Conferences & Academic Activities
Papers, seminars and service
Presentations, workshops, training programmes and academic service. Entries are added as they take place.
- Feb 2026Paper presented
Deity worship, sacrifice, and religious syncretism as Indigenous knowledge among the Birjia of Jharkhand
Indian Anthropology Congress 2026, organised by INCAA with the Department of Anthropology and Centre for Study of Social Inclusion, Pondicherry University · Pondicherry, India
21–23 February 2026.
- Nov 2025Panel organised
Indigenous Knowledge System Addressing Contemporary Issues and Global Challenges in Tribal and Indigenous Communities
World Anthropological Union Congress 2025 · Antigua, Guatemala
3–8 November 2025.
- Nov 2025Panel organised
Death, Memory, and Heritage: Anthropology of Ancestral Worship and Funeral Custom in Present and Past
World Anthropological Union Congress 2025 · Antigua, Guatemala
3–8 November 2025.
- Nov 2025Paper presented
Indigenous Knowledge of Social and Customary Practices of the Birjia: Special Reference to Jharkhand State, India
World Anthropological Union Congress 2025 · Antigua, Guatemala
- Nov 2025Paper co-presented
Anthropological Perspective on Well-being
World Anthropological Union Congress 2025 · Antigua, Guatemala
Co-presented with Satyabrata Sahoo.
- Nov 2024Panel organised
Tribal Communities and their Indigenous Knowledge Systems with reference to Contemporary Issues
World Anthropological Union Congress 2024 · Johannesburg, South Africa
11–15 November 2024.
- Nov 2024Paper presented
Cognitive Dimensions of Birjia Kinship: Insights from an Indigenous Community
World Anthropological Union Congress 2024 · Johannesburg, South Africa
- 2024Paper presented
Cultural Cognition for Livelihood and Environment: An Indigenous Knowledge of the Birjia Tribe
Indian Anthropology Congress 2024, organised by Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya · Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India
- Jul 2024Workshop participant
Qualitative Data Analysis using NVivo (four-day online workshop)
LekSha Research Centre, Gandhinagar, Gujarat · Online
4–7 July 2024.
- Nov 2023Paper presented
Roots of Healing: Exploring Ethnomedical Indigenous Knowledge System of Birjia Tribe
Indigenous Knowledge System: A Leading Way to Sustainability, Department of Sociology, Jagdish Saran Hindu (P.G.) College; sponsored by ICSSR · Amroha, Uttar Pradesh, India
4–5 November 2023.
- Oct 2023Paper presented
Indigenous knowledge systems and cultural cognition among the Birjia related to their environmental conservation and sustainability: An anthropological analysis
19th World Anthropology Congress 2023, IUAES-WAU, hosted by the University of Delhi · New Delhi, India
14–20 October 2023.
- Aug 2023Paper presented
Indigenous Ecological Knowledge: Unveiling the wisdom of traditional practices for sustainable ecosystems of Birjia
World Anthropology Congress 2023, United Indian Anthropology Forum, hosted by the Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences · Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
9–14 August 2023.
- Nov 2022Paper presented
Influence of Hinduism in Korku Folktales: An Anthropological Study among the Korku Tribe of Maharashtra
International seminar on Revisiting Janjatiya Gaurav: A Legacy of Language, Culture, and Civilization, Centre for Endangered Languages & Department of Anthropology and Tribal Studies, Central University of Jharkhand · Ranchi, Jharkhand, India
14–16 November 2022.
- Dec 2020Training participant
Food Safety: Adulteration and its Impact on Health (Milk and Honey)
Maaty Biodiversity Conservation and Societal Research Organization · Dehradun, India
24 December 2020.
- Feb 2020Paper presented
जनजातीय समाज में गांधी व दर्शन
National seminar on अहिंसा का दर्शन और गांधी, Gandhi and Peace Study Department, MGAHV Wardha with ICPR, New Delhi · Wardha, Maharashtra, India
25–26 February 2020.
- Dec 2019Paper presented
झारखण्ड की आदिवासी अस्मिता: निरंतरता एवं परिवर्तन
National seminar on आदिवासी अस्मिता: कल, आज और कल, Gondwana Swadesh with the Cultural and Tribal Development Departments, Government of Chhattisgarh · Chhattisgarh, India
27–29 December 2019.
- Apr 2019Workshop participant
हिंदी भाषा शुद्धीकरण एवं मानक वर्तनी का प्रयोग
Internal Quality Assurance Cell, MGAHV Wardha · Wardha, Maharashtra, India
2–3 April 2019.
- Mar 2019Workshop participant
Research methodology workshop (three days)
Department of Anthropology, MGAHV Wardha; sponsored by ICSSR, New Delhi · Wardha, Maharashtra, India
11–13 March 2019.
- Sep 2018Paper presented
उरांव जनजाति की पारंपरिक ज्ञान एवं संबंधित मौखिक प्रकृति व संचरण: एक मानववैज्ञानिक विश्लेषण
National seminar on वर्तमान संदर्भ में भारतीय जनजातियों में पारंपरिक ज्ञान की प्रासंगिकता, Anthropological Survey of India, Central Regional Centre · Nagpur, Maharashtra, India
25–26 September 2018.
- Dec 2017Paper presented
Tribal Governance & Law: Special Reference to Jharkhand State
National seminar on Good Governance: Issues and Challenges, Institute of Social Research and Applied Anthropology (ISRAA) · Bidisha, Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal, India
7–8 December 2017.
- Sep 2017Paper presented
झारखण्ड राज्य में जनजातीय महिलाओं की तस्करी: कारक एवं प्रभाव
National seminar on Trafficking of Tribal Women, Rajiv Gandhi Chair in Contemporary Studies, Barkatullah University with the National Commission for Women · Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India
19–20 September 2017.
- Jan 2016Participant
Technical visit for Project Maluti, Dumka
Indian Trust for Rural Heritage and Development with the Department of Tourism, Art, Culture, Sports & Youth Affairs, Government of Jharkhand · Dumka, Jharkhand, India
27 January 2016.