Dr Sourav Saha
Dr Sourav Saha
Worked as Project Associate at Gauhati University in a DST-NMSHE funded project entitle “Climate Change and Sustainability of Agricultural Practices and Livelihoods in the Eastern Himalaya: Case Studies in Northeastern Region of India” for two years
Publications
1. Saha, S ; Deka, N and Bhagabati, A.K (2021). Traditional Homestead Agro-forestry Systems in a Floodplain Village of the Brahmaputra Valley, Assam: Characteristics and Functions, Journal of Rural Development, Vol. 40(3) 405-424.
2. Saha, S ; Deka, N and Bhagabati, A.K (2021). Traditional Water Management System and Agricultural sustainability in a Himalayan Foothill Village of Assam, India in Rukhsana et al. (eds.), Habitat, Ecology and Ekistics, Advances in Asian Human-Environmental Research, Springer Nature Switzerland AG.
3. Saha, S ; Deka, N and Bhagabati, A.K (2020). Landscape Characteristics and their Changes in a Brahmaputra Floodplain Village, Assam, Geographical Review of India, Vol.82 (2). pp. 113-128
4. Saha, S., Deka, N., & Bhagabati, A. K. (2020). Participatory Water Resource Management in the Bhutan Himalayan Foothill Environment of Baksa District, Assam. International Journal of Rural Management, Vol.16 (1), pp.62-80. DOI.10.1177/0973005220901669
5. Saha, S and Deka, N (2018). Landscape in a Floodplain Village of the Brahmaputra Valley, Assam (India): Evolution and Change, Indian Journal of Landscape Systems and Ecological Studies, Vol.41 (1), pp. 120-132.
6. Saha, S and Deka, N (2017). Diversity and Dynamic of Rural Landscape in the Brahmaputra Floodplain, Assam, In Sati (Eds.) Natural Resource Management for Sustainable Development and Rural Livelihoods (eds.) Vol.3, pp- 1253-1265.
7. Saha, S (2017). Scarcity of water resource: A global crisis of twenty first century in S. Rahaman (ed.) Environment: Emerging Problems and Management.
8. G. V. Bhuyan; Pradhan. D; Das, B.R; Bhuyan, M. J; Saha , S; Deka, N; Bhattacharya, P and Bhagabati, A.K. (2022): Community Response to Local Environment: Reflections in Certain Micro-Landscapes of the Brahmaputra River Valley in Assam, India, Journal of Kagawa University International Office (J.KUIO), Japan. Vol. 14, pp. 278-286
9. Saha, S; Bhagabati, A.K and Thakur, R (2022). Assessment of Drinking Water Accessibility and Quality in the Indo-Bhutan Himalayan Foothill Region of Assam, India, Nature Environment and Pollution Technology Vol. 21 (3)
Popular article (in Assamese language)
1. Dong-Bandh: Asomor Ak Paramparagata Jala Sinchan Padhyati (Dong-Bandh: a traditional irrigation system of Assam) 2021 https://pratyahban.in/dong_bandh
2. Herai Jaboloi Dhora Sashya Bor (Crop diversity in the verge of extinction) 2022 https://pratyahban.in/crop_diversity
3. Jalabayu sankat: Rastra Sanghar Red Alert (Climate Change: United Nation’s Red Alert), 8 May, 2022 https://www.pratyahban.in/climate_change
Research paper presented in National Seminars:
1. Changing Cropping Pattern in Char Areas of Brahmaputra Valley: A Case Study of Falimari Village in Dhubri District, Assam presented at Sonapur College, Kamrup (M), Assam in 2015.
2. Evolution of A Village Landscape of the Brahmaputra Floodplain, Assam, Presented in 2016 at Gauhati University
3. Sandbar Cropping Techniques: A New way of Unproductive Land Utilization, presented in 2017at Bajali College, Assam.
4. Indigenous Technologies in Canal Irrigation System in the Bhutan Himalayan Foothills of Baksa District, Assam, presented at NEIGS Annual Conference, Pragjyotish College, Guwahati, in 2019.
ICSSR Short-Term Doctoral Fellowship-2019
M. Taher MOTIVATE Fellowship for Ph.D- 2018
Participation in training courses
1. Remote Sensing and GIS-Technology and Application, North Eastern Space Application Centre, Meghalaya, 2017.
2. Online GIS Training Program using QGIS, Conducted by Central University of Karnataka, 2020.
3. Online course on Geographical Information System, conducted by Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS), ISRO, Dehradun, 2020.
4. Training in Agroecology: Principles and Practices, conducted by BASUDHA NGO, Odisha, 2022.
Participation in Workshops
1. Workshop on Participatory Irrigation Management in North Eastern Regional Institute of Water and Land Management (NERIWALM), Tezpur, 2018.
2. Workshop on Research Methodology for Rural Development at North Eastern Regional Centre of the National Institute of Rural Development & Panchayati Raj (NIRD & PR-NERC), Guwahati, 2019.
3. Internship programme on Water Quality Analysis in North Eastern Regional Institute of Water and Land Management (NERIWALM), Tezpur, 2019
Research paper presented in International Seminars
1. Landuse Change and Biodiversity Conditions in a Floodplain Village of Assam, India, presented at International Geographical Union Conference, Delhi University, 2016.
2. The Village Landscape of the Brahmaputra Valley, Assam: Changes and Challenges, presented at 48th Regional Science Congress, Tripura University, 2017.
3. Diversity and Dynamics of Rural Landscape in the Brahmaputra Floodplain, Assam in Department of Geography, Mizoram University, 2017.
4. Natural Resources in a Village Environment of Kamrup District, Assam: Utility Pattern and Management System, presented at XI International Geographical Union (IGU) Commission Seminar, Guwhati, 2018.
5. Indigenous Irrigation Management System in the Bhutan Himalayan Foothill Zone of Assam: Challenges and Sustainability, presented in Sustainable Technologies for Intelligent Water Management (STIWM) Conference at IIT Roorkee, 2018.
6. Traditional Water Resource Management in the Bhutan Himalayan Foothill Zone of Assam, presented in 40th Indian Geography Congress at Rajiv Gandhi University, Arunachal Pradesh, 2019.
7. Covid-19 Pandemic: Lessons Learned from the Village Environment of Assam presented in International web-conference on Covid-19 pandemic from the eyes of geography: Global, national and regional perspectives at Department of Geography, Gauhati University 2020.
8. Ecological Farming Practice in the Eastern Himalayan Mountain Environment: The Case of a Naga Village, Nagaland (India) in 42 IIG Annual Meet and International E-Conference on Geography for People, Planet, Prosperity and Peace at Department of Geography, Gauhati University, 2021.
Research paper presented in National Seminars:
1. Changing Cropping Pattern in Char Areas of Brahmaputra Valley: A Case Study of Falimari Village in Dhubri District, Assam presented at Sonapur College, Kamrup (M), Assam in 2015.
2. Evolution of A Village Landscape of the Brahmaputra Floodplain, Assam, Presented in 2016 at Gauhati University
3. Sandbar Cropping Techniques: A New way of Unproductive Land Utilization, presented in 2017at Bajali College, Assam.
4. Indigenous Technologies in Canal Irrigation System in the Bhutan Himalayan Foothills of Baksa District, Assam, presented at NEIGS Annual Conference, Pragjyotish College, Guwahati, in 2019.