Area (s) of Specialisation

1. World Poetry in English Translation
2. English Poetry
3. Indian Poetry in English Translation
4. Northeast Poetry in English Translation
5. Northeast Short Fiction in English Translation
6. Classical Literary Criticism
7. English Literary Criticism up to the Romantics
8. Haiku/Senryu/Haibun Poetry

Experience

Thirteen years as professor; six years as associate professor; 11 years as college lecturer.

Honours / Awards / Fellowship

1. Awarded a Fellowship for Outstanding Artists 2000 by the Department of Culture and Tourism, Government of India.
2. Awarded the first North-East Poetry Award 2004 by the North-East India Poetry Council, Tripura.
3. Awarded the first Veer Shankar Shah-Raghunath Shah National Award for Tribal Literature by the Government of Madhya Pradesh in 2008 with a price money of two lakh rupees.
4. Awarded a Junior Fellowship by the University Grants Commission, Government of India for a PhD project, ‘Hiraeth and the Poetry of Soso Tham: A Study of Ki Sngi ba Rim U Hynñiew Trep and Related Short Poems’.
5. Awarded the prestigious Tagore Fellowship in 2018 by IIAS, Shimla.
6. Awarded The Bangalore Review June Jazz Award in 2021 by the Bangalore Review, New York.
7. Awarded The SPARROW Literary Award in 2022 by the Sound & Picture Archives for Research on Women, Mumbai.
8. Awarded the prestigious Shakti Bhatt Literary Prize in 2024 by the Shakti Bhatt Foundation, Bengaluru, with a price money of two lakh rupees.
9. Awarded The Tribal Achievers Award in 2024 by the Government of Meghalaya, Shillong.

PhD Awarded/Supervised

Ten students awarded PhD. Seven, under supervision.

Administrative Responsibilities Undertaken  

In charge of Publication Cell, NEHU, as Publication Officer/Deputy Director from 2001 to 2007. Held the post of Public Relations Officer, NEHU, from 2001 to 2007.

Research Projects

One. ‘The Ancient Fort of Ïapngar’.

Publications

Among his most important publications in English include The Distaste of the Earth (Penguin, 2024, longlisted for the JCB Prize 2024, shortlisted for the Kerela Literature Festival Book of the Year Award 2024 and named by The Conversation, Australia, as one of the best books of 2024); the one thousand-page, critically acclaimed epic novel Funeral Nights (Westland for India, 2021/And Other Stories for the UK and the US, 2024, described by a critic as ‘One of the greatest modern epics by a writer from India); Late-Blooming Cherries: Haiku Poetry from India, the first English-language anthology of haiku poetry from India (co-ed., HarperCollins, New Delhi, 2024);  Lapbah: Stories from the Northeast (co-ed., Penguin, New Delhi, 2025), Time’s Barter: Haiku and Senryu (sixth poetry collection, HarperCollins India, New Delhi, 2015); The Yearning of Seeds (fifth poetry collection, HarperCollins India, New Delhi, 2011), translated into Bangla as Jibanta Shikarer Setu (University of Calcutta, Kolkata, 2024); Manik: A Play in Five Acts (Dhauli Books, Bhubaneswar, 2011), translated into Hindi as Manik Raitong (Setu Prakashan, New Delhi, 2023); Dancing Earth: An Anthology of Poetry from Northeast India (co-ed., Penguin, New Delhi, 2010); Around the Heart: Khasi Legends (Penguin, New Delhi, 2007); Where the Sun Rises, When Shadows Fall (co-ed., Oxford University Press & India International Centre, New Delhi, 2006); Anthology of Contemporary Poetry from the Northeast (co-ed., North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong, 2003). Forthcoming books include Nameri: A Verse Romance (seventh poetry collection), A Letter to the Sky and Other Poems (eighth poetry collection), A Midager’s Tales and Other Verse Narratives (ninth poetry collection) and Why the Girl Child Is So Beloved: Narrative Essays on Khasi Culture.

His other important publications in English include Moments (first poetry collection, Writers Workshop, Calcutta, 1992); The Sieve (second poetry collection, Writers Workshop, Calcutta, 1992); A Handbook for Apphira Journalists (Apphira Publications, Shillong, 1994); U Sier Lapalang (short fiction, Katha, New Delhi, 2005); The Animal Dance Festival (short fiction, Katha, New Delhi, 2005); The Season of the Wind (third poetry collection, Pine Cones Publication, Shillong, 2008); The Fungus (fourth poetry collection, Pine Cones Publication, Shillong, 2008); The Legend of U Thlen: A Graphic Novel (Blaft Publications, Chennai, 2013);  Hiraeth and the Poetry of Soso Tham: A Study of the Great Unconventional Elegy (Ri Khasi Book Agency & North Eastern India for Indigenous Studies, Shillong, 2011); Nights of Terror: A Play in Three Acts (Pine Cones Publications & Himalaya Book House, Shillong, 2011); Ka Shad Suk Mynsiem (ed., bilingual anthology of essays on the ‘Weiking Dance’ and other Khasi traditional dances, Seng Khasi Kmie, Shillong, 2011); The Story of Khasi Archery: From God-given Gift to Poetry and Dream Psychology (Ri Khasi Book Agency & Pine Cones Publications, Shillong, 2010); and others.

Nongkynrih’s important publications in Khasi include Ka Jingngiew ka Mynsiem Briew (Heart of Horror: A Play in Three Acts, Pine Cones Publications, Shillong, 2023); Ka Jingshai ha ka Miet (Light in the Night, a fourth collection of poetry, Pine Cones Publications, Shillong, 2023), Ki Kyrwoh: Ki Khana Phawer (The Conjoined Loops: A Collection of Moral Tales, Pine Cones Publications, Shillong, 2015); Ki Miet ka Jingtriem (Nights of Terror: A Play in Three Acts—made into a film—Pine Cones Publications, Shillong, 2011); Ka Pyrkhat Niam ki Khanatang (Myths and Religious Thought: The Khasi Experience, Pine Cones Publications, 2011); Ka Mother Teresa: Ka Kmie ki Kam Isynei (biography of Mother Teresa in Khasi, Gautam Bros, Shillong, 2010); Ka Jingïapeiñ jong ka Por: Ki Haiku bad Senryu (Time’s Barter: Haiku and Senryu, third poetry collection in Khasi, Pine Cones Publications, Shillong, 2009); Ban Sngewthuh ïa ka Poitri (Understanding Poetry—used as a reference book in schools and colleges—Gautam Bros, Shillong, 1999, Pine Cones from 2022); Ka Samoi jong ka Lyer (The Season of the Wind, first poetry collection in Khasi, government-financed, Shillong, 2007); Ki Mawsiang ka Sohra (The Ancient Rocks of Cherra, second poetry collection in Khasi, government-financed, Shillong, 2007); Ki Jingkynmaw (Remembrances, ed., anthology of Khasi poetry, Lanong Brothers, Shillong, 2002); Ki Khana Bangja bad ki Khana Ai Jingshai (trans., Stories of Light and Delight by Manoj Das, NBT India, 2000); Ki Khana na ka Jingim u Gandhiji (trans., Stories from the Life of Bapu by U. S. Joshi, NBT India, 1995); I Moiñ Moiñ Syiar (short, short stories, government-financed, Shillong, 1992). Forthcoming books include Ki Sawangka Shi Bynta (One-act Plays) and Ka Shithi Sha Sahit (a fifth collection of poetry).

Nongkynrih’s poetry has been published in the most notable anthologies and literary journals and magazines in the country and in many prestigious anthologies and literary journals abroad.

Among the national anthologies are Contemporary Indian Literature in English Translations (Indira Gandhi National Open University, 2002); Confronting Love: Poems (Penguin, New Delhi, 2005); 50 Poets, 50 Poems (Open Space of Centre for Communication and Development Studies, Pune, 2007); The Other Side of Terror: Terrorism in South Asia (Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 2009); Writing Love: An Anthology of Indian-English Poetry (Rupa, New Delhi, 2010); The Oxford Anthology of Writings from North-East India: Volumes 1 & 2 (Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 2011); India in Verse (The Little Magazine, New Delhi); The HarperCollins Book of English Poetry (HarperCollins, New Delhi, 2012); These My Words: The Penguin Book of Indian Poetry (Penguin, New Delhi, 2012); Ten: The New Indian Poets (Nirala, New Delhi, 2013);  Another Country: An Anthology of Post-independence Indian Poetry in English (Sahitya Akademi, 2013); The Best of Indian Literature (Sahitya Akademi, 2014); Poetry with Prakriti (Prakriti Foundation, Chennai, 2015); 100 Great Indian Poems (anthology, Bloomsbury, New Delhi); Great Indian Love Poems (anthology, Bloomsbury, New Delhi);  Eastern Muse (Authors’ Press, New Delhi); A Poem a Day: 365 Contemporary Poems (HarperCollins, New Delhi, 2020); The Penguin Book of Indian Poets (Penguin, New Delhi, 2021); Greening the Earth (Penguin, New Delhi, 2023) and others.

Foreign anthologies include American Poetry Anthology (American Poetry Association, Santa Cruz, USA, 1992); Khasia in Gwalia (Alun Books, Port Talbot, Wales, 1995); The Silence Within (International Library of Poetry, Owing Mills, USA, 2001); In Our Own Words: Stories, Essays, Lyrics and Verse—Volumes 7 & 8 (M W Enterprises, Cary, USA, 2007 & 2008); Ecocriticism: An Environmental Approach to Literature and Local Wisdom (John Charles Ryan, The 5th International Conference on Literature, Indonesia); The Borderlands of Asia: Culture, Place, Poetry (Cambria Press, New York); Converse: Contemporary English Poetry by Indians (Pippa Rann Books, London); and others.

Foreign journals that have published his poetry include The New Welsh Review (Swansea); SWAG Magazine (Swansea Writers’ and Artists’ Group, Wales); The Literary Review (New Jersey); Planet: The Welsh Internationalist (Aberystwyth, Wales); Karavan  (Stockholm); Simply Haiku (Pasadena, USA); Modern Haiku (Lincoln, USA); International PEN (London); Poetry International Web (Rotterdam, Holland); Wasafiri (London); Heron’s Nest (Nassau, USA); Sentinel Literary Quarterly (London); Green’s Magazine (Saskatchewan, Canada); Cordite Poetry Review (Melbourne); Dog-Ear (London), Cattails (Ottawa, Canada); Presence (London); Asahi Haikuist (Kagoshima, Japan); Wales Haiku Journal (Newport, Wales); World Haiku Review: The Official Magazine of the World Haiku Club; Frogpond: The Journal of the Haiku Society of America (Watertown, USA); Literary Commons (Monash University, Melbourne); Pratik Magazine: South Asian Writing Special Issue (Kathmandu); Web publications such as poetryinternational.com (Owing Mills, USA); Poem Hunter; Occupy Poetry; and others.

Indian journals include Indian Literature (Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi); The Journal (Poetry Society, India, New Delhi); Literature Alive (British Council Division, New Delhi); Kavya Bharati (American College, Madurai); The Journal of Indian Writing in English (Gulbarga); Poiesis (Mumbai); Poetry Chronicle (Poetry Circle, Mumbai); Femina (Mumbai); The Telegraph Colour Magazine (Kolkata); Amrita Bazar Patrika (Kolkata); Chandrabhaga (Cuttack); Indian Book Chronicle (Jaipur); Aam Admi (New Delhi); Rang Prasang (New Delhi); Mint Lounge: The Weekend Magazine (New Delhi); The Little Magazine (New Delhi); Muse India (Hyderabad); Kritya (Bangalore); Samkalin Bharatya Sahitya (Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi); Sahitya Warta (Shillong); Samanvaya Poorvoter (Shillong); Paharia (Shillong); Rang Prasang (New Delhi); Northeast Review (Guwahati), Poetry at Sangam (Bangalore); Dainik Bhaskar (Mumbai); The Enchanting Verses Literary Review (online); Marg (Mumbai); The Bombay Review (Mumbai); The Bangalore Review (Bangalore); Malla Sahitya (Kolkata); Saraswati (Noida); Chair Poetry Evenings (Kolkata); Verseville (New Delhi); Chipmunk (Thiruvananthapuram); Anam (Bhubaneshwar); and others.

Nongkynrih’s stories (both self-written and translated) have been published in anthologies and journals such as The Heart of the Matter (anthology, Katha, New Delhi,  2004); Fresh Fictions: Folk Tales, Plays, Novellas (anthology, Katha, New Delhi, 2005); First Sun Stories: Folk Tales from the North East (anthology, Katha, New Delhi, 2005); Earth Songs: Stories from Northeast India (anthology, Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi, 2005); Where the Sun Rises, When Shadows Fall (anthology, Oxford University Press & India International Centre, New Delhi, 2006); The Oxford Anthology of Writings from North-East India: Volume 2 (Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 2011);  Pilgrim’s India: An Anthology (anthology, Penguin, New Delhi, 2011); Day’s End Stories: Life after Sundown in Small-Town India (anthology, Westland/Tranquebar Press , New Delhi, 2014); Lapbah: Stories from the Northeast (anthology, Penguin, New Delhi, 2025), Indian Literature (Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi); IIC Quarterly (India International Centre, New Delhi); Planet: The Welsh Internationalist (Aberystwyth, Wales); Cafe Dissensus (New York); G-Plus (Guwahati); The Hindu: Business Line (Chennai); The Indian Quarterly (New Delhi); The Bangalore Review (Bangalore); Mint Lounge (New Delhi); Saraswati (Noida); The Wire (online); Scroll.in (online); Open Magazine (New Delhi);  Pakhi (New Delhi); Australia India Literatures International Forum (University of Western Sydney) Literary Commons (Monash University, Melbourne); and others.

Nongkynrih’s Critical Writings  in English include Time’s Inscriptions: NEHU Anthology for Literature (co-ed., Orient Black Swan, Hyderabad, 2010); The Looking Glass: NEHU Anthology for Poetry (co-ed., Cambridge University Press, New Delhi, 2010); NEHU Anthology of Short Plays and Biographies (co-ed., Orient Black Swan, Hyderabad, 2010); NEHU Anthology of Prose and Drama (co-ed., Cambridge University Press India, New Delhi, 2010); NEHU Anthology of Select Literary Criticism (co-ed., Orient Black Swan, Hyderabad, 2011); Hiraeth and the Poetry Soso Tham (Ri Khasi Book Agency & North Eastern India for Indigenous Studies, Shillong, 2011); ‘A Dying Light in the East’ (a critique of the first Khasi documentary to compete at Film South Asia ’97 in Kathmandu, The Sentinel, Guwahati, 2000); Dafydd Rowlands: The Bard Hewn from Meini’ (Indian Horizons, Volume 48, No. 3, New Delhi, 2001); ‘Editors’ Note’ (Anthology of Contemporary Poetry from the Northeast, NEHU, Shillong, 2003); ‘Introduction’ (The Great Earthquake of 1897 in the Khasi-Jaiñtia Hills by Reverend Robert Evans, NEHU, Shillong, 2003); ‘Techniques and Problems of Translation’ (lecture paper at CIEFL Refresher Course, 2003); ‘The Lost Manuscript (Tribe, Culture, Art, DVS Publishers Guwahati, 2005); ‘The Poet as Chronicler: An Overview of Contemporary Poetry in Northeast India’ (Poetry International Web, Rotterdam, 2005); ‘The Thud of Boots and the Odour of Gunpowder: An Interview with Chandrakanta Murasingh’ (Poetry International Web, Rotterdam, 2005); ‘May All Men Become Poets, Rebels and Lovers: An Interview with Nilmani Phookan’ (Poetry International Web, Rotterdam, 2005); ‘Khasi Democracy through the Eyes of a Poet: An Analysis [in Hindi translation]’ (Adivasi Lok-1, ed. Ramnika Gupta, All India Tribal Literary Forum, New Delhi, 2005); ‘Hard-edged Modernism: Contemporary Poetry in North-East India’ (Where the Sun Rises, When Shadows Fall, Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 2006); ‘The Writer and the Community: A Case for Literary Ambidexterity’ (Poetry International Web, Rotterdam, 2006); ‘From the Land of ‘Half-Humans’ and ‘Nameless Citizens’: The Poetry of Thangjam Ibopishak Singh’ (Poetry International Web, Rotterdam, 2006); ‘Cultural History and the Genesis of the Khasi Oral Tradition’ (Orality and Beyond, Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi, 2007); ‘The Birth Pangs of a Poet: The Early Works of Soso Tham, Chief Bard of the Khasis’ (Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi, 2008); ‘Poetry, My Light in the Night’ (Melange, The Sentinel, Guwahati, 2011); ‘The Pre-historic Beginnings of Shad Suk Mynsiem’ (Centenary Souvenir, Seng Khasi, Shillong, 2011); ‘Following the Shad Suk Mynsiem Drum’ (Centenary Souvenir, Seng Khasi, Shillong, 2011); ‘Glimpses of the Dances of the Hynñiew Trep People’ (Centenary Souvenir, Seng Khasi, Shillong, 2011); ‘Longing for the Rain: Remembering the Cherrapunjee Summers’ (Down to Earth, New Delhi, 2012); ‘Khasi Religious Thought: The Three Commandments’ (Hima Khyrim Souvenir, Smit, 2012); ‘Meghalaya with Kynpham Sing Nongkynrih’ (Travel Plus, New  Delhi, 2013); ‘Author’s Take: Shillong’ (Talk of the Town, Penguin, New Delhi, 2013); ‘Problems of Translation: The Khasi Perspective’ (Ka Thwet, a Bilingual Journal of the Khasi Department, NEHU, Shillong, 2020); ‘Where Lies the Greatness of Soso Tham’s Poetry: A Dialogue (Ka Thwet Jingstad: Quest for Knowledge, 3 (3): 85-96), ‘Not Khalish, But Khasi and English,’ (An Anthology of Short Prose Writings in English from the North-East (Author’s Press, New Delhi, 2021); ‘The Sacred Groves of Meghalaya’ (The Wire, New Delhi, 2021)‘The Writer and the Community: A Case for Literary Ambidexterity’ (Indian Writings in English Online, Hyderabad University, Hyderabad, 2022); ‘Reflections on Poetry and a “Quiet Friendship’ with the Award-winning Poet Jayanta Mahapatra’ (Scroll.in, New Delhi, 2022); ‘Conflict and Concord: Despatches From a Fractured Land’ (Open, The Magazine, New Delhi); ‘“Kushiara and Other Poems”: Less is More in Rimi Nath’s Poetry of Quiet Lyricism and Wistfulness’ (Scroll.in, New Delhi, 2023); ‘The Divine Origin, But Not Right, of Khasi Kings’ (Black Magic, Witchcraft and Occultism: Secret Cultural Practices in India, Routledge, London, 2023); ‘Mei Hukum: Earth Mother’ (Wild Women: Seekers, Protagonists and Goddesses in Sacred Indian Poetry, Penguin, New Delhi, 2023) ‘A Note on the Haiku’ (Late-Blooming Cherries: Haiku Poetry from India, HarperCollins, New Delhi, 2024); ‘Introduction’ (Late-Blooming Cherries: Haiku Poetry from India, HarperCollins, New Delhi, 2024); ‘The Lapbah Sohra Story : An Elucidation’ (Lapbah: Stories from the North-east, Penguin, New Delhi, 2025); ‘Introduction’ (Lapbah: Stories from the North-east, Penguin, New Delhi, 2025).

His Critical Writings  in Khasi include Ban Sngewthuh ïa ka Poitri [‘Understanding Poetry’ (used as a Reference Book in colleges etc.), Gautam Bros, Shillong, 1999, Pine Cones, 2022]; ‘Ki Kyntien Kynpham’ (Introduction to ‘Ki Laiñ Kham Khraw ban ka Taj Mahal by Jerome K. Diengdoh, Shillong, 2000); ‘Ki Jingkynmaw’ (Introduction to the poetry anthology, Ki Jingkynmaw: Ka Thup Kyllum ki Poitri Khasi , Lanong Brothers, Shillong, 2002); ‘Namar ki Para Ri’ (critical comments on ‘The Relationship between the Poet and His People’, published in Ka Samoi jong ka Lyer, Kynpham Sing Nongkynrih, Shillong, 2002); ‘Namar ka Shnong’ (critical comments on ‘The Relationship between the Poet and His Provenance’, Kynpham Sing Nongkynrih, Shillong, 2002); ‘Ki Jingsdang ka Shad Suk Mynsiem Naduh Kulong Kumah’ (‘The Mythic Beginnings of Ka Shad Suk Mynsiem Festival’, Centenary Souvenir, Seng Khasi, Shillong, 2011); ‘Ka Biria ha ki Poitri Khasi’ (‘Humour in Khasi Poetry’, SBUK Silver Jubilee Souvenir, Seng Biria U Khasi, Shillong, 2014); ‘Ki Samla bad ka Saiñ Pyrthei’ (‘Youth and Politics’, Platinum Jubilee Souvenir, Mawphor, Shillong 2015); ‘U Nongthoh bad ka Imlang Sahlang: Ka Kamon Kadiang ha ka Thoh ka Tar’ (‘The Writer and the Community: A Case for Literary Ambidexterity’ (Ka Thiar ki Nongthoh, Khasi Authors’ Society, Shillong, 2020); ‘Shaphang ka Haiku bad Senryu’ (‘Understanding Haiku and Senryu’, Ka Thiar ki Nongthoh, Khasi Authors’ Society,  Shillong, 2021);  ‘Ka Ktien Tynrai Kum ka Sur ka Jingim’ (‘The Mother Tongue as the Voice of Life’, Ka Syngkhong Jingtip, Khasi Authors’ Society,  Shillong, 2021); ‘Poetry, Ka Jingshai ha ka Miet’ (critical comments on ‘Poetry, the Light in the Night’, published in Ka Jingshai ha ka Miet, Kynpham Sing Nongkynrih, Shillong, 2023); ‘Ka Shillong lyngba ka Mynsiem ka Miet’ (‘Shillong through the Spirit of Night’, Khasi Authors’ Society,  Shillong, forthcoming)

Translation:

• Nongkynrih has translated ten books (children’s literature) from English into Khasi for the National Book Trust, India, New Delhi.
• He has translated poetry (including Soso Tham’s) and short stories (including S. J. Duncan’s and Wan Kharkrang’s) from Khasi into English for the Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi; Penguin India, New Delhi; Oxford University Press, New Delhi, and Katha, New Delhi.
• He has translated short stories, myths and folklore from Khasi into English for Katha, New Delhi, Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi, Penguin India, New Delhi; Oxford University Press, New Delhi, and others.

Papers presented in Conferences/Seminars

1. ‘Cultural History and the Genesis of the Khasi Oral Tradition’ in the seminar on Orality and Beyond: A North-East Indian Perspective organised by Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi, and the Centre for Cultural and Creative Studies, NEHU, Shillong, from 26 to 27 July 2005.
2. ‘Ek Kavi ki Drishti me Khasi Loktantra: Ek Vish le Shan’ in the All India Tribal Writers’ Meet organised by All India Tribal Literary Forum, New Delhi, from 4 to 7 April 2006.
3. ‘Khasi Democracy as Reflected in Poetry: An Analysis’ in the seminar on Contemporary Responses to Understanding Culture organised by the Indian Council of Philosophical Research, New Delhi, and the Department of Philosophy, NEHU, Shillong, from 17 to 9 November 2005.
4. ‘The Poet and His Times: The Need for Communication’ + self-composed poems in the seminar on Writer’s Response to Contemporary Literary Phenomenon of North East India organised by the Department of Art and Culture, Government of Manipur, Imphal, from 20 to 21 December 2007.
5. ‘The Khasi Phawar: Exposition and Short Entries’    in the Workshop on Indian Poetics and the International Symposium on Encyclopaedia of Indian Poetics organised by Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi, on 10 December 2007.
6. ‘Ban Sngewthuh bad Batai ïa ka Poitri’ (‘How to Understand and Appreciate Poetry’) in the literary workshop on Training on the Art of Writing and Literature 2007 organised by the Contemporary Khasi Authors’ Association, Shillong, on 12 September.
7. ‘The Poetics of the Khasi Phawar’ in the seminar on Tribal Literature with Special Reference to Languages of North-East India organised by the Department of Khasi, NEHU, Shillong, from 20 to 22 February 2008.
8. ‘The Death of Lapalang, the Stag’ + self-composed poems   in the Kovalam Literary Festival organised by Noctilucent, New Delhi, in Kovalam, Kerela from 6 to 8 October 2008.
9. ‘Roots of the Past: Myths in Northeast Poetry’ in the symposium on Influence and Assimilation of Folklore in the Poetry of North-East India organised by Sahitya Akademi in Shillong on 25 July 2008.
10. ‘Understanding Poetry: The Essential Characteristics’ + self-composed poems in the Workshop on Poetry organised by the Welsh Academy and Writers’ Chain at the Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff, on 24 April 2009.
11. ‘Problems of Translation: The Khasi Perspective’ + self-composed poems   in the translation workshop, Four Indian Writers, Four UK Writers, organised by Writers’ Chain and Wales Arts International, UK, at Neemrana, Rajasthan, from 14 to 20 January 2009.
12. ‘The Poetry of Northeast India: An Overview’ + self-composed poems in Free the Word Festival organised by International PEN in London on 18 April 2009 at Shakespeare’s Globe (Under Globe).
13. ‘India through Fresh Eyes: The Northeast Perspective’ in a seminar during The London Book Fair 2009 organised by the British Council, London, from        April 20-22, 2009.
14. ‘From God-given Gift to Poetry: Khasi Archery and the Evolution of Phawar Poetry’ + ‘Shillong in Haiku’ in Mountain Echoes Literary Festival 2010 organised by Siyahi and the India-Bhutan Foundation, Thimphu, from 17 to 20 May 2010.
15. ‘Ka Jingiashem Jong Nga bad I Bah Bevan L. Swer’ (A Tribute to Prof. Bevan L. Swer, founder-member of the Khasi Department) during the Felicitation Programme of Pioneers in Khasi Literature organised by the Department of Khasi on 29 September 2010.
16. ‘Poetry, My Light-in-the-Night’ + self-composed poems      in Poetry Tour of Chennai organised by Prakriti from 29 to 30 December 2010.
17. ‘The Writer and His Community: A Case for Literary Ambidexterity’ + self-composed poems in Goa Arts & Literary Festival–2011 organised by the Goa Writers Group, Panjim, in conjunction with Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi, from 17 to 21 December 2011.
18.  ‘The Menace of the Gun: Northeast Poetry and the Literature of Real Conflict’ + self-composed poems in Australia-India Literatures International Forum organised by the Writing and Society Research Centre, University of Western Sydney, Sydney, from 3 to 6 September 2012.
19.  ‘Shadows of Self: Being a Poet in NE’ and ‘Myth, Society and Storytelling’ in The Guwahati Lit Fest held from 27 to 29 December 2014.
20. ‘Myths and Khasi Religious Thought’ presented during a UGC-HRDC Refresher Course in Tribal Studies on 12 August 2015.
21. ‘Ki Khana Parom ki Pynpaw ïa ka Pyrkhat ka Jaitbynriew’ (‘Folklore as the Exponent of a Community’s Thought’) in the seminar on Ki Khana Parom ha ki Sur Poetry (Folktales in Verse) organised by the All India Radio Shillong on 20 February 2015.
22.  ‘Tribal Literature in Northeast India’ + self-composed poems in Literary Commons!: Writing Australia India in the Asian Century with Dalit, Indigenous and Multilingual Tongues organised by Monash University, Melbourne, from 1 to 5 April 2016.
23.  ‘Ka Ktien Tynrai Kum ka Sur ka Jingim’ (‘The Mother Tongue As the Voice of Life’) in the seminar ‘Haba Im ka Ktien, Im ka Jait Bynriew’ (‘Alive the Language, Alive the Race’) organized by Khasi Authors’ Society at Shillong College, Shillong, on 4 August 2018.
24. ‘Ka Jingbatai Lyngkot Shaphang ka Ktien Khasi’ (‘A Brief Outline of the Khasi Language’) in the seminar ‘Haba Im ka Ktien, Im ka Jait Bynriew’ (‘Alive the Language, Alive the Race’) organized by Khasi Authors’ Society at Jaiñtia Eastern College, Khliehriat, on 25 August 2018.
25.  ‘Creative Writing Techniques: An Exposition’ in the Creative Writing & Mentorship Program organised by Anita’s Attic on 28 August 2021.
26. ‘What Constitutes Greyness for Us?’ in The Ashoka Lit Fest, organised online by Ashoka University, Sonepat, on 14 November 2021.
27.  ‘Around the Fire, we Learnt About Death’ at the PragatiE Vichaar Literature Festival 2021 organised by Frontlist, New Delhi, on 15 January 2022.
28. ‘Of Fathers and Forefathers’ at The Jaipur Literature Festival, organised by Jaipur Virasat Foundation from 10 to 14 March 2022.
29.  ‘The Eastern Gate’ at the Jaipur Literature Festival, organised by Jaipur Virasat Foundation from 10 to 14 March 2022.
30.  ‘Changing the Subject: Laying Claim to Your Own Stories’ at the Tata Literature Live! Mumbai International Literary Festival, organised by the Tata Literature Live Committee from 11 to 13 November 2022.
31. ‘Living Roots: A Khasi Saga’ at the Tata Literature Live! Mumbai International Literary Festival, organised by the Tata Literature Live Committee from 11 to    13 November 2022.
32.  ‘Ka Workshop halor Kumno ban Thoh Poitri’ (‘The Art of Poetry Writing’), organised by St. Anthony’s, Khasi Department, on 24 September 2022.
33.  ‘How to Understand and Appreciate Poetry’ at The Eleventh Annual Rev Fr N J   Kenny Memorial Lecture 2022, organised by St. Anthony’s, English Department,Shillong, on 5 November 2022.
34.  ‘Creative Writing and Freelancing’ at the Writers’ Workshop organised by KJWA at Seng Khasi College, Shillong on 15 April 2023.
35.  ‘The Art of Storytelling’ at a book launch event organised by Meghalayan Age:    The Store in New Delhi on 30 May 2024.
36.  ‘The Distaste of the Earth: A Talk’ at The Bangalore Literature Festival    organized by the BLF Committee from 14 to 15 August 2024.

Conferences Attended:

1. The UK Year of Literature and Writing, 1995 organised by the Welsh and British Arts Councils, UK.
2. Jatyo Kavita Utsav 2003 organised by the National Poetry Council of Bangladesh, Dhaka.

1. The London Book Fair 2009 and allied literary events around London organised by the British Council, London.
2. Free the Word! A Celebration of World Literature 2009 organised by International PEN, London.
3. A Literary Tour of Wales 2009 organised by Writers’ Chain, Cardiff.
4. The Mountain Echoes International Literary Festival 2010 organised by Siyahi and the India-Bhutan Foundation, Thimphu.
5. The Australia-India Literatures International Forum organised by the Writing and Society Research Centre, University of Western Sydney, Sydney, 2012.
6. The Literary Commons! Writing Australia-India in the Asian Century with Dalit,Indigenous and Multilingual Tongues organised by Monash University, Melbourne, 2016.
7. Many major Literary Festivals in India, including:

            *          The Jaipur Literature Festival in 2007, 2009 and 2022.

            *          The Kovalam Literary Festival, 2008.

            *          Poetry With Prakriti, Chennai, 2010.

            *          Goa Arts & Literary Festival, 2011, 2023.

            *          The Ashoka Lit Fest, New Delhi, 2021.

            *          The Kerala Literature Festival, Kozhikode, 2021.

            *          The Tata Literature Live! Mumbai International Literary Festival 2022.

            *          The Bengaluru Poetry Festival, 2024.

            *          The Bangalore Literature Festival, 2024.