D C Baruah

Biographic Data

ID6903737
NAMED C Baruah
GIVEN NAMESD C
FAMILY NAMEBaruah
SIGNATUREBARUAH D C
AFFILIATIONSTezpur University
ORCID0000-0002-8235-2354
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS2
TOTAL CITATIONS1
WORKS AS AUTHOR2
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2022
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX1

  • Rethinking socio-cultural resistance

    Open AccessNatalie Boyd Williams, Ben Campbell et al.ARTICLEEnergy Research & Social Science2026References: 16

    Toilet-linked anaerobic digesters (TLADs) are promoted as technologies that can simultaneously address household energy, sanitation, and agricultural needs, yet diffusion remains uneven, and project failures are frequently attributed to “socio-cultural resistance.” This paper challenges that narrative by examining why Nepal's domestic biogas programme achieved greater success in implementing TLADs than India's, despite broadly similar policies an…

  • Challenging perceptions of socio-cultural rejection of a taboo technology

    Open AccessNatalie Boyd Williams, Richard S Quilliam et al.ARTICLEEnergy Research & Social Science2022Cited by: 1References: 25

    Domestic toilet-linked anaerobic digesters (TLADs) recycle organic waste materials, including human excreta (HE), into a clean gaseous fuel and fertiliser product. Socio-cultural resistance is often used to explain local resistance towards TLADs due to the use of HE as a feedstock. However, through qualitative investigation utilising in-depth semi-structured interviews with potential TLAD users in Assam, India, the use of socio-cultural rejection…