BIO-DATA OF FACULTY MEMBERS

NAME: Dr. MRINAL SARMA. M.Sc.,M.Phil.,Ph.D.

DESIGNATION:Associate Professor

NAME OF DEPARTMENT:Anthropology

DATE OF JOINING:01/09/1984

CONTACT NO.: 099541-74636 (M)

RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS: Pragati Path, Mathura Nagar, House No. 5, P.O.-Dispur Guwahati-781006.

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PUBLICATIONS:

  1. ‘Marriage Among the RongdaniRabhas of Assam: An Appraisal’ .Journal of the North East India Council for Social Science Research. 1990.14(1).ISSN 0970-7913.
  2. ‘Village Level Institutions Among the Hill Karbis in Hamren Area of Assam: A Preliminary Note’. Bulletin of the Department of Anthropology, Gauhati University.1992.VI:40-45,
  3. ‘Techniques and Workmanship Associated with Different Artifacts used by the Hill Karbis: An Account’.Bulletin of the Department of Anthropology, Gauhati University.1993.VI: 20-24.
  4. ‘Housing Problem Among the Rural Migrants of Lower Income Category: A Brief Study in an Encroacher’s Colony in Guwahati City’ published in Bulletin of the Department of Anthropology, Gauhati University.1994 VIII: 14-19.
  5. ‘Assamese Rural Migrants in Guwahati City: An Appraisal’ published in Bulletin of the Department of Anthropology, Gauhati University.1995. Vol. IX:46-50,
  6. ‘Socio-Economic Change in a Karbi Village in the Vicinity of Guwahati City’.Journal of North-East India Council for Social Science Research,Shillong.2004. 28(2).ISSN 0970-7913
  7. ‘Death Rites Among the PatiRabhas of Assam: A Brief Account’. The Oriental Anthropologist, Allahabad. 2005. 5(1), 2005. ISSN 0972-558K.
  8. ‘Rural Assamese Migrants in an Urban Setting: A Case Study in a Migrants’ Colony in Guwahati City’. The Oriental Anthropologist, Allahabad. 2006.6 (2).
  1. ‘Urbanization and Change: A Case Study of Socio-economic Transition in a PatiRabha Locality in Guwahati’. Bulletin of the Department of Anthropology, Gauhati University, (spl. Issue), 10:81-86.
  1. ‘Involvement of Voluntary Organizations in Child Welfare: An Overview of the Programmes and Activities in a District of Assam’. The Oriental Anthropologist, Allahabad. 2008. 8 (1-2).ISSN 0972-558K.
  2. ‘Rites of Passage of the SonowalKacharis of Assam’.The Department of Anthropology, Gauhati University.2008-2009.XI: 89-94.
  3. ‘An Exploration of the Problems of the Rural Assamese Migrants in Petty Salaried Government Jobs in Guwahati’. Man and Life,ISRAA, Bidisa.2010.36, (1-2)..ISSN0972-4109.
  4. ‘Foothold in the Urban Job Market: A Study of the Rural Assamese Migrants in Petty Salaried Government Jobs in Guwahati’ published in Man and Life, ISRAA, Bidisa. 2011.37(1-2):97-106.ISSN0972-4109.
  5. “Assessment of Flood Vulnerability in Jejabori Village of Palashbari in Kamrup District, Assam”. Environment and Civil Society: Issues, Problems and Remedies.(Ed.) R. Deka, Dept of Education, S B Deorah College,2015. 247-52. ISBN 978-81-929759-0-0.
  1. ‘Benevolent and Malevolent Sprit Among the PatiRabhas: An Appraisal’ Journal of Social Sciences Humanities and Literature. 2013. II (1), ISSN-2277-842X.

SEMINARS /WORKSHOP:

  1. Participated in the ‘Teachers Orientation Programme Regarding Examination’ conducted by IQAC, L.C. Bharali College, Guwahati.
  2. Participated in a workshop on ‘Question Paper Setting’ conducted by AHSEC and A.V. College.
  3. Participated in a National Seminar on ‘Intangible Cultural Heritage of Assam’ organized by Department of Anthropology, Gauhati University and Indira Gandhi RastriyaManavSangrahalaya, Bhopal, and presented a paper entitled ‘Rites of Passage: A Brief Study Among the Bodos of Assam’.
  1. Participated in a workshop on Photography organized by Career Counseling and Placement Cell, A.V. College.
  2. Participated in a UGC Sponsored National Seminar on ‘Recent Trends in Statistics and Applications’ organized by A.V. College and presented a paper entitled ‘Some Aspects of Fertility: A Brief Study Among Three Mongoloid Population and Brahmaputra Valley’.

RESEARCH PROJECTS:

  1. Completed UGC sponsored Minor Research Project entitled “Socio-cultural Dimensions of the Rural Assamese Migrants in Petty Salaried Jobs in Guwahati, Assam” in 2007
  2. Completed UGC sponsored Minor Research Project entitled ‘Functions of Voluntary Organizations in Child Welfare with Reference to Kamrup District, Assam’ in 2010.

ORIENTATION/ REFRESHER COURSE/SHORT TERM COURSE:

  1. Orientation Course:From 15th February, 1991 to 14th March, 1991, ASC, GU.
  2. Refresher Course:From 11th December, 1995 to 31st December, 1995, ASC, GU.
  3. Refresher Course:From 22nd March, 2000 to 11th April, 2000, ASC, GU.
  4. Refresher Course:From 15th March, 2004 to 11th April, 2004, Academic Staff College, University of Allahabad.
  5. Short term Course:From 19th November, 2012 to 25th November, 2012. Academic Staff College, Gauhati University.