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  • Prof Chandan Kumar Sharma

  • Professor
  • Tezpur University
Publications 1995 - 2024

Publications

  • 14
    Journal Articles
  • 18
    Book Chapter
  • 5
    Book
  • 1
    Review
  • 7
    Projects
  • 11

Citations / H-Index

33 Citations
3 h-index
49 Citations

Google Scholar

Co-author Network


Expertise

Sociology

Environment, Social Movements, Migration, Identity Politics, Urbanization, Agrarian Change, Northeastern India

Personal Information

Prof Chandan Kumar Sharma

Male
Department of Sociology Tezpur University Main Road, Napaam, Tezpur, Assam, India
Sonitpur, Assam, India - 784028


Experience

  • Professor

    Department of Sociology

    Tezpur University


Qualification

  • PhD

    University of Delhi

  • M.Phil

    University of Delhi

  • M.A.

    University of Delhi


Honours and Awards

2017

UGC-SAP Visiting Fellow

Dept. of Sociology, Tripura Central University

2015

UGC-SAP Visiting Fellow

•Centre for Advanced Studies, Centre for Study of Social Systems, Jawaharlal Nehru University. New Delhi.

2015

Chair Professor Abroad

Indian Council of Cultural Relations (ICCR)

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2017

UGC-SAP Visiting Fellow

Dept. of Sociology, Tripura Central University

2015

UGC-SAP Visiting Fellow

•Centre for Advanced Studies, Centre for Study of Social Systems, Jawaharlal Nehru University. New Delhi.

2015

Chair Professor Abroad

Indian Council of Cultural Relations (ICCR)

2014

UGC-SAP Visiting Fellow

Centre for Advanced Study, Department of Sociology, Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi.

2008

Charles Wallace Trust Visiting Fellowship

Charles Wallace Trust, London, UK

1993

UGC JRF/SRF

University Grants Commission

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Doctoral Theses Guided

2023

Urbanization of Guwahati City: Changing Dynamics of Urban Space and Governance

Natasha Hazarika, Tezpur University

2023

Urban Land Governanace in a Post-colonial Frontier: A Study on Urbanisation in Arunachal Pradesh

Bhaswati Borgohain, Tezpur University

2022

Development, Displacement and Livelihood: A study in Dhemaji District of Assam

Tanuj Tayeng, Tezpur University

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2023

Urbanization of Guwahati City: Changing Dynamics of Urban Space and Governance

Natasha Hazarika, Tezpur University

2023

Urban Land Governanace in a Post-colonial Frontier: A Study on Urbanisation in Arunachal Pradesh

Bhaswati Borgohain, Tezpur University

2022

Development, Displacement and Livelihood: A study in Dhemaji District of Assam

Tanuj Tayeng, Tezpur University

2021

A Study among the Emerging Adi Middle Class of Arunachal Pradesh

Kasimang Moyong, Tezpur University

2021

Changing Dynamics of Caste and Identity Among the Nepali Community of Assam

Riju Devi, Tezpur University

2021

Land and Identity: A Study of the Tiwa Community of Assam

Dola Barkataki , Tezpur University

2020

A Study on the Inter-State Rural Out-Migration among the Nepali Community of Assam: A Case Study in Sonitpur District

Pinku Muktiar , Tezpur University

2018

Religious Conversion Among the Misings of Assam: A Case Study in Majuli

Jinty Rajkhowa , Tezpur University

2017

Changing Agrarian Relations and Livelihood Practices in a village of Central Assam

Sarmistha Das, Tezpur University

2016

Small Tea Plantations and Changing Rural Landscapes in Assam

Prarthana Barua, Tezpur University

2014

Sociology of Governance: A Study in Sonitpur District of Assam

Amiya Kumar Das, Tezpur University

2013

Issues of conservation and Livelihood in A Forest Village of Assam

Indrani Sarma, Tezpur University

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Membership In Professional Bodies

2023

North East India Sociological Association

Life

2017

Indian Sociological Society

Executive Member

2015

Indian Association for Asian and Pacific Studies

Executive Member

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2023

North East India Sociological Association

Life

2017

Indian Sociological Society

Executive Member

2015

Indian Association for Asian and Pacific Studies

Executive Member

2011

International Sociological Association

Member

1992

Indian Sociological Society

Life Member

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Membership In Committees

2024

Advisory Board (Search Committee) constituted by the Governor of Assam for recommending names for appointment of Vice Chancellor, Rabindranath Tagore University

Member

2023

Committee for finalising the modalities for Assam College Services Recruitment Board, Dept. of Higher education, Government of Assam

Member

2023

Committee for developing a standard questionnaire for each identified scheme/policy with regard to the Short-term Empirical Research Projects 2023-24 under Indian Council for Social Science Research

Member

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2024

Advisory Board (Search Committee) constituted by the Governor of Assam for recommending names for appointment of Vice Chancellor, Rabindranath Tagore University

Member

2023

Committee for finalising the modalities for Assam College Services Recruitment Board, Dept. of Higher education, Government of Assam

Member

2023

Committee for developing a standard questionnaire for each identified scheme/policy with regard to the Short-term Empirical Research Projects 2023-24 under Indian Council for Social Science Research

Member

2021

Technical Committee on Dolphin Conservation in the Kulsi River, Kamrup district and Local Livelihood Security, District Disaster Management Authority, Kamrup District, Assam. (December, 2021- March, 2022

Member

2021

Committee for Recommending names to Screening Committee for CAS Promotion from Stage –III to Stage IV (Associate Professor Scale of Pay) in colleges. Higher Education Department, Govt. of Assam

Member

2020

Governing Body, Tezpur Law College

Member

2020

Advisory Board, Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Guwahati Campus

Member

2019

State Innovation and Transformation Aayog (SITA) (formerly the State Planning Board), Government of Assam

Advisor

2019

Institutional Ethics Committee, Lokapriya Gopinath Bardoloi Regional Institute of Mental Health (LGBRIMH), Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Govt. of India, Tezpur

Member

2019

Governing Body, Vivekananda Kendra – Numaligarh Refinery Limited (NRL) Hospital. Assam

Member

2019

Planning Board, Tezpur University

Member

2019

Committee to Revise Rules and Regulations for External Membership of the University Library

Chairperson

2018

Governing Body, Assam Society for Social Audit, Department of Panchayat & Rural Development, Government of Assam

Member

2018

University Court, Cotton University

Member

2018

First Statutes Drafting Committee, Cotton University

Member

2018

Library Committee, Tezpur University

Member

2017

Executive Council, Cotton University

Member

2017

Governing Council, Centre for Southeast Asian Studies, Gauhati University

Member

2016

Committee to draft the State Population Policy, Department of Health and Family Welfare, Government of Assam

Member

2016

High Power Committee to Review the Structures of and Relationship between Cotton College State University and Cotton College, Dept. of Education, Government of Assam

Member

2013

Ethical Committee, TU

Member

2007

Research Committee, TU

Member

2006

Academic Council, TU

Member

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Research Projects

A Study on the Impact of PM SVANidhi Scheme in selected ULBs in Assam

Funding Agency : Assam State Urban Livelihoods Mission Society

Nutrition and Community Action Resource Centre

Funding Agency : UNICEF

Nasha Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan

Funding Agency : Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Government of India

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A Study on the Impact of PM SVANidhi Scheme in selected ULBs in Assam

Funding Agency : Assam State Urban Livelihoods Mission Society

Nutrition and Community Action Resource Centre

Funding Agency : UNICEF

Nasha Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan

Funding Agency : Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Government of India

Forest and Forest Dwellers of Assam: Searching for a Sustainable Relationship

Funding Agency : ICSSR-IMPRESS Project

UGC (SAP) DRS I

Funding Agency : University Grants Commisssion

Status of Child Marriage in Assam

Funding Agency : Assam State Child Protection Society, Government of Assam

A Study on the Political Economy of Conflicts along Assam-Arunachal Pradesh Foothills Border

Funding Agency : ActionAid

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