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Dr. Samhita Barooah

Dr. Samhita Barooah

Assistant Professor

Email: samhitab@tezu.ernet.in

Phone: 03712275838

Resume:

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Education Qualification

Direct PhD in Women, Ecology and Livelihoods, A Study in a Chakhesang Village of Nagaland, TISS Guwahati Campus, 2013-18.
M.A. Social Work, Delhi University, 2000-2002. B.A. Hons Philosophy, 1997-2000.

Area of Interest

Social Work Practice, Gender Queer Awareness, Organisational Communication and Interactive Pedagogy, North East India.

Courses Taken

SL.No.Course CodeCourse TitleDownload PDF
1 SW572 Social Work Practice in HIV and Other Infectious Diseases (Elective) Download
2 SW 524 Gender issues Download
3 SW580 Human Resource Management and CSR Download

Publications

International Journals
Saha A, Marbaniang M A, Kakoty M, Barooah S.

Perceived Risk Factors and Preventive Measures for Suicide in Lesbian and Gay Youth Journal of Psychosexual Health. 2023;0(0) (2024) Click Here (DOI)

Barooah S. (2016)

Practice Innovation A Survival Strategy for Social Work Practice. International Journal for Education, Teaching and Learning. (2016) Click Here (DOI)

Barooah S. (2015)

Educating through the field in North East Region. Research and Reviews Journal of Social Sciences (2015) Click Here (DOI)

National Peer Reviewed Journals
Barooah S. (2021)

Exclusive Commons: Erosion of Women’s Agency in North East India. Economic & Political Weekly. 56(9) (2021) Click Here.

Barooah S. (2017)

Women Working or Working Women Economic & Political Weekly. 52(4) (2017) Click Here.

Barooah S. (2016)

Single Mothers in India and North East India: A Situational Analysis. Journal of Social Work and Social Development. 7(01&02) 96-108. (2016)

Barooah S. (2017)

Feminisation of Land Custodianship in Naga Hills. Journal of Frontier Studies. 6, 64-89. (2017)

Barooah S. (2017)

A Feminist Peep into Public Art in India’s Northeast. ANTYAJAA: Indian Journal of Women and Social Change, 2(1), 110–115. DOI: Click Here (DOI)

Barooah S. (2017)

Ecological Memories of Women in Nagaland and Northern Thailand. ANTYAJAA: Indian Journal of Women and Social Change, 3(2), 218–229. DOI: Click Here (DOI)

Book Chapters Published
Silba Marak, Neitsopeu Thopi, Anjuman Ara Begum, Samhita Barooah

Queerness of Singlehood in Folk Cultures of North East India Queer Voices from the Periphery Edited by Kaustav Padmapati and Prateeti Barman, Qurate Books. (2024)

Samhita Barooah

Touristy Feet in Muddled North East India Transforming North East India through Rural Tourism, Akanksha Publishers. (2017)

Workshops

Participated and part of co-organising team of 'Training for Master Trainers for Community Based Participatory Research' held at TU Campus from July 26-28, 2022. Co-organised the Webinar series on various social work related issues from Nov end to December 17, 2021. Co-Organised International Women's Day on March 8, 2022 Co-organised World Social Work Day on March 17, 2022 Presented photo essay paper at National Seminar on State, Community and Gender, Perspectives and Practices, March 16, 2022.

Projects

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Awards/Honors

Ralph U Stone Memorial Scholarship in 2007 for International Humanitarian Award during Women Lead for Peace and Stability Workshop at CEDPA, Washington DC, USA. Good Food Media Fellowship from Center for Science and Environment, 2015 September to November. Publication of 8 Food stories in The Thumbprint Magazine and Morung Express. CURLS People for Planet Workshop Fellowship for Summer School Workshop in 2017 at Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand.

Research Group Members

Madhu Krishna Bhuyan
Madhu Krishna Bhuyan

Roll No: SWP24102

Email: madhukrishna.bhuyan@gmail.com

Phone: +91-7002706150

Research Topic: Integrative Approaches to Lifestyle Improvement: Skill Development and Nutrition for Youth and Elderly in Conflict Zones

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