Upasana Devi

Motivated early-career academician specializing in modern Indian history. Experienced in historical research, critical thinking, and collaborative projects. Actively supported major academic research initiatives, enhancing project outcomes. Committed to contributing to the academic and social community.

• 06/26, Archives and the erasure of the idea of ‘home’: Assam and its Partition-displaced in perspective., 10th World Conference on Social Sciences and Humanities, Tokyo, Japan, Virtual Presenter
• 12/25, Folktales, Femininity, and Social Norms: Gender Dynamics in Burhi Aai’r Xadhu., National Seminar on Cultural Contours of North East India, Dr. Namrata Gogoi
• 11/24, Homelessness in the Lives of Displaced Persons: Partition and its Experiences in Assam (1947-1960)., 43rd Session of the North East India History Association (NEIHA), Thomas Jones Synod College, Jowai, Meghalaya
• 02/23, Weather after Partition: Post-Colonial Changes in the Political Orders and its Impact on Displaced Populations in India., International Seminar on Climate Change: Impact and Resilience, Department of Zoology, Assam Don Bosco University, Sonapur
• 10/19, Health and the Partition-Displaced: A Brief Study on Assam., 40th Annual Session of North East India History Association (NEIHA), Karmashree Hiteshwar Saikia College, Guwahati
• 01/18, Partition and the Absence and Presence of the Body., International Conference on Locating Northeast India: Human Mobility, Resource Flows and Spatial Linkages, Department of Sociology, Tezpur University
• 01/18, Coping with Partition: Health and the Diaspora in the Kamrup District (1947-1957)., International Conference on Locating Northeast India: Human Mobility, Resource Flows and Spatial Linkages, Department of Sociology, Tezpur University
• 11/17, Understanding Partition in Assam: A Brief Overview., Third Biennial Conference of the Oral History Association of India (OHAI), Department of History, Gauhati University
• 11/17, Assam and the First World War Connection., UGC National Seminar on Hundred Years of First World War: The Politics Behind and After, Department of Political Science, Srikishan Sarda College, Hailakandi
• 01/17, Exploring the Administrator’s views on the Rehabilitation of the Partition–displaced in Assam: Tapping Archival Sources (1947-57)., National Seminar on Revisiting the Sources of the History of Assam, Sivasagar College
• 11/16, A ‘New’ Culture: A Perspective from the 1947-Partition Refugees in Assam., UGC National Seminar on Religion and Culture in Northeast India, Department of History, Gauhati University

• 01/26, Crafting the Past: Methods and Approaches in History Writing, Online Workshop, Research and Development Cell, Panchakot Mahavidyalaya, Purulia
• 11/25, Identity, Home, and Belonging, Online FDP and Workshop, Vellore Institute of Technology-Andhra Pradesh (VIT-AP) School of Social Sciences & Humanities
• 10/25, North East India: State, Communities and Institutions, Week-long Faculty Development Programme, Gauhati University Institute of Northeast India Studies (GUNEIS) & UGC-MMTC
• 09/25, Transient Histories- Form (Aesthetics) and Relations (Ecology) in Sustainable Development, International Faculty Development Programme, Department of English, Kristu Jayanti University, Bengaluru
• 08/25, Research Methodology in Art History, Online Workshop, Indian Art History Congress
• 11/21, Development of Curriculum for Multi-Disciplinary Courses, Workshop, National Law University and Judicial Academy, Assam
• 10/20, Starting your Oral History Project, Online Oral History Workshop, Oral History Association of India (OHAI)
• 06/19, Qualitative Methods in Social Science: Ethnography, Narrative and Social Stories, One-Week Workshop, Omeo Kumar Das Institute of Social Change and Development (OKDISCD), Guwahati
• 01/19, Plagiarism and Reference Management, One-day Workshop, Department of Economics, Guwahati College
• 12/17, Migration, Second Orientation Course, Centre for Development Practice and Research, Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Patna, Bihar
• 05/17, Research Methodology, 10-Day Course, Omeo Kumar Das Institute of Social Change and Development (OKDISCD), Guwahati
• 02/17, Qualitative Research Methods, 2-month Certification Course, NPTEL
• 04/17, Oral History Methodology, National Workshop, Oral History Association of India & Department of History, Gauhati University

• Member, Centre for Humanities and Social Sciences, National Law University and Judicial Academy, Assam
• Member, Centre for Health and Disability Laws, National Law University and Judicial Academy, Assam
• Certified Citizen Historian, The 1947 Partition Archive, 2017, Completed specialized oral history training and document/interview collection for partition witnesses.
• Life Member of the North East India History Association since 2019

• English, Professional proficiency
• Assamese, Native proficiency
• Hindi, Full working proficiency
• Bengali, Working knowledge and comprehension

• Gogoi, Namrata, and Upasana Devi, Folklore, Gender, and Social Norms: Some Selected Tales from Burhi Aai’r Xadhu., Journal of History, Art and Archaeology, 5, 2, 2025, 157–163, 2582-9637, https://doi.org/10.47509/JHAA.2025.v05i02.07.
• Devi, Upasana, and Moushumi Dutta Pathak, Coping with Partition: Health and Diaspora in Assam’s Kamrup and Cachar District (1947-1957)., Inclusive, II, 22, 2023, 474–483, 2278-9758.
• Devi, Upasana, Weather After Partition: Reconsidering Climate Change in Post-Partition India., Transient: A Journal of Natural Sciences and Allied Subjects, X, 2022–2023, 10–17, 2250-0650.
• Devi, Upasana, Administrators and the Partition-displaced: Exploring Archival Sources Post Upheaval 1947-1957., Journal of History and Culture, V, 2018, Department of History, Gauhati University, ISSN: 2348-3830.
• Devi, Upasana, Memory, Partition, and Migration: Understanding Partition in Assam through Oral History., Journal of History and Culture, Department of History, Gauhati University, ISSN:2348-3830, Accepted for Publication.
• Devi, Upasana, Homelessness in the Lives of Displaced Persons: Partition and its Experiences in Assam (1947-1960)., Proceedings of the North East India History Association (NEIHA), 43rd Session, Thomas Jones Synod College, Jowai, Meghalaya, 2024, 607–613, 2349-753X.

• Modern Indian History
• Partition Studies, Displacement, and Refugee Rehabilitation in Northeast India
• Public Health, Hygiene, and Historical Medical Geographies
• Oral History, Collective Memory, and Community Histories
• Folklore, Gender Dynamics, and Social Structures