M.A (University of Hyderabad), MPhil, PhD, (Jawaharlal Nehru University), NET.
Specialization: Modern History
Area of interest: Tribal studies, colonial ethnography, missionary studies, history of frontier areas.
Course engagements:
Undergrad Courses: History of India (1206-1526), History of India (1526-1605), History of India (1857-1947), History of Modern World (1919-1945).
Postgrad Courses: Indian Nationalism, History of Environment in Modern India.
Publications:
‘Learning to ‘Talk’ with Books’: Ao Nagas’ Encounter with ‘The Book’’, Proceedings of Indian History Congress, Vol. 78 (2017), pp. 708-716.
‘Missionaries, ‘Savages’, and Print: Literary Traditions in Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries Naga Hills’, Journal of Historical Studies and Research, Vol 3, Issue 3 (2023), pp. 169-177.
‘Tracing the ‘Savage’s’ Voice: Life Histories from Twentieth Century Naga Hills’, IAHRW International Journal of Social Sciences Review, Vol. 11, Issue 4 (2023), pp. 638-642.
‘Selecting ‘History’: Baptist Mission in Nineteenth Century Naga Hills’, History and Sociology of South Asia, Volume 18, Issue 2, 2024, pp. 212-225 (2024).
‘Integrating ‘Modern’ Values: Glimpses into Twentieth Century Naga Hills through a Newspaper’, Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences (IIAS), Vol. 31 No.2 (2024), pp. 134-147.
Conferences & Workshop Presentations:
2017: Indian History Congress, 78th Session, Jadavpur University, Kolkata Paper: Learning to ‘Talk’ with Books: Ao Naga’s Encounter with ‘the Book’.
2018: Annual Asian Studies Conference, Kathmandu, Nepal, Paper: Invention of Self in the Twentieth Century: A Perspective with context to the Ao Naga tribe of the Naga Hills.
2019: Indian History Congress, 79th Session, Barkatullah University, Bhopal, M. P. Paper: Missionaries, Savages and Print: The Book in Late Nineteenth Century ‘Unlettered’ Naga Hills.
2024: International Conference on ‘Language, Literature, and Oral Tradition of the Ao-Nagas’, Fazl Ali College, Mokokchung, Nagaland. Paper: History or ‘doubtful stories’?: Baptist and Ao Oral Tradition in Nineteenth Century Naga Hills.
2025: EASAS Academic Workshop on ‘Writing New Histories of Jharkhand, Central India, and Northeast India, Centre for World Environmental History, University of Sussex, UK. Paper: Deconstructing Colonial Representation: Nineteenth Century Discourses on the ‘wild tribes’ of the Naga Hills.
Awards:
Research Grant, Charles Wallace India Trust Fellowship, 2019.
