Assistant Professor
Date of Birth : | 02/07/1979 |
Contact Numbers : | 0381-237-3005 |
E-mails : | sharmilachhotaray[at]tripurauniv.ac.in, sharmilahcu[[at]]gmail.com |
Qualifications : | MA, M.Phil, Ph.D (University of Hyderabad) |
Topics Taught : | Sociology of Culture & Communication and Qualitative Methodology, Diaspora Studies |
Publications (year wise) :
(A)Published Papers in Journals :
Sl. No. | Title with page nos | Journal | ISSN/ ISBN No | No. of Co-authors |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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) |
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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 |
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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 3rd 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.