A. Papers in Refereed Journals (National & International)
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Sonowal, R. 2024. Morbidity Pattern in 0-14 Years Children: A Brief Study in Two Villages Inhabited by the Rabha Tribe in Kamrup District, Assam. Indian Journal of Applied Research, 14(8): 43-44. [ISSN 2249-555X] DOI: 10.36106/ijar
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Sonowal, R. 2023. Biodiversity in Traditional Rituals, Beliefs and Practices among the Sonowal Kachari Tribe of Assam. Bulletin, Department of Anthropology, Dibrugarh University, 51: 14-34. [ISSN 0976-2264]
3.
Sonowal, R. 2023. Traditional Rice Beer Fermentation Technology of the Sonowal Kachari Tribe of Assam, India. Antrocom Journal of Anthropology, 19(1): 605-613. [ISSN 1973-2880] (Indexed in UGC-CARE List).
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Hazarika, A. & Sonowal, R. 2022. An Anthropological Impact Assessment on Flood Induced Displacement: A Case study in Dhemaji Development Block, District Dhemaji, Assam. Antrocom Journal of Anthropology, 18(2a): 139-145. [ISSN 1973-2880] (Indexed in UGC-CARE List)
5.
Sonowal, R. 2022. Indigenous Agricultural Practices and Ecological Sustainability: Some Anthropological Observations from NE India. Mankind, 22 & 23: 33-43. [ISSN: 2278-9235]
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Sonowal, R. 2019. Signs of Nature: Traditional Use of Bio-indicators in Agriculture and for Predicting Weather among the Sonowal Kachari tribe of Assam, India. Int. J. of Innovative Knowledge Concepts, 7(2): 105-113. [ISSN 2454-2415]
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Sonowal, R. & Goswami, A. 2018. Entrepreneurship Development in Sonowal Kachari Autonomous Council Area of Assam for Creating Sustainable Livelihoods: Prospects, Challenges and Policy Measures. International Journal of Innovative Knowledge Concepts, 6(10): 88-93. [ISSN 2454-2415]
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Sonowal, R. 2018. Factors Influencing Weekly Iron and Folic Acid Supplementation Programme in AWCs: A Qualitative Assessment in Dibrugarh, Assam. Indian Journal of Applied Research, 7(8): 117-118. [ISSN 2249-555X]
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Dutta, B. & Sonowal, R. 2017. Child Immunization and Impact of ICDS Programme among the Hajongs and Kaibarttas of Tinsukia District in Assam: A Case Study. Indian Journal of Applied Research, 7(12): 280-281. [ISSN 2249-555X]
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Sonowal, S. & Sonowal, R. 2017. Survey and Documentation of Locally Available Medicinal Plants Used by the Mising Tribe in Majuli River Island, Assam. Indian Journal of Applied Research, 7(10): 186-187. [ISSN 2249-555X]
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Sonowal, R. & Goswami, A. 2015. Opportunistic Infections in HIV Seropositive Patients: A study in a Tertiary Hospital in Assam, Northeast India. Scholars Journal of Applied Medical Sciences, 3(1): 206-208. [ISSN 2320-6691]
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Sonowal, R. 2014. Kinship Terms of the Nocte. Indian Journal of Applied Research, 4(5): 8-10. [ISSN 2249-555X]
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Sonowal, R. 2014. Some Folklore Medicines of the Sonowal Kachari tribe of Upper Assam, North East India. Scholars Academic Journal of Biosciences, 2(8): 541-543. [ISSN 2321-6883]
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Goswami, A. & Sonowal, R. 2014. Bio-Social Profile of HIV Positive People Registered at the ICTC of a Tertiary Hospital in Assam, India. Indian Journal of Applied Research, 4(8): 19-21. [ISSN 2249-555X]
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Das, H.K., Goswami, A., Sonowal, R. & Das, M.K. 2014. Assessment of HIV/AIDS Sero-Positivity Rate in the State of Nagaland, North-East India. International Research Journal of Medical Sciences, 2(3): 17-23. [ISSN 2320-7353]
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Sonowal, R. 2013. Indigenous Knowledge on the Utilization of Medicinal Plants by the Sonowal Kachari Tribe of Dibrugarh District in Assam, Northeast India. Int. Research J. of Biological Sciences, 2(4): 44-50. [ISSN 2278-3202] (Cite Factor indexed)
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Sonowal, R. & Barua, I. 2013. Traditional Foods and Food Storage - Preservation Technology of the Tai Khamyangs of Assam. Bulletin, Department of Anthropology, Dibrugarh University, 41:141-176. [ISSN 0976-2264]
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Sonowal, R. & Barua, I. 2012. Indigenous Knowledge and Bioresource Utilization among the Tai Khamyangs of Assam, North-East India. International Research Journal of Biological Sciences, 1(7): 38-43. [ISSN 2278-3202] (Cite Factor indexed)
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Sonowal, R. & Barua, I. 2011. Ethnomedical Practices among the Tai Khamyangs of Assam, India. Studies on Ethno-Medicine, 5(1): 41-50. [ISSN 0973-5070] JIF: 0.59, NASS Score: 4.00 (Scopus indexed)
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Barua, I. & Sonowal, R. 2011. Indigenous Herbal Medicine among the Sonowal Kachari Tribe: A Study in a Forest village in Dibrugarh, Assam, India. NeBio, 2(4): 31-35. [ISSN 0976-3597] (Web of Science Indexed)
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Sonowal, R. & Barua, I. 2011. Indigenous Knowledge of Natural Dye Making among the Tai Khamyangs of Assam. Bulletin, Department of Anthropology, Dibrugarh University, 39: 15-28. [ISSN 0976-2264]
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Goswami, A. & Sonowal, R. 2011. A Statistical Analysis of Road Traffic Accidents in Dibrugarh City, Assam, India. Inter Stat, 9(1): 1-14. [ISSN 1941-689X]
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Sonowal, R. & Barua, I. 2010. Health, Morbidity Profile and Curative Measures among the Tai Khamyangs of Sivasagar District in Assam. Bulletin, Department of Anthropology, Dibrugarh University, 38: 33-48. [ISSN 0976-2264]
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Phukan, R. & Sonowal, R. 2009. Food Habit and Cancer Risk: An Anthropo-Epidemiological Study in Dibrugarh District, Assam. Bulletin, Department of Anthropology, Dibrugarh University, 37: 57-66. [ISSN 0976-2264]
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Sonowal, R. & Kar, R.K. 2008. Education among the Tai Khamyangs of Disangpani Shyam Village in Sivasagar District, Assam. Bulletin, Department of Anthropology, Dibrugarh University, 36: 103-116. [ISSN 0976-2264]
B. Papers / Chapters in Edited Books -
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Sonowal, R. & Goswami, A. 2025. “Impact of Climate Change in the Increase and Spread of Climate-Sensitive Vector-Borne Diseases”, in T. Mattack (Ed.): Confluence. Dibrugarh: IQAC, DHSK Commerce College Publication, Dibrugarh. pp. 52-61. [ISBN 978-93-95252-69-0]
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Borah, R. & Sonowal, R. 2025. “Changes in Traditional Religious Landscape among the Tribes of India”, in A.F. Md. Malik (Ed.): Ethnicity, Identity and Cultural Diversity. Guwahati: Sunbeam Publications. pp. 55-61. [ISBN 978-93-48856-67-8]
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Sonowal, R. 2024. 'Religion as Ethnic Marker Agent of Cultural Consciousness among the Tai-Khamyangs of Assam', in C.J. Sonowal & M. Borgohain (Eds.): Anthropological Investigations in Contemporary India. Orange Books. pp. 52-83. [ISBN 978-93-5621-468-2]
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Sonowal, R. & Goswami, A. 2023. 'Hill Cultivation among the Tribes of Northeast India: Traditional Knowledge and Ecological Sustainability Perspectives', in T.P. Upadhyaya (Ed.): Insight. Dibrugarh: IQAC, DHSK Commerce College Publication. pp. 15-20. [ISBN 978-93-95252-09-6]
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Sonowal, R. 2022. 'Climate Change and the Potential Impacts on Indigenous People's Health: A Brief Overview', in A. Baruah & R. Changmai (Eds.): Biodiversity and Climate Change. Dibrugarh: Mahaveer Publications. pp. 164-173. [ISBN 978-93-9405-44-1]
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Sonowal, R. 2021. 'Indigenous Knowledge, Traditional Agriculture and Environmental Sustainability: Perspectives from Northeast India', in Sweety Singh (Ed.): Environmental Science: A Multidisciplinary Branch. Bhopal: Nitya Publications. pp. 12-19. [ISBN 978-93-91257-10-1]
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Sonowal, R. 2021. 'Soul Loss and Its Retrieval: An Anthropological Study of the Aiyuh Tula Ritual of the Sonowal Kachari Tribe of Assam', in N.K. Gogoi & M. Sharma (Eds.): India's North-East: Contribution of Anthropology. Dibrugarh University, Dibrugarh: Published by the Registrar. pp. 253-267. [ISBN 978-93-5578-124-6]
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Sonowal, R. 2021. 'Death Customs and Rituals of the Tangsa Tribe: A Brief Anthropological Note', in Breez Mohan Hazarika, R. Thanga Sheela, Radhika B.C. & Sanitha K.K. (Eds.): New Horizons of Multidisciplinary Research. Kanyakumari: Multi Spectrum Publication. pp. 192-198. [ISBN 978-81-953842-2-8]
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Sonowal, R. 2021. 'Traditional Fermented Foods of the Tai Khamyang Tribe of Assam', in Mukta Sharma (Ed.): Microbes - Fermented Foods and Human Health. Bhavnagar, Gujarat: Krishna Publication House. pp. 144-153. [ISBN 978-93-90627-15-8]
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Sonowal, R. 2021. 'Socioeconomic and Health Issues of the Tea Garden Population of Assam: An Anthropological Analysis', in Lalita K. Sharma (Ed.): Social Issues in India: Causes and Measures. Bhopal: Nitya Publications. pp. 85-92. [ISBN 978-93-91257-31-6]
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Sonowal, R. 2021. 'Food and Nutritional Security Contributions of Wild Edible Plants: Some Anthropological Observations from Upper Assam', in Lalita K. Sharma (Ed.): Ensuring Food Security in India. Bhopal: Nitya Publications. pp. 117-125. [ISBN 978-93-91257-39-2]
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Sonowal, R. 2020. 'Sustainable Use of Native Ethnomedicinal Plants Growing in Traditional Plantations by the Khasi Tribe Residing near Assam - Meghalaya border ', in Lalita K. Sharma & V. Chandra (Eds.): Environmental and Sustainable Development. Kolkata: Asian-Press. pp. 160-166. [ISBN 978-93-90238-67-5]
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Sonowal, R. 2020. 'Health and Health Care in Tribal Society: An Anthropological Perspective', in G. Pathak, J. Kalita & M. Handique (Eds.): Developing Creativity and Innovations in Education. New Delhi: S.K. Book Agency. pp. 27-35. [ISBN 978-93-8596-739-6]
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Sonowal, R, Sonowal, S, Sonowal, N & Hazarika, M. 2020. 'Sustainable Traditional Pest Management Techniques Applied by the Sonowal Kachari Farmers: Some Anthropological Observations', in H. Vokendro & M. Borgohain (Eds.): Contemporary Issues and Insights of the Anthropology of North East India. New Delhi: Kalpaz Publications. pp. 49-55. [ISBN 978-93-5324-294-7]
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Sonowal, R. & Dutta, B. 2018. 'Glutinous Rice-based Traditional Foods of the Tai Tribes in Assam: Cultural Significance and Economic Opportunities', in S. Chetia & A. Saikia (Eds.): Indigenous Food of different Communities of North-East India. Digboi: Dept. of Home Science, Digboi Mahila Mahavidyalaya. pp. 311-321. [ISBN 978-81-924366-4-8]
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Sonowal, R. 2018. 'Indigenous Knowledge and Sustainable Agricultural Practices: Some Anthropological Observations from Assam', in R.J. Gogoi & B.N. Dowerah (Eds.): Recent Trends in Environment and Society & Its issues and discussions. Dibrugarh: Kaustubh Publishers. pp. 28-36. [ISBN 978-93-82283-14-0]
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Goswami, A. & Sonowal, R. 2017. 'A Demographic Study on Child Morbidity and Mortality Pattern in a Semi-rural Setting of Dibrugarh, Assam', in B. Das, M. Talukdar & A.J. Bharali (Eds.): Child Health in India. New Delhi: Omsons Publications. pp. 70-74. [ISBN 978-93-81981-15-3]
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Sonowal, S. & Sonowal, R. 2017. 'Traditional Knowledge of medicinal plants used during pregnancy, childbirth and postpartum healing: A study among the Sonowal Kacharis of Dibrugarh, Assam', in A. Zaman & M. Sharma (Eds.): Anthropological Aurora of North East India. New Delhi: Adhyayan Publishers. pp. 161&169. [ISBN 978-81-8435-534-5]
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Sonowal, R. 2016. 'Sacred plants of the Sonowal Kachari Tribe of Assam, Northeast India', in D. Dutta, R. Sonowal & A. Goswami (Eds.): Dimensions of Multidisciplinary Research Studies. Guwahati: Kasturi Publishers. pp. 308-326. [ISBN 978-93-5105-260-9]
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Sonowal, R. & Goswami, A. 2016. 'An Assessment of Awareness on Health among Rural Out-of-School Adolescent Girls in Dibrugarh, Assam', in D. Dutta & P. Chetia (Eds.): Research Issues and Solution. Guwahati: Kasturi Publishers. pp. 40-51. [ISBN 978-93-5105-233-3]
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Sonowal, R. 2015. 'Traditional Knowledge and Sustainable Ecological Resource Utilization and Management: A Case Study among the Noctes of Dehing Kinar Nocte Village, Upper Assam, NE India', in D. Dutta & H. Dutta (Eds.): Research Quest. Dhemaji: Kiran Publishers. pp. 131-145. [ISBN 978-93-82746-76-8]
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Sonowal, R. 2014. Restoring the Human Soul: An Anthropological Study of the Traditional Healing Ritual - Aiyuh Tula of the Sonowal Kacharis, in K. Sonowal & G. Saikia (Eds.): Profile: The Tribes of North East India. Margherita: Tribal Study Centre, Margherita College. pp. 43-56. [ISBN 978-81-928312-3-7]
C. Books & eBooks –
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Sonowal, R. and Goswami, A. 2020 (Eds.). Recent Advances in Multidisciplinary Research: Issues and Perspectives. New Delhi: Mittal Publications. [ISBN 81-8324-984-1]
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Sonowal, R. (2020). The Tai Khamyangs: Socio-Cultural and Health Care Profile of a Tai Buddhist Tribe of Assam, Northeast India. Saarbrücken, Germany: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing. [ISBN-13: 978-620-2-66821-7; ISBN-10: 620-2668210]
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Dutta, D., Sonowal, R. and Goswami, A. 2018 (Eds.). Emerging Trends in Multi-disciplinary Research. Guwahati: Kasturi Publishers. [ISBN 978-93-5105-359-0]
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Dutta, D., Sonowal, R. and Goswami, A. 2016 (Eds.). Dimensions of Multidisciplinary Research Studies. Guwahati: Kasturi Publishers. [ISBN 978-93-5105-260-9]
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Dutta, B. and Sonowal, R. 2015. The Hajong of Assam: An Ethnographic Profile of a Least Studied Bodo-Kachari Tribe. Munich, Germany: GRIN Verlag. [ISBN (eBook) 978-3-656-97456-7; ISBN (Book) 978-3-656-97457-4]
Citations (Google scholar metric)
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Total Citations (till now): 220; h-index: 6; i10 index: 5
Seminars/Workshops/Conferences
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Presented a research paper (online) – Traditional Food Processing and Preservation Techniques among the Tai-Khamyangs of Assam in the ICSSR sponsored National Conference on Addressing Food Security: Interdisciplinary Insights and Sustainable Approaches, organized by the Department of Zoology in association with the Department of Botany & IQAC, Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya Adarsha Mahavidyalaya (PDUAM), Behali, Biswanath, Assam, 23 & 24 November, 2024.
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Presented a research paper (online) – The Kacharis of Doyang-Dhansiri Valley and their subsequent Migration and Dispersal due to Ahom Aggression: Re-exploring the Causes and Events in the Doyang Trust sponsored National Seminar on History, Society, Art, Architecture, Economy & Demography of Doyang-Dhansiri Valley, organized by the Department of History, Sarupathar College, Golaghat, Assam, in association with Bodo Kachari Autonomous Council, 25 & 26 October, 2024.
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Presented a research paper (online) - The Culture of River Reverence in Northeast India: An Anthropological Account in the ICSSR sponsored National Seminar on Socio-Economic Valuation of Rivers of Northeast India, organized by the Department of Botany, Madhabdev University, Assam, 15 March, 2024.
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Presented a research paper (online) – Indigenous Irrigation Systems of the Hill Tribes of Northeast India for Sustainable Agriculture and Conservation of Mountain Environment in the ICSSR sponsored National Seminar on Learning to Live in Harmony with Nature & Sustainable Environment: A Special Reference to North Eastern Region of India, organized by the Departments of Economics & Education, Silapathar Town College, Dhemaji, Assam, 6 & 7 February, 2024.
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Completed the online 2-Days National Workshop on Descriptive Data Analysis Using Open Source Software’s (25 – 26 April, 2022), organized by the Department of Statistics in association with IQAC, DHSK Commerce College, Dibrugarh, Assam.
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Presented a research paper (online)– Traditional Pest Control Measures: Some Observations on Sustainable Agricultural Practices in the National Seminar on Conservation of Biodiversity, Microbial Diversity with potential for application in Agriculture and Sericulture in North East India, organized by the Dept. of Botany, University of Science and Technology, Meghalaya in collaboration with Central Silk Board, Assam, Ministry of Textiles, Govt. of India, 25 & 26 March, 2022.
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Participated in the Online International Workshop on Community Engagement for Disaster Risk Reduction & Resilience (9 October, 2020) organized by Resilient Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
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Participated in the 1-Day National Seminar (online) - Impact of Online Teaching-Learning on Quality of Higher Education in India (21 October, 2020), jointly organized by Guru AngadDev Teaching - Learning Centre, SGBT Khalsa College, Delhi University under the PMMMNMTT of MHRD & Pillai College of Arts, Commerce & Science (Autonomous), University of Mumbai (Equivalent to a 1 Day Regular National Seminar).
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Participated in the 1-Week National Workshop on Quantitative Techniques and Use of Statistical Software in Research (3-7 December, 2019) organized by the Department of Statistics, Dibrugarh University, Dibrugarh, Assam.
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Presented a research paper –Traditional Fermented Foods of the Tai Khamyang Tribe of Assam in the ICSSR sponsored National Seminar on Indigenous Knowledge: Special Focus on the Tribes and Communities of Northeast India, organized by the Dept. of Anthropology, Nandalal Borgohain City College, Dibrugarh, Assam, 27 & 28April, 2018.
FIP/Orientation/FDP/Refresher Courses
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Completed the 4-Week Faculty Induction Program/Orientation Course from June 04 - July 01, 2020 conducted by Teaching Learning Centre, Ramanujan College, University of Delhi, sponsored by MHRD-Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya National Mission on Teachers and Teaching (PMMMNMTT) Programme.
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Completed the TEQIP-III (NPIU-MHRD, Govt. of India) sponsored 1-week online FDP: Interdisciplinary Approach to Promote Sustainability Using Green Technology (IASGT-2020), 16-20 September, 2020, organized by the Department of Chemistry, University College of Engineering & Technology, Constituent college of Bikaner Technical University, Bikaner, Rajasthan.
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Completed the 3-Days e-FDP cum Training Program on Community Based Disaster Risk Management (26-28 May, 2021), organized by National Institute of Disaster Management (NIDM), Ministry of Home Affairs, Govt. of India in collaboration with Mahatma Gandhi State Institute of Public Administration (MGSIPA), Chandigarh, Punjab.
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Completed online 1-Week FDP on Psychological Skills for Effective Teaching & Learning (1 - 7 June, 2021), organized by MoE-PMMMNMTT - Teaching Learning Centre (TLC), Ramanujan College, University of Delhi.
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Completed 2-Weeks Inter Disciplinary Refresher Course / FDP on Managing Online Classes & Co-creating MOOCs (05-19 July, 2021), organized by MoE-PMMMNMTT - Teaching Learning Centre (TLC), Ramanujan College, University of Delhi.
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Completed AICTE sponsored online FDP on Recent Trends in Green Technologies for Sustainable Development (13-17 September, 2021), under AICTE Training & Learning (ATAL) Academy, organized by the Dept. of Chemistry, University College of Engineering & Technology, Bikaner Technical University, Bikaner, Rajasthan.
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Completed 2-Weeks Inter Disciplinary Refresher Course / FDP on Advanced Research Methodology (22/03/2022 - 05/04/2022), organized by MoE-PMMMNMTT - Teaching Learning Centre (TLC), Ramanujan College, University of Delhi.
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Completed Online 1-Week FDP on Data Science for Social Sciences (01- 07 November, 2022), organized by MoE-PMMMNMTT - Teaching Learning Centre (TLC), Ramanujan College, University of Delhi.
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Completed online 1-Week FDP on Academic Research Writing (27 March – 02 April, 2023) organized by MoE-PMMMNMTT - Teaching Learning Centre (TLC), Ramanujan College, University of Delhi.
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Completed the NEP-2020 Orientation & Sensitization Programme under Malaviya Mission Teacher Training Programme (MM-TTP) of UGC organized by UGC-MMTTC (GAD-MMTTC), Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Khalsa College, University of Delhi from 06th to 16th August’ 2024.
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Completed 1-Week FDP on Behavioral Remodeling and use of ICT Tools for Classroom Delivery of Teachers (01 - 06 July, 2019) organized by the Electronics & ICT Academy, IIT Guwahati, Assam in association with DHSK College, Dibrugarh, Assam.
