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

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Shortlisted- Crossword

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Maharani Joymati Award

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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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