Mrs. Indrani Choudhury Mahanta.

Associate Professor, Department of Political Science

Mrs. Indrani Choudhury Mahanta

HOD & Associate Professor

Dept. of Political Science

Mobile: 9864022393

Email: [email protected]

Profile:

A very dedicated and hardworking teacher who loves interacting with students and always available to extend a helping hand. Have been associated with College for over 27years in the department of political Science and currently serving as the Head of the department. An avid traveler with keen interest in studying about the socio-economic situation currently prevailing in our society. Have also co-author a few publications.

Official Designation:

 1993- 2000: joined as Lecturer in Political Science dept at Dispur College as Lecturer  2000- 2005 : Worked as Senior Lecturer  2005- 2008 : Promoted and worked as Selection Grade Lecturer  2008- onwards : Worked as Associate Professor till date

Orientation and Refresher course Attended : i) Orientation Programme from 12thOct to !8th Nov, 1998 at GU

ii) Refresher Course from 5th to 25th Sept.,2000 at G.U. iii)Winter School on Environmental Education from5th to25th Jan.2009.

iv) Refresher Course in GU from 1st to 21st Feb., 2010.

C. Members in various Organisation:

i) Head of the Department, Political Science, 2013 –2016 January.

ii) Member of NORTHEAST POLITICAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATION.

iii) Member of Study Circle, Dispur College.

iv) Member of College Teacher Association.

D. Participation in Seminar, Workshop etc.:

i) State level lecture on Library and Information Science held on 3rd May, 2003 at Dispur College.

ii) Conference cum Workshop of the career Orientated Program on 28th January, 2004 at Dispur College, Organized by U.G.C., New .

iii) One inter-institutional Discussion on the syllabus of T.D.C. course of Political Science, held on 19th February, 2004, organized by the Dept. of Political Science, Gauhati College.

iv) One workshop on T.D.C. on new syllabus organized by Political Science co-ordination committee, G.U. from 7th April to 12th April, 2004.

v) Attended a two-day Workshop on “Preparation and Editing of Self Learning Material” on 21st and 22nd June 2010 by K.K. Handique State Open University.

vi)Participated in the UGC- sponsored National Symposium Organized by Shillong College, Academic Society and Shillong College on June 25-26, 2010.

Vii) Attended the State Level Workshop on Choice Based Credit System (CBCS) and Re-structuring of Undergraduate Curriculum at Pandu College, on 5th January, 2013.

viii) Attended a 6-day workshop on “Women Manager on Higher Education” from 12th to 18th November, 2014 held in GU.

ix) Worked as external to the dept. of History and Philosophy regarding 6th semester (dissertation) final examination in 2015.

x)Attended a seminar on ‘Migration and Assam pre-history period to present day’ organised by Dispur College in collaboration with ACTA (Kamrup Metro Zone) in the year 2013. xi) Participated a National Workshop/Seminar on ‘Use of Scientific and Technical Terminology in Political Science’ Organised by Commission for Scientific and Technical Terminology under MHRD. and Department of Higher Education on 14th& 25th Nov.2017.

xii) Attended a workshop cum seminar organized by GauhatiCollege for introduction of CBCS courses in GUon 8th May,2019.

xiii) Participated an ICPR sponsored national seminar on 6th, 7th, and 8th February, 2020 at Dispur college, that was organized by department of philosophy of Dispur college in collaboration with ACTA, kamrup metro zone

C. Other Activities:

i) Working as an Examiner and Scrutinizer for Gauhati University and Assam Higher Secondary Education Council. ii) Working as Assistant Officer in Charge of Examination Committee in Dispur College.

iii) Working as an Examiner and Scrutinizer for Gauhati University and Assam Higher Secondary Education Council. iv) Working as Assistant Officer in Charge of Examination Committee in Dispur College. v) Professor in charge for Student’s Union. vi) Treasurer of Assam College Teachers Association, Dispur College Unit. vii) Member of Editorial Board, Dispur Teachers Bulletin. viii) Dispur College & meditation Cell is being supervised by Dept. of Economics & Political Science, involved as a faculty member. ix) Served as Convenor of Dispur College Welfare Society.

x) Served as an expert for selecting teachers in Central School, Khanapara, in 2014. xi) Served as scrutinizer by SIRD to examine the Panchayat of Dimoria, Morigaon, Panikhaiti, Chandrapur& Rani 2014. Xii) Prepared study material for K.K. Handique Open University for degree level in the year 2014.

xiii) Worked as Moderator in KKHSOU for the finalization of question paper for degree level in 2015 & 2016.

xiv)Prepared question paper for KKHSOU in degree level from 2015 to 2017.

xv) Prepared Question Paper for degree general courses for GU in 2016 and 2017

xvi) Attended a training course cum workshop on ‘Gender Issues’ Sponsored by Govt. of Assam, from 16th Sept. to 18th Sept 2018 at Assam Administrative Staff College.

xvii) Worked as a moderator for AHSEC in the year 2019.

xviii) Attended an Interaction Session with Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman, Union Finance Minister, on ‘Budget 2020-2021’ of organized by Assam Finance Ministry on 27thFebruay 2020 at Assam Administrative Staff College.

Publications:

i) Published a text book ‘ UssotorMadhyamikRajnitiBigyan’ for H.S. II year in the year 2006.

ii) Published a text book ‘ UssotorMadhyamikRajnitiBigyan’ for H.S. Ist Year in the year, 2008.

iii) Published 4 chapter in course book for degree level in KKHSOU, in the year 2015 .

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