Papers at International Conferences

1. Attended and presented a paper in the 2019 Asian Political and International Studies Association Conference (APISA) on ‘Human Security, Multiculturalism and Democracy’ held in the Faculties of Humanities, Srinakharinwirot University, Bangkok, Thailand held on  24-25 October 2019.

Title/Subject of the Paper Presented: The Ascendance of Hindu Nationalism and the Issue of Community Security of the Muslims in India’s Plural Society

Subject of the Conference: Human Security, Multiculturalism and Democracy

Duration: 24th & 25th October 2019

2. Attended and presented a paper in the 10th ICSSR-NRCT (Indian Council of Social Science Research, New Delhi and National Research Council of Thailand) seminar organized by the ICSSR on 6th & 07th September 2016 at Hotel Metropolitan, New Delhi.

Title/Subject of the Paper Presented: Democratic Constitutionalism: The Indian Experience.

Subject of the Conference: Democracy and Governance in India and Thailand

Duration: 6th& 7th September 2016

3. Attended and presented a paper at the International Seminar on ‘Social Stratification and Political Transformation: Rethinking Indian Democracy’, Department of Political Science, Bankura University in Collaboration with Indian Council for Social Science Research, New Delhi on 10th -11th November, 2016.

Title/Subject of the Paper Presented: The Construction of a Kosli Identity and the Movement for a Separate State of Kosal in Western Odisha

Subject of the Conference: Social Stratification and Political Transformation: Rethinking Indian Democracy.

Duration: 10th -11th November, 2016.

4. Attended and presented a paper at the First Asian Conference on Human Security, organized by the Asian Political and International Studies Association (APISA) held in Overseas Chinese University, Taichung, Taiwan from the 5th till 6th of May, 2016.

Title/Subject of the Paper Presented: The Indian State and the Rural Poor in the Age of Economic Reforms: Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) and Economic security in Rural India.

Duration: The 5th till the 6th of May, 2016.

5. Attended and presented a paper at the 9th Annual conference of the Asian Political and International Studies Association (APISA) held in Royal University of Phnom Penh, Cambodia from the 11th till the 12 September, 2015.

Title/Subject of the Paper Presented: Reforming the Electoral System in India: The Recommendations in the Era of Liberalisation.

Subject of the Conference: Asia in 2015 and Beyond: New Challenges and Governance Agendas

Duration: The 11th till the 12 September, 2015.

6. Attended and presented a paper at the 8th conference of the Asian Political and International Studies Association held in Chiang Mai University, Thailand from the 19th till the 20th of September 2014.

Title/Subject of Paper Presented: Underdevelopment and Identity Politics: Ethnic Organisations and the Demand for Separate States in Eastern India

Subject of Conference/Seminar/Symposium/Workshop: An Agenda for Asia: Human Security Conflict Management, Security Sector Reform and Local Democratization

Organizing Institution/ and Name of City/Country: Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand

Duration: From 19th September to 20th September, 2014

7. Attended and presented a paper in the ICHR sponsored International Seminar on ‘Memoirs and History-Exploring New Dimensions’ organised by the Department of History, University of North Bengal held on May 23rd-25th, 2011.

Title of the Paper Presented: The Forgotten Men and their Strike: The Railways Strike of 1974 and the Indian State.

Theme of the Seminar: ‘Memoirs and History-Exploring New Dimensions’

Organizing Institution/and Name of the City/Country: Department of History, University of North Bengal

Duration: May 23rd-25th, 2011.

8. Attended and presented two papers at the 21st European Conference on Modern South Asian Studies organised by European Association for South Asian Studies held in the University of Bonn, Germany from 26th till 29th July, 2010.

Title of the Papers presented:

a. Confronting the ‘Congress System’ in West Bengal: Strategies of Political and Electoral Mobilization of the CPI in the 1950s.

Paper was presented under the Panel: Communism Compared (Panel No. 34 HS 4)

b. Ethnic Minorities, Identity Politics and the Demands for Separate States in the North Bengal region of West Bengal under the Left Front Regime

Paper was presented under the Panel: Bengal Studies (Panel 23, HS 4)

Organizing Institution/ and Name of City/Country: European Association for South Asian Studies held in the Institute of Oriental and Asian Studies, University of Bonn, Germany.

Duration: From 26th till 29th July, 2010.

9. Attended and presented a paper at the Annual Conference of British Association of South Asian Studies (BASAS) held in Berkbeck College, University of London, London, United Kingdom held from 19th to 21st of April, 2006.

Title of the Paper/Subject presented: Ethnic Parties in Multi Party Democracies of South Asia: India and Sri Lanka in a Comparative Perspective

Subject of Conference/Seminar/Symposium/Workshop:

Organizing Institution/ and Name of City/Country: Berkbeck College, University of London, London, United Kingdom

Duration From: 19th April to 21st April, 2006.

10. Attended and Presented a paper at the Conference on “Ethnic Minorities in Asia: Subjects or Citizens” Organised by Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore 25-26 June 2009.

Title of the Paper Presented: Ethnic Minorities, the Politics of Identity and the State in Contemporary Wet Bengal, India

Subject of Conference/Seminar/Symposium/Workshop: Ethnic Minorities in Asia: Subjects or Citizens

Organizing Institution/ and Name of City/Country: Asia Research Institute, Singapore University, Singapore

Duration: From: 25th June to 26th June, 2009.

Papers Accepted for Presentation in International Conferences but failed or declined to attend.

2020. Paper Abstract accepted for presentation: The 11th Asian Conference on the Social Sciences (ACSS2020) to be held in Tokyo, May 24-27, 2020.  (Declined to Attend)

Title of the Abstract: The Ascendance of Hindu Nationalism and the Issue of Community Security of the Muslims in India’s Plural Society under the stream 'Politics, Public Policy, Law & Criminology'.

2020. Paper Abstract accepted for presentation: British Association for South Asian Studies Conference, 2020 to be held in University of Southampton, United Kingdom April 1-April 3, 2020.   (The Annual Conference was cancelled because of COVID 19)

Title of the Abstract: Economic Reforms, Liberalisation of the India Economy and the Demand for Resources by State Governments in Federal India 

2018. Paper Abstract accepted for presentation: 25th IPSA World Congress of Political Science, to be held in Brisbane (Australia), 21-25 July 2018, with the theme Borders and Margins.

Title of the Abstract: Political Leadership and Populism in India: Regional Party Leaders
and Populist Mobilisation in Eastern India in the 21st Century was accepted in the panel: The Institutionalization of Populist Movements.

2018. Paper Abstract accepted for presentation: APISA 2018 Conference in Indonesia

Title of the Abstract: Democracy, Development and the Socially Excluded in Asia’s Largest Democracy, India.

2017. Paper Abstract accepted for presentation: 11^TH Conference of the APISA, at the College of ASEAN Community Studies, Naresuan University, Phitsanulok, Thailand, October, 20-21, 2017

Title of the Abstract: The Marginalized in ‘New’ India: The Indigenous People in the Era of Liberalisation and Globalisation

2017. Paper Abstract accepted for presentation: 23rd IFSSO General Conference, Bali, Indonesia, September, 11-12, 2017

Title of the Abstract: The Marginalized in ‘New’ India: The Indigenous People in the Era of Liberalisation and Globalisation

2016. Paper Abstract accepted for presentation: ICON-IR Conference on Human Security: Safeguarding and Empowering People, 27th October, 2016, Bandung, Indonesia

Title of the Abstract: Securing the Poor in India: State Policies and Economic Security for the Rural Poor in the Age of Globalization

2016. Paper Abstract accepted for presentation: International Political Science Association Congress 24th International Political Science Association World Congress of Political Science in Istanbul, Turkey (IIPSA) 2016.

Title of the Abstract: Liberalisation of the India Economy and the Demand for Resources by State Governments in Federal India.

2012. Paper Abstracts accepted for presentation: International Political Science Association, 2012 Madrid Congress Session

Titles of the Abstract:

a. The Shrinking Welfare State and the Tribal’s: Tribal Distress, Tribal Protest and State Response in Eastern India in the Era of Liberalisation (1991-2011)

Paper was to be presented under the Panel: Towards a New Role of the Welfare State?: Between the Rule Maker and the Rule Taker

b. The Political Use of ‘Language’ in Movements for Separate States by Ethnic Minorities in India
Paper was to be presented under the Panel Chair: Ethno-Linguistic Mobilisation and Vernacular Languages in a Globalised Context.