Amrita Saikia

Serves as Assistant Professor in the Central Research Committee and School of Liberal Arts & Humanities, contributing to academic and research activities.

Engaged in research activities at the institute, focusing on social change and development.

Conducted postdoctoral research on women and informal peace negotiations, comparing Naga and Bodo women's contributions to peacebuilding in India's Northeast.

Taught undergraduate courses in Sociology of Gender, Indian Sociology, and Social Stratification.

Taught a Master's level paper on Ecology and Environment: Social Science Perspective.

Assisted on an NIH-funded project on adolescent girls and young women in Mumbai, conducting data transcription, coding, and analysis.

Worked as a qualitative researcher on a project on Human Trafficking in India, under the aegis of the National Human Rights Commission and in collaboration with UN agencies.

Edited market research articles.

Edited research articles published in journals of Wiley-Blackwell and Palgrave.

Ph.D. in Disaster Studies with a thesis on nationalism in exile among Tibetan women in India.

M.Phil. in Disaster Studies with a dissertation on women's memories, resistance, and peacebuilding in the Bodoland Territorial Area Districts of Assam.

M.Sc. in Disaster Studies with a focus on conflict, peace, and development.

M.Sc. in Biotechnology from Bangalore University.

B.Sc. with majors in Botany, Chemistry, and Zoology from Bangalore University.