Qualification

• PhD (English Literature) - Nagaland University
• MPhil (English Literature) - English and Foreign Languages University, Shillong
• MA English with Communication Studies - Christ University, Bangalore
• BEd - IGNOU, Kohima Regional Centre
• BA Journalism, English, Psychology - Christ College (Autonomous), Bangalore

Additional Courses Taken

• Refresher Course on Governance and Management in HEI hosted by UGC: Malaviya Mission Teacher Training Centre, Saurashtra University, Rajkot. (2025
• NEP Orientation & Sensitization hosted by Malaviya Mission Teacher Training Centre, Central University of Haryana (2024)
• Refresher Course on Advanced Research Methodology hosted by Ramanujan College, University of Delhi (2023)
• Faculty Induction Programme (FIP), hosted by North East Hill University, Shillong (2021)
• Feminism and Social Justice hosted by Coursera MOOC: University of California, Santa Cruz (2020)
• Plagues, Witches, and War: The Worlds of Historical Fiction hosted by Coursera MOOC: University of Virginia (2020)
• English Literature: Postcolonialism hosted by Udemy MOOC (2020)
• Design Thinking for the Greater Good: Innovation in the Social Sector hosted by Coursera MOOC: University of Virginia (2020)
• Queering Identities: LGBTQ+ Sexuality and Gender Identity hosted by Coursera MOOC: University of Colorado (2020)
• Citizen Journalism from IGNOU Institute for Vocational Education and Training (IIVET), Shillong (2013)
• Technical Writing from TWIN (Technical Writers of India, Registered Portal), in collaboration with Christ University, Bangalore (2012)
• Academic Writing from the Department of English, Christ University, Bangalore (2011)
• Indian Constitution from School of Law, Christ University, Bangalore (2011)
• Phonetics from the Department of Media Studies, Christ College (Autonomous), Bangalore (2010)

Featured as Resource Person

1. Judge at the first Inter-School State-Level Debate Competition organised by Hollotoli School, Dimapur (2016).
2. Judge at the third Inter-School State-Level Debate Competition organised by Hollotoli School, Dimapur (2018).
3. Judge at the Miss Dimapur 2019 pageant hosted by the Ethnic Group of Nagaland (2019).
4. Judge at the Extempore Speech Competition organized by Unity College, Dimapur as part of ‘UniFest 2022’ (2022).
5. Resource Person for the 1st Tetso Leadership Programme, a workshop organized by Students’ Council, Tetso College (2024
6. Resource Person for the 2nd Tetso Leadership Programme, a workshop organized by Students’ Council, Tetso College (2025)
7. Resource Person for the 3rd Tetso Leadership Programme, a workshop organized by Students’ Council, Tetso College (2026)
8. Resource Person for the Tetso NTA NET Workshop organized by the Department of English, Tetso College (2023)
9. Resource Person at the 5-day FDP titled Capacity Building and Professional Skill Advancement organized by the IQAC, Tetso College (2023)
10. Keynote Address delivered at Modernity Amidst the Indigenous Backdrop of Nagaland – a one-day Postgraduate State Level Seminar organized by the Departments of English & Political Science, Tetso College (2023)
11. Resource Person for the Tetso NTA UGC-NET Workshop organized by the Department of English, Tetso College (2024)
12. Resource Person for 6-Day Faculty Development Programme on Qualitative & Quantitative Research Approaches, Day 6 Session I: ‘Paper Publication & Techniques’, organized by RSET’s Deviprasad Goenka Management College of Media Studies, Mumbai (2024)
13. Resource Person for the State-Level NTA UGC-NET Workshop organized by the Department of Political Science, Tetso College (2025)
14. Resource Person for the State Level Tetso NTA UGC-NET Workshop organized by the Centre for Postgraduate Studies, Tetso College (2026)
15. Keynote Speaker at the National Level Symposium themed Regions & Translations in Indian Writing - Northeast India organized by Queen Mary’s College (Autonomous), Chennai (2026)
16. Panellist at the ICSSR-sponsored International Seminar, themed Northeast India at the Crossroad: Culture, Inclusion, and Sustainable Future organized by Christ (Deemed to be University), Bannerghetta Road Campus, Bengaluru (2026)

Publication

1. "Symbolism in Hemingway’s The Old Man & the Sea and Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin: A Comparative Study", 'Mosaic of Ideas: Multidisciplinary Reflections: - July 2024', CIRS Publication. ISBN 978-81-974450-8-8
2. "Print Vs Screen: A Systematic Comparison of Jane Austen’s ‘Persuasion’ and Netflix’s ‘Persuasion’", 'Fractals of Knowledge', CIRS Publication. ISBN-13:978-81-969135-1-9
3. "Fair and Lovely People Everywhere!", "Complexion Based Discriminations Global Insights" Notion Press. ISBN 978-1-64324-231-6
4. "Amma is Singing: Poems Encapsulating the Indian Experience", 'Amma is Singing' Authors Press. ISBN 978-93-88332-25-5
5. "Letting Go!", 'EXOUSIA A TETSO COLLEGE ANTHOLOGY OF ART AND LITERATURE' First published as an e-book in 2017 by the Department of English. ISBN-978-81-929456-2-0
6. "Love in Crosswords, The Pale Horse Approaches,The Bachelor's Snivel, Confessions of the Night, The Mistake", 'P H O E N I X' First published as an e-book in 2015 by the Department of English. ISBN- 978-81-929456-1-3
7. "Laboni's Letter, Days of Livs (Haikus), Sunrise on the Seas, Two Path Diverged, Unititled, Let Me Be Your Star, Smiles of a Summer Night", "Musing De Este" First published as an e-book in 2014 by the Department of English. ISBN-978-81-929456-0-6
8. Dialectics on Northeast Writings: Theory & Praxis, 2023 (Co Editor). ISBN: 978-93-5526-049-9
9. "A Critical Study of the Representation of Men in Bharati Mukherjee's ‘Jasmine’", UGC Approved, International Journal of Research and Analytical Reviews - September 2023. ISSN: 2348-1269
10. "The Diaspora Mimics: A Post Colonial Reading of Tony Morrison's The Bluest Eyes", UGC Approved, International Journal of English Language, Literature In Humanities, March 2018. ISSN -2321-7065
11. Representing the "Other"Subaltern Identities in America Television, Peer Reviewed, Impressions. ISSN: 2278-4624
12. "Public Opinion: Myth or Reality?", Peer Reviewed, Pranabananda Women's College Journal. ISNN-2394-2851
13. Cricket, Nationalism and National Conciousness in Pre-Independence India, as seen in Ashutosh Gawarikor's Lagaan, Peer Reviewed, An International Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences. ISSN-2349-2147
14. An Ode to Chumu Haat, UGC Approved, Langlit: An International Peer Reviewed Open Acess Journal. ISSN-2349-5189
15. Singularity in Diversity: The Latina's 'Moms' of Amrican Television, Peer Reviewed, Tetso Interdisciplinary Journal. ISSN-2319-2925
16. A Tale of Myth:s-The Devils wear Prada : An Analysis of the Film with Reference to Simone De Beviour's Myth of a Woman, Peer Reviewed, Humanities and Social Sciences The Journal. ISSN-2319-9970
17. "A Criticall Study of the Representation of Men in Bharati Mukherjee's Jasmine", UGC Approved, International Journal of Research and Analytical Reviews. E-ISSN 2348-1269
18. "Mosque, Caves, and Temples: Religion and Superstition in Forster's A Passage to India", UGC Approved, Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (JETIR), I, May 2024. ISSN 2349-5162
19. Tetso Interdisciplinary Journal (ISSN 2319-2925) – “Singularity in Diversity: The Latina Moms of American Television”.
20. The Journal (ISSN 2319-9970) – “A Tale of Myths- The Devil Wears Prada: An Analysis of the Film with reference to Simone de Beauvoir’s Myth of a Woman” (Unity College, Dimapur).
21. Modern Research Studies: An International Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences (ISSN 2349-2147) – “Cricket, Nationalism, and National Consciousness in Pre-independence India, as seen in Ashutosh Gowariker’s Lagaan”.
22. Pranabananda Women’s College Journal (ISSN 2394-2851) – “Public Opinion: Myth or Reality”.
23. LangLit: An International Peer-Reviewed Open Access Journal (ISSN 2349-5189) – Poem titled “An Ode to Chumu Haat”.
24. Impressions: Volume 4 (ISSN 2278-4624) – “Representing the ‘Other’: Subaltern Identities in American Television” (Kohima College, Kohima).
25. International Journal of English Language, Literature in Humanities (ISSN 2321- 7065) – “The Diaspora Mimics: A Postcolonial Reading of Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye”.
26. The St Joseph’s College Journal (ISSN xxxx-xxxx) – “Postmodernism in Flaubert’s Parrot”.
27. "An Onyx Shines Too (poem)", "Complexion Based Discrimination: Global Insights", edited by Deen Dayal (ISBN 9781643242323)
28. Musings de Este: A Tetso College Anthology of Literature and Art (ISBN 978- 929456-0-6)
29. Phoenix: A Tetso College Anthology of Literature and Art (ISBN 978-929456-1-3)
30. Exousia: A Tetso College Anthology of Literature and Art (ISBN 978-81-929456-2- 0)
31. Say It Right (The Morung Express- Degree of Thought: 23.08.2013)
32. Naga Literature: An Ignored Shangri La (The Morung Express – Degree of Thought: 06.11.2013)
33. The ‘Fair and Lovely’ Woman (The Morung Express – Degree of Thought: 08.08.2014)
34. RIP Privacy (The Morung Express – Degree of Thought: 18.08.2014)
35. Clash of Clans Mania (The Morung Express – Degree of Thought: 26.05.2015)
36. Being a Non-Local (The Morung Express – Degree of Thought: 30.12.2015)
37. Great Expectations of an English Teacher in Nagaland (The Morung Express – Degree of Thought: 06.04.2016)
38. NET: A Faulty Touchstone (The Morung Express – Degree of Thought: 20.07.2016)
39. Is India Truly Democratic? (The Morung Express – Degree of Thought: 24.01.2017)
40. Jibon Fairy Tale Nohoi (The Morung Express – 25.02.2018)
41. New Beginnings: Literature in the Digital Age (The Morung Express – 18.04.2018)
42. Challenging Nagaland’s ‘Fine’ Culture (The Morung Express – 08.06.2018)
43. Wedding Season Banter (The Morung Express – 17.10.18)

Paper Presentation

1. ‘Voices from the Fields and Hearths: Sümi Naga Folksongs as Oral Ethnography’ in the two-day ICSSR sponsored National Seminar on ‘Interwoven Voices: Indigenous Languages and Music as Cultural Anchors in Northeast India’, organized by the Department of Music and the Department of Linguistics, Tetso College, Nagaland (2026)
2. ‘Spices, Stories, and Spiritual Healing: The Voice of the Indian Female Diaspora in Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni’s The Mistress of Spices’ in the 2 Day International Seminar on ‘Journeys, Leisure, and Wounds: Travel and Trauma in Women's Narratives and Asian Fiction’ organized by Department of Engish, Lumding College (2026)
3. ‘Leveraging AI for the Preservation and Evolution of Naga Folklore: Ethical Deliberations’ in the 5th International Virtual Conference on 'Artificial Intelligence in Interdisciplinary Studies' organized by RSET's Deviprasad Goenka Management College of Media Studies, Mumbai, in collaboration with MISR University for Science & Technology, LRMC, Lingaya's LDIMS, and Grand Academic Portal Research Journals (2025)
4. ‘Pioneering Representation: A Study of the Naga Characters in the 1972 Bollywood film ‘Lalkar’’ in the ICSSR-sponsored 3 Day National Seminar on ‘Thinking Dynamic Shifts: Religion and Gender in Representations of Northeast India’ organised by the Department of English, Tetso College, Dimapur (2024)
5. ‘Power and Masculinity in Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni’s Queen of Dreams and Sister of my Heart’ at the 5 Day National Seminar Week on ‘Postcolonial Theories & Practice’, organised by the Department of English, Nagaland University (2023)
6. ‘Indian Culture & American Television: A Postcolonial Reading of NBC Smash' A Thousand and One Nights’ at the 2-day National Seminar on ‘Change and Preservation in Language, Literature, and Culture in Academia: Trends and Directives’, organised by the Department of English, St. Joseph University, Virgintown (2023)
7. ‘Metamorphosis of Higher Education in Nagaland: A Case Study of Tetso College’s Response to the Pandemic’ at the NAAC-sponsored 2-Day National Seminar on ‘Quality Sustenance and Quality Enhancement in Higher Education’, organised by the Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC), C-Edge College, Dimapur (2022)
8. ‘Redefining the Fourth World: Accessing the Subaltern Men in the Diaspora Space in Jhumpa Lahiri’s The Namesake and Unaccustomed Earth’ at the ICSSR-sponsored 3-Day National Seminar on ‘Fourth World Literature: Voices of the Marginalised with Special reference to Northeast India’, organised by the Department of English, Tetso College (2021)

As Editor

• Frames of Fiction: Photographic Narratives of Fiction (ISBN 978-81-686089-1-7) - (1st Editor of 4 Editors)
• Dialectics on Northeast Writings: Theory & Praxis (ISBN 978-93-5526-049-9) - (2nd Editor of 2 Editors)
• Higher Education in Northeast India: Trends, Opportunities, & Challenges (ISBN 978-93-5473-527-1) - (3rd Editor of 3 Editors)
• Dynamic Representations: Religion & Gender in Northeast India (ISBN: 978-81-970450-5-9) - (1st Editor of 3 Editors)
• Margins & Politics: Exploring India’s Northeast (ISBN: 978-81-976642-6-7) - (3rd Editor of 3 Editors)
• The Degree of Thought weekly column published by Tetso College in The Morung Express newspaper (2015-2017).
• Tetso Interdisciplinary Journal (ISSN 2319-2925)
  • Volume 2 (4th Editor
  • Volume 3 (1st Editor of 2 Editors)
  • Volume 4 (2nd Editor of 2 Editors
  • Volume 5 (2nd Editor of 3 Editors)
• Musings de Este: A Tetso College Anthology of Literature and Art (ISBN 978- 81- 929456-0- 6) - (1st Editor of 5 Editors)
• Phoenix: A Tetso College Anthology of Literature and Art (ISBN 978-81- 929456-1- 3) - (4th Editor of 5 Editors)
• Exousia: A Tetso College Anthology of Literature and Art (ISBN 978-81-929456- 2-0) - (2nd Editor of 4 Editors) 
• 3T Newsletter published by Tetso College (2014-2017).
• 3T Chronicles blog (www.3tchronicles.blogspot.com) (presently discontinued)
• Resonance: A Tetso College Anthology of Literature and Art (ISBN 978-81-929456-5-1) - (2nd Editor of 5 Editors)

Achievements

• Judge at Inter-School Literary Event organised by ANPSA Chümoukedima Unit at Carmel Higher Secondary School, Chekiye Village (2025)
• Judge at the Diphupar Interschool Literary Meet held at DAST Complex and organized by the Diphupar Naga Students’ Union (2024).
• Judge at the Extempore Speech Competition organized by Unity College, Dimapur as part of ‘UniFest 2022’ (2022).
• 8th Rank in the International Article Writing Competition organised by the Literati Council (2021).
• Judge at the Miss Dimapur 2019 pageant hosted by the Ethnic Group of Nagaland (2019
• Judge at the third Inter-School Debate Competition organised by Hollotoli School, Dimapur (2018)
• Judge at the first Inter-School Debate Competition organised by Hollotoli School, Dimapur (2016)
• Passed the ‘AIELTA English Proficiency Test’ conducted in May 2010 by EFL University, Hyderabad.
• Vice President of the ‘Psychology Association’ of Christ University, Bangalore (2009-10). Initiated their online blog (www.psychologyassociation.blogspot.com)
• 1st position in ‘Science Extempore Speech’ state level competition, as part of the ‘Year of Scientific Awareness 2004’, Government. of Nagaland.
• 1st position in the ‘Science Elocution’ district level competition, as part of the ‘Year of Scientific Awareness 2004’, Government. of Nagaland.

Area of Interest

• Film & Tele-visual Studies, Diaspora Fiction, & Gender Studies