PRATAP CHANDRA SWAIN, Ph.D

Associate Professor & HoD,

 Qualification :  MA , M .Phil & Ph.D ( Utkal University)

SPECIALISATION:

• Indian Political Process; Panchayati Raj/ Local Governance; Tribal Politics and Women Empowerment ;  Student Politics; and Politics of Globalisation. 

EMPLOYMENT PROFILE:

• Date of joining as Lecturer in Political Science: 30^th July 1993;
• Placed into Selection Grade/ Reader: 30th July 2002;
• Promoted as Associate  Professor of Political Science: 1st January 2006.

WORKING EXPERIENCE:

• Teaching Political Science and Public Administration;
• Undertaking evaluation and counseling works;
• Pursuing Post Doctoral research;
• Undertaking and managing Research Projects;
• Making Research Publications;
• Editing debate, conference and Seminar Papers;
• Organising and co-ordinating seminars/ conferences/Workshops in the Deptt./College from time to time;
• Adopting ICT in Research, Teaching and Learning;
• Co-ordinating the academic, administrative and institutional matters of the Deptt., of Political Science of the college as HoD;
• Conducting Students’ Union Election as Returning Officer;
• Working as Public Information Officer (PIO) of the college;
• Providing institutional support as well as extension services to the College /District authority from time to time.
• Working as coordinator of NAAC Steering Committee and coordinating the SSR Preparation and Peer Team Visit.
• Coordinating Internship Programmes as per NEP 2020 ;
• Guiding  Students’ research projects;
• Mentoring students.

IMPORTANT SPECIALIZED COURSES ATTENDED:

•  Attended Four weeks Orientation Course  organized by Academic Staff     College, JNU, New Delhi during Nov.’1995.
• Attended three-weeks refresher course in Applied Politics organized by Deptt. Of Political Science, Utkal University during April 1998.
• Attended three-weeks refresher course in Democracy organized by Academic Staff College, JNU, New Delhi during Oct.’2001.
• Attended three-weeks refresher course in Political Science organized by the Deptt. of Pol. Science, Dibrugarh University, Assam during March’2004.
• Attended District Level workshop on RTI organized by Arunachal Pradesh State Information Commission.
• Attented North East Regional Workshop on Gender Budgeting organized by Ministry of WCD, Govt. of India at NIPCCD, Guwahati during Feb.’2010.
• Orientation Course on NEP-200 ( online) organised by MMTTP, NIEPA, New Delhi during July 2025.

FELLOSHIP / SCHOLARSHIP /AWARD

• Awarded with Outstanding College Teacher by the Govt. of Arunachal Pradesh,2013.

• Awarded with General Research Scholarship in Political Science by Utkal University for pursuing Doctoral research.
• Awarded with Runners-up Broad Outlook for Learning and Teaching (BOLT) Award, 2006 by Air India.

MEMBERSHIP OF PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS:

• Life member, All India Political Science Association..
• Member Orissa Political Science Association.

RESEARCH PROJECTS COMPLETED:

Minor Research Project:

•  “Panchayati Raj in Arunachal Pradesh : The Pattern of Relationship Among Bureaucrats, Technocrats and Political Elites” sponsored by UGC.

Major Research Project:

•  “Tribal Politics and Student Activism in Arunachal Pradesh: The Role of All Arunachal Pradesh Students Union” sponsored  by ICSSR , New Delhi.

Action Research Project :

• “Mainstreaming Youth in Local Governance : A Study of Arunachal Pradesh” sponsored by RGNIYD, Sriperumbudur, TamilNadu.

Foreign Countries Visited :

Visited Coventry University, UK  in May 2022 as a part of study team , organised by Dept. of Education, Government of Arunachal Pradesh.