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Bionote of Samir Kumar DAS

Dr. Samir Kumar DAS is Professor of Political Science at the University of Calcutta,

Kolkata. Previously the Vice-Chancellor of the University of North Bengal, and a Post-

Doctoral Fellow (2005) of the Social Science Research Council (South Asia Program)

based in New York, he is the Coordinator of the University Grants Commission-

Departmental Research Support (UGC-DRS) Programme (Phase II & Phase III)) on

‗Democratic Governance: Comparative Perspectives‘. He served as an Adjunct Professor

of Government at the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown

University (2014), a Visiting Professor of the North East India Studies Programme at

Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi in 2015 and at the Universite 13

Sorbonne Paris Cite in 2016 among many of his assignments. He specializes in and

writes on issues of ethnicity, identity, security, migration, rights and justice and has

contributed over 190 research papers to highly esteemed national and international

journals and edited volumes. Besides, he has been a regular reviewer of some of the top

journals, publishing houses and research bodies including Minority Rights International

(London), EU-India Social Science and Humanities Platform (Ljubljana)) and European

Research Council (Brussels) etc.

Some of his recent publications include Migrations, Identities and Democratic

Practices in India (2018), India: Democracy and Violence (OUP, 2015, edited),

Governing India’s Northeast: Essays on Insurgency, Development and the Culture of

Peace (Springer 2013), ICSSR Surveys and Explorations: Political Science: Volume I:

Indian State (OUP 2013 edited), Conflict and Peace in India’s Northeast: The Role of

Civil Society (East West Center, 2006), Blisters on Their Feet: Tales of Internally

Displaced Persons in India’s North East (Sage 2008 edited), Terror, Terrorism, Histories

and Societies: A Historical and Philosophical Perspective (Women Unlimited 2010 co-

edited) among others.

CV

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SAMIR KUMAR DAS

1. Name : SAMIR KUMAR DAS

2. Email ID : samirdascu@gmail.com

samirdascu@yahoo.co.in

4. Contact Phone Nos. : 9830210265 (M)

5. Present Designation : Professor of Political Science

University of Calcutta

Present Official Address :Department of Political Science

University of Calcutta

Kolkata - 700027

8. Official Telephone No. : 033-24792910

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9. Date of Birth : 3 January 1961

10. Academic Qualifications: M.A., Ph.D.

Memberships and Other Distinctions

Selected as a Post-Doctoral Fellow of Social Science Research Council (New York),

South Asia Programme, 2005

Visiting Faculty, Department of Political Science, Panjab University, Chandigarh in

2008

Visiting Fellow, Department of Political Science, Osmania University, Hyderabad in

2009

Visiting Professor, Tripura University in 2003

Visiting Scholar (2009), Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla

Visiting Fellow, Department of International Relations (under the Centre for

Advanced Study Programme), Jadavpur University (Kolkata) in 2009

Visiting Professor, Centre for Political Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New

Delhi in 2011

Visiting Professor, Centre for Advanced Study, Department of Political science,

University of Pune in 2012

Adjunct Professor of Government, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service,

Georgetown University in 2014

Visiting Professor, Universite Paris 13 Sorbonne Paris Cite in 2016

Member of the Editorial Advisory Board of Social Change and Development, Journal

of ICSSR OKD Institute of Social Change and Development

External Reviewer of the European Research Council (ERC), European Commission,

Brussels in 2015

Member of the Editorial Board of Studies in Society and Polity (SSP) being brought

out by the Brahmaputra Institute of Research and Development (Guwahati)

Nominated as a Member of the Advisory Board of Postcolonial Text, Quarterly

Journal in collaboration with Stanford University since 1 June 2016

Member, Editorial Board, International Review of Political Studies (Ankara), ISSN

No. 2458-8369

Serves as a country expert for the survey on ‗Measuring Elite Power and Interactions

conducted by V-Dem Institute, (Varieties of Democracy Institute, Gothenberg

University, Sweden) and World Bank

Consulted as an Expert in the Electoral Integrity Project of the University of Sydney

and Harvard University in 2016

Accorded Honorary Directorship of Mahanirban Calcutta Research Group in 2019

Member of the Editorial Review Committee, Journal of North East India Studies,

JNU

Former Member, Steering Committee, Centre for Training and Research in Public

Finance and Policy, Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Kolkata

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Consulted in the preparation of the report on ‗The State of the World's Minorities and

Indigenous Peoples‘ by Minority Rights International, London in 2014

Consulted in the preparation of the report on ‗The State of the World's Minorities and

Indigenous Peoples‘ by Minority Rights International, London in 2015

Nominated by the Government of West Bengal as a member of the Governing Body

of the Institute of Development studies, Kolkata

Nominated by the Government of West Bengal as a member of the Governing Body

of the Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta till 2016.

Member of the Faculty Committee of the Centre for Political Studies, Jawaharlal

Nehru University (2013-2015)

Nominated by UGC as a Member of the Advisory Committee of the DRS Programme

on ‗Indian Politics with reference to Social Exclusion‘ of the Department of Studies in

Political Science, University of Mysore till 2016

Member, Board of the School of Social Sciences, North Eastern Hill University

(2010-2012)

Nominated by UGC as a Member of the Advisory Committee of the Centre for

Advanced Study (CAS) Programme of the Department of Political Science, Osmania

University

Member of the Social Science Academic Council, Mizoram University (2009-2014).

Former Expert Member, Curriculum Development Committee, M. Phil. and Ph.D. in

Peace and Conflict Resolution, Sikkim University

Member, Faculty of Social Sciences, Banaras Hindu University (31.10.2009-31-10-

2012)

Nominee of the University Grants Commission to the Advisory Committee of the

Special Assistance Porgramme (SAP) Phase I, Department of Political Science, North

Eastern Hill University, Shillong till 2014

Editor, The Calcutta Journal of Political Studies published by the University of

Calcutta

Served as a Member of the Editorial Board of West Bengal Political Science Review

(2003-2007)

Member of the Advisory Committee of the Centre for Refugee Studies, Jadavpur

University, Calcutta (2002-5)

Member of the Academic Programme Committee of Omeo Kumar Das Institute of

Social Change and Development (Guwahati) of Indian Council Of Social Science

Research (ICSSR) since 2004

14. Professional Experience :

(a) Served Presidency College as a Lecturer in Political Science between 17.8.1983

and 22.1.1985.

(b) Served as a Lecturer in Political Science, University of Calcutta between

22.1.1985 and 17.8.1991.

(c) Served as a Lecturer in Senior Scale between 17.8.1991 and 22.11.1997.

(d) Served as a Reader between 22.11.1997 and 22.11.2005.

(e) Serves as a Professor from 22.11.2005;

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(f) Head of the Department of Political Science, University of Calcutta (22

February 2011-31 March 2012)

(g) Vice-Chancellor, University of North Bengal (2012-14).

(h) Dean, Faculty of Arts, University of Calcutta during 2014-2017.

(i) Adjunct Professor, Edmund A Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown

University (2014)

(j) Visiting Professor, North East India Studies Programme (NEISP), Jawaharlal

Nehru University (JNU) in 2015

(k) Professeuer Invite (Visiting Professor), Universite Paris 13 (University of Paris

13) under Universite Sorbonne-Paris Cite (USPC), Winter & Spring Semesters

2016 (from 12 February to 11 July 2016)

(l) Head of the Department (from 2017-19)

18. List of Publications : Vide, Separate List.

19. Reference : On Demand

(SAMIR KUMAR DAS)

A SELECT LIST OF PUBLICATIONS OF

SAMIR KUMAR DAS (2014-2019)

A. Books (authored, edited & coedited)

1. Migrations, Identities and Democratic Practices in India (Milton Park/New

Delhi: Routledge, 2018), authored. ISBN 978-1-138-59740-2 (hbk), ISBN 978-1-

351-17526-5 (ebk).

2. India: Democracy and Violence (New Delhi: Oxford University Press 2015),

edited. ISBN 13-978-19-945183-8, ISBN 10:0-19-945183-4

B. Research papers in journals and edited volumes etc.

1. ‗Fast Forward or Living in a Permanent State of Nature?‘ in Bhagat Oinam &

Dhiren Sadokpam (eds.), Northeast India: A Reader (Abingdon, Oxford:

Routledge, 2018). Chapter 14. ISBN9781138716575.

2. 'A Requiem for Social Science in India's Northeast' in Eastern Quarterly, 11 (III

& IV), Autumn and Winter 2015, pp. 178-184, ISSN 0975-4962.

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3. 'Singur: The Exemplar of Peasant Resistance' in S. Irudaya Rajan (ed.), India

Migration Report 2017 (Milton Park/New Delhi: Routledge 2018), pp.29-45.

ISBN 978-1-138-54260-0 (hbk), ISBN 978-1-351-18875-3 (ebk).

4. 'The Alternative to Democracy is Democracy', SEF Insight, 2/2018 (Bonn:

Development and Peace Foundation 2018).

5. 'Foreword' to the book entitled In Diasporic Lands: Tibetan Refugees and Their

Transformation Since the Exodus (Hyderabad: Orient Blackswan. 2018).

ISBN978-93-52870-85-1.

6. 'Rejected' in the Mainland: Labour Migration, Democracy and Development in

the Andaman Islands' in Man and Society – A Journal of North-East Studies,

Volume XIV winter 2017, Pp. 7-17. ISSN 2229-4058.

7. 'Global or Universal? Some Reflections on the State of Higher Education in

Contemporary India' in Aitihya: The Heritage, VIII (2), 2017, pp.38-48. ISSN

2229-5399. UGC approved Research Journal No. 47234.

8. 'In Search of the Nomadic: Methodological Explorations' in Panjab University

Research Journal (Arts), Volume XLIV No 2 July-December 2017, Pp. 77-94.

ISSN 0970-5260

9. 'Prisoners of Peace' in Alternatives Global, Local, Political,

journals.sagepub.com/home/alt, 2017.

10. Edited The Calcutta Journal of Political Studies, Volume 1, New Series, Thematic

Issue on 'Powerscapes in Postcolonial Contexts', 2017.

11. 'Sovereign Power and Constitutional Rule: Reflections on State-People Conflict in

Contemporary India' in Journal of Political Science, Department of Political

Science, Gauhati University, Volume IX, January 2017, pp.1-10. ISSN 2249-

2170.

12. 'Exploring the Boundaries of Effectiveness of Decentralisation in Governance' in

A. V. Satish Chandra (ed.), From Centralised Government to Decentralised

Governance (New Delhi: Viva Books, 2017), pp.40-53. ISBN:976-93-86243-79-

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13. 'Conceptualising the Context' in Bidhan K. Das & Rajat K. Das ed., Rethinking

Tribe in Indian Context: Realities, Issues and Challenges (Jaipur: Rawat, 2017),

ISSN 9788131608173

14. 'Looking Deep into the East: Reflections on Malaysia-India Multifaceted

Relationship' in Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Diplomatist, ISSN 2349

557X, volume 4, number 9, September 2016, pp. India-Malaysia XI-XIII.

15. 'Being Face to Face with Reality: Evolving Research Strategies for India's

Northeast' in the Journal of Kolkata Society for Asian Studies, volume 2, numbers

1 & 2, June-December, 2016, ISSN 2454-5694, pp. 39-48.

16. 'India's Northeast and its Neighbourhood' in World Focus, 440, August 2016, pp.

22-29. ISSN2230-8458.

17. ‗A Gaze without a Gaze: State, Development and the Internally Displaced Persons

in Contemporary India‘ in Florence Padovani (ed.), Development-Induced

Displacement in India and China: A Comparative Look at the Burdens of Growth,

Foreword by Michael Cernea (Philadelphia: Rowman & Littlefield, Lexington

Books, 2016). ISBN: 978-1-4985-2903-7 Hardback; 978-1-4985-2904-4 e-book,

pp.19-45.

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18. 'Confronting Social Reality: Exploring Appropriate Research Strategies for India's

North-East' in L. S. Gassah & C. Joshua Thomas (eds.), Constraints and

Challenges to Social Science Research in North-East India (New Delhi: Regency,

2017), Pp. 3-14. ISBN 978-93-5222-012-0.

19. 'India and the Threshold Ethics of R2P' in World Focus, 439, XXXVII (07), July

2016, pp. 10-15. ISSN 2230-8458.

20. ‗India‘s Northeast and the Cultural Historiography of Difference‘, NEISP

Occasional Paper Series (New Delhi: North East India Studies Programme,

Jawaharlal Nehru University, 2016).

21. ‗Bengal‘s Beleaguered Borders : Is There a Fix for the Subcontinent‘s

Transboundary Problems?‘ (coauthored with Robert G Wirsing), The Asia Papers

1, Center for International and Regional Studies, Georgetown University School

of Foreign Service. 2016. ISSN 2414-696X.

22. 'Where are the 'People'? A Study of Peace Processes in India's Northeast' in

Journal of the National Human Rights Commission, India, Vol. 14, 2015, pp. 247-

266, ISSN :0973-7596

23. 'Vers une théorie indienne de la reconnaissance' (in Arabic and French) [Towards

an Indian Theory of Recognition], trans. by Djamel Khellef in NAQD, Number

32, Octobre-Novembre, 2015, in Arabic Pp. 20-35, in French 1- 18.

24. 'India in Asia : Perspectives from India's Northeast' in World Focus, Special Issue

on 'Is the Change for Real? India's Foreign Policy', 431, November 2015, pp. 13-

17, ISSN 2230-8458.

25. 'Revisiting the Power-Shift to Asia' in Arpita Basu Ray, Anita Sen Gupta,

Suchandana Chatterjee & Priya Singh (eds.), Asia in Transition (New Delhi:

Knowledge World, 2015), pp. 1-11. ISBN 978-93-83649-72-3.

26. 'The Stateless Chakmas in Arunachal Pradesh' in Paula Banerjee, Anasua Basu

Ray Chaudhury & Atig Ghosh (eds.), The State of being Stateless: An Account of

South Asia. Hyderabad: Orient Blackswan 2015. Pp. 127-180, (with Anasua Basu

Ray Chaudhury). ISBN 978-81-250-5968-4.

27. 'Living the 'Absence': The Rajbanshis of North Bengal', TISS Working Paper No.

5, Mumbai: Research and Development and Centre for Social Theory, Tata

Institute of Social Sciences, March 2015, ISSN 2320-1894, 2015. pp. 1-16.

28. 'Peacemaking and the 'Unofficial' Peace Process in India's East and the Northeast'

in Jadavpur Journal of International Relations (Sage), 18 (2), 2014, pp.1-17,

ISSN

29. 'Between the National and the Global: Intermediate Institutions and the Political

Economy of Borders in India's North-East' in Sreeradha Datta & Sayantani Sen

Mazundar (eds.), Political Economy of India's North-East Border (New Delhi:

Pentagon Press, 2015), pp. 1-11. ISBN978-81-8274-822-4.

30. 'Ethnic Subject or the Subject of Security?' in Ranabir Samaddar (ed.),

Government of Peace: Social Governance, Security and the Problematic of

Peace, Farnham: Ashgate 2015, pp. 107-129, ISBN 978142434913 (hbk), ISBN

9781472434920 (ebk – PDF), ISBN9781472434937 (ebk – ePUB).

31. 'Democracy and Popular Sovereignty: Developing the Missing Link' in L. S.

Gassah & C. J. Thomas eds., Democracy and Development in India's North-East:

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Challenges and Opportunities (Delhi: Bookwell 2015) Pp. ISBN: 978-93-80574-

74-5.

32. 'Why do Communities exist in the 'Age of Civil Society': A Study of the Language

Movements in Assam' in Journal of Political Science, Gauhati University, VIII

2014, pp.1-15, ISSN 2249-4170.

33. 'Act East to Connect People: India's 'Look East' and the Northeast' in World

Focus, 420, December 2014, pp.25-29.

34. 'Border Economy and the Production of Collective Subjects in India's East and the

North East' in India Quarterly: A Journal of International Affairs (New Delhi:

Sage), 70 (4), November 2014, Pp. 299-311.

35. 'Whither Regionalism in India's Northeast' in India Review (Philadelphia: Taylor

& Francis), 13 (4), October 2014, pp. 399-416.ISSN 1473-6489 print/1557-3036

online

36. 'Developmental Governance and Biopolitics in India's Northeast' in Jagadish K.

Patnaik, Jankhongam Doungel & Ayangbam Shyamkishor (eds.), Socio-Economic

Development and Governance in North Eastern Region of India (Aizawl:

Langchawn Press 2014), pp. 8-17. ISBN978-81-929431-2-1.

37. 'Looking East and Connecting People' in Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary

Diplomatist, 2(9), September 2014, pp. 48-49, ISSN 2349667X.

38. 'Governing Cultural Diversity and the Question of Well-Being in India' (mimeo.,

Lausanne:UniversityofLausanne2014)inhttp://www.unil.ch/international/files/live/

sites/international/files/IndoSwiss/2014_Seminar/Presentations/Samir_Kumar_Da

s.pdf

39. 'Developmental State and Its Sovereign Gaze' in Bhupen Sarmah & Joydeep

Baruah (eds.), Neoliberal State and Its Challenges (Delhi: Aakar Books 2014), pp.

43-60. ISBN 978-93-5002-301-3.

40. 'Natural Rights of the Indigenous People in Federal India' in Ajay Mehra (ed.),

Public Security in Federal Systems (New Delhi: Lancer 2014), pp. 219-236.

ISBN-13:978-81-7062—302-1. ISBN 10:81-7062-302-2.

41. 'Changing Perspectives on Peace Studies in South Asia‘ in Priyankar Upadhyaya

& S. Schmiem Kumar (eds.), Peace and Conflict: The South Asian Experience,

(New Delhi: Cambridge University Press, 2014), Chapter 2. ISBN:

9789382993551. pp. 34-54.

42. ‗India in the ‗Western‘ Century‘ in World Focus, 413, May 2014.

C. Published Project Reports, Rejoinders, Research Notes, Occasional Papers,

Mimeographs, Textbook Contributions etc.:

1. ‗Report on regimes of global governance, Europe and India: Learning from

Governance Initiatives for Conflict Resolution: Local Agency, Inclusive Dialogue

and Developmentality‘,

coauthored with Janel B. Galvanek posted in

http://www.projectcore.eu/index.php?option=com_docman&task=cat_view&gid=

95&Itemid=199 and http://www.berghof-foundation.org/images/uploads/20140106JGalvanek_CORE.pdf

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2. ‗Federal Polity and Indigenous Peoples‘ Rights in India‘, Papers on Democratic

Governance, UGC-DRS (Phase II) Programme. Kolkata: Department of Political

Science, University of Calcutta.

3. ‗Immigration and the Quest for New Citizenship‘, CAS Public Lecture series No.

1 (Pune: centre for Advanced Study, Department of Politics and Public

Administration, University of Pune, 2012), pp. 1-24.

4. Peace through Governance or Governing Peace: A Case Study of the United

Liberation Front of Assam, Policies and Practices 50, (Kolkata: Calcutta Research

Group, 2012).

5. Ways of Power, Minorities, and Knowledge on Minorities: An Assessment of

Research Policies and Practices, Policies and Practices 23, (Kolkata: Calcutta

Research Group, 2009), coauthored.

6. The Draft National Rehabilitation Policy: A Critique, Policies and Practices 16

(Kolkata: Calcutta Research Group, 2007), coauthored.

7. ‗Governing the Minorities?‘ in Samir Kumar Das, Paula Banerjee & Sabyasachi

Basu Ray Chaudhury, Towards a New Consideration: Justice for the Minorities,

Policies and Practices 14: Report on Social Justice II (Kolkata: Mahanirban

Calcutta Research Group, 2007).

8. ‗The Cold War Era‘ in Contemporary World Politics, Textbook in Political

Science for Class XII (New Delhi: NCERT, 2007)

9. Dialogues on Justice: A Report by Calcutta Research Group (Kolkata: Calcutta

Research Group, 2007), co-edited.

10. Peace Accords as the Basis of Autonomy, Policies and Practices 3 (Kolkata:

Calcutta Research Group, January 2005).

11. Fourth Civil Society Dialogue on Conflict, Autonomy and Peace: A Report

(Kolkata: Calcutta Research Group, 2005) [with Dolly Kikon].

12. ‗Violating Rights or Righting Violations? Notes on a Critique of Democratic

Governance in Contemporary India‘, Papers on democratic Governance 1, UGC-

DRS (Phase I) Programme, Department of Political Science, University of

Calcutta, Kolkata, 2005, pp. 5-24.

13. Edited Three Case Studies: Media Coverage on Forced Displacement in

Contemporary India (Kolkata: Calcutta Research Group, 2004)

14. Edited (with Deepti Mahajan) Report on the Creative Writers’ Workshop on

Forced Displacement of Population (Kolkata: Calcutta Research Group, 2004).

15. ‗The Indian Scenario on Internal displacement‘ in People on the Move: How

Governments Manage Moving Populations, Policies and Practices 1 (Kolkata:

Calcutta Research Group, October 2004)

16. Civil Society Dialogue on Human Rights and Peace in the Northeast, CRG Paper

Series 1 (Kolkata: Calcutta Research Group, 2001) [co-edited with Paula

Banerjee]

17. ‗Research Notes: State and Ethnicity: A Study of the Assam Movement‘ in The

West Bengal Political Science Review, Inaugural Number, 1998.

18. ‗Constructing the North-East as a Field: Some Observations‘, Occasional Paper

No. 1, DSA Phase-II (Calcutta: Univ. of Calcutta, 1996).

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19. ‗State, Ethnicity and the Assam Movement: A Minimalist Framework‘,

Occasional Paper No. 1, (Calcutta: DSA Programme, Dept. of Political Science,

University of Calcutta, 1992).

20. ‗The Tragedy of a ‗Tragedy‘: Political Theory at the Crossroads‘, The Calcutta

Journal of Political Studies, IX (1&2), 1990.

21. Rejoinder to the forum entitled Political Science: A Teacher’s Predicament,

Socialist Perspective, 14(3), December 1986, pp. 123-8.

D. Select List of State-Level/National/International Seminars/Conferences etc.

attended between 2014 and 2019 (till date)

2014

1. Presented a paper on ‗Thoughts Reached by Walking‘: Ethics of Research on Forced

Migration‘ to the seminar on ‗Frontiers of Political Theory‘ organized by the Centre

for Political Studies, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal University on 9-10

January.

2. Chaired the session on ‗Globalization, Nation-State and Democracy‘ of the seminar

on ‗Frontiers of Political Theory‘ organized by the Centre for Political Studies,

School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal University on 9-10 January.

3. *Presented a paper on ‗India in a ‗Western‘ Century‘ to the international seminar on

‗Asia Perspectives 2014‘ organized by Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian

Studies on 15-16 January.

4. Presented a paper on ‗Constituting the Absence: The Rajbanshis of North Bengal‘ to

the seminar on ‗Caste in India: Presence and Erasure‘ organized by Tata Institute of

Social Sciences, Mumbai in collaboration with Indian Council of Philosophical

Research (ICPR) in Mumbai on 20-21 January 2014.

5. Delivered the Foundation Day Lecture on ‗Global or Universal? Some Reflections on

the Present State of Higher Education in Contemporary India‘ on 27 January at

Gauhati University.

6. Delivered the keynote address on ‗Conceptualizing the Context: ‗Tribes‘ of North

Bengal‘ to the seminar on ‗Conceptualizing and Contextualizing Tribes in India‘

organized by the Institute of Development Studies Kolkata (IDSK) on 6 February.

7. Delivered the lecture on ‗Dreaming Political Critique in the Present Era‘ to

Vidyasagar University under UGC Merged Scheme on 18 February.

8. Delivered the keynote address on ‗Moments of Exclusion‘ to the national seminar on

‗Politics of Exclusion: The Indian Scenario‘ organized by the Department of Political

Science with rural Administration, Vidyasagar University on 19-20 February.

9. Chaired the first technical session of the national seminar on ‗Politics of Exclusion:

The Indian Scenario‘ organized by the Department of Political Science with Rural

Administration, Vidyasagar University on 19 February.

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10. *Delivered the keynote address to the international conference on 'Strengthening

Community Engagements in Higher Education' organized by the Department of

Lifelong Learning and Extension (DLLE), University of North Bengal, Participatory

Research in Asia (New Delhi) and British Council on 3 March.

11. *Chaired Plenary Session II of the international conference on 'Strengthening

Community Engagements in Higher Education' organized by the Department of

Lifelong Learning and Extension (DLLE), University of North Bengal, Participatory

Research in Asia (New Delhi) and British Council on 3 March.

12. Delivered the Graduation Speech to the Graduation Ceremony of the Salesian College

Siliguri Campus (SCSC) 2011-2014 on 6 March 2014.

13. Delivered the Inaugural Address to the Seminar on 'Northeastern India Through

Disciplinary Windows' organized by the Kolkata Society for Asian Studies in Kolkata

on 8 March.

14. Delivered the keynote address to the national seminar on 'Socio-Economic

Development and Governance in North East of India' organized by the Department of

Political Science, Mizoram University on 11-12 March.

15. Delivered the keynote address to the national symposium on 'Social Science Research

in Northeastern India: Practices, Problems and Prospects' organized by the

Department of Political Science, North Eastern Hill University on 21-22 March.

16. Delivered the keynote address on 'Towards an Indian Theory of Recognition' to the

national seminar on 'Identity and Recognition: Postcolonial Indian Perspectives'

organized by Netaji Subhas Open University on 25 March.

17. Delivered the Ambedkar Memorial Lecture on 'Politics of Body: Rajbanshis of North

Bengal' organized by the Department of Anthropology, University of Calcutta on 26

March.

18. Addressed an Interactive Session on 'My Current Research Works' to the students of

Political Science, Gauhati University on 4 April.

19. *Presented a paper on 'Peace as Power or Power of Peace: Preface to a Possible 'Anti-

Science' of Peace' to the International Seminar on 'Peace Science, Peace Economics

and Conflict Management: South Asia' organized by Presidency University on 4 July.

20. Served as a commentator on Amit Prakash's research proposal on 'The Capital City:

Discursive Dissonance: in Law and Policy' in the First Researchers' Workshop on

'Cities, Rural Migrants and the urban Poor – Issues of Violence and Social Justice'

organized by Mahanirban Calcutta Research Group in collaboration with Ford

Foundation, New Delhi on 1-2 August.

21. Presented a research proposal on 'A Transit Town: Siliguri in the Global Era' to the

First Researchers' Workshop on 'Cities, Rural Migrants and the urban Poor – Issues of

Violence and Social Justice' organized by Mahanirban Calcutta Research Group in

collaboration with Ford Foundation, New Delhi on 1-2 August.

22. Presented a paper on 'Integrating on What Terms? Some Comments on Integrating the

History of the Northeast into Indian History Syllabus' to the Two-Day Colloquium for

Historians to Develop Course Curriculum and Teaching Tools of North-East India'

organized the Centre for North East Studies and Policy Research, Jamia Milia Islamia

and National Book Trust, India and Indian Council for Social Science Research,

North Eastern Regional Centre in Shillong on 27-28 August.

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23. Delivered a lecture on 'Peacemaking and the 'Unofficial' Peace Process in India' to

Sikkim University, Gangtok on 6 September.

24. *Presented a paper on 'Well-Being and Governing Cultural Diversity in India' to the

Indo-Swiss joint seminar on 'Social Dynamics and Well-Being: Indian and Swiss

Approaches' organized by Indian Council of Social Science Research, University of

Lausanne (UNIL) and Swissnex in Bengaluru on 9-10 September.

25. Delivered a lecture on 'Rights and the Emergence of Political Subjects in India's

Northeast' to the North East India Studies Programme, School of Social Sciences,

Jawaharlal Nehru University at New Delhi on 28 October.

26. Presented a paper on 'Manifestos and the Making of Political Subjects in India: A

Study of the 2014 Lok Sabha Elections' to the national seminar on 'Election 2014: A

Paradigm Shift in Indian Politics' organized by the Centre for Public Affairs at India

International Centre, New Delhi on 28-30 October.

27. *Chaired the Valedictory Session of the international conference on 'Gender,

Empowerment and Conflict in South Asia' organized by Mahanirban Calcutta

Research Group and Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) in Kolkata on 8

November.

28. Presented a paper on 'Between Two Peace(s): Developing a Theory of Hybrid Peace

for South Asia' to the National Seminar on 'Politics in South Asia: Problems of Peace,

Security and Development' organized by Netaji Institute of Asian Studies, Kolkata on

13-14 November.

29. Presented a paper on 'Development and the Post-Politics of Death and Disappearance'

to the third plenary session of the national seminar on 'Re-Imagining Human-Nature

Relationship: Focusing on North Bengal' organized by Salesian College, Siliguri and

sponsored by Indian council of Social science Research, New Delhi on 21-22

November.

30. Delivered a special lecture on 'The Development and Connectivity among the

Community People of North-East India and Their Relation with Neighbouring

Countries' at the National Seminar on 'Aspects of Community Development in the

North-East Indian States' organized by Kolkata Society for Asian Studies in

collaboration with Anthropological Survey of India, Centre for Studies in

International Relations and Development & Gurusaday Museum, Kolkata on 10-11

December.

31. *Offered Introductory Remarks to the Inaugural Session of the Workshop on 'West

Bengal-Bangladesh Border: Humanitarian Issues' organized by Mahanirban Calcutta

Research Group and International Committee of Red Cross (ICRC), New Delhi on 17

December.

2015

32. *Delivered a special lecture on 'On Becoming Different: Towards a New Cultural

Historiography for India's Northeast' to the international seminar on 'North East India

in the Cultural Imaginations: History, Land and People' organized by Maulana Abul

Kalam Azad Institute for Asian Studies, Kolkata on 7-8 January.

33. Delivered a lecture on 'Reviewing the Theories of Biopower' to National Law

University, Odisha on 12 January.

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34. Delivered a paper to the research seminar on 'Is India's Northeast a 'Different'

Cultural Category?' organized by the School of Humanities and Social Sciences,

Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar on 15 January.

35. Delivered two lectures on 'Ethnographer and Her Ethnography' to the School of

Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar on 15

and 16 January.

36. Delivered the Chief Guest's Address on 'Sankaradeva's Contribution to Bengali

Language and Literature' to the 84th

Session of Srimanta Sankaradeva Sangha in

Dhakuakhona (Assam) on 6 February.

37. *Chaired the panel on 'Role of Federal Parties and Governments in National Foreign

Policy-Making' in the international seminar on 'State-Building in India' organized by

the University of Calcutta and the University of Edinburgh in Kolkata on 19-20

February.

38. Participated in the daylong roundtable discussion on 'From Centralized Government

to Decentralized Governance: Is this what India requires for better and more equitous

development?' organized by Nizam College in collaboration with Tata Projects in

Hyderabad on 21 February.

39. Delivered the keynote address entitled 'Looking through the window: The Limits of

Social Research' to the Research Week Programme for the Doctoral Students

organized by Rabindra Bharati University on 9 March.

40. *Served as a discussant of the papers on 'Experiences of Democratic Development:

Indian Challenges and Scandinavian Histories' by Fredrik Engelstad and John Harriss

and 'Universal Welfare' by Hilde Sandvik in the International Workshop combined

with Ph.D. Course on 'Challenges of Social Development: Politics and Social Welfare

Policies in Comparative Perspective' organized by the Centre for the Study of Law

and Governance, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), department of Political

Science, Sociology and Human Geography, University of Oslo (co-financed by

UTFORSK, Noway) on 10 March.

41. *Chaired the session on 'Welfare Politics, Citizenship and Social Rights: The Politics

of Institutions' in the International Workshop combined with Ph. D. Course on

'Challenges of Social Development: Politics and Social Welfare Policies in

Comparative Perspective' organized by the Centre for the Study of Law and

Governance, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), department of Political Science,

Sociology and Human Geography, University of Oslo (co-financed by UTFORSK,

Noway) on 12 March.

42. *Delivered a lecture on 'Developmental Democracy and the Changing nature of

Mediating Institutions in India' in the International Workshop combined with Ph. D.

Course on 'Challenges of Social Development: Politics and Social Welfare Policies in

Comparative Perspective' organized by the Centre for the Study of Law and

Governance, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), department of Political Science,

Sociology and Human Geography, University of Oslo (co-financed by UTFORSK,

Norway) on 12 March.

43. *Served as a Panelist (speaking on 'Role of Civil Society Organisations in the

Development of the Northeast') in the Roundtable on 'Capacity Building and Training

Programmes' in the Regional Consultations on Development Cooperation organised

by Institute of Foreign Policy Studies (University of Calcutta), Ministry of External

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Affairs, Government of India, Forum for Indian Development Cooperation (FIDC)

and Research for Information System for Developing Countries (RIS) at Taj Bengal,

Kolkata on 23 March.

44. Presented a paper on 'The Hermeneutics of Sovereignty: Insurgencies and Their

Inheritances in Assam, Cooch Behar and Manipur' to the Seminar on 'Regional

Autonomy, New Politics and Statehood with Special Focus on Telangana' organised

by Osmania University in Hyderabad on 26 March.

45. Served as a Panelist in the 'Policy Interface on Federalism and Democracy in India' in

the Tri-University Seminar on 'Federalism and Democracy: Some Recent Trends'

organised by the Department of Political Science, University of Calcutta, Department

of Political Science, Presidency University and Department of International

Relations, Jadavpur University at A. J. C. Bose Auditorium, Presidency University on

27 March.

46. Presented the 'Plan of Work' entitled 'Which Road to the Emergence as an Asian

Power? An Agenda of International Relations for India' to the Workshop on the

ICSSR Project on 'Reworking the 'Knowledge Structures' in International Relations:

Some Indian Contributions' organized by the Institute for Research on India and

International Relations on 24 April at India International Centre, New Delhi.

47. Delivered the Valedictory Address to the National Seminar on 'State Politics in India:

Emerging Issues and Challenges' organized by St. Joseph's College, Darjeeling in

collaboration with School of Humanities and Social Science, Indian Institute of

Technology, Guwahati in Darjeeling on 30 April.

48. *Delivered the keynote address to the international seminar on 'Engendering

Democracy in South Asia: Issues and Challenges' organized by the Department of

Political Science, Sikkim University on 22-23 May at Gangtok.

49. Delivered the 115th Foundation Day lecture on 'Pursuit of Excellence in Higher

Education' to Cotton College, Guwahati on 27 May.

50. Delivered two lectures on 'Asian Studies Research in North East India' to Maulana

Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies, Kolkata on 19 June.

51. Moderated the Book Discussion session on Rendezvous with the Rebels (New Delhi:

Harper Collins: 2014) by Rajib Bhattacharyya organized by the North East India

Studies Programme, Jawaharlal Nehru University on 5 August.

52. Served as a Panelist in the Workshop on ‗Of Inner Lines and Permits – How to

Protect the Indigenous‘ organized by the Centre for North East Studies and Policy

Research, Jamia Milia Islamia, New Delhi on 12 September.

53. Moderated the Dialogue Programme on ‗Naga Peace Process: Past and Present‘

organized by North East India Studies Programme, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New

Delhi on 13 August.

54. Presented a paper on ‗The Moving City: Reflections of the New Urban Landscape‘ to

a seminar organized by the Centre for Studies in Regional Development (CSRD),

Jawaharlal Nehru University on 11 September.

55. Presented a paper on ‗ ‗New Nomads‘ and Democracy‘s Unusual Sites‘ to the Centre

for Studies in Law and Governance, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi on 18

September.

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56. Presented a paper on ‗The Dangerous Journey to Citizenship‘ to the Centre for the

Study of Discrimination and Exclusion, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi on

23 September.

57. Served as a panelist in the colloquium for Historians from North East India organized

the Centre for North East Studies and Policy Research, Jamia Milia Islamia on 28

September in New Delhi.

58. Served as a panelist in the panel discussion on ‗Politics of Water Resources in India‘s

Northeast‘ with Satu Limaye, the Director of East-West Center, Washington D.C.

organized by Centre for North East Studies and Policy Research, Jamia Milia Islamia

on 7 October.

59. Served as a discussant in the Discussion Session on the book entitled Landscapes of

Fear: Understanding Impunity in India (New Delhi: Zubaan, 2012) organized by

North East India Studies Programme, Jawaharlal Nehru University on 12 October.

60. Served as a panelist in the Panel Discussion on ‗Media and Minorities: Theory and

Practice‘ in the National Seminar on ‗Media and Minorities: Text, Context and

Discourse‘ organized by the Centre for Culture, Media and Governance, Jamia Milia

Islamia on 13 October.

61. Delivered the Fourth Anniversary Lecture on ‗Ethnic Rights/Aspirations and Federal

Polity: Problems and Prospects in Manipur‘ organized by People‘s Campaign for

Resurgent Manipur at the Centre for the Study of Philosophy, Jawaharlal Nehru

University, New Delhi on 18 October.

62. *Presented a paper on 'India and the Dilemmas of R2P' to the workshop on 'Russia,

India and the responsibility to Protect' organized by the School of Social Sciences,

Arthur Lewis Building, University of Manchester in Manchester, UK on 6 November.

63. Delivered a special lecture on 'India's Northeast and the Cultural Historiography of

'Difference' ' to the national seminar on 'Understanding India's North East: 'Exception'

and Beyond' organized by North East India Studies Programme, School of Social

Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi on 16-18 November.

64. Chaired Session 8 of the national seminar on 'Labour (Un)Divided: Categories and

Collectivities' organized by the School of Women's Studies, Jadavpur University on

20 November.

65. *Chaired the First Session in the two-day international seminar on 'Instruments of

Intervention: Capitalist Development and the Remolding of the Indian State'

organized by Institute of Development Studies, Kolkata on 10-11 December 2015.

2016

66. Chaired the first business session of the seminar on 'Governance in India: Problems

and Prospects' organized by Manicktala Social Action Research Club (MSARC) in

collaboration with the Department of Political Science, University of Calcutta on 8

January.

67. *Delivered a lecture on ‗Women and the Emergence of the Postcolonial Public‘ at

Sciences Po^, Paris on 23 February from 17 to 19 hrs.

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68. * Delivered a lecture on ‗Critical Migration Studies: Perspectives from South Asia‘ to

a seminar class with doctoral students of Prof. Chantal Zabus at Universite Paris 13

on 2 March from 15 to 17 hrs.

69. * Delivered a lecture on ‗Partition (1947): The Founding Moment‘ to a seminar class

with doctoral students of Prof. Chantal Zabus at Universite Paris 13 on 9 March from

15 to 17 hrs.

70. *Delivered a lecture on ‗Displaced Lives: Reading Khushwant Singh‘s Train to

Pakistan‘ to a seminar class with doctoral students of Prof. Chantal Zabus at

Universite Paris 13 on 16 March from 15 to 17 hrs.

71. *Delivered a lecture on ‗Women and the Political Economy of India‘s New Urban

Landscape‘ to the doctoral students at a Seminar Class of Prof. Helene Perivier at

Sciences Po^, Paris on 21 March from 11 to 12 hrs.

72. *Delivered a lecture on ‗Postcolonialism in the Hinterlands (with reference to

Khushwant Singh‘s Train to Pakistan)‘ to a seminar class for doctoral students of

Prof. Chantal Zabus on 23 March from 15 to 17 hrs.

73. * Delivered a lecture on ‗Fin-de-siecle Sexualities: Transsexuals and the Postcolonial

Critique in India‘ to a seminar class with the undergraduate students at Prof. Chantal

Zabus‘s class at Universite Paris 13 on 6 April from 10.45 to 11.45 hrs.

74. * Delivered a lecture on ‗Law and the ‗Impossible‘ Body: The Transgenders in India‘

to the doctoral students at a seminar class of Prof. Marie Mercat-Bruns at Sciences

Po^ on 20 April from 13.30 to 14.30 hrs.

75. * Delivered a joint seminar with Prof. Chantal Zabus on ‗Transgender in Africa and

India: Towards New Genderlects‘ to the Language Laboratory (LDI) at the University

of Paris 13 on 12 May from 14 to 16 hours.

76. *Chaired and served as a discussant of session ii on ‗Identities in Conflict and

Security‘ in the International Graduate Conference on South Asia on the theme of

‗Politics in South Asia: International and Domestic Dimensions‘ organized by Ecole

Doctorale, Centre de Recherches Internationale, Sciences Po under Network of

Researchers in International Affairs (NORIA) on 9-10 June 2016.

[^Sciences-Po or Paris School of Political Studies is ranked fourth in the world for

Politics and International Studies in 2016 and first in continental Europe by QS World

University Rankings in 2015]

77. Delivered a lecture on 'Ethnographer and her Ethnography of Ethnic and Community

Studies' to the Workshop on Research Methods in Social Science and International

Relations organized jointly by Jadavpur Association for International Relations and

School of International Relations and Strategic Studies, Jadavpur University on 17

August from 10.30 AM to 1.30 PM.

78. Delivered a special lecture on 'Autonomy in Postcolonial Democracy' to the

Department of Political Science, Assam University, Silchar on 7 September.

79. *Delivered the keynote address on 'Nomadism of Our Time: Ethnicity, Identity and

Politics' to the two-day international conference on '(Re)envisaging India's Northeast:

Ethnicity, Identity, Culture and Literature' organized by the Department of English,

Assam University, Silchar on 8 September.

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80. Served as a Panelist in the Panel Discussion on 'Do First World Nations have a Moral

Obligation to Accept Refugees?' organized by Jadavpur University Scholastic

Conclave on 23 September.

81. Delivered the keynote address to the National Seminar on 'Migration of Indian

Labourers and Their Socio-Economic Status: A Case Study of Andaman Islands'

organized by JNR Mahavidyalaya in Port Blair on 28 September.

82. *Delivered the keynote address to the session on 'Social Justice, Power and Identity'

in the EqUIP symposium on 'Power Structures, Conflict Resolution and Social

Justice' held on 13-14 October in Sohna, Haryana, India.

83. *Served as a Panelist in the Closed Discussion on 'Inequalities, Growth, Place/Space'

and 'Power Structures, Conflict Resolution and Social Justice' in the EqUIP Final

Symposium Event in Hotel Bled, Bled, Slovenia held on 28-29 October.

84. *Delivered the keynote address to the international seminar on 'Reconciliation,

Conflict Transformation and Peace Initiatives: Contemporary Challenges in South

Asia' organized by Department of Philosophy, Lady Keane College, Shillong in

collaboration with the Indian Council of Social Science Research, New Delhi and

Indian Council Cultural Relations, New Delhi on 28-29 November.

85. Delivered a special lecture on 'Experiencing Social Research in India's Northeast' to

the Young Scholars' Meet organized by the OKD Institute for Social Change and

Development, Guwahati on 15-16 December.

2017

86. Delivered 3 lectures on 'Border Studies', 'Biopolitics' and 'Ethnography as a Method

of Research' at the Department of Political Science, Gauhati University on 23, 24 and

25 January.

87. Delivered a public lecture on 'Irom Sharmila and the Moral Dilemmas of Peace in

India's Northeast' at Gauhati University on 24 January.

88. Delivered the keynote address on 'Negotiating Border Effects in the Age of

Globalization' to the National Conference on 'On Borders and Borderlands:

Negotiating the 'Margins' under Globalization' organized by Institute of Development

Studies Kolkata on 7-8 February.

89. Served as a panelist in the national roundtable conference on 'The Fading of

Development in the Face of Rising of Politics of Identities' organized by Osmania

University under the University with Potential for Excellence Programme on 10

February in Hyderabad.

90. Served as a panelist in the national roundtable conference on 'Subversion and

Complicity of Feminism in Governmentality' organized by Osmania University under

the University with Potential for Excellence Programme on 11 February in

Hyderabad.

91. Presented a paper on 'Developing Hypothesis and Research Questions in Public

Policy Research' to the National Workshop on 'Research Methodology in Public

Policy and Law' organized by the Centre for Regulatory Studies, Governance and

Public Policy, West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences on 17 February.

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92. Presented a paper on 'Minorities, Militancy and Insurgency in India's Northeast:

Emerging Areas' to the Workshop on 'Emerging Issues in North-East Studies'

organized by The Asiatic Society on 18 February.

93. Delivered three lectures (06 hours) on 'Main Theories and Concepts in Migration

Studies' to the Orientation Workshop on Migration organized by Tata Institute of

Social Sciences (TISS), Patna on 20 February.

94. Met the participants in the Dinner Discussion in the Orientation Workshop on

Migration organized by Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Patna on 20

February.

95. Delivered the keynote address to the national seminar on 'North East India since

1947: Society, Polity and Economy' organized by the Department of History, Sikkim

University and OKD Institute of Social Change and Development (Guwahati) in

Gangtok on 24-25 February.

96. Delivered a special lecture on 'Democracy and Peace in South Asia' organized by the

Department of Political Science, Sikkim University on 24 February.

97. *Delivered the keynote address entitled 'Homeland Movements and Politics of the

Unhomely' to the international seminar on 'Social Movements in India: Recent

Trends' organized by the Department of Political Science, University of North Bengal

on 8 March.

98. Served as a Panelist in the national roundtable on 'Advancing BBIN Sub-Regional

Cooperation' on 16 March organized by the Delhi Policy Group in collaboration with

Asia Foundation.

99. Served as a panelist in the Focus Group Workshop on 'Need for a Policy to Deal with

Superstitions and Beliefs in the State of West Bengal' organized by the Centre for

Regulatory Studies, Governance and Public Policy, West Bengal National University

of Juridical Sciences (NUJS) on 18 March.

100. Delivered the keynote address to the seminar on 'Parliament in India: Retrospect

and Challenges' organized by the Department of Political Science, Loreto College,

Kolkata on 20 March.

101. Delivered the keynote address on 'Is it Possible to frame 'South Asia' as

Neighbourhood?' to the seminar on 'Contemporary South Asia' organized by the

School of International Relations and Strategic Studies, Jadavpur University and

Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies, Kolkata on 21 March.

102. *Presented a paper on 'Heritage of Jews, Armenians and the Chinese of Kolkata'

to the international workshop on 'Transforming Heritage: An International Workshop

on UK-South Asia Networks' organized by the School of Natural and Built

Environment (SNBE), Queen's University, Belfast in New Delhi on 22 March.

103. Presented a paper on 'India's Emergence in the 'Asian' Century' to the National

Research Conference on 'Asian Century: domestic Dilemmas and International

Context' organized by the Department of Political Science, Panjab University under

UGC-CAS Programme in Chandigarh on 23 March.

104. Chaired Session 7 of the National Research Conference on 'Asian Century:

Domestic Dilemmas and International Context' organized by the Department of

Political Science, Panjab University under UGC-CAS Programme in Chandigarh on

24 March.

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105. Delivered the Annual Professor Pradeep Kumar Memorial Lecture on ' 'New

Nomads' and Their Democratic Practices' organized by Panjab University,

Chandigarh 0n 24 March.

106. *Presented a paper on 'Peace Studies: International Politics and Academic

Diplomacy' to the Curriculum Development Workshop on 'Humanities in India'

organized by the University of East Anglia under the 'India Dialogue' Programme in

Norwich, UK on 28 and 29 March.

107. *Made a presentation on 'The Heritage Minorities: The Armenians, the Jews and

the Chinese of Kolkata' to the Joint Workshop on 'Cultural Heritage and rapid

Urbanisation in India' organized by the Indian Council of Historical Research, India

and Arts and Heritage Research Council, UK at the Constitution Club, New Delhi on

24 and 25 May.

108. Delivered a lecture on 'Retrieving the Experiential in Social Science Research' to

the Workshop organized by the Developing Countries Research Centre, Delhi

University on 29 May.

109. Delivered a lecture on 'Information: From an 'Act' to a 'Right' to the Centre for

Regulatory Studies, Governance and Public Policy, West Bengal National University

of Juridical Sciences on 18 July.

110. Moderated the session on 'Accountability, Transparency and Governance under

the Aegis of the Right to Information Act' in the conference on 'One Decade of RTI

Act in India: Expectations, Failures and Roadmap for the Future' organized by the

Centre for Regulatory Studies, Governance and Public Policy, West Bengal National

University of Juridical Sciences on 22 July.

111. Served as a discussant in the session on 'Transparency, Accountability and Good

Governance in PRIs' of the National Seminar on '25 Years of Panchayati Raj System

in India: Issues and Challenges' organized by the Centre for Regulatory Studies,

Governance and Public Policy, West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences

on 18-19 August.

112. Delivered a public lecture on 'Irom Sharmila and the Impossibilities of

Democratic Struggle' organized by the Department of Political Science, University of

Delhi under its CAS UGC-SAP on 25 August.

113. Addressed an Interactive Session with the doctoral students on 'Frontiers of

Postcolonial Studies' organized by the Department of Political Science, University of

Delhi under its CAS UGC-SAP on 28 August.

114. Delivered a public lecture on 'Women and Public Sphere in Postcolonial

Hinterlands' organized by the Department of Political Science, University of Delhi

under its CAS UGC-SAP on 29 August.

115. *Presented a paper on 'The Social in the Agricultural Societies: Ethnographies on

the Institutional Crisis in India' to the international seminar on 'Agriculture and

Human Development in India: Indigenous Practices, Scientific Views and

Sustainability' organized by Regional Centre of Guwahati, Indira Gandhi National

Open University and Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati in Guwahati on 8 & 9

September.

116. *Chaired the Business Session II on 'Agriculture and Human Development' in the

international seminar on 'Agriculture and Human Development in India: Indigenous

Practices, Scientific Views and Sustainability' organized by Regional Centre of

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Guwahati, Indira Gandhi National Open University and Indian Institute of

Technology Guwahati in Guwahati on 8 & 9 September.

117. Delivered the valedictory address on 'Does One Have to be Fit in Order to Govern

Oneself? Ramananda Chatterjee and the Nationalist Discourse in India' to the national

seminar on 'Life and Works of Ramananda Chattopadhyay' organized by Asiatic

Society, Kolkata on 15 September.

118. Delivered a lecture on 'Gender, Citizenship and Public Sphere' to the Workshop on

'Democratization of Space, Norms, Institutions and Feminist Methodology' organized

by the Department of Political Science, University of Delhi on 22 September.

119. Delivered the keynote address to the UGC national seminar on 'Conflicts, Issues

and Challenges in South Asia with Special Reference to the North Eastern Region of

India' organized by Gurucharan College at Silchar on 27 and 28 October.

120. 'Retrieving the Experiential in Political Inquiry', invited lecture delivered to the

10-Day Course on Research Methodology organized by the Kolkata Society for Asian

Studies in collaboration with M. A. K. Azad Institute of Asian Studies on 23

November.

121. Presented a paper entitled 'On the Limits of Tolerance' to the seminar on 'Notions

of Tolerance in India: Diverse Perspectives' organized by Scottish Church College in

collaboration with the United Board for Christian Higher Education in Asia

(UBCHEA) on 23 November.

122. Chaired the session on 'Alternative Conceptualizations or Conceptualizing

Alternatives? (Part I)' in the workshop on 'Reworking the 'Knowledge Structures' in

International Relations: Some Indian Contributions' organized by the Institute for

Research on India and International Studies in collaboration with Indian Council for

Social Science Research in New Delhi on 29-30 November.

123. Presented a paper on 'Which Road to Asian Power: An Agenda for International

relations in India' to the workshop on 'Reworking the 'Knowledge Structures' in

International Relations: Some Indian Contributions' organized by the Institute for

Research on India and International Studies in collaboration with Indian council for

Social Science Research in New Delhi on 29-30 November.

124. Presented a paper entitled 'Minority Discourse' to the seminar on 'Human Rights'

organized by the Department of Human Rights and Human Development, Rabindra

Bharati University in collaboration with National Human Rights Commission on 11

December.

125. Delivered a lecture on 'Social Research as Experience' at the West Bengal

National University of Juridical Sciences on 17 December.

126. Delivered the Deshapran Birendra Nath Sasmal Memorial Lecture on 'Birendra

Nath Sasmal and the Making of the Nationalist Discourse' organized by Vidyasagar

University on 21 December.

2018

127. Delivered the invited lecture on 'Democracy at the Margins: India's Northeast'

organized by the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of

Technology, Guwahati on 22 January.

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128. Delivered an invited lecture on 'Criminal Law, Public Policy and the Question of

Livelihood' to the workshop on 'Criminal Law and Public Policy' the Centre for

Regulatory Studies, Governance and Public Policy, West Bengal National University

of Juridical Sciences on 30 January.

129. Delivered two lectures on (a) 'Literature Review: Type, Structure and Writing' and

(b) 'Formulating hypotheses/ Research Questions' to the workshop for doctoral

students the Centre for Regulatory Studies, Governance and Public Policy, West

Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences on 31 January.

130. *Served as a panelist in the Roundtable on 'Violent Separatism: Driving the

Disintegration of States' in the Dresden Forum on 'Sustaining Peace: Current

Challenges for Democracy' co-organised by the Development and Peace Foundation

(sef:), the Free State of Saxony, the Frauenkirche Dresden Foundation and

Engagement Global on 8 and 9 February in Dresden, Germany.

131. Delivered three invited lectures on (a) 'Main Concepts and Theories of Migration

Studies', (b) 'Governing the Migrants' and (c) Refugee Agency and Ethics' organized

by the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Patna on 17 February.

132. Presented a paper on 'Bhadralok Hegemony in Crisis: Paradigms of Leadership in

West Bengal' to the national seminar on 'State-Level Political Leadership in India:

Patterns, Trends, Challenges and Opportunities' organized by Madhya Pradesh

Institute of Social Science in collaboration with the Indian Council of Social Science

Research, New Delhi on 22 and 23 February.

133. *Delivered the special lecture on 'Law, Livelihood and Cross-Border Ties' to the

International Seminar on 'Development Corridors and the Sustainability Challenge:

Land, Water, Livelihoods' organized by Omeo Kumar Das Institute of Social Change

and Development, Guwahati in collaboration with the Sasakawa Peace Foundation on

6-7 March.

134. Delivered a lecture on 'Social Research as Experience' to the workshop on

Research Methodology organized by the Department of Anthropology, University of

Calcutta on 12 March.

135. Delivered the keynote address on 'Market and Social Movements' to the seminar

on 'Social Movements: Micro and Macro Dimensions' organized by the Department

of Political Science under the UGC-DRS (Phase III) Programme, University of North

Bengal on 20 March.

136. Presented a paper on 'Rights, Sentimentality and Peace' to the seminar on

'Negotiating Peace in the Study of Literature and Culture: Possibilities and

Challenges' organized by the Department of English under UGC Special Assistance

Programme, University of Calcutta on 28 March.

137. Chaired the Second Business session of a one day Seminar on 'India and the South

Asian Region: Dilemmas and Challenges' under the auspices of its Centre for

Advanced Studies (CAS-Phase II) programme, Jadavpur University on 28 March.

138. Attended the 'Interactive session with Prof. Samir Das' organized by the

Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology,

Guwahati on 30 March.

139. Served as a panelist on the Colloquium on 'The Status and Prospect of Sixth

Schedule in North-East India' organized by Asiatic Society, Kolkata on 31 March.

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140. Chaired the lecture on 'The Rohingyas: Identity and Human Rights of Marginal

Community' by Professor Mesbah Kamal, Department of History, University Of

Dhaka on 27th June. 141. Delivered Invited Lecture on ‗National Register of Citizens and the Travails of

Citizenship in India‘s Northeast‘ on 13 August in Gangtok organized by the Sikkim

University Students‘ Union.

142. Served as a panelist in the Symposium on the book entitled Personal Beyond

Private and Public? New Perspectives in Social Theory and Practice (New Delhi:

Sage 2018) at the Regency Room, Hotel Hindustan International, Kolkata on 27

August.

143. *Presented a paper entitled ‗Representing ―My People‖: Populism and the

Institution of the Political‘ to the International Conference on ‗Populism and the

Populist Movements‘ organized by Calcutta Research Group and Rosa Luxembourg

Stiftung on 31 August and 1 September at Rang Durbar, Swabhumi, Kolkata.

144. Moderated the seminar on ‗Questioning Citizenship: The NRC Debate‘ organized

by Women‘s Christian College in collaboration with the Centre for Studies in Social

Sciences, Kolkata on 25 September.

145. Served as a resource person in the Authors‘ Workshop on ‗Forced Migration‘

organized by the Tata Institute of Social Sciences in Patna on 1 October.

146. Served as a Discussant of the lecture delivered by Professor Madina Tlostanova,

Linkoping University, Stockholm organized by the Department of Political Science,

University of Calcutta in collaboration with the Tata Institute of Social Sciences,

Patna on 3 October.

147. Served as a panelist in the Research Workshop on ‗Sundarban O Heritage

Charcha‘ (Sunderbans and the Study of Heritage) organized by the Department of

Archaeology, University of Calcutta on 5 October.

148. Delivered an invited lecture on ‗Governing Citizens: NRC and Democratic

Politics in India‘ to the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian

Institute of Science Education and Research, Mohali on 19 November.

149. Delivered a lecture on ‗Social Research as Experience‘ to the seminar on Research

Methodology organized by CMR University Law School, Bengaluru on 24

November.

150. Served as the invited Discussant of the book entitled Rise of Saffron Power:

Reflections on Indian Politics edited by Mujibur Rehman (Abingdon: Routledge

2018) organized by the Centre for Studies in Social Sciences Kolkata on 26

November.

151. Presented a paper on ‗Law and Community Formation in India‘s Northeast‘ to the

seminar on ‗Colonialism and Law in Modern India‘ organized by Nehru Memorial

Museum and Library, New Delhi on 29-30 November.

152. Chaired session VI of the seminar on ‗Colonialism and Law in Modern India‘

organized by Nehru Memorial Museum and Library, New Delhi on 29-30 November.

153. Served as a panelist in the panel discussion on ‗Colonial Law and its Afterlife‘ in

seminar on ‗Colonialism and Law in Modern India‘ organized by Nehru Memorial

Museum and Library, New Delhi on 29-30 November.

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154. Delivered two lectures on ‗Experiential Method in Legal Research‘ to West

Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata on 20 January.

155. *Delivered the joint valedictory address to the International Seminar on

‗Negotiating Culture: New Frontiers in Translation and Language Learning‘ and the

International Symposium on ‗Open Pages of South Asian Studies‘ organized by the

Department of Foreign Languages, Gauhati University in collaboration with Russian

State University for Humanities, Moscow, Russia and O.K.D. Institute of Social

Change and Development, Guwahati on 22 and 23 January.

156. Presented a paper on ‗The Practice of Becoming Postcolonial: India‘s Northeast‘

to the colloquium on ‗Postcoloniality, State and Citizenship‘ organized by Social

Science Research Community at the Department of Political Science, Gauhati

University on 24 January.

157. *Delivered the keynote address entitled ‗Postcolonial Northeast: Margins and

Connections‘ to the Young Scholars‘ International Conference on ‗Margins and

Connections‘ organized by Special Centre for the Study of North East India,

Jawaharlal Nehru University in collaboration with Indian Council of Social Science

Research, New Delhi on 7-8 February.

158. *Chaired the Valedictory Panel Discussion on ‗Margins and Connections: New

Frontiers of Understanding North East India and Its Neighbours‘ on 8 February.

159. Presented a paper on ‗Gandhi and the (Im-)Possibilities of Peace‘ to the seminar

on ‗The Philosophy of Gandhi‘ organized by the Asiatic Society, Kolkata on 12

February.

160. Chaired the session on ‗Redefining the ‗Political‘: Theory and Beyond‘ in the

seminar on ‗Redefining the Political‘ organized by the Department of Political

Science, University of Calcutta on 13 February.

161. Served as a Panelist in the Panel Discussion on ‗India‘s Act East Intent:

Completion of Fifty Years of Indo-ASEAN Relationshp‘ in the national seminar on

‗India‘s Act East Policy: Opportunities, Challenges and Futuristic Trends of Indo-

ASEAN Partnership‘ organized by Kolkata Society for Asian Studies in collaboration

with Indian Council of World Affairs and Institute of Foreign Policy Studies on 19

February.

162. *Delivered three lectures on ‗Statelessness and Refugeehood‘ to the third

orientation workshop on ‗Migration‘ organized by Tata Institute of Social Sciences,

Patna on 24 February.

163. Addressed a seminar on ‗Postcolonial Northeast‘ organized by the Department of

Sociology, School of Social Sciences and Humanities, Tezpur University on 27

February.

164. Delivered a public lecture on ‗Will the Look/Act Policy of Improving connectivity

Restore Our Connected Histories?‘ organized by the School of Social Sciences and

Humanities, Tezpur University on 1 March.

165. ‗Connectivity or Connected History? India‘s Look/At East Policy‘, invited lecture

delivered to two-day national seminar on Act East and the Northeast: Prospects and

Challenges organized the Department o Political Science, Assam University, Silchar

and M. A. K. Azad Institute for Asian Studies, Kolkata in Silchar on 12 March.

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166. *Served as a panelist in Panel 3 on ‗Integrating the Voices of the Displaced People

into Media Coverage‘ organized by Deutsche Welle (DW) Akedemie, Germany in

collaboration with the Institute for South Asian Studies in Hotel Annapurna,

Kathmandu, Nepal on 14-16 March.

167. Presented the plenary lecture on ‗Development, Security and the Eclipse of Social

Science in India‘s Northeast‘ organized by the institute of Distance and Open

Learning (IDOL), Gauhati University in Guwahati on 19 March.

168. *Served as a panelist in the Policy Roundtable and International Conference on

University Social Responsibility in India and Beyond organized by e-Learning

Centre, University of Hyderabad and University of East Anglia (UEA) & UK

Business Council (UKIBC) at University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad on 26-27 March.

169. Chaired the first technical session of the national seminar on Democracy as

Pedagogical Experience organized by the Department of Political Science, University

of Calcutta under the DRS Programme (Phase III) on 29-30 March.

170. Delivered the Special Lecture entitled ‗Governing Democracy in India‘s

Northeast‘ to the national conference on Governance and Democracy in North East

India organized by the Department of Political Science, Sikkim University and Rajiv

Gandhi Institute of Youth Development (RGIYD), Sriperumbudur on 4-5 April.

*Indicating international.

Samir Kumar Das

Professor of Political Science

University of Calcutta