North-east India, Citizenship, Identity, Development, Governance.

• Understanding Political Processes in India
• Introduction to Comparative Politics
• Development Process and Social Movements in India
• Ancient and Medieval Indian Political Thought
• Modern Indian Political Thought
• Political Concepts and Values
• Political theory Concepts and Debates

1. Received SYLFF Research Grant for FY2024 of 5000 USD for research Project “Migrants & Welfare State in the Char areas of Assam, November 2024- 2025
2. One of the ten recipients of the International “Ryoichi Sasakawa Young Leaders Fellowship Funds or SYLFF Fellowship” Japan, in India, January 2021- December 2023.
3. Receive the NAMASTE “Governor Acharya Award” by the Special Centre for the Study of North- East India, Jawaharlal Nehru University, December 2020

SEMINARS/ CONFERENCES

1. Presented paper titled “Changing Dynamics of Authority and Tribal Identity Among Assam’s Tea Garden Migrants Labourers in Colonial and Post-colonial India” at the 28th World Congress of Political Science organized by the International Political Science Association (IPSA) in collaboration with the Korean Political Science Association (KPSA), Seoul, South Korea. 12-16 July 2025
2. Presented paper titled “Change in Maternal Health of Labor in Assam Tea Plantation from Colonial to post-Colonial Period” in International Studies Association (ISA) Global South Caucus 20203 Conference: The Global South in International Organizations and Beyond: Transformation, Influence and Empowerment in an Evolving World Politics. Bangkok, Thailand.15th – 20th December 2023.
3. Presented paper title ‘Living on the Edge: Status of Maternal Health in the Char areas of Assam, India’, in the 27th World Congress of Political Science organized by the International Political Science Association (IPSA) Buenos Aires, Argentina.15th -19th July 2023
4. Presented paper title ‘Education in the edge’ A Study of education status in the Char areas of Dhubri district of Assam”. In the 81st Indian History Congress, Chennai, 27th 29th December, 2022.
5. Presented paper title “The role of Rural Self-Help groups during Covid-19 in Assam”, in the international seminar on "Rural Technology, Innovation & IPR: The Way Ahead" by the Department of Rural Development, University of Science & Technology, Meghalaya,14th-15th March 2022
6. Presented paper title “Digital India and Gender: An Analysis of the gender gap in public policies in India”, International Virtual Conference on ‘Humanities through Literature, Film and Media’ organized by the School of Social Sciences and Languages, Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT) Chennai, India, 19th-20th October 2021
7. Presented paper title “Women social security schemes during Covid’19 in Assam”, in a Three-day Northeast regional e-conference on ‘Gender During Covid’19” Perspective from North-East India, organized by Indian Association for Women’s Studies (IAWS), 25th- 27th August 2020.
8. Presented paper title “Women and Social Security: A Study of Welfare Schemes in Assam (2006-2018)”, in the international seminar on Rural Development in AsiaPacific Region, organized by National Institute of Rural Development & Panchayati Raj, North Eastern Regional Centre, Guwahati, India, Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India, 24th -28th August 2020
9. Participated in the four-day workshop on “Current Trajectory of India’s Foreign Policy”, organized by Shaheed Bhagat Singh Evening College, University of Delhi, 17th-20th June 2020.
10. Attended the five days’ workshop on “Gender: Issues and Challenges” at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur, 6th- 10th March, 2017