Qualifications

• Ph.D. (Department of English, Gauhati University)
• M.A. English (Department of English, Cotton College, Gauhati University)
• B.A. English (Hons.) (Department of English, Cotton College, Gauhati University)

Total Experience:

• 31 years 10 months

Academic Experience:

• 12 years 10 months

Industry Experience:

• 19 years (freelance writer, content writer, book editor, copy editor, professional proof reader)

Research Interests:

• Northeast India Studies, Colonial Historiography, Print Modernity, Disability Studies, Plant Studies, Translation Studies, Indigenous Epistemology, Silk Route Studies

Paper Publications in Journals:

• National: 20 (Assamese and English)
• International: 2

Books Published:

• 4 published (National Book Trust, India, Asam Sahitya Sabha, Gauhati University Press, Red River, New Delhi) and 4 in-press (Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Srimanta Shankardev Kalakshetra, Red River, Assam Book Hive)

Book Chapters Published:

• 22 (Harper Collins, Routledge, Sahitya Akademi, Ratna Books, Papyrus, Aleph Book Company, Asam Sahitya Sabha, K.K. Handiqui State Open University, Dibrugarh University, Pencraft International, etc.)

Books Edited:

• 2

Projects:

• 1 (Digitisation of all issues of Assamese language magazine Jonaki for 1901, 1902, 1903)

Any Other Achievement/Award:

• Published bilingual author, translator, editor for 31 years (1992-2003, 2005-present)—The New York Times, The Sentinel, The Assam Tribune, The Telegraph, India Today, The Times of India, Muse India, Café Dissensus, Satsari, Prakash, Quest, journal of Vivekananda Kendra Institute of Culture, etc.
• Invited speaker/resource person at India International Centre, New Delhi, Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi, Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati (IIT-G), Tezpur University, Cotton University, Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA), Regional Centre, PAGIR Chennai, Janki Devi Memorial College, University of Delhi, Goalpara College, Arya Vidyapeeth College, Guwahati, J.N. College, Boko, Assam, H.P.B. College, Golaghat, etc.
• Peer reviewer: Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences (SH&SS), Indian Institute of Advanced Studies (IIAS), Shimla, Geohumanities, Routledge, Dibrugarh University Journal of English Studies (DUJES), Department of English, Dibrugarh University, Transcript, Department of English, Bodoland University, India, Zeitgeist, Bahona College, Jorhat, Assam.
• 21 academic paper presentations and 5 session chairs in seminars and conferences (national and international)
• Interactor with Shashi Tharoor (NKTV), Kuladhar Saikia (Brahmaputra Literary Festival & Festival of Letters, Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi), Rashmi Narzary & Aruni Kashyap (The Assam Royal Global University)
• Trained in Hindustani classical music (vocal) from Pracheen Kala Kendra, Chandigarh and Bhatkhande Sangeet Vidyapith, Lucknow
• Subtitled two Assamese language documentaries.