डॉ. बी. आर. अम्बेडकर विश्‍वविद्यालय दिल्ली
Dr. B. R. Ambedkar University Delhi
Established by The Government of NCT of Delhi

• PhD- Sociology (Centre for the study of social systems/school of social sciences), Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), Delhi, 2019 
• MPhil- Sociology (Centre for the study of social systems/school of social sciences), Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), Delhi, 2007
• MA- Sociology (Centre for the study of social systems/school of social sciences), Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), Delhi, 2005
• Qualified the National Eligibility Test (NET) for Lectureship and Junior Research fellowship (JRF) examination in Sociology, conducted by UGC in June 2007. 
   

Academic Appointment

• 2023 till date, Associate Professor in Gender Studies and Sociology, School of Human Studies, Dr. B. R. Ambedkar University Delhi. 
• 2010- present, Assistant professor in Gender Studies and Sociology, School of Human Studies, DR. B. R. Ambedkar University Delhi. 

Administrative Appointments

• May 2014 to July 2015- Programme Coordinator, MA Gender Studies, School of Human Studies, Dr. B. R. Ambedkar University Delhi. 
• January 2017 to May 2019- Programme Coordinator, MA Gender Studies, School of Human Studies, DR. B. R. Ambedkar University Delhi.
• November 2019 to January 2022- Convenor, School Research Committee (RSC), School of Human Studies, DR. B. R. Ambedkar University Delhi.
• January 2022 to October 2023- Programme Coordinator, MPhil/PhD Women’s and Gender Studies (WGS), School of Human Studies, DR. B. R. Ambedkar University Delhi.

Professional Appointments 

• 2007 to 2011- Editorial Assistant, Journal of Indian Anthropologist
• January 2017 to June 2020- Convenor, North East Forum (NEF), Centre for Community Knowledge (CCK), DR. B. R. Ambedkar University Delhi

Institutional member of committee

• 2017-2019. Member, Board of Studies (BoS) of the School of Human Studies
• 2019 to October 2023. Member, School Research Committee (RSC), School of Human Studies
• 2019 to October 2023. Member, Standing Research Committee (SCR) of DR. B R Ambedkar University Delhi

 

AREA OF RESEARCH INTERESTS

• Marriage, Family and Kinship Studies 
• Gender and Cultural History of Northeast India
• Sociology of Gender 
• Research Methods and Methodologies
• Food and Society
• Material Culture
   

COURSES TAUGHT

Post Graduate Courses:

• Family
• Introduction to Research Methods
• Feminist Research Methods
• Gender, Work and Labour
• Health
• Gendered World: Memory and Politics in Northeast India

BA Sociology:

• Food and Society
• Introduction to Gender
• Kinship, Marriage and Family Forms 

RESEARCH SUPERVISION

PhD:

1. Awarded:

• Arpita Anand - Women’s Studies in India since the 1990s: Questions of Curriculum, Pedagogy and Composition of Students (Co-supervised with Prof. Mary John). (2023)

2. Ongoing:

• Manisha Pal - Love, intimacy and relationships: A study of young adult college students in Delhi (2019- till date).
• Kunzang Angmo - Women and Interfaith Marriage in Ladakh (co-supervising with Dr Seema Kazi). (2022- till date. Temporarily de-registered).
• Dawa Lhamu Sherpa- Contemporary Martial Masculinities: A Study of the Soldiers and Families of Gorkha Rifles (2021 till date).
• Viraj Godge – Overlapping Privileges and Marginalities: A Study of Contemporary Maratha Masculinities (2021 till date).

MPhil Degree awarded:

• Dawa Lhamu Sherpa- The Making of the Bir Gorkha: Reproduction of Masculinity in the Gorkhaland Movement (2019-2021).
• Soumya Johri- Courting Arrests: A Fragmented History of ‘Self-fashioning' by Women Politicals during the Indian Nationalist Movement (co-supervised with Dr Rachna Chaudhary) 2018-2020.
• Ridhi Anupriya Tirkey- Customary laws and legal rights in Jharkhand: A Case study of Oraon women (co-supervised with Dr Rachna Chaudhary) (2017-2020).

MA Dissertation

2023

• Michelle Sanya Tirkey- Foraging for Identity: Constructions of the Adivasis through Oraon Middle Class Family History.
• Momita Pal-Gastro-Politics in India: Caste and Gender Analysis.
• Monika Ahlawat- Meanings and Significance of Jewellery among the Jaat community of Haryana: A Gendered Analysis.
• Vindhya- Digital Landscape of Alternative Media: Gender-Based Violence and Biopolitics of Feminism in India.
• Nandini Borgohain- Gender disparity and Marginalisation of Handloom weavers in Sibsagar district of Assam.

2022

• Europa Doley- Weaving and Gender Relations in Mising Community of Assam: Exploring the Lives of Women Handloom Weavers
• Isheeta Sharma- Gender, Modernity & Colonial Networks: Reading Postcards of M.V. Dhurandhar
• Nainika Singh- Socio-cultural impact of Polycystic Ovaries Syndrome (PCOS)
• Pallavi Goswami- Love, Age, and Power Play – An Interrogation into the Contours of Consent and the Ambiguity Discourse in Extrajudicial Adolescent Romantic Relationships
• Raj Nandini- The Influences and the Influencers That Surround the #MeToo Movement
• Shivani Raturi- Intimacy and Digital Platforms: A Study of Dating Applications in India
• Shriya Shukla - Understanding the Impact of Covid-19 on Female Domestic Workers in India
• Toshinaro- Naga Women’s Participation in Policy-making and their Representation in Politics: A Case of Ao Naga Tribe

2021

• Dakshayini Suresh- Feed-ing Power: Reading Gender, Caste and Class in Contemporary Digital Food Culture
• Dipandita Baglary- Body Image and Politics: Influence of Mass Media and Social Media on Women's Perception of Beauty
• Karnika Lal - Patriarchal Ideology of Motherhood: Myths, Culture and Popular Culture
• Khyati Miglani - Family and Homosexuality in India: The Ambiguities of Recognition
• Loosi Nalo - Gender and Tribal Culture: Role of Women among the Abotani Clan of Arunachal Pradesh
• M Kanika-Sex Work: Labour, Mobility and Sexual Services
• Olivia Lhingneiniang- The Impact of Christianity: Women, Church and Tribal Identity
• Prerna Vats - Homosociality among Middle-Class Married Women in India
• Srishti Bhargav Singh: Nimble Fingers: Negotiating Gender, Space and Time in Tea Estate of Northeast India

2020

• Bhawna Rawat- A study on Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE) In India: Experiences of Young Adolescents in Delhi
• Garima- Construction of Masculinities in Sex Work
• Harshita- Role of Hashtags: Feminism on and through Digital Platforms
• Sonam Palmo- Cultural Construction of Marriage among Changthang People in Ladakh

2019

• Avali Khare- Female Masculinities: Constructions, Representations and Embodiment in Contemporary India
• Gargi Basumatary- Khasi Women of Meghalaya: Rethinking Marginalisation
• Nikita Taying-  Locating Gender, Ethnicity and Identity: A case study of Adi Women of Arunachal Pradesh
• Vernika Tanwani - Leisure, Choice and Empowerment: Analysing Women’s Access to Leisure
• Wisulanbou - Exploring the Unseen: The case of Nupi Maanbi (Transwomen) in Manipur

2018

• Adishi Gupta - Emotions, Gender and Hetrosexual Love
• Hephzibah Lakhanpal - The Act of Trolling: Locating Cyber Violence on Women
• Jocelyn Joseph - Gendering Narcotics: A Study on the Colonial Political-Economy of Opium through a Gendered Lens
• Liyir Nyodu - Marriage Practices of the Galo Tribe of Arunachal Prades.
• Shrishti - Understanding the relationship between Space and Gender: Violence and Masculinity
• Worinchui L Shimray - The Body in Question: The Politics of Northeast in India

2017

• Anupriya Kholi - Half Widows of Kashmir” Struggles and Resistance
• Chayanika Changkakati - Sexual Migration: A Study of Assamese Gay Men
• M Imtisenla Ao - The “Unchanging” Status of Women in Naga Society
• Mishika Chauhan - Power/Resistance: A Feminist Theorization of Power
• R L Tathuibuiliu - Christianity and the Status of Women in Naga Society

2015

• Deboshree Mohanta -The Hurt of the Child: Sexuality, Caste, Religion and Development
• Lunuva Hazarika - Conflict in Northeast India: Gendered Perspective
• Mitali Trivedi - Interrogating Matrilineal Social Structure of the Khasi Community of Meghalaya
• Smriti Mittal - What is Sex and Work in Sex Work?

2014

• Limpianliu Panmei - The Marginality Politics: Gender, Identity and Race in Northeast India

2013

• Juno K. Varghese - Political Economy of Marriage: Dowry and Inheritance among the Syrian Christians
• Maharshi Goswami - Deconstructing Beauty: A Study of the Masculine Crisis

PUBLICATIONS
Journals:

• 2023- “Hereditary Chiefs and Village Governance among the Sumi Naga Tribe of Northeast India: A Gendered Analysis,” in The Anthropos: The International Review of Anthropology and Linguistics, Vol. 118, No. 1 (January-June), pp. 43-54. https://doi.org/10.5771/0257-9774-2023-1-43 
• 2023- “Mapping Social Biographies of Fashion through “Second Hand” Clothes and Market in Nagaland,” in Caraiveti, Vol- VI, Issue -2 (Jan- June), pp. 57-66. 
• 2023- “Armed Forces Special Power Act (AFSPA) in Nagaland: A Critique,” in The Third Concept: An International Journal of Idea, Vol. 37, No. 435 (May), pp. 11-14. 
• 2022- “Traditional Knowledge and the Community: Mapping the History and Continuity of Traditional Medicine and Healers among the Khasi, Meghalaya,” (with Nafisabeth Syiemlieh & Imtirenla Longkumer), in IJFANS International Journal of Food and Nutritional Sciences, Vol.11, Iss.12, Dec 2022, pp. 4324-4335.  https://ijfans.org/issue-content/traditional-knowledge-and-the-community-mapping-the-history-and-continuity-of-traditional-medicine-and-healers-among-the-khasi-meghalaya-3598 
• 2021- “Tuluni Festival and Aloji among the Sumi tribe of Nagaland: Meaning, Context and Significance,” in The Eastern Anthropologist, October- December, Vol. 74, No. 4, pp. 511-527.
• 2020- “Reflections on Insider Outsider Dilemma in Ethnographic Fieldwork:  Insights from Nagaland,” in Sambodhi, July- Sep, Vol. 43, No. 3, pp. 751-753.
• 2017- “Naga Mothers Association (NMA) in Peace Process: A Gender Perspective on Peace and Conflict Resolution,” in Research review: International Journal of Multidisciplinary, Vol. 2, No. 5, pp. 33-37. https://rrjournals.com/past-issue/2017/05/
• 2008- “Marriage Prestations and Ame (Bridewealth) in the Sumi Naga Society,” Indian Anthropologist, 38 (2): 43–60. http://www.jstor.org/stable/41920073

Book Chapters:

• 2018- “Text, Knowledge and Representation: Reading Gender in Sumi Marriage Practices,” in Modern Practices in North East India: History, Culture, Representation, (Ed.), Lipokamar Dzuvichu and Manjeet Baruah, London: Routledge. Pp. 144-171. Republished in Routledge Readings on Colonial to Contemporary Northeastern India: Customary Practices, Gender and Livelihood, (Ed.), by Sumi Krishna, 2023, Routledge: New York. Pp. 193-217. 
• 2015- “Gendered Representation and Social Significance: Sumi Weaving and Handloom Tradition,” in Objects Identities Meanings: Insider Perspectives from North East India, (Ed.), Dharitri Narzary Chakravartty and Surajit Sarkar. Delhi: Centre for Community Knowledge and North East Forum, Ambedkar University Delhi. Pp. 37-51.

Book reviews:

• 2008- ‘A Rediscovery and Rebuilding of Naga Cultural Values: An Analytical Approach with Special Reference to Maori as a Colonised and Minority Group of People in New Zealand by Shikhu, Inato Yekheto,’ book review in Indian Anthropologist, 38(1):117–120. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/41920067

RESEARCH PROJECTS

• 2020- ‘Instutionalised Patriarchy in Nagaland: Constitutionalism, Customary Laws and “Gender Justice”’ for Seed Money Grant for Faculty Research (SMGFR) Scheme, 2019 provided by Dr B R Ambedkar University Delhi (AUD), Delhi from January 2020 to 31st October 2020.
• 2011-2012- Material Culture- Handloom and Weaving -Textiles: Meanings, Representation and Social Structure among the Sumi Tribe of Nagaland, 2011-2012, supported by Ambedkar University Delhi (AUD)

International/National Conferences

• 2023. “Gendered Practices and Masculinity: Hereditary Chiefs and Governance Systems among the Sumi Tribe Nagaland,” paper presented at the International Conference & Pre-Congress of “UIAF World Anthropology Congress” on Rescripting the Anthropocene: Health, Happiness and Hope, at Department of Anthropology, University of Delhi, 11-13 January.
• 2022. “Symbolism of meat distribution and feasting: A case of the Sumi Naga tribe of Northeast India,” paper presented at the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) Annual International Conference, Newcastle University and online. 30 August- 2 September.
• 2022. “Northeast food in Delhi: Contested food and its consumers,” paper presented at the International Conference on Anthropology in India: Contemporary debates and future possibilities, at IUAES-WAU World Anthropology Pre-Congress 2022, Lucknow, India organized by Ethnographic and folk culture society in collaboration with Indian Anthropological association, at the department of Sociology and department of Anthropology, University of Lucknow, 25-26 March.
• 2021. “Customary Laws, Women’s Rights and ‘Gender Justice’: A case of Nagaland,” paper presented at the 46^th All India Sociological Conference on Constitution, citizenship and Minorities: Mapping Seventy Years of Indian Republic’ by Indian Sociological Society, New Delhi at University of Mumbai, 8-10, December. Zoom Link: https://zoom.us/j/93264301619?pwd=alBHREN0Slk0OGtYQXVUUmVIUVRuZz09
• 2021. “Customary Laws and ‘Gender Justice’: Instutionalised Patriarchy in Nagaland,” paper presented at the national conference on Recent Trends in Anthropological Research, from 1-2 July, organized by Mrinalini Datta Mahavidyapith Department of Anthropology, Birati, Kolkata and Dera Natung Govt. College Department of Anthropology, Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh. Zoom detail: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81361616960?pwd=ei9qd1ZSR3NDeWp2RVJ3eUtHc241UT09
• 2020. “Colonial Writings on Nagas: A Case of Sumi,” paper presented at the international webinar on Living in the Present: Nagas in the 21st Century, organized by Naga Scholar Association, from 26-28 November. Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85866050883?pwd=ejZPMnRZc1ZHREtjSUoxQUt1L3pVZz09
• 2019. “Theorising Gendered Kinship and Marriage: The Sumi Naga Tribe of Northeast India,” paper presented at the international conference on Contested Kinship: Towards a Redefinition of Human Relations, University of Göttingen, 14-16 March.
• 2019. “‘Culturally Yours’! Theorising State, People and Identity through the Hornbill Festival” paper presented at the international conference on Materiality and Visuality in North East India, organised by Centre for North East Studies and Policy Research Jamia Millia Islamia, 28th February - 1st March.
• 2019). “The Politics of Writing and Reading Culture: Some Reflections,” paper presented at the 2-days ICHR’s National Seminar on History of North East India: Emerging Trends at Guwahati, 3- 4 February. 
• 2018. “The ‘Un-changing’ Customary Laws and Women’s Rights: A case of Nagaland,” paper presented at the international conference on Gender Equality through the Strategy of Gender Mainstreaming, 6-7 September, organised by Presidency University, Bangaluru, India.
• 2018. “Women’s Rights, Customary Laws and Traditions: Debates in Contemporary Nagaland,” paper presented at the National Seminar on Women as Critical Partners in an Egalitarian Society: An Evaluation of the Current Status in India, jointly organized by Association of Indian Universities and the NorthCap University, Gurugram, Haryana, 8-9 March.
• 2017. “Culture on my Platter: A Critique of the Hornbill Festival of Nagaland,”  paper presented at the National Seminar on Environment, Sustainable development and Future Perspective in Northeast India: Emic and Etic Dynamics, Department of Anthropology, DU, 2-3 October.
• 2017. “Cultural Silence: Materiality of Gendered Gift and Exchange in Sumi Marriage Practices of Nagaland,” paper presented at the Seminar on Interpreting Culture: Subjectivity, Ideology and Identity, at IGNOU, New Delhi on 16-17 March.
• 2017. “Culture on my Platter: The ‘Festival of Festivals’,” paper presented at the national seminar on Tribal rights in India and demand for development with Dignity, at Indian Social Institute, New Delhi, on 4-5 February.
• 2016. “Staging Love or Power? Materiality of Weddings in India’s North East region,” paper presented at the SASNET conference on Modern Matters: Negotiating the Future of Everyday Life in South Asia, at Lund University Sweden on 20-22 September.
• 2016. “The Politics of Gift, Exchange and Reciprocity: A case of the Sumi Tribe of Nagaland,” paper presented at the international conference on Oral Tradition: Continuity and Transformations, North East India and South East Asia organized by Indian Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH), and Centre for Community Knowledge (CCK), Ambedkar University, Delhi (AUD) on 1-4 February, at Shillong, Meghalaya.
• 2015. “Culture and Colonialism: Methodological Issues in Understanding the Gendered Politics of Labour and Exchange,” paper presented at the conference on Figurations of India’s Northeast: Cultures, histories, worldviews, at The Nehru Memorial Museum and Library, Delhi on 19-20 February.
• 2014. “Re-asserting Identity /Cultural Tourism /Consumerism?,” paper presented at the international conference on State and society in North East India, organized by North East India Studies Programme, JNU. New Delhi. February, 26-28.
• 2014. “Naga Mothers Association (NMA) in Women’s Studies Discourse in India,” paper presented at the XIV Indian Association for Women’s Studies Conference on Gender, Conflict and the State, under the Sub-Theme Equality, Conflict, Pluralism and Women’s Studies, held in Guwahati from 4-7 February
• 2012. “Consumption, Commodities and Marriage: A case of the Sumi Tribe of Nagaland, India,” paper presented at Cultural Studies Association of Australisia Annual Conference, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia, 4 -6 December.
• 2012. “Meanings and Significance of Traditional Shawls among the Sumi Naga Tribes,” paper presented at the workshop on Curating Indian Visual Culture: Theory and Practice organised by Association of Academics, Artists and Citizens for University Autonomy (ACUA), Vadodara in collaboration with School of Culture & Creative Expressions, Ambedkar University, Delhi, Kashmere Gate, Delhi, 09 – 13 October.
• 2012. “Re-negotiating Gender Relations and Power Dynamics in Everyday Family Life: Insights from Sumi tribe of Nagaland,” paper presented at the National Seminar organized by the CSSIEP) RC 10, Indian Sociological Society & Centre for Women’s Studies, University of Hyderabad on Law, Gender and Social Transformation in India, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India, 17-18 September.
• 2012. “The Aesthetics of Weddings and consumerist ‘craze’ among the Sumi tribe,” paper presented at the annual conference of the Association of Social Anthropologist of UK and Commonwealth 2012 on Arts and Aesthetics in a Globalising World, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India, 3–6 April.
• 2012. “Meanings and Significance of Traditional Shawls among the Naga Tribes (Mao & Sumi),” paper presented at the workshop on, Material Culture: Contemporary Creation and use, organized by North-East Forum (NEF), Ambedkar University, Delhi, 22 March (with Akha Mao).
• 2011. “Situating Women in Marriage and Material Culture,” paper presented at the National Seminar on, A Gendered Approach to Material Culture: Representations and Practices, at IGRMS Bhopal, 26–27 March.
• 2011. “Marriage Prestations and Material Culture: Insights from the Sumi tribe of Nagaland,” paper presented at the XIII National Conference of the Indian Association for Women’s Studies on, Resisting Marginalisations, Challenging Hegemonies: Re-visioning Gender Politics, Wardha, 21–24 January.
• 2010. “Doing Fieldwork in One’s own society: Insights on Marriage and Consumption practices among the Sumi Tribe of Nagaland,” paper presented at the National Seminar on Social Research on North East India: Issues and challenges, organised by North East Study Programme, JNU, New Delhi from 25 - 26 February.
• 2009. “Marriage Prestations and Ame (Bridewealth) in Sumi Naga Society,” paper presented at the Ph.D Research Scholar Seminar  at the Centre for the study of social systems, school of social sciences, JNU, 30 - 31 March.
• 2009. “Marriage Prestations, Ame (Bridewealth) and Women in Sumi Naga Society,” paper presented at the National Seminar on Women in Traditional Institutions and Worldviews organized by North East India Study Programme (NEISP), JNU; Centre for Manipur studies, MU; Centre for the Study of Social Exclusion and Inclusive Policy, MU held at Manipur University, Imphal from 13-15^th March.

Invited lectures and talk

• 2023. Changing contours of Marriage in Northeast India: Bridewealth, Ameh and consumerism in Sumi Marriages practices,” special lecture delivered for the course on Tribes in India, at CSSS/SSS, JNU, New Delhi, 18^th January.
• 2022. “Scripting Axone: Fermenting and smoking soyabeans practices among the Sumi Tribe of Nagaland,” special lecture at the national conference on Anthropology in 21st Century and Beyond, Department of Anthropology, Delhi University. 9-11 February. Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89157000607?pwd=V0xSeHdhb0ozWG0rb1B6UEphWjloUT09
• 2022. “Bridewealth and Ameh:  Changing Consumption Trends in Sumi Marriages,” delivered a special lecture for the course, Kinship and Marriage course, at CSSS/SSS, JNU, New Delhi, 5^th January. Google meet: https://meet.google.com/eei-wnhj-yvp
• 2021. “Bridewealth and Ameh practices,” delivered a special lecture for the course, Tribes in India, at CSSS/SSS, JNU, New Delhi, 6^th January. Google meet: http://meet.google.com/qbw-jgdr-hca
• 2020. “Her(story) in History: Traditional governance systems, and customary laws and practices,” invited speaker for the international webinar on Re-thinking gender issues: Voices of young minds, organized by the department of History, Modern College, Kohima Nagaland on 3^rd November. Google meet link: https://meet.google.com/dzu-yzhw-umy
• 2020. Invited speaker at the panel discussion on “Power on the plate: Demystifying the politics of food,” organized by Rickshaw, Department of Sociology, South Asian University, Delhi on October 28.  Google meet link: https://meet.google.com/hbj-bzpr-rpq  
• 2020. “Hereditary Chiefs and Village Governance among the Sumi Tribe: A Gendered Analysis,” special lecture organized by IQAC, Bharati College, in collaboration with Department of Sociology on 16^th October. Google meet Link:
• meet.google.com/bfw-bjog-ptn
• 2020. “Researching the North East of India,” invited speaker for the international Workshop on Improvising Strategies for Social Research: Methodological Concerns organized by Indian Anthropological Association and Anthropology Without Borders on 12 and 13 August. Zoom Meeting ID: 790 172 6364 Passcode: iaa2020. Zoom Meeting Link:   https://us02web.zoom.us/j/7901726364?pwd=cThBeGVUNmpFUFp6cm5JTXZCcXZZUT09
• 2020. “Trajectories in formulating a course on Gender and Northeast India in University space: Some Epistemological and Ontological Concerns,” at the Third International Webinar on Racialisation and Migration, Let’s Talk Dialogue(s) on 19th May 2020 at 6:30 pm. Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86290207638?pwd=V3ZCaWtCQUhOTnBndXJMU0pNbmh0QT09
• 2017. “‘Gender Strategies’: Marriage Within and Across Borders,” delivered a talk at the monthly seminar series, North East India Studies Programme (NEISP), JNU, New Delhi, 27 October. 
• 2017. “Understating the Tribes in Northeast India,” lecture delivered for the course on Tribes in India, at CSSS/SSS, JNU, New Delhi 4^th September.
• 2016. “Paradoxes in writing India’s Northeast Region: A case of Nagaland,” special lecture for the course, Tribes in India, at CSSS/SSS, JNU, New Delhi, 25 October.
• 2016. Resource person for one day workshop organized by National Institute of Open Schooling, (An Autonomous Institution under Dept. of School Education and Literacy, M.H.R.D., Govt. of India) on Production of an Advocacy Film on NIOS for Northeast, Region on Wednesday, 22 June, 2016 at NIOS office Noida.
• 2015. “Changing Marriage Practices and Consumptions among the Nagas,” special lecture for the course Tribes in India course, on 16 October, at CSSS/SSS, JNU, New Delhi.

Chairing Talks and Panel Discussion

• 2019. Chaired a Panel session on “Experiencing Infrastructure” at the international symposium on Ambivalent Infrastructures at Dimapur, Nagaland on 29^th November.
• 2019. Chaired a technical session-3 at the Fourth Annual Conference, Oral History Association of India on Community, Place and Identity: Possibilities of Oral History, from 1-2 February at Ambedkar University Delhi, Kashmere Gate, Delhi.
• 2017. Chaired a panel discussion on “Gender, Tradition and Constitutional Rights: Current debates in Nagaland,” organized by Gender Studies, Ambedkar University Delhi on 27 February.
• 2016. Chaired a session on “Language and Folklore” at the international conference on, Oral Traditions: Continuity and Transformations, North East India and South East Asia organized by Indian Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH), and Centre for Community Knowledge (CCK), Ambedkar University, Delhi (AUD) on 1-4 February, 2016 at Shillong, Meghalaya.
• 2017. Chaired a panel discussion on “33% Women Reservation in Urban Local Bodies of Nagaland,” organized by Naga Scholars Association (NSA) at Nagaland House, Delhi on 29 January.
• 2016. Chaired a session on “Food, Orality, Language and Practices,” at the Hutton Lecture and Symposium on Indigenous Knowledge, at Kohima, Nagaland jointly organised by Kohima Institute and North East Forum (NEF), Centre for Community Knowledge (CCK), Ambedkar University Delhi on 8-9 December.
• 2014. Roundtable on Looking East Through the Northeast: People's Perspective, organized by People's SAARC on 21 March, 2014. India Habitat Centre, New Delhi.

Conference, Seminars & Workshop Organised

• 2024. Organised a panel on “Mapping Speciality and Migration: Understanding the creation of Political Spaces and Collective Geographies with Dharitri Narzary Chakravartty and Shivangi Kaushik at the (Royal Geographical Society) RGS-IBG Annual International Conference 2024, held at Imperial College London, and online from Tuesday 27-Friday 30 August 2024 (28 August 2024 online).
• 2022. Organising member of Shodhotsav 2022, organised by Dr B R Ambedkar University Delhi from 1-3 June 2022.
• 2019. Organising member of the international symposium on ‘Ambivalent Infrastructures’ jointly organized by: Ambedkar University Delhi: Center for Community Knowledge and School of Global Affairs (AUD, CCK and SGA) Hong Kong University, Faculty of Architecture (HKU) New York University Shanghai (NYUSH) International Institute for Asian Studies (IIAS) Leiden, Urban Knowledge Network Asia, Netherlands Heritage Publishing House (HPH) Dimapur, Nagaland The Kohima Institute (KI), Kohima, Nagaland Department of Information and Technology, Government of Nagaland 28 – 30 November at Dimapur, Nagaland, India.  
• 2018. Organising member of an international Conference on ‘Northeast India and Southeast Asia: Exploring Continuities' by North East Forum (NEF), Centre for Community Knowledge (CCK), Ambedkar University Delhi (AUD) Kashmere Gate, Lothian Road, Delhi from 25 - 26 October.
• 2018. Organised a two days ‘Reading and Writing’ workshop for MA Gender Studies, Semester 3 students on 2-3 August 2018 at Ambedkar University Delhi (AUD).
• 2016. Organising member of Hutton Lecture and Symposium on “Indigenous Knowledge” at Kohima, Nagaland in collaboration with Kohima Institute and North East Forum (NEF), Centre for Community Knowledge (CCK), Ambedkar University Delhi on 8-9 December.
• 2015. Organised a two days workshop on 'Archiving Popular Culture' on 24-26 March for MA Gender Studies Students at Ambedkar University Delhi (AUD).
• 2015. Organising Secretary of the International Conference on “Rethinking the Nagas in the Contemporary” by the Naga Scholar Association (NSA) and The Hao Research Initiative (THRI), 20-21 March at JNU, New Delhi.