Dr. Diganta Kumar Nath : Morigaon College

Basic Details
Name Dr. Diganta Kumar Nath
Designation Associate Professor & HOD
Department Name English
Qualification M.A. (English), M.A. (Linguistics), M.Phil, Ph.D.
Mobile No 7002374270
Email ID dnath08@gmail.com

Contact Details
C/ O House No 219
Village / Town Name Phulbari Post Office Morigaon
Police Station Morigaon District Morigaon
State Assam Pin Code 782105

Academic Qualification
Sl No Examination Passed Name of the Board / University Year of Passing Percentage of Marks Division / Class / Grade Subject
1 HSLC Board of Secondary Education, Assam. 1988 No Data Available No Data Available No Data Available
2 HSSLC Assam Higher Secondary Education Council. 1990 No Data Available No Data Available No Data Available
3 B.A.(Major) Gauhati University, India. 1993 No Data Available No Data Available English
4 M.A. (English), University of Pune, India 1995 No Data Available No Data Available English
5 M.A. (Linguistics) Annamalai University, India. 2005 No Data Available No Data Available Linguistics
6 M.Phill. Central Institute of English and Foreign Languages, Hyderabad, India. 2003 No Data Available No Data Available English & Linguistics
7 Ph. D. Ph. D. Tezpur University, Assam, India. 2014 No Data Available No Data Available English and Foreign Languages
8 PGCTE Central Institute of English and Foreign Languages 2000 No Data Available No Data Available Linguistics, ELT, Literature
9 PGDTE Central Institute of English and Foreign Languages 2001 No Data Available No Data Available Linguistics, ELT, Literature.

Teaching Experience
Teaching Experience in years Area of specialization Courses and Subject Taught
27 years Language, Linguistics, Teaching of English, Generative Grammar. English Literature, Language, Grammar, Functional English, Communicativ English.

Duties performed other than Teaching Learning & Social Responsibility
Sl No Activities / Duties
1 Chaired a session on ‘Syntax’ in Himalayan Language Symposium (HLS22), an International annual conference for the Himalayan Languages, organized by IIT, Guwahati , 8-10 June/2014.
2 Chaired a session on ‘Morphosyntax of Negation’ in 38th International Conference of Linguistic Society of India (ICOLSI-38), 10-12 November/2016.
3 Chaired a session on Literature, Culture and Environment in International Seminar on Green Literature and Philosophy: Texts, Contexts and Arguments, Department of English and Department of Philosophy,
4 Attended interview for Selection of Assistant Professor in English as SUBJECT EXPERT nominated by VC, Guwahati University at RAHA COLLEGE, Raha, Nagaon on 25/11/2019.
5 Attended DPC meeting as VC nominated SUBJECT EXPERT for promotion of Asst. Prof. Stage III to Associate Professor Stage IV in RAHA COLLEGE, Raha, Nagaon on 22/02/2021.
6 Attended interview for Selection of Assistant Professor in English as SUBJECT EXPERT nominated by VC, Guwahati University at JAGIROAD COLLEGE, JAGIROAD on 24/02/2021.
7 Attended DPC meeting as VC nominated SUBJECT EXPERT for promotion of Asst. Prof. Stage III to Associate Professor Stage IV in RAHA COLLEGE, Raha, Nagaon on 26/11/2021.
8 Attended interview for Selection of Assistant Professor in English as SUBJECT EXPERT nominated by VC, Guwahati University at DIMORIA COLLEGE, Khetri on 23/03/2022.
9 Attended 1-Day State Level Orientation on Gunotsav – III organized by Axom Sarba Siksha Abhijan Mission, Government of Assam as MASTER TRAINER in Guwahati on 30/04/2022
10 Attended interview for Selection of Assistant Professor in English as SUBJECT EXPERT nominated by VC, Guwahati University at LUMDING COLLEGE, HOJAI on 26.03.2022.
11 Attended interview for Screening cum Evaluation Committee meeting of Assistant Professor (Asst. Prof. Stage II to III) in English as Member of the Screening Committee and the Head of the Dept. of Th
12 Attended interview for Selection of Assistant Professor in English as SUBJECT EXPERT nominated by VC, Guwahati University at LUMDING COLLEGE, HOJAI on 20/08/2022
13 Attended One Day Workshop on IPR organized By IPR Cell, IQAC, Morigaon College on 5th November, 2022.
14 Attended Gunotsav as an External Evaluator organized by Axom Sarba Siksha Abhijan Mission, Government of Assam and assessed three schools from 02/2023 to /02/2023
15 Attended Gunotsav as an External Evaluator organized by Axom Sarba Siksha Abhijan Mission, Government of Assam and assessed three schools from 06/02/2024 to 08/ 02/2024
16 Member of the Governing Body of Morigaon College in 2018
17 Appointed as Election Returning Officer of Morigaon College Students Union election for the session 2019-2020.
18 Appointed as Master Trainer For Morigaon Municipality Board Election – 2021.
19 Appointed as Assist. Officer in Charge of Examination Committee for the Even Semester Exam 2022 of U.G. Programme.
20 Appointed as a member of Certificate Course (Add-On- Programme) in the year 2022.
21 NAAC Co-ordinator in the 2nd cycle of Accreditation in 2010.
22 Member of the Academic Committee of Charaibahi College, Charaibahi, Morigaon, Assam.
23 Appointed as Associate Professor (on deputation) in English and Foreign Language University, Hyderabad from 10-08-2015 to 30-04-2016
24 Appointed as a Visiting Associate Professor in the Department of English, Nowgong College, Nagaon on 15/09/2018 for one semester.

Participatory Activities
Sl No Types of Activity Description

Paper presented in Conferences, Seminars and Workshops
Sl No Year Title of the Paper presented Title of the Conference / Seminar Organized by Whether International / National / State level
1 2009 Nominalization in Tiwa Workshop on Minor Languages. Tezpur University, in collaboration with CIIL, Mysore, National
2 2010 Stage Level vs. Individual Level Predicates and the Choice of Copulas in Asamiya 5th International Conference of the North East Indian Linguistics Society (NEILS-5) Gauhati University, and La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia at Don Bosco Institute, Guwahat. International
3 2010 The ‘Agentive’ Ergativity in Assamese South Asian Linguistic Analysis CIIL, Mysore. International
4 2011 (Non Finite) Clausal Complementation in Assamese All India Conference of Linguistics Linguistic Society of India and Panjab University, Punjab, in collaboration with CIIL, Mysore. International
5 2012 The Variety of Assamese and Tiwa spoken in Morigaon: A Comparative Study of their Mutual Influences. 7th International Conference of the North East Indian Linguistics Society (NEILS-7) Gauhati University, and La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia at Don Bosco Institute, Guwahat. International
6 2013 Recognizing Constituent Structures as the Tool for Grammatical Analysis 9th International Congress on English Grammar (ICEG-13) Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore. International
7 2013 A Dual Approach to Control: Evidence from Assamese International Conference of Linguistic Society of India (ICOLSI-35), 27-29 November/2013. Linguistic Society of India and CIIL, Mysore, India. International
8 2014 Non Finite Verbals are Noun Phrases in Assamese 8th International Conference of the North East Indian Linguistics Society (NEILS-8), January 31- February 2, 2014. North East Linguistic Society and Gauhati University and La Trob University, Melbourne, Australia. International
9 2014 Restructuring in Assamese International Conference of Linguistic Society of India (ICOLSI-36), 1-4 December/2014 Linguistic Society of India and University of Kerala, at University of Kerala, Trivandrum, India. International
10 2015 Re-analyzing Backward Control as Functional Restructuring International Conference of Linguistic Society of India (ICOLSI-37), 15-17 October/2015 Organised by Linguistic Society of India and Jawaharlal Nehru University, at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India. International
11 2015 Dual Approach to Control: Evidence from Assamese ”, AFEST, A symposium in Honour of Prof. R. Amritavalli, 20th November/2015 EFL University, Hyderabad. EFL University, Hyderabad. International
12 2016 Agreement and the related question of ergativity in Assamese 9th International Conference of the North East Indian Linguistic Society (NEILS-9), February 5-7, 2016. North East Linguistic Society and Tezpur University at Tezpur University International
13 2016 The Conjunctive Participles in Assamese 22nd Himalayan Languages Symposium (HLS22), An International annual conference for the Himalayan Languages, June 8-10, 2016. IIT, Guwahati International
14 2022 Long Distance Binding and Opacity in Assamese 44th International Conference of the Linguistic Society of India (ICOLSI 44). Department of English, Centurion University of Technology and Management (CUTM), Odisha and Linguistic Society of India (LSI), Pune, November 24-26, 2022. International
15 2022 Ecological Awareness in Kalidasa’s Abhijnana Sakuntalam International Seminar on Green Literature and Philosophy: Texts, Contexts and Arguments Department of English and Department of Philosophy, Morigaon College, Morigaon, Assam, December 20-21, 2022. International
16 2023 Re-analyzing ‘-iba’ as Mood Marker in Assamese 45th International Conference of the Linguistic Society of India (ICOLSI 45). Department of Linguistics, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh and Linguistic Society of India (LSI), Pune, November 20-22, 2023. International

Published Papers in Journal
Sl No Year Title with Page nos Journal Published Date ISSN/ISBN No.
1 2013 "Experiencer Subject Constructions and Genitive Case in Assamese” Pg. 1 - 9 Research Scholar, an International Refereed e-Journal of Literary Explorations, Vol. I Issue III. 20 2013 ISSN No. 2320 - 6101.
2 2013 Copulas in Asamiya Phukan, N. edt. : Dristibhangi, the Perspective, Annual National Research Journal of Philosophy and 2013 ISSN No. 2278 - 5892
3 2013 Experiencer Subject Constructions and Genitive Case in Assamese Arolia, J. edt. Research Scholar, an International Refereed e-Journal of Literary Explorations, Vol. 2013 ISSN No. 2320 - 6101. 2013.
4 2015 “Binding Principles in Assamese” Dristibhangi, the Perspective, Annual National Research Journal of Philosophy and Humanities, Vol. V 2015 ISSN No. 2278 - 5892
5 2015 “Restructuring in Assamese” Indian Linguistics, Vol 76, Num 1-2; 2015 (UGC-Care Listed) 2015 ISSN No 0378-0759
6 2015 “Recognizing Constituent Structures as the Tool for Grammatical Analysis” Pg. 367-371 English Language Teaching in India: Problems and Prospects, Proceeding Volume of UGC Sponsored Natio 2015 ISBN 978-81-931547-1-7.
7 2016 “Long Distance Binding and Opacity In Assamese” Dristibhangi, the Perspective, Annual National Research Journal of Philosophy and Humanities, Vol. I 2016 ISSN No. 2278 - 5892
8 2016 The Agentive Ergativity in Assamese” Pg. 65- 83 Aspects of Modern Assamese, eds. Prof. Madhumita Barbora and Dr. Gautam K. Borah. Tezpur University. 2016 ISBN 978-81-931983-3-9
9 2016 “Rupantarar srizonixil byakaran: iyar prakrity aro swarup” (Transformational Generative Grammar: its nature and characteristics) Tothya aru totwar adharot bhaxar bisar, ed. Dr. Dipak Kr. Das. Bhabani Prakashan. 2016 ISBN 978-81-931983-2-2
10 2016 (Non Finite) Clausal Complementation and Assignment of Case in Assamese, (Book Chapter) in Aspects of Modern Assamese, eds. Prof. Madhumita Barbora and Dr. Gautam K. Borah. Tezpur Universi 2016 No Data Available
11 2016 The ‘Agentive’ Ergativity in Assamese Jointly with Prof. Madhumita Barbora, in Aspects of Modern Assamese, eds. Prof. Madhumita Barbora an 2016 No Data Available
12 2017 “Re-analyzing-ib(a) as mood marker in Assamese” Dristibhangi, the Perspective, Annual National Research Journal of Philosophy and Humanities, Vol. X 2017 ISSN No. 2278 - 5892
13 2023 “A Dual Approach To Control: Evidence From Assamese” Journal for Re Attach Therapy and Developmental Diversities 2023 February; 6 (1): 1040-1048 2013 ISSN: 2589-7799
14 2024 “Genitive Subjects in Assamese” Pg 223-230 International Research Journal of Management Sociology and Humanities Vol 15 Issue 1. 2024 2014 ISSN 2277 – 9809 (0nline) 2348
15 2024 “Assignment of Case in Non-nominative Subjects in Assamese” International Journal of Educational Research Vol 8 Issue 1 2024 2024 ISSN (Online): 2208-2204
16 2024 “Individual Level vs. Stage Level Predicates and the Choice of Copulas in Asamiya” Prakash Edited by Dr. Jumi Baruah & Dr. Chakradhar Deks. Published by Research Cell, Charaibahi Coll 2024 ISBN 978-81-964341-5-1

Training Courses, Teaching Learning Evaluation Technology Programs, Faculty Development Programmes
Sl No Year Programme Name Duration Organized by
1 1999 Refresher Course 27 Days (4-10-1999 to 30-10-1999). Academic Staff College, University of Pune.
2 2002 Orientation Course 27 days. (6-05-2002 to 2-06-2002). Academic Staff College, Gauhati University.
3 2006 Refresher Course 21 Days (9-06-2006 to 29-06-2006). Academic Staff College, Himachal Pradesh University.
4 2008 Refresher Course 21 Days (3-01-2008 to 23-01-2008). Academic Staff College, University of Hyderabad.
5 2011 Professional Development Workshop on Teaching English Language Skills. 2 Days (14-15 November/ 2011). Embassy of the United States of America, New Delhi and Sonapur College, Assam.
6 2023 FDP on Academic Writing for Research 7 Days. (15 to 21 May/ 2023). Teaching Learning Centre, Ramanujan College, University of Delhi under the aegis of Ministry Of Educ
7 2023 FDP on Digital Teaching Techniques 7 Days. (06 to 12 June, 2023). Morigaon College, Morigaon, Assam and in collaboration with ICT Academy, an initiative of the Govern

Workshop Attended
Sl No Year Title of the Workshop Duration Organized by

Webinar Attended
Sl No Year Title of the Webinar Organized by
1 2020 National Education Policy: Retrospect, Prospect including Challenges Ahead IQAC, Morigaon College.