Research

Peer Reviewed Publications

2025 

Kakati, B. K. (2025). Promoting Sustainable Livelihoods for Tribal Communities: Insights from the Integrated Tribal Development Project in Assam. Development in Practice. Routledge (Online first) (SCOPUS & WoS)

Kakati, B. K. (2025). Organic farming in Northeast India: barriers and prospects. Organic Agriculture.  Spinger Nature. (Online first) (SCOPUS & WoS)

Kakati, B. K. (2025). Livelihood challenges in closed tea estates: A case study of Jalpaiguri district of West Bengal, India. Local Development & Society.  Routledge  (Online first)  (SCOPUS) 

Kakati, B.K. (2025). Beyond Sanskritisation: Neo-Vaishnavism, Cultural Fluidity, and Identity Reformation among the Tiwas of Assam, India . SunText Review of Arts & Social Sciences. 

2024

Kakati, B. K. (2024). Enhancing Menstrual Management Behavioral Change through Awareness Training: Insights from the Jalodari Project in Assam, INDIA. Women's Reproductive Health, 11(4), 896–913. Routledge (SCOPUS)

Kakati, B. K. (2024). Out-migration from tea gardens and its cause and effect: a case of West Bengal, India. Development in Practice, 34(4), 475-490  Routledge (SCOPUS & WoS)

Kakati, B. K., & Pandey, R. (2024). Legacy of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi: Swaraj and Ethical Living. Reviews in Anthropology. Routledge  (SCOPUS & WoS)

Kakati, B. K. (2024). Can Reservation Ensure Women’s Participation in Local Governance: A Study Among Tiwas. Journal of the Anthropological Survey of India , 71(1), 44–56. SAGE  (UGC CARE)

Pandey, R., & Kakati, B. K. (2024). Reviving Gandhian Principles: Khadi and Village Industries as Catalysts for Rural Empowerment and Economic Sustainability in Post-Pandemic India. Gandhi e-journal.

Kakati, B. K. (2024). Bridging Past and Present: A Gandhian Perspective on India's National Education Policy 2020. Quest in Education, 63(4), 4-15.

2023

Kakati, B. K. (2023). Sustainability in the study of Gandhian economic philosophy. Area Development and Policy, 8(2), 182-196.  Routledge . (SCOPUS & WoS)

Pandey, R., & Kakati, B. K. (2023). Revitalizing the Khadi Sector in Village Industries of Assam: The Significance of Gandhian Principles. Man and Society: A Journal of North East Studies, XXI(Winter) (UGC CARE)

2022

Kakati, B. K. (2022). What is in a name: The politics of name changing. Sociological Bulletin, 71(3), 421-436, SAGE  (SCOPUS)

Kakati, B. K., & Kakoty, S. (2022). Role of Women's Cooperative in Empowering Women: A Study in Jharkhand. Purushartha - A Journal of Management Ethics and Spirituality, 15(1), 118-32  (SCOPUS)

Kakati, B. K. (2022). Gaon Panchayat, Tribal Women and their Participation: A Case of Tiwas of Assam. Indian Journal of Public Administration, 68(2), 285-298, SAGE (UGC CARE)

Pandey, R., & Kakati, B. K. (2022). Empowering Tribal Education: Insights from Eklavya Model Residential Schools in Sixth Scheduled States of India. Man & Society A Journal of North-East Studies, XIX  (Winter ), 31-48 (UGC CARE)

2021

Kakati, B.K. (2021). Gram Swaraj: The sustainable model for rural industrialisation and employment, The International Journal for community and social development, 3 (3), 274-289. SAGE  (SCOPUS)

Kakati, B.K. (2021). Role of Traditional Institutions in Covid-19 Management: A Case study of Dorbar Shnong in Meghalaya, India. Local Development & Society, Routledge (SCOPUS)

Kakati, B.K, Sarmah, A.K., & Kakoty, S. (2021). Cooperative is an economically viable social enterprise in the study of JWSSPCFL. 2(1), 80-96. Local Development and Society, Routledge (SCOPUS)

Kakati, B. K. (2021). Gram Swaraj: Its relevance in present context. 

Kakati, B. K. (2021). APJ Abdul Kalam & Srijan Pal Singh, Target 3 Billion (PURA: Innovative Solutions Towards Sustainable Development). Journal of Land and Rural Studies, 9(2), 368–371 (Book Review)

2019 

Kakati, B. K. (2019). Autonomy and Autonomous District Councils in the Study of Tiwa Autonomous Council. Dialogue Quarterly, 20(3), 139-153 (UGC CARE)

Kakati, B. K. (2019). Rural Tourist Product: An Alternative for promotion of Tourist Product in North East India. Journal of Tourism, XX (1) (UGC CARE)

Others

Kakati, B. K., & Behera, M. C. (2014). Women Worker and their status in MGNREGA Programme: A study in Jharkhand, Journal of Rural Development, 33(3), 281-90, National Institute of Rural Development & Panchayati Raj, Hyderabad (SCOPUS)

Kakati, B. K. (2014). Out-migration and its bearing on left-behind Woman: Case in a Jharkhand village. Social Change and Development, XI (2), 83-89  (UGC CARE)

Kakati, B. K. (2013). Culture and women empowerment in the study of tribes in India. TUI-A Journal on Tribal Life and Culture, 17(1), 27-34.

Kakati, B. K. (2013). Women Empowerment through Social Mobilization. Research Journal of MDKG, 2(2), 21-26.

Book

Kakati, B. K.  (2018).  Tribal Women of North East India and Empowerment:  Tiwa Women’s Participation in Panchayati Raj Institutions. New Delhi: Nation Press (ISBN-978-93-87436-27-5).

Book Chapters 

Kakati, B. K. (2022). Issue of Autonomy and Statutory Autonomous Councils of Assam. In V. Dhanaraju(Ed), Problems and Prospects of Sixth Schedule: Towards Tribes Autonomy and Self Governance (pp. 273-296). Kolkata: The Asiatic Society. 

Kakati, B. K. (2021). Role of Ankia Naat Bhaona in the formation of Greater Oxomiya Society. In B. Baruah, A. Konwar, & B. Rabha (Eds), Performing Arts of Assam (pp. 56-75). Guwahati: Assam College Teachers' Association (ACTA).

Reviewer

Development in Practice (Taylor & Francis), Women's Reproductive Health (Taylor & Francis), Culture and Religion (Taylor & Francis), Cogent Business & Management (Taylor & Francis), Cogent Social Sciences (Taylor & Francis), Journal of Environment & Development (Sage)

Sponsored Research Projects

• Celestial Cartographies: Documenting Tribal Astronomy in the Context of Ancient Hindu Texts
  Funding Agency: Indian Knowledge Systems (IKS), Ministry of Education
  Year: 2025
  Amount: ₹5.00 Lakh
  Role: Principal Investigator (PI)
  Status: Ongoing

• Empirical study on Appropriate Technology and Sustainable Rural Development
  Funding Agency: Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur
  Year: 2025
  Amount: ₹2.50 Lakh
  Role: Principal Investigator (PI)
  Status: Ongoing

• The Impact of Jal Jeevan Mission on Social Relations in Rural Madhya Pradesh
  Funding Agency: Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR), New Delhi
  Year: 2025
  Amount: ₹10.00 Lakh
  Role: Principal Investigator (PI)
  Status: Ongoing
  
  

• Eco-cultural Perspectives of the Periodical Riverfront Shravan Snan-Melas of Ayodhya and Varanasi
  Funding Agency: ICSSR, New Delhi
  Year: 2024
  Amount: ₹60.00 Lakh
  Role: Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI)
  Status: Ongoing
  
  

• Impact of Ekalavya Model Residential Schools on ST Children in Fifth and Sixth Schedule Areas of India, with Reference to Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Tripura, and Mizoram
  Funding Agency: National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), New Delhi
  Year: 2022
  Amount: ₹14.99 Lakh
  Role: Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI)
  Status: Completed
  
  

• Gandhian Gram Swaraj: Combating Mechanisms for the Economic Challenges of COVID-19
  Funding Agency: ICSSR, New Delhi
  Year: 2021
  Amount: ₹7.5 Lakh
  Role: Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI)
  Status: Completed

Consultancy Research Projects

• Impact Evaluation of TDF Project
  Funding Agency: NABARD
  Year: 2024
  Amount: ₹2.5 Lakh
  Role: Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI)
  Status: Completed
  
  

• Baseline Survey for the Project "Strengthening Agri-based Livelihoods of the Tea Garden Community in the Dooars Region through Pilot Interventions"
  Funding Agency: KABIL, New Delhi
  Year: 2023
  Amount: ₹1.0 Lakh
  Role: Team Lead
  Status: Completed
  
  

• Reviving India’s Rich Cultural Heritage: Exploring Indian Philosophy and Economy in the Context of NEP 2020
  Funding Agency: Indian Knowledge System Division, Ministry of Education
  Year: 2023
  Amount: ₹12.50 Lakh
  Role: Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI)
  Status: Completed
  
  

• Comprehensive Impact Assessment of the Jalodari Project (2020–2022)
  Funding Agency: CML, Guwahati
  Year: 2023
  Amount: ₹3.6 Lakh
  Role: Team Lead
  Status: Completed
  
  

• Baseline Survey for the Project "Education and Protection in Chapor-Salhocha Block of Dhubri District, Assam"
  Funding Agency: SeSTA, Bongaigaon
  Year: 2023
  Amount: ₹0.4 Lakh
  Role: Team Lead
  Status: Completed
  
  

• Mid-Term Evaluation of Fishery Project in Tripura
  Funding Agency: CML, Guwahati
  Year: 2023
  Amount: ₹1.5 Lakh
  Role: Team Lead
  Status: Completed
  
  

• Baseline Survey for the Project "Addressing Socio-Economic Vulnerabilities of Tea Workers in West Bengal and Assam – Building Voices and Creating Choices"
  Funding Agency: Traidcraft Exchange, Hyderabad
  Year: 2022
  Amount: ₹6.5 Lakh
  Role: Team Lead
  Status: Completed