Seminars

RESEARCH PAPER PRESENTATION IN NATIONAL & INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES

1. Attended as panelist for the Round Table Discussion on ‘Thanking the River: Meanderings in Time and Space’ on 24th September 2023, at IGNCA, New Delhi. Organized by Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA), Ministry of Culture, GoI, under its divisions viz., Janapada Sampada Division and National Mission on Cultural Mapping (NMCM),

2. Co-Chair the technical Session on "Cultural Diversity in Post-liberal Age Transnational Migration and Inter-mixing of Population" at the international conference on “Contemporary Trends in Socio-Cultural and Biological Variation: Revisiting Ethnographic Methods of Human Diversity” on 13-14 February 2023 at the Department of Anthropology, Dr. Harisingh Gour University Sagar (M.P.) India in collaboration with Paleoethnology Research Centre (PRC) Moscow, Anthropological Survey of India (AnSI) Kolkata, and Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalya (IGRMS) Bhopal.  

3. “Gandhi and Tribal India: An anthropological Perspective” in International Seminar on “Debating Gandhi in 21 st Century India” at University of Kalyani, organized by Department of Political Science, University of Kalyani, West Bengal, held on 10-11 November, 2022

4. Mystical World: Aspects of possession among the Jaunsaris of Uttarakhand. Research paper presented at a National Seminar on Anthropology: Unveiling the Mystique organized by the Discipline of Anthropology, School of Social Sciences IGNOU, held on 28-29 October, 2015.

5. Relationship with Angels: A case of Matri possession among the Jaunsaris of Uttarakhand. Research paper presented at a National Seminar on Anthropological Research in India: Tradition and Transition organized by Department of Anthropology, Punjab University, Chandigarh, held on10-11 March, 2015.

6. Suicide as an expression of depression. Research paper presented at 10th INCCA Congress, held at Kannur University, Kerala, held on 14-16 February 2013.

7. Social determinants of health; An interpretation of quality of life. Research paper presented in the International Symposium on Anthropology of Global Issues organized by World Council of Anthropological Association, Association of Social Anthropologists of the UK& Commonwealth, Indian Anthropological society, Indian Anthropological Association & Department of Anthropology, University of Delhi, held on 1-3 April, 2012.

8. Beyond Pathology: A Cultural Interpretation of Normal and Abnormal Behavior. Research paper presented at the 5th International Conference on Management and Behavioural sciences (ICMBS-5) organized by Society of Management and Behavioural Sciences (SMBS). Haridwar, Uttarakhand (India), 23-24 June, 2012.

9. Migration and its impact on family social structure; some reflection from Jaunsari tribal community of Uttarakhand. Research paper presented at 36th Indian Social Science Congress, organized by KIIT University, Bhubaneswar, Orrisa, held on 27-31 December, 2012.

10. Changing village economy: A case study of a fringe village of Himachal Pradesh. Research paper presented at 35th Indian Social Science Congress Organized by Mahatma Gandhi Antarrastriya Vishwavidyalaya, Wardha, Maharashtra, held on 27-31 December, 2011.

PARTICIPATION IN NATIONAL& INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES

1. Actively participated and worked as a Rapporteur for the session of Globalization: Contemporary Challenges and Issue at a National Seminar on Anthropology: Unveiling the Mystique organized by the discipline of Anthropology, School of Social Sciences IGNOU, held on 28-29 October, 2015

2. Actively participated and worked as Core group member of the local organizing committee in three days International Symposium on Anthropology of Global Issues organized by World Council of Anthropological Association, Association of Social Anthropologists of the UK& Commonwealth, Indian Anthropological society, Indian Anthropological Association & Department of Anthropology, University of Delhi, held on 1-3 April, 2012

3. Actively participated and worked as Core group member of the organizing committee in two days National Seminar-The Human Mystique: Contemporary Discourses organize