Nilam Kakati is an Assistant Professor in the Department of History. She has a PhD in History form the University of Hyderabad. She has also completed her M. Phil and M.A. in History from University of Hyderabad. She was awarded ICHR JRF Fellowship and National Fellowship under UGC. She has published in National and International Journals. Her areas of Research are Medieval Indian History and Religious History.
Research Publications
Representation of Folk Tantra: An enquiry into the Rati Khowa sect in Assam, Antrocom Journal of Anthropology, Vol. 16 No. 2, December 2020.
An Inquiry into the Role of Women in Pre- Ahom and Ahom Society with Special Focus on the Institution of Kamakhya, Current Research Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vol. 3, No. 2, November 2020.
Buddhism in the borderlands of Ancient and Early medieval India as represented in Taranatha’s History of Buddhism in India in Heritage: Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies in Archaeology, Vol: 8, Issue: 2, November, 2020.
Women Question in Medieval Assam (Kamarupa): An Analysis of Tantrism and Vaishnavism, in Recent Trends in History: Essays in Honor of Prof. Rekha Pande, Edited by S. Jeevanandam, M. N. Rajesh, B. Prabhu and Rizwan Ahmed, Published by Literary Circle, Jaipur, ISBN: 978-81-956793-6-2, Year: August 2022.
An enquiry into Tantric Medicine: A Study of the ‘Kamaratna Tantra’ in Traditional Knowledge and Contemporary Thinking in Assam, Edited by Dr. Anjana Bhattacharya and Dr. Janardan Pathak, Global Net Publication, New Delhi, ISBN: 978-93-91166-67-0, Year: December 2022.
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