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{{Infobox person
| name = Joy Pachuau
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1969|04|13|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Aizawl, [[Mizoram]], [[India]]
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| nationality = [[India]]n
| occupation = [[Professor]]
| known_for = Author of ''[[Being Mizo]]''
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| awards = [[Mizo Award]] <small>(2017)</small>
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'''Joy L. Pachuau''' is an author and professor from [[Mizoram]] who resides at [[Delhi]]. She is a professor at Centre for Historical Studies, [[Jawaharlal Nehru University]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Prof. Joy Lalkrawspari Pachuau bags Mizo Award |url=http://morungexpress.com/prof-joy-lalkrawspari-pachuau-bags-mizo-award/ |website=morungexpress |accessdate=31 March 2019}}</ref> Her research interest includes the social history of Mizoram and Christianity in India; she has also worked on the Portuguese presence on the west coast of India in the 16th and 17th centuries.

==Education==
Pachuau obtained her bachelor's degree from [[Fergusson College]], Pune, in 1989 and her MA, Phil and Ph.D. degree from [[Jawaharlal Nehru University]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Mizo Award 2017 dawngtu Joy Lalkrawspari Pachuau |url=http://www.vanglaini.org/tualchhung/78789 |website=Vanglaini |accessdate=31 March 2019}}</ref> and D.Phil. degree from [[Oxford University]] in 2012.<ref>{{cite web |title=Joy L.K. Pachuau |url=https://www.jnu.ac.in/content/%20jpachuau |website=jnu |accessdate=31 March 2019}}</ref>

==Awards and honor==
Pachuau was awarded with the Mizo Award given to her by [[Sângthankima]] which was organised by the ''[[Vanglaini]]'' daily newspaper in [[Mizoram]] for her achievements in academic.<ref>{{cite web |title=Prof. Joy Lalkrawspari Pachuau Bags Mizo Award |url=https://www.northeasttoday.in/prof-joy-lalkrawspari-pachuau-bags-mizo-award/ |website=northeasttoday.in |accessdate=31 March 2019}}</ref> She has also been awarded Sneh Mahajan Prize for the Best Book (2012–14) in Modern Indian History by Indian History Congress.<ref>{{cite web |title=Joy L Pachuau awarded Mizo Award |url=http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/detailsnew.asp?id=dec1117/oth050 |website=assamtribune |accessdate=31 March 2019}}</ref>

==Bibliography==
* Being Mizo. Identity and Belonging in Northeast India (OUP 2014) co-authored with Willem van Schendel<ref>{{cite web |title=Author |url=https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/author/joy-pachuau |website=sagepub |accessdate=31 March 2019}}</ref>
* The Camera as Witness. A social history of Mizoram, Northeast India (CUP 2014).<ref>{{cite web |title=Life in the Lushai Hills |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/books/life-in-the-lushai-hills/ |website=indianexpress |accessdate=31 March 2019}}</ref>
* Christianity in Indian History, Issues of Culture, Power and Knowledge, New Delhi.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Book Review: Pius Malekandathil, Joy L.K. Pachuau and Tanika Sarkar (eds), Christianity in Indian History—Issues of Culture, Power and Knowledge |journal=Indian Historical Review |volume=44 |issue=2 |pages=335–337 |doi=10.1177/0376983617726661 |year=2017 |last1=Patrick |first1=G. }}</ref>

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