Name: Dr. Nigamananda Das

Affiliation: Professor & Head, Department of English, Nagaland University, Kohima Campus, Meriema, Kohima-797004, Nagaland

Email: nndas@nagalanduniversity.ac.in / nndas69@yahoo.co.in

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Dr. Nigamananda Das is Professor & Head, Department of English, Nagaland University, Kohima Campus, Meriema, Kohima-797004, Nagaland.

Work Experiences:

• w.e.f. 16/12/1993- 04/09/2007- 13 years 9 months- Lakhimpur Girls’ College, North Lakhimpur, Assam as Lecturer, Sr. Lecturer (up to 11/02/2005) and promoted to Selection Grade Lecturer on 12/02/ 2005, Member Secretary, QAC & IQAC, Coordinator, NAAC Steering Committee, etc.: 2003-2007
• Warden- P.G. Men’s Hostel-I-Nagaland University- 5 th October 2009- 13/05/ 2013
• Head, Department of English, Nagaland University, Kohima Campus, Meriema. (10 Oct.2013- 10 October 2016), 2nd stint, w.e.f. 11/10/2022
• Academic Incharge, Nagaland University, Kohima Campus-22nd June 2017- 12th November 2017
• Dean, School of Humanities & Education, Nagaland University (w.e.f. 21st October 2017-21/10/2020)
• Head, i/c- Departments of Hindi, Psychology and Mass Communication, Nagaland University- 21/10/2017-21/10/2020
• Head, i/c- Teacher Education- Nagaland University-01/10/2018-20/10/2020
• Head, i/c- Department of Law- Nagaland University-May 2019- 08/10/2020
• Director, i/c- Centre for Naga Tribal Language Studies-NU- 21/10/2017-21/10/2020

Academic Association History Publications:

a) Research Articles:

• “The Poetry of Monalisa Changkija: An Ecofeminist Reading”, 22-31- Rock Pebbles, Vol.xii,no.ii. July- Dec.2008-ISSN-0975-0509
• Drawbacks of Indian Democracy in Homen Borgohain’s Pita Putra and Aravind Adiga’s The White Tiger and Between The Assassinations: A Comparative Study”,635-44- Journal of Alternative Perspectives in the Social Sciences, Florida, USA, Dec.2009, ISSN-1944- 1088/1944-1096. (with AJ Sebastian sdb)
• “Matrices of Culture and Anti-colonial Resistance in Chinua Achebe’s Arrow of God and Easterine Iralu’s A Naga Village Remembered : A Comparative Study”,40-50, Synthesis, Vol.3, No. 2, June 2010, ISSN-0974-8536
• Ecology and History in Mamang Dai’s The Legends of Pensam and Easterine Iralu’s A Naga Village Remembered: A Comparative Analysis”,160-65, Labyrinth, Vol-1, No.2, September-2010,ISSN-0976-0814
• “…where earth’s tribes intercourse: Contemporary Poetry in English from Manipur”, Vishwabharati, Vol.-1, No.-3, September 2010, ISSN-0975-9883
• “The Poetry of Kynpham Sing Nongkynrih”186-91, Contemporary Discourse, Vol.2, No.1 , Dec.2010, ISSN-0976-3686
• ““…self-imposed exile”: Contemporary Poetry in English from Nagaland”, 58-68, Labyrinth, Vol-2, No.1, January 2011, ISSN-0976-0814
• “Myths in Jayanta Mahapatra’s Poetry”,17-23. Rock Pebbles, Vol.xv, No.I, Jan-Jun, 2011, ISSN-0975-0509
• ““the sky was an honest blue…”-Contemporary Poetry in English from Assam”186-194, Labyrinth, Vol-2, No.4,October 2011, ISSN-0976-0814
• “Bleeding behind high mountains: Tibetan and Chakma Refugee Poets”: pp.11-20. Labyrinth, Vol.3 No.3, July 2012, ISSN-0976-0814
• “Contemporary English Poetry of Assam”- www.museindia.com-ejournal, issue 47, Jan-Feb. 2013, ISSN-0975-1815
• “Contemporary English Poetry of Manipur”- www.museindia.com-ejournal, issue 47, Jan-Feb. 2013, ISSN-0975-1815
• “Contemporary English Poetry of Meghalaya and Mizoram” - www.museindia.comejournal, issue 47, Jan-Feb. 2013, ISSN-0975-1815
• “Women’s Terrible Subalternity in Select Narratives of Northeast India”, pp.175-80, Labyrinth, Vol. 4, No. 3, July 2013, ISSN-0976-0814
• ”Myth in Poetry in English from Assam and Arunachal”- pp.25-31, Creatcrit-Vol.1 No.1, Jan.2014, ISSN-2347-8829
• “The Idea of Ecotopia and Ecocracy in Precolonial Indian Literature: A Study of literatures from South-East to North-East India”,79-102, Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences, (IIAS) Vol. XV, No. 1&2, 2008, ISSN-0972-1401. Published in May 2014
• ““Now Terrorism is a cheap commodity”: The Poetry of Niranjan Chakma”, pp.13-19, Reflections, Vol. XIII & XIV, Nos.1&2, Jan. & July 2014, ISSN-0973-046X/ Printing Area, Issue-9, Vol.1, September, 2015, pp. 53-57
• Achyutananda Das’s Harivamsa (The Geneology of Hari): A Critique”, 326-335, Padmabanar Svar, Vol-III, June 2016, ISSN-2456-0952
• “Achyutananda Das: A Spiritual Eco-Chronicler”-Ars Artium: An International Peer Reviewed-cum-Refereed Research Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, ISSN-2319- 7889, Vol.5, January 2017, pp.1-13. www.arsartium.org
• ““To God’s living miracle…””: Contemporary Poetry in English from Nagaland”- Pranabananda Women’s College Journal, Vol. I, Issue-IV, Dec. 2016.pp.5-25.ISSN-2394- 2851
• “Mahapurush Achyutananda Das: Mysticism, Reality and Prophecy in his Samhitas”: Padmabanar Svar, Vol-IV, June 2017, pp. 374-389, ISSN-2456-0952
• “Mahapurush Achyutananda Das: Phenomenology of Devotion, Rituals and Prophecy in his Gitas”: Padmabanar Svar, Vol-V, June 2018, pp. 319-338, ISSN-2456-0952
• “Mahapurush Achyutananda Das: Phenomenology of History and prophecy in his Malikas” Padmabanar Svar, Vol- 6-November 2019, pp.386-94, ISSN-2456-0952
• “Chronicling Eco-Spirituality through Neo-Vaishnavite Movements in Assam and Odisha: A Study of Sankaradeva and Achyutananda Das” Mahapurusa Jyoti, Vol. XX, Feb. 2020. pp. 40-56., ISSN-2277-2901
• “Metaphysics of Nature in Northeast Indian writing in English” Drishti – The Sight – May 2020, Vol. 9, Issue-I,UGC CARE Listed Journal- Arts & Humanities, Sl. No. 42, pp. 7-13.ISSN-2319-8281. www.dristithesight.com
• “Theatre, Dramaturgy and Contemporary Plays in English from Nagaland”, Creatcrit, ISSN-2347-8829, Index-5139, PIF(I2OR) 3.565,Vol. 8, No.1, January 2021, pp.1-7
• “Mahapurush Achyutananda: His Theory and Praxis of Rahasa” Padmaraga. January 2021, 3 rd Edn, pp.66-71
• “Media Education in Nagaland”, co-authored with Dr. Shiva Jyoti Das Baruah, Communication Today, Silver Jubilee Special Issue: 100 Years of Media Education in India, ISSN-0975-217X, N/A, Double Blind Peer Reviewed Journal, Jan-March 2021, Vol. 25, No. 1, pp. 141-45
• “The undiscovered continent”, “Endless vacuum all around”…: The Poetry of Dayananda Pathak”, Akshara, No. 13, May 2021, pp. 1-10, May 2021,ISSN-0975-5373, IF:3.654
• “Upabamshanu Lekhna of Mahapurush Achyutananda Das: A Note on His Genealogies and Sub-genealogies” Padmaraga, February 2022, 4 th Edn, pp. 84-88

b) Conference Publications:

• “Indian English Poetry from North East India”,21-31, Proceedings of North East India Forum for English Studies (NEIFES), Vol.-3, Tezu Conference, 1998
• “Cerebral Anguishes: The Feminist Ideology of Lakshahira Das”, 34-37, Proceedings of ICPR sponsored National Seminar at Lakhimpur Girls’ College, 2003
• Problems of Teaching Literature at Higher Education Level: Prose and Poetry” 18-22“Problems of Teaching Literature at Higher Education Level: Prose and Poetry” 18-22, Proceedings of UGC sponsored National Workshop at Kakojan College, Jorhat, 3-4 Nov. 2011
• “Exile is a melody: Contemporary Poetry in English from Tibet”- 26-33, UGC National Seminar Proceedings-Mount Olive College, Kohima, 2012, ISBN-978-93- 81694-20-6

c) Book Published:

• “Tribal Religion in North East India: Changing Syndrome”, 213-20“Tribal Religion in North East India: Changing Syndrome”, 213-20, Tribal Religion: Continuity and Change, Ed. M.C. Behera, New Delhi: Commonwealth Publishers, 2000, ISBN-978-81-7169-619-8
• “The Art of Jayanta Mahapatra”, 309-22, Modern Indian English Literature: Critical Perceptions .Ed. NDR Chandra, New Delhi: Sarup & Sons, 2004, ISBN-978- 81-7625-376-6
• “Random Descent: Matrix of Legends”, 168-73, The Indian Imagination of Jayanta Mahapatra. Eds. Jaydeep Sarangi & G.S. Jha. New Delhi: Sarup & Sons, 2006, ISBN-978-81-7625-622-6
• “Mosaic of Myths: The Poetry of Robin S. Ngangom”, 103-17, Contemporary Indian Writing in Contemporary Indian Writing in English: Trends, Concepts & Techniques .Ed. N.Das. New Delhi: Adhyayan Publishers, 2007, ISBN-978-81-8435-023-6
• “The Art of Subversion: Shortstories of Makarand Paranjape and Jayanta Mahapatra” 176-83, Contemporary Indian Writing in English: Trends, Concepts & Techniques .Ed. N. Das. New Delhi: Adhyayan Publishers, 2007, ISBN-978-81-8435-023-6
• Contemporary Poetry in English from India’s Northeast: A Reading in Ecology/Ecofeminism”, 147-79, Rainbow Redemption: New Bearings in Indian English Poetry. Ed. Binod Mishra, New Delhi: Adhyayan Publishers, 2007, ISBN-978-81-8435-018-0
• “Introductory Chapter”: Jhumpa Lahiri: Critical Perspectives, Jhumpa Lahiri: Critical Perspectives. Ed. N.Das, New Delhi: Pencraft, 2008, ISBN-978-81-85753-87-3. (11-23)
• “Multiethnic Poetry in English from North Eastern India: Thematic Trends and Concepts”, Multicultural Literature in India: Critical Perceptions. Ed. NDR Chandra, New Delhi: Sarup &Sons, 2009, ISBN-978-81-7625-925-5. ( 211-51)
• “Contemporary Indian English Poetry from Orissa”, Multicultural Literature in India: Critical Perceptions. Ed. NDR Chandra, New Delhi: Sarup & Sons, 2009, ISBN-978-81-7625-925-5. (130-61)
• “The Idea of Evil in Postecolonial Thought: A Study of Mamang Dai’s The Legend of Pensam”, Glorious Trends: Indian Writings, Films and Translation. Ed. Jaydeep Sarangi , Jaipur: Book Enclave,2010, ISBN-978-81-8152-283-2.( 122-32)
• “Introductory Chapter”; Dynamics of Culture and Diaspora in Jhumpa Lahiri, Dynamics of Culture and Diaspora in Jhumpa Lahiri .Ed. N. Das, New Delhi: Adhyayan Publishers, 2010,ISBN-978-81-8435-210-8. (ix-xvi)
• “The Art of Jhumpa Lahiri”, Dynamics of Culture and Diaspora in Jhumpa Lahiri .Ed. N.Das, New Delhi: Adhyayan Publishers,2010, ISBN-978-81-8435-210-8. (84-90)
• “Ethno-Ecology, Women’s Predicaments and the Idea of Evil in Select Fictional Works of Mamang Dai, Indira Goswami and Temsula Ao” The Woman Question in the Contemporary Indian Women Writings in English .Ed. by Indu Swami, New Delhi: Sarup & Sons, 2010, ISBN-978-81-7625-608-7. (335-53 )
• “Jyoti Prasad Agarwalla: The Prince of Beauty”, Reflections on World LiteraturesEd. Nilanshu Agarwal. Jaipur: Yking Books, 2011, ISBN- 978-93-80930-19-0. (187-97)
• “Liberty/Equality vis-à-vis Corruption: A Study of Homen Borgohain’s Pita Putra”, Matrix of Redemption: Contemporary Multi-Ethnic English Literature from North East India: Critical Perspectives. Ed. N. Das, New Delhi: Adhyayan Publishers, 2011, ISBN-978-81-8435-257-3. (262-70 )
• “Many Worlds of Robin S. Ngangom” Matrix of Redemption: Contemporary MultiEthnic English Literature from North East India: Critical Perspectives. Ed. N. Das, New Delhi: Adhyayan Publishers, 2011, ISBN-978-81-8435-257-3 (104-18)
• “The Brahmaputra Ecology”:Matrix of Redemption: Contemporary Multi-Ethnic English Literature from North East India: Critical Perspectives. Ed. N. Das, New Delhi: Adhyayan Publishers, 2011, ISBN-978-81-8435-257-3 (148-56 )
• “The Art of Ratan Thiyam” Matrix of Redemption: Contemporary Multi-Ethnic English Literature from North East India: Critical Perspectives. Ed. N. Das, New Delhi: Adhyayan Publishers, 2011, ISBN-978-81-8435-257-3 (180-86 )
• “Mamang Dai’s The Legends of Pensam as a Travel Writing”,162-75 ,Matrix of Redemption: Contemporary Multi-Ethnic English Literature from North East India: Critical Perspectives. Ed. N. Das, New Delhi: Adhyayan Publishers, 2011, ISBN-978-81-8435-257-3
• “Ecology, Myth and Mystery in Contemporary Poetry in English from Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Sikkim and Tripura”, 64-80, Matrix of Redemption: Contemporary Multi-Ethnic English Literature from North East India: Critical Perspectives. Ed. N. Das, New Delhi: Adhyayan Publishers, 2011, ISBN-978-81-8435-257-3
• “Dynamics of Culture and Anti-colonial Resistance in Easterine Iralu’s A Naga Village Remembered and Chinua Achebe’s Arrow of God: A Comparative Study”, 236-50, Exploring North East Indian English Writings, Ed. Indu Swami, New Delhi: Sarup Book Publishers Pvt. Ltd. 2011, ISBN- 978-81-7625-725-1
• “Matrices of Quest: Non-fictional Prose Writing in English from Northeast India”, 300-25, Exploring North East Indian English Writings, Ed. Indu Swami, New Delhi: Sarup Book Publishers Pvt. Ltd. 2011,ISBN- 978-81-7625-725-1
• From Animism to Christianity: Transitions in Adi and Angami Tribal Societies” 94-113“From Animism to Christianity: Transitions in Adi and Angami Tribal Societies” 94-113, Meaning to Marginalised Identity. Ed. J. Basar, et al, 2012, ISBN978-81-311-0383-8
• “The Oriya Mystic and Mythic Tradition in Jayanta Mahapatra’s Relationship and other Poems” 59-66, Jayanta Mahapatra: Joy of Living and Loving in his Poetry. Ed. Jaydeep Sarangi, Jaipur: Aavishkar Publishers, 2012, ISBN-978-81-7910-374-6
• “Contemporary Multi-Ethnic Poetry from Assam”, 65-101, Multi-Ethnic Poetry in English from North East India: A Critical Spectrum, Vol. II. Ed. Indu Swami, Germany: LAP, 2012, ISBN-978-3-659-23772-0
• “The Idea of Evil among the Adis of Arunachal Pradesh: A Study of Mamang Dai’s The Legends of Pensam”,68-78, Construction of Evil in North East India: Myth, Narrative and Discourse. Eds. Prasenjit Biswas and C. Joshua Thomas, New Delhi: Sage Publications India Pvt. Ltd., 2012, ISBN-978-81-321-0945-7, www.sagepublications.com
• “Drama: Tradition and Transition” 55-71, State of Indian Drama in English, Ed. Lata Mishra, New Delhi: Authors Press, 2013, ISBN-978-81-7273-703-0
• “Romantic Ecology in Contemporary Multi-Ethnic Poetry in English from Meghalaya and Mizoram’ pp.141-151. Critical Theory and Practice in 21st Century, New Delhi: Creative Books.2013, ISBN-978-81-8043-104-3
• “Contemporary Manipuri Drama” pp.37-53 Contemporary Manipuri Drama” pp.37-53, Indian Drama: Tradition and Transition. Eds. Gitali Saikia and Subrat Jyoti Neog, Jorhat:Debakantha, 2013,ISBN-978-93-82931-07-2
• “The First Film in Northeast India”, pp.21-30, Adaptation Studies: Literature through Cinema and Translation. Eds. Mahesh K. Arora & Ritu Mohan Bairagi. Chandigarh: UNiSTAR, 2013, ISBN-978-93-5113-289-9
• “Achyutananda Das: The Poet, Prophet and Saint”, pp. 31-47, Metaphysics of Redemption: An Anthology of World Literature, Vol. I, Ed. N. Das , New Delhi: Adhyayan Publishers. 2014. 978-81-8435-378-5
• ““…Wisdom Gifted by the Gods” and “God’s Own Graffiti”: Trauma in Contemporary Multiethnic Poetry in English from Meghalaya and Mizoram”, pp.90-103, Textualizing Trauma: Narratives from North-East India and Beyond. Ed. Sarangadhar Baral, New Delhi: Authors press, 2014, ISBN-978-81-7273-821-1
• “The Wretched of the Earth”: Voices from Contemporary Poetry in English from Sikkim and Tripura: Negotiating Subaltern Consciousness: A Northeast Perspective. Edited by Bishnu Charan Dash, New Delhi: Abhishek Prakashan, 2015 (110-126) ISBN-978-81-8390-133-4
• “Cultural Ethos in the Poetry in English from Northeast India”: The Social, Cultural and Spiritual Dimensions of Modern Indian Poetry in English. Ed. V.K. Roy. United Kingdom: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2017, ISBN-978-1-4438- 7968-2, pp.14-52, www.cambridgescholars.com
• “Ajan Fakir and Kabir: A Study in Mysticism”: Mysticism: A Literary Quest for Ultimate Reality. Eds. M.Q. Khan et al, New Delhi: Authors Press, 2018, ISBN-978- 93-87281-12-7, pp.125-35, www.authorspressbooks.com
• “Womanism versus Feminism: A Study of Select Tribal Fictional Narratives” pp.177-90, Tribal Language, Literature and Folklore: Emerging Approaches in Tribal Studies, Ed. M C Behera, Jaipur: Rawat Publications, 2019, ISBN-978-81- 316-1022-0, www.rawatbooks.com
• “Heart of Matter: The Folktales of Nagaland”, Folklore: A Key to Cultural Understanding. Ed. Swati Samantaray. New Delhi: Authors Press, 2019, pp. 39-62, ISBN-978-93-89110-30-2
• “Six Decades of Poetry in English from Assam”, North-East Indian Writings in English: A Spectrum of Critical Essays. Ed. K.V. Raghupati. Jaipur: Aavishkar Publishers, 2020, pp.30-46, ISBN-978-81-942456-3-6
• “Epic of our life… “Women’s Voices: Perspectives of Indian Women Writers, Edited by Dikshita Bhuyan and Rijumoni Gogoi. Krantikal Prakashan, pp. 1-13, 2020, ISBN-978-93-84679-41-5
• ““…in the arms of elusive gods…”…: Six Decades of Poetry in English from Assam”- Luit to Thames. Vol. XXI: Issue XXI, June 2020, Edited by Karuna Sagar Das, 59, Aspects Court, Windsor Road, Slough, London, UK, pp.258-78, ISBN-978- 9382149-36-1
• “Matriliny and Patriarchy in Meghalaya” in Women and Urbanity: Cultural Memory of North-East India edited by Mandakini Baruah, Tezpur University, ISBN-978-81-937452-2-9, pp.103-116, July 2020
• “Revisiting Naga Resistance to British colonialism: A Study of A Naga Village Remembered and Related Historical Texts, Tribe-British Relations in India: Revisiting Text, Perspective and Approach, Ed. MC Behera. Springer Nature, Singapore, September 2021, pp.157-68. ISBN-978-981-16-3423-9, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-3424-6_9