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1. Name : Dr.Sumanash Dutta 2. Father’s Name : Late Manindranath Datta 3. Mother’s Name : Late Surama Dutta 4. Designation : Professor in Economics 5. Qualification : BSc(Hons in Economics, GU), MA(NBU), Ph.D ( IIT, Roorkee) 6. Affiliation : Department of Economics, University Silchar – 788011, Assam 7. Address for Correspondence : Professor, Department of Economics Assam University Silchar – 788011, Assam 8. Teliphone : Mobile- 919435176104; 918811074420. 9. Email id : [email protected] 10. Teaching experience : 30 years. 11. Area of Specialization : Development Economics, Economics of Education and Human Development 12. Research Experience : Number of Scholars awarded M.Phil – 3 Number of Scholars awarded Ph.D -- 10 Number of Scholars continuing research under supervision: M.Phil – Nil, Ph.D -8 13. Publications : Articles published in Journals : 38 Article published in Edited Books : 15 (List appended)

14. Participation in Seminar, Conference etc : Paper presented in seminars, conferences - 18 Chaired Technical Sessions - 11 15. Books Published : 2 (i) Household Fertility Behaviour and Children’s Schooling Amongst Tribals by Sumanash Dutta,Mittal Publications, New Delhi, 2008 (ii) Economic and Social Impact of Micro Financing Poor Through SHGs: A Case Study of a Developing Region of by Amith Roy and Sumanash Dutta, LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, Germany, 2012.

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16. Administrative Experience: (i) Worked as Officer on Special Duty in Directorate of Higher Education, Govt. of Tripura for 5 years.

(ii) Worked as Secretary( Administration), Tripura Board of Joint Entrance Examinations 4 consecutive years.

(iii) Worked as HOD, Department of Analytical and Applied Economics, Tripura University. (iv) Worked as HOD, Department of Economics, Assam University, Silchar (v) Working as in charge Dean, School of Library Science, Assam University, Silchar.

Appendix: List of Publications

1. Dutta, Sumanash (1999) : Hundred Twenty Years of Tripura’s Population : A. Statistical Profile, Vanyajati (New Delhi), Oct. Vol. 4 P : 7 – 11

2. Dutta, Sumanash (1999) : Socio-economic Factors in Children’s Education Decisions : An Empirical Analysis, The Indian Journal of Economics (Allahabad) Oct. No. 317, Vol. LXXX, P : 243 – 253.

3 .Dutta, Sumanash (2000) : Proximate Determinants of Household Demand for Children’s Quality, Journal of Educational Planning and Administration, Jan., Vol. XIV No. 1 (New Delhi, NIEPA), P : 81 – 94.

4 .Dutta Sumanash (2000): Socio-Economic factors in Household Fertility decisions : An Empirical Analysis, Yojana (New Delhi). Oct. Vol. 44 No. 10, P : 32 – 38.

5. Dutta, Sumanash (2001) : The Determinants of Children’s Educational Attainments : A Socio- Economic Empirical Study on Tribals of Tripura, Indian Social Science Review (New Delhi), July – December, vol – 3, No. 2, P : 267 – 287.

6. Dutta, Sumanash (2001). Proximate Determinants of Household Fertility Behaviour : An Empirical Study of Tribals of Tripura, Journal of North East India Council for Social Science Research (Shillong) Oct, 25:2 P : 13-23

7 .Nauriyal, D.K. and Dutta, Sumanash (1999-2000) : Farm Earning, Allocative and Direct Effects of Human Capital : Some evidences from the disadvantaged groups, The Indian Economic Journal, April – June, Vol 47 No. 4. P : 113 – 115.

8. Nauriyal, D.K. and Dutta Sumanash (2002) : Household Reproductive decision Making and Demand for Children’s Education : Evidence from a Developing Society, demography India (New Delhi) Vol 31, No. 1 P 93 – 117.

9. Nauriyal, D.K. and Dutta Sumanash (2006) : Quantity – Quality Trade – Offs, Familial Resources, Couple’s Human Capital Attributes and Reproductive decision Making, Demography India, Vol. 35 (1), 2006.

10. Nauriyal,D.K and Dutta,Sumanash (2001): “System Approach to Control Environment Pollution as a Consequence of Industrialization” in Book ‘Environment and Development’ edited by G.S.Monga,Deep and Deep Publications.New Delhi.

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11.Dutta Sumanash (2009) : “ Disparities in Economic Development: A District Level Study of Assam with special reference to Barak Valley” in book ‘Development Strategies for Barak Valley ( Assam) edited by J.B.Bhattacharjee ,Akansha Publishing House, New Delhi, India.

12.Dutta Sumanash (2009): “Disparities in Human Development and Economic Development: The Case of Assam” in Book ‘Human Development –Dimensions and Strategies’ edited by HS Rout and PK Panda, New Century Publications, New Delhi.

13. Dutta,Sumanash(2010): Most Favoured Child Hypothesis and Schooling Achievements of Children: A Conceptual Framework, Pursuits ISSN No: 0976-4593, Vol:3. No.1, Research & Publication Cell Journal, S.S.College, Hailakandi

14. Dutta,Sumanash and Amith Roy (2011), “ Self-Help Groups and Women Empowerment (A Case Study of of Assam), Assam University Journal, Humanities and Social Sciences, Volume VI, Number 1,pp/-31-46. .

15. Dutta, Sumanash and Md.Muzharul Islam Akond (2011):Productivity of Rice and its Determinants: Study of Char Areas of Dhubri, Assam, in North East India: Approaches towards Sustainable Development (eds) Raul,R.K and J.N.saikia, Southern Economist Golden Jubilee Publication, Southern Economist, Bangalore, May, pp/90-112, ISBN 978-81-910247-1-5.

16. Dutta, Sumanash and Md. Muzharul Islam Akond (2011): Technical Efficiency of Agricultural Farms in Rice Production in Char Areas of Assam, Himalayan Journal of Social Sciences, ISSN 2231-6639, Vol 1, No.1, April, pp-49-56.

17. Dutta, Sumanash and Pankaj Kumar Baro(2011): Household Characteristics and Child School- enrolment: A Case Study of Backward Boro Community of Assam, Annual Journal of Women College, 2010-11. Vol.4, Women’s College, Silchar, ISSN 0975-3338, pp:151-162.

18. Samir K.Mahajan, Subhrabaran Das and Sumanash Dutta(2011): Measuring Economic Well-being: A Study of Achievement of the States of India, PCC Journal of Economics and Commerce, ISSN No. 2229- 6417, Vol.03, No. 03, Jan-Dec. PP-9-13.

19. Pradip Brahmachary and Sumanash Dutta (2011): Indexing Social Infrastructure Development in Nagaland: An Inter District Study over the Period, 1981-2001, PCC Journal of Economics and Commerce, ISSN No. 2229-6417, Vol.03, No. 03, Jan-Dec. PP-14-25.

20.Amith Roy and Sumanash Dutta(2011): Does Participation in Self-Help Groups Empower Women?- A Case Study of Selected SHGs in Karimganj District of Assam, Indian Journal of Social Development(An International Journal), Vol.11, Number 2, December 2011, ISSN: 0972-3692, pp/-541-555.

21.Amith Roy and Sumanash Dutta(2012): Assessing Income Generation from SHG Micro Enterprises: A Study of a Backward Region of Assam, Indian Journal of Finance, Vol.6, Number 2, Feb,2012, ISSN No. 0973- 8711, pp/-39-48.

22. Dutta Sumanash (2012): Population Ageing and Feminization in Assam, Indian Journal of Gerontology, Vol.26, No.2,April, pp-171-192.

23. Sinha, Sanjoy and Sumanash Dutta (2012): ‘Status of Health Infrastructure: An Analysis of Tripura’ in Book ‘Decentralization and Rural Development in North East India’ edited by Harendra Sinha and J.Zorema, Abhijeet Publications (ISBN: 978-93-81136-65-2), New Delhi, pp/ 291-297.

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24. Pradip Brahmachari and Sumanash Dutta (2012): ‘Disparities in Rural Economic Infrastructure Development in Nagaland: An Inter-District Study’ in book ‘Segments from Development Discourse in North East India’ edited by Niranjan Roy and Raju Mandal,Assam University, Silchar publication (ISBN: 978-81-908202-1-9),pp/ 114-128.

25. Roy,Amith and Sumanash Dutta (2012): ‘ Growth and Out Reach of SHG-Bank Linkage Programme in India’ in book ‘Segments from Development Discourse in North East India’ edited by Niranjan Roy and Raju Mandal,Assam University, Silchar publication (ISBN: 978-81-908202-1-9),pp/263- 276.

26. Akond,Muzharul Islam and Sumanash Dutta (2012): ‘Estimation of Farm Level Technical Efficiency: A Case Study of Char Chapari Areas of of Assam’ in book ‘A Tapestry of Research in Economics in North East India’ edited by Niranjan Roy and Raju Mandal, Assam University, Silchar publication (ISBN: 978-81-908202-2-6),pp/89-97.

27. Dutta Sumanash (2012) : ‘Living Condition of People in Assam: The Rural Urban Dichotomy’, Indian Development Review: An International Journal of Development Economics, New Delhi,Vol.10, No.1, pp/ 101-115. ISSN No: 0972-9437.

28. Mahajan, Samir k; Subrabaran Das and Sumanash Dutta (2012) : “An Alternative Measure to Examine Variation in Achievement of Human Development among Selected States of India: Use of Varimax Rotated Principal Component Analysis”, Journal of Human Development Vol. 4: ( 1), Jan- June, 2012

29. Dutta Sumanash (2012): Key Note Address on “Socio-Economic and Cultural Problems and Its Solution in the Development of Tribals of North Eastern Region of India”, Conference Proceedings Volume of UGC Sponsored Seminar, organized by Departmet of Statistics, SS College, Hailakandi, 16th and 17th Feb, 2012, edited by P.C.Dutta..

30.Sanjoy Sinha, Pegu Ananta and Dutta Sumanash (2012): “Prevalence of Morbidity Among Women: An Analysis of North Tripura and Unokuti District, Tripura”, Pratidhwani- A Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, ONLINE ISSN 2278-5264, Department of Bengali, Karimganj College, Karimganj, Assam, Vol.I, Issue I, July.

31. Sanjoy Sinha and Dutta Sumanash ( 2012): “Status of Women Empowerment and Health: An Analytical Study of Tripura” in ‘Empowerment of Women in North East India- Socio-economic Perspectives’, Harendra Sinha and J.Zorema(eds), Concept Publishing Company(P) Ltd, New Delhi, ISBN 81-8069-907-2, pp- 90-98.

32. Ananta Pegu and Dutta Sumanash (2013): “Does NGO Practice PRA Techniques ? A Case Study of an NGO in Majuli Island of Assam”, Cotemporary Research in India, ISSN 2231- 2137, Vol 2, Issue 4, January.

33. Sarbani Dutta (Deb Choudhury) and Dutta Sumanash(2012-13): “Food Availability in Terms of Rice: A Measure of Food and Nutrition Security, a Micro Level Study in Cachar District”, Statmag, Department of Statistics, Gurucharan College, Silchar, Assam, 4th Issue, ISSN: 2278-9774, pp-57-67.

34. Sarbani Dutta and Dutta Sumanash (2013); “ BMI: A Measure of Nutrition Security in Women”, Kiron Sashi Annual Journal, Kiron Sashi Women’s Cell, Gurucharan College, Silchar, Assam, ISSN No: 2278- 1919, pp- 56-63.

35.Samir K. Mahajan, Das Subhrabaran and Dutta, Sumanash (2012): “A Composite Index of Basic Infrastructure Condition: A Study of Selected States of India”, PCC Journal of Economics and Commerce,

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an annual journal of Public College of Commerce, Dimapur, Nagaland, Jan-Dec, ISSN 2229- 6417, Vol.4, No.4, pp- 50-61.

36. Samir K. Mahajan, Das, Subhrabaran, Dutta, Sumanash and B.N. Ghosh ( 2012): “ A Reformulation to Quantify Human Development and Study of Inter-State Disparity in Achievement in India”, Journal of Human Development an international journal, Vol.4, No.2, July-Dec, ISSN: 0975- 8119, pp- 79-98.

37. Sumanash Dutta and Isla Uddin Choudhury ( 2012): “ Dilution of Familial Resources and Schooling Attainments of Children: Evidence from a Backward Society”, Journal of Human Development, an international journal, Vol.4, No.2, July-Dec, ISSN: 0975- 8119, pp- 99-108..

38. Sumanash Dutta and Choudhury, Isla Uddin ( 2012): “ Intergenerational Transmission of Education: A Case Study of Muslims Households in Barak Valley, Banijya, A Research Journal of the Department of Commerce, Assam Un iversity, Vol.5, No.1, July, ISSN: 0975-0010, pp- 1-6.

39. Sumanash Dutta and Choudhury, Isla Uddin (2012): “Socio-Economic Determinants of Schooling Attainments of Children in Muslim Households: A Case Study of Barak Valley”, Indian Development Review, an International Journal of Development Economics, ISSN: 0972-9437, Vol.10, No.2, July- Dec, pp-359-371.

40. Sumanash Dutta (2012): “How are the Tribes Different in Development Framework? An Analysis”, in ‘Ethnicity, Resources and Institutions for Development of North Eastern States of India’ eds. Dr.P.C.Dutta and Dr. Komol Singha, Akansha Publishing House, New Delhi, ISBN No: 978-81-8370-349-9, pp: 155-165.

41. Chandana Acharjee and Dutta, Sumanash (2013): “Relationship between Economic Development and Population Ageing: An Empirical Study on Selected States of India”, Arthshastra: Indian Journal of Economics & Research, May-June, 2013, No.3 Vol.2, ISSN 2278-1811, pp-23-31.

42. Dutta Sumanash (2013): “Tracking the Achievements of Nations in Human Development in Demographic Lights: A Cross Country Analysis” in ‘Human Development-Perspectives and Dimensions’ eds by Dr.Arundhati Mazumder, Dr.Devashree Datta and Dr.Sarbani Biswas, Research and Publication Cell. Women’s College, Silchar; Bhabani Offset Pvt. Ltd, Guwahati, ISBN:978-81-925997-0-0; April, pp-47- 62.

43. Md.M.I.Akond and Dutta, Sumanash(2013): “Technical Efficiency of Rice Producing Farms: A Case Study of Char-Chapari Areas of Assam”, Journal of Economic & Social Development, Vol.IX, No.1, June, pp-61-70, ISSN:0973-886X

44. Das, Promila and Dutta, Sumanash (2013): “Gender Disparity in Participation in Agriculture & Industry: An Empirical Study of Selected States in Selected Dimensions”, International Journal of Advances in Management and Economics, July-Aug, Vol.2, Issue 4, pp-131-136, ISSN:2278-3369.

45. Sanjay Sinha and Sumanash Dutta (2013): “Nutritional Status of Rural Adults of North Tripura: A Study Based on Body Mass Index”, in Harendra Sinha(eds) ‘ Health and Development in Rural North East India’, Abhijeet Publications, New Delhi, ISBN: 978-93-5074-045-3, pp-47-57.

46.Ananta Pegu and Sumanash Dutta (2013): “Socio-Economic Upliftment through NGOs in Rural Majuli, Assam” in Harendra Sinha(eds) ‘ Health and Development in Rural North East India’, Abhijeet Publications, New Delhi, ISBN: 978-93-5074-045-3, pp-136- 145.

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47. Dutta Sumanash ( 2013): “ From Economic Growth to Literacy – A Study of a Developing Backward Region of India”, Journal of Educational Planning and Administration, National University of Educational Planning and Administration, Vol.XXVII, No.4, Oct, pp- 369- 383.

48. Dutta Sumanash and Amith Roy (2013): “ Determinants of Income Generation from Micro- Enterprises: An Empirical Study on SHG Members in a Backward Developing Region”, Finance India ,December, 2013 issue, Vol XXVII, No.4.

49. Pankaj Baro and Sumanash Dutta (2014): “The Level of Ill Being Among the Backward Bodo Community of Assam (India): A Deprivational Perspective”, International Journal of Humanities and Social Science Invention, ISSN (Online): 2319- 7722, ISSN(Print): 2319- 7714, Vol 3, Issue 51, May,2014, pp- 26-31.

50. Promila Das and Sumanash Dutta ( 2014): Mothers’ Empowerment Level and Its Impact on Their Children’s Educational Attainments: An Empirical Study on Muslims”, International Journal of Research in Management & Social Sciences, Vol 2, Issue 2( III): April- June, 2014, pp- 51-55.

51. Chandana Acharjee & Sumanash Dutta (2014): “Right to Development and Population Ageing: An Analytical Study of Northeast”, in ‘Right to Development, Issues and Challenges in North east India’, edited by Aparna De and Dr.Kuldip Gosai, Akansha Publishing House, ISBN 978- 81-8370-399-4, New Delhi, pp-26-37.

52. Chandana Acharjee & Sumanash Dutta (2014) “Feminization of Population Ageing: A Comparative Study of Selected States of India”, in ‘Tripura, An Empirical Multidisciplinary Study’, edited by Shyamal Das, Supriya Books, New Delhi, ISBN 978-81-909143-8-3, hapter-7, pp- 52-65.

53. Sarbani Dutta and Sumanash Dutta (2014): “A Ray of Hope to Curb Malnutrition: 2020 Vision”, Kiron Sashi, Annual Journal, Kiron Sashi Women Cell, Gurucharan College, Silchar, Vol.III, ISSN No: 2278- 1919, pp-36-41.

Sumanash Dutta Professor Department of Economics Assam University Silchar – 788011 Assam

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