Qualification

• PhD - Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
• NET Qualified
• MPhil Political Science - Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
• MA Political Science - Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
• BA Political Science - Panjab University, Chandigarh

Achievement

1. University Rank Holder at BA (Panjab University). 

Publication

1. “The Indo-Myanmar Border Trade: An Analytical Study”, International Journal of Multidisciplinary and Educational Research, Vol 9: (9)6, 175-187, ISSN No. 22777881 (peer-reviewed journal)
2. “Trade, Connectivity and Mobility: Understanding Mizoram’s Cross-Border Dynamics with Myanmar and Bangladesh”, sponsored by North Eastern Council Shillong (Project Report)
3. “The Inner Line Permit Paradox in India’s Act East Policy” in Amarjeet Singh, M eds. Northeast India and India’s Act East Policy: Identifying the Priorities, Routledge: Delhi, ISBN No. ISBN 9781032091587 (book chapter)
4. “Interrogating the Gender Imbalance in Mizoram Electoral Politics: Barriers and Contradictions”, in Khiangte Lalmalsawma and Lalramhluni F, Electoral Politics in Mizoram: Emerging Issues and Trends, Mittal Publications: Delhi, ISBN-10 No. 9390692105
5. In Mizoram, an electoral victory like never before (Hindustan Times - 07.12.2023)
6. Politics in Mizoram is no longer bipolar Hindustan Times - 06.11.2023)
7. Mizoram Election 2023: An Overview (Asian Confluence Commentaries - 31.10.2023)
8. Uncertainty looms over the future of Myanmar’s refugees in Mizoram (Asian Confluence Commentaries - 31.01.2023)
9. Manipur ethnic strife continues but a bigger crisis of democracy is unfolding across the border (Scroll.in - 12.09.2023)
10. Why Mizos have come out to support protesters against Myanmar coup (Scroll.in - 11.03.2021)
11. Musings of a Mizo: On Vande Mataram by four-year-old Esther Hnamte and the paradoxes of being Indian (Scroll.in - 02.11.2020)
12. Escalating Crisis in Myanmar from a Cross-border Perspective (Tea Circle Oxford - 20.12.2021)
13. A Nation Confused: How India continues to otherise its own citizens based on facial recognition (Raiot - 29.10.2019)
14. Mizos and their (non-existent) culture of protest (Raiot - 05.10.2019)

Paper Presentation

1. “Rethinking India’s Act East Approach: Culture, Border and Connectivity”, presented at the AAS-in-Asia Conference 2019, 1-4 July 2019, Bangkok, Thailand.
2. “Connectivity and India’s Northeast Region: Towards a New Border Policy?” presented at the Young Scholars Workshop on “Borders and Regionalism in South Asia” organised by the Department of International Relations, Faculty of Social Sciences, South Asian University, New Delhi, on 25 August 2018.
3. “From Land-locked to Land-linked: Challenges and Opportunities of the Kaladan Project” presented at the National Seminar on ‘Act East through North East: India’s Way to a New Era of Diplomacy’ organized by department of Economics, Dera Natung Government College, Itanagar and Jadavpur Association of International Relations at Dera Natung Government College, Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh, 15-16 November, 2018.
4. “Integrating the Gender Imbalance in Mizoram Politics: Barriers and Contradictions” presented at a National Seminar organized by Mizoram Political Science Association (MIPSA) and Department of Political Science, ICFAI University on 22nd February 2019.
5. “Transborder Spaces, Peoples and Policies: A Study of the Chins and Mizos at the Indo- Myanmar Borderland”, presented at the 14th Singapore Graduate Forum on Southeast Asian Studies, 22-26 July 2019.
6. “Negotiating Identity and Mobility Across the Chin State-Mizoram International Border: An Analysis of the Free Movement Regime and Its Implications”, presented virtually at the 7th Conference of the Asian Borderlands Research Network (ABRN), 23-25 June 2022 at Seoul, South Korea.
7. “Post-Coup Myanmar: Perspectives from Northeast India”, presented during the Two- Day Roundtable Discussion on “Myanmar: A Cross-Border View”, organised by Union for Civil Liberty (UCL) Foundation, at Chiang Mai, Thailand, January 19-20, 2024.
8. “Changing the Rules of the Game: Vernacularization of Politics in the Northeast with reference to the Mizoram Assembly Election, 2023 and Beyond”, presented at the One- Day State Level Seminar organized by the Department of Political Science, Government J. Buana College and District Election Officer, Lunglei District on 26th March, 2024.

Featured as Resource Person

1. International Seminar on India, Bangladesh and Myanmar Relations: A Perspective on Regional Connectivity, Border Trade and Security Strategies, between 28- 29 October 2021, organized by Department of Political Science, Mizoram University.
2. The Development of Mizoram’s Southern Gateway organized by Zoram Research Foundation on 31 August 2021.
3. “Youth and Dialogue” Roundtable sessions 1 & 2 “Challenges to Peacebuilding” and “Possible Openings and Ways forward” organized by WISCOMP on April 27, 2024 at India International Centre (IIC), New Delhi.

Area of Interest

Politics and Society of Northeast India, Border Trade, Connectivity, Security and Governance wrt Indo-Myanmar Borderlands, India's Foreign Policy, Geopolitics and the Indo-Pacific, Political and Cultural Geography, Indian Politics and Subaltern Politics.