Food and beverages (F&B) experience can be potential content of community-based tourism practices... more Food and beverages (F&B) experience can be potential content of community-based tourism practices. Community Based Tourism practiceindulge sustainable exploitation of endemic food, ethnic cuisines, beverages, homestay operations, souvenir, craft sales in addition to folk performances, local adventure contents, providing vivid experience to demand side. This firsthandexperience is different from conventional amenities of hotels, F&B service, pubs or discotheques. Ethnic F&B is practiced with active participation with community"s decision-making process. Households engaged in homestay and home-based restaurant businesses are direct beneficiaries of F&B receipts. Aspects of quality of service verses F&B receipts and consumer behaviour (tourist"s decision-making process) have direct implication in crafting marketing strategy of ethic F&B attractions of CBT destinations in North Eastern India. Instead of an exclusive remark that tour operators and tourist prefer ethnic F&B attractions of CBT villages of North Eastern India, this paper provides empirical findings at granular level that will help strategic mappingvis-àviscritical argument on various variables, dependencies and factors. These findings serve as a benchmark in understanding relationship of clean drinking water, clean hygiene kitchen, availability of subsidised household fuel facility, etc. with development indexes of the destination.
Institutional procurement process of small and medium enterprises in National-Capital-Region of India: A case study of InfiAuction online reverse auction solution
Impact of Healthcare Utilities and Law & Order Conditions on Tourism: A Study on Community-Based Tourism in North East India
Tourists and tour operators would seldom compromise on the safety conditions, cleanliness, hygien... more Tourists and tour operators would seldom compromise on the safety conditions, cleanliness, hygiene practices (Kant, 2008) and basic healthcare infrastructure of a tourism destination. The economic benefits and cosmopolitan thought process arising from practices of community-based tourism process may discourage simmering tensions arising out of ideological differences and conflicting ethnicity in a destination. Instead of an exclusive remark that tour operators would seldom compromise on safety and hygiene aspects of a destination in North East India, this paper shall provide empirical findings at granular level. The author(s) debate on issues of safety, lawaorder conditions and disaster management preparedness of a typical village practicing community based tourism. There is an attempt on relating positive impacts of development indexes with community based initiatives of North East India.
To sustain India's per capita consumption of electricity of 1075 KWh (2015-16), the first constra... more To sustain India's per capita consumption of electricity of 1075 KWh (2015-16), the first constraint for North East India (NEI) is a capacity of 3639.49 MW against the national capacity of 314642.32 MW (2017). NEI has limited options in solar and wind energy, thus the potential of bioenergy needs to be evaluated for decentralized energy utility. The efficiency of the energy supply chain is high on the proximity-to-generation and lower transmission & distribution losses (TDL). These two factors are in favour of decentralized energy utilities in NEI because feedstock for biomass power production is abundant. Biomass and bagasse burning contribution is 1.96% and 0.56% respectively, having the potential to generate about 17,500 MW for India. The proliferation of grid-independent decentralized biogas plants and biomass gasifiers in India were 4669,074 units and 155,495 units respectively as of 2013. Though planned allocation of budget for biomass energy in the 12 th five-year plan was negligible, Ministry of New and Renewal Energy (MNRE) is focusing on streamlining this supply chain with objectives of environmental sustainability, cogenerations and enhancing grid for renewable energy. For NEI, incentives with 1Mw gasification Model Investment Projects is not enough, but strategic niche management (SNM) interventions are required for reorganizing feedstock supply chain, adapting to the availabilitybased-power tariff, return-to-grid to sell surplus power, and, cogeneration for satellite townships. Instead of empowering a special purpose vehicle for the capital subsidy, public-private and community participation model needs to be exercised. Because there are limited private promoters in North East India, community land rights and customary laws, the community-based participation model will provide tangible benefits through the transfer of benefits of Central Financial Assistance directly to the stakeholders of the project.
Traditional Knowledge System of the Maidams of Charaideo
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2020
Maidam is a tomb associated with traditional knowledge of the Tai-Ahom community to bury their an... more Maidam is a tomb associated with traditional knowledge of the Tai-Ahom community to bury their ancestors with a belief system of life-after-death. Maidams of Charaideo are sacred mausoleums associated with Ahom royals and nobles bearing significance to the cultural heritage of Assam. The process of Maidam intricately involves several processes of preservation of the deceased, rituals, building of the tomb and conservation. However, a significant portion of this traditional knowledge is lost due to influence of Vedic heritage, conversion to Vaishnavism sect, desecration by invaders, and disappearance of Tai literature among the Ahom community. Maidam were a sacrosanct 600 year-old living heritage of Ahom hegemony. But, its statute was dissolved during the British administration and its significance eroded to mere hemispherical mound structure in the last century. This paper brings the traditional knowledge of burial practice of Ahom reign with the touristic-consumerism approach. Usin...
Strategic drift of Indian Railways is due to its stagnant track capacity, declining freight trans... more Strategic drift of Indian Railways is due to its stagnant track capacity, declining freight transport, project overrun, poor operating ratio, and, lack of autonomy. This paper proposes two constructs for IR to mitigate sectoral competition and augment investor credibility for the next decade. The first construct is a meta-competency framework to regain its core-competency out of its constituent skills. The second construct is the top-down approach by the Government in creating a radical unitary public sector organization amalgamating railways, highways and inland waterways under Surface Transport Ministry. Further, this paper is a guidance to create an ecosystem for foreign direct investment and corporate restructuring of select IR subsidiaries in the Ministry of Railways. Strategic architecture discourse is on prioritizing economic value overpassenger business.
Destinations and host communities of the state of North East India govern and control natural res... more Destinations and host communities of the state of North East India govern and control natural resources through customary laws and traditional knowledge. Compared to huge bureaucratic administration of federal government of India, traditional villages based institutional interventions have delivered better results in its management. Preservation of biodiversity and environment resources is discussed as case studies in this research. Hypothetical relationship between traditional tribal institutions and its support system is drawn. The 12 th five-year plans of Government of India failed to estimate consumption patterns and immigration pattern responsible for exploitation of pristine forests, dwindling of traditional livelihood practices and shrinking pastoral landscapes. On contrary, few destinations of North East India emerged as best practices in forest conservation and mitigation. This paper concludes that community-based management practices, customary laws and traditional institutional interventions brought a symbiotic balance between livelihood practices and community conserved areas. This paper discusses community conserved forest, participatory conservation models, stressed environment assets, conservation methods, and loss of traditional livelihood practices.
The firm Konyoka Multi-Purpose Organic Agriculture Farm was incorporated in 2016 in lines of farm... more The firm Konyoka Multi-Purpose Organic Agriculture Farm was incorporated in 2016 in lines of farmers producers organisation with twin objectives of creating livelihood opportunities through integrated organic farm practices and reviving the barren flood plains of Jia Bhareli river. The academic aim of this case study is to analyse strategic decision of the firm in reviewing its supply chain and provide alternatives with a horizon of 05 years to 10 years in creating possible linkages and sustaining interest of its members. This case study discusses consumer behavior, food sovereignty, relationship between poverty, distressed selling, long-term business relationships, e-Commerce and CFPR practices, traditional supply chain, efficient logistic practices, organic farm produce markets, Government policy on farm subsidy and institutional support in organic farming in India vis-a-vis North Eastern India. Opportunities for the firm Konyoka discussed includes commercialization of plant varie...
Food and beverages (F&B) experience can be potential content of community-based tourism practices... more Food and beverages (F&B) experience can be potential content of community-based tourism practices. Community Based Tourism practiceindulge sustainable exploitation of endemic food, ethnic cuisines, beverages, homestay operations, souvenir, craft sales in addition to folk performances, local adventure contents, providing vivid experience to demand side. This firsthandexperience is different from conventional amenities of hotels, F&B service, pubs or discotheques. Ethnic F&B is practiced with active participation with community"s decision-making process. Households engaged in homestay and home-based restaurant businesses are direct beneficiaries of F&B receipts. Aspects of quality of service verses F&B receipts and consumer behaviour (tourist"s decision-making process) have direct implication in crafting marketing strategy of ethic F&B attractions of CBT destinations in North Eastern India. Instead of an exclusive remark that tour operators and tourist prefer ethnic F&B attractions of CBT villages of North Eastern India, this paper provides empirical findings at granular level that will help strategic mappingvis-àviscritical argument on various variables, dependencies and factors. These findings serve as a benchmark in understanding relationship of clean drinking water, clean hygiene kitchen, availability of subsidised household fuel facility, etc. with development indexes of the destination.
Institutional procurement process of small and medium enterprises in National-Capital-Region of India: A case study of InfiAuction online reverse auction solution
Impact of Healthcare Utilities and Law & Order Conditions on Tourism: A Study on Community-Based Tourism in North East India
Tourists and tour operators would seldom compromise on the safety conditions, cleanliness, hygien... more Tourists and tour operators would seldom compromise on the safety conditions, cleanliness, hygiene practices (Kant, 2008) and basic healthcare infrastructure of a tourism destination. The economic benefits and cosmopolitan thought process arising from practices of community-based tourism process may discourage simmering tensions arising out of ideological differences and conflicting ethnicity in a destination. Instead of an exclusive remark that tour operators would seldom compromise on safety and hygiene aspects of a destination in North East India, this paper shall provide empirical findings at granular level. The author(s) debate on issues of safety, lawaorder conditions and disaster management preparedness of a typical village practicing community based tourism. There is an attempt on relating positive impacts of development indexes with community based initiatives of North East India.
To sustain India's per capita consumption of electricity of 1075 KWh (2015-16), the first constra... more To sustain India's per capita consumption of electricity of 1075 KWh (2015-16), the first constraint for North East India (NEI) is a capacity of 3639.49 MW against the national capacity of 314642.32 MW (2017). NEI has limited options in solar and wind energy, thus the potential of bioenergy needs to be evaluated for decentralized energy utility. The efficiency of the energy supply chain is high on the proximity-to-generation and lower transmission & distribution losses (TDL). These two factors are in favour of decentralized energy utilities in NEI because feedstock for biomass power production is abundant. Biomass and bagasse burning contribution is 1.96% and 0.56% respectively, having the potential to generate about 17,500 MW for India. The proliferation of grid-independent decentralized biogas plants and biomass gasifiers in India were 4669,074 units and 155,495 units respectively as of 2013. Though planned allocation of budget for biomass energy in the 12 th five-year plan was negligible, Ministry of New and Renewal Energy (MNRE) is focusing on streamlining this supply chain with objectives of environmental sustainability, cogenerations and enhancing grid for renewable energy. For NEI, incentives with 1Mw gasification Model Investment Projects is not enough, but strategic niche management (SNM) interventions are required for reorganizing feedstock supply chain, adapting to the availabilitybased-power tariff, return-to-grid to sell surplus power, and, cogeneration for satellite townships. Instead of empowering a special purpose vehicle for the capital subsidy, public-private and community participation model needs to be exercised. Because there are limited private promoters in North East India, community land rights and customary laws, the community-based participation model will provide tangible benefits through the transfer of benefits of Central Financial Assistance directly to the stakeholders of the project.
Traditional Knowledge System of the Maidams of Charaideo
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2020
Maidam is a tomb associated with traditional knowledge of the Tai-Ahom community to bury their an... more Maidam is a tomb associated with traditional knowledge of the Tai-Ahom community to bury their ancestors with a belief system of life-after-death. Maidams of Charaideo are sacred mausoleums associated with Ahom royals and nobles bearing significance to the cultural heritage of Assam. The process of Maidam intricately involves several processes of preservation of the deceased, rituals, building of the tomb and conservation. However, a significant portion of this traditional knowledge is lost due to influence of Vedic heritage, conversion to Vaishnavism sect, desecration by invaders, and disappearance of Tai literature among the Ahom community. Maidam were a sacrosanct 600 year-old living heritage of Ahom hegemony. But, its statute was dissolved during the British administration and its significance eroded to mere hemispherical mound structure in the last century. This paper brings the traditional knowledge of burial practice of Ahom reign with the touristic-consumerism approach. Usin...
Strategic drift of Indian Railways is due to its stagnant track capacity, declining freight trans... more Strategic drift of Indian Railways is due to its stagnant track capacity, declining freight transport, project overrun, poor operating ratio, and, lack of autonomy. This paper proposes two constructs for IR to mitigate sectoral competition and augment investor credibility for the next decade. The first construct is a meta-competency framework to regain its core-competency out of its constituent skills. The second construct is the top-down approach by the Government in creating a radical unitary public sector organization amalgamating railways, highways and inland waterways under Surface Transport Ministry. Further, this paper is a guidance to create an ecosystem for foreign direct investment and corporate restructuring of select IR subsidiaries in the Ministry of Railways. Strategic architecture discourse is on prioritizing economic value overpassenger business.
Destinations and host communities of the state of North East India govern and control natural res... more Destinations and host communities of the state of North East India govern and control natural resources through customary laws and traditional knowledge. Compared to huge bureaucratic administration of federal government of India, traditional villages based institutional interventions have delivered better results in its management. Preservation of biodiversity and environment resources is discussed as case studies in this research. Hypothetical relationship between traditional tribal institutions and its support system is drawn. The 12 th five-year plans of Government of India failed to estimate consumption patterns and immigration pattern responsible for exploitation of pristine forests, dwindling of traditional livelihood practices and shrinking pastoral landscapes. On contrary, few destinations of North East India emerged as best practices in forest conservation and mitigation. This paper concludes that community-based management practices, customary laws and traditional institutional interventions brought a symbiotic balance between livelihood practices and community conserved areas. This paper discusses community conserved forest, participatory conservation models, stressed environment assets, conservation methods, and loss of traditional livelihood practices.
The firm Konyoka Multi-Purpose Organic Agriculture Farm was incorporated in 2016 in lines of farm... more The firm Konyoka Multi-Purpose Organic Agriculture Farm was incorporated in 2016 in lines of farmers producers organisation with twin objectives of creating livelihood opportunities through integrated organic farm practices and reviving the barren flood plains of Jia Bhareli river. The academic aim of this case study is to analyse strategic decision of the firm in reviewing its supply chain and provide alternatives with a horizon of 05 years to 10 years in creating possible linkages and sustaining interest of its members. This case study discusses consumer behavior, food sovereignty, relationship between poverty, distressed selling, long-term business relationships, e-Commerce and CFPR practices, traditional supply chain, efficient logistic practices, organic farm produce markets, Government policy on farm subsidy and institutional support in organic farming in India vis-a-vis North Eastern India. Opportunities for the firm Konyoka discussed includes commercialization of plant varie...
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