Dr. Sagarika Mahanta Das

Seminars/Conference/Workshops and Publications:

Publications:

1. Mahanta Das, S. (2016). Women and culture: The case of the Garo women of Assam. in M. Mahanta (Ed.), Culture and Social Values: Quest for Sustainability in a Market-Driven Society (pp. 348-361). Olympia Prakashan. ISBN: 978-81-931548-0-9.
2. Medhi K.B. &Mahanta Das, S. (2016). The Garo women in the universe of Maxim in T. Baruah (Ed.), Spectrum of Northeast India: Dimensions of Life and Culture (pp. 1-19). Dibya Publications. ISBN: 81-888-00-4.
3. Borthakur, D., Goswami, S., Mahanta Das, S., & Kalita, P. (2020). Relationships in the diasporic milieu: A reading of Jhumpa Lahiri’s selected short stories from Interpreter of Maladies. Journal of Critical Reviews, 7(4). ISSN: 2394-5125.
4. Mahanta Das, S., & Kalita, P. (2021). Treatment of death and decay in select poems of Kamala Das. Utkal Historical Research Journal, 34(1). ISSN: 0976-2132.
5. Mahanta Das, S. (2023). Understanding culture and beliefs of a matrilineal society through folktales: A study on Garo tribe. Indian Journal of Natural Sciences, 14(78). ISSN: 0976-0997.
6. Mahanta Das, S. (2023). A brief history of the development of English short stories in P. Barman, R. Handique, & D. Borthakur (Eds.), Xukia: Perspectives from Social Sciences and Humanities (pp.253-266). Purbanchal Prakash. ISBN: 978-81-964605-3-2.
7. Mahanta Das, S. (2023 Challenging traditional gender roles in Kamala Das’s poetry in N. Rahman (Ed.), Adventure: Journey to Excellence (pp. 33-35). Adhyayan Publishers & Distributors. ISBN: 978-93-91943-96-7.
8. Mahanta Das, S., & Rahman, N. (2024). The evolution of gender roles: A study of Shashi Deshpande's novels on Indian family life. Educational Administration: Theory and Practice, 30(1), 1310–1314. ISSN: 2148-2403.
9. Mazumdar, T., & Mahanta Das, S. (2024). Colonial detention discourse: Gandhi as a Satyagrahi prisoner and his impact upon society. Cahiers Magellanes-NS, 6(1). ISSN: 1624-1940.
10. Mahanta Das, S., & Mazumdar, T. (2024). Unveiling gender dynamics through proverbs in Garo folklore. Community Practitioner, 21(6). https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12545104

Research Interests:

• Indian writings in English, North East Tribal studies, English Literature

Seminars, FDPs and Workshops:

1. National Seminar on Literature in Translation: A Comparative Exercise
   • Organizer: Department of English, Goalpara College, Goalpara, Assam
   • Date: January 21-22, 2014
2. National Seminar on Cultural Heritage of Assam
   • Organizer: Department of Anthropology, Gauhati University
   • Date: April 23-25, 2015
3. Folklore in the Postmodern Era
   • Organizer: Department of Folklore Research, Gauhati University
   • Date: World Folklore Day, August 22, 2015
4. Three Days Training of Teachers for Student Induction Program
   • Organizer: University Grants Commission
   • Date: August 8-10, 2019
5. UGC Sponsored National Seminar on Culture and Social Value: Quest for Sustainability in a Market-driven Society
   • Organizer: IQAC, Sonapur College, Assam
   • Date: September, 2016
6. National Seminar on Folklore and Culture of Northeast India
   • Organizer: Department of Folklore Research, Gauhati University
   • Date: March 29-30, 2019
7. State Level Workshop on Revised Accreditation Framework, NAAC
   • Organizer: Assam College Teachers’ Association, Jorhat Zone, in collaboration with IQAC, Dr. Nobin Bordoloi College
   • Date: February 9, 2022
8. Two Weeks Faculty Development Programme on "ADVANCED CONCEPTS FOR DEVELOPING MOOCS"
   • Organizer: Teaching Learning Centre, Ramanujan College, University of Delhi
   • Date: July 2nd – July 17th, 2023
9. International Conference on Revisiting History, Ethnicity, and Myth in Literature
   • Organizer: Amity University Rajasthan, Jaipur, India
   • Date: October 19-20, 2023
   • Presentation Title: “Deconstructing Masculinity: Exploring Male Discrimination in Post-modern Indian English Literature”
10. Two Day International Seminar on “Interface of Indigenous and Global :Re-Structuring Culture,  Economy  and Society

• Organiser : Department of English, Bodoland University, Kokrajhar
• Date:16-17 March,2023
• Presentation Title:  The Role of Garo Women in Family Economy

1. Faculty Development Program on “INNOVATIVE TEACHING AND LEARNING PEDAGOGY”

• Organizer: Research Foundation of India & RFI-CARE
• Date: 25-30 April 2024

• Invited as Resource Person in A Two Day National Seminar on “Anti- British Uprising of Peasants and the Role of Tribes during the British Rule in India: A Study on Political and Socio-Economic Aspects of the Tribes” organised by IQAC,Department of English and History, Nagaon in collaboration with Royal Global University, Guwahati on 29th and 30th June 2024.
• Nominated as Subject Expert for selection of  PGT- English & TGT English Teachers (Purely Contractual) for Shillong region for the session 2024-25 at JNV, Niangbau, Ri-Bhoi, Meghalaya on 16-08-2024.
• Invited as a Resource Person at the one-day workshop The Art of Creative Writing in English  on 07.11.2023 organised by West Goalpara Collge, Goalpara, Assam
• Awarded "Best Performer of the Year"2022-23 by JPICONS Education
• Co-Convenor under the Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences of the International Conference on Post Covid Challenges and Rural Development in South Asia in collaboration with Bangladesh Academy for Rural Development and Panchayati Raj, North-East Regional Centre (NIRDPR-NERC), Guwahati, Assam, India on 17th and 18th March, 2021
• Scored Second highest percentage in B.A ( English) under Gauhati University, 1998
• Scored Second highest percentage in M.A (English) under Gauhati University, 2001
• Invited as Soft Skill Trainer in various corporate offices
• Certification in the course Creative  Writing: The Craft of Setting
• Certification in the course Gender and Sexuality
• Certificate of participation by University Grant Commission for participating a three days Training Programme of Teachers for Student Induction.