Department of Sociology : Cotton University

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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.

Dr. Jyoti Das
hodsociology@cottonuniversity.ac.in
8860226697

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

Himangshu Sekhar Sarma and Dr. Indrani Sarma, Cultural Capital and Digital Divide: Language as a Bridge and Barrier to Technology Adoption Among Students in Vernacular Medium Schools, Aitihya- The Heritage , vol.Volume-XV, Issue-2, 76-83, [2024]

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

Dr Indrani Sarma and Dr Sarmistha Das, Urbanisation and its Impact on the Peri-Urban Areas: A Study in Guwahati City, Explorations (E-Journal of the Indian Sociological Society) , vol.Volume 6 (1), 3-20, [2022]

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]

Dr. Indrani Sarma and Dr. Draghima Basumatary, The New Education Policy: A Sociological Perspective, SHODH SARITA SHODH SARITA , vol.Volume 8, 84-88, [2021]

Dr. Draghima Basumatary and Dr. Indrani Sarma, The Kamakhya Temple: A Sociological Perspective, SHODH SANCHAR BULLETIN , vol.Volume 11, 133-137, [2021]

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

Dr. Indrani Sarma, Insights from the forest villages in Assam: Discourses on the history, culture and communities, International Journal of Social Science and Economic Research , vol.Volume 4, Issue 6, [2019]

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

Dr. Indrani Sarma, M.N. Srinivas: The Man and His Work, ANTHROPOS INDIA , vol.Volume 1, 81-107, [2015]

Prof. Chandan Kumar Sharma and Dr. Indrani Sarma, Issues of Conservation and Livelihood in a Forest Village of Assam, International Journal of Rural Management Sage Publications , vol.Vol. 10 No. 1. April 2014, 47-68, [2014]

Dr. Indrani Sarma, In Search of an Ordered Landscape (Book Review) Gunnel Cederlӧf (2014) An Empire on India’s North Eastern Frontiers 1790-1840: Climate, Commerce and Ecology, Oxford University Press 2014, New Delhi, Social Change and Development , vol.Volume XI, [2014]

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

Dr. Indrani Sarma, Forest Villages in Assam: Emergence and Evolution, Social Change and Development , vol.Volume IX, 3-25, [2012]

Dr. Indrani Sarma, An Assessment of the Indian Forest Rights Act 2006 in Assam, JOURNAL OF ALTERNATIVE PERSPECTIVES IN THE SOCIAL SCIENCES , vol.Volume 4, 493-517, [2012]

Dr. Indrani Sarma, Joint Forest Management in a National Park of Assam, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOCIAL SCIENCE TOMORROW (Society for Promoting International Research and Innovation) , vol.Volume I, [2012]