The HSS Department has an interdisciplinary orientation and expertise in three disciplines of Humanities and Social Sciences, namely, English Language, Economics and Management. The Department has been an integral part of the Institute since its inception as the Regional Engineering College, Silchar. Although the concerns of humanities and social sciences can be said to be somewhat different from the concerns of the core disciplines of the Institute, the Department strives to initiate meaningful HSS discourses pertaining to the needs of the engineering disciplines. The aim of HSS in NIT, Silchar is to bring a humane touch to technology and to assist the engineers to develop themselves within the social context. Hence the Department makes conscious attempts to address a range of issues varying from social responsibilities of engineers to culture, literature, management, economics and ethics.
HOD: Dr. N. B. Singh
Phone: 9864486742
E-mail: hod@hum.nits.ac.in
Professor
Department: HUMANITIES
Phone: 9435500774
Email: gurudas_das[at]yahoo[dot]co[dot]in
Department: HUMANITIES
Professor
Phone: 9435500774
Email: gurudas_das[at]yahoo[dot]co[dot]in
Alternate Contact No.: | 03842-222412 |
Alternate E-mail ID: | dasgurudas.das[at]gmail[dot]com |
Academic Qualifications | |
Qualifications Details : | MA (Economics), Ph D |
Currently Teaching Subject: | Managerial Economics |
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Experience Description: | Worked as a Lecturer in Economics at St Anthony's College, Shillong, Meghalaya, Research Fellow at OKD Institute of Social Change and Development, Guwahati, Assam, Reader in Economics at North Eastern Hill University, Shillong Meghalaya, and currently working at NIT Silchar as a Professor of Economics. |
Area of Interest/Specialization : | International Trade, Development Economics, Regional Economics and Area Studies |
Teaching Interests : | Taught both under graduate and post graduate courses at college and university. Currently offering a course on Managerial Economics to the B Tech 4th Semester batch. |
Research Interests : | Actively engaged in research. The main research focus is on the social, political and economic issues relating to the development of India's Northeast. |
Administrative Interests : | Worked as the Head, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, and Faculty in-charge, Training and Placement, NIT Silchar |
Biographical Sketch : | Born in 1960 at Coochbehar, West Bengal. Studied at Vivekananda Vidyapeeth, New town, Coochbehar, upto class X and at Sonapur B K High school, Sonapur, Jalpaiguri, for class XII. Graduated from ABN Seal College, Coochbehar. Received both post-graduation and Ph D degrees from University of North Bengal, Siliguri. Worked as a Lecturer in Economics at St Anthony's College, Shillong, Meghalaya, Research Fellow at OKD Institute of Social Change and Development, Guwahati, Assam, Reader in Economics at North Eastern Hill University, Shillong Meghalaya, and currently working at NIT Silchar as a Professor of Economics. |
Awards/Achievements : | Awarded Silver medal at post graduate level. |
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Assistant Professor
Department: HUMANITIES
Phone: 9435503481
Email: ashimkd_nits[at]rediffmail[dot]com
Department: HUMANITIES
Assistant Professor
Phone: 9435503481
Email: ashimkd_nits[at]rediffmail[dot]com
Alternate Contact No.: | 03842-240337 (Office) |
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Qualifications Details : | B.Com (Accountancy), M.Com (Finance), M.Phil. & Ph.D., FDP (IIMA). |
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Associate Professor
Department: HUMANITIES
Phone: 8811926111
Email: reena_sanasam[at]yahoo[dot]com
Department: HUMANITIES
Associate Professor
Phone: 8811926111
Email: reena_sanasam[at]yahoo[dot]com
Alternate Contact No.: | 9954774566 |
Date of Joining: | 2005-09-07 |
Academic Qualifications | |
Qualifications Details : | M.A , Ph.D and B.Ed |
Currently Teaching Subject: | Communication Skills for B.Tech Students, Report Writing for Ph.D Scholars, Perspectives in Literature, Philosophy and psychology for Ph.D Scholars and Modern Literary Theory for Ph.D scholars |
Experience | |
Experience Duration: | Almost 18 years |
Experience Description: | I have been involved in teaching and guiding B.Tech and Ph.D. scholars for almost 18 years to date. |
Area of Interest/Specialization : | Women's Writing in India, Feminist Theories and Literature, Postcolonial Literature, Cultural Studies, etc |
Teaching Interests : | Communication Skills for B.Tech Students, Report Writing for Ph.D. Scholars, Perspectives in Literature, Philosophy and psychology for Ph.D. Scholars and Modern Literary Theory for Ph.D. scholars |
Research Interests : | Women's Writing in India, Feminist Theories and Literature, Postcolonial Literature, Cultural Studies, etc |
Administrative Interests : | Have shouldered the responsibility of Warden Girls' Hostel, Head of Department, HSS and NCC ANO. |
Biographical Sketch : | I, Dr. Reena Sanasam, hail from Thongju part II, Canchipur, Manipur. I did my High school at Catholic School Canchipur, Imphal; Higher secondary at Vidya Devi Jindal School, Hisar; Graduation at Miranda House, Delhi University; Master of Arts at Kumaun University and Ph.D. at Manipur University. Besides, I have also done B.Ed at D.M College of Teachers' education (Manipur Univ.), Manipur. |
Ph.D. Scholars Guided: | 2 scholars guided until now. |
Book / Chapters Published: | Dr. Reena Sanasam published a book chapter entitled "Cultural Hegemony and Colonialism: A Study of Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart" in the book entitled Feminist Engagements: Cultural Expressions and Politics (Page 166-174) published by Authorspress, New Delhi in 2022 (ISBN 978-93-5529-767-9) Dr. Reena Sanasam published a book chapter entitled "Of Tradition, Nostalgia and Spiritualism" in the book entitled "Voices at the Door" published by Upanayan, Delhi. (Page 191-200) ISBN:978-93-91467-00-5 Pankaj Kalita and Reena Sanasam published a book chapter entitled "The Plot of Queer Love Triangle in Hindi Gay Cinema: A Critical Investigation" in Srijanee, published by WSDC, Sibsagar college, Joysagar, 2021 (ISBN:978-81-950273-2-3) Wild Kombireis: The Nostalgia of a Lost Heritage-- Novel-- published by Amazon(kindle) February 9, 2018 (ASIN) B079QG21DW Published a book chapter entitled Masculine Edifice and Angel in the House: A Study of Khaled Hosseini and Virginia Woolf in the book entitled Postcolonial and Feminist Literary Concerns, published by Iterative International Publishers(2022) ISBN: 978-1-68576-385-5 (113-121) |
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Associate Professor
Department: HUMANITIES
Phone: 9864486742
Email: nbsingh.597@gmail.com
Department: HUMANITIES
Associate Professor
Phone: 9864486742
Email: nbsingh.597@gmail.com
Alternate Contact No.: | 8486153152 |
Alternate E-mail ID: | nameirakpambhupendro[at]rediffmail[dot]com |
Date of Joining: | 1970-07-10 |
Academic Qualifications | |
Qualifications Details : | MA (Economics), Ph. D. |
Currently Teaching Subject: | Managerial Economics and Quantitative Techniques |
Experience | |
Experience Duration: | 15 years |
Experience Description: | Worked as a Research Associate in the Department of Economics, Manipur University. Currently working at NIT Silchar as an Associate Professor. |
Area of Interest/Specialization : | Agricultural Economics, Rural Development & Reginal Economics |
Teaching Interests : | Managerial Economics, Agricultural Economics, Regional Economics & Quantitative Techniques. |
Research Interests : | Actively engaged in research. The main research focus is on agricultural economics and rural development relating to the development of North Eastern Region of India. |
Administrative Interests : | NSS Programme Officer (April 2006 - June 2012), Faculty in-charge, Guest House (August 2007 - April 2012), Associate Warden, Hostel 2/3 (April 2013 - July 2017), Head of the Department (July 2019 - August 2019), CTO, NCC (Since April 2018). |
Biographical Sketch : | Born in 1970 at Malom Tuliyaima, Imphal West, Manipur. Studied at Sainik School Imphal upto class XII. Completed graduation and post-graduation from Maharaja Sayajirao University, Baroda and Ph. D. from Manipur University. At present working at NIT Silchar as a Assistant Professor of Economics. |
Ph.D. Scholars Guided: | 1. Pallabi Das, “Teaching English with Technology: A Case Study of institutes of Technology in North East India”, 2012. 2. M. Seik Mozibar Rahman, “Agricultural Development in Char-Chapori Areas of Assam: Problems and Prospects”, 2014. 3. Diana Rajkumari, “Role of National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme in the Rural Development of the Northeast Region: A Case Study of Manipur”, 2015. |
Projects: | Agricultural Development and Environment Issues in the North Eastern Region: A Case Study of Manipur, ICSSR, Rs. 6.35 Lakh, Completed. |
Book / Chapters Published: | 1. Capital Formation in Agriculture Sector of Manipur (1972-1997), Akansha Publishing House, New Delhi, 2007. 2. "Public Investment in Agriculture and Agricultural Growth in Manipur”, E. Bijoykumar Singh & Ksh. Jhaljit Singh (eds.), Challenges of Economic Policy in Manipur: Essays in Honour of Prof. M. Iboton Singh, Akansha Publishing House, New Delhi, 2008. 3. “Agrarian Structure and Agricultural Production in Manipur”, Ch. Priyoranjan Singh (ed.), Tribalism and the Tragedy of the Commons Land, Identity and Development: The Manipur Experience, Akansha Publishing House, New Delhi, 2009. 4. “Border Trade at Moreh-Tamu Sector: Bane or Boon for Manipur”, E. Bijoykumar Singh & Damudor Nepram (eds.), Perspectives on the Economy of Manipur, Akansha Publishing House, New Delhi, 2010. 5. Diana Rajkumari and N. B. Singh “Towards Women Empowerment through MGNREGS: A Study on Rural Women Workers of Manipur”, Ayangbam Shyamkishor (ed.), Engaging Failed State – Political, Social and Economic Issues of contemporary Manipur, Mittal Publishing House, New Delhi, 2014. 6. Thangjam Chandra Devi and N. B. Singh “Indo-Myanmar Border Trade at Moreh-Tamu Sector: Retrospect and Prospect”, Ujjwal Kanti Paul, Gurudas Das & C. Joshua Thomas (eds.), ASEAN Calling: Development of India’s North-East through Sub-regional Cooperation, Pentagon Press, New Delhi, 2017. |
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Assistant Professor
Department: HUMANITIES
Phone: 9678725099
Email: avishekray@hum.nits.ac.in
Department: HUMANITIES
Assistant Professor
Phone: 9678725099
Email: avishekray@hum.nits.ac.in
URL of Web Profile: | https://sites.google.com/view/avishekray/about |
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Qualifications Details : | ● Ph.D. in Cultural Studies (2014), Trent University, Canada ● M.A. in Comparative Literature (2009), Jadavpur University, India ● B.A. in Comparative Literature (2007), Jadavpur University, India. |
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Experience Description: | ● Assistant Professor, NIT Silchar, Sep 2015-present ● Teaching Assistant, Trent University, Canada, Sep 2010-May 2014 ● Research Assistant, Centre for the Study of Culture & Society (CSCS), Bangalore, June 2009-May 2010. |
Area of Interest/Specialization : | Literary & Cultural Studies, (New) Media Studies, South Asian Studies, Travel & Mobility |
Awards/Achievements : | ● Seed Funding for Visiting Professorship, Mahidol University, Thailand, June-July 2019 ● Advanced Academic Fellowship, Centre for Advanced Study (CAS), Sofia, Bulgaria, Dec 2018-Feb 2019 ● Purdue University Library Research Fellowship (Summer 2017), USA ● CICOPS Fellowship 2017, Pavia University, Italy ● Charles Wallace India Trust Fellowship at the Institute of Advanced Studies in the Humanities (IASH), Edinburgh University, Scotland, Sep-Dec 2016 ● Scholar-in-Residence at Management Centre for Human Values (MCHV), Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Calcutta, March 2016 ● MITACS Globalink Research Fellowship, Mitacs Foundation, Canada, 2014. |
Book / Chapters Published: | ● Co-edited (with Ishita Banerjee-Dube): Nation, Nationalism and the Public Sphere: Religious Politics in India (SAGE, 2020) |
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The Department has started offering the Ph D programme since 2006. The Department covers a number of areas in social sciences and language like Economics, Education, Philosophy, English and Management. The Department has the distinction of producing the first Ph. D. from NIT Silchar. Currently there are 19 number of registered Ph d scholars associated with the Department.
Language Lab: The Department has a state of the art language lab to assist students to avail technically assisted language learning programme. Currently the Department is giving courses only on English language. Efforts are being made to introduce other foreign languages.
Computer Lab: The Department has setup the up-to-date computer lab with internet connectivity for the researchers. There are 14 numbers of PCs along with internet ports in the computer lab.
Departmental Journal: The first issue of the Departmental Journal The Social Scanner has been published in July 2009 in association with Society for North East Development Studies, Silchar. The journal has been widely accepted by the academic community in the country.
E-Resources: Apart from various e-journals the Department has procured the CMIE data bank on Foreign Trade, Economic Intelligence service and State Analysis Service to provide secondary data support to the researchers.
Department of Humanities
NIT Silchar,
Silchar, Assam-788010, India.
Phone: 09864486742.