Seminars, Workshops and Conferences attended
2017 - "Are Electronic Welfare Payments Solving the Problem of Massive Rural Unemployment? Evidence from Three Districts of Barak Valley Region of Assam", 59th Annual Conference of the Indian Society of Labour Economics, organised by Gulati Institute of Finance and Taxation, Thiruvanthapuram, December 15-18.
2016 - "Two Decades of Geographical Targeting for Food Distribution: Drawing Lessons from an Indian State", Global Conference on Prosperity, Equality and Sustainability: Perspectives and Policies for a Better World, organised by the Institute for Human Development jointly with the World Bank, supported by the Poverty and Social Impact Analysis - Multi-donor Trust Fund at the World Bank, 1-3 June 2016, Indian International Centre, New Delhi (Book of abstracts).
2016 - "Presence of Horizontal Education Inequality in the Bodoland Territorial Area Districts of Assam", Global Conference on Prosperity, Equality and Sustainability: Perspectives and Policies for a Better World, organised by the Institute for Human Development jointly with the World Bank, supported by the Poverty and Social Impact Analysis - Multi-donor Trust Fund at the World Bank, 1-3 June 2016, Indian International Centre, New Delhi (with Rupan Boro) Book of abstracts.
2015 - Consultation workshop on "Food Security and Nutrition: Linkages with Agriculture in India", organised by Institute for Human Development, New Delhi, 23rd December.
2015 - "Livelihood Options and Coping Strategies in three Drought Prone Districts of Western Odisha: An Analysis based on Cross-section Data", in the National Seminar on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security: Issues and Challenges, 19-20 October, Berhampur University.
2015 - "Factors affecting Morbidity and Utilization of Healthcare Services: A Case Study of Nagaon District of Assam", in National Seminar on Poverty, Inequality and Health in India with special reference to North East India, organised by the North Eastern Hill University Shillong jointly with Indian Statistical Institute Kolkata (with Nirmala Devi).
2013 January- 2014 December – Attended number of State Level Consultation Workshops for the preparation of Assam Human Development Report 2014.
2014 – ” The Political Economy of Drought Conditions in an Indian State”, International Sociological Association Yokohama, Japan. XVIII ISA World Congress of Sociology, 13-19 July 2014 (Book of abstracts).
2013 – International workshop participation by nomination in “Food Value Chain Analysis: Tools and Applications”, organised by the International Rice Research Institute Philippines, 4-8 December, Bangkok, Thailand.
2013 - "Health Expenditure in Assam: Posing Questions for the National Health Bill", in the National Seminar on Social Sector in India: Issues and Challenges, organised by the Department of Analytical and Applied Economics, Utkal University (with Nirmala Devi).
2013 – “Does Geographical Targeting Ensure Food Security? A Case Study of Odisha”, International Conference on Contemporary Debates in Public Policy and Management, Indian Institute of Management Kolkata, February 7-9.
2013 – Assam State level Consultation Workshop on the Assam Human Development Report 2014, January 5-6, Omeo Kumar Das Institute of Social Change and Development and Government of Assam.
2011 – “Are Indian Government Wage Employment Programmes Doing Enough? Evidence from the State of Odisha”, 53rd Annual Conference of the Indian Society of Labour Economics, Udaipur, Rajasthan, December 17-19.
2011 – “Livestock Assets and Household Food Security: Evidence of Coping Strategies from a Drought Stricken Region of India”, (with Prasun Kumar Das), International Conference on Social Sciences, Izmir, Turkey, October 7-8.
2009 – “Geographical Targeting under PDS in Orissa and its Impact on Welfare of Rural Households: An Examination”, 92nd Annual Conference of the Indian Economic Association, KIIT University, Bhubaneswar, India, December 27-29.
2009 – “Does Geographical Targeting Lead to Social Exclusion: Evidence from Orissa”, National Seminar on Social Exclusion in Contemporary India, Institute of Development Studies, Jaipur, India, Nov 26-27.
2009 -“Tracing the ‘Human Development Movement’ in India”, Young Scholars Seminar, Indira Gandhi Institute of Development and Research, Mumbai, India, June 15-27.
2006 – “Neoliberal Economic Reforms and Targeted Public Distribution System: A Case Study of Two Orissa Villages”,International Young Scholars Seminar on Rich Nation, Poor People, organized by LeftWord Books, Academy of Third World Studies, Jamia Milia Islamia, New Delhi, India, April 3-4.
2003 – “Trends in Agricultural Wages in India – 1964-65 to 1999-2000”, (with Pallavi Chavan), All India Conference on Agriculture and Rural Society in Contemporary India, Barddhaman, India, December 17-20.