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Sawmya Ray 

Sawmya Ray 

Professor 
Education: PhD
Sociology
sawmyaray@iitg.ac.in
+91 361 2582557
Room No: 216
Personal Website

Research Interests: Gender Violence and Law, Sex Trafficking and Sex Work,Gender and Legal Pluralism, Caste in Urban Spaces.

Journal Publications

1. Rama Devi & Sawmya Ray, "Mahaul and Mazboori: Educational Aspirations and Realities of Dalit Youth in Delhi", International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education [2022], https://doi.org/10.1080/09518398.2022.2061740

2. Sawmya Ray, Rama Devi, "Negotiating Exclusion and Precarity: Marginalized Urban Youth, Education and Employment in Delh", The Indian Journal of Labour Economics, vol.64, Issue no.5, pp.923-941 [2021]

3. Sawmya Ray, "In a State of Limbo: Women, Sex Industry and Anti Trafficking Discourse in Assam", Sociological Bulletin: Journal of the Indian Sociological Society., SAGE [2018]

4. Sawmya Ray, "Of Vulnerability and Coercion: A Study of Sex Trafficking in Assam", Sociological Bulletin: Journal of the Indian Sociological Society, SAGE, vol.64, Issue no.3, pp.305-324 [2015]

5. Sawmya Ray, "Delivering Justice or Reaffirming Patriarchy? : Gender, Law and Domestic Violence", Droit et Cultures, LHarmattan, vol.67, pp.81-124 [2014]

6. Sawmya Ray, "Right Intention Not So Right Outcome: Addressing Domestic Violence through Women’s Cell", International Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities Studies, vol.3, Issue no.1, pp.437-445 [2011]

7. Aparna Rayaprol, Sawmya Ray, "Understanding Gender Justice: Perceptions of Lawyers in India", Indian Journal of Gender Studies, SAGE, vol.17, Issue no.3, pp.335-363 [2010]

8. Annie George, U. Vindhya,Sawmya Ray, "Sex Trafficking and Sex Work: Definitions, Debates, and Dynamics – A Review of Literature", Economic and Political Weekly, Review of Womens Studies, Sameeksha Trust, vol.XLV, Issue no.17, pp.64-74 [2010]

9. Sawmya Ray, "Institutional Responses to Violence against Women: Study of Cases in Mahila Police Stations, Hyderabad", Indian Journal of Human Rights, Centre for Human Rights, University of Hyderabad [2010]

10. Sawmya Ray, "Legal Constructions of Domestic Violence", Sociological Bulletin: Journal of the Indian Sociological Society, SAGE, vol.55, Issue no.3, pp.427-448 [2006]

Book Chapter

1. Sawmya Ray, "Gender, Law and Social Transformation" , To Violate with Impunity: Legal Constructions of Sexual Assault in the Marital Institution , Cambridge University Press , [2018]

2. Sawmya Ray, "Knowing the Social World: Challenges and Responses" , Trials on Record: Understanding Legal Constructions of Violence against Women through Court Records , Orient Blackswan , pp.263-279, [2017]

3. Sawmya Ray, "Women and Social Structure" , Forms of family and household , IGNOU , [2013]

4. Sawmya Ray, "Women and Social Structure" , Feminist debates on family , IGNOU , [2013]

5. Sawmya Ray, "Women and Social Structure" , Marriage and Divorce , IGNOU , [2013]

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Legal Responses to Domestic Violence: A Study in Assam
Funding Agency : Ministry of Law and Justice, GoI
Principal Investigator: SAWMYA RAY
Co-investigator: NA
Duration/Starting Year: 01-01-2019 to 31-01-2020
Status: Ongoing
2

Legal Pluralism in Assam
Funding Agency : ICSSR-IMPRESS
Principal Investigator: SAWMYA RAY
Co-investigator: NA
Duration/Starting Year: 21-03-2019 to 20-03-2021
Status: Ongoing
3

In Search of Gender Justice: Violence against Women and Law in Assam
Funding Agency : ICSSR
Principal Investigator: SAWMYA RAY
Co-investigator: NA
Duration/Starting Year: 10-10-2015 to 31-03-2018
Status: Completed
4

Combating Trafficking of Women in Assam: Study of Anti-Trafficking Policies and Strategies
Funding Agency : NCW
Principal Investigator: SAWMYA RAY
Co-investigator: NA
Duration/Starting Year: 01-01-2016 to 31-01-2017
Status: Completed
5

Seduction, Sale and Slavery: Trafficking of Women and Children in North East India
Funding Agency : ICSSR
Principal Investigator: SAWMYA RAY
Co-investigator: NA
Duration/Starting Year: 01-05-2011 to 30-05-2014
Status: Completed
6

Gendered Consequences: Understanding Sex Trafficking in the Context of Armed Conflicts in North East India
Funding Agency : NCW
Principal Investigator: SAWMYA RAY
Co-investigator: NA
Duration/Starting Year: 01-02-2011 to 31-05-2012
Status: Completed
7

Combating Trafficking In Assam: Analysis of Role of Women’s Groups in Re-Integration Programmes
Funding Agency : IIT GUWAHATI START UP GRANT
Principal Investigator: SAWMYA RAY
Co-investigator: NA
Duration/Starting Year: 01-05-2010 to 31-05-2012
Status: Completed
Sl.No Name Year Dissertation Title
1 Mallika Biswas 2023 DOMESTIC VILLENCE AND LAW : A STUDY IN NORTH 24 PARAGANAS
2 Devi D 2023 EXPERIENCE OF WOMAN WITH GYNECOLOGICAL MORBIDITY IN THE INDIAN HEALTH CARE SYSTEM : A STUDY IN KOLLAM DISTRICT, KERALA
3 Priya Nirmal 2023 Assessing the Sccioeconomic and Environmental Impact of Granite Mining Sector in Prakasam District, Andhra Pradesh
4 Bishal Karhar 2023 AGRO ENTERPRISES IN JEHANABAD DISTRICT OF BIHAR : OPERATION AND PROFITABILITY
5 Gote Roshan Dnyaneshwar 2021 Women's Access to Education: At Study Of Umbarda Bazar, Washim,Maharashtra
6 Dharitri Bora 2020 GENDER AND SPACE: STUDY OF WORKING WOMEN
7 JITHIN SABU 2020 GENDER BUDGETING IN KERALA: CASE STUDY OF A LOCAL SELF GOVERNMENT INSTITUTION
8 Satyawan Haresh Ramteke 2020 DALIT WOMEN's LIVES: A STUDY OF SOCIO-ECONOMIC STATUS OF DALIT WOMEN IN CHANDRAPUR, MAHARASHTRA
9 Srijani Roy 2019 Querying Gender: A Study of Transgender lives in Cooch Behar, West Bengal
10 Vikash Upadhyay 2019 Participatory Fan culture: building Socio-political consciousness in youth through Superhero movies
11 Bonani Gogoi 2018 Domestic violence: A case study in Guwahati
12 Shilpa Chaya Mazumdar 2018 Gender and Religion:Tracing tha Role of Woman in Tha Barpeta Satra of Assam
13 Russell Markus K Shallam 2017 Visual impairment in children: A study in East Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya
14 Varshali Brahma 2017 Witch-Hunting: A Case Study of Bodoland Territorial Area District (BTAD)
15 Sunam Das 2016 Combating Trafficking of Women in Assam: Study of Anti-trafficking policies and strategies
16 Manisha Dutta 2016 The mask and the marker of identity: Analysis of the significance of external breast prosthesis in the context of breast cancer
17 Jith J.R. 2015 Images of women in best seller Indian novels
18 Krishna Smita Pathak 2015 Gender and urban public space: A study in Guwahati city
19 Jimali Boro 2014 Gender and Customary Law: A study among Bodos
20 Rama Devi 2014 Representation of ?Development? in popular culture: study of Hindi cinema
21 Afrida Tasneen 2013 Domestic Violence: A Study on Wife-Battering in Guwahati, Assam
22 Ayush Kumar 2013 Women and Land Rights in India
23 Bhaswati Haloi 2013 Witch-Hunting in Assam
24 Dalia Bhattacharjee 2013 Sexual Assault and Law: A study of the cases in Gauhati High Court
25 Gayathry Latheef 2012 Property rights of Muslim Women: A Study in Kerala
26 Pooja Chetry 2012 Sex Trafficking in Assam
27 Richa Sharma 2012 Right to Education of Children with HIV/AIDS: A study in North-East Delhi
28 Rosy Talukdar 2012 Gender and Conflict: A Study in the Kokrajhar District, Assam
29 Barnali Das 2011 Gender in Urban Space: A Study in Guwahati City, Assam.
30 Devesh Kumar 2011 Gender Gap in Internet Access: A Study in Guwahati City, Assam
31 Trishna Mani Thakuria 2011 Sex trafficking in North-East India: Role of Non-Government Organizations in Assam

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Attended

Title: Women, Sex Industry, & Policies of

Name of Conference: Marginalisation and Marginality in NE India

Ambedkar Chair, Tezpur University, RGNIYD, & OKD Institute of Social Change & Development, Guwahati , Guwahati, India Mar 19, 2015 - Mar 19, 2016 National
Title: Right Intention, Not So Right Outcome: Addressing Domestic Violence through Women’s Cell

Name of Conference: International Conference on Social Sciences

, Izmir, Turkey Oct 7, 2011 - Oct 8, 2011 International
Title: Women, Law and Sexual Violence: Study in Orissa, India

Name of Conference: International Conference on Gendered Violence

University of Bristol, Bristol, UK Nov 23, 2011 - Oct 25, 2011 International
Title: To Violate with Impunity: Legal Constructions of Sexual Assault in the Marital Institution

Name of Conference: Gender, Law and Social Transformation in India

University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India Sep 17, 2012 - Sep 18, 2012 National
Title: Using Court Records for Research

Name of Conference: ‘Knowing the Social World: Challenges and Responses

Indian Institute of Advanced Studies, Shimla, India Mar 13, 2013 - Mar 15, 2013 National
Title: To Violate with Impunity: Legal Constructions of Sexual Assault in the Marital Institution

Name of Conference: International Sociological Association Annual Conference

International Sociological Association Annual Conference, Yokohama, Japan Jul 13, 2014 - Jul 19, 2014 International
Title: Domestic Violence in Assam

Name of Conference: Domestic Abuse and Violence, 13th Global Meeting

Progressive Connexions, Prague, India May 5, 2016 - May 7, 2016 International
Title: Of Co-ercion and Consent: Sex Trafficking in Assam

Name of Conference: Annual International Sociological Conference

International Sociological Association, Vienna, Austria Jul 10, 2016 - Jul 14, 2016 International
Title: Sexual Violence: Of Law and it’s Politics of Justice

Name of Conference: Violence against Women

Centre for Womens Studies, Tripura Central University, Agartala, Agatala, India Apr 6, 2017 - Apr 7, 2017 National

Attended

Title: “No Physical Injuries… No Violence”: Violence against Women and Law

Name of Invited Lecture: ‘Agency, Autonomy and Power: A Dialogue on Women and Body

Centre for Women’s Studies, Delhi University, Delhi, India Oct 7, 2010 - Oct 8, 2010 National
Title: Politics of Consent: Women, Law and Sexual Violence

Name of Invited Lecture: Departmental Seminar Series

Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IITG, Guwahati, India Mar 18, 2011 - Nov 30, -0001 National
Title: Law and Sexual Violence in India

Name of Invited Lecture: Department Lecture

Department of Sociology, Tezpur Central University, Tezpur, India Sep 24, 2013 - Nov 30, -0001 National
Title: Gender Law and Sexual Assault

Name of Invited Lecture: Research Colloquium

TISS, Guwahati, India Feb 8, 2013 - Nov 30, -0001 National
Title: Interventions on Sex Trafficking: A Study in Assam

Name of Invited Lecture: National Seminar on Gender and Politics: Rhetoric and Applicability

Department of Political Science, ICFAI University, Nagaland, India Feb 11, 2016 - Feb 12, 2016 National
Title: Understanding Caste

Name of Invited Lecture: Lecture Series

TISS, Guwahati, Guwahati, India Mar 23, 2016 - Mar 23, 2016 National
Title: Report Writing

Name of Invited Lecture: Workshop on Research Methodologies in Social Sciences

ICSSR Sponsored workshop by Dept. of HSS, IITG, Guwahati, India Mar 14, 2016 - Mar 23, 2017 National
Title: Trafficking of Women and Girls into Commercial Sexual Exploitation in Assam, NE India

Name of Invited Lecture: Seminar Series

Tripura Central University, Agartala, India Sep 1, 2016 - Sep 2, 2016 National
Title: Family, Gender and Domestic Violence in India

Name of Invited Lecture: Seminar Series

Tripura Central University, Agartala, India Sep 1, 2016 - Sep 2, 2016 National
Title: To Violate with Impunity: Everyday Constructions of Sexual Violence

Name of Invited Lecture: Refresher Course Women’s Studies & Contemporary Issues-I

UGC-Human Resource Development Center: Gauhati University, Gauhati, India Aug 29, 2017 - Sep 18, 2017 National
Title: Domestic Violence and Law in India

Name of Invited Lecture: Seminar Series

Centre for Womens Studies, Tripura Central University University, Agartala, India Sep 1, 2017 - Sep 1, 2017 National
Title: Feminist Research Methodology

Name of Invited Lecture: Seminar Series

Department of Sociology, Tripura Central University, Agartala, India Aug 31, 2017 - Aug 31, 2017 National

Attended

Title: Feminist Research Methodology

Name of Workshop: Research Methods and Computer Applications in Humanities and Social Sciences

Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IITG, Guwahati, India Mar 23, 2012 - Nov 30, -0001 National
Title: Gendered Consequences: Understanding Sex Trafficking in the Context of Armed Conflicts in Assam

Name of Workshop: Prospects of And Challenges in Bridging the Gender Gap

National Law University And Judicial Academy, Guwahati, India May 2, 2014 - May 3, 2014 National
Title: Human Rights and Human Development

Name of Workshop: Capacity Building Workshop on “Understanding Human Development: Concepts and measurements

Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IITG, Government of India and UNDP, Guwahati, India May 28, 2014 - Oct 31, 2014 National
Title: Mainstreaming Gender in Human Development

Name of Workshop: Capacity Building Workshop on “Understanding Human Development: Concepts and measurements

Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IITG, Government of India and UNDP, Guwahati, India May 28, 2016 - May 31, 2016 National

Organised

Name of Seminar: 3rd Graduate Research Meet 2016

Oct 20, 2016 - Oct 22, 2016 No.of Partcipants: 82 National

Organised

Title: ICSSR

Name of Short-term Course: Research Methodology

Mar 12, 2011 - Mar 18, 2011 National
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