At this crucial juncture, as DHSK College, now autonomous, is transitioning from affiliation to self governance, the fraternity is poised on the threshold of great possibilities and greater challenges. While the potential for excellence of our institution is undeniable, the path is problem-ridden and strewn with hurdles. The foremost objective now is to lead the institution from strength to excellence—in academics, research, sports, culture—in every aspect, both curricular and extra- curricular. Assuming a leadership role at such a period of transition and change is both daunting yet stimulating. As an alumnus of this institution and a serving Faculty of Economics since 1992, I have witnessed the highs and lows of my alma mater and have been a part of its evolution. It is time to take the next steps to consolidate the milestones hitherto created and to forge ahead towards new prospects and goals.
The primary focus of an educational institution is the fostering of an academic environment that encourages it’s students to think critically and innovatively as well as acquire knowledge and skills in tandem with their aptitudes and interest. The adaptation and implementation of the National Education Policy 2020 in the undergraduate and postgraduate curricula along with newly emerging administrative and academic technologies have revolutionized the theories and operative dynamics of Higher Education. Further, the revival of the Indian Knowledge Systems has opened up a vista of new possibilities in terms of multi and interdisciplinary subject engagements and novel avenues of research and career options.
This is the moment to seize, to make the most of! We must believe that the present is the best, most opportune, the most creative, the shaping force of the future. I consider myself fortunate to have been given the privilege and opportunity to be at the helm of affairs at such a moment of change and growth of my alma mater, to be a part of its historic journey in the march forward to achieve the status of DHSK University. My solemn and heartfelt endeavours shall be directed in the interest of the college and it’s fraternity, especially the students—the future architects of our nation.
Dr. Madhumita Purkayastha
Department of English
DHSK College ( Autonomous)
Former M.Phil Supervisor of Dibrugarh University, Vinayak University
PhD Supervisor of Department of English,vDibrugarh University
Reviewer of Peer reviewed national and international journals
Board of Studies member of Arunachal University
Editor of Perspectives, peer reviewed, multidisciplinary journal, ISSN:
UGC appointed Master Trainer of national workshops on Capacity Building of Women Managers in Higher Education
Resource Person at Refresher Courses, Gauhati University
Resource Person at talks and lectures at colleges and universities
Invited Resource Person at training programmes of Corporate Sector, Police and RBI personnel
Coordinator of national and state level workshops
Member of NGOs concerned with women and child welfare.
Member of committee for Prevention of Sexual Harassment at Workplace, Railway Workshop, Dibrugarh
Publications and Associated Activities (Editor, Reviewer, Writer):
1. “Re-evaluating Moby Dick” in Dialogue, Vol.III, 1998, A Publication of the North Eastern Forum for English Studies (NEIFES).
2.“Confronting Cultural Stereotypes: Motherhood in Toni Morrison’s novels Beloved and Tar Baby” – Published in the Research Journal of Gauhati University, Vol. 5, 2004. ISBN-81-86416-56-0.
3. “Blue Sonata” A Poem published in Muse, Vol.1, No.1, A publication of The Association for English Studies, D.H.S.K. College, Dibrugarh, 2003
4. The Sortie” A short story published in Muse, Vol.1, No.2, A Quarterly publication of The Association for English Studies, D.H.S.K. College, Dibrugarh, 2004
5. Post Musings, Tushar Publishing House, Dibrugarh, Assam, 2007 ISBN 81-7680-014-7
6. The Purple Book, A Guideline for Prevention of Sexual Harassment at Workplace, [Translation], 2007
7. “Foregrounding ‘Her’stories: Black Women's Literary Movement”,ISSN 0975-5659, Dibrugarh University Journal of English Studies, Vol. 20, Spring, 2012.
8. Published Herstories – Compiled works of women writers of Kanoi College on behalf of the Cell for Women’s Studies and Development, D.H.S.K. College, Dibrugarh.
9. “Race, Identity and Stereotype: Images of African- American Women in Literature”, Journal of Women’s Studies, Vol. III, pp. 26-40, published by the Centre for Women’s Studies, Dibrugarh University, 2011-12. ISSN 2231-6485.
10. Self Learning Materials for Distance Education Course (Undergraduate), General English (Core) & Alternative English.
11. Editor, The Muse, Vol. 2, No. 1. Published by Association of English Studies, D.H.S.K.College, Dibrugarh. © November, 2011
12. “Prevention and Redress of Sexual Harassment in Institutions of Higher Education in Assam: Myths and Reality, Practice and Critique”, International Journal of Social Sciences and Interdisciplinary Research, Vol 1. No. 6, June 2012, ISSN 2277 3630
13. “The Women’s Community in Higher Education:: Practice and Critique”, Shiv Shakti International Journal in Multidisciplinary Academic Research Vol. 1 No. 3, Sept.-Oct.2012, ISSN 2278 5973.
14. Editor, Perspectives: Drishtipath , Vol. 1, Issue 1. © Manthan, December, 2012. ISSN: 2320-0855
15. “Debunking Racio-ethnic Stereotypes: Representation of African-American Conjure women in Gloria Naylor’s Mama Day”, The Atlantic Review of Feminist StudiesQuarterly, Vol. 1, No.1, pp.148-161,Jan- March 2013. ISSN: 2320-5105.
16. “The Soul of Blues and the Swing of Jazz: Telling Stories in the African American Grain” International Journal of Current Research, Vol. 5, Issue, 07, pp.1631-1634, July, 2013. ISSN: 0975-833X.
17. A Text Book of English Communication for B.A., BSc., and B.A. L.L.B Ist Semester Students of Dibrugarh University, Mahaveer Publications, First Edition, July 2013. ISBN 978-81-925276-5-9.
18. ‘Rememory’ as a Strategy of Subversive Representation: A Feminist Reading of Morrison’s Beloved, Middle Flight, Journal of English Literature and Culture. Vol. 2. No.1,October 2013, ISSN : 2319 – 7684, pp148-158.
19. Reviewer of Asian Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, ISSN 2321-2799.
20. “Cultural Relativism and Feminist Discourse in Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay’s fiction vis-à-vis his concepts on ‘Narir Mulya’” -- IOSR Journal Of Humanities And Social Science (IOSR-JHSS) Volume 16 , Issue 2 (Sep. - Oct. 2013), PP 58-63 e-ISSN: 2279-0837, p-ISSN: 2279-0845. www.Iosrjournals.Org Crossref. Article DOI (Digital Object Identifier) number is
10.9790/0837-1625863
21.“Feminist Perspectives and Post Feminist Possibilities: A Reading of Selected Texts of Shakespeare”, Paper presented in International Seminar on “Shakespeare, A Post Feminist Scrutiny”, Shakespeare Next: A Reappraisal, Vol. 1,Eds. Sunita Sinha & Carole Rozzonelli, published by Atlantic Publishers and Distributors: New Delhi, India, 2015. ISBN: 978-81-269-1962-8. P. 208-220
22. “Communicating the Unspeakable—Sisterhood, Lesbianism and QueerLove in Toni Morrison’s Sula, Alice Walker’s The Color Purple and Gloria Naylor’s The Women of Brewster Place”, paper presented at the 5th International Conference on Language and Communication, 12-13 December, 2013. Bangkok, Thailand. Published in Conference Proceedings. Proceedings of “The International Conference on Language andCommunication 2013: Innovative Inquiries and Emerging Paradigmsin Language, Media and Communication” -- First Published in 2014 by The Graduate School of Language and Communication&The National Institute of Development Administration. Copyright © NIDA 2014.
23.”Heroic Mothers, Troubled Daughters: Re-defining the “self” vis-à-vis African-American Motherhood in Alice Walker’s Meridian”-Published inWomen and Literature, Ed. Anita Mahanta, Associate Printers: Duliajan, Assam. India, 2015. ISBN 978-81-929944-3-7. P.
24.“Gender Disparity and Power Structure in the Institutions of Higher Education in Assam”, Dynamics of Gender Disparity: North East Lens, Eds. Sutapa Sengupta et.al, EBH Publishers, Guwahati: 2015 ISBN: 978-93-83252-47-3. P 42-55
25. “And Ain’t I a Woman?” Intersections of Race, Gender and Class in Black Feminist Theory and Black Women’s Literature (Literary Practice),International Journal of Informative and Futuristic Research, Vol.3, Issue 10, June 2016. P. 3798-3812. ISSN-2347-1697, Double Blind Peer Review, Impact Factor- 4.781.[Paper ID-IJIFR/V3/E10/044 ]
26. “Sortie”, Short Story selected for publication in The Elusive Genre: The English Short Story Today, Series-1, YKING BOOKS, August, 2016. ISBN: 978-93-85528-28-6
27. “Postcolonialisms: Critical Concepts and Literary Practices” The English Research Express: International Journal of English Language and Literature, ISSN: 2321-1164 (Online);2347-2642(Print), Volume: 4th & Issue: 14th (April – June’2016) PP: 15-25 Date: 25-06-2016 Current Impact Factor: 3.5, July, 2016.
28.”Blue Sonata” GNOSIS: An International Refereed Journal of English Language and Literature, Vol 3, No. 2, Jan. 2017, YKing Books, Rajasthan, India.. 3, No. 2, Jan 0173 – N 2 January 2017
[Impact Factor: 4.147
Abstracting and Indexing:
Index Copernicus, SJIF, Citefactor.org, IIJIF, DAIJ, ESJI,
DRJI, Google Scholar, Academia.edu, Researchgate]
29. Popular Articles: People Speak, The Assam Tribune
30. Why the Sister in Black Works Hardest: African-American Women as Labor in the Novels of Toni Morrison, Alice Walker & Gloria Naylor, Atlantic Publishers & Distributors: New Delhi -110002. © Madhumita Purkayastha 2018. ISBN 978-81-269-2579-7
31. "Queer Trou: Homosexual Presence in Indian English Literature", Select (Re)readings of Contemporary Indian English Literature, Ed. Akashjyoti Saikia, a publication of Jhanji Hemnath Baruah College, Sibsagar, Binayak Offset Sibsagar, Assam: April 2020. ISBN 978-07-0072-7879
32. "Youth Song", Yuba Unmesh, Ed. Saikia S, Published by Gargaon College, Bhabani Offset, Guwahati, Assam: February 2020 ISBN 978-93-.87494-37-4
33. "An Ode to Corona", Soul Connection, Vol. 1, Issue 1, A Publication of Guwahati Grand Poetry Festival, July-Sept. 2020
34. "An Eco-critical Analysis of Steinbeck's To A God Unknown", Co-author Farida Haque, Rethinking Ecology and Environment: 21srmt Century Perspectives, Eds. Dipak Doley et al, Akhand Publishers, New Delhi, Sept. 2021. ISBN 978-93-90870-76-9
35. "Charting Queer Spaces: Lesbian Representation in Tendulkar's A Friend's Story, , Eds. Dipak Doley and Abul Foyes Md, Gender and Women's Studies: Interdisciplinary Approaches and Perspectives, Vol. 1, ISBN 978-81-948854-7-4
36. "A Meeting"- a transcreation of Amrita Pritam's Iq Mulaqat and "Shadow Dance", Poetry Unites, The Write Order Publication, Ed.by S. Saikia, Jan 1, 2022. ISBN-13 978-9355650736
37. Follow my thoughts on the YourQuote app at https://www.yourquote.in/madhupurgang (308 poems, quotes, translations, songstories).
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