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Kakojan College
Kakojan College
কাকজান মহাবিদ্যালয়
Affiliated to Dibrugarh University Kakojan, Jorhat, Assam Est. 1967
NAAC NAAC Accredited — Grade A CGPA 3.18 (Re-Accredited) ISO ISO 9001:2015 Certified Institution Established 1967 Established 1967 Affiliated to Dibrugarh University 14 Departments UG & PG Programmes
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JOYASHREE SAIKIA

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR (HOD) · Department of History

JOYASHREE SAIKIA

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR (HOD)
History M.A., M.PHIL. Joined 14 Aug 1992 34+ Years of Service
About

Biography

"Assistant Professor, M.A., M.Phil.
Department of History"

Profile

Academic & Professional Details

Institutional Responsibilities
"Head of the Department
Counsellor of KKHSOU
Counsellor of IGNOU
Convenor of Curriculum Aspect
Member of Library Committee
Member of Admission Committee
Executive Member of Centre for Women's Studies, Kakojan College"

Research Publications
"1. ""A Study of the problems of the Women Entrepreneur in Jorhat District"", published in Emerging Echoes, Vol. II, 2012 ISSN 2230-7443, published by Centre for Women's Studies, Kakojan College, Jorhat, Assam
2. ""The Role of Folk Festivals in the growth of Tourism Industry in Assam"" published in the edited book - Cultural Tourism in North East: Problem and Prospects"", published by Jorhat College, 2011, ISBN: 978-81-921869-9-7
3. ""Economic Empowerment of Tribal Women through Bank Finance: A Case Study of Kanaklata Mahila Urban Cooperative Bank"", published in Emerging Echoes, Vol. III, 2014 ISSN 2230-7443, published by Centre for Women's Studies, Kakojan College, Jorhat, Assam
4. ""Problems of Rural Entrepreneurship in Jorhat District of Assam"", published in QUILL: An Annual Research Journal of Women's Studies and Development Cell, Margherita College, Vol. I, ISSN: 2350-076X
5. ""Cultural Tourism in Majuli with Special Reference to Vaishnavite Movement"", published in the Journal of the Department of History, Nitaipukhuri HCDG College, Sivsagar, Assam, ISSN: 2278-4314
6. ""Women in Medieval Assamese Society: An Analysis"" published in Jagriti, A publication of Centre for Women's Studies, Kakojan College, Jorhat, Assam, ISBN: 978-81-924366-0-9, 2016
7. ""A Study on the Folk Festivals of the Mishings"", published in Exploration: A Book on Multidisciplinary Research Studies, Published by The Research Wings: A Research Forum of Chemistry and History Department, Kakojan College, Jorhat, Assam, ISBN: 978-81-9222765-8-8
8. ""Socio-Economic aspect of the Karbis of Karbi-Anglong"", published in The Spectrum, published by Teachers' Unit, Kakojan College, Jorhat, Assam, ISBN: 978-81-926685-4-2
9. ""Women Bhakats in Medeival Period: With Special Reference to Meera Bai: Honour, Gender and the Legend, published in The Awakening of Women, published by Center for Women's Studies, Kakojan College, Jorhat, Assam, ISBN: 978-93-83308-55-2
10. ""Role of Women in the Freedom Struggle Movement in Assam: An Analysis, published in Emerging Echoes, Vol. VII, 2018 ISSN 2230-7443, published by Centre for Women's Studies, Kakojan College, Jorhat, Assam"

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Seminars & Workshops Attended
"1. Workshop on Processing of Fruits and Vegetablesat Kakojan college, on 18.12.2009.
2. Workshop on Paper setting and evaluation at Kakojan college, on 12.06.2010.
3. SAM Workshop on Capacity building of women management in higher education at J.B College, organized by J.B College women cell, sponsored by UGC, 2011.
4. Workshop on  History curriculum in the B.A semester program under Dibrugarh university on 15/10/2011, At Dibrugarh University
5. National level workshop on Domestic violence Act 2005: its uses and misuses” on 16th/17th October 2015 held at Amguri College.
6. Workshop on Preparation for NAAC and Academic and Administrative audit” organized by IQAC, Kakojan college, Jorhat Assam, on 08/10/22
7. Seminar attended at Mariyani College, 2003.
8. International seminar attended at Margherita College, 2004.
9. Participated  the National seminar at Kakojan College, 2004.
10. Paper presented at the International seminar, Punjabi University Patiala, 2005, title of the paper “ Quality based higher education and the problems of rural colleges of Assam
11. National seminar held at Rajib Gandhi University, Itanagar, A.P, 2006, The title of the paper presented Problems of Rural entrepreneurs in Jorhat District”
12. National seminar at Kakojan college, 2008, titile of the paper presented “ Cultural turism of Majuli: Problems and Prospects
13. Participated the National seminar, held at J.B College, Jorhat, 2007
14. National seminar held at Dispur College, 2008, title of the paper presented “ Global Student Mobility in higher education: Challenges for India.
15. National seminar at Garhgaon College 2008, title of the paper presented “ Agricultural tools of Assam during the Ahom period
16. State level seminar attended at Mariyani College, 2010.
17. Participating a National seminar at Kakojan college, 2010.
18. Participating a National seminar at J.B college, 2010.
19. Participating a National seminar at Jorhat college, on 7th and 8th January2011, topic of the paper presented The role of Folk Festivals of Assam in the growth of Tourism industry in Assam.
20. Attending International Conference organized by Dr B.S Ambedkar open University Ahmedabad, 2011, the title of the paper presented Curriculum in History: Need for future operation
21. National seminar held at HDG College Nitaipukhuri, Sibsagar, 2012, the topic of the paper presented “ Economic empowerment of tribal women through bank finance: A case study of the Kanaklata Mahila Urban Cooperative bank Ltd, Jorhat Assam.
22. National seminar held at D.C.B Girls College, Jorhat, 2012, topic of the paper presented A study of the problems and prospects of Women entrepreneurs in Assam
23. International seminar held at C.K.B College, Teok, 2014, the title of the paper presented Wild life of Kaziranga and its conservationâ.
24. Participated in a National Seminar at Margherita College in 2020"

Book Publications
Nil

R&D Projects
"1. Name of the Project: Minor research project
Duration of the project: 2009-2011
Name of the funding agency: UGC
Title of the project: A study of the social life of Assam during 15th and 16th century under the Ahoms.
Status of the project: submitted 
Total grant sanctioned: Rs 75,000/
2.Name of the Project: Minor research project
Duration of the project: 2014-2016
Name of the funding agency: UGC
Title of the project: A study on the role of selected folk festivals in the growth of Tourism industry of Assam
Status of the project: submitted 
Total grant sanctioned: Rs 1,50,000/
Received: 1,25,000/ 
3.Research for M. Phil degree
4.Topic; Agrarian life of Medieval Assam: A study of Tungkhungia period (1681-1817) 
5. University: Madurai Kamaraja University, Year: 2007
"

Organising Experience
1. Guided Field Study and Educational Tour of Non Major Students to Sivsagar District

Awards & Honours
M.Phil. Degree

FDP / Orientation / Refresher Courses
"RC: 21 days (From 26th February to 18th March, 2003) at Dibrugarh University
OC: 28 days (From 16th May to 12th June, 2009), UGC-ASC, Burdwan University.
RC: 21 days (From 19th November to 9th December, 2012), UGC ASC, NEHU, Shillong
RC: 21 days (From 8th November to 29th November, 2013), UGC-Aligarh Muslim University.
STC: North Bengal University, 2018"

Extension Activities
"1. Participated in the flood relief programme organized by Teachers Unit and NSS Unit of the institution
2. Participated in the Blood Donation Camp, organized by NSS Unit, Kakojan College
3. Participated in environment awareness programmes organized Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) of the institution
4. Actively involved in preparation of departmental wall magazine ˜GOMCHENG
"

Memberships
Member of Itihax Anusandhan Samiti
Member of ACTA
Member of Lukinath SensuaBarua Smriti Sangrakhan Samiti
Member of Axomiya Xahitya Xonmiloni, Jorhat
Life member of Anirban Xangkritik Gusthi, Teok"