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Academic Background

Education & Career Milestones

Educational Qualifications

B.Sc. (Statistics)

2005

Nowgong College

M.Sc. (Statistics)

2007

Gauhati University

Specialization: Data Mining and Computational Mathematics

PhD

2013

Assam University

Specialization: Applied Statistics and Data Mining in Sports

Employment History

Assistant Professor

11-06-2013 – 01-03-2016

Kaziranga University

Jorhat, Assam

Assistant Professor

02-03-2016 – 30-06-2020

Assam Agricultural University

Jorhat, Assam

Assistant Professor (Stage-II)

01-07-2020 – Till date

Assam Agricultural University

Jorhat, Assam

Research & Scholarship

Scholarly Publications 45 Total Records

Hemanta Saikia; Rabijita Buragohain; Dibyojyoti Bhattacharjee (2026). Optimising the insect trap rate of solar lights: An application of a linear mixed-effects model to count data, Pest Management Science, 0(0), 0–0 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ps.70986

Atiqur Rahman Bora; Jayanta Deka; Ishwar Chandra Barua; Rana R Bhuyan; Tasvina R Borah; Hemanta Saikia; Dasi Sunil Babu (2025). Mikania Management in Coffee Plantation with Pre-and-Post Emergent Herbicide Combinations, Indian Journal of Weed Science, 57(3), 0–0 DOI: 10.5958/0974-8164.2025.00056.0

Imon Abedin; Hey-Yun Kang; Hemanta Saikia; Won-Kyo Jung; Hyun-Woo Kim; Shantanu Kundu (2025). Future of snakebite risk in India: Consequence of climate change and the shifting habitats of the big four species in next five decades, PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 0(0), 0–0 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0013464

Agnideep Aich; Dibyojyoti Bhattacharjee; Hemanta Saikia (2025). Under pressure: Integrating machine learning to quantify clutch moments in American football, International Journal of Sports Science and Coaching, 0(0), 0–0 DOI: 10.1177/17479541251350134

Th. Aruna Singha; Badal Bhattacharyya; Sudhangsu Bhagawati; Kreetidepan Sarmah; Hemanta Saikia; E. Bidyarani Devi; D. Gogoi; K. S. Bhairavi (2025). Exploring the nutrient composition of sericigenous insects of Manipur: A scientific inquiry into their edible potential, Journal of Insects as Food and Feed, 0(0), 0–0 DOI: 10.1163/23524588-00001394

Anirban Dutta; Jonali Gogoi; Dibyojyoti Bhattacharjee; Hemanta Saikia (2025). Quantifying Defensive Performance in Football: A Piecewise Parametric Survival Approach to Goal Scoring Time, International Journal of Sports Science and Coaching, 0(0), 0–0 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/17479541251347194

Dibyojyoti Bhattacharjee; Hemanta Saikia; Dhruba Das (2025). Redefining a format-specific batting performance measure in cricket, Journal of the Operational Research Society, 0(0), 0–0 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/01605682.2025.2462199

Bireshwar Bhattacharjee; Dibyojyoti Bhattacharjee; Hemanta Saikia; Bishweshwar Bhattacharjee (2024). An Improved Point System for Cricket’s World Test Championship, Management and Labour Studies, 0(0), 0–0 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0258042X241264929

Anirban Dutta; Hemanta Saikia; Jonali Gogoi; Dibyojyoti Bhattacharjee (2024). Forecasting the opening goal in second‑half of a football match: Bayesian and frequentist perspectives, Computational Statistics, 0(0), 0–0 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00180-024-01558-2

Rekhankona Pegu; Nayan Jyoti Ojha; Mahima Begum; Kalyan Pathak; Perves Ahmed; Hemanta Saikia (2024). Enhancement of Productivity of Late Sown Rapeseed (Brassica campestris var toria) Through Sulfur and Boron Application Under Rice-Fallow System of Assam, Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis, 55(20), 0–0 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/00103624.2024.2380775

Lohita Rabha; Utpal Barman; Hemanta Saikia; Ramen Kumar Sarma; Sajib Barua (2024). Sustainable Interventions for Improving Food Security among Tribal Communities in Bodoland Territorial Region, Journal of Scientific Research and Reports, 30(3), 76–88 DOI: 10.9734/jsrr/2024/v30i31860

Priyanka Das; Surajit Kalita; Pulin Patgiri; Bhaswati Sarmah; Khanin Pathak; Hemanta Saikia (2024). Physico-chemical basis of insect-resistance of traditional rice varieties against Sitophilus oryzae (L.), Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge, 23(7), 619–627 DOI: 10.56042/ijtk.v23i7.2478

Purna Chandra Padhan; Hemanta Saikia; Dibyojyoti Bhattacharjee (2023). Impact of Ageing on the Performance of Cricketers: Evidence from Indian Premier League, Gujarat Journal of Statistics and Data Science, 39(1), 63–72

Rabijita Buragohain; Hemanta Saikia; Dhruba Das (2023). Trend Analysis and Change Point Detection of Winter Rice in North Bank Plains Zone (NBPZ) of Assam: A Non-parametric Approach, Electronic Journal of Applied Statistical Analysis, 16(2), 311–322 DOI: 10.1285/i20705948v16n2p311

Nilutpal Saikia; Roshmi Borah Dutta; Hemanta Saikia (2023). Impact of natural enemies and meteorological factors on papaya mealybug (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) in mulberry, International Journal of Pest Management, 71(2), 1–8 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/09670874.2022.2164091

Dipanka Bora; Hemanta Saikia (2022). Symbolic Data Analysis vs Classical Data Analysis: A Comparative Study, Statistics and Applications, 20(2), 15–25

Dhruba Das; Hemanta Saikia; Dibyajyoti Bora; Dibyojyoti Bhattacharjee; Jondeep Das (2022). A Survival Analysis Approach for Identifying the Risk Factors in Time to Recovery of COVID-19 Patients using Cox Proportional Hazard Model, Decision Analytics Journal, 5(2), 1–8 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dajour.2022.100137

Dhruba Das; Hemanta Saikia; Dibyojyoti Bhattacharjee (2022). Optimal Playing Strategies of a Batsman Against Bowling Type in Limited Over Cricket: An Application of Game Theory, Communication in Statistics: Case Studies, Data Analysis and Applications, 8(4), 738–751 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/23737484.2022.2133027

Nishigandha Kakati; Rajib Lochan Deka; Parishmita Das; Jogesh Goswami; Punya Gogoi Khanikar; Hemanta Saikia (2022). Forecasting yield of rapeseed and mustard using multiple linear regression and ANN techniques in the Brahmaputra valley of Assam, North East India, Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 150(3), 1–15 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00704-022-04220-3

Udangshree Borah; Rimki Baruah; Sahijul Islam; Abhijit Borah; Ananta Saikia; Robin Boro; Hemanta Saikia; Srikanth Mutnuri; Anasuya Ganguly; Rinku Baishya; Laksh (2022). Whey fortified ready-to-reconstitute elephant apple (Dillenia Indica) juice powder: Methodical optimization, micro-structural and In vitro digestion analyses, Journal of Food Technology Research, 9(1), 18–45 DOI: 10.18488/jftr.v9i1.2927

Dhruba Das; Hemanta Saikia; Dibyojyoti Bhattacharjee; Bhaskar Kushvaha (2022). On Estimating Shot Selection by a Batsman in Twenty20 Cricket: A Probabilistic Approach, Communication in Statistics: Case Studies, Data Analysis and Applications, 8(2), 354–367 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/23737484.2021.2017809

R. R. Borah; M. Saikia; H. Saikia; A. Borgohain; R. B. Dutta (2021). Seasonal variation in larval growth of Eri silkworm (Samia ricini Boisduval) reared on two Ailanthus species, Environment Conservation Journal, 22(1), 199–204 DOI: https://doi.org/10.36953/ECJ.2021.221228

A. K. Borthakur; I. Gogoi; D. K. Saikia; P. D. Nath; H. Saikia (2021). Ovipositional preference of Callosobruchus chinensis (L.) on pods of different host plants, Journal of Entomology and Zoology Studies, 9(1), 345–348 DOI: NA

H. Saikia (2020). Quantifying the current form of cricket teams and predicting the match winner, Management and Labour Studies, 45(2), 151–158 DOI: 10.1177/0258042X20912603

S. T. Tsigbey; H. Saikia; P. Mishra; R. S. Saikia (2020). Classifying the states of India through Rice, Wheat and Groundnut using Statistical Graphics, International Journal of Agriculture Sciences, 12(15), 10109–10113 DOI: NA

A. Gogoi; U. K. Sahoo; H. Saikia (2020). Vegetation and ecosystem carbon recovery following shifting cultivation in MizoramManipur-Kachin rainforest eco-region, Southern Asia, Ecological Processes, 9(21), 1–13 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13717-020-00225-w

L. Teronpi; M. Saikia; A. Th. Singha; S. Kalita; H. Saikia (2020). Impact of mating duration on larval growth of erisilkworm, Samia ricini Donovan in autumn and spring season, Journal of Entomology and Zoology Studies, 8(4), 1969–1974 DOI: NA

Sundar Barman; P. K. Neog; P. K. Pathak; Prasanta Mishra; Hemanta Saikia (2019). Adoption Consistency of Climate Smart Agriculture Practices among Farmers of Vulnerable Areas to Flood in Assam, Indian Research Journal of Extension Education, 19(4), 1–9

H. Saikia; D. Bhattacharjee (2018). Survival ability of Indian and overseas batsmen on the cricket pitch in Indian premier league, MOJ Sports Medicine, 2(4), 113–116 DOI: 10.15406/mojsm.2018.02.00057

D. Bhattacharjee; H. H. Lemmer; H. Saikia; D. Mukherjee (2018). Measuring performance of batting partners in limited over cricket, South African Journal for Research in Sport, Physical Education and Recreation, 40(3), 1–12 DOI: https://hdl.handle.net/10520/EJC-129341da28

D. Bhattacharjee; H. Saikia (2016). An objective approach of balanced cricket team selection using binary integer programming method, OPSEARCH: Journal of the Operational Research Society of India, 53(0), 225–247 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12597-015-0228-3

Baruah, R.; Kalita, H.K.; Buragohain, R.; Mondal, S.; Saikia, H. and Ahmed, H. (2023). Question Bank on Social Sciences. Kalyani Publishers, New Delhi, India, ISBN: 978-93-5540-504-3

Saikia, H.; Bhattacharjee, D. and Mukherjee, D. (2019). Cricket Performance Management: Mathematical Formulation and Analytics. Springer Nature, Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd., 152 Beach Road, #21-01/04 Gateway East, Singapore 189721, Singapore, ISBN: 978-981-15-1353-4

Buragohain, R. and Saikia, H. (2023). Method of Three Selected Points to Fit Growth Curves in the Absence of Sufficient Cross-Sectional Data, in: Das, D. and Mahanta, K.K. (Eds.), Current Research in Statistics and Allied Sciences, Department of Statistics, Dibrugarh University, pp 42–48, ISBN: 978-81-951950-6-0.

Bora, D. and Saikia, H. (2022). Application of Symbolic Data Analysis in Agricultural Sciences, in: Hooda, E. and Kumar, J. Hooda, B.K.; Verma, D.; (Eds.), Advanced Statistical Methods for Agricultural and Biological Sciences, New Delhi Publishers, New Delhi, India, pp 1–20, ISBN: 978-93-92513-20-6.

Gayan, A.J. (2023). Interval Estimation for Decision Making in the Crop Yield of Assam. M.Sc. thesis submitted to Department of Agricultural Statistics, Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat-13

Thakur, A. (2022). Trends and Prospects of Female Labour Force Participation Rate in Agricultural Sector and Its Linkage with Fertility in Assam. M.Sc. thesis submitted to Agricultural Statistics, Assam Agricultural University, Barbheta, AAU, Jorhat-785013

Buragohain, R. (2021). Impact of Weather Parameters on Winter Rice Productivity in North Bank Plains Zone of Assam. M.Sc. thesis submitted to Agricultural Statistics, Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat-785013

Tsigbey, S.T. (2020). Classifying the States of India through Rice, Wheat, and Groundnut using Statistical Graphics. M.Sc. thesis submitted to Agricultural Statistics, Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat-785013

Ananth, R. (2019). Regional Disparities of Selected Fruit Crops in Tamil Nadu. M.Sc. thesis submitted to Agricultural Statistics, Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat-785013

Bora, D. (2019). Symbolic Data Analysis: A New Approach of Analyzing Complex Data. M.Sc. thesis submitted to Agricultural Statistics, Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat-785013

Mahanta, N. (2018). Role of Rural Women in Agriculture Sector in Jorhat District. M.Sc. thesis submitted to Agricultural Statistics, Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat-785013

Devi, C.G. (2017). Analysis of Growth on Area and Production of Pineapple and Orange in Manipur. M.Sc. thesis submitted to Agricultural Statistics, Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat-785013

Dutta, L.C.; Saikia, M.; Hazarika, M.; Borgohain, A.; Borah, D.; Saikia, H.; Das, A.; Sonowal, P. and Sinha, A. (2019). Training Manual on Scientific Silkworm Rearing & Silk Processing (In Assamese). College of Sericulture, Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat

Baruah, S.; Saikia, H. and Paswan, R.P. (2018). Practical Manual on Elementary Statistics and Computer Application for Course No. BSC (STAT)-113. Department of Agricultural Statistics, Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat-785013

An Improved Methodology to Estimate the Productivity of Horticultural Crops in Assam

Implemented in 2025

Assam Agricultural University Rs. 602460 Lakh

Improved Spinning Type Water Remover in Green Tea Manufacturing

Implemented in 2023

ICAR, New Delhi Rs. 19.9 Lakh

Sustainable Security of Tribal Communities of Assam through Sericulture Centric Promotional Activities under Tribal Sub Plan

Implemented in 2018

Recognition & Accolades

Achievements & Honors 5 Honors

Received an appreciation letter along with a cash award from the Dean, FA, AAU to develop an official logo for College of Sericulture, Titabar, AAU, Jorhat (2017).

Visiting Fellow under UGC, SAP(DRS-I) in the Department of Commerce, Dibrugarh University, Dibrugarh, Assam to deliver lectures on the use of Statistics and Statistical Software in Social Science Research (2019).

Visiting Lecturer (online) in 3 in 1 program of Industrial Statistics-I in the Department of Agroindustrial Technology, Faculty of Agricultural Technology, University of Brawijaya, Indonesia (2021).

Member of the Editorial Board of the Journal entitled "Turkiye Klinikleri Journal of Biostatistics" (2022)
https://www.turkiyeklinikleri.com/journal/journal-of-biostatistics/1308-7894/editorial-board/en-index.html

Member of the Editorial Board of the Journal entitled "SN Business & Economics" (2022)
https://www.springer.com/journal/43546/editors

Learned Societies

Professional Memberships 3 Societies

Indian Bayesian Society (IBS)

Life Member

Indian Association of Social Sciences and Health (IASSH)

Life Member

North Eastern Economic Association (NEEA)

Life Member

Dr. Hemanta Saikia

Assistant Professor

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College: College of Sericulture

Department: Basic Sciences & Humanities

AAU Joining Date: 02 Mar, 2016

Additional Charge: Member of AKMIT Cell