Qualification

• Ph.D. – Deccan College Post-Graduate and Research Institute, Department of Ancient Indian History, Culture and Archaeology
• M.Phil. – Deccan College Post-Graduate and Research Institute, Department of Ancient Indian History, Culture and Archaeology
• M.A. – Nagaland University, Meriema Campus, Department of History and Archaeology
• B.A. – Baptist College, Department of History

Publications

• Mushrif-Tripathy, Veena, and Ovung, Mhachani. 2026. Bioarchaeological Investigation of Human Skeletal Remains from Kondagai, Season I (2019–2020), Tamil Nadu. In Proceedings of the International Symposium on Recent Scientific Studies in the Archaeology of Tamil Nadu, Madurai, January 2026.
• Mushrif-Tripathy, Veena, Ovung, M, Rajan, K., Sivanantham, R., Baskar P., and Ramesh M. 2025. A Preliminary Report on the Partial Collection of Human Skeletal Remains from Kondagai Excavation (2020), Tamil Nadu. Man and environment L (1): 65-82.
• Ovung, M., and G. Shete. 2024. Eight Decades of Early Iron Age and Early Historical Pottery Studies in Vidarbha. Heritage: Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies in Archaeology 11 (2023-24): 767-785.
• Mushrif-Tripathy, V., Ovung, M., Jadhav, N., and Wahane, V. 2024. Possible case of labret wear on teeth from the Medieval site Pokharapur, Maharashtra, India. Palaeopathology Newsletter 207, Notes from the Field.
• Mushrif-Tripathy, V., and Ovung, M. 2024. Preliminary observations on the partial collection of human skeletal remains from Kondagai Season I (2020) excavation, Tamil Nadu, pp. 243–267 in K. Rajan and R. Shivnanthan (eds.), Recent advances in archaeological investigations of South India: Proceedings of the 2nd International Seminar in commemoration of Padma Shri Iravatham Mahadevan. Department of Archaeology, Government of Tamil Nadu.

Presentation

• (January 22nd to 24th, 2026) - Mushrif-Tripathy, V. and Ovung, M. 2026. Bioarchaeology Investigation on Human Skeletal Remains from Kondagai Season I (2019-2020). Presented a paper at the International Symposium on Recent Scientific Studies in Archaeology of Tamil Nadu,
  held in Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India.
• (November 3rd to 8th, 2025) - Ovung, M. 2025. Ceremonies and Bereavement Rites in Northeast India with Special Reference to the Lotha Nagas and the Influence of Religious Transformation. Presented a paper at the World Anthropological Union (WAU) 2025 Congress, held in Antigua, Guatemala.
• (June 22nd to 28th, 2025) - Ovung, M. 2025. The Menhirs - An Imprint of the Past: A Narrative of Social Status and Community Identity Among the Lotha Nagas, in Nagaland. Presented a paper at the 10th World Archaeological Congress, held in Darwin, Australia.
• (August 27th to 30th, 2024) - Ovung, M. 2024. Myth and Oral Traditions Among Preliterate Indigenous Community of Nagaland, in Northeast India: A Supplementary to Archaeological Investigation. Presented a paper at the International Association for Comparative Mythology, 17th Annual Conference, held in Kokugakuin University, Tokyo, Japan. March 10th to 12th 2023
• (March 10th to 12th 2023) - Ovung, M., and Mushrif-Tripathy, V. 2023. Human skeletal studies on partial collection from Kondagai site, Tamil Nadu: Its future and scope. Presented a paper at the 2nd International Seminar on Recent Advances in Archaeology Investigation of South India, held in Chennai, India.
• (November 6th to 12th 2022) - Ovung, M. 2022. A Preliminary Investigation of Megalithic Monuments of Lotha Naga of Pyotchu and Moilan Village, Nagaland: One of the Enigmatic Elements Left Behind by our Ancestors. Presented a paper at the 22nd Congress of the Indo- Pacific Prehistory Association, held in Chiang Mai, Thailand.
• (June 22nd to 28th, 2025) - Ovung, M. 2025. The Naga Morung: Safekeeping Tradition and Embracing a Shift - Exploring the Role of the Indigenous Education System and Preservation in the Present Era. Poster presented at the 10th World Archaeological Congress, Darwin, Australia.