Thrilled to have Rinan Shah, PhD speak at our Research Scholars’ Seminar! Everyone’s welcome to join :)

Congratulations Dixita Deka !!

An amazing story by Aatreyee Dhar(Let Sleeping trees lie) on human-mithun-forest relationships in Arunachal and Nagaland! Detailed and very timely--- happy to have been of a little help :) Congratulations Aatreyee, reads wonderfully!

I write on the entanglements of culture, state-making and #geopolitics in the eastern #Himalayas of #ArunachalPradesh in the special issue of the European Bulletin of Himalayan Research. Focus on #militarisation, #infrastructure #memory in the region. journals.openedition.org/ebhr/2407

Many Kaziranga National Park & Tiger Reserve rhinos had/have nicknames given to them. Below is an extract from a piece by the ledgendary E P Gee published in the Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society . Assam Forest Department

So looking forward to this!

On 28 October at 7.30 PM IST! Please register here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

Thank you Thomas for such a positive review! :)

Science journalism that breaks down several pages of research for news media is vital and much needed in India. With the new altmetric tracking, research articles reported in news outlets, researchers are also encouraged to venture out of their silos 1/15

Join our colloquium on April 3 at 6.30pm to listen to Padma Rigzin

India’s 136 #bamboo species are spread over 13.96 million hectares, having the second largest reserve. Still India is failing to tap into bamboo its potential. I report on the shortcomings in the National Bamboo Mission from Tripura: indiaspend.com/development/wh…

My review of Jonathan Shapiro Anjaria's fascinating work on bicycles in Mumbai: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Ambika Aiyadurai and Prashant Ingole's edited volume on Human-Animal Relations at the 'Margins' is out of press and I'm elated to be a part of it! Many thanks to Dr. Aiyadurai for thinking of me and my work.

After a devastating earthquake in central Myanmar, elephants worked alongside rescuers to clear damaged roads in Sagaing Region. In monsoon, they move across flooded areas, carrying medicine and supplies on their backs. Thank you, The Diplomat thediplomat.com/2025/07/myanma…

Story by me and Rukshana Rizwie on how intense heat conditions under climate change make tea garden workers prone to vulnerabilities , also blighting the tea productivity levels that have been hitting low year by year. asiandispatch.net/global-tea-dem…

A solid read on animal conflicts, conservation status and airguns in Arunachal Pradesh by Kasturi Das

We are all set for this semester: the PhD colloquium calendar for the monsoon semester '25 is out! More details to follow soon.

Call for papers! Submit your abstracts by January 5 2026.

Mark your calendars— the Himalayan Study Collective is resuming operations! More details to follow soon. Write to us for any queries at [email protected]