| Abstract: | Student activism has always been an important part of Assam’s political landscape, especially through student organizations that were involved in movements on identity, citizenship, regional issues, education and public policy. This study investigates the evolution of student activism and protest politics in post-COVID Assam, especially in Guwahati in the Kamrup Metropolitan district. It focuses attention on the changing relationship between traditional forms of mobilization (rallies, protests and organizational politics) and new forms of engagement enabled by social media and digital communication. The article Special attention is given to the question of whether student activism after COVID-19 is a decline in participation or an adaptation to changing political, social, and technological conditions. The study concludes that student political participation remains significant, although in increasingly diverse forms, drawing on the feedback of students in Guwahati and secondary sources. The organizational involvement and the cause-oriented mobilization and the tangible demonstrations and the online communication are increasingly coexisting. The study draws attention to concerns about political parties, work, education, citizenship, identity and regional issues and argues that student engagement post COVID should be understood as a process of transformation, rather than as a disappearing act. |
