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Name : Dr Sujata Dutta Hazarika

Email: sujata @ignou.ac.in

Mobile: 9957576286

PROFILE:

Dr. Sujata Dutta Hazarika is a sociologist with more than fifteen years of experience in research in

areas of sustainability and public policy, governance, sustainable development, education and

natural resource management. Founder faculty and teacher of sociology in the department of

Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Guwahati, she was awarded the Fulbright Senior Research

Fellowship for the year 2010-2011 and hosted by Institute for the Study of Societal Issues (ISSI),

University of California Berkeley. In 2009, she initiated the North East Centre For Research and

Development as the overall in charge of the national centre established by Indira Gandhi National

Open University (IGNOU) to facilitate public policy in North East India through Research and

Development .It envisioned a think-tank for this region in order to create and manage an authentic

Data base for its vast, diverse and unexplored Natural and bio-cultural resources that could

facilitate and Impact Public policy and Development planning in North East India. She is the founder

of GISDP(Global Initiative For Sustainable Development and Planning), as a North South think

tank initiative to redefine economy and business through sustainable public policy grounded on

innovation , inclusion, access, equity, environment . Currently she is Deputy Director at Kolkata

Regional Centre, her services dedicated and aligned to the broader mandate of IGNOU,

democratize education for the creation of an inclusive knowledge based society through

technology mediated open and distance learning.

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EDUCATION:

Post Doctoral Fulbright Senior Research Fellowship 2010-‘11

Name of University: University of California . Berkeley Discipline : Sociology Doctoral Research Topic: EcoVillage initiatives in United States: Understanding Social Change in the new consciousness of Sustainability’ Academic achievement : Delivered a Talk “De-Constructing Sustainability: Questioning Ideas of Growth and Consciousness” at the Institute for the Study of Societal Issues (ISSI) at University of California . Berkeley . November 16, 2010

Doctor of Philosophy Sociology 2002 Name of the University. NEHU )( North eastern Hill University) Discipline: Sociology Doctoral Research Topic: Women Labour of Tea Estates in Upper Assam Academic Achievement: Subsequent publications listed below

Master of Arts Sociology 1995 Name of the university : Delhi University Discipline: Sociology Delhi School Of Economics

Bachelor of Arts Sociology 1993 Name of the university Delhi University Discipline: Sociology Miranda House

WORK EXPERIENCE:

ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE

CURRENT POSITION

1. Deputy Director July 2017 – present

Indira Gandhi national Open University

Kolkata Regional Centre Administrative Work Profile and Responsibilities

Managing and Monitoring Open and Distance Learning for Democratizing Education in West Bengal Grassroot

Establishment and Monitoring of learner support centre, study centre and Programme Study Centre for IGNOU in WestBengal

Chairing Student Induction Programmes in Districts under Regional Centre Monitoring approval of IGNOU Counsellors , appointment and delivery. Monitoring Term end Exam (theory Practical Project) and all examination Related

Matters

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Entrance Tests for different programmes Assignment Evaluation , Data entry and Convocation related matters Monitoring and management of LSC’s Web conference activities Redressal of student queries through iGram Liason and collaboration with State Government machinery for Implementation of

Central Government policies on Village adoption Programme, Unnat Bharat Abhiyan, and other Training and Education related programmes, like Health Programmes of IGNOU

PREVIOUS POSITIONS

2. Deputy Director August 2013 – July 2017

Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU),

Guwahati, Assam, India

Work Profile and Responsibilities

Admission and Examination related activities for Implementation of Open and Distance Learning modules in Assam.

Establishment and Monitoring of learner support centre, study centre and Programme Study Centre for IGNOU.

Supervision and Monitoring of entrance Examination for IGNOU Research and Development activities, Systemic Research Coordination for ODL for North East India. Assignment Evaluation , Data entry and Convocation related matters Monitoring and management of LSC’s Convocation related activities Redressal of student queries through iGram

Research and Development

3. Deputy Director Jan2009 – Aug 2013 North East Center for Research and Development (NECRD)

Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU)Guwahati, Assam, India

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Achievements

Initiated NECRD as a National centre in Guwahati as the overall administrative and financial in charge

(The centre had long term objective of creating a think tank with rich archival resources

and a pool of experts to facilitate research on North-East India)

Responsibilities

To conceptualize , strategize an achievable action plan for research in Fundamental Science, Social Science, Humanities, Management, Communication and Technology

To organize Conferences, Workshops, Seminars, and assist in outreach and dissemination of activities of IGNOU in the region

To collaborate with local policy making Institutions, Industries, Universities, Research Organizations, and other Government and Non-Government Organizations

To offer schemes such as Research and Teaching Assistantships (RTA) and fund Major/ Minor Research Projects

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE AND ACHIEVEMENTS

ACADEMIC AREA OF INTEREST

Sociology of Development , Sustainability and Sustainable Development, Natural Resource management and Sustainable agriculture, Indigenous knowledge and sustainable livelihood of indigenous communities

Sociological issues pertaining to Impact of Culture, Media, Gender, Technology on Displaced communities, emerging societies and economies.

Sociology of India, especially North-East with special reference to Ethnicity, Identity, Peace and Conflict studies

TEACHING

Assistant Professor Oct 2004 – Dec 2008

Sociology

Department of Humanities and Social Sciences (HSS)

Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Guwahati

Guwahati, Assam, India

UNDERGRADUATE COURSES DESIGNED AND TAUGHT

HS 310 (Concepts and Ideologies of Social Life) Spring 05, 06, 07, 08

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Eminent Sociologists and their different views of social life: St Simon: Positivism; Herbert

Spencer: Functionalism, Organic analogy; Talcott Parsons: System analysis; Max Weber:

Social action and Rationality; Emile Durkheim: Forms of Solidarity and Division of Labour;

Political Sociology: Power and Authority, Consensus and Conflict, State and Stateless

societies: Nuer and Zulu Political systems of Africa, Elites and Masses; Economic Sociology:

Division of Labour, Occupational specialization, Property

HS 216 (Sociology of India: Conformities and Contradictions) Spring 05, 06, 07, 08

Social realities and unique institutions of India: Caste/Jati: nature and forms of caste; Tribe

and Caste; Family: nature, economy and law; Village: nature and change in community;

Agrarian class: structure, inequality, tensions; Politics and society in contemporary India:

Nationalism, Secularism, Communalism, Regionalism, Insurgency; Continuity and Change:

Tradition and Modernity

HS 217 (Tradition, Modernity and Social Change) Fall 05, 06, 07, 08

Social change: patterns of change, inevitability of change, factors, conditions and direction of

change, perspectives on social change; Rise of popular culture; Modernity and relevant

concepts: disenchantment, alienation, urbanization, industrialization, Globalization,

development, revolution, social movements; India’s response to modernity; Relations

between planning and development: desired role of political leadership in economic

reforms, role of culture in social development; Postmodernism: technology and social

change

OTHER ACADEMIC CONTRIBUTIONS

1.Contribution to public policy through Newspaper editorials

http://assamtribune.com/scripts/details.asp?id=nov0409/edit2

http://indiawaterportal.org/articles/new-human-revolution-ushering-universalism-and-just-

world-through-sustainability

2. Participated in the Great Transition Network Discussion forum Coordinated by the Tellus

Institute. Boston.USA in Great Transition Initiative:Towards a Transformative Vision and Practice

http://www.tellus.org/programs/greattransitioninitiative.html with a Commentary “Sustainable

Liberalism: Lessons from India’s last Frontier for post

developmentdiscourse”http://greattransition.org/forum/gti-discussions/90-monetizing-nature

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3. Participated in Natural Capital Project (NATCAP) annual INVEST training, 26th -28th March 2014 organized by Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment, Stanford University, California

4.GISDP participates in "Commentary on 'Farming for a Small Planet: Agroecology Now,'"Great

Transition Initiative (April 2016), http://greattransition.org/commentary/sujata-dutta-hazarika-

farming-small-planet-frances-moore-lappe

INTERNATIONAL ASSIGNMENTS:

Sujata Dutta Hazarika was awarded research fellowship by ICSSR (Indian council of social science Research) and FMSH ( Fondation Maison des Sciences de l’Homme.) France in the frame of the Indo-French Programme of Cooperation in Social Sciences. 2016. She was invited to be the scientist residence at the INRA( Institut national de la recherche agronomique (INRA) Centre d’Economie et de Sociologie appliquées { l’Agriculture et aux Espaces Ruraux. laboratory. Dijon Cedex France.During her residency she worked for her research “A comparative study of organic farming in Assam,India with the French model of Organic farming emphasizing enhanced capacities of informal, indigenous local knowledge through formal strategies of ICT and sustainable business management”.

Recipient of Scientist Visitorship to INRA( Institut national de la recherche agronomique (INRA) Centre d’Economie et de Sociologie appliquées à l’Agriculture et aux Espaces Ruraux. laboratory. Dijon Cedex France for research on “A comparative study of organic farming in Assam,India with the French model of Organic farming emphasizing enhanced capacities of informal, indigenous local knowledge through formal strategies of ICT and sustainable business management

Best Poster Award by the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis IIASA presented at the IIASA 40th Anniversary Conference Vienna Austria 24-26 October

2012http://conference2012.iiasa.ac.at/poster_session.html

Nominated for the U.S. Department of State’s International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) in 2012

Fulbright Senior Research Post Doctoral Fellowship awarded by the United States-India Educational Foundation (USIEF) to conduct research on ‘EcoVillage initiatives in United States: Understanding Social Change in the new consciousness of Sustainability’ at the Institute for the Study of Societal Issues (ISSI), University of California at Berkeley 2010-2011

Visiting Research Scholar position awarded by the Beatrice Bain Research Group (BBRG) at the University of California, Berkeley to conduct research on ‘Politics of Development and

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Questions of Progress and Post Development Alternatives From a Feminist Perspective’ 2010

FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS

Name of the Fellowship/Awards

Granting/ Awarding Institution Year

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ICSSR (Indian council of social science Research) and FMSH ( Fondation Maison des Sciences de l’Homme.) France in the frame of the Indo-French Programme of Cooperation in Social Sciences. 2016

FMSH ( Fondation Maison des Sciences de l’Homme.) France

2016

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Scientist in residence

INRA( Institut national de la recherche agronomique (INRA) Centre d’Economie et de Sociologie appliquées à l’Agriculture et aux Espaces Ruraux. laboratory

2016

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Best Poster Award at IIASA 40th Anniversary Conference at Vienna Austria by the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis IIASA

International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis IIASA 24-26 October

24-26 th October2012

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Nominated for the U.S. Department of State’s International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) in 2012

U.S. Department of State’s 2012

5 Special Mentions Award by SCHOLL Research Challenge 2010 for Innovative research on Participation of Women in Local Self Governance in Assam http://schollresearch.in/wp-

North East Development Foundation 2010

6 Fulbright Senior Research Post Doctoral Fellowship

United States-India Educational Foundation (USIEF 2010-11

7 Visiting Research Beatrice Bain Research Group (BBRG) at the University of 2010

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Scholar award to conduct research on ‘Politics of Development and Questions of Progress and Post Development Alternatives From a Feminist Perspective’

California, Berkeley

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Democracy and leadership: the gendered voice in politics cited in January-13 to February 2009. p.353-370 page 59 part 111 http://www.cwds.ac.in/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/15.Women_panchayati_raj.pdf

Sociological Bulletin. 26(3); 31

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Hazarika, Sujata Dutta: Women and Political Voice in Assam: Theory and Praxis. Man and Society: A Journal of North East Studies 4 (2007):

7395.file:///D:/Documents%20and%20Settings/admin/My

%20Documents/Downloads/635-1892-1-PB.pdf in

Government of Peace: Social Governance, Security and the

Problematic of Peace by Ranabir Samaddar

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Sujata Dutta Hazarika, Fulbright Alumni USIEF

Sharing the social media post: https://www.facebook.com/unitedstatesindiaeducationalfoundation/photos/a.450150765061944/2303694263040909/?type=3&theater

1. Books/Book Chapter:

Co-author/co-editor if any, title, place of publication, publisher, Year, page (no) s, ISBN No

SNo. Name of Author1/ Editor 1, & Co- author (s) / Co-editor (s) (if any)

Title of chapter/book

Place of publication

Publisher

Year

Total Pages

ISBN No.

BOOKS Sujata Dutta Hazarika

New Age Hunger Games:

Bookwell Publishers

Bookwell Publisher

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480 ISBN 978-93-82059-

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written and edited .

Warring Farmers and the Violence of Sustenance

New Delhi s New Delhi

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86-8

2. Sujata Dutta Hazarika and Saurabh Garg

Sustainability, Conflict and the Global systemic Crisis : Assam's Forgotten Nomads

Book well Publisher Pvt LTd

New Delhi

2019

ISBN 97-89382059509

3 Sujata Dutta Hazarika and Saurabh Garg

Livelihood and Resource Utilisation in North East India: Participating in the global discourse of Sustainability

Anwesha Publication

Guwahati 2014

ISBN 81-89003-74-4

4, Sujata Dutta Hazarika,

Peace in Dialogue: Reflections on North-East India

Akanshya Publication New Delhi,

New Delhi

2008

9788183701440

BOOK CHAPTERS

1. (Ed )K M Baharul Islam and Mohd Anas Raushan. Ltd

‘De-Constructing sustainability through Natural Capital and Eco system services approach: Reflections from Post colonial marginalities and indigenous cultures of North east India’ in Public Policy Agenda: Decrypting Sustainability for India

Indian Institute Of Management Kashipur

Bloomsbury Publishing India Pvt LTD

2016

pp 148 ISBN 978-93-85936-16-6

2. (Ed )K M Baharul

‘Sustainable Liberalism:

Indian Institute Of

Bloomsbury

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pp 285 ISBN: 978-93-84898-

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Islam and Syed Nitas Iftekhar

Transforming Education from Ideology to Policy ‘ in International Perspectives on Comparative Education Policy

Management Kashipur

Publishing India Pvt. Ltd

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82-3 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

3 (Ed.) by Rajorshi Roy,

“Women in Assam: Conflict, Human Development and Decentralization” in Women and Education: Perspectives, Issues, Concerns

New Delhi First Published in India by Shipra Publications, New Delhi

2009

pp 89-112

[ISBN: 978-81-7541-459-4],

4 (Ed.) by Samir Kumar Das and Paula Banerjee, Anthem Press, 2007

“Examining Autonomy and 73rd Amendment in Assam (Revised)” in Autonomy: Beyond Kant and Hermeneutics,

5 (Ed) by Dr. Prasenjit Maiti, , 2007

“Liberalization and Cultural Democracy: Role of Media” in Liberalization and Globalization of India

Volume 7, Atlantic Publishers and Distributors (P) Ltd. New Delhi

2007

6 , (Ed.) by Mahanirban Calcutta Research Group (MCRG),

“Examining Autonomy: The 73rd Constitutional Amendment in Assam (Monograph)” in Policies and Practices

7 “(Ed.) by C.J. Thomas

Dispossession and

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Regency Publication New Delhi, (Published)

Displacement: Genesis of a Peoples movement in North Bengal” in Dimensions of Displaced People in North East India,

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2. Research Articles/Publications:

International Publications

SNo. Author/ Co-author (if any)

Title Name of Journal Volume

page no. (s)

Year ISSN No

1. Sujata Dutta Hazarika and Saurabh Garg

Empowering Social Sciences in Technical Institutes: Experience of teaching the new Techno Indians”,

Proceedings of the International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation (ICERI), Madrid, Spain, 2008

CD ISBN: 978-84-612-5367-8, Full Paper

2008 CD ISBN: 978-84-612-5091-2

2. Sujata Dutta Hazarika (Participated with Full Funding from IIT Guwahati)

Democracy and Media: Conformities and Contradictions”,

Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on New Directions in the Humanities, American University, Paris, France, July 2007.

2007

3. Sujata Dutta Hazarika

Politics of Violence: Issues of Security and Human Rights”, International Conference on Regional Dialogue on Human Security in North East India: Role of Media,

Conference proceedings Centre for Media Research & Development Studies in collaboration with Asian Dialogue Society & International Centre, Goa in Hotel New Kenilworth, Kolkata, May 2007

4. Sujata Dutta Hazarika and Saurabh Garg

Cultural Democracy and the Role of Media: A Case in India”, ,

Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on

CD Rom of ISBN No 3-950221

2006 CD Rom of ISBN No 3-950221

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Participated with Full Funding from Austrian Development Agency and the University of Music and Performing Arts campus at Antonvon-Webern-Platz 1, Vienna, Austria

Cultural Policy Research (ICCPR), Vienna, Austria, 2006

4-0-9 4-0-9

NATIONAL PUBLICATIONS SNo. Author/

Co-author (if any)

Title Name of Journal Volume

page no. (s)

Year ISSN No

1. Sujata Dutta Hazarika

“Democracy and Leadership: The Gendered Voice in Politics”,

Sociological Bulletin, Volume 570.3, Sep-Dec 2008, pp. 353-370 http://opac.ide.go.jp/webopac2/ctlsrh.do?bibid=AB20318700&listcnt=10&maxcnt=100

2 Sujata Dutta Hazarika

“Women and Political Voice in Assam: Theory and Praxis”,

Man and Society, Volume IV, Print 2007, Journal of North East Studies, Indian Council of Social Science Research, (North East Regional Centre

3 Sujata Dutta Hazarika

“Political Participation of Women and the Dialectics of 73rd

Indian Journal of Political Science, Vol. LXVII No.2, The quarterly Journal of

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Amendment”, Indian Political Science Association, Apr-Jun 2006

4 Unrest and Displacement: Rajbanshis in North Bengal”,

Refugee Watch, No.17, December 2002, South Asia Forum for Human Rights and Calcutta Research Group

5 3. Presentation/Invited talk/ Public Lecture

SNo. Author

/ Co author (if any)

Title of presentation, /Talk/Lecture

Name Organizing institute

Conference City Date and Year

1 Sujata Dutta Hazarika

lecture "India's Orient : Responding to stereotypes"

Jadavpur University

Women s Conclave at the panel Women and Governance : Looking North East

Kolkata 7th March 2019

2. Sujata Dutta Hazarika

Lecture "Methods, Strategies and Challenges in Social Science Research

MAKAIAS (Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian studies

Social methodology Workshop

Kolkata 9th January 2019 from 2.30 p.m to 6.00 p.m

3 Sujata Dutta Hazarika and Delphine Thivet

presented a paper “ New Realities and Institutions in transition : Redefining agriculture to address food justice”,

Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati

international conference IGNOU-ICAHD2017 "Agriculture and Human Development in India; Indigenous Practices, Scientific views and Sustainability organized by Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU). Indian Institute of technology Guwahati (IITG) , Indian Council of Social Science research . North East Regonal Centre (ICSSR.NERC)

Guwahati 8-9th September 2017 at Indian Institute Of Technology Guwahati

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Sujata Dutta

Lecture “Rethinking edu

Don Bosco University

National seminar on (Re) imagining and

Guwahati

25th February 2017 at DonBosco

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Hazarika

cation : Steering information towards transformation”

Assam (Re) imaging catholic Education for the 21stcentury: A Northeast Perspective ‘

Centre Kharguli Guwahati

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Lecture on Qualitative Research Methods in the Social Science research Conference Centre (Hall No. 3) in IIT Guwahati.for PhD Students in Social Sciences organized by during

Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati in Collaboration with Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR), New Delhi,

Workshop on Methodology in social sciences

March 14-23, 2016

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Presented paper 'New Realities and Institutions in Transition: Redefining agriculture to address hunger, health and equity'

Department of Sociology at Tezpur University Assam. India on Paper is published Indian sociological society at http://www.insoso.org/images/English_Abstracts_RC_15.pdf

42nd All India Sociological Conference on Rethinking Sociological Traditions of India

December 27-30, 2016.

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presented a paper ‘ From "green" to the "evergreen" revolution: Rethinking food systems with sustainable agricultural practices in Assam

organized by ICSSR NERC at ICSSR NERC Conference hall Shillong 10 am.

Brainstorming session on Greatness of North-East India: A Land of Beauty and Wonder

9th Decembe2016

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Delivered a guest Lecture Towards

Tata Institute of Social

Tuesday, 22 September

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Sustainable Liberalism: Lessons from Natural capital and Ecosystem Services approach in India’s last Frontier

Sciences (TISS), Guwahati

2015

9. Sujata Dutta Hazarika

Presented a paper ‘Upholding the traditional worldview of sustainable living among the indigenous communities in North East India while crafting the look east policy “

organised by Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute Of Asian Studies (MAKAIAS) KolKata, Institute of China studies (ICS) and Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) on

Stakeholders’ Consultative Workshop on the BCIM-EC‘ held on

1-2 May, 2014

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delivered a lecture “Global Initiative For Sustainable development and Planning : Engaging a discourse in natural capitalism,natural resource management and conflict resolution in North East India”

MCRG (Mahanirban Kolkata Research Group) Centre at Calcutta University

On Invitation By Calcutta University

Kolkata 18th July 2014

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The Gandhian Understanding of Peace and Autonomy”

Department Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Guwahati in Collaboration with ICSSR (Indian Council of Social Science Research),

National Seminar Peace In Dialogue: Reflections on North East India

Kolkata Feb 1st &2nd 2007, IIT Guwahati

12 Sujata Presentation of organized by ” The First Annual KOLKAT July 29-30,

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Dutta Hazarika

paper “Examining Autonomy and 73rd Amendment in Assam

Mahanirban Calcutta Research Group (MCRG) and Ford Foundation in Academy of Fine arts, Calcutta

Conference on Critical thinking in India - What is Autonomy?,

A 2005.

13 Sujata Dutta Hazarika

Presented paper , “Insurance - A social welfare perspective” in

organized by Advent Education and welfare Society at Hotel Brahmaputra, Guwahati,

National Conference on Insurance, a Measure of Social Welfare - as Envisaged by Insurance Act 1938 and Motor Vehicle Act 1939

Guwahati February 13, 2005

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Presented paper , “Dispossession and Displacement: The Genesis of a Peoples movement in North Bengal”

organized by the Indian Council of Social Science Research (North Eastern Regional Centre) in North Eastern Hill University, Shillong

in National Seminar on Human Movement and Settlement: Crisis and Dimensions of Displacement in Eastern and North Eastern Region of India

Shillong July 12-13, 2001

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Public Lecture delivered ‘De-Constructing Sustainability: Questioning Ideas of Growth and Consciousness”.

at the Institute for the Study of Societal Issues (ISSI) at University of California . Berkeley . US

Fulbright Visiting scholar Lecture series

Berkeley California United states

November 16, 2010

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Presented a talk “New Age Society: Technology and Globalization”

organized by Dept. HSS, IITG, Nov. 12-16, 2007

at QIP short term course on ICT and Development: A Human Interface

Guwahati Nov. 12-16, 2007

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“Technology, Society and Environment”, Techniche 2007, IITG

organized by Indian institute of Technology Guwahati IITG,

Techniche 2007, IITG, Sept 8 2007

Guwahati Sept 8 2007

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Invited Radio talk on

Guwahati Regional

under their distance education programme

Guwahati 4-5 P.M May 28th 2006

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Hazarika

“Individual and Society”, ,

Centre Indira Gandhi National Open University

aired by All India Radio

19 Invited talk ‘Globalization and North East India’,

Organized by Calcutta Research Group and Panos Institute South Asia, Blue Moon, Hotel Guwahati

Workshop: Rethinking Rights, Justice and Development in India

Guwahati April 20-23, 2006

20 Development: Finding Solutions in Tradition’,

Indian institute of Technology .Guwahati

at the QIP Programme organized by the HSS Dept IITG

Guwahati November 6, 2005

4. Details of Institution/ Government/ Industry / own Institution Sponsored Research

Projects (including Programme Evaluation) and Amount (Both completed and ongoing):

SNo. Agency Amount Duration with

dates Status i.e. ongoing/ completed

1. Joint director for Project ‘Development of Resource Material on Environmental Studies integrating with indigenous Art and Culture of Assam in Assamese Language. NECRD, IGNOU. North East Regional Institute of Education ( NERIE ), NCERT, Shillong.

6,74,500.00 ( rupees Six lakh seventy four thousand five hundred only).

July2011-March2013

Documented in www.evsandassam.org

2. Principal Investigator as Fulbright Visiting Research Scholar at the prestigious University of California, Berkeley, USA Ecovillage Initiatives in US: Understanding

Full Funding from United States-India Educational Foundation (USIEF)

2010-11 Presentation titled ‘De-Constructing Sustainability: Questioning Ideas of ‘Growth’ and ‘Consciousness’’,Journal Publication in Pacific

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Social Change in the New Consciousness of

Sustainability

Asia Inquiry - Multidisciplinary Perspectives, Occasional Papers in the Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, Volume 2, Number 1, Fall 2011

3. North east Coordinator of Research Team with Mahanirban Calcutta Research Group (MCRG) for the Project Development , Democracy and Governance –Lessons and Policy Implications

Full Funding Ford Foundation

2009 Contribution of a Research Paper on the Theme ‘Conflict and Development –Implications for Democracy and Governance’

4 Principal Investigator for the Project Situation of Internally Displaced People in Assam and their rehabilitation by Govt.

Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies, Kolkata Culture Ministry

2007 It has been successfully documented and published as a policy report and informs the Book Sustainability, Conflit and global systemic crisis : Assams forgotten Nomads. Authored by Dr Sujata Dutta Hazarika

5 Chief coordinator for North east Chapter for launching the study Information and Communication Technology, Cultural Dynamics & Social Adjustment, Assam

Department of Communications at Mudra Institute of Communications, Ahmedabad

(Dec 06 – June 08)

Submitted to MICA for documentation

6 Principal Investigator of Participation of Women in Local Self Governance in Assam

7,00,000 From ActionAid India

2004 It has been successfully documented and published as a policy report and subsequent publications

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5. Evaluation Details of PhD Scholars SNo. Name and

enrolment no: Year of registration Year of completion/

award 1.

6. Details of Programmes/ workshops/ Conferences/ organized designed conducted, duration and dates

SNo.

Programmes Coordinated

Dates Place

Number of Participants

1 International conference IGNOU-ICAHD2017 "Agriculture and Human Development in India; Indigenous Practices, Scientific views and Sustainability. http://www.icahd2017.in Organized by Indira Gandhi National OpenUniversity (IGNOU). Indian Institute of technology Guwahati (IITG) , Indian Council of Social Science research . North East Regonal Centre (ICSSR.NERC)Documentation : Video link https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9pxGICHi9hsRXFSc3Z0bzVmeXM/view

8-9th September 2017

Indian Institute of technology Guwahati (IITG)

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2 International Symposium Global Initiative for Sustainability and Human Development: Envisioning the Planetary Future organized by North East Centre For research and development NECRD)Tata Institute of Social Sciences Guwahati, Indian Council of Social Science research ICSSR, Numaligarh Refinery limited ( NRL) Assam, Institute for Study of Societal Issues, University of California Berkeley USA ( ISSI UC Berkeley) Indian council of World affairs (ICWA)

1st to 3rd Otober 2012

NEDFI Guwahati

70

3. 20th NECRD 75

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Global Initiative for sustainable Development and planning . GISDP National Stakeholders Workshop Organized by NRL (Numaligarh Refinery Ltd.), TISS (Tata Institute of Social Sciences Guwahati);UNRC (United Nations Resource Centre Guwahati), MICA (Mudra Institute of Communications Ahmedabad) and Ministry of Power Government of Assam.

February 2012

Guwahati

4. Global Initiative for sustainable Development and planning GISDP ‘s Regional High School Workshop: Sustainable Development: Envisioning the Future of Humanity through Education and Outreach

23rd May 2012

NECRD Guwahati

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5. Interactive Workshop: ‘Education for Sustainable Development of North East India’ in collaboration with Chair for Sustainable development, IGNOU HQ on.

15th June 2013

NECRD Guwahati

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6. International Symposium: Sustainability: Issues and Challenges for the Developing World , organized by NECRD in collaboration with MAKAIAS ( Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies .Ministry of Culture. Kolkata.)

9th March 2011

NECRD Guwahati

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7 National Conference Indigenous Technology, Livelihood Options and Habitat Utilization : Concepts and Perspectives of Development organized by : North-East Center of Research and Development, IGNOU at Hotel Ginger and Omeo Kumar Das Institute of Social Change, Hengrabari, Guwahati

22nd to 24th

November

2009

NECRD Guwahati

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8 International conference “Strengthening Development Process in North-East India: Identifying Scope & Challenges in Development & Governance organized by: North-East Center of Research and Development, IGNOU in collaboration with North-East Development Foundation (NEDF) at Scope Complex, Lodhi Road, New Delhi

30th October 2009

Scope Complex Lodhi Road, New Delhi

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9 National Seminar: Peace In Dialogue: Reflections on North East India organized for Department of Humanities and social sciences . Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati in collaboration with Indian Council of Social Science Research-NERC (ICSSR)

1st and 2nd February 2007

IIT Guwahati

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10 Workshop: Internal Displacement: Issues in North East India for Department of Humanities and social sciences . Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati in collaboration

17th and 18th April, 2006

Indian Institute of

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With Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies (MAKAIAS). Ministry of Culture

Technology, Guwahati

11 National Seminar , Insurance, a measure of Social Welfare- As Envisaged by Insurance Act 1938 and Motor Vehicle Act 1939, organized by Advent Education and Welfare Society, Guwahati

13th Feb, 2005

Hotel Brahmaputra , Guwahati

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7. Administrative position/s held in the University (even as in charge) SNo. Designation Period 1 Deputy Director ( In charge and DDO)

North East Center for Research and Development (NECRD), Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU)Guwahati, Assam, India

Jan2009 – Aug 2013

2 Deputy Director , (IGNOU) Regional Centre Guwahati Assam, India

August 2013 – July 2017

3 Deputy Director , (IGNOU) Regional Centre Kolkata , India

July 2017- present

8. Any other contribution/information

CONSULTING POSITIONS HELD

Member Advisory Board, White Swan Consulting Group (New Delhi)- Aimed at enhancing organizational effectiveness of SME (Small & Medium sized Enterprises) in India

Member of Advisory committee for the Insurance Academy, North East India: Aims to implement Human Resource Development programmes through education and training for employment generation in North East

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Member Paramedical Education Counci, Shri Shankar Dev Nethrayalaya, Hospital and Post Graduate Institute of Sri Kanchi Sankara Health and Educational Foundation, Assisted by Govt Of India, North Eastern council &Govt Of Assam

SUPPLEMENTAL POSITIONS HELD

Honorable Jury and panel expert for North East Social impact award 2015 organized by Rajiv Gandhi National Institute for Youth Development .Ministry of Youth Affairs India.

Associate Editor for the 2007 volume of The International Journal of Humanities Member Secretary, HSS Department Post-Graduate Programme Committee, IITG, ‘06-‘08 Joint Coordinator of Dept. Committee proposing Masters Program for Development Studies

at IITG Academic Reviewer of International Journal of Technology and Educational Marketing

(IJTEM) to the International Journal of Technology-Enabled Student Support Services (IJTESSS) https://www.igi-global.com/journal/international-journal-technology-enabled-student/202752