Geetika Ranjan
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Prof. Geetika Ranjan

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Prof. Geetika Ranjan

Professor

Department of Anthropology

Qualifications:

PhD 

Areas of Interest/Specialization: 

Tribal and Rural studies, Anthropology of politics and governance, Public Policy, Anthropology of Children, Research Methods

Experience: 

Teaching and Research Experience: 26 years (continuing)

Awards

  1. UGC Research Award (2016) to undertake research on the topic "Girl Child Domestic Labour : A Study in Lucknow City"
  2. Young Scientist Award, awarded  by the Indian Science Congress,3-7 January, 2001,  New Delhi for the paper " Role of Elites in the Development of the Bhoksa Tribe "
  3. ICSSR Doctoral Fellowship awarded in 1998

Special Nomination:

  1. Nominated in 2012, by the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India as a Member of a committee constituted for monitoring the village relocation from the tiger- reserves in the states of Rajasthan and Mizoram, by the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India.

 PhD Research Guidance

  1. Dr. Peacefully Kharkongor (2015): Significance of Bamboo in Khasi Culture
  2. Dr. Charaibou Daimai (2017): Folk Music and Dance of the Liangmai Tribe of Manipur and Nagaland: An Anthropological Study
  3. Dr. Rashmi Upadhyay (2017): Nepalese Migrants in the Coal-Mines of India’s Northeast: Risk, Remittances and Return to Nepal
  4. Dr. A. Kapesa (2018): Traditional Political Institutions and Development: A Study on a Mao Naga Village of Manipur
  5. Dr. Radhey Amung (2019 ):Participation of Women in Gram Panchayat and their Socio-economic Status: A Study of the Adi, Apatani and Nyishi
  6. Dr. Naorem Naokhomba Singh ( 2020): Religious Practices among the Meiteis of Manipur: An Anthropological Study
  7. Dr. Ananya Chetia (2020): Ethnicity of North-Eastern Students in Delhi: A Study of Intra and Inter-ethnic Relations
  8. Dr. Mariam Jamatia (2022): An Anthropological Study of Jamatia Hoda, the Traditional Institution among the Jamatia of Tripura
  9. Dr. Shivangi Bahadur(2025): Ecotourism in Puri: An Anthropological Study
  10. Dr. Alexander L.Passah (2025): Use,Dynamics and  Impact of Social Media on the Khasi of Shillong Urban Agglomeration

Research Projects

  1. Major International  Project :  Project title - Nepal on the Move : Conflict, Migration and Mobility - Nepalese Migrants in the Coal Mines of Jaintia Hills: Risk, Remittance and Return to Nepal; joint collaboration with Aarhus University and Copenhagen University, Denmark and Kathmandu University, Nepal; funded by DANIDA Fellowship Centre, Denmark ; 2011- 2016.
  2. UGC Project : Under UGC Research Award for doing research on Girl Child Domestic Labour: A study in Lucknow City; funded by University Grants Commission, New Delhi . ( 2016-18)
  3. Policy document submitted to the Government of India, Ministry of Forest and Environment as Member of a committee constituted for monitoring the village relocation from the tiger- reserves in the states of Rajasthan and Mizoram, by the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India

Publications

Books

  1. Ranjan, Geetika.2016.Approaches to the Study of Indian Culture and Society. New Delhi: Pragun Publications.
  2. Ranjan, Geetika.2014. Political Organization among the Bhoksa: A Tribe in Turmoil. New Delhi: Pragun Publications.

Papers in Journals

  1. Ranjan, Geetika. (2025). Experiencing Vasant Panchami and Saraswati Puja My Way. Anthro Bulletin, 4(2):4-5.
  2. Ranjan. Geetika. (2023). Tears, Terror and Trauma: My Manipur. United India Anthropology Forum https://www.anthropologyindiaforum.org/post/tears-terror-tragedy-and-trauma-my-manipur.
  3. Ranjan, Geetika. (2021). Neev Ki Eentein: Manavvigyan Ki Aadharbhoot Visheshtaiyen (Hindi). Manav, 39(1, 2):98-103. ( In Hindi)
  4. Ranjan, Geetika. ( 2019). Human Life at Stake: The Situation of Labourers Working in Unregulated Mining Enterprises. JETIR,6 (5):654-657. https://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRCU06122.pdf
  5. Ranjan, Geetika. (2018). The Place of Kwai in Khasi Society: Food for Thought. Indian Journal of Physical Anthropology and Human Genetics, 37(1, 2):199-2017.
  6. Ranjan, Geetika.  (2017-18). Field, Fieldwork and Fieldworker: Back to the Basics. Bulletin of the Department of Anthropology, Gauhati University, XIX: 1-9.
  7. Upadhyay Rashmi and Geetika Ranjan. (2018). Investment of Remittances in the Villages of Eastern Nepal: An Ethnographic Exploration of Coal mine Workers of Meghalaya.  Journal of Indian Anthropological Society, 53:85-100.
  8. Ranjan, Geetika.  (2017). Power to the Panchayats through People’s participation. Shodh Prerak, VII (2):276-281.
  9. Ranjan, Geetika. (2017). Verrier Elwin - A Missionary, An Activist, An Anthropologist.  Jigyasa, X (2): 28-33.
  10. Ranjan, Geetika.  (2017).  Etymology of a Name: Bhoksa. International Journal of Advanced Research: 1859-1862. https://dx.doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/4911
  11.  Ranjan, Geetika. (2017). Caste among the Muslims. Vaichariki, VII (3):1-4.
  12. Ranjan, Geetika. (2017). Village Deity: The ‘Headman’ in a Tribal Village, Sodha Pravah, VII (3):43-46.
  13. Ranjan, Geetika. (2017). Girls Working in Households: Some Reflections on Girl Child Domestic Labour, Ebong Prantik, 12(4)
  14. Ranjan, Geetika and Rashmi Upadhyay. (2016). Occupational Risks in Mining:The Case of Nepalese Migrant Workers in the Coal Mines of Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya, The Oriental Anthropologist, 16(1):87-98.
  15. Ranjan, Geetika. (2016). Political Organization: Meaning and Significance ,The Public, 5(1): 1-2.
  16. Ranjan Geetika. (2015). Being a Caste: A Journey Down Memory Lane, Man in India, 95(1):125-134.
  17. Ranjan, Geetika. (2015). Ethics in Studying Children: Fieldwork Experience Among the Bhoksa, Research Process, 3(1): 88-98.
  18. Ranjan, Geetika and C. Daimai. (2015). Youth Dormitory in the Life of the Liangmai Naga, India, International Journal of Interdisciplinary and Multidisciplinary Studies, 2(9): 84-91.
  19. Ranjan, Geetika. (2013). Bhil Janjati Ke Vikas Mein Gair Sarkari Sansthaon Ki Bhumika: Ek Case Adhyayan, Manav, 31(1, 2):35-39.
  20. Ranjan, Geetika. (2012).Tribe as a Category: Perspective from Within and Without, The Oriental Anthropologist, 12(1):153-163.
  21. Ranjan, Geetika. (2012). Bidesia: The Saga of Migration, Separation and Loss. The Eastern Anthropologist, 65(2): 231-236.
  22. Ranjan, Geetika. (2012). Democratic Development and Grassroots Empowerment, 15 Days, 112:49-53.
  23. Ranjan, Geetika. (2011).Ethnography for Development: Challenges and Promises, The NEHU Journal; Vol.IX; No.2. Page no.49-62.
  24. Ranjan, Geetika. (2011). Status of Women in the Bhoksa Tribe’, Veethika, 3(2).
  25. Ranjan, Geetika. (2009).The Tharus of Nepal: An Ethnic Community in Turmoil, Indian Journal of Nepalese Studies, XV: 67-80. 
  26. Ranjan, Geetika. (2008). From Tribe to Social Integration: Bhoksa Youth and the Challenges of Transformation, Journal of Social Sciences, Special Volume No.10:53- 59.
  27. Ranjan, Geetika. (2002). Role of Elites in the development of the Bhoksa Tribe, The Oriental Anthropologist.Vol 2, No.1:31-35.

Chapters in edited books:

  1. Ranjan, Geetika. (2025). Crime and Punishment in a Tribal Society: Transitions in Time. In Amitabha Sarkar (Ed.), Power Politics and Corruption. Delhi: Agam Kala Prakashan, 91-108.
  2. Ranjan, Geetika. (2024). Valiant and Wise: Maram Naga, A PVTG of Northeast India. In A.B.Ota, Sunita Reddy and Rajni Lamba (Ed.), Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Practices among PVTGS in India. Bhubaneswar: Mayur Publications, 221-234.
  3. Ranjan, Geetika. (2024). Memories and Experiences: A Wonderful Journey Called Anthropology. In P.K.Joshi and V.K.Srivastava (Eds.), Inside Out – a Collection of Autobiographies of Indian Anthropologists, 309-319.
  4. Ranjan, Geetika.(2023). Indigenous Knowledge of Dawa and Dua : An Exploration of Healing Practices among the Buksa. In A.B.Ota and Sunita Reddy(Eds.), Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Practices among the PVTGS in India, 307-320.
  5. Ranjan, Geetika. (2022). Border (Mis) Management: The Case of India-Nepal Border. In N.K.Gogoi and M.Sharma (Eds.), India’s North-East: Contribution of Anthropology. Dibrugarh: Dibrugarh University, 107-125.
  6. Ranjan, Geetika. (2019). Rat-hole Mining in Meghalaya: Consequences and Concerns, In Sarthak Sengupta (Ed.), Dimensions of Anthropological Research in Northeast India. New Delhi: Gyan Publishing House, 271-278.
  7. Ranjan, Geetika. (2019). Influence of Different Religions on a Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group: An Anthropological Exploration. In G.Lazar S.V.D, Sarit Kumar Chaudhuri and K.Jose S.V.D. (Eds.), Syncretism in India- Religious and Cultural Dimensions, 267-276.
  8. Ranjan, Geetika. (2018). Multinational Banking Culture in India: Facts in Fiction. In Michaelangelo Paganpoulous (Ed.), In Between Fiction and Non-Fiction – Reflections on the Poetics of Ethnography in Literature and Films. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press,120-129.
  9. Ranjan, Geetika and Pyshailang Dohling. (2018). Life in Melody: The Musical World of the Garo. In Sarthak Sengupta (Ed.), Anthropology in North-east India. New Delhi: Gyan Publishing House, 223-234.
  10. Ranjan Geetika. (2016). Inheritance of Loss and the Portrayal of Indian Nepalis. In T.B.Subba and A.C.Sinha (Eds.) Nepali Diaspora in a Globalised Era. Oxon: Routledge, 44-152.
  11. Ranjan, Geetika. (2016). Cast in a Caste- Women in A Brahmin Family. In Q.Marak (Ed.) Doing Ethnography. New Delhi: Serials Publishers, 151-167.
  12. Ranjan Geetika and A. Kapesa . (2016). Transitions in the Traditional Institutions of a Mao NagaVillage: An Ethnographic Exploration.  In R.Khongsdier and S.Sengupta (Eds.) People of North East India: Bio Cultural Dimensions. Delhi Kalpaz Publications, 63-82.
  13. Ranjan Geetika and Rashmi Upadhyay. (2016). Return of the Nepalese Migrants Working in the Coal Mines of Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya. In Sarthak Sengupta (Ed.) Contemporary Anthropological Research in Eastern and North Eastern India. New Delhi: Gyan Publications, 237 - 259.
  14. Ranjan Geetika. (2015). Bringing up Children: A Study of Child Rearing Beliefs and Practices among the Khasi of Meghalaya. In  Deepak Kumar Behera (Ed.) Contemporary Society: Tribal Studies Volume X )New Delhi: Concept Publishing Company, 55-67.
  15. Ranjan, Geetika and Y. Longkumer. (2014). Youth Organisations in the Ri Bhoi District of Meghalaya. In Sarthak Sengupta (Ed.) Explorations in Anthropology of North East India. New Delhi: Gyan Publications: 152-164.
  16. Ranjan, Geetika. (2013). Industrialization in the Terai and its Impact on the Bhoksas. In Shalina Mehta et. al (Ed.), Global Warming, Human Factors and Environment Anthropological Perspectives. New Delhi Excel India: 285-292. 
  17. Ranjan, Geetika. (2007). Two Types of Leadership and Balance of Power. In P.Dash Sharma (Ed.) Anthropology of Primitive Tribes in India.  New Delhi:  Serials Publication:.217-224.
  18. Ranjan, Geetika. (2005). Padhan and the Survival of Buxa Traditional Political Leadership. In Vijoy S Sahay et al (Eds.), Dimensions of Researches in Indian Anthropology, New Delhi: Serials Publication: 222-227.

Book Reviews:

  1. Review of Tilottoma Baruah (Ed.), People of Contemporary North-East India. In The NEHU Journal, XI (1), 2013.
  2. Review of Nicholas Laine and T.B.Subba (Eds.), Nature Environment and Society. In The Eastern Anthropologi, 65(3-4):2012.
  3. Review of Ramesh sharma and C.Joshua Thomas (Eds.), Ageism - Problems and Prospects. In The NEHU Journal,VIII(1),2010.
  4. Review of Ch. Priyoranjan Singh (Ed.), Tribalism and the Tragedy of the Commons. In The NEHU Journal,.VIII(1): 2009.
  5. Review of M.C.Behera (Ed.), Globalising Rural Development. In Indian Anthropologist, 38(1):2008.
  6. Review of M. Shakeel Ahmad (ed.) Five Decades of Planning and Tribal Development, In Indian Anthropologist, 38(1): 2008.
  7. Review of Tamo Mirang and Sari K Chaudhuri (Eds.), Understanding Tribal Religion. In The Eastern Anthropologist,59(2):2006.
  8. Review of S.K.Chaudhury (Ed.), Culture Ecology and Sustainable Development; The Eastern Anthropologist,59(2)2006
  9. Review of Ghanshyam Shah’s Social Movements in India: A Review of Literature. In The Eastern Anthropologist, 57(3-4):2004.
  10. Review of M. Shakeel Ahmad (Ed.), Five Decades of Planning and tribal Development – A Study of Uttaranchal. In Indian Anthropologist; Vol. 34 (1): 77-79.
  11.  Review of Binod C Agrawal et.al., Children’s Television in India’. In The Eastern Anthropologist, 54(2), 1999.

Invited Lectures:

  • Lectures delivered as invited speaker/ resource person
  1. Distinguished Guest Lecture delivered in Anthropos India Foundation www.anthroposindiafoundation.com on 26 March, 2025. Title of the lecture: “Anthropology for Development: Reaching out in Letter and Spirit”.
  2. Valedictory Address in National Conference on Culture, Society, and Future: Anthropology of Today and Tomorrow"  held at Department of Anthropology, University of Madras, Chennai, 18- 19th  March 2025.
  3. Invited lecture in the International Conference on Indian Knowledge System, NEHU, Shillong, organized by Department of Linguistics, NEHU, Shillong, 28 feb – 2nd March2025. Title of the lecture: Gurukuls as preservers of the Indian Knowledge System
  4. Invited as Panelist Speaker in the Round Table on “Developing a Scale to Distinguish Tribal Populations from Caste-Based and ‘Mainstream’ Communities”, organized by the Indian Anthropology Congress, 21-23 February, 2025
  5. Invited as a Panelist to UNICEF’s Roundtable on Evidence for Children in India on 30 & 31 January 2024, 1 February 2024 at New Delhi. Title of the lecture: Children in Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups.
  6. Invited lecture in the National Workshop on “Qualitative Research Methodology in Social Sciences" organized by A.K.Dasgupta Centre for Planning and Development, Visva-Bharti University, 8 – 21 January, 2025 (online). Title of the lecture: Ethnographic research.
  7. Invited lecture in Malviya Mission Training Programme organized by UGC- Malviya Mission Teacher Training Centre, NEHU, Shillong, 19-28 February, 2024.  Title of the lecture: Research and development. 
  8. Invited lecture in the Round Table titled, ‘Education for the Tribes: Addressing the Glaring Gaps’, in the  World Anthropology Congress, organized by United India Anthropology Forum ( UIAF), at Bhubaneswar, August 9 – 14, 2023. Title of the lecture: “Tribal heterogeneity and challenges towards national education”.
  9. Invited lecture in the Round Table titled, “Decoding War and War Games in Search of global Peace Perspectives from Anthropology”,  in the  World Anthropology Congress, organized by United India Anthropology Forum ( UIAF), at Bhubaneswar, August 9 – 14, 2023. Title of the lecture "Armed conflict and suffering children: Wither we go?"
  10. Invited lecture in the Roundtable titled, Development of Policy and Practice organized by United India Anthropology Forum ( UIAF), at Bhubaneswar, August 9 – 14, 2023. Title of the lecture: “Forever vulnerable? Exploration of developmental governance with respect to a PVTG”.
  11. Convener of the Panel titled, “Youth in the Changing World”, organized by United India Anthropology Forum (UIAF), at Bhubaneswar, August 9 – 14, 2023.
  12. Delivered the 2nd L.K.Mahapatra Memorial Lecture on 29th October 2022 at Utkal University, Bhubaneshwar. Title of the lecture: “Historical wrongs and the aftermath: Journey of a tribe”.
  13. Invited lecture in the panel discussion on Evidence of Tribal Spirituality and Religion: Institutionalization of the Belief System,  organized by  Tell Me Your Story (TMSY) (Online), on 6th August, 2023.Title of the lecture – “Tribal Women as Custodians of Traditional Knowledge Systems”, delivered on 28th January, 2023.
  14. Invited lecture delivered in the Workshop on Understanding and Applying the Anthropological Theories, (Online) organized by Anthropos India Foundation, on 13 July 2022. Title of the lecture:   “Understanding functionalism” (online).
  15. Invited lecture delivered in the Refresher Course on “Promotion, Preservation and Documentation of Indian Languages’, organized by UNHRDC, NEHU Shillong and Department of Linguistics, NEHU, Shillong on 4th June 2022. Title of the lecture:  “Language and Ethnicity.
  16. Special Address delivered in the Platinum Jubilee National Seminar on Anthropology and Humankind organized by Department of Anthropology, University of Madras, 28-29 March 2022. Topic of the lecture: “Anthropology and Cultural Relativism: How Far to Go?”
  17. Invited lecture in the National Conference on Anthropology and Health: Responses to Covid-19, organized by Department of Anthropology, Punjab University, Chandigarh, 10-11 March 2022. Title of the lecturer: “Unfolding the Idea of Being Well: An Exploration During Covid Times”.
  18. Invited lecture in the Round Table organized by Indian Anthropology Congress, 21-23 February 2022.  Tile of the lecture: “Pandemic and the Dynamics of Emotions: An Anthropological Perspective”.
  19. Invited lecture in the National Symposium on Biological and cultural Diversity of Northeast India, organized by Indian Anthropology Congress 21-23 February 2022. Title of the lecture: “Trajectory of Coal Mining in Meghalaya: Tradition and Transition”.
  20. Invited lecture in the National Webinar on Changing Contours of Indigenous Knowledge Among Tribal Communities of India, organized by SCSTRTI TRI, Odisha), 24-26 March 2021. Title of the lecture: “Religious Knowledge System of the Bhoksas of Uttarakhand: Recourse, Relief and Reconstruction”.
  21. Invited lecture  in the National Webinar on Anthropological Understanding of COVID-19 organized by IQAC, Nandalal Borgohain, City College, Dibrugarh, 16 July 2020. Title of the lecture: “Role of Anthropologists in the Era of COVID-19”.
  22. Invited lecture  in the International Webinar on  COVID-19 and Its Impact on Working  Women, organized by Department of Anthropology and Social work, BJB Autonomous College, Bhubaneshwar, 1-2 September 2021. Title of the lecture:  “Impact of Covid 19 on Women Domestic Workers”.
  23. Invited lecture in the Golden Jubilee National Conference of the Indian Anthropological Society and National Webinar on 100 Years of Indian Anthropology: History and Challenges, organized by the Indian Anthropological Society, 26-30 December 2020. Title of the lecture:  “Anthropology for Welfare: Contribution of Some Pioneering Anthropologists of India”.
  24. Invited lecture in the National Webinar on Food Health and Culture in Contemporary Times, organized by Department of Anthropology and Tribal Studies, SKB University, Purulia, 23-24 September 2020. Title of the lecture: “Food and Health Concerns of the Marginalized People”,
  25. Invited lecture, in the programme on “Ba and Bapu” organized  on the occasion of 150th Birth Anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, at Biotech Park, Lucknow (Lucknow Chapter of NASI) on 22 April, 2019. Title of the lecture “Mahatma Gandhi’s Views on Education”.
  26. Plenary lecture in the National Seminar on ‘Anthropology in the 21st Century: Emerging Areas of Research and its Role in National Development, organized by Department of Anthropology, Assam University, Diphu Campus on 11-12 February,2019. Title of the lecture: ‘An Anthropologist among the Wild Life Experts: Juxtaposition of Different Perspectives’.
  27. Invited lecture in the UGC -Refresher Course on Traditional Healing Systems organized by Department of Culture and Creative Studies, NEHU, Shillong, on 5 April, 2019. Title of the lecture: “Wellbeing and wellness: An Anthropological Perspective”.
  28. Invited lecture in the UGC -Refresher Course on Traditional Healing Systems organized by Department of Culture and Creative Studies, NEHU, Shillong, on 5 April, 2019. Title of the lecture: “Ethnographic Research on Healing Practices”.
  29. Invited lecture, in the National Seminar on Anthropology and Public Development Policy, organized by Department of Anthropology, Rajiv Gandhi University, Itanagar and IGRMS, at Itanagar, 17-18 March,2017. Title of the lecture: “Being a Team Member: An Anthropologist in a Developmental Network”.
  30. Invited lecture organized by ICSSR and Department of Education, NEHU, Shillong on Research Methodology Course in Social Sciences, 8-19 September, 2014. Title of the lecture:  Research Methodology in Social Sciences.
  31. Invited lecture in UGC- Refresher Course in Folkloristics and Semiotics, UGC -ASC, NEHU, Shillong, 23 July, 2013. Title of the lecture: “Anthropological Approach to the Study of Folk Culture”.
  32. Resource person in the Research Methodology Workshop Nepal on the Move Project, at Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark, 19-20 June, 2013.
  33. Invited lecture in the Refresher Course in Folkloristics and Semiotics, UGC -ASC, NEHU, Shillong, 8 October, 2012. Title of the lecture: “Ethnographic Research and Folklore”.
  34. Invited lecture in the Refresher Course in Economics organized by UGC -ASC, NEHU, Shillong, 10 September, 2012. Title of the lecture, “Ethnographic Research in Development”.
  35. Invited lecture in Refresher Course in Linguistics organized by UGC -ASC, NEHU, Shillong, 9 November, 2012. Title of the lecture: , “Language and Ethnicity: An Ethnographic Exploration”.
  36. Invited a lecture, in Refresher Course in History, organized by  UGC -ASC, NEHU, Shillong, 23 November, 2012. Title of the lecture: “Anthropology and History A Holistic Approach to the Study of Culture”.
  37. Invited lecture, in Refresher Course in History UGC -ASC, NEHU, Shillong, 26 November, 2012. Title of the lecture: “History of Tribal Administration in India”.
  38. Invited lecture in Orientation Programme UGC -ASC,NEHU, Shillong, 1 June,2012. Title of the lecture: “Modernisation and Urbanisation”.
  39. Invited lecture, in Refresher Course in Geography organized by UGC -ASC, NEHU, Shillong, 1 November, 2011. Title of the lecture: “Epistemological Discourse on the Concept of Space and Time”.
  40. Invited lecture in the International Conference on Revisiting Research Methods in Social Sciences, organized by Department of Anthropology, Sambalpur University, Sambalpur and CISCA/Aarhus University, Denmark from 25-27 November, 2010. Title of the lecture: “Anthropological Approach to Understand the Politics of Power in a Vulnerable Group”.
  41. Invited  lecture organized by ICSSR-NERC, Shillong, 14 December, 2010. Title of the lecture: “Fieldwork in Social Science Research”.
  42. Invited lecture organized by ICSSR-NERC, Shillong, 25 November, 2010. Title of the lecture: titled “Anthropology of North East India :Current Trends”.
  43. Invited lecture, organized by ICSSR-NERC, Shillong, 24 November, 2010. Title of the lecture: “Meaning of the term "Culture: Discourse and Debates”.

Papers presented in Conferences/Seminars 

  • Papers presented in International Conferences
  1. Development Policy and a Tribe's Empowerment: An Ethnographic Exploration". World Applied Anthropology Congress, 31st May-June 3rd, 2023, organized by Anthropological Association for Humankind in collaboration with University of Kansas.
  2. Human Life at Stake: The Situation of Labourers Working in Unregulated Mining Enterprises’, presented in the International Conference on Human Rights and Human Dignity, organized by Society for Education, at Lucknow, 27 June, 2019.
  3. 'Of Open Border and its Ramifications: The Case of India-Nepal Border', presented in the International Conference on Politics, Society and Culture in South Asia, organized by Ethnographic and Folk Culture Society, Lucknow Lucknow, 3-5 March,2017.
  4. 'Ethnographic Perceptions on the Religion of a Tribe:An Exploration', presented in the International Conference on Religion, Science and Spirituality in Indian Context; organised by Manav Kalyan Evam Vigyan Prasar Sansthan, Lucknow and IASR, Delhi, 21-22 December,2013. 
  5.  'Understanding Multinational Corporate Culture in India through Culture: An Anthropological Study', presented in the International seminar of ASA 12 Arts and Aesthetics in a Globalising World organized by the Association of Social Anthropologists of the UK and Commonwealth, 3-6 April, New Delhi,2012.
  6.  'The Inheritance of Loss An Anthropological Study of the Portrayal of Gorkhaland Movement in Fiction', presented in the International Seminar on Nepali Diaspora in the Globalised Context, organisedby Department of Anthropology, North Eastern Hill University, Shillong,28-30 November, 2011. 
  7. 'Matriliny and Women Empowerment in the Khasi Tribe of Meghalaya:Promise and Paradox', presented in International seminar on Inclusive Development in India; organised by Department of Social Work, University of Lucknow,;20-21 December, 2010.
  8.  'Ethnography on North East India and Post Modernism'; presented in the International Seminar on Theory at Work :Text History andCulture; organized by Department of English, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi; 9-11 November, 2010. 
  9. 'Participation of Youth in the Development of their Community: A study of a Tribe', presented in the International Conference on Asian Youth and Childhoods; organised by CCYRCI and JNPG College, Lucknow 22-24 November, 2007. 
  10. 'Panchayati Raj and Empowerment of Tribals: A Critical Analysis', presented at the D.N.Majumdar Centennial International Conference on Tribal Identity, Globalisation and Planned Development; organised by Ethnographic and Folk Culture Society, Lucknow, 28 February - 1 March, 2003. 
  11. 'Critical Appraisal of Dual Leadership in the Bhoksa Tribe of India', presented in xxxvith International Congress of Asian and North African Studies; 31 August, 2000 at Montreal, Canada. 
  • Papers presented in National Conferences:
  1. Living and Working Conditions of Girls Working as ‘maids’ in Household: A Study, presented in National Seminar on Urbanization in India: Issues and Predicament, organized by Department of Sociology, NEHU, Shillong, 14-15 February, 2019.
  2. Beti Bachao Beti Padhao: Situating the Girl Child Domestic Labourers Struggle for an Education, presented in Indian Anthropology Congress, organized by Department of Anthropology, Gauhati University and INCAA, Guwahati Assam, 21-23 February,2018.
  3. ‘Child Labour in Coal Mines: Practice, Interventions and Outcome’ presented in National Seminar on Child Right and Child Protection in India, organized by All India Rights Organization at Lucknow, 11 November, 2016.
  4. 'Invoking the Divine in Traditional Healing A Study of the Bhoksas of Uttarakhand', presented in the National Seminar on Folk Medicine and Traditional Healing in India: Theoryand Practice; organised by Department of Cultural and Creative Studies, North Eastern Hill University, Shillong, 26-27 March, 2015.
  5. 'Bamboo Art of Northeast India', presented in the National Workshop on Multi-Disciplinary Survey, Research, and Documentation of Rock Art in North-East India, organized by Department of Anthropology, NEHU, Shillong; Lalit Kala Academy, New Delhi and Rajiv Gandhi University, Itanagar, 1-2 December, 2014. 
  6. 'Biraha Songs Traversing Time and Space', presented in the National Seminar on Diaspora and Folklore Exploring the Changing Dimensions of Folklore in Tribal Diaspora; organized by Department of Cultural and Creative Studies, North Eastern Hill University, Shillong, 27-28 March, 2014.
  7. 'Elderly among the Khasi An Anthropological Study of a Tribe in North East India' in the National Seminar on Promoting Well Being Among the Elderly An Indian Perspective; organized by the Department of Psychology, University of Lucknow, Lucknow, 26-27 December, 2013..
  8. 'Fieldwork Experience of a Woman Anthropologist', presented at the National Roving Workshop on Women in Scientific Research; organized by NCS&TC, New Delhi and ICSSR-NERC, Shillong, 21-22 October, 2011.
  9. 'Bidesia and the Issues of Migration Separation and Diaspora', presented in the National Seminar on Semiotics and Folklore; organized by the Dept. of Cultural and Creative Studies, Shillong, 27-28 September, 2011.
  10. 'Panchayat Extension to Scheduled Areas) Act 1996 (PESA) and the Use of Natural Resources by the Tribes', presented in the National seminar on Development and ecology: Issues and Perspectives; organized by the Dept. of Sociology, NEHU, Shillong, 21-22 March, 2011. 
  11. 'Symbiosis Between Natural and Human Resources in UttaranchalTerai', presented in the National Seminar on Human Concerns of Environmental Conservation in 21st Century; organised by JDVM PG College, Kanpur, February 12, 2011. 
  12. 'Industrialisation in the Terai and its Impact on the Bhoksas', presented in the National Seminar on Global Warming Human Factors and Environment Perspectives from Anthropology; organised by Dept.of Anthropology, Panjab University, Chandigarh, 16-17 February, 2010.
  13. '73rd Amendment and Empowerment of Tribal Women A Critical Appraisal', presented in the National Conference on Towards Gender Equality in India Reflections on Tribal and Dalit Women; organised by Ethnographic and Folk Culture Society, Lucknow, 27 February - 1 March, 2009.
  14. 'Victims of Gender Bias A Case Study', presented in the National Seminar on Feminism; organised by Department of English, Mahila Vidyalaya PG College, Lucknow, February 14, 2009.
  15. 'Meaning of a Tribe for a Tribe', presented in the National Symposium on Tribes, organised by Department of Anthropology, University of Delhi, 26-28 December, 2008.
  16. 'Education among the Bhoksa Problems and Prospects', presented in Diamond Jubilee Conference on Tradition and Modernity Development and Change among Tribals in India; organized by E&FCS, Lucknow, 23-25 February, 2007.
  17. 'Religious Pluralism', presented in the National Seminar on Religion and National Integration; organised by the Dept. of Sociology, Shia PG College, Lucknow, January 18, 2006.
  18. 'Development of Tribal Villages: An Anthropological Study', presented in the National Seminar on Advances in Agricultural Practice for Rural Development; organised by Institute of Rural Development, University of Lucknow, Lucknow, 9-10 November,2005.
  19. 'Bhoksa Women as Leaders: A Critical Appraisal', presented in the National Conference on Social Change in Global India; organised by E&FCS, Lucknow, 12-14 March,2004.
  20. 'Leadership, Ecology and Sustainable Development in Buxa Culture', presented in the National Seminar on Culture, Ecology and Sustainable Development in 21st Century; organized by E&FCS, Lucknow, 30-31 October, 1999.

Administrative responsibilities undertaken:  

  1. Member, NEP Committee, NEHU, Shillong ( present)
  2. Member, Yoga Committee, NEHU , Shillong (present)
  3. Former Member, Internal Complaints Committee , NEHU, Shillong
  4. Former Member,  Committee for Admission of Foreign Students, NEHU, Shillong
  5. Warden for 7 years (2009-2016) of Nohsngithiang, Undergraduate Girls Hostel 

Academic affiliations  

  1. Member of Editorial Board, Bulletin of Department of Anthropology, Gauhati University
  2. Member, Editorial Board, South Asian Anthropologist.
  3. Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Criminology and Forensic Studies.
  4. Member of Editorial Board of  The NEHU Journal, 2013 – 2018.
  5. Life Member, Indian National Confederation and Academy of Anthropologists (INCAA)
  6. Life Member, Indian Anthropological Association
  7. Life Member, United India anthropology, Forum.
  8. Life Member, Ethnographic and Folk Culture Society

Any other:

  • Coordinator of Refresher Course on Tribal Studies, organized by UGC Academic Staff College from 12 March -1 April, 2012.

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