AIZAWL, Dec 10: Joy L Pachuau, a professor in
Centre for Historical Studies, JNU, has been awarded
the Mizo Award. She is the
third recipient of the prestigious
award instituted by Mizoram’s
largest vernacular daily
Vanglaini.
Mizo Award is given to exemplary
people in different
fields politics, social work,
academics, etc. This year, the
award board has selected Joy L
Pachuau to receive the award,
in recognition of the excellent
achievements she has made in
the field of academy, Vanglaini
Editor K Sapdanga said.
Former Chief Minister Brig
T Sailo and social worker Sangthankima, father of
TNT Centre, a home for orphans, drug addicts and
mentally-challenged persons, were the former recipients
of the award.
During the award ceremony at Berawtlang tourist
centre on Saturday, the former recipient Sangthankima
handed over the award to Pachuau. The award
carries Rs 2 lakh in cash.
Pachuau, an alumnus of University
of Oxford, is the author
of ‘Being Mizo,’ the first detailed
ethnographic work on the Mizos
in post-independence India,
that focuses on contemporary issues
such as perceptions and
identity formation in the context
of North East. The book has
been awarded Sneh Mahajan
Prize for the Best Book (2012-
14) in Modern Indian History
by Indian History Congress.
She has also co-authored
‘Christianity in India: Issues of
Culture, Power and Knowledge’,
with Tanika Sarkar and Pius Malekandathil and
‘The Camera as Witness A Social History of Mizoram’
with Willem van Schendel. She also has a good
number of published journal articles to her credits. -Assam Tribune
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