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Dr. Mamta Gurung

Dr. Mamta Gurung

Assistant Professor of Economics

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

  • Ph.D. Awarded : 26.05.2022 under the supervision of Dr. James L. T. Thanga, Department of Economics, Mizoram University, Aizawl.
    • Ph. D. Thesis Title : Livelihood Diversification among the tea plantation workers in West Bengal : A case study of Darjeeling Hills.
  • Master of Philosophy (M. Phil) in Economics, North Bengal University (70.3%), 2015.
  • Master of Arts (M.A) in Economics, North Bengal University (Silver Medalist with distinction,77.4%), 2011.
  • Bachelor of Education (B. Ed), West Bengal University of Teachers' Training, Education Planning and Administration (89.96%), 2022.
  • Bachelor of Arts (B.A) Economics Honours,Siliguri College (57.13%), 2008
  • Higher Secondary, St. Alphonsus Higher Secondary School(56.1%), 2005.
  • ICSE, Himali Boarding School (76%), 2003.

 

HONOUR & AWARDS / FELLOWSHIP:

  • PG Indira Gandhi Scholarship for Single Girl Child (2009-2011).
  • First Class Second with distinction (Silver Medal) in M.A. in Economics.
  • Maulana Azad National Fellowship (MANF) for Minority Students (2013-14).

 

PUBLICATIONS:

Research papers in Scopus, UGC Carelist and Peer-Reviewed Journals:-

  • Gurung, M., & Mukherjee, S.R. (2018). Gender, Women and Work in the Tea Plantation: A Case Study of Darjeeling Hills. The Indian Journal of Labour Economics, 61(3), 537-553.
  • Gurung, M., & Thanga, J. L. T. (2018). Employment Structure in the Tea Plantations of West Bengal. Senhri Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies, 03(1), 42-55.
  • Gurung, M., & Thanga, J. L. T. (2021). Trade Unions and Worker's Struggle for Decent Wages in the Tea Industry of West Bengal. Management Convergence, 12(2), 72-79.

 

Book Chapters:-

  • Gurung, M. (2020). Women Workers in the Tea Plantations of West Bengal. In S. K.Dey (ed.), Studies in Colonialism and Postcolonialism in India. South Eastern Book Agencies,Guwahati.
  • Sharma, A., & Gurung, M. (2020). Emergence of Labour Laws in Tea Gardens of Colonial Assam: A Boon or Bane? In A. Tanti (Ed.), Tea Makers of North East India. South Eastern Book Agencies, Guwahati.

 

PAPERS PRESENTED:

  • 'Plight of the Tea Plantation Workers in India' in Three Days International Seminar on "Culture, tourism, Indigenous People and Sustainable Development" jointly organised by Centre for Entrepreneurship and Skill Development, Manipur University, Research Forum (REFORM) and Planning Department, Government of Manipur on 15th-17th February, 2019.
  • 'Labour and Legislations in the Tea Plantations of West Bengal' in Two Days International Conference on "Enabling Economic Development of North East India Through Linkages With South and South East Asia", organised by ICFAI University, Mizoram in collaboration with NEC on 25th - 26th October, 2017.

 

SEMINAR / WORKSHOP ATTENDED:

  • Two Days "International Seminar on Writing History On Highlanders of North East India", organised by the Department of History & Ethnography, Mizoram University held on 5th-6th March, 2019.
  • Three days National Workshop cum Training program on "Research Ethics, Plagiarism and Reference Management", jointly organised by the Department of Library and Information Science, Mizoram University and INFLIBNET Centre, Gandhinagar, Gujarat held on 11th-13th April, 2018.
  • One-day State Level Workshop on "Research Methodology & Monitoring of Research Projects" organised by Project Committee, Pachhunga University College, Aizawl, Mizoram on 11th August, 2017.
  • "4th Workshop on Official Statistics in North Eastern States", jointly organised by the Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata & Department of Statistics, Pachhunga University College, Aizawl, Mizoram held on 7th-13th November, 2017.
  • "Advanced Econometric Methods and Their Applications", jointly organised by the Economic Research Unit, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata & Department of Economics, Mizoram University, Aizawl, Mizoram held on 29th February -5th March, 2016.

 

WEBINARS ATTENDED:

  • National Webinar on "Women in Indian History" India", organised by the Department of History & Ethnography, Mizoram University held on 30th June, 2020.
  • National Level Virtual Conference on 'Darjeeling hills in the Era of Covid -19 : Aspects of Society, Polity and Economy", organised by Southfield College, Darjeeling held on 20th-21st July, 2020.
  • International Webinar on "Post Corona Reconstruction programme: No Going Back"organized by the Department of Economics, Mizoram University held on 22nd July, 2020.
  • Web Session of Economists Speak on "A tale of two Indias: Are the best leaving behind the rest?", organized by the Department of Economics, University of Allahabad, India held on July 30, 2020.

 

LANGUAGES SPOKEN:

English, Nepali, Hindi, Bengali