Papers Presented to the International Seminars/ Conferences

Total: 43

2025

·      April 3-4, 2025: “‘Thinking Other-Wise’: Posthumanism and Human-Animal Studies”, Centre for Research in Posthumanities, Bankura University, Bankura.

Paper Presented: “Human-Animal Relationship: An Evolutionary Framework in Global Context” (Keynote Address)

2024

• January 30–31, 2024: “New Paradigms of Social and Cultural History; Colonial & Post-Colonial India”, Department of History, Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata.
  Paper Presented: “Struggle for Survival of Buddhism in Colonial and Postcolonial India: Reflections on Eastern and Northeast India”.

• January 15, 2024: “The Making and Unmaking of 20th Century South Asia”, Bhairab Ganguly College, Kolkata.
  Paper Presented: “From Colonised Entities to Nation State: The Mutual Challenge in Postcolonial South Asia” (Keynote Address).

2023

• April 24–26, 2023: “The Changing Profile of Tribal Culture in India”, Saldiha College, Bankura and Murshidabad University, Berhampore, West Bengal.
  Paper Presented: “The Question of Identity of the Indigenous People in Global Perspective”.

• March 1–3, 2023: “National Movement: Voices from the Fringes”, Department of History, Banaras Hindu University, Banaras, India.
  Paper Presented: “Quest for Freedom of the Forgotten Heroes: Reflections on Duars Gandhi”.

2021

• October 26, 2021: The Asiatic Society of Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
  Paper Presented: “From the Wang Chhu to the Dudhkumar: Reflections on History and Cultural Heritage of Raidak Basin”.

2020

• September 3–4, 2020: “Indian Influence on South Asian Culture and Heritage”, Saldiha College, Bankura, West Bengal.
  Paper Presented: “Historical Legacy and Contested Citizenship in South Asia”.

• August 19, 2020: “Sino-Indian Relations: Historical Perspective and Contending Contemporary Dynamics” (Webinar), Shahid Kshudiram College, Kamakshyaguri, Alipurduar.
  Paper Presented: *“Border in the Indo-China Relations: A 21st Century Perspective”*.

• August 12, 2020: “Pandemic and Migration” (International Webinar), Basanti Devi College, Kolkata.
  Paper Presented: “Migration, State Policies and Citizenship”.

2019

• December 21, 2019: “Tribe, State and Performance”, Department of Sanskrit, Jadavpur University, Kolkata.
  Paper Presented: “Chiefdom to National Elements: Transitions of the Indigenous Communities”.

• August 7, 2019: “Dissemination of Buddhism in the Globalized World”, Buddhist and Pali University of Sri Lanka, Colombo.
  Paper Presented: “Dissemination of Buddhism in Postcolonial West Bengal”.

• August 4–5, 2019: “Revisiting 1947: 75 Years of the Quit India Movement”, Paschim Bangla Itihas Samsad, Kolkata and Amar Kutir, Santiniketan.
  Paper Presented: “The Quit India Movement in International Perspective”.

• May 16–17, 2019: “Understanding South Asia and South East Asia: A Historical Perspective”, Department of History, North Bengal University.
  Paper Presented: “Environment-induced Forced Migration: Indian Realities in the Global Context”.

• March 28–29, 2019: “Situating Memories: Political Violence in Colonial and Postcolonial India”, Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata.
  Paper Presented: “Violence-Induced Forced Migration from Colonial Bengal to Conflict-Induced Remigration from Postcolonial Host Society: A Historical Perspective”.

• March 15–16, 2019: “State and Society in South Asia: A Historical Perspective”, Jagannath University, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
  Paper Presented: “State Policies and Forced Migrations: A Study on the Lhotshampas (1953–2015)”.

2018

• March 20–21, 2018: “Revisiting 1942”, Department of History, Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata.
  Paper Presented: “India in 1942: An International Perspective”.

2017

• March 21–22, 2017: “Partition and Its Aftermath”, Department of History, Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata.
  Paper Presented: “Partition, Forced Migration and the Hosts”.

2016

• April 7–9, 2016: “Sociology of Religion in a Pluralistic Society”, Centre for Study of Religion and Society, Jadavpur University (Kolkata) and Lancaster University (UK).
  Paper Presented: “Problem of Identity in Plural Society: Dalit Versus Sub-castes”.

2013

• February 18–20, 2013: “State, Power and Ethics of Governance: The Indian Experiences”, Department of History, University of North Bengal, Darjeeling.
  Paper Presented: “Democracy and Contested Citizenship: A Study on the Stateless Citizens of the India-Bangladesh Border”.

2012

• March 5–6, 2012: “Culture, Identity and Politics of South Asia”, Department of History, Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata.
  Paper Presented: “Plural Society, Cultural Identity and State Policy: A Study on Contemporary Bhutan”.

• February 22–24, 2012: “Environment, Science, Technology and Culture: Trajectories of History”, Department of History, Jadavpur University, Kolkata.
  Paper Presented: “Forced Migration, Environmental Refugees and State Policies: Global Context and Indian Experience”.

2011

• February 18–19, 2011: International Conference of the Itihas Academy, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
  Paper Presented: “From Caste to Political Identity: The Scheduled Castes in Late Colonial Bengal”.

2010

• February 25–28, 2010: “International Congress of Bengal Studies”, European Conference on Modern South Asian Studies & University of Delhi.
  Paper Presented: “Language, Literature and Regionalism: Reflections on the Regionalism of North Bengal in Literary Perspective”.

2009

• March 30, 2009: “Displacement and Migration: Trends and Issues”, Centre for Refugee Studies, Jadavpur University, Kolkata.
  Paper Presented: “State Policies and Forced Migration: Reflections on the Bhutanese Refugees (Bhupalese)”.

2007

• May 24–27, 2007: SSEASR Conference, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.
  Paper Presented: “Ethnic Mosaic and Cultural Nationalism of Bhutan”.

2006

• March 3–4, 2006: “History of Water of South Asia”, Department of History, Jadavpur University, Kolkata.
  Paper Presented: “Sons of the Water: An Enquiry into the Fisheries and Fishermen of Colonial Bengal”.

• January 24–26, 2006: 22nd Annual International Conference of the West Bengal History Council, Narendrapur Ramakrishna Mission Residential College, Kolkata.
  Paper Presented: “Fishermen Society and Fishery Settlement of Colonial Bengal”.

2005

• December 20–22, 2005: 14th Biennial International Conference of the Bangladesh Itihas Samity, Dhaka University, Bangladesh.
  Paper Presented: “Community, Culture and Strangulated Lives of the Marginal People: A Study of the Traditional Fishermen Community of Colonial Bengal”.

2004

• April 8–10, 2004: “Investigating History of North Bengal Through the Ages”, Maldah College, West Bengal.
  Paper Presented: “Literary Sources for the Construction of the History of the Koch Kingdom”.

2003

• January 24–28, 2003: 19th Annual International Conference, West Bengal History Council, Shripat Singha College, Jiaganj.
  Paper Presented: “Upanivesik Banglaya Jati-parichiti Gathaner Andolan” (in Bengali).

2001

• February 22–24, 2001: “North Bengal: Past and Present”, North-Eastern Foundation for Social Science Research, Jalpaiguri.
  Paper Presented: “Emergence of the Koch Kingdom: Naranarayan and Chilarai: A Symbiotic Analysis”.

Papers presented at national seminars/conferences: 32

2024

·       March 20, 2024: “National Seminar on Revisiting History and Culture of Odisha”, Department of History, Utkal University, Bhubaneswar.
Paper Presented: “From Regional to Global History: Reflections on Migration and Struggle for Survival of Buddhist Culture in Eastern India”.

·       February 24, 2024: “National Seminar on Chilarai”, Centre for North Bengal Research and Studies and Baneswar Sarathibala Mahavidyalaya, Cooch Behar.
Paper Presented: “History Writings versus Construction of History: The Formation of the Koch Kingdom and Chilarai” (Keynote Address).

·       January 27–28, 2024: “Srimanta Sankardeva and His Contributions in the Brahmaputra Valley”, Bakshirhat Mahavidyalaya, Cooch Behar.
Paper Presented: “Sankardeva and Cultural Homogenization in the Torsha-Brahmaputra Basin”.

2023

·       August 4–6, 2023: “Oral History and Fieldwork in Social Science Research”, West Bengal History Council and the Asiatic Society, Kolkata.
Paper Presented: “In Search of an Alternative: Relevance of Fieldwork in the Research on Common People”.

·       March 2–3, 2023: “Quest for Freedom in the Frontier Regions of India”, Department of History, Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata.
Paper Presented: Same as conference title.

2022

·       November 20–21, 2022: “Prof. K. S. Behera Memorial Lecture”, Odisha History Congress, 42nd Session, F.M. University, Balasore.
Paper Presented: “Migration of Culture Survival of Buddhism: Reflections on the Buddhist Culture of Bengal”.

2021

·       July 29, 2021: “Environment, Development and Displacement: Issues on History, Politics, and Culture in Colonial and Postcolonial India”, Department of History, Kazi Nazrul University, Asansol.
Paper Presented: “Development, Displacement and Cultural Change: Reflections on the Raidak Basin”.

·       February 26–28, 2021: “19th Annual Conference of Bharata Vidya Charcha Kendra”, Burdwan.
Paper Presented: “Crisis Migration and the Marginal People”.

2020

·       October 7, 2020: “UGC-Sponsored Refreshers Course in History”, HRDC-North Eastern Hill University, Shillong.
Paper Presented: “State, Legitimacy and Cultural Change: Reflections on the Precolonial Tista-Brahmaputra Region”.

·       August 7, 2020: *“Migration, State Policies and Covid-19 Pandemic in South Asia”*, Kalimpong College, Kalimpong, West Bengal.

2018

·       March 22, 2018: “Epoch Making Changes in History: Pre-Colonial and Colonial India”, Department of History, Aliah University, Kolkata.
Paper Presented: “Pre-colonial and Colonial History in Postcolonial Notions: A Study of Indo-Bangladeshi Enclaves in Bilateral Relations”.

2016

·       March 28–29, 2016: “Caste, Tribe and Region: Indian Nation-State and Its Discontents”, Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta and ICSSR (New Delhi).
Paper Presented: “From Political Bargaining to Political Slavery: The Scheduled Castes of Bengal from 1920–2016”.

·       February 19–20, 2016: “Celebration of Birth Centenary of Dr. S.P. Sen”, Institute of Historical Studies, Kolkata.
Paper Presented: “From Ethnographic Elements to Scheduled Caste Politics: The Scheduled Castes of West Bengal”.

2015

·       September 26–27, 2015: “Identities, Mobility and Well-being”, St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata.
Paper Presented: “From Ethnography to Encapsulated Identity of Dalit Discourse”.

·       July 16, 2015: Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies, Kolkata.
Paper Presented: “The Stateless Citizens of Indo-Bangladesh Borderlands”.

·       February 26–27, 2015: “Dalit Epistemology and Feminism”, Indian Council of Philosophical Research (New Delhi) and Department of Philosophy, Jadavpur University, Kolkata.
Paper Presented: “From Ethnographic Subject to ‘Dalit Discourse’: Towards the Construction of Identities and Consciousness of the Lower Caste Margins of Bengal”.

2014

·       March 31, 2014: “Contemporary Trends in the Study of International Relations”, Department of International Relations, Jadavpur University, Kolkata.
Paper Presented: “Stateless Citizens in International Relations: A Study on the Dwellers of Indo-Bangla Enclaves”.

·       March 25, 2014: “Identity and Recognition: Post-colonial Indian Perspective”, Netaji Subhas Open University, Kolkata.
Paper Presented: “Identity and Recognition of the Backward Communities of Assam”.

·       March 21, 2014: “Emerging Issues in the History of Colonial and Post-colonial India”, Department of History, Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata.
Paper Presented: “Towards an Understanding of Historical Researches on the Caste of Colonial Bengal: The Scheduled Castes of Bengal in Historiographical Perspective”.

2013

·       November 18–24, 2013: “Discrimination, Citizenship, Equality: Interrogations and Contestations”, Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta, Kolkata.
Paper Presented: “From Quest for Equality and Justice to Violence and Contestations: The Scheduled Castes of West Bengal”.

2012

·       November 20, 2012: “Madan Mohan Malaviya: The Thinker and the Leader”, Department of International Relations and Department of History, Jadavpur University, Kolkata.
Paper Presented: “National Movement in India: Role of Madan Mohan Malaviya and His Contemporary Relevance”.

·       March 14–15, 2012: “Regional Identity and Nation Building in India (Focus on Telengana Movement)”, Department of History, Kakatiya University, Warangal.
Paper Presented: “Linguistic Identity and Regionalism in India: A Study on the Regionalism in North Bengal”.

·       March 9–10, 2012: “Modes of Ethnic Identity Construction in India”, Department of Sociology, North Bengal University.
Paper Presented: “The Changing Nature of Ethnic Identities in Eastern India”.

2010

·       March 29–30, 2010: “Ethnicity and Social Unrest”, Department of Sociology, North Bengal University, Darjeeling.
Paper Presented: “Ethnicity, Identity and the Politics of Difference in North Bengal and Lower Assam”.

·       March 4–5, 2010: “China and the Contemporary World”, Department of International Relations, Jadavpur University, Kolkata.
Paper Presented: “Growing China-Bhutan Relations and the Border Talks”.

·       March 1–2, 2010: “Environment, State and Society”, Department of History, Jadavpur University, Kolkata.
Paper Presented: “The Floaters in Troubled Water: Reflections on the Fisheries and Fishermen of West Bengal”.

2005

·       July 7, 2005: “Casteism, Poverty, and Reservation: Relevance of Ambedkar”, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata.
Paper Presented: “Caste, Occupation and Reservation: Ambedkarian Approach in Reality”.

2003

·       March 28–29, 2003: “Contemporary India”, Department of History, Jadavpur University, Kolkata.
Paper Presented: “Ethnicity and Identity in Contemporary North Bengal”.

·       March 21–22, 2003: “Reviewing Partition: Dalit Lives and Dalit Visions in Eastern India”, Centre for Ambedkar Studies and Centre for Refugee Studies, Jadavpur University, Kolkata.
Paper Presented: “Dalit Refugees or Refugee Dalits? Post-Partition Dalit Lives in Eastern India”.

2002

·       November 15–17, 2002: “Second West Bengal Social Science Congress”, Hooghly Mohsin College, West Bengal.
Paper Presented: “Marginalized Culture, Fragmented Identity, Transition and Continuity”.

·       April 28, 2002: “Rewriting of Indian History: An Autochthon Perspective”, Indian Social Institute, New Delhi.
Paper Presented: “Towards Caste from Tribe: A Study of Transition of the Koches from Tribal Entity to a Hindu Caste”.

2000

·       November 20–22, 2000: “7th Annual Conference of the Indian Political Economy Association”, St. Joseph’s College, Darjeeling.
Paper Presented: “The Kamtapuri Movement: A Historical Review”.