Nabanita Sharma
Assistant Professor
Ph.D. : Delhi UniversityResearch Interests:
Economic HistoryDate of Joining : Aug 7, 2026
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Email: nabanita.sharma@cottonuniversity.ac.in
About
I pursued higher education in history and completed my MPhil and doctoral research in history at Delhi University. I studied Modern Indian history, the history of colonial Assam, and post-colonial Northeast India, among other themes and subjects.
Teaching
7 years of teaching experience.
Experience
Delhi University (2019-2023),
Gurucharan University (erstwhile Gurucharan College) (2023-2026),
Cotton University (7 August 2026-present)
Research paper publications till 2021
The The making of a 'narco state'" Opium consumption,trade and Regulations on the northeastern frontier of British India, The Indian Economic and Social History Review, 2024, 61(3), pp. 293–324.
Market formation in Assam: Nature of trade in and around the Brahmaputra Valley in Assam, c. 1826-1905, Indian Historical Review, 49 (2), pp. 230-248.
Commodities trade, river transport and colonialism: The Brahmaputra river valley in the nineteenth century, 2022, 59(1), The Indian Economic and Social History Review, pp. 75-94.
The political economy of the early colonial Brahmaputra valley, circa 1820-1830, 2022, 23(1), Asian Ethnicity, pp. 108-126.
The Politics of Coinage in the Early Colonial Brahmaputra Valley, Economic and Political Weekly, 29th May 2021, LVI (22), pp. 14-16.
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Book publication relating subject/research concerned
Commerce, Political Economy and Ecology in Northeast India: Assam c. 1826–1905, 2025, New Delhi: Routledge.
Chapters/Articles publications in Books (Research Oriented)
“Dynamic trades, Shifting geographies: Commerce in the North East Frontier of British India”, Edited By Manjeet Baruah and Lipokmar Dzuvichu, Frontiers and Boundaries in British India, New Delhi: Routledge.
Awards
Junior Research Fellow-Indian Council of Historical Research