29th Convocation
Friday, 6 May, 2022
PhD - Honoris Causa
Sri Sumanta Chaliha
Born in the year 1958 in Titabar, Sri Sumanta Chaliha is a Civil Engineer by profession.
His work assignemnets are:
Resident Editor, Amar Asom (Jorhat edition) - from February 1997 to October 2000.
Vice-Chairman, Publication Board Assam - from October 2016 till date.
His own publications include
 Adhunik Asamiya Sabdakosh (An Assamese dictionary, in which words were included from major Tribal Languages of Assam including Bodo, Karbi, Rabha & Mishing for the first time) (Published in 1991)
Asamiya Samarthak Sabdakosh (The first AssameseThe thesaurus) (Published in 1998)
Asamiya Jatir Bhavishyat (A collection of essays on Socio-cultural topics of Assam) (Published in 2006)
Trisanku-Tridiv (Novel) (Published in 2010)
Jananir Santan (Novel, which was translated into English and marketed by Amazon worldwide) (Published in 2013)
Anupama (Novel) (Published in 2014)
The Pronouncing Contemporary English-Assamese Dictionary (Published in 2016)
Agrani Ussaran Abhidhan (First Pronouncing Dictionary in Assamese, considered to be a unique Research work on Assamese Pronunciation System) (Published 2021)
His edited publications include
Hem Barua Rachanavali (first & second volume) (2017)
Sahityacharjya Jatindranath Goswami Rachanavali (first & second volume) (2019)
Jogendra Narayan Bhuyan Rachanavali (2020)
His other assignments are
Member, Publication Board Assam (1991-1993)
Assistant Secretary, Asam Sahitya Sabha (1996-97)
Member, Language Adivisory Board (Assamese), Sahitya Akademi (2008-2012)
Member, High Level Committee constituted by the Ministry of Home Affairs, Govt. of India for Implementation of Clause VI of the Assam Accord
President, Governing Body, S.B. Deorah College, Guwahati