BIODATA

Name: Rupmala Barman

Designation: Asstt.Professor, Department of Education , -16 Educational Qualification: M.A., B.Ed., M.Phil, Ph.D. Other Qualifications: B.Mus, and President Award in Guide Date of Birth: 22/11/1973 Date of Joining: 31/ 03/ 2001 Specialisation: Child and Adolescents Psychology

Areas of interest:

· Child Psychology · Adolescents psychology · Special education

Awards and Achievements:

Teaching experience:

· One year teaching experience as a lecturer (non-sanctioned) in Handique Girls College, Guwahati · Two years teaching experience as a part time lecturer in S.B. Deorah College, Guwahati · One year teaching experience as a part time lecturer in K.R.B.Girls’ College, Guwahati

Orientation / Refresher Courses attended:

· Attended U.G. C. sponsored Orientation Programme (O.P.-51) at Academic Staff College of Gauhati University from 24th February to 23rd March, 2003 · Participated in the Refresher Course in the subject “Mass Communication” from 19th February to 11th March, 2007 at Academic Staff College of Gauhati University · Participated in the Refresher Course in the subject “Research Methodology” from 14th November to 04th December, 2011 at Academic Staff College of Gauhati University · Participated in the Refresher Course in the subject “Disaster and their Management ” from 28th January to 17th February, 2013 at Academic Staff College of Gauhati University

Research projects carried out & Guidance:

Past / Ongoing corporate responsibilities:

· Assistant Coordinator of the IGNOU study centre (04177) of Arya Vidyapeeth College since 2010 · Academic Counselor of BPP programme of IGNOU since 2010 · Member of the Editorial Board of the college magazine ‘ARYAN’ in the golden jubilee celebration year 2009-2010 · Convener of the grievance cell of the college in the year 2004 · Member of the Teaching, Learning and Evaluation of the Working Committee for the preparation of the NAAC Self Study Report 2014 · Helped in the counting of votes in the General election of the Executive member of the AVCSU for the session 2014-2015 · Member of the Library Committee of Arya Vidyapeeth College in the year 2014 · Assisted the principal in the students’ feedback process of IQAC during the session 2012, 2013, 2014 · Member of the ‘Disaster Management Cell’ of Arya Vidyapeeth College in the year 2014 · Member of the ‘Pre Examination Training Cell’ of the Arya Vidyapeeth College since the year 2012 · Member of the media Committee of the Giridhar Sarma Memorial lecture which was held on 10.02.2014 · Teacher-in –Charge of the secretary of social service of Arya Vidyapeeth College Student Union in the Year 2014 -2015

Academic Association:

· Life member of the All India Association for Educational Research · Life member of the Centre for Environment, Education and Economic Development(CEED) · Life member of the North-East India Education Society(NEIES)

Research Papers:

· Published a research paper entitled ‘Influence of Television Advertisement on the Buying patterns of Adolescent Girls’ in the proceeding of the seminar “Women and the Environment-A Look into the Issues, Problems and Opportunities” (ISBN978-81-922965-1-7), published by D.K. College, Mirza,2013 · Published a research paper entitled ‘Use of Statistics by the Social Science Researchers’ in the proceeding of the Seminar “Recent Trends in Statistics and its Applications” (ISBN97881-922965- 1-7), published by Department of Statistics, Arya Vidyapeeth College, Guwahati.2013 · Published a paper entitled “Ethnic Conflict of North East India and Awareness of Youth of Guwhati” in the proceeding of the Seminar “Ethnic Conflict and Identity Crisis in the North-east India” (ISBN819234400-2), published by of Hajo,2012 · Published a paper entitled ‘A Study on the influence of Self Help Group on the Changing Socio- Economic Status of Rural Women under the Bezera Development Block of Kamrup District Of Assam’ in the proceeding of the UGC sponsored seminar on “Women and Human Right”, published by IQAC of (ISBN978-81910812-0-6), 2011 · Published a paper in the proceeding of the UGC sponsored seminar on “Empowerment of Women: Issues involved”, published by Radha Gobinda Baruah College. · Published a paper entitled “Micro Teaching” in the proceeding of the international seminar on “Issues And prospect of Higher education” published by Cotton College,Guwahati, …….

Books co-authoured:

Chapter in Books:

Edited Book:

· Member of the Editorial Board of the college magazine ‘ARYAN’ in the golden jubilee celebration year 2009-2010 · Member of the Editorial Board of the book “Career and Job” vol. -1 which was published by the Career Counselling and Placement Cell of Arya Vidyapeeth College, 2011

Articles:

Seminars / Workshops / Trainings attended: · Attended Xth North-East India Education Society(NEIES) annual conference held at on 7th and 8th Sept, 2000 · Attended the workshop on ‘Quality in Higher Education’ organisede on 18th January, 2003 by S. B. Deaurah College · Participated in the U.G.C. sponsored seminar organised by K.R.B. Girls College held on 23rd -24th January, 2004 · Attended the workshop cum orientation programe on ‘Guidance and Counseling’ organised by ‘Prayas’ and Guidance and Counseling Cell of Cotton College on 26th and 27th March, 2004 · Attended the ‘Research Methodology Course’ organised by O. K. D Institute of Social Change and development and sponsored by Indian Council of Social Science and Research and Govt. of Assam from 17th and 24th January, 2004 · Presented a paper entitled ‘Family and Delinquency’ in the National Seminar on the topic ‘Delinquency and Public Life’ held on 16th and 17th July,2005 at Pragjyotish College, Ghy organised by Sankardeva Institute for Human Development and Oriental Studies, Jalukbari, Guwahati. · Participated in the workshop on ‘Question Paper Setting’ held in Arya Vidyapeeth College on 13th July, 2005 organised by Assam Higher Secondary Education Council. · Attended the National Seminar on the ‘Post Colonial Novel’ organised by Aryan Literary Society at Arya Vidyapeeth College from 21st -22nd January, 2006. · Attended the training course on ‘Computer Application in Social Sciences’ organised by Omeo Kumar Das Institute of Social Change and Development from October 28 to November 4, 2006. · Attended a three days training course on Disaster Management from 26th December to 28th December 2006 at Assam Administrative Staff College, Guwahati. · Participated in the Seminar on HIV-AIDS organised by the Department of Education, Cotton College on 6th January, 2007. · Presented a paper entitled ‘Professionalism and Teacher’s Accountability in Higher Education’ in the UGC sponsored National Seminar on the topic “Education in the 21st century: Challenges and Prospects” organised by All India Association for Educational Research at PGTC, Jorhat, Assam, January 20-21, 2007 · Participated in the Seminar on Internet Access on Scholarly and Educational Information held on 30th November, 2007 at Academic Staff College of Guwahati University organised by Council for Teacher Education, Assam Chapter. · Participated in the Seminar on Public Funded Education System: Challenges and responsibilities held at K.C. Das Commerce College on 24th December,2008 organised by Assam College Teacher Association, Kamrup Zone ‘A’ · Participated in the workshop on ‘Research Methodology’ on 7th January 2009 organised by the Department of Education, Gauhati University and Haraprasad Institute of Behaviourl Studies (HIBS) Agra. · Presented a paper on ‘Education for Promoting Women Empowerment’ in the UGC sponsored National Seminar on the topic “Empowerment of Women- Issues Involved” organised by Radha Govida Baruah College, Guwahati –25, held on 9th and 10th January 2009 · Participated in one day workshop on Terrorism in Assam: Challenges for the Civil Society, organised by S.B.Deorah College, Ulubari, Guwahati on 14th March,2009 Guwahati, Assam · Presented a paper entitled ‘Micro Teaching: Its Importance in Teacher Training’ in the UGC sponsored National Seminar on the topic “Teaching Technique in Higher Education with special reference to Rural Colleges” organised by Department of Education, Rangapara College in collaboration with Kaliabor College of Education from 26th -27th November,2009. · Presented a paper entitled ‘A Study on the influence of Self Help Group on the Changing Socio- Economic Status of Rural Women under the Bezera Development Block of Kamrup District Of Assam’ in the UGC sponsored National Seminar on “Human Rights and Socio-Economic and Political Status of Women in Northeast India” during 12th and 13th November, 2010 at Barbhag College, Kalag, Nalbari, Assam. · Presented a paper entitled ‘Problems of University Education and Quality Assurance’ in the UGC sponsored National Seminar on “Quality Assurance in Higher Education-Role of Stakeholders” organised by IQAC of ,held on 23rd and 24th November, 2010 at Goreswar college · Presented a paper in the International Geographical Union Commission Seminar on Land Use, Biodiversity and climate change organised by Department of Geography, Cotton College, Guwahati from 11th to 13th December, 2010. · Presented a paper entitled ‘Ethnic Conflict of North East and awareness of youths of Guwahati’ in the UGC sponsored National Seminar on “Ethnic Conflict and Identity Crisis of Different Ethnic groups in North East India” held on 7th and 8th January,2011 at Suren Das College, Hajo, Kamrup, Assam. · Attended a day long workshop on photography organised by the Career Counseling and Placement Cell of Arya Vidyapeeth College in association with the NGO ‘Bridge to Build’ on 20th January, 2011 at Arya Vidyapeeth College. · Attended the North-East India Teacher Educators’ Conference organised by IGNOU in collaboration with NEC, Shillong from 20th-21st May at NPTI Complex, Kahilipara, Guwahati. · Presented a paper in the seminar programme on “Population and Adolescence Education in North-East India: Issues and challenges” held at NECRD (IGNOU) from 28th September to 29th September, 2011 conducted by NERIE(NCERT), Shillong · Presented a paper entitled ‘Use of Statistics by the Social Science Researchers’ in the UGC sponsored Seminar on “Recent Trends in Statistics and its Applications” during 3rd and 4th February, 2012 at Arya Vidyapeeth College. · Attended in the UGC sponsored “Symposium on Examination Reforms” organised by Arya Vidyapeeth College on 18th February, 2012 · Presented a paper on “Importance of Value Education for Adolescents” in the National Seminar held at the Department of Education, Gauhati Universityon 5th and 6th April, 2012 which was organised by the Department of Education, Gauhati University in collaboration with Abhiruchi Institute of Physical Education. · Participated in the two days “Orientation Programme for Academic Counsellors” held at IGNOU regional Centre, Guwahati on 5th and 6th January, 2013. · Participated in the Refresher Course in the subject “Disaster and their Management ” from 28th January to 17th February, 2013 at Academic Staff College of Gauhati University · Attended the workshop on “Instructional Design for Teacher Educators” organised by IGNOU from 11th to 13th March, 2013 at NPTI, Kahilipara, Guwahati. · Presented a paper entitled ‘Influence of Television Advertisement on buying Pattern of Adolescent girls’ in the UGC sponsored National Seminar on “Women and Environment-A Look into the Issues, Problems and Opportunities” held at D.K. College, Mirza during 31st March -1st April, 2013. · Presented a paper titled ‘Role of Working Parents in Child Rearing ’in the National Seminar on “Children and Assamese Children Literature” held at Gauhati University from 7th to 8th June,2014 organised by Manab Bikash Samaj, Guwahati and Department of Communication and Jurnalism, G.U. · Participated in one day International Peace Conference on the theme of “Building Nations of Peace: Our Shared responsibility” organised by Universal Peace Federation of India and Indira Gandhi National Open University, Assam on 4th August, 2014 · Participated in the Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development and Gauhati University workshop on Capasity Building of Women Managers in Higher Education, Jointly organised by the School of Gender Studies, RGNIYD and GU, Assam from 12th to 18th November 2014, held at the Department of Economics, Gauhati University, Guwahati, Assam.

Services rendered:

· Acted as a Resource Person and delivered a lecture on the topic “Girl Child and Their Education” in the programme on National Girl Child Day on 24th January 2012 at Kalyani Nivas of Indian Council for Child Welfare, Rupnagar, Guwahati · Act as a Guest Lecturer on “Capacity Building Programme” on 29th June, 2012 for the staff of Shelter Home for Girl child, Shishu Greh and Childline under Indian Council for Child Welfare, Assam State Branch at Kalyani Nivas, Rupnagar, Guwahati · Acted as a Resource Person in the programme for ‘Capacity Building of Secondary School Head Teacher on conducting Action Research’ on 12th and 13th February 2014, which was organised by North East Regional Institute of Education, NCERT, Umiam, Shillong.