Rituparna Rajendra has been awarded the degree of Doctorate of Philosophy by NEHU for her thesis ‘Non-formal educational strategies to improve the occupational health and literacy of the coal mine workers of Assam’ under the supervision of Dr BP Sahu from the Department of Adult & Continuing Education, NEHU. She is the daughter of Rajendra P Suklabaidya and Tapati Choudhury and wife of Partha Suklabaidya.