POLITICAL SCIENCE

PROFILE

The Department of Political Science is one of the leading Departments of the College with around 600 (six hundred) students in the UG programme (including Higher Secondary). It started as the Civics Department with the inception of the college in 1939 and became an independent department in 1961.

The present faculty of the department consists of six faculty members : Dr. Madhurima Hazarika Chouhury (HoD), Dr. Archana Sarma, Mrs. Rashmi Bhatacharyya, Dr. Biswajit Choudhury, Dr. Pallavi Deka and Ms. Niminita Saikia.

Since 2019, the Department has been organizing an Annual Lecture and publishing, ELENCHUS, a theme based departmental periodical. The faculties of the department adopt methods like counseling, mentoring, unit test, seminars, teacher- led student projects, home assignments, inter-disciplinary classes etc. for the academic and non-academic development of the students. Besides, periodically eminent personalities from various fields are invited to address and interact with the students. 

Regarding non-academic activities of the department, mention may be made of educational excursions, picnic, and departmental fresher"s social, teachers" day etc. where students get the opportunity to exhibit their talents in non-academic activities.

COURSES:

  • Bachelor of Arts (Major and Minor) FYUGP under NEP 2020 (implemented since 2023 onwards) 
  • Bachelor of Arts (HC and HG under Old CBCS since 2019)
  • HS Arts I & II

LIBRARY

Department has got one departmental library with around 600 books and e-resources.

COMPUTERS

The department has a desktop computer, a printer, a laptop and a overhead projector.

OTHER RESOURCES

The department has a Periodical-Elenchus since 2019.

Click here to Download the Periodical-Elenchus

POPULAR LECTURES OF THE DEPARTMENT:

Sl. No

Topic/ Title

Resource Person

Date

 

1

Gender and Development

Dr. Anna Nath Ganguly

Amity University

14/03/2024

2

Rousseau’s General Will

Mr. Angaj Gautom

Gauhati High Court

19/02/2024

3

Right to Equality: From Constitutional Provisions to Real Practice

Dr. Rajashree Padhe

Central University of Jharkhand

09/12/2023

4

India’s Emerging Foreign Policy Dynamics and the NE Region

Dr Biplab Debnath

Tripura University (Central)

07/08/2023

5

Modernity of Indian Political Thought with special reference to Tagore

Dr Rinku Lamba

NLSIU, Bangalore

31/03/2023

6

Chinese Political Structure and the Contemporary World

Dr Bhim B. Subba

Central University of Hyderabad

27/03/2023

7

Climate Change and the Global Commons Debate

Dr Anjan Kumar Sahu

Allahbad University (Central)

27/03/2023

8

Formulation of Public Policy Process in India

Dr Meera Rajeev Kumar

Madras Christian College

18/03/2023

9

Ecological issues: Climate Change and International Environmental Agreements

Dr Abhinandan Saikia

TISS, Guwahati

11/03/2023

10

Human Rights in Captivity

Dr Shantanu Chakravarty

Cotton University

10/10/2021

11

Emerging Economic and Global Environmental Politics: Situating India

Dr. Anushree Borthakur

24/06/2020

 

12

Gandhi and Swaraj

Dr Mithilesh Kumar Jha

IIT-Guwahati

01/10/2019

13

Rural Governance

Prof. Dhruba Pratim Sarma

Gauhati University

20/09/2019

 

14

Wishful thinking to Innovative Ideas: Challenges of Governance in International Migration Today

Prof. Vinod Khadaraia

JNU, New Delhi

15/02/2019

15

War Room Management

Dr Rajan Pande

31/10/2018

 

16

Human Rights Today

Dr Shyam Bhadra Medhi

Retd. IAS

26/08/2015

17

Student and Politics

Dr. Himanta Biswa Sarma

Education Minister, Govt. of Assam

15/03/2013

18

Party, Polity and Democracy: A View From India and The World

Dr Arup Jyoti Choudhury

Cotton University

27/08/2010

19

Recent Development in World Politics

Dr Akhil Ranjan Dutta

Gauhati University

10/11/2009

20

Human Rights

Dr Purobi Sarma

Cotton University

04/09/2009

21

Beauty, Beautician, Beauty Business and Health

Mrs. Runu Hazarika

18/08/2008

 

22

Global Terrorism

Prof. Nani Gopal Mahanta

Gauhati University

21/09/2007

23

Importance of Breast Feeding Among Young Mothers

Dr Chandrashekhar Bhattacharyya

05/08/2007

 

24

Game of Life

Mrs Radha Kar

03/11/2006

 

25

Pre Marital Councelling

Adv Suniti Sonowal

Advocate, GHC

17/11/2005

 

26

Empowerment of Women

Prof Anuradha Dutta

Gauhati University

28/09/2004

27

Trends in Party Politics in India

Dr Arup Jyoti Choudhury

Cotton University

05/11/2003

28

On Democracy

Prof. Akhil Ranjan Dutta

Gauhati University

03/12/2002

Annual Lectures organised by the Department of Political Science

Annual Lecture 2024 by Mr. Mayur Bora, noted writer, critique and speaker on 13/11/2024

Sl. No Topic/Title/Theme Resource Person/s Date
1 Changing Contours of Social Science: The Challenges Ahead Mr. Kuladhar Saikia, Retd. IPS 11/11/2023
2 Women at Crossroads: A Study of Conflict and Trauma in North-East India Prof. Sanghamitra Choudhury, Bodoland University 06/12/2022
3 From a Continental Crossroad to Resource Frointier: Making of North-East India Prof. Chandan Kumar Sarma, Tezpur University 29/12/2021
4 Coupling Narratives: Us, China and India"s Grand Strategy on in Outer Space Dr. Namrata Goswami, USA 08/12/2020
5 Indian Democracy: Its Strengths and weaknesses Mr. Hiren Chandra Nath, IPS 29/08/2019