Assistant Professor
Department of Sociology
Dr. Amaresh Debbarma
Assistant Professor
Department of Sociology
Educational qualification
- Ph.D. in Society & Development (equivalent to Sociology), Central University of Gujarat, Vadodara (2026)
- M.Phil. in Society & Development, Central University of Gujarat, Vadodara (2018)
- M.A. in Sociology, Tripura University (2014)
- B.A. / BSL (Law), Savitribai Phule Pune University (2011)
- UGC-NET in Sociology (2016)
- SET / SLET in Sociology, SLET Commission, Assam (2015)
- Certificate in Tribal Studies
Area of expertise / specialisation
- Social movements
- Tribal studies
- Ethnicity and identity politics
- Migration
Bio
Amaresh Debbarma is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Saint Paul's College, A.D. Nagar. He received his M.A. in Sociology from Tripura University and his Bachelor of Socio-Legal Sciences (BSL) from Savitribai Phule Pune University. He holds an M.Phil. and a Ph.D. from the Department of Society and Development, Central University of Gujarat, Vadodara.
He was awarded the National Fellowship for Higher Education for ST students in India and has cleared UGC-NET and SET/SLET in Sociology. He formerly worked as Visiting Faculty at Techno India University, Maheskhola, and as Guest Faculty in the Department of Sociology, Tripura University.
His doctoral thesis is “Ethnicity, Identity and Indigenous Politics: The Case of the ‘Tipraland’ Movement,” supervised by Dr. Khaikholen Haokip at the Central University of Gujarat. His research interests include ethnicity, identity politics, social movements and protest, migration, and tribal studies. He has published articles in UGC-listed and peer-reviewed journals.
Courses taught
- Basic concepts in Sociology
- Sociological thinkers
- Social movements in India
- Sociology of development
- Society in India
- Indian society: structure and processes
Research papers
- Debbarma, A., & Debbarma, A. (2018). Perspectives on rubber monoculture in Tripura, North-East India. International Journal of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, 44(1), 27–31.
- Debbarma, A. (2019). Migration and its impact on tribal society of Tripura. International Journal of Research and Analytical Reviews, 6(1), 255–260.
- Debbarma, A., & Haokip, K. (2023). The resurgent demand for “Tipraland” in Tripura: Contexts and implications. Towards Excellence, 15(4), 350–356.
- Debbarma, A. (2024). Debating Tipra identity and its manifestation. GLS KALP: Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies, 4(3), 15–23.
- Debbarma, A. (2025). In pursuit of a ‘constitutional solution’: resuscitating the demand of a separate statehood movement in India’s Northeast, Tripura. Social Science Journal for Advanced Research, 5(2), 124–133.
- Debbarma, A. (2025). Immigration, identity politics and the demand for a separate tribal state. Journal of Social Studies, 2, 37–47.
- Debbarma, A., & Haokip, K. (2025). Tribal political parties in Tripura: Agents of democratic consolidation or fragmentation? South India Journal of Social Sciences, 23(5), 84–87.
Book chapter
- Debbarma, A. (2022). Possibilities of larger integration of Boroks: An assessment of socio-economic policies and their implementation. In D. Kumar (Ed.), Social Problems in India (pp. 45–57). Redshine Publication India.
Languages
- Bengali
- English
- Hindi
- Kokborok
