Guest lecture on Gendering of Space with reference to the University of Delhi’s North Campus organized by the Women’s Development Cell (WDC), Bharti College, University of Delhi on 4 February 2014.
Keynote speaker in a national webinar on Trends in Education – Present and Post Scenarios of COVID-19 organised by IQAC, Puthimari College, Assam and ICT Academy on 13 July 2020.
Keynote speaker in a national webinar on Impact of COVID-19 and Women’s Empowerment organised by the Department of History, Puthimari College, Assam and ICT Academy on 20 July 2020.
Guest lecture on The Social Nature of Food in the Department of Sociology, St. Mira’s College for Girls, Pune on 25 September 2020.
Guest lecture on Culture in Your Plate: The Socio-Political Dynamics of Food in the Department of Sociology, Cotton University, Guwahati on 23 December 2020.
Guest lecture on The Politics of Ethnic Food in India in the National Webinar on Leaving No One Behind: Indigenous Peoples and the Call for a New Social Contract in KES Shroff College of Arts & Commerce, Mumbai on 10 August 2021.
Speaker in the Travel to Destination Workshop organised by South Asian University (SAU), New Delhi and Dr B R Ambedkar University, New Delhi, on 14 August 2021.
Guest lecture on Mobile Theatre of Assam: Issues of Class and Consumption for postgraduate students of Sociology of India at the Manipal Centre for Humanities (MCH), Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE), Manipal on 3 February 2022.
Speaker in the panel on Addressing Precarious Labour in Academia in the Global South and Global North organized by the Research Committee 32 (Women, Gender and Society) of the International Sociological Association (ISA) on 22 February 2022. Spoke on Academic Labour and Precarity: Experiences and Challenges from India.
Guest lecture on The Global and the Local: Food as a Site of Interrogation in the Department of English and Cultural Studies, CHRIST University, Bangalore on 26 February 2022.
Moderated the Miami Institute for Social Sciences’ Sociology Forum’s Virtual Q&A on Decolonizing Sociology on 16 March 2022.
Panellist in a round table on When the Other Half Dies: From Food Security to Food Sovereignty? by the Department of Geography, Indraprastha College for Women (IPCW), University of Delhi on 19 September 2022.
Lecture on Community Building and Exclusion: The Role of Food in University Hostels in New Delhi in the Centre for the Study of Social Systems (CSSS), Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) on 29 September 2022.
Guest lecture on Gendered Experiences of Nutrition: Some Insights in an event organized by Project Khairiyat and Girl Up Amoyan on 21 November 2022.
Guest lecture on The Sociological Scope: Prospects and Possibilities in Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE), Dubai on 29 November 2022.
Lecture on Qualitative Research, Methodological Tools and Writing by the Ethnic Eight Society of Jesus and Mary College (JMC), University of Delhi on 9 February 2023.
Panellist in a Seminar on the Northeastern way of life titled Food, Fun and Fantasy by the North East Students’ Counseling and Welfare Cell, Zakir Husain Delhi College (M) on 15 February 2023.
Panellist in a discussion on Youth Voices in Assamese Literature hosted by the Assam Prakashan Parishad in the New Delhi World Book Fair, Pragati Maidan (organized by the National Book Trust) on 2 March 2023.
Guest lecture on Mobile Theatre of Assam: A Story of Resistance and Identity hosted by the North East Cell, Hansraj College, University of Delhi on 31 March 2023.
Panellist in a discussion on Unearthing the Unheard Histories of Northeast: A Call for Academic Reforms hosted by the Northeast Students’ Cell, Kirori Mal College, University of Delhi on 11 April 2023.
Conducted a workshop on The Sociological Scope: Prospects and Possibilities for class XII students in the Bengali Senior Secondary School, Civil Lines, New Delhi on 13 April 2023.
Lecture on The Practice of Sociology in Contemporary Times: An Overview in the Department of Sociology, Cotton University, Guwahati on 20 April 2023.
Lecture on Ethics and Social Research by the School of Undergraduate Studies, Dr B R Ambedkar University, New Delhi on 27 April 2023.
Lecture on The Digital and The Social: Issues of Food, Labour and Livelihood by the Development Management Institute (DMI), Patna on 19 May 2023.
Resource person in the Academic Paper Writing Workshop organized by the Omeo Kumar Das Institute of Social Change and Development, Guwahati from 12-14 September 2023. Delivered a talk on Reviewing Literature, Writing Review Articles and Publishing in Journals.
Lecture titled ‘Let Me Take a Photo Before We Eat’: Food and its Digital Life in New Delhi at the School of Social Sciences, University of Hyderabad on 16 September 2023.
Moderated a session titled Food: Stories of Evolution and Bonding in the Guwahati Literature Festival at the Banikanta Kakati Auditorium, Srimanta Sankardeva Kalakshetra, Panjabari, Guwahati on 15 October 2023.
Panellist in a session on Literature Review and Citations organized by Collaborative Action for Research and Education (CARE) on 16 October 2023.
Panellist in a roundtable on Academic Precarity and the Anthropological Profession organized by the World Council of Anthropological Associations (WCAA) Task Force on Precarity in the International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences (IUAES) World Anthropology Congress in collaboration with the Department of Anthropology, University of Delhi on 18 October 2023.
Panellist in a session titled Mentorship and the Feminist Lens: Reflections and Memories in the National Conference on Sociology of Gender in India: Emerging Issues and Future Agenda organized by the Department of Sociology, University of Hyderabad from 27-28 October 2023.
Lecture titled “Let’s Order in Today”: Changing Food Habits of Urban Middle-Class Youth in India in the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) Food Forum, SOAS Food Studies Centre, SOAS on 3 November 2023.
Panellist in a panel discussion on Savoring the Northeast: Social Significance and Contemporary Exploration organized by the Northeast Society of Gargi College, University of Delhi on 21 November 2023.
Panellist in a panel discussion on Writing on Commodity, Environment and War for Children organized by the Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung South Asia (RLS) and the Institute of Development Studies Kolkata (IDSK) on 28 November 2023.
Lecture on Doing Ethnographic Research: Issues and Ethics in the Research Methods Workshop organized by the Department of BA Programme, Kalindi College, University of Delhi on 1 December 2023.
Plenary talk on Mobile Theatre of Assam: A Form of Media and Entertainment in Athena: An Annual International Conference on Culture, Society, and Politics: Exploring Northeast India through the Lenses of Social Sciences and Humanities organized by the School of Social Sciences and Humanities (VISH) at VIT-AP University, Andhra Pradesh, India on 5 December 2023.
Lecture on Food, Culture and Society: Issues of Crisis, Conflict and Identity as a resource person in the online Refresher Course on Forecasting Social Unrest Cliodynamics for Social Sciences organized by the University Grants Commission (UGC)-Human Resource Development Centre, Ranchi University, Ranchi on 13 December 2023.
Plenary talk on Food, Culture and Society: New Approaches and Insights at the National Conference on Food and Culture: Transforming Perspectives and Paradigms organized by the Department of Humanities, Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IISST) and Centre for Cultural Studies, Thiruvananthapuram on 15 December.
Lecture on the Dramatic Representation of Assamese Folk Stories: Issues of Ethnicity and Gender at the Cadalfest organized by the Research Network on Dalit and Adivasi Literature, Nottingham Trent University, UK, and research centre EMMA at Université Paul-Valéry Montpellier in collaboration with Shaheen Women’s Resource and Welfare Association, Hyderabad Literary Festival, the Goethe Zentrum in Hyderabad and the hosting institution Potti Sreeramulu Telugu University on 16 December 2023.
Lecture on The Social and the Digital: The Politics of Food and Technology in Urban India at GITAM School of Humanities and Social Sciences, GITAM University, Hyderabad campus on 19 December 2023.
Lecture titled Eating Healthy Food in Urban India: The Role of Digital Technology at FLAME University, Pune on 5 February 2024.
Keynote lecture titled Doing Sociology in Contemporary India:The Classroom and Beyond in the SMCJ Research Seminar Series at Brunel University London on 13 May 2024.
Panellist in the Precarity and the Teaching of Anthropology webinar organised by the Royal Anthropological Institute (RAI) in collaboration with the International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences (IUAES) Commissions (Migration and Education), the World Council of Anthropological Associations (WCAA), South-South Exchange Programme for Research on the History of Development (SEPHIS) and PrecAnthro on 21 May 2024.
Panellist in the Menstrual Hygiene Day panel discussion on Breaking Barriers: Achieving Menstrual Equity: Through Awareness and Policy organized by Spriha Society on 28 May 2024.
Distinguished Methods Input session on Navigating the Field as an Ethnographer: Issues of Access, Positionality and Power in the Summer School on Critical Social Science Perspectives on Climate Change: Governmentality, Political Ecology and New Materialism organized by the Centre for Climate Resilience, University of Augsburg on 29 May 2024.
Discussant in Gita Chadha’s talk titled Reflecting on a Pedagogic Purpose: Sociological Explorations organized by the Ad-hoc Research Group 03 Pedagogy, Teaching and Learning of the Indian Sociological Society (ISS) on 30 May 2024.
The Berlin South Asia Studies (BERSAS) lecture on Eating Healthy Food in Urban India: The Role of Digital Technology at the Institut für Asien-und Afrikawissenschaften, Humboldt Universitat Zu Berlin on 31 May 2024.
Speaker in the Exploring Ethnography: A Lecture Series on Navigating the Field as a Participant Ethnographer: Issues of Access, Positionality and Privacy at the Jindal School of International Affairs (JSIA), O. P. Jindal Global University (JGU), Sonipat on 24 August 2024.
Delivered a lecture on The Politics of Healthy Food: Global and Local Issues in Urban India in the lecture series on Globalization and Society in the 21st Century organized by Department of Sociology, St. Mira’s College for Girls, Pune, Department of Sociology, Dattajirao Kadam Arts, Science and Commerce College, Ichalkaranji and Central University of Odisha, Koraput and RC 14 – Globalization and Society of the Indian Sociological Society (ISS) on 23 September 2024.
Panelist in the Samarveer Singh Roundtable Discussion on Precarity of Academics and Students in the University Space organized by the Phule Rege Ahmad Reading Collective at Jawahar Bhawan, New Delhi on 7 October 2024.
Delivered a lecture on Selective Reporting and Misrepresentation of Data in the Department of Sociology, University of Hyderabad on 8 October 2024.
Delivered a lecture on The Social and the Digital: The Politics of Food and Technology in Urban India in the Nazariya – Critical Dialogue Series of IDEAS – The Office of Interdisciplinary Studies of O.P. Jindal Global University (JGU), Sonipat on 21 October 2024.
Delivered a lecture on Critical Reading: Interpreting Socially Significant Events and Developing Literature Review in the Three Day Online Workshop on Qualitative Research Methodology organized by the Discipline of Sociology, Surya Kumar Bhuyan School of Social Sciences, Krishna Kanta Handiqui State Open University (KKHSOU) in collaboration with the Indian Sociological Society (ISS) on 4 November 2024.
Speaker in the session on Delhi Through the Northeastern Gaze: Reflections on the Migrant Way of Life organized by The Study Circle, North East Cell, Hindu College, University of Delhi on 28 November 2024.
Discussant in the 11th edition of the Roots and Bridges: Ethnographic Writing Workshop in Panbazar, Guwahati from 13-14 December 2024.
Speaker in the Thumbprint Conversation (An Initiative of ThumbprintNE) on On a Road Trip at Buddha’s Grove, Guwahati on 14 December 2024.
Delivered a lecture on Digital Innovations in Food Habits of Urban Middle Class Youth in India in the conference on From Tradition to Innovation – Reimagining Food, Culture and Society organized by the Department of Social Sciences, M.O.P. Vaishnav College for Women, University of Madras, Chennai on 4 January 2025.
Delivered a lecture on Practice of Sociology in Contemporary Contexts at the Department of Liberal Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Bengaluru on 23 January 2025.