Department of Sociology

Publications (year wise) :

(A)Published Papers in Journals :

Sl. No.	Title with page nos	Journal	ISSN/ ISBN No	No. of Co-authors
1	Soap Opera and Its Audience Reception: A Review of Shifting Paradigm, Lokaratna, Vol. XI, Part – I, 2018, pp. 87-101	Lokaratna. An E-Journal of Folklore Foundation	2347-6427	Two
2	Violence Against Women in Popular Bengali Soap Opera Texts Interpreting Female Viewer's Reception in Urban Tripura, The Eastern Anthropologist, Vol. 71, No. 1-2, 2018, pp. 117-132	The Eastern Anthropologist	0012-8686	Two
3	Revisiting the ‘unbroken cultural development’ through the socio-cultural history of pre-colonial Odisha, Lokaratna, Vol. IV, 2011	Lokaratna. An E-Journal of Folklore Foundation	2347-6427	One
4	“Voices of Dissent: The Street Theatre Movement of Natya Chetana in Odisha” , Vol.65, no-3-4, July-December 2012, pp.355-374.	The Eastern Anthropologist		One
5	Revisitng the ‘unbroken cultural development’ through the socio-cultural history of pre-colonial Odisha, , Dec 2011, Vol-IV	Lokaratna: Journal of the Folklore Foundation		One
6	"Narratives of Regional Identity: Revisiting Modern Oriya Theatre from 1880-1980" pp. 47-56	Lokaratna: Journal of the Folklore Foundation, Dec. 2010.		One
7	"Jatra Tradition: A Sociological Reading of a Popular Theater of Orissa, Eastern India" pp.201-226	Iranian Folk Culture Quarterly Magazine, Research Center for Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting, Fall 2009.		One
8	Between Then and Now: The Changing Pattern of Modern Oriya Theatre from 1880-1980, , Vol.LII, No. 1&2, pp.77-83 , 2007	Odisha Historical Research journal		One
9	"The Jatra Tradition of Orissa: It's Historical Evolution"101-111	Folk Culture Research Journal, No.9, June 2002, Kolkata.		One
10	Jatra Theatre as a Culture Industry: The Cultural Economy of Folk Popular Theatre of Eastern India,	ISS E-Journal: Journal of the Indian Sociological Society, Vol. 1, No 2, Jan-July 2013.

Non-Referred Journals

• The Jatra Tradition of Odisha: Its Historical Evolution« Folk Culture Research Journal, No.9, June 2002, Kolkata.
• Co-author Janata sadhanJamatia,‘Socio-Cultural Life of Jamatia with reference to Garia Festival in Tripura’ in Artlandjounral, Vol.XXX. No.1-3, Jan-March 21.

(i) Articles / Chapters published in Books:

Sl. No.	Title with page nos	Book Title, editor & publisher	ISSN/ ISBN No	No. of Co-authors/editors
1	Cultural Politics of Popular Performance: Structure and Representation of Odia Jatra	Cultural Politics of Popular Performance: Structure and Representation of Odia Jatra, Primus Publication, New Delhi, Forthcoming (2022)	--	One
2	Recapitulating the history of Bengali Jatra’	Recapitulating the history of Bengali Jatra’. Manuscript submitted to be published in Indian Institute of Advanced Study (IIAS) Shimla	--	One
3	Assessing the Social Impact of SHGs: A Case Study of TFIPAP (JICA)Project of Tripura	Assessing the Social Impact of SHGs: A Case Study of TFIPAP (JICA)Project of Tripura, Rawat Publisher, Jaipur, Manuscript accepted	--	Three
4	Television Soap Operas as Women’s Genre: Reviewing the Genesis and Current Trends of Reception Studies	Television Soap Operas as Women’s Genre: Reviewing the Genesis and Current Trends of Reception Studies in “Communication and Modern Indian Society” ed. by Sankha Shubhra Bhadra, Global Publishing House India, 2017. pp.140-151	978-93-81563-39-7	Two
5	Social Construction and Perception of Mass Media among the youths of Tripura: Case Studies of Television, Cinema, Advertisement and Social Media	Social Construction and Perception of Mass Media among the youths of Tripura: Case Studies of Television, Cinema, Advertisement and Social Media, in “Communication and Modern Indian Society” ed. by Sankha Shubhra Bhadra, Global Publishing House India, 2017. pp.107-118	978-93-81563-39-7	Three
6	Challenges for the Total Sanitation Campaign in North-East India: Reviewing the Case of Tribal Villages in West Tripura	Challenges for the Total Sanitation Campaign in North-East India: Reviewing the Case of Tribal Villages in West Tripura, in Bindeshwar Pathak, ed. ‘Sociology of Sanitation’, Kalpaz Publication, New Delhi, 2015. pp. 195-204	10:9351280896	Two
7	Gender and Livelihood: An Impact Study of Tripura Forest Environment Improvement and Poverty Alleviation Project	Gender and Livelihood: An Impact Study of Tripura Forest Environment Improvement and Poverty Alleviation Project, Co-authored with Rajeev Dubey, in Uttam Kumar Panda, ed. ‘Gender Issues and Challenges in Twenty First Century’, Satyam Law International, New Delhi, 2014. pp. 207-226	10: 9382823204 13:9789382823209	Two
8	Understanding Cultural hybridization: A Case Study	Understanding Cultural hybridization: A Case Study in HALDAR, PK & et al. Eds., Contours of Globalization. Visakhapatnam: Global Publishing House (India), 2012. pp. 478-494	10: 9381563136	One
9	"Understanding Cultural hybridization: A Case Study", 2012	PK Haldar & etal. Eds., Contours of Globalization, Global Publishing House (India), Visakhpatnam.	-	One

Book Reviews

• Karim H. Karim, ed. (2003) The Media of Diaspora, London / NY: Routledge, in: Diaspora Studies, Vol 3, No 2, July-Dec, 2010: 207-217.ISSN:0973-95722
• Colonial Theater in India, ed. by Lata Singh, Oxford University Press, 2009, in: Social Scientist, May-June, Vol 39. 2011: 90-93. ISSN: 0970-0293
• Writing Identities, by Roma Chatterjee, IGNCA and Aryan Books international 2009, in: Contributions to Indian Sociology 48, 1 2014:156-158
• Globalisation, Nationalism and the Text of Kichaka-Vadha, the first English translation of the Marathi-anti-colonial classic, with a historical analysis of theatre in British India, translated with an introduction by Rakesh H. Solomon, Anthem Press India, 2015, in Social Scientist, vol.44/Nos.5-6/May-June 2016. ISSN 0970-0293
• So Near, Yet So Far, Badal Sircar’s Third Theatre, Oxford University Press, New Delhi,2017, reviewed for Social Scientist

SCHOLARSHIP/AWARD/RECOGNITIONS:

• Faculty Award’ in recognition to the achievement (2015-2020), Tripura University on15th August 2021.
• Fellow, Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla,July 2018-July 2020
• Teacher Associate at Indian Institute of Advance Studies, Shimla, India, 2014-2017

(B) Full Papers in Conference Proceedings:

Sl. No.	Title with page nos	Details of Conference Publication	ISSN/ ISBN No	No. of Co-authors
1	"Popular Cultural Performance and Construction of Regional Identity: A Reading of Odia Jatra Texts"	Papiya Ghosh Memorial Fund annual workshop, at the Centre for Study in Social Sciences, Calcutta, May, 2010.

SEMINAR/CONFERENCE/WORKSHOP/REFRESHER/ORIENTATIONS ETC. PARTICIPATED:

Sl. No.	Title of the paper presented	Title of Conference / Seminar	Organized by	Whether international / national / state / regional / college or university level
1	Jatra Theatre as a Culture Industry: The Cultural Economy of Folk Popular Theatre of Eastern India	Re-routing Performance	International Federation for Theatre Research, Barcelona, Spain	International
2	“Performing Cinematic-Hybrid Culture: A Reading of Popular Odia Jatra in Eastern India”	International conference on Performative Communication: Culture and Politics in South Asia	Dept. of Sociology, South Asian University and Culture and Media Governance, Jamia Milia Islamia, New Delhi	International
3	Odia Gender Identity: Appropriation of Patriarchal values.	1st international Conference on Life, Language and Culture, Dhaka	GanoBiswabidyalay& Jahangir Nagar University, Dhaka, Bangladesh	International
4	"The Mahabharata on the Move: ‘World’s Largest Open Air-Theatre' DhanuJatra in Eastern India at Bargarh, Western Odisha"	XIII International Conference of Indian Society for Theater Research on Travelling Performance and Theatre Cultures: Assessing Praxis, Paradigms and Perspectives	Cultural Education Centre Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh	International
5	"Women’s Rights as Human Rights"	"Women’s Rights as Human Rights" at the ICSSR-NERC	ICSSR-NERC, sponsored in association with the Women’s Studies Centre, Tripura University	National
6	"History of Tripura as Reflected in the Manuscripts"	‘History of Tripura as Reflected in the Manuscripts’/td>	Manuscript Resource Centre, Tripura University & National Mission for Manuscripts, Ministry of Culture, Govt. of India	National
7	Popular Cultural Performance and Construction of Regional Identity: A Reading of Odia Jatra Texts	Workshop organised by CSSS, Calcutta Papiya Ghosh Memorial Fund, July, 2010	Workshop organised by CSSS, Calcutta Papiya Ghosh Memorial Fund	National
8	Cultural Politics of Popular Performance: Structure and Representation of Odia Jatra	IIAS Associates’Seminar	Indian Institute of Advanced Studies, Shimla	National
9	"Integrating and Resisting the 'Other': The Contemporary History of Emerging Tribal Identity in Tripura."	IIAS Associates’Seminar	Indian Institute of Advanced Studies, Shimla	National
10	"Cultural Politics of Popular Performance: Structure and Representation"	IIAS Associates’Seminar	Indian Institute of Advanced Studies, Shimla	National

SUMMIT PARTICIPATED:

• Represented Tripura in the 6th Sustainable Mountain Development Summit at AIzawl , Mizoram from 20-22 September 2017.

INVITED LECTURED AND CHAIRMANSHIPS AT NATIONAL OR INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE / SEMINAR ETC:

Sl. No.	Title of Lecture / Academic Session	Title of Conference / Seminar etc	Organized by	Whether international / national
1	"Insider as Outsider in Tripura: Methodological issues to study Border Societies", Jan. 19-20, 2018	"South Asian Sociology & Beyond"	Dept. of Sociology, Dhaka University	International
2	"Theatre, Resistance and Nationalism: Jatra movement in Pre-independent Odisha", Feb. 21-23, 2018	Social and Political Movements in Odisha: Past and Present	Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Kanpur	International
3	"Belief, Value & Cultural Attitude", Dec. 2013	"Improving Police-Public Interface"	KTD Singh Police Training Academy, Tripura, Narsingarh	State
4	"Prevailing gender inequalities: Historical and cultural background and Constitutional provision", Jan. 2015	Workshop on Gender Sensitization	KTD Singh Police Training Academy, Tripura, Narsingarh	State
5	"Socialization", March, 2015	--	National School of Drama, Agartala	State
6	"Quantitative-Qualitative Research Design, Grounded Theory", March, 2015	Research Methodology in Social Sciences	Department of Education and History, Tripura University	State
7	CSR intervention in Sanitation and its Impact on facilitating social and environmental change; and outreach excluded and marginalised communities: Liberation, Empowerment, and Mainstreaming of Scavengers, Nov. 2015	Fulfilling the Dream of Hon’ble Prime Minister to Provide Toilet in Each Household by 2019 – Challenges and the Way Ahead	Sulabh International, New Delhi.	National
8	Women Empowerment, Nov. 2015	Special lecture on Women Empowerment	Women’s College	State
9	Cultural stereotypes and social stigma: Issues of genderinequality and justice, Media, society and role of parents. Feb. 2016	Contemporary India and Childhood Seminar	National School of Drama, Agartala	State
10	Panellist of Side-Event Seminar on 'Scoping of Value Chain Management on selected NTFPs for Livelihood Development in NE Region'. March, 2016	'Scoping of Value Chain Management on selected NTFPs for Livelihood Development in NE Region'	Centre for Forest and Livelihood Extension, Agartala, Tripura	State
11	Invited speaker on ‘Gender Roles –Social Milieus, Cultural Practices & Education’. Nov. 2016	‘An Integrated Approach to Education’	Cultural Resources and Training (CCRT), New Delhi	National
12	Gendered Education: Interrogating the Stereotypes. Nov. 2016	Towards Inclusive Quality Education: Understanding the Problems of Dalits and the Marginalised	Holy Cross College, West Tripura	National
13	Invited paper presentation, Margins on the Border: Social History of Alienation and Displacement of Tribal from Partition to Post-Liberation War in Tripura. Feb. 2017	Revisiting Partition: concepts, dynamics and manifestations with special focus on north east India	Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati in association with the Institute of Social Change	National
14	Invited paper presented, Sulabh: A discourse of Untouchability? Nov. 2017	Scourge of Scavenging: Revisiting the Question of Sanitation/Scavenging/Scavengers	Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla	National
15	Invited for an interaction with the legend at Ravindrabhavan for an allied event. March, 2018	Interaction with the legend	National School of Drama, Agartala	State
16	Resource Person and Chaired a session in a Two Days National Seminar on Quality Education with Special Reference to Tribal Education (Primary, Secondary and Language Problem) April, 2018	National Seminar on Quality Education with Special Reference to Tribal Education (Primary, Secondary and Language Problem)	Dept. of Sociology, M.B.B. College, Agartala, in Collaboration with Tribal Research and Cultural Institute (TR&CI)Government of Tripura	National
17	Chaired a session titled "Unpacking the Intricacies of Health and Society" January, 2018	"South Asian Sociology & Beyond"	Dept. of Sociology, Dhaka University	International
18	Invited lecturer on Gender and Education. Dec. 2018	--	National School of Drama, Agartala	State

REPORTS AND CASE STUDIES in Non-peer-reviewed Magazine/Journal Publication:

• Case studies on topics related to Natural Resource Management, Cooperative Society and Self-Help Groups for Research Consultancy Organization ‘Glocal Research on Serilingampally’, Hyderabad, Sep-Oct, 2002.
• Folk Theatre Festival« University of Hyderabad Newsletter, November 2004.
• Natya Chetana’ s LokaNatya Mela, Indian Express, Feb 17, 2004.
• Jatra is not a hindrance to Odiya Proscenium Theatre: Looking from historical Perspective, Manan NatyaSansthan Souvenir, Bhubaneswar, Feb 2010
• Researching Culture and Society of Rural Odisha, The Ravenshaw Times, Vol.1, No.4, April 2011
• Mahatma Gandhi as an Environmentalist, The Ravenshaw Times, August 2011
• Identity Retrieved: Odia Nationalism and Language Resistance Movement, in Tripura Odia Samaj souvenir, Agartala, 2012

Membership/Positions in Learned Academic Bodies/Organizations:

• Indian Sociological Society
• International Federation for Theatre Research
• Indian Society for Theatre Research

Research Projects:

Sl. No.	Course/Summer School	Title	Duration	Period	Grant / Amount Mobilized (Rs. lakh)
1	Part-time research assistant,Department of Sociology, University of Hyderabad.	Recurring Charges of Economy, Polity and Maginalised Groups, in the U.P.E.10.4.1	Jan. - Aug. 2004	Six months	Rs.50,000
2	Ford Foundation at the Archives and Research Centre forEthnomusicology of the American Institute of Indian Studies, Gurgaon,India.	Archive and Community Partnership	Aug. 2009 -Oct. 2010-Archive research project titled: Archive and Community Partnership, funded by the Ford Foundation at the Archives and Research Centre for Ethnomusicology of the American Institute of Indian Studies, Gurgaon,India.	Fourteen months	Rs. 6 lakh

Research Supervisions:

Sl. No.	Course/Summer School	Scholars name	Topic	Status
1	Ravenshaw University, Cuttack	Nupur	Odia Popular Cinema	Registered

Scholarship/Award/Recognitions:

• ICSSR (Indian Council of Social Science Research, New Delhi) grant for writing of Post-doctoral research proposal at 3^rd Post-Doctoral Research Initiative Programme at North Eastern Regional Centre, NEHU Campus, Shillong, India from November 2012 to March 2013.
• DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) scholarship for attending a Summer School of two weeks, at Johannes Gutenberg Universitat, Mainz, Germany from July 4-17, 2008.

Other information (if any):

write for university magazines (University of Hyderabad newsletter, Ravenshaw Times) , newspapers (Indian Express) and several book reviews articles in Social Scientist and Diaspora Studies,edit popular Odia magazines (Jatra Dunya) and have credits to few book reviews in reputed journals.