2023. Organized a panel, “River Islands in the Anthropocene: Rethinking Sustainability and
Social Justice,” and presented a paper, “Unquiet Island: Natural Disasters and the Politics of Resistance in Majuli River Island, Assam” at the International Geographical Union Thematic Conference 2023 on “Islands in Relations: Conflicts, Sustainability, and Peace,” Osaka, Japan, April 4-7.
2023. “Infrastructure, the Himalayan Waterscapes and the Making of a Disaster,” paper presented at the Himalayas from Its Edges: Mobilities, networks, Geographies conference, Ashoka University, Jan 27-28.
2023. Book talk, “Slow Disaster: Political Ecology of Hazards and Everyday Life in the Brahmaputra Valley, Assam,” at the Jamsetji Tata School of Disaster Studies, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, Feb 25.
2023. Book talk, “Slow Disaster: Political Ecology of Hazards and Everyday Life in the Brahmaputra Valley, Assam,” at Majuli College, Jan 18.
2022. Book talk, “Slow Disaster: Political Ecology of Hazards and Everyday Life in the Brahmaputra Valley, Assam,” at the India International Center, New Delhi, Nov 18.
2022. Book talk, “Slow Disaster: Political Ecology of Hazards and Everyday Life in the Brahmaputra Valley, Assam,” at the Special Center for the Study of Northeast India, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi, July 29.
2021. Invited talk, “Unquiet Waters: Political Ecology of Disasters and Everyday Life in the Brahmaputra Valley,” delivered at the International Webinar on the theme “Water Wisdom” at the Satya Nilayam Institute of Philosophy & Culture, Chennai, Oct 21.
2021. “Political Ecologies of the Everyday in the In-Between Geographies of Chars in the Brahmaputra River, Assam,” paper presented at the panel, “Fuzzy Boundaries: Threshold between Water and Land,” at the RGS-IBG Annual International Conference, Aug 31-Sep 3.
2021. “Interdisciplinary Pedagogy: Integrating History and Geography,” workshop conducted for class IX and X teachers at Delhi Public School (from its 220 branches across India, Nepal and UAE) as part of the Delhi Public School Society (DPSS) workshop series, June 4.
2020. “The Vanishing Wetlands and Livelihood Transformations in the Postcolonial Geographies of Majuli River Island, Assam,” paper presented at the 1 st Global Island Studies Webinar organized by the International Small Island Studies Association (ISISA), June 24.
2019. ““… Before, the Floodwater used to Come In Gracefully and Recede Faster”: Political Ecology of the Brahmaputra Valley Hazardscape and Rethinking the Postcolonial State,” paper presented at the Water Future International Conference, Bengaluru, Sep 24-27.
2019. “(Re)theorizing Livelihoods: Lessons from Island Geographies/Communities in India’s Northeast,” paper presented at the 8 th Nordic Geographers Meeting, Trondheim, Norway, June 16-19.
2018. “The Significance of River Island Geographies: The Brahmaputra River System in India,” paper presented at the 16 th Islands of the World conference, organized by International Small Island Studies Association (ISISA), Leeuwarden and Terschelling, The Netherlands, June 10-14.
2018. Invited talk, ““They Destroyed the River and Robbed Our Land”: A Political Ecological Study of Environmental Disasters in India’s Northeast,” at the Conflict Research Group, Ghent University, Belgium, June 18.
2018. Invited speaker on “The Brahmaputra Valley Hazardscape and the Rural Livelihood Crises,” at the workshop on Rural Urban Entanglements in India, co-organized by Ambedkar University, Delhi and the University of Washington, Seattle, New Delhi, April 27.
2018. “The Social Life of Infrastructures,” paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Association of Geographers, New Orleans, April 10-14.
2018. “Hazardscape and the Rural Livelihood Crises in the Brahmaputra Valley, Assam: A Political Ecological Study,” paper presented at the workshop, “Development Corridors and the Sustainability Challenge: Land, Water, Livelihoods” at Omeo Kumar Das Institute of Social Change and Development, Guwahati (Assam), March 6.
2017. Co-organized a daylong workshop, “Environment from the Margins,” and presented a paper, “Disastrous geographies and rural livelihood transformations in the Brahmaputra Valley, Assam,” at Ashoka University, Nov 18.
2017. “Political Ecology of Disastrous Geographies and Rural Livelihood Transformations in the Brahmaputra Valley, Assam,” paper presented at a preconference on “Futures of Northeast Indian Studies” in the 46 th Annual Conference on South Asia, Madison, Oct 26-28.
2017. “Disastrous Small Island Geographies in the Brahmaputra Valley (India) and Rural Livelihood Transformations,” paper presented at the 15 th Islands of the World Conference, Kangaroo Island, Australia, July 3-8.
2016. Panelist at “So How’s the Writing Going? A Graduate Student Panel on Data, Writing, and Life at the Dissertation Stage,” Department of Geography, Syracuse University, Oct 14.
2016. Co-organized two sessions titled, “Interrogating the Anthropocene in the Himalayan Region: Hazards, Infrastructure, and Environmental Justice,” and presented a paper, “Hazardscape and Rural Livelihoods Transformations in the Brahmaputra Valley, India,” at the Annual Meeting of the American Association of Geographers, San Francisco, March 29- April 2.
2015. Co-organized three sessions titled, “Disastrous Political Ecologies: Critical Perspectives on Disaster,” and presented a paper, “(Re-)producing Hazardscapes: Disastrous Geographies in India’s Northeast and the Question of the state,” at the Annual Meeting of the American Association of Geographers, Chicago, Illinois, April 21-25.
2014. Organized and Chaired a session, “Re-visioning Northeast India: Identities, Development, and the Environment,” and presented a paper, “Producing Hazardscapes and Dispossessing the Masses in the Brahmaputra Valley, Assam,” at the 43 rd Annual Conference on South Asia, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Oct 16-19.
2014. Organized a session, “Political Ecologies of Natural Disasters,” and presented a paper, “Re-conceptualizing Resistance: An Analysis of the Politics of Environmental Struggles in India’s Northeast,” at the Annual Meeting of the American Association of Geographers, Tampa, Florida, April 8-12.
2013. “Improved Water Governance (and Rights) in the Brahmaputra: Civil Society Responses,” paper presented at the “India Country level Dialogue for Improved Water Governance of the Brahmaputra River,” co-organized by Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati and SaciWaters, Hyderabad in Guwahati, Assam.
2013. “Riverbank Erosion, Floods, and the (Re-)production of Hazardous Geographies in Majuli, Assam,” paper presented at the International Conference on Negotiating Ethnicity: Politics and Display of Cultural Identities in Northeast India, University of Vienna, July 4-6.
2012. “Political Ecology of Slow Disaster: Riverbank Erosion and Local Struggles in India’s Northeast,” paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Association of Geographers, New York City, Feb 24-28.
2011. “Joint Forest Management and the Role of NGOs,” paper presented at the International Association for the Study of Commons, Hyderabad, India, Jan 9-13.
2010. “NGOs and institutional sustainability in Joint Forest Management: Cases from Rajasthan,” paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Association of Geographers, Washington DC, April 14-18.
2023. “Infrastructure, the Himalayan Waterscapes and the Making of a Disaster,” paper presented at the Himalayas from Its Edges: Mobilities, networks, Geographies conference, Ashoka University, Jan 27-28.
2023. Book talk, “Slow Disaster: Political Ecology of Hazards and Everyday Life in the Brahmaputra Valley, Assam,” at the Jamsetji Tata School of Disaster Studies, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, Feb 25.
2023. Book talk, “Slow Disaster: Political Ecology of Hazards and Everyday Life in the Brahmaputra Valley, Assam,” at Majuli College, Jan 18.
2022. Book talk, “Slow Disaster: Political Ecology of Hazards and Everyday Life in the Brahmaputra Valley, Assam,” at the India International Center, New Delhi, Nov 18.
2022. Book talk, “Slow Disaster: Political Ecology of Hazards and Everyday Life in the Brahmaputra Valley, Assam,” at the Special Center for the Study of Northeast India, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi, July 29.
2021. Invited talk, “Unquiet Waters: Political Ecology of Disasters and Everyday Life in the Brahmaputra Valley,” delivered at the International Webinar on the theme “Water Wisdom” at the Satya Nilayam Institute of Philosophy & Culture, Chennai, Oct 21.
2021. “Political Ecologies of the Everyday in the In-Between Geographies of Chars in the Brahmaputra River, Assam,” paper presented at the panel, “Fuzzy Boundaries: Threshold between Water and Land,” at the RGS-IBG Annual International Conference, Aug 31-Sep 3.
2021. “Interdisciplinary Pedagogy: Integrating History and Geography,” workshop conducted for class IX and X teachers at Delhi Public School (from its 220 branches across India, Nepal and UAE) as part of the Delhi Public School Society (DPSS) workshop series, June 4.
2020. “The Vanishing Wetlands and Livelihood Transformations in the Postcolonial Geographies of Majuli River Island, Assam,” paper presented at the 1 st Global Island Studies Webinar organized by the International Small Island Studies Association (ISISA), June 24.
2019. ““… Before, the Floodwater used to Come In Gracefully and Recede Faster”: Political Ecology of the Brahmaputra Valley Hazardscape and Rethinking the Postcolonial State,” paper presented at the Water Future International Conference, Bengaluru, Sep 24-27.
2019. “(Re)theorizing Livelihoods: Lessons from Island Geographies/Communities in India’s Northeast,” paper presented at the 8 th Nordic Geographers Meeting, Trondheim, Norway, June 16-19.
2018. “The Significance of River Island Geographies: The Brahmaputra River System in India,” paper presented at the 16 th Islands of the World conference, organized by International Small Island Studies Association (ISISA), Leeuwarden and Terschelling, The Netherlands, June 10-14.
2018. Invited talk, ““They Destroyed the River and Robbed Our Land”: A Political Ecological Study of Environmental Disasters in India’s Northeast,” at the Conflict Research Group, Ghent University, Belgium, June 18.
2018. Invited speaker on “The Brahmaputra Valley Hazardscape and the Rural Livelihood Crises,” at the workshop on Rural Urban Entanglements in India, co-organized by Ambedkar University, Delhi and the University of Washington, Seattle, New Delhi, April 27.
2018. “The Social Life of Infrastructures,” paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Association of Geographers, New Orleans, April 10-14.
2018. “Hazardscape and the Rural Livelihood Crises in the Brahmaputra Valley, Assam: A Political Ecological Study,” paper presented at the workshop, “Development Corridors and the Sustainability Challenge: Land, Water, Livelihoods” at Omeo Kumar Das Institute of Social Change and Development, Guwahati (Assam), March 6.
2017. Co-organized a daylong workshop, “Environment from the Margins,” and presented a paper, “Disastrous geographies and rural livelihood transformations in the Brahmaputra Valley, Assam,” at Ashoka University, Nov 18.
2017. “Political Ecology of Disastrous Geographies and Rural Livelihood Transformations in the Brahmaputra Valley, Assam,” paper presented at a preconference on “Futures of Northeast Indian Studies” in the 46 th Annual Conference on South Asia, Madison, Oct 26-28.
2017. “Disastrous Small Island Geographies in the Brahmaputra Valley (India) and Rural Livelihood Transformations,” paper presented at the 15 th Islands of the World Conference, Kangaroo Island, Australia, July 3-8.
2016. Panelist at “So How’s the Writing Going? A Graduate Student Panel on Data, Writing, and Life at the Dissertation Stage,” Department of Geography, Syracuse University, Oct 14.
2016. Co-organized two sessions titled, “Interrogating the Anthropocene in the Himalayan Region: Hazards, Infrastructure, and Environmental Justice,” and presented a paper, “Hazardscape and Rural Livelihoods Transformations in the Brahmaputra Valley, India,” at the Annual Meeting of the American Association of Geographers, San Francisco, March 29- April 2.
2015. Co-organized three sessions titled, “Disastrous Political Ecologies: Critical Perspectives on Disaster,” and presented a paper, “(Re-)producing Hazardscapes: Disastrous Geographies in India’s Northeast and the Question of the state,” at the Annual Meeting of the American Association of Geographers, Chicago, Illinois, April 21-25.
2014. Organized and Chaired a session, “Re-visioning Northeast India: Identities, Development, and the Environment,” and presented a paper, “Producing Hazardscapes and Dispossessing the Masses in the Brahmaputra Valley, Assam,” at the 43 rd Annual Conference on South Asia, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Oct 16-19.
2014. Organized a session, “Political Ecologies of Natural Disasters,” and presented a paper, “Re-conceptualizing Resistance: An Analysis of the Politics of Environmental Struggles in India’s Northeast,” at the Annual Meeting of the American Association of Geographers, Tampa, Florida, April 8-12.
2013. “Improved Water Governance (and Rights) in the Brahmaputra: Civil Society Responses,” paper presented at the “India Country level Dialogue for Improved Water Governance of the Brahmaputra River,” co-organized by Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati and SaciWaters, Hyderabad in Guwahati, Assam.
2013. “Riverbank Erosion, Floods, and the (Re-)production of Hazardous Geographies in Majuli, Assam,” paper presented at the International Conference on Negotiating Ethnicity: Politics and Display of Cultural Identities in Northeast India, University of Vienna, July 4-6.
2012. “Political Ecology of Slow Disaster: Riverbank Erosion and Local Struggles in India’s Northeast,” paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Association of Geographers, New York City, Feb 24-28.
2011. “Joint Forest Management and the Role of NGOs,” paper presented at the International Association for the Study of Commons, Hyderabad, India, Jan 9-13.
2010. “NGOs and institutional sustainability in Joint Forest Management: Cases from Rajasthan,” paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Association of Geographers, Washington DC, April 14-18.