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DR. RAKTIM PATAR
patarraktim2010@gmail.com

DR. RAKTIM PATAR

Assistant Professor
M.A., Ph.D.

Email Id

patarraktim2010@gmail.com

Specialization

Modern Indian History

Area Of Interest

Pre-colonial Ethno history and Colonial Ethnography.

Work Experience

  1. Assistant Professor, Gargaon College, (02/07/2007 to 31/12/2015).
  2. Assistant Professor, Cotton College State University(01/01/2016 to 31/04/2017 on lien).
  3. Assistant Professor, Gargaon College, (01/05/2017 to till date).

Research Experience

Ph.D Research Scholar, Department of History, North Eastern Hill University(NEHU), Shillong(2012 to 2019).

Research Publications

A. Publication in Journals :

Name of the Journal

Research Paper title

ISSN

Antrocom Journal of Anthropology

Vol. 16 N.1 (2020)

The Pisai: A Study on the Village Administration among the Tiwa 

1973-2880 (O)

UGC Care

 

Journal of Indo-Pacific Archaeology Vol. 44 (2020)

The Raj Sabha At Silchang: Dolmens As Administrative Seats Of Ancient Khola Kingdom In Assam, India

2375-0510 (O)

Proceedings of North East India History Association(35th Session), 2014

 

State Formation Among the Tiwa: A Genesis of the Gobha Kingdom

 2349-753X

UGC list of journal No. 42520(pre-14-06-2019)

 

NORTH EAST Journal of Social Science(NEJSS) Vol. 1

Oral Historiography and its Significance in Historical Research of Tribal Societies in Northeast India

ISSN: 2348-5256

Proceedings of North East India History Association(36th Session), 2015

 

Ethnohistorical Study of the Tiwa Religion

2349-753X

UGC list of journal No. 42520(pre-14-06-2019)

 

Proceedings of North East India History Association(37th Session), 2016

 

Megalithic Tradition Among the Tiwa of North East India

2349-753X

UGC list of journal No. 42520(pre-14-06-2019)

 

 

Proceedings of North East India History Association(38th Session), 2017

 

 

Neo- Vaishnavism Among the Tiwa

 

2349-753X

UGC list of journal No. 42520(pre-14-06-2019)

 

Proceedings of North East India History Association(40th Session), 2019

 

From Matrilineal to Patrilineal Descent: A Society in Transition

 

2349-753X

UGC list of journal No. 42520(pre-14-06-2019)

 

North East Journal of Social Science(NEJSS)

 

Oral Historiography and Its Significance in Historical Research of Tribal Societies in North East India

2348-5256

International Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences(IJHSS) Vol. 4, Issue 4(June-July 2015)

The Youth Dormitory System Among the Tiwa: Continuity and Changes

2319-3948

Assam College Teachers  Association  Journal Vol. XXXVI, 2012-13

Gobha Kingdom and Its Origin: A Brief Overview

2229-693X

Studies in Indian Place Names, Vol. 40, Issue. 60, March, 2020

Funerary Rituals among the Tiwa of Brahmaputra Valley

2394-3114 (UGC care)

B. Research Publications: Books, Chapters, Edited works, Articles:

Title

Edited Booklet/ Book/Chapter in a book/ Conference Proceedings/ other Articles

Publisher

(city / country ) & Year of Publication

 Book;   ISBN/ISSN No.

 

Buddhism in Assam: Past and Present

 

 

 

Edited book

Purbanchal Prakash, Guwahati, India, 2014

 978-81-7213-2231

 

The Tiwa Ethnohistory

Book

Notion Press, Chennai, 2021

978-1637815724

 

Aerial Archaeology in Sivasagar

 

Booklet

 

Department of History, Gargaon College, Simaluguri

 

-

 

Tiwa Origin Myth as a Source of Tiwa Ethno-History

Chapter in edited book,  North East India: the Paradigm of Historical, Socio-Economic and Cultural Interactions,edited by,  Pathak, Guptajit

Jnanda Prakashan, New Delhi, India 2014

978-81-7139-617-7

 

Traditional Economy of the Tiwa

 

Chapter in Edited book, Perspective on Material Culture in North East India,  edited by Thakuria, Tilak

Lakshi Publishers & Distributers,

New Delhi, 2019

978-93-82120-56-8

Ancient route of Migration of the Tiwa

Chapter in Edited book, Archaeology in North East India, edited by, Chauley, Milan Kumar & Hazarika Manjil

 

  Research India Press, New Delhi, 2019

 978-93-5171-17-11

Tracing the Migration of the Plain Tiwa Through Oral Traditions”

Proceeding of National Seminar on Orality and Heritage of North East India, edited by, Saikia R. Mukutar  

St. Jhon College, Dimapur, 2020

 

 

979-86-13291-274

Mindai Sal of the Tiwa: An Indigeneous Way of Biodiversity Conservation

Heritage Explorer, Vol. XVI, No. 8 (Special Issue)

Heritage Foundation, Guwahati, 2017

ISSN: 2581-9313

 

India as Jagadguru: A discourse on the achievements of Science and Technology in Ancient India

Ratnottama Bharat

 Hindu Spiritual and Service Samaroh Samity, NE Chapter, 2017

-

Traditional Agriculture System of the Tiwa

Heritage Explorer, Vol. XVII, No. 8 (Special Issue)

Heritage Foundation, Guwahati, 2018

ISSN: 2581-9313

 

 

The Tiwa and the Khasi-Jaintia Relations: A Historical Perspective

Heritage Explorer, Vol. XVIII, No. 8

(Special Issue)

Heritage Foundation, Guwahati, 2019

ISSN: 2581-9313

 

 

An Overview of the System of Marriage and Inheritance among the Tiwa

Yuva Unmesh, edited by Saikia, Shyamolima

Reception Committee, Dibrugarh University Inter-College Youth Festival, 2020

ISBN 978 93-87494-37-4

The People with rare gift of Wisdom: the Unsung Heroes of Nagaland

https://www.opindia.com/2020/03/the-people-with-a-rare-gift-of-wisdom-the-unsung-heroes-of-nagaland/

www.opindia.com

digital News portal

Revitalization of Culture: A study on the Hill Tiwa

Heritage explorer  Vol. XIX, No. 8 ( Special Issue)

Heritage Foundation, Guwahati, August 2020

ISSN: 2581-9313

 

Higher Education in India and national Education Policy 2020: A Discourse on Bharatiya Tradition

Heritage explorer  Vol. XIX, No. 8

Heritage Foundation, Guwahati, 2020

ISSN: 2581-9313

 

The Krai Pinnung: Tiwa Root Village

Heritage explorer  Vol. XX, No. 8 (Independence day Special Issue)

Heritage Foundation, Guwahati, August 2021

ISSN: 2581-9313

 

India As Jagadguru: A Discourse of the Achievements of Science and Technology in Ancient India

Souvenir, 

Ratnauttoma Bharat, 2016

N/A

The Gobha: An outline of a Forgotton Kingdom

Souvenir,  Tiwa Folk Cultural Festival

Sograsal, 2016

N/A

“Samadi System among the Tiwa”,

Souvenir, Golden Jubilee Celebration, Tinsukia Womens College,

2017

 

C. Research Projects:

Title

Major/Minor

Period (Months)

Total Grant/

Funding received

(Rs.)

Name of Sponsoring/ Funding Agency

Outcome of the Project

 

Megaliths of Umswai Valley: A study of megalithic tradition among the Tiwa

 

Minor

(Director)

 

24 months

 

3.50 Lakh

 

Indian Council of Historical Research(ICHR) , New Delhi

 

Ongoing

Uttar-Purva ke Samaj mey Antarnihit Bharatiya Sanskritik Ekatmata ke Antasutra

Major

(Co-Director)

24 months

15 lakh

Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR), New Delhi

Ongoing

Workshop Seminar

Title/Academic Session/ Subject

Organizing Institution (with City & Country)

Type of Conference/ Seminar/ Workshop

(National/International)

Date of Lecture

 

Presented paper on

“Village Administration Among the Tiwa: A Discourse on the Loroship”

 

 Social Science Baha, CNRS France,

Kathmandu, Nepal

4th Annual Kathmandu Conference of Social Science Baha, Nepal

 

22-24 July 2015

Presented paper on “Traditional Health Care System among the Tiwa of North East India”

Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan, Poland

World Inter-Congress of International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences (IUAES)

26-31 August, 2019

Presented paper on

“Tracing the Tiwa Migration Route: An Ethonohistorical Approach”

IIT Guwahati, India

22nd Himalayan Language Symposium

8-10 May 2016

Presented paper on

“Tiwa Oral Traditions in the study of their Ethnohistory”

Department of History, Mizoram University, Aizwal

International Seminar on Writing History of Highlanders of North East India

5-6 March 2019

Presented paper on

“Buddhist Tribes of North East India in the Colonial Ethnography”

 

Buddhist Study Centre, Dibrugarh University & INGCA

 Dibrugarh, India

National Seminar on Buddhism in North East India,

 

19-21 Feb. 2018

Presented paper on “Origin of the Tiwa of North East India”

Synod College, Shillong, Meghalaya, India

39th Annual Conference, North East India History Association(NEIHA), (National )

1-3 Nov. 2018

Presented paper on “Historicity of Oral Traditions: An Investigation on the Tiwa Oral Tradition”

Bharatiya Itihas Sankalan Samity, Assam and Dept. of Sanskrit, Gauhati University, Guwahati, India

National seminar on Revising Society and Culture of Uttar Purva Bharat.

22-23, Feb. 2017

Participated FDP on

“Use of ICT tools for Classroom Teaching”

Electronics & ICT Academy IIT Guwahati and Gargaon College

Faculty Development Programme

23-28 September, 2019

 

Presented paper on

“From Partially Excluded to 6th schedule: A Discourse on the Origin and Development of Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council”

Dept. of History, DKD College, Dergaon and ICHR, NERC, Guwahati

International Level Webline Series on Autonomous Councils of India: the Experiences in Assam

15th  Sept. 2020

Presented paper on

“Unsung Heroes of Indian Freedom Movement in North East India: A Perspective on Assam and Nagaland”

N.E. Studies Cell & IQAC, Kalindi College, University of Delhi

Webinar on Exploring the Unexplored North East India

28th Sept. 2021

Presented paper on

“Voice of Freedom in the Tea Gardens: A biographical Sketch of Unsung Freedom Fighters of Assam”

ICHR, NER Centre

Guwahati, Assam

Lecture Series on Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav

4th Oct. 2021

Resource Person at

National Symposium on “Archeological Research in North East India: recent Trends and Future Prospects”

Archeological Survey of India, Guwahati Circle

World Heritage Week Celebration

November, 2016

Other Information

A. Membership in Professional Academic Body:

  1. Life Member, North East India History Association (NEIHA), NEHU, Shillong, neiha.org .
  2. Life Member, International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences (IUAES), waunet.org/iuaes/ .
  3. Life Member, North East India Research Forum (NEIRF), Gargaon College, Simaluguri, Assam.
  4. Life Member, Bharatiya Itihas Sankalan Samity (BISS).

B. Any Other Information:

  1. EDITOR, North East Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. I, II, III and IV published by, North East Research Forum
  2. Care Taker Officer, 49 Assam Naval Unit NCC, Gargaon College
  3. Teacher In-charge, Sports, Gargaon College 2008-15
  4. Assistant Coordinator two certificate course on Buddhism, org., Buddhist Studies Centre, Gargaon College, 2013
  5. Assistant Local Secretary, 35th North Eastern History Association Conference, 2014
  6. Coordinator, Career & Counselling Cell, Gargaon College, 2013-14
  7. External Officer, AHEC ,HS Examination, 2013
  8. Coordinator, Equal Opportunity Cell, 2014-15
  9. Judge, National Water & Sanitation Week org, Inspector of Schools, Sivasagar, 2015
  10. Jude, Inter School Debating Com. Org, by SDO Nazira, 2015
  11. Secretary, RED RIBBON CLUB, Gargaon College, 2014-15
  12. Member, ST/SC Cell Gargaon College 2007-2019
  13. Resource Person at Seminar on “Tiwa Folk Culture and Tradition” held on the Occasion of Tiwa Folk Cultural Festival, 2016
  14. Resource person at Seminar on Asomiya Madhomor Bidyaloi Somuhor Soikhik Mandondor Unnati Sadhon” org by Maha Rajat Jayanti Udjapon Samity Moinakhurung ME School, 2016
  15. Member, Cotton College State University Convocation arrangement Committee, 2017
  16. Convener, Committee for selection on Sports & Games Quota for PG Admission, Cotton College State University, 2016
  17. Teacher in charge Major Games, Cotton College State University, 2016-17
  18. Supervisor, Field Studies for Project work on Travel and Tourism Management, 2017-18
  19. Coordinator, Tanu Konwer Memorial Inter College/Institute Debating Competition, 2017

 

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