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Tezpur University
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  • Debarshi Prasad Nath
  • Debarshi Prasad Nath
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    MA in English (Tezpur University) 1998

    Ph. D. in English (Rajiv Gandhi University) 2005

    Academic Recognition:

    Awarded Gold Medal for topping the batch in the MA in English Programme at Tezpur University in 1998

    Awarded Shastri Indo-Canadian Faculty Enrichment Fellowship Programme in 2009 to collaborate with Prof Alan Bewell, University of Toronto

    Invited to the University of Jambi, Indonesia as a Visiting Professor under the AINU-FEP Scheme in 2023.The ASEAN-India Network of Universities: Faculty Exchange Programme (AINU-FEP) is supported by the ASEAN Secretariat and the Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India

    Research Fellow (Honorary), Faculty of Liberal Arts, Shinawatra International University of Thailand (formerly Metharath University)

    Emails:
    dpnath@tezu.ernet.in
    dpnath1975@gmail.com

  • Phone:
    +91 3712 275158(Office)
    +91 70028 49155 (Mobile)

  • Courses taught:

    Masters:

    • CT424: Society and Culture
    • CT413: Introduction to Cultural Theory
    • CT 427 Cultural Policy
    • CT514: Gender and Culture
    • CT409: Introduction to Cultural Studies
    • CT521: Culture and Environment
    • CT132: Cultural Studies and Allied Disciplines
    • CT424: Reading Culture:Perspectives from the West
    • CT141: Methods in Cultural Studies
    • CT149: Film & Television Studies
    • CP522: Basics in Cultural Theory
    • CT539: Reading Culture:Perspectives from Assam
    • CT534:Culture and Science:Select Readings

    Ph D:

    • CT719: Introduction to Cultural Studies and Critical Theory
    • CT723 Sexuality, Subjectivity and Representation
    • CT720: Philosophy and Methods.

    Vidwan ID: 57385
    SCOPUS ID: 56388400700
    Google Scholar ID: ipQ8EMkAAAAJ&hl=en

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Publications:


Books:

  1. Nath, Debarshi Prasad. Food Cultures of India (Jointly edited with Sarit Kumar Chaudhuri and Dhurjjati Sharma) (1st Edition) Manohar Publishers, India. ISBN: 978-9360808556. 2024.
  2. Nath, Debarshi Prasad. Reflections of Dance along the Brahmaputra: Celebrating Dance in North East India. (Jointly edited with Barbara Snook and Ralph Buck) (1st ed.). Routledge India. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003398776. 2023. ISBN: 1032452382.
  3. Nath, Debarshi Prasad, (Jointly edited and translated with Madan M. Sarma and Gautam K. Borah) The Call of the Pherengadao: Translation of Select Writings of Bishnuprasad Rava. Guwahati: Katha Publications, 2019
  4. Nath, Debarshi Prasad and Parasmoni Dutta (eds.). Perspectives in Cultural Studies. Guwahati: Purbanchal Prakash in association with the Department of Cultural Studies, UGC-SAP-DRS (I). ISBN: 978-81-7213-283-5. 2016.
  5. Nath, Debarshi Prasad (ed.). Women's Narratives from North East India: Lives in the Margins. Guwahati: Purbanchal Prakash in association with the Department of Cultural Studies, UGC-SAP-DRS (I). T.U. ISBN: 978-81-7213-282-8. 2016
  6. Nath, Debarshi Prasad. Lakshminath Bezbaroa: The Architect of Assamese Literature- Issues of Nationalism and Beyond. (Jointly edited with Madan M. Sarma). Guwahati: Perfect Imagers, 2014.
  7. Nath, Debarshi Prasad. Cultural Studies: Perspectives from North East India. (Jointly edited with Pradip Jyoti Mahanta). 2013. Guwahati: Purbanchal Prakash
  8. Nath, Debarshi Prasad. Jacques Lacan and the French Feminists: Theory and Praxis. 2013. Guwahati: Purbanchal Prakash.

Training Module:

Nath, Debarshi Prasad, (Jointly edited with Sharmila Thakur, Barbara Snook, Jayanta Vishnu Das, Koustabh Jyoti Goswami, Julee Duwarah and Dipika Pegu) a Training Module titled (Folklore for Adolescent Empowerment and Social Change)).. A Collaborative Venture by the Department of Cultural Studies, Tezpur University, Samagra Shiksha, Assam and UNICEF Assam in 2021.

Select Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles and Book Chapters (since 2012):

  1. Rajkumari, Munmi and Debarshi Prasad Nath.'The role of Goddess Kesaikhaiti in shaping and constructing the identity of the Deoris'. Asian Ethnicity, (Taylor and Francis) DOI: 10.1080/14631369.2023.2245764. 2023.
  2. Nath, Debarshi Prasad and Swikrita Dowerah. ‘The Icons of Unadulterated Evil: Bollywood Villains of the 1980s’. Quarterly Review of Film and Video, Routledge. DOI: 10.1080/10509208.2023.2173474. 2023.
  3. Nath, Debarshi Prasad. ‘Contextualizing Witch Hunting Practices in Assam’. pp. 583-588. Ed. Sajal Nag Black Magic, Witchcraft and Occultism Secret Cultural Practices in India. Delhi, Manohar. 2023. ISBN: 978-93-91928-03-2.
  4. Sarmah, Parikshit and Debarshi Prasad Nath. ‘Folklore of Assam. pp. 378 -383. Ed. Dilip Kumar Kalita. Lokparampara. Guwahati, ABILAC, 2022. ISBN: 978-93- 82680-59-8
  5. Hazarika, Parismita and Debarshi Prasad Nath. ˜Understanding Cultural Nationalism in Assam: Perspectives from the Plays of Jyotiprasad Agarwala and Bishnuprasad Rava™ in Rupkatha Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities Vol. 14, Issue 2, April-June 2022.
  6. Sarmah, Parikshit and Debarshi Prasad Nath. ˜Oti axamiyagiri: Assamese nationalistic masculine identity, United Liberation Front of Asom and cyberspace™. Ethnicities, A Sage Publication. 2022, Vol. 23(2) 1-17.
  7. Debarshi Prasad Nath. ‘Myth: Its Uses and Abuses’. Myth and Tales of KochRajbangshis of Western Assam’. Ed. Dwijendra Nath Bhakat. New Delhi: Sahitya Akademi. 2022
  8. Dutta, Juri and Debarshi Prasad Nath. 'Sankatkalin Sahitya aru Adhyanar Prasongikata'. in Satsori (the Assamese journal). Volume 16, Issue Number 2. September 2020. Pp. 27-37.
  9. Dowerah, Swikrita and Debarshi Prasad Nath. "Cinematic Landscapes of North east India through an Ecocritical Lens". Asian Cinema. Volume 30, Number 2. October 2019, pp. 205-218(14).
  10. Dowerah, Swikrita and Debarshi Prasad Nath. 'Exploring Selfhood through Performance in The Danish Girl'. Journal of Creative Communications. (A Sage Journal). Published online: 31 Aug 2018. DOI:10.1177/0973258618790792.
  11. Dowerah, Swikrita and Debarshi Prasad Nath. 'Cinematic Regimes of Otherness: India and Its North East'. Media Asia. (A Taylor and Francis Journal). Published online: 24 Nov 2017. Pp. 1-13.
  12. Nath, Debarshi Prasad and Darshana Liyanage. "Intertextuality and Localization in Sir-Lankan Advertisements: A Contemporary Analysis with Special Reference to Telecommunication TV Commercials". Critical Arts: South-North Cultural and Media Studies. (A Taylor and Francis Online Journal). Volume 29:3, 367-381, July 2015.
  13. Nath, Debarshi Prasad. "Assam's Tale of Witch-hunting and Indigeneity", Economic and Political Weekly, vol. XLIX.No.37. 2014.
  14. Nath, Debarshi Prasad. "Indira Goswami’s 'Under the Shadow of Kamakhya'" published in the online journal Muse India, Issue 47, ISSN – 0975-1815, Jan-Feb 2013.
  15. Nath, Debarshi Prasad. "Africa and India in the Novels of Dai and Emecheta", joint paper with Juri Dutta, published in Comparative Literature and Culture (ISSN 1481-4374) the peer-reviewed, journal published by Purdue University Press (On-line), Volume 14 Issue 2 (June 2012).

Translations (Books, Poems, Articles and Stories):

  1. Nath, Debarshi Prasad, trans. Poltu and Golden Langur (English Translation of Narayan Mahanta's short story). Guwahati: Bhabani Publications, 2009.
  2. Nath, Debarshi Prasad, trans. Silent Lips Murmuring Hearts (English translation of Yeshe Dorjee Thongchi's Assamese novel Mouno Ounth Mukhar Hriday (winner of the 2005 Sahitya Akademi Award)). New Delhi: Sahitya Akademi, 2010.
  3. Translated an Assamese short story ˜The Journey™, originally written in Assamese by Yeshe Dorjee Thongchi, included in a textbook for middle schools in India (Learning to Communicate ed. by S.K.Ram and Paul Gunasekhar) published by Oxford University Press in 2008. ˜The Journey™ has also been included as a text for a Certificate Course in Communicative English, Centre for Distance Education, Rajiv Gandhi University, 2008. The same story has been included as a text in the English Reader of Class X of the Andhra Pradesh State Board.
  4. Translated the short-stories and prose pieces ˜Sonpaahi, ˜Preface to Sonpaahi, ˜The Hearts Spring™ and ˜Jailed for Twenty Years™ in The Call of the Pherengadao: Translation of Select Writings of Bishnuprasad Rava. Guwahati: Katha Publications, 2019.
  5. Translated the poems and songs˜As I wait in the Threshold of the Evening™, ˜When the Time to Bid Farewell Draws Near™, ˜The Strings of the Veena of Life™ and ˜An Emptiness I feel™ in The Call of the Pherengadao: Translation of Select Writings of Bishnuprasad Rava. Guwahati: Katha Publications, 2019.
  6. Translated the short-story ˜Retirement in the anthology titled ˜A Solitary Place™ (stories by Ajanta) published by Bedakantha Publishers, Jorhat in 2022.

Ongoing Projects:


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Completed Projects:


  • Coordinator of SAP-DRS (II) of the Department of Cultural Studies (2018-2023)

Amount released: Rs. 26,72,559

Outcomes:

  1. Documentation of sacred spaces of Assam
  2. PhD Thesis on the thrust area (Ongoing)
  • Chief Coordinator of UGC’s Centre with Potential for Excellence in Particular Areas working on the theme ‘Cultural Memory in North East India: A Research and Documentation Programme on Visual and Textual Narratives’ (2016-2021) Total sanctioned amount: Rs.2,30,00000/-

Outcomes: 1. Setting up of a Cultural Interpretation Centre (an ethnographic museum) in the Department of Cultural Studies, Tezpur University

2. Museum of Modern Art dedicated to the artworks of Neelpawan Barua in the Department of Cultural Studies, Tezpur University

3. Publication of three books and award of three PhD theses and MA dissertations (on the theme of the project)

4. Setting up a hi-tech digital archive

5. Documentation of rare cultural resources of Assam

  • Principal Investigator of collaborative project with UNICEF for the first phase of the project titled “Using Folklore for Community Messaging: Adolescents as Agents for Social Change and Empowerment”

                Amount: Rs. 29,47,800 /- (for the period August 2015 to January 2016)

  • Responsible Officer of collaborative project with UNICEF for the second phase of the project titled “Using Folklore for Community Messaging: Adolescents as Agents for Social Change and Empowerment”

Amount: Rs. 43,75,500/- (for the period March to December 2016)

    Total amount: Rs. 73, 23,300/- (TOTAL SUM OF 29,47,800/- & 43,75,500/-)

                Outcome of the project:

                    i) Production of an audio CD and videos

                    ii) Production of a module for implementation of the model of folklore-intervention in schools of Assam

  • Deputy Coordinator of SAP-DRS (I) of the Department of Cultural Studies (2011-2016)

              Total amount sanctioned: Rs. 37,39,012/-

                Outcome of the project:

                    i) Publication of five books

                    ii) Documentation of rare performing art forms of Assam

                    iii) Research articles, Ph.D. theses and M.A. dissertations

E-Contents:


Paper Coordinator of E-PG Pathshala Modules
(Subject: Comparative Literature. Paper: Comparative Literature and Culture):

E-resource developed for Teaching-Learning Centre, Tezpur University:

Supervised PhD Works and MA DIssertations/Documentations


Ph D Supervision:

  1. Mandakini Baruah (Co supervision) on Construction of Womanhood in Assamese Proverbs (Awarded)
  2. Moushumi Mahanta on Women and Mental Health: A Study of Social Attitude with Special Reference to the Sonitpur District of Assam (Awarded)
  3. Jayashree Saikia on Politics of Environment: Discourses and Subjectivities (A Study of Assam) (Awarded)
  4. A. Nagaraju on Media Ecology in Socio-Political Movements: A Study with special reference to the Telangana Movement (Awarded)
  5. D.P.P.G. Liyanage on The Convergence of Advertising and Folklore: A Lacanian Study (Awarded)
  6. Reetamoni Das on The Search for an Alternative Language of Cinema: Subversive Strategies in Contemporary Women Film Makers (A Study with reference to select Films of Aparna Sen, Kalpana Lajmi and Manju Borah (Awarded)
  7. Dakter Esse on A Study of Assam-Arunachal Border Narratives (Awarded)
  8. Parismita Hazarika on Jyotiprasad Agarwala and Bishnuprasad Rabha as Cultural Icons of Assam: Texts, Contexts and Interpretations (Awarded)
  9. Swikrita Dowerah on Interpreting the Nation in Transition: Cultural Memory of War in Bollywood Films (Awarded)
  10. Parikshit Sharma Masculine Identity and Assamese Society: Identifying and Analyzing Different Phases of its Evolution (Awarded)
  11. Siwani Mech Women and Modernity: A Study of Changes in Women's Dress in Assam in the 20th Century (Awarded)
  12. Laikhuram P. Singh The Internal Dimension of Collective Memory: An Interdisciplinary Approach Towards Understanding the Origination of Collective Memory from the Individual (Awarded)
  13. Ranjitha Raj Countering Trauma and Unspeakability in Narratives Based on the 1984 Anti- Sikh Riots (Submitted)
  14. Rathijit Chakraborty A Comparative Study of Female Heroes in Chinese and Khasi Folktales (Pursuing)
  15. Koustabh Goswami (Co-supervision) Cultural Memory of the Urban Life-world of Tezpur Town (Pursuing)
  16. Joginder Singh War and Collective Memory: A Study of the Battles of Kohima and Imphal (World War II) (Pursuing)
  17. Daveirou Lanamai "Cultures, Narratives, and Identities: Naming Patterns of the Poumai-Nagas (India) (Pursuing).
  18. Munmi Rajkumari "Analyzing the Sacred Cosmology of the Deoris of Assam" (Pursuing).
  19. Pranjit Das "Imagined Realities: Post-Anthropocentric, Feminist, and Postcolonial Reading of Select Speculative Fiction by Indian Women Writers" (Pursuing)
  20. Pallab Kumar Borah "A Comparative Study of the Protest Songs of Bhupen Hazarika and Bob Dylan" (Pursuing)
  21. Reema Borah "Cinema of Prayoga: Analysing the Tradition of Ritwik Ghatak, Mani Kaul, and Amit Dutta" (Pursuing)
  22. Sikha Gogoi (PoR to be submitted)
  23. Alankrita Kaibartta (PoR to be submitted)

MA Dissertations and Documentation Projects:

  1. Mala Kalita: The expressive behaviour of the weavers of Sualkuchi with special reference to their folk songs and folk-narratives (2009)
  2. R. Judith Daimari: A study on the expressve behaviour of the Bodo Baptists with special reference to the Bodos of the Sudempuri and Sapkhaiti, Villages of Udalguri district (2009)
  3. Pankaj Sarkar Disease in popular imagination: A Socio-Cultural study of the people of Assam (A case study of Napaam) (2010)
  4. Bandana Devi Urban Legends of Jorhat Town (2010)
  5. Liza Moni Bhattacharyya A Case Study of Gendered Spaces in Guwahati (2011)
  6. Aibiang Mame Thangkhiew Urban Legends of Shillong (2011)
  7. Dina Swargiary Analysing Witch -Hunting Practices of Assam: A Study with Special Reference to the Practice Prevalent among the Bodos of Kokrajhar District, Assam (2012)
  8. Dimasha Basumatary A Study on the Losar Festival: Ritual and Beliefs on Monpas of Arunachal Pradesh (2012)
  9. Urbashi Hazarika: Women's Reproductive Health: Case Studies from the Napaam Area (2013)
  10. Hemanta Phukan: Child Labor: A case study on Napaam area in the Sonitpur District of Assam (2013)
  11. Gyanashri Kashyap: Representation of Heroism in Children's Fictional Shows: A Study with Special Reference to Chota Bheem and Ben10 (2014)
  12. Parsmita Dutta: Representation of masculinity in Assamese Films (2014)
  13. Mukta Doley: Concept of Fear Among the Mising Community (2014)
  14. Gargee Phukan: Culture of Co-existence: A study of the relationship between the Tiwas and the Environment in the Morigaon District of Assam (2015)
  15. Chakri Bodhimani: Photographing Nagaland: A critical analysis of visual representation of the Nagas (2015)
  16. Rupinder Kaur: Contribution of Assamese Sikhs Kaur to the growth of Assamese Nationalism (2016)
  17. Bhaskar Boro: Ethnicity and Material Culture of the Bodos: A case study of the Bodo Community of the Sonitpur District of Assam (2016)
  18. Priyanka Acharya: Visual Culture and Sports: What makes Saniya Mirza an Icon (2016)
  19. Rashmita Gogoi: Vaishnavism among the Nocte Tribe: A Case Study of Jipur Village, Naharkatiya Town, Dibrugarh District, Assam (2017)
  20. Rumi Sarma: Representation of Tribal Culture in Assam State Museum, Guwahati (2017)
  21. Bijaya Bhattacharjee: The Politics of Adaptation: A Study with Reference to Blue is the Warmest Color (2017)
  22. Sahnewaz Hussain: Women in Photographs (2017)
  23. Madhurjya Borah: A Comparative Study of the Concept of Heroism in Western and Indian Contexts (2017)
  24. Anindita Borpuzari: Sattriya Dance: Change and Community (2018)
  25. Smriti Mishra: Marwari Traders of Guwahati: History and Culture (2018)
  26. Dugdhapran Gogoi: Changing scenario of crime with special references to Dhakuakhana Police Station (2018)
  27. Madhusmita Borpatragohain Sonapur: History and Development of a Town (2019)
  28. Swagata Bora Assertion of Assamese Identity in Cyberspace (2019)
  29. Susmita Das Umakanta Boiragi's Tokari Geet (2019)
  30. Priyanka Borgohain Representation of Violence against Women in Assamese News Media (2019)
  31. Kabori Pathak Emergence of Cab Service as Popular Culture in Guwahati (2019)
  32. Simpi Phukan Skulls in Apatani Households: The Culture of Display (2020)
  33. Manash Phukan Hunger or Addiction?: A Study on the drug abused children living in the slums of Paltanbazar (2020)
  34. Nirikhya Deka Life in the Char-Chaporis: A Case Study of Tezpur (2020)
  35. Poulome Ghosh Iconic Representation of Goddess Durga during COVID times (2021)
  36. Preetam Jyoti Borah A Study on the Socio-Cultural Condition of the Tea-Tribes of Behali Tea Estate, Sonitpur, Assam (2021)
  37. Riku Moni Gogoi Food Habits and Food-Related Rituals of the Ahom Community (Japi Hajia Ahom Gaon, Sivasagar District) (2021)
  38. Singhdaran Phetcha-Em ‘The Impact of Indian Movie on Thai Culture in Thailand: A Study of Gangubai Kathiawadi’ (2023)
  39. Rinki Gogoi ‘The History of Ahom Community's Textile, Iconography and Food’ (2023)
  40. Gargi Borah ‘A Comprehensive Study on Traditional Musical Instruments with special reference to the Bodo Community of Assam’ (2023)
  41. Rupshikha Nath: "A Documentary on Puppetry of Assam with special reference to the Nalbari District of Assam"
  42. Pallabi Rabha" “Life in Delhi for Students of Assam: A Case Study of The Students in Vijaynagar, Delhi”

Seminars and Conferences:

Select Invited Talks and Presentations in Seminars/Conferences (since 2011)

  1. Chaired a technical session in an ICSSR sponsored National Seminar on 'The Green in Literature and Popular Imagination of Northeast India' in Darrang College, Tezpur, Assam, on 7th March 2024.
  2. Delivered a talk on 'Reading the Subtexts of Popular Bollywood Films of the 1980s’ in a Special Lecture organized by the Department of Modern Indian Languages and Literary Studies, University of Delhi on 25th September 2023
  3. Delivered a talk on ‘Adaptation in Indian Cinema’ in a one-day seminar cum workshop on Literature, Films and Classroom Pedagogy organized by the Department of English, Tezpur University on 3rd March 2023.
  4. Delivered a talk on ‘Translation and the Inequalities of Languages’ in a Refresher Course on Indian Language and Literature organized by the Department of English, Utkal University on 15th December 2022.
  5. Delivered a talk on ‘Translation and Power’ on 21st December 2022 in a Refresher Course (Literatures of Northeast India, Translation and National Integration) organised by the Department of Assamese of Assamese and Teaching Learning Centre, Tezpur University.
  6. Delivered a talk on ‘Feminist Methodology’ in a ICSSR funded 10-day long Online Research Methodology Workshop organized by the Department of Cultural Studies, Tezpur University on 23rd May 2022
  7. Chaired a session in a National Seminar on ‘Folklore, Folklife and Cultural Memory’ organized by the Centre for Northeast Studies and Policy Research of Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi on 21- 25 January 2022.
  8. Delivered an online invited talk on ‘Prospects and Challenges for Cultural Studies in Assam” organized by the Department of Cultural Studies, Assam Women’s University on 12th November 2021.
  9. Delivered an invited talk titled ‘Charting a New Course for Cultural Studies in India: Speaking from the Margin’ in the 2nd International e-Conference on ‘Contemporary Trends and Development in Cultural Studies and the Humanities’ (on 22nd to 24th October 2021)
  10. Delivered an online talk on ‘Cultural Studies as a New Approach’ in a National Webinar organized by Mudhoji College (affiliated to Shivaji University, Maharashtra), Phaltan, Maharashtra on the topic ‘Cultural Studies: A New Approach to Explore Cultures, Cultural Texts and Artifacts’ held on 27th September 2021.
  11. Invited as Resource Person to an International Webinar on "Alternate Learning Practice by States/ UTs and selected Countries during Covid Pandemic: Good Practices and lesson learnt” held on 8th and 9th July 2021 from 10.30AM to 2.00 PM (IST) to deliver a talk on “Use of Folklore as a tool for Adolescent Empowerment and Community Mobilization- state experience (Assam)”
  12. Resource Person in an Online Orientation of Nodal Teachers, District Programme Officers and select Folk Artists of Assam as part of the collaborative programme titled Folklore for Adolescent Empowerment and Social Change (held on 17th and 18th February 2021) organized jointly by Samgra Shiksha, Assam, UNICEF, Assam and the Department of Cultural Studies, Tezpur University.
  13. Resource Person in a Four-Day Workshop on the Review and Finalization of the Module Folklore for Adolescent Empowerment and Social Change organized jointly by Samgra Shiksha, Assam, UNICEF, Assam and the Department of Cultural Studies, Tezpur University on 9-12 February 2021 at Tezpur University.
  14. Keynote Speaker in a Two-day Training Programme of State Level Resource Persons as part of the Folklore for Adolescent Empowerment and Social Change initiative organized jointly by Samgra Shiksha, Assam, UNICEF, Assam and the Department of Cultural Studies, Tezpur University on 11-12 February 2021 at Tezpur University.
  15. Spoke as a Resource Person on ‘Literature and Resilience in Times of Uncertainty’ in an ICSSR Sponsored National Webinar on ‘Society, Disaster and Resilience: Lessons from Literature’ organized by the Department of English, Surya Sen Mahavidyalaya, Siliguri, West Bengal on 8th February 2021.
  16. Spoke as a Resource Person in a Special Lecture on ‘Creativity and Traditional Cultural Expressions’ organized by the Department of Modern Indian Languages and Literary Studies, University of Delhi on 22nd October 2020.
  17. Spoke as a Resource Person in a Special Lecture on ‘M.K. Gandhi and some Unanswered Questions of the Last Century’ organized by the Department of Political Science and the Centre for South East Asian Studies, Gauhati University on 7th September 2020.
  18. Spoke as a Resource Person on “Reading Gandhi Today” in an International Webinar titled ‘Mahatma Gandhi: Reflections from Beyond the Past and Into the Future’ jointly organized by Tezpur University & Queen’s University Belfast, Northern Ireland UK & Indian
  19. Community Centre, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK on 31st August 2020.
  20. Spoke as a Resource Person on “Setting an Agenda for Cultural Studies in India” in a National Webinar on Cultural Studies organized by the Department of English, Mumbai University on 28th August 2020.
  21. Spoke as a Resource Person on ‘The Continuing Relevance of Gandhi’ in an International Webinar jointly organized by the Department of Cultural Studies, Tezpur University and The University of Auckland, Auckland New Zealand on 19th August 2020.
  22. Spoke as a Resource Person on ‘Literature in Times of Crises’ in a National Webinar conducted by the Department of English, Lakhimpur Girls’ College in June 2020
  23. Invited as a Resource Person to IGRMS, Bhopal for the Tribal Literary Festival from 10th to 12th November 2019 and presented a paper on Bishnu Rava’s Life and Works.
  24. Invited as a Resource Person to IGRMS, Bhopal for a National seminar on Ethnographic Museums in India: Contributions, Representations and Future Possibilities organized by the Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya, Bhopal from 28th to 30th July 2019. Made a joint presentation titled ‘Museum of Department of Cultural Studies, Tezpur University, Assam: A Profile’ with Subhra Devi.
  25. Invited as a Resource Person to the CIHA (Comite International d’Histoire de l’Art) India International Colloquium 2018 from 28th to 30th November 2018 for the presentation of my paper titled ‘Performing Heritage: Bihu in Assam’.
  26. Invited as a Resource Person in November 2019 to deliver a talk on ‘Problematizing Perspectives-Learning from Cultural Studies’ in an ICSSR sponsored National Level 10 days Research Methodology Workshop, organized by Dr Ambedkar Chair, Tezpur University, 27th Nov. to 6th Dec. 2019.
  27. Invited as a Resource Person in December 2018 to deliver a talk on ‘Integration of Cultural Elements in Teaching-Learning Process’ in an Induction Training of Faculty of Universities/Colleges/ Institutes organized by the Teaching Learning Centre, Tezpur University
  28. Invited as a Resource Person on 29th June 2018 to deliver a talk on ‘Culture, Cognition and Pedagogy’ in an Induction Training of Faculty of Universities/Colleges/ Institutes organized by the Teaching Learning Centre, Tezpur University (formed under the MHRD, Government of India initiative of Madan Mohan Malaviya National Mission on Teachers and Teaching).
  29. Invited as a Resource Person on 29th June 2018 to deliver a talk on ‘Integration of Cultural Elements in the Teaching-Learning Process’ in an Induction Training of Faculty of Universities/Colleges/ Institutes organized by the Teaching Learning Centre, Tezpur University (formed under the MHRD, Government of India initiative of Madan Mohan Malaviya National Mission on Teachers and Teaching).
  30. Delivered an invited lecture, Discourse Analysis, Researching Subalternity in Humanities and Social Sciences, an ICSSR sponsored National Level 10 days Research Methodology Workshop, organized by Dr Ambedkar Chair, Tezpur University, 18 – 27 March 2018.
  31. Invited as a Resource Person to a UGC-HRDC Refresher Course in Comparative Literature on 7 -8 April 2018 organized by the Department of English, NEHU, Shillong and delivered a series of lectures on the themes ‘Translation Studies', ‘Food and Literature’, ‘Comparative Literature and Culture I’ and ‘Comparative Literature and Culture II’.
  32. Delivered a lecture on ‘Cultural Studies in India’ on 2nd January 2017 in a Refresher Course in Cultural Studies from 2nd to 22nd January 2017 organized jointly by the Department of Cultural Studies, Tezpur University and the Teaching Learning Centre, Tezpur University (formed under the MHRD, Government of India initiative of Madan Mohan Malaviya National Mission on Teachers and Teaching)
  33. Invited as a Resource Person for an International Seminar on "Narratives of Violence and Terror in South Asia" held in NEHU, Shillong from 16th to 18th November 2017 to present a paper on “Mob Violence and the Media in North East India”.
  34. Invited for a talk on ‘Mythos and Logos’ in the National Seminar on “Myths and Tales of Koch Rajbanshis of Western Assam” on 27-28 September 2016 organized by Chilarai College, Golakganj, Assam.
  35. Invited for a talk on ‘Integrations of Cultural Elements in the Teaching-Learning Process with special reference to Drama and Art' organized by College of Teacher Education (CTE), Tezpur 27 May 2016.
  36. Invited for a talk on 'The Cultural Stake in Cognition' in the workshop on "The Mind Matters: Language, Cognition and Other Correlations" organized by Indian Institute of Information Technology, Guwahati on 12 March 2016.
  37. Invited to a Roundtable Conference on ‘Tribal Worldview’ held on 30th, 31st March and 1st April 2015 organized by the Indian Council of Philosophical Research (ICPR), New Delhi at North East Regional Centre of the Indian Council of Social Science Research (NERC-ICSSR), Shillong.
  38. Invited as a Resource Person to an International Seminar on ‘Black Magic, Witchcraft and Occult practices in N E India’ on 6-7th November 2014 organized by the Department of History, Assam University, Silchar and delivered a lecture on ‘Contextualizing Witch Hunting Practices of Assam'.
  39. Invited as a Resource Person to a Refresher Course on Cultural Studies in August 2014 organized by the Department of English, Hyderabad Central University and delivered a series of lectures on the themes ‘Ideology, Discourse and Identity', ‘Cultural Studies in India’, ‘Food and Cultural Studies’, and ‘Popular Culture’.
  40. Invited as a Resource Person to a National Seminar on ‘People’s Art of North East India- History, Identity and Emerging Realities’ on 5th to 7th March 2014 organized by Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya (IGRMS), Bhopal in collaboration with the Department of Anthropology, Rajiv Gandhi University.
  41. Presented a paper "Doing Cultural Studies in India", in the International Conference at Peradaniya University, Sri Lanka during July 04-05, 2014.
  42. Presented a paper "Of Violence, Performance and Pornography: Analyzing Media Texts from Assam" in 1st Annual International Conference on Contemporary Cultural Studies, Singapore, December 2013.
  43. Invited as a resource person to a National Workshop of NTM, CIIL Mysore from 27th to 29th December 2012 at Nagaon Girls' College, Nowgong. This was a three-day workshop programme for translators.
  44. Invited as a Resource Person to a National Workshop organized by CIIL, Mysore with the Department of Cultural Studies, Tezpur University on 28th-29th December 2011 and delivered a talk on ‘Knowledge Text Translation: Assamese’.
  45. Invited as a Resource Person to a National Workshop on 'Many Faces of Gender Inequality' organized by ICSSR with the Equal Opportunity Cell, Tezpur University 18th-19th November 2011 and delivered a lecture on ‘Fundamentalism and Women in India'.
  46. Invited as Resource Person to present a paper on ‘Moving Beyond the ‘Cultural Turn’ in Translation Studies: The Feminist, Poststructuralist and Postcolonial Twists’ in a UGC sponsored national seminar on “Translation: Theory and Practice” at Women’s College, Tinsukia on February 13 – 14, 2011.
  47. Participated as a resource person in the National Workshop of NTM, CIIL Mysore from 27th to 29th December 2011 at Tezpur University. This was a three-day workshop programme for translators.