Joy Pachuau

Joy Pachuau
Born	(1969-04-13) 13 April 1969 (age 55) Aizawl, Mizoram, India
Nationality	Indian
Occupation	Professor
Known for	Author of Being Mizo
Awards	Mizo Award (2017)

Joy L. Pachuau is an author and professor from Mizoram who resides at Delhi. She is a professor at Centre for Historical Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University.^[1] 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, Pune, in 1989 and her MA, Phil and Ph.D. degree from Jawaharlal Nehru University^[2] and D.Phil. degree from Oxford University in 2012.^[3]

Awards and honor

Pachuau was awarded with the Mizo Award given to her by Sângthankima which was organised by the Vanglaini daily newspaper in Mizoram for her achievements in academic.^[4] She has also been awarded Sneh Mahajan Prize for the Best Book (2012–14) in Modern Indian History by Indian History Congress.^[5]

Bibliography

• Being Mizo. Identity and Belonging in Northeast India (OUP 2014) co-authored with Willem van Schendel^[6]
• The Camera as Witness. A social history of Mizoram, Northeast India (CUP 2014).^[7]
• Christianity in Indian History, Issues of Culture, Power and Knowledge, New Delhi.^[8]

References

1. "Prof. Joy Lalkrawspari Pachuau bags Mizo Award". morungexpress. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
2. "Mizo Award 2017 dawngtu Joy Lalkrawspari Pachuau". Vanglaini. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
3. "Joy L.K. Pachuau". jnu. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
4. "Prof. Joy Lalkrawspari Pachuau Bags Mizo Award". northeasttoday.in. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
5. "Joy L Pachuau awarded Mizo Award". assamtribune. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
6. "Author". sagepub. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
7. "Life in the Lushai Hills". indianexpress. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
8. Patrick, G. (2017). "Book Review: Pius Malekandathil, Joy L.K. Pachuau and Tanika Sarkar (eds), Christianity in Indian History—Issues of Culture, Power and Knowledge". Indian Historical Review. 44 (2): 335–337. doi:10.1177/0376983617726661.