National Seminar/Conferences/Workshops

Gave a lecture on ” Much needed National Education Policy 2020″ in National Webinar on “Post Pandemic Challenges and Higher Educational Institutions” organized by IQAC, Nowgong Girls’ College in collaboration with AIKIDO Society, Pathsala, Assam on the occasion of 59th College Foundation Day on 12th September 2020.

Gave a lecture on “Gender disparity in Health” 28th August 2020 in the international webinar A Geographical perspective of the population in SAARC Countries with special reference to India and Nepal on the occasion of Diamond Jubilee celebration, Biswanath College, Assam

Presented research paper “Geographical Variation and determinants of COVID-19 in India: Evidence from crowdsourced data” in World Population Day celebration 11th July 2020, Organized by CSRD, SSS, JNU

Delivered a talk on “Sex selection in India”  on 27th Feb on 117th Orientation program beginning from Feb 24rth to 16th March 2020  at the UGC-HRDC, JNU.

Presented research paper on “Revisiting the causes of fertility decline in Bangladesh: Family planning program or female education” in National seminar entitled “Population, Health, and Sustainable Development Goals: Performance and Prioritizing Policies” in Patna, during 13-15 February 2020.

Delivered a talk on “NRC in Assam” in 6th Refresher course in “Contemporary Studies (Natural and Social Sciences)”, UGC-Human Resource Development Centre, JNU on 10th December 2019

Delivered a talk on “NRC: Demographic Context and Outcome” in the half-day seminar on “Demographic and Social Implications of NRC: A Way Forward” on 5th November 2019 at Committee room, SSS 1, Jawaharlal Nehru University [Funder: ICSSR, Northern regiona]

Presented research paper on “Socio-economic Patterns and Determinants of Adult Deaths due to External Cause in India: Analysis of Nationally Representative Population-based Survey Data”  in the National Seminar on “Population, Health, and Environment” to be held during September 20-22, 2019 at G B Pant Social Science Institute, Prayagraj, India.

Delivered a talk on “Sex Ratio and excess girls’ mortality in India”  in the 3rd Short Term Course in Gender Sensitization & Social Justice beginning from August 5-9, 2019 at the UGC-HRDC, JNU.

Guest speaker on “Basics of Multilevel Modelling” in the workshop on “Multilevel Modelling in Health Research using STATA”, 24-26th July 2019 Organised by ICMR & NIMS, Delhi.

The presented oral paper “The trajectory of gender disparity in health across the life course”, organized by the Indian Institute of Public Administration (IIPA), Lokashraya Foundation, and TERI School of Advanced Studies. 12-14 April 2018 in New Delhi.

Delivered a talk on “Sampling Technique” in “1st Interdisciplinary Course in Research Methodology” on Feb 20, 2017, beginning from 13th February to 10th March 2017 at the UGC-HRDC, JNU.

Presented paper “Trends in immigration in Assam, 1951-2001 Evidence from direct and indirect demographic estimation ” in 37th annual conference of the IASP at Delhi in 7-9th December 2016.

Presented seminar on “Migration in Assam during 1951-2011” NEISP SEMINAR SERIES 2016, NEISP, JNU, Delhi 10th November 2016.

Presented a seminar on the project “Cross border migration in Assam 1951-2011: Process, magnitude, and consequences”, 23rd September 2016 at Centre for Study of Regional Development, JNU, Delhi.

Presented paper “Mortality trends in Assam 1970-2010: A Comparison with the Bigger States” in the conference “Framing a Region: New Perspectives on North East India” by Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Advanced Study and North East India Studies Programme Jawaharlal Nehru University,  Delhi, March 25 – 27, 2015.

Delivered a talk on “Mortality transition with a special reference to India“, 16th March 2015 in the 50th Refresher Course in Economics beginning from  Monday,  23 February 2015 to 20th March 2015, organized by Academic Staff College (ASC), JNU.

Presented paper “Neonatal deaths among urban poor in Delhi” in the seminar National Health Mission: Achievements and Challenges Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi 
8th – 12th September 2014.

Presented paper “Adult male mortality in India since independence: An application of widowhood method” in 33rd annual conference of the IASP at Lucknow on 11-13 November 2011.

Presented Paper “Does the type of family affects maternal Health? Evidence from India” co-authored by Mr. Abhishek Singh in “Contemporary Issues in Population and Health”, Bhopal. from 23-25th January 2008.

Presented Paper “Who Gets Education In Uttarakhand? An analysis of NFHS III and Census data”, co-authored by J.K. Bora & Prof F. Ram in the national seminar “Population, Environment, and Development in Uttarakhand” 17-19 March 2008, Dehradun, organized by IIPS, Mumbai.