Education Sarmah is a graduate of
Cotton College,
Gauhati University, and University Law College, Gauhati University, and
Assam Agricultural University. He was Assistant Professor, Faculty of Veterinary Science, at Assam Agricultural University, from 1987 to 1996 and a visiting scientist at the
University of British Columbia in 1990. From 1978 to 1980, Sarma was General Secretary of College of Veterinary Science Students' Union, Gauhati University and from 1980 to 1985, Sarmah was a member of the central executive committee of
All Assam Students Union. He was elected for a second-term in the Lok Sabha from Lakhimpur constituency in 2004 and served until 2009. He was the Asom Gana Parishad candidate from
Kaliabor in 2014. ==References==