Author Biography
Asha Sougaijam has done M.A and Ph.D in Sociology from University of Mysore. She achieved 4 gold medals during Post Graduation (Sociology) namely - The Mahatma Gandhi Centenary Gold Medal(G3/486/68-69 dated 4-8-1970), Bharata Ratna Dr. B R Ambedkar Endowment Gold Medal(G3/352/67-68 dated 1-7-1968), The Golden Jubilee Year Gold Medal(G3/552/1971-72 dated 10-12-1971) and Professor C Parvathamma Felicitation Committee Gold Medal(GL3/384/89-90 dated 2-12-1991). She is presently serving as a Faculty member at the Department of Sociology, Indira Gandhi National Tribal University, Regional Campus, Manipur. Her special areas of interest are Research Methodology, Sociology of Health, Social change and development, and Military Sociology.