NEHU

Dr. Solony Bareh

Designation: Associate Professor

Department: Cultural and Creative Studies

Qualifications:

B.Ed., MA (double), M.Phil., (NET qualified) & Ph.D.

Area of Interest

Folk literature

Publications

Books:

Khasi Proverbs: Analysing the Ethnography of Speaking Fellows (2011)
Ka Jingbishar ia ka Translation U Mayor ka Casterbridge da u Justman Kharmih (2011)

Chapters:

Rongkhli: The festival of the War Jaintia in PRERANA “Bilingual Cultural Magazine” ISBN-23219408.
Ka Khana Bam Sohkhia in Ki Khana Parom na Ri India ha ka Ktien Khasi – Published by Arts & Culture Government of Meghalaya 2016.
Role of Amtyrngui River in the Culture of War Jaintia of Nongtalang – Published by Arts & Culture Government of Meghalaya 2016.
Mourning Songs as Traditional Memory of the War Jaintia in Traditional System of the Jaintia Community-Change and Continuity – Published by Vivekananda Kendra Institute of Culture (2019) Guwahati, Assam, ISBN-38079-29-2.
Ka Shongkha Shongman bad ka kyndiah Shongkha ha War Jaintia in Ka Riti Dustur Poikha Poiman u Hynniewtrep published by Khasi Department Synod College Shillong 2021.

Invited Talk/Resourse Person/Paper Presenter w.e.f 2018

1.	Folklore of Meghalaya (Paper Presenter)	National Seminar on Indian Folklore History organised by N.S. Patel Arts College, Anand Gujrat, on 3.9.2018
2.	Development of Khasi Poetry (Invited talk)	National Seminar organised by All India Poetess Conference, Meghalaya Chapter, Shillong, 16.11.2018
3.	Ka Ktien Khasi bad ki jingkylla (Recourse Person)	Regional Seminar organised by Khasi Department. Jaintia Eastern College, Khiehriat, in collaboration with Khasi Author ‘Society on 25.11.2018
4.	Family and Kingship (Paper Presenter)	National Seminar on Traditional System of the Jaintia Community organised by Sien Raij Jowai on 18.12.2018
5.	Ka Bynta ki Ktien tnat na thain War ha kaba pyniar ia ka kten Pdeng (Recourse Person)	Regional Webinar organised by Khasi Department. Jaintia Eastern College, Khiehriat
6.	Nature in Khasi Poetry (Recourse Person)	National Seminar on Women and Poetry. Jointly organised bythe Deptt. of Garo, NEHU, Tura Campus and All India Pouters Conference India on 29-30.5. 2022
7.	U Moo Iong Syiem Poetry Reading	organised by Sahitya Akademi National Akadami of Lelters, New Delhi on 3.11.2022
8.	Rongkhli (Paper Presenter)	National Akademi of Letters on 14.3.2024 New Delhi
9.	Culture and Folklore and way Forward (Invited Talk)	International Interaction Programme on Higher Education Culture and Research. Organised jointly by School of Education, Khatmandu University. Nepal & Council for Educational Administration & Management (CEAM) India at School of Education, Khatmandu, Nepal on 1st Dec 2023
10.	Inclusion of Indigenous Knowledge in NEP 2020	International Seminar Trends and Development in Education organised by Faculty of Education Tribhuvan University, Nepal and Councial for Education Administration &Management (CEAM) India at Faculty of Education, Tribhuvan University, Nepal on 3rd December 2023
11.	To Mourn is to Sing	National Seminar on Folklore Language and Literature: A Northeast India Perspective Organised by CCS, NEHU, Shillong on 22nd Aug 2024
12.	Sengkhasi: Revival of Khasi Religion	National Symposium organised by Central Hindi Directorate New Delhi and Hindi Department, NEHU, Shillong on 4th Sept, 2024

Awards

Special Award conferred by All India Poetess Conference (AIPC) at NEHU, Tura campus for Contribution to Literature on 28^th May, 2022
Conferred the AFSACAL Award at the South Asian Literary and Cultural Summit 2024 by the Association for South Asian Culture and Literature, Pirganj, Rangpur Bangladesh on 5.2.2024. (International Summit) for contribution to Culture &Literature