| SN | Presenter/Affiliation | Abstract |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amrit Kumar Bhandari Lecturer, Department of Anthropology, Prithvi Narayan Campus, Pokhara | The Quest of Urban Materiality in an Urban Neighborhood: A Case of Butwal, Nepal |
| 2 | Aniket Alam Associate Professor, Human Sciences Research Group, IIIT-Hyderabad, Telangana, India Aman Kant Panta Research Assistant, ICSSR Project: ‘Change and Continuity in a Trans-Himalayan Buddhist Community: A Study of Monasteries in Spiti, Himachal Pradesh, India’ Kesang Thakur Research Assistant, ICSSR Project: ‘Change and Continuity in a Trans-Himalayan Buddhist Community: A Study of Monasteries in Spiti, Himachal Pradesh, India’ Neekee Chaturvedi Associate Professor, Department of History and Indian Culture, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, India | Losing a Home, Finding a Nation: The Curious History of Hurling Village in Spiti, Himachal Pradesh |
| 3 | Anish Kumar Thokar PhD candidate, Central Department of Sociology, Tribhuvan University, Kirtipur | Activism of Ethnic Social Movements for Constitutional Reform: An Analysis of Tamang’s Movement in Nepal |
| 4 | Anisha Bhattarai Senior Research Associate, Social Science Baha Kiran Giri Station Manager, BMHD Television, Kathmandu | Toilet as the Mainland of Institution: A Study of Toilets in Tribhuvan University |
| 5 | Anup Shekhar Chakraborty Assistant Professor, Netaji Institute for Asian Studies, Kolkata, India | Ambiguous Sexualities and Pink Migrations: In the Realm of the Politics of Sexualities, Regimentation and Control among Gorkhas in North-Eastern India |
| 6 | Gautam Chandra Roy Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, B. N. College, Dhubri, Assam, India | “Cross-Border Nationalism” and Emerging Transnational Identity: The Rajbanshis of Indo-Nepal-Bangladesh Borderland |
| 7 | Ishwor Adhikari PhD Scholar, Economics, South Asian University, New Delhi Anirban Dasgupta Associate Professor, Faculty of Economics, South Asian University, New Delhi | The Conundrum of Labor Shortage in a Labor Surplus Economy: An Investigation of Nepal |
| 8 | Ivan Deschenaux ESRC Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Methodology, London School of Economics | Replication Reconsidered: Anti-Casteist Norms and Prejudiced Behaviour |
| 9 | Kalyan Bhandari Lecturer in Events, Hospitality and Tourism, University of the West of Scotland, Paisley, UK | National Symbols and the Political Agency of Tourism |
| 10 | Khem Shreesh Editor, Social Science Baha | Apathetic and Impassive: The Nepali State in Crises |
| 11 | Kumud Rana Universty of Glasgow | Transnational AIDS Networks, Regional Solidarities and the Configuration of Metis in Nepal |
| 12 | Mayank Shah Research Scholar, Department of Economics, Kumaun University, Nainital, India | Mountains of Risk: The Many Faces of Vulnerability in the Central Himalayas |
| 13 | Pramod R. Regmi Academic-International Health and Global Engagement Lead (Department of Nursing), Faculty of Health & Social Sciences, Bournemouth University, Bournemouth, UK Shovita Dhakal Adhikari Lecturer in Criminology, Faculty of Health & Social Sciences, Bournemouth University, Bournemouth, UK Nirmal Aryal Post-doctoral Researcher, Faculty of Health & Social Sciences, Bournemouth University, Bournemouth, UK Edwin van Teijlingen Professor, Faculty of Health & Social Sciences, Bournemouth University, Bournemouth, UK Sharada Prasad Wasti Senior Research Fellow, School of Human and Health Sciences, University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield, UK Shreeman Sharma Department of Conflict, Peace & Development Studies, Tribhuvan University, Nepal | Moral Panic and Othering Practices during Nepal’s COVID-19 Pandemic |
| 14 | Prem Phyak The Chinese University of Hong Kong | Language, Identity, and Nepali Youth in Hong Kong |
| 15 | Rajya Laxmi Gurung Senior Researcher, Dignity Without Danger, Department of Sociology, Tribhuvan University Stefanie Lotter Senior Teaching Fellow and Research Fellow, School of Oriental and African Studies, UK | From Fear to Shame: Socio-Political Influences on Menstruation Practice in Dailekh, Jumla and Achham |
| 16 | Ram Gurung Lecturer, Saraswati Multiple Campus, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu | COVID-19 Pandemic and Challenges of Students for Alternative Learning at University Education in Nepal |
| 17 | Roji Maharjan Student, Tribhuvan University | Newar Women of Kirtipur: Analyzing Their Collective Identity |
| 18 | Samuele Poletti Postdoctoral fellow, Laboratoire d’ethnologie et de sociologie comparative (LESC), Université Paris Nanterre | A Promise of Unconditional Acceptance: Conversion to Christianity and the Struggle for Being in Sinja, Nepal |
| 19 | Sanjay Sharma PhD Candidate, Department of Sociology, National University of Singapore | “Lahure Nabhai Marne Chhaina”: Locating Lahure Aspirations through Wholesome Memes |
| 20 | Shak Bahadur Budhathoki Education Coordinator, Mercy Corps, Nepal | The Contents and Relevancy of Social Studies and Life Skills Education Curriculum |
| 21 | Steve Folmar Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Anthropology, Wake Forest University, USA | Groupism in Dalit Lived Experience |
| 22 | Subhash Nepali Economist and Policy Adviser, United Nations Resident Coordinator’s Office, Kathmandu, Nepal | Caste and Ethnicity Based Earning and Access: Discrimination in Nepal’s Labour Market |
| 23 | Swati Condrolli PhD Candidate, Department of Political Science, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India | Notes on a Himalayan Town: A Tibetan Community’s Perspective |
| 24 | Tracy Fehr PhD Candidate in Sociology, University of Colorado Boulder, USA | Nepal’s Post-Earthquake Development Surge: The Unintended Local Impacts of Reconstruction |
| 25 | Vishnu Tandon PhD Candidate in Political Science, École Des Hautes Études En Sciences Sociales (EHESS) , Paris, France | Participatory Planning in a Federal Setting of Nepal: New Trends of Participation During the COVID-19 Pandemic |
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