Areas of Interest/Specialization:

Management, Entrepreneurship, Impact Assessments

Experience:

18 Years

Awards:

Awarded Silver Medal for Best Business Academic of the Year Award – 2009 in 62^nd All India Commerce Conference dated 10^th – 12^th October, 2009 held at MDS University, Ajmer, Rajasthan.

Phd Awarded/Supervised:

Currently supervising three PhD Research Scholars

Administrative responsibilities undertaken:

Warden of Sohpetbneng Hostel, NEHU, Shillong

Academic affiliations:

• Life Member of Indian Commerce Association (ICA),
• Indian Tourism and Hospitality Congress (ITHC) and
• North East India Commerce and Management Association (NEICMA)

Research Projects

• Impact of tourism-related micro and small enterprise on entrepreneur’s socio-economic outcomes: A propensity score analysis of Meghalaya (Funding Agency – ICSSR, New Delhi)
• Socio-economic outcomes of microfinance intervention: a study on women microfinance clients of Meghalaya (Funding Agency – UGC, New Delhi)

Publications

(A) Journals -

1. Tourism in Meghalaya: A resident’s perception; Journal of the Asiatic Society of Mumbai, 96(Nov, 2022), pp. 110-118 [year 2022]
2. Tourist perception of Meghalaya as a destination: Observation and policy implications; Phalanx: A Quarterly Review for Continuing Debate, 17(3), pp. 286-294 [year 2022]
3. An exploration of tourism development of Meghalaya, India: What is the way forward? ATNA-Journal of Tourism Studies, 17(1), pp. 143-166 [year 2022]
4. Tourism-related microenterprise and socio-economic impact: A stratum-based propensity score analysis of Meghalaya, India; Shodh Sanchar Bulletin, 10(Oct-Dec, 2020), pp. 6-15 [year 2020]
5. Credit guarantee scheme of micro and small enterprises in Assam: An impact analysis; Indian Journal of Commerce, 72(3&4), pp. 126-139 [year 2019]
6. Impact of tourism entrepreneurship on their socio-economic Outcomes: A Propensity Score Analysis; International Journal of Tourism and Travel, 11(1&2), pp.18-25 [year 2018]
7. Tourism-related entrepreneurship and socio-economic change: A case study of Meghalaya, India; Tourism Innovations: An International Journal of Indian Tourism and Hospitality Congress, 4(1), pp. 38-53 [year 2015]
8. Impact of microfinance on women empowerment: A study of Meghalaya; Finance India, 29(3), pp. 957-966 [year 2015]
9. Tourist spending and food-related services in Cherrapunji destination of Meghalaya: A tourist needs gap analysis; Keanean Journal of Arts, Vol 2, pp. 70-85 [year 2015]
10. Tourism of cultural festivals of Meghalaya; North East Scholar Magazine, 1(4), pp. 65-69 [year 2015]
11. Tourist needs gap in Cherrapunji destination of Meghalaya, India; Tourism Innovations: An International Journal of Indian Tourism and Hospitality Congress, 3(1&2), pp. 61-71 [year 2014]
12. Non-government organizations and inclusive growth; The NEHU Journal, 12(1), pp. 79-93 [year 2014]
13. Tourism attractiveness of Meghalaya: An exploration of entrepreneurial opportunities;  IUP Journal of Entrepreneurship Development, 10(4), pp. 7-23 [year 2013]
14. Bridging tourist needs gap through microenterprise: a case study of Cherrapunji destination of Meghalaya, India; International Journal of Applied Management Research, 1(2), pp. 10-22 [year 2013]
15. Microfinance and women empowerment: a case of matrilineal tribal society of India;  Prajnan: Journal of Social and Management Sciences, 42(2), pp. 113-29 [year 2013]
16. Impact of microfinance on women empowerment in the matrilineal tribal society of India: an analysis using propensity score matching and difference-in-difference; International Journal of Rural Management, 9(1), pp. 45-69 [year 2013]
17. Does microfinance contribute towards women empowerment: a case of Meghalaya; The NEHU Journal, 10(2), pp. 33-48 [year 2012]
18. Microfinance and socio-economic change: an assessment of Meghalaya; The Microfinance Review, 3(1), pp. 110-22 [year 2011]
19. Financial inclusion, women and inclusive growth; The Indian Journal of Commerce, 63(2), pp. 174--82 [year June, 2010]
20. Microfinance and Women Empowerment: Some Evidences; Man and Society: A Journal of North East Studies, Vol. V, pp. 81 – 96. [year 2008]
21. Small and Medium Sized Business Opportunities in the Tourism Sector of Meghalaya; The NEHU Journal, 4(1&2), pp.111 – 119 [year 2008]

(B) Books –

1. Tourism-related Micro and Small Enterprise and Entrepreneur’s Socio-economic Outcomes [2019]; Bharti Publications, New Delhi
2. Microfinance and socio-economic development of women [2015]; MR Books, Guwahati
3. Microfinance and women empowerment [2013]; Himalaya Publishing House, Mumbai

Papers presented in Conferences/Seminars: 

Presented papers in more than 37 Seminars and Conferences across India in areas covering Tourism, Microfinance, Development Studies, Management, Entrepreneurship, Small Business, Sustainability, etc 

Collaboration/Consultancy:

Member of Tourism Research Team in the Collaboration between Social Research Institute, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok and North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong

Any other:

Resource Person for Summer/Winter Schools and Orientation Programmes of the UGC-HRDC, NEHU, Shillong