Awards

- Sahitya Academy Award for the Assamese novel Deo Langkhui by Sahitya Academy, New Delhi in 2008
- Asom Sahitya Sabha Award (1st prize awarded in the Manuscript Competition, organized by the Asom Sahitya Sabha) for the novel Abirata Yatra in 1981.
- Assam Valley Literary Award
- Kalaguru Bishnu Prasad Rabha Award by Asom Sahitya Sabha for the novel Deo Langkhui in 2006.
- Lekhika Samarooh Sahitya Bata by Sadou Asom Lekhika Samarooh Sammittee in 2011.
- G.A. Kulkarni Award for translation of the novel, Makam in the Marathi Language by Vidhya Sharma, Goa Hindu Association, Mumbai in 2013.
- Certificate of Merit Award, 2011 by Indian Documentary Producer’s Association, Mumbai for the documentary ‘The Divided Soul’ in 2011.
- Award of Excellence in Best Editing of the documentary ‘The Divided Soul’ in the Mumbai international film Festival (MIFF) in 2011.
- Long listed- DSC
- Shortlisted- Crossword
- Maharani Joymati Award
- Films – Keneen and Antaheen
Felicitations
- Felicitated by the Indian Overseas Chinese Organization, 2010
- Felicitated by the Oxford Business School, Oxford
- Felicitated by the Asom Jatiyabadi Yuva Chatra Parishad (Assam)
- Felicitated by the Assom Student Union (Assam)
- Felicitated by the King of Gobha (Assam)
- Felicitated by many distinguished literary organisations of Assam

Membership of reputed institutions
Former Visitor’s (President of India) nominee to the Court, Rajiv Gandhi University, Arunachal Pradesh.
Former Governing Body member of NIIT, Arunachal Pradesh.
Former Visitor’s (President of India) nominee to the Court, Assam University, Silchar, Assam.
Life member, Assam Lekhika Santha (A Women’s literary Organization of Assam).
Former Member, State Commission for Women, Assam (Nominated by Government of Assam).
Ex-member, Asomiya Advisory Panel, National Book Trust, India.
Posts Held
- Lecturer, Political Science, Diphu Government College, Karbi Anglong from 1989 to 1991.
- Lecturer & Senior Lecturer in Political Science, Cotton College, Guwahati, Assam from 1991 to 2001.
- Associate professor in Political Science, Cotton College, Guwahati, Assam from 2001-2016
- Director of the National Book Trust in India 2016- xxx
- Current Editor, Assamese literary magazine Gariyoshi
Seminars/Festivals/Lectures
Participated in National/International seminars
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Sahitya Academy Award for the Assamese novel Deo Langkhui by Sahitya Academy, New Delhi in 2008.

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Asom Sahitya Sabha Award (1st prize awarded in the Manuscript Competition, organized by the Asom Sahitya Sabha) for the novel Abirata Yatra in 1981.
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Assam Valley Literary Award
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Kalaguru Bishnu Prasad Rabha Award by Asom Sahitya Sabha for the novel Deo Langkhui in 2006.
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Lekhika Samarooh Sahitya Bata by Sadou Asom Lekhika Samarooh Sammittee in 2011.
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G.A. Kulkarni Award for translation of the novel, Makam in the Marathi Language by Vidhya Sharma, Goa Hindu Association, Mumbai in 2013.
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Certificate of Merit Award, 2011 by Indian Documentary Producer’s Association, Mumbai for the documentary ‘The Divided Soul’ in 2011.
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Award of Excellence in Best Editing of the documentary ‘The Divided Soul’ in the Mumbai international film Festival (MIFF) in 2011.
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Long listed- DSC
10
Shortlisted- Crossword
11
Maharani Joymati Award
12
Films – Keneen and Antaheen
- Paper presented at the 20th IPSA World Congress held in Fukuoka, Japan organized by the International Political Science Association. Title of the paper: Ethnicity and Governance: Problems of India’s Regional Security.
- First international seminar on ‘Challenges of Development in North East India: Issues and Concerns’ on 3rd to 4th November, 2011 at the Delhi School of Economics, New Delhi. Topic of the paper: ‘War Induced Population Displacement and Search for Humanitarian Justice: A Study of Indian Chinese Community.’
- Joined as a Panellist in the Session ‘A Time Apart’ in DSC Jaipur Literary Festival, 2011.
- Panellist and Chairman in the Seminar on ‘Who is a Citizen?’ at the 22nd Grassroot Politics Colloquium at Developing Countries Research Centre, New Delhi on 25th to 26th March, 2001.
- Participated as a panellist and Speaker in National Literary Meet at Daulat Ram College, New Delhi in collaboration with Sahitya Akademi on 29th July, 2011. Topic: The rise of the novel in India.
- Participated as Speaker in the ‘Women Writer’s Interaction’ organized by the Indian Association for Women’s Studies along with Cotton College State University in collaboration with Zubaan, New Delhi on 3rd February, 2014.
- Participated in the North East Festival organized by Zubaan on 29th January, 2011 in New Delhi.
- Participated in Panel Discussion on ‘Society and Literature’ organised by Omeo Kumar Das Institute of Social Change and Development, Guwahati in Guwahati.
- Delivered Special Lecture on the status of Assamese Chinese issue related to 1962 Sino-Indian War in a meeting of the ‘North-East MP Forum’ at the Conference Hall of Assam Bhawan, New Delhi in November, 2010.
- Delivered Special Lecture on the status of Assamese Chinese issue related to 1962 Sino-Indian War at the Conference Hall of Assam Legislative Assembly in presence of all opposition party’s MLAs, in Dispur, Guwahati.
- Delivered Speech in Oxford Business School, Oxford
Participation at literary festivals and other major events
- Invited as a Special Guests to attend 22nd Nepal International Book Fair 2018, Global Exposition & Management Services Pvt. Ltd, Kathmandu, Nepal
- Attended Mathrubhumi International Festival of Letters, Kerala, 2018
- Attended Zero Literary Festival
- Attended Conference of World Book Fair Director at Sweden
- Attended An Author's Afternoon Series in Kolkata, July 2018
- Attended as a Panelist at The Write Circle series, Jaipur, 2018
- Invited to attend Dhaka International Book Fair, 2005 for release her book “Papi Nakshatrer Golpo” by Gatidhar Publisher at Bangladesh during Dhaka International Book Fair
- Attended Times Lit Fest Delhi, 2017
- Attended literature festival – Sahitya Aaj Tak 2019, Delhi
- Attended Brahmaputra Literary Festival,2023
Academic / Public Lectures
- Special Lecture on ‘Historical Background and the Present Socio-cultural Position of the tea-Community of Assam’, September, 2010 in North Bengal University.
- Talk on Chinese diaspora in India with special reference to the Assamese Chinese at the Institute of Chinese Studies, Delhi, November, 2010.
- Delivered Lecture at Oxford Business School, London
- Inaugural Lecture on the programme ‘Akash’ organized by Asom Sahitya Sabha (the primier and prestigious Literary Organization of Assam) in its Dergaon Session in 2011.
- Presided and delivered inaugural lecture in the poet’s meet organized by Asom Sahitya Sabha in its Sapar Session in 2012.
- Birinchi Kumar Baruah Memorial Lecture
- Lecture on Indian philosophy
- Speeches in various literary events, award giving functions, book release function, woman empowerment and so on.
Education & Research
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Sahitya Academy Award for the Assamese novel Deo Langkhui by Sahitya Academy, New Delhi in 2008.

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Asom Sahitya Sabha Award (1st prize awarded in the Manuscript Competition, organized by the Asom Sahitya Sabha) for the novel Abirata Yatra in 1981.
3
Assam Valley Literary Award
4
Kalaguru Bishnu Prasad Rabha Award by Asom Sahitya Sabha for the novel Deo Langkhui in 2006.
5
Lekhika Samarooh Sahitya Bata by Sadou Asom Lekhika Samarooh Sammittee in 2011.
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G.A. Kulkarni Award for translation of the novel, Makam in the Marathi Language by Vidhya Sharma, Goa Hindu Association, Mumbai in 2013.
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Certificate of Merit Award, 2011 by Indian Documentary Producer’s Association, Mumbai for the documentary ‘The Divided Soul’ in 2011.
8
Award of Excellence in Best Editing of the documentary ‘The Divided Soul’ in the Mumbai international film Festival (MIFF) in 2011.
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Long listed- DSC
10
Shortlisted- Crossword
11
Maharani Joymati Award
12
Films – Keneen and Antaheen
- Ph.D from Guwahati University on Comparative Literature in 2005
Thesis: Society and Women psychology depicted in Nirupama Bargohain and Ashapurna Devi’s Novels: A comparative study.
- LLB from Gauhati University in 1990.
- M.A. in Assamese from Gauhati University in 1994.
- M.A. in Political Science from Gauhati University in 1988.
- B.A. in Political Science from Cotton College, Gauhati University in 1982.
Research Studies Conducted
- The Chinese Diaspora and 1962 Sino-Indian War.
- Tea History of Assam
- Tea Community of Assam
- Tiwa Tribe of Assam.
- The Assamese Chinese Community
Ongoing Research
- 1971 Indo-Pak War and Forced Migration.
- Political History of Assam
Research papers / theses on her works
- Ph.D. on her works by Nandita Dutta, Mousumi Hajarika, among others
- Rajiv Deka has done Ph.D on Makam and Deo Langhui
- Several Research Papers on Rita Chowdhury’s novels including Makam, Mayabritta, Deo Langkhui, Ei Samay Sei Samay, Chinatown Days have been published in well-known journals.
- There are research papers on her works by Amit Rahul Baisya, Manashi Changmai, Rehat Mahanta, Mallika Tamuly, Rini Bannerjee, Niharika Gogoi, Khirod Das among others
Social commitment
- Empowering Young Writers of Assam through a literary Trust, ADHARXILA as its Managing Trustee.
- Upliftment of ethnic communities of Assam
- Indian-Chinese – Voiceless, Greater Assamese Community, Woman Empowerment, Environment, Book Promotion – mainly through her own platform