ABOUT THE JOURNAL

Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences

Himalayan Beacon—Journal for Humanities and Social Sciences began as an English-language monthly News magazine on January 14, 1998, in the small town of Darjeeling, West Bengal, India. In 2014, with the issue of ISSN from the National Institute of Science Communication and  Information Resources (Formerly, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, New Delhi, India), it transformed into a dedicated peer-reviewed research journal.  It primarily publishes in print version but also maintains an online archive.

Himalayan Beacon Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences is a double-blinded peer-reviewed journal. It publishes original research papers and critical essays in the field of social sciences and humanities, which either have their geospatial locale of study as the Himalayan Region or which focus on diverse subjects in Humanities and Social Sciences such as but not limited to environment, communication studies, culture, religion, geography, politics, philosophy, psychology, economics, arts and languages of the region.

founder editor

Dr. Barun Roy is the Founder Editor of Himalayan Beacon. He is presently the Head of the Department of Mass Communication at the University of North Bengal. He is a devoted researcher and an author. 

AIMS AND SCOPE

Himalayan Beacon recognizes the geographical areas surrounding the Himalayan Range from Karakoram to Arunachal Pradesh and the fringes of Myanmar as the Himalayan Region. It involves the mountains and the highlands, including the Sivalik Hills and the Dooars Terai. Thus, the Himalayan regions of parts of Afghanistan, Pakistan, China, the northern states of India including the Union Territories of Ladakh and Kashmir, the states of Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal primarily North Bengal, Assam, and Arunachal Pradesh are deemed to be Himalayan Region. Further, the countries of Nepal, Bhutan and the Tibetan Autonomous Region (TAR) of the People’s Republic of China are deemed to be wholly Himalayan Regions. In contrast, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka are deemed to fall in the sphere of influence of the Himalayan Belt.

Himalayan Beacon imagines the Himalayas not merely as a geological feature but as a historical, religious, social, economic, linguistic, and anthropological process that has and continues to transform anthropocentric and non-anthropocentric phenomena. Thus, Himalayan Beacon seeks to facilitate the study of ‘this process that the Himalayas is’ and how this has transformed the world by engaging in a discourse with researchers across the globe.

PARBATI ROY RESEARCH FOUNDATION 

Parbati Roy Research Foundation was started by Dr. Barun Roy as a non-profit foundation directed towards promoting and enhancing research in the Himalayan Region. The Foundation is named after his Mother, Late Parbati Roy who was the prime motivator in his research journey. A loving Mother and a strong and independent lady, she stood for the values of knowledge and progress. 

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