Key Note Address/Chairing Technical Sessions(Recent)
1. Delivered special lecture on Education Policies & Right to Education Act
(RTE): Some Socio-economic Reflectionsat RC-03 in the Mid-Term I.S.S. International Conference onSociology of and in Regions: Pedagogy, Practices and PossibilitiesOrganised by Lucknow University during 28th-30th April, 2023.
2. Co-chaired Plenary-VII onCitizenship and Ethnicityat Mid-Term I.S.S. International Conference on Sociology of and in Regions: Pedagogy, Practices and Possibilities Organised by Lucknow Universityduring 28th-30th April, 2023.
3. Participated as the Mentor of Odisha Centre of Excellence, Odisha Centre for Geriatric and Gerontology (GM University Sambalpur) in Odisha Research Conclave (ORC-2022), Jointly organised by Odisha State Higher Education Council and Ravenshaw University held during 14th-16th November, 2022.
4. Delivered Key Note Address titled ‘Gender issues in informal economy and employment: Some reflections’ in the ICSSR National Seminar on ‘Informal Women Worker in Western Odisha, Sustainability and Social Justice’ held during 19th-20th November, 2022 at Panchayat College, Bargarh.
5. Chaired a Session in the ICSSR National Seminar on ‘Informal Women Worker in Western Odisha, Sustainability and Social Justice’ held during 19th-20th November, 2022 at Panchayat College, Bargarh.
6. Chaired a Session in RC-3 (Economy and Society) in the 47th All India Sociological Conference of Indian Sociological Society (ISS) held at University of Science and Technology, Meghalaya during 20-22 December 2022.
7. Presented a paper titled ‘Labour force participation and informal work of women: Challenges to Indian Economy’ in RC-3 (Economy and Society) in the 47th All India Sociological Conference of Indian Sociological Society (ISS) held at University of Science and Technology, Meghalaya during 20-22 December 2022.
8. Chaired a Session in RC-27 (Sociology of Care) in the 47th All India Sociological Conference of Indian Sociological Society (ISS) held at University of Science and Technology, Meghalaya during 20-22 December 2022.
9. Delivered Keynote address on‘Bridging generations: Intergenerational issues in elderly case’ in RC-27 (Sociology of Care) in the 47th All India Sociological Conference of Indian Sociological Society (ISS) held at University of Science and Technology, Meghalaya during 20-22 December 2022.
10. Delivered Keynote address on‘Schooling deprivation among Scheduled Tribe children: Issues and concerns’ at the National Seminar on ‘A Century of the Discipline: Sociology in India’ at Department of Sociology, University of Mumbai during 12 & 13 March 2020.
11. ‘Coal mining in western Odisha: Examining socio-environmental challenges’ presented in the Odisha Environment Congress-2019 at Bhubaneswar during 20th- 22th Dec 2019
12. Delivered Keynote address on ‘Voluntarism and Tribal Development in India: Issues and Implications’ in the ICSSR sponsored National Seminar on ‘Role of NGOs in the Socio- Economic and Cultural Development of Tribal’ on 21-22 February, 2019 at Govt. Autonomous College,Rourkela.
13. Delivered Keynote address on ‘Industrialization and Development: Understanding Ecological & Human Dimensions’ in the National Seminar on ‘Industrialization, Environment and Local Sustainability’ on 02-03March,2019 at Department of Sociology, Vikram Dev Autonomous College Jeypore, Koraput.
14. ‘Education among Scheduled Tribe children: Challenges and Need for Relevant Policies’ paper presented at International Interdisciplinary Winter School on “Endangered Cultures and Sustainability with special reference to Tribal and Folk communities in India†on January 8th to 12th, 2018; IGNTU,Amarkantak
