Academic record & distinction

MA & M.Phil. (Geography), North-Eastern Hill University

Ph.D. (Regional Development), Jawaharlal Nehru University

Ph.D. Topic: Employment Conditions in the Small Tea Plantations (STPs) and their impact on the Household Economy.

Areas of Specialization

Economic Geography, Agricultural Geography and Geographies of Development

Latest Publications

1. Awarded Short-Term Post-Doctoral Fellowship (Sept-Dec, 2008), Centre for Studies in Social Sciences (CSSSC), Kolkata and supported by the Navajbai Ratan Tata Trust (NRTT).
2. Awarded of Certificate of Appreciation for the University Development Project by the Founding Vice-Chancellor, Sikkim University (2012) at 5th Foundation Day of Sikkim University on July 02, 2012.
3. Awarded for Best Publication in School of Human Sciences (2017) at 10th Foundation Day of Sikkim University on July 02, 2017.
4. Awarded Post-Doctoral Fellowship (2017-19), New Delhi under Salary Protection Scheme of ICSSR, New Delhi.

Journal Publications

• Hannan, A. and Hossain, F. (2021). COVID19, Migrant Workforce and Regional Health Infrastructure in North Bengal, Social Change and Development, XVIII (1&2), 103-116, published Omeo Kumar Das Institute of Social Change and Development, Guwahati. (ISSN 0975-4016: UGC Care) [http://www.socialchangeanddevelopment.in/?page=July2021] 
•  Hannan, A. and Mondal, N. (2021). Small-Scale Tea Economy and Arsla Organic Tea Cooperative: A Grassroots Initiative of Khasi Tribes of Meghalaya, North-East India, Antrocom Online Journal of Anthropology, 17(2), 55-64. (ISSN 1973-2880: UGC Care). [http://www.antrocom.net/archives/2021/volume-17-number-2-2021.html]
• Hannan, A. and Golay, D. (2022). Interrogating Social Security: Experiences of Labourers in the Closed Tea Gardens of Darjeeling Hills, Social Change and Development, XIX (2), 89-102, published Omeo Kumar Das Institute of Social Change and Development, Guwahati. (ISSN 0975-4016: UGC Care)                           [http://www.socialchangeanddevelopment.in/downloads/july2022/paper-7.pdf]

Book

• Hannan, A. (2024). The Smallholder Tea Economy and Regional Development: Perspectives from India. Springer Cham Switzerland.[https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-51812-6]