Invited Speaking Engagements
2023
Oct 2023 – Phantoms of the Drains: Imaginations of Conflict in Everyday Infrastructures. Workshop hosted by Institute for Transregional Studies, Princeton University, New Jersey, USA.
2022
Oct 2022 – Gamifying Hate: A Look at the Rise of Alternate Social Media Networks in India. Convening on Condition of Muslims in India at the Time of Hindu Majoritarianism, Science Po, Paris, France.
2021
Oct 2021 – Kattar Hindu 101: Personal Branding and Transactional Economy of Communal Hatred on Alternative Social Media Apps in India. Convening on Condition of Muslims in India at the Time of Hindu Majoritarianism, Science Po, Paris, France.
2019
Oct 16, 2019 – Roundtable on The Role of Social Media in Contemporary Indian Politics. Convening on Indian Democracy, Columbia World Projects, Columbia University, New York, USA. Speakers included Partha Chatterjee, Sudipta Kaviraj, Ira Katznelson, Mukulika Bannerjee, Pranab Bardhan, Akeel Bilgrami, Christophe Jaffrelot.
Dec 6, 2019 – Panel discussion: Journalism, ‘Fake News’ & Disinformation. Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford University, UK. Co-speakers: Inga Thordar, Rasmus Kleis Nielsen, Thomas Hughes, Julie Posetti.
April 2019 – Panel discussion: Journalism, Fake News, and Disinformation: Equipping Journalism for the Fightback. International Journalism Festival, Perugia, Italy. Co-speakers: Maria Ressa, Julie Posetti, Inga Thordar.
Jan 17, 2019 – Attended Blueprint for Free Speech Whistleblowing Prizes. Frontline Club, London, UK.
Jan 23, 2019 – The Importance of Being Undercover. Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, Oxford University, UK.
2018
Oct 9, 2018 – Panel discussion: Media Strategies to Promote Quality, Independent and Fact-Based Journalism. Bonavero Institute of Human Rights, University of Oxford, UK. Co-speakers: Ezgi Basaran, Nic Dawes, Rasmus Kleis Nielsen. Chair: Timothy Garton Ash.
Dec 12, 2018 – Panel discussion: No Country for Journalist: Rising Threats to Journalists. Symposium organised by Reuters Institute & Green Templeton College, Oxford University, UK.
Oct 19-20, 2018 – Attended Conspiracy: Logan Symposium. Centre for Investigative Journalists, Goldsmiths, University of London, UK.
Nov 14-15, 2018 – Attended Trust Conference. Thomson Reuters Foundation, London, UK.
2017
Nov 16-19, 2017 – Attended Global Investigative Journalism Conference. Johannesburg, South Africa.
2012
Sept 16, 2012 – Sunderbans and Environmental Challenges Conference on Research and Journalism. Fojo Media Institute & Linnaeus University, Kalmar, Sweden. Panel included Lena Ek, Swedish Minister of Environment, and Rolph Payet, Minister of Environment, Seychelles. Theme: Changing Coasts and Oceans.
2011
Jan 26-28, 2011 – Participated in the World Justice Project’s Asia Pacific Rule of Law Conference. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Other Selected Conference Presentations
Nov 22-23, 2023 – “Don’t Want to Remember, Can’t Forget: Unveiling Sticky Memories and Mobile Traumas of Delhi Riots 2020”. Media and Conflict Memory Workshop, Glasgow, UK. Supported by IAMCR.
Sept 22-23, 2023 – “Phantoms of the Drains: Imaginations of Conflict in Everyday Infrastructures”. 5th Geomedia Conference – Digital Geographies of Hope, Tampere University (Finland) & Karlstad University (Sweden).
May 25-29, 2023 – “Gamifying Hate: A Look at the Rise of Alternate Social Media Networks in India”. 73rd Annual International Communication Association Conference, Toronto, Canada.
Aug 31 – Sept 3, 2023 – “Leaderboards & Prestige Points: How Homegrown Applications Gamify Muslim Hate”. 119th American Political Science Association Annual Meeting & Exhibition, Los Angeles, USA.
Aug 22-26, 2022 – “Narrativizing Violence, Constructing History: Mediatized Memories of a Communal Riot”. Chaired panel: Mapping India’s Transformation into ‘The Disinformation Capital of the World’, Generation Asia – Nordic NIAS Council Conference, University of Iceland, Reykjavik.
Featured image: Delivering the Acceptance Speech at the Kurt Schork Memorial Award ceremony, Thomson Reuters Foundation, London, 2017.