About the Department

The Department of Political Science was established in 1962 at the erstwhile Cotton College. It was previously part of the Department of Civics and Economics, established in 1901. Since the 1980s, the Department has been offering PG programmes along with the UG programme under Gauhati University. At present, it is an independent department under the Faculty of Human and Social Sciences, Cotton University. The Department has also initiated a PhD programme since 2018, and two research scholars have successfully defended their PhD theses and have been awarded Doctoral Degrees. The...

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Recent Publications

  • Rajiv Acharya and Jilly Sarkar, Role of Religion in Shaping “Narratives” in Protracted Insurgency Movements: The Case of National Socialist Council of Nagalim (NSCN), Peace Review , vol.38, 129-142, [2026], https://doi.org/10.1080/10402659.2026.2666072

  • Bhaskar Jyoti Deka, ‘Opening Up’ the Gateway: Situating the North East Region in India’s Paradiplomacy, India Quarterly (SAGE) , vol.82 (1), 28-44, [2026], https://doi.org/10.1177/09749284251405672

  • Bhaskar Jyoti Deka, Decoding Narendra Modi’s hydro-diplomacy in the Brahmaputra River basin, Water International (Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group) , vol.51(4), 469-487, [2026], https://doi.org/10.1080/02508060.2026.2637054

  • Bhaskar Jyoti Deka, India, China, and How Not to Save the Brahmaputra, The Diplomat , [2026], https://thediplomat.com/2026/03/india-china-and-ho

  • Bhaskar Jyoti Deka, ‘The dam will not collapse but the surrounding hills will’: resisting hydropower dams in the Siang Valley of Arunachal Pradesh, India, Asian Ethnicity (Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group) , vol.27 (3), 609-630, [2025], https://doi.org/10.1080/14631369.2025.2568882

  • Bhaskar Jyoti Deka, Hydro-Territorial Colonisation? Advancing Large Dams in the Siang Valley of Arunachal Pradesh, Asian Confluence , vol.ASCON commentary 115, [2025], https://www.asianconfluence.org/

  • Dilip Gogoi, Rise and Fall of Ethnonationalist Armed Movement in Assam: A Diachronic Narrative of the Assamese Nationality and its Systemic Insecurity, Social Change and Development , vol.XXI, 44-66, [2024]

  • Parismita Bhagabati & Paramita Dey, Animal cruelty legislation in India: A green criminological exploration, The Scientific Temper , vol.VOLUME15(2), 2322-2332, [2024]

  • Parismita Bhagabati & Paramita Dey, Environmental Constitutionalism in India: A Review, Ecology, Environment and Conservation , vol.Volume30(2), 925-929, [2024]

  • Manas Ghose&Paramita Dey, The Varna System in Ancient Hindu Religious Scriptures:An Interpretation of Age-old System of Social Stratification, Anandam ABILAC , vol.(Volume—XIII), 189-196, [2024]

  • Manas Ghose&Paramita Dey, Constituent Assembly Debates on Reservation Policy: Revisiting Framers’ Vision for Social Justice in India, Inclusive , vol.Volume-ll (25), 519-529, [2024]

  • Paramita Dey, Macpherson’s Idea of Freedom: A Feminist Interpretation., Humanities and Social Science Studies , vol.Volume13(1), 108-113, [2024]

  • Dr. Geetimala Pathak, Neoliberal Politics, Privatisation of Higher Education, and the Issues of Equity, Accessibility and Social Justice: The Case of Assam, The Indian Journal of Political Science (UGC-CARE no- 317) , vol.Vol. LXXXIV, [2023]

  • Pahi Saikia, Anup Kumar, Holli A. Semetko & Dilip Gogoi, Contesting in the policy sphere: stakeholders and policy formulation on the lower Subansiri dam in the Northeast, India Review , vol.22, [2023], https://doi.org/10.1080/14736489.2023.2261316

  • Dilip Gogoi & Biplob Gogoi, Endangering the Endangered: The Poaching and Conservation Conundrum Facing the Greater Indian One -Horned Rhinoceros in Kaziranga National Park, Journal of International Wildlife Law and Policy , vol.25, 59-175, [2023], https://doi.org/10.1080/13880292.2022.2124609

  • Kasmita Bora & Dilip Gogoi, Political Ecology and Coal Extraction in Jaintia Hills of Meghalaya: Present Regime and Environmental Consequences, GUINEIS Journal, Special Issue: Environmental Vulnerabilities , vol.XI, [2023]

  • Rengupta, M., & Gogoi, D, Tragedy of Jumbos in Bamuni Hill, Assam: Interrogating Human Interventions in the Wild Life Habitats of India’s Northeastern Borderland. , Indian Journal of Politics and International Relations , vol.15, 100-07, [2022]

  • Rubul Patgiri & Dilip Gogoi, Act East through India’s Northeast: Limits of Neoliberal Strategies towards Developing an Underdeveloped Region, South Asian Survey , [2022], https://doi.org/10.1177/09715231211069954

  • Bhaskar Jyoti Deka, The Mekong is Flowing Ahead of the Brahmaputra: An Analysis of the Hydro-Political Behaviour of China and India, Strategic Analysis (Routledge/Taylor & Francis) , vol.46 (2), 187-200, [2022], https://doi.org/10.1080/09700161.2022.2075219

  • Dilip Gogoi and Ksenia Glebova, Corporate Social Responsibility and Prevention of HIV & AIDS in the Tea Gardens of Assam, India, Indian Sociological Society , vol.5 (2), 80-104., [2021]

  • Bhaskar Jyoti Deka, Hydro-politics Between India and China: The 'Brahma-hypothesis' and Securing the Brahmaputra, The Royal Society for Asian Affairs/Asian Affairs (Routledge/Taylor & Francis) , vol.52 (2), 327-343, [2021], https://doi.org/10.1080/03068374.2021.1914449

  • Dilip Gogoi & Kasmita Bora Vol. 28 No. 1, , Ecological Disaster in India’s Northeast Resource Frontier: Baghjan Natural Gas Well Explosion, Environmental Tragedy and People’s Protest in Eastern Assam, Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences , vol.28, 82–102, [2021]

  • Routledge/Taylor & Francis, Bhaskar Jyoti Deka, Hydro-politics between India and China: The 'Brahma-hypothesis' and Securing the Brahmaputra, The Royal Society for Asian Affairs/Asian Affairs, 52:2, 327-343, https://doi.org/10.1080/03068374.2021.1914449 , [2021]

  • Rengupta, M, Ecological crisis of Labour Process under Capitalism: A Critical Introspection, Journal of politics , vol.XX, 213-225, [2020]

  • Taylor & Francis, Dilip Gogoi, Making of India's Northeast: Geopolitics of Borderland and Transnational Interactions, Routledge , [2019]

  • Paramita Dey, CHELA SANDOVAL’S DIFFERENTIAL CONSCIOUSNESS AND INDIAN FEMINISM, Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research , vol.Volume 11( 8), 217-222, [2018]

  • Taylor & Francis, Dilip Gogoi (Ed.), Unheeded Hinterland Identity and sovereignty in Northeast India, Routledge , [2018]

  • Jilly Sarkar, Direct Benefits Transfer in MGNREGA: Can it help Service Delivery?, Panchayats Role in MGNREGA and Financial Inclusion , 71-79, [2014]

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