Department of Cultural Studies
Tezpur University
List of PhDs Awarded from the Department |
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| 1 |  |
Scholar: Brojen Bordoloi |
| Supervisor(s): Birendranath Datta | ||
| Year of submission: 1998 | ||
| Thesis: The Role of the American Baptist Missionaries in the Nineteenth-Century Social Transformation in Assam: Cultural and Artistic Dimensions | ||
| Current position: Dr. Brojen Bordoloi passed away in 22 February 2018, at his home in Bridgewater, New Jersey, United States. Earlier, he had retired as an engineer from the Metropolitan Transit Authority. Obituary | ||
| 2 |  |
Scholar: Dinesh Baishya |
| Supervisor(s): Birendranath Datta | ||
| Year of submission: 2001 | ||
| Thesis: Elements of Science and Technology in the Traditional Lore of North East India with Particular Reference to Assam: An Exploratory Study | ||
| Current position: Former Principal, B Borooah College, Guwahati. He is an author, media commentator and social worker. |
| 3 |  |
Scholar: Upasana Datta |
| Supervisor(s): Ajit K. Danda | ||
| Year of submission: 2004 | ||
| Thesis: Trends of Culture Change Among Selected Tribal Populations of the Brahmaputra Valley | ||
| Current position: Faculty, Department of Sociology, Berhampore Girls' College, Berhampore, Murshidabad, West Bengal. |
| 4 |  |
Scholar: Mayuri Bordoloi |
| Supervisor(s): Sunil Kumar Dutta | ||
| Year of submission: 2004 | ||
| Thesis: Continuity and Change in the Performance of Bhaona: A Study with Special Reference to Matrbhasar Bhaona | ||
| 5 |  |
Scholar: Parasmoni Dutta |
| Supervisor(s): A. K. Das and Birendranath Datta | ||
| Year of submission: 2005 | ||
| Thesis: The Concept of Ecomuseum: A Study Special Reference to Mahjuli as a Heritage Site | ||
| Current position: Associate Professor, Dept. of Cultural Studies, TU. |
| 6 |  |
Scholar: Baijayanta Keot |
| Supervisor(s): Sunil Kumar Dutta | ||
| Year of submission: 2009 | ||
| Thesis: Folklore and Nationalism with Special Reference to Assam | ||
| 7 |  |
Scholar: Manashi Borah |
| Supervisor(s): Sunil Kumar Dutta | ||
| Year of submission: 2009 | ||
| Thesis: Culture Change in a Tribal Society: A Study on the Plain Tiwas of Assam | ||
| Current position: Academic Directr, Eudoxia Research Centre. |
| 8 |  |
Scholar: Renu |
| Supervisor(s): Parag Moni Sarma | ||
| Year of submission: 2011 | ||
| Thesis: The Role of Folklore in Culturally Relevant Pedagogy | ||
| 9 |  |
Scholar: Mandakini Baruah |
| Supervisor(s): Sunil Kumar Dutta & Debarshi Prasad Nath | ||
| Year of submission: 2011 | ||
| Thesis: Construction of Womanhood: A Study with Special Reference to Assamese Proverbs | ||
| Current position: Assistant Professor, Dept. of Cultural Studies, TU. |
| 10 |  |
Scholar: Madhurima Goswami |
| Supervisor(s): Sunil Kumar Dutta | ||
| Year of submission: 2011 | ||
| Thesis: Kherai of the Bodos: A Ritual in Transition | ||
| Current position: Associate Professor, Dept. of Cultural Studies; Head, Chandraprabha Saikiani Centre for Women Studies, TU. |
| 11 |  |
Scholar: Ng Dayamay Singha |
| Supervisor(s): Pradip Jyoti Mahanta & Sunil Kumar Dutta | ||
| Year of submission: 2013 | ||
| Thesis: Revivalism, Ethnicity and Manipuris of Assam | ||
| Current position: Associate Professor & Head, Department of History, Lala Rural College, Hailakandi, Assam. |
| 12 |  |
Scholar: Mousumi Mahanta |
| Supervisor(s): Debarshi Prasad Nath | ||
| Year of submission: 2013 | ||
| Thesis: Women and Mental Health: A Study of Social Attitude with Special Reference to the Sonitpur District of Assam | ||
| Current position: Assistant Professor, Chandraprabha Saikiani Centre for Women Studies, TU. |
| 13 |  |
Scholar: Padmakshi Kakoti |
| Supervisor(s): Pradip Jyoti Mahanta | ||
| Year of submission: 2013 | ||
| Thesis: Cultural History of the Sattras of Nagaon: A Study with Special Reference to Bardowa | ||
| Current position: Assistant Professor, Department of History, Doom Dooma College, Tinsukia, Assam. |
| 14 |  |
Scholar: Lalthakim Hmar |
| Supervisor(s): Sunil Kumar Dutta | ||
| Year of submission: 2014 | ||
| Thesis: Role of Women in the Expressive Behaviours of the Hmars of Assam | ||
| Current position: Assistant Professor, Department of English, Assam University, Silchar, Assam. |
| 15 |  |
Scholar: Jayanta Vishnu Das |
| Supervisor(s): Parasmoni Dutta | ||
| Year of submission: 2014 | ||
| Thesis: Local Press in the Making: A Study on the Emergent Media of Assam | ||
| Current position: Assistant Professor, Dept. of Cultural Studies, TU. |
| 16 |  |
Scholar: Prafulla Kumar Nath |
| Supervisor(s): Parasmoni Dutta | ||
| Year of submission: 2014 | ||
| Thesis: Socio-Historical Study of Ethnic Nationalism in Assam with Special Reference to the Karbi Ethno-Cultural Expressions | ||
| Current position: Assistant Professor, Department of Tribal Studies, Assam University (Diphu Campus), Diphu, Karbi Anglong, Assam. |
| 17 |  |
Scholar: Jayashree Saikia |
| Supervisor(s): Debarshi Prasad Nath | ||
| Year of submission: 2014 | ||
| Thesis: Politics of Environment: Discourses and Subjectivities (A Study of Assam) | ||
| 18 |  |
Scholar: Pratisha Kumari |
| Supervisor(s): Sunil Kumar Dutta | ||
| Year of submission: 2014 | ||
| Thesis: The Mising Foodways: An Analytical Study on the Foods and Food Related Cultural Practices of the Misings of Assam | ||
| Current position: Vice President, Eudoxia Research University, New Castle, USA. |
| 19 |  |
Scholar: A. Nagaraju |
| Supervisor(s): Debarshi Prasad Nath | ||
| Year of submission: 2015 | ||
| Thesis: Media Ecology in Socio-Political Movements: A Study with Special Reference to the Telangana Movement | ||
| Current position: Assistant Professor, Department of Communication, The English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad, Telangana. |
| 20 |  |
Scholar: Minakshi Dutta |
| Supervisor(s): Parasmoni Dutta | ||
| Year of submission: 2015 | ||
| Thesis: Thematic and Stylistic Elements of the Assamese Films of Bhabendra Nath Saikia | ||
| Current position: Assistant Professor, Department of Cultural Studies, Assam Women's University, Jorhat, Assam. |
| 21 |  |
Scholar: Darshana Preethi Prasad Godapitiya Liyanage |
| Supervisor(s): Debarshi Prasad Nath | ||
| Year of submission: 2015 | ||
| Thesis: The Convergence of Advertising and Folklore: A Lacanian Study | ||
| Current position: Senior Lecturer, Department of Sinhala, University of Ruhuna, Matara, Sri Lanka. |
| 22 |  |
Scholar: Shilpi Goswami |
| Supervisor(s): Pradip Jyoti Mahanta | ||
| Year of submission: 2015 | ||
| Thesis: From Ritual to Performance: A Study of the Sattriya Performance Traditions of Assam as Intangible Heritage with a Special Reference to the Kamalabari Group of Sattras | ||
| Current position: Consultant at Kiran Nadar Museum of Art, New delhi. Earlier, she served as Archivist at The Alkazi Collection of Photography. |
| 23 |  |
Scholar: Rwisumwi Brahma |
| Supervisor(s): Juri Gogoi Konwar | ||
| Year of submission: 2016 | ||
| Thesis: Ethnicity and Expressive Behaviour of the Bodos | ||
| 24 |  |
Scholar: Julee Duwarah |
| Supervisor(s): Juri Gogoi Konwar | ||
| Year of submission: 2015 | ||
| Thesis: Ethnicity and Identity Construction: A Study of the Tea Community of Assam | ||
| 25 |  |
Scholar: Jadabendra Borah |
| Supervisor(s): Pradip Jyoti Mahanta | ||
| Year of submission: 2015 | ||
| Thesis: Representation of Tribal Life of Assam in the Assamese Novels: A Study with Special Reference to Four Novels | ||
| Current position: Works at Barnagar College, Sorbhog and Mahapurusha Srimanta Sankaradeva University, Nagaon, Assam. |
| 26 |  |
Scholar: Arani Saikia |
| Supervisor(s): Pradip Jyoti Mahanta | ||
| Year of submission: 2016 | ||
| Thesis: Society as Reflected in the Assamese Life Writings of Nineteenth Twentieth Centuries (1834-1938) | ||
| Current position: Assistant Professor, Department of History, Nowgong College, Nowgong, Assam. |
| 27 |  |
Scholar: Reetamoni Das |
| Supervisor: Debarshi Prasad Nath; Co-supervisor: Parasmoni Dutta | ||
| Year of submission: 2016 | ||
| Thesis: The Search for An Alternative Language of Cinema: Subversive Strategies in Contemporary Women Film Makers (A Study with reference to Select Films of Aparna Sen, Kalpana Lajmi and Manju Borah) | ||
| Current position: Guest Faculty, Department of Mass Communication, Rajiv Gandhu University, Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh |
| 28 |  |
Scholar: Bhupali Kashyap |
| Supervisor: Pradip Jyoti Mahanta | ||
| Year of submission: 2017 | ||
| Thesis: The Bihu Festival of Assam through Ages: A Study of Its Evolution from Agrarian Field to the Proscenium Stage | ||
| Current position: Election Officer, Kaliabor, Nagaon District, Govt. of Assam. |
| 29 |  |
Scholar: Dakter Esse |
| Supervisor: Debarshi Prasad Nath | ||
| Year of submission: 2017 | ||
| Thesis: A Study of Assam-Arunachal Pradesh Border Narratives | ||
| Current position: Head, Department of Communication Studies, Patkai Christian College, Dimapur, Nagaland. |
| 30 |  |
Scholar: Dina Swargiari |
| Supervisor: Juri Gogoi Konwar | ||
| Year of submission: 2017 | ||
| Thesis: Witch Hunting Among the Bodos of Assam | ||
| Current position: Principal, Nowgong Mission High School, Nagaon, Assam. |
| 31 |  |
Scholar: Parismita Hazarika |
| Supervisor: Debarshi Prasad Nath | ||
| Year of submission: 2018 | ||
| Thesis: Jyotiprasad Agarwala and Bishnuprasad Rava as Cultural Icons of Assam | ||
| Current position: Assistant Professor, Department of Assamese, Birangana Sati Sadhani Rajyik Vishwavidyalaya, Golaghat, Assam. |
| 32 |  |
Scholar: Ivy Daimari |
| Supervisor: Sunil Kumar Dutta | ||
| Year of submission: 2018 | ||
| Thesis: Representation of Women in Folklore of the Bodos: With Special Reference to Folktales and Folksongs | ||
| Current position: Research Associate, Chandraprabha Saikiani Centre for Women Studies, Tezpur University. |
| 33 |  |
Scholar: Rituparna Hazarika |
| Supervisor: Sunil Kumar Dutta | ||
| Year of submission: 2019 | ||
| Thesis: Representation of Gender, Class and Nation in the Lyrics of Bhupen Hazarika | ||
| Current position: Research Associate, Indian Institute of Management, Shillong, Meghalaya. |
| 34 |  |
Scholar: Swikrita Dowerah |
| Supervisor: Debarshi Prasad Nath | ||
| Year of submission: 2019 | ||
| Thesis: Interpreting the Nation in Transition: Cultural Memory of War in Bollywood Films | ||
| Current position: Assistant Professor, Department of Journalism and Mass Communication, Manipal University, Jaipur, Rajasthan. |
| 35 |  |
Scholar: Tinam Borah |
| Supervisor: Juri Gogoi Konwar | ||
| Year of submission: 2019 | ||
| Thesis: Gender, Sexuality and the Politics of Representation in Indian Web Series | ||
| Current position:Assistant Professor, Department of Journalism and Mass Communication, Manav Rachna International Institute of Research and Studies, Faridabad, Haryana. |
| 36 |  |
Scholar: Tatongkala |
| Supervisor: Parasmoni Dutta | ||
| Year of submission: 2019 | ||
| Thesis: The Hornbill Festival in Context: A Study on the Cultural Politics of Naga Identity | ||
| Current position:Assistant Professor and Head, Department of History, Tetso College, Dimapur, Nagaland |
| 37 |  |
Scholar: Kime Mamung |
| Supervisor: Madhurima Goswami | ||
| Year of submission: 2022 | ||
| Thesis: Role and Representation of Women: A Study with Special Reference to Folklore of the Apatanis of Arunachal Pradesh | ||
| 38 |  |
Scholar: Wanlaya Namtham |
| Supervisor: Juri Gogoi Konwar | ||
| Year of submission: 2022 | ||
| Thesis: Revival of Tai-ness: An Ethnographic Description on Tai Aiton Community of Banlung Mantai Village, Karbi Anglong Dist., Assam, India and Tai Yai Community of Ban Pangmoo Village, Maehongson Province, Thailand | ||
| 39 |  |
Scholar: Siwani Mech |
| Supervisor: Debarshi Prasad Nath | ||
| Year of submission: 2022 | ||
| Thesis: Women in Photographs: A Study of Changes in Women’s Dress in Assam in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries | ||
| 40 |  |
Scholar: Parikshit Sarmah |
| Supervisor: Debarshi Prasad Nath | ||
| Year of submission: 2022 | ||
| Thesis: Masculine Identity and Assamese Society: Identifying and Analyzing Different Phases of its Evolution. | ||
| 41 |  |
Scholar: Laikhuram Premjit Singh |
| Supervisor: Debarshi Prasad Nath | ||
| Year of submission: 2023 | ||
| Thesis: The Internal Dimensions of Collective Memory: An Interdisciplinary Approach towards Understanding the Origination of Collective Memory from the Individual. | ||
| 42 |  |
Scholar: Moyuree Gogoi |
| Supervisor: Mandakini Baruah | ||
| Year of submission: 2023 | ||
| Thesis: Food through the Lens of Food Porn A Study with Special Reference to Select Visual Media Texts. | ||
| 43 |  |
Scholar: Lopa Das |
| Supervisor: Prasanta Kumar Das and Madhurima Goswami | ||
| Year of submission: 2023 | ||
| Thesis: Gits of Biyah Gowa Ojapali: An Expository Study. | ||
| 44 |  |
Scholar: Siddhant Medhi |
| Supervisor: Madhurima Goswami | ||
| Year of submission: 2023 | ||
| Thesis: An Iconological Study of the Representations of Devis in the Relief Sculptural Art of the Douls of the Later Ahom Period Late 17th to 18th century CE. | ||
| 45 |  |
Scholar: Ngutoli Y Swu |
| Supervisor: Juri Gogoi Konwar | ||
| Year of submission: 2023 | ||
| Thesis: Tangible and Intangible Cultural Heritage of the Sumi: A Source of Identity Creativity and Diversity. | ||
| 46 |  |
Scholar: Ranjitha Raj |
| Supervisor: Debarshi Prasad Nath | ||
| Year of submission: 2024 | ||
| Thesis: Countering Trauma and Unspeakability in Narratives Based on the 1984 Anti Sikh Riots. | ||
| 47 |  |
Scholar: Barsha Nayak |
| Supervisor: Mandakini Baruah | ||
| Year of submission: 2024 | ||
| Thesis: Caged Flesh Reading Female Body Politics in Contemporary Translated Assamese Bengali and Odia Fiction by Women Writers. | ||
| 48 |  |
Scholar: Sreyoshi Dhar |
| Supervisor: Moushumi Kandali | ||
| Year of submission: 2025 | ||
| Thesis: Through the Queer Lens An Analysis of the Politics of Representation in Amar Chitra Kathas Mahabharata. | ||
| 49 |  |
Scholar: Tenzin Yeegha |
| Supervisor: Juri Gogoi Konwar | ||
| Year of submission: 2025 | ||
| Thesis: Tawang Monastery as a site of Memory the role of Tawang Monastery in Preserving Cultural Methods and Practices. | ||