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1)Name:DR. MOUSHUMI DUTTA PATHAK.
2)Father’s Name:Late Narendra Chandra Dutta.
3)Present Occupation: Associate Professor.
4)Designation &:Associate Professor,
AddressDepartment of History, AryaVidyapeethCollege,
Gopinath Nagar, Guwahati.
5) Date of Birth:19th May 1965 (19/05/1965)
6)Nationality:Indian.
7)Category:General.
8)Permanent:Dr. Moushumi Dutta Pathak.
AddressW/O. Manash Ranjan Pathak
R. K. Choudhury Road, Bharalumukh,
Guwahati-781009, District-Kamrup (M), Assam.
9)Address for Communication:Same as above.
10)Telephone No.:98640-63959 (Mbl.), 94354-05273 (Mbl.)
11)E-Mail ID:
12)Qualification:M. A. (History), LL. B., Ph. D., PGDHR (Human Rights).
13)Educational Qualification :
a)Passed H.S.L.C. Examination securing 59.8% from St. Mary’s EnglishHigh School, Guwahati under the Board of Secondary Education, Assam (1981).
b)Passed P.U. (Arts) securing 65.4% from St. Mary’s College, Shillong under North-EasternHillUniversity, Meghalaya (1983)
c)Passed B.A. with History (Hons.) securing 64% from Cotton College, Gauhati University (1986) ------1st Class First, Best-Graduate of the University of the Year securing the Highest Aggregate Marks, Recipient of the S K. Bhuyan Award and Recipient of the Janaki Devi Sharma Prize for the Best Girl Student of the Year.
d)Passed M.A. (History) securing 69.1% from GauhatiUniversity (1988 held in 1990) ----- 1st Class First, Recipient of the Academic Gold Medal from GauhatiUniversity.
e)Passed LL.B. securing 53% from GovernmentLawCollege, Guwahati under GauhatiUniversity (1991).
f)Obtained the Post-Graduate Diploma in Human Rights (PGDHR) under distance mode from the Indian Institute of Human Rights, New Delhi securing 1st Class with 68.4% (2006).
g) Awarded Doctoral degree on the thesis entitled “Forced Migration, Rehabilitation and Resettlement: Partition-Displaced Bengali Hindus in the BrahmaputraValley” under the supervision of Dr. Monirul Hussain, Head, Department of Political Science, GauhatiUniversity (2011).
h) Recognition as Ph.D Guide:(a) K.K.H.S.O.U on 2012 (b) GauhatiUniversity, Dept. Of Sociology on 2013 (c) Dept. of History, GauhatiUniversity, 2014.
14)Publications :
i)‘The Peasant Revolt at Sarukhetri: The Raij Mel Published in North-East India History Proceedings,.Vol. 23rd Session, 2003
ii)‘The Trauma of Displacement: Partition Displaced Bengali Hindus in the BrahmaputraValley’. Published in North-East India History Proceedings Vol. 25th Session, 2004
iii)‘A Home for the Homeless: Rehabilitation and Society in N. E. India (19th & 20th century)’– Published in Proceedings of Seminar, Sponsored by MAKAIS, ed. by Dr. Priyam Goswami, Dept. of History, Gauhati University, 2007.
iv)‘Women under the Umbrella of the Neo-Vaishnavite Movement’ in ‘Srimanta Sankardeva Bharata Barise’ ed. Dr. B.C. Kalita and Hemanta Dhing Majumdar, Guwahati, Dec. 2005.
v)‘Hindu Bengali Migration in Assam Valley: Demographic Transformation and Social Change’, in ‘Changing Patterns of Economy Peasant’s Revolt at Sarukhetri: the Raij Mel’. Published in North-East India History Proceedings, Vol. 23rd Session, 2002.
vi)‘Influence of Ramayana in Assam’, ‘Itihas Darpan’, Vol. VII, No.1, Akhil Bhartiya Itihas Sankalan Yojana, New Delhi, 2000.
vii)‘Migration as a factor of Social Change’, ‘ITIHAS’, Gauhati College Journal, Guwahati, Vol. II, No. 2, 2004.
viii)Contributor to the ‘Asamiya Biswakosh’, (Encyclopaedia in Assamese), Vol.VI, Itihas ed. by Dr. Rajen Saikia, Asam Sahitya Sabha, Jorhat, 2005.
ix)Contributor to the ‘Asamiya Biswakosh’, (Encyclopaedia in Assamese), Vol.VII, Itihas ed. by Dr. Rajen Saikia, Asam Sahitya Sabha, Jorhat, 2007.
x)Ancient Civilizations – Book for Class-VIII (S.E.B.A. recommended), K. M. Publishing, Guwahati, 2003. (ISBN81-85916-77-2)
xi)Revolutions and Revolts that shaped the Nations–Book for Class IX (S.E.B.A. recommended), K. M. Publishing, Guwahati, 2004. (ISBN 81-85916-62-4)
xii)Modern World History – Book for Class X (as per S.E.B.A. syllabus), K. M. Publishing, Guwahati, 2005(ISBN81-85916-89-6) .
xiii) ‘Society of Sarukhetri : Groundwork of the Peasants Movement of Lachima’ in David R Symliegh & Manorama Sharma ed. Society and Economy in North-East India, Volume 3, Regency Publications, New Delhi, 2008 (ISBN : 978-81-89233-60-0).
xiv) ‘Impact of Bengal Renaissance on Women in Colonial Assam’ in the Proceedings of the National Seminar on ‘Status of Women in Colonial Assam’, published by Pandu College, Guwahati, 2009.
xv) ‘Tethered Strings of Human Resource Development: A Case Study of the Bamunigaon Refugee Camp in the Annual Journal of Women’s College, Silchar, Cachar, Assam, 2010. (ISSN : 0975-3338).
xvi)‘Thinking and Rethinking Partition in the North-East : Colonial and Post-Colonial Assam’ in Barbed Wire: Borders and Partitions in South Asia ed. by Jayita Sengupta, Routledge, 2012 (ISBN : 978-0-415-50150-7).
xvii)‘Relocating and Redefining Life : Survival Strategies of theBengali Displaced Women in North East India’ in Quest, Vol. V, No. 2, ed. by Prof. B. B. Kumar, Published by Vivekananda Kendra Institute of Culture, M. G. Road, Uzanbazar, River Side Guwahati-1 January 2012, (ISSN : 0976-0040).
xviii)‘Partition-Displaced Bengali Hindus; A Demographic threat and threat to Employment?’ in Dr.Amal Kumar Agarwala and Dr. Manab Deka in Recent Trends in Statistical Application, 2012( ISBN 978-93-81859-13-1)
xix) Struggle Against the Raj: Peasant Resistances in Colonial Assam in Dr. Arupjyoti Choudhury, Pankaj Gogoi ed. Politics in the North-East India- Historiography, Diversity and Contemporary Issues, Bookland ,2015.
xx) The Bengali ‘space’ in pre-colonial, colonial and post-colonial Assam in Subhash Barman ed.Assam Politics History Culture , ACTA 2013(ISBN:978-81-920635-4-6)
xi)Paper on ‘Situating Partition within frame-work of post-colonial Assam’ in North-East India: Socio-Economic profile in Regency Publications, 2016 by Karmashree Hiteswar Saikia College.
xii)Brahmaputra Valley in the legacy of the Partition of 1947: Exploring the Human Right syndrome in Ankur Khataniar ed. International Seminar Progs. South Asia: Past, Present and Beyond, Global Publishing House, Vishakapatanam, 2016(ISBN:978-93-81563-64-9)
Seminars/Conferences / Workshops attended:
i) Attended Workshop on ‘Democracy, Secularism and Human Rights’ organized by the Department of Political Science, GauhatiUniversity in collaboration with the Center for Study of Society and Secularism, Mumbai on 2nd and 3rd April,2002.
ii)Attended 23rd NEIHA Conference held in Tripura University, Agartala from 26th September, 2002 to 28th September,2002 and presented a paper entitled ‘The Peasant’s Revolt at Sarukhetri: the Raij Mel’.
iii) Participant in the National Seminar on ‘Sankardeva’s contribution towards socio-economic regeneration’ organised by Bharatiya Itihas Sankalan Samiti, Assam at Vivekananda Kendra Institute of Culture, Guwahati during 5-6 October,2002 and presented a paper entitled ‘Women under the Umbrella of the Neo-Vaishnavite Movement’.
iv)Attended 24th NEIHA Conference held in Gauhati University, Guwahati from 16th October, 2003 to 18th October,2003 and presented a paper entitled ‘The Trauma of Displacement : Partition Displaced Bengali Hindus in the Brahmaputra Valley’.
v) Attended the National Seminar on “ Society and Economy in North-East India 19th -20th Centuries” held in the Department of History, NEHU, Shillong between 1st and 3rd March,2004 and presented a paper entitled ‘Society of Sarukhetri : Groundwork of the Peasants Movement of Lachima’.
vi)Participated in the Indian Institute of Advanced Study sponsored National Seminar on Social Change in the North-East: Problems and Prospects held during April 28-30,2004, at Vivekananda Kendra Institute of Culture, Guwahati and presented a paper entitled ‘Social Impact of the Bengali Hindu Migration in the Brahmaputra Valley’.
vii) Attended 25th NEIHA Conference held in North-East Hill University, Shillong from 28th October, 2004 to 30th October,2004 and presented a paper entitled ‘A Home for the Homeless : Rehabilitation of the East Bengal Refugees in the Brahmaputra Valley’.
viii)Attended National Seminar on Changing Patterns of Economy and their impact on Society in the North-eastern region of India in the 20th century organised by the Department of History, Gauhati University in collaboration with Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies, Kolkata, held on 20-21 May,2005 and presented a paper entitled ‘Hindu Bengali Migration in Assam Valley: Demographic Transformation and Social Change’.
ix)Attended the Sixty-sixth Session of the Indian History Congress, Visva Bharati , Santiniketan from 28th-30th January, 2006 and presented a paper entitled ‘Partition of 1947: Reflections in Post-Colonial Assam in Section III- Modern India’.
x) Participated in the UGC-ICHR sponsored National Seminar on ‘Status of Women in Colonial Assam’ organised by the Department of History, PanduCollege on 29th and 30th September,2008 and presented a paper entitled ‘Impact of Bengal Renaissance on Women in Colonial Assam’.
xi)Participated in the UGC sponsored National Seminar on Population, Environment and Development in North-east India organised by Arya Vidyapeeth College in Association with Assam Science Society on 20-21 October,2009 and presented a paper on Migration, Social Change and Development: The Case of the Bengali Hindus in the Brahmaputra Valley.
xii)Participated in the Seminar on ‘Politico-Historical and Social Cultural Constructs of North East India: Continuity and Change’ organized by the Asiatic Society in collaboration with Gauhati University on 9th and 10th March,2011 and presented a paper entitled-Emergence of Linguistic Nationalism and formation of Assamese Identity in Colonial Assam.
xiii)Participated in the UGC sponsored National Seminar on ‘Recent Trends in Statistics and its Applications’ organized by the Department of Statistics, Arya Vidyapeeth College in collaboration with Department of Statistics, Dibrugarh University and presented a paper on Partition Displaced Bengali Hindus in the Brahmaputra Valley: A Demographic threat and threat to Employment? during 3rd and 4th February,2012.
xiv)Participated in a UGC-sponsored Symposium on Examination Reforms organised by AryaVidyapeethCollege on 18th February,2012.
xv)Participated in a Symposium on Effective Teaching organised by the Department of Education, Under the CPE scheme of the UGC on 21st May,2012.
xvi)Participated in a Workshop on History Syllabus for TDC Course of Gauhati University held at DimoriaCollege, Khetri in association with the P.G. Department of History, GauhatiUniversity on 10th March,2004.
xvii)Participated in a Workshop on Review of History Syllabus for TDC Course (Major and General) of GauhatiUniversity organised by the Department of History, GauhatiUniversity on 12th and 13th June,2008.
xviii) Participated in a State-level Workshop on Choice-Based Credit system and Restructuring of Under-graduate Curriculum organized by PanduCollege teacher’s Unit in association with Assam College Teacher’s Association-Kamrup Metro Zone on 5th January, 2013.
xix) Participated in the UGC sponsored National Seminar on “Women & Environment: A look into the issues, problems and opportunities” organized by the Department of Women Studies on 2013 and presented a paper on Lives ‘Relocated’ and ‘Restructured’: Understanding the Partition –Displaced Bengali Women of the BrahmaputraValley within a social framework.
xx) Participated in a National Seminar on ‘Prospects of and Challenges in bridging the Gender Divide’ on 2nd and 3rd May 2014 organized by National Law University and Judicial Academy, Assam and presented a paper titled Fragmented Identities :Legal perspectives of the Partition –Displaced Women in Assam.
xxi) Participated in a National Seminar on ‘Understanding Urban History’ organized by the Department of History in association with the Indian Council of Historical Research on 5th and 6th Sept.2014 and presented a paper entitledUnderstanding Urbanisation within the frame-work of Bengali migration into Assam: A case study of the East Pakistan Refugee Rehabilitation Colony in Guwahati.
xxii) Participated in a National Seminar on ‘Cultural Heritage of Assam’ organised by the Department of Anthropology, Gauhati University in collaboration with Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sanghralaya, Bhopal from 23rd to 25th April, 2015 and presented a paper entitled Cultural Assimilation and Integration of the Partition-Displaced?
xxiii)Participated and presented a Paper on Brahmaputra Valley in the legacy of the Partition of 1947: Exploring the Human Right Syndrome in International Seminar on ‘Socio-economic Development of South Asian Countries-Past, Present and Beyond” organized by the Dept. of History, Rangia College on 18th and 19th December, 2015.
xxiv) Participated and presented a paper jointly entitled ‘Reconstruction of the Assamese identity: Socio-cultural impact of Bengali migration in the Brahmaputra Valley in an International Conference on at DK College, Mirza.
15)PROJECT:
A.Minor Research project completed and submitted to the U.G.C on ‘Peasants Revolt in Colonial Assam: A look into the Sarukhetri riots of 1893-94’ on July, 2011.
B. Minor Research Project Proposal approved and accepted by the U.G.C
on Fragmented Identities : Partition –Displaced Bengali Women in the
Kamrup District in 2016.
16) ORIENTATION/ REFRESHER / SHORT TERM COURSES/ RESEARCH METHODOLOGY COURSE:
a)Participated in Orientation Program at AcademicStaffCollege, GauhatiUniversity from 23rd May 2000 to 25th June 2000.
b) Participated in Refresher Course at AcademicStaffCollege, from 27th January,1999 to 16th February,1999.
c) Participated in Refresher Course at AcademicStaffCollege, GauhatiUniversity from 27th January 2003 to 16thFebruary,2003.
d) Participated in Refresher Course at AcademicStaffCollege, GauhatiUniversity from 16th Dec.2004 to 5th January,2005.
e) Participated in Short term Training Course in Political Science(STC-V) at the UGC –AcademicStaffCollege, GauhatiUniversity from 20th-24th September,2010.
f) Attended the Course on Research Methodology in Social Sciences organized by Omeo Kumar Das Institute of Social Change and Development, during the period 17th-24th January,2002.
g) Participated in a Short Term Training Course on Reforms in Examination and Semester system (ID) at the UGC-AcademicStaffCollege, Guwahati from 3rd December to 9th December, 2012.
17) SERVICES RENDERED:
a)Actively involved in preparation of the Course Curriculum & Examination related works, like Question Setting, Examiner, Scrutinizer and Invigilator for GauhatiUniversity.
b) Confidential works of K.K. Handique State Open University, IDOL,G.U. (Distance mode), Indira Gandhi National Open University, Cotton College State University and Assam Public Service Commission.
c)Reviewer of Course Materials and Content Editor in History of Krishna Kanta Handique State Open University, Guwahati-6 (Distance Education Mode) and Author of Course materials for Political Science (M.A) and History at Institute of Distance and Open Learning (G.U).
d)Member of Professional bodies like North-East India History Association, Kamrupa Anusandhana Samity, Indian History Congress, Indian Association for Asian and Pacific Studies and North-East Council for Social Science Research.
e) Resource Person for Orientation and Refresher Courses at the UGC-Academic Staff College, G.U., Pre-Examination training for Competitive Examination at the Assam Administrative Staff College, Khanapara, Guwahati, ACE Institute, Chandmari and Resource Person at the National Law University and Judicial Academy, Assam.
f) Undertaking classes at the Foundation Course in Human Rights, an U.G.C – sponsored Course conducted by the Dept. of History in collaboration with the Dept. of Political Science, AryaVidyapeethCollege.
g) Invited as a Visiting Professor at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (Guwahati Campus) in 2015 for its B.A. Semester programme on the paper ‘State and People’.
h) Member of the three member Committee of Courses at K.K. Handique State Open University.
i) Resource Person at the Cultural Centre for Resources Training( CCRT) on 20 th May, 2016 and presented an Orientation Lecture on Cultural History of Assam.