seminar on “Ethnobiology &Traditional knowledge in Biodiversity conservation –Approaches and dimensions [ETKBC] in Ecology & Environmental Science, Assam University, Silchar on 2nd -3rd February, 2017. ii) International conference on ‘Recent advances and Scope in herbal Technology: Challenges and Prospects, 2016)’ held at Dept. of Pharmaceuticals Science, Assam University, Silchar scheduled from 9-10 September, 2016 on the topic “Algae based biofuels – challenges and opportunities for North-East India”.

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Prof. Parthankar Choudhury

Invited talk/keynote address/delivered special talk: i) Delivered an Invited talk on 05-06-2016 on the topic, “Wildlife: Illegal Trade, Legal Provisions”, at Gandhibhawan, Silchar on the Environment Day programme organized by Sammilito Sanskritik Mancha, Silchar. ii) Delivered an Invited talk on 06-06-2016 on the topic, “Climate Change Consequences: Global and Local scenario”, at G. C. College, Silchar on the Environment Day programme. iii) Delivered an Invited talk on 29-09-2016 on the topic, “Wildlife: Illegal trade and Legal actions on the Second Death Anniversary Memorial Lecture of Late Shyamal Kanti Paul, (Former Head, Zoology Dept.) organized by the Department of Zoology, Cachar College, Silchar. iv) As Judge in the Jawaharlal Nehru National Science, Mathematics and Environment Exhibition for Children (JNNSMEE, 2016), at K. V. NIT, Silchar on 0n 17th Dec, 2016. v) Delivered a Keynote address on ‘Conservation versus developmental issues in some selected protected areas of Barak Valley, Assam’ and chaired a technical session in the Indian Biodiversity Congress held at Pondicherry University from March 10-12, 2017 vi) Delivered a Plenary talk on ‘Evolutionism versus Creationism- A critical analysis’ in the North East Regional Research Scholars meet organized by the Department of Life Science and Bioinformatics during March, 17-18, 2017 under SAP-DRS-II Programme.

Acted as co-ordinator of any programme: i) Celebrated Wildlife Week, 2016 and organized programme to felicitate Dr. Bibhuti Prasad Lahkar, IUCN Heritage Hero in the Conference Hall, Department of Ecology and Environmental Science, Assam University, Silchar on 05-10-2016 ii) Organised a Group Discussion on ‘Means to eradicate Social Evils among the tea garden workers of Barak Valley, Assam in the Conference Hall, Department of Ecology and Environmental Science, Assam University, Silchar on 03-10-2016.

Chairing session/chief guest/special guest: i) Chaired a Round table discussion on ‘Prospects of conservation of Wetlands and Forests of BarakValley’ with Mr. Tapash Paul, Senior Environmental Specialist, Environment & Natural Resource Global Practice, World Bank Group, IBRD-IDA, New Delhi at Conference Hall, Department of Ecology and Environmental Science, Assam University, Silchar on 22-09-2016. ii) Chairperson in the Valedictory Session in ‘Micron’- National Conference on Microbes of North East, 2016 in Silchar (29-30th Dec, 2016) iii) Chaired a Session and delivered an invited talk on ‘Resource Management’ at International Earth Science Conference held at University of Science and Technology, Meghalaya on 30-01-2017. iv) Chaired a Session and delivered an invited talk on ‘Strengthening Wildlife Conservation in Barak Valley’ at National Seminar on Integrated Approach in Zoological Research and Biennial Conference of Zoological Society of Assam held at Department of Zoology, Gauhati University, Guwahati, Assam on March, 30 – 31, 2017.

Resource person : i) Delivered an invited Lecture on, ‘Biodiversity Conservation and Management of Wildlife in India with special reference to N. E. India’ on 29/12/2016 at S. S. College, Hailakandi, Assam, as a part of Lecture series on Recent trends in Biological Sciences ii) Delivered an invited Lecture on, ‘Habit, Habitat and Ethology of Rhinoceros unicornis, Pygmy hog, Gangetic river dolphin and Hoolock gibbon’ on 30/12/2016 at S. S. College, Hailakandi, Assam, as a part of Lecture series on Recent trends in Biological Sciences. iii) Delivered an invited Lecture on, ‘Pesticide Toxicology- An overview’ on 24/03/2017 at S. S. College, Hailakandi, Assam, as a part of Lecture series on Modern Prospects in Biological Sciences.

Any other: i) Represented Assam University, Silchar in a meeting at Rajbhawan, Guwahati on 09/08/2016 on ‘Researches on Tea Gardens and Tea Garden Workers’ ii) Chairman, GREEN AUDIT TEM, Assam University, Silchar iii) Chairman, BUGS, Ecology and Environmental Science, AUS

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iv) Chairman, BPGS, Ecology and Environmental Science, AUS v) Member, BRS (Science) AUS vi) Member, Academic Council, AUS

Prof. Mithra Dey

Invited talk/keynote address/delivered special talk: Delivered special talk at the Inaugural program of Master Trainers Training program on Integrated and Sustainable Solid and Liquid Resource Management, organised by DDMA, Cachar district, Assam, on 26th April, 2017 at District Library Auditorium. Attended/participated in any programme (without paper presentation): i) Participated in Panel Discussion as a Panelist at 4th National Conference on Water, Environment and Society (NCWES), At Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad 16th – 18th March 2017 organised by Centre for Water Resources, Institute of Science And Technology. ii) Participated in Panel Discussion as Panelist in National Seminar on Ethnobiology and Traditional knowledge in Biodiversity Conservation- Approaches and Dimensions (ETKBC) 2017 on 2-3 rd Feb.2017 held in and organised by Dept of Ecology and Environmental Science, Assam University, Silchar.

Chairing session/chief guest/special guest: Chaired Technical Session at 4th Three Day National Conference on Water, Environment and Society (NCWES), Aat Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad 16th–18th March 2017 organised by Centre for Water Resources, Institute of Science And Technology.

Dr. Ajit Kr Das Acted as co-ordinator of any programme: i) Organized a National Seminar on” Charting and Managing Biodiversity Perception and Priporities ”, Organised by Dept. of Ecology and Environmental Science, Assam University, Silchar Supported by GC SAP (DRS-II, AUS) 8th -9th March, 2016. ii) Organized a National Seminar on” Ethnobotany and Traditional Knowledge in Biodiversity conservation ; Approaches and Dimension”, Organised by Dept. of Ecology and Environmental Science, Assam University, Silchar Supported by CSIR, New Delhi, on 2nd & 3rd February, 2017.

Any other: Acted as a Judge in the National Children Science Congress- held at Kendriya Vidyalaya Silchar, Assam on 24th Oct 2016.

Dr. Susmita Gupta Invited talk/keynote address/delivered special talk: Delivered two invited talks (Plankton : Food for Fishes & Aquatic insects - Classification & Identification) on 6.03.2017 in Job training programme on industrial fish and fisheries organised by the Dept. of Zoology and Centre for Industrial Fish & fisheries, Cachar College, Silchar in collaboration with ICAR-CIFRI, Regional Centre, Guwahati & College of Fisheries , Central Agricultural University, Tripura. Acted as coordinator of any programme: Acted as co-convenor of the national seminar “Ethnobiology And Traditional Knowledge In Biodiversity Conservation—Approaches and Dimensions” held during 2nd and 3rd Feb., 2017 in the Dept. of Ecology and Environmental Science, Assam University, Silchar. Attended/participated in any programme (without paper presentation): i) Participated in the national seminar “Ethnobiology And Traditional Knowledge In Biodiversity Conservation— Approaches and Dimensions” held during 2nd and 3rd Feb., 2017 organised by the Dept. of Ecology and Environmental Science, Assam University, Silchar.

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Dr. Hilloljyoti Singha Invited talk/keynote address/delivered special talk: i) Delivered popular talk on ‘Living Humanely with Urban Wildlife’ at Zoology Alumni Meet, 2016 to be held on 7th August, 2016 at Department of Zoology, B. Borooah College, Guwahati, organized by Zoology Alumni Association, Department of Zoology, B. Borooah College. ii) Delivered invited lecture on “Environmental degradation, its effect on Biodiversity and probable solution” in UGC sponsored national seminar (28-29th January 2017) entitled, “Environmental conditions and biodiversity status in the new millennium” organized by Department of Zoology, B. N. College, Dhubri in collaboration with CEE North East on 29th January 2017. Acted as co-ordinator of any programme: Ethnobiology and Traditional Knowledge in Biodiversity Conservation: Approaches and Dimensions, national seminar organized by Department of Ecology & Environmental Science, Assam University, Silchar on 2nd & 3rd February 2017. Attended/participated in any programme (without paper presentation): Participated in the programme Save Nature, Save Earth: An Interactive Session from Legal Perspective organized by District Legal Services Authority (DLSA), Cachar in collaboration with the Department of Ecology and Environmental Science, Assam University, Silchar on 28 February 2017. Chairing session/chief guest/special guest: Chairperson of Technical session III: In UGC sponsored national seminar (28-29th January 2017) entitled, “Environmental conditions and biodiversity status in the new millennium” organized by Department of Zoology, B. N. College, Dhubri in collaboration with CEE North East.

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Resource person : i) Field Workshop on ‘Techniques in Biodiversity Assessment’ organized by Department of Zoology, Srikishan Sarada College, Hailakandi on 18th May 2016. ii) Delivered lecture on ‘Legal aids in CCA formation at Shankarghola village’ organized by Assam State Legislative Service Authority on 25th June 2016 at Bongaigaon. Any other: i) Interacted with the participants and took class on Biostatistics in the first ‘Internship Programme on Biodiversity Conservation’ on 9 January 2017 organized by Assam State Biodiversity Board, and invited by Mr. A. K. Johari IFS, Additional PCCF (Biodiversity & Climate Change) Member Secretary, Assam State Biodiversity Board. ii) Visiting Faculty: Taught the course “Biostatics and its Applications, C8” for the MA (Ecology, Environment and Sustainable Development) programme for the period from February through May 2017 in Tata Institute of Social Science, Guwahati Campus. iii) Selected as one of the nominees in the Governing Council (GC) of Salim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History (SACON) by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change with the approval of competent authority for a period of three years (2017-2020).

DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS Prof. Niranjan Roy Invited talk/keynote address/delivered special talk: Delivered a special talk in GC College on the occasion of National Education Day on 11th November, 2016. Attended/participated in any programme (without paper presentation): Participated in National Workshop for Review and Revision of Assessment Criteria, Manuals and Guidelines” during 22-23 February, 2017 organised by NAAC, Bengaluru. Resource person: i) “Economic Policies and Financing Higher Education in India” delivered on 08/12/16 in the Orientation Programme in Planning and Management of College Teachers organized by NUPEA in collaboration with the Department of Education, Assam University. ii) “Challenges of Higher Education in North East India” delivered on 09/12/16 in the Orientation Programme in Planning and Management of College Teachers organized by NUPEA in collaboration with the Department of Education, Assam University. iii) “Lessons from CPR Dependent Economy of North East India” delivered on 07/03/2016 in the in the School on Advanced Econometric Methods And Their Applications organized by ISI Kolkata in association with the department of Economics, Assam University. Invited talk/keynote address/delivered special talk: Delivered a special talk in G C College on the occasion of National Education Day on 11th November, 2016.

Prof. Sumanash Dutta Chairing session/chief guest/special guest: International Seminar on Economic Dependence among Northeast Indian States Organized by Department of Economics, AUS and sponsored by ICSSR, New Delhi, 7th and 8th Nov, 2016 Any other: Acted as Chairperson of National Seminar on “Right to Freedom of Speech and Expression: A Legal and Constitutional Contour” Organized by Assam University, Silchar and sponsored by ICSSR, New Delhi on 17th and 18th Nov, 2016.

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Prof. Alok Sen Invited talk/keynote address/delivered special talk: Delivered Special talk on “Economic Development of Barak Valley: Problems and Prospects” in the 27th Session of Barak Banga Sahitya O Sanskriti Samyelon” on 29th January2017. Chairing session/chief guest/special guest: Chaired A Session in the Two-Day International Seminar (ICSSR Sponsored) on ‘Economic Dependence of Northeast India and its Bordering Nations” on 9th November 2016, in the Department of Economics, Assam University, Silchar. Resource person: Speaker in a One –Day UGC Sponsored Seminar on “Rural Re-construction in India: Problems and Practices” at Women’s College, Calcutta-3, West Bengal, on 2nd December 2016 on “Reconstruction of Rural India: Translating Resource Use into Human Well-being and Gender Equity in a Finite World.” Any other: i) Panelist in the ‘Union Budget-2017’ discussion of Delhi Doodarshan, Kendra, Silchar on Ist February2017 ii) Panelist in the discussion on “Transaction Through Digital Modes Towards Less Cash Economy” of Delhi Doodarshan, Kendra, Silchar on 29th November 2016. iii) Panelist in the discussion on “Recent demonetisation and Indian Economy” in the Depart of Economics, AUS, Silchar on 18th November 2016.

Dr. Avijit Debnath

Acted as co-ordinator of any programme: International Seminar on Economic Dependence of Northeast India and its Bordering Nation, FA: ICSSR, New Delhi.

Attended/participated in any programme (without paper presentation): National Workshop on “ Agrobiodeversity Conservation: Socio-Economic and Ecological Development” Jointly Organised by CEENR, ISEC, Benguluru & Department of Economics, AUS.

Resource person : Delivered a lecture on ‘Advanced Econometric Methods and Their Applications' Organised by Economic Research Unit, Indian Statistical Institute Kolkata in Association with Department of Economics Assam University, Silchar, Mar 6, 2017 to Mar 10, 2017

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Dr. R. G. Carri Resource person: Delivered a lecture on the use of Software for Qualitative Data Analysis (CAQDAS) as a resource person in a 10 days’ workshop on “Qualitative Research Methodology” organised by the Dept. of Sociology, University of Science and Technology, 9th Mile, Meghalaya on 26.09.2016.

Dr. Sreeparna Bhattacharjee

Invited talk / special Talk on "Dimensions of governance: Public and Corporate Developed course material of M. Ed 304 paper on Teacher education: Policy and Practices.

Acted as Co-ordinator of any programme International Literacy Day Programme in the department of Education on 8th November 2016.

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DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH

Prof. Dipendu Das Invited talk/keynote address/delivered special talk: Key note address: “Tracing the Trajectory of Indian English Writing: Evolving Identity”, A Two-day ICSSR Sponsored National Seminar on “(Re)reading of the Discourses in Contemporary Indian English Literature” organized by Department of English, Jhanji Hemnath Sarma College, Sivasagar, Assam Acted as co-ordinator of any programme: Sensitization Workshop on Rehabilitation of Persons with Disabilities on 28th March, 2017. Organized by Ali Yavar Jung National Institute of Speech and Hearing Disabilities {Divyangjan} & Dept. Of English, AUS. Chairing session/chief guest/special guest: i) Chaired an academic session in A Two-day ICSSR Sponsored National Seminar on “(Re) reading of the Discourses in Contemporary Indian English Literature” organized by Department of English, Jhanji Hemnath Sarma College, Sivasagar, Assam on 25th &26th February, 2017 ii) Chaired academic sessions in International Conference on “(Re)envisaging India's Northeast: Ethnicity, Identity, Culture, Literature” organized by Department of English, Assam University, Silchar, 8 & 9 September 2016

Resource person : Key note address: “Tracing the Trajectory of Indian English Writing: Evolving Identity”, A Two-day ICSSR Sponsored National Seminar on “(Re)reading of the Discourses in Contemporary Indian English Literature” Department of English, Jhanji Hemnath Sarma College, Sivasagar, Assam in collaboration with ACTA, Jhanji Hemnath Sarma College Unit on 25th &26th February, 2017. Any other: i) Editorial Board Member of Pratidhwani the Echo (A Peer Reviewed Indexed Journal of Humanities and Social Science. ISSN: 2278-5264 (online) ISSN 2321-9319 ii) Member of Review Committee of Shristi (A Peer Reviewed Journal of Women Cell, Lumding College Unit) ISSN: 2277- 6540 iii) Member of Review Committee, KIRON SASHI Journal of Women Cell (ISSN No. 2278-1919), G. C. College, Silchar

Dr. Anindya Syam Choudhury Invited talk/keynote address/delivered special talk: Delivered a plenary talk titled “Reconceptualizing Language and Language Practices in the 21st Century” in the International Conference on ‘Language, Ethnicity and Identity: 21st Century Perspectives’ held at Tinsukia College, Assam, during 11-12 February, 2017. Acted as co-ordinator of any programme: Acted as a Coordinator in the International Conference titled “(Re)envisaging India’s Northeast: Ethnicity, Identity, Culture and Literature” held at the Department of English, Assam University, Silchar, during 08-09 September, 2016 Attended/participated in any programme (without paper presentation): i) Participated in Talking Films and More: A Workshop on Film Appreciation and Criticism held at the Department of Mass Communications, Assam University, Silchar, 01-09 June, 2016 ii) Participated in a workshop titled “Dynamics of Classroom Communication: Shifting Gears (Virtual Learning)” organised by ELT@I, Assam Chapter, and Department of English, Sonapur College, Assam, at Spring Dale International School, Guwahati, on 27 September, 2016

Dr. Saugata Kumar Nath Invited talk/keynote address/delivered special talk: i) Delivered an invited talk titled “Representation of Sexual Minorities in Contemporary Indian Theatre at a

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National Workshop on Theatre Appreciation: Theory and Praxis” organised by the Department of English, Assam University, Silchar during April 11th to 17th 2016 ii) Delivered a Plenary Lecture titled “Indian English Drama through the Ages: Contentious Issues in the ICSSR sponsored National Seminar on (Re) reading of the Discourses in Contemporary Indian English Literature” organised by the Department of English, JHNS College, Sivasagar , Assam, during 25-26 February, 2017

Acted as co-ordinator of any programme: Acted as a Joint Coordinator in the International Conference on (Re)envisaging India’s Northeast: Ethnicity, Identity, Culture and Literature held at the Department of English, Assam University, Silchar, during 08-09 September, 2016

Attended/participated in any programme (without paper presentation): i) Participated in a workshop on Dynamics of Classroom Communication: Shifting Gears (Virtual Learning) organised by ELT@I, Assam Chapter, and Department of English, Sonapur College, Assam, at Spring Dale International School, Guwahati, on 27 September, 2016. ii) Participated in a workshop on Sensitization Workshop on Rehabilitation of Persons with Disabilities organised by AYJNISHD and Department of English, Assam University, Silchar on 28 March 2017. Chairing session/chief guest/special guest: i) Chaired Session at an ICSSR sponsored International Conference held at Tinsukia College during 11-12 February 2017. ii) Chaired an academic session in A Two-day ICSSR Sponsored National Seminar on (Re) reading of the Discourses in Contemporary Indian English Literature Department of English, Jhanji Hemnath Sarma College, Sivasagar, Assam on 25&26 February, 2017. Any other: Member of the Editorial Board of Pratidhwani the Echo (A Peer Reviewed Indexed Journal of Humanities and Social Science. ISSN: 2278-5264 (online) ISSN 2321-9319.

Dr. Lalthakim Hmar Attended/participated in any programme (without paper presentation): i) Seven-Day Workshop on “Theatre Appreciation: Theory & Praxis”, from April 11-17, 2016. Organized by Dept. Of English, AUS. ii) Sensitization Workshop on “Rehabilitation of Persons with Disabilities” on 28th March, 2017. Organized by Ali Yavar Jung National Institute of Speech and Hearing Disabilities {Divyangjan} & Dept. of English, AUS.

Dr. Sib Shankar Majumder Invited talk: Lecture Series on Drama & Theatre Arts in Lanka College from 16th and 18th Nov. 2016. Acted as co-ordinator of any programme: i) Lok Mela held between 4th to 6th February 2016 organized by Barak Upatyaka Loko Mancha in association with the Dept. of English, AUS ii) 7 Days Workshop on Theatre Appreciation: Theory & Praxis held between 11th to 17th of April 2016 in Dept. of English, AUS. iii) Teacher’ Day Celebration of Assam University held on 5th Sept. 2016 iv) Sensitization Workshop on Rehabilitation of Persons with Disabilities held on 28th March 2017 jointly organized by the Dept. of English, AUS and Ali Yavar Jung National Institute for Speech and Hearing Disabilities, Kolkata. Resource person : i) 7 Days Workshop on Theatre Appreciation: Theory & Praxis held between 11th to 17th of April 2016 in Dept. of English, AUS. ii) Legal Awareness Programme organized by the Ministry of Women and Child Affairs, New Delhi and Pranabananda Mahila Mahavidyalay on 15th November 2016.

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Mr. Anindya Sen Any other: i) Joint Coordinator of the National Workshop on Theatre Appreciation: Theory and Praxis organised by the Department of English, Assam University, Silchar during April 11th to 17th 2016 ii) Coordinator of Seminar cum Film Screening: The Cinema of Adoor Gopalkrishnan. Organised by the Film Club of the Department. iii) Treasurer at a Workshop on Sensitization Workshop on Rehabilitation of Persons with Disabilities organised by AYJNISHD and Department of English, Assam University, Silchar on 28 March 2017.

DEPARTMENT OF FRENCH

Dr. Indra Nil Sanyal Attended/participated in any programme (without paper presentation): Participated in 8th International Congress of AITF in Shimla From 29th March 2017 To 31st March 2017.

Dr. Amalendu Chakraborty Attended/participated in any programme (without paper presentation): Participated in Sensitization Workshop On Rehabilitation of Persons With Disabilities On 28th March 2017 Organised By (Ali Yavar Jung National Institue of Speech and Hearing Disabilities (Divyangjan) Eastern Regional Center, Kolkata (Depwd, Ministry of Social Justice And Empowerment Govt Of India And Department of English ,Assam University Silchar) Dr.Pronobesh Ranjan Chakraborty Attended/participated in any programme (without paper presentation): i) Participated in Workshop On Theatre Appreciation (Theory And Praxis) April-11-17, 2016.organised By Department Of English, Assam University, Silchar. ii) Participated in Course (Oral History And Art Of Listening) Course Number-166025f02 From 9th to 16th November, 2016 At Jadavpur University,Kolkata under G.I.A.N And M.H.R.D Collaboration. iii) Participated In Sensitization Workshop On Rehabilitation Of Persons With Disabilities On 28th March,2017 Organised By (Ali Yavar Jung National Institue Of Speech And Hearing Disabilities(Divyangjan)Eastern Regional Center,Kolkata (Depwd, Ministry Of Social Justice And Empowerment Govt Of India And Department Of English ,Assam University Silchar)

DEPARTMENT OF HINDI

Prof. Suresh Chandra

Chairing session/chief guest/special guest: Chaired academic session in three days National Seminar on “Poorvottar Bharat Ke Hindi Sahitya Mein Rashtriya Tatva” Organized by Department of Hindi, Mizoram University, Aizawl; Mizoram and Surya Sansthan, NOIDA, Uttar Pradesh on 28th March , 2017.

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Invited talk/keynote address/delivered special talk: Lecture on “Matri Bhasha Aur Hamari Jimmedari” in International Mother Tongue Day” observation programme organised by the Department of Bengali, AUS on 21st February,2017 Any other: i) Seminar Organized Two days National Seminar on the on the topic “Sahitya Aur Mulyabodh” on 23- 24 March 2017, jointly organized by Deptt of Hindi, Assam University, Silchar ,Assam. ii) Surya Sansthan, NOIDA , Uttar Pradesh conferred “ surya Anttarbharati Bhasha Samman” for distinguish work in the field of Hindi and Indian lanhuges harmony on 29th March, 2017.

Dr. Prabhat Kumar Mishra

Invited talk/keynote address/delivered special talk Delivered a special talk on ‘Role of Hindi Literature in National Development’ in 69th Conference of Hindi Sahitya Sammelan, Prayag held between 19-21 March, 2017 at NEHU, Shillong.

Acted as co-ordinator of any programme: National Co-ordinator, MOOCS on ‘Sahitya Ka Itihas Darshan’ being developed by UGC-MHRD

Chairing session/chief guest/special guest: i) National Seminar on ‘Skill Development and Youth: Prospects and Challenges in North-east India’ organised by Community College, Assam University, Silchar on 10th Feb., 2017. ii) Chaired a session in a National Seminar on ‘Sahitya aur Moolyabodh’ organised jointly by Department of Hindi, Assam University, Silchar and Womens College, Silchar on 24th March, 2017

Any other: i) Acted as a member of the Editorial Board of Research Journal ‘ISPATIKA’, ISSN 2231-4806. ii) Convenor of a sub -committee, One day National Seminar on Skill Development and Youth: Prospects and Challenges on North-East India, organized by- Community College, Assam University, Silchar on 10th February, 2017

Dr. Sheetanshu Kumar

Resource person: A One day seminar organized by Official Language Cell, Assam University on 14 Sept 2016 on the topic “Hindi ki Vaishvik Pahunch.”

Any other: Member, Organizing Committee, One day National Seminar on Skill Development and Youth: Prospects and Challenges on North-East India, organized by Community College, Assam University, Silchar on 10th February, 2017

Dr. Vedaparna Dey

Chairing session/chief guest/special guest: Co-Chairing One Session of National Seminar on “Sahitya Aur Mulya Bodh” Organised by Department of Hindi, Assam University & Women’s College Silchar 23-24 March 2017.

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DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY

Prof. Projit Kumar Palit Invited talk/keynote address/delivered special talk: i) Visiting fellow from 10th March to 17th March 2017 at the Department of Chinese Language and Culture (cheena bhavana), visva Bharati University under the Indo-China Extension Programme, During this period delivered one special lecture on Buddhist Art and Architecture in South East Asia and taking regular classes of PG students on Buddhist art in southe east Asia. ii) Deliver a Keynote lecture on Ecological Awareness : A study on early India values and society at UGC sponsored national seminar National Seminar organized by Abhedananda Maha Vidyalaya Sainthia, Birbhum, West Bengal on 5th and 6th March 2017. iii) Deliver Special Invited Lecture on Ecology and religion : A study on early India culture at UGC sponsored national seminar on Geography and Folk culture, organized by the Department of Geograph with collaboration of Gwographical society of North Bengal, Kagi Nazrul islam Maha vidyalaya, Churulia, west Bengal on March 1st and 2nd, 2017. Chairing session/chief guest/special guest: Chaired a session on Buddhism and Human values of the 6th International conference of sri Lanka Association of Buddhist studies on Theravada and Buddhaghosa : Problems of Identification Interpretation and Continuation, organized by the Buddhist and Pali University, Homagama , Sri Lanka, from 1st to 3rd July 2016.

Resource Person: Deliver lecture as a special guest on “ Buddhist Heritage site Mainamati : A religious linkage between Northeast india and Southeast Asia at UGC sponsored national seminar on Heritage and tourism in Bengal organized by the Department of History Turku Hansda Lapsa Hemram Maha Vidyalaya, Birbhum West Bengal on March 10 & 11,2017.

DEPARTMENT OF LAW

Dr. Umesh Kumar

Chairing session / chief guest / special guest i) Co-Chaired technical session in National Seminar on Right to Freedom of Speech and Expression: A Legal and Constitutional Contour organised by Assam University, Silchar, sponsored by ICSSR, on 17-18th November, 2016. ii) Co-Chaired Technical session Media & Entertainment Industry: Prospects & Challenges in UGC sponsored National Seminar on Skill Development and Youth: Prospects and Challenges in North-east India organised by Community College, Assam University, Silchar on 10th February, 2017.

Acted as co-ordinator of any programme: Legal awareness Programme held on 22nd November, 2016 at Chotto Barjolenga.

Attended / participated in any programme (without paper presentation): Awareness Programme on ORGAN DONATION organised by Health Centre, Assam University, Silchar on 27th November, 2016.

Any other: NET Observer for CBSE-NET July, 2016 and January, 2017

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Dr. Partha Pratim Paul

Invited talk / keynote address / delivered special talk: Right to worship in public religious places: a new dimension to women’s emancipation and empowerment 11th-12th August, Cooch Behar College, Cooch Behar, West Bengal National Seminar on “Women in Society”

Acted as co-ordinator of any programme: Seminar

Any Other: Member (Nominated By Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India), Tripura University, Tripura, 10.01.2017-till date.

Dr. Priya Ranjan Kumar

Chairing session / chief guest / special guest i) Co-Chaired technical session in National Seminar on Right to Freedom of Speech and Expression: A Legal and Constitutional Contour organised by Assam University, Silchar, sponsored by ICSSR, on 17-18th November, 2016. ii) On 5-01-2017 Chaired as Chief Guest, Inaugural ceremony of “Wisdom national School”, organized by Education & Research Foundation, Central road Hailakandi. iii) Co-Chaired Technical session Media & Entertainment Industry: Prospects & Challenges in UGC sponsored National Seminar on Skill Development and Youth: Prospects and Challenges in North-east India organised by Community College, Assam University, Silchar on 10th February, 2017.

Attended / participated in any programme (without paper presentation): Awareness Programme on ORGAN DONATION organised by Health Centre, Assam University, Silchar on 27th November, 2016.

Resource Person: i) On 17-12-2016, Chaired the session as resource person, Orientation Programme for master Trainers under RTI Act, organized by District Administration of Cachar, Silchar. ii) Delivered lecture on Media Laws and Ethics, Center for Mass communication & Media, Central University of South Bihar, 28th – 29th April, 2017. iii) Chaired the session as Resource person on 10-12-2016, Human Rights Day, organized by District Legal Service Authority in Association

Dr. Amitabh Singh

Invited talk / keynote address / delivered special talk i) On 15-16 Nov 2016, at AUS Diphu Campus in Legal awareness Programme sponsored by National Commission For Women, New Delhi, organized by Deptt. of Assamesse & Deptt. of Indian Comparative Literature. ii) On 17-18 Nov 2016, at Pranabanda Womens College, Lumding, organized by AUS. iii) On 17-18 Nov 2016, at H.S.Kanoi College, Dibrugarh, organized by AUS and Chetona Sanmilita Pragitishil Nari Mancha. iv) On 28th Feb. 2017, in a programme named Save Nature Save Earth: An Interative Session from Legal perspective, organized by DLSA Silchar & Deptt. of Ecology, AUS.

Chairing session / chief guest / special guest On 17-18 Nov 2016, Sessioned Chair in Technical Session -3, at H. S. Kanoi College, Dibrugarh, organized by AUS and Chetona Sanmilita Pragitishil Nari Mancha.

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DEPARTMENT OF LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE

Dr. Manoj Kumar Sinha

Invited Talk/ Key Note Address/ Delivered Special Talk Delivered Invited Lecture on “ Role of ICT and Knowledge Institutions in Preservation of Indigenous Knowledge System in North East India for Sustainable Development of the Indigenous Societies ” In: PIKNER-2017 : Role of ICT in Preservation of Indigenous Knowledge in North Eastern Region ( Capacity Building Programme) during 15- 17 March 2017, NIT Silchar.

Chairing session/chief guest/special guest: Co-Chaired Technical Session with Dr. P.R. Goswami , Director, Library and Information Centre Division , IGNCA, New Delhi and Dr. Sudhir Kumar Jena , Librarian, Rajiv Gandhi IIM , Shillong on 2nd Day of International Conference Proceedings on Library and Information Services in Knowledge Society : Innovative , Value Added Services and Best Practices , Organised by the Department of Library and Information Science, Mizoram University, Aizawl during March 1-3 2017 at Mizoram University, Aizawl.

Any Other: i) Served as a Member of School Board of School of Economics, Management and Information Science (SEMIS) , Mizoram University, Aizawl and Attended School Board Meeting of SEMIS , Mizoram University, Aizawl on April 22, 2016 as an External Subject Expert Member ii) Nominated as Members of the Organising Committee for 2nd National Conference Library Information Science & Information Technology for Education (NCITE’2016 ) Organised by Modern Rohini Education Society , New Delhi, 2016 , 433 P. ( ISBN: 978-1-63102-470-2) (Print and Online ) ( http://www.rtmonline.in ). iii) Acted as One of the Editors of the Proceedings of for 2nd National Conference Library Information Science & Information Technology for Education (NCITE’2016 ) included in Special Issue in International Journal and Development in Technology & Management Science-Kailash , 22 ( 6) ,2016. ) (Eds: Anil Kumar Jharotia, Deepak Srivastava, Vaibhav Bansal , Rahul Mittal , Mange Ram and Manoj Kumar Sinha),Organised by Modern Rohini Education Society , New Delhi, 2016 , 433 P. ( ISBN: 978-1-63102- 470-2) (Print and Online ) ( http://www.rtmonline.in ). iv) Nominated and Acted as Rapporteur General for the 10th Convention PLANNER-2016 (Promotion of Library Automation and Networking in North eastern Region) on the Theme : “Disruptive Innovation for Libraries : Adopt , Adapt and Evolve” Organised jointly by INFLIBNET Centre, Gandhinagar in collaboration with Central Library , NEHU , Shillong , Meghalaya during November 9-11, 2016. v) Compiled , Edited and Presented A Report on the Proceedings of the Three Day 10th Convention PLANNER- 2016 : Disruptive Innovations for Libraries : Adopt, Adapt and Evolve , jointly organised by INFLIBNET Centre, Gandhinagar, Gujarat and North Eastern Hill University , Shillong, Meghalaya during 09-11 November 2016 ( Eds: Jagdish Arora … et.al. ) INFLIBNET Centre, Gnadhinagar, 2016 vi) Nominated as a Member of International Online Conference ICCLIST-17 in “Advisory Committee/Organizing Committee” of 2nd International Conference on “ Contemporary Innovations in Conjugative Management Library , Social Sciences and Technology for Virtual World ( ICCLIST’17 to be organised on Sunday January 15, 2017 (http://www.icclist17.rtmonline.in/index.php?linkName=ac.php) vii) Awarded Achievers Award for presented and published paper on “Prospects of Using Wireless and Mobile Technologies in Managing Modern Library Services : Issues and Challenges” International Online Conference ICCLIST-17 in “Advisory Committee/Organizing Committee” of 2nd International Conference on “ Contemporary Innovations in Conjugative Management Library , Social Sciences and Technology for Virtual World ( ICCLIST’17” organised by MRES, New Delhi on Sunday January 15, 2017 (http://www.icclist17.rtmonline.in/index.php?linkName=ac.php) ( http://www.rtmonline.in ). viii) Nominated as V C’s Nominee for Ph.D. Viva-Voce Examinations for the Dept of Education, Assam University, Silchar to conduct Viva –Voce of Sri R.D. Rabha for his Ph.D. Thesis entitled “Library Services in College Libraries of Assam: A Comparative Study” vide letter no. AUA/PHD/RDR/1191 dated 26/-7/2016 ix) Nominated as V C’s Nominee for Ph.D. Viva-Voce Examinations for the Dept of Mass Communication, Assam University, Silchar to conduct Viva –Voce of Irene Lalruatkimi for her Ph.D. Thesis vide Letter No. AU/ANTSCACS/Ph.D.-Viva/16/197 dated 1/08/2016.

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Annual Report 2016-17 x) Nominated as V C’s Nominee for Pre-Submission Seminar Presentation for Ph.D. Thesis for the Dept of Law , Assam University, Silchar to conduct Pre-Submission Seminar of Mr Zubair Ahmed and other Progress Report Seminar for Ph D Scholars vide letter no. AU/Law/HoD/33/2016/87 dated 16/08/2016 xi) Nominated as Subject Expert for M Phil/ Ph D Pres-Submission Seminar presentation for the Dept of Mass Communication , Assam University, Silchar vide Notice No. AU/MC/NOTICE/2015/ dated 27th July 2016 for Deeporjee Chakaraborty (M Phil and Ms Nandini Deb (Ph.D) xii) Nominated as Member of Departmental Research Committee in the Dept of Mass Communication and attended Meetings on 23rd March 2016 vide Notification No. AU/MC/DRC/Notice/16/3935 dated March 14, 2016 xiii) Nominated as Member of BPGS in Mass Communication and attended meeting on 5th September 2016 to discuss the agenda itesm related to M Phil and Ph D programmes vide Notice No. AU/MC/BPGS/16/9113 dated 09/08/2016. xiv) Nominated as V C’s Nominee - Subject Expert for Departmental Promotion Committee (DPC) of Librarian in Janta College , Kabuganj Vide letter No. AUD-22/2015 (II)/ dated 29th July 2016-08-21 xv) Nominated as Judge by the Hon’ble Vice-Chancellor as V C’s Nominee for the Ex-tempore Speech and Fancy Dress Competition in the Independence Day Fortnight Celebration organised by Assam University, Silchar on 23rd August 2016. xvi) Nominated by the Hon’ble Vice-Chancellor , AUS as Member of Selection Committee for the selection of Junior Consultants in the Dept of Business Administration , Assam University, Silchar on 24/08/2016 issued vide letter no. MBA/JNSMS/59/ dated August 23, 2016. xvii) Appointed as Moderator of Second Semester Papers of B.Lib.I, Sc. Of Dept of Library and Information Science, Tripura University, Agartala to attend Moderation Committee Meeting on 25/04/2017. xviii) Appointed as Moderator of Second Semester Papers of B.Lib.I, Sc. Of Dept of Library and Information Science, Tripura University, Agartala to attend Moderation Committee Meeting on 25/04/2017. xix) Chairman and Member of 30th Departmental Affairs Committee and attended meeting on 01/08/2016 as a Chairman and as a Member vide Notice No. AU/DLIS/107/7297-7305 dated 27/07/2016. xx) Chairman and Member of 12th Departmental Admission Committee and attended meeting on 21/07/2016 as a Chairman and as a Member vide Notice No. AU/DLIS/132/2010/ 7276-85 dated 20/07/2016. xxi) Chairman and Member of 12th Departmental Admission Committee and attended meeting on 01/08/2016 as a Chairman and as a Member vide Notice No. AU/DLIS/132/7306-14 dated 27/07/2016. xxii) Appointed as Chairman and Member of Board of Post-Graduate Studies in the Dept of Library and Information Science vide Notification No. AUK-212/19/2007/ dated 20th July 2016. xxiii) Attended 15th BPGS Meeting in Library and Information Science on 6th September 2016 vide Notification No. AU/DLIS/115/2010/7360-73 dated 18th August 2016 xxiv) Appointed as Member of Board of Post-Graduate Studies in the Dept of Mass Communication vide Notification No. AUK-212/19/2007/ dated ------. xxv) Acted as Invigilator in the Dept of Library and Information Science , Assam University, Silchar for P G Admission 2016-17 Vide Office Order No. AU/DLIS/214/2015/7262-74 dated 18/07/2016. xxvi) Appointed as Ph.D. Thesis Examiner for evaluating Ph.D. Thesis of Sri Sudip Bhattacharjee , Research Scholar , Dept of Library and Information Science, Assam University, Silchar on the topic entitled “Information Needs and Information Seeking Behaviour Among Scientific Community in Digital Era : A Study of University Library Users in Assam State” submitted to Assam University, Silchar for evaluation. Vide Letter No. AUE/PHD/SB /1344 date 26/05/2016 xxvii) Appointed as Ph.D. Thesis Examiner for evaluating Ph.D. Thesis of Ms Sucheta Bhattacharjee , Research Scholar , Dept of Library and Information Science, Assam University, Silchar on the topic entitled “Usage of E-Resources in University Libraries of Assam: A Comparative Study.” submitted to Assam University, Silchar for evaluation. Vide Letter No. AUE/PHD/SB /1343 date 26/05/2016 xxviii) Appointed as Ph.D. Thesis Examiner for evaluating Ph.D. Thesis of Sri Nawal Kishor Manoj , Research Scholar , Dept of Library and Information Science, Assam University, Silchar on the topic entitled “Status of Collection Development and ICT application in Libraries of Higher Educational Institutions of Sikkim : A Study.” submitted to Assam University, Silchar for evaluation. Vide Letter No. AUE/PHD/NKM/------date - ---- xxix) Appointed as Ph.D. Thesis Examiner for evaluating M Phil Dissertation of Ms Sangita Yadav , Research Scholar , Dept of Library and Information Science, Assam University, Silchar on the topic entitled “Status of Print Media Libraries of Silchar and Guwahati : A Study” submitted to Assam University, Silchar for evaluation. Vide Letter No. AUE/M Phil /01 /12 date 01/08/2016.

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Annual Report 2016-17 xxx) Appointed as Ph.D. Thesis Examiner for evaluating Ph.D. Thesis of Sri Ram Kumar Pathak , Research Scholar , Dept of Library and Information Science, Assam University, Silchar on the topic entitled “Status of Collection Development and ICT application in Libraries of Higher Educational Institutions of Sikkim : A Study.” submitted to Assam University, Silchar for evaluation. Vide Letter No. AUE/PHD/RKP/------date -- ---

Membership of Professional Organisations/ Associations: i) Scientific Society of Advanced Research and Social Change (SSARSC) granted Fellow Membership to Dr. Manoj Kumar Sinha who has been admitted as the Life Member of Scientific Society of Advanced Research and Social Change ( SSARSC) in the year 2015. The Membership No. is F -69 ii) Became Life Member of Modern Rohini Education Society: Knowledge Beyond Limit, New Delhi (Registered under Societies of Registration Act XII of 1860) in January 2016.

Sri Nabin Chandra Dey i) Nominated as V C’s Nominee - Subject Expert for Departmental Promotion Committee (DPC) of Librarian in Janta College, Kabuganj Vide memo: JCK/Apptt/2016/343 dated 22.11.2016. ii) Appointed as Paper Setter of BLIS Second Semester Examination of Department of Library and Information Science, Tripura University, Agartala vide letter no. F.TU/COE/02/BLIS/16 dated 21/03/2017.

DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCE Prof Sanjib Kumar Panda Invited talk/keynote address/delivered special talk: i) Delivered Keynote Lecture on Plant Biotechnology in International Conference, IKUSTAR,2016, 2-4 June, Kasetsart University, Bangkok, Thailand ii) Delivered invited lecture on R & D, Science & Enterpreneurship in the MBA Department, FDP programme, 23 Dec.,2016 iii) Delivered Lecture on Plant Biotechnology on March 7,2017 at Institute of Plant Biotechnology, Stellenbosch University, South Africa iv) Delivered lecture on Science Innovation in the NE Life Science Research Meet, March 2016, Assam University, Silchar v) Delivered invited lecture on Agrobiodiversity Conservation in the National Workshop on Agrobiodiversity Conservation, Assam University, Silchar Acted as co-ordinator of any programme: i) Coordinator, MHRD GIAN Programme, 26-30 July, 2016, Department of Life Science & Bioinformatics, Assam University, Silchar ii) Joint Organizer, International Conference on “ Plant Biotechnology for Crop Improvement, IIT Guwahati, Jan 20-22, 2017. iii) Organizing Secretary, International Conference on Functional Plant Biology, 23 Jan, 2017, Assam University, Silchar iv) Coordinator, NE Spring School on Genetic analysis of Complex Traits organised in collaboration with ISI, Kolkata, 23-24 March, 2017. Chairing session/chief guest/special guest: Chaired two sessions in the International Conference on Plant Biotechnology for Crop Improvement, Jan 20-22, IIT, Guwahati

Prof. Manabendra Dutta Choudhury

Invited talk/keynote address/delivered special talk: i) Delivered Invited Lecture on IPR in National Conference organized by Assam University, Diphu Campus on 22 Nov. 2016

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Acted as co-ordinator of any programme: i) As Chairman , Organized International Conference on Contemporary Antimicrobial Research from 14-17 Nov.2016. ii) As Coordinator Organized workshop on MD Simulation from 18-22 Oct 2016 iii) As Coordinator Organized workshop on Gene Network Analysis from 2-4 Nov.2016 iv) As Coordinator, UGC SAP ( DRS-II), organized North East Research Scholar Meet from 17-18 March 2017

Resource person: i) Delivered lecture on ADMETox in S.S.College on 24/3/2017 ii) Delivered lecture on commercializing researches in G.C college on 28/02/17. iii) Delivered lecture on ADMETox in Karimganj College on 22/2/2017. iv) Delivered lecture on IPR in S.S.College on 17/12/2016

Any other: i) Attended DeLCON meeting as Nodal Officer in Thiruvananthapuram on 2nd Sept 2016. ii) As convenor, Programme Organizing Committee organized “UtsavJyotirgomoyo” – 24th Foundation Day Celebration of Assam University from 21-26 January 2017 iii) As Chairman of Alumni Association, organized first Alumni meet of the university on 23rd January 2017. iv) As coordinator of Bioinformatics Centre attended BTISNet meeting of DBT, Govt of India in Mumbai from 2- 3 Febraury 2017. v) As coordinator of Bioinformatics Centre attended NEBINet meeting of DBT, Govt of India in Tezpur University from 18-19 January 2017.

Dr. Meenakshi Bawari Attended/participated in any programme (without paper presentation): North-East Spring School on Genetic Analyses of Complex Traits ,March 23-24, 2017, Organized by Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata & Assam University,Silchar.

Dr. S. R. Choudhury Attended/participated in any programme (without paper presentation): i) Workshop on Capacity building in grant writing skills and effective management of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) in Biotechnology by universities and research institutions in the North East Region; BCIL, DBT, Govt. of India and Assam Agricultural University, Khanapara, Guwahati; December 28-30, 2016 ii) Workshop on Herpetological Studies, Assam University, Silchar, February 27-28, 2017 iii) Spring School on Genetic Analysis of Complex Traits, Assam University, Silchar, March 23-24, 2017

Any Other Participated in Refresher Course on “Recent Trends in Life Sciences”, UGC Human Resource Development Centre, Jadavpur University, Kolkata

Dr Suchismita Das

Attended/participated in any programme (without paper presentation): i) Soil and Water Sciences Distinguished Speaker Seminar organized by SWS Department, IFAS, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA (21/04/2016) ii) Soil and Water Sciences Distinguished Speaker Seminar organized by SWS Department, IFAS, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA (15/09/2016) iii) Soil and Water Sciences Invited Speaker Seminar organized by SWS Department, IFAS, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA (29/08/2016)

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Dr. Himanshu Kishore Prasad

Invited talk/keynote address/delivered special talk: DBT Sponsored workshop on “ Some Modern Techniques in Molecular Biology & Bioinformatics at Institutional Biotech Hub, Karimganj College, 22.02.2017

Acted as co-ordinator of any programme: Joint Organizing Secretary, International Conference on Functional Plant Biology, 2017, Deptt. Life Science& Bioinformatics

Any other: i) Acted as Rapporteur in Resistance Mechanism” on 15.11.2016 in the International Conference on Contemporary, Antimicrobial Research 2016. ii) Acted as a delegate and Rapporteur in MICRON-2016, Dept. Microbiology, Assam University, December 29-30, 2016

Dr. Debjyoti Bhattacharyya

Attended/participated in any programme (without paper presentation): Participated in the "Botanical Nomenclature Course" (short term training course) organized by Botanical Survey of India, Govt. of India at Pune from 9 - 12 February 2017.

Dr. Anupam Das Talukdar

Acted as co-ordinator of any programme: i) Convenor, ICCAR -2016 , , Organized International Conference on Contemporary Antimicrobial Research from 14-17 Nov.2016. ii) Regional Research Scholars’ Meet 2017, Organised by:Department of Life Science and Bioinformatics, Assam University, Silchar

Attended/participated in any programme (without paper presentation): i) Functional genomics for plant abiotic stress tolerance in GIAN, Organised by: Department of Life Science and Bioinformatics, Assam University, Silchar ii) Genetic analysis of complex traits, Organised by: ISI, Kolkata and Department of Life Science and Bioinformatics, Assam University, Silchar iii) MICRON, 2016, Organised by: Department of Microbiology, Assam University, Silchar

Resource person : Molecular Dynamics simulation in drug designing, Organised by: Bioinformatics centre, Assam University, Silchar

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Any other: i) Course Co-ordinator, Organised by: Molecular Dynamics simulation in drug designing, Bioinformatics centre, Assam University, Silchar ii) Rapporteur in MICRON-2016, Dept. Microbiology, Assam University, December 29-30, 2016

Dr. Anupom Borah Invited talk/keynote address/delivered special talk: Invited talk: “Ayurvedic formulation in the treatment of Parkinson’s disease: An old wine in new bottle” in “Recent advances and scope in herbal technology: Challenges and prospects” 09-10, September, 2016 at Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Assam University, Silchar.

DEPARTMENT OF MANIPURI

Prof. W. Raghumani Singh

Invited talk/keynote address/delivered special talk: Acted as Moderator on one day symposium, Folknarratives and Contemporary Manipuri Literature, 1st Academic Session in the Assam University

Prof. N. Saratchandra Singh

Invited talk/keynote address/delivered special talk: Acted as Moderator on one day symposium, Folknarratives and Contemporary Manipuri Literature, 2nd Academic Session in the Assam University

Prof. H. Nani Kumar Singha

Invited talk/keynote address/delivered special talk: Delivered a lecture on Manipuri Folklore in the departmental seminar Cachar College, Silchar, Org. by Department of Manipuri on 8th February 2017.

Chairing session/chief guest/special guest: In the chair Annual Conference of Manipuri Kala Academy, Udharbond 1st Session 28th March 2017

Resource person: Presented a paper and as resource person in the seminaron Folklore : Tellings and Retellings organised by Sahitya Akademy, New Delhi from 24th to 26th February 2017

Dr. H. Rajmani Singha

Acted as co-ordinator of any programme: Act as joint Co-ordinator of one day symposium on Folknarratives and Contemporary Manipuri Literature, 5th October 2016 at Assam University, Silchar

Attended/participated in any programme (without paper presentation): Participated in Annual Conference of Manipuri Sahitya Parishad Assam.

Acted as co-ordinator of any programme: Acted as joint Co-ordinator of one day symposium on Folknarratives and Contemporary Manipuri Literature, 5th October 2016 at Assam University, Silchar

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DEPARTMENT OF MASS COMMUNICATION

Prof. G.P. Pandey

Invited talk/keynote address/delivered special talk: Invited and delivered key note address to many University, and Department.

Attended/participated in any programme (without paper presentation): Participated in International Seminar on Economic Development of Northeast India and Its Bordering Nations organized by Dept. of Economic, Assam University, Silchar held on 8-9 November, 2016

Chairing Session/chief guest/special guest: i) Participated and Chaired a technical session in National Seminar on Communication Education 3.0: Synergzing Technology and Development organized by Dept. Of Mass Communication, Assam University, Silchar, March 25- 26, 2017. ii) Chaired a technical session on “Freedom of Press” in ICSSR sponsored National Seminar on Right to Freedom of Speech and Expression: A Legal and Constitutional Contour organized by Assam University, Silchar, March 2017. iii) Participated and Chaired a technical session in International Seminar on Youth Convention on Digitalization and Rural Development in Northeast India: Issues, Challenges and Way Forward organized by Dept. Of Social Work and Bangladesh Studies, Assam University, Silchar held on 13-15 February, 2017. iv) Acted as Chairman of programme: Talking Films and More: A Workshop on Film Appreciation and Criticism, organized by the Department of Mass Communication., Assam University, June 1 to 9, 2016.

Resource person: i) Acted as External Member in order to finalise PG Syllabus of South Bihar Central University, Patna in the Month of February, 2017

Any other: Acted as the Chairman for restructuring and preparing new Syllabus of UG course in Journalism & Mass Communication of Assam University.

Dr. Charvak

Invited talk/keynote address/delivered special talk: i) Invited Talk presented in the Birthday celebrations of Swamy Vivekananda organized by Swamy Vivekananda Vidyalaya, Silchar. ii) Invited Talk presented on Demonetization, organized by Bharat Vikash Parishad, Silchar.

Acted as co-ordinator of any programme: i) Talking Films and More: A Workshop on Film Appreciation and Criticism, organized by the Department of Mass Communication., Assam University, June 1 to 9, 2016. ii) Symphony and Soul: An Interaction with Sahana Bajpaie, SOAS, University of London and Samantak Sinha, Former Charles Wallace Scholar and Performer, organized by Assam University on August 16, 2016, in Bipin Chandra Paul Milanayatan.

Paper Presentation: i) “Mediatization of Endangered Languages and All India Radio in the Northeast India” joint-paper with Tanmoy Chakraborty presented in National Seminar on ‘THE SILENCE OF DYING VOICES: Literatures on the verge of extinction in India’s North-East and the World’; organized by Department of English, Tripura University, Agartala. July,4-5, 2016. ii) “In Search of An Identity within a contested cultural Space: Exploring the Contemporary Bengali Cultural Movement of Barak Valley, South Assam”, joint paper presented with Amrita Bhowmik in the International conference on ‘(Re)Envisaging India’s North East: Ethnicity, Identity, Culture and Literature” organized by Department of English, Assam University, Silchar on 08-09 September, 2016.

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Attended/participated in any programme (without paper presentation): Workshop on “Application of Statistics in Social Sciences” organized by Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, and Assam University, Silchar. 22-31 August, 2016.

Chairing session/chief guest/special guest: i) Acted as Moderator in an Exhibition Debate on Demonetization Organised by Bharat VikashParishad. ii) Chief Guest in The Programme Commemorating Birthday of Swamy Vivekananda, Swamy Vivekananda Vidyalaya, Silchar.

Resource person: i) Acted as External Examiner for Practical Examinations of PG – TripuraUniversity.

Any other: i) Awarded a Research Project as the Project Director by ICSSR, New Delhi, under the Sponsored Research Project category on Identity, Middle Class Protest and Social Media. ii) Acted as the Coordinator for restructuring and preparing new Syllabus of UG course in Journalism & Mass Communication of Assam University.

Dr. Syed Murtaza Alfarid Hussain

Acted as Co-ordinator of any programme:

Coordinator of National Seminar on ‘Skill Development and Youth: Prospects and Challenges in North East India,’ organized by CDC, Assam University on February 10, 2017.

Chairing Session/chief guest/special guest: Co-Chaired a technical session at the National seminar on ‘Skill Development and Youth: Prospects and Challenges in North East India,’ organized by CDC, Assam University on February 10, 2017.

Resource person: i) Invited as a resource person to the Department of Mass Communication and Journalism, Tezpur University to conduct NET special classes on Communication Theories and Models on November 4-6, 2016. ii) Invited as a resource person for syllabus design of under graduate and post graduate courses at the department of Mass Communication, Rajiv Gandhi University, Arunachal Pradesh

Any other: i) Directed a documentary film on Asha community health workers in collaboration with the National Health Mission, Cachar district, Assam in March 2017. ii) Directed a documentary film on Assam University for the foundation day celebrations on January 21, 2017.

Dr. Ayesha Tahera Rashid

Attended/participated in any programme (without paper presentation): Invited by NRHM, Cachar district to conduct awareness campaign through folk media in tea gardens of Cachar, 2017

Resource person: i) Member of International Visual Sociology Association (IVSA) ii) Member of All India Communication and Media Association (AICMA), New Delhi, India

Dr. Paromita Das

Acted as co-ordinator of any programme: National Seminar On Skill Development And Youth: Prospects And Challenges In North-East India (15 February, 2017), Organized by Community college, Assam University, Silchar.

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Chairing session/chief guest/special guest: Co-chaired sessions in national seminar on Skill development and youth: prospects and challenges in north-east India (15 February, 2017), organized by Community College, Assam University, Silchar

Any other: Member Organising Commmittee, National Seminar on ICT, Knowledge Society and Sanskrit, organised by Dept. of Sanskrit and Dept. of Mass Communication, Assam University, Silchar on 11th and 12th of March 2016.

Dr. Raghavendra Mishra

Acted as coordinator of any programme: i) National seminar on Skill Development and Youth: Challenges and Prospects in North-east India, org. by Community College, AUS

Chairing session/chief guest/special guest: Co-chaired a technical session in national seminar on Literature and Value Perception organized by Department of Hindi, AUS and Women’s College, Silchar, organized on 23-24 March 2017

Resource person: i) Resource Person in workshop on Generic Skills/Competency Development, 28 & 29/07/16, organized by Centre for Coaching and Training for Entry into Services in Association with Department of Law, Assam University, Silchar. ii) In the National seminar on Hindi ki Vaishwik Pahunch, organized by Hindi Cell on 14/09/17

DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS

Dr. N. Jiban Singha

Invited talk/key note address/deliver special talk: Delivered talks on Topology on 14th March, 2017 as a Resource Person in the One week Workshop on Undergraduate Mathematics, March, 14-18, 2017 at the Dept. Of Mathematics, SS College, Hailakandi.

Naba Kanta Sharma

Acted as Co-ordinator/chairing session/chief guest/special: i) Acted as tutor in the NBHM sponsored Annual Foundation School-I at IIT Guwahati during 1-28 December, 2016 ii) Acted as Joint Secretary in the National Conference “Recent Trends in Mathematics Science (RTMS-2017)at Assam University, Silchar during 24-26 March, 2017

Attended/participate in any programme: Attended refresher course in Mathematics at University of Hyderabad during 14th Sept, 2016 to 4th Oct, 2016

Dr. Uday Shankar Chakraborty

Invited talk/key note address/deliver special talk: Delivered an invited talk on Real Analysis in “Two day invited lectures on Undergraduate Mathematics” at Dept. Of Mathematics, S.S. College, Hailakandi on 22nd March, 2017

Acted as Co-ordinator/chairing session/chief guest/special guest/tutor: Acted as a Resource Person in “one day Workshop on Mathematics Olympiad at Jiribam Higher Secondary School on 7th July, 2016

Attended/participate in any programme: i) Attended Annual Foundation School (AFS-I) at IIT, Guwahati during 1st -28th December, 2016. ii) Participated in a three-day National Conference Recent Trends in Mathematical Sciences (RTMS-2017)during 24th -26th March, 2017

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DEPARTMENT OF MICROBIOLOGY

Prof. Piyush Pandey

Invited talk/ Keynote address / delivered special talk: i) Invited talk - 57th Annual Conference of Association of Microbiologists of India, Guwahati (24-27 Nov, 2016) ii) Keynote address - DBT sponsored workshop on "Some modern Techniques in Plant Sciences" (21-25 March, 2017) Karimganj College.

Acted as coordinator of any programme: Organizing President, MICRON -2016, 29-30 December 2016

Attended/participated in any programme (without paper presentation): i) Attended Workshop on Gene Network Analysis (2-4th Nov, 2016), DBT-BIF AUS. ii) Attended workshop on Urkund and Mendley, 7th Nov, 2016, AUS.

Chairing session/chief guest/special guest: i) Chaired session: UGC Sponsered National seminar on Skill Development and Youth: Prospects and challenges in North-east India, organized by Community college, Assam University. 10 feb 2017. ii) Chaired Session in ICCAR-2016, Assam University (14-17 Nov, 2016) iii) Chief Guest, Inaugural Session, DBT sponsored workshop on "Some modern Techniques in Plant Sciences" (21- 25 March , 2017) Karimganj College.

Resource person: Invited talk at Shizuoka University, Japan

Dr. Indu Sharma

Acted as co-ordinator of any programme: National conference on Micron 2016 (29-30 Dec’16)

Dr. Amitabha Bhattacharjee

Acted as coordinator of any programme: Organising Secretary, International Conference on Contemporary Antimicrobial Research 2016, 14-17 November 2016 Convenor, MICRON -2016, 29-30 December 2016

Chairing session/chief guest/special guest: Chairman in NE Meet 2017, 17-18 March 2017

Resource person: i) Hands on training on isolation of bacterial genomic DNA and detection of target gene present in DNA using PCR technique, September 17-21, 2016 by Biotech Hub, Cachar College ii) Some modern techniques in Microbiology and Immunology, 26th February-2nd March 2017 at Karimganj College iii) Hands on training on Microbiological culture techniques and biochemical analysis of bacteria, March 18-22, 2017, Cachar College.

DEPARTMENT OF PHARMACUTICAL SCIENCE

Prof. Sanjib Das

Chairing session/chief guest/special guest: Chaired a technical session on the national seminar entitled “Recent Advances And Scope In Herbal Technology: Challenges And Prospect”

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Dr. Supratim Ray

Chairing session/chief guest/special guest: Chaired a technical session on the national seminar entitled “Recent Advances And Scope In Herbal Technology: Challenges And Prospect”

Mr. Abhishek Bhattacharjee

Chairing session/chief guest/special guest: Chaired a technical session on the national seminar entitled “Recent Advances And Scope In Herbal Technology: Challenges And Prospect”

Dr. Nirupam Das

Chairing session/chief guest/special guest: Chaired a technical session on the national seminar entitled “Recent Advances And Scope In Herbal Technology: Challenges And Prospect”

Dr. Lalduhsanga Pachuau

Chairing session/chief guest/special guest: Chaired a technical session on the national seminar entitled “Recent Advances And Scope In Herbal Technology: Challenges And Prospect”

Dr. Partha Palit

Invited talk/keynote address/delivered special talk: Delivered two Invited talks at BCDA College of Pharmacy and Technology, Kolkata

Acted as co-ordinator of any programme: Co-ordinator of the national seminar entitled “Recent Advances And Scope In Herbal Technology: Challenges And Prospect.”

Chairing session/chief guest/special guest: Chaired a technical session on the national seminar entitled “Recent Advances And Scope In Herbal Technology: Challenges And Prospect”

DEPARTMENT OF PHYLOSOPHY

Prof Adarasupally Nataraju

Invited talk/keynote address/delivered special talk: Delivered invitational Lecture, “Svarupa Laksana and Tatastha Laksana of Brahman: A spiritual Journey in Contemplating and Realizing Svaprakasatva of Suddha Chaitanya”, International Spiritual Conference, The Divine Life Society, Rishikesh, 18-22 September, 2016 Acted as co-ordinator of any programme: Organised a National Seminar on “Towards a better understanding of Indian Ethics & Religion” 27th – 29th March, 2017. Under UGC- SAP Program.

Prof. Subhra Nag

Chairing session/chief guest/special guest: i) Chaired a Technical Session in National seminar (ICPR sponsored) on Teaching of Indian Philosophy in North East India 15th-17th June 2016, organized by Department of Philosophy, NEHU Shillong.

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Prof. Nirmali Barman

Chairing session/chief guest/special guest: Chaired a Session in UGC-SAP-DRS sponsored National Seminar on Towards a better understanding of Indian Ethics & Religion, 27th – 29th March, 2017, Organized by Department of Philosophy, AUS.

Dr. Pius V.T.

Invited talk/keynote address/delivered special talk: Cosmopolitanism: Legality and Ethicality, ICPR National Level Special Lecture, Delivered at the Dept. of Philosophy, Govt. College for Woman, TVM, Kerala, On 10th January, 2017.

Munmun Chakraborty

Acted as co-ordinator of any programme: Deputy Co-ordinator “Towards a better understanding of Indian Ethics & Religion” 27th – 29th March, 2017.under UGC-SAP Program Department of Philosophy, AUS.

Attended/participated in any programme (without paper presentation): i) ICPR Workshop on ‘’Husserl’s Texts” 17th to 25th April 2017, New Delhi ii) Workshop on “Gender Sensitization” Department of Philosophy, November 2016.

DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS Prof. Asoke Kumar Sen

Invited talk/keynote address/delivered special talk: i) ‘On some recent Problems in Astrophysics’ – as a distinguished scientist of the country , in the ‘Meet the scientists programme’ organised by Center of Plasma Physics ( Department of Atomic Energy), Guwahati as part of their silver jubilee celebration in Guwahati 0n 21 April 2017 ii) ‘On cometary grains’- at School Physical Science, JNU, Delhi, on 18 May, 2017 iii) ‘A model to generate porous dust particles and its application cometary polarimetry’- at Nishi Harima observatory ( Hyogo University, Japan) on 22 March, 2017

Popular Lectures: In the State level programme sponsored by Assam Science Technology Council i) At Swarna Laxmi School, Narsingpur,Cachar Dist (11 June), ii) At Badarpur public High School, Karimganj Dist (08 Sept) iii) At Indrakumari Girls H S School and Blue Flower High School Hailakandi Dist (08 Sep)

Resource person: ‘On our solar system and comets’ -07 Jul, 2016 –talk delivered at DST-Inspire programme at NIT, Silchar

Any Other: Attended the National Advisory Committee meeting of e-Shodh Shindhu Project’ as a member on 02 September, 2016.

Dr Atri Deshamukhya

Recourse Person: Delivered lectures in 'Meet the Physicists at your doorstep' a lecture cum interaction program for undergraduate students during Nov 11-12, 2016 at St. Anthony College, Shillong.

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Attended/participated in any programme (without paper presentation): (i) Participated in the Workshop on URKUND & MENDLEY organised by Rabindra Library, Assam University on 7th November, 2016. (ii) Attended PANE conference at Shillong during November 10-13, 2016 (iii) Attended ‘Author Workshop’ jointly organized by Springer Nature and NIT, Silchar on February 21, 2017

Dr B Indrajit Sharma

Invited talk: “Basic concepts of Density Functional Theory: Electronic structure calculation” in Condensed Matter Days (MDAYS)-2016 National Conference during 29th-31st August, 2016 organised by Department of Physics, Mizoram University Chairing session: in the Technical Session No.X during CMDAYS-2016 National Conference, held during 29th-31st August 2016 in the Department of Physics, Mizoram University

Dr Himadri Sekhar Das

Invited talk/keynote address/delivered special talk: i) A special talk entitled "Investigating the correlation between different parameters in an aggregate dust model" at the 16th Electromagnetic and Light Scattering Conference (ELS-XVI) held at the University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA from 19--24 March, 2017. ii) An invited talk entitled " Magnetic field geometry in some star forming clouds" at the IUCAA sponsored North East Meet of Astronomers 2016 (NEMA-II) organised by the Department of Physics, Tezpur University during December 12--14, 2016, held at the Tezpur University, Tezpur, Assam.

Chairing session/chief guest/special guest: Chaired a session at the IUCAA sponsored North East Meet of Astronomers 2016 (NEMA-II) organised by the Department of Physics, Tezpur University during December 12--14, 2016, held at the Tezpur University, Tezpur, Assam.

Resource person: Resource person at the IUCAA sponsored North East Meet of Astronomers 2016 (NEMA-II) organised by the Department of Physics, Tezpur University during December 12--14, 2016, held at the Tezpur University, Tezpur, Assam.

Dr Utpal Sarkar

Acted as co-ordinator of any programme: Secretary for “National Conference on Chemical Physics (NCCP-2017)” held at Assam University during 20 – 21 March 2017.

Resource person: at Bioinformatics centre AUS for a workshop on Modelling

Any Other: Presented poster on "College on Multiscale Computational Modelling of Materials for Energy Applications" at ICTP, Italy.

Dr Pradeep Kumar Shukla

Invited Talk: Invited Talk on “Molecular mechanisms of ruthenium anticancer drug-DNA Interaction” in 6th International Conference on Perspectives in Vibrational Spectroscopy (ICOPVS-2016), Nov. 05-08, 2016 at Lucknow.

Acted as co-ordinator of any programme: Convener, National Conference on Chemical Physics (NCCP-2017) March 20-21, 2017 at Assam University, Silchar.

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Mr Swarnadeep Biswas

Attended/participated in any programme (without paper presentation): Participated in the Workshop on URKUND & MENDLEY organised by Rabindra Library, Assam University on 7th Nov, 2016.

Resource person:

Acted as a resource person for the 3 day hands on training on Basic Electronics & Circuit designing during 22nd to 24th December, 2016, at SS College, Hailakandi.

Any Other: Acted as Treasurer, National Conference on Chemical Physics (NCCP-2017) March 20-21, 2017 at Assam University, Silchar.

Dr Bidhan Mohanta

Resource person: National Workshop on Exposure to Scientific Software and Tools for Research in Physical Sciences held at Karimganj College during July 25-31, 2016.

DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE

Dr. N Bijen Meetei

Invited talk/keynote address/delivered special talk: i) UGC National Seminar, Haflong Govt. College 29-30 Sept. 2016 ii) ICSSR Seminar, Guwahati University, 24-25 Feb. 2017

Attended/participated in any programme (without paper presentation): Teacher’s training Programme on Humanitarian Issues in Emergencies, NEHU, Shillong 25-27 March 2017

Chairing session/chief guest/special guest: i) UGC National Seminar, Haflong Govt. College 29-30 Sept. 2016 ii) ICSSR Seminar, Guwahati University, 24-25 Feb. 2017

DEPARTMENT OF SANSKRIT

Prof. Bhagirathi Biswas

Invited talk/keynote address/delivered special talk: i) Delivered Keynote address on ‘Importance of Sanskrit and its relevance’ in the UGC sponsored two day national seminar on ‘Relevance of Sanskrit education in modern India’ organized by the Dept. of Sanskrit, Berhampore College, Berhampore, Murshidabad, WB. on 18th & 19th March, 2017. ii) Delivered special talk on ‘Lord Jagannatha and Teaching of Nimbarka Philosophy : A Brief Review’ in the two day National seminar on ‘Nimbarka Philosophy and Sri Jagannatha’ organized by world Nimbarka Parisad in collaboration with PG department of Advaita Vedanta, S.J.S. Visvavidyalaya, Puri, Odisha, on 13th & 14th November, 2016.

Chairing session/chief guest/special guest: i) Chairing session and Delivered a lecture as a special guest on ‘The Vedas and Indian Culture : A Review’ in the Three day National Seminar on ‘Vedas : The Source of Oriental Knowledge System’ held in Kumar Bhaskar Varma Sanskrit and Ancient Studies University, Nalbari, Assam, on 9th to 11th February, 2017.

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Any other i) Deliver a lecture on Pedagogy of Sanskrit Teaching on 27th & 28th February, 2016 for B.Ed. trainees in Ramkrishna Mission Sikshan Mandir, Belur Math, Howrah. ii) Deliver a lecture on Nationalism in Sanskrit Literature on 1st and 3rd March 2017 for M.Ed. trainees in Ramkrishna Mission Sikshan Mandir, Belur Math, Howrah.

Prof. Snigdha Das Roy

Chairing session/chief guest/special guest: Chaired a session in International Seminar on Veda, organized by Sriguru Sankaracharya Veda Vidyalay, Gameri, Biswanath, Assam, held in Gameri on 17-19 March 2017

Dr. Shanti Pokhrel Acted as co-ordinator of any programme: Organized Sanskrit Speaking Course in the dept. as a coordinator on 9-18 Aug, 2016

Attended/participated in any programme (without paper presentation): Attended a National Seminar on ‘Sahitya Aur Mulyabodh’ organized by the Dept. of Hindi, AUS and Women’s college, Silchar. Held in 23,24 March, 2017.

Chairing session/chief guest/special guest: i) Attended as Chief Guest in 200th Birth Anniversary of Nepali Adikavi Bhanubhakta Acharya in Gosainpur, Cachar on 13th July, 2016. ii) Attended as Chief Guest in Sanskrit Day Celebration in Cachar College, Silchar on 3rd September, 2016. iii) Attended as Upadhyaksha in Sanskrit Saptaha Samapana Samaroha of Sanskrit Bharati(NGO), Purvottar Bharat in Womens’ College, Silchar on 28th Aug. 2016. iv) Attended as invited Guest in School Building Inauguration Ceremony of Brajapur Vidyamandir, Shalganga on 24th Nov. 2016.

Any other: Published a paper entitled ‘Mokshamulam Bharatiya sangitam in Tauryatrika’ magazine, ed. Tamal Chakraborty, Dalchhut, Ambikapatti, Silchar-4, pp. 35-37

Dr. Govind Sharma

Invited talk/keynote address/delivered special talk: i) A Concept of Non Soul in Bauddha Philosophy on 4th Sept, 2016 in lecture series at CIHCS, Ministry of Culture GOI, Dahung, Arunachal Pradesh. ii) Invited Talk delivered at Nehru College, Pailapool iii) Invited Talk on Globalization and Women, on 28th March, 2017. All India Radio, Silchar

Acted as co-ordinator of any programme: i) Organized Sanskrit Speaking Course in the dept. as a coordinator on 9-18 Aug, 2016 ii) Organizing Secretary of A National Seminar organized by Dept. of Hindi and Women’s College, Silchar on Literature and Value Senses held on 23-24th March, 2017

Chairing session/chief guest/special guest: i) 21.08.2016- Attended as a chief Speaker in valedictory of Simple Sanskrit speaking Course at Panibhara, Cachar organized by Sanskrit Bharti, Poorvottar Bharat ii) 25.08.2016- As a Chief Guest in Sanskrit week celebration at SS College, Hailakandi iii) 26.08.2016- As a chief Guest in opening of Center for Non formal Sanskrit Education, by Rashtriya Sanskrit sansthan, New Delhi at Nehru College, Pailapul iv) 28.08.2016-Organised valedictory of Sanskrit week celebration by Sanskrit Bharti, Poorvottar Bharat at women's College, Silchar. More than 15 Simple Sanskrit Speaking course were organized in different part of Barak Valley. School/college/university level competitions were organized. v) 29.08.2016- 30.08.2016- As a jury Member for elocution contest, Sloka recitation and Hindi Kavya paatha in various level in Regional Level Language Week Celebration, 2016 at ONGC, Kendriya Vidyalaya. Assam University, Silchar | 248

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Any other: 13.08.2016- Sanskrit Movie Screening at Department of Sanskrit, AUS

DEPARTMENT OF SOCIOLOGY

Prof. Gordhan Ram Invited talk/keynote address/delivered special talk: i) Delivered presidential address on “Takniki vikas aur Bharatiya Samaj (technological development and Indian Society)” in the 69th conference of Hindi sahitya Sammelan, Prayag, Allahabad. Held at NEHU.March 19-21, 2017. ii) Delivered a lecture on 17th March 2017 on “Indian Society: Caste, class and gender” in the Deptt. of Political Science, Karimganj College, Karimganj, Assam on March 17, 2017 iii) Delivered a lecture on 17th March 2017 on “Indian Society: Caste, class and gender” in the Deptt. of Political Science, Karimganj College, Karimganj, Assam iv) Delivered a lecture on “Formulating a research problem” in the Department of Sociology, Tripura University, Agartala in September, 2016 v) Delivered a lecture on “Framing a research question” in the department of Sociology & Social work, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi in August, 2016

DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Prof. Dibyojyoti Bhattacharjee

Invited talk/keynote address/delivered special talk: i) Delivered invited lecture in the Second Lecture Series on Recent Development of Statistics, organized by Department of Statistics, Visva Bharati University, Shantiniketan in 15th-16th July, 2016 ii) Delivered a Plenary Lecture in the North East Regional Research Scholars Meet 2017 Department of Life Science and Bio-Informatics, Assam University on 17-18 March, 2017 iii) Delivered a Guest Lecture in the Hands on training at the Department of Statistics, S S College, Hailakandi, Assam on 8th February, 2017 iv) Delivered invited lecture in the Indian Statistical Institute sponsored 4th Workshop on “Official Statistics in North Eastern States” at Pachunga University College, Aizwal, Mizoram on 10th November, 2016 v) Key Note Speaker in the “Role of Statistics in Engineering Research” at the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Assam University, Silchar on 20 September, 2016 vi) Delivered invited lecture in the Indian Statistical Institute sponsored 4th Workshop on “Official Statistics in North Eastern States” at Pachunga University College, Aizwal, Mizoram on 10th November, 2016 vii) Prof Dibyojyoti Bhattacharjee delivered invited lecture in the First Indu Bhushan Roy Memorial Lecture at G C College, Silchar on 18th August, 2016

Acted as co-ordinator of any programme: i) Program Director of the 7 day training program on SPSS for Ph.D students funded by ICSSR from 20-26 September, 2016 ii) Co-ordinator of the World Statistics Day Celebration and Inter College Quiz Competition on 20th October, 2016.

Chairing session/chief guest/special guest: Chaired a Session in the 18th Annual Conference of the North Eastern Economic Association from1512016 to 1712016held at the Department of Economics, Gauhati University, Guwahati

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Resource person: i) Resource person in the National workshop on “Application of Statistical Tools in Biological Sciences” at University of Science Technology and Management, Meghalaya in 21st-23rd July, 2016 ii) Resource person in the “Exposure to Scientific Software and Tools for Research in Physical Sciences” at Karimganj College, Karimganj in 29th July, 2016 iii) Resource person in the workshop entitled “Application of Statistics in Social Sciences” Organized jointly by Assam University and Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata on 22 to 31 August, 2016

Dr. Tanusree Deb Roy

Resource person: i) Resource person in the training program entitled “Seven Day Training Course in SPSS for Ph.D students in Social Science” at the Department of Statistics, Assam University, Silchar on 20-26 September , 2016. ii) Resource person in the training program entitled “Role of Statistics in Engineering Research” at the Department of Computer Science and Engineering TSSOT, Assam University, Silchar on 20-24 September , 2016.

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DEPARTMENT OF VISUAL ARTS

Prof Sivan G

Chairing session/chief guest/special guest: Attended as special guest Workshop on “Dying and Knitting: Application of Innovative Techniques for Product Design (Home Furnishing)” from 3rd to 6th November 2016

Any other: i) Member, Selection committee of the Viswabharati University 2016 ii) Member, Selection committee of the Rabindrabharati University 2016

Dr. Debasish Chakraborty

Acted as co-ordinator of any programme: i) Acted as deputy coordinator of the photography competition held on the occasion of World Photography day, organised by Department of Visual Arts on 19th August 2016 ii) Acted as deputy coordinator of Photography workshop organised by Canon India and Department of Visual Arts, Assam University Silchar on April 2017

Attended/participated in any programme (without paper presentation): i) Participated in ICSSR sponsored international seminar and youth convention on digitalisation and rural development in North East India: Issue ,challenges and Way forward organised by department of social work and centre for Bangladesh studies Assam University Silchar ii) Participated in UGC sponsored National Seminar on skill development and youth prospects and challenges in north east India organised by community college Assam University Silchar ,10th February 2017 iii) Participated in the workshop Role of ICT in preservation of indigenous knowledge in North Eastern Region organised by National Institute of Technology 15-17 March 2017 iv) National Seminar on Towards a Better Understanding of Indian Ethics and Religion: Some Contemporary Perspectives, organised by Department of Philosophy, Assam University, Silchar from 27th to 29th March 2017.

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Any other: i) Appointed as External Examiner for Practical examination by Tripura University, December 20th- 22nd 2016 ii) Member, Stage Committee, 15th Convocation 2017 iii) Participated in group exhibition of painting and sculpture organised by Barak Upatakya Banga Sahitya Sankriti Sanmilan, January 27 -29 2017 iv) Invited as Judge for Photography and Poster Making Competition organised by the Director of Sports Board, Assam University Silchar on the occasion of 70th Independence Day fortnight celebration August 22 – 23 , 2016 v) Invited as Guest Artist by Sammilito Sangskritik Mancha, Silchar for the Programme organised in memory of singer Kalika Prasad Bhattacharjee on 19th March 2017 at District Library, Silchar.

Dr. Ganesh Nandi Invited talk/keynote address/delivered special talk: i) Delivered a special talk on the Moral Education in the two days Art Workshop organized by Ministry of Culture, Govt. of India, at Kalain Saraswati Vidya Niketan, Silchar, Assam, on 19-20th September, 2016. ii) Invited to deliver a lecture on the Art Education in the State Art Exhibition organized by ‘Group of Colours ‘ at Goldighi Municipality Mall, Silchar on 23rd- 25th September 2016. iii) Given lecture on the Annual Programme of Kalyani Fine Arts Academy and Gopendra Memorial Music Institute at Tarapur, Silchar – 3, on 26th November, 2017. iv) Delivered lecture on the occasion of Netaji Padajatra, organized by Tarapur Pioneer Club Silchar on 3rd January 2017.

Acted as co-ordinator of any programme: i) Acted as co-ordinator for the seven days Terracotta Workshop at Silchar organised by Rupakar (Barak Bhaskar Sangstha) on 21st -27th October, 2016. ii) Acted as a co-ordinator of North East Regional Wood Carving Camp under the banner of Rupakar (Barak Bhaskar Sangstha) from 23rd- 27th February at Silchar. iii) Acted as a co-ordinator of Netaji Birthday Celebration organized by Tarapur Pioneer, a socio-cultural organization, at Silchar from 1st January to 28th January, 2017.

Chairing session/chief guest/special guest: i) Invited as chief guest for the two days Art Workshop organized by Ministry of Culture, Govt. of India, at Kalain Saraswati Vidya Niketan, Silchar, Assam, on 19-20th September, 2016. ii) Invited as chief guest for the inauguration of Paint Fish studio at Silchar on 20th September, 2016 iii) Invited as special guest for the Annual Programme of Saraswati Vidya Niketan, Silchar, on 28th February, 2017. iv) Invited as special guest for the Durgapuja Award Ceremony, 2016, given by District Administration Cachar. v) Invited as chief guest for the Clay Modelling Workshop organized by Aka Shekha Art Institute at Lala, Hailakandi, on 12th February, 2017. vi) Invited as Chief Guest for the Saraswati Puja Award Ceremony, organized by Minati Book Hub Silchar, on, 1st February, 2017. vii) Invited as special guest for the two months Handicraft Workshop organized by NGO Helping Hand Foundation Silchar on December 2016. viii) Invited as special guest for the Annual Art Exhibition of the Nabodoy Kala Niketan, Madhurband, Silchar, on 7th January, 2017.

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Resource person : i) Acted as Resource Person for the seven days Terracotta Workshop at Silchar organised by Rupakar (Barak Bhaskar Sangstha) held on 21st -27th October, 2016. ii) Acted as a resource person in the two days Art Workshop organized by Ministry of Culture, Govt. of India, at Kalain Saraswati Vidya Niketan, Silchar, Assam, on 19-20th September, 2016. iii) Conducted North East Regional Wood Carving Camp as Resource person under the banner of Rupakar (Barak Bhaskar Sangstha) from 23rd- 27th February at Silchar. iv) Acted as Resource Person for the two days Summer Camp at Children Park Silchar organised by Group of Colours held on 21st -27th October, 2016.

Any other: i) Participated in the North-East Woodcarving Workshop, organized by Lalit Kala Academy, New Delhi, in collaboration with Gauhati Artist Guild, Asseam, , from 4th July to 11th July, 2016. ii) Selected and exhibited work in the 7th All India Digital Painting Exhibition organized by All India Fine Arts and Craft Society (AIFACS), New Delhi, 21-31st January 2017 . iii) Created a 9.5 ft B. R. Ambedkar fibre Statue with the help of students of Department of Visual Arts, installed in the Assam University Campus, on April 2016. iv) Participated in the State level Painting and Sculpture Exhibition organized by ‘Group of Colours ‘ at Goldighi Municipality Mall, Silchar on 23rd- 25th September 2016. v) Participated in the live painting programme at Silchar Goldighi Mall on the occasion of Lion’s Peace Poster Contest by Silchar Lions club on 3rd October, 2016. vi) Participated in the group exhibition organized by Natun Diganta NGO at Bharat Nirman Vidyapith, Kalain, Silchar on 17-18th December, 2016. vii) Participated in the group exhibition of ‘Gaan Mela’ under the banner of ‘Rupakar’ organized by two cultural organizations ‘Samakal’ and ‘Shrutolipi’ at Silchar on 1st January, 2017. viii) Participated in the live painting programme at Silchar organised by Sammilita Sangskritik Mancha on the occasion of great demise of renowned folk singer Kalika Prasad Bhattacharjee on 19th March 2017. ix) Participated in group exhibition of painting and sculpture organised by Barak Upatakya Banga Sahitya Sankriti Sanmilan, Karimganj, January 27 -29, 2017 x) Participated in the Intellectual Meet organized by Barak Education Society at Gyandeep Junior College Silchar on 14th January 2017. xi) Acted as judge for the Durgapuja Award, 2016, given by District Administration Cachar. xii) Acted as judge for the Saraswati Puja Award 2017, organized by Minati Book Hub Silchar, on, 12th February, 2017. xiii) Acted as judge for the Gold Medal Painting Competition organized by Barak Art and Craft Society Silchar on the occasion of Barak Art Fair 2017, on 4th – 8th February 2017, xiv) Acted as judge for the Sculpture Competition organized by Barak Art and Craft Society Silchar on the occasion of Barak Art Fair 2017, on 4th – 8th February 2017, xv) Acted as judge for the Durgapuja Award, 2016, given by Silchar Rotary Club Greenland. xvi) Invited as Judge in the art competition organized by Pioneer club 28th January ’2017. xvii) Invited as Judge for the Peace Poster Contest, organized by Lions Club of Silchar, on 3rd October, 2016.

Dr. Rajkumar Mazinder

Invited talk/keynote address/delivered special talk: Guest of Honour and deliver a lecture on Contemporary Art of North Eastern states about its prospects and connectivity in Imphal on 8.02.2017 organised by Sharma Arts & Crafts House (SACH) at Khongman,Zone 3E, Imphal

Resource person: Participated as Resource Person and Judge at Multicolor Lino Cut Workshop at Rajiv Open Institute, Ambikapatty, Silchar organised by Indian Institute of Fine Arts, Silchar on 1st and 2nd October, 2016.

Any other: i) Participated Kolkata art Festival 2016 with his paintings at Birla Academi of Art & Culture, Kolkata organised by Bengal Art Foundation and supported by Lalit Kala Akademi, Regional Center, Kolkata from 23rd to 28 August, 2016.

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Dr. Nirmal Kanti Roy Acted as co-ordinator of any programme: Workshop on “Dying and Knitting: Application of Innovative Techniques for Product Design (Home Furnishing)” from 3rd to 6th November 2016 Attended/participated in any programme (without paper presentation): i) International lecture on Philosophy and Literature in the Cause of Education, organised by Department of Philosophy, Assam University, Silchar on 23rd March 2016. ii) National Seminar on Towards a Better Understanding of Indian Ethics and Religion: Some Contemporary Perspectives, organised by Department of Philosophy, Assam University, Silchar from 27th to 29th March 2017. iii) National Conference on Micron 2016: Microbes of North East, organised by Department of Microbiology, Assam University, Silchar from 22nd to 24th September 2016. iv) National Seminar on Skill Development and Youth: Prospects and Challenges in North- East India, organised by Community College, Assam University, Silchar on 10th February 2017. v) National Seminar on Role of ICT in Preservation of Indigenous Knowledge in North Eastern Region (Capacity Building Programme for NER), organised by National Institute of Technology, Silchar from 15th to 17th March 2017 Any other: i) Invited as Judge for Sit and Draw Competition organised by District Legal Services Authority, Cachar on 19th March 2017 at Silchar Municipality office. ii) Invited as Guest Artist by Sammilito Sangskritik Manch, Silchar for the Programme organised in the memory of famous singer Kalika Prasad Bhattacharjee on 19th March 2017 at District Library, Silchar. iii) Invited as Judge for Lion’s Peace Poster Drawing Competition organised by Lions Club Sichar on 5th February 2017 iv) Invited as Judge for Sit and Draw Competition organised by UDAAN, A socio cultural organization on 8th January 2017 at Daffodils School, Silchar

Dr. Saday Chandra Das Chairing session/chief guest/special guest: Chaired session on the Two days National Seminar on Rights for the Child and Women: Perspectives of India, Sponsored by UGC & ICSSR, organized by Government Kamalanagar College collaboration with CYCA, Kamalanagar CADC, Mizoram.

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DEPARTMENT OF ANTHROPOLOGY

Dr. Kh. Narendra Singh

Invited talk/keynote address/delivered special talk: Special talk at the Two-day Golden Jubilee Symposium Organized by Department of Anthropology, Dibrugarh University, Dibrugarh in collaboration with Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya, Bhopal, May 26 & 27, 2016.

Attended/participated in any programme (without paper presentation): i) Participated at the two day National Seminar “Doing Oral History: Folklore, Memory and Tradition”, Organized by Centre for Tribal Studies, Assam University Diphu Campus, Diphu. November 11-12, 2016. ii) Participated at the two day ICSSR sponsored National Seminar on “Road Communication and Its Development in North East India and Beyond: Bridging Culture and People”, Organized by Department of History, Assam University Diphu Campus, Diphu, September 29-30, 2016.

Chairing session/chief guest/special guest: i) Chairperson at the technical session at the two day National Seminar “Doing Oral History: Folklore, Memory and Tradition”, Organized by Centre for Tribal Studies, Assam University Diphu Campus, Diphu. November 11-12, 2016 ii) Chairperson at the technical session entitled ‘Personality, Identity and Substance Abuse’ of the International Seminar “Anthropological Research in North East India: Retrospect and Prospect”, Organized by Department of Anthropology, Manipur University, Imphal and Indian Anthropological Society, Kolkata, November 8-10, 2016.

Dr. Somenath Bhattacharjee

Attended/participated in any programme (without paper presentation): Participated at the two day ICSSR sponsored National Seminar on “Road Communication and Its Development in North East India and Beyond: Bridging Culture and People”, Organized by Department of History, Assam University Diphu Campus, Diphu. September 29-30, 2016.

Chairing session/chief guest/special guest: i) Chairperson at the technical session at the two day National Seminar “Doing Oral History: Folklore, Memory and Tradition”, Organized by Centre for Tribal Studies, Assam University Diphu Campus, Diphu. November 11-12, 2016. ii) Rapporteur of the Technical session in Anthropological and Behavioural Sciences, 104th Indian Science Congress, Organized by S. V. University, Tirupati, 3rd to 7th January, 2017.

Dr. Nitish Mondal

Attended/participated in any programme (without paper presentation): i) Participated in ICSSR New Delhi sponsored National Seminar on ‘Road Communication and its Development in Northeast India and Beyond: Bridging Culture and People’ on 29th-30th September, 2016 at Department of History, Assam University Diphu Campus, Diphu. ii) Participated in two Day National Seminar on the theme "Doing Oral History: Folklore Memory and Tradition" on 11-12 November, 2016 at Centre for Tribal Studies, Assam University Diphu Campus, Diphu.

Chairing session/chief guest/special guest: Chaired a technical session in the UNICEF & ICSSR NERC sponsored National Seminar on ‘’Education of Marginalized People: Issues, Policy and its Implementation in Northeastern Region of India’’ on 9th-10th November 2016 at Department of History, Assam University Diphu Campus, Diphu.

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DEPARTMENT OF ASSAMESE

Dr. Kusumbar Boruah

Invited talk/keynote address/delivered special talk: Delivered Invited Speech on the occasion of ‘Hindi Divas’ in the Department of Hindi, AUDC, on 21st September, 2016

Acted as co-ordinator of any programme: Co-ordinator, Legal awareness Programme, jointly organise by the Department of Assamese, AUDC and Department of Indian Comparative literature, AUS, Sponsored by National Commission for Women, New Delhi on 15-16 November, 2016.

Chairing session/chief guest/special guest: i) Chairing technical session in Legal awareness Programme, jointly organized by the Department of Assamese, AUDC and Department of Indian Comparative literature, AUS, Sponsored by National Commission for Women, New Delhi on 15-16 November, 2016. ii) Chairing technical session in ICSSR and Sahitya Academy sponsored National Seminar on “Doing Oral History : Folklore, Memory and Tradition” Organized by the Centre for Tribal Studies, AUDC, on 11-12 November, 2016

Any other: i) VC’s/Dean’s Nominee for Ph.D. Viva-Voce in the Department of English, AUDC ii) DRC Chairman, Department of Physics, AUDC iii) DRC Member, Department of Hindi and English, AUDC iv) Teacher In charge (Assamese Section) MUKAK –the annual magazine of AUDCSC v) Member of the Peer Review Committee, JOSAAC, an annual bilingual Research Journal, publish by DKD College, Assam , ISSN no. 2348-0602 vi) Advisor, KUNDON, an annual bilingual Research Journal, publish by Chinamara College, Assam , ISSN no. 2395-1869

Dr. Hira Manna Das

Attended/participated in any programme (without paper presentation): Participated in Legal awareness Programme, jointly organise by the Department of Assamese, AUDC and Department of Indian Comparative literature, AUS, Sponsored by National Commission for Women, New Delhi on 15-16 November, 2016

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Prof. Ratan Borman

Invited talk/keynote address/delivered special talk: Invited Lecture on Business Ethics and Financial Statement and Reports in the P.G. Department of Commerce, Sibsagar Commerce College, Sibsagar, Assam 18-19 September, 2016

Attended/participated in any programme (without paper presentation): 1st National Conference of North East India Association of Commerce and Management, organised at Gauhati Commerce College on 23rd September, 2016

Chairing session/chief guest/special guest: i) Chaired technical session-IV in ICSSR sponsored National Seminar on Road Communication and Its Development in North East India and Beyond: Bridging Culture and People, on September, 29-30, 2016, Department of History, Assam University, Diphu Campus ii) Chaired technical session-III in the UNICEF & ICSSR sponsored National Seminar on Education of Marginalized People: Issues, Policy & Its Implementation in the North Eastern Region of India, November, 9-10, 2016, Department of History, Assam University, Diphu Campus. Assam University, Silchar | 255

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Acted as Resource person: i) Delivered lecture on ‘Road Communication and Its Development in North East India’ in ICSSR sponsored National Seminar on Road Communication and Its Development in North East India and Beyond: Bridging Culture and People, September, 29-30, 2016, Department of History, Assam University, Diphu Campus. ii) Delivered lecture on ‘Education among Marginalized People’ in the UNICEF & ICSSR sponsored National Seminar on Education of Marginalized People: Issues, Policy & Its Implementation in the North Eastern Region of India, 9-10 November, 2016, Department of History, Assam University, Diphu Campus.

Dr. Ayekpam Ibemcha Chanu

Attended/participated in any programme (without paper presentation): i) 1st National Conference of North East India Association of Commerce and Management, organised at Gauhati Commerce College on 23rd September, 2016 ii) One day FDP on GST, organised by Department of Commerce, Gauhati University on 3rd February, 2017

Chairing session/chief guest/special guest: Special Guest at International Women’s Day Celebration, organised by Karbi Anglong District Mahila Samity, on 8th March, 2017

Resource person: National Level Entrepreneurial Skill Development Programme, organised by Central Institute of Technology, (CIT), Kokrajhar during 2-6, January 2017.

Any other: ‘Outstanding Faculty’ Award conferred by Centre for Advanced Research and Design, Venus International Foundation, Chennai, India, Dated 9 July 2016.

Dr. Subit Dutta

Any Other: i) In-Charge, IQAC, Department of Commerce, AUDC. (till date) ii) In-Charge, Departmental Library, Department of Commerce, AUDC. (till date) iii) In-Charge, Exam, Department of Commerce, AUDC. (December, 2016- till date) iv) Life Member of Indian Commerce Association.

Mr. Joyjit Sanyal

Invited talk/keynote address/delivered special talk: Invited lecture on ‘Community Welfare Schemes in India’ delivered on the occasion of a one day NSS Camp held in Assam University Diphu Campus on April, 2016.

Attended/participated in any programme (without paper presentation): One day FDP on GST, organised by Department of Commerce, Gauhati University on 3rd February, 2017

Any other: i) In- Charge, Departmental Examination (July,2016 to November, 2016) ii) In- Charge, Mock Interview Cell (July, 2016- till date)

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DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH

Professor Sivasish Biswas

Chairing session/chief guest/special guest: Chaired the Key-note session and one technical session in the Two-day International Seminar ”Nation and Beyond: Interdisciplinary Perspectives” organized by the Department of English, University of Gour Banga, Malda, West Bengal during 14-15 April, 2017.

Resource person: Inaugurated the Two-day International Seminar ”Nation and Beyond: Interdisciplinary Perspectives” organized by the Department of English, University of Gour Banga, Malda, West Bengal during 14-15 April, 2017.

Dr. Bishnu Charan Dash

Invited talk/keynote address/delivered special talk Delivered keynote address on “Recent Trends in English Poetry: Modern and Postmodern Perspective” at H.P.B. Girls’ College, Golaghat on 1st October, 2016.

Chairing session/chief guest/special guest: Chaired technical session at the in International Conference on Rethinking Environment: Literature, Ethics and praxis held on 28-30 December, 2016 at Behrampur University, Odisha.

Acted as Resource Person: Delivered two lectures as Resource Person on (a) Aesthetics of Manuscript Writing (b) Medieval Exegesis: Manuscriptology in Medieval Odisha and Assam at the National Workshop on Manusciptology and Palaeography held at Department of Sanskrit, Pali and Prakrit, Bhasha Bhavan, Vishva-bharati, Santiniketan on 15th to 16th March, 2017.

Any other: i) Evaluated M.Phil dissertation of Dibrugarh University and Ph. D theses of Utkal University, Gauhati University and Assam University ii) Editor of Indra Prastha Review, ISSN: 0975-0509 iii) Guest Referee of Rock Pebbles iv) Member of the advisory board, Journal of Northeast Region (JONER), Bodoland University, Kokrajhar

Dr. Anup Kumar Dey

Invited talk/keynote address/delivered special talk: i) Invited Talk on “Arthur Miller” organized by the Department of English, Janata College, Kabuganj, Cachar, Assam on February 18, 2017. ii) Invited Talk on “Aspects of Drama” organized by Department of English, Lanka Mahavidyalaya, Lanka, Hojai, Assam on November 12, 2016. iii) Invited Talk on “Role of the Theatre Audience” in the National Level Workshop on “Theatre Appreciation: Theory and Praxis” organized by Department of English, Assam University, Silchar on April 15, 2016.

Attended/participated in any programme (without paper presentation): Attended National Level Research Workshop RW 2016 organized by Bharatiya Shikshan Mandal, Nagpur on September 11-12, 2016

Chairing session/chief guest/special guest: i) Acted as a Chairperson for the Technical Session in the Two Days National Seminar on “Doing Oral History: Folklore, Memory & Tradition” organized by Centre for Tribal Studies, Assam University, Diphu Campus on November 11-12, 2016.

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Any other: Attended a Short Term Course for “Curriculum and Examination” organized by UGC-HRDC, RTM Nagpur University, Nagpur from 09-01-2017 to 14-01-2017.

DEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY

Dr. Atur Kiri Ingti

Attended/participated in any programme (without paper presentation): 2nd CKS Lecture Series, organized by Centre for Karbi Studies, Diphu on 29 January, 2017

Chairing session/chief guest/special guest: Chaired a Technical Session in National Seminar on “Unexplored History of the Karbis in Northeast India: Past and Present Perspective” organized by Department of History, AUDC and CKS, Diphu during 6-7 September, 2016 in Assam University, Diphu Campus, Diphu.

DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY

Dr. Paul B. Chonzik

Chairing session/chief guest/special guest: Chaired a session in the National Seminar on Unexplored History of the Karbis in Northeast India Past and Present Perspectives, organized by the department of History, Assam University, Diphu Campus during September 6-7, 2016.

Dr. Tahir Hussain Ansari

Acted as Resource Person i) Resource Person in the two days seminar on Education of Marginalized People : Issues, Policy & Its Implementation in the North Eastern Region of India organized by Department of History, Assam University, Diphu Campus, on 9th & 10th November, 2016. ii) Resource Person in the University Level Workshop on Research Methodology, organized by Assam University, Diphu Campus, spoke on “Traditional and Empirical Method of Acquiring Knowledge “held during 17-02-2016 to 16-03-2016.

Dr. Tarun Dutta

Acted as Co-ordinator i) Co-ordinated a National Seminar on Road communication and its development in North Eastern Region of India- Bridging Culture and People, sponsored by ICSSR, New Delhi dated 29th and 30th September, 2016. ii) Co-ordinated a National Seminar on Education of Marginalised People- Issues, Policy and its Implementation supported by UNICEF and ICSSR-NERC dated 9th-10th November, 2016

Attended/participated in any programme (without paper presentation): Attended One week workshop for the finalization of History Glossary at CIIL, Mysore supported by NTM, MHRD

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DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCE AND BOINFORMATICS

Dr. Ajit Kr. Tamuli

Any other: Joint Organizing Secretary, National Conference on “Current Issues in Non-Timber Forest Products (NTFPs)”

Dr. Robindra Teron

Acted as co-ordinator of any programme: Acted as Coordinator of Institutional Biotech Hub

Attended/participated in any programme (without paper presentation): “Essentials in Plant Revisionary Studies and Flora Writing”, 1-3 December, 2016 at BSI, Pune

Acted as Resource person: i) Internship Programme, Assam State Biodiversity Board Internship Programme; ii) National Seminar, Unexplored History of the Karbis in Northeast India: Past and Present Perspective. Department of History, AU-Diphu Campus

Any other: i) Organizing Secretary, National Conference on “Current Issues in Non-Timber Forest Products (NTFPs)” ii) Member, District Level Expert Appraisal Committee (DLEAC)

Dr. N. L. Raju

Invited talk/keynote address/delivered special talk: Invited as a Guest Speaker to address the final semester graduate students of Gnana Jyothi Junior College, Narasannapeta on “Science Steam Careers” on 9th and 16th January, 2017

Chairing session/chief guest/special guest: Chairman of the technical session for “Ethnobotany, Traditional Knowledge and Socio Cultural aspects of NTFP use” during the National Conference “Current Issues in Non-Timber Forest Products (NTFPs) held on 22nd & 23rd November, 2016 at Department of Life Science and Bioinformatics, Assam University Diphu Campus

Acted as Resource person: In one-day seminar on “Biotechnology role in conservation” organized by Institutional Biotech Hub of Department of Life Science and Bio-informatics, Assam University Diphu Campus on 17th March, 2017.

Any other: Member, Election Commission, Assam University Diphu Campus Students Union Election 2016-17 at AUDC from 21st November to 1st December, 2016.

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STATISTICS FOR MALE/FEMALE, APPEARED/PASSED Year: 2016

Male Female

Total Total % of Over-all Course Sub Appeared Passed Pass % Appear % of Passed Appeared Passed % of Pass ed Pass

Ecology and

Environmental 28 25 89.29 16 13 81.25 12 12 100.00 Science

Earth Science 16 16 100.00 9 9 100.00 7 7 100.00

Biotechnology 20 19 95.00 5 5 100.00 15 14 93.33

Microbiology 27 27 100.00 10 10 100.00 17 17 100.00

Chemistry 39 20 51.28 22 10 45.45 17 10 58.82

Physics 61 36 59.02 44 21 47.73 17 15 88.24 MASTER OF Life Science 69 59 85.51 24 18 75.00 45 41 91.11 SCIENCE 72.02 Computer Science 36 29 80.56 19 13 68.42 17 16 94.12 Mathematics 30 4 13.33 15 4 26.67 15 0 0.00 Statistics 10 7 70.00 3 2 66.67 7 5 71.43 16 TOTAL 336 242 105 169 137 7

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE Computer Science 57 26 45.61 45.61 32 7 21.88 25 19 76.00

Anthropology 22 14 63.64 14 8 57.14 8 6 75.00 Education 40 24 60.00 10 9 90.00 30 15 50.00 Philosophy 28 13 46.43 10 5 50.00 18 8 44.44 Arabic 18 17 94.44 17 17 100.00 1 0 0.00 Bengali 51 48 94.12 29 28 96.55 22 20 90.91 English 90 61 67.78 16 7 43.75 74 54 72.97

Hindi 25 24 96.00 10 10 100.00 15 14 93.33

Linguistics 11 11 100.00 7 7 100.00 4 4 100.00

Manipuri 10 10 100.00 1 1 100.00 9 9 100.00 Assamese 25 22 88.00 12 11 91.67 13 11 84.62

MASTER OF Economics 57 21 36.84 28 6 21.43 29 15 51.72 ARTS History 79 55 69.62 66.42 43 31 72.09 36 24 66.67 Political Science 136 69 50.74 68 37 54.41 68 32 47.06 Sociology 32 22 68.75 11 8 72.73 21 14 66.67 Sanskrit 21 20 95.24 12 11 91.67 9 9 100.00 Geography 22 12 54.55 7 7 100.00 15 5 33.33 29 TOTAL 667 443 203 372 240 5

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MASTER OF COMMERCE Commerce 98 85 86.73 86.73 57 51 89.47 41 34 82.93 BACHELOR OF VISUAL ARTS Visual Arts 32 30 93.75 93.75 15 15 100.00 17 15 88.24 MASTER OF VISUAL ARTS Visual Arts 19 17 89.47 89.47 8 6 75.00 11 11 100.00 B.A.LL.B. (HONOURS) Law 41 28 68.29 68.29 16 9 56.25 25 19 76.00 BACHELOR OF SOCIAL WORK Social Work 44 29 65.91 65.91 23 11 47.83 21 18 85.71

Course Sub Total Total % of Over-all Male Female Appeared Passed Pass % % of Pass % of Appear Passed Appear Passed Pass ed ed MASTER OF SOCIAL WORK Social Work 40 36 90.00 90.00 13 12 92.31 27 24 88.89

MASTER OF

BUSINESS Business 82 78 95.12 95.12 51 48 94.12 31 30 96.77 ADMINISTRATION Administration

Agricultural Engineering 48 26 54.17 32 14 43.75 16 12 75.00

BACHELOR OF Information 36 29 80.55 33 24 72.73 6 5 83.33 TECHNOLOGY Technology 75.46

Electronics & 24 22 91.67 20 18 90.00 4 4 100.00 Telecommunication TOTAL 108 77 85 56 26 21 MASTER OF LAWS Law 23 23 100.00 100.00 7 7 100.00 16 16 100.00 MASTER OF MASS Mass COMMUNICATION Communication 23 23 100.00 100.00 7 7 100.00 16 16 100.00 MASTER OF LIBRARY & Library & INFORMATION Informatio 18 16 88.89 88.89 9 7 77.78 9 9 100.00 SCIENCE n Science MASTER OF EDUCATION Education 2 1 50.00 50.00 2 1 50.00 0 0 100.00 BACHELOR OF Pharmaceutical PHARMACY 38 31 81.58 81.58 21 17 80.95 17 14 82.35 Sciences

Agricultural 8 8 100.00 6 6 100.00 2 2 100.00 MASTER OF 100.00 TECHNOLOGY Engineering Information 12 12 100.00 8 8 100.00 4 4 100.00 Technology TOTAL 20 20 14 14 6 6 B.SC.(HONOURS) B.ED. Education 5 4 80.00 80.00 0 0 100.00 5 4 80.00

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Male Female Total Total Course Sub % Over- % of % of Passed of all Appeared Passed Appeared Passed Appeared Pass Pass Pass % PHYSICS 98 37 37.76 72 31 43.06 26 6 23.08 CHEMISTRY 101 35 34.65 55 16 29.09 46 19 41.30

MATHEMATICS 58 20 34.48 38 11 28.95 20 9 45.00

STATISTICS 70.59 11 7 63.64 6 5 17 12 83.33 ANTHROPOLOGY 9 4 44.44 4 1 25.00 5 3 60.00 GEOLOGY 27 17 62.96 19 10 52.63 8 7 87.50 TDC (HONS- BACHELOR OF SCIENCE) BOTANY 120 60 50.00 49.44 46 25 54.35 74 35 47.30 ZOOLOGY 123 82 66.67 43 23 53.49 80 59 73.75 ECONOMICS 2 0 0.00 2 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 BIOTECHNOLOGY 29 22 75.86 12 7 58.33 17 15 88.24 COMPUTER 48.72 27 14 51.85 12 5 SCIENCE 39 19 41.67 TOTAL 623 308 329 145 294 163 ANTHROPOLOGY 4 3 75.00 1 1 100.00 3 2 66.67 GEOGRAPHY 40 25 62.50 17 10 58.82 23 15 65.22

ECONOMICS 88 42 47.73 37 10 27.03 51 32 62.75

POLITICAL 162 71 43.83 84 32 38.10 78 39 SCIENCE 50.00

PHILOSOPHY 31 13 41.94 6 0 0.00 25 13 52.00

HISTORY 56 21 37.50 15 4 26.67 41 17 41.46 EDUCATION 75 30 40.00 22 6 27.27 53 24 45.28 TDC (HONS- BACHELOR OF SOCIOLOGY 5 3 60.00 4 2 50.00 1 1 100.00 43.56 ARTS) BENGALI 241 93 38.59 38 17 44.74 203 76 37.44 ENGLISH 235 117 49.79 66 32 48.48 169 85 50.30 ASSAMESE 63 34 53.97 21 14 66.67 42 20 47.62 ARABIC 21 6 28.57 21 6 28.57 0 0 0.00 PERSIAN 9 5 55.56 5 1 20.00 4 4 100.00 SANSKRIT 11 6 54.55 2 0 0.00 9 6 66.67 MANIPURI 50 10 20.00 6 0 0.00 44 10 22.73 HINDI 20 5 25.00 11 3 27.27 9 2 22.22 TOTAL 1111 484 356 138 755 346 ACCOUNTING 218 142 65.14 136 83 61.03 82 59 AND FINANCE 71.95 BUSINESS TDC (HONS- BACHELOR OF 139 53 38.13 75 29 38.67 64 24 MANAGEMENT 53.66 37.50 COMMERCE ) BANKING AND 12 3 25.00 10 3 30.00 2 0 INSURANCE 0.00 TOTAL 369 198 221 115 148 83 TDC (HONS- BACHELOR OF COMPUTER 6 3 50.00 50.00 5 2 40.00 1 1 COMPUTER APPLICATION) APPLICATION 100.00 TDC (HONS- BACHELOR OF BUSINESS BUSINESS 19 12 63.16 63.16 7 3 42.86 12 9 ADMINISTRATION 75.00 ADMINISTRATION(HONOURS))

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STATISTICS FOR MALE/FEMALE, APPEARED/PASSED Year: 2016

Male Female

Total Total % of Over-all % of Course % of Pass Appeared Passed Pass % Appeared Passed Pass Appeared Passed

TDC(PASS- Bachelor 419 121 28.88 28.38 30.08 of SCIENCE) 296 84 123 37

TDC(PASS- Bachelor 6446 1707 26.48 2790 26.64 of ARTS) 733 26.27 3656 974

TDC(PASS- Bachelor 1115 374 33.54 798 42.27 of COMMERCE) 240 30.08 317 134

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STATISTICS FOR APPEARED/PASSED (HONOURS- PASS COMBINED) Year: 2016

Course Total Appeared Total Passed % of Pass TDC - BACHELOR OF SCIENCE) 1042 429 41.17 TDC - BACHELOR OF ARTS) 7557 2191 28.99 TDC - BACHELOR OF COMMERCE ) 1484 572 38.54 TDC - BACHELOR OF COMPUTER APPLICATION) 6 3 50.00 TDC – (BACHELOR OF BUSINESS 19 12 63.16 ADMINISTRATION(HONOURS)

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Sl. No. No. Of Students Applied for Re-Evaluation 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 01 TDC 12766 15586 8907 02 PG 2042 2242 681

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Financial Assistance to the Students

The following fellowships were provided to the students during the financial year 2016-17

Name of the Fellowship Scheme Number of Name of the Remarks Sl No Fellowship Funding Agency Holder 1 Rajiv Gandhi National Fellowship SC - 3, ST - 6 Govt. of India Disable - Nil 2 Post Matric Scholarship from Assam Govt. SC Boys - 26 Assam Govt SC Girls - 24 ST Boys - 03 ST Girls - 02 3 Post Matric Scholarship from other state: Tripura SC - 01 Tripura Govt. Bihar SC - 03 Bihar Govt. Manipur ST - 16 Manipur Govt. West Bengal SC - 26 West Bengal Govt. ST - 02 4 Ishan Uday Scholarship SC - 09 Govt. of India ST - Nil 5 Minority Scholarship for ST ST - 47 Govt. of India 6 ONGC Scholarship ST - 1 Govt. of India 7 N. F. Railway Scholarship SC - 1 Govt. of India

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University Finances

SCHEDULE -23 : SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES ASSAM UNIVERSITY, SILCHAR

SCHEDULE -23: SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

1. BASIS FOR PREPARATION OF ACCOUNTS: 1.1. Assam University is a Central University established in 1994 under an Act of Parliament (Act XXIII of 1989). It is substantially funded by Government of India. The Accounts are prepared in accordance with the principles and procedures laid down by the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India in the New Format of Accounts, prescribed for centrally funded educational institutions, on accrual basis, duly in compliance with applicable Uniform Accounting Standards (UAS).

2. REVENUE RECOGNITION AND ACCOUNTING: 2.1. All revenues and expenses are accounted for on accrual principle with necessary provisions for known liabilities except for the followings: (a) The Fee collected from the students are accounted for on cash basis; (b) The sale of admission forms are accounted for on cash basis; (c) Receipts of interest on House Building Advances are accounted for on recovery basis; (d) Interest on savings bank accounts are accounted for on cash basis; and (e) Expenditure on charges prepaid except subscription of journals, are accounted for on cash basis.

3. TRANSFER TO THE CAPITAL FUND: (a) Assets created out of Earmarked/Designated Funds where the ownership of such assets are vests with the University are accounted for by transferring the amount to the Capital Fund and correspondingly merged with the Fixed Assets of the University. Depreciation is charged at the rates applicable to the respective assets.

4. FIXED ASSETS AND DEPRECIATION: 4.1. Fixed Assets are stated at cost of acquisition including all direct expenses related to acquisition and installation. Depreciation is provided on the fixed assets under” Straight Line Method” (SLM) method at the rates prescribed by MHRD in new format of Account guidelines. 4.2. Fixed Assets of the University are acquired out of the Grants received from the Government of India. Grants utilized for acquisition of Fixed Assets are accounted for by transferring the amount to the Capital Fund and correspondingly merged with the Fixed Assets of the University. 4.3. Depreciation is provided for the whole year on additions during the year as per guidelines of MHRD. 4.4. In the Books of Accounts the cost of acquisition of assets is shown to its full value and the accumulated depreciation thereof is depicted separately. 4.5. As per guidelines of MHRD, the assets individual value of each of which is Rs.2000/- or less (except Library Books) are treated as Small Value Assets, 100% depreciation has been provided leaving a residual value of Re.1/- exhibited in the Schedule -4 : Fixed Assets in order to have physical verification. 4.6. Capital Works in Progress are stated at cost, incurred relating to assets in progress. 4.7. Depreciation on Tangible Fixed Assets is provided on Straight Line Method at the following rates:

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Sl Assets Rate of Depreciation No. (in percentage) 1 Land 0 2 Buildings 2 3 Roads & Bridges 2 4 Tube Well & Water Supply 2 5 Sewerage & Drainage 2 6 Electrical Installation & Equipment 5 7 Plant & Machinery 5 8 Scientific & Laboratory Equipment 8 9 Office Equipment 7.5 10 Audio Visual Equipment 7.5 11 Computers & Peripherals 20 12 Furniture, Fixture & Fittings 7.5 13 Vehicles 10 14 Library Books & Scientific Journals 10 15 Campus Development 10 16 Others 10

5. INTANGIBLE ASSETS : 5.1. Software and E-Journals purchases are treated as Intangible Asset and depreciation at the rate 40%, as per guidelines provided in Schedule – 4: Fixed Assets. 5.2. Intangible Assets (Software) acquired on or before 31.03.2013 were shown and depreciated as “Computer/Peripherals”. Because of difficulty in the identification as well as determining the depreciated value of these Intangible Assets, the Intangible Assets (Software) acquired before 31.03.2013 are still shown and depreciated as “Computer/Peripherals”. But Intangible Assets (Software) acquired from 01.04.2013 are amortised as per the Accounting Policy.

6. INVENTORIES : 6.1. Inventories comprising of chemicals, glassware, stationery, consumables and other stores are treated as revenue expenditure. The value of Stock as on 31.03.2016 ascertained from the respective Departments excluded from the expenditure and the closing stock exhibited in Schedule - 7: Current Assets as per guidelines. Costs of inventories are determined on FIFO method of Inventory Valuation.

7. RETIREMENT BENEFITS: 7.1. Short term employee benefits are charged off in the year in which the related service is rendered. 7.2. Post-Employment Benefits in the form New Pension Scheme Fund are owned and managed by employees as members of these Fund. The University has no ownership on these funds. Retirement Benefits in the form of contribution to these funds are Defined Contribution Schemes and are charged to the Income & Expenditure Account as and when the contribution is due. 7.3. Other Post-Employment Benefits, other Long Term Benefits & Terminal Benefits are paid to the employees as and when it becomes due by charging the amount to the Income and Expenditure Account. 7.4. The Accounting Policy followed by the university as described above is not as per the Accounting Standard 15, “Employee Benefits” issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. The University should Actuarialy determine and provide for liability in respect of these Employee Benefits. The reason for such departure is because the Assam University is situated in the North East Corner of India and there is neither any Actuarial services available in this part of India nor is any Actuary willing to come from other parts of India to do the valuation of Employee Benefits as required in the Accounting Standard - 15, “Employee Benefits”. The financial effect of such departure is not ascertainable.

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8. INVESTMENTS& ACCRUED INTEREST: 8.1. Long Term Investments are carried at cost. 8.2. Current Investments are carried at lower of cost or fair value.

9. GRANTS IN AID: 9.1. Grant to the extent utilized towards Capital Expenditure transferred to Schedule - 1: Corpus/ Capital Fund as per guidelines. 9.2. Grant to the extent utilized towards Revenue Expenditure transferred to Income and Expenditure as Income of the year. 9.3. Unutilized Capital Grant and Unutilized Revenue Grant are exhibited in the Current Liabilities & Provisions in Schedule – 3 as per guidelines.

10. INCOME TAX: 10.1. The Income of the University is exempted from Income Tax as per provisions of Section 10(23C)(iii ab)of the Income tax Act, 1961. Hence no provision for income tax is made in the accounts.

11. FOREIGN CURRENCY TRANSATIONS: 11.1. Transactions denominated in foreign currencies are recorded at the exchange rate prevailing on the date of transaction / GOC Rates / Bank Rates as the case may be.

12. RESEARCH ACTIVITIES: 12.1. The Research and Development Expenditure comprises all expenditure that is directly attributable to research or development activities or that can be allocated on a reasonable and consistent basis to such activities. Expenditure on Research and Development is recognized as an expense when it is incurred.

13. CONTINGENT LIABILITIES: 13.1. Liabilities, which are material and whose future outcome cannot be ascertained with reasonable certainty, are treated as contingent and disclosed by way of notes to the accounts.

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SCHEDULE - 24: CONTINGENT LIABILITIES AND NOTES TO ACCOUNTS

1. CONTINGENT LIABILITIES: 1.1 Letter of Credit established by the Bank on behalf of the University and outstanding as on 31.3.2016 is NIL. 1.2 No demand has so far been received from the local authorities for the University Staff Quarters and hence no provision was made in the accounts. 1.3 Claims against the University not acknowledged as debt is Nil. 1.4 Suits filed against the University are pending in various Hon’ble Courts. Financial liability, if any, in these cases are not ascertainable.

2. INFORMATION RELATING TO THE CAPACITY AND CAPABILITY OF ASSAM UNIVERSITY:

2.1 The information relating to the capacity and capability of Assam University are presented in the Annual Report of the University.

3. FIXED ASSETS: 3.1 Additions made in the year to Fixed Assets out of UGC Grant exhibited in Schedule - 4. The Assets have been set up by credit to Capital Fund as per guideline. 3.2 Fixed Assets purchased out of project funds have not been included in Schedule – 4, since the ownership of the property remain with sponsors.

4. PATENTS: 4.1 No expenditure incurred towards patent rights during 2016-17.

5. DEPOSIT LIABILITIES : 5.1 No unclaimed deposit amount pending more than three years credited to Misc. Income during 2016-17.

6. EXPENDITURE IN FOREIGN CURRENCY: 6.1 All foreign currency transactions are recorded in the reporting currency by applying to the foreign currency amount at the exchange rate prevailing on the date of settlement.

7. CURRENT ASSETS, LOANS, ADVANCES AND DEPOSITS: 7.1 In ordinary course, the Current Assets, Loans, Advances and Deposits have a value on realization equal to the aggregate amount shown in the Balance Sheet. 7.2 Accounting Standards-12 (AS-12) is mainly applicable for profit making organizations and applicability of AS- 12 to a Central fully Grant-in-aided University like Assam University is not in line. However, ultimately charging depreciation in the Income & Expenditure Account and carrying forward the balance of Income & Expenditure Account to Capital Fund Account will provide the same result. 7.3 The details of balances in the Savings Bank Accounts with the Banks are enclosed as “Annexure A” to the Schedule of Current Assets. 7.4 Previous years’ figures have been re-grouped and re-classified wherever necessary to make them comparable and compactable with those of the Current Year. 7.5 Figures in the final accounts have been rounded off to the nearest rupee as per guidelines. 7.6 Schedules 1 to 24 are annexed to and form an integral part of the Balance Sheet at 31st March, 2017 and the Income & Expenditure account for the year ended on that date.

8. NEW PENSION FUND: 8.1 As the Provident Fund Accounts and the New Pension Scheme Account are owned by the members of this fund and not by the University, this accounts were separated from the University’s Accounts. A Receipt & Payment Account, an Income & Expenditure Account and the Balance Sheet of the Provident Fund Accounts and the New Pension Scheme for the year 2016-17 have been prepared and appended in the Annual Statement of Accounts of the University for 2016-17 as per guidelines.

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BALANCE SHEET AS ON 31st MARCH, 2017 (Amount in Rs.)

SOURCES FUNDS Schedule Current Year Previous Year CORPUS/ CAPITAL FUND 1 2,04,65,32,136.91 2,17,85,76,426.24

DESIGNATED/ EARMARKED/ 2 17,24,27,988.97 14,96,65,925.33 ENDOWMENT FUNDS

CURRENT LIABILITIES & PROVISIONS 3 1,38,35,77,221.63 98,83,18,061.61

TOTAL 3,60,25,37,347.51 3,31,65,60,413.18 APPLICATION OF FUNDS FIXED ASSETS 4 Tangible Assets 1,87,83,97,690.16 1,94,18,01,517.16

Intangible Assets 40,13,469.00 86,52,029.00

Capital Work-In-Progress 0.00 0.00

INVESTMENTS FROM EARMARKED/ 5 ENDOWMENT FUNDS Current / Short Term 93,16,316.00 2,86,03,449.00

Long Term 5,43,25,149.61 2,94,04,457.72 INVESTMENT OTHERS 6 Current / Short Term 41,19,15,450.00 41,19,81,544.00

Long Term 1,67,49,274.00 3,98,51,382.69 CURRENT ASSETS 7 69,85,60,938.78 58,83,34,916.05

LOANS, ADVANCES & DEPOSITS 8 50,61,56,951.27 29,10,33,226.25

TOTAL 3,60,25,37,347.51 3,31,65,60,413.18 SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES 23 CONTINGENT LIABILITIES AND NOTES 24 TO ACCOUNTS

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INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDED ON 31st MARCH, 2017

Schedul Particulars Current Year Previous Year e INCOME Academic Receipts 9 9,24,17,266.26 9,08,56,883.28 73,74,14,975.0 Grants/ Subsidies 10 77,87,98,134.00 0 Income from Investments 11 0.00 0.00 Interest Earned 12 1,39,09,165.50 1,20,36,508.00 Other Incomes 13 61,02,017.39 40,55,703.34

14 15,09,010.00 Prior Period Income 88,42,901.00 84,58,73,079.6 TOTAL ( A ) 90,00,69,484.15 2 EXPENDITURE 68,00,24,371.0 Staff Payments & Benefits 15 70,41,54,028.00 0 Academic Expenses 16 4,77,29,447.25 5,48,13,224.00 10,17,70,956.7 Administrative and General Expenses 17 13,56,95,218.23 3 Transportation Expenses 18 2,33,35,068.00 2,06,06,085.00 Repairs & Maintenance 19 5,25,80,509.00 1,05,60,007.00 Finance Costs 20 0.00 0.00 Depreciation 4 9,43,64,265.00 9,65,15,449.00 Other Expenses 21 0.00 0.00 Prior Period Expenses 22 7,30,384.00 0.00

1,05,85,88,919.4 96,42,90,092.7 TOTAL ( B) 8 3 - Balance being excess of Income over Expenditure/ Expenditure over - 11,84,17,013.1 Income: ( A- B) 15,85,19,435.33 1 - - Balance Being Surplus /( Deficit ) Carried to Capital Fund 11,84,17,013.1 15,85,19,435.33 1 SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES 23 CONTINGENT LIABILITIES AND NOTES TO 24 ACCOUNTS

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RECEIPT AND PAYMENT ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31st March, 2017.

(Amount in Rs.) Ann Anne CURREN PREVIOU CURRENT PREVIOUS RECEIPTS exur PAYMENTS xure T YEAR S YEAR YEAR YEAR e

I. Opening Balances I. Expenses

Bank 58,50,23,83 a) Estabilishment a) 39,69,92,27 62,25,23,323.0 Balances 5.05 Expenses 64,44,34,715.00 1.12 0

Cash b) Academic b) 58,50,52,4 Balances 28,655.00 10,979.00 Expenses 3,62,43,381.00 4,45,40,260.00 90.05 c) Administrative

Expenses 13,47,84,381.23 8,33,12,305.73 d) Transporation 2,34,87,863.00 Expenses 2,24,54,794.00 e) Repairs &

Maintenance 1,53,06,464.00 91,97,022.00 f) Prior period -2,05,396.00 -15,03,061.00 Expenses g) TEQIP 60,55,049.00 Expenses 73,29,170.00 A II. Grant Received II. Payments From against Gover a Earmarked/ 1,11,664.00 nment 90,73,36,0 1,04,10,79,0 2,10,763.50 ) Endowment of 44.00 00.00 Funds India

Academic B III. 13,84,92,7 9,17,55,984. Reciepts 22.26 28 III. Payment against Receipts Sponsored against 63,53,706.0 Projects/ IV. Earmarked/ 18,96,824. 5,51,85,656.88 0 Schemes 4,05,37,733.22 Endowmen 00 IV. t Funds Fellowships/Sch olarships Receipts against V. Sponsored Projects/ Schemes VI. Term Receipts 9,72,92,808. 8,38,85,90 Deposits with 14,13,00,000.0 against 88 14,66,500.00 0.93 Scheduled Banks 0 Sponsored VI. Fellowship s and Scholarship s Income on VII. Expenditure VII. Investment on Fixed Assets s from Earmar E ked/En and Capital a dowme 365057 4,75,971.65 Works-in- ) nt Progress Funds Other b invest 8,71,335.00 a) Fixed Assets ) 1,581.00 1,68,28,932.00 7,68,07,525.00 ment Interest VIII. Received on F VIII. Other Bank a Payments Deposi 11,82,60,322.4 C ) 1,05,28,57 85,38,926.0 including 9,38,48,995.00 ts 0 7.50 0 Statutory Saving Payments b s Bank

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Term Deposits

with X. Deposits and X. 1,26,63,44 10,24,77,30 8,75,72,968.00 Scheduled Advances 9,73,94,545.15 7.00 4.79 bank Encashed Other Income

(including XI. Other XI. 57,84,902. 3873084.34 Prior Payments - 39 Period Income) Deposits 61137734.0 XII. Closing XII. and 2,65,54,18 0 Balances Advances 0.75 Miscellane ous a) Bank Balances 69,40,49, 58,50,23,835.0

XIII. Receipts 437.78 5 D 3,21,22,68 4,10,43,076. including 9.00 00 Statutory b) Cash in hand 0.00 69,40,49,437.78 28,655.00 Receipts Any Other XIV. 1207.00 Receipts

1,80,46,84, 1,85,19,03,3 1,85,19,03,388 TOTAL TOTAL 1,80,46,84,415. 415.88 88.06 .06 88

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CHAPTER ELEVEN

Central Library

Name : Rabindra Library

1. Librarian : Dr. Arun Kumar Sharma 2. Deputy Librarian : Dr. Sumana Chakraborty Sarmah 3. Assistant Librarian : Dr. Apurba Jyoti Majumder : Mr. Amit Uraon 4. Information Scientist : Mr. Kallol Das Talukdar 5. Professional Asstt. : Mr. Nijoy Kr. Paul : Mrs. Tuhina Choudhury (Debroy) : Mr. Arup Kundu : Mr. Parag Dutta Baruah Collection of Library: Books and Journals (during 1.4.2016 – 31.3.2017) Books : 1500 [Total No of Books 128415 as on 31.3.2017] Journal (Indian) : Journal (Foreign) : Membership Statistics (Registered during 1.4.2016 – 31.3.2017) Students : 1803 Scholars (Ph.D./ M.Phil ) : 329 Opening Hours Weekdays : 9.30 am – 8.30 pm Saturday : 10.00 am – 5.00 pm Sundays & Holidays : Closed Circulation Statistics No of Books Issued : 16529 No. of Books Returned : 17838 Visits Students : 29799 Research Scholars : 4247 Teachers & Staff : 485 Visitor : 185 Evening Shift : 594 (consolidated) Total Visits : 35310 No. of photocopying Machines available in the Library for members: Outsourcing Printer facility in the Library for Members: NO No. of computer having internet for members: 25 Details of Computerization of Library functions like book search, indexing etc: 98074 no of book records available in Library Database. WebOPAC is fully functional 24x7 Assam University, Silchar | 273

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Details of Digital Library content: Available 24x7 on http://idr.aus.ac.in/xmlui No. of Titles in the Library (count of unique books, do not include magazines and journals): 76508 [excluding departmental library] No. of Volumes in the Library (count of total copies of all books, do not include magazines and Journals): 95242 [excluding departmental library] No. of thesis titles: 985 [on shodhganga]

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CHAPTER TWELVE

Central Facilities

1. CENTRAL INSTRUMENTATION LABORATORY (CIL)

CIL is a university centre sanctioned by UGC in the year 2009 for teaching, research and academic activities along with instrumentation facilities. It houses sophisticated equipments like 400MHz NMR, GC-MS, AAS, FT- IR, HPLC, LN2 Plant and Impedance Analyzer etc.

Name of the Department: Central Instrumentation Laboratory Year of Establishment: 2009

1. Structure and details of Employees

Name Designation Date of Joining Nature of job Dr. S. S. Nath Associate Professor 15 – 10 – 2009 Teaching & Research Dr. S. Choudhury Assistant Professor 14 – 10 – 2009 Teaching & Research Dr. G. Gope Senior Technical 03 – 12 – 2010 Technical Assistant

2. COMPUTER CENTRE

Name of the section/Unit :Computer Centre Year of Establishment: 1997

1. Research and developmental /academic activities (within 150 words) Academic Activities:

1. Conducting regular classes for PostGraduateDiplomainInformationTechnology (PGDIT) programme.Holding PGDIT Even Semester and Odd Semester Examination from 22/7/2016 to 08/8/2016 and from 18/1/2017 to 31/1/2017 respectively.

2. Holding Practical Examination of PG Course No. AR-404 (Computer Application & Packages) for Department of Arabic on 18th May 2016 vide letter No. AUE/PG-01/Arabic/2009, dated 16/5/2016.

Conference/Workshops/ Seminars/TrainingOrganised:

1. Three monthsVirtualClass programmethroughEDUSAT from 22nd Aug to 22nd Nov 2016 for PG Students/Research Scholars of Ecology and Environmental Science Department and PGDIT. 2. One Month “Admission Help Desk” programme from 24/05/16 to 23/06/16 for Online Admission System 2016-17 in UG/PG/MBA/Engg/Integrated courses 3. Two Week “Admission Help Desk” programme from 26/12/16 to 09/01/17 for Online Admission System 2016-17 in M.Phil/Ph.D. courses. 4. Address by Hon’ble President of India Shri Pranab Mukherjee through Video Conference using NKN for the Students and Faculty Members of the University on 10th Aug 2016 at 12:30 Hrs. 5. Address by Hon’ble Minister of Human Resources Shri Prakash Javadekar through Video Conference using NKN on Goverment’s Mission towards Creating Digital Economy on 1st December 2016 at 4 PM for the Students and Faculty Members of the University. 6. Address of Hon’ble President of India Shri Pranab Mukherjee through Video Conference using NKN for the Students and Faculty Members of all the University on 10thJanuary 2017 at 12:30 Hrs

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Projects/Co-Curricular Activities handled at the University level:

 Project for Laying of Cables and other Passive components under Campus Connect and Wi-Fi facility at Assam University, Silchar (Main Campus and Diphu Campus) by NICSI/WIPRO New Delhi.  Project for Implementation (ongoing project) of Active Components under the Campus Connect and Wi-Fi facility at Assam University, Silchar (Main Campus and Diphu Campus) through OPEX Model by M/s Railtel.  Software Development for Online Admission Systems for PG/UG/Engg/MBA Admissions File Tracking and Monitoring Systems, etc  All India Survey on Higher Education  IT Skill Tests, On-line Examinations for recruitment of employees, Campus Placements, etc.  Providing Lab Facility to the User Departments.  Assam University Campus Network, Web Services, Mail services etc.

Dr. Angshu Maan Sen

Additional Responsibilities/Activities:

1. University EDUSAT Co-ordinator 2. University Chief Information Security Officer 3. University Nodal Officer for AISHE 4. University Nodal Officer for NKN Projects 5. University Nodal Officer for Video Conferencing

Conference/Workshops/ Seminars Attended:

1. Participated in Virtual Classes as the University EDUSAT Co-ordinator 2. Participated in Mitigating Threats identified by CERT-In as University Chief Information Security Officer 3. Participated in All India Survey on Higher education in university data Submission as University Nodal Officer 4. As University Nodal Officer for NKN Projects Handling the Campus Connect and Wi-Fi facility at Assam University, Silchar (Main Campus and Diphu Campus) 5. Participated in Video Conference sessions as University Nodal Officer for Video Conferencing 6. Attended North Eastern Regional NKN Workshop as University Nodal Officer for NKN Projects held in 20-21 October 2016 in NEHU organised by NIC. 7. Presented University status report on Implementation of Campus Connect Network through Video Conference to MHRD on 13 Feb 2017 at 4 PM

Dr. Subrata Sinha

Academic Courses/Activities Done

1. Teaching theory papers PGDIT – 101(Programming and Problem Solving), PGDIT – 104 (Foundation of Information Technology) and PGDIT – 203a (Database Management System) for conducting regular classes in the Post Graduate Diploma in Information Technology programme for the session 2016-17. 2. Performed the Internal Examiner duty for conducting PGDIT 1st Semester Practical Examination held in the month of January 2017. 3. Academic activities like Question Paper Setting for UG, PG and Diploma courses, Evaluation, Moderation, Re-evaluation, Invigilation etc. done as and when required within the duration April 2016 to March 2017. 4. Provided logistic support for the submission of University data in the AISHE portal for the duration 2016-17. 5. Providing logistic support for Wi-Fi enable campus at Assam University Silchar and Diphu campus which is in process. 6. Provided support in the “Help Desk” for the Online Admission System of all UG/PG, Integrated, Engg. and

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MBA courses for the academic session 2016-17. 7. Performed External Examiner duty for conducting the Practical Examination of TDC 6th Semester (Hons.) at G. C. College in the Department of Economics in April 2016. 8. Participated in EDUSATbasedVirtual Classes as the University Co-coordinator.

Shri K. Anand Kr. Singha

Projects/ Activities done

1. Supervisingthe Wi-Fi campus project of Assam Unversity Silchar and Diphu Campus. 2. Supervising the team of Network along with University Campus Network Facility ManagementSupport Engineers. 3. Creation of NKN user id and policy for all the users of Assam University through Cyberoam Firewall. 4. System Administration of Web Server, Mail Server, DNS Server. 5. Network Administration through Cyberoam Firewall, Wi-Fi access point, Core Switch and L-2, L-3 Switches. 6. Preparing proposal and NIT for ICT activities.

Shri Dipankar Das

University/Centre level Activities done:

1. Technical Assistancefor University Campus Network Facility Management. 2. Basic IT Lab Maintenance. 3. Video Conferencing Operations 4. Website Uploading as and when required. 5. Networking Assistance. 6. File processing.

Shri Manjit Singha

University/Centre level Activities done: 1. Technical Assistancefor University Campus Network Facility Management. 2. SUN (Advanced IT) Lab Maintenance. 3. Video Conferencing Operations 4. A-View Operations 5. Supervision of FMS Engineers as recruited. 6. Wi-Fi Facility Maintenance 7. Networking Assistance for existing and new expansion of the networks in the University Campus

2. Structure and details of Employees Name Designation Date of joining Nature of job Dr. Angshu Maan Sen Director Computer Centre 04.02. 2008 Technical, PhD, FIE(I), FIETE. Networking, S/W Development Dr. Subrata Sinha System Analyst 15th June, 1998 Technical BSc (Hons. in Maths), MCA (GU), PhD (CS)

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Shri K. Anand Kr. Singha Networking Engineer 2nd December 2010 Technical/ B.Tech (CSE) Networking

Shri Dipankar Das Technical Assistant 31st March, 2008 Technical Assistance MSc (CS) of Networking, etc.

Shri Manjit Singha Lab Technician 3rd January, 2013 Technical Assistance Diploma in Engg.(ET&T) of Networking, etc.

3. Mention please any special facilities/ activities that you have developed or undertaken relevant to your section/ unit. Furnish details ( within 150 word)

Special facilities/ Co-curricular activities that Computer Centre have developed or undertaken  Administering Authentication, Authorization and Accountability (AAA) Security Issues in Assam University Campus Network.

Future Plan of the Computer Centre:–

 Enhancement of the security and reliability of the Campus Networks.  Upgrade the Server, Storage, etc.  Revamping of the AU Website.  Implementation of Campus Connect project of MHRD. Wi-Fi enabled Campus for AU Silchar and Diphu Campus under NMEICT of MHRD. Work is in progress.  Upgrade the Core Switch in the AUS Campus Network.

3. HEALTH CENTRE

The Health Centre was established in the year 1997. It started its journey as a small dispensary with only two Medical Staff. Over the years it gradually transformed itself into a centre with better medical facility. On the 25th of July 2006, the Health Centre got shifted to its permanent site which was spread over an area of 830.44 square meters. The present building includes O. P. D. rooms, Dressing Room-cum-Minor O.T, Male Female Wards, Pathological Laboratory, Doctors’ Quarter, etc. It caters to the Health care needs of all the beneficiaries & members of the Assam University family (i.eTeaching Staff, Non-teaching Staff, Students, Research Fellows, Project Fellows, Supporting Staff, Security Personnel, etc.,) round the clock.

OBJECTIVES:  To provide basic health care facilities to the stake holders of Assam University on 24X7 basis ;  To provide adequate and proper medical advice to all the patients.  To promote various health educational activities by organizing health camps, health awareness programs and blood donation campaigns, etc.

PRESENT STATUS OF THE HEALTH CENTRE:

OPD services at the Health Centre are provided from 10 AM to 5:30 PM on all weekdays (i.e., from Monday to Friday), and 10 AM to 3 PM on Saturdays. Emergency medical services are also being provided to patients during odd hours & on holidays. Critical cases are being referred to Higher Centres by Ambulance, after providing primary treatment.

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AMBULANCE FACILITIES: The Health Centre is supported by two Ambulances on 24 x 7 hr services. MEDICAL FACILITIES:  OPD facility  Emergency casualty facility round the clock.  Ambulance services 24x7.  Minor OT services  ENT, Psychiatry, Homeopathy consultation.  ECG,X-Ray, Routine Bio-chemical, Pathological & Serological investigation facilities available

HEALTH PROMOTIONAL ACTIVITIES:

 Regular Health Awareness programmes on Anaemia, Mother & Child Health, Tuberculosis, prevention of infectious diseases were organized nearby Villages by Health Centre  Regular CME on common diseases were conducted by Cipla & Glaxo Pharmaceutical Companies at Health Centre.  Free Medical Health Camps were conducted at Vivekananda Kendriya Vidyalaya and Maharshi Vidyamandir School by Health Centre Doctor.

BIOMEDICAL WASTE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AT HEATLH CENTRE: Biomedical wastes are being managed as per the recommended guidelines. Disposal of medical waste is being done at Silchar Medical College & Hospital with proper transportation. Disposal of garbage (except bio-medical) is done in the pit at the backyard. HEALTH CENTRE STATISTICS: A) No. of patients attending the Health Centre in the year 2016-2017:

Financial Year Male Female Total 2016-2017 6075 3735 9810

B) Total Expenditure in the financial year 2016-2017:

Financial Year Expenditure 2016-2017 7,85,521/-

STRUCTURAL DETAILS OF HEALTH CENTRE EMPLOYEES: Date of Date of Sl. Nature of Joining Resignation Name Gender Designation No. Appointment Health from Health Centre Centre Senior Medical Officer 01. Dr (Mrs) Darshana Patoa Female cum in-charge of Permanent 04.03.2010 Health Centre 02. Dr (Mrs) Shatabhisha Sr. Lady Medical Female Permanent 03.09.2012 Roy Choudhury Officer Assam University, Silchar | 279

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03. Technical Officer Dr (Mrs) Manjari Verma Female Permanent 02.09.2013 (Pathologist) 04. Dr. Abhijit Holme Male Medical Officer Contractual 23.09.2015 Choudhury 05. Dr. Banibrata Male Medical Officer Contractual 17.06.2016 Chakraborty 06. Mrs Anita Rani Baidya Female Staff Nurse Permanent 18.01.2005 07. Mrs Shikha Suklabaidya Female Staff Nurse Permanent 27.12.2012 08. Ms. Rousonara Begum Female Pharmacist Permanent 26.12.2012 Laskar 09. Male Medical Mr. Devid Bhardhara Male Permanent 15.01.2013 Attendant 10. Male Medical Mr. Sudip Chakraborty Male Contractual 28.04.2010 Attendant 11. Mr. Rinku Kurmi Male Radiographer Contractual 21.01.2014 12. Mr. Jatan Bagdi Male Ambulance Driver Contractual 26.04.2005 13. Mr. Rameswar Singh Male Ambulance Driver Contractual 01.02.2014 14. Mr. Abhijit Roy Male Data Entry Operator Contractual 03.07.2014 15. Mr. Champak Pashi Male Peon Contractual 14.08.2015

DAY CARE CENTRE

The Day Care Centre was established on 11th September 2011 with the objective of helping working parents to keep their children in the Centre during their working hours at University without worry. The Day Care Centre remains operational from 10 am to 6 pm. The facilities in the Centre are available to employees and full-time research scholars of the University. The facilities include the following: Rest room for children, Learning room, Entertainment room, Sick room, Play room and Office room. At present two (2) lady Attendants are attached to the Centre.

Structure and details of Employees

Name Designation Date of joining Nature of job

Miss Rumpi Kar Lady attendant 10-09-2011 Take care of the Children who come at Day care Centre. Mrs. Bibha Rani Das Lady attendant 10-09-2011 Take care of the Children who come at Day care Centre.

5. SPORTS AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION CENTRE

Year of Establishment: 1999

1. Activities (A) Organization of Tournaments / Coaching Camps / Celebrations during 2016 – 17 i. Organized one week Workshop on Yoga 3rd to 9th June 2016 (morning and evening sessions of two hours each) at the Conference Hall of Department of Philosophy. The following activities were included in the Workshop: - Demonstration of Yoga Asanas, Surya Namaskar and Pranayama - Yoga training following Common Yoga Protocol (CYP) - Lectures by Yoga Experts/Resource persons - Publication of a booklet on Yoga and benefits of Yoga - Screening of Yoga related Films - Interactive sessions Assam University, Silchar | 280

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ii. Organized International Yoga Day Celebration on 21st June 2016 with the following programmes: - Yoga sessions - Demonstration of Yoga Asanas - Interactive sessions - Prize Distribution to winners iii. Organized Azadi 70 Yaad Karo Kurbani - Freedom Fortnight Celebration (13th to 23rd August 2016) with the following programmes: - Illumination of Administrative building, Bhasa smarak (Sahid Minar, Bhasa Janani, etc.), statue of Vivekananda, Netaji, Rabindranath Tagore and Ambedkar (13th to 23rd August 2016) - Photography Competition - Poster Making Competition - Ex-tempore Speech Competition - Debate Competition - Prize Distribution to winners iv. Mass singing of the National Anthem at 11 am on 23rd August 2016 v. Organized Inter-College Football (Men & Women) Tournament (7th to 11th September 2016) at University Sports Complex playfield. vi. Organized Intra-Staff Annual Sports and Cultural programme (November 2016). vii. Organized Inter-College Cricket (Men) Tournament (20th to 26th December 2016) at University Sports Complex playfield. viii. Organized a three week Coaching Camp (Non-residential – 2 week and Residential – 1 week) in Football (Men) during December 2016 and January 2017 at University Sports Complex playfield. ix. Organized Sports & Recreational Activities during Utsav Jyotirgomoyo 2017 (Celebrations of the University Foundation Day, Netaji Birthday and Republic Day). x. Organized Inter-College Badminton & Table Tennis (Men & Women) Championship (20th and 21st February 2017) at Netaji Mancha Hall of the University. xi. Arranged Yoga classes (7 am to 9 am) for students and staff members in collaboration with Patanjali Yogapeeth Trust, Cachar at Conference Hall of Deptt of Philosophy from March 2016 onwards. xii. Arranged Karate classes: (a) exclusively for girl students in the Recreation Hall of Girls Hostel No. 5 on every Saturdays and Sundays, (b) for campus children and staff members at the Recreation Centre and surrounding lawns since July 2014.

(B) Participation in Inter – College Sports Tournaments during 2016 - 17 i. Assam University team participated in the Inter-College Football (Men & Women) Tournament 2016 (September 2016) organized by Assam University Sports Board. Men’s team qualified up to Quarter- final stage and Women’s team won runners-up trophy. Shri G. Albert Rongmai (Law) secured the “Best Defender” of the Tournament award. ii. Assam University team participated in the Inter-College Cricket (Men) Tournament 2016 (December 2016) organized by Assam University Sports Board and the University team qualified up to Semi-final stage. 1. Assam University team participated in the Inter- College Badminton & Table Tennis Championship (Feb Badminton (Men Student) Single – Premangshu Ranjan Nath (Computer Science Engineering) Runners-up 2. Badminton (Women Student) Single – Anupama Singha (Agricultural Engineering) Runners-up 3. Badminton (Women Student) Doubles - Dipannita Das (Education) and Anupama Singha (Agricultural Engineering) Runners-up 4. Badminton (Men Staff) Single – Rajesh Aldarthi (Library Sc) Champion K. Anand Kumar Singha (Computer Centre) Runners-Up 5. Badminton (Men Staff) Doubles – Assam University, Silchar | 281

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Rajesh Aldarthi (Library Sc) and K. Anand Kumar Singha (Computer Centre) Champion 5. Badminton (Women Staff) Single – Dr Sumana Chakraborty Sarmah (Library) Champion Dr Darshana Patoa (Health Centre) Runners-up 6. Table Tennis (Men Staff) Single – Dr N. Bijen Meetei (Political Science) iii. (Janruary 2017) organized by Assam University Sports Board and the team won the following prizes:

(C) Participation in Inter – University Sports Tournaments during 2016 - 17 i. Participated in the East Zone Inter-University Volleyball (Men) Tournament held at Gauhati University, Guwahati (November 2016). ii. Participated in the East Zone Inter-University Cricket (Men) Tournament held at Vidyasagar University, Midnapore, West Bengal (January 2017). iii. Participated the University teams for Football (Men), Chess (Men and Women), Table Tennis (Men), and Athletics (Men) in North-East Sports Meet held at NIT, Silchar in January 2017. The University Football (Men) team won the Championship trophy and Shri G. Albert Rongmai (Law) secured the “Best Football Player trophy”. iv. Participated in the East Zone Inter-University Football (Men) Tournament held at Vidyasagar University, Midnapore, West Bengal (February 2017). The University team qualified up to Quarter-final stage.

(D) University Gymnasium : i. Assam University Gymnasium was formally inaugurated on 13th October 2007. Regular activity programme of the Gymnasium started from 12th November 2007. During 2016 – 17 session, the University Gymnasium has enrolment strength of two hundred seventy-four members. ii. For girl students, gymnasium equipments are provided to the ladies hostels and training programme conducted in respective hostels.

2. Academic Outreach Activities 2016 - 17 Dr L. Dibamani Singh, Deputy Director (S & PE)  Acted as AIU Observer for conduct of North Zone Inter-University Handball (Men & Women) Tournament 2016 (18th to 22nd November 2016) at Punjabi University, Patiala (Punjab).  Acted as one of the members of AIU Expert Committee for revision of Handbook of Rules and Regulations for Conduct of AIU Inter-University Tournaments.  Acted as one of the members of AIU Expert Committee for comprehensive development framework of National University Sports.  Acted as subject expert for selection committee of Dr S P M College of Education, Sichar for selection of teachers in Health and Physical Education.  Attended One Week Yoga Workshop organized by Assam University Sports Board from 3rd to 9th June 2016.  Attended Two Week Skill Development Programme in Sports Anthropometry organized by Sports Authority of India Netaji Subhas National Institute of Sports, Patiala at Sports Authority of India Netaji Subhas Southern Centre, Bangalore during March-April 2016.  Appointed as paper setter-cum-paper examiner for Assam University B Ed examination (Paper no. 302 and 206).  Acted as Secretary, AU Sports Board and liaised with Inter-University Sports Board of India, of Association of Indian Universities, New Delhi; other Universities; affiliated and permitted Colleges; and DSA, Silchar concerning organization and participation in Inter-University Tournaments, Inter- College Tournaments, Selection Trials and Coaching Camps.  Member, Inter-University Sports Board of India (IUSB) and Inter-University Cultural Committee, of Association of Indian Universities, New Delhi. Assam University, Silchar | 282

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 Life Member, Sports Psychology Association of India (SPAI).  Life Member, National Association of Physical Education and Sports Science (NAPESS).  Acted as Secretary of the Organizing Committees and organized One Week Yoga Workshop, June 2016; International Day of Yoga on 21st June 2016; Azadi 70 Yaad Karo Kurbani - Freedom Fortnight Celebration, August 2016; Inter-College Football (Men & Women) Tournament, September 2016; Intra-Staff Annual Sports and Cultural programme, November 2016; Inter-College Cricket (Men) Tournament, December 2016; and Inter-College Badminton & Table Tennis (Men & Women) Tournament, February 2017.  Member (ex-officio), College Development Council and logistic support provided in respect to sports, culture and other co-curricular activities to the Council and Colleges under the University.  Member, Assam University NSS Advisory Committee  Logistic support given in the organization of Annual Co-curricular activities programme, “Social Week” organized by Students Council in February 2017 and other students’ programmes and functions.

3. Structure and Details of Employees Name Designation Date of Joining Natute of Job

Dr. L. Dibamani Singh Deputy Director (S & PE) 17-05-1999 Supervisory

Mr. Niranjan Das LDC cum Cricket Coach 20-10-1995 Clerical and Sports Training and Coaching

4. Mention please any special facilities / activities that you have developed or undertaken relevant to your section / unit. Furnish details. A) Purchase of Sports Equipments During 2016 – 17

Sl. No. Name of the Sports Item/Equipment Qnty

04 nos. 1. Cricket Bat for playing match SG RSD XTREME ENGLISH WILLOW

2. Batting Pad ( SG RSD Prolite) 05 pairs 3. Wicket keeping Pad ( SG Proflex) 02 pairs

4. Batting Glove (SG Excelite ) 05 pairs 5. Helmet (SG Aerotech) 04 nos.

6. Kit Bag (SG Ultrapak) 03 nos. 7. Thai pad (SG Proflex) 04 nos. 8. Wicket keeping Glove (SG Test) 02 pairs

9. Inner Glove (SG Test) 02 pairs 10. Abdominal Guard (SG Test) 04 nos. 11. Cricket Bat for Practice (SG Nexus Plus) 10 nos.

12. Cricket Box Net 100’X10’ ROOF SIZE 45’X10’NYLON (FALCON) 02 nos. 13. Cricket Net 100’x 10’ (VIXEN) 02 nos. 14. Football ( Nivia Shining Star) 50 nos. 15. Volleyball G 2020 (Nivia) 50 nos. Assam University, Silchar | 283

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16. Folding Medical Stretcher (Firetex) 01 no. 17. Medical Stretcher (NST) 01 no. 18. Changing Board (Nivia) 02 nos. 19. Corner Flag (Nivia) 02 sets 20. Linesman Flag (Nivia) 02 sets 21. Cricket Bat for Playing with Tennis ball (SII KAP) 45 nos. 22. Volleyball Net Nylon (VINEX) 10 nos 23. Badminton Shuttle Cock Nylon (Yonex Mavis 350) 25 box 24. Carrom Board (38” x 38”) with coins and strikers (NEELKAMAL) 25 nos. 25. Badminton Racquet Yonex NRL + 8 50 nos. 26. Chess Clock (NIVIA) 02 nos

27. Ball Pump with pressure guage (NIVIA) 02 nos 28. Ice Box (Insulated ice box 40 litre) Milton 1 no. 29. Ice Box (Insulated ice box 20 litre) Milton 1 no. 30. Skipping Rope without weight (Vixen) 10 nos 31. Basket ball Nivia Europa Size 7 10 nos 32. High jump stand standard supreme (Vinex HJS-S01) 2 sets

33. High Jump cross bar fibregrass (NELCO) 2 nos 34. Hand Ball PU Nivia Antrix 10 nos 35. Handball Goal Net (Vixen) 5 nos 36. Combination Referee/Umpire Stand for Volleyball and Badminton (Vinex) 2 sets 37. HEX DUMBELLS 10 kg – 4 nos. = 40 kg 4 nos 38. HEX DUMBELLS 7.5 kg – 4 nos. = 30 kg 4 nos 39. HEX DUMBELLS 5 kg – 6 nos. = 30 kg 4 nos

B) Infrastructural Development during 2016 – 17 i. Developed Cricket-cum-Football field and drainage system surrounding the field and constructed a cricket pitch in the middle of the ground. ii. Developed Kabaddi courts at Netaji Udayan. iii. Renovation of existing Volleyball court at Netaji Udayan iv. Provision made for Mini Gymnasium facilities with single station items to all the 5 (five) Ladies Hostels. v. Developed two concrete Badminton Courts in the Netaji Subhash Mancha Hall. vi. Provided flood lighting systems in Sports Complex playfield, Basketball and Volleyball courts. vii. Initiated for laying grass turf of sports complex field and also chain-link fencing of the field.

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6. CAREER COUNSELLING & PLACEMENT CELL

LIST OF ACTIVITIES OF CAREER COUNSELLING AND PLACEMENT CELL FROM 1ST APRIL 2016 TO 31ST MARCH 2017

a) Invited Lectures: b) Workshops:

1. Industrial Motivational Campaign Workshop for the Departments of Economics & Commerce on 12th August 2016 (in collaboration with MSME-Silchar-sponsored by MSME -Silchar). 2. Workshop on “Interview Skills & Job Preparedness” for the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences on 16th -17th August 2016. 3. Workshop on “Interview Skills & Job Preparedness” for the Department of Mass Communication on 18th -19th August 2016. 4. Workshop on “Interview Skills & Job Preparedness” for the Department of Computer Science of School of Physical Science on 30th-31st August 2016. 5. 13th -18th February, 2017, General Entrepreneurship Training in association with UBI & TSSOT for AgriEnggStudents . 6. 6th -11thMarch, 2017, General Entrepreneurship Training in association with UBI & TSSOT for CSE Students. 7. Entrepreneurship Awareness Camp for the students of CS Department from 1st February to 3rdFebruary, 2017 in association with EDII, DST & School of Management Studies. 8. Entrepreneurship Awareness Camp for the students of Life Science Department from 6th February to 8th February, 2017, in association with EDII, DST & School of Management Studies. 9. Entrepreneurship Awareness Camp for the students of Earth Science Department from 2nd March to 4th March, 2017 in association with EDII, DST & School of Management Studies. 10. Entrepreneurship Awareness Camp for the students of Physics Department from 6th March to 8th March, 2017 in association with EDII, DST & School of Management Studies.

c) Campus Recruitment 2016-17 i) Total number of students who participated in the placement interviews between 1st April 2016 to 31st March 2017: : 498 i) Total number of students who get placed through campus interviews 1st April 2016 to 31st March 2017 : 81

ii) Highest salary package ( inRs. Lakhs per annum) for students placed within 1st April 2016 to 31st march 2017. : 7.5 Lakhs p a

iii) Average salary (in Rs. Lakhs per annum) 1st April 2016 to 31st March 2017 : 3.8 Lakhs p a

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iv) Name of the Companies and the number of students that were placed between 1st April 2016 to 31st March 2017

Name of the Company No. of the students placed in 2016-17 Concept Education 1 Sun Pharma Laboratories Ltd, NIL Zaloni Technology (Pool Drive) 2 Max Cement 4 HDFC Life 6 Karvy Stock 3 ICICI Pru 6 AzimPremji Foundation 10 short listed ICICI BANK 13 CholaMandalam Finance 3 Bandhan Bank 13 BhartiAirtel 2 Ocenicpharmachem NIL Berger Paints NIL Marico NIL ITC NIL Sreeram Gen. Insurance 4

Prompt Cloud (Pool Drive) 2 Airplaza Retail Holdings Pvt. Ltd. 1 Asian Paints NIL Delta Tech (Pool Drive) 11

7. HOSTEL ACCOMMODATION FOR STUDENTS, QUARTERS FOR TEACHERS AND NON-TEACHING STAFF

There are at present nine hostels in the University – the four Boys’ hostels accommodate 314 (120+44+60+90) and the five girls’ hostels accommodate 426 (120+98+48+60+100+2 foreign) students. The hostels are furnished with basic facilities like: Drinking water, Green Generator, Serving of cooked food. There is a separate booklet on conduct rules for hostel boarders. Besides, these the University has residential accommodation for teachers (72 Quarters) and the non-teaching staff (30 Quarters). There are two banks: SBI and UCO with ATM facilities, one Post Office, three Cafeterias.

1. NATIONAL SERVICE SCHEME CELL

Year of Inception of NSS in Assam University: 2005

Structure of the Body: An Advisory Committee was formed on 24/08/2005 under the chairmanship of Vice-Chancellor, Assam University, Silchar. The committee was reconstituted in October 2013.

Total No. of Units and Volunteers: 35 units are operating with approx 3500 volunteers in 25 affiliated colleges from Cachar, Hailakandi, Karimganj and Karbli Anglon districts (including 2 Units in AUS campus).

Sl No Name of College 1 M.C. Das College, Sonai, Cachar. 2 Ram Krishna Nagar College, Karimgunj. 3 Nabin Chandra College, Badarpur 4 Women’s College, Silchar. 5 S. K. Roy College, Katlicherra, Assam University, Silchar | 286

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6 Lala Rural College, Lala. 7 Jagannath Singh College, Udharband, 8 Nehru College, Pailapool, Cachar 9 Cachar College, Silchar 10 Guru Charan College, Silchar. 11 Radha Madhab College, Sonai Road, Silchar. 12 Karimganj College, Karimganj. 13 R.S. Girl’s College, Karimganj. 14 S. S. College, Hailakandi. 15 Janata College, Kabuganj, Cachar . 16 A.L. Chowdhury college, Algapur, Hailakandi 17 Assam University Campus, Silchar 18 Assam University, Diphu Campus, Karbi Anglong, Diphu, 19 Maibang Degree College, Maibang, NC Hills, 20 Haflong Government College, Haflong dist. Dima hasao, 21 Pranab Jublee College, Bokajan, Karbi Anglong 22 S.R. College, Kalain, Cachar 23 Neelam Bazar College, Karimganj 24 Patherkandi College, Patherkandi 25 Diphu Government College, Diphu, Karbi Anglong

Activities of NSS Cell and NSS Units of Assam University

NSS Units of Assam University comprising of 35 Units operating in 25 affiliated colleges (including two units in Assam University Campus). As part of NSS regular activities, the affiliated colleges and the university campus has observed several national and international days of importance on the following days: a) World Environment Day o 5th June, b) International Literacy Day on 8th September, c) NSS Foundation Day Celebration on 24th September. d) Communal Harmony Day on 2nd October, e) National Education Day on 11th November f) World AIDS Day on 1st December g) International Human Rights Day on 10th December. h) International Day of Persons with Disabilities on 3rd December i) National Youth Day on 12th January j) Martyr Day on 30th January k) International Women’s Day on 8th March l) Constitution Day m) Good Governance Day n) National Unity Day o) International Yoga Day

Assam University: Silchar National Service Scheme (NSS) Activities at a Glance 2016-17

1. Special Swachhata Abhiyan in Assam University Campus on 12th Aug 2016: As part of Special Swchha Abhiyan NSS Cell of Assam University has organized a Cleaning campaign on 12th August 2016 with the participation of the NSS volunteers from the University campus. The campaign was part of the regular activities of NSS volunteers.

2. Yoga Classes Harinagar Village, Cachar on 13th August 2016: Mr. Shantanu Bhattacharya has conducted training programme for the youth in Harinagar village. The village youth participated enthusiastically. The programme was being coordinated by the Young Netaji Club of Harinagar. The club members participated in the Yoga class. The classes were held in the Market ground of Harinagar on 13th August 2016. 3. Plantation Drive Programme Lane number 6 of Dargakona on 14th August 2016: The plantation drive was being organised in the school premises with the active participation of the villages, children and NSS volunteers and students of Department of Social Work. The main motto of the programme was to inculcate the habit of

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4. Tiranga March Assam University Campus, on 22 August 2016: The Tiranga March started with a rally from Department of Social Work and proceeded up to the Bipin Chandra Pal Seminar hall where, the volunteers were addressed by the Programme Coordinator Dr. M. Gangabhushan, Prof. S.P Singh Chouhan and Prof. Pranab Mazumder, Proctor, Assam University. The Programme started with welcome address by the Programme Officer Dr. G. Albin Joseph. The volunteers gathered at Swami Vivekananda Statue and the Programme ended with slogans on the significance of the day

Digital India Workshop for the NSS Volunteers Assam University Campus on 24th August 2016: National e-governance division an independent division of department of electronics and information technology in association with National Service Scheme (NSS), department of youth affairs has conducted awareness workshop on Digital India in Bipin Chandra Paul Seminar Hall, Assam University on 24th August 2016 under the coordinatorship of Dr. M. Gangabhushan NSS Coordinator, NSS Cell, AUS. The main objective of the workshop was to connect the Indian Youth with the Digital India products and services and to create a pool of ambassadors/volunteers to spread the vision of Digital India programme among academia and communities. NSS volunteers from 20 colleges (taking 10 students from each college) and there programme officers participated in that programme. The workshop was inaugurated by lighting the lamp. The inaugural programme was attended by register, director of computer centre, director C.D.C of Assam University and managing director of Rosekandy Tea-estate. The Hon’ble Vice Chancellor Prof. Dilip Chandra Nath preceided over the inaugural meeting. In presidential address Prof. Dilip Chandra Nath briefed how NSS volunteers can spread the message of Digital India across the country and make successful Digital India mission of Hon’ble Prime Minister of India. Shri. Indranath Chatterjee from National e governance division (Assam) also attended in this occasion as one of the resource person who conducted sessions on Digital India initiative. Display on Digital India main film, discussion on project and e services in the state, innovative way of spreading Digital India mission were the main part of whole day workshop. The programme ended with distribution of certificate among NSS volunteers. In addition to the various intellectual discussions, the workshop given a scope to the volunteers to participate in the following four contests: (1) Skit Competition, (2) Poster Designing, (3) Quiz about DI products & Idea generation.

Awareness Programme on Cashless Economy “Vittiya Saksharta” Brojalenga Pioneer Sangh, Borjalenga Village, on 27 January 2016: The awareness programme was organised in Borjalenga Pioneer Sangh. Shri I.B. Ubhadia, Manager, Rosekandy Tea Estate, Dr. M. Gangabhushan, Programme Coordinator NSS Cell of Assam University, Dhruv Bhattacharjee from Borjalenga Pioneer Singh were present in the programme. The programme started with a welcome speech given by Druv Bhattacharjee followed by a speech by Shri. I. B. Ubhadia gave an overview of the need for digitalisation initiatives in India. He spoke on the avenues available for digital transactions and reiterated that the effective utilisation of the digital avenues towards accountable and transparent governance. Dr. M. Gangabhushan gave emphasis on the judicious utilisation of the gadgets available for digital transactions. The main motto of digital India initiative is to promote digital literacy in the society with a motto of making at least one person from each family a digital literate. Mr. Niraj Kumar, from State Bank of India took a session on the significance of the use of the digital apps elaborately followed by interaction with the participants. The programme ended with vote of thanks from Dr. Gangabhushan.

1. Health and Sanitation Awareness Programme Sildubi Village on 20th September 2016: The programme was being organised in Sildubi village by the NSS volunteers and the Social Work students. The main motto of the programme was to make them aware about the importance of keeping their body and surroundings neat and clean. The lectures were on the significance of preventive practices by the people and encourage the children and women to be more proactive in their health and hygiene.

NSS Foundation Day Assam University Campus, on 24th September 2017: NSS Foundation Day (i.e. 24th September) was celebrated by the NSS Unit of Assam University on 24th September 2016 in Department of Social Work. The programme was planned to commemorate the Foundation Day of National Service Scheme (NSS) which was incepted on 24th September 1969. The main motto of observing this Assam University, Silchar | 288

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1. The Constitution Day Department of Law, AUS, on 26th November 2016: The Constitution day was observed in the Department of Law on 26th November 2016. The programme was attended by the students and the faculty members. The programme was anchored by Madhumita with welcome address followed by the lectures by the faculty members. Dr. Madhumita Dhar Sarkar, Dr. Priyaranjan Kumar, Dr. M. Gangabhushan, NSS Coordinator were present in the programme. The gist of the lecturers centre around the importance of the Constitution. It has given an impetus to the rights based culture based on equality and social justice. The contribution of Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar and the other social reformers in promoting the culture of equality through policy changes.

Indian Organ Donation Day Assam University Health Centre, on 27th November 2016: Health centre of Assam University has organised awareness on the Indian Organ Donation Day. The students of various departments along with NSS volunteers participated in the programme held in Bipin Chandra Pal Seminar Hall. The programme started with welcome address given by Dr. Darshana Patoa, Medical Officer, Assam University. She gave a brief historical outline of the observance of Indian Organ Donation Day in India on 27th Day of November every year. The other resource person from Silchar Medical College has also showed the documentaries to make the students understand the various aspects of the organ donation.

1. National Education Day Lane number 6 of Dargakona on 11th November 2016: The programme was held in a Primary School of Lane no 6 community. Prof. Gopalji Mishra, from Department of Social Work, Dr. M. Gangabhushan, NSS Coordinator, Mr. Gwala from Child Line along with the Head Master and the teachers of the school were present. There was a good participation of school children along with their parents from the village. The programme started with the welcome address by the school Head Master. Dr. M. Gangabhushan gave the brief idea of right to education and gave an overview of the historical milestone events that made the access to education a fundamental right. He also asked the parents to be very responsible towards attainment of right to education. Their responsibility is to see that the child go the school regularly and make the school more friendly to the children. They should also ensure that the children should not be discriminate based on gender and promote a culture which gives an opportunity to excel their dream.

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CHAPTER THIRTEEN

Campus Development Activities

The Infrastructure Development Works undertaken by the University during XIIth Plan i.e., from 01/04/2016 to 31/03/2017

ASSAM UNIVERSITY, SILCHAR CAMPUS Sl. Name of Works Status of No. work 1 Providing mosquito/fly proof wire net window/ventilator for Teaching & Non Completed Teaching Quarter of Assam University Silchar

2 Construction of gate & marble slab over staircase of Sahid Minar of Assam Completed University Silchar

3 Modification of basement for periodical section of central Library, Assam Completed University Silchar

4 Aluminium Partition wall with door for creating store room in IQAC office Completed

5 Aluminium framed rack for store room of Finance section including partition Completed wall with doors

6 Supply fitting and fixing of LED compound light at Old Guest House, AUS Completed

7 Supply fitting and fixing of LED output lighting in VC Bungalow AUS Completed 8 Supply fitting and fixing of LED lights around the statue of Dr. B.R Completed Ambedkar at Administrative building

9 Earthfilling around Workshop Building, AUS Completed 10 Providing chainlink fencing and sitting arrangement for the proposed site of Completed Children Park at Non-Teaching Quarter Complex

11 Providing floodlights at different locations of Assam University Silchar Completed 12 Preparation of report & estimate for repairing & carpeting of AUS Campus Completed roads through NIT. 13 Providing playing materials for the Children’s park near Non-Teaching Completed Complex

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ASSAM UNIVERSITY, DIPHU CAMPUS Sl. Name of Works Status of No. work 1 C/o Repairing of Road with reinforced cement concrete from the ending Completed point of P.C.C road near Admn. Building to leading towards Library building at Assam University, Diphu Campus. 2 Development of Volley ball field at Assam University, Diphu Campus. Completed

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CHAPTER FOURTEEN College Development Council and Affiliated/ Permitted Colleges

The College Development Council is the Principal advisory body to the Executive Council. It performs this function through the Academic Council. The objective of the Council is, without prejudice to the generality of provisions of the Act, the Statutes and Ordinances of the University, to provide a leadership role and generally extend help, guidance and advice to the Colleges admitted to the privileges of the University.

The College Development Council (CDC) of Assam University came into being in 1996. The relevant Ordinance of the University was approved by the Govt. of India, MHRD, Department of Education vide order No. F.9-3/95-Desk (U) dated 18.12.95.

The total number of Colleges (Affiliated and Permitted), including Professional Colleges admitted to the privileges of Assam University is 61 (Sixty one) as on 31st March, 2016. The College Development Council examines the proposals from the Colleges for permission, affiliation and also forwards the proposals received from Colleges for development project in respect of physical facilities, infra-structured facilities, development of library and minor/ major research projects to the University Grants Commission.

The primary functions of the College Development Council are as following:

(i) To provide a forum for consideration of various aspects of education in the affiliated colleges of the university with a view to continuously improve the general educational standards in the colleges; (ii) To assess the development needs of the colleges; (iii) To help the affiliated colleges to prepare developmental projects which may be financed internally by the Institutions, or which may be presented to other funding agencies such as University Grants Commission, etc; (iv) To submit projects to funding agencies on behalf of the affiliated colleges individually or collectively; (v) To asses periodically the physical facilities in the affiliated colleges with reference to the number of students and subjects taught and to make recommendations for their improvement; (vi) To review the examination system and suggest innovations and improvement; (vii) To follow up the Inspection Reports on various colleges and to suggest corrective measures wherever necessary; (viii) To promote and encourage co-curricular activities in the colleges. (ix) To perform such other functions as may be assigned to it by the Academic Council, the Executive Council or the Vice Chancellor.

There is an Affiliation Committee currently consisting of the following members to examine proposals received from Colleges to grant permission/ affiliation and opening of new Colleges/ subjects etc.

i. Vice Chancellor, Assam University - Chairman ii. Director, Higher Education, Kahilipara - Member iii. Prof. Debasish Bhattacharjee, Dept. of Pol. Science - Member iv. Prof. Nagendra Pandey, Dept. of Earth Science - Member v. Principal, Cachar College, Silchar - Member vi. Principal, T T College, Silchar - Member vii. Registrar, Assam University - Spl. Invitee viii. Controller of Examinations, Assam University - Spl. Invitee ix. Director- CDC - Member Secretary

The Affiliation Committee grants permission and/or affiliation to Colleges after scrutiny of the proposals received from the Colleges vis-à-vis on the report of inspection of the Colleges submitted by an Inspection Commission.

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All the colleges under section 2(f) & 12(B) of the UGC Act except Haflong Govt. College have been assessed by NAAC.

The UGC has recognized Assam University as one of the Universities in the country to grant affiliation to Minority Institution located anywhere in the country.

G C College, Karimganj College, S S College, Diphu Govt. College & Haflong Govt. College have been proposed for Selection Under Educate network under the UGC Programme of Consortium for Educational Communication.

The G C College, Silchar has been accorded the status of College with Potential for Excellence by the UGC.

During 2007-08, the Department of Science & Technology of the Govt. of India, selected 05 (five) Colleges under this University for providing financial support of Rs. 50 lakhs to each of them under a Special Package for Strengthening the educational infrastructure for science education in the North East Region.

Semester System in the Under Graduate Courses in the Degree & Professional Colleges has been introduced w.e.f. academic session 2010-11 and for this purpose various Workshops, Orientation programmes and Executive meetings on introduction of semester system in colleges were organized on various dates at various venues at different colleges in three districts where the Principals of all colleges and some officials of the University were present.

DESCRIPATION OF COLLEGES: 2016-17 UNDER ASSAM UNIVERSITY::SILCHAR

Sl. Name of Colleges Year District Whether Whether Under Courses of No. with full address of Permanent/ General or 2(f) & study Estd. Temporary/ Professional 12(B) Permitted college

1. G C College, 1935 Cachar Permanent General 2(f) & Arts, Science Silchar 12(B) & Commerce 2. Karimganj 1946 Karimganj ,, ,, 2(f) & Arts, Science College, 12(B) & Commerce Karimganj 3. S S College, 1950 Hailakandi ,, ,, 2(f) & Arts, Science Hailakandi 12(B) & 4. Cachar College, 1960 Cachar ,, ,, 2(f) & Arts, Science Silchar 12(B) & Commerce 5. Haflong Govt 1961 Dima Hasao ,, ,, 2(f) & Arts, Science College, Haflong 12(B) & Commerce 6. R S Girl’s 1962 Karimganj ,, ,, 2(f) & Arts & College, 12(B) Commerce Karimganj 7. Women’s 1963 Cachar ,, ,, 2(f) & Arts, Com. & College, Silchar 12(B) SFC 8. Diphu Govt. 1964 Karbianglong ,, ,, 2(f) & Arts, Science College, Diphu 12(B) & Commerce 9. R K Nagar 1964 Karimganj ,, ,, 2(f) & Arts & College, 12(B) Science Ramkrishnanagar 10. Janata College, 1964 Cachar ,, ,, 2(f) & Arts Kabuganj 12(B) 11. Lala Rural 1964 Hailakandi ,, ,, 2(f) & Arts & College, Lala, 12(B) Commerce 12. Nehru College, 1965 Cachar ,, ,, 2(f) & Arts Pailapool 12(B) 13. N C College, 1969 Karimganj ,, ,, 2(f) & Arts, Com. &

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Badarpur 12(B) Science 14. Radhamadhab 1971 Cachar ,, ,, 2(f) & Arts & Com. College, Silchar 12(B) 15. M C D College, 1972 Cachar ,, ,, 2(f) & Arts & Com. Sonai 12(B) Science 16. Teachers’ 1960 Cachar ,, Professional 2(f) & B.Ed. Training College, 12(B) Silchar 17. A K Chanda Law 1960 Cachar ,, ,, 2(f) & LL.B. College, Silchar 12(B) 18. Diphu Law 1979 Karbianglong ,, ,, 2(f) & LL.B. College, Diphu 12(B) 19. West Silchar 1985 Cachar Temporary General 2(f) only Arts College, Barjatrapur 20. Maibang Degree 1988 Dema Hasao Permanent ,, 2(f) only Arts College, Maibang (2012-13) 21. S R College, 1992 Cachar Permanent ,, 2(f) only Arts Kalain (2010-11) 22. A L Coudhury 1991 Hailakandi Permanent ,, 2(f) only Arts & College, Algapur (2015-16) Commerce 23. M H C M Science 1997 Hailakandi Permanent ,, 2(f) only Science College, Algapur (2015-16) 24. S C Dey College, 1992 Hailakandi Temp. Aff. ,, 2(f) only Arts & Kalinagar Commerce 25. S V College, 1987 Karimganj Tem. Aff. ,, 2(f) only Arts Chandkhira 26. Nilambazar 1994 Karimganj Permanent ,, 2(f) & Arts College, (2012-13) 12(B) Nilambazar 27. S K Roy College, 1994 Hailakandi Permanent ,, 2(f) & Arts Katlichera (2010-11) 12(B) 28. Thongnokbe 1984 Karbianglong Temporary ,, 2(f) & Arts College, 12(B) Dokmoka 29. M K Dey College, 1994 Cachar ,, ,, 2(f) & Arts Amraghat 12(B) 30. Dr. S B Institute 1996 Hailakandi ,, Professional 2(f) only B.Ed. of Education, Hailakandi 31. Vivekananda 1995 Karimganj ,, ,, 2(f) only B.Ed College of Education, Karimganj 32. Patherkandi 1995 Karimganj ,, ,, 2(f) only B.Ed. College of Education, Patherkandi 33. Silchar College of 2002 Cachar ,, ,, 2(f) only B.Ed. Education, Nagatilla 34. Howraghat 1993 Karbianglong Permanent General 2(f) only Arts College, (2015-16) Howraghat 35. Eastern K A 1997 Karbianglong Permanent ,, 2(f) only Arts College, Sarihajan (2015-16) 36. Rangsina College, 1983 Karbianglong ,, ,, 2(f) only Arts Donkamukam 37. J N Singh 1998 Cachar ,, ,, 2(f) only Arts Assam University, Silchar | 294

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College, Udharband 38. Kapili College, 1995 Karbianglong ,, ,, 2(f) only Arts Kheroni 39. Lalit Jain 1996 Cachar ,, ,, 2(f) only Commerce Commerce College, Silchar 40. Hailakandi 1983 Hailakandi ,, ,, 2(f) only Arts Women’s College, Hailakandi 41. Patherkandi 1990 Karimganj Permanent ,, 2(f) only Arts College, 2015-16 Patherkandi 42. Rukasen College, 1992 Karbianglong ,, ,, 2(f) only Arts Bakalia 43. S M Dev College, 1995 Cachar ,, ,, 2(f) only Arts Lakhipur 44. Diphu Girl’s 1994 Karbianglong Tem. Aff. ,, 2(f) only Arts College, Diphu (2015-16) 45. J B Hagjar 1995 Dima Hasao ,, ,, 2(f) only Arts College, Umrangsho 46. Silchar College, 1994 Cachar ,, ,, 2(f) only Arts Singari 47. Katigorah 2000 Cachar ,, ,, 2(f) only Arts Anchalik Degree College 48. Karimganj Law 1984 Karimganj ,, Professional 2(f) only LL.B. College, Karimganj 49. Bokajan College, 1991 Karbianglong Tem. Aff. General 2(f) only Arts Bokajan (2015-16) 50. Diphu B.Ed. 1994 Karbianglong ,, Professional 2(f) only B.Ed. College, Diphu 51. Dr. S P M College 2005 Cachar ,, Professional 2(f) only B.Ed. of Education, Silcoorie 52. Barkhola College, 2009 Cachar Tem. Aff. General 2(f) only Arts Barkhola (2015-16) 53. N C Paul 2010 Cachar “ General 2(f) only Commerce Memorial College, Chenkuri Road 54. S K Roy 2010 Hailakandi “ Professional 2(f) only B.Ed. Memorial Institute of Education 55. F A Ahmed 2012 Cachar “ General 2(f) only Arts Degree College, Banskandi 56. Deopani College, 2012 Karbianglong “ General 2(f) only Arts P.O.Barpathar, Santipur 57. Pranab Jubilee 2012 Karbianglong “ General 2(f) only Commerce & College, Bokajan, Science Sukhanjan 58. Harlongbi 2013 Karbianglong ” General 2(f) only Arts Velongbi College,

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Hanboka, Deithor 59. Waisong 2014 Karbianglong “ General 2(f) only Arts College,Hamren- 782486 60. Langhin College 2014 Karbianglong Temporary General 2(f) only Arts 61. Khairun Nessa 2015 Badarpur, Temporary General 2(f) only Arts Begum Women’s Karimganj College

AFFILIATED/PERMITTED COLLEGES

CACHAR COLLEGE

Name of the College : CACHAR COLLEGE::SILCHAR

Year of Establishment : 1960

Name of the Principal : DR. ANITYA BENODE DEB

Status of affiliation : Permanent

Affiliated subjects:

BA (pass): Eng,Bengali,Manipuri,Hindi,Alt.Eng,Eco,PSC,Phil.History,Sanskrit,Arabic,FCES,Adv.Beng,Adv. Manipuri

BA (Hons.): Eng, Bengali, Manipuri, Eco, Pol. Sc, Phil, History, Arabic, Sanskrit

B.Sc (pass): Physics, Chemistry, Maths, Botany, Zoology, IFF, Statistics

B.Sc (Hons): Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Botany, Zoology :

B.Com (pass): Eng,Beng,Hindi,Alt,Eng,BOM,BM,FA,FCES,CBF,B.Eco,BL,BSCA,AIT,ITB,BF

B.Com.(Hons.): Adv.Accy,CA,BOM,FMA,NM,TTP,HRM

Students Enrolled: (Separate table for Arts/Commerce/Science be given, if applicable)

Class SC ST OBC PWD GEN. Forei Econo TOTAL gn mically Stud Backw ent ard in Genera l Catego ry M F M F M F M F M F M F M F M F B.A 1st 46 33 37 14 67 54 0 0 75 87 0 0 0 0 225 188 Sem. B.A 3rd 28 23 21 12 40 58 0 0 56 76 0 0 0 0 145 169 Sem. B.A 5th 11 14 13 06 38 42 0 0 50 50 0 0 0 0 112 112 Sem. B.Com 41 18 07 03 58 31 0 0 103 36 0 0 0 0 209 88 1st Sem B.Com 31 05 07 05 53 17 0 0 97 28 0 0 0 0 188 55 Assam University, Silchar | 296

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3rd Sem B.Com 23 12 06 04 45 21 0 0 54 18 0 0 0 0 128 55 5th Sem Bsc 1st 40 11 19 12 102 45 0 0 76 36 0 0 0 0 237 104 Sem Bsc 3rd 19 18 06 08 71 36 0 0 76 36 0 0 0 0 172 98 Sem Bsc 5th 13 05 09 06 39 26 0 0 32 25 0 0 0 0 93 62 Sem Total 150 252 139 125 70 513 330 619 392 931 9

Result Analysis: (Based on 6th Semester Result of 2016)

Class Appeared Passed out Percentage of Pass Honours Pass Honours Pass Honours Pass B.A 38 389 18 33 47.36 8.48% B.Sc 53 204 27 10 50.94% 4.9% B.Com 45 290 27 35 60% 12.06%

Appointment of Heads of Departments during 01-04-2015 to 31-03-2016:

Sl Name of HOD Department Date from which HOD assumed No appointed charge 1 Ch.Kamala Devi Manipuri 01.02.2016

HAFLONG GOVERNMENT COLLEGE . Name of the College: Haflong Government College

Year of Establishment: 1961

Name of the Principal: Dr. Mizanur Rahman

Status of Affiliation: Affiliation to Assam University

Level of affiliation: Permanent

Affiliated Subjects:

BA (Pass) English, Political Science, History, Economics, Philosophy, Assamese & Bengali BA (Hons) English, Political Science, History, Economics & Philosophy B.Sc (Pass) Chemistry, Physics, Botany, Zoology& Mathematics B.Sc (Hons) Chemistry, Physics, Botany & Zoology B.Com (Pass) (i)English, (ii) Financial Accounting, (iii) Business Organization & Management, (iv) Business Economics (v) Alternative English/MIL, (vi) Cost Accounting, (vii) Business Environment, (viii) Business Mathematics & Statistics, (ix) Foundation Course, (x) Auditing & Elements of Income Tax, (xi) Business Regulatory Framework & Company law, (xii) IT in Business

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B.Com (Hons) Accountancy Group: (i)Financial Accounting, (ii) Financial Market operation, (iii) Corporate Accounting, (iv) Business Mathematics, (v) Financial Management, (vi) Marketing Management, (vii) Business Statistics, (viii) Adv. Cost Accounting, (ix) IT in Business, (x) law & Practice of Taxation (xi) Management Accounting Management Group: (i)Financial Accounting, (ii) Financial Market operation, (iii) Principles of Management, iv) Business Mathematics, (v) Financial Management, (vi) Marketing Management, (vii) Business Statistics, (viii) Adv. Cost Accounting, (ix) IT in Business, (x) Human Resource Management (xi) Organisational Behaviour

Courses Offered:

Student Enrolment: (Separate Table for Arts/Science/Commerce/BBA)

Class GEN SC ST OBC PWD Total

M F M F M F M F M F M F

B.A.-1st Sem 9 20 3 4 238 257 12 19 0 0 266 306 B.A. -3rd Sem 5 15 5 4 116 151 11 10 0 0 139 183 B.A.-5th Sem 7 7 1 4 84 80 6 10 0 0 101 104

Class GEN SC ST OBC PWD Total

M F M F M F M F M F M F

B.Sc.-1st Sem 3 0 1 1 50 29 2 5 0 0 56 36 B.Sc-3rd Sem 1 1 2 0 17 17 6 1 0 0 26 19

B.Sc-5th Sem 7 7 1 4 84 80 6 10 0 0 101 104

Class GEN SC ST OBC PWD Total

M F M F M F M F M F M F

B.Com. 1st Sem 6 6 1 0 64 25 9 2 0 0 81 33

B.Com. 3rd Sem 5 1 2 1 10 14 4 1 0 0 22 17

B.Com. 5th Sem 1 6 6 1 14 18 2 1 0 0 23 26

Result Analysis: (Based on 6th Semester Result of 2016)

Class Appeared Passed out Percentage of Pass Honours Pass Honours Pass Honours Pass B.A 30 65 18 31 60 47.7 B.Sc 25 15 9 3 36 20 B.Com 8 22 3 9 37.5 41

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Seminar/Conference/Symposium organized:

Sl. Details of Programme organized Date Sponsoring Name of the No. Organisation coordinator

1. National Seminar on Bridging the 29 & 30th Dr. (Mrs) Gap: Mainstream politics & September, UGC Rakhimoni Gogoi Identity Movement in NE India 2016 2. National Seminar on recent trends 20th Directorate of Archaeology, Dr. Golap Saikia in Archaeology of Assam from pre- November, Assam historic periods onwards 2016

Sponsored Research Project

Sl Name of the Project Funding Duration of Name of the Fund No. ( Major Research Project) agency project Project allocated for Investigator the project 01 Estimation of Moho depth and Source U.G.C. 36 months Dr. Dipok Rs. parameters of North Eastern Region India w.e.f. Kumar Bora 12,04,000.00 (NER) of India: An approach towards 01/07/2015 the Estimation Of Earthquake Hazard.

Visiting Abroad

Sl. No. Name of the Faculty Institution(s) Purpose of Period Sponsoring Visited Visit 1 Dr. Dipok Kr. Bora, INSA, Exchange of 10-07-2016 to INSA-AS Ph.D. Asst. Prof. In Academia Scientist 2016 06-08-2016 Physics, DGC Sinica Taiwan Programme

Appointment of Heads of Departments during 01-04-2016 to 31-03-2017

Sl Name of HOD appointed Department Date from which HOD assumed charge No 1 Jeevan Ingti Geography August’2014 2 Latumani Deka Assamese August’2014 3 Abdul Motin Commerce August’2014 4 Pramathes Basumatary Bodo August’2014 5 Hira Kanta Pegu English August’2014 6 Asheem Bora Mathematics October’2017 Assam University, Silchar | 304

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Academic activity of the teachers

Academic Outreach Sl. Details to be given 1. Invited talk / keynote address/ delivered special talk: Dr. Raju Gogo, delivered a special talk on Tea, Agar, Sandalwood, Silkworm and Rural Economy in Doiyang-Dhansiri Valley. 2. Acted as co-ordinator of any programme: Mr. Riajur Rahman, National Seminar Tourism Development in India: Problem and Prospects. 21st, 22nd December’2016. 3. Attended/ participated in any Seminar / Conference etc. Mr. Ashim Bora, Paticipated North East Workshop in Analysis and probability 2016 held in Rajib Gandhi University from 31st May to 4th June’2016

RAMKRISHNA NAGAR COLLEGE

Name of the College : Ramkrishna Nagar College Year of Establishment : 1964 Name of the Principal : Mohitosh Chakraborty Status of affiliation : Permanent

Level of affiliation : Undergraduate

Affiliated subject:

BA (Pass) : English, Bengali, Pol-Sc, Economics, Philosophy, History, Sanskrit, Sociology, Hindi, FCES B.A. (Hons.) : English, Bengali, Pol-Sc, Economics B.Sc. (Pass) : English, Bengali, FCES, Maths, Physics, Chemistry B.Sc. (Hons.) : Maths, Physics

Courses offered : B.A & B.Sc.

Students Enrolled:

Class SC ST OBC GEN. PWD TOTAL M F M F M F M F M F M F B.A 1st sem 51 46 03 02 61 81 109 108 0 0 228 244 B.A.3rd sem 32 3 03 01 39 42 79 74 0 0 153 149 B.A. 5th Sem 30 57 03 0 37 93 61 96 0 0 132 247

Class SC ST OBC GEN. PWD TOTAL M F M F M F M F M F M F B.Sc. 1st sem 03 01 0 01 20 11 17 08 0 0 42 19 B.Sc. 3rd sem 02 02 0 0 05 05 16 04 0 0 24 10 B.Sc. 5th Sem 02 0 0 0 16 05 10 03 0 0 29 07

Result Analysis: (Based on 6th Semester Result of 2016)

Class Appeared Passed out Percentage of Pass Honours Pass Honours Pass Honours Pass B.A 11 134 11 63 100% 47% B.Sc - 16 - 01 - 06%

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JANATA COLLEGE, KABUGANJ

Name of the College : JANATA COLLEGE, KABUGANJ

Year of Establishment : 1964

Name of the Principal : Mr. Subhas Chandra Nath ((i/c)

Status of affiliation : Permanent

Level of affiliation : UG

Affiliated subject:

BA (pass) : English, Political Science, Economics, History, Philosophy, Manipuri, Hindi, Bengali, Environmental Science BA (Hons.) : English, Political Science, Economics, Manipuri, Bengali

Courses offered:

Students Enrolled:

Class SC ST OBC GEN. PWD TOTAL M F M F M F M F M F M F 1st Semester 20 55 05 07 65 108 28 66 0 0 118 236 3rd Semester 17 26 02 09 42 85 26 37 0 0 87 157 5th Semester 8 23 0 05 27 68 12 34 0 0 47 130

Result Analysis: (Based on 6th Semester Result of 2016)

Class Appeared Passed Out Percentage of Pass Honours Pass Honours Pass Honours Pass BA 09 150 04 22 44.44 14.67

Awards/Fellowships for students

Sl. Name of the students Name of the Award/Fellowship Conferring agency No. 1. Thokchom Susmita Singha Gold Medal in BA Manipuri Assam University, Silchar

Awards/Fellowships for Faculties

Sl. Name of the Faculty Name of the Conferring agency No. Award/Fellowship

1. Dr. Shirtaz Begum Laskar Ph.D Assam University, Silchar

New appointments (1-4-2016 to 31-3-2017)

Name of the teacher Designation Date of Joining Ms Gayatri Singha Asst Prof 30-11-2016

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Dr. Munni Deb mazumder Asst Prof 04-02-2017

Academic activities of the teachers

Academic Outreach Sl. Details to be given 1. Invited talk / keynote address/ delivered special talk Name Topic Organized by Date

Dr. Sima Ghosh International Language Day The Janasikshan 24-2-2016 Associate Professor special reference to present Sanstha, Silchar Janata College, situation of regional languages Kabuganj of our country Dr. Sima Ghosh Swami Vivekananda and the role Philosophy Dept, 12-01-2017 Associate Professor of some European woman in his Janata College, Janata College, life Kabuganj Kabuganj Mrs. Sujata Palit Naac Reaccreditation process IQAC Janata College 20-01-2017 Associate Professor kabuganj Janata College, Kabuganj Dr. Usha Rani Kaunmathai suba chachi chada All Assam Manipuri Sharma Meitei Nupigi thoudang Mahei Woman Meira paibi 12-12-2016 Asst Prof Masing amasung lingak Londa co ordination Janata college Mitang ama Committee Kabuganj

2. Acted as co-ordinator of any programme Name Programme Details Organised by Date Mrs. Sujata Palit One day workshop IQAC Janata college 20th Jan 2017 Associate Professor Kabuganj Janata College, Kabuganj Dr. H. Nirendra Blood Donation Camp Janata College Feb 2017 Singha Kabujanj, in Asst Prof. collaboration with Janata College Barak Valley Voluntary Kabuganj Blood Donors Forum, Cachar and Silchar Medical College, Silchar Mr. Sanjit Muchahari Swachha Bharat NSS Cell Feb 2017 Asst Prof. Abhijan programme Janata college, Janata College Kabuganj Kabuganj

3. Attended/ participated in any Seminar / Conference etc. Name of the Programme Organised by Date Title of the Paper/Topic participant details and sponsored by Dr. Sima UGC spon sored M.C Das college 9th and Barak upatyakar Ghosh National Sonai 10th Nov Baromasigan Narimon Associate seminar 2016 Professor Janata College, Kabuganj Dr. Sima U.G.C. D.D memorial 19th and Some actresses of 19th Ghosh Sponsored Library 20th Sept century Expectation and Associate National 2016 achievements Assam University, Silchar | 307

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Professor Seminar Janata College, Kabuganj Dr. H. Sahitya Seva 16th Manipuri Sahityada Apaba Nirendra Samitee, Kakching, January, amasung ayiba anigi mari’ Singha Manipur 2016 (Relationship of Authors and Asst Prof. Readers in Manipuri Janata College Literature) Kabuganj Dr. H. Janhobi 20th May, ‘Assam-da Manipuri Nirendra Publications (P) 2016 Sumaang lilaa’ (Manipuri Singha Ltd, Poilapool, Sumaang lilaa in Assam) Asst Prof. Assam Janata College Kabuganj Dr. Sima U.G.C Gauhati University 17th and Jibonanander kayekti Ghosh Sponsored 18th upanyas: Ajker Bhabna Associate national March Professor Seminar 2017 Janata College, Kabuganj Mr. Y. UGC Sponsored Halflong College 29th and Profulla national seminar 30th Sept Singha 2016 Asst Prof Janata College Kabuganj Mr. Y. 7days national Karimganj College 25th to Profulla workshop 31th July Singha 2016 Asst Prof Janata College Kabuganj Mr. Y. U.G.C North Bengal 14th Dec Profulla sponsored 7days University to 20th Singha workshop Dec 2016 Asst Prof Janata College Kabuganj Dr. Usha Rani UGC Sponsored D.D Memorial 19th and Manipuri janagushtir jibon Sharma National Library 20th Sept charcha dharmiya lokachar Asst Prof Seminar 2016 Janata college Kabuganj Dr. Usha Rani U.G.C M.C Das college 9th and Bengali literature in the Sharma Sponsored Sonai 10th Nov North East India with special Asst Prof National 2016 reference to Barak Valley Janata college Seminar Kabuganj Dr. Usha Rani One day Dept of Manipuri 5th Oct Folk narratives in Sharma symposium Assam University 2016 contemporary Manipuri Asst Prof Literature Janata college Kabuganj Mrs. Sujata U.G.C D.D memorial 19th and The (nineteenth) 19th century Palit sponsored library 20th Sept Bengali A capsule survey Associate national seminar 2016 Professor Janata College, Kabuganj Assam University, Silchar | 308

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Mrs. Sujata U.G.C M.C Das College 9th and Bengali Literature in the Palit sponsored Sonai 10th Nov North East with special Associate national seminar 2016 reference to Barak Valley Professor Janata College, Kabuganj Dr. Sudipta U.G.C D.D Memorial 19th and Unish satake Bangla sahitya Khersa sponsored library 20th Sept, pashchtya probab Narinaba Asst Prof national seminar 2016 jagorane Janata College, madhusudhanerBirangana Kabuganj kabya Dr. Sudipta U.G.C M.C Das College 9th and Dimasa probade jibon vabna Khersa sponsored Sonai 10th Nov, shilpito manabmon Asst Prof national seminar 2016 Janata College, Kabuganj Dr. Saikhom One day literary G.C college Silchar 4th Oct The impact of Bengali Robindra programme 2016 literature on the post war Singh Manipuri poetry Asst Prof Janata College, Kabuganj Mr. Sanjit Oriented course Indian Institute of 5th Feb. Muchahari of national Entrepreneurship. 2017 Asst Prof. service scheme. Janata College Kabuganj Dr. Shirtaz U.G.C M.C Das College 9th and Baraker Muslim Begum Laskar sponsored Sonai 10th Nov Mahider lekhar Darshan Asst Prof national seminar 2016 Akti proteomic path Janata College Kabuganj Dr. Shirtaz U.G.C Dig boy mohila 10th and Rabindra nath Tagors “Rakta Begum Laskar Sponsored vidyalaya 11th Sept korobi :in the light of Asst Prof national seminar feminism Janata College Kabuganj Dr. Shirtaz U.G.C M.C. Das college 30th and A comparative of the Begum Laskar Sponsored Sonai 31st Aug philosophy of the two sufi Asst Prof national seminar 2016 saints of Assam Sankardeva Janata College and Ajan Faqir Kabuganj Dr. Bandana UGC sponsored M.C Das College 9th and Bengali literature in the Dutta national Sonai 10th Nov North east India with special Choudhury Seminar reference e to Barak valley Asst Prof Janata College Kabuganj

Name of the Programme Duration Organised Date participant Dr. Shirtaz Orientation 4weeks (28days) North Bengal 25-2-2016 Begum Laskar programme university To 23-3- 2016 Asst Prof Janata College Kabuganj

4. Chairing session/ chief guest/ special guest Name of the Programme details Activities Host institution Date participant

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Dr. Sima Ghosh National seminar Chair person M.C das college 10th Nov 2016 Associate Sonai Professor Janata College, Kabuganj

LALA RURAL COLLEGE

Name of the College: LALA RURAL COLLEGE

Year of Establishment: 1964

Name of the Principal: Sri Tanuj Kumar Dey

Status of affiliation: Temporary Affiliation in Commerce Stream & Permanent Affiliation in Arts Stream

Affiliated subjects:

BA (pass): English, Bengali, Manipuri, History, Economics, Pol. Sc., Persian, El. Bengali, El.Manipuri, Education and FCES

BA (Hons.): English, Bengali, Manipuri, History, Economics and Political Science B.Com (pass): English, Bengali, Manipuri, FACP, BOMP, BECP, CACP, BENP, ENPP, BCML, BFSP, ITBP, COCP, EITP, FCES.

Students Enrolled:

Class SC ST OBC GEN. PWD TOTAL M F M F M F M F M F M F B.A. 1st Sem 15 11 02 01 32 49 51 72 0 0 101 133 B.A. 3rd sem 12 22 0 0 32 62 64 89 0 0 108 173 B.A.5th Sem 07 16 0 0 17 61 29 48 0 0 53 127 B.com 1st 08 03 01 0 07 12 07 05 0 0 22 15 Sem B.com 3rd 04 01 0 0 08 02 05 01 0 0 17 04 Sem B.com 5th 07 03 0 0 09 05 03 03 0 0 19 11 sem

Result Analysis: (Based on 6th Semester Result of 2016)

Class Appeared Passed out Percentage of Pass Honours Pass Honours Pass Honours Pass B.A 03 131 01 38 33% 29% B.Com. 0 10 0 09 0 90%

Consultancy/ Extension service:

Sl Nature of Consultancy/Extension service provided Name of Faculties No. involved

1 Adoptation of Near by Village by NSS Sri G. C. Banik, Programme Officer, NSS

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Award/Fellowships for Faculties

Sl. Name of the Faculty Name of the Award/Fellowship Conferring Agency No. 01 Dr. Tanuj Kumar Dey Ph. D. Assam University, Silchar

New Appointments (01-04-2016 to 31-03-2017)

Sl Name of the Teacher Designation Date of Joining No 1 Dr. Mithun Nath Assistant Professor, Dept. of Pol. Science 30/08/2016 2 Dr. Mayurakshi Nath Assistant Professor, Dept. of Bengali 04/09/2016 3 Anamika Khersha Assistant Professor, Dept. of English 06/09/2016

Visiting Fellow/Visiting Professor (01-04-2016 to 31-03-2017)

Sl. Name Designation University/Institute From To Purpose of No. Visit 1 Dr. R. P. Biswas Professor Assam University 08.02.2017 ACC, Discusssion

Academic activity of the teachers

Academic Outreach: Sl. Details to be given 4. Attended/ participated in any Seminar / Conference etc. 1. Dr. Mayurakshi Nath 2. Dr. Lakshmi Nath 3. Miss. Anamika Khersha 4. Dr. Tanuj Kr. Dey 5. Dr. Ng. D. M. Singha 6. Mr. G. C. Banik 7. Dr. Musindra Singha

N C COLLEGE, BADARPUR

Name of the College : N.C. College

Year of Establishment : 1969

Name of the Principal : Dr.Mortuja Hussain, M.A. Ph.D.

Status of affiliation : Permanent

Level of affiliation : Arts, Commerce & Science

Affiliated subject:

BA (pass) : English, Bengali, Pol-Sc, Economics, Bengali (Elec), History, Ar.

BA (Hons.) : English, Bengali, Pol-Sc, Economics, Ar, History B.Sc (pass) : English, Bengali (MIL), Maths, Physics, Chemistry, Botany, Zoology, Env.Science, . B.Sc (Hons.) : Maths (Hons) B.Com (pass) : Eng, FA, BOM, B.ECO, Beng, CBF, B. Env, BMS, AIT, CDS, B. Communication B. Com (Hons.) : ACTT & MANAGEMENT

Courses offered: B.A, B. Com. & B.Sc.

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Students Enrolled:

Class SC ST OBC GEN. PWD TOTAL M F M F M F M F M F M F B.A. 1st Sem 12 22 01 0 24 19 176 174 0 0 213 215 B.A. 3rd 13 25 0 02 14 28 81 151 0 01 108 206 Sem B.A.5th Sem 08 20 0 0 10 15 76 104 0 01 94 139 B.com 1st 12 07 0 0 14 05 55 19 0 0 40 24 Sem B.com 3nd 10 0 0 0 07 04 53 20 0 0 33 13 Sem B.com 5th 07 06 01 0 09 02 51 17 0 0 22 12 Sem B.Sc 1st Sem 12 07 0 0 14 05 55 19 0 0 81 31 B.Sc. 3rd 10 0 0 0 07 04 53 20 0 0 70 24 Sem B.Sc.5th Sem 07 06 01 0 09 02 51 17 0 0 68 25

Result Analysis: (Based on 6th Semester Result of 2016)

Class Appeared Passed out Percentage of Pass Honours Pass Honours Pass Honours Pass B.A 55 82 27 41 49.09% 50% B.Sc 02 24 02 12 100% 50% B.Com. 24 67 24 48 100% 71.64%

Seminar/Conference / Symposium organized

Sl. Details of Programme organized Date Sponsoring Name of the No. Organisation coordinator

NSS , NCC & Red Ribbon Club Joynal Abedin 1 Blood Donation Awareness 22nd August N.C. College, Badarpur In Tafader, Programme Programme 2016 association with Barak Valley Officer, NSS Cell & Blood Doners’ Forum Soumitra Choudhury, Co-ordinator IQAC

NSS , NCC & Red Ribbon Club 2 Blood Donation Camp 23rd August N.C. College, Badarpur In Joynal Abedin 2016 association with Barak Valley Tafader, Programme Blood Doners’ Forum & Blood Officer, NSS Cell Bank Silchar Medical College & Hospital

Career and Counselling Cell of th Bazlur Rahman 3 Civil Service Awareness 25 July N.C. College, Badarpur and Khan, Co-ordinator Programme 2016 Office of the Additional Career and Superintendent of Police, Counselling Cell Karimganj

4 Regarding the Ecological Balance 5th June 2016 NSS, NCC and Forest Dr. Supriya Das and Food Chain Department of Karimganj District

Bazlur Rahman 5 Career Opportunities in NGO’s 1st Career and Counselling Cell of Khan, Co-ordinator September N.C. College, Badarpur Career and 2016 Counselling Cell Assam University, Silchar | 312

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Sponsored Research Project

Sl Name of the Project Funding agency Duration of Name of the Project Fund No. project Investigator allocated for the project

Major Research Dr. Nazim Uddin 1 ICSSR, New Delhi 02 Year Rs. 800000/- Project Khadem

Consultancy/ Extension Service

Sl. Name of the consultancy/extension Faculty involved No. service provided 1 15 days NSS Awareness Camp with 100 Dr. Mortuja Hussain, Principal; Shri Shib Tapan Basu, students at the adopted village Umarpur President Governing Body; Dr. Mahtabur Rahman, Ex Vice- principal; Shri Santosh Kumar Dey, Vice-principal; Joynal Abedin Tafader, Programme Officer, NSS Cell; Shri Arun Kumar Sen, Asso. Prof in Economics; Debajyoti Das Gupta, Asso. Prof. in Pol. Science; Soumitra Choudhury, IQAC Co- ordinator; Dr. Hedayatullah Choudhury, Asstt. Prof. in Commerce; Dr. Nazim Uddin Khadem, Asstt. Prof. in Economics; Dr. Sorwar Alom Khan, Asstt. Prof. in Economics; Iqbal Uddin Tapadar, Asstt. Prof. in Commerce; Dr. B.U. Choudhury; Dr. D. Banerjee; K.K. Mehdi, Sub Officer Fire & Emergency Service Badarpur; Shamimur Raja Choudhury; Belal Ahmed Khan; Anam Uddin; Nurul Islam, Senior Fire Member etc.

Awards/Fellowships for students

Sl Name of the Name of the students Conferring agency No Award/Fellowship a) Khadija Begom Lt. Aftab Uddin Ahmed b) Tahirul Hassan Barbhuiya Doner 1 Doreen Scholarship c) Momota Begum 15 Sijubari Road d) Tahmina Aktar Mazarbhuiya Guwahati - 38 a) Khadija Begom Md. Safrul Islam Mahmuda Begom Memorial 2 b) Priyanka Dutta Doner Scholarship Ex. Student, N.C. College, Badarpur a) Khadija Begom Dr. Sankar Kumar Chakraborty b) Hawa Begom Ekadash Basha Shahid 3 Doner c) Jhuma Das Smark Purashkar Librarian, N.C. College, Badarpur d) Siminaz Aktar Choudhury

Md. Fuzel Ahmed Gazi a) Ikbal Ahmed Barbhuiya Gazi Sikkander Ahmed 4 Doner Memorial Scholarship Sarapur, Bhanga Bazar

a) Priyanka Dutta N.C. College Award of 5 N.C. College, Badarpur Excellence Md. Fuzel Ahmed Gazi Gazi Tufail Ahmed 6 a) Priyanka Dutta Doner Memorial Scholarship Sarapur, Bhanga Bazar

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Awards/Fellowships for Faculties

Sl. Name of the Faculty Name of the Conferring agency No. Award/Fellowship 1. Limca & Asia Book of Coca Cola India & Dr. Paulose V.D. Records Asia Book of Records 2 Assam University, Dr. Gautam Chandra Deb Ph.D Silchar 3 Assam University, Dr. Mounita Nath Ph.D Silchar 4 Assam University, Dr. Jaynal Abedin Ph.D Silchar 5 Miss Pragati Dutta M.Phil Dibrugarh University

New appointments (1-4-2016 to 31-3-2017)

Name of the teacher Designation Date of Joining Dr. Jalil Uddin Ahmed Assistant Professor in English 01-07-2016 Sri(Provincialised) Joy Prakash Sharma (Contractual) Assistant Professor in Pol. Science 11-07-2016 MD Abdul Hannan (Contractual) Assistant Professor in Arabic 11-07-2016 Nasim Ahmed Barbhuiya Assistant Professor in Economics 11-07-2016 Subrata(Contractual) Sarkar (Contractual) Assistant Professor in History 11-07-2016 Umme Salma Noori (Contractual) Assistant Professor in English 09-08-2016

Visiting fellow /Visiting professor (01-04-2016 to 31-03-2017): Sl. Name Designation University/Institute From To Purpose of visit No. 1. NIL NIL NIL NIL NIL NIL 2. NIL NIL NIL NIL NIL NIL

Academic activities of the teachers

Academic Outreach Sl. Details to be given 1. Invited talk / keynote address/ delivered special talk 2. Acted as co-ordinator of any programme: (i) Shri Santosh Kumar Dey, Co-ordinator RUSA (ii) Shri Soumitra Choudhury, Co-ordinator IQAC (iii) Bazlur Rahman Khan, Co-ordinator, UGC Sponsored Entry in Services Coaching Centre 3. Attended/ participated in any Seminar / Conference etc. i) Dr. Arjun Chandra Debnath, Asstt. Prof. Bengali ii) Dr. Barnasree Bakshi, HOD Bengali iii) Dr. Rupdatta Roy, Asstt. Prof. Bengali iv) Dr. Sushmita Nath, Asstt. Prof. Bengali v) Shri Gautam Chandra Deb, Asstt. Prof. Commerce vi) Mrs Mounita Nath, Asstt. Prof. Commerce vii) Pragati Dutta, Asstt. Prof. English 4. Chairing session/ chief guest/ special guest Assam University, Silchar | 314

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5. Resource person of Gunatsav’ 2017: i) Dr. Arjun Chandra Debnath, Asstt. Prof. in Bengali ii) Dr. Rupdatta Roy, Asstt. Prof. in Bengali iii) Iqbal Uddin Tafader, Asstt. Prof. in Commerce iv) Pragati Dutta, Asstt. Prof. in English v) Mounita Nath, Asstt. Prof. in Commerce vi) Gautam Chandra Deb, Asstt. Prof. in Commerce Any other: i) Shri Santosh Kumar Dey- Vice-Principal, AOC of TDC Examinations; Convener of Discipline Committee, Admission Board, Examination Cell, Election Cell, Grievance Redressel Cell, Routine Committee, Students welfare cell, Finance, Purchase, Anti-ragging & RTI Committee, Treasurer of the college. ii) Shri Maheswar Deka – Asstt. Zonal Officer of TDC Examinations iii) Dr. Rupdutta Roy – Asstt. Zonal Officer of TDC Examinations iv) Joynal Abedin Tafader – Programme Officer N.S.S. & Convener of Construction & Sports Committee v) Dr. Fazlur Rahman Laskar – Convener of Canteen Committee vi) Dr. Hedayatullah Choudhury- Convener of Magazine Committee vii) Mrs. Babli Paul – Convener of Committee against Sexual Harassment viii) Dr. Bishnu Chandra Dey – Convener of Research Cell ix) Dr. Arjun Chandra Debnath – Convener of Publicity Cell x) Dr. Nazim Uddin Khadem – Convener of Prospectus Committee xi) Bazlur Rahman Khan – Convener of Career & Counselling Cell xii) Dr. Sushmita Nath – Convener of Cultural Committee

TEACHERS’ TRAINING COLLEGE, SILCHAR

Name of the College : Teachers’ Training College, Silchar.

Year of Establishment : 1960.

Name of the Principal : Dr. Aparna Bhattacharjee.

Status of affiliation : Permanent.

Level of affiliation : B.Ed. course.

Affiliated subject : B.Ed.

Courses offered :

Students Enrolled:

SC S.T. O.B.C. Gen. P.W.D. TOTAL Class M F M F M F M F M F M F B.Ed., 08 11 00 04 14 08 35 26 00 00 57 49 2015-17

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B.Ed., 06 10 01 04 14 24 19 22 00 00 40 60 2016-18

Result Analysis

Session Class Appeared Passed out st nd 1 Semester passed - 61 2 Sem. - 98 nd 2015-17 B.Ed. 2 Semester passed - 88 3rd Sem. - 97 3rd Semester - Result awaited. 2016-18 B.Ed. 1st Sem. - 96 1st Semester - Result awaited.

Seminar/Conference/Symposium organised

Sl. Name of the Details of Programme organised Date No. Co-ordinator Workshop on Yoga, Music and sports 1) 1st & 3rd Sept.,2016 Sri Atanu Kumar Deb (1st Semester, session – 2016-18) Demonstration on Yoga for assignment Sri Sanju Nath, 2) 6th, 7th & 8th Mar.,2017 (2nd Semester, session – 2016-18) Smt. Bhaswati Paul. Workshop on Lesson Plan and Micro lesson 3) 2nd week of Sept.,2016 Prof. Barindra Kr. Sinha (3rd Semester, session – 2015-17) Workshop on Action Research 4) 10th & 12th Jan.,2017 Sri Atanu Kumar Deb (4th Semester, session – 2015-17) Workshop on Case study, Psychological 5) Test 20th to 22nd Jan.,2017 Sri Jayanta Choudhury (4th Semester, session – 2015-17) Demonstration classes on lesson plan & 3rd, 4th, 6th & 7th 6) Micro lesson by teacher educator Dr. Aparna Bhattacharjee Feb.,2017 (4th Semester, session – 2015-17)

New courses developed

Sl.No. Name of the course Name of the faculty involved Level of Teaching a) Dr. Aparna Bhattacharjee, Diploma in Elementary Centre incharge, L.P., M.E. teachers 1 Education under b) Ashim Kumar Purkayastha, deputed by S.S.A. KKHSOU Co-ordinator

New Appointments during (01-04-2016 to 31-03-2017)

Name of the teacher Designation Date of joining Omar Hussain Mehdi Part time Lecturer in History 01-08-2016 Ganesh Sinha Part time Lecturer in Hindi 01-08-2016 Dr. Tuni Devi Part time Lecturer in Manipuri 05-08-2016 Dr. Rupasree Paul Part time Lecturer in Education 02-01-2017 Rajani Kanta Singha Part time Lecturer in I.C.T. 02-01-2017

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Academic activity of the teachers

Academic Outreach : Sl.No. Details to be given Dr. Aparna Bhattacharjee, Principal i/c from 01-08-2016, -- Acted as Co-ordinator of D.El.Ed. course under K.K.H.S.O.U. upto 30-07-2016 and Centre Incharge D.El.Ed.(KKHSOU) from 01-08-2016. 1. -- Acted as Resource person and Counsellor of B.Ed. under IGNOU and D.El.Ed. under K.KHSOU. -- Attend one day workshop on B.Ed. (4th Semester) New Curriculum conducted by Assam University at Vivekananda College of Education, Karimganj. Ashim Kumar Purkayastha, Lecturer in Geography – Acted as Co-ordinator of KKHSOU from 2. 01-08-2016.

Prof. Omar Hussain Mehdi, Principal i/c upto 31-07-2016 (Retired) -- -- Part time Lecturer in History from 01-08-2016. -- Acted Centre incharge of D.El.Ed. under K.K.H.S.O.U. upto 31-07-2016. -- Attend one day workshop on B.Ed. New curriculum and revised rules & regulations related 3. to teacher education conducted jointly by Assam University, Silchar and NCTE at Assam University. -- Acted as Resource person and Counsellor of D.El.Ed. under KKHSOU and B.Ed. under IGNOU. Prof. Barindra Kumar Sinha, Part time Lecturer in Social science - 4. -- Acted as Resource Person and Counsellor of D.El.Ed. under KKHSOU and B.Ed. under IGNOU. Dr. Swapan Kumar Dutta, Part time Lecturer in Bengali - 5. -- Acted as Resource Person and Counsellor of D.El.Ed. under KKHSOU and B.Ed. under IGNOU. Atanu Kumar Deb, Part time Lecturer in Physical Science - 6. -- Acted as Resource Person and Counsellor of D.El.Ed. under KKHSOU and B.Ed. under IGNOU. Jayanta Choudhury, Part time Lecturer in English - 7. -- Acted as Resource Person and Counsellor of D.El.Ed. under KKHSOU and B.Ed. under IGNOU. Hafsa Begum Barbhuiya, Part time Lecturer in Life Science - 8. -- Acted as Counsellor of D.El.Ed. under KKHSOU. Ganesh Sinha, Part time Lecturer in Hindi - 9. -- Acted as Resource Person and Counsellor of D.El.Ed. under KKHSOU and B.Ed. under IGNOU.

A.K.CHANDA LAW COLLEGE

Name of the College : A.K.CHANDA LAW COLLEGE

(Contact No. & e-mail Id) : PHONE NO. 03842246585

Year of establishment : 1960 Name of the Principal : SHRI ABDUL HAQUE BARBHUIYA Status of affiliation : Parmanent Affiliated Level of affiliation : L.L.B, Degree Level Affiliated subject : ( LLB ) 1St ,To 6th Semester

Courses offered : Subject-101 To 605

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Student Enrolled: SC S.T. O.B.C. Gen. P.W.D. TOTAL Class M F M F M F M F M F M F 1St 1 nil 3 2 8 11 24 17 nil nil 36 30

Result Analysis : Class Appeared Passed out 6th Sem. 20 14

WEST SILCHAR COLLEGE

Name of the College : West Silchar College

Year of Establishment : 1985

Name of the Principal : Sayed Ahmed Barbhuiya

Status of affiliation : Temporary Affiliation

Level of affiliation : B.A. (T.D.C.) Pass Course

Affiliated subject :

BA (pass): English, Bengali (MIL), Pol. Science, History, Economics, Sanskrit, Arabic, Mathematics, Elective Bengali, Sociology, Manipuri (MIL).

Courses offered: B.A. (T.D.C.) Pass Course.

Students Enrolled:

Class SC ST OBC GEN. PWD TOTAL M F M F M F M F M F M F 1st Semester 30 30 10 05 74 40 142 160 0 0 211 235

3rd Semester 10 10 01 01 13 25 50 60 0 0 74 96 5th Semester 4 4 0 0 3 5 18 22 0 0 25 31

Result Analysis: (Based on 6th Semester Result of 2015)

Class Appeared Passed out Percentage of Pass Honours Pass Honours Pass Honours Pass B.A. NIL 58 NIL 22 NIL 37.93 %

ABDUL LATIF CHOUDHURY COLLEGE, HAILAKANDI

Name of the College: Abdul Latif Choudhury College, Hailakandi

Year of establishment: 1996

Name of the Principal: Dr. Bodhi Sattwa Kar

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a) Permanent/temporary Temporary affiliated (Session 2014-15) Affiliation/permitted: b) Level of affiliation Arts & Commerce, UG Indicating stream: Affiliated subjects:

B.A. (Pass): English, Bengali, Pol.Sc., History, Economics, Education, Persian, Philosophy, Adv. Bengali, FCES . B.A. (Honours): Bengali, Pol.Sc & Education.

B.Com. (Pass): English, Bengali, Group A - Accounting & Finance, Group B – Business Management, Group C – Banking & Insurance, Group D – Entrepreneurship & Small Business Management, FCES.

Course offered: B.A. & B.Com.

Students Enrolled

Class SC ST OBC PWD GEN. Economica-lly TOTAL Backward in General Category M F M F M F M F M F M F M F B.A 1st 18 13 01 0 16 8 0 0 191 139 0 0 226 160 Sem. B.A 3rd 03 04 0 0 01 01 0 0 69 67 0 0 73 72 Sem. B.A 5th 0 01 0 0 01 0 0 0 59 67 0 0 60 68 Sem. B.Com. 03 03 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 01 0 0 31 01 1st Sem. B.Com. 01 01 0 0 0 0 0 0 34 02 0 0 36 02 3rd Sem. B.Com. 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 06 0 0 0 07 02 5th Sem.

Result Analysis: (Based on 6th Semester Result of 2016)

Class Appeared Passed out Percentage of Pass Honours Pass Honours Pass Honours Pass B.A 02 179 02 57 100 31.8% B.Com 0 61 0 22 0 36.00%

MOINUL HOQUE CHOUDHURY MEMORIAL SCIENCE

Name of the College : MOINUL HOQUE CHOUDHURY MEMORIAL SCIENCE COLLEGE

Year of Establishment : 1997

Name of the Principal : Dilwar Hussain Ahmed Mazumder

Status of affiliation : Temporary / Permanent. Permanent.

Affiliated subject: BA (pass) : Nil BA (Hons.) : Nil Assam University, Silchar | 319

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B. Sc. (Pass) : Phy, Chem, Maths, Stats, Eco, Bot, Zoo, Anthro, Comp. Sc, BCA, Mass-Com, Env. Sc, Bio-tech, Eng, Beng. B. Sc. (Hons.) : Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Zoology, Botany, Computer Science, Mass Com.

Students Enrolled

Class GEN SC ST OBC PWD Total

M F M F M F M F M F M F

B.Sc.-1st 72 18 12 07 02 01 29 09 0 0 115 35 Sem

B.Sc-3rd 23 10 05 02 01 01 06 02 0 0 35 15 Sem

B.Sc-5th 14 05 01 01 00 00 02 01 0 0 17 07 Sem

Result Analysis: (Based on 6th Semester Result of 2016)

Class Appeared Passed out Percentage of Pass Honours Pass Honours Pass Honours Pass B.Sc. 08 30 06 22 75% 76%

Seminar/Conference/Symposium organized

Sl. Details of Programme organized Date Sponsoring Name of the No. Organisation coordinator

1. Bio-diversity conservation 20.08.16 Rosekandy Tea Prof. S.A.Kowser Alom Laskar 2. Medicinal plant conservation 25.02.16 Deptt. of Prof. B.A.Choudhury. Botany,M.H.C.M.Sc.College

Consultancy/ Extension Service

Sl. Name of the consultancy/extension service provided Faculty involved No. 1. Carrier counseling & guidance for Job assistance. Prof. B.A.Choudhury, Prof. J.Das. Co-ordinator, J.U.Barbhuiya. 2. NSS wing & Red Ribbon Club of M.H.C.M.Sc.College, Algapur.

New appointments (1-4-2015 to 31-3-2016)

Name of the teacher Designation Date of Joining Dr.Yahya Mazumder Asstt. prof. 09.03.15 Gulzar Hussain Asstt. prof. 18.03.15 Abbas Alam Choudhury Asstt. prof. 19.03.15 Ruhina Sirin Laskar Asstt. prof. 10.03.15

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Moriom Begum Asstt. prof. 09.03.15 Dr.K.H.Raju Singha Asstt. prof. 01.04.15 Dr.Bapi Chandra Das Asstt. prof. 04.03.15 Jahangir Ali Asstt. prof. 13.03.15

Academic activities of the teachers

Academic Outreach Sl. Details to be given 1. Invited talk / keynote address/ delivered special talk Dr.A.Rahman,Sr.Scientist KVK (Hailakandi) Prof. J.H.Choudhury, Rtd. HOD deptt. of Botany,S.S.College,Hailakandi. 2. Acted as co-ordinator of any programme Awareness programmes on commercial fish cultivation & fisher construction in collaboration with Fishery deptt. Govt. of Assam. 3. Attended/ participated in any Seminar / Conference etc. (i)Save Nature, Save Earth an interactive session from legal perspective. (ii)Today workshop on Herpetological studies organised by centre for bio-diversity & natural resource conservation. 4. Chairing session/ chief guest/ special guest Dr.A.H.Choudhury,Retd. Principal, S.S.College, Hailakandi.

NILAMBAZAR COLLEGE

Name of the College : Nilambazar College

Year of Establishment : 1994

Name of the Principal : ATIQUR RAHMAN

Status of affiliation : Permanent

Level of affiliation : (Undergraduate) Arts

Affiliated subject:

BA (pass) : English, MIL (Bengali), Pol-Sc, Economics, History, Elb, Philo., Sanskrit, Arabic, FCES.,

BA (Hons.) : Bengali, Philosophy, Pol-Sc, Arabic

Courses offered : B.A.

Students Enrolled:

Class SC ST OBC GEN. PWD TOTAL M F M F M F M F M F M F B.A.1st Sem 11 07 0 0 14 07 143 120 0 0 168 134 B.A.3rd Sem 07 01 01 0 09 05 109 115 0 0 126 121 B.A.5th Sem 06 09 0 0 03 03 101 90 0 0 110 102

Result Analysis: (Based on 6th Semester Result of 2016)

Class Appeared Passed out Percentage of Pass Honours Pass Honours Pass Honours Pass B.A 4 224 3 155 75 % 69.19 % Assam University, Silchar | 321

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S K ROY COLLEGE, KATLICHERA

Name of the College : S K ROY COLLEGE

Year of Establishment : March 1994

Name of the Principal : DIPAK KANTI AICH

Status of Affiliation : Permanent Affiliation

Level of Affiliation : TDC (Arts)

Affiliated subject :

BA (Pass) : ENGG, ENGL, BNGL, PLSP, ECOP, HISP, PHIP, BNGP, PERP, SANP.

BA (Hons.) : PLSH, ECOH, BNGH, ENGH, HISH.

Students Enrolled:

Class GEN SC ST OBC PWD Total

M F M F M F M F M F M F

B.A.-1st Sem 64 67 32 37 02 03 11 18 -- -- 109 125

B.A.-3rd Sem 63 60 19 20 02 02 17 16 -- -- 101 98

B.A.-5th Sem 42 40 17 16 03 02 11 13 -- -- 73 71

Result Analysis: (Based on 6th Semester Result of 2016)

Class Appeared Passed out Percentage of Pass Honours Pass Honours Pass Honours Pass B.A 01 71 01 21 100% 29.57%

Academic activities of the teachers:

Academic Outreach Sl. Details to be given 1. Acted as co-ordinator of any programme: DR. MANIK GUPTA acted as coordinator of NSS

Dr. SHASHI BHUSHAN INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION

Name of the College : Dr. Shashi Bhushan Institute of Education, Lakshirbond, Hailakandi. (Contact No. & e-mail Id) e-mail Id - [email protected]

Year of establishment : 1996 Name of the Principal : Dr. Sutapa Das Status of affiliation : Temporary affiliation Level of affiliation : B.Ed. Course Assam University, Silchar | 322

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Affiliated subject : Courses offered :

Student Enrolled: SC S.T. O.B.C. Gen. P.W.D. TOTAL Class M F M F M F M F M F M F 2nd 00 02 0 0 04 05 20 19 0 0 24 26 4th 02 00 0 0 13 06 11 18 0 0 26 24

Result Analysis : Class Appeared Passed out B.Ed. 44 38

SILCHAR COLLEGE OF EDCUCATION

Name of the College : Silchar College of Education

Year of Establishment : 1994

Name of the Principal : Dr. Mowmita Paul

Status of affiliation : Temporary

Any other (please specify): B.Ed. (Two years)

Students Enrolled:

SC S.T. O.B.C. Gen. P.W.D. TOTAL Class M F M F M F M F M F M F B.Ed. 4 6 10 3 9 13 14 41 0 0 37 63

Result Analysis: (Based on 6th Semester Result of 2016)

Class Appeared Passed out B.Ed. 1st Sem. 94 Yet to be declared

B.Ed. 3rd Sem. 84 Yet to be declared

EASTERN KARBI ANGLONG COLLEGE

Name of the college : Eastern Karbi Anglong College, Sarihajan.

Year of Establishment : 1997

Name of the Principal : Dr. Anil Chandra Das

Status of affiliation : Permanently affiliated

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Level of affiliation : Up to TDC Part-III

Affiliated subject:

BA (pass) : ENGG, PLSP, ECOP, EDCP, SOCP, HISP, ASMP. BA (Hons.) : ENGH, PLSH, ECOH, EDCH, SOCH, HISH, ASMH.

Courses offered : B.A.

Students Enrolled:

Class GEN SC ST OBC PWD Total

M F M F M F M F M F M F

B.A.-1st 10 13 06 07 110 101 40 49 - - 166 170 Sem

B.A.-3rd 07 13 05 02 86 63 29 31 - - 127 109 Sem

B.A.-5th 05 11 02 04 36 29 16 22 - - 59 66 Sem

Result Analysis: (Based on 6th Semester Result of 2016)

Class Appeared Passed out Percentage of Pass Honours Pass Honours Pass Honours Pass B.A. 21 141 17 47 80.95 33.33

RANGSINA COLLEGE

Name of the college : RANGSINA COLLEGE

Year of Establishment : 1983

Name of the Principal : Deben Saikia

Status of affiliation : Temporary

Level of affiliation : Temporary Affiliation up to TDC Part-III

Affiliated subject: BA (pass): Assamese, English, Alt. English, Pol. Sciene, Economics, Education, Geography, Philosophy,History.

BA (Hons.): Assamese, Pol. Sciene, Economics, Education, History. Courses offered: B.A.

Students Enrolled:

Class SC ST OBC GEN. PWD TOTAL M F M F M F M F M F M F B.A.1st Sem. 02 0 94 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 96 56 B.A. 3rd Sem. 0 0 79 74 0 0 0 0 0 0 79 74 B.A. 5th Sem. 0 0 59 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 59 38

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Result Analysis: (Based on 6th Semester Result of 2016)

Class Appeared Passed out Percentage of Pass Honours Pass Honours Pass Honours Pass B.A. 07 93 Nil 68 0% 67.74%

Seminar/Conference/Symposium organized:

Sl. Details of Programme organized Date Sponsoring Name of the Co-ordinator No. Organisation 1. “Modern India-Freedom Fighters & 23.08.2016 Self Mrs. Rupali Kropi The National Movement” 2. Digital Literacy Campaign for 4.02.2017 Self Sri Deban Saikia Cashless Transaction

Academic activities of the teachers:

Academic Outreach Sl. Details to be given 1. Acted as co-ordinator of any programme: 1. Mrs. Ruplin Kropi - Seminar 2. Mr. DebenSaikia – Seminar 2. Attended/Participated in any Seminar/Conference etc. 1. Deben Saikia – National Seminar 2. S. H. Jhakurin – National Seminar 3. Maquesura Khatir – National Seminar 4. Ranjit Singh Seroz – National Seminar 5. Ruplin Kropi – National Seminar

JAGANNATH SINGH COLLEGE, UDHARBOND

Name of the College : JAGANNATH SINGH COLLEGE, UDHARBOND

Year of Establishment : 1998

Name of the Principal : Dr S. Somarendro Singha

Status of affiliation : Permanent

Level of affiliation : U.G.

Affiliated subject :

BA (pass) : MIL-(Bengali, Manipuri, Hindi), Elective (Bengali, Manipuri, Hindi, Political Science, Economics, History) & FCES

Students Enrolled:

SC ST OBC GEN. PWD TOTAL Class M F M F M F M F M F M F TDC 1st 12 17 0 2 48 45 43 76 01 0 104 140 Semester TDC 3rd 6 15 0 3 33 24 16 52 0 0 55 94 Semester TDC 5th 7 7 0 5 21 31 14 46 0 0 42 89 Semester

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Result Analysis: (Based on 6th Semester Result of 2016)

Class Appeared Passed Out Percentage of Pass Honours Pass Honours Pass Honours Pass B.A. 0 63 0 23 0 36.50%

Awards/Fellowships for students:

SL. Name of the Name of the Award/fellowship Conferring agency No. Student 1. Sandip Debnath (Former). Kunjamayee Devi Memorial Award Lecturer, Jagannath Singh Jr. Sujit Karmakar Best academic performance from 1st College, Udharbond Sem. to 4th Sem. Examination

Seminar/Conference/Symposium organized:

Sl. Sponsoring Name of the Details of Programme organized Date No. Organization coordinator Work Shop on Digital India:- Programme:- NSS volunteers participated in a NSS Cell Assam NSS Cell Assam 1. workshop on Digital India held at Assam 24-08-2016 University University University , Silchar which was organized by NSS CELL, Assam University, Silchar Cachar Cancer 18 Nos. of NSS volunteers participated in Cachar Cancer Hospital and training/Awareness programme on Breast Hospital and 2. 11.03.2017 Research Centre, Cancer held at Cachar Cancer Hospital and Research Centre, Silchar. Research Centre, Silchar. Silchar.

Dr Sandhya Rani Singha, Asstt. Prof. participated in a seminar and presented a paper Ichemma, Coordinator 3 entitled Barak Tampakki Manipuri 05/03/2017 Rupnagar, Guwahati Dr. Phuritsabam Chefongshing: Hourakpadagi Ngasi Faubagi - 32 Birmani Fivam Kausik Nath, Asstt. Prof. participated in an International seminar on Language and its Indian Comparative Influence on Society and Cultural and Literature, Assam Prof. Sumon Gun 4 presented a paper entitled Influence of 18/5/2016 University, Silchar

Language on the Society and Culture of the in Association with Untouchables in Mulk Raj Anands Novel Byatikram Masdo untouchable”

Awards/Fellowships for students:

Awards/Fellowships for Faculties

Sl. Name of the Faculty Name of the Award/Fellowship Conferring agency No. 1. Dr. Swapan Das, Asstt. 37th Noresh Chandra Paul National Drama Rupam, Silchar 27th Feb. Prof. Competition Best Actor ‘2017 2017

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Academic activities of the teachers

Academic Outreach Sl. Details to be given No. 1. Invited talk/ Keynote address/delivered special talk: 2. Acted as coordinator of any programme 3. Attended/ participated in any Seminar /Conference etc.: Mrs. Anita Singha, Asstt.Prof, Dr (Mrs) Basabi (Paul) Sen, Asstt. Prof., Dr Santosh Kr. Chaturvedi, Asstt. Prof. and Dr Minhaj Uddin Barbhuiya, Asstt. Prof. Selected as a External Evaluator(Cachar) of Gunotsav, 2017 against Hailakandi Dist. 4. Chairing session /chief guest /special guest 5. Resource person: 1. Dr. Santosh kr. Chaturvedi, Asstt. Prof. Deptt. of Hindi , 16th days Teachers training Programme at Lakhipur from 24/5/2016 to 08/05/2016 organised by Central Institute of Hindi, Regional Centre, Guwahati 2. Dr Santosh Kr. Chaturvedi, Asstt. Prof. Deptt. of Hindi, selected as judge of Hindi/English Debate event on the occasion of Cluster Level Social Science Exhibition Cum National Integration camp 2016-17 on 22/8/2016 organised by Kendriya Vidyalaya Masimpur, Silchar

6 Any other: 1. Celebration of World Environment Day on 5th June, 2016 2. Observation of Martyrs Khudiram’s death anniversary on 11th August, 2016 3. Observation of 125th Anniversary of Martyrs Day Bir Tikendrajit on 13th August, 2016. 4. Sapling Plantation and special cleanliness drive in the college campus on 13th August, 2016 5. Run for freedom relating to Independence Day on 14th August,2016 6. Hoisting of National Flag, Mock parliament, Essay Competition and felicitation to National / State awardee two Teachers on 15th August, 2016 7. Mass Singing of National Anthem on 23rd August, 2016. 8. National Youth Day celebration of in a befitting manner with different activities on 12th January 9. Celebration of Birth Anniversary of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose on 23rd January, 2017.

KAPILI COLLEGE

Name of the College: KAPILI COLLEGE

Year of Establishment: 1995

Name of the Principal: MR. GURU PRASAD UPADHYAY

Status of Affiliation: TEMPORARY

Level of affiliation: UPTO PART III

Affiliated Subjects:

BA (Pass) Pol. Science, History, Philosophy, Education, Economics, English, Hindi, Assamese, Nepali, Alt. English, Elective Hindi, Elective Assamese

BA (Hons) Political Science, Education, Hindi

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Courses Offered: Student Enrolment: (Separate Table for Arts/Science/Commerce/BBA)

Class GEN SC ST OBC PWD Total

M F M F M F M F M F M F

B.A.-1st 02 01 02 01 60 36 24 24 NIL NIL 88 62 Sem

B.A.-3rd NIL NIL 04 01 36 15 26 18 NIL NIL 66 34 Sem

B.A.-5th NIL NIL NIL 01 25 24 20 14 NIL NIL 45 39 Sem

Result Analysis: (Based on 6th Semester Result of 2016)

Class Appeared Passed out Percentage of Pass Honours Pass Honours Pass Honours Pass B.A 17 67 03 24 17.64% 35%

Seminar/Conference/Symposium organized:

Sl. Details of Programme organized Date Sponsoring Name of the No. Organisation coordinator

1. Youth Leadership and Community Nehru Yuva Kendra, JITENDRA HARIJAN Development Training Programme Diphu

Awards/Fellowships for Faculties:

Sl. Name of the Faculty Name of the Conferring agency No. Award/Fellowship 1. Dr. Bajarang Chauhan Ph.D TRIPURA UNIVERSITY

Academic activities of the teachers:

Academic Outreach Sl. Details to be given 1. Attended/ participated in any Seminar / Conference etc. i. Mr Guru Prasad Upadhyay ii. Mr Jeetendra Harijan iii. Ms Madhumita Mazumdar iv. Mr. Bajarang Chauahan v. Mrs Bornali Ingtipi vi. Mr Sadananda Jidung vii. Mr Surya Newar 2. Chairing session/ chief guest/ special guest: 1. Surya Newar 2. Jitendra Harijan Assam University, Silchar | 328

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3. Resource person: 1. Surya Newar 2. Jitendra Harijan

LALIT JAIN COMMERCE COLLEGE

Name of the College : Lalit Jain Commerce College

Year of Establishment : 1996

Name of the Principal : Amar Nath Singh

Status of affiliation : Temporary

Year of receiving Temporary/Permanent affiliation : 2006

Affiliated subjects:

B.Com (pass) : B. Com Pass Course B.Com.(Hons. : B.Com Honours Course in (1) Accounting and Finance (2) Business Management

Any other (please specify): B.Com Honours Course in Banking and Insurance (Permitted)

Students Enrolled:

Class GEN SC ST OBC PWD Total

M F M F M F M F M F M F

B.Com. 1st 30 15 7 1 3 - 11 3 - - 51 19 Sem

B.Com. 3rd 30 21 1 1 - - 10 4 - - 41 26 Sem

B.Com. 5th 20 22 05 02 02 01 08 05 - - 35 30 Sem

Result Analysis: (Based on 6th Semester Result of 2016)

Class Appeared Passed out Percentage of Pass Honours Pass Honours Pass Honours Pass B.Com 26 26 20 6 76.92 23.08

Visiting fellow /Visiting professor (01-04-2016 to 31-03-2017)

Sl. Name Designation University/Institute From To Purpose of visit No. 1. Arindam Chartered 11-7-2016 13-7-2016 Lectures on Income Bhattacharjee Accountant 01-08-2016 01-08-2016 Tax

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HAILAKANDI WOMEN’S COLLEGE

Name of the College : HAILAKANDI WOMEN’S COLLEGE Year of Establishment : 1993 Name of the Principal : Bijoy Kumar Dhar Status of affiliation : Permanent

Level of affiliation : Degree level

Affiliated subject:

BA (pass) : English, Mil (Bengali), Elective Bengali, Philosophy, Education, History, Economics, Political Science, Persian.

BA (Hons.) : Bengali & Political Science.

Students Enrolled:

Class GEN SC ST OBC PWD Total

M F M F M F M F M F M F

B.A.-1st 130 0 10 0 04 49 0 0 0 0 193 Sem B.A. -3rd 94 0 10 0 02 40 0 0 0 0 146 Sem

B.A.-5th 95 0 10 0 02 41 0 0 0 0 148 Sem

Result Analysis:

Class Appeared Passed out Percentage of Pass Honours Pass Honours Pass Honours Pass B.A. 6 86 4 19 66% 31.4%

Academic activities of the teachers:

Academic Outreach Sl. Details to be given 1. Attended/ participated in any Seminar / Conference etc. Miss. Nairita Bhattacharjee of Economics Department Participated in Seminar:-

1. By N. Bhattacharjee in international conference organized Indian econometric Society at Bhubeneswar

2. National conference organized by North eastern economic association

Miss Aparajita Dey of Bengali Department Participated In Seminar

1. Uttar Owponobisha-e-Sahitya Charcha organized by G.C College

2. Uttar Purbanchaler Sahitya Charcha- organized by Sonai College

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SATINDRA MOHAN DEV COLLEGE, CACHAR

Name of the College : Satindra Mohan Dev College, Cachar,

Year of establishment : 1995

Name of the Principal : Sri Tapas Deb

Status of affiliation : Temporary affiliated

Level of affiliation : B.A (Temporary affiliated upto 3rd year classes)

B.Com (permitted)

Affiliated subjects

B.A (pass) English, Economics, Political Science, History, Sociology, Elective Bengali, Elective Manipuri, Elective Hindi, MIL Bengali, MIL Manipuri, MIL Hindi, MIL Hmar, Foundation Course. B.Com (pass) English, Financial Accounting, Business Economics, Business Organisation and Management.

Course offered : T.D.C (B.A and B.Com)

Students Enrollment:

Class GEN SC ST OBC PWD Total

M F M F M F M F M F M F st B.A.-1 Sem 07 11 02 04 17 11 14 27 - - 40 53

B.A.-3rd Sem 05 09 02 03 08 07 04 25 - - 19 44

B.A.-5th Sem 02 04 00 00 01 01 04 09 - - 07 14

Class GEN SC ST OBC PWD Total

M F M F M F M F M F M F

B.Com. 1st 02 01 01 00 01 00 05 04 00 00 09 05 Sem

B.Com.3rd 04 01 00 00 06 03 04 00 00 00 14 04 Sem

B.Com.5th 00 01 00 00 00 00 01 04 00 00 01 05 Sem

Result Analysis: (Based on 6th Semester Result of 2016)

Class Appeared Passed out Percentage of Pass Honours Pass Honours Pass Honours Pass B.A 0 19 0 04 0 21%

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New appointments (1-4-2015 to31-3-2016)

Name of the teacher Designation Date of Joining Smt. Nandita Dey Assistant Professor 05/08/2016

DIPHU GIRLS’ COLLEGE

Name of the College : DIPHU GIRLS’ COLLEGE, DIPHU

Year of Establishment : 1994

Name of the Principal : MR. LITON BISWA SARMA

Status of affiliation : TEMPORARY AFFILIATION

Level of affiliation : B.A. (TDC) PASS COURSE (Applied for Honours Course)

Affiliated subject:

BA (pass) : English, Assamese, Bengali, Political Science, Economics, Education, History, Advance Assamese, Advance Bengali, Hindi.

Courses offered : TDC PASS COURSE

Students Enrolled:

Class SC ST OBC GEN. PWD TOTAL M F M F M F M F M F M F TDC 1ST 00 03 00 26 00 06 00 04 0 0 00 39 SEM TDC 3rd SEM 00 06 00 05 00 06 00 05 0 0 00 22 TDC 5th SEM 00 05 00 07 00 04 00 05 0 0 00 21

Result Analysis: (Based on 6th Semester Result of 2016)

Class Appeared Passed out Percentage of Pass Honours Pass Honours Pass Honours Pass B.A 00 24 00 01 00 4.17 %

Awards/Fellowships for Faculties

Sl. Name of the Faculty Name of the Award/Fellowship Conferring agency No. 1. Rupali Rongpipi National Fellowship for Higher UGC Education for ST student sponsored

New appointments (1-4-2016 to 31-3-2017)

Name of the teacher Designation Date of Joining Rupali Rongpipi Asstt. Prof. 04-08-2016 Pallab Ghose Asstt. Prof. 01-02-2017 Assam University, Silchar | 332

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Attended/ participated in any Seminar / Conference etc.

Sl.No. Name of the Teacher Title of the Seminar Seminar Attended Year 1 Liton Biswa Sarma, 1) National Seminar on MASS 1) Organised by dept. Of 2016-17 Dept. Of English MEDIA AND MODERN INDIAN English, North Lakhimpur CULTURE(24TH & 25TH February, College Autonomous 2017) Jointly paper Presented on “ 2)Organised by Dept. Of The role of mass media in growth Psychology At Tripura University and preservation of civilization in terms of culture, language and moral education”.

2)National Seminar on Youth in India: Issues and Challenges.(17- 18 March, 2017) Jointly paper presented on “Need of awareness programmes for skill development at higher education level”

2 Swapna Das 1) National Seminar on MASS 2016-17 Dept. Of Education MEDIA AND MODERN INDIAN 1) Organised by dept. Of CULTURE(24TH & 25TH February, English, North Lakhimpur 2017) Jointly paper Presented on “ College Autonomous The role of mass media in growth 2)Organised by Dept. Of and preservation of civilization in Psychology At Tripura University terms of culture, language and 3) UGC sponsored and organised moral education”. by Community college at Assam University. 2)National Seminar on Youth in India: Issues and Challenges.(17- 18 March, 2017) Jointly paper presented on “Need of awareness programmes for skill development at higher education level” 3) National seminar on “ SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND HIGHER EDUCATION” (10TH February,2017). A paper presented on “Skill development and Higher education”.

3 Rupali Rongpipi 1)National Seminar Unexplored 1) Organised by Dept. Of History 2016-17 Dept. Of History History of the Karbi in Northeast Assam University, Diphu India Past and Present Perspectives Campus. (6-7 September, 2016. Presented a paper titled, “Impact of the forest 2) Organised By Dept. Of policies on the Karbi Tradition History, Guwahati University system”. 3) Organised by Centre for Karbi 2)UGC SPONSORED Studies(CKS), Diphu Karbi NATIONAL SEMINAR on Anglong Religion and Culture in Northeast India.(3rd& 4th November, 2016).

3) Centre for Karbi Studies, 2nd CKS Lecture Series( 29th January, 2017) 4 Kausar Siddique 1)National Seminar on education 1)Organised by Dept. Of History, 2016-17 Dept. Of Assamese of Marginalized People: Issue, Assam university, Diphu Campus Policy & Its Implementation in 2) Organised by IQAC, Diphu Assam University, Silchar | 333

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North Eastern Region of India .(9th Government College, Diphu, &10th Novemebr,2016) Assam 2) National Seminar on Tourism Development in India: Problems and prospects.(21st & 22nd December,2016)

SILCHAR COLLEGE

Name of the College : SILCHAR COLLEGE

Year of Establishment : 1994

Name of the Principal : Dr. Dhriti Kumar Rahkumar

Status of affiliation : Temporary

Level of affiliation : 3 year

Affiliated subject:

BA (Pass) : English, Bengali (MIL), Economics, Pol. Science, History, Philosophy, Sanskrit, El Bengali, Manipuri.

BA (Hons.) : Economics

Courses offered : TDC (Arts)

Students Enrolled:

Class SC ST OBC GEN. PWD TOTAL M F M F M F M F M F M F TDC 1ST 21 13 3 1 29 27 7 21 0 0 60 62 SEM TDC 3rd SEM 9 3 2 1 15 26 7 7 0 0 33 37 TDC 5th SEM 11 4 3 - 7 19 5 2 0 0 26 25

Result Analysis: (Based on 6th Semester Result of 2016)

Class Appeared Passed Out Percentage of Pass Hons. Pass Hons Pass Hons. Pass B.A Nil 19 Nil 4 Nil 21

Awards/Fellowships for Faculties

Sl. Name of the Faculty Name of the Award/Fellowship Conferring agency No.1. Dr. Sumita Singha Ph.DAward/Fellowship in Sanskrit A.U.

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Academic activity of the teachers:

1. Dr. Uttam Deb, Deptt. of Economics

Academic Outreach: Sl. Details to be given No. 1 Invited talk / keynote address/ delivered special talk - Nil 2 Acted as co-ordinator of any programme – Inter College Students Seminar on ‘Problems of Indian Economy: A Way Out”. 3 Attended/ participated in any programme (without paper presentation) – State level workshop on ‘Digital India: Power to Empower’, organised by Maibang Degree College, Maibang.

DR. SHYAMA PRASAD MUKHERJEE COLLEGE OF EDUCATION

Name of the College : Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee College of Education. Silcoorie, Silchar-18

(Contact No. & e-mail Id) Contact No- 03842-270003. Mob-(9706047701).

Year of establishment : 2005 Name of the Principal : Mr. Baharul Islam Barbhuiya Status of affiliation : Temporary Level of affiliation : Temporary Affiliated subject : Perspectives in Education (Foundation Courses), Pedagogy subjects (Maths, Science, Social Science, Language), Health and Physical Education, Fine Arts, performing arts.

Courses offered : B.Ed

Student Enrolled : SC S.T. O.B.C. Gen. P.W.D. TOTAL Class M F M F M F M F M F M F B.Ed- 07 06 0 02 21 28 18 18 0 0 46 54 2016-17

Result Analysis : Class Appeared Passed out 1st Sem- 95 Result yet to declare till B.Ed-2016 3rd Sem- 97 date

BARKHOLA COLLEGE

Name of the College : Barkhola College

Year of Establishment : 2009

Name of the Principal : Dr. Sourindra Kr. Bhattacharjee

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Level of affiliation : Arts UG

Affiliated subject:

BA (pass) : ENGG, PHIP, PLSP, ECOP, HISP, BNGP, MANP, BNGL,MANL, FCES

Courses offered : Pass Course

Students Enrolled:

Class GEN SC ST OBC PWD Total

M F M F M F M F M F M F

B.A.-1st 09 10 04 07 01 00 08 13 22 30 Sem

B.A.-3rd 05 04 01 03 01 00 03 11 10 18 Sem

B.A.-5th 01 04 00 03 00 00 03 03 04 10 Sem

Result Analysis: (Based on 6th Semester Result of 2016)

Class Appeared Passed out Percentage of Pass Honours Pass Honours Pass Honours Pass B.A 20 8 40

New appointments (1-4-2016 to 31-3-2017)

Name of the teacher Designation Date of Joining 1. Anindita Kar Assistant Professor, Bengali 01-10-16

N C PAUL MEMORIAL COLLEGE

Name of the College : N.C. PAUL MEMORIAL COLLEGE

Year of Establishment : 2010

Name of the Principal : PURNENDU BHATTACHARJEE

Status of affiliation : Temporary

Level of affiliation : UG Affiliated subject:

BA (Pass) English, Bengali (MIL), Advance Bengali, Political Science, Economics, Philosophy and History.

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B.Com English, Financial Accounting-I&II, Business Economics-I&II, Business Organization & (Pass) Management-I&II, Alternative English-I&II, Bengali(MIL)-I&II, Business Communication- I&II, Cost Accounting, Business Finance, Business Environment-I&II, Business Mathematics, Business Statistics, Entrepreneurship-I&II, Foundation Course-I&II, Auditing, Element of Income Tax, Business Regulatory Frame Work, Company Law, Information Technology in Business-I&II, IT in Business (Practical).

B.Com Financial Accounting-I&II, Financial Market Operation-I&II, Corporate Accounting-I&II, (Hons) Principal of Management-I&II, Business Mathematics, Business Statistics, Financial Management-I&II, Advance Cost Accounting-I&II, Marketing Management-I&II, IT in Business-I&II, Law and Practice of Taxation-I&II, Management Accounting-I&II, Human Resource Management-I&II, Organizational Behaviour-I&II, IT in Business (Practical).

Students Enrolled:

Student Enrolment: (Separate Table for Arts/Science/Commerce/BBA)

Class GEN SC ST OBC PWD Total

M F M F M F M F M F M F

B.A.-1st 3 3 1 1 1 - - 3 - - 5 7 Sem B.A.-3rd 7 12 1 3 - - 3 9 - - 11 24 Sem B.A.-5th ------Sem Class GEN SC ST OBC PWD Total

M F M F M F M F M F M F

B.Com. 1st 14 7 - 1 - 1 5 7 - - 19 16 B.Com.Sem 3rd 27 19 2 3 1 - 13 8 - - 43 30 Sem B.Com. 5th 25 16 2 1 1 - 10 11 - - 38 28 Sem Result Analysis: (Based on 6th Semester Result of 2016)

Appeared Passed Out Percentage of Pass Class Honours Pass Honours Pass Honours Pass B.Com. 8 93 6 50 75% 53.76%

DEOPANI COLLEGE

Name of the College: Deopani College.

Year of establishment: 2009.

Name of The Principal: Biren Dutta.

Status of affiliation: Temporary

Affiliated subjects :

B.A (Pass) :- English, Alternative English, Assamese, Economics, Political Science, Sociology, Education, History (pass Course only).

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Students Enrolled :

Class SC ST OBC PWD GEN TOTAL M F M F M F M F M F M F B.A. 1st Sem. 1 05 06 0 0 0 02 03 01 0 2 0 2 1 8 B.A. 3rd Sem. - - 5 5 - 0 - - - - 5 5 B.A. 5th Sem. - - 3 3 1 0 - - - 2 4 5

Result Analysis :

th Result Analysis: (Based on 6 Semester Result of 2016)

Appeared Passed Out Percentage of Pass Class Honours Pass Honours Pass Honours Pass

B.A - 6 - NIL - NIL

New appointments (1-04- 2016 to 31-03-2017) : Regular post only

Sl.N Name of the teacher Designation Department Date of joining o 1 Miss. Punom Raya Asstt. Professor English 01/09/ 2015 2 Mr. Aditya Gogoi Asstt. Professor Political Science 29/06/2016 3 Mr. Borson Kro Asstt. Professor History 28/06/2016

4 Mr. Pronob Jyoti Saikia Asstt. Professor Sociology 28/06/2016

5 Mr. Bhagya Jyoti Sarma Asstt. Professor History 28/06/2016

Academic activities of the teachers:

Academic Outreach Sl. Details to be given 1. Attended/ participated in any Seminar / Conference etc. ICHR Sponsored National Seminar on Doing Tribal History in the North Eastern Region: At Karbi Anglong College. Mr. Aditya Gogoi and Borson Kro.

KHAIRUN NESSA BEGUM WOMEN’S COLLEGE

Name of the College : KHAIRUN NESSA BEGUM WOMEN’S COLLEGE

Year of Establishment : 2015

Name of the Principal : DR. AFSANA AMIN SOMA

Status of affiliation : Temporary

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Year of receiving Temporary/Permanent affiliation : 2015

Affiliated subjects:

BA (Pass) : ENGLISH, BENGALI, POLITICAL SCIENCE, HISTORY, ECONOMICS

Students Enrolled: (Separate table for Arts/Commerce/Science be given, if applicable)

Class SC ST OBC PWD GEN. Economically TOTAL Backward in General Category M F M F M F M F M F M F M F B.A 1st 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 2 0 14 Sem.

Result Analysis :( Based on 6th Semester Result of 2015) N/A

Appointment of Heads of Departments during 01-04-2016 to 31-03-2017:

Sl Name of HOD appointed Department Date from which HOD assumed charge No 1 S. Nazrul Islam English 09-09-2015 2 Bilal Uddin Laskar Economics 01-07-2015 3 Babli Barbhuiya Pol.Science 01-07-2015 4 Dr.Wajid Reza Osmani History 06-07-2015 5 Liliy Begam Laskar Bengali 20-05-2015 6 Md. Yahiah Arabic 18-01-17

New appointments (01-04-2016 to 31-03-2017): Regular posts only

Sl Name of the teacher Designation Department Date of joining No 1 Nargis Sultana Assistant 1/10/2016 Nargis Sultana Professor 2 Jaidul Alom Barbhuiya Assistant 1/05/17 Jaidul Alom Barbhuiya Professor 3 Mehbubur Rahman Choudhury Assistant 12/7/2016 Mehbubur Rahman Choudhury Professor 4 Dr. Debashree Roy Assistant 1/12/2016 Dr. Debashree Roy Professor 5 Subrata Sutradhar Assistant 1/10/2016 Subrata Sutradhar Professor 6 Bijoy Chandra Roy Assistant 1/6/2016 Bijoy Chandra Roy Professor 7 Md. Yahiah Assistant 18/1/2017 Md. Yahiah Professor

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Visiting fellow /Visiting professor (01-04-2016 to 31-03-2017):

Sl Name Designation University/Institute From To Purpose of visit No. 1 Dr. Kamal Director Ex Principal of 19-05-2015 7/3/17 Visiting Prof. Uddin Ahmed Karimganj. College, Karimganj 2 Dr. Shib Tapan Rector Ex Principal of N.C. 09-05-2015 6/6/2016 Visiting Prof. Basu College, Badarpur 3 Dr. Bikash Sr. Apollo, Kolkata 14-03-2016 Consultation Majumder Cardiologist 4 Dr. Manirul Prof. GU GU, Dept. of Pol. Sc. 15-03-2016 Career Counseling Hussain 5 Dr. Gulshana Asst. Prof. Lala Rural College 15-03-2016 Career Counseling Parbin

Details of Participation of Teachers in Seminars, Workshop of Academic Nature.

Sl. Name of the faculty Subject/Topic of the Seminars, Workshop Place Duration No. attended 1 Mr. Bilal Uddin “Research Methodology on Social Science” Assam University, 1 month Silchar 2 Mr. S. Nazrul Islam “English Literture in the Global Context” Manipur University, 19 days Kanchipur, Imphal 3 Miss Babli Barbhuiya Seminar on “Sikshit Bharat and Shaksham Assam University, 1 day Bharat” Silchar 4 Fardousi Hassina 1) “Good and Services Tax (GST) in India:” S.S.College, 1 day Barbhuiya Roadmap Ahead 7th Nov, 2016. Hailakandi, Assam 2) “Agro-Biodiversity Conservation; Assam University, Socio-economic and Ecological Silchar. Development’, 5th April, 2017 5 Dr. Debasree Roy 1) Bangla Banan, workshop, 14th to 15th Assam University, 2 days Sep-2009. Silchar 2) Bangla Banan, workshop, 19th to 21st Dwijendra-Doli 3 days Sep-2014 Memorial Library, Silchar 3) Digital India, workshop, 24th Aug- Assam University 1 day 2016 Silchar 4) International Seminar held on 17th Assam University 1 day 2009, on “Contemporary Bengali Silchar Narrative: Identity of Language, Language of Identity”. 5) International Seminar held on 22nd and Assam University 2 days 24th March 2012 ‘ Iswarer Bagam’: Silchar Khandita Banger Akhanda Barnamala. 6) National Seminar held on 28th -29th Nilambazar College 2 days March 2015 on Bharater Swadhinata Andolane Surma-Barak Upatyakar Narider Abadan. 7) Publications: a) Atin Bandyapadhyayer “Alaukik Jolojan” : mahakabyik Bistriti, ISSN:2320- 0715 b) Rabindranather Raja: Swarup Sandhane. ISSN: 2349-9699.

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CHAPTER FIFTEEN

Rajbhasha Cell, Assam University, Silchar

Name of the Section: Rajbhasha Cell, Assam University, Silchar Year of Establishment: 2009 Function of the Section: The functions of the cell broadly are: i) To ensure compliance of the constitutional and legal provisions regarding Official Language and to promote the use of Hindi for the official purpose in the University. ii) Coordinate the matter related to progressive use of Hindi as official language of the union including administrative terminology etc. iii) To organize training and workshop programmes for the employees to promote official language in day to day official affairs. iv) To organize Hindi Divas, Hindi Week, Hindi Pakhawara to promote official language in the University. v) To promote the University employees for the use of official language by giving award, Certificates and incentives. vi) To translate the reports, letters, statutes, ordinances, University website and other such important documents as well publications of the University in Hindi and Vice-Versa. vii) To send three monthly status report to the UGC, MHRD and related to other Ministries and departments regarding use of official language in the various section and department of the University. viii) To develop coordination with local official language bodies and also obtains the membership for the same.

1. Structure and details of Employees:

There are the following staffs working in the Rajbhasha Cell of the University.

Name Designation Date of Joining Nature of job Dr. Surendra Kumar Upadhyay Hindi Officer 30.05.2011 Administration and Academic Dr. Shubhada pandey Hindi Translator 30.07.1997 Administration and Academic Shri Santosh Goala Hindi Typist 07.10.2015 Hindi typing

1. Academic activities of the Cell :

1. The Super Writing Competition was organized by the Rajbhasha Cell, Assam University, Silchar for the employees and students of the university in Hindi on 6th September, 2016 in the Premendra Mohan Goshwami Hall of Administrative Building of the AUS. 2. The Noting and Drafting Competition was organized by the Rajbhasha Cell, Assam University, Silchar for the employees and students of the university in official language held on 6th September, 2016 in the Premendra Mohan Goshwami Hall of Administrative Building of the AUS.

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3. The Letter Writing competition was organized by the Rajbhasha Cell, Assam University, Silchar for the employees and students of the university in official language held on 6th September, 2016 in the Premendra Mohan Goshwami Hall of Administrative Building of the AUS.

4. The Debate Competition entitled “युवाओं‎ मᴂ‎ ब褼ता‎ आक्रोश‎ 啍या‎ बदलत‎ मू쥍यⴂ‎ का‎ पररणाम‎ ह?” was organized by the Rajbhasha Cell, Assam University, Silchar for the employees and students of the university in official language held on 7th September, 2016 in the Premendra Mohan Goshwami Hall of Administrative Building of the AUS. 5. The Essay Writing Competition entitled “भारतीय‎ रलः‎ इततहास‎ एवं‎ वततमान” was organized by the Rajbhasha Cell, Assam University, Silchar for the employees and students of the university in official language held on 9th September, 2016 in the Premendra Mohan Goshwami Hall of Administrative Building of the AUS. 6. The Poem recitation Competition was organized by the Rajbhasha Cell, Assam University, Silchar for the employees and students of the university in official language held on 8th September, 2016 in the Premendra Mohan Goshwami Hall of Administrative Building of the AUS. 7. The Slogan Competition entitled “देशप्रेम” was organized by the Rajbhasha Cell, Assam University, Silchar for the employees and students of the university in official language held on 9th September, 2016 in the Premendra Mohan Goshwami Hall of Administrative Building of the AUS. 8. The Photography Competition entitled “गरीबी” was organized by the Rajbhasha Cell, Assam University, Silchar for the employees and students of the university in official language held on 9th September, 2016 in the Premendra Mohan Goshwami Hall of Administrative Building of the AUS. 9. The Hindi Typing Competition was organized by the Rajbhasha Cell, Assam University, Silchar for the employees and students of the university in official language held on 9th September, 2016 in the Premendra Mohan Goshwami Hall of Administrative Building of the AUS. 10. Hindi Divas was organized by the Rajbhasha Cell, Assam University, Silchar held on 14th September, 2016 in the PMG Hall of Administrative buildings of the University. 11. A National Seminar was organized by the Rajbhasha Cell, Assam University, Silchar entitled ‘हहꅍदी की th व�ववक पहुԁच’ held on 14 September, 2016 in the Bipin Chandra Paul hall of the University. 12. Poem recitation programme was organized by the Rajbhasha Cell held on 14th September, 2016 in the Bipin Chandra Paul hall of the University in which 10 poets were participated and recite their poems. 13. Two days Hindi Training Workshop was organized by the Rajbhasha Cell on 15th and 19th December, 2016 at PMG hall of Administrative Building of Assam University, Silchar on the topic “कंꥍयूटर पर हहꅍदी मᴂ कायत तन�पादन एवं सरल हहꅍदी का प्रयोग” to train the employees of the University. 14. Annual Report for the year 2015-16 of Assam University was translated by the Rajbhasha Cell, AUS. 15. Annual Account for the year 2015-16 of Assam University was translated by the Rajbhasha Cell, AUS. 16. Annual Audit Reports for the year 2015-16 of the Assam University, Silchar was translated by the Rajbhasha Cell, AUS. 17. The Official Language Implementation Committee Meeting of the Assam University, Silchar‎ was organized by the Rajbhasha Cell on 19.08.2018 and 27.01.2017 in the PMG Hall of Administrative Building of the AUS. 18. In addition to above so many translation works of Act, Statute, Ordinance, Regulations, Notifications, letters, Notes, file maintenance, documentation etc. were done by the Rajbhasha Cell of the University.

3. Academic Activities of Dr. Surendra Kumar Upadhyay :

1. Published a research paper on ‘Human Rights Education and the Role of Media’, in edited book entitled Problems and Prospectives of the Relationship between the Media and Human Rights, Editors- G. P. Pandey, Charu Joshi and Paromita Das, Cambridge Scholars Publication, UK, 2017.

Conference/Seminar/Symposiums Organized/Attend:

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1. Attended three days Special Official Language Seminar organized by the Mahatma Gandhi Antarrashtriya Hindi Vishwavidyalaya, Wardha held on 19th – 21st March, 2017 at Wardha. 2. Attended the 50th meeting of Town Official Language Implementation Committee, Silchar in the New Guest House of the National Institute of Technology, Silchar held on 1st August, 2016. 3. Attended the 51st meeting of Town Official Language Implementation Committee, Silchar in the New Guest House of the National Institute of Technology, Silchar held on 12th December, 2016. 4. Coordinator of Super Writing Competition organized by the Rajbhasha Cell, Assam University, Silchar for the employees and students of the university in Hindi held on 6th September, 2016 in the Premendra Mohan Goshwami Hall of Administrative Building of the AUS. 5. Coordinator of Noting and Drafting Competition organized by the Rajbhasha Cell, Assam University, Silchar for the employees and students of the university in official language Hindi held on 6th September, 2016 in the Premendra Mohan Goshwami Hall of Administrative Building of the AUS. 6. Coordinator of the Letter Writing competition organized by the Rajbhasha Cell, Assam University, Silchar for the employees and students of the university in official language Hindi held on 6th September, 2016 in the Premendra Mohan Goshwami Hall of Administrative Building of the AUS.

7. Coordinator of the Debate Competition entitled “युवाओं‎मᴂ‎ब褼ता‎आक्रोश‎啍या‎बदलत‎मू쥍यⴂ‎का‎पररणाम‎ ह?” organized by the Rajbhasha Cell, Assam University, Silchar for the employees and students of the university in official language Hindi held on 7th September, 2016 in the Premendra Mohan Goshwami Hall of Administrative Building of the AUS. 8. Coordinator of the Essay Writing Competition entitled “भारतीय‎रलः‎इततहास‎एवं‎वततमान” was organized by the Rajbhasha Cell, Assam University, Silchar for the employees and students of the university in official language held on 9th September, 2016 in the Premendra Mohan Goshwami Hall of Administrative Building of the AUS. 9. Coordinator of the Poem recitation Competition organized by the Rajbhasha Cell, Assam University, Silchar for the employees and students of the university in official language Hindi held on 8th September, 2016 in the Premendra Mohan Goshwami Hall of Administrative Building of the AUS. 10. Coordinator of the Slogan Competition entitled “देशप्रेम” organized by the Rajbhasha Cell, Assam University, Silchar for the employees and students of the university in official language Hindi held on 9th September, 2016 in the Premendra Mohan Goshwami Hall of Administrative Building of the AUS. 11. Coordinator of the Photography Competition entitled “गरीबी” organized by the Rajbhasha Cell, Assam University, Silchar for the employees and students of the university in official language Hindi held on 9th September, 2016 in the Premendra Mohan Goshwami Hall of Administrative Building of the AUS. 12. Coordinator of the Hindi Typing Competition was organized by the Rajbhasha Cell, Assam University, Silchar for the employees and students of the university in official language Hindi held on 9th September, 2016 in the Premendra Mohan Goshwami Hall of Administrative Building of the AUS. 13. Coordinator of Hindi Divas organized by the Rajbhasha Cell, Assam University, Silchar held on 14th September, 2016 in the Bipin Chandra Paul Auditorium of the University.

14. Coordinator of a Seminar entitled ‘हहꅍदी की व�ववक पहुԁच’ organized by the Rajbhasha Cell, Assam University, Silchar held on 14th September, 2016 in the Bipin Chandra Paul hall of the University. 15. Coordinator of a poem recitation programme held on 14th September, 2016 in Bipin Chandra Paul hall of the University in which around 10 poets were participated.

16. Coordinator of two days Hindi Training Workshop entitled “कंꥍयूटर पर हहꅍदी मᴂ कायत तन�पादन एवं सरल th th हहꅍदी का प्रयोग”organized by the Rajbhasha Cell held on 15 and 19 December, 2016 in the PMG hall of Administrative Building of Assam University, Silchar to train the employees of the University. 17. Delivered a Lecture in Hindi Training Workshop organized by the Rajbhasha Cell held on 19th December, 2016 in PMG hall of Administrative Building of Assam University, Silchar on the topic “कंꥍयूटर पर हहꅍदी मᴂ कायत तन�पादन एवं सरल हहꅍदी का प्रयोग”‎to train the employees of the University.

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18. The Translation has been made for the Annual Report for the year 2015-16 of Assam University. (partial). 19. The Translation has been made for Annual Account for the year 2015-16 of Assam University, Silchar. (as whole) 20. Member Secretary of the Official Language Implementation Committee Meeting of Assam University, Silchar‎ organized by the Rajbhasha Cell held on 19.08.2016 and 27.01.2017 in the PMG Hall of Administrative Building of AUS. 21. Organizer of the Official Language Implementation Committee Meeting of Assam University, Silchar‎ organized by the Rajbhasha Cell held on 19.08.2016 in the PMG Hall of Administrative Building of AUS. 22. Organizer of the Official Language Implementation Committee Meeting of Assam University, Silchar‎ organized by the Rajbhasha Cell held on 27.01.2017 in the PMG Hall of Administrative Building of AUS. 23. In addition to above so many translation works of Act, Statute, Ordinance, Regulations, Notifications, letters, Notes, and file maintenance, documentation, management of the cell etc. have been made.

4. Academic Activities of Dr. Shubhada Pandey :

1. Member of the organizing committee of the Super Writing Competition organized by the Rajbhasha Cell, Assam University, Silchar for the employees and students of the university in Hindi held on 6th September, 2016 in the Premendra Mohan Goshwami Hall of Administrative Building of the AUS. 2. Member of the organizing committee of the Noting and Drafting Competition organized by the Rajbhasha Cell, Assam University, Silchar for the employees and students of the university in official language Hindi held on 6th September, 2016 in the Premendra Mohan Goshwami Hall of Administrative Building of the AUS. 3. Member of the organizing committee of the Letter Writing competition organized by the Rajbhasha Cell, Assam University, Silchar for the employees and students of the university in official language Hindi held on 6th September, 2016 in the Premendra Mohan Goshwami Hall of Administrative Building of the AUS.

4. Member of the organizing committee of the Debate Competition entitled “युवाओं‎मᴂ‎ब褼ता‎आक्रोश‎啍या‎ बदलत‎ मू쥍यⴂ‎ का‎ पररणाम‎ ह?” organized by the Rajbhasha Cell, Assam University, Silchar for the employees and students of the university in official language Hindi held on 7th September, 2016 in the Premendra Mohan Goshwami Hall of Administrative Building of the AUS. 5. Member of the organizing committee of the Essay Writing Competition entitled “भारतीय‎रलः‎इततहास‎ एवं‎ वततमान” was organized by the Rajbhasha Cell, Assam University, Silchar for the employees and students of the university in official language held on 9th September, 2016 in the Premendra Mohan Goshwami Hall of Administrative Building of the AUS. 6. Member of the organizing committee of the Poem recitation Competition organized by the Rajbhasha Cell, Assam University, Silchar for the employees and students of the university in official language Hindi held on 8th September, 2016 in the Premendra Mohan Goshwami Hall of Administrative Building of the AUS. 7. Member of the organizing committee of the Slogan Competition entitled “देशप्रेम” organized by the Rajbhasha Cell, Assam University, Silchar for the employees and students of the university in official language Hindi held on 9th September, 2016 in the Premendra Mohan Goshwami Hall of Administrative Building of the AUS. 8. Member of the organizing committee of the Photography Competition entitled “गरीबी” organized by the Rajbhasha Cell, Assam University, Silchar for the employees and students of the university in official language Hindi held on 9th September, 2016 in the Premendra Mohan Goshwami Hall of Administrative Building of the AUS.

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9. Member of the organizing committee of the Hindi Typing Competition was organized by the Rajbhasha Cell, Assam University, Silchar for the employees and students of the university in official language Hindi held on 9th September, 2016 in the Premendra Mohan Goshwami Hall of Administrative Building of the AUS. 10. Member of the organizing committee of Hindi Divas organized by the Rajbhasha Cell, Assam University, Silchar on held 14th September, 2016 in the Bipin Chandra Paul Auditorium of the University.

11. Member of the organizing committee of a Seminar entitled ‘हहꅍदी की व�ववक पहुԁच’ organized by the Rajbhasha Cell, Assam University, Silchar held on 14th September, 2016 in the Bipin Chandra Paul hall of the University. 12. Recited poems in the poem recitation programme held on 14th September, 2016 in Bipin Chandra Paul hall of the University.

13. Member of the organizing committee of two days Hindi Training Workshop entitled “कंꥍयूटर पर हहꅍदी th th मᴂ कायत तन�पादन एवं सरल हहꅍदी का प्रयोग”organized by the Rajbhasha Cell held on 15 and 19 December, 2016 in the PMG hall of Administrative Building of Assam University, Silchar to train the employees of the University. 14. Delivered a Lecture in Hindi Training Workshop organized by the Rajbhasha Cell held on 19th December, 2016 in PMG hall of Administrative Building of Assam University, Silchar on the topic “कंꥍयूटर पर हहꅍदी मᴂ कायत तन�पादन एवं सरल हहꅍदी का प्रयोग”‎to train the employees of the University. 15. The Translation has been made for the Annual Report for the year 2015-16 of Assam University. (partial). 16. Member of the Official Language Implementation Committee Meeting of Assam University, Silchar. 17. In addition to above many translation works has been made as assigned by the competent authority.

5. Works of Shri Santosh Goala :

1. Assisted the Noting, Letter Writing, and Writing Competition organized by the Rajbhasha Cell, Assam University, Silchar for the employees and students of the university in Hindi held on 6th September, 2016 in the Premendra Mohan Goshwami Hall of Administrative Building of the AUS.

2. Assisted the Debate Competition entitled “युवाओं मᴂ ब褼ता आक्रोश 啍या बदलत मू쥍यⴂ का पररणाम ह?” organized by the Rajbhasha Cell, Assam University, Silchar for the employees and students of the university in official language Hindi held on 7th September, 2016 in the Premendra Mohan Goshwami Hall of Administrative Building of the AUS. 3. Assisted the Poem recitation Competition organized by the Rajbhasha Cell, Assam University, Silchar for the employees and students of the university in official language Hindi held on 8th September, 2016 in the Premendra Mohan Goshwami Hall of Administrative Building of the AUS. 4. Assisted the Article Writing, Slogan and Photography Competition entitled “भारतीय रलः इततहास एवं वततमान” was organized by the Rajbhasha Cell, Assam University, Silchar for the employees and students of the university in official language held on 9th September, 2016 in the Premendra Mohan Goshwami Hall of Administrative Building of the AUS. 5. Assisted the Slogan Competition entitled “देशप्रेम” organized by the Rajbhasha Cell, Assam University, Silchar for the employees and students of the university in official language Hindi held on 9th September, 2016 in the Premendra Mohan Goshwami Hall of Administrative Building of the AUS. 6. Assisted the Photography Competition entitled “गरीबी” organized by the Rajbhasha Cell, Assam University, Silchar for the employees and students of the university in official language Hindi held on 9th September, 2016 in the Premendra Mohan Goshwami Hall of Administrative Building of the AUS. 7. Assisted the Hindi Typing Competition was organized by the Rajbhasha Cell, Assam University, Silchar for the employees and students of the university in official language Hindi held on 9th September, 2016 in the Premendra Mohan Goshwami Hall of Administrative Building of the AUS. Assam University, Silchar | 345

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8. Assisted Hindi Divas organized by the Rajbhasha Cell, Assam University, Silchar on 14th September, 2016 in the Bipin Chandra Paul Auditorium of the University.

9. Assisted of a Seminar entitled ‘हहꅍदी की व�ववक पहुԁच’ organized by the Rajbhasha Cell, Assam University, Silchar held on 14th September, 2016 in the Bipin Chandra Paul hall of the University. 10. Assisted of two days Hindi Training Workshop organized by the Rajbhasha Cell held on 15th and 19th December, 2016 at PMG hall of Administrative Building of Assam University, Silchar on the topic “कंꥍयूटर पर हहꅍदी मᴂ कायत तन�पादन एवं सरल हहꅍदी का प्रयोग” to train the employees of the University. 11. Typing and Composing of Annual Report 2015-16 of Assam University, Silchar in Hindi. 12. Typing and Composing of Annual Account 2015-16 of Assam University, Silchar in Hindi. 13. So many letters, proceedings of the meetings and other relevant documents were composed and typed. 14. Files maintain, noting and drafting, and many other works have been made as assigned by the competent authority. 15. First prize winner of writing competition organized by Rajbhasha Cell. Assam University, Silchar for employees of the University held on 6th September, 2016 at PMG hall of Administrative Building of AUS. 16. Assisted for organizing of the Official Language Implementation Committee Meeting of Assam University, Silchar‎ organized by the Rajbhasha Cell held on 19.08.2016 in the PMG Hall of Administrative Building of AUS. 17. Assisted for organizing of the Official Language Implementation Committee Meeting of Assam University, Silchar‎ organized by the Rajbhasha Cell held on 27.01.2017 in the PMG Hall of Administrative Building of AUS.

6. Mention please any special facilities / activities that you have developed or undertaken relevant to your section / unit. Furnish details.

The Rajbhasha Cell of the Assam University has organized several programmes such as Hindi Divas, Hindi week, Hindi Pakhawara, Hindi Training programmes, organisation of the Official Language Implementation Committee meeting of the University, many competitions for promotion of the official language, proposal has been made for purchasing the Hindi books for the Rajbhasha Cell, Rajbhasha Colum has been made in the university website and so many other academic and administrative activities took place in the Rajbhasha Cell of the University.

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List of Endowment Awards

The toppers in the Masters’ Degree Courses are awarded the University Gold Medals. For purpose of award of medals and prizes the latest university rules shall be followed, which is subject to modification from time to time. Also, with a view to encourage good performance in studies, the University offers several Endowment Awards. The Endowment Awards are presented to candidates securing First Class/ Division First position in certain subjects as per Regulations of the University. List of Endowment Awards, are provided below:

A. List of Endowment Award -2016-17

Sl. Name of the Endowment Award Name of the Name of Name of the Student No. Department the Course Awardee 1 Nagendra Chandra Malati Shyam Memorial Bengali M.A Thirthankar Chakraborty Endowment Prize 2. Sabitri Bhattacharjee Memorial Endowment Ecology & Envtl. M.Sc Satarupa Deb Prize Science and Life Science 3. Muktashree Memorial Award of Endowment History M.A Jenet Ngamlai Prize 4. Bipin Chandra Pal Memorial Endowment Mass Communication MMC Neha Jain Prize 5. Gajendra Kumar Roy Memorial Endowment Chemistry M.Sc Sushmita Singh Prize 6. Rajani Kanta Saha Memorial Endowment Sanskrit M.A. Rashmi Borah Prize 7. Okram Meena Devi Memorial Endowment Manipuri M.A Laishram Sabatani Devi Prize 8. Anil Chandra Das Memorial Endowment English M.A. Kasturi Borgohain Prize 9. Kaliprasanna Sengupta Memorial Visual Arts BVA Monidipa Dutta Endowment Prize 10. Thakur Sukhdev Brahmachari Memorial Social Work BSW Anurupa Bhattacharjee Endowment Prize 11. Aparna Roy Memorial Endowment Prize Mathematics M.Sc Pankaj Paul 12. Kiron Bala Bhattacharjee Memorial Physics M.Sc Gulafsha Begom Endowment Prize Choudhury 13. Nilima Sarma Memorial Endowment Prize Best Girl graduate BA, B.Sc Priyanka Dutta with highest marks in & B.Com 1st class honours among three streams (Arts, Science & Commerce) 14 Premendra Mohan Goswami Memorial Social Work MSW Rajdeep Dutta Endowment Prize 15. Kiran Bala Bhattacharjee Memorial Physics M.Sc Gulafsha Begom Endowment Prize Choudhury 16. Nemichandji Suhas Mate Memorial Visual Arts MVA Kishan Bagdi Endowment Prize 17. Santibala Devi Memorial Endowment Prize Political Science MA Kalyani Chakravorty 18. Dr. Debabrata Roy Memorial Endowment Life Science M.Sc Satarupa Deb Prize 19. Upendra Sankar Dutta Memorial Philosophy M.A Poulami Chakraborty Endowment Prize Assam University, Silchar | 347

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20 Nalini Bala-Digendra Kumar Dey Smriti Highest Marks in 1st B.Com Sumona Nath Puraskar Class in B.Com (Hons) Commerce 21. Suraj Bhan Khandelwal Memorial Award Business MBA Sanchita Paul Administration 22. Lal Behari Goala Memorial Award Hindi MA Debajeet Gogoi

23 Laxminia Goala Memorial Award Highest Marks in TDC Rita Chauhan TDC (Hindi) Pass Course 24. Ananya Paul Memorial Award Computer Science M.Sc Arpita Mitra Mazumder 25. Ananya Paul Memorial Endowment Prize Computer Science B.Sc Juhi Sharma 26. Haji Ajmal Ali Award Economics M.A Pallabi Paul 27. Maryam Ajmal Memorial Endowment Prize Arabic M.A Bilal Ahmed 28. Murshedul Alom Choudhury Memorial Biotechnology M.Sc Priyanka Yumnam Endowment Prize 29 Ajmal Foundation Award Law B.A LLB Belayet Hussain Mazumder 30. Ajmal Foundation Award Information B.Tech Ankhimita Paul Choudhry Technology 31. Mukundadas Bhattacharjee Memorial Best graduate of TDC TDC Priyanka Dutta Endowment Prize final examination 32. Ayiriddhi Bhattachajee Memorial Gold Highest mark in the MMC Naha Jain Medal final examination in the department of Mass Communication 33. Subinoy Chandra Dutta Roy Gold Medal Law LLM Anuleena Bhattacharjee

B. List of Gold Medalists 2016-17

Sl. Name of the Gold Medalist Student Name of the Name of the Department Academic Excellence No. Course / Percentage of the Student 1. GULAFSHA BEGOM CHOUDHURY M.SC PHYSICS 7.99 2 PRIYANKA YUMNAM M.SC BIOTECHNOLOGY 8.22 3. PANKAJ PAUL M.SC MATHEMATICS 7.20 4 BIKRAM BARUAH M.SC EARTH SCIENCE 7.51 5. BISWAJEET BORUAH M.SC EARTH SCIENCE 7.51 6. KULDIP DEVNATH M.SC MICROBIOLOGY 8.71 7. SUSHMITA SINGH M.SC CHEMISTRY 7.27 8. SATARUPA DEB M.SC LIFE SCIENCE 8.60 9. ARPITA MITRA MZAUMDER M.SC COMPUTER SCIENCE 8.16 10. SULTANA PARVEN M.SC ECOLOGY & ENVTL. SC. 7.41 11. SNEHASHISH ROY M.SC STATISTICS 8.21 12 BILAL AHMED M.A ARABIC 7.92 13. THIRTHANKAR CHAKRABORTY M.SC BENGALI 6.40 14. KASTURI BORGOHAIN M.A ENGLISH 6.33 15. RASHMI BORAH M.A. SANSKRIT 7.76 16. LAISHRAM SABATANI DEVI M.A. MANIPURI 6.79 17. MAIMUNA HASMUN NAHAR M.A. LINGUISTICS 6.72 18. DEBAJEET GOGOI M.A HINDI 6.67 19. ABANIKA NEOG M.A. ASSAMESE 6.88 20. RAHUL BANIK M.COM COMMERCE 7.53 21 SANCHITA PAUL M.B.A BUSINESS 7.33 ADMINISTRATION 22. RAKTIM BORGOHAIN M.A. ANTHROPOLOGY 7.08 23. NEHA JAIN MMC MASS 7.60 COMMUNICATION 24 POULAMI CHAKRABORTY M.A PHILOSOPHY 7.30 Assam University, Silchar | 348

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25 JENET NGAMLAI M.A HISTORY 6.48 26. PALLABI PAUL M.A. ECONOMICS 7.08 27. RASHNA RAMCHAIRY M.A. GEOGRAPHY 6.93 28. NAMITA BAYAN MLIS LIBRARY & 7.47 INFORMATION SCIENCE 29. KALYANI CHAKRAVORTY M.A. POLITICALS CIENCE 6.58 30. KISHAN BAGDI MVA VISUAL ARTS 7.25 31. RAJDEEP DUTTA MSW SOCIAL WORK 7.09 32 ANULEENA BHATTACHARJEE LLM LAW 7.39 33 FARUK ALAM M.TECH INFORMATION 8.59 TECHNOLOGY 34 ABHINAV SHARMA M.TECH AGRICULTURAL 8.64 ENGINEERING 35. JUHI SHARMA B.SC COMPUTER SCIENCE 7.66 36. MONIDIPA DUTTA BVA VISUAL ARTS 6.73 37. ANURUPA BHATTACHARJEE BSW SOCIAL WORK 7.13 38. BELAYET HUSSAIN MAZUMDER BA LLB LAW 6.66 39. ANKHIMITA PAUL CHOUDHURY B.TECH INFORMATION 8.46 TECHNOLOGY 40. KAVITA KUMARI B.TECH AGRICULTURAL 8.43 ENGINEERING 41 THALLA RAVI B.TECH ELECTRONICS & 7.91 TELECOMMUNICATION 42 SUSHMA SINGH B.SC. BED EDUCATION 6.90 43 AYESHA AKTAR KHANAM B.PHARMACY PHARMACEUTICAL 8.73 CHOUDHURY SCIENCE 44. RAJ KAMAL DAS B.SC STATISTICS 8.46 45. R K. MEMMI SANA B.SC BOTANY 7.37 46. RIYA DAS B.SC ZOOLOGY 8.18 47. SOURAV SARMA B.SC COMPUTER SCIENCE 7.57 48. PRITAM DAS B.SC ANTHROPOLOGY 7.63 49. ANURADHA SEN B.SC CHEMISTRY 7.87 50. RIMPEE DEB B.SC PHYSICS 8.37 51 PRIYANKA DUTTA B.SC MATHEMATICS 8.46 52 MONALISA CHOWDHURY B.SC GEOLOGY 8.30 53 MEENAKSHI DAS B.SC BIOTECHNOLOGY 8.44 54 ANANYA ROY BCA COMPUTER 7.27 APPLICATION 55 JESSICA ENGLENGPI BA GEOGRAPHY 7.08 56 SABANA YEASMIN BARBHUIYA BA PERSIAN 7.81 57 DIPAMONI THOUSEN BA ASSAMESE 6.08 58 SUSMITA SINGHA BA MANIPURI 6.25 59 KINSHUK CHAKRABORTY BA ENGLISH 6.41 60 SULTAN AHMED BA ARABIC 7.83 61 SREEPARNA BHATTACHARJEE BA HISTORY 6.43 62 PIYALI DEB BA BENGALI 6.74 63 TAPATI DEY BA SANSKRIT 8.06 64 SUKHILA HANSEPI BA EDUCATION 6.59 65 SHAIBAL DAS BA POLITICAL SCIENCE 6.52 66 ARUNDHATI NATH BA ECONOMICS 7.84 67 ANNYESHA NATH BA PHILOSOPHY 7.14 68. RITUPARNA DUTTA B.COM COMMECE 6.88 (Business Administration) 69 SUMONA NATH B.COM COMMERCE 7.87 (Accounting & Finance) 70 PRASENJIT CHOUDHURY B.COM COMMERCE 6.25

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(Banking & Insurance) 71 SUSHMITA DEB BBA BUSINESS 6.40 ADMINISTRATION 72 MUZAKKIR AHMED LLB LAW 6.43

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CHAPTER SEVENTEEN

ALUMNI AFFAIRS

ASSAM UNIVERSITY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION Activities in 2016-17

1. Upgraded the Alumni Website www.aus.ac.in/aus.alumni during July 2016. 2. New Executive Committee of Assam University Alumni Association with a Working Chairman formed on 14th Sept, 2016 and first meeting of the newly constituted committee held on 20th Sept, 2016. 3. Lecture organised on Digital Currency-BitCOIN by Mr. Tuhin Paul, Software Engineer, Fidelity Business Services Pvt. Ltd. Bengaluru, a successful alumni of Computer Science, on 4th Nov, 2016 in the Alan Turing Seminar Hall, Department of Computer Science, AUS. 4. The first alumni newsletter Kasturi Vol. 2 No.1 (total 52 pgs) is inaugurated on 21st January, 2017 in the 24th Foundation Day i.e. UTSAV JYOTIRGOMOY-2017 of Assam University by Hon’ble Vice Chancellor Prof. Dilip Chandra Nath and Alumni Chairman Prof. M. D. Choudhury. 5. The initial work of Alumni Auditorium-cum-Office near International Guest House, AUS is started. In the initial phase, the contour survey work has been done by Standard Consultancy Services, Silchar. A team of Civil Engineers Er. Pallab Das from NIT Silchar and Er. Arabinda Das, Pollution Control Board are consulted for the same. In the next phase, the plan and estimate of the proposed building is to be prepared. Recently, the Assam University Building Committee has approved the matter in principle. 6. Organised by First Alumni Meet of Assam University Alumni Association in collaboration with Assam University, Silchar, as a part of 24th Foundation Day of Assam University i.e. UTSAV JYOTIRGOMOY-2017 at Netaji Subhas Mancha, Assam University, Silchar on 23rd January 2017 (Monday). In the event, Shri Prodyot Bikram Kishore Manikya, Head of Royal Family, Tripura and Executive Editor, North East Today delivered the Keynote Address on the topic “Relevance of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose in the context of present India”. In an invited talk, Shri Mukesh Agarwal, CEO, Barak Valley Cements Ltd., Badarpur delivered a lecture on the topic “Prospects and Challenges of Entrepreneurship in North East India”. There was a Panel Discussion on Demonetization, where experts were Prof. Dibyojyoti Bhattacharjee, Director, IQAC, Prof. Alok Sen, Department of Economics, Prof. A.L.Ghosh, Head, Department of Business Administration. The panellists were Dr. Ashim Kr. Das, HOD (Management Studies), NIT Silchar (Commerce Alumni), Dr. Siddhartha Roy Choudhury, Branch Manager, SBI Dargakona Branch (Microbiology Alumni), Dr. Saumitra Choudhurys, Asstt. Prof., N.C. College Badarpur (Economics Alumni), Mr. Aniruddha Laskar, Journalist, News18 -Channel (Mass Comm. Alumni), Mr. Gaurab Chakraborty, Branch Manager, SBI NIT Br. (Comp.Sc. Alumni). The panel discussion was conducted by two moderators- Dr. Debomalya Ghose (Business Assam University, Silchar | 351

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Administration alumni) & Dr. Debotosh Chakraborty (Political Science alumni). A video presentation “Revisiting Assam University” was screened in the event which was coordinated by Dr. Paromita Das (Mass Communication alumni). An Alumni Quiz Competition was conducted by Dr. Amit Kumar Das (Business Administration alumni) and Mr. Arnab Paul (Computer Science alumni). In the later part of the event, there was Cultural Programme which was coordinated by Dr. Himadri Sekhar Das (Physics alumni) and anchoring was done by Dr. Monoj Singh (Law alumni). Besides alumni performances, there were performances from CharuKotha (Mr. Amit Sikidar & Groups), Binachhandam Dance Academy (Mr. Debotosh Nath and Groups), Rabindra Sangeet Singer Mrs. Kabita Roy and DolChhut Musical Band.

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CHAPTER EIGHTEEN

NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION & PATENT

RELATED INFORMATION

DEPARTNEMT OF BIOTECHNOLOGY

Details of National/International collaboration if any

Sl. Name of the Name of the collaborator Purpose Period No. Faculty/Staff involved (individual/ institution/ agency) 1. Dr. Yashmin Choudhury 1. Dr. S. N. Mandal, Dept 1. Colloborating 1. 2016-2018 of Information partner, ITRA funded Technology, KGEC project Kalyani.

2. Dr. P. Guha, IIT 2. Colloborating 2. 2016-2018 Guwahati partner, ITRA funded project

3. Dr. N. H. Mohan, 3. Colloborating 3. 2016-2018 ICAR-NRCP, Guwahati partner, ITRA funded project

4. Dr. Arnab Sen, ICAR- Research Complex for 4. Colloborating 4. 2016-2018 NEH Region, Barapani, partner, ITRA funded Meghalaya project

5. Dr. Dilip Kumar Hajra, Uttar Banga Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Cooch 5. Colloborating 5. 2016-2018 Behar, west Bengal partner, ITRA funded project 2. Dr. Ravi Rajwanshi Dr. K.P. Mohapatra, Scientific Research 2012-2017 ICAR, Meghalaya, India (Co-Supervisor of Ph.D. Scholar)

DEPARTNEMT OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

Details of National/International collaboration if any

Sl. Name of the Name of the collaborator Purpose Period No. Faculty/Staff involved (individual/institution/ agency) 1 Dr. Arup Barman Lumen Centre of Publication 2014-2017 Humanities and Social Sciences (IASI, Romania)

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DEPARTNEMT OF CHEMISTRY

Details of National/International collaboration if any

Sl.No. Name of the Faculty Name of the collaborators Purpose Period (individual/institutional/agency) 1 Dr. M. K. Paul Dr. D. S. Sankar Rao XRD Ongoing (Individual, Centre for Nano and Soft instrumental Matter Research, Jalahalli, Bangalore facility 560013

2 Dr. M. K. Paul Dr. Ingo Dierking (Individual, School Advanced Ongoing of Physics and Astronomy, University electric field of Manchester, Oxford Road, studies. Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom

4 Dr. Sudip Choudhury Dr. Shiny Nair, NPOL, Kochi Research Ongoing

5 Dr. Sudip Choudhury Dr. S S Soni, SP University, Gujarat Research Ongoing

6 Dr. Sudip Choudhury Prof. M Younis, SUST, Sylhet Research Ongoing

7 Dr. Himadri Acharya Dr. Sachindranath Das (Individual) Research work 01/07/2016 to Assistant Professor, and sample 05/07/2016 Department of Instrumetal Science, analysis Jadavpur University, Kolkata

8 Prof. C. R. Dr. S.K.Prasad, Dr.D.S.S.Rao, Centre XRD studies 2008-2016- till Bhattacharjee for Soft Matter & Nanoscience, date Bangalore

9 Prof. C. R. Professor Isabelle Ledoux-Rak , NLO studies 2016- till date Bhattacharjee Quantum and Molecular Photonics Laboratory (LPQM) UMR 8537 CNRS - Sciences 61, avenue du Président Wilson 94235 Cachan cedex, France

DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING Patent Related Information

Sl. Name of the Name of the patent and Stage of the patent Any earning No. Faculty/Staff any other information from the (Filed/Published/ Granted/ patent Licensed) A portable molecular 1. Sudipta Roy Published on 24/03/2017; No quantum dot cellular

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automata X-Ray system (Filing details: and Method of its IPO: 201631033793, operation thereof 03/10/2016; PCT/IB2017/050329; 23/01/2017) Quantum Dot Cellular 2. Sudipta Roy Published on 07/04/2017; No Automata based Portable Cancer Cell Demolition (Filing details: System and Method of its IPO: 201631041316; operation thereof 02/12/2016; PCT/IB2017/050622; 04/02/2017) Quantum Dot Cellular 3. Sudipta Roy Published on 07/04/2017; No Automata based Food Irradiation System and (Filing details: Method of its working IPO: 201631045060; 30/12/2016; PCT/IB2017/050660; 08/02/2017) Quantum Dot Cellular 4. Sudipta Roy Published on 07/04/2017; No Automata based Radiation Knife for Radiosurgery (Filing details: and Method of its working IPO: 201631045061; 30/12/2016; PCT/IB2017/051596; 20/03/2017) Quantum Dot Cellular 5. Sudipta Roy Published on 07/04/2017; No Automata based Portable Industrial Radiography (Filing details: System IPO: 201731000500; 05/01/2017; PCT/IB2017/051624; 21/03/2017)

DEPARTMENT OF ECOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE Details of National/International collaboration if any

Sl. Name of the Name of the collaborator Purpose Period No. Faculty/Staff involved (individual/institution/ agency)

1. Prof. Jayashree Rout IIT, Khargpur and CFTRI, Research 2017-2020 Mysore

2. Prof. Jayashree Rout Central Institute of Research 2009- till date Freshwater and Aquaculture (CIFA), Bhubaneswar

3 Dr. Ajit Kr. Das Prof. N. Raaman, Research 2010 onward University of Madras,

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Chennai, India

4 Dr. Ajit Kr. Das Prof. P.K.Singh Research 2010 onward

5 Arun Jyoti Nath Prof. Rattan Lal Research 2 yrs Ohio State University, USA (Individual)

6 Arun Jyoti Nath Prof. G.W.Sileshi Research 2 yrs World Agroforestry Centre, Nairobi

DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS Details of National/International collaboration if any

Sl. Name of the Name of the collaborator Purpose Period No. Faculty/Staff involved (individual/institution/ agency)

1. Dr. Raju Mandal i) Dr. Dipanwita Sarkar, International Project 30-06-2015 to Queensland University of 30-09-2016 Technology, Australia. 2. Dr. Asadul Islam, Monash University, Australia. 3. Dr. H.K. Nath, Sam Houston State University, USA. 4. Dr. Ratul Mahanta, Gauhati University, India

DEPARTMENT OF LAW

Patent Related Information

Sl.No Name of the faculty/Staff Name of the Stage of the patent Any earning from patent and any (Filed the patent other information /Published/Granted /Licensed) 1. Dr. Rashmi Ranjan Mishra Associate Professor

2. Dr. Madhumita Dhar Sarkar Associate Professor

3. Dr. Partha Pratim Paul Assistant Professor 4. Dr. Priya Ranja Kumar Assistant Professor 5. Dr. Amitabh Singh Assistant Professor 6. Dr. Umesh Kumar Assistant Professor.

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DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCE Details of National/International collaboration if any

Sl. Name of the Name of the collaborator Purpose Period No. Faculty/Staff involved (individual/institution/ agency)

1. Prof. Sanjib Kumar Prof. Gennadi Borovskii, International collaborative Continuing Panda Siberian Institute of Plant Research Physiology & Biochemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, RUSSIA

2. Prof. Sanjib Kumar Prof. Akio Morita, International collaborative Continuing Panda Research Dr. Takashi Ikka Shizuoka University, JAPAN

3. Prof. Sanjib Kumar Prof. Hiroyuki Koyama, International collaborative Continuing Panda Research Prof. Y.Y. Yamamoto, Gifu University, JAPAN

4. Prof. Sanjib Kumar Prof. Petra Bauer, International collaborative Continuing Panda Research University of Dusseldorf, Germany

5. Prof. Sanjib Kumar Dr. Neeti Sanan Mishra, Collaborative Research- DBT Continuing Panda twinning Project International Centre for Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology, New Delhi

6. Prof. Sanjib Kumar Prof. Gyana Ranjan Rout, Collaborative Research-MOU Continuing Panda between labs Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, Orissa University of Agriculture & Technology, Bhubaneswar, Odisha

7 Dr. Anupam Das Dr. Shamee Bhattachejee Collaborative Research- DBT Continuing Talukdar twinning Project WBSU, West Bengal

8. Dr. Anupam Das Dr. Noorazah Basar, Collaborative Research Continuing Talukdar University Technology Malaysia.

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DEPARTMENT OF MANIPURI Details of National/International collaboration if any

Sl. Name of the Name of the collaborator Purpose Period No. Faculty/Staff involved (individual/institution/ agency)

1. Prof. H. Nani Kumar Sahitya Akademi Symposium One Day Singha

DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS Details of National/International collaboration

Sl. Name of the Name of the collaborator Purpose Period No. Faculty/Staff involved (individual/institution/ agency)

1. Prof Asoke K Sen, Prof. Robert Botet, University Research work on march 2017- of Paris Sud, France cometary grain Mar 217 simulation

2. Dr H S Das Prof Ludmilla Kolokolova Research Collaboration March 2016- March 2017 Department of Astronomy, University of Maryland, (Visted the College Park, MD University of Maryland USA during March 18 to April 05, 2017.

3 Dr H S Das Prof Sebastian Wolf Institute Research Collaboration March 2016- of Theoretical Physics and March 2017 Astrophysics, University of Kiel, Leibnizstr. 15, 24118 Kiel, Germany

4 Dr H S Das Dr. Biman J. Medhi Research Collaboration March 2016- March 2017 Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences, Manora Peak, Nainital 263129, India 5 Dr. Utpal Sarkar Prof. Pratim K Chattarah, IIT Research (personal level Kharagpur collaboration)

6 Dr. Utpal Sarkar Prof. Christian Van Alsenoy Research (personal level University of Antwerp, collaboration) Belgium

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APPENDIX-A

Ph.D awarded during the period from 01.04.2016 to 31.03.2017

S K. CHATTOPADHAY SCHOOL OF ENGLISH & FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDIES

Sl. SCHOLAR’S DETIALS NAME OF THE TITLE OF THE DEPT. PROPOSA No. SUPERVISOR/ RESEARCH L PASSED CO-SUPERVISOR PROPOSAL BY (IF ANY) SCHOOL BOARD ON 1. Gayotri Singha Dr. Baby Pushpa Displacement in Native English 07.04.2016 Ram Mohan Sarani, House Sinha American Literature: A No:1, Sonai Road, Silchar Study of the Novels of Pin:788006 N. Scott Momaday and Ph.no: 9954086218 Sherman Alexie 2. Md Ashraf Ali Dr. Mostafizur Abbas Mahmud al- Arabic 07.04.2016 Vill-No-1. Khalabhuyan, Rahman Aqqad and Madrasa al- P.O. Kuranibori, Diwan: A Critical Study P.S. Mayong, Dist.Morigaon State-Assam (India) 3. Tialila Dr. Bishnu Charan An Ecocritical Reading English (AUDC) 07.04.2016 GBC/H/No.1182, Near Dash of Toni Morrison’s ISBT, Purana Bazar, Selected Novels Dimapur, Nagaland: 797112

A.M. SCHOOL OF EDUCATIONAL SCIENCES

Sl. SCHOLAR’S NAME OF THE TITLE OF THE DEPT. PROPOSAL No. DETIALS SUPERVISOR/CO- RESEARCH PROPOSAL PASSED BY SUPERVISOR (IF SCHOOL ANY) BOARD ON 4. Abhijit Saha Dr. S. K. Dutta A Study of the attitudes of Education 18.03.16 Higher Secondary Teachers towards the Application of Computers in Teaching Learning Process 5. Laikhuram Neela Prof. Geetika Bagchi A Study on Birth Order, Education 18.03.16 Chanu Stress, Emotional Intelligence and Scholastic Achievement of the Post Graduate Students of Manipur University 6. Anamika Kar Prof. Geetika Bagchi Use of internet and its Education 18.03.16 influence on Emotional Intelligence, Social Relationships and Health of Post Graduate Students of Assam University 7. Litan Das Dr. R.K. Mahto A Critical Study of Socio- Education 18.03.16 Economic Status and Educational Problems of the Secondary Level Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe Students in Tripura 8. Abira Choudhury Dr. R.G. Carri Ethics of Care and Aware Education 18.03.16

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Parenting : A Study on Adolescents 9. Mokaddesh Ali Dr. Sima Paul Attitude, Interest and Self- Education 18.03.16 Concept in Relation to Learning Disabilities Among Secondary Students in Karbi Anglong District of Assam 10. Srabani Das Prof. G. Bagchi Teacher Education in Barak Education 11.04.2016 Valley – a critical study 11. Siddharth Mani Prof. Nityanand Pandey A Study of Self Concept of Education 11.04.2016 Tripathi Hearing Impaired Children in Relation to their Emotional Intelligence, Academic Achievement and Occupational Aspiration

J.S. SCHOOL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES

Sl. SCHOLAR’S NAME OF THE TITLE OF THE DEPT. PROPOSAL No. DETIALS SUPERVISOR/CO- RESEARCH PASSED BY SUPERVISOR (IF PROPOSAL SCHOOL ANY) BOARD ON 12. Jushna Beypi Dr. Somenath Significance of Forest Anthropology 08.04.2016 Vill: Taralangso Bhattacharjee Resources in Livelihood PO: Diphu (Supervisor) and Culture of the Karbi Karbi Anglong Dr. Kh. Narendra Singh Tribe of Karbi Anglong Assam, PIN-782460 (Co-Supervisor ) District, Assam 13. Ohi Uddin Ahmed Prof. Projit Kumar Palit Social Stratification and History 08.04.2016 Burunga Tikarburanga (Supervisor) Caste among Muslims of Cachar, Assam Dr. Humayun Bokth India with special Pin. 788812 (Co-supervisor) reference to the Barak (M) 919577557046 Valley of Assam 14. Rupali Rongpipi Dr. Vulli Dhanaraju Impact of the Forest History 08.04.2016 Rongmongve Policies: A Study of Karbis (AUDC) Diphu, Karbi Anglong in Assam Assam – 782460 Ph. +91-9435634885 15. Khushbu Barbhuiya Prof. Joyati Bhattacharya Voting Behavior and Political Science 08.04.2016 C/O Ashikur Rahman Electoral Politics: A Study Barbhuiya of the 14th Assembly Vill. & P.O. Election and 16th Lok Gobindopur (E) Sabha Election in Barak Dist. Cachar, Assam Valley Pin-788101 M/No. 9401374167 16. Biswabijoy Dr. Debotosh Working of Gram Sabha in Political Science 08.04.2016 Bhattacharjee Chakraborty Assam and Tripura: A C/O Brajodulal Comparative Study Bhattacharjee Sonai Road, Saratpally Gandwswari Lane Silchar - 788006 17. Lipika Haflongbar Dr. Tapan Das Insurgency and Its Impact Political Science 08.04.2016 C/O Joy Kumar on Women with reference Haflongbar, Dist. Dima to Dima Hasao District in Hasao, Assam Assam 18. Mungrei Gachui Dr. N.Bijen Meetei Role of Civil Society in Political Science 08.04.2016 C/O Lt. Rayson Gachui People’s Participation in

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Lunghar Politico-administrative Dist. Ukhrul, Manipur Affairs in Manipur Pin-795142 M.No. 8974440898 19. Superna Nandy (Kar) Dr. K C Das Identity Politics of the Political Science 08.04.2016 C/O Lt. Nirmal Kanti Chakmas in Mizoram: A (AUDC) Nandy, L P Road, P.O. Study Lanka, Dist. Hojai 20. Rita Saikia Dr. Niranjan Mohapatra The American Intervention Political Science 08.04.2016 C/O Lt. Khaga Saikia in Afganisthan (2001- (AUDC) Vill. Bhulukchuck 2014): Implications for Gaon, Dist. Jorhat India 21. Rajashree Roy Dr. Ratna Huirem School Social Work Social Work 08.04.2016 (Supervisor) Practice: A Study of Dr. Kathiresan L. Schools in India. (Co-Supervisor) 22. Lojita Khaidem Prof. Gopal Ji Mishra A Study of Socio- Social Work 08.04.2016 (Supervisor) Economic Conditions of Amitabh Singh Conflict Widows in (Co-Supervisor) Manipur 23. Subhashish Prof. Subhabrata Dutta Issues and Challenges of Social Work 08.04.2016 Chakraborty Accredited Social Health Activist (ASHA)Workers Working Under National Rural Health Mission in Anuppur District of Madhya Pradesh 24. Indrani Prof. G. Ram Effect of Social Media on Sociology 08.04.2016 Bhattacharjee . Secondary School House No.18 Students: A Sociological Kazi Nazrul Sarani, Study Vivekanada Nagar Silchar 25. Oinam Shantibala Devi Prof. G. Ram Reinforcing Subordination Sociology 08.04.2016 Khagempalli Huidrom of Women : A Study of Leikai Widows in the Conflict and Imphal West Hiv/Aids Affected Pin No-795001 Manipur Manipur Irongmara, Silchar 26. Chinmoy Misra Dr. Rajiya A Study on Awareness of Sociology 08.04.2016 Ganesh Nagar, Shahani Adolescent Students about Basistha, Kamrup, (Supervisor) Hiv/Aids Assam Dr. Humayun Bokth (Co-Supervisor) 27. Gitashree Deb Dr. Humayun Bokth Gender and Politics : Sociology 08.04.2016 Suniti Lane, Political Participation of Kuratigram Rongpur Women in Panchayati Raj Silchar-9 Cachar, Institutions Assam

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M.G. SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS & COMMERCE

Sl. SCHOLAR’S NAME OF THE TITLE OF THE DEPT. PROPOSAL No. DETIALS SUPERVISOR/CO- RESEARCH PASSED BY SUPERVISOR (IF PROPOSAL SCHOOL ANY) BOARD ON 28. Azimul Hoque Prof. M.A. Ansari Pattern and Growth of Economics 30.03.2016 Vill-Baguriguri Employment in Rural Non- P.O. Malibari Pather Farm Sector : A Case (Bazar) P.S-Boko Dist- Study of Assam , 1991 - Kamrup (p) pin-781136 2015 29. Gonesh Chandra Saha Prof. M.A. Ansari Minor Irrigation and its Economics 30.03.2016 C/O- Lt. Gour Ch. Saha Impact on Agricultural P.O. Barpeta Road Output : A Study of (Shyamapally) Dist- Gobardhana Development Barpeta Assam -781315 Block, Barpeta District, Assam 30. Pratiti Singha Dr. Raju Mandal Climate Change, Acreage Economics 30.03.2016 Hatir Path , National Allocation and Average Highway, Silchar Yield in Agriculture of Cachar, Assam- 788005 India 31. Abhinaw Kumar Dr. Soma Roy Effects of Micro Financing Commerce 30.03.2016 Pandey Garwar Road, on Micro and Small Pouharipur Sawitri Enterprises Development Nagar Ballia U. P- in Mirzapur District of 277001 Uttar Pradesh 32. Ram Naresh Das Prof. Ratan Borman A Study on Social security Commerce, 30.03.2016 Panitola Rly Colony, Measures for the Workers Diphu Campus P.O. Panitola , Dist- of Tea Industry with Tinsukia, Assam- Special Reference to 786183 Dibrugarh District of Mobile- 7896394256 Assam. 33. Shibu Das Dr. A. I.Chanu Efficiency of Assam Commerce, 30.03.2016 Madhabnagar, Gramin Vikash Bank: A Diphu Campus Kachalkhuwa, Nagaon, Branch Level Analysis Assam-782001 Mobile:9401766132 34. Raju Ghosh Dr. Subit Dutta Financial Challenges of Commerce, 30.03.2016 Segunbari Margherita Small Tea Growers- A Diphu Campus P.O. Margherita, Dist- Study with Special Tinsukia Reference to Tinsukia Assam -786181 Mobile District of Assam No: 09435271035

RABINDRANATH TAGORE SCHOOL OF INDIAN LANGUAGES AND CULTURAL STUDIES

Sl. SCHOLAR’S NAME OF THE TITLE OF THE DEPT. PROPOSAL No. DETIALS SUPERVISOR/CO- RESEARCH PASSED BY SUPERVISOR (IF PROPOSAL SCHOOL ANY) BOARD ON 35. Onkita Misra Prof. Bela das Bibhutibhushan Bengali 22.03.2016 P66/3 Stand Bank road, Bandyopadhyayer Kolkata- 700006 Rachanay M.No. 9732638198 Adhyatmabhabna (Spiritual thought in the wirtings of Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay) Assam University, Silchar | 362

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36. Jatan Saha Prof. Debasish Satinath Bhadudi Ebong Bengali 22.03.2016 W/N-4, Bijni Town, Bhattacharya Birendra Kumar Vill: Sree Durga Bhattacharjyer Uponyase Colony, Dist. Chirang Gonosongramer Rup: Ekti (BTAD), Assam- Tulanamulak Adhyayan 783390, (Aspects of Mass M.No. 9706446241 Movement in Novels of Satinath Bhadudi and Birendra Kumar Bhattacharjya: An Analytical Study) 37. Piyali Paul Dr. S. Sarkar Unishsho Nobboi Bengali 22.03.2016 Rabindra Nagar, Paroborti Bangla Madari Road, Upanyase ‘Nari Bhasha’r PO&PS : Falakata, Proyog: Nirbachita Path Dist: Alipurduar- (Women’s Language in the 735211 , Post Nineties Bengali M.No. 9832493687 Novel : Selected Reading) 38. Shubhendu Mondal Dr. A. Mondal Paschim Banger Nadi- Bengali 22.03.2016 P66/3 STAND BANK Bhanganer Artho – ROAD, KOLKATA – Samajik Pratikriya Ebong 700006 Swadhinata-Uttar Bangla M.No. 9732638198 Upanyase tar Pratifalan (The Socio-Economic Implication of the River Bank Erosion of West Bengal and its Impact on the Post-independent Bengali Novels) 39. Santanu Pradhan Dr. A. Mondal Nagarayanbad: Swadhinata Bengali 22.03.2016 P66/3 STAND BANK - Parabarti Nirbachito ROAD, KOLKATA – Bangla Upanyase 700006 Brihottoro Kolkata M.No. 9733006922 ( Urbanism: Greater Kolkata as Reflected in a few selected Post- independent Bengali Novels) 40. Tilok Mondal Dr. A. Mondal Shahidul Zahirer Bengali 22.03.2016 Vill : Po: Jagannathpur Kathasahityo: PS: Hariharpara Jadubastobatar Bahuswar. Dist: Murshidabad ( Fictions of Shahidul W.B.742165 Zahir: A Polyphonic M.No. 9051401992 approach of Magic Realism) 41. Madan Ch. Das Dr. Bubul Sarma Mongalkavyer Oitihasik O Bengali 22.03.2016 Vill : Laskarpara, P.O. Rajnoitik Prekhapot: Ekti Barobisha, PS: Bishlesonatak Adhyayan. Kumargram, Dist: ( History and Political Alipurduar, WB, context in Bengali Mangal 736207, Kavya: An Analytical M.No.8101570526 Study) 42. Silpi Rani Das Dr. B.J. Choudhury Debesh Royer Nirbachiita Bengali 22.03.2016 C/O. Kamalendu Deb, Chotogolpe Samay O House No. 24A, 2nd Samaj : Ekti Link rd. (Near Bishleshanatmak Saraswati Bidya Adhyayan Niketan), Silchar- 6 ( Time and Society in the Cachar, Assam selected Short Story of Debesh Roy: An analytical Assam University, Silchar | 363

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Study) 43. Madhumita Deb Sarkar Dr. B.J. Choudhury Mukti Juddher Aloke Bengali 22.03.2016 Vill & P.O: Jalebasa, Bangladesher Nirbachita sub: Panisagar, North Upanyuas: Ekti Tripura 799260 M.No. Bishleshanatmak 9774793735 Adhyayan ( The Selected Novels of Bangladesh in the Light of Mukti Juddha : An Analytical Study ) 44. Rajuram Saradar Dr. Ramakanta Das Bauler Beshe Jhankbaul Bengali 22.03.2016 Vill &P.O: Jamtala, PS: ( Jhankbaul in Baul Dress) Kultali, Dist:24Pargana(S), West Bengal Pin No. 743334, M.No. 8768254359 45. Ratul Sarma Dr Kusumbar Boruah Ekabingsa Satikar Assamese 22.03.2016 Vill- Bagana Asomiya Upanyasat Purus PO- Bongaon Charitra : Ek Dist: Barpeta Bislesanatmak Adyayan Assam- 781375 (Nirbachit Tinigaraki Ph. No. 9435319430 Upanyasikar Upanyasar Adharat) (Male Characters in the Assamese Novels of Twenty First Century : An Anlytical Study (With Special Reference to Three Selected Women Novelist) 46. Rituraj Engti Dr Kusumbar Boruah Asomiya Upanyasat Assamese 22.03.2016 Vill- Rongtheang - 2 Gramya-Bastabata : PO- Diphu Tinigaraki Nnirbachit Dist: Assam - 782460 Aupanyasikar Upanyasar Ph. No. 9508901785 Adharat ( Rural-Reality in Assamese Novel : With Special Reference to the Novels of Three Selected Novelists) 47. Kasturi Chakraborty Prof. Krishna Mohan Jha Vinod Kumar Shukla Ke Hindi 22.03.2016 Vivekananda Road Upanyason Ka Lane No – 19 Vishleshanatmak Silchar – 7 Adhyayan. Pin – 788007 ( An Analytical Study of Mb No - 09435172320 the Novels of Vinod Kumar Shukla) 48. ArambamRomabai Prof M. Rajendra Singh Cachar Jilada Khundariba Manipuri 22.03.2016 Devi Koch-Rajbongshigi Pokpa, KeishampatKangabamL Luhongbaamasung Sibada eikai Pangthokpa Dharmaga P.O. Imphal Maree Leinaba Thoura- Manipur Thouda PIN. 795001 (Religious and Ritualistic 09856622068 Practices of Birth, Marriage and Death in Relation to Koch- Rajbongshi of Cachar District ) 49. TM Nazira Begum Prof. H. Nani Kumar Cachar Jilagi Meitei Manipuri 22.03.2016 Assam University, Silchar | 364

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Vill. Singha Pangangi Khunnung Eshei TolengramKhunou, Neinaba P.O. Tolengram (Study of Meitei Pangals’ Dist. Cachar, Assam Folksong in Cachar Pin.788103 District) 9435174468 50. Konjengbam Indira Prof. H. Nani Kumar R.K. Bhubansanagi Manipuri 22.03.2016 Devi Singha Seirengbu T.S. Eliotki Vill. Uchathol Poetic Theorygi P.O. Jiribam Mityengda Neinaba Dist. Imphal East, (Study of R.K. Manipur Bhubansana’s Poetry from Pin.795116 the View Point of T.S. 0785630727 Eliots’ Poetic Theory) 51. Dipankar Ghosh Dr. Arjundeb Sensarma Gouriya‎Vaisnava‎ Indian 22.03.2016 C/o-Saktipada Andolone Gadadhar‎ comparative Ghosh,Vill-Inchura, Po- Panditer‎Bhumika,‎Dhara‎ literature Inchura Bazar, P/S- ebong‎Gauriya‎Vaisnava‎ Balagarh,Dist-Hoogli, Tatwer‎Sange‎tnar‎ West Bengal, Antarjibaner‎Sangjog. Ph-9732745676 (‎Impact‎of‎Gadadhara‎ Pandit‎in‎Gauriya‎ Vaisnava‎movement,‎his‎ Legacy‎and‎Relation‎of‎his‎ Inner‎Life‎to‎Gouriya‎ Theory)

ABANINDRANATH TAGORE SCHOOL OF CREATIVE ARTS AND COMMUNICATION STUDIES

Sl. SCHOLAR’S NAME OF THE TITLE OF THE DEPT. PROPOSAL No. DETIALS SUPERVISOR/CO- RESEARCH PASSED BY SUPERVISOR (IF PROPOSAL SCHOOL ANY) BOARD ON 52. Anupama Khera Prof. G.P. Pandey Availability and Usage of Mass 09.04.16 A-55 Shivam Aptts Information Sources at Communication BlockD Indian Institute of Mass Vikaspuri, New Delhi- Communication New 110018 Delhi: A Critical Study Mob. 09818102636, 011-45506670 53. Kanchan Lata Dr. Paromita Das Role of Public Service Mass 09.04.16 M-380 B Sanjay Nagar Advertisements in Communication Sector 23 Raj Nagar, Eradicating Epidemics: Ghaziabad 201002 Case Study of Dengue in Uttar Pradesh National Capital Territory M : 09910091474 of Delhi 54. Pinak Kanti Roy Prof. G.P. Pandey Role of Media In Mass 09.04.16 Uttarpara, Udharbond, Panchayati Raj System: A Communication Cachar, Assam-788030 Study of Udharbond Gaon Panchayat 55. Anuradha Dey Dr. Paromita Das Impact of Online Mass 09.04.16 C/O Saumya Kanti Dey Advertisements on Youth Communication National Highway (A Study of Silchar Town Road of Assam) Opp. Radharaman Ashram Silchar-12, Cachar, Assam University, Silchar | 365

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Assam Mob. 9435907117 56. Debsmita Sarkar Dr. Ayesha T. Rashid The Use of Digital Media Mass 09.04.16 32 a/2 Suren Sarkar for Social Mobilization in Communication Road, Phool Bagan, Marginalized Kolkata-700010 Communities: The Case of West Bengal Queer Communities on M : 09585711853 Facebook 57. Rakesh Kumar Dr. Ayesha T. Rashid Elections and the News Mass 09.04.16 S/o Brinandan Singh Media Coverage: Bias or Communication Vill: Baishakhi, PO- Balance A Study of the Hardia 2014 Lok Sabha Election Dist. Siwan, Bihar- Coverage by the Media in 841226 Madhya Pradesh M: 07300895150 58. Sudipta Kar Dr. Charvak Public Service Mass 09.04.16 C/O S.P Kar Broadcasting and Communication Udhaychal Lane, Autonomy: A Study of National Highway, Prasar Bharati, India Silchar, Cachar, Assam M : 8415921282

SWAMI VIVEKANDA SCHOOL OF LIBRARY SCIENCES

Sl. SCHOLAR’S NAME OF THE TITLE OF THE DEPT. PROPOSAL No. DETIALS SUPERVISOR/CO- RESEARCH PASSED BY SUPERVISOR (IF PROPOSAL SCHOOL ANY) BOARD ON 59. Nirnimesh Pandiya Dr. Manoj Kumar Sinha A Study of Library Library and 31.03.2016 C/O Prof. D.K. Pandiya Policies for Acquisition of Information B 29, Kendriya Vihar , Books and Other Study Science Jabnipuram Extension Materials in the Libraries Lucknow-226021, Uttar of Higher Educational Pradesh Institutions Governed and Funded by Government of India

J.N. SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES

Sl. SCHOLAR’S DETIALS NAME OF THE TITLE OF THE DEPT. PROPOSA No. SUPERVISOR/ RESEARCH L PASSED CO-SUPERVISOR PROPOSAL BY (IF ANY) SCHOOL BOARD ON 60. Ratna Jyoti Dutta Dr. D.Ghose Management of Rural Business 11/04/16 Choudhury Water Supply Schemes : Administration Deshobandhu Road, A Study in Cachar Silchar-5 District in Assam 61. Deepraj Chakraborty Dr. D.Ghose Quality Management Business 11/04/16 Link Road, System in the Private Administration Silchar-6 Health Care Sector : A Study on Some Select Nursing Homes in Barak Valley of Assam 62. Raju Roy Dr. D.Ghose Implementation of Business 11/04/16 RabindraSarani Quality Management Administration Siliguri-734 006 System : A Study on some Select Corporate Organizations in the Assam University, Silchar | 366

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North Bengal Districts 63. Kandarpa Kanti Hajra Dr. A.Barman Problems and Prospects Business 11/04/16 Kendur,Burdwan. of the Earthen Doll- Administration West Bengal making Industry : A PIN-713 427 Study of Nodia District of West Bengal 64. Jayashree Bhattacharjee Dr. Ranjit Singh Awareness and Risk Business 11/04/16 Batertal, Meherpur Perception of Investment Administration Silchar – 15 in Equity Shares : A Study on Retail Investors in the Barak Valley of Assam 65. Rituparna Roy Dr. JuthikaKonwar Workplace Happiness : Business 11/04/16 Madanmohan Road, A Study on Some Select Administration Karmganj-11 Business Process Organisations (BPOs) in Eastern India 66. Sentulal Debbarma Dr. H.R. Laskar Management of Non- Business 11/04/16 Po-Sangkuma Performing Assets by Administration Dist.Sipaijala Regional Rural Banks: A Tripura Study on the TripuraGramin Bank 67. Sudip Bhattacharjee Dr. N. Biswas Role of Integrated Business 11/04/16 Agartala-799 003 Marketing Administration Communication in the Promotion of Cultural Tourism : A Study in North-East India with Special Reference to Tripura 68. Thokchom Sanatombi Devi Dr. H.R. Laskar A Study on Acceptance Business 11/04/16 Imphal East of Health Insurance Administration Manipur-795002 Products among Government and Public Sector Employees in Imphal City, Manipur

H K SCHOOL OF LIFE SCIENCES

Sl. SCHOLAR’S NAME OF THE TITLE OF THE DEPT. Proposal No. DETIALS SUPERVISOR/CO- RESEARCH PROPOSAL passed by SUPERVISOR (IF School ANY) Board on 69. Deepshikha Dr. A. Bhattacharjee Studies on methicillin Microbiology 18.03.16 Bhowmik (Supervisor) resistant Staphylococcus C/o Dibyendu Dr. Debadatta Dhar aureus and their co-existing Bhowmik (Chanda), SMCH, Silchar resistance determinants Dist: Karimganj (Co-Supervisor) 70. Rajkumari Jina Prof. Piyush Pandey Genomic insights of pyrene Microbiology 18.03.16 Devi degrading bacteria and its Sega Road, Hodam application for effective Leirak, Imphal rhizoremediation West Dr. Suchismita Das Assessment of multiple Life Science & 18.03.16 71. Shamim Sultana stressors on wetland Bioinformatics Choudhury ecosystems of River Barak C/o. Farash Uddin in Assam: A study on Choudhury sediment-water-fish Dt. Hailakandi interactions Assam University, Silchar | 367

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ALBERT EINSTEIN SCHOOL OF PHYSICAL SCIENCES

Sl. Proposal No. SCHOLAR’S NAME OF THE TITLE OF THE DEPT. passed by DETIALS SUPERVISOR/CO- RESEARCH School SUPERVISOR (IF PROPOSAL Board on ANY) 72. Akram Chandrajit Dr. A. Senorita Devi Study on Spectral and Physics 19.04.16 Singha (Supervisor) Temporal Properties of Itkhola, Silchar, Dr. Himadri Sekhar Some Black Hole Cachar, Assam Das (Co-Supervisor) Systems 73. Md. Saiful Islam Prof. B. S. Purkayastha Design & Computer Science 19.04.16 Development of English to Bodo Machine Translation

S K. CHATTOPADHAY SCHOOL OF ENGLISH & FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDIES

Sl. SCHOLAR’S DETIALS NAME OF THE TITLE OF THE DEPT. PROPOSA No. SUPERVISOR/ RESEARCH L PASSED CO-SUPERVISOR PROPOSAL BY (IF ANY) SCHOOL BOARD ON 74. Md. Maniruz Zaman Khan Dr. Mostafizur Contribution of Abdur Arabic 10.09.16 Vill + PO. Sukmanah, Rahman Rahman Munif to the Dist. Barpeta Development of Arabic State-Assam (India) Novel PIN-781316 9577578735 / 8134098360 75. Mozbul Haque Choudhury Saugata Kumar Nath Issues of Ethnicity and English 10.09.16 Asstt Prof, Deptt of English, Conflict in Selected Goalpara College Fictional Writings from P.O. Goalpara North- East India Dist Goalpara, (Assam) Pin:783121 76. KANGKAN BHUIYAN Prof. S. Biswas Ambivalence of Third English 10.09.16 Bangaon, ward no.-4, Space in Selected (Diphu Campus) Biswanath Chariali, Sonitpur, Postcolonial Indian Assam: 784176 English Fiction M-9706552155 Email: [email protected] 77. AMLANJYOTI SENGUPTA Dr.B.C.Dash Voice of the Subaltern: English 10.09.16 Ward No.-2, PO- sapatgram, A Critical study of (Diphu Campus) Dist- Dhubri, Assam: 783337 Jayanta Mahapatra’s M-7399466620 Poetry Email- [email protected] 78. RAMEN BARUAH Dr.B.C.Dash Negotiating Myth and English 10.09.16 Belimukhia, Changmai village, Reality in (Diphu Campus) PO- Namtipather, Sibsagar, R.K.Narayan’s Fiction: Assam: 785684 A Critical Study M- 9613936881 Email: 79. DHRUBAJEET SWARGIARY Dr.A.K.Dey Representation of Race English 10.09.16 Vill- Rabangguri, PO-Belbari, and Black Identity in the (Diphu Campus) Dist- Baksa, Assam: 781327 Poetry of John Agard M-9435166203 Assam University, Silchar | 368

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80. ALIMPA BHUIYAN Dr.A.K.Dey Dystopic Vision in the English 10.09.16 RG Baruah Road, Nabin Nagar, Plays of Girish Karnad (Diphu Campus) st Jana Path- 1 By-Lane, House and Mahesh Dattani No. 14, Guwahati, assam: 781024 M-9435086060 81. AMIYA SAIKIA Dr.I.Swami Female Voice in English 10.09.16 Phukan Habi Gaon, PO- Selected Novels of (Diphu Campus) Mogroi, via Nakachari, Jorhat, R.K.Narayan Ass am- 785635 82. RIAZUL HOQUE Dr.I.Swami Female Identity in English 10.09.16 Dhing Road (Bidya Nagar) PO- Selected Novels of (Diphu Campus) Haiborgaon, Nagaon, Assam: Shashi Deshpandey, 782002 Manju Kapur and M- 9435505074 Arundhati Roy

A.M. SCHOOL OF EDUCATIONAL SCIENCES

Sl. SCHOLAR’S NAME OF THE TITLE OF THE DEPT. PROPOSAL No. DETIALS SUPERVISOR/CO- RESEARCH PASSED BY SUPERVISOR (IF PROPOSAL SCHOOL ANY) BOARD ON 83. Liton Biswa Sarma Dr. R. Balakrishnan “English Language Education 10.09.16 Teaching in Terms of Skill and Proficiency Development Among Upper Primary School Children.” A Study on Karbi Anglong District of Assam 84. Swapan Kumar Mandal Prof. N.B. Biswas Secondary Teacher Education 10.09.16 (Supervisor) Education Curriculum in Dr. R. Balakrishnan India Since Independence : (Co-Supervisor) A Critical Study 85. Bula Dey Dr. S.K. Dutta A Study of the Education 10.09.16 Development of Secondary Teacher Education in North Bengal 86. Om Prakash Khadka Dr. R. Balakrishnan Schools for the Blind and Education 10.09.16 (Supervisor) the Deaf and Dumb in Prof. N.B. Biswas Assam – A Critical (Co-Supervisor) Analysis

J.S. SCHOOL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES

Sl. SCHOLAR’S NAME OF THE TITLE OF THE DEPT. PROPOSAL No. DETIALS SUPERVISOR/CO- RESEARCH PASSED BY SUPERVISOR (IF PROPOSAL SCHOOL ANY) BOARD ON 87. JOYSHREE BORA Supervisor: Occupation and the Issues Anthropology 10-09-2016 VILL.-Auniati, P.O.- Dr. Somenath of Women Rights: A Study Puranigudam, Bhattacharjee on the Tea Garden DIST- Nagaon, Assam, Labourers of Tinsukia PIN- 782141, Ph- District, Assam 9706418269 88. HIMANGI KALITA, Supervisor: Effect of Primary Health Anthropology 10-09-2016 Assam University, Silchar | 369

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Dhekenadori, Dr. Nitish Mondal Care Services on Maternal Chhaygaon, Guwahati, and Child Health among Kamrup Rural-781124 Muslim Community in Kamrup (Rural) District of Assam, India 89. Sudarshan Gupta Dr. Debotosh Sylhet Referendum and its Political Science 10-09-2016 House No.36, Kamala Chakraborty Impact on the Bengali Road, P.O. Silchar Community of Assam Dist. Cachar, Assam Pin-788005 90. Jaydeep Bhattacharya Dr. Debotosh Decentralised Planning and Political Science 10-09-2016 Madhan Mohan Chakraborty Development: A Case Appartment, Flat Study of Cachar District, No.2/1A, Jail Road, Assam Silchar-788004 91. Geetashri Sarma Dr. Niranjan Mohapatra Democracy, Civil Society Political Science 10-09-2016 Vill. & P.O. Karkichuk and Environment : A Study (AUDC) (Majuli) of Anti-Dam Movements Dist. Jorhat, Assam- in North East India 785105 92. Lakhinanda Bordoloi Dr. K C Das The Traditional Political Political Science 10-09-2016 C/o Santaram Bordoloi Institutions of the Tiwas: A (AUDC) Vill. Ramnagar Study on Change and P.O. Purana Kaki Continuity Dist. Nagaon, Assam M/No. 9435318155 93. Deepti Tripathi Prof. G Ram Status of Women in the Sociology 10-09-2016 C/O Dinesh Kumar Sunga Period: A Study Dixit L/30, Vasundhara Gaziabad-201012 94. Sunjit Bosumatary Dr. Humayun Bokth Tobacco Dependence and Sociology 10-09-2016 C/O Lt. Bhim Health : A Study of Youths Bosumatary in Kokrajhar District of Vill.& P.O. Raimona Assam Dist. Kokhrajhar, Assam Pin-783350

M.G. SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS & COMMERCE

Sl. SCHOLAR’S NAME OF THE TITLE OF THE DEPT. PROPOSAL No. DETIALS SUPERVISOR/CO- RESEARCH PASSED BY SUPERVISOR (IF PROPOSAL SCHOOL ANY) BOARD ON 95. Rubab Fatema Nomani Prof. Alok Sen The Micro Enterprises in Economics 16.09.2016 Dibrugarh District of Assam: An Analytical Study 96. Julkarnain Ahmed Dr. Shrabanti Maity Role of Microfinance in Economics 16.09.2016 Employment Generation, Poverty Alleviation and Financial Inclusion: A Case Study of Selected Districts of Central Assam 97. Priyanka Daimary Prof. M.A. Ansari Working Conditions and Economics 16.09.2016 Livelihood of Vendors of Vegetables and Fruits in Assam University, Silchar | 370

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Chirang District of Assam 98. Munmi Sarma Dr. Raju Mandal Food Insecurity and its Economics 16.09.2016 Determinants in Rural Assam 99. Kripanjali Pradhani Dr. Soma Roy Dey Impact of Women Commerce Prof. Choudhury Entrepreneurship on (Silchar P.Bezbora, Family Economy in Campus) Dibrugarh Bodoland Territorial Area University District, Assam 100. Nupur Moni Das Dr. Joyeeta Deb A Study on Determinants Commerce Dr. Ram and Impact of Capital (Silchar Pratap Sinha Adequacy Ratio on Campus) GCELT, Performance of Indian Kolkata Banks 101. Saurav Dey Dr. Soma Roy Dey Working Capital Commerce Prof. Choudhury Management of Micro and (Silchar P.Bezbora, Small Enterprises in the Campus) Dibrugarh East Khasi Hills District, University Meghalaya 102. Padmini Dhar Dr. Rajat Sharmacharjee Performance of Mutual Commerce Prof. Funds in India with (Silchar J.U.Ahmed Special Reference to Campus) NEHU Balanced Mutual Fund Schemes 103. Santika Timungpi Dr. Ayekpam Ibemcha Motivational Influences on Commerce Prof. Chanu Women in (Diphu Sharmistha Entrepreneurship Campus) Banerjee Ventures: A Study of Select Districts under the Sixth Schedule Areas of Assam 104. Shibani Borah Dr. Subit Dutta Perceptions of Policy Commerce Prof. holders Towards Life (Diphu Debasish Sur Insurance Corporation of Campus) India and Select Private Life Insurance Companies : A Comparative Study in Jorhat District of Assam

RABINDRANATH TAGORE SCHOOL OF INDIAN LANGUAGES AND CULTURAL STUDIES

Sl. SCHOLAR’S NAME OF THE TITLE OF THE DEPT. PROPOSAL No. DETIALS SUPERVISOR/CO- RESEARCH PASSED BY SUPERVISOR (IF PROPOSAL SCHOOL ANY) BOARD ON 105. Dildar Kibria Prof. Debasish Beng: Amar Mitrer Bengali 09.09.2016 Vill Mahadal Danga, Bhattacharya Upanyasbiswa: Ekti P.O. Bharatpur Ps Bisleshanatmak Adhyayan Hemta Bad, Dist Uttar Eng: Novels of Amar Dinajpur, State W.B Mitra: An Analytic Study Pin 733156 M.No. 9474784067 106. Subrata Das Prof. Priyakanta Nath Beng: Santoshkumar Bengali 09.09.2016 Vill Joldhoa, P.O. Ghosher Katha Sahitye Rampur, Dist Samaj Bastobata: Punah - Coochbehar Pin- Nirikshan. Assam University, Silchar | 371

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736207 State, W.B. Eng: Social Reality in the M.No. 7797216115 Fictional Literature of Santoshkumar Ghosh: Re- evaluation 107. Kalpana Mazumdar Dr. Bubul Sarma Beng: Nirbachito Bangla Bengali 09.09.2016 VILL&PO-CHAPANI Upanyase Madhyajuger P.S-SAMUKTALA Upadaner Proyug : Ekti DIST-JALPAIGURI Bishleshon WEST BENGAL- Eng: Application of 736206 Mediavel Elements Found PH-NO-9435171789 in Selected Bengali Novels: An Analysis. 108. Jahangir Ali Dr. Bubul Sarma Beng: Manik Bengali 09.09.2016 Vill Dakshin Parakota Bandopadhyayer P.O Brojer kuthi Chotogolpe Gramin Dist: Alipurduar, P.S. Samaj: Ekti Somuktala WB Bishleshanatmak Path Pin736202 Eng: Rural Society in M.no. 9613480580 Short stories of Manik Bandopadhyay: An Analytical Study 109. Prasenjit Barman Dr. Bubul Sarma Beng: Baishnab O Shakta Bengali 09.09.2016 Vill Paschim Narar Padabalir Sadhan Sangite Tholi, P.O. Dakshin Sanskritik Bhavana: Ekti Narar Toli PS Bishleshani Path Kumargram, Dist. Eng: Cultural Study of Alipurduar, , Pin Baishanb and Shakta 736202 Padabali: An Analysis M.No.09932055721 110. Probir Debnath Dr. Bubul Sarma Beng: Uttarbanga Kendrik Bengali 09.09.2016 Vill &PO. Chapurer par Chotogolper Bishoy - Dist. Alipurduar Pin Boichitra: Ekti Bishleshani 736021 WB, Path M.No. 7679642781 Eng: Contant-variant in North Bengal based short stories : An Analytical Study 111. Shatarupa Nandi Dr. Rami Chakraborty Beng:Bish O Ekush Bengali 09.09.2016 Vill Madhabpur P.O. Shataker Sandhikshaner Karicherra, PS Nirbachita Uponyase Ramnathpur, dist. Gramin Narir Samajik Hailakandi, Assam Pin Abasthan No. 788165 Eng: Social Position of M.No. 8136082733 Rural Women in the selected Novels at the Juncture of Twentieth and Twenty First Century 112. Sutapa Chakraborty Dr. Rami Chakraborty Beng: Nari Nirjatan Ebong Bengali 09.09.2016 Ghungoor, Near Bharatiya Ain : Samaj O Veterinary Campus, Kothasahityer Nirikhe Ekti Bazar Lane, silchar Samikshatwak Adhyayan 788014, M.No. Eng: Violence against 9401665313 women and Indian Law: Analytical study in the context of society and literature 113. Vivekananda Sen Dr. Ramakanta Das Beng: Bangla Lokosahitya Bengali 09.09.2016 Vill&PO. Ino Uttar Shiv Prasanga: Ekti Saptibari, PS Maynaguri Bisleshanatmak Adhyayan Pin No 735224, Dist Eng: Shiva in Bengali Folk Assam University, Silchar | 372

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Jalpaiguri, West Bengal Literature: An Analytical Study 114. Taslim Akter Dr. Ramakanta Das Beng: Tripurar Musalman Bengali 09.09.2016 Vill: Laxmipur Samajer Janmo Bibaho O P.O: Kailashahar Mrityu Kendrik Lokachar: Dist: Unakoti, Tripura Ekti Khettrasamikya Pin – 799277 Mulak Adhyayan M.NO.9436719793 Eng: Folk Custom as reflected in birth, Marriage and Death Ceremony of Muslim Society of Tripura: A field survey base Study 115. Hira Chandra Roy Dr. Barunjyoti Choudhury Beng: Narendra Nath Bengali 09.09.2016 Vill: Purba Chapani, Mitrer Nirbachita Kotha PO: Chapani, dist Sahitye Samay O Samaj: Alipurduar, West Ekti Bishleshani Adhyayan Bengal- 736206 Eng: Time And Society in Mob-09733314190 the Selected Literature of Narendra Nath Mitra: An Analytical Study 116. Bharat Das Dr. Ashok Das Beng: Uttarbanger Bengali 09.09.2016 Vill-Kayakhata, P.O- Nirbachito Kothakarder SalsalaBari RachanaySamay O Samaj: Dist-Alipurduar Ekti Samikshya West Bengal Eng: Time and Society in Pin-736208 the writings of Selected Mob-08101606500 writers of North Bengal: A Study 117. Satyajit Kumar Dr. Seetanshu Kumar Swatantryottar Hindi Hindi 09.09.2016 Vill – Harina Basti Filmon Ki Patkatha ka P.O – Didar Adhyayan (1947-1960) KushBasti (Eng: Screenplays of the Dist - Cachar (Assam) post – Indepence Hindi Pin- 788044 Cinema : A study) (1947- 1960) 118. Suraj Kairi Dr.Vedaparna Dey Amritlal Nagar Ke Hindi 09.09.2016 Vill – Lowair Poa Upanyason ka P.O – Hatikhira Vishleshanatmak Dist - Karimganj Adhyayan Pin – 788726 (Eng: Ananalytical study on the novels of Amritlal Nagar) 119. Anuja Begum Dr.Prabhat Kumar Mishra Hazariprasad Dwivedi Ke Hindi 09.09.2016 Vill-Azara Upanyason Mein Stri Hatkhowapara (Eng: Women in the Po & Ps- Azara Novels of Hazariprasad Dist – Kamrup (Metro) Dwivedi.) State- Assam Pin- 781017 120. Madhabi Dey Dr. Amalendu Quest‎for‎Bengali‎Root‎in‎ Indian 09/09/2016 C/O- Bikash Ranjan Chakraborty Selected‎Works‎of‎Jhumpa‎ Comparative Dey,P.O- Lahiri‎and‎Amitav‎Ghosh‎:‎ Literature Kalinagar,Vill- A‎Comparative‎Study Kalinagar,Dist- Hilakandi,Assam, Pin- 788801, Contact No- 9401230684 121. Shankar Kumar Dr. Amalendu Integrating Language and Indian 09/09/2016 Bhattacharjee Chakraborty Literature in English Comparative C/O- Satyabrota Studies: An Analytical Literature Assam University, Silchar | 373

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Bhattachariee. Tarapur Study With A Sprcial Sibbari Road, Romoni Referrence to Govt and Mohan Lane.Silchar-3. Private Schools of Barak Dist.Cachar Pin-788003 Valley Phone-09954094843 122. Arpita Rani Das Dr. Arjundeb Sensarma Narendranath Mitrer Goplo Indian 09/09/2016 C/O-Saumya Sahitye Samasamayik Bangio Comparative Dhar,Kiran Kutir,Link Madhyabityo Samaj Literature Road,Subsh Nagar (Contemporary Middle Class Society In Narendranath Karimganj, M- Mitra’s Short Story) 9435178003. 123. Debasish Dutta Partition Literature Indian 09/09/2016 S/O-Lt. Dinesh Ranjan Encircling The Punjab, Comparative Dutta, Vivekananda Dr. Amalendu Bengal And Sind Literature Sarani, Shibbari Road, Chakraborty Perspectives In Selective Tarapur Part-Vii, Dist- Narratives Cahar(Assam)Pin-788003, Ph-9435370842 124. Md. Intekhab Alam Nirbachita Bangla Indian 09/09/2016 C/O-Md. Sayeedul Upanyase Bharatiya O Comparative Islam.Vill&Po- Bahirbharatiya Myther Literature Sujapur(Biswas Para) Dr. Arjundeb Sensarma Byabohar O Bichurnikaran Dist-Malda,W.B.Pin- (Use And Displacement Of 732206,Ph- Indian And Non- Indian 09434682050 Myths In Selected Bengali Novels) 125. Madhusudan Murasing Dr. Amalendu An Analytical Study On Indian 09/09/2016 C/O-Madan Murasing, Chakraborty Teaching Strategies, Their Comparative Town-West Prata Pgarh Use And Effectiveness As Literature P.O-A.D.Nagar, Dist- Perceived By Teachers Of Agartala. Pin- Kokborok Language & 799003,M-9856590498 Literature In Tripura 126. Monojit Hore Dr. Arjundeb Sensarma An Analytical Study On Indian 09/09/2016 C/O-Lt. Monish Hore, Entrepreneurial Memoirs, Comparative House No-69, Ward Literature & And Culture Literature No-17, Hailakandi Road, Silchar-05 M- 9435988356 127. Rama Islam Diasporic Identity And Indian 09/09/2016 H – Mohammad Cross-Cultural Encounter: Comparative Shafiqul Islam, Vill- A Study On The Works Literature Deboraj, P.O- Of Jhumpa Lahiri And Prof. Suman Gun Barachowna, Upazila: Monica Ali Sakhipur,Dist-Tangail, Bangladesh, M-+880- 1716799538. 128. Milan Barman Prof. Snigdha Das Roy THE BAUDHYANA Sanskrit 09/09/2016 ŚULVASŪTRA: A CRITICAL STUDY 129. Hiten Barman Prof. Snigdha Das Roy AN ANALYTICAL Sanskrit 09/09/2016 STUDY ON THE SURGICAL DISPOSITIONS OF THE SUŚRUTA SAṀHIT- SŪTRASTHNA AND CIKITSSTHNA 130. Kallol Roy Prof. Snigdha Das Roy A PROLEGOMENA TO Sanskrit 09/09/2016 KMATPURĪ GRAMMATOLOGY AND SANSKRIT: A SOCIO-LINGUISTIC Assam University, Silchar | 374

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STUDY ON THE BASIS OF AN UNPUBLISHED MANUSCRIPT ‘DNGAR ᾹĪH 131. Mukul Ch. Ray Prof. Bhagirathi Biswas Malavikagnimitram : A Sanskrit 09/09/2016 Critical Study With Special Reference To Dramaturgy 132. Nandita Debbarma Prof. Bhagirathi Biswas Avimarakam Of Bhasa : A Sanskrit 09/09/2016 Critical Study 133. Susmita Purkayastha Dr. Shanti Pokhrel A STUDY ON THE Sanskrit 09/09/2016 CHANGE AND CONTINUITY OF SAMSKARAS WITH REFERENCE TO THE PARASKARA GRHYASUTRA 134. Sujan Mahapatra Dr. Govind Sharma SHILPAVASTUSASTRA Sanskrit 09/09/2016 M OF VISVAKARMA : A CRITICAL STUDY

ABANINDRANATH TAGORE SCHOOL OF CREATIVE ARTS AND COMMUNICATION STUDIES

Sl. SCHOLAR’S NAME OF THE TITLE OF THE DEPT. PROPOSAL No. DETIALS SUPERVISOR/CO- RESEARCH PASSED BY SUPERVISOR (IF PROPOSAL SCHOOL ANY) BOARD ON 135. Riyaz Arshad Nazish Prof. G.P. Pandey Portrayal of Women in Mass 07.09.16 B-159/C FF Shaheen Indian Cinema with Communication Apts Thokar-8, Shaaeen Special Reference to the Bagh Okhla, New Films of Rituparno Ghosh Delhi-25 (M) 09899240036 136. Deepak Kumar Prof. G.P. Pandey Press and Social Issues: A Mass 07.09.16 Vill Haranpur, PO- Study of Newspapers in Communication Manduadish, Dist. Varanasi City of Uttar Varanasi, Pin- 221103, Pradesh. U.P. 137. Abhishek Kumar Singh Dr. Charvak A Study on Social Media, Mass 07.09.16 House No.234, Bharat Protest and Middle Class Communication Nagar, M. Ashok in Third World from an Vihar, Delhi-110052 Indian Perspective. (M) 08285521797 138. Tesfaye Bezabih Dr. Charvak Development Journalism Mass 07.09.16 Gezehagn in Ethiopia: A Communication Etmiopia, Desie Comparative Study of (M) +251911333918 State and Privately Owned Newspapers 139. Debraj Deb Dr. Charvak A Study on Applicability Mass 07.09.16 C/O Tapan Kumar Deb of Propaganda Model in Communication Madhyapara Udaipur, the Context of Local Print Radhakishorepur, Media Coverage of Gomati Dist., Tripura- Conflict in North East 799120 India (M) 09856418488 140. Aparajita Modak Dr. Charvak A Study On ICDS Mass 07.09.16 East Shibnagar, Swami Communication Strategy Communication Assam University, Silchar | 375

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Vivekananda Pally, In Tripura With Regard To Agartala College, Awareness On Agartala-799004 Supplementary Nutrition (M) 09436123015 141. Tanmoy Chakraborty Dr. Charvak Framing Ethnic Conflict In Mass 07.09.16 Bhattapuukur, Near Regional Print Media: Communication Nivedita Sangha, A.D. Coverage Of 1980 Riots In Nagar, Agartala, Tripura, India Tripura(West)-799003 (M) 09436482224 142. Pijush Kanti Das Dr. Charvak A Study On Mediatization Mass 07.09.16 H.No. 10, Madan Of Traditional Culture And Communication Mohan Park, Communication Of The Rangirkhari, Silchar-5 Dimasas Of South Assam 9864372750/94355227 96 143. K. Nungshithoibi Dr. S.M. Alfarid Hussain Digital Literacy Levels Of Mass 07.09.16 Singha Undergraduate Students In Communication Alipur Mission, Select Indian Universities Banskandi, Cachar, Assam-788101 144. Neelatphal Chanda Dr. S.M. Alfarid Hussain Media Literacy Mass 07.09.16 Borkhola Pt-2, Components In Media Communication Borkhola Dist. Cachar, Education Curriculum And Assam Pedagogy: A Study Pin 788110 Among Media (M) 09401752968 Departments Of Public Universities In North-East India 145. Ruth Hmingchullo Dr. S.M. Alfarid Hussain Mediatization And Mass 07.09.16 Vill Khawmawl, BPO Cultural Transformation Communication Saidan Churachandpur, Of The Hmar Community Manipur-795128 In Manipur 146. Seema Sanjenbam Dr. Ayesha Tehera Media Framing Of Mass 07.09.16 Takhil Likai Sega Rashid Conflict Dynamics In Communication Road, Imphal, West Supervisor Manipur: A Comparative Manipur Dr. S.M. Alfarid Content Analysis Of Select Pin- 795001 Hussain Regional And National (M) 09880159973 Co-Supervisor Newspapers 147. Sukanya Kashyap Dr. Ayesha Tehera Social Media Addiction, Mass 07.09.16 Vill Borigaon, Rashid Narcissism And Self- Communication Lehugaon, Biswanath Supervisor Esteem: A Study Of chariali, Sonitpur, Dr. S.M. Alfarid Female Facebook Users Of Assam-784176 Hussain Assam (M) 9613756544 Co-Supervisor 148. Puja Sen Dr. Ayesha Tehera Counterpublics And New Mass 07.09.16 Vill: Mohmaikigaon, Rashid Social Movements In The Communication PO- Bokakhat, Dist. Supervisor Digital Space: Negotiating Golaghat, Assam- Dr. Charvak Dissent Through Facebook 785612 Co-Supervisor Groups Of Marginalised (M) 887626480, Communities Of Assam. 9954021707 149. Pawan Koundal Dr. Raghavendra Mishra Differences In News Mass 07.09.16 Vill: Turu, PO- Supervisor Content And Consumption Communication Adhwani, Tehsil Dr. Priya Ranjan Kumar Patterns Of Readers Of Jwalamukai, Dist. Co-Supervisor Print And Online Kangra, Himachal Newspapers: A Study Of Pradesh-176036 Newspapers Of Delhi- (M) 09871500330 NCR And Their Web Counterparts Assam University, Silchar | 376

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150. Ahate Shamudeen Dr. Raghavendra Mishra Public Relations Practices Mass 07.09.16 Siddique In Regional And National Communication Flat No.302, 3rd Floor, Political Parties: A Classic Apprtment-2, Comparative Study Of Nazarbag-96, Contt Samajwadi Party And Road, Lucknow- Bharatiya Janata Party 226001 (UP) Uttar Pradesh Unit (M) 09453221000 151. Shweta Singh Dr. Partha Sarkar An Analysis Of Media Mass 07.09.16 184 Galib Apartment Supervisor Discourse And Audience Communication Near Puspanjali, Pitam Dr. Raghavendra Mishra Perception On Pura, Delhi-34 Co-Supervisor Environmental Issues (M) 08860262784 152. Anirban Dhar Dr. AbhibrataChakrabarty Image - Beyond Image: Visual Arts 07.09.16 R RShome Road New Media Art Of House No. 2 Ward No. Contemporary India Since 4, Silchar- 788001 1990 With Special Ph: 9401238589 Reference To Six Indian Artists 153. Gargee Bhattacharjee Prof. Sivan G Art And Sustainability: Visual Arts 07.09.16 Khushiarkul Perception And Practices Jalalpur, Cachar , In Modern Era Assam Pin788816 154. Sumanta Dutta Prof. Sivan G Nietzsche’s Cult: A Visual Arts 07.09.16 Chowdhury Conceptual Exposition Of Second Link Road Modern Indian Art Lane No. 10 House No. 9 Silchar- 788006 Ph: 9864370028 155. Mithun Das Dr. Saday Chandra Das The Visual Dialect In Visual Arts 07.09.16 Panigaon, Netaji Path Mask Making Of Nagaon P.O- Itachali, Nagnaon And Sibsagar Districts Of Pin- 782003 Assam Ph: 7578005595 [email protected] om 156. Aribam Anju Devi Dr. Saday Chandra Das Multi- Cultural Ethos In Visual Arts 07.09.16 BrahmapurLaipubamLe The Contemporary Art Of ikai, Imphal Manipur Pin: 795001 Ph: 8014318811 anjudeviaribam@gmail. com 157. Sarbani Acharjee Dr. NirmalKanti Roy Creativity And Its Role In Visual Arts 07.09.16 TarapurJogesh Road Indian Print Silchar 788003 Advertisement: A Study Ph: 9435760093 Sarbaniacharjee33@ gmail.com 158. Naorem Gautam Singh Prof. B. Ruma Sharma Interpreting Tribal Motifs: Visual Arts 07.09.16 KongpelKhaidemLeikai A Study In Handloom And Imphal- 795010 Sculpture Of Mao, Maring, Ph: 9859681477 Tangkhul, Anal ,Paomei [email protected] Tribes Of Manipur 159. Shaswati Roy Dr. AbhibrataChakrabarty Re-Imagining Beauty In Visual Arts 07.09.16 C/O- GautamDutta The Contemporary Visual Kalibari Road Tarapur Art Of India: An Analysis Silchar- 788003 Of The Works Of Three Assam University, Silchar | 377

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Ph: 9401062636 Women Artists [email protected] om 160. Gautam Dutta Dr. NirmalKanti Roy Significance Of Visual Visual Arts 07.09.16 Kalibari Road Tarapur Rhetoric In Indian Print Advertisement Silchar- 788003 Ph: 9435342636 [email protected] om 161. Nayak Amritanand Dr. Rajan Kumar Manuscript Paintings Of Visual Arts 07.09.16 Nalbari Satra Vaidhya Assam And Odisha: A Nalbari- 781334 Comparative Study Ph: 7577031175 [email protected] m 162. Kandagiri Ramesh Dr. Raj Kumar Abstraction In Indian Visual Arts 07.09.16 Sector- 3, Mazinder Contemporary Art: A 31/C Sangam Study Of Five Artists Apartment Baishali, Ghaziabad UP- 201010

DESHABANDHU CHITTA RANJAN SCHOOL OF LEGAL STUDIES

Sl. SCHOLAR’S NAME OF THE TITLE OF THE DEPT. PROPOSAL No. DETIALS SUPERVISOR/CO- RESEARCH PASSED BY SUPERVISOR (IF PROPOSAL SCHOOL ANY) BOARD ON 163. Sahina Mumtaz Laskar Youth Crime in India: A Law 21.09.2016 Ward No-IV Dr. Umesh Kumar Study With Special Dist-Hailakandi/P.S- Reference to Southern Hailakandi Assam Pin-788151 M-9435178699 164. Salma Begum Laskar Dr. Umesh Kumar Right to Early Childhood Law 21.09.2016 Itkhola Ramkrishna Development in India: An pally, Silchar, District- Analysis Cachar ,Assam Pin: 788002 M - 9401221113 165. Nazia Sultana Laskar Dr. Umesh Kumar Legal Protection for the Law 21.09.2016 Near S.K.Roy Civil Conservation of Clean Hospital, Hailakandi Drinking Water as an Pin-788151 Essence of Right to Life- 9401138708 A Study. 166. Ponkhi Borah Dr. Umesh Kumar Prison Administration in Law 21.09.2016 Golaghat, Chandmari, India: An Analysis from Ward No. 10. Near the Human Rights Employment Exchange Perspective Office, Golaghat. Pin 785621. Assam 167. Widonlule Newme Dr.R.R.Mishra Tribal Court in North-East Law 21.09.2016 c/o Dr. Adi Newme, India: A Critical Study on Lower Lodhi Village, the System of Haflong, PO/PS- Administration of Justice Haflong, Dist.- Dima under the Autonomous Hasao, Assam District Council in North pin- 788819 Cachar Hills M- 9401285456 Assam University, Silchar | 378

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168. Samir Bhadury Dr. R.R.Mishra Right to Employment of Law 21.09.2016 Vill-+P.o-Gakulpur.Sub- Persons With Disability : Division-Udaipur Dist- A Critical Study of Law Gomati State-Tripura and its Implementation in M-9436577351,Pin- the State of Tripura 799114

169. Sekhar Kanti Sarkar Dr. Partha P.Paul Use of Social Networking Law 21.09.2016 Raj Ali Road , P.o-& Sites And Its Legal Dist-Tinsukia Assam Implications in India: A M- 09859948927 Study With Special Reference to Assam 170. Md. Anisur Rahman Dr. Umesh Kumar Procedural Safeguards for Law 21.09.2016 Ward No –Vill- the Protection of Bidayapara p.o-+p.s- Employment related Dhubri, Dist Interests of the Civil Dhubri,pin-783301 Servants in India m-9954726969 171. Priyanka Roy Laws on Electronic Law 21.09.2016 2nd Link Road, Lane Dr. P.R.Kumar Communication No.13, House No.30 Surveillance and Silchar Cachar -788006 Collection of Personal Data in India: A Critical Study 172. Pallabi Bora Dr. P.R.Kumar Protection of Women’s Law 21.09.2016 Nakul Gogoi rights and Criminal Justice H.N.15 MulaGabhorn system in India (A Study path , Hatigaon Near with special reference to Rajdhani Majed, P.o- State of Assam ) +P.s- Dispur,pin- 781006 Assam M- 94358-92831 173. Ahosk Kumar Ghosh Dr. Partha P.Paul The Consumer Justice Law 21.09.2016 93/78 Dr. Meghnad System in West Bengal: A Saha Critical Study with Special Sarani’sarabalaya” Dist Reference to North Bengal & p/s-Pradhan nagar Siliguri pin-7364003

SWAMI VIVEKANDA SCHOOL OF LIBRARY SCIENCES

Sl. SCHOLAR’S DETIALS NAME OF THE TITLE OF THE DEPT. PROPOSAL No. SUPERVISOR/CO- RESEARCH PASSED BY SUPERVISOR (IF PROPOSAL SCHOOL ANY) BOARD ON 174. Rajesh Rangappa Aldarthi Dr. Manoj Kumar A Study on Cost- Benefit Library & 14/09/2016 Assistant Professor, Sinha Analysis of Library Information H. No-212, Pragathinagar, Automation with Reference Science Koppal, to University Libraries of Karnataka- 583268 North East India H K SCHOOL OF LIFE SCIENCES

Sl. Scholar’s Details Name of the Title of the Research Dept. Proposal No. Supervisor/ Co- Proposal Passed by Supervisor (If any) School Board on 175. Sanasam Bijara Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Understanding the molecular Life Science and 09.09.16 Devi, C/O. S. mechanism of innate Bioinformatics Biren Singh, PO. immunity to malaria Assam University, Silchar | 379

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Wangjing pathogenesis Dt. Thoubal, Manipur – 795198 176. Subrata Das Dr. A.D. Talukdar An investigation into the Life Science and 09.09.16 S/O. S. Ch. Das (Supervisor) anti-proliferative, pro- Bioinformatics Vill. Saharjum, Po Prof. M.D. Choudhury apoptotic and anti-metastatic Digarsrikona Dt. & Dr. S. Bhattacharjee potential of traditional Cachar Assam (Co-Supervisor) medicinal plants in North- East India 177. Akan Barhai Dr. S. Das Phytoremediation trials on Life Science and 09.09.16 S/O.Amarchan arsenic contaminated sites in Bioinformatics Barhai Barak Valley, Assam Vill. Laudoba Po.Bagdoba Dt. Goalpara 783 123 (Assam) 178. Aparajita Das Prof. Sarbani Giri Role of arecoline N-oxide in Life Science and 09.09.16 D/O.Abhijit Das the pathogenesis of oral Bioinformatics 1st Link Rd, House cancer through disruption of No.7 tight junction and adherens Lane No-7, junction proteins Silchar, Assam 179. Sweety Nath Prof. Sarbani Giri Reproductive toxicological Life Science and 09.09.16 Barbhuiya impact of chronic arsenic Bioinformatics D/O. J. Nath exposure and smokeless Barbhuiya tobacco and assessment of Vill.Vitorgangapur estrogen receptor status in Pt.2, Dt. Cachar correlation with anoikis 180. Somorita Baishya Prof. M. Dutta In silico gene network Life Science and 09.09.16 D/O. S. Baishya Choudhury analysis for prediction of Bioinformatics Malugram, Dt. (Supervisor) genes and their functional Cachar(Assam) Dr. A. Bhattacharjee partners responsible for (Co-Supervisor) imparting antibiotic resistance in Enterobacteriaceae 181. Sheuli Kangsa Prof. M. Dutta Role of arecoline in inducing Life Science and 09.09.16 Banik Choudhury atherosclerosis: A molecular Bioinformatics D/O. A. (Supervisor) perspective Kangsabanik Dr. A. Das Talukdar Radhamadhab Rd, (Co-Supervisor) Dt. Cachar, (Assam) 182. Sangita Dey Prof. Sanjib Kr. Panda Functional genomic studies Life Science and 09.09.16 D/O. S. Dey on iron stress in pulse Bioinformatics Radha Rani legumes Colony, Panchgram, Dt: Hailakandi, (Assam) 183. Ringhoilal Chorei Dr. H.K. Prasad Functional characterization Life Science and 09.09.16 S/O. S. Chorei of regulatory pathways of Bioinformatics Vill & Po. sulphur metabolism in Manikbond Komagataella phaffii Dt. Karimganj-788 728 184. Pinak Dey Dr. H.K. Prasad Identification and functional Life Science and 09.09.16 S/O. P. Ch. Dey characterization of Bioinformatics Vill. Sarisa Po. carbohydrate active enzymes Silchar Rd in Komagataella phaffii Dt. Karimganj 788 Assam University, Silchar | 380

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713 185. Niyoyitungiye Dr. A. Giri Limnological study of lake Life Science and 09.09.16 Lambert (Supervisor) Tanganyika, Africa with Bioinformatics S/O. N. Salvator Prof. B.P. Mishra special emphasis on Bujumbura, (Co-Supervisor) piscicultural potentiality Burundi Ph. 25779337404 186. Akoijam Basanta Dr. Robindra Teron Ethnoecology of traditional Life Science and 09.09.16 Singh agroforestry practices of the Bioinformatics Karkeithalkonjeng Angami Nagas of Nagaland (Diphu Cmapus) Leikia, Imphal – West; Pin- 795001, Manipur Mob: 8794396168 187. Prila Hanesepi Dr. RobindraTeron Studies on Ethnomycology Life Science and 09.09.16 Longjonsarpo of macro fungi in Karbi Bioinformatics (Diphu (Near Mantilla) Anglong, Assam Cmapus) Diphu, Karbianglong Pin- 782460 Mob: 9401377196 188. Bidisha Das Dr. P V B Reddy Development of rapid assay Life Science and 09.09.16 Nirmalya, 2nd Dr.Vanlallhmuaka for detection of dengue virus Bioinformatics Floor, 248 (Co-Supervisor) in vector mosquitoes. (Diphu Cmapus) Bansoroni Place, DRL (DRDO) Kolkata Tezpur, Assam Pin- 700070, West Bengal Mob: 8404008801 189. Jadab Rajkonwar Dr. P V B Reddy Exploration, isolation and Life Science and 09.09.16 Town Sonari, (Supervisor) identification of freshwater Bioinformatics (Diphu (Porbatipur) Dr. H K Gogoi toxigenic cyanobacteria in Cmapus) Word No.2; (Co-Supervisor) North-East India Sonari, Charaideo DRL (DRDO) Pin- 785690 Tezpur, Assam Mob: 9207123443 190. Wetetsho Kapfo Dr. R H Begum Studies on molecular Life Science and 09.09.16 Pwd Colony, (Supervisor) epidemiology and phylogeny Bioinformatics Pfutsero Dr. V Khamo (Co- of Paragonimus species in (Diphu Cmapus) Dist- Phek, Supervisor) Nagaland, India Nagaland Naga Hospital Pin- 797107 M- 9615378610 191. Priyadarshani Prof. P.B. Mazumder In vitro regeneration of Biotechnology 09.09.16 Yengkokpam pesticide resistant Solanum Kontha Khabam melongena L. cv. Longai and Mamang Leikai; expression profiling of P.O. Mantripukhri pesticide stress responsive Imphal – 795002 genes Ph No. +918731000810

192. Partha Pratim Das Prof. S.K. Ghosh Studies on whole Biotechnology 09.09.16 Gandhinagar, (Supervisor) mitochondrial genome Barpeta Dr. Yashmin variations and crosstalk Assam-781301 Choudhury between nuclear and M: (Co-Supervisor) mitochondrial genes in head +919435575241, and neck cancer from North Email: East India Dpartha21july@G Assam University, Silchar | 381

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mail.Com 193. Lourembam Prof. P.B. Mazumder Anti-metastatic and anti- Biotechnology 09.09.16 Romen Meitei, angiogenic properties of House No. 14 Curcuma zedoaria (Christm.) Mayang Imphal Roscoe extracts against hepatocellular carcinoma (W) Manipur-795132 Ph No. +919089819307 194. Ankita Chopra Prof. P.B. Mazumder Molecular characterization Biotechnology 09.09.16 House No. 3;Ward of N-acyl homoserine No. 23 lactone producing Uco Bank Lane rhizobacteria and their role Nazirpatty, Silchar- in induced systemic 788001, Ph: resistance in tea [Camellia +918876614926; sinensis (L.) O. Kuntze] Email: Chopra.Ankita92@G mail.Com 195. Partha Jyoti Das Dr. Mahuya Sengupta Differential regulation of Biotechnology 09.09.16 S/O Pradip Kn. toll-like receptors in Das inflammatory and immune Tarulata Niketan; response in murine House. No. 47; carcinoma Lane No. 27 Vivekananda Road, Silchar - 788007; M: 9706741120 Email:Parth.Pjdas7 [email protected] 196. Gulshana Akthar Prof. Supriyo Comparative analysis of Biotechnology 09.09.16 Mazumder Chakraborty codon usage bias in Ujangram, mitochondrial DNA of Arunachal platyhelminthes Cachar, Assam;Pin-788025 Ph No. +919577085407 Email: Gulshanahkd@Gm ail.Com 197. Warepam Jesmi Prof. Supriyo Identification of molecular Biotechnology 09.09.16 Devi Chakraborty markers associated with Pishumthong fragrance and pericarp Oinam Leikai colour in black scented rice Imphal, Manipur- 795001 Ph 918794975405;Em ail : Jesmi.Warepam@ Gmail.Com 198. Riazul Islam Prof. Supriyo Codon usage pattern and Biotechnology 09.09.16 Barbhuiya Chakraborty expression level of Bhatisangjurai,Kali mitochondrial protein coding bari genes in some species of Bazar,Algapur,Pin Phylum Arthropoda 788150 P+919854223463; Assam University, Silchar | 382

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Email : Riazmd786@Gmai l.Com 199. Masuk Ahmed Prof. Supriyo Nucleotide compositional Biotechnology 09.09.16 Barbhuiya Chakraborty dynamics and codon usage Barjatrapurborkhal pattern in mitochondrial a protein coding genes in some Cachar, Assam species of Echinodermata P+919401748158 200. Jayalaxmi Dr. A. Bhattacharjee Studies on high level Microbiology 09.09.16 Wangkheimayum (Supervisor) aminoglycoside resistance in Nongmeibung; Dr. Debadatta Dhar enterobacteriaceae; Ayangpalli Road, (Chanda), SMCH, phenotypic and genotypic Imphal East, Silchar characterization Manipur; Mob: (Co-Supervisor) 08731800951 201. Sagolsem Dr. Indu Sharma Studies on prevalence of Microbiology 09.09.16 Yaiphathoi Chanu emergence of methicillin Singjamei resistant Staphylococcus Wangma aureus in foods of animal Bheigyabati origin from north east India. Leikai, Imphal- East, Manipur Mob: 919774648801

ALBERT EINSTEIN SCHOOL OF PHYSICAL SCIENCES

Sl. Proposal Name of the No. Scholar’s Details Title of the Research Dept. Passed by Supervisor/Co- Proposal School Supervisor (If Any) Board on 202. Santanu Choudhury Prof. Dibyojyoti Scaling Techniques for Statistics 14.09.16 2nd Link Road, lane No Bhattacharjee Measuring Attitude of – 5. House No-12, Customers – A Silchar, Assam- Statistical Perspectives 788006 203. Debtosh Chakroborty Prof. Dibyojyoti Application of Statistics 14.09.16 Shib Bari Road, Bhattacharjee Stochastic Models in Hailakandi, Assam - Inventory Management 788151 of Sualkuchi Silk Industry 204. Saurav Paul Dr. Sudip Choudhury Synthesis of DNA- Chemistry 14.09.16 Hospital Road Decorated Nano- Hailakandi, Assam Composite and Study of their potentiality in chemical sensing 205. Dorothy Bardhan Dr. S.K. Ghosh Photothermal Chemistry 14.09.16 Vill-Irongmara, properties of plasmonic Dist- Cachar, Assam- metal nanostructures 788011 206. Jayanta Sarmah Dr. D. Sengupta Guanidine, hydrazine Chemistry 14.09.16 Boruah and thiourea Vill-Irongmara, derivatives of Dist- Cachar, Assam- tetrapyrrolic 788011 macrocycles functionalized with nanoparticles: Assam University, Silchar | 383

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Synthesis, characterization and photobiological applications 207. Abhinandan Mahanta Dr. Sk. Jasimuddin Study of the Chemistry 14.09.16 Vill-Irongmara, electrochemical Dist- Cachar, Assam- oxidation of water on 788011 the chemically modified electrodes 208. Anjali Sharma Dr. R. Panchadhayee Synthesis of Chemistry 14.09.16 Lakhi Bawan, oligosaccharides Rangirkhari, Silchar- related to biologically 788005 important bacterial polysaccharides 209. Munsifa Firdaus Khan Dr. Indrani Das A Study on QoS Aware Computer Science 14.09.16 Routing in MANET 210. Sudip Suklabaidya Dr. Indrani Das Challenges and Prospects Computer Science 14.09.16 of IPv6 Over IPv4 Communication of IoT Enabled Smart Objects 211. Manganleima Prof. Bipul Bidirectional English- Computer Science 14.09.16 Moirangthem Syam Purkayastha Manipuri Translation System Using Syntax- Based Statistical Machine Learning Approach 212. Maibam Prof. Bipul Syam Development of English- Computer Science 14.09.16 Indika Devi Purkayastha Manipuri Machine Translation System using EBMT Approach 213. R.Chawngsangpuii Dr. Prodipto Das Studies of Secure and Computer Science 14.09.16 Reliable Communication in IoT-Mesh 214. Ishita Chakraborty Dr. Prodipto Das Cloud-Assisted Data Computer Science 14.09.16 Fusion and Sensor Selection in Multi-Sink Scenario for Internet-of-Things 215. Swarnadeep Biswas Dr. P. K. Shukla Theoretical Studies of Physics 14.09.16 C/O Sri U.S. Biswas Some Biological “Pranabam” Important Interactions Saradapally, and Reactions Shivmandir, P.O: Kadamtala, DT: Darjeeling (WB) Pin: 734011, Phone: 9435177372 216. Debolina Paul Dr. Utpal Sarkar First Principle Physics 14.09.16 C/O: Pankaj Paul Calculation of Rampore Colony Structural and P.O: Banglaghat Electronic Properties Silchar, Cachar, of Some Fullerene Assam Derivatives Pin-788026

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Sl. Name of the Ph.D. Title of the Ph.D. thesis Supervisor Part Time/ No. Scholar Full Time

217 Ngangom Nganbi Devi Pesticide risk assessment in aquatic ecosystems Prof. Abhik Gupta Full time of Cachar District, Assam. Biodiversity Assessment of Lichens and 218 Amit Kumar Dey Prof. Jayashree Rout Part Time Evaluation of its Role as Ecological Indicators in Nagaon district of Assam, North East India (Supervisor) Prof. D. K. Upreti (Co-Supervisor)

219 Tampak Meena Ecology of Freshwater algae in Pond Prof. Jayashree Rout Full Time ecosystems of Silcoorie area in Cachar District (Southern Assam) North-East India

220 Amalina Paul Distribution of algal communities in and Prof. Jayashree Rout Part Time around Panchgram paper mill , Southern Assam and screening of Novel species of Bioremediation

221 Apurba Chakraborty Studies on prevalence of some communicable Prof. Parthankar Part time diseases in relation to environmental scenario Choudhury of Barak valley, Assam (India). 222 Aribam Satishchandra A Limnological Study of Keibul Lamjao Susmita Gupta Full Time Sharma National Park(KLNP) Manipur,North-East India with Special Reference to Phyto And Zooplankton Diversity. 223 Moirangthem Banita An Ecological Study on Some Primary Susmita Gupta Full Time Devi Producers in Different Lentic Systems of Cachar district, Assam, North East India. 224 Shikhasmita Nath Ecology and management of Barringtonia Arun Jyoti Nath Full time acutangula (L.) Gaertn. in Chatla floodplain of Barak Valley, Assam

225 Dr. Himabrata Avian diversity of Sone Beel with special Supervisor: Part Time Chakravarty emphasis on comparative foraging ecology of Dr. Hilloljyoti Singha egrets Co-supervisor: Prof. B. K. Dutta

ARYABHATTA SCHOOL OF EARTH SCIENCES

Sl. Scholar’s Details Name of the Title of the Research Dept. Proposal No. Supervisor/Co- Proposal passed by Supervisor (If Any) School Board on 226 Bittu Kumar Dey Dr. M .F. Hussain Petrological and Earth Science 09.09.2016

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C/O Biren Kumar Dey Geochemical Studies Village- of the Proterozoic Chaitanyanagar Khasi Greenstone, P. O. – Malwa, P.S. – Shillong Plateau, Badarpur Meghalaya, Northeast District – Karimganj, India Pin – 788806 (9854807360 ) 227 Debjani Choudhury Dr. M .F. Hussain Petrological and Earth Science 09.09.2016 C/O Dipti Choudhury Geochemical Studies House No. – 28 of Pan – African Durgapally Police Granitoids of Shillong Complex Plateau, Meghalaya, Smch Road, Silchar, India Pin – 788014 (8486163540) 228 Khangembam Dr. K.K. Singh Evaluation of Earth Science 09.09.2016 Sharmila Devi Hydrogeochemical C/O Khangembam Characteristics of Manihar Singh Surface Water and Khurkhul Awang Shallow Groundwater Leikai, of The Barak Valley, Imphal – West, Southern Assam, Manipur Northeast India P.O. – Mantripukhri, Pin – 795002 (8131015097)

TRIGUNA SEN SCHOOL OF TECHNOLOGY

Sl. Name of the Ph.D. Scholar Supervisor Title of the Ph.D. thesis Part Time/ No. Full Time 229 Mrinal Kanti Debbarma Sudipta Roy Design and Development of a DVR- Part Time Based Hybrid Routing Protocol for Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks 230 Debasis Dhal Sudipta Roy Pin Assignment and Droplet Routing Part Time in Digital Microfluidic Biochip 231 Banani Das Sudipta Roy Efficient Gateway-level Load- Full Time balancing Technique for Wireless Mesh Network 232 Dalton Meitei Thounaojam Sudipta Roy A Shot Boundary Detection Part Time Technique for Video Retrieval System

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MEMBERS OF STATUTORY BODIES

MEMBERS OF THE COURT OF ASSAM UNIVERSITY, SILCHAR Assam University, Silchar | 386

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1. Shri Gulzar, Chancellor & Chairman

2. Prof. Dilip Chandra Nath, Vice-Chancellor In Chair (in absence of Chancellor)

3. Prof. B. K. Medhi, Chancellor’s Nominee (Retd. Professor & Former Head of Anthropology, Gauhati University)

4. Prof. C. M. Pandey, Chancellor’s Nominee Professor & Head, Department of Bio-Statistics, Sanjoy Gandhi Institute of PG Medical Sciences, Lucknow

5. Prof. Ramesh C. Deka, Visitor’s Nominee Vice Chancellor, Assam Downtown University, Guwahati.

6. Prof. Anil K. Goswami, (Visitor’s Nominee) (Former Principal, Cotton College), Guwahati.

7. Dr. Lakshmi Nandan Bora, (Visitor’s Nominee) (Writer and Padma Shri Awardee), Guwahati.

8. Dr.(Prof.) Indira Nath, (Visitor’s Nominee) (Immunologist and Padma Shri Awardee), New Delhi.

9. Smt. Bijoya Chakravarty, Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha)

10. Shri Kalyan Banerjee, Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha)

11. Shri Jitendra Choudhury, Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha)

12. Shri Ramen Deka, Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha)

13. Dr. Sankar Bhattacharjee, (Chief Rector’s Nominee) Former Principal, Women’s College, Silchar

14. Prof. Sujit K Ghosh, (Chief Rector’s Nominee) Former Senior Regional Director, IGNOU, New Delhi

15. Director, Higher Education, Govt. of Assam

16. Dr. Paritosh Mondal, Proctor

17. Dr. Arun Kumar Sharma, Librarian

18. Prof. P. B. Mazumder, D.S.W.

19. Prof. Sumanash Dutta, Finance Officer i/c. Dean of Library Sciences & Dean i/c. Legal Studies

20. Dr. Suprabir Dutta Roy, Controller of Examinations

21. Dr. Debasis Kar, Director, College Development Council

22. Prof. A. Bhowal, In-Charge, AUDC & HOD, Commerce, AUDC

23. Prof. Niranjan Roy, Dean, School of Economics & Commerce & Head, Dept. of Economics

24. Prof. D. K. Pandiya, Professor, Dept. of Commerce

25. Prof. Gopalji Mishra, Professor, Dept. of Social Work Assam University, Silchar | 387

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26. Prof. Abhik Gupta, Dept of Ecology & Environment Science

27. Prof. A Mazumder, Dean, School of Management Studies

28. Prof. Abdul Rasak T, Dean of English & Foreign Languages Studies

29. Prof. K Hemachandran, Head, Dept. of Computer Science

30. Prof N Sarat Ch Singha, Professor, Dept. of Manipuri

31. Prof. G. P. Pandey, Dean of CA&CS and HOD, Mass Comm.

32. Prof R R Dhamala, Professor, Dept. of Political Science

33. Prof Rama Bhattacharyya, Professor, Dept. of Bengali

34. Prof. Sajal Nag, Professor, Dept. of History

35. Prof. Swapna Devi, Professor, Dept. of Sanskrit

36. Prof. W Raghumoni Singh, Dean of Indian Languages & Cultural Studies

37. Prof. N. B. Biswas, Dean, School of Education

38. Prof. N. N. Pandey, Head, Dept. of Education

39. Prof. Asoke Kr. Sen, Dean, School of Physical Sciences

40. Prof. Alok Sen, Professor, Dept. of Economics

41. Prof. Devashish Kar, Professor, Dept. of Life Science

42. Prof. M. Dutta Choudhury, Professor, Dept. of Life Science

43. Prof. Ashesh Kr. Das, Professor, Dept. of Ecology & Env. Science

44. Prof. A. K. Baishya, Professor, Dept. of Linguistics

45. Prof. G. Ram, Head, Dept. of Sociology

46. Prof. Alok Tripathi, Professor, Dept. of History

47. Prof. Bijaya Kumar Behera, Professor, Dept. of Sociology

48. Prof. Nagendra Pandey, Dean & Head of Earth Science

49. Prof. Sanjib Das, Dean, School of Medical & Paramedical Sciences

50. Prof. Bela Das, Head, Dept. of Bengali

51. Prof. Snigdha Das Roy, Professor, Dept. of Sanskrit

52. Prof. Sarbani Giri, Professor, Dept. of Life Science & Bioinformatics

53. Prof. Subhabrata Dutta, Head, Dept. of Social Work

54. Prof. A. L. Ghosh, Head, Dept. of Business Administration

55. Prof. C. R. Bhattacharjee, Professor, Dept. of Chemistry

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56. Prof. B. S. Purkayastha, Professor, Dept. of Computer Science

57. Prof. S. P. Singh Chauhan, Head, Dept. of Hindi

58. Prof. Dulal Ch. Roy, Dean, School of Environmental Sciences & Dean i/c, School of Life Sciences

59. Prof. Jayashree Raut, Professor, Dept. of Ecology & Env. Sc.

60. Prof. Subhra Nag, Dean, School of Philosophy

61. Prof. A. Nataraju, Head, Dept. of Philosophy

62. Prof. Sanjib Kumar Panda, Head, Dept. of Life Science

63. Prof. M. A. Ansari, Professor, Dept. of Economics

64. Prof. B. Ruma Sharma, Head, Dept. of Visual Arts

65. Prof. H. Nani Kr. Singha, Head, Dept. of Manipuri

66. Prof. M. Rajendra Singha, Professor, Dept. of Manipuri

67. Prof. Suresh Chandra, Professor, Dept. of Hindi

68. Prof. Dipendu Das, Head, Dept. of English

69. Prof. P. J. Goswami, Head, Dept. of Commerce

70. Prof. Sudipta Roy, Dean, Triguan Sen School of Technology

71. Prof. Nirmali Barman, Professor, Dept. of Philosophy

72. Prof. Debaprasad Das, Head, Dept. of Elect. & Telecommunication

73. Prof. Prasanna Kr. G.V., Professor, Dept. of Agricultural Engineering

74. Prof. Projit Kumar Palit, Professor, Dept. of History

75. Prof. Dibyojyoti Bhattacharjee, HOD, Statistics & Director, IQAC

76. Prof. Piyush Pandey, Head, Dept. of Microbiology

77. Prof. Supriyo Chakaraborty, Head, Dept. of Biotechnology

78. Prof. Bhagirathi Biswas, Head, Dept. of Sanskrit

79. Prof. Suman Gun, Head, Dept. of Indian Comparative Literature

80. Prof. Joyati Bhattacharya, Head, Dept. of Political Science

81. Prof. Geetika Bagchi, Professor, Dept. of Education

82. Prof. Krishna Mohan Jha, Professor, Dept. of Hindi

83. Prof. Priya Kanta Nath, Professor, Dept. of Bengali

84. Prof. Biswatosh Choudhury, Professor, Dept. of Bengali

85. Prof. Samira Behera, Head, Dept. of Mathematics & Representative of SC/ST

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86. Prof. Mitra Dey, Professor, Dept. of Ecology & Env. Science

87. Prof. Sudeshna Purkayastha, Head, Dept. of History

88. Prof. Parthankar Choudhury, Head, Dept. of Ecology & Env. Sc

89. Prof. Karabi Dutta Choudhury, Professor, Dept. of Mathematics

90. Prof. Debasish Bhattacharjee, Dean, School of Social Sciences

91. Prof. Sivan G., Professor, Dept. of Visual Arts

92. Prof. Sivashish Biswas, Head, Dept. of English (Diphu Campus)

93. Prof. Ranjit Singha, Head i/c., Dept. of Geography (Diphu Campus)

94. Prof. Ratan Barman, Professor of Commerce (Diphu Campus)

95. Dr. Mostafizur Rahman, Head, Dept. of Arabic

96. Dr. Indra Nil Sanyal, Head, Dept. of French

97. Dr. Manoj Kr. Sinha, Head, Dept. of Library & Information Sc.

98. Dr. Supratim Ray, Head, Dept. of Pharmaceutical Science

99. Dr. R. R. Mishra, Head, Dept. of Law

100. Dr. Sudipto Sarkar, Head, Dept. of Agricultural Engineering

101. Dr. B. Indrajit Sharma, Head, Dept. of Physics

102. Mr. Tapodhir Acharjee, Head i/c., Dept. of Comp. Sc. & Engg.

103. Dr. Pradip Ch. Paul, Head, Dept. of Chemistry

104. Dr. Kh. Dhiren Singh, Head, Dept. of Linguistics

105. Dr. Kusumbar Baruah, HOD, Assamese (Diphu Campus)

106. Dr. Paul B Chonzik, HOD, History (Diphu Campus)

107. Dr. Subrata Hazarika, HOD, Physics (Diphu Campus)

108. Dr. Narendra Singh, HOD, Anthropology (Diphu Campus)

109. Dr. Ajit Tamuli, HOD, Life Science (Diphu Campus)

110. Dr. K. C. Das, HOD, Political Science (Diphu Campus)

111. Dr. Ajay Prasad, Head, Dept of Hindi (Diphu Campus)

112. Dr. Humayun Bokth, Senior Associate Professor

113. Dr. Pankaj Kr. Deva Sharma, Senior Associate Professor

114. Mr. P. Kanaka Rao, Senior Assistant Professor

115. Smt. Sunita Sarkar, Senior Assistant Professor

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116. Principal, Women’s College, Silchar

117. Principal, Nehru College, Pailapool, Cachar

118. Principal, Nabin Chandra College, Badarpur, Karimganj

119. Principal, Radhamadhab College, Silchar

120. Principal, Patherkandi College, Patherkandi, Karimganj

121. Principal, A. L. Choudhury College, Algapur, Hailakandi

122. Principal, Thongnokbe College, Dokmoka, Karbi Anglong

123. Principal, Diphu Govt. College, Diphu

124. Principal, Haflong Govt. College, Haflong

125. Principal, Howraghat College, Howraghat, Karbi Anglong

126. Principal, A. K. Chanda Law College, Silchar

127. Principal, Teachers Training College, Silchar

128. Smt. Ila Das, Section Officer, (Representative of Non-Teaching)

129. Shri Nirmal Dutta, Assistant, (Representative of Non-Teaching)

130. Sri Manas Jyoti Bharali, Student, Dept. of Agri. Engg.

131. Sri Panna Sarkar, Student, Dept. of Social Work

132. Ms. Mohasweta Chakraborty, Student, Dept. of Law

133. Sri Sayantan Nath, Ph.D. Scholar, Dept. of Biotechnology

134. Dr. Sanjib Bhattacharjee, Registrar, Member-Convenor

MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL OF ASSAM UNIVERSITY, SILCHAR

1. Prof. Dilip Chandra Nath, Vice-Chancellor & Chairman

2. Prof. Ramesh C. Deka, Vice Chancellor, (Visitor’s Nominee) Assam Downtown University, Guwahati.

3. Prof. Anil Goswami, (Visitor’s Nominee) (Former Principal, Cotton College), Guwahati.

4. Dr. Lakshmi Nandan Bora, (Visitor’s Nominee) (Writer and Padma Shri Awardee), Guwahati.

5. Dr.(Prof.) Indira Nath, (Visitor’s Nominee) (Immunologist and Padma Shri Awardee), New Delhi.

6. Prof. Sanjib Das, Dean of Medical & Pharmaceutical Sc.

7. Prof. Sudipto Roy, Dean, School of Technology

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8. Prof. Nagendra Pandey, Dean, School of Earth Sciences

9. Prof. A. Mazumder, Dean, School of Management

10. Prof. N. N. Pandey, Professor, Dept. of Education

11. Senior most Associate Professor

12. Dr. Purnendu Kumar, Principal, Nehru College, Pailapool

13. Dr. Mortuja Hussain, Principal, N. C. College, Badarpur

14. Dr. Mizanur Rahman, Principal, Haflong Govt. College

15. Director, Higher Education, Govt. of Assam

16. Prof. Sumanash Dutta, Finance Officer i/c (Permanent Invitee)

17. Mr. Debasish Chakraborty, President, AUNTEA (Special Invitee)

18. Prof. Samira Behera, Representative of SC/ST, (Special Invitee)

19. Dr. Shahin Ara Begum, President, AUTA (Special Invitee)

20. Dr. Sanjib Bhattacharjee, Registrar, Ex-officio Secretary

MEMBERS OF THE ACADEMIC COUNCIL OF ASSAM UNIVERSITY, SILCHAR

1. Prof. Dilip Chandra Nath, Vice-Chancellor & Chairman: 2. Prof. Sivasish Biswas, Pro-Vice Chancellor, AUDC

3. Prof. Sankar Kumar Nath, Visitor’s Nominee Professor & Former Head, Dept. of Geology and Geophysics, IIT, Kharagpur .

4. Dr. Sitaram Adhikari, Visitor’s Nominee Editor “Gorkha Jyoti”, Manipur, Central Institute of Indian Languages, MHRD, Mysore.

5. Dr. Parimal Bhattacharjee, Visitor’s Nominee (Retd.) Professor and Head, Dept. of Zoology, Gauhati University.

6. Dr. Virender Koundal, Visitor’s Nominee Dept. of Economics, University of Jammu

7. Prof. R. R. Dhamala, Professor, Dept. of Political Science

8. Prof. D. Bhattacharjee, Dean, School of Social Sciences

9. Prof. D K Pandiya, Professor, Dept. of Commerce

10. Prof. G. Mishra, Professor, Dept. of Social Work

11. Prof. Abhik Gupta, Dept. of Ecology and Env. Science

12. Prof. A Mazumder, Dean, School of Management

13. Prof. G. P. Pandey, Dean of Creative Arts & Comm. Studies & Head, Dept. of Mass Communication

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14. Prof. K Hemachandran, Head, Dept. of Computer Science

15. Prof. Niranjan Roy, Dean of Economics & Commerce & Head, Dept. of Economics

16. Prof. N Sarat Ch Singha, Dept. of Manipuri

17. Prof. Rama Bhattacharyya, Professor, Dept. of Bengali

18. Prof. Swapna Devi, Dept. of Sanskrit

19. Prof. W. Raghumoni Singh, Dean of Indian Languages and Cultural Studies

20. Prof. N. B. Biswas, Dean, School of Education

21. Prof. N. N. Pandey, Head, Dept. of Education, AUS

22. Prof. Asoke K Sen, Dean, School of Physical Sciences

23. Prof. Devasish Kar, Dept. of Life Sciences

24. Prof. A. K. Das, Dept. of Ecology & Env. Science

25. Prof. B. S. Purkayastha, Dept. of Computer Science

26. Prof. G. Ram, Head, Dept. of Sociology

27. Prof. Alok Tripathi, Dept. of History

28. Prof. Bijaya Kumar Behera, Dept. of Sociology

29. Prof. A K Baishya, Dept. of Linguistics

30. Prof. Nagendra Pandey, Dean & Head of Earth Science

31. Prof. Sanjib Das, Dean of Medical & Paramedical Sciences

32. Prof. Sumanash Dutta, Dean, School of Library Sciences & Dean i/c. Legal Studies.

33. Prof. Bela Das, Dept. of Bengali

34. Prof. Snigdha Das Roy, Dept. of Sanskrit

35. Prof. M. Dutta Choudhury, Dept. of Life Sc.

36. Prof. Sarbani Giri, Dept. of Life Science

37. Prof. A. L. Ghosh, Head, Dept. of Business Administration

38. Prof. C. R. Bhattacharjee, Dept. of Chemistry

39. Prof. M. A. Ansari, Dept. of Economics

40. Prof. Jayashree Rout, Dept. of Ecology & Env.Science

41. Prof. Dulal Ch. Roy, Dean of Environmental Sciences

42. Prof. S. P. Singh Chauhan, Head, Dept. of Hindi

43. Prof. Sajal Nag, Dept. of History

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44. Prof. Alok Sen, Dept. of Economics

45. Prof. A. Nataraju, Head, Dept. of Philosophy

46. Prof. Subhra Nag, Dean, School of Philosphy

47. Prof. Abdul Razak T., Dean of English & Foreign Languages Studies

48. Prof. Sanjib Kumar Panda, Head, Dept. of Life Science

49. Prof. Suresh Chandra, Dept. of Hindi

50. Prof. B. Ruma Sharma, Head, Dept. of Visual Arts

51. Prof. H. Nani Kumar Singha, Head, Dept. of Manipuri

52. Prof. M. Rajendra Singh, Dept. of Manipuri

53. Prof. Dipendu Das, Head, Dept. of English

54. Prof. Projit Kumar Palit, Dept. of History

55. Prof. Subhabrata Dutta, Head, Dept. of Social Work

56. Prof. Sudipto Roy, Dean, School of Technology

57. Prof. Nirmali Barman, Dept. of Philosophy

58. Prof. Debaprasad Das, Head, Dept. of Elect. & Comm. Engg.

59. Prof. Dibyojyoti Bhattacharjee, Head, Dept. of Statistics

60. Prof. Piyush Pandey, Head, Dept. of Microbiology

61. Prof. Joyati Bhattacharya, Head, Dept. of Political Science

62. Prof. Supriyo Ckakraborty, Dean, School of Life Science & Head, Dept. of Biotechnology

63. Prof. Suman Gun, HOD, Indian Comparative Literature

64. Prof. Geetika Bagchi, Dept. of Education

65. Prof. Bhagirathi Biswas, Head, Dept. of Sanskrit

66. Prof. Krishna Mohan Jha, Dept. of Hindi

67. Prof. Prasanna Kumar G.V., Dept. of Agri. Engg.

68. Prof. Priya Kanta Nath, Dept. of Bengali

69. Prof. Sivan G., Dept. of Visual Arts

70. Prof. P. B. Mazumder, Dept. of Biotechnology

71. Prof. Parthankar Choudhury, Head, Dept. of Ecology & Env. Sc

72. Prof. Mithra Dey, Dept. of Ecology & Environmental Science

73. Prof. Karabi Dutta Choudhury, Dept. of Mathematics

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74. Prof. Sudeshna Purkayastha, Head, Dept. of History

75. Prof. Biswatosh Choudhury, Head, Dept. of Bengali

76. Prof. Debasish Bhattacharya, Dept. of Bengali

77. Prof. P.J. Goswami, Head, Dept. of Commerce

78. Prof. Samira Behera, Head, Dept. of Mathematics

79. Prof. Amalesh Bhowal, HOD, Commerce, AUDC

80. Prof. Ratan Barman, Dept. of Commerce (Diphu Campus)

81. Prof. Ranjit Singha, HOD, Physics (Diphu Campus)

82. Dr. Indranil Sanyal, Head, Dept. of French

83. Dr. Manoj Kr. Sinha, HOD, Library & Information Sc.

84. Dr. R. R. Mishra, Head, Dept. of Law

85. Dr. Mostafizur Rahman, Head, Dept. of Arabic

86. Dr. B. Indrajit Sharma, Head, Dept. of Physics

87. Dr. Pradip Ch. Paul, Head, Dept. of Chemistry

88. Dr. Sudipto Sarkar, Head, Dept. of Agri. Engineering

89. Dr. Supratim Ray, Head, Dept. of Pharma. Science

90. Mr. Tapdhir Acharjee, Head i/c, Dept. of Information Tech.

91. Dr. Kh. Dhiren Singh, Head, Dept. of Linguistics

92. Dr. Kusumbar Boruah, HOD, Assamese (Diphu Campus)

93. Dr. K. C. Das, HOD, Political Science(Diphu Campus)

94. Dr. Paul B Chonzik, HOD, History (Diphu Campus)

95. Dr. Bishnu Charan Dash, HOD, English (Diphu Campus)

96. Dr. Kh. Narendra Singh, HOD, Anthropology (AUDC)

97. Dr. Ajit K. Tamuli, HOD, Life Science (AUDC)

98. Dr. Ajay Prasad Verma, HOD, Hindi(Diphu Campus)

99. Mr. Atur Kiri Ingti, HOD, Geography (Diphu Campus)

100. Dr. Nirakar Mallick, Senior most Associate Professor

101. Dr. Humayun Bokth, Senior Associate Professor

102. Smt. Sunita Sarkar, Senior most Assistant Professor

103. Dr. Baby Pushpa Sinha, Senior most Assistant Professor

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104. Dr. Arjundeb Sen Sarma, Senior most Assistant Professor

105. Principal, M. C. D. College, Sonai

106. Principal, A. L. Choudhury College, Algapur

107. Principal, Maibang Degree College, Maibang

108. Principal, A. K. Chanda Law College, Silchar

109. Principal, T. T. College, Silchar

110. Dr. Monolina Nandy Roy, Karimganj College, Karimganj

111. Mr. Bhupesh Chandra Pradhan, S. S. College, Hailakandi

112. Dr. Apratim Nag, G. C. College, Silchar

113. Md. Kabir Hussain, Cachar College, Silchar

114. Dr. Sankar Neogi, Haflong Govt. College, Haflong

115. Mr. Satish Chandra Deka, Diphu Law College, Diphu

116. Mr. Lankeswar Hainary, Rukasen College, Bakalia

117. Mr. Ashim Kumar Purkayasytha, T. T. College, Silchar

118. Ms. Kabita Das, Student of Social Work, AUS

119. Mr. Basab Nath, Student of Computer Science, AUS

120. Ms. B. Abida Chowdhury, Ph.D. Scholar of Physics

121. Dr. Arun Kumar Sharma, Librarian, A.U.S.

122. Dr. Suprabir Dutta Roy, C O E, Splecial Invitee

123. Dr. Debasis Kar, Director, C D C, Splecial Invitee

124. Dr. Ratan Kr. Das, Splecial Invitee Secretary, ACTA, Cachar Zone, Cachar College, Silchar

125. Dr. Bazlur Rahman Khan, Splecial Invitee Secretary, ACTA, Kxj-Hkd Zone, N.C.College, Badarpur

126. Mr. Sudarshan Gupta, Splecial Invitee, President, ACTA, Cachar Zone, R.M. College, Silchar

127. Dr. Shanjendu Nath, Splecial Invitee President, ACTA, Kxj-Hkd Zone, R.S. Girls College, Kxj.

128. Dr. Sanjib Bhattacharjee, Registrar, Ex-officio Secretary

PLANNING BOARD, ASSAM UNIVERSITY, SILCHAR

1. Prof. Dilip Chandra Nath, Vice-Chancellor & Chairman 2. Prof. Hirendra Nath Sarma, Visitors Nominee Assam University, Silchar | 396

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Dept. of Zoology, Rajiv Gandhi University, Itanagar

3. Prof. Sujit Sikidar, Visitors Nominee Dept. of Commerce, Gauhati University, Guwahati

4. Dr. Abhijit Bora, Visitors Nominee HOD, Mass Communication & Journalism, Tezpur University

5. Prof. Aditya Prasad Dash, Visitors Nominee Vice-Chancellor, Central University of Tamilnadu

6. Prof. Rita Choudhury, Visitors Nominee Dept. of Mathematics, Gauhati University, Guwahati

7. Prof. W. Raghumani Singha, Dean, School of Languages & Cultural Studies

8. Prof. Dulal Ch. Ray, Dean, School of Environmental Sciences

9. Prof. Debasish Bhattacharjee, Dean, School of Social Sciences

10. Prof. A. Mazumder, Dean, School of Management Studies

11. Prof. Sudipta Roy, Dean, School of Technology

12. Prof. G. P. Pandey, Dean, School of Creative Arts & Communication Studies

13. Prof. Abdul Razak T., Dean of English & Foreign Languages

14. Prof. Niranjan Roy, Dean, School of Economic & Commerce

15. Prof. N. B. Biswas, Dean, School of Education

16. Prof. Sanjib Das, Dean, School of Medical & Paramedical Sciences

17. Prof. Nagendra Pandey, Dean, School of Earth Sciences

18. Prof. Sumanash Dutta, Dean of Library Sciences & Dean i/c. of Legal Studies

19. Prof. Subhra Nag, Dean, School of Philosophy

20. Prof. Supriya Chakraborty, Dean, School of Life Sciences

21. Prof. Asoke K Sen, Dean of Physical Sciences

22. Principal, M. C. D. College, Soani

23. Principal, Radhamadhab College, Silchar

24. Principal, Ramkrishna Nagar College, R. K. Nagar, Karimganj

25. Principal, Lala Rural College, Lala, Hailakandi

26. Principal, Maibang Degree College, Maibang, Dima Hasao

27. Principal, Diphu Govt. College, Diphu

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28. Prof Sumanash Dutta,, Finance Officer, i/c (Permanent Invitee)

29. Prof. Samira Behera, Representative of SC/ST, (Special Invitee)

30. Dr. Sanjib Bhattacharjee, Registrar, Ex-officio Secretary

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