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Research and Development


Royal School of Humanities & Social Sciences (RSHSS)

Department of Social Work

Thrust areas of Research

  • Gender Studies
  • Feminist Social Work
  • Mental Health
  • Youth and Drug Abuse
  • Child Rights
  • Social Inclusion
  • Community Development
  • Livelihood
  • Disaster Studies
  • Indigenous Knowledge System and DRR
  • Sustainable Development
  • Tribal Culture
  • Migration
  • Residential School Education and Social Entrepreneurship


PhD Students


Ongoing PhD students under Dr. Meenu Sharma

# Name Topic Supervisor
1 Ms. Elizabeth Misao
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Exploring Narratives of Armed Conflict Widows in Manipur: Feminist Thoughts Dr. Priyanka Patowari

Ongoing projects

# Name Topic Funding agency Duration
1 Dr. Priyanka Patowari
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Battle over Chores: Gender, Household Labour and Marital Satisfaction in the City of Guwahati Battle over Chores: Gender, Household Labour and Marital Satisfaction in the City of Guwahati 1 Year
2 Dr. T. Luithuiwung Awungshi
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Street Children and Substance Abuse: An Investigation in the Kamrup Metro District of Assam The Assam Royal Global University (Seed Money) 1.5 Years

Ongoing projects

# Name Topic Funding agency Duration
1 Dr. Priyanka Patowari
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Need Assessment Survey (NAS) and Social Impact Evaluation of the nearby villages of NTPC Bongaigaon situated in Kokrajhar District of BTC, Assam. Grant Thornton BharatLLP 1 Year
2 Dr. Moses Newme
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Socio Economic Survey in Tousem Sub-Division, Tamenglong District, Manipur NEDFi 6 Months

Publications For the last 5 years

-2020 (Journals)-

i. Patowari, P. “Feminist Standpoint theory and its importance in feminist research”. Journal of Social Work Education and Practice, 2020. Volume 5(2)
ii. Patowari, P. “The Suffering of Homeless Women in Covid Times”. Pax Lumina. 2020, Loyola Institute of Peace and International Relations
iii. Patowari, P. “The Suffering of Homeless Women in Covid Times”. Pax Lumina. 2020, Loyola Institute of Peace and International Relations
iv. Newme M, Thangjom L S. Socio-Economic profile of Zeme Naga in Tamenglong district of Manipur. Social Work Journal (Special Issue), 2020, 11(1&2); 12-21. Assam University, Silchar, India.
v. Raj, A, Gohain, M. M. Mapping the terrain of child migration and boarding school education in India, Journal of Social Sciences, 2020, 48(3), 2380-2391
vi. Gohain, M.M and Raj. A. Plight of Children of Migrants During COVID-19 Pandemic, Counter Currents, July 22, 2020
vii. Chetry. B; Re-theorizing Livelihoods: Impacts of floods and Traditional adaptation practices a study of Majuli, Assam. Journal of Northeast India Studies, Volume 10(2), July-Dec 2020 and ISSN (2278-1455) & eISSN (2277- 6869). http://www.jneis.com/10-2-1/

-2020 (Book Chapters)-

i. Khumukcham, J., Majumdar, S., & Guha, S. Sustainable development and Indigenous entrepreneurship: A case study on Santhei Natural Park. In Singh, A & Reji, E. Social Entrepreneurship and Sustainable Development. 2020. ISBN: 1000079791

-2021 (Journals)-

i. Newme M, Thangjom L S (2021). Fate of migrant workers during lockdown with special reference to Tamenglong District of Manipur, BSSS Journal of Social Work, VIII(I): 69-80. https://doi.org/10.51767/jsw1305
ii. Awungshi T L, Joseph A. Drug abuse among Tangkhul youth in Ukhrul district of Manipur. Social Work Journa. 2021, 12 (1 & 2); 99-110.
iii. Patowari, P. The Paradoxical Problem of Child Marriage in India. Social Work Journal, 2021. Volume 10 (1)

-2021 (Book)-

Patowari, P. “Exploring the obscurities of Child Marriage in Assam: A Feminist Standpoint Perspective”. Manak Publications, New Delhi. 2021

-2021 (Book Chapters)-

i. Bhattacharjee, J., Doubly Oppressed: An account of Dalit Woman's experience in the unorganized sector of the economy, Women in Today's World (2021), Shriyanshi Prakashan, Agra
ii. Majumdar, S., & Khumukcham, J. Female in Indigenous Entrepreneurship: Inquiring Family Dimension. In Guha, Samapti and Satyajit Majumdar. In Search of Business Models in Social Entrepreneurship. 2021. ISBN: 9789811603907
iii. Khumukcham, J. The community-based business model of Indigenous people: Indigenous entrepreneurship, Innovation and Value creation. In Guha, Samapti and Satyajit Majumdar. In Search of Business Models in Social Entrepreneurship. 2021. ISBN: 9789811603907
iv. Khumukcham, J. (2021). Women Entrepreneur and their Knowledge of Traditional Pottery-Making: Ethnographic Inquiry of Traditional Pottery Skill. In Shukhdeba Sharma Hanjabam, Aheibam Koireng Singh, Sadam Hanjabam. Women Entrepreneurs and Atmanirbhar Manipur. 2021. ISBN: 8183705855

-2022 (Journals)-

i. Patowari, P. “Mimesis of Female Sexuality in Popular Culture”. Towards Excellence. 2022, Volume 14(1)
ii. Bhattacharjee, J., Awungshi, T.L., Refuge in the Office: The Female Social Worker's Account of Engagement at 'Home' Versus The 'Outside' World; South Asian Journal of Participative Development, (2022) Vol 22 (2)

-2022 (Book Chapters)-

Chetry. B; Living with Floods: Community based coping and resilience mechanism of Mising from floods (2022). published in (Eds.) book on Challenges of Disasters in Asia: Vulnerability, Adaptation and Resilience in Asia by Haroon Sajjad et. al., in Springer Nature (ISBN: 9789811935664). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-3567-1_23

-2023 (Journals)-

i. Gohain, M.M, Raj, A (2023). Left-Behind Children of Migrants in Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya –Evidence Based study from Bihar, Explorations, 7(1), ISSN: 2581- 5741
ii. Hazarika, N, Deka, H, Kulnu, A Susan, M, Puranjay, R, Petekhrienuo, Mausoom Phukan, Mayur and Kalita, D. "Chapter 1 Habitat and distribution of medicinal plants". Phytochemicals in Medicinal Plants: Biodiversity, Bioactivity and Drug Discovery, edited by Charu Arora, Dakeshwar Kumar Verma, Jeenat Aslam and Pramod Kumar Mahish, Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter, 2023, pp. 1-26. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110791891-001
iii. Phukan, M.P, Sangma, S.R., Kalita,D, Pankaj,P.P, Das,P.P, Bora, P, Saha, J, Kumar Manoj, Hazarika, N, Kataki,R. Chapter 18 - Next-generational biosurfactant and their practical application in the food industry, Applications of Next Generation Biosurfactants in the Food Sector, Academic Press, 2023, Pages 361-389, ISBN 9780128242834, https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12- 824283-4.00020-4.
iv. Khumukcham, J. Customer Orientation in Indigenous Entrepreneurial Activities. Indian Journal of Social Work. 2023. 8 (2). 185-202
v. Khumukcham, J., Kumar, P., Kumar, A., & Tiwana., A. Social Entrepreneurship in Value Creation and Empathy through Social Media during COVID-19 Pandemic. Indian Journal of Natural Sciences. 2023. 78 (14). 56763- 56774
vi. Tufail, M., Kamble P. M., Khumukcham, J., Kumar, K., Kumar, A., Sangma, F., Tiwana, A. Climate Variability and Transhumant Adaptation among Gujjar and Bakarwal Communities. EMInternational. 2023.30(1) 222-231
vii. Mangar, U, Gachuiwo H, Dey, M,Lyngdoh, Y, Awungshi T L. Exploring Satisfaction and Loyalty on Select Monastic Heritage Sites with Special References to Sikkim. International Journal of Membrane Science and Technology. 2023, 10 (5); 317-330.

-2023 (Book Chapters)-

i. Bhattacharjee, J., Post Development through Resilience: the journey of women SHGs and Entrepreuners in the post COVID-19 era, Prayash (2023), Women Cell, Pandu College
ii. Chetry. B; Perilous Waters: Gendering Community Based Disasters Management Practices from floods a study of Majuli Assam (2023) in edited book Sustainable Development Goals in Northeast India: Challenges and Achievements by Prof. Subash Anand et. al., in Springer Nature Singapore, 2198- 3542 (E-ISSN 2198 – 3550). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-3567- 1_23

-2024 (Journals)-

i. Kalita,A.J, Sarma, J, Hazarika,A, Bardhan, S, Hazarika, N, Borppujari, P, Kalita, D & Rajkhowa , S. (2024). Organic Micropollutants in Environment: Origin and Occurrence. In: Bhadouria, R., Tripathi, S., Singh, P., Singh, R., Singh, H.P. (eds) Organic Micropollutants in Aquatic and Terrestrial Environments. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-48977-8_1
ii. Lakra N R, Awungshi T L. Exploring the Role of Social Work Amongst Child Labor: National Education Policy, 2020 and its perspective in the context of Pub-Boragaon, Guwahati. Children with Multiple Vulnerabilities. 2024, 106- 122.
iii. Chetry. B; Gendered impacts of and vulnerabilities to Disasters: A case study of Assam. Development and Practice, (Taylor and Francis Journal). Vol 34 (1).
Nominated for ECR Prize under “Gender and Disasters” Category 2024. https://doi.org/10.1080/09614524.2023.2300979

-2024 (Book Chapters)-

i. Bhattacharjee, J. Silence or Chaos? Responding to Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse, Children with Multiple Vulnerabilities (2024), Global Publishing House India, Hyderabad
ii. Khumukcham, J. Exploring Value Proposition by Indigenous Entrepreneurs: Multiple Case studies of Powerloom Enterprises of Manipur with reference to Grassroots Innovation and Frugal Aspects. In Reji and Satyajit Majumdar. Social Enterprise Values and Process: Entrepreneurship Studies from India. 2024. ISBN: 9789819732517
iii. Chetry. B; Vulnerable Geographies: Exploring vulnerabilities through a gendered lens during disasters a study of Majuli, Assam (2024 in print) edited by Dr Tapas Kumar Dalapati, Rawat Publication, India.

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