Full-time Teaching & Research Experience: (October 2023 onwards)
- Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, North-Eastern Hill University (NEHU), East Khasi Hills, Shillong 793022, Meghalaya, India.
Teaching & Research Experience in years: 18 years
Full Time Research Experience: (2016 – 2023)
- Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science & Political Studies, Netaji Institute for Asian Studies (NIAS), 1 Woodburn Park, Sarat Bose Bhawan, Kolkata 700020, West Bengal, INDIA.
Full Time Teaching Experience: (2005- 2016)
- Full-time permanent Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, St. Joseph’s College, Darjeeling. 1st March 2007- April 2016; including Headship (June 2012- June 2015) of the Department of Political Science, St. Joseph’s College, Darjeeling.
- Full-time permanent Lecturer at Islampur College, (West Bengal College Service Commission) University of North Bengal (31st July 2006- 28th February 2007).
- Full-time F.I.P (1 year) Lecturer at St. Joseph's College Darjeeling, University of North Bengal (11th April 2005- 23rd February 2006).
Visiting Teaching Experiences: (April 2007- September 2023)
- Visiting Faculty at the Department of South and South East Asian Studies, University of Calcutta, Alipore Campus, 1, Reformatory Street, Alipore, Kolkata – 700027 (June 2022 to September 2023).
- Visiting Faculty Department of Political Science, Kalyani University, Nadia (June- August 2022)
- Visiting Faculty Department of Political Science, Rani Birla Girls’ College, Kolkata (March – June 2022)
- Guest Faculty at the Department of South and South East Asian Studies, University of Calcutta, Alipore Campus, 1, Reformatory Street, Alipore, Kolkata – 700027, November 2017 – March 2020.
- Guest Faculty, Department of Political Science, Savitri Girls’ College, Kolkata (January 2018)
- Part Time Faculty (Political Science) at Heritage Law College, Kolkata Madurdaha, Chowbaga Road, Anandapur, P.O. East Kolkata Township, Chowbaga Canal Side Road, Mundapara, Kolkata, West Bengal 700107, April-August 2016
- Guest Faculty, Political Science, General Studies and Group Discussion techniques to civil service aspirants at Career Information Counseling & Coaching Centre (CICAC), Red Cross Complex, S.M. Das Road, Darjeeling-734-101, West Bengal, India from April 2007- 2013.
- Political Science at the PG and UG level at IGNOU Study Center (Distance Education), Darjeeling Government College from March 2008, 2014-2015.
- Sociology at the PG and UG level at IGNOU Study Center (Distance Education), Darjeeling Government College from April 2009-2013.
- Political Science at the PG level at Department of Distance Education, PCP classes, University of North Bengal from November 2008-2009.
Academic Papers Presented [NEHU Service Period October 2023 onwards]
Year 2024
- ‘Materialities in Motion: Geopolitics of Bootlegging in Borderlands of India’s Northeast’ in the International Conference Understanding India’s Eastern and North-Eastern Borderlands: Space, Territoriality and Mobility, organized by IDSK, Kolkata and Assam University Campus, Diphu Karbi Anglong, Assam, 1st-2nd February 2024.
Year 2023
- ‘Changing Contours of Geometry and Geography of Gender: Online Dating and Electronic Romance among ‘Men Interested in Men’ in Northeast India’ in the Two Day International Seminar “Changing Contours of Geometry of Gender: The Eastern Himalayan, Sub-Himalayan Regions and Northern Part of Bengal in Perspective”, organized by Women’s Cell Saheed Kshudiram College, Kamakhyaguri, Alipurduar and UGC HRDC North Bengal University, 12 and 13 October 2023. [Delivered Online on 12/10/2023]
Academic Papers Presented [Research Institute Service Period 2016 – 2023] [total 40]
Year 2023
- “Oratures and Practices of Death among the Zo hnahthlak: Living and Leaving now and then” at the 3-Day National Conference- “Languages and Knowledge System: Distinctiveness and Prosperous Features of Texts and Oratures in North East India”, organized by the Department of Linguistics, Manipur University, Imphal and the Special Centre for the Study of North East India, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi, sponsored by the Bharatiya Bhasha Samiti, Ministry of Education, Government of India, 1st-3rd March 2023.
- “Bootlegging in South Asia’s Neighbourhood: Field experiences from Looking East to Acting East” at the Bodoland International Knowledge Festival 2023, Bodoland University, sponsored by the Bodoland Territorial Region, 27th February- 2nd March 2023.
- ‘Vernacular Twist: Community, Geography and Politics in North East India’ at the 3-Day National Seminar 'Development and Promotion of Non-scheduled Languages: Challenges and Opportunities in North East India’, organised by the Bharatiya Bhasha Samity, Ministry of Education, Government of India. 1st-3rd February 2023.
- “Eastern Himalayas, Disgruntled Geographies, and ‘Chinese goods’: A Study of Bootlegging in South Asia’s Neighborhood” at the 2-Day National Seminar- “India and Her Neighbours”, organised by VPM’s Centre for International Studies, Mumbai University and sponsored by the Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India. 11th-12th February 2023.
Year 2022
- “Geopolitical Aspirations and Memescapes in Transition: India and Nepal Neighbourhood in Perspective” at the One day International Seminar “75 Years of Indian independence” organized by WBPSA (West Bengal Political Science Association) and Maharaja Manindra Chandra College, Kolkata, 4th June 2022.
- “Addressing Diversity and Inclusiveness: Politics of Sexualities, Regimentation and Control in Mizoram, India” at the 59th All India Political Science Conference & International Seminar on Global Rise of Incredible India organized by IPSA (Indian Political Science Association) and USTM, Meghalaya, 26th-27th March 2022.
Year 2021
- “Sexually Ambivalent Gorkha and Pink Migrations from North-East India” 16th Annual Himalayan Policy Research Conference (HPRC 2021)Zoominar Policy Research Focus on the South-South Global Issues organized by Nepal Study Center, University of New Mexico, 4-5 December 2021.
- “Mizo Women, the Nexus of Patriarchy and Zo Christianity: Revisiting Questions surrounding Land, Property, Marriage and Tribalness” Conference on “Experiences on Decentralization, Tribal Self Governance and its Implications: Perspectives from Academics and Policy Makers”, (held in hybrid format WebEx Meet), organized by Indian Institute of Public Administration (IIPA) & National Tribal Research Institute (NTRI), New Delhi, 29- 30 November 2021.
- “Ambiguous Sexualities and Pink Migrations: In the Realm of the Politics of Sexualities, Regimentation and Control among Gorkhas in North-Eastern India”, Online Tenth Annual Kathmandu Conference on Nepal and the Himalaya, organised by Social Science Baha, BNAC, CNRS, & NANJP, Kathmandu, Nepal, 28-30 July 2021.
- ‘Khawhar Hla’: Remembering and Collective Encountering of Death among the Zo Christians in North-Eastern India. Webinar ‘Narratives of Faith: Devotional Songs and Poetry of Multicultural Societies of Bengal’ organized under Rusa 2.0, Department of English, Jadavpur University, 17-18 February, 2021.
Year 2020
- Remembering and Encountering Death Collectively: Practice and Performances in the ‘Khawhar Hla’ (Songs for the Dead) among the Zo Christians in North-Eastern India. Webinar Book Volume. NIAS in collaboration with Mankar College. 12 December 2020.
- Indo-Bangla Neighbourhood issues: Disgruntled Geographies, Ethnic Angst and the questions of Connectivity, JAIR Conference Fifty Years of India-Bangladesh Relations: Regionalism, Connectivity, and the Northeast, ICSSR-NERC, Shillong, Meghalaya, 14 -15 February 2020.
Year 2019
- Disgruntled Geographies, Ethnic Angst and the questions of Connectivity, Development and Human Security in the Northeastern Borderlands of India, International Conference South Asia Beyond Terrorism: Peace, Development, and Human Security, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, 19 -20 December 2019.
- Indo-Myanmar Neighbourhood issues: Overcoming Disgruntled Geographies, Wayfinding Connectivities and Newer Imaginaries, National Seminar Under UPE Phase II Programme, Imagining Southeast Asia From Bengal and India’s North-East: Methodological Explorations, Department of Political Science, University of Calcutta, 19- 20 September, 2019.
- “We came here along with the land”: Shared Heritages of Gorkha and vexed Histories in South Asia, ICHR Sponsored National Seminar Darjeeling: In Search of People’s History of the Hills, Southfield College, Darjeeling, 5-7 September, 2019.
- “Enduring Islam and ‘Muslimness’ In Trans-Himalayas: Some Reflections from the case of the Gorkha Muslims and Tibetan Muslims in the Eastern Himalayan town of Darjeeling, India”, Eight Annual Kathmandu Conference on Nepal and the Himalaya, organised by Social Science Baha, BNAC, CNRS, & NANJP, Kathmandu, Nepal, 24-30 July 2019.
- ‘Indo-Myanmar Neighbourhood issues: Overcoming Disgruntled Geographies, Wayfinding Connectivities into the Indo-Pacific’, 20th Annual Conference and Annual Meeting WBPSA & ICSSR-ERC sponsored National Seminar “Envisioning India in the Future World Order”, St. Paul’s Cathedral Mission College, Kolkata, 30 -31 March 2019.
- ‘North Eastern Tribes in combat in the Red Corridor: Sanitizing for Democracy’ National Seminar under DRS Programme–III Democracy as a Pedagogical Experience Organised by Department of Political Science, University of Calcutta, 29-30 March, 2019.
- ‘Connecting North East India to extended ASEAN: Cinematic Connects and Social Imaginaries’ Two Day National Conference “Contours of India’s ‘Act East Policy’: Opportunities, Challenges and Futuristic Trends of Indo-ASEAN Partnership” organised by Kolkata Society for Asian Studies, Institute of Foreign Policy Studies, University of Calcutta and Indian Council of World Affairs, New Delhi, 18-19 February, 2019.
- ‘Construing the Trends in Migrations in Darjeeling Hills and Plains’ one-day National Seminar on “Contemporary Issues in Urban Economics with special reference to India” organised by the Centre for Urban Economic Studies (CUES), University of Calcutta , 1st February, 2019.
- ‘Gleaning Political Communication through ‘Notices’ in North East India’, National Seminar “Locating Democracy and Governance in Political Communication in Contemporary India”organised by MPISSR, Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh and Kalyani University, West Bengal, 10-11 January, 2019.
Year 2018
- ‘Where are ‘Our Women’? Mizo Women and the Nexus of Patriarchy’, National Conference “Increasing Vulnerabilities, Facing Challenges and Women’s Leadership and Movement” organised by Indian Association of Women’s Studies (IWAS) Eastern Regional Conference in collaboration with National Alliance of Women’s Organisation CEDAW Alternate Report Consultation, Womens Studies Centre and Dr. B.R.Ambedkar Studies Centre, Rabindra Bharati University and 21st Century Knowledge Initiative, University of Calcutta. Jorasanko Campus RBU, Kolkata 19-20 November 2018.
- ‘From Head-Hunters to Soul Hunters: Zo Missionaries and Evangelists in the Asia Pacific’ Ninth Biennial International Conference of the Indian Association for Asian & Pacific Studies on Asia in Transition organised by IAAPS, Kolkata and CRRID, Chandigarh, ICSSR, New Delhi, MEA, Government of India, KAS (Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, New Delhi, and IFPS (Institute of Foreign Policy Studies, University of Calcutta), Chandigarh, November 1-2, 2018.
- ‘Politico-Ethnic Mood Swings and Infrastructural Developments in the hills Darjeeling and Kalimpong (2011-2017)’ International Conference Infrastructure Across Frontiers: Logistics, Governance and Society organised by Calcutta Research Group and Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung, Kolkata, West Bengal, India, September 2-3, 2018.
- Participated in the International Conference Who are the People? Populism and the Populist Movements organised by Calcutta Research Group and Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung, Kolkata, West Bengal, India, August 31- September 1, 2018.
- Participated in the 11th Foundation Day Lecture ‘Identity and India’s Foreign Policy: Nehru to Modi’ by Prof. Partha Pratim Basu organised by the Jadavpur Association of International Relations (JAIR), Jadavpur University, Kolkata, West Bengal, India, August 21, 2018.
- ‘North East, North Bengal and the UK: Connections, Constraints and Possibilities’. West Bengal, Eastern India and the UK: Shared Prosperity for a shared future. Young Thinkers Conference 2018 organised by The Dailogue, Sister Nivedita University and The British Deputy High Commission, Kolkata. Lalit Great Eastern Kolkata, West Bengal, India, August 11, 2018.
- ‘The Zo hnahthlak and the ‘Burma mi’ in Mizoram’ 13th International Burma Studies Conference organised by the Center for Burma Studies, Northern Illinois University, USA, Bangkok, Thailand, August 3-5, 2018.
- ‘Representing and Performing the Contested Trans-Himalayan ‘Shared heritages’ of ‘Gorkha’: Virtualisation of the Public Sphere and the Aesthetics of ‘being Gorkha’ in South Asia' ‘Annual Kathmandu Conference on Nepal and the Himalaya’ organised by Social Science Baha, BNAC, CNRS, & NANJP, Kathmandu, Nepal, 25-27 July 2018.
- “‘Ruaithre’, ‘Zai leh lam’, ‘Tleivar’, and ‘Zamoh’: Material Practices, Social networks and the Zo hnahthlak” panel “Feasting, drinking and banqueting: Politics and sociality of relating in Eurasia” Asian Dynamics Initiative (ADI), University of Copenhagen, Denmark, 18-20 June 2018.
- “From Hermeneutics through Exegesis: Ambivalent Sexualities in Abhidhamma Buddhist Traditions”, 2nd International Conference on Abhidhamma, organized by Sri Lankan Tibetan Buddhist Brotherhood Society and Bhiksu University Sri Lanka, Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka,15-16 June 2018.
- “Vajrayana as Operative in Darjeeling Himalayas”, Second Vajrayana Summit, organized by the Centre for Bhutan Studies & GNH (CBS) and the Central Monastic Body at Thimpu, Bhutan, 28-30 March 2018.
- “Post Partition, Postmemory and the Zo Hnahthlak in the state of Mizoram”, National Seminar Partition of India: Contemporary Perspectives organized by Department of Film Studies, Jadavpur University and Netaji Institute for Asian Studies, Kolkata 22-23 March, 2018.
- “En-Queering the “Civil’ Society’: Insights into Queer Spaces and the Politics of Sexualities in Kolkata City”, International Workshop: Gender, Civil Society and the Role of the State organized by Jamia Milllia Islamia, New Delhi, University of Wurzburg (Universität Würzburg: Startseite), Germany and the Bureau of the Max Weber Foundation, 19-20 March 2018.
- “Politics of Zo Christianity and ‘Being Secular’ in Mizoram, India” UGC-CPE sponsored Two Days’ National Conference on Secularism- Current Trends organized by IQAC & Department of Political Science, Bijoy Krishna Girls’ College, Howrah, 16 & 17 March 2018.
- “Politics of Sexualities, Regimentation and Control: The Queer in Mizoram, India”, 19th Annual Conference and Annual Meeting West Bengal Political Science Association (WBPSA).Hiralal Mazumdar Memorial College for Women, Dakshineswar, 17-18 March 2018.
- “India and the Trans-Himalayan Neighbours: Nepal and Bhutan in Perspective (2015-2017)” International Conference India’s Foreign Policy: Continuity And Change organized by Department of International Relations under CAS Programme Jadavpur University, 9-10 March 2018.
- “Histories, Territories, Partitions and Memories among the Zo Hnahthlak and the Chakma in the State of Mizoram”, International Conference India @ 70 Memories and Histories organized by IIT Kharagpur. West Bengal, 3-4 January 2018
Year 2017
- “Negotiating the Queer and the Politics of Sexualities in Urban Spaces: Sanitized Spaces, Vocality, Display and Visibility in Kolkata City”, International Conference Urban Ecology And Gender: Exploring Gender, Marginalization and Equity in Urban Spaces in the Asia-Pacific organized by UGC-Human Resource Development Centre, Kumaun University, ICSSR (New Delhi), UCOST (Uttarakhand) & Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, (National University of Singapore). New Delhi, 1-2 November 2017.
- “Social Imaginaries and Medical Dystopia: ‘Heath Migrations and Care-Givers’ in Kolkata City from Mizoram”, Sixth Critical Studies Conference Refugees, Migrants, Violence and the Transformation of Cities, organised by Mahanirban Calcutta Research Group (MCRG), Kolkata, 23-25 August, 2017.
Academic Papers Presented [College Teaching Service Period 2005-2015] [Total= 47]
Year 2015
- “Critical Engagements in Development: Matrixes and Complexities North Bengal and North East India Construed”, Two Days Conference On Rethinking Development: Challenges in North East IndiaJointly Organised by North East India Studies Programme, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi & Omeo Kumar Das Institute of Social Change and Development, Guwahati, 30th-31st July, 2015
Year 2014
- “Nehruvian Visions and the Politics of ‘Paternalistic Autonomy’”, UGC National Seminar “Post Nehruvian Politics In India: Agitation, Assimilation And Assertions”, organized by Centre for Nehru Studies, Department of Political Science, University of North Bengal, March 14th-15th, 2014.
- “Politics of Control, Politics of Regulation: Water Commons and Sustainable Tourism”, UGC National Seminar “Eco (Sustainable) Tourism In Sikkim: A Legal Perspective”, jointly organized by Sikkim Government Law College & Sikkim University, Gangtok, Sikkim, 08th -09th March 2014.
- “Social Imaginaries, Cartographic Contestations And Befuddled Public Sphere: Media, Democracy And Public Participation In Darjeeling Hills” ICSSR International Conference “State and Society in North East India”, organized by North East India Studies Programme (NEISP), Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, 26th- 28th February, 2014.
Year 2013
- “Beyond The Local And The Global’: Mizo Women And The Changing Dimensions Of Society And Culture In Mizoram” ICSSR National Seminar “Traditional Skill & Knowledge of Ethnic Women & Economic Development In North-East India”, Jointly organized by Department of History, Moran Mahila Mahavidyalaya, Moranhat, Sivasagar, Assam, 26th- 27th October, 2013.
- “Women in an ostensibly ‘Masculinized Public Sphere’: Public Participation and Women in Darjeeling Hills” National Seminar “Women In Contemporary India: Issues And Challenges”, Centre For Women’s Studies, University of North Bengal, 29th-30th March, 2013.
- “Degrees of Development, Degrees of Backwardness: Matrixes and Complexities A North Bengal Experience” in the National Seminar “North Bengal: Development Perspectives” jointly organized by the North Bengal Development Department, Government of West Bengal and the University of North Bengal, 25th – 26th March 2013.
- “Culture of Exhibition, Culture of Imitation: Globalization and Consumption among the Zohnahthlak” in the UGC National Seminar “Modern Trends in Anthropology”jointly organized by the Department of Anthropology, University of North Bengal and Anthropological Society of India, 21st- 22nd March 2013.
- “Construing The Trends In Outmigration In Darjeeling Hills” in the National Seminar “Transborder Migration, Human Security and Environmentalism in South Asia, with reference to Himalayan and Adjacent Regions”, Centre for Himalayan Studies, University of North Bengal, 19th-20th March 2013.
- “Everyday Contours And Contents Of ‘Sualna’ (Evil) In An Ideal Zo Christian State” in the ICSSR sponsored 5th Annual Conference 2013 of Sociological Association of West Bengal (SAWB) on Sociology and Everyday Life, jointly organized by Department of Sociology, University of North Bengal & North Bengal St. Xavier’s College, 12th -13th March 2013.
- “Regulating people, Consolidating voices: Mizoram Muslim Welfare Society and the positional order of things in the Zo/Mizo cosmology” in the UGC sponsored SAP DRS (Phase II) Programme National Seminar on Dissenting Voices, Transformation And People’s Assertions In East And North East India, Department of Political Science, University North Bengal, 8th-9th March 2013.
- “Development? Whose Development? Fault lines in the Politics of Development minus People in Mizoram” in the UGC sponsored National Seminar on Sustainable Livelihood, Environment And Development, Department of Geography, University of North Bengal, 2nd-3rd March 2013.
- “Education and the Chakma in Mizoram: A Case Study of Gaps in Minority Education Policies and Implementation” at the International Conference on Contemporary Debates in Public Policy and Management, Indian Institute of Management Calcutta (IIMC), Kolkata, West Bengal, India, 7th -9th February, 2013.
- ‘ “Brave Mercenaries to Becoming Honourable Citizens”:Statelessness, Befuddled Public Sphere and the Gorkha’ at the 14th International Conference Contested Spaces and Cartographic Challenges jointly organised by International Association for Studies in Forced Migration (IASFM) and Mahanirban Calcutta Research Group (MCRG), Kolkata, West Bengal, India, 6th-9th January, 2013.
Year 2012
- ‘Men as Agents, Men as Victims: Detoxifying Gender, Mobility and Trafficking’ in International Interdisciplinary Conference on “Human Trafficking: Global Efforts to Combat and Challenges” jointly organized by Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR), New Delhi, India & Department Of Geography, Darjeeling Government College, 26th -27th November, 2012.
- ‘Leisure, Sports and Entertainment: Politics and Lifestyles in Mizoram’ in the UGC (ERO) National Seminar: “Sports and Games: New Approaches to Holistic Education” (2012), jointly organized by Salesian College, Siliguri College and Sports Board, University of North Bengal, West Bengal, 3rd – 4th August, 2012.
- ‘Missionaries, Mercenaries and Mountains: Construing the Scottish influence in the British colonial encounter in North Eastern India’ in the One Day Spring Conference of the Economic & Social History Society of Scotland: “Scotland and the Indian subcontinent” (2012), jointly organized by Economic & Social History Society of Scotland and University of Glasgow, Scotland, 21st March, 2012.
Year 2011
- ‘Detoxification, Alteration, Mutation & Hybridization: ‘Queering’ Social Science Research In The South’ in the Fourteenth International Conference Of The Forum On Contemporary Theory: “Transcending Disciplinary Decadence: Exploring Challenges Of Teaching, Scholarship, and Research In The Humanities And The Social Sciences” (2011), jointly organized by Forum on Contemporary Theory, Centre For Contemporary Theory, Baroda and IIS University, Jaipur, Rajasthan, 18th-21st December, 2011.
- ‘Territory, Border And Beyond’: Politics Of Hemming The Space And Human Rights Of The Chakma In Mizoram’ in the UGC/ICSSR National Seminar: ‘Environment Security & Human Rights Issues’ organized by Department of Law & Legal Jurisprudence Studies, School of Law & Governance, Sikkim Central University, Gangtok, Sikkim 11th–12th, November, 2011.
- ‘Construing ‘In-migration’ In Darjeeling: ‘Insider-Outsider’ Politics Accentuated’ in the UGC-State Level Seminar:“Interrogating the Grand-narrative of Nation: Sub-national Movements and the Issue of Identity in North Bengal” organized by the Department Of English & History, Sukanta Mahavidyalaya, Dhupguri and Mainaguri College, Jalpaiguri (University of North Bengal), West Bengal, 9th–10th, September, 2011.
- ‘From Isolation, Integration and Assimilation to Multiculturalism: Nehru and the North-East’ in the UGC-National Seminar:“Nehru As The Builder Of Modern India” organized by the Department Of Political Science, University of North Bengal, West Bengal, 17th, March, 2011.
- ‘Contemporary Identity And Culture Among The Zo/Mizo Tribes: Erasure, Erosion And Ersatzure’ in the UGC-SAP National Seminar: “Social Forces And Ethnic Politics In North East India” organized by the Department Of Political Science, North East Hill University (NEHU), Shillong, Meghalaya, 10th -12th , March, 2011.
- ‘Citizenship Minus Rights: The Case Of The ‘Vai’ In Mizoram’ in the UGC State Level Seminar ‘Towards An Inclusive Society: Understanding The Role Of Citizenship In The Indian Context’ (2011), organized by Departments of Education & Political Science, Savitri Girls’ College, (University of Calcutta) Kolkata, West Bengal, 23rd February, 2011.
- ‘Citizenship & Rights: Politics of Camouflaging Among the Migrants In Aizawl, Mizoram’ in the International Conference on Mega-Urbanisation and Human Rights: Emerging Challenges and Opportunities (2011), organized by Commission on Human Rights, International Union of Anthropological & Ethnological Sciences (IUAES), Department of Anthropology, West Bengal State University (Barasat)in collaboration with Indian Museum, Anthropological Survey of India, Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya, Centre for Alternative Research in Development, Kolkata, West Bengal, 14th -16th , February, 2011.
Year 2010
- ‘Inclusion And Exclusion: Dynamics Of ‘People’s Participation’ In Governance In Mizoram’ in the ‘International Seminar on Inclusive Development in India: Past Experiences, Present Challenges and Future Directions’, organized byUGC'S Centre for Advanced Studies in Social Work &Department of Social Work, University of Lucknow, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, 20th-21st December, 2010.
- ‘Identity And The Virtual Spaces Among The ZoHnahthlak: The Emergent Zo Cyber Politics’ in the Thirteenth International Conference Of The Forum On Contemporary Theory: “The Virtual Transformation of the Public Sphere” (2010), jointly organized by Forum on Contemporary Theory, Centre For Contemporary Theory, Baroda;Department of EnglishTulane University, New Orleans, USA&Department of English, Panjab University, Chandigarh, Punjab, 15th-18th December, 2010.
- ‘“Justice Of Compensation”: Unravelling The Notion Of Justice Among The Zo/Mizo Tribes’ in the UGC National Seminar On Social Justice And Welfare State: Myth And Realities (2010), organized by Department of Law, University of North Bengal, West Bengal, 27th-28th November, 2010.
- ‘Politics Of Whispering Bamboo: Unravelling The Status Of Women In Power Politics In Mizoram From Insurgency To Statehood’ in the UGC National Seminar On Indian Women In Crossroads: Transition From Colonization To Globalization (2010), organized by Women Cell, ABN Seal College, Coochbehar, West Bengal, 26th-27th November, 2010.
- ‘“Exclusive Divinity And The Politics Of Silencings”: Women, Colonialism And Proselytization Among The Zo/Mizo Tribes’ in the UGC National Seminar On Indian Women In Crossroads: Transition From Colonization To Globalization (2010), organized by Women Cell, ABN Seal College,(University of North Bengal) Coochbehar, West Bengal, 26th-27th November, 2010.
- ‘Whispering Bamboo: Bamboo Politics in the Hills of Mizoram’ in the International Conference On “Biodiversity and Environmental Governance in Canada and India: Safeguarding Ecosystems for Human Welfare” (2010), jointly organized by Department of English & Centre for Canadian Studies, Gurukula Kangri Vishwavidyalaya; Department of English, KGM (G. K. Univ. Women Campus), McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada& Department Of Foreign Affairs & International Trade, Government Of Canada, Haridwar, Uttarakhand, 21st -23rd October, 2010.
- ‘Evaluating The Relation Between ‘Development And Environment’ In Mizoram: Locating The Dynamics Of ‘Peoples’ Participation’ in the UGC National Seminar on Environment, Development and Society(2010), organized by UGC-Academic Staff College, Kumaun University, Nainital & Uttarakhand State Council For Science & Technology, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, 20th-21st October, 2010.
- ‘‘State-Led Education’ – ‘Exclusive Knowledge System’: Accentuating The Educational Policies Of Government Of Mizoram Among The Marginal Chakma Tribes’ in the UGC National Conference On Upholding Human Dignity: Exploring New Paradigms (2010), jointly organized by Bombay Teachers’ Training College and Mumbai University, Mumbai, Maharastra, 26th-27th August, 2010.
Year 2009
- ‘Politics of ‘Exclusions’ And ‘Inclusions’: Statecraft and the Dynamics of Power Politics In ZoTlang ram’ in the VI International Conference on Citizenship and Governance: “Challenges for Social Inclusion” (2009) jointly organized by Society for Participatory Research in Asia (PRIA),New Delhi; Department of Adult, Continuing Education & Field Outreach (DACEEFO), University of North Bengal; WBCSSP and Citizenship DRC, West Bengal, 19th-20th February, 2009.
- ‘Understanding Politics in Mizoram through the lenses of Good Governance’ in the UGC-DRS Programme (Phase 1): ‘Democratic Governance in Indian States’ organized by University of Calcutta, Kolkata, West Bengal, 14th February, 2009.
- ‘Aizawl Syndrome: Experiences in Urban Spatial Politics from Mizoram’ in the Fourteenth International Cultural Studies Workshop (CSW): Urban Cultures (2009) jointly organized by Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta (CSSSC), Ford Foundation (India), The South South Exchange Programme for Research in the History of Development (SEPHIS), the Netherlands and ENRECA (DANIDA, Copenhagen), North East Hill University (NEHU), Shillong, Meghalaya, 1st- 6th February, 2009.
Year 2008
- ‘Beyond the Protection Regimes: The case of the ‘Burmili Nepali’’ in Roundtable 2 in the Sixth Annual Winter course on Forced Migration (2008) at Kolkata organized by Mahanirban Calcutta Research Group (MCRG) in collaboration with the Government of Finland, the Brookings Institution and the UNHCR. Kolkata, West Bengal, 1st -15th December, 2008.
- ‘When Humanitarian Institutions become Hegemonic Institutions: The YMA and its attitude towards the ‘Burma mi’ in Mizoram’ in Roundtable 1 in the Sixth Annual Winter course on Forced Migration (2008) at Kolkata organized by Mahanirban Calcutta Research Group (MCRG) in collaboration with the Government of Finland, the Brookings Institution and the UNHCR. Kolkata, West Bengal, 1st -15th December, 2008.
- ‘Middle Class: Perspectives from Mizoram’ in the UGC National-Level Seminar: ‘Katha Sahitya Ke Vikas Mei Madhyawarga Ki Bhumika’, organized by Department of Hindi, St. Joseph’s College, (University of North Bengal) Darjeeling, West Bengal, 8th November, 2008.
- ‘Politics of ‘Nation-Building and Statecraft: Experiences of the ‘Ideal Zo Christian State-Building’ in Mizoram’ in the UGC State-Level Seminar: ‘Regionalism and Nation-Building in India’, organized by Gour Mahavidyalaya, Malda (GourBanga University) in collaboration with the West Bengal Political Science Association (WBPSA), Malda, West Bengal, 7th August, 2008.
- ‘Politics of ‘Ethnic Enclaves’ and Dilemmas of Travel-Tourism: Experiential readings from Mizoram in far-off North-East India’ in the UGC State-Level Seminar: ‘Role of Tourism Industry In Human Resource Development in Darjeeling Hills’, Salesian College, (University of North Bengal) Sonada, West Bengal, 2nd - 3rd August, 2008.
- ‘Socio-economic Reforms and its Reverberations on the Periphery: Women In Mizoram: An Experience In Empowerment’ in the UGC State-Level Seminar: ‘Socio-Economic Transformation of India in the light of On-going Reforms: Issues, Problems, Prospects & Challenges’, Islampur College, (University of North Bengal) Uttar Dinajpur, West Bengal, 12th-13th April, 2008.
- ‘Representation Of Women in The ‘Kuki-Chin-Mizo Oral Traditions’: Some Reflections’ in the UGC State-Level Seminar: ‘Folk-Lore And Folk-Culture in West Bengal Adjoining the Himalayan Belt’, Cooch Behar College, (University of North Bengal)Cooch Behar, West Bengal, 29th-30th March, 2008.
- ‘Bamboo Politics: A Page from the Politics of the Hills of Mizoram’ in the UGC National Seminar: ‘Environmental Problems And Our Future: Issues And Challenges’, Saheed Kshudiram College, (University of North Bengal) Kamakhyaguri, Jalpaiguri, West Bengal, 28th March, 2008.
Year 2007
- ‘Mustering Empowerment experiences from Mizoram: A Leap from ‘Private’ to ‘Public’ Living Spaces’ in the Young Scholars Programme 2007 jointly organized by Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Mumbai, Maharastra and UNDP/Planning Commission, New Delhi, 19th November- 1st December, 2007.
- Participated in the National Seminar: Historical and Sociological Impact of Migration on North East India, Don Bosco College, Maram, Manipur, 27th-28th September, 2007.
- ‘Politics of Silencings-Echoes from the Hills of Mizoram’ in the UGC-SAP Seminar: Politics of Exclusion and the Problem of Regional Cohesion in North and Northeast Region of India, Department of Political Science, University of North Bengal, West Bengal, 27th-28th March, 2007.
Year 2005
- Participated in the Oral History lecture organized by the American Center, Kolkata, West Bengal, 22nd December, 2005.
Publications
Op-Eds and Web Articles
Year 2021
Year 2020
- Becoming Korean-Like in North East India: The Politics of Culture, Consumption, and Economics within Multidimensions Magazine 11 September, 2020. https://multidimensionmagazine.com/2020/09/11/becoming-korean-like-in-north-east-india-the-politics-of-culture-consumption-and-economics-within/
- Nepal-India Virtual Neighbourhood ‘Halla Gulla’ Multidimensions Magazine 19 July ,2020. https://multidimensionmagazine.com/2020/07/19/nepal-india-virtual-neighbourhood-halla-gulla/
- Revisiting the ‘Chiyasi ko Andolan’ and the Notion of the ‘Bahira ko Manche’ (Outsiders), and ‘Bhitra ko Manche’ (Insiders) Among the Gorkhas of Darjeeling The Geopolitics. 15th July, 2020. https://thegeopolitics.com/revisiting-the-chiyasi-ko-andolan-and-the-notion-of-the-bahira-ko-manche-outsiders-and-bhitra-ko-manche-insiders-among-the-gorkhas-of-darjeel/
- The Pandemic and Dystopia: Complicating the coming of the Virus to India Multidimensions Magazine 24 June ,2020. https://multidimensionmagazine.com/2020/06/24/the-pandemic-and-dystopia-complicating-the-coming-of-the-virus-to-india/
- ‘Buai Kum Sernung’ (Living scar of the troubled year): The Shelling of Aizawl 1966 The Geopolitics. 1st March, 2020. https://thegeopolitics.com/buai-kum-sernung-living-scar-of-the-troubled-year-the-shelling-of-aizawl-1966/
- Global Gorkha and US Intervention in Afghanistan Post 9/11 The Geopolitics. 29th February, 2020. https://thegeopolitics.com/global-gorkha-and-us-intervention-in-afghanistan-post-9-11/
- Mobile People, Remittances and Lives: Field Notes from Darjeeling, North Bengal The Geopolitics. 26th February, 2020. https://thegeopolitics.com/mobile-people-remittances-and-lives-field-notes-from-darjeeling-north-bengal/
- Korean Influence in India’s Northeast: A Distinct ConnectKalinga Institute of Indo-Pacific Studies. Young Scholar’s Corner. 12th January, 2020. http://www.kiips.in/research/korean-influence-in-indias-northeast-a-distinct-connect/
- “We came here along with the land”: Examining the angst and apprehensions towards the NRC through Literary engagements of the Gorkha in South Asia The Geopolitics. 9th January, 2020. https://thegeopolitics.com/we-came-here-along-with-the-land-examining-the-angst-and-apprehensions-towards-the-nrc-through-literary-engagements-of-the-gorkha-in-south-asia/
Year 2019
Year 2017
Articles In Journals
Year 2023
- (with Praggnaparamita Biswas). Synchronizing the Dalan, Chandal Aesthetics and Namashudrayan in Manoranjan Byapari’s Autobiography Interrogating My Chandal Life. Nalini Iyer & Debali Mookerjea-Leonard (Ed) The Partition at 75+, Special Issue. South Asian Review. DOI:10.1080/02759527.2023.2277967
Year 2022
- (with Praggnaparamita Biswas). Shades of South Asian Women in Rasheed Jahan’s Writings: Navigating Patriarchies, Spaces, Regime Control, and Colonialism. Journal of Women’s Studies (A Peer Reviewed Journal). Vol. XI. 2022, pp.94-115. Centre for Women’s Studies, University of North Bengal. ISSN-2320-3625
- Locating Gandhi in the Statist Enterprise and the Popular Imagery in Contemporary India. Contemporary Social Scientist. (A National Referred Journal-UGC Approved).Vol. XIV-I, Summer 2022, pp. 55-66.Mizoram Central University. ISSN No. 2230-956X.
- Shared Heritages, Belonging, Rootedness and Notion of Bhoomiputra: Gleaning the Literary Engagements of the Gorkha in South Asia. QUEST- The Journal of UGC Academic Staff College, Nainital, Kumaun University. Volume 14 , Issue 2 & 3, 2020. pp.107 -129. ISSN 0974-5041. Online ISSN 2249-0035.
- The Raj, Missionaries, and Medicalisation among the Zo hnahthlak, Asian Studies. Vol. XXXX. Nos. 1& 2. January 2022-December 2022, pp.9-25. ISSN 0970-7301
- (with S.M. Pradhan, and Sanghamitra Choudhury)COVID-19 Pandemic and its impact on Yak Economy of Sikkim. SpringerNature.
Year 2021
- “Where are the tlawmngai Zo/Mizo men?” Gendered living spaces and Masculinity codes Journal of Women’s Studies (A Peer Reviewed Journal). Vol. X. 2021, pp.01-25. Centre for Women’s Studies, University of North Bengal. ISSN-2320-3625.
- (with Anjan Chakrabarti)Colonial Forest Policies, Forests and Graziers in Darjeeling, Kurseong and Kalimpong, Asian Studies. Vol. XXXIX. Nos. 1& 2. January 2021-December 2021, pp.10-24. ISSN 0970-7301.
- Empire’s Health in the North-Eastern Frontiers: Colonialism, Proselytisation and Medicalisation among the Zo Hnahthlak, Sidho-Kanho-Birsha University Journal of History, Vol. 1, Issue 1, July 2021, 66-96.
Year 2020
- Recalibrations, Negotiations and Way finding: Newer assemblages of the Pandemic and the dystopia in India, Asian Studies. Vol. XXXVIII. Nos. 1& 2. January 2020-December 2020. ISSN 0970-7301.
- Questions concerning the Federal Rhythm: Some Insights from the State of Mizoram, India The Political Anvil. Synod College Shillong.
- A Post-Mortem of Parimal Bhattacharya’s ‘No Path in Darjeeling Is Straight: Memories of a Hill Town’: Hermeneutics of the Text, exegesis of the Author,The Himalayan Miscellany: An Area Studies Journal in Social Sciences. ISSN 0970-4922
Year 2019
- Fieldnotes on Domestic Outsourcing and Domestic Insourcing from Darjeeling and Kalimpong, Madhya Pradesh Journal of Social Sciences (MPJSS), Vol.24, Issue No. 2, Dec., 2019, 27-44. ISSN 0973855X[UGC Approved Journal
- Peace and Conflict Debates in Mizoram: The Bru/Reangs in Perspective, Shodh, Vol XVI, Issue No. 1, Jan.- April, 2019, 52-67. ISSN 09701745[UGC Approved Journal 42069]
- ‘Contentious Politics of ‘Bahira ko manche’ (outsiders) and ‘Bhitra ko manche’ (insiders): Gorkhas, Gorkhaland and the notion of the ‘Others’. Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences- theme Tolerance and Democracy (Scottish Church College). No. 16, Sept. 2019.ISSN 0973-8737.
Year 2018
- “Hamro Jhora, Hamro Pani” (Our Spring, Our Water): Water and the Politics of Appropriation of ‘Commons’ in Darjeeling Town, India. Hydro Nepal: Journal of Water, Energy and Environment. Issue No. 22, 2018. pp. 16-24. eISSN 2392 -4101.
- Nehruvian Visions and the Vexed Politics of ‘Autonomies’ in Mizoram. (Communicated: Savitri Girl’s College, Kolkata).
- Ambivalent Sexualities and the City of Kolkata: Claiming Queer Spaces amidst Sanitization of Urban Spaces. Asian Studies. Special Issue Gendered Asia. Vol. XXXVI. Nos. 1& 2. January 2018-December 2018. pp.167-182. ISSN 0970-7301
- People, Embodied Experiences, Collective Intergenerational Memories: An Overview of ‘The Partition’ in South Asia. ISPaD Partition Center Journal (New York). Fall 2018. ISSN 2377-7567. pp. 5-11.
- The Chakma in Mizoram: ‘Belonging’, ‘Claims of Belonging’ and the ‘Tolerance’ debates in an Ideal Zo Christian State. Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences- theme Tolerance and Democracy (Scottish Church College). No. 15, Sept. 2018.ISSN 0973-8737. pp. 9-21.
- The Chakma, ‘Medical Quota’ and Higher Education in Mizoram: Gleaning Discrimination and Exclusion in Education. Social Action- issue on Discrimination and Exclusion in Education (A Quarterly Review of Social Trends). Vol. 68 No. 4, Oct.-Dec. 2018. (New Delhi). ISSN 0037-7627. pp. 436-446.
- ‘Moving Out’ and the Social Imaginaries at Play: Construing the trends in Migrations in Darjeeling Hills & Plains (2005-2015). Refugee Watch: A South Asian Journal on Forced Migration. Vol. 51 & 52. December, 2018. pp. 30-61. ISSN 2347-405X
Year 2017
- Constrictions, Circumvents, and Collations: Politics of Zo Christianity, Representational Leadership and ‘Being Secular’ in Mizoram. Indian Journal of Secularism (IJS). Vol. 21, No. 3, Oct-Dec., 2017. ISSN 2277-5501
- Claims-Making, Connections and Contests over the Trans-Himalayan ‘Shared Heritages’ of ‘Gorkha’ in South Asia. Asian Studies. Vol. XXXV. Nos. 1& 2. January 2017-December 2017. pp.16-32. ISSN 0970-7301
- The story of two estranged lovers ‘Lianchhiari and Chawngfianga’: Some reflections on the power positions from the ‘Kuki-Chin-Mizo Oral Narrative’. Manwa Katha- Journal of Adivasi (Tribal) and Folklore Studies, Vol. IV, No.1 September 2017.
- Localisation of the Gospel: Cultural Revivals And Zo Christianity: Colonial Encounter And The Zo Hnahthlak.Salesian Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences- issue on Christianity and Indian Culture. Vol. VIII, No. 1, May 2017. Salesian College, Sonada. ISSN 0976-1861.
Year 2016
- Localization of the Gospel, Cultural Revivals And Christianity: Colonial Encounter in South Asia and the Zo Hnahthlak. Asian Studies. Vol. XXXIV. Nos. 1& 2. January 2016-December 2016. pp.36-67. ISSN 0970-7301
- “Enduring ‘Muslim-Ness’ in an Ostensibly Multicultural Terrain: Muslim Women in Darjeeling Hills”. Women’s Link, Vol. 22. No.1, January-March, 2016. pp. 38-48 .ISSN 2229-6409.
- Understanding the Sense and Sensibilities of the Hyphenated Gorkha/Gorkhey Identity. The Himalayan Review. Vol. 1, No. 2. 2016. pp. 89-116. ISSN 2348-2893.
Year 2015
- “Becoming ‘Local’: Muslims and the Politics of the ‘Local’ and the ‘Non-local’ in Darjeeling Hills”. Refugee Watch: A South Asian Journal on Forced Migration. Vol. 46. December, 2015. pp. 21-35. ISSN 2347-405X
Year 2014
- ‘‘Vai Party Versus Zo/Mizo Party’: The Contest Over the Issue of Authentic People’s Representation in Mizoram’ Indian Journal of Political Science (IJPS),Vol..LXXV. No.1, January-March, 2014. pp. 81-94. ISSN 0019-5510.
Year 2013
- ‘Politics of Total Prohibition and the ‘Ideal Christian State’ in Mizoram’, Himalaya Research Journal, Vol.I No.2, Dec., 2013. pp. 142-147. ISSN 2278-280X.
- ‘Leisure, Sports and Entertainment: Politics and Life Style in Mizoram’, Salesian Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences- issue on Sports, Games & Holistic Education. Vol. IV, No. 2, Dec., 2013.Salesian College, Sonada. pp. 137-144. ISSN 0976-1861.
Year 2012
- ‘Imagery Of Gandhi Over The Years: Some Appreciation, Some Depreciation Of Popular Iconography And Public Sphere In India’. Identity, Culture and Politics: An Afro-Asian Dialogue (a biannual journal of International Centre for Ethnic Studies, Colombo, Sri Lanka and the Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA), Dakar, Senegal). Vol.13, No. 2 ([31/12/2012]). pp. 46-61. ISSN 0851-2914.
- ‘Politics of Bamboo Flowering in Mizoram’, NEHU Journal. Vol. X. No. 2, July 2012. North East Hill University (NEHU), Shillong, Meghalaya. pp. 49-57. ISSN 0972-8406.
- ‘Cinematic And Iconographic Imagery Of Gandhi And Public Sphere In India: Some Appreciations, Some Depreciations’, Journal of Political Studies. An annual journal of the Department of Political Science, University of North Bengal. Vol. 6, March 2012. pp. 15-37. ISSN 2278-4039.
- ‘Construing And Gleaning The Vexing Notion Of The ‘Outsider’ In Mizoram: Pre-Statehood To Post-Statehood Times’, QUEST- The Journal of UGC Academic Staff College, Nainital, Kumaun University. Volume 6, Issue. 2. 2012. pp. 297-304. ISSN 0974-5041. Online ISSN 2249-0035. 14 May 2012.
Year 2011
- Development And The Politics Of North-South Divide: Accentuating The ‘Geographies of Anger’ In Mizoram, Salesian Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences- issue on Mountain Economy: Resources, Sustainability & Governance. Vol. II, No. 2, Dec., 2011.Salesian College, Sonada. pp. 39-52. ISSN 0976-1861.
- “Justice Of Compensation”: Unravelling The Notion Of Justice Among The Zo/Mizo Tribes, Indian Journal of Law and Justice (IJLJ)- Special issue on Law & Justice, Vol. 2 No.2, September 2011. Department of Law, University of North Bengal. pp. 115-129. ISSN 0976-3570.
- Politics of Silencings: Echoes of the Margins from Mizoram, Indian Journal of Political Science (IJPS), Meerut, ChaudhuryCharan Singh University. Vol. LXXII, No.2, April-June, 2011. pp.583-596. ISSN 0019-5510.
- Politics of ‘Ethnic Enclaves’ and Dilemmas of Travel-Tourism: Experiential readings from Mizoram in far-off North-East India, Salesian Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences- issue on Darjeeling and The Indian East. Vol. II, No. 1, May 2011, Salesian College, Sonada. pp.67-76. ISSN 0976-1861.
- Educational Policies and Social Exclusion: A Case Study of Chakma Tribes in Mizoram, Social Action- issue on New Education Policy and Social Exclusion (A Quarterly Review of Social Trends). Vol. 61 No. 3, July-Sept. 2011. pp. 274-85. ISSN 0037-7627.
- Violated Territories, Traumatised Bodies: The Shelling Of Aizawl And Collective Social Memory Among The Zo Hnahthlak, Journal of Political Studies.An annual journal of the Department of Political Science, University of North Bengal. Vol. 5, March 2011. pp. 14-23. ISSN 2278-4039.
Year 2010
- Memory Of A Lost Past, Memory Of Rape: Nostalgia, Trauma And The Construction Of Collective Social Memory Among The ZoHnahthlak”, Identity, Culture and Politics: An Afro-Asian Dialogue (a biannual journal of International Centre for Ethnic Studies, Colombo, Sri Lanka and the Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA), Dakar, Senegal).Vol.11, No.2, 2010. pp.87-104.ISSN 0851-2914.
- ‘Emergent Development Approach: A critique of ‘Money-bags’ Centre directed ‘Dole-development’ in North-East India’ joint paper with AnjanChakrabarti,Indian Journal of Political Science (IJPS), Meerut, ChaudhuryCharan Singh University. Vol.LXXI, No.2, April-June, 2010. pp. 547-559. ISSN 0019-5510.
Year 2009
- ‘Where are ‘Our women’? Locating Women through the History of Proselytization in Mizoram’, Dharma Deepkia- South Asian Journal of Missiological Research- issue on Mission In Contexts Of Violence And Uncertainty. Issue 30, Vol.13 No. 2 July-December, 2009. ISSN 0972-5970.
- ‘Regulating Citizenship: Politics of ‘Check-In’ and ‘Check-Out’’, Refugee Watch Online (A Co-Publication of Refugee Watch), 18 February, 2009. https://refugeewatchonline.blogspot.com/2009/02/regulating-citizenship-politics-of.html?m=1
Year 2008
- ‘Manufacturing of Spaces: The ‘Others’ in Zo/Mizo Politics.’ South Asian Journal of Socio-Political Studies (SAJOSPS). Vol.9 No.1, July-December, 2008.pp.39-43. ISSN 0972-4613.
- ‘Mustering Empowerment experiences from Mizoram: A Leap from ‘Private’ to ‘Public’ Living Spaces’, Global South SEPHIS e-magazine. Vol.4 No.4, July, 2008.
- ‘Emergence of Women from ‘Private’ to ‘Public’: A Narrative of Power Politics from Mizoram’Journal of International Women’s Studies (JIWS), Bridgewater. Vol. No. 9, 3 May, 2008. pp. 27- 45.ISSN 1539-8706. https://vc.bridgew.edu/jiws/vol9/iss3/3/
Year 2007
- ‘Politics of Silencings’, Indian Journal of Political Science (IJPS), Meerut, Chaudhury Charan Singh University. Vol. LXVIII, No. 4, Oct.-Dec., 2007.pp. 781-790. ISSN 0019-5510.
Chapters in Books
Year 2024
- ‘Bootlegging in South Asia’s neighbourhood: Eastern Himalayas, disgruntled geographies, and “Chinese goods”’, (Chapter 3, pp.42-62), in Anita Sengupta & Priya Singh (eds.). (2024) China in India’s Neighbourhood: Shifting Regional Narratives. London: Routledge Publications.
Year 2023
- ‘Ecomasculinity in the Neoliberal Era: Case of the Eastern Himalayas and its Degrading Ecology’, (Chapter 7, pp.133-155), in Rakhee Bhattacharya & G. Amarjit Sharma (eds.). (2023) Capital and Ecology: Developmentalism, Subjectivity and the Alternative Life-Worlds. New Delhi: Routledge Publications.
- ‘Gleaning Political Communication through ‘Notices’ in North East India’, pp.137-152, in Yatindra Singh Sisodia & Pratip Chattopadhyay (eds.). (2023) Political Communication in Contemporary India: Locating Democracy and Governance. New Delhi: Routledge Publications.
- ‘Histories, Territories, Partitions and Memories among the Zo Hnahthlak and the Chakma in the State of Mizoram’ (Chapter 12, pp. 184-198) in Anjali Gera Roy and Nandi Bhatia (eds.). (2023). Regional Perspectives on India’s Partition: Shifting the Vantage Points. London: Routledge Publications.
Year 2022
- Sylheti identity in the borderlands of contemporary North-East India:Undoing Binaries, Negotiating Foreignness, Manufacturing Resistance and Wayfinding Belongingness in Mohsin Alam Bhat and Rudabeh Shahid (Ed.). (2022).
Year 2021
- Social Imaginaries, Minorities and the Postcolonial History of a Region in G. Amarjit Sharma (Ed.). (2021)State vs. Society in Northeast India: History, Politics and the Everyday. New Delhi: Sage Publications. pp. 3-25
- What’s In a Stench?: Olfactory Culinary Engagements and Gendered Aesthetics of Fermented food from the Himalayas to the Bay of Bengal and the Borderlands of Northeast India in Ishita Dey. (Ed.). (2021) Gender and Food Technologies in India. New Delhi: Sage Publications.
- Connecting North East India to extended ASEAN: Cinematic Connects and Social Imaginaries in Archita Ghose (Ed.) (2021) Contours of India's Act East Policy: Opportunities, Challenges and Futuristic trend of Indo-ASEAN partnership. New Delhi: Manohar Publishers.
- Mizo Women, the Nexus of Patriarchy and Cosmology of Zo Christianity in Nandini Basistha. (Ed.). (2021). Women Rights & Justice: Contemporary Theory and Praxis. New Delhi: Mittal Publications.
Year 2020
- “Everybody wants a part of the Ocean”: Samundra Manthan a Historic Recurrence in Vivek Mishra & Sarvani Gooptu. (Ed.). (2020). The Regional Great Game in the Indian Ocean and India’s Evolving Maritime Strategy. New Delhi: KW Publishers Pvt Ltd.
- The Lushai Head-Hunters: Colonial Encounter, Proselytisation, and the Transitions to Soul Hunters in Sarvaani Gooptu (Ed.). (2020). Perspective: Asia Pacific. Kolkata: IAAPS
- Befuddled Public Sphere and the Politics of Representations and Autonomies in Darjeeling in Samata Biswas & Atig Ghosh (Ed.) (2020) Situating Social Media: Gender, Caste, Protest, Solidarity. New Delhi: Women Unlimited. pp. 209-229.
- ‘Negotiating the Queer and the Politics of Sexualities in Urban Spaces: Sanitized Spaces, Vocality, Display and Visibility in Kolkata City’ in Divya Upadhyaya Joshi, & Caroline Brassard (Ed.) (2020). Urban Spaces and Gender in the Asia: Springer Sustainable Development Goal Series: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure. Cham: Springer. pp. 109-129. ISBN 3030364941, 9783030364946. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-36494-6_7
- ‘Global Security and Outsourced Labour in Conflict Areas: Gorkhas from Nepal and India in US intervention in Afghanistan Post 9/11’ (pp.80-98) in Mohan Krishna Shrestha, Pramod Jaiswal & Mitra Bandhu Poudel. (Ed.) (2021). Nepal’s Foreign Policy & Emerging Global Trends. Kathmandu: Center for Diplomacy and Development (CDD), Nepal.
- ‘History, Folklore and the Politics in-between: Vexed power configurations in the ‘Kuki-Chin-Mizo Oral Narrative’ and History writing in Mizoram’ in Rahul Mohanta (Ed.) (2020). A Collage of Indian History. New Delhi: Rudra.
Year 2017
- ‘Tracing the Dynamics of ‘People’s Participation’ in Governance in Mizoram’ in Anjan Chakrabarti, Rajarshi Chatterjee & Panchali Sengupta (Ed.) (2017). Interrogating Development: Perspectives on the Economy, Environment, Ethnicity and Gender. Kolkata: Setu Prakashani. pp.159—173. ISBN: 978-93-80677-94-1
Year 2016
- ‘Methodological, Pedagogical Contestations and Complications in Gender Studies: Queering Gender in India’ in Divya Upadhyaya Joshi & Chompoonuh K. Permpoonwiwat (Ed.). (2016).Equating Gender: Explorations in the Asia-Pacific. Jaipur: Rawat Publications. pp. 60-74. ISBN 978-81-316-0802-9.
- (Co-author Subhas Ranjan Chakraborty) ‘Ambiguous Identities: Statelessness of Gorkhas in North-East India’ in Paula Banerjee, Anasua Basu Ray Chaudhury & Atig Ghosh, (Ed.). (2016).The State of Being Stateless: An Account of South Asia. New Delhi: Orient Black Swan Pvt. Ltd. pp.207-245. ISBN 978-81-250-5968-4.
Year 2015
- ‘Gleaning the Politics of Cartographic Representation and Gorkha/Gorkhey Identity in Darjeeling’ (Chapter 9) in Tirthankar Chakraborty and Tabesum Begam. (Ed.). (2015). The Barefoot Transformation: West Bengal and Beyond – Reviewing State Politics in India. pp. 117 – 141. Kolkata: Levant Books. ISBN. 978 93 84106 287.
- ‘Bamboo Politics: A Page from the Politics of the Hills of Mizoram’ in Ravi. S. Singh, (Ed.). (2015).Resource Use, Development and Environment: Interfaces and Implications. New Delhi: Deep & Deep Publishers & Distributors. pp. 75-90. ISBN 93-83793-06-6.
Year 2014
- ‘Variegated Women in an Ostensibly ‘Masculinized Public Sphere’: Public Participation and Women in Darjeeling Hills’ in Samhita Chaudhuri, Manojit Dasgupta & D.C. Roy (Ed.). (2014). A Comprehensive District Profile of Darjeeling. Shiv Mandir, Siliguri:National Library. pp. 146-156. ISBN 97-88-186-860-977.
- ‘Darjeeling: A Glimpse’ in Sibaji Pratim Basu (Ed.). (2014). Forced Migration & Media Mirrors. London/Kolkata: Frontpage Publications Ltd./MCRG/ British Deputy High Commission, Kolkata.pp.15-21. ISBN 978-93-81043-13-4.
- ‘Men as Agents, Men as Victims: Detoxifying Gender, Mobility & Trafficking’ in Vinod K. Bharadwaj &Sherap Sherpa (Ed.). (2014). Human Trafficking in South Asia. New Delhi: G.B. Books. pp.77-85. ISBN 978-18-92718-31-6.
Year 2013
- ‘Regulating people, Consolidating voices: Mizoram Muslim Welfare Society and the positional order of things in the Zo/Mizo cosmology’ in Pradip Kumar Sengupta and Manas Chakrabarty. (Ed.). (2013).Dissenting Voices, Collective Voices And Politics of Assertions: A Pan-Indian Perspective. Kolkata: Levant Books. pp. 150-159. ISBN 978-93-80663-91-3.
- ‘Human Rights in India & Elsewhere: An Overview’ in Dipen Saikia &Rajib Mahanta. (Ed.). (2013). Human Rights: Issues & Practices. Dhemaji: Publication Cell, Human Rights Education Centre &Department of Political Science, Moridhal College, Moridhal, Dhemaji, Assam. pp. 1-12. ISBN 978-81-923294-2-0.
- ‘Domestic Outsourcing And Call Centres: Construing Outmigration In Darjeeling’ in D.C. Roy. (Ed.).(2013).Economy Of North Bengal: A District Level Study. Shiv Mandir, Siliguri:National Library. pp. 452-460. ISBN 97-81-86860-59-5.
- ‘Identity And Virtual Spaces among the Zo Hnahthlak: Emergent Zo Cyberpolitics’ in Gaurav Desai. (Ed.). (2013). The Virtual Transformation of the Public Sphere: Knowledge, Politics, Identity. 3 Critical Interventions in Theory and Praxis. New Delhi/ London: Routledge Publications. pp.169-193. ISBN 978-0-415-81171-2.
Year 2012
- ‘Women In The Zo Society: Un-Screening The ‘Kuki-Chin-Mizo Oral Traditions’ And ‘Zo Written History’ (2012) in Padam Nepal and Anup Shekhar Chakraborty. (Ed.). Politics of Culture, Identity and Protest in North-east India. Vol. 1 & 2. New Delhi: Authorspress. ISBN 978-81-7273-626-2.
- ‘Introduction’ (2012) in Padam Nepal and Anup Shekhar Chakraborty. (Ed.). Politics of Culture, Identity and Protest in North-east India. Vol. 1 & 2. New Delhi: Authorspress. ISBN 978-81-7273-626-2.
Year 2011
- ‘Evaluating The Relation Between ‘Development And Environment’ In Mizoram: Locating The Dynamics Of ‘People’s Participation’’ (2011) in B.L Sah, Divya U. Joshi & Reetesh Sah (Ed.). Environment, Development and Society. Haldwani, Nainital: Durga Maa Prakashan. pp.70-84. ISBN 978-81-920509-0-4.
- ‘Mizoram Samaj Mein Madhyamvarga Ka Vikas’ (‘The Evolution of the Middle Class in Mizoram’) (2011) in Dr. Sanjay Kumar (Ed.). Katha Sahitya Aur Madhyawarga. Delhi: NamanPrakashan. pp. 98-104. ISBN 978-81-8129-364-0.
Books and Journals Published
Edited Books
- With Dr. Anjan Chakraborty. (Co-authored). (Forthcoming). Resources, Development and Northeast.
- With Dr. Anjan Chakrabarti, and Dr. Gorky Chakraborty. (Ed.). (2024). Indigeneity, Development and Sustainability - Perspectives from Northeast India. SpringerNature. ISBN 9789819714353.
- With Dr. Kaustav Chakraborty. (Ed.). (2023). Queer and the Vernacular Languages in India: Studies in Contemporary Texts and Culture. London/New Delhi: Taylor & Francis, Routledge. ISBN 9781032282268.
- With Dr. Parjanya Sen (Ed.). (2023). Death and Dying in Northeast India: Indigeneity and Afterlife. London/New Delhi: Taylor & Francis, Routledge. ISBN 9781032344225.
- With Padam Nepal (Ed.). (2012). Politics of Culture, Identity and Protest in North-east India, Vol. 1 & 2. New Delhi: Authorspress. ISBN 978-81-7273-626-2.
- With Padam Nepal. (Ed.). (2016). Politics of Exclusions and Inclusions in India: Construing Commonalities and Complexities. New Delhi: Authorspress. ISBN 978-93-5207-152-4.
Single Authored Books:
- Anup Shekhar Chakraborty (2020). Hegemonies, Hyphenations, & Hybridizations: Braided Entanglements of Identities, Religion and Politics in Mizoram. New Delhi: Authorspress.
- Anup Shekhar Chakraborty. (2020).Religion and Politics in Mizoram. New Delhi: Kalpaz/Gyan Publications. ISBN 978-93-5324-058-5
- Anup Shekhar Chakraborty. (2015). Hegemony To Hyphenation: Hybridization Of Identities And Politics In Mizoram. Darjeeling: St. Joseph’s Publication. ISBN 978-81-909690-3-1
- Anup Shekhar Chakraborty. (2015).Politics of Autonomy & Ethnic Cocooning in Mizoram, New Delhi: Authorspress. ISBN 978-81-7273-741-2
Journal(s) Edited:
- (Guest Editor)Special Issue on “LGBTQ+ People in Situations of Forced Displacement”. Journal of Refugee Studies. Oxford: UK
- (Guest Editor) Special Issue on “Politics and the people in India: modern and historical perspectives”. Humanities and Social Science Communications. SpringerNature, UK
Occasional Papers:
- ‘Elementary Aspects of ‘Otherness’ in Mizoram: An Enquiry into the Nature and Processes of Social Inclusion and Exclusion in a North East Indian State’.(2013).Occasional Paper VII, Department of Sociology, University of North Bengal. Shivmandir, Siliguri: The University of North Bengal Press.
Publications as Conference Proceedings
- ‘Representing and Performing the Contested Trans-Himalayan: ‘Shared Heritages’ of ‘Gorkha’ Virtualisation of the Public Sphere and the Aesthetics of ‘Being Gorkha’ in South Asia. Conference Proceedings 2018. The Annual Kathmandu Conference on Nepal & the Himalaya. Baha Social Sciences, Nepal, 2021
- ‘Evaluating The Relation Between ‘Development And Environment’ In Mizoram: Locating The Dynamics Of ‘People’s Participation’’ proceedings of the UGC National Seminar on Environment, Development and Society (2010), organized by UGC-Academic Staff College, Kumaun University, Nainital &Uttarakhand State Council For Science & Technology, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, 20th-21st October, 201
Book Reviews
Year 2022
- ‘Surviving War: Past, Present and Imagined Futures’. M. Nazif Shahrani (Ed.) (2018). Modern Afghanistan: The Impact of 40 Years of War, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, 2018, pp. 456, USD 80; ISBN 978-025-30-2977-5 (Hardcover). Refugee Watch-A South Asian Journal on Forced Migration. Vol. 60, Dec., 2022. ISSN 2347-405X.
Year 2021
- Anindita Ghoshal. (2020). Refugees, Borders and Identities: Rights and Habitat in East and Northeast India. New York & London: Routledge. ISBN 9781138192263. Refugee Watch-A South Asian Journal on Forced Migration. Vol. 57, June, 2021. ISSN 2347-405X.
Year 2019
- Chintamani Mahapatra & Netajee Abhinandan. (Ed.). (2018). India’s Engagement With Extended Neighbourhood: Issues and Challenges. Toronto: Roots Media/KIIPS. ISBN 978-0-9953465-0-5. The Statesman. 22nd December, 2019.
- M. Bessenger. (2016). Echoes of Enlightenment: The Life and Legacy of the Tibetan Saint Sonam Peldren. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-022528-5. The Statesman. 24th November, 2019.
- Bonita Aleaz & Partha Pratim Basu. (Ed.). (2019). Revisiting Qualitative Methods in Social Science Research. Delhi: Orient BlackSwan. ISBN 978-93-5287-586-3. The Statesman. 10th November, 2019.
- J.B. Bhattacharjee. (Ed.). (2019). Emerging Areas In North-East India Studies. Kolkata: The Asiatic Society. ISBN 978-93-81574-89-8. The Statesman. 20th October, 2019.
Year 2018
- O.L Snaitang, Christianity and National Integration in Northeast India: Its Role Among Tribes and Communities for Contributing Towards Cultural, Educational, Humanitarian and Peace Initiatives [Christian Heritage Rediscovered-62] (with a foreword by David R. Syiemlieh), (New Delhi, 2018, Christian World Imprints). The Calcutta Journal of Political Studies.
- In Diasporic lands: Tibetan Refugees and their Transformation since the Exodus. Sudeep Basu (with a foreword by Samir Kumar Das). (New Delhi: Orient Blackswan, 2018). Seminar, 712 December 2018, pp. 64-65.
Year 2017
- ‘No Path in Darjeeling is Straight: Memories of a Hill Town’. Parimal Bhattacharya. (New Delhi: Speaking Tiger, 2017). IAAPS Perspective.
- Darvesh Gopal & Dalbir Ahlawat (Eds.), India- Australia Relations: Evolving Polycentric World Order. (New Delhi, 2017, Pentagon Press). Indian Foreign Affairs Journals: A Quarterly of the Association of Indian Diplomats. Vol. 12. No.4, Oct-Dec., 2017.
Year 2013
- Marginal Frontier: Select Essays on North East India edited by Arupjyoti Choudhury and Dilip Gogoi (Bhabani Offset Pvt. Ltd., Guwahati, 2012).Global South SEPHIS e-magazine. Vol. 9 No.1, January, 2013. pp. 52-53.
Content Developed For University of North Bengal, Directorate Of Distance Education (2007):
- Comparative Politics, Course 10, Block 10, Unit: 49-53, Political Science, MA Part II.
- Politics In West Bengal, Course 17, Block 16, Unit: 79-83, Political Science, MA Part II.
- State & Sub-State Politics In India, Course 18, Block 17, Unit: 84-89, Political Science, MA Part II.
Editorial BoarD/Peer Reviewer
- Peer Reviewer, Asian Ethnicity, Taylor & Francis Online. 2020 onwards
- Peer Reviewer, GeoJournal, Springer Nature. 2020 onwards
- Peer Reviewer, Literature, MDPI Journals. 2021 onwards
- Peer Reviewer, Contemporary Voice of Dalit, Sage. 2022 onwards
- Editorial Board, Humanities and Social Sciences Communications (earlier Palgraves Communications), Springer Nature. 2022 onwards
- Peer Reviewer, Journal of South Asian Studies, EScience Press. 2019 onwards
- Journal of Public Administration and Policy Research (JPAPR). Open Access Journal.
- Peer Reviewer, Journal of Public Administration and Policy Research (JPAPR), 2011 onwards.
- Journalism and Mass Communication (ISSN 2160-6579), 2012 onwards.
Resource Person/ Invited Speaker: Conferences/Seminars/Workshops/College
- Invited Speaker (2024). ‘Regulating Women’s Lives and Women’s Choices: Ethnic Policing and Zo Patriarchy’. Special Lecture organized by Women’s College Shillong, Meghalaya. 20 February 2024. [1 PM-2:30PM]
- Invited Speaker (2023). ‘Neo-Sanjeevani and Democracy in the Neighbourhood near and far’. Two Day International Conference ‘Post-COVID World Order: Issues and Challenges’ organized by the Centre for Research in Social Sciences and Education (CeRSSE), JAIN (Deemed-to-be University) Bangalore, and Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences, Bhubaneswar. 11-12 December 2023. [Online on 11/12/2023]
- Invited Speaker (2023). ‘Changing Contours of Geometry and Geography of Gender: Online Dating and Electronic Romance among ‘Men Interested in Men’ in Northeast India’. Two Day International Seminar “Changing Contours of Geometry of Gender: The Eastern Himalayan, Sub-Himalayan Regions and Northern Part of Bengal in Perspective”, organized by Women’s Cell Saheed Kshudiram College, Kamakhyaguri, Alipurduar and UGC HRDC North Bengal University, 12 and 13 October 2023. [Delivered Online on 12/10/2023].
- Resource Person (2023). ‘Ethnicities, Autonomies, Federal order and the Neoliberal in India.’ American Institute of Indian Studies. Jadunath Bhawan, Kolkata, 24 July 2023.
- Resource Person (2023). ‘Gender dynamics in Eastern and Northeast India.’ American Institute of Indian Studies. Jadunath Bhawan, Kolkata, 14 July 2023.
- Plenary Lecture (2023). ‘Male Bodies, Stereotypes, and Desirability in North East India: Online Dating and Electronic Romance’ One Day National Seminar “Gender And Media” organised by Departments Of English And Bengali In Association With Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) Brahmananda Keshab Chandra College, Bonhoogly, Kolkata, 23rd May 2023.
- Resource Person (2022). ‘The Virtues of Gratitude: State, Society, Politics and People in India’, Calcutta Girl’s College, University of Calcutta, 2nd April 2022.
- Resource Person (2021). ‘Universal Declaration of Human Rights: Indian Women in Perspective’ held on digital platform (GOOGLE MEET), Rani Birla Girls’ College, University of Calcutta, 10th December 2021.
- Resource Person (2020). ‘Nepal and India: The ordinariness of the Past, The extra-ordinariness of the Present’ held on digital platform (GOOGLE MEET), Kathmandu University, Nepal 11th August 2020.
- Resource Person (2020). Researching region and communities, focusing on methodology, Amity University Kolkata, 31st January 2020.
- Panelist (2018). West Bengal, Eastern India and the UK: Shared Prosperity for a shared future. Young Thinkers Conference 2018 organised by The Dailogue, Sister Nivedita University and The British Deputy High Commission, Kolkata. Lalit Great Eastern, Kolkata, West Bengal, India, August 11, 2018.
- Special Lecture (2015), Society and Politics in India, 29th November, Student Exchange Programme, jointly organized by Department of Economics, St. Joseph’s College, Darjeeling and St. Xavier’s College, Jaipur.
- Chair (2015), JAIR Conference on India In The Emerging International Order: Issues And Opportunities, jointly organized by Department Of Political Science, St. Joseph’s College Darjeeling And Jadavpur Association Of International Research (JAIR), Kolkata. 2nd-3rd November 2015.
- Extended Lecture (2015), Politics Of Development: Instances From North Bengal And North East, 21st August, 2015organised by Department of Political Science, “Departmental Golden Jubilee Celebration (1965-2015)”, Scottish Church College, Kolkata, West Bengal.
- Panelist and Chair (2015),“Research Workshop on Rohingyas in India: Birth of a Stateless Community” 13th – 14th August, organised jointly by MCRG, Kolkata and the US Consulate, Kolkata, Cedar Inn, Jalapahar, Darjeeling, West Bengal.
- Convener (2015), UGC sponsored three-day National Seminar on State Politics in India: Emerging issues and Challenges organized by the Department of Political Science, St. Joseph’s College, Darjeeling in Collaboration with the Discipline of Political Science, Department of HSS, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Guwahati, Assam, 27th -29th April 2015.
- Panelist (2015), UGC National Symposium on ‘Human Rights: Ethics, Values and Ideology 30th – 31st March, 2015, organised by Department of Political Science, University of North Bengal.
- Resource Person (2014), UGC National Seminar on ‘Human Rights in Present Day Context, 15th&16th October, 2014, organised by Department of Political Science, Nabajyoti College, and Manikpur Anchalik College, Bongaigoan, Assam.
- Resource Person (2012), Workshop on Media and Forced Migrations, Tenth MCRG Orientation Course. 9th – 10th October, 2012, Cedar Inn, Jalapahar, Darjeeling, West Bengal.
- Visiting Fellow (2012), Department of Sociology, University of North Bengal. 27th& 28th September 2012.
- Keynote (2011), UGC National Level Seminar‘Human Rights Issues & Practices’ (2011), Keynote Address organized by Human Rights Education Centre, Moridhal College, Dhemaji, Assam, 14th October 2011.
- Resource Person (2011), UGC State Level Seminar ‘Towards An Inclusive Society: Understanding The Role Of Citizenship In The Indian Context’ (2011), organized by Departments of Education & Political Science, Savitri Girls’ College, Kolkata, 23rd February 2011.
- Resource Person (2010), Darjeeling District Police Human Rights Debate Competition (2010) organized by West Bengal Police, Police Lines, Dali, Darjeeling, 2nd November 2010.
- Resource Person (2008), Darjeeling District Police Human Rights Debate Competition (2008) organized by West Bengal Police, Police Lines, Dali, Darjeeling.
- Resource Person (2008), Two days workshop on ‘Democracy, Human Rights and Role of Women and Youths in Decision Making’ (2008) organized by the Regional Tibetan Youth Congress, Darjeeling, 25th-26th August 2008.
- Resource Person (2007), Darjeeling District Police Human Rights Debate Competition (2007) organized by West Bengal Police, Police Lines, Dali, Darjeeling.
Research Guidance
- Mr. Pratit Tamang (Assistant Professor, Gorubathan Government College, Kalimpong) PhD scholar, Department of Political Science, University of North Bengal. (PhD Course Work completed in 2014); PhD Registered 10/02/2021. No. PhD/Pol. Sc. (1342)/131/R-2021
- Miss Nending Rinyo, PhD scholar, Department of Political Science, NEHU, Shillong
- Mr. Akash Nandan, PhD scholar, Department of Political Science, NEHU, Shillong
Ph.D. Thesis Examination/ Evaluation/ Viva Voce
Empanelled to examine M.Phil & Ph.D. Thesis of Centre for Political Studies, JNU (Jawaharlal Nehru University), New Delhi.
PhD. Thesis Examined:
- Joseph K. Lalfakzuala, (2014) (Supervisor: Gurpreet Mahajan, CPS, Jawaharlal Nehru University).
- Gaithoilu Gangmei, (2021). (Supervisor: Amarjit G. Sharma, Special Centre for the Study of North East India , Jawaharlal Nehru University)
- Farhat Hossain, (2021). (Supervisor(s): Amarjit G. Sharma, Special Centre for the Study of North East India , Jawaharlal Nehru University; & Atul Sood, Centre for Study of Regional Development)
RAC Jadavpur University (held online (Google Meet) 15.09.2021)
- Nima Lama. PhD Scholar, Department of English. Supervisor: Rafat Ali, Jadavpur University
Memberships & Institutional/Academic Affiliations
- Member of Mahanirban Calcutta Research Group (MCRG), Kolkata.
- Life Member of South Asian Journal of Socio-Political Studies (SAJOSPS) (Membership No. 9459).
- Life Member JAIR (Jadavpur Association of International Relations), Jadavpur University, Kolkata.
- Life Member of Contemporary Theory Forum, Baroda.
- Life Member of Social Action Trust- Social Action Journal (SAJ), New Delhi.
- Executive Member (2022-2023) and Life Member of West Bengal Political Science Association (WBPSA).
- Life Member of Indian Political Science Association (IPSA) (Membership No. 1969).
- Past Member of International Association for Studies in Forced Migration (IASFM).
- Member of IDEAS- A Think Tank of UGC Academic Staff College, Kumaun University, Nainital (Membership No. IT-10/24).
- Past Member of Sociological Association of West Bengal (SWAB).
- Nominated by the Government of West Bengal as the University of North Bengal nominee to the Governing Body of Darjeeling Government College (2012-2014)
Professional Trainings Attended
- Online NEP Orientation & Sensitization Programme (26th December to 4th January, 2024) Malaviya Mission Teacher Training Centre (formerly UGC-Human Resource Development Centre), Jamia Millia Islamia (A Central University).[Certificate No. MMTTC/NEP/83]
- Online Workshop in Online Courses & Open Educational Resources (04 - 10 December 2020) UGC-HRDC Aligarh Muslim University. [Certificate No.S. /20-21/OC&OE-21]
- Online Workshop in Leadership Development Programme (25 November 2020 - 02 December 2020) UGC-HRDC Aligarh Muslim University. [Certificate No.S. /20-21/LDP-3]
- Online Workshop on Personality Development Programme (17 November 2020 - 23 November 2020) UGC-HRDC Aligarh Muslim University. [Certificate No.S. No./ 20-21/PDP-7]
- Online Short Term Course on Soft Skills and Presentation Skills (30th October 2020 to 05th November 2020). [Certificate No. S. No./20-21/SSPS-30]
- Online Short Term Course on Value Based Education (24 – 30 September 2020) UGC-HRDC Aligarh Muslim University.[Certificate No. S. No./20-21/VBE-36]
- Online Refresher Course in Human Rights 2020-2021 (03 – 18 September 2020). UGC-HRDC Aligarh Muslim University. Grade A+ [Certificate No.S. No./20-21/HR-78]
- One Week Faculty Development Programme on “Transforming Governance In India: Issues And Concerns” (21-27 September, 2020) Ministry of Human Resource Development Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya National Mission on Teachers (PMMMNMT) and Teaching Teaching Learning Centre Ramanujan College University of Delhi & Ram Lal Anand College, University of Delhi. Grade B+.
- XIth workshop on Radical General Semantics (based on ‘The Book of Radical General Semantics’ by Gad Horowitz & Shannon Bell) organized jointly by Balvant Parekh Centre for General Semantics and Other Human Sciences, Baroda, Gujarat & National Institute of Science & Technology, Berhampur, Odisha, 15-17 December 2017.
- GIAN Course Technology, Urban space and culture (speakers: Ian Buchanan (Wollongong University, Australia); Ashis Nandy (CSDS, New Delhi); Sundar Sarukkai (NIAS, Bangalore); Prof. Janae Sholtz (Alvernia University, USA) etc) to be held at IIT Kharagpur, West Bengal, 8-13 December 2017.
- Two Days Workshop on Climate Change And Mountain Areas: Awareness, Adaptation & Sustainability jointly organized by Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, Germany & FOSEP, Darjeeling, West Bengal, 17th – 18th December 2012.
- UGC Orientation Programme in Political Science, Academic Staff College, University of North Bengal, Rajarammohunpur, Silliguri, Darjeeling, West Bengal, 18th July- 14th August 2012. (Grade A).
- UGC Refresher Course in Political Science, Academic Staff College, Mizoram University (Central University), Aizawl, Mizoram, 8th-29th March 2010. (Grade A).
- Regional Teacher Training Seminar on International Humanitarian Laws (2009) jointly organized by ICRC and Sikkim University, Gangtok, Sikkim, 9th-11th December 2009.
- Fourteenth International Cultural Studies Workshop (CSW): Urban Cultures(2009) jointly organized by Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta (CSSSC), Ford Foundation (India), The South South Exchange Programme for Research in the History of Development (SEPHIS), the Netherlands and ENRECA, DANIDA (Copenhagen), NEHU, Shillong, Meghalaya, 1st- 6th February, 2009.
- Advanced Winter School on “Philosophy for the Social Sciences” (2009) organized by ICSSR, Western Regional Centre, Mumbai, Rajiv Gandhi Centre For Contemporary Studies, University of Mumbai, Mumbai, Maharastra, 23rd – 31st January, 2009.
- Sixth Annual Winter course on Forced Migration (2008) at Kolkata organised by Mahanirban Calcutta Research Group (MCRG) in collaboration with the Government of Finland, the Brookings Institution and the UNHCR. 1st September – 30th November 2008 (Distance Education), 1st -15th December, 2008 (Kolkata Workshop) (Grade ‘A+’).
- Young Scholars Programme 2007 jointly organized by Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Mumbai, Maharastra and UNDP/Planning Commission, New Delhi, 19th November- 1st December, 2007.
- Workshop on Undergraduate Syllabus in Political Science, organized by West Bengal Political Science Association & Department of Political Science, University of North Bengal, West Bengal, 23rd February 2007.
- CODESRIA/SEPHIS Workshop for Young Historians at Dakar, Senegal, 6th-23rd March, 2006.
Languages Known (Read/Write/Speak)
English (RWS) Mizo (RWS) Hindi (RS) Nepali (RS) Bengali (S) Assamese (S)
Thai (elementary RWS)
References
Ph. D. Supervisor
- Dr. Bonita Aleaz, Professor (Rtd.), Department of Political Science, University of Calcutta, ‘Sahid Kshudiram Siksha Prangan’, Alipore Campus, 1, Reformatory Street, Alipore, Kolkata – 700027. Phone: +91-9433259292 (M), +91-(033)-22909677 (O); Email: aleazbonita@gmail.com
Research Mentors
- Dr. Ranabir Samaddar, Professor, Distinguished Chair in Migration and Forced Migration Studies, Mahanirban Calcutta Research Group (MCRG), IA-48, Ground Floor, Sector-III, Salt Lake City, Kolkata - 700097. Phone: +91-9007450501 (M); +91-(033)- 23350409 (O); Email: ranabir@mcrg.ac.in
- Dr. Amalendu Misra, Professor, Richardson Institute for Peace Studies, Department of Politics Philosophy & Religion, Lancaster University, Bailrigg, Lancaster LA1 4YL, United Kingdom; Phone: +44 1524 5 94290 (O); Email:a.misra@lancaster.ac.uk
- Dr. Sanjoy Barbora, Professor, Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), North Eastern Regional Centre Guwahati, Assam, India. Phone: +1-510 704 3374 (M), +91- (0376)- 232 4959 ®; Email: xonzoi.barbora@gmail.com; sanjay.barbora@tiss.edu
- Dr. Samir Kumar Das, Former Vice Chancellor, University of North Bengal, and Professor and Head, Department of Political Science, University of Calcutta, West Bengal, Ph. No: +91-09830210265; Email: samirmcrg.ac.in; samirdascu@gmail.com
- Dr. Suranjan Das, Hon. Director, NIAS; the former Vice-Chancellor, Jadavpur University, and present Vice-Chancellor Adamas University, Kolkata, West Bengal, Ph. No: +91-9830202966; Email: suranjandas2000@yahoo.co.in
