Dr Tejaswita Duarah

M.A, M.Phil, Ph.D (NET)
Joined Sankaradeva Mahavidyalaya on 22 Feb, 2024
BA Geography Honors (Kamala Nehru College, University of Delhi) MA, MPhil, PhD Geography (Centre for the Study of Regional Development, Jawaharlal Nehru University)
Research Interest:
Gender, Women, Tribes, North East India, Education and Livelihood.
Specialized Courses:
Social Geography

SEMINARS AND CONFERENCES

Duarah. T. (2023), “Understanding Transitions in Livelihood through Narratives: Mishing women’s Access to Forest Produce in Fringe Villages of Kaziranga National”, National Seminar on Gender, Society and Development in the Context of North-East India, Department of Sociology, North Eastern Hill University, Shillong. (Virtual mode)

Duarah. T. (2021), “Land and Livelihood Options of Mishing Women in Fringe Villages of Kaziranga National Park, Assam”, 42nd IIG Annual Meet 2021 and International E- Conference on Geography for People, Planet, Prosperity and Peace, Institute of Indian Geographers and Department of Geography, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune. (Virtual mode)

Duarah. T. (2019), “Agricultural Inputs by Rural Women in Self Help Groups: A Study of Duliajan and Joypur Panchayat in Dibrugarh, Assam”, 2nd National Conference on Building Uniqueness of Agriculture Sector for Sustainable Development, Indian Economic Association, Department of Economics, Kristu Jayanti College, Bengaluru.

Duarah. T. (2018). “Integrating Rural Women through Self Help Groups in Assam”,12th World Congress of the RSAI, Spatial Systems: Social Integration, Regional Development and Sustainability, Goa.

Duarah. T. (2017). “Dynamics of Gender relationships among Tribal Societies of North East India as Depicted in Tribal Folklores”, International Conference on Folklore and Management Practices, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology, Bhubaneshwar.

Duarah. T. (2017). “Building Inclusive Cities for Tribal Women: North East Migrants in Delhi”, UGC-SAP-DRS III National Seminar on Environment and Resource & Urban and Regional Planning, Department of Geography, Delhi School of Economics, Delhi.

Duarah, T. (2017). “Creating an Identity in a Neo-liberal Market by Tribal Women.” Fifth Northern Regional Social Science Congress, NRC-ICSSR New Delhi, Mohanlal Sukhadia University, Udaipur.

Duarah, T. (2016). “Identity in Urban Spaces: Northeast Migrants in Delhi”, Graduate Research Meet 2016, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Guwahati.

JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS

Duarah. T. (2023). Living Conditions of Female Headed Households in India: Distribution of Basic Assets and Amenities. Scientific Culture. 9 (01). 900-907. ISSN. 2408-0071.

Duarah. T. (2023). The Availability of Shelter and Housing Conditions in Delhi. Telematique. 22(01). 1823-1830. ISSN. 1856-4194.

Duarah. T. (2023). Life in the City: Living Conditions and Employment Opportunities of Tribal Women from North East India in Delhi. Business, Management and Economic Engineering. 21 (01). 1325-1335. ISSN. 2669-2481.

Duarah. T. (2023). Changing rural landscape and livelihood patterns in peri-urban areas of India. Central European Management Journal. 30 (03). 38-47. ISSN. 2336-2693.

Duarah. T. (2023). Accessing Education by Scheduled Tribes in Central India: The Case of Maharashtra and Chhattisgarh. Specialusis Ugdymas. 1 (44). 769-780. ISSN. 1392-5369.

Duarah. T. (2023). Understanding Transitions in Livelihood through Narratives: Mishing women’s Access to Forest Produce in Fringe Villages of Kaziranga National. Humanities and Social Science Studies. 12 (01). 152-161. ISSN. 2319-829X.

Duarah. T (2023). Shaping Gender Relations: Women’s Status in Tribal Societies of North East India. South India Journal of Social Sciences. 21(07). 46-56. ISSN. 0972-8945.

Duarah. T. (2022). Forests and Women’s Livelihood in Tribal Societies: A History of Land Use Change in Assam. Contemporary Social Sciences. 31 (2). 71-91. ISSN. 0302-9298.

Duarah. T. (2020). Sustaining Lives in the City: A Socio-Economic Study of Rickshaw Pullers in Delhi. Assam Economic Journal. Vol. 29. 71-83. ISSN 0976-7530.

Duarah. T. (2020). Access to Education by Women among Scheduled Tribes of North East India. Journal of Critical Review. 7(11).1833-1840. ISSN 2394-5125.

Duarah. T. (2020). Building Inclusive Cities for Tribal Women: North East Migrants in Delhi. Test Engineering and Management. 3193-3199. ISSN. 0193-4120.

Duarah. T. (2019). Agricultural Inputs by Rural Women in Self Help Groups: A Study of Duliajan and Joypur Panchayat in Dibrugarh, Assam. International Journal of Advance and Innovative Research. 6(2) (XII).61-65. ISSN No. 2394-7780.

Duarah. T. (2018). Dynamics of Gender relationships among Tribal Societies of North East India as depicted in Tribal Folklores. Literaria. 8(1-2). 67-85. ISSN No.2229-4600

CHAPTER/ BOOK PUBLICATIONS

Duarah. T. (2023). Research Trends in Gender Studies: A Geographical Approach to Understand Ecofeminism. In Sharma. P. and Talukdar. D. (eds.). Emerging Trends in Research in Humanities and Social Sciences. Purbanchal Prakash. Guwahati. ISBN 978-93-91878-94-8

Brahma. B. and Duarah. T. (2021).Women of North East India: Issues and Challenges. Eastern Book House. ISBN 978-93-90434-13-8

Duarah. T. (2021).The Changing Environment and Women’s Livelihood in Tribal Societies of North East India. In S. Ahmed (eds.), Interface: Language, Ecology and Gender in North East India. 173-190. Exceller Books. ISBN 978-93-90746-25-5

Duarah. T. (2020). Scratching the Patriarchal Mentality: Impact of Economic Loss on Domestic Violence in Times of COVID-19 Pandemic. In A. Shukla (eds.), Mental Health Strategies and Psychosocial Challenges in the Post COVID-19 Pandemic. 168-186.Eureka Publications. ISBN 978-81-946666-4-6

Duarah. T. (2018). Integrating Rural Women through Self Help Groups in Assam. Proceedings 12th World Congress of the RSAI. 873-880. ISBN 978-989-54216-0-2

WORKSHOPS

“Faculty Development Programme on Hands on Practice of Advance Data Analysis Tools”, Organised by Bharati College, University of Delhi on 15th to 21st December 2018.

“ICSSR Sponsored National Level Ten Days Research Methodology Workshop- Researching Subalternity in Social Sciences and Humanities”, Organised by Dr. Ambedkar Chair, Tezpur University, Assam on 18th to 27th March 2018.

“International Training Workshop on Child Labour”, Organized by Center for the study of Regional Development, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi on 7th to 8th September’ 2015.

OTHER COURSES

Off-Campus Outreach Certificate Programme on “RS and GIS Applications”, Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS), Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi on 29th October to 26th November, 2018.

Off-Campus Outreach Certificate Programme on “Global Navigation Satellite System and Geographical Information System”, Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS), Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi on 17th September to 26th October, 2018.

Off-Campus Outreach Certificate Programme on “Remote Sensing and Digital Image Analysis”, Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS), Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi on 4th to 14th September, 2018.

Off-Campus Outreach Certificate Programme on “Basics of Remote Sensing, Geographical Information System and Global Navigation Satellite System”, Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS), Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi on 4th September to 26th November, 2018.

“Course on Research Methods in Gender Issues in Labour”, V.V. Giri National Labour Institute, NOIDA on 4th to 15th December 2017.

Add-on Certificate Course on Environment, Kamala Nehru College, University of Delhi, New Delhi on 17th August to 26th October, 2012.

Certificate Course on Eco-Tourism, Kamala Nehru College, University of Delhi, New Delhi on 12th February to 26th February, 2011.

AWARDS AND ACHIEVEMENTS

NAMASTE Governor Acharya Award 2020in honor of Veer Shambhudan Phonglo of Assam on January 2022 for research work on North East India.

Gold medal in Best Firer in Senior Wing during Combined Annual Training Camp and RDC-Cadre, New Delhi (8th December 2010)

MEMBERSHIP

Life member of National Association of Geographers (NAGI), India with LM No.2784

EXTRA CURRICULLAR ACTIVITIES

NCC ‘C’ Certificate of 4 Delhi Girls Battalion under Directorate Delhi

NCC ‘B’ Certificate of 4 Delhi Girls Battalion under Directorate Delhi

NCC ‘A’ Certificate of 74 Assam Girls (1) Coy under Directorate NER Shillong.