About

Year of Establishment: 2015

E-mail id: sanskritvedicstudies2015@gmail.com

History of the Department:

The Department of Sanskrit (Vedic Studies) was established in the year 2015 to offer Post Graduation Degree in the field of Vedic Literature. At the very beginning, the department was started by contractual teachers and guest faculties with 26 students. Initially, Dr. Pranabjyoti Deka and Dr. Maitreyee Goswami contributed their services on contractual basis. Later on, Miss Rinki Deka, Miss Dhritismita Deka and Mr. Madan Haloi rendered their services as guest faculties. In the month of July 2018, Dr. Pranabjyoti Deka, Dr. Bornali Borthakur and Mr. Pavan Kumar Pandey and in the month of February 2021, Dr. Sanu Sinha joined the Department as permanent faculty members. It is worth-mentioning that, in the year 2014, Integrated MA in Sanskrit under school of Sanskrit Studies was also started where Dr. Pranabjyoti Deka was the Course Coordinator till June 2018.

Number of Faculties: 04 (Permanent Faculty) + 01 (Contractual Faculty)

Teachers Profile

Dr. Bornali Borthakur

Assistant Professor (Head)

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Name : Dr. Bornali Borthakur

Department : Sanskrit (Vedic Studies)

Designation : Assistant Professor and Head i/c in the Department of
Sanskrit (Vedic Studies).

: bornaliborthakur666@gmail.com

: 8638029489

Dr. Bornali Borthakur is an Assistant Professor and Head i/c in the Department of Sanskrit (Vedic Studies). She has completed her Ph.D research work on the topic entitled ” The Rgvedic Mandalas- Sixth and Seventh- A Study” in the year 2017 from Gauhati University. Her area of specialization is Vedic and allied Literature. She has participated in several conferences, seminars and workshops in national and international level.

Her latest five publications are-
•वै दिकवाङ्मये नै दिकित्त्व म् is published in शोधप्रज्ञा, UGC Care listed ISSN 2347-9892, June, 2022
•गौिमधमम सू त्रे िायभागः – एका समीक्षा is published in हरिद्रा, a reviewed/referred Research Journal, ISSN: 2582-9092, JAN-MARCH, 2022
•अथवमवेिे पयामव िणम् is jointly published with Dr. Pranabjyoti Deka in SNITHIKA, ISSN: 2454/2881 Vol. -2020, an International Peer reviewed Research Journal.
• Treatment of diseases in the Atharvavedasaṁhitā: An Observation is published in CLARION, ISSN: 2277/1697 Vol. 4 No. 1
• Moral Values as revealed in the Ṛgveda: its relevance in modern perspective is published in CLARION, ISSN: 2277/1697 Vol. 3 No. 1

Dr. Pranabjyoti Deka

Assistant Professor

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Name : Dr. Pranabjyoti Deka

Department : Sanskrit (Vedic Studies)

Designation : Assistant Professor

: dekapranab66@gmail.com

: 9707093701

Dr. Pranabjyoti Deka is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sanskrit (Vedic Studies). He has completed his Ph.D research work on the topic entitled “Themes on Peace and Prosperity in the Atharvaveda: A Study” in the year 2017 from Gauhati University. His area of specialization is Vedic and allied Literature. He has participated in several conferences, seminars and workshops in national and international level.

His latest five publications are-

ऋग्वेदीयाक्षसक्त
स्य सामाजिकमहत्त्वम् is published in हरिद्रा, a reviewed/referred Research Journal, ISSN:
2582-9092, JAN-MARCH, 2022

• अथवववेदे पयावविणम् is jointly published with Dr. Bornali Borthakur in SNITHIKA, ISSN: 2454/2881 Vol. -2020, an International Peer reviewed Research Journal.
• A Note on Rgveda X.34 in the modern perspective is published in CLARION, ISSN: 2277/1697 Vol. 2 No. 2
• A Note on Pan᷉camahāyaj᷉nas in the modern perspective is published in CLARION, ISSN:2277/1697 Vol. 2 No. 1
• Theme on Peace in the Atharvaveda is published in CLARION, ISSN: 2277/1697 Vol. 1 No. 1

Dr. Pavan Kumar Pandey

Assistant Professor

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Name : Dr. Pavan Kumar Pandey

Department : Sanskrit (Vedic Studies)

Designation : Assistant Professor

: drpavanpandey123@gmail.com

: 8318909301

Dr. Pavan Kumar Pandey is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sanskrit (Vedic Studies). He has completed her Ph.D. research work on the topic entitled ” पारस्करगृह्यसूत्रकौशिकगृह्यसूत्रयोः प्रतिपादितससंस्काराणां तुलनात्मकमध्ययनम् ” in the year 2021 from Banaras Hindu University. His area of specialization is Vedic and allied Literature. He has participated in several conferences, seminars and workshops in national and international level.

His latest five publications are-

• वेदानुशीलने शिक्षावेदाङ्गस्य महत्त्वम् is published in शोधप्रज्ञा, UGC Care listed ISSN 2347-9892, June, 2022
• मीमांसानये वेदस्यापौरुषेयत्त्वम् is published in श्रीवैष्णवी , UGC Care listed, ISSN: 75522779, 2021
• ऋग्वेदसंहितायां स्त्रीशिक्षायाः महत्त्वम् is published in शिक्षामृतम्, UGC Care listed, ISSN: 23496452, 2021,
• वेदाङ्गसाहित्ये कल्पसूत्राणां महत्त्वम् उपादेयता च is published in साहित्यवेदिका , ISSN: 25822616 Vol. -2021, an International Peer reviewed Research Journal.
• संस्काराणां महत्त्वं तेषां प्रासङ्गिकता च is published in स्नीथिका, ISSN: 2454/2881 Vol. -2020, an International Peer reviewed Research Journal.

Dr. Sanu Sinha

Assistant Professor

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Name : Dr. Sanu Sinha

Department : Sanskrit (Vedic Studies)

Designation : Assistant Professor

: sanu.sinha111@gmail.com

: 7002274630

Dr. Sanu Sinha is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sanskrit (Vedic Studies). She has completed her Ph.D research work on the topic entitled ‘A study on the Dharmasūtras and their impact on Hindu Jurisprudence in India with special reference to Āpastamba Dharmasūtra and Baudhāyana Dharmasūtra’ in the year 2017 from Assam University. Her area of specialization is Vedic and allied Literature. She has participated in several conferences, seminars and workshops in national and international level.

Her latest five publications are-

• Concept of Upanayana Saṁskāra in the context of the Dharmasūtras,2022,शोधप्रभा (UGC Care Listed)ISSN- 0974-8946
• Theory Of Adoption: A Historical Background with a comparison to Modern Law, 2021 ,श्रीवैष्णवी – ( वार्षिकी शोधपत्रिका) UGC Care Listed) ISSN: 7552-2779 .
• Law codes on murder: A bird’s Eye-view as codified in the Dharmasūtras, Vidyārṇavaḥ, Vagambhrini-Sanskrit-Sahitya-Samiti, Tezpur, 2021, ISBN – 978-93-90919-01-7.
• রসবারোপ্রেমবিলাস: অভিজ্ঞানশাকুন্তলম্নাটকরমাতুঙে, Puṣpasāgaram, Purbayon Publication, Guwahati, Assam, 2020, ISBN – 978 – 93 – 89940-98-5.
• Copper-plates in the perspective of Symbolism, Law and Customs, Arciḥ, 1^st Edition, Bharatia Sahitya Prakashan, Tezpur, ISBN – 978 – 93 – 84900- 55-7.

Dr. Maitreyee Goswami

Guest faculty

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Name : Dr. Maitreyee Goswami

Department : Sanskrit (Vedic Studies)

Designation : Guest faculty

: maitreyee.sarma87@gmail.com

: 9365470110

Dr. Maitreyee Goswami is a Guest faculty in the department of Sanskrit (Vedic Studies). She has completed her Ph.d research work on the topic entitled – ‘An interpretative study of the Vratas depicted in the Gangajalalm’ in the year 2019 from Gauhati University. Her area of specialization are – Vedic Studies, Dharmshastras, Manuscriptology and other allied literature. She has participated in several conferences, National and international level and also Seminars and workshops both in National and international level.

Her latest five publications are-

• Ambuvaci festival as reflected in the Gangajalalm.
• Published in – Psychology and Education ISSN: 1553-6939, October 2021
• Care and Handling of Manuscripts.
  Published in – Prachiprajna, Referred and peer-reviewed e-journal, ISSN 2348-8417
• Vajasaneyi Samhitsahityam- eka prayalochana.
  Published in – Snithika- Peer-reviewed Journal, ISSN: 2454- 2881,2020
• Observation of Rohinyastami Vrata.
  Published in – Journal of Fundamental and Comparative Research. UGC-Care List Journal( Sodha- samhita),2022, ISSN:2277-7067.
• Kamarupa school of Dharmashastra: An analytical Study.
  Published in – Vagabhrini, ISBN: 978-93-91953-10-2
  Peer-reviewed Journal,2023.

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Programmes

Research Programme

Research programme is introduced in the year 2021. Along with two JRF scholars, till now
eight scholars have been actively working in their respective areas.

Activities

Seminar/Conference/ Workshop/ Talks/Lecture Programme/ Symposium etc.

• A National Seminar was organized on ‘Vedas: The Source of oriental knowledgeSystem’ in the month of February 9th-11th 2017.
• One ‘All India Sanskrit Conference’ was organized from 15th to 17th February, 2018.
• A Lecture programme was held in the month of May (14/05/2019) by Prof. Nalini Devi Misra, former Head, Deptt. of Sanskrit, Gauhati University on Niruktam.
• ‘Sanskritabhāṣānuśīlanavargaḥ’was conducted from 20/06/2019 to 29/06/2019.

• One online Workshop on Sasvaravedapāṭhaḥ was organized from 14^th July 2020 to 20^th July 2020.
• GitāJayantīwas organized on 24^th December 2020.
• A Lecture programme was held in the month of May (09/03/2023) by Prof. Veeranarayan N. K. Pandurangi, Dean, Vedanta Faculty, Karnataka Sanskrit University on Śunaḥśepasūktāni.

Departmental Library

The department has a library with sufficient number of books related to Vedic and other allied literature so that students can easily avail the books for their academic purpose.

Manuscript Accession

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Departmental Publications

Book : Reflections on Vedic Wisdom (ISBN-978-81-8315-344-7)

Wall Magazine: The department of Sanskrit (Vedic Studies) publishes annually a wall magazine named Śrutisudhā.

Future Plans

• A departmental journal will be published within the session 2023-2024.
• An International Conference will be organized within a short period of time to spread the various ideas and thoughts reflected in the Vedic texts.
• Certificate Course on Vedic Mathematics will be introduced shortly.
• One year diploma course on ‘Sasvaravedapāṭhaḥ’ will be introduced for the proper pronunciation and use of the Vedic mantras in various ritualistic purposes within the session 2024-2025.
• Extension programmes will be held for the students of nearby schools to spread the various knowledge of Sanskrit (Vedic) literature.