অন্বেষণ (Anvesan)

The Department of Assamese, Gauhati University has been bringing out a research journal regularly since 1994. The name of the journal is Anvesan, (অন্বেষণ in Assamese) which means ‘Search’ or ‘Exploration’ in Assamese.

Anvesan was conceived as an annual bilingual research journal. Assamese and English research papers on language, literature and culture (preferably on language, literature and culture of Assam) were to be published in the journal. The first, i.e., 1994 issue of the journal was edited by Prof. Bhaba Prasad Chaliha, former Head of the Department of Assamese, Gauhati University. That was a special issue on Prof. Banikanta Kakati, a distinguished scholar and critic and the first Head of the department. Since then, several issues of the journal have been dedicated to critical evaluations of different eminent writers.

Since 1994, the journal has been a print-journal, printed at the Gauhati University Press, and published by the Registrar, Gauhati University. The journal acquired an ISSN (2250-2475) in 2011. It was subsequently shaped as a bilingual peer-reviewed research journal. The latest issue of the journal appeared in December 2018. That issue was edited by Dr. Taranee Deka, former Head of the department.

Publication of the 2019 issue got delayed due to the statewide political agitations of December 2019 and the subsequent lockdown due to Covid-19. As the unlocking process is on, the 2019 issue is presently in press and the 2020 issue expected to be brought out in time, i.e., in December 2020.

Authors may send their papers to the journal at any time, by using the following email ID: anvesan@gauhati.ac.in. For details, please see the section “Call for Papers and Book Reviews for Anvesan”.