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Research and Development


Royal School of Languages (RSL)

Department of Language

Thrust areas of Research

    North East Studies:
  • Ethnicity and identity
  • Orality and Folk
  • Language, Dialects and Linguistics
  • Cultural Studies
  • Culture, Music
  • performing
  • arts,
  • Travel Narratives
    Comparative Literature/Interdisciplinary Studies:
  • Psychology, Electronics, Philosophy, Sociology, History
  • Aesthetics
  • Visual culture/Film studies/ Popular Culture.
  • Apart from the thrust areas, the Department offers options on post-colonial literature, diaspora literature, American literature and contemporary British Literature.


Instruments and Facilities

Language Lab.

# Year of procurement Item and description Make/Model Amount with GST Quantity Vendor
1 2023 SPECKTRON 4K Multi-touch interactive Flat Panel display with build in Android system 84714190 1,15,000.00 1 Almoe Digital Solutions, Bangalore
2 2023 OPS used with IFPQ, I year warranty against manufacturing defect only 84733020 28,200.00 1 Almoe Digital Solutions, Bangalore
3 2023 LP CAM 85258900 40,000.00 1 Almoe Digital Solutions, Bangalore
4 2023 USB and Bluetooth Speaker phone 85181000 15,200.00 1 Almoe Digital Solutions, Bangalore
5 2023 Upgrade to Oréll Talk Max Version for 600 users 8525 1,20,000.00 2 Orell Technosystem India, Karnataka
6 2023 Lenovo Desktops 115E-50AGB0 25,14,000.00 1 Datamation Services, Guwahati
Total 28,32,400.00

# SCHOOL NAME OF THE PHD STUDENT REGISTRATION NO. GUIDE NAME WITH AFFILIATION TOPIC OF RESEARCH Photo
1 RSL NEIZOVOU (1170706) 1170706 Prof. Pradip Jyoti Mahanta Folksongs of the Angami Nagas: Transmission and Preservation of Culture and Tradition img
2 RSL KARENG RONGHANGPI (107101005) 107101005 Dr. Baishalee Rajkhowa Myth, Memory, Belief: A Study on Karbi Oral Narratives img
3 RSL ASENLA YANGER (1190012) 1190012 Prof. Krishna Barua Milieu, Memory, Man: A Comparative Study of Naturalism and Deep Ecology in the Selected Novels of John Steinbeck and Easterine Kire img
4 RSL CHIBENI MERRY (1191456) 1191456 Dr Jasmine Choudhury Overcoming the Hegemony of Patriarchy: Portrayal of Naga Women in Select Works of Temsula Ao and Easterine Kire. img
5 RSL BANANI DAS Prof. Krishna Barua The Semantics of Power in Themes and Variations of Selected Short Stories of Bhabendra Nath Saikia img
6 RSL FAHMIDA AKHTAR (1200010) 1200010 Dr. Baishalee Rajkhowa Influence of Contact Languages on Goalpariya Dialect: A Study in Goalpara and Dhubri Districts of Assam. img
7 RSL GITIMA DEKA (1200010) 1200010 Prof. Pradip Jyoti Mahanta Construction of Womanhood, Faith and Justice: A Study of Sita and Draupadi of Valmiki's Ramayana and Vyasa's Mahabharata as revealed in their English Translations. img
8 RSL IFTIKAR ALI AHMED (1200012) 1200012 Dr. Baishalee Rajkhowa Linguistic Imperialism: A Study of its Impact on the Assamese Language img
9 RSL CHANDAM CHANU NGANTHOIHANBI (1291540) 1291540 Prof. Krishna Barua Space and Place in the Oral Literatue of the Meiteis:An Eco- Criticial Analysis img
10 RSL CHINMOYEE DEKA (1201541) 1201541 Dr Jasmine Choudhury Ecofeminist Paradigm: Exploring Interconnetedness Through a Study of Selected Texts of Manjula Padmanabhan, Toni Morrison and Romesh Gunesekera. img
11 RSL HIMASHRI KUMAR (1180875) 1180875 Prof. Krishna Barua Modernism and Its Variations:A Critical Study on the Poetic Oeuvre of Hiren Bhattacharyya img
12 RSL LAISHRAM PINKY (1201542) 1201542 Prof. Pradip Jyoti Mahanta Modernity in Manipuri Literature: A Study of M.K. Binodini's Works. img
13 RSL SERAM RAJESHWARAN SINGH (1201543) 1201543 Prof. Pradip Jyoti Mahanta An Aesthetic Appraisal of Manipuri Raas Leela with Particular Reference to Basanta Ras img
14 RSL DIMPY BANIA (210008) 210008 Prof. Krishna Barua Situating the Self: A Psycho- Philosophical Study of Karna's Identity and Heroism in the Mahabharata img
15 RSL RASHMIREKHA BARMAN 180891 Prof. Krishna Barua Writing from Memory and History: A Psychosocial Study on Abdulrazak Gurnah's Fiction img
16 RSL GOURISHIKHA BORGOHAIN 1211831 Dr. Stuti Goswami, School of Languages Understanding Plantation Narratives: A Critical Reading of Selected Assamese Novels img
16 RSL GOURISHIKHA BORGOHAIN 1211831 Dr. Stuti Goswami, School of Languages Understanding Plantation Narratives: A Critical Reading of Selected Assamese Novels img
17 RSL DEIFY BAKORDOR SUTING 1191086 Dr. Pronami Bhattacharyya A Study of Double Colonisation and Intersectionality in the Selected Texts of African Literature img
18 RSL HEMANTA BORA Prof. Bornali Bhuyan An Ecopsychological Study of Ruskin Bond's Selected Stories img
19 RSL KASTURI BORGOHAIN 1222288 Dr. Stuti Goswami Narratives from the Periphery: Exploring Borders and Nations in Selected Assamese Novels of the Twentieth Century img
20 RSL PAYEL DAS 1222289 Dr. Pronami Bhattacharyya Subalternity and Double Marginalization in the Selected Works of Mahasweta Devi and Bama img
21 RSL MIRANDA NGANGOM 1222254 Dr. Pronami Bhattacharyya Resilience In Ink: Exploring Intersectionality, Marginalization and the Triumph of Ecriture Feminine in Select African- American Slave Women's Narrative img
22 RSL BABUL SARKAR img
23 RSL JUBIN NAHAR Dr. Pronami Bhattacharyya Mapping Postcolonial Identity: Contrapuntal Reading of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Selected Texts img
24 RSL NIVEDITA DUTTA Prof. Bornali Bhuyan Statistical Analysis of Factors Affecting the Acceptance of AI Tools in English Language Teaching img
25 RSL SATAVISHA HAZARIKA Dr. Baishalee Rajkhowa Translingual Practices in English Language Classrooms: A Cross-Sectional Study of its Influence in Middle English School Learners in Kamrup and Dhubri Districts of Assam. img
26 RSL SINJINI SAIKIA Dr. Stuti Goswami Print History and Literary Narratives in Colonial Assam img
27 RSL TAJUNGMENLA JAMIR Dr. Stuti Goswami Representation of women in Naga literature : Temsula Ao Laburnum for my Head, Aosenla, The Pot Maker img
28 RSL KASTURI BORGOHAIN 1222288 Dr. Stuti Goswami Narratives from the Periphery: Exploring Borders and Nations in Selected Assamese Novels of the Twentieth Century img
29 RSL TUHISHA GHOSH 237101009 Dr. Stuti Goswami Narratives of Triumph: Exploring Personal Narratives of Firdaus Kanga, Abhishek Anicca, Preeti Monga, Ved Mehta, Malini Chib, and Sarmistha Pritam. img
30 RSL ABAMEDA GIRI KHARMALKI 1222288 Prof. Bornali Bhuyan Comparative Study on Magic Realism in Haruki Murakami's Work and Literature from India's North East img
31 RSL ADITI GHOSH Dr. Stuti Goswami Exploring Interstices in the Shillong Poetry Movement: Reading through the Lenses of Space and Time img
32 RSL PUJA KUMARI 237101008 Dr. Baishalee Rajkhowa Developing the Reading Skill of Students img
33 RSL ADITI GHOSH Dr. Baishalee Rajkhowa Baul tradition in Barak Valley of Assam img

Project -4

Completed projects: Dr. Stuti Goswami
Title: Digitization of Assamese Language Magazine Jonaki (1889-1903)
Funding agency: The Assam Royal Global University
Duration: seven months


Research Highlights :

Publications For the last 5 years

-2018-

Gogoi PG. Aravind Adiga’s The White Tiger: A Social Reposition. Research Journal of Arts, Management and Social Sciences. 2018 Mar. 18: 9- 14.
Gogoi PG. Shakespeare’s King Lear: Hamartia and the Cathartic Effect. Reflections on William Shakespeare. 2018. 1: 113-121

-2019-

Gogoi PG. Temsula Ao’s ‘Song-Bird’—A Reverberation of the Lost Oral Tradition. Ajanta. 2019 Apr; 40776: 174-179
Devraj, Ayushman. “Fissures and Faultlines: Perspectives of Partition in Manohar Malgonkar’s A Bend in the Ganges”. Partition of India: Memory, Trauma and Representation. pp 40-44, 2019. ISBN: 978-81-86385-23-6.

-2020-

Kalita, M, Rajkhowa, B. Usage of the Assamese Language in Assam: Dialectal Varieties vis-a-vis the Standard language, Quest Journals. 2020 Feb 2321-9467
Rajkhowa, B. Multimodal Stylisticcs in Graphic Novel : Understanding the Visual language Syntax in Art Spiegalman’s Maus. International Journal of Linguistics, Literature and Translation.2020. Nov 2617-0299.doi:10.32996/ijllt
Stuti Goswami. Bharotiyo Sishu Sahityar Keitaman Jonopriyo Soritro. Asom Sishu Sahitya Kosha. Vol 1/40. ISBN 978-93-89559-62-0. 2020. KK Handiqui State Open University Guwahati.
Stuti Goswami (tr) What Lies Over Here? Sanjib Pol Deka. How to Tell the Story of an Insurgency. 2020. ISBN 9789353576523. Harper Collins.
Stuti Goswami. Swapnodrostar Swopnobhongo. Satsari. 2020. ISSN: 2319-8893.

-2021-

Devraj, Ayushman, and Kandarpa Das. “Cultural Hybridity and the Russian-American (Con)Text: A Study of Gary Shteyngart’s Little Failure.” Indian Journal of Russian Studies, vol. 2, 2021, ISSN 2582-6514
Devraj, Ayushman. “The Making of a Cultural Icon: Bishnuprasad Rabha in Assamese National Consciousness” Sahapedia, 2021.
Devraj, Ayushman. “What Assamese Nationalism Owes to Bishnuprasad Rabha: A Journey Through His Lyric Poems” Sahapedia, 2021. Devraj, Ayushman. “In Conversation with Prof. Pradip Jyoti Mahanta: Bishnuprasad Rabha’s Works Exude His Revolutionary Spirit” Sahapedia, 2021.
Stuti Goswami. Into the World of Myth: Retelling or Rereading? Female Author-ity: Women’s Short Story Writing in Assamese. 2021. ISBN 9788193896495. Papyrus Guwahati
Stuti Goswami. Anubad Adhyayan aru Hermeneuticsor Dharona. Sahitya: Dristikun aru Bichar. ISBN 978-81-947995-9-7. 2021. Dibrugarh University.
Stuti Goswami. Biswayonor Porikathamot William Shakespeare r Natok. Sahitya: Dristikun aru Bichar. 2021. 2021. ISBN 978-81- 947995-9-7. Dibrugarh University.
Stuti Goswami. Sampratik Kalor Suti Galpa. 2021. Satsari. ISSN: 2319-8893. Guwahati
Stuti Goswami (tr) The Future of Man. Diganta Oza. Unchartered W(e)aves. 2021. ISBN: 9788194338123. Papyrus, Guwahati.
Stuti Goswami. Jeevonarthor Pom Khedi. 2021. Prakash. ISSN 2279-0683. Publication Board, Assam.

-2022-

Bashyas, A, Rajkhowa, B.Japanese Orientalism: A Feminist’s Perspective in The Study of Arthur Golden’s Memories of a Geisha and Mineko Iwasaki’s Geisha. Quest Journals. 2022. 2347-3002.
Bhattacharyya, Pronami. ‘Ecofeminist Consciousness in Folktales of the Dungri Garasiya Bhils’ in Indian Feminist Ecocriticism, September 2022, Lexington (Rowman & Littlefield), ISBN: 978-1666908718.
Bhattacharyya, Pronami. Spectres of Discontinuity and Incoherence”: The Deconstruction of Unintelligible Margins in Select Plays of Mahesh Dattani in The Gendered Subaltern and the Urban Theatre Space. 2022, Cambridge Scholars’ Press. ISBN: 978-1-5275- 8238-5
Bhattacharyya, Pronami. Ecofeminist Consciousness in Select Folktales from Northeast India. Rupkatha Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies, 2022, vol 14, no.1.
Bhattacharyya, Pronami. “The Gaze of the ‘Other’: A Study of Frederick Douglass’s Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: An American Slave (1845); My Bondage My Freedom (1855)”, Dibrugarh University Journal of English Studies, Vol. 29), 2022 (ISSN: 0975-5659)
Bhattacharyya, Pronami. Literary Theory: Abridged, 2022, ISBN: 978 93 5636 276 5.
Stuti Goswami. Of Pandemic and Life’s Propositions. English Language Notes Vol. 60 Issue 1. 2022. ISBN 978147801731, Duke University Press. doi.org/10.1215/00138282-9560320
Stuti Goswami, Dibyajyoti Sarma. (eds.) Pollen Grain ISBN 789392494093. 2022. Red River Press, New Delhi.
Stuti Goswami, Jahnu Bharadwaj (tr.) Border Conflict, Love for Pakistan and a Poem. Indira Goswami: Margins and Beyond. 2022. ISBN 978-1-032- 42527-6 . Taylor & Francis.
Stuti Goswami, Jahnu Bharadwaj (tr.) The Last Meeting of Indira Gandhi and Amrita Pritam. Indira Goswami: Margins and Beyond. 2022. ISBN 978-1-032-42527-6 . Taylor & Francis.
Stuti Goswami, Jahnu Bharadwaj (tr.) Burning. Indira Goswami: Margins and Beyond. 2022. ISBN 978-1-032-42527-6 . Taylor & Francis.
Stuti Goswami, Jahnu Bharadwaj (tr.) The Immortality of the Assamese Language. Indira Goswami: Margins and Beyond. 2022. ISBN 978-1-032- 42527-6 . Taylor & Francis.
Stuti Goswami, Jahnu Bharadwaj (tr.) G.B. Road’s Prohibited Neighbourhood Indira Goswami: Margins and Beyond. 2022. ISBN 978-1-032-42527- 6 . Taylor & Francis. doi: 10.4324/9781003147015-22

-2023-

Bhattacharyya, Pronami. Biological Apocalypse: Species Extinction in the Anthropocene, 2023. Primus Books, New Delhi.
Chandni Khaund, Predicting Reading Development in Assamese Primary School Children With Accuracy and Fluency Tasks, Journal of Developmental Language Disorders in Childhood and Adolescence, 2023 November, 10.4018/979-8-3693-0644-4.ch011
Chandni Khaund, Understanding and Overcoming Dyslexia: Insights from Alphasyllabary Writing System and Neuroimaging, Journal of Language Learning and Teaching, 2023 January
Chandni Khaund, Visual Storytelling Using Digital Tools for Struggling Readers Learning Complex Orthography, Proceedings of International Conference on Visual Narratives: Unveiling Stories Beyond Words, Presidency University, 2023 August
Devraj, Ayushman "Reflections On Hybridity And Postimmigration Nostalgia In Contemporary Russian-American Fiction: Texts And Contexts". Assonance. pp 166-177, vol 23, 2023 ISSN 2394-7853
Rajkhowa, B. Bridging Gaps in Learning English as a Second Language Quest through Remedial Intervention in Primary Schools of Kamrup District in Assam. Harmonizing progress Navigating Sustainable Development through Education, Innovation, Industry and Consumption.2023, 978-81-19757-33-6.
Sharma, M, Rajkhowa, B. Ancient Bharatiya Wisdom in Modern Context: Everlasting Relevance of Bharatiya Knowledge System Heritage for Human Development. University News.2023 Nov 0566-2257.
Deb Rroy, A, Rajkhowa, B. Integrating Bharatiya Knowledge System in the Teaching-Learning Framework for Holistic Development in Higher Education Institutions. University News.2023 Nov 0566-2257
Ahmed, I.A, Rajkhowa, B, Nath, A.K. Linguistic Imperialism: A Study of its impact in the Greater Sibsagar District of Assam. Indian Journal of Language and Linguistics. 2023 doi.org/10.54392/ijll2322
Stuti Goswami. Queer Narratives in Twentieth Century Assamese Literature, Queer Voices from the Periphery: A Collection of Perspectives from Northeast India. 2023. Qurate Books Goa. ISBN: 978-8119263851
Stuti Goswami (ed) Beseiged. Birendra Kumar Bhattacharyya tr. Navamalati Chakravarty. 2023. Assam Institute of Translation, Asam Sahitya Sabha Guwahati
Das, Banani. Body Image and Identity : A look into Select Short Stories of Bhabendra Nath Saikia. International Journal of English Literature and Social Sciences. (ISSN: 2456-7620): Vol-8, Issue-4, Pg.: 178-185, July 2023. DOI: 10.22161/ijels.84.29

-2024-

Bhattacharyya, Pronami. Ecology of the ‘Other’: A Posthumanist Study of Easterine Kire’s When the River Sleeps (2014). Humanities (MDPI)13, no. 1: 19. 2024. https://doi.org/10.3390/h13010019
Das, Banani, Ina Deka. A Marxist Feminist Analysis of Public-Private Dichotomy in Ibsen’s A Doll’s House and Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice. International Journal of Creative Research Thoughts.
Das, Banani. Mapping the Trajectory: Bhaona’s Growth and Development within the Diverse landscape of Indian Drama. MSSV Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences. 2455-7706 Vol VIII. Jan 2024.Pg. 32-47

Research Highlights :


Faculty Development Program on “Narratives of Culture”, organized by the Department of English, The Assam Royal Global University, in collaboration with Centre for Indian Knowledge Systems (CIKS), IIT, Guwahati, from 21st September- 29th September 2023.