A lady who defied all odd to pursue her passion for empowering women through Education, Literary Activities and Skill Development.
After completing her education, she felt that society can advance only if girls are educated and empowered. She singlehandedly established schools, college, vocational centers exclusively for women education and empowerment.
Dr. Sukha Baruah, M.A., Ph. D. was born in Betbari Borkuri Chetia Gaon, Sivasagar, Assam in the year 1946 to Late Phulbor Chetia and Late Gunalata Chetia. After her marriage to Shri Binanda Chandra Baruah, she moved to Moran and started residing with her family at Pratap Gogoi Path, Ushapur, Moranhat, Dist. Charaideo, Assam. She breathed her last on 3rd September, 2023 at her residence in Moran at an age of 76 years.
At a tender age of 22 years, she established the ‘Betbari Model M.E. Girls School’ in 1968 and served as the Founder Head Mistress till 1970. After her marriage, she moved to Moran and joined as Assistant Teacher, Moran Girls School in 1973 in a permanent job and continued till 1992.
She continued with her panache for education and even after being a mother of three children she continued with her studies and successfully completed MA and PhD.
She felt that she needs to contribute to the society and made a difficult but bold decision to quit her permanent job and single handedly established the ‘Moran Mahila Mahavidyalaya’, an institution for women education in Moran in 1992. She contributed 21 years of her life for the upliftment of women education by serving as the Principal of this college.
To hone the literacy skills of the women and empower them, she established the Moran Branch of Sadou Asom Lekhika Samaroh Samiti (সদৌ অসম লেখিকা সমাৰোহ সমিতি) and served as its Founder President. She was instrumental in setting up of around 16 branches of Sadou Asom Lekhika Samaroh Samiti in Charaideo, Sivasagar and Dibrugarh districts.
She was elected to the Central Committee of Sadou Asom Lekhika Samaroh Samiti (সদৌ অসম লেখিকা সমাৰোহ সমিতি) and served as Working President from 2008 to 2014 for six years. She was elected as the President of Sadou Asom Lekhika Samaroh Samiti (সদৌ অসম লেখিকা সমাৰোহ সমিতি) and served from 2014 to 2016.
To cater to the need of the women poets of the state, an exclusive platform “All Assam Mahila Kabi Manch” (সদৌ অসম মহিলা কবি মঞ্চ) was established in 2016 under her initiative and leadership and she served as the Founder President till 2022.
She was a life member of Assam Sahitya Sabha ( অসম সাহিত্য সভা ) and served as Advisor to the Charaideo Unit of Assam Sahitya Sabha.
She also served as the Vice President of Purvanchal Tai Sahitya Sabha ( পূৰ্বাঞ্চল তাই সাহিত্য সভা ) and Vice President of Joymati Nyas ( জয়মতী ন্যাস )
To empower women and make them self-dependent, she established "Sanghamitra" (সংঘমিত্ৰা) (Moran Anchalic Mahila Manch) in the year 1992 and served as the Founder Secretary. Under the aegis of “Sanghamitra” (সংঘমিত্ৰা), she established a Women Vocational Training and Production Centre for Weaving, Knitting, Cutting, Tailoring and Production and served as the Founder Secretary from the year 1992. Later a school “Sanghamitra Jatiya Vidyalaya” for the underprivileged and needy was established in the year 2001 where she served as the Founder Secretary.
She has served as President, Managing Committee of Moran College, Demow College and Moran Mahila Mahavidyalaya. She also served as Member of Managing Committee of Moran College, Nitai Pukhuri College, Khowang Pithubor Girls’ College.
She has published a total of 18 books including her doctoral thesis “Ahomxakalor Utsav Anusthan” (আহোমসকলৰ উৎসৱ অনুষ্ঠান) the fifth edition has been published in 2018. 02 more books are in for publication in this year. She has also edited 06 books besides publishing numerous articles of historical and social importance, poems, short stories in leading newspapers and magazines.
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