About the Department

The Department of Sociology in erstwhile Cotton College State University (CCSU) was established on 1st August 2015 with Masters programme. The PhD programme was launched in the year 2017. The Department introduced undergraduate course in Sociology in the year 2020. The Department also offers sociology courses in Bachelor of Liberal Arts course, B.A. Programme for Sportspersons and P.G. Diploma in Gender Studies which started in 2020. The Department initially was run by two regular faculty members with a batch of thirteen students. Currently, the Department has five regular teaching faculty members and one non- teaching staff.

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Recent Publications

  • Jyoti Das, Indigenous knowledge and sustainable development: Rüza—A traditional water management practice in Phek district, Nagaland, Sustainable Development , 1-15, [2024], http://doi.org/10.1002/sd.3104

  • Trideep Jyoti Deori, Jyoti Das, Prevalence of Diabetes and Patterns of Health Seeking Behaviour Among Known Diabetics in a Rural Area of Lucknow District, Chettinad Health City Medical Journal , vol.13, 46-53, [2024], https://doi.org/10.24321/2278.2044.202428

  • Simashree Bora, Neo-Vaishnavism in Assam: Social Transformation, Structural Hierarchies and Cultural Consciousness', The Eastern Anthropologist , vol.76, 387 - 401, [2023]

  • Pratisha Borborah and Krishna Surya Das, Building Agency: Women Vendors and Gendered Technology in Informal Markets in Assam, Gender and Development , vol.30, 517-530, [2022], https://doi.org/10.1080/13552074.2022.2131260

  • Jyoti Das, Development versus poverty: The Coal ‘minors’ of Meghalaya, Journal of Social Science Research , vol.6, 40-49, [2022]

  • Journal of North East India Studies. ISSN- 2278-1455, Vol 10, No. 2, pp. 50-66, Community, Trust and Belonging: Reflections from a Periodic Market in Assam, Journal of North East India Studies , [2021]

  • Shodh Sarita. ISSN: 2348-2397, Volume 8, Issue 29, pp. 169-173., Witchcraft Practices in Small Scale Societies, Shodh Sarita , [2021]

  • Jyoti Das, Ethnicity Blues in Assam: On being an ‘Assamese/Axamiya’ , Journal of Social Science Research , vol.5, 1-12, [2021]

  • Cihnnita Baruah and Pratisha Borborah, A Re-Imagined Community: Pandemic, Media and State, India Review , vol.20, 176-193, [2021], https://doi.org/10.1080/14736489.2021.1895562

  • Pratisha Borborah and Jyoti Das, Bringing the World Inside Home: Media, Advertisements and Changing Forms of Consumerism, Springer, Singapore , 51-74, [2021], https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-2320-2_4

  • Explorations, ISS e-journal, Vol.4(1), April 2020, Cross-Cultural Understanding of Witchcraft Accusations., Explorations, ISS e-journal, Vol.4(1), April 2020 , [2020]

  • Shodh Sarita, ISSN- 2348-2397, Vol 7, No. 28, pp. 59-63, Craft as a Commodity: A Study of Markets and a Change in Consumer Culture, Shodh Sarita , [2020]

  • Pratisha Borborah, Community, Trust and Belonging: Reflections from a Periodic Market, Journal of North East India Studies , vol.10, 50-66, [2020], https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12784487

  • Simashree Bora, Gendered Devotion in neo-Vaishnavism: Women. Monks and Sattras of Majuli, Assam’, Indian Journal of Gender Studies , vol.25, 331 - 350, [2018]

  • Jyoti Das, Development through the Lens of Symbolism, Quest- A Peer Reviewed Journal of Social Sciences and  Humanities , [2014]

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