Academic record & distinction

Ph.D. in the Music on Folk theatre of North Bengal under the guidance of Dr. Om Prakash Bharti, (Associate Professor,  HOD, Department of Performing Arts, MGAHV, Folklorist, Art Historian, Story writer, and Play writer) from Faculty of Performing Arts, JJTU 2022.

• Masters in  Vocal from Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata, 2010
• All India Radio Graded Artist of Music Composer & Folk Music.

•  Sikkim University Research Award 2023, by Sikkim University.

•  ICSSR Award 2023-24, Special Call for Empirical Study Under “Beti Bachao Beti Padhao” by ICSSR, Govt. of India. 2023-24. 

•  Fulti Gidali Award” – by Sarathibala Mahavidyalaya, Cooch Behar, India

•  Bhawaiya Jadukar Nilkamal Mishra Award” – by Bangladesh Bhawaiya Academy, Bangladesh on 22 December 2023 

• Visiting faculty, Bhawaiya Certificate Course, Cooch Behar Panchanan Barma University. Govt. of WB.

• Recorded Folk song of Sikkim in DOORDARSHAN  KENDRA, (DD 1), Govt. of India in Gangtok, Sikkim. 26 May 2015, & Recorded  Bhawaiya Folk in DD Bangla, Kolkata on June 2025. 

• As Judge on final event of 28 & 30th State level Bhawaiya Contest , Govt. of West Bengal , India. 2017 & 2019

• Act as an “Asst. Music Director” of Rastriya Sanskriti Mahotsav, 1-8 November 2015 , Delhi, India       organized by Eastern Zonal Culture Centre, Kolkata & NCZCC, Ministry of Culture, Govt. of India

• Member in Editorial Board of “Lok Utso”, Indian folklore research journal , ISSN-2321-7340

• Member of Board of Studies & Member of Bhawaiya Syllabus committee, Bhawaiya Certificate course, 2023, Cooch Behar Panchanan Barma University, A state University,W.B. W.B, 2021-22

•  “Coordinator”, 27-29 April, 2014- in a “5th Himalaya International Seminar-2014” in Neheru Cultural Wangchuk Cultural Centre, (ICCR, Ministry of External Affairs -, Govt. if India) at Thimphu, Bhutan. On the theme of “The Culture Traditions and indigenous knowledge of Himalayan ethnic groups: Issues & Challenges for safeguarding”.

Areas of Specialization

Hindustani Classical, Folk Music, Music Composition & Arrangement 

Latest Publications

Books

• Publication: Barman Jayanta & Ray Dhananjay , Deshi Dhol Shikkha, 2021, BFC Publication Private limited, Lucknow-226010, ISBN – 978-93-91329-77-8

  • Publication: Barman Jayanta , Mangar Thapa Kishore, Hamro chinhari Madal, December 2020, Grafix Print Siliguri, ISBN – 978-93-88656-98-6

  • Book “Srijita’ – A publication of poem, 2023

  • Uttar Bharatiya Loksangskriti Darpan, Patabahar Publication, 2025, Kolkata, ISBN: 978-81-983935-0-0

BOOK CHAPTER

• Article “Rabindranath O koch Biharer Rajparibar ” - Sangeetiki, Page-59-64, by Jayanta Kumar Barman, Edited by Dr. Krishnendu Dutta, Manfakira ,Kolkata, ,August 2014, ISBN 978-93-80542-66-9

  • Article ‘Bharoter Uttarbange Samprotik Sanskriti Charchay Lokogaan – Ekti alokpat’, Publication ASTAK, November 2020, By Jayanta Kumar Barman, Edited by Dr. Krishnendu Dutta, Publishers - Banglar Puratawa Prakashana, Kolkata , 61, ISBN – 978-81-947292-1-1

  • Book Chapter – ‘Musical Instruments of Limbu in Sikkim’, Publication – The Culture Heritage of SIKKIM.2018, by Jayanta Kumar Barman, Edited by Sarit Chaudhuri, Sameera Maiti, Charishma K. Lepcha. Manohar Publishers & Distribution, New Delhi, ISBN- 978-93-5098-191-7

Journal Papers

•  Folk song of limbu:A study and Analysis, IJNRD IJNRD Vol 7, 2022, ISSN: 2456-4184

•  Hudum a women’s dance and IJSDR, Vol 7, ISSN: 2455- 18

•  Khan Palagan: A study on the folk there of Uttar Dinajpur, India, IJRAR IARAR Vol 9, Issue 4, 2022, ISSN: 2348-1269

•  Rajbanshi “Deshi Dhol” : A Musicological Study about Varnas IJCR, Vol 15,

  • Issue 7, 2023, 0975- 833X

• A study on the Indigenous Dance Movements of Rajbanshi’s, IJSDR IJSDR Vol 8,  Issue 6, 2023, 2455-2631

•  Folk theater : The Kushan Gaan of North East, IJCRT,  Vol 10, 2022, 23202-882

•  Rajbanshi Folk Dance: Special emphasis on ‘Hastasanchalana’ IJDR, Vol 13, Issue 6, 2023, ISSN: 2230-9926

•  Glimpse of ‘Yogi’ community and their tunes in Sikkim, IJIRT,  Vol 11, Issue 2,

  • 2024, ISSN: 2349-6002

•  Rajbanshi Marriage song: A study on learning with oral education, IJFMR, Vol 5,

  • Issue 4, 2023, ISSN: 2582-2160

•  Kati Gaan: an Indigenous Rajbanshi womens art form, IJCRT Vol 13, Issue 4,

  • 2025, ISSN: 2320-2882

•  The ‘Chkari’ : A dynamic character in Rajbanshi Folk culture, IJDR, Vol 15, Issue 10, 2025, 2230-9926

•  The Indigenous costume and ornaments of Kirat Rai: An Introduction, JETIR, Vol 12, Issue 4, 2025, ISSN: 2249-5162

•  Pratima Baruas recorded Bhawaiya song : A categorization of Folk Legacy, IJDR IJDR Vol 15, Issue 7, 2025, ISSN: 2230-9926

•  Rajbanshi women art , belief, rituals and valued practices in educational institutions in North Bengal, IJRAMR, Vol 12, Issue 5, 2025, ISSN: 2350-0743

•  Rabanshi Anadhyabadya ‘DeshiDhol’ er taal ebong songkhipta parichay, JETIR Vol 12, Issue 6, 2025, ISSN: 2349-516

•  The Yoga effect : Reducing stress and improving well-being in educational

  • Institutions, IJSAT, Vol 16, Issue 4, 2025, ISSN: 2229-7677