Joy L. Pachuau is an author and professor from

Mizoram Mizoram is a states and union territories of India, state in northeastern India, with Aizawl as its Capital city, capital and largest city. It shares 722-kilometres (449 miles) of international borders with Bangladesh to the west, and Myanmar t ...

who resides at

Delhi Delhi, officially the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi, is a city and a union territory of India containing New Delhi, the capital of India. Straddling the Yamuna river, but spread chiefly to the west, or beyond its Bank (geography ...

. She is a professor at Centre for Historical Studies,

Jawaharlal Nehru University Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU; ISO: Javāharalāla Neharū Viśvavidyālaya) is a public research university located in Delhi, India. It was established in 1969 and named after Jawaharlal Nehru, India's first Prime Minister. The university ...

. Her research interest includes the social history of Mizoram and Christianity in India; she has also worked on the Portuguese presence on the west coast of India in the 16th and 17th centuries.

Education

Pachuau obtained her bachelor's degree from

Fergusson College Fergusson College is an autonomous public-private college offering various courses in the streams of arts and science in the city of Pune, India. It was founded in 1885 by Vaman Shriram Apte, Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Vishnushashtri Chiplunkar, Mah ...

, Pune, in 1989 and her MA, Phil and Ph.D. degree from

and D.Phil. degree from

Oxford University The University of Oxford is a collegiate research university in Oxford, England. There is evidence of teaching as early as 1096, making it the oldest university in the English-speaking world and the second-oldest continuously operating u ...

in 2012.

Awards and honor

Pachuau was awarded with the Mizo Award given to her by

Sângthankima Sângthankima (born 18 October 1960) is a humanitarian and social worker in Mizoram, India. He is the founder of Thutak Nunpuitu Team (TNT), a voluntary organisation, which runs the largest charitable institution (by the same name) in Mizoram. H ...

which was organised by the ''

Vanglaini ''Vanglaini'' is a daily newspaper in Mizoram, northeast India, published in the Mizo language. It is registered with the Registrar of Newspapers for India (no. RNI 34227/79. : MZR/67/2012-2014). It is owned, edited, and published by K. Sapdang ...

'' daily newspaper in

for her achievements in academic. She has also been awarded Sneh Mahajan Prize for the Best Book (2012–14) in Modern Indian History by Indian History Congress.

Bibliography

* Being Mizo. Identity and Belonging in Northeast India (OUP 2014) co-authored with Willem van Schendel * The Camera as Witness. A social history of Mizoram, Northeast India (CUP 2014). * Christianity in Indian History, Issues of Culture, Power and Knowledge, New Delhi.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Pachuau, Joy Academic staff of Jawaharlal Nehru University People from Aizawl district Living people Mizo people Writers from Mizoram Scholars from Mizoram 1969 births