Chandan Kumar Sharma
I am a Professor of Sociology at Tezpur University, Assam, India. I have been involved in teaching, research, and institution building in different capacities in Northeast India for more than twenty five years. I was the founder Head of the Dept. of Sociology at Tezpur University. I also played a critical role in founding the Dept. of Cultural Studies at Tezpur University, one of the first in the country.
Apart from being an academic, I am also involved with various socio-political issues and civil society initiatives in the northeastern region. As a bilingual author, I have written and commented on the pressing issues in the region both in regional as well as national media.
My publications include Coronasphere: Narratives on COVID 19 from India and its Neighbours. (Routledge, 2022) (co-edited); Fixed Borders, Fluid Boundaries: Identity Resources and Mobility in Northeast India (Routledge, 2020) (co-edited); and Culture Studies: Themes and Perspectives (Tezpur University, 2003) (ed).
Supervisors: Professor Virginius Xaxa (PhD Supervisor) and Dr. S D Badgaiyan (MPhil Supervisor)
Address: Dept of Sociology
Tezpur University
Assam: INDIA
Apart from being an academic, I am also involved with various socio-political issues and civil society initiatives in the northeastern region. As a bilingual author, I have written and commented on the pressing issues in the region both in regional as well as national media.
My publications include Coronasphere: Narratives on COVID 19 from India and its Neighbours. (Routledge, 2022) (co-edited); Fixed Borders, Fluid Boundaries: Identity Resources and Mobility in Northeast India (Routledge, 2020) (co-edited); and Culture Studies: Themes and Perspectives (Tezpur University, 2003) (ed).
Supervisors: Professor Virginius Xaxa (PhD Supervisor) and Dr. S D Badgaiyan (MPhil Supervisor)
Address: Dept of Sociology
Tezpur University
Assam: INDIA
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With a range of case studies from India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, and Sri Lanka, this book,
Analyses the socio-economic impact of the pandemic, including the structural challenges faced by farmers in the agricultural production and migrant workers in the informal sectors;
Examines the shifting trends in migration and displacement during the pandemic;
Explores the precarity faced by LGBTQ+, transgender, Dalit, tribal, senior citizens, and other marginalized communities during the pandemic;
Discusses the gendered impact of the pandemic on women and girls, combining with multiple and intersecting inequalities like race, ethnicity, socio-economic status, age, geographical location, and sexual orientation;
Sheds light on the position of health infrastructure and healthcare services across different countries, and the transitions experienced in their education sectors as well, in response to COVID-19.
A holistic read on the pandemic, this book will be of interest to scholars and researchers of sociology, medical anthropology, sociology of health, pandemic and health studies, political studies, social anthropology, public policy, and South Asian studies.
With a range of case studies from India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, and Sri Lanka, this book,
Analyses the socio-economic impact of the pandemic, including the structural challenges faced by farmers in the agricultural production and migrant workers in the informal sectors;
Examines the shifting trends in migration and displacement during the pandemic;
Explores the precarity faced by LGBTQ+, transgender, Dalit, tribal, senior citizens, and other marginalized communities during the pandemic;
Discusses the gendered impact of the pandemic on women and girls, combining with multiple and intersecting inequalities like race, ethnicity, socio-economic status, age, geographical location, and sexual orientation;
Sheds light on the position of health infrastructure and healthcare services across different countries, and the transitions experienced in their education sectors as well, in response to COVID-19.
A holistic read on the pandemic, this book will be of interest to scholars and researchers of sociology, medical anthropology, sociology of health, pandemic and health studies, political studies, social anthropology, public policy, and South Asian studies.
The BTAD conflagration brought back the immigration question to centrestage. However, while a section of opinion tends to paint all immigrants with one brush as ‘illegal immigrants’, the other section tends to describe the whole issue of as a ‘myth’. Clearly, both the viewpoints are flawed and prejudiced.
Northeast India’s history is affected both by internal dynamic processes, as are its linkages with adjoining countries, marked by a fluid movement of people and goods across porous borders. The book explores how the region has emerged as a resource frontier for the global markets, yet its resource mobilization has led to disparity within the region. The volume discusses key themes concerning the region such as the processes of development and people’s resistance; underdevelopment in the peripheral areas; resource flow and conflict; community response and local agency; state and customary practices; politics of land and citizenship; development-induced dispossession; human mobility, immigration and conflict; the notion of "outsiders"; inter-state border conflict; and spatial connections.
Rich in empirical data, the volume will be relevant and useful for students and researchers of development studies, Northeast India studies, sociology, political science, border and migration studies, public policy, peace and conflict studies, as well as practitioners and policymakers.
With a range of case studies from India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, and Sri Lanka, this book:
Analyses the socio-economic impact of the pandemic, including the structural challenges faced by farmers in the agricultural production and migrant workers in the informal sectors;
Examines the shifting trends in migration and displacement during the pandemic;
Explores the precarity faced by LGBTQ+, transgender, Dalit, tribal, senior citizens, and other marginalized communities during the pandemic;
Discusses the gendered impact of the pandemic on women and girls, combining with multiple and intersecting inequalities like race, ethnicity, socio-economic status, age, geographical location, and sexual orientation;
Sheds light on the position of health infrastructure and healthcare services across different countries, and the transitions experienced in their education sectors as well, in response to COVID-19.
A holistic read on the pandemic, this book will be of interest to scholars and researchers of sociology, medical anthropology, sociology of health, pandemic and health studies, political studies, social anthropology, public policy, and South Asian studies.