Conferences

1. 16th International Conference on “Environmental and Rural Development”, Tokyo University of Agriculture, Japan (13th – 16th March 2025).

Title of the Presentation: Rural Community Development through Non-Farm Employment Opportunity Creation: Scope and Perspectives.

2. International Institute of Administrative Science (IIAS) – Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances (DARPG) India International Conference 2025, Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi (10th – 14th February, 2025).

Title of the Presentation: Empowering Community-Based Infrastructure Management in Rural India.

3. Training Programme on “Sustainable Livelihoods and Adaptation to Climate Change”, National Institute of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj (NIRDPR), Hyderabad (29th – 31st January 2025). 

Invited Talk.

Title of the Presentation: Policies to Enhance Sustainable Rural Livelihoods in Context of Climate Change Adaptation.

4. “22nd NEP Orientation and Sensitization Programme”, UGC-MMTTC Mizoram University (5th February – 13th February, 2025).

Resource Person.

Talk Title: Planning for Alternative Subsistence: The Way Forward.

5. “MMTTP-NEP Orientation and Sensitization Programme”, North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong (8th – 17th January, 2025).

Resource Person.

Lecture Topic: History of Skill-Based Education: Current Status and Future Strategies for India.

6. Consultative Workshop on “Promoting Entrepreneurship, Skilling and Employment by Leveraging Demographic Dividend of the State”. Tripura Rural Livelihood Mission, Rural Development Department, Government of Tripura, Agartala (23rd September, 2024).

Expert Panelist: Entrepreneurship – Challenges, Solutions and Way Forward for the Rural Non-Farm and MSME.

7. “Grassroots Models for Strengthening STI Capabilities in Community and to Improve Livelihood Generation”, NSOIM, IISF - 2023, DBT-Translational Health Science and Technology Institute (THSTI) RCB Campus, Faridabad, Haryana (17th – 19th January, 2024)

Chair-East Zone: Grassroots Model Submission.

8. “Industry-Academia Conclave (IAC 2023)”, NIT Jamshedpur (23 – 25 November 2023).

Expert Panelist: Academic Social Responsibility.  

9. International Seminar on “India’s Independence: Expectations and Attainments”. Pathar Pratima Mahavidyalaya (14th – 15th August 2023).

Invited Lecture: Social Entrepreneurship: Empowering the Society.

10. International Workshop on “Water-Energy-Food-Health Nexus”. IIT Kharagpur in collaboration with the University of Edinburgh, UK (31st July – 4th August 2023, online).

Special Talk: Thematic Nexus Water-Energy-Food-Health.

11. Virtual International Conference on “Environment, Sustainability, and Technology in Social Sciences”. KL University (1st -3rd June 2023).

Special Lecture: Sustainability Makes a Technology Environment Friendly.

12. “Advanced Management Development Programs on Social Entrepreneurship”, VGSoM, IIT Kharagpur in collaboration with Ministry of MS&ME (20th – 24th February 2023).

Resource person.

Title of the Presentation: Theories of Social Impact and Social Changes.

13. “46th Indian Social Science Congress”, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli (27th – 31st January 2023).

Outstation Chairman Talk for Thematic Panel 17: Changing the Geography of Indian Rurality: By Force or Choice.

14. International Conference on "Rural Transformation: From Natural to Cultural", CRDIST, IIT Kharagpur (5 - 6 May 2021).

Title of the Presentation: Rural Transformation: From Natural to Cultural.

15. AICTE online FDP on "Design Thinking on Developmental Projects Related to Social and Rural", IIITDM, Kurnool (17th - 21st October 2020).

Title of the Presentation: Tribal Development: Perspectives and Planning.

16. Lecture Series on "Contemporary Geographical Perspectives: From Natural Resource Management to Geopolitical Arena", Govt. Vivekanand Mahavidyalaya, Maihar (M.P.) and IQAC (26th August, 2020).

Title of the Presentation: Community Driven Potable Water Supply Mechanism in Rural India.

17. Seminar Series on “COVID-19 Pandemic Disaster: Water, Agriculture and Environment”, IIT Jodhpur (5th June 2020).

Title of the Presentation: User Friendly Emerging Technology Confirms Sustainability.

18. International Seminar on 'Issues of Development With Special Reference to Gender, Caste and Religion', Midnapore College (17th - 18th December, 2019).

Title of the Presentation: Processing Thoughts for Planning Development

19. '4th India Water Impact Summit 2019' (IWIS), Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi (5th - 7th December, 2019).

Moderator for the Plenary Session on 'Delivering Jal Jeevan Mission in Synergy With River Restoration and Conservation Activities in Rural India - Beyond Ganga Rejuvenation'.

20. 'Tech4Seva', IIT Delhi (10th - 12th August, 2019).

Panel Theme: 'Sustainable and Affordable Technologies to Provide Safe Drinking Water'.

21. '4th International Conference on Public Policy', Concordia University, Montreal, Canada (26th - 28th June, 2019).

Title of the Presentation: Commons Participation in Technology Transfer for a Better Quality of Life, Livelihood Generation, and Poverty Alleviation in Rural India.

22. UK-India-Bangladesh Global Challenge Research Fund (GCRF) Workshop on 'Arsenic in the Food Chain', University of Sheffield, UK (17th - 18th September, 2018).

Resource person.

Title of the Presentation: Educating The Rural India: An Approach Towards Arsenic Problem Mitigation.

23. National workshop on ‘Resource Use and Conservation for Sustainable Socio-ecoloical Developmennt’, NIRDPR, Guwahati (21st – 22nd December, 2017).

Resource person.

Title of the Presentation: ‘Natural Resource Conservation and Management as a Part of Development Planning’.

24. International Conference on ‘Land Use/ Cover Changes, Biodiversity, Health and Environment, Local and Regional Development’, Romanian Academy, Institute of Geography, Bucharest, Romania (10th – 14th September, 2017).

Title of the Presentation: ‘Promoting Biodiversity Knowledge: A Means for Nature Conservation’.

25. ‘Indian Heritage in Digital Space’ (IHDS) Workshop, CSIR–CEERI, BISR Jaipur (15th – 16th July, 2017)

Title of the Presentation: ‘Digitization of Sacred Groves: Geo-Ecological Heritage of West Bengal’.

26. International Conference on ‘Emerging Technologies in Agricultural and Food Engineering’, IIT Kharagpur (27th – 30th December, 2016).

Co-chaired Technical session ‘Environmental Remediation Technologies’.

27. ‘2nd International APR Environment–Landscape Architecture Forum’, Seoul National University, South Korea (17th – 19th October, 2016).

Title of the Presentation: ‘Green Landscape: Knowledge, Preservation and Promotion’.

28. ‘Capacity Building Programme for Social Science Faculty Memebrs’, J.P. Naik Centre for Education and Development, Pune (17th March – 31st March, 2016).

Resource person.

Title of the Presentation: ‘How to Make an Effective Presentation’.

29. ‘The 8th International Conference on Traditional Forest Knowledge and Culture in Asia: Linking Biological and Cultural Diversity with Landscape Management’, Nanjing Forestry University, China (7th – 9th November, 2015).

Title of the Presentation: ‘Forest Dependency: A Globally Established Model with Contradictions’.

30. IIIDEM Seminar on ‘Gender in Elections’, Election Commission of India, Nirvachan Sadan, New Delhi (29th January, 2015).

Resource person.

Title of the Presentation: ‘Elections and Women Participation’.

31. International Seminar on ‘Green Economy and Sustainable Development’, Institute for Social and Economic Change (ISEC), Bangalore (6th – 7th November, 2014).

Title of the Presentation: ‘Role of Participatory Mechanism for Inclusive Growth’.

Discussant for the technical session on ‘Environmental Degradation: Economic and Social Impacts’.

32. Workshop on ‘Women Empowerment and Disaster Management’, CDMS, GGSIP University, New Delhi (23rd August, 2014).

Participated in panel discussion.

33. The ‘2012 Yangling International Agri-science Forum’ and the ‘International Conference on Traditional Forest-related Knowledge and Culture for Green Economy’, Northwest Agriculture and Forestry University, Yangling, China (5th – 8th November, 2012).

Title of the Presentation: ‘Sustainable Forest Ecology Management: Religious Faith, Believes and Practices’.

34. ‘Workshop on “Kolkata – Risks and Readiness” to mitigate urban disaster’, The Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Kolkata (14th June, 2012).

Participated in panel discussion.

35. National Conference on ‘Why Development Matters: Capture better the Complexity of Human Life’, Department of Economics, University of North Bengal and A.C. College of Commerce, Jalpaiguri (26th – 27th March, 2012).

Resource person.

Title of the Presentation: ‘Financial Empowerment and the Vulnerability of Urban Environment’.

Chaired Plenary Session II.

36. ‘The 6th Global South Doctoral Workshop’, Graduate School, Gadjah Mada University (UGM), Yogyakarta, Indonesia (26th November – 3rd December, 2011).

Title of the Presentation: ‘Conservation of open dry-deciduous forest covers of West Bengal, India, through the socio-economic progress of forest dwellers’.

Discussant for the paper ‘Economic valuation model as a basis for the rehabilitation of damaged mangrove forest using spatial data based’ by Dewi Wahyuni K. Baderan, Universitas Gadjah Mada.

37. International Conference on ‘Development, Logistics, and Governance’, Calcutta Research Group (CRG), Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata (8th – 10th September, 2011).

Discussant for the session ‘Configuring Spaces: The Logic of Administration’.

38. National Seminar on ‘Governing Forest Resources for Economic Outcome’, Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta (23rd – 24th June, 2011).

Chief organiser.

39. Association of American Geographers (AAG) 2010 Annual Meeting, Washington DC, USA (14th – 18th April, 2010).

Title of the Presentation: ‘An investigation of the importance of non-timber forest products documentation in 11 forest fringe villages of West Bengal, India’.

40. ‘The European International Association of Landscape Ecology (IALE) Conference 2009’, Faculty of Natural Science, Department of Geography and  Geology, Salzburg University, Austria (12th – 16th July, 2009).

Participated as research scholar.

41. International Conference on ‘Object-Based Landscape Analysis Meeting’, University of Nottingham, UK (7th – 8th April, 2009).

Conference organising committee member.