Chandan Kumar Sharma
Biographic Data
| ID | 1677060 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Chandan Kumar Sharma |
| GIVEN NAMES | Chandan Kumar |
| FAMILY NAME | Sharma |
| SIGNATURE | SHARMA C K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Tezpur University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4879-026X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 21 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 10 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Gendered resilience on India’s fluvial margins
This article compares differential adaptive responses to flood and erosion among two marginal communities of Majuli, the world’s largest river island in the Brahmaputra, Assam. Grounded in qualitative methods, it explores how the intersection of deep-rooted traditions and differential institutional support shapes resilience among the Kaivarttas (a marginalised caste) and the Misings (a tribe). Drawing on feminist political ecology (FPE) and inter…
Life in a Metro
The massive migration of the rural population, triggered by agrarian distress, to the more developed regions of India for lowly paid jobs in the informal sector has been one of the most striking phenomena in neoliberal India. The last two decades have also witnessed an unprecedented out-migration of rural population from the northeast Indian state of Assam to the metropolises and growth centres in other parts of India in search of livelihood. Bas…
Contemporary Development Discourse in Northeast India and its Impact on the Tribal Communities
Northeast India, a region characterised by great geo-political and ecological significance, is geographically divided into the plains and the hills and is home to many tribal communities that largely depend on natural resource-based livelihoods. While shifting cultivation (jhum) has been a dominant traditional system of land use among tribes both in the hills and the plains, most of them in the plains abandoned this practice on account of colonia…
Indigenization and vernacularization of social science in India
Indigenization has been an important nationalist project undertaken by various colonized countries seeking to liberate the existing knowledge systems from colonial hegemony. In India too, one witnesses serious efforts at indigenization that began during the colonial rule as part of the anti-colonial nationalist struggle. This continued after independence with new vigour. It found resonance in the domain of social sciences and the Indian social sc…
Social network, trust, and rural informalities
Land alienation among its tribal communities has been one of the most disquieting issues in contemporary India despite existing laws for the protection of tribal land and habitat. This situation is attributed mainly to requisition of tribal land for various developmental activities undertaken by the state as well as its indifference in enforcing the existing laws. The situation in Assam clearly illustrates this. Despite the existing laws, the tri…
Coronasphere
Fixed Borders, Fluid Boundaries
Fixed Borders, Fluid Boundaries
In Search of a Better Future
The last two decades have witnessed an unprecedented rural out-migration from northeast Indian states, especially Assam, to other parts of India. Thousands of poor rural youths from the region have migrated to the more prosperous parts of India in search of livelihood, mostly as unskilled labour in the informal sector. While rural out-migration has not been a new phenomenon in Assam, such out-migration in the past was mostly confined to the state…
Dam, ‘Development’ and Popular Resistance in Northeast India
The policy of the Government of India to turn its northeastern region, especially Arunachal Pradesh, into ‘India’s Future Powerhouse’ by generating massive hydel power from almost all its perennial rivers has led to widespread protests in the region. These protests are based on the apprehension that this new ‘development’ initiative of the government would spell disaster to the river ecosystem and the livelihood and cultural heritage of the peopl…
The immigration issue in Assam and conflicts around it
Assam, the northeastern state of India, has experienced strong anti-outsider sentiment for more than half a century now. What makes the Assam case unique is that it has faced both internal as well as illegal international migration in massive scales giving rise to intense existential fear and apprehension among its smaller indigenous communities. Their lack of the required political authority and the indifferent attitude of the Indian Union gover…
The immigration issue in Assam and conflicts around it
Assam, the northeastern state of India, has experienced strong anti-outsider sentiment for more than half a century now. What makes the Assam case unique is that it has faced both internal as well as illegal international migration in massive scales giving rise to intense existential fear and apprehension among its smaller indigenous communities. Their lack of the required political authority and the indifferent attitude of the Indian Union gover…
Dam, ‘Development’ and Popular Resistance in Northeast India
The policy of the Government of India to turn its northeastern region, especially Arunachal Pradesh, into ‘India’s Future Powerhouse’ by generating massive hydel power from almost all its perennial rivers has led to widespread protests in the region. These protests are based on the apprehension that this new ‘development’ initiative of the government would spell disaster to the river ecosystem and the livelihood and cultural heritage of the peopl…
In Search of a Better Future
The last two decades have witnessed an unprecedented rural out-migration from northeast Indian states, especially Assam, to other parts of India. Thousands of poor rural youths from the region have migrated to the more prosperous parts of India in search of livelihood, mostly as unskilled labour in the informal sector. While rural out-migration has not been a new phenomenon in Assam, such out-migration in the past was mostly confined to the state…
Contemporary Development Discourse in Northeast India and its Impact on the Tribal Communities
Northeast India, a region characterised by great geo-political and ecological significance, is geographically divided into the plains and the hills and is home to many tribal communities that largely depend on natural resource-based livelihoods. While shifting cultivation (jhum) has been a dominant traditional system of land use among tribes both in the hills and the plains, most of them in the plains abandoned this practice on account of colonia…
The immigration issue in Assam and conflicts around it
Assam, the northeastern state of India, has experienced strong anti-outsider sentiment for more than half a century now. What makes the Assam case unique is that it has faced both internal as well as illegal international migration in massive scales giving rise to intense existential fear and apprehension among its smaller indigenous communities. Their lack of the required political authority and the indifferent attitude of the Indian Union gover…
Dam, ‘Development’ and Popular Resistance in Northeast India
The policy of the Government of India to turn its northeastern region, especially Arunachal Pradesh, into ‘India’s Future Powerhouse’ by generating massive hydel power from almost all its perennial rivers has led to widespread protests in the region. These protests are based on the apprehension that this new ‘development’ initiative of the government would spell disaster to the river ecosystem and the livelihood and cultural heritage of the peopl…
In Search of a Better Future
The last two decades have witnessed an unprecedented rural out-migration from northeast Indian states, especially Assam, to other parts of India. Thousands of poor rural youths from the region have migrated to the more prosperous parts of India in search of livelihood, mostly as unskilled labour in the informal sector. While rural out-migration has not been a new phenomenon in Assam, such out-migration in the past was mostly confined to the state…
Fixed Borders, Fluid Boundaries
Fixed Borders, Fluid Boundaries
Coronasphere
Social network, trust, and rural informalities
Land alienation among its tribal communities has been one of the most disquieting issues in contemporary India despite existing laws for the protection of tribal land and habitat. This situation is attributed mainly to requisition of tribal land for various developmental activities undertaken by the state as well as its indifference in enforcing the existing laws. The situation in Assam clearly illustrates this. Despite the existing laws, the tri…
Life in a Metro
The massive migration of the rural population, triggered by agrarian distress, to the more developed regions of India for lowly paid jobs in the informal sector has been one of the most striking phenomena in neoliberal India. The last two decades have also witnessed an unprecedented out-migration of rural population from the northeast Indian state of Assam to the metropolises and growth centres in other parts of India in search of livelihood. Bas…
Contemporary Development Discourse in Northeast India and its Impact on the Tribal Communities
Northeast India, a region characterised by great geo-political and ecological significance, is geographically divided into the plains and the hills and is home to many tribal communities that largely depend on natural resource-based livelihoods. While shifting cultivation (jhum) has been a dominant traditional system of land use among tribes both in the hills and the plains, most of them in the plains abandoned this practice on account of colonia…
Indigenization and vernacularization of social science in India
Indigenization has been an important nationalist project undertaken by various colonized countries seeking to liberate the existing knowledge systems from colonial hegemony. In India too, one witnesses serious efforts at indigenization that began during the colonial rule as part of the anti-colonial nationalist struggle. This continued after independence with new vigour. It found resonance in the domain of social sciences and the Indian social sc…
Gendered resilience on India’s fluvial margins
This article compares differential adaptive responses to flood and erosion among two marginal communities of Majuli, the world’s largest river island in the Brahmaputra, Assam. Grounded in qualitative methods, it explores how the intersection of deep-rooted traditions and differential institutional support shapes resilience among the Kaivarttas (a marginalised caste) and the Misings (a tribe). Drawing on feminist political ecology (FPE) and inter…
Political science (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · South Asian Studies and Conflicts (6 works) · Economics (5 works) · Geography (5 works) · Agriculture (4 works) · Development economics (4 works) · Economic growth (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Hydropower, Displacement, Environmental Impact (3 works)