Academic Profile of Dr. Deepak Basumatary

Name: Dr. DEEPAK BASUMATARY
Designation: Associate Professor
Sex: Male
Category: ST (P)
Residential Address: MAIBONG NWGWR, COMMERCE COLLEGE ROAD
DIST.- KOKRAJHAR, P.O.- KOKRAJHAR, ASSAM, PIN-783370
Department: ENGLISH
Date of Joining: 16/02/2008
Mobile No.: 8638010025 / 6900012550
Email ID: deepakbasumatary.kgc@gmail.com
Area of Specialization: Critical Disability Studies
Name of the Institution: GAUHATI UNIVERSITY, Guwahati
Year of Passing Postgraduate Degree: 2004
SET/SLET: Yes
NET: Yes
Ph.D. Topic: TEXTING LIMINALITY: RECONFIGURING DISABILITY AND SEXUALITY IN THE MAJOR WORKS OF FIRDAUS KANGA
Institution from which Ph.D. obtained: Bodoland University, Kokrajhar
Year of Completion of Ph.D.: 2018
Total Teaching Experience (in Years): 20 years
Research and Academic Contributions
Research Papers Published in Journals
| Sl. No. | Title of the Journal Article | Name of the Journal | ISSN/ ISBN No. | Page Nos. | Volume/ Issue | Year/ Date |
| 1 | Women, Witches and Witch-Hunting in Monopranjan Lahary’s Novels Haynamuli (1985) and Dayna (2005) | TRANSCRIPT: Journal of Literature and Culture Studies | 2347-1743 | 20 – 32 | Vol. II | Jan-Dec 2014 |
| 2 | New Nationalism and Traditional Cultures in Raja Rao’s Kanthapura | JONER: Journal of Northeast Region | 2321-0583 | 134 – 137 | Vol. 3, No. 1 | Jan-May 2015 |
| 3 | The Rise of Social Media: ‘Online’ Culture in the 21st Century | SPECTRUM: An International Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences | 2319-6076 | 54- 58 | Vol. 4, No. 2 | Jul-Dec 2016 |
| 4 | Ethno-Cinema: The Bodos in Celluloid | TRANSCRIPT: Journal of Literature and Culture Studies | 2347-1743 | 24-39 | Vol. IV | Jan-Dec 2016 |
| 5 | The Rise of New Media: A View Point from Linguistic Imperialism and Conflict | Research Journal of the Department of Bodo | 2394-2312 | 35-41 | Special Issue | 2016 |
| 6 | Texting Liminality: Reading the Nation and its Construction of Gender, Disability and Sexuality in the Major Works of Firdaus Kanga | The Criterion: An International Journal in English | 0976 -8165 | pp. 634-643 | Vol. 8, No. 3 | Jun-17 |
| 7 | The Violated Body: Human Rights in Indra Sinha’s Animal’s People | Rupkatha Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities | 0975-2935 | pp. 60-70 | Vol. 11, No. 1 | 2019 |
| 8 | Re-Envisioning Historical Narratives Through Amitav Ghosh’s Literary Works: An Intersectional Exploration of History and Literature | International Journal of Creative Research Thoughts | 2320-2882 | pp. 235-244 | Vol. 11, No. 8 | Aug-23 |
Book Chapters Published
| Sl. No. | Title of the Chapter | Year | Name of the Book & Page No. | Edited By | ISBN No. |
| 1 | Woman in Bodo Literature: A Re/Reading of “Abari” and “Bobi” | 2016 | Literature from Northeast India: Critical Responses & pp. 1-15 | Rustam Brahma & Ronchai Basumatary | 978-93-85230-30-1 |
| 2 | The Tribal Heritage: Quest for ‘Meaning’ in Bodo Folk Dances | 2016 | Orality: The Quest for Meanings & pp. 149-166 | Zothanchhingi Khiangte | (Softcover) 978-1-4828-8672-6 (eBook) 978-1-4828-8671-9 |
| 3 | Women’s Writings from North-East India: Invented Traditions and Gendered Spaces | 2019 | Changing Status of Women: Myth and Reality (with Special Reference to North-East India, Volume II & pp. 68-80 | Banabina Brahma P.V. Narzary Ruso Chhetry Urmimala Mahela | 978-93-83403-24-0 |
| 4 | Queer/Disabled Existence: Human Rights of People with Disability | 2022 | Human Rights in the Contemporary World & pp.69-80 | Trudy Corrigan | (Print) 978-1-83968-873-7 (Online) 978-1-83968-874-4 (eBook PDF) 978-1-83968-875-1 |
Books Authored or Edited
| Sl. No. | Title of the Book | Year | ISBN No. |
| 1 | (ed.) Revisiting Orality in North-East India | 2017 | 978-93-83403-16-5 |
| 2 | Unfinished Chapters, Unforgettable Stories: Twenty-One Select Classic and Contemporary Bodo Short Stories in English Translation | 2025 | 978-93-83403-30-1 |
Papers Presented in Conferences / Seminars
| Name of the Institution | Seminar/ Conference | Title of Paper Presented | Presenter | Date (DD/MM/YYYY) |
| Bodoland University, Deptt. of Bodo & Bodo Department Teachers’ Association | Emerging Trends in Literature with Special Reference to Bodo | The poetry of Arabinda Uzir: Tradition and Change in Bodo Poetry | Deepak Basumatary | 3&4/11/2012 |
| Bengtol College, Department of Bodo and Philosophy | The Impact of Modernity on the Tribal of Assam | Indigenous Tribal Communities: Social Movements and Cultural Survival | Deepak Basumatary | 10/11/2012 |
| Bodoland University, Department of English | Critical theory and its Practice in 21st Century | Television, Sense of Time, Cultural Forms | Deepak Basumatary | 22, 23, 24/02/2013 |
| Bodoland University, Department of English | Globalisation to Glocalisation | The Bodos: from the Margins to the Centre | Deepak Basumatary | 4,5.6/10/2013 |
| Bodoland University, Centre for Bodo Studies | Quest for Survival of Languages of the Ethnic Communities .. | The Rise of New Media: Linguistic Imperialism and Conflict | Deepak Basumatary | 28,29/5/2015 |
| North-Eastern Hill University, Department of Khasi | Interpreting Tribal Literature: A Multidisciplinary Approach | Representation of Disabled Women in Bodo Literature | Deepak Basumatary | 18,19/02/2016 |
| Bodoland University, Department of English | Orality: The Quest for Meaning | Writing Orality: Quest for ‘Meaning’ in Bodo Folk Dances | Deepak Basumatary | 26,27/5/2016 |
| NIT, Meghalaya | Interdisciplinarity: Theory and Practice | The Rise of Social Media: ’Online’ Culture in the 21st Century | Deepak Basumatary | 22,23/07/2016 |
| Sikkim Government College, Tadong, Gangtok | Gender Equity: Reflections, Discourses and Emerging Issues | Gender, Disability and Sexuality in the Select Writings of Firdaus Kanga | Deepak Basumatary | 23,24,25/02/2017 |
| University of Gourbanga, Department of English | Nation and Beyond: Interdisciplinary Perspectives | India and its ‘Other’ Minorities | Deepak Basumatary | 14,15/04/2017 |
| Bodo Department Teachers’ Association & Department of Bodo, Basugaon College | Post Modern trend in Bodo Literature | Postmodern Literature: From Intertextuality to Hypertextuality and Beyond | Deepak Basumatary | 4,5/11/2017 |
| Kokrajhar Govt. College, Kokrajhar | The Changing Status of Women: Myth and Reality with special reference to Northeast India | Bodo Women and Literature: The Question of Gender | Deepak Basumatary | 7,8/03/2018 |
| Bodo Sahitya Sabha; CIIL, Mysuru & Department of HSS, CIT, Kokrajhar | Contributions of British Administrators and Christian Missionaries towards the Development of Bodo Language, Literature & Culture | A Legacy Worth Remembrance | Deepak Basumatary | 20/08/2018 |
| University of Copenhagen, Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional studies and the Asian Dynamics Initiative | Transnational Custodianship of Cultural Heritage in the 21st Century & The Bodding Collection of Santali Cultural Heritage | The Cultural Traditions of the Ethnic Boro Community: Tangible and Intangible | Deepak Basumatary & Prasanta Boro | 08/10/2018 |
| Gossaigaon College, Department of Economics | Gender and Development: A Global Perspective | Women’s Writings from Northeast India: Protests and Acquiescence | Deepak Basumatary | 26,27,28/08/2019 |
| NIT, Meghalaya, Department of HSS | Interdisciplinarity: Intersections of Literature and History for Social and Cultural Change | Rewriting History: Intersections of History and Literature in the Writings of Amitav Ghosh | Deepak Basumatary | 19,20/10/2019 |
| University of Lucknow, Department of English and Modern European Languages | Deglobalising Disability: Texts and Contexts | Alienation, Precarity, Alterity: The Lived Experience of Firdaus Kanga | Deepak Basumatary | 21,22, 23/10/2019 |
| NIT, Meghalaya, Department of HSS | Interdisciplinary Interpretation of Literature | What is So Queer About Queer Studies | Deepak Basumatary | 14 – 18/ 12/2020 |
