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Vidwan Score 8.6

15 Articles

22 Books

11 Awards

Prof Arupjyoti Saikia

Professor

Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati

Publications

15

Journal Articles
22

Book
2

Conference
Proceedings
11

Awards
1
1
18

Citations / H-Index

159 Citations

7 h-index

204 Citations

Google Scholar

Co-author Network

Expertise

History

Environmental, Economic and Political History of Modern Assam

Personal Information

Prof Arupjyoti Saikia

Male

Department Of Humanities And Social Sciences Indian Institute Of Technology Guwahati

, , India - 781039

Experience

2015 - Present

Professor

Department of Humanities and Social Sciences

Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, Kamrup
2006 - 2009

Associate Professor

Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, Kamrup

Qualification

2012

Post Doc

Yale University
2002

Ph.D

University of Delhi
1996

M.Phil

Jawaharlal Nehru Univeristy, New Delhi
1994

MA

Jamia Millia Islamia
1991

BA

Gauhati University

Honours and Awards

2021

Honorable Mention, Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy Book Prize

Association of Asian Studies

2020

'The Unquiet River' in Atta Galatta–Bangalore Literature Festival Book Prize longlist

Atta Galatta–Bangalore Literature Festival

2020

Short Listed for Kamala Devi Chattopadhaya best book in non-fiction Category for The Unquiet River: A Biography of the Brahmaputra

New India Foundation

2021

Honorable Mention, Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy Book Prize

Association of Asian Studies

2020

'The Unquiet River' in Atta Galatta–Bangalore Literature Festival Book Prize longlist

Atta Galatta–Bangalore Literature Festival

2020

Short Listed for Kamala Devi Chattopadhaya best book in non-fiction Category for The Unquiet River: A Biography of the Brahmaputra

New India Foundation

2017

New India Foundation

2017

Visiting Fellow, University of Cambridge

Charles Wallace India Trust

2015

Visiting Fellow

Visiting Fellow, Indian Institute of Advanced Studies, Shimla

2014

Srikant Dutta Book Award for best book for non-fiction on north east India for A Century of Protests: Peasant Politics in Asia

Nehru Memorial Museum and Library, New Delhi

2014

Suryya Kumar Bhuyan Endowment Chair

Suryya Kumar Bhuyan Memorial Trust

2011

Agrarian Studies Fellowship

Yale University

2007

Visiting Fellow

Centre for Inter-disciplinary Studies in Environment and Development, ISEC, Bangalore, India (2007-2008).

2006

Visiting Fellowship, School of Oriental and African Studies

Charles Wallace Trust

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Doctoral Theses Guided

2022

‘Park, People and Politics: An Environmental History of the Kaziranga National Park (KNP)

Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati,Biswajit Sarmah

2021

Lakshminath Bezbaroa and His Times: Language. Literature and Modernity in Colonial Assam

IIT Guwahati,Gitashree Tamuly

2021

Brewing Trouble or Transforming Nature? Making of Tea Plantations’ Environments in Assam, 1830s-1930s

Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati,Namrata Borkotoky

2022

‘Park, People and Politics: An Environmental History of the Kaziranga National Park (KNP)

Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati,Biswajit Sarmah

2021

Lakshminath Bezbaroa and His Times: Language. Literature and Modernity in Colonial Assam

IIT Guwahati,Gitashree Tamuly

2021

Brewing Trouble or Transforming Nature? Making of Tea Plantations’ Environments in Assam, 1830s-1930s

Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati,Namrata Borkotoky

2021

Citizenship, Nationality and Assam: A Political History Since 1947

Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati,Prarthana Saikia

2014

Polity and Petroleum Making of an Oil Industry in Assam, 1825-1980

Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati,Ditee Moni Baruah

2012

History of Intoxication: Opium in Assam, 1800-1959

Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati,Kawal Deep Kour

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Membership In Professional Bodies

2017

Integrated History and Future of People on Earth (IHOPE)

Member

2017

Integrated History and Future of People on Earth (IHOPE)

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Vidwan Score 8.6

Prof Arupjyoti Saikia

Publications

Journal Articles

Book

Conference Proceedings

Awards

Citations / H-Index

Google Scholar

Co-author Network

Publications - 52 Co-author - 17

Expertise

History

Environmental, Economic and Political History of Modern Assam

Personal Information

Prof Arupjyoti Saikia

Experience

Professor

Associate Professor

Qualification

Post Doc

Ph.D

M.Phil

MA

BA

Honours and Awards

Honorable Mention, Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy Book Prize

'The Unquiet River' in Atta Galatta–Bangalore Literature Festival Book Prize longlist

Short Listed for Kamala Devi Chattopadhaya best book in non-fiction Category for The Unquiet River: A Biography of the Brahmaputra

Honorable Mention, Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy Book Prize

'The Unquiet River' in Atta Galatta–Bangalore Literature Festival Book Prize longlist

Short Listed for Kamala Devi Chattopadhaya best book in non-fiction Category for The Unquiet River: A Biography of the Brahmaputra

New India Foundation

Visiting Fellow, University of Cambridge

Visiting Fellow

Srikant Dutta Book Award for best book for non-fiction on north east India for A Century of Protests: Peasant Politics in Asia

Suryya Kumar Bhuyan Endowment Chair

Agrarian Studies Fellowship

Visiting Fellow

Visiting Fellowship, School of Oriental and African Studies

Doctoral Theses Guided

‘Park, People and Politics: An Environmental History of the Kaziranga National Park (KNP)

Lakshminath Bezbaroa and His Times: Language. Literature and Modernity in Colonial Assam

Brewing Trouble or Transforming Nature? Making of Tea Plantations’ Environments in Assam, 1830s-1930s

‘Park, People and Politics: An Environmental History of the Kaziranga National Park (KNP)

Lakshminath Bezbaroa and His Times: Language. Literature and Modernity in Colonial Assam

Brewing Trouble or Transforming Nature? Making of Tea Plantations’ Environments in Assam, 1830s-1930s

Citizenship, Nationality and Assam: A Political History Since 1947

Polity and Petroleum Making of an Oil Industry in Assam, 1825-1980

History of Intoxication: Opium in Assam, 1800-1959

Membership In Professional Bodies

Integrated History and Future of People on Earth (IHOPE)

Integrated History and Future of People on Earth (IHOPE)

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