Year of Establishment : 2004
Head of the Department : Dr. Madhumita Dhar Sarkar Research & Development activities
The Department had embedded the idea to have a better curriculum and innovative approach to develop excellent legal skills amongst the students studying law in one of the remote areas of India. B.A.LL.B (Hon’s) Course was introduced in the year 2004. Subsequently when students started coming up with flying colours the institution felt the pressing need of students to introduce LL.M.as there was need for reinvigorating legal research. In the year 2011, LL.M course was introduced .Further, the need to promote systemization of law ,to encourage and conduct investigation in legal and allied fields and to cultivate the science of law in the region ,Ph.D. curriculum was introduced in the year 2014. Within the last ten years, the Department of Law has emerged as an important centre of legal studies and research catering the needs of students pursuing legal education not only in Barak Valley, but also for the entire eastern region. The department in near future shall emerge as an outstanding nerve centre of legal studies and research in this region. The department has also adopted various innovative techniques and methods to both for theoretical and clinical legal education
The Department has introduced IPP Course in the year 2014 with objectives mentioned
• Create an intellectually stimulating environment encouraging participatory learning.
• The Department is striving to become a centre for academic excellence by setting up a Legal Information Research Centre in North East India.
• An important centre of legal studies and research catering the needs of students pursuing legal education not only in Barak Valley, but also for the entire eastern region.
The Department is also guiding students in dissertation which is inculcating the foundation of legal research as a part of their LL.M. Curriculum. Legal Research would produce good academicians in the field of Law in near future. Twelve Dissertation have been submitted in the year 2012 and 2013 on various important aspects of Law. Seven students have qualified for Ph.D in IPP.
The Department had the following teaching staff during the year:
Professor:Subash Chandra Singh
Associate Professors: Rashmi Ranjan Mishra , Madhumita Dhar Sarkar
Assistant Professors:Partho Pratim Paul, Priya Ranjan Kumar, Amitabh Singh, Umesh Kumar, Kabindra Singh Brijwal
Courses offered: B.A. LL.B (Honours), LL.M and Ph.D.in Law Consultancy/Extension service:
Sl.No. Nature of Consultancy/Extension service
provided Faculty involved
1 Legal Aid and Awareness provided to the people in and around the vicinity of Assam University, Silchar, on access to Justice through free Legal Aid on 16-2-2014
Dr.M.DharSarkar,Dr.R.R.Mishra, Dr.P.P.PAUL,
Mr.P.R.Kumar,Mr.U.K.Sharma,Mr.A.Si ngh and Mr.K.S.Brijwal.
2 Inauguration of Legal Aid Clinic in collaboration with D.L.S.A., Silchar, on February16,2014.
Prof.S.C.Singh and Dr.M.Dhar Sarkar
3 Organised Legal Awareness Camp in Central Jail,Silchar on Prisoner's Rights and Legal Services Authorities Act,1987 on September15 2013.
Dr.M.Dhar Sarkar and Dr.R.R.Mishra.
New courses developed:
Sl.No. Name of the course Name of the faculty involved Level of teaching
1 IPP Prof.S.C.Singh, Dr. M. Dhar
Sarkar and Dr.R.R.Mishra UG and PG teaching Students Excellence:NET-08;JUDICIARY-06;OTHER-05
E.P. ODUM SCHOOL OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES Department of Ecology & Environmental Science
Year of Establishment : 1996
Head of the Department : Prof. Jayashree Rout Research & Development activities
The department has a strong interdisciplinary research focus. Located in one of the 34 Biodiversity Hotspots of the world from where precious baseline data is available, our thrust areas are-
Plant and animal diversity of the region across varying geographical scales.
Ecosystem diversity at both structural and functional levels.
Agro-ecosystems diversity and management.
Rich indigenous knowledge system of various tribal and traditional societies regarding conservation mechanism and ecosystem management.
Environmental monitoring and impact assessment.
Sustainable natural resource management.
Remote sensing and GIS
There are several ongoing research projects in the department with national and international funding. A few are in the offing backed with a strong human resource potential of our M. Sc., M. Phil and Ph.D students. The department is making major strides in all the focus areas.
The Department had the following teaching staff during the year:
Professors:Abhik Gupta, Ashesh Kr. Das, Dulal Ch. Ray, Jayashree Rout Associate Professors: Parthankar Choudhury, Mithra Dey,Ajit Kr. Das.
Assistant Professors: Susmita Gupta, Aparajita De, Tapati Das, Arun Jyoti Nath, Panna Deb, Hilloljyoti Singha
Courses offered:
Master degree in Ecology and Environmental Science
PG Diplomas in (Tea Management; Biodiversity Conservation; Bamboo Cultivation and Resource Utilization)
M. Phil.
Ph. D.
Seminar/Conference/Symposium organized:
Sl.No. Details of Programme organized Date Name of the Coordinator 1 Regional Seminar on Tea Science 28thFebruary, 2014 Prof. B.K.Dutta
P. Choudhury 2 Workshop on Bird Conservation
organized by Centre for Biodiversity and Natural Resource Conservation Department of Ecology and Environmental Science, assam University, Silchar
18-19 March, 2014 Dr. Hilloljyoti Singha
Dr. Panna Deb
Sponsored Research Project:
Sl.No. Name of the Project Funding
agency Duration &
Name of the Project Investigator
allocated toFund the project
(lakhs) 4. Use of Constructed Wetlands in
Industrial Wastewater Treatment and Stabilization
DST-SSTP 2012-2015 Prof. Abhik Gupta
15.0584 lakhs 5. Assessment of carbon storage and
sequestration potential of tea agroforestry system in Barak Valley, Assam
CSIR,New
Delhi 2013-2016
Prof. Ashesh Kumar Das (PI) Dr. Arun Jyoti Nath (Co-PI)
19.87 lakh
6. “Evaluation of indigenous freshwater algal species from Southern Assam (North East India) for carbon sequestration
DST, New
Delhi 2013-2016
Prof. Jayashree Rout(PI)
19,72,397/-
7. Status Survey of Western Hoolock gibbon (Hoolock hoolock) and conservation initiative through mass awareness in the reserve forest areas of Barak Valley,Assam, India
UGC-MRP 2012- 2015 (Dr. P.
Choudhury)
9.45lakhs
8. A comparative study on Diversity and Habitat Ecology of Anurans from different ecosystems in Barak Valley, Assam, India”.
UGC New
Delhi Feb,2011-31stJan 2014Dr. Mithra Dey (PI)
10.43 lakh
9. Diversity of aquatic and semiaquatic Heteroptera (Insecta:Hemiptera) of Barak valley, Assam, North-East India.
SERB-DST SR/S0/AS- 32/2011
3 years 2012-2015 Dr. Susmita Gupta
13.27 lakh
10. Formulation and evaluation of low cost fish feed for supplementation in rice-fish system of Apatani Plateau, Arunachal Pradesh
UGC, New
Delhi 3 years
(From 1stJuly 2011 to
30thJune 2014) Dr. Tapati Das (PI)
10.38 lakh
11. Regeneration Ecology of a long lived monocarpic bamboo Schizostachyum dullooa following gregarious flowering in Barak Valley, Assam
UGC 2011-14
Dr. Arun Jyoti Nath
8.3 lakh
12. Assessment of different rice farming systems on soil carbon sequestration potential in North East India
DST-FAST
TRACK 2012-2015
Dr. Arun Jyoti
Nath 17.80 lakh
Consultancy/Extension service:
Sl. No. Nature of Consultancy/Extension service provided Faculty involved 1 Distribution of Agar seedlings in village Dargakona,
Irongmara and adjoining areas towards conservation of threatened species
Prof.Ashesh Kumar Das
2 Initiation of bamboo plantation in farmer’s plot with farmer participation in Dargakona village
(20 offsets planted in 2013)
Prof.Ashesh Kumar Das
3 Extension Programme:
Organizing a panel discussion on the theme, ‘Think- Eat-Save’ on World Environment Day, 2013, in the Department of Ecology and Environmental Science, Assam University, Silchar.
Dr.P. Choudhury, Dr. Ajit Kr Das, Dr. P. Deb, Dr. S. Datta Gupta 4 Extension Programme:
Awareness campaign on the conservation of Hoolock gibbon (Hoolock hoolock) in a the fringe areas of Inner Line reserve forest, Cachar, Assam on 16-11- 2013)
Dr.P. Choudhury, Prof. B. K. Dutta, Dr. S. Datta Gupta
5 Training programme for villagers on bamboo propagation and management
On 14thMarch 2014
Arun Jyoti Nath and Ashesh Kumar Das 6 Has been involved in motivating students in Great
Backyard Bird Count, The Great Horned Owl Award on behalf of The Cornell Lab of Ornithology, National Audubon Society and Bird Studies, Canada sponsored by Wild Birds Unlimited in 2013 and 2014.
Dr. Hilloljyoti Singha
Students Excellence:NET- 02