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Dr. P. Lalpekhlui

Dr. P. Lalpekhlui

Assistant Professor (Visiting Faculty)

Political Science

School of English and Political Studies

plalpekhlui@tetsocollege.edu.in

Qualification

  • PhD - Tata Institute of Social Sciences
  • MPhil - Tata Institute of Social Sciences
  • NET Qualified
  • MA Political Science - Gauhati University, Assam
  • BA Political Science - St. Francis College for Women, Hyderabad

Publication

  1. Negotiating Gender Role: Participation of Women in Border-Trade in Indo-Myanmar Borderland, Mizoram University Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, Vol.VIII, Issue 1, June 2022, pp. 151-161. ISSN (P): 2395-7352.
  2. ‘Tribal Politics and Non-State Actors in Mizoram’ (2021) in Handbook of Tribal Politics in India, JagannathAmbagudia and VirginiusXaxa (eds), New Delhi: Sage Publications.
  3. ‘Contested Citizenship and Belongingness in Indo-Myanmar Borderland’ (2021) in Resurgence of Nationalism: Identity and Belonging, LalmalsawmaKhiangte, C Zonunmawia and R Lalrinkima (eds), Lucknow: Book Rivers.
  4. Palmed Off: Socio-Economic and Environmental Impacts of Oil Palm in India's Northeast. Guwahati, North Eastern Social Research Centre."

Paper Presentation

  1. Civil Society and Democracy: Role of Non-State Actors in Electoral Politics in Mizoram at Young Social Scientists’ meet at OKD Institute of Social Change and Development held on 13.12.2017.
  2. Civil society and Democracy: Role of Women in Electoral Politics in Mizoram at International Conference on ‘Women and Development’ at Union Christian College held on 26.7.2018.
  3. Territoriality, Belongingness and Citizenship in Indo-Myanmar Borderland at National Seminar on ‘Resurgence of Nationalism: Citizenship, Identity and Belonging’ organized by Mizoram Political Science Association and Dept. Of Political Science, Govt. Aizawl College held on 19.10.2019.
  4. Contestations of Citizenship and Belongingness in Indo-Myanmar Borderland at National Seminar on ‘Citizenship, Identity and Conflict in North East India’ at Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Guwahati Campus organised by School of Social Work, TISS, Guwahati held on 28.2.2019
  5. Citizenship on the Borderland: An Ethnographic Exploration of Belongingness in Indo-Myanmar Borderland at International seminar on ‘Revisiting Diversity in North East India: Ethnicity, Culture, Religion and beyond’, organised by Bodoland University held on 14.5.2022.
  6. The Demand for the Sixth Schedule Amendment: A Case Study of the Mara Autonomous District Council in Mizoram at National Conference on ‘Tribal Development in India: Prospect and Retrospect’ at India Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee in collaboration with ICSSR held on 4.2.2023
  7. Us versus Them: The Politics of Belongingness in Indo-Myanmar Borderland at International Convention on Asian Scholars (ICAS) held at Surabaya, Indonesia on 28th- 1st July-August, 2024.

Area of Interest

Though her research mainly focuses on the changing relationship between territory and citizenship and explores the processes, magnitudes and forms of negotiation in the borderland. Her area of interest also includes role of civil society in electoral politics, the impacts of commercial plantations in Northeast India.

Total Experience: 0 years and 2 months
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