Education: MA (Economics) from the Delhi School of Economics, Ph D from Gauhati University
Present Positions Held: Professor and Head, Department of Economics, Gauhati University
Research Publications: 5 books, 50 papers in journals, 28 articles in edited volumes
Books
1) Indian Agriculture After the Green Revolution: Changes and Challenges(Edited) published on October 30, 2017 by Routledge, New York, (Routledge Studies in the Modern World Economy Series) ISBN 9781138286290 - CAT# Y317143
2) Identity Aspirations, Developmental Backlogs and Governance Issues in Northeast India (Edited) Maliyata Offset Press, Mirza, 31 March 2016,ISBN: 978-81-932883-0-6
3) Indo-Myanmar Cross-Border Trade: A Passage to Asian Prosperity or a Dead End, VDM Verlag Dr. Muller, Saarbrucken (Germany), 2010, ISBN 978-3-639-26188-2
4) Agricultural Growth and Regional Economic Development; a Study of Barak Valley, Mittal Publications, New Delhi, 2002 (co-authored), ISBN 81-7099-845-X
5) Technological Transformation of Agriculture: a study from Assam, Mittal Publications, New Delhi, 1994. (Published with financial support from Indian Council of Social Science Research, New Delhi), ISBN 81-7099-573-6
Other Assignments:
a. Member of Indian Council of Social Science Research, New Delhi from 29 December 2017 for a term of three years b. Director in the board of Assam Power Distribution Company Limited from March 2011 to December 2014
c. Member of the RBI Committee on Financial Sector Plan for NE Region chaired by Usha Thorat, Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank of India. (January to June 2006)
d. Director in the Board of Directors of the Assam Industrial Development Corporation from 2001 to 2005
e. Member of the Advisory Committee for Preparation of Human Development Report, Assam 2013