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ASSAM RAJIV GANDHI UNIVERSITY OF COOPERATIVE
MANAGEMENT
ANNUAL REPORT
Year 2020
Assam Rajiv Gandhi University of Cooperative Management, Joysagar, Basic
Tinali, Sivasagar 785665, Assam, India
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. GENERAL INFORMATION.................................................................................................. 3
1.1 ABOUT THE UNIVERSITY .......................................................................................... 3
1.2 ARGUCOM PHILOSOPHY............................................................................................ 3
1.3 VISION ............................................................................................................................ 4
1.4 MISSION ......................................................................................................................... 4
1.5 OBJECTIVES OF THE UNIVERSITY: ......................................................................... 5
2. PEOPLES AT ARGUCOM..................................................................................................... 5
2.1 CHANCELLOR: .............................................................................................................. 5
2.2 VICE-CHANCELLOR: ................................................................................................... 6
2.3 THE REGISTRAR: .......................................................................................................... 7
2.4 IN-HOUSE FACULTY MEMBERS AND AREA OF INTEREST: .............................. 7
2.5 NON-ACADEMIC STAFF.............................................................................................. 9
2.6 LIST OF INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS .................................................................... 9
2.7 COURT MEMBERS ...................................................................................................... 10
2.8 EXECUTIVE COUNCIL:.............................................................................................. 12
2.9 FINANCE COMMITTEE: ............................................................................................. 13
2.10 ARGUCOM POST GRADUATE STUDENTS UNION .............................................. 13
3. SECTOR, SCHOOLS & DOMAIN AREAS OF ARGUCOM ............................................ 14
3.1 SCHOOL OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP & MANAGEMENT ....................................... 14
3.2 SCHOOL OF INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY ....................................................... 15
3.3 SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY & LAW ..................................................................... 16
3.4 SCHOOL OF CULTURE & MEDIA ............................................................................ 17
3.5 SCHOOL OF ECOLOGY & SUSTENANCE............................................................... 18
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3.6 FEE STRUCTURE ........................................................................................................ 20
3.7 CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE ..................................................................................... 20
4. RESEARCH PUBLICATION, SEMINAR (WEBINAR), CONFERENCE, WORKSHOP
etc. BY FACULTY MEMBERS .................................................................................................. 22
5. EVENTS AND OTHER ACTIVITIES CONDUCTED BY FACULTIES .......................... 33
6. INNOVATIONS .................................................................................................................... 47
7. ON GOING PROGRAMME: ................................................................................................ 48
8. RESEARCH PROJECTS (ONGOING) ................................................................................ 49
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1. GENERAL INFORMATION
1.1 ABOUT THE UNIVERSITY
Assam Rajiv Gandhi University of Cooperative Management (ARGUCOM) is a State
University established under the Assam Rajiv Gandhi University of Cooperative Management
Act, 2010. ARGUCOM is under the recognition of UGC vide No. F.9-21/2011 (CPP-1/PU)
dated Feb 27, 2012.
The University, set up at Sivasagar in Upper Assam, is a teaching, residential university with
the mission of education for widening knowledge and learning, training for enhancing skill
and managerial capacity, research for searching innovative spheres and to make efforts for all
round development of cooperative movement and rural economy.
ARGUCOM is a specialized university and as such its efforts are also innovative and result
oriented. We emphasize on grass root learning of students and not confined to classroom
learning only.
1.2 ARGUCOM PHILOSOPHY
ARGUCOM established under Assam Rajiv Gandhi University of Cooperative Management
Act, 2010 with a mandate to develop and manage Cooperatives, Govt. organizations, Agri.&
allied sectors, and SMEs. Within its purview, ARGUCOM has identified few sectors/industries
namely; Green industries (agriculture, horticulture, animal husbandry, fishery, and sericulture),
Creative industries, Service industries and Manufacturing industries (tiny, small & medium)
and a few areas of domain for training & teaching, research, promotion and development of
enterprise & entrepreneurs. Whereas other management institutes are focusing on management
programmes, ARGUCOM’s philosophy is to focus more on development of enterprise &
entrepreneurs and in providing all round services for the growth of entrepreneurs and
professionals for SMEs, rural sectors, agri-business sectors free or at very low cost. While big
corporations can afford to hire consulting services and trainers for professional development
of these companies and the small & medium sectors, agriculture & allied sectors, etc. cannot
make an effort to do so because of the involvement of high cost. ARGUCOM thus aims to
provide these professional services assistances free or at very low cost by creating a knowledge
hub in the following sectors and identified domain areas.
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1.3 VISION
To evolve as one of the most sought-after Universities(by students, parents, rural sector,
teachers, co-operative and government organizations and society at large) with a unique
image for innovative capacity having core competency in designing up to date course curricula
and teaching-learning pedagogies, committed to providing life-long learning and career
opportunities to the students and moreover, to act as a catalyst for the overall socio-economic
and rural development of Assam through the development of co-operative management.
1.4 MISSION
⮚ To develop infrastructure and environment for innovation, incubation and
dissemination of new knowledge.
⮚ To create a unique image of the institution through its large-scale participation and
contribution to students, co-operative and allied sectors, Government organizations
and society at large.
⮚ To develop core competency in designing up-to-date course curriculum and
teaching-learning pedagogy through curriculum development center.
⮚ To collaborate with national and international companies, research institutes,
universities for research, curriculum, and pedagogy development, student and
faculty exchange programs.
⮚ To provide a sound platform to the students for learning and career development.
⮚ To act as a catalyst for overall socio-economic and rural development of Assam
through co-operative and PPPP (people public private partnership) models.
⮚ To create a pool of knowledgeable and inspired faculty members and employees
and ensure their professional and personal growth.
⮚ To attract students and Ph.D. scholars from other States of India and abroad.
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1.5 OBJECTIVES OF THE UNIVERSITY:
⮚ To provide quality education and make provisions for research, advancement, and
dissemination of knowledge.
⮚ To create higher level of intellectuals, teachers, managers and professionals in the
field of Co-operative and allied sectors;
⮚ To create center of Excellence for research and education and for sharing
knowledge and its application in the development of Co-operative movement and
allied sectors;
⮚ To confer and award degrees, diploma and other academic distinctions or any such
other degrees as may be prescribed in the Statutes.
⮚ To collaborate with other institutions in India and abroad in furtherance of its
objectives.
⮚ To pursue any other objectives as may be approved by the authority of the
University.
Notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being in force but without
prejudice to the provisions of this Act, it shall be the duty of the University to take all such
steps as it may benefit for the promotion of the University and for the determination of
standard of teaching, evaluation and research in such system and for the purpose of performing
these functions, the University shall have such powers, including the power to allocate and
disburse grants to off campus center whether admitted to its privileges or not to any other
University or institutions of learning as may be specified by the statutes.
2. PEOPLES AT ARGUCOM
2.1 CHANCELLOR:
Prof. Jagdish Mukhi is the 30th Governor of Assam and he assumed his office on 10th
October 2017. Prior to his appointment as the Governor of Assam, Shri Mukhi was the
Lieutenant Governor of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Jagdish Mukhi earlier held the
portfolios of finance, planning, excise & taxation and higher education in Delhi Government.
He is credited with working extensively for the welfare of the people of Delhi. Some of the
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notable achievements credited to Jagdish Mukhi’s name were banning of lottery trade etc. in
Delhi in 1994, when he was the minister of finance. He also worked towards persuading people
to abstain from consuming alcohol. As minister of excise, he declared a record number of dry
days in a year. He was also instrumental in establishing Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha
University, a professional university which was self-funded, as a minister of higher education.
He was also honoured as the best finance minister of the nation and also received best MLA
award in Delhi Vidhan Sabha for two times. He represented Janak Puri constituency
continuously from 1980 and won seven times from the same constituency. Jagdish Mukhi was
born to Late J.R Mukhi and Late Laxi Devi Mukhi on 1st December 1942.
2.2 VICE-CHANCELLOR:
Prof. Munindra Kakati, MMS (BITS Pilani), PhD (GU) has joined on 4th January, 2017 as
the Vice Chancellor of Assam Rajiv Gandhi University of Cooperative Management
(ARGUCOM). Prior to his association with ARGUCOM he was the Dean, Faculty of
Management, Gauhati University. Prof. Kakati, an academician of international repute has
been involved in consultancy assignments for over thirty organizations including Mahindra &
Mahindra; UNDP, World Food Program, Asian Development Bank, Indian Oil Corporation
Limited (IOCL), Bharat Oman Refineries Limited (BORL), Numaligarh Refinery Limited
(NRL), etc. He has several publications in International Journals. He was a member of the
Board of Governors of Asia-Pacific Risk and Insurance Association (APRIA), Singapore. He
was also a member of the Faculty Selection Committee of IIM, Shillong and also an expert
member in AICTE, National Board of Accreditation. He has also visited many top-ranking
international Institutes on academic assignments including Harvard Business School,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Wharton Business School, Princeton University,
Tokyo University, Meiji University, National University of Singapore, Ocean University;
China, University of Finance Economics International University, Shanghai, INSEAD Abu
Dhabi, BITS Dubai, etc.
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2.3 THE REGISTRAR:
Shri Durlov Bora is presently holding the additional charge as the Registrar of ARGUCOM.
His present designation is Deputy Registrar of Cooperative Societies. Sivasagar, Department
of Cooperation, Govt of Assam. He has completed his M.Sc in Chemistry from Guwahati
University and M.Tech in Petroleum Refining and Petrochemicals from Dibrugarh
University. He has also cleared Assam Civil Service in the year 2010.
2.4 IN-HOUSE FACULTY MEMBERS AND AREA OF INTEREST:
Sl.No. Faculty Name Area of Interest
1 Dr. Rashida T Noorain, BE-
MBA- FDP (IIM-A), SEM*
Operations Management, Work life Balance
Quality Management
2 Dr. Ranjan Sarmah, MCA,
SIT**
Artificial Intelligence, Networking, Database
Management & Bioinformatics
3 Dr. Mridusmita Das, MBA,
SEM*
Marketing Management, Advertising &
Integrated Marketing Communications,
Consumer Behavior.
4 Dr. Deepom Baruah, LL.M
(UGC-NET), SPPL***
Constitutional Law. Women & Child rights,
Research Methodology
5 Dr. Kuntala Boruah, MCA,
(UGC-BSR-JRF&SRF), SIT**
DNA Computing, Bioinformatics
6 Ms. Ipsita Kaushik, LL.M
(UGC-NET& JRF), SPPL***
Corporate laws, IPR, Environmental law
7 Dr. Jewel M. Phukon, M. Com,
(UGC-NET & SLET), SEM*
Business Finance, Indian Financial System,
Taxation, Auditing, Advanced Accounting
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8 Mr. Bishnubrat Hazarika, MBA
(UGC-NET), SEM*
HRM, Marketing, IHRM, Training and
Recruitment
9 Ms. Nazmin Sultana, LLM,
SPPL***
Constitutional Law & Administrative Law, Civil
Liberty & Judicial Process, Intellectual Property
Rights
10 Mr. Subhasis Borpujari, M.
Com (UGC-NET, SLET),
SEM*
Microfinance & Financial Literacy, Rural
Management, Accounting &
Taxation.
11 Ms. Jasmine Ara Begum,
MCA, SIT**
System Analysis Design, Programming, E-
Business, Etc.
12 Ms. Rinku Moni Roy, MBA,
SEM*
Marketing & Finance
13 Ms. Toshleema Ullah, MBA,
SEM*
HR- Marketing
14 Ms. Amrita Devi, MA in Mass
Communication & Journalism
(UGC-NET), SCM****
Public Relation and Advertising
15 Ms.Bhupali Saikia, LL.M,
SPPL***
Company Law, Competition law, Law of
Contract and Tort, Banking and Insurance Law,
Constitutional law and Jurisprudence
16 Ms. Mayuri Sharma, M.Tech,
SIT**
Computer Vision, Remote Sensing
17 Ms.Sudeshna Bordoloi, MBA,
SEM*
Human Resource Management and Marketing
Management
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18 Bishakha Chetia, LL.M,
SPPL***
Intellectual Property Laws (I.P.R), Industrial
Relation & labour laws, banking laws, laws of
Contract, Mass Media Laws, Information
Technology Laws.
*SEM: School of Entrepreneurship & Management
**SIT: School of Innovation and Technology
***SPPL: School of Public Policy and Law
****SCM: School of Culture and Media
2.5 NON-ACADEMIC STAFF
Syed Parwaj Munnaf us Rahman: Cashier cum Accountant
2.6 LIST OF INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS
In the Academic session 2020-21, Five International Students have been enrolled in the
MBA Department of ARGUCOM, under the Scholarship Scheme of Indian Council for
Cultural Relations, New Delhi. Due to the Covid-19 Pandemic, they are presently
continuing their classes on Online mode. However, upon withdrawal of travel restrictions,
the students will join offline classes at the University. University has also arranged separate
Hostel facilities with all the facilities they want, exclusively for international students.
Ms. Liina Ndapandula Asino
Country: Namibia
Programme: MBA
Mr. Junias Pandulei David
Country: Namibia
Programme: MBA
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Mr. Qesmutullah
Country: Afghanistan
Programme: MBA
Mr. Mohamed Abass Mustafa Alhassan
Country: Sedan
Programme: MBA
Mr. Soumaho G M Gisluin
Country: Benin
Programme: MBA
2.7 COURT MEMBERS
The court has been constituted as per the University Act. The following are the members:
Sl. No. Name Designation
1 Prof. Jagdish Mukhi, Governor Chairman of the Court
2 Prof. Munindra Kakati, Vice-Chancellor Ex-Officio Member
3 Shri. Durlabh Borah, Registrar (Administration) Ex-Officio Member
4 Minister in charge of the department of
cooperation, Govt. of Assam
Ex-Officio Member
5 Principal Secretary cooperation department Govt.
of Assam
Ex-Officio Member
6 The Registrar of Cooperative Societies, Assam Ex-Officio Member
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7 The Regional head of NABARD, NE Region Ex-Officio Member
8 The Regional head of RBI Ex-Officio Member
9 The Director of Agriculture, Assam Ex-Officio Member
10 The Chairman, Assam State Cooperative Union Ex-Officio Member
11 The Deputy Director TISS, Guwahati Ex-Officio Member
12 The Regional head of IIM-Shillong, N.E Region Ex-Officio Member
13 Prof. Amrit Pal Singh, Department of Commerce,
Gauhati University
Governor’s Nominee
14 Shri. Prafulla Kr. Saikia, Special Executive officer,
Assam Food Civil Supplies Corporation
Governor’s Nominee
15 Dr. Bhaskar Kr. Chakravarty, Retd. Prof.
Department of Law, Gauhati University
Governor’s Nominee
16 Dr. Anjan Thakur, Rtd. Director, NPC Governor’s Nominee
17 Prof. Mrinal kanti Dutta, Dept. of Humanities &
Social Science, IIT Guwahati
Governor’s Nominee
18 Shri Debabrata Saikia, MLA Legislator
19 Shri Bimal Borah, MLA Legislator
20 Shri Keshav Mahanta, Hon’ble Minister, Govt. of
Assam, Water Resource, ST & IT Chairman,
Assam Cooperative Jute Mill Limited.
Governor’s Nominee
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21 Smti. Lakhimi Baruah, Managing Director,
Kanaklata Mahila Urban Cooperative Bank Ltd,
Jorhat.
Governor’s Nominee
22 Chiranjib Kalita* Student Representative
23 Shibani Gogoi* Student Representative
*ARGUCOM student’s fraternity has nominated two numbers of students to represent them
in ARGUCOM Court.
2.8 EXECUTIVE COUNCIL:
Members of Executive Council are as follows:
Sl. No. Name Designation
1 Prof. Munindra Kakati
Vice-Chancellor
Chairperson
2 Shri Deva Jyoti Hazarika, IAS, Registrar of
Cooperative Societies, Govt. of Assam
Member
3 Ms. Gita Sharma, ACS, Deputy Secretary to the
Government of Assam, Dept. of Cooperation
Member
4 Mr. Prabir Das, Director, STPI Guwahati Member
5 Prof. J P Tamuly, Professor, Gauhati University Member
6 Prof. Mrinal K Dutta, IIT Guwahati Member
7 Shri Durlov Bora, Registrar (Admn)
ARGUCOM
Member Secretary
8 Dr. Rashida Tahira Noorain, Dean i/c Dean(i/c), ARGUCOM
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2.9 FINANCE COMMITTEE:
The Finance Committee of ARGUCOM consists of members as follows:
Sl. No. Name Designation
1 Prof. Munindra Kakati
Vice-Chancellor
Chairperson
2 Shri Prabir K Das, Director, STPI Guwahati Member
3 Shri Debajyoti Hazarika, Registrar of
Cooperative Societies, Government of
Assam
Member
4 Shri Binimoy Rajkhowa, Sr. Financial
Adviser, Cooperation Department, Govt. of
Assam
Member
5 Two members to be elected from court Vacant
6 One member from cooperative department to
be nominated by State Government
Vacant
2.10 ARGUCOM POST GRADUATE STUDENTS UNION
As a continuation of the democratic tradition, the Election for the Office Bearers of the
Postgraduate Students' Union of ARGUCOM University for the year 2019-2020 was held at
the University campus. The students displayed their participation in the voting enthusiastically
with remarkable discipline, decorum, and bonhomie. The election was processed in a smooth
and seamless manner.
Sl. No. Name Designation
1 Swapnil Saikia President
2 Rashid Ahmed Vice-President
3 Udipta Goswami General Secretary
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4 Sumi Das Debate & Literary Secretary
5 Gtautam Phukon Sports Secretary
6 Mrinal Kanth Padhi Magazine Secretary
7 Ankita Gogoi Cultural Secretary
3. SECTOR, SCHOOLS & DOMAIN AREAS OF ARGUCOM:
ARGUCOM had created five schools (based on the recommendation of IIM-Ahmedabad) and
eight Centers of excellence as mentioned below, with the objective of developing multi-
disciplinary courses, programmes, services to SME, cooperatives, Agri-business etc.
Five Schools:
School of Entrepreneurship & Management
School of Innovation & Technology
School of Culture & Media
School of Public Policy & Law
School of Ecology & Sustenance
3.1 SCHOOL OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP & MANAGEMENT
Objectives
The School aims at making the student capable of initiating, developing and managing their
own entrepreneurial venture in different fields such as agri and allied activities, hospitality,
tourism, IT, finance, etc. The school emphasized on creating professional managers capable of
serving all the sectors of the society. The school aims to provide consultancy, training, direct
assistance to SME in production, marketing, product development etc.
Deliverables:
▪ MBA- An Industry Integrated Programme with specialization in Finance, Marketing
(including Rural Marking), Human Resource Management, Cooperative Development,
Information Technology and Production & Operations Management
▪ M.Com – An Integrated Programme of Commerce & Management with specialization
in Accounting & Reporting, Finance, Marketing, Human Resource Management.
▪ PhD
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Existing Programmes
a) MBA (2 years)
b) M.Com (2 years)
c) PhD
Departments in Pipeline:
a) Department of Finance & Economics
b) Department of Entrepreneurship & Innovation
c) Department of Rural development, Cooperative Management & Sustainability
d) Department of Tourism & Hospitality Management
3.2 SCHOOL OF INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY
Objectives
▪ To create IT professionals for SME, Agri Business, Govt., Private and public sectors
etc.
▪ To provide IT support to SME, Agri Business, Govt., Private, and Public sectors etc.
▪ To participate in the digitization of wholesale markets, e-marketing etc.
▪ To promote research and developmental activities in the field of varied aspects of
computer applications.
▪ To develop Smart Rural Technology.
Deliverables and Service offerings by the School of Innovation & Technology:
▪ E-marketing of agriculture, horticulture, sericulture, dairy products etc.
▪ Development of Web portal for E-marketing of farmer products, Handloom, food
products etc.
▪ Digitalization of wholesale markets.
▪ MIS system for SME, cooperative Bank, NGO’s, hospital, Tourism, Transport etc.
▪ E-marketing of Ayurveda, Herbal products under health care sector.
▪ IT adoption in farming, Agri- Business, development of Smart Rural Technology etc.
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Existing Programmes:
a) MCA (2 Years)
b) PhD
Departments in Pipeline
a) Department of Tourism & Hospitality Management
b) Department of Smart Infrastructure Development and Management
c) Department of Industrial Engineering
d) Department of Animation & Visual Effects
3.3 SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY & LAW
Objectives
▪ To examine the law, institutions and norms that regulate the structure of government,
the processes of governmental decision making, and the substantive policies that orders
the relationship between government and the citizenry.
▪ To develop an understanding of the relationship between law and the analysis and
implementation of public policy.
▪ To provide knowledge of objectives associated with public policy and of appropriate
methodological approaches to analyzing the social and economic effects of reforms.
▪ To formulate, analyze and evaluate policies.
Deliverables and Service offerings by the School of Public Policy & Law:
▪ To act as a forum for the discussion of cutting-edge law issues and a channel through
which the scholars can keep the wider academic and professional communities up to
date with the most recent legal developments in the country.
▪ To provide Legal Consultancy to entrepreneurs, public enterprises, SMEs, NGO’s and
cooperatives on all legal issues.
▪ To provide assistance in policy making whether in the legislative realm or governance,
local administration, entrepreneurs, public enterprises, SMEs, NGO’s and
cooperatives.
▪ To create commercial awareness and enhance business skills of the stake holders.
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Existing Programmes
a) LLM One Year (Specialization: Constitutional and Administrative Law (Group A) &
Corporate Law and IPR (Group B)
b) PhD
Departments in Pipeline
a) Department of Public Policy
b) Department of Sociological Thought & Philosophy
c) Department of Women Studies
d) Department of Public Administration
e) Department of International Relations & Law
3.4 SCHOOL OF CULTURE & MEDIA
Objectives
▪ To familiarize and develop the skills in media and culture.
▪ To nurture the creativity of students to work in various sectors viz., creative industry,
agriculture etc.
▪ To encourage research work in the field of media, culture and society.
▪ To create communication professionals such as designers, advertisers, content
developers, film directors etc.
▪ To create entrepreneurs in the field of creative industries.
Ph.D. Thrust Areas:
a) Advertising and brand positioning
b) Cultural studies.
c) Performing Arts.
d) Heritage documentation.
Departments in pipeline:
a) Department of Business & Technical Journalism
b) Department of Development Communication
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c) Department of Media & Cultural Studies
d) Department of Performing Arts
e) Department of Indian History & Culture
f) Department of Scientific Spirituality (Yoga, Health, Psychotherapy, Counselling)
Programmes in Pipeline
▪ M.A. in Culture & Media
3.5 SCHOOL OF ECOLOGY & SUSTENANCE
Objectives
▪ To combat extreme poverty and hunger that causes the degradation of forest areas and
the environment in general through developing cooperative approaches in the various
sectors such as agriculture, sericulture, horticulture, animal husbandry, creative
industry etc.
▪ To ensure better management of natural resources, the conservation of wildlife and the
rational use of natural forests through development in various sectors.
▪ To make a more productive, more resource efficient and more environmentally
sustainable agriculture sector through the courses in this school.
▪ To apply the knowledge of ecological principles in the sericulture sector for the
development of a more suitable temperature tolerant hybrid.
▪ To work with industry to reduce waste or to treat polluted water through water
treatment.
▪ To create Environmental scientists, Environmental biologists, environmental
Engineers and Environmental journalists to work in different organizations such as
Pollution Control Board, Water Authority, Urban Planning, NGOs, Mines, Textile and
dying industry, Refineries and Fertilizer plants etc.
▪ To enable the students to work in teaching careers in colleges and Universities and to
carry out research/projects in different areas related to ecology and environment.
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Deliverables and Service offerings by the School of Ecology & Sustenance:
a) Monitoring, modeling, and analysis of major environmental components such as air,
water, soil etc.
b) Carry out Energy Audit studies of various organizations.
c) Carry out Environmental Impact Assessment studies of major/minor development
projects.
d) Assist the corporate sector in adopting sustainable waste management technologies and
formulate plan to set comprehensive waste recycling units.
e) To assist agribusiness, farmhouses etc. to develop sustainable agricultural ecosystems
and cottage industries, rural cooperatives etc.
f) Assess, monitor, and analyze the impact of global climate change on regional and local
ecosystems.
Departments in the pipeline:
a) Department of Environment Engineering
b) Department of Energy Management
c) Department of Natural Resources & Sustenance
Ph.D. Thrust Area
a) Environmental Science and Engineering
b) Geosciences and Natural Resources
c) Water Resource and Engineering
d) Ecology and Evolution’
e) Hydrology and Water Management
f) Industrial Ecology
g) Conservation Biology
h) Greenhouse gas emission and climate change
i) Energy Management.
Programmes in the pipeline:
a) M.Sc. - in Ecology, Environment & Sustainable Development
b) M. Tech in Energy Audit and Management
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c) Short-term course in Urban Rain-Water harvesting
d) Short-term course in Environmental Impact Assessment
e) Short-term course in Managing Urban Air Quality: Focus on Clean & Fuel-Efficient
Vehicles
f) Diploma in Environmental Monitoring & Technology
g) Diploma in Conservation & Land Management
h) Diploma & Certificate Course in Environment & Wildlife
i) Diploma in Environmental Geology
j) Diploma in Environmental Planning
k) Training programme in Carbon Management
l) Training programme in Environmental Awareness at Work
3.6 FEE STRUCTURE
Course Name MBA M.COM MCA LLM
First Semester 47,250 12250 37,750 28,500
Second Semester 33,250 9750 23,750 26,500
Third Semester 36,250 13250 25,750 -------------
Fourth Semester 33,250 9750 23,750 --------------
Total Fee 1,50,000 45,000 1,11,000 55,000
3.7 CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE
The University is in the process of establishing Eight “Centers of Excellence” viz.,
I. Centre for Revitalization of Co-operative Sectors and PPPP (people public private
partnership projects): The Centre could work on emerging models of collectives / co-
operation and also PM (Hon’ble Prime Minister Narendra Modi) concept of 4 Ps
through research, consultancy, extension, outreach and policy analysis.
II. Centre for Sustainable Livelihoods: CSL is established with a mission "To establish
best practices in participatory management and governance of resources and
institutions for promotion of sustainable livelihoods" and undertakes knowledge
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creation through trans-disciplinary research; knowledge dissemination, policy
advocacy and networking; competencies building for professionalization; and
empowering education through integral learning.
III. Centre for Rural Infrastructure and Corporate Social Responsibility: The center
for rural infrastructure's research effort is directed at rural infrastructure and its
implications on rural lives and sustainable rural livelihoods from the standpoint of
financial, social, economic and environmental effects. In addition, it intends to explore
alternative theoretical frameworks in rural infrastructure projects, current practices in
physical and social rural infrastructure vis-a-vis best practices.
It will also carry out impact assessments of rural infrastructure projects.
-Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility would direct its research and knowledge
creation efforts at encouraging sustainable business practices in all sectors of
organizational effort that minimize negative externalities while promoting social
welfare and provide leadership in channelizing organizational and society efforts for
mutually cooperative and beneficial interfaces at all levels.
IV. Centre for Development of Entrepreneurship and Enterprises: The Centre
undertakes researches focused towards inception, growth, issues and impediments to
entrepreneurship and enterprises and promote efforts of individuals, and organizations
towards establishing sustainable organizations. It promotes entrepreneurship among
ARGUCOM’ians and supports them through networking with other organizations to
create viable organizations, and also seek interfaces with Government programs to
promote entrepreneurship and enterprises.
V. Centre for Public Policy and Governance: This Centre undertakes research in
policies and issues in governance relating to resources and institutions. The center
would also undertake training and capacity building programmes in relation
decentralization, conflict resolution, and management issues related to local level
governance, and decentralized planning.
VI. Centre for Rural-Urban Dynamics: While working towards the model of rural
transformation and rural/urban development, the Centre would be working on the
following; themes:
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a) Structural, Cultural and Institutional Issues in Rural Transformation and
Urbanization
b) Status of Agriculture and Peasantry
Non-Farm Sector in Rural and Urban Areas
c) Status of Informal Labour
d) Urban Governance, Planning and Development
e) Urban and Rural Services and Supplies
f) Rural-Urban Linkages such as Migration, Remittances etc.
g) Urbanization and Well-Being
h) Any Other Emerging and Relevant Issues
VII. Centre for Development of Commodity Spot Markets and Derivative Markets
for Agricultural Products and Natural Resources: This center will develop digital
wholesale markets at different places of Assam and derivative markets for a few
selected commodities where price fluctuation is very wide.
VIII. Centre for Studies in Art & Science of Ancient Assam: This Centre will undertake
research in Art and science of Ancient Assam to find out new ideas based on ancient
development. The proposed Eight Centers will create an enabling climate for
knowledge enhancement and provide foundation for designing and implementing
innovative courses and training modules for executives of co-operatives, rural and
government organizations, NGOs etc.
4. RESEARCH PUBLICATION, SEMINAR (WEBINAR), CONFERENCE,
WORKSHOP etc. BY FACULTY MEMBERS
a) Dr. Rashida Tahira Noorain, Assistant Professor:
i. Participated One-week FDP on "AGRICULTURAL AND RURAL MARKETING
IN INDIA" during 20-25 July, 2020 by Dibrugarh University, Dept. of commerce.
ii. Participated on one-week Online Faculty Development Programme on “Analytics”
organised by IIM, Vishakhapatnam during 17-21 august, 2020
iii. Participated on one-week FDP on “How to Teach Online” organised by IIM Indore
during 27 July-01 August, 2020.
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iv. Participated on International Webinar on “Reference Management Tools and
Detection & Avoidance of Plagiarism in Research” organised by Central Library,
Mahapurusha Srimanta Sankaradeva Viswavidyalaya (MSSV), Nagaon, Assam on
27 July, 2020.
v. Participated in Refresher Course in Commerce/Management held from 06-10-2020
to 19-10-2020 organised by Goa University.
vi. Participated on EDP on “Big Data Analytics for Business Administration” during
06-07 August, 2020.
b) Dr. Mridusmita Das, Assistant Professor:
i. Participated and completed 21 days Orientation Programme from 9th till 29th
December 2019 at Gauhati University.
ii. Attended an International E-Seminar on “Rethinking Business Education”
organized by Department of Business Administration, University of Lucknow,
India on 30th June, 2020.
iii. Attended a Webinar on “Information Communication & Outreach – Lifeline for
Government Delivery” conducted by Press Information Bureau, Guwahati, India on
16th July 2020.
iv. Participated on a One-day workshop on “Students Centered Teaching: Pedagogy to
Andragogy” organized by Assam Rajiv Gandhi university of Cooperative
Management, Sivasagar Assam on 9th July 2019
v. Participated and completed a Faculty Development Programme (FDP) on
“Advanced Concepts for Developing MOOCs” conducted by Ramanujan College,
University of Delhi from 2nd July to 17th July 2020
vi. Participated and completed a Faculty Development Programme (FDP) on
“Research Methodology: Data Analysis, Reporting & Publication Perspectives”
organized by Bharatiar School of Management and Entrepreneur Development,
Bharatiar University from 20th July to 26th July 2020
vii. Reviewed a paper for the Asian Research Journal of Arts & Social Sciences in the
year 2020.
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viii. Reviewed a paper for the Journal of Economics, Management and Trade in the year
2020.
ix. "An Empirical Study on Brand Positioning and Consumer Perception towards
various Shampoo brands”. International Journal of Marketing and Business
Communication, Volume 9, Issue 1 & 2, January-April 2020, ISSN Number: 2277–
484X (Print).
c) Dr. Ranjan Sarmah, Assistant Professor:
i. Attended “AICTE Training and Learning (ATAL) Academy Programme on
INTERNET OF THINGS (IoT) AND ITS APPLICATIONS” from 21-25 October,
2019 at Department of Computer Science, Tezpur University.
ii. Conducted a National Seminar on ‘The Application of Information Technology
(IT) in Socio Economic Development’ at ARGUCOM on 15th February, 2020.
iii. Participated and completed 1 (one) month Induction cum Orientation Programme
from June, 26 to July, 24, 2020 under the aegis of Ministry of Human Resource
Development, Teaching Learning Centre, Ramanujan College, University of Delhi.
iv. Conducted an International Webinar on “Role of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in
Automation from 21st to 23rd, July, 2020.
v. Attended a webinar on “Examination in the wake of the UGC guidelines for
Universities in view of COVID 19 Pandemic & Subsequent lockdown” on 18th
May, 2020.
vi. Attended a Webinar on "Distance and Online Education in the backdrop of COVID-
19: Issues and Challenges" organised by Regional Computer Lab (RCL), Agartala
Regional Centre, IGNOU on 19th July, 2020.
vii. Attended a webinar on “Introduction to Machine Learning” organized by Kaziranga
University on 11th July, 2020.
viii. Attended and Completed 1 (one) week training programme on Deep Learning
Using Python Conducted by Apptronix Technologies in Collboration with
Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Technology-Hyderabad from 3rd August to 7th
August, 2020
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ix. Attended an International Webinar on Fundamentals of Reinforcement Learning
organized by Machine Intelligence Research Labs, Scientific Network for
Innovation and Research Excellence on 22 July, 2020.
x. Attended a Webinar on Data-Driven Predictive Analytics from 5th to 6th August,
2020 organized by Department of Computer Science, Assam University, Silchar.
xi. Attended an International Webinar on Optimization of Type-2 Fuzzy System:
Theory and Application organized by Machine Intelligence Research Labs,
Scientific Network for Innovation and Research Excellence on 21 July, 2020.
d) Dr. Jewel Mayur Phukon, Assistant Professor:
i. “Covid-19 and its impact on Indian Economy: An Assessment based on Keynesian
Cross Model”, Indian Journal of Economics and Business, ISSN-0972-5784, Vol
19, Issue 2, (Scopus Indexed)
ii. Crowd Funding and Financing of MSME Post Lockdown: A Road map, in
DIGITALISATION AND LAW: Regulations, Implications and Challenges, Edited
Book, THOMSON RUETER (Submitted).
e) Ipsita Kaushik, Assistant Professor:
i. “Protecting Traditional Knowledge in India as Intellectual Property: A Way
Forward”, NLUA Law & Policy Review, Vol III, Issue III, Page No. 97-122,
[ISSN-2455-8672] (UGC Approved listed).
ii. “General Anti Avoidance Rule (GAAR): The Position in India”, Sambodhi, ISSN-
2249-6661, Vol 43, Issue 4, pp-68-78 (UGC Care Listed)
iii. “Impact of Goods and Services Tax on Indian Economy Since 2017” International
Journal of Indian Culture and Business Management, Submission Code: IJICBM-
62716 (UGC Care listed) (Under Review)
iv. “Protection of Traditional Knowledge in the State of Assam and Role of
Geographical Indication”, Journal of Intellectual Property Rights, Article Id: JIPR-
949 (UGC Care listed) (under review)
v. “Protection of Geographical Indication under TRIPS Agreement, Commercial
Interest Served but Equity Declined” NLUJ Law Review, Vol. VII, Winter 2021,
Issue II (UGC Care listed) (Under Review)
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vi. One-week Faculty Development Program (FDP) on Intellectual Property Rights,
Electronic &ICT Academy, IIT Guwahati, Sibasagar Girls College, From 21 to 26
October, 2019.
vii. Four Weeks Induction/ Orientation Programme for faculty in Universities,
Colleges/ Institutes of Higher Education, Ministry of Human Resource
Development, Teaching Learning Centre, Ramanujan College, University of Delhi,
24th June to 24 July, 2020.
viii. Conducted one National Webinar titled, “Human Rights in the Age of Covid -19:
Gender Justice and Challenges, in collaboration with Gender Sensitization Cell,
ARGUCOM”, on 11th July, 2020.
f) Dr. Kuntala Boruah, Assistant Professor:
i. “A DNA Based Computational Algorithm for Timetable Problem” International
Journal of Next-Generation Computing (IJNGC).
ii. “Experimental Validation of DNA-NAND Gate Using DNA Computing” in
Wesleyan Journal of Research.
iii. “Application of IoT in Different Aspects of Child Care: Literature Review and
Classification” (1565) ADBU (under review) Journal of Engineering Technology.
iv. “Computer Assisted Diagnosis of Thyroid Cancer Using FNAB Image: A Review”,
Pertanika Journal of Science and Technology. (under review)
v. One-week Faculty Development Program (FDP) on Intellectual Property Rights,
Electronic &ICT Academy, IIT Guwahati, Sibasagar Girls College, From 21 to 26
October, 2019
vi. Four Weeks Induction/ Orientation Programme for faculty in Universities,
Colleges/ Institutes of Higher Education, Ministry of Human Resource
Development, Teaching Learning Centre, Ramanujan College, University of Delhi.
g) Nazmin Sultana, Assistant Professor:
i. The Status of Women’s Right to Divorce under Mohammedan Law”, International
Journal for Legal Research and Analysis, ISSN 2582-6433, Vol1, Issue V.
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ii. “Empowerment among Adolescent Girls in Muslim Community in relation to
Locality Type of Family”, International Journal of Management, Vol-II, Issue-II
(Scopus).
iii. Weeklong Workshop on “Assessment and Evaluation’’ held on 16th to 22nd
September, 2019.
iv. Two Day Workshop on Online Basic Training on Use of ICT In Teaching
conducted in Online Mode on April 20 & 23, 2020, organized by Teaching
Learning Centre, Tezpur University under PMMMNMTT Scheme of Ministry of
Human Resource Development, Government of India.
v. Online Interdisciplinary Refresher Course on Changing Perspectives in Pedagogy
during 08th to 22nd October, 2020 conducted by TLC, Tezpur University under the
prestigious PMMMNMTT Scheme, Ministry of Education, Govt. of India.
vi. Webinar on "Evolving Administrative Paradigms in Post-COVID India: Voice of
Women Educational Leaders" organized by the Rajiv Gandhi University, Rono
Hills, Arunachal Pradesh in collaboration with the Association of Indian
Universities and conducted by Institute of Distance Education & Women Studies
and Research Centre, Rajiv Gandhi University on 20th July, 2020.
vii. Webinar on Changing Dynamics of Socio-Political Scenario in North East India.
Conducted by Institution of Distance Education Rajiv Gandhi University in
collaboration with Department of Political Science, Rajiv Gandhi University on
27th July, 2020.
viii. Webinar on Social Science Research in Sociology of Health and Environment.
Conducted by Institute of Distance Education, Rajiv Gandhi University, in
collaboration with the Department of Sociology, Rajiv Gandhi University on 28th
July 2020.
ix. International Webinar on "Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Global Economy"
organized by Centre for Development Studies, Department of Economics, Rajiv
Gandhi University from 22nd to 23rd June 2020.
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x. Participated in the Webinar on the topic “Mahatma Gandhi: Making of History and
Contemporary “organized by the Department of Mass Communication and
Journalism, Tezpur University 15th of August 2020.
xi. National webinar on “Research Challenges and Mental Health of Researchers
during COVID-19 pandemic” through video conferencing on July 26, 2020.
xii. National Webinar on "Rural Society of India and Gandhian Thought: Challenges
and Possibilities in Present Times" on 15th July 2020, organized by Department of
Sociology and Department of Gandhian and Peace Studies, Mahatma Gandhi
Central University, Motihari, Bihar.
xiii. One Day Webinar on “Women Empowerment Leading to Grievance Redressal”
organised by Dept. of Sociology, Women Empowerment Cell and Grievance
Redressal Cell, Shri Mrityunjaya College of Arts and Commerce, Dharwad on 21st
July, 2020.
h) Sudeshna Bordoloi, Assistant Professor:
i. Paper submitted to ISBN book chapter on Recent Trends in Marketing entitled
“Review on Unsupervised learning for Marketing: Evaluating Association Mining”
(Accepted for publication not yet published)
ii. “Evaluating Digitally Displayed Consumer Behaviour and Trends towards Healthy
Lifestyle and Fruit Juice Consumption using Social Media Analytics” (Working
Paper)
iii. “Trajectory Planning for Revitalization of Milk Processing Plant: A Case Study of
Dairy Cooperative” (Working Paper)
i) Subhasis Borpujari, Assistant Professor:
i. Covid-19 and its impact on Indian Economy: An Assessment based on Keynesian
Cross Model, Indian Journal of Economics and Business, ISSN-0972-5784, Vol 19,
Issue 2, (Scopus Indexed)
ii. Home Based Food Processing Units: A Study in selected locality of Dibrugarh,
Assam, Studies in Indian Place Names, ISSN 2394-3114, Vol:40, Issue 70 (UGC
Care Journal)
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iii. Problems and prospects of Home-based Food Processing Unit Presented at-
International Seminar organised by GCC Centre of management Studies. Gauhati
Commerce College, held on 23rd and 24th October,2019.
iv. Training programme on “Emerging Trends in Career Opportunities in India”
organised by Directorate of Training, Placement and Entrepreneurship, Annamalai
University dated 29th June 2020.
v. National Level One Week FDP “E- Contents and ICT tools for Innovative and
Effective Teaching. Organised by NLB City College, Dibrugarh and BSVS
Educational Learning Centre, Nagpur, India
vi. National Webinar on “Enhancement of Writing Skill of Thesis and research Papers:
some Tips. Organised by CKB Commerce College, Jorhat. Held on 10th August
2020.
vii. National Webinar on “Education and Psycho-Social Impact: During Covid-19
Pandemic.” Jointly organised by Mazbat College, Mazbat and Ghana Kanta Bora
College, Tamulicinga held on 4th July 2020.
viii. National Webinar on “Entrepreneurship as a Career for Youth” organised by
Golaghat Commerce College, Golaghat on 26th August 2020.
ix. National Webinar on “Awarness Programme on Use of Online E-Resources. Jointly
organised by Mazbat College, Mazbat and Assam College Librarians Association
held on 1st July 2020.
j) Ms. Rinku Mani Roy, Assistant Professor:
i. “Entrepreneurial Approach to Rural Tourism- An Analysis around Kaziranga
National Park in Assam” Entrepreneurship in the New Era, Empyreal Publishing
House, ISBN: 978-81-946375-8-5.
ii. “Priority and Non priority Sector Lending by selected Public Sector Commercial;
Banks in India”, International Research Journal of Business Studies. (Under
Review)
iii. One week online National Level Faculty Development Programme (FDP)
organised by Department of Commerce, Dibrugarh University held from 1st June
2020.
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iv. Participated one day National webinar on changing dimension after pandemic
organised by Golaghat Commerce College on 29 August, 2020
v. A two days workshop on data analysis with ‘R’ Organised by Centre for Computer
Science & Application on 24-25th October, 2019
vi. Paper presented titled “Financial Behaviour and Investment decision of employed
women: A Study at Sivasagar town” 4th North East India Conference and
Management Association (NEICMA) on 27 and 28 Sept. 2019.
vii. Participated National Webinar on “Behavioural Finance: Emerging issues
organised by Dept. of Commerce, Digboi College on 21st July 2020.
k) Ms. Mayuri Sharma, Assistant Professor:
i. Pre-Processing of Landsat-8 Data for Population Estimation: A Study with Respect
to Dimoria Development Block of Assam, SSRN Elsevier, Conference
Proceedings, 2020.
ii. A Comparative Analysis of Vegetation Radiometric Indices for Classification of
BambusaTulda using Satellite Imagery, International Journal of Computer Sciences
and Engineering.
iii. One-week FDP on “Emerging Prospects of STEM education in Engineering and
Technology, held from 21st July to 28th July, 2020 at Royal Global University.
iv. Five days online workshop on Signal Processing and Machine learning, Assam
Don-Bosco University, 10th -14th August, 2020.
v. Participated in NASA’s Applied Remote Sensing Training Programme on
‘understanding Phenology with Remote Sensing’ June 30th to July 14, 2020.
vi. Participated in NASA’s Applied Remote Sensing Training Programme on “Remote
Sensing of Coastal Ecosystems” 25th Aug., 1st Sept. and 8th Sept.,2020.
vii. Participated in the Two weeks Instructor led online Live FDP Programme on
“Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning using Python” during 10th- 21st
August, 2020.
viii. Presented paper titled “Pre-processing of Landsat-8 Data for Population
Estimation: A Study with Respect to Dimoria Development Block of Assam”,
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International Conference on Innovative Computing & Communications, February
21-23, 2020.
ix. Undergone Live online Training on “Deep Learning using Python” conducted by
Apptronix Technologies in collaboration with Mahatma Gandhi Institute of
Technology, Hyderabad, 3rd August to 7th August, 2020.
x. Attended National Webinar on “Enhancement of Writing Skill of Thesis and
Research Papers: Some Tips” CKB Commerce College, Assam, India, 10th August,
2020
xi. Presented Paper “Towards an Effective Building Segmentation using DL” National
Seminar, ARGUCOM, Feb. 2020.
l) Dr. Deepom Baruah, Assistant Professor:
i. Criminalisation of Politics, In Search of an Answer, Lambert Academic
Publication, Germany, ISBN: 6200788820.
ii. Certificate in Child Rights: Theory & Practice, Harvard University, U.S.A
MOOC July, 2020.
iii. Orientation TLC, Ramanujan College under PMMMNMTT Scheme, MHRD
Online, June 04 to July 1, 2020 (28 days).
iv. One-week FDP on IPR IIT Guwahati & Ministry of Technology Govt of India,
Sivasagar.
v. Online one-week FDP on “Gender Concerns in Education”, CWS, Dibrugarh
University Online, 26th May- 1st June, 2020.
vi. National seminar on “Crime against women in India”, Sponsored by NCW, New
Delhi, Kakojan College, March 5th-6th 2020.
vii. National Webinar on “Environment & Covid-19”, SDC College, NAAC A+,
College with P.F.E Online, 5th June 2020.
viii. International Webinar on “Online Education: Issues and Challenges”, Guru Nanak
College, Punjab, 15th June 2020.
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m) Bhupali Saikia, Assistant Professor:
i. Ten days online FDP on “Crafting Qualitative Research: How can we study the
world as it is lived?” An international web lecture series on Qualitative Research
organised by School of Business sciences, USTM, 15th- 24th July, 2020.
ii. Webinar on the theme “WTO Appellate Body Crisis and Possible Ways Out” on
9th Oct., 2020 organised by Gujrat National Law University.
iii. One day workshop on Clinical legal Education and access to Justice” on August,
02, 2020 by GNLU.
iv. Participated in the Virtual Public Round Table Consultation Forum on Criminal
Law Reforms, 2020, organised by The Director of Legal Studies, Tamilnadu &
GNLU on 18th July, 2020.
n) Bishakha Chetia, Assistant Professor:
i. Question-Answer Series on Evidence Law, Chanakya Publication, Varanasi (under
Publication)
o) Jasmine Ara Begum, Assistant Professor
i. Two days’ workshop on “Data Analysis with R” organised by Centre for Computer
Science & Application, Dibrugarh University on 24th & 25th Oct., 2019, under the
banner of Anazori, 2019.
ii. One day workshop on “Students Centred Teaching: Pedagogy to Andragogy”
organised by ARGUCOM, 9th July 2019.
iii. Presented paper titled “An efficient IoT based Water Monitoring and Water
wastage Regulating Automation System for Sustainable Development” at ICSSR
sponsored National Seminar organised by ARGUCOM, 30th Jan. 2020.
iv. Presented a paper titled “An Endeavour towards finding of an efficient
identification approach of tea leaf” organised by SIT, ARGUCOM in National
Seminar on 15th Feb. 2020.
v. Live Online Training on “Deep Learning Using Python” conducted by Apptronix
Technologies in collaboration with Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Technology,
Hyderabad, 3rd August- 7th August, 2020.
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vi. Webinar on Data Driven Predictive Analytics 5th- 6th August 2020 organised by
Assam University, Silchar.
p) Amrita Devi, Assistant Professor
i. Conducted and participated a one-day webinar on Information, Communication &
Outreach-the lifeline of Government delivery in collaboration with Press
Information Bureau, Guwahati, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, Govt. of
India.
ii. Participated in the Webinar on the topic “Mahatma Gandhi: Making of History and
Contemporary” organised by the Department of Mass Communication and
Journalism, Tezpur University.
5. EVENTS AND OTHER ACTIVITIES CONDUCTED BY FACULTIES
5.1 Name of the Event: National Seminar on ‘Management for Sustainable Growth’
(Sponsored by ICSSR)
Date and Place: 30th January, 2020, ARGUCOM
Brief Details about the Event: Organized by: School of Entrepreneurship &
Management, ARGUCOM.
Keynote Speaker: Prof. Amalesh
Bhowal, Assam University.
Chairpersons of the Technical Session:
a) Shri. Naba Jyoti Sarmah, Vice
Principal & Associate Professor,
Sivasagar College, Joysagar
b) Dr. Pratim Baruah, Associate
Professor, Centre of Management
Studies, Dibrugarh University,
Dibrugarh
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Organising Team:
a) Dr. Rashida T. Noorain, Dean (i/c),
(Convenor)
b) Dr. Mridusmita Das, HoD (i/c), SEM
c) Mr. Subhasis Borpujari,Asst. Prof.
d) Ms. Amrita Devi, Asst. Prof.
Number of Participants: 32
5.2 Name of the Event: The National Seminar on ‘The Application of Information
Technology (IT) in Socio Economic Development’
Date & Place: 15th February, 2020, ARGUCOM
Brief Details about the Event:
Organized by: School of Innovation &
Technology, ARGUCOM
Keynote Address: Shri Prabir Kr. Das,
Director of Software Technology Parks of
India (STPI), Guwahati.
Chairperson of the technical Session:
Mr. M. Rohman, HoD, Department of
Computer Science, Sibasagar College,
Joysagar
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Co-Chairperson: Dr. Deepom Baruah,
HoD (i/c), (SPPL), Assistant Professor,
ARGUCOM.
Chief Guest: Prof. Prafulla Chandra Kalita,
Principal and Secretary of Sivasagar
College
No. of Paper Presented: 11
Convenors:
i. Dr. Ranjan Sarmah, HoD(i/c), SIT, ARGUCOM.
ii. Dr. Kuntala Baruah, Assistant Professor, SIT, ARGUCOM
Associate Convenors:
i. Jasmine Ara Begum, Assistant Professor, SIT, ARGUCOM.
ii. Mayuri Sharma, Assistant Professor, SIT, ARGUCOM
.
5.3 Name of the Event: Virtual Regional Consultation on Criminal Law Reform in
Collaboration with Gujarat National Law University
Date & Place: 27th July (Monday) 2020
Brief Details about the Event: School of Public Policy and Law organized an online
web Consultancy series in Collaboration with Gujarat National Law University on
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Criminal Law reforms and collected the views
and opinions expressed by different experts in
this online web consultancy programme and
sent those opinions in form of a report to the
Government of India.
Chief Guest: Dr. R.C. Borpatragohain
Advocate General, Assam & Former Dean,
Faculty of Law, Gauhati University
Expert Panelists:
a) Mr Surendra Kumar (IPS) Inspector General of Police Criminal Investigation
Department, Assam
b) Mr. Partha Pratim Baruah, Public Prosecutor, Gauhati High Court, Govt of Assam
c) Mr. Sundeep Kashyap, Munsiff cum Judicial Magistrate 1st Class, Bokakhat,
Assam
d) Dr. N.P. Singh, Associate Professor, Dhanamanjuri University, Manipur
Convenors:
i. Dr. Deepom Baruah, HoD(i/c), SPPL, ARGUCOM
ii. Ms Bhupali Saikia, Assistant Professor of Law, SPPL, ARGUCOM
iii. Dr Saira Gori, Dean, Training Division & Assistant Professor of Law, Gujarat
National Law University
5.4 Name of the Event: Three Day Workshop on Common Accounting System of
Cooperatives
Date & Place: 5-7, March, 2020, ARGUCOM
Brief details about the Event: Participants: Auditor, Junior Inspector of DRCS and
ARCS of Sibasagar District and Secretary of different Cooperative Societies (Total 35
participants)
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Resource Person:
a) Dr. Jewel Mayur Phukon (Asst. Prof. SEM, ARGUCOM)
b) Subhasis Borpujari (Asst. Prof., SEM, ARGUCOM)
The workshop was inaugurated by Hon'ble Vice Chancellor, ARGUCOM. During three
days different areas of the common accounting system were covered. The problems faced
by the societies as well as the auditor and junior inspectors relating to maintenance and
checking of accounts were discussed. Certificates were distributed to the participants at
the end of the workshop.
5.5 Name of the Event: One day workshop on Entrepreneurship Development
Date & Place:
a) Salaguri HS School (7th of September, 2019)
b) Gorgaon College (13th September, 2019)
c) Sibsagar Commerce College (14th of September, 2019)
d) Sibsagar Girls College(30thOctober,2019)
e) Sahid Piyoli College (6th November, 2019)
f) Furkating College (11th February, 2020
Brief details about the Event: With assistance of Numaligarh Refinery Limited,
ARGUCOM has conducted a number of one day workshops on Entrepreneurship
Development at various colleges and schools from the month of September, 2019 to
February, 2020. The workshop mainly consists of three sections imparting the compiled
knowledge about the entrepreneurship opportunities with the 75 numbers of products
profiled by the University. The three sessions namely, Management, Financial and
Technical were undertaken with help of faculty members Shri Subhasis Borpujari (Asst.
Prof), Shri Hemanta Chetia (Asst. Prof.) and Ms. Sudeshna Bordoloi (Asst. Prof). The
programme was able to cover about 650 numbers of final year Undergraduate students
of various colleges.
Coordinator: Mr. Bishnubrat Hazarika (Asst. Prof., ARGUCOM)
5.6 Name of the Event: 150th Birth Anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi
Date & Place:
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1st October, 2019, ARGUCOM*
15th and 16thof September, 2019, KPM Hall Sibasagar**
15th September, 2019, ARGUCOM***
Brief details about the event:
(a) One day workshop* on “Swaraj: Leadership
session on Gandhian Philosophy &
Cooperative Management”.’
Name of Resource persons: Shri. Neelh
Gautam & Shri. Samudra Gupta Kashyap.
Coordinator: Dr. Mridusmita Das.
Asst. Coordinators: Dr. Kuntala Baruah, Ms.
Bishakha Chetia Konwar, Ms. Rinku Mani
Roy.
(b) Khadi Exhibition:** In connection to the
celebration of the 150th birth anniversary of
Mahatma Gandhi, ARGUCOM had
organized A Khadi exhibition with the aim of
bringing out the traditional khadi and
handloom producers to the limelight of
modern market opportunities. The event was
participated by a few producers/vendors
within the proximity of Sivasagar.
Coordinator: Bishakha Chetia Konwar
(c)Art Competition:***In connection to the celebration of the 150th birth anniversary
of Mahatma Gandhi, ARGUCOM had organized An Art Competition. There were three
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groups: Group A- Class 1- Class 5, Group B-
Class 6- Class 10, Group C- HS 1st year – UG 3rd
year and the topic for these groups were Group
A- A view of Sabarmati Ashram, Group B- Dandi
March, Group C- Gandhian Philosophy. The Art
completion was judge by renowned Assam Artist
Prasanta Gogoi. Results of the Competition were
declared on 16th September 2019 11:00 am at KP
Memorial Hall. Prize distribution took place on 2ndOctober, 2020 within the university
premises.
Event Coordinator: Jasmine Ara Begum.
5.7 Name of the Event: National Cooperative week, Organised by, Cooperative
Department, Sonari, Charaideo District
Date & Place: 17th November, 2019, Sonari, Charaideo, Assam
Brief details about the Event:
Resource Persons:
a) Dr. Jewel Mayur Phukon (Asst. Prof.,SEM, ARGUCOM) on “role of
Cooperative in a Rural Economy”
b) Ms. Sudeshna Bordoloi (Asst. Prof., SEM, ARGUCOM) on “Cooperative
movement and sustainable development initiatives for cooperatives”
Convenor: Dr. Jewel Mayur Phukon (Asst. Prof., SEM, ARGUCOM)
5.8 Name of the Event: Cooperative Week
Date & Place: 14th November-20th November, 2020, ARGUCOM
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Brief details about the Event:
Assam Rajiv Gandhi University of Cooperative Management, Sivasagar has observed
the 66th All India Cooperative Week, 2019
from 14th November to 20th November, 2019.
The theme for the week this year was “Role
of Cooperatives in New India”. The
University started the week with hoisting the
Cooperative flag in the University premise
by the Honourable Vice- Chancellor Prof.
Munindra Kakati on 14th November, 2019. To mark the week, the University wall
magazine inauguration (coordinated by Amrita Devi and Mayuri Sharma, Assistant
Professors, ARGUCOM) was initiated by the Honourable Vice-Chancellor Prof.
Munindra Kakati.
The first-year students of the University had done a street play on 16th of November,
2019 at two places of Sivasagar district viz. in front of Rang-Ghar and Shiva Doul
Chariali on theme ‘Cooperative for New
India’ coordinated by Mr. Bishnubrata
Hazarika and Mrs. Amrita Devi, Assistant
Professors, ARGUCOM. The week was
successfully concluded with a Workshop on
‘Progress through Cooperatives’ to the
women of Self-Help groups of the nearby
villages on 20th November, 2019. The
lectures were delivered by the Honorable
Vice-Chancellor and Dr. Mridusmita Das, HoD, School of Entrepreneurship &
Management of the University. The participants of the lecture session have shown keen
interest in initiating cooperatives on Fishery and Cane & Bamboo products. The
Cooperative Week was guided and coordinated by Dr. Rashida T. Noorain, Dean of the
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University with the collaboration of the students and faculties of the University. The
active engagement of the faculty members and students has made the week successful.
5.9 Name of the Event: International Webinar on “Role of Artificial Intelligence in
Automation”
Date & Place of the Event: 21st -22nd July, 2020
Brief details about the Event:
Organised by: School of Innovation and
Technology
Speakers:
1.Prof. Shyamanta M. Hazarika, IIT Guwahati.
2.Dr. Shahin Ara Begum, Associate Professor,
Department of Computer Science, Assam
University, Silchar.
3.Dr. Pritom Rajkhowa, Post-Doctoral Fellow,
The Chinese University of Hong Kong.
Convenors:
1.Dr. Ranjan Sarmah, HoD, School of Innovation & Technology, ARGUCOM.
2.Dr. Kuntala Baruah, Assistant Professor, School of Innovation & Technology,
ARGUCOM
Associate Convenors:
1.Ms. Jasmine Ara Begum, Assistant Professor, School of Innovation &
Technology, ARGUCOM.
2.Mayuri Sharma, Assistant Professor, School of Innovation & Technology,
ARGUCOM.
No. of Participants: 109 participants from different countries like India, Netherlands and
Canada.
5.10 Name of the Event: Legal Aid Camp
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Date & Place: 7th February, 2020, Hahsora H. S School, Sibasagar,
Brief details about the Event: School of
Public Policy and Law organized a legal aid
camp at Hahsora H.S. School, Sivasagar,
which was attended by invited guests,
dignitaries and the public of near locality.
The meeting was presided over by principal
of Hahsora H.S School Shri Jatin Chetia.
The legal aid was aimed to aware about domestic violence, RTI, Child rights, crime
against child and women.
Resource Persons:
a) Dr. Deepom Baruah, HOD (i/c), SPPL
b) Nazmin Sultana (Asst. Prof., SPPL)
5.11 Name of the Event: Key Concepts of Legal Drafting (Webinar)
Date & Place of the Event: 7 June 2020
Brief details about the event:
Organised by School of Public Policy and
Law (SPPL),
Resource Person: Adv. Abir Phukan,
Partner, KMP Law Firm, New Delhi
Convenor: Dr. Deepom Baruah, HOD (i/c),
SPPL, ARGUCOM
No. of Participants: 79
5.12 Name of the Event: Webinar on “Human Rights in the Age of Covid -19: Gender
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Justice and Challenges, in collaboration
with Gender Sensitization Cell,
ARGUCOM
Date & Place of the Event: 11 July, 2020
Brief details about the Event: Organised
by: School of Public Policy and Law
Speaker: Mrs. Dristirupa Patgiri,
Assistant Professor, Department of Law, Assam University, Silchar, Assam. She was a
representative at 43rd Session of UN Human Rights Council, Geneva, Switzerland
Coordinator: Ipsita Kaushik, Assistant Professor, SPPL
5.13 Name of the Event: Webinar on “Law of Contract and Doctrine of Frustration”
Date & Place of the Event: 16th May 2020
Brief details about the Event:
Organised by School of Public Policy and
Law
Speaker: Ms. Amloanika Bora, Asst. Prof,
Presidency University, Bangalore
Coordinator: Dr. Deepom Baruah, HoD
(i/c), SPPL
No. of Participants: 80
5.14 Name of the Event: Preparation and Entry into Assam Judicial Service (Online Mode)
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Date & Place of the Event: 29th May,
2020
Brief details about the Event: Organised
by School of Public Policy and Law,
ARGUCOM
Speakers:
1. Mr. Sundeep Kashyap Das, (Munsiff
cum Judicial Magistrate, Govt of
Assam)
2. Ms. Pronami Dutta, Judicial
Magistrate, Govt of Assam.
Coordinators: Dr. Deepom Baruah, HoD i/c, SPPL, ARGUCOM.
Bishakha Chetia Konwar, Assistant Professor
5.15 Name of the Event: Women’s Day celebration
Date & Place of the Event: 7th March, 2020, ARGUCOM
Brief details about the Event:
(a) The One Day Workshop on “Use
of Mobile Application in Self Help
Group Marketing” organized under
Assam Rajiv Gandhi University of
Cooperative Management (ARGUCOM)
was held during 7th March 7th March,
2020.
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The participants consisted of different
Women Self Help Groups of Sivasagar
district. The importance of mobile
applications in food marketing was
explained to them in a simpler way. The
working of food delivery android
applications was also discussed with
them, how they can use these mobile
applications to improve the marketing and selling of their food products. The digital
data of their food products were shared by them during the workshop.
(b) The International Women’s day was
celebrated on 7th March, 2020. The
theme for the year 2020 was “I am
Generation Equality: Realizing
women’s rights”. As a part of this
global day ARGUCOM organised a
programme with auspicious presence
of eminent personalities like the Vice
Chancellor of ARGUCOM Prof.
Munindra Kakati and the Dean of
ARGUCOM Dr. Rashida T. Noorain along with the faculties, participants and students.
A traditional food competition was initiated among the self-help groups and best
performers were awarded with certificate and prize money.
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5.16 Name of the Event: One Day Workshop “Student Centered Teaching: Pedagogy to
Andragogi”-
Date & Place of the Event: 9th July 2019, ARGUCOM
Brief Details about the Event: The workshop titled “Student Centered Teaching:
Pedagogy to Andragogi” was conducted for the faculties of the ARGUCOM and other
colleges of Sivasagar namely Sivasagar College, Sivasagar Commerce College,
Sivasagar Girls College, Swahid Peoli Phukan College. Professor. Khanindra Pathak, IIT
Kharagpur, was invited as a resource person for the session. The workshop had benefitted
the faculties for clear understanding of the teaching methods. Further, on the end of the
session, certificates of participation were distributed to the participants.
The programme was coordinated by Ms. Bishakha Chetia, Assistant Professor, School
of Public Policy and Law.
5.17 Name of the Event: World Environment Day
Date & Place: 5th June 2019, ARGUCOM
Brief Details about the Event: The celebration of world environment day was
conducted on the temporary campus of ARGUCOM. On the occasion of the
environment day “plant sapling” were distributed to the residents of Basic Tiniali,
Joysagar by the faculties and other members of ARGUCOM. The programme was
coordinated by Ms. Bishakha Chetia, Assistant Professor, School of Public Policy and
Law.
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6. INNOVATIONS
6.1 IoT based Smart Irrigation System
Farmers usually work on large portions of
land to grow different types of crops. It is
not always possible for one person to be
able to keep track of the entire farmland
all the time. In this scenario the Smart
Irrigation System using Latest IoT
technology is helpful and leads to ease of
farming.
From Left to Right Chiranjeeb Kalita, Dr. Ranjan Sarmah,
Dimpi Borah
The IoT based Smart irrigation System
has wide scope to automate the complete
irrigation system. Here, IoT based Smart
Irrigation System has been made using
ESP8266 NodeMCU Module and
DHT11 Sensor. It will not only
automatically irrigate the water based on
the moisture level in the soil but also send
the Data to mobile device to keep track of
the land condition. The System will consist a water pump which will be used to sprinkle
water on the land depending upon the land environmental condition such as Moisture,
Temperature and Humidity.
Work in Pipeline:
1. Smart chair for monitoring the body vitals
2. Smart Helmet for detection of alcohol level
3. IoT in Bee Keeping
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6.2 IoT based Smart water tank monitoring and control system
ARGUCOM research team has
identified a common problem of water
wastage due to overflow of water tanks
on forgetful and unsupervised water
pump in switch-on mode. With the goal
of addressing the problem a sensor based
protype model is designed with the help
of IoT technology to keep track of the
water levels in the water tank and to
From Left to Right: Sakil Rohman, Dr. Kuntala
Baruah, Chiranjeeb Kalita
notify the users in SMS about condition
such as overflow or empty state of tanks.
Also, a remote controlling feature is added so that the user can switch on and off the
motor pump anywhere over android app. The IoT based Smart water monitoring and
controlling system using ESP8266 NodeMCU Module and HC-SR04
ULTRASONIC SENSOR.
7. ON GOING PROGRAMME:
i. Smart Campus: Project of Smart campus was against the AICTE letter F.No.16-
1/D-SDC/C&SCA/2019, Dated 20th May 2019. The main aim is to upgrade the
university campus to cope with the digital era. Such as
a) Installation of interactive board: classrooms are equipped with interactive board
to enable both online and offline mode.
b) Surveillance camera: CCTV surveillance cameras are installed so that the
activities in classroom, laboratories and common areas can be monitored over
internet from anywhere.
c) IoT projects: Keeping in line with the boom of IoT technologies several IoT
based projects are undertaken.
Coordinator: Dr. Kuntala Baruah
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ii. Jalshakti programme:
Coordinators: Dr. Deepom Baruah, Ms. Jasmine Ara Begum
In pursuance to letter no GSA. 137/2018/44 dtd. 27.09.19 from the office of
Governor’s Secretariat, Assam the Jalasakti team of ARGUCOM is constituted with
the objectives:
a) To conduct field study on water conservation and use
b) To create awareness among rural people on issues concerning water
conservation and use
c) To suggest measures for conservation of water in villages
8. RESEARCH PROJECTS (ONGOING)
University has funded Four major projects under three Schools and one minor project under
each faculty of ARGUCOM
MAJOR RESEARCH PROJECTS
Sl.
No
Project Title Coordinators
1. “Problems and Prospects of Justice
Delivery System in India.”
Dr. Deepom Baruah, Ms. Ipsita Kaushik,
Ms. Nazmin Sultana, Ms. Bhupali Saikia
(SEM), Mrs. Bishakha Chetia.
2. “A Diagnostic Study of the Problems and
Prospects of Cooperative Societies in
Assam.”
Prof. Munindra Kakati, Dr. Rashida
Tahira Noorain, Dr. Jewel M Phukon,
Shri. Subhasis Borpujari, Ms. Bhupali
Saikia (SEM), Mrs. Bishakha Chetia
3. “Study on competitiveness of products &
services of SMEs and promoting
entrepreneurs for SMEs of Assam.”
Dr. Mridusmita Das, Shri. Bishnubrat
Hazarika, Ms. Sudesna Bordoloi, Ms.
Rinkumani Roy (SEM)
4. “Condition monitoring of agricultural
product through deep learning.”
Dr. Ranjan Sarmah, Dr. Kuntala Baruah,
Mrs. Jasmine Ara Begum, Ms. Mayuri
Sharma
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MINOR RESEARCH PROJECT
Project Title Coordinator
1. Protection and Preservation of wetlands in
Sivasagar
Dr. Deepom Baruah
2. A Study on Biomedical Waste
Management System in Different Hospitals
of Sivasagar District and its effect on
Environment
Ms. Ipsita Kaushik
3. Study on the Legislative Policies for the
Protection of Historical Monuments of
Sivasagar District
Ms. Nazmin Sultana
4. Effectiveness of Solid Waste Management
Rules under Swatch Bharat Mission
Implemented in the Sivasagar town
Mrs. Bishakha Chetia
5. A Study on Environment Pollutant within
Sivasagar Town
Ms. Bhupali Saikia
6. Development of smart irrigation system
using IoT technology for local farmers
Dr. Ranjan Sarmah
7. Designing sensor based ARGUOM campus
to attain the goal of smart campus
Dr. Kuntala Baruah
8. An agile approach towards software
designing for effective functioning of
university system
Mrs. Jasmine Ara Begum
9. Development of online platform for
marketing of ethnic products of self-help
groups in Sivasagar, Assam
Ms. Mayuri Sharma
10. Marketing prospects of Local dairy
products and their competitiveness: A
study in Sivsagor district.
Ms. Rinkumani Roy
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11. A study of value-added products of black
rice products in Assam
Dr. Rashida Tahira Noorain
12. Implementation and feasibility of
Geographical Indication at the Kotoky
Papong village of Sivasagar District
Shri. Bishnubrat Hazarika
13. Indentification and Commercialization
prospects of different Underutilized
Horticulture Crops
Shri. Subhasis Borpujari
14. Multi parametric profiling of select local
fruit juices of Assam: An empirical study
based on customer perception and
preference
Ms. Sudesna Bordoloi
15. Value-added tea products for premium
market creation for the Tea Start Ups of
Assam
Dr. Jewel M Phukon
16. A study on branding and repositioning of
assamese ethnic snacks in refrence to its
health attributes.
Ms. Toshleema Ullah
17. Advertising & marketing of the already
considered food items
Ms. Amrita Devi
18. Marketing and Positioning Strategies for
The Ethnic Products & Services of Women
Self Help Groups of Sivasagar District
Dr. Mridusmita Das
19. A study on development of green
advertising for the local entrepreneurs of
Sivasagar
Amrita Devi
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