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Title Dr. FirstName TANMOY LastName BHATTACHARYA PhotographDesignation ASSOCIATEPROFESSOR

Address CENTREFORADVANCEDSTUDIESINLINGUISTICSDEPARTMENTOFLINGUISTICS,ARTSFACULTYEXTENSION,UNIVERSITYOFDELHI,DELHI110007

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EducationalQualificationsDegree Institution YearPh.D. UniversityofLondon 1999Ph.D. HyderabadCentralUniversity 1996PG UniversityofDelhi 1985UG UniversityofDelhi 1982CareerProfileUniversityofDelhi,AssociateProfessor,2001-presentUniversitätLeipzig,ResearchScientist(Postdoctoral),2000–2001M.S.UniversityofBaroda,Lecturer,1993-97AdministrativeAssignmentsSuperintendentofExaminations,MAEntrance2014,2015,2016NodalOfficer(NEstudents)2014-15,2016Member,Artsfaculty,2015-2016MemberAnti-smokingcommittee,2015-16MemberAnti-raggingcommittee,2015-16Co-ordinator,EqualOpportunityCell,UniversityofDelhi,untilSept.,2011AreasofInterest/SpecializationSyntax,Semantics,Pragmatics,Psycholinguistics,SignLanguage,Gender,DisabilityandLanguageSubjectsTaughtPhonetics,AdvancedPhonology,LinguisticAnalysis,Morphology&Syntax,SyntacticVariation,FieldLinguistics&Dialectology,ComputationalLinguistics,Dissertation(Syntax),IntroductiontoTransformationGenerativeSyntax,IntermediateSyntax,AdvancedSyntax,CurrentTrendsinSyntax,FocusAreaStudies(Syntax/Discourse/Sociolinguistics/Psycholinguistics/Gender),ResearchMethodology,DisabilityandHumanRights.

ResearchGuidanceListagainsteachhead(Ifapplicable)

1. SupervisionofawardedDoctoralThesis:2. NguyenChiDuyKhuong,2009:SomeNon-ComplementStructuresinVietnamese

FacultyDetailsproformaforDUWeb-site

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3. SuranjanaBarua,2010:RevelationofSelfinLanguage:AConversationAnalysisofHindi-SpeakingCouples4. ThangjamHindustaniDevi,2014:InterfaceStrategiesandAdjuncts(Sept.2013)5. DriptaPiplai,2015:LanguageConflictandSyntacticVariation:AstudyoftheRajbanshiVerbFormsusedbyPrimarySchoolChildren(Feb.2014)6. HidamGaurshyamSingh,2015:TheSyntaxofWordOrderinIndo-PakistaniSignLanguage(March2014)7. AtreyeeSharma:TheRoleofWordOrderinParsing(February,2016)

28.SupervisionofDoctoralThesisSubmitted:

1. SantoshKumar:ASociolinguisticAnalysisofStereotype,Prejudice,andDiscriminationofGenderandDisabilityinTalkandText

2. DeepakKumar:SyntaxofRelativeClausesandRelativisabilityofArgumentsUnderprogress3. AndeshaMangla:TheRoleofIndianSignlanguageinDeafEducation4. PdmabatiAchom:TheSyntaxofModalityinMeeteilon5. AlfinaKhaidem:ClausalComplementationinMeeteilon

29.SupervisionofawardedM.Phil.dissertations1. ThangjamHindustaniDevi 2003 WhQuantificationinMeiteilon2. HamidulHaque 2003 BindingandPronominalsinBangla3. AtreyeeSharma 2004 ConstrualandReanalysisinAssamese4. NguyenChiDuyKhuong 2004 TheDPinVietnamese5. KamalKChaudhary2004 TopicandfocusinMaithilisyntax6. SuranjanaBarua2005ConversationaldominanceandgenderConstructionamongprimaryschoolchildren:Acasestudy7. ShitiMalhotra 2005 AsymmetryofObjectsandtheLarsonianVP-shellforHindi/Urdu8. PraveenPralayankar 2007 TheSyntaxofRelativeClausesinDramasofKalidasa9. Madhu 2008 ParsingofScramblingstructuresinHindi10. PriyankaBiswas 2009 TenseandAspectinBangla:SomeIssuesinSyntaxandSemantics11. PinkeyNainwani 2009 ConstraintsandInterventionEffectsinSindhi12. ShabnamAgarwal 2010 WhinBanglainaPrinciple-BasedParser13. HidamGaurshyamSingh2010 IncorporationinIndianSignLanguage14. RuchiJain 2010 ArgumentStructureinBundeli15. IshaniGuha 2011 ArgumentsandAdjuncts:ACaseofunification?16. DeepakKumar 2011 AgreementinAngika17. BidishaBhattacherjee2011ComplexPredicatesinBangla:AFirstPhaseSyntaxAccount18. KailadbuDaimai2011TheDPinLiangmaiwithspecialreferencetoClassifierConstructions19. SaifAbdulwahedJewad2011Partial/FullAgreementinArabicClauses:AMinimalistApproach20. N.SanatombiDevi2012TopicandFocusinMeiteilonSyntax21. ShwetaChandra2012AgreementinMagahiandPossessiveDPs22. LalitRajkumar2012NominalandVerbalHonorificMarkersinMeiteilon23. MarcinDadan:2013Negation,ItsConstituents,andPhaseTheory:DerivingNegativeConcordin

Polish24. NehaKulseshthra2013WhQuestionsinIndo-PakistaniSignLanguage25. ReenaAshem2014TheStructureoftheDPinMeiteilon26. SakshiBhatia2014TheGrammarofCodeSwitching27. AfinaKhaidem2014TheSyntaxofNon-finiteClausesinMeiteilon28. PadmabatiAchom2014TenseandAspectinManipuri29. MahimaGulati2014SluicinginHindi:APsycholinguisticStudy30. PratikAli2016ModificationalandPredicationalAdjectives31. MadhumantiDutta2017TheC-to-TRelationandtheBanglaSubjunctive32. PranitaKeshav2017DiscourseMarkersinMaithiliattheInterfaceofSyntaxandPragmatics33. MeenakshiChaudhary2017AnaphorsandCausativesinMara

34. SupervisionofM.Phil.dissertations,underprogress

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1. RenuKumari:PredicateTypesandAspectinMagahi2. AnuPandey:ExperiencerVerbConstructionsinHindi3. BidyaraniSapam:SyntacticStatusofMeiteilonAdjectivesandAdverbs

PublicationsProfile31.Books/Monographs(Authored/Edited)1. (2006)TheSyntaxofSouthAsianLanguages.MoutondeGruyter(edited)2. (2007)LinguisticTheoryandSouth-AsianLanguages.(withJosefBayerandM.T.HanyBabu(edited)).JohnBenjamins3. (2007)ArgumentStructure.(withEricReulandandGiorgosSpathas(edited))JohnBenjamins 4. (2014)TheSignLanguage(s)ofIndiabyTanmoyBhattacharyaetal;OrientBlackSwan,Delhi32.ResearchpaperspublishedinRefereed/PeerReviewedJournals1. (2017) “Peopling of the Northeast, Part 4”, neScholar vol.3, issue 2, 52-65. 2. (2017) “Adoption of Universal Design for Learning for Meaningful Inclusion” in Child and

Disability edited by D. Sonpal, S. Prasad, and S. Vaishnav, Prabhat Publishing House 3. (2017) “Peopling of the Northeast, Part 3”, neScholar vol.3, issue 1, 60-70. 4. (2016) “Peopling of the Northeast, Part 2”, neScholar vol.2, issue 4, 66-75. 5. (2016) “Diversity at Workplace and Education” in Interrogating Disability in India: Theory and

Practice, Springer, 39-64. 6. (2016) “Inner/Outer Politeness in Central Māgadhan Prākrit Languages: Agree as Labeling”,

Linguistics Analysis, vol. 40 (3-4), 297-336. 7. (2016) “To Be Human: The Introduction”, neScholar, vol 2, issue 3, 66-73. 8. (2016) “Suggested Reading: South Asia Disability Studies: Redefining Boundaries and

Extending Horizons” 9. (2015)“Copula-lessNominalSentencesandMatrix-C0Clauses:APlanarViewofPhraseStructure”inUCLWorking

PaperinLinguistics,vol.27,EditedbyLauraE.AldridgeandCaterinaPaolazzi,1-20.10. (2015-16)“Pollock-erBakko-bhangoothobaButterflyEffect”(inBangla:Pollock’sSentence-breakingortheButterfly

Effect),EbongMushaira,Vol22,Nos.3-4(pp.21-32)11. (2016)“ButWordsCanNeverHurt:TheLinguisticConstructionofDisabilityinTextandDiscourse”,LLT1012. (2012)“TransdisciplinarityandtheBiopoliticsofNewGenetics”,ReviewofSchramm,Katharina;Skinner,David;

Rottenburg,Richard,eds.,IdentityPoliticsandtheNewGenetics:Re/CreatingCategoriesofDifferenceandBelonging.H-Disability,H-NetReviews.December,2012.URL:http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=35252

13. (2012)SluicinginIndo-Aryan:aninvestigationofBanglaandHindi;inSluicinginacross-linguisticperspective,editedbyJasonMerchantandAndrewSimpson,OxfordUniversityPress

14. (2011)DiagnosingdoubleobjectconstructionsinBangla/Bengali.Lingua.Vol121,Issue615. (2010)Re-examiningIssuesofInclusioninEducation.EconomicandPoliticalWeekly.April17,2010VolXIVNo

16.pp18-25.16. (2008)AuxiliarySelectionandAspectinBanglaIndianJournalofLinguistics17. (2008)FocusAccentinBanglaComplexSentences.InterdisciplinaryJournalofLinguistics18. (2007)InSearchofAlternativeTruths.DiscussionCircle.33.ResearchpaperspublishedinAcademicJournalsotherthanRefereed/PeerReviewedJournals19. (2015-16) “Pollock-er Bakko-bhango othoba Butterfly Effect” (in Bangla: Pollock’s Sentence-

breaking or the Butterfly Effect), Ebong Mushaira, Vol 22, Nos. 3-4 (pp. 21-32) 20. (2015) “Doing Culture in Grammar: The Wide Universal Grammar Model” The Mother Language,

International Mother Language Institute, Dhaka. 21. (2015) “Linguistic knowledge in a multilingual classroom: Sentence structure (Part 1)” Swara: NMRC

Newsletter, vol 5., JNU, New Delhi. 22. (2012)“HistoryoftheCalcuttaDeafandDumbSchool”.DisabilityHistoryAssociationNewsletter.Spring,2012. 34.ResearchpaperspublishedinRefereed/PeerReviewedConferences23. (2011)Space-Machine.InProceedingsofEpisteme4,HomiBhabaCentreforScience,Mumbai(withHidam

Gourshyam)(internationalconferencetoreviewResearchonScience,TEchnologyandMathematicsEducation)24. (2006)ButterpillarorCaterfly?TheBanglaPassiveinaMinimalistParser.Proceedingsofthe1stNationalSymposium

onModelingandShallowParsingofIndianLanguages(MSPIL).IIT,Mumbai.25. (2006)IdentificationofRCasNominalDependencyRelation(withNguyenChiDuyKhuong),Proceedingsofthe1st

NationalSymposiumonModelingandShallowParsingofIndianLanguages(MSPIL).IITMumbai.35.ResearchpapersPublishedinConferences/SeminarotherthanRefereed/PeerReviewedConferences1.(2008)IndianotasaLinguisticArea:AninsightfromMinimalism.InEmeneuCentenaryCelebrationVolume,CIIL,Mysore.

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36.Otherpublications(Editedworks,Bookreviews,Festschriftvolumes,etc.)26. (2016) “Review of Empowering Communication by Anjani Kumar Sinha”, Indian Linguistics, 76

(3-4) 27. (2016)“ReviewofRethinkingDisabilityinIndiabyAnitaGhai”,LLT1028. (2016)“SuggestedReading:SouthAsiaDisabilityStudies:RedefiningBoundariesandExtendingHorizons”29. (2014)“SignIconicityandNewEpistemologies”inTheSignLanguage(s)ofIndiabyTanmoyBhattacharyaetal;Orient

BlackSwan,Delhi30. (2014)“LegislationandPoliciesinrelationtoSignLanguageandSignLanguageRights”inTheSignLanguage(s)of

IndiabyTanmoyBhattacharyaetal;OrientBlackSwan,Delhi31. (2010)Thepoliticsofmulticulturalism.(jointlywithH.Basantarani).InProblematizingLanguageStudies,ed.ByImtiaz

HasnainandShreeshChoudhary,AAKARBooks,Delhi;India.pp169-18432. (2010)WithEyesWideShut:SharingasFreedom.InKnowledge,LanguageandLearning,editedbyRamaKant

AgnihotriandH.D.Dewan,Macmillan,Delhi.33. (2008)SluicinginIndo-Aryan:AnInvestigationofBanglaandHindi(withAndrewSimpson),inSluicingeditedbyJason

Merchant,JohnBenjamins34. (2008)WithEyesWideShut:SharingasFreedom.CognitiveScience,edsRamaKantAgnihotriandTistaBagchi,Sage,

Delhi.35. (2007)Nowyouseeit,nowyoudon’t:SuperiorityandSluicinginBangla,inArgumentStructure(withAndrew

Simpson),JohnBenjamins36. (2007)Thereisafloweronthetable.InRainbowofLinguisticseditedbyNiladriDash,ProbalDasguptaandPabitra

Sarkar,T.MediaPublications,Calcutta.ConferenceOrganization/Presentations(inthelastthreeyears)Listagainsteachhead(Ifapplicable)37.OrganizationofaConference

1. June8-9,2016.PartofOrganisingCommitteeofthe22ndHimalayanLanguageSymposiumatIIT,Guwahati2. August26,2015.Conductedinteractiveworkshopon“MultidisciplinaryapproachestoDisabilityStudies”,

LadyIrwinCollege,UniversityofDelhi3. May24–June5,2015.Organisedandtaughtat8thLinguisticsSummerSchool,Solang,HP.4. Feb21-22,2015.OrganisedInternationalMotherLanguageDay2-daynationalconferenceatJNU5. May24–June5,2014.Organisedandtaughtat8thLinguisticsSummerSchool,Solang,HP.6. May26-June15,2013.Organisedandtaughtat7thLinguisticsSummerSchool,Kangra,HP.7. June1-15,2012.Organisedandtaughtat6thLinguisticsSummerSchool,Kangra,HP.8. May24-June8,2011.OrganisedandtaughtSyntaxatthe5thLinguisticsSummerSchool,Kangra,HP.9. March3-5,2011.Organisedthe1stNationalAnnualConferenceonDisability,UniversityofDelhi

38.ParticipationasPaper/PosterPresenter1. July 5, 2017 “The Consequence of Code-Mixing the Adjective in NPs in Meiteilon English”,

Talk delivered in HLS 23 at Tezpur University, Assam. 2. July 4, 2017 “Peopling of the Northeast of India: Stories of Migration and Contact”, invited talk

at Centre for the Environment and Institutional Biotech Hub, IIT, Guwhati, Assam. 3. June 12-13,2017 “On some methods in Formal Linguistics”, 2 invited lectures delivered at the

Dept. of Linguistics, Manipur University, Imphal. 4. May 15-17, 2017 “Agreementand Pronominalisation:Two Different Ways toAgree”

invited Plenary speaker, SALA 33, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Poland. 5. May 15-17, 2017 “Meiteilon DPs and Comparative Syntax” (with ), SALA 33, Adam

Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Poland 6. March 16, 2017 “The structure of English in-mixing in Meiteilon and Norwegian: Different, but

still the same” (with Tor A. Åfarli), at 4th Fourth Conference on Language Contact in Times of Globalization (LCTG4), Greifswald.

7. March 16, 2017 “The ‘Cyclic’ Nature of Clitic Placement in Munda” invited talk at the International seminar on Munda Linguistics, Deccan College, Pune.

8. Feb. 20, 2017 “Shifting the Epistemic Centre: Teaching Sign Linguistics”, workshop on “Grammar in the Classroom” INCP, University of Delhi.

9. Jan. 20, 2017 “A-Void-ing” invited talk at A Panel on “Identity in the Contemporary World” Lady Shriram College, University of Delhi.

10. Jan. 6, 2017 “Language Mixing and Coercion”, invited talk at SynKranti, EFLU, Hyderabad.

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11. Dec. 5, 2016 “Language is not speech: The non-linearity thesis”, invited talk at BPS Mahila Vishwavidyalaya, Haryana.

12. Dec. 3, 2016 “The Importance and Urgency of Setting up of Centres of Disability Studies” invited talk at JNUVCSF, JNU, New Delhi.

13. Nov. 11, 2016 “Code-Switching without Grammar? Evidence from Language Mixing in Meiteilon-English and Bangla-Hindi”, invited talk, ICOLSI 38, IIT, Guwahati.

14. Nov. 3, 2016 “The Non-Linearity Thesis: Language and Evolution”, invited talk delivered at NIT, Imphal

15. Oct 31, 2016 “Language and Evolution”, invited talk delivered at Manipur University, Imphal 16. Oct 13, 2016 “Goldberg Variations: Arguing against Pseudo-Nonlexicality”, SynVar3, CASL,

DU. 17. July 16, 2016 “The importance of understanding with “care”: The case of language mixing”

Invited talk at “Education through MT”, CIIL, Mysore. 18. June20,2016.“Meiteilon-EnglishCodeSwitching:ANon-LexicalApproach”,invitedtalkdeliveredatManipur

University,Imphal.19. June8,2016.“PrimacyofCaseinCentre-EmbeddingConstructionsinAssameseandBangla”(WithAtreyee

Sharma)paperpresentedin22ndHimalayanLinguisticsSymposium,IIT,Guwahati20. June8,2016.“C-TransitivityinMeiteilon”(WithHidamGaourashyamSingh)paperpresentedin22ndHimalayan

LinguisticsSymposium,IIT,Guwahati21. March11,2016.“Why(Not)Syntax?”TalkdeliveredatthePerspectiveseriesinIIIT,Guwahati22. March12,2016.“ReturningtoSiteofDegradation”,invitedpresentationaspartofPerspectiveSeriesWorkshop

I:THEMINDMATTERS:Language,CognitionandOtherCorrelationsatIIIT,Guwahati23. Feb.3,2016.“Linguisticconstructionofdisability”,invitedtalkatSt.Stephen’sCollege,UnivofDelhi.24. Jan.7,2016.“Banglapolarquestionsasquestionsabouttopics”,paperpresentedatthe12thICOSAL,Univof

Hyderabad,Hyderabad.25. Jan.8,2016.“DerivingPolarandAlternativeQuestionsinBangla”invitedtalkatDept.ofLinguistics,EFLU,

Hyderabad.26. Jan.9,2016.“IntroducingMinimalism”,invitedpresentation,CALTS,Univ.ofHyderabad.27. Dec.14,2015.“Retuningtothesiteofdegradation”6thAnnualInternationalConferenceoftheComparative

EducationSocietyofIndia,“Education–Domination,EmancipationandDignity”AzimPremjiUniversity,Bengaluru14-16December2015

28. Nov.23,2015.“ModalityandPhaseBoundaryEffectof–r∂m/l∂m-inMeeteilon”,paperpresentedatInternationalConferenceonSyntacticTypology:LanguageContactandConvergence,NEHU,Shillong.

29. Nov.24,2015.“IseemtobeinPain:ExperiencerSubjectConstructionsasencodingtheExperienceoftheSelfinIndianLanguages”,invitedthemepaperpresentedattheInternationalConferenceonSyntacticTypology:LanguageContactandConvergence,NEHU,Shillong.

30. Nov.27,2015.“Somequalificationsonthe“LanguageasThought”hypothesis”,invitedpresentationatthe“Language,Literature,andCognition”symposiumatIIT,Guwahati.

31. October14,2015.“LanguageasStructuredThought:ANoteontheBiolinguisticPerspectiveoflanguage”;invitedtalkatEnglishDet.,DelhiUniv.

32. October15,2015.“Cosmopolitanism:Diffusingpowerinamultilingualclassroom”,paperreadatpanelon“Language,IdentityinMultilingualMilieus”atICOLSI37atJNU,NewDelhi.

33. March28,2015.“LinguisticArtefactsinSchoolCurriculum:EnglishTeachinginPrimaryClasses,one-dayworkshoponLanguageAwarenessandPedagogicalImplicationsinaMultilingualClassroom,AligarhMuslimUniversity.

34. March15,2015:“Inner/OuterPolitenessinCentralMāgadhanPrākritLanguages:AgreeasLabelling”,InvitedtalkattheWorkshopon“CaseandAgreementinSouthAsianLanguages”,atSCONLI9,IIT,Delhi.

35. Feb27,2015:InvitedtalkatIIS,Jaipur,“Disability:AnIntroduction”.36. Feb22,2015:“ALinguisticAnalysisofTwoLessonsofClassIVLanguageTextbooks”,InternationalMother

LanguageDay,JNU37. Feb13,2015:InvitedtalkatAUD“RethinkingParticipation”,aspartofRethinkingDevelopmentSymposium.38. Feb6-7,2015:InvitedtalkatJNU“ServiceAndKnowledge:TheRolesofDisabilityOrganisationsinHigher

Education”Invitedtalkinthe“InternationalConferenceonDisabilityStudiesinIndia:ReflectionsonFuture”,JNU.

39. 10Dec.2014:“IntegrativeDifference:LanguageLossandIndigenousCultureinIndiaandCanada”,PaneltalkatIGNCA,NewDelhi.

40. 2Dec.2014 :“Dravidian-Tibeto-BurmanSimilarities:IsThereaThirdgroup Involved?”LeadingPanelpresentationat36thICOLSI(AICL)meeting,UniversityofKerala,Thiruvanantapuram.

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41. 28Nov.2014:“AreWeAllAlike?Questioningthepathologiesofthe‘Normate’”,PaperpresentedattheInequalityinEducationInternationalConference,UniversityofDelhi.

42. 26Nov.2014“Ïndo-Mongoloids”andtheIdeaofaCompositeIndianCultureinSunitiKumarChatterji’sKIRĀTA-JANA-KRITI”,SunitiKumarChatterji’s125thbirthAnniversary.

43. 3Sept.2014:“TheEthicsofMultidimensionality“,InvitestalkattheSeminaronmethodologyanddidacticsofGermanlanguageteaching,SchoolofLanguages,JNU

44. 15July2014:“CentringKnowledgeasEducationforALL”,KeynoteaddressatworkshoponLearningandLearnabilityIssuesofSC/STChildren,JadavpurUniversity,Kolkata.

45. 12Apr2014:TheendearingCurseoftheMeditativeGazeand‘InformalSyntax’”,InvitedSeminartalk,PhilosophyDept.,DU

46. 29March2014:“TheEcologyofUnderstandingandResearch”;Researchwritingnationalworkshop2014,Humanities&SocialSciencesDepartment,IIT,Delhi.

47. 25Feb2014:“FormalisingtheLocal:AWideViewofUG”;StandardisationofBanglaStyleSheet,NationalSeminarcumWorkshop,JadavpurUniversity,Kolkata.

48. 20Feb2014:“AnIntroductiontotheBiolinguisticProgramme”,invitedtalkattheDept.ofLanguageandLinguistics,JadavpurUniversity,Kolkata.

49. 12Feb2014:“InclusionasatoolformeaningfuleducationalexperienceforALL”,invitedseminartalkatNMRS,SchoolofSocialSciences,JNU.

50. 24Jan2014:“TheBiolinguisticsProgramme”,invitedatCALTS,HCU,Hyderabad.51. 23Jan2014:“CentringDisabilityintheDiscoursesofTeaching”,InvitedtalkonInclusiveEducationatInclusive

Education:EnglishlanguageClassroomandDisabilities(NationalSeminarcumworkshop),HCU,Hyderabad52. 19Jan2014:“Theroleofinstitutionsinembodyingactswith‘people’”,Indo-IrishPolicyEncounter,NALSAR,

Hyderabad.53. 17Jan2014:“Themeditativegazeandthebiolinguisticprogramme:Thequestionofculture”,Invited

FoundationDaylecture,CulturalStudiesDept.,TezpurUniversity,Assam.54. 13-16Jan2014:“ExperiencerSubjectsasEncodingSelfhoodandIdentification”;ModelingExperiencersin

NaturalLanguageSemanticsInternationalWorkshop,5thIndianSchoolonLogicanditsApplications(ISLA)2014,TezpurUniversity,Assam.

55. 9Dec.2013:“DisasterResistanceandCare:ADisabilityStudiesperspective”;NAPSIPAG’s(NetworkofAsiaPacificSchoolsandInstitutesofPublicAdministrationandGovernance)10thInternationalConference,JNU.

56. 29Nov.2013:“FactsofMeiteilon”;35thICOLSI(InternationalConferenceofLinguisticsSocietyofIndia),CIIL,Mysore

57. 28Nov.2013:“Classifiers:DefinitenessorSpecificity?”;PanelonClassifiersinIndianLanguagesduringthe35thICOLSI(InternationalConferenceofLinguisticsSocietyofIndia),CIIL,Mysore

58. 22Nov.2013:“WhySyntax?”;Workshop/conferenceRethinkingMultilingualEducationinthe21stCentury,JNU59. 31Aug2013:“DisabilityStudiesasResistance:ThePoliticsofEstrangement”;Disability,GenderandSubjectivity

NationalWorkshoporganizedbyIndianAssociationofWomen’sStudiesandSchoolofHumanSciences,AmbedkarUniversity

60. 23March,2013:“Gushing-UpandTrickling-Down:TheHighandtheLowofPolitenessinCentralMāgadhanPrākritLanguages”:talkatBoundariesseminaratCASL,DU.

61. 10March,2013“:DemonsoftheEast:AgreementinCentralMāgadhanPrākritLanguages”,InvitedLecture,UniversityofSouthernCalifornia,USA

62. 26-27February,2013:“MethodsinHumanitiesandSocialSciences”,3lecturesdeliveredattheRefresherCourseorganisedbyCPDHE,UniversityofDelhi.

63. 12February,2013:“PSEUDO-AGREE:PARTII”,Invitedlecture,FormalLanguageatIITD64. Feb8,2013:“Confessionsofthetwo-dimensionalmind”,KeynoteAddressatSCONLI7,AligarhMuslim

University,Aligarh65. 31Jan.,2013:“DisabilityandEntertainment”,InvitedguestohonouratDrishtikon,St.StephensCollege,

UniversityofDelhi.66. 30Nov–4Dec,2012:“Knowledge,ToolsandEvaluation:AWorkshopontheTheoryofSyntax/Mind”,

WorkshopconductedatEklavya,Bhopal.67. 26Nov.,2012:“CentreforDisabilityStudies”,Consultingpresentation,AzimPremjiUniversity,Bangalore.68. 6-9Nov.,2012:4invitedlectureson“LanguageEvolutionandtheTheoryofGrammar”,ManipurUniversity,

Imphal69. 2Nov.,2012:“SplitPhi-FeatureAgreementinCentralMāgadhanPrākritLanguages”,34AICL,NorthEasternHill

University,Shillong.70. 28Sept.,2012:“DiversityatWorkplaceandinEducation”,invitedlectureattheInternationalDevelopment

StudiesKolkata,Calcutta.

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71. 30August,2012:“Disability:AnIntroduction”,InvitedtalkatKiroriMalCollege,UniversityofDelhi.72. 17August,2012:“TheImportanceofSignLanguageforDeafEducationandSignTechnology”,Workshopon

surveyforISLinPLSI,Bhasha,Vadodara.73. March3,2012:“ThePlaceofIntersectionalityinHigherEducationStudentswithDisabilities”.National

ConsultationonEquityinHigherEducationTowardsanIntersectionalApproach,ICSSR,organisedbyCentreforWomen’sDevelopmentStudies(CWDS),NewDelhi.

74. February18,2012:“CyclicAgreeinWesternMagadhanPrakrit”,KeynoteaddressdeliveredatStudentsConferenceinLinguisticsinIndia(SCONLI)6,BanarasHinduUniversity,Varanasi.

75. February18,2012:“SyntaxWorkshop:TheChangingFaceofAgreement”,WorkshopconductedatStudentsConferenceinLinguisticsinIndia(SCONLI)6,BanarasHinduUniversity,Varanasi.

76. January21,2012:"Directional/DeicticParticlesinMeiteilon:AcaseforStatesofAffairs",invitedpresentationattheComplexPredicateinSouthAsianLanguagesWorkshopheldatEFL-U,Hyderabad.

77. December18,2011:InvitedPanelLecture“‘Understanding’asMethod:TheRationalinKamalkumar”atthe2ndInternationalCongressonBanglaStudies(ICBS),UniversityofDhaka,Bangladesh.

78. December3,2011:Keynoteaddress“TheDifferencebetweenFallinginLoveandObservingLove”atSambhavna,SchoolofSocialWork,UniversityofDelhi.

79. November4,2011:Invitedspeciallecture“TheCultureofQuestionsinGrammarandLanguage”attheDepartmentofLinguistics,ManipurUniversity,Manipur,IndiaNovember3,2011:Invitedspeciallecture“TheQuestionof‘Culture’inGrammarandLanguage”attheDepartmentofLinguistics,ManipurUniversity,Manipur,India

80. October7,2011:InvitedPubliclecture“Speaker-HearerinaClause:TheCaseofAddresseeAgreement”aspartoftheIndiaWeekattheNorwegianUniversityofScienceandTechnology,Trondheim,NORWAY

81. October6,2011:InvitedPubliclecture“Comp-internalClausesinBanglaRevisited”aspartoftheIndiaWeekattheNorwegianUniversityofScienceandTechnology,Trondheim,NORWAY

82. Sept.7,2011:Talkon“ICTforPwDs:withSpecialReferencetoIndianSignLanguage”attheUniversalServiceObligationFund(USOF)Stakeholder’smeetingorganisedbytheDepartmentofTelecommunication,VigyanBhavan,NewDelhi.

83. July7.2011:Invitedtalkon“HigherEducationandDisability”atRegionalConsultationon“TowardsAttainmentofUNCRPDArticlesonEducationandEmployment:LearningfromInclusivePractices”atUNNATI,OrganisationforDevelopmentofEducation,Ahmedabad.

84. June13,2011.DeafEducationandIdentityinthefaceofPrevailingAudism.PanelDiscussiononDisabilityandCinema,NehruMemorialMuseumandLibrary,Delhi

85. May7-10,2011:6lectureson"EducationofStudentswithDisability"attheWorkshopwithSpecialEducatorsofMCDSchoolsofDelhi.

86. March25,2011:"Prejudice,StereotypeandDevaluation:AnAnalysisofDiscoursearoundDisability"Invitedpaperpresentedatthe“ExploringdisabilityExperienceinSocialScienceResearch”on25-26thMarch2011,JNU

87. March8-9,2011:"Deviationfromthe‘Norm’asMethodandStyle"InvitedpaperpresentedWorkshoponResearchMethodology

88. March4,2011,"MethodsinDisabilityStudies"paperpresentedatthe1stNationalAnnualConferenceonDisability,UniversityofDelhi

89. January5,2011:"Space-Machine";Episteme4,HomiBhabaCentreforScience,Mumbai(withHidamGourshyam)internationalconferencetoreviewResearchonScience,TEchnologyandMathematicsEducation

90. December26,2010:Foregroundingas‘Reason’:KamalkumarMajumdar’sUseofAdjoinedClauses"paperpresentedat"LanguageasaSocialFact"workshoporganisedbyCIILatVBERC,Udaipur.

91. November26,2010:"APreliminarySyntacticAnalysisofKamalkumarMajumdar’sShyam-Nouka"paperreadatColloquium"Language:MultipleVoices"UniversityofDelhi

92. Nov4-5,2010:"TheSyntaxofRecursion",TwoinvitedtalksatManipurUniversity,Imphal.93. October27,2010:"EducationofStudentswithDisabilities:AnEvaluationoftheIndianEducationalPolicies"

invitedpaperpresentedattheInternationalEDICT2010(ENABLINGACCESSTOEDUCATIONTHROUGHICT)conference

94. May25,2010.WhatisEqualOpportunity?KeynoteaddressdeliveredatJamiaHamdardUniversity.95. March27,28,2010.DisabilityandGender:AWorkshop,Chairandmoduleleaderfor“IssuesofEmbodiment”and“Disability

andSexuality”.96. March25,2010.CartographyofDisciplines:De-centringKnowledge.Literature,ArtandOtherDisciplines:Interrelationships,

MIL,DU.97. Feb.26,2010.InternationalBanglaCongress.ChairedasessiononLinguistics.98. Jan.7-9,2010.Pseudo-Agree,ICOSAL9,PunjabiUniversity,Patiala99. Jan7-9,2010.AnalysingVariationwithMinimalism:TenseandAgreementinRajbanshi(jointlywithDriptaPiplai),ICOSAL9,

PunjabiUniversity,Patiala100. Dec.2,2009.DeafEducationandMainstreaming,DisabilityandtheRTE:Stakeholders,StateandCivilSociety,Sambhavana,

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UniversityofDelhi.101. Nov.7-8,2009.EOC:VisionandFuture,AllIndiaFederationforRighttoEducationAct,UniversityofDelhi.102. Oct.20,2009.FutureoftheEOC,AnniversaryoftheDU-NTPCICTTrainingCentre,UniversityofDelhi.103. March21,2009.ThePoliticsofMulticulturalism.TalkatEnglishandLinguisticsrefreshercourseattheUniversityofDelhi.104. March6-7,2009.IntroducingSyntax.TalkatEnglishandLinguisticsrefreshercourseattheUniversityofDelhi.105. April8-11,2009.ConductedworkshoponWeb-designingforNGOsatVBERC,Udaipur.106. Nov26-28,2008.GoodWifeGoodLife?(jointlywithSuranjanaBarua),30thAICLMeeting,DeccanCollege,Pune.107. Nov26-28,2008.OnWhatisBelievedtobeaPassiveinBundeli(jointlywithRuchiJain).30thAICLMeeting,DeccanCollege,

Pune.108. June9-11,2008WhMovementinBanglainaMinimalistParser,WorkshoponComputationalModelsforIndianLanguages

(CGMIL),IIIT,Hyderabad.109. Jan25-27,2008HighandLowGoalsinBanglaDitransitiveConstructions(jointlywithAndrewSimpson),Nanzan-EFLU

Symposium.ResearchProjects(MajorGrants/ResearchCollaboration)

1. UGCMajorResearchProject:“LinguisticVariationAcrossSixDialectsofMeiteilon”(Feb.,2015-Jan.,2018)2. Indo-NorwegianCooperationProgramme2014(INCP):“AmicrocomparativeStudyofDoublinginDialectsof

MeeteilonandNorwegianasacaseofSyntacticVariation”(Jan2015–Dec.,2017)3. LinguisticsWorkbook,VBERC,Udaipur4. CIILRevisitingGrammarProject (Tangkhul,Mising,Bhumij)5. CIILLISIndiaProject(Kumauni)

AwardsandDistinctionsHonoraryresearchassociate(SOAS),UniversityofLondon,2003-2009;SirCharlesWallaceIndiaTrustgrant(Ph.D.,UK),CommonwealthScholarship(Ph.D.,UK),UCLBursaryforpaperpresentationsinItaly,Norway,UK,UGCJunior&SeniorResearchFellowship(Ph.D.),UggersainMemorialGoldMedal(M.A.),P&TMeritScholarship(B.Sc.).AssociationWithProfessionalBodies

39.Editing1. Editor:

a. GuestEditor:LanguageandLanguageTeaching,July2016,Vol.10b. ChiefEditor:IndianLinguisticsc. Editor,People’sLinguisticSurveyofIndiavolumeonIndianSignLanguaged. ChiefEditor,LISSIMWorkingPapers

2. EditorialBoardMember:a. Syntax(publishedbyWiley-Blackwell)(since2010)b. LanguageandLanguageTeaching(APU/VBERC)(since2010)

40.Reviewing1. LinguisticInquiry2. Lingua3. Syntax4. JournalofSouthAsianLinguistics5. JournalofSocialInclusion41.Advisory1. AdvisoryCommitteemember,EndangeredLanguageScheme,SIkkimUniversity2. StandingAdvisoryCommittee,IndianSignLanguageResearchandTrainingCentre3. NationalExpertforvalidationofcourseonSignLanguageofferedbyCentralLancashireUniversityatIGNOU,

2009,20104. CoursesCoordinator,EqualOpportunityCell(EOC),untilMay20125. NationalServicesScheme42.CommitteesandBoards1. Member,ProjectReviewandSteeringGroup,MinistryofCommunicationandInformation

Technology;sinceSept.20142. MemberoftheExpertCommitteeentitled“ReviewandRevisetheRules,SchemesandProvisionsconcerning

theDisabledStudentsandTeachers”(July2012-2014)3. CoursesCo-ordinator,EqualOpportunityCell,UniversityofDelhi,untilMay20124. BAProgrammeCommittee,UniversityofDelhi5. LibraryCommittee,UniversityofDelhi

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6. ArtsFaculty,UniversityofDelhi7. BoardofResearchStudies,UniversityofDelhi8. BoardofExaminersofDeccanCollege(Pune),OsmaniaUniversity(Hyderabad),AssamUniversity(Silchar),

KashmirUniversity9. RoundtablecommitteeonEndangeredLanguagesandIndigenousKnowledge,MHRD,GovernmentofIndia43.Memberships1. FOSSSIL(FormalStudiesinSyntaxandSemanticsofIndianLanguages)2. GLOW(GenerativeLinguisticsoftheOldWorld)3. LSI(LinguisticsSocietyofIndia)44.OfficeBearer1. GeneralSecretary,FOSSSIL(FormalStudiesinSyntaxandSemanticsofIndianLanguages)

OtherActivities

1. ConsultancyforMicrosoftResearchIndiaonTAGsetdesign2. ConsultantforVidyaBhawanSociety,Udaipur,Gyanshala,Ahmedabad–EducationalNGOs(2007-08)3. TaughtintheDisabilityandtheHumanRightscourseattheEOC(2009,2010,2011)4. TaughtThePoliticsofMulticulturalismattheDUrefresherscourseinEnglish(2009)5. TaughtBasicSyntaxattheDUrefresherscourseinEnglish(2009)6. ExaminerforM.Phil./Ph.D.dissertationsofEFLU,JNU7. PapersetterforNET/JRFexam