Girimallika Borah
Assistant Professor
Ph.D. : pursuingResearch Interests:
Issues of Population Studies concerning natural disaster and health; Human migration; Life Expectancy at Birth; Mixed methods researchJoined the University in Jun 17, 2020
Phone: 8800779605
Email: girimallika.borah@cottonuniversity.ac.in
About
Research Paper Publication
Borah, G. (2021). Gender gap in life expectancy in India and role of age groups: A comparison between before and after male-female life expectancy at birth crossover. PLoS One, 16(12). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0260657
Borah, G. (2022). Distress migration and involuntary return during pandemic in Assam: Characteristics and determinants. Indian Journal of Labour Economics, Springer, 65, 801–820. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41027-022-00392-8
Borah, G., Saikia, N., Das, S., Sharma S., (2023). Wellbeing in the aftermath of floods: Findings from a qualitative study in Bongaigaon District of Assam, India. Wellbeing, Space and Society, Elsevier, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wss.2023.100147
News Paper articles
Borah, G. (2012, August 25). Progressive culture and mortality. The Assam Tribune.
Borah, G. (2022, March 2). The “crying wolf” and response to flood warning. The Assam Tribune.
Travel grants received
Awarded International Union for the Scientific Study of Population travel grant to attend the XXVIII International Population Conference held at Cape Town South Africa, 29 October-3 November 2017
Research Projects
2021-2022, Health Impacts of Floods: Evidence from Assam, completed, In house research project funded by Cotton University
Research paper publications
2023
1. Girimallika Borah, Nandita Saikia, Shyamanta Das, and Sanjeev Sharma, Wellbeing in the aftermath of floods: Findings from a qualitative study in Bongaigaon District of Assam, India, Wellbeing, Space and Society, 2023 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wss.2023.100147
2022
1. Girimallika Borah , Distress Migration and Involuntary Return During Pandemic in Assam: Characteristics and Determinants, Indian Journal of Labour Economics, 2022 doi.org/10.1007/s41027-022-00392-8
2021
1. Girimallika Borah, Gender gap in life expectancy in India and role of age groups: A comparison between before and after male – female life expectancy at birth crossover, PLos One, 16, 2021 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0260657
Research paper publications till 2021
Other Informations
Membership of Institution/ Professional bodies:
1) Globility member, International Geographical Union (IGU) https://www.globility.org/index.php/members-globility
2) International Union for the Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP) - Member
3) Indian Association for the Study of Population (IASP) – Lifetime member
4) Association of Population Geographers of India - Lifetime member