Papers Presented in Conferences and Invited Lectures:

 

2019                Keynote address titled “Indian Indigenous Ecocriticism: Analysis of

Indigenous Narratives” at the National Seminar on “New Trends in Indian Ecocriticism” organized by the Department of English, Bharati Women’s College, Chennai, on 25 March.

2019                Guest Lecture entitled “Ecoliterature and Justice” at IIT Goa on 14 February.

2018                Guest Lecture on “Aesthetics of Indigenous Art” at The Department of

English, M.E.S. College of Arts and Commerce, Goa.

2018                Paper titled “The Ontic (Dis)continuity of the Indigenous Communities in India” at the International on ‘Re-bodying’ the Body and the Anthropocene’ organized by the Institute of Body and Culture, Konkuk University, Seoul, South Korea, on 11the December.

2018                Keynote address titled “tinai, indigenous cosmopolitics and Indian

indigeneity” was delivered at the 10th National conference of SRM University, Chennai, themed "Nature, Culture, Language and Literature: Narratives and Critical Practices" on 16th and 17th of April, 2018.

2018                Paper titled “Self in neotinai: My Experience with South Indian Indigenous

Communities” at the International Conference on Literature and Environment: The Promise of Ecological Criticism held at University of Kashmir, Srinagar, from 26th to 28th March 2018.

2017                Paper titled “Voices of Eco-resistance in India: A Critique of Neoliberal

Natures” in the International Conference on Rust/Resistance: Works of Recovery held at Wayne State University, Detroit MI, USA from 20-24 June.

2017                Paper titled “'Making Sense of People's Voices:' Ecocultural Justice and the

Construction of Mopa Airport in Goa” at the International Conference on Environmental Justice: Culture Resistance and Ethics at Dr. K. N. Modi University, Rajasthan, on 24th and 25th March, 2017. The conference was co-sponsored by Indian Council of Philosophical Research, New Delhi.

2016                Paper titled “Nature-culture-sacred continuum in the ecodocumentary, Have

you Seen the Arana?” in the International Conference on “Transmediating Culture(s)?” organized by the Department of English, University of Szczecin, Poland, from 17-19 November 2016.

2016                Invited Lecture entitled “Nature-culture-sacred Continuum as Ecocultural

Ethnography: My Experience with the Mudugar” at the Institute of Ethnography, Anthropology and Culture, University of Warsaw, Poland, on 21 November 2016.

2016                Paper titled “Indigenous Cosmopolitics-poetics in Indian Food

Documentaries” in the International Conference on “The Culture of Food: Literature and Society” organized by the Departments of English and Tourism, M.E.S. College for Arts and Commerce, Goa on 25, 26 and 27 February 2016.

2015                Paper titled “Defining Ecofilm: Beyond an Anthropocentric Approach” in

the International Conference on “Media and Communication Studies” organized by Amity University, Rajasthan, on 20th, 21st and 22nd November.

2014                Resource Person for  UGC Refresher  Course  on  Research  Methodology

organized by the Goa University on 25 September. The title the  talk  was  “Good  English  For  Research  Reporting.”

2014                Paper titled ““The Tribal People Should Speak:” Representations of Indigeneity

in Ecodocumentaries” in the International Conference on English Language and Social Change organised by The Department of English at Lingaya’s University, Faridabad, New Delhi on 8 February

2012                Paper titled “Ecological Representation in Video-documentaries on Tribal

Communities in South India” in the International Conference on Ethnicity, Identity and Literature held on 12 October at The Sibsagar College, Assam.

2012                Invited lecture titled “Literary Ecocriticism to Cultural Ecocriticism” for the

Annual Lecture of English Literary Association of Kuntavai Natchiyar Government College for Women, Thanjavur, on 16 February.

2011                Invited paper titled “A Critical Call for the Second Wave in Indian

Ecocriticism” in the UGC Sponsored National Conference on Green Perceptions: Ecology and Texts on 15 and 16 September 2011, at St. Paul’s College, Kalamassery, Kerala

2011                Invited paper titled “What Music in Poetry” in the UGC sponsored National

Conference on Music and Literature on 28 January 2011, at CMS College, Kottayam

2010                Paper titled “Indian Ecocriticism as tinai criticism: A Study of the symbiotic

relationships in the songs of Mudugar” in the post-graduate seminar, School of

English, Queen’s University, Belfast, Northern Ireland on 19^th  May

2010                Paper titled “The Ecological life of Mudugar” presented in the School of

Anthropology, Queen’s University, Belfast, Northern Ireland on 29^th April

2010                Paper titled “An Ecological Perspective on the Ethics of Research Documentation” presented in the 35^th OSLE-India Study Circle on 05^th March

2009                Paper titled “The Queen of Trees: A Sound, Visual and Oikopoetic

perspective” presented in the 31^st OSLE-India Study Circle on 02^nd October

2009                Paper titled “An Ecocritical Reading of the song manne nimbi le lelo in

Marutam and Kurinji landscapes” presented in the IV International Conference on “Ecology: Texts and Contexts” held at National College, Trichirapalli on September 25^th & 26^th

2009                Paper titled “The philosophy of Kurinji: A Study of the Songs of Mudugar”

presented in the seminar on tinai Society held at Selaiyur Hall, Madras Christian College on 24 March

2009                Paper titled “Ecological Niche and Land” presented in the III International Conference of OSLE-India on “Land Culture & Knowledge Systems at St. Ann’s College for Women, Hyderabad, on 4^th & 5^th January

2008                Paper titled “The Moral of the Story is: Biocentric lifestyle as found in a story

of Kurumbar” presented in the Intercollegiate Seminar on “Ecoliterature” held at Bharathi Women’s College, Chennai, on 12 February

2007                Paper titled “Cultural and Natural Features of Mudugar in Attappady”

presented in the Conference on “tinai Social Order” held at Selaiyur Hall, Madras Christian College, Chennai, on 2^nd November

2007                Paper titled “Symbiosis in the Songs of Mudugar in Attappady” presented in

the II International Conference on “Towards A Greener Era: Interdisciplinary Approaches” at Acharya Institute of Management and Sciences, Bangalore on 8^th  and 9^th June

2006                Paper titled “Towards Green Education” presented in the I International

Conference of Organisation for Studies in Literature and Environment-India (OSLE-India) and Enviro-Club of Loyola College, Chennai, on “Ecology and Culture: Interdisciplinary Approaches” held at Loyola College, Chennai, on 18^th & 19^th September

2004                Paper titled “The Concept of Relationship in the Songs of the Mudugar Tribe

of Kerala” presented in the III World Conference and XI All India English Teachers’ Annual Conference on “Literature and Environment” held at Madras Christian College on 20^th and 21^st December

2003                Paper titled “The Theme of Identity in the two Dravidian Tribes of Kerala”

presented in the seminar on “Diversity and Identity in Tamil Narrative Tradition, sponsored by Katha,New Delhi, and organized by the Department of English, Madras Christian College, on 12^th September. This paper was adjudged the best of the papers presented

2003                Paper Titled “Some Resources of a Dravidian Tribe” presented in the seminar

on “People Resources and Resistance” at the Seventh Annual Conference of Nature, Environment, Society and Transformation (NEST) held from 1^st to 3^rd November, at Madras Christian College.

 

Workshops Organized:

2009                A workshop themed “Ecology in Tribal lore” in collaboration with Reelity

Bites (Film club of Madras Christian College) and Ecomedia Team of OSLE-India on 09 January. The workshop was conducted by Rayson K. Alex, S. Susan Deborah and Sachindev P.S.

2010                A workshop themed “Ecology and Lifestyle” in Good Earth School, Chennai

by Ecomedia Team of OSLE-India on 12 January. The workshop was conducted by Rayson K. Alex, S. Susan Deborah and Sachindev P. S.

2010                A workshop themed “Ecocriticism: Emerging Trends” in Bharati Women’s

College on 22 February. The workshop was conducted by Rayson K. Alex, S. Susan Deborah and Sachindev P. S.

2011                A workshop on Video Documentary making was organized for the students of

Central University of Tamil Nadu on 17 and 18 September. The workshop was conducted by Rayson K. Alex

2011                A workshop on Ecology, Photography and Ethics was organized for the

students of Central University of Tamil Nadu on 24 September at Central University of Tamil Nadu. The workshop was conducted by Mr. Juby John Eipe, Ponducherry University

2011                A workshop on Ecological Creative Writing was organized for the students of

Central University of Tamil Nadu on 01 October at Central University of Tamil Nadu. The workshop was conducted by Mr. Watson Solomon, Chennai.

2011                Workshops on Academic Writing and Workshop Conduction were organized

for the students of Central University of Tamil Nadu on 15 October at Central University of Tamil Nadu. The workshops were conducted by Ms. S. Susan Deborah.

2011                Workshops on Clay-modeling and Painting were conducted for the students of Central University of Tamil Nadu on 26 November at Central University of Tamil Nadu. The workshops were conducted by Mr. Banomali Biswas and Mr. Arnob Narayan Biswas, University of Hyderabad.

2012                Workshop on Video Ethnography and Fieldwork was organized for the

students of Central University of Tamil Nadu on 24 September, 2012. The Workshop was conducted by Ms. Leena Manimekalai, an acclaimed Documentary Filmmaker and Dr. Rayson K. Alex.

2013                Workshop titled, Ecocinema? Are we ready for it, yet?, was conducted for  the

participants at The Goa Project at The Marbela Beach Resort, Morjim Beach, Goa, on 28 March.

2013                Workshop on Ecofilm Appreciation at MES College, Zuarinagar, Goa, on 12

December. Resource person (along with Ms. S. Susan Deborah and Ms. Heidi Danzl, Visiting Scholar at BITS from University of Salzburg, Austria). The workshop was held as a pre-event to tiNai Ecofilm Festival 2014.

2014                Workshop on Ecofilm Appreciation at Smt. Parvatibai Chowgule College for

Arts and Science, Madgaon, Goa, on 11 January. Resource person (along with Ms. S. Susan Deborah)

2014                Workshop on Ecofilm Appreciation at Dhempe College of Arts and Science,

Miramar, Goa, on 15 January. Resource person (along with Ms. S. Susan Deborah)

2014                Workshop on Ecofilm Appreciation at The Department of English, Goa

University, Goa, on 16 January. Resource person (along with Ms. S. Susan Deborah)

2014                Workshop on Ecofilm Appreciation at St. Xavier’s College of Arts, Science and

Commerce, Mapusa, Goa, on 17 January. Resource person (along with Ms. S. Susan Deborah)

2014                Workshop on Ecofilm Appreciation at PES College of Arts and Science, Ponda,

Goa, on 18 January. Resource person (along with Ms. S. Susan Deborah)

2014                Workshop on Appreciating Ecocinema at Lingaya’s University, Faridabad,

New Delhi, on 07 February 2014

2015                Workshop on Ecofilm Appreciation at Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth

Development, Sriperumbudur, Tamil Nadu on 6th February, as part of tiNai Ecofilm Festival organized at the Institute.

2015                Workshop on Ecofilm Appreciation at Carmel College, Mala, Thrissur, Kerala

on 6th March 2015, as part of tiNai Ecofilm Festival organized at the college. 26 participants attended the workshop.

2015                Workshop on Theory and Application of Ecocriticism at Carmel College, Mala,

Thrissur, Kerala on 7th March 2015, as part of tiNai Ecofilm Festival organized at the college (along with Mr. K. Samuel Moses). 30 participants attended the workshop.

2015                Organized a workshop on Photography and HDSLR Filmmaking at Birla

Institute of Technology and Science Pilani, K.K. Birla Goa Campus on 08 and 09 October. National award-winning filmmakers, Mr. Nandan Saxena and Ms. Kavita Bahl conducted the workshop. About 100 cinema enthusiasts participated.

2015                Organized a workshop on Documentary Films as a tool for Social

Transformation at Birla Institute of Technology and Science Pilani, K.K. Birla Goa Campus, Goa. Filmmaker and Social Activist, Ms. K. Saraswati conducted the workshop on 10 October.

2016                Resource Person for a workshop on Practical Ecocriticism at Dr. K.N. Modi

University, Newai, Rajasthan on 18 March 2016

2018                Workshop on Filmmaking co-organized with Prof. Geetha B. for the students

of  BITS Pilani, K. K. Birla Goa Campus on 20 and 21 Feb. 2018. Mr. Abhaya Simha, award-winning filmmaker was the resource person.

2018                Workshop on Writing organized for the students of BITS Pilani, K. K. Birla

Goa Campus on 07 April 2018 at the campus. Prof. Mart Stewart (Fulbright Senior Scholar at BITS Goa), Environmental Historian at Western Washington University, USA, was the resource person.

2019                Workshop on Filmmaking for the students of BITS Pilani, K. K. Birla Goa

Campus on 23-24 February at the campus. Dr. Nithin Kalorth, The Bennett University, New Delhi and Ms. Malvika Sagar, Amity University, Greater Noida, New Delhi were the resource persons. The workshop was co-organized by Prof. B. Geetha.