Department of Assamese

Teaching Staff

Courses and programmes offered : BA Honours & Regular, PG

History of the department:

Date of Establishment	21st July, 1969
Introduction of BA. (General) course	1972
Introduction of BA (Major) course	1981
Affiliation of BA (General) course by Gauhati University	1975
Date of permission of BA (Major) course by Gauhati University	1981-82
Introduction of PG course	2017-2018
First teacher to join the department	Late Birendra Giri Basumatary

Name of the ex-faculty of the department:

Sl. No.	Name of the Ex – Faculty	Period
1	Lt. Birendra Giri Basumatary. (M. A.)	21-07-1969 to 09-04-1994
2	Mr. Dhirendra Nath Medhi, (M.A.)	14-11-1973 to 31-12-2011
3	Mr. Kameswar Deka (M.A.)	13-02-1974 to 06-02-2004
4	Mr. Pradip Kr. Sarma (M.A.)	1977 to 1984
5	Mr. Karuna Kanta Sarma (M.A.)	22-07-1985 to October, 1985
6	Mr. Iswar Ch. Deka (M.A.)	22-07-1985 to 31-10-2020
7	Dr. Pramathesh Bayan, (M.A., Ph.D)	18-08-1986 to 30-09-2020
8	Dr. Birhash Giri Basumatary (M.A., Ph.D)	13-08-1994 to 31-01-2012

Faculty:

Name of the Faculty	Devajyoti Sarma. M.A., M.Phil., B.Ed.
Designation	HOD and Assistant Professor
Areas of Interest	Folk Literature, Language study
Name of the Faculty	Dr. Jumi Das, M.A., Ph. D.
Designation	Assistant Professor
Areas of Interest	Language
Name of the Faculty	Prasanta Kumar Barman, M.A.
Designation	Assistant Professor
Areas of Interest	Assamese Literature
Name of the Faculty	Krishna Das. MA.
Designation	Assistant Professor
Areas of Interest	Assamese Literature, Folk Literature
Name of the Faculty	Sewali Roy. MA., B.Ed., (Ph.D. Research Scholar)
Designation	Assistant Professor
Areas of Interest	Cultural Literature, Language Study

Departmental Facilities and Activities:

Publications:

Departmental Publications

1. Prabandha Sourava (A collection of Assamese articles, 2003)
2. Spandan (Departmental wall magazine Every year)
3. Srijan (A collection of poems, 2003, 2010)
4. Anudita Kabita (Bi-lingual translated collection of poems)
5. Prabandha Guccha
6. Kabita – Malika (A collection of poems) (2018 & 2019).

Individual Publications

• Lt. Birendra Giri Basumatary
  1. Bodo Harimuri Mohor Mushri (An Outline of Bodo Culture)

• Dr. Pramathesh Bayan
  1. Prabandha Guccha

• Dr. Birhash Giri Basumatary
  1. Thengfakhri Tohsildarni Thamani Thungri (Translated into Bodo from Assamese Novel “Thengfakhri Tohsildaror Tamor Torowal” by Mamani Raysom Goswami)
  2. “Mwihur”  – Translated into Assamese from Bodo novel by Dharanidhar Owary
  3. “Angni Zobrani Bwswrse” – Translated into Bodo from Assamese Essay “Mor Axukhor Ebosor” by Minati Barthakur.
• Dr. Pranab Bhagabati
  1. Aakou Natun Prabhat Hobo 9Edited song collection of late Jayanta Hazarika)
  2. Maramar Sparsha (Noval)
  3. Mayla Aachal : Ek Samkikha (Criticism)
  4. Kanmaan Barashir Chip (Edited song collection of Dipali Barthakur)
  5. Kaanoighator Daakowal (one act play collection)

Modalities:

Seminar:

• UGC Sponsored National Seminar at Bijni College on 28^th & 29^th June, 2013. Topic – “Life and Music of Ganasilipi Bhupen Hazarika”.
• UGC sponsored National Seminar at Bijni College, Bijni on 26^th & 27^th June, 2015. Topic – “The Life and Works of Lakshminath Bezbaroa”.

• Workshop:          
  1. National Workshop on Indian Cork Industry and Assamese Puppet Dance, Sponsored at Bijni College, Bijni on 28^th June, 2015.

• Webinar: 
  1. National Webinar on “Covid – 19 & present Education system” held on 11^th August 2020.
  2. Two Day National Webinar on “The Heritage of Assamese Drama & its Evolution” held on 26^th & 27^th September, 2020.

Misc.:       Nil

Research Work